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BANGKOK, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- The Italian Embassy said a Bangkok court ordered an Italian financier convicted of being a money-launderer for the Mafia to be extradited to Italy.
ANSA said Vito Roberto Palazzolo was convicted in 2006 to nine years in prison for laundering money for mobsters.
International Business Times reported Palazzolo was implicated in the "Pizza Connection" and laundered money through New York pizzerias in the 1970s and 1980s.
The newspaper said the investigation of the "Pizza Connection" exposed a $1.6 billion heroin and cocaine smuggling operation.
Palazzolo's lawyer said his client will probably not appeal the decision.
The criminal court in Bangkok said the extradition will take at least 30 days.


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Shopping around for Surgery
February 16, 2012
Americans spend an enormous portion of their income on health care, making the system the largest in the world. However, the rate at which consumers make purchases in the industry has gradually slowed down over the past decade, due in no small part to changes in the way in which Americans buy health care, says The Economist.
- One of the fastest-growing means of consumption in the health care sector is the "consumer-driven health plan" in which the individual is charged with overseeing costs and expenditures from a private spending account.
- In 2006 only 10 percent of workers had to pay at least $1,000 before their insurer picked up the rest of the bill, but this figure had more than tripled by 2010.
- The gradual shift has been supported by the participation of large firms, including GE, which shifted its salaried employees into the new plans in 2010.
The new system, which empowers individuals and encourages them to take greater responsibility for their spending, brings to the forefront the need for transparency in the industry. Consumers often find themselves confused by terms, unable to determine costs, and bewildered by complicated policies. This limits their ability to make informed choices about their health care consumption.
However, the private sector is attempting to fill this void. Intermediary firms are attempting to offer more information to consumers that, in tandem with a consumer-driven market, will increase efficiency.
- Thomson Reuters analyzes, for example, prices from prior purchases to show consumers the cost of a given procedure at different hospitals and clinics.
- Castlight Health of California posts information online so that consumers can shop for physicians and see previously posted reviews by other patients.
- These efforts are supplemented by government policies -- the Government Accountability Office has found that more than 30 states have either proposed or passed laws to promote price transparency.
This is not to say that proponents of transparency will not face obstacles. Health care is a complicated industry, and even those who specialize in disentangling it will face issue. Furthermore, some market participants are incentivized not to share information, such as insurance companies that have brokered contracts with individual providers.
Source: "Shopping around for Surgery," The Economist, February 4, 2012.
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Seize the day, Clinton warns Arabs
The Arab world's revolutions could end up "just a mirage in the desert" if leaders fail to make good on demands for greater democracy and economic opportunity, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has said.
Her warning, delivered at the annual US-Islamic World Forum held in Washington, comes amid increased signs of a backslide in the so-called Arab Spring, as Libya's Muammar Gaddafi persists with a bloody war against rebels and leaders from Yemen to Syria to Bahrain violently resist calls for a democratic transformation.
In January she warned Arab governments that they risked "sinking into the sand" if they did not meet their people's needs. On Wednesday Mrs Clinton said upheaval in the Arab world presented the first real chance in decades for fundamental change in the region.
"Will the people and leaders of the Middle East and North Africa pursue a new, more inclusive approach to solving the region's persistent political, economic and social challenges?" she asked.
"Will they consolidate the progress of recent weeks and address long-denied aspirations for dignity and opportunity? Or, when we meet at this forum in one year or five years or 10, will we have seen the prospects for reform fade and remember this moment as just a mirage in the desert?"
The speech was in many ways a sequel to Mrs Clinton's January warning in Doha, Qatar. A day later, Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled his country amid mass protests demanding his ousting. Egypt's Hosni Mubarak stepped down under similar pressure a month later.
Mrs Clinton did not answer the fundamental question she posed - whether the unrest would produce truly free societies with economic opportunities for their people, or leave corrupt and repressive systems in place.
She stressed that much had already been accomplished, with protest movements shattering the myth that Arabs did not share the same aspirations for freedom, dignity and opportunity, or that change could only come through violence.
She said Facebook, Twitter and other social media networks had helped mobilise younger citizens who were increasingly connected and unwilling to be silenced by tanks and missiles.
"Changing leaders alone will not be enough to satisfy them," Mrs Clinton said.


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MEDIA: ADVERTISING; An Honor for Creativity Fuels Odes to Tap Water
By STUART ELLIOTT
Published: November 17, 2006
When agency executives are honored, it is usually for advertising they have already created. For one executive, though, an honor meant his work was just beginning.
The executive is David Droga, the creative chairman at a New York agency named Droga5, which is backed by the Publicis Groupe. Mr. Droga is among 42 people named in the December issue of Esquire magazine the ''Best and Brightest'' for 2006 in fields like the arts, business and government.
The editors of Esquire decided Mr. Droga ought to demonstrate why his creativity merited honoring, rather than be interviewed for the issue or write an essay.
Or as David Granger, the editor in chief of Esquire, succinctly summed it up, ''We asked him to show us, not tell us.''
Mr. Droga agreed, producing a prototype for a pro bono campaign to encourage providing more clean drinking water to residents of the third world.
The editors so liked what Mr. Droga created that they gave him two editorial pages in the issue to show readers ads from his campaign, called the Tap Project (tapproject.org). The ads encourage New Yorkers to pretend the city's famous tap water is a brand like Crystal Geyser, Perrier or San Pellegrino when they dine out next March 22, which is World Water Day.
Each time customers ''order'' free tap water that day at participating restaurants, the ads say, $1 will be donated to water charities. Mr. Droga has enlisted the United States Fund for Unicef to help bring the Tap Project to life.
The Tap Project campaign offers an example of how Madison Avenue is increasingly focusing on the search for the next big idea, wherever it may be. Agencies today are striving to produce ads that are different, relevant and appealing enough to engage busy, distracted consumers.
''It's an exciting time,'' said Mr. Droga, 38, who opened Droga5 in March after serving for three years as the worldwide creative director at the Publicis Worldwide agency owned by Publicis.
''Our core business is still advertising,'' he said of Droga5, ''but not in the traditional way.''
Droga5 first gained attention for a two-minute video clip created to promote a video game for the clothier Marc Ecko. The clip seemed to show a graffiti artist ''tagging,'' or scribbling, the words ''Still free'' on the cowling of Air Force One.
The clip, which can be watched on Web sites like youtube.com, shared the top award for interactive advertising last June at the International Advertising Festival in Cannes, France.
When Esquire initially contacted Mr. Droga about doing something creative to be included in the issue, Mr. Droga said, ''My first response was, 'Can I change everyone else's ads?' ''
He subsequently thought about producing a different kind of pro bono campaign, he added, one that would be about ''creating a brand.''
So the ads for the Tap Project show bottles of water sans fancy labels, bearing only seals that read ''N.Y. Tap Water.'' In one ad, these words appear next to the bottle: ''Now with added karma.''
In the other ad, the headline asks, ''What if every glass of water you drank quenched someone else's thirst?''
There are plans to expand the project to other cities, Mr. Droga said, like Chicago, London, Paris and Sydney, Australia, which is his home town.
(The genesis of the Droga5 name is rooted in Sydney, Mr. Droga explained: Because he was the fifth of seven brothers and sisters, his mother sewed labels reading ''Droga5'' into his clothes.)
Mr. Granger, whose magazine is owned by the Hearst Corporation, said the editors ''set out to find 'change agents' across all sorts of disciplines'' to include in the 2006 edition of the annual ''Best and Brightest'' issue, now in its fifth year.
''We challenged him,'' Mr. Granger said of Mr. Droga, adding: ''It's one thing to say, 'I want to change the way advertising is done.' So we said, 'Give us an example.' ''
The ads are to run in Esquire on pages that would otherwise be devoted to editorial content; they appear on pages 209 and 215 of the issue.
The editors also agreed to help with the project, he added, which already lists 77 New York restaurants as participants; they include familiar names like Balthazar, Bond Street, Caf?uxembourg, China Grill, Le Bernadin, Le Cirque, Pastis and Picholine.
Mr. Granger also agreed to join the advisory board for the project, Mr. Droga said, adding that he intended ''to be talking to friends at agencies all over the world'' about also taking part in some way.
Photo: A new campaign, left, encourages providing clean drinking water to third-world residents. David Droga created the campaign.


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BioMed Research International
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 458989, 10 pages
Characterization of Schizophrenia Adverse Drug Interactions through a Network Approach and Drug Classification
1Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
2Center for Quantitative Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
3Mental Health Service Line, Washington VA Medical Center, 50 Irving St. NW, Washington, DC 20422, USA
4Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
5Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
6Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Received 5 July 2013; Accepted 8 August 2013
Academic Editor: Bairong Shen
Copyright © 2013 Jingchun Sun et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Antipsychotic drugs are medications commonly for schizophrenia (SCZ) treatment, which include two groups: typical and atypical. SCZ patients have multiple comorbidities, and the coadministration of drugs is quite common. This may result in adverse drug-drug interactions, which are events that occur when the effect of a drug is altered by the coadministration of another drug. Therefore, it is important to provide a comprehensive view of these interactions for further coadministration improvement. Here, we extracted SCZ drugs and their adverse drug interactions from the DrugBank and compiled a SCZ-specific adverse drug interaction network. This network included 28 SCZ drugs, 241 non-SCZs, and 991 interactions. By integrating the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification with the network analysis, we characterized those interactions. Our results indicated that SCZ drugs tended to have more adverse drug interactions than other drugs. Furthermore, SCZ typical drugs had significant interactions with drugs of the "alimentary tract and metabolism" category while SCZ atypical drugs had significant interactions with drugs of the categories "nervous system" and "antiinfectives for systemic uses." This study is the first to characterize the adverse drug interactions in the course of SCZ treatment and might provide useful information for the future SCZ treatment.


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Faculty and Staff Honored at Southwestern
Outstanding faculty and staff were recognized at Southwestern College by the college's board of trustees. Four awards were presented Friday, April 20, for outstanding service to the college, and 35 employees were honored for years of service.
Presented were the Fassnacht Outstanding Administrator/Staff (Campus) Award to Jessica Falk, director of development; the Fassnacht Outstanding Administrator/Staff Award (Professional Studies) to Deb Stockman, associate vice president for Professional Studies; the Fassnacht Outstanding Faculty Award to Alice Bendinelli, assistant professor of English; and the United Methodist Exemplary Teacher Award to Ed Loeb, associate professor of mathematics.
"These are wonderfully talented people who exemplify the best of the Builder Spirit," says Andy Sheppard, vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Southwestern. "The awards express the community's appreciation for the subtle leadership and service that these colleagues provide to others on a daily basis."
Awards for years of service were also presented for:
• 45 years: Phil Schmidt;
• 30 years: Mike Kirkland;
• 25 years: Kristina Harding, Margaret Robinson;
• 20 years: Cheryl Barnett;
• 15 years: David Dolsen, Scott Ireland, Nancy Morse, Pat Ross, Andy Sheppard;
• 10 years: Linda Benson, Rick Cowlishaw, Heather Kesterson, Tom Jacobs, Richard Johnson;
• 5 years: Alice Bendinelli, Marsha Branch, Jennifer Buehler, Lisa Buffum, Norman Butler, Marilyn Clements, Sabra Fisher, Mike Harper, Angela Holland, Melanie Johnson, Ben Lim, Veronica McAsey, Sergio Molina, Britt Porter, John Scaggs, Rachel Schmeidler, Tami Schmidt, Larry Schuster, Jason VenJohn, Saeed Yazdani.


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Social networking on mobiles is really taking off. Of the UK's 21 million mobile phone subscribers who also belong to a social network, a quarter used their phone every month to visit a social networking site in Q1 this year. Usage of MySpace Mobile is projected to hit three to five million unique global users per day by the end of the year. MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe stated that 'in a few years' time we expect up to 50% of our traffic to be via mobile devices'. We are well on our way to reaching that: Vodafone recently revealed that social networks, including MySpace, make up three of the top 10 most-browsed sites on its mobile internet service. And where users go, advertisers follow, so it's no surprise Gartner has predicted that the mobile advertising market will be worth $12bn by 2011.Brands are taking advantage of the developments in social mobile by finding new ways to talk to their target consumers. As a new part of the marketing mix, it's crucial that mobile internet activity fits within the overall programme for a brand. Because we offer the full gambit of opportunities available on the desktop, it is possible for brands to mirror this activity on mobile. We've used these methods when working with high-profile clients to provide tailored information about the brands to consumers when they are using their mobiles. The increasing number of subscribers accessing social networking sites from mobiles is a positive trend for network operators too. They are attracting users on flat-rate tariffs to make mobile browsing affordable. We would agree with CCS Insight's analysis that 'unlimited access stimulates greater usage of social networking sites'. Having initially formed an exclusive agreement with Vodafone, MySpace has since expanded its relationships in the UK to include O2, T-Mobile and Orange.Mobile manufacturers are also working hard to develop handsets that allow users to easily navigate the internet, driving user satisfaction as well as sales. Apple's iPhone has been particularly successful in this respect, with its easy-to-use interface creating significant demand; in fact, 42% of iPhone users currently access social networking sites via their mobiles. To help Apple offer a compelling experience on the handset, MySpace has developed a free mobile application for the iPhone, with key features like the ability to instantly upload photos from the iPhone to a MySpace profile. We believe that opportunities will continue to emerge as a result of the combination of social networks and mobile. As CCS Insight points out, the increasing number of handsets with GPS technology will allow social networks to locate their users, potentially leading to new ways for users to find friends and interact with them. We think that the industry needs to develop its offering to provide the mobile experience that our users demand.Responding to MySpace's 110 million global users, we've set ourselves the task of creating a seamless transition from desktop to mobile. Our users demand more from brands and we want to be able to interact with them when they're on the move.With this in mind, we have worked to develop a mobile platform that mirrors the way our users experience the social web on their home PC. Everything a consumer or a brand could want to do will be replicated and optimised for mobile, so users can still stay in touch and discover exciting new content on the move. Bjorn Laurin is director of mobile business development, EU for FIM and MySpace.com
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Street robbery teenagers admit killing grandmother
Two teenage boys have admitted killing a partially sighted grandmother who died of head injuries after they mugged her last November.
The pair "simply did not care" about the consequences when they pushed 85-year-old Paula Castle to the ground to take her handbag, using a bank card in it to buy fast food and mobile phone top-ups, the Old Bailey heard yesterday.
Mrs Castle, who was registered blind and lived alone, fell to the ground, striking her face on the pavement. The mugging took place in an alleyway near her home in Greenford, West London. Her handbag was later found in a nearby road.
She was taken to Ealing Hospital but died from bleeding on the brain in the early hours of the following morning.


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Niagara University hockey will open season Oct. 5
Niagara University will open its 2013-14 season with home games against Clarkson, Oct. 5 and 6 at Dwyer Arena, in a schedule announced Wednesday by hockey head coach Dave Burkholder.
The first Atlantic Hockey game for the Purple Eagles will be against Canisius on Oct. 12 at Dwyer. Niagara will follow that with five road games, at Robert Morris, Denver, Air Force and two at Ohio State. Other November road games are at Michigan and Cornell.
Niagara will face Canisius home-and-home on Feb. 7 at Dwyer and Feb. 8 at Buffalo State and close the regular season at home against Air Force on March 1. The Atlantic Hockey playoffs will begin on March 7 with the top four teams receiving byes. The AHA semifinals and championship game will be March 21-22 at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester.


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The following individuals were booked into the San Miguel County Detention Center between Oct. 15 and Oct. 21:
Rusty Lesperance, 24, contempt of court, failure to attend mediation, failure to appear
Anthony Palomino, 40, bench warrant, failure to appear
Elisha Romero, 30, failure to appear, failure to pay, failure to appear, failure to appear, failure to pay, bench warrant SM Magistrate/Guadalupe Magistrate/Santa Fe
Desiree Hass, 23, failure to pay fines or cost imposed by the court
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text: It's back to school for Nathan Lane and Norbert Leo Butz! The two Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winners unite on the big screen as the drama teacher and vice principal of a Pennsylvania high school in the Julianne Moore-led indie dramedy The English Teacher. The new trailer teases comedic takes on high school theater and an appearance from The Assembled Parties star Jessica Hecht. Check out the video to see Lane and Butz duke it out over David Mamet, and be sure to catch The English Teacher in theaters on May 17.


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the 10 member countries of asean, the association of southeast asian nations, will reportedly sign a free-trade pact on friday to increase internet access, help foster e-commerce, and bring more information technology investment into the region. the "e-asean" accord has specific goals of eliminating duties on it goods and services by 2010, making digital signatures legally binding, spreading high-speed 'net access, and making e-commerce "safe and effective." the draft agreement also calls for stabilizing presidencies, encouraging foreign investment, and addressing the "digital divide" and other economic status social issues.
asean's member nations are singapore, thailand, indonesia, malaysia, the philippines, vietnam, laos, cambodia, brunei, and myanmar (f/k/a burma), and they are all in different states of high-tech adoption, political stability, and economic well-being. some of the countries are very hip to the high-tech world, especially singapore, which already has a digital signature law and has been cutting its own free-trade agreements with other countries outside of southeast asia. others are way behind the high-tech trend, with several of the governments (most famously myanmar) keeping internet access away from most citizens.
asean members hope that the e-asean accord will help equalize the differences between the countries while improving the lives of their citizens and reviving foreign techology investment.
for more information, please see the associated press item.
sam's opinion
i'm not sure how much effect this kind of agreement can actually have on a set of nations as diverse in so many ways as southeast asia is, but i endorse the objectives outlined in the e-asean draft agreement. more and more countries have been adopting these kinds of high-tech initiatives and it's a logical progression to have a set of nations work the same goals into a trade agreement. i also think it's great proof of the internet's effect on business/trade/economies that it could play so prominent a role in a trade agreement nowadays.
that said, does it really make sense to push things like high-speed internet access and digital signatures on countries like vietnam, which does not (yet) have a real market economy, and myanmar, which doesn't let its citizens get e-mail? the ap article says that laos is still primarily a very low-tech agrarian society, and i imagine that broadband is very low on that country's government's list of priorities. the adoption of this agreement will be great for places like singapore, which is well ahead of the curve and could really benefit from a reduction in import duties on it materials, but i doubt that the fiscal attractiveness that presents to foreign companies would be enough to overcome the political dangers of setting up shop in cambodia, say. and an extremely oil-rich nation like brunei probably doesn't care too much about addressing a digital or economic divide across the region.
so, e-asean may just be a pipe dream of some politicians over there, no matter how well-intentioned its principles are.
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|oh, joy, free open spam relays. (5:14pm est wed nov 22 2000)
asia has more "open smtp relays" (anonymizing spam sources, basically) per square mile than any other portion of the planet. the entire island of taiwan seems to be covered in them, several layers deep, if my complaint queue is anything to judge by.
if asean wants to be taken seriously by the rest of the internet, they'd better learn how to close their relays. we're going to start rejecting connections from any ip address listed in apnic starting early next year because of the open relay problem. – by icesnake frostfyre
|heh (6:24pm est wed nov 22 2000)
they do have many spammers and open relays, there isp's also seem to use other isp's dns servers as their own (i had a mate who's ns' where listed on some .my isp)
it sounds good but it prolly wont happen – by karl
|…"in order to form a more perfect union…" (6:53am est thu nov 23 2000)
we must not, at this time, show derision for those who emulate the "foundng fathers".
the desire for "a free union" exist among all.
this desire exist from the start.
childhood is the purest expression of this "love".
we should nuture this as we are the "fathers" of wonderful aspiration.
as it stands now, the "father" is in "arrears" to his sons.
the recourse for this is unpleasant.
the cost cannot be measured.
do we choose to undo the destined?
i cannot figure your accusations.
my assumptions are presupposed?
necessity is a measure that fades in the shadow of "quantum".
bilocality, dopplegangers and altered states are "reality" in this "new world".
science has never measured other than what "bi's", what "takes", what "adds"?
subtract this and find the remainder.
sonic booms give me the "creeps".
movement gives sound advice and sound gives us to "move".
orion stares at us.
we "stare" back!
mesmerized, i fall asleep.
– by pet-u-lance-three
|the "other" eye? (7:16am est thu nov 23 2000)
this poetic "look see" at now bothers me.
the concept of "free union" does not "wash".
the movement of tides is an argument against such things.
i do agree with your "repose."
as adamint i have been about the correct, analytical "repose" of the mind, often i have "felt" the intrusion of "quantum".


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Ricky Vior
Ricky was a senior art director at Vegas Olmos Ponce/Lowe before joining la Comunidad, first as an art director and later
becoming creative director. Along his career, he has developed multinational projects for Pepsi, Nike, Volkswagen, Fedex, Audi, MTV, VH1, Citibank, Subway, Rolling Stone Magazine, Perry Ellis and Virgin Mobile, among others.
The most prestigious international advertising awards, such as Cannes, Clios, The One Show and D&AD, have all recognized Ricky's work, as well as invited him to be a judge. Ricky is also responsible for starting La Comunidad Summer, La Comunidad's brand ideation division which creates new products and services, art exhibits, fashion lines and brand extensions.


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After finding out Isabella was booked solid, we went for Piatto Grille and we were not disappointed. While it did take us a little time to find, it is neatly tucked away in a strip mall on Ridge Pike across from the Burger King. Really nice decor, small and intimate without being overcrowded. Great menu options for restaurant week. We were started with some great breads with oil and a mild mustard dipping sauce. We all went with the $20/3 course meal, all starting with Caesar salads. The nice addition of crispy panchetta bits added to a well put together salad. Next, two of us went with eggplant bites served with house marinara (which was really tasty) and the other got the appetizer portion of the mushroom ravioli. The portion for the app was about 12 good sized ravioli and those got rave reviews, in a creamy but not heavy sauce. I got the dinner portion of the mushroom ravioli, which had at least 2 dozen on the plate and it was so good I used all the crusty bread I could find to soak up the sauce. The others got the chicken parm which was a huge serving with an equally huge side of pasta with the house marinara. Again, both plates were cleaned. For $20, these meals more than exceeded our expectations.
The dessert tray followed with several options, the house-made french caramel torte topped with sea salt was what I went with and it surely did not disappoint. Super rich caramel with a crumbly crust and the great addition of the salt added another dimension. We also had a bread pudding pie at the table and that got solid reviews as well.
I can't wait to come back here to try the full menu. In addition to great food, the service was prompt and attentive, with Chef Gavin coming out to check on us with great regularity. A great new gem in the Conshy dining scene that I encourage everyone to try!!!


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Holland's dominant run snapped by Mariners
KANSAS CITY -- The two runs scored against Greg Holland by the Mariners to win Friday night's game, 7-5, was a rare occurrence for the Royals' closer.
Holland had not given up more than one run in an outing since April 6, 2013, a span of 95 appearances. That game was in Philadelphia and he surrendered three runs.
The Mariners' runs also snapped a string of 16 consecutive scoreless appearances, dating to May 5 at San Diego when the Padres' Jedd Gyorko hit a solo home run.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I previously had Bootmii installed as IOS and in the hackmii menu below "Install bootmii as IOS" it said "Uninstall bootmii as IOS".
I just installed bootmii as boot2 and it said it was successful, but below "Install bootmii as boot2" it does not have the uninstall option. Does this mean that it has not installed correctly? Or is this just normal.
Thanks in advance,
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No further action has been taken against a 21-year-old man arrested yesterday (Thursday) in connection with the Connor Tremble murder investigation.
The man, from Carterton, who was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, was released from custody yesterday evening.
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- us$14.95 for trips less than three hours
- $19.95 for between three and 6 hours
- $29.95 for more than 6 hours
the metered pricing starts out at $9.95 for 30 minutes, with $.25 for every minute thereafter. (reuters reports that metered pricing on flights under three hours will be $7.95 for a half-hour, with 25 cents for additional minutes.) the price is a little less than some of the originally reported estimates.
connexion came up with the pricing after doing extensive research in asia, europe, and the u.s. in addition, forrester research studies indicate that 38% of frequent travelers would be willing to pay at least $25 for high-speed access.
the connexion service is designed to allow nearly complete access, including unrestricted vpn connections back to corporate networks and intranets.
boeing has agreements with several airlines, but the first implementation is expected to be in late april on lufthansa flights out of germany.
read more on this topic from boeing.com and in the reuters article. for more on connexion by boeing, visit its website.
christopher's opinion
for me this is too expensive; for my company, not so much. 20 bucks for most flights in the u.s. is not bad when the expense report is picking up the tab.
as an employer, the price is reasonable if it means that an employee is productive and staying caught up when he or she would normally be out of touch. it sounds as though boeing is doing what is necessary to make sure that passengers can get everywhere they need to–especially the office.
unfortunately for the states, it sounds like it may be a while before we can get our hands on this. i'm not flying lufthansa any time soon, so until then i guess i will have to keep myself busy with solitaire and horrible in-flight movies.
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|too much (12:17pm est mon mar 29 2004)
sure you can surf porn, but it is worth the price? no way. if it was fixed $10 for any flight, that might be ok, but otherwise, i'll watch a movie or do something else. it may be practical for businesses, but not the normal traveller.
– by sky high flyer
|blah (12:22pm est mon mar 29 2004)
what's the speed damnit! :p – by aceman
|travel recently? (12:23pm est mon mar 29 2004)
um… have you flown recently? i did, all last week. want to know something funny, since the whole airline scare, most of the people i see are business travelers. – by ur a dumb @$$
|how about skype? (1:28pm est mon mar 29 2004)
this would be pretty cool.
get on a 12 hour international flight and keep up on email, and take voice calls on skype, for $30.
for the voice calls alone it is cheaper than the $2 per minute the airphone charges. – by geek
|re:ace man (3:03pm est mon mar 29 2004)
exactly, what are we paying for.
dial-up, high-speed, high-speed light, 2400 baud. some more info is needed. – by laserjet 1100
|well (3:05pm est mon mar 29 2004)
i guess if you can't go without internet for a few hours, then your going to have to pay for it. honestly, some people need to learn to live without the cell phone or internet for a few hours, unplug and relax. – by topher
|topher's got it right (4:06pm est mon mar 29 2004)
really people. if you can't go 3 hours without internet access you really need to find another job. what in the world did we do before computers? no one is that busy that they have to have web access 24 x 7. your ebay auction can wait. – by s1ckb0y
|too bad (4:19pm est mon mar 29 2004)
this is getting out of hand, same as cell phones. we are going to be working 24/7 pretty soon. – by jac
|i would pay it (5:17pm est mon mar 29 2004)
i am a frequent flyer for business and pleasure.. and have seen this months movie 5 times.. so watching a movie to kill the time is just not going to do it.. i would rather sure or im or email or sleep than have to sit through "under the tucsan sun" one more time.. – by whocares
|connexion by boeing (6:17pm est mon mar 29 2004)
hey guys, i am a daily reader of geek.com and an employee of connexion by boeing.
to answer a few questions:
it's high speed, meaning comparable to dsl and cable. the service uses satellites, so depending weather or on where you on in the globe can affect your connection. i've used it and it's pretty damn cool.
the only reason we do not have a us customer is due to tv and the airlines don't see the benefits of having the internet rather than tv.
if you guys have any suggestions, send me over.
i love this site and keep it coming. palm solo, how much longer should i wait for a pda/cell phone? – by nav da geek
|lan party (7:08pm est mon mar 29 2004)
what's the ping? frag other passengers? and elbow the neighbour in the process if you can't afford first. – by counterterrorist
|really is much considering who will pay (7:33pm est mon mar 29 2004)
well when you pay $4000 business class round trip to europe from the west coast of the us on luftansa like i do, 30 bucks is nothing for what is 3mbps down and 1 up. that much faster than my 768kbps dsl home line. – by joe
|inflight internet will go the way of inflight calling (8:25pm est mon mar 29 2004)
inflight internet will go the way of inflight calling. passengers are not willing to paying for it. i see many of the airphones have been deactivated for two years now. passengers are charged enough already. i used to be a frequently flier on american airlines, they wanted to charge $5 for the use of the headset to listen to movies even if you provided your own. they started to reintroduce free headsets rentals. (and don't get me started on those cheesy american airlines bistro lunch bags they provide). – by frequently flyer
|unplug and relax. – by topher (9:06pm est mon mar 29 2004)
yeah right…..who has been able to relax inside a plane latelly ?!?!?! – by phobic
|heh (12:49am est tue mar 30 2004)
yea and this wireless implementation is going to be so secure…
pay? heh heh i don't think so.
– by notme
|connexion (3:56am est tue mar 30 2004)
it's me again….
5mbs up, 1mb down.
sorry but not cs guys, phyics won't allow it…the satellite relay takes .25secs which means my ak47 isn't getting any headshots…
frequent flyer, if you build it they will come and pay… – by nav da geek
|bloody nerd (1:15am est wed mar 31 2004)
bloody nerds, your on a plane find something else to do. do you losers live your own lives or do you live through computers, geeks – by shovit


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I have Oriental Beauty (Bai Hao Oolong) from 4 supplying sources, and this is absolutely my favorite. Compared with another two OB products I have, this one has slightly larger leaves, and the flavor leans more toward sweet, floral and honey, while the other two are warmer with deeper spicy aroma.
Most of the time, I would use a small teapot to "gong fu" this tea. When it comes to oolong, I have very greedy taste, always yearning for strong flavor and hot liquor. But in recent months, I've more and more tried out casually brewing loose leaves in a mug, cup or bowl. The reasons for doing this are, (1) I am curious which prestigious teas can still be fairly delicious when the drinker doesn't have to follow strict brewing parameters; (2) As I've started trying to mesmerize people into drinking tea, I thought casual drinking might be less intimidating than orthodox brewing methods like "gong fu"; (3) I have to admit, I sometimes feel a bit guilty about spending so much time drinking tea. I would like to do more casual drinking as long as the flavor is not much sacrificed.
Today after a long day of working and hours of suffering from dry eyes and dryness inside out, finally it's tea time! I wouldn't want to have too much caffeine at this time, and I am too exhausted to use little teapot and little cup. So this time I simply brewed this tea in a mug. I laid the dry leaves to cover the bottom of my glass mug and pour in hot water. That's it! It is very relaxing and very enjoyable. The tea is warm with fruity aroma. Each sip ends with a hint of honey flavor. The first 2 infusions are the most aromatic. Afterwards, the flavor fades a bit. But the honey like aftertaste resulting from previous infusions starts to linger in mouth and makes the later infusions taste sweeter. The tea starts to get weaker in the fifth infusion. Too lazy to start another tea session, I just keep re-steeping this tea. The tea becomes bland, but still bears a very light spicy flavor.
Compared with gong fu brewing, what's nice with glass mug brewing is you can see the leaves (they are pretty) and the silver tips (Bai Hao, or white tiny fibers) of the leaves suspending in the liquor. The downside of mug brewing is, flavor can't be as strong as gong fu brewing (since less tea is used), and not as consistent (however, when tea gets over strong, you can always adjust it by adding hot water). When a shock of very aromatic tea is the dominant need, gong fu probably is still the best.


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Learn the basics of music reading, rhythm games, singing, keyboard skills, children's songs, and use of classroom instruments. Designed for, but not limited to, elementary education majors and others interested in using music as a learning tool.
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Survey of major trends, styles, and genres of rock music of the 1950s and 1960s, focusing on the work of artists and groups who have proved to have the most enduring significance.
MUS-Z 320 Special Topics in Popular Music (3 cr.)
This is a variable topics class in popular music.
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By Jennifer Grimes
Triplicate staff writer
Racing across America on his riding lawn mower, Gary Hatter stopped in Crescent City yesterday for a break.
Topping out at nine miles per hour, Hatter is smashing the previous world record of 4,000 miles traveled and 51 days spent on a lawn implement.
I started out trying to raise money for a third back surgery, but then I thought I may as well break the world record. Hatter said.
Six months ago, Hatter started his engine in Portland, Maine. Hes travelled 10,000 miles since and plans to go 4,000 more to end up in Jacksonville, Florida.
Ill get there just in time to straighten that election out for them, he said laughing.
The 46-year-old truck driver suffered a ruptured disc in his spine five years ago. He said the doctor who operated on it took out the wrong disc.
After a second surgery, his employer denied further liability, dropping his benefits, he said.
I ended up losing everything I had, he said.
So, when his third child flew the coop, Hatter said with no job prospects due to the need for another surgery, he took to the road to raise money.
I started off with less than a hundred dollars. But Ive been selling these checkered flags for five bucks a piece, he said.
In the distance between Brookings and Crescent City Hatter said he was stopped seven times by folks wanting to buy one of the flags. He wouldnt say how much money he has raised so far.
One of the highlights of his trip he said, was wheeling down the streets of New York City.
CBS filmed me coming through the Bronx, it was awesome. I drove that thing 150 blocks down Broadway, Hatter said.
With two huge plastic storage boxes tied onto the back and a hard top canopy to shield the rain, Hatter calls his tractor home.
He hasnt had to camp out at night, however. Hotels have been letting Hatter stay one night for free a long the way. He said he has free rooms reserved from here to Los Angeles.
My goal is to go through 48 states... I could write a book on this, he said.
Hatter, who is keeping a taped journal of his travels and experiences, pulled out his tape recorder to make an entry before wheeling south from Crescent City.
I had me a pretzel with some cheese, a Coke, and Im ready to roll, he said.


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Tuesday, 17 July, 2001, 09:10 GMT 10:10 UK
'Cut Euro-babble', says minister
Europe Minister Peter Hain has criticised government colleagues for caricaturing the debate over Europe.
He called for "plain speaking" on the issue and the banning of "Euro-babble", which turned off ordinary people from the important issues.
But interviewed on BBC Radio 4, he gave no clearer indication of when the government would begin to assess whether the UK should give up the pound and join the euro.
Plain speaking
"We have seen a caricature of the debate about Europe in the British media, by British politicians including government figures, and by Euro-leaders," he told the Today programme.
"We need plain speaking on Europe, to talk about the issues that really matter - jobs, food safety, the environment, social justice - rather than reducing it to cliche.
He said the government, like the British people, were "practical Europeans".
The EU should begin the process of re-engagement with the people whose lives it affects by banning "Euro-babble", Mr Hain said.
"We need to get the message out that Europe is about a huge historic achievement of uniting once warring countries, of now seeking to enlarge beyond the old Iron Curtain and ending not just the remnants of the Second World War but also the remnants of the Cold War.
"These are the big issues, the big prizes for Europe in the future."
In his speech to Labour party members in London on Tuesday, Mr Hain is expected to criticise European politicians and officials for talking in "summit speak".
In Tuesday's Independent newspaper, he says the pitiful turnout in the last European elections shows the big gap between the EU and its citizens.
In the article he describes the language used at summits as "virtually unintelligible to a new Europe minister like me, let alone an average voter".
His comments are in line with a Downing Street campaign to reconnect the EU with its citizens.
They should not be "trapped in a time-warp caricature of doughty Britons versus fiendish foreigners".
"We must engage, positively and determinedly, with our European counterparts," he said.
"We must get stuck in to win the argument to build our kind of Europe: a Europe of the people, not a Europe of the elites."
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BJP welcomes Yogi govt's move to waive off farm loans, Opposition says 'not enough': Who said whatYogi Adityanath cabinet today decided to waive the crop loans of small and marginal farmers of up to Rs 1 lakh, totalling a staggering Rs 36,359 crore.
The Uttar Pradesh government headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday announced the decision to waive off the crop loans of small and marginal farmers of up to Rs 1 lakh, totalling a staggering Rs 36,359 crore.
The decision was taken at the first Cabinet meeting of the Yogi government in Lucknow today.
The move will benefit over 2.15 crore farmers, besides seven lakh others who had secured loans which turned into non-performing assets (NPAs).
While Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies hailed the move, the Opposition has expressed disappointment over the limit of Rs 1 lakh saying many farmers will not get the benefit from the scheme.
Also Read: From farm loan waiver to new industrial policy: Major decisions in Yogi's first cabinet meeting
Here are the political reactions to the announcement:
Amit Shah congratulates Yogi Adityanath
BJP President today congratulated Yogi Adityanath for waiving off loans of farmers in UP.
"Congratulations to Yogi Adityanath and his Cabinet for the historic decision to waive off loans of 2.15 crore small and marginal farmers and for seting a traget to buy 80 lakh metric tonnes wheat," Amit Shah tweeted.
The BJP, in its Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra (manifesto), had promised to waive the loans of small and marginal farmers.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi too had said in his campaign speeches that writing off farm loans would be among the foremost tasks of the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh.
SAD praises UP govt's decision
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today welcomed the Uttar Pradesh government's decision to waive farmers' loans and urged the ruling Congress in Punjab to do the same.
SAD secretary and spokesperson Daljit Singh Cheema said the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in Uttar Pradesh has stood by its commitment and deserves all praise for its "historic" decision.
He reminded Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh of his loan waiver promise and asked, "Now what stops Amarinder from following Adityanath's footsteps.".
Shiv Sena congratulates Yogi Adityanath
Maharashtra's ruling alliance partner and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for writing off loans of farmers and demanded a loan waiver for farmers in Maharashtra as well.
He also aimed a barb at the BJP, saying the UP CM has showed that loan waiver was not just a "chunavi jumla" (poll slogan).
"Yogi Adityanath has provided relief to farmers burdened by loans. I congratulate him for taking a quick decision," said Thackeray, whose party is BJP's alliance partner both in Maharashtra and at the Centre, in a statement here.
"I urge (Maharashtra Chief Minister) Devendra Fadnavis to follow in Adityanath's footsteps and announce loan waiver," he said.
"He has shown that promises are not mere 'election jumla' for him. If there can be a loan waiver in the country's biggest state, why should a pro-agriculture state like Maharashtra be left behind," the Sena chief asked.
The maximum number of farmer suicides take place in Maharashtra, with indebtedness being one of the main reasons, he said, adding Shiv Sena will continue to demand loan waiver for farmers.
UP govt's farm loan waiver unfulfilled promise, says Congress
The Congress today dubbed the UP government's decision to waive farm loans as an "unfulfilled promise" and said time has come for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to fulfil their promises to farmers in toto.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the farmers cannot stand on their feet "with half truth but with full loan waiver".
He said there total loans of Rs 92,241 crore on farmers of Uttar Pradesh and government has only partially waived the crop loans of Rs 36,000 crore leaving them high and dry. He said that the Rs 56,241 crore worth of term loans on farmers of the state remain and the BJP has only "befooled" the farmers by announcing a populist measure that will not help them come out of distress.
"The hopes of farmers of Uttar Pradesh have been dashed with the decision of UP cabinet. The Yogi government has decided to waive only Rs 36,000 crore of loans that will not make the farmers debt-free or provide relief to them.
"While farm loan waiver is the right decision, it is half truth as it will neither help free the farmers of debt nor provide them a new lease of life. Time has come for the Prime Minister and UP Chief Minister to fulfil their promise," he told reporters.
Surjewala said the BJP manifesto did not distinguish between crop loan and term loans adding "Through this half truth, farmers will not come out of the vicious debt cycle".
He said that 79.45 per cent of farmers in Uttar Pradesh were marginal while 13.01 per cent farmers were small and they had great hopes of getting relief from the new BJP government.
He also hoped that the Yogi Adityanath-led government will also provide relief to sugar growers, by paying pending dues of Rs 6,561 crore for 2016-17, Rs 599 crore for 2015-16 and Rs 153 crore for 2014-15.
The Congress leader said there were 2.33 crore farmers in UP and 64.14 lakh had pending loan of Rs 86,241 crore from commercial banks and Rs 6,000 crore from cooperative banks.
He said marginal farmers had an average land holding of 0.44 hectare and small farmers had average land holding of 1.43 hectare, all of whom were hoping for an end to their misery.
He also claimed the BJP has waived loans worth Rs 1.4 lakh crores of big corporate houses and industrialists.
Poor farmers feel cheated, says Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party President and former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said many poor farmers feel cheated after the move to impose a limit of Rs 1 lakh.
"Promise was to waive the entire loan... farmers are feeling cheated as the government fixed a limit of Rs one lakh. The poor farmers have been betrayed," Akhilesh Yadav tweeted.
More needs to be done, say UP farmers on loan waiver
Farmer leaders in Uttar Pradesh welcomed the state government's move to waive off loans but said the cap of Rs one lakh left them feeling cheated.
Farmers unions said the cap and limitation to crop loan would confine the benefit.
"We welcome the gesture and it will help many, but very few small farmers apply for crop loans, so it won't help all... Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised during elections to waive off the entire loan and not a fixed section," Dharmendra Singh from Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) told IANS.
Umesh Chandra Pandey, another farmer leader based in Sitapur, said that while small and marginalised farmers deserve help, the condition of big farmers in Uttar Pradesh is not very good either.
"We hope this government would think of others as well," Pandey told IANS.


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By Craig Robinson
It's ironic that the Des Moines Register's editorial board and the paper's political columnist continue to cry over Sen. Tom Harkin's decision not house his papers at Iowa State University. First, nobody has ever been able to define for us what those papers actually are, and secondly, the reason the deal blew up is because Sen. Harkin behaved like a three-year old.
Considering how the Senator conducted himself, a better fit for his papers would be a pre-school, not an institution of higher learning.
It shouldn't be surprising that the Register doesn't understand what really happened between the Harkins and Iowa State University officials. While the Register was quick to report any complaint that Sen. Harkin had of Iowa State University or certain members of the Board of Regents, they simply chose not to report on the real scandal that plagued the Harkin Institute.
While the Register was busy being Sen. Harkin's hit man, the paper failed to report on a Korean firm that donated big money to the institute, which also happened to be lobbying congress to switch from dollar bills to dollar coins, a concept that Harkin has championed. The Korean firm operates a Cedar Rapids division that has received more than $1.5 billion in federal contracts since 2000—partly thanks to Harkin's influence. This company, and it's CEO Jin Roy Ryu, are the Harkin Institute's largest donors.
The Register also ignored another controversy, this time involving Herbalife, a global nutrition and weight management company that also has business before congress. Herbalife pledged $100,000 to the Harkin Institute following a meeting with Harkin in Beverly Hills, California. Again, a cooperation that stood to benefit financially from congressional action contributing to the Harkin Institute could be seen as an act to gain favor with the Senator.
The meeting itself raised additional ethical questions for Harkin, as neither he, nor his wife Ruth, are permitted to solicit funds for the institute. This is another aspect that Des Moines Register chose to ignore. To their credit, the Register did publish two items from the Associated Press that raised these concerns, but it's telling that the paper never instructed its own staff to investigate or even report on the matter.
The Register's cozy relationship with Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (ICCI), a liberal lynch mob like the Register, has also been on full display. Anyone who has ever seen ICCI in action would write them off as a bunch of goons, but the Register treats them as is they are of the same ilk as the AARP. Like clockwork, the Register publishes ICCI op-ed pieces that either parrot Harkin or the paper's views or attack Iowa State University or the Republican members of the Board of Regents.
ICCI's actions are comical if you follow them. One month the group will be calling for Regent Bruce Rastetter to be fired because of one of his corporate dealings, but the next month they turn a blind eye and defend Harkin, despite real investigations by the Associated Press and other news outlets that raise real concerns. The group says they want transparency, but when news organizations used freedom of information requests to provide the public with real transparency of Harkin's actions, they didn't want anything to do with it.
It was also most comical to read the Register's reaction to the news that Harkin was pulling out of his deal with Iowa State University. First they called for a "time out," and now they are saddened and ashamed of how this all went down and is being perceived across the state and country.
The reason the Harkin Institute no longer exists is not because Iowa State University or Regents like Craig Lang and Rastetter somehow wanted to limit academic freedom. The Institute also didn't fail because Republicans were opposed to it and finally succeeded in dismantling it. No, the reason the Harkin Institute failed is because Sen. Tom Harkin doesn't want to explain his role in raising the money for the institute, which is probably illegal.
If the Harkin Institute has any future at all, it's going to be at a private university instead of one of the state's regent universities. It's not because of the political nature of the Board of Regents, rather, it's because moving it to a private university means that organizations like the Associated Press or TheIowaRepublican.com will no longer be able to provide the public transparency in regards to who is donating what to the institution and when they are donating it because private institutions do not have to comply with freedom of information requests.
The only reason Sen. Harkin is not going to house his papers at Iowa State University is because he either has something to hide, or he wants all the scrutiny to go away. The academic freedom argument he and the Register have been making is only a distraction and an excuse to renege on the deal he has made with his alma mater.
The Des Moines Register shouldn't be sad that the Harkin Institute will not be housed at Iowa State University. They should be mad that they got played by a U.S. Senator running away from a scandal.
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Perry Patriots
Rutenberg and Confessore have some additional details on the elaborate fundraising structure Rick Perry's campaign is putting together, which Mike Allen reported this morning:
In a brochure sent on Saturday to his top fund-raisers and donors, Mr. Perry seeks to recruit four tiers of top "bundlers" to solicit checks from friends, business associates and family members. Each tier — Patriots, who raise $500,000 for Mr. Perry; Entrepreneurs, who raise $250,000; Explorers, who raise $100,000; and Pilots, who raise $50,000 — are granted exclusive privileges and benefits. For Patriots, the most elite tier, Mr. Perry offers an "invitation to a special reward event," regular access to top campaign officials, and something called the "the V.I.P. Republican National Convention Package," which "includes hospitality suite and V.I.P. reception at the convention."
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Perry is going to be playing in a different arena in terms of fundraising than he's had to in the past - one where dollars are capped in small chunks, as opposed to unlimited.
However, Perry is also likely to fare well in the super PAC primary, in which almost every major candidate has an outside group that can raise unlimited cash for with an aim to support one person Perry's major donors in Texas are very used to writing large checks, and the super PACs are simply new repositories for that.
UPDATE: Cilizza was there yesterday.


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Minors: McShane confident of a place in last four
Armagh Minor football boss Paul McShane believes his team can atone for their Ulster final lapse against Cavan when they face Roscommon in the All-Ireland quarter-final at Croke Park tomorrow (2.00).
The Orchard County were held scoreless in the second-half of the provincial decider which saw their Breffni opponents claim their first title since 1974.
"The boys were very disappointed with themselves after that loss and they want to show themselves in a good light in Croke Park," observes McShane.
The manager will expect much more from his attack on this occasion. Full-forward Paul McGeown has proven a rich source of scores in the recent past and with the support of Michael McKenna and Conal Gough he can make life difficult for Roscommon.
Five years ago Roscommon won the All-Ireland Minor crown under current senior boss Fergal O'Donnell and this precipitated a flow of exciting young talent within the county, the latest recruits having already shown their worth, beating New York, Mayo and Galway en route to the Connacht title.
Manager Ross Shannon maintains: "It's going to be very tough but we have gained in confidence by winning the Connacht Championship."
Meanwhile, Ulster champions Cavan will take on Galway at Pearse Park, Longford tomorrow (3.00) hoping to replicate their Ulster final form.
Joint manager Dermot McCabe says: "We had a tremendous win over Armagh and we now have to build on that."
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I would like to build a small (<40") electric WWI model. The kits from both Aerodrome RC and Manzano laser look intriguing.
What do they really mean when they say the skill level is "intermediate"?
Intermediate means - gasp - some sticks have to be cut, and some basic lining up of stuff over the plan is called for.
This is a typical intermediate from my stable..also available from manzano.
At the risk of getting shot right out of the sky by guys with wayyyy more know-how and experience than I (a relative newcomer), it's my opinion that intermediate kits would have a lot of "stick construction" to them, and would require a more delicate touch when applying covering.
Personally? my recomendation to a guy who was itching to get his feet wet would be something like the Mountain Models Dandy or the StevensAero Squirt 400.
Both are 3 channel planes, both have excellent instructions and are laser cut to fit like a glove, and both can be covered in Solite for a nice finish.
No stick construction at all, and the biggest benefit of that (in my opinion) is that it lets you take all the time you need to practice your technique of laying out parts in a nice, super straight manner.
I'm anal about building things straight, whether foam or balsa, and this really is the key to nice flying planes.
Here's both of these perfect 'first beginner kits'...
Thanks for the advice. I just finished a StevensAero Mudbug, which flew great until I lost the set screws for the brushless motor. I ordered some replacements and need to wait to get it flying again.
Perhaps I am overestimating my abilities (and time) but I would like something with a little bit more craft to it, but not something that requires a master craftsman's touch. Although I am still a relative newbie to covering, I am not that frightened about stick construction. At least I used to do a lot of that as a kid. I am however worried about getting a set of plans and several hundred pieces of balsa with the expectation that I will end up with an airplane at the end...
Intermediate it is, then.
I'd stay with the prettier sport models, as scale models get fiddly with detail by and large.
Its nice to get a model done on a few days, rather than weeks.
Plenty of build threads of that sort of model in the vintage forum..https://www.rcgroups.com/vintage-and...r-designs-209/
Check out FrannyB's amazing geodetic model. That is what we call 'advanced'
Also her Shereshaw Cumulus..quality to aspire to.
Just stumbled across this thread. I haven't read all the posts but I think I get the gist of what is being said.
The title of the thread is a bit unfortunate in that it, and the first post starting the discussion, doesn't define what "model building" means. It would appear to mean using kits that are mostly balsa wood which is fair enough but a little narrow.
When you look at threads like Joe Manor's first generation D160 (https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=480273) and then the second generation (https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=778363) it is hard to say that model building is dead. Guys like Joe Manor, Jason Lilly, Spencer Lisenby and others routinely do their own research, design, fabrication and flying.
When I was flying slope at the Hughes site near Marina Del Rey a decade or more back there were a group of slope racers who were doing the same thing. Designing and fabricating their own designs using state-of-the-art techniques and materials.
These guys are and were doing what we used to do. Building from scratch because they couldn't buy what they wanted.
My other comment is that to me building and flying are two totally separate things. I don't enjoy a model any less because somebody else built it. Quite often the reverse is true.
When I do build, I build balsa kits because it is a wonderful material to work with and you can achieve some quite beautiful results.
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Some plans are a piece of cake, others are fiendish.
Modelling difficulty is, at is basic level, dependant on the tools you have to hand, and your skill in using them.
Trying to build a competition scale masterpiece may be horrendously difficult if all you have is a scalpel and a sanding block, yet, equip yourself with a better set of tools, and some time spent learning to use them, and the difficulty level decreases.
The main skill required for building from plans, in my experience anyway, is being able to decifer what the plan is asking you to do, without a comprehensive instruction book telling you.
Last edited by MCarlton; Sep 01, 2009 at 07:41 PM.
If I'm putting a foamie together and I notice that the fuse is maybe not formed right, and wants to go together with a banana shape... then 'building' is what I'm doing when I start coming up with ways to solve the problem.
If I'm putting together a balsa kit and I want to come up with a new kind of jig to ensure all my ribs are parallel, then 'building' is what I'm doing when I'm figuring it out.
Building to me is coming up with a way to make a hatch door for my batteries when none is called for in the plans.
Anytime I do a plane the second time (because I destroyed the first plane), then I'm just assembling parts, and not 'building' anymore.
Great question!
Mode One asks:
So, The Question is, what can be done to bring model building back?
(My understanding of The Question is that building means to construct a flying R/C model aircraft from a kit or from plans, and that a kit is defined by a box of which contents DOES NOT resemble an airplane. That this is NOT meant to be an argument of building -vs- ARFs, RTFs, or RTCs, or to detract from the later. That the objective of The Question is to promote building.)
Ive thought a lot about this question for the last few days, and am still having a hard time with it. The Question supposes that building is waning. I dont think that it is. There are too many businesses still manufacturing products that are specific to our hobby that supports building to argue that building is on the decline. This would not (and could not) be the case if folks were not building. We have several wood suppliers that offer plenty of the wood types that we need to build, milled to whatever dimensions we need. We have all the bits-and-pieces hardware that we need. Need a spinner, metal or plastic? There are several manufacturers offering a selection of sizes. There are several manufacturers that offer landing gear, fixed and retractable, as well as fabricators of fiberglass engine cowls, wheel pants, tail cones, wing tips, and more for kits and plan-built models. All the above to support the model builders needs. If there was no market (i.e.: model building) there wouldnt be manufacturer support we presently enjoy.
We still have a number of catalog and internet merchants offering building materials. We have several merchants that will fabricate a kit from plans, by hand, laser, or CDC outer machine. More and more of these operations are popping up. Some of them may be tiny home garage operations, but again, this would not exist if building models was heading off into the sunset. They exist because there is a demand for what they produce.
I think because more ARFs, RTFs, and RTC (call them pre-built) models are seen at the field and overwhelmingly advertised in the periodicals (over kits) that it makes it easy to assume that former is taking over. I dont see it that way, I see our hobby as a newer and larger pie which represents more people being involved in it. The pre-built models may outnumber the kits/scratch built models in the newer pie, but I offer that the number of builders have grown over the years. Take a look at the RAMS Toledo show reviews.
I think that some are being selfish when they consider The Question. If you became involved in this hobby thirty years or more, you cannot help but to consider what was available to you back then. First, you had to build your first model in order to be a radio control model flyer. No matter how the model came out, you put time and money into learning how to build. Because you produced it with your own hands, it was your baby and you were one proud papa.
Lets stay with the time period of thirty (and more) years ago. Industrial arts were still a required part of secondary and high school curriculums. There was wood shop, metal shop, print shop, architectural and mechanical drafting. These classes drew out and allowed the broadening of our mechanical aptitudes. These classes are no longer offered (at least in the case of the U.S.) because of litigable liability, budget restraints, a claim of no interest and of no need. Everything is available at the Big-Box Mart...
For those of us over fifty, through the wood shop semesters of our industrial arts classes we had acquired the basic building skills and confidence in making napkin holders, sewing boxes (now extinct...) chess boards, and garden benches to tackle a wooden model airplane. Understand, again, that is gone. We now have a society where the vast majority of its members has never driven a nail into a piece of wood in their lives and have to call a certified electrician to change the bulb in a household desk lamp.
My hat is off to the younger (post industrial arts) model airplane builder. It has to be an intimidating project to take on.
So, how do we bring model building back? Though a matter of semantics, I think The Question should also be read as how can we promote building? Building is not dying nor declining, we just have a generation-gap that needs filling is all, which can be answered by those that build. How? BUILD! Show those here on the forum that it can be done. Its that simple.
Sometimes if just runs in families
From the AOPA newsletter.
To develop interest in building I think there needs to be incentive for people to build them versus buying them. The kits or plans need to be of planes that stand out in some way from the ARFs. That is a tall order as some of the nicest model aircraft around are commercially produced.
I think building is highly rewarding, but it's a personal choice. If someone does not want to build then he should still have the opportunity to enjoy flying. Your hobby is your choice.
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Okay. I get you've modelled your door as you want, Now the first thing to do is place The axis in the correct coords
Select your models, go to the hierarchy tab:
With your models selected, click on Affect Pivot only and place your axis At the bottom, at the corner where the hinges would be, like in this picture. i suggest you placing it a bit under the bottom, so there is no problem for the door to slide, because it wont hit the floor.
When you finished placing the axis, move to the door to 0,0,0 (not the axis, remember) and the grid should be showing for you the same as for me in the above picture. Remember to reset xform for scale and also to keep rotation on 0,0,0. You're finished, export your DFF (no matter if it has normals, vertex colours...)
Okay, now we go for the col, one of the interesting parts of this.
Make a box of the same size as the door, in the same place. now create some spheres in these places. think that the spheres will be what player will hit so he pulls the door, so its ok to have them bigger than the door:
remember to keep the boxes as boxes, and the spheres as spheres. Don't convert them to editable polies/meshes or you will have to do some fixes in COL editor.
Now select the box and the spheres, open Kam's COL IO and export your COL. You could select a shadowmesh too, but don't add polies (as boxes and spheres are the only 'dynamic' collisions (as far as i know )
you're finished with COL now. The only remaining thing is a entry in your object.dat
Open your object.dat, now search for 'interior door' you should see some entries, that starts with Gen_doorEXT10
Copy one of those, rename it to have the same name of your DFF.
|JVMETALDOOR, 5.0, 5.0 0.98, 0.1, 50.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0, 6, 1, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, none
And finished. your door should be working ingame. You don't need any special flag in the IDE/IPL for it.
Any questions you have, something that I didn't explain correctly... tell me.


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ST. LOUIS -- If Game 1 of the National League Championship Series is any indication, the Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals are headed for a fall classic before the Fall Classic.
Carlos Beltran burnished an already glowing postseason resume with a game-winning single in the bottom of the 13th inning early Saturday morning, giving St. Louis a 3-2 win and a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series at sold-out Busch Stadium.
Pinch-hitter Daniel Descalso singled with one out off Chris Withrow and Matt Carpenter drew a walk. Los Angeles closer Kenley Jansen came in but fell behind Beltran 3-1. Beltran then lined a cutter down the right field line and Descalso raced home from second, ending a 4-hour, 47-minute thriller.
Lance Lynn, the Cardinals' seventh pitcher, picked up the win with two scoreless innings.
The Dodgers were denied the go-ahead run in the 10th when Beltran nailed Mark Ellis at the plate as he tried to score from third after Michael Young's one-out fly ball to medium-deep right field.
Game 2 is Saturday, with Los Angeles sending ace Clayton Kershaw to the mound opposite 22-year old Michael Wacha, who came within five outs of a no-hitter on Monday in beating Pittsburgh in Game 4 of the National League Division Series.
The Dodgers' Zack Greinke was no-decisioned despite eight often brilliant innings, fanning 10 and walking one while allowing just four hits and two runs. The right-hander retired 15 of the last 17 batters he faced.
Joe Kelly wasn't as spectacular as Greinke but worked six solid innings for St. Louis, scattering six hits and allowing two runs. Kelly walked two and fanned five.
Los Angeles missed a golden scoring opportunity in the top of the first, leaving men on second and third with one out as Adrian Gonzalez struck out on a 3-2 changeup and Yasiel Puig chased a 2-2 slider in the dirt.
But old postseason reliable Juan Uribe gave the Dodgers a 2-0 lead in the third by grounding a two-run single up the middle, scoring Hanley Ramirez and Gonzalez. Uribe lifted Los Angeles into the NLCS with a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning on Monday night against Atlanta.
However, another postseason oldie but goodie got St. Louis on even ground in its half of the third. After Kelly singled with two outs and Carpenter walked, Beltran rifled a two-run double over the leaping Andre Ethier and off the center field wall.
It was Beltran's 50th postseason hit, and his 32nd and 33rd RBIs to go along with 16 homers.
NOTES: St. Louis 1B Allen Craig (Lisfranc sprain), who led the team in RBIs with 97 before getting injured on Sept. 4 in Cincinnati, was left off the 25-man roster. He's hoping to be available for the World Series, where he could serve as a designated hitter in American League parks. ... Los Angeles manager Don Mattingly left off LHP relievers Paco Rodriguez and Chris Capuano to add RHPs Carlos Marmol and Edinson Volquez to the bullpen. It leaves the Dodgers with just one left-hander, J.P. Howell, in the bullpen against the lefty-leaning Cardinals lineup. ... Los Angeles will start LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu in Game 3 and RHP Ricky Nolasco in Game 4. St. Louis hasn't decided whether to start RHPs Lynn or Shelby Miller in Game 4.


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14 May 2012 – Jenson Button is striving to solve car setup difficulties when F1 continues in Monaco next weekend. In Barcelona, the McLaren driver was knocked out in Q2 qualifying before struggling from tenth on the grid to an eventual ninth place in the race.
"Congratulations to Pastor (Maldonado)!" said Button, winner of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix who made his F1 debut with Williams in 2000. "That was a great drive and I'm sure it will instil a lot of confidence in him and the Williams team.
"All in all, we weren't quite quick enough today – but that's something I need to solve myself. I need to find a setup that suits me better, as I feel like I have pretty poor grip at the moment."
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President Barack Obama is using the power of the Internal Revenue Service to intimidate Americans into signing up for his failing health care insurance scheme by directing intimidating letters to citizens who have chosen to pay the penalty rather than sign up for his "health insurance."
The letters are set to go out beginning next week, and are aimed at Americans who are paying the tax penalty rather than obtaining health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. The IRS says the 2010 law requires it to inform those individuals they could do better by signing up for the embattled program.
"In keeping with our commitment to taxpayer confidentiality, we will send the letters directly to taxpayers; under no circumstances will we share the identities of these taxpayers or any other protected taxpayer information with CMS or with any other entity," IRS Commissioner John G. Koskinen told Congress on Oct. 31, in documents obtained by The Washington Times.
But congressional Republicans, already intent on repealing the health law, say tapping the IRS to boost Obamacare is dangerous, and risks disclosure of taxpayers' secret information to others in the government.
Millions of Americans will be greeted this holiday season by ominous warning letters from the nation's tax collectors demanding payment to prop up Obamacare.
It will send notices to 800,000 filers between Nov. 28 and Dec. 5 — ahead of the Dec. 15 deadline to buy a plan in time to be covered by Jan. 1. An additional 6.7 million Obamacare holdouts will see an IRS notice in January as the administration makes a last-ditch plea for sign-ups ahead of the final Jan. 31 deadline.
This IRS shakedown on behalf of Obamacare may only have a limited shelf life.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Majority Whip Steve Scalise and Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, Texas Republican, objected to the letter campaign earlier this year, saying the IRS' decision to collaborate with a health care agency was an improper use of its resources and amounted to harassment of taxpayers.
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