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Written by Joe Aiello, Posted in General
On May 1, 2011, a lot of Cub fans thought Darwin Barney might be the Cubs' second baseman of the future. In his first 89 plate appearances, Barney put up a .326/.351/.449 triple slash. Barney failed to put up a batting average above .296 (May), an on base percentage above .323 (July) and a slugging percentage above .391 (July) in any other month of the season. He finished the season with an underwhelming .276/.313/.353 line.
The good news about Barney is that he is a very strong defensive player. In his first year playing second base full time after playing shortstop in the minors, both FanGraphs and Baseball Prospectus rate Barney as a well above average defender. FanGraphs said that Barney posted a 5.8 UZR/150, while Baseball Prospectus found that his defense was worth 7.8 runs above average. It would not be a surprise to see him only get better defensively.
You can see the bad news in the first paragraph, though. Not only does Barney not walk (3.9% in 2011), but he also hits for absolutely no power (.078) ISO. Considering he is 26, the odds of Barney adding any significant power are slim. And, as his heat maps show, Barney is able to hit with power in very little of the zone. This is the league average isolated power (ISO) map for all players in the National League last season. The redder the area, the more power is represented.
And this is Darwin Barney's ISO heat map:
As you can see, Barney hits for any power in a very small part of the zone, middle in just below the waist. It is just really unlikely that he will be able to improve this significantly at his age.
But can Barney start walking more? Or do pitchers just pound the zone against Barney, knowing he is unlikely to punish them? This is the league average heat map for swing rates from 2011:
And this is Darwin Barney's swing rate heat map from last season:
Barney swings outside the strike zone at a near or above a fifty percent rate two places where he hits for no power: pitches that are low beneath the zone, and pitches off the plate inside. Walking more is in Barney's control. It is not a matter of pitchers only throwing strikes to him. The problem is that no one has figured out how to actively teach players to be more patient at the plate.
ZiPS projects Barney to post a .273/.311/.352 triple slash in 2012. Unless Barney can figure out how to draw more walks, this is probably about right. The good news for Barney is that his defense will almost certainly give him the majority of the starts at second base this year. The three Cub pitchers who are guaranteed to be in the rotation this year, Matt Garza, Ryan Dempster and Paul Maholm, all rely on inducing ground balls for success (at least if you believe Garza's ground ball rate from 2011 was intentional). Randy Wells and Chris Volstad also need to induce ground balls to be successful. Considering the defensive deficiencies of Jeff Baker, Blake DeWitt and Adrian Cardenas, the Cubs will need Barney's glove and can live with him batting eighth in a year where competing in the division is little more than a wish upon a shooting star.
The question for Barney is long term, though. If he can get on base more often, he can be a long term starter in the middle infield in the Majors for a long time. If he cannot, his longterm outlook is as a bench player.


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It's a romantic comedy starring that girl from Grey's Anatomy and that guy from That 70's Show as a married couple who discovers that their neighbors might be hired killers sent to whack them. Hilary, as they say, ensue. Wait, what? It's not a comedy? It's an actual honest to goodness thriller? Yup, it's really a thriller called "Five Killers".
According to Variety, the film will star Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl, the latter playing a woman who falls in love with the man of her dreams while on vacation. They get hitched, and years later, while living in the suburbs begin to suspect that their neighbors may in fact be assassins and — gasp! — they're after them! The Variety article doesn't say if Kutcher is the "man of her dreams", but that would make sense. I can't see Kutcher playing a hired killer.
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The Economic Development Council (EDC) maintains a wealth of statistical data about St. Johns County that helps companies with their business planning.
Now the EDC is taking additional steps to ensure that the community has access to the most up-to-date and relevant material.
In 2003, the EDC reviewed their data library to determine what is the most meaningful to corporate decision-makers, both local and potential recruits. With the help of a national survey, the EDC pulled together new data in areas such as industrial vacancy, recent expansions and workers compensation information. They compiled it all into a new portfolio known as the Corporate Relocations Package and are distributing it both regionally and internationally. The package features high-impact photography of St. Johns County's beautiful areas and highlights business testimonials from some veteran companies.
To help guide their marketing and recruiting efforts, the Economic Development Council uses a Target Industry Study - an analysis of the types of industries that would be a good match for St. Johns County. The original study was produced in 1998 by Urbanomics, and the Ponte Vedra Beach company completed an update in April 2003. Among the industries listed as targets are: Corporate Office, Financial and Information Services; Aviation and Automotive Industries; Specialty Industrial and Commercial Products; Food Products and Distribution; Medical Products and Health Sciences; Recreational Equipment and Sports; and Distribution and Logistics.
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Harrison, who is also the General Manager of the Serenata Beach Club, said community benefits include an accurate fair listing of the appropriate commercial sites in one location. This allows landowners, brokers, and commercial real estate agents to have their properties listed and exposed to potential customers they may not have access to, he said.
"This listing is also available to any local business that may be considering a move or expansion," said Harrison.
He added that the target industry study allows the EDC to focus on industries that are most beneficial to the community. This includes the workforce, infrastructure, the environment, transportation, and many other criteria.
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Accra Cocktail Week, a cocktail week where resident of Accra get the opportunity to sample new and preferred cocktail drinks at a discount price has been launched in Accra over the week.
The cocktail week which is been organized by Ghana's experiential brand management agency, Sixth Sense Manifesto will educate the consumers about cocktails and to fully promote Accra as a cosmopolitan city.
From 15th to 21th June, 20 bars within the Accra metropolis will participate in the cocktail week where there shall be a judging contest whereas one bar in Accra shall be titled 'Cocktail Bar of the Year'.
Nadia Takyiwaa-Mensah, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sixth Sense Manifesto, speaking at the launch said the essence of the cocktail week is to give the middle class in Ghana the opportunity to have a taste of cocktail life and also foreigners a cocktail experience.
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Ahmet, thanks for reporting this and providing a fix! I'm pretty sure this was caused by
SOLR-2382, see item #6 in the description "change the semantics of entity.destroy()". And I do think your fix is correct: just close the reader when it runs out of data so that the next time around it will open a new reader on the next file in the list. LEP is the only EntityProcessor that depended on the old semantics of destroy().
The disturbing thing here is that TestLineEntityProcessor passes, so clearly it is not testing the combination of FLEP/LEP correctly, even though the code comments indicate this was the intention. Likely we need to replace this test with something in the spirit of the test included with
SOLR-3307, or at least improve the mock-up LEP with something more realistic. In any case, we'll need a unit test that actually fails prior to your patch and then passes with it applied...
We've noticed similar issues in 3.6.1 after upgrading from 3.5
Only the first file processed in a multi-file FileListEntityProcessor/LineEntityProcessor combination,
and with only the first value of a multi-valued entry listed in a nested SqlEntityProcessor.
Here is a patch with a unit test. I will commit this shortly as this needs to be fixed in 4.0.
James: should this be backported to the 3.6 branch for inclusions in a (probably) 3.6.2 as well?
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ANAHEIM, Calif. — If you buy into marketing hype and scary headlines, there aren't many places more geographically and culturally farther apart than Chester, Pa., and that famous little amusement park down the street from the Honda Center.
But while Arizona Wildcats forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson isn't about to call his hometown the Happiest Place on Earth, there is a toughness, a resiliency, a bond, that he says Chester natives develop while living in what was called America's second-most dangerous city just two years ago.
That bond was visible Wednesday, when Hollis-Jefferson sought out a photo with Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan, also a native of Chester, and then posted it on Facebook.
That toughness will be visible today, when Ryan's notoriously edgy Badgers will face Arizona in the NCAA West Region final at the Honda Center — just over 2 miles from Disneyland — for a Final Four berth.
"I would say we have great people in Chester," Hollis-Jefferson said. "We have people who care about the kids, but there's a lot of people who don't. But for the most part I'm one of the people who wants to work and change that."
So is Ryan. The Badgers coach says he still tries to help out in Chester, if not always with his limited time then with money.
"I try to help them with some things financially so they can help these kids learn not just how to dribble a basketball but also … other life skills," Ryan said. "The more young people in Chester that can be helped that way, just like with any community, it's a good thing."
Not surprisingly then, it was at a Boys and Girls Club camp in Chester during the summer of 2012 that Hollis-Jefferson met Ryan. They talked about basketball and, of course, Chester.
Ryan is known for talking at length about the Pennsylvania town, as he willingly did Friday at his Honda Center news conference, and Hollis-Jefferson laughed when asked about Ryan's tendency.
"That's what everybody keeps saying, man," Hollis-Jefferson said. "We talked for a while. I met him in Chester. He loves Chester."
Ryan's players noticed, too.
"Yeah, he always talks about the tough streets of Chester," guard Josh Gasser said, adding sarcastically: "I can relate, being from Port Washington, Wisconsin. It's very similar."
Guard Ben Brust, who nearly busted out laughing, wasn't even going to try to compare his life.
"I've got a golf course in my backyard," Brust said.
But the truth of it is that the Badgers under Ryan have historically been known for toughness and resiliency, always reaching the NCAA tournament and finishing in the top four in the Big Ten for all of the 13 seasons he's coached them.
They're not from Chester but maybe have a piece of it in them.
"I always ice my knee after practice, coming off surgery, so (Ryan's) always like, 'Back in my day, I never needed ice. I scraped my knee and I was good in Chester,' " Gasser said.
Gasser said the Wisconsin coach also "definitely has funny stories" about Chester that the players like to hear, so maybe it's that gritty sense of humor that helped Ryan and Hollis-Jefferson hit it off.
Their bond came quickly, no matter the nearly 47 years between them. Hollis-Jefferson said he took a photo with Ryan at the Boys and Girls Club and, when he met the Wisconsin coach on Wednesday, the greeting and another photo was easy.
"I said, 'What up Bo-bee?' "Hollis-Jefferson said. "That's my guy."
Bo-bee? Yes. Well, maybe that has more to do with Hollis-Jefferson himself.
One way Hollis-Jefferson coped with life in Chester was to put a positive spin on everything.
He is often the Wildcats' bubbliest personality, not just with his aggressive play and free-throw-line "Shoulder Shimmy," but also just by lighting up the locker room with a smile.
Hollis-Jefferson said he's always been a happy person, and Chester never changed that. While he said he has "lost a couple of family members and friends," Hollis-Jefferson said media attention toward the town's murder rate has been "super maximized" toward the negative.
He sees both sides of it.
"It's pretty tough to be from Chester," Hollis-Jefferson said. "Not a lot of kids have done it (play college basketball). A lot more could have but it's pretty tough.
"But it's a good environment for us. We grow up tough and we let that anger out on the court and it shows."
Ryan saw that passion on the court in his day, too, the 1950s and 1960s, and says he sees it in Hollis-Jefferson's game today.
"In order to get anything done, you had to be better than average, and you had to be willing to fight for what you were going to get," Ryan said. "You've got to have that gritty side. You've got to have that side that you're not going to back down. …
"In order to be a player there, you've got to be a player. You've got to beat people out. You've got to."
But off the court, in those days, the adversity wasn't as intense.
Ryan spoke Friday about the city's once-powerful industry, and the slogan of "What Chester Makes, Makes Chester" that was plastered on a large sign on top of the Delaware County Electric Company from 1926-1973.
"Sinclair, Sun Oil, Boeing, General Electric, Alcoa…" Ryan said. "Lee Iacocca goes his start a block and a half from where I lived. Ford was right down the street. It was booming. Lot of jobs."
Those days are over now.
"As (jobs disappeared) then of course the murder rates and everything else, it wasn't something you want to advertise," Ryan said. "There are a lot of influences in Chester that can take people the other way and fortunately there are influences that can take you in a positive way.
"I'm always thankful for those who choose the positive way and Rondae has definitely done that."


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Tindersticks: Across Six Leap Years
Perennially underrated Nottingham gloomsters Tindersticks have always moved at their own, sometimes funereal metre, and their decision to re-record selections from their back catalogue to mark their 21st anniversary is inspired. While the arrangements don't stray too far from the originals, Stuart Staples's glorious baritone has grown more resonant with age, giving the baleful What Are You Fighting For? and the tremulous soul-searching Sleepy Song a sense of glorious resignation.
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In which we keep you updated on the latest political chatter so that you can lord your election savvy over co-workers around the water cooler, if not at the polls:
- Former eBay CEO and Republican gubernatorial primary nomination hopeful Meg Whitman finally sat down with a newspaper, the San Jose Mercury News,after dodging questions from the San Francisco Chronicle. She declared herself an "extraordinary fiscal conservative," and said she approved adoptions for same-sex couples because "many kids need a great home," but doesn't want those families to enjoy the honor of actual marriage.
- Attorney General and likely Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jerry Brown hopped on the health insurance premium increase opposition bandwagon, subpoenaing the financial records of Anthem Blue Cross and others. Insurance Commissioner and Republican nomination candidate Steve Poizner had already announced an investigation into hundreds of cases of coverage denial. And it's not just individuals getting hit, but small businesses, too.
- After criticizing opponent Poizner for going negative, Whitman's campaign turned the tables and launched a "Why we can't trust Steve Poizner" television advertisement and Web site in an effort to link him to evil Democrats. The latest survey from Datamar suggests that if the primary were open (only registered Republicans are allowed to vote in state Republican primaries), the race would be a lot closer between Whitman and Poizner, possibly on the strength of meddling liberals.
- Garry South, the political consultant who took over San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's failed gubernatorial campaign and is now working on Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn's Lieutenant Governor campaign, issued an email attack on Newsom yesterday revealing that in private conversations, "the Mayor expressed nothing but disinterest in and disdain for the office of lieutenant governor." Newsom wouldn't comment on the email, but said his family has come to terms with another campaign, and that he'd issue a statement in the next few days.
- And in the race for the Republican nomination for Senator, former Congressman Tom Campbell is pulling ahead of rivals, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina and State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, in the most recent poll. And now a spat between the Campbell and Fiorina campaigns involves accusations that Fiorina's campaign manager, Marty Wilson, called Campbell an anti-semite during a phone call in trying to convince former Secretary of State Bruce McPherson not to switch his endorsement to Campbell.
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TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Cherokee Nation's community and cultural outreach department is accepting applications starting Tuesday, Oct. 1, for two separate grants aimed at improving communities within the Cherokee Nation.
The Community Work Grant provides a total of $200,000 in funds for communities wishing to build community buildings or youth centers, remodel existing facilities or improve community parks.
The Community Organizing Training and Technical Assistance Grant provides a total of $150,000 in funds to community organizations for leadership, organizational and program development.
In the past, the grants have helped build the Brushy Community Center in Sequoyah County and expand the Vian Peace Center food pantry into a larger building. It helped add ballpark lighting in Kenwood and remodel a motel in Stilwell into a community emergency shelter.
Grant applications can be picked up at the community and cultural outreach office at 5000 S. Muskogee Ave. in Tahlequah. Deadline to submit to the CCO office is by 5 p.m. on Nov. 15.
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Consequence of single bad meal is considerable
"That fitness kook is crying wolf again."
If that's what you're thinking after reading the headline, you're wrong. Well, I may be a kook, but just like smoking a single cigarette, a single bad meal certainly affects you.
In fact, the sentiment contained in the headline is why I got interested in nutrition as a teenager. To say I loved food, especially unhealthy food, back then would be right on target.
The convenience store close to my favorite basketball court often ran a three-for-$1 special on Tastykake pies. There were many times that after playing all night my buddy and I would eat three pies each, drink a quart of iced tea, and reach a state we used to jokingly call "sugar shock."
The French Apple and Tasty Klair pies, as I recall, were the best varieties. Berks County stores didn't carry Zimmerman's Iced Tea, so we were forced to make do with Turkey Hill.
After junior high school games, our tradition was to walk to Pappy's Pizza and split a large pie topped with extra cheese and pepperoni and add packet upon packet of sugar to the free refills of iced tea. (At least the restaurant was more than a mile from the school.)
Once when our team upset one of the junior high teams from Reading (that had kids who could dunk when not a single one of us could touch the rim), we broke that tradition by downing a bucket of KFC chicken and a dozen doughnuts.
While we often joked the next day about food "hangovers" after pig outs like these, I believe we both suspected that there was an element of truth behind that.
And then a few days into my junior year, I contracted a severe case of mononucleosis. Complications arose, and I was forced to eat what my doctor called a "very bland" diet.
Steamed vegetables. Apple sauce. Tapioca pudding. Lots of soup broth.
While I craved junk for a while, I had to admit that I felt more alert, more alive. Granted, I was still recovering from a serious illness, but now after a Sunday lunch, I wanted to do something other than take a nap on the sofa.
After fully recovering from mono, my belief that single meals affected you became clear. I'd crave bad stuff, eat a ton of it, and then get that all-too-familiar food hangover. For a few days afterwards, I'd eat mostly beans, corn, grapes, apples, and big salads and feel so much better.
When I left for college in August of 1979, I decided to experiment and follow a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet at least for a few months. I haven't stopped eating that way or experimenting yet.
Why stop doing something that makes you feel really good and full of energy?
Since my college days there have not only been dozens of studies to prove the long-term benefits of healthy eating, but also a handful of studies that show the damage done by a single unhealthy meal. One such study was led by Dr. Todd Anderson, the director of the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta and head of the cardiac science department at the University of Calgary.
Anderson and his colleagues recruited healthy, non-smoking college students and then had them eat two typical breakfast sandwiches that totaled 900 calories and 50 grams of fat. Two hours later, he tested their VTI, velocity time integral, by temporarily interrupting the blood flow in their arms and then seeing how much the blood flow increases.
On another date, the researchers took the subjects' VTI before they had any breakfast. They found that the bad breakfast a single bad breakfast that millions of people probably eat on their way to work decreased blood flow by 15 to 20 percent. Reduced blood makes it easier for fat to build up on the walls of arteries.
So does eating meals that contain 450 cals of fat.
The result of Anderson's experiment supports a University of Buffalo study published in 2004.
Doctors fed nine healthy, normal-weight adults a rather unhealthy breakfast: a McDonald's Egg McMuffin, a Sausage McMuffin, and two servings of McDonald's hash-brown potatoes. The meal totaled 910 calories, 81 grams of carbs, 51 grams of fat, and 32 grams of protein.
Blood samples were taken one, two, and three hours after the meal and compared to the samples taken from a test group that had nothing more than a glass of water for breakfast.
The bad-breakfast group experienced an increase in what doctors call inflammatory factors, the sorts of things that can harden the arteries of healthy people, clog the arteries of the not-so-healthy, and possibly kill those with preexisting heart conditions.
And the culprit was a single bad meal.
Both Anderson's study and the University of Buffalo study show that a high-fat breakfast or any single high-fat meal, really increases the immediate risk of heart disease.
The long-term risk of continually eating high-fat foods is so well established that other possible outcomes are no longer even offered.


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The teenagers, aged 14 to17, are being questioned over the murder of Sofyen Ghailan in a running knife battle that took place in front of evening commuters at London's Victoria station on Thursday.
Schoolgirls were also reportedly part of a mob that chased the victim into the underground station ticket hall where the attack happened. The boy was cornered and then stabbed repeatedly in the chest before being left dying in a pool of blood as the gang fled.
It is understood that the girls were not among those arrested and there is no suggestion that any took part in the attack.
Detectives suspect two groups – about 15 youths from west London and 20 from north-west London – converged on the station for a planned fight.
They are believed to be of Somalian or Afro-Caribbean origin. The gangs were reported to have come to blows in the days before the murder. Police have recovered several weapons, including two knives, from the scene.
It is believed that almost all of the killing was caught on CCTV cameras. Graham Lewis, a Tube worker, said: "My colleague who witnessed it said the victim was basically set upon by a gang of young boys. Some were wearing school uniform."
Det Supt Ashley Croft, of the British Transport Police, said: "This was a reckless act of violence that has resulted in a teenager tragically losing his life."
Sofyen, who was born in London and was of north African descent, was a pupil at Henry Compton Secondary School in Fulham.
The school has a history of knife violence involving pupils. Three years ago Kodjo Yenga, a pupil at the school, died in a knife attack.
In 2004 former pupil Elliot White, then 24, helped to kill John Monckton, a banker, who was stabbed in front of his wife and daughter at his Chelsea home.
Last night tributes were paid to Sofyen, from Acton, west London, on Facebook, the social networking site.
More than 100 people joined a group called RIP Sofyen.
Det Supt Ashley Croft, of British Transport Police, who is leading the inquiry, said it was a "reckless act of violence".
Refusing to confirm which school the suspected attackers were attending, Mr Croft added: "What I am looking at is the background to all the people in custody. We have arrested 20 people and that is a positive step.''


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|Carlos Delfino, SF 33 MIN | 2-12 FG | 0-0 FT | 7 REB | 3 AST | 5 PTS | +5
One of these days we're going to see a whole bunch of games in a row where Delfino knocks down a whole bunch of threes.
Or maybe we won't.
|Drew Gooden, PF 31 MIN | 6-13 FG | 5-6 FT | 6 REB | 2 AST | 19 PTS | -9
Kudos to Gooden for taking the game winning charge. No kudos for being crazy. Also, the defense is a complete mess now and it's mostly because he has no conviction behind his moves. He hedges. Weakly. Which has the fantastic effect of leaving his point guard high and dry and simultaneously leaving his man open.
|Brandon Jennings, PG 43 MIN | 8-23 FG | 6-7 FT | 5 REB | 8 AST | 24 PTS | -3
Good news: he's being aggressive again. Bad news: He shot like he did last year. It has become exhausting just to think about him.
It's become more and more apparent that Jennings isn't that good of a defender. Ramon Sessions was slashing to the paint like a mad man. And so has every other point guard Jennings has faced since Bogut has left. He can't take the chances he takes on defense anymore. A more conservative defense from him would help the Bucks.
|Jon Brockman, F 14 MIN | 0-1 FG | 1-2 FT | 3 REB | 0 AST | 1 PTS | +2
Still exists.
|Jon Leuer, F 6 MIN | 2-3 FG | 1-2 FT | 2 REB | 0 AST | 5 PTS | -4
Still exists.
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- Bucks can't get a shot off again to end the game. This play was actually much better. Everyone should be much more confident in a crunch time play dependent on Shaun Livingston's vision and decision making than a weave at the top of the key that's going to end up in Stephen Jackson's hands.
- Jeremy's Note: Ultimately, this is two road wins for the Bucks. Those haven't come easy over the past few seasons. If they are going to make the playoffs and hold off the Knicks and Jeremy Lin, they'll need to capitalize on opportunities they way they did against Toronto and Cleveland.
The point differential isn't all that impressive, and that doesn't bode well for the future, but for the present, wins are wins.


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The office of Attorney General Gary King, D, is ordering the New Mexico Department of Public Safety to release more detailed records on a September 2011 trip to Louisiana taken by the husband of Gov. Susana Martinez, R.
Michael Corwin, head of a union-funded political action committee, Independent Source PAC, submitted an Inspection of Public Records Act request to DPS for the records in April. Corwin's request sought, "[a]ny leave requests, vacation requests and time sheets" of two New Mexico State Police officers who accompanied Gov. Martinez' husband, Chuck Franco, on the trip. DPS has only furnished a spreadsheet showing gas-station purchases made during trip.
"Disclosure of detailed information regarding the Governor's travel (or that of her family members) and the travel of her security detail creates security risks to the Governor and her family," Regina Chacon, DPS records custodian, wrote to Corwin on June 1 as a reason for denying his request for the information. "Documents regarding the Governor and her family's travel schedule contain details such as travel patterns, security detail information, and frequently used airlines and car rental companies."
Disclosure of the records could "undermine the Governor's security," Chacon wrote.
In response, Corwin filed a complaint with King's office, which has authority over enforcing the relevant public records law.
In a Dec. 28 determination, King's office wrote that the reason DPS denied the request, a non-statutory exception to disclosing information called countervailing public policy considerations, has been "eliminated by the New Mexico Supreme Court."
"Under IPRA, disclosure of public records is decidedly favored," says the determination.
The determination suggests DPS has not been cooperating with the AG's office.
"Repeated efforts by [the Attorney General's office] over multiple months to seek information from the statement regarding the denial have gone entirely unanswered," Assistant Attorney General Sean. M. Cunniff wrote in the determination. "Based on the documentation available to this Office, and as detailed below, this Office determines that the Department's denial of the request was invalid and that Mr. Corwin be provided with the records as requested."
The governor's office said Franco paid for the "hunting vacation" himself and that the two security officers who accompanied him were sent at the direction of the state police chief, the
Corwin is seeking the records as a part of his liberal super PAC's
into whether the bid for a 25-year lease to manage the State Fair racino in Albuquerque was rigged. The lease was awarded to the Downs of Albuquerque. Shareholders and players associated with the Downs have donated $85,000 to the governor and her political committee. Downs majority owners William Windham and John Turner have business interests in Louisiana, where Franco visited just before the Downs was awarded a lease that's projected to give the company $1 billion in revenue over 25 years.
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HYATTSVILLE, Md.—As restaurants add calorie counts to their menus and consumers peruse labels of their favorite snack items, there's apparently a missing part of the equation—alcohol. Americans are consuming an average of 100 calories a day from alcoholic beverages, according to a new report from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
In reviewing data from the 2007 to 2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), researchers found on a given day, 32.7 percent of men and 18 percent of women consume calories from alcoholic beverages, which averages out to 16 percent of total caloric intake on a daily basis by consumers of alcoholic beverages. The 16 percent of total calories contributed by alcohol is the same percentage as added sugars contribute to U.S. children's diets, according to NCHS.
There were some differences in different population groups:
- Men consume an average of 150 calories from alcoholic beverages, while women average 50 calories.
- The highest caloric intake was seen in men aged 20 to 39, who consume almost 175 calories daily on average from alcoholic beverages.
- Average calories from alcoholic beverages were greatest among those in the highest income category: those living at or above 350 percent of the poverty level consumed 117 calories a day from alcohol, compared to 91 calories in those living at poverty level.
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Xerneas being the Life pokemon puts it closer to the japanese myth of the guardian that protects the forest and Yveltal being the destruction Pokemon puts it closer to being a Yatagarasu which is a symbol of death and destruction. The unnamed eagle in norse myth plays no major role as far as destruction is concerned, and none of the four deer that live on yggdrasil symbolize life. There really isn't any concrete defense for the norse idea.
As for eevee, they are not always released in pairs, the very first release was a set of three. Being done twice after that has no standing as a truth. Special typing was already confirmed a false when Sylveon was released as Fairy Type. All marketing for Sylveon says she is the only new evolution. As for the Sylveon short, it airs right begore the Genesect movie. So yes its out. No one has made any comments about it but it plays right before the genesect movie in theaters.
The deer that live on Yggdrasil don't symbolize life, the Yggdrasil itself symbolizes life. Also, the region is based of France, and the myth itself is from Europe, so as slim as the chance that Xerneas and Yveltal are inspired by Norse mythology, I'd say it's not as slim as the Japanese one. I doubt they'd make a guardian of the forest when Celebi already exists and has that exact description.
I don't get what you mean by Special typing being false? Fact : Fire, Water, Electric, Psychic, Dark, Grass, Ice and Dragon were all Special types. Fact : We've had Fire, Water, Electric, Psychic, Dark, Grass and Ice eeveelutions. What part of this is false? If patterns were to continue the next eeveelution we would have gotten would've been Dragon. And if Fairy were to placed in Physical or Special base, it's pretty obvious it's be Special. Yes this is all speculation, but it was never "confirmed false".
So the Sylveon movie was released and no new Eevee, in my book that just makes it less likely, but never impossible. And we were never told that Sylveon "is the only new eeveelution", it's just highly unlikely.
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Even though he is somewhat embarrassed to talk about it, Mike Mihelic is fortunate an infection on his backside didn't turn into anything more than a pain on the butt.
The burly offensive lineman received medical clearance to practise this week -- although his playing status is uncertain for Monday's game against the Edmonton Eskimos at the Rogers Centre -- following an abscess that burst on his backside.
The problem flared up on the team's flight home from Regina the day after playing against the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Sept. 23. Mihelic barely could even sit on the flight, and when his wife picked him up to drive home, he couldn't even move.
He had to spend a day in the hospital, and underwent a scan because the infection had spread.
"It's embarrassing, but it was dangerous," he said yesterday. "If it goes into your spine or your vertebrae, I'd have to retire. It could be something that gets into your joints and I'd be finished playing football. It's like a systemic infection."
He missed the Argos' last game, only five days after the game in Regina. The team described his absence as an infection but did not elaborate on the specifics. He spent much of last week attached to a portable intravenous bag, which helped to clear up the condition.
Clemons sums up trade
Argos head coach Pinball Clemons had some interesting thoughts on the multiple-player trade between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Eskimos this week. Two of the players the Eskimos picked up, tailback Troy Davis and offensive lineman Dan Comiskey, are expected to be in the Eskimos' lineup when they play the Argos.
Clemons suggested the Eskimos have not been totally comfortable with the various running backs who have been brought in this year. Davis is scheduled to become a free agent in February and had been unhappy with the contract renewal offered by Hamilton.
"In Troy Davis (the Eskimos) have a guy they feel they can build around," Clemons said. "They want to run the football more. He's a guy that makes tough yards. You don't have to work a whole lot at it and have the best scheme for him to be effective.
"He's a guy that makes things happen in the run game. He also has got a good understanding of protection. He's very physical, as physical a running back as there is. He will give them a boost in that area.
"I didn't get caught up in the whole dynamics of everything that changed place there because we always try to focus on ourself and try to worry more about our own execution than changes that they're going to make.
"Looking at it from the outside, it seems like it's a a trade that benefitted both teams."
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The SpoilerTV 2013 Episode Competition - Day 15 - Quarter-Finals
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DAY 15! (Results from yesterday can be found here.)
Today, we reach the quarter-finals. We're fast approaching a final. Who will be in it? Over the past couple of days, we've had polls with single figure votes separating the episodes - one poll with ONE vote in it. This competition is getting close folks, so keep the votes coming! Your vote will matter! (Note: if you check back the NCIS-Grey's Anatomy poll and the Game of Thrones-Arrow poll will both be as ties. Unfortunately, Polldaddy reopened the polls and by the time I closed them again, the votes had changed. The results that you see in the spreadsheet are accurate.)
The rules are as follows:
1. Two episodes go head to head for 24 hours. The episode that emerges as winner will go through to the next round.
2. Vote for your favourite episode, and tell us what you voted for.
3. Tell others about the competition.
4. Be respectful. This is a competition, but be friendly.
We begin the quarter-finals with two heavyweights. The Mentalist's 'My Blue Heaven', which has so far taken out Dracula, Bones and Supernatural, faces Game of Thrones's 'The Rains of Castamere', which has made it through against Pretty Little Liars, Supernatural and most recently, Arrow's 'Sacrifice' by only two votes. Next, Arrow's 'The Scientist', which has had arguably the toughest route, battling Breaking Bad's 'Felina' and 'Ozymandias', along with The Blacklist's 'Anslo Garrick'. It is up against Beauty and the Beast's 'Kidnapped', which triumphed over Once Upon a Time before beating Fringe's 'An Enemy of Fate' and 'The Boy Must Live'.
We then move on and see Castle's 'Still', which has taken out The Good Wife, The Walking Dead and the ever popular Beauty and the Beast, and that faces Person of Interest's 'The Devil's Share' - which previously beat Grey's Anatomy, How I Met Your Mother and NCIS. Finally, The Mentalist's 'Red John', having beaten Criminal Minds, How I Met Your Mother and Revenge, faces Person of Interest's 'The Crossing', which has taken out Game of Thrones, Homeland and NCIS.
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Lily Tomlin Comes to Houston, 2/9
Comedienne Lily Tomlin returns to Houston for one night only, Saturday, Feb. 9, at 8 p.m. in Jones Hall, presented by Society for the Performing Arts.
Houstonians can expect an unforgettable night of fun and sidesplitting laughter when Lily Tomlin journeys back in time re-creating more than a dozen of her famous characters including Ernestine the irascible telephone operator and the devilish 6-year-old Edith Ann. This event promises to be a warm and uniquely moving experience filled with comical insights and wildly witty observations about the human condition.
Tomlin continues to venture across an ever-widening range of media, starring in television, theater, film, animation, and video. She made her television debut in 1966 on The Garry Moore Show before making several memorable appearances on The Merv Griffin Show, which led to a move to California where she appeared as a regular on Music Scene. In December 1969, Tomlin joined the cast of the top-rated Laugh-In and immediately rose to national prominence.
Over the past few years, Tomlin has made several guest appearances on "Desperate Housewives," "NCIS," "Eastbound and Down," and guest starred in the acclaimed FX series, "Damages," in the Emmy-nominated role of matriarch of a wealthy New York family accused of financial fraud. This year, Tomlin is co-starring with Reba McEntire on the new ABC series "Malibu Country," and can also be seen on Showtime's series "Web Therapy" as Lisa Kudrow's narcissistic mother. In 2012, Tomlin filmed a new movie with Tina Fey and Paul Rudd titled Admission.
Throughout her extraordinary entertainment career, she has received numerous awards, including six Emmys; two Tony Awards for her one woman Broadway shows Appearing Nitely and The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe; an Oscar nomination for her role in the film Nashville; a Grammy for her comedy album This is a Recording; and two Peabody Awards.
Tickets range from $50-$95 and can be purchased online at www.spahouston.org, by phone at 713-227-4772 or at the courtyard level ticket office at Jones Hall located at 615 Louisiana St. Hours of operation: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday. For groups of 15 or more call 713-632-8113.


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just a quick question: is there a plugin to give custom or special items to registered users for a blog? Something like additional content, stuff downloads, etc.
The plugin should also be able to get much more data fro registered users (like sex, age, and other data) and should give the ability to track the stuff downloaded for each subscriber.
Thank you for help, ciao!
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Booking my holidays was really easy, everything was explained step by step. Choosing flights and hotels as well. The only minus is when i had to pay my deposit and then the rest as they charged me twice for the use of bank card instead of charging from the whole price of holiday. This is a bit of a rip off. Besides that the hotel in which i stayed IFA Bavaro was excellent, staff was really nice and always helpful. The food was excellent, 5 differet restaurants to choose from. Room was always clean and water exchange in the mini fridge every morning. Location was excellent as well as the beach was 5 mins away from my room. U could also catch mini taxis to take you to the beach. I cant moan about either hotel i stayed in or process of booking. One thing that spoiled begining of my holidays was my flight. The flight was with Thomas Cook. We got an engine failure on a runway and therefore we waited 6 hours for a replacement plane. It was scary to sit on the plane again but the whole holiday and experience of Dominican Republic was worth going there. My holiday was definitely worth the money i paid. Beside Thomas Cook i didnt have any other problems.


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Protiviti Guide Tackles Complexities of Anti-Money Laundering Requirements
Protiviti (www.protiviti.com), a global business consulting and internal audit firm, is making available a new version of its resource guide for organizations faced with the complex task of creating and implementing anti-money laundering strategies that address evolving regulatory and business concerns. The fourth edition of Protiviti's Guide to U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Requirements: Frequently Asked Questions (www.protiviti.com/amlfaq) covers virtually all facets of anti-money laundering requirements, from basic background information to the convergence of anti-money laundering and anti-fraud programs. This guide provides valuable information for organizations in Bahrain that need to keep up to date with international Anti-Money Laundering concerns.
Updated with input from clients, attorneys, regulators and other anti-money laundering experts, the Guide to U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Requirements is one of the most comprehensive documents of its kind. Featuring pragmatic answers to nearly 1,500 questions, the guide offers insight into a wide range of anti-money laundering issues; as well as perspectives on international requirements; numerous links to other helpful resources; a glossary and more. In addition to new and updated content, the guide's easy-to-navigate format simplifies searching and cross-referencing.
"Maintaining Anti-Money Laundering controls is essential in the continually evolving regulatory environment," said Andrew North, Managing Director of Protiviti Member Firm (Middle East) Ltd. "This guide provides readers in Bahrain with a practical, yet strategic look at the issues; an understanding of how topics are interrelated; and quick access to credible third-party resources."
The fourth edition of the Guide to U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Requirements features many new and updated sections, including:
Beneficial Ownership – Addresses obligations to identify beneficial ownership as well as the due diligence procedures involved in identifying beneficial owners and guidance on related risks.
Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act (CISADA) – Addresses additional sanctions the United States imposed on Iran and the impact they have on U.S. financial institutions and correspondent banking.
Risk Assessments – Expanded to include more detailed information on business line and customer risk assessments, and guidance related to risk assessments.
High-Risk Customers, Products, Services and Transactions – Looks at strategies to mitigate risk as well as guidance related to heightened money laundering and terrorist financing risks posed by these customers, products, services and transactions.
Convergence of Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Fraud Programs – Explores a growing financial services industry trend toward integrating anti-money laundering and anti-fraud programs and the key issues and challenges companies face in doing so successfully.


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"Lisa was always straight as an arrow. That was until..."
"She started living with a flatmate. The only thing keeping him going is her very unconventional relationship with his flatmate. Nighttime is when it happens, a ritual they share behind closed doors; but just how far will they take it?"
"The names have been changed to protect the 'not so innocent'."
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Google has developed a nifty new algorithm to identify employees who are most likely to leave the company. Discoblog explains:
Performance reviews, pay raises, promotion histories, and other data on its 20,000 employees were crunched into yet another mathematical formula, which reportedly spat out the names of who was most likely to quit.
No surprise, Google insiders are keeping quiet about the details of the algorithm, though they will say that it has already "identified employees who felt underused," a key precursor to telling your boss to shove it. Meanwhile Laszlo Bock, the company's head of HR, told the Wall Street Journal that the algorithm helps the company "get inside people's heads even before they know they might leave."
Perhaps it's fashionable to bash uber-successful companies. I visited Google twice for book talks – once at their Silicon Valley headquarters, and also at their NYC office. I've been to a lot of high-tech companies, leading-edge manufacturing plants, and the trendiest of creative enclaves, but Google still blew me away. The digs were great, and employees (at least the ones I met) appeared smart, challenged by their work, and genuinely engaged in what they were doing. Not to mention, the algorithm seems pretty useful and reasonable to me.


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But first comes the donor.
The Fayette United Methodist Church has scheduled a bone marrow drive from noon to 4 p.m. Aug. 8 at the Opera House in hopes of lining up new donors.
DNA will be collected from a cheek swab to add to the "Be the Match Registry," the new name for the National Marrow Donor Program Registry.
Potential donors will join a list of those willing to donate when a match is found for anyone in need, not particularly for Kellen.
The cost for someone to be processed and join the registry is about $100 and the August event is serving two purposes. Not only is there an effort to find new donors, but also to find financial donors.
"We are looking for people to become part of the registry and also people that can be financial donors to help cover the cost so that more might be able to be tested," said church member Kris Keiser. "The Registry has asked that we raise $7,500, which is half of the cost to test 150 people."
To make a financial dontation, make a check out to "Be The Match Foundation" and on the memo line write "Kellen."
Check can be mailed to: "Be The Match Foundation" c/o Barbara Nolan, 2 Summit Park Drive, Suite 210, Cleveland, OH 44131, or brought to the Fayette Opera House Aug. 8.
Donations can also be made on-line at: www.bethematchfoundation.org/goto/Kellen2010. Click on Support Kellen! for instructions.
Bone marrow donors must be between the ages of 18 and 60 and in good general health.
A $50 donation is suggested for joining the registry. Even if you cannot donate, your donation will cover the cost of someone else who can, Keiser said.
"The more people in the registry," she said, "the better the chance for a match for Kellen or for a family member of yours in the future or someone that we do not know and is in just as much need of this life-saving gift."


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Wippa faced his fear of heights on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here
You've got to hand it to Wippa for a man with a fear of heights he gave the Ropable challenge a fair crack!
Balancing on separate highwires that stretch 80 metres across a massive dam, Paul and Wippa both faced their fear of heights and worked as a team to collect and bag flags that represent stars – and, therefore, food – for camp. Although the duo on went back to camp with two stars they both deserve a bravery medal for facing their fears head on.
Using Tarzan-style hanging ropes to hold themselves up they moved along the wire in unison talking about their beautiful families back home to distract themselves from the possibility of a 200 metre fall.
We didn't think Wippa would take in the trial at all when he exchanged a few heated words with hosts Julia Morris and Dr Chris Brown at the trial site.
'm f**king furious', Wippa said.
'I hear ya,' Julia replied meekly. 'I don't see why you wouldn't be', she added.
But with hungry campmates back at base Wippa strapped in and took part. Watch the video of Fitzy's reaction back at tech base & the trial below.
But just after 48 hours in the jungle Wippa was reunited with his ex-friend Fitzy. We wonder what the revenge will be?
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My main reason for gardening is the tranquility and relaxation I gain in return and I've been doing this "therapy" for many years. Having my hands in the cool earth, sweating out the impurities that have invaded my body, hoeing my demons away and too many other labor intensive tasks to mention have helped my body and spirit in so many ways. So imagine my surprise at finding out how much enjoyment and calm I receive from playing with the little 10$ desk zen garden given to me as a gift. Nothing heavy to tote, no hot sun, zero garden bugs and the ease of going no further than my computer desk to seek an outlet for everyday stresses. And so began my journey into the world of the famous Japenese Zen Gardens. I hope to give you some insight of the philosophy behind these landscapes, show you amazing pictures of several large and small gardens and finally to walk you through making your very own . All you must do is choose which one that best suits your wants and needs. Read More
Everyone knows that ginger is a spice used to flavor gingerbread men and houses. Do you know what else it can be used for? What about how to grow your own instead of buying it at the grocery? There are many types of this plant and most have uses far beyond just looking pretty. In this article I plan to enlighten you on how versatile ginger really is and that growing it is so very simple! Read More
I have a Christmas cactus that a friend gave me in 2005. The plant was an offshoot of her grandmother's which was over 40 years old! Wow, a plant older than me. To see this baby in full bloom in December warms my heart. This article is aimed to show the reader the difference in a true Christmas cactus and other holiday cacti. Also I will cover how to grow and care for your cactus so that you too can have a piece of flowering history. Read More
Do we inherit our love of gardening? Is it limited to growing certain thing? Was this imprinted on us? I want to lead you through my thoughts about why I love my flowers and "poo" on the rest. Read More


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Out of the picture in the race for the Scudetto and unlikely to win this season's Champions League, AC Milan's best hopes of winning silverware this season would be if they could land the Coppa Italia, and on Thursday night they face a banana-skin match at home to minnows Reggina that everyone expects the Rossoneri to win.
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After a poor start to the 2012/13 season, AC Milan are finally picking up some form with four wins in their last five matches in all competitions. Massimo Allegri's charges have risen up to 7th in the Serie A table, and they'll be hoping this recent upturn continues when Reggina, 17th in Serie B, arrive at the San Siro.
Milan will likely make wholesale changes to their starting XI.
Nigel de Jong is a certain absentee having ruptured his Achillies tendon during Milan's 4-2 win over Torino last weekend, while red-hot striker Stephan El Shaarawy is likely to be rested after reviving the Rossoneri's season in the past few months.
The buzz in Milan is that French starlet M'Baye Niang is set to get a rare start. The highly-rated 17-year-old moved to the San Siro last summer from Ligue 1 outfit Caen despite spending the summer on trial at the likes of Arsenal, Tottenham and Everton, and hopes are high that, against Reggina, Niang can open his scoring account.
While Niang is set to start, there appears to be plenty of confusion over Alexandre Pato. Pato has been left out the Milan squad due to his long-standing muscular injuries, however the Brazilian's forward agent has claimed the striker is 100% fit leading to rumours that Pato may be on the way out of the Italian giants.
Reggina got through to this stage of the competition after beating Chievo in the previous round, however few expect the Serie B strugglers to claim another major scalp against Milan.
Milan loanee Gianmarino Comi is Reggina's leading forward with six goals in 14 matches, while fellow Milan loanee Rodrigo Ely should also play for the Amaranto.
Although Milan are tipped to win the match, an avalanche of goals is perhaps less likely. Punters looking for a value bet may consider betting on less than 2.5 goals in the cup tie.
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