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Yoenis Cespedes lay motionless on the ground near home plate, and for an agonizing few minutes, that image looked to be the final, brutal memento of his brief but pivotal tenure as a Met.
No one knows if Cespedes will be back next year -- it's unlikely, given the money he'll command, though he said he and his agent won't explore options until December -- but if he isn't, the Mets and their fans will remember him as a player who turned around a season and took his lumps while doing it.
On Sunday night, as the Mets' season came to a close, he added one last lump.
With the bases loaded and none out in the sixth, Cespedes took a mighty hack, fouled Edinson Volquez's offering off the inside of his left knee, and immediately crumpled to the ground. The crowd hushed as the training staff assessed the injury.
Improbably, Cespedes, who has battled a host of injuries -- most notably the sore shoulder he's had since the NLCS -- hobbled back up to finish his at-bat, eventually hitting a weak infield pop-up before limping considerably as he returned to the dugout. Juan Lagares took over centerfield duties for the remainder of Game 5.
"It hurts a lot," Cespedes said through an interpreter, clarifying that it wasn't fractured. "It's pretty swollen."
Manager Terry Collins added: "He said he was OK and I thought he could hit and at least he had a little feel for the game. We're just looking for a sac fly there, anyway."
The pain ended up being so bad that Cespedes limped to the shower after the game and had to be wheeled back by Kevin Plawecki. He put on his jeans with agonizing deliberation.
"Before taking that last swing, I realized I couldn't keep playing," Cespedes said. "I wish I could've kept playing."
It was the culmination of what has been a brutal World Series for Cespedes, who clearly hadn't recovered from the Chicago series. He was 3-for-20 (.150) with six strikeouts in the World Series, including his 0-for-3 in Game 5. He also grounded into a fourth-inning double play.
But all that does nothing to nullify the fact that without Cespedes, the Mets likely would never have been in this position.
He hit .287 with 17 home runs and 44 RBIs in 57 games for the Mets after being acquired from the Tigers. He was a psychological boost, too: Acquiring Cespedes was a sign that the Mets' second-half run was for real. It's no wonder, then, that Cespedes wants another crack at it.
"Yes, I would like to," he said enthusiastically after being asked if he'd like to return to the Mets next year. "I think with the [players] this team has, it's easy to get to another World Series.
"It's been an incredible experience, a very special experience for me, and I thank God for just giving me the opportunity to come to this team and get to where we are."
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Jamie Anderson"I SCREAMED FOR several minutes and scared all the animals in the house." Anderson found out about winning her Tucson Area Music Award in the solo-acoustic category through a certain writer's inadvertent remark on her phone machine. She retrieved the phone message from Memphis, where she was resting for a day before continuing on her current tour.
Jamie is undeniably a Tucson treasure. Her humor, intelligence and outspoken nature make her nothing less than a musician's mentor. That she has been on the road a great deal since 1987 speaks of her dedication not only to the craft, but of the need to bring it out of the desert and into the big, wide world.
"I work a lot. Anybody who does their job a lot is going to get better at it, unless they really suck. It's a great benefit to play for different audiences. If you play in one area, you get the same audiences over and over again. There's no element of surprise."
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But being true to her nature is fundamental to both individual and professional strength. While many life issues may not seem appropriate to express to the public, each artist must decide where to draw their boundaries. For Anderson--an outspoken lesbian--those choices challenge both her artistry and her audiences to deal with what some consider deeply personal and controversial issues.
"The fact that I'm out comes with the whole package. Most singer/songwriters sing about intimate things. It would be a lie for me to pretend I was straight. I'm sure some people would prefer that I not sing about being a lesbian, but then they don't have to come hear me sing.
"It's so dangerous to deny who you are. If you're closeted in your work, night after night you're pretending you're someone else. It's not good for you or the audiences, who don't get an honest view of who you are."
Winning her second TAMMIE has sent a clear message to Anderson that Tucson audiences have an honest view of who she is and that they like it, lots. "They like me!" Jamie laughs. "They must really like what I do! I'm very honored."
--Molly Who
Earl Edmonson
WHETHER IT'S GUT-WRENCHING blues harmonica or evocative finger and flat-style guitar picking that leaves you mesmerized, Earl Edmonson's sincere music has been pleasing Tucson audiences for nearly 18 years.
Edmonson is no newcomer to awards, having taken several prestigious ones over the last years at the famed Telluride Bluegrass Festival. He received first place in the finger-picking category in 1991. This style of guitar is often the most difficult and detailed for players, and he has obviously spent many years perfecting his technique.
This is his second TAMMIE as runner up in the acoustic-solo category. The award this year was particularly an honor for Earl, who is "playing solo much less than in past years."
It's a time of re-evaluation for him, however. Although he enjoys working with the Titan Valley Warheads and other local acts, Earl is now trying to find a better sense of balance between his ensemble and solo performances.
Night Sounds, a self-produced tape, is available around town. It's a "just me and my guitar" production, giving listeners a taste of Earl Edmonson at his solo best.
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General Motors Co., for its first full year of operations, posted $4.7 billion in net income attributable to common stockholders for calendar year 2010. While GM posted $135.6 billion in revenue for the year, its automotive cash flow from operating activities was $6.6 billion and automotive free cash flow was $2.4 billion, which signifies the effect of a $4.0 billion in voluntary cash contributions to the carmaker's pension plans in the United States.
GM chairman and chief executive Dan Akerson quipped that 2010 was a foundation building year, during which GM demonstrated its ability to achieve sustainable profitability – by posting four straight profitable quarters – even though the US auto industry is currently near bottom of the cycle.
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GM South America (GMSA) also posted a drop in fourth quarter EBIT from $0.3 billion to of $0.2 billion. GM commenced reporting GMSA results as an operating segment in the fourth quarter, and has adjusted segment reporting for prior periods. Meanwhile, GM's automotive net cash flow from operating activities in the quarter was negative $1.7 billion, reflecting $4.0 billion in voluntary cash contribution to the US pension plans.
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CFD for high speed craft
Hi everyone.
I want to simulate the 6 dof motion of high speed crafts. Have anyone any experience in this field?
And which software do you advise for me to simulate this mtion?
thanks already...
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What is your Mach number?
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Star CCM+ or Comet
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Dear Ubik,
Minor problem ...
The current release of STAR-CCM+ is 2.08 and it does not include 6DOF. Once a particular gentleman returns from holiday to CD-adapco Nuremberg it will shortly be added to the beta version of STAR-CCM+ v3. Do not expect 6DOF in CCM+ to be a supported feature until the second half of 2008.
Steve MacDonald at CD-adapco has ordered that Comet no longer be sold.
With STAR-CD, good luck on getting the user code to work in a timescale that allows you to turn the project around.
This leaves Fluent and the new kid on the block or Fine Marine from Numeca. However, Fine Marine is unproved on this new feature. 6DOF is completely new for the next release in November 2007.
I would agree that CD-adapco should be the first choice for 6DOF software, but the current position of this outfit as it makes the transition from STAR-CD to STAR-CCM+ allows the competition to have a better market position.
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Thanks everybody..
Now I use STAR-CCM+.. so i must wait until second half of 2008 as Peter said.. :):)
Again Thansk...
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I have done simulations (not 6DoF exactly). My case was axisymmetric problem. I used CFD-FASTRAN from ESI-CFD group. It has the 6 DoF currently availble and very much user-friendly. It uses the chimera mesh scheme also. I could do meshing on complicated geometries easily with the use of chimera meshing scheme, and I successfully simulated a problem on a ballstic range simulator which I initially thought impossible to do at all!
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Nari never really defined what kind of high speed craft he was interested in. If it is a high speed boat planning on water then CFD-FASTRAN may not work out because I cannot see the capability you talk of being coupled to free surface dynamics in this code.
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Outside of the Gateway Arch, it's arguably the most iconic landmark in St. Louis.
A $50,000 dollar facelift, fit for a king, is now complete on the famous King Louis IX statue on Art Hill in Forest Park.
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There is a place between dimensions, between worlds. To some it is known as the Outside, to others it is the Unknown. To most, however, it is called the Void. Despite its name, the Void is not an empty place, but rather the home of unspeakable things, horrors not meant for minds of men. Though such knowledge is lost to the modern day, there are those who have unwittingly discovered what lies beyond and have been unable to turn away. Kassadin is such a creature, a man once forced to look upon the face of the Void and who was forever changed by it. Once a seeker of forbidden knowledge, he discovered that what he sought was something else entirely. Though a part of him died that day, he knows that he must protect Valoran from the things scratching at the door, waiting to get in and visit their torments upon the world. They are only one step away, something to which the appearance of the abomination known as Cho'gath attests.
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[ken-uh-bek, ken-uh-bek] /ˌkɛn əˈbɛk, ˈkɛn əˌbɛk/ noun 1. a river flowing S through W Maine to the Atlantic. 164 miles (264 km) long.
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[ken-uh-buhngk] /ˈkɛn əˌbʌŋk/ noun 1. a town in SW Maine, near resorts.
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[ken] /kɛn/ noun 1. knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception: an idea beyond one's ken. 2. range of sight or vision. verb (used with object), kenned or kent, kenning. 3. Chiefly Scot. 4. Scots Law. to acknowledge as heir; recognize by a judicial act. 5. Archaic. to see; descry; recognize. 6. British Dialect Archaic. verb […]


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Hotel Comtur
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Hotel Comtur
About the Hotel
Property Location
With a stay at Hotel Comtur in Binasco, you'll be within the vicinity of Istituto Clinico Humanitas and Church of Santo Stefano. This 4-star hotel is within the vicinity of Tolcinasco Golf and Country Club and Castello di Tolcinasco Golf and Country Club.
Make yourself at home in one of the 49 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms have bidets and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access. Additional features include concierge services and tour/ticket assistance.
Enjoy a meal at a restaurant or in a coffee shop/café. Or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a business center, express check-in, and express check-out. Free self parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Luggage storage
- Free self parking
- Number of floors - 3
- Concierge services
- Express check-out
- Express check-in
- Free WiFi
- Garden
- Meeting rooms
- Elevator/lift
- Terrace
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Business center
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Restaurant
- Total number of rooms - 49
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Laundry facilities
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee shop or café
- 24-hour front desk
- Free newspapers in lobby
Room Facilities
- Daily housekeeping
- Desk
- Free newspaper
- In-room safe
- Pay movies
- Minibar
- Air conditioning
- Room service (limited hours)
- Bidet
- Satellite TV service
- Hair dryer
- Climate control
- Television
- Private bathroom
- Free WiFi
Hotel Policy
Know Before You Go
- Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
- Children 3 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.


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Well that was interesting, but --first-parent does not do what you'd expect on git blame.
I was able to construct a command sequence to do what I want though: git rev-list --first-parent HEAD | awk '{print p " " $0}{p=$0}' > tmpfile && git blame -b -S tmpfile HEAD -- path && rm tmpfile On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 at 21:20 Philip Oakley <philipoak...@iee.org> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Philip Oakley <philipoak...@iee.org> > *To:* email@example.com > *Sent:* Thursday, September 10, 2015 8:48 AM > *Subject:* Re: [git-users] Treat merges as squashed commits in git > log/git blame/gitk etc > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Stephen Connolly <stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> > *To:* Git for human beings <email@example.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 09, 2015 9:56 AM > *Subject:* [git-users] Treat merges as squashed commits in git log/git > blame/gitk etc > > Hi, > > At my work and on some of the open source communities that I contribute > to, there is a healthy debate about how to handle merge commits. I can > break this into two camps: > > * People who think that when you are merging a change from a pull request, > you should squash all commits immediately prior to the merge as this means > you can see all the changes associated with the merge in the same commit > and simplifies history browsing. > > * People who think that when you are merging a change from a pull request, > you should never squash commits and just merge them all so that you have > access to the history of development of that feature. > > I tend to lean towards the second camp myself, but I recognise that the > first camp has a point... namely when you are using tooling such as `git > log`, `git blame` and `gitk` I cannot seem to supply an option that says > "Hey when you see a merge commit, treat it as if all commits from the 2nd > and subsequent parents of the merge were squashed" > > With such an option, people in the first camp could use that option choose > to see a "linear" history with all merge commits appearing as if they were > squashed commits, git blame could help them identify when the actual > "feature" was merged rather than having to trace back up the history lines > from the commit where the line was touched to find the line. > > By way of example (and I could have searched a bit harder for a more > tricky example): > > Let's take this line here: > https://github.com/stephenc/jenkins/blame/d331c12bbc2cf863efd39e0b135c584da364937a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Computer.java#L1003 > > Now that line was last changed in 6f343dc7c2f0c32e9eb1a0b5d588a2e7ad6f62ba > and GitHub (as well as `git blame` will correctly show the change as > resulting from that commit) > > However the master branch was only modified > in 71e684ad900363c48d845f73c1993f90de4417ad > > So with the command line option I would like to see you would have `git > blame --squash-merges` report line 1003 as changed > in 71e684ad900363c48d845f73c1993f90de4417ad not > 6f343dc7c2f0c32e9eb1a0b5d588a2e7ad6f62ba > > Similarly, `git log --squash-merges` would show > 71e684ad900363c48d845f73c1993f90de4417ad in the log but omit all the > commits merged in with that... > > Now how close can I get with the existing options: > > * I think that `git log --first-parent` is almost what I want, > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fFiYb4_neb0/Ve_y_DdvNvI/AAAAAAAAAb4/2Ojvccwo2Fg/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-09-09%2Bat%2B09.50.01.png> > > * `gitk --first-parent` has the distraction of showing that the merge > commits were a merge by having those merge-into lines > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y7lccFN6Mzg/Ve_zLssSpcI/AAAAAAAAAcA/0MXSmMCLjc8/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-09-09%2Bat%2B09.47.53.png> > > I can probably live with that distraction, but when you get to the commit > line itself drifting... it seems to be distracting me again, e.g. > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NcIFRSYO_HA/Ve_zbZgs-KI/AAAAAAAAAcI/1dTKIcZbDYc/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-09-09%2Bat%2B09.50.21.png> > > * `git blame` doesn't have a `--first-parent` option > > > So I guess my questions: > > > * Am I correct in my interpretation of --first-parent? Is it doing what I > want or am I just being accidentally lucky for the cases I have inspected > > * (assuming that --first-parent is what I want) How do I submit a feature > request for `git blame --first-parent`? > > > Thanks in advance, > > > -Stephen > > > There's been a recent discusion about this on the main git list recently > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git. > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/277536/focus=277539 > > Merges are not shown by default, but the -m option will show them. The > default is based on historical use rather than the many varied current > usage style. > > The --firstparent is the one for triming off the side branches, but > without the -m you don't get the merges!, which misses the critical merge > message (you do write good merge messages don't you ;-) > > Don't forget that gitk and git gui are separately coded (tcl) and > maintained from the git.git tool set. > > In general I'd say it (both showing merges, and the blame discussion) was > something worth discussing upstream on the git mailing list > g...@vger.kernel.org <g...@vger.kernel.org> > -- > Philip > [just another user] > > Some extra stuff: > > The man page has hidden secrets (as is common).. > > In particular the –S option mentions that one can provide a revs file, > "instead > of calling git-rev-list(1)."! > > If one looks at the source code, and the usage string (git blame –h) > > https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/builtin/blame.c#L32 > > > > static char blame_usage[] = N_("git blame [<options>] [<rev-opts>] [<rev>] > [--] <file>"); > > > > static const char *blame_opt_usage[] = { > > blame_usage, > > "", > > N_("<rev-opts> are documented in git-rev-list(1)"), > > NULL > > }; > > > > You can see that you can use many of the git-rev-list options, which drops > you into a whole new world (take a rope; well secured.. ;-) > > Thus you can use --firstparent, etc. > > > > It definitely looks like the man pages could do with some TLC from a real > user, rather than from the devs who already know the answer. (i.e. a > contribution to patch the documentation would be something worth putting > forward!) > > > > It may be that your suggested blame options are still required to be added > to git.git. > > And then the gitk and git gui can separately be updated to allow their use. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.


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The death toll from the wildfires that have ravaged Russia has risen to 48, the emergencies ministry said Wednesday, adding that over 400 new fires were recorded in the last 24 hours.
The ministry said in a statement that over the past 24 hours 403 new forest fires had been recorded, while 293 fires had been extinguished over the same period.
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Eight more bodies were found in burned down houses and "altogether 48 people have been killed" in the fires, it said.


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- Heather KoerbitzMay 24, 2011 at 5:43 PM
Love you Jess...my heart just breaks to read this blog. I wish there was some other way, but maybe this is the way that will make it all go away. If you need any help with the kids I'm more then willing to take some of them. You could send Wyatt to my place if you want, he'd have a blast with Thomas! Please, if you need anything, call or text or message me on FB!ReplyDelete
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I am so sorry to hear that Grayson has to go through chemo but supper happy that you have a positive attitude about it. I think that is 90% of the battle is having a good attitude about a not so good situation. Hope all goes well and just want you to know that I think of you and your family often. If Grayson see you in a good mood it will help him not be as nervous maybe. HHReplyDelete
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One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
Definition of fault in English:
1An unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person's character.'my worst fault is impatience'
flaw, failing, deficiency, weakness, weak point, weak spot, shortcoming, fallibility, frailty, infirmity, foible, inadequacy, limitationflaws, faults, faultiness, irregularity, abnormality, distortion, deformity, malformation, misshapennessView synonyms
- 'But throughout the book the occasional faults matter little against the poetry's terrible aliveness.'
- 'Jealousy is reputed to be one of their worst faults, but Taureans are no more inclined to jealousy than any of the other signs.'
- 'I have seen some of the worst faults of the world.'
- 'That was one of her worst faults, she felt an urge to find out everything about everybody.'
- 'However, it's not enough to overcome the book's faults.'
- 'While there are some glaring faults in character and plot, it is a mostly enjoyable trip with some very nice eye candy.'
- 'Character faults and foibles surface slowly and are dealt with compassionately.'
- 'I fell in love with this character despite his obvious faults.'
- 'Does your main character have faults of his own?'
- 'I know that's one of my worst faults: being too polite, even when I shouldn't be.'
- 'I do not know the faults of your character, nor do I think you know mine.'
- 'There are many faults in my character but sitting indoors fiddling with html code while the sun shines and the birds sing is not among them.'
- 'I do this far too often, and it's probably my worst fault.'
- 'The civility with which they acknowledge their faults is a positive characteristic, one associated with real culture.'
- 'He's a complex character with many faults and makes mistakes.'
- 'Whatever its faults, the book appears to be a chick magnet.'
- 'We may reflect that we all suffer from faults of character, or fail, if severely tempted, to resist temptation.'
- 'Of course a possible variation of the tragic concept would allow a character to have a fault which leads to consequences far more dire than he deserves.'
- 'If you made a car with as many problems, faults and features and some software I could mention, it would fail.'
- 'The only fault in the character is one of writing, not acting.'
- 1.1 A break or other defect in an electric circuit or piece of machinery.'a fire caused by an electrical fault'
defect, flaw, imperfection, snagView synonyms
- 'The problem, affecting 26 lights, was due to a circuit fault and was fixed by EDF Energy staff by September 30th.'
- 'All power supply circuits are protected by a ground fault detection system to prevent overloads and short circuits.'
- 'The alarm was raised around 6.45 pm after an electrical fault caused the machine to ignite at the property in Hermes Way.'
- 'It is believed the cause of the fire was an electrical fault in the wiring of an electric immersion heater.'
- 'The problems have been attributed to computer software failure and electrical faults.'
- 'Time stood still for beer-lovers on campus last week, as the beer-taps at Eastside broke down due to an electrical fault.'
- 'It cost €162,186 last year to carry out standard maintenance and repairing electrical type faults on public lights in the county.'
- 'Forensic scientists said the cause of the blaze was a build up of fluff in the dryer, which ignited the machine, and not an electrical fault, the inquest heard.'
- 'These included everything from brake and electrical faults to corrosion of the load-bearing points on their chassis.'
- 'Over 85 per cent of all fire deaths occur in the home, and up to four per cent of fire deaths in London are caused by electrical wiring or appliance faults.'
- 'He dismissed speculations that the fire was ignited by electrical faults or caused by foul play.'
- 'But fire investigators found a number of other electrical faults and fire risks in the house, an inquest in Bradford was told yesterday.'
- 'Problems on the railways were further compounded by electrical faults at Oxenholme on Sunday and Monday.'
- 'If there is a fault in the computer power supply, or if the electric socket is wired incorrectly, the computer chassis can become live and give a fatal electric shock.'
- 'Investigators found cigarettes, a box of disposable lighters and an empty bottle of whisky in her flat, but no evidence of any electrical or gas faults.'
- 'They say faults could lead to electric shocks or a risk of fire.'
- 'It was also known to have a history of power and electrical faults.'
- 'The blaze was caused by a fault on an electric extractor fan and the brigade has now issued the family with smoke alarms.'
- 'The testing ranged from correcting simulated electrical faults on a Mack truck to fixing ABS breaks and earth-moving equipment.'
- 'They believe the fire was started by a cigarette butt or an electrical fault.'
- 1.2 A misguided action or habit.'the fault of the keen therapist is to start to intervene during the assessment phase'
defect, failing, imperfection, flaw, blemish, shortcoming, weakness, weak point, weak spot, frailty, foible, vice, limitation, lack, deficiency, achilles heel, chink in one's armourView synonyms
- 'Indeed, if Monica has a fault, it's an excessively trusting nature, a habit of putting loyalty before sense.'
- 'I felt very emotional during the service, my lip trembling on several occasions, and I slipped into my usual fault of speaking softly when that happens.'
- 1.3 (in tennis and similar games) a service of the ball not in accordance with the rules.
- 'All tosses should be hit: if they throw the ball up, it's going to be a fault if they catch it.'
- 1.4usually faults (in showjumping) a penalty point imposed for an error.
- 'No one was coming in from there without time faults.'
- 'At this level the riders are not timed, but penalties are awarded for faults such as refusal to jump or knocking down a fence.'
- 'The pair had a rail down at the double combination to finish with four faults in a time of 41.72 seconds.'
- 'Ward scored four faults on each mount with Sasha getting the higher placing based on a better time over the 15-jump course.'
- 'Ben showed great determination and skill over both courses putting up seven faults in show-jumping and a superb clear over the cross-country course.'
- 'Torano scored four faults for one rail down at the sixth fence and finished with a time of 41.148 seconds.'
- 'That decision brought him home with no jumping faults, but garnered him 3.2 time faults for a final score of 50.41.'
2mass noun Responsibility for an accident or misfortune.'if books were not selling, it wasn't the fault of the publishers''it was his fault she had died'
responsibility, liability, culpability, blameworthiness, guiltView synonyms
- 'Any horrible things that happen to these hapless characters are my fault!'
- 'That fact, however, does not, in my judgment, acquit the claimant of any responsibility or fault for the accident that so arises.'
- 'It isn't my fault these characters have a mind of their own.'
- 'Sorry, but it's not my fault you don't service Minneapolis.'
- 'Not all SEOs are bad, but if you fail to research and you buy bad services that is the fault of the buyer.'
- 'Or perhaps it is the fault of the central character, Oliver himself.'
- 'Most of the time, a fall in popularity is the own fault of the game developers.'
- 'He said that the availability of harmful material on the internet was no more the fault of the internet service provider than it was of the personal computer being used.'
- 'Through no fault of their own, these defendants were not trained in the regulations that govern the demolition of chimneys.'
- 'I admit that some of the antagonism between myself and various health services has been my fault.'
- 'It's not their fault that the rules are archaic.'
- 'But it wasn't all my fault; the computer had again malfunctioned, and I was actually up at almost 15,000 feet.'
- 'If users happened to be trading pirated music it was no more their fault than it's the fault of the postal service if people mail home-taped cassettes to one another.'
- 'But fault was still a feature in many divorce cases, since irretrievable breakdown had to be shown in one of five ways.'
- 'I never really got into it, though I gather that was more my fault than the game's.'
- 'These signs will provide some recognition for road victims who died through no fault of their own.'
- 'These 18 people died through no fault of their own.'
- 'The organisation does not compensate uninsured drivers who are involved in accidents and hurt through no fault of their own.'
- 'The officer replied saying it was not his fault but the rules were that we have not got enough points.'
- 'Maybe it's my own fault for reading books that don't feature an elf or an alien on the cover.'
An extended break in a rock formation, marked by the relative displacement and discontinuity of strata on either side of a particular plane.'a landscape broken by numerous faults'as modifier 'the fault plane dips northwards'
- 'Unlike ridges and trenches, transform faults offset the crust horizontally, without creating or destroying crust.'
- 'Iranian leaders have promised to rebuild the town, which is on a major earthquake fault line.'
- 'Questions have also been raised over the possibility of a earthquake fault line nearby.'
- 'Most transform faults are found on the ocean floor.'
- 'Transform faults, on the other hand, slide horizontally against one another.'
1with object, usually with negative Criticize for inadequacy or mistakes.'her superiors could not fault her dedication to the job''you cannot fault him for the professionalism of his approach'
find fault with, find lackingView synonyms
- 'They were wrong, but you can't fault their logic.'
- 'I cannot fault the arithmetic logic that as the population increases, so should the number of representatives in Parliament.'
- 'Still, we can hardly fault the school for its pessimism.'
- 'Governments are rightly faulted for their dismal economic performance.'
- 'You could hardly fault Smith for wallowing in the music and the magic of this remarkable moment.'
- 'The intentions were good, which is why Brooke couldn't really fault him.'
- 'Still, you can't really fault the lady with the torch on this one.'
- 'Nor do I fault them for the work they've done in exposing the rot.'
- 'One can hardly fault them for not having foreseen this shift.'
- 'We were beaten fair and square but I can't fault the lads for effort.'
- 'Of course, the group is composed of 'creative types' so you can't fault them for being creative with the truth.'
- 'I can't fault you for what you thought was the truth.'
- 'While I can't fault her for professionalism, at the very least I would have expected a smile, or, really, any show of emotion at all.'
- 'But critics fault military leaders for discouraging such actions and failing to present alternatives.'
- 'So I don't fault him for his toughness and perhaps his arrogance.'
- 'In a keenly fought contest, neither team could be faulted for the lack of effort.'
- 'A correspondent rightly faults me for not giving the direct quotation.'
- 'So he can't fault us for raising these questions now.'
- 'Hence, it is difficult to fault him for taking part in the decision.'
- 'Ultimately they love their cats and I can't fault them for that.'
- 1.1archaic no object Do wrong.'the people of Caesarea faulted greatly when they called King Herod a god'
- 'She faulted, and the linesman, as ever, shouted 'out'.'
- 'Each time she faulted, she would silently curse herself as the wrong note amplified itself in the empty hall.'
2be faultedGeology
(of a rock formation) be broken by a fault or faults.'the continental crust has been thinned and faulted as a result of geological processes''a complex pattern of faulting'
- 'At the other extreme, reverse faulting could cause the pattern of exhumation and basin inversion.'
- 'The original form of these basins has been modified by subsequent faulting, Red Sea rift flank uplift, and erosion.'
- 'The structural relations of these formations are complicated by extensive thrust faulting.'
- 'Does lithology account for the very different patterns of faulting in the Permian sandstones and dolostones?'
- 'The seismic data show faulting of the subsurface sediments, possibly as dikes were injected into the center of the basin.'
at fault
1Responsible for an undesirable situation; in the wrong.'we recover compensation from the person at fault'
to blame, blameworthy, blameable, censurable, reproachableView synonyms
- 'If anyone is at fault in this situation, it's the restaurateur who has chosen a wine that may or may not be good.'
- 'In my mind, I knew that I wasn't at fault, but that didn't stop me feeling deeply responsible.'
- 'The second exception to the general rule occurs when a party is at fault in employing wrong or defective procedures.'
- 'The public demands that someone is held to account for these things no matter who is at fault.'
- 'It is not always the players who are at fault and referees must he accountable.'
- 'It is wrong, and the person committing the crime is entirely at fault.'
- 'Meanwhile, the officials at fault try to discharge their public duty by denying responsibility.'
- 'If both have been at fault then both should be held responsible.'
- 'Let's just hope we eventually have a clear picture of went wrong and who was at fault.'
- 'I think the local government officials were still deeply at fault in some ways.'
2Defective.'he suspected that his calculator was at fault'
- 'He said there may be a charge, but if it's their equipment at fault there won't be a charge.'
- 'Such behaviour sounds scarcely credible, but I'm sure memory isn't at fault here.'
- 'It is not the mechanism of A-levels which is at fault but, rather, the conscious decision to change the way they are marked.'
- 'If one pedal felt right and the other wrong then the pedal is probably at fault.'
find fault
Make an adverse criticism or objection, sometimes unfairly.'he finds fault with everything I do'
fault, find lackingView synonyms
- 'He often complained that she never left him alone and found fault with everything he did.'
- 'Its hard for a critic not to find fault, kind of removes the point really.'
- 'Elders often found fault with young people for watching objectionable movies or reading pornographic books.'
- 'He was never satisfied and found fault with everything.'
- 'Certainly envy seeks to spoil it by finding fault and criticising every blemish.'
- 'It is all too easy to criticise or find fault in what others do.'
- 'Nobody can find fault with those who want to protest in public.'
- 'She even found fault with the way he performed household chores.'
- 'I've no doubt some will, but losers always find fault in every thing and whinge and bawl on almost every thing.'
- 'Anyone who found fault with his behaviour or values was 'middle-class' or 'common'.'
— to a fault
Displaying the specified commendable quality to an almost excessive extent.'you're kind and generous to a fault'
excessively, unduly, immoderately, overly, in the extreme, out of all proportion, overmuch, needlesslyView synonyms
- 'At church, he hovered around Ruth like a fly, attentive to a fault.'
- 'He can be alternately naïve, guarded, generous to a fault and miserable - perky and jumpy one moment and depressing the next.'
- 'Unlike most of the places I've been, however, these villagers were more controlled and polite to a fault.'
- 'She was generous to a fault and belonged to a generation of people who never counted the cost of community involvement but gave themselves wholeheartedly to the overall good.'
- 'When I was in high school, my honors English teacher once said to me that my writing was 'concise to a fault.''
- 'He was generous to a fault: invite him to dinner, and he would come proffering a box of chocolates the size of the coffee-table.'
- 'You are loyal to a fault to your friends, merciless to your enemies.'
- 'Nevertheless, incumbent officeholders, candidates, and aspirants are pragmatic to a fault, and their main concern is with winning elections.'
- 'For all that, he could be very charming - he told great stories, had a voracious appetite for arts and culture, and was often generous to a fault.'
- 'She's beautiful, intelligent, strong, generous to a fault, kind, and the list goes on.'
Middle English faut(e) 'lack, failing', from Old French, based on Latin fallere 'deceive'. The -l- was added (in French and English) in the 15th century to conform with the Latin word, but did not become standard in English until the 17th century, remaining silent in pronunciation until well into the 18th.
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Rhee's Need to Hurry Runs Into Parents' Fear of Change
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
The colored letters on the classroom bulletin board at Stevens Elementary spelled out "Welcome Chancellor Rhee." On this humid evening late last month, however, she was beginning to wear it out.
Stevens, which opened in Foggy Bottom in 1868 to educate freed slaves, is one of 23 underenrolled D.C. schools Rhee intends to close, all but three by this summer. Its 236 students have been offered spots for the fall about a half-mile away at Francis Junior High, which will expand to pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.
For the 40 or so parents who turned out, there was a thicket of unanswered questions: about safety, about which Stevens teachers would move to Francis, about a decision that smelled to some like a grab for the prime K Street NW real estate where Stevens sits, rather than a move that will benefit their children.
"Wouldn't it be more successful if we waited a year for parents, teachers and administrators to really plan this through?" asked Nicola Turner, an accountant with 5-year-old twins. "What's the rush?"
Rush is Michelle A. Rhee's natural state as she attempts to make good on a promise by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) to transform the District's public schools. The next four months, leading up to the start of the 2008-09 academic year, will be a critical, perhaps defining, period for the chancellor. One of her top objectives is to reduce the amount of space occupied by a school system that has lost half of its students since 1960.
But her key selling point to parents upset about the school closures -- that the savings will mean more for their children in the form of music and art teachers, math and literacy coaches, psychologists -- may be at risk. She says that last week's proposal by D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray (D) to divert $18 million into school modernization efforts will make the academic upgrades more difficult to achieve. She has expressed confidence that money will be restored.
It's more of a sprint than an agenda Rhee has promised to complete before summer's end. In addition to closing and consolidating schools, she is supposed to launch plans to overhaul 27 others that have failed to meet the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. That can mean anything from replacing principals and entire faculties to bringing in nonprofit organizations as operators. Rhee said she will announce all 27 decisions this month.
She has been highly visible over the past two weeks, meeting with parents and staff members in question-and-answer sessions. Her message to both constituencies is the same: Not everyone will be happy with what's coming, but come it must.
Standing alone at the front of the classroom at Stevens without papers or aides, she listened but made it clear that she believed the time for talk was over.
"The bottom line is we are running too many schools," she said. "The dollars we spend are not being felt by the children because they are spread out over too many buildings."
The decision to close Stevens illustrates how Rhee's operating style both inspires and alienates. To those who say closure is the only responsible decision, she is an agent for historic change in a dysfunctional school district. Those fighting to save Stevens see a remorseless, by-the-numbers bureaucrat.
Rhee contends that the school, which has lost nearly a third of its enrollment since 2002 and which is housed in a decaying, century-old building, cannot be sustained in a district with so many unmet needs. Closing it will save the city $500,000 a year in utilities and other fixed costs, school officials estimate.


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About: South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust / Emergency ambulance South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust Emergency ambulance Exeter EX2 7HY
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Woman cyclist speeding on the pavement knocked me down on the pavement and the bike-chain caught my Achilles tendon (already repaired several years ago when it ruptured).
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Cincinnati Reds - 9/8/16 MLB Pick, Odds, and Prediction
Cincinnati Reds (57-81) at Pittsburgh Pirates (67-69)
MLB Baseball: Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 7:05 pm (PNC Park)
D Straily (11-7) (3.83) vs. I Nova (11-6) (4.34)
The Line: Pittsburgh Pirates -137 / Cincinnati Reds +127 --- Over/Under: 8.5 See the Latest Odds
Coming up Thursday from PNC Park, the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates will be kicking off their MLB series.
The Reds are coming off a three-game set against the Mets. Cincinnati lost all three games by a combined 16-6 score.
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As for the Pirates, they just finished up against the Cardinals. Pittsburgh lost the first two games of that series, and on Wednesday the Pirates eked out a 4-3 win to avoid the sweep.
For Thursday's game, the Reds will be bringing out RHP Dan Straily. In his 29 games (26 starts), Straily owns a 3.83 ERA with a 1.18 WHIP in 159.2 innings. Straily got a win his last time up against the Cardinals, going 5.2 innings with three hits and one earned.
Cincinnati has a few noteworthy hitters at their disposal. Joey Votto has hit 143 times with 85 runs, 22 homers and 80 RBI. Brandon Phillips sits on 137 hits with 62 runs and 53 RBI. Zack Cozart has hit 115 times with 67 runs and 48 RBI.
Over on the Pirates' side, we'll be seeing RHP Ivan Nova in the start Thursday. Nova has 27 games (21 starts) to his credit, with an 11-6 record, a 4.34 ERA and a 1.25 WHIP over 134.2 innings. In his most recent outing, Nova bagged a no-decision against the Brewers with six innings, five hits and two earned.
Pittsburgh has several key hitters on their roster. Starling Marte has 151 hits with 71 runs and 46 RBI. Josh Harrison holds 132 hits with 54 runs and 54 RBI. Andrew McCutchen has 127 hits with 70 runs, 20 homers and 60 RBI.
The Reds are 0-4 in their last four overall, and 24-51 in their last 75 road games. Cincinnati is also 0-4 in their last four road games against a right-handed starter, and 9-1 in Straily's last 10 starts.
As for the Pirates, they're 1-5 in their last six game ones of a series, and 1-8 in their last nine overall. Pittsburgh is also 5-1 in Nova's last six starts, and 5-1 in Nova's last six starts on grass.
The Pirates are in a tailspin right now, but the Reds at home should be exactly the cure for what ails them. I'll take Pittsburgh.


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We're through the worst of the recession, so experts tell us. Consumer confidence is much restored. But woe betide anyone who wants to ride this surge by setting up a new business, and decides they need a landline, if my recent run-in with BT is anything to go by.
With a new venture launching soon, I needed to add a business line at home to handle customer service – probably myself, to begin with. (For the first nine years of Green & Black's, that was part of my role – and a great way to keep my finger on the pulse of what was bothering both wholesale and retail customers it was, too.) But living in a town with no cable option, my options for a landline were limited.
A week ago, I casually got onto BT to add another line. The BT salesman took me through the necessary steps, before informing me of the installation date: "14th March." (This was right at the beginning of February.)
"Surely there's some mistake," was basically my response.
"No, madam. 14th March."
"You know that's appalling, don't you?" Silence. "You do realise that's absolutely ridiculous, in 2014?"
"I'm very sorry, Madam. It's because of all the flooding, and our engineers are very busy..."
Having not for many years attempted to have a landline installed during a dry spell, I've absolutely no way of knowing what the normal delay is. But it definitely smacks of 'the dog ate my homework' to me. And as a businessperson, I've absolutely no doubt BT could do better. Bring in extra 'troops', to macramé in lines to the network that will help grow the company's business.
Offer overtime to existing staff, to deal with any backlog. And if those really aren't options, acknowledge that it's a pretty poor show by offering some kind of 'we're incredibly sorry' customer service compensation to make a potential customer feel better. Perhaps a month's free line rental, or half-price installation... anything to soften the blow of a six-week wait, and restore goodwill.
(Happily, my business doesn't launch till May 1, so it's not commercially critical. But I'm sure there are plenty of customers who naively think, Yes, this IS the 21st Century, surely it won't take more than a week – two at the most – to get connected… In many places, post-deregulation, they do of course have the option of going elsewhere. Meanwhile, I'm left basically hanging on the line, for six finger-tapping weeks.)
I appreciate that the current floods are exceptional, 'once-in-a-lifetime' - though we'll see about that, with global warming. And of course I acknowledge that my little spat with BT is of nothing compared to the agonies those whose homes and farms have been flooded are experiencing. But it does seem to me that the weather has actually become a catch-all excuse to patch over basic bad management and planning.
While nothing on the scale of a Dawlish, there have been many times in the past few weeks when the south coast town I live in – 'serviced' by trains out of no less than three London mainline stations – have all been closed at the same time over different stretches, sometimes with no trains running at all (albeit with a not-very-special-at-all replacement bus service rather randomly in place).
And on the main route into London Charing Cross, currently scheduled to be closed for a fortnight, the excuse is laughable. Just laughable. A few years ago, as a cost-cutting measure, a decision was taken to stop pollarding the trees which line the route. Result: the trees grew. Side-effect: leaves on the line, in autumn, which led – yes – to delays and cancellations. So what does some bright spark decide to do next? Cut down the trees, because no trees = no leaves to slow down the line.
Without thinking that maybe, just maybe, the roots of the trees worked as a mesh to stop hundreds of tons of mud from sliding onto the tracks, when it rained. Currently, my route is blocked, not by leaves on the line, but by the very banks themselves! (And someone at Network Rail HQ is no doubt madly Googling 'fast-growing mat-forming perennial plants', at this very moment.)
"It's because of all the rain," we're repeatedly told. No (as my MP Amber Rudd has also feistily observed), it's because of lack of foresight/ general incompetence. Whether we're talking phone lines or train lines, the rain is simply highlighting that. And only time will tell whether we end up damp-spiritedly slithering back into a downturn, as a knock-on effect…


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Seriously. We need to sit down and reboot the entire year. Shit can all the current holidays and start over again from scratch. And the rules should be:
Only one holiday per month.
No preparing for said holiday until the previous one has passed. Meaning you won't find xmas shit in the stores in August.
Right after the new year, I walked into the $ Store and side by side there was Valentines Day shit, St. Patricks Day crap, and Easter garbage. With close out sales on xmas junk. It's getting ridiculous.
The current crop of holidays have long lost their original meaning. Now every one is an excuse for the corporate warlords to launch sales gimmicks, ad campaigns, and sell more worthless shit to everyone. And today is one of the very worst…Valentines Day.
Pardon me while I go throw up for a minute.
I went over to the store yesterday to pick up a few things and it was a madhouse as men were apparently trying to salvage their relationships which were solely dependent on how much they spent on flowers, candy, and dinners. It was sad.
I've heard wimmen talk in the past about how they were going to rain hell upon their 'love of their lives', if said luv didn't come through properly with all the right shit to appease them. Nice way to define a relationship.
Personally, I make it habit when, in those very rare times, I am in any kind of relationship, to make sure it's over and done with before Feb. 14th comes around. Hey, it just makes good economic sense.
That's right ladies! I'm single!
Nowadays, when the hearts and flowers appear, I don't rush out and spend any money. I just take a leisurely stroll, back in the woods, by the unmarked graves, and smile.
Ah, memories.
Capt. Fritter
At least I ain't bitter…just a little tart.
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Can we name those holidays after their month? And have them on the fourth Friday so we have time to get ready for them? So its the January Fourth Friday, etc.? Even better the Fifth Friday so they don't come around as often? Dave and I pretty much ignore all holidays anyway but with Fifth Fridays others won't have as many chances to try to lay guilt trips on us.


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