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Saturday, June 2, 2012
Looking To Monday
Scouting director Doug Laumann met with the media Saturday before the game and discussed his team's general plans for Monday night's First-Year Player Draft. The Sox pick 13th in the first round and then have the 48th overall pick as compensation for losing free agent Mark Buehrle.
Here are some of Doug's comments:
Are you prepared for Monday or do you still have a lot more work to do?
We've got a lot more work to do, but we're in pretty good shape. We came in on Wednesday, did some video work on Wednesday and Thursday; just breaking down the upper portion of the draft the last couple of days. Kenny [Williams] and Mr. Reinsdorf are going to come in and spend a couple of hours with us today to help us get prepared for that first pick, and along the way we'll get the rest of them lined up. So we're in pretty good shape right now.
Some drafts are deeper than others. How would you characterize this year?
Probably as thin as I've seen in a decade. A lot of different factors play into it. I think personally one of the biggest ones is, as of about two or three years ago – and I don't know if people were anticipating the CBA changing a little bit with the amount of money people were allowed to spend – but teams started spending a lot more money on high school players a couple of years ago and I think that's really kind of depleted the college ranks. A lot of the good high school players over the past few years have been signing, and we see that it's pretty thin right now in the college ranks.
Is pitching usually your focus?
Yeah, typically it is. I've commented before that Kenny and Jerry have always said that pitching is where it starts. And we kind of feel that way, although you certainly have to have people that can catch the ball and throw it across the infield and stuff like that. But we always look to see if there's pitching; if we're going to break a tie, we'll usually break it with a pitcher. But at the same time it's important just to see who the best and most impactful type of player is out there.
Your last No. 13 pick was Chris Sale. Do you think there's a guy in this draft that could help your team quickly?
There may be. The thing about Chris that was so interesting was a couple things: number one, he was able to help quickly, and we recognized that; we knew that. But at the same time, teams have done that in the past. And those types of guys didn't particularly have a high ceiling. They were guys that you thought maybe could get there quickly, but they kind of were what they were.
With Chris we recognized that he could get there quickly, but also that there was something beyond that with him. I can't speak highly enough about the minor league system and the way we handled him. We kind of had a career path set out for him, and that was that initially he was going to go ahead and get some innings in the bullpen to get accustomed to the professional life; and that at some point in time he would develop into a starter. Thank goodness that everything has worked out that way so far.
Are there any other positions that you'd especially like to improve upon?
Buddy Bell, who's kind of in charge of the minor league system right now – Buddy and I are really close, we've been friends for 30 years – we communicate very well with each other. I'm cognizant of always talking to him about, 'do we have needs; do we have certain areas that we have to get stronger in?' There's always that need for pitching, like I said, but if perhaps I'm thinking about taking a catcher in the first couple of rounds, I'll ask Buddy: 'how is our catching? Where do we stand with that?'
So we've identified a few areas; we're always looking for middle infielders, those skill type of players. Hopefully with what we've got going on in Latin America as well, we can go ahead and fill those needs. But you don't really start filling needs until a little bit later in the draft, you try to get the best players initially.
How important is it for the top picks to make an impact in the near future?
I kind of view myself as a purchasing agent. I have my own personal views, and sometimes they may or may not line up with what the organizational views are. Typically they do, that's why I'm in the position that I'm in. But it's Kenny's philosophy that you win championships with Type-1 players; with impact types of players. We have good discussions, healthy discussions, about whether or not, ok, well this guy can get there, he can get there quickly, he's not going to be a great player but there's a high percentage that he can get there. Take that versus this other guy that, it may take him awhile, but ultimately he could be that impact player. And we've always opted for that impact-type player.
Are there any high school players on your draft board?
This year more than any, there's a chance that a high school kid could be considered with that pick.
With where you're picking, do you worry about signability at all?
Well hopefully the way the new CBA was set up – we're always going to do our homework – but I think agents, players, families and everybody is kind of aware of exactly where it is. At this point you identify that we pick at 13, this is what we're going to spend and are you willing to take this? If you've got a guy that you think is worth way more than that, then you've got to get creative and get some other things done. But I think we're confident that the guy we get is going to be somebody that's going to take the type of money that we have.
Going into the draft, do you have a list of potential players and cross them off as the day unfolds?
We probably have 20 names on that list for the 13th pick right now. There are probably about eight-10 of them that we know are going to be gone, and then we've got a list of about 10 that we're kind of putting in order. Would we take them if they got there, wouldn't we?
Then we have those philosophical discussions: 'Ok, we have a college right-handed pitcher that could maybe help you here pretty quickly. Or we've got a high school left-hander that might take three or four years, but when he gets here, this guy could be dominant.' And those are the types of things that we discuss.
Quite frankly – I won't run or hide from it – we weren't sure where we were going to be at this point. Through the offseason with all the naysayers, some people had us losing 100 games. So are we in a rebuilding mode, or are we in a mode that we're going to do this and that? As we sit here today we're in first place and have a six-game lead on the team that was going to run away and hide. So does that then change our philosophy a little bit? Well, those are the kinds of discussions that we have.
Had we been 15-30 and not where we are right now, the mode might've been that: 'hey, let's start building a little bit. Let's start taking some guys that are a bit further away.' Versus right now, where maybe there's someone out there that can contribute fairly quickly.'
All of those questions haven't been answered yet, but we certainly go through all of them.
Live coverage of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft begins with a one-hour preview show on Monday at 5 p.m. CT on MLB.com and MLB Network, followed by the first round and compensation rounds (best guess is the Sox picks will fall around 7:30 p.m. and 9 pm). MLB.com will provide exclusive coverage of Day 2 and Day 3. You can also keep updated by following @MLBDraft on twitter and #mlbdraft. You also can follow @whitesox Monday evening. Ron Karkovice (the Sox first-round pick from 1982) and Kevin Coe, Sox manager of youth baseball initiatives, are attending the draft as representatives of the White Sox.


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Palakura Kodi guddu Vepudu or Spinach / Palak Egg Fry
Palakura Kodi guddu Vepudu
Quick and easy dish when you have fresh Spinach. and spinach haters and egg lovers love this dish :-)
Fresh Spinach - 1 bunch or 3 cups (wash well, and strain it well, remove the stalk, we need leaves only - chop them)
Onions - 2 large (chopped finely)
Garlic cloves - 4 (crushed using garlic crusher)
Eggs - 4 no.
Heat a deep flat nonstick pan, add 2 tbsp oil, once hot add 1/2 tsp cumin seeds, once fried add crushed garlic fry lightly, not to be burn, add onion, mix well and fry until translucent. then add 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, 1 tsp chilli powder, 1/2 tsp coriander powder, 1/4 tsp garam masala powder (store bought), fry for few secs. add now chopped spinach, mix well and cook until water dries up and wilted on medium heat do not cover while frying. Now add eggs, break them and add side by side, cover without stirring on simm heat. cook for few mins until it is set then turn it carefully cover again and cook for few mins until eggs are cooked. now mix entire curry and cook for few mins until eggs are cooked completely. ****switch off and add salt to taste mix gently.
Serve with Rice, Pickle and yoghurt on side.
you need to add salt once it is switched off. We don't want any moisture while adding egg. other wise you will get egg smell.
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Lou Sang is, as far as I'm told, NOT a Chinese traditional CNY dish. It is unique to the Chinese in West Malaysia and Singapore. My China Chinese friends and relatives have heard of the dish ("It's a Malaysian dish") but never eaten it until they came here. East Malaysians like me have not grown up eating it, and the few times I've eaten it are always in hotels and restaurants. As a result, I didn't like lou sang. I hated it in fact, because of the bright green and red colored deep-fried crisps and the overly-sweet dressing. Jo of A Feast however, swore by the goodness of home-made lou sang, and urged me to try making it once. This year, with relatives (we don't have many relatives here except for my siblings and my in-laws) visiting from China, I decided at the last minute to attempt this dish, for the meaning and the fun behind it.
Lou sang literally means "mixed or tossed raw". The word sang is very much an auspicious word in the New Year because it also sounds like 'alive' and the raw fish (usually salmon) represents the play on the word in this dish. The other ingredients are mostly vegetables that are finely cut, and crackers or crisps to give the crunch. It really is a salad, a la Chinese style.
To attack a lou sang, everybody gathers around the dish with a pair of chopsticks in hand and then dig into the salad, shouting good New Year phrases such as high ambitions, high luck and such, in reference to the strive for excellence during the New Year. The higher you toss, the higher your good luck so grab a stool and peak over everyone if you are desperately seeking luck.
This recipe was from Jo, but I've had to substitute some of the ingredients for convenience (used whatever I had) and because many were sold out. Despite that, my lou sang turned out very well, and now I am going to make this a must-do for my CNY celebrations. You really can substitute many of the ingredients, but the essential ones are pomelo, radish, crisps and raw fish. I added lettuce for the auspicious meaning this veg carries, as it is called sang choy, 'raw veg' which also sounds like 'alive veg'.The only ingredient I think would greatly improve the dish is taro crisps which is in Jo's recipe but not my dish because there weren't any taro KK. I think all were taken for making koe rou which is on nearly every table for CNY. I also forgot an essential ingredient: peanut nibs, which I was going to substitute with cashew nuts but at the last moment and in the chaos, I had totally forgotten about it. I did add the toasted sesame seeds just before tossing, phew.
Lou Sang/Yu Sang
Fresh sushi-grade salmon*
1 medium sized pomelo, separated into sacs
1 stalk of butter or Chinese lettuce, washed, pat dry & cut fine
2 carrots, shredded thinly & soaked in ice water
1 Chinese radish, shredded thinly & soaked in ice water
2 green mangoes, cut into fine strips
1 cup pickled papaya (get it from fruit stalls), in very thin strips
4 kaffir limes leaves, sliced very fine
1/2 cup spring onions, chopped cut or into fine strips
3 T cilantro, in short lengths
1 red chili, 0r 1/2 bell pepper, in thin strips
1-2 T young ginger, in very fine strips
5-7 pieces popiah/spring rolls wrapper, cut into 1cm x 3 cm strips and deep fried until crispy
a small taro, cut into thin strips and deep fried until crispy
*I used 3/4 kg, cut into thick slices
3 T plum sauce + 2 T hot water, sieved (omit & use more apricot jam if you don't have this)
1 T apricot jam
3 T lime juice
3 T honey
1 T sesame paste (I used peanut butter)
1 T sesame oil
1/2 t salt
--Put everything in a bottle and shake it like crazy. Adjust to your liking.
Topping: 3 T toasted sesame seeds
1/2 t 5-spice powder
--Put sesame seeds and 5-spice powder in a red packet
1. Arrange the various ingredients on a large (preferably round) platter, with the lettuce in the middle and the salmon on top of it.
2. Scatter the crisps on top and pour the dressing over. Finally, just when everybody can't wait to toss, sprinkle the contents of the red packet over the lou sang and start tossing and shouting your hopes and wishes!


text: There could be a reason that Rihanna wasn't with Chris Brown in court Friday — sources tell us he's been "hanging out with a beautiful New York waitress." We hear Brown hit it off with stunning server Karizma Ramirez at Finale when he visited the club Easter weekend. A source said, "They hit it off and headed out together. They also spent Easter Sunday together." Despite this, Brown said he and Rihanna are still together during a "Today" interview that aired April 1. On Friday, Brown sat in court as lawyer Mark Geragos met with an LA County Superior Court judge behind closed doors in the probation-violation case. The judge ordered Brown back June 10 because lawyers need more time for "additional discovery." Prosecutors accuse Brown of not completing 180 days of community labor ordered when he pleaded guilty to felony assault in his infamous Rihanna beating. Geragos has argued that the prosecutor's wrong and Brown's been "tortured" during his probation. Brown's mother was in court Friday, but Rihanna, who attended his last court date, was not.


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"René Pape is certainly one of today's towering figures in opera, literally and figuratively: the bass's unbeatable combination of physical stature, charisma, intensity and voice is presented with an extraordinary level of artistic integrity. His musical and dramatic intentions are motivated by intelligence and commitment."
Opera Now (London), November 2008
Born in Dresden in 1964, René Pape was a member of the city's legendary Kreuzchor from 1974–81. In 1988, while still a student, he made his debut at the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden and was immediately engaged by the company. Since then on its stage he has sung most of the chief roles of his already illustrious career, the majority of them conducted by music director Daniel Barenboim. Pape is equally at home on the concert platform and has appeared with the world's leading orchestras and renowned conductors in the major concert halls all over the globe. For his recordings, he has already received two Grammys®.


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Child of Berlin Airlift Remembers
Child of Berlin Airlift Remembers
By Karl Weisel
Special to American Forces Press Service
WIESBADEN, Germany, June 25, 2008 – A storybook came alive for German and American youth here when the tale's lead character appeared in person.
After having collaborated on a video project for the children's story, "Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot," in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, students from Aukamm and Hainerberg elementary schools on U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden and the nearby Nauheim Grundschule were treated to a visit by the book's real-life title character.
"I'm of course much older than years ago," said Mercedes Wild with a smile as she described what it was like to be a 7-year-old child in post-war Berlin during the Soviet blockade from June 1948 to May 1949.
"We had little to eat," Wild told her young audience, explaining that the western section of Berlin had very little farmland. And though the Soviets tried to entice Berliners over to the eastern side with promises of food, those in the west knew better than to sacrifice their freedom. When Allied airplanes began delivering coal, food and other supplies, Wild said she was terrified bombs would once again fall on her city. "I asked my grandmother if we should go downstairs in the cellar once more, but she told me this time the planes were bringing food and coal."
Wild and her husband, Peter, described the brutal winter of 1948-1949. "We had no good clothes, no shoes," she remembers. "But we didn't fear the cold; we feared the Russians."
When a plane crashed barely 200 meters from her house, killing the two pilots, Wild recalled everything in sight being coated in white flour, adding that as a child her thoughts were: "It might have been our house … that the plane hit." And she thinks back to "being very sleepy in the mornings because of the noise of the airplanes in the night."
Peter told the German and American students that the flights between Berlin and other cities in Germany were only the tip of the iceberg. "The real airlift stretched all across the United States and the Atlantic Ocean, using airplanes, trains, trucks and ships," he said, describing the incredible logistical effort involved in moving massive quantities of supplies to Berlin.
He also described the phenomenal achievement of building Berlin's Tegel Airport from scratch as the airlift was in progress. "Ten thousand women built a new airport in three months," he said.
As recounted in the story by author Margot Theis Raven, a young Mercedes watched as planes flew overhead, wishing that one day the tiny parachutes bearing chocolate would find their way into her hands. After completing a suggestion by her grandmother to write the "candy bomber," Lt. Gail Halvorsen, Wild eventually received a response explaining the pilot was unable to spot her house and her white chicken from the air. Tucked in the envelope was peppermint gum. Although she gave away the treat, having never before tasted anything like it, "The most important thing for me was this letter. … Chocolate and chewing gum were unknown to us."
Having lost her father during World War II, Wild said, she looked to Halvorsen as a surrogate dad. "My father was also a pilot in World War II, and he [went missing] early in the war. My mother and I didn't know what happened to him. … The chocolate uncle became a symbol of my father."
In the early 1970s, when Halvorsen was visiting Berlin, Peter approached the American with the treasured letter he had written to Wild more than two decades earlier. The meeting evolved into a long-term friendship with the Halvorsen and Wild families that continues today.
And it grew into a partnership program between the Gottfried Keller Gymnasium, where Peter taught in Berlin, and Provo High School, near Halvorsen's home in Utah.
The Wilds also explained to the children how they learned "American, not English" after the war by listening to American Forces Network Radio. "The best teacher for German kids to learn [the vernacular] was AFN," Peter recalled.
In 1997, during the 50th anniversary of the airlift at Templehof Airport in Berlin, Wild was invited on stage alongside Halvorsen and President Bill Clinton, where she had "the honor to say thank you on behalf of the people of Berlin." "Without the help of the Americans [and the Allies], I wouldn't be here," Wild said. "I wouldn't be alive to enjoy the freedom you brought to us Germans."
(Karl Weisel works in the U.S Army Garrison Wiesbaden Public Affairs Office.)
More information on the Berlin Airlift:
A beautiful presentation by the Department of Defense: http://www.defenselink.mil/home/features/2008/0508_berlin/index.html
Previous stories:
The Candy Bomber - http://gazingattheflag.blogspot.com/2008/05/face-of-freedom-col-gail-s-halvorsen.html
The Airlift - http://gazingattheflag.blogspot.com/2008/05/history-is-our-stories-berlin-airlift.html
Berlin Airlift Veterans Remember - http://gazingattheflag.blogspot.com/2008/06/berlin-airlift-veterans-remember-60.html


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3/16? You gotta be kidding. I put my AK down in my room and can't see the damn thing from 10ft. away.Originally Posted by tanvil
All kidding aside. I do a lot of business with tapco and love there products. I'm sure there rivets are fine. But I do like and use AK-builder rivets. Size, apperance, quality, is right on. I think once you get some and use them you will see what I meen.


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Right off the bat Im going to say "I LIKE THIS MORE THAN THEY'RE REAL". Yup, the most iconic and probably the best selling mascara of all time has a rival... weirdly from the same brand. Benefit's latest drop in the form of Benefit Roller lash has blown me away and has the Lily Melrose seal of approval.
Designed to lift and curl the lashes in one step this stuff is the bomb. Finally a mascara that does what it claims. A few coats later and my lashes look lifted and super black without a clump in sight. Super inky black finish, plastic comb which is designed to get right into the corners of the eyes and not drying in the slightest. This mascara is perfect for minimal makeup days as it really opens up the eyes and adds drama without smudging or clumping.
Compared to They're Real it's 100% better. While I do sort of like They're Real, I've raved about in it the past thanks to it's volume boosting and lengthening properties but I always had a niggle - It's SO dry. The stuff would flake off within a few hours leaving me looking like some sort of panda with dry itchy eyes. This on the other hand ticks all my personal eyelash boxes and has become a firm favourite in my lash line up.
Benefit Rollerlash retails for £19.50 and is available on counter now


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Flexibility and practicality fuel the function of these stoves. And what fuels your fire? Well, that's up to you. From corn and wood pellets to wheat and cherry pits, these multi-fuel stoves burn quality fuels for efficient heat.
We know you're drawn to the unconventional—like alternative heating sources, for example. We are too. And while that's reason enough to heat your home with a genuine pellet stove, there are plenty of other benefits, features and advantages you'll want to see for yourself.


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In collaboration with her friends', Richard and Lincoln O'Barry, and Dolphin Project, famed jewelry designer Manon has revamped an ancient greek coin into a unique pendant, Every dolphin coin pendant sold, the dolphin project will receive a donation of 80% of the sale price.
Beyonce, Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz have at least one thing in common: they like being seen in gorgeous-funky Manon jewelry.
The Greek colonies spread far beyond what we now consider to be Greece in the modern day. Grecian colonies spread to Italy, the Mediterranean islands, Syria, Egypt and the Middle East. One of the more successful of the Greek colonies was one founded by refugees from Sparta on the southern end of the Italian peninsula in about 700 B.C. Named Taras, it flourished for nearly 500 years before it was destroyed by the Romans c. 207 B.C.
One of the most popular stories of the founding of the city is one involving dolphins. In 708 B.C. a group of Spartan refugees, following the instruction of the oracle at Delphi (whose name comes from the word for dolphin, and who is the sacred oracle of Apollo, whose symbol is the dolphin), set sail toward the southern end of the Italian peninsula to found a colony there. It's said that Phalanthos, the leader of the Spartan colonists, was shipwrecked before reaching land, but was saved by a dolphin that carried him to the shore. The tale echoes the popular Greek myth of Taras, son of Poseidon who was also saved from shipwreck by a dolphin. The city that was founded there was named Taras, in his honor, and the city's patron was Apollo, thus it was a natural that the standard of the city would be a boy riding a dolphin.


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Joe Nacchio's prison mug shots released
Former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio apparently wore a dark sports coat and white button-up shirt when he reported to prison in April, according to booking mug shots obtained by The Denver Post.
The Post received the photos through a Freedom of Information Act request filed with the U.S. Marshals service.
The photos show Nacchio in his own clothes, similar to disgraced money manager Bernie Madoff's mug shot, which shows him in a striped collared shirt.
Comparing the two photos, Nacchio looks just slightly more chipper than Madoff. Behind bars, Nacchio has to wear a green prison outfit most of the time, according to prison guidelines. He is serving his six-year term for illegal insider trading at a federal prison camp in Pennsylvania.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court appears to be taking a deeper look at Nacchio's appeal, which essentially is his last chance to overturn the conviction.


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Where is the new coronavirus hiding? Where does it live? Most importantly, will it re-emerge to infect more people and start to spread?
No one has answers to those questions at present. But the World Health Organization is hoping to put together a more comprehensive picture of the mysterious and occasionally deadly virus next week.
The WHO is hosting a meeting on Monday and Tuesday in Cairo, pulling together researchers who work on coronaviruses, public health officials who have been involved in the outbreak and others who can help to flesh out what is known so far.
Among those attending will be people who led responses to other emerging disease outbreaks, such as the 2003 SARS crisis. Someone from Canada has been invited to attend to discuss the country's SARS experience, but the WHO won't reveal the list of the invitees.
In part, a WHO official admits, the aim is to encourage more sharing of information than has occurred up to date. Between 25 and 30 people have been invited, and the meeting will be held behind closed doors.
"Often what we find is that people who are involved in research are reluctant to share preliminary findings," said Dr. Anthony Mounts, the WHO's point person for the coronavirus investigation.
"(It's) partly because they want to publish but I think also because there's a reluctance to share stuff that they're not quite confident in yet, because it's still preliminary. But we find that when they come to meetings like this they're much more willing to share it openly."
Among those expected to attend is Dr. Ian Lipkin, director of the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health in New York. Lipkin is an expert on emerging infectious diseases; a brief biography on his centre's website says he has identified at least 400 previously unknown viruses in the past decade.
Lipkin travelled to Saudi Arabia last fall to try to find the source of the new coronavirus, and a comment he made to the journal Nature suggests he found something. But he hasn't shared that information in any depth and most observers believe a publication is probably pending. (Scientific journals typically won't publish findings that have already been reported elsewhere.)
The Nature article, published in early December, said Lipkin revealed he had discovered that partial genetic sequences of a virus from bats match the new coronavirus. "The finding gives insight into the original source of the virus," he told Nature.
To date there have been nine confirmed cases of infection with the new coronavirus, which is from the same family as the virus that caused SARS. Of the confirmed cases, all have been severely ill and five have died. Cases have occurred in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Jordan.
As well, there are a number of probable cases, the status of which may become clearer once a test is developed that can detect antibodies to the virus in blood. Antibodies would be a sign of prior infection.
The WHO believes there may have been limited person-to-person spread of the virus on two separate occasions. Last fall four members of a large, extended family in Saudi Arabia became ill; three of the four tested positive for the coronavirus and the fourth is considered a probable case.
Last April, a group of at least 11 people in Jordan, including seven health-care workers, were sick with an undiagnosed form of pneumonia that was severe in most but not all cases. Stored sputum samples from two of those people — both of whom died — were tested for the virus months later and found to be positive.
So far the Jordanian cases are the first known to have occurred. But the first case which came to light was that of a Saudi man who died last June in Jeddah. When the hospital where he was cared for couldn't diagnose his illness, they sought help from Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
The Dutch scientists confirmed the presence of the new coronavirus, which they called hCoV-EMC, short for human coronavirus and the institute's initials.
News of the existence of the new virus was only shared publicly in September, via an Internet-based infectious diseases reporting system called ProMed. Two days later, Britain's Health Protection Agency reveals a London hospital was treating a gravely ill Qatari man infected with the virus. He had travelled by air ambulance to London for care.
In the weeks that followed seven more infections came to light.
But there haven't been any new cases reported since late November. And despite the fact that the WHO urged countries to test unexplained pneumonia cases for the virus, there hasn't been a deluge of samples sent for testing, Mounts said.
He is worried that people aren't taking the situation seriously enough. And so another goal of the meeting is to convey that the WHO feels there is more work to be done here.
"We don't want to be alarmist," Mounts said.
"But we do want to raise concerns a bit and ... create a bigger sense of urgency in the minds of the people involved, so that there is more collaboration, co-operation, data sharing and so on. And to get people to think realistically about what kinds of things we need to do next."
It could well be that no further human cases are found, or that the occasional sporadic case pops up, but with no significant human-to-human spread.
But another possibility is that this virus is doing what the SARS virus may have done in 2002, before it hit the world's radar — occasionally jumping from its natural host to infect a human or two. If at some point the virus adapts to transmit effectively from person to person it could start to spread more widely.
Mounts said the WHO wants to be better prepared in case that last option is how things play out.
"We just want to be ready," he said. "We don't want to miss the opportunity. If this were to come back again, we want to make sure we have all the pieces in place."
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text: flAked 54 Posted June 11, 2011 This work is based on DSDT for Asus P8P67-M PRO by DHP. Those who followed along are aware that discussions were always very technical and specific, without a clear followthrough. This thread aims to condense our findings and be a supplement to the thread by DHP. First of all, here are the ACPI tables for the P8P67 (B3 stepping): Method I: Full support via single SSDT (only with RevoBoot) Shortly! Method II: Lightweight ACPI tables (universal, but not updated anymore) dsdt_rev2.dsl.zipssdt_pr_minimal_stripped_rev6.dsl.zipssdt_usb_rev2.dsl.zip Factory tables (for reference) P8P67_factory_1608.zip Tools SpeedStepper MSRDumper aml2struct (by MasterChief) 0. Prerequisites Method I Up until now the main focus was geared toward a heavily optimized and streamlined DSDT / SSDT. Many questions emerged if those edits are usable on other boards as well and if there be an auto-patcher for all the fixes. Well, there is a reason why this guide / knowledge base was holding back and that is because of recent developments in RevoBoot. It is now possible to get the same results with automatic injection and a very small SSDT to get device names & sleep correctly set up. That is why the downloads are split in two methods, the second and old method won't be updated in the future and this guide will mainly focus on method I from now on. Method II There is a clear distinction between enabling devices in your DSDT, the actual IOKit drivers that match those devices and your UEFI settings. You could optimize this DSDT by removing the devices you are not using, but you would also limit your options at a later time. This DSDT was developed with all onboard devices turned on. You are however free to disable any device in UEFI and the appropriate IOKit drivers won't get loaded. Support for PS2 and COM ports are stripped out. This guide assumes that you already have a running system, using one of the several installation guides. Testing and refining this setup was done using RevoBoot. 1. UEFI settings This is pretty straight forward, for the basic setup set SATA to AHCI, disable the serial port and choose the onboard devices you want to use. In the CPU configuration menu we want to enable all C-State reports, as well as SpeedStep and Turbo Mode. Disable Internal PPL overvoltage to resolve sleep/wake issues. Leave CPU Ratio at Auto for the time being, overclocking will be covered separately. 2. Patching CFG Lock C-State configuration is set via a Model Specific Register (MSR 0xE2), unfortunately for Asus P67 users this MSR will be locked after UEFI finishes and can't be changed afterwards. Apple hardware or more precise EFI is not engaging this CFG Lock. This results in a kernel panic when loading the system without NullCPUPowerManagement.kext (NullCPU) because AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext (AICPUPM) is writing to MSR 0xE2 which is read-only at this point, triggering a General Protection Fault (GPF). We have two options to resolve this issue: a) patch AICPUPM's write operations to 0xE2 Download SpeedStepper for SnowLeopard, currently only version 142.6.0 is supported. Open Terminal.app: sudo bash cd /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext/Contents/MacOS cp AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement_bkp /path/to/speedstepper AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement The patcher should confirm that every offset was found and patched. Then remove NullCPU and rebuild kextcache. You should now be able to boot the system without NullCPU. This is considered a temporary fix, because SpeedStepper needs to be updated for every new version of AICPUPM. A much more solid solution lies in . patch the CFG Lock in UEFI itself By removing the CFG Lock at the time of UEFI configuration we can solve the issue once and for all. Until the next UEFI update that is. Asus is currently working on several UEFI updates to iron out critical bugs, most likely we will see a couple of updates in the near future. Modding the specific UEFI module is not for the faint of heart and a lot of checking and double-checking needs to be done before flashing a custom made UEFI mod. Until we have a stable release considered lasting several month, I won't release a modded UEFI. The effort is not worth while at the moment, if the next UEFI is around the corner. Once the patching is automated it might change. But for now, patching AICPUPM is much safer and less nerve-recking. 3. Configuring RevoBoot 4. SSDT_PR 5. Static ACPI table injection 6. Stepper programs 7. SMBIOS fix 8. Overclocking A. 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BanaBay to Benefit from UKTI US Scholarship
BanaBay is in a bid to crack the US market in fresh produce as its Global Marketing Executive Briony Dunmore has won a UKTI scholarship to the Kellogg School of Management based at Northwestern University, Chicago.
In October, Briony will travel to the States to study at the School and discover how to tackle the biggest market in the world.
Taking on a mature and competitive market, the approach will be to target health-conscious consumers with an appreciation for quality and ethical business practices.
Briony says: "BanaBay has much to offer in terms of its CSR record and quality assurance programme. I feel our larger competitors are more concerned with pushing down prices and this ultimately compromises quality so there's definitely room for an ethical, high-quality banana brand in the US."
Briony is also mindful of the imminent Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership so the time is right for her to be doing a course in US business practice and brand development. This will help her put together a US business plan and give BanaBay the springboard it needs to be successful in this challenging and impressive market.
Peter West, Trade Advisor at UKTI who nominated Briony for the award adds: "I have worked with BanaBay over the past 3 years and watched as they have grown throughout Europe and the Far East. The Kellogg Scholarship Programme provides the company, and Briony in particular, an excellent opportunity to understand the key Market, Legislative and Financial drivers required to enable successful expansion into the North America market."


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An Organic Crib Mattress is Great – But What About the Nursery Walls and Floors
An Organic Crib Mattress is Great – But What About the Nursery Walls and FloorsAlthough there's no question that it's better for everyone if our homes and the environment are completely free of toxic chemicals, it's just not always possible. To resolve the issues across the globe, it's going to take a big team - industry, government and our concerned friends everywhere on the planet. But we don't need anyone's help to take care of our child's nursery or, for that matter, our own home.
How do we do that? In addition to using non-toxic products whenever possible – starting with an organic crib mattress and going straight through to cleaning products – you might also consider ridding the walls, floors, carpeting and so on of any residual off-gasing potential.
A step by step process for doing this is in a book called Home Safe Home, written by Debra Lynn Dadd, green maven extraordinaire. I recently had the good fortune to get Ms. Dadd's permission to re-print the process in its entirety. The section is called Curing a Sick House. See below. And, by the way, I'd love to hear anyone's feedback after they've tried this out.
Curing a Sick House
There are many building materials that have some toxicity when being applied, but cure to a nontoxic finish. This is because the toxic part is the solvent used to keep the material pliable (as in the case of caulks, paints, and other finishes) or that residual chemicals used in manufacturing have not completely dissipated (such as adhesives used to hold together wood floor tiles). Once these chemicals outgas, however, the resulting product is nontoxic.
If you don't have to install or apply these products yourself, once cured they can be safe for you and your family to live with (though in the larger scheme of things, we should also be considering toxic exposures to the people we hire and the pollutants released into the environment.)
To speed up the curing process, you can do what is commonly called a "bake-out." In my experience, it has been a cure-all for many toxic homes, as it bakes off the volatile gasses that are present in materials and finishes and cures the materials into an inert form.
The procedure I recommend is this:
1. Close all doors and windows.
2. Remove people, pets, and plants.
3. Turn up the central heat as far as it will go (or use space heaters).
4. At the end of each twenty-four-hour period, open the doors and windows and air your home out completely. Use a fan if necessary.
5. Sniff around to check for odors. Determine if they are gone, or if you need another day of baking.
Baking can take from one to five days. I've never needed to do it longer than five days."


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Alone in a Crowd: Prints of the 1930s-1940s by African American Artists from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams
October 9, 1994 - December 4, 1994
The WPA print workshop set up in the 1930s gave many young African Americans their first prolonged exposure to the teachers and materials they needed to develop their art. This exhibition of over 100 prints by 45 artists reflects the rich variety of techniques, subjects, and philosophical approaches adopted by African American artists in the 1930s and 1940s. The exhibition is selected from the 3,500 prints assembled by Reba and Dave Williams, the largest private collection of the little known graphic work produced by African Americans in this period.
November 29, 1994 - December 4, 1994
This two-hour program of videos was organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in recognition of World AIDS Day and Day Without Art, observances held each December 1 to commemorate the loss of family and friends to AIDS.
October 1, 1994 - November 29, 1994
The works in Video Art: The First 25 Years were produced between 1967 and 1992. Articulate and independent-minded, these works raise questions about sexual stereotyping, offer up autobiographical portraits, examine video process, and trace body-related performance art issues. The exhibition demonstrates that artists' approaches to similar subject matter have evolved radically over the past quarter century: these videotapes reflect and help define shifts in the past quarter-century's cultural and theoretical climate.
April 12, 1994 - November 21, 1994
Richard Long is scheduled to make a monumentally-scaled drawing directly on the vast wall facing the Museum's West Entrance foyer. Long (born 1945), is arguably the most important British artist of his generation. He has never exhibited in Philadelphia before, although Museum audiences are familiar with his work through a drawing, Mud Foot Circles, and a sculpture, Limestone Circle, in the permanent collection.
September 25, 1994 - November 20, 1994
The Philadelphia Museum of Art will exhibit over 250 objects--ranging from furniture, housewares, and consumer electronics to posters, packaging, and clothing--in the first comprehensive survey anywhere of Japan's original and important contribution to modern design.
May 7, 1994 - October 9, 1994
Highlights of the Alfred Stieglitz Center Collection of Photographs displays fifty of the most important photographs from the Museum's Alfred Stieglitz Center.
May 4, 1994 - September 25, 1994
Contemporary Art on Paper features twenty works on paper by American and European artists. Most of the works date from the 1980s and 1990s and all are from the Museum's permanent collection. Among the artists whose work is included in this installation are Jorg Immendorf, Peter Campus, Richard Serra, and Carrol Dunham.
August 15, 1994 - September 15, 1994
This exhibition includes four short videos: A Conversation with Marcel Duchamp, Entr'Acte, Marcel Duchamp in His Own Words, and Anemic Cinema.
July 16, 1994 - September 11, 1994
Eastern State Penitentiary, begun in 1821, is one of the most important and innovative structures built in Philadelphia during the dynamic period of city planning and faith in large scale public works that followed the War of 1812. This exhibition will include 80 objects, including prints, drawings, paintings, watercolors, photographs, maps and models and will be accompanied by a book about Eastern State Penitentiary and its influence.
July 16, 1994 - September 11, 1994
Dorothy Norman's photographs have been compared to the private, quiet, and intimate poems of Emily Dickinson, but recognition of her work as a photographer tended to be eclipsed by her activities as a prominent writer, biographer, editor, and social activist. Intimate Visions: The Photographs of Dorothy Norman, a retrospective exhibition of 93 photographs, brings the artist's prolific photographic career into balance with her other talents.
A New Look at Old Masters: Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
June 4, 1994 - July 10, 1994
A New Look at Old Masters is an experimental, temporary installation of old master paintings selected from the Museum's permanent collection. Some of these works are familiar and celebrated masterpieces while others have not been displayed for years. Many of the works on view will be included in the third and final phase of the Museum's reinstallation, which will encompass European art from 1550 to 1850.
April 24, 1994 - June 19, 1994
A little-known aspect of the rich cultural life in Philadelphia in the 19th century is revealed in an extraordinary group of some 42,000 European prints and 2,500 drawings spanning more than four centuries. This exhibition of 100 prints and 50 drawings traces the history of this vast collection by reviewing a century of collecting accomplishments by the principal Philadelphians responsible for its assembly between the 1830s and 1920s.
February 13, 1994 - April 10, 1994
This exhibition examines the dynamics of community traditions and aesthetics using a group of important, recently documented quilts, carvings, drawings, and other decorative arts produced by African American artisans working in the rural South from 1900 to 1980. These examples are discussed in light of the contexts and inspirations of their makers and the communities which played a role in their creation.
February 5, 1994 - April 10, 1994
The Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Low Countries, which began in 1568, was the first major European conflict fought in significant measure with paper propaganda. The works of art in this exhibition, beautiful and intriguing in their own right, document not only political history but also religious, economic, and social developments, affording lively insights into 16th-century Netherlandish life.
January 29, 1994 - March 27, 1994
This Museum's celebrated holdings of early 20th century art owe much to the adventurous and discerning taste of a small number of pioneer collectors, including Albert Eugene Gallatin. The important avant-garde paintings Gallatin assembled in the early decades of this century--by Mondrian, Miro, Picasso, Braque, Klee, Leger, and Demuth, among others--are familiar to visitors to the 20th-century galleries. This exhibition of some 100 rarely exhibited works on paper reveals for the first time in many years the full range of Gallatin's legacy.
February 1, 1994 - March 6, 1994
Promoting printmaking as a fine art from the year of its founding in Philadelphia in 1972, the Brandywine Workshop has assumed a national role in its efforts to broaden the cultural mainstream through the involvement of artists and audiences from all ethnic backgrounds. The seven prints shown here, produced at the Brandywine Workshop between 1982 and 1991, were acquired in 1992 for the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
November 29, 1993 - January 12, 1994
Many artists' lives have been lost to AIDS. Each year on December 1, as part of World AIDS Day, artists and art organizations throughout the world observe Day Without Art to pay tribute to those who have died, to recognize the loss to our society of creative power and future artistic contributions, and to express support to those living with AIDS and HIV.
October 10, 1993 - January 2, 1994
This retrospective exhibition comprises approximately 200 drawings by Joseph Beuys (1921-1986), the central figure in postwar German art. It focuses on the most intimate and revealing aspects of Beuys' work, one little known to American audiences.
October 30, 1993 - January 2, 1994
Visions of Antiquity: Neoclassical Figure Drawings presents 125 old master drawings from public and private collections in Europe, the United States, and Canada, many of which have never before been exhibited in this country.


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Model‐based development using MATLAB and Simulink improves development efficiency and is becoming a standard approach. However, it has a short history and has some issues to solve. To that end, the Japanese automotive industry has established the Japan MATLAB Automotive Advisory Board (JMAAB), which discusses those issues based on its philosophy, "Collaborate for the development environment, compete for the product." This webinar discusses the current status and deliverables of the JMAAB working group that is creating MBD engineer education curricula and materials. In addition, expectations for the junior MBD engineer will also be discussed.
About the Presenter: Shigeho Sakoda, an engineer at Yamaha Motor Japan, has focused on engine management systems for motorcycle, natural gas, and other engines for the last 20 years. For the last 10 years, he has also promoted the model-based development (MBD) approach. Sakoda is also on the faculty of the Department of Engineering at Kagoshima University, Japan. He is a member of the Japan MATLAB Automotive Advisory Board (JMAAB) and is leading an educational working group. The group published ETSS-JMAAB, the guideline for engineering skill and career standards, in 2007 and is currently developing curricula for MBD engineers.
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I know I've already been beating the drum about this, but honestly, the New York Times sports page is embarrassingly podunk. Here's what the paper had to say about LeBron James and the Miami Heat beating the Knicks last night:
James demurred when asked how he might remember his Garden playoff debut. "We won," he said. "That's all that matters to me."
Then, one game away from a sweep, he described the Garden as a "hostile environment."
James once scored 50 points at the Garden and has turned in many other memorable performances. But he has never eliminated the Knicks.
"Demurred" here means "didn't give a crap about my ginned-up question." Q: What's it like to beat the fabled New York Knickerbockers, LeBron? A: It's like beating most other teams, only maybe easier?
He has never eliminated the Knicks. Here are some other teams that LeBron James has never eliminated from the playoffs: The Milwaukee Bucks. The Minnesota Vikings. The 1930 Philadelphia Athletics.
How do you even write that passage? Times sportswriters are spiritual kin to the folks at the Indianapolis Star who insert "Hoosier" before the name of anyone from Indiana in the national wire copy. The idea that the Knicks are some kind of measuring stick for basketball greatness is insane. The Knicks are the sign shaped like an anthropomorphic puppy saying you have to be at least three-foot-six to get on the teacup ride.
The last time the Knicks had a championship team, LeBron James's mother was in kindergarten. The Knicks were 0-3 against the Heat in the regular season, and now they're 0-6. Their most notable accomplishment was running their coach out of town. Now a mediocre, disjointed, injury-plagued team is getting blasted out of the playoffs by the defending Eastern Conference champions. Here's what LeBron James most likely thinks about facing the Knicks in Madison Square Garden: nothing.
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The U.S. current-account deficit—the combined balances on trade in goods and services, income, and net unilateral current transfers—increased to $137.3 billion (preliminary) in the first quarter of 2012 from $118.7 billion (revised) in the fourth quarter of 2011. As a percentage of U.S. gross domestic product, the deficit increased to 3.6 percent from 3.1 percent. The previously published current-account deficit for the fourth quarter was $124.1 billion.
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On a night that was fit for neither man nor beast, 380 of the 446 people who'd purchased tickets for the Nathan Yip Foundation's Chinese New Year Gala braved falling snow and icy streets to make it to the Marriott Denver Tech Center for a night celebrating the lunar Year of the Sheep.
Chaired by Margaret Berzins and Paul Mesard, the dinner and entertainment spectacular raised $250,000 for foundation-sponsored programs serving vulnerable children throughout the world.
A highlight came when soprano Meghan Picerno of New York debuted the Nathan Yip Foundation theme song, "Open Your Eyes." The song was written in China by Ye Liu and Kun Zhang.
Picerno was joined on vocals by 12-year-old Audrey and 10-year-old Madeline Ng from New Mexico. The sisters are the godchildren of Linda and Jimmy Yip, who established the Nathan Yip Foundation in 2002 as a living memorial to their late son, Nathan, who was killed in an automobile accident when he was just 19 years old.
Jimmy Yip was the surprise baritone and rose from his seat to join the group at the third verse. His singing brought the crowd to its feet.
Longtime supporters Jan and Sheldon Steinhauser were the honorary chairs and were presented a plaque by board president Denise Gliwa. Their daughters, Dr. Lisa Hackel from Scarsdale, N.Y. and Denver attorney Karen Steinhauser, were among the many family members and friends who came to congratulate them.
The foundation's mission mirrors Nathan Yip's concern for the impoverished living conditions so many children endure. "Nathan traveled the world with his parents and was often overwhelmed by the poverty and lack of educational opportunities for many young people, especially in the more remote areas of China," Gliwa noted, adding that since its start, the foundation has funded numerous schools, dormitories and other projects in China, Africa, Mexico and the United States.
To better illustrate the foundation's work in the U.S., three times the ballroom went dark as a spotlight shined on a student from Colorado whose life has been impacted by it.
Eric Lipford from East High School described how meaningful Nate's Pass is to the students. Nate's Pass lets students ride public transportation at a significant discount. Eva Roybal, a Nathan Yip Transformational Scholarship recipient, and Carmelina Parmer from Denver Center for International Studies also spoke.
The gala began with the traditional lion dance by members of the Shaolin Hung Mei troupe, whose new lion was "awakened" in an eye-dotting ceremony led by Bridget Berzins, daughter of co-chair Margaret Berzins and her husband, Mark, and Bridget's friend, Addie Williams.
A special appeal, led by auctioneer Gary Corbett, raised money for Phase II of the Nathan Yip Dormitory Complex in Tanzania. The Nathan Yip Foundation is working in partnership with two other Denver groups -– the Africa School Assistance Project (ASAP), which builds and refurbishes schools in Tanzania, and Denver Tech For All, which will donate all the computers for the new dormitory.
"Right now Phase I is done and is currently housing 48 girls, giving them a safe place to live so they can thrive and succeed in school," Gliwa said.
When Phase II is complete, it will house 144 girls, provide kitchen, toilets, and safe eating and socializing areas.
Nathan Yip's godparents, former Denverites Stephanie and Kevin Tung, came from their home in Shanghai, arriving a few weeks early to help Linda and Jimmy Yip finalize arrangements for the gala. In addition to being Nathan's godparents, the Tungs are members of the foundation board and were instrumental in having the "Open Your Eyes" song produced in China.
Silent auction chair Darlene Silver had the Marriott's general manager, Michael Giamundo, as her guest.
Bridget Schabdach, owner and president of Spin Creative Studio, a sponsor of the gala, was there, too, along with Rose Keating, founder of Denver Tech for All; Susan Bachar, executive director of Africa School Assistance Project, and board member Carol Wolf.
Other guests included Denver Center for International Studies board members Melanie Grant and Dianna Vigil; firefighter Kevin Centola, who helped build the Arbol del Vida Children's Home near Juarez, Mexico, and his wife Luz (the Nathan Yip foundation pays the teacher salaries at this home that houses over 65 orphans); Alyssa Law and daughter, Jade; Lisza Gulyas, who volunteered her services as an event planner; psychologist Evelyn Wolfe, who has been instrumental in the revitalization of the Baker neighborhood; and Taylor Grant, daughter of the late Edna Chang Grant, whose memory, along with that of another longtime supporter, Celeste Fleming, was honored at the gala.
The Guang Yu Chinese Foundation, led by Edna Chang Grant's family, is working with the Nathan Yip Foundation to build a park outside Marian Children's Home, an NYF-supported orphanage and retirement center in Fujian Province, China.
Foundation board members did their part to support the gala.
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Obama: 'We are heartbroken' over AZ firefighters
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — President Barack Obama says the deaths of 19 firefighters who died battling an Arizona wildfire are a heartbreaking reminder that emergency personnel put their lives on the line every day while rushing toward danger.
Obama, who spoke from Africa on Monday, added that America's thoughts and prayers go out to their families.
He said, quote, "We are heartbroken about what happened."
Obama says his administration is prepared to help Arizona investigate how the deaths happened. He predicted the incident will force government leaders to answer broader questions about how they handle increasingly destructive and deadly wildfires.
The firefighters, members of an elite crew fighting a forest fire northwest of Phoenix, were overtaken Sunday by a fast-moving blazed fueled by hot winds. Some 200 homes also were destroyed.