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Could a bottle of pills in your medicine cabinet aid in the fight against tomorrow's health problems? Scientists think they could.
Using publicly accessible databases, researchers have developed a method of predicting the unexpected benefits of existing drugs, and how they might be repurposed for treating seemingly unrelated diseases.
Just this year, a team of researchers discovered that a commonly prescribed arthritis medication was effective in the treatment of melanoma in animal models. It sounds incredible, but examples of science finding new uses for old drugs are numerous. ScienceNOW's Kai Kupferschmidt reports:
There are plenty of examples of drugs originally developed to treat one disease that turned out to help another: Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) is not just a pain killer but is also used to reduce the risk of heart attack. And when a blood pressure drug called sildenafil was discovered to have an unexpected side effect, it went on to become the erectile dysfunction blockbuster now known as Viagra. Such crossovers can save drug developers a lot of time and money. Developing a single new drug on average takes more than a decade and costs about $800 million. Existing drugs have known safety profiles and are approved for human use, so they can be rapidly evaluated for new indications.
Now Atul Butte, a bioinformatics expert from Stanford University, has published two studies in the latest issue of Science that show how combining information on the genetic effect of existing drugs with data on the genetic impact of various diseases provides an efficient method of finding new uses for old medications.
"Our hypothesis was, if a disease is characterized by certain changes in gene expression and if a drug causes the reverse changes, then that drug could have a therapeutic effect on the disease," says Butte.
Sounds pretty straight forward, right? We recently reported on the power of public databases and the wealth of information they contain. To demonstrate the power of his system, Butte used these same databases to search for existing therapeutic candidates for 100 different diseases. He found drug candidates for 53 of the diseases, many of them unexpected, including one that predicted that an epilepsy drug could be used to treat inflammatory bowel syndromes like Crohn's disease.
When they followed up by investigating the therapeutic effects of the epilepsy drug, Butte and his colleagues found it to have a significant effect in the rodent models they tested. But more important than this finding is the support it offers to the use of the team's refined method of using public molecular data in the discovery of new disease therapies.
Science (Article 1, Article 2) Via ScienceNOW
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Assassin's Creed 2: You'll Never Guess...
…but the PC version is delayed! I know! That never happens, right? Ubisoft has just dropped the bomb about the no-longer-November release, claiming it's so they can "deliver the best quality game".
Hopefully, that's a sign it's not going to be the resource-hungry cludge that the PC port of the first was. A leaner, more stable game that doesn't require 37 menu button clicks to exit would be well worth the wait.
I'd be upset about the delay, but I'm currently more concerned that my currently-visiting sister is going to eat all of my cheese and biscuits. Frankly, between how game-busy this Winter's going to be and how cold AssCreed 1 left me, I suspect I'm not going to notice the sequel's absence until it arrives in Q1 2010. God, 'Q1 2010'. If that's not the name of a killer cyborg from the future then I don't know what is.


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The Wii U version of FIFA 13 lacks some of the biggest features introduced in this year's Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions, including FIFA's new First Touch System.
But will next year's Wii U version achieve parity with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of FIFA 14?
"Possibly," says FIFA 13 Wii U producer Matt Prior. "We'll see how Wii U goes and all the rest of it. But yes, certainly that would be the hope at this stage but who knows what's going to happen in the future."
Prior describes the Wii U version of FIFA 13 as being "somewhere inbetween" the 360/PS3's FIFA 12 and FIFA 13, attributing the missing features to a "technical first-iteration issue".
"When you're building anything... you need a solid foundation on which to build. You can't build on a foundation which is continually changing. We're running alongside FIFA 13 [on 360/PS3], so those brand new features like the additions to the physics engine and so forth, they're being worked on, so we can't bring that over, they change it, and we bring it over again. It's just not technically feasible.
"We've got a lot of the big ticket items that they have like the physics engine, precision dribbling and tactical defending, we just don't have some of the later implementations in FIFA 13. The first touch control that they have, we weren't able to bring that in because that was in development, but there is a lot in there. And then on top of that we've got all the Wii U specific features so it counter-balances it. They don't have Manager Mode or co-op mode so it balances itself out."
Will FIFA on Wii U always be playing catch up with the 360/PS3 versions, though? And what will happen to the Wii U version when the core FIFA team finally moves onto next-gen consoles?
"I don't have any details of any kind of future consoles so can't comment how Wii U would relate to [those]," Prior continues. "But in terms of parity with PS3 and 360, it's the first year that's always the most difficult one. Whereas on Xbox, they're starting afresh from FIFA 12 and just building on top of it, we're starting with nothing. Part of our challenge is that we have to build that foundation.
"It's like an 80/20 split in terms of effort. 80 per cent of our time is just building the game and getting it working on [Wii U] and then 20 per cent is new features and so on. But that's just a first year iteration issue, so now we have this, moving forward in terms of parity with 360 and PS3 is much easier to get there."
The Wii and PlayStation Vita versions of FIFA 13 were criticised for being near-identical to last year's versions. The two versions allegedly only contained minor updates over the previous year's games.
Perhaps more concerning, though, is the fact that FIFA 13 on Vita is still missing FIFA's tactical defending, a feature first introduced in the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of FIFA 12.


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Welcome to the 20.68 acre Alonzo F. Bonsal Wildlife Preserve! The preserve is located and owned by the Township of Montclair, New Jersey and was purchased with NJ DEP Green Acres funds. The City of Clifton is located to the north, and residential development surrounds the preserve to the south, east and west. There are 9.12 acres of adjacent lands located to the north of the preserve which are controlled by the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission for its Wanaque Reservoir Balancing Tank which provide additional habitat for wildlife. A citizens group lobbied to save the woodland from development in the 1970's. The Bonsal Preserve was named after a local resident whose family's contribution augmented Green Acres funding of the site.
The preserve consists of remnant wetlands and uplands surrounding the Third River, a major tributary of the lower Passaic River watershed. The Third River headwaters are located in Rifle Camp Park in Woodland Park.
The headwaters were impounded in 1899 to form the Great Notch Reservoir which greatly reduced the river's flow. The Third River's current name was derived from the fact that it lies north of two other Passaic River tributaries (1st & 2nd Rivers).
Years ago, the river was known as Pearl River due to the discovery of the Queen Pearl aka Paterson Pearl . Freshwater pearls are found in a river's mussel population. The Paterson Pearl, a 93 grain pink pearl, was one of the first freshwater pearl to be discovered in the United States. Other pearls were found in the Third River but none matched the Paterson Pearl.
Today, the mussels are long gone and the name Pearl River has been replaced by Third River as designated by cartographers.
The preserve has been left in its natural state with the exception of an old sewer line built in the early 1900's. The sewer is owned by the City of Clifton. In 2008, around 10 trees in the preserve and a 12 foot wide woods road was constructed near Daniels Road, a dead end street in Clifton, to access a ruptured section of the pipe. Plans are being made to remove and reroute the sewer as of January 2014.
The main entrance to the Bonsal Preserve is located in a right of way off of Riverview Drive in Montclair. After crossing the bridge over the Third River, you can continue north to Daniels Drive in Clifton or head east or west to explore the wetlands near the Third River. The trails are not blazed but due to the size of the preserve, you can't get lost physically without soon discovering a spot you previously traveled.
Small preserves in urban settings really provide a great opportunity to take your time and enjoy nature right in your own backyard.
The richest concentration of wildlife found in the Third River watershed is found in the Bonsal Preserve. Baltimore Orioles, Red-Eyed Vireos, Red-Winged Blackbirds, White-Tailed Deer and Raccoon have all been spotted among others. I spotted the guys in the pictures below the day I visited:
Because a good percentage of the Bonsal Preserve consists of forested floodplains, obligate wetland plants such as Skunk Cabbage may be found in abundance.
Other species include the below among others:
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We were horrified when our Research Robot Monkeys caught one of our own spouting anti-Rich hate messages. We would expect this unholy abomination from Leftist Liebral Red-Letter Universalist Sinfully Ecumenical Semi-Pelagian Emergerants preaching their Social(ist) gospels but never from a True Bible-Believing Christian. We mustn't stand for this as Jan Markell says:
In many Bibles, all the words of Jesus are in red. There is nothing wrong with that. But something is wrong when Leftist Christians or so-called Christians want to mute the words of Paul and other writers and only follow Jesus' words. They call themselves "red-letter Christians."
Some who believe this way practice a form of neo-Marxism and others would call it "Christian Marxism" — an oxymoron if there ever was one. They note that the early church shared everything (socialism). A close cousin to this is "liberation theology."
Thanks to our Research Robot Monkeys—here for all the world to see is Al Mohler's unholy abomination in all of it's sinful apostasy:
I am writing this essay on an Apple laptop computer. I am listening to the strains of Bach playing from my iPad via an AirPort Express. My iPhone sits on my desk, downloading a new App from iTunes. Steve Jobs has invaded my life, my house, my office, my car, and my desktop — and I am thankful for all of these technologies.
But unerring taste, aesthetic achievement, and technological genius will not save the world. Christians know what the world does not — that the mother tending her child, the farmer planting his crops, the father protecting his family, the couple faithfully living out their marital vows, the factory worker laboring to support his family, and the preacher preparing to preach the Word of God are all doing far more important work.
We have to measure life by its eternal impact, even as we are thankful for every individual who makes this world a better place. But, don't expect eternal impact to be the main concern of the business pages.—Al Mohler
Clearly this is an attack on Rich business owners and Big Business. Any attack on Big Business is Socialism. Saying that factory workers laboring to support their families are more important than Rich business owners is to side with the Labor Unions. Supporting Labor Unions is Big Labor and taking a stand for Big Labor and the common workers is Communistic Socialism.
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Does anyone remember that old commercial for 1-800 Collect? It's maybe one of my favorites ever. Anyway, it's true. We had a baby and it is indeed a boy. Sweet baby Felix was born back in mid January and we love him super a lot.
We're all doing well and adjusting to another human being in the house, but I think it's safe to say that we like him enough to keep him.
Now, some pictures.
Uhh... that's all I got. I bought a new iPod about a week ago (yay!), but forgot to get the 1000+ pictures off my old iPod before I traded it in (not yay), so if you want to see more pictures you'll have to follow me on Instagram @theredkitchenkatie and see the pictures there.
Ok, Polly, I blogged. The end.
* This post brought to you by my sister telling me to write it. I guess there are worse reasons to do things.


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The unlikely pairing of Londoner Alice Costelloe and California native Kacey Underwood results in a highly melodic collection of songs on Big Deal's full length debut, Lights Out. Pretty much using only acoustic and electric guitars to back their intertwined vocals, the coed duo crafts emotionally complex love songs that bridge the gap between delicate indie music and abrasive shoegazer rock. Lights Out picks up "Chair" and "Locked Up" from 2011's promising self-titled EP, which had also featured the exclusive "Mai Joy" and a cover of Big Star's "13."
"Chair" captures the doubts and elation of entering a relationship while another energetic song, "Distant Neighborhood," depicts two lovers bitterly drifting apart. The shimmering and possibly more positive "Locked Up," offers the intriguing lines, "I'm a mess/I'm a wreck/But you wouldn't know 'cause I'm at my best when with you." The slower songs start to sound too much alike over the course of Lights Out, which may be why Big Deal eventually adds dreamy keyboards to the mix. Costelloe and Underwood might have to experiment even further to keep their engaging collaboration fresh on future efforts.


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Pizza at SindhiRasoi ?? I expect this reaction from everyone , very obviously , Since Pizza is not even remotely related to Sindhi Cuisine. But this is an exception, because it's my Apple of Eye's Birthday Tomorrow ( 4th December). Yeah, My Son (ok ok Our son …Happy Honey ? ) Will turn SIX tomorrow. So as I was discussing the menu for his Birthday- lunch box, bubbling with excitement he replied …..Bread Pizza .The day he saw this lovely looking bread covered with melted cheese at Srivalli's Spice your life, he ask for some, almost everyday, since then. The fun part is that he can himself fix the dish ( except of course chopping and cooking part) and that makes him more happy.
I tweaked srivalli's idea a bit and used some fresh vegetable toppings to make it more healthier. And believe me, it tastes as good as those branded pizzas.
My son insisted to put up this as my new post on his b'day, so here I am with this simple, quick fix healthy Pizza …just for you…. my adorable Kid !
- Brown bread or whole wheat bread slice 1 (adjust portions according to requirements)
- Butter to spread on slice
- Finely chopped capsicum,Tomato, onion, cabbage (grated) 2 tsp
- Cheese (whichever available) to cover the topping (use as much preferred)
- Salt just a pinch
- Black pepper (optional) a pinch
- Tomato ketchup
- Oregano (optional) a pinch
- Roast the bread slice only on one side, till bit crisp.You can use pan or griddle on stove top.Skip this step if you are using Microwave.
- Now on roasted side apply some butter,spread chopped vegetables to cover whole slice, sprinkle some salt, pepper, oregano (optional) and cover it with grated cheese
- Now put it again on griddle or pan or microwave it for a minute or till cheese melts. In case of pan or griddle put the flame on low, cover the bread with some dome shape vessel (in such a way that it doesn't touch the bread surface) and place some weight over it, since the bread turns crisp too fast while cheese needs some time to melt
- When cheese melts (taking care that bread shouldn't burn), place it on a serving plate and cut it into four pieces and top every piece with a dash of tomato ketchup.
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NH Health Dept notes popcorn recall, not aware of illnesses in state
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) � The New Hampshire Department of Health says it's not aware of any illnesses in the state associated with the recall of ready-to-eat bags of select flavors of popcorn.
Manufacturer Dale and Thomas Popcorn is voluntarily recalling select flavors of Popcorn, Indiana-brand products because of possible Listeria contamination.
All recalled products were distributed to various retailers on or after Aug. 8 with "Best By" dates of Feb. 4, 2013, through March 12, 2013.
Recalled products were packaged in red bags. A list of recalled flavors, bag sizes, and other information is available at http://www.popcornindiana.com/recall-list .
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Profiles of the 2011 Padres
Opening day
Padres vs. Cardinals
Thursday: 1:15 p.m. at Busch Stadium
Starting pitchers: RHP Tim Stauffer
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Profiles of the Padres players expected to see time early in the 2011 regular season.
41 Aaron Harang (age 32)
Ht./Wt.: 6-7/261
Bats/Throws: R/R
2010 Stats: 6-7, 5.32 ERA in 22 games (20 starts) with Cincinnati.
2011 Salary: $3,500,000
Profile: Signed as a free agent, the Patrick Henry High and San Diego State product finished fourth in the 2006 NL Cy Young Award voting after going 16-6 with a 3.73 ERA, capping a four-season run in which he went 43-30 with a 3.77 ERA and 597 strikeouts in 677 2/3 innings. Was just 18-38 the past three years with a 4.71 ERA.
38 Mat Latos (23)
Ht./Wt.: 6-6/224
2010 Stats: 14-10, 2.92 ERA in 31 starts.
2011 Salary: $460,700.
Profile: Was sensational for much of 2010, setting a major league record by allowing two or fewer runs in 15 straight starts while going a minimum of five innings in each start. Struggled toward the end of the season while working 184 2/3 innings — over 60 more than he had ever worked before as a pro. Has been erratic this spring and could start the season on the DL with a shoulder injury.
49 Wade LeBlanc (26)
Ht./Wt.: 6-3/214
2010 Stats: 8-12, 4.25 ERA in 26 games, 25 starts.
2011 Salary: $437,000
Profile: Opened 2010 with Triple-A Portland, recalled by Padres when Chris Young went on DL. Fastball/change-up artist was 2-0 with a 1.61 ERA in first five starts and had 2.71 ERA in 13 starts at Petco Park (Padres were 8-5). Also hit .295 and picked off eight base runners. Struggled late and lost spot in rotation.
33 Clayton Richard (27)
Ht./Wt.: 6-5/245
2010 Stats: 14-9 with a 3.75 ERA in 33 starts and 201 2/3 innings.
2011 Salary: $468,680
Profile: Richard led the Padres in innings pitched last season and tied for the club lead in wins and starts. He was 10-3 against teams from the NL West. Left-handed hitters batted only .228 against Richard with one homer. First Padres left-hander to throw a complete-game shutout since Sterling Hitchcock in 1998. Was QB at Michigan.
46 Tim Stauffer (28)
Ht./Wt.: 6-1/223
2010 Stats: 6-5, 1.85 ERA in 32 games (seven starts).
2011 Salary: $1,075,000
Profile: Started 2010 by working 17 1/3 straight scoreless innings out of bullpen and closed it by going 3-2 with a 2.10 ERA and .195 opponents' batting average in six starts down the stretch. Was the Padres' most effective starter the last month of the season. Missed 7 weeks after May 15 appendectomy. Will start on Opening Day.
37 Mike Adams (32)
Ht./Wt.: 6-5/193
2010 Stats: 4-1, 1.76 ERA in 70 appearances, 73 strikeouts in 66 2/3 innings.
2011 Salary: $2,535,000
Profile: Over the past two seasons, Adams has a 1.30 ERA in 107 appearances covering 103 2/3 innings. In three seasons as a Padre, has 1.81 ERA in 161 games with almost a 4-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio while averaging 10.22 strikeouts per nine innings. Eligible for free agency after 2012 and wants to be a closer. Had 38 holds last season.
21 Heath Bell (33)
Ht./Wt.: 6-3/259
2010 Stats: 6-1, 47 saves, 1.93 ERA in 67 games, 86 strikeouts in 70 innings.
2011 Salary: $7,500,000.
Profile: Highest-paid Padre swept Rolaids Relief Man of the Year, Major League Delivery Man of the Year and Sporting News' Reliever of the Year honors in 2011. Led majors with 94 percent save-conversions mark. Converted last 34 save opportunities. His 89 saves over the past two seasons is the highest total in the majors.
39 Ernesto Frieri (25)
Ht./Wt.: 6-2/200
2010 Stats: 1-1, 1.71 ERA in 33 games (31 2/3 innings) with 41 strikeouts.
2011 Salary: $425,000.
Profile: Signed with Padres on Jan. 18, 2003, making him the longest-tenured player in the organization. Opened major league career with 12 straight scoreless outings, tying franchise record. ERA over 35 games as a Padre is 1.60. Had 0.66 ERA at Petco Park last season. Has unusual delivery, throwing across his body.
45 Randy Flores (35)
Ht./Wt.: 6-0/190
2010 Stats: Combined 2-0 with a 3.19 ERA in 58 games with Rockies and Twins.
2011 Salary: $525,000.
Profile: Signed as a minor league free agent to possibly give the Padres a second left-hander in the bullpen; might make the team as the long left-handed specialist since Joe Thatcher is opening the season on the disabled list. Was 2-0 with a 2.96 ERA in 47 games (27 1/3 innings) with Colorado before he was waived and signed with Minnesota.
57 Luke Gregerson (26)
Ht./Wt.: 6-3/202
2010 Stats: 4-7, 3.22 ERA in 80 appearances covering 78 1/3 innings.
2011 Salary: $447,800.
Profile: Set a major league record last season with 40 holds, two more than teammate Adams. Career-high 80 outings tied for third-most in Padres history and was fourth-highest total in NL. Set Padres records by retiring 26 straight hitters in April and going 110 straight hitters between walks. Was scored upon in only 17 games.
50 Cory Luebke (26)
Ht./Wt.: 6-4/206
2010 Stats: 1-1, 4.08 ERA in 4 games (3 starts) after going 10-1 in minors.
2011 Salary: $415,600.
Profile: Luebke made major league debut Sept. 3 in middle of the pennant race. Although he's a starter, Padres also considering keeping him this season as long reliever. Before being promoted in September, was 5-1 with 2.40 ERA in eight starts with Double-A San Antonio and 5-0 with 2.97 ERA in nine starts for Triple-A Portland.
26 Dustin Moseley (29)
Ht./Wt.: 6-4/215
2010 Stats: 4-4, 4.96 ERA in 16 games (nine starts) for the Yankees.
2011 Salary: $900,000.
Profile: Signed to be either the Padres' fifth starter or long man in the bullpen. Divided 2010 season between Yankees and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Came to the major leagues with the Angels in 2006 when Padres manager Bud Black was the pitching coach. Is 12-11 in majors with 5.28 ERA with 48 of 80 appearances as a reliever.
34 Pat Neshek (30)
Ht./Wt.: 6-3/210
2010 Stats: 0-1 with a 5.00 ERA in 11 relief appearances with Minnesota.
2011 Salary: $625,000.
Profile: Waiver addition by the Padres on March 20. Missed 2009 season after having elbow reconstruction surgery in 2008. Sidearmer was one of the AL's top relievers in 2007 with a 7-2 record, 2.94 ERA and 74 strikeouts over 70 1/3 innings in 74 games. Career totals are 11-6 with 3.05 ERA, 151 strikeouts, 129 2/3 innings.
52 Chad Qualls (32)
Ht./Wt.: 6-5/220
2010 Stats: Combined 3-4, 7.32 ERA in 70 games for Arizona and Tampa Bay.
2011 Salary: $1,000,000.
Profile: Coming off knee surgery that prematurely ended his 2009 season, Qualls opened the 2010 season as the Diamondbacks closer and was traded to Tampa Bay after going 1-4 with 12 saves and an 8.29 ERA in 43 appearances for Arizona. Now healthy. Qualls was 29-22 with 39 saves and a 3.30 ERA in 390 games before last season.
54 Joe Thatcher (29)
Ht./Wt.: 6-2/228
2010 Stats: 1-0, 1.29 ERA in 65 appearances (35 innings).
2011 Salary: $443,900.
Profile: For the second straight season, Thatcher will start the season on the 15-day disabled list with a shoulder strain. Used as both a left-handed specialist and late-inning reliever last season, Thatcher had a 6 1/2-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Allowed only 19.4 percent of the 67 runners he inherited to score, the 10th-best mark in the NL.
4 Nick Hundley (27)
Ht./Wt.: 6-1/203
2010 Stats: .249, 8 HRs, 43 RBI in 85 games; .308 on-base pct.
2011 Salary: $439,900
Profile: After dividing time with Yorvit Torrealba last season, becomes the No. 1 catcher by default. Has improved defensively after two seasons playing beside Torrealba and Henry Blanco. Hit .310 with runners in scoring position last year and .355 in RISP situations with two outs. Hit .292 at Petco Park in 2010 but only .206 on the road.
18 Rob Johnson (28)
Ht./Wt.: 6-1/215
2010 Stats: .191, 2 HRs, 13 RBI in 178 ABs with Seattle; .281 on-base pct.
2011 Salary: $421,700
Profile: Had three offseason surgeries between the 2009 and 2010 seasons. Two were to repair torn labarums in both hips, third was on left wrist. Despite the injuries, was the Mariners' Opening Day catcher. Pacific Coast League catcher of the year in 2008. Strength is defense and handling of pitchers. Career .200 hitter.
82 Guillermo Quiroz (29)
Ht./Wt.: 6-1/215
2010 Stats: Hit .297 with Triple-A Tacoma, was 2-for-7 for Seattle.
2011 Salary: $415,000.
Profile: Signed as a minor league free agent Dec. 23 as the Padres tried to add catching depth. Has spent parts of seven seasons in the major leagues with four American League teams, although he has accumulated less than two full seasons of major league service. Has .208 career batting avg. with two homers in 255 at-bats.
68 Kyle Phillips (26)
Ht./Wt.: 6-2/210
2010 Stats: .324 with 3 HRs, 28 RBI at Triple-A Portland.
2011 Salary: $414,500.
Profile: El Capitan High grad can also play first and third and the left-handed hitter might be the best offensive threat of any of the backup catching candidates. But although he is a catcher by trade, he has done very little catching the past four seasons. A career .269 hitter in the minors who was 5-for-18 for Toronto in 2009 in five games.
8 Jason Bartlett (31)
Ht./Wt.: 6-0/190
2010 Stats: .254, 4 HRs, 47 RBI in 135 games with Tampa Bay, .324 on-base pct.
2011 Salary: $4,000,000
Profile: Padres acquired shortstop in trade with Rays in December. Hit franchise record .320 with career-highs 14 HRs and 66 RBI for Tampa Bay in 2009 and made AL All-Star team. Originally drafted by Padres, but traded to Minnesota in 2002 for 1B-OF Brian Buchanan. Sixth in fielding in majors in 2010. Never played more than 140 games.
11 Brad Hawpe (31)
Ht./Wt.: 6-3/210
2010 Stats: .245, 9 HRs, 44 RBI in 298 ABs with Colorado and Tampa Bay
2011 Salary: $2,000,000.
Profile: Returning to his natural 1B position with the Padres. From 2006 through 2009, Hawpe averaged .288, 33 doubles, 24 HRs and 93 RBI for Colorado. NL All-Star in 2009. Has NL career on-base percentage of .374 and slugging percentage of .492. Homer off USC's Mark Prior helped LSU win 2000 College World Series.
7 Chase Headley (26)
Ht./Wt.: 6-2/202
2010 Stats: .264, 11 HRs, 58 RBI, .327 on-base and 139 strikeouts in 610 ABs.
2011 Salary: $2,325,000.
Profile: Headley will be starting his third season as a Padres regular and his second at third base. Hit .285 from the left side last season but only .217 from his natural right side. Looked better this spring from the right side. Missed only one game last season and made 156 starts. Made only eight errors over last 146 starts. Hit .237 at home.
1 Orlando Hudson (33)
Ht./Wt.: 6-0/190
2010 Stats: .268, 6 HRs, 37 RBI, .338 on-base pct. in 126 games with Minnesota.
2011 Salary: $4,000,000
Profile: Signed as free agent to succeed popular David Eckstein at second. Career .280 hitter. But career average in National League is .291 and he was an All-Star in 2007 with Arizona and in 2009 with the Dodgers. Twice missed time last season on the disabled list. His deal with the Padres marks the first time Hudson has had a multiyear contract.
Utility players
2 Everth Cabrera (24)
Ht./Wt.: 5-10/176
2010 Stats: .208, 1 HR, 22 RBI, 10 SB, .279 on-base pct. in 212 ABs
2011 Salary: $437,000
Profile: Cabrera made the 2009 Padres as a Rule 5 draftee, started the last 99 games and excited the club and fans, hitting .255 with 2 HRs, 31 RBI, 25 steals and 59 runs scored. But he struggled last year and was twice set back by hamstring injuries. Rebounded in winter ball, but struggled again this spring.
32 Jorge Cantu (29)
Ht./Wt.: 6-3/207
2010 Stats: .256, 11 HRs, 56 RBI in 472 ABs with Florida and Texas.
2011 Salary: $850,000
Profile: Signed as a free agent to play first, second and third, DH in interleague games and be right-handed pinch-hitter. Has the power to reach left-field seats at Petco Park. Set a major league record last season with at least one RBI in each of the first 10 games of the season. Also opened the season with a career-best 17-game hitting streak.
9 Eric Patterson (27)
Ht./Wt.: 6-0/168
2010 Stats: .214, 6 HRs and 16 RBI in 187 ABs with Oakland and Boston.
2011 Salary: $423,300.
Profile: Was the "player to be named later" in the Padres' 4-for-1 deal that sent Adrian Gonzalez to the Red Sox. Can play second base and all three outfield positions, but not shortstop. Hit .307 with 12 HRs and 56 RBI with Triple-A Sacramento in 2009. Father Don was NFL defensive back while brother Corey also plays in major leagues.
13 Chris Denorfia (30)
Ht./Wt.: 6-0/193
2010 Stats: .271 with 9 HRs, 36 RBI in 284 ABs; .335 on-base pct.
2011 Salary: $800,000
Profile: Projected fourth outfielder made 72 starts, including 44 in center, for the Padres last season after promotion from Triple-A Portland on May 17. Joined the Padres as a minor league free agent in December 2009. Missed 2007 season after elbow reconstruction surgery. Played for Italy in 2009 World Baseball Classic.
47 Ryan Ludwick (32)
Ht./Wt.: 6-3/213
2010 Stats: .251, 17 HRs, 69 RBI in 136 games with Padres and Cardinals.
2011 Salary: $6,775,000
Profile: Slowed through second half of 2010 by calf injury. Hit only .211 with 6 HRs and 26 RBI for Padres in 59 games down the stretch and accepted some responsibility for Padres failing to reach playoffs. Still ranked fifth in NL with .345 mark with runners in scoring position. Hit .299 with 37 HRs, 133 RBI as All-Star with Cardinals in 2008.
24 Cameron Maybin (23)
Ht./Wt./: 6-3/210
2010 Stats: .234 with 8 HRs, 28 RBI in 291 ABs with 92 strikeouts for Florida.
2011 Salary: $429,100
Profile: Third major league team for 10th overall pick of the 2005 draft (by Detroit). Padres traded relievers Edward Mujica and Ryan Webb to Marlins to acquire Maybin, who turns 24 on April 4. Replaces Tony Gwynn Jr. in center. This is best shot to play every day in the majors. Two-time North Carolina high school Player of the Year.
25 Will Venable (28)
Ht./Wt.: 6-2/201
2010 Stats: .245, 13 HRs, 51 RBI, 29 SBs in 392 ABs; .324 on-base pct.
2011 Salary: $444,400
Profile: Padres looking to Princeton product to hit in the leadoff spot. Needs to cut down on rate of one strikeout every 3.1 at-bats. Because he didn't play baseball his last year in high school and first year in college, has less experience than other players his age. Pivotal season for Padre who ranked second in homers and third in RBI on club in 2010.
Manager and coaches
Manager: Bud Black
The 53-year-old Black is starting his fifth season as the Padres manager. He was named National League Manager of the Year for 2010 by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
Bench coach: Rick Renteria (with Padres since start of 2008 season).
Pitching coach: Darren Balsley (joined Padres on May 17, 2003).
Hitting coach: Randy Ready (former Padres player, 1987-89; coach since July 31, 2009).
Third base coach: Glenn Hoffman (with Padres since start of 2006 season).
First base coach: Dave Roberts (first year as Padres coach, played with club 2005-06).
Bullpen coach: Darrel Akerfelds (with Padres since June 11, 2001).
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|Information: Burglary Arrests/ 1420 Blue Ridge Ave.
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On Sunday March 24, 2013 47yr old William S. Presley was found shot to death in the garage of his residence at 1421 LaBelle Ave. No arrest has been made on this case and it is still under active investigation by Winnebago County Sheriff's Detectives. Anyone with information is asked to call the Winnebago County Sheriff's Department (815/319-6400) or CrimeStoppers (815/963-7867). William Presley owned a large storage shed at the rear of his property with an address of 1420 Blue Ridge. It was determined that sometime after the murder of Presley the shed had been burglarized. Investigation into the burglary by Sheriff's Detectives has led to the arrests of two Rockford residents. Both are charged with Burglary. Property has been recovered. At this point in the investigation there is no indication that the murder and burglary are linked. CHARGED;- James M. Gallagher (DOB 5-9-94/18YRS OLD)- Jeremy O. Clarke (DOB 5-20-91/21YRS OLD) The charges against Gallagher and Clarke are merely accusations. They are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in Court.


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- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
What a deal.
Whoever collects the first live cabbage white butterfly of 2013 in the three-county area of Yolo, Solano and Sacramento, can win a pitcher of beer, compliments of Art Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology at UC Davis.
If you don't drink beer, not to worry. You can collect the cash equivalent.
Every year since 1972 Shapiro has sponsored his "Beer-for-a-Butterfly" contest to draw attention to Pieris rapae and its first flight. "It is typically one of the first butterflies to emerge in late winter," he said. "Since 1972, the first flight has varied from Jan. 1 to Feb. 22, averaging about Jan. 20."
Shapiro, who usually wins his own contest, snagged the first cabbage white butterfly of 2012 at 11:50 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 8 in West Sacramento, Yolo County.
"This was usually early and was due to the prolonged midwinter dry spell in the winter of 2011-2012," he said.
He caught the first cabbage white butterfly of 2011 at 1:21 p.m., Monday, Jan. 31 in Suisun City, Solano County.
The cabbage white butterfly inhabits vacant lots, fields and gardens where its host plants, weedy mustards, grow The butterfly must be collected outdoors in Yolo, Solano or Sacramento counties and must be delivered live to the office of the Department of Evolution and Ecology, 2320 Storer Hall, during work hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. All entries must list the exact time, date and location of the capture and the collector's name, address, phone number and/or email.
"The receptionist will certify that it is alive and refrigerate it," Shapiro said. "If you collect it on a weekend or holiday, hold it your refrigerator but do not freeze it. A few days in the fridge will not harm it."
Shapiro, who is in the field more than 200 days a year, has been defeated only three times since 1972. And all were his graduate students, whom he calls "my fiercest competitors." Adam Porter defeated him in 1983; and Sherri Graves and Rick VanBuskirk each won in the late 1990s.
When he wins, he kindly shares his prize with his graduate students and their significant others.
All in all, the cabbage white butterfly contest "helps us understand biological responses to climate change," he said. "The cabbage white is now emerging a week or so earlier on average than it did 30 years ago here."
Shapiro maintains a website on butterflies at http://butterfly.ucdavis.edu/, where he records the population trends he monitors in Central California. He has surveyed fixed routes at 10 sites since as early as 1972. They range from the Sacramento River Delta, through the Sacramento Valley and Sierra Nevada mountains, to the high desert of the western Great Basin. The sites, he said, represent the great biological, geological, and climatological diversity of central California.
Shapiro and biologist/writer/photographer Tim Manolis co-authored A Field Guide to Butterflies of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Valley Regions, published in 2007 by the University of California Press.
Shapiro, a distinguished professor, is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Royal Entomological Society, and the California Academy of Sciences.
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In the meantime, you might want to scout out vacant lots, fields and gardens in Yolo, Solano and Sacrament counties to see if you can find a cabbage white butterfly before Shapiro does.


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Medical Issues
Sometimes it's hard to talk about medical problems, but if it can help me put things into perspective and help others then why not?!
I guess I'll put things in chronological order here. Over a year ago I noticed each month my periods were becoming heavier, lasting longer, and more painful. I've always considered myself pretty strong and not one to let a little pain bother me, so I ignored it! Why not…I'm getting older. It only comes once a month, so what's the big deal? Well the big deal was the fact that this problem didn't go away nor did it stabilize. It got progressively worse! More bleeding (soaking through tampons), extended period duration (I went from menstruating 3-5 days to 7-10 days or more! Sometimes I'd even stop and start again), increased pain, growing PMS and irritability, and fatigue so bad there were some days I could barely drag myself around the house (this is coming from someone who walks at least 3 miles a day and sometimes 5 and 6).
I tried to convince myself I must of hit a terrible plateau in my life where maybe everything was going downhill. At the ripe old age of 37 I resigned myself to these awful episodes and that it must be all downhill from here. LOL an old maid and not even 40 yet! I invested in more pads, tampons, ibuprofen, coffee, and energy drinks. Talk about trying to fix a fatal wound with a band aid!
I plugged along though, until a few months ago when I noticed my weight was at a stand still. OK, lovely, a plateau. This isn't fatal, just something I need to muddle through. I kept eating right and exercising and I knew eventually it would work itself out. Well 6 months later and I'm still at a standstill I knew something had to be wrong. Not only was I not losing weight but day to day my clothes would sometimes fit and other times seem tight…but only in my belly. Some days I felt terribly bloated. I had two CT scans done when I complained of the pain and each time nothing, except for an excess of stool in my intestines (sorry, it's gross but true). So with this knowledge I start to think…not enough fiber, you need to eat more fiber THIS is why you're not losing weight! So then I started drinking Metamucil. Every day, maximum dosage. Did it help? Well…a little. Did my weight go down? Initially yes (water weight I assume) then back up again. Did my clothes fit better? Hmmm…sometimes but most times it was still hit or miss.
Next up I started shaking up my diet…eating more, eating less, more fiber, more protein, more water, more calories, less calories…you name it I did it! I also began exercising more. I never wanted to be someone who'd exercise for HOURS each day, but what else could I do? Did any of this work? Nope!
So finally I resigned myself to weighing around 190 forever. It's not a bad number…I just knew I had the potential to go lower, and my inabilities to lose weight were puzzling.
Now to our present day. My periods have still been in a nutshell awful! I finally made the time to schedule an appt with my gyno. I was so nervous and embarrassed. You'd think I'd be over all that by now, but I felt childish complaining of pain, bleeding, tenderness, etc. Immediately though the nurse practitioner noted the tenderness in my belly and pelvis and ordered a pelvic ultrasound. The results? Fibroids! Nothing lethal but definitely troublesome…especially when they are ignored! I still need to follow up with my gyno with the results, but finally it answers some of my medical issues. Until I can get some direction I did invest in some iron pills and vitamin c in hopes this crazy tiredness can be managed. I finally have an answer to my weight issues.
I'm going to continue to post updates here on my situation. Hopefully this will be the start of me getting my health back, getting my period and pain under control, and hopefully losing some weight along the way.


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The Obama administration is preparing to designate areas in New Mexico and California off-limits to development under its executive authority, according to individuals familiar with the matter, a move that signals a bolder public-lands policy in the president's second term.
The individuals, who asked not to be identified because a final decision has not been made, said that the White House is poised to act unless Congress moves soon on legislation that will afford similar protections.
One of the two sites, the nearly 500,000-acre Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks region near Las Cruces, N.M., is twice as large as the largest national monument established by President Barack Obama. The other site is about 1,600 acres on California's central coast known as the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands.
Although Congress traditionally designates protection for public lands, presidents have used their authority under the 1906 Antiquities Act to set aside prized areas, known as national monuments.
Obama drew an enthusiastic response from Democrats and conservationists when he said in his State of the Union speech that he would use his authority "to protect more of our pristine federal lands for future generations."
The monument designations would address a longtime criticism among conservationists that the president has not done enough to safeguard ecologically sensitive and historically important federal lands. They represent one of the most powerful ways he can use his executive powers to achieve policies opposed by Congress.
But such a move is sure to anger some constituencies that rely on public lands for uses such as ranching, mining and motorized-vehicle recreation. They see any new protections as an encroachment on those activities.
Obama started his term by signing a major conservation bill a bipartisan compromise forged shortly before he took office but Congress has been largely deadlocked during his tenure. The last Congress was the first since 1942 not to designate a single piece of wilderness as a national park or monument.
The president declared five national monuments last spring, the largest encompassing 242,500 acres. Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, who served under President Bill Clinton for eight years, suggested that the president put aside one acre of federal land for every acre he leased for oil, gas, coal and mineral extraction. The Center for American Progress, whose chairman, John Podesta, joined the White House in January, issued a report showing that 7.3 million acres of federal land have been leased for oil and gas drilling as of December, while 2.9 million acres have been permanently protected.
Brian O'Donnell, executive director of the Conservation Lands Foundation, said that "there's no other issue in conservation that fits better" within the president's new approach of using his executive authority. "Congress has failed to act, the president has the authority, and the communities are ready," he said.
Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, chairman of the House Natural Resources subcommittee on public lands and environmental regulation, questioned why Obama would invoke the Antiquities Act to protect the Stornetta tract when the House approved adding it to a 1,100-mile marine monument in July.
The unanimous vote on a bill introduced by Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., would add it to the California Coast National Monument. But the Senate has yet to act.
"It would be so much better if you just allowed the Senate to do their work," Bishop said. "Anything he creates by the Antiquities Act can be undone."
No monuments have ever been repealed by subsequent presidents, according to former Interior Department solicitor John Leshy, and a 1938 U.S. attorney general's opinion stated that subsequent presidents lack such power. But in a couple of instances, presidents such as Woodrow Wilson have shrunk their boundaries, and Congress has exercised its power to rescind national monument designations.
The move to designate Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks is more contentious, and more significant. Republicans and Democrats agree that the area has historic, cultural and environmental significance. There are petroglyphs from three American Indian societies in its canyons, as well as desert grasslands and a petrified forest.
Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., has authored legislation that would create a 498,000-acre national monument, about half of which would be managed as wilderness. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., however, has proposed a bill that would establish a 54,800-acre monument without any wilderness areas.
While the Senate bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., stipulates that grazing permits would be maintained, local and national ranching groups argue that it would hurt their operations. Some law enforcement officials, such as Dona Ana County Sheriff Todd Garrison, have also said that the move would make it more difficult to monitor illegal activity near the Mexican border.


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Mahalo Dad for the nice photo. It is hard to describe the overwhelming and deep seated joy one feels when you help bring a new life and soul into this crazy and unpredictable world. Knowing that Ke Akua has blessed you with the safeguarding of His precious little life, the entire health and well-being of this little spirit becomes your instant responsibility. Some of your parenting techniques come from books and videos. Some come from the popular media. Some come from the advice of others in and out of your family. Some come from distant foggy memories of when you were a child and how you were treated. Or even how you wanted to be treated. Some come with the limitations on you as a person trying to survive in this stressful world with your own shortcomings as a human being. Now in the role of a parent. As much joy as you experience when you succeed as an ideal parent. You feel as much pain and guilt when you realize you may have acted less than ideal...
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Our Peoplesoft application reported an ora-06580 error whilst running a batch job.
The error description suggests there was a lack of memory space to store the row even though the rowsize in question wouldn't be more than about 200 bytes. Interesting that the message suggests altering HASH_JOIN_MULTIBLOCK_IO_COUNT even though Oracle recommends that we don't.
Another DBA here suggests this was due to a "clash of transactions" although he couldn't back that up. OK the machine was pretty busy at the time but I can't see how "clashing transaction" would raise this error.
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The Kingdom of Cambodia , , transliterated Preh Racha Anachk Kmpchea) is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 14 million people. The kingdom's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh. Cambodia is the successor state of the once powerful Hindu and Buddhist Khmer Empire, which ruled most of the Indochinese Peninsula between the 11th and 14th centuries.A citizen of Cambodia is usually identified as "Cambodian" or "Khmer," though the latter strictly refers to ethnic Khmers. Most Cambodians are Theravada Buddhists of Khmer extraction, but the country also has a substantial number of predominantly Muslim Cham, as well as ethnic Chinese, Vietnamese and small animist hill tribes.The country borders Thailand to its west and northwest, Laos to its northeast and Vietnam to its east and southeast. In the south it faces the Gulf of Thailand. The geography of Cambodia is dominated by the Mekong River (colloquial Khmer Tonle Thom or "the great river") and the Tonl Sap ("the fresh water lake"), an important source of fish.Agriculture has long been the most important sector of the Cambodian economy, with around 59% of the population relying on agriculture for their livelihood (with rice the principal crop). Garments, tourism, and construction are also important. In 2007, foreign visitors to Angkor Wat numbered more than 4 million. In 2005, oil and natural gas deposits were found beneath Cambodia's territorial waters, and once commercial extraction begins in 2011, the oil revenues could profoundly affect Cambodia's economy. Observers fear much of the revenue could end up in the hands of the political elites if not monitored correctly.[1]
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This festival season, Electric Forest returns to the Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, Michigan on June 27- June 30, 2013. Today, Electric Forest's "Plug In" Program - the festival's innovative fan engagement platform - is in full swing. With many unique participation opportunities and several winners already announced, thousands of Electric Forest fans have been showing off - and sharing - their creativity, talent, and loyalty to the fest. Check out these stories submitted for the "Electric Moment" contest, the winners for Timeline Photo contest and Instrumental Forester competition, and the top submissions for the ongoing Chari-T Shirt Design contest. Visit electricforestfestival.com for details on all of the Plug In opportunities, including the hugely popular Hoop Troupe contest launching tomorrow (Wednesday March 27). Additional contests still to be announced.
Known for fully embracing the possibilities of an engaged festival community, Electric Forest's Plug In Program deliberately blurs the line between event organizers and attendees. With this truly unique "open source" approach, the festival is able to harness the creativity and passion of its community members, offering real and tangible ways for fans to participate in and ultimately help shape the Electric Forest experience. This is a big deal, since for Electric Forest – experience trumps all.
Through these ever-evolving participation programs, Electric Forest has "reinvented the sense of unity [that can happen at a music event], insisting that mainstream festivals can be so much more for people than just a party. Rather an artistic playground for...young adults to communicate their innovative ideas and art-works through any means fathomable." (The Untz)
Recently chosen as one of "the world's ten best music festivals" by Jetsetter, Electric Forest is widely recognized for propelling the U.S. festival scene into a brave new era of music and camping festivals.
The reasons for this stellar reputation are many. Undeniably known for delivering "the ultimate festival experience," (IMF Magazine), Electric Forest offers incomparable VIP accommodations, unique on-site features and amenities, astonishing and unparalleled integration of music and art, and a vibe so thick with "camaraderie and freedom…it must be experienced to be appreciated." (Consequence Of Sound)
Hailed for its deep, diverse, and often unexpected lineup curation, Electric Forest 2013 features performances by live music pioneers The String Cheese Incident (3 performances), Pretty Lights, Passion Pit, Empire of the Sun, Knife Party, Dispatch, Benny Benassi, Yeasayer, A-Trak, Grimes, Railroad Earth, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, FEMI KUTI & The Positive Force, Madeon, Headhunterz, Baauer, Danny Brown, Greensky Bluegrass and many more. The complete list of currently confirmed performers is available at www.electricforestfestival.com
At the heart of Electric Forest, the beloved Sherwood Forest is "with no exaggeration at all, the most well produced and artistically inspired area…ever seen at a music festival" (Magnetic Magazine). Showered with state-of-the-art, jaw-dropping light displays, intricate and earthy artful touches, and everything in between, in 2013 the Sherwood Forest is expanding in size for the first time ever. Fans can look forward to more to discover, wonder and wow.
Also in 2013, Electric Forest's unrivaled GOOD LIFE VIP experience promises even more stellar amenities and perks. From camping and RV spots, to log cabins and homes, to resort hotel-style suites – all located directly on the festival grounds – The GOOD LIFE has something for all budgets and tastes. The festival's exclusive site - hailed as "THE best place to hold a music festival" (Magnetic Magazine) - offers trails, forests, fields, lakes and beachfronts, and even on-site bars and eateries. In addition, Electric Forest patrons can take advantage of the resort's many amenities including a 60,000 square foot indoor water park, an 18-hole championship golf course, swimming pools, horseback riding, and more. Visit www.electricforestfestival.com for GOOD LIFE options and details.


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University in Ohio guarantees tuition costs
Freshmen to pay the same all four years
A southwest Ohio university is promising new freshmen that they will pay the same amount for tuition all four years they are in school.
The University of Dayton is attracting attention with its new four-year tuition plan. The guarantee to new freshmen eliminates the uncertainty of how much a bachelor's degree will cost by removing hidden fees.
The university says students will receive a two-page financial aid prospectus detailing the costs, and also pledging that that their scholarships and grants will grow dollar-for-dollar each year as tuition increases.
The private, Roman Catholic school says the early response has been positive. Applications for next fall are up by 6 percent over this time last year. UD is hoping other colleges will copy the effort.


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Baskets Rolled Him To Riches (May, 1954)
Baskets Rolled Him To Riches
Grocer S. N. Goldman looked at a folding chair and came up with a $1,000,000 idea-collapsible wire pushcarts.
By Gilbert Hill
MOST folks look too far away for that "big chance." It's usually right in front of you, just daring you to do something about it.
S. N. Goldman, of Oklahoma City, believes this. He can prove it, too, because he's built a multi-million-dollar business —on the side, away from his regular business—with a product known around the world, just by "looking close."
Goldman is a groceryman. He operates 30 huge super-markets in Oklahoma in his Standard & Humpty Dumpty chain. But he's just a little guy in the grocery business compared with some firms and yet many of his competitors couldn't get along without him.
You see Goldman also owns the Folding Carrier Corp. of Oklahoma City, a firm name you'll find stamped probably on eight out of 10 baskets-on-wheels which you push around the local grocery store, drug store, or perhaps in your office. The business is only 16 years old, yet it's grown in that time from a small back room with a man and a boy making baskets, to a huge factory in a six-story building with 350 regular employees. And the growth came during a war period when the factory was shut down for months at a time for lack of steel. But it's a good thing for all of us, grocers and consumers alike, that Goldman did make a success of his venture for it has contributed in huge measure to creating the modern super-market, which in turn has reduced your grocery bill an estimated 9 per cent.
The whole thing started in Goldman's sparsely-furnished office in Oklahoma City in 1937. He was then operating 10 small serve-yourself grocery stores where customers shopped with baskets on their arms.
Competition was rough. Everyone was cutting prices. That was all right, too, if the groceryman could figure out new ways to sell more groceries per customer and reduce his expenses Goldman virtually lived in his stores those days. He had noticed that most women began to slow their buying just the minute their baskets got too heavy.
His clerks had been trained to watch the customers, take the filled baskets and present them with empty ones. Then the clerks would help carry the filled baskets. It all helped business.
But Goldman knew that he would never increase his sales per customer until he figured out a way for a woman to carry more groceries without getting tired. While he thought about it one day he stared unseeingly at a folding chair—just an ordinary folding chair—there in his office.
Suddenly he "looked close," saw the chair, and got an idea. He called in a workman—Goldman is no mechanic, he insists —and told the man, "See if you can't put a basket on that chair where the seat is and another down near the floor and put the whole thing on wheels."
The workman tried. But the basket wouldn't fold. It took up too much room in the store. There it sat in the corner for weeks until Fred Young came to work for Goldman as a maintenance man.
Goldman asked Young to see what he could do with the basket and made some suggestions. Young went out into the shop and when he came back he had exactly what Goldman wanted—a folding basket on wheels.
Together they made some minor adjustments and then Young, with the help of a high-school boy who came in afternoons, built the first dozen or so carriers. They were put into the stores in Oklahoma City. But nothing happened. One woman couldn't unfold them. And a man thought they were "too sissy." He didn't want to push around a baby buggy.
Still, Goldman knew he had something and broke a series of advertisements in local newspapers, pointing out that you no longer had to carry baskets while shopping at his stores. Gradually more and more women tried the carts and Young got busier and busier making them.
Grocerymen really watch each other's methods. Word of Goldman's carriers spread fast and by the time the Super-Market Institute met in 1938 in Chicago, he was asked to make a report on his new gadget. He did and found himself in the manufacturing business.
The new rolling baskets created all kinds of problems. For instance, when it came to checking purchased items out it was necessary to lead the customer down one aisle, the empty basket down another. Goldman developed the split check stand to solve that one. But many a store owner didn't want to cut up his expensive store fixtures for a new-fangled cart.
By 1939, Goldman was shipping baskets out of Oklahoma City by the carload. He was getting orders for 500, then 1,000 and in some cases as many as 18,000 at a time. The first baskets were pretty crude affairs but very serviceable at that. They were made of painted metal. As the basic need was recognized, competitors sprang up with baskets of their own and Fred Young was kept busy creating new and better models for Goldman.
The Folding Basket Carrier Corp., as it was then known, was just beginning to roll nicely when war came, cutting off supplies of steel. The company went back to wood but it wasn't as satisfactory and it wasn't as pretty. And the need, if anything, was even greater.
The baskets appeared in Navy offices to carry documents and papers, in the War Department, in insurance offices, even in hospitals for the carrying of linens, and for the Red Cross to distribute candy, gum, and other comforts to wounded service men. The company turned to the making of war materials, including shower cabinets for defense housing and certain bomb elements made of metal.
Goldman's carriers, by now, were going all over the world and their uses were increasing. When the war ended he turned his production back to making grocery-store pushcarts with even greater success than before. He found a new market, too, in wire baskets to be used in quick-freezing cabinets for frozen foods. The baskets make it possible to set a whole load into the frozen food locker at home in a second, thus reducing the time the doors are open.
A Kansas City inventor, trying to do the folding carrier job a bit better, came up with the "nesting" principle for the carts, which took up even less room than the usual folding jobs. Goldman liked the idea. He had both the factory and the market for the baskets. He now pays a royalty to the inventor and manufactures Nes-Karts in his big plant.
But he was still looking for new ideas to please the customers. Store managers noticed that their customers' children wanted to push the carts around but they could hardly reach them. So the children who want to ride along now are supplied with a seat in the big baskets, which have been engineered to be both safe and clean. And the larger children now have junior-size carriers to push around the super-markets. Many a manager, even in Goldman's chain, were afraid of them. They figured that the kiddies probably would load up the baskets and then leave them— making it necessary for one or more employees to waste time putting the items back.
But it hasn't worked that way. Actually mothers are glad to have the little carts because now the children are being taught how to buy things on their own.
Another surprising thing is the way grown women and men will grab the junior-size carts when they're in a hurry for a few items, push them around and end up quickly at the checking counter.
The folding carrier has become, officially, the insignia of the Super-Market Institute. And well it might, because without it, such a plan of merchandising just wouldn't be possible.
"Imagine, if you can," says Goldman simply, "a woman carrying even a small basket all over a huge modern store with all the items that we have to sell now."
As late as 1929 the average groceryman figured that he had to have at least 25 per cent mark-up, or gross profit, to make ends meet. He had to have that much to pay clerks, rent, light, heat and all the other expenses of doing business. And even then, his profits were very narrow.
Building folding carriers is really a sideline with Goldman. It's been his hobby—a mighty profitable one, though. And the company is still growing. A modern cadmium-plating plant has been erected to replace the old paint shop that caught fire and destroyed the plant in 1948, killing two men.
Goldman's "hobby" history is now recorded in a scrap book filled with early orders, advertisements and reports from around the world telling where Americans have found the baskets in service. They are now being used in Canada, Bermuda, Argentina, Hawaii, Austria, Australia, Colombia, Sweden, Venezuela, Mexico, Belgium, Puerto Rico, Switzerland and Denmark.
Several years ago he shipped six of them to Russia. He's expecting to hear, almost any day now, about how Russia has come up with the great invention—really did it first—which reduced America's grocery bill. But meanwhile, he gets a big kick out of watching a mother wheeling a big carrier, with one child riding in a special folding seat and another child pushing a smaller basket—all shopping.
And he gets a big chuckle, too, out of the idea that his biggest competitors in the grocery business are also his biggest customers.


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We've caught our first glimpse of the villain of Marc Webb's Spider-Man reboot (sort of). While shooting a special scene, one oddly covered extra scurried past photographers hoping to hide his identity. But his eyes reveal his secret.
As you can see, the mysterious figure is shrouded in blue with hands in his pockets totally covering every scrap of skin so the big reveal doesn't leak out.
But if you look closer at the eye holes in the mask it's pretty evident that there's a lot of green make-up and scales covering the subjects face. The reporting with the photos also seem to confirm that the shrouded figure is actor Rhys Ifans who is playing Dr. Curt Connors/The Lizard in The Amazing Spider-Man.
There are more images in this video.
So. what do you think? Are you happy the production is leaning a bit harder on practical make-up and not CG? We certainly are, but alas we still haven't seen the final result (and probably won't for quite some time, if they keep going to these lengths to protect the Lizard's scaly face!
Via Splash News Online.


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Final Fantasy XIV as a game certainly looks nice, but it's also - like most MMOs - a little too cluttered with buttons and bars for my liking. Which is why I like its concept art a little more. It's all the pretty, none of the buttons.
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text: Call2Compassion & Justice conference, Durban 2015 - Daily highlights RESOURCESVIDEOSCALL2COMPASSION & JUSTICE CONFERENCE, DURBAN 2015 - DAILY HIGHLIGHTS Day 1 It's been a powerful first day in Durban, with Bishop Ephraim Tendero and David Westlake speaking on the subject of transformational leadership. Day 2 We saw an inspirational selection of speakers talking on the subject of equity and equality - Rene August, Rosetta Stander and Mahendra Singh Day 3 All the participants headed out to visit different projects, to see for themselves community empowerment being modelled. We visited a project set up to save the lives of abandoned children left to die. Day 4 Another fantastic day with speakers from around the world looking at 'Potential, not Poverty' - Bishop Ephraim Tendero, South African-based Phil Bowyer and South African Edwin Fillies. Day 5 Fantastic final day in Durban, praying together and sending each other out to the amazing ministries that everyone is involved in. Don't miss out on the next Call2Compassion&Justice conference! Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share by Email Print Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share by Email Print


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A-Rod has tight quad, serves as DH in rehab game
Yankees slugger was set to play third base in Triple-A contest
BOSTON -- Alex Rodriguez was shifted from third base to designated hitter Saturday for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre due to tightness in his left quadriceps. He went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts.
After the game, Rodriguez was hesitant when asked if he would appear in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre lineup Sunday against Louisville at PNC Field in Moosic, Pa., as his Minor League rehabilitation assignment winds down.
"I'll speak to Joe [Girardi] tonight or tomorrow, and I'll figure out what the combination is," Rodriguez said. "Either play tomorrow, or maybe off tomorrow, and play Monday. I'll speak with Joe and see what he has on his mind."
The Yankees have been planning for Rodriguez to join the Major League club for Monday's series opener against the Rangers in Arlington, returning him from rehab after his 20-day Minor League assignment expires. He went 2-for-4 with two singles Friday.
General manager Brian Cashman said that decision would be based on how Rodriguez was feeling after his stint with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, adding that it could be a flexible plan if necessary.
If Rodriguez does not join the big league club Monday, he will remain on the disabled list but can no longer play in official Minor League games.
"I'm optimistic that Monday is our day," Rodriguez said. "My only focus is Monday in Dallas. Even if Monday is in jeopardy, there is always Tuesday."


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No Replay, No Problem – And The Vet Vote
Two things to consider about the General Managers' decision not to make a decision on expanding videotape replay: A) whatever it is, baseball has almost always done it, and B) once it's been done, baseball has almost always done more of it, later.
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About baseball's resistance to change: one of Bill Veeck's endless array of innovative ideas was the kind of draft that is now used so that the Yankees wouldn't sign every available player. He once said if owners had their way, umpires would still sit in a rocking chair by the mound and wear a top hat.
About replay: I am certain that this happened, that it was when Bart Giamatti was president of the National League in the late 1980s, and that the umpire was Paul Runge, a tremendous longtime NL umpire, son of a great AL umpire and father of a current major league umpire. If I recall correctly, Runge had a close call and happened to see it replayed on one of those big screen scoreboards. He immediately walked off the field, got on the phone to the press box, and asked to see the replay. He did and changed the call, then told both teams to protest the outcome to Giamatti, who upheld him, saying he was not going to penalize an umpire for doing his best to get a call right.
On the Hall of Fame, oh, Keith, Sam Breadon simply had Branch Rickey doing all of the work and then pushed him out when he felt Rickey was too costly and no longer necessary–and once Rickey's farm clubs produced champions through 1946, the Cardinals were quiet for a long time. I am not buying that one.
Also, you want to exclude Hank O'Day, who spent about 40 years in the game as a player, manager, and umpire, because you disagree with ONE call? You have to do better than that. And Davey Johnson is not even close. Just no.
But kudos on both Marvin Miller and Doug Harvey. That the players on the committee did not put in Miller is not just a crime and a blunder, but utterly disgusting. Not only did he change baseball, but he stopped the idea of unrestricted free agency, which would have made things very bad, indeed. Harvey is the best umpire I have ever seen. There's a clip on You Tube of a Dodgers-Astros game in 1980 with the Western Division championship on the line and both benches start to clear. He jumped between the two players who wanted to fight, got them separated, and cleared the two teams out. No way most umpires would have been able to do that.
Let me get this straight – *you* were threatened with ejection because one ump made a bad call, and another ump was covering for him. Charming. It's always nice to hear about an authority figure who is more concerned about justice than cronyism. Pulli, on the other hand, did the right thing, and deserves respect for doing so. Somehow, I get the feeling that video replay will not be so well-utilized in the future, and bad calls will continue to be upheld.
@greenm1 – I must respectfully disagree with you on the Hank O'Day issue. Saying it'd be wrong to exclude him "because you disagree with ONE call" since he "spent about 40 years in the game"…that's like saying, if a guy was a driver for 40 years, he shouldn't be prosecuted just because he ran into ONE cop car and totaled it.
Merkle's reputation was destroyed by that "one call", as you put it. Adding insult to injury, the call was based on a rule that had never been enforced, until O'Day made that call. It's Hank O'Day, not Fred Merkle, who should've been labeled "Bonehead".
Don't forget Gabe Paul, who is also on the 'executives' ballot. I'd say 'yes.'
Unpaka, I appreciate the reply, and you make a good point. Let me clarify. I'm not saying Hank O'Day should be in the Hall of Fame. I should have been clearer: that Keith should have had a better argument. Now, I follow your argument, but I wouldn't want to use the distinction you drew.
I'd also add that one of the best umpires I have ever seen made the worst call I have ever seen–in the 1978 World Series, when Reggie Jackson was not called for interfering with the throw by Bill Russell. Frank Pulli was the umpire–not a Hall of Famer, but excellent at his job. Similarly, it's a shame that Don Denkinger had 30 years of excellent service as a major league umpire, but he always will be remembered for blowing one call. Unfortunately, it's the nature of the profession. Even Harvey missed one in a World Series game that turned out not to change the outcome, but he didn't enjoy any more than the victim of the missed call did.
Why is it that Jacob Ruppert is not in the Hall of Fame already? It's scary to contemplate the thought that Steinbrenner could get in a few years from now, and Ruppert won't be there.
Along with that, Danny Murtaugh ought to get in as well.
I am a Twins fan, but there is no way that Tom Kelly belongs in the Hall of Fame. He had a losing record as a manager and the Twins would not have won two World Series under him had it not been for the Metrodome. Also, one could argue that Andy MacPhail rebuilt that franchise as GM, not Kelly as the manager.
I didn't think that Bob Howsam took the GM's job in Cincinnati until the 1967 season. I thought that Frank Robinson was traded to Baltimore after the 1965 season. If he didn't make the Robinson trade, he should be in the Hall Of Fame. If he did, I agree with Keith. It was the worst trade the Reds ever made.
That's quite a list you compiled there. I think you left out the untitled Keith Olbermann Baseball-themed CNBC weekend show from that list. Here's a thought on replay. Consider what tennis does as a model. I wrote something about that, mostly as a joke, earlier in the season, but I think it has some merit. Do it for all line calls, and find some way on home run calls too (you can do anything with technology these days). No long reviews. Put it up on the video screen, the electronic system says in or out, everyone sees it, and move on before the pitcher stiffens up. If the call was wrong, either replay the pitch (fair/foul) or call it a ground rule double or home run (fence calls).
HHRr3x Good point. I hadn't thought about it quite that way. 🙂
I think you're wrong about Davey Johnson, but then you don't really appreciate the Mets and that may be influencing your decision. He was a notable player, are you forgetting his stats? And he was a great manager who more than deserves to be in. Anyway, I'd sure like to know your reasons for that "No, but close".
Greenm1, thanks for clarifying what you meant. I understand your point about good umpires making bad calls, but here's why I think the Hank O'Day one is so much more significant.
It's one thing for a call to ruin the umpire's own reputation, or even to change the outcome of an important game. Things like that happen, and they're very unfortunate. What makes O'Day's call so atrocious is that 1) he enforced a rule that had never been enforced before, 2) it unfairly destroyed the reputation of a rookie player, and 3) O'Day "let a similar play stand up when a base runner didn't touch second at the conclusion of a game earlier in the month." (Quoting from sports.espn.go.com). This makes the call hypocritical at best, deliberate at worst, and there is just no excuse for either.
As for whether Keith made a good argument, I think it's important to point out that he's been making good arguments about that call for decades. So it would be rather redundant for him to go into detail here, when his points are readily available on the web. 🙂
Unpaka, thanks. I appreciate your points. And I'll add that on baseball, I agree with Keith about almost everything (Not the Yankees! Not the Yankees!), and he and I share the conviction that if God spoke, the voice would sound remarkably like Vin Scully's. Politically, he and I agree most of the time, too.
The odd thing about Fred Merkle's reputation is that the public associated him with the idea of committing a boner, and his fellow players always thought he was one of the brightest baseball men they ever met. Maybe we should be asking the public why they were so dumb about Merkle!
Your logic relating to Billy Martin makes no sense.
First off Martin finished 3rd in 1983 and 5th in 1982. He had 10 full seasons of manging when you include the strike years of 1981 & 1972. The teams' seasons were shorten but Martin was there the entire year, so it's 8-10 as far as 1-2 finishes for a full season of managing. If you don't want to include 72 & 81, then he was 6-8 in full baseball seasons finishing 1-2.
Davey Johnson was 11-12 in 1-2 fnishes with 5 first place finishes. If Martin is a HOF manager with 8-10 in 1-2 finishes with 5 first place finishes, 1 WS, why isn't a Johnson a HOF manager with 11-12 with 5 first place finishes and 1 WS??
And Dick Howser was 5-5 in full seasons with either 1-2 first place finishes and a WS. He even had a first place finish during the second half of 1981.
Good call on Howsam. Only off by 2 years.
Howsam did not trade Frank Robinison. He was not a member of the Reds' organization when the Robinson trade took place. Keith has his information wrong.
Re: greenm1 : 'On the Hall of Fame…Sam Breadon simply had Branch Rickey doing all of the work and then pushed him out when he felt Rickey was too costly and no longer necessary–and once Rickey's farm clubs produced champions through 1946, the Cardinals were quiet for a long time. I am not buying that one.' – I will buy and think this helps the case for Sam Breadon. Cardinals were on the brink, with no previous World Series appearances, and serious financial problems before Sam Breadon's 1917 investment and, after he sold in 1947, they were quiet for sometime as greenm1 comments. I do not think this is a coincidence. Branch Rickey was a baseball genuis and think Sam Breadon's genius was business, along with a high appreciation for the Cardinals, and allowing Branch Rickey to do his work. And think Sam Breadon may have been more involved with the baseball operations per his role with the Rogers Hornsby trade for Frankie Frisch after the '26 World Series (Hornsby never again had the great years that he had had with the Cardinals, and Frankie Frisch became great with the Cardinals). Think Cardinal's legacy and tradition is great, and to understand this need to look at Sam Breadon's role. If not for Sam Breadon very possible that the Cardinals go bankrupt and / or move, and think he made a very significant contribution to the Cardinal legacy (and to Baseball, given the Cardinals' tradition) and, with success of the Cardinals under his tenure (9 World Series appearances 6 Championships in his 30 years), think bar must be very high for an owner if he is not elected to HOF. All the best.