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December 7, 2012 Prospect PushRanking the Traded ProspectsEach offseason—and occasionally during the season, especially in July—clubs acquire proven big-league players by sending prospects to their tango partners as part of the return. There already have been a handful of such trades since the end of the 2012 season, and there are numerous rumors suggesting more could be in the offing. Let's rank those that have been moved to date. Note: Players who have yet to reach 130 plate appearances or 50 innings pitched in the majors are eligible, with no regard to service time. Traded 2. Jake Marisnick, CF 3. Justin Nicolino, LHP
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One of the reasons (albeit not the only one) for the long silence of this newsletter has been the process of the elaboration and starting up of the first postgraduate course, to our knowledge, on Information Visualisation taught in Spain. Hosted in the Instituto de Educación Continua (IdEC) of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain, it has been directed by Profs Josep Blat and Juan Carlos Dürsteler and coordinated by Dr. Victor Pascual Cid. This course arises from the longstanding conviction that for the advancement of Information Visualisation it's necessary to educate the increasing critical mass of professionals that are more and more in need of, and make use of, visualisation techniques to analyse and understand data. There are, in different parts of the world, a certain amount of introductory and advanced courses on the topic, mainly addressed at professionals of computer science (see for example the Infovis-wiki.net site). We are not aware,however, of a course of transversal character, suitable for any type of professional, joining a solid theoretical and academic foundation together with a more practical part oriented towards critical judgment that promotes the making of eminently useful visualisations. (We'll thank the readers for any links in that sense). The SyllabusWith the purpose of offering such a type of course we created a syllabus based on the process that is explicit in the diagram of Information Visualization due to Engelhardt and Dürsteler as a methodological basis to produce a practical approach to this discipline. Consequently we established 3 main knowledge blocks following the above mentioned diagram:
On the other hand, with the objective of complementing this core of information visualisation basic knowledge, we established a set of advanced seminars that included music visualisation, augmented reality for data visualisation, geovisualisation, advanced interaction design, practice with commercial tools like Quadrigram, elements of graphic programming in R and Processing languages, visual journalism and evaluation of graphics, among others, taught by professionals that work on a daily basis on this subjects.
Development of the courseThe course ran from October 21st until June 1st, when the visualisation project was presented. The project, together with the exam that took place in March, once the theory and practical sessions ended, served as the evaluation of the students. The very transversal students' profile, was made up of 5 journalists or communication professionals, 4 software engineers and/or multimedia programming experts, 1 marketing expert, 1 architect, 1 politics science professional, 1 master in business administration, that made up the 13 students in total.
ResultsThree projects, that we will comment on in more depth in the next articles, were presented. It should be noted that the results of the projects pleasantly surprised the panel of professors evaluating them by the quality of the work and its potential impact, even though they were present in the control sessions and knew in advance the preliminary evolution of the work. We have extracted the following conclusions:
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Hewlett-Packard is expanding the scope of its ServiceONE specialization, a program launched last November that lets HP's Technology Services partners offer HP professional and consulting services.
With a new offering called HP Multivendor Services, HP is making life easier for partners that work with multiple vendors on data center maintenance services. HP is training its call center staff to field customer support calls for both HP and non-HP products, thereby enabling partners to maintain relationships with clients for issues that fall outside HP's purview.
In an interview Tuesday, Ken Archer, vice president of channels and alliances for HP Technology Services, said enabling partners to handle multivendor services opportunities is a necessity given the heterogeneous nature of data center infrastructure.
[Related: HP Mounts Massive Partner Services Push With ServiceONE Program]
"Partners asked for this because in the data center, they are being asked by their customers to handle non-HP maintenance contracts from companies like Cisco, IBM and EMC," Archer told CRN. With HP's new offering, "Partners continue to be the 'trusted advisor' owning the total cost of maintenance."
Another new addition, called RAPID, is a tool that helps partners selling HP Care Pack Services to keep track of their contract renewals. "This is a tool that gives you visibility into all your HP contracts and Care Pack business that is up for renewal," Archer said. "It's a recurring revenue stream for partners because many will have renewals coming up every year."
A third new ServiceONE addition, called Partner Financial Simulator, is a modeling tool for partners to gauge the top- and bottom-line impact of investing in services. For example, they can use the tool to determine whether to build their own services capability or partner with a third party.
HP has trained its partner business managers and channel sales teams to use the Partner Financial Simulator and to use it in collaboration with partners, according to Archer.
HP ServiceONE, unveiled last July and launched in November, lets partners offer cloud computing, data center design, support and maintenance and other services. HP says the number of channel partners participating in HP ServiceONE has risen more than 20 percent in its fiscal 2012 year, which ends Oct. 31.
In fiscal 2013, HP will integrate Technology Services, led by Antonio Neri, vice president and general manager, both operationally and financially, into its Enterprise Group.


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Belarus: Catholic priest released to house arrest, but treason prosecution continues
Police in Belarus have released a priest who was being held on treason charges, but he remains under house arrest, and prosecutors consider to investigate his case, the Forum 18 news service reports.
Should vaccinations for children be legally required?
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Ukrainian border guards demand of Belarusians to declare non-participation in EuroMaydan
At night the bus with activists was detained mean Marjina Horka. Within three hours they were picked up by cars on the road to Minsk or Kiev.
Belarus Chafes under Russian Trade Pact, Polish President Apologizes for Embassy Attack
Just as Russia is trying to woo other countries into its Customs Union, a free-trade zone, officials in Belarus are complaining that membership has done little for their country, Belarus Digest reports .
A boy and a girl can hold hands, so why can't we? I don't care what they think. I can't sit and wait until they are ready.
Armenia's Accession To Customs Union Will Boost Investment Climate - Putin
ARMENIA'S ACCESSION TO CUSTOMS UNION WILL BOOST INVESTMENT CLIMATE - PUTIN Interfax, Russia Dec 3 2013 GYUMRI .
Russian fighter jets are coming to Belarus
The on-duty flight of Russian Su-27 fighter jets will land at the aerodrome in Baranavichy in the coming days.
Prakapovich warns about mass dismissals
Deputy prime minister of Belarus Piotr Prakapovich made this statement yesterday in Zhlobin.
PM Miazhueu appointed Security Council Secretary
We would remind that in early November it came out that Lukashenka appointed Leanid Malcau , who was the previous State Secretary of the Security Council, the chairman of the State Border Control Committee.
KGB opens case against Investigation Committee
He is suspected of accepting a large bribe. The lieutenant colonel working for the Investigation Committee as a deputy head of the investigation department for the Minsk district is accused of violating part 3 of article 430 of the Criminal Code of Belarus , Yezhednevnik writes.
Belarus Chafes under Russian Trade Pact, Polish President Apologizes for Embassy Attack
Just as Russia is trying to woo other countries into its Customs Union, a free-trade zone, officials in Belarus are complaining that membership has done little for their country, Belarus Digest reports .
Chairman of Armenia's Central Bank to attend meeting of the Board of...
Yerevan . Chairman of Armenia's Central Bank Arthur Javadyan will attend the meeting of the Board of the CIS Interstate Bank to be held in Moscow on Friday.
Slonim District Executive Committee has banned 5 pickets already
In November, he filed as many as five such applications. He intended to hold the pickets during five days, on 3-7 December, in order to protect the right of citizens of the Slonim district to subscribe to the regional newspaper "Hazeta Slonimskaya" at "Belposhta" buy it at the kiosks of the state monopolist on the sale of newspapers, ... (more)
Belarus Defence & Security Report 2014 - New Report Available
That said the two countries are currently embroiled in a dispute over the break-up and a joint venture in the potash industry, which has resulted in Russia taking punitive action which will damage the Belarusian economy.
Priest Lazar released from KGB jail
The Apostolic Nunciature in the Republic of Belarus has been informed by the authorised agencies that there are no grounds to further hold priest Uladzislau Lazar in custody in the KGB pre-trial detention facility.
Eurasian integration is very attractive for Armenia
In an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency Viktor Spassky, the director of the Integration Development Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission, speaks about Armenia's Eurasian integration process, economic advantages and risks stemming from its decision to join the Customs Union and to refuse to initial an association and deep and ... (more)
Former Soviet States Make Choice In Vilnius
FORMER SOVIET STATES MAKE CHOICE IN VILNIUS Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia Dec 2 2013 2 December 2013 - 12:25pm By Victoria Panfilova, an NG commentator, exclusively for Vestnik Kavkaza Offers from Brussels and Moscow to the ex-Soviet republics to choose between the European and Customs Unions has put them between a rock and a hard place.
Russia's VTB seeks to hold 100% stake in VTB Bank
Russia's VTB Bank has plans to purchase 2.63% of shares of VTB Bank from minority shareholders, thus consolidating 100% of shares of its Belarusian subsidiary.
Mikalai Statkevich files another complaint to the Human Rights Committee of the UN
On 18 November a personal communication of the former presidential candidate at the 2010 elections Mikalai Statkevich was sent to the UN Human Rights Committee .
Belarusians of New Jersey mark Day of Heroes
Activists of the Belarusian diaspora in the US visited the Belarusian cemetery in East Brunswick, New Jersey, to pay tribute to the memory of heroes of the Slutsk Uprising.
Market traders given 6-month delay
It follows from the document received by the organisation Perspective from a deputy minister of economy.


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Who's Really Cheating? 7 Surprising Statistics About Infidelity
I have to be honest with you - when I hear about spouses cheating, the only thought I have is. Who has time for that? Between work and school and kids, I barely have time to sleep with the man I married, let alone get myself all gussied up to go chase after another one. (Oh, and the thought that I would have to introduce someone completely new to the stretch-marked mass formerly known as my body? Shudder…). Maintaining the relationship I have is hard enough, so I simply can't fathom the extra time, effort, and energy that it would take to try to embark on a new one. But then again - maybe that's the point. According to the statistics released by Statistic Brain, gleaned from the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, there's a lot more cheatin' going on out there than you may realize. Click through for 9 infidelity statistics that might surprise you! -By Chaunie Brusie
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At this self-described urban microwinery, vintners crush, age, and bottle their own vintages using local California grapes. Inside its capacious cellars, juices from grapes grown in regions such as Paso Robles, Napa, and Sonoma age in oak barrels. The resulting vintages are available for purchase onsite, online, or through a nearby genie, and also fill glasses Friday–Sunday in the attached tasting room. There, patrons can meander through rows of barrels, stop to rest their glass on a granite-topped bar, and on nicer days, catch a salt-sprinkled breeze through the open warehouse door.
The "secret" in Bacchus' Secret Cellar is gas. Argon gas, to be exact, which powers the bar's preservation system and ensures that the wines within stay fresh for long periods of time. There are about 50 wines—mostly reds—on tap at the counter, as well as 8 sparkling wines, 5 dessert wines, and 12 microbrews. The library of options encourages guests to sample several, so it's wise to order a flight: you can get a signature array of 2.5-ounce glasses, or you can compose your own for a unique harmony of tastes.
The bar is just the beginning of the cellar's wine selection. On the shelves that span the walls, more than 350 labels beckon to be uncorked. A bistro menu provides gourmet food to complement sips, from starters of oven-roasted dates to lamb burgers and prosciutto flatbreads, made by dropping a regular loaf of bread into a printing press by accident. There's also a full menu of cheeseboards, with goat, cow, and sheep cheeses from the United States and abroad.
Traveling to homes across Illinois, California, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, and Wisconsin with an array of hand-selected bottles in tow, PRP Wine International's consultants save their customers the time they would spend searching stores and the jail time that could result from trespassing on private vineyards. The staffers spend almost every day of the year unearthing the best bottles across the United States, Europe, Australia, South America, and South Africa, and then present their selections to eager palates at homes, private clubs, and hotel suites during private tastings and special events. As the wine spills forth into glasses, the consultants impart background information on the wines, share pairing ideas, and encourage guests to ask any questions they might be embarrassed to ask at restaurants, such as, "How do you pronounce pinot noir?" or "Where is the giant laser that transforms the grapes into wine?" As the evening progresses, conversations will also cover grape varieties and facts about specific growing regions.
Having grown up on a farm in central Canada, Marlowe Huber already knew about crop harvesting and soil when he began making wine in the early 1980s. He refined his skills still further by studying oenology in Vancouver before embarking on his first wine-business venture with his brother, Darren. Together they ran two wineries in British Columbia for 15 years before opening Laguna Canyon Winery in 2003.
Today, staffers pour out a diverse selection of Laguna Canyon wines at two tasting rooms in downtown Laguna Beach and at the winery itself. Marlowe and Darren also collaborated with marine artist Wyland to create his Wyland Cellars label, whose bottles he adorns with colorful undersea scenes. Grapes for these wines are sourced from low-yield growers in Napa and Sonoma valleys, who cultivate subtle flavors by hand-picking and home-schooling their fruits.
The sounds of conversation and laughter compete with the clinking of glasses in The Wine Artist's lofty venue. The space sprawls over 2,500 square feet, with plenty of room to host wine tastings, networking events, and cooking classes. During these classes, students perch on wrought-iron stools around marble countertops as they learn to prepare food with wine or the cuisine of faraway countries such as Italy, Thailand, or Narnia. Afterward, they savor their creations amid the pale tiled floors and dark-wood accents of the Tuscan-style space.
Since the first vines began to climb across Hamilton Oaks Vineyard in 1989, Ron and Connie Tamez have worked with a dedication to craft a selection of fine wines. Having sworn off pesticides and herbicides, the two collaborate with ladybugs and red-tailed hawks that thrive by devouring crop-threatening pests. After picking, sorting, and crushing the naturally grown harvest, Ron and Connie complete the Old World process by aging the wines in French oak barrels for 20 to 34 months, or until each grape sees its own shadow.
Visitors are welcome to sample varietals such as chardonnay, zinfandel, and cabernet sauvignon during tastings. Sipping sessions last between 45 and 60 minutes and provide guests with the opportunity to picnic with a packed lunch on the sun-dappled outdoor deck and purchase bottles for favored mailmen.


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Coastal Carolina head coach Gary Gilmore, who is entering his 18th season at his alma mater, has seen the program continually rise in the world of college baseball to a national power. Twelve NCAA berths, 12 40+ win seasons in the last 14 years, 15-straight winning seasons, numerous draft picks - including 11 top 10 round picks over the last five years, a first trip to the NCAA Super Regional in 2008 and hosting the program's first a Super Regional in 2010 are just a few of the exciting things going on in Coastal Carolina baseball.
In addition to building his program, Gilmore is seeing buildings erected to keep Coastal Carolina on par with the nation's elite. In the summer of 2010, the coaches moved into their new offices in Adkins Field House, just steps away from the state-of-the-art speed, strength and conditioning center. In the spring of 2011, the Boni Belle Practice and Hitting Facility opened. The facility features a full infield and complex netting system to allow several hitting and pitching stations at once. Then, in January of 2012, Coastal Carolina announced its plan to renovate both the baseball and softball complexes. The $10.2 million project began after the 2012 season and is scheduled to be ready in 2014. The new stadium will have 2,500 permanent seats with grass berms and a boardwalk surrounding the outfield wall allowing capacity to reach between 5,000-6,000 fans. Also, the facility will include player a locker room, lounge, team meeting areas, video bay, athletic training room, coaches offices, premium seating and more.
In 2012, Coastal Carolina made its 11th NCAA appearance in the last 12 years as well as sweeping both the Big South regular season tournament titles for a league-record sixth consecutive year. In winning the Big South Tournament, Coastal has won each of the last three titles without a loss in the double-elimination format and has won 15-straight.
While there were numerous new faces in 2012, the results were what Coastal fans have grown to expect. In addition to reaching a regional and sweeping the conference regular season and tournament titles, Coastal baseball featured the Big South Player of the Year in Daniel Bowman and the Big South co-Pitcher of the Year in Aaron Burke. Bowman, who was named All-American, had a remarkable senior season and he ended his career posting numbers that will leave a lasting impression in the CCU and Big South annals. He set Big South and CCU career records for at bats (963) and total bases (526), while setting CCU career marks for games played (246, one shy of Big South record), games started (244), hits (309, one shy of Big South record) and RBI (206, third in Big South history). Tucker Frawley was named a semifinalist for the Johnny Bench Award, first team Academic All-America, Big South baseball and overall Scholar-Athlete of the Year and an eighth-round pick by the Blue Jays. Coastal's pitching staff ranked third in the NCAA in ERA (2.65) after leading the nation a majority of the season. Rich Witten also ended his career in spectacular fashion, ranking sixth on the CCU all-time RBI list with 158. Josh Conway, who only played the first half of the season prior to suffering an injury, still earned second team All-Big South and was taken in the fourth round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft by the Chicago Cubs.
Prior to the 2011 season, Gilmore was voted among the best in the business in a poll by CollegeBaseballInsider.com. When asked "who is the best coach at a non-BCS conferences?" Gilmore's name topped the list. The 2011 season saw Tommy La Stella earn consensus All-American honors and be voted Big South Player of the Year, while Matt Rein was also named All-American and the Big South Pitcher of the Year. Pitcher Anthony Meo, a three-time first team All-Big South pick, joined Kirt Manwaring as the highest Chanticleer drafted, being the third pick of the second round. Scott Woodward, who set CCU and Big South records for runs scores and hit by pitches while ranking second on both lists in stolen bases and walks, was drafted in the seventh round. La Stella would go in the eighth, followed by Taylor Motter in the 17th and Bowman in the 38th.
On May 17, 2011, Gilmore won his 900th game, defeating UNC Wilmington 12-3. Ironically, his first win as the Chants' coach was also versus UNCW. However, the biggest highlight of the 2011 season was an exhibition with defending American League champion Texas Rangers before a record crowd at BB&T Coastal Field -- home of the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. Coastal pitchers sat down the All-Star riddled lineup, nine up, nine down. The Chants, down 2-1 after five complete, hung with the Rangers before eventually falling 6-2 with Texas getting four runs in the last three innings off their own pitchers. Heading into the game with a 15-10 record, the Chants took that positive experience and won 26 of their next 34, including a four-game sweep to win the Big South Tournament, to secure another NCAA postseason berth. Statistically, Coastal continued to show it can both execute the "small-ball" philosophy and play for the big-inning by ranking sixth nationally in sacrifice bunts, 17th in home runs, 23rd in doubles, 23rd in runs scored, 31st in stolen bases.
The Chanticleers took a giant leap into the national spotlight in 2010: Coastal Carolina set school and Big South records with 55 wins (against just 10 losses -- the fewest by Coastal in the Gilmore era), which additionally led the NCAA, had the nation's best winning percentage (.846), ranked second in the final RPI and was the overall #4 seed to the NCAA Championship and hosted both the Myrtle Beach Regional and Super Regionals. Coastal would need a come-from-behind effort to defeat College of Charleston in dramatic fashion to win the program's second Regional and fell by one run twice to eventual national champion South Carolina in what was Coastal's first time in hosting a Super Regional. In both Super Regional contests, 6,599 people packed BB&T Costal Field, setting a facility record, to see the thrilling and historic matchup. In the final NCAA statistics, Coastal ranked eighth in scoring (9.1 avg.), fourth in hits (603), third in home runs (111), ninth in slugging percentage (.553), third in stolen bases (161), eight in ERA (3.53) and seventh in fewest hits allowed per nine innings (8.37).
Starting with a win over #10 Clemson on March 31, 2010, would win 17 straight and 26 of its next 27 with the only setback being a 6-3 loss at top-ranked Virginia. The Chants climbed in the polls to be a consensus top-five program the final three weeks of the regular season, ending either 11th or 12th at season's end. Individually, Rico Noel and Woodward became the second set of teammates in NCAA history to rank 1-2 nationally in stolen bases with 56 and 55, respectively. The duo also ranked among the NCAA top 20 in runs scored, Noel eighth with 82 and Woodward 17th with 75, while Jose Iglesias was 16th in RBI (80). On the mound, Meo was second in the nation with 13 wins, while Cody Wheeler, who was 22nd in the NCAA with 113 strikeouts, was fifth in wins nationally with 12. For their accomplishments, Meo, Wheeler, Iglesias and Noel were named to various All-American teams with Meo being a semifinalist for two National Player of the Year awards and Iglesias was one of three finalists for the Johnny Bench Catcher of the Year Award. Also, Austin Fleet was both a first team Academic All-America and the Big South Male Student-Athlete of the Year while Connolly was a Freshman All-American.
On the conference level in 2010, Coastal set several records as well en route to winning both the Big South regular season and tournament crowns for the fourth straight season. In addition to their 55 overall wins, the Chanticleers became the first Big South team to go undefeated in the regular-season (25-0) in addition to going undefeated in the Big South Tournament (4-0). Coastal also set a league record with eight players named to the All-Big South first team. (CCU added one second team pick.) For the success, Gilmore picked up his seventh Big South Conference Coach of the Year honor, while Meo was the unanimous Big South Pitcher of the Year.
At season's end, seven players were drafted, including Wheeler and Noel in the fifth round, Fleet in the 16th and Chance Gilmore in the 25th, while Woodard (15th round) Keith Hessler (28th round) and Jim Birmingham (33rd round) decided to stay for the 2011 season.
The Chanticleers won both the Big South regular-season and tournament titles in 2009, going 47-16 and advancing to the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional. Gilmore was named the Big South Coach of the Year for the sixth time and eight players that were named to the All-Big South teams. This included Big South Player of the Year and Big South Tournament MVP David Anderson and conference Pitcher of the Year Cody Wheeler. Both Anderson and Wheeler were named All-Americans by Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball, while the trio of Meo, Bowman and Taylor Motter were named Freshman All-Americans by the same organization.
Coastal Carolina hosted and won the NCAA Conway Regional in 2008, advancing to the NCAA Cary Super Regional, a first in the school's history. Gilmore was named the Big South Coach of the Year for the fifth time and the Chants won both the regular-season and tournament championships. Dock Doyle was named the Big South Player of the Year and earned second team All-American honors from Collegiate Baseball. Doyle also was a finalist for the Johnny Bench Award. Woodward earned Big South Freshman of the Year honors while 11 different Chanticleers earned All-Big South accolades to set a league record. Coastal Carolina defeated Columbia, Alabama and East Carolina to earn the program's first berth in a Super Regional. Tommy Baldridge and Anderson were named co-Most Valuable Player and the Chants had six selected to the All-Conway Regional Team. Coastal Carolina set the Watson Stadium/Vrooman Field attendance record with 2,320 fans at the championship game against East Carolina. The Chants had five players selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, including fifth-round picks Doyle and Pete Andrelczyk.
Coastal Carolina enjoyed national success in 2007, as the Chanticleers hosted an NCAA Regional for the first time in school history and won 50 games for the second time in three seasons. Coastal Carolina won both the Big South Conference regular season and tournament titles for the second time in six years, going 4-0 in the BSC Tournament and defeating Liberty 6-5 in the championship game. The Chanticleers had a 16-game winning streak in the middle of the season. Gilmore was named the Midseason Coach of the Year by Baseball America and earned his fourth Big South Coach of the Year honor. Coastal Carolina hosted the 2007 Myrtle Beach Regional and its game against Clemson brought out 6,231 fans, a BB&T Coastal Field record at the time. Bobby Gagg and David Sappelt earned All-American honors by Collegiate Baseball, while Sappelt was the Big South Player of the Year, Gagg was the Pitcher of the Year and Baldridge was the BSC Tournament Most Valuable Player. The Chants ended the season ranked 20th by Baseball America.
Coastal Carolina ended the 2006 season with a 30-27 overall record, finishing third in the Big South Conference. The Chanticleers were one of the hottest teams in the league the latter half of the season, sweeping conference foes Radford and UNC Asheville as well as defeating East Carolina, the College of Charleston and Wake Forest in mid-week games.
Coastal's continual rise to a national power was never as evident as in 2005, when the Chants earned their first number one seed to the NCAA Tempe Regional, won 50 games (becoming the first Big South team in history to accomplish both feats), had six players go in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft and was 23rd in the final rankings by Baseball America. The Chanticleers went to the championship game of the regional, defeating UNLV twice, but falling to host Arizona State in the final. Gilmore received Big South Coach of the Year honors, the third time he has received that honor, and the American Baseball Coaches Association Atlantic Region Division I Coach of the Year in 2005. Coastal Carolina won its third Big South regular-season title under Gilmore after compiling a remarkable 21-3 conference record. Gilmore also coached Mike Costanzo, who earned first team All-American honors by three organizations, earned his second consecutive Big South Player of the Year award and was named to the All-Big South first team as both a first baseman and a pitcher, the first Big South player to ever earn multiple first-team honors. Gilmore coached six All-Big South honorees in 2005, including four first team members.
Gilmore and the Chanticleers battled through injuries and adversity during the 2004 season. The Chants were underdogs heading into the Big South Tournament, but for the fourth straight season, Coastal Carolina won the Big South Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Regionals. Gilmore coached the Big South Player of the Year in Costanzo and had four All-Big South members and two Major League Baseball Draft selections.
Gilmore led the Chants to their third straight Big South Tournament Championship in 2003 and earn their third straight berth to the NCAA Regional in Lincoln, Neb. Coastal won 46 games in 2003, then the most by a Chanticleer squad under Coach Gilmore. Ryan McGraw earned All-BSC First Team honors, while six Chants were selected to the second team. Gilmore also saw Justin Sturge and Brandon Powell enter the world of professional baseball.
In 2002, Coastal Carolina posted 44 wins. The Chants also captured both the Big South regular season and tournament crowns for the second consecutive year and appeared in the NCAA Regional, falling to Georgia in the final game. The 2002 squad featured seven all-conference performers, including five first-team members and the Player of the Year in Justin Owens. Owens was also named the 2001-02 Big South Howard Bagwell Male Athlete of the Year, while McGraw broke the NCAA single-season stolen base mark with 63 in 2002.
In 2001, the Chants posted a 42-20 record, won their first Big South Championship since 1992, and came within a single out of advancing to the NCAA Super Regionals, where they would have played Florida State with a College World Series berth on the line. The team posted wins over nationally-ranked foes East Carolina, Clemson and Georgia Tech. He also had six players make All-Big South Conference Teams and catcher Randy McGarvey, Jr., was named the Big South Tournament's Most Valuable Player.
Gilmore took the reins in a rather precarious position in 1996. The Chants were coming off a 17-37 season, their first losing season in 18 years, and had little in the way of returning talent, especially on the mound. Coastal finished a respectable 24-29 in his first season and 23-31 in his second. By 1998 though, his recruits, especially the pitchers, began to step up, and Coastal's winning ways returned. His 1999 squad posted 43 wins and found themselves nationally ranked towards the end of the season, earning Gilmore Big South Coach of the Year honors.
After servng as a scout, Gilmore began his coaching career at USC-Aiken, where he eventually took over the top spot in 1990. Gilmore spent six seasons at USC-Aiken as head coach, where he compiled a 256-102-2 record. Gilmore posted 40-win seasons in his first four years there, including a school-record 48 wins in 1991. In 1993, Gilmore was named the ABCA NCAA Division II Coach of the Year as well as the South Atlantic Region and Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year by his peers. During his stint at USC-Aiken, Gilmore coached nine all-conference performers and one conference Player of the Year in Adam Riggs.
Gilmore began his baseball career as a Chanticleer, playing center field for Coastal Carolina during the 1979 and 1980 seasons. The speedy leadoff hitter hit .353 with 69 steals in 90 games, before joining the Philadelphia Phillies organization. Following his playing days, he worked as a scout for the Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Indians.
In all, Coach Gilmore has been named the Regional Coach of the Year five times, conference Coach of the Year eight times and a National Coach of the Year Finalist twice. He has coached 85 players that have gone on to sign professional contracts, with nine making it to the major leagues. Gilmore and his wife Cathy have a son, Chance, who played at Coastal Carolina from 2007-10 and a 25th-round pick by the Los Angeles Dodgers, and a daughter Samantha.
Gilmore's Career Head Coaching Record
23 Years Overall: 949-444-2 .681
17 Years at Coastal Carolina: 693-342-0 .670 - 262-105 (.714) in Big South Games
6 Years at USC Aiken: 256-102-2 .714
Year | School | Record | Percentage | Conf. Record | Post-Season |
1990 | USC Aiken | 45-10-0 | .818 | NA | --- |
1991 | USC Aiken | 51-13-0 | .797 | NA | --- |
1992 | USC Aiken | # 45-15-2 | .742 | 10-2-1 | NCAA DII |
1993 | USC Aiken | # 46-18-0 | .719 | 13-7 | NCAA DII/CWS |
1994 | USC Aiken | ^ 35-22-0 | .614 | 16-5 | --- |
1995 | USC Aiken | 34-24-0 | .586 | 14-10 | --- |
1996 | Coastal Carolina | 24-29-0 | .453 | 11-10 | --- |
1997 | Coastal Carolina | 23-31-0 | .426 | 5-6 | --- |
1998 | Coastal Caroilina | 31-29-0 | .517 | 11-7 | --- |
1999 | Coastal Carolina | $ 43-15-0 | .714 | 10-2 | --- |
2000 | Coastal Carolina | 34-24-0 | .586 | 11-10 | --- |
2001 | Coastal Carolina | * 42-20-0 | .677 | 16-4 | NCAA |
2002 | Coastal Carolina | * $ 44-19-0 | .698 | 16-5 | NCAA |
2003 | Coastal Carolina | * 45-18-0 | .714 | 12-7 | NCAA |
2004 | Coastal Carolina | * 40-23-0 | .635 | 16-8 | NCAA |
2005 | Coastal Carolina | $ 50-16-0 | .757 | 21-3 | NCAA |
2006 | Coastal Carolina | 30-27-0 | .526 | 15-9 | --- |
2007 | Coastal Carolina | * $ 50-13-0 | .794 | 17-4 | NCAA |
2008 | Coastal Carolina | * $ 50-14-0 | .781 | 17-3 | NCAA/Supers |
2009 | Coastal Carolina | * $ 47-16-0 | .746 | 21-5 | NCAA |
2010 | Coastal Carolina | * $ 55-10-0 | .846 | 25-0 | NCAA/Supers |
2011 | Coastal Carolina | * $ 42-20-0 | .677 | 20-7 | NCAA |
2012 | Coastal Carolina | * $ 42-19-0 | .689 | 18-5 | NCAA |
# - Peach Belt Tournament Champion
^ - Peach Belt Regular Season Champion
* - Big South Tournament Champion
$ - Big South Regular-Season Champion
Scout for the Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Indians; USC Aiken (Assistant Coach; 1990 -- USC Aiken (Head Coach); 1996-pres. -- Coastal Carolina (Head Coach).
1993 ABCA/NCAA Division II and NCAA Division II South Atlantic Region Coach of the Year
2005 ABCA Atlantic Region Coach of the Year
1999, 2002, `05, `07, `08, `09, `10 and `12 Big South Coach of the Year
Two NCAA Division II tourney appearances (at USC Aiken) -- 1992, `93
NCAA Division II College World Series (at USC Aiken) -- 1993
Won one Peach Belt regular-season title (at USC Aiken) -- 1994
Won two Peach Belt tournament titles (at USC Aiken) -- 1992, `93
11 NCAA Regional appearances (at Coastal) -- 2001, `02, `03, `04, `05, `07, `08, `09, `10, `11, `12
Advanced to two NCAA Super Regionals (at Coastal Carolina) -- 2008, `10
10 Big South regular-season titles (at Coastal) -- 2001, `02, `03, `04, `07, `08, `09, `10, `11, `12
9 Big South tournament titles (at Coastal Carolina) -- 1999, `02, `05, `07, `08, `09, `10, `11, `12
Nine CCU players (Kevin Schnall, Mike Costanzo, Chris Raber, David Sappelt, Dock Doyle, Anthony Meo, Jose Iglesias, Tommy La Stella and Tucker Frawley) have been finalist or semifinalist for a National Player of the Year Award
Coached 23 players to a total of 49 All-American honors (19 players/45 honors at CCU)
Coached seven Freshman All-Americans
Coached 17 players to a total of 20 All-Region/All-District honors, including 2010 NCBWA District IV Player of the Year Anthony Meo
Coached the Big South Player of the Year nine times (Kevin Schnall, Justin Owens, Mike Costanzo--twice, David Sappelt, Dock Doyle, David Anderson, Tommy La Stella and Daniel Bowman)
Since the award began in 2007, has coached the Big South Pitcher of the Year five times (Bobby Gagg, Cody Wheeler, Anthony Meo, Matt Rein and Aaron Burke)
Coached the Big South Rookie/Freshman of the Year twice (Brooks Marzka and Scott Woodward)
Coached players that have earned 97 All-Big South honors, including a Big South-record eight first team selections in 2010 and Big South-record 11 first and second teamers in 2008
Coached the 2010 and 2012 Big South Male Scholar-Athlete of the Years (Austin Fleet and Tucker Frawley) and three Big South Baseball Scholar-Athletes of the Year (Brooks Marzka in 2000, Austin Fleet in 2010 and Tucker Frawley in 2012)
Coached first team Academic All-Americans Austin Fleet (2010) and Tucker Frawley (2012) as well as seven players to a total of 11 Academic All-District honors
Coastal Carolina is the only Big South team to win 50 games (a feat accomplished four times) and CCU set school and Big South records by winning 55 games in 2010. The 55 wins also led the NCAA as did Coastal's .846 winning percentage (55-10)
In 2010, Coastal became the first Big South team to go undefeated in league play (25-0) and go undefeated in the Big South tournament (4-0) in the same year
Had 56 players (47 at CCU) drafted and 85 players sign professional contracts, including 14 in the top 10 rounds at CCU
Rico Noel (56) and Scott Woodward (55) went 1-2 in the NCAA in stolen bases in 2010, just the second time teammates had done so. Noel also led the NCAA in stolen bases in 2009 (48)
Family: Wife, Cathy; son, Chance; daughter, Samantha


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Erica Packer at Rose Bay for the Vogue Australia vip event to celebrate the launch of the November isssue. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Erica Packer will not divulge the specific reasons why her six-year marriage to casino billionaire James suddenly came to an end just over a month ago, but unlike her predecessors, she has made it clear she is not about to disappear into obscurity.
Quite the opposite: Packer has chosen to appear on the November cover of high-fashion glamour magazine Vogue, photographed wearing a revealing, $50,000 gown made of fine, translucent organza.
The shoot also features her three small children - Indigo, Jackson and Emmanuelle - who have been thrust into the limelight with their newly single mother, despite the Packer-family's long held reticence to do so.
Model comeback: Erica Packer and her children - Indigo, Jackon and Emmanuelle. Photo: Vogue Australia
The cover shot features the former model discretely covering her almost naked breasts with a folded arm, wearing the gown exactly as it was shown on a Paris catwalk just three months ago. In other shots she is playing with her children.
So impressed by the fine organza haute couture gown from the Parisian salon of Christian Dior, she bought the gown following the shoot.
Even more revealing is the accompanying interview, in which Packer says of the split from ex husband: "The actions we take now, the way we behave, will affect three little innocent people for the rest of their lives ... Obviously some days are easier than others at the moment."
Newly single: Erica Packer. Photo: Vogue Australia
It was James Packer who filed for divorce, the couple enlisting respective teams of lawyers to swiftly draw up a property settlement before they separately fled the country just over a month ago to escape the subsequent media maelstrom.
It was a move which took society circles completely by surprise.
It was also James Packer who made it clear "no third parties" were involved.
James Packer's first wife: Jodhi Meares. Photo: Ken Butti
Erica Packer has now denied reports about a rumoured rekindling of a relationship with former boyfriend Russell Crowe, with whom she was photographed in July in Los Angeles.
On Monday night several of her closest friends rallied around her as she celebrated a "new chapter" in her life during a harbour cruise.
However it was far from being a "divorce party", as the likes of television hosts Karl Stefanovic and Leila McKinnon, socialites Karin Upton Baker and Terry Biviano, footballer Israel Folau and Sarah Murdoch rallied around the 36-year-old, who has opted to retain her powerful married name.
Instead of boarding the $35 million superyacht Sea Horse that James Packer took delivery of nearly a year ago, the party was held aboard a smaller chartered yacht called Oscar II, owned by another billionaire, healthcare magnate Paul Ramsay.
Packer says she remains close to her in-laws, telling Vogue: "Gretel and Ros are amazing women. I really admire and appreciate my in-laws. They are strong, they are there for me, and we are all in regular contact. We are – and remain – a family."
But in reality it is a family which will continue to be separated by vast distances, with Packer set to return to her new home in Los Angeles in coming days with her three children, leaving the gleaming new $50 million edifice she and her estranged husband had been planning to spend the rest of their lives in, sitting empty in Vaucluse.
James Packer's first wife Jodhi Meares retained a home in Sydney for many years after the couple divorced, but has spent the majority of her time living in Hawaii and only rarely returns home, while his former fiancee Kate Fischer, once a high profile social fixture in Sydney, moved to Los Angeles soon after they broke up, and has not been heard of for several years.


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Obama is already in contempt of Court..isn´t anything going to be done about it?
Will someone please grow a set and start impeachment proceedings.
Obama actually proposed a major cost saving last night by telling a coequal branch of government that he doesn´t need Congress. Think of the savings from not having to pay 550 senators and representatives $187,500 + benefits per year. Plus, their large & expensive staffs can be let go, as well as the printing offices, maintenance teams, armed security, limo drivers and so much more. Once the legislative branch is eliminated, Obama can achieve more savings by eliminating the judicial branch, up to and including the Supreme Court. What country requires 3 co-equal branches of government when it has a messiah as its president?We are going full Zimbabwe, and Obama received standing ovations last night for leading us there.
RINOs in Washington probably welcome Obama going around congress. It gives them an excuse for doing nothing for this country and its citizens, and everything for illegal aliens and other lawbreakers. Including themselves.
Guess if he can bypass congress so can the people. Impeach you say, that is not what the people will do to him.
When is the SCOTUS going to step in and strip this Marxist down to his skivvies, politically speaking of course.
You can only bypass Congress if they let him.John Boehner should actually speak up and tell him obama that if he tries then he will be stopped by congress.I know it takes someone who cares about the country instead of the "game" politicians play but we can only hope.


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The work of mixed media artist Susan White is launching the 2013-'14 season at Northwest Missouri State University's Olive DeLuce Art Gallery.
The exhibit, which opened Monday, will be on display in the gallery, located in the DeLuce Fine Arts Building across the street from Bearcat Arena, through Sunday Dec. 7.
White works primarily with pyrographs, which are works on paper created through a scorching or burning process. Her most recent pieces consist of portrait silhouettes intended to explore "psychological architecture" and "interior states of being."
White received a bachelor of fine arts degree from the Kansas City Art Institute and pursued graduate studies at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her work has been supported by grants from the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City, the Salina Art Center and the Lighton International Artist Exchange Program.
More information about White and her work is available at www.susan-white.com.
The exhibit is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and 1:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday.


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I've always been a big fan of O'Brien's eclectic and unique Americana sound that incorporates elements of bluegrass, folk, old-time, country and Cajun music. He once described his musical style as "weirdcountry, electro-acoustic, folk-beat, walkin-the-line between-several-genres acoustic music that rocks a bit, but you understand the words." On this project, the tasteful flavorings of Dirk Powell's accordion and Ray Bonneville's harmonica provide an especially nice coloring. Other standout and noteworthy instrumental work comes from Casey Driessen (fiddle), Bela Fleck (banjo on "Another Day"), Jerry Douglas (lap steel or resophonic guitar on two cuts). Percussionist Kenny Malone and bassist Dirk Powell are also rock solid in laying down a rhythmic groove throughout.
O'Brien, the singer/songwriter, contributed or collaborated on eleven of the twelve songs on Traveler. Only "I've Endured" (by David Arthur Reed and Ola Belle Reed) is a cover. His songsmith collaborators include Lucas Reynolds ("Turn the Page Again"), Darrell Scott ("Another Day"), Ray Bonneville ("Forty-Nine Keep on Talkin'"), Allesandro Massa ("Travelers").
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Regarding Traveler's, "I've Endured" and "Family Ties" are amazing and stand out for me as truly exceptional songs that are even stronger in context of the entire experience of listening to the album in its' entirety. I could put be these two songs on a mix and be certain all types would adore.
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Within the world of "roots" music he's widely regarded as a genius, in demand for more recording sessions in the hundreds. His songs have been covered by everyone from The Dixie Chicks to Karan Casey. Even the "Anti-Hank" (Garth Brooks) has covered his material. I've seen him on four PBS Specials in the last two months. He was widely featured by the Chieftains on their latest efforts. He's played with everyone from Steve Earle to Phish to Paul Brady to Jerry Douglas. Lyle Lovett and Darrell Scott are a BIG fans. And so are the very best players in Irish traditional music like Liz Carroll, Frankie Gavin, Kevin Burke, the band Altan and a ton more.
But I bet you've never heard of him, have you?
Don't let that slow you down. Buy this CD.
My favorite song is "Another Day" which wasn't mentioned in the Amzon review. Tim's lyrics are profound. (I hate to use such a heavy word, but nothing else fits) This is, in fact, music for grown-ups. Understated but deeply nuanced. Emotionally authentic, cheerful ("Kelly Joe's Shoes") or mournful ("Restless Spirit Wandering") by turns. Listen carefully to the lyrics of "Less and Less."
The Irish guitar master John Doyle quit his gig with Eileen Ivers to play with Tim and he contributes outstanding guitar throughout. Dirk Powell (of the super Cajun band Balfa Toujours) adds a dusky sound on accordion. Casey Driessen is great on fiddle.
Although the production throughout is straight forward, some of Nashville's greatest "ringers" chime in (folks like Edgar Meyer and Bela Fleck, for instance!)
If you like Irish, Cajun, Celtic, bluegrass or Appalachian music, you'll find something here to love. If you dig singer-songwriters like Richard Thompson, Emmylou Harris, Julie Miller, Kate Rusby or Gillian Welch you should hear this project.
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As far as meats go, we've always had a freezer full of wild meat, both from our own hunting endeavors as well as those of our parents (thanks guys!) This year we're also switching over to locally raised and hormone free poultry and pork. We don't have it all sourced yet but we're working on it.
We also have big plans of switching over all our grains to local and organic. We're in the middle of sourcing grain now and it hasn't been easy. Ideally we'd like to buy it direct from the farmer but so far we haven't had much luck with that. I already make all our own breads, granola, baking, etc. so we do go through a large amount of flour and oats so in order for it be affordable we really do want to be able to buy direct.
Travis is well into keeping his cheese cupboard full enough that we could easily go without buying cheese at all anymore so that's a huge plus. He's also been brewing all his own wine and beer for a while too. Trav has also been getting into Charcuterie which is just as well because I'm not gonna lie, if he doesn't do it, I won't!
Also on the list is canning. I've always done all our veg and fruit preserving via the freezer or drying but this year I'm gonna learn how to can. I have all the supplies bought already (at great prices after the canning season last year, and the rest sourced through freecycle) so it's just a matter of doing it!
All these choices to switch over have come from lots and lots of research. I've done most of mine online and Trav's done a ton of book reading so between the both of us I think we can easily make this happen over the next year.
I'm totally excited about this. It means a lot more work, especially in the garden and the kitchen, but it will be well worth it.
Here are some of the websites and books we've really found helpful. Big thanks to the bloggers who I've poured the questions on, you've all been super helpful.
Making It: Radical Home Ec for a Post Consumer World
Four Season Harvest by Eliot Coleman
Locavore by Sarah Elton
The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love by Kristin Kimball
Kevin Kossowan (gardening, charcuterie, food, hunting)
Cold Antler Farm (real deal homestead)
Root Simple (authors of Making It)
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This new Cloud Adobe CS6 is SO buggy.
not my first issue with it...
I am using
Cloud version of - but locally installed
Trial version of CS6 InDesign.
iMac - mountain lion 10.8.1
i7/12Gig RAM. SSD, and 1 T platter drive.
After many HOURS of InDesign work.
Many pages, lots of stuff.
I exported my work as PDF to send to my boss. Worked fine.
But I can't save the working file.
All Save menu items are grayed out.
The astericks is there in the window title.
When I just close the file- I am prompted to Save the file or lose my work.
I hit Save and get window
"can not save filename"
with no error code.
This has happened twice. First time not a lot had been done to the file.
So I just re-started the iMac
This time I stand to lose some real work here.
Does this happen if I just use the free version!?!?!?!?
I will happily pay after my trial but if this is what the new CS6 has in store, then screw Adobe.
Can anyone help me???
There's no difference in fuctionality between paid and free versions.
There are two things worth trying, if you haven't already closed and lost the file. The first is to export to .idml, open that and see if you can save it with a new name: Remove minor corruption by exporting
The second is riskier as it depends on ID's amazing file recovery after a crash. If the method above fails you haven't got a lot to lose, though, so here here's the next thing I would try:
Force Quit Indesign. See Replace Your Preferences and use the manual method to replace the InDesign Defaults and InDesign SavedData files (and while you're at it, make a backup copy of the InDesign Recovery folder). Also see Adobe Forums: InDesign crashes at startup and delete the additional files in John's post. If you need to delete or copy hidden files and don't know how to access them, see Access hidden user library files | Mac OS 10.7 Lion
When all that is done, restart InDesign. With luck, autorecovery will open the file again with not much missing and you can try to save it.
The "why" is hard to know. I'm glad it worked out. Are you working across a network with a file? That's one major place where things can go bad.
Many organizations use a network workflow, but the networks need to be rock solid. Much safer to keep the files you are writing and saving on the local hard drive if you can, then copy back to the network when you are done.
Once again thanks.
No, no network.
At first I was hopeful my cloud account would hijack the file and push me to save to the cloud :)
But alas :/
No such luck.
It was very unclear how to save to my cloud account
My save ended up on the desktop.
I usually save to Dropbox to work on file from either iMac or air
But this time: desktop.
Yeah I wonder if I have a RAM issue
Or SSD
I do hope that it's not CS6.
I am happy with the new model of pricing
And use of cloud as service. :)
I will do hardware diagnostics before any more blame is levied.
As I did not see any other posts for this issue.
Thanks again
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I usually save to Dropbox to work on file from either iMac or air
But this time: desktop.
I hope you are moving the file from the dropbox (yeah, that's a network, and you're relying on an iffy internet connection) onto your Mac or PC before opening for editing, saving locally, then moving the new version back to the dropbox. Working directly from the dropbox is not a safe thing to do.
I disagree. It's no different than working locally and having an auto backup.
In fact, I usually work on current projects in a dropbox folder to protect them. Saved my neck a couple weeks ago when I overwrote a file. Went to DB on the web and chose the prior version for restoration.
Saved me hours of work recreating the file.
That's the point…I went to my Dropbox folder on the web and from there you can pick any version of the file that you've saved. I simply picked the previous version and it was instantly restored.
I love Dropbox. It's a backup and versioning tool all in one.
I have no problem paying for the 100GB service and with all the referrals I got I've gotten to 132 GB for $9.99/month. Worth every dime.
Does it do the version for you, or are you saving new versions yourself?
I have to say I personally found Dropbox to be very clunky and annoying when I tried it, so I've not given it much of a chance. But I stand by my opinion that working on files over the internet is asking for trouble.


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Welcome back to on the -- at foxnews.com.
Live delighted now to be joined by Allison Barrie.
-- defense specialist you can see her writings every week at war games of folks these don't call my guess -- -- -- exact folksy -- called the war games all on the foxnews.com page I've.
Other but -- -- some fascinating information.
Today about a new non -- technology that's been tested by law enforcement what is it where they testing it wants it -- that.
It's just typical exercise and west Virginia's very new modest and humble about it but every year annually plus sixteen years -- been running a mock prison riots.
Really it's really -- -- it.
On the go to I think that it it looks like a lot of fun it's very exclusive you know the public is allowed to 100 yeah let's just his role players which is pretty cool.
But cameras are -- in their media is not -- -- into real opportunity to get very realistic hands on training.
-- -- very unique setting its decommissioned penitentiary with kind of gothic architecture and stuff.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- It is it is acting local three to see swat.
And from around the world to Jonathan's nine countries participates.
-- it's fascinating stuff that goes on without Oracle's vision that they have no idea back.
-- it is actually huge scale exercise -- -- this year they had 57 scenarios that you know is a lot you know that they ran his feet 27 teams.
-- -- do the whole sort of dammit so everything from.
-- disturbances in infirmary hostage taking that's a popular ski tack taken firm rate it -- they're sick.
Out of Boston in movies and apparently I'm told law enforcement is actually does happen -- -- their tactics.
You know another one is an attempt to cause a disturbance in the dining hall you know try to put on -- officer's uniform and escape that way -- first before that the first responders uniform.
Popular in TV but also popular genuine tactics from the jury sent us -- what does this technology that -- -- trying it in this trip so -- additionally more than forty vendors involved so he kind of technology that's tried and -- brings them most recent iterations of popular technology say.
Pepper balls are really popular when I don't know if you've come across that I have unfortunately -- Well our viewers are hundreds and if he thought was recently to that if -- -- the concept is as small plastic ball insert sheet someone with it.
And I you can fill in training exercises -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- He had to deal with him later assessment of the technologies they tried another one and it's.
Our viewers enjoy is the -- needs to -- trying to diversionary and distraction tactics devices are very popular.
These students are popping smoke these sorts of things it we've -- -- in TV shows.
One that's very.
-- -- LS hornet's nest -- need you served as a triple whammy so it's sad sort of flash bang -- -- -- putting her the flash -- you.
If it can custom noise affect -- the delay affect you get.
In this case -- -- has -- -- in terms of tiny little plastic balls that could be quite painful if you're healthy without.
As well is answer that -- agent the service OC -- each infection closer Bernie IA is causing you knows he's what I want.
Javier is here house announced in his mutual -- -- liquid wedding which would not hurt other officials gracious so was has that been affected you know -- him.
Yes yes actually do that's one of my favorite projects and try to keep an Diana I'm not sure if viewers referring -- there's a Homeland Security project that's been in the pipeline for a couple years now.
Kind of a despite -- web and and just pointed him for -- got as far as I'm like but that is the concept that it would be sort of a nonlethal -- -- Castro ever you know suspects in -- -- situation.
And you -- sort of apprehend them.
In -- you and then nonlethal sort of -- them.
Intrinsic I want got you here let's move on to other technologies we had this the year old aware obviously of this -- ball ball that was.
-- -- -- prevented from actually being carried -- this week.
No not this week we we learned about it this week it was an attempt or going to be an attempt to bring down a US cell line up US -- that -- And -- the bomb maker who is from al-Qaeda in the Arabian and it's been the peninsula in a meeting al-Qaeda in Yemen effectively.
I was developing this technology which -- there was no metal in the -- whatsoever.
And therefore could get through a lot of screening how worried are we about that a what are we doing about.
I'm glad you asked that question I head the FBI director this week I went to congress and asked him to he and visit those tools that were issued a couple of years ago these counterterrorism tools and sent it.
-- -- Is it added new threat -- no it's definitely been an ongoing that you know that very well and -- just hasn't been covered as such but.
It's it does continue to be -- was a problem and the Freddie referred to is that seems to be suggests it's more recent iteration of that underwear bomb attempt.
In 2009.
And the group has also been tied to that October 2010 attempt.
Which was seen in the one involving this -- printer cartridges bomb disguised attempt to -- -- -- Supposedly intercepted in Dubai and appropriately and -- in Dubai and London two.
It's -- -- it's essentially a constant battle.
For more.
Those who want to protect us to keep ahead of those who want to destroy us.
Great well -- -- experiencing changes in airport security with a liquid -- that.
You remember very well that dates back -- the liquid bombing plot so.
It is always a tough issue Heidi stay ahead of the technology in its -- nations but what this really does highlight I think Jonathan is.
No matter what we do our shores were still you what happens abroad does directly affect -- -- so.
-- airport security can be fantastic say -- JFK but if it's not so great in the country from the department the cleanest running from a very good point.
Did and that brings and that's how -- is.
Very different in and self rule many companies and so many even -- and and -- and -- that different but it's if you go other countries very different indeed.
Rating you've -- everywhere so I mean you can attest to the back and then the variety in security practices and the protocols that are in place are just so.
-- -- and you know -- -- -- need of course to work with partners to improve security in that respect but.
You one of my ongoing concerns has been one insider threat which we've seen in Heathrow which hasn't received much attention that.
It's always a concern as it is -- for this threat and the cargo based space area and it's much easier I I would.
Imagine -- -- sneak something in certain that way rather than on a passenger -- the scrambled attempts and had to get it certainly looks.
All right Allison -- defense specialist thank you very much.
And -- war games column as I say folks -- don't call every single week they tell us.
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Published on NOLA.com 11/28. Updated 11/28.
Chihuahua found on Veterans Highway. Must Identify. Call 504-466-...
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Published in The Times-Picayune 11/27. Updated 11/29.
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Web Id: NOO11293430
Published on NOLA.com 11/21. Updated 11/21.
Odie is missing. He is a blue point Himalayan. Last seen Su...
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Web Id: NOO11275265
Published on NOLA.com 11/18. Updated 11/18.
Our cat, Sigmund Freud, is missing. He is normally an indoor cat ...
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Web Id: NOO11261913
Published on NOLA.com 11/15. Updated 11/16.
American Bulldog (65lb) missing from the Metairie area as of 11/1...
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Web Id: NOO11258813
Published on NOLA.com 11/15. Updated 11/15.
Lost Cat Seal Mitten Ragdoll 5 years old Lost near Dolhonde Stree...
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Web Id: NOO11256258
Published on NOLA.com 11/14. Updated 11/15.
Lost dog Barkley off Onzaga and N. Dorgenois Street. P...
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Published on NOLA.com 11/13. Updated 11/13.
My year old, long haired black male cat, Lenny, has been missing ...
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Web Id: NOO11236281
Published on NOLA.com 11/12. Updated 11/12.
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