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A 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit the northeast side of Japan producing a powerful tsunami and raising the threat of disaster at the nuclear power plant. But in spite of the strong force that mother nature has shown Japan, its people remained strong, well-disciplined and share each other's burden as their own - a trait that the whole world saw and commended. Japan, in every step that you'll take, we, the world, is at your back supporting and waiting for you to regain your strength as you recover from the pain of this tragedy. You've already proven yourself before and we believe that you can do it again. My prayers are with you - Land of the Rising Sun.
"It was such shocking and devastating news. I really feel sad that so many people have to take the brunt of nature's cruelty. I pray to the almighty to give you the strength and courage to face this crisis. I hope Japan can get over this crisis quickly."
"It was a very unexpected tragedy. We need to get ourselves together and get over this crisis slowly by being brave. Let us plan ahead looking forward to a brighter future. We have to pray for all those affected by this crisis. We also pray for those who have lost their lives - may their souls rest in peace."
"May God give you the courage and mental strength to face this situation. Never lose heart. Everything will be fine. Time is the healer. I am really impressed by the way everyone handled the emergency with courage, helping and caring for each other. We are praying for Japan to get back to normalcy."
"I pray for the early recovery of the people from the shocking experience of the tsunami and earthquake. It was such a devastating event. I respect the Japanese people immensely for the courage they have shown in facing this crisis. I pray to God to give the people of Japan mental strength and courage, and to have a more peaceful Japan."
"It is sad that Japanese people have to go through so much pain, suffering and mental agony because of the recent tsunami and earthquakes. But yet, Japanese people are very brave. They will get over this disaster in no time. Only the strongest of people are always tested by nature and time. And you have a lot of people from all over the world including us back here in India praying for you."
My hometown is in Fukushima Prefecture.
When the earthquake struck I was backpacking through Malaysia.
I heard about the earthquake from the owner of the guesthouse I was staying at but never thought that Fukushima, my home prefecture, would suffer the enormous damage that it did. My family was safe but our house was destroyed. In fact, I still have a few friends that I've been unable to make contact with.
The situation at the nuclear power plant is only making things worse.
My hometown, Iwaki City, is located 40kms away from the power plant. Although it is not situated in the area where the government has issued evacuation orders or recommended people stay indoors, rumor has it that no supplies are reaching the city centre. Because of the food shortages, just the other day my family evacuated and has moved in with me here in Beppu. They may be rumors but they make a strong impact.
This earthquake has, however, made me realize something: the strong bonds that link all Japanese people. Even in Kyushu so far away from the disaster area, so many people have been taking part in donation appeals and all sorts of projects to help those affected by this disaster. My family and I have been greatly moved.
We are truly thankful for all the support we have received from APU students and members of the local community.
To the people in the affected areas: there are so very many people down here in Kyushu supporting you. So don't give up hope, keep up the fight and let's overcome this disaster in the warm and tenacious spirit of the Tohoku people.
As a native of the Tohoku region, I wish to offer my sincere gratitude to the people of Kyushu and will continue to have faith that missing friends and relatives we still can't contact are alive and well.
My thoughts and prayers go to the people affected by the recent earthquake. I am currently involved with the "FLAG" freshman orientation student staff group. Family members please rest assured that FLAG members are doing their best to support the new entrants from the disaster areas and ensure that they can adjust to their lives here at APU and Beppu. On behalf of all FLAG members, I pray for a speedy recovery.
My thoughts and prayers are with those who have been affected by the recent earthquake. Even now, the effects of the aftershocks and situation at the nuclear power plant continue to cause unease and concern. But don't loose hope, the entire world has come together to support you.
I experienced the Great Hanshin Earthquake when I was a child and can still remember the fear, anxiety and terror on the faces of the adults around me. I have since grown up and, over the months and years, have seen though TV programs and documentaries how so many people gave their support. I think it's only fair that this time we return the favour and do our bit to help the people who have been affected by this disaster. It's ok, you are not alone.
Everyday I think about what we can do to help, even though we are so far away here in Beppu. I plan to volunteer to take part in the relief effort. Please keep up the fight!
What can I do to help? Donating money, giving blood and saving electricity are all that comes to mind, but I will do everything I can. I hope that those affected by the recent disaster can return to their normal lives as soon as possible.
I remember seeing the disaster area from the air during my flight to Oita. The moment I saw the massive destruction, the destroyed buildings and the land submerged, I was lost for words. I am blessed to be surrounded by the environment I am in now. I have to remind myself of this and make the very best of everyday.
I was in Hokkaido when the earthquake struck and I only saw footage on the television. So I don't really think I can fully understand what people in the affected areas are going through. However, even though I am far away, I do hope that people can return to their normal lives as soon as possible.
We are living in really trying times.
I am so thankful to have been able to safely attend the entrance ceremony without incident. At APU I hope to do the very best I can to play my part. Let's work together to get over these tough times.
The Japanese people have overcome adversity many times in the past and I'm sure we can do it again. Let's work together to overcome these trying times.
Every time I saw footage of the disaster area in the media, I really wanted to do something to help, but at the same time, felt rather helpless. It was then that I decided to do my bit for the relief and reconstruction process. The recent earthquake has motivated me to try to support the social well-being of people affected by this disaster. This goal helps to drive me in my daily work.
I hope that the people affected by this disaster can return to their regular lives as soon as possible.
Keep up the fight!
Don't give in to hardship!
You have my support!
My heart sank every time I heard the latest news from the disaster area.
The Japanese people can achieve great things when they work together.
I hope that the people affected by this disaster can find peace of mind as soon as possible.
I'm sure that there will be hardship ahead, but I encourage the Japanese people to strive forward with a spirit of fortitude. I will do my very best to do whatever I can to help. You have my heartfelt support.
The tsunami and power shortages have caused great destruction and misfortune, but I hope that we can all come together as one to overcome these hardships!
Damage beyond imagination has robbed people in the disaster areas of so very much. I really don't know what to say. But you are always in our thoughts. We will never forget what happened. Let's all work together.
I first heard about the tragedy through the Australian media.
I am sure that everyone caught up in this disaster has experienced tragedy and gone through so much. People around the world are doing their best to help through collecting donations and relief materials. Seeing how you manage to keep your spirits high is a great source of inspiration and reminds me of the strength and spirit of perseverance of the Japanese people. When people stumble, it takes a lot of energy to get back on their feet. But when you stand up again, you encounter a stronger self with a better view of your surroundings.
It may take years, or even decades, but let's work together to help you stand up again.
I hope you will get over these problems quickly. I believe the Japanese people, who I really admire, can do unbelievable things.
I hope Courage will always stay with the people who have been affected by the earthquake. All my best wishes go to you.
I'm so sorry for what happened on 11th March. Please be strong!!!
May God be with you all and please remember that when God closes a door, somewhere he opens a window.
I hope that the people in the disaster area are safe and can recover from this disaster soon. My circle, APU-NEST, is carrying out a donation appeal and I hope that more and more people will contribute and help us to support the relief effort. Ganbare, Japan!
I hope to do my bit for the relief effort and want the people affected by this disaster to remember that life goes on and that you are not alone. Everyone is supporting you and making their contribution.
We offer our sincere condolences to those who have been affected as a result of the recent earthquake that struck eastern Japan. Aftershocks and the effects of this disaster continue to affect peoples' lives. We at the Student Press Assistants (SPA) Team pray that the people can return to their normal lives as soon as possible.
Immediately following the disaster, over 100 APU students, faculty and staff came together and are currently organizing and carrying out a range of charity events and donation appeals. We at SPA have been working to gather information about these and other relief initiatives, and making it available online for those who want to lend their support. We have also attempted to clarify, as much as possible, what kind of events are taking place and identify where and how the collected funds have (or will) be used. This, we decided, was what SPA can do to help. In this way, we hope that by providing you with accurate information about what APU students, faculty and staff are doing, you will discover how you can play your part in the support effort.
Latest information about the levels of radiation in Oita Prefecture is updated by the local authorities and available in Japanese only. APU students have translated the information and will explain about it in the follow videos available in a range of languages.
We are sure that the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck on March 11, 2011, continues to cause concern to parents and guardians of APU students. New entrants must be especially concerned. Not only have they just arrived in Japan, but they also may have difficulties finding a reliable source of information about the recent events. Therefore SPA members would like to help by providing you with information about the situation in Oita Prefecture.
Kami yakin bahwa bencana gempa bumi dan tsunami yang terjadi pada tanggal 11 bulan Maret lalu telah banyak menimbulkan kekhawatiran pada orang tua serta keluarga dari mahasiswa APU. Terutama, mahasiswa baru yang baru saja datang di Jepang mungkin mengalami kesulitan untuk menemukan sumber informasi yang terpercaya mengenai perkembangan dan kabar terbaru tentang bencana yang terjadi saat ini. Oleh karena itu, kami para anggota SPA di sini ingin membantu teman-teman semua dengan cara memberikan penjelasan mengenai situasi terkini di tempat tinggal kami sekarang yaitu Oita prefecture.
Có thể thấy tại thời điểm hiện tại, gia đình và người thân của sinh viên chúng ta vẫn đang lo lắng về ảnh hưởng của trận động đất và sóng thần lịch sử ngày 11 tháng 3 vừa qua. Đặc biệt là với những tân sinh viên kì mùa xuân này. Là sinh viên mới đến Nhật một tháng, chắc hẳn nhiều bạn vẫn còn bỡ ngỡ về viêc tìm một nguồn thông tin có độ chính xác cao để cập nhật tình hình. Vì vậy nhóm SPA chúng mình sau đây xin gửi tới các bạn những thông tin mới nhất về tình hình tại Oita.
สวัสดีทุกๆท่านจาก Student Press Assistants (SPA) ทางเรามั่นใจว่าเหต์การณ์แผ่นดินไหวและคลื่นซึนามิที่ได้เกิดขึ้น ณ วันที่11มีนาคม2011 ได้สร้างความวิตกกังวลแก่พ่อแม่และผู้ปกครองของนักเรียนเอพียูและนักเรียนที่พึ่งเข้าใหม่ ที่จะต้องเดินทางมาญี่ปุ่นและมีปัญหาในการหาข้อมูลที่น่าเชื่อถือเกี่ยวกับสถาณการณ์ที่เกิดขึ้น ด้วยเหตุนี้ ทางSPAจึงใคร่ที่จะเสนอข้อเท็จจริงเกี่ยวกับสถาณการ์ปัจจุบันในจังหวัดโออิตะ
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Readership: Scholars and students of international law, international responsibility, and the United Nations; scholars and students of international relations; government and NGO legal advisers
Antonios Tzanakopoulos, Lecturer in Law, University College London
Antonios Tzanakopoulos is Lecturer in Public International Law at University College London. Prior to that, he taught at the Universities of Oxford and Glasgow. He studied law in Athens, New York and Oxford. Antonios is a qualified lawyer with the Athens Bar in Greece, Associate Editor for the Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts, and collaborateur scientifique of the Hellenic Institute for International and Foreign Law.
"Tzanakopoulos presents a very detailed book where the treatment of one important legal question flows easily into the next without any distracting redundancy. He makes a convincing argument for the idea of employing disobedience as a countermeasure against Security Council resolutions and thus adds one beautiful stone on the way to complete the mosaic of the debate on the exercise of its powers by the Security Council and states options of reaction to it." - Dr. Clemens A. Feinäugle, Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law
"This work is an effective contribution to the discussion of a current issue which continues to make
people talk and write." - Anne-Catherine Fortas, Revue Générale de Droit International Public
"...thorough and rigorous analysis of the cases and practice... This is an important and valuable analysis of a relatively new but fast growing problem... The argument is often dense and challenging... the sharp increase in challenges to the legitimacy of Security Council actions will before long justify an expanded second edition" - Professor Eileen Denza, Common Market Law Review
"While the book is well written and structured, the sheer density of argument, the wealth of research, and the depth of thought make it a very rewarding yet equally
challenging read." - Thomas Lieflander, Leiden Journal of International Law
"Antonios Tzanakopoulos's argument is supported by numerous references, both classical and contemporary, which make up a wide panorama of the current state of research. . . Always, the position set out by the author enriches the debate over the question of the legality of the control of the Council, at a moment when it is multiplying the sanctions which are targeted and when it's role as "World legislator" is criticised." - Annuaire français de droit international
"This monograph is one of the first to systematically address an increasingly important problem,
namely the reaction to excesses of power, or unlawful acts, of the Security Council...By its subject, and the way it goes about addressing it, this book is solidly devoted to these increasingly pressing questions. The author demonstrates several qualities: expertise...; a distinctive subtlety and a capacity to sustain a powerful argument; a remarkable knowledge of general international law which underlies and visibly strengthens the argument; a concentration on the essential questions only [and] a palpable mastery of the subject ... . In sum, Dr Tzanakopoulos offers us an image of a next generation of international lawyers of which we can be proud." - Robert Kolb, Professeur de
droit international public à l'Université de Genève, Journal du Droit International
"[T]he work is highly creative and reveals remarkable intellectual discipline and technical accomplishment. It constitutes a valuable contribution to the debate about the nature of the Security Council's powers and exposes once again the limits of the international legal order in constraining the exercise of public power by international organisations." - Erika de Wet, Professor of International Constitutional Law, University of Amsterdam and Co-Director of the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa, University of Pretoria
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recommend Disobeying the Security Council. It is a substantial achievement. It repays careful reading and will without a doubt spark debate. It has certainly sharpened my view on the subjects of which it treats." - Matthew Happold, Professor of Public International Law at the University of Luxembourg
"Antonios Tzanakopoulos has written a powerful book in Disobeying the Security Council. It is a rich - at times very rich - piece of scholarship..." - Marko Milanovic, Edinburgh Law Review
"...the book is a thoughtful study of topical and important issues surrounding the responsibility of the UN and international organizations in
general...Scholars and practitioners in international law and relations will benefit handsomely from reading this book." - Sienho Yee, Wuhan University Institute of International Law, Chinese Journal of International Law
"[The author] has a rigorous and logical way of formatting legal arguments in the debate. This work is certainly a necessary item on the shelf of every specialist dealing with issues of international responsibility." - PAÑSTWO i PRAWO (State and Law)
"Irrespective of the interest it sparks of its own accord, Antonio Tzanakopoulos' book undeniably comes at the right moment." - Frédéric Dopagne, Netherlands
International Law Review
"It is nothing less than a tour de force through the law of responsibility of international organisations, carried out with great intellectual rigour." - Thomas Liefländer, Leiden Journal of International Law
1: Responsibility as a Form of Accountability
2: Attribution of Conduct to the UN
3: The Element of Breach
4: Judicial Determination
5: Determination by States
6: The Content of International Responsibility
7: Implementation through Self-Enforcement
8: General Conclusion
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A 78-year-old woman walks into an agent's office to buy life insurance.
"Have you ever had cancer?" asks the agent. "Oh, yes, dear," says the woman. "Breast cancer."
"Do you have a family history of heart disease?" "Oh, yes, dear," the woman says, nodding. "My father died of a massive heart attack in his 60s."
"Do you have any history of mental illness?" prods the insurance man. "Oh, yes, dear," she says. "I've been on bipolar meds for years!"
"Uh, okay. So how big a policy did you say you wanted?" he asks. "Twenty million dollars."
"In that case," says the agent, "yes, dear!"
If actuaries were the sorts of people to tell bar jokes, this might be one of them. But in truth, the 78-year-old woman happens to be flesh and blood. (We'll call her Martha.) And equally real, for that matter, is her $20 million, newly minted life insurance policy -- which was approved in late 2010 by The Hartford.
But that, remarkably, is not the surprise of this story. The surprise here is how easy it was for the company's underwriting team, based in Maple Grove, Minn., to make the call -- top executives signed off on the paperwork in a mere 30 minutes. For starters, explains Assistant Vice President David Redpath, Martha's bout with cancer happened when she was in her late 50s -- according to The Hartford's latest guidelines, there is little likelihood of a return now. Her father's early death from heart disease? No worry there -- the woman, having made it so far into her late 70s, has already "outlived the danger marker," says Redpath. Indeed, by The Hartford's calculation, Martha will live an additional 14.5 years -- to the ripe old age of 92½ -- which is about four years longer than what the U.S. Census Bureau's life-expectancy table predicts for a woman her age. And at a premium pegged to $1 million a year, Redpath figures, The Hartford ought to be able to turn a tidy profit on the deal, after investments.
On first blush, such a business decision may seem to be merely a bold poker play -- the insurance equivalent of going for an inside flush. (A $20 million policy, after all, is a big deal; the average face amount for a Hartford policy, by comparison, is a mere $500,000.) But look a little deeper and you'll see something at work beyond risk-taking; you'll see a revolution in the making, experts say. Ever so quietly, insurance-industry number crunchers are tossing aside the old statistical models and life tables. They're recasting tired stereotypes about the "fatal" diseases of yesteryear. They're rethinking that most ancient of questions: How long will we live? And they're coming up with what many would say is a radical answer.
Call it the new death calculus: the 21st-century equation for determining human longevity. Or call it misguided guesswork, as some critics have. Either way, it's hard to imagine a math problem that has flummoxed humanity for longer. (Actuaries, in fact, have been fumbling for an answer since 1583, when the first life insurance policy was issued.) And it's even harder to conceive of one with more at stake in the outcome.
The dollar figure affected is so staggeringly enormous that it takes a while just to write out all the zeros. Start with $1.6 trillion, which is the amount currently invested in life insurance annuities -- products typically tied to the longevity of the owner. Add another $6.5 trillion. That's the amount in private and government pension plans, according to the Investment Company Institute. (Were the average U.S. life span to increase by just one year over current government projections, the country's private pension systems -- already struggling to keep pace after the recent market upheavals -- would take a roughly $115 billion hit, based on data from Swiss Re, a prominent reinsurance firm, and ICI.) Now throw in another $4.3 trillion (what Americans have in 401(k)s and other defined-contribution plans), plus $4.6 trillion (what we've saved in IRAs), plus $10.5 trillion (the face value of individual life insurance policies in force in the U.S.) and you begin to get a sense of the ante. Leaving aside the matter of Social Security -- a 14-digit-dollar question of its own -- the pool of money tied to the death calculus is somewhere on the order of $27 trillion.
But don't let the astronomical scale fool you. This particular bit of math is not merely a challenge for big governments and big business to solve. It's one doozy of a personal challenge as well. As the expectations of human longevity morph and shift, so of course should people's retirement plans -- and with them, perhaps, answers to everything from the big-picture decisions (How much must you sock away for later years?) to the nitty-gritty (Can you afford to maintain two homes? Does it make sense to kick in for your granddaughter's wedding?). After all, to prepare for four additional years of life span over current projections, someone who's 50 years old now would need close to $160,000 beyond his or her current retirement savings to maintain a modest lifestyle, experts say. And increasing a nest egg by that much, assuming historical rates of return and inflation, could mean squirreling away an additional $2,500 a year. Scary, you say? Well, factor in the current jitteriness of the stock market and the millions of baby boomers fast approaching retirement and the solution to the death calculus is arguably more pressing than ever.
As for Americans whose retirement strategies won't be affected, Stephen C. Goss, chief actuary of the Social Security Administration, can think of only one off the top of his head: "Bill Gates," he says. For the rest of us, though, the answer matters deeply. Which is why a growing number of academic soothsayers -- from actuaries and other mathematical modelers to biodemographers, medical sociologists and futurologists -- are hard at work trying to solve the $27 trillion question.
To understand the latest thinking at The Hartford on this question, one has to travel a thousand miles from the company's suburban Minneapolis headquarters to the rolling hills of Asheville, N.C. In the early-morning hours, if you loiter on the right mountain trail, you're likely to see a sprightly, white-haired streak of a man jogging by. Dr. Robert Pokorski sets his alarm for 5 a.m. each day -- but the alarm never goes off. "I'm always up by then," he says, reading medical and other journals before he heads off for a run. It is this man, a 59-year-old physician-philosopher, M.B.A. and practicing Buddhist -- working from a home office deep in the Carolina woods -- who is steadily transforming The Hartford's underwriting manual.
That tome, which provides guidance on virtually every new blood test, diagnosis and medication -- essentially defining each variable in the insurance company's death calculus -- is now more than 2,000 pages long, having quadrupled in size over the past three decades. Pokorski, who was named chief medical strategist for the company's life insurance division in 2010, is hardly responsible for all of those changes, but his impact on the manual at large has been enormous, says Brian Murphy, an executive vice president at the company. Summoning research and data from throughout the medical literature, Pokorski, along with other physicians, made the case that heart disease and several forms of cancer are no longer the "death markers" they once were. As recently as 1995, for instance, a man with advanced coronary disease was flatly uninsurable. Now it's expected that an arterial blockage can be repaired relatively simply and new plaque buildups can often be controlled with medication, so that life expectancy is only modestly affected.
The changes, in The Hartford's case, have been immediate -- with hundreds of formerly uninsurable applicants now getting coverage (or better classes of coverage) each year. But the driver here has not been altruism so much as it has been a financial hip replacement of sorts for the firm. The Hartford, which two decades ago was the No. 6 life insurance company by revenues, is now ranked at No. 17. Its share price, meanwhile, has plummeted a jaw-dropping 78 percent over the past four years, compared with the 40 percent fall for the Life and Health Insurance benchmark index. The economy has been brutal on the company. But The Hartford's new death calculus, in an odd way, is likely to give it a slight edge on the competition, Pokorski believes. "I think we take risks some large companies may have overlooked," he says. The sales numbers, in fact, back that up in part. The Hartford increased year-over-year sales by 15 percent in the first half of 2011, compared with an industry average of 4 percent.
Rivals aren't exactly giving ground. MassMutual, the No. 5 life insurer, boasts that it, too, takes a very progressive approach when it comes to evaluating, say, breast cancer survivors. "I would say we're on the leading edge," says Melissa Millan, a senior vice president with the insurer. Representatives for top-ranked MetLife and Prudential also say their underwriting manuals are changing by the month, as medical marvels reinvent treatment paradigms. They say they have an eye to the future as well.


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Where it is: 1035 Castle Rock Road, about 1/2 mile past Northgate High School (map) What it offers: The former ranch of early Walnut Creek pioneer Frank Borges is the home base for Walnut Creek's Shell Ridge Open Space activities. The ranch complex includes a blacksmith shop, numerous outbuildings, and farm equipment displays. It also features a barn and covered trellis available for group reservations. The Borges family home, built in 1901, houses historical displays of the early 1900's. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Click here for the history of Borges Ranch. Today, Borges Ranch serves as a ranger station, maintenance facility, and ranger residence. The ranch is also home to numerous animals cared for by the Pleasant Hill 4-H, including goats, sheep, pigs, and chickens. Cattle graze on the hillsides and the corrals are still used for round-ups.
Just below the ranch is the Bob Pond Activity Area, with a seasonal pond, restrooms, lawn, picnic tables, and amphitheater. These amenities are available for group reservations.
Dogs? Permitted, but must be leashed at all times. Pets are not permitted at programs, tours, or events.
Hours: The ranch area is open for viewing daily from 8 a.m. to sunset. Self-guided tour brochures are available at the Ranger Station. Tours. Free Weekend Tours. Learn what it was like to live and work on a family ranch in the late 19th and early 20th Century. Join the Park Ranger for a guided tour of the Old Borges Ranch. Meet at the Hanna Grove Activity Area parking lot on the fourth Saturday of each month at 2 p.m. Educational Programs are conducted at the ranch for school-aged children and civic groups. Group use reservations and information: Call 925-943-5899, ext. 2162


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South Coast Clambake Jazz Festival
March 8 7:00 PM The Mill Casino/Red Lion 541-267-7665 Website
Festival will kick off Thursday, March 7th, at 7pm with a Warm-up Party at the Salmon Room of The Mill Casino, with the music of Soulpie, followed by High Street. Admission: $10 or $8 with All-Events Badge.
March 8th through the 10th, Dancers and music enthusiasts from northern California, Washington, Medford, Roseburg, Eugene and Portland, plan to attend again this year, as the South Coast Clambake Jazz Festival has developed a reputation as a favorite.
There will be a FREE to the public non-denominational gospel service, featuring High Street, Sunday March 10th at 9:00am at the Salmon Room
For a detailed schedule of the entire weekend, band weblinks and samples of their music: please visit the Clambake website: www.clambakejazz.org.
All event Ticket Badges are available or you can purchase tickets by the day at www.clambakejazz.org, or at one of our many ticket outlets, KoKwel Gifts at the Mill Casino, Electric Hospital in Coos Bay or Off The Record in North Bend. Advanced
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24th, South Coast Clambake Jazz Festival March 8th, 9th and 10th 2013!


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GREEN BAY - Sometimes, all the intrigue of Packers training camp can seem like a soap opera, with the twisting plot lines and their interrelationships.
Our Lance Allan and Larry McCarren sifted through them in the latest edition of "Tracking the Pack," including the most critical position on the Packers should Aaron Rodgers get injured - backup quarterback.
"Listening to Mike McCarthy talk, it seems like he's intrigued with Vince Young, and he's going to give him a long leash," said Larry.
"He's well aware of unique abilites that Vince Young could possibly bring to the party. I think Vince Young is going to get every opportunity to do so."
That might not be good news for Graham Harrell and B.J. Coleman, the incumbent backups.
Then, there's the most critical position in making sure Aaron Rodgers doesn't get injured - left tackle.
Larry thinks that there's an even higher threshold of greatness for rookie David Bakhtiari than what he showed in the preseason loss to Arizona.
"I think he's better than what he played. He got the job done, but I've seen him in practice be more precise with his technique, his footwork, his hand placement, be more aggressive in the running game."
Then, there's Johnny Jolly, the defensive lineman who missed years with the Packers after drug offenses landed him in jail. Larry thinks there's reason to believe Jolly may have a chance.
"I have seen some signs of life this week as far as suddenness...the explosive quickness to shock and shed blockers," said Larry.
"This week, during one-on-one pass rush, I've seen that burst from Johnny Jolly. That will go a long way to whether he can actually come back and be an effective player in the NFL again."
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Horticulture Foreman
Category: Horticulture
Morris County Park Commission
Morris County, NJ
Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2013
Job Title: Horticulture Foreman
Agency: Morris County Park Commission
Location: Morris County, NJ
Last Day to Apply: May 31, 2013 or until filled
Salary: $46,523.00 and an excellent benefit package
Position Description:
Employees in this position are responsible for overseeing and assisting with the hands-on development, installation, and maintenance of the gardens and plant collections throughout the Horticulture sites operated by the Morris County Park Commission. Individuals should have strong leadership and supervisory skills, possess a strong understanding of horticulture, display master of the skills necessary to perform horticulture tasks, and be familiar with the identification and cultivation of a wide variety of woody and herbaceous landscape plants. The Horticulture Foreman works under the general supervision of the Manager of Horticulture and reports to the Superintendent of Horticulture for the coordination of daily activities, attendance and other operational procedures.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Inspect the gardens and plant collections regularly and identify horticultural tasks that need to be performed. Prioritize horticultural tasks, develop work schedules, and coordinate their implementation with subordinates.
- Supervise Gardeners, Assistant Gardeners, Grounds workers, Interns, seasonal staff, and volunteers when performing horticultural tasks and monitor the quality of their work.
- Train and supervise staff in the maintenance of annuals, perennials, vines, shrubs, and trees in accordance with the horticultural standards of the Morris County Park Commission.
- Train and supervise staff in all aspects of arboretum maintenance and development including soil preparation, planting & transplanting, mulching, watering, weeding, fertilizing, pruning, propagating, mowing, raking, sweeping & blowing, tree & brush cutting, c hipping, and the proper use of shovels, trowels, fan rakes, grading rakes, spades, digging forks, pick axes, brooms, hand shears, hand saws, loppers, pole pruners & pole saws, wheel barrows, fertilizer spreaders, garden carts, ladders, and other hand tools.
- Train and supervise staff in the proficient operation of push mowers, riding mowers, weed-whackers, backpack blowers, push blowers, garden ATV's, tractors, pickup trucks, chainsaws, chippers, and other power equipment in accordance with MCPC safety protocols and regulatory standards.
- Provide hands-on assistance with the completion of work tasks, when needed.
- Design and plan garden annual, perennial, and bulb displays. Evaluate garden displays and recommend improvements.
- Monitor gardens and plant collections for pests and diseases. Report pest and disease problems to IPM coordinator.
- Apply pesticides and herbicides and maintain application records.
- Report changes to the accessioned plant collections to the Plant Recorder including additions, removals, and deaths. Perform periodic plant inventories. Request accession tags and display labels.
- Oversee equipment use and coordinate equipment maintenance.
- Maintain time records and order supplies.
- Create a harmonious and productive work environment. Address discipline issues.
- Successfully perform the above functions and use said equipment independently without supervision.
- Maintain an attendance record adequate to complete the essential functions of the position.
Minimum Qualifications:
- A two-year Associate's degree in Horticulture or a related field, three year's work as a professional gardener or groundskeeper, and one year's experience supervising a crew.
- A thorough knowledge of the horticultural requirements of a wide variety of woody and herbaceous landscape plants.
- Demonstrated mastery of the horticultural practices and procedures required for soil preparation, planting and transplanting, mulching, watering, weeding, fertilizing, pruning, propagating, mowing, raking, sweeping & blowing, tree & brush cutting, and chipping, and the ability to communicate this with others.
- The ability to identify and prioritize work tasks and supervise staff.
- The ability to identify a wide variety of woody, herbaceous, and annual landscape plants by botanical and common name.
- The ability to identify insect pests and diseases of annuals, perennials, and woody landscape plants.
- The ability to use landscape hand tools effectively.
- The ability to operate push mowers, riding mowers, weed-whackers, backpack blowers, push lowers, garden ATV's, pickup trucks, chainsaws and other power equipment effectively.
- The physical strength, dexterity, and coordination sufficient to perform the above functions.
- The ability to follow written and verbal instructions and perform basic mathematical calculations.
- The ability to lift and carry weights of up to 50 pounds.
- Possession of a valid NJ driver's license
- The ability to maintain an attendance record adequate to complete the essential functions of the position.
- The ability to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.
- The ability to obtain NJ Pesticide Applicator Registration and NJ Certified Fertilizer Applicator status.
How to Apply:
Please mail a resume and cover letter to John Morse, Manager of Horticulture at:
P.O. Box 1295
Morristown, NJ 07962-295
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Forest Service extends comments on Chattooga deadline
MOUNTAIN REST - The U.S. Forest Service officially announced Wednesday that it would give the public until Aug. 18 to comment on a proposal for recreational uses on the National Wild and Scenic Chattooga River north of the S.C. 28 bridge.
"Since we started this process, our number one priority has been public input," said Jerome Thomas, Sumter National Forest supervisor. "Although we were not required to release the proposal nor provide a comment period, we did so to give people an opportunity to review the document. Now we have heard from our publics that they need more time, and we are granting that request."
The original deadline was Friday.
The Independent-Mail reported Tuesday that boaters and conservationists discussed an alternative to the Forest Service proposal, which was released to the public July 2.Buzz Williams, executive director of the Chattooga Conservancy, is proposing moving the Forest Service's put-in site for boaters below a logjam on the river and extending the boating area by roughly 8-miles to the S.C. 28 bridge.
Williams said Wednesday that talks with American Whitewater based in Cullowhee, N.C., had stalled and he was not optimistic about boating and conservation interests agreeing on a plan.
"I think I tried to be reasonable," Williams said. "I just very disappointed at this time."
American Whitewater president Don Kinser said his organization still was digesting the Forest Service proposal and calls the Forest Service proposal a very weak document.
Kinser did say he appreciated the willingness of the Chattooga Conservancy to sit down and talk and called that proposal a tremendous step in the right direction.
"I would look forward to having all the parties at the table," Kinser said. "The Forest Service proposal is nothing more than continuing the ban wrapped in sheep's clothing. American Whitewater will not accept their proposal."
Williams said he has hiked the 7-mile stretch the Forest Service has earmarked for boating in the Ellicott Rock Wilderness, and a major log jam just south of the proposed put-in site at County Line Road Trail presents a dangerous situation.
"The log jam is about a story and half high and is extremely dangerous," Williams said Tuesday.
Williams is proposing the put-in site be moved south to Cane Creek Road, where the Forest Service has a gate that would help control access to the river.
U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Michelle Burnett said Wednesday she has talked with Williams and encouraged him to send in everything as part of the comment process.
"The purpose of the extension is for public comments," Burnett said.
At least one official with the Chattooga River Chapter of Trout Unlimited said he does not see how the Forest Service can examine a new proposal after months of meetings and a final decision due by December. Art Shick, National Leadership Council member from the Trout Unlimited Chattooga River chapter, said the Forest Service has spent a lot of time and money studying possible recreational uses of the river north of the S.C. 28 bridge.
Boating is basically the only activity that is now banned north of the bridge.
"I think it is something that (Forest Service officials) don't want to do again," Shick said. "We've asked our members to comment, and we plan to comment as a chapter."
Shick, who lives in Oconee County, said, "We prefer that it stay the way it is, but if it is going to change, then we prefer the Forest Service alternative."
Thomas said there is a desire for the Forest Service to make a decision.
"The same stakeholders that have requested this extension are the same ones who want to make sure we come out with a final decision in December," Thomas said. "With an Aug. 18 due date, we hope to meet their needs while staying the course for a final decision in December."
Shick, who said he had not reviewed the Chattooga Conservancy proposal, said it was a shock to him that a new proposal could be added at this time.
"I don't think it is possible with all the public meetings and surveys they have had," Shick said. "It looks like it would be tough to pull off with just a two-week extension. It's like everything from the past wasn't good enough."
Shick said he was concerned that the issue boiled down to a boater versus angler discussion.
"There are so many other user groups that are not getting a fair shake," Shick said. "Bird watchers, hikers, all have a vested interest in that stretch of the wild and scenic river."
Williams' proposal, which is posted on the Chattooga Conservancy's Web site, would allow boating from the Cane Creek Road to the S.C. 28 bridge, a distance of roughly 16 miles.
The Forest Service proposal keeps in place the ban on boating from the S.C. 28 bridge north to Burrell's Ford bridge, a major trout fishing area.
Ranger Mike Crane at the Stumphouse Ranger Station on S.C. 28 in Oconee County said trout-stocking programs are conducted between the S.C. 28 bridge and Burrell's Ford, and sometimes a helicopter is used to put trout in the Chattooga River.
"They don't use the helicopter north of Burrell's Ford. It turns into wilderness," Crane said. "More stocking is done closer to the S.C. 28 bridge."
Joe Gatins, a volunteer with Georgia ForestWatch in Rabun County, said the Chattooga Conservancy proposal should be reviewed very closely.
"That's all I can say at this point," Gatins said. "I have no further comment."
Friends of the Upper Chattooga, based in Clayton, Ga., is a group of conservationists that includes the Georgia councils of several conversation groups. Friends of the Upper Chattooga officials have sent a letter to the organization's associates encouraging the Forest Service to continue under its present plan. which includes the ban on boating north of the S.C. 28 bridge.
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Invensys Forms Process and Regulated Industry Products Group
Global announced it has acquired Marcam, a provider
of specialized, operational-level enterprise resource planning (ERP)
solutions for process manufacturers, from Invensys plc, the
global automation and controls group with headquarters in the UK, and from which
SSA Global also bought Baan about a year ago.
then, given early in 2003 Invensys yet again put all its assets and investments
under the magnifying glass, it then allocated the PRISM and
Protean products into their own profit-based division, called
IPS, which was to be responsible for the development, marketing,
sales, and support of the Protean and PRISM process ERP software solutions and
the Invensys Validation Technologies. By joining the Invensys
Validation Technologies group with PRISM and Protean, IPS has aimed at being
able to offer enhanced regulatory compliance solutions for the process and regulated
industries, in a turnkey manner.
Technologies has been a part of Invensys Pharmaceutical Solutions,
another group within the Production Management Division (PMD) of Invensys, and
one of the leading suppliers of validation, pharmaceutical, engineering, and
regulatory-compliant solutions. Founded in 1994 and with over 110 dedicated
consultants, the group has been one of the largest suppliers of regulatory-compliant
solutions in North America and Europe, dedicated to the pharmaceutical, biological,
biotechnology, and medical devices industry.
the Baan product line has traditionally focused on the discrete and hybrid (with
only simple process requirements) manufacturing sectors, this move was to enable
both organizations to fully leverage their strengths in their respective industry
sectors. Under the new setup within Invensys PMD, well over 80 percent of revenues
was hoped to then come from process industries, since, in conjunction with solutions
provided by sister Invensys companies such as Wonderware, Avantis,
Foxboro, Eurotherm, APV,
and Powerware, IPS would also provide a broad set of capabilities
for the process sector requiring regulatory compliance, deep production costing
capabilities, and shop-floor integration, albeit with the caveat that larger
companies would still require enterprise-wide integration to a full-fledged
ERP suite for financials and supply chain management (SCM), which PRISM
and Protean have sorely lacked.
is Part Two of a six-part note.
One provided background information.
Three will continue the discussion of the marketing by Invensys.
Four will detail what SSA Global gets.
Five will cover the merger impact and challenges.
Six will discuss competition and make vendor and user recommendations.
IPS Market Strategy
The IPS group had at the time a new enthusiastic leader, approximately 270 people, and a sharpened focus for the above reasons and facts. The group's strategy was to capitalize on the historic strengths of its PRISM and Protean products in combination with the services offered to assist regulated industries with validation needs. Today, the regulated industries mostly include life sciences (e.g., pharmaceuticals) but the company rightly believed that the regulations from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) would soon extend into the food and beverage industries.
in 2003, IPS was to focus on the plant management needs of food and beverages,
life sciences, and specialty chemical industries, since many pre-Y2K regulated
process manufacturing companies have invested heavily in ERP systems, with the
aim of running their businesses using a single, integrated application from
top to bottom. However, a great part of them have found difficulties in achieving
that at the plant level. In total, PRISM and Protean were at the time installed
in nearly 1,500 sites (spread over nearly 600 corporate customers) with 100
percent of the sites being in the process industries. The breakdown by industry
was as follows:
validation services business was to bring experience in the needs of life sciences
companies, including detailed knowledge of its regulatory environment, and thereby
complete the solution. Thus, the key to IPS' future was indisputably its install
base, and the group was focusing on adding value to these customers through
services and adding additional functionality to its products. For existing customers
requiring validation, both regulatory-oriented development within Protean and
the existing regulatory functions within PRISM, with the addition of validation
services, was to be a welcomed and plausible situation of a turnkey solution
for enterprises seeking the services from a single company to implement a business
solution for regulated industries and create the necessary processes to achieve
FDA certification.
of the growing regulatory requirements, enterprises with legacy ERP instances
have been demanding that their vendors extend their depth in areas such as 21
CFR 11 Part 11, which was introduced to anticipate the effects of electronic
technology' on the drug discovery, development, and manufacturing processes.
Accordingly, FDA regulations focus on two areas:
electronic records (i.e., ensuring accuracy, reliability, consistency, and
visibility to changes in records, with time stamped audit trails) and
2) electronic signatures (i.e., authorized on-line signature that is legally
electronic records (i.e., ensuring accuracy, reliability, consistency, and
visibility to changes in records, with time stamped audit trails) and
2) electronic signatures (i.e., authorized on-line signature that is legally
that end, both future releases of Protean at the time (4.1) and PRISM (7.2),
which were committed to be respectively released mid-2003 and at the end of
2003, would feature the above regulatory compliance in full.
Building on Marcam's Reputation
was hoping that Marcam's early product vision and venerable reputation in the
process manufacturing market for providing plant-centric ERP solutions might
finally play well to capturing the marketing opportunity. The regulated industries
require both pure operational compliance and control, and cost containment,
both of which IPS seemingly had answers to. First, it had long established compliance
with Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP)-based
implementation methodology that is aimed at aligning tools, policies and procedures,
making Protean suitable for regulated environments and adding adherence to FDA
requirements. Some of these CGMP features include electronic quarantine; location
classifications (which let users create various types of inventory states and
control the availability and usage of resources); drug and hazardous material
reconciliation; and quarantine release by user and material type. Second, as
for cost containment, the patented Production Model, which will be
explained below, would allow users to calculate, track, analyze, and control
costs through unique activity-based costing (ABC) capabilities.
operational compliance and control mastered during 2003, Invensys undertook
development to integrate the plant solution into enterprise backbones and plant-level
manufacturing executions systems (MES) and production control systems,
whereby sales and consulting groups were to be ramped up to serve the existing
customers and its target market. While all of these were strong points, from
hindsight, however, it appears that the intense Invensys corporate activity
of the last several years delayed the implementation of a sound product strategy
for IPS, and has challenged it to follow through on its seemingly well-thought-out
plan and on delivering tangible results as quickly and efficiently as possible.
other words, while Invensys was still trying to hang onto Protean's process
manufacturing capability to remain at the heart of the Wonderware's vision of
"Sensor to Supply Chain", long forgotten and neglected during Invensys' stint
with Baan, IPS was faced with an insurmountable dilemma— deciding whether to
rebuild momentum and profile as a full-fledged process ERP vendor, or to re-launch
Protean as an operations management system that would integrate with other ERP
platforms. Namely, on one hand, IPS could no longer bet on its patented Production
Model functionality to distinguish itself in the process manufacturing
ERP arena, where many vendors such as SAP, Oracle,
Ross Systems, Infor (formerly Agilisys),
Adonix, SSI World (in the UK), Intentia,
PeopleSoft, etc. have caught up significantly (if some have
not even overtaken it) in functionality, even as they have expanded the breadth
of their extended-ERP application portfolios.
the other hand, IPS attempted to target operations management with Protean 4.1,
which apparently had a new aim at delivering the US FDA compliance and control
systems to process manufacturing industries, by adding the 21 CFR Part 11 electronic
signature and audit control capabilities, whereas the ISA-95 standard for web
services would link Protean to shop floor execution systems. Developed by the
Instrument, Systems, and Automation
Society (ISA), and arguably one of the most important
for manufacturing companies, the ISA-95 Control to Enterprise Integration standard
is a multipart international standard, which defines the boundary conditions
between a manufacturing and a business system, the touch points between them,
and which data elements should be transferred.
Further, as mentioned earlier on, Invensys PMD still had many complementary products and technologies in its other product families that gave it credibility in the emerging operations management market, but Protean's production model strengths in costing and scheduling had yet to be integrated with these systems, a colossal (and seemingly never accomplished) feat. Consequently, IPS' loss of momentum in ERP after the sale of Baan and a protracted neglect of Marcam has become all but irretrievable, while Protean's future as an operations management product required committed marketing and investment in integration within Invensys PMD's own product portfolio, as well as to third-party products.
concludes Part Two of a six-part note.
Five will cover the merger impact and challenges.


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Black Stars bonuses unchanged for 2013 Nations Cup
By Ameenu Shardow
The Black Stars will receive $12,500 as winning bonus per match at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.
This was disclosed by Sports Minister Kofi Humado when the team paid a courtesy call on President John Mahama at the Osu Castle on Thursday.
The visit by the Black Stars was to receive the blessing of Ghana's leader on the eve of their departure for their pre-2013 Africa Cup of Nations camp in Abu Dhabi.
The issue of the team's financial package in South Africa has stirred a lot of controversy.
The Ghana FA had intended to increase the winning bonus to $17,000 but it was immediately returned to the same amount received by the players at the last Nations Cup following a media backlash.
This means the Black Stars' bonus remains unchanged from 2012 due to according to the minister the proximity of the last edition of the AFCON to the ensuing one and also because of the enormous pressure on government's expenditure occasioned by the 2012 general elections.
"We know that the expectations of the team were quite high but the rates that Government has provided is the rate that we provided for the last tournament in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon," he said.
"This is because normally we should have this games every two years but because of some realignment at the CAF level we have had to have the 2013 tournament back to back with the 2012 tournament.
"And this has put tremendous pressure on the funds of government. We all know we are just recovering from an election where a lot of money was spent.
"So we are craving on the indulgence on all of us particularly members of the team to recognize the special difficulties that government finds itself and to sacrifice a little bit for the course of the country."
Humado however hints there could be extra incentives given to the team from a potential sponsorship package from the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC).
"Fortunately GNPC has also offered some sponsorship so we are working out with them together with the GFA to provide top ups to those rates that fall below the expectations of the team members," he added.
Ghana will begin its Nations Cup campaign against DR Congo on January 20 – a day after the official start of the competition.
The Black Stars will then face Mali and Niger in the subsequent Group B games at the tournament.


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Pakistan Plans $30 Million Amusement Park for Town Where Bin Laden was Killed
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Cheryl K. Chumley
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February 4, 2013
The town of Abbottabad may be known as the site where U.S. Navy SEALs shot and killed Osama bin Laden in May 2011. But that may soon change, as Pakistani authorities have put in motion plans to build a $30 million amusement park in the area, complete with a zoo and adventure sports facilities and restaurants, according to a Raw Story report.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province governing officials hope the project will boost tourism and, in turn, local economies, according to the report. They also hope the fun-filled atmosphere will overcome the town's image and offset its humiliation from the successful U.S. raid, the report continued.
"The amusement city will be built on 50 acres in the first phase but later will be extended to 500 acres," said Syed Aqil Shah, the provincial minister for tourism and sports, in the Raw Story report. "It will have a heritage park, wildlife zoo, food street, adventure and paragliding clubs, waterfalls and jogging tracks."
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In total the exhibits at the museum include collection of 120,000 ethnographic objects; 10,000,000 animals; 250,000 rock samples; 56,000 wood samples; 20,000 maps; 8,000 musical instruments and over 350 archives.
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GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. -- The wave of the future is here and it's arrived right in our backyard in Guilford County!
Colonel Randy Powers showed WFMY News 2 the new equipment Thursday that will allow a crime scene to be captured in 3D.
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Palm Beach Cardinals 2014 Season Preview
JUPITER - The Florida State League season is underway, and the Palm Beach Cardinals are off to a great start. An Opening Day roster that featured four top-30 prospects, nine new faces, and an abundance of talent, the Cardinals have all of the tools to have a special season.
Starting Rotation
The Palm Beach starting pitchers have the potential to be one of the best groups in the FSL, and after one cycle through the rotation, that notion is holding true.
Marco Gonzales is the headline name on the young, Cardinals staff. Drafted by St. Louis in the first round (19th overall) of the June, 2013 First-Year Player Draft, Gonzales is the fifth-best prospect and has the best changeup in the Cardinals organization according to Baseball America.
Gonzales appeared in just eight games a year ago, but turned in a 1.62 ERA (3ER/16.2IP) over four starts for Palm Beach. In his first start this season on April 9, the 22-year-old southpaw struck out seven batters over five shutout innings to pick up the win against Bradenton.
Joe Cuda and Kyle Hald also return to the Palm Beach rotation after strong 2013 campaigns. In his seven starts with the Cardinals to end the year, Cuda went 4-0 with a 1.40 ERA (6ER/38.2IP) and recorded 29 strikeouts against just six walks. He picked up right where he left off in 2014, striking out six and leading the Cardinals to their first win on April 4 at St. Lucie.
Hald led the team with 24 starts a year ago – 10 more than any other hurler – and helped the Cardinals make a late run for a postseason berth with a 3.26 ERA in the second half.
The final three starters of the Birds' six-man rotation are all new to club. Michael Mayers, a third round draft pick by the Cardinals in 2013, got the ball on Opening Day after a great season with the Gulf Coast League Cardinals and Low-A Peoria last year.
Cory Jones and Kyle Helisek have already turned some heads after just one start in a Palm Beach uniform. Helisek tossed a one-hit shutout over six innings on April 8 against Bradenton and Jones blanked the Mets the night before.
If the starting unit continues to throw the ball well, the Cardinals will be a handful for the other teams in the Florida State League all season long.
The Cardinals bullpen has been solid so far this season as well. Corey Baker, Thomas Lee, Aidan Lucas, Iden Nazario, and Robert Stock all return to Palm Beach and bring valuable experience to the team. The new comers of the group, Dixon Llorens and Sam Tuivailala, have combined to allow just one run in five games.
Overall, the bullpen boasted a 2.28 ERA (6ER/23.2IP) through six games. When combined with the rotation's impressive numbers, Palm Beach pitching ranks among the top five in the FSL in almost every pitching category to start the season. Maybe the most impressive statistic through the first six games was the 61 strikeouts the Cardinals staff had accumulated – the most in the league – for a mark of 10.4 strikeouts per nine innings pitched.
Casey Rasmus and Jesus Montero return to Palm Beach to split the catching duties to start the season. Rasmus batted .298 (48-for-161) between Low-A Peoria, Palm Beach, and Double-A Springfield in 2013 and threw out 38 percent (17 of 45) of runners attempting to steal. Montero prevented 23 of 54 thefts last year (43 percent).
The backstop duo hadn't allowed a passed ball or committed an error through 52.2 innings, and in the first week, they combined to throw out 60 percent of runners attempting to steal – the best mark in the Florida State League.
The Cardinals infield features one of the top hitters in the Midwest League last season. Breyvic Valera posted a .309 batting average with Peoria in 2013 – good for fifth in the league. Valera led the league with a 17.17 at-bat to strikeout ratio, striking out just 30 times in 515 at-bats during the season while earning 40 walks.
Valera hit safely in his first six games with Palm Beach to start the season and owned the league's longest hitting streak of the year as of April 10. The 22-year-old batted .346 (9-for-26) during the span.
The infield is rounded out by sure-handed shortstop Alex Mejia, Palm Beach veteran Ildemaro Vargas, newcomer David Washington, and Jacob Wilson, the 29th-best prospect in the Cardinals organization according to Baseball America.
Wilson ranked fifth in the league with a .417 average (10-for-24) through six games.
Washington, a power-hitting first baseman, already has two home runs to his name in 2014 and will be a constant threat at the cleanup spot in the Palm Beach lineup.
Charlie Tilson and Starlin Rodriguez will be two key players in the Cardinals outfield. Rodriguez, who has played in Jupiter in parts of the last three seasons, owns a .302 average with Palm Beach while recording 113 runs and 82 RBI.
Tilson, 21, finished ninth in the Midwest League with a .303 average (114-for-376) for Peoria before ending the 2013 season with the Cardinals Single-A Advanced affiliate. He has been tabbed as the 12th-best prospect and fastest baserunner in the organization by Baseball America.
Power hitting left fielder Anthony Garcia and Palm Beach rookies Nick Martini and Steven Ramos will be the other three outfielders to watch in 2014.
The pieces are in place and the early-season statistics give fans plenty of hope that 2014 will be the year that the Palm Beach Cardinals return to the Florida State League Championship in September. Make sure to come out to Roger Dean Stadium to experience the excitement first-hand and catch a glimpse of the future of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Nike has made it possible on many occasions for Kobe to interact with his fans all over the world. On his trip visiting Ghangzou and Hangzou, Kobe attended a couple basketball clinics to share his talent with many eager kids in hopes, some of the Black Mamba's star power would rub off on them.
He was also able to make time to visit with an old friend, Cao. Cao played on a team in Kobe Mentu, Kobe's tv show in Asia. After the show aired Kobe found out Cao had Spina Bifida, and he made it possible for Cao to come to the LA for treatment. With the help of the Black Mamba, Cao was treated and now is back playing basketball and he has remained friends with Kobe ever since. This is the first time they have seen each other in two years.
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Am I The Only One Sick of Lebron James?
Unfortunately, the answer is probably yes.
As this is my first post, I feel it is my civil duty to warn you I am so anti-Lebron James it hurts.
I'm not sure if this is because I grew up watching my cool Uncle idolize the GREATEST player of all time (Michael Jordan) or that I just refuse to jump on the LBJ bandwagon.
Either way, I am mentally preparing for the hate comments that will result from this post.
During the past months or so I have developed the world's largest Kevin Durant crush*.
Why? I believe he is the kryptonite for ESPN's sick obsession that is Lebron Raymone James.
A "cool" dunk by this overachiever has overshadowed how many retirement announcements, trades, and sports stories I actually care about??? COME ON.
(* strictly based upon basketball playing abilities, not actual romance.)
Although Miami chalked up the "W" last evening, Durant continued to prove himself as a strong contender for this year's MVP award. Here are the final numbers from their last meeting posted by SB Nation's Chris Hanneke:
Durant: 33 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals
James: 34 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assist, zero steals
Is the Slim Reaper a legitimate threat to King James? I sure think so.
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Nail artist Yvett Garcia from @yvynails shares her 3D nail art tips!
- For 3D flowers it is important to find the right brush. Make sure it always ends at a point.
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- When grabbing the small bead of acrylic, Yvett says, "I always make sure it's a perfect little ball, it's easier to shape. I try to avoid putting any sort of top coat over it or it looses it's detail."
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