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RESIDENTS of West Malvern have been celebrating after high-speed broadband has come to the village, following a campaign by the Malvern Gazette.
And people living in Malvern Vale hope to be next as BT says 97 per cent of homes and businesses in the town are now wired up.
The long-awaited upgrade was completed last month, and residents will now be able to enjoy fast internet connection speeds.
Musician Paul Farrer of Westminster Bank said: "We're very glad that we've finally got fast broadband, but we won't forget that we had to shout and scream for two or three years to get it.
"It seems wrong that we had to make so much fuss to get something that the UN considers to be a basic human right.
"West Malvern is hardly a rural backwater, so what must it be like for someone really living out in the wilds? If that is you, I'd advise you to keep making a fuss, as that seems to be the way to get BT's attention."
The Malvern Gazette has been campaigning to speed up the installation of the up-to-date equipment cabinets needed to roll out high-speed broadband across the town, alongside MP Harriett Baldwin.
BT has been working with Worcestershire County Council on the Superfast Worcestershire partnership, to provide broadband in areas not covered by the commercial rollout.
Mrs Baldwin said: "Residents in West Malvern now enjoy superfast broadband and I am pleased that the Malvern Gazette's campaign has been successful.
"BT faced unusual challenges with the terrain and land ownership, so the Conservators, Malvern Hills District Council and local landowners have all played a helpful part in resolving the problems."
Her efforts were praised by Mr Farrar, who said: "Harriett has done a lot to make this possible, and we're grateful for the hard work that she's put in."
Now Mrs Baldwin will be turning her attention to the town's newest housing development, in the hope of achieving the same success there.
"My efforts will now be directed towards Malvern Vale's upgrade and I hope that the county council and BT will have some good news to share shortly," she said.
Her words were welcomed by Tom James, chairman of Malvern Vale Residents' Group, who said: "There are still houses being built here, so I appreciate the problems, but I hope BT can make progress soon."
Bill Murphy of BT said: "As a result of our investment just under 97 per cent of homes and businesses in Malvern can now access fibre broadband. We will now focus on working with Worcestershire County Council to deploy fibre to the remaining parts of the county not covered by any commercial roll-out."

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THE SQL Server Blog Spot on the Web
In two days I'll've finished the MCM Lab exam, 88-971. If you do an internet search for 88-971, it'll tell you the answer is –883. Obviously.
It'll also give you a link to the actual exam page, which is useful too, once you've finished being distracted by the calculator instead of going to the thing you're actually looking for. (Do people actually search the internet for the results of mathematical questions? Really?)
The list of Skills Measured for this exam is quite short, but can essentially be broken down into one word "Anything".
The Preparation Materials section is even better. Classroom Training – none available. Microsoft E-Learning – none available. Microsoft Press Books – none available. Practice Tests – none available. But there are links to Readiness Videos and a page which has no resources listed, but tells you a list of people who have already qualified. Three in Australia who have MCM SQL Server 2008 so far. The list doesn't include some of the latest batch, such as Jason Strate or Tom LaRock.
I've used SQL Server for almost 15 years. During that time I've been awarded SQL Server MVP seven times, but the MVP award doesn't actually mean all that much when considering this particular certification. I know lots of MVPs who have tried this particular exam and failed – including Jason and Tom. Right now, I have no idea whether I'll pass or not. People tell me I'll pass no problem, but I honestly have no idea. There's something about that "Anything" aspect that worries me.
I keep looking at the list of things in the Readiness Videos, and think to myself "I'm comfortable with Resource Governor (or whatever) – that should be fine." Except that then I feel like I maybe don't know all the different things that can go wrong with Resource Governor (or whatever), and I wonder what kind of situations I'll be faced with. And then I find myself looking through the stuff that's explained in the videos, and wondering what kinds of things I should know that I don't, and then I get amazingly bored and frustrated (after all, I tell people that these exams aren't supposed to be studied for – you've been studying for the last 15 years, right?), and I figure "What's the worst that can happen? A fail?"
I'm told that the exam provides a list of scenarios (maybe 14 of them?) and you have 5.5 hours to complete them. When I say "complete", I mean complete – you don't get to leave them unfinished, that'll get you 'nil points' for that scenario. Apparently no-one gets to complete all of them.
Now, I'm a consultant. I get called on to fix the problems that people have on their SQL boxes. Sometimes this involves fixing corruption. Sometimes it's figuring out some performance problem. Sometimes it's as straight forward as getting past a full transaction log; sometimes it's as tricky as recovering a database that has lost its metadata, without backups. Most situations aren't a problem, but I also have the confidence of being able to do internet searches to verify my maths (in case I forget it's –883). In the exam, I'll have maybe twenty minutes per scenario (but if I need longer, I'll have to take longer – no point in stopping half way if it takes more than twenty minutes, unless I don't see an end coming up), so I'll have time constraints too. And of course, I won't have any of my usual tools. I can't take scripts in, I can't take staff members. Hopefully I can use the coffee machine that will be in the room.
I figure it's going to feel like one of those days when I've gone into a client site, and found that the problems are way worse than I expected, and that the site is down, with people standing over me needing me to get things right first time...
...so it should be fine, I've done that before. :)
If I do fail, it won't make me any less of a consultant. It won't make me any less able to help all of my clients (including you if you get in touch – hehe), it'll just mean that the particular problem might've taken me more than the twenty minutes that the exam gave me.
PS: Apparently the done thing is to NOT advertise that you're sitting the exam at a particular time, only that you're expecting to take it at some point in the future. I think it's akin to the idea of not telling people you're pregnant for the first few months – it's just in case the worst happens. Personally, I'm happy to tell you all that I'm going to take this exam the day after tomorrow (which is the 19th in the US, the 20th here). If I end up failing, you can all commiserate and tell me that I'm not actually as unqualified as I feel.
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Good Luck!
Best of luck.
This is just an exam. It doesn't define you. Your clients won't know the difference between you having an MCM or not. It likely will not be the hardest thing you will ever do in this life. I find that being a father and husband has been the most challenging "lab exam" I have ever taken on in my life, but my life is full of a different set of experiences and priorities than others.
I think you will do just fine, considering everything else I've known you to accomplish.
I love your double-contraction in the first sentence! :-)
I totally agree with Tom on the most challenging "lab exam" ever. They don't come with manuals nor are you given any study guides for those.
I wish you all the best. Now, if only I can find a sponsor so I can take the lab exam :-)
Readers of my blog , or followers on Twitter will know I took the MCM Lab exam a couple of days ago.
I'm not big on New Year resolutions. I can't say I respond particularly well to "everyone's doing something,


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When importing a LC7 process map into Workbench, you may have some graphical display problems, where certain activities are running off the viewable area in the process editor panel. You can see the route lines leaving the page in Workbench and returning but you cannot access the activity, and so, cannot change it's properties or move it back onto the page.
Here is an example of the problem on the process editor where you can see the route lines going outside the viewable area and coming back in, but you cannot see the related activities:
It can occur that the "x" and "y" position for some activities become negative during the import process. These values define the positions on an x-y axis, and so, if they are negative, they will not appear in the viewable area in Workbench. This is a product bug in Workbench ES.
This issue has been fixed in Workbench ES 184.108.40.206, 220.127.116.11 and later versions of Workbench. For Workbench ES 220.127.116.11 there is a patch available. Please contact your Adobe support contact if your require the patch for 188.8.131.52.
The other option (although not recommended) is to modify the process XML, and just remove the minus sign from the x and y values as required. Be sure not to change the "x-offset" or "y-offset" values. These are relative values, and so, can be negative.
If you install the patch or are using a later version of Workbench then the values will be restored correctly. Here is the result of making the manual changes in the process XML for the gateway activity, bringing it back onto the viewable area:
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Nobodiee(: I wanna b single. Boyfriends are too much drama. Plus im waiting for someone who really loves me and will treat me right; That person hasnt come along so im still waiting. Lol
Cooool I dont care if guys do that to me I just never wanna be forced into anything. I dont like that when guys force me or pressure me. Other than that I have no problem with anything
Uhm actually its funny, I found her shirt in my gym locker but I dont know her. I just know who she is. I dont fuck with little 7th graders so no.
lol okay good b-cuz i'm not either. an it was nice talking to u. hope to talk again sometime later ;P
He's a jerk right?? Ugh man. He was checking me out at the baseball game 2nite & like.. he didnt say anything & we used to be so close. We used to talk like everyday. But no. He cant even say hi. Jerk.
Are you kidding me? Boys dont even like.. talk to me barely.. I think in High school though I'll be like somewhat in the center of attention. But not at my schoool.. I guess guys dont think Im cute or what not.. Cuz they aint all over me like asking me out and stuff


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Performance tuning
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Performance tuning is a hallowed ancient art. It is a social forum, it is power to the prolitariate, it is a bustling lively marketplace, it is an artform, it is engineering at its pinnacle of refinement, it is beyond Physics, it is putting go faster stripes on an old Citroen and racing Ferrari's.
edit Concept
The concept of Performance Tuning for cars is to take the shittest thing your Mom and Dad will give you, add some new parts, and make it faster than greased lightning running away from Bob Geldof. The only people in the world with the skills to do this are between the ages of 17 and 25. They're a cunning breed. They know that Pagani, Ferrari and Porsche are all just out for yer money. They know all the mechanical tricks needed to coax 500 horsepower from a 1.6 litre Ford Focus. They have ***WATCHED*** all TWO fast-and-the-furious movies!!! Vin Diesel has nothing on these guys.
edit Origins
Although the beginnings of this humble sport are lost to the mists of Time, one of the more popular legends tells the tale of a young Henry Ford who welded a tin of beans(empty) onto the exhaust on his Honda Civic. Thus he created the illusion of a larger exhaust system and anyone with a severe learning defect was fooled into thinking it was the "mutts nuts".
Henry Ford went on to develop the famous Ford Model "T". This car was based heavily on the aforementioned Honda Civic but had a turbo badge on the back. The Model T was critical to the Allies victory in World War II because Germany's only car manufacturer at the time, BMW, do not know how to make turbos.
edit Performance Tuning in America
In America the roads have no bends, so most American cars do not come with a steering wheel. This helps to lose weight, however they find themselves at a performance disadvantage when faced up against any other car manufacturer in the world. Trying to go around a bend in an American car usually ends up in the car either going off the road or spontaniously bursting into flames. However, the main method American tuners favour to get more horsepower from their cars is to add more cubic capacity to the engine. This is usually done by constructing the engine from a huge metal block that weighs 4 tonnes. Americans like to use 8, 9, or 25 litre engines because they only produce about 5 horsepower per litre. Most American cars have 8 cylinders, because its cool to say you own a "veeee eight". Its also the only reason that American cars use superchargers.
edit Performance Tuning in Japan
In Japan, emperor Horosatugo woke up one morning after drinking too much Saki and decided that the people of his land were not allowed to build engines more than 1.2 litres. Most Japaneese cars are therefore made of Plastic to reduce weight. In a completely different engineering approach, Japaneese tuners favour using Magic to get 368 horsepower per litre out of their engines. Usually, the great mage Chouko-Vtec-San casts his spells over Japaneese engines before they are installed, but sometimes he gets tired so instead they get Haruki-Mivec, Hoshi-Wankel or Hitomi-Supar-Turbo-Mayu-San instead.
edit Performance Tuning in Britain
British racing has a proud and dignified background. The Queen thought to herself one day that her coaches were rather slow, so she appointed Sir Mick Jaguar a knight and degreed that he design a rather spiffing horseless carriage. Sir Mick promptly made a car with a V12 engine, painted it green, and buggered off with everyones money. He lost all his money in Las Vegas and was bought by Henry Ford who turned him into a mondeo. That'll teach him. Meanwhile Henry Royce and Charles Rolls were busy making a car what weighed 5 tonnes and had 9 different types of champagne in the drinks cabinet. Their car was soon given the nickname 'phantom' because police found tyre tracks that matched those of the car in a number of mysterious hit-and-run deaths. It is thought that the champagne may be related to these incidents and thats why today it is illegal to drive in Britain without a chaeuffer.
edit Performance Tuning in Germany
A German's idea of tuning is putting an unstable nuclear reactor in your grandma's wagon. Usually these cars are overengineered to an extent that words cannot describe and the running costs alone could fund a space project to Mars (expect a clutch replacement on an SL65 to cost about 9 billion dollars).
These cars are engineered by psychos then sold to people with more money than sense who don't realize 1000 foot pounds of torque in a RWD car is a one way ticket to oblivion.
These cars also have a habit of depreciating faster than a diamond dropped in a furnace.
edit Tuning Methods
There are two general schools of thought on the theology of Performance Tuning, and can be categorised into engine/drivetrain modifications (for people with time to waste) and cosmetic modifications (which separates the pros from the little boys).
Engine mods are the simplest mods and are usually carried out by little boys who don't know how to tune cars properly because they are LAAAAAMMMEEEE. Everyone knows the best way to increase your horsepower is to put a resistor into the ECU which puts moar fuel into the engine and makes a bigger bang and voila lots of extra horsepower but its a very complicated mod that is only done by PROS for a NOMINAL PRICE because the resistors used are very EXPENSIVE and made out of DIAMONDS.
Drivetrain mods affect the handling and are mostly a scam and a total waste of time, except for some lowering mods which make the car almost scrape the ground and it looks SO COOL!!!
Cosmetic mods are where the REAL performance difference is! People in the know know to get rid of the terrible front and rear spoilers and add new ones which are double the depth and come within millimieters of the gravel under the car. This is much more aerodynamic and with the addition of side skirts or even a full body kit makes the car produce 200 extra horsepower! Other mods are extra NEON and LED lights which add under-car and over-bonnet lighting. These are always good for at least an extra 30 horsepower and a few torques too! You need the extra performance of these kinds of light in order to steal fuel tankers. Most American car owners would need to steal a fuel tanker regularly to run their cars, which run nominally at 5mpg (or 21gpm for a vee eight) if their fuel prices weren't so low.
edit Secret Tuning Tips
For a guaranteed 50 horsepower increase in any car, simply add V6, 16v, V8, turbo, GTi, Type R, GT-R, M Power or AMG badges. In fact, why not add them all for ultimate boosts in handling, power, aerodynamics, positioning dynamics and cock size? Extra points if the performance badge doesn't match the car manufacturer. For a further 30 bhp add kickplate style floormats and a steel effect plastic fuel cap.
The most common misunderstanding amongst mechanics is the role of the braking system in performance vehicles. You see, the principle of the braking system is to slow a car down. But sports cars aren't about slowing down, they're about going FAST. Some people even UPGRADE their brakes. Master tuning companies know the secret to ultimate performance lies in removing the braking system completely. This frees up room under the chassis for extra engine extensions and reduces weight. The key to getting away with this ultimate performance mod requires that you are not a crap driver. If you are a crap driver and need to use the brakes a lot to stop you from driving into corners then DON'T BOTHER. Just put you're car on ebay cos your shit. Remember, brakes only slow you down; BRAKES ARE FOR LOSERS!!!


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"In the recent financial crisis, the ratings on structured financial products have proven to be inaccurate," reads p822 of Dodd's bill. "The activities of credit rating agencies are fundamentally commercial in character and should be subject to the same standards of liability and oversight as apply to auditors, securities analysts, and investment bankers."
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Interesting Article on Language
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Slava: An interesting and informative reference. While modern English, even middle English, did come from a layer of French words over a basically Germanic language, the idea that this was a Norman French infusion is highly disputed by some linguists, Charlton Laird for example. A listing of French words as they came into the English language, seems to indicate the fusion postdates the Norman rule of England and comes from a more standard French.
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Media Dismiss Drop In Unemployment Rate As Government "Propaganda"
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Media figures have rushed to discredit the newly released jobs numbers, claiming that the drop in the unemployment rate to 7.8 percent has been manufactured to help President Obama's reelection chances. In fact, experts dismiss the claims as unfounded conspiracy theories and agree that the numbers are accurate.
Jobs Report Reveals Decrease In Unemployment Rate To 7.8 Percent
Bureau of Labor Statistics: "The Unemployment Rate Decreased To 7.8 Percent In September." According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the September Jobs Report showed a decrease in the unemployment rate to 7.8 percent, and an increase in the civilian labor force:
The unemployment rate decreased to 7.8 percent in September, and total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 114,000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in health care and in transportation and warehousing but changed little in most other major industries.
Total employment rose by 873,000 in September, following 3 months of little change. The employment-population ratio increased by 0.4 percentage point to 58.7 percent, after edging down in the prior 2 months. The overall trend in the employment-population ratio for this year has been flat. The civilian labor force rose by 418,000 to 155.1 million in September, while the labor force participation rate was little changed at 63.6 percent. [Bureau of Labor Statistics, 10/5/12]
Media Figures Blasted Jobs Data As "Total Pro-Obama Propaganda"
Fox's Stuart Varney: "There Is Widespread Mistrust Of This Report And These Numbers." Discussing the jobs report on Fox News' America's Newsroom, Fox Business host Stuart Varney said, "There is widespread mistrust of this report and these numbers." Varney went on to suggest that the unemployment rate drop warrants mistrust because it came five weeks before the presidential election:
VARNEY: There is widespread mistrust of this report and these numbers because there are clear contradictions. 873 thousand people said they had found work. But only 114 thousand new jobs were created. That is a contradiction. If you delve a little deeper, seems that a lot of these people who found work -- that's the 873 thousand -- if you look deeply, it turns out that 600 thousand of those 873 thousand people were part-time workers. So they came back into the labor force and they pushed the unemployment rate down to 7.8 percent. But there's a contradiction here between the number of new jobs created and the number of people saying they found work. It was part-time work, Bill. That's what it was.
VARNEY: That's where some of the mistrust comes in. Oh, how convenient that the rate drops below 8 percent for the first time in 43 months, 5 weeks before an election. That's why there's some mistrust that these numbers, along with the contradiction between 873 thousand people found work, only 114 thousand new jobs. Mistrust of this report. [Fox News, America's Newsroom, 10/5/12]
Todd Starnes: "Unemployment Falls To 7.8 Percent ... How Suspiciously Convenient." In response to the jobs report release, Fox News Radio reporter Todd Starnes tweeted that it was "suspiciously convenient" that the unemployment rate fell:
[Twitter.com, 10/5/12]
Fox's Laura Ingraham: Jobs Numbers Are "Total Pro-Obama Propaganda." Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham wrote in a post on Twitter: "Jobs #s from Labor Secretary Hilda Solis are total pro-Obama propaganda--labor force participation rate at 30-yr low. Abysmal!"
[Twitter, 10/5/12]
CNN's Carol Costello: "Is There Any Reason For Any Of Us To Believe These Numbers Might Be Wrong Or Cooked?" Discussing the jobs report with Wall Street Journal editor and frequent Fox News guest Stephen Moore, CNN host Carol Costello asked, "Is there any reason for any of us to believe these numbers might be wrong or cooked?" Moore responded, "Well, good question," adding: "We still have this wide diversion in these two reports in terms of where the employment picture is." [CNN, CNN Newsroom, 10/5/12]
Ed Morrissey: "Something Very Odd At BLS This Month." Conservative blogger Ed Morrissey tweeted in response to the release of the September Jobs Report "BLS reports +114K jobs but household survey +873K? huh? Something very odd at BLS this month":
[Twitter.com, 10/5/12]
Eric Bolling Claimed BLS Release Showed Something Insidious. Fox News host Eric Bolling posted on Twitter following the release of the September Jobs Report on October 5 "Obama Labor Dept (7.8%) smarter than all 25 of Americas top Economists (8.2%est)..or something far more insideous [sic]":
[Twitter.com, 10/5/12]
Joe Scarborough: "These Numbers Don't Make Any Sense." Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough claimed the BLS "numbers don't make any sense" and "don't add up" because of "a weak participation rate and an anemic number of jobs added" :
SCARBOROUGH: You look at the metrics, you look at how it's set up, these numbers don't make any sense.
WILLIE GEIST (co-host): We need more explanation. We're reading through the report in great detail right now, because 114,000 jobs were added, which is below population growth, and a lot of people who projected that number, as Miles said, said if it comes down about 113, 120--
SCARBOROUGH: Anemic growth.
GEIST: You get about 8.1 percent unemployment. And now we've had a major tick down to 7.8 percent unemployment so we're still working through this.
MIKA BRZEZINSKI (co-host): And this is in a time when we're seeing the worst long-term unemployment in recent history.
SCARBOROUGH: And the participation rates are historically low. There is an uptick in .1 percent I'm sorry, that's insignificant. These numbers don't add up.
SCARBOROUGH: Let me tell you something, seriously these numbers don't add up. They just don't. Again, I've got no dog in the fight here as far as the numbers go.
BRZEZINSKI: Cause you want them to be good, we all want them to be good.
SCARBOROUGH: I want them to be good. My dad was unemployed, I always, conservatives always get angry at me when I cheer good economic news, but Mike these numbers don't add up. It doesn't make sense it would drop to 7.8 percent with a weak participation rate and an anemic number of jobs added.
MIKE BARNICLE (co-host): Look, I am totally unqualified to weave my way through these numbers
SCARBOROUGH: Same here. Same with all of us.
BARNICLE: Try to figure it out, I am totally unqualified. I do know this though. That these new unemployment numbers, while offering promise and hope to a lot of people, I'm sure, won't offer promise or hope to an enormous number of people who are still unemployed in this country. There's a lot of unemployed people in this country. I don't know where the number came from, I hope it's accurate, but I just don't know.
GEIST: We should be very clear, I don't think any of us at this table is suggesting the Obama campaign or the White House is manipulating these numbers. We're just digging through the report and want to get it explained.
SCARBOROUGH: We just read Jack Welch's tweet for entertainment value. But I got to tell you though these numbers don't seem to add up. We need the Labor Department to explain. This is, though, every month it comes out, every month, this is such an inexact science. Every month, not just this month, that it's nonsense. They've got to figure out a better way, a more accurate way. [MSNBC, Morning Joe, 10/5/12]
Fox's Monica Crowley: "1 Month Before Election, The Rate Miraculously Drops To 7.8%. Ahem." Following the release of the jobs report, Fox contributor Monica Crowley tweeted, "October 'surprise:' 43 consecutive months of above 8% unemployment, & 1 month before election, the rate miraculously drops to 7.8%. Ahem.
[Twitter, 10/5/12]
Conn Carroll: "I Don't Think BLS Cooked Numbers. I Think A Bunch Of Dems Lied About Getting Jobs." Conn Carroll, senior editorial writer for The Washington Examiner, tweeted following the release of the September Jobs Report on October 5 that he didn't think the Bureau of Labor Statistics "cooked numbers," but rather "a bunch of Dems lied about getting jobs":
[Twitter.com, 10/5/12]
Martha MacCullum: "If It's True That These Numbers Are Exaggerated ... Then They Know That They're Not Better Off Than They Were Four Years Ago." On Fox News' America's Newsroom, host Martha MacCullum suggested that it might be "true that these numbers are exaggerated":
MARTHA MacCULLUM: You know, whenever you look at these economic numbers, I always wonder, because obviously, as you point out, the President's detractors will try to minimize the significance of this number, and the President will try to build it up, that's par for the political course. But it's really down to everyone's sort of individual economic reality. You know, and if it's true that these numbers are exaggerated, because people have taken part-time work, or work that isn't putting them back to where they were, then they know that they're not better off than they were four years ago. I mean it is a very individual experience, the economy. [Fox News, America's Newsroom, 10/5/12]
CNBC's First Question To Labor Secretary Solis: How Do You Respond To Accusation That Jobs Numbers Are "Fixed"? CNBC host Carl Quintanilla asked Labor Secretary Hilda Solis about suggestions that the unemployment rate drop was "fixed" to "coincide with the election cycle." After Solis responded by explaining why the suggestions are "ludicrous," Quintanilla pressed her again, asking how she would respond to former General Electric CEO Jack Welch, who claimed that the unemployment rate is cooked. [CNBC, Squawk on the Street, 10/5/12]
To see the conservative media's history of dismissing newly released jobs numbers, click here.
Experts Agree There Is No Evidence Data Is Incorrect
MSNBC: "There Is Absolutely Zero Evidence To Suggest The Unemployment Data Has Been Manipulated In Any Way." On The Maddow Blog, MSNBC contributor Steve Benen wrote "there is absolutely zero evidence to suggest the unemployment data has been manipulated in any way":
For the record, there is absolutely zero evidence to suggest the unemployment data has been manipulated in any way. The monthly report is compiled by career officials at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, who are walled off from political influence and who've done nothing to have their integrity called into question, and if Republicans are going to raise the specter of an elaborate conspiracy theory, it's incumbent on them to offer at least some kind of proof.
But the larger problem is that this kind of twisted thinking isn't limited to job numbers.
I'm reminded of something Alex Seitz-Wald wrote earlier this year, when Fox News became heavily invested in the argument that the job numbers were illegitimate:
If it weren't improper to psychologically analyze strangers, one might think the Fox hosts are displaying a textbook example of cogitative dissonance here, a psychological phenomena in which people who hold on strong belief about something invent (sometimes farfetched) explanations for new evidence that conflicts with their existing views. Obama is bad for the economy, the jobs numbers show the economy is doing better, so there must be something wrong with the jobs numbers.
But doesn't this sound familiar? The polls look bad for Romney, but rather than deal with the evidence, Republicans assume there's a conspiracy to "skew" the data.
Climate scientists present evidence of global warming, but rather than deal with the evidence, Republicans assume there's a conspiracy to scare the public.
Forget politics for a minute and consider this thesis: it's just not healthy for an entire political party to be so uncomfortable with reality that they deal with it, frequently, by cooking up elaborate and implausible theories, based on no evidence whatsoever. [The Maddow Blog, 10/5/12]
Economist Justin Wolfers: Fluctuations Between The Survey And Payroll Numbers Are "Not Unusual." Economist Justin Wolfers told Talking Points Memo that fluctuations between payroll and survey numbers are common, noting, "It's not unusual -- the household survey is a noisy measure, there's no doubt about it, and that's why most analysts rely more on the payroll survey." [Talking Points Memo, 10/5/12]
Business Insider: Drop In Unemployment Rate Is Not A "Gigantic Surprise." Business Insider reported that the drop in the unemployment rate "should not have been a gigantic surprise," because the number is "consistent with a lot of other September datapoints, including monthly auto sales, which came out earlier this week, and were at the highest level since the crisis, at nearly a 15 million annualized adjusted rate":
The drop in the unemployment rate in September -- from 8.1% to 7.8% -- should not have been a gigantic surprise.
As we reported before, the number is consistent with a lot of other September datapoints, including monthly auto sales, which came out earlier this week, and were at the highest level since the crisis, at nearly a 15 million annualized adjusted rate.
And as you can see from this chart, there is a LONG history of the unemployment rate (red line) moving in tandem with car sales.
Business Insider included the following chart:
[Business Insider, 10/5/12]
Ezra Klein: "The Data Was Not ... Manipulated." MSNBC policy analyst and Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein wrote that the "data was not, as Jack Welch suggested in a now-infamous tweet, manipulated. The Bureau of Labor Statistics is set up to ensure the White House has no ability to influence it." Klein added: "[I]f the White House somehow was manipulating the data, don't you think they would have made the payroll number look a bit better than 114,000? No one would have batted an eye at 160,000." [The Washington Post, 10/5/12]
Economist Betsey Stevenson: "Anyone Who Thinks That Political Folks Can Manipulate The [Unemployment] Data Are Completely Ignorant." In a post on Twitter, Betsey Stevenson, former chief economist at the Department of Labor, wrote: "Anyone who thinks that political folks can manipulate the unempt data are completely ignorant about how BLS works & how data are compiled."
[Twitter, 10/5/12]
NY Times: "The Really Impressive Figures Were In The Categories Of People Who Have Suffered The Most." In a post on The New York Times' Economix blog, chief financial correspondent Floyd Norris wrote, "The overall unemployment rate fell in September to 7.8 percent from 8.1 percent a month earlier. But the really impressive figures were in the categories of people who have suffered the most." Norris went on to explain that the rate among high school dropouts fell to the lowest level in nearly four years and that "the number of people who have been out of work for more than six months fell below five million for the first time since mid-2009":
The overall unemployment rate fell in September to 7.8 percent from 8.1 percent a month earlier. But the really impressive figures were in the categories of people who have suffered the most.
The jobless rate among people with college degrees was unchanged at 4.1 percent. But the rate among high school dropouts fell to 11.3 percent, the lowest figure for that group in nearly four years. It has declined by 1.4 percentage points over the last two months. [The New York Times, 10/5/12]
Economist Lawrence Mishel: "There Was Nothing Particularly Strange About This Month's Jobs Reports." In a post on the Economic Policy Institute's blog, EPI President Lawrence Mishel wrote "there was nothing particularly strange about this month's jobs reports -- and certainly nothing to spur accusations of outright fraud" and called the claim that the BLS manipulated the jobs report a "slanderous lie":
Apparently, Jack Welch, former chairman and CEO of General Electric, is accusing the Bureau of Labor Statistics of manipulating the jobs report to help President Obama. Others seem to be adding their voices to this slanderous lie. It is simply outrageous to make such a claim and echoes the worrying general distrust of facts that seems to have swept segments of our nation.
BLS is a highly professional agency with dozens of people involved in the tabulation and analysis of these data. The idea that the data are manipulated is just completely implausible. Moreover, the data trends reported are clearly in line with previous monthly reports and other economic indicators (such as GDP). The key result was the 114,000 increase in payroll employment from the establishment survey, which was right in line with what forecasters were expecting. This was a positive growth in jobs but roughly the amount to absorb a growing labor force and maintain a stable, not falling, unemployment rate. If someone wanted to help the president, they should have doubled the job growth the report showed.
The household survey was much more positive, showing unemployment falling from 8.1 percent to 7.8 percent. These numbers are more volatile month to month and it wouldn't be surprising to see unemployment rise a bit next month. Nevertheless, there's nothing implausible about the reported data. The household survey has shown greater job growth in the recovery than the establishment survey throughout the recovery. The labor force participation rate (the share of adults who are working or unemployed) increased to 63.6 percent, which is an improvement from the prior month but still below the 63.7 percent reported for July. All in all, there was nothing particularly strange about this month's jobs reports--and certainly nothing to spur accusations of outright fraud. [Economic Policy Institute, 10/5/12]
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – It was a record-setting day for the Saint Leo women's lacrosse team as the Lions claimed their first home victory in program history with a 19-14 win over Indiana Tech on Sunday afternoon at University Field. The win advances the Lions' record to 2-6, while the Warriors drop to 2-1 on the season.
Freshman Brittany Millsap kept the Lions in contention with a career-high 19 saves on the day, including 11 in the second half.
A total of nine different players contributed to the scoring efforts for Saint Leo, with five posting new career bests for their efforts.
Stephanie Marran had a career day with a new best in goals and assists, scoring six goals and adding an assist for seven points overall.
Alix Murray netted a new best with five points, tallying the second hat trick of her career and adding a new best with two assists. Joanna Chadwick and Ashlea Mann also earned career highs with the first hat tricks of their careers, with Mann adding an assist for a new high of four points in a game.
Rounding out the goal count on the day were Callie Porcher, Alyssa Viscomi, Kasey Tanner, and Andrea Kuhl with one apiece, while Christina Minneci added a career best two assists.
The Warriors were led by Kendall Guthrie and Autumn McMillin with a hat trick each. Guthrie added an assist to her scoring efforts for four points on the day. In cage for Indiana Tech, Ashley elvey and Madie Berg split time, collectively earning 10 saves while allowing 19 goals. Elvey set aside eight shots in the first half, and one in the second.
Indiana Tech scored first, with a goal a shade over a minute into the contest, but the Lions pulled ahead 2-1 with goals from Viscomi and Chadwick. The Warriors knotted the score at 2-2 with a goal from Autumn McMillin on a free position shot, igniting a four goal run that left the Lions in a 5-2 hole with 14:31 on the clock.
Mann grabbed a feed from Murray 14 seconds later to pull the Lions to within two, 5-3, but another goal from Indiana Tech extended their lead back out to three with 10:49 before the half.
The Lions were not about to back down and rattled off four unanswered goals to pull into a 7-6 lead with 3:57 to go before the break, but a goal from Indiana Tech's Chelsea Olson 14 seconds later evened the score at 7-7 at the half.
Both teams traded blows to open the second stanza, setting the scoreboard at 8-8 with 27:33 to go. But the Lions pounced and fired off four consecutive goals, including two from Marran, to extend their advantage to 12-8 with 22:21 left.
The Warriors fought back and scored three straight to pull to within one, 12-11, with 15:38 on the clock, But Tanner broke the run at 14:01, and Murray found the sweet spot on two straight shots to pull the Lions ahead by a score of 15-11 with 12:54 remaining.
Both teams battled back and forth over the ensuing six minutes, setting the score at 17-14 with 6:22 to go in the game, but two more goals from Saint Leo secured the Lions first victory on their home field, 19-14.
Indiana Tech led the shot count 45-35, but as well as the total tally for shots on cage, 33-29, but the Lions dominated the Warriors in the ground ball battle, 34-15. Joanna Chadwick led the game with six ground balls, followed by Millsap with five, and Marran, Porcher, Minneci and Cathryn Winslow with four apiece.
The Lions won 13-of-34 draw controls, including seven by Marran, and were successful on 19-of-22 clear attempts. The Lions found the back of the net on 4-of-5 free position shots, and a staunch defense held the Warriors to just three goals on 10 free-position attempts.
The Saint Leo women's lacrosse team returns to action on Tuesday, March 20, when they host SCAD. Game time against the Bees is slated for 5 p.m. at University Field. Fans who cannot make it to the game can catch all of the action live at saintleolions.com.


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John Tortorella:
On the technique for blocking shots, if there's a way to do it and protect your arms or hands:
"That's what gloves are supposed to do. (Mike Keenan piped up from the back to suggest they wear kevlar). I look at Chris Drury, his first shot, he's as big as can be blocking a shot, and to me, you've got to give him a lot of credit. Our team is a good shot-blocking team and I think it's become part of the culture here. So, everybody does it differently. … We do a lot of work around our net to take the ice away. Everybody blocks shots differently, but we always talk about guys being big. And we show tape of guy being small on our team when they try to block shots, and guys being big when they block shots. It's kind of an inner pressure we're trying to put on everybody because it's a huge part of winning."
On the risk/reward of playing a shot-blocking, big-hitting, grinding game:
"Last night we made a little adjustment in our game, in not being so aggressive on our checking, especially on our forechecking, and losing our third guy. We try to be more patient in the neutral zone. We've had discussions on that because it's hard. We play a hard game. I've used four lines this year more than I ever have in my career coaching, and I need to get even better than that. There's going to be certain times you have to change your mindset a little bit that given night. You want to give, you want to push as hard as you can, but you've got to push smart. And I thought we did a really good job of that last night. We changed our mindset a bit in how aggressive we're going to be, because we felt they were picking us apart the last time we played them. They knew we were coming and they just threw it by us.
"We have to think that. It's a great question and I worry about how I answer it to you and to the team, because you don't want to be pack-pedaling either. You don't want to be in between."
On whether that makes it worthwhile to have extra players around:
"If they're ready. If we have someone ready. And right now I can't tell you we do. We don't. They're just not ready right now. We're hoping."
"With our games so spread out here, I don't think (there will be a recall). Once we get through this three-in-four, we have just three games after tonight, and it's spread out. We talked about it last night … we'll talk about it again after tonight. But it's spread out and then it's Christmas. But I think it has to enter our thinking again as we start up our schedule again, because we get pretty busy after this little break."
On whether this is a trap game after the two wins over Washington and Pitt:
"It shouldn't be a trap game because this is a helluva hockey team we're playing. It's a fast team, it's a good team. You look at that Western Conference and it's a good club. I'm worried about the speed. It's going to be a very quick team we play tonight.
"That was a big win for us last night, how we won it, staying within ourselves, and I thought they opened up a bit and we were fortunate to get a couple of goals. You just can't feel too good about yourself too long because you have another one. And this is a good club. Even though they lose 3-0, I watched some of their game last night, they were pretty good; Brodeur was pretty good for Jersey. This is a tough game. So it shouldn't be a trap game. You always worry with the Western Conference and you haven't seen them much, but I just hope (the players) know where we're at right now in the standings and what we have left before we have a couple of days (off) for the holidays.
"You've just got to concentrate and that's a huge point to our game tonight. Can we concentrate again on the little things? I think we'll have a much better chance of being successful if we do."
Tortorella said that surgery is not an option for Boogaard.
He ruled out Prospal playing in Florida after the New Year, and said he's guessing mid-January.
Also, you should know that Ilya Bryzgalov has the flu or something and is not in uniform tonight. Word is the Coyotes signed a goalie from Purchase, who works at Manhattanville, for tonight's game, just to back up Jason LaBarbera.
On the team, in general:
"I like the hockey club. I think we need to improve in some areas, as all teams do in this league. But I like this team and where they are mentally and understanding how to play as a team and everybody's got to join in that area."


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I am a mum of a 3-month old baby. She will be turning 4 months in a couple of days. I would like to know when is the best time to give solid foods to a baby such as mashed potatoes and carrots. Also, is it safe to give babies distilled water?
I am a mum of a 3-month old baby. She will be turning 4 months in a couple of days. I would like to know when is the best time to give solid foods to a baby such as mashed potatoes and carrots. Also, is it safe to give babies distilled water?
Are you breastfeeding? Is your baby still acting hungry after full feedings? I believe that it is okay to begin feeding solids around 4-6 months of age. I waited until my boys were 6 months and just started by making single grain cereals and feeding them homemade applesauce an things like that. It sounds like many of the Mums here use Baby-led Weaning. I actually used the book Superbaby Food and while I didn't follow it to the letter I certainly use the guidelines she provided.
Remember to wait a few days before starting a new food so you can see if the previous food caused any sort of allergic reaction. It is best to breast feed them or bottle feed them before presenting the solids. I started just doing solids at breakfast and as they started eating more I moved to lunch and eventually incorporated dinner as well.
To get started I let my boys play with their spoons for a few weeks (supervised of course), so they could get the feel for it and it wouldn't be such a shock when I presented them with solids for the first time. Also, I have heard that babies don't necessarily need to start solids until 12 months because they get all the nutrients they need from breast milk or formula.
Good Luck and if you have any other questions feel free to ask...
Hi Charibelle,
Whenever a mom asks me about starting solids at such a young age (3-4 months) I ask a few questions to find out what the motivation is. Sometimes a mom will want her child to sleep through the night, so she thinks that giving cereal in the evening will solve this. Sometimes a mom is being told by her parents or others, that her child should start on solids at a certain time. And sometimes it's just that mom is eager to start feeding solids because... well, it's just something "new" to do with baby ;-)
I'd like to know more about why you're thinking about starting solids with your baby. My babies didn't start on solids until they were around 8 months of age. I did have one that started at 6 months of age simply because she took the peach I had in my hand, and pulled it to her mouth so she could suck on it (she showed signs of being ready for solids)... and I had one that wanted very little to do with any solids until she was 12 months old.
If you want to start your baby on solids now, then you'll likely notice that it's not as easy as you might hope. Babies (at 3-4 months of age) don't have very good tongue control for eating solids, as their little tongues will "thrust" the food back out, simply because this is the motion they use to suck/stimulate the breast to get milk. Sucking at the breast (or bottle) and eating from a spoon are two totally different motions that the tongue has to make.
There are some things you can do to make the feeding of solids easier at 3-4 months of age, if you truly believe that your child needs to start on solids this early.
Let me know your thoughts and if you want more ideas on how to actually make this transition easier at such a young age, I'll give you some ideas.
Also, you asked about giving your baby distilled water. Typically, babies only need breast milk or formula. If you're breastfeeding then I'd highly recommend not giving the water, and just putting baby to the breast more often in order to stimulate your milk supply so that baby is getting plenty. There is lots of water in breast milk, and tons of other good nutrients that baby needs (and that distilled water doesn't have).
I'd like to know more about why/when you would need to offer distilled water, if you're still thinking this is needed.
Warm regards,
Hi charibelle_925,
As for me, I breastfed my baby exclusively for 6 months. When he was almost 7months I started introducing him solids like cerelac's stage and 2 cereals and grains. I gave him gerber also. During his first year, that is when I introduced him rice and mashed vegetables with some meat. Though he's not really a fan of fruits yet.
Hi charibelle_925,
For the first 6 months of life babies get everything then need from the breast milk so you don't need to give them any water.
I understand it is best to wait until 6 months of age to start introducing any food as a baby is not developmentally ready before this. This is also the advice in the baby led weaning school of thought if you wanted to consider this.
You say your baby is almost 4 months old, I think my baby went through a growth spurt at this age. During a growth spurt a baby will start sucking at the breast more often and for longer in order to increase mum's milk supply. When my baby went through a growth spurt I found it tiring for about 3 days each time as he would feed more in the night during this time.
I hope some of this is helpful to you.
Hi everyone!
Thank you so much for all the replies regarding my inquiry. From everything that I have read from your posts, I have decided to just wait for the right time when my baby is ready for solid foods. I don't want to be rushing on feeding her at a very young age just because of what some of my relatives have been saying. Though my mom fed my first child when he was 4-months old. This time I think I'll be giving my baby solid foods whenever I think that she is ready for it.
With regards to giving my baby distilled water, my paediatrician advised me to give her multivitamins (though I am a full-time breastfeeding mum) to prevent her from becoming sick due to weather changes. My baby doesn't like the taste so I tried to give her distilled water after giving her vitamins, as advised by my doctor.
Giving her a little distilled water after her vitamins should be fine, but have you tried offering the breast after vitamins? She may take to that and it would be better than distilled water for her :-)
Hi charibelle_925,
Thank you for your update. That sounds like a wise decision to me.
It can be difficult when family members (especially the older generations) try to advise you on what's best for your baby - particularly when research into what's most helpful for babies has changed a lot in the last 10-20 years. I often say something like 'It sounds like you did a great job bringing up your child but we have decided to do things like this because of our gentle parenting style and the research we have looked into'.
Did your paediatrician explain why your baby particularly needed the vitamins as, in the majority of cases, breast milk provides everything a baby needs up to 6 months. However, I understand there can sometimes be exceptions with this (e.g. if there are any health concerns). You may just want to clarify with your paediatrician the exact reason why.
Best wishes,
Hi ljmarsden,
With regards to the vitamins that my pediatrician prescribed, she explained to me that aside from my breastmilk, it will serve as an additional protection for my baby since the weather here in our place changes from time to time. Though my baby has never had cough and colds, viral infections are common in our environment that is why she wanted me to give my baby vitamins.
Hi Kate!
Yes i have tried offering my breasts after giving her vitamins, and of course she takes it in. Though water is something new for her, I still make sure to give her breastmilk since it does not only boosts her immune system but also our mother-daughter bond is enhanced.
Being a Mom I would suggest it is best consult a pediatrician before starting solids for your baby. However, a few signs that we can identify is when your baby starts eyeing you while you are eating or is hungry even after multiple feedings or breast/ formula milk. Soups are best to start with carrots, spinach, betrrots & sieve the soups finely to help the baby swallow it easily. Make sure you avoid vegetables like cauliflower and potatoes. There are quite a blogs also written on it, Its very important to follow a few recipes for toddlers and helps too. Any doubt immediately consult the pediatrician or you Mom You can also read some blogs, I came across this parenting blog called Humpty Bumpty Kids which suggests on when to start solids for babies, "Starting Solids For Babies" and also suggests recipes to use for toddlers, see if it helps you. Let me know if you any more suggestions and so share your experience with your baby )


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I did the pork shoulder on Friday. Two of the at about 4.5 pounds each. The smoker maintained a temp of about 250 - 270 degrees aal day. I put them on at 8:30 AM and didn't get done until 2:00 AM.
HTG gives a cooking time of about 4-6 hrs done on a grill set up to smoke. Now I know a grill set up this way will average higher temps. Should I have used a higher temp? I would like to be able to start in the morning and be ready to eat in the evening. Did I do something wrong or did I just not start early enough.


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My visit to Huntsville Alabama, Space and Rocket Center.
I was shipped out to Huntsville AL for 2 weeks to do some testing on some equipment I designed and analyzed. The test facility has worked closesly with NASA in the past and they gave me free tickets to the space and rocket center in huntsville. They also took me on tour of their facility which is about 50+ years old. The vibration chamber they showed me is 24 feet in diameter and was used to test the Saturn V second stage booster. Yes, I got to see the same test facility that tested the $#@!ing Saturn V, it took people to the $#@!ing moon. $#@! you.
One of the most interesting experiences I have ever had. Well I'm a nerd see, so to me rockets and stuff is very cool and nostalgic. As a young boy I've always wanted to be part of the space program.
Just look at the pics.
Here is a $#@!ing Saturn V, that's right, sitting in the middle of highway. I saw it from 3 miles away.
Random rockets, Juno II, Gemini and Atlas is in there somewhere. Redstone is also an american rocket that was popular in the 50s I believe. Its the green one.
Note this is NOT the Saturn V, its his smaller cousin (rocket on the left). I will show you the Saturn V engines in a minute.
These are huge and they belong to another rocket, the Saturn V's are even bigger.
This is me standing underneath the saturn V engines. $#@!!
This is a single Saturn V engine, it is like 35 feet tall and produces 1.5 million pounds of thrust EACH. It used 5 of these engines. $#@! your M3.
Big momma...
Here it is, the mother of all rockets.
This next one is a V2 I believe, It was the brainchild of Verner Von Braun the first rocket scientiest who defected to america after WWII.
Breathtaking peice of history.
Speaking of old rockets, this was the first self propelled long range rocket (back in WWII it was devastating to the british). It was a pulsejet, not turbojet, developed by the germans to try and inflict damage on major populated cities considered far away at that time. They were very loud and scary for those who witnessed them.
Heres a random SR-71 just laying around...
This plane is huge, I couldnt get it one shot. Sorry for the crappy pics.
Thats my friend in the pic above, just shows you have big this airplane is.
Me standing next to the lunar lander, its so small.
More random shots of the park.
Here is the apollo station.
EDIT: Sticky fix my title to say Huntsville. Sorry typo.
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Other people eat shit and die.
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Actually there were a lot of hot chicks there working at cash registers and stuff.
They had that alabama accent that's pretty hot.Some people live long, meaningful lives.
Other people eat shit and die.
I'm not racist, I hate everybody equally; especially fat people.
I think there is a drought of c0ck here in huntsville because every cashier gave me eyesex. Even at the supermarkets, I think its because I'm a city boy, they like city boiz.Some people live long, meaningful lives.
Other people eat shit and die.
I'm not racist, I hate everybody equally; especially fat people.
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No one saw this coming.
In an interview before his death, Jerry revealed an affair with one of Hollywood's most famous women.
He knew it had been written for someone else.
This time, it wasn't hackers or rogue employees at a production facility.
Comes on the heels of highly anticipated Han Solo film.
Oscar-winning actress takes on "distraught" role.
Daniel Craig fans, rejoice.
After months of near-inseparable togetherness with Blac Chyna, Rob Kardashian has pulled a 180, deleting all evidence of his girlfriend from Instagram.
The dawning of another year is the perfect time to start working on a new you. Need some inspiration? Just look to these badass celebs who have changed their life through health and fitness.
Uh oh. Looks like Diane Kruger might need the 101 on the subtleties of infidelity.
Saoirse Ronan is starring in the title role opposite Margot Robbie as Elizabeth I. Josie Rourke.
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Microsoft has introduced three new incentive offerings targeted to Dynamics ERP and CRM customers. The first of these is Business Ready Flexible Pay, which gives new customers in the U.S. the option to purchase the solutions today but pay for them in equal payments over three years. Second, starting in May, select partners will be able to extend their customers an offer to move to a Microsoft Dynamics ERP solution with a 50 percent discount on licensing, and receive a rebate equal to 25 percent of the suggested retail price. Third, Dynamics CRM can now be purchased as a stand-alone product from Business Ready Licensing.


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After cruising early, Peralta unravels in loss to Bucs
Right-hander allows eight runs as Crew's lead in NL Central shrinks
MILWAUKEE -- The game-changing blast came at the unlikeliest of times, given that the man standing on the mound had been unhittable lately, while the one at the plate hadn't been hitting much of anything. But the numbers didn't stop Pedro Alvarez from turning a 97-mph fastball from Wily Peralta into a three-run home run to left field in the fourth inning, setting off a Brewers unraveling in an eventual 10-2 loss on Saturday night at Miller Park.
For the second consecutive night, an early Milwaukee lead turned quickly into a huge deficit, leaving Brewers manager Ron Roenicke without an explanation.
"I thought he was throwing the ball well," Roenicke said. "He came out the first three innings, looked good, and then we get two quick outs and it opens up."
The surprising home run and subsequent meltdown put the Pirates in a position to grab what would be a surprising series sweep on Sunday. The Brewers came into the weekend looking to bury the struggling third-place team in the race for the National League Central crown, but the first two games of this series have suggested that Pittsburgh isn't ready to fade just yet. With the Cardinals' win in Philadelphia, the Brewers now hold just a half-game lead on St. Louis, while the Pirates are now four games back.
"I'm surprised we've played two games like this against anybody," Roenicke said. "When you don't play good baseball -- it doesn't matter whether it's Pittsburgh or who it is -- you're not going to win. They're a good team."
The Brewers have now lost three straight games by four runs or more, the first time that's happened all season.
For the second consecutive night, the Brewers were unimpressive on the mound and at the plate. Peralta allowed seven earned runs, matching the total from his past five starts combined. The offense stranded six runners in scoring position through the first four innings and scored only two runs on 12 hits.
Peralta, who allowed eight total runs, entered the game with a 6-1 record and a 1.59 ERA over his last seven starts. He cruised early on Saturday, not allowing a hit through 3 2/3, before he unraveled in the fourth by allowing a walk to Neil Walker, a double to Russell Martin and the three-run blast to Alvarez.
Prior to that home run, Alvarez hadn't hit a long ball since July 11 and had been batting .190 with four RBIs since the All-Star break. Before the night was through, Alvarez would add another home run, an exclamation point on Peralta's dreadful night.
"If you make bad pitches, he's a good mistake hitter, which Major Leaguers usually are," Roenicke said of Alvarez. "This guy can do a lot of damage. He still had 15 homers going into the game, and a great year last year. He's always dangerous."
A five-run Pittsburgh rally in the fifth started with an error by Scooter Gennett, the Brewers' fourth in two nights. Andrew McCutchen hit an infield single, Walker doubled and Martin cleared the bases with a three-run home run to left.
Alvarez followed with a solo shot, making it the first time Peralta has given up three home runs in a game.
"When I got the lead, I wasn't able to maintain it, and you know, this is an important series for us," Peralta said. "If I get the lead early, I'm supposed to be the stopper right then, trying to give the team a chance to win."
Offensively, the Brewers put two runs on the board early with Gennett's home run and Khris Davis' RBI double. But they missed chances to score many more, stranding eight on base through the first four innings, including six in scoring position.
It seemed no one could get a timely hit. In the second through fourth innings, Elian Herrera, Peralta, Carlos Gomez, Lyle Overbay, Ryan Braun and Aramis Ramirez all came to the plate with two runners in scoring position. None of them recorded a hit.
"We definitely had our chances," Roenicke said. "Our big boys were up when we needed them up, and [Pittsburgh] got the big hits, and we didn't. We had chances.
"They outplayed us. That's all there is to it."
After the letdown in the fourth -- when Braun popped out with the bases loaded and one out and Ramirez struck out -- the Pirates' five-run fifth took the life out of the building, and the Brewers didn't strike again.
Saturday's loss guarantees that the Pirates will gain at least one game on the Brewers this weekend, and they could gain three with a win on Sunday. After winning 10 of their first 13 games against Pittsburgh this season, Milwaukee is in danger of being swept by the Bucs. The Brewers' three-game skid comes on the heels of a five-game winning streak that included a sweep of the NL West-leading Dodgers.
For the second consecutive night, Roenicke left his team with the same message: time to turn the page quickly.
"I say it a lot -- it doesn't matter when it is or who it's against, you don't ever want to play this kind of ball," Roenicke said. "Yesterday probably worse than today, but there's too many things that we're not doing right that we need to do, and we will. We'll hopefully come out tomorrow and play a good game and see what happens."
Caitlin Swieca is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Gov. Rick Scott, his wife Ann, and Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll on Friday invited students in kindergarten through 12th grades to participate in the Florida Black History Month art and essay contests.
They also invite students, parents, teachers and principals to nominate full-time African-American educators in elementary, middle or high schools for the Black History Month Excellence in Education Award.
"The art and essay contests are a great chance for the children of Florida to express their creativity while learning about the African-American leaders who have enriched our state," Scott said.
The student contests focus on the theme "African-American pioneers who advanced science and technology," and information about the contests and Florida's Black History Month is available on Florida's Black History Month website, www.FloridaBlackHistory.com.
"During Black History month, we take time to recognize the many ways African-Americans have enriched Florida's communities, culture and history," Scott said. "The achievements of African-Americans touch every community, in every field of study, including science and technology."
"We are proud to recognize African-American individuals and their successes, which have made our state a leader in culture and diversity," Carroll added. "As Florida's first African-American lieutenant governor, I hope to continue expanding on Florida's already diverse environment."
About the Student Contests:
The Black History Month art contest is open to all Florida students in grades K-3, and two winners will be selected.
The Black History Month essay contest is open to all 4th through 12th grade students in Florida. Three winners will be selected: one elementary (4-5) student, one middle (6-8) student, and one high school (9-12) student. Winners will receive a 4-Year Florida College Plan scholarship provided by the Florida Prepaid College Foundation.
About the Excellence in Education Award:
Scott's annual Black History Month Excellence in Education Award Contest is open to all African-American, full time educators in an elementary, middle or high school in Florida. Three winners will be selected: one elementary (K-5) teacher, one middle school (6-8) teacher and one high school (9-12) teacher. Winners will receive a check for $1500.
Contest Entries and Nominations:
Student Contests and Educator Nomination forms must be mailed to:
Florida's Foundation, Attention: Black History Month, 820 East Park Avenue, E-100, Tallahassee, FL 32301
All entries must be received by the Foundation no later than 5:00 p.m. EST, January 20, 2012.
For additional information about Florida's black history, contests and other related events, please visit FloridaBlackHistory.com.
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Nathan Fillion Those of you who know me well may wonder why I haven't featured Geek God Nathan Fillion before. Well, he was one of the first I looked up when I thought of this weekly feature, but I couldn't find a picture of him holding a book other than a Richard Castle book. Fortunately my […]Read More →


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I just love cupcake bites, their only "1inch" tall miniature cupcakes that comes in two different flavors (vanilla, chocolate brownie) not to mention that they have (16) frostings to choose from for your dipping experience. Like snicker chunk, butterfinger crunch, dreamsicle, mocha vanilla latte, cheesecake, oreos cookies & cream, reeses chunk and so many more. Plus they come packaged in this cute tube. You can really get carried away with these adorable cupcakes, and they are perfect for parties, weddings, bridal showers, college students, family time with the kids, and so on. I have to admit that I have a serious love affair with these miniture " goodies" I can watch my weight and eat these scrumptous treats rather than a whole cupcake. They are sooooooo Goooooooood!!!! but addicting so watch out!


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Residents in Otley have attacked a housing organisation for leaving them without lights in the midst of winter – for the second time in three years.
Tenants at Fairfax Flats, which are now managed directly by Leeds City Council, lost their night-time lighting on Thursday, December 12.
Concerned about the safety implications, resident Patricia Jacques immediately reported the fault as urgent to Leeds City Council's out of hours service.
But it took seven days and, eventually, pressure from local ward councillors before the lights were finally fixed last Thursday, December 19.
For the tenants, the experience brought back unwelcome memories of December, 2011, when the exact same thing – with the flats at the time being managed by West North West Homes for Leeds – happened.
Mrs Jacques, 78, said: "It has taken a full week to get this fixed, despite me ringing to report it as an emergency and then chase them, and the fact that the same thing happened here at Christmas-time two years ago.
"It really beggars belief – we've had people trying to get in and out of their apartments in the pitch black, and some of the tenants are quite elderly or infirm.
"I'm glad it's finally been sorted out but the different departments at West North West Homes and Leeds City Council need to communicate properly with each other to get the job done right, and to react much quicker.
"They'd sent a second person out in the evening last Thursday after the first one had been and fixed it, so they really can't be talking to one another.
"I'm not sure how I'd rate them out of ten – how far below zero can you get?"
Councillors Colin Campbell, Ryk Downes and Sandy Lay (all Lib Dem, Otley & Yeadon) all took up the issue after being alerted to it last Wednesday by the Wharfedale & Aireborough Observer, on behalf of Mrs Jacques.
The reply they received from a council officer acknowledged that the level of service had fallen below what it should have been and accepted that the lack of lighting would have been "distressing" for vulnerable residents, and vowed to address it urgently.


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I am drenched with equal parts sweat and shame.
This is because I have foolishly spent the past two terrifying hours parked in my den watching the future of modern movie-making.
Here's what I have learned: The future is full of airborne man-eating sharks. Also, tornadoes.
As part of my ongoing quest to remain connected to popular culture without ever getting off the couch, I bravely tuned in to the Space Channel last night and watched a film that, tragically, I will never be able to unwatch.
I am referring here to the much-hyped Sharknado, which, if you have not already deduced from the title, is kind of like what you would end up with if you took the films Jaws and Twister and then, after consuming a large bottle of cheap whisky, randomly spliced them together.
In a nutshell -- which would be a larger container than the plot requires -- this made-for-TV film produced by the U.S. network SyFy is about a freak tornado that sucks man-eating sharks out of the ocean and then drops them on Los Angeles, where they land in swimming pools, bounce off bar stools and generally make life difficult for a group of B-grade actors, such as Ian Ziering, famous for being on Beverly Hills 90210, and Tara Reid, famous for being a celebrity train wreck.
If you are the sort of person who has never dreamed of watching what would happen if vicious killer sharks suddenly rained down on the heads of some of the worst actors in history, then you are not the sort of sophisticated film aficionado I think you are, if you catch my snooty drift.
To my highly cultured mind, which is still on high alert for plummeting sharks, this movie is reminiscent of another aptly named classic, Snakes on a Plane, except instead of snakes you have sharks and instead of a plane you have tornadoes and instead of Samuel L. Jackson you have actors who would improve the overall quality of modern cinema if they were actually eaten by ravenous carnivores.
In case the title isn't sufficient explanation, what I vaguely recall happening is Fin, a surfer/bar-owner, sets out amid the chaos with his friends Baz and Nova to rescue his estranged wife, April, which he does, but her boyfriend gets eaten by the sharks, then the couple hooks up with their adult son, Matt, who falls in love with Nova, so, naturally, they decide to stop the "sharknadoes" by tossing bombs into them from helicopters, except Nova falls into a shark's mouth, and when they land on the ground, a flying shark plummets towards them, causing our hero Fin to (Why not?) jump into its mouth with a chainsaw and cut his way out, emerging with the miraculously unharmed Nova.
Everyone got that? No? OK, it doesn't really matter. The cinematic point I am trying to make here is that there are a lot of really horrible ways to die and, if you think about it, being conked on the head by a razor-toothed shark spewed out buy a freak tornado is easily one of the worst ways to shuffle off this mortal coil.
Mind you, it probably would not be nearly as bad as having a 3,000-pound cow fall on your head. Tragically, I am not kidding about that last horrible thing. It actually happened recently to a man in southeastern Brazil, according to an alarming NBC News item I have just read online.
Bearing the ominous headline "Cow crashes through roof, kills sleeping Brazilian," the story states Joao Maria de Souza and his wife were sleeping in their home in Caratinga when a cow escaped from a nearby farm and clambered onto the roof of their house, which backs onto a steep hill. When the roof buckled, the cow fell onto de Souza's side of the bed.
The victim's mother is quoted as saying: "I didn't bring my son up to be killed by a falling cow... and now he's lying in his bed and gets crushed by a cow. There's no justice in the world."
It is tragic stories like this that make us wish we lived in the picturesque southern Italian hamlet of Falciano del Massico, about 50 kilometres north of Naples. We're not sure about taxes, but death is no longer certain in this Italian hamlet of 4,000 citizens because Mayor Giulio Cesare Favore last year bravely decided to make it illegal for anyone to die in his community.
Noting he had no other choice because the local cemetery is short of space, the mayor decreed: "It is forbidden for residents... to go beyond the boundaries of earthly life, and go into the afterlife."
No word yet on how citizens who defy the order will be punished, but they're dying to find out. For the time being though, we urge everyone to hide in their basements and turn off their TVs, because the unthinkable is about to happen -- the producers of Sharknado are planning a sequel!


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Imagine being in Phyllis' shoes this week as she visits her estranged father on his deathbed. Will he admit the truth about his crimes?
At the same time, Daisy is released from jail. How will her freedom affect other Genoa City denizens? We can't spill all the beans, but we can share this. Daisy's release sets a chain of dramatic events in motion. Who will pay the biggest price?
While on the other side of town...
Things are not going well for Victoria and her dad. Yes, she has landed a great new job, but not so surprisingly, her new position puts her at odds with Victor. Why does he become so upset?
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Police said they're looking for a 2003 gold Chevy Malibu with Florida license plate F443NI in connection with the death of woman found in her apartment Monday afternoon.
Police have identified the woman as 21-year-old Tiara Pool.
Investigators said the car, which is registered to Pool's father, has been reported stolen and is of interest in the murder investigation. Police said the car, if found, is to be preserved for DNA and physical evidence.
Police said a friend who hadn't heard from Pool in a while found Pool's body at Country Club Lakes Apartments along the 4000 block of Hodges Boulevard, and crime scene investigators were still at the complex Tuesday.
"I think people should be concerned as they normally would be. Look out for the neighbors. Call the police immediately for any suspicious activity," said Lt. Larry Schmitt, of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. "We don't know of any immediate threat to this complex or this area, but use the normal precautions."
Investigators said they are asking for the public's help in determining if anyone saw anything suspicious dating to last Wednesday.
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