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Super Slim Playstation: Not Just the Physical Size, But the Price TOO!
Unbelievable price tag: USD150!!
This is a model with only 16GB internal storage (rumored), and one have to take into consideration that online or offline, installation is required for EVERY game to run, unlike Xbox (recently it was announced that Halo 4 will required installation at the size of 8GB, but that is actually required for multiplayer only). But hey this perfectly suits my gaming habit. I am not a greedy gamer. I always focus on not more than two games, and usually one for one given period.
And I dont think Sony will offer cloud saving. Even if it does, it wont take it seriously. Japanese are known for their suspicious attitude towards Internet.
But of course, I rather not play naive and face the truth that this generation of game consoles are all almost at the end of their own product life. If the remaining life is only for 1 to 2 years, USD150 is rather pricy for me. If it would last for another 3 to 4 years (very probable, given the current economic outlook), I would then consider this price tag to justify itself.
I still hope Sony will bring warranty coverage to Chinese buyers though.
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I'd be interested at that price, if only to play with linux operating systems.
Wont happen though, Sony are too smug.I am once again writing a blog, vaguely about playing games the wrong way
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When I first saw this I got kind of bummed, since I just bought a PS3 a few months ago. But if it's limited to 16GB, buyer's remorse is gone!
In terms of cloud saving, Sony already offers it, but only as part of their paid PSN+ subscription.
And as far as is it worth it now when new consoles are on the way, I see it this way. If you buy a PS3 now, the system will be cheap, the selection of great games will be plentiful and they will also be cheap. If you hold off and get a PS4 at launch, it will be expensive, the selection of games will likely be lackluster and they will all be at full $60 retail price.
Mine's a 80GB model and after four years I'm finally hurting for space on this thing. Can't imagine slimming down to 16GB. But if I had only $150 to spend on a Bluray player, would go for this in a heartbeat.
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If not, then you obviously aren't interested in consoles, or Sony, in the least. The story started when the Slim PS3 was released, which didn't have the OtherOS option from the start. So people hacked it to get OtherOS running on it. And that's when Sony decided to retroactively remove OtherOS from every console made with a firmware update "for security reasons." The removal of OtherOS from every PS3 led to a year-long combined shitstorm which had the results of the PS3 getting finally cracked open for piracy(fixed on newer, practically forced down your throat, firmwares), the numerous hacks of Sony websites including a month-long PSN outage, the introduction of the forced arbitration clause to all of Sony's ToS's and EULAs(people filed lawsuits against Sony for bait-and-switch tactics since the OtherOS was an advertised feature of the system. Sony didn't like that.), and numerous people being sued by Sony over their roles in the cracking of the PS3.
I'd actually say that the combined, fully-snowballed shitstorm over the removal of OtherOS was greater than the shitstorm that came about over the Sony BMG rootkit. The rootkit may have gotten more mainstream media coverage, but it didn't result in Sony getting a full security audit by every major credit card company for compliance after all their websites got hacked.
As for the super-slim PS3, it'd be a nice as a general set-top box type thing, even if it's probably a bit high on the power consumption side, because it's a DVD/Bluray player, has netflix/hulu/amazon streaming, easily works with a home media server, and plays games. But I won't buy it because I'm done with Sony. I'd rather spend that $150 on one of the 1TB WD TV Live boxes when they go on one of their very frequent sales.
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When Hayley Hoverter was six, her single working mom brought her along to her job at Starbucks, early in the morning before school. Even at that young age, Hayley found the volume of discarded sugar wrappers distressing.
"I was able to see, firsthand, at a young age, the impact on the environment," says Hayley, now a high school junior. "I still have the same frustrated attitude towards how people treat the environment. I can't figure out—with all of the innovations in the business world—why a person must waste so much to do something as trivial as sweeten their favorite beverage."
Hayley is aiming to change the status quo for cafés everywhere. Her patent-pending invention, Sweet (dis)SOLVE, is a beverage sweetener made from organic sugar wrapped, not in paper, but in a soluble organic starch that melts into your drink without adding calories, odor or taste. She started by targeting local cafés with a reputation for offering the most innovative, "green" products available, but her biggest challenge was getting up the courage to approach them.
"I was afraid that they would tell me that it was a terrible idea, and that it would never work, or that their customers would hate it," she admits. "I felt like I was playing an adult's game in an adult's world. I thought I would fail or that they wouldn't take me seriously enough because I was too young for them to consider my sincerity."
Inspired by stories she heard in her NFTE class about entrepreneurs who learned from their mistakes, Hayley forced herself to pitch to potential clients. "The feedback from the café owners has been 100% positive," she reports. "They are all very excited about the product, and are very eager to help me develop my business. I was able to walk out of the process with interested customers and a proud grin on my face."
NFTE has made the straight-A student more confident about applying to Ivy League colleges, particularly Columbia and Dartmouth. She hopes to get a PhD in either politics or business and to license her product to sugar companies. Hayley says that being an entrepreneur has helped boost her confidence. "I learned that if you can dream up something great, it is your responsibility to follow through with it. When you look at it that way, you can do no wrong."
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CROWN Casino's marquee at the Melbourne Cup was just like chairman James Packer - small but perfectly formed.
The trim billionaire spent much of the afternoon deep in conversation with equally lithe bowler of maiden overs Shane Warne, who lends his name to a bar at Packer's Southbank sin pit.
While Packer's wife Erica was by the billionaire's side, there was no sign of Warne's fiancee, actress Liz Hurley.
Others in Crown's tent included ALP hardman turned Crown lobbyist Mark Arbib, and AFL boss Andrew Demetriou, with wife Symone.
While lacking in largeness, Crown's teepee was immaculately carpeted and featured plenty of deep-cushioned furniture, possibly to make sure there wasn't an Echo in the room.
Casino boss Rowen Craigie was keen to get to the mounting yard to check out his horse Sanagas, but he remained downbeat about the nag's chances.
''If it can run in the first six I will be delighted, realistically top 10.''
Sanagas came in 18th.
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MYER's Bernie Brookes didn't get his Cup day wish for an interest rate cut and the racing-loving chief executive had nothing running on the day, either.
''I haven't got a bonus for a few years - I can't afford to buy horses,'' he told CBD.
He pooh-poohed talk corporate spending was back in fashion on Millionaire's Row this year, saying Myer had slashed its spending on its marquee.
''We downsized in both the number of people we have come into the marquee and the amount of money we spend on the whole carnival,'' he told CBD.
''So ours is about getting value - for example, this marquee cost us significantly less than last year, but hopefully nobody will notice.''
Pacific Brands boss John Pollaers failed to pick the daily double, plumping for Dunaden and a rate cut.
''I'm hoping some common sense prevails,'' he told CBD.
''It's time that we recognise that most of Australia is still doing it tough,'' he said as waiters poured Mumm champagne.
Earlier, Brookes chatted with Australia's highest-paid public servant, Australia Post boss Ahmed Fahour, whose parcel service has been cutting traditional retail's lunch by delivering all those cheap internet deals to miserly shoppers.
Unlikely friends
REPRISING their Derby Day debut as close friends were Australian Workers Union People's Democratic Secretary Paul Howes and Qantas spin doctor Olivia Wirth.
Howes, the tireless (if sometimes tiresome) campaigner for the working people, and Wirth, who last year was the public face of the Flying Kangaroo's anti-union campaign, seem to have once and for all bridged the divide between labour and capital.
The unlikely pair spent the afternoon swanning around the Birdcage, starting out at the Emirates marquee and ending up at Crown's casbah.
Luck of the Irish
QANTAS boss Alan Joyce looked very much at home with his new partners, Emirates, enjoying the luxury of one of the sumptuous marquees that made the Qantas Club lounge look like a backyard shed.
Joyce, who was proud to say he would be backing the Irish horses including Galileo's Choice, didn't have much luck at the Caulfield Cup and failed to back a winner.
It was the first time Joyce had made an appearance at the Melbourne Cup in nearly ten years as previously Emirates and Qantas were arch rivals. ''We used ambush marketing back then, I think flying Qantas planes over the racetrack but we don't have to do that any longer.''
He especially liked the Irish theme Emirates had used for its marquee, but CBD is unsure what the Qantas boss thought of the ''Riverdance'' dancers dancing to Gangnam Style.
Also in the Emirates tent was former prime minister Kevin Rudd, who was locked in conversation with Joyce, as well Howes and fellow voice of the proletariat, cabinet minister Anthony Albanese.
Bookies boss
TREASURY Wine Estates CEO David Dearie was probably one of the luckiest executives on the track and in a small group of punters who backed Cup winner Green Moon.
Tabcorp general manager Kerry Willcock said before the Cup it was hard to go past Dunaden: ''He loves to chase the horses down so I think he will be hard to beat.'' She didn't pick the winner then, but would be very happy that a rank outside came in first, with Tabcorp and the bookies cleaning up.
Tabcorp boss David Attenborough backed a winner in the third, but his picks for the big race - Dunaden and Americain, failed to show.
Also among the throng was Elmer Funke Kupper, the man who formerly sat in Attenborough's seat before moving to take over that other gambling house, the ASX.
Funke Kupper is rejoining Tabcorp's board, but told CBD he would not be one of those former CEOs who comes back to haunt the new management. ''That's why I look so relaxed,'' he said. ''I don't have to worry about the systems.''
Lion's share
IN the two-storey James Boag's marquee investment banker Ron Malek of Greenhill was studying the form guide and was keen on Red Cadeaux. ''I just think it got pretty close last time around and sometimes you have to lose one to win one.''
Also in the James Boag's tent (owned by brewer Lion) was Metcash boss Andrew Reitzer, Investors Mutual fund manager Anton Tagliaferro and Flight Centre boss Graham Turner.
Outgoing Lion boss Rob Murray had a win earlier in the day, and was backing in the Cup Americain as well as Mourayan, '' on the basis that it almost sounds like my surname and it has all the letters of my surname bar one, and that's only credentials I can give and I hope it wins because I will be rich for ever.''
Like a sunrise
OVER at the AAMI tent, Suncorp chief executive Patrick Snowball was deep in conversation with Swiss Re Australian boss Mark Senkevics. Hurricane Sandy was no doubt top of the agenda.
Suncorp general insurance boss Mark Milner tore himself away from race six to have his photo taken with the star of AAMI's advertising campaign Ketut. However Ketut's flame Rhonda must have been left behind in general admission.
Dismal tipsters
PROVING economists are useless tipsters, just seven of the 27 dismal scientists surveyed by Bloomberg predicted Glenn Stevens and his merry men at the RBA wouldn't move official interest rates.
Among those getting it wrong were 12-year RBA veteran Paul Bloxham, who now reads the entrails for HSBC and has called it wrong for two months running, and the normally uber-reliable Bill Evans of Westpac.
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To celebrate Christian Louboutin's 20th anniversary, Neiman Marcus commissioned renowned Los Angeles graffiti artist Galo Canote to create a massive billboard above Sunset Boulevard. The designer himself can see the giant red-soled tribute when he makes an appearance at the Beverly Hills store on February 3 to celebrate his milestone.
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For Japanese-born, Australia-based artist Mari Hirata, shoes are her primary medium. Hirata, who creates photographs and installations using white (and occasionally red) high heels, transforms the shoes into whimsical and often abstract works. She can reimagine heels as a snowflake, a bubble bath, or even a centipede. "My works talk about the unity of formality and informality," Mirata says. "It is the combination of established procedure and order with notions of surrealism and visual puns."
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Tysons Land Use Task Force To Hold Three Public Workshops
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Tysons Land Use Task Force Will Hold Three Public Workshops
Test Scenarios
The Tysons Land Use Task Force will hold three identical public workshops on July 16-18 to get input from the public on three test planning scenarios for the future of Tysons Corner. The public also will be able to provide comments online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpz/tysonscorner from July 16-30.
The public is invited to the workshops that are scheduled for:
Monday, July 16, 7 to 10 p.m.
Vienna Elementary School
128 Center Street South, Vienna, VA 22180
Tuesday, July 17, 7 to 10 p.m.
Spring Hill Elementary School
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Wednesday, July 18, 7 to 10 p.m.
Marshall High School
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Each workshop will start with a visual presentation of the test scenarios, followed by a question and answer session. Afterwards, participants will break into smaller groups for discussion and comments.
The test scenarios are not the actual choices for the future of Tysons, but they test how different planning approaches may or may not work. The scenarios were created based on the task force's guiding principles, the county's new guidelines for transit-oriented development and public comment from workshops held in March. The scenarios are being evaluated to learn how well they address key factors for future transportation and quality of life in Tysons Corner.
More information and graphics of the scenarios can be found at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpz/tysonscorner/tysonsfactsheetjune07.pdf.
Results from these July workshops will help the task force and its planning consultants to design advanced alternatives and later a preferred alternative. These will be available for public review in late fall 2007. Public comment on these alternatives will be used by the task force to recommend revisions to the current Comprehensive Plan for Tysons Corner to the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors in 2008.
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On Tuesday, April 23, faculty became learners and students became teachers as the Trinity community gathered to enjoy OPUS, a campus-wide academic celebration sponsored by Trinity's Academic Initiative. During this year's OPUS, over 70 students presented on a variety of topics to audiences of students, faculty, and staff. Throughout the afternoon, attendees also enjoyed performances by the winners of the writing, music, and oral performance competitions.
The day ended with a luau-themed dinner and a closing ceremony, where OPUS committee members raffled off prizes, winners were announced, and top acts performed.
While many students enjoy OPUS by listening and learning from their peers, some students value the chance to display papers, presentations, long-term research projects, and Interim discussions.
Ethan Holmes '15, a transfer sophomore student, experienced OPUS for the first time this year.
"During the end of the semester rush, it was nice to relax and enjoy presentations from other students. I especially enjoyed hearing presentations from other departments and seeing professors' reactions and hearing their questions about the work we had all done."
Holmes performed an original oratory during the closing ceremony, which had earned him first place in the oral interpretation competition. "I valued the opportunity to share my work with my peers and teachers. It's an amazing experience to present something very personal and God-centered to a group of people who share many of my beliefs and support my work."
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Record Executive Traces Evolution of Music Industry in Digital Age
When Steve Greenberg, SIS/BA '82, got his start in the music industry, record sales and radio time were the driving factor in financial success. Now, more than 20 years later, the digital age has taken the industry by storm, online streaming and viral promotion determine the success of a new song, a new artist.
"The industry has gone from passive input based on radio listeners determining what's a hit to artists reaching No. 1 without ever being on the air," he said. "The new model is all about making [listeners] passionate and making them want to share the music."
Greenberg shared his first-hand insights into the inner workings of the digital age of music and how he's kept his company on the cutting edge of the music industry in the 21st century and where they'll go from here as the keynote speaker at Kogod's annual Alan Meltzer CEO Leadership Speaker Series on November 12, 2013.
"We're still experimenting and trying new things," Greenberg said. "There are definitely still a lot of challenges to be faced in the future. I don't have all the answers yet but I'm hopeful someone will find them."
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The Master SIP
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Standalone SIPs
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Rapanui-Teemill Privacy Policy
We at Rapanui Clothing Ltd. ("Rapanui") are thoroughly committed to protecting the privacy of our customers, site visitors and partners. We use the information that we collect to fulfil your product and service orders and to create a more personalised experience for you. This policy addresses our use and disclosure of information we collect from you. This policy covers our collection and use of personal information for all visitors, customers, store operators and third party business partners regarding all of our online operations, including those via RapanuiClothing.com and Teemill.co.uk .
1. What personal information do we collect?
We committed to delivering outstanding customer service to each and every customer. When visiting and purchasing from RapanuiClothing.com and Teemill.co.uk and any of our other affiliated sites we collect two types of information about you. The first is called "Personally Identifiable Information" and the second "Non-Personally Identifiable Information" – we'll explain what these are in a bit, but more importantly is the reason why we collect this data: simply it's to help us provide you with the best possible customer service we can. Now for the legal stuff...
Personally Identifiable Information.
This refers to information that alone or together with other information we can access lets us know the specifics of who you are. We gather "Personal Information" when you order from us, set up a store or when you enter a competition or when you sign up to our newsletter. This information includes names, e-mail addresses, billing and delivery addresses, telephone numbers, genders, ages, product selections and preferences, order numbers, billing information, payment details, referring website Uniform Resource Locators ("URLs"), Internet Protocol ("IP") addresses (which identify the specific computer or device you are using), comments / feedback / reviews, webpage usage, social media profiles.
This information helps us to fulfil your orders and provide you with the best possible customer service.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information.
This refers to information that does not identify a specific individual. We gather certain information about you based upon where and how you shop on our site in several ways. This information is compiled and analysed on both an individual and aggregated basis. For example, this information may include such data as the URLs of the website that you will have just come from, the URL of the website you next go to, the browser you are using, and your IP address.
2. How do we use the information we collect?
Our primary goal in collecting Personal Information is to provide our visitors with an excellent, personalised online experience and to improve the way we design and offer new products such as to project trends and optimise product development. We use customer contact information to fulfil orders, and to let you know the latest with your order (i.e. we've received your order – thanks! – or your order's on its way – it'll be with you soon!) and sometimes to send promotional information which we think you'll love, via email or text. You can opt out of receiving promotional information at any time as described in Section 6 below.
We collect IP addresses and other data to support our market research and understand the interests of our visitors. For example we use IPs to monitor the level of activity of different user groups on our site (how many people are on the site, which pages are their favourites etc.)
All of this works to support us in our work to improve and make things better for you, our visitor. For example, if we find that we have lots of Spanish friends we could know to translate our site into Spanish as a way to better serve them. Or if we learn that our customers need certain sizes such as small, we can personalise the site for them so that we show them products that are available in small.
3. How do we gather information?
We gather information in a few ways, some information you provide directly to us (e.g. your name and delivery address) and others we get from your device, like most other sites on the net... keep reading to see how we do it and what we do with the information.
We collect information from visitors to our site regarding the URLs they came from (did you find us through Google or perhaps you typed in the address yourself); if you've come from someone else's site we look at their IP addresses to see where they are; we also look at the date and time of your visit and/or order, the number of visits and/or orders you make, the number of visits to different pages you make, the server type, the operating system, the browser type used to come to the site, the pages and page titles, whether you have certain things enabled on your device (e.g. "Java" or "cookies" – we'll explain more later), the browser language (Bonjour! Hola!), applications and plug-ins, any search terms entered on our site... you see we look at a lot of technical stuff. But it all helps us to see what works and what doesn't.
Product Ordering
When our customers order one of our products or services, we collect and maintain their names, e-mail addresses, billing addresses, delivery addresses, telephone numbers, product selections, order numbers, payment details, referring URLs, IP addresses (and passwords if they choose to make an account during the checkout process). We do this so that we can fulfil their orders and let them know what's happening with it (we've received your order, it's on its way etc) and from time-to-time send you promotional materials – like our epic special offers.
Setting up and Maintaining User Accounts
When any of our store operators, business partners and other users sign up for and maintain user accounts, we collect and maintain the personal data they provide.
Contests / Competitions
When you enter a contest or other promotions, we may ask you for contact information - such as your name, address, phone number and e-mail address. We do this so that we can notify winners and get their prizes to them. When you enter a competition or contest, we may use this information to send you information on other Rapanui material we think you'll like (i.e. our other promotions, or discount codes, or newsletters), subject always to your rights to unsubscribe as set out in Section 6.
Newsletters & Promotional E-mails
We offer free newsletters and promotional e-mails as a service to our customers and subscribers. We like to keep you informed and up to date with what's going on at Rapanui. As a young company, we're always developing, growing and coming up with new ideas. We want to share that with you. If you no longer want to receive these emails (we're not sure why this would be the case, but no worries) you can unsubscribe at any time using the links in the emails we send as described in Section 6. Or you can just get in touch and let us know directly using the contact info on our site (and below). We'll then make sure we don't send you any more promotional information.
Contact Information
If you contact RapanuiClothing.com or Teemill.co.uk or our customer service representatives by telephone, e-mail or letter, we may keep a record of your correspondence or comments. If you report a problem with our site, we may collect the information you provide and store it. If you contact us through our feedback area or by calling one of our customer service representatives, we may ask for your name, e-mail address and order information in order to get back to you, to send a reply or let you know we've fixed the issue you had.
"Cookies" are pretty important things to have on your device. Without them you wouldn't be able to buy anything on our site. Put simply, cookies store information about your device. Simple data and nothing intrusive, but it helps us know a little bit about you. Most importantly, it helps us to store the items you put in your cart. It remembers which product you want and what size and what colour. By using our site you agree to us using cookies. You can delete these cookies at any time by accessing your internet options. Don't worry we won't be offended. But you won't be able to buy stuff from our online store. There's more information cookies a little further down this exciting document.
4. Do we provide information to any third parties?
We do not sell, rent, trade or otherwise transfer any personal information to any third party without your express permission (unless it is obliged to do so under applicable laws or by order of the competent authorities) except as set out in this Privacy Policy.
We need to provide certain information to third parties who assist us in providing our products and services and developing our markets, but under their contracts with us they are required to store and process your information in accordance with similar standards of protection as we do.
We use Stripe for payment, analytics, and other business services. Stripe collects identifying information about the devices that connect to its services. Stripe uses this information to operate and improve the services it provides to us, including for fraud detection. You can learn more about Stripe and read its privacy policy at https://stripe.com/privacy.
If any police force, regulatory body or other public authority lawfully requests us to provide personal information we may comply with that request without being obliged to inform you.
5. How can you verify or access and update your Personally Identifiable Information?
Verification: If you do not have a user account with us (including if you are a Registered Customer), you may ask us at any time what Personally Identifiable information about you we are processing and we will respond as soon as possible, subject to any legal restrictions. For security purposes, you may only make your request by sending us a signed document to the postal address listed in Section 10 below, together with a copy of your driver's license, passport or other official proof of identity card.
Access and Update: If you do have a user account with us, you may in addition to the above access, update or correct your Personally Identifiable information by accessing and amending your profile entries in your user account dashboard.
6. What are your choices regarding your receipt of newsletters and promotional emails?
You may unsubscribe from our newsletters and opt out of receiving any further promotional emails from us at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions in any newsletter or opt links in emails you receive from us. After doing so, you will never receive future newsletters or promotional emails – unless you open a new account, enter a contest, or sign up to receive newsletters or emails. If you do not wish to receive postal mailings you can opt out by contacting us and asking to be removed from our postal mailing list using the contact details in this document. Don't worry, we won't be offended. We'll just make sure not to contact you again. But we will miss you. What security precautions are in place to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information?
All of the customer data we collect is stored in a password protected area and protected against unauthorised access by physical and technical security measures.
Our data is stored on a secure server which has anti-hacking security measures in place. Personal profile data is stored in a password protected database on this server, which is itself protected with access permissions. User passwords are encrypted with modern non-reversible encryption methods. Transactions take place over a secure (256-bit) encrypted connection and we do not store customer card details on our server.
7. How long do we keep your information?
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PHYSICIAN UNIONS -- The Solution or Just Another Problem
By: Steven I. Kern and Robert J. Conroy
Around the state, union organizers are recruiting physicians. These organizers are seeking to capitalize on the frustration and feelings of powerlessness of physicians faced with the challenges of managed care and stiffer competition. As hospitals and mega medical groups set up practice across the street from established community-based practices, and national chains gobble up practices, physicians are looking for some relief. But are unions the answer?
Some physicians, who believe that strength in numbers will be enough, have been quick to embrace unions. They believe that by joining a union they become one of many and will have voice in national and local political debates and have a friend at the collective bargaining table when healthcare benefit packages are negotiated and forms of coverage selected. The theory is that unions with physician members will be hostile to managed care plans and resist negotiating contracts with national employers that encourage employees (the union's members)to select managed care plans for their healthcare needs. But is this realistic? Unions and management have been this nation's biggest supporters of managed care. Indeed, managed care could not have gotten a foothold without their combined efforts to promote cost containment and lobby the federal government to do likewise. Unions, also, run many benefit plans on their own. Each year, organized labor negotiates with carriers, managed care companies and mega-medical groups for the care of union members not covered by employer-based plans. Even if unions could serve as a forum for physicians collectively to bargain with managed care plans (and they cannot as noted below), it would not be in their best interest to do so. Unions have an interest in keeping healthcare costs low, even if that means that physicians will suffer.
But, some believe that the unions of late have cooled on managed care now that they see that managed care may mean rationed care. So, why not join a union and present a united front to managed care companies and bargain for better reimbursement and greater coverage? The simple answer is that physicians who are not employed by the same employer cannot bargain with a single voice on reimbursement or any other economic terms of their care. Federal antitrust law makes it a crime for any group of independent businesses or professionals to bargain collectively for the sale of their goods or services, or to refuse to sell their goods or services to any purchaser. The law refers to such collective bargaining as a "conspiracy to fix prices" and the collective withholding of goods and services as a "group boycott." Both are serious federal offenses and as one group of Arizona dentists can attest, vigorously prosecuted. (These unfortunate and ill-advised dentists were faced with the sobering prospect of having their homes, bank accounts and office equipment seized if they did not plead guilty to federal charges for their part in a "group boycott" of a managed care plan.) There is no blanket exception to the antitrust laws that allows union member physicians to bargain collectively UNLESS they are all employees of the same employer. No matter what the organizers might say, sole practitioners and other self-employed physicians cannot bargain collectively whether they are union members or not.
Is there a place for unions in medicine? Well, the answer to that question is a qualified "it depends." Where physicians find themselves working for an employer--whether after selling their practice to a hospital or some management company, or joining the payroll of healthcare chain right out of residency-a union might be a good idea. Residents and house officers and medical school faculties in some areas have been unionized for years, and they have found unions many times to be an effective counter weight to the arbitrariness of hospital administrators and medical school deans. So, it is only reasonable to expect that employed attendings or other physicians joining the ranks of the salaried will also look to organize. In these settings, a union may make a difference. And for that reason, employers can be expected to resist any effort to organize. Principally, they will charge that the physicians involved are supervisory employees whom federal law does not allow to organize. But, even if they lose on those grounds, they will fight on and challenge each phase of the unionization process. The stakes will be high. If the physicians organize, what is to stop the rest of the staff. It is hard to "downsize" or arbitrarily increase the number of patient "encounters" when a managed care plan lowers reimbursement if your entire staff is organized.
For those physicians who cannot unionize, there are other answers. They need not stand by and be picked off-one by one-- by the managed care plans, mega-groups or chains. Solos and small groups can and, in most cases, should give some thought to merging or forming collective management companies they will allow them to compete better with bigger entities. Physician-owed and -controlled practice management companies are becoming more common and hold the promise of allowing physicians to collectively bargain with managed care plans and suppliers, while reaping the benefits of professional management and marketing they could never afford on their own. Instead of selling out and going to work for some large impersonal company, physicians who set up their own management companies can by "going public" (that is, by selling a small percentage of their companies' shares to the public) get others to invest in their future while they, the physicians, retain control. These physicians are not running away from their patients and all that they have worked for; they are taking responsibility for their own destiny and proving that physicians do have a place in healthcare management.
Also, physicians should not forget that their state and county medical societies are there to help them meet these challenges as they have been in the past. For example, when the PROs and OSHA threatened the practice of medicine who was there: The state and county medical societies. The societies and the state's physician political action committees (PACs) should be rallying points for physicians. Unfortunately, though, too many physicians do not join the societies or contribute to the PACs. Some are turned off by what they believe to be the overtly political nature of the societies or the costs of participation. Yet, unions are not going to be any less political or costly. Whatever, physicians have got to stop making excuses and join together. First, they should join their state and county medical and speciality societies and then, get moving on further organizing-whether as a collective management company, union or merged group. The future will not be kind to the timid.
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Rural counties organization welcomes Humboldt County
The Rural County Representatives of California, or "R.C.R.C." has announced the addition of Humboldt County to its membership.
The R.C.R.C. voted unanimously to add the county at their recent December meeting.
Supervisor Rex Bohn will serve as the delegate on the R.C.R.C Board of Directors representing Humboldt County. Bohn said, "In joining an association of 33 other rural California Counties, we will have a stronger voice on issues in Sacramento and Washington DC. Hopefully, that will translate into reforming federal forestry management practices, addressing the state's vast water needs and working to eliminate unfair fees on rural property owners."
The R.C.R.C is a 33-member service organization that champions policies on behalf of California's rural counties at the state and federal level.
They aim to provide responsible services to enhance and protect the quality of life in rural California counties.


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PARSIPPANY, N.J., Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PDI, Inc. (Nasdaq: PDII) today announced the promotion of Gerald R. Melillo, Jr. to president, Sales Services, where he will be responsible for the company's sales operations. Melillo previously served as senior vice president of Business Development and will continue to report to Nancy Lurker, chief executive officer of PDI.
"Since joining our company last year, Gerry's significant experience in pharmaceutical industry sales and marketing has proven to be instrumental in driving PDI's commercial outsource services and contract sales business," stated Lurker. "As a seasoned pharmaceutical executive, we are confident that his results-focused leadership style will continue to create strong shareholder value for our firm. I am delighted to announce his promotion."
Melillo is a biopharmaceutical industry veteran who joined PDI in October 2011. Previously, he was the General Manager for the Southeast Operating Unit for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, where he was accountable for the operating unit's commercial activities. From 2004 to 2008 at Novartis, he was vice president of the ABGIU Business Franchise, responsible for leading marketing and strategic planning for key in-line brands, multiple brand launches, and key partnerships and joint ventures. Prior to that, he spent 15 years at Pharmacia, Inc. and Upjohn with increasing roles of responsibilities in sales and marketing.
About PDI, Inc.PDI is a leading health care commercialization company providing superior insight-driven, integrated multi-channel message delivery to established and emerging health care companies. The company is dedicated to enhancing engagement with health care practitioners and optimizing commercial investments for its clients by providing strategic flexibility, full product commercialization services, innovative multi-channel promotional solutions, and sales and marketing expertise. For more information, please visit the company's website at http://www.pdi-inc.com.
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Masterson fans nine, but Indians drop Game 1 to KC
Offense struggles to get timely hits as Tribe falls to 3-4 on road trip
KANSAS CITY -- The Indians spent a lot of time and money over the offseason overhauling their offense. Throughout the first month of this season, Cleveland's revamped cast of hitters has struggled with baseball's magic word: consistency.
On Sunday afternoon, the Indians took a 9-0 loss to the Royals on the chin in the first game of a day-night doubleheader at Kauffman Stadium. Sinkerballer Justin Masterson pitched into the seventh inning for the Tribe, but the offense struggled to mount any run support against Kansas City right-hander Jeremy Guthrie.
With the defeat, the Indians slipped to 3-4 on the current road trip that ends Monday here against the Royals.
"We're trying to get things rocking," Indians first baseman Nick Swisher said. "It's still early. We're 21 games in. It's obviously not the start we wanted. But hey, that's going to happen, bro. We're going through some growing pains right now, and we need to figure this out and turn it around."
A lack of offense has been an unfortunate theme in the early portion of this season for Cleveland (8-13). Through their first 21 games, the Indians have scored three runs or fewer in 14 contests (23 total runs). In the remaining seven games, Cleveland has scored 64 runs, but 40 came between offensive outpourings on April 4 (eight runs), April 7 (13 runs) and April 20 (19 runs).
The feast-or-famine lineup, combined with some shaky starting pitching, has made it hard for the Indians to piece together many winning streaks. Cleveland's longest string of wins so far this season is three games in a row -- earlier on this road trip.
Asked about the offensive lull throughout April, Indians manager Terry Francona said he prefers not to view the production in such a general manner. Francona said the reasons behind a lineup's success or failure change with each game.
"I think maybe you tend to lump it together -- like the first month," Francona said. "I'm not sure you can really do that. I think every game is probably different. Today, [Guthrie] has got enough on his fastball and when he establishes that, he's going to throw his breaking ball for strikes. We're in-between.
"You run into where you get down, and maybe you try to be patient, so he throws strike one with a fastball. And then you get in a hole and he throws a breaking ball. Right now, I'd say we're in-between. It's leading to some inconsistencies."
Against Masterson (4-2), the Royals (13-8) used a similar formula to break through in the second and fourth innings.
In the second, following strikeouts of Eric Hosmer and Salvador Perez, Masterson issued a two-out walk to Mike Moustakas. Jeff Francoeur then delivered a run-scoring double that split the gap in left-center field and Jarrod Dyson came through next with an RBI double down the right-field line, putting the Indians in a 2-0 hole.
Masterson again retired Hosmer and Perez in order to open the fourth, but then issued another two-out walk to Moustakas. This time around, Francoeur legged out an infield single after chopping a pitch to the left side of the mound. Dyson followed with a single up the middle to score Moustakas, pushing the Royals out front, 3-0.
"I think there was a force field around the strike zone for [Moustakas'] first two at-bats," Masterson said. "I couldn't put it there. I have no clue why. It was unbelievable."
In the fifth inning, Kansas City switched up the model when Alcides Escobar drilled the first pitch he received from Masterson out to left field in a hurry for a leadoff home run. It marked the third long ball of the season for the Royals shortstop, but only the second surrendered on the year by Masterson.
Things unraveled in the seventh inning for Masterson, who notched a season-high nine strikeouts and tried to save the bullpen some work in the first tilt of a doubleheader. Kansas City collected three singles off Masterson and tacked on two more runs, including one on a bases-loaded walk issued by Indians reliever Matt Albers.
Masterson was charged with seven runs on nine hits in 6 1/3 innings in the loss.
"When he worked ahead and got to two strikes, I thought his stuff was crisp," Francona said. "I actually thought it was electric. In the second and the fourth inning, he got two quick outs, walked Moustakas on four pitches both times, and that led to four runs.
"Escobar kind of ambushed him on a first-pitch fastball that wandered back over. That happens."
While the pitching was hardly sharp, the lack of offense only made the mistakes more glaring.
For the third game in a row, Cleveland's lineup was blanked for at least the first five innings. The Indians were held off the scoreboard for the first eight frames on Saturday night and the Royals kept the Tribe in check for the entirety of the opener of Sunday's twin bill.
Guthrie (3-0) picked up the win after shutting out the Indians over 6 2/3 solid innings. The right-hander struck out five, walked three and turned in 112 pitches in the victory. Cleveland put at least one baserunner aboard in each of Guthrie's innings, but the repeatedly wiggled out of jams.
"I think that whole [Royals] staff kind of has a different philosophy, the way they're going about pitching now," Swisher said. "They do a good job. I think the biggest thing is, we've got a good amount of guys on this team who take a lot of pitches. We try to wear pitchers down. Those guys are throwing strikes, man. The next thing you know, you blink your eyes, and you're down 0-2.
"We need to do our best to make that adjustment to get ourselves better. We're a way better ball team than what we're playing like right now."
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Billed as a dive into the "rapid evolution of data visualisation tools", last week's 'Future Human: Transparent Life' could have lost its audience at 'hello'. Data viz may have become a hot topic in recent years, but there was also plenty of healthy scepticism in the room relating to its publicity hungry off-spring, AR. Ah yes, Augmented Reality.. which, until very recently, has had to work hard not to be dubbed Awkward Reality.
Yet a few minutes in, the event's organiser and first speaker, the journalist Ben Beaumont-Thomas, had held the audience's attention, wise-cracking his way through a history of human motivation behind how we portray ourselves in public (the 1970s neatly summarised as a 'me' decade of solipsistic confusion; the 1990s as an 'us' decade, the start of social transmission and an accompanying loss of privacy), before moving swiftly up to date, to focus on how we consciously and unconsciously allow increasing amounts of information about ourselves to be generated and left in the public domain: the 'transparent life' of the event's title. And with that, the talk became less about bytes of visualised data and instead about something both simpler and more profound: human identity and the blurring boundaries between our private and public selves. (more…)


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Local business owner Charles discusses economy with PM Stephen Harper
Gerri Charles can't help but chuckle about how she almost missed out on an opportunity to talk economics with Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
On Wednesday, Charles – owner of Abbotsford bridal shop Champagne and Lace – received an email from the Prime Minister's office inviting her to an "economic consultation" in Langley on Friday.
There was no mention in the email that Harper would be in attendance, and besides, Charles already had a busy afternoon lined up, buying stock for the fall season. So she declined.
"I assumed it would be a room full of people talking about what we want from the government and banging our fists," she explained. "But somebody from the PM's office called and talked to my manager and said, 'Uh, are you sure?'"
Upon hearing that she and six other Fraser Valley businesspeople were being given a chance to sit down with Harper and air their economic concerns, Charles quickly responded to the affirmative.
"But even driving down there yesterday, I still thought I was being punked."
As it turned out, everything was on the up-and-up.
Christi Hunniford and Curtis Stratuliak, owners of Hunni's Urban Boutique in Langley, hosted the event. Also in attendance were Satya Bernhausen of Langley's Bernhausen Specialty Automotive, Anita Huberman, the CEO of the Surrey Board of Trade, Soon Kim of the Abbotsford-based Newgen Group of Companies, and Eric Hou of Aldergrove's Asia Pacific Farms.
The federal government contingent included Harper, Langley MP Mark Warawa and MP James Moore, the minister of Canadian Heritage and official languages.
Each local stakeholder was given roughly 12 minutes to discuss their most pressing economic concerns.
Charles raised an issue that's more pronounced in border towns like Abbotsford – the difficulty of competing against American businesses which pay lower duty on imported products.
She pays 20 per cent duty on clothing coming in from China, for instance, while her U.S. counterparts pay six per cent. It's exceedingly difficult to compete given those constraints.
"Retailers are losing credibility in this country because the consumer has the sense that we're just gouging them, and for some magical reason it's cheaper in the States," she said. "It's no magic. It's tariffs.
"We have to really think about the long-term cost of having all those dollars leak to the States. Because once that dollar goes across the line, we will never see it again. The Americans don't come up here to buy."
In response to Charles's request for duty parity, Harper wondered whether Canadian businesses would pass the savings on to the consumer or whether they'd pocket the margin. Charles assured him they'd reduce their prices in order to compete.
"I said to him, 'I promise you that all we want is parity, and we would charge the same price (as American stores).' And the consumer would get good value.'"
Charles also encouraged the PM to find innovative ways to educate the Canadian public about how shopping north of the border strengthens the nation as a whole.
"I believe there has to be a cool way to use celebrities – let's pretend Justin Bieber, with social media or whatever – and they message something about the cool part of shopping at home," she said. "When I spend my money in Canada, I'm making Canada stronger."
Charles isn't sure how she was selected for the event, but she called it "an amazing experience."
"It was an honour, and it was very validating," she said. "Any one of my peers in business could have been chosen, and I hope I did them well by giving them a voice.
"In my little corner of the world, it was good to feel our government was listening. Sometimes I think we feel a little removed on the West Coast, and that the heartbeat is in the middle of Canada. They were here to have a serious and respectful dialogue, and I hope it goes somewhere."


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Summer's hot on our heels and it isn't just the weather that's heating things up. We're ushering in the sunny season with a fresh new slate of series, seasons and specials for you to devour. Here's a small taste of what's to come.
Today's Special: NY Indian
Actor and comedian Aasif Mandvi joins culinary legend Madhur Jaffrey on a hilarious weekend tour of Indian cuisine within the boroughs of New York City. They hit Madhur's favorite haunts: from Manhattan cab stands to Little India in Jackson Heights, Queens, tasting the flavors of regional cuisine. Taking in all he's learned, Aasif teams up with Chef Akhtar Nawab to create a fabulous birthday feast for his family and friends. Premieres Sunday, May 27 at 8pm ET.
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Acclaimed chef, cookbook author and host Chef Gerry Garvin, aka G., explores the best eats the South has to offer. From Atlanta to Savannah and beyond, G. meets the chefs, farmers and fishermen that make Southern cuisine some of the best in the world. Hit the road with G. when he embarks on his epic road trip. Premieres Tuesday, May 29 at 9pm ET.
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Burgers Week
A week-long celebration of everyone's favorite summertime sandwich kicks off Monday, May 21 at 9pm ET with Build A Better Burger, in which competitors in beef and beef alternative categories have just three hours each to grill up a mouthwatering masterpiece. Then, from its roots in Europe to its phenomenal growth in the U.S., get your burger history fix on The Secret Life Of.. Hamburgers, Tuesday, May 22 at 9:30pm ET. Save some room though: United Tastes of America will be sampling some of the nation's best burgers right after at 10pm ET, followed up by Unique Eats between the bun edition at 10:30pm ET. Plus, Bobby will be hosting an all-out burger throwdown, Thursday, May 24 at 9pm ET. Catch Burgers Week Monday, May 21st through Friday, May 25.
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Baron Ambrosia takes culinary consciousness to a whole new level. His discerning palate and passion for flavor lead him on an entire season's worth of cross-country adventures, revealing American's unsung heroes of culinary excellence. Along the way, the Baron finds himself tangled in stories of mystery, comedy and intrigue. Premieres Friday, June 1 at 10pm ET. Watch Last Fall's Full Pilot Episode
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Ching-He Huang has been on a mission to show viewers that they can prepare mouth-watering Chinese dishes using fresh, readily available ingredients, and now she's back for another season. Join Ching as she finds new and exotic tastes in places like Los Angeles' late night street scene and Flushing's Chinatown, and stick around for when she brings all the new flavors back to her kitchen.
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Red, White and Grill
Award winning 'out of the box' culinary artist, Chef Roger Mooking is teaming up with America's premiere grilling expert, Chef Elizabeth Karmel to stampede over old fashion outdoor summer cuisine and bring a never before backyard grill-inspired menu to Austin, Texas. Get ready for St. Louis-Style Pork Ribs, Buffalo Burgers, Grilled Skillet Cornbread and Banana Leaf Wrapped Purple and White Potatoes for starters. Premieres Sunday, July 1.
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With less-than-stellar stats stacked up against a $3.9-million salary, Ondrej Pavelec often serves as a whipping boy for Jets fans who wish their starting goalie had a save percentage in excess of .901 and let in fewer than 2.97 goals per game.
While Pavs may be used to the Winnipeg fishbowl -- if he pays attention to fanboy criticism at all -- he may not have been prepared for the outpouring of international ire following his performance in the Czech Olympic squad's final, disastrous game against the United States.
Pavelec let in four goals on 12 shots in the 4-1 loss and was hooked in favour of Alexander Salak, who let in one more goal. The Twitter response to the game was voluminous and somewhat vicious in the Czech Republic and elsewhere across the hockey-watching world.
With the help of Google Translate -- and we're using the word "help" loosely here -- here's a sampling of the response in the mountains of Bohemia and beyond:
Somewhat-forgiving Czechs
Czechs are a lot like Canadians, in that they tend to give people the benefit of the benefit of the doubt.
"So Ondrej Pavelec failed at the wrong time, but never mind, life goes on," tweeted a Czech fan named Zdenik Chrenovský.
"To succeed in such a tournament, you need above-average performance," added Tom°° Svoboda. "The Americans were too fast."
Some fans criticized Pavelec as well as the entire Czech team.
"Did they fight to blood? Somehow, I don't think so," said Martin Hlousek. "The Americans were playable, they made some lucky shots, but Pavelec did not hold us."
Please note the ever-helpful Google Translate actually turns "Americans" into "Amici," which of course means "friends" in Italian.
Google Translate also turns Czech goalie Jakub Kovar's surname into "blacksmith."
"It would be maybe better if we had a blacksmith as our goalkeeper today," wisecracked Prague resident Marek Fort, who helped translate some of these tweets.
Less-than-forgiving Czechs
Other folks from Pavelec's homeland didn't try to hide their feelings about his .667-save-percentage Olympic quarter-final performance.
"Pavelec should go to a brothel, because he just can't catch anything," sneered @honzavoves23, a fan based in Plzen, a city not far from the German border.
"Pavelec is not Hašek, Eliaš is not Ruzicka and Hadamczik is definitely not Hlinka!" said Petr Kral, referring to the Czech Olympic squad that won gold in Nagano in 1998 with Dominik Hašek in net, Vladimir Rizucka as the captain and Ivan Hlinka as a coach.
Current Czech coach Alois Hadamczik, however, was equally unimpressed with Pavs.
"Quality goalie on one side and not other side was the difference," he told reporters after the game, according to the Globe & Mail's James Mirtle. "Such is sport."
Bodychecks from elsewhere
Thanks to the global reach of the Olympics, Pavelec's performance was a topic of conversation well outside the Czech Republic.
"Missing (Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tom°°) Vokoun these Olympics for the Czech Republic. Better than Pavelec, sure he would," said @Hoqueiros in Portuguese, who only sounds like Yoda because Google Translate is a pretty lousy but completely free tool.
"The Americans are scary good, but the frightening (expletive) is Pavelec," said Marlo Jaakola, writing in Finnish.
The ultimate diss, however, belonged to an English-speaking American, @95sports: "Reasons Why the USA is Better Than Canada #5438: Our worst city's protector: Robocop. Your worst city's protector: Ondrej Pavelec."
That's pretty harsh and pretty funny. If any city is capable of laughing at itself, it's Winnipeg.


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Dear All,
I am simulating a sphere flowing in a microchannel with solid traps (2D for simplification). Automatic re-meshing is activated. Two scenarios are considered: Scenario 1, the sphere will encounter a solid trap and get immobilized. Scenario 2, the sphere will flow in the channel beside the trap.
However, for Scenario 1, the simulation cannot go on (or get crushed) when the sphere draws near to the trap. The problem is 'requested mesh quality cannot be achieved', because the mesh near the trap changes so dramatically?
Moreover, how can I set a stop for the simulation, when the sphere achieves to hit the trap (obstacle)? or change the boundary condition?
For Scenario 2, the sphere cannot get through the narrow channel between the traps around it. The problem is 'Undefined value found in the stiffness matrix'. I guess this is also due to the mesh crushing? If I put the sphere at the crushed place and run the simulation again, the sphere can move again and get crushed at the next trap.
Could anybody find a way to solve these problem? Thanks a lot.
The files for scenario 1: www.dropbox.com/s/id9rp4l6ykuc2ba/Scenario1.mph
and for scenario 2: www.dropbox.com/s/fo2u3j4350nukv9/Scenario2.mph
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Ok, so I know everyone has their own opinions about their favorite BBQ joints, so don't shoot the messenger here if you don't agree with me... But my friends, my wife and I had a terrific time and dinner tonight at The County Line on the Riverwalk in San Antonio. IMHO, the food was really good.
After getting out of my work conference, we got a chance to visit The Alamo.
It was pretty interesting... Hard to believe so many people died in such a beautiful location.
After sightseeing a little, we decided to check out The County Line.
My wife and I split a plate full of Brisket, a huge Beef Rib (I mean HUGE), two sausages, some beans and some garlic mashed potatoes. We couldn't even finish the plate by tag teaming it..
Our couple friends ordered The Big Daddy slab of beef ribs...
Our waiter was really cool, and he even brought us some extra sausage on the house....
All in all, this was some great BBQ, in our opinions. I've had better brisket before though...this one was a little dry. The sausage was killer though...so were the beef ribs. The sauce that went with both was very, very good too. Terrific smoke flavor on everything as well.
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From Sandy Alderson's conference call with bloggers last night. Special thanks to Ean Bauer for asking the question, and to Eric Simon for the full transcript.
Ean Bauer: Sandy, I'm hoping you can clarify something. You've described the 2013 outfield as "not a strength," among other things you also told the season ticket holders in January that the decision not to spend this winter was yours and not ownership's. I understand you were hoping to land Justin Upton in a trade and you've said that precluded you from signing Scott Hairston, specifically. But that's one spot, while three of the outfield spots that could have been improved with short term free agents like Ludwick or Gomes who wouldn't have required long term deals or cost a draft pick and spending on drafting international talent cap, what reason do you have for not using more of the money you say ownership made available to you to improve the 2013 squad?
Alderson: I think the simple response, Ian, is in any case where we sign players, we want to have some reasonable relationship between cost and value and if that doesn't exist then we're not going to pursue that transaction. Now I understand that not every deal you're going to make is going to be a great deal from an efficiency standpoint, or from price to value. At some point you're going to have to "overypay." The question is how much and how it relates to your current state of baseball affairs. And there are times when it makes sense to overpay and there are times when it doesn't make sense to overpay. That decision also has to be made from a player to player. And that's true, Ian, not just in terms of payroll cost but also in terms of talent cost. To acquire Justin Upton, should we have traded Zack Wheeler or Matt Harvey? Well some people might say we should have, but we weren't going to do that. That was the value proposition, but it comes up in every transaction and at some point- look, it's easy to say we're not going to do that because it would be overpaying for a player. At some point, you do get in situation where overpaying is the appropriate thing to do because it may be the last piece or a weakness. I don't think though, given where we are and given what we're trying to do in 2013, as well as in 14, it may sense for us to overpay Jonny Gomes. And inevitably there are other things that happen that it just didn't work out. One of the other people on the call talked about the turnover we had on our roster. To some extent, turnover was something we were looking for. I happen to think fans like continuity, but they don't like continuity to the point of boredom. And what they're really looking for is continuity among a core of players. That core may be three, it may be five, it may be ten. But like the rest of our lives: change is inevitable. In some cases, embraced. And people like to see that in their teams as well. So I think what they want is continuity, but they also like change; that's why they like free agents, and things of that. We're mindful of that. I think there's a point at which overpaying becomes a reality, and if you're going to play with the big boys, you've got to step up like the big boys. But that's not true in every case, and it's not true at every juncture of a team's development.


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North Allegheny chasing third straight WPIAL championship
No team has won three consecutive WPIAL Quad-A football titles, a feat North Allegheny would accomplish with a win Friday at Heinz Field.
It requires a consistency George Novak certainly understands. His talented Woodland Hills teams from a decade ago nearly won four straight, but a one-point championship game loss in 2000 left a gap between the Wolverines' titles in 1999, 2001 and 2002.
Sometimes, it's just that close.
"In Quad A, it's very tough," said Novak, whose 2003 team reached only the WPIAL quarterfinals, "because every year those top eight teams, anything can happen. It's tough to do it every year, year in and year out. There are not too many teams like that, when you look back in history."
Six teams have won consecutive Class AAAA titles, including Mt. Lebanon which did it twice (1980-81, 1983-84), yet failed to reach the title game in 1982 or '85. That same fate befell Gateway (1985-86), Upper St. Clair (1988-89) and Central Catholic (2003-04). None of those five returned to the WPIAL final with a chance at three straight titles.
For them, the third time wasn't the charm.
Yet, after winning in 2010 and 2011, No. 1 North Allegheny (12-0) returns to the WPIAL championship game to face No. 7 Woodland Hills (10-2) at 2 p.m. Friday at Heinz Field. A victory would earn the Tigers a unique place in WPIAL history.
"It's been a step-by-step process," North Allegheny coach Art Walker said. "We wanted to win our conference, make it to the WPIAL final and win it. The focus wasn't about getting three. It was about that second goal. Now, the third goal is to win it."
Woodland Hills could halt the historic run, but Novak won't besmirch the Tigers' success.
"They have some great players," Novak said. "They're the biggest school, and all of their sports are very successful. They're a very good team, offensively and defensively. They're exceptional. That's why they've won."
Michigan recruit Pat Kugler, a 6-foot-4, 280-pound tackle, has been a starter since 2010, when North Allegheny began its 11-game streak in the WPIAL playoffs. The Tigers also have a 2,400-yard passer in Mack Leftwich, and a halfback who's nearing 1,000 yards in Alex DiCiantis. The team has averaged 40.5 points while allowing 6.8.
"Their offense is great," Novak said, "and their defense is greater."
This has been a season of growth for the Wolverines, who returned just two players who scored a year ago. Both of them were unavailable by midseason, yet the team kept improving.
"George Novak does a great job of identifying kids and putting them in the right positions as the season goes along," Walker said. "They're playing their best right now."
Among those fruitful decisions was featuring freshman halfback Miles Sanders, who has 10 rushing touchdowns. He missed the semifinal win over Upper St. Clair with an injury but has been cleared to play Friday. The Wolverines also will lean on senior Cody McClelland, a 1,600-yard passer.
"They're throwing now from the shotgun more than they ever have," Walker said. "Their quarterback throws a heck of a deep ball. That's a tribute to their coaches, putting kids in positions to be successful."
This will be Novak's 10th title game; he also won Class AAA in 1982 with Steel Valley.
For Walker, this will be his sixth WPIAL championship appearance in 15 seasons, and he already has four titles.
"He's got a great staff, and that's a big part of it," Novak said. "If he stays at North Allegheny, he should pass us all."
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ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. - Traveling the state on what he calls a "freedom tour," Republican U.S. Senate candidate Connie Mack made a pit stop in Atlantic Beach on Tuesday.
He rallied supporters at the American Legion, with help from Arizona Sen. John McCain.
Mack promised that if elected, he'd repeal "Obamacare." He said his opponent, Sen. Bill Nelson, is not doing enough for Florida.
McCain agreed, telling voters Mack is the right man to take over the job. If he gets it, Mack believes it's the budget that needs to be tackled first. He said he hopes voters will side with him.
"I believe in personal responsibility, personal liberty, personal freedom," Mack said. "We're going to put this government back on its heels to stand up and fight for the people of this state and this country."
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After the event in Atlantic Beach, Mack continued his tour in Pensacola, followed by Tampa, clearly trying to make as many campaign stops as possible before Election Day.
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HOUSTON - An exonerated prisoner who spent 18 years in jail, gave a lecture at the University of St. Thomas during Black History Month.
"It's your choice. I chose to fight and I am going to continue to fight," said Anthony Graves. Graves put it in the strongest words he knew how. Telling an audience of about 300 people that even when things get tough you have to persevere.
After spending 18 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit, he used his own life as an example of "never giving up."
"I used to always say, if MLK could get out there and do what he did then who am I to complain," said Graves.
At a Black History Month lecture, at the University of St. Thomas on Friday, he focused on his fight for freedom.
His accounts of the days leading up to his exonoration had folks glued.
In fact, one woman missed her grandson's wedding just to see Graves speak.
"He said, 'Momma what are you going to do?' I said, I have to miss the wedding and go to the reception," said Liz White.
Now free from charges that he had anything to do with the 1992 murder of a Somerville family, Graves has made it a point to give back to those who have helped him.
People, like Nicole Casarez -- who's not only a professor at the university, but also the defense attorney who helped get the wrongful charges dropped back in October. "We said in the car, 'Did you ever think we'd be at my school together, talking about your case, and your story?'" said Nicole Casarez, Graves' attorney.
Given everything, Graves could be bitter. But instead, he said, he continues to be driven by the same determination that carried him through his darkest years on death row.
"I am just a man fighting for what's right. If that's inspiring and people see me as a hero, then I will accept that," said Graves.
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A BIKE ride organised in memory of a soldier killed in 2011 will take place for the fourth year running this summer.
Royal Artillery Commando Warren Jackson, known as 'Jacko', died in a motorbike crash on the A31, aged 43.
The father–of-two was a committee member at the Sandmartins Activity Club, which his children attended.
For the past three years a bike ride around Purbeck has taken place, to raise money for the activity club and forces charity Help for Heroes in his name.
Organiser Keith Cranfield said: "Last year's ride was a great success, raising just over £2,000 to be divided between the nominated charities.
"Not a bad effort considering the economic climate and all the other worldwide events that are organised in the Dorset area.
"We have decided to hold the event again, which will be the fourth year it has been held.
"Sponsorship money raised will again be divided between Sandmartins and Help for Heroes."
Nearly 50 people took part in the 2013 event.
This year the 20-mile circuit starts at the Purbeck School in Wareham, at 11am on June 29, and finishes on Wareham Quay.
It will be the same route as previous years.
For those cyclists wanting something a little more testing, there will again be the 40-mile route, which comprises completing a second circuit in reverse.
Keith said: "For this year another charity will be included and entrants will be given the opportunity of nominating a charity of their choice .
"A draw will be made to select the charity and an amount of £100 will be given from proceeds to the successful charity."
A certificate will be given to everyone who completes the ride.
If you want to take part contact Val Bowbanks on 01929 551212 or drop in at Sandmartins activity Club, Sandford St Martin's Primary School, Sandford.
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Deceased Name: Charles Gordon Dauley
Charles Gordon Dauley, 86, of Holly Hill, died Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, with his family by his side.
Mr. Dauley was born Dec. 15, 1920, in Binghamton, N.Y. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Force, serving during World War II.
During that time in the service, he flew B-25s and was an instructor pilot.
After retiring from the service, Mr. Dauley began his work with IBM as a quality control engineer. He worked in the control room on the Apollo missions.
Mr. Dauley was a life member of the American Legion Post 974 in Whitney Point, N.Y., a Boy Scout leader and American Red Cross instructor.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lois Carrie. Mr. Dauley is survived by his children, James Dauley and his wife, Ruth, of Lewisburg, K.Y., Cheryl Garlick and her husband, Edwin, of Edgewater, and Gary Dauley and his wife, Elaina Wykoff, of New Smyrna Beach; 10 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; a brother, Ken Dauley of Whitney Point, N.Y.; and a sister, Genevieve Kluckus of Johnson City, N.Y.
A funeral was held Oct. 29 at the Baldwin Brothers Memorial Chapel. Entombment followed at Sea Pines Mausoleum.
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Name: Charles G. Dauley
Last Residence: 32141 Edgewater, Volusia, Florida
Born: 15 Dec 1920
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Died: 25 Oct 2007