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On September 28, 1991, jazz trumpet legend Miles Davis dies in a California hospital at the age of 65.
In an era when a pop star like Madonna is labeled a "chameleon" merely for risking an occasional change in clothing and hairstyle, our vocabulary may no longer be adequate to describe the nature of an artist like Miles Davis. In a career that spanned parts of six decades, Miles Davis didn't simply evolve as an individual musician.
He drove the very evolution of the art form he worked in, pulling much of the jazz world along with him as he moved from one new sound to the next with utter disregard for the critical or popular reaction. And though the reception to some of the directions Miles Davis took was strongly negative, it never kept him from pursuing new ones. As he once said of himself, "I have to change….It's like a curse."
Miles Dewey Davis III was given his first trumpet on the day he turned 13, and by the time he was 15, he was a card-carrying member of the local musicians' union in Saint Louis, Missouri. He left St. Louis for New York City in 1944 to pursue a degree in music at Juilliard, though he immersed himself in the world of professional jazz while still receiving his classical training.
In the clubs on 52nd Street in postwar Manhattan, a new sound was being born, and Miles Davis had a hand in its creation. As a member of Charlie Parker's quintet in 1945, Davis played on some of the earliest recordings made in the hugely popular style that became known as be-bop. But by 1948, he was leading his own quintet on the first of his many departures from the jazz mainstream.
First came "cool jazz," a highly cerebral and highly unpopular style that nevertheless sparked a whole new movement. Then came "hard bop," a style he developed in the mid-1950s after several years lost in the early part of the decade to heroin addiction. The decade that followed was the period of Davis's greatest popularity—a period during which he not only continued to break new musical ground on albums like Miles Ahead (1957), Kind of Blue (1959) and Sketches of Spain (1960), but also managed to introduce the world to many other jazz greats he employed as sidemen: John Coltrane, Red Garland, Cannonball Adderley, Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock. From the mid-1960s onward, the rate of Davis's evolution only increased as he went through periods of experimentation with rock and funk, among other new sounds. In a career that spanned parts of six decades, it seems the one direction Miles Davis refused to look for inspiration was backward.


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Watch it 'Time Out', or the Culture Vulture's Guide to Christmas
Far and away the most interesting theatre happenings this Christmas are taking place at The Place (Duke's Road, close to Euston Station). Let me try to dispel the myth at once. All that goes on there is not for the devoted few, nor is it the obscure, didactic and deliberately esoteric stuff that the opponents of modern dance would have us believe. Sure, it's nothing like what's going on at the Garden. (And I say that with a huge sigh of relief!), but a good deal of it is clearer, more honest and certainly less cluttered. If you've never been to The Place, I can recommend it from many angles, besides the originality of its production. The price is right to start – tickets are usually 60p and 90p. The atmosphere is very relaxed and unpretentious. Definitely no dressing up! But despite all this, the audience is well mixed. The Place may have the informality of a club, but there's no feeling of everyone having to wear the modern equivalent of the 'old school tie'.
From December 18 until January 6 the resident London Contemporary Dance Theatre present a number of new works and the first London performance of a new piece by Robert North, one of the Company's lead dancers, entitled 'Brian'.
'Dance Energies', a new work by May O'Donnell recieves its world premiere on the opening night of the season. Also in the programme is Richard Alston's 'Tiger Balm', remarkable not only for Robert North's stunningly sinewy (and full frontal nude) performance as the tiger (no gasps in this audience) but also for the sometimes elegiac, sometimes anarchic choreography, which sticks irrevocably in the mind. The programme is completed by Robert Cohan's 'People Alone'. Here we encounter members of the Company in a series of solos, in which each expresses his or her own private misery, linked by comments from an updated version of the Greek chorus (they don't sing of course, and wear what looks like satin jumpsuits, but don't let that put you off, they're great!)
Cohan (who is also director of the Company) was seriously ill earlier in the year. The original premiere was postponed several times, since he was not able to devote the time to it that he had anticipated. In fact, I understand that the work is still evolving. But when I saw it for the first time back in the summer, I was bowled over, so I am anxious to see how it has developed in the last few months.
Another highlight of the season is the British premiere of a work by American choreographer, Lotte Goslar, who is known for the clever use of circus elements in her shows. It's entitled (temporarily) 'Goslar Piece'.
At the London Coliseum, Sadler's Wells Opera has gone 'light' on us. Over the Christmas period there will be just two productions on show – 'The Merry Widow' and 'Die Fledermaus'.
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22 Die Fledermaus
Theatre closed until
27 Merry Widow
28 Die Fledermaus
29 Merry Widow
30 Merry Widow
1 Merry Widow
2 Die Fledermaus
At the Royal Opera House, things are somewhat more varied (there's always the incredible ugly sisters of Messrs Ashton and Helpmann in 'Cinderella' to give things a fun lift off, even if nothing else quite matches them).
21 Cosi fan tutte
22 Afternoon of a Faun/Giselle
23 Matinee – Cinderella
Evening – Cosi fan tutte
Theatre closed until
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27 Cosi fan tutte
28 Rigoletto
29 Cosi fan tutte
30 Matinee – Swan Lake
Evening — Cinderella
Jan 1 Nabucco
2 Rigoletto
On January 3, Covent Garden sends off that 'Fanfare for Europe' with an extravaganza, that every megalomanic opera director dreams about. Think of a name, and the betting's that he or she will be there dear departed excepted of course. (But come to think of it, they will have to have a trump card somewhere!) Described as 'A Celebration in Words and Music', in the honoured presence of Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, the artists taking part include such diverse personalities as Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Janet Baker, Laurence Olivier, Judi Dench, Regine Crespin, Tito Gobbi, Alberto Remedios, and Peter Pears. There will be the Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music (obligatory if there is to be an authentic fanfare I suppose) and even the not always so angelic Wandsworth School Boys Choir (Director Russell Burgess) will be represented. The whole programme is devised by Patrick Garland (just back from his Broadway production of 'Hedda Gabler') and John Copley. The designer is Carl Toms, the conductor Colin Davis.
Just in case you are tempted (and the price of the tickets should quickly destroy any inkling of that – stalls at £10) let me quote from the booking leaflet – Evening Dress and Decorations. Now let your imaginations run riot!
The National Theatre at the Old Vic has but one offering for Christmas. From December 26 to January 2 (the theatre is closed from mid-December until Christmas) they will be presenting the Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur 'whiplash comedy' (!?) about the raucous goings-on of tabloid journalism in the twenties. Astonishingly, the play has never been performed here before, although it has been filmed twice. The Observer said 'Don't miss it' and somehow I've managed to do just that. Maybe this will be my golden opportunity, considering the frugal diet otherwise available. Perhaps some kind soul will even join me! (Don't all rush, but offers please to Box 999). No we don't get review tickets for the National Theatre, or any other theatre, more's the pity. We do it all for love!
Before the Festival Ballet's inevitable performances of Tchaikovsky's 'nutcracker' (the title's enough to send any self-respecting American into guffaws of laughter) take over at the Royal Festival Hall, there are still a few choice orchestral concerts to keep the music fiend happy.
On December 14, Ivan Kertesz returns to the orchestra of which for a short time he was Principal Conductor – The London Symphony. The programme consists of Mozart's Six German Dances, his Serenata Notturna (K239) and Brahms' Liebesliederwalzer. He is joined by Lucia Popp (currently singing Gilda in the Royal Opera's 'Rigolletto') for excerpts from Strauss' 'Gypsy Baron' and 'Die Fledermaus'. I suppose we have to celebrate in the appropriately jolly style!
At the Queen Elizabeth Hall on December 15 Janet Baker teams up with Raymond Leppard and the English Chamber Orchestra for an evening of early Italian and English music — Albinoni, Cavalli, Monteverdi, Dowland and Handel.
Alfred Brendel gives a piano recital at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 17 December starting at 3.15. He plays music by Schubert and Beethoven.
The London Symphony under Andre Previn (their present conductor) performs Brahms' 'German Requiem' on Tuesday December 19. The soloists are Sheila Armstrong and John Shirley-Quirk, supported by the LSO Chorus. Stephen Bishop plays Mozart's Piano Concerto in C (K 467) in the first half of the programme.
The last strictly live musical event before the Festival Ballet and opera films vanquish the South Bank takes place on December 20, when Andrew Davis (gladly not a relation of Colin) conducts the English Chamber Orchestra in a performance of Berlioz' 'L'Enfance du Christ'. John Shirley-Quirk is again one of the soloists, this time joined by Peter Pears, Patricia Kern, and Thomas Allen. They're in the QEH while that monstrous proscenium arch is erected next door.
Meanwhile over at the Royal Albert Hall, the BBC is sponsoring the first ever series of Winter Proms, beginning on December 29 — eleven concerts.ten conductors and eight orchestras.


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White and Asian-American students graduated at a higher rate in nearly every state across the U.S. compared with black and Hispanic students in the 2010-11 school year, according to preliminary data released by the Education Department. The report presents additional evidence that a large racial achievement gap still exists among students across the country.
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Minnesota has a 42-percentage-point difference between graduation rates for white students (84 percent) compared with American Indians and Alaska Natives (42 percent). South Dakota has the highest gap, at 43 points, between white students (88 percent) and Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders (45 percent).
This is in comparison to smaller "" though still sizable "" gaps in states such as Arkansas (12 points) and Maine (13 points). Arkansas is also one of two states where American Indians and Alaska Natives have the highest graduation rate of all races and ethnicities at 85 percent. Black students in Arkansas have the lowest rate at 73 percent.
In Maine, 90 percent of Asian-American and Pacific Islander students graduate compared with 77 percent of black students.
The new four-year graduation rates were released earlier this week as part of the Education Department's efforts to standardize how states collect education data. States are now required to track how many first-time ninth-graders graduate from high school within four years. Before the 2010-11 school year, each state had its own method of reporting such numbers,resulting in largely incomparable data across the U.S.
Using the new method, Iowa tops the list with the highest average graduation rate at 88 percent. Vermont, Wisconsin, Tennessee, and Texas round out the top five. In contrast, the District of Columbia has the lowest graduation rate at 59 percent. Alaska, Oregon, Georgia, New Mexico, and Nevada are also among the bottom five.
Idaho, Kentucky, and Oklahoma requested deadline extensions for their reports and are not included in the list. Because of the incomplete list, the Education Department has not released national averages.
Also available in the report were graduation rates for "special populations": students with limited-English proficiency, from low-income communities, or with disabilities. The graduation rates for these groups were, on the whole, lower than for any individual race or ethnicity.
For example, Virginia's overall graduation rate is 82 percent, yet just 47 percent of children with disabilities graduate and only 55 percent of LEP students do. In Mississippi, just 23 percent of children with disabilities graduate, compared to a state average of 75 percent.
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Sites Built With Ruby on Rails Suffer New Vulnerability
Here's something new in the way of security worries: Weaknesses in Ruby on Rails. A significant vulnerability has been found in the popular Web application development framework that can let attackers do unintended things. It's the second vulnerability — here's the advisory on the first — detected in Ruby on Rails in as many weeks.
First word of the new vulnerability appeared on a Google group devoted to Ruby on Rails security, and Felix Wilhelm, an IT Security blogger, posted some information about how the vulnerability works, without much in the way of detail.
The vulnerability allows an attacker to take control of a Web site built using Ruby on Rails, and to execute any code they want. Here's why you care: ROR is one of the most popular Web development frameworks around. Sites built using it include Hulu, Funny or Die and Scribd. Even Twitter was, in its earlier versions, built using Ruby on Rails.
HD Moore is chief security officer at Rapid7, a Cambridge, Mass.-based company that specializes in helping companies stay ahead of new computer-security vulnerabilities. He's also the chief architect of Metasploit, a cloud-based security service that Rapid7 owns.
In a stroke of some kind of irony, Moore writes that this particular vulnerability is "close to my heart," because Metasploit itself is written in Ruby on Rails. In a corporate blog post, he writes that the company "marshaled the troops" and released a quick update for Metasploit users.
It's a nasty vulnerability, says Rapid7 researcher Claudio Guarnieri: "From a technical standpoint it's a very interesting and challenging vulnerability that can be exploited in several different ways with very dangerous outcomes, from SQL injection to code execution."
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The weather here in Yorkshire over the weekend has been like a breath of fresh air! Seriously Spring like which makes for a happy Justine, don't you find that you get lots more done when the sun shines? I know I do.
The weekend saw lots of fun occurring round these parts. Firstly I made a great start on sewing a bag pattern that I've wanted to try for ages, The 241 Tote by the lovely Anna of Noodlehead fame.
Here's where I started on Saturday morning
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I've also constructed the lining complete with pocket and I'm just waiting on magnetic bag fasteners arriving before I finish this gorgeous, quick and easy bag! As ever the instructions from Anna are so easy to follow, even for a bag making novice like me!
I was only sewing in short bursts over the weekend as I was spring cleaning and wanted to hang out with the kiddos too. We took a walk around a great local park on Sunday:
The sun was out and the first ice-creams of the year enjoyed. It was lovely to see Holly & Max helping Hunter on the playground equipment and watching the little fella's growing confidence in his own abilities. He's growing up way too fast!
Finally this weekend the hubby and I watched a hair raising few hours of TV on Saturday night. A couple of good friends of ours were performing live on TV, in separate events!
First up was Danny 'The Cheesecake Assasian' Mitchell making his UFC debut at the O2 Arena in London.
This was one of the most gut wrenching things I've ever watched and I'm no stranger to MMA!! Danny went the full 3 rounds and lost on points but what a debut!! Awesome stuff, Max was screaming instructions at the TV which was very funny!!
Second up was the gorgeous Georgia, a good friend of mine who is competing in this series of 'The Voice UK'. Thankfully she won her battle and is through to next weeks knockouts!
I hope you all had a great weekend too!


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E. coli, MRSA can survive for days on planes
A new study examined how long two potentially deadly bacteria – E. coli and MRSA – can live on various surfaces inside an airplane's cabin, and how easily they are transmitted by contact.
Researchers at Auburn University used actual armrests, toilet flush handles, tray tables, window shades, seats and seat pockets provided by Delta Airlines for the study – inoculating them with bacteria and storing them in conditions meant to simulate a pressurized cabin: 75 degrees Fahrenheit at 20% humidity.
In general, bacteria lived longest on the most porous surfaces. For example, MRSA lasted seven days on the cloth seat pocket, six days on the rubber armrest and leather seat, five days on the plastic window shade and tray table, and four days on the steel toilet handle.
E. coli, by one measure, survived four days on the rubber armrest, three days on the plastic tray table, and two days on the steel toilet handle.
"In small nooks, like the ones created by a pore, they are protected from environmental stressors like dehydration, UV and disinfectants," said the lead study author, Kiril Vaglenov.
But the same porous material properties that protect bacteria from threats also seem to prevent them from spreading easily.
By contrast, the bacteria on less porous materials like tray tables, toilet handles and window shades scored much higher than seat pockets and leather seats for transmissibility – meaning bacteria on these surfaces were far more likely to transfer to human skin.
"The best thing you can do to protect yourself when flying is: Before you put anything into your mouth, bring some alcohol hand sanitizer and sanitize your hands. It's all about risk mitigation," said Michael Schmidt, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the Medical University of South Carolina.
"After I wipe my hands, I use the rest of the alcohol wipe to wipe down the tabletop, just in case I touch it and inadvertently eat something."
The study did not take bacterial samples from actual aircraft cabins.
"We have efficient cleaning specifications that are standardized across our entire operation before all departures and on aircraft that remain on the ground overnight," Delta Airlines said in response to the study. "This includes removing all trash, wiping down all countertops, surfaces and seats, cleaning floors and replacing and restocking pillowcases and blankets among several other procedures."
The study was supported by funds from the Federal Aviation Administration and the Airliner Cabin Environment Research Center.
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In Her Words May 2013: Lisa Madigan
As the first woman to serve as Illinois Attorney General, people often ask me to speak about what it means to be a 'woman in power,' and I always respond with the same answer: 'Regardless of what we do, we all have a measure of power. Whatever our jobs, we each see situations every day where we can take action to ensure that we are making life better for other women and, ultimately, better for us all.'
As Attorney General, I have the opportunity and responsibility to confront problems in the justice system that for too long have been ignored or mishandled. One glaring issue is how survivors of sexual assault are assisted and supported in Illinois.
Sexual assaults in our country occur at an alarming rate. According to the Department of Justice, one in six women will be sexually assaulted during her lifetime. But, only about 40 percent of survivors ever report their rape to police. One reason why is because women don't believe the crime will be taken seriously, and they don't want to be re-victimized by the response they receive – from police, prosecutors, even doctors and nurses.
That's a dangerous situation – not only for survivors, but for other women – because studies show upward of 70 percent of sexual predators reoffend.
The only way to reverse the disturbing statistics is to eliminate the reasons women don't report rape. The better we respond to and care for survivors, the more we encourage others to come forward, and the more violent criminals we ultimately get out of our communities.
Of course, responding effectively to a survivor requires thoroughly investigating the crime. So I was horrified when Human Rights Watch Chicago Director Jobi Cates told me that over 4,000 rape kits in Illinois had not been submitted to the state's crime lab. Not because of a 'backlog,' where kits were stalled in line waiting for testing, but instead because vital evidence collected after a sexual assault was left ignored, sitting on police department shelves. We responded by working with law enforcement to pass a law that makes Illinois the only state that mandates testing of all rape kits.
But while fixing one problem, you often find another. My office has long provided classroom training for Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) to ensure that when someone goes to the emergency room after a rape, a specially trained nurse is on hand to care for the physical and psychological needs of the survivor while properly collecting and preserving physical evidence. In speaking with a group of SANEs about our rape kit testing success, I learned that despite my office's hard work to train more than 1,300 SANEs, many were not allowed to practice due to a lack of support from their hospitals.
After contacting Maryjane Wurth, president/CEO, Illinois Hospital Association, we began working on a plan to ensure SANEs are available to sexual assault survivors across Illinois. We've gone from only a single hospital with a SANE available 24 hours a day to 24 hospitals committed to full SANE staffing. Our ultimate goal is to have a SANE nurse available to care for every sexual assault survivor in Illinois.
Both of these initiatives are important steps in our effort to make sure women seek help when they experience these terrible crimes and that their perpetrators are brought to justice. And they're two examples of how, as women, we can use our individual power to protect and improve others' lives. We all have a means to put our power to good use, and in fact, we have a responsibility to do so.


text: LONDON (AFP) - Kevin Pietersen has been left out of England's Test squad for the tour of India as the controversial batsman pays the price for the text message scandal that has left his international career in tatters.Pietersen was dropped for the final Test against South Africa after sending texts to opposition players that contained criticism of then England captain Andrew Strauss. The South Africa-born star has since met England coach Andy Flower for clear-the-air talks, but there are still issues to be resolved and that meant there was no place for Pietersen on the plane to India.While Pietersen remains in exile at present, England cricket managing director Hugh Morris left the door open for the 32-year-old to return to the fold in the future. "Both ECB and England team management have had meetings with Kevin Pietersen to address the issues which led to his omission from the final Test match against South Africa," Morris said on Tuesday."These discussions remain private and confidential and as there are issues still to be resolved Kevin has not been considered for selection for the India tour." Strauss retired from all cricket in the immediate aftermath of the Pietersen row and the fall-out from a stormy few months for English cricket continues to be felt.Distracted by the controversy over Pietersen, England lost their place on top of the Test rankings to South Africa after being beaten by the Proteas in the recent series. There were also reports that Pietersen's relationship with the rest of his England team-mates had deteriorated over recent months and it has proved impossible to resolve so much conflict in just a few weeks.Although the supremely-gifted Pietersen, who was also axed for the current World Twenty20 tournament in Sri Lanka, would be a loss to any side, England batsman Ian Bell believes the team can cope without him. "I suppose it has rocked the boat a little bit but it doesn't involve us as players, we don't choose who is in the squad or the team," Bell said."We've already seen the one-day team do well against South Africa and the Twenty20 team are on a real high too. So we're not too worried about things." Pietersen's omission and the selectors' decision to drop Essex batsman Ravi Bopara after a poor run of form this year paved the way for two uncapped batsmen to be included in Alastair Cook's 16-man squad for the four-match Test series, which begins in Ahmedabad on November 15.Somerset's Nick Compton and Yorkshire's Joe Root have been called up after both enjoyed impressive seasons in English county cricket. Compton, the 29-year-old grandson of England great Denis Compton, was the top English batsman in the county championship with an average of 99.Root opened the batting for Yorkshire, averaging 43.41 and winning the Cricket Writers Club Young Cricketer of the Year award on Monday. The 21-year-old is being lined up to fill the gap left by Strauss's shock retirement. The squad includes three spin bowlers, Samit Patel, Monty Panesar and Graeme Swann, as England adapt to the demands of playing on the slow pitches in India.Speaking about the two uncapped batsmen, national selector Geoff Miller said: "Nick Compton has performed well consistently for Somerset in County cricket this season, made big hundreds and shown that he has the temperament and the technique to play at a higher level."Joe Root is a player who has been successful at every level from county cricket through to EPP and England Lions, and he deserves this opportunity to step up to the next level and press his case for a place in the Test side."SQUAD: Alastair Cook (cpt), James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Ian Bell, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Nick Comptonn, Steven Finn, Graham Onions, Eoin Morgan, Monty Panesar, Samit Patel, Matt Prior (wkt), Joe Root, Graeme Swann, Jonathan Trott.


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An important complement to PESD's research on climate change policy and established fuel and power markets is our ongoing study of how to supply more and higher-quality energy services to the poorest populations around the world. We seek to understand the kinds of institutional arrangements that can allow delivery of modern energy services to the poor at scale and in a durable way, as opposed to whether a specific energy technology can be made to work on a one-off basis. Previous PESD research has examined how sustainable business models can be created for distributed generation of electricity. Current work focuses on the potential for commercial approaches to facilitate wide dissemination of improved household stoves.
The enormous potential for cleaner-burning household stoves to yield health, development, and environmental benefits has animated over 30 years of government- and nonprofit-led stove distribution programs, almost all with unsatisfying results (with the notable exception of China's national stove program). By reviewing existing literature on stoves as well as a variety of other technologies aimed at low-income populations, we identified three principal obstacles to adoption of new technologies by the poor: 1) a lack of perceived value associated with the technology, 2) cost barriers, and 3) the magnitude of lifestyle change the technology entails. Commercial stove programs in theory could have advantages of sustainability and scalability relative to charitably-oriented efforts, but all three of the above obstacles loom larger for stoves than for many other products.
Our stove-related research is currently focused on India as one of the largest potential markets for improved stoves. The research incorporates both case-study-based and quantitative methods. We have performed a survey of 14 companies that are attempting to sell cookstoves in India on a commercial or semi-commercial basis. The survey has yielded a number of insights so far. One is the importance of combining a hard-headed commercial mindset in operations with a deep and patient source of enterprise financing. Purely charitable operations find themselves unable to create a viable and scalable supply chain, insufficiently connected to real customer needs, and vulnerable to downturns in donor largesse. Conversely, organizations hoping to receive a venture-capital-like return on investment are inevitably disappointed by the realities of serving very poor populations.
Alongside this qualitative investigation of commercial stove efforts, we aim to develop an econometric model of cooking mode choice and utilization. The full set of data we need to construct the model includes: attributes of all cooking modes employed in a household, the relative prices of both cooking implements and fuel for these different cooking modes, household demographic characteristics, and factors related to the sales and marketing of different cooking implements and fuels. We plan to conduct a household survey in two Indian states in order to collect this information. The model constructed from the survey data should help stove businesses better match their products and marketing to customer preferences, researchers better understand drivers of stove adoption, and governments implement more effective policies to encourage use of improved stoves.


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NOTE: The custard calls for three large egg yolks, beaten. Separate the eggs ahead of time, placing the yolks in a small bowl covered tightly with plastic wrap, and let the yolks come to room temperature. Beat the yolks with a fork shortly before using. You can use the egg whites for some other purpose.
1 prepared (baked) 9-inch pie crust or graham cracker crust
3 medium-sized ripe bananas
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
50 drops SweetLeaf SteviaClear
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon almond extract
1/8 teaspoon dried lemon peel
3 large egg yolks, beaten
Whipped cream or whipped topping
Slice the bananas, and distribute the slices in the baked/prepared pie crust. Set aside
Place the cornstarch and salt in a medium-sized saucepan, and add a little of the milk, whisking until the cornstarch is completely dissolved. Pour in the remaining milk, and place the saucepan over medium heat. Heat, whisking frequently, until the mixture becomes visibly hot. Add SteviaClear, extracts, and lemon peel, then drizzle in the beaten egg yolks, still whisking. Cook over medium heat until thick – about 5 to 8 minutes longer.
Pour the hot custard over the banana slices in the crust, and let cool to room temperature. Let it sit for at least 2 hours. The custard will thicken further as it cools.
Top with a generous amount of whipped cream or whipped topping just before serving.
Yield: About 6 servings


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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.99 no.6 Cape Town jun. 2009
McCord 100-year-old beacon of hope in turbulent health care seas
Chris Bateman
With persistence, vision, courage and dogged perseverance, South Africa's only remaining autonomous mission hospital, Durban's McCord, had this May weathered 100 stormy years, forging a global reputation for training and affordable health care.
Now its caretakers are planning for the next century, jealously guarding its hard-won ethic of selfless patient care against any social mores or political expediency and scanning the time horizon for projected needs, harnessing its legion of grateful beneficiaries.
McCord celebrated its centenary over 3 memorable days at the beginning of May and continues to punch way above its 144-bed fighting weight through its egalitarian values, excellent senior training leadership and integrated management systems.
Perhaps best known for its founders' perseverance and creative pragmatism in the face of a once antagonistic medical profession, fierce political resistance and social exclusion, McCord paved the way for black medical education in South Africa.
Its Canadian-born medical superintendent, Helga Holst, who once did a short obstetric stint at McCord in 1978 before 'losing my heart to Africa', ended up in her current job 17 years ago.
She describes the hospital's target market as the 'employed uninsured'.
Translated, this means the hospital remains faithful to founders Dr James B and Margaret McCord's 1899 vision: 'to open the medical department for the Zulu Branch of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions' (ABM later became the Congregational Church).
Not only did the McCords and their successors face implacable opposition to a hospital for black patients in Durban's leafy Berea from 1909 (it was then cleverly called the Mission Nursing Home), they were repeatedly threatened with closure under the Group Areas Act.
Already successful in training the first class of 4 black female nurses, Dr Alan Taylor, Holst's 1922 predecessor, joined forces with Dr McCord in the first abortive attempt to establish shorter private medical training for Zulu men.
Holst wryly observes that 'things have come full circle', with family medicine and rural health expert, Professor Jannie Hugo, and others now developing a cadre of mid-level health workers.
Taylor and McCord were however thwarted by the white-dominated South African medical profession and it was only in 1945, when Dr J L Njongwe became McCord's first resident medical officer, that Taylor established a Natal-based lobby group called the 'medical school committee'.
Public meetings and deputations to government lobbied to ensure that Durban would not be overlooked as a centre for medical training for 'non-Europeans' when the issue came up for debate at national level. Their labours finally yielded fruit in 1957 when the first class of students graduated from the Durban Medical School and entered clinical training at McCord prompting more Group Areas Act threats.
Holst says McCord and Taylor's belief that 'people of African descent' had the ability, desire and need to be trained to provide health services for their own people flew in the face of prevailing beliefs that 'blacks' simply did not have such ability.
'They wanted to prove otherwise and developed the nursing programmes in the early 1920s.'
The nurses sat the national exams and excelled, although their qualifications were not officially recognised.
McCord's current nursing home then provided the premises for a cadre of black medical trainees in the early 1940s whom the establishment failed to accept. Taylor later became the first dean of the (now Nelson Mandela) Medical School while serving as medical superintendent of McCord Hospital.
Gearing up for the next century
Holst told Izindaba that she, her staff and supporters viewed the centenary celebrations as putting 'a stake in the ground'.
'We want to reflect on the successes and learning of the past and use these as a foundation stone for moving into the future. We're engaged in a substantial change process to take things to the next level over the next year or two.'
They are currently implementing an electronic patient record system across the entire hospital (it has been in existence in the HIV/AIDS programme for the past 4 years). Linked to this is an upgrade of the hospital's systems, policies and procedures, the human resources and quality-assurance systems, and a staff development programme.
McCord won the Discovery Foundation's Service Excellence award last year (R1 million) in recognition of its contribution to health care nationally.
Holst said a priority was to develop a more affordable health care model for the uninsured employed patient market, given the economic downturn and insufficient government funding for the 31 interns they train annually. Having to carry the cost for 11 additional interns meant taking money away from their patient care budget, which forces the hospital to increase patient payment contributions.
Ongoing lobbying has resulted in 'a sympathetic ear' from the national health department, but there has been no move to get the 31 interns onto the government PERSAL system.
'We're essentially training at the cost of funds for patient care, with our operational subsidy being reduced in real terms over time,' Holst said.
Being a private, subsidised, not-for-profit mission hospital meant that patients' fees were set at a proportion of the total cost of their care.
McCord has three sources of income: a health department subsidy, patient-generated income, and PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), which pays for half of the HIV- related work.
The health department meets the ART- and laboratory-related HIV costs while PEPFAR covers HIV-related salaries, and administrative and structural support.
Government backing needed for training
One of Holst's biggest worries is that hospital fees have now reached the point where patients are struggling to afford the subsidised rates.
By fully covering the cost of intern training the government would be affirming McCord's excellent training and taking advantage of the strong public service ethic instilled during their rotations. Holst said many community service doctors who had been through McCord ended up staying for a year or two longer at their conscription posting sites, something the country badly needed. McCord does not take comserve doctors on principle, believing them to be more sorely needed elsewhere.
Asked what it was at McCord that engendered such strong service values, Holst put it down to good infrastructure, leadership and management systems, the stability and leadership provided by a committed core of competent senior doctors and nurses, and the 'very strong emphasis' on caring, firstly for patients and secondly for colleagues.
'We don't have a hierarchal system, we work in teams each intern and student nurse add value to the team and are recognised it doesn't work perfectly in all departments but that's what we aim for.'
At the heart of the hospital remains its service-orientated Christian ethos, not the 'me-first' culture so prevalent globally.
Given the opportunity and ability, McCord strives to prepare and develop programmes and services in advance of projected needs, an example being the HIV services that began 12 years ago, initially to meet the social rather than the medical need.
Far-sighted planning pays off
When ARVs arrived (McCord was 5 years ahead of the government ARV roll-out), poverty, hunger, funeral and social support infrastructure were already largely in place.
A similar dynamic existed with internship and nurse training, with 3 of McCord's nurse training courses now the Nursing Council national standard.
Widely held as the most popular intern training site nationally, McCord is small and flexible, with a minimum of bureaucracy, allowing for great adaptability.
It also has a 42-bed, intermediate step-down facility for patients with opportunistic infections and where ART prepping is done some 2 kilometres away. The average length of stay for these 'step-down' patients is now 12 days. About 90% of patients admitted to the step-down facility in stretchers and wheelchairs improve rapidly and are discharged walking and motivated to continue their treatment programmes.
Holst puts this down to holistic care that caters for their psycho-social, spiritual and medical needs; 'drugs alone don't do it,' she emphasises.
If McCord's vision for the next century succeeds, then a stronger focus on comprehensive, integrated ambulatory care services will help further reduce the cost of hospital care at all levels, not just for HIV-related illnesses.
The 3-day centenary celebrations included a mayoral reception at the Durban Art Gallery, a presentation of 'Past, present and future' in the Durban City Hall, tours through the hospital by McCord's 32 specially trained 'ambassadors' (trained by Durban Tourism and local historians), and a gala dinner for the 'golden oldies' from all over the world, and concluded with a thanksgiving service led by the Rev Michael Cassidy on Sunday 3 May. McCord's trainees include some of the country's leading health practitioners and politicians.
These events will be documented by celebrated local film maker, Anant Singh.
Holst said the new metaphor for McCord Hospital is that of a lighthouse that had been 'battered by storms and is in the process of restoration in the midst of further storms, shining a far brighter light that requires far less energy, into Africa'.


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According to Frank Isola of the New York Daily News, Amare Stoudemire would be interested in joining Kobe Bryant in forming exhibition teams to play games in China.
"Amar'e Stoudemire would consider joining Kobe Bryant's barnstorming tour through China if the NBA lockout extends into the regular season.
According to a person close to the Knicks' All-Star power forward, Stoudemire would only play if he can be insured in case of injury. The Knicks signed Stoudemire last summer to five-year, $100-million contract despite being unable to get the contract insured because Stoudemire has a pre-existing knee problem and has had surgery for a detached retina.
After Stoudemire signed, he honored the Knicks' request to withdraw from the U.S. national team in order to rest his body for the upcoming season. Stoudemire also suffered a back injury prior to Game 2 of the Knicks' first-round series with Boston in April and is still not 100%.
The Knicks are not permitted to have contact with their players during the work stoppage but they would get word to Stoudemire – likely via his agent Happy Walters – that they would prefer if one of their top players didn't travel to Asia for non-sanctioned NBA exhibitions."
I don't like this one bit. If Amare wasn't 28 with a bad back and knees that will need surgery sometime in the next few years, then yes I would be okay with it. Of course it would be awesome to see Amare and Kobe and Durant playing together in exhibition games but with all the Knicks have invested in this 6'10 scoring machine, we cannot afford an injury to the man they call STAT. Phoenix didn't sign him because they refused to give him a 5 year contract due to concern over his knees. There's no doubt the man has injury problems. He shouldn't be taking risks overseas in exhibition games when we have 102 million dollars invested in him. Thank god that Amare is a intelligent human being and knows the importance of medical insurance but still, he shouldn't play. I know Amare is a well rounded, cultured man and would love the chance to play some games in China but he has a 5 year commitment to the New York Knicks.
Oh yea, and Amare's going to China this month… Lets pray that this lockout gets lifted before the season starts.
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I need to capture fingerprint on browser using HTML5/applet. After reading up and doing some research I found that it was possible with applets.
I am trying to run the AbisApplet that comes with abis-sample in Neurotec_Biometric_9_0_SDKSamplesBiometricsJavaabis-sample. I built the abis-sample using Maven and it generated abis-sample-220.127.116.11.jar containing AbisApplet. But when I try to run the applet using abis-applet.jnlp, I get an error dialog window saying -
ExitException[ 3]com.sun.deploy.net.FailedDownloadException: Unable to load resource: file:/C:/NeurotecTest/verifinger/applet/neurotec-native-win64-x64.jar
at sun.plugin2.applet.JNLP2Manager.downloadResources(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.JNLP2Manager.prepareLaunchFile(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.JNLP2Manager.loadJarFiles(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager$AppletExecutionRunnable.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
I can"t find the jar anywhere. I have all the other jars that are needed by abis-applet.jnlp. Am I missing something?


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Joined: 11 Aug 2009
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Location: Israel, somewhere in the beautiful desert
Posted: Sun 25 Jul 2010, 05:12
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I'm gonna try to recompile all multimedia stuff in 4.3.1 plus other applications, it works so much better than Lupu/Murky, so stable ... I'll make pets from everything and build it from scratch with Woof.
I'll try to upgrade as much as possible this time
EDIT: so far, compiled these: asunder, faac, faad2, libao, libogg, libsamplerate, libsndfile, libtheora, libvorbis, x264 and xvidcore. Currently working on ffmpeg with the 60% faster VP8 thing, xine-lib and gxine will follow
Two packages are out already (yasm and libvpx), that's great already, I expect the end result (which will be some sort of a Kinda Lucid Puppy 2.0) to be way better. Maybe I'll even get it smaller, who knows.
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Ray MK
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Posted: Mon 26 Jul 2010, 07:07
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Hi Iguleder
Been playing with both klp005 and Murky002 over the last few days and they are both excellent puppy's.
(firewall not passing sanity test in murky)
Can't wait for a fixed up klp006 - klp does seem slightly snappier than murky, runs slightly cooler and has IMO a better menu layout.
However - luv the name "Murky" and prefer the later Opera setup - nice.
Thanks for all that you do for us noob puppy users - it is appreciated.
Very best regards - Ray
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Posted: Tue 27 Jul 2010, 02:18
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Well ... 005 works more than fine. It's really great, except the printer wizard, which isn't included.
At the moment I'm kinda busy working on my own distro (yeah, I also work on an independent distribution), when I'm done with it I'll work on some KLP improvements, already got many
And thanks for your appreciation.
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Posted: Sat 31 Jul 2010, 08:09
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Iguleder wrote:
Well ... 005 works more than fine. It's really great, except the printer wizard, which isn't included.
I'm using it....with the fixes for CUPS, it's great. When ou do update it, can you also have a way to upgrade the 005 to the newer version...would save a lot of time for those who add stuff.
Thanks for your work....it's really appreciated.
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Posted: Sat 31 Jul 2010, 12:08
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I'll post a delta, as I always do.
I've got a bunch of packages, now I just need to make PETs and create some experimental 006.
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Posted: Sat 31 Jul 2010, 12:39
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Iguleder wrote:
I'll post a delta, as I always do.
I've got a bunch of packages, now I just need to make PETs and create some experimental 006.
Thanks....looking forward to it.
BTW, the weather station in pwidgets 2.3.0 doesn't seem to work with this version....but 227 does....that might be just here.
Does the Moo remaster give one the ability to include items added to /root and /etc ?
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Posted: Sat 31 Jul 2010, 14:55
Post subject: Silverlight ?
Would it be hard to include the silverlight (MS's moonlight) plugin into your next release ?
For Dutch television streams almost every broadcast with this plugin, it is hardly impossible to view the latest videostreams.
Probably hard to do for there is not one pup who includes it.
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Posted: Sun 01 Aug 2010, 06:38
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tclhost: yes, it's easy, just create a directory with all your custom files and select it as the extra stuff directory in Moo. If you have <path to that directory/root/lol, it will appear as /root/lol in the remastered puplet and so on.
nancy reagan: I'll check that and maybe include Moonlight.
EDIT: making the first 006 ISO with many goodies. Moonlight won't be included due to its size and because the preview of version 3 is out ... makes no sense to include an old version or some unstable one.
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Posted: Mon 02 Aug 2010, 03:34
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Downloading KLP 006 right now.Have been running a frugal install while keeping up with your current versions and each release just gets better. Great job.
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Posted: Mon 02 Aug 2010, 04:35
Post subject: Boot Problem on USB
Subject description: Kernel Panic
Unlike your previous puplets and others....I am experiencing a problem with a usb bootable version.
I routinely have several puppies on a usb stick so that I can boot different versions. The puppy files are stored in seperate directories.
The following syslinux.cfg is in use:
default puppy
display /klp/boot.msg
prompt 1
timeout 50
F1 /klp/boot.msg
F2 /klp/help.msg
label puppy
kernel /klp/vmlinuz
append /klp/initrd=initrd.gz pmedia=cd
Files have been copied as per the above.
In Kinda 005 and 006 I receive the following message:
kernel panic - not syncing VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-blovk (8,1
I've tried 3 different USB sticks getting the same result.
A fix would be greatly appreciated.
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Posted: Mon 02 Aug 2010, 04:39
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Change to "append initrd=/klp/initrd.gz" instead of "/klp/initrd=initrd.gz".
I'll make a bootable stick here and check this out.
EDIT: works fine here. It's your syslinux.cfg. If the solution I proposed doesn't solve the problem, check the ISO md5.
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Posted: Mon 02 Aug 2010, 08:58
Post subject: Re: Xorg Wizard bug in klp-004 (solved)
superchook wrote:
This computer has a seventeen inch LCD screen which apparently returns the string CMV 17" as its model name. In the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file generated by the wizard the following line in the Section "Monitor" prevents X from starting.
ModelName "CMV 17" AD"
I always have to edit this line to
ModelName "CMV 17 AD"
In klp-004 I select Xorg in the first screen of the Puppy Video Wizard and highlight 1280x1024x24 before entering <Test_X_NOW>
This immediately returns:
Report on X test:
Resolution: x pixels
Horizontal frequency: KHz
Refresh frequency: Hz
Video driver: ati
If you are reading.....
Tab to <Tweak> then ENTER
<Tweak_xorg.conf> Enter
<OK> Enter
does _not_ bring up xorg.conf in an editor but instead takes you back back to:
Okay, just about to take the plunge......
The only solution is to _not_ <Test_X_NOW> but to try Xorg without testing first. The wizard then drops you to the command line after displaying the line:
If X failed to start, type "xorgwizard" to setup X
at the prompt enter
e3ne /etc/X11/xorg.conf
and edit the line
ModelName "CMV 17" AD"
to become
ModelName "CMV 17 AD"
ave and exit the editor. At the prompt enter
xwin jwm
and you arrive at the desktop.
Posted from klp-004
The problem turns out to be that the xorgwizard script contains the line
mp /etc/X11/xorg.conf
but klp unlike pup-431 does not provide the mp text editor. One solution would be to change the line to
e3ne /etc/X11/xorg.conf
klp-006 has the same problem.
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Location: Chatswood, NSW
Posted: Wed 04 Aug 2010, 20:31
Post subject: Problem with delta file
Thanks for sharing your KLPs.
I downloaded the delta file for 005-to-006 but when trying to create the klp-006.iso, I get a message:
xdelta3:target window checksum mismatch: XD3_INVALID_INPUT
A klp-006.iso is produced but is only about 16MB so I'm assuming this is not quite the size klp-006.iso should be?
The checksum for the delta file was OK when I checked it, and my klp-005.iso worked for both a full and frugal install.
I got the xdelta3 error tried in a 4.2 Pup as well as the KLP-005 Pup - I think both these are using the same xdelta3 package which so far has been flawless with many other deltas.
Any ideas to fix my problem?
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Posted: Wed 04 Aug 2010, 23:41
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Ummm ... I guess you'll have to download the ISO if so. I don't work with deltas myself ... so I have no idea what's wrong,
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Posted: Mon 25 Oct 2010, 00:01
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This thread ended 2 months ago, with neither a bang nor a whimper.
Was KLP suddenly superseded by something better/smaller/faster/
Why was this thread abandoned faster than the Incas fled Machu Picchu?
As a bumbling pilgrim on his road to enlightenment, I'm feeling dazed and overwhelmed by the passing throng of endless puppy derivations. I'm left bedazzled and reeling by the dizzying array of bling and zing. What to reach out and grasp?
It takes me 7 hours to download an iso, so i'd appreciate knowing has this pup been abandoned already?
Or has it moved to another thread, under another name?
I'm in need of a puppy,
that will be easy to get working with my brand new ZTE K3571-Z modem (vodaphone 3g) on a PIII 650 MHZ with 720 MB RAM.
All help greatly appreciated.
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Doctor, doctor, give me the news
I'm so glad this Matzusaka-Boras beast has a hard stop deadline of today (or tomorrow, depending), as dragging this out ad infinitum just wouldn't be good for my health.
I'm not sleeping well, I'm not eating …
You know, when you think about it, the general condition of being a Boston Red Sox fan isn't especially healthy.
Yeah, it's like constant exposure to second hand smoke and transfat.
Seriously. I'm surprised they haven't added a question to the new patient forms at the doctah's office: "Do you follow the Red Sox? If so, how many games a week do you consume?"
Yeah, that could lead right into the questions like "Do you have night sweats?" "Have you ever thought about hurting yourself or suicide?" "Does it sometimes feel like insects are crawling inside your legs?"
You know it's probably only a mattah of time before they figure out the gene that causes one to become a die hahd sports fan. I can see it now, the obstetrician walks in and says, "Mr and Mrs O'Reily, I have some grave news for you."
"What is it doctah, is the baby retahted?"
"No, I'm afraid it's worse than that: A gene scan has found your child has an 80% chance of developing into a Yankees fan."
And the parents would be all, "I don't care if we are Catholic: Abort! Abort! Abort!"


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March 15, 2013
By: Jordan Marbaugh, sports information assistant
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University softball team split its doubleheader with Adrian College on a cold Friday, March 15, 2013. Bluffton lost the first game, 9-0, in six innings, but the Beavers rallied from a 6-1 deficit in game two for a 10-9 win that gave Bluffton an unlikely split with the Bulldogs.
The first game got blown open in the second inning when Adrian put up four unearned runs thanks to a pair of Bluffton miscues. Adrian struck for two more in the fifth and three in the sixth. Bluffton broke up Brooke Stewart's no-hitter with a pair of safeties in the sixth inning, but it was too little, too late as Adrian wrapped up a 9-0 mercy-rule victory in Bluffton's home opener.
SHELBY ERFORD (Paulding) and SHELBY WADE (Delaware/Buckeye Valley) poked back-to-back singles to open the sixth for Bluffton's only hits in game one. Sophomore CHLOE SHELL(Covington) fell to 3-3 after surrendering nine runs on 11 hits. She struck out three and walked one batter.
Game two took a total team effort to come away with the victory. The Beavers got on the board in the third when ARIANNA MUFFO (New Athens, Ill.) singled to center, scoring fellow sophomore EMILY KOLEZYNSKI (Strongsville) from second.
The lead was short lived as Adrian put six runs on the board for a 6-1 lead after three and a half innings. The bottom of frame four started with a walk to KATIE CLARK (New Palestine, Ind.). Shelby Wade doubled to left center. ALEXANDRA HAUGH (Highland, Ind./Andrean) followed with a pinch hit double to right, scoring Clark and Wade. KRISTINA HAMLER(Reynoldsburg/Pickerington Central) singled before junior captain CHELSEA WEITZ(Dayton/Carroll) hit into a fielder's choice which plated Haugh. Muffo's infield single with the bases full sent Weitz home and Kolezynski scored on a wild pitch. JESSICA KUZARA (Flat Rock, Mich./Huron) reached on an error which allowed Shelby Erford to score and it put the Beavers up, 7-6.
Bluffton added another run in the fifth, pushing the lead to 8-6. Adrian came right back and tied the game in the top of the sixth, 8-8.
In bottom of the sixth, Clark and Wade laced consecutive singles and they both moved into scoring position on a wild pitch. Coach Bruder called NATALIE NIKITAS (Jeffersonville, Ind.) off the bench to pinch hit and the junior delivered with a two-run single to right for a 10-8 Bluffton lead. Adrian battled to the end, but Shell induced a groundout to third base to end the game with Bluffton closing out the 10-9 victory and series split.
Erford, Muffo, Clark and Wade all chipped in with two hits for the Beavers. Clark, Wade and Kolezynski scored two runs each, while Muffo, Haugh and Nikitas all finished with two RBI.
Shell worked the final 1.1 innings, allowing two runs on four hits for the victory (4-3) thanks to a Bluffton offense that showed signs of life after being two-hit in the lidlifter.
The Beavers are off on Saturday before traveling to Olivert College for a doubleheader with the Comets on Wednesday, March 20. The first contest is slated for 3:30 PM.


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NEW YORK -- Beginning today, fans voting online will help select the Major League Baseball player whose on-field performance and contributions to his community inspire others to higher levels of achievement. Fan voting for the Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award will be conducted via www.MLBPLAYERS.com, the official website of Major League Baseball players, through 11:59 p.m. ET, Sunday, Sept. 15.
The Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award is bestowed annually by Major League players, along with nine other PLAYERS CHOICE AWARDS, to honor the players they believe are the best in the game. Players on each of the 30 Major League teams have nominated one teammate as a candidate for the 2013 Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award.
Fans now may visit www.MLBPLAYERS.com to select their favorite among the nominees. Six division finalists chosen by the fans will appear on the PLAYERS CHOICE AWARDS ballot when all Major Leaguers vote on Tuesday, Sept. 17, to select the winner. Balloting on Sept. 17 will be conducted under the supervision of accounting firm KPMG.
Retired Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones was the 2012 Marvin Miller Man of the Year. Touched early in his career by the experience of a young boy with cystic fibrosis, Chipper has long been a supporter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. He serves as the chair of the Georgia chapter's 65 Roses Sports Committee and the "Bridges to a Cure" campaign and hosted children with cystic fibrosis at Turner Field. Past winners of the award, named for the legendary baseball union leader, also include Michael Young, Brandon Inge, Curtis Granderson, Torii Hunter, Albert Pujols, Jim Thome, John Smoltz, Mike Sweeney, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Eric Davis and Paul Molitor.
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When it comes to his healthcare law, President Obama faces a political version of what insurance folks call "adverse selection": All the bad news is sticking to him and most of the good news is sticking to someone else.
Adverse selection, as we've been hearing lately, is what happens when a health insurance plan attracts too many sick people and not enough healthy ones. The plan's costs go up, its rates rise, healthy people drop out and, before you know it, you're in what actuaries call a death spiral.
Obama isn't at that point yet. But the self-inflicted damage he has suffered in the last month is serious and likely to be enduring.
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For most of his time in office since 2009, polls found that although most Americans didn't fully agree with Obama's positions on national issues — a majority considered him more liberal than they were — they liked and trusted him. When it came to whether Obama was honest, strong and looking out for the interests of ordinary people, the president's scores were healthy.
No longer. In an ABC News-Washington Post poll released Tuesday, for example, Obama fell into negative territory on those three crucial measures. And that's a problem.
A president who scores well on those attributes — as Obama always had — gets the benefit of voters' doubts when he stumbles. A president who falls short on those qualities risks being blamed for anything that goes wrong.
That means that when insurance policies get canceled, rates rise or insurers refuse to reinstate old policies, more people will be ready to blame Obama for those failings without giving him credit for what's working.
And that's unfortunate for the president because some things are, in fact, working. In Kentucky, Connecticut, Washington, New York and California, state-run health insurance marketplaces are enrolling buyers by the thousands. But once a president loses voters' confidence in his honesty, they aren't likely to see his achievements in the same light.
Instead, the governors and insurance commissioners will get credit for any successes, and they'll deserve it. The president will still be wrestling with a balky federal marketplace — and suffering by comparison. It may look as if Obamacare can work but only when Obama himself isn't running it.
The problems won't end once the federal marketplace struggles to its feet either. From now until well into next year, every individual story of someone dissatisfied with their insurance choices will serve as a renewed reminder that Obama made promises that weren't true.
Things could get even worse if the president is unable to keep another of his promises: that the federal government's Healthcare.gov website will be working well by Nov. 30.
Already, the president has begun trying to redefine success downward on that goal. "The website will work much better on Nov. 30 … than it worked certainly on Oct. 1," he said last week. But he'll have trouble convincing anyone that a marginally better website fulfills his pledge.
And next year, when the new insurance policies are up and running, the president will face another gap between his rhetoric and reality. "No matter how we reform healthcare," he said in 2009, "we will keep this promise: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period."
As almost every user of employer-provided insurance knows, insurers routinely change the lists of doctors in their networks; nothing in the Affordable Care Act guarantees a patient's access to her current physician.
It seems certain that in the coming year we'll be seeing media stories about unhappy patients who can no longer see their usual doctors — and we'll be hearing that quote from Obama a lot.
Once that's over, yet another problem looms. Next spring, insurance companies will set their rates for 2015, based on their initial experience with Obamacare enrollment. If too many sick people have signed up and too few healthy ones, we'll be learning about adverse selection all over again — just in time for the congressional election campaign.
It's hard to fault the GOP for enjoying a bit of schadenfreude.
In a memo to his clients on Monday, Republican pollster Bill McInturff compared Obama's condition to President George W. Bush's loss of public trust after his halting response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
"Once unleashed, these negative sentiments are difficult to reverse and correct," McInturff warned. "Midterm elections are almost always a referendum on the president, with a direct connection between low job-approval ratings and the incumbent party absorbing significant losses. Democrats beware."
To survive next year's elections, some Democrats in Congress will feel compelled to be more vocal in their criticism of Obama's management — as 39 House members were last week, when they voted for a Republican bill that would have weakened the healthcare law.
It's entirely possible that Obamacare will survive all these shoals and grow into a successful program that provides affordable health insurance to millions. That's Obama's best hope to revive his reputation. But he'll have to accept a little irony: By this time next year, the Affordable Care Act could be more popular than the president who promoted it.
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They meet up with Charlotte Bless (Nicole Kidman), a trashy blond who seems to fashion her appearance after close study of the Trashy Lingerie catalog. She could have been the model for the dames on the paperback covers of Mickey Spillane steamers in the 1950s. Charlotte has never met Hillary Van Wetter, but they've been corresponding and are engaged to be married.
I know a lot of women fall in love with men on Death Row, but Charlotte is a case study. She's in love with the very hopelessness of her romance, its masochistic idealism. In a scene that defies description, Ward and Jack take her for her first in-person meeting with Hillary, and so much does their romance reside in their fevered minds that they achieve simultaneous orgasm while 10 feet apart.
A scene like that takes courage, but Nicole Kidman isn't finished. Charlotte is a merciless flirt around poor Jack, a champion swimmer who has been booted out of college and comes home to deliver papers for the local newspaper owned by his father (Scott Glenn). His lean and muscular body seems to contain a brain that is not in equally great shape. Charlotte reclines seductively on the beach next to him, with various bits peeking out in friendliness from beneath her bikini. To cool off, Jack plunges into the ocean and is attacked by jellyfish.
Half-conscious, he crawls ashore, and some local girls scream that the allergic reaction can be reversed by quickly urinating on him. That's the kind of life-saving information, which, if true, you'd think would be widely known. Whether it works or not, you will discover in "The Paperboy."
This lurid story begins by being told in flashback by the Jansen family's cook and maid, Anita Chester (Macy Gray), who has seen some hard times since the events took place. She seems to know exactly what happened but is reluctant to come right out and say, and if I were a black maid in 1969 in Lately, Fla., you wouldn't get a peep out of me.
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