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Spring 2011
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Life cycle
Luminous beauty and the delight of discovery in a photo essay by Susan Middleton '70.
The Pause for Coz
A much-beloved Jesuit, Fr. Richard Coz touched the lives of generations of Broncos—who established a scholarship in his honor with the goal of raising $1 million.
Mission Matters
Here's the plan.
It's a new strategic vision for Santa Clara University. And a road map for the years ahead.
Taking innovations to scale
An inaugural conference on the Mission Campus draws the best of the Tech Awards. The goal: Take brilliant ideas, then replicate.
Bronco Profile
Man in motion
Rich McGuinness '89 is a football force to be reckoned with. He's the man behind The Ride and the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.


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My daughter is 6 1/2 weeks old and I think was just going through a growth spurt. Alternate days of constant eating and lots of sleeping. She seems to be out of the spurt now, but I have been left with OS and major OALD. She is usually a calm eater, but now is writhing around, pulling off, and getting upset...when she pulls off, there is usually a strong stream of milk that continue to shoot out of my nipple for a long time, so I see why she is having a difficult time.
I am hesitant to block feed because I don't want to reduce my supply this early on. Nursing reclined helps sometimes but not always. I have used a hand pump for about a minute a few times too, but I am worried that doing that could exacerbate the problem in the long run.
Any advice?

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A Daily lesson?If you are are up for a challenge and would like to learn something NEW every day? keep an eye on this fascinating Blog by a Reference Librarian located in Guam!
Titled: The Internet can change your life : 'a series of daily assignments designed to teach the newby all all the wonderful things the Internet has to offer'
It's not too late to catch up, currently on Assignment #77.
New technologies are uncovered in a fun way, every post ends with the word PLAY!! which is the core theme of the original 'Learning 2.0' program' by the brilliant Helene Blowers.
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Cal Poly Pomona held a pep rally to honor its men's basketball team which brought home a national championship a few days ago.
It was a festive 45-minute affair., The pep band played, the cheerleaders were on hand and the Quad was adorned with green and gold balloons. Each player was introduced, as were the coaches. The athletes soaked up the atmosphere. All had a good time but no one enjoyed the moment more than junior Donnelle Booker.
Seniors Dahir Nasser and Austin Swift were the last introduced and they were the players who addressed the crowd.. Swift appeared the most emotional, on the verge of tears a couple if times. Perhaps it was the realization his collegiate career was over and couldn't have ended in a better way.
The mayor was on hand. Do politicians ever miss a chance to schmooze! It's almost annoying. Yes the city is proud of the team but this is a mayor who likely has not been to a game. Now he wants to be there to pat the boys on the back. If he had been to a game or knew anything about the team he wouldn't have referred to coach Greg Kaminksy (as opposed to Kamansky).
And he referred to athletic director Greg Swanson. (It's Brian Swanson).
But it was nice that the players had their day and were able enjoy the adoration of the student body.
Eight out of 10 players should return. So now the have to be up to the challenge of defending the title. I don't think that will be a problem though!


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In the world of celebrity dissidents, Akbar Ganji may be Iran's most famous. A slight man with a tuft of hair atop a mostly bald head, he is perhaps best known for the seventy-three-day hunger strike he endured in 2005, near the end of his six-year detention in Tehran's hilltop Evin Prison. Ganji was born in 1960, and like many men and women of his generation, he agitated against Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi from a tender age. After serving in the young Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guard during the grueling Iran-Iraq war, he served as an attaché at the Iranian Embassy in Turkey, where, among other things, he was encouraged to spy on restive Iranian students in Ankara. But as he journeyed deeper into Iran's political interior, Ganji grew increasingly disenchanted with what this new Islamic Republic had become. The values for which the revolutionaries had ostensibly fought, from freedom of thought and expression to the freedom to participate in fair and transparent elections, had been smothered. More and more, this regime made it clear that it would not tolerate critics.
Ganji eventually left government and became a journalist. By the mid-1990s he was publishing courageous investigative essays in reformist newspapers, Kiyan and Sobh-e Emrooz the most prominent among them, about the excesses, financial and otherwise, of President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's regime. Most notable were Ganji's dispatches about a series of ghastly murders of dissident intellectuals during the presidency of Rafsanjani's successor, the incongruously smile-prone and mild-mannered Mohammad Khatami; Ganji's reporting eventually implicated high-ranking officials within the Ministry of Intelligence and other security agencies.
The state Ganji had once defended with his life locked him up in Evin in 2000 on multiple charges, ranging from spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic to endangering national security. By the fifth year of his sentence, Ganji was penning what he called letters "to the free people of the world." In the second of these letters, dated July 2005, he referred to the country's all-powerful Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, who is more or less elected for life, as a sultan, urging him to step down and calling for a new, secular constitution. That same year, Ganji began his stubborn hunger strike, and soon enough images of the rail-thin prisoner on the brink of a premature death, his eyes rolled back into their lids, landed in e-mail accounts worldwide–including my own. His plight was taken up by various crusaders from the international human rights movement, while the coiners of the phrase "axis of evil" anointed him a hero ("America stands by you," at least one Bush-era White House press release declared). Having served his prison sentence, Ganji left Iran in 2006–supposedly for a short trip. He has not returned, instead joining the growing ranks of Iranian dissidents based in think-tank havens like Washington, DC.


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Travel to Charleston, S.C., by air, car, train or RV… It doesn't matter how you get there, but you will be glad you did. Longtime Charleston residents Charlotte and Jan Humphries have planned an exciting weekend just for EC Alumni and Friends. The itinerary for March 24-27 includes:
Thursday, March 24: Fort Moultrie and Gullah dinner on Sullivan's Island
Friday, March 25: Morning free (golf for those desiring to play); historic city tour, including historic homes; bus ride to the famous Middleton Place Gardens with guide; Charleston Harbor sunset dinner cruise with Captain Ping.
Saturday, March 26: Off to the islands; lunch at Bohicket Marina at Seabrook Island; Visit 5-Star Sanctuary on Kiawah Island; Freshfield Village; Rosebank Farms produce stand; Angel Oak Tree on Johns Island; Charleston Tea Plantation on Wadmalaw Island; 'Pig-Pickin' at Charlotte's home on Johns Island.
Sunday, March 27: Chapel service with Dr. Mike Stewart, followed by Ping's shrimp and grits Sunday brunch at Charlotte's home on Johns Island.
Please call Charlotte Humphries at (843) 729-3954 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com for information on hotels. James Island Park Campground has hookups/spaces for RVs, and the park has 10 cabins for rent that house up to 8 occupants apiece. These cabins would be great for couples, families or groups of single attendees to share.
PRICE for the SPRING 2011—GATHERING is only $250 per single or $499 per couple. This fee includes bus transportation for special events and for the above-listed site visits, lunches, dinners and activities. Travel to Charleston, hotels and golf are at your own expense.


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Clarkson University's Hinchman Named Fulbright Scholar
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Political Science Professor Lewis P. Hinchman, now on research leave from Clarkson University, has been named a Fulbright Scholar for 2009 by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Hinchman will teach at the University of Bonn in Germany from April to August of 2009. He will offer "Introduction to American Politics and Twentieth Century Political Thought," as well as "The American West," all familiar courses long taught by Hinchman at Clarkson. He also intends to perform research on "green" philosophy and politics in Germany.
The Fulbright Program, the U.S. Government's flagship international exchange program, is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and people of other countries. It promotes leadership development through learning and international cooperation.
The Fulbright Program operates in more than 150 countries worldwide and has provided approximately 279,500 participants -- chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential -- with the opportunity to study, teach or conduct research in each others' countries and exchange ideas. Approximately 6,000 grants are awarded annually.
The program was established by Congress in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas. It is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, which works with private non-profit organizations in the United States and with U.S. embassies and binational Fulbright Commissions abroad to administer the Program. Policy guidelines are established by the Presidentially-appointed J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, which also selects the recipients of Fulbright awards.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in six alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.


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West beats East in Eastern League All-Star Classic
July 10. 2013 10:56PM
Javier Herrera of the Richmond Flying Squirrels had a three-run homer to lead the West All-Stars past the East All-Stars 5-0 in the annual Eastern League All-Star Baseball Classic Wednesday at New Britain Stadium.
Herrera's first inning homer was off Portland starter Anthony Ranaudo, who walked the first two batters of the game.
New Hampshire All-Stars Kevin Nolan of Nashua and Brad Glenn each were 0-for-2 in the game. Fisher Cats' pitcher Marcus Walden threw one scoreless inning and struck out one batter.
Portland's Michael Almanzar had one of East's five hits and catcher Christian Vazquez went 0-for-2.


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Dec 28, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Scargo you have an outragous garage keep it up love the italian rides where was that show located at
May 14, 2007 at 7:08 am
Thanks for the ride comments. I actually did bend one rim sofar, only had them about a month befor it happened. Good thing I have a connection with rims and tire. Oh yeah the TDI pushing about 21 psi up from about 15 stock. It really made the car come alive. Had it dynod at 134hp and 244ftlbs at the wheels last summer. Nice talking to you.
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Thanks for the comments on my album photos. I've answered your questions at the actual photos for the benefit of others who may wonder the same things. Oh, and you have some nice rides, btw. Take care.


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Number of students seeking biglaw and number qualified and worth a firm competing for are two totally different things. Just because someone at Cooley wants biglaw, doesn't mean they will get it. Good economy or not.Also, with regards to "when every firm does something it isn't scrutinized as much," while I agree with that statement, it has still yet to be shown that many firms are rescinding offers. There are rumors of it, but nobody has yet to mention a firm doing it by name and it's been nothing more than the usual gossip.
You are obviously right about no hard proof on the rescinding of offers. I don't really know if/when we would get such proof though. I'd say ATL info is suspect and I really don't see the mainstream media getting interested in the plight of the law student/lawyer anytime soon so I guess we are somewhat stuck with rumor mill at the moment.
Wouldn't you rather go to a firm that bites the bullet and gives offers to everyone despite being oversubscribed, and then makes up the difference in the next year?


text: I was kind of lukewarm about Susan Rice as the next Secretary of State -- she has high qualifications, but she'd been around for a while a now -- but that's all changed. The McCarthyism-style smearing of her -- with about as much evidence as Joe McCarthy had on that laundry list in Wheeling -- by Sen. John McCain & Co. has been one of the more disgraceful episodes in modern politics. Which is saying quite a lot when you think of it. That makes her nomination and confirmation no longer an option -- but a necessity. We'll be getting a solid cabinet member -- and putting an end to swift-boating in our time.


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Keep life simple with the DAKINE Capitol 23L Backpack. Or you can trying to carry all your stuff in a trashbag—but does your trashbag have a laptop compartment?
- Everyday backpack with ample room for a big day at work or school
- Padded laptop sleeve safely transports 15in laptop
- large front organizer pocket holds documents, gadgets, and anything else you want to keep separate from the main compartment
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It get's the job done!
- Familiarity: I gave it as a gift but have feedback to share
This backpack is great because it does what you need it to do without the needless bells and whistles. It's dependable. It works. My son wanted it for purely utilitarian reasons... and it's fulfilled his expectations.
Awesome Backpack
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Great backpack my son loves this backpack. Its not to small not to big. Fits his books and binder. and the color way is his favorite thing about it! Dakine backpacks have alway been great
Is this machine washable?
How thick is the backpack's material? Is there any lining? Would it be suitable for cold winters with snow ?
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
this backpack is awesome! its so simple and casual but also comfortable and durable! I use it nearly everyday for over a year now as my go-to backpack for overnights or whatever else. after over a year it shows minimal wear, and the olive and brown color still looks great (shows no stains). my mac fits fine in the laptop sleeve, love the fact that its a little bit padded, could be a little more padded though.. the only issue I've noticed is because it is so light, if i put a lot of weird shaped things in it (like shoes or boots or something) it tends to bulge out awkwardly on my back… however this is such a light backpack and I would assume its primary use was meant for school books, which it is perfect for! i love the fact that it isn't too bulky and looks fine when not full. straps are also comfortable!
are the strips comfortable?
are the strips comfortable?
By "strips" I assume you are referring to the shoulder straps on the DAKINE Capitol 23L Backpack. The straps are ergonomic and padded and should be more comfortable to wear than the average school pack.
What are the Dimensions?
What are the Dimensions?
18 x 12.5 x 6" [ 46 x 32 x 15cm ]
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Excellent backpack
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I really like this backpack because it has plenty of room and divisions but is does not look bulky. I especially like the streamlined design of it so I can wear it with various outfits.
Perfect for students
This is a very simple backpack but suits your everyday student/commuting pack. I ordered the Midnight and it looks exactly as pictured on the site. I wouldn't recommend it for use while biking but its not the worst backpack to bike with if your traveling shorter distances. The padded sleeve for your laptop is perfect for a 15 in laptop. Fits everything I need. I also really like the front organizer for your pencils and gadgets.
Dakine is Awesome
This is my 3rd Dakine backpack, and once again Dakine doesn't dissapoint. They put out some great gear, and this campus oriented backpack is another good product.
It is a simple backpack with the 2 pockets (small front pocket contains organized slots for pencils/calculator/phone/etc. and a zipped slot as well. Laptop sleeve is nicely padded, and is VERY comfortable. This thing carries very well.
Overall a great pack for day use at school or around town, or a trip to the campus library or whatever. I probably wouldn't recommend it for anything more than that though, as it is a very minimal pack, and doesn't even have a sternum strap or waist strap.


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General Comments: Futures closed lower on speculative selling tied to long liquidation. Traders are now working with production ideas for Brazil of about 54 to 55 million bags. There is also debate on how much coffee is getting offered from Vietnam as exports there remain below year-ago levels. Most insist the country will have to move a lot of coffee and that production near 29 million bags is accurate for the current year. However, bean sizes are reported to be small and could affect overall production levels. Buyers are now hoping for sales after the Tet holiday that happens at the end of the month as not much has been sold before the holiday. Differentials are steady at strong levels, and some roasters have been turning to Indonesia for supplies. Central American differentials are firm, and higher differentials are getting paid by roasters. Weather is reported to be good in all areas.
Overnight News: Certified stocks are lower today and are about 2.678 million bags. The ICO composite price is now 109.74 ct/lb. Brazil will get mostly dry conditions. Temperatures will average near to above normal. Colombia should get scattered showers, and Central America and Mexico should get mostly dry weather. Temperatures should average near to above normal.
Chart Trends: Trends in New York are mixed to down with objectives of 112.00, 110.00, and 106.00 March. Support is at 115.00, 113.00, and 112.00 March, and resistance is at 122.00, 124.00 and 125.00 March. Trends in London are mixed. Support is at 1690, 1670, and 1660 March, and resistance is at 1740, 1765, and 1800 March. Trends in Sao Paulo are mixed. Support is at 138.00, 136.00, and 135.00 March, and resistance is at 145.00, 147.00, and 149.00 March.
General Comments: Futures closed higher on follow through buying based on strong demand ideas and less offer in the market. The export sales report was very strong when compared to the previous month, and domestic mills are said to be bidding below the market. There are chances that the improved demand can continue, but many will be willing to sell if the sales drop this week on ideas that the market has gotten away from the demand. Traders say that there is good demand at the chart support areas under the current price area as mills here and in other parts of the world need to get some coverage. China is the number one buyer of U.S. cotton, but others could be using the recent price weakness to gain coverage while China has been buying in smaller quantities. The US economy is improving slowly and should support increases in demand over time as people start to buy clothes again. Brazil conditions are reported to be very good in Bahia with light precipitation and warm temperatures.
Overnight News: The Delta and Southeast will see dry conditions. Temperatures will average below normal. Texas will see dry conditions. Temperatures will average above normal this weekend after a cold week. The USDA spot price is 84.34 ct/lb. today. ICE said that certified Cotton stocks are now 0.066 million bales, from 0.052 million yesterday.
Chart Trends: Trends in Cotton are up with objectives of 9000 March. Support is at 87.60, 87.00, and 86.00 March, with resistance of 89.00, 89.20, and 89.50 March.


text: Fishing: Story Story Posted 02-07-2013 Major League Lessons: Dock Fishing 101 2013 General Tire Summit Cup, Chautauqua Lake, Aug. 27 - Sept. 1, 2012 By: Major League Fishing Communications, MajorLeagueFishing.com Permitted use provided by: MajorLeagueFishing.com TULSA, Okla. – Major League Fishing on Outdoor Channel will take a one-week break from the competition portion of the 2013 General Tire Summit Cup coverage to air Major League Lessons, a tips and techniques special edition of its weekly show. The Major League Lessons broadcast will air in primetime on Thursday at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT on Outdoor Channel. America's Leader In Outdoor TV, as well as during all this week's Major League Fishing time slots. The schedule change will allow the General Tire Summit Cup Championship Round to premier on NBC, Saturday, February 9 at 1 p.m. ET/noon CT. The championship will be offered on Outdoor Channel the week following its national broadcast on NBC. "We believe it makes sense to offer the Championship Round first on NBC, and we are fortunate to have a great Major League Lessons show in place this week that features some of the world's best anglers offering tremendous tips and techniques," said Major League Fishing Commissioner Don Rucks. "Chautauqua Lake presented some unusual challenges to the anglers, because an algae bloom that covered the lake changed the strategy for almost all of our anglers. They spent a lot of time on docks. And since every angler in America needs to know how to fish docks, we thought this would be a great chance to present what you might call 'Dock Fishing 101.' You're going to have some of best dock fishing pros anywhere showing you everything you need to know about how to fish a dock to your advantage. "I love watching this particular show, and it's not entirely dock fishing," Rucks added. "There will be some frog fishing, and you'll see and hear Mike Iaconelli and Ish Monroe, for example, giving some of their own little spins and philosophies. But it focuses mostly on docks. If I'm a competitive angler, I wouldn't miss this one." This episode features Iaconelli, Monroe, Denny Brauer, Shaw Grigsby, Mark Davis and Jeff Kriet. The Tips and Techniques broadcast is part of the Major League Fishing series that follows the Summit Cup, filmed on Chautauqua Lake in Western New York. Summit Cup coverage will air six times per week during the first quarter of 2013 on Outdoor Channel. For access to Outdoor Channel's full program schedule, please visit: HERE. Major League Fishing also offers EXTENDED CAST, a web-based, significantly expanded version of the Summit Cup television episodes. EXTENDED CAST can be accessed by clicking here. Share This Story Next From Story Major League Fishing Celebrates 5-Year Anniversary with Top Rating Related Fishing : Posted 02-06-2013 Finals: Brauer Pulling Out the Blinders View Fishing : Posted 02-01-2013 Chautauqua Institution Meets Major League Fishing – And Vice-Versa View Fishing : Posted 01-30-2013 Winding Down To Finals View Comments Categories News Stories Recipes Tips Gear Videos Photo Galleries Viewer Photo Galleries Features MAP: Find out where the fish are biting in your area Out There Fishing with Keith "Catfish" Sutton Major League Fishing World Fishing Network Feature Fishing Check Out All The Photos Explore the United States. Find information about and activities within your state. Get Started


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Cloud computing is a relatively new concept in the SQL Server community, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that there are still a lot of questions surrounding the migration process, data security, and cloud application performance. You can read all you want about how the cloud computing host providers' environment should work, but if you're like most DBAs, you need to hear about how it's working for an actual cloud customer before you begin considering it for your environment. Therefore, SQL Server Magazine is providing you with an inside look at how migrating to the cloud—Microsoft SQL Azure, in particular—went for Quosal, a quote and proposal software provider. We spoke with Stephen Yu, the vice president of development at Quosal, about how the migration process went, how migrating data to the cloud directly affected employees, and the advantages and disadvantages they've found to working in SQL Azure.
SQL Server Magazine: Can you give our readers a brief overview of Quosal and your overall experience with the Window Azure platform and SQL Azure?
Stephen Yu: We were founded in 2005 basically to provide a better quoting solution. About 40 percent of the business that's done in this country is done through quotes and proposals of some kind, the rest being retail or specialty types of business. So we were looking to have this quoting tool that allows people to prepare quotes and proposals easily. My role at the company has been to do the technology research and figure out what [cloud computing] platform we want to adopt, so that's kind of how we landed on the Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation of Microsoft .NET, and then SQL Azure as our back-end cloud offering.
We actually were one of the first testers for Azure, so we were able to migrate existing customer data, and [deploy] new customers to SQL Azure, pretty much as soon as SQL Azure was released, which was the beginning of last year. We've found it to be a very scalable tool. The main concern for us was whether we were going to do our own hosting around the world or leverage the infrastructure Microsoft had already put in place for their cloud hosting solution. We found that the SQL Azure infrastructure was very effective for us, especially getting into markets in Europe, South Africa, and Australia.
SQL Server Magazine: Can you discuss the migration process and the specific data you migrated to SQL Azure?
Yu: We originally architected Quosal just on a SQL Server back end and SQL Server Express. I think the original version was on SQL Server 2005 and then upgraded to SQL Server 2008. The actual data comprises a couple of different components. The majority of the data in our business objects are things like CRM data from the various CRM packages we integrate to, such as Microsoft Dynamics and Salesforce, so basically customer name, contact information, and the opportunity information on that customer—how hot of a prospect they are, and whether or not they'll close. The other key piece of information is product data. We have customers across quite a few verticals, but as a general rule most of the product data that comes in to us comes in via real-time XML feeds from various distributors. An example of that would be Tech Data or Ingram Micro in the IT space. They sell parts, say, to Staples or one of our other customers, so we pull in that information from these distributors and populate our database with it. So the kind of information we're talking about is product description, product brochures in either PDF or image format, such as JPEG. Obviously pictures large and small and thumbnails, and quite a few of the manufacturer marketing descriptions, which reside in Notes text type fields. Each quote varies in size, but you're probably looking at somewhere between 500KB and 1MB on the high end for a really big quote and on the low end probably 20KB to 100KB of data.
As far as migration goes, the main reason that we were able to migrate to SQL Azure so quickly and effectively is because we built in our own mapping tool. What happens is when the Quosal product is updated, it updates its own schema. One of the big dilemmas we had was, Can we really go to this platform if we have to have our customers manage a remote SQL Server database? And the answer was No. So, because we had this automatic schema updater, we were able to say, "Well, in this case we're going to use the tool itself to manage this database update." So really the only time we interact with the Azure database is from basically a web portal or a SQL Server Management Studio perspective during the initial installation. After that, Quosal maintains its own schema updates, checks for the indexes that are needed as it's running, and recreates them on the fly. Because of that flexibility in our product, we were really able to leverage the transition to SQL Azure and the actual conversion process because it almost looks seamlessly like a SQL Server 2008 database. It probably took about a day or two of coding and/or slight modifications to our connection strings, things like that.
SQL Server Magazine: It sounds like it's almost seamless. What advantages and disadvantages have you found with going to the cloud?
Yu: Certainly the main advantage we've seen going to the cloud is we have a lot of clients whose sale teams are distributed. They're not all in one location. And the advantage of going to the cloud is that they're able to access their data on the road from wherever they are. In our original deployment model, what we had to do was build a self-hosted IIS server that could use web services to provide that additional data layer so that remote clients could connect to that host server for all their remote sales teams. And that's actually a fairly big implementation in terms of both time and infrastructure costs having to put up a web server and run IIS and all the hardware and backups and things like that. So, from that perspective that's been a huge advantage to cut that entire layer out because with SQL Azure we're able to directly connect from anywhere as long as we have the connection info and as long as the firewall rules allow that specific IP address or that IP address range to access it.
Obviously I want to highlight both advantages and disadvantages. It's not all been a complete home run. I think the main disadvantage that we've seen is that at least as of right now, the backups for SQL Azure are very difficult to do. In fact, that's probably an understatement. They rely on a couple of different technologies that have been somewhat cobbled together. So basically a backup of the local SQL Server database is fairly easy to do. You have multiple ways to do it, including basically detaching a local copy of the database file and copying it and putting it onto your backup and disaster recovery system. Because the database is in the cloud and it's multi-tenanted, that's not an option, at least not out of SQL Server Management Studio. So, in order to do the backup, there are a couple of tools that semi-automate the process, but the basic idea is that you have to export the schema for the database to be copied to a text file (.sql), then with that schema create the target database, and then use the SqlBulkCopy class (System.Data.SqlClient) data copy method to export the data, which means that you're really looking at having a local SQL Server [system] anyway in order to back it up because you're backing up your Azure database to the local SQL Server [system]. Or, you can back up the remote Azure database to another remote Azure instance, and that works as well. But then the reliability is a little bit suspect; if, for some reason, all of the Azure databases went down or the actual portal to get into the databases went down, you would be offline.
SQL Server Magazine: Do your customers actually create their own SQL Azure accounts?
Yu: Yes. We were originally looking at reselling SQL Azure to them and kind of managing their accounts for them, but we just found that the overhead wasn't worth the fee that Microsoft offered for it, and it didn't give the customers full control of their database. We wanted them to feel like they own their own database, which they do, and that we don't have access to it unless they choose to grant us that access, so that's an important component because they set it up themselves. They grant us access to do the initial implementation, but then it's up to them to change the passwords, change the firewall filters, so that we're allowed in or not allowed in as they please, and to do their backups, which we do provide them. As I mentioned, the backups are kind of a mess; we have actually provided them some very detailed instructions and some additional tools we've made to help them along in that backup process. I do want to add the caveat that I believe Microsoft is working on better backup tools, in general. I just don't believe they're in general distribution yet.
SQL Server Magazine: Have you received any feedback from your customers regarding having their data hosted on SQL Azure?
Yu: Actually, I would say that the best feedback is that they don't notice a difference. A lot of our customers were migrated from a local SQL Server instance that they ran themselves. So we would definitely hear feedback if there was something wrong. The fact that we don't is generally a very good indication. The times we do hear feedback, it has been generally very positive: that they're happy, their distributed sales teams are able to access this data, and they don't need to be on the VPN to do that self-hosted IIS model that we talked about earlier.
SQL Server Magazine: Do you have feedback on the availability of the data? Has SQL Azure gone down for a long period of time?
Yu: That's kind of a tough question. I don't know the exact Microsoft SLAs—I'm sure I can pick up the docs—but I'm pretty sure they're within their SLAs; however, there have been outages—major outages—that have happened. Let's say that SQL Azure's been out for a year. I remember distinctly three major outages, one of which was an almost 24-hour period. So I can't say with 100-percent certainty that it's been up all the time, but the availability has been generally pretty good, and at least the portal site has been pretty good about telling us that it's down. So, we're able to say, "Oh, OK, so the availability of these servers is not there right now," and we're able to communicate that to our customers. But, yeah, when that's down, they don't really have a way to reach their data at that moment. And the backups are typically not something they want to work against during that time. The fortunate thing is that your quoting proposal, while it's really important to get that out in a timely manner, it's usually not what would be considered a work stoppage if your quoting tool isn't online at that moment. And we do have basically a local instance of Quosal running against SQL Server Express, so a lot of our customers, even if they are completely offline, can at least get quotes out. They may not be linked up to their old quote data and they may not be able to do comparison pricing with how they did some of their previous quotes, but they're still able to stay up because of the local SQL Server Express instance as well.
SQL Server Magazine: What's the average database size in your installation?
Yu: That really depends on how many quotes the customer does. We average a little less than 1MB per quote if the customer uses a lot of graphically intensive quotes. Some tend to be a lot more text-based, in which case we're looking more at about a 200KB quote. But we have customers of all sizes, from multibillion-dollar corporations to one-man shops, so I can't really say that there is an average size, but there is an average quote size, so it just depends on the number of quotes. I would say our typical installation is five-user sales teams, and typically they'll generate along the lines of maybe 1,000 quotes a year. So that's less than a gigabyte a year usage [on average] for the median installation.
SQL Server Magazine: Did your company have any concerns before implementing the SQL Azure instances? Any security concerns? And how were those concerns addressed by Microsoft?
Yu: We did have quite a few security concerns—obviously, this is pretty sensitive data. And actually a lot of our vendor partners were concerned that their real-time pricing didn't get into the wrong hands, I guess would be the best way to describe it. So, those were some of our major concerns. In addition, because the database is accessible from anywhere, we wanted to make sure that there was a way to lock down access to the data. We internally encrypt all of the key pieces of information that are company-specific. In addition, most of the traffic to the Azure database [can be] over a secure SSL connection, although I'm guessing the majority of our customers don't have it set up that way, mostly due to speed considerations and the fact that we do encrypt the data in the database itself. But that's certainly a concern.
I would say the main thing that Microsoft has done to alleviate a lot of our security concerns is allowing us to control firewall rules so that we can decide, Well, this is the only range of IP addresses that are really allowed to access the database. We haven't encountered any unauthorized use of any of these databases in our install base of probably about 600 companies/database instances with 1 to 500 users per company.
SQL Server Magazine: Some of our readers are beginning to look into SQL Azure and other cloud offerings, but they're still pretty hesitant about what it means for their jobs. How has migrating to SQL Azure affected Quosal's employees?
Yu: I'm not sure that I can say it directly affected Quosal employees that much. It has affected our customers a lot more than our employees. For employees, it's been more [about] relearning the technology and the processes. They're slightly different. We have a pretty rigid basic implementation package that we sell to new customers; the project managers needed to be trained to deploy to the SQL Azure environment rather than an internal customer database. So, it was a pretty drastic retraining process. We no longer can expect our customers to have a SQL Server [system] already configured and running for us; we need to know how to do those sorts of things. So there was a level of training, but especially after a year now, our project managers have definitely gotten to the point where they're very comfortable doing these sorts of installs and understanding all the pieces that need to be checked off.
SQL Server Magazine: Were there any differences moving to Azure, as far as the back end? Was anything different from the development side of things for your applications, or was it pretty much the same?
Yu: We were somewhat lucky because, as I mentioned before, we abstracted a big layer of the database connectivity side. Nothing in our application actually writes direct SQL, so that helps. Well, the mapping tool, which we built, writes all the SQL. So that helped a lot because all we had to do was change the mapping tool slightly. There are actually a few SQL differences in SQL Azure, a very minor one. I believe it's because of the multi-tenanted fashion; some of the indexing is slightly different. But from the UI perspective, and from a development perspective on our UI layer, we had no differences. Our mapping layer where we generate all the business objects, we made some small modifications—mostly to do with indexes to be able to create them. They had to do with cluster indexes, from what I recall. Because of the multi-tenanted nature of the SQL Azure database, I think some of the clustered indexes didn't work and we had to make them unclustered.
SQL Server Magazine: It sounds like it was a tremendous success. One of the key things that you mentioned is that your customers didn't even really realize that there was a difference, and that's pretty awesome.
Yu: Yes, I can't reiterate that enough—they didn't notice that there was a difference. The speed was actually fairly comparable, maybe a little bit slower for some queries, but nothing that was noticeable from the UI side, especially because a lot of the database layers were so abstracted. What happens is the UI interaction is done and then in batches we save the data in one transaction to the database, and the same thing [happens] when we're pulling data from SQL Azure. So from that perspective customers really didn't notice. The only time they noticed was when there was downtime, but that was minimal.
I also can't reiterate enough the hosting capabilities. We're a small company of 13 people. We have customers around the world, mostly in the United States, but a good chunk in Australia, in the UK and Europe, and a significant number in South Africa. We were looking at hosting facilities in all those locations—adding servers and then doing the co-locations with local Internet providers there—and the cost was, while not prohibitive, definitely an order of magnitude higher than what we ended up having to spend to do this development and then put our customers on SQL Azure. But I definitely would say that's been part of our success and our customers' success—being able to roll this out to other countries, pretty much without a hitch.
SQL Server Magazine: Thank you so much; all this real-world information will be very helpful for our readers who are considering migrating data to the cloud.


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1. Identify the three states represented in Map 1.
2. Why do you think it was possible for both Spain and England to claim the same land?
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CLEVELAND -- It isn't going anywhere. It will only build after Friday night's performance.
Nick Foles fever is sweeping Philadelphia and it is likely to hit a higher pitch after the quarterback turned in another impressive outing in the Eagles' 27-10 win over the Browns in their third preseason game.
Andy Reid hasn't yet named the rookie his backup quarterback, although there seems little reason for the coach not to after Foles delivered a third straight strong game under center. But there are sure to be many Eagles fans that believe Foles is a better option than even starter Michael Vick.
Reid was asked following the game why it may be too early to get excited about Foles.
"For what's been thrown at him, he's handled it well," Reid said. "That other part is the unknown if he has to play in the regular season."
In three games, the rookie has completed 36 of 57 passes (63.2 percent) for 507 yards and six touchdowns against two interceptions. Injuries to Vick and Mike Kafka have given Foles the opportunity to move up the depth chart.
"It's an opportunity to get better and help my teammates, that's the only way I look at it," Foles said. "Like I said before, I'm not worried about two, three, four [on depth chart]."
Vick (bruised ribs) and Kafka (broken left hand) did not travel with the team. Vick left Monday night's game against the Patriots early after he was decked in the mid-section. He is not expected to play in the preseason finale on Aug. 30 against the New York Jets, but Reid said Wednesday that he would be ready by the opener back here on Sept. 9.
"I think he's going to be fine for the first game," Reid said Friday.
Vick told USA Today on Thursday that his ribs were 80 percent healthy and that he was "trying" to get healthy in time for the opener. Reid said Vick and Kafka threw back in Philly. Reid was asked if Kafka, whose backup job appears to be in jeopardy perhaps along with a roster spot, would be ready for the Jets.
"He said he felt pretty good and his hand felt pretty good," Reid said. "We'll have Rick [Burkholder] check him out tomorrow and see where he's at."
With Vick and Foles assured roster spots, the last spot will come down to Kafka and Trent Edwards. Reid said he expects to keep three quarterbacks as he always has.
"I think all four can play -- that's what's comforting," Reid said. "That's going to be a tough decision. Most likely we'll keep three. Somebody's going to get a real good quarterback."


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The Five Best Director's Cut Versions of Movies
Usually when movies are filmed, a great deal gets cut out before the final version of the film airs. Director's cut versions of movies occur when that extra footage, cut out for a variety of reasons like timing or flow, is put back into the movie. These new versions often include new sequences, subplots, characters or alternate endings. Here are a few of the best director's cuts versions of movies.
"Blade Runner"
One of the very best director's cuts of a movie is "Blade Runner," directed by Ridley Scott. This movie is set in the year 2019, a dystopic, science-fiction future where human clones are enslaved, made to work on colonies outside of Earth, and terminated when their usefulness comes to an end. The protagonist, Rick Deckard, is played by Harrison Ford. Deckard is a blade runner, a cop whose job is to track down and terminate the clones, or replicants. Although Deckard is retired, he is called into service again when four replicants who want to meet their creator hijack a ship. On his mission he becomes enmeshed with Rachael, played by Sean Young, a unique replicant who thinks she is human and has memories of a past that she never lived. The original cut of the movie includes voice-over narration by Harrison Ford and a happy ending in a pastoral setting, implying that the replicant Rachael and blade runner Rick Deckard live happily ever after. The director's cut removes both the narration and the happily ever after, leaving fans to wonder at an ambiguous ending.
"The Lord of the Rings" Trilogy
Another director's cut to watch is the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, directed by Peter Jackson. This series of movies is based on the books of the same name by J.R.R. Tolkien telling about the epic fight between good and evil. Frodo, an unobtrusive hobbit from the shire, is tasked with taking a golden ring that his uncle willed to him and throwing it into Mount Doom. Apparently this ring is Sauron's power source, an evil that seeks to destroy the world and the only way to destroy Sauron is to destroy the ring. Throughout the series of movies Frodo meets a wide range of characters who try to help or hinder him on his journey, from the wizard Gandalf and elves to dwarves and humans. The "Lord of the Rings" books and movies weave several different stories together and the director's cut includes extended scenes where fans get to see the background of all these different stories, explaining complicated concepts better and giving more depth and details.
"The Big Red One"
"The Big Red One" is a World War II movie based on the experiences of the 1st Infantry Division. The writer and director of the film, Samuel Fuller, actually served in World War II in the 1st Infantry Division, and much of the film is autobiographical. The film follows The Sergeant, Lee Marvin, out of World War I and into World War II as he leads his division through Africa, Sicily, Omaha Beach and the Falkenau concentration camp. The original film was edited quite a bit before being aired, but the director's cut, which happened 24 years afterward, creates an epic retelling of the reality of war.
"Aliens" is a sequel to "Alien." In the second movie, the main character Ellen Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver, returns to the planet with the Alien creatures on it. However, the planet is being colonized and the colonists are being killed. Ripley and some Marines become part of an expedition to discover what is happening to the colonists, uncovering a dangerous plot to recover and study some Alien eggs that puts everybody at risk. The director's cut restores the parts of the film that director James Cameron always wanted the viewers to see. Fans get further depth and nuance, an extra character or two and more action.
"Watchmen" is an alternate history movie where superheroes are an accepted part of life, starting in 1939. Through the years these heroes, called the Watchmen, side with the United States during wars although they ultimately slide quietly into retirement. However, someone is trying to kill the Watchmen. While Dr. Manhattan exiles himself to Mars, other Watchmen come out of retirement to prevent the Soviet Union from getting the upper hand. Manhattan finally decides to intervene and keep mankind from destroying the world with nuclear warfare. The director's cut of this movie puts the "Tales of the Black Freightor" subplot back into the movie, gratifying hardcore fans.
There are other great director's cuts versions of movies to enjoy. Both "The Abyss" and "Dune" give fans extra details and backstory.
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Maureen O'Sullivan,
v. CR-07-0030
Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System,
Petitioner Maureen O'Sullivan seeks to appeal from a decision of the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) denying her request to un-retire so that she may qualify, under Connecticut retirement law, to purchase creditable service in Connecticut for her service as a teacher in Massachusetts. The Division of Administrative Law Appeals (DALA) heard the matter on October 2, 2007, and admitted twenty-three exhibits.
DALA dismissed O'Sullivan's appeal on the ground that it had not been "timely filed in accordance with the provisions of G. L. c. 32, § 16(4). 1 Failure to timely file an appeal from a retirement board's decision is jurisdictional.
The DALA decision is incorporated by reference and its Findings of Fact 1-16 are adopted as our own. We affirm DALA's dismissal of O'Sullivan's appeal for the reasons stated in the DALA decision.
On appeal to us, O'Sullivan contends, without citing any authority, that because TRS "raised the issue of timeliness of the appeal, [TRS] has the obligation of proving" our lack of jurisdiction. 2 O'Sullivan is mistaken, however. "The burden is on the party asserting jurisdiction to prove jurisdictional facts." 3
In all events, the record adequately supports the conclusion that O'Sullivan failed to file her appeal within fifteen days of receiving notice of the TRS decision. O'Sullivan herself acknowledged that TRS sent her its notice of denial "on December 12, 2006." 4 That was a Tuesday. In the ordinary course, O'Sullivan would have received the notice by Friday, December 15, 2006. She did not mail her notice of appeal before January 3, 2007, some eighteen days later. 5 Under G. L. c. 32, § 16(4), however, for us to have jurisdiction she had to file her claim in writing with us "within fifteen days of notification" of the TRS decision.
Accordingly, this case is dismissed for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.
Joseph I. Martin
Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission Appointee
Governor's Appointee
David A. Guberman
Assistant Attorney General
Attorney General's Appointee
Date: December 23, 2008
- DALA Decision at 4.
- Letter dated December 12, 2007, from James H. Quirk, Esquire.
- Miller v. Miller, 448 Mass. 320, 325 (2007).
- DALA Ex. 22 (letter from O'Sullivan to the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission, including "a timeline for the events from [O'Sullivan's] initial communication with [TRS] to the denial of [her] request for reinstatement and [her] subsequent appeal"). O'Sullivan's acknowledgment is on the last, unnumbered page of the timeline. The notice letter is DALA Ex. 1.
- O'Sullivan's notice of appeal is DALA Ex. 2.
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Former Clemson pass-rusher Shaq Lawson was an addition made during the Rex Ryan -Doug Whaley era. The Buffalo Bills selected him with the 19th overall pick in 2016. He was expected to be a defensive force for the Bills, but instead, he has been a major disappointment.
A shoulder surgery limited Lawson's rookie campaign to just 10 games, and he has appeared in a mere 21 contests over the past two seasons. While he has shown occasional flashes of potential, Lawson has not been the dominant edge-rusher Buffalo has been looking for.
In his first two years, Lawson has amassed just 46 total tackles and six sacks.
"Shaq is a guy that this franchise put a lot of stock in with a first-round pick [in 2016]," general manager Brandon Beane said last month, per Matthew Fairburn of The Athletic. "It's no secret he hasn't lived up to that."
Beane and the Bills' current regime have no real attachment to Lawson, which means the defensive end could be looking at his last chance to prove himself in Buffalo.
Offensive tackle Matt Kalil was a first-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings back in 2012, and it initially looked like he would be a future star. He earned a Pro Bowl nod as a rookie but hasn't quite been the same player since.
In fact, Kalil has been a merely above-average lineman over the past few years, which is why it was surprising to see the Carolina Panthers hand him a massive five-year, $55 million deal last offseason.
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The Chicago Bears selected former West Virginia wideout Kevin White with the seventh overall pick in 2015. Blessed with both speed (4.35-second 40) and size (6'3", 216 lbs), physical potential has never been an issue for White.
"Everybody sees, he's very gifted," Bears wide receivers coach Mike Furrey said of White, per Colleen Kane of the Chicago Tribune .
The problem is that White just hasn't been able to stay healthy. He missed his rookie season with a shin injury. He was placed on injured reserve with a broken fibula in 2016. He suffered a broken shoulder blade in the 2017 season opener, again ending the year on injured reserve.
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Baby wipe sales are boosting Amazon and Taco Bell has a new beer. Yes, beer. Find out about that and more below. But first, we check in on KFC's newest ad star.
You probably won't recognize KFC's newest colonel. And that's the point. The chicken chain tapped unknown actor Christopher Boyer for the leading role in its newest ads, breaking a string of celebrity colonels that has included Rob Lowe, Jim Gaffigan, Norm Macdonald and others. Boyer's version is known as Value Colonel, with the gimmick being that the chain can offer cheap prices by not shelling out money to secure a celeb. The effort, which included the TV spot below, is by
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California Taco Bell fans might want to bring their ID on their next run to the border. The chain's newest Cantina location in Newport Beach serves its own exclusive beer, Beach Bell Amber Lager. The limited-time brew, made in partnership with local Huntington Beach brewery Four Son's Brewing, is Taco Bell's first branded beer. But the Yum Brands chain already sells alcohol, including boozy slushy drinks, at other Cantina locations. Taco Bell described Beach Bell as "a Mexican-style Amber Lager made with a unique flavor profile to enhance and compliment Taco Bell's food and flavors. The light, crisp, and refreshing beer has a smooth and robust taste with a clean finish that makes it the perfect beverage to pair with a Taco Bell meal." Newport Beach is the chain's 11th Cantina location. Instead of a drive-thru, this one has a walk-up window, and it carries the vibe of some of the other Cantina spots with details like an open kitchen and artistic murals.
[CZ: Indeed, is the transcript of the day Ken Miller described chromosome fusion during his testimony.]
It is very hard for me to grasp the idea that the Earth and it creatures were made by the Hebrew God six thousand years ago!
This the same thing as saying ET the gene splicer did it! The fact that we are alone on a speck of a planet in the middle of nowhere is hard for some folks to digest.
There is some speculation on billion year old civilizations and what THEY would be able to do. This is easier for me to believe than religious dogma!
All the above REQUIRES a leap of faith.
Chemicals getting together in a "living" system is ,to me, downright spooky too.
Thanx Carl for the article, I concur. I like your approach.
As a Christian I get really annoyed by these so-called "Creationists" and their attempts to "prove" the creation poem in Genesis is the "real" story. They get so hung up on the word "day" (MISTRANSLATION FROM THE HEBREW! It is actually "era" but can also be "epoch") they make idiots of themselves and paint all Christians as idiots. It is morons like these that give all people of faith a bad name and fuel the myth that mainstream Christianity, as opposed to the fundamentalist variety found in these literalist enclaves, oppose Science and Evolution as a theory. They don't, that was the selective propaganda of Huxley and others in the late 19th and early 20th Century, their misquotes and contorted reporting did neither science nor religion any favours.
Darwin himself was concerned at a number of missing links in his theory and this was one reason he delayed publication. The bishop often misquoted as pouring scorn on his theory – if anyone bothers to read what was actually said – was in fact telling Darwin he needed to show how these gaps could be closed. Now, thanks to the work on the genome project (to which I have happily supplied a sample of my DNA) we are beginning to understand how and when some of these divergences have occured. I wonder if the "DIscovery Institute" is aware of the fact that all humans outside of Africa belong to seven major Haplo Groups, while those in Africa belong to any one of up to 45? Perhaps they'll resort to Eugenics next to explain that – or maybe Noah?
They also miss the fact that there are two "Creation" stories in Genesis. Chapters 1 and 2 are not continuations, but two seperate stories. In short, if read without bias and in the knowledge of what someone a little over six thousand years ago came up with without knowing about evolution or the "Big Bang" theory, comes pretty close to providing a simplistic explanation of how everything came into being – provided one reads that infernal word "day" in its correct interpretation of "era" or "epoch." Either of those terms can and does usually mean anything from a year to several million years. Not 24 hours.


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DETROIT (AP) - Torii Hunter hit a go-ahead, two-run double in the seventh inning and scored from second base on a passed ball to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 7-1 on Wednesday night.
Drew Smyly (5-0) struck out two in a perfect inning in relief of Anibal Sanchez.
Jose Veras entered with two outs in the eighth inning and closed the game for his first save with the Tigers.
Kevin Correia (8-10) allowed four runs - two earned - and nine hits over 6 2-3 innings.
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Several recent emailers have wondered about the relative anonymity that young outfielder Domonic Brown has been afforded this offseason. Last year at this time, the then-23-year-old top prospect was one of the top stories heading into spring training as he looked to compete for the right to replace Jayson Werth in right field. Brown had torn up every level of the minor leagues and was one of the top prospects in baseball according to Baseball America.
So what happened?
Well, not as much as you might think, at least according to the scouts and executives who talk to Baseball Prospectus minor league guru Kevin Goldstein. On this week's edition of the Philadelphia SportsWeek Podcast, Kevin tells us that Brown is still regarded as an immense talent with a big future by most talent evaluators around the game. Rich Hofmann, meanwhile, thinks the Phillies have to find a way to get Brown into their line-up. And I have a feeling that such a promotion will happen this season.
Kevin also fills us in on some under-the-radar prospects to watch and gives us the low-down on how the rest of baseball views the Phillies' farm system. We also chat with the Wall Street Journal's Mike Sielski and former Giants beat writer and current Daily News/SportsWeek writer Zach Berman about the key personnel differences between the Eagles and the Giants that have allowed New York to reach three Super Bowls since 2000. Are the Eagles built for regular season success but not postseason success? And vice-versa for the Giants?
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The fate of the staircase in Neosho's Big Spring Park is still uncertain, and on Tuesday, the Parks, Recreation and Golf Course Board asked for more information before determining their involvement in that project.
The fate of the staircase in Neosho's Big Spring Park is still uncertain, and on Tuesday, the Parks, Recreation and Golf Course Board asked for more information before determining their involvement in that project.
The concrete stairs, which connect west Spring Street with High Street, have been temporarily closed off for about three months, as safety issues ave arisen regarding the aged staircase.
Neosho City Council members heard from Linda Blake, Newton County Historical Society board president, in their Oct. 16 council meeting, when she asked the council to attempt to save the stairs.
Troy Royer, Neosho City Manager, reported in that same meeting that the city had received only one cost estimate on the repair of the stairs, which came to $21,770. Meanwhile, the in-house cost estimate to vacate the steps, put up a wall and fill the space in with dirt is approximately $6,300, he reported.
While council members expressed support for the repairs, the city is seeking outside funds to help finance that project.
On Tuesday evening, the Parks, Recreation and Golf Course Board considered the city's request that the board oversee the project.
"The stairs are going to seem important to some people and not to others," said board member Ken Mayer. "With the costs involved and other issues that may come up, I think we've got to ask that the city go seek more details, what possible funding or support there is and what the community support is on this project."
Royer said while the historical society has expressed support for the repair of the staircase, some homeowners living on High Street near the staircase would rather the stairs be removed.
The city had also hoped the staircase would be included in a Missouri Department of Transportation park trails grant the city is applying for, however, Royer said to qualify for the grant, the projects must be compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act, which seems to rule out the staircase.
Royer said the Neosho Area Community Foundation has expressed interest in donating to the cause, as well as helping to fundraise, while a Neosho resident has also volunteered labor to help repair the handrail on the staircase.
Royer said the council has asked that the city's engineers examine the steps before action is taken.
"I can see the historical value but if no one's going to use the stairs for any purpose, and the people at the top of the stairs don't want those stairs opened up, are we just opening up an argument?" asked board member Gary Elam.
Royer said the railing is either broken away from the steps or cracked in most places, while most of the steps also have cracks in the concrete.
He said the $21,770 repair estimate would involve laying down rebar on the existing stairs and then overlaying the steps with concrete.
Blake told council members last month that the concrete steps had originally been poured in 1923, and were preceded by a wooden staircase, which had been there since at least the 1880s.
Board members also discussed golf course fees, and endorsed fee changes that will be presented to the Neosho City Council at their next council meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 20.
The proposed changes include eliminating the Monday through noon Friday eligibility of the annual golf course passes, which would instead allow those holding annual passes to play using their passes seven days per week.
It will also be proposed to council that the golf course no longer accept annual passes for tournament play, and instead charge participants the tournament fee.
An annual pass is $1,200 and golf course manager Justin Beck said there are less than 50 golfers who hold the year-round pass.
If approved by council, the proposed changes would also adjust the weekend and holiday charges for seniors to a set $25 fee.
Currently, there is no senior fee set for weekends.
Veterans with a military I.D. would also receive a discount, which would be the posted senior fee at that time.
The board also took up charges for younger golfers.
Golfers ages 15 and under would be charged a flat $5 fee seven days per week, while those ages 16-18 would pay normal adult fees, or could purchase a junior golfer pass for $140.
The Parks, Recreation and Golf Course Board acts only as an advisory board to the Neosho City Council, making all changes voted on Tuesday evening only recommendations until the council can vote on them.
The Parks, Recreation and Golf Course board also voted Tuesday evening to accept a mission statement for their newly formed board.
The board was created from the merging of the Golf Course Board and the Parks and Recreation Committee.
Their newly adopted mission is "To enrich the lives of Neosho citizens by providing accessible places and activities."
The board scheduled their next meeting for 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11 at the Neosho Municipal Golf Course building.
In the meantime, if any Neosho residents are interested in sharing their input on what they would like to see in the city's parks, they can pick up a survey form at the Neosho City Hall.
Results from the survey go toward helping Land3 Studio, of Kansas City, to develop a parks needs study for the City of Neosho.


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NH College Roundup: SNHU hockey team blanks Franklin Pierce
January 22. 2013 11:38PM
Kyle O'Connell scored the game-winning goal and Tyler Holske made 28 stops for the shutout as the Southern New Hampshire men's hockey team beat Franklin Pierce, 2-0, on Tuesday night in Hooksett.
Franklin Pierce fell to 4-9-2 (2-23-0 Northeast-10), while the Penmen are 3-12-2 (1-3-1 Northeast-10).
Joe Collins scored an insurance goal with four seconds remaining.
Junior goaltender Dave O'Brien made 31 saves and took the loss (2-4-1) in net for Franklin Pierce.
Women's hockey
Wesleyan 4, Plymouth State 2: Wesleyan rallied from a one-goal deficit with three straight goals for a women's ice hockey win against Plymouth State University in Middletown, Conn., Tuesday.
Plymouth was led by goal scorers Ali Myers and Jamie O'Brien. Plymouth (2-10) is 1-1-2 in its last four starts, including a 4-4 tie with St. Anselm College, in its last start.
Franklin Pierce 3, Nichols 1: In Burrillville, R.I., Franklin Pierce (5-10-0) snapped a four-game skid. Raven junior backstop Amela Gray turned away a game-high 21 shots as she improved to 5-9-0 on the season.
Men's basketball
Daniel Webster College 66, Lesley 57: In Nashua, Daris Cosby registered a team high 14 points and Dave Schindewolf added 11 points and nine rebounds. Dave Feinstein of Londonderry and Ryan Gauthier of Nashua each added eight points for the Eagles.
Eastern Conn. St. 62, Keene State 57: In Keene, the Owls (10-7) saw their two-game winning streak come to an end, The loss put a damper on a strong performance by Keene State senior Rashad Wright who finished with a game-high 19 points and 14 rebounds for his sixth double-double of the season.
Women's basketball
Daniel Webster 49, Becker 33: In Leicester, Mass., Ashley England scored 15 points and pulled down nine rebounds for the 6-10 Eagles, who are 6-3 in conference play.
Eastern Conn. St. 56, Keene State 38: In Keene, the Owls (7-10, 2-6) saw their two-game winning streak come to an end. Siobhan Carnell finished with a game-high 20 points for KSC.
Daniel Webster College: Ashley Giampetruzzi of Manchester was named the New England Collegiate Conference rookie of the week. Giampetruzzi, a freshman guard, averaged 18.3 points and seven in a three-game week.
St. Anselm: Men's basketball player Mike McCahey was selected as the Northeast-10 rookie of the week. He averaged 17.5 points and 8.5 rebounds in two games.
UNH: Sophomore goaltender Jenn Gilligan was named the Hockey East co-Defensive player of the week. Gilligan was 3-0-0 with a 1.00 goals-against average. She notched her first season shutout in Sunday's 2-0 win at Connecticut.
Jenni Roberts was tabbed as the America East swimmer of the week for the third time this season. She had five first-place finishes in two meets, four of which were individual.
Franklin Pierce: Mike Abrams of the men's track and field team was named Northeast-10 Conference Track rookie of the week after he picked up two sprint wins for the Ravens Saturday at the Wesleyan Invitational. He finished first in the 60-meter (7.11) and 200-meter (22.88) dashes.
Keene State: The Little East Conference honored five Owls as its athletes of the week: Anthony Mariano (men's basketball) who, off the bench, averaged 21 points in two games; Siobhan Carnell (women's basketball), who averaged 27 points in two games; Diana Pimer (swimmer of week); Brianna Laliberte of Candia (rookie swimmer) and Kelly Gilmore (diver).
Swimming and diving
Plymouth State: In Danbury, Conn., Amy Mulhern captured three individual events in the Panthers' 111-89 win against Western Conn. State University. Mulhern led PSU with victories in the 50-yard backstroke (33.46 seconds), the 100-yard back (1:10.71), and the 50-yard butterfly (32.07).
Delia Foley of Londonderry won the 1,650-yard free (20:36.88) and the 500-yard free (6:02.85). Other Panther winners included Jennifer Samaro of Salem in the 100 fly (1:12.67); and Kelly Merkle of Salem in the 100 free (1:03.20).
UNH: The women's swimming and diving team fell to Boston University Monday, 179-121, in Boston. Winners for UNH included Katie Mann in the breaststroke (1:04.97) while Lauren McCandless took the 200 fly in 2:04.39. Shelli Reed won the 50 free in 24.29. In the 1000-yard free, McCandless placed second in 10:22.49.


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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Police in South Africa say a British man who ran a nature reserve on a rural farm was killed in a robbery.
Capt. Phumelelo Dhlamini of the South African Police Service said Monday that 54-year-old Christopher Preece was killed in the attack at his farm near Ficksburg, a town near the border with Lesotho. Dhlamini said Preece had gone outside Saturday night to check to see why the power had been cut at his farm called Fleur des Lis when three men attacked him with machetes.
Preece bled to death. Dhlamini said Preece's 56-year-old wife was seriously wounded in the attack and is now hospitalized. The captain said robbers stole about $350 and a mobile phone.


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Phanteks PH-F140 (XP, SP, SP_LED) Case Fan Review
Phanteks 140mm PH-F140(SP, XP, SP_LED)Case Fans: Introduction
Recently there has been a large rise in quieter air solutions. Priority one for most companies has been to make the quietest solution possible while still keeping components under their thermal limits. Phanteks is one such company. They are a fairly new company that was established in 2007 and has since been dedicated to turning out high performance cooling solutions. Despite being relatively new and small, Phanteks has made some phenomenal progress with the few products they have put out, specifically their CPU coolers. They have proven time and again that their air cooling solutions are top of the line and, as more of Phantek's products get released, it is clear that they fully intend to stay there. They recently added three 140mm fans to their arsenal.
These fans are the Phanteks PH-F140XP, SP, and SP_LED. The SP version is the most basic, it runs at only one speed and the only accessory is the extension cable. The SP_LED version is nearly identical to the SP. The only difference being the fact that it lights up with blue LEDs. The XP is the fancy fan. Though it is listed as a case fan it, like most CPU fans, runs off of a PWM signal output by your computer. This means that it will change speed depending on the situation. If the temperatures are low it runs slower, if the temperatures are high it will run faster. Additionally it has the capability to run at a slower range of speeds via the Q.S.A (Quiet Speed Adapter). Now lets take a look at them.
Phanteks 140mm PH-F140(SP, XP, SP_LED)Case Fans: Closer Look
The boxes are relatively unadorned. They have a small window on the front that shows off a couple fins of the fan. Around the window is a depictions of the whole fan and around that is a gray scale tsunami. That makes up all of the artistic flair that is present on the box leaving it kinda dull. The top left is blank on the SP and the SP_LED but has "PWM" written on the XP. The top right of all of the boxes has the Phanteks logo and the fan model. The last thing to note on the front of the boxes is the small list of specifications in the bottom left corner.
The sides of the SP models contain the specifications, features, contents, and the accessories. The sides of the XP are very simple, they have the logo and the model only. However, this is because it has a flap on the rear that has all of the specifications, features, and accessories.
On the left side of the flap on the XP is the specifications, listing the model, power consumption, noise, fan speed, as well as a few other things. The right flap goes over the features and accessories. All of the fans feature the MVB (Maelström Vortex Booster) and UFB (Updraft Floating Balance Bearing). But only the XP has the PWM Speed Control and the Polarity Auto Restart Protection. All of the fans have the five-year warranty and come with an extension cable. The XP also has a QSA (Quiet Speed Adapter), 4-3 pin adapter (for no reason I can understand because the 3-pin headers as far as I know are all compatible with 4-pin fans(Not Molex)), and Anti-Vibration Compensators.
I will not include any individual pictures of the SP model because it is identical to the XP model. Outside of the box, the fans have only a clear plastic shell on one side to protect them from the cold. The shell has a separate space for the fan, cables and, screws/vibration absorbers. Once you remove the fan from the shell, it is clear that they have the same minimalist design as the boxes. The metal logo is the only thing on the fan at all that shows any sign of life. It isn't easy to tell the fans apart but one can judge the XP model from the number of accessories that it comes with. It is the bottom left photo of the four pictures below. To the left of the fan itself, in order, is the extension cable, QSA cable, and 4-3 Pin adapter. Above it are the screws and anti-vibration mounts (which are exceedingly long for use in many different situations). The LED fan has a slightly more distinguishable facade. It is the photo on the bottom right of the four below pictures. The thin cable above the fan is the LED cable. It has a button and around a fifth of the cable it can be removed from the fan (an oddly small amount) which can be useful in some situations I'm sure.
Below is a picture of the acoustic damper. On the PH-F140's it is very large, seems to work very well, and also can't be removed (I have never run into a situation among water coolers, heat sinks, or computer cases where this was a problem for me that does not mean, however, that other people won't have issues). In the last two pictures, the extremely exciting Maelström Vortex Booster design can be seen. The extremely sharp angle of the blades, that is assisted by the triangles on the back of the blades, and focused by the small ridges on the front of the blades. These three design aspects and the UFB bearings are the bread and butter of what makes the fans perform so well. This is all in theory, however, and we have yet to see what they can actually do. So without further ado, lets find out what the Phanteks PH-F140, XP, SP, and SP_LED case fans are truly capable of.
Notes**The PH-F140's are all 140mm fans which means they wont be compatible with as many cases as the more popular 120mm size of fans. This is something that must be taken into account when picking some up. Additionally, if you are using these fans for a CPU heat sink make sure that yours is compatible with 140mm fans and that you have mounts that are the right size for the fans. I am using a Noctua NH-U14S heat sink with a Noctua NF-A15 fan which is a 140mm fan but with the mounting holes in the same location as 120mm fans. Moral of the story is if you don't want to end up using random pieces of electrical wire to make your own mount be absolutely certain that your fans fit your wire mounts and heat sink


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Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:58:43 -0700
New York Yankees minor league OF Zoilo Almonte was promoted from Class A Tampa to Double-A Trenton and OF Cody Johnson was demoted from Trenton to Tampa.
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|Yankees | Cody Johnson assigned to Triple-A
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Updating previous reports, the New York Yankees have assigned OF Cody Johnson to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, according to MLB.com's Bryan Hoch.
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|Yankees | Cody Johnson acquired
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The New York Yankees acquired OF Cody Johnson from the Atlanta Braves Friday, Nov. 19, in exchange for cash considerations, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's David O'Brien.
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|Braves | Four more cut
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David O'Brien, of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, reports the Atlanta Braves reassigned P Mike Minor, P Lee Hyde, P Jose Ortegano and OF Cody Johnson to their minor league camp Monday, March 15.
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|Braves | Eighteen earn spring invites
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Players extended invites include OFs Jason Heyward, Matt Young, Brent Clevlen, Mitch Jones and Cody Johnson, Ps Scott Proctor, Mike Minor, Chris Resop, Mariano Gomez and Erik Cordier, SS Brandon Hicks, 1B Craig Kimbrel, Cs Jesus Sucre, Orlando Mercado, Jean Boscan and Braeden Schlehuber, and IF Joe Thurston.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving quickly to address yet another controversy, the Internal Revenue Service placed two officials on administrative leave for accepting free food at a party in a private suite at a lavish IRS conference in 2010, the agency said Wednesday.
The officials accepted $1,100 worth of free food and other items, two congressional aides said.
The action comes as the agency faces mounting criticism for lavish spending on employee conferences, and for improperly targeting conservative political groups. An inspector general's report on Tuesday said the agency spent nearly $50 million on employee conferences from 2010 through 2012.
A 2010 conference in Anaheim, Calif., cost $4.1 million, the inspector general's report said.
"When I came to IRS, part of my job was to hold people accountable," acting IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said in a statement. "There was clearly inappropriate behavior involved in this situation, and immediate action is needed."
The IRS notified congressional staffers about the action Wednesday.
The IRS did not publicly identify the workers, but two congressional aides said both employees worked in the IRS office that oversees implementation of the new health care law. One of the officials is Frederick Schindler, director of implementation oversight in the agency's Affordable Care Act office, the two aides said.
The aides spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss personnel matters on the record.
Werfel took over the agency about two weeks ago after President Barack Obama forced the previous acting commissioner to resign following revelations that IRS agents had been improperly targeting conservative political groups when they applied for tax-exempt status during the 2010 and 2012 elections.
The IRS said in a statement that Werfel first learned of the employees' actions Tuesday night "and immediately asked his leadership team to take action. He has also been in contact with key congressional committees about the situation."
"The agency stands ready to confront any problems that occur, hold accountable anyone who acted inappropriately and permanently fix these problems so that such missteps do not occur again," Werfel said.