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SMBus controllers that handle > complete command sequences are incompatible with I2C. You should really follow my suggestion, and, for instance, look at the BCM1250 user manual (which you have under NDA, as I mentioned before). And also the SMBus spec. Or, just look at the table I mentioned in the previous: While there are standardized SMBus commands, devices also implement operations which are not standardized, and controllers implement bitbang interfaces to accomodate them. (Like I believe I said) you still need the bitbang-handling code for smbus. But you also can use a smart command interface, and are remiss if you don't on hardware where it's available. What you want from a smart controller interface is something like: if (standard command implemented in smart controller) do it the smart way if (byte-oriented command like what your current interface handles && controller does that) call a function to drive the byte-banging through the controller. call the function which drives the clock and data lines to bit-bang it the slow way. For dumber controllers, you can just jump into one of the latter two. But if the interface to do the former isn't there to begin with, all of the back-ends have to rototilled to handle it, when somebody does the right thing. BTW, you seem to be creating theories (e.g. the first comment in your msg, quoted at the top of this one) from thin air without much knowledge of the facts of the matter... That reinforces the notion that, really, you should do some more research in the matter... > | Don't make some poor sucker have to do a whole bunch of extra work > | re-doing the existing drivers down the road because of > | shortsightedness now. > > If your company wants to contract development of an SMBus, that > can always be arranged..... Indeed, it can. However, I will note that that the NetBSD project's goals don't follow what a particular company wants implemented, even if that company happens to be Wasabi Systems or someone who has contracted with them for support of some particular hardware. Just because you've written some code for your employer doesn't give you any right to put it into NetBSD, especially when it's machine-independent 'subsystem'-ish interface code. However, that's what you said was going on here: you'd written it, here was the description, and you were about to commit it. The way I see it -- and I really don't think i'll get much disagreement here -- the NetBSD project's goals include implementing portable, clean, stable, and performant software interfaces. They include sharing code. You can define the task at hand to be i2c, and ignore SMBus. But, if you do, you either exclude an interface which achieves the performance supported by certain hardware (smart smbus controllers), or exclude sharing code (separate i2c and smbus layers), or you significantly increase developer effort in the future -- after a bunch of this code has been deployed -- because you were too short-sighted to do the right thing up front (some developer gets to rototill all of the drivers because you did the wrong thing now.) And, by the way, if I want to contract development of a piece of code, I'm going to bloody well do so with a person or organization that respects the values of the community in which they're developing. That can take many forms. In general, it means getting the code back into the master sources of the project in question while meeting the community standards for code development. For instance, for GNU projects like GCC or binutils, that means getting the code back into the master source trees for the projects, complying with the coding standards, providing test cases where appropriate, etc. In this case, completely ignoring closely-related (compatible, even!!!) hardware when implementing a driver is, from my personal vantage point, _not_ meeting NetBSD community standards for code development. Doing the same while implementing an interface to be shared by numerous drivers is even worse. It's downright irresponsible. cgd -- Not speaking for Broadcom Corporation, of course.


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Microsoft has shown an early look at Windows 8. The upcoming OS is designed to run on any machine, from a tablet to a desktop PC, and that's going to be a problem. While Windows 8 has some genuinely clever features, it is at heart yet another skinned version of regular old Windows.
Below is a video of it in action. Skip to a minute in, if you don't care to hear about how tired the poor Windows 8 team is after so much work.
On the surface, Windows 8 looks pretty. The tile-based touch interface makes the iPad look old and dusty. The live info that can be seen at a glance, and the fast switching between apps are very slick. So is the split view, which lets you drag a second app in from the side and — after a pause — the existing app shifts over and makes space. Thus you can run two apps concurrently, which is enough to get most multitasking tasks done.
I'm also impressed by the thumb keyboard, an option which splits the QWERTY keyboard into two parts and shrinks them into the corners of the screen. I wish for this every time I use my iPad while standing up.
But under the hood, this is, like every other tablet-friendly version of Windows, a skin over a desktop OS. The fancy new "Windows 8 apps" are written in HTML5 and JavaScript, but you can also run regular ol' Windows apps like Excel and Word. You even have access to Explorer and the full file system.
The issue? Microsoft is clinging on to its old PC legacy, which won't help Windows 8 succeed as a tablet — for the same reasons we said Windows 7 wouldn't be good for slates. It will carry with it the baggage of the Windows PC legacy: vulnerability viruses, the need to install drivers, and apps that aren't optimized for tablets. These were all issues that the iPad eliminated to make it better than traditional computers in a few key areas.
Given that developers can just run their existing apps in normal Windows mode, where will the incentive be to make amazing touch-only versions of applications, like the truly excellent Omni Outliner or GarageBand for the iPad? What we'll get are a thousand Twitter widgets, turning the innovative tile skin into something akin to OS X's Dashboard.
This also brings the disk-gobbling size of a desktop OS, along with the complications of running Windows (malware and the general weirdness of any desktop OS) and of course, the battery life of a desktop OS.
That's fine. Many people want a full-featured computer in tablet form.
But remember that the iPad is selling in the millions precisely because it is simple, lacks a complicated file system and the like, and doesn't require a nerd to keep it humming along.
People who want all that already have a choice. It's called a laptop.
Microsoft is almost there, but it needs to lose its obsession with putting Windows on everything. Take this cool, tile-based OS and put it on a tablet, sure. But leave the mouse-based, legacy desktop OS out of it. And for God's sake, don't call it Windows.
Previewing Windows 8 [Microsoft]
See Also:
- WindPad: $500 Windows 7 Tablet Arrives September
- Windows Phone 7 Series Tablet Concept
- 7 Reasons You Won't Want a Windows 7 Slate
- It's Not Easy to Make a Tablet, Stantum Slate PC Proves

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I'd like to order some fabric swatches for my June wedding but there are so many options-- which materials are you favorites? I'd like to go with linen since a beach wedding but not sure which?
Which fabric samples to order from Studio Suits?
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I just read on another thread that if you order linen they send you all the colors... (don't quote me on that though)
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We ordered the Tropical Linen (which is part cotton) and the irish pure linen (100%)... they also sent the Hawaiian line of part linen swatches as well. All in all they sent 29 swatches. I think we are going with one of the Hawaiian blended linen ones as they have nice colors and i think that the part cotton aspect might help prevent a lot of wrinkling.
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Kenaz Filan: The Haitian Vodou Handbook: Protocols for Riding with the Lwa
Milo Rigaud: Secrets of Voodoo
Alfred Metaux: Voodoo in Haiti
Wade Davis: The Serpent and the Rainbow
Zora Neale Hurston: Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica
Maya Deren: Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (there's also the documentary on youtube)
Robert Farris Thompson: Flash of the Spirit: African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy
Wade Davies: Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie
Louis Martinie: The New Orleans Voodoo Tarot (Destiny Books) (not sure about this one but it looks like fun)
Some others+ sites:
Brujo Negro: Voodoo Grimoire http://www.brujonegr...page/716732.htm
African Traditional Religion Study Group: http://destee.com/in...study-group.59/
Not sure about these:
Books and Grimiores by Basil Crouch/Basil E. LeCroix
E.A.Koetting/Baron de Prince [love the name]: The Spider and the Green Butterfly
S.Jason Black/Christopher Hyatt: Urban Voodoo
Michael Bertiaux: The Voudon Gnostic Workbook
Latter two could maybe be considered a bit 'mainstream' by purists, or so my intuition tells me...
Do you know any of those or have worked with them. Feel free to add your own suggestions as I'd be very interested in them all!
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I picked up knitting again during Hurricane Ike. There are only a few of things you can do by candlelight while awake, and I, for one, got tired of playing with my candle.
I meant, with the wax. The wax. You know, when you let the melted wax drip on the table and you make tiny wax figures with the melted wax. Ah, never mind.
Right. Knitting. It's been almost a year since I logged on this site. Updates! The scarf that I first worked on? Never finished it. Since last year, I was able to finish one. ONE BEANIE. Oh, but the way I loaded up on yarn, and needles and gadgets and doodads, you would think I have knit enough to cover a bridge, but no. ONE BEANIE. Knitting season of 2008? Maybe the scarf to go with the beanie. Cross your needles.
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AP: TFN denounces NCBCPS Bible curriculum for public schools
Austin, Tx (AP) Dr. Mark Chancey, professor of Biblical Studies at Southern Methodist University, below center, speaks about a report he authored for Texas Freedom Network (TFN) which examines a Bible study curriculum marketed to public schools, Monday, August 1, 2005, in Austin, Texas. Kathy Miller, President TFN, left, and Dr. Richard Bautch, a religious studies professor at St. Edward's University, right, joined Chancey in denouncing the curriculum which they believe is error-filled and sectarian. (AP Photo/ Thomas Terry)
Texas Freedom Network reports on this NCBCPS curriculum as follows:
Dr. Mark Chancey, who teaches biblical studies at Southern Methodist University, has authored an in-depth analysis of the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools' The Bible in History and Literature (Ablu Publishing, 2005). Based in Greensboro, North Carolina, the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools (NCBCPS) claims that 1,000 high schools in 36 states are using its course materials (although the organization will not identify those schools). Dr. Chancey's report shows how the curriculum advocates a narrow sectarian perspective taught with materials plagued by shoddy research, blatant errors and discredited or poorly cited sources. A complete copy of Dr. Chancey's report is available at www.tfn.org.
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Letter: No wrong-doing in McCoy's ticket case
Published 4:55 pm, Monday, October 28, 2013
As I reviewed the morning paper, I was surprised to see a headline about County Executive Dan McCoy. The way the article was fixed on the cover of the Capital Region section, I expected Mr. McCoy was involved in a wrong-doing. Reading the article ("County's lawyer took McCoy case," Oct. 18), I didn't find what I expected.
Mr. McCoy received a speeding ticket. He paid his $120 fine and did his apologies. He expressed he did not want any special treatment and didn't get it. He admits it was his first speeding ticket. And he used County Attorney Thomas Marcelle as his go-between on the matter, which is of no consequence.
As far as I can see, Mr. McCoy acted in accordance to a respected elected official.
He should be given the credit due him.
He is trying to do the best he can to run a county filled with incompetence, and he keeps coming back smelling like a rose.


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Shopping cart malware compromises credit card information.
Two Web sites belonging to the Outdoor Network had their shopping cart systems infected with malware, possible compromising customers' names, addresses, credit card numbers, CVV codes, and card expiration dates. The compromise affects transaction made between December 2012 and July 2013.
Hawaii warns swimmers molasses spill could draw sharks.
The Hawaii Department of Health increased the number of cleanup crews to remove hundreds of fish after a 1,400 ton molasses spill September 9 and warned swimmers, snorkelers, and surfers to stay out of the water as the spill has attracted sharks, barracuda, and eel.
Hacker gains access to U of C patient records.
Tinley-Park based ICS Collection Service Inc., a collection agency that was once retained by the University of Chicago, notified the university that a hacker gained access to roughly 1,344 patient files from the University of Chicago Medicine's physicians group in July. The breach of information occurred within ICS Collection Service Inc.'s network and included Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and insurance and payment information.
Wisconsin DOT classifies 60-some bridges as deficient, 'fracture critical.'
Wisconsin Department of Transportation officials designated about 60 bridges as "fracture critical" and "structurally deficient," indicating that they are more vulnerable to deterioration or failure.
Do you trust your waiter? Hacked bank-card reader TEXTS your info to crims.
A video advertising a compromised card reader was discovered on underweb forums that allows a customer's card info to be retained and extracted via a cable or by text message if the device is fitted with a SIM card. The sellers of the device also offer a money laundering service to buyers of the device that utilizes a network of corrupt merchants.
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As glimpses of spring begin to creep in, I am once again reminded that we Midwesterners will not be forever trapped in a cold, dark stasis. This realization carries with it the joyous fact that outdoor activities are not far away and therefore planning must commence post-haste.
While winter forces extra time indoors on us, at least it is a time of furious sports activity; not many evenings pass without some type of contest involving one of my favorite teams. But once the championship trophies are handed out and I finish convincing myself that next year will be "their" year (insert any Minnesota team here), I will invariably find myself floating on a lake,snoring in a tent, or sweating on a trail as much as possible for the next six months.
I will watch and/or listen to my share of Twins games, but given the baseball season is a mind-numbing 162 games long, one can go weeks without watching and still have several lifetimes' worth of spitting and cup-adjusting to take in. Not to mention that I have yet to watch a Twins game that was more awe-inspiring than any lake in the Boundary Waters.
Planning time is indeed upon us, and there are hard decisions to make. Do I want to make an early season trip for lake trout this year? How about waiting an extra month for walleye fishing to heat up? Will I be able to successfully herd the cats also known as my friends into agreeing on a set of dates? It can be a logistical nightmare.
But this nightmare will not cause me to lose a bit of sleep. I can't get enough of poring over topographic maps and studying DNR lake reports. I pull my gear out of storage, inspecting each item and enjoying the carried over scents of pine, campfire, and earth still hanging around from last year's exploits. I will hope everything is in working order, but I will shed no tears if I am "forced" to purchase a new toy; something undoubtedly more technologically advanced and therefore more impressive to my camping buddies.
It will be time to re-string the fishing reels with fresh line and to restock the tackle box. And thanks to this thing we call the internet, campsite cooking tips and backcountry gourmet recipes are at my fingertips. Soon I am even plotting out an entire week's worth of meals to determine the optimum blend of cost, weight, and ease of preparation. No stone will be left unturned.
I will start wearing shorts and sandals when it is still 40 degrees outside, and will watch impatiently as the process of thawing and greening takes an excruciatingly long time to complete. I will spend a chilly April night in my tent with my dog Joe as my only companion because I so very badly need a camping fix. My friends will repeatedly remind me that they have families, jobs, and just lives in general and that not every weekend is optimal for them to spend 30 hours staring at a slip bobber. Some of them will even have the gall to suggest that their kids' dental needs supersede our groups' need for a new campstove and water filter. The nerve of these guys…
I love to watch sports. It allows me to scream and yell and feel like a genius as I tell everyone within earshot what this coach or that player is doing wrong. But when I head outside the screaming and yelling stops as I once again discover that in the wilderness nothing needs to be improved. Michael Jordan's Bulls teams pale in comparison to the perfection of a wilderness sunset and Joe Mauer's swing is a haphazard trainwreck compared to the seamless harmony of the northwoods ecosystem. All the kicking, catching, dunking, and checking can wait; the time has come to stop living vicariously and to start actually, you know, living.
I would say more, but I just heard about this great recipe for Lumberjack Linguine and I am already behind schedule in finalizing this year's meal plan.


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Businessman Walter Isenberg considered running for Denver mayor but told friends Friday he'd decided he was not going to take the plunge.
He said his family was supportive, but he couldn't make it work with his business, Sage Hospitality, a hotel and restaurant management company.
"My passion for Denver and community service are unwavering," he said in an e-mail. "I will remain active civically in helping to make Denver and Colorado the best place to live, work and play."
Other mayoral candidates lauded Isenberg and his devotion to Denver, and said they hoped to court his vote.
"That big gust of wind you felt in Denver this afternoon was the collective sigh of relief from every mayoral candidate upon learning that Isenberg wasn't running," said James Mejia.
Former state Sen. Chris Romer, who resigned to run for mayor, offered: "My focus is to earn this one vote at a time and I'm pleased that I have one more name to add to my call sheet and I hope to earn his support."
Councilman Michael Hancock said he knew it had been a tough decision. "We've talked a lot throughout this process by phone and in person. I knew he was agonizing over the decision."
Said Councilwoman Carol Boigon: "Walter Isenberg is a wonderful person who cares a lot about our community, has built an amazing business here and has contributed terrifically in all kinds of ways.
"I know he will continue to contribute to the health and well-being of the city of Denver."
City Councilman Doug Linkhart said, "Walter is a great civic leader. He would have been a tough opponent."
As of last week, there were 13 declared candidates in the race.
The election will be held May 3, with mail ballots going out in April.
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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — East Providence police say they've arrested a man for stealing and grounding a tugboat last month, and more arrests may be on the way.
The Providence Journal reports that 48-year-old Richard A. Maisano of Warwick was charged with one count of felony receiving stolen property. A telephone listing for Maisano could not be found.
Capt. Richard Frazier says they are looking for others who were involved, and more arrests are pending.
The 40-foot vessel named the Theodore was stolen from an East Providence marina June 3. It was found partially submerged with no one on board. Authorities believe the thieves jumped ship.
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Rare 1876 Pocket Map of Oregon, Washington & Idaho
280. [MAP]. COLTON, G[eorge] W[oolworth] & C[harles] B. Colton's Oregon Washington and Idaho. Published by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. No. 182 William St. New York. [above neat line at lower left] Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1876 by G.W. & C.B. Colton in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. New York, 1876. Lithograph map on bank note paper with original pale blue shading, within ornamental border. Neat line to neat line: 39.2 x 59.5 cm (at lower right map extends beyond neat line into ornamental border); border to border: 43 x 64 cm); overall sheet size: 45 x 66 cm. Folded into original pocket folder, original brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt lettered on upper cover: Colton's Map of Oregon Washington and Idaho C.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. (14.5 x 9 cm), yellow broadside ad (13.9 x 8.8 cm) used as pastedown inside upper cover: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., Publisher of Maps & Atlases. Contemporary pencil ownership signature of Frank E. Taylor at top of broadside. Creased where formerly folded, lightly browned at folds and blank margins, light adhesive stain where joined to upper cover, spine of pocket folder split, corners bumped, and with remains of adhesive on pastedown, which is also slightly waterstained and with a light abrasion resulting in loss of a few letters, overall very good. Matted, framed, and under Plexiglas. Very rare.
First edition. Phillips, America, p. 644. The map was reissued in 1882 with updates and boundaries marked. This map was intended to promote emigration to the area. Two major railroads are shown, the Northern Pacific and the Oregon Railroad. The map is highly detailed concerning physical features, such as waterways, as well as the locations of towns.
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Dear Ben,
the stay in Berlin went very well. The apartment was provided with everything it needed and it was very clean.
I would point out that in the apartament there was not the key to the waste delivery. We did the separate collection of waste and we have minimized the undifferentiated waste
We booked your apartment looking at the map of Berlin, (we did'nt know the city) and when we arrived we found that to get to public transport from the apartament it was necessary walking one kilometer and one kilometer to come back (Italians are not very athelics), the neighborhood was very nice. I recommend the apartament.
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God for besøgende der har barnevogn eller svært ved trapper.
Køkken er velfungerende men er lidt trangt/småt til 8 personer.
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This is becoming a trend. For the third highly notable time in five months, a trade has happened in which one team has acquired a player who comes with some risk, with that risk being mitigated by the low price they paid for the player. Or, to exaggerate the point slightly, they got something for nothing. In July, the Cubs acquired Rich Harden for a price so low-three middling prospects and a 2007 draft pick failing in Low-A-that they had to pull the trigger despite Harden's sensitivity to light and air. Last week, the A's paid a price for Matt Holliday that will make sense even if Holliday leaves at the end of next season, or even if he retires in mid-August.
Now the Yankees have acquired Nick Swisher while giving up nothing that they'll miss: Jeff Marquez, a 24-year-old finesse pitcher who has yet to succeed at Triple-A; Wilson Betemit, a longtime stathead favorite with a .260/.325/.437 career line and a 314/98 K/BB ratio; and Jhonny Nunez, a 22-year-old right-hander who could eventually end up as a high-leverage reliever. Then again, Nunez was traded for Alberto Gonzalez-no, the other one-about 15 minutes ago, which speaks against the idea that he's about to go all Carlos Marmol on the world. The package, in toto, is nothing; you can make a case for each of the players individually, but you can't make the three of them add up to a switch-hitter with plate discipline, power, and his peak in front of him.
The White Sox can fit all three of these pieces in, but they've traded a five for three singles to do so. Betemit can play third base in a platoon situation, perhaps with Josh Fields, which would look a bit like a two-toned switch-hitting Jim Presley. Given the success they've had with John Danks and Gavin Floyd, I'm sure they look at Marquez and think "well, we'll get him to cut everything" and make him a league-average starter. And Nunez has to look good to a team that was down to two effective relievers by season's end. Of course, the White Sox put a Double-A arm into the deal as well, Kanekoa Texeira, more or less canceling Nunez's presence. The problem is that you could add these kinds of parts without trading the player who, in the worst year of his life, was sixth on your team in OBP and projected to be second in 2008. Kenny Williams, who has made a long string of very good decisions, appears to have made a mistake here by trading low on an asset.
Swisher may not be the perfect solution to the Yankees' offensive woes, but he brings upside, a plate approach that they missed last year, and positional flexibility that leaves a range of off-season options open to them. His lost 2008 season-hitting just .219/.332/.410, for a career-low .259 EqA-was largely the product of a down year on balls in play. He hit .249 on them, after marks of .301 in 2007 and .283 in 2006. There was a slight uptick in his strikeout rate, but nothing alarming. What's missing from his season are 15 singles and 15 doubles, and there's not much reason to believe those won't come back in 2009. When they do, his contract, which pays him $21 million through 2011 with a $10 million option for '12, is going to look like an absolute bargain.
I got an e-mail from a friend who said that I wouldn't like the deal because it meant the Yankees now wouldn't need Mark Teixeira. That's not the case at all. The Yankees didn't have a right fielder or a first baseman before this trade, nor an actual center fielder. Swisher can play right or center, and while he's not great defensively at the latter, Melky Cabrera is still around to play good defense for him late in games. At the moment, the Yankees have Swisher, Cabrera, Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui, Xavier Nady, and Brett Gardner lying around. That looks to me like a team that can still bring in one of the best first basemen in baseball and fit everything in around him. (Aside: Xavier Nady is not an everyday player, and efforts to make him one will result in a lesser lineup against right-handed pitching. It was a career year built on a balls-in-play spike over four months in Pittsburgh, and should be treated as such. What he hit as a Yankee-.268/.320/.474-is what he is.)
For the moment the Yankees are focused elsewhere, having apparently made a six-year, $140 million offer to CC Sabathia. I'm on the record as being wary of Sabathia, despite both his durability and his mid-career development into a strike thrower; he scares me because of his size and his overall workload. He has never been abused, but he is 28 and has thrown 1,659 innings in the majors since starting at age 20, and I worry about the cumulative effects. I remember talking about Steve Avery a few years back-not predictively, but after he'd collapsed-and speculating that there are pitchers who are as good as they ever are in their twenties. When you combine Sabathia's workload with his size, there are so many reasons to wonder if he can make the next 180 starts and throw the next 1,200 innings, and at $23 million per season, a lost year could be crippling to a team. His arm might tire due to the innings, or his back or knees could become problematic due to his weight. It's a huge-no pun intended-bet to make on someone with these risk factors.
I'd like to be wrong about Sabathia, who from the little I know of him seems like a likable guy, and whose development into one of the game's best pitchers has been fun to watch. From the outside, however, I look at him, and I look at Johan Santana, and I cannot see how the risk profile is remotely similar enough to pay Sabathia the same or more money as the Mets' lefty is getting. When you consider that the Yankees' strength, organizationally, is in pitching, and that they have a clear need for a two-way first baseman, a big push for Teixeira rather than Sabathia, and a secondary effort to sign Derek Lowe, would seem like a better combination of decisions.
In other news, the Cubs made it clear that they will not compete for Kerry Wood's services, trading Jose Ceda, their third-best prospect, to the Marlins for a pitcher who Ceda might already be better than in Kevin Gregg. The deal makes no sense whatsoever; right-handed relievers below the level of "star" are a dime a dozen, and Gregg falls well below that level. Throw out the saves; Gregg's career-best ERA came in 2003, a 3.28 mark with the Angels in 24
For the Cubs, depth in the bullpen is a strength, so much so that Gregg looks like the team's third- or fourth-best right-handed reliever, even at the moment. Dealing for him because he racked up saves in Miami is simply a waste of a resource in Ceda, who at worst will probably be better than Gregg starting in 2010. This deal smells like the Braves' acquisition of Dan Kolb in 2005, a team getting a pitcher whose save total belies the fact that he's just not nearly as good as that statistic, and having a front-row seat for the end of his career.
I can understand the Cubs cutting Wood loose, but let me make this statement: I'd rather have Kerry Wood's next three seasons than Francisco Rodriguez's next three, without even considering the difference in the money they'll make. Wood, having been through the surgeries and the comebacks and having adapted quite well to relief pitching, seems ready to be a high-strikeout, great-peripherals high-leverage reliever in his thirties, and because he's new to the role and hasn't pitched very much of late, I'd rather take a chance on him than on Rodriguez, whose command problems scare the heck out of me. Just compare the two pitchers' 2008 seasons outside of the context of their usage:
Pitcher IP RA K/9 BB/9 HR/FB GB% Wood 66.1 3.26 11.4 1.9 4.6% 39.4% Rodriguez 68.1 2.77 10.1 4.0 7.1% 42.4%
The biggest difference between the two is in their walk rates. Wood went to the bullpen and pounded the strike zone. Rodriguez hasn't been that guy in a few years, and is getting worse instead of better. There's a league gap here that favors Rodriguez, but that's in the past; I'm signing the guy's future, and I'd rather pay for Wood's future than Rodriguez's.


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Barcelona vs. Almeria: Score, Grades and Post-Match ReactionMarch 2, 2014
Barcelona pulled within one point of La Liga leaders Real Madrid with a 4-1 victory at home to Almeria on Sunday evening at the Camp Nou.
Alexis Sanchez opened the scoring for Barcelona in the ninth minute, before Lionel Messi doubled the lead with a brilliant free kick midway through the half. Angel Trujillo pulled a goal back for Almeria shortly after Messi's strike, but Barca wrapped up the points with late strikes from Carles Puyol and Xavi.
With the win, Barcelona moved into second place with 63 points, one behind Real Madrid, who drew, 2-2, at rivals Atletico Madrid earlier Sunday. Atletico are third with 61 points.
Almeria are 17th, three points above the relegation places.
Barcelona manager Tata Martino watched from the stands as he served a one-match suspension after being sent off at half-time of Barcelona's loss to Real Sociedad last weekend.
The Spanish title race has been closely contested all season and likely will remain tight throughout the spring. A potential turning point could come March 23, when Barca will travel to the capital to play Real Madrid in the second Clasico of the league season.
Then, on the final day of the season, Barcelona will host Atletico Madrid in what could be a title decider. First, though, was the business of facing lowly Almeria on Sunday. But even after taking a quick two-goal lead, Barca met tough resistance from the visitors for much of the match.
"We need to win again and move closer to the leaders, but we need to keep working because things are very even at the top of the table," Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets said, per TomConn of Inside Spanish Football. "There were good things and there are things that we must improve...It wasn't our best game and we lacked a spark, but at least we're still in the fight."
Barcelona settled quickly and had a chance in the sixth minute after Xavi picked out Dani Alves on the right. Alves managed to shoot on target, but Suarez Esteban made a fine save to keep the score level.
It remained level only three more minutes, though, as Alexis put Barca ahead in the ninth minute. Cesc Fabgregas forced a save with a shot from the edge of the box, but Alexis was on hand to turn the ball into the net for a 1-0 Barcelona lead.
The hosts then settled into their trademark style, controlling possession and slowing the pace.
Xavi created another chance in the 15th minute, picking out Neymar with a long pass. But Rafita made a timely intervention to block Neymar's shot. Four minutes later, Sebastian Dubarbier blocked from Dani Alves after the Brazilian had completed a one-two passing combination with Messi in the box.
Messi took his first shot in the 20th minute, a low, weak effort that Esteban saved comfortably. Four minutes later, the little Argentine doubled Barca's lead with a vintage effort.
After drawing a foul outside the box in the 24th minute, Messi curled his superb free kick into the top corner to make it 2-0 midway through the first half.
The hosts seemed to be in complete control, but moments later, Almeria pulled a goal back.
First, Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes tipped over Miguel Angel Corona's shot in the 26th minute. One minute later, as Valdes came off his line in an unsuccessful attempt to collect the resulting corner, an unmarked Trujillo headed in to make it 2-1.
"We have to try and improve on set-pieces," Busquets said (via Inside Spanish Football). "Every team has their own brand and ours is one without a lot of height and we suffer, it's not our forte."
Barca responded well, and Neymar whipped a shot off target from Puyol's pass in the 35th minute. Three minutes later, Messi headed just wide from Sanchez's knock-down.
Leading 2-1 at half-time, Barcelona went back on the attack after the break. Xavi picked up where he had left off in the first half, setting up Neymar in the 50th minute with a defence-splitting pass on the left. But Neymar's scuffed shot went straight at Esteban.
Almeria offered a threat of their own as well, and Aleix Vidal nearly pulled the visitors level in the 63rd minute. But his shot was too close to Valdes, who saved well to maintain Barca's lead.
The next chance fell to Barca after Messi and Sanchez combined in the 66th minute to set up Neymar. The Brazilian had plenty of space on the left, but his wasteful shot flew well wide of the target.
Messi had a shot blocked in the 68th minute as Barca continued searching for the third goal. Almeria then had another chance to equalise 11 minutes later when Sundy Zongo Jonathan sprung the offside trap. But his attempted cross, aimed at Helder Barbosa, was too close to Valdes.
Barcelona finally found their third goal in the 83rd minute. Messi hit the woodwork with a header from a corner, but Puyol powered in the rebound to make it 3-1.
Xavi then rounded out a fine overall display with Barca's fourth, curling into the bottom corner in the 89th minute to seal the victory.
|Barcelona Player Ratings vs. Almeria
|Victor Valdes
|Dani Alves
|Carles Puyol
|Javier Mascherano
|Sergio Busquets
|Cesc Fabregas
|Alexis Sanchez
|Lionel Messi
|Pedro (for Sanchez, 72')
|Andres Iniesta (for Fabregas, 79')
|Cristian Tello (for Neymar, 88')
Up Next
Barcelona play at Real Valladolid next Saturday. Almeria host Sevilla next Sunday.


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IT Programme Manager, Data Services - HSBC Operations, Services and Technology
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If you're looking for a career that will unlock new opportunities, join HSBC and experience the possibilities.
HSBC Operations, Services and Technology is a pivotal part of the Group, providing essential operational and technical support to our global businesses and helping improve customer service and efficiency. HOST combines global expertise and technology to help keep us ahead of the competition.
We are currently seeking a high caliber professional to join our team as IT Programme Manager, Data Services.
Principal responsibilities
Driving sustainable growth. Engages across HSBC to drive, deliver and support sustainable growth in revenue and market share in line with HSBC's strategy.
Achieving excellence. Drives business results and collaboration, persevering under pressure.
Project Management. Works with stakeholders to agree project and programme strategy and objectives. Creates detailed project and programme plans taking into account time, resource and budget constraints.
Change and Implementation Management. Architects complex, large scale change solutions, specifying all elements of the change journey and audience impacts. Optimises the use of global solutions in delivering business requirements to consolidate and support the deployment of the global business model.
Ensures the analysis and interpretation of comprehensive information in order to provide commercially viable and sustainable solutions.
Customer focus. Champions activities encouraging outstanding service and enhancing customer advocacy.
Strengthen stakeholder relationships. Uses relationship management skills and tools to responsibly influence decisions and stakeholder advocacy.
Promotes the most appropriate sustainable customer solution even when less profitable for HSBC in the short term.
Deliver fair outcomes for our customers and ensure own conduct maintains the orderly and transparent operation of financial markets.
Collaboration. Builds rapport and mutual understanding to communicate and create opportunities for cross business and international working, encouraging debate and open discussion.
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Your interactive family guide to Spain as recommended by local mums | Last updated 9 months ago
Gideon and Philip of Quivertree have been traveling with their kids for over 17 years covering six continents. Here are lessons they've picked up over the years:
"We're not talking about the things you see everywhere, like finding theme parks or restaurants with kids menus – we're talking about real life family travel lessons we've picked up along the way. Our mantra we've developed over the years is that if your children are not happy traveling, you won't be either. So if there's a site or museum you really want to see, or a restaurant you absolutely have to go to, think twice about how happy your children will be. Because if they're miserable, you will be too. You may need to improvise, but it's worth it. Ultimately, there's nothing quite like the thrill of discovery with your children" (Gideon and Philip, April 2011)
There are few topics more discussed and stressed over when dealing with family travel than food. That need to hunt down the restaurant with the kids' menu, or the one 'western' style restaurant in some fairly remote destination. People sweat over this too much; there is an excitement and joy over discovering and trying out new, different foods all over the world. We insist on knowing what we're eating and we're not overly daring, but part of the experience is trying local foods whether in a restaurant or in a market. Be careful though that the establishment looks clean. If you're worried about it, see how many local people are in the restaurant – if there are very few, try somewhere else. If you want to try things out but are too scared of foreign foods, hire a guide for a day. Generally they'll be very good at ordering for you. We found this really useful in China and Vietnam. You'll never go wrong with ice cream or candy, and spending time browsing through foreign supermarkets can be a really fun filled family adventure!
Again, much is made of this, especially in less developed areas. So, surprise, surprise, often it's the grownups who make a far bigger fuss over the toilets than kids, who are better able to see the funny side of what can be an absurd situation. Generally, like with other aspects of traveling, they just seem to roll with it. (I have to admit I have had my less than memorable moments when my kids were very small (and not so small) – trying to change a diaper in a toy store in Amsterdam – they did not like that; unable to leave the car on safari – we used an empty water bottle; and more recently a very unfortunate scene in a huge indoor market in Beijing.) Carry toilet paper with you and do your homework! In Hanoi you can dart into any smart hotel and use their facilities; in Turkey all mosques have toilets, mostly very clean – use them!
A lot of unnecessary stress is caused by not being prepared. Family travel is incredibly rewarding, but there is work involved. Be prepared. Don't be like me and assume Iceland is warm in summer (it's not; actually mostly it's really wet and cold – maybe that's why they call it Iceland). Check and double check flight times – they change more than you'd think, and sometimes quite a lot. Check flight connections. Check all the regulations different countries have for passports (while my whole family waltzed into Ireland, I was at first denied entry for not having enough space in my passport for the entry stamp) – some want 2 clear pages, some want the passport to be valid for 6 months after entry. We also have our passports scanned into our email just in case. Read a guidebook for tips and scams: in many countries it's a good idea to carry one dollar bills for small items; check the calendar for local festivals – they create incredible atmosphere, but also generate huge crowds (and food may not be as readily available as usual); never accept a gift from a merchant who is actually selling the item; keep your valuables locked up or out of sight. There are many tips like these covered in the guidebooks.
Ok, this is a topic debated on the same level as food and toilets. Hand luggage only? Overpack or travel light? There are no obvious answers. One thing though is to pack clever. As a family, the more pieces you have the more that can get lost. Mix up your luggage among family members, so that if one bag gets lost, you're not stuck with one person without luggage (and if you have kids of similar ages, or kids who can share clothes with a parent like moms and teenage daughters, try packing items they'll all wear). Also, put key clothing in hand luggage, even if you check your luggage. So if you're going on a beach vacation, put bathing suits and sandals in your hand luggage just in case. And if you're like me and my boys, and you like buying t-shirts all over the world, don't bring too many from home. I have tons of long sleeved light running shirts – I always take a few for anyone who needs a bit of warming up. They take up virtually no space, and can fit in almost any pocket. And remember, the more luggage you have, the harder it is to transport it whether you're carry it, flying in a small plane, or going by bus or taxi.
Yes, I know this might fall into a mundane category. But family travel can be stressful, so don't make it more so. Remember, you're never in total control of all circumstances, so don't tempt fate too much. If you're in your home city, consider the potential traffic. If you're not, find out how long it really takes to get to the airport, and double-check your mode of transport (once in New York City, the taxi driver asked me how to get to JFK. Not good.) My experience is that USUALLY the airport is a breeze. But on those (hopefully) rare occasions when things fall apart, you'll be so grateful for the extra half hour you gave yourselves. And you probably weren't going to relax much at home anyway.
This is a really important but overlooked part of family travel. If you're somewhere a little remote, usually in the developing world, and you're offered a great excursion, think very carefully about the transport. How many times my kids have got sick on a car/bus ride on terrible, windy roads, or seasick, I do not want to remember. And every time I thought why did I not anticipate this? If your kids don't do well on long car or bus rides, or at sea, take this into account when making your plans. Boats are particularly troublesome as there's no way off. Rather take a ferry: they're usually shorter, filled with locals (more colorful than other tourists) and probably sell food far more interesting than what the tour provides.
And then we have tours. By this we mean those incredibly popular mass market day trips to some famous site. A little bit like 5. Tours of course can be excellent, interesting and sometimes a way of seeing something otherwise hard to get to. On the other hand, they're unbelievably restrictive. Once on, you can't get off, and if someone's bored, it's a recipe for disaster. Much better is hiring a private guide where you're in charge and can basically do whatever you want, or try doing it on your own. If you have doubts that your children can sit happily through, for example, a one day boat ride admiring the scenery don't do it. And always, always remember – if your kids are bored or miserable so will you.
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December 13, 2012
The Independent, UK
A trembling fraction of most people believes – or wants to – that the Mayans were on to something. In fact, so pestered has the American space agency NASA been on the subject of their apocalyptic prediction (21st December's the date), they've set up a simple FAQ. It's called, soothingly, "Beyond 2012: Why the World Won't End". Here's what it says…
" Question (Q): Are there any threats to the Earth in 2012? Many Internet websites say the world will end in December 2012.
Answer (A):The world will not end in 2012. Our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years, and credible scientists worldwide know of no threat associated with 2012.
Q: Is there a planet or brown dwarf called Nibiru or Planet X or Eris that is approaching the Earth and threatening our planet with widespread destruction?
A: Nibiru and other stories about wayward planets are an Internet hoax. There is no factual basis for these claims. If Nibiru or Planet X were real and headed for an encounter with the Earth in 2012, astronomers would have been tracking it for at least the past decade, and it would be visible by now to the naked eye. Obviously, it does not exist. Eris is real, but it is a dwarf planet similar to Pluto that will remain in the outer solar system; the closest it can come to Earth is about 4 billion miles.
Q: How do NASA scientists feel about claims of the world ending in 2012?
A: For any claims of disaster or dramatic changes in 2012, where is the science? Where is the evidence? There is none, and for all the fictional assertions, whether they are made in books, movies, documentaries or over the Internet, we cannot change that simple fact. There is no credible evidence for any of the assertions made in support of unusual events taking place in December 2012."
So that should clear things up. But conspiracy theorists might not be so easily dissuaded; this is, after all, the same lot who claimed we took a rocket to the moon in 1969.


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Dee and the lovely ladies from the Tumblr crochet-a-long are friendly and welcome new members. It's not too late to join because they are planning on continuing on new projects and you still have time to work on the projects they are currently working on.
Here is the Tumblr blog http://tumblrcrochetalong.tumblr.com/ You can put a message in the ask box or email Dee at hopefull.amnesia @ gmail.com also they have a Google group at http://groups.google.com/group/tumblr-crochet-a-long .
So here is my first finished project from the CAL. It's the Crocus Scarf, pattern from Ravelry http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/crocus-scarf I need to work on my tension a bit because my scarf is kind of curly rather than flat, but I like it.


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Oasis Centre Hosts FREEJ-themed Tent for Kids and Families
Mall Lines up Activity Packed Calendar during Ramadan
Dubai-UAE: 03 August, 2011 – Oasis Centre, Dubai's friendliest mall, today announced it is hosting an exclusive FREEJ-themed tent during the Holy Month of Ramadan, giving customers a chance to imbibe their message of righteous living, along with a chance to meet their favourite characters every weekend.
The hugely popular characters from the FREEJ franchise, Um Saloom and Um Khammas, will be at the mall every Friday and Saturday, between 8.00-11.00 pm, where a FREEJ workshop is also being conducted.
The tent, located in the Mall Atrium will host people every day from 7.00-11.00 pm, serving traditional Kahwa and dates to people breaking fast.
The FREEJ tent is divided into several sections and includes a hospitality area and a section with FREEJ themed kids' tables and chairs for the art and craft workshops.
Daily activities have been drawn up from 7.00pm -11.00pm to engage visitors in burka-making, necklace and bracelet beading, coloring or sketching favorite FREEJ characters, playing FREEJ cross roads, filling in the gaps/ blanks, connecting the right lines, solving puzzles, working on collages or participating in a questionnaire on the UAE.
For the first time ever, the mall is also launching its exclusive initiative to award 'double points' to Shukran card-holders, when they shop at any relevant Landmark Group store in the mall. Also, in support of Landmark Group's 'Beat Diabetes' initiative, the mall will host free blood glucose screening during weekends.
Additionally, throughout the month of Ramadan, shoppers spending AED200 or more at the Oasis Centre are entitled to enter a raffle competition to win BMW cars and Philips home electronics worth AED10,000 every week.
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This Ramadan meet your favorite FREEJ Characters every weekend at Oasis Centre
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About Oasis Centre
Located centrally on Sheikh Zayed Road, Oasis Centre offers shoppers an engaging experience in a convenient, shopping-friendly environment. Spanning a total area of 1.44 million sq. ft. and retail space of about 1 million sq. ft. with shopping spread across four levels, Oasis Centre encompasses a wide selection of brands and categories in a compact, shopping-focused format offering outstanding value for money.
The mall's strength lies in multiple and diverse anchor stores including Home Centre, Babyshop, Splash, Shoe Mart, Lifestyle & Beauty Bay, the fastest growing electronics chain in the UAE at E-max and Q Home Décor, unique world of furnishing luxury.
Babyshop and Mothercare offer adorable options for the mall's youngest shoppers. Dubai's fashionistas can quench their thirst for the season's latest trends at stores such as Splash, Max, New Look, Koton, Aeropostale, Springfield, Brands and Style Studio amongst others.
Other concepts available at Oasis Centre include Fun City, Spaces, Carrefour Express, the first Fitness First exclusively for women, Sun & Sand Sports and Nike Lifestyle, among others. The mall comes with a food court which features a delectable spread - from fast food to cafes.
There is a 470,000 sq. ft. parking facility with ample spaces to accommodate 1,650 vehicles across two basement levels, adding to the mall's many convenience-enhancing elements.
The mall can be accessed with ease, being just off Exit 46 while driving from Jebel Ali towards Dubai and Interchange 3 while driving from Dubai towards Jebel Ali.


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Rice University celebrates a century
Updated 8:32 pm, Friday, October 12, 2012
The year 1912 was full of momentous events: The Republic of China was established and the last Chinese emperor abdicated; New Mexico and Arizona became the newest and last states in the continental United States; the first parachute jump from an airplane was made; Robert Scott's expedition perished near the South Pole; the Titanic sank; "Tarzan of the Apes" was published; Jim Thorpe won the pentathlon and decathlon at the London Olympics; Montenegro declared war on Turkey; Woodrow Wilson was elected president; and Nabisco invented the Oreo cookie.
In Houston, there was little doubt that the most important development of 1912 was the establishment of the Rice Institute just beyond the outskirts of the rapidly growing town of about 80,000 people. This was Houston's first institution of higher education, and at its opening on Oct. 12, President Edgar Odell Lovett put together a grand celebration the likes of which the city had never seen. These past few days, exactly 100 years later, we celebrated a century of progress.
Since the opening of Rice's doors to the first group of 59 students, more than 70,000 degree students have enrolled, plus tens of thousands more who have benefited from continuing studies and other programs. The first faculty of a dozen or so has grown to more than 600. And what started as four buildings isolated at one end of a pentagon-shaped piece of prairie has increased to about 80.
The university has now grown beyond its historic borders with the construction of the BioScience Research Collaborative, which links Rice to the Texas Medical Center and now provides a hub for moving the fruits of research into medical application. And with Rice's strong entry into digital education, that growth continues in a virtual space: We have nearly 100,000 students enrolled in our online college-level offerings while we are also serving about 1 million K-12 students in Texas with digital STEM - science, technology, engineering and mathematics - materials.
We have accomplished things President Lovett, as visionary as he was, could scarcely have imagined. We added the Shepherd School of Music, the Jones School of Business, the Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, the Baker Institute for Public Policy and initiatives like the Kinder Institute for Urban Research and the Chao Center for Asian Studies.
We have expanded our student body and are now one of the most diverse private universities in the country. Our students come from all over the world and, with so many of our graduates choosing to stay in Houston, we serve as a brain magnet for this community. Our ascendancy into the very top ranks of American higher education was recognized over a quarter century ago when Rice became one of the 60 elite research institutions in the Association of American Universities and we have since been ranked consistently among the 20 best universities in the country. We became a leader in space science and gave birth to nanoscience and nanotechnology, which have transformed the possibilities of materials science, chemistry, medicine, chemical and biomolecular engineering and other fields.
In short, we do not merely celebrate the extraordinary men, women and events of 1912, but the women, men and accomplishments of every year since. It is in some sense not our founding - or at least not alone our founding - that warrants that grand celebration, but how over generations, our faculty, our students and alumni, our staff, our trustees, our community and our city have built something that truly warrants our pride and continued dedication.
Our city and its leaders in government, business and philanthropy have been wonderfully supportive throughout this time. We have worked hard to contribute as much and more to this community in return. It's no accident that the Texas Medical Center was located next to Rice 33 years after our founding, or that Houston's extraordinary museum district sits at the other end of our campus. The histories of the Houston Symphony, the Houston Grand Opera, the Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, the Johnson Space Center and even the Houston Ship Channel all owe part of their origin and strength to Rice. William Marsh Rice's gift to the city of Houston - for that is what it was always intended to be - has been multiplied many times over the past century.
We know that despite our great successes, there is more work to be done. Our changing world, our evolving city and the constant creation of new knowledge bring new possibilities and new challenges. With more urgency than ever, Rice will work to educate leaders who will guide our city and grow our businesses. We will work with the city's museums and cultural institutions to bring beauty and cultural understanding to the people of America's most diverse city. We will work with members of the Texas Medical Center to bring the results of basic research into medical practice to improve health and save lives. We will work with Houston's most prominent industry to assure that the world will have the technology to safely satisfy its energy needs and that Houston remains the energy capital of the world. We will work with the Houston Independent School District and other schools to improve education for our children and provide the human resources we need to be a globally competitive city.
Funny thing about universities: We don't just pick up and move. We have been here serving Houston, and benefitting from it, for 100 years. And we expect to be doing the same for centuries to come.
Leebron is president of Rice University.


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Rather than spraying my family with the chemicals found in commercial bug sprays, I use a recipe consisting of three natural ingredients that was featured on the Dr.Oz show.
The Dr. Oz segment with this bug spray recipe demonstrated its effectiveness by setting up a tank filled with hundreds of mosquitoes. The guest placed his arm in without any protection and the mosquitoes flocked to feast. They then created and applied this mixture to the same arm and placed it back in the tank. Not one mosquito feasted. After testing it out on my family, I have found our results to be the same. Not only does this have a more pleasant smell, it is every bit as effective as a commercial spray that can be harmful and harsh on the skin (especially for toddlers and babies).
- Lemon Eucalyptus
- Witch Hazel, Vodka or Rubbing Alcohol - They gave these options and said to use anything that evaporates quickly. For obvious reasons, I didn't feel comfortable spraying my kids with vodka. Alcohol I thought might burn if it gets into a cut. I chose Witch Hazel since it had a list of medicinal qualities and is known for being soothing to sensitive skin.
- Pump Spray Bottle - I found mine with the other ingredients at the health food store.
This is so simple to make. I simply fill up my spray bottle with Witch Hazel and add 10-20 drops of the Lemon Eucalyptus.
To Apply
I typically apply this to our skin and clothing when we need mosquito protection. If you are sweating or out for extended periods of time, you may find that you need to reapply periodically.


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Hospital where man starved to death apologises for care failings
An English hospital has agreed to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation and send written apologies to 38 families who suffered what lawyers say was "appalling" care, including one case in which an 84-year-old man who was starved to death.
Alexandra Hospital in Redditch, Worcestershire, left an elderly woman, who died later, unwashed for 11 weeks and broke the ribs of another man while trying to lift him with a hoist, leaving him screaming with pain.
A mass legal action was brought against the hospital following an inspection by the NHS regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), in 2011, which found patients had been so neglected by nursing staff that doctors had begun writing prescriptions for water to ensure they got enough to drink. The CQC concluded that the hospital had failed to meet "essential standards" and was in breach of its legal duty.
The trust that runs the hospital agreed to pay £410,000 (€503,000) to settle 35 claims against Alexandra Hospital and three against Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
Letters of apology are to be sent in the new year.
Jeremy Hunt, the British health secretary, said he was "disgusted and appalled" and would be "keeping a careful eye" on the situation. "These are examples of the sort of 'care' that should simply not happen in the NHS," he said.
The trust said it accepted the care of some patients had fallen below the "standard they were entitled to expect" between 2002 and 2009. Changes were made to "ensure patient care is excellent". (© Independent News Service)
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Bayern Munich produced a memorable performance at the Etihad Stadium to defeat Manchester City 3-1 on the night.
It was a performance worthy of the Champions of Europe. Bayern Munich produced a master class in European football as Manuel Pellegrini and his men were left in awe. In fact the 3-1 score line perhaps flatters Manchester City considering how they were outplayed in this match.
One of the prime reasons behind the removal of Roberto Mancini and the appointment of Manuel Pellegrini was City's poor performances in Europe in past seasons. But Pep Guardiola and his men showed how much the Manchester club needs to improve in order to compete with the best in this tournament.
The visitors took an early lead in the game. Franck Ribery scored in the 7th minute of the match as Joe Hart was disappointingly beaten at his near post. It was only a sign of things to come. Bayern dominated the game from that point on and grabbed most of the possession. Even when they didn't have the ball, they pressed together and won back the ball from City high up the pitch and launched counter-attacks. It was reminiscent of the way Barcelona used to press under Pep Guardiola. City were lucky to have conceded only one goal in the first half, but that respite lasted only for ten minutes in the second half as Thomas Muller broke the offside trap and scored to double Bayern's lead. Only three minutes after this Arjen Robben, who had been a constant threat throughout the match, got the third goal of the game after turning Nastasic inside out and shooting with what was supposed to be his weaker foot. It was another disappointing goal to concede for Joe Hart, who will have to take the blame for two of Bayern's three goals. But it was nothing short of what the German side's performance deserved. City got back late on in the game with substitute Negredo scoring from a wonderful curling shot. German center back Boateng received a red card in the 86th minute of the match, which somewhat spoiled an otherwise perfect display, but the home side were unable to capitalise on that and the game ended 3-1.
At times one has got to put his hands up and accept that the opponents were too good on the day, and that is exactly what Manuel Pellegrini did in the post-match interview. But he knows that this wasn't a decisive result, and they still have a lot of do to qualify from this group. He is also keen to address some of the weakness that was exposed last night before they face Everton in the league.
"We didn't play well and Bayern, as they always are, were very good. We made a lot of errors at important times. We tried a different way of playing in the second half, but we needed to get more possession. David Silva is a player who can help us with that, but he was only fit enough for 20 minutes tonight.
"The result was important in the group, but it is not decisive. It shows where we are and what level we are at, but we need to address some things before our game [against Everton FC] at the weekend." – The Manchester City manager said.
Pep Guardiola on the other hand could hardly suppress his delight with his team's performance and said that it was a conscious effort from the players to win back the ball from City higher up the pitch and put them under pressure. He also pointed out the importance of Lahm in the holding role and insisted that they will continue to work hard as a team.
"We pressured them well when we weren't in possession and so forced City to play long balls, which we were able to win. We moved the ball around well. Ever since Philipp Lahm started playing further up the pitch, we have started to create more chances. We are happy to play against a big club and to play like this. I like coming to England and when my team plays like this, I am very happy. We are delighted with our display.
"The team showed in the past what they are capable of and today they followed up on that. We are extremely happy to have delivered such a good performance away from home against one of England's best teams. We now need to show the same presence and dominance in the return game, but until then we won't stop working hard and trying to improve." – The Bayern Munich Manager said.
Arjen Robben was a constant threat down the right, and he gave Clichy and Nastastic a hard time throughout the night. He also switched flanks with Ribery at times, but he was at his best when he ran at the City defence, cutting in to his favorite left foot or going down the line on his right. He got his much deserved goal in the second half and became the first Bayern Munich player to score in five consecutive Champions League matches. The above heatmap shows his positioning and movement on the pitch last night.


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State Treasurer Andy Dillon has informed Governor Rick Snyder that a preliminary review has found "a serious financial problem" exists in Detroit.
It's one of the steps toward placing the city under the control of a state-appointed emergency financial manager. The review found the city does not have a plan to address a deficit that could be as high as 122 million dollars in this fiscal year.
The next step is for a second formal review that will probably take place next week.


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#1 Ranked Children's Hospital by U.S. News & World Report
MyPatients provides referring primary care providers with secure access to their patients' information.
Boston Children's has launched the world's 1st program dedicated to offering hand transplants to children who qualify.
Innovation insider is a semi-monthly e-newsletter analyzes innovations at Boston Children's, other academic medical centers and from industry.
Read the latest blog by a Boston Children's doctor, clinician or staff member.
There are many ways you can help children and their families get the care they need.
The Mayo Family Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Center operates on a day-hospital model of rehabilitation. A typical day at the PPRC begins promptly at 8:00 AM and lasts until 4:00 PM, consisting of both individual and group sessions with physical, occupational and recreational therapists and psychologists. In addition to the different therapies, children have study time and lunchtime with the other children. Many children find the friendships made at the PPRC comforting as well as fun.
On the day of admission, new patients spend time with each discipline, participating in evaluations and assessment. Parents should anticipate staying at the PPRC for the majority of the day on this first day of treatment.
Since parents are a vital part of the treatment team, parents should anticipate involvement in their child's treatment each day. Parents are requested to be present for the last hour of each treatment day. Further parent participation is also requested each Wednesday afternoon to participate in parent support and education. Additional parental presence may be requested throughout the child's admission.
Graduation Day is held on the last day of each child's stay at the PPRC and celebrates the wonderful accomplishments your child has made. After discharge, children have checkups with the team for a period of time to ensure success of the treatment.
The PPRC's interdisciplinary team brings together each of the specialties required for the evaluation and rehabilitation of chronic pain:
Physical therapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT)
PT and OT evaluation and treatment programs are essential in achieving successful outcomes for children with chronic pain. Each child enrolled in our program has a comprehensive, detailed evaluation. Based on the results our team constructs a goal-oriented program that is tailored specifically for each individual patient. Therapies offered as part of our comprehensive rehabilitation program may include:
Therapeutic Recreation
Therapeutic Recreation uses treatment, education and recreation services to help individuals to develop and utilize their leisure pursuits to enhance their social, emotional and cognitive health, functional abilities, independence and quality of life. Each patient is assessed by a recreational therapist and is assisted to develop skills, knowledge, and behaviors for daily living and re-integration into school and community involvement.
Chronic pain is not only a physical experience. It affects all areas of life including thoughts, feelings and relationships. Psychologists with expertise in pain management work closely with patients and their families to develop skills for coping with pain and help them increase each child's level of functioning to include such activities as going to school regularly, having fun with friends, and doing the things she used to enjoy before the pain developed. Our psychologists can also address feelings of anxiety, sadness, anger and frustration that may arise in children and adolescents who face chronic pain problems.
Medical and nursing management
The main emphasis of the PPRC is not on prescribing medications, but rather on using physical, occupational and cognitive-behavioral therapy to help improve function and promote wellness. An increase in function is a more important sign of improvement than a decrease in pain. Each child is evaluated daily by a physician and nurse, who assess concurrent medical problems, appraise each patient's symptoms and monitor responses to treatments. In many cases we are able to reduce or discontinue medications that have not proven helpful in managing the child's pain.
Boston Children's is so much more than a hospital—it's a community of researchers, clinicians, administrators, support staff, innovators, teachers, patients and families, all working together to make the impossible possible.


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1964 Lou Brock Signed Chicago Cubs Contract
Starting Bid - $300, Sold For - $8,888
Four-page fold-over contract, dated January 8, 1964, between Lou Brock and the Chicago National League Ball Club, Inc., signed in blue ink by "Louis Clark Brock" (grading "9") and "John Holland" ("9/10") as general manager. Also signed in black ink by Warren Giles ("9") as National League President. The one-year contract, for the 1964 season, calls for Brock to receive a salary of $12,000. This agreement marks Brock's final contract with the Cubs, as he was traded in a multiplayer deal to the St. Louis Cardinals on June 15th. That transaction is duly recorded here by a typed addendum that reads "June 15, 1964. This contract assigned this 15th day of June to the St. Louis National Baseball Club, Inc. by the Chicago National League Ball Club, Inc." It has been signed again by both Holland and Giles in approval of the transaction. Brock was hitting .251 with the Cubs at the time of the trade and his two previous seasons, which produced averages of .263 and .258, respectively, probably convinced the club that he was expendable. Unfortunately, immediately upon leaving the Cubs Brock blossomed into one of the game's top outfielders. Brock batted .348 for the Cardinals down the stretch, leading them to both the pennant and a World Series victory over the Yankees. He also developed into one of the game's greatest base stealers. Brock led the National League in steals eight times, including a then-record 118 in 1974. Brock retired in 1979 with 3,023 hits, a lifetime .293 average, and a then-record 938 stolen bases (which now ranks second behind Rickey Henderson's total of 1,406). He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1985. 104 of Hall of Fame players are rare and the offered example is no exception. This is the first Brock contract we have ever offered and we can only recall having seen one other at public auction. The contract (8.5 x 11 inches) displays two horizontal folds and is in Excellent to Mint condition overall. LOA from James Spence/JSA. Reserve $300. Estimate $1,000+. SOLD FOR $8,888
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Calf leather medium Heroine bag with structured silhouette built on an expandable body with use of two lateral vertical zips. The Heroine features a short top-handle and cover flap. Brass hardware with silver finish.
Width 11.7 inches
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(Corrects paragraph six to real inflation being interest minus inflation)
By Carolyn Cohn
LONDON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Emerging stocks dipped on Monday, adding to two loss-making weeks, dragged further down by Chinese data.
Hungarian assets fell on worries about the country's high debt levels. A debt auction last week had to be cut short.
With many Asian markets, including China, still shut for the lunar new year holidays, trading volumes stayed thin. But China's official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) dipped in January, showing growth slowing in manufacturing as well as services.
That is likely to weigh on emerging markets that export to China, and MSCI's main emerging equity index eased 0.3 percent after January's 6.6 percent loss.
"The question is at which point the weakening process will fade and we see normalisation," said Luis Costa, emerging markets strategist at Citi.
"We don't think we're there yet. The process of establishing real rates (interest minus inflation) in emerging markets is half-way through and we may see further interest rate hikes."
India, South Africa and Turkey all raised interest rates last week, and markets are speculating Hungary may also need to hike.
Polish stocks and the zloty rallied after PMI data showing Polish manufacturing grew at the fastest pace in three years last month, while Czech activity expanded for the eight month in a row.
Hungary's PMI at 58.9 was far above the 52.4 average of the past three years, but stocks fell 1 percent and the currency dropped towards two-year lows hit last week.
Hungary is considered one of the central European economies most exposed to contagion from the emerging market sell-off, due to high debt levels and an aggressive rate cutting cycle that has taken interest rates to a record low 2.85 percent.
"Hungary is being challenged by the market," said Costa. "Markets are already hiking on behalf of central banks. It becomes a vicious cycle."
Russia's rouble approached five-year lows after data showing Russian manufacturing shrinking for the third month in a row. South Africa's PMI also stayed below the 50 threshold that denotes expansion.
The Ukrainian hryvnia fell half a percent to fresh four-year lows as embattled President Viktor Yanukovich returned to work after four days of sick leave.
Ukrainian five-year credit default swaps rose 13 basis points to 1,050 bps, according to Markit, their highest since mid-December, before Ukraine got a Russian bail-out.
In Asia, Seoul stocks fell more than 1 percent after the China data, and in a delayed response to a further cut in stimulus by the U.S. Federal Reserve after a holiday closure, even though local PMIs at eight-month highs indicated signs of a growing export-led recovery. The won had its worst day in 7-1/2 months.
Thai stocks rose 1.5 percent, after elections went ahead more peacefully than expected, but the baht gave up some of its earlier gains as anti-government protesters ignored Sunday's vote and continued efforts to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Emerging sovereign debt spreads tightened 2 basis points to 397 bps over U.S. Treasuries, after widening 50 bps last month.
"The combination of weakening Chinese data and the gradual turn in Fed policy will continue to fuel negative sentiment," said strategist Kit Juckes at Societe Generale in a note.
"Flows of money into EM since 2010 have been huge. The path back towards any kind of neutral Fed policy stretches ahead of us and the Chinese economic slowdown is no flash in the pan. So the drivers of the current turmoil aren't going to go anywhere and any respite is likely to be temporary."
For GRAPHIC on emerging market FX performance 2014, see link.reuters.com/jus35t
For GRAPHIC on MSCI emerging index performance 2014, see link.reuters.com/weh36s
For GRAPHIC on MSCI emerging Europe performance 2014, see link.reuters.com/jun28s
For GRAPHIC on MSCI frontier index performance 2014, see link.reuters.com/zyh97s
For CENTRAL EUROPE market report, see
For TURKISH market report, see
For RUSSIAN market report, see ) (Reporting by Carolyn Cohn, Sujata Rao and Natsuko Waki Editing by Jeremy Gaunt)


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AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – Police officers will be at the Amherst Regional High School Thursday in response to a threatening note that was found on Wednesday.
Principal Mark Jackson sent an email out to parents Wednesday after being given a note that was found inside the school. He said that on one side of the note, there was instruction to deliver the note to him, while the other side referenced the intent of the author to bring a weapon into the school.
The author of the note signed with the name of Carolyn Gardner, an African American math teacher that has been the target of several racial attacks within her first year of teaching at the school.
In October, racist graffiti was left in a bathroom and on Gardner's classroom door. On March 24, a racial slur intended for Gardner was left in a girls' bathroom.
She missed a couple weeks of school fearing for her safety before coming back to an anti-racist vigil and rallies within the community.
Principal Mark Jackson says an individual was found responsible for one of those incidents and punished, but that person has not been identified by officials.
The Amherst Police Department was notified of the most recent threat made in the note and will be present at the school Thursday, as they try to determine the note's author.
In the recent email from Principal Jackson, he said that after consulting with police, there is nothing to suggest that school should not open on time as scheduled, and reminded parents that it is already scheduled to be a late arrival day on Thursday. The school has a scheduled late day every month and starts at 10 a.m.
Amherst Police confirmed the email sent by Principal Mark Jackson to parents Wednesday in regards to the note.


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Having tolerated the recent weather we could be forgiven for
thinking that maybe Mermaids actually exist.
Young HATS (Herstmonceux Amateur Theatrical Society) are putting on Disney's "Little Mermaid" as their next show. The show includes songs such as Under the Sea, Kiss the Girl and Part of your World, all very much songs to sing along to and this show is bound to get you singing one of them on the way home.
The show is on at Herstmonceux Village Hall from Thursday March 20 to Saturday March 22 at 7.30pm.
Tickets are available from Stevens & Carter Estate Agents,
Herstmonceux - 01323 832888.


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If there's anything guaranteed to warm the heart of a veteran rock band, it was the scene outside the Shepherd's Bush Empire, where Pearl Jam were warming up for an arena tour that starts next week. Alongside the touts were a cluster of people, average age 20, holding up homemade signs pleading for spare tickets. "Genuine fan desperately needs a ticket," read one brandished by a girl who couldn't have been born when the group first created their brew of grunge chords and despondency.
It's no great surprise that, years after their commercial peak, Pearl Jam's music still matters. Even with their ninth album, Backspacer, about to appear, they remain relentless foes of "the man", while producing music that envelops listeners in a warm sense of shared despair. Singer Eddie Vedder seems a much chirpier chap these days: tonight, he even cracked jokes about Big Brother. But he still sings with righteous rage. Glowering at the unfairness of everything, he invested nearly all 26 songs of the set – most of them great slabs of riff-based rock – with an adolescent moroseness that explained his appeal to the mainly young audience.
The signature hits Even Flow ("written in 1793", quipped Vedder) and Alive inspired singalongs, while old non-hits such as Why Go and Do the Evolution were greeted with pleasure. Even new ones Got Some and The Fixer – punchier and poppier than the rest – were respectfully received.
The highlights, however, were two cover versions and two guests. All Along the Watchtower featured a stalk-like Ronnie Wood on guitar, and Pete Townshend's guitarist brother, Simon, turned up to play on the Who's The Real Me. For those few minutes, Pearl Jam forgot the angst and yielded to something that looked suspiciously like joy.


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