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Somebody is going to get killed out there.
I've said it a hundred times, thought it a thousand.
The only question was, what ballplayer would have to die on the mound before something was done to protect pitchers?
The issue, in the news again after Toronto Blue Jays pitcher J.A. Happ was felled by a line drive Tuesday night, is personal with me because it happened to my son Matt.
He was struck in the face by a line drive in a high school game and on the side of the head during a scrimmage in college.
The first incident was witnessed by an overflow crowd watching the championship game of a spring tournament, and it prompted an Orange County Register columnist to call for a ban on metal bats in high school competition.
Matt sustained a concussion and multiple facial fractures, but his surgeon said the ball had struck him in "the perfect spot" to avoid a more serious injury — just below the cheekbone, above his jaw and to the side of his nose.
The shot he took in college was worse. It nearly killed him.
He was struck in nearly the same spot as Happ, between the temple and ear — only on the opposite side because Matt throws right-handed and Happ is a lefty.
I'll never forget the neurosurgeon holding up an X-ray showing a fracture line running from the side of Matt's head in toward the middle of his skull, stopping right at the carotid artery, which supplies blood to the brain.
Any farther, by the tiniest fraction and, well … the doctor just shook his head.
It happened in February 2010 and drew local headlines in the Bay Area and also from the Associated Press and Yahoo. But soon the season geared up and the attention waned.
Plans were already in the works for safety modifications on the metal bats used by high school and college players, but I came to think no real improvements would take place until something happened to an 11- or 12-year-old performing on youth baseball's grandest stage, the Little League World Series.
A boy I knew barely escaped a couple of years ago, when the straight bill of his cap cushioned a blow still strong enough to knock him off his feet. The impact left an indentation — it looked as if someone had taken a bite out of his hat — but had the ball glanced off one way or the other it would have crashed into his forehead or his nose.
It was a prime illustration of how a ball coming off one of those souped-up metal bats could be lethal to a kid pitcher, vulnerable as he finishes his follow-through only 40 feet or so from home plate.
Over the years, a couple of boys died after being struck in the head, but no changes came about. Those deaths did not happen in a stadium packed with 40,000 fans and in front of a national television audience of millions. Sometimes it takes a very public catastrophe to finally ignite change.
Happ was struck by a drive off the bat of Desmond Jennings during a game between the Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla.
He tried to get his glove up to shield himself but was a split-second late, and the 6-foot-6 left-hander was nailed on the left side of his skull with such force that the impact could be heard several levels up in the stadium.
The ball came to rest in foul territory halfway up the right-field line as Happ lay face down in front of the mound, his glove and bare hand covering his head and a crowd of 10,273 watching in stunned silence.
Happ, 30, sustained a bruise to his head and a cut to his left ear, but he was released from the hospital Wednesday and said in a statement he was in "good spirits." That makes him one of the lucky ones — he not only survived, he also escaped serious injury.
Each year, balls driven up the middle of the field cause severe injuries to pitchers in baseball and softball. Many such incidents in youth-league practices and games go unreported. Happ is the latest among dozens of major league pitchers who have been struck in the head by comebackers. Last September, Brandon McCarthy, then with the Oakland Athletics, suffered a skull fracture that required surgery after taking a liner off the bat of Angels shortstop Erick Aybar.
A baseball executive said earlier this year that this incident had accelerated Major League Baseball's timetable to find a way to better protect pitchers. Safety products, however, are still in the development stages.
The challenge is to design a product that is lightweight and flexible and can be concealed under or as part of a hat — major leaguers wouldn't want to wear a bulky helmet — but is still large and sturdy enough to protect critical areas and absorb the impact of a ball traveling well in excess of 100 mph.
EvoShield, a Georgia company that manufactures protective equipment such as wrist and elbow guards, helped my son, who wanted to continue pitching for the University of San Francisco.
Though it wasn't in the headgear market, the company provided two pieces of its "gel to shell" technology, which the mother of a teammate sewed together to create a rudimentary protective device that Matt wore under his hat. Flaps that curved south over his temples looked like a shock of sideburns covering half his cheeks.
Would the apparatus fully protect him in the event of another head shot? Not a chance. But it provided just enough mental comfort to allow him to manage his fear — there was plenty of that — and compete again.
Less than two months after his injury, and less than a week after he was cleared to play catch or jog, Matt threw four scoreless innings in a West Coast Conference game against Gonzaga.
In his first inning, he retired the side in order, striking out the first two batters on six pitches as I tried not to hyperventilate in the stands. When the inning was over, teammates — several of them crying — came bolting out of the dugout to embrace him.
The next season, EvoShield provided Matt with an improved model that allowed him to finish his college career. But, despite triumphs that included a conference championship and NCAA regional start, baseball was never quite the same for him, or for me.
As a youth coach to my two sons, I don't know how many times I urged my hitters to "drive the ball up the middle."
I still help out friends as a coach, but I no longer utter that phrase. Sometimes I feel guilty even coaching the game, especially working with the pitchers.
Before Matt's second injury he had been a top performer, earning several conference pitching awards and competing in the prestigious summer Cape Cod League. There were some hopes a professional team might draft him.
But his career ended with his final college game, and with that came an odd feeling for a father:
No longer would I worry about him out on the mound.
It's not safe out there.


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Penurious Penguin writes "The Wall Street Journal, in correspondence with Chevron representatives, reveals that back in 2010, Stuxnet reached Chevron, where it managed to infect — but not significantly affect — the oil giant's network. According to a Chevron representative speaking to CNET, the issue was 'immediately addressed ... without incident.' The Stuxnet worm is believed to be the work of the U.S. and Israel, and this report is confirmation that it struck well wide of its intended targets. Chevron's general manager of the earth sciences department, Mark Koelmel, said to CIO Journal, 'I don't think the U.S. government even realized how far it had spread ... I think the downside of what they did is going to be far worse than what they actually accomplished.'"

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Only Spain conceded fewer goals than England during World Cup qualification - a solid foundation Gary Cahill is hopeful of building on in Brazil.
The Three Lions shipped just four goals across their 10 qualifying matches, while Spain's record of three is somewhat skewed by the fact they played two fewer games.
Furthermore, England have not lost on any of the 13 occasions Cahill and defensive partner Phil Jagielka have played together.
Of the six competitive matches in that run, Roy Hodgson's side won five and conceded just once, with such statistics boding well heading into Saturday's Group D opener against Italy.
"It matters because you aren't going into a tournament where everyone is turning round saying we let in goals left, right and centre because that's not the case," Chelsea centre-back Cahill said.
"We have been solid, we have kept a number of clean sheets and we haven't let that many goals in, I think.
"Someone told me it was four in the qualification games, which is the joint in Europe. Does that have any affect on the games that are coming up now? I have no idea.
"I think you take each game as very different, but it's nice we have been solid leading into the games.
"So we are obviously doing something right defensively and you want to keep it going into the tournament.
"As a defender, I just wants to defend. I want to stop the opposition scoring.
"We try to do our job, give the ball to the players who can create opportunities and score goals, and hopefully they can go out and do that.
"At the minute it's been going well in that respect. No-one has a crystal ball leading into the World Cup - let's just hope that can continue."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – A year ago, Ubaldo Jimenez started the All-Star Game for the National League. This season, he'll have to settle for being the best 4-8 pitcher in baseball.
OK, so that's not saying much. But Jimenez's pitching spoke volumes tonight. He looked every bit the part of his former all-star self against the Nationals, allowing five hits and striking out eight in eight innings in the Rockies' 2-1 win.
"I want to be that guy, the same guy I was last year,'' Jimenez said. "I'm 100 percent healthy. I know I'm going to be there for my team.''
Two of the Nats' hits were infield singles and their only run scored after Ryan Spilborghs, pressed into service in center field because of Carlos Gonzalez's bruised wrist, missed a diving attempt at a would-be single and watched the ball roll to the wall for a triple.
Jimenez (4-8, 4.14) had no-hit stuff from the get-go, pitching a perfect game through 4 1/3 innings. So, Rockies manager Jim Tracy was asked, were you starting to wonder?
"It had the looks of it, that's for sure,'' said Tracy. "That was Ubaldo Jimenez of a year ago, that's what that was.''
Said Todd Helton, who drove in both Rockies runs, one with his 10th homer off ex-teammate Jason Marquis: "That was the old Ubaldo, getting bad swings on his fastball. Spilly said from center field it looked really, really dirty. It's good to have him back.''
Good? Nothing would mean more to the Rockies' playoff hopes than Jimenez (4-8, 4.14) rediscovering his mojo. And he knows it.
"I think it's a big deal,'' said Jimenez. "At the beginning of the season, everybody was expecting me to do good, but I wasn't healthy so I couldn't help the team. When they see I'm getting back, it's going to help a lot. It's going to be inspiring for them to play well every day.''
Said Street: "It's big for Jimenez to get the win _ not just for the team, but for him because of the confidence it will give him,'' said Street. "We all pretend we're not results-oriented, but at the end of the day, you have a start like that, you walk off the mound and you deserve to win.
"It's the Ubaldo we expect to see. You look for him to turn it around and have a big second half.''
Other news 'n' notes from another day on the Rox beat:
• The win was Jimenez's first of the season in which he received two runs or fewer of support. He had been 0-3 in those situations.
• Jimenez lowered his road ERA to 2.28. He went into the game having allowed a .154 batting average on the road, the best in the game. Boston's Josh Beckett was a distant second at .182.
• Trading-deadline deals may be interesting to speculate about, but they don't usually make sense. At least to Rockies owner Dick Monfort.
"Not really,'' said Monfort, when asked if he anticipated the Rockies swinging an impactful trade. "The problem is what are you going to get? Are you going to get a Band Aid? If you get a Band Aid, that's one thing. We've all seen teams go out and get something and pay a heck of a lot in the way of talent.
"We've got that talent coming up through our organization, and we just can't afford to give away a lot of talent for a guy who's got two months left and then he's a free agent. So I don't see any really huge deals.''
Monfort acknowledged his disappointment in the Rockies' play in the first half of the season. How disappointed is he? Let's put it this way: The Rockies went into Saturday night five games under .500 and he expected to be over .500.''
"You're disappointed, but you're not giving up on anything,'' he said. "I think we're better than this. I think we're better than a .500 team, so to be five back is disappointing. But I'm not ready to jump off a bridge.''
• Helton, when asked pregame what the Rockies had to do to get their mojo back: "We need to win these next two games, first of all. They're very important games. We need them to get some momentum going for the second half.'' Helton did his part. His home run moved him to 11-for-31 career vs. Marquis, including three homers.
• With Gonzalez's bruised right wrist landing him back on the bench, Spilborghs hit leadoff for the first time this season and singled in two of his first three at-bats. He was thrown out at the plate by Ian Desmond's relay throw in the fifth.
• How sharp was Jimenez? He threw 117 pitches in 5 1/3 innings in his previous outing vs. the Braves. He was at 70 pitches through 5 1/3 against the Nats.
• The Rockies will go into Sunday, their final game before the all-star break, with a chance for their first road sweep since April.


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Multilibpkg is an automated tool for managing (installing, upgrading, and uninstalling) of 64-bit part of AlienBob's multilib for slackware-64.
The 64-bit part of the multilib is a subset of packages which allows to turn a pure 64-bit slackware-64 into a multilib slackware-64. This subset is provided by multilib's version of packages glibc-solibs, glibc, glibc-i18n, glibc-profile, glibc-zoneinfo, gcc, gcc-g++, gcc-gfortran, gcc-gnat, gcc-java, gcc-obj, and, by the additional package compat32-tools which provides tools related to 32-bit compatibility layer.
To learn more about multilibpkg, look at his documentation here, and, if this tools fits your need you can download the latest version right away here.
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In this episode, Jerry shows how to put final details and high lights on the eagle's beak, eye, head and shoulder. He shows the proper use of brushes and consistency of paint to achieve the layering effect on the feathers and adding a few tree limbs. In the second half of this episode, Jerry begins a new acrylic painting called "Broken Pots 2". (Some old discarded Indian pots in the snow.) Again, properly preparing the 5x8 horizontal canvas and showing how to paint in the background using the Hake Brush.
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Virginia Beach buys London Bridge Commerce Center for $6 million
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Virginia Beach has purchased the 18-acre, mixed-use London Bridge Commerce Center for $6 million from The Seay Family LLC. City officials say the deal, purchased as part of a government-funded program, will protect Naval Air Station Oceana from incompatible business development.
The site at 130 London Bridge Road is located 50 yards from the I-264/London Bridge interchange and a planned light rail stop. London Bridge Commerce Center includes three commercial buildings with multiple tenants, many of which are incompatible with the city's zoning ordinance. Plus, the property lies in Oceana's Accident Potential Zone 1 (APZ-1).
"The decision by City Council to acquire this strategic property … will allow us to advance our YesOceana economic development program," Warren D. Harris, director of Virginia Beach Economic Development, said in a statement. YesOceana was created as an incentive to encourage the roll-back of nonconforming uses and to encourage compatible uses to relocate within APZ-1.
Money for the property came from $7.5 million awarded to Virginia Beach by the state, part of the commonwealth's annual contribution to help protect Oceana. Chris Zarpas, vice president, S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co., represented the seller and was the sole broker in the transaction. This is the city's second large purchase in recent months to protect Oceana. In August, Virginia Beach bought the 516-acre Brown Farm near the Municipal Center from Kempsville Presbyterian Church for $7.8 million.


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Seventeen welcomes Kendall and Kylie Jenner as West Coast Fashion Contributors
Kendall and Kylie Jenner, stars of E!'s Keeping Up with the Kardashians, have been appointed West Coast fashion contributors to Seventeen, the best-selling monthly teen magazine that reaches more than 13 million readers every month. "Kendall & Kylie's Fashion Journal" will debut in the June/July issue and will feature the latest fashion and beauty tips.
"People always ask us for fashion and beauty tips, and now we can share them directly with readers. It's really exciting for us!" the girls said. Kendall and Kylie will also appear in a series of twice-a-month Web videos on seventeen.com, revealing their latest fashion finds, style inspirations, and tips for girls who want to achieve the looks themselves.
Selected as Seventeen Style Stars in 2011, the burgeoning fashionistas were a natural fit as columnists. "Kendall and Kylie have such a cool West Coast sense of style—they are evolving into true style icons," said Seventeen Editor-in-Chief Ann Shoket. "Our readers already love them, and they'll get to know Kendall and Kylie in a great new way as our newest fashion contributors."
Kardashian-Jenner family matriarch, Kris Jenner, is tremendously supportive of the girls' new venture. "I am so proud and excited that Kendall and Kylie have partnered with Seventeen magazine," said Kris. "I remember when I was growing up what an iconic and special magazine Seventeen was and what an influence it had on my style and fashion sense. . . . I can't believe all these years later Kendall and Kylie have the opportunity to be West Coast contributors—so amazing!"
Kendall and Kylie's transition into fashion columnists will be captured throughout season seven of their hit E! reality show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, which premieres on Sunday, May 20 at 9:00pm ET/PT.


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It's all about Ohio State for Michigan and Michigan State, although for much different reasons.
For Michigan State, which clinched a spot in the Big Ten Championship game by defeating Northwestern Saturday, it's an opportunity to prove all the Spartans have accomplished isn't merely the product of a subpar schedule. The Spartans will face Ohio State in the conference title game.
For Michigan, which suffered another disappointing loss Saturday at Iowa, it will be a challenge just not to get slaughtered in the Big House this coming Saturday by the Buckeyes.
It's not the Big 2 and the rest of the conference anymore.
Elite college football programs in the Big Ten exist only in Columbus, Ohio. The "tattoo gate" scandal threw the Buckeyes off track for only a brief period. A year, to be exact.
That was before Urban Meyer. Ohio State has yet to lose under Meyer – 23 straight games.
The issue isn't whether Michigan State has a better chance of beating Ohio State than Michigan. The Spartans clearly do. The question is how the Spartans will react the first time they see a truly quality college football squad this year.
The Big Ten is down other than Ohio State, Wisconsin and, perhaps, MSU. The Buckeyes and Badgers were not on the Spartans' schedule.
The Spartans have an outstanding program under Mark Dantonio. They are a regional power. What type of record would the Spartans have, honestly, playing an SEC schedule? It was impressive how the Spartans took care business at Northwestern Saturday, but Ohio State is in a different realm.
The good part is the Spartans control their own destiny. While the Spartans loss to Ohio State last season was misleading in regard to final score (It was 17-16, but the game ended with the Buckeyes taking a knee deep in MSU territory), it was relatively close. It's conceivable the Spartans won't get blown off the field in Indy. While beating Ohio State is improbable, it wouldn't be impossible.
The idea Ohio State "hasn't beaten anybody, either" isn't true. The Buckeyes defeated Wisconsin, which routed Minnesota on the road Saturday. The Badgers got jobbed at Arizona State, which has been a quality PAC 12 program this season, or OSU would be their only loss and they'd be pushing for a spot in the Top 10.
On the other hand, there doesn't seem to be a possible scenario that has Michigan upsetting Ohio State – even at Michigan Stadium.
The question isn't whether Ohio State will win, but by how much.
Michigan has already been humiliated by MSU this season. State was the favorite in the game, so it wasn't unexpected. It was how the Wolverines lost which was so embarrassing.
The Wolverines have trouble getting 200 yards total offense in a game. The 98 on Devin Gardner's jersey stands for the over-under how many yards he will pass for these days (he had 98 Saturday). Oh, and that's before the issue of turnovers.
Adding to the picture is Meyer. He has claimed he will not run up the score to impress BCS voters. But this is Michigan, the school Woody Hayes went for two to make it 50 way back in '68. Nothing would sell better in Ohio than running up the score on the Wolverines.
If that happens, it will be the most devastating blow yet this season for Wolverines' coach Brady Hoke, who would be wise to can his "Ohio" comments this week.
Ohio State has become the standard for Big Ten football.
If Michigan and MSU dispel that notion, time to prove it.


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TomBob Outdoors - Friends in Wild Places - Leatherwood Outdoors 2012 -2013 [02:21]
Leatherwood Outdoors 2012 -2013. Leatherwood Outdoors will be featured in a few episodes on a new television series called TOMBOB OUTDOORS Friends in Wild Places! It airs on the Pursuit Channel January 2nd at 11:00pm and on ABC23 January 6th at 7:30am.
Eliza interviews owners of Zafranagar whose son rode their horse to victory! [02:18]
Promising young jockey George Downing rode a strong, determined finish to gain victory on Zafranagar in the Universalrecyclingcompany.co.uk Apprentice Handicap at Doncaster's Lincoln meeting. Eliza interviews the horse's owners; who are also George's parents...! George can be seen in the background talking to race sponsor John Hughes who sponsored the race for apprentice jockeys. John's company Universal Recycling produces three different types of specialised surfaces for schooling and all weather gallops and tracks made from recycled cables.
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Part 2: Eliza takes us through her Cheltenham Festival fancies Thursday & Gold Cup day [03:55]
My fancies for day three and four of the 2012 Cheltenham Festival. I am dressed like this because I have just modelled for a 1940's pin up painting ; see the results on my blog. Also I review some 1940s and 50s horse racing movies with great vintage style that could be inspiration for a day at the races...
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John McCririck tells Alex she turns him on when she's waering her leathers.
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Racing bike- antique Mead Ranger bicycle--100 years old! [00:50]
Look under Mead Ranger racing bike on Youtube and you'll see the original video of this bike. Wife said it stunk, so I cleaned and polished it--looks real cool now--at least I think so. I used shoe polish to make the seat look better, but you could never actual use it to ride with because the leather is so old! What amazes me is that it looks like a recent racing bike--and it is 100years old--give or take. Does a 100 year old racing car look like a current racing car? No Original red tires were glued onto the wood rims--anybody want to buy it, let me know.
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- ANA: 787's main battery failed to start normally on three occasions last year
- Batteries have become a focus of the Boeing Dreamliner 787 safety investigation
- An inspection of the Japan firm that makes the batteries found no serious problems
- Authorities worldwide continue to ground the aircraft amid safety concerns
A Japanese carrier has revealed that it replaced faulty batteries on its Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet last year, as aviation authorities worldwide continue to ground the aircraft amid safety concerns over the devices.
In an interview with the New York Times, All Nippon Airways (ANA) said the aircraft's main battery failed to start normally on three occasions and had to be replaced along with the charger. In other cases, one battery showed an error reading and another, used to start the auxiliary power unit, failed. All the events occurred from May to December of last year, the report said.
Megumi Tezuka, spokeswoman for ANA, told CNN Wednesday that 10 lithium ion batteries on its 787s were replaced in 2012, with a low charge being reported on some of the devices on board the aircraft.
However, she said the problems were discovered during maintenance and therefore categorized as minor troubles. She added the airline was not required to report the faults to regulators.
The news comes as an inspection of the Japanese company that makes the batteries found no serious problem with the devices. U.S. and Japanese officials carried out a joint inspection at the facility in the city of Kyoto where GS Yuasa makes the batteries.
While investigators found several issues in quality control at the company, they did not uncover any serious problems that can be linked to recent incidents involving Dreamliners, Yasuo Ishii, director of air worthiness standards at the Japanese transport ministry, said Tuesday.
Two recent incidents -- a fire aboard the Japan Airlines aircraft in Boston's Logan International Airport on January 7, and a smoke alarm aboard a plane flying over Japan on January 16 -- prompted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to ground all Dreamliners in the United States, and other nations across the globe quickly followed suit.
The investigation has now shifted from the battery maker to the manufacturer of the system that monitors the battery's voltage and temperature, Ishii said.
Officials from the FAA and the Japanese transport ministry on Monday began checking the quality control at Kanto Aircraft Instrument Co., in Kanagawa prefecture, according to Ishii. They haven't found any serious problems so far, he said.
Kanto Aircraft Instrument declined to comment on the matter.
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said last week it had determined that the lithium ion battery on the Boston aircraft experienced a "thermal runaway" and a "short circuit." But safety investigators have not determined which event occurred first, or whether they were the cause or the effect of the incident.
In a thermal runaway, a battery releases energy in the form of heat, increasing the temperature of the battery and causing further damage. In an electrical short, electricity follows an unintended path.
Boeing, meanwhile, has said its technical experts are working "around the clock" and are focused on "resolving the issue" and returning the 787 to service.
There are currently 50 wide body Dreamliners in service globally, with several hundred on order. ANA was the first carrier to use the 787 and currently has 17 in service -- more than any other airline.


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ILOG has announced ILOG Rules for COBOL, an add-on module for ILOG JRules. ILOG Rules for COBOL lets organizations leverage a business rule management system to unlock business policies buried in COBOL to cost-effectively implement policy change management and quickly respond to regulatory or market pressures. ILOG also today unveiled ILOG JRules 6.7 with several platform upgrades and customization features for end-user and ISV customers.
The Rules for COBOL add-on module lets IBM mainframe customers author and manage rules written against native COBOL data structures, and to deploy these rules more easily -- including moves to service-oriented architectures (SOA). Companies with a large mainframe investment that wish to move to a modern SOA environment can benefit from using the COBOL add-on module: Using Rules for COBOL, business policies are expressed as business rules that can be tested and deployed both in the mainframe data environment and as standalone decision services in an SOA environment. This means that business rules can create a bridge that ensures business policy continuity from legacy systems to SOA.
"The new ILOG Rules for COBOL opens up the possibility for us to enhance our business agility through a BRMS while leveraging our existing mainframe investments," said Ramon Lasurt, Head of Development Allianz Seguros, Barcelona, Spain. "Using Rules for COBOL in concert with ILOG JRules, we expect to increase transparency and auditability in our operations as well. With ILOG Rules for COBOL we are now prepared to make ILOG's BRMS part of our standard map and methodology for applications development."
Key technical features of ILOG Rules for COBOL include:
- A COBOL copybook import facility for quickly developing the business object model to begin authoring business rules for the COBOL application.
- Full support of business rule authoring within JRules including the use of decision tables and rule flows. The support of COBOL functions and actions required for rule authoring enables the customers to access additional COBOL functionality they need from business rules.
- Ability to generate native COBOL code as a sub-program by a simple menu item from ILOG JRules Rule Studio or Rule Team Server so customers do not have to introduce new technology or new coding techniques within their existing mainframe COBOL programs.
- Compatibility with IBM WebSphere Developer for zSeries.
With ILOG JRules 6.7, ILOG furthers customization options for end-user and ISV customers, including new user interface components that permit customers to embed rule management and authoring functionality into their own Web applications. This means that end-user customers can tailor the user experience to their own organizations and processes and ISV customers can build their own Web application (using the Web components for editors and tree explorer) to control the behavior of the existing interface and integrate it more closely with their other components.
JRules 6.7 also introduces new APIs for customizing the user experience of Rule Team Server, allowing for the removal of standard features and the addition of customized functionality per user role. Also new is support for the Java 6, Eclipse 3.3, Tomcat 6.0 platforms and new application server releases from BEA (WebLogic 10.0) and Sun Java Enterprise System 8.2 - JRules 6.7 continues support for application servers IBM WebSphere 6.1 and JBoss 4.0. Various database driver and version support updates are also included.


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Documents Cover MEMS Terminology, Test Methods for Mechanical Vibration
San Jose, Calif., October 12, 2005 -- SEMI has published eight new technical standards applicable to the semiconductor, flat panel display (FPD) and MEMS manufacturing industries. The new standards, developed by technical experts from equipment suppliers, device manufacturers and other companies participating in the SEMI International Standards Program, are available for purchase in CD-ROM format or can be downloaded from the SEMI website, www.semi.org.
SEMI Standards are published three times a year. The new standards, part of the October 2005 publication cycle, join more than 710 standards that have been published by SEMI during the past 32 years.
The standards include specifications for epitaxial silicon wafers, test methods for measuring mechanical vibrations in FPD handling equipment, MEMS terminologies, and data matrix symbology for automated identification of EUV lithography masks.
"These new specifications will help semiconductor, FPD and MEMS manufacturers reduce production costs and speed time-to-market," said Bettina Weiss, SEMI director of International Standards. "SEMI is particularly pleased to be able to offer the first set of standard terminologies applicable to the MEMS market."
The new standards released today include:
Test Method for Mechanical Vibration in AMHS
Specification for Web Services for Substrate Mapping
Test Methods for Pressure Regulators used in Gas Distribution Systems
Specifications for Silicon Epitaxial Wafers
Specification for Open Artwork System Interchange Standard (OASIS(TM)) Specific to VSB Mask Writers
Proposed Specification for RF Air Interface between RFID Tags in Carriers and RFID Readers in Semiconductor Production and Material Handling Equipment
Terminology for MEMS
Standard for use of Data Matrix symbology for automated identification of Extreme Ultraviolet lithography masks
The SEMI Standards Program, established in 1973, covers all aspects of semiconductor process equipment and materials, from wafer manufacturing to test, assembly and packaging, in addition to the manufacture of flat panel displays and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). About 1,100 volunteers worldwide participate in the program, which is made up of 17 global technical committees. Visit www.semi.org/standards for further details about SEMI Standards.
SEMI is a global industry association serving companies that provide equipment, materials and services used to manufacture semiconductors, displays, nano-scaled structures, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and related technologies. SEMI maintains offices in Austin, Beijing, Brussels, Hsinchu, Moscow, San Jose (Calif.), Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.semi.org.
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There are lots of announcements coming out of MRO Europe today. Among them:
Nordstar (Taimyr Airlines) has signed a contract with Air France KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) covering the repair and lease of the carrier's CFM56-7 engines on its Boeing 737NG fleet.
AFI KLM E&M has also extended a long-term leasing contract for a CF6-80C2 engine with Russian AirBridgeCargo as a spare for its Boeing 747-400 freighters.
Messier Bugatti-Dowty has secured a contract with Aegean Airlines for the overhaul of 29 A320 landing hear shipsets. Cyprus Airways has also selected the MRO for landing gear overhauls on seven A319/A320s and two A321s.
AJ Walter Aviation and British Airways Engineering have joined forces to offer operators access to Boeing 787 spares and repair capabilities as part of an integrated program.
Component Control's Avtrade has upgraded its Quantum Control software to run on Oracle. The upgrade allows users to back up databases at any time of the day.
SR Technics will provide development support to Russian independent MRO, Vostok Technical Service. SR Technics will help the Russian MRO secure EASA 145 approvals and cover activities on Boeing 767, 737CL, and 737NG types.


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SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — Democrats who control California's Legislature began passing a series of budget bills Wednesday without Republican votes, but the plan was widely seen as merely a stopgap to meet the constitutional budget deadline.
Passage in the Assembly and Senate before a midnight deadline would allow lawmakers to continue receiving their salary and per diem payments. An initiative approved by voters last year punishes lawmakers by stopping their paychecks if they miss the June 15 deadline.
Even as they advanced a detailed proposal to close California's remaining $9.6 billion deficit, Democratic leaders intended for the governor to continue negotiating with Republicans. The GOP must provide two votes in each legislative house to enact the budget Democrats and Gov. Jerry Brown really want.
That includes a temporary extension of expiring tax increases to fund schools in the coming fiscal year and an authorization for a special election this fall so voters can decide whether to extend the tax hikes for an even longer period.
"The governor pushed for a better plan and we support his plan," Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said during the floor debate on the Democratic proposal.
The Senate passed the series of budget bills by mid-afternoon Wednesday. The Assembly was expected to approve the legislation later in the day, also with votes only from majority Democrats.
KCBS' Doug Sovern Reports:
Steinberg said Democrats want to continue working with Republican lawmakers to see if they will provide enough support to go to the ballot with the tax questions later in the year. If not, however, Steinberg said Democrats would expect Brown to sign the budget they are expected to pass Wednesday.
"I would love nothing more than to come back sometime between June 15 and July 1 and pass Plan A," Steinberg, D-Sacramento, told reporters earlier in the day.
July 1 is the start of the next fiscal year. The next two weeks are crucial because the last of the tax hikes passed in 2009 — increases to the sales and vehicle taxes—expire June 30.
Republican lawmakers have not agreed on the tax matters and say they want reforms to public employee pensions, a spending cap and regulatory changes to help California businesses. They criticized the Democrats for trying to pass a budget that was released just hours before the floor sessions and without Republican support.
"What we have before us is a Democrat budget that reflects a Democrat vision," said Sen. Bob Huff, Senate Republicans' lead budget negotiator. "Clearly, the Democrats didn't want to go down this path to reform."
Democrats had tried to scare voters with the possibility of an all-cuts budget, only to lose their nerve and use gimmicks and accounting maneuvers to preserve programs, said Huff, of Diamond Bar.
Steinberg responded to Republican complaints by saying the Legislature would pass comprehensive pension reform and take "real steps" to overhaul the state's business regulations later in this year's legislative session.
Under the Democratic plan being considered Wednesday, education would see $3 billion less in state funding than Brown called for when he released his revised budget proposal in May.
Steinberg said the majority party's plan also includes more than $500 million in cuts to state programs to help close California's remaining $9.6 billion deficit.
It also relies on tax and fee increases Republicans say will be challenged in court if they are enacted without a two-thirds vote. Those include increasing car registration fees and extending a quarter-cent sales tax that otherwise would expire next month, aides said.
Democrats still hope Republicans will agree to ask voters later this year to extend temporary tax increases, Steinberg said. The main debate revolves around asking voters to extend the increases to the personal income, sales and vehicle taxes that were approved two years ago. The sales and vehicle tax hikes will expire June 30, while the income tax increase expired in January.
A Field Poll released Wednesday shows 52 percent of registered voters support a renewal of those taxes, with 44 percent opposed. That's down from 61 percent support for the tax extensions indicated in a Field Poll taken in March.
Brown did not take a position on the Democratic proposal being voted upon Wednesday.
The governor and Democratic lawmakers already have reduced by more than half an original budget deficit of $26.6 billion, primarily through spending cuts. Democrats have little appetite for making even deeper cuts in social services, health care, parks and other programs.
Their plan avoids even deeper cuts by reducing the temporary 1 cent increase in the state sales tax to a quarter-cent, thereby retaining some additional tax revenue. It would boost the state's vehicle registration fee by $12, impose a surcharge on rural residents for the cost of fighting wildfires and require online retailers to collect state sales tax.
The $12 registration fee would be a charge for services provided directly by the Department of Motor Vehicles. It is separate from the increase in the vehicle license fee that is scheduled to expire June 30.
The rural surcharge would assess an annual fee of $150 per home for those whose fire protection is provided by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Democrats say they also can impose those fees with a simple majority vote, rather than the two-thirds needed for tax increases, because they would be considered direct fees for a service.
The Democratic plan also revives a proposal pushed by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sell 11 state properties and lease them back from the new landlords but makes important changes to the previous Schwarzenegger proposal, primarily by allowing the state to repurchase the buildings when the lease expires.
The budget asks Republicans to provide the two-thirds majority needed to extend the increase in the state vehicle tax to generate $500 million for local law enforcement programs. Without the extension, local governments would lose the money.
Democratic leaders wanted the Legislature to renew the vehicle and sales tax increases directly until the special election—and perhaps throughout the entire coming fiscal year—to provide funding stability for schools.
(Copyright 2011 by CBS San Francisco. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Wire services may have contributed to this report.)
those Democrats will do anything to make sure they get paid, even if it means passing a phony budget.
Of course the Democrats want to be paid, after all most of them have never held a real private sector job in their lives. And as for their plan "to deal with pension reform later", that sorry excuse has been used to death. In the sentiments of King Louis XIV, now for the deluge.
dont pay them. the budget is not balanced and those fees are illegal, (prop 26)
also jerry brown and the dems wont touch pension reform
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... you set your default to Bing, use your Skype vouchers, then set your default back again?
I got a better idea, set it as default on IE and just keep trucking with the other browser...
only way they would know would be for them to do something(too specific surveillance) to sue them up....
That's what I thought too, but you have to download a tool that changes your home page and search engine in IE, Chrome, and Firefox simultaneously. Now I'm not sure if I want to let it screw with my Chrome and Firefox settings...
This is how elections are won, too.
read elections as electrons, and briefly had a mental image of me giving my best gal a pile of electrons after performing a feat of strength at a fun fair.
You mean like when I download Firefox, Google is the default search engine, and mysteriously Google also ends up paying tens of millions of dollars per year to the Mozilla foundation?
Or when I download [insert half a thousand products here] and there is a default-selected option somewhere along the install wizard to download Chrome? which is why whenever I look at someone's PC, I notice they have Chrome installed, and I ask them, "Do you want that?" and they say, "Oh, I didn't put that there,.. I don't use
Do you not see the difference between bundling a product with a different product and promising monetary rewards in exchange for a user using a product? Because that is what is being compared here.
Not that it affects me (since I am in USA, use Linux, and would never use Bing) but I would love to know:
1) How MS knows you actually switched anything in your browser, unless they built in spyware to watch what you are doing.
2) If this applies to browsers other than IE.
3) If it applies to platforms other than MS-Windows.
4) As others said, what prevents you from immediately just switching back?
5) Are they really THAT desperate to have people use their search engine/home page?? (Although I guess it really i
Could it just be a cheap way to ferret out unlicensed copies of Windows...?
In a Linux computer the button continues there, but there is a warning bellow it telling that the campaign only applies to Windows computers. When I click the button, it tries to download
There is probably something in the
Thanks for the info
Just subscribe to any VOIP service, will be far cheaper.
After years of "this [game/service/promotion] is not available for your country" trying to listen to Pandora, to watch Hulu and to download some Xbox Live games, now it's my turn to be delighted seeing this crushing bitterness bite your souls, dear Americans! Who needs Full HD videos and customised Internet Radio when I can call my grandma for FREE? I love you Bing!
If your grandma lives in the USA, you could use screen sharing to watch Hulu during those 2 free hours per month. Or you could ask her to point her webcam towards the tv screen and watch high-quality American tv (like Keeping Up With the Kardashians) live, as long as she does not change the channel.
For some reason you don't want her to know what you are watching? No problem, here is what you could do
1) ask her to setup Dial-Up networking on her Windows XP machine
2) use dial-up over Skype to access her inte
Since when does Skype's voice codec pass phone modem signals? And since when can one do anything that is both useful and geoblocked at phone modem data rates?
But seriously, let me boil your post down into something similar that will actually work: Have your grandma install a VPN app.
since when can one do anything that is both useful and geoblocked at phone modem data rates?
It's a rather sad and pathetic move...
Sure, whatever you say.
But providing incentives to use a particular product is neither new nor exclusive to Microsoft. If you don't think Google, Apple, and every single other major company, within or outside the USA doesn't do this, you are deluding yourself with Microsoft Hate Group Think.
Seriously, you think "free" services on Google are really "free"?
Do you use *ANY* service or product that is ostensibly "free", but provided by a company that is not non-profit? That you are being paid to use it. Perhaps
For quite awhile now, OSS has given their programs away for free to people to use them. This even true in the United States. It's a rather sad and pathetic move. Kind of like saying, "Our programs are substandard compared to the competition we have to give it away for people to use it.
I do understand Microsoft, however. Once a company is seen as the #1 in something, it's very hard to tell people to try other options.
I am, however, delighted by the irony.
I remember when Google was starting out in 98 or so. They were paying people to use their search engine too. I made a small amount of money using them instead of Yahoo, Alta Vista, or Lycos. Substandard has little to do with it. It's hard to make people switch out of what they're used to.
I switched for the cash [bing.com]. I don't consider it pathetic at all. The quality of the web results are on par with Google. Image results seem to be slightly behind, but for the $8/month I make, to me it was clearly worth it.
Wait, how many is a brazilian again?
This seems to me like a desperate move to suck people into their net.
Both Bing and MSN sucks so badly that I get a rash from it. To me Bing is the brand of a carburetor (often on mopeds and other small engines), but it is also locally a defamatory statement.
To me, Bing always reminds me of Ned Ryerson.
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." -- Bertrand Russell


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BOSTON — No one can say Nathan Horton is averse to change or that he didn't show a ton of character tonight at TD Garden.
Finally switching his stick from the model that scored him just 13 goals in the season's first 51 games to one he bought in a Boston pro shop over the All-Star break, Horton erupted for one goal and five points in Boston's 8-6 victory over Montreal.
The stick still had the price tag on it. While some have called for the Bruins to return Horton to Florida, the stick isn't going back to the store and the sizeable winger might now finally start to earn his spot on the club's top line.
To add to his offensive outburst, Horton was also a physical force and even got his paws on P.K. Subban, the trask-talking rookie defenseman who one Bruins player estimated turned down at least four fight invitations over the course of just one shift.
If the season has a happy ending for Horton, this victory over the Habs will undoubtedly be look at as a turning point. He had scored just one goal and four points in his last 12 games.
"It was just working hard. I think we were ready to go. We talked about it as a line, before the game, we need to start playing and start contributing," he said after the fight-filled contest that featured a triple-digit PIM total. "I think we did that tonight but it's only one game and hopefully we can continue to keep bringing it."
Horton knows all too well how scoring one night doesn't mean the next game is going to be as productive, as he has struggled to string together goals ever since the first couple weeks of the season. Readers of this blog know, however, that nothing seems to get Horton down. His smile is impossible to erase. Although his confidence may waver, it never vacates him either.
This morning he was still pondering the stick change. Most seasons, he goes through a few different models. Boy, did he finally make the right decision.
"Well yeah, I mean, I don't know, maybe because I used a different stick tonight, maybe that was it. Hopefully that, and I'm playing with great linemates and they're unbelievable players," said Horton, who also used a curve of his blade that he used when he was 18 years old. "You're gonna get lots of chances, you just need to capitalize on them. I guess like we talked about before the game, to help the team out a little bit more and I know we're working hard, and it's nice to help the team contribute and be part of that."
All Horton needs to do is find a few more of those new sticks (he has just one more) and his contributions might become more frequent.


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2009 Stats: N/A
Finished '09: N/A (defected from Cuba in July 2009)
The Skinny: Chapman could easily be in the top five, but at this point how can we really be sure? Much of Chapman's game is still a mystery, but if reports are to believed, and he can consistently produce that type of huge velocity, he'll be moving up this list in a hurry. Right now, he makes it purely on expectations.
56. Todd Frazier (SS) 23 Reds
57. Yonder Alonso (1B) 22 Reds
61. Mike Leake (RHP) 22 Reds
Chapman is way too low, IMO. Same with Alonso.
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Location: Doing Anzu's paperwork.
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I think the issue with my laptop is maybe duemto visual basic or something, rUGP keeps crashing at startup, so maybe I didn't install properly...
But the more I see evidence of certain people's minds, the more I get fed up with The idea of playing. especially since the universe is thwarting me at each turn. I'd rather take part in this week's Mass Effect weekend, except my rig is down.
And yes, had that dream continued I'd probably get nommed in short order.
|2012-11-10, 14:41
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Location: Sleeping in Yokohama base, Section 9.
|2012-11-10, 22:18
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I'm just relieved that I've yet to encounter those problems. Thank goodness.
Age staff really needs to properly check the final product of the cg that they reuse for another purpose. haha.
Type 94Sorry; dynamic content not loaded. Reload?
Anyway, the new tracks that were added in TDA is now available online. Gotta applaud the staff for their remarkable work.
This one has to be the most exceptional to the latest additional tracks. It serves like a hint that Hibiki is about to do something wicked/awesome/badass that make you cheer like a girl while reading. Its as good as the Storm Vanguard theme if I say so myself.
The new bgm that was included in TDA02 is just intense, and gives off an impression of imminent danger.
I wanted to keep it simple but I couldn't keep myself from adding extra slides for fun.
|2012-11-14, 11:31
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The expansion of the English timeline, using translations of entries from the Japanese timeline at http://www9.atwiki.jp/alternative/pages/18.html, was just completed.
It has been noted that it could use an editing and TLC pass by someone more fluent in the language than the one who translated it, but it is understandable.
|2012-11-17, 09:37
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Join Date: Jul 2009
I kind of want Operation Zero. That looks like it would be interesting.
Also, having not played Altered Fable, do the KNGE or KGIK girls or guys(Do Takayuki or Maejima even appear/ get referenced? Even alive in that AF timeline?) have any actual bearing on the story? Or do they only briefly appear?
Also is there any dating/advances/scenes or anything that happens with any of them? I imagine no since Age avoids crossharem(Thankfully) from my experience. That hold true here as well?
Just curious, thanks for any response from someone whose played it.
|2012-11-17, 09:51
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In alternative version Takayuki is dead is only referenced later in the game .... As for Maejima I think he alive .... Isumi hinted that he's with IJA with her other sibling ( Please correct me on this only played the trilogy and altered fable ...) heck even alternative version Takeru is dead also ...
In AF both Haruka and Mitsuki mentions his name a couple of times ..... As for Maejima can't recall better ask the more experienced posters
|2012-11-17, 23:57
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It's been a very long while since I played AF so I could be completely off. So have one of the resident Age maniacs confirm for you.
Takeru always struck me as a Bro to the other girls.
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Hope that helps and was accurate.
This makes me have a couple related questions actually, for those who know this shit like the back of their hand.
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|2012-11-18, 09:26
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I think Takayuki is dead in alternative verse. He belong on the group who tried to take Yokohama hive that got bombed by G-bomb. It was shown in chronicles where he was shown fighting BETA herds and shouting stop killing people on his home and was also shown Haruka and Mitsuki waiting for him.
|2012-11-19, 23:08
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But I was asking about Altered Fable which is basically a normal setting. Did they imply who he chose or are they still seeing who wins lol.
|2012-11-28, 06:42
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|2012-11-28, 09:39
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click the red link.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?xjjv6a4441konea for the patch.
http://boards.4chan.org/a/res/75462882 for the thread.
Good luck and have fun.
|2012-11-28, 10:45
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Well,technically Altered fable isn't really a sequel...
I mean....ya right,as if the main character is the same.His existence got DELETED,which probably resulted in creating blackhole in that guy's brain due to the lack of loop memory,making him super dense.
|2012-11-28, 10:53
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Join Date: Sep 2008
I beg to differ ..... the extra/Unlimited/Alternative memories and experiences of Takeru is scattered in Quantum limbo of time space dimension as casualty information .... In the air soft training caused some flash backs .... just my take on this matter .... It safe to say Altered fable is a branch of Final extra verse
|2012-11-28, 20:26
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Location: Post-apocalyptic Seattle
It's been stated that it's not a sequel in the game itself.
Though it's necessary to get over Alternative.
Also, if I'm not mistaken the whole AF is just a dream.
Age's trolling with all of us.
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Who is the most valuable player in world football? Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Robin Van Persie, Leo Messi?
It's probably a straight toss-up between Messi and Ronaldo, despite Gareth Bale's world record-breaking summer switch to Real Madrid.
If either of the El Clasico goal machines were to move right now, they'd almost certainly break that newly established mark.
But what about if we include the best players of the last 10 years - would a vintage era Ronaldinho be worth more or less than current Leo Messi?
Would a Shevchenko in his pomp command a greater transfer fee than the 2010 World Cup winning Andres Iniesta vintage?
Well, transfermrkt.co.uk has collected the data and compiled a table of historic market values. Based on transfers past and present, it calculates an estimate market value for the world's best players.
It fails to take into account inflation and only includes players from the last 10 years - so unfortunately we can't compare the relative valuations of Messi and Maradona, the Brazilian Ronaldo and Pele.
But it does determine how much Kaka was worth in 2007, and how that compares to Gareth Bale today.
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I'm having problems while trying to change theme in Architect. I would like to have apple.css loaded as default, but the only way I found is to change manually the app.html file. This file is anyway updated at every save of Architect with the standard css.
Also if I manually add some configurations in the app.sass it does not seem to effect my css, since it only loads the standard /resources/css/sencha-touch.css.
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US President Barack Obama gave failing automakers General Motors (GM) and Chrysler a bitter choice: another attempt at painful restructuring on their own soon or bankruptcy court where a judge would do it for them.
After forcing GM chief Rick Wagoner to resign and giving Chrysler 30 days to merge with Italy's Fiat, Obama raised the bankruptcy specter on Monday "as a mechanism to help them restructure quickly and emerge stronger."
Even as he was outlining a fresh chance for the automakers to cut their own way out of the financial thicket, Obama brought the stigma-inducing concept of a court-directed reorganization out of the shadows.
Fears about the industry's future sent stocks plummeting, with the Dow Jones industrial average losing about 254 points. GM plunged US$0.92, or 25.4 percent, to US$2.70. Chrysler is not publicly traded.
Whether the US industrial icons manage their own reorganization or have it forced on them in federal court, auto workers, GM and Chrysler creditors, their giant supply chains and car dealers all stood to take enormous financial hits. But Obama sought to soften the blow.
"What I am not talking about is a process where a company is broken up, sold off, and no longer exists," Obama said. "And what I am not talking about is having a company stuck in court for years, unable to get out."
He also told auto buyers that the government was now standing behind GM and Chrysler service warranties and would provide tax incentives to new customers.
But as the US economic recession deepened and the auto giants sought more taxpayer money, the president was performing radical surgery that he foreshadowed even when he was running for office.
During the campaign Obama was openly critical of the auto industry, voicing deep dissatisfaction with the way it had done business and the gas-guzzling vehicles it produced.
Declaring Monday morning that he no longer would "excuse poor decisions" as the companies tried to survive on "an unending flow of tax dollars," Obama said: "These companies and this industry must ultimately stand on their own, not as wards of the state."
Obama stepped in after deciding GM and Chrysler had submitted unacceptable restructuring plans in return for billions more dollars they said was needed to stay in business. The struggling companies were already being kept afloat with huge emergency government rescue loans. GM had received US$13.4 billion; Chrysler US$4 billion.
The two companies employ about 140,000 workers in the US, and tens of thousands of more jobs could be in jeopardy in associated industries and businesses.
Ford Motor, the third of the industry's Big Three, has taken no government money and is not affected.
In return for Wagoner's resignation and a shake-up in the auto giant's board, the administration will provide GM 60 days of operating money to work out an acceptable restructuring in the face of an inevitable bankruptcy should it fail.
As a sweetener, Chrysler could get up to US$6 billion if it completes the alliance with Fiat within 30 days. Chrysler and Fiat have been in talks, but Obama forced the issue. If a Chrysler-Fiat union cannot be completed, Washington plans to walk away, leaving Chrysler destined for a complete sell-off. No other money is available.
At GM, president and chief operating officer Fritz Henderson takes over as CEO, the company said in a statement released early on Monday. Board member Kent Kresa, the former chairman and CEO of defense contractor Northrop Grumman, was named interim chairman of the GM board.
New directors will make up the majority of GM's board, the statement said. The directors who will be replaced have not yet been named.
Chrysler's proposed deal with Fiat would give the Italian company a 35 percent stake in the US automaker and entree into the US market. In return, Chrysler would get badly needed small-car technology.


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After several months of hope for the success of the yet-to-be-built Ford's Boathouse at the location of the former K-C's River Stop at the Cape Coral Yacht Club, the whole plan was nearly brought......
Why do some on council continue to refer to the "former lessee"? Didn't Council get all of this information before last night? If so, was it discussed with the City Manager prior to the meeting in a timely fashion? It appears those who cry the most about bringing business in, and helping to make it easier for businesses, suddenly attempted to submarine this business. The previous owner is gone, this is a whole new ball game, unless there is something we don't know about.
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Graves dating back to 2000BC have been unearthed during the construction of the Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Road project in Ras Al Khaimah, Gulf News has learnt.
The Sieh Al Herf site, next to Al Salhiya Road, just off Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Road in Ras Al Khaimah, was discovered in October. It contains graves, ancient tombs and archaeological artefacts.
The Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed project passes by about ten features of the archaeological site, including two graves. The first is an 18m-long horseshoe shape, and the second is W-shaped. Other tombs are still under investigation.
The Ministry of Public Works has halted the road-building until further orders following a request from Ras Al Khaimah's Al Shohooh National Heritage Association. An official told Gulf News that Federal National Council (FNC) will send a team to investigate the matter for further course of action.
Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Road, earlier known as Emirates Road, is one of the strategic routes in the UAE's land transport and road network.
"Sieh Al Herf contains several graves and tombs that demonstrate the history of the Arabian Peninsula and date back to the year 2000BC. So far only three such historical graves have been found in the UAE, two in Ras Al Khaimah and another one in Fujairah," said Hamad Bin Seray, associate professor in the department of history and archaeology at UAE University.


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Steven Stamkos is amazing and frightening.
Stamkos, the NHL's purest goal scorer and one of its best players, skated for the first time on Thursday since breaking his leg on Nov. 11. That's a month, three days — and, again, one fractured tibia. Here's proof from the Tampa Bay Times:
That video could be part of Bauer's "surveillance video" advertising campaign. All it needed was him taking a shot at the end and shattering a pane of plexiglass, or Brandon Bollig belly-flopping off to the side.
Anyway, we knew this is how things would go with Stamkos, right? He's 23 years old, with generational talent to begin with and an elite work ethic heaped on top, and he tipped his hand when he walked into a press conference room a few weeks back without a cast or crutches.
The fact that he's here, already, is great news. It's important news. it's also jarring to see, maybe because of how horrible it was to see him writhing on the ice, telling the Tampa Bay Lightning's medical staff, "it's broken." Afterward, it was easy, and logical, to worry about Stamkos' future, and certainly his Olympics trip.
Now that seems a little misplaced, which is more than OK.
And as for that Olympics roster, by the way — Canada is waiting until Jan. 7 to make their announcement. They can put Stamkos' name on it, then decide closer to Feb. 11 whether he's ready. Would it surprise anyone if he were?
"Anything you can use as motivation you try to use it, especially an event like that," Stamkos told NHL.com of the Olympics earlier this week. "That's something you dream of as a kid, participating in that. I don't think it changes drastically, though. I want to get back as soon as I can where I know I'm 100 percent healthy and I'm not going to be a liability to the team. I want to get back to help the Tampa Bay Lightning win games."
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Attorney General Lockyer Files Criminal Charges Against Former Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Dunn, Four Others in 'Pretexting' Case
Former In-House Counsel and Ethics Chief Hunsaker, Outside Contractors Also Charged
(SACRAMENTO) – Attorney General Bill Lockyer today filed felony charges against former Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Patricia C. Dunn and four other defendants, alleging they committed criminal offenses related to the use of false pretenses to access individuals' phone records during the company's probe of boardroom leaks to the media.

"One of our state's most venerable corporate institutions lost its way as its board sought to find out who leaked confidential company information to the press," said Lockyer. "In this misguided effort, people inside and outside HP violated privacy rights and broke state law. On behalf of Californians, who cherish privacy so much they enshrined the right in our state Constitution, those who crossed the legal line must be held accountable. That is my duty, and I will perform it in a manner that reflects the gravity and importance of this case."

In a criminal complaint filed today in Santa Clara County Superior Court, Lockyer charged Dunn and the following individuals with crimes in connection with the Hewlett-Packard "pretexting" incident: Kevin T. Hunsaker, former in-house lawyer and ethics chief for Hewlett-Packard; Ronald R. DeLia, managing director of Security Outsourcing Solutions, an outside security contractor for Hewlett-Packard; Matthew Depante, manager of Florida-based information broker Action Research Group (ARG); and Bryan C. Wagner, a Colorado-based employee of ARG.

The felony complaint charges all five defendants with four felony counts: fraudulent wire communications in violation of Penal Code section 538.5; wrongful use of computer data in violation of Penal Code section 502(c)(2); identity theft in violation of Penal Code section 530.5; and conspiracy to commit those three crimes.

Under Penal Code section 538.5, the complaint alleges the defendants used "false and fraudulent pretenses" to obtain from a phone company confidential information, including billing records, belonging to 12 individuals. The victims included Hewlett-Packard board members and their family members, and reporters and their family members. The complaint alleges the defendants violated Penal Code section 502(c)(2) when they willfully and knowingly accessed, and without permission used, computerized telephone account data belonging to two Hewlett-Packard board members and one journalist.

On the identity theft count, according to the complaint, the defendants willfully obtained personal identifying information – including names, phone numbers and Social Security numbers – on 13 Hewlett-Packard board members, journalists and family members. In violation of Penal Code section 530.5, the defendants then used that information for an unlawful purpose, the complaint alleges.

The complaint and supporting declaration detail how Dunn and Hunsaker knew the outside investigators obtained phone records through false pretenses. After acquiring that knowledge, the complaint and declaration allege, both Dunn and Hunsaker facilitated the continued use of the illegal means to obtain phone records, making both culpable for the crimes.

For example, with respect to Dunn, the complaint alleges she gave DeLia the home, cell and office phone numbers for Hewlett-Packard board members in April 2005. Two months later, in a June 2005 briefing provided by DeLia to Dunn and Baskins, Dunn learned "telephone records were obtained by ruse from telephone and cellular carriers," the complaint alleges. Then, beginning in January 2006, with full knowledge of the methods used to obtain phone records, Dunn participated in renewing Hewlett-Packard's leak investigation, subsequently received regular briefings on its progress and therefore knew DeLia was again part of the investigation team.

Regarding Hunsaker, the complaint alleges he became aware in January 2006 that the outside investigators used by Hewlett-Packard during the leak investigation obtained phone records by ruse. After learning of the subterfuge, Hunsaker nevertheless provided the investigators the home, cellular and office phone numbers for Hewlett-Packard officials, according to the complaint.

The supporting declaration also details the roles of DeLia, Depante and Wagner. As described in the declaration, Dunn and Hunsaker retained DeLia to find the source of the boardroom leaks. DeLia hired ARG, managed by DePante, to obtain the phone records, and knew ARG obtained records through false pretenses. Wagner was employed by ARG and performed the actual work of unlawfully obtaining phone records through false pretenses, the declaration alleges.

All four counts carry a maximum prison sentence of three years. The maximum fine for each of the three underlying felonies is $10,000. A conviction for conspiracy to fraudulently obtain phone records, or conspiracy to unlawfully access and use computer data, carries a maximum fine of $10,000. Conspiracy to commit identity theft can bring a maximum fine of $25,000.

Along with the complaint, Lockyer asked the court to issue warrants for the arrest of the five defendants. Lockyer's office will make arrangements with counsel for Dunn and Hunsaker to surrender voluntarily. As for the defendants who reside outside California – DeLia, Depante and Wagner – Lockyer's office will be making arrangements for their arrest and eventual extradition to California to stand trial.

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Submission + - Hailing Frequencies Open? Communication Via Neutrinos Tested Successfully (universetoday.com)
Nancy_A writes: One of the more outlandish methods proposed for solving deep space communication problems has been to devise a technique using neutrinos. But it turns out, using neutrinos for communication might not be that crazy of an idea: communicating with neutrinos has now, for the first time, been tested successfully.


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Words by Mr Benjamin Seidler
Sitting in his office overlooking the grand 19th-century courtyard of London's legendary Victoria and Albert Museum, Mr Whitmore has a crystal-clear idea of what the establishment's prerogative is. "The V&A isn't an art museum, it's a design museum," he explains. "We are interested in how things are made and in the stories around objects. What the V&A is riding at the moment is an interest in craft. There's a humanity to it."
A veteran of London's Design Museum and one of the forces behind the creation of Tate Modern in the 1990s, Mr Whitmore joined London's Victoria and Albert Museum in 2001. He is now its director of programming, helping to conceive and construct inspiring blockbuster exhibitions from a Versace retrospective to an overview of the Bauhaus. Here, he talks to us about style, age and creativity.


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This week in Island history
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago From the Newport Daily News, Nov. 3, 1909
Tuesday's election was marked by lack of interest, only 121 of the total of 231 voters casting their ballots. The weather probably caused a small falling off in the votes. … The town has always been for no-license (no liquor), but Tuesday's result shows a stronger anti-license sentiment than ever, the vote being more than three to one.
The Catholics of Jamestown are to be better and more permanently provided for than has been the case in the past. … Rev. Father Sullivan has become the purchaser of a piece of property (from Mrs. Eunice P. Littlefield, which consists of about an acre with a cottage house) on Narragansett avenue. … Repairs and alterations are to be made to the cottage, to fit it for use as a parsonage, and the present Catholic Church on Clinton Avenue is to be moved to the property and also improved.
From the Newport Daily News, Nov. 6, 1909
The Ft. Greble football team crossed the island today to play at Ft. Adams.
75 years ago From the Newport Daily News, Nov. 5, 1934
Teachers and pupils of the Thomas H. Clarke school held a Halloween party in the assembly hall, about 150 attending, many coming in costumes.
John Rosa of Lawn Avenue, who has leased a large dairy farm in Taunton, and will probably take up his residence there during the week, chartered the 6 a.m. ferry boat Sunday, transporting eight large trucks of hay to the farm.
From the Newport Daily News, Nov. 7, 1934
Despite the fact that it was an off year, Jamestown, Middletown and Portsmouth increased their total votes over the Presidential year of 1932, which was an evidence of a bitter fight between Republicans and Democrats for the general Assembly tickets. (Every Republican won and the town voted 235 for and 55 against a Relief Loan.)
50 years ago From the Newport Daily News, Nov. 6, 1959
(At the Jamestown Rotary Club meeting, Ted C. Jarrett) spoke of the many activities and interests covered by chambers of commerce and expressed his opinion that it would be helpful to Jamestown if either a business men's organization or a chamber of commerce was organized.
25 years ago From the Newport Daily News, Nov. 5, 1984
St. Mark's Church observed its 75th anniversary Saturday night with a special mass celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop Kenneth Angell of Providence. The Rev. William J. O'Neill, pastor, received a stole from the Rev. William S. Litterick and the Rev. Frederick J. Spulnick, on behalf of parishioners of Central Baptist Church and St. Matthew's Church, respectively.
The future of the Bay View Hotel will be discussed at a Town Council work session tonight. Spencer E. Dickinson, owner of the sprawling 94-room structure that overlooks Narragansett Bay, has signed a sales agreement with Ron- ald Jobin and Donald H. Loomis. Jobin, associated with Island Realty, also represents Commerce Oil in developing the company's extensive land holdings in Jamestown. Loomis is president and chief executive of Commerce Oil. … The sales agreement signed between Jobin-Loomis and Dickinson does not take effect until early 1985.
From the Newport Daily News, Nov. 6, 1984
In an effort to avoid rumors, new owners of the Bay View Hotel told the Town Council Monday that they do not have any firm plans on what to do with the 90-year-old structure.
15 years ago From the Jamestown Press, Nov. 3, 1994
Election day Tuesday marks the first time in recent memory that Jamestown will have two polling places.
(Photo caption) Shale from the cross-island highway construction corridor is dumped at the base of the north reservoir dam. The dam is being reinforced because recent tests showed that its interior is filled with a "soup" of silt and sand. Observers have commented that the shale base would make an excellent bicycle path.
10 years ago From the Jamestown Press, Nov. 4, 1999
The land surrounding the Newport Bridge toll plaza is becoming more beautiful by the minute, part of an effort to give tourists a proper welcome to the Newport area. … The project was designed by landscape architect Randy Collins of the East Providence firm Gates Leighton and Associates and will cost the authority $141,000.
A new engineering report says that by pumping water from the South Pond to North Pond reservoir before returning it to the water treatment plant, the island could probably double its available water supply. (The report was prepared by Ecosystem Consulting Service, Inc. of Coventry, Conn.)


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Logan - Miller is not totally correct. He is voicing a cliche, that all true in many circumstances, is not universally so. The breakdown of fine motor skills occurs with people are either untrained or emotionally aroused. Training does two things:
1) Trained individuals do not get emotionally aroused in many situations that untrained people do.
2) Trained individuals develop "pseudo-instincts" in which emotional arousal cues an
in fine motor skills and effective combative abilities. For example, a well-known combatives instructor, after a long period of training a SWAT team hooked them up to heart monitors and led them in a very high stress (potentially painful) training exercise. At the door, right before entry, the average heart rate was 180 beats a minute. They hit the door and achieved 100% kill rate, without no casualties. In highly trained people, stress can activate skills.
Finally, I had the honor, last year of teaching a small aikido seminar at the Akkan dojo in central California. Several of the participants were correctional officers at Corcoran State Penitentiary. And each told me wonderful stories about using classical aikido techniques in very dangerous situations.
As has been said before, the question of how powerful one can become with aikido is governed by how committed one is to your training.
Ellis Amdur
Never heard of an increase in motor skills during a violent encounter other than maybe when receiving an optimal level of adrenaline... Not to say it isn't possible, just never thought of it I guess.
I'd imagine that would come only with a very high level of training.
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FY'13 Budget Update [11/7/12]
November 7, 2012
November 7, 2012
Dear WIU Campus Community:
I want to take this opportunity to update you about our budget situation. We recently received the final $6.4 million payroll reimbursement for Fiscal Year 2012. We are pleased to have received this final reimbursement. The state currently owes Western $31.3 million ($25.9 million payroll and $5.4 million from the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for MAP grants) for the current fiscal year.
The delay in FY'13 reimbursements, coupled with the 6.1 percent ($3.4 million) reduction of Western's state appropriation for this fiscal year, means that we must continue to operate in an even more fiscally conservative manner. Our objectives continue to be to provide affordable academic programs and services to our students and to meet our payroll obligations. To meet these goals, we must continue to limit spending for immediate and essential operational needs only, and all purchases greater than $500 must continue to be submitted for vice presidential approval.
We must continue to practice sound fiscal management. This must continue to be a University-wide effort, where we all must play our part to ensure the financial stability of our institution. We recognize that it is difficult to plan and to prepare when there are delays in state reimbursements and continued cuts in our funding. However, we cannot afford to stand still as a University. As an institution that remains competitive and on the cutting edge, we must continue to be creative and develop innovative ways to fulfill our mission. Please know that we will continue to work with our legislators and all constituencies to advocate for our students and for adequate support of higher education in the state of Illinois.
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One can play it 3 times a day paying with lady dollars, and then with diamonds - 3 diamonds for the first try.
as one advances, more card options appear, and each one will be more pricey.
Each card option has a prize for winning all the clothes, on all the colors - yes, that will take some time, if you didnt see it, there is a little 'i' in the right upper corner of the ox with the rewards: click it
i have 3 opened ones, and he 4th will take some time till it unlocks.
So, did you girls see the prize we get for winning all the clothes, on all the colors? Do you like it?
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BURNS,?OR -- Frank Duhn Sr. went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. He passed away peacefully at his son's home in Burns, OR, of natural causes. He was 92.
Frank will be greatly missed by his family and friends.
Frank was one of seven children.?He grew to manhood in Emmetsburg where he graduated High School in 1939. He was drafted in January 1945 and served 17 months in the armed services. He was stationed in Hawaii.
He married Doris Burseth on June 6, 1948. They later divorced. Frank farmed his grandfather's homestead until he bought his own 80 acres.
He married Helen Johnson Duhn on Dec. 4, 1967. They divorced in 2003. They had one son, Frank, Jr., and one daughter, Laurie, who they adopted in 1973.
Frank and Helen moved to Oregon and settled in Prineville, where they raised their children and were active in the community. Frank worked as a mill wright at Coin mill work, also he worked part time as a rural mail carrier and delivering appliances for Sears. He attended The Community Church in Prineville and Powell Butte Christian Church where he was active as a leader and teacher. He loved God and was looking forward to being called home.
He retired in 1983. He was always fixing something. He enjoyed old antiques and rock hounding, camping and sea shells. He loved sharing his collection with people.
In 2011 he moved with his son and family to Burns where he lived until his death. When asked how he was, Frank would always reply, "pretty good for the shape I am in."
He is preceded in death by his parents and three brothers.
He is survived by his son, Frank Jr. and wife Dena; granddaughters, Elizabeth Rachel and Shelby; daughter, Laurie Duhn and Greg Morris. Also surviving are a brother,?Marvin Duhn, and sisters, Vivian Jorgensen and Betty Jorgensen.
Memorial service will be held at Powell Butte Christian Church in February.
Donation in memory of Frank may be made to Project Love at Powell Butte Christian Church, P.O. Box 2, Powell Butte, OR 97753 or Camp Attitude, P.O. Box 207, Foster, OR 97345.