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1 PDM Conferences, Leading Research Groups, and Organizations
When it comes to PDM the European key conference is the Product Data Technology (PDT) Europe conference where researcher, practitioner, and vendor meet. This conferences focus mostly on PDM and related areas. Another newly started-up group is the Product Life Cycle Interest Group (PLMIG [53]). The interest group is open to all individuals and organizations that are serious about improving the use and development of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). The Group officially started operating on January 1, 2004.
There are several PDM resources on the Internet such as CimData [44], Object Management Group (OMG) [45], John Stark Associates [46], CADCAMnet [47], and Product Data Management Information Center (PDMIC) [52]
CIMdata [44] is a company providing PLM consultation and program support, research, and education for both industrial organizations and supplier of technologies. The CIMdata Web page includes references to many articles, PDM and PLM vendors, standards, and similar. It also contains a list of interesting magazines and periodicals. CIMdata also organizes conferences or sponsor conferences in the United States and Europe on topics related to PDM.
The OMG [45] is an open membership, not-for-profit consortium that produces and maintains computer industry specifications for interoperable enterprise applications. The membership includes virtually every large company in the computer industry, and hundreds of smaller ones. Most of the companies that shape enterprise and Internet computing today are represented on the Board of Directors. The flagship specification is the multi-platform Model Driven Architecture (MDA), recently underway but already well known in the industry. It is based on the modeling specifications the MOF, the UML, XMI, and CWM. OMG's own middleware platform is CORBA, which includes the Interface Definition Language OMG IDL, and protocol IIOP. The Object Management Architecture (OMA) defines standard services that will carry over into MDA work shortly.
The John Stark Associates Company [46] makes available a number of references to introductions to PDM, PDM frequency asked questions (FAQs), PDM implementations, PDM performance reviews, PDM systems, and PDM publications. The Web page also includes references to PLM, CAD management, collaborative product development, collaborative engineering, product development knowledge management, and similar. The company publishes an electronic publication, 2PLM e-zine, every 2 weeks with the latest news related to all these areas.
Although the main focus of the CADCAMnet [47] resource is on the CAD/CAM domain, they include a PDM page with many articles of current interest.
The PDMIC [52] is an organization assembling relevant information and assisting in the development and evolution of the PDM industry. The ambition of PDMIC is to concentrate all information relating PDM in one place. This includes information about the latest PDM products and technologies and about trends in PDM and related domains. It contains many articles, both introductory and advanced, within the PDM domain.
PDM as a research field is not yet fully consistent. There are no unifying theories and the definitions are sometimes vague. This may be because the scope of PDM is wider than that of many other research areas. Research in the field of PDM has a wide scope and has to cover more areas than information systems and data management methods only. New trends within PDM are to open up for managing the whole product irrespective if it consists of component developed of hardware or software. The new enhanced view is reflecting the management of the product life cycle (PLM). PLM is an approach to drive product and process innovation and improvement [72].
Lindberg [28] defined the area of technical information systems, where a definition for PDM systems was presented. This subject of interest earlier sorted under other areas. The research in the area of computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) shares many of its visions for management of product information with the PDM area. The issue is also of interest in books for CAD/CAM [32]. The first academic paper, known to the author, that explicitly mentions PDM was presented by Cornelissen [33] at ICED-93, who describes a method for supporting application of information technology architecture for given business situations. Johansson, G. [34] studied the effects of PDM on product development. Some specific improvements such as better search capabilities and improved project management control are pointed out and some useful advice for a PDM introduction project is also given.
Recently research in PDM is utilized in fractions of the total domain. How data is represented and structured is an important issue. To be able to discuss these matters, theories for the structuring of products are needed. At Chalmers University of Technology, they focus mostly on the Product Modeling and Engineering Change Management part of PDM. In [19] they conclude modeling of information management systems is crucial for systems supporting product development, i.e. managing the information model describing the product itself. There are different demands for both decomposition of the product structure and the functionality of the information systems used resulting in the domains using several different information systems. Keeping the product structures updated and using workflow support for the engineering change management process is difficult when more than one information system is used.
2 Key conferences for SCM is the workshop Software/System Configuration Management. The goal for the SCM workshop is to provide discussion forum for practitioner, vendors, and researcher. Practitioner reports about the SCM systems they use, either commercial or in-house built, vendors discuss new ideas and features, and researchers have the opportunity to discuss their approaches and aspects on theory and practice. The Euromicro is an international scientific, engineering and educational organization dedicated to advancing the arts, sciences and applications of Information Technology. Euromicro has been devoted to promoting, discussing, disseminating knowledge, information and skills, in academia, industry, government and in education. A major focus is to organize conferences and workshops in Computer Science and Computer Engineering, covering topics such as real-time systems, parallel and distributed processing, multimedia, robotics, telecommunications, software engineering, computer architecture and hardware. It publishes the Journal of Systems Architecture (JSA).
There are several SCM resources on the Internet such as CM Yellow Page [61], CM II Users Groups [62], and FAQs relating to CM [63].
A good starting point when exploring SCM is the CM Yellow Page site. The page includes a number of white papers and technical papers relating to SCM, references to other SCM pages, an extensive list of commercial and noncommercial tools, future conferences and seminars, consultation and education, and job opportunities.
The CM II Users Groups has an excellent CM resource guide on-line page. This page includes a number of references to articles, reports, and proceedings, journals and newsletters, books,, conferences, providers of education/training, evaluation of PDM and software CM tools, copies of standards, lists of organizations, user groups and research groups, CM software vendors, standards, guidelines and position papers, and SCM Web sites.
CM FAQs presents many questions in a wide range, from the very general to concrete, and gives concise and precise answers. The page also lists a number of SCM references, such as SCM books, and a list of SCM tools and vendors.
Leading research groups in SCM are the Adele research group in Grenoble, France led by Jacky Estublier. The group is focusing on, among a number of different areas, federation of SCM systems, software processes, and component based software engineering. Another leading research group is led by R. Conradi at University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway, with main focus on software quality and software process improvement, as well as process modeling/enactment, software architecture, configuration management, OO and reuse, and distributed systems.
As the software industry continues to grow rapidly, producing larger and more complex software, the need for software management also grows. Only to mention academic research would be far too narrow, because corporate research had contributed a great deal of results and ideas. In fact, the SCM community owes much of its liveliness to a healthy and competitive mix of researchers and developers from both academia and industry. Configuration Management was first developed in the aerospace industry in the 1950s, when production of spacecraft experienced difficulties caused by inadequately documented engineering changes. SCM is CM tailored to systems, or portions of systems, that consist predominantly of software [35]. Originally, SCM duty was to manage the many files involved in a software product, their versions and the building of the system out of these files. Originally, each file was individually managed as a tree of versions (revisions and branches) following the SCCS [36] from Bell Labs and from Purdue University RCS [37] systems. Surprisingly, these systems are still at the core of almost all commercial SCM systems. SCM system managed configuration, which is a "consistent" collection of file versions. Only recently, with the advent of task-based approaches, versioning evolved again integrating change set features, but on an RCS based internal representation. As software systems have grown to include many thousands of components, keeping track of the pieces and how they fit together has become a difficult but critically important task. SCM systems accomplish this task with system modeling facilities. System modeling was originally used to help rebuild a system from source files (Make [38]), and even now, in most SCM systems, the makefile is the only "system model". With so many components and versions, a configuration selection mechanism is needed to select which versions to include in a new configuration. A new configuration is built starting from a reference consistent configuration called a baseline. The baseline is "checked-out" in the file system (it is a work-space) on which are performed a few changes. Once tested, the modified baseline is "checked-in" as the new configuration. This simple schema is the base of almost all SCM systems, with extensions for concurrent engineering support. Work spaces are "naturally" independent directory hierarchies, therefore they can be used to provide areas where users can perform their job isolated (or insulated) from colleagues activities.
3 PDM and SCM Conferences, Leading Research Groups, and Organizations
Conferences focuses on both domains, they are rare. The Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference is i.e. interested in product line management, and project management, a related domain. The Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE, is the premier software engineering conference, providing a forum for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, experiences, and concerns in the field of software engineering. The Institute of International Research (IIR) [64] sets up now and then up conferences related to CM and to PDM and SCM.
Leading research groups in integrating PDM and SCM are not many. The Adele group from France who is studying the federation of SCM systems, but could be federation of any kind of systems. The group at Machine Design Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm Sweden, led by Martin Törngren has recently started up to study processes, tools and technology, and organizations.
There are some conferences on software processes. The International Conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES) focus mainly on
The International Conference on Software Process (ICSP) is mainly focused on software process improvement (SPI) motivated by product and service quality needs. The International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering (ISESE) focuses on the processes, design and structure of empirical studies as well as the results of specific studies. These studies may vary from controlled experiments to field studies, from quantitative to qualitative studies. The conference track Software Process and Product Improvement (SPPI) concentrates on processes, methods, and tools improving software quality. Topics of interest include software process assessment and improvement, organizational and business views to process improvement, Process modeling, composition, and enactment, and cost/benefit optimization of product and process improvement.
At the forefront seem to be the issues of unifying SCM and PDM, managing component-based software development [22, 23], and understanding the relationship between SCM system models and software architecture [39, 40]. It is clear why these issues are currently being addressed: SCM no longer is a stand-alone discipline.
The very first paper addressing interoperability is [5] concluding:
(1) In product engineering, there is a clear distinction between the design, called product model or product data, and the corresponding real artifact (a bicycle for example). In software engineering, the source code is the model but a compiler transforms at almost no cost the design into the product, which is also a (set of) files. The software is both the model and the product.
(2) The structure of the product, the nature of each component, the way two components fit together are highly constrained by the reality in PDM (a bicycle has 2 wheels). In Software Engineering (SE), all this almost arbitrary, software is an intellectual construction. Worse, in SE, the technologies and methods are evolving very fast; no one of today standards will survive more than a few years.
Their overall conclusion is that an integration of today's tools is not suitable due to too many differences in the concepts. It will require fundamental research and major experimentation.
Conradi and Westfechtel conclude that many concepts are similar, but there are some differences concerning the objects to be managed [21]. As a consequence, some sophisticated features for modern SCM systems are not applicable in Engineering Data Management (EDM) systems, another name for PDM systems. They continue their conclusion with the necessity of cooperation between the domains to support the development of hybrid products consisting of both hardware and software components in a uniform way.
In [41] J. Estublier et al. discuss how to provide a high level view where the application can be described, independently from the real tools specificities, and where the application behavior, services and properties can be described at that level of abstraction (process control, paradigm control, security and so on). They continue their discussion in providing a meta-model for interoperability between systems in [42], where they introduce a new approach to SCM in which the system is built from, potentially heterogeneous, existing pieces, with assembly mechanisms that enforce high-level properties. The approach does not provide a simple SCM tool, but a family of tools. Their experiment system shows that very advanced and state of the art features easily could be included into the federated system.
In [43] the M. Törngren et al. discuss that the important role of mechatronics is to bridge the gaps between related engineering sciences.


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Upgrade to iOS 11: Is Your Device Compatible?
There are so many things to look forward to besides the much talked about wireless charging support and ARKit apps. But the first step that your device has to pass in order to be prepared for the grand update to iOS 11 is the compatibility test. Thankfully, we already have sufficient knowledge on that front considering that Apple has already released all the necessary information.
Unless you are planning to buy one of the multiple iPhones that Apple is expected to dole out today, you will need to go for iOS 11 upgrade over the air so that you can jump aboard the en vogue train. As always, Apple has given several devices a miss from the all-important list, thus effectively out dating devices such as the iPhone 5c. So if you are stuck with any of the iPhones or iPads that are excluded from the list below, you will need to upgrade to an iOS 11 compatible device. Here's a full list of the devices that will support the OS when it is released.
iOS 11 Compatible iPhones
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Also, you may opt to delete the apps that you had downloaded once upon a time but haven't felt the need to use in forever. One other thing to do is to delete data files from your iPhone's apps. In truth, apps only occupy a fraction of the space compared to what their data files require.
Here's a quick note on the storage front. Previous iOS 11 betas have suggested the introduction of a new space saving method in the new OS. The method, called Offloading, allows the user to free up space on their iOS device by automatically deleting associated files for apps that haven't been in use for a while. Offloading can also be done manually. So once you have made the iOS 11 upgrade, you can enable the feature to save your precious (and very limited) space.
Back Up Everything Before Upgrading
Apple has always recommended making a back up of everything on the device that you wish to make an OS upgrade to, and for good reason. A lot of things may go wrong while updating, and considering that most iOS users store important information on their devices, it is only prudent that you should keep them safe in case the worst should happen. Resort to iTunes or iCloud for this purpose, as reclaiming all the data will be a breeze if your iPhone or iPad suffer from data loss.
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Good Chemistry Brewing at The Hillgrove
At the end of September Good Chemistry Brewing take on one of their biggest challenges yet – The Hillgrove Porter Stores!
All of us at Good Chemistry are huge fans of the British pub. It's a historic, social and cultural institution in this country, something we've all grown up enjoying, whether cosy inner-city boltholes or country beer gardens.
One of our favourite pubs in Bristol is the Hillgrove, up in Kingsdown, with its incredible view over the city.
On 29th September we're heading to the pub to do a tap takeover, where Good Chemistry beers will take the majority of the pub's taps.
The big thing about the Hillgrove, though just one of the reasons we love it so much, is that of its twenty taps, fourteen are handpulls, or cask taps. Recently, some significant national breweries have signalled their retreat from cask production. We, on the other hand, think cask beer is an important part of our heritage, something to be proud of and something we're committed to – and many beers just taste better on cask.
So to honour the Hillgrove's dedication to the cask, and to do proper service to our first TTO there, we are incredibly excited to be presenting fourteen cask beers! In order to fill the taps, we've spent the summer casking and aging all of our core range and special beers. In addition to our regular cask beers, we have put many beers into cask for the first time.
Come and celebrate the end of the month with us at one of the best pubs in Bristol – all of Team Good Chemistry will be there, along with our regular in-warehouse DJ spinning his usual top quality vinyl. We're excited to share our beers with you in this unusual format – all hail the cask!
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Machine Translation Summit XVI
Nagoya University, Japan
September 18 - September 22, 2017.
The 16th Machine Translation Summit, organized by the Asia-Pacific Association for Machine Translation (AAMT), will be held at Nagoya University, Japan, in September 18-22 2017.
Machine Translation (MT) Summit is an international conference, which brings together people from the academic and commercial world developing MT and users of MT systems. The conference overviews state-of-the-art technologies in MT, its major contemporary trends and practical applications.
- Paper presentations: MT research track, MT user track
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- Technology showcase
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Briefly about Nagoya
The metropolis of Nagoya, central Japan's biggest city with a population of 2,250,000. Originally a castle town built by Tokugawa Ieyasu, Nagoya is admired as a global manufacturing city with a legacy of traditional culture and craftsmanship... At the same time, Nagoya has garnered great interest for its unique food culture, and the city's commercial districts are home to bustling multitude of restaurants that serve Nagoya-meshi. (http://www.nagoya-info.jp)


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National puts power modules into friendlier package
National Semiconductor has developed a packaging technique that lets it put passives and integrated circuits together to build switching power modules that come in the same format as many, simpler, linear power converters.
Michael White, vice president of the power management division at National, said other suppliers had already produced integrated switching converters but that they used ball-grid arrays and other specialised packages that are not familiar to "a customer used to TO-222 or TO-263 packages".
"As we have gone out and talked to alpha-site customers, we found not only are the other packages difficult to use in prototyping but they are also difficult to manufacture with," White claimed.
For the Simple Switcher Power Modules, the company has concentrated on relatively low currents up to this point. "For the first generation of power modules, we have output currents up to 5A. We are in development of future generations that will widen out the input voltages and output currents," said White.
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Stephen, I don't have any other information about John Addison.I just did some searches on the net and extracted the following:
He returned to England on business, and died in that country, intestate, leaving considerable wealth there besides "a very large landed estate in this country".From "One hundred years ago;or, The life and times of Rev Walter Dulany Addison, 1769-1848;compiled from original papers in the possession of the family by his granddaughter, Elizabeth Hesselius Murray."
I never heard of any connection of his family with Canada.
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Cruising to college, doing nan's weekly food shop, or dropping bae off for another term at uni.
Young'uns, you've got people to see and places to be, but it's more expensive than ever to do it in your own car.
What cars are cheapest to insure for the under 25s?
Oh happy day, you've passed your test and you're finally buying a new set of wheels. It's an absolute bobby dazzler (the AUX port isn't full of crumbs!) and the asking price's a steal.
Before you take the plunge, look before you leap – one wrong purchase and car insurance could bite you on the bum.
GoCompare's data reveals that drivers between the ages of 17 and 24 are paying more for their car insurance this year.
In 2016, the average car insurance premium for a young driver was £1,520, and year-to-date, 2017, it's increased to £1,631 – that's £111 extra from your pay packet, student loan or grant.[1]
But, your premium can be cheaper than average if you shop around. Gocompare's dug around in its data banks and found the top ten cheapest cars to insure for the under 25s, using real life quotes from young people.[1]
|Cheapest cars to insure
|Volkswagen up!
|Fiat 500
|Citroen C1
|Vauxhall Adam
|Peugeot 107
|Skoda Citigo
|Volkswagen Fox
|Hyundai i10
|Toyota Aygo
#1 Volkswagen up!
As standard, it's available in 11 colours with heat insulating glass, power steering, and DAB – nice.
And, from an insurance perspective, the average cheapest premium is £954 – but this will vary based on your experience and circumstances.
#2 Fiat 500
The standard 500 POP 1.2 69hp is slightly more expensive than the VW up!, on the road from £11,615, and the average cheapest car insurance premium is £994.[2] As before, this price will fluctuate so make sure you compare before bringing one of the 500 range home.
#3 Citroen C1
The Citroen C1 is one of the cheapest cars on our list, new on the road from £8,570.[2] It has remote central locking, air conditioning and boasts a 'spare wheel' as a selling point – make of that what you will.
The best average premium for the Citroen C1 is £1,008 – your quote may be higher or lower than this. If it does break down, parts are easy and cheap to get, minimising headaches for your insurer.
#4 Vauxhall Adam
It's another comfortable city car. Are you seeing the trend here? The Adam family starts from £11,965, so it's more expensive than the Fiat, but its interior has a sportier bite so it's totally worth it.[2] The seats have side bolsters like a rally car, and it's compact at just 1.72 metres wide – put it this way, you won't sweat parallel parking next to a BMW.
The insurance creeps up a bit here - the average cheapest premium is £1,017. Your quote may be more affordable than that, but you'll never know unless you compare.
#5 Peugeot 107
The Peugeot 107 is one of the only cars in GoCompare's top ten that isn't new on the road.
Peugeot ceased production of the 107 in 2014, but you can buy the model second hand from used car dealerships. The 107 had a facelift in 2009 to improve the exterior and interior finish, and improve the fuel economy to 62.8mpg. On the forecourt, keep an eye open for reg plates with 09 or 59.
The best average premium for a 107 for 17 to 24 year olds is £1,022 – but, be aware there may be other costs involved with buying a second hand car, for instance upgrades and repairs.
#6 Skoda Citigo
The Citigo is an award-winning, 5-door city car, starting from £8,985 on the road.[2] What Car? named it as the best city car under £10,000, so arguably, you should check this little motor out before any of the others in our top ten.
It's only sporting a 1.0 litre engine, but to make up for it there's buckets of room in the boot (959 litres with the rear seats down, to be exact), so if you're just a short drive from the beach and there's a dog to walk, the Citigo could be 'the one'.
The best average premium for a Skoda Citigo for 17 to 24 year olds is £1,031 - not the cheapest, on average, but your premium may not be as high, so compare your quotes before writing it off.
#7 Volkswagen Fox
It's not the VW van of your dreams but the Fox is still worth a look.
In production up until 2011 in Europe, it was replaced by the VW up! - the first cheapest to insure, by our calculations. If the Fox takes your fancy, search dealerships and classifieds to find a 1.2 or 1.4 litre second-hand petrol model, or a 1.4 diesel engine.
The latter may be the most affordable option right now because according to the SMMT in 2017, diesel sales slumped by a third in October.
The average best premium is £1,035 for drivers under 25, but costs vary depending on your personal circumstances. Get comparing before you're swept up in an eBay auction.
#8 Hyundai i10
Great things come in small packages, so says Hyundai about its i10. This compact little car is new on the road for £8,995.[2]
Some i10 models have smart technology bundled inside - namely, a touch screen navigation system and live connected services, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
But what's really exciting is the safety tech. Thanks to a multi-function camera and a lane departure warning system, the car alerts you if you accidentally drift off course. And its forward collision warning system measures the space between your bumper and the car in front - if there's a risk of collision, you'll know about it.
It's these kind of security and safety features which may help decrease your car insurance premium. The best average quote for drivers under 25 in 2017 for the i10 is £1,036.[3] Not too shabby.
#9 Toyota Aygo
You probably won't remember the Toyota Aygo sting that topped and tailed every Hollyoaks omnibus break on Sunday mornings, but it's a motor that's been on younger drivers' radars for at least a decade.
These days, it's new on the road from £8,995 and the Aygo scooped gold in the 2017 Auto Express: Driver Power Survey for 'Best City Car'.[2] As it's setting a pretty high standard in the industry, there's no harm in taking it for a test drive.
What's so good about it? It's customisable, no surprises there, and it too has the pre-collision system, and lane departure alert, but customers seem to like it for its roominess and economy.
Even if it saves you money at the pumps, you never know what the insurance will cost unless you compare. By our working, the best average Aygo premium for young drivers is £1,044.
#10 Mazda2
The Mazda2 is the most expensive we're going to talk about, both in the outright purchase price and annual average insurance premium. It's new on the road from £12,695 and £1,056 to insure on average for under 25s - but as always, your premium may fluctuate either side of the average, depending on your experiences behind the wheel.[2]
Little wonder the on the road price is more flamboyant. It's described as the 'sporty supermini' and the presentation is altogether more sophisticated. It's sporty and muscular, with the look of a new Ford Focus, or revamped Nissan Micra.
Enough about its good looks, how does it perform? The experience is likened to 'horse and rider', engineered to be light and strong. Under the hood is a SKYACTIV engine that boasts great performance with 105g//km CO2 emissions and 62.8mpg fuel consumption.
Which one is right for you?
These are the cheapest average cars to insure in 2017, but as we move into 2018 the front-running cars for young drivers may shift, so you've got to compare what's on the market to find the right car and policy for you.
Insurance is calculated based on your personal circumstances, so there's no hard and fast rule, especially if you're a new driver.
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NEW YORK — The Baltimore Orioles, taking a chance on two-time drug abuser Alan Wiggins, reached agreement Wednesday to obtain the second baseman from the San Diego Padres for a minor leaguer, according to UPI.
The deal amounts to little more than a giveaway for the Padres, who had said Wiggins, 27, would never play for them again after he left the club April 26 and checked into a drug rehabilitation center for the second time in three years.
In return for Wiggins, the Padres will get either Roy Lee Jackson, a 31- year-old right-handed reliever, or Joe Kucharski, a 24-year-old right- handed starter, both of whom are with the Orioles` Triple-A Rochester team in the International League.
Commissioner Peter Ueberroth has to give permission for any deal involving Wiggins because of Wiggins` drug-related past.
Before General Managers Hank Peters of the Orioles and Jack McKeon of the Padres could agree on the trade, the Padres had to assume 50 percent of the risk of Wiggins` contract for the remainder of this year in the event he falls back on drugs. The Orioles are responsible for 25 percent and Wiggins assumes the remaining 25 percent. The risk factor decreases each year as far as the Padres are concerned.
Wiggins signed a 4-year, $2.5-million contract with the Padres last winter. The large contract was one of several obstacles they were unable to overcome during trade talks with the New York Yankees and San Francisco Giants the past two weeks.
Jackson and Kucharski were part of a list of Baltimore-owned players San Diego was given to chose from.
In San Diego, the Padres had nothing to say about the departure of Wiggins, who had been with the team for five years. He helped the Padres to a National League pennant last year when he moved from the outfield to second base and set club records with 70 stolen bases and 106 runs.


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One Direction has done the almost impossible for a boy band: The English-Irish quintet has held the fickle attentions of teenage girls the world over for three years — the equivalent of 30 in tween years — and the band's new album, "Four," isn't likely to diminish the group's stronghold.
On "Four," One Direction — Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson — continues to produce perfectly polished pop tunes with the edges buffed for maximum shine. And shine they do: it's hard to deny the anodyne appeal of strummer "Ready To Run," the up-tempo Buddy Holly-sway of "Girl Almighty," the Ed Sheeran-penned sweetly nostalgic "18," or new single, "Night Changes," which may or may not be about losing one's innocence. It's hard to tell since the band's lyrics wisely never veer from PG.
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One Direction's last album, "Midnight Memories," was the world's best-selling album of 2013. "Four" will likely give Taylor Swift's "1989" a run for its money for the 2014 title.
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excerpt from Natural Design: Image Design for Nature Photographers
by Gloria Hopkins
The visual experience is one where the observer is engaged in viewing, studying, and/or evaluating a photograph or painting. This visual experience includes all the internal processes that occur at this time including perception, interpretation, recognition, understanding, association, evaluation, acceptance, approval, and so on.
The visual experience can be as casual as a brief glance, or it can be a deeply moving experience where the observer feels he or she is communicating with the artist and gaining an understanding of the work.
You get out of the visual experience what you put into it. A great way to begin expanding your vision and get more from the visual experience is to expose yourself to new arts, new styles, new techniques, and the processes involved in creating visual art. Become and remain aware of the various dynamics and processes these experiences have to offer and learn from them. One of the best ways to do this is to go into the visual experience with an open mind and the goal of understanding or at least acquiring an appreciation for the image.
For a continuation of this writing, please see "Approaching the Photographic Image."
excerpt from Natural Design: Image Design for Nature Photographers
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Wednesday was Jackie Robinson Day in ballparks across the country, which meant it was a great day for new Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon.
Having spent his first four seasons in the big leagues with Robinson's old team, the 26-year-old Gordon gained a special appreciation for the man who broke baseball's color barrier. It's part of the reason Gordon has become more involved in MLB's push to revive baseball in black communities.
Gordon hosted a free baseball camp in his hometown of Avon Park in December, and already has become friendly with the Marlins Reviving Baseball in Innner Cities program.
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(Bloomberg) -- Wendy's Co., which reported a hacker attack earlier this year at its franchisee-owned restaurants, said that the breach was significantly bigger than it initially thought.
The company discovered malicious software aimed at getting customers' payment-card information from point-of-sale systems, according to a statement on Thursday. After saying on May 11 that the malware was found at fewer than 300 North American restaurants, Wendy's now expects the number of affected locations to be "considerably higher."
The fast-food chain said it has disabled the malware, but "reports indicate that payment cards used legitimately at Wendy's may have been used fraudulently elsewhere." There's no sign that company-owned restaurants were affected.
Retailers and restaurant companies, including Target Corp. and Home Depot Inc., have suffered a spate of hacker attacks in recent years. U.S. chains began using European-style chip cards last year in a bid to tamp down fraud.
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text: Activity Symposium: Fulfilling the Potential of Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Type: Stand Alone Workshop Topics: Biomedical and Health Research, Diseases, Health Care Workforce Board: National Cancer Policy Board Activity Description An Institute of Medicine and American Cancer Society symposium on the new IOM report, "Fulfilling the Potential of Cancer Prevention and Early Detection," highlighted the potential of cancer prevention and early detection, the gap between what the evidence shows and what we do in practice, and how to close that gap to improve cancer prevention. The report examines the extent to which the burden of cancer could be reduced through cancer prevention and early detection; the effectiveness of cancer screening methods and interventions to alter smoking, eating, and exercise habits; approaches to enhancing the potential benefits of proven interventions; a case study of screening for lung cancer, illustrating the problem of adopting new technology when the science is uncertain; professional education and training needs; federal and state programs that support cancer prevention and early detection; and research trends and opportunities. The symposium featured speakers prominent in cancer prevention, including:Tommy Thompson, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (invited) John Seffrin, CEO, American Cancer Society Harvey Fineberg, President, Institute of Medicine Sue Curry, Director of Heath Research and Policy Centers, University of Illinois, Chicago (co-editor) Tim Byers, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine (co-editor) Additional speakers and discussants from business, managed care, government and academia The symposium was held on June 30, 2003 in the Lecture Room of the National Academy of Sciences Building, 2100 C Street, NW, Washington DC.


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This past month has not been the greatest time of best-golfer-on-the-planet Tiger Woods. Not too long ago raunchy tabloid magazine The National Inquirer paid a woman named Ashley Sampson $25,000 for a story about Tiger Woods Mistress Rachel Uchitel. However, Uchitel, a sexy New York city VIP party hostess, denied they so much as exchanged text messages, and that she had met the Tiger but that's about it. The rumor said that the two were together recently in Melbourne for the Australian Masters where Tiger probably won ten trophies with one putt. However, all parties denied this was true.
Fast forward two days later, and for some reason at 2:25 AM Tiger Woods was found laying in the street nodding in and out of consciousness by the police. APPARENTLY, in the 911 recording you can hear Elin running out to see what happened, which would effectively crush rumors that she had in fact chased him out of the house with a golf club in furious irony.
The rumor said that after Tiger Woods hottie wife Elin Nordegrin (an swedish model) found out about Tiger Woods mistress Rachel Uchitel, she scratched up his face, chased him out of the house with a golf club, and as he tried to escape backing out of the driveway in his Cadliac Escalade, she smashed the rear windshield with a golf club. However, to me this seems like tabloid exaggeration, as Elin herself said she smashed out the windshield to help Tiger out of the car. This is possible since the front end of his car got mangled and he might not have been able to open the doors.
Another monkey wrench however: police said alcohol was NOT a factor.. and for some reason woods was leaving the house in a hurry at 2:25 am. Rumors have it that Tiger got addicted to the narcotic pain killer Oxycontin from his recent knee surgery, and that explains the "nodding in and out of consciousness" without alcohol involved when the police found him.
To further back things up, Tiger Woods ex girlfreind Joanna Jagoda is now defending Tiger Woods hottie wife Elin Nordegrin's integrity, saying that she would never do such a thing. The reason I'm writing this today is I want to know what you think… did Tiger Woods have an affair and cheat on his wife and kids? Follow the links in this article or go to this page to vote. I'm feeling generous today so one person who votes will get $1000 in gas or $500 best buy card, your choice. Go to the voting page and after you check your answer, simply select your prize and type in your e-mail address.
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Concealer is applied over moisturiser and before applying foundation. In general, concealers designed for the face are not suitable for the delicate area under the eyes as they are heavy in texture or too dry so that the skin can easily be dragged. If a thick texture is applied under the eyes, this can result in a strange raised effect when viewed under lights. The concealer can also build up in fine lines under the eyes with an unflattering, if temporary, ageing effect. The best concealer to use is a light liquid concealer or liquid crème eyeshadow. Another option is to use liquid foundation, which should be a shade or two lighter than the foundation colour you plan to wear. Powder based concealers are definitely not suitable for the under-eye area as these will cake, particularly when foundation is applied over the top. If there is obvious discolouration, such as a purple effect, consider visiting a make-up specialist at your local department store for advice. They may suggest concealers with special tints, such as pink, to tone down the appearance of the discolouration. Only don't let them talk you into buying any concealer with a heavy texture!
Invest in at least one good quality, general purpose concealer brush or a soft artist's paintbrush with a curved shape, soft bristles and a pointed tip. Concealer brushes also come in other shapes such as wedge shapes for other applications. The foam make-up applicators will be too rough for the under-eye area. A fine make-up brush such as an eyeliner brush is also recommended, along with an eyeshadow brush and the wedge shaped sponge described in an earlier article. A mirror is also obviously an essential tool.
Our aim in applying concealer is to introduce light to tone down the shade visible as dark circles. Examine the under-eye area in the mirror to identify where the concealer is needed. Start with a tiny amount of concealer on the end of the brush and gently apply a thin layer to the entire under-eye area without dragging the skin. This will ensure that there are no gaps and variation in the colour. Remember to feather the concealer up and under the lower lashes, trying not to coat the eyelashes while you are doing this. If you do make a mistake and coat any of the lashes, blot gently with a very soft facial tissue. Take the wedge shaped sponge and gently pat the concealer to blend it, encourage absorption into the skin and remove any excess. Carefully add tiny dots of concealer with your brush to the discoloured areas, using the absolute minimum needed to disguise the area. Remember that you will be applying foundation over the concealer so try not to get too carried away. The goal is to achieve translucency as far as possible in this area. Allow a few minutes for the concealer to settle then inspect the results in natural daylight and under lighting. Touch up and blend as necessary.
Many women experience shadowing under their eyes caused by reflection from a prominent eye socket bone. This can become more pronounced with ageing and the under-eye area becomes hollow in appearance. The solution is to take a fine brush such an eyeliner brush and paint a fine line of light liquid concealer just inside (not on) the eye socket bone. When painting the line, follow the half circle from just under the inside corner of the eye to the other side. Blend the line with the wedge shaped sponge as described above. Blend only as much as you need to so that the line looks natural, but not enough to remove your work. The light colour of the concealer will reflect the shade so that the shadowing is less pronounced or hardly noticeable. This method is more effective when used over foundation.
Another technique disguises shadowing or darkness at the inside corner of the eye. Apply your eyeshadow as required (eyeshadow styles and techniques will be covered in future posts). As a final step, take your eyeshadow brush and lightly coat with white or crème eyeshadow (or a colour a few shades lighter than your foundation), tap off excess then dot in the inside corner between your eye and your nose. Repeat on the other side. Take care not to get the powder in your eyes. The powder can be gently blended with the brush or a make-up applicator. Yet again, the subtle application of a light colour counteracts the shade.


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Open Thread: It Happened to You
This is your place to talk about the funny, sad, outrageous things that are happening in your life -- whenever you're ready.
I can't remember the moment my parents told me that I had a twin brother, but I can never forget the day they told me his name.
We were in the car, and I had that uncomfortable bubble of anxiety swelling up deep in the pit of my stomach. The words felt heavy when they tumbled out of my mouth, "What was my brother's name?"
My mom was silent, she whispered something to my dad, and whatever he replied with led to her uttering a quiet, "Monroe." Since that moment I stopped asking questions about him. Growing up, I had always felt a sense of guilt surrounding the loss of my brother. If someone asked me how many siblings I had, I would respond that I used to have a brother (to their discomfort), and the day after my birthday was -- and continues to be -- a day of quiet mourning spent in my room wondering what life would be like had he grown one year older alongside me.
The concept of twinless twins is relatively new to me, despite having been one the entirety of my life. When I discovered what I was and the fact that there were others like me, I realized it was time to start making a change in my life.
Following a date with my boyfriend, I found myself falling into a deep depression. The source of this depression was plain to see, (especially to my boyfriend who has been my biggest support throughout the constant loop of acceptance and denial regarding Monroe's death throughout our years together). The movie we had seen had dug up something deep within my heart which I had been avoiding.
The movie we had seen contained a scene in which a woman's twin brother was murdered right before her eyes. All the emotions I had been holding back came rushing to the surface. We left the theater -- something which, as a self-proclaimed movie fanatic I otherwise never would have considered. I'm certain everyone around us was under the impression that our date wasn't going well.
The evening that I returned home, I lay in bed feeling miserable with my eyes fixed on the ceiling. I'd been depressed for a while, plagued by nightmares and anxiety. That scene in the movie had awoken something deep inside of me.
While I've always been aware of my brother and increasingly aware of how painful his absence is, I'd reached a point where it was easier to tune it all out and try to pretend that I truly was born as an only child rather than half of a pair of twins.
Unfortunately, my years of effort had all come crashing down on me, and I was feeling lonelier than ever. Despite my boyfriend's best efforts at consoling me, we both knew this was something I had to face on my own, because it was a unique sort of pain that only I could understand.
So, determined for help, or at least answers, I turned to the one all-knowing deity of my generation – the Internet.
To my shock (because for some reason I had managed to convince myself that I sincerely was the only one facing this pain), I found several websites describing exactly what I was going through.
There were support groups for people like me – not people who had lost their twin after getting to know them, but people exactly like me, the twins who didn't even have the chance to say goodbye to their sibling and still felt the bitterness of being abandoned by their first best friend before they even knew what abandonment was.
I learned that twinless twins feel a strong drive to succeed enough for two people, because they want to make up for their sibling's absence, and this drive was part of what helped Elvis Presley rise to fame. (His middle name was originally spelled Aron to parallel the spelling of his twin's middle name, Garon, but he later changed the spelling when he longed to separate from his brother's death and form his own identity).
My studies also brought forth other information which answered more questions I'd been dwelling on for years. The loss of a twin causes a devastating deep-seated fear of abandonment.
So that's why, when the girl I was best friends with for five years cut me out of her life, I took it with as much heartbreak as a middle aged woman facing a divorce.
For years I wrote furious letters littered with profanities only to shred them and throw them away, every song I wrote was about how hurt I was by her actions and about how angry I was with her. I was acting as if a piece of me had died along with the ending of this youthful friendship.
The problem wasn't my friend leaving me, it was a part of me feeling as though my brother's death had been some sort of foreshadowing of what would happen throughout the rest of my life.
I was terrified that I was destined to regularly lose people, so those friends and loved ones I did form close bonds with were subjected to constant questioning as I contemplated escaping before they could hurt me or be taken away from me.
Thankfully, I've learned to manage this, through the love and support of those in my life.
Following all of my research regarding twinless twins was a lengthy period of sadness. My moments on campus at my college were spent in silence, I would avoid making eye contact with my friends for fear that they might strike up a conversation and try and see if I was alright. I intended to do as much work as I could without speaking, and leave immediately after.
I still have moments where I break down, I still fall back into old habits and worry that I'm going to be abandoned, but I manage my time wiser. I allow moments throughout the day for mourning and worrying, and once those moments have passed, I carry on with my life. Not just for Monroe's sake, but for my sake as well.
I learned what it was like to lose a loved one the moment I was born. It's ugly, agonizing, and the pain lasts a lifetime.
But at the same time, it's beautiful and it reminds you of everything there is to do and see in this world -- if not for your own sake, then for theirs. Monroe isn't here anymore, but if he was, I know he would be immensely proud of me.


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Saint Valnetine's Day Massacre might be a touch strong but the point will be made. Valentine's Day to me has never really been more than an inconvenience. Valentine's Day in my younger years meant taking little paper valentines for all my friends in grammar school and stuffing their shoe box taped to their desks. Teenage years didn't mean much and my twenties were hit or miss. Sometimes there was a chick around, sometimes there wasn't and sometimes there was a chick around but I didn't care enough to do anything on Feb. 14th with or for her. Meh.
There were ocassions that I went all out for someone on Valentine's Day if the wind was blowing just right and I had some cash in my pocket, which was a rarity. For some reason or another most of the girls/women I dated loved the holiday and wanted it recognized and marked with the usual jazz; flowers, candy, dinner, crotchless panties, ball gags. You know, the usual.
Armed with the Dixie cup of knowledge that I had of women I managed to meet my wife, we moved in together and got things going. She had always told me she didn't like the "Hallmark holiday" that is Valentine's Day. I just thought that was something chicks say to get in my pants and dismissed it. This woman also said she would never get married or have kids. Boom! Chalk two for the big guy! So forgive me if I didn't believe her and her thoughts on VD.....wait that doesn't look right....V-Day.
Our first V-Day together I thought that I would surprise her with a card and a modest gift of jewelry, nothing too over the top, just a little something. Because she is an accountant and manages our household finances as if we were are Fortune 500 company, she watches the accounts as such; multiple times a day. I knew that I had to be all Jason Bourne on this mission as sock away what cash I could. Every buck I got I would stash.
Once I had enough money I went to a jewelry store and picked out a bracelet for her that I thought was nice, ran to Osco and bought a card and waited for her to come home. As sat nervously at the kitchen table and farted around on the computer and when I heard the garage door open I was excited and couldn't wait to see how excited she was going to be. How I didn't listen to what she was saying and got to her core. How I really listened and knew that she wanted a present and a little romance on V-Day. How sweet I was for trying to hide it so I could surprise her. Oh man, I was going down in history as the greatest guy EVAH!!
Then she walked in.
"What's this?"
"I got you something," I said as I made my way over to her.
Without so much as a grin, cocking of the head, or loving glance she reached down and picked up the box, opened it and said blankly staring at me, "It's a bracelet."
Then she opened the card and read it with a similar blankness. Nothing. She lifted her head up to look at me and said, "But I wear a watch. How am I going to wear both?"
Lesson learned. When the lady tells you she doesn't want anything, don't buy her anything. Ever. I took the bracelet back to the store, got my money back and I'm pretty sure I drank it up. That's what I did in those days, and these days.
That's how things are in my house. I don't buy the wife gifts for any holiday. She doesn't want them and I don't want to have to worry about buying them. Being one of those jack-asses standing in line at Jewel today looking for the last dozen roses and a card on the way home from work. Whenever V-Day comes up and people ask what me what I'm getting for the wife and I tell them nothing, the response is always along the lines of, "she doesn't really mean that you moron. You better get her something."
When it does, I always share the story of the Saint Valnetine's Day Massacre.
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"Love must be sincere. End Racism."
Racism pervades every part of our lives. To deny the systemic nature of racial inequality is to deny love. We must not forget that love must be sincere. In order for love to be sincere we must end racism. In Romans 12:9, Paul tells us to hate what is evil. What could be more evil than racism? You can't follow God and not end racism.
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Prank It: Anonymously
I wrote a while ago on how to call someone anonymously for a little fun. But what if they don't accept phone calls from unknown numbers (like me)? Or screen their calls (like me)? Or are very conscious about their minutes (like me)? Here's an idea: Send anonymous, free text messages using AnonTxt.com!
I just tried sending a message to myself, and it came in, oh, half a second. This is great for non-US residents to text US residents for free, too. Enjoy.