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Ethiopia: Drought - 2015-2019
While Ethiopia battles residual needs from the 2015/2016 El Niño-induced drought, below average 2016 autumn rains in the southern and southeastern parts of the country have led to a new drought in lowland pastoralist areas, as well as in pocket areas across the country. As a result, some 5.6 million people in Ethiopia require emergency food assistance in 2017. In addition, 2.7 million children and pregnant and lactating mothers require supplementary feeding, 9.2 million people need support to access safe drinking water, 1.9 million households need livestock support, and 300,000 children between 6-59 months old are targeted for the treatment for severe acute malnutrition in 2017. Drought conditions are expected to peak during the dry December to March jilaal season, which is likely to lead to a sharper deterioration in livestock body conditions, and impacting milk production and nutrition status of the families that depend on livestock for their food and income. During the dry season, the response will be complemented by supplementary food based on regular screenings to ensure the most vulnerable are reached. (OCHA, 17 Feb 2017)
Southern and eastern Ethiopia continue to battle the impact of the Indian Ocean Dipole-induced drought, exacerbated by disease outbreaks, large scale loss of livelihood assets and displacement. The humanitarian situation countrywide has been further compounded by below average spring rains – the third consecutive poor/failed rains in the southern drought belt. [...] In the second half of 2017, some 8.5 million people will require emergency food assistance, some 3.6 million children and pregnant and lactating mothers will require supplementary feeding, some 10.5 million people will not have regular access to safe drinking water and some 2.25 million households will require livestock support. Partners also estimate that 376,000 children will become severely acutely malnourished until the end of 2017. (Gov't of Ethiopia, OCHA, 08 Aug 2017)
Since the revision of the Humanitarian Requirements Document (HRD) in August 2017, the humanitarian context in Ethiopia has continued to evolve which has led the Government and humanitarian partners to further adjust the HRD requirements. In the food sector the needs have been revised slightly upwards to accommodate an increase in the number of beneficiaries through the inclusion of 4 million former Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) clients in the HRD. In other sectors such as health and nutrition, needs have also continued to increase mainly due to the deteriorating nutrition situation in Somali region, increase in the number of displaced people, as well as the Fall Army Worm (FAW) outbreak that continues to ravage crops throughout the country. (Gov't of Ethiopia, OCHA, 19 Oct 2017)
Due to drought and large-scale displacement in the southern and south-eastern lowland areas of Ethiopia, humanitarian needs are expected to remain significant in 2018. As of September 2017, 1.3 million people, 64 per cent of whom are children, are displaced due to conflict and drought. The majority of these people will remain displaced in 2018. (UNICEF, 4 Jan 2018)
The meher assessment findings revealed that two previous years of consecutive drought, compounded with weak rains at the end of 2017 left hundreds of thousands destitute in southern and south-eastern Ethiopia. Poor pasture regeneration and limited water source replenishment for livestock have resulted in acute humanitarian needs and will reduce traditional recovery processes among pastoralist households. Consequently, the food security situation in the lowland agro-pastoral areas is not expected to improve significantly in 2018. Overall, the good harvest in highland areas, is expected to reduce large scale needs in the northern highlands, however reduced harvest and crop loss were experienced due to erratic rainfall in some potential areas. The multi-sector humanitarian response operation established over the course of 2017 will need to be sustained in 2018. The extent of needs and the corresponding humanitarian operation will be reviewed during the belg/gu/ganna assessment in June/July. (Gov't of Ethiopia, OCHA, 09 Mar 2018)
A recent FEWS NET survey in Dollo Zone of Somali Region suggests food security and nutrition outcomes have improved significantly in areas worst affected by drought in 2016 and 2017. These improvements are largely due to improvements in seasonal performance, continued humanitarian assistance delivery, and declines in disease outbreaks. Currently, worst affected areas such as Dollo Zone and much of southeastern Somali Region are in Crisis (IPC Phase 3), with humanitarian assistance preventing a further deterioration among some populations, particularly IDPs. While the risk of a deterioration beyond Emergency (IPC Phase 4) has declined, continued humanitarian assistance is needed through at least September... The 2018 Belg (March to May) rains performed very poorly over most northern Belg-producing areas, leading harvests to be as much as 40 percent below average and delayed by one to two months. (FEWSNET, 12 Jul 2018)
Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes are projected to persist through at least January 2019 across large areas of Somali Region, as drought recovery continues amidst recent conflicts. In addition, ethnic conflicts in Oromia along the Somali border and between West Guji of Oromia and Gedeo of SNNPR have caused significant displacement, restricting typical access to food and income sources. As a result, Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or Stressed (IPC Phase 2!) outcomes, only in the presence of humanitarian assistance, are projected to continue. (FEWSNET, 31 Aug 2018)
The Horn of Africa (HoA) (including northeast Uganda) is currently experiencing a prolonged drought, largely as a result of below average precipitation from the seasonal short rains (April-July) and long rains (October-December). Prevailing dry conditions across the region have led to the deterioration of farmland and pastures, loss of livestock, sharply increased food prices, and reduction of the availability of water in large areas of Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya. At the regional level, the number of severely food insecure people has increased to approximately 12 million, in large part as a result of the drought. Pre-existing protection, health, WASH, and shelter needs have been also been exacerbated. The humanitarian needs of the region's growing displaced population are of particular concern. (ACAPS, 22 Jul 2019)


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"Not So Fast!" New Era, Sept. 2008, 24–25
Not So Fast!
I was afraid my parents would catch me breaking my fast, but luckily, I caught myself.
I froze on tiptoe and listened hard. Was that creaking sound I heard my parents' door? No, they were still in their room, getting ready for church. I sighed in relief then continued silently up the stairs into the kitchen.
On most fast Sundays I didn't have too much of a problem making it to dinnertime without eating. But this morning I had awakened starving! I decided to sneak up to the kitchen and get just a little snack before church.
I poked my head into the pantry and checked my options. "No, no, no," I whispered to myself as my eyes flicked over wheat crackers and unripe bananas. Then I spied it—my absolute favorite cereal. It was sweet and crunchy, and all I needed was a handful to tide me over until dinner.
The cardboard box made a pleasant thwick sound as I opened it. My hand brought out a fistful of cereal. My mouth watered in anticipation, but before I could pop that first sweet piece in, I froze again.
This time it wasn't because I had heard a noise. It was because I felt a gentle but persistent nudge to my conscience. I knew I didn't really need to worry about my parents catching me eating when I was supposed to be fasting. I was old enough to decide for myself whether I would fast or not. So what was it going to be?
As I contemplated that delicious-looking handful of cereal, I realized it didn't matter whether I actually took a bite. If my heart wasn't in my fast, I might as well not be doing it at all. I had been kidding myself spiritually. Even if I didn't get caught with my contraband cereal, I would know, and more importantly, the Lord would know that a little treat was more important to me than my spiritual well-being.
The pieces of cereal clattered back into the box as I released my clenched hand. I said a silent prayer of gratitude for the lesson I had just learned. From then on when the first Sunday of the month came around, I would know I was fasting for the right reasons, my own reasons, and not because my parents or leaders expected me to.
As I walked back through the kitchen and down to my room, I didn't creep along on tiptoe like I had on the way up. This time, I walked with my head held high. The Spirit had taught me the blessings of a sincere fast, and I had chosen it for myself.

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The outlook for the hotel sector in Sub-Saharan Africa remains positive, with strong underlying long term economic and demographic fundamentals, despite the current slowdown in economies in the region. Many markets remain fundamentally undersupplied in the medium term, and several markets are heading into a new supply cycle. In 2016 we expect a moderate year for demand growth in the region, with a continued growth in the supply pipeline and an increase in transactions.
Following a strong recent period of economic expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa, we saw a slowdown in growth in 2015 to 3.4% with an outlook of 4.2% in 2016 and 4.7% in both 2017 and 2018, according to the latest World Bank forecasts. Pressure is coming from lower commodity prices, reduced consumption by trading partners, tightening of borrowing conditions, electricity shortages and select political instability. Currency fluctuation and currency access, as well as interest rate volatility, have increased investment risk.
Despite this slowdown, the current economic growth forecast of 4.2% for 2016 Sub-Saharan Africa is still well ahead of the global average of 2.9%. Numerous markets are expected to show high economic growth, including Ethiopia (10.2%), Cote d'Ivoire (8.4%), DRC (8.0%), Rwanda (7.4%) and Tanzania (7.2%). Economic growth has a direct and amplified impact on demand for hotel accommodation and consequently hotel profitability and supply growth. Air access continues to improve through global carriers like Emirates, Turkish Airlines and Qatar Airways and regional carriers like Kenya Airways and Ethiopian Airlines. Global corporate entry remains on a generally positive trajectory. Intra-regional trade is growing regional demand, whilst leisure demand is increasingly captured by the formal hotel sector.
East Africa will see the further maturation of the hotel sector, with substantial new supply coming online in Nairobi and with Dar es Salaam, Addis Ababa and Kigali all showing strong demand growth. Southern Africa continues to be dominated by South Africa, and we are at the start of a new, more moderate, supply growth cycle which will be led by Cape Town. Demand growth in South Africa should be strong in 2016, with the rebound of tourist arrivals following the lifting of restrictive visa regulations and the positive impact on global competitiveness following the devaluation of the Rand.
West Africa continues to be impacted by lower commodity prices, which have put pressure on hotel demand from resources-related industries and the public sector. However, opportunities continue to exist in various market segments in the region. In the Indian Ocean, Mauritius is coming out of a depressed trading climate, and has seen strong demand growth which should start to result in stronger room rates, and in the medium term, new supply. Demand growth is buoyed by the safe destination status of Mauritius, yet new air access and tourism promotion should ensure that this growth is sustainable. Several countries in the Sub-Saharan region including Zambia, Ghana and DRC have national elections in 2016, which will result in a slowdown in investment flows and hotel demand.
On the whole, we forecast demand growth in the region in excess of GDP growth at 5.0%-6.0%. Despite economic headwinds in 2016, the fundamentals remain strong and investment sentiment is generally buoyant. Interest from global real estate capital into Sub-Saharan Africa is growing, yet the majority of investment remains local and regional. Investment-grade assets continue to remain tightly held and consequently investment opportunities are development focused. In the medium term we see an improvement in liquidity and transparency, and a reduction in development cost and risk as the sector matures. In these times it is critical to take a long term view of demand fundamentals, and to have a good understanding of where the supply cycle is as markets remain thin. Significant risk-adjusted investment returns are on offer in the Sub-Saharan Africa hotel real estate sector, but doing your homework is crucial.


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Home-grown rookie Alex Dixon picked the perfect time to score his first professional goal, tallying deep into stoppage time to give the Houston Dynamo a dramatic 3-2 win over Real Salt Lake on Saturday at Robertson Stadium.
Dixon picked up a clearance and found space at the top of a crowded penalty area before hitting a sterling left-footed strike to the far post, sending the 16,247 screaming Dynamo fans home happy and sending Houston into second place.
The Dynamo twice had to rally from a goal down to keep their unbeaten record at home against RSL intact. Fabian Espíndola scored in the first half to give the visitors a 1-0 lead, and 17-year-old Luis Gil finished in the 60th minute to put RSL ahead 2-1.
However, Brian Ching combined with Brad Davis to tie things at 1-1 in the second half, and Bobby Boswell headed in his fourth of the season in the 69th minute to bring the score level once again for the Dynamo.
Dixon's goal proved the difference in a physical, back-and-forth battle. RSL came out of the locker room as the aggressor and set a physical tone to the match, and they got the better of the early chances, with Espíndola and Kyle Beckerman both testing the goal in the first 10 minutes. Houston came close to opening the scoring twice within a matter of minutes, but both Geoff Cameron and Carlo Costly came up empty, the latter due to an offside call.
RSL made the Dynamo pay for a momentary lapse of concentration when Espíndola latched on to a deflected pass in the 28th minute and beat Houston goalkeeper Tally Hall to the far post for a 1-0 lead at the half.
Houston turned the tables on RSL in the second half, coming out of the break firing on all cylinders. Their early aggression paid off following a beautiful combination involving Costly, Davis – who notched his league leading 12th and 13th assists on the night – and Ching that drew Houston level in the 47th minute. Costly laid a deft pass off to Davis at the top of the box. Davis fought through two defenders and squared a pass to the Houston captain, who poked a shot out of Rimando's reach to tie the score at 1-1.
Luis Gil came close to putting RSL back in front after dancing past Hall, but the young midfielder hit his shot just wide. However, he did not miss a minute later the youngster split Hunter Freeman and Boswell to latch onto an Espindola cross and head home RSL's second of the night.
With Houston frantic to pull the goal back, the Dynamo put their foot on the gas but came up empty on a handful of chances. Their fortunes changed in the 69th minute when Davis notched his second assist of the night by finding Boswell at the near post on a corner kick. The defender hit a glancing header that landed in the far-side netting to level the score at 2-2 with 20 minutes to go.
Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando made key saves on a Ching header and a Cameron drive from distance before Dixon's heroics settled the battle. The Dynamo extended their unbeaten streak to 5 games (3-0-2).
Houston improves to 35 points and jumps into second place in the Eastern Conference ahead of a road match against the Vancouver Whitecaps next Saturday. RSL remain on 36 points and will travel to California to face Chivas USA next Saturday.
Real Salt Lake (10-7-6) vs. Houston Dynamo (8-7-11)
August 20, 2011 -- Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX
Scoring Summary:
RSL -- Fabian Espindola 7 (Collen Warner 4) 28
HOU -- Brian Ching 5 (Brad Davis 12, Carlo Costly 1) 47
RSL -- Luis Gil 2 (Fabian Espindola 2) 60
HOU -- Bobby Boswell 4 (Brad Davis 13) 69
HOU -- Alex Dixon 1 (unassisted) 93+
Real Salt Lake -- Nick Rimando, Robbie Russell, Nat Borchers, Chris Schuler, Tony Beltran, Collen Warner (Andy Williams 46), Kyle Beckerman, Luis Gil, Arturo Alvarez (Jean Alexandre 85), Alvaro Saborio, Fabian Espindola (Paulo Araujo Jr. 62).
Substitutes Not Used: Chris Agorsor, Rauwshan McKenzie, Blake Wagner, Kyle Reynish.
Houston Dynamo -- Tally Hall, Hunter Freeman, Bobby Boswell, Andre Hainault, Corey Ashe, Colin Clark (Alex Dixon 81), Geoff Cameron, Je-Vaughn Watson, Brad Davis, Brian Ching (Calen Carr 92+), Carlo Costly (Cam Weaver 84).
Substitutes Not Used: Eddie Robinson, Kofi Sarkodie, Jermaine Taylor, Tyler Deric.
Misconduct Summary:
HOU -- Bobby Boswell (caution; Reckless Foul) 33
HOU -- Corey Ashe (caution; Reckless Foul) 58
HOU -- Je-Vaughn Watson (caution; Reckless Foul) 60
RSL -- Alvaro Saborio (caution; Reckless Tackle) 67
Referee: Abiodun Okulaja
Referee's Assistants: Craig Lowry; Adam Garner
4th Official: John McCloskey
Attendance: 16,247
Weather: Cleary-and-93 degrees
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial


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In C# I use LINQ and IEnumerable a good bit. And all is well-and-good (or at least mostly so).
However, in many cases I find myself that I need an empty
IEnumerable<X> as a default. That is, I would like
for (var x in xs) { ... }
to work without needing a null-check. Now this is what I currently do, depending upon the larger context:
var xs = f() ?? new X[0]; // when xs is assigned, sometimes
for (var x in xs ?? new X[0]) { ... } // inline, sometimes
Now, while the above is perfectly fine for me -- that is, if there is any "extra overhead" with creating the array object I just don't care -- I was wondering:
Is there "empty immutable IEnumerable/IList" singleton in C#/.NET? (And, even if not, is there a "better" way to handle the case described above?)
Java has
Collections.EMPTY_LIST immutable singleton -- "well-typed" via
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Q&A with Sarah Hendy
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For the third straight year, junior Sarah Hendy has qualified for the NCAA Division II National Championships in the discus. With the 2008 season still young, Hendy posted a mark of 158-4 at the
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HENDY- The San Diego City Championships is one of my favorite meets- we have the advantage of competing on our home field, and it co-occurs with family day. The combination of my nervousness and the support from my family and teammates was really encouraging and helped me compete well. Hitting an automatic qualifying mark so early in the season was such a relief.
Q- In addition to the discus, you also have some great throws in the shot put, including a top ten all-time throw in UCSD history. Which event do you prefer, shot put or discus? What are the differences in training and preparation for the two events?
HENDY- I prefer the discus- I find an odd grace in it- but have a lot of respect for the athletes who can handle a shot put. Other than specific training that caters to the mechanic requirements of each event, I wouldn't say that there are drastic differences between the two. In theory, they are equally challenging.
Q-One of your teammates and fellow throwers, Jillian Sola, has also produced great results in the discus and shot put events and is also a fellow junior. What is it like having a teammate with her ability? How do you help/push each other?
HENDY- I met Jillian at the State meet in high school when she medaled and I finished just after her, and for the past two years, we've consistently competed well and finished together. I feel honored and inspired to train with such an intelligent and experienced athlete. As a good competitor, she has helped me define what it means to be a part of high-caliber athletics. But she's also made my track experience uniquely fun; she's the kind of girl that will climb in the ice machine to make me laugh while I'm taking an ice bath and am in serious pain. She's awesome, that one.
Q-What's the biggest difference for you between your first day out on the track as a freshman and now in the present as a junior?
HENDY- I feel much more confident in myself as an athlete. Acclimating to collegiate-level training and competition required a lot of effort. I remember thinking, as a freshman, that I wouldn't survive my first season; the workouts tore me up and the women I competed against were grossly intimidating. But I learned to take that experience as a challenge to change my attitude, and as a result, competing now feels as natural as breathing.
Q- Coming off of two straight seasons where you got to compete in the NCAA D-II Championships, what individual goals did you set for this season? What team goals did you set?
HENDY- After two years of competing at Nationals, I feel more than ready to fight for the Championship title. Early in the season, I oriented my personal goals around hitting an automatic qualifying mark to secure entry to the meet, and now I'm focusing on competing to win. As for the team, we generally dedicate most of our energy toward the conference championships. And this year, with so much talent and motivation, I believe it's more than likely that UCSD can sweep the conference championship.
Q- What are you looking forward to as the season progresses both individually and from a team viewpoint?
HENDY- I'm always excited for the conference championships. UCSD track and field has proved to be a powerful and talented team, and I'm anticipating the highly competitive air at the conference meet to encourage great achievements, on both the individual and team levels. I've really enjoyed watching all of my teammates succeed, and can't wait to see what they can accomplish at the peak of the season.
Q- Describe some of your favorite memories involving track and field.
HENDY- I had never really thought about it, but the majority of our time together is defined by food, video games, and lovingly pestering Tony, our coach. At the Cal- Nevada championships, we went to dinner and Big Fred ordered some gigantic entree with a "side" of hamburgers and cheesecake. And after exhausting ourselves on Track and Field 2000 for N64, Jilly and I found an adorable Hello Kitty marshmallow lollypop at the nearby gas station and made another thrower give it to him because I couldn't control my hysterical laughter.
Q- Can you tell us the story of how you came to be a thrower? Did you play other sports?
HENDY- I started playing tennis when I was in elementary school, and was convinced that I would never put down my racket. But in the winter of my freshman year in high school, a friend on the varsity track team told me that I was "built like a thrower" and should consider trying out. He demonstrated the spin technique up and down the aisles in the auditorium we used for our drama class. I had no idea what a discus even was, but I was intrigued.
Q- How do you get pumped up before a meet?
HENDY- I try not to get excited, or I lose my focus. Normally, I just clear my mind of everything, save a few technical details.
Q- For you, what is the most difficult part about competing in a track and field meet?
HENDY- I think the most difficult part about competing is letting go of inhibiting circumstances- weather, stress, pain - and allowing myself to become totally immersed in the competition.
Q- Is there any other track & field event you have always secretly wanted to compete in?
Q- Any idea what the future holds beyond UC
HENDY- I've come to understand if I spontaneously (and intelligently) take advantage of whatever opportunity arises, regardless of my "plans", things seem to work out. But, if the opportunity for me to continue my education and then research dying languages in a Francophone country while actively participating in the environmentalist revolution as an organic farmer arises, then that is what my future holds.
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As consumers line up for its brand new iPad, some strategists worry that too many Wall Street houses are lining up behind Apple, sending its stock price up too far, too fast.
They also worry that Apple's recent outsized gains, which helped take the broader market higher, could deflate in a way that would also become a problem for the overall market.
Apple crossed the $600 mark for the first time Thursday, on the eve of its Friday morning iPad launch, but it gave back some gains to close lower on the day. The stock rose on Friday but remained below $600.
Apple has risen 45 percent so far this year, with its stock thundering across the $500 mark just a month ago. Apple has contributed about 34 percent of the Nasdaq 100's gains this year.
"It's logical for anybody to look at any stock that has gone parabolic and be concerned about its sustainability," said Lazard Capital Market's Art Hogan. But Hogan said Apple has solid product offerings with more to come, and its forward price earnings ratio of about 13 is still reasonable.
"If we think Apple is maturing as an industry, and they're no longer going to drive demand and something new is going to take over then we should be concerned," said Hogan. But that's not the case, he said.
Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore Thursday took Apple off the firm's high conviction list because of the strong performance of its shares, but the analyst said there is no change in "our medium/long term bullish view."
The action was cited as a reason why the stock sold off.
"The parabolic move typically happens at the end of the move, not at the middle," said Peter Boockvar of Miller Tabak. "Because of its size, it's going to have consequences for the rest of the market. It didn't today. The stock was down but the rest of the market held in.
I don't think people should ignore that Apple is trading in a parabolic way. It could end in flames. I'm not bearish on Apple. But whenever you see a stock go up like that, I don't care how great it is," Boockvar said.
As Apple touched $600, the S&P 500 Thursday reached the 1,400 level for the first time since June, 2008. The index remained above 1400 on Friday. It is up more than 25 percent since October, and analysts have been expecting the market to pull back.
Boockvar said he's getting more cautious on the market in general, and the activity around Apple just adds to his concerns.
Rising gasoline prices is another reason, and so is the recent creep in yields.
"This market has depended on cheap money. There's a problem if rates move much higher from here," he said. The 10-year was yielding 2.28 percent Thursday evening.
Boockvar pointed out that just this week a flurry of firms raised price targets on Apple, behavior that is often considered a sign of a coming top. Piper Jaffray raised its target above $700, and Bernstein gave Apple a target of $710 from $600. Morgan Stanley put Apple on its best idea list with a target of $720, and $960 next year.
Jefferies put a target of $699 on the stock, and raised its earnings estimates, noting the iPhone 5 could launch in the third quarter and iTV in the fourth quarter. It also said concerns about the new iPad are overdone. Cannacord Genuity raised its target to $710 and said its checks indicate record preorders for the new iPad.
UBS, meanwhile, raised its price target to $675, citing an anticipated October launch for iPhone 5. It also raised estimates for fiscal year 2013.
"We're seeing these sell side analysts raising price targets every day. This is the end of a move. I'm having déjà vu of 1999," Boockvar said.
But Apple has a lot of fans, and it seems to hit a home run with each new product. It also has nearly $100 billion in cash, and investors are holding out hope for a dividend.
ISI Group updated its view on Apple Thursday, because of the latest $100 point run. It concluded its review by raising its target to $650 and noting that "while iPhone's penetration opportunity has passed the early innings, we believe it's premature to fear "law-of-large numbers" issues. ISI raised its iPhone unit estimate for 2012 to 125 million, up 34 percent year over year and above its earlier 120 million estimate.
Apple is the biggest market cap stock in the world. At $600 a share, its market cap is $559 billion, now equal to 1.5 percent of global stock market value, according to Howard Silverblatt, index analyst with Standard and Poor's. But it is still smaller in market cap than Microsoft, when it peaked at a record $604 billion in 1999.
It has a 4.3 percent weighting in the S&P 500 , but that is below the historic high of IBM in 1982, when it had a 6.4 percent weighting.
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Col. Bud Day will make his final journey through the Emerald Coast Thursday before he is laid to rest at Barrancas National Cemetery at Naval Air Station Pensacola.
Col. Bud Day will make his final journey through the Emerald Coast Thursday before he is laid to rest at Barrancas National Cemetery at Naval Air Station Pensacola.
Some 300 to 500 vehicles are expected to accompany Day and his family, and crowds are expected to flank U.S. Highway 98 for the final sendoff.
�A lot of people are going to be lining up on the 98 corridor to show their support as the procession is going by,� said Travis Watkins, director of Davis Watkins Funeral Home, which is overseeing arrangements.
The procession likely will leave the Emerald Coast Convention Center on Okaloosa Island about 1 p.m. Watkins said he expects it to take at least two hours for the entire procession to make it to Barrancas.
Local law enforcement agencies will block intersections along U.S. 98 so the procession can stay together. They ask people to plan for traffic delays.
Watkins said he is recommending people stay off the highway if possible unless they are going to the service.
�People can expect with a massive funeral procession there are going to be some delays and should plan accordingly,� said Michele Nicholson, spokeswoman for the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. �As soon as everybody passes through, we will open up the intersections as quickly as possible.�
She said 22 sheriff�s posse members have volunteered to help with traffic control.
Crowds and displays of support for Day are expected along the route.
The Fort Walton Beach Fire Department will have a fire truck parked at City Hall and firefighters will stand at attention as the procession passes.
Navarre residents are planning to participate in the send-off, which is expected to pass through about 1:30 p.m.
The Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce has asked people to line the north side of U.S. 98 from west of the Navarre Beach Bridge to State Road 87. American flags will be handed out.
Day died Saturday at the age of 88 after a battle with cancer.
Watkins said local residents and others around Florida and the nation have called to ask how they can help or show their support for Day, a Medal of Honor recipient who served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, where he was held prisoner for five years and seven months.
�Bud was really such a great part of our community, and the family really feels all the support and prayers that have been sent,� Watkins said.
State Sen. Don Gaetz said Wednesday that Gov. Rick Scott has ordered the U.S. and Florida flags to be flown at half staff over the Capitol in Tallahassee and at public buildings in Okaloosa County.
The service could be the largest Northwest Florida has ever seen.
More than 2,000 people are expected to attend the funeral services at the Convention Center. Barrancas also is expecting a record crowd.
The Convention Center will open at 8 a.m. Doors to the ballroom will open at 8:45 and the visitation will begin at 9. The funeral service is set to start at 11.
Sen. John McCain, who shared a prison cell with Day in Vietnam, will speak along with U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, retired Air Force Gen. Ronald Robert Fogleman and two other Vietnam prisoners of war, Orson Swindle and Leo Thorsness.
U.S. Rep. Steve King of Iowa also will attend.
Burial at Barrancas is scheduled for 3 p.m.
People who want to attend the burial should have photo identification to get onto Naval Air Station Pensacola.


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16-55 inches. Dark gray, gray-green or olive above, yellow below. Young are pale gray, with a pinkish cast on the sides, with large, squared, alternating blotches. The markings of the young begin to disappear during their second year, but may persist in adults from the southwestern part of the State. The keeled scales are in 23-27 rows.
The yellow-bellied water snake can be less aquatic than the other water snakes and may be found some distance from water in wooded areas. It occurs in most habitats within Louisiana. They give birth to 14-32 young.
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Radiation therapy for childhood Hodgkin lymphoma
Radiation therapy uses high-energy rays or particles to destroy cancer cells. It is usually used to treat childhood Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). The healthcare team will consider your child's needs to plan the type and amount of radiation, and when and how it is given. Your child may also receive other treatments.
Radiation therapy is to destroy cancer cells in the body.
Children with HL are usually given radiation therapy after chemotherapy. Childhood HL is treated with external beam radiation therapy.
External beam radiation therapy
During external beam radiation therapy, a machine directs radiation through the skin to the tumour and some of the tissue around it. For childhood HL, radiation is given to only one or a few areas of lymph node known to have cancer. This is called involved field radiation therapy (IFRT). It uses the smallest radiation field possible, which can help lower the risk of late effects. Doctors will sometimes give an extra dose of radiation to bulky tumours.
Radiation therapy is usually given Monday to Friday. For a few minutes each day, radiation is directed at lymph nodes that have cancer. Radiation therapy usually lasts 2–4 weeks.
Radiation therapy may also be used before stem cell transplant. External beam radiation therapy is given to the entire body. This is called total body irradiation, or TBI.
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In order to perform its review, GAO has requested that certain campaigns provide a sample of the applications submitted to those campaigns for the 2005 CFC. The attached chart lists the charities for which a copy of the 2005 application is needed and its corresponding campaign code. (CFC Codes list)
We request that you send this information to the Office of CFC Operations via overnight express mail no later than April 14, 2006. The requested applications may be scanned and sent on a CD, if you prefer. Whether by paper or digital format, please ensure that all required documents for each CFC application are provided.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) appreciates your full cooperation and timely response during this review. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Pamela Rodgers Jones at 202/606-2564 or by e-mail at email@example.com
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0004 – Tennessee Valley CFC
American Heart Association
0005 – Heart of Alabama CFC
United Methodist Children's Home
0030 – South Central Alaska
Alaska Women's Resource Center
0051 – Arizona CFC
Ft . Huachuca Cavalry Association, Inc.
0052 – Maricopa County CFC
Jewish Family & Children's Service of Southern Arizona, Inc.
0090 – Kern, Inyo, and Mono Counties CFC
Kern River Valley Senior
0092 – Indian Wells Valley CFC
National Kidney Foundation of Southern California
0096 – Los Angeles Area
PDAP of Ventura County, Inc
0101 – Northern California CFC
Siskiyou Opportunity Center
0106 – San Francisco Bay Area CFC
California Parenting Institute
Catholic Social Service of Solano County
Service for Brain Injury
Bayview Hunters Point Multipurpose Senior Services, Inc
0107 – Central Valley/Sierra
Health Care and Medical Research Alliance
Asian Perinatal Advocates
0111 – Central California Coast CFC
California Literacy, Inc.
0115 – Ventura County
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles
Junior Achievement of Southern California
0116 – Kings Tulare Counties CFC
Deaf & Hard of Hearing Service Center
0140 – Pikes Peak Campaign
ARC/Pikes Peak Region
0141 – Metropolitan Denver Area CFC
Community Food Share, Inc.
Boy Scouts of America Denver Area Council
Cleo Parker Robinson's New Dance Theater
0163 – Western Central CT CFC
Green Chimney's Children's Services
Spanish Community Progress Foundation
0192– Central Florida CFC
Catholic Charities of Orlando, Inc.
0197 – Suncoast CFC
Citrus Center Boys and Girls Clubs
0198 – Manasota
Children's Home Society of Florida, Gulf Coast Division
0199 – Treasure Coast CFC
Center for Family and Child Enrichment, Inc.
0211 –Metropolitan Atlanta CFC
Collections of Life & Heritage, dba The Apex Museum
Grady Rape Crisis Center
0225 – Hawaii – Pacific Area CFC
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Honolulu
0231 – Eastern Idaho Western Wyoming CFC
Y.M.C.A. (Day Care Program)
0243 – Southern Illinois CFC
Interfaith Worker Justice
0249 – Chicago Area CFC
O'Hare Federal Employees Child Learning Center, Inc.
Friends of the Fox River
Gary Neighborhood Services, Inc.
Clara's House Shelter
0258 – Northern Illinois CFC
Bethany Christian Services – Illiana
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Rock County
0280 – Crane Area CFC
Muscular Dystrophy Association of Indiana
0303 – Central Iowa CFC
Marion County Elderly Nutrition
0372 – Greater New Orleans
Mental Health Association in Louisiana
0374 – Louisiana Middle District
The Arc of GNO, Inc .
0376 – CFC of Acadiana
Hospice of Acadiana, Inc.
03770 – Northeast Loisiana CFC
Ouachita Council on Aging, Inc.
0395 – Portland
Tedford Shelter
0405-CFC of Central Maryland
People's Community Health Center, Inc.
Teen Challenge Of Maryland
Peoples Settlement Association
Wesley Housing Development Corporation of Northern Virginia
0409 – St. Mary's County CFC
Bread for the City, Inc.
Child Development Center of Northern Virginia,
0427 – Eastern Massachusetts
Boys and Girls Clubs of Medford and Somerville
0457 – Greater Kalamazoo
Comstock Community Center
0462 – South Central Michigan
Community Respite Center
0476 – Lake Superior CFC
Community Senior Citizen Center of Hibbing
0500 – Southern Mississippi
American Red Cross – Southeast Mississippi Chapter
0524 – Heartland CFC
Associated Youth Services
0528 – Gateway CFC
March of Dimes – Greater Missouri
Twin Rivers Search and Rescue, Inc.
House of Pais, Inc.
0571 – New Hampshire Southern Maine CFC
Peaks Island Children's Workshop
Heritage United Way, Inc.
0580 – South Jersey CFC
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth County, Inc.
0589 – Northern New Jersey
Rock Brook School
Long Island Toy Lending Center for Children w/ Disabilities
0606 – Central Northern New Mexico CFC
New Mexico VOICES for Children
0626 – New York City
Boys & Girls Harbor, Inc.
Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers, Inc.
St. John's Episcopal Hospital
Paul J. Cooper Center for Human Services
0627 – Chemung Steuben Counties CFC
Assoc. for the Protection of the Adirondacks
0637 – Greater Utica Herkimer County CFC
Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse
0639 – West Point – Orange–Rockland–Sullivan CFC
New York Rivers United
0642 – Long Island CFC
Operation Get Ahead
0682 – Cincinnati Metro Area CFC
Brown County Counseling
0711 – Muskogee Area CFC
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
0712 – Central Oklahoma CFC
Compassionate Friends
Community After School Program
0727 – Klamath and Lake Counties CFC
KIDS Center
0728 – Columbia River/Willamette Valley CFC
Feral Cat Spay/Neuter Project
0746 – Greater Harrisburg Area
0749 – North Central Pennsylvania
NAMI Pennsylvania
0751 Philadelphia Area CFC
United Way of Gloucester County
American Red Cross, Southeastern Pennsylvania
Githens Center (Burlington County Cerebral Palsy Association)
Women's Christian Alliance
0754 – Southwest Pennsylvania
PROGRAM for Female Offenders, Inc., The
0770 – Rhode Island Area
Diabetes Foundation of RI, Inc. 401-72
0775 – Shaw, Sumter, Clarendon, Lee Area
Juvenile Diabetes Research
0805 – Greater Chattanooga Area CFC
Vital Center, Inc.
0831 – Central Texas CFC
Prevent Child Abuse Texas
0852 – San Antonio Area CFC
American Cancer Society
0870-Uthah Southwest Region
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver
Make A Wish Foundation of Utah
Easter Seals Utah
0880 – Vermont and Upper Valley
American Red Cross, Northern Vermont Chapter
0896 – Virginia Peninsula
a Welsh Adult Skills Program
0897 – South Hampton Roads
Academy of Music, The
0898 – Quantico CFC
ALS Association - DC/MD/VA Chapter
0923 – King County CFC
ElderHealth Northwest
0927 – Island County
Lands Council, The
0932 – Olympic Peninsula CFC
Crista Ministries
0945 – Mid Ohio Valley CFC
Wood County Senior Citizens Association, Inc.
0957 – Badgerland CFC
Alzheimer's Association , South Central Wisconsin Chapter
0990 – National Capital Area
Young Audiences of Maryland, Inc.
Friends of Guest House, Inc.
TERRIFIC, Inc.
Baileys Elementary School, PTA
Center for Children, Inc.
Children's Hospital Foundation
Harvest Institute, The
Street Schools for At-Risk Youth
Armed Services YMCA of the USA
Green Corps, Inc.
American Diabetes Association
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Henry Winkler has managed to stay in the comedy zeitgeist for more than 40 years, from his star-shot to fame on "Happy Days" in 1974 to the fourth season of "Arrested Development" on Netflix. These days Winkler continues to make recurring appearances on the USA series "Royal Pains" and the Adult Swim series "Children's Hospital." Additionally, he continues to publish children's books and act as a spokesman for issues as diverse as dyslexia and the use of therapeutic Botox in stroke victims.
With the latest episodes of "Arrested Development" freshly streaming online and his "Ghost Buddy" books expanding into foreign countries (Italy being the latest), Winkler recently shared a few thoughts on his career with Show Tracker.
I imagine every interview you've had over the last seven years has involved someone asking about more "Arrested Development" in some way.
That is so true. No matter where I go in the world. I was just in Italy, introducing our children's books, and they asked me that question. That was three weeks ago. I said, "It's coming!" My Twitter is ablaze.
Have people started asking you about when the movie is coming now?
No, because you know what happened? I had a long talk with ['Arrested Development' creator Mitch Hurwitz], and he said, "I want to do the movie" — and this was before the television show — "but how do I get the three or four years that the show has been off the air and bring all of those characters up to date in two hours? It's impossible." So then he thought of doing all these episodes; each one or two episodes is a character. He was able to bring them up, and possibly a movie will follow. But I have to say, at this moment, it's so successful on Netflix, I'm hoping there's another season.
What's your preferred viewing order for the new episodes?
I always start from the beginning. My wife is a stickler about, if we have something TiVoed and there are three or four of them, I cannot watch the most recent one. I must watch them in order. With something like "Arrested Development," I'd go in order, because it's confusing enough as it is. Someone said, "Hey, where's the logic?" I said, "That word has never been used about this show in its entire career."
You must have a pretty good instinct: "Happy Days," the first "Scream" movie, "Children's Hospital."
We just finished "Children's Hospital" last week for the new season. Again, I show up, I don't have the slightest idea what they're talking about. I just say the words and sometimes say, "Could you explain this to me? Because I'm not getting it." There's no logic there. It's just brilliant.
Does one job lead to the next?
I don't know if there's a progression. I am invited sometimes to be part of a cast. I'm going in July to do "Royal Pains." You go for a few episodes. I was only hired on "Arrested Development" to do one episode, and all of a sudden, Barry stayed for three years. And now I'm in the new episodes. I live a charmed life. The honest truth is I love my work — and that I get to do it every day. And then out of that, I'm invited to be the spokesperson for the therpeutic use of Botox for stroke victims. And then I think that sounds good. Then I go on the road for the last three years and I meet patients who have had the therapy. I meet caregivers, I meet family members and I see the result. And I fell into this unbelieveable thing. I met a woman who said, finally, after 2 1/2 years, it was the first time I was able to put my arm around my daughters. It's really incredible. Because Botox has only been thought about as cosmetic, and originally they started using Botox neurologically. Now it's for the muscle structure.
You must be on the road quite a bit.
I am. I think I travel 88% of the year. I just got back from Italy, where I introduced my children's books to the Italians for the first time. Now they're in seven or eight countries.
In your days after "Happy Days," I read you had a hard time figuring out what your next purpose would be and how difficult that was. Do you still have goals or things you're setting out to do, or are you just taking things as they come along?
That is my goal. My goal is to be open enough and healthy enough so that whatever comes down the road, I can get into that car and see where it takes me.
Any talk of any reunions for the 40th anniversary of "Happy Days" next year?
My producing partner and I did a reunion in 2006. At that time, it was the definitive reunion. But I swear to you, I don't know what will come along. For us that lived it, it's a pretty big event 40 years ago. And people are still talking to me about it as though it was on yesterday.
Has Barry Zuckerkorn replaced the Fonz as the first thing people bring up with you?
I swear to you it depends on the generation. People all over the world asked me before the show started, "When is the movie coming? I've seen every show 90 times!" Younger kids talk to me about the books. They only know me as an author. Other people know the adult book I did, about fly-fishing for trout, "I Never Met an Idiot on the River." So sports people talk to me about fly-fishing for trout. People love "Royal Pains."
Do you find it easy to be able to slide between all these different types of people?
I live by two words. "Tenacity": That gets me where I want to go. And "gratitude," which doesn't allow me to be angry along the way, so that I can be open to all of these wonderful people that come and say hello to me.
So many of your roles seem to come about mainly through your friendships in the industry. Is that how it's worked out for you?
It's true, I must say. "Children's Hospital," they asked if I would consider it. I said, "Consider it? I'm so appreciative that you thought of me!" And I've been there for five years. Last year, Rob Corddry and the team won the Emmy for best short-form TV show on the air.
I understand that when you started playing the Fonz, the network was nervous about you wearing a leather jacket. But you could only wear it when you were in a scene with your motorcycle?
Garry Marshall made that deal. On his way back from Century City to Paramount Studios, on the way up Melrose, he stopped, because there were no cellphones back then, and said, "You will never write an episode without the motorcycle again." ABC thought I was going to be associated with crime. I auditioned for Michael Eisner and Barry Diller, who were at the network at the time. Before they ever came to Paramount to take over. Amazing.
Do you ever face restrictions on how you create your characters these days?
No. Remember all three are on cable. So there are much less restrictions. Now, in order to fight cable's drain of the audience, you'll notice network television is becoming much more open than it's ever been.
What would you say is one of the biggest risks you've taken in recent years, performance-wise?
Just saying yes. I just did a Broadway play, in October/November. It was called "The Performers." It was the Academy Award night of the porn industry. It was unbelievably well-written, funny, great cast. Ari Graynor, who is now in a new show called "Bad Teacher." Cheyenne Jackson, who was just in "Behind the Candelabra." We closed in seven performances. You don't know. All you do is take the risk to say yes. I always see myself as working Las Vegas. I'm the chip. I put myself in the slot. I reach over. I pull the handle and slide in. And sometimes it's a bonanza. And sometimes you lose.


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So decided to relax and watch films yesterday to learn some more cinematic techniques and what not. I watched this movie. Wow, talk about twisted it was pretty twisted and a lot of blood shed. Don't take my word for it but watch it. One word, there is a way to stop that device I figured it out, I'm sure if you can think outside the box, you know it too. I kind of wish the ending was different but it wasn't oh well, boo hoo, lol. Well watch the movie, here's the IMDB link, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2193215/
By the way this movie whether you like it or not was made for around 25 million, as of August 8, 2014 it has grossed 71 million worldwide, is it the storyline, the big names, the storyline, plot, who knows, fox 2000 studios, scott free productions and others took a risk and won.


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Opinion: Teachers Unions' v. Poor Kids
Senior editorial writer Collin Levy on a Louisiana judge's striking down the state's voucher program.
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Horstman Studio and Sculpture Park provides studio and exhibition space for two award winning artists, Carol Sue and Donald Horstman. Both artists have work in many corporate and private collections. The sculpture park provides a natural setting for contemporary outdoor sculpture.
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Ryan avoids the rain
ST. PETERSBURG — Sorry for the delayed entry here. It's the second inning, but I had to spend most of the pregame here at Progress Energy Park downstairs, trying to figure out if the Jays and Rays would get this game in in between the raindrops.
The game didn't start until around 1:25 and just in case the rain picks up again, Toronto sent B.J. Ryan to the mound as the starter. In his Grapefruit League debit, Ryan turned in one shutout inning, striking out two and finishing the stint with 12 pitches (8 strikes).
Jesse Litsch is scheduled to take the mound in the second and is down to work four innings, weather permitting. On another note, Melky Cabrera and Shelley Duncan have been hit with suspensions for their part in the Rays-Yanks brawl the other day and they won't be available for a few of the games in the season-opening series against Toronto.
Today's lineups:
TORONTO (5-10) at TAMPA BAY (9-3-1)
at 1:25 p.m. ET at Progress Energy Park
David Eckstein, SS
Scott Rolen, 3B
Alex Rios, RF
Vernon Wells, CF
Matt Stairs, DH
Shannon Stewart, LF
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Aaron Hill, 2B
Rod Barajas, C
PITCHING: LHP B.J. Ryan, RHP Jesse Litsch, LHP Scott Downs, LHP Brian Tallet, RHP Jeremy Accardo
Elliott Johnson, 2B
Carl Crawford, LF
Willy Aybar, 3B
Cliff Floyd, DH
Eric Hinske, 1B
Dioneer Navarro, C
John Rodriguez, RF
Reid Brignac, SS
Jon Weber, CF
PITCHING: RHP Edwin Jackson
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The suspensions do give the jays a bit of an advantage but cabrera is their 4th outfeilder and duncan is supposed to be on the bench i think so doesn't make much of a difference….
Good to know that they gave Ryan the first inning to picth…
Cabrera is actually their starting center fielder.
Harrypotter is refering to the fact that skill wise, Cabrera is on par with a 4th outfielder.
He's the Yankees Adam Lind. Someone who wouldn't be playing unless people are sick, or are old and unable to field their positions like Johnny Damon and Matsui.
Im glad to see John Parrish and Randy Wells havn't been sent down to the minors yet ! Those guys could help out this year.
Parrish has definately impressed me this spring…i would love to see him as our long reliever and if litsch struggles (which i think he might…3 ER allowed today, i only hope he was working on a new pitch to justify is subpar outing) Parrish can certainly step up…
Good to see Marcum add that sinker…I think Halladay is having a really positive effect on some of these guys.
Rios hit a HR…lets hope he can build on it…
why was rolen taken out with only one atbat???
nvm i see now that he had 2 walks….ignore that question
I have never been a fan of Tallet and this outing didn't help him at all…I believe Wolfe is better than him and he shouldn't be in our bullpen…in situations where you need to record only one out and there is a runner on base…he always seems to give up a hit/run (kinda like frasor)
I say the bullpen be:
Ryan, League, Accardo, Downs, Wolfe, Parrish, (frasor/benitez/wells)
I guess Purcey isn't close to being ready…they sent him down already…hopefully he will be ready halfway through the season or next season.
Benetiez still has to pitch…hope he does pretty good…It would be awesome to have him like he was a few years ago….
There are a few people still in camp which i can't help but wonder why? if coats got sent down…then why haven't neilsen and some other unknowns been sent down?
What is Tallet's job? I mean, is he being considered a left-handed batter specialist? If Parrish continues to have a good showing as a starter/long reliever, he could be kept instead of Tallet.
I hope Parrish is kept instead of Tallet but Gibbons seems to be too high on Tallet….
I'm not sure that Gibbons is a big Tallet supporter. Last year, for example, Tallet got sent down to AAA at the beginning of the season even though he thought he was a lock for a spot in the pen after his decent 2006. Things might have changed in a year, though, so who knows.
And, no, Tallet is not a left-handed hitter specialist. If I remember right, his numbers are actually pretty bad against lefties. Personally, I'm hoping Parrish gets a shot, but we'll see what happens….
Seeing as Tallet had much better numbers vs. righties last year he can hardly be called a lefty specialist. I've never been a big fan of his and his spring showing is not helping to change my opinion of him. He is out of options I believe so we do risk losing him if he gets sent to AAA.
If JP makes any deal to improve this team, he should get a lefty specialist. Downs is not brought in to deal specifically with lefties since he is good against righties also. Another lefty in the pen wouldn't hurt, provided they can actually get lefties out!
i still dont understand why so many people are so big on parrish. this guy is 30 years old, his walk to stickout ratio isnt that great, and seriosuly hasnt been that great. i'd personnally rather see wells and/or frasor in the pen, and parrish as a backup plan in syracuse.
as for tallet, don't forget his year last year, which was 3.47 ERA over 62 IP. not bad numbers.
purcey is most likely more in the running in 09. depending on the year he has in AAA. he had a great showing in the AFL, but lets wait and see if hes the same way in syracuse, and if he is he could receive a good look, and also in the case of an injury.
as for neilsen (and i could be corrected here – im not sure) but i think he's just in minor league camp, and comes along for some of the road games – therefore he's not in major league camp, but in the minor league camp.
why is everyone down on tallet ? its just spring training numbers, and i think his preformance over the past 2 years should win him a spot.
now im not a big tallet fan either, but i still think he's more then solid enough to have a spot in toronto's bullpen.
as for supprizes in the pen, i would like to see camp,
(spring training numbers)
4 Hits against
recieve a good look for leaving with toronto.
let me know what you think…
Spring training is exatly what it is most of the pitchers are working on new pitches and the hitters are working on their swings,The Jays will come together in the last 10 games.
I think we have the best team in our divison and with luck we will win 96 or more games this year go Jays go.
I dont like Tallet either but canadian is right.
As for Camp I would like to see more of him so far so good.
I hadn't noticed Camp…maybe him/wells and a fwe other people could duke it out for the final spot…
Why do i like Parrish? I think he got his control…he can finally throw pitches over the plate and with the speed he throws at he would definately be a huge help…remember he isn't famous cause he never had good control…
Why don't i like tallet? Everytime i saw him come in with runners on base, he usually gave up a hit and gave up atleast a run…most of those times he himself didn't surrender a run but instead let the inherited runners score…another reason for the low ERA is because whenever he came in without a runner on, he usually gave up a hit or two but didn't let the runner score….
I think 96 wins is getting a bit ahead of ourselves…but if the injury bug doesn't bite us…we should definately be in contention
I personally don't think we need to bring in another bullpen arm…but maybe a good starter for a year until we could have purcey, and litsch duke it out…
Sorry about the "left-handed specialist" remark, but that came from his 2007 splits – ERA vs. left = 2.31, ERA vs. right = 4.15. Batting average is an opposite trend for him.
Brett Cecil was a closer, but I think there's been talk of converting him into a starter. Here's a scouting report on him, although it's a little old:
Cecil – Starter
with numbers like that, lets play it out with him as a starter for at least a while.
if it doesnt work out, we can always use him as a reliever when he gets up to the major league level.
and isnt not letting the runner score whats important ?
if he gives up a hit, i can deal with that, but when hes giving up multiple runs thats when youve got a problem.
besides if im not mistaken tallet held hitters to a 215 average last year.
thats seriosuly not to bad.
still i dont fell like defending tallet – i think the better point is that tallet has proved himself over the past two years, and parrish is better as an insurance pitcher incase soemthing goes wrong.
still rooting for parrish to make the team, but i dont think it should really be at tallet's fault.
i think the team is prety well set with depth. if worst comes to worse, we can give banks a shot at the major league level as well. he held his own in syracuse last year, and if he are stuck for a starter, we could give him a shot.
Although ERA isn't always the best way to gauge a pitcher, it's interesting to see how Tallet's ERA goes up depending on how many outs there are. His splits from last season:
0 out: 2.29 in 19.2IP
1 out: 3.74 ERA/21.2IP
2 outs: 4.29 ERA/21.0IP
Interesting stuff, although 4.29 still isn't all bad….
i wouldnt read too much into that, but either way 4.29 is still decent.
anyways im out for the night.
last question. does anyone know where cecil is expected to start this year ? is he starting in A+ ( dunedin ) ??


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You can bandy about all the earnest statistics and well-meaning initiatives and heavily funded social engineering experiments you want.
You can wring your hands and tug your forelock and lie awake at night desperately seeking solutions for the crushing poverty and rampant criminality, for the open-air drug market and the mentally ill street wanderers.
You can build more low-income housing and actively campaign for grassroots help, from the experts and the non-profits, from the government and the rich, and even from the middle class that pays the bills to make the city livable for everyone.
But it still boils down to this: If you want to turn the Downtown Eastside — relentlessly branded as Canada's poorest postal code, a notorious cesspool of enabled addicts, revolving-door criminals, sanctioned poverty and supervised narcotic consumption — into a place where families want to live, where it is safe to walk the streets and where felons and drug addicts are treated, well, like felons and drug addicts, then you need to face facts.
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If you were a right-thinking person, the kind who eschews Liberal guilt and instead leans toward the crisp clarity of the real world, you would look to human behaviour and civic history before you decide to launch a $1-billion, 30-year concept called the Downtown Eastside Local Area Plan.
That plan, announced by the city last week, is floating a dreamy look at developer-unfriendly DTES housing, including 4,400 units of new or replacement housing over the next 30 years, with micro units of 250 square feet and a firm hand on the runaway high-profile density that has so altered the downtown skyline.
It is, not to put too fine a laser on it, an effort to put even more low-income housing in an area already over-saturated with folks who might best be served residing in more healthy environs. That is, anywhere but the DTES.
But that's where the pipe dream comes in, because it's clear we decided long ago to ensure that those few blocks of downtown real estate would be reserved for social chaos.
For those too young to recall, or too new to town to have yet absorbed its history, it wasn't always so. The corner of Main and Hastings was once a vital social destination where busloads of schoolchildren from the growing suburbs would pull up outside the Carnegie Museum (now a community centre guarded by patrolling drug dealers) and spend the day exploring the wonders of mummies and archeological artifacts.
A spot where you could park at dinner time, right on Hastings and Columbia, and pop in for a fresh serving of Alaska black cod at The Only Seafood Cafe, returning to a car with all its windows intact. Where moms and daughters could spend the day strolling the shops on the retail strip from Army & Navy to Eaton's, stopping for lunch at the Woodward's food counter, no purse-clutching required.
Where the lovely Pantages Theatre was a vaudeville hot spot, where a woman in a pretty dress and a man in a nice suit might go on a date, before the historic hall was allowed to decay and fall to a wrecking ball.
The kind of place you could wander about night or day without fear of being stabbed, robbed or accosted, but for the stumbling about of an occasional harmless drunk spilling out of a residential hotel, originally home to the disenfranchised and unemployable men who migrated to the big city from the logging and forestry camps.
Today, there is much warranted sympathy for those living in the DTES who suffer from our collective failure, especially at the government level, to compassionately treat the truly mentally ill.
But one does grow weary of the attention paid, and money spent, on the thousands of others in the DTES who have wilfully chosen crime and addiction as their life's calling.
Surely there is nowhere else on the planet where there are, per capita, more social agencies, free handouts, homeless shelters, subsidized housing, soup kitchens and blind-eyed acts of illegality than in the DTES, where uncounted millions have been spent over many decades on a few thousand people living in a few square blocks, all of it vainly trying to fix a problem that has become so entrenched it defies a solution.
So where, one wonders in the face of the city's latest overture of taxpayer largesse and social optimism, is the budget for the cleanup crew?
Because until we apply the moral and legal standards to the DTES that we do to every other community in Metro Vancouver, it will never change. And we'll have no one to blame but ourselves.


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My mother constantly posts things on Facebook that she directs at me or tries to include me in that have to do with how great she thinks Fox News is and how evil all other news is. I have tried voicing my opinion that I do NOT like Fox News because I find them to be biased and bigoted. However, she is in far too deep. She is one of those conspiracy theorist tea party loving people. Completely brainwashed.
I honestly cannot stand hearing about it anymore. She is not willing to listen to my side, so why should I listen to hers? She is trying to argue, not debate. She comes off as very condescending, telling me I am wrong about everything, and mocking me for being an atheist.
Most of the rest of my family doesn't have FB, thankfully, except my brother. He likes to get into arguments just as much. He also openly admits to breaking gun laws and how he thinks the government is coming for him. He thinks anyone who thinks differently is just uneducated and beneath him.
I really don't know what to do. Sure, they are family, but I am tired of the disrespect.
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ah fbook.. i'll friend u there. friend my friends majority freethinkers
I hope you can get past this problem with your mom Kelly. I have the same problem from the opposite side - the parent side with a parent/child ideological divide. One of my children is very religious (let's call him Ralph) and when I hear about all the mumbo jumbo stuff Ralph belongs to I want to sit him down and convince him that he is on the wrong path.
But I don't. I try and lead by example and try to show him I respect his choices. From a Christian/Atheist marriage where I thought all three children would figure it out and didn't push and let them all go to church, two are more or less in my camp.
That third one sometimes drives me crazy - but I don't force discussions and never post anything on his facebook page.
Hang in there, Kelly! When I go to my oncologist's every six months (gone into remission with leukemia twice because of him) he always has Fox on to entertain and inform the old folks whom he assumes only want to watch Fox. I have not told him my opinion of Fox. I depend on this guy for my life. So I bite my tongue. He has stickers on the walls of each examining room with the words, "Lawsuit Abuse" in a circle with a diagonal line through it -- something we joke about, as he knows I am an attorney. And he is almost apologetic about being a Republican. I think he knows his party is fighting for him, as he surely makes a good living, which he's also apologetic about. Well, I have said too much.....
James, you hang in there too. I think it is sad an oncologist finds logic from Fox News.
Try to focus on what you need to do to take care of your needs. Family is family and you will alway have empathy for them.
I thought everyone liked the American version Pravda. They fit in so well with the christian nation.
Sorry for your suffering, Kelly. I would be tempted to just sarcastically agree with everything she says about Fox News.........Yes Mother, Fox News tells it like it is!!!!........they're the greatest!!!!!! Definitely a tough situation if you have to live with one or both of these people. The silver lining is that your "critical thinking skills" are "up and operating" at an early age. You are able to see the world as it is. That is something that a lot of folks don't figure out until much later in life (and many, not at all).
I don't know who has convinced all the 'gun nuts' that the government wants to take their guns away. Must be the NRA. I am a gun owner but I have no delusion that the gov't is going to take mine, or anybody else's guns. It's worth mentioning that, although I support the 2nd Amendment, it was drafted and ratified before modern firearms were even invented - No revolvers, no semi-automatic pistols or rifles, no lever-action rifles, and certainly no fully-automatic rifles.
Hang in there, gal. All of us HERE know that you are on the side of reason and logic, even though your family fails to realize that.
My father is a bit like this. He's a crazy conspiracy theorist type and very conservative. He lives in the middle of nowhere and mostly watches Fox. First things first, you can only control what you can control. You cannot control her actions or reactions. You can only control your own. As for arguments/discussions, the point isn't really to win. Thinking like that gets you nowhere.
The fact of the matter is that all arguments begin in agreement. That is, you can't have an argument if you literally disagree about everything. You are both humans, with similar backgrounds and similar upbringings. Based purely on that alone, you've got a lot in common. The trick is to find the common ground. Instead of focusing on the things you disagree about, try to find the things you do agree about. Often we tend to argue past one another without realizing that we actually agree. If you can find the common ground, then the places where you REALLY disagree will become more apparent and THEN you can address those issues.
If you really want to get through to her, I suggest finding some lectures of argumentation and rhetoric. If I can convince my dad that Obamacare is actually a step in the direction that Jesus would have us go, then there's hope for the rest of humanity. We just have to learn how to argue our case. The first step, however, is recognizing that we are not yelling at an enemy, but rather trying to liberate an ally from ignorance. At the same time, we have to be willing to admit when we're wrong as well. It's a two way street.
Kelly, I've dropped on facebook my brother because of an issue like this. You are not obligated to be her friend on facebook. You could always shoot a warning shot over her head: "if you don't stop sending me fox news crap, I will unfriend you on facebook." Or you could just unfriend her (and your brother as well). Or block them.
I go on facebook to catch up with friends and family that I'm interested in. Some of them are mind-bogglingly conspiracy-theorist jesusloving crazy wingnuts, but don't pester me personally with their crap, so I just scroll over and move on.
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Senate panel opens door for BP rig workers' families to sue
WASHINGTON — The Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday approved a bill to help the families of the 11 victims of last year's Deepwater Horizon blowout by changing outdated federal maritime laws, one going back to the 1850s, to make it possible to recover damages from BP, rig operator Transocean and rig subcontractors.
The Deepwater Horizon Survivors' Fairness Act would amend the Jones Act and the Death on the High Seas Act to allow the victims' families to claim non-compensatory damages, such as pain and suffering and loss of companionship. Both laws prohibit such claims. The bill also would change the Shipowners' Liability Act of 1851, which limits a vessel owner's liability to the value of the vessel and its freight.
The Death on the High Seas Act, which dates to the 1920s, effectively prevents the victims' families from suing BP, Transocean and the other companies involved by limiting compensation to funeral expenses and lost wages.
The bill also allows the injured workers and families of victims to bring suit without a final judgment in the Transocean limitation of liability action, which the company filed in May 2010 and would limit its liability to just under $27 million.
The bill only affects the specific victims of the Deepwater Horizon explosion.
Similar legislation passed the House last year but didn't move through the Senate.
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Actor Chris Hemsworth and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominees for the 86th Annual Academy Awards early Thursday morning, and as expected "American Hustle," "Gravity" and "12 Years a Slave" led the pack.
"Hustle" and "Gravity" each have 10 nominations, while "12 Years" followed closely with nine.
There was no love for "Lee Daniels' The Butler" or its stars, including Oprah Winfrey, with the Academy shutting out the civil rights biopic completely. There was also little or no Oscar love for Disney's "Saving Mr. Banks," the Coen Brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis," and "Fruitvale Station."
Nine out of a possible 10 best picture nominations were revealed, with the field consisting of "American Hustle," "Captain Phillips," "Dallas Buyers Club," "Gravity," "Her," "Nebraska," "Philomena," "12 Years a Slave" and "The Wolf of Wall Street."
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Matthew McConaughey took home the Golden Globe for best actor Sunday night, and finds himself among a field of Hollywood's elite once again in the quest for Oscar. If precedence has any bearing here, McConaughey's drastic weight loss for the 80s era AIDS drama should serve him well: extreme dieting worked in 1994 for Tom Hanks in "Philadelphia," and Robert De Nero in 1980's "Raging Bull."
Bruce Dern of "Nebraska," Leonardo DiCaprio of "The Wolf of Wall Street" and Chiwetel Ejiofor of "12 Years a Slave" also scored nominations. One surprise addition to the list is Christian Bale, for his role in "American Hustle." Bale took the berth expected to go to Hanks for "Captain Phillips." Robert Redford was expected to be nominated for "All Is Lost," but also failed to hear his name announced. Redford has never won an Academy Award.
There were no surprises in the best actress competition, with the Academy sticking to a roster of names already featured prominently in recent award races. Globe winner Cate Blanchett ("Blue Jasmine") is up against Meryl Streep ("August: Osage County"), Amy Adams ("American Hustle"), Judi Dench ("Philomena") and Sandra Bullock ("Gravity"). "Saving Mr. Banks'" Emma Thompson did not make the cut.
Oprah Winfrey is a powerful force in entertainment, and her performance in "Lee Daniels' The Butler" received wide acclaim. But it wasn't enough to land her in the supporting actress category in place of Sally Hawkins ("Blue Jasmine''), Jennifer Lawrence ("American Hustle"), Lupita Nyong'o ("12 Years a Slave"), Julia Roberts ("August: Osage County") and June Squibb ("Nebraska"), all of whom heard their name revealed Thursday.
Barkhad Abdi ("Captain Phillips"), Bradley Cooper ("American Hustle"), Michael Fassbender ("12 Years a Slave") and Jared Leto ("Dallas Buyers Club") make up the supporting actor list of nominees, with Jonah Hill of "The Wolf of Wall Street" taking the final spot instead of previous contenders from recent award ceremonies Daniel Bruhl ("Rush") and Will Forte ("Nebraska").
Every director named to that category saw their respective films make the list of best picture nominees. David O. Russell ("American Hustle"), Alfonso Cuaron ("Gravity"), Alexander Payne ("Nebraska"), Steve McQueen ("12 Years a Slave") and Martin Scorsese ("The Wolf of Wall Street") make up the directorial field. Considered contenders but ultimately shut out were Spike Jonze ("Her") and Woody Allen ("Blue Jasmine").
Hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, the 86th Annual Academy Awards air live on Sunday Mar. 2 on ABC.


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