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Sims, Wood highlight Braves All-Stars
Two 2012 Draft picks excel in first full professional campaigns
By Jake Seiner / MiLB.com | October 2, 2013 6:00 AM
This offseason, MiLB.com is honoring the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in their organization. We're taking a look at each team to determine the outstanding seasons in Minor League Baseball. Select a team from the dropdown below.
Atlanta is already bursting at the seams with young talent with players such as Freddie Freeman, Andrelton Simmons, Jason Heyward and Julio Teheran all playing major roles despite being 23 or younger for most of 2013.
Few teams have had more unique scouting success stories than the Braves, with Simmons and Brandon Beachy among the most exceptional finds in recent years. The team's scouts have a knack for uncovering underhyped talents, and true to form, many of their top Minor League performers are players who have raised their stock -- often tremendously -- since they were first acquired.
That list is headlined by the likes of Lucas Sims and Alex Wood, 2012 draftees who were exceptional in their first full pro seasons. That duo's emergence, paired with bounceback campaigns by Christian Bethancourt and Joey Terdoslavich and breakout seasons by Jose Peraza, Victor Caratini and Kyle Wren, have created the promise that Braves Country may soon be greeting more prodigious youngsters to Turner Field.
Braves Organizational All-Stars
Catcher -- Christian Bethancourt, Mississippi (90 games), Atlanta (one game): Long touted for his defensive prowess, the Braves' No. 3 prospect broke out with a .277 average, 33 extra-base hits and a .741 OPS in 2013. The offensive turnaround, paired with his unique defensive talents, earned the 22-year-old a callup to Atlanta in September.
"He worked hard all offseason and went down to the Dominican Winter League to continue his development," Braves director of Minor League operations Ronnie Richardson said. "He did a good job of showing progress at that level.
"We're happy with the progress he's made and think he has a great future. He got up to Atlanta and it was great for him to experience part of what goes on with the big club."
First base -- Ernesto Mejia, Gwinnett (134 games): Mejia has emerged as one of the best power hitters in the Braves' upper Minor League levels and again showcased his aptitude for the long ball in 2013. The 27-year-old mashed a career-high 28 home runs -- good for third in the International League -- with a solid .820.
"Ernesto has big-time right-handed power, and he has the ability to compete with that right-handed power," Richardson said. "He's been the MVP in the Venezuelan Winter League two of the past three seasons. The way he goes about the game, we're excited about his ability to hit at the highest level. He has big-time power. He's shown his ability to make quality adjustments day in and day out in Triple-A and in Venezuela."
Second base -- Tommy La Stella, Lynchburg (seven games), Mississippi (81 games): Ranked 14th in the Braves system, La Stella boasts one of the Minor Leagues' sharpest plate approaches, walking more than he's struck out at nearly every level. That was again the case at Double-A, where he hit .343 with a .422 on-base percentage and an .896 OPS.
"He's a selective hitter, selectively aggressive," Richardson said. "Obviously, you can see that in his walk totals. He has more walks than strikeouts. He knows the strike zone very well. He competes, he's selective and he has an understanding of which pitches he can drive. It's shown in his production through the course of the year. We're really excited about him and excited about him going to the Arizona Fall League this season."
Shortstop -- Jose Peraza, Rome (114 games): The 19-year-old hit .288 in Class A as one of the South Atlantic League's youngest players. His 64 stolen bases were second in the league. Peraza is an outstanding athlete who also contributed heavily with his glove at short.
"With his numbers, his progress and his production, he did a lot of special things," Richardson said. "He really, really has impact speed, and that allows him to get on base and make a difference. He's a threat on the basepaths and knows how to drive the ball to all fields. … His impact speed makes him probably the best base stealer in our system."
Third base -- Kyle Kubitza, Lynchburg (132 games): Drafted in the third round out of Texas State University in 2011, Kubitza spent all of 2013 in the Carolina League, where he was one of the circuit's best hitters. The left-handed hitter batted .260 with 12 homers and an .814 OPS, including an impressive .380 on-base percentage.
"He's also one of those hitters with an advanced approach," Richardson said. "You look at his [on-base percentage], and he's selective.
"He has tools across the board. He has the ability to hit with power from the left side. He's going to the Arizona Fall League, and he's going to continue to develop. He's shown the ability to drive the ball and be patient with his approach."
Joey Terdoslavich, Gwinnett (85 games): The Long Beach State product solved Triple-A pitching in 2013, managing a .318 average and .926 OPS while transitioning to full-time outfield duty. The switch-hitter cut his Triple-A strikeout rate from 23.3 percent in 2012 to 18.5 percent in 2013, and 43 of his 102 hits went for extra bases.
"It was his first time in the outfield, and he did a good job," Richardson said. "We brought him in to instructs, and the staff there did a heck of a job preparing him to go out and play this year. His offense didn't suffer.
"We're excited with where his offense is and the defensive strides he made in both outfield corners. His versatility is going to allow him to be a great asset."
Kyle Wren, Danville (five games), Rome (47 games), Lynchburg (one game): The son of Braves general manager Frank Wren, this Georgia Tech product spent the bulk of his time at Class A, where he hit .335 with an .863 OPS and 35 steals in 42 attempts. The 2013 eighth-round pick also stood out for his defensive work in center.
"He has impact speed, and that allows him to do a lot of things on the field," Richardson said. "He comes from a baseball background, and you can see it in his ability to bunt, steal a base, play great defense, those kinds of things. He's a top-of-the-order hitter.
"We saw in the numbers in Danville and Rome his ability to compete at a high level and impact the game with his speed and defense."
Josh Elander, Rome (74 games), Lynchburg (61 games): Elander dominated Class A with a .916 OPS to begin the year, and after struggling initially at Lynchburg, he made adjustments and hit .316 with an .823 OPS in August. His performance in the Carolina League -- as well as his transition from catching to outfield -- are major reasons Atlanta tabbed Elander as their MiLB Player of the Year.
"It was his first full season in the outfield after he made the transition in instructs last year," Richardson said. "He picked up the outfield well, and the coaches did a great job of preparing him.
"You look at his year as a whole, his ability to be a middle-of-the-order bat, hit for average, home runs, RBIs and [on-base percentage] -- he does everything you look for when you evaluate a hitter."
Utility player -- Victor Caratini, Danville (58 games): Caratini, an alum of the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy, was the Braves' 2013 second-round pick out of Miami Dade Junior College. The 20-year-old hit .290 with a .415 on-base percentage in the Appalachian League after signing, and he will be an interesting player to watch as Atlanta tries him at catcher in its instructional league this fall.
"He's shown a lot of ability at both positions from a tools standpoint," Richardson said. "At third base, he did a good job there after the Draft. He's going to get exposure at both heading forward.
"He has ability at the plate and was one of the top performers in the [Appalachian League]. … We're going to continue to evaluate him and see what's best for his future."
Right-handed starter -- Lucas Sims, Rome (28 games): Drafted by Atlanta with the 21st pick in 2012, Sims was a monster in the South Atlantic League and emerged as the top prospect in the Braves system. The right-hander from Snellville, Ga., went 12-4 with a 2.62 ERA. He struck out 134 in 116 2/3 innings, walking 46 and allowing just three home runs.
"He developed a strong routine and put together a quality outing every time he went out there," Richardson said. "He made adjustments well and did a good job of processing all of the information we were giving him.
"The future is bright for him based on what he's done and his work ethic and ability to understand and accept information."
Left-handed starter -- Alex Wood, Mississippi (10 games), Gwinnett (one game), Atlanta (29 games): The thinking here is not to punish Wood for exceeding expectations so tremendously and arriving in Atlanta ahead of schedule. The 2012 second-round pick reached the Majors in July after posting a 1.31 ERA in 11 Minor League starts. He was aided by a spike curveball picked up from Craig Kimbrel and Jonny Venters in Spring Training, and he paired that pitch with his fastball and changeup to emerge as a legitimate Major League starter.
"He added the spike curve with his ability to command his changeup and his fastball and his makeup to compete every day," Richardson said. "He adjusted well at Double-A and took what he learned there and really impacted the MLB club, where you saw him make several starts for a first-place team."
Relief pitcher -- Shae Simmons, Rome (39 games), Mississippi (11 games): Simmons, a 2012 second-round Draft pick, struck out 14.2 batters per nine innings while making 24 saves for Rome. He also dominated in Double-A, posting a 2.45 ERA with 16 strikeouts in 11 innings. He finished the year with a 1.69 ERA.
"He has a plus fastball and a plus breaking ball, and we're excited about him," Richardson said. "He's a quiet competitor. He goes out and wants the ball. He gives everything he has every time out. We're happy with his progress and think he has a chance to continue to develop in our system. ... He's going to go to the Fall League and we'll evaluate his progress and see where he ends up next year."
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Celtic fans aren't crazy about the idea of having John Guidetti back at Paradise.
Quoted by The Daily Record, former Celtic striker John Guidetti recently admitted that he might return to the Scottish Premiership champions one day.
The Sweden striker scored 15 goals from 21 starts in all competitions during a season-long loan at Paradise from Manchester City in the 2014-15 campaign.
The 24-year-old then rejected the chance to join the Bhoys on a permanent basis, instead signing for La Liga side Celta Vigo in a move which saw him score 12 times in Spain's top flight last season.
Because of the snub, Celtic supporters on Twitter don't seem too crazy about the prospect of seeing the Swede - currently at Euro 2016 - in green and white again any time soon.
Guidetti mustn't be enjoying his time in Spain as much as he thought he would.— YNWA (@UTLRSiempre) June 19, 2016
Poor chap.
Guidetti hopes to return to Celtic,one day ? Really ? I'm sure him and his ego will never grace Paradise again.— Celtic Sea (@DM8883) June 19, 2016
Ah that'll be the same Guidetti that told us pretty rapid he had no interest in staying last time . Sound https://t.co/odiHoinGjL— Derek (@TheBhoyMoz) June 19, 2016
Not sure I'd take him back... https://t.co/xfETaAwfRP— Celtic SupportersFTT (@CSFTT) June 19, 2016
Guidetti.... Bring him back! #smith #celtic— Shaun Grimes (@Grimes_11) June 19, 2016
Would take guidetti back any day— Ross Holland (@Jeeefffffffff) June 19, 2016
Maxi added: "He's pish shouting about pumping the huns done f**k all. Do you remember??? There is ever going to be 1SuperstarSwed." While another unforgiving fan wrote: "He was not Celtic class & never would be & he was a lazy b**tard too so f**k him no 2nd chances Guidetti."
The fact of the matter is that Celtic do not need him either; not when Leigh Griffiths became the first Hoops hitman to score 40 times in a campaign since Henrik Larsson following a goal-laden 2015-16 season for the lethal Scot.
Griffiths is deadly and, under Brendan Rodgers, he will be hoping to improve even more next season.
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text: Scottish independence leader Alex Salmond made his name in the 1980s as a left-wing firebrand [EPA]Glasgow, Scotland - Scotland's First Minister is often depicted by his opponents as a bully, a showman and schmoozer who gambles recklessly with other people's money. With just four days to go before Thursday's independence referendum, the stakes are higher than in any casino. Instead of breaking the bank, Salmond is aiming to break 300 years of political union between Scotland and England. The polls suggest that he might just succeed. Derek Bateman, a journalist who has followed Salmond throughout his career, says there is much more to him than the tempting caricature sometimes painted by the press. "[The press] ignores his strengths - a plotter's pragmatism with oriental patience, a restless inner drive, a lifetime's mental filing system of useful information and an acute sense of voters' motivations." Rise to fame Salmond made his name in the 1980s as a left-wing firebrand, whose radical ideas briefly got him expelled from his own party, the Scottish National Party (SNP). Listening Post - Scotland votes: Reporting the referendum When he was first elected in 1987, the main business of Scottish politics was the battle between Labour and the Conservatives. The SNP was almost irrelevant. Salmond was one of just three Nationalist MPs out of 72 Scots at Westminster, their poll rating was stuck below 20 percent and membership had crashed from 28,091 in 1979 to just 12,115. His main challenge was simply to get noticed. How did he do it? Through a glaring breach of parliamentary convention, getting himself thrown out of Parliament for interrupting the Chancellor Nigel Lawson during his budget speech. Salmond later claimed that his protest "took me from obscurity to prominence". Within three years, he was standing for the leadership of his party. Bateman, who was then a reporter for The Scotsman, describes how almost every member of the SNP's national executive opposed him because they thought he was too brash, in too much of a hurry, and too left wing. "On the morning of the election announcement he was walking to the conference hall in Perth with Moira his wife when he saw me across the road. I asked if he was confident and he gave me that look that has become a hallmark, somewhere between conspiratorial and self-satisfied. He knew." Lasting impact It is still possible to see the influence of strategic decisions he made in the 1980s and '90s to the referendum campaign today. Specifically, the movement of traditional Labour voters to "Yes" could only happen because Salmond made the SNP a party of the left. The real game-changer was the creation of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. When the focus of Scottish politics moved from Westminster to Edinburgh, the SNP became the alternative government. Initially, Salmond struggled with the new politics of devolution. Andrew Wilson, a close political ally and a former Scottish parliament member (MSP), says he missed the theatre of Westminster. "What frustrated him in the early days of the parliament was it got dragged down by fleabite politics." Damaging rows over issues such as MSPs office expenses and the spiralling cost of the new Parliament building were hyped by a hostile press to such an extent that they damaged the credibility of the new institution. Salmond stepped down with the explanation that he was "scunnered", a Scottish word that means sick and tired. In his absence, the SNP struggled but it didn't last long. In 2004, after four years away, he made a remarkable comeback. Wilson describes how, back in charge, he engaged people who moved the Nationalists from a party of protest to a party of government. "The culture of the party completely changed from the one which he first led. There was a world of difference. It was much more positive in its culture, much more professional and supportive of one another." He adds: "The way in which successful companies like Google or Innocent drinks work, where you feel that everyone is pulling together, the SNP has got that." The "Yes" team's confidence to "win the campaign" stems largely from the experience of 2011, when the SNP overturned a 15-point Labour lead in the final few weeks before polling day, and ended up with an overall majority. Referendum bigger than Salmond I don't think anyone is imagining Scottish politics without Alex Salmond just yet. - Nicola Sturgeon, SNP's Deputy First Minister It is impossible to imagine them coming so far, so fast without Alex Salmond. His deputy for the past 10 years, Nicola Sturgeon, describes his achievements as remarkable. "Alex has been both a friend and a political partner for a very long time. He is the most adept and respected politician of his generation - something which is shown in his consistently high-popularity ratings. I don't think anyone is imagining Scottish politics without Alex Salmond just yet." Salmond has dominated his party, with one short break, for almost a quarter of a century, and he may well earn his place in the history books, but despite all he has done, the referendum is no longer about him. Politics has moved on. In the past month alone, an extra 118,640 people have registered to vote. From Lockerbie to Lerwick, people who haven't taken part in an election for years are talking in cafes and bars and packed-out public meetings. Whatever the result, more votes will likely be cast than ever before. Politics has been reclaimed by the people and they will decide. 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REGINA — Saskatchewan Roughriders coach/GM Chris Jones is leaving the CFL team to take a coaching job with the NFL's Cleveland Browns.
The move comes one week after Jones signed a one-year extension with the Roughriders, taking him through the 2020 season.
However, the deal reportedly contained an out clause if Jones landed an NFL job.
"We are proud of what Chris came in and accomplished through his three seasons as general manager and head coach," Riders president and CEO Craig Reynolds said in a statement. "His work obviously didn't go unnoticed and we congratulate him on his opportunity in the National Football League and thank him for his contribution to the Saskatchewan Roughriders."
Jones signed his extension with the Roughriders after Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports reported at least two NFL teams had "done extensive research" on the veteran CFL coach.
In an interview with The Canadian Press last week, Jones said he had not spoken with any NFL teams.
"I've got a great job and I'll be honest with you, I've been in this league for 17 years," he said. "I love this league, it's been extremely good to me and my family and I've worked for some great organizations, some great coaches, some great presidents. I respect the league extremely highly."
New Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens does have a connection with Jones. The latter was a graduate assistant with the Alabama Crimson Tide during Kitchens's final year as a quarterback with the NCAA team in 1997.
Jones, a 51-year-old native of South Pittsburgh, Tenn., joined the Roughriders in December 2015, one week after guiding the Edmonton Eskimos to the Grey Cup as head coach.
The Riders steadily improved under Jones, registering five, 10 and 12 regular-season wins in each of his three seasons with the franchise. He was named CFL coach of the year in 2018 after a 12-6 season, but the Roughriders lost the West Division semifinal against the visiting Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
In the interview last week, Jones was looking ahead to the 2019 Riders season.
"We've been really busy as an organization," Jones said. "We've got some unfinished business and it's time to go to work."
Jones came to the CFL in 2002, taking a job as defensive line coach of the Montreal Alouettes. He moved up to defensive co-ordinator the following year and stayed in that role until taking the same job with the Calgary Stampeders in 2008.
The Toronto Argonauts hired Jones as defensive co-ordinator and assistant head coach in 2012. He stayed there for two years before becoming head coach of the Eskimos in 2014.
Jones has won four Grey Cups as a coach.
The Roughriders will become the fourth CFL team with a new head coach for the 2019 season. Corey Chamblin of the Argos, DeVone Claybrooks of the B.C. Lions and Orlondo Steinauer of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats are the others.
The Roughriders did sign assistant vice-president of football operations Jeremy O'Day through 2020 earlier this month. Paul Jones joined the organization as the assistant GM with a two-year deal while director of football administration Mike Davis and football operations co-ordinator Jordan Greenly also both return.
"We are fortunate to have many quality football leaders and coaches on our staff," Reynolds said. "We will evaluate and will look to fill the vacancy quickly."


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Showtime Adjusts E-Mail Promo for The Tudors
Showtime reconsidered its ripped-from-the-headlines approach to a recent online promotion for the second season of The Tudors.
To tease the March 30 premiere of its steamy series about the young King Henry VIII, the pay cabler sent out e-mails hyping a news story about a "Mystery Millionaire." Recipients who clicked on the attached link were led to a Web site for "WKTS-TV" with an array of news headlines.
If the Tudors banner ad wasn't a giveaway, the pop-up promo that appeared when you clicked the headlines made it clear that it was a fake news site.
Some of the headlines, however -- "Latest Violence Kills 12 in Baghdad" and "Vet Hospital Faulted in 23 Deaths" -- were perhaps a tad too realistic.
Showtime vice president of corporate relations Stuart Zakim explained that the network simply "wanted to make it look like an authentic news site for a TV station." But he conceded that using faux headlines about all-too-real casualties of war to promote a TV drama might be construed as insensitive. Others agreed.
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13 May (Part 3) - The long and the short of it
not only The Times which has got hold of the Priti Patel story,
the Daily Mail and Councillor Michael Barnbrook are on to it too.
It is of course the same old story rehashed. Three jobs Sawyer is the theme. Part-time office manager for his Government Minister wife, consultant for Nasdaq and chasing motorists in Bexley.
The former Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life says the Nasdaq job should definitely have been declared while Alex Sawyer and the present Parliamentary Commission for Standards have said the rules are only for guidance. The present Parliamentary Commissioner has quite a record for protecting MPs from the public rather than the reverse.
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New photographic evidence of the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 suggests that a Soviet-era supersonic missile most likely took down the Boeing 777 jetliner over Ukraine last week.
Photos published by the New York Times yesterday (July 21) offer a close-up view of debris from the plane crash, with pieces of the commercial jet riddled with small holes that experts say were likely caused by high-velocity shrapnel from an SA-11 missile.
Commonly known as a Buk missile in Russia, the SA-11 is a surface-to-air (SAM) weapon designed to launch from the ground and destroy flying targets, such as incoming missiles, aircraft and smartbombs. But unlike "hit to kill" missiles that crash into their targets and explode, the SA-11 is a fragmentation warhead that explodes before it makes contact with its target.
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The Jana Andolan Party today accused both Mamata Banerjee and Bimal Gurung of indulging in politics over the GTA funds and asked the state government to conduct an audit of the hill body.
Amar Lama, a bureau member of the JAP, today said: "The chief minister had come up with a Rs 1,000 crore figure during a public meeting in Kurseong in March and after a few months, she talks about Rs 4,000 crore in Kalimpong. Instead of speaking on an issue like this at a public gathering, the chief minister should act seriously. The state government should ask the CAG to conduct an audit and if they find financial irregularities, the state should supersede the GTA as is laid out in the Act."
Lama further said the chief minister was raising the funds issue only when her relation with the Morcha was on the rocks. "Why is the issue being raised only when the relation between the two parties has hit a low? Had the relation (between the Morcha and Trinamul) been steady, it seems, the chief minister would have never raised the issue," said Lama.
In the recent Assembly elections, the JAP was in an alliance with the Trinamul Congress.
Accusing the Morcha of failing to be transparent, Lama said: "The Morcha must be transparent on the issue. The GTA, which is controlled by the Morcha, should give a proper reply to funds queries and should not hide details on money matters. However, there was no need to call a general strike on an issue related to claims and counter-claims on funds."
Late in the evening, Roshan Giri, the general secretary of the Morcha, said the Wednesday strike was also to strengthen the voice of Gorkhaland, which the state government was trying to scuttle in all possible ways.(TT)


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Don't mind if I do
[Verse 1]
Hey, it seems like every day I got a filled up phone
Ladies tryna text me, saying that they home for the summer
And they heard that I'm living on my own
So they wanna come to the crib, maybe cook me some supper
But I'm busy, so I'm ignoring her
Yeah I just touched down in California
Now I'm headed to the beach gon' swim in the water
Like I'm tryna sneak in across the border
I do all different types of crazy shit
I'm the younging hoes tryna make a baby with
Cause it'll make 'em rich
Know I'm headed to the money, so these funny little girls wanna take a trip
But no, only the M.O.S.T. Dope with me
Other fools homo, Roy and Siegfried
No disrespect though
I got addictive cigarette flow for the green pesto, presto
[Chorus: Adam Young]
I'd like to make myself believe
That planet earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
Cause everything is never as it seems
[Verse 2]
Me, I'm highly underestimated
So educated in getting paid quick
If you ever hated, anticipate that I'm famous
Got a bunch of bitches to sip on the champagne with
Celebrate that we seeing another day, life good
Never wanna end this
Me and Mary Jane got a really nice friendship
Yeah they give me money but I gotta go and spend it
Man, I been a bad little jew
But I gotta pay the bills now so I gotta chill out
I ain't walking 'round like I'm splurging with a mill now
Feel like the kid working at the mill now
Used to just chill and smoke joints up at Bill's house
Now I gotta schedule, things I gotta do
Doing interviews, see it up on YouTube
I say it feels just like a dream
'bout to wake up from a nap
How fucked up was that?
[Chorus: Adam Young]
I'd like to make myself believe
That planet earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
Cause everything is never as it seems
This shit just feels good I'm not gonna lie
Just some motherfucking kids
We just some motherfucking kids
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Training for the Race of Life……Day 58 (Your Heart)
You guessed it another snowy day, which means another treadmill day. Today's schedule however didn't call for a long run, just 3 miles (with some walking), but it did call for what is called cruise intervals. Ideally these are run on a track and you run the straightaway on the track (which is a little less than a tenth of a mile) at a fairly fast speed. Taking time to speed up, cruise, and then slow back down. Then you are supposed to walk a little ways to recover.
This type of workout is a little more challenging on the treadmill just simply because there is no prescribed straightaway to run on. So you really have to pay attention to your distance and when you hit the required distance you just slow back down. I ran 4 of these at a pace that is about 40 percent faster than I normally run. So even though I was only running that way for a short distance it got my heart rate up pretty quickly. Then as you "recover" you really need to pay attention to your heart, so that when it slows down sufficiently you will know that you are fully recovered. In other words you really have to listen to your body, or listen to your heart.
That is important in life as well isn't it? To listen to your heart. To know what your heart desires, to know what you are focused on, to know what you truly care about. The Bible says, "where a man's treasure is there is heart is also." So you need to listen to your heart, so that you will know if you are where you need to be or not, especially in your relationship with God.
Of course in all reality we can sometimes fool ourselves can't we? We can convince ourselves that we are ok, when we are not. And we can make ourselves believe that we are ok in our relationship with God when in reality we are not. That is why the psalmist said, "search me and know me o Lord. See if there be anything wicked within me." In other words I don't want to just listen to my heart, but I invite God to listen to it as well (He already knows it anyway), and we ask Him to really reveal it to us, so that we will know if we are where we need to be or not.
Today's run taught me to listen to my body, and especially to listen to my heart. In life we need to listen to our hearts, but even more importantly we need to listen to God's heart, and let Him reveal to us what we need, what He wants, and whether or not we are where we need to be.
Listen to your heart, more importantly listen to God, and keep running with Jesus.


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Mackenzie River Pizza
Pizzeria chain serving creative pies, sandwiches, beer & wine in a casual, rustic setting.
Luciano's North
Laid back Italian dining. Cocktail menu and Wine List.
American Fare and Sushi. Chain. Bar.
Phillips Avenue Dinner
Vintage venue with retro decor & sizable American staples, plus all-day breakfast & outdoor seating.
Parker's Bistro
Elegant restaurant with a vintage vibe serving upscale American fare in a historic building.
Veteran American grill dishing out faves from grilled fare to seafood in white-tablecloth surrounds.
Bars, Pubs & Breweries
JL Beers
Relaxed hangout featuring burgers with creative topping combos & an assortment of craft beers.
Burgers, pizza & bar bites served in a relaxed sports bar with pool tables & comfy sofas.
Blarney's Stone Pub
Rustic Tavern with pub fare and a lot of TVs.
Carpenter Bar
Upscale Cocktail Lounge.
Woodgrain Brewing Co.
Brewery and Tap Room.
Wiley's Tavern.
Sizable hangout with flatbread pizza, burgers & drink specials, plus a pool table, TVs & live music.
Breakfast & Coffee Shops
Black Sheep Coffee House
Local coffee house.
Coffea Roasterie and Espresso Bar
Sustainable bean coffee house with espresso and cold-brew drinks.
Josiah's Coffee House & Cafe
House roasted espresso drinks and classic american dishes served up in a rustic brick outpost.
Trails & Fitness Centers
Walking and biking trail along the Big Sioux River
Falls Park
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Sioux Falls YMCA
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Orpheum Theatre Center
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Pettigrew Home & Museum
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Old Courthouse Museum
9th-century courthouse now functioning as a museum dedicated to the history of the region.


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A Change
I'm going to stop posting regular updates to this blog. I have not been able to give it attention, and now that I haven't been making lapbooks to give away, interest has lagged. I only make materials when we need them, but there are so many resources out there all ready that I haven't felt the need to make much recently. Most of what I make now are sheets to go along with experiments or books in the curriculum. I'm still here. The blog will remain up. If you leave a comment, I'll see it. I may post from time to time, but I'm not going to attempt to update you weekly with what we are doing for school.
You can still see exactly what we do for school to get links or ideas. You can go to the Easy Peasy All in One Homeschool and click on Math or Biology, for example. I list in bold the minor topics like Place Value or Digestive System. You can see exactly what materials we used and what activities we do. I will also post there from time to time about the things we do for school.
My focus is now on working on my curriculum, which I do daily. This blog was the first step towards the creation of the curriculum. I actually never even intended to be a blogger. I just started this blog originally to show the grandparents (on a different continent) what the kids were doing for school, but I unintentionally gained a following, getting more than a hundred visitors a day.
If you are using my curriculum or considering it, you can still scroll down and look at past posts and see what types of materials and activities the curriculum uses. The freebies will all still be here. There are some more, basically notebooking pages, listed on the Simply Lapbooks group.
Thanks everyone for your support over the last few years. I'm glad I could help and encourage some of you. I'm still trying to do that. I now get emails from families saying that they wouldn't be able to continue homeschooling if they didn't have my curriculum. Others write about their circumstances and how they found themselves suddenly needing to homeschool when they had planned on their children going to school. For those overseas it offers them accessible resources. For those who've lost jobs it offers free resources. For those who have never homeschooled, it offers knowing exactly what to do each day. Everyone has different needs and circumstances, but they all found that the curriculum is meeting the need they were faced with. I love being the Lord's tool to bless others.
The Mayas and a Vocab Freebie
We moved from Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia to Ancient China and now on to the Mayas in South America.
These are the two sites we used for information: younger older.
Each day as the children read they wrote down what they found to be interesting or important. I let them choose for themselves. I also let them choose for themselves where to keep the information. My son chose to do a Power Point presentation and each day added a slide. I gave every links to clip art they could use. My daughter made a poster.
She drew the pictures and just wrote out facts to include.
We also do our music and art related to history, so we listened to Mayan music on youtube and made Mayan pottery (our version of it). You make snakes and layer circles up the pot.
This is my oldest son's pot.
This marked 40 days into our curriculum, which means time for the portfolio. Every forty days I collect something from each subject and put it in the binder. I've never turned in a portfolio, but I keep one just in case we end up in the States and I need to turn something in. I have had to register my kids and turn in "objectives" and a bunch of other information that I shouldn't have to, but we've never been around for portfolio time. I make it easy for myself by writing right in the kids' assignments. "Do your work neatly and give your paper to a parent when you are finished to add to your portfolio." Then the kids remind me, and I don't have to remember. We are supposed to show "progress," so I have quarterly examples. I try to vary what is in there because we are also supposed to show what materials we used. We are supposed to keep a record of every book read and every resource used. This is impossible. Do you know how many links are on my kids' school? I give samples of the types of materials they use. We're also supposed to have a log of what we do. That's easy. I just print out the curriculum website and it has the assignments for every day. I think it's all a waste of time and effort!
Here's another sample of work. My second grader had to draw pictures of his vocab words as part of the vocab sheets I made for him. Here is "exasperated." Do you see the smoke coming out of the ears? After he drew that he never forgot. Here's the download vocabulary worksheet. It has a place for the word, the definition, the sentence where you found it and a picture. It has room for two words a page and has a little bit of color on it.
Computer Courses
Here's my daughter's King Tut sculpture out of butter and flour and colored icing.
I'm sorry I've been doing a horrible job of taking pictures of what we are doing for school. Right now I'm just trying to survive nausea and the 105+ heat. Oh, did you know? I'm expecting baby 6 in February.
Today let me tell you about our computer courses. When I started building my online curriculum, several new "official" courses were born. One was computer. Each year they learn a little more about the internet and about word processing. Then each year they learn different types of programs.
First graders just do internet, word processing and typing.
Second graders add on Paint and Publisher (or similar programs).
Third graders learn Power Point (or similar program). There are free versions of these types of programs.
Fourth graders use Scratch which is computer programming for elementary school children. My boys love it.
Fifth graders make a blog.
Sixth graders learn html.
Seventh graders learn graphic design. Inkscape Gimp
I'm considering Excel (or similar program) for eighth.
My boys love computer. My daughter only touches it because she has to for school. It's an important skill though. My oldest son, above, has already taken apart computers and hopes his next computer will be one he builds himself. I have finished my JavaScript course over at CodeAcademy. Now I'm learning more html and CSS to use the Javascript together with a website. I'm a beginner though. I can make games like this. (If you clicked on the link–try day 60, those are little fun things I made to put on my kids' school. Once a week I add in something just for fun.)
My time it up. My ESL students have arrived. I volunteer and teach some neighbor children English a few times a week. Hope you are having a great week.
Some of the Old and a Bit of the New
Looking at the free stuff page, I realized that I had given you the art and music timeline pieces, but at the end of our school year I never posted the history timeline pieces. Each timeline piece can be used as a picture or minibook. Here is the download for the Modern History Timeline. On the Free Stuff! page you can find the decade pages if you want them. Those are just blank pages with like 1910 written at the top and a line down the middle of the page.
And while I'm on old…here is my experiment worksheet that I use all the time. It just has a place for hypothesis, materials, procedure, etc. I have a younger version too which I call the experiment book because it's a page for each of those things. I have added all of these downloads to the Free Stuff! page.
And here's a picture from our week past.
We just started ancient China this past week and here's my daughter making a scroll of Confucius' five virtues.
I hope some of you can enjoy seeing my husband's crazy desk. We're not perfect here!
School Days
Our official day doesn't start until 8:30 (it's 7:30 in the winter). Breakfast is always first and then the kids get dressed and do their chores. (The chores can change with the seasons as well.) My preschooler starts his school as soon as he and my daughter are finished their chores. They are always done first. She supervises his work. She finds the right day in his curriculum and shows him what worksheet he needs to do.
The first thing on our school day schedule is math for the two oldest at 10:00. This is so that my husband is available to supervise and help my daughter with her math and I'm available to supervise and help my son with his math. And I help my husband when he's stuck on his math. I was actually a math major, so I don't fear the coming years of math. 🙂
Then the older two boys (5th and 2nd) pair up to work on history and science. When that's done, they split up to finish their work. They can finish by noon. Sometimes there are distractions…
I noticed the boys weren't at the computer and went to find them. They had joined in an unofficial story time when they heard my daughter reading to the four year old. I didn't tell them to get back to work.
Our wall body is starting to fill in. It's up so high so the one year old doesn't think he can draw on it too.
The second grader really enjoys school. His favorite links so far have been in music and art. Here he is virtual drumming. In art he went back again and again to explore cave paintings.
We are finishing up ancient Egypt. Last year we did a minibook timeline in a binder. This year we are just using timeline pages. Here is what the younger kids are using, putting the date on the line and then adding words and pictures off to the side. The older timeline is used on the computer. You can type right onto it and save and print.
Our First Week of School
We've finished week 1 of 36. It already seems to be flying by for me, which only means I'm getting old. Above is my 12-year-old daughter supervising preschool with the 4 year old. It's nice to have her to do that.
This year we are studying biology for science and we started with the human body and skin.
While we all study the same thing at the same time, like skin, the assignments are broken into older and younger. Above is older…below is younger…That's the outline of my second grader. They will be filling it in as we study the different body systems. I decided to let the fifth grader do the younger assignments along with the second grader, even though he's supposed to be in the older group. They are best buds anyway, and I wanted the second grader to have a partner to work with. They are using Mr. Q's life science textbook as a base.
For history we are studying ancient history and we started with Egypt. The younger kids are doing the lapbook from Pratical Pages. The younger kids also practiced with a BC timeline. Everyone played the pyramid game. It is not easy to get that pyramid built!
We even got a little review of physics from last year.[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvLDkNdDrqY&feature=player_embedded&w=360&h=250]
I mentioned before my oldest son saying, "I can't write poems" on the first day of school. On the second day he didn't have to. On the third day the scene repeated. On the fourth day I transformed our chore chart into a cheerful worker chart and threatened the loss of computer time if there were complaints. He asked for help with his poem. On the fifth day he wrote it quickly by himself, following all the directions and without problem. First problem solved.
We've Gone and Done It
We were going to wait until July, but it's 106. What else are we going to do? We started school. We take off Thursday and Friday so Saturday's a school day for us. And what a day. We don't have central air, but we still felt it when the power and water went off today. The power was off twice today, the second time for a couple of hours. The water is still off.
The first thing each kid had to do (except the preschooler) was a following directions worksheet. I explain that it's important to read all of the directions before they click on their links for school and that they need to follow all of the directions. Some of the grades have real follow direction practice worksheets, like my second grader here. Some had those trick worksheets that say to read through all the directions before starting and then the last direction is to not do the worksheet. My daughter did the whole thing. Lesson learned.
The first day was pretty easy stuff, and we finished quickly. The only sticking point was my fifth grader and poetry. I don't like poetry myself and always put our month of poetry first to get it over with. My son is sure he cannot write poems. But with the heat on and the power out for a couple of hours there was nothing else to do. So he got it done. Little by little. Only 19 more days of poetry to go.
Today we just did some background to early history and science. Tomorrow we begin ancient Egypt and the human body. Hope you are staying cool. (Made with Scratch which is part of 4th grade in the Easy Peasy Homeschool)
My daughter just came in to say the water is back on. Now I can wash the dishes. Yeah!


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Happy Holidays!
|December 20, 2015
|Posted by Wes Hazard under Uncategorized
Here's a fun Christmas story for the whole family. It's about my mom, a doll, a movie, and one of the most terrifying moments of my childhood. good times all around! This was the winning story at the Moth StorySLAM held at Oberon in Cambridge, MA on 10/27/14. Enjoy!


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By Mamadou Dem
The six soldiers that were convicted and sentenced by a court martial yesterday appeared at the Court of Appeal in Banjul presided over by Hon. Justice Edrisa F M'bai (President of the Court of Appeal) alongside with Hon. Justice Naceesay Sallah Wadda (Justice of Appeal) and Hon. Justice O.A Adegoke (Justice of Appeal) for review of their case.
It would be recalled that a handful of assailants mounted an early morning assault on the presidential palace on December 30 last year which was referred to as efforts to plot and topple The Gambia Government.
When the case was called in a quiet courtroom yesterday, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Sadi Haleh Barkun announced his appearance for the state with a team of state lawyers while barristers Borry S Touray and Ngozi of legal aids announced their representation for the appellants.
DPP SH Barkun informed the court that the name of the appellants and the respondent {the state} were not mentioned in the bill of notice. He submitted that the bill of notice only indicated names as first, second, third, fourth, fifth and six appellants respectively.
According to the DPP, under normal circumstances the name of the appellants should be mentioned but that was not the case in this matter and he therefore urged the court to dismiss the bill of notice.
Reacting to the DPP contention, Barrister Touray challenged that DPP was introducing a new procedure and they were taken by surprise prompting him to seek for two weeks adjournment to enable them to appear in a right manner.
"My lord, the nature of the offence is severe and being that the case, may I apply for two weeks adjournment to enable us to proceed with the matter in a right manner," he appealed.
However the DPP submitted that counsel cannot be heard because they were not appearing for any party in the case and therefore they cannot seek for an adjournment.
After listening to both parties, the three judges unanimously adjourned the matter till April 26 for mention.
Private Modou Njie was put on trial before a closed-door military court along with five military officers who were arrested in the wake of the failed attack on State House and Charged with treason, conspiracy and mutiny.
Mr. Njie, along with Lieutenant-Colonel Sarjo Jarju and Lieutenant Buba Sanneh, were also charged with assisting the enemy and sentenced to death when the verdicts were handed down by the court martial with a retired judge, Justice Amadi serving as judge advocate.
Those that were sentenced to life in prison included Captain Buba K. Bojang, Lieutenant Amadou Sowe and Captain Abdoulie Jobe.
Dissatisfied with the verdict of the military court martial, the six military officers are now exercising their right of appeal to the appellate court. The court martial that took place was done in secret and the panel consisted of military personnel. Efforts by media houses to cover proceedings at the time of the trial proved futile.


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The following exchange occurred between the lead actor and another character during a cheeseball '80s racing movie. It's not a classic but it ought to be. Can you name the movie? The first person to get it correct wins a vintage HOT ROD sticker for their tool box or car.
Crew Guy- "I know what your problem is."
Driver- "What's that?"
Crew Guy- "Well, your carburetor ain't carbin', and your generator ain't genin', and your pistons ain't–well, they ain't workin' either!"
Good luck, gearhead movie nerds!


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Powerstore Advanced options not working
I have successfully gotten the power gallery to work and show up in my product detail page. However this product also has an advanced option set with an alternate size. When the other size is selected in the store the gallery disappears. In addition if you hit the back button to return to the original size the gallery does not re-appear as it did when the page originally loaded.
You can see here what's up:
Change the product to 5ft from 7ft and it will not load in the page.
Use back button to go back to 7ft and it will now be gone. If you refresh the page it will re-appear.
Also, to confirm, I have entered the same code in both size options of the product in the long description for each.
Help please?


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Race and class matter
How do the folks that think race and class don't matter in this horrorshow in New Orleans explain this:
At one point, the evacuation was interrupted briefly when school buses rolled up so some 700 guests and employees from the Hyatt Hotel could move to the head of the evacuation line — much to the amazement of those who had been crammed in the stinking Superdome since Sunday.
"How does this work? They (are) clean, they are dry, they get out ahead of us?" exclaimed Howard Blue, 22, who tried to get in their line. The National Guard blocked him as other guardsmen helped the well-dressed guests with their luggage.
The 700 had been trapped in the hotel, next to the Superdome, but conditions were considerably cleaner, even without running water, than the unsanitary crush inside the dome. The Hyatt was severely damaged by the storm. Every pane of glass on the riverside wall was blown out.
Mayor Ray Nagin has used the hotel as a base since it is across the street from city hall, and there were reports the hotel was cleared with priority to make room for police, firefighters and other officials.
National Guard Capt. John Pollard called the decision to move the Hyatt people to the head of the line "very poor."
I think the issue of class, as I've said before, is being downplayed by pairing it so closely with race. In New Orleans the two go hand-in-hand because of the composition of the city (almost 70% black) and a high poverty rate. I tend to believe that if these folks were all "trailer trash," the government response would have been equally inadequate. The poor do not matter. That's why you can have a city with a black mayor, city government and police department and still have this kind of disaster. Class, in many respects, trumps race.
What is different though, because so many of the survivors are black, is that bias when it comes to the crime and violence committed in NOLA easily spills from the mouths and keyboards of the right wing. The conditioning we all receive that young black men = hoodlum is powerful. The fact that the vast majority of those left behind are not criminals — but are certainly being victimized by those criminals among them — seems to be lost on these bigots.
They'd prefer that the whole lot of them be washed away.


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The Future of Free Speech and Campus Debate
Panel Discussion | March 22 | 1-5 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, 310 Banatao Auditorium
George Thomas, Claremont McKenna College
Shep Melnick, Boston College; Lindsay Shepherd, Laurier University; Larry Alexander, University of San Diego School of Law; Joshua Dunn, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; April Kelly-Woessner, Elizabethtown College; Steve Teles, Johns Hopkins University
March 22, 2018
310 Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720
Panel 1 (1 2:50 pm): The Blurred Lines Over Free Speech, Hate Speech, and Academic Freedom
In recent years college campuses have been at a boil not seen since the 1960s, over issues of identity, safety and security, and the acceptable limits of provocative speech acts. Administrators here and elsewhere are struggling to find a stable policy that honors the traditions of academic freedom as well as the laws protecting free speech. This panel will deliberate about several flash points, including Title IX, hate speech, and the limits of campus expression.
Larry Alexander, University of San Diego School of Law
Shep Melnick, Boston College
Lindsay Shepherd, Laurier University
George Thomas, Claremont McKenna College
Panel 2 (3:10 5:00 pm): Is Intellectual Diversity Essential to Academic Excellence?
Does the current understanding of diversity actually generate narrow conformity? The number of conservative academics in the social sciences and humanities has been in steep decline over the last 25 years, and some research suggests the trend of increasing homogeneity may be contributing to campus polarization and ideological isolation.
Joshua Dunn, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
April Kelly-Woessner, Elizabethtown College
Steve Teles, Johns Hopkins University
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Approach space
In topology, approach spaces are a generalization of metric spaces, based on point-to-set distances, instead of point-to-point distances. They were introduced by Robert Lowen in 1989, in a series of papers on approach theory between 1988 and 1995.
Given a metric space (X,d), or more generally, an extended pseudoquasimetric (which will be abbreviated ∞pq-metric here), one can define an induced map d:X×P(X)→[0,∞] by d(x,A) = inf { d(x,a ) : a ∈ A }. With this example in mind, a distance on X is defined to be a map X×P(X)→[0,∞] satisfying for all x in X and A, B ⊆ X,
- d(x,{x}) = 0 ;
- d(x,Ø) = ∞ ;
- d(x,A∪B) = min d(x,A),d(x,B) ;
- For all ε, 0≤ε≤∞, d(x,A) ≤ d(x,A(ε)) + ε ;
where A(ε) = { x : d(x,A) ≤ ε } by definition.
(The "empty infimum is positive infinity" convention is like the nullary intersection is everything convention.)
An approach space is defined to be a pair (X,d) where d is a distance function on X. Every approach space has a topology, given by treating A → A(0) as a Kuratowski closure operator.
The appropriate maps between approach spaces are the contractions. A map f:(X,d)→(Y,e) is a contraction if e(f(x),f[A]) ≤ d(x,A) for all x ∈ X, A ⊆ X.
Every ∞pq-metric space (X,d) can be distanced to (X,d), as described at the beginning of the definition.
Given a set X, the discrete distance is given by d(x,A) = 0 if x ∈ A and = ∞ if x ∉ A. The induced topology is the discrete topology.
Given a set X, the indiscrete distance is given by d(x,A) = 0 if A is non-empty, and = ∞ if A is empty. The induced topology is the indiscrete topology.
Given a topological space X, a topological distance is given by d(x,A) = 0 if x ∈ A, and = ∞ if not. The induced topology is the original topology. In fact, the only two-valued distances are the topological distances.
Let P=[0,∞], the extended positive reals. Let d+(x,A) = max (x−sup A,0) for x∈P and A⊆P. Given any approach space (X,d), the maps (for each A⊆X) d(.,A) : (X,d) → (P,d+) are contractions.
On P, let e(x,A) = inf { |x−a| : a∈A } for x<∞, let e(∞,A) = 0 if A is unbounded, and let e(∞,A) = ∞ if A is bounded. Then (P,e) is an approach space. Topologically, P is the one-point compactification of [0,∞). Note that e extends the ordinary Euclidean distance. This cannot be done with the ordinary Euclidean metric.
Let βN be the Stone–Čech compactification of the integers. A point U∈βN is an ultrafilter on N. A subset A⊆βN induces a filter F(A)=∩{U:U∈A}. Let b(U,A) = sup { inf { |n-j| : n∈X, j∈E } : X∈U, E∈F(A) }. Then (βN,b) is an approach space that extends the ordinary Euclidean distance on N. In contrast, βN is not metrizable.
Equivalent definitions[edit]
Lowen has offered at least seven equivalent formulations. Two of them are below.
Let XPQ(X) denote the set of xpq-metrics on X. A subfamily G of XPQ(X) is called a gauge if
- 0 ∈ G, where 0 is the zero metric, that is, 0(x,y)=0, all x,y ;
- e ≤ d ∈ G implies e ∈ G ;
- d, e ∈ G implies max d,e ∈ G (the "max" here is the pointwise maximum);
- For all d ∈ XPQ(X), if for all x ∈ X, ε>0, N<∞ there is e ∈ G such that min(d(x,y),N) ≤ e(x,y) + ε for all y, then d ∈ G .
If G is a gauge on X, then d(x,A) = sup { e(x,a) } : e ∈ G } is a distance function on X. Conversely, given a distance function d on X, the set of e ∈ XPQ(X) such that e ≤ d is a gauge on X. The two operations are inverse to each other.
A contraction f:(X,d)→(Y,e) is, in terms of associated gauges G and H respectively, a map such that for all d∈H, d(f(.),f(.))∈G.
A tower on X is a set of maps A→A[ε] for A⊆X, ε≥0, satisfying for all A, B⊆X, δ, ε ≥ 0
- A ⊆ A[ε] ;
- Ø[ε] = Ø ;
- (A∪B)[ε] = A[ε]∪B[ε] ;
- A[ε][δ] ⊆ A[ε+δ] ;
- A[ε] = ∩δ>εA[δ] .
Given a distance d, the associated A→A(ε) is a tower. Conversely, given a tower, the map d(x,A) = inf { ε : x ∈ A[ε] } is a distance, and these two operations are inverses of each other.
A contraction f:(X,d)→(Y,e) is, in terms of associated towers, a map such that for all ε≥0, f[A[ε]] ⊆ f[A][ε].
Categorical properties[edit]
The main interest in approach spaces and their contractions is that they form a category with good properties, while still being quantitative like metric spaces. One can take arbitrary products, coproducts, and quotients, and the results appropriately generalize the corresponding results for topologies. One can even "distancize" such badly non-metrizable spaces like βN, the Stone–Čech compactification of the integers.
Certain hyperspaces, measure spaces, and probabilistic metric spaces turn out to be naturally endowed with a distance. Applications have also been made to approximation theory.
- Lowen, Robert (1997). Approach spaces: the missing link in the topology-uniformity-metric triad. Oxford Mathematical Monographs. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-850030-0. Zbl 0891.54001.
- Lowen, Robert (2015). Index Analysis: Approach Theory at Work. Springer.


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The Politics of Windows 8 Upgrades
Until the end of January, 2013, anybody who owns a valid license to Windows XP, Vista, or 7 can pay $40 for a download upgrade to Windows 8, or $70 for an upgrade package with DVD. That certainly removes most financial barriers to jumping into the Windows 8 soup. And at least for Windows 7 users, the near-identicality of drivers for the two "numbered Windows OSes" (7 and 8, that is) make driver issues something less of a concern than it was for those who faced the transition from XP to Vista, when Microsoft revamped its device driver model thoroughly (and catastrophically for its sales results). I've installed and upgraded systems from XP, Vista, and Windows 7 to Windows 8 now for customer preview, release preview, and RTM versions and have encountered only half-a-dozen driver issues or so, most related to printers and scanners, and one mysterious USB device that has yet to give up its secrets.
Having been down this road quite a few times in the last year myself, I had to chuckle this morning when reading well-known curmudgeon John Dvorak's latest piece for PC Magazine entitled "The Great Upgrade Upheaval." His observation that upgrade involves finding files and serial numbers for software installed long, long ago, then using that information to reinstall strikes a pretty humorous chord with me. My solution has been to enshrine legacy stuff like that in a virtual machine, then run the VM when I need to use the old stuff I couldn't install on a new OS, not because of compatibility issues, but because I couldn't find the necessary information to obtain the original media and a license key to make things work! I'm not sure Dvorak is right to blame Microsoft for this, but it's certainly a problem all of us can relate to.
As for Dvorak's whining and moaning about data, preferences, and settings that Windows strews willy-nilly all around the system drive, I agree this creates complexity that has to be addressed. That's why I've learned to appreciate tools like the Microsoft User State Migration tool, or the Windows Easy Transfer tool, both of which automate all the little files, settings, preferences, favorites, and so forth that gradually turn into any user's customized and comfortable desktop environment.
For example, I just transferred my wife's working environment from an older mini-ITX system to a new Dell notebook and everything moved over for her just fine, thanks to Windows Easy Transfer. But what queered her move in this case was the Dell's behavior with the external monitor with the notebook lid open or closed: open, it restricted screen resolutions to settings related to the laptop's own built-in display; closed, it allowed the external monitor's native resolution and settings to decide what things looked like. Because it's difficult to tell if the lid is closed all the way, the behavior of the system just seemed too capricious, arbitrary, and unpredictable for her to enjoy making a go of things using the Dell box. It's too bad because its speedy SSD, Sandy Bridge processor, and Intel HD 3000 graphics ran rings around the MSI G945 industrial mini-ITX mobo on her old and trusted mini-desktop setup. But because she couldn't easily make things look the way she wanted them to on the Dell, she's now reverted happily back to her old machine.
The same sort of inertia seems to be afflicting Mr. Dvorak. Though I do understand it completely, he would do well to remember that there's more than one way to skin the upgrade cat. Buy a new Win 8 machine with enough RAM for multiple VMs, and he can take all of his legacy runtime environments with him to Windows 8 in VM form, and use them when and as he sees fit. Shoot! He could even just use Win8 as a hypervisor environment, and live entirely in his legacy VMs if that's what he prefers.


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What do you see as the value of 3D printing?
I think that in the next 5-10 years 3D printing will change everything. It will change how we print, how we create, how we manufacture, how we design, how we decorate, how we treat a variety of medical conditions, and the value is that with 3D printing there are no limitations in complexity and in the final charge. And what I mean by that is that the printer does not care if it prints the simplest of all geometries or the most complex one. There is no penalty, there is no extra charge for complexity. And the other thing is that there is no penalty and no extra charge for minimum quantity. So whether you want to print in a quantity of one or in a quantity of one million, you can do it. That is really interesting and important for start-ups and small businesses, because all of a sudden, they can begin to access the same technology and the same capabilities that historically were reserved to big companies. And at the same time if you have a computer or Internet or you can access cloud printing, you can begin to present, and design, and sell products with the same capabilities and the same technology, and the same impact that large companies have. That can change everything.
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