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A midyear election in which candidates ran against Washington and a troubled economy have put downward pressure on government hiring, but there are still plenty of federal job openings in Uncle Sam's shop.
In the first half of fiscal year 2010 (October 2009 to March 2010) the government employment market was brisk -- 58,893 new employees were hired in full-time, permanent, nonseasonal jobs, says John Palguta, vice president of the Partnership for Public Service, a Washington, DC, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that promotes the benefits of public-sector jobs That's a pace that will play out to 125,000 to 130,000 federal hires in fiscal year 2011.
Even if no new federal jobs are created in 2011, the government will still have to hire an amazing quantity of new workers in 2011. "Folks leaving drives demand," Palguta says. "More than half of those hired in 2009 were simply replacing people who left, and the federal workforce is not getting younger."
When the economy improves, federal workers who put off retirement due to economic concerns will vacate their cubbies at a faster pace, creating even more government job openings, he predicts. "The Thrift Savings Plan, our equivalent of the 401k, is improving, so I think you're going to see an exodus in the 80,000 to 90,000 range in FY 2011," Palguta says.
Cutbacks in Federal Hiring Ahead?
Will Republican proposals to get rid of fraud, waste and mismanagement in federal government, as well as to freeze hiring result in significant federal layoffs or drastically reduced government hiring in 2011? Probably not, Palguta says. Republicans typically don't support hiring freezes for defense, homeland security and other agencies responsible for strengthening the border, supporting the military and taking care of wounded veterans. That doesn't leave a whole lot of other places to cut, Palguta says.
The bottom line: Even with more Republicans in office, the government will still have the help wanted sign in its window, but won't add as many new jobs at the same pace as it added jobs in the past couple of years, Palguta says.
Skill Mismatch
As in the private sector, some government jobs are hard to fill despite high unemployment levels -- after all, the federal government employs only so many retail, food-service and construction workers. "A lot of folks looking for jobs don't have a skill set the government is looking for," Palguta says.
If your career calls for specialized knowledge like healthcare, security/protection, compliance or enforcement or you have math, IT, science, engineering, accounting or analysis experience, you'll find the line to get into Uncle Sam's shop is short. "For those jobs, the competition will not be as bad as you might think," he says.
Cybersecurity Jobs Especially Secure
Hiring hot spots include the new Cyber Security Command at Fort Meade, Maryland, the suburban Washington, DC, home to the National Security Agency and the Defense Information Systems Agency. While the exact number of civil service, civilian and military workers the government is hiring for cybersecurity positions is classified, it's in the thousands, says Ronald Sanders, senior executive advisor at Booz Allen Hamilton, a consulting firm based in McLean, Virginia.
"Any career with the word 'cyber' in it will have a long, lucrative future," he predicts. "Every federal agency, without regard to mission, has a need for cybersecurity professionals because every agency has systems they have to secure and protect. It's going to be a growth area because it's of critical national importance in the civil service and the many contractors that support the federal government."
Cybersecurity isn't just for computer geeks either. "Critical thinking and analysis skills are sometimes more important than technical skills in these jobs, where connecting the dots is important," Sanders says.
From KSAs to Resumes
No matter which government job you're applying for, you should find the process easier, thanks to new hiring procedures that rely on resumes rather than the old, lengthy online questions and answers about knowledge, skills and abilities, or KSAs. But don't expect those changes to speed up the months-long government hiring process immediately, because agencies will be slow to change the recruitment methods they've used for decades.
State and Local Hiring Down
At the local level, 2010 wasn't a great year to be a government employee, and 2011 isn't looking so hot either. The BLS reports local governments shed 76,000 workers in the first nine months of 2010, including 50,000 educators. State governments laid off 7,000 employees during the same period.
Even if the economy has a brisk upturn in 2011, the outlook for state and local hiring would still be poor for at least a year, says Richard Clinch, director of economic development for the Jacob France Institute at the University of Baltimore Merrick School of Business. State income and property taxes are paid the year after they're earned, so a turnaround in state budgets will lag the economic recovery by a year. Even if taxpayers earn more and their home values rise, states won't see the resulting improved tax revenue until folks pay their taxes in April 2012, he says.


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Important Facts about Trucking Industry Service Hour Regulations
With the increase of truck and car accidents on American roads today, car and truck companies need more than just protect people during a crash. Keeping people out of accidents can soon be possible as well. With 10.8 million motor vehicle accidents happening every year in the United States (500,000 for truck accidents, with 5,000 of these accidents resulting in fatalities), it may be time to look into accident prevention measures as well.
Even with defensive driving techniques, a motorist can still be seriously injured because of other people's negligence and careless driving; as stated in an article from Williams Kherkher, most common causes of car accident injuries are because of drunk driving, reckless driving, car defects and malfunctions, etc. This is the main reason why car companies have tried improving features such as forward-collision warning as well as automatic braking systems. These features help alert the drivers about possible crashes, thereby avoiding accidents.
Meanwhile, truck accidents (especially those commercial trucks) occur because of fatigue and drowsiness due to their long hours of driving and time-pressure to deliver their cargoes. Fatigued drivers are more prone to accidents, posing increased risks not only to the driver but everyone on the road. Based on the website of Spiros Law, P.C., results of any truck accident can be catastrophic; therefore for preventive measures the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has passed new rules regarding truck drivers. These new rules include things such as limiting the average work week to 70 hours, requiring truck drivers to have 30-minute breaks before starting an eight-hour shift, and limits of an 11-hour daily driving limit with a 14-hour workday.
Because of the serious injuries and damages that a vehicle accident can cause, it is always better to have preventive measure in order to protect one's self. With latest technologies and safety practices, these devastating accidents may be lessened and roads may soon be safer.Read More

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This is a recently refurbished theater showing only art films, e.g. foreign films, mini film fesitval films, independent studio films, selected documentaries, etc.
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You are all gearing up for the year end exams. For the matrics it is possibly one of the most stressful times of your young lives. But it is not just students who have exam stress. Teachers feel it too.
Here are a few tips and tricks for getting rid of stress:
10 Minutes or more:
- For teachers – Tell anyone you're interacting with, students, other teachers or even loved ones, that you need 10 minutes of space to get some distance due to stress. Let them know when you'll get back to them and stick to it!
- Call a friend to talk.
- Take a walk, do some jumping jacks, or engage in some other form of exercise that will get your heart racing.
Only have 5 minutes?
- Pet or cuddle an animal. Animals are natural stress relievers.
- Set a timer and talk in a softer tone of voice for just five minutes. If you are on your own, enjoy 5 minutes of complete silence.
- Write. Write anything. Don't worry about how it sounds or if you'll ever read it again.
- Take a few minutes to indulge your senses. Wash your hands with cold (or warm, depending on the weather) water, take your shoes off and walk outside on the grass.
Even more strapped for time?
- Practice mindfulness. http://www.helpguide.org/harvard/benefits-of-mindfulness.htm
- Change your surroundings. Go for a walk, go to the kitchen and grab a glass of water. As the saying goes – a change is as good as a holiday.
- Identify what is causing you stress. Consciously think of things that make you calmer and happy.
Anything else you can do?
- Breathe.
- Drink a glass of water and really pay attention to all of the sensations involved in the process.
- Remind yourself to be in the present.
- Take time and do NOTHING. Absolutely nothing at all. Just for a few minutes.


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Are you wondering what living abroad will be like? Did you just set foot in your host country? Even if you prepared your expat adventure efficiently, fitting into a new country sometimes can be quite challenging. Not only do you have to adjust to a different culture and learn a foreign language but you also often need to rebuild everything. Settling abroad is an extremely exciting process during which you will be very busy integrating into a new workplace, making friends, reorganizing family life, dealing with paperwork, exploring the neighborhood and trying new hobbies. Expatriation also causes many much more personal changes: you will be building new adaptability skills, developing a bicultural identity and maybe beginning to see your home country differently. Expat life is all about gaining intercultural competence.


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Monday, 30 April 2012
Sunday, 29 April 2012
|view from our bedroom into courtyard, the olive tree is 150 years old
|view from one of the rooftops
Friday, 27 April 2012
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
'cup of tea'
|favourite artist Rosie Lee, book from Derwent-Wye Fine Art
Sunday, 22 April 2012
spectacular skies
|the weather today changed every half hour it seemed, from sun to rain to hail to wind to thunder and back again
still life
cow parsley yellow and red bird
|the start of a new piece
Saturday, 21 April 2012
what remains
|our youngest son had his end-of-year theatre production in town this afternoon; he surprised us parents with an outstanding dance and expressive-comedic performance! We are very proud. An impression of scenic after-life.
|detail of white woven
Friday, 20 April 2012
current state of affairs
Thursday, 19 April 2012
blue wedding silk
goats on my mind
|reading about Grace's ongoing goat-adventures and discovering Dru's blog, which is amongst many other things about goats, I remembered I had once bought goats' wool from a lady who keeps goats and spins, dyes and sells their wool. The wool has been in my possession for many years now and I have only managed to knit one spencer ( I am not a knitter, why did I buy the wool? sometimes I buy stuff not really knowing why, I guess I hoped I would become a skilled knitter through buying the wool) anyway back to today, I am into dyeing these days so I decided to try and dye the wool with nettles from the garden for a green colour and tea-leaves for a brown shade. You can see the results above.
From left to right: tea beige, nettle grey-green and the original white, as bought.
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
hurray: two books I ordered arrived today
The Book of Symbols from Taschen, highly recommended by Heather here; I have browsed through it and just know it will give me many hours of pleasurable reading and lots of (re)discovering;
The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa; with an introduction by William Boyd, one of my favourite authors, excellent. I'll be going to Portugal in less than two weeks with my side of the family and this book will be travelling with me.
Monday, 16 April 2012
very subtle shades
Sunday, 15 April 2012
mother and child
saw two roe deer in the woods this morning, a doe and a fawn; we stared at eachother for a few moments ( 'I am not a threat' I thought unto her ) we all continued our stroll, it got me thinking about the colourful cloth I am now 'working on'; in the left-hand corner there's a giraffe, from a stencil I made years ago for the birthcard of our first son and when we were expecting our second child I designed a birthcard with two giraffes; I have made several paintings with one or two giraffes in it, symbols of our sons.
|circles on the back
Saturday, 14 April 2012
disappointment, promising sludge and a tiny death
|went with the dog for his short morning walk and saw this tiny salamander by the roadside, could not leave it lying there
Friday, 13 April 2012
what was cut away
|what to do with the unwanted bits, the bits that were cut out; randomly placed on the piece of cotton a circle was cut out of for the colourful cloth, I see a new piece evolving
|I like this 'print' so much I have immediately wrapped a piece of blue silk around the rusty iron plate; this white cotton-mix (?) has been there since April 5, just over week ago.
more dyes
|two scraps of blue silk wrapped and tied with hennep string round rusty bolt, poured over with boiling water in tin can, today.
none of the pieces of fabric have been prepared
Thursday, 12 April 2012
Wednesday, 11 April 2012
developing faith
|another piece from the copper/black bean dye, yet again I am amazed
Monday, 9 April 2012
happy birthday papa
|top piece was wrapped around copper pipe, dipped in ash-water with teabags for 2 days, then steeped in blackbean dye for 1 one day, washed with water and soap: beautiful turquoise;
|same as top square; wrapped around copper pipe with hennep string, soaked in ashwater and teabag dip for two days; into black bean dye, then washed with water and soap, again turquoise, yummy.
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We work with parents by sharing and receiving information through: our program 2BuildaProfile *, informal and formal parent teacher meetings, termly progress reports, questionnaires and scrap books. We invite all parents and carers to regular 'Stay and Play' events, trips and 'performances', in order to see their children's play based learning first hand.
We assess children's progress 4 times a year against the age related development statements of Development Matters
We then use this information and information from parents to plan next steps. Parents receive a brief report of how their child is progressing, termly, a Progress Check Report when their child is two and another final end of Early Years Report showing whether or not the child has achieved their Early Learning Goals, at the end of the Reception year.
2BuildaProfile* is a programme that allows us to photograph children's learning and share it with parents at the end of each half term. They in turn can photograph examples from home and email them to us to form part of the record. We print off the information and ask children to comment on the pictures to get the child's view of their learning.
In addition we use observations and written notes to record progress. Reception children record some work in books.
We suggest activities for Nursery and Reception children (based on children's interests) in our newsletters. All children take books home weekly and Reception children are encouraged to read with a parent at home every week, as often as possible. Reception children also have a small amount of homework each week


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Following our last post , 'The End is Nigh!' things have moved really, really fast, and there are just 3 shopping days left before Judgement!
Earthquakes, wars, and an obscure Biblical formula that makes the Da Vinci Code look like kindergarten, have confirmed that judgment will commence at 6pm on Saturday 21st May - unless of course you live in Samoa because they can't decide which side of the international date line they're on.
When asked which 6pm, judgment predictor Harold Camping is
reported to have said "American of course!" although he declined to
say whether this meant East Coast, West Coast of somewhere in between.
reported to have said "American of course!" although he declined to
say whether this meant East Coast, West Coast of somewhere in between.
A world-wide poster campaign, advertisements and 'Rapture Ready'T-shirts @ $18.90 have been alerting the world to this impending doom. It is emphasised however, that the T-shirts will be available for a limited time only.Many dates have been used to predict the end of world through the centuries including:
1st January 1000, and, oh yes, 1st January 2000
1284 which Pope Innocent III computed by adding 666 years onto the
date that Islam was founded.
date that Islam was founded.
21st March 1843 and 22 October 1844 according to William Miller. In response, many Christians sold all their possessions and quit their jobs, only to call the second date "The Great Disappointment" after nothing happened.
1914, 1915, 1918, 1920, 1925, 1941, 1975 according to the Watchtower Society - 1975 being the favourite because it was 6000 years since the creation of Adam.
The fact that these predictions did not come true has not deterred Harold Camping from making his prediction, and has not deterred many from following him. Neither has the fact that he also predicted the end of the world for 6th September 1994. Apparently Jesus hadn't read the script.
But don't worry if you are a little too busy to prepare this week, because the 21st May is only the beginning of the end. If you miss the promised earthquake and rapture (during which all true believers will fly up to heaven) there are still another 5 months to go before the earth is totally destroyed on 21st October. So plenty more shopping days to squeeze in.
If you are a little sceptical however, there is another option - you could buy the other T-shirt being offered by the campaign - the "I survived Judgment Day 2011" T-shirt retailing at $20.40
Or then again, you could just read your Bible - Matthew 24:36-42 might help...


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Inspection and Audit
On-site Product Inspections
Eurofins offers on-site product inspection services allowing you to check your complete production process in factories across Asia.
Control of the production process in factories across Hong Kong and Asia is performed by
- Checking the quantity, packaging, labelling, dimensions & weight compliance of your product
- Testing on-site so Eurofins can deliver a product-specific protocol inspection checklist for your product
- Performing Inspections During Production (DUPRO), Pre-Shipment Inspections (PSI) or Container Loading Checks (CLC)
On the day of the food inspection, the inspector will follow a standardized process to verify the quality of your products consisting of:
- Random Sampling (determined according to your product type)
- Visual Checks
- Product-specific Tests
- Major Defect Checks
- Packaging and Labelling Checks
Eurofins can collect food (production) samples at factories across Asia for testing and verifying your production process.
Impartial food sample collection services are offered to ensure testing is performed on random samples. This also includes swabbing which helps to control the hygiene in your working environment.
Please contact Eurofins for a complete quality control programs, group sample collection services with a full food inspection.
Providing valuable auditing services, testing, and verification studies to our clients have been a key objective to Eurofins business values for many decades. As a core belief, Eurofins has worked hard to develop value-added audits to help you evaluate your quality systems and protocols. By using a third party to conduct food safety audits, your company is ensuring impartial results and guarding against potential conflict of interests.
GMP / Food Safety Systems Audits
Identifying potential problems and taking an in-depth look at processes is the first step to increasing your food safety management system.
Manufacturers and processors undergoing our tailored GMP / Food Safety System audit will be provided with data to help enhance food safety and quality systems throughout the entire plant. The GMP / Food Safety System audits target and inspect the following areas:
- Food Safety Management and Quality Systems
- Sanitation
- Hazard Prevention
- Food Defense
- Employee practices
- Pest Control
- Grounds, equipment, and infrastructure
Hygiene Audits
Hygiene audit is a comprehensive assessment of the hygienic conditions of a restaurant or kitchen. It also involves collecting representative samples from various sites in the kitchen / food processing area namely cooking area, bakery, washery, cold rooms, chopping boards, cutlery, juicers, butchery, veggie washing area etc. personnel hygiene samples are also collected. Samples are processed in the laboratory to quantify / detect the microbial load and based on the contamination level hygiene score is allotted. Comprehensive hygiene audit of kitchen consists of:
- Hygiene Audit Of Kitchen
- Testing Of Food Samples
- Testing Of Water Samples
Our laboratory is well equipped to handle sample analysis for food and water as per ISO 17025:2005 accreditation.
Food Safety Certification
Today's complex food supply chain has led many of the world's major food retailers to require their suppliers to meet specific food safety certification standards, including Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) schemes. Eurofins teams of talented auditing professionals are experts in the application of these food safety certification standards.
Eurofins can assist you with choosing the appropriate food safety certification scheme to help you meet the demand of increasingly high food safety standards.
BRC Certification
As a GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative) recognized scheme, British Retail Consortium (BRC) incorporates both international and domestic regulations into its food safety certification program.
FSSC22000 Certification
Eurofins is an industry leader within the GFSI community through membership and actively serving on various committees. We can support your FSSC 22000 certification goal through valuable training courses, consulting, pre-assessments, certification audits, and of course, excellent customer service.
Non-GMO Certification (IP Certification)
The Eurofins IP Standard provides a suitable management system and process requirements to be implemented within non-GMO supply-chains or sites wishing to ensure the IP integrity of their production (from seed to finished products).
The IP Certification is issued upon satisfactory completion of the certification audit. The Eurofins IP Standard is based on the completion of an annual third-party audit. The audit scope covers all the actors of a supply-chain.


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Brain; Computer Graphics; Database; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Electromagnetic Fields; Electromagnetic Radiation; Emotions; Energy Metabolism; Functional Magnetic Resonance; Kidney; Lipid Metabolism; Liver; Magnetic Fields; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Magnets; Muscle, Skeletal; Statistics
Research interests
Ewald Moser holds a Diploma in Nuclear Physics (TU Graz, AT) and a doctorate in Physics (TU Vienna, AT). His research interests include high- and ultrahigh field MRI, functional MRI and MRS(I), multi-modal imaging and data processing, particularly for large databases. He collaborates with Psychology, Psychiatry and Radiology in academia and clinical research, and in hard- and software development with imaging industry.
Techniques, methods & infrastructure
The Division "MR Physics" is spezialized in the development and application of ultra-high field Magentic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy methods (Moser and all coworkers). Functional MRI methods and applications in the human brain, with a focus on Emotion processing and collaborations with Psychology and Psychiatry (Moser and coworkers). Dynamic metabolic and functional mapping using phosphorus and proton techniques in human skeletal muscle, liver and kidney (Meyerspeer and coworkers). Our RF-lab can provide RF-coil development and electromagnetic simulations for ultra-high field imaging and spectroscopy (Laistler and coworkers). Due to an ever increasing amount of data, storage and fast processing of big data sets employing parallel computing is our most recent achievement.
Selected publications
- Boubela, R.N. et al., 2015. fMRI measurements of amygdala activation are confounded by stimulus correlated signal fluctuation in nearby veins draining distant brain regions. Scientific Reports, 5, p.10499. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep10499.
- Kriegl, R. et al., 2014. Novel inductive decoupling technique for flexible transceiver arrays of monolithic transmission line resonators. Magn. Reson. Med., 73(4), pp.1669-1681. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.25260.
- Schewzow, K. et al., 2014. Dynamic ASL and T2* -weighted MRI in exercising calf muscle at 7 T: A feasibility study . Magn. Reson. Med., 73(3), pp.1190-1195. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.25242.
- Nasel, C. et al., 2017. Normalised time-to-peak-distribution curves correlate with cerebral white matter hyperintensities - Could this improve early diagnosis? Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 37(2), pp.444-455. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0271678X16629485.
- Rabl, U. et al., 2014. Additive Gene-Environment Effects on Hippocampal Structure in Healthy Humans. Journal of Neuroscience, 34(30), pp.9917-9926. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3113-13.2014.


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My current research is focused on the biology and evolution of transposons, which are DNA parasites that constitute over half of the human genome. Specifically, I am investigating the long-standing hypothesis that transposon activity is a major mechanism underlying the evolution of gene regulatory networks.
I became interested in evolutionary biology as an undergraduate at UC San Diego, where I worked with Hopi Hoekstra studying the volatile history of rodent placental proteins. I continued studying placental evolution as a graduate student at Stanford University with Julie Baker, where we found that transposons may contribute to pregnancy-related adaptations by functioning as species-specific regulatory elements. Inspired by the potential for transposons to drive rapid evolutionary change, I decided to do my postdoc in the laboratories of Cedric Feschotte and Nels Elde at the University of Utah, where I am studying the role of transposons in shaping the evolution of human innate immune responses. Outside the lab, I enjoy the vast outdoor recreational activities in Utah, including hiking, skiing, and canyoneering.


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A modern cut with dual-layer pouch and fly, providing just the right amount of support without compromising comfort or accessibility.
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Long the little brother to the team with whom they share a home arena, the L.A. Clippers are finally a respected on-court product in the City of Angels. And with a recent rebranding, Clips gear is gaining momentum for its off-court style, too. Inspired by Lob City's away shorts, this fitted boxer brief is designed in the latest Del Mar style, with an exposed elastic waistband and Feather-Seam construction. It's part of our new line of casual NBA underwear, for dedicated LAC fans.
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Yuen Sang Hardware Co (1988) Ltd
One of the industry's most successful component suppliers, Yuen Sang Hardware Co (1988) Ltd has manufactured high quality stainless steel watch bracelets since 1947
Most people spend hours deciding which watch they want to buy but few spare a thought for the style or origin of the humble watchband. Timepiece manufacturers, however, see things differently and household names the world over know exactly why they choose bracelets from Yuen Sang Hardware Co (1988) Ltd.
Yuen Sang has long been one of the industry's most successful component suppliers, having specialised in making high quality stainless steel watch bracelets since it was established in 1947.
Acquired in 1988 by the Chuang's Group of Companies, Yuen Sang is committed to addressing new ideas and markets and building a product range that extends from simple functional steel-link bracelets to the kind of band that makes or breaks the look of a high-value watch.
Thanks to the current popularity of leather straps with ornate buckles, the company has opened a new area in its factory devoted exclusively to producing the kind of elegant, but functional and resilient, buckles that watch manufacturers worldwide are now demanding.
"Separate buckles are a new speciality for us," explains marketing manager Molly Suen. "Leather strap models with diamonds and other stones have become popular recently, so we have had a lot of orders for buckles for bracelets, and we're also selling a lot of jewellery-type bracelets to Italian customers."
The company supplies watch companies in Southeast Asia, the Chinese mainland, Korea, Japan, Australia, Europe and North and South America.
Like many Hong Kong companies Yuen Sang moved its manufacturing operations to the mainland in the early 1990s, establishing a factory in Dan Shui near Shenzhen.
The four-storey building, which covers an area of about 65,000 square feet and employs more than 500 workers, has its own power generator to ensure that production runs are not affected by electricity cuts.
"The factory has four floors but we only use half that area at the moment," Suen reveals. "We can expand easily in the same building should demand call for it."
The company produces more than 900 different designs, both original and clients' own creations, which are handled by dedicated departments - folded, semi-solid and solid bracelets.
According to Suen solid bracelets offer an elegant classical look, semi-solid bracelets provide good quality at a reduced cost and highly polished folded bracelets represent an attractive combination of quality and affordable price.
"We normally ask for minimum orders of 500 pieces, which is much lower than a few years ago when we were asking for 2,000 or 3,000," Suen explains, adding prices are also lower than in previous years. "First orders usually take about 40 days but we can do repeat orders where no sample testing or approval is needed in 25-30 days."
Economically troubled times in recent years have affected the watch business in Asia and Yuen Sang's profit margins have also been hit by the high cost of its principal raw material, stainless steel, which it sources from Japan, Taiwan and Finland.
Demand for watches has been sluggish, but Suen is confident however that 2004 sees the industry on the road to recovery and Yuen Sang correspondingly well positioned to benefit.
"Last year was the worst for some time, but starting from Chinese New Year this year, business has been steady," she notes. "Orders keep coming in and our headache is how to speed up delivery to meet client demand, but I don't think we are the only company experiencing that difficulty."
Notwithstanding its diversification into the buckle business, she is adamant that Yuen Sang will continue focusing on what it does best. "Some watch manufacturers are adding lines of jewellery and we've even had requests for rings - but it's not what we do," Suen insists. "Demand is rising once again for our core speciality, with orders of up to 16,000 bracelets for some customers."
Now Yuen Sang is working towards extending its presence in several of the major international markets in which it feels it has hitherto been under-represented. "We'd like to sell more in Europe - they look for quality there and that's what we deliver," concludes Suen.
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Giving Back
An OSUCCC – James physician-researcher contributes to his father's program to improve education and health care in an African village, an effort that is a model of educational improvement, economic development and sustainability.
Like many African countries, the West African nation of Cameroon struggles to provide health care in general and cancer care in particular.
The nation's 22.2 million people had a life expectancy for both sexes combined of 56 years in 2012, according to the World Health Organization. The leading causes of death were HIV/AIDS, lower-respiratory tract infections, diarrheal diseases, malaria, stroke and ischemic heart disease. Leading causes of cancer death were breast, cervical, prostate, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, ovarian and liver.
In terms of the healthcare providers, Cameroon has eight physicians per 100,000 people (versus 245 in the United States), and 44 nurses and midwives per 100,000 people. In terms of technology, the nation has 0.6 CT scanners and 0.1 radiation therapy units per million Cameroonians, and 17.4 mammography units per 1 million women.
The nation has virtually no cancer screening and prevention programs and few treatment options for those who develop cancer.
Patrick Nana-Sinkam, MD, a lung-cancer specialist at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) has roots in the Cameroonian village of Bangou, and he is working with his father to improve the healthcare situation.
His father, Professor Samuel Nana-Sinkam, began a foundation in 2010 dedicated to providing educational opportunity for Bangou's children, improve health care and provide jobs while sustaining the foundation. The approach he is using could provide a model for sustainable improvements in health care and education in other under-resourced areas as well.
Prof. Nana-Sinkam was born in Bangou, which is located in Cameroon's western highlands about 170 miles northwest of the capital Yaoundé. His family has lived there for generations. The village's 10,000 to 15,000 inhabitants are mainly subsistence farmers who live in homes of mud brick and thatch roofs and survive on less than $2 per day.
Dr. Patrick Nana-Sinkam, who is associate director of the Thoracic Oncology Center at the OSUCCC – James, is helping plan and design the village's first ambulatory care clinic.
"Historically, health care in the village has been provided by a few small, state-owned centers staffed by a nurse and supplied with a few basic drugs," Nana-Sinkam says. "They meet only the simplest medical needs." The nearest hospital is 20 miles away.
"The new ambulatory health center will open in July and provide year-round health care," he says.
The first floor will have clinic space that includes several rooms for patient consultations, a pharmacy and a chemistry lab equipped for basic clinical tests such as glucose, complete blood counts, serum profiles and urinalysis. "We plan to have a general internist available daily," Nana-Sinkam says. "We may add needed subspecialists and dental services at some frequency in the future."
A second floor will have apartments for doctors.
"The care provided by the clinic will be unbelievably important for the village," says Nana-Sinkam, "but it also stands for something. The people will know they have more places to turn for preventive services and to address acute issues. It will hopefully give those in the village a better sense of security for them and their families."
An Africa Story Rarely Heard
The ambulatory health center is underwritten by the Charles Sinkam Foundation, the foundation that was started by Prof. Nana-Sinkam. The foundation is directed by Dr. Djomo Armel, a well-respected local cardiologist.
Prof. Nana-Sinkam's story is one of a promising young man, helped by his extended family, who leaves his village, accomplishes much and returns to help others.
Prof. Nana-Sinkam's father, Charles Sinkam, stressed the importance of education. Samuel showed promise in primary school, and family—aunts, uncles, cousins, along with his parents—rallied their resources to help him attend secondary school at College of St. John the Baptist in Bangou, then complete pre-university studies in Yaoundé.
He attended college in France, earning a PhD in Economics, Development Theory and Practice, from the University of Poitiers, along with a master's degree in Statistics and Econometrics from the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) in Paris.
For a time, he served as Minister of Economics and Finance in Cameroon, then worked with the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). Next, he worked for the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The family lived outside of Washington, DC. There, he attended George Washington University, earning a second PhD in Economics, Monetary and Finance.
"As a child, I remember waking at 3 a.m. and seeing him studying at the dining room table," Nana-Sinkam says. "By 6 a.m., he'd be dressed and go to work. On Saturday and Sunday, he slept."
At the IMF, he was promoted to executive director, representing more than 27 African countries. He was also a professor at the University of Dauphine in Paris, and a senior risk analyst and adviser with Chase Manhattan Bank New York.
His career included being appointed by United Nations Secretary General Koffi-Annan as special representative in Guinea- Bissau in a peace-keeping mission during that country's civil war. And he served as director of the Joint FAO/ECA Department in the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa; as a member of the executive committee of the Club of Rome; and as FAO country director in Democratic Republic of Congo and other African countries. This work often took him into conflict areas where he worked to ensure fair democratic elections.
Improving Education
Yet, he returned to Bangou yearly when possible, and he helped family members with education and health needs. He founded the Charles Sinkam Foundation to do more, focusing first on providing educational opportunity to village children.
"Many leave school very early because families just can't afford it," Prof. Nana-Sinkam says. "I wanted to help students in a meaningful way. We provide scholarships to top students to try to keep them in school, and we even provide some with college scholarships."
The foundation's attention then turned to improving health care.
Medical Days
It began in July 2011 when the foundation held its first Medical Days. During the two-day event, the foundation opens its doors to the sick and injured, to all who need medical care.
Since 2011 it's been held twice a year, in July and December. Care and prescriptions are provided at no charge. People come from all parts of Cameroon, some as far as 250 miles away.
Nana-Sinkam notes that physicians who participate come from all over Cameroon and range from general practitioners to specialists such as a cardiologist, pediatrician, rheumatologist, hematologist and ophthalmologist.
"We first triage patients—we check vitals and test glucose and other basic parameters, then direct the person to the appropriate subspecialist," Patrick Nana-Sinkam says. Basic surgeries such as hernia repair are performed, and the local dental school sends its mobile dental unit, staffed by dentists and dental students for onsite care.
The foundation has hosted eight Medical Days in all, and some 19,000 people have sought care. Common illnesses treated have included hypertension, degenerative joint disease and pediatric diarrheal illness. Treatments included 250 surgeries and 400 dental extractions.In December 2015, prostate and cervical screenings were offered for the first time. In July 2016, breast self-exam will be taught.
Nana-Sinkam has been impressed with the local internists who assist during Medical Days. "In the absence of the tests and diagnostic equipment we take for granted in high-resource counties, they rely heavily on clinical acumen, on sound and touch and on a familiarity with local illnesses. And they are very good at it."
In addition, three or four children have been referred for open heart surgery, which is available at just one hospital in central Cameroon, Nana-Sinkam says. The foundation paid the children's transportation to the hospital and for the surgery.
"The children have done wonderfully. They're in school and enjoying friends," Nana-Sinkam says.
"It has been an incredible experience—the level of excitement and commitment offers tremendous hope for the community, and they start looking forward to it weeks and months in advance," Nana-Sinkam says.
A Nucleus of Hope
That excitement is well-founded. In fact, Medical Days is a multi-day demonstration of hope and caring. Four days are planned for July 2016.
Day 1 Academic scholarships are awarded
Day 2 Cancer screening and education
Day 3 and Day 4 Both are medical days that provide onsite general medical care and subspecialty care.
"I never thought it would become what it has," Prof. Nana-Sinkam says. "It works because people are tremendously dedicated to it. They put other things aside and focus on what we're trying to do. I'm grateful that they care as much as they do."
The foundation covers the cost of Medical Days activities. The doctors who take part come mainly from across Cameroon and work under a locum tenens agreement, a legal mechanism for temporary physician help. They are paid $150 for the two days (internists in Cameroon typically receive $400 per month). The foundation also pays for the doctors' meals and housing.
To make the foundation sustainable and provide economic benefit to the village, the foundation started several initiatives:
- A bank that offers microfinancing—small, low- interest loans—to help small businesses;
- A brick factory, which takes advantage of local resources and provides work for people in the community;
- A syringe factory, because the need is great and there are no such factories in central Africa;
- Planned: A grain mill to make animal feed.
These initiatives should mean a bright future for the Charles Sinkam Foundation, the people of Bangou and perhaps the entire country.
"The Medical Days event has received attention from local government and national government as well," Patrick Nana-Sinkam says. "It might be a model system for other communities in need, if implemented properly, but it requires a real commitment in time, resources and patience. You can't just build a health center on day one. Much of it requires understanding the community, the culture and, maybe just as importantly, building trust."
Looking back on how far the village of Bangou has come, the most valuable thing its residents get in return begins with what Professor Nana-Sinkam remembers seeing so many times growing up—the smiles of a village of perseverance and love.
"Seeing a smile on the face of a child, of a mother, of a man, has been our most important reward," Professor Nana-Sinkam says. "We believe strongly that every human is on Earth with a purpose and no one should go through that journey without leaving a positive contribution to be remembered."
It Begins With Education
Professor Samuel Nana-Sinkam regards the educational focus of the Charles Sinkam Foundation as among the most important. One school was a particular triumph.
"We chose one high school in the village that was scheduled to close because it had only 70 students in the sixth to ninth grades," explains Samuel Nana-Sinkam. "We set up a test for students entering sixth grade, and the 30 best students passing the test received a scholarship and books."
The next year they repeated the system. The best of the sixth graders who were entering seventh grade received a scholarship and books. In the meantime, the tenth-grade class was opened through the process.
After three years, the high school presented twelfth-grade students for the national test to enter the university. In the end, the students from the village achieved an 85-percent success rate and ranked No. 2 in the nation. The foundation offers scholarships to the top three to go to the university. The next year, the school ranked first.
The educational focus is also tied into Medical Days—the day before the event, students ranging from sixth grade to those graduating from high school are given scholarships. "This isn't just top students overall, but those who excel in particular areas, such as mathematics and science," says Prof. Nana-Sinkam.
The younger Nana-Sinkam sees these educational hopefuls as the core of what the Foundation is about—and what his father is about.
"You see a man who built a life through perseverance, and who has succeeded by many measures," Patrick Nana-Sinkam says. "This is where his life started and education partly propelled him. Then you can't help but be proud of these young people and what they have been able to achieve. It's exciting to think about where they could be going."


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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:09 am
Post subject: D/F at resonance
In my previous tread I mentioned that D/F is actually better at resonance due impedance max. As max is roughly 30 ohm, you get real electrical 6,5 D/F from 0 ohm source and 5,4 D/F from 1 ohm source at B139 input.
Above mentioned figures are reasonable at resonance. They also show how little amplifiers output impedance can change damping, if there is considerable inductance between source and load.
At 70-250 Hz D/F:s are considerably worse, close to 1, as load decreases close to 7 ohm and source impedance increases due reactance of inductors.
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Post subject: QED 79
Snake oil cured Cantatas.
I tried to improve low level resolution and hardening of sound at upper midds with various ways. When I upgraded internal wiring from inputs to midd/hi crossover and from crossover to B110/T52 with QED 79, I finally got Cantatas performance to be as expected.
I used originally ordinary 0,75 mm2 speaker cable for midd/hi frequency and 1,5mm2 for B139. QED 79 seemed to tame nasty upper midd hardness that I supposed to be some diffraction effect. Also low level detail was improved considerably at same time.
Improvement was such that it could be heard at once. I suppose that reason for this is crossover location at well in back panel and removable front panel. These mods increased lenght of wiring considerably.There is now slightly over 1 m wire between crossover and B110 0r T52. The reason for this mod was my idea to locate magnets and crossover coils as far as possible to each other. This also makes it easy to adjust crossover.
I have considered this wiring stuff in past decades to be mostly nonsense. Last year I have heard myself things that have made me to think, that we do not know too much about effects of wiring. I ques I have to change B139 wiring soon...
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:31 pm
Post subject: Improvement on upper mid hardness of Cantatas
I upgraded my late 90:s Sony CDP XA-30 ES CD player to 2nd hand Audio Research CD3 mk. II. New CD player is roughly 5 years newer design of slightly higher quality. This change of source removed almost all remaining hardness on upper mids.
The new player has considerably quieter background, therefore reproduction of music seems to be quite much more accurate. It was funny to note that even reproduction seems to more accurate, sense of space is now much more on left to right axis. Earlier depth and height information was much better.
Ambience is also quite good when there were not too many players playing at same time. When mix is dense and several players are playing same time, sense of space seems to disappear from Cantatas.
It is possible that this has nothing to do with Cantatas. ARC has grounded mains lead ad Sony used ungrounded lead... so grounding arrangement can make these things happen... but I have tried to arrange grounding every way I can imagine. But nothing in grounding seems to be straight forward. 2 years ago when I got my setup performing reasonably well with Sony, it took 2 months to try too may ways and I had to modify both pre amplifier and power amplifier groundings... and there was no way to get pre amplifier sound good with legal grounding... ie. green wire to chassis ground...
BTW I haven´t upgraded woofer wiring yet... but if anybody have any ideas for my ongoing Cantata project, your response is most welcome.
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Post subject: Re: Improvement on upper mid hardness of Cantatas
All my Hi-Fi equipment has always been well grounded.
A three metre copper pipe driven into the ground using the water hose method.
Never looked back...
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:44 pm
Post subject: Grounding 230 VAC line
I have considered if it would be beneficial to make own AC supply to audio equipment using isolation transformer with 115 + 115 VAC output. If secondaries are connected in series and center tap of secondaries is connected to AC ground bus, or maybe even 3 m copper pipe in the soil, you would have nicely balanced 230 VAC power line.
Using this idea impedance from both ends to ground would be quite similar, much better balanced than conventional one end connected to ground set up.
Conventional RFI filters should work much more efficiently after proposed set up, as they are usually connected such a way that balanced line would improve their performance.
This set up does not offer isolation from ground, but would be also safer than conventional set up, as you have only 115 VAC against ground instead 230VAC.
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 1:25 pm
Post subject: B139 wiring upgrade
I upgraded B139 wiring with Eagle silver line cable. There was no other reason to use Eagle, but I happened have suitable lenght lying around. Also previous QED upgrade on hi and middle sections suggested that it was worth to try. This LF wiring upgrade proved to make sound quality more accurate.
Soldering this unnecessary thick (4mm2) cable was not pleasant experience. I probably heated input terminals too much. I lost contact on one LF terminal time to time. Most often it did record similar 8,4 ohm as other speaker, but LF did disappear on this speaker sometimes.
This loss of LF made me think about input terminals. I used Monacor branded gold plated bi-wire economy terminals. They are probably not best terminals available... but they are priced fairly and they had enough room for cabling I have used.
I reasoned that if heat can distort contacts enough to make temporarily open circuit, maybe I should solder gold plated tabs, post and nut together to improve contact. I suspect that post is not machined one piece assembly, instead post is probably pressed together. Consequently this press joint is inside the assembly. I suppose there is nothing I can do to improve this part of contact.
However, I felt this extra soldering was also worth the trouble as this improved also presentation of sound. I suppose that almost all the hardness, I have previously complained, has now been removed.
This cabling issue makes me to think all the possible variants of cabling available. You can probably tweak reproduction of sound as you wish with different cables. This seems incredible. Last year I thought that electrolytic caps and cored inductors were biggest hindrance for proper reproduction of sound. Now I can see that there was nothing wrong in basic design of Cantatas. During production you have to skimp little everywhere. Therefore you can improve sound design considerably if you fix all small shortcuts made during production. This wiring issue makes me also think if inductors and PCB tracks had been made also using OFC LC copper.
Even with previous tweaks, I feel that LF performance can be improved further. LF lacks authority somehow. LF seems to be flat to roughly 40 hz, but there is not enough grunt.
I have used B139:s of 1979 vintage and I have extra pair from 1975 which seems to be quite similar. I remember somebody has been saying that late production SP1044 are more consistent than early SP1044. Also 70´s and 80´s data sheets point out that different materials have been used, as thermal handling has been improved... also slight variation on T&S have been recorded.
Does anybody have good information how different vintage SP1044 differs from each other ... and which one is most usable in Cantatas. I suppose one reason for my thought about Cantatas being a little light on bottom octaves is closed box tuning. I have feeling that port resonances on vented boxes are one reason for illusion of LF grunt.
Anyway good B139/SP1044 info is most welcome.
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Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:22 pm
Post subject: floor coupling
Several improvement has been made to signal source for Cantatas. They are now performing quite well.
However interface to room seems to have some problem. There are no too severe standing waves in LF. However when listening acoustic guitar at pretty high level, peaks maybe in 10W range, the room and cabs seems to resonate somewhere between low E to A string. Cabs do have felt pad under all 4 corners. The concrete floor is lined with oak parquet. Oak is glued directly to concrete.
I tried if 2 thickness cardboard under Cantatas would help. Cardboard reduced this resonance or ringing to tolerable level. However HF and MF performance was now so dull, that isolation was not clearly the solution to this problem.
My friend advised me that maybe I should try spikes. Construction of cabs is now such that spikes might do harm to bottom panel glue joints. Therefore I installed 3 aluminium cones between the cabs and floor. This also reduced ringing but also made MF and HF dull, maybe not so much as cardboard sheets. It seems like there is considerable more distortion on MF/HF and this makes the speakers to sound quite dull with cones or cardboard isolation.
It seems that Cantatas are performing most favorably here on felt pads. It is funny as most audiophiles seems to prefer coupling with spikes. Others, like Max Townshend, seems to recommend decoupling/isolation from the room.
Effects seems to be considerable, even weight of Cantatas is something like 34kg ea. Any ideas how and why?
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Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:50 pm
Post subject: Re: floor coupling
Have you got neigbours?
Easier than an anechoic chamber but try listening to them outdoors if you can.
You can learn a lot about the behaviour of the enclosure / transducer interface.
Obviously well recorded instruments are important, no room for studio processed & amplified garbage here!
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 1:15 pm
Post subject: neigbours
Very good idea... listening outdoors newer came to my mind even I remember Hifi News used to measure speakers outdoors on 6 m pod in 80`s. However there were some practical limitations on this measuring set up as Martin Colloms mentioned. They were unable to use standard measurements when reviewing Tannoy Westminster´s.
Neighbours might also be problem if they get proof about my mental disorder, when I rig my audio gear to my garden and start tweaking them. I might end in to mental hospital.
Anyway, it seems that biggest problem is now enclosure/room interface. I can reduce ringing to tolerable level with cones or cardboard and HF/MF performance is good with felt pads. It seems to me that cab to floor coupling is the cause of this resonance and the best compromise to date is to use felt pads.
However it might be possible to improve HF/MF performance with different T52 and B110 gaskets... original gasket are used now, T52 cork gasket is in very good condition but B110 gasket is quite flat...
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Category: Nick Swisher
Swisher will be able to be replaced
There is uncertainty right now about if Huroki Kuroda, Nick Swisher and Rafael Soriano will be back with the Yankees next season. This is because they have all declined their qualifying offers. However, it seems one can bank on Swisher not returning to the Bronx.
They were all productive during the regular season, but Swisher has been basically invisible in the postseason with the Yankees. He hit a decent .250 in the three-game sweep to the Tigers and slugged .333 in the ALDS against the Twins in 2010. However, his six other playoff series while with the Bronx Bombers include pathetic offensive production never exceeding .211 (.111, .091, .133, .150, .083).
The Yankees will be trying to advance to the World Series next season and they do not need players that can't be relied upon in the postseason. Swisher is a fan favorite and a favorite of mine because of how he deals with fans and the media. He seems to always give all out effort on the bases and in the outfield, but Swisher does invariably make questionable decisions and his arm is not the best.
He is not worth the $13.3 million qualifying offer, so even if he had accepted, he would have been overpaid. The Yankees are in cost cutting mode, trying to reduce payroll to get below $189 million by 2014, so not bringing him back makes sense. The front office was thinking about not bringing him back before the season anyway.
Swisher is replaceable because the Yankees could move Ichiro to his natural position of rightfield and the rest of the outfield could include a healthy Brett Gardner and Curtis Granderson. The Yankees would be losing some power without Swisher but would be gaining more speed as well as a more reliable outfielder in Gardner.
Swisher did average 26 homers and 87 RBI with the Yankees in the regular season, but I don't see this production lasting too much longer. Various teams will reportedly offer Swisher a three or four-year contract, and the Yankees are smartly only willing to offer a one-year deal.
However, it is more important that Kuroda and Soriano reconsider because the team will need the pitching that they will be able to provide. They are both coming off productive seasons while proving that they can excel in the pressure cooker that is New York City.
It does seem like Mariano Rivera will be back next season (a few weeks ago he said he was not sure), but Rivera will be 43 on November 29, so no one knows what he will have left after having ACL surgery. This makes having a reliable closer like Soriano a necessity. Soriano is somebody who is worth offering a few more million dollars to.
As reported by MLB, Rivera threw 25 pitches on Friday without any problems during a commercial shoot at the Hackley School in Westchester. This proves that he should be all in, which is great news for Yankee fans, but again, there is no way of knowing if he will be able to pitch up to his Hall of Fame standards for the whole season.
Recap/analysis of my experience at the Yankees game the day after they wrapped up the division
I was luckily able to attend the Yankees game on Thursday night against the Tampa Bay Rays, thanks to Kieran, enjoying it very much, even though they lost 15-8 in a game that the Bronx Bombers rested many regulars.
When we settled into our seats it was obvious that the Yankees had clinched the division crown the night before. The crowd was not quite as loud as normal during player introductions and it seemed like the Bleachers' roll call was not as emphatic as usual.
However, I always get a kick out of hearing the Bleacher Creatures shout the fielder's names and watching each individual Yankee respond in their own unique way. It seems like when all the starters are playing both sides are more into it but this was probably only about 10 percent less than normal.
The major benefit of this game is that as a result of the 15-8 thrashing to the Rays, Tampa improves by half a game in the Wild Card race as a result of Boston not playing. In other words, the Yankees impressive wins the previous three games against Tampa helped Boston not nosedive out of the Wild Card.
Nothing was working for Bartolo Colon as he allowed seven runs, but only five of them were earned as a result of two errors in the first two innings, on seven hits and a walk in only three innings pitched.
This lackluster performance by Colon, which raised his ERA from 3.81 to 4.02, might be a result of the long celebration after the win on Wednesday and knowing that the team had the division locked up. The Yankees need to be able to put this game behind them as they play the Red Sox for three games in an effort to knock them out of the playoffs and wrap up home-field advantage.
Nick Swisher failing to field a routine ball hit to him on the ground in left-field and Derek Jeter telegraphing his throw to first as he almost threw it into the stands surely did not help.
Jeter almost always makes the routine play, which proves that this game was purely a letdown game for the team. In addition to this error by Jeter he would make another one later on, but I would miss it since I was on line for some "gourmet" Carl's cheese-steak, but this one was almost even more unexpected than the first.
In the fourth inning, the Rays former All-Star third baseman Evan Longoria hit a grounder that Jeter would field cleanly 99 out of 100 times but this time he let it go right through his glove allowing Longoria to score on Johnny Damon's homer two batters later. The Yankees fourth error was committed by back-up outfielder Chris Dickerson, in the seventh, with the home team losing 13-2.
The highlight from my perspective from the first six innings of play was without a doubt the two run homer by Andruw Jones to deep left center (12), in the bottom of the sixth. This is because it was the first time the fans had a reason to get loud and cheer for something positive. Dickerson would also somewhat cancel out his error by making a beautiful running catch and he even dove at the end for style points.
With the game all but in the books, the Yankees were able to tack on some garbage time runs, to use a football phrase, and keep the remaining crowd interested. We moved down at this point as I had the idea of exploring the 100 level section, which I had never really done before, and also looking for two people.
Rookie sensation Jesus Montero was able to have a perfect night at the plate, truly looking composed and ready to attack the baseball. He went 3-3 while hitting a double to deep center scoring Ramiro Pena and Jones, in the seventh. Pena, who is a reliable fielder but usually a weak hitter, chipped in with a shallow RBI single followed by a single by Jones that scored rookie Austin Romine, which capped of Jones's productive day at the plate.
This would add up to four runs making the score Tampa 13, New York 6, which was a little more respectable. Each team would add two more runs but they were more because of sloppiness by the pitchers and fielders and not any noteworthy offensive execution.
Matt Moore, the starter for the Rays, was expected to feel some butterflies as he was making only his fourth appearance of his career, while making his first start in the Bronx. However, he did not let the big city get to him as he looked poised on the mound hurling five shutout innings, while striking out 11.
The two players that got the loudest ovations from the fans were Jorge Posada and the previously mentioned Montero.
This is because Posada hit the two RBI double on Wednesday night that was the difference in the Yankees division clinching win and he has always been a fan favorite since 1998. Montero received loud ovations when coming to the plate because Yankees fans have been looking forward to his promotion as a result of his vast offensive potential and once he was called up on September 1st he has given the team a spark. He has an impressive .313 average so far with three homers and eight runs batted in and the only knock against him is that his catching skills could use a little improvement.
In addition to seeing a home run, something else that I was hoping to see came to fruition and that was the much publicized rookie hurlers,Andrew Brackman and Dellin Betances, making their debuts. These are two of the three "Killer B's" as the three pitching prospects for the Yankees with the most potential are Manny Banuelos, Betances and Brackman.
The 26 year-old Brackman, who has had some serious injuries, is a mammoth 6'10 and played basketball and baseball in college at North Carolina State University. His late start in the majors is due in part to attending college for three years as well as undergoing Tommy John surgery. There were six Yankees pitchers and he was one of only two to keep the Rays off of the scoreboard.
It was a highlight seeing Betances make his first appearance of his career even though he allowed two runs on four walks, while only recording two outs. He was probably feeling a lot of nerves because he was pitching in front of friends and family since he grew up in Washington Heights and has lived in the Lower East Side as well as Brooklyn.
I remember Betances, who went to the Grand Street Campus high school, in Bushwick, Brooklyn, likely being the best pitcher in the city when he was a senior. To be able to make his debut in the Bronx must have been a very special feeling for him even though he was very wild.
I was even able to find some Rays fans who flew up just for the day to watch this game and then will be flying back to Florida on Friday morning. They surely enjoyed their introduction to Yankees Stadium and being able to move half a game closer to Boston.
It is likely that the reason the Yankees did not show up to play was because of the long champagne celebration the previous night but it was great to see some of the rookies like Montero, Brackman and Betances in person. It was also a thrill to see the homer by Jones because that prevented the Yankees from getting shutout.
Yankees fall to the Athletics, as Swisher just missed a multiple homer game
The Oakland Athletics edged the Yankees, 6-5, on Tuesday night, as the Yankees staged a late rally which fell just a few feet short.
With his single to center in the third Jeter achieved yet another multi hit game. However, with runners on first and second Curtis Granderson and Mark Teixiera could not convert. To end the bottom of the third inning Teixiera made a play that required cat like reflexes to reach for a line drive and double off Josh Willingham at first.
In the top of the seventh, with the Yankees down 3-0, and a runner on first, Russell Martin made an outstanding stop to prevent Cliff Pennington from getting to second. Unfortunately, Kurt Suzuki would go on to hit a double down the left field line to move Pennington to second, knocking Colon out of the game.
The Athletics' offense continued to hurt the Yankees pitching as pinch-hitter Scott Sizemore smashed a double off of reliever Boone Logan that drove in Suzuki and Pennington. In recent outings Logan had been pitching very impressively so hopefully this does not last.
Derek Jeter was just about the only bright spot through eight innings for the Yankees as he led off the inning with a single. If he is able to have a three-for-three game tomorrow his average will be all the way up to .300. This is very impressive after his underwhelming start to the season.
However, later in the inning Nick Swisher came up in the nick of time as he hit a three run homer into the Yankees bullpen to force the A's to go to their bullpen. Then off of Andrew Bailey, the A's closer, Jorge Posada hit a deep blast into the bleachers. He has hit pretty well since being demoted, and in his last five games where he has at least one at bat he has seven hits and seven RBI.
Russell Martin hit a double to the gap and then Brett Gardner got on first because of third baseman Scott Sizermore's fielding error. It would have been a close play because of Gardner's blazing speed but since it was in Sizemore's glove and bounced out the error call made sense. Bailey walked Granderson on a full-count to load the bases for Teixiera.
Teixeira popped out and Granderson walked, but Swisher came so very close to hitting a grand slam but it ended up being a very long fly ball that landed in Coco Crisp's glove, on the warning track, in centerfield. The Yankees left runners in scoring position with two outs five times, with Swisher twice being the culprit, so if they would have converted on one or two of these opportunities the outcome might have been different.
Part of the reason Bailey allowed two hits, a walk and homer might have been because he had extra nerves since he was pitching near his hometown in Voorhees, New Jersey and also where he went to college at Wagner in Staten Island.
Logan came into this game having not allowed a run in his last three appearances, the Yankees likely would have won. This is because he gave up the double to Logan, which scored two runs, and gave Colon give five earned runs on the evening.
Colon really did not pitch that poorly because through six innings he had only allowed three runs and that is a quality start. Two of those runs were solo home-runs but he has not won a game during the month of August.
Brandon Allen hit two solo home runs during the game and he has really taken advantage of his trade to the Athletics, on July 31st. His first home run, in the second inning off of Colon, was a mammoth shot into the upper deck. He is only the second player to launch one into the upper deck at the new Yankee Stadium.
The Athletics are not known for their offense, as they are 12th in the AL in runs scored. They only scored 3.3 runs per game in the first half but have scored considerably more since then.
CC Sebathia, who is very reliable and a CY Young candidate, will try to revert Oakland back to their pre All-Star break form. Trevor Cahill is slated to pitch for the A's, who was an All-Star and in the top five in lowest ERA last season, but has struggled this season with a 4.17 ERA.
Since the Yankees lost last night and the Red Sox won they are now in a virtual tie for first place. Boston is playing the Rangers tonight, and the Rangers are winning the season series 4-1. Hopefully the Yankees will be able to take advantage of facing inferior completion for six more games before battling Boston.
>Yankees look to correct their mistakes to defeat the rival Red Sox


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