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Biggio tops vote but no one elected to Hall
Craig Biggio was the leading vote-getter, having been named on 68.2 percent of the ballots, but fell 39 votes shy of election as he received 388 votes among the 569 ballots that were cast. Five of those ballots were left blank. He was followed by Jack Morris (67.7 percent), Jeff Bagwell (59.6) and Mike Piazza (57.8).Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson admitted that this was a very a tough election for the voting cohort. "Writers have had a lot of consternation [this year] about who they decided to pick and this made it one of the most talked about classes in history," he said. "I think we have to remember that a snap shot in time is not one ballot, but 15, the most times a player can appear on the ballot. And for some of the people on this ballot that journey is just beginning." The ballot was loaded with a number of first-time-eligible players whose careers spanned a period of Major League Baseball that some believe was clouded by the use of performance-enhancing drugs: Barry Bonds, the all-time home run leader with 762. Roger Clemens, a storied right-hander with 354 wins. Biggio, a second baseman with 3,060 hits. Sammy Sosa, the only slugger to bash more than 60 homers in three different seasons and who totaled 609 in his career. Piazza, who hit 396 of his 427 homers as a catcher -- the most of any player at that position in Major League history. None of them made it in.
Morris, a starter who dominated the American League during the 1980s, didn't make it, either, on his 14th try. He'll have one more chance. So long as they maintain at least five percent of the ballots cast, players have 15 years on the ballot before they are no longer eligible to be elected by the BBWAA. Nineteen players, including Bernie Williams and Kenny Lofton, missed that five-percent mark this year and will not be back on the ballot.It's not going to get any easier next year as Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas, Mike Mussina and Jeff Kent are all expected to be among the first-timers on the ballot. As all Baseball Hall of Fame votes are conducted, a candidate needed to be named on at least 75 percent of the ballots to be elected. BBWAA members with 10 consecutive years or more of covering the sport were eligible to vote and they could name as many as 10 players on their ballots. Clemens and Bonds finished eighth and ninth, respectively, Clemens receiving 37.6 percent and Bonds 36.2. Tim Raines (52.2), Lee Smith (47.8), Curt Schilling (38.8), Edgar Martinez (35.9) and Alan Trammell (33.6) were among the remainder of the runners-up. Sosa received 12.5 percent.
"Next year, I think you'll have a rather large class and this year, for whatever reasons, you had a couple of guys come really close," Commissioner Bud Selig said at the owners' meetings in Paradise Valley, Ariz. "This is not to be voted on to make sure that somebody gets in every year. It's to be voted on to make sure that they're deserving. I respect the writers as well as the Hall itself. This idea that this somehow diminishes the Hall of baseball is just ridiculous in my opinion."
There will still be an induction ceremony in Cooperstown, N.Y., on July 28. Longtime Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert, turn-of-the-20th-century umpire Hank O'Day and 19th-century catcher Deacon White were elected to the Hall last month by the Pre-Integration Committee, and their memories and heirs will be honored on that date. All three are deceased.Tom Cheek, who called the first 4,306 regular-season games and 41 postseason games in Blue Jays history, will receive the Ford C. Frick Award for "major contributions to baseball" posthumously on July 27 during a ceremony at Doubleday Field. He is survived by his wife, Shirley, who is expected to be in Cooperstown to accept the award. Paul Hagen of MLB.com will be presented the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for "meritorious contributions to baseball writing" and will also be honored at Doubleday Field that day. The Hall will add a special wrinkle to the main Sunday event to honor Lou Gehrig, Rogers Hornsby and 10 other Hall of Famers who were not recognized at the time of their induction due to wartime travel restrictions. "When no player is elected or cases like that you're not going to have the crowds you normally would," Idelson explained. "It has an adverse affect on Hall of Fame weekend. Fortunately the Cooperstown season is more than that weekend. For that weekend we'll do what we need to do to now enhance the ceremonies." It was the eighth time the writers didn't elect anyone since voting began in 1936. Phil Niekro, Tony Perez and Don Sutton split the vote in 1996, with Niekro leading at 68.3 percent. All three eventually attained enshrinement. Two players and two managers, including Jim Bunning and Earl Weaver, were elected that year by a Veterans Committee. Yogi Berra led the voting in 1971, his first year on the ballot, but fell short of election. He was inducted the following year. Morris, who had 254 career wins during his 18-year career -- an American League-best 162 of them in the 1980s -- topped a list of returnees that included, among others, Bagwell, Smith, Raines, Trammell, Martinez and Dale Murphy, the center fielder who finished his 15-year tenure on the writers' ballot without success. "Today's news that those members of the BBWAA afforded the privilege of casting ballots failed to elect even a single player to the Hall of Fame is unfortunate, if not sad," said Michael Weiner, the executive director of the MLB Players Association. "Those empowered to help the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum document the history of the game failed to recognize the contributions of several Hall of Fame worthy players. To ignore the historic accomplishments of Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, for example, is hard to justify. "Moreover, to penalize players exonerated in legal proceedings -- and others never even implicated -- is simply unfair. The Hall of Fame is supposed to be for the best players to have ever played the game. Several such players were denied access to the Hall today. Hopefully this will be rectified by future voting." Among the first-timers, Biggio still seems to be on a clear course eventually toward a plaque, because 3,000 hits is an almost-certain ticket to the hallowed Hall. Of the 26 other retired players who amassed 3,000 or more hits, only two are not in the Hall, and both have extenuating circumstances. Rafael Palmeiro had 3,020 hits and 569 homers but was suspended for a positive steroid test in 2005, his last season in the Major Leagues. Pete Rose, the all-time leader with 4,256 hits, is banned from baseball because of gambling and is not eligible to be included on Hall of Fame ballots. Biggio played 20 seasons, all for the Astros. He batted .281 as a catcher, outfielder and second baseman; he played 1,989 of his 2,850 games at second base. For the others, the future looks much more problematic despite their overwhelming numbers. Bonds played 22 seasons for the Pirates and Giants and holds the all-time records for homers in a career (762) and a single season (73), plus walks (2,558) and intentional walks (688) He won the National League MVP Award seven times, including three times before 1998, the demarcation line for when many believe steroid use in baseball entered its peak. Clemens, who pitched for the Red Sox, Blue Jays, Yankees and Astros during a 24-year career, is ninth in career victories, one shy of Maddux, the pitcher with the most wins in their era with 355. Clemens is third all-time with 4,672 strikeouts, behind Nolan Ryan and Randy Johnson. Clemens won the AL MVP Award and the Cy Young Award in 1986 for the Red Sox and captured the Cy Young Award seven times, six of them in the AL.
Sosa hit 66 homers for the Cubs in 1998, the year of the feverish home run race with Mark McGwire to break Roger Maris' record of 61, set in 1961. McGwire finished with 70, a record that was broken three years later by Bonds. During that '98 season, Sosa led the National League with 158 RBIs and was named the NL's MVP. Sosa hit 63 in 1999, 64 in 2001 and led the league with 50 in 2000 and 49 in 2002. During that five-year period from 1998-2002, Sosa hit 292 homers. Piazza may be the greatest offensive catcher in baseball history, hitting the most home runs of any backstop to go along with a .308 lifetime batting average, 1,335 RBIs, and a .922 OPS, the last mark also tops among catchers. The MVP of the 1996 All-Star Game in Philadelphia was a 12-time All-Star and 10-time Silver Slugger Award winner, and won Rookie of the Year honors with the Dodgers in 1993. "We hope in the not too distant future that Mike Piazza will take his rightful place in the Baseball Hall of Fame," said Mets Chief Operating Officer Jeff Wilpon about a man who played eight of his 16 seasons with the Flushing, N.Y., based club. "The statistics he compiled during his career as a catcher were unmatched by anyone in the history of the game. We are optimistic one day soon Mike's plaque, with a Mets cap, will be hanging in Cooperstown where it truly belongs."
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The UN-supported organization, Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), conducted a study that shows half of new power generated in the United States in 2009 was renewable energy.
The U.S. has taken great strides toward mass use of renewable energy. Just last year, 10 gigawatts of wind power capacity was installed in the United States, which can power 2.4 million homes. Other advancements in clean energy were made last year as well, such as the $7 million grant for Argonne National Laboratory from the U.S. Department of Energy to further solar power research.
More recently, the Obama Administration has continued contributing funds to keep renewable energy research rolling along. In April, the U.S. government approved the country's first off-shore wind farm, despite those who protested the idea, and just this month, Obama gave a hefty sum of $1.85 billion for new solar energy plants to be built around the U.S. In addition, a promising 73 percent of Americans want to cut fossil fuel dependency in favor of cleaner methods.
While the U.S. is moving along in regards to green technology, other countries around the world have been joining the revolution for a cleaner planet too by implementing new ideas in green technology.
In Europe, 60 percent of new power generation in 2009 was in the form of renewable energy. But China has made the most progress when it comes to green technology by manufacturing more solar panels and wind turbines than any other country, as well as adding of 37 gigawatts of renewable energy to China's overall power generation capacity. Worldwide, renewable energy accounts for 25 percent of total power generation and provided 18 percent of the Earth's electricity in 2009.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: If you're the kind of person who passes up on after-dinner coffee on Thanksgiving so you can run out and park in front of Best Buy to save $70 on an outdated Blu-Ray player that's been on the shelf for 14 months with no hope of being sold without the gimmick of a midnight doorbuster, today's blog isn't for you.
Well, another Thanksgiving is upon us, and with it, of course, is Black Friday, which I prefer to call Loss Leader Friday, both because it's a chance for retailers to unload crap they couldn't sell all year and because you have to be a loser to spend a night in the frigid cold waiting to fill the hole in your life with a new Xbox at a slight discount.
Still, it's an important moment for retailers, who get to clear out their shelves of unwanted stuff at a discount so they can bring in shiny new things that people actually want, only those will be discounted as well, since everyone knows the best sales are the week before Christmas. We can only hope there won't be a body count this year.
But all is not well in the world of gigantic retailers. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is fending off a strike as workers protest being forced to work on Thanksgiving. Of course, this is just the natural order of things. Black Friday sales aren't impressive enough, so you stretch it out a few hours by bleeding it into Thanksgiving. It's the same reason major shopping malls have Santa visiting before the Columbus Day sales start.
I don't attempt to relay complex topics in this blog so much as I go for cynical and sarcastic laughs, so if you want the backstory, here's a good place to start. But the situation got me thinking about my other favorite pastime, you know, besides insulting professional bargain-hunters: professional ice hockey, which of course is locked out. The owners and players' union can't figure out how to split a $3 billion pie, so two months of games have been wiped out and many players have taken off to Europe to play.
The average NHL salary, according to Forbes, is $2.4 million a year. There were no U.S. games scheduled for Thanksgiving; a game between two Canadian teams was canceled because of the lockout. The average wage of an hourly cashier at Walmart is about $8.50 an hour. One of these parties has every right to call attention to the labor plight it faces. The other plays a game for a living, and is doing the same now.
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The reveal of 2K Marin's first-person XCOM reboot was not entirely well-received. "If they want to make a generic FPS where you fight aliens, why the hell bother using an existing IP that almost single-handedly created a completely different genre?," Shacker Mad Brahmin Disease asked nearly two years ago, when the reimagined game was first unveiled.
While few doubt 2K Marin's ability to make a fine FPS, XCOM fans were disappointed that the franchise was straying so far from its strategy roots. Capitalizing on that sentiment, 2K Games has another XCOM game up its sleeve--a strategy game from Civilization developer Firaxis.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is the cover story for the February issue of Game Informer. Enemy Unknown is described as a "full-on strategy game that puts players in command of a global anti-alien defense force." How's that for staying true to your roots?
"We're huge fans of the original game and it's a once in a lifetime opportunity to re-envision a game that is as beloved as X-COM," Steve Martin, president of Firaxis Games, told the magazine. "We were careful to keep XCOM: Enemy Unknown true to the elements that made X-COM such a revered game while delivering an entirely new story and gameplay experience for both die-hard X-COM fans and newcomers to the franchise." The game will be available on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
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Not surprisingly, one of the most popular student clubs on the Monterey Institute campus is a club dedicated to the love of languages. B.U.I.L.D., or Beyond yoUrself In Language Development, was founded by a group of students in 2009 with the idea of spreading that love of languages by offering free beginning-level classes in any language MIIS students wanted to teach. The program simultaneously offers the student instructors the opportunity to hone their teaching skills in an informal, low-pressure environment.
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|Asjha Jones put Rivas Ecopolis on her back all the way to the EuroLeague Women Final
Rivas Ecopolis have announced that EuroLeague Women Final Eight MVP Asjha Jones and Spanish veterans Elisa Aguilar and Amaya Valdemoro will not return for next season.
Jones was the key player in the team's run to the title game in Istanbul at the beginning of the month.
Jones' performance for Rivas this season helped her secure a place in the USA's Olympic squad.
She is expected to play for EuroCup Women runners up Kayseri Kaskispor in Turkey next season.
The Madrid outfit said it wasn't able to compete with the offers of other clubs were making for the star trio.
"Rivas Ecopolis has announced that three of its players from last season will now embark on a new career path..." a club statement said.
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Ralph Lauren Agrees to Pay $1.6 Million in U.S. Bribe CasesJoshua Gallu
Ralph Lauren Corp., the retailer of its namesake brand clothing, will pay about $1.6 million to resolve U.S. regulatory and criminal claims that a subsidiary paid bribes to officials in Argentina from 2005 to 2009.
The apparel company reported violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to regulators after discovering it in a 2010 internal review, the Securities and Exchange Commission said today in a statement. New York-based Ralph Lauren signed a non-prosecution agreement to settle the cases.
Ralph Lauren agreed to pay $593,000 in disgorgement and $141,845.79 in prejudgment interest, the SEC said. The company will pay an $882,000 penalty in parallel criminal proceedings by the U.S. Justice Department, the SEC said.
"When they found a problem, Ralph Lauren Corporation did the right thing by immediately reporting it to the SEC and providing exceptional assistance in our investigation," George Canellos, the SEC's acting enforcement director, said in the statement. The settlement "makes clear that we will confer substantial and tangible benefits on companies that respond appropriately to violations and cooperate fully," he said.
Ralph Lauren's subsidiary RLC Argentina used a so-called customs broker to funnel about about $568,000 in bribes to ensure the clearance of prohibited goods, avoid inspections and to import certain items without the necessary paperwork, the SEC said.
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To disguise the illegal payments, the customs broker submitted invoices to RLC Argentina with phony claims for "Loading and Delivery Expenses" and "Stamp Tax/Label Tax," according to the agreement. In addition to the bribes, RLC Argentina's general manager directly provided or authorized improper gifts to government officials including perfume, dresses and handbags valued valued from $400 to $14,000 each.
Under the criminal accord, the Justice Department won't bring charges as long as Ralph Lauren cooperates with an ongoing investigation, implements certain compliance measures and makes periodic reports.
The company discovered the violations after disseminating a new FCPA compliance policy in February 2010, the SEC said. Later that year, RLC Argentina employees reviewed the policy and raised concerns about the customs broker's work. Within two weeks of uncovering the payments and gifts, RLC reported its preliminary findings to both the SEC and Justice Department.
"Ralph Lauren did all the right things in this situation: we investigated, reported, cooperated with authorities, conducted a worldwide assessment and implemented a series of remedial measures," Tom Hanusik, the company's attorney at Crowell & Moring LLP, said in an interview. "The unprecedented use of non-prosecution agreements by both agencies reflects that."
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Click here for a documentation of the DokuWiki formatting syntax that can be used in reports
Please search for existing tasks (also closed ones) before opening a new task.
Please make sure that you are using the latest Version of QCAD before posting a bug (menu Help > Check for Updates)
FS#727 - 100% CPU Usage with 3.0 Final Version.
Opened by Peppino Zucca (Peppino79) - Monday, 26 November 2012, 23:12 GMT+2
Last edited by Andrew (andrew) - Saturday, 08 December 2012, 14:14 GMT+2
I am continuing my testing on version 3.0 Final.
I noticed that, with 3.0 Final open, the service "syslogd" (on OSX Leopard PPC) does get CPU consumption up to 100%, making the machine unusable.
This has never happened with the RC2 version.
It's possible to have a copy of RC2 while they investigated the problem? Unfortunately I have not kept a copy.
Saturday, 08 December 2012, 14:14 GMT+2
Reason for closing: Won't fix
Additional comments about closing: Feasible workaround found
With QCAD 3 RC2 the problem is not present but I have problem with hatch solid fill & splines.
Priority lowered since less than 3% of Mac OS X users are on a PPC platform.
I found the cause of the problem. From version 3.0 RC2 to 3.0 Final without deleting the old file QCAD3.ini is the problem.
Deleting it and starting from a clean install the problem disappears. For now I do not reappeared since.


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Cubs' Szczur developing in Arizona Fall League
Szczur told me only one stranger he has ever met pronounced his name correctly. He said it happened at an airport counter.
It won't be long until fans become familiar with Matt Szczur and know how to pronounce his name. He is an outstanding athlete.
Szczur is 6-foot-1, and a very solidly built 195 pounds. He has broad shoulders that make him look like a football player. Well, actually, he once was a football player -- a very good one at that.
A right-handed hitter, Szczur has predominantly played center field in his career.
As a member of the Chicago Cubs organization, Szczur is playing for the Mesa Solar Sox in this year's Arizona Fall League. His hustle, his strong upper body and his overall strength have made me pay attention. And oh, by the way, he can hit.
Szczur is hitting .264 in 53 at-bats in the Fall League. His 14 hits have included a double and a triple. He has no home runs as of yet. Szczur has walked eight times and stolen six bases, while being caught stealing twice. Solid, but not spectacular.
Of significance is the fact that he is hitting .385 against left-handed pitching in 13 at-bats. Against right-handers, Szczur is hitting only .225.
The entire approach to Szczur's game is energetic. He has shown the type of fire and commitment that can generate runs as a top-of-the-order type hitter.
Szczur starred as a multi-sport athlete at Lower Cape May Regional High School in New Jersey. He played football and baseball and ran track. He was proficient enough in baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers to select him in the 38th round of the 2007 Draft.
Instead of signing with the Dodgers following high school, Szczur chose to attend Villanova University, where he played both baseball and football.
At Villanova, Szczur played primarily wide receiver. However, he also spent time as a running back, quarterback and kick returner. Szczur was instrumental in the football team winning the 2009 NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) title. In fact, he was named the title game's Most Valuable Player.
Szczur was good enough to consider a professional career in either football or baseball. He chose baseball and was drafted by the Cubs in the fifth round in 2010.
Coincidentally, Chicago Cubs organizational teammate Jeff Samardzija, a football star at Notre Dame, also excelled at wide receiver in college and chose to pursue his future as a baseball player.
On the path to that professional future, Szczur showed the type of personal character and stature that defines his persona.
Villanova football coach Andy Talley has long been organizing players and teams to volunteer with the National Marrow Donor Program. Szczur volunteered to be a donor.
In 2010, Szczur was identified as being a "match" donor for a little girl in need. Szczur underwent the procedure that would bring hope to someone he didn't even know.
That is the type of unselfish character I see from Szczur on the baseball field.
His best tool is speed. If he hits a slow infield grounder, he has a chance to beat the throw to first. His speed is useful as well in the outfield, where he can close quickly on fly balls.
His other most prominent tool is his ability to center the ball with a short, measured swing that results in a high batting average.
In his first year of professional baseball, Szczur played at three classifications and hit a combined .347 over 116 plate appearances. Most of the year was spent at Low-A Boise, where he hit a robust .397.
Szczur continued to hit well in his second professional year. At age 21, playing for Class A Peoria and High-A Daytona, he hit a combined .293 in 480 plate appearances. Szczur was establishing credentials as a solid hitter.
This past season, Szczur once again played at High-A Daytona and then at Double-A Tennessee. The pitching began to get tougher. While he hit very well at Daytona (.295 in 182 plate-appearances) he scuffled for the first time in his career, following a promotion to the higher classification.
At Tennessee, Szczur hit only .210 in 158 trips to the plate in 35 games. The sample isn't huge, but it marks the only offensive outlier in his career to date.
It would not surprise if Szczur developed some true home run power as a third above-average tool. His upper body strength and well-tuned body are indicators of enough pure power to drive the ball. Using strong hands, wrists and forearms, Szczur could be a double-digit home run hitter in center field.
I have seen the raw power in batting practice.
For now, I think Szczur is working hard to make solid contact and get on base. A change in his swing to generate longer distance or additional loft might disrupt his natural mechanics. He has a "slashing" type approach to hitting that results in balls being hit hard and finding holes.
Defensively, Szczur has the ability to play an average quality center field. He is still learning all the nuances of taking the best and quickest routes to balls. His arm strength and accuracy are average. If he does fall a tick short in overall outfield range, his speed is the great equalizer.
Both Szczur and the Chicago Cubs will require patience as he continues to concentrate solely on moving his baseball career along the development path.
It may not be too long. Fans in Chicago will be watching the energy and passion with which Szczur plays baseball.
And baseball fans everywhere will know that Matt Szczur is actually Matt Caesar.
Bernie Pleskoff has served as a professional scout for the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners. Follow @BerniePleskoff on Twitter.


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Parents play major role in their children's choices about alcohol, tobacco or other drugs. In a national survey of parents and teens by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, one-third of teen partygoers have been to parties where teens were drinking alcohol, smoking pot, or using cocaine, Ecstasy or prescription drugs while a parent was present. By age 17, nearly half of teens have been at such parties where parents were present.
Drug-Free Action Alliance has developed the Parents Who Host, Lose The Most: Don't be a party to teenage drinking public awareness campaign to provide parents with accurate information about the health risks of underage drinking and the legal consequences of providing alcohol to youth. The campaign encourages parents and the community to send a unified message at prom and graduation time that teen alcohol consumption is not acceptable. It is illegal, unsafe, and unhealthy for anyone under age 21 to drink alcohol.
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Underage use of alcohol is a serious problem that too often leads to harmful consequences for youth and their families. Parents can protect themselves and their teens by following these guidelines when hosting parties for their children:
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Poker star Barry Greenstein has funded the building of a gymnasium for children who live on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota.
He donated the money for the project through non-profit organisation Children Incorporated and the development will be part of the Rosebud Dormitory student residence.
Before the organisation got involved, the dormitory only housed four sleeping rooms and a dining room.
However, with the help of the group, it is thought that over 140 Lakota Sioux children live and receive an education at the facility.
Information about exactly how much the three-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner donated to the cause, but it has been confirmed that he funded the whole operation.
Greenstein has cashed at the WSOP on 37 occasions, his most recent success in the series coming this year in the $1,500 razz event, which earned him $157,619.
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- LMC are a British dance group consisting of producers, Lee Monteverde, Matt Cadman and Cris Nuttall. They have performed remixes for Scooter, Erasure, Dannii Minogue, Lasgo, Flip & Fill, Robert Palmer and Shania Twain. LMC is best known for the track "Take Me to the Clouds Above" which featured a sample from "How Will I Know" by Whitney Houston, and "With or Without You" by U2 which topped the UK Singles Chart in early 2004, as well as going top 5 in Ireland and top 10 in Australia.
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Morris worthy of election into Hall of Fame
With superb postseason resume, righty deserves to make it in final year on ballot
Yes, I know about the earned run average.
When you look at a 3.90 ERA, you probably don't think Cooperstown. If you don't want Jack Morris in the Hall of Fame, those are the only three numbers you need.
Three. Nine. Zero.
No one's ever gone into the Hall as a pitcher with an ERA higher than Red Ruffing's 3.80, and only eight of the 69 pitchers in the Hall have ERAs of even 3.50. So it's easy enough to understand why a pitcher as rugged and as tough as Morris could have been on the Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot 14 times without receiving 75-percent approval.
But when I think about Morris, I think about the guy I covered when he started Game 1 of the World Series in 1984, '91 and '92 for three different teams -- and there were parades in Detroit, Minneapolis and Toronto, none of which would have happened without Morris.
That's a fact I can't get out of my head, just as I would always flash to 60 shutouts when Bert Blyleven was mentioned in Hall of Fame discussions. Despite such an astounding number, it took 14 ballots for Blyleven to be voted in, a tribute to one of the highest bars in sports.
Name another vote with more than 500 people voting where you need 75 percent approval to pass. Maybe you know one, but nothing comes to mind for me. Baseball's Hall of Fame standard is ridiculously high, under any circumstance, so while I voted for Blyleven every year he was on the ballot, I never really knew if he would get in. But he did.
I've voted for Morris 14 times now, and will again when the 2014 ballot arrives in the mail. He didn't have Blyleven's curveball or Nolan Ryan's heater. He didn't pile up victories -- retiring at age 39 with 254 wins (43rd all time) after 527 starts (36th all time) -- or strikeouts (2,478, 32nd all time), but he was like one of the craggy-faced charter captains Hemingway would have loved. He knew how to find the big fish, and how to reel them in.
This is the 15th and final year for Morris on the ballot, and there's no way to know if his support will jump enough to get elected. He's gained votes consistently over the past few years, and was second to Craig Biggio in 2013 voting, finishing 42 votes short of reaching the 75-percent threshold.
I know that there are strong arguments against Morris, but I think it will be a crime if his case is passed down the line to the Veterans Committee, where eventually -- like Ron Santo -- he will probably be put in. Let me repeat: He started Game 1 of the World Series for three different teams, and all three teams won the Series. He was 4-2 with a 2.96 ERA in seven World Series starts, and, yes, that includes Game 7 in 1991.
It was a thing.
Ask John Smoltz or any of the other Braves about it if you get a chance.
In Blyleven's final year on the ballot, he gained 63 votes, jumping from 400 to 463. But the biggest reason for that jump was that there were 42 more voters than the year before (from 539 to 581). The voting total has dropped each of the last two years.
Here's my biggest concern about the upcoming ballot.
There were 13 players on the 2013 ballot who got 20 percent of the vote, including six who got at least 48 percent -- a level that historically has signaled serious candidacy. Along with Biggio and Morris, there was Jeff Bagwell, Mike Piazza, Tim Raines and Lee Smith. And here's the potential whammy: The newcomers this year include Greg Maddux, Frank Thomas, Tom Glavine, Jeff Kent and Eric Gagne.
That could mean 18 players getting 20 percent of the vote, including at least three more (Maddux, Thomas and Glavine) who are major candidates.
Writers can only vote for 10 players, and historically most voters have been much more selective than that. Some only vote for two or three a year. Some turn in blank ballots.
Seventy-five percent has never been a tougher standard to reach than it will be this year. It's taken on faith that Maddux will be elected, as he has never faced a PED backlash, and Chicagoans believe Thomas will go in alongside him, for the same reasons.
I hope they're right, as I'll be voting for those guys, too. But draw your conclusions carefully.
Until the PED gridlock somehow gets broken up, Hall of Fame voting will be a mess. Figuring it out is next to impossible, like getting a run off Morris when it mattered the most.
Phil Rogers is a columnist for MLB.com.


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Taste and Smell Disorders
Imagine not being able to smell your favorite aromas, whatever they may be (perhaps cinnamon rolls, freshly brewed coffee, gardenias, or balsam). Think about the foods you like. Imagine not being able to taste them. This is a daily reality for people who partially or completely lose their senses of taste and smell.
Some of life's most pleasurable experiences are associated with the senses of taste and smell. For that reason, disorders that cause a loss of taste and smell can be particularly frustrating. They can also be dangerous when they impair a person's ability to notice dangerous situations, such as smoke or toxic fumes. Because taste and smell disorders can decrease a person's enjoyment in eating, they may also lead to weight loss and even malnutrition.
The Taste-Smell Link
When you were a child, your mother may have made you eat something that you didn't like. You might have held your nose as you swallowed. Even then, you sensed that there was a connection between taste and smell. And you were right: taste and smell are closely linked. Taste buds on your tongue identify taste, and nerves in your nose identify smells. Both sensations combine to play a role in your ability to recognize and appreciate flavors.
There are 5 basic taste sensations can be recognized without the sense of smell:
- Sweet
- Sour
- Bitter
- Salty
- Umami (the savory taste elicited by glutamate, found in protein-rich foods such as chicken broth, meats, extracts, and some cheeses)
However, to recognize many other, more complex flavors, your sense of smell is necessary. For example, if you held your nose while eating some lemon pudding, you would have difficulty identifying the lemon flavor because it is sensed mostly by odor. You would, however, be able to distinguish its sweetness or bitterness.
If you're having difficulty tasting your food, you may have a problem with your taste buds, but it's more likely that the problem is with your sense of smell.
What Are Taste and Smell Disorders?
People with taste disorders may complain of phantom taste perceptions (tasting something that isn't there), a reduced ability to taste the 5 basic taste sensations, or have a distorted sense of taste. Although some people can detect no taste, true loss of taste is rare. Perceived loss of taste is usually related to loss of smell.
People with smell disorders experience either a loss in their ability to smell or changes in their sense of smell. Some develop hyposmia, a decreased ability to detect odors. Others can't detect odors at all, which is called anosmia. Some people notice that familiar odors have become distorted. For example, an odor that usually smells pleasant may smell foul to them or they may perceive an odor that isn't present.
Causes of Taste and Smell Disorders
A small number of people are born with taste disorders. Most taste and smell disorders are caused by:
- Upper respiratory infections, such as a cold or the flu
- Breathing allergies
- Nasal congestion from irritants, such as pollutants and cigarette smoke
- Sinus infections
- Nasal polyps—noncancerous growths in the nose and sinuses
- Head injuries
- Bell's Palsy—infection of the facial nerves
- Exposure to certain chemicals, such as insecticides and solvents
- Certain medications, such as antibiotics and blood pressure pills
- Radiation treatments for head and neck cancers
- Increased age, which can make sense of smell less accurate (generally occurs after age 60)
A number of other health problems, including:
- Alzheimer disease
- Multiple sclerosis
- Parkinson disease
- Korsakoff's psychosis
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Seizure disorders
- Malnutrition and lack of vitamins or minerals, such as vitamin B12 and zinc
- Brain tumors
- Kallmann's syndrome and certain other gland disorders
- Sjögren syndrome
- Oral health problems, such as gum disease
- Some surgeries, such as third molar extraction and middle ear surgery
- Smoking and cocaine use
Diagnosis and Treatment of Taste and Smell Disorders
Smell disorders may be diagnosed with "scratch and sniff" tests that assess accuracy in identifying different easily recognizable odors (such as coffee and chocolate) and loss of smell. A nasal examination may be performed with an endoscope (a camera that can look inside the nose). X-rays (usually CT scans) may be needed to look at the sinuses, nerves in the nose, or lesions in the brain.
Taste disorders may be diagnosed through tests that measure the lowest concentration of a chemical that a person can detect or identify, taste comparison tests, and tests that measure taste intensity.
Some taste and smell disorders can be treated, but others cannot. Depending on the cause, treatment may include treating an underlying medical condition, changing or adjusting medicines, or surgery to remove obstructions in the nose, such as polyps. In many cases, people experience a spontaneous recovery when an illness or allergy that is causing the disorder resolves.
If You Have Lost Taste or Smell
If you have lost taste or smell, you should see your doctor. It may resolve in time, if the underlying problem is temporary or treatable. Quitting smoking may help improve your senses of taste and smell. If the loss is permanent, adjustments can be made to enhance your enjoyment of eating, such as eating warm food, flavor-enhanced foods, or stronger flavored foods. Avoid adding salt or sugar to flavor your foods. Instead, you can intensify flavor with herbs and make food more visually and texturally appealing.
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
Taste and Smell Clinic at the University of Connecticut Health Center
Canadian Society of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery
Health Canada
Bromely S. Smell and taste disorders: a primary care approach. Am Fam Physician. 2000;61(2):427-436. Available at: http://www.aafp.org/afp/2000/0115/p427.html. Accessed http://www.aafp.org/afp/2000/0115/p427.html.
Smell & taste. American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery website. Available at: http://www.entnet.org/content/smell-taste. Accessed May 17, 2016.
Disorders of smell and taste. American Rhinologic Society website. Available at: http://care.american-rhinologic.org/disorders%5Fof%5Fsmell%5Ftaste. Accessed May 17, 2016.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: Michael Woods, MD
- Review Date: 05/2016
- Update Date: 07/16/2014


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u A daughter was born on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, to Josh and Amanda Flood of Pisgah Forest.
u A son was born on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, to Nicky Waters and Zenobia Blue-Bey of Pisgah Forest.
Emergency Notes
Henderson County fire calls
The Henderson County Fire Commission reported the following alarms between noon Wednesday and noon Friday:
u Bat Cave, structure fire, 4:25 p.m.
u Blue Ridge, power line, 4:37 p.m.; gas leak, 6:07 p.m.; emergency, 7:30 p.m.; victim down, 7:50 a.m.; victim down, 9:26 a.m.; animal enforcement call, 9:46 a.m.; fire alarm, 9:49 a.m.; fire alarm, 12:39 p.m.; auto accident, Shepherd Street and Brooklyn Avenue, 1:57 p.m.; public service, 111 Sharons Way, 6:17 p.m.; fire alarm, 447 Lily Pad Lane, 8:39 a.m.; life line, 10:26 a.m.
u Dana, victim down, 6:57 p.m.; emergency, 8:50 a.m.; auto accident, Sugarloaf Road and Pace Road, 4:24 p.m.; life line, 5:03 p.m.; auto accident, 2852 Chimney Rock Road, 9:23 p.m.; emergency, 10:05 a.m.
u Edneyville, seizure, 12:54 p.m.; auto accident, 1:56 p.m.; structure fire, 4:25 p.m.; power line, 4:48 p.m.; tree down, 5:06 p.m.; emergency, 7:11 p.m.; auto accident, 10:41 a.m.; sick call, 3:31 p.m.; life line, 3:43 p.m.; heart attack, 10:12 p.m.; heart attack, 10:32 a.m.
u Etowah-Horse Shoe, stranded vehicle, 5:23 p.m.; victim down, 7:16 p.m.; heart attack, 5:32 a.m.
u Fletcher, sick call, 12:12 p.m.; tree down, 2:48 p.m.; life line, 4:04 p.m.; all other, 5:58 p.m.; public service, 6:14 p.m.; mutual aid, 7:43 p.m.; respiratory distress, 7:22 a.m.; auto accident, 8:21 a.m.; heart attack, 1:49 p.m.; full arrest, 2:33 p.m.; tree down, Fanning Bridge Road and Red Spruce Way, 4:05 a.m.; auto accident, 2075 N. Rugby Road, 7:05 a.m.
u Gerton, tree down, 3:51 p.m.
u Green River, tree down, 3:52 p.m.; tree down, 7:49 p.m.
u Mills River, tree down, 99 McElrath Road, 6:33 p.m.; respiratory distress, 2:05 a.m.; auto accident, South Mills River Road and Bryson Road, 6:56 a.m.
u Mountain Home, auto accident, 3:18 p.m.; victim down, 8:05 p.m.; victim down, 9:59 a.m.; assist invalid, 3:16 p.m.; auto accident, South Rugby Road and Haywood Road, 11:33 p.m.; victim down, 9:30 a.m.
u Saluda, power line, 2:24 p.m.; heart attack, 11 a.m.
u Valley Hill, victim down, 12:53 p.m.; power line, 2:25 p.m.; tree down, 5:06 p.m.; victim down, 5:12 p.m.; gas leak, 5:12 p.m.; tree down, 10:53 p.m.; assist invalid, 11:27 p.m.; tree down, 4:53 a.m.; tree down, 5:50 a.m.; life line, 7:53 a.m.; respiratory distress, 10:40 a.m.; victim down, 1:58 p.m.; assist invalid, 4:17 p.m.; routine, 6:09 p.m. Hendersonville fire calls
The Hendersonville Fire Department responded to the following calls from noon Wednesday to noon Friday:
u Auto accident, 12:44 p.m.
u Tree down, 1:02 p.m.
u Tree down, 2:51 p.m.
u Tree down, 3:21 p.m.
u Power line, 6:20 p.m.
u Tree down, 4:26 p.m.
u Auto accident, 5:12 p.m.
u Tree down, 5:21 p.m.
u Tree down, 5:37 p.m.
u Tree down, 5:51 p.m.
u All other, 5:55 p.m.
u Emergency, 6:44 p.m.
u Fire alarm, 7:31 a.m.
u Fire alarm, 9:10 a.m.
u Auto accident, 11:49 a.m.
u Emergency, 2:25 p.m.
u Auto accident, North Rugby Road and Haywood Road, 8:11 p.m.
u Stroke, 8:32 p.m.
u Victim down, 6:50 a.m.
u Overdose, 11:04 a.m.
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Henderson County Sheriff
The Henderson County Sheriff's Department responded to 656 calls Wednesday-Thursday. Deputies served 13 warrants and provided 15 assists to other agencies.
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The Hendersonville Police Department reported 227 calls Wednesday-Thursday. Officers made three arrests, investigated five accidents and provided six assists to other agencies.
The following crimes and incidents were reported Wednesday-Thursday, according to law enforcement records:
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u Larceny, Hendersonville Road, 10:46 a.m.
u Larceny, Haywood Road, 2:45 p.m.
u Found property, Lower Ridgewood Boulevard, 3:14 p.m.
u Other investigation, State Street, 3:19 p.m.
u Other investigation, Asheville Highway, 5:08 p.m.
u Animal bite, Butler Bridge Road, 5:58 p.m.
u Missing person, Sir Galahad Drive, 6:29 p.m.
u Disturbance, Heavenly View Lane, 7:22 p.m.
u Breaking and entering vehicle, Singing Pines Lane, 10:41 a.m.
u Breaking and entering vehicle, Country Bear Lane, 3:31 p.m.
u Investigation, Higgins Road, 3:39 p.m.
u Breaking and entering vehicle, Country Bear Lane, 5:25 p.m.
u Vehicle larceny, McMillan Drive, 6:25 p.m.
u Breaking and entering residence, C.E. Mabry Lane, 6:26 p.m.
u Fraud, Narrow Path Way, 3:49 p.m.
u Breaking and entering residence, South Mills River Road, 1:43 p.m.
Hendersonville Police Department
u Security check, Main Street, 3:53 a.m.
u Security check, Seventh Avenue East, 4:20 a.m.
u Accident, Highway 191, 11:03 a.m.
u Accident, Highway 64 East, 12:45 p.m.
u Fraud, Highway 64 East, 4:30 p.m.
u Assault, Upward Road, 5:10 p.m.
u Other investigation, Seventh Avenue, 4:15 p.m.
u Missing person, Meadowbrook Terrace, 5:17 p.m.
u Breaking and entering, larceny, Upper Ridgewood Boulevard, 9:25 p.m.
u Accident, Highway 64 East, 11:48 a.m.
u Accident, North Main Street, 11:51 a.m.
u Accident, Highway 176, 12:05 p.m.
u Larceny, Highway 25 South, 2:02 p.m.
u Larceny, Huff Street, 4:01 p.m.
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FS#732 - Text Control Info is displayed in Drawing when imported from ACAD
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May relate to 646.
Control Text is Displayed on Drawing created in ACAD.
V3.0.0 Windows 7 64-bit
Wednesday, 14 October 2015, 11:58 GMT+2
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Added sequences \pxqc;, \pxql;, \pxqr; to ignored text sequences.
Out of all DWG's I'm working with 80-90% contain these "xqc;" and similar character sequences, mostly at the beginning of text lines. And such text is always vertically misaligned. This is really annoying as I'm rarely creating new drawings myself from scratch, I'm doing my parts of the work started by other people who work in AutoCAD and GStarCAD.
Here is the example of such file.
This problem is still present in the version 3.11.0 (professional).
These are control sequences which are not supported by QCAD (to do with text block alignment).
You might simply want to strip them using Edit > Find/Replace:
Find: \pxqc;
Replace: [nothing]
Yes, but shouldn't they be eventually supported some day? And how about correction of vertical alignment? I know about DWG standard nightmare, but after all we need to work on these files and this is yet unavoidable.
I think it is possible to automate this task with scripts (I think there is such a thing in QCAD). I think I can make such a script myself. At least I'll try to.
Yes, but shouldn't they be eventually supported some day?
Unfortunately, it's not realistic to implement all of Autocad's features in QCAD. Especially when it comes to text formatting, only the most commonly used subset of features is currently supported by QCAD. This will be extended, but it has never been the primary goal of QCAD to clone Autocad. DXF/DWG support should always be seen as a 'best effort' import.


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|Aneika Henry led Rivas Ecopolis to Copa De La Reina success with a 17-point, 11-rebound double-double
There were celebrations for four EuroLeague Women clubs over the weekend, as Rivas Ecopolis, Famila Schio, CCC Polkowice and BK Imos Brno all attained domestic Cup success.
Rivas Ecopolis showed why they are riding high at the top of Liga Femenina after coasting to their second Copa De La Reina success in three years, with a convincing 83-62 success against Perfumerias Avenida. Making up in some way for their recent failure to qualify for EuroLeague Women Final Eight, Rivas repaid their fans with a piece of silverware which was all but secured once they fired ten points without reply during the third quarter to break the game open after it had been locked at the interval. Aneika Henry was the MVP with a double-double of 17 points and 11 rebounds.
Famila Schio eased their way to a third Italian Cup win in four years as Jantel Lavender showed why she will be one of the players to watch at EuroLeague Women Final Eight with yet another sublime showing under the hoop.
The center finished with 26 points on 11-of-15 floor shooting, to power Schio past Gesam Gas Mucca 73-51. Former Italian national team star Laura Macchi produced a nice cameo with 14 points.
There was a double cause for celebration at CCC Polkowice as they continued their amazing 2013, defeating arch rivals Wisla Can-Pack 72-63 in the Polish Cup Final. A fantastic start to the game had them in command at 20-4, and whilst the losing side did launch a comeback to briefly make life a little uncomfortable, Polkowice held on - thanks mainly to Nnemkadi Ogwumike who was crowned MVP after pouring in 24 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.
The club will head to Ekaterinburg for the EuroLeague Women Final Eight later this week with great confidence and also some assured continuity for next year, after it was revealed head coach Jacek Winnicki had been handed a new deal for the 2013-14 campaign.
Former FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year Hana Horakova turned back the clock with an outstanding 30-point performance to help BK Imos Brno edge out ZVVZ USK Prague 87-83 in the Czech Cup Final, ending the recent Cup winning dominance of their opponents in the competition. The 33-year-old guard was on fire as Brno poured in 29 final quarter points to get the job done - despite 20 points and 15 rebounds from Rebekkah Brunson.
|Endene Miyem will take some good form to the Final Eight for Bourges Basket, scoring 20 points on the weekend
Second-placed Bourges Basket are still outsiders to retain their title in the French League from BLMA because of basket difference, but they gave themselves at least a chance by claiming another impressive win. This time they routed Villeneuve 87-48 as Endene Miyem continued her impressive form with 22 points.
BLMA had to grind out another precious win to remain in the box-seat for the regular season title as Geraldine Robert fired 20 points in a hard fought 71-66 win at Basket Landes.
Down at the bottom, the fate of Hainaut Basket looks all but sealed after a 70-65 loss at Aix en Provence who had three players all grab double-doubles, although next from bottom Arras kept their feint hopes alive, courtesy of a 71-55 win against visiting Perpignan. Ukrainian forward Olesia Malashenko was the architect of the win with 23 points and 11 rebounds.
Another EuroLeague Women club, USO Mondeville, eased their relegation fears by picking up a priceless 67-57 win at Lyon.
Runaway leaders UMMC Ekaterinburg almost went into EuroLeague Women Final Eight on the back of a defeat, but managed to hold on for a 73-70 win against a resilient Dynamo Kursk team that came within a whisker of causing an upset. But 22 points and 12 rebounds from Candace Parker helped UMMC to another victory. Epiphanny Prince recorded 22 points in defeat.
EuroCup Women finalists Dynamo Moscow slumped to successive domestic losses as they went down 93-86 in Orenburg against Nadezhda as Dewanna Bonner and Natalia Zhedik combined for 40 points.
Meanwhile Candace Dupree showed why she will be one of the players to watch at the Final Eight next week putting up 19 points alongside 17 rebounds for Sparta&K M.R. Vidnoje as they snuck past Chevakata 71-66 in Vologda.
The top six clubs all picked up wins to maintain the status quo in the Turkish League. Leaders Fenerbahce were able to give a glimpse of the future by giving extended minutes to Hulya Coklar and Olcay Cakir. Whilst the latter grabbed the plaudits for her role last season and participation in the EuroLeague Women semi-final, Coklar is less well known, but the 18-year-old scored 14 points in a 103-58 blowout of Edremit.
Lindsey Harding and Sylvia Fowles partnered for 37 points as Galatasaray won 60-49 at Antakya; there were home wins for Tarsus and Mersin; a road success for Istanbul Univesity; whilst Kayseri Kaski spor prepared for this weeks' crunch EuroCup Women Final second-leg against Dynamo Moscow by claiming an 82-65 win at TED Ankara. Evanthia Maltsi had 21 points and this was complimented by 18 from Lara Sanders.


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Regardless of the type or combination of obesity treatment, goal setting is an important part of any obesity treatment plan. While a person may want to lose a large amount of weight because of societal or fashion reasons, it is important to realize that setting and achieving a goal of reducing weight by as little as 5 percent to 10 percent of body weight will yield important, positive gains in health.
Treatment goals work best if they are individualized. For example, it is safe to lose one to two pounds per week, but a person may be more comfortable losing at the rate of one-half pound per week. Over one year, that is a 26-pound loss and, if that rate is maintained over three years, will lead to a significant 78-pound loss. Whatever treatment plan a person follows, losing weight slowly will be more effective and healthy over the long term because quick weight loss often spurs weight regain.
Specific treatment for obesity will be determined by your physician based on:
In addition, treatment for obesity may include a combination of treatment types. Always consult your physician for a diagnosis.
There are a variety of methods used to treat obesity. Incorporating multiple methods, such as making diet changes as well as adding exercise, may be beneficial. These methods include, but are not limited to, the following:
By looking at a person's daily routine, it may be easier than first imagined to find ways to pack more activity into the day in addition to exercising.
The workplace may be part of a person's environment that is not helpful to a weight loss plan. However, there are strategies that may help to keep a weight loss plan on track at work. Bring healthy snacks, such as cut-up fruits and vegetables, to keep on hand when the pastry cart rolls by. Avoid going to office social gatherings hungry -- plan ahead to avoid the temptation of treats that are high in sugar and fat.
There are several approaches to bariatric surgery, but all procedures are either malabsorptive, restrictive, or a combination of the two. Malabsorptive procedures change the way the digestive system works. Food is rerouted past a large portion of the stomach and part of the small intestine that absorbs some calories and nutrients. With some procedures, a portion of the stomach is removed. These procedures are commonly referred to as "gastric bypass" procedures.
Restrictive procedures severely reduce the size of the stomach to hold less food, but the digestive functions remain intact. This type of procedure may be referred to as a "gastric stapling" or a "gastric banding" procedure.
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Microsoft's Surface Pro Windows 8 tablet goes on sale February 9 at Microsoft retails stores, Best Buy and Staples. Best Buy told us they'll put a display model out on the 8th and will have it for sale on the 9th (only those Best Buy locations that already sell Surface RT, which is quite a few). The Pro version of Surface looks nearly identical to the RT model and that's a good thing since Surface RT is an attractive and well made device. It's heavier at 2 lbs. vs. 1.5 lbs. for the RT model, and a little bit thicker. The upside is that the Pro is full Windows 8, so you're not limited to Live Tile apps as with Surface RT. Our local MS Store had a few on display so I put it through a few tests.
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The 10.6" display runs at 1920 x 1080 and it supports 10 points of capacitive multi-touch. More interesting to graphic artists, note takers and science types in the digital pen. There's been much confusion around the pen, which looks nearly identical to the Wacom pen included with my Samsung Series 7 Slate. I brought my Wacom pen with me to test Surface Pro and it worked just as well as Microsoft's bundled pen. This is indeed a Wacom digitizer on the Surface Pro. For those of you who are wondering, Wacom and N-Trig are the two big names in active digitizers and digital pens, with the occasional Atmel showing up on a device. The pens are specific to the digitizer brand, thus a Wacom pen only works with Wacom digitizers. The tablet supports 1,024 levels of pressure sensitivity and it clips on magnetically to the magnetic charging port, to make it slightly less likely that you'll misplace it. Is 10.6" big enough for note-taking with OneNote or Journal? Yes it is. But artists might find the 10.6" virtual surface a bit cramped (zoom, zoom and zoom some more!). If you're accustomed to drawing on a Wacom Bamboo tablet, the size will be just fine.
The display is very sharp and reasonably bright with wide viewing angles. I'm not convinced we need full HD in a 10.6" Windows PC, but those of you with sharp eyes who plan to read eBooks and other material for hours on end will likely appreciate it. Touch targets are small when in desktop mode (the half of Win 8 that looks like Windows 7), but the pen helps, as does setting display scaling to 125%.
Microsoft Surface Pro has dual band WiFi, Buetooth, NFC and cameras. This isn't Intel WiFi so don't expect WiDi wireless display. The tablet has just 1 USB 3.0 port and a mini DisplayPort that can drive higher than 1080p resolution monitors. MS will sell a mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter, and that's a good thing because these are still hard to find. Surface Pro has the same kickstand as the Surface RT and it works with the same Touch Cover and Type Cover as the RT model. With the Pro, Microsoft won't be bundling either keyboard, so plan to spend $119 for the Touch Cover or $129 for the Type Cover (which has traditional moving mechanical keys) in addition to the $899 for the 64 gig model or $999 for the 128 gig model. Since this is a full Windows 8 64 bit PC that you can install all your Windows 7 apps on, I suggest you go with the 128 gig. Note that the recovery partition, Windows and associate apps take up around 30 gigs of space, just as with a Windows PC with recovery partition.
Battery life? The MS Store reps said they'd been seeing 4.5 to 5 hours, which is far below Surface RT and Intel Atom Windows 8 tablets, but that's the price you pay for greater computing performance. Surface Pro is fast and capable enough to be used as a main PC, while RT and Atom are better as secondy portables. The Microsoft Surface Pro 10.6" tablet goes on sale Feb. 9 and Microsoft Stores are handing out reservation cards for you eager beavers who must have one on that day.
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Make a big splash with your kids! Swimming pools for kids take away the summer boredom and keep them entertained while playing in the cool water during the hot days. Swimming is one of the most enjoyable things to do with kids!Read more
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Sports for kids are the most ideal activities that will let them enjoy and be healthy at the same time. Why not try swimming?Read more