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Padres acquire LHP Alex Torres in seven-player trade
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Padres today announced that they have acquired left-handed pitcher Alex Torres and right-handed pitcher Jesse Hahn from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for infielders Logan Forsythe and Maxx Tissenbaum and right-handed pitchers Matt Andriese, Brad Boxberger and Matt Lollis. Executive Vice President/General Manager Josh Byrnes made the announcement.
Torres, 26, made 39 relief appearances over two stints with Tampa Bay this past season, his rookie campaign, going 4-2 with a 1.71 ERA (11 ER, 58.0 IP), 62 strikeouts against 20 walks and a .159 (32-for-201) opponent batting average. His 1.71 ERA led all qualifying Major League rookie relief pitchers (minimum 50 IP) while his .159 opponent batting average ranked third-best. The southpaw began the 2013 season with Triple-A Durham, posting a 2-2 record with a 3.52 ERA (18 ER, 46.0 IP), 61 strikeouts against 21 walks and a .200 (34-for-170) opponent batting average over nine starts. Originally signed by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as a non-drafted free agent on January 10, 2005, the Venezuelan native was acquired by the Rays along with infielders Sean Rodriguez and Matt Sweeney in exchange for left-handed pitcher Scott Kazmir on August 28, 2009. Over parts of two Major League seasons with Tampa Bay (2011, 2013), Torres is 5-3 with a 1.91 ERA (14 ER, 66.0 IP), 71 strikeouts against 27 walks, a .172 (40-for-232) opponent batting average and just one home run allowed over 43 relief appearances. In his big league career, lefties are batting .179 against him with just four extra-base hits (all doubles) and striking out 35% of the time (36 Ks in 104 plate appearances).
Hahn, 24, spent the majority of last season with Single-A Charlotte, making 20 starts total and going 2-1 with a 2.09 ERA (16 ER, 69.0 IP), 67 strikeouts against 18 walks, a .224 (59-for-263) opponent batting average and just one home run allowed. Signed by the Rays as a sixth-round selection in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft out of Virginia Tech University, the right-hander was named a Florida State League All-Star in 2013. Hahn missed the entire 2011 campaign after undergoing Tommy John surgery. Since making his professional debut for the Rays in 2012, Hahn has gone 4-3 with a 2.38 ERA (32 ER, 121.0 IP), 122 strikeouts against 33 walks, a .214 (97-for-454) opponent batting average and just one home run allowed over 34 career starts.
Forsythe, 27, hit .214 (47-for-220) with six doubles, one triple, six home runs, 19 RBI, 22 runs scored and six stolen bases over 75 games for San Diego last season. The infielder was signed by the Padres as a supplemental-round selection (46th overall) in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Arkansas. Over parts of three Major League seasons with the Padres (2011-13), he has hit .241 (165-for-685) with 28 doubles, five triples, 12 home runs, 57 RBI, 79 runs scored and 17 stolen bases in 228 games played.
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Boxberger, 25, made 18 relief appearances for San Diego in 2013, going 0-1 with a save, a 2.86 ERA (7 ER, 22.0 IP) and 24 strikeouts against 13 walks. The right-hander also made 42 relief appearances for Triple-A Tucson this past season, going 2-4 with a 3.61 ERA (23 ER, 57.1 IP) and 89 strikeouts against 19 walks. Boxberger was acquired by the Padres along with infielder Yonder Alonso, catcher Yasmani Grandal and right-handed pitcher Edinson Volquez from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for right-handed pitcher Mat Latos on December 17, 2011.
Tissenbaum, 22, hit .277 (115-for-415) with 28 doubles, two home runs, 49 RBI, 48 runs scored and four stolen bases in 111 games for Single-A Fort Wayne in 2013. The left-handed hitter was signed by the Padres as an 11th-round selection in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft out of Stony Brook University (NY).
Andriese, 24, split this past season between Double-A San Antonio and Triple-A Tucson, going 11-7 with a 3.27 ERA (49 ER, 134.2 IP) and 105 strikeouts against 29 walks over 27 games, 25 starts. The right-hander was signed by the Padres as a third-round selection in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of California, Riverside.
Lollis, 23, made 58 relief appearances last season between Single-A Lake Elsinore, Double-A San Antonio and Triple-A Tucson, compiling a 3-8 record with a 4.62 ERA (38 ER, 74.0 IP) and 63 strikeouts against 39 walks. The right-hander was signed by the Padres as a 15th-round selection in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft out of Riverside Community College (CA).


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MrrNoName replied to MrrNoName's topic in Ford Fusion ClubThanks!
1.4 Zetec SE (Duratec) Rocker-Cover Torque Specs
MrrNoName posted a topic in Ford Fusion ClubHi All, I am trying to find the torque specs and bolt-down procedure for the rocker-cover on my 2002 Ford Fusion 2, 1.4 Zetec SE (Duratec) engine. Can anyone help? Thanks, Mrrnoname
Just Bought A New Focus Zetec S
MrrNoName replied to crid04's topic in Ford Focus Clublooks nice mate! I think the exhaust looks fine. scary seeing a hammer that close to your new car? lol
Turbo Whistle With Rev Counter Jumping Up
MrrNoName replied to mross's topic in Ford Focus Clubmy focus titanium 1.8 does this "whistle" at exactly the same revs as you mention. the whistle is more noticable when the car is cold. it has always done this and ford say its totally normal, would not worry :)
Fiesta Mk 7 'paint Finish'
MrrNoName replied to BHeart's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubThat seems a little harsh to me, everyone here is entitled to their own opinion. I understand what you are saying, and I personally completely agree with you on the matter of your car. I would be unhappy if my new car wasnt 100% perfect upon delivery, i dont think your standards are too high. However I feel that you have left it a little late to reject the car now. Best you probably could get would be ford realigning the bonnet for you. My advice would be to push ford to look at the bonnet to get it seated correctly and not let the paint issue spoil your new car for you. Funnily enough I only noticed yesterday that my Focus Titanium has a patch of matt black paint on the inside of the rear door bodywork, Ive enjoyed the car LOADS and do not intend to let it spoil the car for me :)
My First Car... Mk7. Two Questions
MrrNoName replied to briggsy's topic in Ford Fiesta Clubjust to reiterate what has already been said, the stall prevention system increases the revs. if you are stationary and clutch up then down quickly (but not far enough to stall) you can see the revs rise up for a second then drop to idle again. although it has occasionally saved me from stalling I wouldent say it was particularly useful :P just something else to go wrong :P
Intermittent Starting Failure
MrrNoName replied to Gewitty's topic in Ford S-Max Clubfrom what you describe it probably is the crank sensor, however to rule out the glowplugs not heating enough, try turning the ignition on and waiting for the glowplug light to go out, then turn ignition off. then on again and wait for the light to go out 3 or 4 times. this is to give the plugs more time to heat up. if the car starts first time after this you know its something to do with them. if its exactly the same you can rule them out. my 1.8tdci will not start in this cold weather enless i let the plugs heat up and wait for the light to go out. so i guess they are integral to the starting :P i would check it as its easy to do. like said before though, does sound like the crank sensor playing up in the cold :)
Side Window Rubbers Not Clearing Window
MrrNoName replied to catnapping123's topic in Ford Focus Clubwinding the windows up and down DOESNT clear the moisture on the outside of my 06 plate focus's windows either. or my mates. i think thats just the design
Over Revving Mk1 Focus
MrrNoName replied to billyboggins's topic in Ford Focus ClubHi, I had this EXACT same problem on my mk4 fiesta, over revving when changing gear and revving itself down the road. but couldent re-produce the results when parked no matter how hard I tried!! (VERY ANNOYING) lol :P I scanned the car for codes and got "Throttle Position Sensor (TPS) Out of Range". however you have to remember that this only tells you where the ECU detects the problem. not what is actually faulty. I discovered that by unplugging the battery (this is probs to give the same effect as what the mechanic said to you) for 20 mins the car would then run fine for 3 days, but after that the problem would return and the car would need to be reset again. I also discovered that by unplugging the tps the car would run rough but not over rev. Must be the TPS i thought? I replaced the TPS but this did nothing, the car would still over rev when clutching in and drive itself down the road. point of the story :P try changing the tps first as you can purchase one cheap as chips on ebay, but that might well not fix the problem. other things to consider are the wiring to the tps (if the pins are corroded it can affect the voltage and cause incorrect readings) or worst of all a faulty pcm (highly doubt that tho). others stuggested at the time that it could be the idle speed control valve or vehicle speed sensor. Unfortunately i never found a cure for the problem and after taking it to ford (who told me my car mat was getting caught OVER the pedal??!??!) and other garages (who couldent fix it) i ended up resetting the car every 3 days until it was written off (not my fault i might add :P) hope this helps
Girlfriends Possible Ford Ka
MrrNoName replied to AntoCorsaVXR's topic in Ford KA / StreetKA Clubthe high mileage is definitly something to be concerned about, but thats why its £600 :P as previously said, next time you view, open the oil filler cap and check for white/creamy deposit around the filler hole and on the cap. this is a sign that the heads gone and water is leaking into the oil. the 1.3 endura engine is a pretty "dirty" engine and the head could well be gone at 100+k
No Oil On Dipstick.....................help!!
MrrNoName replied to tictac's topic in Ford Focus Clubyou would seriously notice it if you had a leak fast enough that you fill her up and by the time you check the dipstick its empty like perviously said, its probably that there is a good amount of oil in there (possibly too much) and you cant see it because its clear. let us know if the oil "comes back" lol
you should always change the filter when changing the oil, if not you instantly contaminate your fresh oil that you just paid for! plus your under the car anyway to release the drain plug, might aswell spend the £6 and 30 mins getting the filter off :)
No Oil On Dipstick.....................help!!
MrrNoName replied to tictac's topic in Ford Focus Clubare you saying there was oil on the dipstick, you added some more and now there is not? thats rather odd... if you have added oil there MUST be more in your engine then there was before, things which could make this happen.. 1. the car is very low on oil and you did not correctly check the dipstick before adding the extra oil (you need to pull the dipstick out, wipe all of the oil off, replace it, then pull it out again and read the oil level) if this was not done oil could creep up the dipstick and give you a false value when you first checked it. then you added new oil and its still so low that its not reading once the stick has been wiped. I personally think this is rather unlikely but when not wiping the stick before reading the value you can get some strange readings! 2. you checked the level, moved the car to a hill, added oil and rechecked? you must check it on level ground :P 3. you checked the level, added WAY too much and rechecked (in this case oil will be all up the dipstick and it may look like you havnt got a reading at all if your oil is good and clear. because you cant see a straight line where the oil level is). 1 litre does seem like a lot to add in one go without checking, when adding oil you should add a bit, check the level, add a bit more, check the level etc until you get it perfect.
De-Badge Steering Wheel Or Use An Overlay? Opinions!
MrrNoName replied to Harvey19's topic in Ford Fiesta Clubagreed, they are soo much harder to get off then you would think :P I came to the conclusion it was basically impossible lol
Diesel Alternative
MrrNoName replied to Mooresey's topic in Ford Focus ClubProabaly stale then anyway, stale diesel STINKS :P


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compensatory pause the period following a premature ventricular contracture, which causes the R-R cycles of the premature and normal beats to equal the length of two normal beats when added together.
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DENVER – Three companies which are part of the "Dealin' Doug" Moreland Automotive Group have agreed to pay $50,000 to settle an EEOC lawsuit that charged the companies with firing a former employee in retaliation for her participation in a prior EEOC sexual harassment lawsuit.
According to the EEOC lawsuit, Lucille Fancher, a ten-year employee, complained to management about a sexually hostile work environment and therefore was a participant entitled to a portion of the settlement in the prior lawsuit. The EEOC claimed that when settlement was imminent, Fancher was called into a meeting with the general manager and told that if she received money as part of a settlement of the lawsuit, she would no longer have a job. The EEOC charged that on June 3, 2008, the same day that settlement documents were due in federal court, Fancher was terminated, while another employee who did not accept her share of the settlement was not fired.
Retaliation for participating in an EEOC lawsuit violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed the lawsuit (EEOC v. Moreland Auto Group, LLLP, Kids' Financial, Inc., d/b/a C.A.R. Finance, Kids' Automotive, Inc., and Brandon Financial, Inc., Civil Action No. 11-cv-01512-RBJ-MJW) in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
The $50,000 payment is the maximum amount that may be awarded against employers with fewer than 101 employees. In addition to the monetary settlement, the two-year consent decree settling the suit requires the companies post notice of the decree in the workplace, provide live employee training on anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation laws, and provide periodic reports to the EEOC.
"If companies are allowed to retaliate against employees just because they report harassment or offer testimony, or participate in the settlement of an employment discrimination claim, then we cannot expect people to speak out against injustice," said Regional Attorney Mary Jo O'Neill of the EEOC's Phoenix District Office, whose office's jurisdiction includes Colorado. "If people can't speak out, then discrimination remains unchecked."
EEOC Denver Field Office Director Nancy Sienko added, "We hope this settlement will serve as an example to all employers that this agency takes retaliation seriously and will vigorously protect people's rights to challenge discrimination."
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination and retaliation. The Denver Field Office is part of the Phoenix District, which covers Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, and parts of New Mexico. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Vermouth and Cassis Cocktail
1 Glass French Vermouth. (2 oz Noilly Prat Dry)
1 Liqueur Glass Crème de Cassis. (1 1/2 oz Brizard Creme de Cassis)
Use medium size glass and fill with soda water (Err, Cava Hill Cava). (Garnish with long lemon peel.)
Right, a poor man's Kir Royale!
Well, I couldn't resist juicing up this rather unremarkable sparkling vermouth cocktail from Harry McElhone's 1928 "ABC of Cocktails" with a little champagne.
So sue me!
I've written about my Fish Provencal-ish before, but this was a particularly tasty version with local rock cod. We had a bounty of fantastic fresh Dry Farmed Tomatoes from the Farmers' Market, so I blanched them to remove the skin and made the whole deal from scratch. so tasty. Served it with a Quinoa Pilaf and Spicy Braised Greens. Yum.
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.


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An Act authorizing Nantucket County to convey certain parcels of land to the town of Nantucket
By Mr. Wolf, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1936) of Daniel A. Wolf and Timothy R. Madden (by vote of the town) for legislation to approve the conveyance of property by the county of Nantucket. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
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Hi Everyone,
I have been craving a good hamburger lately. Bad. It could be that I just got my hands on these pictures that Sarah Wilson took last spring and they are so good that I can't resist or every time I turn on the TV there seems to be a show on burgers or my girl typically craves burgers at 10:30 each night or the weather is finally right for grilling. Let's call it a combination of all of the above. A cheeseburger is the ultimate comfort food for me and we will be grilling these tonight. I can't wait! The quality of beef is pivotal here, grass-fed and finished is the only way to go. You can go grab some this afternoon from Richardson Farms at the Triangle Farmers Market. I like a thin patty with cheese melted right up on it. I was able to get my hands on some arugula this morning at Boggy Creek. Tomatoes aren't in season yet, but I am going to quick pickle some radishes to get that tartness. Veldhuizen, from Dublin, TX, has some of the best cheeses I have put in my mouth. I am partial to the Bosque Blue, but really you can't go wrong with any of their products. If you are in Austin, you can pick them up at Antonelli's Cheese Shop or Wheatsville.
Grass-fed Burger Time
1 lb grass-fed beef
1 T Dai Due Fireman's 4 mustard
1 T rock salt
1 t fresh black pepper
1 jalepeno
3 dashes Worshteshire
4 buns
lettuce or arugula
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Start your grill.
Make sure the meat is cold! Combine all ingredients and mix with your hands since they are the best tool for the job. Divide into 4 portions, roll into balls, place parchment or saran wrap around and squish the ball between two plates like you are stacking them. This makes for a uniform, thin patty.
Once the coals on your grill are nice and hot, place the patties on and cook for 5 or so minutes on each side. It will take longer the thicker your burger. I like to toast my buns on the grill, as well. That just takes a couple of minutes and picks up some really great flavor!
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Last week we were in San Francisco which means EATING OUT, my friends!!! (And, yes. I was yelling.) My goodness, what a town to eat in. It really is heavenly there. I have a strong urge to write a love letter to places like Bi-Rite and the Ferry Building and then I would transport them here. I was astonished by how pervasive the farm to table movement is there. We would have had to try to find an establishment that doesn't operate from that philosophy. Due to that, I can happily report that there was not a Tums consumed in San Francisco. I also couldn't help but notice that the restaurants there are much smaller. They are geared to serve the neighborhood they are in and the service is familiar in that way. I loved it! It also occurs to me that the size of the restaurant has a corallary to the serving sizes. My take away from that is to seek the smaller restaurants, eat a little less of better food. Sounds like a good deal to me.
Thank you all for reading and have a great week!
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The gameplay of the series is characteristic of run and gun games: large numbers of enemies and a player character with extremely powerful weapons. In most run and guns, contact with an enemy leads to annihilation. In this series, however, contact results in the opportunity to perform a melee attack and the opportunity for the enemy to perform a melee attack of his own if he has one. The player's melee attack is also much stronger than most shots. This leads to the ability for the player to run in and use melee attacks to take down a number of troops, and the ability to quickly defeat enemies that can take plenty of damage like the mummies in Metal Slug 2.
The player starts with only a simple pistol, as the game progresses the player picks up new weapons. The player can only carry one weapon at the time, when a new weapon is found it replaces the old one. Similarly, when the ammo runs out, the player reverts to using the handgun. A new system was implemented with Metal Slug 6 allowing players to carry two larger weapons and switch between them as well as the default pistol.
The SV-001 or Metal Slug is the main vehicle of the Metal Slug franchise. It is a small, cartoonish silver-gray tank (SV is short for "Super Vehicle"). The tank is armed with one cannon and twin vulcan cannons. The vehicle can jump and crouch. Crouching opens a hatch on the top of the tank through which grenades can be thrown. The grenades are independent of the cannon's ammo system. The vehicle can run over infantry and perform a suicide attack, with the driver jumping clear and the tank ramming into and exploding upon the target. The vehicle can take three direct hits before it is destroyed. The enemy chaser variant has a shield that must be destroyed before the vehicle can be destroyed. It is propelled by caterpillar treads. Over time, these specifications changed into any vehicle armed with a vulcan cannon and a cannon variant suited to the role of the vehicle, and propelled suitably for that vehicle's environment. In Metal Slug 6 (and the home version of Metal Slug X, 3, 4, 5), Tarma can lock the vulcan cannons into one position and fire continuously. The "slug gunner" is considered the epitome of slug evolution.


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Something you have to understand as a beginner is there are two things for a count to help you with, bet sizing and playing decisions. Plays are stronger when fewer decks are used but also playing deviations become more important as you spread less. SD and DD games generally don't tolerate a large spread. Both of these forces make playing deviations at least as important if not more important than bet sizing for SD and DD games. In shoe games more decks are used so plays are slightly weaker in general and a very large spread is generally tolerated at least for a while. That makes bet sizing far more important than in shoe games.
If beginners understand the previous paragraph you would see that you have given up most of your advantage by not using index plays to know when to deviate from BS. Second, if you are playing tables with many other players, on a per round basis this doesn't affect the play-all player much. They eat the good cards and high count rounds so your advantage is cut severely when you finally see a high count.
BJ is all about playing enough to have things average and EV grows linearly as rounds accumulate but SD grows by the square root of number of rounds played. So as you play more rounds the 1 SD point below EV keeps walking toward positive territory and eventually more positive territory. So at a crowded table ay DD you never get many rounds in before the shuffle which means results in the short term will seem pretty random even if you were using the proper playing deviations. Now it evens out per round for the play-all player because they also eat bad cards and negative expectation rounds. The logic doesn't transfer to actual play though. You should be avoiding bad counts by not playing so they can't eat cards for you in bad counts if you are not playing. But they don't leave to allow you to play good counts heads-up. Where crowding really hurts is game speed. You have a certain positive expectation per round but at a crowded table you might get in 60 rounds an hour compare to around 150 to 250 rounds per hour heads up. So basically your hourly playing heads up goes up by a factor of 3 or 4 compared to playing at a crowded table assuming that your EV per round is the same.
Anyway beginners should expect to have blah results in pitch games if you use no indices. You have given up At least half the value of using a count in SD and DD by just using basic strategy as your playing strategy.
Sorry for the post length but things need to be explained to beginners. Hopefully they could understand it.


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Councilman Phil Davison of Minerva, Ohio was absolutely stunning with his presentation at Wednesday evening's Stark County Republican Party's executive committee meeting to select a nominee to run for Stark County treasurer to replace Stark County commissioner deposed treasurer Gary D. Zeigler.
Commissioners forced Zeigler out of office under the authority of Ohio Revised Code Section 321.38 because of the loss some $2.96 million of county money under his watch as county treasurer. Former Chief Deputy Vince Frustaci has admitted to stealing of $2.46 million of the missing money. The remaining money has not been accounted for. Zeigler has had a civil suit filed against him by the county commissioners to recover the missing money from him on a legal theory of personal liability. Zeigler is contesting the suit.
Davison rocked the assembly at The Johnson Center of Malone University located in Canton, Ohio with his "hellfire and brimstone" political presentation the likes of which few politically involved citizens have ever seen.
It could be that earlier in American history, the Davison-esque style was not all that uncommon. But in 2010, it certainly is.
While Davison did not get the nomination (North Canton Finance Director Alex Zumbar did), he certainly "stole the show!"


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Fans of found footage horror have the fourth installment of the Paranormal Activity series to look forward this fall. And from what's being reported, it sounds like an offshoot of the popular franchise is in the works, in the form of a semi-related horror film by some of the people behind Paranormal Activity.
The Hollywood Reporter shared the news that a new project is in the works between Paramount and the producers of Paranormal Activity, which will reunite PA producers Jason Blum and Oren Peli, with PA sequel writer Christopher Landon. Their sources say Landon will direct and write the project, which is described as a "cousin" to the Paranormal Activity movies.
The Reporter specifies that it's not a sequel, spin-off or reboot. The film will be Latino themed, English spoken, it will star a Latino cast, and it will "tackle Catholic-based paranormal mythology." As the site notes, a Catholic theme and found-footage horror were blended in this year's The Devil Inside. This one specifies Latino-themed, which may offer an additional cultural aspect to the story, in addition to religion. The site doesn't specify that this will be a found-footage horror, but THR does say it will be micro-budgeted, and given the team, it might be safe to expect a similar format to the PA films.
As for how the film might be a "cousin" to the Paranormal Activity films, if I were to speculate, I'd say that perhaps it will take place within the same "world" as the PA movies, focusing on an entirely new and unrelated set of characters, (with possible nods or references to Katie/Kristi story). Would that qualify as something that's not a reboot, sequel or spin-off?
THR hasn't gotten confirmation from Paramount on this information yet, but from what their source says, we could potentially see this movie in theaters by January 2013.


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Kaley Cuoco Sweeting documented her latest haircut experience through a series of pictures she posted to her Instagram account on Saturday.
The 28-year-old Big Bang Theory star ditched her long locks for a short, layered haircut just a day before she was due to a appear at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.
"This is happening," Cuoco captioned the first pic of the bunch featuring stylist Christine Symonds cutting her hair.
Cuoco later shared a photo of her "Spring Fresh" new look before posting another image featuring more hair-cutting action.
"I can't stop! @clsymonds," the actress captioned the final picture, which finds her with considerably shorter hair and a pair of scissors next to it.
The last picture, however, might have been an optical illusion as the actress appears to be sporting her hair hitting right below her shoulders in another picture she shared Sunday.


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The One Question to Ask in an Exit Interview
Exit interviews are seen as a mostly meaningless ritual – career experts advise departing workers not to say anything too charged, and by the time they've sat down to explain reasons for leaving, employees are largely out the door.
But these interviews can give management insights that could prevent future turnover, if only human-resource managers asked the right questions, experts say.
Generally, HR pros open an exit interview by asking "Why are you leaving?"
While useful to a point, HR could be asking a far more revealing question: "What made you start looking for another job in the first place?" says Sharlyn Lauby, who blogs at www.hrbartender.com and is president of HR consulting firm ITM Group, Inc.
The standard questions tend to yield a few canned answers, says Lauby, such as salary ("I'll be making $10,000 more in the new position") or work-life balance issues ("My commute will be shorter" or "With my new schedule, I can make it to my kid's soccer games"). These answers might lead the HR manager to recommend that a company review its compensation policies or decide to offer telecommuting options.
By finding out what spurred valued staffers to look elsewhere, managers can get to the real reasons employees feel disengaged or unhappy. Revelations about bad bosses or other organizational dysfunction -- both topics that workers are discouraged to bring up in exit conversations so as not to burn bridges -- may emerge in the process of recounting why the workers agreed to take that call from a recruiter or clicked on a link to a job posted by a friend on Facebook or Twitter.
Such insights could lead a company to take meaningful action, such as offering more management training or addressing other problems driving workers away.
There are other reasons why HR execs fail to glean useful information from exit interviews, says Lauby.
People on their way out often don't want to be too candid, partly so they can be confident of receiving a positive reference in the future. Or they're just apathetic: What's the point of enduring an awkward conversation about a company's or boss's shortcomings when you only have to put up with those problems for a few more days?
To encourage candor, Karen Skillings, an HR manager at Munich Reinsurance America Inc., says she assures departing employees that their answers are confidential and can help the company make positive changes.
Skillings said that her company uses exit conversations as "a data point." Information is entered into a database to help HR leaders to identify trends in, say, compensation issues or whether employees are leaving in large numbers for particular competitors.
For those who see their exit interview as a chance to deal a blow to their boss's career, well, don't hold your breath.
Complaints about a particular colleague or manager will occasionally get results, she said, adding "we may step in to provide feedback or coaching to that manager." However, such situations are rare, she noted.
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Baltimore Police say a man was stabbed to death early Sunday morning after apparently getting into an argument with two other people near the Inner Harbor.
Police said the incident occurred at about 2:18 a.m. Sunday in the 200 block of East Pratt Street. The victim, identified by police as a 20-year-old black male, was leaving work when two individuals approached him and became engaged in an argument. The argument escalated and the victim was stabbed multiple times in the upper body, police said.
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Last season the officers at 15 Division unearthed their sins of the past – dug through it, aired it out, and paved the way to move forward. They have all grown and are more resilient than ever. During Season 6, they will have to learn to embrace living in the gray areas, because life is complicated and the best laid plans are just that. But sometimes it's the unpredictable things life throws our way that turn out to be exactly what we need.
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Andy is left stranded on the side of the road on her wedding day.
Andy considers leaving town for a four-month-long undercover project; Jarvis reveals that the division will be restructured.
When a heat wave strikes, 15 Division opens to the public as a cooling station.
Andy and Sam are shocked to learn that Oliver is the prime suspect in Internal Affair's corruption investigation and they must find a missing explosives dealer to clear Oliver's name.


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Although my father lived in the U.S. for 20 years and cooked for Western restaurants, he had never tasted hot chocolate. Upon discovering this, I thought, Whoa...he's been missing out. But then I remembered that what passes for hot chocolate in the U.S, even at high-end coffee shops, tends to be cheap cocoa powder mixed with milk, or worse, water.
The best hot chocolates I've had, like at NYC's City Bakery or anywhere in Spain, are thick, almost soupy drinks made with high-quality dark chocolate. I used to work at a chocolate shop that served delicious drinks made with MarieBelle chocolate powder, but good powders are rare. Hard to find in the US, they're almost nonexistent in China.
Good quality dark chocolate bars, however, are in every 7-Eleven or Watson's. After the dinner that Jacob and I made my parents tonight (black pepper shrimp sautéed in olive oil and butter, with stir-fried green beans), I whipped up some coconut hot chocolate.
It's a very simple recipe that requires only 10 to 15 minutes from start to finish. I used 5 ounces of chocolate to 3 cups of liquid. The hot chocolate came out pretty thick, which I like but Jacob not so much. So adjust the amount of chocolate according to your preferences. The drink, however, is very fragrant and also excellent for dipping biscuits.
And I saved my dad from having Swiss Miss be his first hot chocolate experience.
Other winter drinks to try:
Homemade Almond Milk with Bananas and Honey
Coconut Hot Chocolate
Serves 4
1 1/2 cups (360 ml) coconut milk
1 1/2 cups (360 ml) milk
5 ounces (about 140 g) good quality dark chocolate, coarsely chopped or broken in pieces
Mix coconut milk and milk in a small pot over low heat. Cook until simmering, about 3 to 5 minutes.
With the heat still on low, add in chocolate and stir until all melted and fully mixed into the milk. Remove from heat, ladle into cups, and serve immediately. Biscuits for dunking optional.


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john (the hubby of Jen) In The Flesh
My friends, today is National Nude Day, which is why I... [ripping off Velcro pants]...will be writing this post entirely butt nekkid. Aw yeeeah. In fact, I suggest you join me! Just be considerate of your family and cubicle mates, and be sure to walk around and extend a personal invitation to each of them, too.
Now, you may be asking yourself, how will I know that john (the hubby of Jen) is actually naked? Well, here's a picture as proof:
Now, let's do this thing!
Here we have a ...
I'm sorry. Excuse me...this chair is really...erph!...scratchy.
So. Here's a turtle:
Oh! Hang on a sec; my neighbor is watering her lawn.
[opening door]
Hi, Mildred! Did you know it's National Nude Day?
Mildred? Don't run so fast, dear, remember your hip surgery!!
She's such a sweetie.
Now, check out this hot little chick:
That is some serious duck face.
(Question: is it ok to scratch below the belt with a back scratcher? Asking for a friend.)
And now, a taco:
Never thought I'd get those two mixed up, to be honest.
(Another question: are wood back scratchers dishwasher-safe?)
Huh. That's odd. Ever get the feeling somebody's watching you?
Must be the cold draft in here.
[crossing legs]
And finally, because this post has been the picture of modesty and decorum so far, let's end with something really inappropriate:
Hey, Carol G., Marianne F., Susan M., Sarah A., & Alexandra, for the last time: I'm up here.


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Teesside Park opening times may vary. Food, cinema and leisure will be open later – please check retailer websites for further details.
For specific directions, please use your route finder or sat nav with the Teesside Park postcode TS17 7BW.
Thornaby Station is located 25 minutes walk to the west of Teesside Park. Train timetables can be found here.
The Arriva North East S2 service runs from Middlesbrough Bus Station to Teesside Park every 30 minutes on Saturdays.
The closest bus station to Teesside Park outwith this service is Thornaby Middlesbrough Road Footbridge which is a 13-minute walk. For full route information and timetables please click here.
The main cash points are located at Marks & Spencer and Asda Living.
Bike racks are provided to keep cycles secure while you shop. Teesside Park is easily accessible from local paths making it a cyclist friendly destination.
There are over 1,552 free parking spaces at Teesside Park. The car park was recently awarded the Park Mark Award. This is an award given by the Police to car parks achieving the standards of the Safer Parking Scheme, which is designed to reduce crime in car parks.
ChargeBox is now available at Teesside Park. Charge the battery of your mobile device safely and for FREE. The facility is located in the management suite.
You can find both a kiddie ride and a photo booth in the Information Centre next to Costa Coffee.
The toilets and baby changing facilities are situated in the management suite located next to Thomas Cook and Sports Direct.
Currently there is no Shopmobility scheme. However, Teesside Park does provide a free wheelchair loan facility. Please contact the Management Centre or any store for details.
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SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp made its biggest move into the mobile, Internet-accessible world of "cloud" computing on Tuesday, taking the wraps off a revamped online version of its hugely profitable Office software suite.
The world's largest software company is heaving its two-decade old set of applications -- including Outlook email, Excel spreadsheets and SharePoint collaboration tools -- into an online format so that customers can use them on a variety of devices from wherever they can get an Internet connection.
It wants to push back against Google Inc, which has stolen a small but worrying percentage of corporate customers with cheaper, web-only alternatives, which remove the need for companies to spend time on installing software or managing servers.
"It puts Microsoft in a better position than they were -- they now have a broad product that they can more easily sell," said Michael Silver, an analyst at tech research firm Gartner.
Microsoft shares rose 0.8 percent on Tuesday, following a 3.7 percent jump the day before, partly buoyed by hopes that the company can ultimately boost profits by extending its software dominance to the growing cloud sector.
Microsoft has offered online versions of some Office programs -- chiefly Outlook email -- for its corporate customers for several years, and last year rolled out free versions for individual home users.
Chief Executive Steve Ballmer presented the overhauled and updated set of offerings -- collectively called Office 365 -- at an event in New York City on Tuesday morning, stressing that online versions and built-in conferencing tools can save users money, especially small and medium-sized businesses.
One test customer "expects to cut travel costs and reduce carbon emissions by 30 percent after they retire the 60 servers they think they will save," said Ballmer.
The market for web-based software services is heating up, and every company, government department and local authority is getting pitches from Microsoft and Google whenever they reevaluate their office software.
It's a new challenge for Microsoft, which built itself up on expensive versions of software installed on individual computers. That business model turned the Office unit into Microsoft's most profitable, earning more than $3 billion alone last quarter.
Microsoft's plan is to make up for smaller profit margins from web-based applications -- due to the cost of handling data and keeping up servers -- by grabbing a larger slice of companies' overall technology spending.
"The key message is this is a great opportunity for organizations to get out of the business of trying to provide commodity yet mission-critical services," said Silver at Gartner.
Microsoft said it will charge from $2 per user per month for basic email services to $27 per user per month for advanced offerings. Google charges a flat fee of $50 per user per year for its web-based Google Apps product, which offers email, calendars, word processing and more online.
Microsoft, like Google, will host users' data remotely, and maintain all the servers in vast data centers. Unlike Google, it will also allow companies to put their data on dedicated servers should they choose, or keep the data on their own premises.
The full launch of Office 365, which has been in beta testing since last autumn, spices up the lively competition with Google for new users.
Earlier this month, Google snagged InterContinental Hotels Group (LSE:IHG.L) as a major customer, moving 25,000 of its employees onto Google email from Outlook.
Google, which has had the most success in the small and medium-sized business range, says there are now 40 million users of online Google Apps suite. Microsoft does not publish equivalent numbers, but research firm comScore has estimated 750 million people worldwide use Office in some form.
But Internet-centric Google -- whose success is based on its dominance in Web search -- is confident it has the upper hand in the cloud.
"Compared to what they (Microsoft) have in the market today, they have nowhere to go but up," said Dave Girouard, head of Google's worldwide enterprise business, in an interview last week. "We feel we're years ahead of them in terms of building a viable cloud solution that just works."


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Web servers can be protected from threats in many ways. Firstly, we recommend that the administrator keeps an inventory of what applications are on the web server and maintains patch levels for all of them. A host-based Intrusion Detection System, such as mod_security for the Apache web server may be used to block certain common attack vectors, such as "wget" and "curl" appearing in GET and POST requests. This will not provide complete protection from remote code inclusion attacks in particular, but will block many common attacks. If the attacker can include arbitrary code in the running application, they will be able to evade most keyword filters. Alternatively, an application proxy can be deployed in front of the web server to filter out these types of malicious requests. A Host Intrusion Detection System (HIDS) program such as Tripwire may be used to monitor the integrity of critical system files.
Correct configuration of web servers such as Apache and scripting languages such as PHP is also crucial. We mentioned register_globals earlier which allows an attacker to set variables which can cause problems if the developer has not specifically initialized them. The allow_url_fopen configuration directive should be disabled if possible as this prevents remote code-inclusion attacks. The Open Web Application Security Project provides further details on securing web servers and applications.
Programmers can create more secure applications by rigorously validating all input they receive. Where 'include' statements exist in PHP there should be no way for an attacker to control the name of the file being included. If input is going to be echoed back to the user, the application must take care that Cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks cannot occur. The typical example is to disallow or escape '<' and '>' characters to prevent the attacker from entering javascript code. Ideally SQL operations should be in the form of prepared statements so that data is treated purely as data and does not have the chance to become code, as it does in an SQL injection exploit. A full treatment of this subject is beyond the scope of this article but a good reference for PHP developers is "Essential PHP Security" by Chris Shiflett and published by O'Reilly press. There is also a good set of recommendations for programmers and system administrators as part of the SANS top 20 vulnerabilities, in section C1.3. These include making use of the Hardened-PHP Project's Suhosin tool to control the execution of PHP scripts, migrating to the latest version of PHP and making use of the PHP Data Objects extension when performing SQL queries.
We also recommend that a Network Intrusion Detection System is used which should alert the administrator to events such as connections from web servers to an IRC channel outside the organisation, the port-scanning activity that will be associated with some of the worms and scanning tools, and possibly the increase in traffic that may occur if the server is sending spam email or hosting a phishing web site. Lastly, the administrators should be responsive to the postmaster and abuse email addresses at their domain, which often provide rapid warning of incidents in progress.


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We celebrated a big "W" at my house last week, and I'm not talking about the New England Patriots winning the AFC championship against San Francisco.
Jennifer, our 17-year-old daughter, finished high school a semester early and is now a graduate. She has not yet received the diploma, but it will be coming. And, if she wants to don a cap and gown and walk with the rest of her class in June, she can.
If you had asked me four years ago to wager on whether or not Jenn would be an early high school graduate, I would not have bet on it. Truthfully, I wasn't sure she would graduate at all.
Jenn was what most educators and social workers call an "at risk" kid. She'd had a very tough life and school was last on her priority list. Although we eventually adopted Jenn, she comes from the ranks of foster children. A University of Chicago study in 2010 reported that a whopping 50 percent of kids in foster care never graduate from high school, while the national dropout rate is 4.1 percent. That's 200,000 kids who don't get diplomas.
Jenn came to live with my husband, Dan, and me in January of 2007 when she was 12 and a seventh grader at the Rochester Middle School. Her older brother, Jack, who was 15 � at the time, came to live with us, too. They had been living at the Chase Home for Children in Portsmouth, but became our foster children, the first we had ever had.
Dan and I were empty nesters. We were lonely and thought it was the right time in our lives to give back and do something positive, so we decided to share our home with Jack and Jenn.
Dan had taken the state's foster care course. I had not. So he schooled me in the philosophy. "We provide consistent, reliable care. That's all we can do," he told me. "Consistent, reliable care," he repeated.
But the mantra seemed pretty thin and inadequate to help us through what happened next. Three weeks after Jenn and Jack moved into our home, I got a call from their social worker. It was devastating news. Their father, who was just 37 years old, was dead, from complications of severe alcoholism and drug use. The children adored their dad and now they would never see him again.
Their mom was not able to comfort them because she was in jail at the time and fighting her own battle against severe illnesses and substance abuse. So Dan and I, a couple of strangers who had known them just three weeks, were tasked with going to their schools and giving them the news. After Jenn and Jack were told, we all went to the St. Charles Children's Home to tell their three little brothers. It was the saddest day I can ever remember.
Dan and I tried to pick up the pieces as best we could after their father's death.
Their mother was not able to care for them, so eventually we adopted Jenn, Jack and their three younger brothers.
Though it probably sounds like the plot of some Hallmark special, most days it wasn't a beautiful, inspirational story. It was war. As a consequence of growing up with such instability, the kids chafed against our rules and schoolwork. Jenn was especially bitter and rebellious. She was so angry that her dad was dead and her mom couldn't raise her. She told us she hated us at least once a day. She also skipped school and ran away from home.
Dan and I kept selling our habits and values to Jenn and her siblings, but they weren't buying. When you adopt older kids, a lot of the time it is like standing in the middle of a raging river and trying to reverse the flow using nothing more than a plastic spoon.
But we kept paddling and so did Jenn. Because we worried that she might not graduate, we used incentives and convinced her to go to summer school. She completed a couple of courses and that's what put her over the top allowing her to graduate early.
Jenn wants to work in early childhood education someday and realizes she needs to go to college. I'm not sure she is ready for the workload involved, but I will never bet against her. She is an amazing child and we are very proud of her.
For her final high school paper, Jenn had to write an essay using a metaphor. It made me laugh out loud to read it and recall some of the great struggles we shared on her journey through high school.
I am presenting it here in case you want to take a look. As Dan always says, "You never know what can happen with a little consistent reliable care."
Jenn's Final High School Essay
The metaphor I chose for my four years of high school is: School is like a prison. I chose this metaphor because people don't choose to go to high school just like people don't choose to go to prison. They are forced to go.
The first thing that happens when you go to jail is you find out how long you're going to be there. Just like freshman year, you discover you're stuck with the same people in the same building for four years. Boring!
My freshman year was very difficult for me. When I was in the seventh grade, my father passed away and I got adopted along with my four brothers. During this time I hated the world and thought everyone was out to get me. Being in the new house sucked. My adoptive parents made me get up every morning for school, even when I threw a fit, a tactic that had always worked with my Mom. I walked around the hallways and tried to avoid class as much as possible by going to the nurse or by acting out and getting kicked out of class.
During your second year in prison, you attempt to find the "right crowd," you learn the ropes and avoid the guards.
My sophomore year I thought I had found the "right crowd." I continued to skip class and eventually went to several different placements in youth facilities for running away from home. After getting out of those placements, I went on probation, which flipped my life around. I had a tracker named Evan who never left my side. He was also a social worker. I would be in class and doing my work. When I looked up, there he'd be in the doorway, staring at me.
The third year you're in prison, you've learned from your mistakes and realize that in order to get out of there, you had better start smartening up.
My junior year is when I realized how far behind I was. Once I realized that, I began to push myself, taking a class in the summer. I also eventually left the crowd I was in so I would stop skipping class. I began to step outside the box even though I knew I had always wanted to work in child care. My junior year is when I actually began to worry about what I was going to become.
Your last year in prison, you get nervous. All you have known for the last three years is your surroundings. You've gotten used to your schedule and all the people around you.
My senior year flew by. I am graduating at the end of this semester. It's hard to think what I'm going to do once I don't have to wake up at 6 every morning. The good thing is I know I can go back and visit my teachers and friends, so my transition will be fine. And that's where the metaphor ends. It turns out that high school is a lot better than prison. Nobody ever wants to go back there.
Mary Pat Rowland is the managing editor of Foster's. Her email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
Our big 'W': Another high school graduate
We celebrated a big "W" at my house last week, and I'm not talking about the New England Patriots winning the AFC championship against San Francisco.


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