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Oct. 5 Matt Cain workout day interview
Q. What did you learn pitching in the playoffs two years ago that you can apply or is that not even factoring in these days?
MATT CAIN: I think the thing that I can take from 2010 is the excitement of playing in the postseason and trying to kind of rekindle that and think about what I was thinking about a start and going through the process. But it's something that you can use to your advantage because the postseason is something that's so much fun and you work so hard to get here all year, and I think you gotta really enjoy just the process of being in this position and really take advantage of it.
Q. What did you learn pitching in the playoffs two years ago that you can apply or is that not even factoring in these days?
MATT CAIN: I think the thing that I can take from 2010 is the excitement of playing in the postseason and trying to kind of rekindle that and think about what I was thinking about a start and going through the process. But it's something that you can use to your advantage because the postseason is something that's so much fun and you work so hard to get here all year, and I think you gotta really enjoy just the process of being in this position and really take advantage of it.
Q. You and Tim, in particular, were sharp in the postseason. Do you feel like that for yourself in particular going into the postseason and as a staff do you feel like you have that same momentum going into the postseason?
MATT CAIN: As a staff, I think that's what we have to concentrate on going into the series and thinking about going out there and getting things started for the guys, you know. I think we can really help by going out there and having some good outings and keeping us, you know, in the right state of mind and keeping the guys in the dugout where they need to be.
Q. Matt, could you talk about the different feeling with this team? In 2010 you clinched it on the last day and it was a rush into the division series. How does it feel different this time?
MATT CAIN: This is different because in 2010 it was up to the last day and it was like, we're in the playoffs. And now we have had a week and a half to prepare for what we were going to play, we were trying to figure out, Cincinnati or Washington, but it was time to come into it.
I think it was good for us as well because we had the guys able to get rest in and able to prepare and think about what we needed to do against the team that we were going to play.
Q. Matt, tremendously small sample sizes against the Reds this year, probably shouldn't read too much into that, but when you look at their lineup and how aggressive they are, how do you counter that?
MATT CAIN: My goal, with a team that's patient is to make good quality strikes. I'm trying to go out there and throw good pitches and use their over-aggressiveness to my advantage. Then if guys are patient I just want to get ahead of them and make them more aggressive. It's one of those things that you're going to -- you can think about it all you want to before the game, but it could change once you go out there.
My plan is to go out there and throw good strikes and get these guys back in the dugout.
Q. Matt, how different is this team from the 2010 team in terms of personality and on the field?
MATT CAIN: It's definitely different. This group has been together from the beginning and we have all had the thought of this is where we wanted to be in spring training, and now we are here together and we've added some great guys to the clubhouse.
They've done nothing but fit in perfectly, and everybody is just, you know, excited about the postseason and we're excited about getting this thing going.
Q. Matt, can you talk about how the perfect game changed your season and perhaps changed you as a pitcher, particularly because you went through rougher times after that? How did that game change your season?
MATT CAIN: It didn't really change too much of my season, really. You know, it changed some stuff with media and talking a whole lot more to you guys but other than that I went about my business the same as I always did.
Q. Matt, you personally, do you have maybe fewer butterflies this time because you've been there before, more butterflies because you're getting the ball in game 1?
MATT CAIN: Might be a little bit of a mix. It's an honor and something I'm excited about, throwing game 1, but it's something that I'm also trying to stay even keel with, thinking about, hey I need to go out there and make another start and, you know, do well. I think we will be in a good position after that.
Q. Matt, what stands out about working with Buster behind the plate? What's distinctive about your association with him?
MATT CAIN: He's just done -- from what he did in 2010 to what he's doing now, I think he's really trying to lead us and find ways that we're trying to pitch to guys. Not really saying that me and Timmy or Vogey are all going to throw the exact same way to guys, he knows that we're all trying to pitch different and he's trying to pick our brains before starts maybe about what we're thinking about going to guys and he's done a good job of taking that role and he's just kinda jumped right into it.
He didn't really even say anything to us about it he started doing it and it kind of just started being a routine and something that, I'm all right, I haven't talked to Buster yet and he'll be saying, what are we thinking about going at certain guys? He's done a real good job with that.
Q. Matt, with you guys starting off at home even though you don't have home field advantage, Brian Sabean was talking about how that's going to be an advantage for you guys to start off game 1 at home. Do you think that's an advantage?
MATT CAIN: Yeah, it is, when you get to the playoffs, being at home is definitely a huge advantage and to be able to start out at home should suit us well and I think we will be excited about playing in front of the home crowd and hear these guys gettin' rowdy.
Q. Matt, it's been 10 years since the Giants came so close with Dusty Baker managing them to winning it all. Do you think that is still fresh in people's minds, it is ten years later, but you guys have won a World Series since then.
MATT CAIN: I remember thinking about if I was going to play for Dusty if I made it up here in time, but for me, no, I don't think it is, because most of the guys in the clubhouse weren't really around when he was managing here.
Q. Matt, it's been said over the years that pitchers can't be the leaders in the clubhouse yet you seem to break that mold. Can you talk about your role, your responsibilities, the way you feel being a leader on this team?
MATT CAIN: It does make sense it's hard for pitchers to be leaders in the clubhouse because we're not going out there every day pitching.
We like to try to take care of each other with the other starters and the other relievers, and we try to do that and that relays to other guys in the lineup. I think the thing is we have a good group of guys in the clubhouse so they're not afraid to ask the position players or the starters or the pitchers, hey, what are you guys thinking? What am I doing out there?
I've talked to Theriot and what I'm seeing about those guys hitting and inning that's a good thing for all of us to have, is nobody is worried about hurting their ego, they just wanted to find a way to get better and win.
Q. Matt, so much of the narrative in your earlier career was about the run support stuff. So much of that has changed this season. What is it like now to pitch with an offense or around an offense that scores runs and being a guy that breaks down hitters for a living. Why do you think this offense is working so well?
MATT CAIN: I think they just don't ever feel like their backs are against the wall even when we're down runs. They feel like they can come back do things and I think that's the versatility in the lineup. They have guys that can run, hit, they have power, and these guys aren't afraid to work in counts and they find ways to get things done and they feed off each other and I think that shows what kind of a relationship they have with each other, kind of in the lineup. They have faith in each other as well.
Q. Matt, I don't know if you've looked back on the last couple of times you faced off against the Reds. Have you been able to find thinking they were able to exploit or what you might do effectively?
MATT CAIN: Sometimes you might over think things, if you go back most of the times when you give up runs it's mostly poor execution of location so you really try to mainly focus on that and make better pitches.
Q. Going back to what you said about feeling that their backs are against the wall and they can come back and win, how much was the Pagan homer at Cincinnati in your minds that question of knowing if you're down against a good team with a good bullpen you can come back and win?
MATT CAIN: Yeah, you're going to have to have those wins throughout the season, and for him to hit that off Marshall, he had been throwing the ball real well so for him to do that and picked us up and took us into a home stand because we were coming off a good road trip.
We've got to use those things to our advantage because a lot of times when you get into the back end of a bullpen it's not so easy to score. When you're able to come back on those guys it's always going to build momentum, even for us down the road we feel like even at the end of games later on in the season I still feel like we had that urge that we could win.
Q. Matt, Bochy hasn't announced starters for games 3 and 4, have you been told you might come back in Game 3 or 4? Are you able to do that?
MATT CAIN: I'm physically fine, I wouldn't have a problem with it but it's something we will let them figure out and we haven't chatted about any of that.


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Scott Sadil and the Reader
Fly fishing at Black's Beach, in Baja, hunting in Solana Beach, Gary Keating gives up on surfing, our garden on Fire Mountain Rd., raising cats, chickens
8:30 a.m., Sept. 22
It is difficult to relate the absolute hysteria of Carnaval in Barranquilla. Most nations couldn't handle an equal event without soon collapsing into a frenzied state of all-out warfare. But Barranquilla does it, and does it well – pushing all possible boundaries of celebration.
Daniel and I joined the festivities late Saturday afternoon, quickly discovering what it means to be a gringo at Carnaval. We were heralded like politicians everywhere we went. Women handed us their babies and daughters and gleefully snapped off photographs.
We were covered in foam, doused in talcum powder, soaked with water and then fed rum from small wooden and ceramic cups worn from thin string necklaces. Kids painted black with engine grease surrounded us wielding sticks like guns saying "we are FARC!" and demanded ransoms. Others covered our faces completely with foam and tried to pick our empty pockets while the crowd looked on, amused. The welcome was intense everywhere we went.
Everything about Carnaval is sexual. Women parade by in scant clothing and wild, colorful peacock feathers. Men dance around in the bizarre elephant mask of Marimonda, a classic archetype of Barranquilla Carnaval. Marimonda represents the core of the average Colombian man – a raving horny drunk bent on dancing, sexual pursuits and having the most fun possible at all times. "Monda" is a vulgar term referring to the exaggerated phallic nose that swings from the freakish mask. Others wear the costume of the dark mulato woman with afro wigs and red polka-dotted head scarves.
As it turns out, a curiously large number of Colombian men look exactly like Barack Obama when placed in a suit and tie. As such, Obamas abound, smiling and shaking hands deliberately everywhere they go. And what parade is complete without transvestites? Broad-shouldered men saunter around in high heels and nurse outfits, blowing kisses from behind black masks with red, exaggerated lips.
Little black ceramic handguns were being sold everywhere with pinkish flesh-colored penises on the end. It tickled us to think that somewhere there exists a factory dedicated to the production of these ridiculous penis guns. Someone's job depends on drawing the veins and details just so.
Later we met two Englishmen who had been robbed with the old concealed weapon beneath the T-shirt trick. They handed over everything, never considering the overwhelming odds that they were being accosted with a cheap ceramic replica – nothing but a life-like penis tip at the end of the barrel.
The official slogan of the event is "Mama Ron en Carnavales!" The verb mamar means to suck as if from the nipple. Suck rum in Carnaval! And suck we did, dancing insanely with beaming Colombian girls who blew our minds with the unfathomable alchemy of salsa. A parade of women in bright, 1980s renditions of the future of fashion spun by in wild neon dresses with stacked wire skirts.
Something in my mind clicked. Everything became lucid – my consciousness felt on the brink of something huge, something infinite. I licked eternity with the tip of my brain, a massive déjå vu condensation of approximate Everything.
And then, just like that, it was gone.

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In the the spirit of jovial irony, heed this advice: the retaliate fireball room is a deathtrap. You kill one guy with no fireballs, you kill another guy without fireballs... And then you forget that you're not supposed to use fireballs and kill yourself
I think the tooltip is misleading. "You feel your magic withering slightly", doesn't feel right. "Blokes 'round 'ere throw fireballs at ye. Kills ye stone ded if ye not carefull!" would be more apropriate.


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TODO: Reformat for MediaWiki formatting.
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This may be occur if you install GCC but not the w32api and mingw-runtime packages. The MinGW installer (e.g. MinGW-3.1.0-1.exe) includes all the basic packages you need: GCC, binutils, w32api, mingw-runtime and mingw32-make. See http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml.
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This error may be caused by installing MinGW and MSYS in the same path. This is not permitted, so you will need to remove them and install again in separate directories. However, one may be a subdirectory of another, e.g. MSYS in c:\msys\1.0 and MinGW in c:\msys\1.0\mingw. This may not be an issue if you're using versions of MSYS later than 1.0.10.
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If you see an undefined reference to some function (xxx), when trying to link an application, this can sometimes be caused by an issue with libraries. You may not have included a needed library. Order is important when specifying libraries to the linker on the command line. Changing the order of the libraries may sometimes fix this error as well.
For instance, you may see an error such as the one below:
Link error: undefined reference to `htonl@4'
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U.S. budget hopes shore up world markets
LONDON Optimism over the progress of crucial U.S. budget talks combined with hopes that Greece will finally get its next batch of bailout cash to shore up markets Monday in spite of concerns over the fighting in the Middle East.
The advance followed a rebound late Friday amid signs that President Barack Obama and leaders of Congress were making headway in their efforts to agree a budget deal by the end of the year. Without a settlement, the U.S. faces the "fiscal cliff" of tax increases and spending cuts -- a scenario that some analysts say could knock around 5 percentage points off the U.S. economy, seriously derailing the global recovery.
"Hope that U.S. politicians can avoid the fiscal cliff has been gaining traction over the weekend after lawmakers expressed confidence that they can reach a deal," said Jane Foley, an analyst at Rabobank International. "Clearly if an agreement is reached the U.S. should be able to avoid be plunged back into recession early next year."
As a result, a sense of relief pervaded markets at the start of a week that will likely be dominated by developments in Europe and the Middle East. The mass exodus for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday will build through the week and most traders won't be returning to their desks until next week.
In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was up 1 percent at 5,660 while Germany's DAX rose 1.3 percent to 7,041. The CAC-40 in France was 1.3 percent higher too 15 3,386.
Wall Street was poised for gains, with both Dow futures and the broader S&P 500 futures 0.5 percent higher.
There's little on the economic calendar later in the U.S. so attention will likely remain on any noises that may emerge from the Obama administration and Congress over the progress of the budget talks.
Investors will also be monitoring latest developments in Greece's bailout saga, amid hopes that the country's euro partners and the International Monetary Fund will finally sign off on the release of at least 31.5 billion euro of cash the country needs to avoid going bankrupt.
Ministers from the eurogroup meet Tuesday, ahead of a summit of their leaders later in the week that will discuss the European Union's budget for the next few years.
Despite uncertainty over whether a budget deal in Europe will be agreed, the euro has prospered in the more optimistic market mood. It was trading 0.2 percent higher at $1.2770.
Earlier, Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.5 percent to 21,262.06 and South Korea's Kospi rose 0.9 percent to 1,878.10. Mainland China's Shanghai Composite Index inched up 0.1 percent to 2,016.98. The smaller Shenzhen Composite Index rose marginally to 800.84.
The yen's recent weakness helped boost Japan's Nikkei 225 and its heavy orientation toward exporting companies -- a weak yen reduces the cost of Japanese products overseas, and that helps companies whose survival depends on sales beyond their home turf.
The index in Tokyo jumped 1.4 percent to close at 9,153.20, its highest close since Sept. 19, while the dollar continued to trade above 81 yen.
Investors across all financial markets were also monitoring developments in the Middle East as the conflict between Israel and Hamas showed few signs of abating.
Concerns over crude supplies supported oil prices, with the benchmark New York rate up 88 cents at $87.80 a barrel.


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Setting & Achieving Goals
The 5 Secrets Of Very Productive People Are Just Common Sense
Boosting productivity is about working smarter, not harder.
More than a decade ago, Microsoft got curious about how many hours per week workers are actually productive. They ran a survey prompting people to rate their workplace productivity, and the findings were pretty alarming.
In the U.S, people work an average of 45 hours a week and consider 16 of those hours unproductive. That amounts to more than just bathroom and coffee breaks. When you consider the opportunity cost of 35 percent of work time being unproductive, employers and employees need to take notice.
If you want to boost your productivity, it's not by working longer, it's by working smarter. It's about learning how to squeeze more out of every working hour.
Emulate these five traits of uber-productive people and you'll be amazed by how much more effective you will be:
1. They plan their day
Life is demanding. There is a steady stream of emails, texts, calls and ads screaming for your attention. If you are not able to focus on a set task, you'll spend all day doing things that are not productive to your goals.
To be uber-productive, you need to be vigilant about planning your day. Either the night before or first thing in the morning, make a short list of key tasks that you have to accomplish and map out when you plan to complete them. Without a concrete, specific, measurable plan, you have no way of knowing if you moved the ball forward or not.
Related: 5 Work Productivity Hacks Used By Rockstar Entrepreneurs
2. They lead with the pain
Uber-productive people don't push off the daunting tasks on their to-do list until the end of the day. If they procrastinated, these projects would never get tackled.
Do the least appetizing, most dreaded item on your list first because that's when you have the most energy. After you conquer the task, you'll not only feel relieved but motivated to tackle another. Otherwise, you spend the day with that task hanging ominously over your head.
3. They never touch things twice
How many times have you "flagged" the same email to review later? This is the biggest time-suck. You give the email, project or task your attention, but not enough to do something about it. Productive people don't push things off until later.
Related: 5 Time-Management Tools for Small Businesses to Improve Productivity
As soon as you turn your attention to something, act. Do it, delegate it or delete it. Remember, procrastination is a productivity killer. The "right time" rarely comes around, and when you push things off they build up.
A molehill quickly becomes a mountain, and it's easy to procrastinate when you have a mountain to climb.
4. They say no
If you can't do something, say so. Stop worrying that unless you say yes to everything, people won't value or like, you.
Uber-productive people know how to draw boundaries and say no if there's too much on their plate. Research shows that the harder time you have saying no, the more likely you are to experience stress, burnout, and even depression.
Stop using phrases like "I'm not sure" or "I don't think I can." No is a powerful two-letter word, and if you want to be more productive, you need to get comfortable using it.
5. They don't multitask
Multi-tasking is finally out of fashion, thank goodness.
The human mind is most effective when it focuses on a single line of thought. Multitasking challenges us to simultaneously focus on a jumble of ideas. Not only is this stressful, but it's unproductive.
Related: 7 Traits That Define Work Productivity Superstars
Switch-tasking is leaps and bounds more effective. Focus on one task at a time without distraction or interruption, and you'll produce higher quality work more efficiently.
To sum it up
Increasing productivity isn't about moving faster or learning to expertly juggle five tasks at once. Productivity is about planning ahead, starting your day strong, tackling things head on and learning to say no, and increasing your focus and attention on the task at hand.
The more productive you become, the less stress you'll feel and the more time you'll have to take those coveted work breaks.
Productivity will be the best – most liberating – thing that ever happened to you.
This article was originally posted here on Entrepreneur.com.
Setting & Achieving Goals
You've Already Abandoned Your New Year's Resolution. Here's A Better Path To Reach Your Goals
Instead of self-flagellation and getting stuck in the quagmire of negative thoughts, dust off those good intentions and give yourself another shot at making your resolutions stick.
It's only mid-January, but chances are pretty good that all those lofty resolutions you made before the clock struck midnight on Dec. 31 have fallen by the wayside. You're not alone.
A small, but oft-cited, longitudinal study of New Year's resolutions by John Norcross, a professor of psychology at the University of Scranton, revealed that nearly a quarter of people abandoned their goal after one week. That number swelled to 46 percent at a month and 64 percent after six months. Less than a fifth, 19 percent, were able to hang on for two years.
So instead of self-flagellation and getting stuck in the quagmire of negative thoughts, dust off those good intentions and give yourself another shot at making your resolutions stick.
Don't make a backup plan (just yet)
You've likely heard that having a Plan B (or C or D) can be very helpful when dealing with unexpected contingencies. Being prepared for any bump in the road will make arriving at the destination unscathed and on time a sure thing, right?
Not so, according to new research from the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Jihae Shin, assistant professor of management and human resources at the school, together with Katherine L. Milkman of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, conducted a series of experiments that challenged the conventional wisdom that holds backup plans in high regard.
Instead, their experiments revealed that when participants spent time plotting out a contingency plan, they failed to meet their goals. Of course, it's important to note that these goals didn't have anything to do with luck or innate skill, they required participants to do simple tasks including unscramble sentences. The same could be said for standard issue resolutions to get fit or save more money. They don't rely on luck, only stick-to-itiveness.
The researchers do say that backup plans do have their place. The caveat: "You might want to wait until you have done everything you can to achieve your primary goal first," Shin said.
Related: The 7-Step Formula For Goal-Setting
Trick yourself into changing
Yet more counterintuitive research led by marketing professors from INSEAD, IE Business School, and Pamplin College of Business, finds that we humans actually want to change rather than keep the status quo.
Their study revealed that the brain is weighing how hard reaching the goal will be, and if it finds that it's easy to reach, then it starts looking for reasons that getting there won't happen. This ties into thousands of years of conditioning to be more sensitive to bad news versus good, a.k.a. the negativity bias.
The researchers also found that while participants scored a goal for potential challenges, they tended to score goals that took a modest effort as easier to reach than maintaining the status quo.
To trick your brain into achieving a goal, make sure what you want to achieve is manageable, or can be done through smaller, more consistent efforts. Instead of saying you want to be vice president of your division, for instance, make a plan to work on projects that will add to your professional standing and contribute to your organisation's bottom line.
What to do if you hit an "action crisis"
"Setbacks present real challenges in pursuing our goals," said Richard Vann, assistant professor of marketing at Penn State Behrend. "When goals are blocked by obstacles, we often feel bad about ourselves and sometimes stop pursuing these goals."
When it comes to resolutions, there can be setbacks aplenty. However, there's a technique you can employ to counteract the negative effects of roadblocks and challenges you may encounter on the path to keep your resolution.
It's called "Mental Contrasting with Implementation Intention" and it comes to us courtesy of Gabriele Oettingen and Peter Gollwitzer, psychologists at NYU.
Basically, that's a fancy way of saying that you need to think through what it would take to reach your goal and make yourself aware of the potential obstacles you'll hit along the way. In this way, you'll have a strategy in place to deal with potential setbacks in advance, rather than be blindsided and subsequently switch into evaluation mode (for example: Asking yourself, "Is this goal even worth it?") which doesn't help you get anywhere.
Just focus on one thing
We humans tend to get ambitious when thinking about the possibility of a fresh start. Unfortunately, the "new year, new me" is just too big to be achievable. We can't realistically get fit, stop smoking and save money while simultaneously sign up for more significant projects at work, get a mentor (or three) and build out a professional network.
That's because we tend to make tradeoffs between goals when we have more than one or two.
Researchers from the University of Toronto found that having a single goal greased the wheels of progress for people by putting them into implementation mode. That happens even if the goal is deceptively simple, like saving money. Some participants in one of the study's experiments were told to save money for their children's education. For others, that goal was expanded to include saving for healthcare and for retirement. Those with the single focus were more successful than individuals who were trying to meet three separate objectives.
Related: The One Leadership Concept That Can Help You Achieve Your Biggest Goals
The researchers noted that while these experiments focused on financial matters, they believe the evidence suggests that setting a goal in any area (health, professional development, etc.) should be easier to achieve than if you're scattering your energy on trying to make multiple resolutions come to fruition.
So if you find yourself among those who've abandoned their best intentions to become a better version of themselves in 2019, take heart. These strategies should get you back on track in no time.
This article was originally posted here on Entrepreneur.com.
Setting & Achieving Goals
Unless You Track Your Progress, Setting Goals Is A Waste Of Effort
The single most common reason people don't reach their goals is they forgot they set them in the first place.
I've always carried a notebook with me at work and on business trips. I usually jot down notes from meetings or random thoughts I have on how to improve our company. Recently, I found some of my old notebooks and I started flipping through the pages.
Despite the awful handwriting, their were actually some interesting ideas written down. I found some great goals and objectives for the past years, that I had never gotten around to implementing. I could have done most of these things and probably be more successful than I am now.
What went wrong?
Do you know what your team is doing?
Boardview writes that "two thirds of senior managers can't name their firms' top priorities" and "more than 80% of small business owners don't keep track of business goals."
So the problem is that while companies probably have some sort of goals (even if they are just "making money."), the progress towards those goals is not measured. I have seen this behaviour at many companies I've worked with. Starry-eyed managers excitedly pitch a goal in an attempt to motivate their employees to get on board. This great initiative is then almost instantly forgotten, and three months later no one will even remember it at all. This is part of a wider problem of companies not prioritising goal setting.
The easiest way to make sure you have serious goals that you can follow is inform everyone in your company (starting with the senior management) of those goals. Then you'll need a goal tracking system that makes sure you measure your progress regularly.
Related: The 7-Step Formula For Goal-Setting
Own your goals
Once you've written down a company or a team goal, two questions arise. Who is responsible for the goal (accountability), and how do you review the results (performance review)?
As for accountability, at my work we set impactful, quarterly objectives for each of our teams. We make sure each team goal is assigned to specific person who is responsible for achieving it.
These goals are not usually met 100 percent as they are designed not to. They are designed to force me and my employees to try new things, experiment and break old habits. It's reaching for the moon and landing among the stars.
Step two: Tracking goals with meetings
You must track your progress towards said goal week by week. This is called continuous performance review. I review our team's Key Results or KPIs every week. At our weekly status meeting, we start by discussing each Key Result and the progress towards our end goal.
Weekly status meetings are used in most companies. But you have to be careful with them as they can become pointless very easily if you haven't set clear goals first.
If your company is not focused on goals, you are wasting time and money. You should never just chat about your work without knowing how that work aligns with your company's goals and vision.
Related: 6 Reasons Why Concrete Goals Are Essential To Entrepreneurial Success
Having an impact every day
Christina Wodtke, author of "Radical Focus", has said that success is not checking a box. It's having an impact. Working towards your goals is something you need to do every day and every hour. Only then can you make an impact. Instead of weekly meetings, you can take in one step further with status reporting.
I like the Plans, Progress, Problems (PPP) approach. With it, you set 3 – 5 impactful plans for yourself every week that you focus on. What makes this great is that you can link each of those to one of your goals to make sure every big task you work on, actually moves you towards your goals. And the reports you get out of it, can be the basis of your weekly status meetings, making it easier to keep yourself and others focused.
A weekly review of your progress is vital for the long term success of goal setting. Many people can relate to a situation where you set goals and decide on a deadline that seems so far away. Then, a week before the time is up, you finally remember your goal and panic sets in. This is not the way to do it.
Great ideas should not be left to rot in a notebook. They should be written down, discussed with your team, improved and executed every day. Doing so will ensure that your best ideas are never forgotten and lost. Instead, they bring you satisfaction and success.
This article was originally posted here on Entrepreneur.com.
Setting & Achieving Goals
Finish The Year Strong To Carry Momentum Into 2019
Survey your accomplishments now, and reassess your goals, to conclude this year in kinetic alignment with where you want to go next.
At the end of every season I like to take some time to reassess my yearly outcomes. I also do this with all my coaching clients because it helps them see the progress they've made and how they can adjust their expectations.
This year, I decided to bring all my clients together for a two-day event to do their assessments in a group setting. This is going to be the main theme at this year's Next Level Leadership Summit: "How to Finish Strong."
I've been privileged to coach, consult and interview some of the most productive entrepreneurs I know, and I have learned as much from them as they have from me. The principles they have shared with me are timeless and easy to follow. I have used them time and time again to reset my goals to make sure I set myself up for a great closing to the year instead of being disappointed by what I didn't accomplish.
Don't let attachment to the outcome rob you of victory
Most entrepreneurs are very competitive. We have a vision and goals, and we want things to look a certain way. The truth is that things don't happen the way we want them to most of the time. To keep the momentum, sometimes you have to adjust your vision.
Currently, I'm working with a real estate developer who is working on several projects. At the beginning of the year, he set a goal to close a deal that would net him $20 million. He found one and started working it. It looked like he was on his way to achieving his goal, but he later received news from his architect that he had miscalculated some numbers and that they would be making $5 million less than originally projected. Upset, he called me to tell me the news.
All I heard in his voice was how disappointed he was that he was not going to hit his goal. I reminded him of where he was three years ago when he joined my programme. He was burned out, had lost his purpose and didn't have any deals to count on. And now, this is one of the many deals he has in the pipeline. Maybe he won't get what he was aiming for, but this is still a victory.
This is what we do all the time. We beat ourselves up because we are attached to the way things should be. A high-performing entrepreneur looks at their life as a game. To finish the year strong, he must appreciate how far he has come and reset his outcomes according to his current situation.
Related: The 7-Step Formula For Goal-Setting
Focus on progress, not perfection
At the first of the year, you create a list of things you want to accomplish. You then wait and wait for the perfect timing. After nine months go by, you look at the list and you feel disappointed you didn't get everything done.
I know a guy who is developing a productivity app. He has interviewed developers, created the overall design and is constantly asking for feedback from people on how the app should look. He has been working on this for years but he is always waiting for the perfect time to execute.
One of my other clients has just launched his first app, and he is getting rave reviews. What's the difference between these two men? One is waiting on the perfect time and is paralysed by the illusion of perfection while the other one was focused on creating progress.
Each week I asked my client how his app was going, and he shared his progress. Was it perfect? No. Did he experience challenges to make it work? Yes. But he knew the first steps – finding the money, reviewing the design and creating the user experience – were going to be the hardest. Now he is working on improving it based on all the feedback he has gotten from users.
High performers know perfection is the lowest standard. To finish the year strong, take inventory of all the progress you've made and focus on making things better.
You are the product of your environment
We've been taught that mindset and positive thinking are the keys to success. But that's only part of the equation. For the last decade, I've focused on being in an environment that supports my growth. It doesn't matter how strong your mindset is. It doesn't matter how positive you are. If you are around negative people or in a negative environment, you will lose.
I've helped one of my clients get clear on how he wanted to take his business to the next level. We created a plan and a timeline with clear outcomes. Then I asked him, What is one thing that can mess this plan up? He said if he continued to hang out with his drinking buddies and give in to his old habits, it could distract him from his plan. So I told him to change his environment for the next 100 days to see if that would make a difference.
Now, at day 110, everything – his business, life and relationship – are on fire. I not only asked him to change his environment, I also replaced it with a group of high-level performers who hold him accountable to his commitments. That group is on fire, and they are going to be recognised for their amazing shift at my Next Level Leadership event.
High performers evaluate their environment and make changes to align it with their vision. They eliminate any possible scenario that can prevent them from getting what they want.
Related: 6 Reasons Why Concrete Goals Are Essential To Entrepreneurial Success
Focus on the other R.O.I. – return on impact
As entrepreneurs, we must watch the bottom line at all times. Every move we make has to bring us a return on our investment. Lately, I've seen a big shift in the market. The "cut through to the bottom line" mindset can only take you so far. I've been able to grow my business faster by focusing on the impact rather than the income. Don't get me wrong. I charge for my services, and I'm not running a non-profit, but income is not my main focus.
I recently helped a client create a framework in his business that gave him a sense of purpose. He was ready to sell all his assets and move to an island with his wife and kids because his idea of success was being met by his expectations in his business. I helped him see that he simply needed to focus less on the transactions and more on the transcendence his business could provide. He owns multiple businesses, so it took him some time to figure out how he could help his clients have a better experience rather than treating them as singular transactions.
When he came back to me, he had a list of things where he had made an impact. All of a sudden, his passion for running a business had returned. He had a new sense of purpose seeing how much impact he could make in he lives of others.
A high-performing entrepreneur measures his success on the amount of impact he has on people's lives.
Reset, recharge and recommit
We all want to have more time. We are running 100 mph, and we don't want to slow down. That's the life of any entrepreneur who wants to succeed in this competitive market. But, if a car is running that fast every day, it will eventually crash. And that's what happens to us. We crash and sometimes burn things down.
To avoid this, I meet with my clients several times throughout the year to reset our goals, recharge our batteries and recommit to the process. Nothing is better than iron sharpening iron. It doesn't have to be a long period of time. We actually discover that all we need is one day per quarter, and we can compound time. When you're busy, quality is better than quantity.
Each quarter, people travel from all over the country to our meetings so they can share their progress and see how they can help one another. The key here is to Reset your goals, recharge your mindset and recommit to your outcomes.
High performers know that proximity is power. They also know you need to recharge your batteries in order to get back into the game – especially if you want to finish strong.
This article was originally posted here on Entrepreneur.com.


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A Clean Break
Retreats that say: Out with the old, in with the new, toxin-free you
THE HOLIDAYS, for all of their cork-popping, stocking-and-stomach-stuffing appeal, have a way of leaving us feeling weary and weighed down. The yin to December's yang, January brings a bracing gust of personal resolve. It's a time of reflection, renewal and earnest avowals to become more virtuous versions of our party-hopping selves—not to mention banishing "the holiday five."
Those who take their detoxing promises seriously deserve better than a hardcover from the bookstore's "New Year, New You" display...


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Green Guidance
Green Guidance
Protecting Our Forests, Protecting OurselvesDiseases resulting from deforestation and animal contact rarely call to mind a place like Duchess County, New York. Yet the county is now home to the highest rates of Lyme disease among U.S. residents. Loss of natural predators in the region's increasingly fragmented forestland has sparked a population boom in white-footed mice, which spread the bacteria via ticks that have fed off them. The same suburban development that is dicing up Duchess County woodlands for strip malls and subdivisions has created a ripe breeding ground for infection.
Intact forests are more vital to our health than we may realize. In addition to hosting a healthy diversity of species, they act as natural water treatment plants, filtering out contaminants and keeping silt out of waterways. But in places undergoing deforestation and loss of clean drinking water, there are also disease outbreaks, notes William Karesh, a field veterinarian for the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Disrupted waterways often create stagnant ponds, which serve as ideal breeding sites for mosquitoes that may carry malaria. (See "Malaria Linked to Deforestation," p. 11.)
Logging roads through forests present another means for contact between humans and infected wildlife. Bushmeat hunters probing deep into Africa's jungles are thought to have first carried HIV back to their communities, and many are now regularly exposed to a "simian foamy virus" (SFV) that could also affect humans. While SFV exposure hasn't yet led to human-to-human transmission, the more frequent the "viral chatter," the more chances such viruses have to mutate into human diseases. "That's what we see with Ebola," says Karesh. "The more people there are in the forest, and the more they hunt, there's more disease transmission."
Clearing forest habitat for large-scale farming operations creates yet another disease risk. The Malaysian pig farms where Nipah virus-a previously unknown infection that has killed hundreds of people in Asia-first emerged were located near pristine rain forest, a primary foraging habitat for fruit bats that carried the disease, explains Jonathan Epstein of the New York NGO Wildlife Trust. "In traditional [small-scale] farming, the virus would run out of susceptible pigs," he points out, but at a farm with 30,000 heads the population is "large enough and dense enough to sustain an outbreak."
Here are some ways you can help support the life-saving work of forests worldwide:
- "Adopt" a forest. Check out The Nature Conservancy's program in Brazil (www.nature.org/joinanddonate/adoptanacre/) or the Rainforest Alliance (www.rainforest-alliance.org/programs/aar).
- Say no to bushmeat. Support the Bushmeat Crisis Taskforce (www.bushmeat.org), a consortium of conservationists dedicated to preserving wildlife threatened by commercial hunting.
- Buy sustainable wood. When building or remodeling, seek out products bearing the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) label, certifying that the wood comes from well-managed sources. Or choose reclaimed items such as flooring, cutting boards, or furniture. (In the United States, see mountainlumber.com, endurawood.com, tamalpais.com, and terramai.com.)
- Choose wood substitutes. Look for bamboo flooring (plyboo.com), recycled plastic outdoor furniture (eco-furniture.com), or recycled decking and fencing (trex.com).
- Avoid "endangered" fragrances. Rosewood and pau rosa are both harvested from the endangered Brazilian Rosewood tree. Instead, choose organic essential oils from sustainable sources, such as organic lavender (dropwise.com).
- Choose certified food. Rainforest Alliance-certified food items help protect habitat and water quality and provide fair wages to workers. Try Cafe Sombra coffee (cafesombra.com), Plantations Arriba Chocolate (ecochocolates.com), and Chiquita Bananas.
- Buy natural latex items. Buying rubber made from the sap of the rubber tree can help preserve forests and sustain local communities. For your next mattress purchase, pick one with a natural latex core. (See lifekind.com or northstarbeds.com.)
- "Green" your paper choices. Ask your office to stock FSC-certified paper, with virgin fiber from well-managed forests and post-consumer recycled content (up to 100 percent). Choices include Domtar Earthchoice (domtar.com) and Mohawk Options (mohawkpaper.com).
Visit www.thegreenguide.com for product reports on chocolate and coffee, flooring, mattresses and furniture, and paper.
Paul W. McRandle is Senior Research Editor of The Green Guide, published by The Green Guide Institute, which provides the research for this department.


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Drake Wants Nightclub Lawsuit Dismissed
Drake made headlines this year when he got into a champagne-throwing brawl with Chris Brown at New York hotspot W.i.P. The club owners eventually filed a $16 million lawsuit against the crooners for the damages they have caused. Now Drake wants a judge to dismiss the owners' lawsuit.
According to TMZ, Drizzy filed a countersuit against Entertainment Enterprises in response to their suit that he and Brown ruined the club's reputation after their brawl. However, Drake maintains in his claim that he isn't responsible for W.i.P.'s bad publicity since the club had a bad rep way before he even step into the door.
To support his argument, the 'Take Care' rapper cited a New York Times story which describes the nightclub has having a "history of violence and other problems." In addition, the club had its liquor license suspended in the past due to "a string of violent incidents" and that cops had to close down the venue in 2011.
Drake and Brown will not face any criminal charges for their skirmish at the club, which left several people severely injured. Among the pending lawsuits filed after the fracas includes one from NBA star Tony Parker against the nightclub, and another from a male model who injured his hand during the melee.
Lawyers for both Drake and Entertainment Enterprises (which also owns neighboring club Greenhouse) had no comment on the legal matter.
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Internet Explorer Vulnerability
September 25, 2013
A vulnerability in all versions of Internet Explorer is now being exploited on the web.
Microsoft is working on a fix, but in the interim, we recommend that you use a different browser when possible to minimize risk.
If Internet Explorer is your default browser, you can change it to Firefox by following these instructions:
- Open Firefox
- Select Tools > Options
- Under Advanced and then the General tab, select the option to make Firefox your default browser.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com


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macbook 5.1
The professional forum lurker awakes..
The title very much says it all, anyway. (late 2008 aluminium macbook)
random facts:
Now.. im not going to have a damned rant on the subject, I am just looking for some advice on which snapshot or release of *BSD (freebsd preferred) i should throw at it. I've succesfully installed 7.1-Release on it, but there were some odd issues with the macbook's internal keyboard. (when I touched the internal kb it would freak out the whole user input).
The kb problem was still there after first boot so i threw Linux on it. At some point I decided to throw a snapshot of 8-current on it.. -> instant panic
Why I'm even looking to put (free)bsd on this macbook? well.. I don't really care about things like the multitouch function of the touchpad, or some hotkeys to modify screen brightness -> I would just put a tiling wm(awesome) on it and be happy.
to the main question:
Should I start asking on the mailing lists about the kb issues or just wait a year for some support to arrive?
Added info:
chipset is the newish nvidia mcp79 <- officially not yet supported?
wireless: broadcom 4322
gigabit lan: works with the nfe freebsd driver
nvidia geforce 9400M <- supported by nvidia binaries
touchpad: this is a new model (like with the macbook air, only 1 big button) <-
yeah.. this probably belongs to the hardware section.
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I'll be getting some details about the errors etc hopefully this weekend... If someone has some thoughts on running Freebsd on the new macbook, feel free to post/ask in this thread.
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Menino: Closing schools would have been hard on parents
Boston schools stay open during snowstorm
As the winter storm battered Massachusetts, schools in Boston were not canceled Friday, even though the city's mayor urged residents to stay off the roads.
Mayor Thomas Menino warned residents and commuters about lengthy commutes, and asked them to "use common sense and stay off the roads." However, the city said Thursday that school would not be closed on Friday.
Menino explained his decision to keep schools open, saying it would have been hard for parents to scramble to find someone to watch their children.
"The forecast was changing so rapidly during the course of the night. The question was: Do you call school off at 6 a.m.? Then what do the parents do about child care?" Menino said. "I think the decision is right to keep the school open today."
The school department said students who missed school Friday would be marked as "constructively present," meaning the absence will be excused.


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MPPGCL 169 Trade Apprentices Recruitment 2017
M.P. Power Generating Company Limited (MPPGCL) has announced Recruitment 2017 notification for fill 169 Trade Apprentices vacancies. All the interested/eligible candidates may apply through prescribed mode of application on or 07.04.2017.
MPPGCL Recruitment 2017 Vacancy Details
No of Vacancy: 169 Posts
Name of the Post: Trade Apprentices
Educational Qualification: Aspirants must have a completed ITI from the recognized board/university.
Age Limit: Candidates age should be between 18 years to 32 years as on 01.05.2016. Age relaxation is applicable as per govt norms.
Pay Scale: Selected candidates will be get paid Rs.1490 per month salary.
Selection Procedure: The selection will be made by based on the candidates Written Exam from the Personal Interview.
How to Apply: All the Eligible / Interested candidates may apply through prescribed mode of application along with necessary documents and certificates send to Official Address on or before the last date of application submission.
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Firefighters responding to an open-area blaze Saturday night found an unresponsive woman who was later declared dead.
At about 11:15 p.m., Savannah Fire & Emergency Services responded to a dead-end area at Pritchard Street and Lousiville Road after calls about the fire.
Firefighters had to breach a chain-link fence before the flames could be extinguished, said Mark Keller, Savannah Fire spokesman. Firefighters found the woman unresponsive in the area while battling the fire, Keller said.
Keller said an autopsy was performed Monday on the woman, who appeared to be middle-aged, but the medical examiner has labeled the cause of death undetermined pending toxicology results.
The Savannah-Chatham police department on Monday afternoon had not yet released the woman's identity.
In the area where the fire occurred was a make-shift shelter put together with plywood, tree branches and other material, Keller said. A gas generator was being used supply electricity via extension cords to appliances and there were propane heaters in use, he said.
"Everything was combustible," Keller said of the structure. "When the fire broke out, it was an easy target for destruction."
As of Monday afternoon, Savannah Fire investigators had not yet determined the exact cause of the fire.


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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Amputee Fired Because of Disability, Federal Agency Charged
SEATTLE – A Newberg, Ore., funeral chapel will pay $62,500 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
According to the EEOC's suit, Attrell's Newberg Funeral Chapel violated federal law when it refused to allow Barbara Jackson, an amputee who had successfully worked for the company for a year and nine months, to continue working as a secretary once she required the use of a wheelchair. Attrell's claimed that Jackson could not carry out the duties of the secretarial position if she could not walk, and noted that having an employee in a wheelchair might make their grieving clients feel bad. After Attrell's fired her, Jackson suffered financial hardship due to difficulties in finding a comparable job, the EEOC said.
Such alleged conduct violates the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). The EEOC filed suit (EEOC and Jackson v. S.C.C., Inc., dba Attrell's Newberg Funeral Chapel; cv-09-1009-HU) after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement. After the EEOC filed the lawsuit on her behalf, Jackson retained private attorney Larry Linder and intervened in the case. Jackson's charge of discrimination was investigated by EEOC investigator Rick Thomas.
In addition to the monetary settlement, Attrell's agreed to implement anti-discrimination policies and procedures in its workplace. The company also agreed to provide training on the ADA and reasonable accommodations to all its management and non-management employees its Newberg facility. Attrell's will also provide periodic reports to EEOC on its compliance with the terms of the consent decree.
"Attrell's fired Ms. Jackson based on its own stereotypes about what a person who uses a wheelchair can and cannot do," said A. Luis Lucero, Jr., director of the EEOC's Seattle Field Office. "Ms. Jackson was not even given the opportunity to demonstrate her abilities to carry out her work functions using a chair. Such stereotyping harms people with disabilities, but it also hurts employers because they lose out on talented and qualified employees."
EEOC San Francisco Regional Attorney William R. Tamayo said, "Let this be a lesson to other employers: You must engage in the interactive process with employees who request accommodations. Ms. Jackson's request was reasonable. Allowing her to continue working from her wheelchair would have benefited Ms. Jackson, Attrell's, and the many clients who benefited from Ms. Jackson's kind and diligent manner in attending to funeral arrangements. Instead, Ms. Jackson has been unemployed for over a year and has had to endure humiliation."
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. The EEOC Seattle Field Office's jurisdiction includes Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Further information about the EEOC including its guidance on employees with disabilities is available on its website at http://www.eeoc.gov.


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About the Research Board
The University of Missouri research board consists of over 20 faculty members appointed by the president for two-year terms. Its mission is to enhance the long-term quality and quantity of scholarship throughout the university by supporting meritorious research projects.
The purpose of the UM Research Board is to enhance the long-term quality and quantity of scholarship throughout the University by supporting meritorious research projects. An important goal is to leverage external funds by UM faculty by supporting promising new faculty and funding high quality new initiatives of senior faculty.
The Goal is to leverage external funds by
- supporting promising new faculty
- funding of high quality new initiatives of senior faculty
This support is intended to:
- help promising new faculty initiate their research
- provide seed money to test new ideas in their preliminary stages before enough data have been gathered to submit a proposal for external funding
- provide modest resources for excellent scholarship in fields for which external support may be quite limited
- provide bridging funds, and
- for Special Opportunity Proposals, provide matching funds sometimes required by external sponsors.
The Board considers these key factors in the review of projects:
- quality of the proposed research or creative activity
- importance and probable impact the proposed work may have on the field
- potential of the project to obtain future external funding
- potential value for enhancing the stature of the university
- project design and procedures
- resources and environment available to carry out the project
- value for development of the applicant's research potential and progress
- quality, productivity, and current research funding of the applicant, and
- budget appropriateness in terms of the project and the board's resources, including consideration of need and availability of external support.
The board has established programs for:
- individual or collaborative projects
- special opportunities and
- book publication subventions
No funds are set aside for specific programs or for specific types of proposals. Inter-departmental, inter-campus collaboration and new cross-disciplinary research initiatives are encouraged and may strengthen a proposal and serve as a positive factor in its evaluation. A commitment of partial support for a project from the campus, college or unit is not required, but it may be a positive factor in the review.
Awards are not renewable. The research board will not serve as a source of continuing support for specific projects or facilities. Awards normally are for a one-year period, but longer terms (up to a maximum of two years) are permitted if fully justified in the proposal.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 11th by James McKinney gave the Engineers of MIT a 4-3 non-conference win Thursday afternoon over the Beacons. The game-clinching hit would cap off a late inning rally by the Engineers who going into the bottom of the ninth trailed 3-2, but with a two-run homer from Kendall Helbert MIT forced the extra innings in the only meeting between the two teams this season.
MIT (21-7) took an early lead when sophomore Parker Tew led off the game with a double. With one out he stole second and then came around to score when the throw to third ended up in left field for an error.
The Engineers put the first two aboard in the second, but senior starter Michael Boughton (New Britain, Conn.), responded by striking out the next two hitters and getting the final out on a foul fly to right. He stranded runners in each of the first four innings, but kept the Engineers from getting the big hit. He then retired the side in the fifth and sixth, and finished with just the one run against him in six innings on four hits. He struck out five and walked one.
Sophomore K.J. Parent matched Boughton over the first four innings for MIT before running into trouble in the fifth. A pair of base hits and a walk loaded the bases for the Beacons for sophomore Bryan Failla (Torrington, Conn.) who doubled to the fence in left. The first two runners scored easily, but the third was gunned down at the plate by Tew's relay to Helbert to keep it a one-run contest. Failla went on to have a career day in Cambridge as he drove in a career-best three runs on two hits in five at-bats.
Neither team scored again until the ninth. UMass Boston received a leadoff single from freshman Nick Radcliffe (Randolph, Mass.), who then stole second with one out. MIT would then strike out the next hitter, but Failla came up big again for the Beacons (13-17), singling to center to score what looked to be an insurance run.
With the lead now in their favor the Beacons knew they had to shutdown the Engineers in the bottom of the ninth to keep them from building any late momentum. UMB struck first as they got one out on the scoreboard, but with a single through the leftside would put a runner on first. Even with the runner on base the Beacons knew they could still get out of this unscathed that was until Helbert crushed the two-run shot, his first collegiate home run, to send the game into extras.
Both teams had runners on in the 10th but were unable to score. Henry Zhu came on to pitch the 11th for MIT, and gave up just a one-out single to give the Engineers another chance in the bottom half of the inning. Helbert was key again for MIT as he led off with a single to right and then moved to second on a sacrifice. Steve Roche, who was the fifth Beacon pitcher of the day, struck out the next hitter before McKinney slapped his hit to left to bring Helbert home with the winning run.
Zhu picked up the win with his one inning of work, while Roche was tagged with the loss, giving up the one run on two hits over 1.2 innings. Failla drove in all three runs for UMass Boston with his two hits, while Radcliffe went 3-for-5 and scored twice for the Beacons. Helbert also finished 3-for-5 for MIT, including a double and a home run.
Baseball returns to action on Saturday when they host Plymouth State University at noon in a Little East Conference doubleheader. Saturday's contests will also serve as the first annual Team IMPACT Day as well, as UMB baseball's honorary captain and team member Jake Parker (Braintree, Mass.) will be on hand to throw out the first pitch.
Information for this release provided by MIT Sports Information Department


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Toro 21" Heavy Duty Zone Start Toro OHV Push (22289)
21" Heavy Duty Zone Start Toro OHV Push (22289)
This Toro 21" (53 cm) push, heavy duty walk behind mower features a Toro OHV with zone start. For the best productivity, we've included a 1 gallon fuel tank, Recycler cutting deck and the large, easy-empty bagging system. The deck is made of corrosion-resistant aluminum alloy and cables are also protected with steel cable guards mounted to the handle bar. It's everything you want in a heavy-duty walk behind.
- Recycler® Cutting System - optimized for exceptional mulching and bagging performance
- Powered by a Toro OHV engine
- Large 9" x 2", lightweight co-polymer wheels provide a light footprint that is easy on turf
- Designed for durability with steel cable routing guards that keep cables protected from debris and trailering damage
- 4-Point Height of Cut: The robust design provides maximum life and durability. Front spring arms are contained within the wheels for ultimate protection. Cut in more conditions with heights ranging from 1" to 4.5"
- Commercial-Grade Wheels: Tough co-polymer wheels feature precision ball bearings for long life with less downtime and lower replacement costs. These large 9" x 2" wheels also provide a light footprint that is easy on the turf.
- Easy Empty Bag: The large 2.1 bushel bag feaures an easy-empty design, making quick work of clipping disposal.
- Rear Bagging System: The wide opening and ramped profile of the tunnel maximize bag fill.
- Recycler® Cutting System: This patented cutting system cuts and recuts grass clippings into fine mulch and directs them deep into the turf to provide a "just bagged" appearance.
- Engine: Toro* OHV 159cc
- Fuel Capacity: 0.5 gallon (1.89 L)
- Cutting Width: 21" (53 cm)
- Height of Cut: 1" to 4.5" in .5" increments (2.5 cm to 11.4 cm in 1.27 cm increments)
- Number of Blades: 1
- Starter: Recoil
- Drive System: Push
- Deck Material: Die Cast Aluminum Alloy
- Mulch, Bag, Side Discharge: Mulch and Bag
- Warranty: 1 Year Limited* Unit
- Bagger Capacity: 2.1 bushels
- Blade Design: 0.135" steel with blade stiffener
- Blade Engagement: Zone Start
- Blade Tip Speed: 18,000+ ft/min (5,486 m/min)
- CARB Compliant: Yes
- Certification: CARB, EPA, ANSI
- Crankshaft: 1" (25 mm) w/Steel Protector
- Deck Design: Recycler Cutting System / Rear Bagging System
- Height: 40" (101.6 cm)
- Length: 59" (149.86 cm)
- Lubrication: Splash Lubrication
- Steering Controls: Single Bail
- Transmission: Push
- Wheel Height: 9" x 2" (22.8 cm x 5 cm)
- Width: 21.5" (54.6 cm)
- Weight: 92 lbs (42 kg)
NOTES:*The gross horsepower of these engines was laboratory rated by the engine manufacturer in accordance with SAE J1940 or SAE J2723. As configured to meet safety, emission and operating requirements, the actual engine horsepower on these mowers will be significantly lower.
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- Toro®
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Chevy Equinox Problem in Rain
I am from GM Customer Service. I apologize that you have been experiencing concerns with your vehicle. How long has the concern been present? What is the VIN of the vehicle? Have you taken the vehicle back to the dealership to see if they can diagnose the issue? Thank you,
Mariah GM Customer Service0
I have had it to the dealership 6 times and they are unable to locate the problem. The problem has existed since I bought it brand new.0
Thank you for getting back with me. Do you currently have a case with GM? If so, what is the case number? Also, what is the VIN of the vehicle? Thank you,
Mariah GM Customer Service0
I don't have a case with GM specifically, I've just been dealing with the dealership. Can you provide me with contact information so that I can provide you with my VIN ?0
You can email me at [email protected] That is the best way to get a hold of me. Thank you,
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Thank you Maria. I started a case with GM yesterday.0
Your welcome! : )
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I also have this problem, exactly as you described it! Hard to explain as it ONLY happens in the rain. Did you ever find out what the problem is/was???
Have never has the message "stabiltrak off' though??0
gmcustsvcsarah Posts: 1,964I'm sorry to hear your Equinox is losing power in the rain, ecky1. Have you already had it looked into before? What year Equinox do you have?
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I am in the process of describing this to GM, they are looking into it. I am not going to take it to a dealer unless they know what is wrong, as the person before me said they had been 6 times and still no answers.
My Equinox is 2009. I actually don't lose power, it is the noise like the exhaust is about to fall off, or there is a terrible hole in it?? I have no 'messages' about anything being wrong, and it has never done it on a dry day. Only very wet days, if it is just misty out or a bit of rain, no trouble, but pouring rain, and it happens every time. Of course it is never a time that I could go to a dealer and show them the problem, so my son and I are the only ones that have heard it!
Also when you are accelerating, when you take your foot off the gas, it stops and then when you put on the gas the rumbling gets louder and pretty near shakes the whole car??? If GM has any answers, I will post.0
jdkruz Posts: 1I was hoping a response was coming soon to this posting. I also have a 2009 Equinox AWD and am experiencing the same exact scenario. My dealer has pursued the elusive issue for 40,000 miles. I have not had any other problems so it is frustrating to go to the dealer and describe this ghost. I recently drove in some strong thunder storms so I had to listen to this for 250 miles, almost drove the wife up a tree. I was almost hoping something would break so we could find this issue but so far nothing. GM will neither deny or confirm that there is a known problem so good luck to us all.0
I also searched this problem on the GM site and had a GM associate contact me and had described the problem, they then called a local dealer and found someone that actually knew what the problem was. They instructed me to take my car to the dealer and have it fixed. Rear differential module is apparently the problem...and it is covered under the powertrain warranty!!! That was awesome news to me!! I have had it in to be fixed, but have yet to have a rainy day to see if it worked! The mechanic that fixed it knew what it was because he had the same vehicle and happened to him as well!
If you would like this is the number for the GM person I talked to, she was very helpful and hopefully she can be as much assistance to you as she was to me.
I spoke to Deanna and I called 1-800-263-3777 option 4 extension 2829.
I think if we continue to post the problem should be looked after for everyone.....how can you describe something that only happens in the rain???!!!
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rdawson533 Posts: 1I have the same problem. Did that fix your problem? 4th time going back to the dealer.0
I haven't had many really rainy days to see, but last weekend was rainy and I am happy to say, so far so good, no noise!! Hopefully that was what was 'broken' and it is now fixed! You did read the earlier post that I made about it being the rear differential module?? Mine was fixed under warranty too, which made it even better!
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Hi ecky1 and jdkruz. I'm sorry to report that I no longer own my Equinox. I was extremely upset with the service and run around I received with this issue and chose to dump it. I can tell you that the problem was "fixed" and I use that term loosely. After GM had an engineer come in and take a look at it they determined that the problem was in the exhaust. The theory was that because the exhaust system was so tight, that after driving the vehicle for about a ten minute period and the exhaust heated up, the cold rain hitting the exhaust would cause the pipe to contract, therefore losing it's seal. The dealership installed a Flex pipe and from that day forward the problem never occured again. I could not get an answer as to why this would cause a loss of power and a shake in the entire vehicle though. I spoke a gentleman at a muffler/exhaust shop who specializes in this area and he said he has never heard of exhaust issues causing a loss of power or vehicle shake. So all in all, if you haven't yet had the issue rectified, you can try this. Funny that after there was thousands of dollars spent on warranty work trying to find a solution that it was a $20 Flex Pipe that fixed it. Good Luck!0
slipp16 Posts: 1Funny i found this post. This problem has occurred with my 2009 pontiac torrent since about 6 months from when I purchased the vehicle brand new. I brought it in to dealer as well and they could not diagnose the problem either. I felt as though they thought I was nuts!
Funny as mine is a torrent not an equinox but that is the exact problem. a possible recall??0
Unfortunately I still have my equinox....now it has had the engine light on most of the winter, now the stabilitrack and engine power reduced light comes on most days. I definately lose power as I can pretty much put the medal to the metal and go nowhere! The RPM's get up to about 4 1/2 and then it might finally change gear. I am SOO looking to get rid of it, but want the engine light off before it goes in to be traded! They now are saying the problem is the throttle body need replaced??? used for about 150 new 500+ NICE! NOT0
I have the same issue as described in the posts with my 2014 Chevy Equinox. Rainy/humid days runs rough, no power, shifts at high RPMs. When nice out, still idles rough, loss of power but not as bad as rainy/humid/snowy days. This all started during that cold snap we had this winter, started the car up after work and could tell instantly something was different.0
I forgot to mention, never have had the "check engine" light come on or any other warnings.0


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The United States' reliance on coal makes its power industry significantly dirtier than its counterparts in Mexico or Canada, a new study charges.
Jan. 12The United States' reliance on coal makes its power industry significantly dirtier than its counterparts in Mexico or Canada, a new study charges.
The study, released Tuesday by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation of North America, showed U.S. power plants produced more of four pollutants sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon dioxide and mercury than Mexico's and Canada's in 2002.
While that might not be surprising, given that U.S. power production is 17 times that of Mexico's and nearly seven times that of Canada's, the study also found U.S. plants produced more of each pollutant per resident, and, in all but one case, when measured by gross domestic product an indicator of a country's economy.
The study, which can be viewed at www.cec.org, is the first to compare data from fossil-fuel power plants in the three countries that make up the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Paul Miller, the commission's program coordinator for air quality, said the nation's high levels of pollution stems from a dependence on coal for 50 percent of U.S. power. Canada depends on coal for 17 percent of its power, and Mexico for 8 percent.
"Coal is the highest polluting fuel for all of these pollutants," Miller said.
The study looked at data from more than 1,000 power plants 899 in the United States, 82 in Mexico and 70 in Canada. It is the first step in creating an emissions inventory for North America and can be used as a baseline as the power industry continues to deregulate between the three countries, Miller said.
In San Antonio, City Public Service operates three coal plants at its Calaveras Lake complex and has proposed building a fourth. The company also is in the midst of a $350-million pollution reduction project at its plants.
Here's how the local plants ranked among U.S. facilities in Tuesday's report:
J.T. Deely (two plants): 149th for sulfur dioxide, 228th for nitrogen oxides, 63rd for mercury, 118th for carbon dioxide.
J.K. Spruce: 332nd for sulfur dioxide, 285th for nitrogen oxides, 127th for mercury, 176th for carbon dioxide.
Frank O'Donnell of the Clean Air Watch advocacy group said the report is proof that the United States has to require more pollution controls on its coal plants, particularly the older ones.
"The reality is we can deal with most of these problems from coal burning, with the possible exception of carbon dioxide, through pollution controls," he said.
Scott Segal, director of the Electric Reliability Coordinating Council, argued that comparing the three countries' power industries is "problematic."
That's because Canada is a much smaller country that relies on hydroelectric facilities for 60 percent of its power, and although hydroelectric power doesn't cause air pollution, environmental groups in the United States often oppose it, Segal said.
And despite the report's findings, Mexico has some of the worst air quality in the world, Segal said, while this country's air quality has been improving steadily since 1970.
"The power sector in the United States has been in the vanguard of major environmental investments and emissions reductions," he said.
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A decision will be made Tuesday to determine if Houston will host either Super Bowl L or Super Bowl LI.
While we wait for the decision we can take a look back at the major events the city has hosted up to this point.
Houston has hosted two Super Bowls (1974 and 2004), two World Series games (October 2005), 12 NBA Finals games (three in 1981 and 1986, four in 1994 and two in 1995), three NBA All-Star Games (1989, 2006 and 2013), three MLB All-Star Games (1968, 1986 and 2004), two Final Fours (March 1971 and March 2011) and one MLS All-Star Game (2010).
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My Watched Topics | My Favorites | My Profile Private IMs Register Log in Help | Stats | Members | Groups Search Forum X-Rated Material In New Harry Potter Book Found HKSS.com Forum Index -> Gossip and News View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Mikey_Life is good. Be inspired.Joined: 04 Oct 2003Posts: 1322Location: Fountain Valley, California (USA) Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 10:55 pm Post subject: X-Rated Material In New Harry Potter Book Found HOGSMEADE, ENGLAND- Since its release last Saturday, fans young and old have been poring through J.K. Rowling's newest book Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince looking for action, adventure, and clues as to what might happen in the seventh and final installment in the series due out in 2007. What they didn't expect to find was hardcore scat porn involving some of Rowling's most beloved characters, and yet there it is. Children as young as eight have reported finding sexually explicit sequences just like that spread throughout the book thanks to a flaw in the publication process officials are calling the "hot cauldron" mod. Understandably, parents around the world are furious over the matter and have called on Congress and Parliament to have the defective books removed from store shelves. In its defense Rowling's publisher Scholastic claims that the objectionable material was never intended for young eyes or even public release. The production staff carefully hid the material between chapters through a special printing process, but the millions of counterfeit copies on the market carry a flaw which allows readers to "unlock" Chapter 18 5/8, aka the Slytherin orgy sequence. The publisher has reassured readers that everything will be fine but advises parents to ensure that their copy is genuine before handing it over to their children. As harmful as the passages probably are, young readers say the unlocked pages help bind the story together. At a marathon public reading of the book in Boston, the room reportedly grew very quiet as the reader described the part when Hermione finally lets down her guard and allows Ron to explore her Chamber of Secrets, a true victory for literature and the English language. "I had a hard time with some of the longer words," said one young boy. "I showed it to my mom. I said 'what does c-u-n-i-l-i-n-g-u-s mean?' and she took the book from me and won't give it back. She said she threw it out, but that's not true because I snuck past their bedroom late last night and heard her reading it to dad." Scholastic's excuse, while reasonable, fails to answer one lingering question: if you wanted the sexy text hidden, why have it there in the first place? "It was something Jo wrote when she was a drunk- well, more drunk than she was when she wrote the rest of the book, anyway," said Scholastic CEO Richard Robinson. "We wanted to preserve it for posterity- or blackmail for the next contract negotiation. At the time it seemed like a great idea, for collectors and whatnot. It now seems that we were a teeny bit in error in our judgment." Another reason to keep the racy chapter in tact is to keep the millionaire authoress from coming off like a filthy liar. Over the past year or so, Rowling has been traveling the world promising all sorts of jaw-dropping surprises for Book 6, revelations that many readers complain never take place. For example, she claimed that the book would reveal something new and shocking about Harry's mother Lilly. Readers were naturally disappointed to learn that the revelation was nothing more than she was really good at potion making. In the hidden chapter, however, Rowling's true vision for the book comes to fruition. [Due to decency concerns and the DMCA's new death penalty provision, we cannot present any portion of the text verbatim. We will, however, do what we can.] During a particularly difficult "slash" scene with Harry and Snape, the shadowy pedagog mentions excitedly that Harry performs a particular unmentionable act in much the same way that Lilly did- a shocking hint that perhaps Snape and Harry's mother were sexually involved during their time at Hogwarts that throws 5 books worth of family history in doubt. For fans, the unlockable text represents and interesting look into Rowling's characters. Most readers seem to like the idea of Ron and Hermione as a couple or perhaps Harry and Ron's sister Ginny. However, it seems that no one has considered how intriguing a Hermione/Ginny pairing could be. Many young men have said that they re-read the passage every night just before bed, further proof of the impact Rowling's books have had on juvenile literacy. "I always thought Harry and Hermione should get together, and for about two paragraphs I got my wish," said an eleven-year-old Potter fan. "Then he's off doing a bunch of stuff to a bunch of other people, too. So, I guess everybody got what they wanted." 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