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(MCT) — WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — House Republican leaders abruptly announced they will vote next week to temporarily extend the nation's debt limit, sharply reducing the threat that the government might default on its obligations, but leaving the party still divided as it casts about for the best way to pressure President Barack Obama for more budget cuts.
The move Friday by Republican leaders, who have been holed up for days at an annual retreat at a snow-dusted private resort in Virginia, is a turnaround for the party. Until recently, Republicans had touted the debt ceiling as a prime point of leverage they could use in their battle with Obama over spending.
Many Republicans, particularly in the House, are still smarting from the tax hikes on the wealthy the president won in the New Year's Day "fiscal cliff" deal. They are primed to fight for cuts to Medicare and other domestic programs, while seeking to divert Obama from his own priorities on gun control and immigration.
But House Speaker John A. Boehner and other members of the leadership have been warning their restive members that a fight over the debt ceiling risked harm to the economy for which Republicans likely would receive the blame. They have been looking for a way to sidestep a battle that they feared could further damage the Republicans' standing with voters.
The new plan would raise the debt limit, which currently stands at $16.4 trillion, for a few months in exchange for a promise that the Democratic-controlled Senate will not miss the traditional April 15 deadline to pass its budget — a habit that has irked conservatives. Instead of staging a spending fight over the debt ceiling, Republicans would aim at one of two budget deadlines come up in March.
To compel senators to comply with the budget requirement, the plan calls for their pay to be withheld if the deadline passes without action. That provision, however, may not pass constitutional muster. The 27th Amendment provides that "no law, varying the compensation" of members of Congress can take effect until after an intervening election. The amendment was passed to prevent a Congress from voting itself a raise, but may also prohibit withholding a member's pay, constitutional lawyers and some members of Congress said.
Even without the debate over pay, the proposal substantially departs from past Republican demands that any increase in the debt ceiling be matched, dollar-for-dollar, with spending cuts. That standard sparked a standoff in 2011 between Boehner and Obama that brought the nation to the brink of a first-ever credit default and launched today's battles.
Some Democratic leaders in Congress panned the overture — Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the minority leader, called it a "gimmick" in a statement released by her spokesman. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada was noncommittal.
White House press secretary Jay Carney said, "We are encouraged that there are signs that congressional Republicans may back off their insistence on holding our economy hostage."
Conservative leaders said they supported the plan, but some rank-and-file members remained noncommittal. Whether Boehner would have the necessary votes remained unclear.
If the plan passes, it would remove one immediate problem for Boehner and his colleagues but would leave a more fundamental dilemma in place, the continuing Republican division over what spending cuts to push for and how to go about it.
On the one side are conservative activists, including many freshly elected lawmakers, who want to take every opportunity to exact a price from Obama. On the other are many outside advisers, including former George W. Bush strategist Karl Rove and the Chamber of Commerce, who have warned lawmakers to pick their battles and avoid a repeat of the politically and economically damaging 2011 showdown.
At the retreat in Virginia, rank-and-file lawmakers waited dozens deep for a chance at the microphone during a free-for-all session that ran into overtime. The unsettled nature of the gathering was underscored by the titles of the sessions being held in the plantation-themed meeting rooms including "What Happened and Where are We Now?"
"The sad answer is there really isn't a good strategy," said Vin Weber, a former member of Congress and longtime GOP consultant. "One of the reasons I think Republicans are demoralized right now is there isn't an easy way to make the spending cuts."
Approving a debt-ceiling increase would be a blow to the conservative flank, including those who launched a failed coup against Boehner's return to the speaker's chair earlier this month, and their powerful supporters off the Hill.
Still, Boehner's plan was gaining traction with lawmakers, who said they have learned they have greater strength if they remain united.
"We all know this is an important 90 days," said Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., a Boehner ally. "It's important for the country, it's important politically, I think, in terms of how we're regarded in the country."
If the House approves a debt-ceiling extension, the next budget deadline would occur March 1, when $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts are scheduled to begin taking effect. Republicans believe they have leverage over Obama in a fight over those cuts, known as a sequester, because he opposes the idea of slashing deeply across Pentagon and domestic accounts.
A second deadline would come on March 27 when the law funding government agencies expires. If Congress fails to pass a new appropriations law by then, government departments would have to shut down.


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After a long stretch between seasons, the much-praised AMC drama came back with one of its most pivotal rounds, much of it revolving around the new marriage of 1960s adman Don Draper (Jon Hamm) to fellow company employee Megan (the pitch-perfect Jessica Pare) ... who has her own vision of how she wants her life to be.
In fact, big changes are in store for virtually every major character, and cast members including Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, Christina Hendricks and Jared Harris more than rise to the occasion. However, there's still room for such guest stars as Alexis Bledel ("Gilmore Girls") to make impacts. DVD extras: five "making-of" documentaries; audio commentary by cast and crew; magazine cover gallery. **** (Not rated: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray)
Buy 'Mad Men: Season Five' on DVD.

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During October, 478,376 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport, a decrease of 1.3 percent compared to October 2012. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is up 4.2 percent from the same period last year.
The traffic leader in October was Delta with 105,429 passengers traveling to and from Fort Myers. Rounding out the top five airlines were AirTran (84,643), US Airways (60,706), JetBlue (53,607) and United (42,731).
Southwest Florida International Airport had 5,365 aircraft movements - takeoffs and landings - an increase of 3 percent compared to October 2012. Page Field saw 6,635 movements, an 8.5 percent increase from October 2012.
In addition, 2.6 million pounds of air freight moved through Southwest Florida International Airport in October 2013, a decrease of 3 percent compared to October 2012.
Southwest Florida International Airport served more than 7.3 million passengers in 2012 and is one of the top 50 U.S. airports for passenger traffic.
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Don't you get a copy of the ticket? What does it say?
I got a ticket once for speeding, cop only wrote me up for failure to notify DMV of change of address (which I had done). I fight it in court. I go to the judge, he looks at the ticket, and after I tell him that I DID notify DMV, he says how about I drop the $85 charge for failure, and give you a $278 ticket for speeding instead? I said "$85 will be fine"


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So what happened to the other 512?
Are they on a private network?
They probably would go in the space occupied by the mast on each end of the ball.
Those addresses were lost to subnetting.
I guess this falls into the category of "only on Slashdot...", but yeah, it does seem kind of sad that they didn't go for the gold ring at 32,768. It's obviously not a rounding error, either, because then the news story would have said that there are something like 30000, 32000, 33000, or 35000. 32256 -- so close, yet so far...
127 bottles of of beer on the wall, 127 bottles of beer...
Growing up in Idaho, nobody particularly cared about the ball. Is this just an East Coast thing?
When I lived in NY I wasn't into the New Years Eve thing either. It was fun however to stick my head out the window right before midnight and hear the background noise of the city get a little louder.
It's a little gaudy, isn't it? Perhaps an improvement would be one which was a little less tacky. Also, why is it dropping? What's that symbolic of? Wouldn't one which rose from the floor to some maximum height, combined with a light show/fireworks etc be a little more interesting?
Also, why is it dropping? What's that symbolic of?
The US dollar?
I was born in New York City. I like watching it come down, but don't care if it's ten 100 watt light bulbs or 32,000 LED's, as long as it's visible on TV. (which means even a 40 watt bulb would be sufficient given the TV technology.) I prefer not to have the flashing lights, just a lit ball.
Does anyone in Idaho care about anything? Seems like living there is a good reason to give up on life.
They arm instead.
I lived in NYC for about 10 years, and not many people I know did. It's mostly a Big Media thing.
Watching a dropped ball was a historical way of setting a marine chronometer up and until the advent of radio signals. Pre 1920 watching a dropping ball was essential tech.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_chronometer [wikipedia.org]
It was common for ships at the time to observe a time ball, such as the one at Greenwich, to check their chronometers before departing on a long voyage. Every day, ships would anchor briefly in the River Thames at Greenwich, waiting for the ball at the observatory to drop at precisely 1pm.
Being from the Midwest, I had heard of the ball on occasion, but it wasn't until I was about 35 that I saw what the deal was. I pretty sick one New Years Eve, and I stayed in. And, Boy, was I disappointed.
I thought they dropped a glass ball on Times Square. All they do is lower the damn thing. Whoopie. No shards of glass. No mess. What a disappointment.
Well, if you're not in EST, the timing isn't even right, so I would imagine that it would have to be more than a little region-specific.
Still, I can't bring myself to care. It's nice to be at a party with people who do care, though, because it really boosts the energy level.
"Care about" is probably too strong (though it has been sad to see Dick Clark slurring in his brief propping up on the show the last year or two).. but it is/was something to watch, sometimes had interesting musical guests (and sometimes not just lip syncing). Nowadays, just like everything else, I record it and FF through for the few interesting bits. For pure entertainment value, the one on CNN with Anderson Cooper & Kathy Griffin is funnier.
Growing up in Idaho, nobody particularly cared about the ball. Is this just an East Coast thing?
It's covered by several major TV networks as the centerpiece of the New Year's Eve programming, and it's even repeated (and watched) in the Pacific Time Zone. So no, it's not just an East Coast thing.
What do you think of the ball and the bizarre status it holds in our culture?
Very little. Are there really no better stories to post at the moment?
The first one, made out of iron and wood, weighed 400 pounds
... The current ball weighs almost six tons
So the current ball is... much lighter? Or is it heavier? If you're not going to use the metric system, at least use consistent units.
Yes yes, get off my lawn. Happy new year.
Well if you're going to be picky, they're using significant digits. 400 is accurate to within 50 pounds; 6 tons is accurate to within 0.5 tons, 1,000 pounds.
Essentially, 400 pounds +/- 50 pounds and 12,000 pounds +/- 1,000 pounds.
No, I'm pretty sure the TSA is not involved in any way.
>"Foley says it's a team of about six people who operate and take care of the ball year round."
I wouldn't trust much of what this Foley person says. Must be pretty dumb not to be able to count the number of people with exact precision, when they seem to be as few as "about six".
No, its real U 238.
Gives my friends and I a real glow (in the dark!)
Wacky. According to your link, it gained an order of magnitude in weight in from 1999 to 2000 when the aluminum ball was replaced with a crystal ball (150 lbs to 1200 lbs) and then it gained another order of magnitude in weight when it was replaced with a larger crystal ball between 2008 and 2009 (1200 lbs to 12000 lbs).
and how much would it weigh if it was actually a dodecahedron with LEDs for facets?
What do you think of the ball and the bizarre status it holds in our culture?
None. It's a Dick Clark thing.
How would you change it for years to come?
For the exception of this comment, I have never thought of it nor will I ever. I don't give a shit. Of all the shit happening in my life, this low tech ball with light bulbs (LEDs? BFD!) is completely meaningless to me. Jan 1 is just another fucking date on the calendar.
Tonight, I'll watch a movie with my wife and then go to bed at 10PM and wake up tomorrow with the same fucking problems I have today. Valentines Day means more to me than this holiday.
From the linked article:
"On November 11th, 2008, The co-organizers of New Year's Eve in Times Square (Times Square Alliance, Countdown Entertainment) unveiled a new Times Square New Year's Eve Ball at a press conference at Hudson Scenic Studio in Yonkers, New York."
So the new ball already bounced around on two new year's eves. But hey, its about the history anyway.....
Just do the ball in CG. It's a made-for-TV event anyway. Going to Times Square on New Years Eve sucks.
... a Death Star!
That's no moon!
The current ball weighs almost six tons and uses 32,256 Philips Luxeon Rebel LEDs.
Why are we buying LEDs from rebel scum?
What would I do to improve it?
Drop the damn thing. It's boring as hell watching it slowly slide down a big pole. Actually drop it like a gallows drop or a bungee jumper diving off.
of the new World Trade Tower right into one of the memorial pools, once its finally up.
THAT should show Bin Laden, eh?
100 25W light bulbs = 2500W
32256 Phillips Luxeon Rebel LEDs, 3V @ 350ma = approx 34kW, not counting the driver circuitry that the 25W bulbs didn't need.
Bring back the incandescent bulb!
-Phillips Marketing Dept
Don't forget the New Year's Eve Ball's largest component: a decades-vacant One Times Square building.
The Times Square ball is a decorative and symbolic version of a practical time signaling system used at Greenwich Observatory, in which a large ball, visible from a long distance, was dropped rapidly under the force of gravity--not the slow, majestic descent of the Times Square ball. Apparently this system worked well because the ball could be released directly by electricity, and observed visually (no speed-of-sound delay). See the Wikipedia article time ball [wikipedia.org]
God helps them that themselves. -- Benjamin Franklin, "Poor Richard's Almanac"


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Deciding how to pay bills abroad a case of picking best of bad bunch.
Wherever you look, travel money is full of gotchas. You will pay through the nose, be it on a poor exchange rate or charges.
Deciding how to convert your hard-earned cash into foreign currency is a matter of picking the best of a bad bunch.
Your main choices are:
* Carrying cash;
* Using a debit card to spend or withdraw cash;
* Spending on a credit card or using one for cash advances*;
* Using pre-paid travel cards.
Sometimes I think it's easiest to do the foreign exchange transfer at the airport and take a wodge of cash with me. This certainly isn't the safest way. Carrying a lot of cash is risky - especially in poorer countries where theft or robbery may be more likely.
Eftpos and credit cards are handy. They can be expensive to use, thanks to ATM withdrawal fees and offshore service margins - a percentage added by the bank to every overseas transaction.
Travellers are increasingly using pre-paid travel cards. The main ones are:
* Kiwibank's Loaded for Travel;
* Air New Zealand's OneSmart;
* ANZ Travel Card;
* Cash Passport, available through Travelex, BNZ, ASB SBS, TSB, credit unions, building societies and some travel agents;
* Westpac Travel Card.
Travel cards have some advantages over other plastic. One is the ability to convert your New Zealand dollars into foreign currency before you leave, locking in the exchange rate. You can play the forex markets transferring your money when rates are more favourable.
Another useful feature is that you can usually load several currencies on to the same card and spend from different currency wallets. It is also safer because the travel card is not linked online to your other accounts.
Another advantage over Eftpos or credit cards is that some travel cards don't charge you for ATM withdrawals in other countries.
What's more, if you're spending the currency that you have loaded on to the card you won't usually be charged offshore margins.
Beware, however - this isn't a blanket rule. Westpac adds a 2.5 per cent margin to all overseas purchases made with its Prepaid Travel Card. And with the Cash Passport a purchase or ATM withdrawal made in a currency not loaded on the card attracts a 5.95 per cent foreign exchange margin.
The charges do make it difficult to compare the cost of travel cards. Each person will use his or her cards differently. One may make ATM withdrawals and another use them only to buy goods and services.
The first thing to consider with costs is the initial charge to set up the card. With cards such as Westpac's, you may need to get a new card every few years, which adds to the cost.
The next ker-ching! moment is when you load cash on to your card.
Some charge you to load cash on to your travel card. Others don't.
Then you need to check if there are charges for withdrawing from foreign ATMs. OneSmart and Cash Passport don't charge. Kiwibank charges $6 for withdrawals from foreign ATMs.
Westpac charges $8 a withdrawal, but waives it at ATMs belonging to Global Alliance banks.
MasterCard New Zealand manager Albert Naffer says even if the card operator doesn't charge ATM fees, the bank that owns the machine can.
Another issue to consider is the exchange rate offered by the card and any commissions or fees. I checked Loaded for Travel's rate on Tuesday and NZ$1000 bought A$787.20 if the transaction was done on a Loaded for Travel card.
This was nearly $2 better than Kiwibank's rate for cash.
Interestingly, at BNZ, ASB and other banks offering the Cash Passport, the exchange rate offered for the travel card is not as good as the rates for cash displayed at the banks.
Likewise, the travel cards that boast of no commission don't necessarily offer a better deal. My NZ$1000 would have bought me $775.66 on a OneSmart card, nearly $12 less than I would have got at Kiwibank. But the latter would have charged $10 commission, wiping out that advantage.
Both were better than Travelex. Its Auckland Airport branch said my NZ$1000 would have bought $770 Australian dollars on the same day.
Staff at ASB and BNZ told me when I posed as a customer that I would get the same rate that Travelex offered.
If you'd transferred the same amount of money in cash at a BNZ branch you would have got $787.10.
The number of currencies that can be loaded on to a travel card are increasing. Kiwibank is about to extend available currencies to 12, including Thai baht, Indian rupee and South African rand, which aren't available on competitors' cards.
There are other factors to look at as well as cost. You may want a spare card for your spouse or just to keep in your hotel room if the other goes missing. Most, but not all, offer spare cards at no extra cost. Another issue is how you will get your card replaced if it is stolen.
Some providers charge for this and there can also be quite steep courier charges if you need the new card while you're still overseas.
Naffer says the real differentiator between the cards is the benefits. OneSmart customers accrue air points on eligible purchases and the card can can also be used for contactless check-in for domestic flights. It is also set up for Tap & Go payments, which don't require a PIN for small transactions.
On the other hand, OneSmart charges $1.95 a month in either monthly account or inactivity fees, unless you have deposited $500 in the month.
That "month" is on the anniversary of the day the card was first taken out, which most people don't remember, so it would be easy to get two months' worth of fees over two, three, or four weeks.
OneSmart can be worthwhile if you know a few tricks. One, says Naffer, is to have a zero balance on the card when you're not using it. That way there are no fees. The other is to use your OneSmart card as your regular transactional debit card in New Zealand. Providing you load $500 a month on it, there is no monthly fee. You also pick up air points at FlyBuys retailers and can double-dip by swiping your FlyBuys card as well.
Whichever card you get it's essential to read the schedule of charges and fine print. The Loaded for Travel card has a $1 a month fee if you don't use your card at least once in a consecutive period of 12 months.
The equivalent Cash Passport inactivity fee is $4 monthly after 12 months. You can, of course use the travel card to buy a packet of chewing gum at the local dairy if you're organised.
*Cash advances on credit cards are notoriously expensive. They come with an upfront fee and you are charged full interest on the money from the day of the advance.


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Garrard is a nothing signing. 35 year old injury prone QBs that havent played in two years are not great bets to contribute to the team. The only thing that pleases me about the signing is it's further evidence Tebow's gone.
Garrard is not a lock to beat McElroy out for the backup job even if he is healthy.
A lot of negative fans don't want to accept this but the Jets could actually be a pretty good team this season if they can get their o-line situation taken care of and retain Landry and Bell.
Do the Jets have needs? YES.
Does nearly every team in the NFL have needs? YES.
The Jets could very well get most of their problems solved by opening day and be a pretty good team... That IS a possibility regardless of what some of the fans might think.
Again, the Jets could very well have a pretty good team next season. Are they going to make the playoffs? Not sure, maybe. Could they go far in the playoffs if they make it? Hey, the Giants did it twice as a 9-7 team so it can be done.
Remember, all the Jets have to be is 3 games better than last year to be a playoff team. I think it can be done... it's not outside the realm of possibility.
We share the vision. It takes patience, but this is exactly the road to the next shot at a true franchise QB.


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Microsoft was awarded $8.78 million in ARRA funds from 46 awards, including a $1.1 million project related to a University of Washington health-care IT project that funded 17.44 jobs in the most recent quarter. The Microsoft spokesman noted that, of course, Microsoft "benefited from ARRA, but only because third parties like the University of Washington applied for funding for projects that included IT. Given our large product portfolio and footprint in the IT industry, there's a pretty good chance that any IT project will include some Microsoft software."
Microsoft has spent $24.75 million on lobbying expenditures so far during the Obama administration, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. In addition, the company filed 16 lobbying reports related to the stimulus bill in 2009, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Those lobbying reports cite, among other things, protection of critical infrastructure and cybersecurity, health IT issues, passage of free trade agreements, and R&D tax credit. A Microsoft spokesman said in an email the "wide range of potential issues in economic stimulus legislation was one of the issues that Microsoft was watching in 2009. As I stated before, we did not lobby Congress or the White House for earmarks under ARRA."
Microsoft employees have been big contributors to Obama, with employees and their families contributing $544,445 to President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign, the No. 2 overall company or university contributor in the form of employee contributions to the 2012 Obama campaign, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Microsoft employees have contributed $107,840 to the campaign of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. During the Obama administration, Ballmer is listed on the White House visitor's log in 19 entries, including June 3, 2009, and Jan. 14, 2010, meetings with the former Assistant to the President For Economic Policy Lawrence Summers. In addition, Ballmer was the guest of the White House for a China state dinner on Jan. 19, 2011. The Microsoft spokesman pointed out that the company's review of the White House visitor's log shows 17 visits over seven dates with all of those visits taking place after the ARRA legislation was passed.
Microsoft's U.S. employee population has declined by 1,000 during the Obama years. In 2008, Microsoft said it employed 55,000 people in the U.S. At the end of 2011, the latest data available, the company employed 54,000 people in the U.S.
One footnote: the Microsoft unit that received at least $1.1 million in health-care IT funding related to the University of Washington project is now part of a 50-50 joint venture Microsoft has formed with another stimulus beneficiary: General Electric. The new GE-Microsoft joint venture, called Caradigm, is aimed at providing realtime business intelligence to improve "health-care quality and the patient experience."
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Not Hungry for Third Meal (Seudah Shlishit)
After the Shabbat day meal with that heavy cholent, I often have no appetite for the final meal. Is one required to eat it if he isn't hungry?
The Aish Rabbi Replies:
Technically, no. Since the Shabbat meals are to enhance our enjoyment of Shabbat, one would not be required to eat if it pains him (Shulchan Aruch 291:1, Mishnah Berurah 3). Furthermore, there are opinions that the third meal does not require bread. If you're not hungry enough for bread, grain foods are the next choice (cake, crackers, etc.). If that's also too heavy, meat and fish are next, and as a last resort, you can eat fruit (OC 291:5).
However, according to all opinions bread is the first choice, and according to some, it is the only choice. (One should make the blessing on two whole loaves, as done at the first two meals (OC 291:4).) Thus, you should really make an effort not to overdo it at the main meal, making it impossible to eat bread at the final one. Regarding this, the codifiers of Jewish law apply the verse in Ecclesiastes (2:14) "A wise man looks ahead" (OC 291:1).
The Sages were likewise aware of the well-known phenomenon that while we're eating, we can easily go too far – while if we pause for a few minutes we'll realize when enough is enough. Care should be taken not get carried away with our enjoyment of Shabbat lunch to the extent that we'll regret it later. Shabbat is for true enjoyment and spiritual uplift, not the enjoy-now-and-regret-later thrills of overeating.


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The vaccine Gardisil, produced by Merck to prevent certain strains of the human papilloma virus (HPV) that cause cervical cancer, recently became mandated in Texas, and could become mandatory for school-aged girls around the country. At least 11 states, including California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, South Carolina, and Maryland, as well as the District of Columbia are considering legislation on this issue. The vaccine, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in June after thorough testing for efficacy and safety, has been praised as being capable of saving thousands of women's lives by preventing the leading cause of cervical cancer.1
Gardasil is administered by three injections over six months at a total price of $360. According to Merck, the vaccine has shown 100% effectiveness in clinical trials, providing protection from the HPV strains (16 and 18) that cause 70% of cervical cancer.2 Because HPV is easily transmitted through sexual contact, near-universal vaccination of girls and young women prior to sexual activity is being considered as a way of reducing overall incidence of cervical cancer.
Roughly 20 million people are currently infected with HPV, and there are about 6.2 million new infections every year. Most individuals who become infected with the virus will remain asymptomatic while some will develop genital warts. HPV infections generally clear on their own. In some cases, however, the virus causes the cells on the cervix to change which can lead to cancer. HPV has been found to cause cancer in approximately 10,000 women in the U.S. resulting in about 3,700 a year, according to the American Cancer Society.3
In June 2006, the Center for Disease Control's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted unanimously to recommend that girls and women ages 11–26 receive the HPV vaccine. ACIP recommendations generally become the standard of practice for health-care professionals around the country. These standards determine whether public and private insurers will reimburse for the vaccine.4
States are now considering whether to make this vaccine mandatory for public school students. In California, for example, Assemblywoman Sally Lieber (D-Mountain View) introduced California Assembly Bill 16 (CA A.B. 16) which would require girls to be immunized against HPV before they enter the 6th grade.5 The bill allows parents to "opt out" if they have an objection to the vaccination, nonetheless the introduction of the legislation has shed light on several of the controversies around mandating the vaccine.
Some parents are concerned that mandatory vaccination will force them to have frank discussions about sex. Mark Mangin, a parent from San Jose says, "It's very complicated, you don't explain anything to your kid when they get a measles shot. The thing that crossed my mind is, what will the kids think? Will they think it's OK to have sex if you get this vaccine?"6 Others raise concerns about schools and legislators getting involved in an issue that some think should remain between parents and doctors. In California, some argue that a better tactic for reducing HPV infection would be to launch a public information campaign. Lieber counters, "This is the first time we have a chance to prevent a virulent form of cancer, what we're trying to do is prevent disease, not mandate morality."7
Despite the controversy, proponents of mandatory vaccination feel that ensuring that school-aged girls have access to Gardisil is the best way protect the upcoming generation from this type of cancer. Nancy Clites, a mother in Texas said, "I'm all for anything we can do to help prevent cancer, it's going to require an effort on the part of parents to educate their children when they get the vaccine."8 Advocates also argue that the best way to expedite coverage from individual insurance providers would be for states to mandate the vaccine for young women.9
For more information on vaccination against cervical cancer, see "Achieving Universal Vaccination Against Cervical Cancer in the United States: The Need and the Means," Guttmacher Policy Review (Fall 2006) <http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/gpr/09/4/gpr090412.html>
- Colorado, Kansas, West Virginia Introduce Legislation on HPV Vaccines ,22 January 2007, accessed 22 January 2007, <www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/>.
- "A Smart Shot, A D.C. bill would save lives and be in the best interest of public health," The Washington Post, 11 January 2007, A24.
- Cancer Reference Page, American Cancer Society (29 January 2007), accessed 29 January 2007 <http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2_1x.asp?dt=8>.
- Cynthia Dailard, "Achieving Universal Vaccination Against Cervical Cancer in the United States: The Need and the Means," Guttmacher Policy Review (Fall 2006) 14-16. <http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/gpr/09/4/gpr090412.html>
- Kate Folmar, "Parents wrestle with HPV vaccine," The San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 January 2007, access date, http://www.sigonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070121/news_1n21hpv.html
- Ibid.
- Ibid.
- Todd Ackerman, "Vaccine Proposal Likely To Stir Debate," Houston Chronicle, 10 January 2007, accessed date http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl.metropolitan/4459579.html SAME
- Ibid.


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Submission + - Linux Job Openings on the Rise (eweek.com)
jrepin writes: A report from IT jobs specialist Dice that forecasts the Linux job market shows demand for Linux skills is on the rise but that finding talent is difficult. The report noted that this is triggering better salaries and bonuses for Linux professionals, as companies look to open-source IT specialists to solve their business challenges and provide growth opportunities. Eighty-one percent of survey respondents say that hiring Linux talent is a priority in 2012. This urgency is driving a substantial increase in recruiting activity, with 47 percent of hiring managers expecting to add more Linux professionals to their firms in early 2012 and 63 percent noting Linux hires are increasing relative to jobs created in other skill areas.


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP/CBS) — The Baltimore Orioles bolstered their bullpen with a late-inning arm Tuesday — and took an option away from the division-leading Red Sox — acquiring reliever Francisco Rodriguez from the last-place Milwaukee Brewers for minor league infielder Nick Delmonico.
"We're not playing for (anything) here. But going there now, every game is going to count. I've got to be on top of my game now and help them out," Rodriguez said.
Baltimore began the day 2½ games behind first-place Boston in the AL East. Looking for their second straight playoff appearance, the third-place Orioles had a 1½-game lead over Texas for the final AL wild-card spot.
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"We were trying to upgrade the pitching to give us a chance to make the run for the AL (East) title and the pennant. So we did what we had to do to help the team now, and we have enough players having good years at the plate," Orioles vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette said.
"Nick Delmonico shows a lot of promise as a hitter, but the major league club needed a little more depth for our pitching staff to accomplish what we want to accomplish this year."
Baltimore already has a proven closer in Jim Johnson, who was leading the majors with 35 saves. Rodriguez, however, gives manager Buck Showalter another option late in the game.
"I'm still kind of taking it in," Showalter said after his team's 3-2 loss in Kansas City. "He gives us a lot of options."
The Orioles cleared space for Rodriguez on the 40-man roster by transferring outfielder Nolan Reimold to the 60-day disabled list before their game against the Kansas City Royals.
K-Rod was one of the game's best relievers during his time with the Angels, saving a major league-record 62 games in 2008. He later spent three seasons as a closer with the Mets that are remembered mostly for an alleged assault of his girlfriend's father at the ballpark.
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The 31-year-old Rodriguez has revitalized his career the past three years in Milwaukee, going 1-1 with 10 saves and a 1.09 ERA in 25 appearances this season.
"I think he's the kind of guy that can be a difference-maker," Brewers general manager Doug Melvin said. "When you get into postseason or you get into pennant races in August and September, you always need more than one guy that can pitch in the ninth inning. He's capable of doing that."
Delmonico, a sixth-round draft pick in 2011, was hitting .244 in 60 games for Class-A Frederick. He hit .249 in 95 games for Class-A Delmarva last season.
Melvin said the 21-year-old Delmonico will be assigned to Class-A Brevard County. Delmonico's father, Rod, was the baseball coach at Tennessee from 1990-2007.
"He's a player that's got good baseball instincts. He's known for being a very good hitter. He comes from a baseball background," Melvin said.
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Re: Intermittent Treatment With Vemurafenib ?(1/14/2014 - 2:08am)
Hello Golda,
My husband, Rudy, has taken Zelboraf and had to reduce the dosage from 8 tabs to 6 tabs a day. He also did intermittent dosing of 2 weeks on 1 week off as well as alternating weeks for a month or so. He had great results on Zelboraf (see profile for details) but due to severe side effects he switched to the GSK combo because of reports that the combo had fewer side effects and a longer duration of effectiveness.
Rudy's last scans revealed that he has no evidence of disease (NED). He is still on the combo and has not had a dose reduction to date. However, he did take a two-week break recently and he may soon lower the dose and take intermittently. He will be discussing those options with his doctor at his next appointment in a couple of weeks.
I hope this information is useful to you and your mom. I cannot advise as to whether 8 tablets a day is too much for your mom at 137 lbs. as everyone is different and I am not qualified to give such advise. Is the GSK combo available where you live? You may want to consider it for your mom.
I will be praying for you both as you fight this war with her against this dreaded disease!
God Bless you and yours!
Gina (wife to Rudy, Stage IV, presently NED)
"Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done."- Philippians 4:6


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Your recent article concerning the Volusia County Chair-elect Jason Davis' arrest, without prosecution is very, very old news.
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Your recent article concerning the Volusia County Chair-elect Jason Davis' arrest, without prosecution is very, very old news. It was long ago, and for something someone else did .
Already, it begins: The guy isn't even in the saddle, and you are trying to shoot his horse out from under him. We all know Jason is an honorable, honest, hard-working man who will do a tremendous job for our county. He will be one of many new informed, responsive and honest citizen leaders for our county, state and country.
Ormond Beach
Fluoride debate is ironic
I'm writing in respose to the recent News-Journal editorial about Ormond Beach's fluoridation issue. The view is very disturbing to me. What do you think?
We're drinking a little bit of a toxic byproduct of phosphorous extraction that is not allowed to be released as waste into our aquifers. Ironically, for well over 50 years, cities across the United States have been paying companies instead to put this poison directly into their drinking water, because it does have one positive health effect to humans: It kills our tooth decay more readily than killing the rest of our body's ingredients! Recently, many U.S. citizens are waking up to see this travesty for what it is, and voting "no" to the ridiculous old ways of medicating the entire population.
Wow, what a slick way to turn a huge waste disposal problem into a cash cow. Speaking of cash: The one-time $45,000 referendum outlay would have been far cheaper than the almost $200,000 annual cost to continue to buy toxic wastes from a company. How does that work? By the way, City Commissioner Troy Kent has written asking Ormond's supplier about the safety of this practice and he has received zero response.
Daytona Beach
Reform filibuster rule
Freshman Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has announced her first priority will be to change the Senate rules to eliminate the filibuster in its present form. Warren will be joining with veteran Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY; Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., to remove this obstructionist tool from the United States Senate.
The filibuster, in its present form, merely requires a senator to object to a bill, which triggers the automatic 60 vote majority to close off debate. The senator can even remain anonymous while obstructing the will of the majority.
Senators Warren, Gillibrand, Sanders and Merkley will attempt to change the rules of the Senate to require a senator to actually be on the Senate floor speaking — and to hold the floor, must stand and continue to speak. A failure to do so will result in the filibuster being terminated.
All of us, Republicans, Democrats, liberals, or conservatives, should get behind this sensible Senate rule change which will return majority rule to the United States Senate.
Port Orange
America made a bad choice
Congratulations to President Obama and his progressive advisers, members of the liberal news media, and an electorate that prefers a handout rather than a hand up. These next four years will see more recession, higher unemployment, higher taxes and continued expansion of entitlements until their ultimate demise.
Small business owners will not expand, due to excessive regulations and the high cost of Obamacare. Medicare and Social Security will be scaled back — or worse — and sooner rather than later. Businesses will move overseas at a more alarming rate than over the past four years, due to our high corporate tax rates. Jobs will flow out of our country. Inflation will continue to soar and the U.S. will not be able to compete on a global level. Our country will never achieve energy independence by investing billions of dollars in failed green energy projects through more stimulus spending.
Iran will become more emboldened and Israel will be forced to unilaterally protect itself against a nuclear threat. The U.S. will not have an oil policy and chaos in the Middle East will re-energize the Taliban and al-Qaida. Terrorism will be a high threat to the United States and we will become even more vulnerable as our military budgets are gutted. Liberal judges will be chosen to control the highest court in the land.
We will become Greece — but with no one to bail us out. China and Russia will wait in the wings.
People will look back on Nov. 6 as the day that redefined our nation. Soon our wonderful country will no longer be recognizable. Capitalism and the American spirit will be suppressed because our electorate chose a personable guy with a radical agenda intended to lead us from the core values that made the United States the greatest country in the world.
Port Orange
Watch out for cats
I love cats and I grew up with cats, but whenever I'm on the road, I see a dead cat or two out on the highway. Just recently, I even saw a dead kitten lying in the middle of the road. The poor thing barely began to live and enjoy life. It makes me upset, every single time, when all of us pass by the dead cats (or roadkill, in some people's terms) on the street or by the highway
I want to ask people everywhere to look out for any cat that is about to cross the road, and don't run them over. Cats are completely different from raccoons and armadillos. Imagine what happens if someone lost a cat and searches for it and later discover it was dead on the road. Where's the sympathy in that?
Please help save the cats!
DeLeon Springs
Deserved gratitude
Recently, my wife and I were having lunch at the Steak 'N Shake in Daytona Beach. Three young men from the National Guard came in. When we finished, I went over and chatted with them. I thanked them for their service, and shook their hands. In the meantime, my wife talked with the manager and found out what their bill would be. She went over to their table and gave them money for lunch. At first they politely refused, but my wife insisted. She told them she had lost her brother in Vietnam. They then accepted the money for lunch. My wife said this simple act was the least she could do for the loss she suffered.
The next time you see someone in uniform, thank them.
TOM and MARGIE LEE
Port Orange


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August 5, 2011With the ink barely dry on debt-ceiling legislation, the Army has announced details of a plan to reduce its force by more than 8,700 civilian positions by the end of September 2012.
The execution order for a move first announced in July has drawn strong opposition from the American Federation of Government Employees.
The cuts, the Army said in a news release Thursday, are based on Pentagon resource decisions made both in President Obama's fiscal 2012 budget and by policies announced earlier this year by now-departed Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
"We are in a very challenging fiscal environment and understand the impact these cuts will have on our civilians and their families," said Thomas R. Lamont, assistant secretary of the Army for manpower and reserve affairs. "Tough choices have to be made, but we'll make them in a thoughtful and deliberate manner that best supports the Army's mission."
Some 30 Army commands and agencies will have 30 days to develop plans and schedules for cutting the civilian workforce as well as identifying the needed organizational and personnel actions.
The units most affected are the Installation Management Command, the Army Material Command, the Training and Doctrine Command and Army Department Headquarters, which together will absorb about 80 percent of the cuts. Commanders are encouraged to make the reductions using Voluntary Early Retirement Authority and Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments.
Army Secretary John McHugh, as reported byFederal Times, when initially announcing the plan in July, said Army agencies may not use contractors to replace the departed civilian employees. McHugh's own office will lose 821 employees, the Training and Doctrine Command will lose 571, and the 7th Army in Europe will lose 430 employees.
The Army currently employs 343,815 civilians counting foreign nationals, according to service spokesmen, but the universe affected by these cuts is slightly more than 106,650 cemployees.
As the union representing Army civilian workers, AFGE has been working with sympathetic lawmakers to challenge the Defense's larger-scale efficiency initiative, which caps the size of the civilian workforce at fiscal 2010 levels. In letters, the union calls the program "contrary to current laws that prohibit DoD from managing the civilian workforce through arbitrary personnel ceilings." AFGE also is keeping watch on whether the Army sticks to its plan to avoid new contractors.
AFGE Legislative Representative John Threlkeld told Government Executive, "There's no question that the defense spending will be reduced, particularly given the drawdown in Iraq and Afghanistan. AFGE's concern is the flawed approach that the department has taken towards its overall workforce . . . In order to intelligently examine spending, the department must finally complete its service contractor inventory and then integrate the results into the budget process. Only then will DoD be able to identify and control contractor spending in the way that it has always been able to identify and control civilian personnel spending."
Threlkeld said the union does not believe the Army performed sufficient analysis before planning the cuts. "We learned from the ruinous downsizing of the 1990s that cutting the civilian workforce arbitrarily, without regard to budgets and workloads, poorly serves taxpayers and warfighters," he said. "Worse, we know that the initial round of cuts will be more than what has been announced this week and but less than the 33,000 figure leaked earlier."
The 2011 Budget Control Act introduces new urgency and uncertainty to Defense's workforce. As White House budget director Jack Lew wrote Thursday in a blog, "The agreement just signed into law would achieve slightly more security savings than the president first proposed in April. Under baseline estimates, it would cut approximately $420 billion over 10 years. Assuming roughly proportional cuts, we project that of that $420 billion, $350 billion would be from the budget category of defense, and approximately $330 billion of that would be specifically from the Department of Defense."
Newly installed Defense Secretary Leon Panetta recently expressed hope that his department can achieve such cuts, but warned that the new law's automatic triggers that kick in should Congress' special new committee fail to find savings, would devastate national security. "Make no mistake, we will face some very tough challenges as we try to meet those numbers, but those numbers are within the ballpark" of discussions with the White House, Panetta said. "We have the opportunity to make those decisions based on sound policy."
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Do I look like a BABY?
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 1/30/2009 9:48:33 PMWhat a unique and COOL capture! Great artistic quality JudyAnn! #1076104
JudyAnn Rector 1/31/2009 11:40:52 AMThank you, Thank you, Donna! I SO appreciate you taking the time to comment. This image is one of my favorites too... I think we may have BONDED that day! LOL JudyAnn #7110486
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Wm Nosal 9/24/2012 3:42:30 PMCOOL Image JudyAnn!
Robert Jensen 9/24/2012 5:11:41 PMGreat shot. I almost went to Oatman a few weeks ago. I got as close as Cool Springs. #10338120
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Heather Loewenhardt 9/25/2012 8:17:03 PMThis is simply delightful. The light and colours are terrific. Congrats and good luck. #10341581
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Terry A. Stoa 10/2/2012 8:34:28 AMCongratulations on this Winner! It made me smile - and the title is absolutely perfect for it. #10350470
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Robert R. Goodman 10/2/2012 2:12:53 PMHi JudyAnn,Big congratulations my friend.This is a favorite,what cool little town that is!!!! #10351583
MELODIE C. ROBERTS 10/2/2012 3:45:10 PMI was expecting this to take first place Judyann......totally hilarious!!
Congratulations on your fantastic Gold Winner #10351757
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Lester A. Garcia 10/2/2012 8:00:36 PMBeautiful WINNER deserving of the GOLD.
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JudyAnn Rector 10/4/2012 1:11:06 PMHuge thanks to each of you... your comments and support are sincerely appreciated! *:)) JudyAnn #10355371
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Taken at Oatman, Arizona, which is along an old section of Route 66. The burros are free roaming and can be VERY entertainting to say the least!
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Freezable Objects Overview
This topic describes how to effectively use and create Freezable objects, which provide special features that can help improve application performance. Examples of freezable objects include brushes, pens, transformations, geometries, and animations.
This topic contains the following sections:
A Freezable is a special type of object that has two states: unfrozen and frozen. When unfrozen, a Freezable appears to behave like any other object. When frozen, a Freezable can no longer be modified.
A Freezable provides a Changed event to notify observers of any modifications to the object. Freezing a Freezable can improve its performance, because it no longer needs to spend resources on change notifications. A frozen Freezable can also be shared across threads, while an unfrozen Freezable cannot.
Although the Freezable class has many applications, most Freezable objects in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) are related to the graphics sub-system.
The Freezable class makes it easier to use certain graphics system objects and can help improve application performance. Examples of types that inherit from Freezable include the Brush, Transform, and Geometry classes. Because they contain unmanaged resources, the system must monitor these objects for modifications, and then update their corresponding unmanaged resources when there is a change to the original object. Even if you don't actually modify a graphics system object, the system must still spend some of its resources monitoring the object, in case you do change it.
For example, suppose you create a SolidColorBrush brush and use it to paint the background of a button.
When the button is rendered, the WPF graphics sub-system uses the information you provided to paint a group of pixels to create the appearance of a button. Although you used a solid color brush to describe how the button should be painted, your solid color brush doesn't actually do the painting. The graphics system generates fast, low-level objects for the button and the brush, and it is those objects that actually appear on the screen.
If you were to modify the brush, those low-level objects would have to be regenerated. The freezable class is what gives a brush the ability to find its corresponding generated, low-level objects and to update them when it changes. When this ability is enabled, the brush is said to be "unfrozen."
A freezable's Freeze method enables you to disable this self-updating ability. You can use this method to make the brush become "frozen," or unmodifiable.
Not every Freezable object can be frozen. To avoid throwing an InvalidOperationException, check the value of the Freezable object's CanFreeze property to determine whether it can be frozen before attempting to freeze it.
When you no longer need to modify a freezable, freezing it provides performance benefits. If you were to freeze the brush in this example, the graphics system would no longer need to monitor it for changes. The graphics system can also make other optimizations, because it knows the brush won't change.
For convenience, freezable objects remain unfrozen unless you explicitly freeze them.
Using an unfrozen freezable is like using any other type of object. In the following example, the color of a SolidColorBrush is changed from yellow to red after it's used to paint the background of a button. The graphics system works behind the scenes to automatically change the button from yellow to red the next time the screen is refreshed.
Freezing a Freezable
To make a Freezable unmodifiable, you call its Freeze method. When you freeze an object that contains freezable objects, those objects are frozen as well. For example, if you freeze a PathGeometry, the figures and segments it contains would be frozen too.
A Freezable can't be frozen if any of the following are true:
It has animated or data bound properties.
It has properties set by a dynamic resource. (See the Resources Overview for more information about dynamic resources.)
It contains Freezable sub-objects that can't be frozen.
If these conditions are false, and you don't intend to modify the Freezable, then you should freeze it to gain the performance benefits described earlier.
Once you call a freezable's Freeze method, it can no longer be modified. Attempting to modify a frozen object causes an InvalidOperationException to be thrown. The following code throws an exception, because we attempt to modify the brush after it's been frozen.
Button myButton = new Button(); SolidColorBrush myBrush = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Yellow); if (myBrush.CanFreeze) { // Makes the brush unmodifiable. myBrush.Freeze(); } myButton.Background = myBrush; try { // Throws an InvalidOperationException, because the brush is frozen. myBrush.Color = Colors.Red; }catch(InvalidOperationException ex) { MessageBox.Show("Invalid operation: " + ex.ToString()); }
To avoid throwing this exception, you can use the IsFrozen method to determine whether a Freezable is frozen.
Button myButton = new Button(); SolidColorBrush myBrush = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Yellow); if (myBrush.CanFreeze) { // Makes the brush unmodifiable. myBrush.Freeze(); } myButton.Background = myBrush; if (myBrush.IsFrozen) // Evaluates to true. { // If the brush is frozen, create a clone and // modify the clone. SolidColorBrush myBrushClone = myBrush.Clone(); myBrushClone.Color = Colors.Red; myButton.Background = myBrushClone; } else { // If the brush is not frozen, // it can be modified directly. myBrush.Color = Colors.Red; }
In the preceding code example, a modifiable copy was made of a frozen object using the Clone method. The next section discusses cloning in more detail.
Note Because a frozen freezable cannot be animated, the animation system will automatically create modifiable clones of frozen Freezable objects when you try to animate them with a Storyboard. To eliminate the performance overhead caused by cloning, leave an object unfrozen if you intend to animate it. For more information about animating with storyboards, see the Storyboards Overview.
Freezing from Markup
To freeze a Freezable object declared in markup, you use the PresentationOptions:Freeze attribute. In the following example, a SolidColorBrush is declared as a page resource and frozen. It is then used to set the background of a button.
<Page xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:PresentationOptions="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation/options" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" mc:Ignorable="PresentationOptions"> <Page.Resources> <!-- This resource is frozen. --> <SolidColorBrush x:Key="MyBrush" PresentationOptions:Freeze="True" Color="Red" /> </Page.Resources> <StackPanel> <Button Content="A Button" Background="{StaticResource MyBrush}"> </Button> </StackPanel> </Page>
To use the Freeze attribute, you must map to the presentation options namespace: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation/options. PresentationOptions is the recommended prefix for mapping this namespace:
Because not all XAML readers recognize this attribute, it's recommended that you use the mc:Ignorable Attribute to mark the Presentation:Freeze attribute as ignorable:
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" mc:Ignorable="PresentationOptions"
For more information, see the mc:Ignorable Attribute page.
"Unfreezing" a Freezable
Once frozen, a Freezable can never be modified or unfrozen; however, you can create an unfrozen clone using the Clone or CloneCurrentValue method.
In the following example, the button's background is set with a brush and that brush is then frozen. An unfrozen copy is made of the brush using the Clone method. The clone is modified and used to change the button's background from yellow to red.
Button myButton = new Button(); SolidColorBrush myBrush = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Yellow); // Freezing a Freezable before it provides // performance improvements if you don't // intend on modifying it. if (myBrush.CanFreeze) { // Makes the brush unmodifiable. myBrush.Freeze(); } myButton.Background = myBrush; // If you need to modify a frozen brush, // the Clone method can be used to // create a modifiable copy. SolidColorBrush myBrushClone = myBrush.Clone(); // Changing myBrushClone does not change // the color of myButton, because its // background is still set by myBrush. myBrushClone.Color = Colors.Red; // Replacing myBrush with myBrushClone // makes the button change to red. myButton.Background = myBrushClone;
Regardless of which clone method you use, animations are never copied to the new Freezable.
The Clone and CloneCurrentValue methods produce deep copies of the freezable. If the freezable contains other frozen freezable objects, they are also cloned and made modifiable. For example, if you clone a frozen PathGeometry to make it modifiable, the figures and segments it contains are also copied and made modifiable.
A class that derives from Freezable gains the following features.
Special states: a read-only (frozen) and a writable state.
Thread safety: a frozen Freezable can be shared across threads.
Detailed change notification: Unlike other DependencyObjects, Freezable objects provide change notifications when sub-property values change.
Easy cloning: the Freezable class has already implemented several methods that produce deep clones.
A Freezable is a type of DependencyObject, and therefore uses the dependency property system. Your class properties don't have to be dependency properties, but using dependency properties will reduce the amount of code you have to write, because the Freezable class was designed with dependency properties in mind. For more information about the dependency property system, see the Dependency Properties Overview.
Every Freezable subclass must override the CreateInstanceCore method. If your class uses dependency properties for all its data, you're finished.
If your class contains non-dependency property data members, you must also override the following methods:
You must also observe the following rules for accessing and writing to data members that are not dependency properties:
At the beginning of any API that reads non-dependency property data members, call the ReadPreamble method.
At the beginning of any API that writes non-dependency property data members, call the WritePreamble method. (Once you've called WritePreamble in an API, you don't need to make an additional call to ReadPreamble if you also read non-dependency property data members.)
Call the WritePostscript method before exiting methods that write to non-dependency property data members.
If your class contains non-dependency-property data members that are DependencyObject objects, you must also call the OnFreezablePropertyChanged method each time you change on of their values, even if you're setting the member to null.
It's very important that you begin each Freezable method you override with a call to the base implementation.
For an example of a custom Freezable class, see the Custom Animation Sample.


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User:Gta-mysteries/Mission Failures (1 - 30)
- 1 Bull in a China Shop
- 2 Hung Out to Dry
- 3 Clean Getaway
- 4 Ivan the Not So Terrible
- 5 Uncle Vlad
- 6 Concrete Jungle
- 7 Crime and Punishment
- 8 Do You Have Protection?
- 9 Shadow
- 10 Final Destination
- 11 No Love Lost
- 12 Rigged to Blow
- 13 Search and Delete
- 14 Easy as Can Be
- 15 Master and the Molotov
- 16 Escuela of the Streets
- 17 Street Sweeper
- 18 Luck of the Irish
- 19 Blow Your Cover
Bull in a China Shop
Shop owner is killed
Niko: Vlad, I scared the old man too much. He's dead.
Vlad: Stupid peasant, think about it. Dead men can't pay me money. Now you cousin's going to have to owe me for this as well.
Hung Out to Dry
Shop owner is killed
Niko: Vlad, the muscovite ain't around no more.
Vlad: I hope you didn't kill him, I hope he choked on some detergent or something? Stupid peasant, think about it. Dead men can't pay me money. Now your cousin's going to have to owe me for this as well.
Shop owner escapes
Niko: Vlad, I couldn't catch your friend.
Vlad: Fucking yokel, you were meant to teach him a lesson. He's going to be the problem buzzing in my ears now. Dipshit!
Clean Getaway
Jimmy's car is destroyed
Niko: Hey, Vlad. The car you wanted, it's... how you say? Fucked.
Vlad: You're going to be fucked when I'm done with you, yokel. Come back to see me.
Roman: I hope you're going to buy me dinner first, Vlad. I'm not that easy.
Ivan the Not So Terrible
Ivan escapes
Niko: Hey, Vlad. I lost your boyfriend. He got away from me.
Vlad: I should have known you would screw this up. You are born loser, just like your cousin. Come see me sometime.
Uncle Vlad
Vlad escapes
Roman: This is fate telling us to give up, cousin.
Niko: I decide when I will give up on something, cousin.
Concrete Jungle
Runners get away
Niko: Jacob, I couldn't get all those guys. Some got away.
Little Jacob: Rhattid! I call Real Badman and tell him what a' gwan. Galang bout ya business.
Crime and Punishment
Vans are shot or destroyed
Niko: Dimitri, I couldn't get you that shipment.
Dimitri: Mikhail does not tolerate failure. I hope your cousin is not nearby when I tell him this.
Do You Have Protection?
Dimitri dies
Niko: I got some bad news, Mr. Faustin. Dimitri's gone.
Faustin: Dimitri.. dead? How? This is impossible. Come see me and explain.
Porn shop guys/gun shop owner injured
Dimitri:: You need to control yourself, you could become like Mikhail. There is no room for two maniacs in our operation.
Dealer is killed
Niko: I took the dealer down. With these injuries, he won't be shifting no weight anytime soon.
Little Jacob: One? It be a whole operation, dere be a lot of dem pon da street, killing one ain't nuttin man. Wha'gwan? Come check I soon Niko.
Dealer escapes
Niko: I lost him.
Little Jacob: Ya lose him? How da blood clat ya can lose him? Pon da corner? How ya can lose him pon da corner? Badman ah get vex! Yo, come ah the apartment man. Yo, lose him pon da corner? Cha!
Final Destination
Lenny escapes
Niko: Ah... Lenny, got away. Maybe this is a sign?
Faustin: You let him go? You disobeyed me? Maybe it is you I should have killed. You and Dimitri.
No Love Lost
Faustin's daughter is killed
Niko: Mikhail, I have bad news. Your daughter... she was hurt.
Faustin: That fucking biker. I knew he was filth from the moment I heard of him. I must tell my wife.
Niko: The biker, yes, he's a dead man. I will come to see you soon.
Biker escapes
Niko: That biker got away, I'm sorry.
Faustin: You fucking better be. If my daughter goes blind from some S.T.D. then I am holding you accountable, Niko Bellic.
Rigged to Blow
Truck is destroyed
Niko: The fucking truck got trashed before I could get it there. I'm lucky to be alive.
Faustin: Are you stupid? Can you do nothing? I trust these people and they always let me down...
Search and Delete
Rivas escapes
Niko: The guy you sent me after, Rivas. He got away.
Brucie: Shit, man. That, that cat's still out there? This ain't cool at all, bro. God I'm angry. God! Angry. Not with you, man. I mean, I couldn't be angry with you. Just, like, fucking angry. Come back to see me, bro.
Easy as Can Be
Car is destroyed
Niko: Hey, Brucie, I'm sorry about this but Lyle's car got fucked. You ain't getting it.
Brucie: Fuck, I wanted that real bad. You should have seen that jumped up punk driving around in that shit. At least he ain't gonna be driving no more. Come back to see me, man.
Master and the Molotov
Faustin escapes
Niko: Dimitri, Mikhail got away from me. He is still alive.
Dimitri: Shit. Does he know that I had anything to do with this? How could you be so stupid? What am I to do?
Escuela of the Streets
Dealer's car is damaged
Manny: Shit, he'd pulled up. It's almost like you don't care about the kids, man. You think these streets is safe enough? See for yourself - get out.
Dealer is spooked
Manny: Man, you hit him. No way we can get the rest of them leeches now! If you can't clean up the streets, man, then you can walk on them, man. Get out.
Niko gets too close
Manny: Follow don't mean get all up in his shit. It's over. Everytime the streets is hurt, I hurt inside, man. You cut me deep, man. Get out of here.
Niko leaves the deal
Manny: Niko, you made a promise to me, man. Your bond is your word, man. I thought you was going to clean shit up. For me and these streets. For these people man, my people.
Niko: Something else came up, I couldn't do it. I guess the streets is going to have to stay dirty for a little longer. See you, Manny.
Street Sweeper
Dealers escape
Niko: Manny, I thought you should know that I lost those dealers. But I guess the streets already told you that.
Manny: Niko, you cold, man. You cold and you ain't doing shit right. Come see me.
Luck of the Irish
Niko interrupts the deal
Elizabeta: What you doing? I get a call from these dealers saying someone shooting at 'em. You didn't give them the chance to do the deal.
Niko: Sorry, I just didn't want them trying nothing with your boy. I'll come see you.
Patrick is injured
Niko: I am sorry but your friend Patrick's luck ran out.
Elizabeta: Putana. How I going to explain this to his hermano? I wish you had learned to shoot.
An attacker escapes
Patrick: Niko, It's Packie. What the hell went wrong back there? You let the bastard get away, Niko.
Niko: Maybe I was too busy saving your ass to clean up your mess? Sue me.
Blow Your Cover
Playboy X is killed
Niko: I'm afraid that your friend Playboy, he had an accident, he ain't gonna be around no more.
Elizabeta: Playboy was a fool, but he earned. This ain't good. Come back to see me.
Johnny is killed
Niko: The deal didn't happen, Elizabeta. Johnny, your biker friend, got himself killed before the meet. Sorry
Elizabeta: Pato! No money and a good earner is dead. Why I surround myself with you people?
Niko: The deal didn't go so good. Charlie was an undercover cop. I think the Feds have Playboy.
Elizabeta: Shit. The boy will say anything to get out of doing hard time. Why you not fucking keep hold of him?


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Rants on Cycling and on Life:
Photos of people and bicycles that pass in front of my camera
Hey man good job on taking the lead with the second group I think that worked well. Next week I will bring my camera and do some of those fast shots like I did at the Capital Cross race.
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No!!! was my immediate thought.
And then I realized: Wait a second. All I really care about is seeing what people wore. Thank you, Internet.
So I browsed. I oohed and ahhed. There were a few ughs in there, too, as always. But, I'm too nice to point out the fashion that failed. Instead, I've compiled here the fashion that, in my opinion, was fabulous. Take a look and let me know what you think! (to see bigger, click the photo!)
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A new book published by the British Dyslexia Association aims to shed light on this 'learning difference' and helps managers & employers on their road to supporting dyslexic employees.
Dyslexia does not discriminate. It affects people of all 'abilities' – and there are countless literate dyslexics across all professions; lawyers, teachers, engineers, police, nurses …….this learning difference is everywhere.
In my experience very few employers understand the obligations placed on them by the Disability Discrimination Act (now replaced by the Equality Act) and that aside I think most people would agree – getting the best out of all employees makes good business sense.
This latest publication on the subject is commended by Dr Sylvia Moody a professional much respected in this field and I believe is a 'must read' for managers.


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GRAYSON COUNTY, TX - The Grayson County District Attorney's Office says they're in need of more funding to fight domestic violence.
County commissioners have agreed to allow the DA's office to request $30,000 dollars from the governor's office, Criminal Justice Division, and Violence Against Women Act.
Commissioners say they would price match that with another $30,000.
Mona Robnett oversees Victim Services for the county and says prosecutors use those funds to build their domestic violence cases.
Robnett says they've received this grant money for the last 12 years but recently that funding has been dwindling. According to Robnett, "They changed up our funding last year and it's a 30 percent cash match grant and we are over 50 percent cash match right now."
The funds would apply for the 2014 fiscal year.


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Discussion in 'The Howard Stern Show' started by InstigatinMofo, Dec 16, 2012.
[h=3]Kylie Minogue performs at a fundraising event in Berlin, Germany on December 15, 2012[/h]
What a pair of legs.
now thats what I'm talking about.
pet peave alert...who the f*** is she?
I don't care how hot a 44 y/o is, a dude would dump for a homely looking 19 y/o in a second…
In this case, not a chance.
She's an Australian pop star, think Madonna crossed with Olivia Newton John. She's had limited success in the States, but she's super-famous Down Under and in Europe.
Have a had a thing for this broad since Biodome and that shitty Jean Claude Van Damme Street Fighter movie.
Not this dude, not even for a semi hot 19 yo
Amazing legs. Unfortunately, it's almost impossible to ignore the fact that Pauly Shore got in between them.
And back away from it...
She's hot but didn't they take off both her breasts a few years ago?
No, she never had cancer. She was misdiagnosed.
She beats that horse-faced tranny the Bethman and is older.
She's only a few years away from menopause… Hope you enjoy dry p***y
You just keep fucking the young pigs to your hearts content then.


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The 33rd Session of the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) was held in Tunis from March 23 to 27, 2009.
Attendance from Member states and observer was very high. There were a number of important points in the agenda. Moreover, a lot of discussion took place leading to some conclusions based on consensus and good will since many divergent views were expressed. As often in the Mediterranean the differences at the political, socio-economical and cultural levels are so significant that no recommendations are accepted easily.
For aquaculture, it was the first time since the establishment of the Committee on Aquaculture (CAQ) that they came to the Conference with some clear recommendations. Only one of them, about data collection, was discussed and adopted. The other one on the importance of monitoring and Environmental Impact Assessments has even not been discussed. It is not rejected and stays as a CAQ recommendation to member states. It shows that there is still a lack of interest in aquaculture from the member states even though the statistics show that the aquaculture production is growing quickly.
On the fisheries issues, there were many more debates, and several points were discussed in depth. The GFCM adopted several recommendations on IUU (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated) fisheries, on VMS (Vessel Monitoring Systems), on fishing boats registers and on the reduction of the fisheries efforts by 10%. On most points however the lack of means, capacities and funds in most countries, postponed the full implementation of these recommendations. Other points were adopted including: the 40 mm mesh size, the Fisheries Restriction Area in the Golf of Lion canyons (high sea area off south of France), and a major proposal from the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC). For the later, the recommendation includes not increasing the current fishing efforts on this area (42°40'N, 4°20'E; 42°40'E, 5°00'E; 43°00'N, 4°20'E; 43°00N, 5°00'E); on this subject a resolution to the SAC has also been adopted for preparing a report on the protection of the whole Gulf of Lion canyons area. IUCN, as well as WWF, will be part of these further works.
Altogether, GFCM gave the observers a feeling of the difficulties in the decision making process. The member states are still very prudent in their decisions although clear and important challenges are presented by the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and the Committee on Aquaculture (CAQ). The lack of capacities and funds is often the reason for not fully accepting the scientific recommendations. As with other RFMOs (Regional Fisheries Management Organizations), the GFCM also shows the trend of not following the recommendations of its own Scientific Advisory Committee, although very robust scientific information is presented. This is a clear governance issue that is unfortunately common amongst RFMOs.


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If I want legacy and something to be remembered for, writing is the truest thing I can leave behind. Stone fades and steel rusts, but the word...the word...remains.
Always makes you feel good when you get a review like this latest one...
"Finished a book today that surprised me, in the same way that Paradise Lost surprised me (at the risk of making too grandiose a comparison). Milton's poem joined epic poetry to Christian myth-history, creating a work that I hadn't seemed coming, but that in retrospect seemed inevitable.
David West similarly surprised me with his Heroes of the Fallen. It's pulp fiction swords and sorcery meets Mormon myth-history, a savage and bloody telling of the last days of Nephite civilization in the style of a Robert E. Howard or Edgar Rice Burroughs. I didn't see it coming, however obvious it seems to me now." by Dave Butler
Thanks Dave


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Welcome to the world's leading forum on Multiple Sclerosis research, support, and knowledge. For over 10 years, This is MS has provided an unbiased community dedicated to Multiple Sclerosis patients, caregivers, and affected loved ones.
Keith Martin, Apitope chief executive, said the phase two trial of ATX-MS-1467 would start this year with about 80 patients in south-west England and last about two years. A diagnostic blood test for MS is also being developed.
Apitope's approach is based on 20 years of research by David Wraith, professor of experimental pathology at Bristol University. The vaccine works by retuning the immune system so it no longer overreacts to patients' own myelin protein.
Prof Wraith said this approach was more specific – and likely to carry fewer side-effects – than existing MS drugs that suppressed the immune system or reduced nerve inflammation.
The company, initially, is testing the safety and efficacy of ApitopesTM in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Its lead product is ATX-MS-1467, a peptide vaccine, which up regulates T cells through the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II receptor. The vaccine is potentially a disease-modifying therapy specifically designed from a naturally occurring antigenic protein to selectively inhibit the immune system's harmful attack on the nervous system. The normal immune response to infection is preserved. The ATX-MS-1467 vaccine is an equal parts mixture of four soluble, synthetic peptides (ApitopesTM). The company plans to develop ApitopesTM for other chronic diseases including Type I diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and the common allergies.
The unique Apitope peptides function as tolerogens, exerting their therapeutic effect via an highly selective immune re-balancing process that, in pre-clinical studies, has been linked to the induction of IL-10 secreting regulatory T cells.
A peptide which is capable of binding to an MHC class I or class II molecule without further processing and is selected from the following myelin basic protein peptides: 134-148, 135-149, 136-150, 137-151, 138-152 and 140-154. The peptide can be used in the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention or treatment of multiple sclerosis.
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A CAMPFIRE has been found to be the cause of an extensive grass fire in Metcalfe on Sunday.
Twenty trucks and three aircraft were called in to fight the blaze at 6pm yesterday, which ripped through 80 hectares of paddocks.
One hundred and seventy properties were issued with an emergency alert text message, warning that their bushfire survival plan may need to be activated.
Units were still on site yesterday to make sure there were no hot spots.
Castlemaine police's Senior Constable Grant Kendall said the campfire was lit illegally because fire restrictions were in place in the region.
"The campfire wasn't complying with restrictions and unfortunately embers got out and took hold," he said.
"These people were unaware they were in a restriction period."
He said police were still preparing a brief and he was unsure if the people would be charged for the incident.
Senior Constable Kendall said the owner of the property was "quite gutted" by the fire, but there was no damage to property or life.
He said people should check with the CFA if they were unsure of what was and was not allowed during fire restrictions.
"Jump on the website or contact the CFA if you are unsure about whether to hold a barbecue or a campfire," he said.
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NORRISTOWN — A Hatfield woman showed no emotion Thursday as she admitted to stealing more than $50,000 from the local church where she had worked as treasurer.
Stephanie Anne Kligge, 35, of the 400 block of South Main Street, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court to felony charges of theft by unlawful taking and theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received in connection with stealing from Emmanuel Evangelical Congregational Church, 100 S. Main St., between September 2012 and August 2013.
"She admitted to making unauthorized bank withdrawals from the church's bank account and also admitted to using that money for her own personal purchases and not for the church. She falsified treasurer reports to disguise the thefts," said Assistant District Attorney Jeremy Abidiwan-Lupo, who vowed to seek jail time against Kligge.
Judge Carolyn T. Carluccio deferred sentencing so that court officials can complete a background investigative report about Kligge, who remains free on bail pending sentencing. At the request of defense lawyer Keith Harbison, the judge also ordered that Kligge, who walked with the aid of a cane, be evaluated for a house arrest program.
"She does have some health problems due to an accident that she had and that is one of the reasons that we requested a house arrest suitability assessment," Harbison said.
Kligge faces a possible maximum sentence of seven to 14 years in prison on the charges.
With the charges, Abidiwan-Lupo alleged Kligge stole more than $81,000 from the church. But Harbison said a restitution hearing will be held at time of sentencing to determine the exact amount of the theft. Specifically, Kligge admitted to stealing an amount between $50,000 and $100,000.
Kligge served as treasurer of the church, which is located just three blocks from her home, from July 2012 to August 2013, according to a criminal complaint filed by Hatfield Detective Thomas Starner. Kligge, when confronted by authorities, claimed she began withdrawing funds from the church in August 2012 "without authorization and used it for personal use" Starner alleged in the arrest affidavit.
Check back here for more details on this developing story.
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no need for the like-a-bike
there was some discussion about the training wheel removal
there was some mention of the process that dean went through with the removal of his training wheels
there was agreement to return the training wheels to the bikes after some effort without training wheel assistance
while I was out in california lisa pulled the training wheels off the bike
well... my guess is she has one of the neighbors do it
it was tough for me to hear that I missed that moment
it sounds stupid
but for some reason we want to be there for "the firsts"
first smile... first steps... first...
whatever... there are lots of firsts
the first poop was not so much a first I needed to witness... but I was pleased that it did happen
the first time when a child can put gloves on their hands without their parent's assistance is a good day for the parents
when I got back from california grant wanted to put the training wheels on the bike
I told him that I would put them back on after he let me take a few pictures of him practicing without training wheels
we went out back... grant rode without training wheels... there was no mention of returning the training wheels
grant is only able to ride straight and is practicing braking
braking is more vital that turning
he learned to start on his own... which is very similar to a child putting on gloves for themselves
it is just easier for the parent not to be called in for assistance for these things each and every time they need something done
balance and braking is improving
starting on his own is a big step
we went to Lafayette Elementary to ride an oval loop... shallow turn to aid in the process
while on this ride at an elementary school in Chevy Chase DC Grant collided with an older gentleman
then I collided with this same older gentleman
my collision was a collision of personalities
it was a short locking of the horns
grant was riding some laps around this paved oval that circled a space smaller than a football field
one one of his passes to this older gentleman and his younger friend he split the two walkers
then.... on his next pass... he tried to bust the gap again
on this effort he clipped the older gentleman and crashed
no one was hurt
things were fine
but then there were words
some words from the older gentleman
perhaps I over reacted
I lashed out
what was said is blurry
it came out fast
in that oliver north fashion I can not recall
I was aggravatged that these two men did not realise that they were blocking the full path
that this four year old was given three options
the left, the right, or the center
I wanted these people to see their contribution to the situation
and that it was an adult and a child collision
well... maybe they could have anticipated the child more
on the next lap of this older gentleman and this younger man I approached and issued a formal apology
with eye contact and sincerity
we all hung out and chatted for some time
he was quite pleasant with an unusual sense of humor
I was glad that he accepted my apology
I was also glad that no one was hurt
no need for the Like-A-Bike
2 comments:
- Rocky6 said...
Great story and pix. Looks like Grant has a similar ride to your race rig.
- 4/28/2008
- paul.diamond said...
It was a pleasure to get crashed into by your son yesterday. I enjoyed stepping back and watching my 79-year old friend and your 4 year-old son make an attempt to understand each other concerns and priorities (with you moderating). If you want send me your address and I will send you that cycling book I told you about.
Paul Diamond
- 4/28/2008
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Bulldogs' Bullpen Shuts Down Mountaineers After 4-Run Rally In 7th
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Eric Shultz pulled off a double whammy out of the bullpen on Monday for the Yale University baseball team at the 2011 RussMatt Invitational.
The Bulldogs played a pair of games Monday, taking the first game, 3-2, over Miami (Ohio), a game that Shultz put in 2⅔ innings of work, shutting down the RedHawks while the Bulldogs bats plated the winning run in the ninth inning. His work to close out the game earned the win in the first victory of the season for the Bulldogs.
In the nightcap, the Bulldogs switched fields to take on Mt. St. Mary's, but Shultz made sure the result was the same. He shut the door on the Mountaineers after they put together a four-run rally in the seventh inning. Shultz worked 1⅓ hitless innings with a pair of strikeouts to earn the save in leading Yale to a 7-4 victory Monday night at Henley Field.
Senior right fielder Andrew Kolmar drove in a pair of runs with an RBI double and a sacrifice bunt, while senior second baseman Gant Elmore and senior third baseman Andy Megee each had two hits to lead the Bulldogs offense. Sophomore left hander Christopher O'Hare earned the victory in his first start of the season. He struck out seven in 6⅓ innings of work, during which he scattered five hits and allowed four earned runs.
Shane Eyler and Sam Nott each had two hits to lead the Mountaineers. Eyler drove in three runs with a bases-loaded double to fuel the rally in the seventh inning.
The Bulldogs were slated to take on Toledo Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Chain O'Lakes Stadium.
Report filed by Jon Erickson Jr., Yale Sports Publicity