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When I found out I was expecting my first child, I immediately turned into a health nut. I worried for nine months about what I ate and how I took care of myself. I faithfully took prenatal vitamins and tried to create a healthy "rainbow of colors" on every plate.
When I found out I was expecting my first child, I immediately turned into a health nut. I worried for nine months about what I ate and how I took care of myself. I faithfully took prenatal vitamins and tried to create a healthy "rainbow of colors" on every plate.
I confess that a few weeks later I was surviving on peanut butter toast and brown sugar and cinnamon Pop-Tarts, resulting in 60 pounds gained and a 10�-pound baby.
Pop-Tarts aside, I knew the daily decisions I made were important to creating a healthy start for my son. I read everything I could find about healthy pregnancies, and when he was born, I followed new baby health rules. He never missed a well-baby appointment, and I cried with him during immunizations.
Several weeks before my son was born, I'd moved back to Henderson County, a community rich in health care resources. As my children have grown, so have the services and programs available to parents and children.
Every child deserves a healthy start, and every parent needs information and resources in the community to provide it. Out of 1,071 births in Henderson County in 2011, 994 mothers (nearly 93 percent) received prenatal care. That's great news! Is a goal of 100 percent within our grasp?
It's keeping children healthy and well that becomes a challenge for families living in poverty and families who survive just above the line. Both groups may choose to defer medical care because they cannot afford it. A quarter of the children in Henderson County live in poverty. The number of children enrolled in public health insurance (Medicaid and N.C. Health Choice) in Henderson County has grown steadily from 8,413 in 2006 to 10,554 (48 percent) in 2010.
"We cannot just talk about keeping kids healthy, we need to start taking action to remove some of the barriers to achieving good health — including poverty, lack of affordable housing, exposure to violence, racial/ethnic bias, substance abuse and access to nutritious food," points out Jennifer Henderson, executive director for Blue Ridge Community Health Services (BRCHS).
Throughout our history, there have been committed leaders ensuring that we are a community rich in health care resources, but there are still children in our county challenged with issues of access to health care.
When kids have unmet needs, it becomes our challenge to help fill the gaps. How can we deliver on the promise of giving kids a healthy start?
Access to health care, including mental health care and dental care, throughout a child's life is essential. Our community agrees. Improving children's access to health care, mental health services and dental care, as well as addressing childhood obesity, prescription drug abuse and maternal health care, are well documented as community priorities through the 2011 and 2012 Community Health Assessments (conducted by the Henderson County Department of Public Health in collaboration with Pardee Hospital, Park Ridge Health and Blue Ridge Community Health Services). Citizens confirmed these priorities at Speak Out for Kids 2007 and through the United Way's 2025 strategic planning process.
We have a framework to address these issues. Since 2007, we have improved our children's access to health care through the addition of school nurses and through the expansion of BRCHS' school-based health center program.
Today, mental health services for children are available on-site at 12 of our local schools. BRCHS' school-based health centers provide on-site mental health services in four of our local schools, with links to five additional schools lacking on-site health centers.
Family Preservation Services also provides on-site mental health services in eight of our schools. This year, students in our local middle and high schools will be introduced to a tele-mental health program that will allow them to meet with a licensed mental health provider in small groups or individually via Skype. This program is available through collaboration between BRCHS and the schools.
Prescription drug abuse is a serious problem in our county for both adults and students. Services targeting treating children have been limited. Navigating the system has been a challenge for parents. Local efforts like the recently formed Hope Rx coalition are working to address this issue for children as well as for the community at large.
Poor oral health and untreated oral disease have a significant impact on a child's health. Dental screening programs provided by the Henderson County Health Department, Smart Start of Henderson County, Blue Ridge Community Health and a network of local dentists work toward a goal of access to proper dental care.
This community has the resources in place to deliver on the promise of a healthy start for our children. Join me in delivering on this promise for children by being a caring adult who helps tear down barriers children have to these important resources.
Visit our website, www.5promises
hc.org, to review data about local kids, become a Promise Partner and sign up for our e-newsletter.
Attend Speak Out for Kids on March 1, 2014, where we will gather as a community to discuss these needs and make plans for how we can deliver these promises in Henderson County.
Elisha Freeman is executive director of the Children & Family Resource Center (www.childrenandfamily.org; 828-698-0674).


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The Soldotna hockey team received goals from seven different players in an 8-1 win over Bartlett at the End of the Road Tournament in Homer on Thursday.
The Stars (4-1-1) took a 2-0 lead after the first period, extended the advantage to 4-1 through two and coasted to victory behind a balanced offensive attack.
Nick Wrobel scored twice for SoHi, while the Stars also received goals from Shayne Miller, Dagen Walton, Jarrett Urban, Max Hegge, Hunter Lott and Dalton Pearson.
Cody Harvey earned the win in goal for the Stars, who continue the tournament Friday against Delta before concluding it Saturday against the host Mariners.
Thursday, SoHi outshot Bartlett 12-1 in the opening period. Miller opened the scoring on assist from Kevin Stone, and Wrobel bumped the lead to 2-0 when he tipped in a Jonas Perletti shot with 11 seconds remaining in the frame.
Walton capped assists from Perletti and Urban to make it 3-0, before Bartlett's Zach Perry cut it to 3-1 inside the two-minute mark.
An Urban goal, assisted by Walton, gave the Stars a 4-1 cushion heading into the final 15 minutes.
SoHi sealed it with third-period goals from Pearson, Wrobel, Lott and Hegge.
The Stars were 1 for 3 on the power play. The Golden Bears were 0 for 2.
The result of the late game between Delta and Homer was not available as the Clarion went to press.
Stars 8, Golden Bears 1
First period — 1. Soldotna, Miller (Stone), 8:08; 2. Soldotna, Wrobel (Perletti), 14:49. Penalties — Bartlett 1 for 2:00; Soldotna none.
Second period — 3. Soldotna, Walton (Perletti, Urban), 6:39; 4. Bartlett, Perry (unassisted), 13:17; 5. Soldotna, Urban (Walton), 14:15. Penalties — Bartlett 2 for 4:00; Soldotna 3 for 6:00.
Third period — 6. Soldotna, Pearson (Hegge), 1:41; 7. Soldotna, Wrobel (Silta), 5:45; 8. Soldotna, Hegge (unassisted), pp, 12:38; 9. Soldotna, Lott (unassisted), 12:45. Penalties — Bartlett 1 for 2:00; Soldotna 1 for 2:00.
Power plays — Bartlett 0 for 2; Soldotna 1 for 3:00.


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February 28, 2012 > Are You Putting Off Your Health?
Free Stroke Series Takes a Comprehensive Look at Stroke and Your Risk
Stroke - a disease that often has no warning signs - can sneak up on you if you're not aware of your risk factors, which can include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes. This is why Dr. Ash Jain, medical director of Washington Hospital's Stroke Program, advises people to take stroke seriously starting now. "Stroke is a terrible disease that many people simply don't see coming," Dr. Jain says. "I like to catch people early - before they've suffered a stroke - through community education so that I never have to see them in the ER." On Tuesday, March 6, Dr. Jain and Stroke Program Clinical Coordinator Doug Van Houten, R.N., will present a free overview of what stroke is, how to identify its signs and symptoms, how to determine your risk, and why it's so vitally important to call 9-1-1 if you suspect that you or a family member is having a stroke. The seminar will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Conrad E. Anderson, M.D. Auditorium, at 2500 Mowry Avenue (Washington West) in Fremont. To register, call (800) 963-7070 or visit www.whhs.com. Don't let stroke take you by surprise Dr. Jain says that all too often, community members are unaware of how high their risk is for stroke, and it comes as a complete surprise to them when they suffer a stroke. Ischemic strokes, which account for 90 percent of all stroke cases, occur when a blood clot travels to the brain and cuts off vital oxygen and nutrients that keep brain cells alive. "Unfortunately, once brain cells die, there is no regenerating them," Dr. Jain points out. "What we want to do is treat the patient as fast as possible to prevent further damage. The sooner patients arrive in the hospital, the more effectively we can reopen the blood vessels and improve their outcomes." "Still, it is up to patients and their families to learn more about stroke now, so that if it does happen, they don't delay in seeking immediate emergency medical attention." So, what difference does it really make if you know the signs and symptoms of stroke? It just so happens that a little knowledge may save your life - or a loved one's. Last year, Carol Mahmood's husband, Syed, had been reading an article in the Tri-City Voice newspaper - featuring Dr. Jain - about diabetes and heart disease. Mr. Mahmood noticed his wife, who had been sick for a couple of weeks with a bacterial respiratory infection and had been increasingly tired and weak, began experiencing episodes of mental confusion and impaired thinking. He insisted that they go to the ER, at which point the medical team at Washington Hospital quickly diagnosed her with double pneumonia and bronchitis. Mr. Mahmood credited the article with saving his wife's life. "What people read in the newspaper or learn during our community education series could very well end up saving their lives - or the life of someone they love," Dr. Jain says. "I encourage everyone to learn about stroke and other conditions - like diabetes - that impact their risk of stroke." Stroke: a woman's concern Once upon a time, it was thought that heart disease and stroke were predominantly a "man's" disease, and Doug Van Houten, R.N., the Stroke Program's clinical coordinator, wants to correct that misconception. "Fifty percent of the people in this country are going to have more strokes than the other half, and that group is women," according to Van Houten. "I want women in the community to take note of this." Certain racial demographics also are at higher risk of stroke, including African Americans and Asian Americans, he says. "It's very well documented by the research that African Americans have a lot more strokes on average and suffer much worse outcomes," he says. "And just the other day, I think we had about 12 patients that came in with strokes, and eight of those patients were of Asian descent, with four of them having had really bad hemorrhagic strokes," which happens when a blood vessel in the brain bursts. Van Houten also says he recently gave a talk at a Buddhist temple in the community during which the audience members were shocked by some of the statistics he was citing. "They said, 'Women have more strokes? I thought it was men!'" he recalls. "I think we tend to think that we're all right health-wise until something like stroke happens - but it doesn't need to happen for the most part. I want people to stand up and take action now so that they don't have a stroke later." Another topic Van Houten often brings up during the Introduction to Stroke seminar is transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), also known as mini strokes. "We occasionally get a patient with a TIA, which is sort of a 'warning stroke,'" he says. "Unfortunately, not enough people come into the ER after a TIA, and there's pretty good evidence that if you have one, you're about 10 times more likely to have a real stroke." "TIAs, they can come and go so quickly. Then, patients say, 'I just couldn't talk for five minutes, so everything's fine, right?' No! If something like that happens, you could have a 99 percent blockage of your carotid artery. Look at the signs and come in to the ER, because there is so much testing we can do and medications we can put you on for risk factors." Van Houten says it's hard for people who don't have health insurance, especially since mediations to control risk factors like high blood pressure are expensive. But he says it's worthwhile to attend free educational programs and screenings. "There are things you can do to improve your stroke risk; don't be overwhelmed." Get screened! The free Stroke Awareness Day and Screening event at Washington Hospital has been rescheduled for Saturday, March 24, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Conrad E. Anderson, M.D. Auditorium, Rooms A & B, located at 2500 Mowry Avenue (Washington West) in Fremont. During the event, you will learn whether you are at risk for stroke, and participants will receive stroke-related screenings, including a Doppler study of the neck to determine if there are any blockages that could cause stroke. Physicians will be available to interpret the screening results. To qualify, you must pre-register. No walk-ins. This event is sponsored by Fremont Bank. To register, call (800) 963-7070. Next generation of stroke care The American Heart Association (AHA)/American Stroke Association (ASA) and The Joint Commission announced that beginning Feb. 1 certified Primary Stroke Centers like Washington Hospital's Stroke Program will be able to proudly display the designated seal and heart check mark to signify that they are providing the "next generation of stroke or heart failure care." The enhanced alliance combines the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's scientific expertise with The Joint Commission's expertise in evaluating the quality and safety of health care organizations.


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companies and organizations some breathing space in the race to test and deploy new browser versions
I doubt this hardly matters to companies. The thing is, they *cant* deploy Firefox as it is. There is no group policy like with IE, and recently with Chrome. You can distribute it easily within your company. This is what Firefox has always lacked and I don't understand why they have been so ignorant about it. Yes, it does nothing to home users, but it's required for companies.
Actually, it matters for anyone doing stuff complicated (usually needlessly) on the web that has to support something other than Microsoft... like learning management systems.
You can put it in an image and have the imaged version check for updates on its own servers. Infact I worked for a school district who did this for 30,000 machines
Right because it was so hard to script out the installer, and copy pre-crafted config file to the right place Actually if anything that ties corporate users more to a specific version because they have to actually invest some time into building their own deployment package which is certain to be somewhat version dependent.
If you IT staff can't "deploy" Firefox they are worthless. I can completely understand them not wanting to chase the latest version, preferring to just replace the executable installer package with one that just has the security fixes in it but none of the new math. So all their pre-rolled configs and installation scripts don't have to change.
Fine, script the installer.
Now update the home screen, and add new bookmarks to already deployed installs.
That's where GPO carries on and your solution ends.
Firefox has to run as admin to update, strike one. It doesn't have low rights mode like chrome and IE, strike two. Its crazy release schedule means zero testing before deployment, strike three and you're outta there!
As someone who used FF before it was even called FF and the suite before that i hated to see it go but go it had to as its performance has been getting worse it seems as far as CPU spiking and RAM leaking, extensions were breaking everywhere and the final straw was that XSS bug that allowed malware writers to spam yahoo mail accounts from FF. If you got a bunch of spam emails from friends with Yahoo accounts, all consisting of a single word or sentence and a driveby malware link? that was the FF XSS bug. With low rights mode its damned near impossible to pull crap like that since the browser runs even lower than a user it simply can't get the permissions to do a lot of nastiness. Low rights mode was released with vista in 2007 BTW and here it is 2012 and Firefox STILL doesn't have it. But hey they have personas right?
I truly hope the FF devs will stop going Goatse at their users and get back to their original mission statement which was to build a small, fast, and light browser with good security because I do miss NoScript although I don't know if its really needed with low rights mode and sandboxing. But if you think IT are "worthless" for not deploying a less securable browser that requires admin rights to install and isn't easy at all to set up GPOs that can't be trivially bypassed by the user? Then I'd personally hate to see what the admins are like you'd consider competent, probably the type that just gives everyone admin rights and cleans up after the messes.
Firefox has to run as admin to update
True for now [mozilla.org].
It doesn't have low rights mode like chrome and IE
Its crazy release schedule means zero testing before deployment
Well, other than the six weeks it's in "Beta" (i.e. release candidate) where the intent is to make no changes, and the six weeks it's in "Aurora" (i.e. beta), where only bug fixes are made. And the extra twelve weeks it's in certify/deploy state in the ESR proposal. But other than that.
extensions were breaking everywhere
Extensions rarely break with the new "major releases are now minor releases" model. As of Fx10, it will even stop claiming they're broken [mozilla.org] too.
and the final straw was that XSS bug that allowed malware writers to spam yahoo mail accounts from FF
OK, I'm not sure which bug you're referring to, but generally running the browser in a low-rights mode doesn't prevent XSS bugs, because XSS bugs happen inside the browser itself.
that requires admin rights to install
Wait, install? You said "update" earlier. But OK... I believe it installs fine as a non-admin user if you opt to install it to a directory the user has write permission to, which is what Chrome does by default. Firefox Portable certainly works fine as a non-admin user (updates included!), and that's just a wrapper around a vanilla Firefox.
and isn't easy at all to set up GPOs that can't be trivially bypassed by the user
True, as far as I know. Though if you're allowing the browser to be installed without admin rights, the user could presumably just overwrite it with a version that doesn't obey GPOs, so either this applies to Chrome too or you in fact don't actually want non-admin users to be able to install the browser.
I dislike the new release schedule as much as the next guy, but I'd prefer it if you disliked it for reasons that were true, or at least not getting fixed before 3.6's EoL.
FF doesn't need admin privs to auto-update. What it needs is for the Users group to have read/write/modify privileges to the Firefox install directory.
The only thing that doesn't get you is updating the version number in Add/Remove Programs; the user will see the version increment, but I won't if I log on as myself.
> As someone who used FF before it was even called FF and the suite before that i hated to see it go but go it had to as its performance has been getting worse it seems as far as CPU spiking and RAM leaking,
Same. Firebird user here. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox#Early_versions)
FF is a PIG. It has become the bloated pig that replaced the original pig Netscape Navigator, er, Communicator.
* I'm tired of extensions breaking because dev's can't plan ahead and stabilize the API design.
* I'm tired of i
If you are on windows you should try Comodo Dragon [comodo.com] which has ABP and I would argue with the combination of its default settings which has the browser and ONLY the browser use the comodo Secure DNS malware site filtering along with low rights mode NoScript isn't really needed. There is NotScript if you want to replicate similar functionality but frankly i tried to get a win 7 install using Dragon infected for shits and giggles and while a few nasty sites could crash the browser not a single one managed to in
FrontMotion offers a customized version of Firefox (FrontMotion Firefox Community Edition) that supports lockdown via Group Policy. My company has been using it for years, and it meets our needs perfectly.
FrontMotion offers a customized version of Firefox (FrontMotion Firefox Community Edition) that supports lockdown via Group Policy. My company has been using it for years, and it meets our needs perfectly.
That's nice. There are guys in Chinese software bazaars that offer customized versions of Microsoft products that use different installers. I trust them just as much.
That's where you're wrong. Many organizations use group policy, but it's certainly not mandatory for a product like a web browser. If that were true, programs like 7zip and textpad wouldn't be used in an enterprise environment either, and that's clearly untrue (especially among engineers and programmers).
This is because most policy objectives can be enforced at a higher level. For example, blacklists integrated into the hardware firewall take care of most of the filtering for major companies. Smaller compan
They just relaunched Build your own browser, (byob.mozilla.com), which should help customize the settings. (I haven't tried it yet as we customized it manually)
We deploy with WPKG and find it works quite well. Not all companies use the MSI deployment tools...
One step at a time, man. Getting them back to a semi-reasonable release and maintenance schedule is probably going to have to be enough for now. MCSE-friendly installation can come later, and this has to happen first anyway.
They're releasing less versions now then they did during 3.x if you look at the total quantity of updates rather then the version number.
Yea, the versioning makes it look likes its something from the 90s considering firefox is on 9 now I think, but ya, firefox's versioning system is still non-intuitive and according to the dev team everybody has to live w it.
Why? Firefox 4 wasn't released six weeks after 3.6.
Does this mean FF 10 will support PowerPC?
(probably not)
One less supported browser for my old PPC boxes...
Why would it? FF4 and later don't support it.
Someone else is doing TenFourFox, a port: http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/ [floodgap.com]
With the first ESR release (which will be Firefox 10), comes the Firefox 3.6 end of life announcement.
ESR stands for extended support release. Which means it will lag behind in updates to the main version but be updated only for security/stability reasons, just like Firefox 3.6.
This is what people were asking for right...? A stable version of Firefox that will be updated about every year instead of every 6 weeks?
And Noscript already works on the latest Firefox.
I don't think there's an ESR for Firefox 3.6. It sounds like ESR is only a backport of security and stability fixes for supported browser versions, which, once 3.6 has been phased out, starts at 4.
Er, 4 hasn't been supported for a while. Nor 5. Nor 6. Nor 7. 8 was EOLed on December 20, and 9 will be EOLed on Jan 31.
There are no backported security or stability fixes for 4-8. To put it in Mozilla's terms, 5 is the security/stability release for 4 [mozilla.org], 6 is the security/stability release for 5, and so on.
According to TFA, the first ESR will be 10, not 4.
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There you go, FTFY, now you can move to Chrome.
Going to Chrome because of version bloat on Firefox seems a trifle funny. There may be reasons to go to Chrome, but protesting version bloat isn't one of them.
Well, Chrome does a whole host of things better than Firefox. Stability and memory usage are key. GP was probably weighing whether the stability and memory usage is worth not having control of what Javascript runs and what doesn't.
My copy of Firefox 3.6.x has comparable memory usage to Chrome when you actually add up what all the Chrome child processes use.
And the only memory I've seen in a long time are add-on related (Firebug I'm looking at you).
And I honestly can't think of the last time Chrome or Firefox crashed on me. Maybe once in the last 6 months due to flash?
Chrome handles Flash crashes slightly better but they still happen.
For me, Chrome's real selling points are the better javascript engine and a smoother GUI (it definitel
You'll have to provide sources for Firefox's alleged instability. Here's a link to Mozilla's Firefox crash statistics [mozilla.com]. If you can link to a report about Chrome's stability, it would be very useful.
As for memory, Mozilla have been working on reducing memory in Firefox with the MemShrink project [mozilla.org]. Nicholas Nethercote's blog [mozilla.com] has the latest reports on improvements to the upcoming versions. Even then, it's been established before in testing that Chrome is a relative heavyweight [tomshardware.com] when it comes to memory.
The crashes aren't uniformly distributed. Far from it. If you hit a problem case, it'll crash 10 times a day. If you don't, it'll run for months without an issue.
As you already observed, extensions are the main problem makers, and that's true for all browsers.
Going to Chrome because of version bloat on Firefox seems a trifle funny. There may be reasons to go to Chrome, but protesting version bloat isn't one of them.
Chrome makes it so you don't care what version you use.
Updates are applied transparently in the background (no admin needed), which happen when you start the browser. Extensions stay working and AREN'T version-dependent. (Firefox is supposed to have a stable extension API so new versions don't break extensions, but...).
And no funky UI changes that kee
The ESR is specifically targeted at groups looking to deploy it within a managed environment. It is not intended for use by individuals, nor as a method to mitigate compatibility issues with addons or other software. Mozilla will strongly discourage public (re)distribution of Mozilla-branded versions of the ESR.
They essentially admit that the problem is major enough for people to want to get this "corporate world only" release, and they actually want to prevent people from getting it as much as possible. Disgusting.
Looks like I may have to try out Fx 4 and see how things go.
3.6 is a very nice browser. Never had any problems using it or with memory usage.
*Sigh* Why is it when I find something that just does what I want, the manufacturer has to discontinue it and replace it with something a whole lot crappier?
Looks like I may have to try out Fx 4 and see how things go.
You mean Firefox 9.0.1, right? Firefox 4 isn't supported anymore.
Sigh. As one of the Righthaven tools[1] found out the hard way
For some stupid reason, ECF specifies an ACCEPT parameter of "image/*" for the PDF upload forms, which of course is incorrect (PDFs are MIME type "application/pdf" per IANA [iana.org]; see also, e.g., RFC 3778 [rfc-editor.org]).
As of FF 4.0 (https://developer.mozilla.org/en/HTML/Element/input [mozilla.org]), that 'accept' parameter is honored and FF filters the file selector box to only permit image filetypes to be uploaded. End result? #massivefail
Yes, ECF is broken. But try getting not one, but 89, Federal bureaucracies to fix their tech in a timely fashion... (Each district court runs its own ECF system.)
[1] Declaration of Shawn A. Mangano, Esq., Righthaven LLC v. Democratic Underground, LLC, No. 10-cv-01356-RLH-GWF, docket entry 127-1 (Dist. Of Nevada, June 29, 2011)
I'm really unimpressed with any lawyer who couldn't figure out how to change the filter to "All Files" so that they could find the PDF. Yes, it works fine. Yes, I whipped up an HTML test page and I tried it.
I'll give the benefit of the doubt and assume that you, being a geek lawyer, either knew this or could have figured it out, and it's just the Righthaven tools who apparently don't know how computers work.
Of course, a FF extension to change the accept parameter of <input type="file"/> elements would
It's not reasonable to hold Firefox/Mozilla responsible for other people's broken and steaming piles. They were nice enough to give everyone several YEARS to figure it out and do the right thing. The three toed sloth is slow, but at least it moves.
Finally, we know for sure which "major versions" are worthwhile: 10, 17, 24...
It's interesting looking at how the minimum requirements for 3.6 [mozilla.org] and 9 [mozilla.org] compare. In just under 2 years, the recommended hardware for FF has effectively quadrupled in Windows. Macs have odd changes and Linux doesn't warrant minimum/recommended requirements.
Looking at the recommended requirements from a different angle, you need at most a 12 year old system to run FF on Windows and a 6 year old system for Macintosh. Linux's restrictions are solely software dependencies.
That IS weird, considering they've rolled out only minor updates and UI problems since 3.6. I'm puzzled that the requirements would have changed at all.
I believe you'll find the new randomly-positioned status bar takes a lot more RAM and CPU than the old one because it has to continually work out which part of the screen you're trying to read and then ensure it always pops up on top of it.
I believe the 3.6 requirements just hadn't been updated in a few years and were more or less totally bogus. When 4 shipped, the requirements were updated to reflect reality.
Someone tell me why any enterprise should ever donate Mozilla a single penny of support ever again? Mozilla has aggressively and loudly snubbed enterprise users (after having courted them), has refused to listen to anything other than their politically-driven BS, and have told people to change their way of dealing with upgrades just to accommodate Mozilla. Looks like an abrupt about-face after those "evil corporations" stopped contributing. So when's the next ideologically-motivated "fuck you" change coming?
It's very disappointing. I worked at Netscape back in the 1994-1996 timeframe, and I knew some of the people who did very well in the Netscape IPO then went on to Mozilla. They've apparently changed. I guess it's okay to be enterprise-hostile after the enterprises have landed them a huge paycheck...
Someone tell me why any enterprise should ever donate Mozilla a single penny of support ever again? Mozilla has aggressively and loudly snubbed enterprise users (after having courted them), has refused to listen to anything other than their politically-driven BS, and have told people to change their way of dealing with upgrades just to accommodate Mozilla.
Mozilla created Extended Support Releases specifically to accommodate enterprise users. In what way did they "refuse to listen"?
In all the versions I've used, FF offers you an upgrade without first checking how many of your existing extensions won't come along for the ride. After one bad experience, I decided no upgrade was preferable to a negative upgrade, on the suspicion that one or more of my plug-ins would bonk.
The simple technical advisory function was MIA.
It's good they have finally picked a release for long term support. I don't give a shit that they say it this is not for individuals, I'll be sticking with 10 if it is LTS in any way, and that is what I will encourage others to use.
I am tired of being what amounts to their beta tester. And it irks me that anyone would use the public at large in that way.
Just hope they are serious about this. In the past most of their "enterprise" efforts have just been talk.
So I should probably think about updating all the machines I have running Firefox 22.214.171.124?
We have a bunch of older Mac running 10.3.9 that can't even update to Firefox 3.6 because it requires 10.4.
I thought the whole point of Firefox was that it was supposed to have lower system requirements than IE.
I thought the whole point of Firefox was that it was supposed to have lower system requirements than IE.
Who said that?
I could see them maintaining their own patches for it. They did that with previous LTSes (definitely 6.06) once the bundled version of Firefox had gone EOL.
For what?
April 24th, 2012.
I'm on 12 already.. get off the short bus people!
. . . to something more in line with expectations. For the ESR patches, number them 10.0.1, 10.0.2, etc, while the mainline goes 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, etc. until the new ESR (currently planned to be 17) gets version 11.
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Jack Quayle was an Australian cartoonist, born in Hobart. During the 1920s and 1930s, he was a cartoonist for The ML Bulletin, Fairplay, Aussie and Humour, doing mostly sporting subjects. He was the creator of 'Casual Connie', the first Sydney daily strip with a continuing story, for The Daily Telegraph. He was a political cartoonist with the Adelaide News for twelve years, where he also created the comic strips 'Dora' and 'Perce the Punter'. Quayle returned to Sydney in 1947 to work for Truth and the Daily Mirror. His 'Perce the PUnter' appeared in the Daily Telegraph in 1960-62, and then the artist turned freelance.


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Hi, I am a 25 year old software professional living in Central delhi (which some people treat as a posh area) with a single parent and a moderate earning and living. I have lots of issues bugging me these days besides my personal struggles:
1. The area around me (and it seems the issue is prevalent in other areas and cities as well) is degrading by the day. Population growth, immigrants, dirt, parking issues, sewage bursts, tobacco spitting everywhere, constant fights over everything, rickshaws everywhere has made it difficult for me to breathe and survive in a peaceful environment.
2. There are no rules: no traffic rules, no rape laws, no theft or property laws. It seems that those that are making huge moolah (black money I'm sure) are buying more n more cars and range rovers and spilling their big machines over small roads and creating havoc.
Those that have connections and money are surviving happily and those that are not are merely surviving until they get a chance to immigrate to another country.
3. I for one can go abroad if I want to (anyone can) and I am not that patriotic either. Countries are mere boundaries. However, I cannot function independently in my own country. Also, I have a mother who is obviously not in the pink of her health and I cannot go abroad with her/without her.
Moreover, it seems like a temporary escape to throw everything up in the air and find a decent country with law abiding citizens and a sense of ownership and respect and immigrate there. I don't want to be an immigrant when I hate immigrants.
It is not the recent Delhi rape incident that opened up my wound. It is the 25 years of growing up in a city that is falling down like a stack of cards right in front of my eyes. No amount of protests, aggression, good boy behavior etc. from our end has helped or will help when all other humans around us are just acting like vultures.
Please suggest me how to get out of this mess. It is difficult to leave everything behind and find a city in my own country or any other country that can provide a decent transition vis a vis my current career and care/relatives of our present surroundings.


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Debian are true to things like the original init., the standard file hierarchy and so on.
No, we aren't. We are going to switch to systemd with Jessie. We're just currently in freeze, so we can't make such fundamental changes.
There was a talk by Michael Biebl and Tollef Fog Heen on the systemd integration for Jessie at FOSDEM.
Gentoo will probably make the jump sooner or later, they already admitted at FOSDEM that their udev fork is pointless ("a toy project").


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Grieving of a Yankees Fan
It's been quite some time since my last post, and of course school is partially to blame for that. The big reason is because I've been mourning – mourning the end of the 2011 season. Every year you don't win the World Series, it ends this way: losing. It happens more often than not, though the Yankees were lucky enough to come out on top more than any other franchise. If it occurs more than it does not, then why am I taking it so hard this season?
I've been contemplating this since October 6, and still I am empty handed.
As I've said throughout the entire 2011 season, nobody really expected the Yankees to win it all this season. There were too many question marks. And I remember trying to convince myself that I wouldn't be too disappointed if they lost. I thought I had myself fooled.
I was wrong.
I think it hurts so much this year because my Yankees were the underdogs. People didn't have high expectations, and the Yankees surprised them. This season was so magical, and I hoped the magic would continue and carry them to #28. It didn't happen, and I still can't believe that it is over. In that ALDS game 5, they came so close. I'd rather they had been blown out.
It's tough knowing that baseball is going on without the Yankees in the mix of it. To me, the offseason starts when the Yankees are done. I know this postseason has been exciting, but it really doesn't do anything for me.There's no emotional attachment to any other teams, to any other players, so I don't feel personally involved. Sure, I'm picking the Cardinals to win because they were my NL choice (I hoped for Yankees vs. Cardinals World Series) when they made it into the playoffs, but to think I'm going to sit down and watchthis Rangers vs. Cardinals World Series with enthusiasm? It's just not going to happen.
Though it's not easy, things are getting a little better with time. That loss is becoming farther and farther behind. Every once in awhile, I have a bad day, and the same questions and hypotheticals bombard my mind: "Why couldn't Jesus Montero play?" "If only Jeter's long fly in the 8thof game 5 went over the wall…"
If only…
I'm hoping that once the playoffs are over and the holidays are getting closer, I won't be thinking as much about baseball and my grieving will be over. I'm just wondering how much is left. Here's what I've been through so far:
1) Denial
Even though I knew that game 5 meant being on the brink of elimination, I never really thought the Yankees would lose. They were at home, they had rookie sensation Ivan Nova on the mound, and they were coming off an incredible victory that was courtesy of A.J. Burnett's step-up performance. It just didn't seem possible that it would end right there. I was thinking about the ALCS, and the fact that Jesus Montero would get playing time because the Rangers have so much left handed pitching, which he kills. Even when the Yankees were behind, Ithought they'd come back. Joe Girardi managed to keep the opposing offense off balance for most of the night by piecing together the innings with different pitchers, and I thought they were destined to win. When they were down in the 9th with Granderson, Cano, and Rodriguez due up, I was thinking about a walkoff pie. Thoughts of failing were quickly brushed away, and when it happened, I entered stage two.
2) Shock
Alex Rodriguez's pathetic strikeout ended the season for my Yankees. All of a sudden, I was taken back to one year ago, where I was sitting downstairs with my brother while we were semi-watching Game 6 of the 2010 ALCS against the Rangers. A-Rod stood there looking as the called third strike sailed by, sending the stadium into a celebratory frenzy. I didn't know how to react, so I threw my shoe at the TV and stormed upstairs. 2011 was a little different. After A-Rod struck out, I really didn't know what to do. I stood there in disbelief and wondered if what I was seeing really happened, thinking, "There has to be another inning, right? It's not over."
It was.
I pleaded to myself, "NO! This isn't right." It began to sink in that the season was over, that the Yankees lost, and that I wouldn't see them for a long time. My emotions then began to boil over.
3) Anger
Once I realized it was all real, I was livid. I tried to find something, someone to blame. The barrage of cursing made my brothers laugh a little, but I was in no mood for laughter. I thought of perhaps just going to bed, but I knew I was too pissed to sleep. I logged in to facebook, where I chatted with a friend who too was experiencing the same stage of the grieving process. Then the angry statuses emerged from myself and many Yankees fans. Mine was directed at A-Rod, and let's just say it wasn't very ladylike. But who can maintain their composure in a time like this?
4) Sorrow
This is by far the hardest stage to deal with, and the one that reemerges randomly. When I finally decided to go to bed after venting on facebook for a few hours, I cried a little. The fact that it was October and I wouldn't be able to watch a real game until April was too much to bear. That's a long time. Past the holidays, past winter, and well into my second semester. It seems that it will never come. I wore my Brett Gardner jersey to school the next day anyway, because he was one of the only guys who actually performed well in the postseason. Some kids scowled at me, saying, "Why are you wearing that today? They lost." Obviously I didn't need to be reminded. Randomly on that Friday I felt the tears well up. I went to the lounge where my friend, my fellow facebook venter, and I sat in remorse. I told him I had cried a bit, and then almost started to right there before I pulled myself together. He was just as devastated, and we talked about the "if onlys" of that fateful game 5. We were mad, but by this time the sorrow had definitely taken precedence. My friend rolled up his sleeve and rubbed his Yankees tattoo, and said, "Always and forever."
5) Hopefulness
Although I don't want anyone else to feel the way I did, it was helpful for me to know I was not mourning alone. Discussing sorrows with another who knows what you are feeling is a healthy way to keep moving forward. He was right: "Always and forever." No matter what, we Yankees fans will remain fans. After a while, I began to think about what I thought all season: that if the Yankees didn't make it, I wouldn't be too disappointed, because it was a surprise that they even made it that far anyways. And my friend had a point that for some reason comforted me. He said that just because they lost didn't mean they weren't the best team. All throughout the season, the Yankees have lost a series here and a series there. They just so happened to lose when it counted most. They still put together an amazing season as AL East champs with the best record in the AL. How can you argue with that? Especially when the Phillies were knocked out when everyone thought they would win it all? He's right. The postseason is a crapshoot. It didn't go our way this time, but maybe next season it will.
I'd like to take this time to thank my boys:
Yankees, I know you have been eliminated for almost two weeks now, so hopefully you are getting over it as I am. I just want to thank you once again for an amazing season. It seems that with each new season, I feel even more excited and intense. Though time for blogging is scarce, I make sure to watch you every night. You guys are such a part of my routine and my life, that I don't know what to do without you. That is why the offseason is so hard. I don't want you to misunderstand: I'm not upset because you lost. I'm upset because it's over and other baseball is still going on. The farther you guys go, the quicker I get to welcome you into my home again. I hate not seeing you more than anything. You guys are family to me since you are always in mylife. And as each season gets more intense for me, each offseason gets harder. I want you to know that I am extremely proud of what you have accomplished this season. You have exceeded my expectations and have blown my mind.
Congrats on yet another incredible season, Yanks. It didn't end the way I wanted, but we've got a whole lot to smile over. The future is looking mighty bright, my boys.
I've got April 6th circled on my calendar.
Yankees, rest up, relax, but stay in shape. Enjoy the offseason and the holidays, and come back to me driven and ready to start the Chase for 28.
I know I'll be ready.


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As with most new subscription-based MMOs, it seems that the big question about Star Wars: The Old Republic is not if it'll go free-to-play, but when. BioWare has said it's having a good look at that market, but isn't yet announcing any concrete plans to move into it.
Speaking to gamesTM, lead designer Emmanuel Lusinchi said that free-to-play games wouldn't be competitors if they weren't any good, but "there are definitely good games out there and good games coming out, so of course all of this competition impacts your plan with what you want to do."
"The MMO market is very dynamic and we need to be dynamic as well" he explained. "Unless people are happy with what they have, they are constantly demanding updates, new modes and situations. So we are looking at free-to-play but I can't tell you in much detail. We have to be flexible and adapt to what is going on."
The Old Republic shed 25 percent of its players between February and the end of March, down from 1.7 million subscribers to 1.3 million. In May, one player estimated that there were only an average of 344 people on each server. BioWare's Old Republic team was recently hit with layoffs too, though of course an MMO needs fewer people to maintain it as time goes on.
The MMO market is about to get a little busier, too. Funcom's subscribalicious and supernatural The Secret World is out next week, while ArenaNet's subscription-free Guild Wars 2 is expected before the year's end.
Still, work on new content continues. Our John had a gander during E3 at what's to come later in the year, including a cat-like playable race, an HK-51 assassin droid companion, and new operations and war zones.


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Marlena arrives home and has made a decision, Morgan and Max profess their love and Kayla gets Ava to open up.
Sami runs down the stairs at the DiMera mansion to find a shirtless John. Since she is clearly uncomfortable, he puts a shirt on and she asks if EJ is still at the gym. He has no idea. She runs off just as EJ arrives and quietly asks if Samantha is home. John wonders why EJ is whispering, "Is Samantha home," to John. John asks why they're whispering and finds out EJ doesn't want Samantha to know he's home. He wanders off.
When Marlena arrives, John asks how her vacation was. She got lucky with Colorado weather, she says. John jumps at her he wants to know where they stand. Marlena laughs that he got right to the point and says her only option is to accept him as he is. He wants to celebrate but she tells him she'll never give up on the old John. She touches his face and he holds her hand but she flinches. He asks why she's afraid of him and says from what he understands, "The old me was just a dial tone!" Marlena says that's not true and tells him she needs a bath. John wants to join her and flirts that he can help wash her. He finds lingerie in her bag and laughs. He thinks she's going to model it for him. They fight over it when Sami and EJ come to see what's going on! Marlena, EJ and Sami head upstairs with Marlena's loot while John pauses to tell Rolf to work on his accent. Rolf goes to Stefano's painting and says he isn't sure he likes the monster he created! Rolf opens the secret compartment behind Stefano's painting and takes out the disc. He flashes back to Stefano and John, and Marlena interrupts when she walks down the stairs, wondering what Rolf is up to! Rolf says the painting was crooked. "Like the subject," she says and Rolf laughs it up and tells Marlena she has a wicked sense of humor and leaves.
Sami comes into the room and thanks her mom for the gifts. She wonders about the negligee. Marlena says she liked it and it was on sale, but Sami thinks she bought it for John. Marlena can take care of herself, and promises she'll be fine and careful, at Sami's request. "I hate to tell you this but men are pigs. All of them." Sami's talking of EJ, she says and she tells her mom Nicole's back and met and asked EJ to represent her. Sami says she begged EJ not to take the case because of how Nicole treats people. EJ comes down the stairs and overhears Sami say she won't let Nicole sink her teeth into EJ. Marlena tells Sami it sounds like she has feelings for EJ. Sami doesn't admit to this and is tired of people saying she's jealous. Marlena says she must care about EJ. Sami says she does. He's Johnny's father and she doesn't want her kids around Nicole. Sami says that she thought Marlena hated EJ. Marlena says a part of her will always hate EJ for what he did to hurt her but she believes people can change and says EJ scarified his relationship with his father to tell the truth. If that had not happened, John wouldn't be there. Sami understands but she can't agree with it. EJ walks in the room and tells Sami to listen to her mother! Sami accuses him of eavesdropping and John comes into the room and yells at everyone to stay quiet. He tries to work as Sami argues with EJ, who says Sami shouldn't have hit Nicole. Marlena and Sami head to the stairs when a baby cries and John leaves the room while EJ takes a call from Mr. Burke, the immigration officer. Sami returns to find out what was said.
At the pub, Max busts tables when Morgan interrupts to put up flyers for a recycling program they're having at the Theta House. She sadly tells him she is upset that her father is still in it deep with his issues. Max feels bad and hugs her, just as Stephanie walks in the door! Stephanie jealously tells Morgan she was covering this area with flyers and when Stephanie leaves them alone, Max reminds Steph that Morgan and he are just friends. A man sits at a table nearby, watching. He takes a call and is told to keep watching the Johnson girl. They may need her for leverage. Morgan flirts with Max and Stephanie jealously gets up and leaves, saying she's got to get her cell phone from the car. The mystery man, with a gun tucked into his jeans, follows her.
Stephanie returns and Morgan is flirting with someone else as Max busts tables. Steph tells him she didn't have any messages and asks who Morgan's talking to. He has no idea and accuses her of being jealous. Stephanie's first reaction is to lie but she admits she is. Max reminds her that Morgan's just that way. It's the whole Southern charm thing, he says! Stephanie realizes he's right when Morgan touches the guy she's with, flirting. Max says he likes how two hot chicks are fighting over him, mud wrestling..."Winner takes all," he says, jokingly. Stephanie smacks him playfully and goes off to apologize to Morgan. Morgan introduces Steph to Joe, and once he leaves, Morgan apologizes, thinking she has done something wrong. Stephanie says she read too much into things and apologizes. Morgan tells her to trust that nothing is going on between she and Max and asks, "You love him, right?" She thinks she should tell Max!
Stephanie goes to Max and tells him she needs to talk about them. She gets cold feet and Max runs off momentarily. Morgan asks if she has told him but she says she needs to do it alone. Max turns the lights out and fakes a power outage to get the patrons to leave, so he can talk to Stephanie alone. Morgan takes this as a cue to leave while the mystery man lurks outside. Max turns the lights back on and Stephanie tells him she realizes she needs to stay close to those she cares for. She tells him, "I love you Max." She wishes they were somewhere more romantic so Max grabs some wine glasses and tells her that he loves her. They kiss and he turns on music so they can dance.
At the Vitali mansion, Angelo and Mikie arrive to Ava's room to take Kayla to her new room. She fights them and asks to talk to Ava. Angelo tries to threaten her but it falls on deaf ears. She knows Ava wants her in one piece. Ava enters the room and the two argue about whether Kayla or Ava needs to be realistic about Steve. When Ava pops a pill, Kayla wants to know what they are. She tries to look at them but Ava isn't sure she wants to let her. Kayla says she cares about her and if she's going to be a mother to her baby, she wants to make sure she'll be okay. She'd like to help her if Ava will let her. Ava says she has seen half the doctors in the state and isn't sure she can be helped but Kayla has seen people in similar situations, she thinks she can help. Ava confides that she has tried to kill herself and has been on suicide watch since Patch left her. Kayla says the symptoms of what she had shouldn't have lasted for more than a month. She wants to know more about the pills Ava takes, so Ava grudgingly tells her she takes them 1-6 times a day to relax her. Kayla thinks someone doesn't have her best interest at heart, considering the pills appear to make Ava anxious. Ava's demeanor changes and she forces Kayla out of the room and tells Angelo that it's time for her to be with Patch, who is sleeping.
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Chelsea tells Dr. Daniel not to worry about her. She's in good hands.
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Illinois' 2nd District Appellate Court ruling upholding the expansion of the Waste Management landfill south of Cortland looks like the end of the legal challenges on the matter.
At least, it ought to be.
The citizen-led group Stop the Mega-Dump was within its legal rights in challenging the DeKalb County Board's decision to allow the expansion.
It appealed first to the Illinois Pollution Control Board – which upheld the county's decision – and then to the appellate court – which upheld the pollution control board's finding – saying the County Board had allowed for more public participation in its hearings than required by law; that its members had not taken improper tours of another Waste Management landfill; and that there was no proof board members had made up their minds before the issue came before them.
There's nowhere else for the anti-landfill group to turn short of the Illinois Supreme Court, which might decline to hear the case.
Dan Kenney, organizer of Stop the Mega-Dump, told Daily Chronicle reporter Jeff Engelhardt that the group was still mulling its options. Members might appeal to the state Supreme Court, or they might mount a challenge on behalf of Cortland Township residents, who held a 2010 special meeting of electors, where those in attendance voted to oppose the expansion.
But it seems the only real beneficiaries of continued legal appeals would be the attorneys who work on them.
The decision to allow the landfill expansion was made more than two years ago. Two higher bodies now have upheld it.
At the Cortland Township meeting in 2010 – a five-minute video that can be seen online on YouTube – a gathering of residents said by simple voice vote they would not allow the expansion of the landfill in the township.
But the County Board's authority trumps that of the township. If the Cortland Township vote really made a stronger case, it would have been the one the opponents went with in the first place.
It's understandable that an expansion that would allow the landfill to accept as many as 2,000 tons of trash a day would be unpopular. At some point, however, the community and the company should be allowed to move forward.
The impact of the expansion has not been felt. Waste Management has assured residents that a larger landfill will not endanger their health and safety.
Rather than expending more time, energy and money trying to stop an expansion that seems inevitable, perhaps those who oppose it should shift their focus to ensuring the company keeps its word.
Make sure that the landfill can fit safely within the community.
If there are signs that it does not, they should raise their voices again and demand that any problems be addressed.


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Also, the Beltran deal just happened to take place mid-season when he was finally showing production because he was finally healthy for some period of time. He was marketed as the best bat available and he really was. Dickey, while being 38, it was a give and take situation. Yeah he's 38, but he's a knuckleballer with no ucl with 3 years of data showing he's a front-line pitcher, last year being the pinnacle of his career, so far... And because he's 38 and a knuckleballer, he also gets paid peanuts compared to what other aces make.
So you're able to have an ace getting paid middle of the rotation money on a short-term deal... that's a rare situation to be in. Imagine that trade for Johan ended in us signing him to a 2-year extension... the flexibility we'd have would be amazing. Plus Dickey will be pitching in a dome most of his time there with much improved defense over what we were fielding. AA is no dummy. You want Any of those guys mentioned, get ready to deal 2 of Niese, D'arnaud, Harvey, and Wheeler along with someone like Syndergaard or Fulmer and a b-level prospect like Tovar.


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The Yankees designed pitcher Chase Wright, 26, for assignment today to make room on the 40-man roster for Andy Pettitte. Wright is best known for giving up consecutive home runs to Manny Ramirez, J.D. Drew, Mike Lowell, and Jason Varitek on April 22, 2007. If that's not enough to get DFA'd, nothing is! Seriously, I was surprised that the Yanks cut Chase Wright over Dan Giese. Granted, Giese did carve a nice niche out of the pen last year, but I think Wright has better long term potential as age is certainly a factor. I can see it now…the Yanks cut Wright after 10 days; he is quickly picked up by Boston, and returns to Yankee Stadium to throw a no-hitter for the Red Sox.
Hopefully, the Yankees will be able to get something in return for Wright, which I think they most likely will. Perhaps he will be part of a trade that involves Xavier Nady or Nick Swisher.
As we get closer to spring training, I am becoming more and more reluctant to part with either Nady or Swisher. I'd rather see them compete for the right field, and let the best Nick, errr I mean, man win.
Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner , when asked about Manny Ramirez, responded "We're out of it". Of course, you always have to take what Hank says with a grain of salt. I'd find the statement to be more credible if it were coming from Hal Steinbrenner. But, to Hank's defense, he was the one in the organization who wanted Ramirez. Nevertheless, you never know if the comments are continued posturing or a statement of fact. Given the payroll and economical concerns, I do think the Yankees won't pursue Ramirez. But then again, they are the Yankees and they play in a completely different universe.
It is interesting to see the retractions and backpedaling by Tom Verducci and Joe Torre regarding their book, The Yankee Years. Don't get me wrong, I still believe that the book needs to be read in its full context before decisions and judgments are made. But, Torre read and re-read the book, and was comfortable with its contents. Based on David Wells book alone, you know that little snippets get leaked in advance of the book's release so Torre had to know that anything potentially controversial would hit the streets prematurely. Verducci said that Torre was a third person author who is being treated as the first person author by the New York media. Torre allowed his name to be put on the book so he has to take full responsibility for its contents, regardless of who said what.
I think this will die down after the book's release, but Joe has created the very media circus that he always tried to avoid. This will be a distraction in the Yankees camp, and I suspect that Joe will be asked more Yankee-related questions than Dodger ones when he reports to camp. Good timing, Joe. Hopefully, Brian Cashman is right about this incident pulling the team together, standing united with A-Rod.
Joe Girardi has probably written a note to self, "Remember to trash only the Florida Marlins and Jeffrey Loria". Of course, the Marlins are not necessarily a guaranteed hook when writing a book so if you're going for the dollars, aim high.
I think Jason Varitek should accept Boston's two year offer which includes $5 million for the first year with a second year player option of $3 million, as opposed to the one year $5 million deal. The fact is that Varitek's offensive production is not going to improve at this point in his career, and could very well continue to erode. But, the intangibles that Varitek brings to the team justify his roster spot. As captain of the team, his leadership has been strongly evident to the players and fans, which includes opponents.
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Cash also mentioned how Jason goes out of his way to communicate with his pitchers, particularly when there are language barriers with someone like Daisuke Matsuzaka or Hideki Okajima. Boston will need to lean on catchers Josh Bard or George Kottaras, or perhaps still pursue a trade for someone like Miguel Montero, but Varitek needs to be there. To win, you want to beat the best, and Varitek makes the Red Sox better.
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... what I don't understand is if it's considered acceptable for Obama to provide an (allegedly) tampered-with electronic file of his long-form birth certificate in response to requests for verification, why doesn't Romney provide the same type of proof in response to requests for his tax returns?
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OK look, this is the "too long didn't read" thing about the birther thing, for me...the argument is that his mother flew to Kenya and gave birth to him there. OK, interesting argument, let's do that. I'm with you, let's go there.
People forget how difficult and how relatively rare air travel still was in those days. International flights really only started in the late 1950s a few years earlier. Do you know how many different flights she would have had to take to get from Hawaii to Kenya in 1961? Honolulu to California, California to the East Coast, the East Coast (refueling at Gander Bay, Canada) to London, London to maybe Cairo, Cairo to Nairobi. How much would that have cost? And while 8 months pregnant? It would have taken her AT LEAST 21 hours MINIMUM to do it, probably longer, up to two days if the flights weren't timed well, and would cost about $2000 or $13,000 in today's money. It's a fact -- you can look this stuff up about airline prices and routes in magazines of the era and whatnot, to see what things cost and how long it took. It's not conjecture.
And then you would be stuck having your baby in Africa rather than in a modern American hospital in Honolulu. Or you could go the other way around the world to get there — it's about the same distance either way. Kenya and Hawaii are more or less on the opposite sides of the globe, almost as far apart as two places can be. Birthers act like she could just log into Orbitz and hop on a 747 and be there in Kenya a few hours, forgetting how different a 707 is from a 747, and how expensive and rare flying was in those days.
Flying was a luxury back then, not routine. Ever heard of the phrase "the jet set?" The phrase originated in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and that's because flying and especially intercontinental jet travel at that time were for the super rich, the elite, not for starving students and their pregnant wives.
Do people realize what a production it was to buy international plane tickets from multiple international airlines, from a travel agent back then, with no Orbitz, no faxes, no email, nothing but phone and snail mail? You're not going to believe this if you're under 30, but credit cards were not really used over the phone very much back then, and not very many people had them, especially not starving exchange students. Then the tickets would have to be ordered, printed on the mainland, and mailed back to the travel agent in Honolulu. Yes it was possible for them to go, but really difficult and expensive.
And the theory is that she went to Kenya to meet Obama's parents, and then the Kenyans "wouldn't let her back on the plane to go home" because of her advanced pregnancy. Here is the problem with that. If she was that pregnant, 8 months pregnant, they certainly wouldn't have let her on the plane to begin with, back in America, for her to even get to Kenya. Pregnant women simply did not travel by plane in those days, they mostly didn't travel at ALL back then. This would have been against the advice of her doctors, and against all the mainstream medical science of the day, even just to GET her there. Women who were pregnant "stayed put" in those days, it would be considered a big production to get your 8 month pregnant wife in and out of a restaurant, let alone halfway around the world by plane. It was not like today, where pregnant women exercise, travel, drive, and do all sorts of things.
In those days you boarded a 707 by going up and down steps, those rolling stairway things. No extending walkways out to the plane, and no moving sidewalks in airports like today. Airports typically didn't even have wheelchairs in them back then, it was rare. You think an airline is going to let a pregnant lady walk across the tarmac and up and down 32 steps a bunch of times?
So that is my thing about the birther thing. The "Kenyan-birth" version of the story has some major flaws in it, that nobody has really addressed.
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That's a good one SaintBro, didn't think about it like that....
I think the White House was stupid for even touching this issue late last year and early this year because if I were a democratic strategist, I would want Republicans and Conservatives to concentrate as much of their time on this issue, to their peril - as much time as humanly possible.
The birther thing is an EXTREME "cause" only adopted by a small percentage of extreme right conservative. Mainstream GOP and conservatives reject this issue and some feel it's embarrassing to their party. Most Conservatives let this all pan out hoping something squeezes out of it.
The birther issue was not, and will NEVER be, the deciding factor between Romney and Obama. It does distract a TON of time and resources from loud mouthed, poster waving conservatives who are obsessed with this issue - a lot of time they could spend it on more affective issues.
For the President, it's better that the "loud faction" of Conservatives are obsessed with the birth certificate than the actual job numbers and economy which, by the way, have been admirably deflected by the Obama campaign team with bait and switch chicken poop conspiracy theories tactics much like this.
If I were a democratic strategist, I would stimulate the heck out of this sheriff to waste a ton of time and money on the birth certificate thing, and further detract from the reality that the economy is bad and the current sitting president takes the blame whether it's fair or not.
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What I love is that everyone gets a hard-on when a 'new' story breaks.
So, just to get this straight, a SHERIFF from Arizona has new proof. Is this the highest-ranking elected official still on this hunt? Was the PTA mom in South Dakota busy? How about a Boy Scout troop leader from Missouri?
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USA Today reports that Venus Williams will start hawking PowerAde, the sports drink second only to the Maria Sharapova-endorsed Gatorade in market share.
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NEW YORK — Coca-Cola's PowerAde is giving Gatorade a run for its calorie count.
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Traditional sports drinks, such as regular PowerAde, provide calories for energy as well as electrolytes to replace those lost in vigorous exercise.
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Williams drinks pink lemonade PowerAde on the court, but says she's wanted a lower-calorie alternative for less intense workouts.
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Zero comes in strawberry, mixed berry and grape, artificially sweetened with sucralose and acesulfame potassium.
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In addition to the push for Zero, PowerAde is ramping up its marketing overall for summer. It recently became a Little League Baseball sponsor and added 15 new athlete endorsers, including NBA star Carmelo Anthony of the Denver Nuggets and Philadelphia pro baseball player Ryan Howard.
Entering the peak season, Kahn says, "We think we have the right strategy… to take PowerAde up a notch. We expect big things from PowerAde Zero."