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Steve Taylor, CFCA sponsor, recently hosted a "Rise and Dream" movie night with others at his parish, St. Jerome Catholic Church, in Virginia.
There was an amazing turnout for the event, and Steve shared his reflection on the evening with us.
Thank you, Steve and St. Jerome parish, for your "Rise and Dream" movie night!
St. Jerome Catholic Church, Newport News, Va., hosted a successful showing of CFCA's documentary film, "Rise and Dream" to a crowd of approximately 180 parishioners.
The evening's success was the result of numerous factors centered on St. Jerome's connection to the Philippines, including Father Henry Diesta, a large spirit-filled Filipino community, a significant number of CFCA sponsored friends in the Philippines and the "Rise and Dream" movie, which was filmed in the Philippines.
The local Filipino community, led by Medy Gameng, supported the evening through delicious Filipino dishes, a folk-dance demonstration by four parish children (video below) and a heartfelt thank you to the parish and the individual sponsors of Filipino children and aging.
CFCA sponsors Gabe Franco and Lisa Garner provided insight into their sponsored friends and the importance of their sponsoring experience. They both requested that attendees consider sponsoring a child or aging person through CFCA.
Although the movie takes place in the Philippines, it represents the 22 countries in which CFCA operates. In all these countries, the children's needs and conditions are similar and so is their spirit and effort to succeed in school, to help themselves and their families financially.
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Will Mr. Zuckerberg Have to Go to Washington?
It was a bad time for Facebook's IPO to go south.
Retail investors are not happy. Class-action lawsuits have been filed against Nasdaq, Facebook and the three Wall Street investment banks that took it public. The Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the Massachusetts Secretary of State are all "looking into" just exactly how the deal went down.
So, will that be enough to sate a scorned investment public at large, especially amid a current political climate of public skepticism — if not outright contempt — for Wall Street as a whole?
Not at all, especially because it is an election year.
Therefore, cue the tsk-tsking politicians lining up Wall Street's powerbrokers, as well as a Facebook exec, for a session of pompous I-told-you-sos.
It's clear the big guns on Capitol Hill are gearing up to intervene. The Senate Banking Committee is in the process of meeting with Facebook, regulators and other stakeholders in the IPO, according to a statement issued by its chairman, Sen. Tim Johnson, on Wednesday.
"Once these briefings have concluded and the staff reports back to me," Johnson said, "I will determine if a Senate Banking committee hearing is necessary."
Maybe not necessary, but those hearings do seem inevitably inevitable.
Sen. Sherrod Brown, chairman of the Senate Banking subcommittee, chimed in as well. "There's a lot that we don't know about this IPO, but a lot that we do," Brown said in a statement released on Wednesday. "Effective capital markets require transparency and accountability, not one set of rules for insiders and another for the rest of us."
And while the House Financial Services committee didn't as yet return my Wednesday afternoon calls, HFS spokeswoman Marisol Garibay told Reuters that it is also being briefed on the issues, and is in the midst of "gathering information and facts."
After the most hotly anticipated IPO of the year was mired by technological and potential ethical issues, leaving thousands of retail investors holding the proverbial bag, it's natural that Congress would consider intervening. Allegations against Facebook and its underwriters surfaced earlier this week, claiming a Facebook executive explicitly told at least one member of its syndicate that the firms should lower their financial forecasts for Facebook at the eleventh hour, mere days before the highly anticipated IPO.
This apparently resulted in institutional investors dialing back the price at which these firms would buy Facebook stock, and that could have dampened demand for shares on the first day of trading, affecting retail investors' chances at any potential first day gains.
Some have taken steps to ease the investor backlash. Morgan Stanley may adjust prices of orders made by its retail investor clients, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Nasdaq, too, may earmark around $13 million in order to resolve bad trades.
But there is nothing like a good old-fashioned grilling of money makers and Internet zillionaires for the cameras of C-SPAN to make the summertime barbeque complete.
Eat it up, folks.

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The office guide to fashion suicide: flip-flops, shorts, hoodies
If you're rolling into work wearing ripped jeans, strapless tops, a hoodie and flip-flops, know this: Your colleagues disapprove.
The vast majority of American workers don't consider the Mark Zuckerburg fashion special to be appropriate attire for the office, according to a new report from staffing and recruiting agency Adecco USA.
More than seven in 10 employees surveyed said they frown on holey jeans, thong sandals and tops or dresses with no straps or backs. More than half said they look down on co-workers clad in hoodies, short skirts or pants.
About half said they think that cubicle-dwellers wearing leggings aren't being sartorially smart. Less offensive, but still not popular: white socks with black shoes, sneakers, open-toed shoes, sleeveless garb and even jeans matched with blazers.
Employees seem to be getting more finicky about how their colleagues dress. The 7% of respondents who said last year that they don't have a problem with any of the above options has since shrunk to 3%.
Maybe it's time to pull out the gray flannel suit. After all, it wasn't that long ago that Swiss bank UBS was micromanaging employee garb down to the underwear (flesh-colored only, please).
But maybe ditch the tie. Some bosses, such as Virgin's Richard Branson, consider the neck gear to be stifling for creativity.
"Being comfortable and confident in what you are wearing can only help people come up with more innovative and original thoughts," Branson wrote on his blog in May. "It's a little thing, but can make all the difference."
Flouting the dress code isn't the only way to offend your co-workers, according to Adecco.
Nearly half of workers said they are annoyed by associates who clip or bite their nails; 43% said they get grossed out when colleagues take their shoes off. And nearly three in 10 said they don't want to see officemates' tattoos or their hair-brushing and makeup-applying routines.
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Time's Arrow
Time flies like an arrow,
but fruit flies like a banana
The arrow of time has been understood for 100 years says Lumo, except, apparently, in the Caltech Cosmology department. Forgetting that for a moment, is it understood by Motl?
I find him a bit hard to understand when he's in his rage against the heathens polemical mode, but he and I have been in this rodeo before, so I'm just going to say that he seems to utterly miss the point in his critique of Sean Carroll and colleagues. The problem Sean addresses, and the Lubos tries to sweep under the rug, is that of how a direction of time emerges from time symmetric laws of microphysics.
Boltzmann was perhaps the first to struggle with this, and his answer was the so-called H theorem. Loschmidt pointed out that his proof in fact assumed something equivalent to what he was trying to prove. Lubos discusses a more recent attempt by Weinberg to prove a quantum field theoretic version of the H theorem. I couldn't really follow his discussion but there was at least one really interesting point - Weinberg apparently relates it to decoherence.
I couldn't entirely follow his next point either, but he helpfully summed it up:
Whenever you calculate the probabilities of evolution from one "macroscopic state" (being identified with an ensemble of similar microscopic states) to another, it's important that you sum over the microstates in the future, but you take the average over the microstates in the past.
So what does this mean? I'm not sure, but the obvious interpretation leads to some strange statistics. In the classical consideration of the interaction of a system with a heat reservoir one derives the density of states leading to the famous Boltzman factor. It is intrinsic to this derivation that microstates be counted the same way in both the initial state (or past state) and the final (future) state. The Lumo prescription, averaging over the initial states, appears to count only one state for each macrostate (or energy value). This guarantees that entropy increases in the future but produces a very non-Boltzmann distribution function.
So perhaps this isn't what he intends. What is clear is that his method of counting states one way in the past and another in the future amounts to a very violent imposition of time assymmetry - imposing the the very condition that he purports to demonstrate as a precondition. He admits essentially as much in the comments. So what's his point? That he wants to dis Sean C?
That's about all I get out of it. One more turn chasing his tail around the circle.


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I punched a bunch of one-inch circles out of #6 plastic, punched a couple of buttonholes in the center, and the girls and I got out the Sharpies and worked--
--and worked----and worked. I had a plan to make some buttons around the alphabet for my VWX Alphabet ATC Swap over at Craftster (you'll see in a moment why this is no longer part of the plan), and Sydney seemed to greatly enjoy making entirely black button after entirely black button, but Willow did this funny thing where she made faces out of the buttons, using the buttonholes as eyes:
Ahhhh, negative space.
With more forethought, I would have cut out circles of varying sizes and thereby avoided the below phenomenon in which all of our shrink plastic buttons are now nearly microscopic--But, eh. It's crafting!
What fun is forethought?
P.S. Check out my shout-out in the Weekly Craft Round-up over at The Long Thread. Woot!
P.P.S. I think it's really funny when people rename my posts when they link to them--they're all, "I'm sorry, but I am not putting the word "RAWK" on my blog!" Justifiable, I think.


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About an hour into the highly anticipated political debate -- "The Rumble in an Air Conditioned Auditorium" -- between talk show hosts, and long-time political frenemies Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly, the following exchange took place:
Stewart: We should eliminate the electoral college.
O'Reilly: I disagree. With the popular vote, New York, California, etc. control everything. That is not right.
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Hmmm…that got me thinking.
Have we seen much of the Presidential candidates here in California, the nation's most populous state and bestower of its biggest cache of electoral votes?
Of course not—well, only when they need to collect campaign contributions.
Why? Because arithmetic and demographics tell us that the Golden State's 55 electoral votes are solidly in the Democratic column.
That's why California voters get no respect during Presidential election years. (Of course, it's also why Californians aren't being bombarded with robocalls, negative advertising, and all-around electoral nastiness.)
What if we ditched the Electoral College, which apportions electoral votes to each state according to its representation in Congress, and elected our Presidents by a nationwide popular vote?
(By the way, the fact that each state has two senators—that translates into every state having, at least, 2 electoral votes—already dilutes California's influence in American politics and government.)
Look at eight battleground states that now share the focus of Presidential campaigning: Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Virginia and Wisconsin. Together, they have a total of about 44 million eligible voters, or about 21% of the country's roughly 213 million eligibles.
What if every one of our state's 32,780,847 eligible voters were up for grabs when we elect a President? With 15.4% of the nation's eligible voters, we'd no doubt feel much more political love.
And, yes, some elections would have different results.
Democrat Al Gore would have likely won the 2000 presidential election. Remember? The Gore-Lieberman ticket won the national popular vote by a 543,816-vote margin. In California, Gore won by 1,293,774 votes.
George Bush, of course, won in the Electoral College after a bitter dispute and a Supreme Court decision that declared the Republican to be the winner in Florida. Altogether, there have been three elections in which a candidate has won the Presidency by winning the Electoral College tally but not the popular vote: 1876, 1888, and 2000.
And here's a factoid that might be of special interest in this very blue state: in each of those three races, it was the Democratic candidate who won the popular vote, but lost the Presidency.
So, my fellow Golden Staters of every political preference, let's visualize how our collective political clout could increase if the Presidential process really was "one Californian, one vote."
Debater Stewart posited, "The electoral college makes absolutely no sense to me. I have no problem going with the popular vote."
I'm beginning to think California shouldn't have a problem either.


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Thailand Marine Conservation Project – May 2007
The volunteers on the project in May have been busy as always, working hard to achieve great results and battle the periodic spells of wet and windy weather, which threatens (and often succeeds) to disrupt the dive plans. When the winds pick up, it can get a little hair-raising if caught out at sea, especially in a long tail boat. Despite this we have managed to complete the full quota of dives for the month, carrying out reef monitoring, salvage dives, the usual dive courses and the start of an exciting new research project on coral transplantation and reef rehabilitation. I will begin by describing the coral transplantation project.
Reef rehabilitation is a contentious issue, with many scientists arguing that restoring a reef back to its original health and full biodiversity is incredibly difficult to achieve and is normally not economically feasible on large scales. Furthermore, even if the rehabilitation is successful, if the pressures that caused the reef to deteriorate in the first place are not removed (such as pollution, sedimentation, coastal development and damaging tourist activity), the reef will again deteriorate rapidly. There is still value, however, of carrying out small-scale scientific studies to investigate different methods and compare the cost-effectiveness of each. With this in mind and with the help of staff from Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC) and Marine National Park Operations Center we decided to set up our own project on Koh See, one of the local islands. At the end of a day in which the volunteers collected over 200 broken branching coral fragments that lay scattered on the seabed, two scientists from PMBC gave a presentation on reef rehabilitation, and explained the next day's activity. Some coral species, once broken off from the main colony, can continue growing if they are able to find hard substrate to grow on. So, the following day we attached the coral fragments back on to the reef using two different methods in the hope of studying which is the most effective and cost efficient. One method was to use plastic cable ties, securing each broken fragment to pieces of dead, but still solid and intact, coral. The other method involved sticking each fragment on to old oyster shells with quick drying cement, on board the Navada, then placing each shell securely on to parts of the reef during a dive. Over the next year, we will return every month to study the survival and growth rate of each fragment, using both manual measuring methods and monthly photographic comparisons. It was a good start to what will hopefully be a very interesting experiment, and one that all the volunteers can observe whilst they are on the project.
As well as the official dive courses, Pam and Guang have been helping the volunteers develop their buoyancy skills using a pvc buoyancy cube that they have to put together under water and then hover in various positions inside the cube. Not only is the hovering quite difficult, but putting the cube together can be a challenge that helps improve buoyancy control tremendously. It is also quite a fun activity and one that we will use more often as buoyancy is such an important skill to master when carrying out conservation diving.
There were four specific salvage dives during May at four different sites, where 14kg of debris was removed from the reefs and seabed. This consisted of the usual fish nets and traps, ropes & plastic bottles that we find on many dives. It is not only during salvage dives that volunteers pick up rubbish; during reef monitoring and fun dives, another 6.25kg of damaging rubbish was collected, making a total of 20.25kg for the month of May. On one dive, a lobster was found in a discarded fish net, so it was cut free and released to continue living. On the dives this month, volunteers have seen some great barracuda (one of which was hunting), a banded sea snake, 2 scribbled filefish, a lantern toby, several seahorses and bamboo sharks, a giant moray eel, a leopard shark and a large pharaoh cuttlefish.
On the terrestrial side of the project, we've had three beach clean ups at Andaman Beach, Klong Muang and Ao Nam Mao. On seeing the volunteers picking up litter, some locals from one of the resorts on Andaman Beach came out to help, and whilst cleaning Ao Nam Mao, Laura, who was struggling with a large tyre, was helped by a couple of locals also. Spontaneous help like this is very satisfying; it can be an unusual sight for locals to see a group of foreigners cleaning their beaches and if it spurs them on to help, or even just to take a minute to think why they are doing this, that is definitely a positive outcome. So, from the three beaches, a total of 524kg of rubbish was removed including a lifejacket, 75 lighters, a dive mask, 30 parts of flip flops, and 150 plastic bottle caps.
The volunteers have spent three days on the mangroves also this last month, carrying out various activities. One day was spent collecting 2236 mangrove seeds, and another day 1348 small plant bags were filled with mangrove soil. This work is done in conjunction with the local community at Baan Thung Prasan, and the villagers clearly collect more seeds and fill more bags in our absence, because on the third day volunteers planted 10,000 seeds into the previously filled bags. The seeds were mostly Bruguiera sexangula, with 374 xylocarpus granatum seeds, which is encouraging to see as it means that a variety of species will be planted towards the end of the wet season, rather than just a mono-culture ecosystem which is not the natural growth pattern of mangrove forests. Our work is greatly appreciated by the village leader, Phairot, and the community as a whole as they have grand reforestation plans that we are helping them to achieve.
So, May has been a productive month all round and the new coral project will hopefully yield some interesting results over the coming months. Plans for June include rebuilding the bridge across the klong at the mangrove research site and subsequently observing the growth rates of our seedlings, an environmental awareness-raising presentation at Klong Muang school with the children helping us clean the beach in front of their school, and a bio-workshop at PMBC on anemonefish and sharks.
Marten Meynell,
5th June 2007,
Director for Thailand Conservation,
Projects Abroad.
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AYER — It didn't start off as an arrest on Saturday, but it soon escalated into formal charges when an Ayer man kicked a police officer — twice.
According to Ayer Police, officers responded to a Shirley Street home at 2:30 a.m. on Saturday upon report of a domestic disturbance. Forty-three-year-old Ariel LeBron was removed from the home and placed into noncriminal detention at the Ayer Police Department.
While in the booking room, LeBron reportedly intentionally kicked Shirley Officer Jason Striniste in the leg. Later, as LeBron was being escorted to a cell, LeBron is alleged to have again intentionally kicked Striniste in the leg.
LeBron was charged with two separate counts each of assault and battery on a police officer and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon — his shod foot.


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Noodle Tuesday: 5 Favorite Cold Noodles in Honolulu
Clockwise from top left: Bean noodle at Ireh, salad udon at Jimbo, bibim naengmyeon at Budnamujip, chicken cold noodle at Goma Tei
Slurp your way to cool relief at some of our favorite noodle houses:
- Bean noodle at Ireh: Fresh, cold soy milk—made in house with ground soybeans and peanuts—bathe the noodles at this hidden Korean spot.
$10.95, 911 Keeaumoku St., 943-6000, irehrestaurant.com
- Hana chirashi soba at Inaba: Uni and ikura, tamago and tororo (grated mountain yam), all over the best soba noodles in town, make for a playground of textures.
$23.99 (dinner only), 1610 S. King St., 953-2070, inabahonolulu.com
- Salad udon at Jimbo: This is the ultimate salad udon of Hawaii. Skinny udon noodles are loaded with cucumber, cherry tomatoes, nori, corn, wakame, bell peppers and lettuce greens. Dig deep to find the fish-based sesame oil sauce hiding at the bottom.
$12.90, 1936 S. King St. #103, 947-2211
- Bibim naengmyeon at Budnamujip: These chewy noodles are simultaneously cool and fiery with chile heat. Crisp slices of sweet Asian pear and the accompanying bowl of cold, ginger-scented beef broth help soothe the spice.
$16.95, 871 Kapiolani Blvd., 593-8822
- Chicken cold noodle at Goma Tei: Chinese cold ginger chicken meets Japanese noodles: Tender slices of chicken cooked with sake, scallions and ginger chewy are fanned over thin udon and crunchy cucumber. Add the shoyu dipping sauce (made with sesame paste, vinegar and chili oil) for a mighty refreshing bite.
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If you're a hardcore fan of the Dead Rising series, you may well remember the punishing Infinity mode from the first game - the one in which Frank West had to constantly eat food in order to stay alive.
You may also be wondering why that challenge didn't return for Dead Rising 2, or for the forthcoming revised version, Dead Rising 2: Off the Record. Executive producer Jason Leigh has explained that while the new game will have an infinite Sandbox Mode, it won't work in quite the same way.
"With Infinity Mode in Dead Rising 1, the world was open to you but you health was constantly depleting, you were always on the hunt for food," said Leigh, speaking to VideoGamer.com this week.
"This time around we wanted to take that limitation. So no time limit, no story, no depleting health, but then adding that layer of challenges on top."
The removal of depleting health also rules out a return for the notorious 7 Day Survivor Achievement, which forces players to play the game solidly for 14 hours without dying or saving.
"With Achievements in general, we wanted to make them more accessible this time around," explained Leigh. "Dead Rising is a hard enough game as it is, but the Achievements have been pretty brutal. We've still got some very difficult ones, but we've brought the bar down a bit."
But Leigh added that other tweaks to the core Dead Rising formula - like the addition of checkpoints - are the result of user feedback.
"We definitely listen to fan feedback, and one of the advantages of making a game like this is that it's a second kick of the can. You get the benefit of all the press feedback, all of the fan feedback, and you can sort through it. That's one of the first things we always do - get everything up on a board and say, 'Okay, what are we going to act on here?'
"In terms of where you draw that line to strike that balance between doing something that may upset people, versus the group that will accept it and say, 'Perfect, this is what I asked for,' - I think it comes down to giving the option. With something like the checkpoint system, for example, it's there for people who want to use it. If you're a purist and you don't want to use it, then don't, right? You die, don't hit the checkpoint button, and go back to your last save."
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record will be released on October 14 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.


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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese police investigating allegations of widespread corrupt practices at GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK) are likely to charge some of its Chinese executives but not the British drugmaker itself, legal and industry sources said.
A charge against GSK itself would be a much more serious outcome for the company because it would imply higher-level corporate involvement and could result in major fines and even disruption to its operations in China.
Police are also unlikely to lay criminal charges against Briton Mark Reilly, GSK's former head of China operations, the sources said.
Reilly has been voluntarily assisting authorities following Chinese police accusations in July that GSK funnelled up to 3 billion yuan (308 million pounds) to travel agencies to facilitate bribes to doctors and officials to boost its drug sales. The alleged bribery took place over a six-year period from 2007.
The accusations are the most serious made against a multinational in China in years. GSK's sales in China, one of its most important emerging markets, dived 61 percent in the third quarter after hospital staff shunned visits by its sales teams in the wake of the probe.
The investigation has coincided with stepped-up Chinese scrutiny of how foreign firms do business in the world's second biggest economy, with the spotlight especially on graft and pricing in the pharmaceutical and infant milk formula markets.
The police investigation into GSK is likely to be concluded around the end of November or in December, said a person with direct knowledge of the probe.
The sources noted it was difficult to predict what Chinese authorities would ultimately do.
But the most likely legal scenario was that they would charge Chinese GSK executives, said the person with direct knowledge of the investigation and two other sources familiar with the matter. The sources declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the case.
The official Xinhua news agency in early September said the police investigation had found that the bribery of doctors was coordinated by GSK and was not solely the work of individual employees.
Indeed, the Ministry of Public Security had tried to find evidence tying GSK as a legal entity to the alleged wrongdoing, but it was unlikely authorities would be able to prove its involvement at a corporate level, said the person with direct knowledge of the investigation.
"There will likely be big fines, but it's unlikely GSK will be thrown out of the country," the person said.
The Ministry of Public Security, which is spearheading the investigation, did not respond to requests for comment.
GSK has said some of its senior Chinese executives appear to have broken the law. It has also said it has zero tolerance for bribery, calling the allegations in China "shameful".
"The investigation is ongoing and we are fully cooperating with the authorities. The investigation is subject to Chinese law and GSK respects this. As such, we are unable to comment further at this stage," said GSK spokesman Simon Steel.
Police have detained four senior Chinese GSK executives. They include vice president and operations manager Liang Hong, who gave an account on Chinese television in July of how the alleged bribery was carried out.
Reilly, who was in charge of the business at the time the accusations were made, left the country in early July for London and was replaced as head of GSK operations in China on July 25. He has since returned to help authorities.
Lawyers said it would be extremely rare for the Chinese government to pursue a criminal case against a foreign company, but if one was charged, the result would likely be significant fines and disruption to its operations in China.
The State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC) issues all firms in China a business license, which under extreme circumstances can be revoked.
"It would be unprecedented frankly. I don't know any previous case in which the Chinese government has laid criminal charges against a foreign company," said Daniel Chow, professor of law at Ohio State University.
Four executives from mining giant Rio Tinto were jailed in March 2010 for taking bribes and stealing commercial secrets in the most serious previous case against a multinational firm. The company was never charged.
Individuals found guilty of serious bribery can face 10 years to life in prison, according to China's criminal code. A voluntarily confession can result in a sentence reduction.
If allegations of bribery are not found to be criminal but administrative in nature, authorities can fine individuals up to 200,000 yuan.
Under Chinese law, action may be also be taken against managers with responsibility over a region or sector, although lawyers said this would also be unusual.
"For senior management to be charged you have to prove that this person has awareness or knowledge of the criminal act, or at least should have known but did not exercise his duty of care," said the second source, a China-based lawyer with knowledge of the investigation.
"I'm not sure the government has the evidence supporting these allegations."
Lawyers said any fines levied against GSK would depend on the severity of the charges against its executives.
Spending in China's healthcare sector is forecast to nearly triple to $1 trillion (627 billion pounds) by 2020 from $357 billion in 2011, according to consulting firm McKinsey.
China is also set to be the second-biggest drugs market behind the United States by 2016, according to IMS Health.
GSK sold 759 million pounds of pharmaceuticals and vaccines in China in 2012, up 17 percent on 2011, representing around 3.5 percent of the group total.
In the wake of the probe, GSK has pledged to reform its operating model in China to root out any incentives for corruption and also bring down the cost of medicines.
China's health sector is riddled with graft, fuelled in part by low base salaries for doctors at the country's 13,500 public hospitals, the main buyers of drugs.
U.S. authorities are also investigating the British drugmaker for violations of U.S. anti-bribery laws in the wake of the China accusations and it could also face questions from Britain's Serious Fraud Office.
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Curse of Naxxramas' initial wing launched on Tuesday, much to the delight of eager fans. The Arachnid Quarter features exactly what Warcraft veterans should expect, that being a lot of spiders. Anub'Rekhan, Grand Widow Faerlina and Maexxna serve as the first trials thrown at adventurers looking to fight their way to the nefarious lich Kel'thuzad. Today, we'll go over a bit about what these baddies do, and how best to crush them.
The Traitor King boasts a couple of unique mechanics that are worth making note of. His hero power Skitter allows him to summon a 3/1 Nerubian for two mana. On heroic mode, it's a 4/4 Nerubian for two, which is pretty brutal. Anub'Rekhan also has access to a unique card called Anub'ar Swarm, which can really just ruin your day if you don't expect it. It costs a whopping seven mana, but does three damage to all of your minions and heals Anub'Rekhan for three health. Definitely prepare yourself for that, come turn seven. Beyond that, this fight's not too difficult. Anub'Rekhan has access to the rogue specific Curse of Naxxramas card Anub'ar Ambusher, and while 5/5's nothing to scoff at, destroying it will force another random minion on the board back into his hand, assuming there's anything he has anything else in play. It doesn't permanently deal with the threat, but it does buy you time to develop your board in response. Also of note, expect a strange blend of warlock and mage spells, specifically Shadow Bolt, Mortal Coil and Frostbolt.


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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) No. 4 Florida is losing at least three underclassmen to the NFL.
Tight end Jordan Reed, the team's leading receiver this season, declared for the NFL draft Friday. He joined safety Matt Elam and defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd as Florida players skipping their senior season.
Reed, a junior from New London, Conn., had 45 receptions for 559 yards and three touchdowns this season. He was a first-team, All-SEC selection by The Associated Press.
``I've enjoyed four good years at Florida, but I feel that now is the right time to pursue my dream of playing in the NFL,'' Reed said in a statement released by the school.
Floyd and Elam announced their intentions following a 33-23 loss to Louisville in the Sugar Bowl on Wednesday night. Defensive end Dominique Easley said he was unsure about his plans.
``It's been a dream for all three of these players to pursue a career in the NFL and now they are all getting a chance to realize that dream,'' coach Will Muschamp said. ``We are very thankful for their contributions to the Florida football program over the years and we wish them the very best of luck in the pursuit of their dreams.''
Reed's draft stock is the most questionable of the three early entrants.
Floyd and Elam are considered early round picks, maybe even first-day selections.
Floyd recorded 46 tackles, including a team-high 13 for loss. He also had six quarterback hurries, three sacks, two blocked kicks and a forced fumble.
``I sat down and talked to a lot of people about my decision and I'm going to go in the draft this year,'' Floyd said. ``All my focus was on my team and on this season. Now it's time to move on. The coaches supported my decision and I'm ready.''
Elam led the Gators with four interceptions and was second on the team with 76 tackles. Elam had 11 tackles for loss, five pass breakups, two sacks and a forced fumble.
``I've had three great years here at the University of Florida,'' said Elam, whose older brother plays in the NFL. ``I've had a lot of advice during the process and I feel like it's the right decision for me and my family.''


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Susan Granger's review of 'Bears'
Disneynature's fifth theatrical documentary follows a family of three grizzlies -- protective mother Sky and her two newborn cubs: curious Scout and obedient Amber.
Set in Alaska's rugged Katmai National Park, it begins as they emerge from their snowy den after winter hibernation and make their way down the mountain trail, barely avoiding an avalanche.
As they proceed toward the grassy meadows and streams where they can feed on spawning salmon, danger lurks. Statistically, only half of all bear cubs survive their first year of life, succumbing either to starvation or predators --
like Magnus, the area's dominant alpha male, the outcast Chinook and the prowling wolf Tikaani.
British co-directors Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey ("African Cats"), working with co-writer Adam Chapman, anthropomorphize the animals, giving them human names, characteristics and imagined dialogue, to create an educational, emotionally appealing story, which is amiably narrated by John C. Reilly.
Parents should know the abandonment and drowning scares are delicately handled but could, nevertheless, upset tiny tots.
The vibrant cinematography is spectacular, both aerial and ground shots, and youngsters will be amused by the vivid footage of the bears' clumsy but efficient fishing as the salmon jump out of the water, valiantly trying to make it upstream. George Fenton's symphonic score emphasizes the intrinsic drama, epitomized by Olivia Holt's "Carry On."
On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "Bears" is an engrossing, engaging 8 -- and the closing credits reveal behind-the-scenes glimpses of filming in the wild.


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I'm curious to hear what people have to say about what they would like to see in the magic and mystery department here. What kind of specifics are you looking for, do you think that players should be able to utilize magic, etc.?ThinkTwice wrote:I'd like the amount of magic, mysticism, and mystery to be increased in the game. I don't really care about across the board monster balance, economy changes, or fold baby-clothes crafts; I'm really interested in the plot of this roleplay intensive MUD. The other stuff is nice, I suppose, but if I wanted an interesting economy and a great combat system, I'd go play EVE Online or any of the other knock-offs. Specifically, magic and abilities in player hands.
Also, roles above 2 RPP.
I certainly have my thoughts and opinions but I'm going to reserve them for a bit to see what others have to say. I also recently wrote a very large amount of stuff about the nature of magic in Tolkien to Seirza, so I may cut and paste parts of that as well.


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Julianne Moore's Daughter Is All Grown Up And Looks Just Like Her Mom
By Dave Basner
February 13, 2018
Julianne Moore showed up this week at the Bottega Veneta 2018 Fashion Show in New York and she brought along her 15-year-old daughter, Liv Freundlich, who has grown up to look remarkably similar to her famous mom.
It's not Liv's first public appearance, but with each outing she looks more and more like her mother.
Liv's father is Julianne's husband, director Bart Freundlich.
She also has a 20-year-old brother, Caleb.
Last year, Julianne spoke to People about Liv saying, "She is a wonderful student and a really great girl and an interested person."
Julianne also told the Huffington Post, "She's just her own person. What's amazing is how quickly that happens. My mother said, about me and my sister and brother, 'You are who you are. You aren't any different from the day you were born.' I remembered that distinctly when my kids were born, because they came with very specific temperaments."
And for her part, Julianne is a great mom, telling the Daily Telegraph that her kids "live a regular life," adding, "I make breakfast for them, my husband drives them to school and we all go to basketball games."
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The City Sightseeing Chester Open Top Bus Tour will introduce you to the City Walls, the Cathedral, Roman Amphitheatre and all the things to do in the city. Discover how Chester has survived and prospered through the ebb and flow of history as you are transported around the city. Join the tour at the Rail station (every 20/30 minutes) and enjoy a one hour guided tour of the City.
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The city features a host of classic heritage including the world-famous, two-tier Rows shopping galleries as well as the most complete City Walls, largest Roman Amphitheatre and oldest racecourse in Britain.
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- 16 scallops in the shell (capesante)
- 1 tbs. parsley, chopped
- 2 tbs. breadcrumbs
- 1 clove of garlic
- 3 tbs. dry white wine
- 2 oz. olive oil
- salt
How to make Capesante in Tecia:
Open the scallops, remove the mollusks with the roe and keep the shells. Wash under running water and pat dry. Make a battuto of parsley and breadcrumbs and coat the scallops with it.
Saute the garlic in a skillet with oil. Remove when golden brown. Add the scallops, turning quickly, then add wine. Reduce briskly and finish the cooking in the oven for another 4 min. Season and serve immediately, either by returning the scallops back into their own shell, previously heated, or placing them on a serving platter.
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Marcella Hazan
Essentials of Italian Cooking
The most important, consulted, and enjoyed Italian cookbook of all time, from the woman who introduced Americans to a whole new world of Italian food.
Essentials of Italian Cooking is a culinary bible for anyone looking to master the art of Italian cooking, bringing together Marcella Hazan's most beloved books, The Classic Italian Cook Book and More Classic Italian Cooking, in a single volume, updated and expanded with new entries and 50 new recipes. Designed as a basic manual for cooks of all levels of expertise—from beginners to accomplished professionals—it offers both an accessible and comprehensive guide to techniques and ingredients and a collection of the most delicious recipes from the Italian repertoire. As home cooks who have used Marcella's classic books for years (and whose copies are now splattered and worn) know, there is no one more gifted at teaching us just what we need to know about the taste and texture of a dish and how to achieve it, and there is no one more passionate and inspiring about authentic Italian food.
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Since the publication of her first book, The Classic Italian Cookbook, more than 20 years ago, Marcella Hazan has been hailed as the queen of Italian cooking in America. Marcella, whose name conjures up a splendid world of food for the devoted millions who love her books and attend her cooking classes, is back again with her finest book yet, Marcella Cucina. Filled with the passion and personality of its author, it is a book not only of fine food and its careful preparation but of personal reminiscences and penetrating commentary about the sensual pleasure of food and its place in our lives.
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From the inimitable woman who popularized Italian cuisine in America, Marcella Hazan's simple and elegant manual on how to shop for the best ingredients and prepare the most delicious meals is a must-have for every home cook.
When Marcella Hazan died in 2013, the world mourned the passing of the "Godmother of Italian cooking." But her legacy lives on, through her cookbooks and recipes, and in the handwritten notebooks filled with her thoughts on how to select the best ingredients—Ingredienti. Her husband and longtime collaborator Victor has translated and transcribed these vignettes on how to buy and what to do with the fresh produce used in Italian cooking, the elements of an essential pantry, and salumi.
Based on sixty years of almost daily visits to the market to choose the ingredients of that day's meal, Ingredienti is a life's work, distilled—an expression of Marcella's judgments, advice, and suggestions. Uncomplicated and precise, this volume will be essential to home cooks eager to produce meals in the same delicious style Marcella was the first to introduce to America.
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As a child in America, Giuliano Hazan's mother, Marcella, packed him meatballs with potatoes and peas, veal stew with mushrooms, and other homemade dishes for lunch—dishes that in no way resembled the peanut butter sandwiches his classmates enjoyed. And so began his appreciation of great food. Hazan Family Favorites celebrates delicious recipes from the Hazan family, prepared just as Giuliano prepares them for his own family today. Here are 85 recipes for every course in the Italian meal, including Appetizers, Soups, Pastas and Rice, Meats and Seafood, and Sides and Desserts. With recipes from Swiss Chard Tortelloni to Strawberry Gelato to everything in between, Hazan Family Favorites offers an intimate look at this iconic family and their most beloved recipes.
Praise for Hazan Family Favorites:
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Marcella Hazan is acclaimed for her trailblazing cookbooks, but first and foremost she is a teacher. From cooking classes held in her small New York City apartment kitchen in the 1960s to the avidly sought after Master Classes she led in her beautiful Venice home, Marcella has been the authoritative guide to Italian cooking.
This much-anticipated follow-up to Marcella Cucina offers 100 new tantalizing recipes that bring Marcella's warm, conversational, and illuminating teachings into home kitchens everywhere. The legendary author and cooking teacher shares invaluable lessons in Italian cooking, including mastering traditional techniques, selecting and using ingredients, and planning and preparing complete Italian menus.
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First published in 1891, Pellegrino Artusi's La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangier bene has come to be recognized as the most significant Italian cookbook of modern times. It was reprinted thirteen times and had sold more than 52,000 copies in the years before Artusi's death in 1910, with the number of recipes growing from 475 to 790. And while this figure has not changed, the book has consistently remained in print.
Although Artusi was himself of the upper classes and it was doubtful he had ever touched a kitchen utensil or lit a fire under a pot, he wrote the book not for professional chefs, as was the nineteenth-century custom, but for middle-class family cooks: housewives and their domestic helpers. His tone is that of a friendly advisor - humorous and nonchalant. He indulges in witty anecdotes about many of the recipes, describing his experiences and the historical relevance of particular dishes.
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Lidia's Italian Table: More Than 200 Recipes From The First Lady Of Italian Cooking
"Let me invite you on a journey with me from my childhood ..." beckons Lidia Bastianich, hostess of the national public television series Lidia's Italian Table. And what an incredible journey it proves to be.
Lidia's Italian Table is overflowing with glorious Italian food, highlighted by Lidia's personal collection of recipes accumulated since her childhood in Istria, located in northern Italy on the Adriatic Sea. Hearty and heartwarming Italian fare is what Lidia understands best, and each chapter of this gorgeous cookbook is infused with Lidia's warm memories of a lifetime of eating and cooking Italian style.
This gastronomic adventure is more than just a cookbook: It is an exploration into the heart of Italian cuisine.
Anna Bruni Benson
Solo Dolci: The Italian Dessert Cookbook
There's more to Italian dessert than tiramisu! Italian desserts need not depend on lots of butter, eggs, and sugar; they're often light and subtle, making the most of fresh fruit, pastries, mousses, ices, etc. Here are regional desserts from all regions of Italy, some invented by the best Italian chefs, others that have belonged to Italian families for generations.
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In her hit Food Network show Everyday Italian, Giada De Laurentiis shows you how to cook delicious, beautiful food in a flash. And here, in her long-awaited first book, she does the same—helps you put a fabulous dinner on the table tonight, for friends or just for the kids, with a minimum of fuss and a maximum of flavor. She makes it all look easy, because it is.
Everyday Italian is true to its title: the fresh, simple recipes are incredibly quick and accessible, and also utterly mouth-watering—perfect for everyday cooking.
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The only comprehensive book, in English or Italian, to cover the entire range of Italian baking, from breadsticks and cornetti to focaccia, tarts, cakes, and pastries. This latest edition, updated for a new generation of home bakers, has added four-color photography throughout, plus new recipes, ingredients and equipment sections, source guides, and weights.
Carol Field introduces artisanal doughs and techniques used by generations of Italian bakers. Every city and hill town has its own unique baking traditions, and Field spent more than two years traversing Italy to capture the regional and local specialties, adapting them through rigorous testing in her own kitchen.
One of the most revered baking books of all time, The Italian Baker is a landmark work that continues to be a must-have for every serious baker.
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Milan-style risotto, pizzoccheri Valtellinesi, and pumpkin tortelli to start; casoeula, Milan-style cutlets, frogs stewed in tomato to follow, and to send, a slice of sbrisolona cake or panettone.
Lombardy surprises with the richness of its culinary traditions and natural ingredients, which modernity has barely affected.
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An ex-con named Nakoula Bessaly Nakoula was escorted from his Cerritos, Calif., home to answer questions about his role in a controversial anti-Islam film. NBC's Mike Taibbi reports.
Updated at 10 a.m. ET: A man purported to be a filmmaker involved with the anti-Islam video sparking violent unrest in the Middle East and North Africa was escorted by deputies from his Cerritos, Calif., home shortly after midnight Saturday morning, NBCLosAngeles.com reported.
Media and law enforcement had been staking out the home at the end of a cul de sac in the Southern California city for about 48 hours when Nakoula Besseley Nakoula emerged wearing a coat, hat, scarf and glasses.
L.A. County Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore confirmed to NBCLA that Nakoula, 55, was taken to the Cerritos sheriff's station for interviewing by federal probation officers aimed at determining whether he violated the terms of his 5-year probation by uploading a video to the Internet.
"We are in an assist mode," he said.
Whitmore added that Nakoula, who has denied involvement in the film in a phone call to his Coptic Christian bishop, agreed to the interview prior to the deputies arriving at his home, that the move was "entirely voluntary" and the man was "very cooperative."
Deputies pulled up to the home around midnight, according to witnesses. The group left the home through the side gate because the front door was not working, Whitmore said. NBCLA went to the home earlier this week and saw the front door was missing a knob.
International protesters have cited the 15-minute video posted on the Internet called "The Innocence of Muslims" as a catalyst for their demonstrations in countries such as Libya, Tunisia and Egypt.
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They say the piece is insulting to their religion as it depicts the Prophet Muhammad as a child molester and a thug. In Islam, all images of Muhammad are prohibited, let alone negative ones.
Nakoula has told the Associated Press he was not the director on the film, but rather a logistics manager. The film's mystery producer has been said to go by the pseudonym Sam Bacile.
A telephone number said to belong to Bacile, given to Reuters by U.S.-based Coptic Christian activist Morris Sadek who said he had promoted the film, was later traced back to a person who shares the Nakoula residence.
NBC's Mike Taibbi has more on three men suspected of producing an anti-Islam film that is sparking outrage around the globe.
Nakoula reportedly requested deputies step up patrols around his home Wednesday after media descended on the area. At the time, Whitmore told reporters there had been no disturbance or crime.
Related: At least 7 reported killed in protests over anti-Islamic video
Related: Two US troops killed at Afghan camp where Prince Harry is based
Early reports suggested the film prompted the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya that killed 14 people, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, two former Navy SEALS who were providing security for Stevens, and information management officer Sean Smith.
But U.S. officials are also probing the possibility that Wednesday's attack was planned and timed to coincide with the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
A federal grand jury indictment in February 2009 charged Nakoula in an alleged bank fraud conspiracy. The indictment accused him and others of fraudulently obtaining the identities and Social Security numbers of bank customers at Wells Fargo and withdrawing $860 from bank branches in Cerritos, Artesia and Norwalk.
Nakoula pleaded no contest in 2010 and was ordered to pay more than $790,000 in restitution. He was also sentenced to 21 months in federal prison, but was released early. The terms of his parole included being barred from assuming aliases and using computers or the Internet for five years without approval from his probation officer.
Many records in the case remain sealed, but prosecutors sought a longer prison term and noted that he misused some of his own relatives' identities to open 600 fraudulent credit accounts.
Los Angeles County District Attorney spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons confirmed that Nakoula also served a year in jail after pleading guilty to possession of meth with the intent to manufacture in 1997.
U.S. officials have said authorities were not investigating the film project itself, and that even if it was inflammatory or led to violence, simply producing it cannot be considered a crime in the United States, which has strong free speech laws.
It could be difficult to establish a probation violation case against Nakoula. In the federal court system, the conditions of supervised release are geared toward the offense for which a defendant was found guilty and imprisoned.
In Nakoula's case, the offense was bank fraud. His no contest plea was to charges of setting up fraudulent bank accounts using stolen identities and Social Security numbers, depositing checks from those accounts into other phony accounts and then withdrawing the illicit funds from ATM machines.
While it was unclear what might have provoked authorities' interest, the filmmaker's use of a false identity and his access to the Internet through computers could be at issue, according to experts in cyber law and the federal probation system. Nakoula, who told the AP that he was logistics manager for the film, was under requirements to provide authorities with records of all his bank and business accounts.
There are indications that "Innocence of Muslims" may have already been under way as a film project when Nakoula was arrested. A casting call for actors and crew for a film called "Desert Warrior" ran in Backstage magazine, based in Los Angeles and New York, in May and June 2009. The casting call described the film project as a "historical Arabian Desert adventure" and listed a "Sam Bassiel" as producer.
One notice identified "Pharaoh Voice Inc."as the film's production company. California state records show Pharaoh Voice was incorporated in September 2007 by a "Youssef M. Basseley." The principal address for Pharaoh Voice in Hawaiian Gardens, a southern California community, is the same location where Nakoula lived until 2008, according to state records.
Nakoula Besseley Nakoula, suspected of producing a recent anti-Islam film, is taken in for questioning in Cerritos, Calif. MSNBC's Alex Witt and MSNBC contributor Ret. Col. Jack Jacobs discuss.
During an interview with AP, Nakoula denied that he was Sam Bacile, but acknowledged knowing him.
Stan Goldman, a Loyola Law School professor, said whether Nakoula is sent back to jail over potential probation violations linked to the film, such as accessing the Internet, was a subjective decision up to an individual judge.
"Federal judges are gods in their own courtrooms, it varies so much in who they are," he said, noting such a move would be based on his conduct not on the content of the film.
Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Interview with Karen Waldron of LNB
Posted by Unknown in Lexis Nexis Butterworths on Tuesday, 27 March 2007
The most recent issue of Legal Information Management (LIM) contains an interview with Karen Waldron of LNB. In the interview Karen clears up some of the issues relating to the new LexisNexis Butterworths platform and outlines some of the developments which will be happening during 2007.
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Dodgers' Hanley Ramirez ready to return to shortstop
- Ramirez was a shortstop his entire career until last season
- Ramirez was taking grounders at Camelback Ranch last Tuesday when pitchers and catchers reported
- With Ramirez at shortstop%2C Luis Cruz is projected as the Dodgers%27 starting third basemen
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly has no qualms about playing Hanley Ramirez at shortstop all season.
"Hanley can do this," Mattingly said, "if he puts his attention on playing defense and does what we're asking him to do. That's being the best player he can be at short. We're not asking him to be Omar Vizquel. We're not asking him to be Ozzie Smith. We're just asking him to catch the balls he's supposed to catch and make the plays he supposed to make, turn the double plays he's supposed to turn."
Ramirez was a shortstop his entire career until last season, when Miami moved him to third base to make room for free agent Jose Reyes. But it wasn't long before the dominoes began to fall. After changing positions, Ramirez changed teams when the struggling Marlins traded him to the Dodgers on July 25 in a multiplayer deal.
In August, he was back at shortstop. But it wasn't a smooth transition for Ramirez, who acknowledged that he struggled in his old spot.
"I know I can do better than that," he said. "Moving in the middle of the season was different. I was pretty much a third baseman when the deal happened. It's harder to go from third to short than it is from short to third. Angles are different. It's a different perspective. The timing is different and, to me, that's what this game is all about: timing."
A three-time All-Star and the 2006 NL Rookie of the Year, Ramirez was once one of baseball's brightest young phenoms. Flashing a rare combination of power and speed, he stole 51 bases in each of his first two seasons and hit 33 homers while scoring 125 runs in 2008. He signed a $70 million, six-year contract with the Marlins that runs through 2014 and then batted an NL-best .342 with 106 RBI in 2009.
But his production has dropped off dramatically the past two years, when he was supposed to be in his prime. He hit .257 last season with 24 home runs and 92 RBI.
The 29-year-old Ramirez arrived early for spring training this year. He was taking grounders at Camelback Ranch last Tuesday when pitchers and catchers reported for camp. He said wanted to get a head start on preparing himself for what Mattingly believes is his natural position.
"He's a guy who really has a chance to be the best player on the team," Mattingly said Monday. "I don't have to move him. Hanley will move himself, if I have to do that."
Ramirez would have started his work at shortstop during winter ball in the Dominican Republic, but he played in only two games because of a shoulder injury sustained in a collision at the plate. The shoulder, he said Monday, is healthy.
Ramirez's time in Dodgers camp will be curtailed by the World Baseball Classic. He has committed to play for his home country, the Dominican Republic.
"I'm just happy to be there, representing my country," Ramirez said. "I mean, in the Dominican Republic, it's about baseball all of the time. Baseball is all anybody talks about. We're expected to play and expected to win it all."
With Ramirez at shortstop, Luis Cruz is projected as the Dodgers' starting third basemen. If that doesn't work out, the Los Angeles could turn Cruz into a utility infielder and put Dee Gordon back at shortstop.
Right now, it appears Gordon is headed to Triple-A Albuquerque after an offseason of trade rumors. But Mattingly still has plenty of confidence in him.
"Dee has been a dynamic player and he will continue to be a dynamic player," Mattingly said.
NOTES: Dodgers President Stan Kasten, a former general manager for the NBA's Atlanta Hawks, had some fond memories of Jerry Buss. Buss, the Los Angeles Lakers owner since 1979, died Monday after a long battle with cancer. He was 80. "I knew him for a long time," Kasten said. "I was there when he was voted into the NBA. I remember it like yesterday. I think he was a role model for all owners. He figured out so many things about our sport before other owners did. Even coming in as a new guy, he figured out things — economics of the game, presentation of the game. And just as a human being, the ultimate class act. A role model of sports for all sports." ... Kasten introduced a design for the new Dodgers clubhouse scheduled to be completed by opening day. It's state-of-the-art and twice as spacious as the old one. It also includes a new visitors' clubhouse. Visiting players had to walk by the Dodgers' clubhouse en route to the batting cage. "You know what I'm excited about?" Mattingly said. "The other guys not walking through our clubhouse."


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More than a car company
More than a car company
I do not think charging for electricity is part of the plan. Rather. The purpose of the Supercharger network is to make long distance travel possible. It has been said to be compatible with all Tesla vehicles that have a range of 200 miles or greater. In other words at least the 60kWh. Gen III may fall in this category with the appropriate battery pack and options.
Solar City handles all the electricity costs and revenues. The plan is to generate and sell to the utilities more than the cars consume (overall, over the course of each year).
For TM this is PROMOTIONAL. MARKETING; it makes the Model S (and other models) more attractive and salable. Its costs are the chargers in each unit, which are now cheap to make in quantity, and the real estate.
I hear they don't even need to worry about real estate costs in most supercharging areas...as the surrounding businesses are more than happy to provide the charging areas for free as they know people who have to stop and charge for 20-40 mins are much more likely to eat/shop while they are waiting. I think many retailers are picking up on this fact and we will be seeing many more 240v outlets popping up all over the place. It is a cheap move for many retailers/shopping malls...one that will pay for itself pretty quickly.
Should also add not just retailers/shopping malls but restaurants, hotels/motels/sporting facilities/marinas/movie theatres/ etc/ etc
Speaking of marinas...anyone know when we are likley to see an electric speedboat/yacht? Tesla Marine anyone? I know Tesla Air is coming eventually with Elon's supersonic electric jet idea...could be the beginning of a real empire.
1. Tesla Motors (two and four wheel vehicles - can't wait for them to make a bike!)
2. Tesla Air
3. Tesla Marine
4. Tesla Rail (Elon's hyperloop idea)
All powered by SolarCity panels and off-grid storage batteries bought with Tesla's HUGE purchasing power.
I also noticed SolarCity is working with Shea homes (experts in eco-home building) to offer the "no electric bill" home.
Wonder how long it will be before Tesla starts offering them cheaper batteries for off-grid energy storage?
An idea I mentioned awhile ago...roll everything into one mortage payment for an off-grid solar powered eco-home and EV from Tesla...and bam! Eliminate your seperate mortgage, electricity, ICE car lease, and gas bills for one easy payment which would work out cheaper in the long run than all these other seperate bills when combined.
Exciting times ahead!
See the Sun Country system going in across Canada for retailer/hospitality-sponsorship. 70A all the way.
Wait a minute, this is going too fast for my imagination.
We used to say: "The sky is the limit".
But here its sounds like there is no limit at all!!!
Not really Benz...once Tesla proves that the EV is viable it won't be long before all other modes of transport start their inevitable shift to electric drive as well. The batteries needed for all this being produced in higher and higher quantities will drive costs down and spur innovation faster than we have yet seen in the battery market.
Not saying that Tesla will do all of the above...but they might if other companies don't act.
But I suspect if Tesla is successful shipbuilders will start to look closer at electric drive, Lockheed Martin and Boeing will start to look closer at electric drive, etc.
Talking about another 10-15 years here as well...but it will happen if Tesla can start to show a profit...mark my words.
In a sense TM is "filling the gap". That's what got Elon to start SpaceX, too; he looked up NASA's Mars plans, and there weren't any. So he decided to "fill the gap".
As long as no one else steps into the gaps, TM and Elon will expand into them.
The future is bright and sensational. I appreciate what is happening and I am really excited about it. That's for sure. Although, I am never going to Mars. That really would be 1 step too far for me. That's something from the comic books that I used to read during my childhood days. My imagination is limited, and that's good for me, because otherwise I would go nuts. By the way, my wife thinks I already have gone nuts since the last few months.
She's right.
Brian H is correct, it would be nuts not to want to go to Mars.
OK, only if they promise that I can come back as well (within a year).
No prob; but a 2-way ticket costs 75% extra.
Does Elon Musk give discounts? Like buy one ticket, and get one ticket free? Then we could both go to Mars together, and we could save some money as well!!! Going to Mars takes a lot of time, I would beter not go there alone. Could I persuade you to come along?
Sure. Getting old enough to appreciate the reduced gravity.
Apparently it will take 6 months to get to Mars. They better pack in ALOT of food and some kick ass entertainment or I would be afraid of everyone going crazy cabin fever style and killing each other before they even get to Mars...not for me...but I admire the pioneers who will go first.
I really don't expect anyone going to Mars anytime soon (not before 2040). Therefore, in the mean time I will just stick to EV's. The ongoing development of the technology regarding EV's is just fantastic. I really do believe that mankind can get rid of it's addiction to oil some day. That would really be a victorious day.


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Hey, i've been working on Java for a few months now but some of the basic stuff still confuses me since i work in patches. I do a lot in a week and then nothing for 3 and it slips my mind. I've been working on Android apps and that went pretty well, mostly just doing it to teach myself. Now i'm working on a Simple Hill Climbing algorithm to try and solve the travelling salesman problem but frankly, i've been away from Java for a bit and im forgetting things. Anyway i'll start a new thread about that in the right place when i need too.
I thought joining this forum would help me work or at least see Java code almost every day so i basically get used to it. At the moment its more of a side project that i don't pay attention too so im hoping to change that by completing this TSP problem and many more!


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You know that religion consider cheating a sin.. you know also that the concept of cheating is different from religion to another and from one society to another.
I always wonder about these kinds of ethics issues and I would like to ask some few questions,
# How can atheists and agnostics practice faithfulness in their relationship?
# What is your concept of cheating in the relationship?
# What is your understanding about faithfulness?
# When you can call somebody a cheater?
Thank you!
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That's absolutely true!
I just find it's more pleasurable to be in the box. ...if you catch my drift.
Are you sure you don't mean in the barrel...if you catch my dripht.
Maybe being "in the barrel" is your idea of fun, if you catch my dright.
Thank you everyone for your useful comments and views.. I enjoyed reading them all..I agree with most of your replies here..


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I'm using Eclipse (on Ubuntu 11.04) and I created a new project that i called outofbox, in this project i created a new package that i called arrays in which i created a class called Arrays that has methods that perform certain operations on Arrays. I want to call this class from other projects, i must, i want to simply type sth like "import outofbox.array.Arrays;" in any class of a project im working on, where should I put this package?
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Instead of throwing itself a glitzy 30th birthday party, the executives at Black Entertainment Television decided instead to take a more subdued route, producing a retrospective of major landmarks in the African-American experience over the past three decades, reports the New York Daily News.
"BET 30: Moments and Movements" is set to air December 19 on the network and will recount 30 events that shaped black America, including the outbreak of AIDS, the O.J. Simpson trail and the election of Barack Obama.
"We realized it's not just BET's anniversary, but a lot has happened over 30 years," said Stephen Hill, the network's executive VP of entertainment and music programming in an interview with the paper. "So we decided to take the last 30 years and take a unique and fresh look at it."
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A slew of big name celebs have been tapped to share their perspective on events that take part in the special, including Jay-Z, Magic Johnson, Rodney King, Vanessa Williams, and Michael Jordan.
Race relations, for example, are examined through the not just the Rodney King beatings, but also the O.J. Simpson trial. Ed Gordon of B.E.T recorded the first live interview with Simpson after his murder trail.
In another case, the devastation of the crack epidemic on the black community is seen through the eyes of one of the 1980s biggest pop stars.
"We talk to El DeBarge about his personal struggle," Hill said of the performer who struggled through a crack addiction and jail time. "We represent the crack epidemic through his personal struggle."
Even though some major figures are nowhere to be seen - Mike Tyson, for example - Hill said that he is happy with what the network was able to accomplish.
"It is the definitive look at black culture and consciousness for the last 30 years," Hill said. "I'm really proud of the team putting this together. This is something we could put in a time capsule, look back on and get some idea what it was like in black America for the past 30 years."
Selected Reading: NY Daily News, Examiner, BET