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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Crops that produce more while using less water seem like a dream for a world with a burgeoning population and already strained food and water resources. This dream is coming closer to reality for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers who have developed a new computer model that can help plant scientists breed better soybean crops.
Under current climate conditions, the model predicts a design for a soybean crop with 8.5 percent more productivity, but using 13 percent less water, and reflecting 34 percent more radiation back into space, by breeding for slightly different leaf distribution, angles and reflectivity. This work appears in the journal Global Change Biology.
"The model lets you look at one of those goals individually or all of them simultaneously," said Praveen Kumar, a co-author of the study who is the Lovell Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Illinois. "There might be some areas where you look at only one aspect if you're in an arid zone, you can structure things to maximize the water efficiency. In other areas you may want to concentrate on food productivity."
Plants have evolved to outcompete other plants for example, shading out other plants or using water and nutrients liberally to the detriment of neighboring plants. However, in an agricultural setting, the plants don't need such competitive measures.
"Our crop plants reflect many millions of years of evolution in the wild under these competitive conditions," said U. of I. plant biology professor Stephen P. Long, also a co-author on the study. "In a crop field we want plants to share resources and conserve water and nutrients, so we have been looking at what leaf arrangements would best do this."
The researchers aimed for three specific areas of improvement. First, productivity. Second, water usage. Third, combating climate change by reflecting more sunlight off the leaves. To address all three, they used the unique tactic of computationally modeling the whole soybean plant.
"Our approach used a technique called 'numerical optimization' to try out a very large number of combinations of structural traits to see which combination produced the best results with respect to each of our three goals," said lead author Darren Drewry, a former postdoctoral researcher who is now at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology. "And surprisingly, there are combinations of these traits that can improve each of these goals at the same time."
The model looks at biological functions, such as photosynthesis and water use, as well as the physical environment. The researchers looked at how the plant's biology changed with varying structural traits such as leaf area distributions, how the leaves are arranged vertically on the stalk, and the angles of the leaves.
For example, by changing the structure so that leaves are more evenly distributed, more light can penetrate through the canopy. This lets photosynthesis happen on multiple levels, instead of being limited to the top, thus increasing the plant's bean-producing power. A less dense canopy uses less water without affecting productivity. And changing the angle of the leaves can let the plant reflect back more solar radiation to offset climate change.
"Most of the genetic approaches have looked at very specific traits," Kumar said. "They haven't looked at restructuring the whole canopy. We have a very unique modeling capability where we can model the entire plant canopy in a lot of detail. We can also model what these plant canopies can do in a future climate, so that it will still be valid 40 or 50 years down the line."
Once the computer predicts an optimal plant structure, then the crop can be selected or bred from the diverse forms of soybeans that are already available without the regulation and costs associated with genetic engineering.
"This kind of numerical approach using realistic models of plant canopies can provide a method for trying many more trait combinations than are possible through field breeding," Drewry said. "This approach then can help guide field programs by pointing to plants with particular combinations of traits, already tested in the computer, which may have the biggest payoff in the field."
The researchers hope their modeling approach will not only improve soybean yields, but also benefit agriculture worldwide as the population continues to rise.
According to Long, "The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations predict that by 2050 we will need 70 percent more primary foodstuffs to feed the world than we are producing today and yet will have to do that with probably no more water while at the same time dealing with climate change."
"We need new innovations to achieve the yield jump," Long said. "We've shown that by altering leaf arrangement we could have a yield increase, without using more water and also providing an offset to global warming."
Next, the researchers plan to use their model to analyze other crops for their structural traits. As part of a project supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Long is leading an international effort to improve rice, soybean and cassava guided by similar computational approaches, with the end goal of making more productive and sustainable crops.
"By examining plants using detailed computer models and optimization, we have the potential to greatly expedite the development of new types of agricultural plants that can tackle some of the greatest challenges facing society today, related to the need to produce more food in a more variable and uncertain climate system," Drewry said.
|Contact: Liz Ahlberg
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The backdrop of the Galway program is on the spectacular rugged west coast of Ireland. A place famous for its poets, musicians and artists, for its splendid vistas of green mountains, constantly changing skies, endless rows of field stones fences, swaths of bog land, and rugged coastline. Students on this program are immersed in the rural Irish countryside near Spiddal.
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- Major overnight excursions include Dublin, the Ring of Kerry, and Northern Ireland.
- The location of the program overlooks the Galway Bay and makes for a picturesque setting.
- This is our most rural program setting for those not looking for big city action
The faculty consists of a CSB/SJU professor who accompanies the group and distinguished professors from nearby National University of Ireland, Galway. All classes are taught on-site at the Park Lodge Hotel with the other CSB/SJU students. The program affords students an opportunity to explore the history, culture, literature, and theology of Ireland. While students will be exposed to Gaelic as a living language, courses will be taught in English. If a field trip to a particular location outside Spiddal would enhance the student's learning experience, then it is included in the program, e.g., Aran Islands, the rugged Burren of County Clare, and Gaelic-speaking Connemara. The focus is on a structured curriculum, leaving room for the exploration of unique opportunities presented by the intellectual and cultural resources of Ireland.
For a complete list of classes please refer to page 2 of the Galway brochure.
Housing is with CSB or SJU students in cottages on the grounds of the Park Lodge Hotel, located on the Galway/Connemara coast road, 9 miles west of Galway City and l½ miles east of the village of Spiddal. Each cottage is equipped for five people and has the additional Irish charm of a stone fireplace in its common living room. Since each cottage has a kitchenette, students will be able to prepare their own meals.
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The approximate program dates for Ireland Galway are early-September to mid-December.
Financial Considerations
For more information on the "Program Fees" for this program, please refer to the Ireland-Galway Program Brochure for specific information. Another great resource is the Financing your Experience brochure. In this brochure, there are estimates of what past participants spent on this program. Also included in this brochure is information regarding scholarships and financial aid.
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Is there audio or video of this anywhere? I've long wanted Hitchens to grapple with academics, esp those that study International Relations and are familiar with the empirical and theoretical literatures. I'm not sure Wilkerson is the best guy to fill that role (I'm familiar with the subject and I've never heard of him), but at least it's a start. In the past Hitchens has dismissed social science almost as a matter of course, but I'm not sure why and no one ever presses him on the point.
I don't trust the reporter to understand the debate, much less represent it accurately, so I'd rather listen to it myself.
Oh look!
"In the past Hitchens has dismissed social science almost as a matter of course, but I'm not sure why and no one ever presses him on the point."
Though he hasn't endorsed "democratic peace theory" in terms IR academics would recognize (ie, tortured, unreadable prose), Hitchens is safely in that camp. As for "realists" like Wilkerson, Hitchens has been taking them on for a long time. It's also safe to say Hitchens dismisses as a matter of course realist theoreticians who bow to the great wisdom of Henry Kissinger.
The video on youtube was deleted, anyone knows where I can find it?


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The decades of trauma suffered by independent neighborhood bookstores — damage from bargain megastores, the ascension of the e-book and Amazon's flash delivery of cut-rate reading — hardly hindered Chris Doeblin's search for the right place to open his fourth independent bookstore in Manhattan.
In fact those serial threats across 30 years in the business drove his search for his next "indie" locale. "We are pushed from behind and driven ahead by the pull of the future," Mr. Doeblin said last month, explaining why his three Book Culture stores are not enough. "I have 10-year-old kids. You have to reinvent yourself."
A reader might find his determined search a noble but counterintuitive escapade after years of watching the lights sadly go out on small neighborhood bookshops where social warmth was such a part of the browsing. But the good news is that the indies are quietly resurging across the nation, registering a growth of over 30 percent since 2009 and sales that were up around 10 percent last year, according to the American Booksellers Association, the indies' main organization with more than 2,200 stores.
"Existing stores are selling once more to a new generation of owners," said Oren Teicher, the A.B.A.'s chief executive officer, noting that such stores could never be resold during the gloomiest years, when they were under threat from Barnes & Noble and then later, Internet sales. The indies now find that readers are looking for life beyond their computer screens. They want to embrace books in all three dimensions and to select them in a tactile, less anonymous marketplace. Booksellers are fellow readers who converse knowledgeably and jot down their current favorites on helpful bookshelf notes.
"It's a more holistic consumerism," says Mr. Doeblin, describing the bookstore resurgence as part of the explosion of the localism movement that finds young new farmers delivering fresh produce to Main Street markets. "The computer screen just hurts; you need a real book in your hand," he says. "People become antisocial through technology and social media."
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Mr. Doeblin has no idea what form the competitive threat will take next — Amazon drones delivering books to Broadway apartments? But he's been walking through assorted neighborhoods, convinced that a fourth Book Culture store can hold its own among the sorts of customers who savor true community as much as a good read.


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Can a spirit fry a battery
Posted 06 December 2011 - 03:46 PM
The laptop by the way is not that old.
Posted 06 December 2011 - 06:37 PM
I forgot to say that I'm sorry about your mother.
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Posted 07 December 2011 - 12:16 AM
I don't see any reason why the whole battery couldn't be damaged.
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Posted 07 December 2011 - 08:28 PM
1. What kind of battery? NiCad cell or Nickle metal hydride? These can develop a memory if recharged before a full discharge resulting in what you claim, short battery life. The question is you said it had a full charge at the start of the session.... Was it completely discharged BEFORE you last charged it? That is the most common way these things develop a "memory".
There is a fix for battery memory. I won't outline it here as it can be dangerous and cause a battery to explode. It would however confirm a memory problem with a battery. You might get a local tech to do the procedure, most know how but because of the possibility of causing a battery to explode and cause injury won't generally disclose the method.
BTW, I have been doing this research for about 30 years and never experienced an unaccounted for battery drain. I also monitor all battery loads while an investigation is in progress and also know the amp-hour capacity of the batteries. Thus it can be determined ahead of time how long they should hold up under a given load. If a spirit drew off extra power the time period would be shortened. However I have never experienced such an unexpected effect; Battery life has always met or exceeded projections.
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Posted 17 September 2012 - 03:45 PM
As for your battery problems, list that under "Stuff Happens" Flash lights lighting up can not be used as evidence of anything. It is wonderful when the pattern correlates with recorded evidence, but alone flash lite is not a reliable means of communication.
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Laptops are notoriously bad for having the batteries go bad and losing the ability to hold a charge. I'm not prolific in computer technology, but my boyfriend is a computer tech, so I hear some of his "consultations" and know that some brands are better than others. I also found out the hard way that my own brand of Dell netbook was almost guaranteed to have this happen...which it did.
However, as for battery drain itself, I think we sometimes give entities a lot of credit on their abilities, based on little more than anecdotal evidence. Cold weather can make it appear that a battery is draining, and using the wrong type of battery can lead to poor results. Here's a quick article, while dated, does discuss why some batteries might drain quickly:
Anyway, we do have one interesting location on our ghost tours that tend to mess with people's batteries. At one interesting gravesite, we always have at least one or two people per tour have their camera or camcorder batteries go dead while visiting this grave. We've had news teams and an student documentary film maker experience battery drain at this grave, which always adds a lot of interest to our tours, lol.
Posted 28 July 2014 - 06:24 PM
Entities can and do drain electrical power sources...as well as people. Obviously there is always many other possibilities.....but to have more than one while doing an investigation seems a little peculiar to me.....maybe not absolute...but peculiar. Try the same again and see what happens.
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NBA PLAYOFFS: Thunder rally to beat Spurs on the road, take 3-2 series lead
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Kevin Durant scored 27 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder are on the brink of the NBA Finals, beating the San Antonio Spurs 108-103 in Game 5 on Monday night and moving within a victory of a series knockout.
Russell Westbrook added 23 and the Thunder took a 3-2 lead in a wildly entertaining Western Conference finals. Looking invincible while carrying 20-win streak a week ago, the Spurs have lost three straight and are on the verge of a stunning collapse.
Manu Ginobili scored 34 in a smashing return to the starting lineup. But trailing 106-103 and the Spurs down to their last shot, Ginobili missed an off-balance 3-pointer in the final seconds.
Game 6 is Wednesday night in Oklahoma City, where the Thunder can punch their ticket to the NBA Finals in the place they haven't lost all postseason.
They're bringing home just what they needed: the must-win on the road if they're going to pull this series out.
Oklahoma City pulled it off behind their stars. James Harden scored 20, joining Durant and Westbrook as the only Thunder players in double figures.
Harden hit the biggest shot, draining a 3-pointer with 28.8 seconds left that pushed Oklahoma City's lead to five. He admitted afterward that the ball was supposed to go to Durant but had no choice but to let go with the shot clock winding down and Spurs rookie Kawhi Leonard in his face.
"The shot clock was running down and I had to make a play," Harden said. "Leonard was playing great defense on me. I just shot it with confidence. West Conference finals -- that's a big shot."
Tony Parker had 20 points and Tim Duncan had 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Spurs.
After remaining unbeaten for 50 days before arriving in Oklahoma City, San Antonio has lost three games in five day. They now must win two straight to avoid seeing their last best chance to win in a title in the Duncan era end.
"Championship teams win on the road," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "Oklahoma City just did that."
It's the first time the Spurs have lost three in a row all season.
"That was a total team effort," Thunder coach Scott Brooks said. "Everybody did their job. I thought we played as hard as we can play."
Durant scored 22 of his points in the second half. Westbrook also had 12 assists.
Not wanting the series to slip away, Popovich moved Ginobili to the starting lineup in place of Danny Green, who came in shooting a combined 8 of 28 in this series. It was the first start for Ginobili since March and just his eighth all season.
Green's days as a starter began looking numbered after Game 3. He couldn't save his job before leaving Oklahoma City -- Green shot 4 of 12 in both losses combined -- and Popovich couldn't wait any longer with the series tied and the season in the balance.
Out with the undrafted swingman who barely made training camp, and in with the former All-Star.
The switch wasn't announced until after Popovich met with reporters, with whom he refused to discuss any possible lineup changes. But pulling this big an adjustment this deep in the season likely didn't come easy for the NBA coach of the year.
The gambit drew mixed results. It looked like a no-brainer with Ginobili leading all scorers at halftime with 14, but new rotations for the Spurs made for rocky possessions. None more so than in the second quarter, when the Spurs shot 38 percent and trailed by as much as 14 before coming back in the second half.
Ginobili finished 11 of 21 and made half of his 10 3-point attempts. But with 4.9 seconds left, the one he needed most clanked off the back of the rim.
"We wanted to get Manu the 3," Popovich said.
Notes: Taking a page from the Thunder, the Spurs held a T-shirt whiteout at the AT&T Center, a move the team has rarely made before. ...Durant's the clear last-shot taker for the Thunder. Popovich said it's as obvious as Dirk Nowitzki having the ball in his hands at the end for Dallas. But who do the Spurs go to with the game on the line? "It's a secret," Popovich said before the game.


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Most Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies are reactive. In itself, this is not necessarily bad, but it often leads to the implementation of a hurriedly drafted policy that leaves employer resources as vulnerable as before because of poor wording and misunderstanding. This guide will provide an approach that is immediately usable and adaptable as new technologies come on line.
Why You Need A BYOD Policy
The implementation of most after-the-fact BYOD policies is usually ineffective, but insidious. They are ineffective because those who already have access must be convinced that there is a link between the new policy intrusions and recognizable benefits. The insidious aspect of a quickly drafted policy is that management becomes complacent, thinking that the mere existence of a policy is the same as compliance. The end result is a failure that will often not become apparent until after a serious breach occurs.
What constitutes a serious breach will vary from organization to organization, but it can generally be characterized as the publication of proprietary information that would otherwise remain confidential. Examples include hacking into customer lists, compromising company financial data, and accessing valuable R&D trade secrets.
Most businesses that allow employees to access work email, share drives, or in-house databases have already implemented BYOD, whether they have a definitive policy in place or not. Indeed, unless you are just starting a business and you know every one of your employees by name, access will quickly spread beyond the capability of the organization to control it.
There are numerous IT solutions that can address these issues, but most of these force management to choose between the convenience of access and the safety of strong security measures. In nearly every situation, convenience will win out – especially if the CEO wants to be able to type out instructions to his reports on his personal tablet right before he goes to bed at night.
In order to be effective, organizations need to implement targeted protections that guard the organization's crown jewels, while managing access by way of ongoing training. In this way, employees will be reminded of their responsibilities while still enjoying the convenience of untethered access.
Before implementing any policy, however, it is important to decide whether access or security has a higher priority and to consider the consequences of elevating one over the other. Higher security often means less autonomous employees. This can be good in a rigidly structured environment such as a manufacturing plant, but may result in a competitive disadvantage in areas such as sales. This why a BYOD policy should gather input from all internal stakeholders so that levels of access and security are commensurate with individual roles, responsibilities, and expectations.
Technological Restrictions
For anything that a company would consider a trade secret, i.e., information that provides significant value by virtue of not being public knowledge, strong information technology protections should be put in place. This can include tiered levels of access (Read, Annotate, Administer) to company databases that contain this information, as well as the conscious decision to maintain some information on storage media that are not connected to the internet. This not only creates barriers to malicious third parties, it also reminds authorized users to be careful in accessing this information.
It has become axiomatic that the biggest source of leaks in cases of corporate espionage is an employee who unwittingly provides her access codes to a person she believes has similar authorization. These "social engineering" hacks are much easier and less time-consuming than the popular Hollywood trope of the lone hacker employing sophisticated software to break in and steal what he wants.
Accordingly, in addition to limiting the number of people who can access highly sensitive information, as well as what they can access, a world-class BYOD policy must include a training component. Training can be incorporated as part of document management training and should focus on the following:
Managing expectations is another crucial aspect of training. It can be easy to forget that these are personal devices paid for (in most cases) and maintained by the employees themselves. If employees who are used to unfettered access are suddenly confronted with overly restrictive policies that they perceive as making them less efficient, they may choose to ignore them or actively undermine them. Suddenly, the BYOD policy itself has become the catalyst for security breaches!
Communicating the Policy
In addition to the topics listed above, the ultimate goal of training should be to insure that everyone in your organization understands the link between any new behaviors and the attendant benefits. Because the connection between new behaviors and the benefit of improved security is abstract, changes to behaviors should be simple and unobtrusive to assure compliance. There should be 2-3 main takeaways from training and they should be easily incorporated into the established workflow of the organization. These changes should be memorialized as a documented policy and cross-referenced to a code of conduct, electronic communications policy, and any other related policies.
Policy Components
BYOD policies will differ based on a variety of variables, and these variables should be addressed within the context of the policy itself. In particular, a robust BYOD policy should include headings that address the following:
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Three people were indicted Tuesday on voter fraud charges.
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There is an ongoing show at the Museum of Art and Design where the works of art are hand built bicycles. The show in entitled: Bespoke: the hand built bicycle and runs until August 15th. There is a story on NPR with a photo slide show of some of the builders involved with the exhibit and the new movement of having bikes built by hand.
Handmade Bikes Let Commuters Ride In Style
by Bill Chappell
Thousands of bicyclists will hit the road Friday, as part of National Bike to Work Day. But not all "commuter" bikes are equal. In fact, some are hand-built — and with a rider's particular route to work in mind.
Photo of Sacha White at this years North American Handbuilt Bicycle Show (NAHBS) in Richmond Virgina)
Consider the high-school teacher who ordered a bike from custom builder Dan Polito in Cleveland, Ohio.
His client "wanted a comfortable, upright-position cruiser for their crushed-limestone commute," Polito says. Most of the teacher's route to school is on a bike trail.
So Polito designed a bike based on a 1950s British club racer. The bike is sturdy and lean, a good match for a daily commute.
The 'Bespoke Bike' Movement
Polito and other master bike builders were at the North American Handmade Bike Show in Richmond, Va., earlier this year. Currently, some of the same craftsmen are displaying their work in New York City, at the Museum of Arts and Design's show titled Bespoke: The Handbuilt Bicycle.
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Young, pretty Harry Potter Brits dating. I'm all over it.
The latest:
Bonnie Wright who plays Ginny and Jamie Campbell Bower who will be Gellert Grindelwald were spotted this past weekend leaving the EA British Academy Children's Awards together. Very cute.
Grindelwald of course was at one time Dumbledore's best friend before he became his bitter enemy. But before hate there is love. And Dumbledore was "inflamed" by his relationship with GG. Can't wait to see this chemistry. Jamie, as you can see, is gorgeous. And Young Dumbledore will be played by Toby Regbo, attached, also gorgeous. Shut UP Duana. I can hear you.
It's not the only reason to see HP7 A&B but it is definitely one of many.
As for Bonnie and Jamie, well it's about time two cast members hooked up. You'd think it would have already happened at least 2 movies ago.
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The Advisory Committee on Medical Marijuana (ACMM) will hold its next meeting Wednesday December 13th to discuss topics related to upcoming and proposed legislation for medical marijuana.
Agenda topics include:
· 10:00 a.m. - Welcome; introductions, approval of meeting minutes;
· 10:20 a.m. - Administrative reports;
· 10:40 a.m. - ACMM and state program administration dialogue;
· 11:00 a.m. - Discussion of potential 2007 Medical Marijuana legislation;
· 12:05 p.m. - Lunch break;
· 12:50 p.m. - Finish morning work session; introduce new topics;
· 2:00 p.m. - Public announcements and comment.
The meeting will take place from 10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. in Room 140 of the Portland State Office Building, 800 N.E. Oregon St., Portland.
Reasonable accommodations will be provided as needed for individuals requesting assistive hearing devices, sign language interpreters or large-print materials. Individuals needing these types of accommodations should call the DHS Public Health Division, 971-673-1234, at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting.
Background: The ACMM is an 11-member committee appointed by DHS Director Bruce Goldberg. It is charged with advising the director on administrative aspects of the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program, reviewing current and proposed administrative rules of the program and providing annual input on the program's fee structure. Committee members are patients who possess registry identification cards, designated primary caregivers and advocates of the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act.
The Oregon Medical Marijuana Act was approved by voters in the Nov. 3, 1998, general election. The ACMM was created during the 2005 legislative session. The statutes governing the OMMP are ORS 475.300 to ORS 475.346.
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Sometimes looking at a blank piece of paper and being told that you can create anything you want to, just makes you freeze up. The options are limitless, but somehow you can't think of anything to do. This week we take a look at several art kits that can help parents and kids overcome even the most stubborn case of artist's block."
Gelarti Scene Creator (Moose Toys)
Gelarti Comes with three paint pens, a large scene sticker, and a number of smaller stickers. Customize the stickers with the paint, let your creation dry overnight, and the next morning you're ready to start decorating any smooth surface you can find. The stickers themselves are a little bit limiting: each shape, whether it's a bird, puppy, bone, heart, or house is already pre-cut, so it's not easy to make your own designs. It would be wonderful to have a similar Gelarti kit that came with blank sicker sheets so young artists and their parents could fully unleash their creative juices. That said, Gelarti is still plenty fun for parents and kids. Plus, Gelarti stickers are easily peeled off and can be moved and re-stuck over and over. Anyone who's had to scrape stickers off of hardwood floors, windows, and refrigerator doors will appreciate that. Ages 5 and up. http://gelartistickers.com/ (don't leave out the "I" before "stickers")
Artzooka! (Wooky Entertainment)
Artzooka! has solved the artist's block problem by making more than two dozen kits that are focused enough to give you a starting point, yet open-ended enough to encourage nearly unlimited creativity. We had a chance to try out four, and we loved them all.
- Pop Stick Photo Frames comes with 40 popsicle sticks in a variety of colors and sizes, stickers, and glue. That's pretty much it. Theoretically, you're "supposed" to use all those ingredients to make picture frames—and you've got enough to make several really spectacular ones. But no one's going to call the art police if you decide to create something else.
- Clip N' Cap includes 16 bottle caps and can tabs, more than 35 stickers, string, and more. The pictures on the box show necklaces, but that's just a suggestion.
- Cupcake Creations was the simplest and, in some ways, the most fun. You basically get 20 colored cupcake liners, glue and stickers and some basic directions for creating delightful animals. But it's easy as cupcake to go far beyond.
- With nearly 300 pieces, Button Mosaics is one of Artzooka!'s biggest kits. Besides the sticky buttons, each kit includes several pre-drawn mosaic blanks. Younger kids may want to use them, but older kids and parents will want to make their own.
A few years ago Pepperidge Farms had a cookie that they advertised as looking just like homemade. Apparently they meant that the cookies—even though they were made by machines–weren't all exactly the same (which explains why people refer to things that look identical as "cookie cutter"). Artzooka! does something similar with their bottlecaps, buttons, cupcake liners, and soda can tabs. Instead of using real ones from actual bottles and cans—a kind of artistic recycling that parents and art teachers have been doing forever—Artzooka! has made their own, in a variety of colors, often with pre-drilled holes for stringing up. Scavenging for bottle tops and buttons and decorating them yourself adds a layer of creativity. However, using the ones Artzooka! provides doesn't detract in the slightest from how enormously fun Artzooka !kits are—and how great they are for parents and kids to do together. Ages 5 and up. http://artzooka.com/


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In college, I studied two years of French to fill my foreign language requirement, and I think I picked French because of the movie Sabrina (the Harrison Ford version). I loved the transformation she underwent while living in France, coming home and surprising everyone with her new look and experiences in Europe; although she really didn't change that much, still being shy, awkward and a little unsure of herself. I can relate to the awkwardness she felt, having spent most of my teen years and early 20s feeling like the ugly duckling who didn't quite fit in, and being completely unsure of who I was or who I even wanted to be.
I imagined myself strolling along cobblestone streets, fashionably dressed with a perfectly tied scarf, eating pastry and cheese and wine every day, taking gorgeous black and white photos of the architecture, and writing the next great American novel, after which I would finally feel like I had found myself.
Surprisingly, though, I ended up finding myself in China; amidst the pollution and poverty, the politics I didn't understand, the lunches of chicken feet, silk worms, turtle soup and rice instead of beautiful little French pastries, the humid summers, the breeze carrying the scent of salty seaweed and fish off the ocean, and the bone-chilling winters, I found a part of myself I didn't know existed.
My French teacher was an odd little man with many strange quirks. For example, he would ask a question while looking at one student, and then at the last second switch his eyes to someone else, taking that person by surprise, who was left fumbling for the right answer. He would appear very calm and pleasant, but then suddenly fly off the handle if someone dared to yawn in class. I'm sorry, but in college, every second of every day it was a struggle to stay awake, between work, classes and late-night studying. Yawning in class is unavoidable. I learned to discreetly hide my yawns behind my hand under the pretense of scratching my nose.
I didn't quite reach an intermediate mastery of French, although I should have after two years. But I remember that I would sometimes dream in French, strange, too-much-studying-and-working-induced dreams, and in my dreams, I spoke and understood the language flawlessly. Living in China, I also dreamed in Chinese. I tend to have odd dreams in general, though – the other day I dreamed that a friend of mine had a secret basement that was accessed through a hidden door in her washing machine, and they were into some sort of shady business down there. The next night, I dreamed I ordered a sandwich for lunch, and the employee who made my sandwich took a bite out of it before handing it to me, like it was no big deal.
My teacher used to tell us about eating Croque Monsieur when he visited Paris, and while it sounded completely exotic to me at the time, I realize now that it's just a fancier version of a grilled cheese sandwich. Although there are many possible variations, with smoked salmon or chicken, tomatoes, and various types of cheeses, a Croque Monsieur is a grilled ham and cheese sandwich, typically made with Gruyere cheese, and topped with a Béchamel sauce. When a Croque Monsieur is served with a fried or poached egg on top, it's known as a Croque Madame.
Of course I had to make one with the egg. There are few things more satisfying than breaking the yolk of a perfectly cooked egg and watching it cover everything like a creamy cheese sauce.
I wasn't able to find any Gruyere cheese, except for a ridiculously overpriced bag of shredded cheese for fondue, so I bought a tiny little package (very tiny, as in three dollars worth, since it cost over $20 a pound!) of another soft cheese with bits of black truffle. Some shaved ham from the deli counter.
Béchamel sauce isn't something I make too often, since it's typically a heavy, fattening sauce made of butter, flour, cream and milk, seasoned with salt, pepper and a pinch of nutmeg. But a little bit goes a long way, and not much was needed for this sandwich. I made ours with skim milk and a little half 'n' half instead of cream, and it was thick and delicious, just like a white Southern gravy (without the sausage), that you want to smother on some hot, steaming biscuits.
A little cracked pepper over the egg was all it needed for garnish, and we ate our sandwiches for breakfast on Sunday morning. Maybe someday I'll get to enjoy one in a little French café with a perfectly brewed cup of espresso…
Croque Monsieur and Croque Madame
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- 4 slices bread
- 2 ounces thinly sliced ham
- 1/2 cup finely grated Gruyere cheese (or your favorite cheese)
- 1/2 tablespoon butter
- 1/2 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup 2% milk (or a combination of skim milk and half 'n' half), warmed
- coarse salt and cracked black pepper, to taste
- pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
- olive oil, for the griddle
- 2 eggs (optional - w/o eggs, this sandwich is a Croque Monsieur; w/ eggs, it's a Croque Madame)
Place two slices of bread on a cutting board. Sprinkle with half the grated cheese, then add the sliced ham, the rest of the cheese, and the other slices of bread. Set aside.
To make the Bechamel Sauce, in a small, non-stick skillet or saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Sprinkle the flour into the pan. Cook the mixture, whisking constantly, for 2-3 minutes to create a roue which will thicken the sauce. Very slowly add the warm milk and/or cream, whisking to smooth out the sauce. Continue to cook over medium heat for 5-6 minutes, whisking constantly. Add the salt, pepper and nutmeg to taste. Reduce heat to low, and set aside.
Preheat a griddle to 350. Brush lightly with olive oil. Grill the sandwiches until golden brown on one side. After flipping the sandwiches, drop the whole eggs onto the griddle; fry the eggs until the whites are set.
To assemble the sandwich, place the grilled sandwiches on plates. Spoon the Bechamel sauce over the sandwiches and top with the fried egg. Sprinkle with a little cracked black pepper and serve immediately.
Yields 2 sandwiches.
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Authorities have changed Natalie Wood's death certificate to reflect some of the lingering questions surrounding the actress' drowning 30 years ago.
An amended copy of the actress' death certificate was entered earlier this month and changes her death from being classified as accidental to undetermined.
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Wood, a three-time Oscar nominee, drowned in the waters off Catalina Island in November 1981. Sheriff's investigators renewed their investigation last year shortly before the 30th anniversary of her death.
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In my opinion this was added later when the mythology was compiled and written down, just like with the Buddha birth story.Wesley1982 wrote:It is widely held as Christian dogma that Jesus son of Mary was conceived/born without a human father.
Institutional religions are notorious for having celibate men compose their histories and rules. That is why we have so much sexual repression and misogyny in our religious texts.
The great man Jesus had a dad and his dad had a penis. His penis was at least once inside his mom.
That is how babies are made.


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The laboratory provides hands-on experience with minerals, rocks, and maps. Participants will learn to identify common minerals and rocks, use topographic and geologic maps, and draw and interpret geologic cross sections. Examples will be drawn from areas of recent glaciation, volcanism, and earthquakes to show how these features are depicted in maps.
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Archive for Wednesday, June 20, 2012
'Who's in charge here?': Managers clash with councils in area cities
June 20, 2012
Carl Slaugh thought that when he retired from the Air Force, he'd be done moving somewhere new every three years.
Then he became the top nonelected official of a city.
Three years after he was forced out as Basehor city administrator after a three-year tenure, Slaugh now holds the same job in Iola. But his wife still works at Johnson County Community College, and so the two live apart and wait until each weekend to take the 90-minute drive to see each other.
"It's not the most desirable situation," Slaugh said.
When you're being paid to manage a city, Slaugh said, you can never be sure how long you'll stay in the same place. City managers and administrators answer to six, seven, eight or more different bosses who are voted in and out every few years. And even if they manage to stick around for more than a few years, they can still find themselves bumping heads with the elected officials who oversee them.
In the past year, a number of area cities have experienced such standoffs:
• In Shawnee, council member David Morris resigned his seat last month, prompted by a clash with City Manager Carol Gonzales over his handling of complaints from constituents.
• In Bonner Springs, a group of council members last August tried to remove City Manager John "Jack" Helin, dissatisfied with the city's handling of employee grievances.
• In Tonganoxie, the city council in a split vote opted not to renew City Administrator Mike Yanez's contract after a six-year tenure. Now, Yanez is taking on one of the council members who voted to remove him in a race for a county commission seat this fall.
• And in Basehor, the surprise firing of City Administrator Mark Loughry last September amid accusations of wrongdoing set off a period of political turmoil. Nine months later, after a recall election and a resignation, only two of six elected officials from that night in September remain.
When elected officials are unhappy with how things are going, sometimes the city's top employee can end up on the chopping block by default, Yanez said.
"We are whipping boys, that's for sure," Yanez said, laughing.
Any business, government or group will struggle to get things done when its leaders can't see eye-to-eye, said Susan Keim, a faculty member at Donnelly College in Kansas City, Kan., who is the former executive director of a civic leadership training program in Wyandotte County.
"That's usually what makes a dysfunctional team," Keim said.
When it comes to a city government, Keim said, conflicts can spring up when elected officials get too involved in the day-to-day operations that they've hired a professional manager to oversee.
That was the accusation that Gonzales made toward Morris in Shawnee this spring, according to emails obtained by the Shawnee Dispatch. After an email exchange between Morris, Gonzales and a city engineer regarding a complaint from a constituent, Gonzales told him staff members felt that he tended to side with residents against them.
Morris said he and Gonzales simply had a philosophical disagreement about council members' roles.
"I'm a very hands-on person," Morris said.
Gonzales declined to comment on the events for this story.
Former Shawnee council member Kevin Straub said he, too, wound up "in the doghouse" of the city staff after he proposed cutting back on their pensions and vacation days.
"I was definitely the black sheep," Straub said.
He would send emails and ask questions of the staff during meetings but receive no answers, he said.
"I just wanted what was best for the citizens of Shawnee, not the employees of Shawnee," Straub said.
But sometimes, Keim said, what's best for the employees is also best for the citizens. Cities run more smoothly when workers aren't fearing for their jobs and when they know exactly to whom they must report, she said.
City workers can be bewildered when elected officials come straight to them with concerns, Slaugh said.
"Who is my boss? Do I have to do what this council member says? Do I listen to the mayor, or do I listen to the city administrator?" Slaugh said. "Who's in charge here?"
Yanez said he had good relations with council members in Tonganoxie, but elected officials had stuck their noses in the city's nitty-gritty operations in cities where he worked previously. One council member called a street maintenance crew and ordered them to abandon a task to go fill a pothole somewhere else, he said.
Kim Winn, deputy director of the League of Kansas Municipalities, said the group's recommendation to mayors and council members is that they go to the city manager with their concerns and complaints about city operations, and not to lower-level workers.
"That's what you have a professional manager for," Winn said.
If that doesn't work, councils do have the recourse of ousting their manager or administrator. And anyone in this line of work knows that's a possibility, Yanez said.
"Every election, administrators are chewing their fingernails watching the results," Yanez said.
But cities must be careful with that option, Keim said. If a city shuffles in a new leader every few years, infrastructure can crumble, budgets go awry and plans remain unfulfilled, she said.
One need only look at the Kansas City, Mo., school district for an extreme example of what happens when a body has no stable leadership. The district this spring hired its seventh superintendent in a span of less than 13 years, and last fall it was stripped of its state accreditation.
Dennis Bixby, a Tonganoxie council member, cast one of three votes to remove Yanez last year, and now he is running against Yanez for a Leavenworth County Commission seat. He declined to comment on why he made his vote, but he said he didn't run for the city council in spring 2011 because he was satisfied with the city's operations.
"If everything was going fine, I wouldn't have run," Bixby said.
Councils and managers don't clash everywhere: in Baldwin City, administrator Chris Lowe said he and his elected officials had gotten along smoothly during his first nine months on the job. Lowe took over in September 2011, replacing Jeff Dingman, who left after eight years to take a job in Arkansas.
Lowe attributed his good relationship with city council members to their cohesive, positive attitude.
"Anytime you have elected officials that have that attitude, it makes it a lot more pleasant," Lowe said.
But there's no guarantee things won't change in the future, he said.
Slaugh, like Yanez, lost his job shortly after a new city council came aboard. That was despite what he said were his best attempts to "bend and sway" the way the council wanted with his policy recommendations.
But even though he's in a line of work where a pink slip could always be one election away, Slaugh said he understands why: so residents can have control over the government that spends their money.
"I still think we have the best system," Slaugh said.
This story has been updated to clarify the nature of the email conversation between David Morris, Carol Gonzales and a Shawnee city engineer.
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Arrival Procedure to Ecuador
- Arrival Airport: San Cristóbal (SCY)
A member of Projects Abroad staff meets all volunteers from San Cristobal Island airport. The airport is very close to the town of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno and about 5 minutes' drive away from our local office.
The staff member will be waiting for you in the arrivals area of San Cristobal airport holding an A4-sized laminated "Projects Abroad" sign. You will then travel by taxi to your host family.
There are two airports on the Galapagos Islands: Santa Cruz and San Cristobal. Please make sure that you fly into San Cristobal airport as our staff can only pick you up from this airport. If you do fly to Santa Cruz you will be responsible for getting a bus to the port and then a boat to San Cristobal independently.
As you may already be aware, the Galapagos Islands are a National Park. To live and work in a National Park such as the Galapagos Islands is a unique opportunity. However, as with the majority of National Parks worldwide the local authorities request that all foreigners pay an additional fee on arrival.
You will be required to pay US$20 on arrival at Quito or Guayaquil for an Immigration Galapagos card. In addition, if you are under the age of 18 years, when you arrive at San Cristobal airport you will need to pay US$100. This fee goes directly towards preserving and enhancing this world famous National Park. Volunteers under 18 therefore need to have a total of US$120 in cash with them upon arrival in Ecuador. Unfortunately, this extra cost is out of our control and cannot be avoided when entering into the Galapagos Islands.
All our host families are based in the town of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno.
When you arrive you will be introduced to your host family and accommodation and you will have time to unpack and settle in.
Volunteering in Ecuador: Orientation and Induction
You will have your induction on the next working day after you arrive. A member of staff will come and pick you up from your host family and show you around the town. You will start by going to our office where a member of staff will go through the Ecuador Handbook with you, including all the necessary safety and security measures.
You will then be taken around the town of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno and shown important sites and landmarks including internet cafes, the post office, where to change money, and how to get to each place from your host family. You will also be shown where other volunteers live and get the opportunity to meet some of them.
Depending on the time and your program, you may be introduced to your placement on the same day as your induction. If not, we will pick you up and take you the next day. We will show you how to get around the town (though it is quite small so walking is usually all that is needed) so that you become familiar with the town layout and landmarks. If you are volunteering on a Standard Project, all necessary work-related transportation costs will be covered by Projects Abroad.
Host families speak Spanish. A few members of the family may speak some English, especially the younger children who are learning it in school. However, you should be prepared to be immersed in a Spanish speaking environment. The host families understand that some volunteers may not speak Spanish or have limited vocabulary and they will be more than happy to teach you some new words. They are warm and welcoming people and will make sure you feel comfortable and relaxed. Vegetarians can easily be catered for.
Our Projects Abroad office in Puerto Baquerizo Moreno is based in the center of town. The office is open from Monday to Friday from 9am until 5pm. Our staff try to be in the office as much as possible but depending on their schedules they do sometimes need to leave the office during the day. All staff are available 24hrs a day on their mobile phones so please do not hesitate to contact them at any time. There is equipment in the office for volunteer use including resource materials and books.
The Galapagos can be visited at any time of the year. There are two seasons, and the warmest is between December to May, when the sky is always clear and the sun shines strongly. If you love to dive in amazing places, the best time to visit the Galapagos is from June to November. During this season the weather is a little colder, but it's the ideal time to enjoy the best of the Galapagos' famous marine reserve.
At the end of your placement we will arrange your journey back to the airport.
All volunteers participating on standard projects in Ecuador have the opportunity to spend one week on a Conservation & Environment project at the end of their main placement. For more information, please visit our Galapagos Island Conservation & Environment Project in Ecuador page. Our Combinations Page explains how you can combine not only projects, but also destinations.


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Narratives Solidify for GW and VCU in Atlantic 10 RacePosted by Alex Moscoso (@AlexPMoscoso) on January 15th, 2014
Like most cities on the East Coast, Washington DC is a professional sports town where its NFL team is king. But for two hours on Tuesday night, Foggy Bottom transformed into a full-fledged campus town like one might find in Big Ten country. The reason? A budding intra-regional and intra-conference rivalry between George Washington and VCU. And for the first time in this young feud, the outcome of the contest had significant implications for both teams with respect to league standings and postseason prospects. George Washington made a statement with its 76-66 win over VCU and made clear that it is a serious contender to win its first Atlantic 10 title since 2005-06. For VCU, it's another bump in the road for what was supposed to be its most promising season since a run to the 2011 Final Four, and has Shaka Smart's squad doing a bit of soul-searching. The outcome of this game has certainly changed the perceptions of these two teams from what was expected of them at the beginning of the season.
George Washington has quietly turned in one of the most surprising seasons in the country thus far. Picked to finish 10th out of 11 teams in the Atlantic 10 Preseason Media Poll, the Colonials now find themselves with a 14-3 overall record that includes wins against Creighton, VCU, Maryland and Miami (FL). A major reason for their turnaround has been the dramatic improvement of their offense from last season (jumping from 0.98 to 1.09 points per possession), which has been driven by the addition of Maurice Creek, a transfer from Indiana, and the emergence of players like Kethan Savage and Kevin Larsen. Against VCU on Tuesday, Larsen and reserve Patricio Garino stepped up and led the Colonials to shred the Rams' stellar defense (it came in at 0.91 points per possession, 9th nationally) — George Washington shot 56.3 percent and scored 1.04 points per possession. This win signals that the Colonials are ready to make the Atlantic 10 a four-team race, joining the likes of VCU, UMass, and Saint Louis vying for a conference crown. They may not get the national attention their turnaround warrants, but what Mike Lonergan has done with his team has been nothing short of remarkable.


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I'm working on a mobile application demo that relies heavily on the Geonames service and in the process started work on an ActionScript library for accessing the web service that you can find on Github. If you aren't familiar with Geonames it's a fantastic project. It's a database of placenames from all over the world (over 8 million) and each has a bunch of data (including latitude and longitude) about it. The database includes everything from physical features like mountains to schools and parks in cities. And it's all free.
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Game 4: Detroit at Toronto pregame
Really sad news this morning about Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart. He was killed last night in a car accident out in California after making his season debut for the Halos. Adenhart was only 22 years old.
Everything else today seems meaningless after hearing about that.
But, I'm writing up something on Lyle Overbay and Scott Richmond today, so check bluejays.com later. You can also follow me throughout the game on twitter. You can find me under @MLBastian.
Today's lineups:
1. Cutis Granderson, CF
2. Marcus Thames, LF
3. Magglio Ordonez, RF
4. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
5. Carlos Guillen, DH
6. Brandon Inge, 3B
7. Matt Treanor, C
8. Ramon Santiago, 2B
9. Adam Everett, SS
Starter: Rick Porcello (MLB debut)
1. Marco Scutaro, SS
2. Aaron Hill, 2B
3. Alex Rios, RF
4. Vernon Wells, CF
5. Adam Lind, DH
6. Jose Bautista, 3B
7. Lyle Overbay, 1B
8. Michael Barrett, C
9. Travis Snider, LF
Starter: Ricky Romero (MLB debut)
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Wow, that's just horribly tragic.
Gotta believe MLB will can the Angels game tonight. I don't see how his teammates could possibly be expected to play through the pain they must be in.
I signed on pretty quickly today!
Terrible news about Nick, my condolence's go out to his family.
As for the Jays I got home in time to watch him depart from the game but the line looks pretty darn good. Can't really complain about a 3 and 1 start. Snider has been really fun to watch so far.
When I played high school football, we lost our all-star punter through a tragic accident. We played our next game, because we thought that was the best thing to do, but we played it for him, and I still remember Melvin Zurwal at times like this.
I think Romero's line is the best of the Spring so far. Nice outing. Hill and Lind are on track to hit 81 taters apiece this year LOL.
Condolences to the Adenhart family on their tragic loss.
That outing from Romero might be one of the best first outings we've had in Blue Jay land, I can't remember any better.
As nice as it is to see Snider, Lind, Rolen and Hill, its just as disappointing to see Wells, Overbay and Rios all struggling at the same time. I will be happy when Snider has enough confidence to hit in the 4th hole. I think we lose huge there with Wells. Wells appears to be a guy that doesn't play well under any expectations or pressure-he should be moved to the 6th hole where his hitting into double plays won't hurt us as much as it does now..
First series! Graded A for the Jays. Maybe it was a good thing that Romero got that much time in the minors. He didn't overachieve by any means down there, but no doubt he learned a lot of things along the way.
Today he when up against a much more highly-touted prospect in Porcello (a guy that hasn't had much experience in the minors) and he looked like the better pitcher today. Not a bad outing at all. Romero showed he belongs here. I had my doubts.
Good games for our young players again. Snider had a nice double, Lind took a slow breaking ball out to center field (Lind has a lot more power it looks like). Surprisingly, Batista played very well. He had two nice singles and he made another two great base running judgements on a ball that slightly got away from the catcher and he did a good job breaking up a double play.
Rios and Wells had some miscommunication in the outfield on a Curtis Ganderson pop-up 'can of corn' turned base hit. That made me upset. Vernon also chased some balls way out of the strike zone today for some K's. It just looked ugly. Some of our other hitters are definately putting pressure on our 3 and 4 spots.
Actually, gsjays, Overbay didn't have a bad outing last time out. 2 for 3 with a double, a walk, and a run isn't too shabby. He's too good to stay down for long. Wells and Rios both had good Springs, and just because they go 0-fer for a couple of games doesn't mean you scrap them. Wells hit around .300 with 20 dingers in a 4 month campaign last year, and Rios made the best play of the game yesterday with his outfield assist.
What we should be saying is that we have enough depth in the lineup this year that we don't have to depend on those 3-4 guys to get all the runs all the time. We have one of the best defensive lineups in the league, so the guys that aren't hitting at the time still bring it on defense.
And our bullpen sez that you only have 6-7 innings to win the game, or forget it!
Actually, gsjays, Overbay didn't have a bad outing last time out. 2 for 3 with a double, a walk, and a run isn't too shabby. He's too good to stay down for long. Wells and Rios both had good Springs, and just because they go 0-fer for a couple of games doesn't mean you scrap them. Wells hit around .300 with 20 dingers in a 4 month campaign last year, and Rios made the best play of the game yesterday with his outfield assist.
What we should be saying is that we have enough depth in the lineup this year that we don't have to depend on those 3-4 guys to get all the runs all the time. We have one of the best defensive lineups in the league, so the guys that aren't hitting at the time still bring it on defense.
And our bullpen sez that you only have 6-7 innings to win the game, or forget it!
I wouldn't worry about Wells and Rios that much. Those are two guys (if healthy) that have a track record of being good hitters. It's only 4 games. They'll be the best hitters out of the whole bunch of Jays – and if they're not, it won't be because of them – it'll be because of guys like Lind and Hill who will have taken the next step. For what it's worth, they're OBP is now .353 and Rios is on track to score 122 Runs, which would have lead the league last year. Yes, I know that's ridiculous, but it goes to show you that it's too early to tell anything.
Speaking of early success, Emaus is 6/8 with 4 doubles and 7 RBI through two games in AA. He sure is carrying over his success from Spring Training.
I will agree on Rios, I think he's going to have a great year and is perfect in the 3 hole. Overbay, probably isn't going to matter as much as he has in the past because I don't see us taking Lind out of the 5th hole any time soon, not when he's leading the American League with 7 rbi's.( HIll is tied for 2nd with 6).
However, on Wells, I guess we have to agree to disagree. Wells isn't a clutch hitter, not now and never has been. His career Ba after the 6th inning or in tight games is somewhere between .210 and .240. A number of hits or hr's he gets are after the game is decided or in not critical timeframes. The more pressure put on him, the worse he performs and he's been that way all his career.
In my view the only reason Well's in the 4th hole is to justify the insidious contract we gave him. He would do a much better job in the 6th hole.
Right now, I'd like to see Rolen in the 4th and Wells in the 6th with Lind staying in the 5th hole. Rolen has made a career of clutch hitting and looks healthy so I expect he's going to have a great year.
Long term though, I think of the guys we now have, Snider or (the nickname given to him on Bluebird Banter) Moonraker is our guy for that spot.
Interesting Minor League Updates
Looks like Bradley Emaus is trying to justify a promotion to AAA already. After two games he's hitting an unbelieveable .750 BA/.750 OBP/1.250 slg with 4 doubles and 7 rbi's. Now thats what I call a hot start.
Marc Rzepczynski another high quality LH control type pitching prospect (who jumped from Lansing-A- to New Hampshire-AA this year, jumping over Dunedin A+) certainly justified the unusual promotion in his first start by going 5 innings while giving up only 1 run, walking 4 but striking out 9. One to watch this year, who could be promoted to AAA sooner than we'd expect. 4 relievers combined for 6 innings, only giving up 3 hits and no runs.
In the season opener, Joe Inglett went 3 for 6, Scott Campbell went 2 for 5 with 1 rbi and Arencibia went 2 for 5 with 2 rbi's.
GS Jesse Litsch had a better debut against the Orioles.
Enigma, thanks for that, I couldn't remember how Litsch did in his first start.


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Last September was a great time to be an Apple Inc. shareholder. The stock topped $700, capping a remarkable run in which the shares practically doubled since July 2011.
Even more extraordinary, much of Apple's
Read more: The surprising (and untold) genius of Steve Jobs.
It's been downhill ever since. From its closing peak of $702.10, Apple shares plunged by 37.4% as of last Friday, when it closed at $439.88. The stock has bounced back a bit, but when the world's most valuable company loses that much in just four months, something must be seriously wrong.
It is. Apple's competitive position has seriously weakened, and investors are recalibrating their outlooks. Tailwinds have turned into headwinds as tangible and intangible issues alike weigh heavily on the shares. Counterpoint: Brett Arends gives reasons to buy Apple now.
Apple has lost the mantle of the greatest growth stock of our era; it may no longer be a growth stock at all. (The company said executives were not available for interviews.)
Read about what Apple needs now on MoneyShow.com.
Here are four reasons why I don't think Apple's stock will see $700 again:
1. Growth in phones is slowing as competition increases
The IPhone is by far Apple's largest product, comprising more than 56% of total revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2013. The 47.8 million phones sold, including the new iPhone 5, represent nearly a 30% year-over-year gain in units sold.
Sounds great, but growth has decelerated dramatically, from well over 100% year over year in the third quarter of fiscal 2011.
Peter Misek, an analyst at Jefferies & Company, who downgraded Apple to "Hold" last week, told me the smartphone market has "matured" and is "saturated." He expects global smartphone sales to grow by 17% this year. That's down from 60%+ in 2011. Apple's chief rival, Samsung, also warned that the market is slowing.
Meanwhile, Samsung is gaining ground. While Apple's share of the global smartphone market slipped a percentage point to 22% in 2012's fourth quarter, according to IDC Worldwide, Samsung picked up six percentage points and now leads the pack with a 29% share.
2. Margins are shrinking
For smartphones, the big growth is in emerging markets, where Samsung and other suppliers using Google Inc.'s
That's one reason Apple is reportedly working on a cheaper phone, maybe priced at $99 to $149, for emerging markets. The company hasn't confirmed that.
And only half the iPhones sold by Verizon Communications Inc.
On Wednesday, Verizon's website featured the iPhone 5 for $199.99, the 4S for $99 and the 4 for…free.
And the new iPad Mini may be cannibalizing sales of the larger iPad, lowering the average selling price by $101.
Net net: Last week Apple reported its weakest quarterly sales growth in 3 ½ years and the slowest profit increase since 2003.
That's hurting gross margins — revenues minus cost of sales. Misek of Jefferies sees gross margins "staying below 39% and trending lower." That's down from a peak just below 45% in the fourth quarter of 2011.
3. Apple is losing its innovative edge
Here's an ominous sign: Apple isn't as cool as it used to be.
Samsung launched an in-your-face ad campaign that showed prospective iPhone buyers wowed by a new Galaxy smartphone. Unlike Apple, Samsung makes several models a year and it offers a bigger screen — a strong selling point.
Also, there have been relatively few big changes in the latest iPhone models, except for the Siri voice-recognition personal assistant on the 4S. Releasing a big new model every six months has forced Apple to make incremental, not fundamental, improvements.
Which brings us to the elephant in the room.
Steve Jobs was a singular figure in American business, who combined marketing acumen with a highly developed design sensibility. He also was a hard-driving control freak who pushed his staff relentlessly to build products that were "insanely great."
Result: Apple under Jobs produced five major technological breakthroughs — the original Apple II computer and the Macintosh in his first go-round and the iPod/iTunes ecosystem, the iPhone and the iPad during his triumphant return. ""There's no company like it in history," Misek said.
Read Howard's analysis of "5 Ways to Spot Tech's Next Winner (or Loser)" on MoneyShow.com.
And although he left behind an outstanding team — including supply chain wiz Tim Cook, now CEO — and possibly a road map for future innovations, no one has the vision and sheer creative genius he did — or the manic perfectionism to make things happen. Jobs is truly irreplaceable.
4. Apple may no longer be a growth story
As margins shrink, earnings growth is tougher to come by. When the momentum stops, growth investors flee like rats from a sinking ship.
Although we haven't yet seen their most recent quarterly reports, I'll bet some big growth funds have dumped Apple shares by the boatload. Some analysts even speculate Apple is transitioning from a growth stock to a value stock (it trades at less than ten times projected 2014 earnings.) "It's happening right now," Misek said.
The company already pays a decent 2.4% dividend and it has $137 billion in cash. Much of that is overseas and would mean a hefty tax hit if Apple repatriated a lot of it to buy back stock, which the company already has started to do.
CEO Cook may be quietly repositioning Apple as a solid blue-chip stock. That would be a big blow both to Apple's image and to the cultists who worship the company.
A dividend-paying Apple that buys back its stock like, say, IBM
Howard R. Gold is a columnist for MarketWatch and editor at large for MoneyShow.com. Follow him on Twitter @howardrgold and read his account of the debate between Paul Krugman and Paul Ryan over whether there even is a fiscal crisis on ww.independentagenda.com.


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Per Gh update - these are not going to be on Vintage cards. Strange to classify them in the Vintage Collection only to card them on the TPM 3D design.
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Propane leak blamed for blast
Investigators have identified the woman killed in Tuesday's explosion in Bath.
The Maine Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim as Dale Ann Fussell, 64. She lived in the two-unit apartment house that exploded.
Investigators said work continues to determine her cause of death.
Earlier Wednesday, the Maine Fire Marshal's Office said a leak in a propane line was to blame for the explosion.
Investigators said the gas line connected an outside propane tank to two gas heaters that provided heat to the two separate apartments.
Officials said the leak was in an outside wall of the house, and the gas then likely seeped into a crawlspace under the building and were ignited by an unknown source.
When the blast happened about 5 a.m. Tuesday, nearby neighbors said, they were jolted out of their beds.
"I didn't have nothing on but my boxer shorts," neighbor Walter Alexander said.
Alexander said he ran across the street to help Fussell, cutting his own feet on the debris along the way.
"She's an elderly lady and a very nice lady, and she needed help," Alexander said.
He said the gas company has been at the scene since late Tuesday to test every unit and talk to everyone living in the area.
"They came over here last night and we shut down for more than a half hour, and they said it was alright to turn it back on, and it seems safe right now," neighbor Gail Alexander aid.
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Old tart pans (old flan tins) into picture frames
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Metal trays into magnet boards
Turn those old trays into your family message board! Exchange notes with kids and clip your to-do list here. This looks cuter than a fridge!
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