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Integrate Azure AD B2C into an Objective-C iOS application
This sample demonstrates how to use Azure AD B2C using a 3rd party library called AppAuth. It has only been tested for compatibility in basic scenarios with Azure AD B2C. Issues and feature requests related to AppAuth should be directed to the library's open-source project.
This sample is a quickstart to help you get started with Azure AD B2C on iOS using a 3rd party library called AppAuth. The sample is already configured to use a demo environment and can be run simply by downloading the code and building the app on your machine. Follow the instructions below if you would like to use your own Azure AD B2C configuration.
This sample was created by following the README instructions from the iOS AppAuth project on GitHub. For more details on how the sample and the library work, please reference the AppAuth README on GitHub.
Steps to Run
To use Azure AD B2C, you'll first need to create an Azure AD B2C tenant, register your application, and create some sign in and sign up experiences.
To create an Azure AD B2C tenant, checkout these steps.
To register your app, checkout these steps. Make sure the "Native Client" switch is turned to "Yes". You will need to supply a Redirect URL with a custom scheme in order for your iOS application to capture the callback. To avoid a collision with another application, we recommend using a reverse DNS notation of your B2C tenant name followed by your application name as the custom scheme. The example Redirect URI in this sample is:
com.onmicrosoft.fabrikamb2c.exampleapp://oauth/redirectwhere fabrikamb2c should be replaced with your tenant name, and exampleapp should be replaced with the name of your application.
Define your custom sign in and sign up experience. In Azure AD B2C, you define the experience your end users will encounter by creating policies. For this sample, you'll want to create a single combined Sign In/Sign up policy.
Clone the code:
git clone https://github.com/Azure-Samples/active-directory-ios-native-appauth-b2c.git
Setting up the iOS App
In Finder, double click on active-directory-ios-native-appauth-b2c.xcworkspace. This will open the project in XCode.
The app is already preconfigured to a demo Azure B2C tenant. At this point, you should be able to build and run the app. Follow the instructions below to configure the app with your own tenant information.
ViewController.m, replace the following fields:
kTenantName: This is the name of your Azure AD B2C tenant
kClientId: This is your Application ID, which can be found in the Azure Portal (under Application settings).
kRedirectUri: This is your redirect URI, which can be found in the Azure Portal (under Application settings).
kSignupOrSigninPolicy: This is the name of your Sign Up or Sign In policy.
kEditProfilePolicy: This is the name of your Edit Profile policy.
Open Info.pList. Expand 'URL types' -> 'Item 0' -> 'URL Schemes' -> 'Item 0'. Update the scheme 'com.onmicrosoft.fabrikamb2c.exampleapp' to match the scheme of the kRedirectUri value updated in ViewController.m.
Go ahead and try the app. You'll be able to see your custom experience, sign up for an account, and sign in to an existing account. Upon completing the login process, you should see the types of tokens acquired.
Next Steps
Customize your user experience further by supporting more identity providers. Checkout the docs belows to learn how to add additional providers:
Questions & Issues
Please file any questions or problems with the sample as a github issue. You can also post on Stackoverflow with the tag
This sample was built and tested with the iOS 10.2 Simulator on XCode 8.2.1.
This sample was created using instructions from the iOS AppAuth project on GitHub.
This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact firstname.lastname@example.com with any additional questions or comments.


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This Saturday is Open That Bottle Night, an evening to finally crack that bottle of wine you've been saving for that 'special occasion'. It was started by the wine writers at the Wall Street Journal, Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher, and gestated as an evening to finally open that bottle of wine that you've been saving. They kept getting letters from people asking things like: "when is the best time to open this bottle?" or "what's it's aging potential?" They're conclusion was to just open the bottle, but make the occasion special. Sign me up!
Dorothy and John write the Tastings column in the WSJ and Open That Bottle Night has been rolling around since the late 90's, this Saturday's will be the 10th annual. Reason to celebrate of course. It always lands on the last Saturday of February and provides wine drinkers from all over to finally open that bottle. And if you've been drinking wine for anytime you will have all sorts of bottles that fit under this banner.
I have a bunch, nothing too valuable, so no 1st growths or California cults, but there are bottles that have special meaning and I think are great. But the inverse is that I get a little gun-shy to open them. Will I open it at it's peak? Will my dinner guests appreciate it? These questions can be a little pretentious, but the wine drinkers out there know what I'm talking about. In other words, I'm not opening that bottle of Betz for those friends that love Yellowtail. A little snobby? Yes.
That is why I love Open That Bottle Night; a great excuse to drink up, enjoy wine, have fun with friends, and share stories about wine – about anything. In fact, Dorothy and John also provided some great tips on hosting your own OTBN night. And if you didn't want to have a dinner party there are spots around the country hosting OTBN parties.
In Seattle, the Art Institute's Portfolio Restaurant will be hosting an OTBN dinner. It'll be on Friday 2/27 from 6-9pm and the upper level students will be preparing a four-course meal, the AI's wine educator Dieter Schafer will provide guidance, and it's all for $30! Bring your bottle and the corking fee is waived too. It all goes to support the culinary stars of tomorrow at Portfolio, so revel in a night of good vino. Reservations are required, so call 206.239.2363.
What will I open this evening? I'm not quite sure. But I know I'll be looking forward to drinking it.

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While some automotive cultures define performance by the amount of cylinders or even through outrageous horsepower, an astute group of car fanatics realize a true sports car as a well-rounded creation. Weight, handling and usable engine power cemented into perfect form has the ability to cultivate a four-wheeled legend. The original Mini Cooper or even the Porsche 911 has proven formidable matches to much more powerful cars in some motorsport arenas. Best exercised by Japan and European brands, engineers have a knack for realizing performance potential from otherwise vanilla economy cars.
A popular upscale compact car, the Audi A1 has been an important part in appealing to European buyers including the ones found in the auto brand's German homeland. Filling a small vehicle niche the German luxury car company had not occupied since the discontinuation of the Audi 50 in 1978, the three-door A1 hatchback charmed a younger, hipper group of motorists with the Volkswagen Polo-based compact. Announcing the five-door A1 Sportback's addition just last month ago, the shift towards practicality for the model will be accompanied by a product capturing clients expecting excess thrill. Just ahead of Christmas, Audi delivers news of a limited production A1 quattro sport compact car. Part of what will be a quick production run of 333 cars in 2012, the Audi A1 quattro trails deeply into European factory sport compact culture.
For this special edition quattro model, Audi has added some standard expressions of aggression only giving a preview to the car that is the A1 quattro. Tinted rear windows, a blackened rear diffuser and Glacier White painted 18-inch alloy wheels are mild tell tale signs of this compact's differentiation from its economy car siblings. Xenon plus headlamps and adaptive brake lights is high-end A1 quattro touches guaranteed to win over the Audi faithful admiring the division's emphasis on technology integrated with design. Maybe an unimposing image on the roadway, the power that lurks inside of this premium sport compact will allow the Audi A1 quattro to effectively stand out when in motion.
Powered by Audi's 2.0 TFSI inline-four engine, the A1 quattro performance is launched to levels close to the TTS sports car. Combining a turbocharger and intercooler assembly with gasoline direct injection inside the engine bay, the Audi A1 quattro claws pavement under the momentum of 256 horsepower. Accelerating under the force of 258 pounds feet of torque, the Audi 2.0 TFSI powerplant storms from 0 to 62 miles per hour in an advertised 5.7-second time. The Audi A1 quattro top speed is appraised at 245 kilometers per hour (152 miles per hour).
The surge of quattro all-wheel drive keeps the Audi A1 quattro extremely stable under heavy performance load. The only chance to buy a quattro-equipped version of the A1, this car is Audi's smallest production exercises into all-wheel drive motoring. In between the 2.0 TFSI engine and the quattro drivetrain is a six-speed manual gearbox. Electronic stability control and differential lock of both axles assures steady control on the vehicle when placed on the verge of instability.
Inside the cockpit of the Audi A1 quattro, a serious black interior relays the sense of ultimate sports car driving. Featuring red as a faint support colour, black Silk Nappa leather covers the armrests on the doors as well as the well-bolstered sport seats. Along with red stitching, the generous use of aluminum or aluminum-like pieces on the shifter knob and door handles contrasts the dark interior of the Audi A1 quattro. Automatic air conditioning and LED interior lighting will insure that the black automotive cabin is very liveable for pursuing comfortable yet enthusiastic driving. An occupant operating the Audi A1 quattro will benefit with driver-oriented interior design featuring a multi-function steering wheel as well as a highly legible instrument console including a bold red-faced tachometer.
Along with the shear thrill occupants will feel as the Audi A1 quattro rockets through European roads and across highways, the compact is equipped with a far-reaching assortment of infotainment gear to companion the motoring experience. Bose supplies a 14-speaker, 456-watt sound system suited for the optimal enjoyment of audio tracks through the A1 quattro's CD changer or through MP3 tracks. The Audi A1 quattro's infotainment connectivity includes the technology to connect with Google Earth. Passengers can also link to the Internet with the A1 quattro's integrated WLAN hotspot through their portable computing devices.
Overall, the Audi A1 quattro will be a rare opportunity to capture a piece of S-Line performance in a smaller package. An automotive delight that North American customers will not realize, the limited 333-car production of the Audi A1 quattro who leave many potential European customers leaving dealerships saddened to miss their ownership opportunity. Please forgive the jealous residents west of the Atlantic Ocean expressing schadenfreude to that kind of misfortune.
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Train Belgrade → Ljubljana
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Home to the new Bohemians
Belgrade, so much to see! Serbian capital Belgrade marks the spot where the Sava and Danube rivers meet. Get a sense of the expanse of this thriving Balkan city from the Kalemegdan Fortress. Hop on one of the splavovi river barges for a taste of the city's booming nightlife scene. Learn more about Belgrade
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Ljubljana, an architectural treasure. Slovenian capital Ljubljana is a perfectly-formed pint-sized package. Sip wine under willows on the banks of the sea-green river. Then peer over the old town's terracotta roofs from the hilltop castle. A former military barracks, Metelkova is now home to an edgy nightlife scene. Learn more about Ljubljana


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Christmas Holiday 2010
Brand: Peterson
Blend: Holiday 2010 �
Blender: Kohlhase, Kopp & Co.
Type: Aromatic
Country: IE
Cut: Broad Ribbon
Cure: Air cured
Tobaccos: Virginia, Black Cavendish, Burley
Strength: Mild
Room Note: Mild to Medium, Very Pleasant
Tin Size: 100g
Tin Age: New to 6 months
Tin Description: Red and golden Virginia tobaccos from the US and Africa are the basis of this wonderful mixture. They are blended with double fermented, broad cut Black Cavendish as well as a hint of roasted Burley, refined with a delicious aroma of cookies and cream and a touch of espresso. The result is an irresistible pleasure for both your palate as well as your environment.
Truth in advertising from the tin description, as this is one irresistible offering from Peterson. Their aromatics are, as a rule, of top-quality leaf and casing, and are very reliable sweet smokes. In this Christmas blend they have outdone themselves, and raised the bar for subsequent offerings.
Tin: The warm and inviting artwork of a red, wreath-adorned door opens to a tin with an incredibly rich fragrance redolent of exactly what it claims chocolate cookies and cream and espresso, and even some fruitcake, caramel sauce, simmering butterscotch, vanilla and figs. There is no searching or stretching the imagination for the aroma, it is rich and deep and heady, and not at all perfumey or chemically. The tobacco is equal parts golden and orange versus dark chocolate and espresso colored wide ribbons in a characteristic Peterson mottle.
Char: On the first match a burst of flavor from the Virginias easily lights the bowl, and the sweetness of the casing does not cloud nor hinder the tobacco shining through. The measure of red Virginia is as apparent as the sugary sweetness of the cased Cavendish.
Top: As the fire progresses, one can discern the proportions of the tobaccos being as listed on the tin�first the red Virginias, highlighted by the gold; the sweet cake-batter Cavendish in lesser amount, and finally the Burley rounds it out with a wonderful chestnut note and coolness of smoke.
Mid: The balance of this blend is perhaps its most remarkable achievement. Bowl after bowl, tin after tin, the sweetness of the casing never outstrips the flavor of the tobacco, nor vice-versa. The smoke develops a fuller body as the bowl progresses, elucidating the flavors of holiday treat breads baking, gingerbread and cinnamon and caramel and butterscotch with colorful fruity notes interspersed like a fruitcake. The back of the tongue gathers the sweetness and has the mouthfeel of having had a shot of espresso con miele, the honey clinging to the palate. The retrohale excites the burley, and carries in it all the tin aroma with the addition of the burning leaf, producing a wonderful roasted chestnut experience.
Finish: At times the rich body of the smoke actually makes the mouth water, as if one were chewing on fruitcake and Oreo cookies. The dark coffee tones step forward in the latter half of the bowl, riding along with the Burley nuttiness. Fig and mulled wine, sugar and spice. Despite a rather constant cadence and repeated bowls it tends not to bite at all, and leaves such a richness on the tongue that it simply begs for more. The smoke is thick, creamy and chewy, in all the best ways. Paired with an Irish coffee it reaches sublime proportions.
Room Note: The smoke produced is nearly identical to the tin aroma, and will serve as a pleasant reminder of the pipe as it clings gently to your sweater.
Overall: Perhaps one of the finest aromatics ever produced. The casing never competes with the tobacco; it glorifies it. Even confirmed Latakiaphiles have sheepishly asked for a bowlful of this, which was gladly gifted. It will be sad when this is but a ghost of Christmas past.
The formulation is almost magical, and the quality of the tobacco ensures its place in the pantheon of great specialty blends. Added points for the beautiful presentation tin.
Minor points lost for the tin not being sealable.
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Good morning everyone. I hope all are well. Maybe many of you are on leave today, and started your journey back to kampung to celebrate Eid-Ul-Adha. May you have a pleasant Eid-Ul-Adha and drive safely...
Fruit Cocktail Pudding
Source: Wani's Food Blog
Ingredients :
1 packet agar-agar strips (20 gm)
2 eggs
4 1/2 cups liquid (cocktail syrup + water)
1/2 can evaporated milk (about 200ml)
3/4 cups sugar
3 tablespoons custard powder
1 can fruit cocktail
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Kiwi ~ cut to small chunks
Method :
1. Put the fruit cocktail through a strainer. Keep the syrup to boil the agar-agar.
2. Boil the agar-agar strips with 4 1/2 cups of liquid (water + syrup) plus the sugar. Boil till all the agar-agar strips dissolves.
3. Meanwhile, beat eggs, vanilla essence and add in custard powder. Set aside.
4. Pour the agar-agar through the strainer and add in the evaporated milk. Put back on the stove and let it boil.
5. Reduce the heat and add in the eggs mixture a little at a time and continue stirring.
6. Add in the fruit cocktails. Stir for a few minutes and remove from heat.
7. Pour into the prepared mould. Leave to cool and then chill in the refrigerator.
EID MUBARAK to everyone. Have a nice and safe journey.....


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After a stellar season full of a multitude of broken records, the Central Connecticut softball team ended its season Saturday in game five of the NCAA Regional tournament in Baton Rouge, LA against LSU. The Blue Devils fell by a score of 11-0 in the match-up for their second loss in the double-elimination tournament. The first loss of the weekend also came against LSU in a close 3-2 game on Friday.
WATCH highlights from Saturday's games.
The Blue Devils (36-15, 16-4 NEC) advanced to the fifth game of the tournament after topping Northwestern State by a score of 9-1 on Saturday afternoon. CCSU's 36 wins surpasses the previous season record by five.
Sophomore Laura Messina pitched her third NCAA Tournament game after a record-breaking season of her own. After just two seasons as a Blue Devil, she owns four career pitching records and ranks in the top five in six out of seven categories. Messina was relieved on the mound by senior Jordan Tingley in the top of the sixth inning for her eighth appearance of the season. She pitched two-thirds of an inning and picked up a strike out.
Messina received a standing ovation from the crowd at Tiger Park on her departure from the field.
The Tigers opened the game with a four run lead in the top of the first inning, an inning that included two Blue Devil errors. They continued to score seven more runs and left the Blue Devils scoreless after six innings of play.
Junior Arielle Bruno singled to open the bottom of the first, but she was quickly erased on a ground out and from that point the Blue Devils were held hitless until sophomore Kat Malcolm singled with two outs in the sixth inning.
LSU's Ashley Czechner tossed six scoreless innings and limited CCSU to just two hits while striking out nine. She is 2-0 in the regional so far.
Messina allowed 11 runs on 11 hits and falls to 28-11 on the season with the loss.


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University of Hawaii astronomer Dr. Tomotsugu Goto and colleagues have discovered a giant galaxy surrounding the most distant black hole ever found. The galaxy, which is 12.8 billion light-years from Earth, is as large as the Milky Way galaxy and harbors a supermassive black hole that contains at least a billion times as much matter as does our sun.
Dr. Goto stated, "It is surprising that such a giant galaxy existed when the Universe was only one-sixteenth of its present age, and that it hosted a black hole one billion times more massive than the sun. The galaxy and black hole must have formed very rapidly in the early universe."
Knowledge of the host galaxies of supermassive black holes is important in order to understand the long-standing mystery of how galaxies and black holes have evolved together. Until now, studying host galaxies in the distant universe has been extremely difficult because the blinding bright light from the vicinity of the black hole makes it more difficult to see the already faint light from the host galaxy.
Unlike smaller black holes, which form when a large star dies, the origin of supermassive black holes remains an unsolved problem. A currently favored model requires several intermediate black holes to merge. The host galaxy discovered in this work provides a reservoir of such intermediate black holes. After forming, supermassive black holes often continue to grow because their gravity draws in matter from surrounding objects. The energy released in this process accounts for the bright light that these black holes produce.
To see the supermassive black hole, the team of scientists used new red-sensitive CCDs installed in the Suprime-Cam camera on the Subaru telescope on Mauna Kea. Prof. Satoshi Miyazaki of the National Astronomy Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) is lead investigator for the creation of the new CCDs and a collaborator on this project. He said, "The improved sensitivity of the new CCDs has brought an exciting discovery as its very first result."
A careful analysis of the colors revealed that 40 percent of light around 9100 Å is from the host galaxy itself and 60 percent is from the surrounding ionized nebulae illuminated by the black hole. Dr. Yousuke Utsumi (Graduate University for Advanced Studies/NAOJ), a member of the project team, said, "We have witnessed a supermassive black hole and its host galaxy forming together. This discovery has opened a new window for investigating galaxy-black hole co-evolution at the dawn of the universe."
Dr. Goto is a fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). He received his PhD from the University of Tokyo in 2003 and has also worked at Carnegie Mellon and Johns Hopkins universities, and at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, a part of JAXA, the Japanese equivalent of NASA. He came to the UH Institute for Astronomy in 2008 to work with Dr. David Sanders on quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) and luminous infrared galaxies.
Other members of the research team are Hisanori Furusawa (NAOJ) and Yutaka Komiyama (NAOJ).
This research will be published in the online version of the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society this month. The paper is available at http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~tomo /QSOhost/QSOhost_v7.pdf.
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Object Name: CFHQSJ2329-0301
Distance and Redshift: Due to the expansion of the universe, light from distant objects are stretched and shifted to longer wavelengths. The redshift of the host galaxy is 6.43, which corresponds to a distance of 12.8 billion light-years. The universe itself is thought to be 13.7 billion years old.
Light from Black Holes: Black holes cannot be seen directly because they are so dense that light cannot escape from their gravitational pull. However, matter falling into a black hole heats up from friction as it swirls around the event horizon of the black hole at great speeds. The hot material radiates strongly in ultraviolet and visible light.
Calculating the Black Hole Mass: The maximum amount of light emitted by matter falling into a black hole depends on the mass of the black hole. If the matter is falling into the black hole in a spherically symmetrical shell, this maximum brightness can be calculated. This brightness is called the Eddington luminosity. By assuming that the quasar's brightness is equivalent to the Eddington luminosity, researchers can estimate the mass of the black hole.
Quasi-Stellar Object (QSO): A distant object that looks like a star.
Founded in 1967, the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii at Manoa conducts research into galaxies, cosmology, stars, planets, and the sun. Its faculty and staff are also involved in astronomy education, deep space missions, and in the development and management of the observatories on Haleakala and Mauna Kea.


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According to the Wall Street Journal, the European Commission recently sent letters to Hollywood movie studios asking for communication records and agreements between the movie studios and HD-DVD and Blu-Ray DVD format representatives. The EU wants to know why so many studios are exclusively backing Blu-ray at the expense of HD-DVD; it seems they suspect that Sony is leveraging its moviemaking business in inappropriate ways.
Last August, the European Commission was interested in the business practices of Sony and Toshiba—specifically Sony, who owns Sony Pictures and also markets the Blu-ray-capable PlayStation 3 gaming system—because of its involvement in Hollywood and wider reach in the entertainment industry. Toshiba, on the other hand, does not have an in-house movie studio, nor does it have a gaming system that solely and natively supports HD-DVD playback, though the HD-DVD player for Microsoft's Xbox 360 can be purchased separately.
The European Commission appears to be most interested in why movie studios have generally accepted the Blu-ray standard over HD-DVD, wondering "whether improper tactics were used to suppress competition and persuade the studios to back [Sony's] format." There's no word on what the "improper tactics" might be, but it doesn't come as a surprise that the European Union's executive body is looking into the legitimacy of the format battle. After all, the Blu-ray standard is currently backed by Walt Disney, Sony, Twentieth Century Fox, Lions Gate Entertainment, and MGM. Compare this roster of backers to that of HD-DVD, which is backed solely by NBC Universal Pictures. The European Commission is likely looking into how and why five studios decided to back Blu-ray exclusively while only one exclusively backed HD-DVD. They may also be investigating why Blu-ray devices are typically priced much higher than their HD-DVD counterparts.
Sales haven't been strong for either format's players, though, as the WSJ also reports that only "105,000 homes have Blu-ray players, and about 150,000 have HD DVD players. An additional 1.5 million homes have PlayStation 3 devices… About 160,000 consumers have bought add-on devices for Xbox machines that allow them to play HD DVDs." Perhaps the ongoing European Commission investigation will shed more light into which new DVD format will win out in the future. With just 1.9 million devices sold with the ability to play the new format, it's clear that the public is waiting for a conclusion to the format battle.
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Kanye West - Kanye West - Chain Heavy
Kanye West - Kanye West - Chain Heavy
Your my devil your my angel, Your my heaven your my hell, Your my now your my never, Your my freedom your my jail, Your my lies your my truth, Your my war your my truce, Your my questions your my proof, Your stress and your my masseuse, Mama say mama say momma Dondas son, Lost in this plastic life, Lets break out of this fake ass party and turn this into a classic night, If we die in each others arms, Well still get laid in the after-life, If we die in each others arms well still get laid. Chain Heavy/Sweat off My Face (Chorus) my chain heavy yeah yeah my chain heavy, my chain heavy, my chain too heavy (repeat 2x) They try to tell me my chain broke the levy, Maybe cuz its flooded, Why you walkin round with a baby cross his cousin, My teeth already white yall gone make me floss for nothing, My teeth real diamonds whats the cause of the frontin, While yall got all caps on?, Don Cheadle Time, Get extra black on em, Burn Hollywood burn, Take too long for the homies to get their turn, Probably be cremated before I get my urn, They try to tell that aliens built the pyramids, I swear lifes a bitch on a period, For every instant cuz every hoe thinks you see, I made my jeweler add a few mo links, You can look at me and tell I dont care what nobody think, And my face always lookin like somebody stink. (Chorus) my chain heavy yeah yeah my chain heavy, my chain heavy, my chain too heavy (repeat 2x) Here we go, like we should, Feel the sweat, on ya face, Here we go, like we should, Feel the sweat, on ya face, Alright okay, feel the sweat on ya face, h Ere we go, like we should, like we should, like we should What color was the skin that bared the cross, No matter how many lashes they couldnt beat it off, How many caskets will we see in one lifetime?, Thats why Miles Davis coping is mic time, I keep that notebook on my ottoman, And wrote hooks about slaves that was slaughtered in the 1800s, Yall forget that I got called nigger on Twitter so many times, Man I lived that, Man Im just trying to find out where to raise my kids at, Cuz they dont want where they crib at, Hey real tom lookin for a nice park, Twelve noon she say my family gone make it too dark, This is the flow that solar eclipses, So hopefully one day that real soul will eclipse the bullshit, they got us listenin to, In this existence, Dont give up now just a little mo persistence, I want to thank Ice Cube and Michael Jackson Keep em away huh, something might happen, This is the making of a masterpiece, so we broke out the chains and told the master peace.
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The luxury Moyvalley Hotel & Golf resort is set amidst 550 acres of historic Kildare countryside, one of Ireland's leading luxurious resorts perfect for your dream wedding destination, leisure break, golf, meetings, corporate events and self-catering holiday. Whether it's a romantic getaway at the contemporary Moyvalley Hotel, or something more intimate, like our luxury self-catering cottages or the stunning beauty of the Balyna House, the Moyvalley Hotel & Golf Resort will fulfil and exceed your wildest expectations.
Our idyllic location is set in the picturesque Irish countryside and is one of the most romantic wedding venues with stylish receptions rooms that can cater for intimate and larger weddings. Whether you choose the contemporary luxury of the 54 bedroom Moyvalley Hotel or the exclusive opulence of the historic Balyna House, both will capture the imagination and what dreams are made of. Escape from the stressful business environment and experience the privacy and seclusion of this beautiful resort. We offer corporate & meeting facilities for up to 300 delegates. Moyvalley Golf Resort is an active and well respected golf course.
Our Darren Clarke designed Championship Golf course will provide an exciting challenge to golfers of all abilities. Come and visit to see for yourself what all the fuss is about! You'll love it, whatever you're here for!
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The Edmond de Rothschild Group has always remained dedicated to financing the real economy. This is why it has played a pioneering role on the bond markets. Since 1996, it has supported the growth of European companies by financing their debt. Over this period, it has continued to innovate, providing an offering that is adapted to investors' needs. Its preferential access to the primary market is a source of exclusive opportunities.
With more than 20 years' experience in the convertible bonds market, the Group is one of the European market leaders in this asset class. The management team is comprised of 4 specialists, with an average of 12 years of experience. Each one covers a specific geographical area and enjoys exclusive access to market participants, offering excellent added value.
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Tucumcari youth drowns in irrigation canal
May 19, 2006
TUCUMACARI — Dive teams found the body of a 12-year-old boy Friday night after nearly 24 hours of searching in a Tucumcari irrigation canal.
Residents of Tucumcari hoped and prayed for the best, but feared the worst with every passing hour that Agustin "Augie" Montiel, a fifth-grader at Tucumcari Elementary School, was not discovered by emergency personnel.
Lt. Cleo Baker of the New Mexico State Police said Montiel's body was discovered at 7:40 p.m. Friday in the tunnel of an irrigation ditch adjacent to Charles Avenue.
Just before 8 p.m. Thursday, Montiel and 15-year-old Gabriel Jones were swimming before currents swept them into the irrigation canal at Seventh Street and Charles.
From the first call to dispatch at 8:45 p.m. Thursday to Friday, many who knew Montiel and his family — and many who did not — stayed to give Montiel's family support.
"The community has been so helpful," said Crestina Baca, Montiel's older sister, on Friday afternoon. "They've all offered to jump in and help, but (authorities) won't let us."
At 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Quay County emergency personnel pulled Jones out of the water six blocks from the spot he went in. He was rescued where the underground canal surfaced at First Street and Charles. Jones was treated and later released from Tucumcari's Trigg Memorial Hospital.
City Police Chief Larry Ham said the department treated the late Thursday and early Friday hours as a two-fold operation. The first priority was to rescue Montiel, and the second to keep citizens in the crowd from putting themselves in danger in an attempt to rescue the boy.
Personnel from the city police, the New Mexico State Police and numerous fire departments worked throughout Thursday night and Friday morning. Shortly after Jones was rescued, the Arch-Hurley Conservancy District Volunteer Fire Department set up a chain link fence at a bridge adjacent to Interstate 40, which Ham said was about a mile from the primary search site.
Ham said Jones and Montiel were sucked into the pipe and traveled with the water, which runs east in a pipe about 8 feet tall. Ham said the pipe was big enough for three adults to fit through side-by-side.
The area where the youth were swimming is surrounded by a fence and signs warn against the dangers of trespassing and swimming in the area.
Leading up to Friday night, the hundreds of citizens who came and went reacted differently. Many gave encouraging shouts of, "Come on, Augie," while others prayed.
A few residents tried to get through the perimeter to either get a closer look or offer personal assistance. Sandee Carmichael, whose little brother is a friend of Montiel's, tried to help officers maintain a safe perimeter of the scene.
"I'm just trying to keep people from jumping over the fence," Carmichael said. "That takes away help from Augie because that's one more person that needs help."
The incident captured the minds and hearts of people with little connection to Tucumcari as well. North Carolina resident Bob Coltrane was just visiting friends in the city. A frequent traveler, Coltrane had a spotlight in his car and said officers appreciated the offer, but had lighting coming in from A.S. Horner construction crews.
Diving teams arrived at 12:30 a.m. Friday and entered the water about an hour later. The crews dove throughout with breaks every few hours to replenish the air supply before finding Montiel.
Baker said the dive teams were able to find Montiel due to the lowering of the water level. At the time Montiel was found, the water was chest deep by Baker's estimation, compared to 7-to-8 feet 24 hours before.
As the night turned into the morning, morning into afternoon and afternoon into night, family members refused to go home until Montiel was found. Family members grouped together on the block under a canopy, giving them some shade during a 103-degree afternoon. Many residents had also dropped off coolers and food for those who had not left the area.
Family members tried to keep hope throughout, and were thankful to the community for their presence and support.
"They've prayed for us," Stella Chavez, Montiel's mother, said through tears. "They've been here and they brought us food and drinks."


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The University's comprehensive campaign has passed the $1 billion mark, President Joel Seligman announced Wednesday. A commitment of more than $4 million from James Aquavella, professor of ophthalmology, pushed the Campaign past the historic mark and significantly closer to the campaign goal that was announced in October 2011.
Aquavella, a clinician and researcher in the University's Flaum Eye Institute, made the gift in memory of his late wife, Kay, who was a nurse and administrator dedicated to the establishment of the Institute.
The University now joins a group of 29 private U.S. colleges and universities to exceed $1 billion. The ultimate objective for The Meliora Challenge: The Campaign for the University of Rochester is to surpass $1.2 billion in commitments by June 30, 2016.
"At a time when the University faces several daunting challenges, including dramatic changes in the provision of health care and cutbacks in federal funding for research, it is wonderful to be able to announce that we have passed the $1 billion milestone," Seligman said. "We are grateful for the vision, generosity and support of our alumni, friends, faculty, staff, parents, and students. Let me especially thank Jim Thompson and the great Advancement team for our progress to date. On behalf of the University, I say to them all: 'Thanks a billion!' But let me add, 'Our work is but begun.' We still have much to do to effectively support our faculty, students and staff and to develop programs that place us in the vanguard of cutting edge research, the highest quality education, clinical care, professional schools, and the creative arts."
The Meliora Challenge is the largest comprehensive fundraising campaign in the University's history. The $1.2 billion goal incorporates goals in five critical areas: $225 million for student support, primarily endowed scholarships and fellowships; $350 million for faculty support with an emphasis on endowed professorships; $375 million to support programs vital to the schools and units; $130 million in unrestricted support through the annual fund; and $120 million for new facilities and campus renovations.
"I want to thank Campaign co-chairs Cathy Minehan and Rich Handler for their inspired leadership and personal generosity in a campaign that is transforming the University and the communities it serves," said Board of Trustees Chair Ed Hajim. "The Campaign has benefited from the philanthropy of many donors with gifts of all sizes. The $1 billion mark is truly significant, achievable only through our broad base of over 155,000 donors."
Hajim and his wife, Barbara, are among those leading Campaign giving, committing $30 million in 2008 to fund student scholarships and to support the endowment in the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences. Since its inception, lead donors such as Eastman Kodak Company, Robert and Pamela Goergen, B. Thomas Golisano, Richard and Martha Jane Handler, E. Philip and Carole Saunders, Thomas and Linda Sloan, and the Wilmot family have provided transformational gifts that have propelled the Campaign forward.
Seligman described how such gifts have made a visible impact on campus, enabling the initiation or completion of a number of new facilities projects that have advanced the University's academic and community missions. Included in these projects are the 245,000 square-foot Golisano Children's Hospital (scheduled to open in 2015); the recently dedicated, Ronald Rettner Hall for Media Arts and Innovation; Raymond F. LeChase Hall, the new 65,000 square-foot home to the Warner School of Education; and the Eastman Theatre renovation and expansion project.
University Trustee Laurence Bloch, who serves as chair of the Trustees Development Committee, praised the efforts of the University community, but reiterated the importance of sustaining momentum in the Campaign's final 32 months.
"From President Seligman, who has been a true visionary and the driver of this campaign, to the deans, faculty, administrators, donors, families, and friends, our collective commitment has been an inspiring nationwide effort," said Bloch. "While important to celebrate this great milestone, it is also time to redouble our efforts to end the Campaign strongly. To meet our goals and achieve the Campaign's priorities, we still have a lot of work to do through June of 2016."
The Medical Center is a major part of the University's overall campaign with a goal of $650 million, of which $510 million has already been raised. Among its key priorities are programs and research that strive to creatively and aggressively find breakthroughs that will treatand some day curemany diseases, such as muscular dystrophy, Alzheimer's disease, spinal cord injury, Parkinson's disease, and cancer.
The Campaign's scholarships initiative is a priority to broaden access to a Rochester education for outstanding students with the talent and ambition. To date, 245 endowed scholarships and fellowships have been established through the Campaign to enable students to study at the University. Current Campaign support has also further strengthened faculty by the establishing a total of 68 new professorships throughout the University to help attract and retain world-renowned scholars and scientists.
Seligman said the data science initiativeapproved by the Board of Trustees in October 2013is a critical project and priority for The Meliora Challenge. The plan includes the addition of up to 20 new faculty members to do pioneering research and a new signature building that is currently being designed.
The Campaign's outreach includes the George Eastman Circle through which more than 2,700 members have made five-year pledges to support more than 200 available unrestricted funds across the University.
The recently launched University faculty and staff philanthropy campaign, OneRochester, has already seen more than 38 percent of faculty and staff contributing to the Campaign.
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If the Leading Founders Were Alive Today
A Boston 1775 reader alerted me to an essay in the Washington Post last week by Mount Holyoke professor Joseph Ellis titled "What Would George Do?". It discusses the often-posed question of how Washington or other founders would respond to the nation's challenges today. Ellis answers:
Washington would not be able to find Iraq on a map. Nor would he know about weapons of mass destruction, Islamic fundamentalism, Humvees, cellphones, CNN or Saddam Hussein. The historically correct answer, then, is that Washington would not have a clue.I have a friend who wrote for David Letterman (and may soon do so again, once the strike is settled). Whenever the Top Ten List is something like, "Ten Things George Washington Would Say If He Were Here Today," he offers, "AAAAH! There's a big metal bird in the sky!"
It's tempting to believe that the political wisdom of our Founding Fathers can travel across the centuries in a time capsule, land among us intact, then release its insights into our atmosphere -- and as we breathed in that enriched air, our perspective on Iraq, global warming, immigration and the other hot-button issues of the day would be informed by what we might call "founders' genius." (Come to think of it, at least two Supreme Court justices who embrace the literal version of "original intent" believe that this is possible.)
For myself, I think if I were to have Thomas Jefferson over for a weekend, the first night's dinner would produce a most stimulating discussion, of which I could hear only about half since he was so soft-spoken. And the next morning I'd find that Mr. Jefferson had electrocuted himself trying to figure out how his alarm clock worked. (Throughout his life Jefferson wrestled with the challenge of building an accurate timepiece.)
Guessing what John Adams might say on an issue seems even harder. I suspect that the easiest way to get him to take a particular position would be to suggest to him that the opposite position is popular and clearly seems best.
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Suppose, then, that we rephrase the question. It is not "What would George Washington do about Iraq?" Rather, it is "How are your own views of Iraq affected by your study of Washington's experience leading a rebellion against a British military occupation?" The answer on this score is pretty clear. Washington eventually realized -- and it took him three years to have this epiphany -- that the only way he could lose the Revolutionary War was to try to win it. The British army and navy could win all the major battles, and with a few exceptions they did; but they faced the intractable problem of trying to establish control over a vast continent whose population resented and resisted military occupation. As the old counterinsurgency mantra goes, Washington won by not losing, and the British lost by not winning. Our dilemma in Iraq is analogous to the British dilemma in North America -- and is likely to yield the same outcome.It's hard to argue with those historical analogies. We might say that the solutions of the late 1700s wouldn't be up to today's far-flung, fast-moving challenges. But we can hardly deny that Washington led an successful insurgency without winning many battlefield victories, or that the founders put a lot of checks on executive power because they feared that the Presidency would become monarchical.
To take another example, your opinion on the current debate about how much power the executive branch should have will be significantly influenced if you read the debates about the subject in the Constitutional Convention and the states' ratifying conventions. For it will soon become clear that the most palpable fear that haunted all these debates was the specter of monarchy. Vice President Cheney's argument that limitations on the executive branch enacted in the aftermath of the Vietnam War and Watergate need to be rolled back is historically myopic. Virtually all of the Founding Fathers would regard the expansion of executive power since 1945 as a violation of the republican principles they cherished. And the way Congress has effectively surrendered war-making powers to the president since World War II represents a fundamental distortion of checks and balances as the founders intended them.


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"The ride from book to comic can be bumpy. Mr. Kuper navigates the transition with precision."—New York Times
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This chase is almost over., thought Il'leth as she raced through the forest.
The deer bounded frantically through the thick foliage, trying to escape the approaching wolf. The Ryu-Urufu behind it barred it's yellowed fangs in a canine smile, pure predator confidence. This is what she lived for! Il'leth, Chosen of the Clan, was on the hunt. Through the forest they ran, the deer's strength flagging as the chase wore on. The Urufu faired little better, but was driven on by the primal hunger that grips all, and the scent of fresh blood loose in the air.
The prey finally collapsed in a heap next to a small brook, too worn out to move anymore, consigned to it's fate. With a snarl, the white/gold fur on the she-wolf glistened as she stepped into the glade. Biting down into the weakily spasming deer, Il'leth sniffed the air to make sure that she was alone. She had been without food for days, on her ongoing exploration of the land outside of the Khalkist Mountains.
Sensing no immediate threat, she lowered herself into a crouch and ate. Blood welled around her paws as she consumed the life-giving meat, the bones cracking nicely under her jaws. When she had finished, she would return to the moutains and report on the land to the east of her Clan.
::In the name of our Reifuijii, I greet you, Il'leth, Moonshine.::
A dark black wolf with a extremely odd golden stripe running from the top of it's muzzle to the base of it's tail appeared in front of the feasting wolf. She did not raise her head, having recognized the scent-mark of her mentor and leader.
::In the Moon's glow, I welcome you, Kumori, Ancient. Does the Council require my presnece?::. Wiping her blooded muzzle on the clean fallen leaves near her, she perked up her ears. If the Elder's requested her presence, personal sating came second. In the Clan, the family is first, the one, second.
::Indeed they have. Our Reifujii has come to Kamahl in a vision this morning. It is time for your search to begin.:: The elder wolf was in fact the same Kumori of the priesthood. Through the blessings of his goddess, he had immortality, and bore it well. All Ryu-Urufu owed him absolute respect, both because of his history, and the fact that he was the Alpha Urufu- the Head Male.
Il'leth had known the time was close at hand, but this soon was unexpected. She dashed after the now leaving leader, heading towards Oobejobee, the ancestral home of the Ryu-Urufu. The wolf community was very close, due both to the Dragons of eons ago, and the dwindling population. The removal of the aura was depleting their men greatly. Nobody could safely mate, and so everyone was slowly dwindling away, afraid of the future and the ghosts of the past. Hopefully, Il'leth, with her close communion to their Radiant Lady, would find some way to halt and reverse the downward spiral. So, she was to be sent exploring the lands beyond, among the Human race.
As they padded softly inside, the Clanmates fell silent, ushering them without word to the Elder Council. The bright wolf was touched by this, though it's purpose was mainly ceremonial. All Urufu knew the way to the Sama te Nulan, the Room of the Heartblood. Barring that, the scent-markers along the wall could guide all- refreshed often by male wolves, the smell was like nectar to Il'leth's nose.
::In the name of our Reifujii, I greet you, Il'leth, Moonshine.::, said Sally. Head Bitch of the Ryu-Urufu, the Elder was renowned for her wisdom, ganrnered by an early life among humans. Bereft of the Dragon Aura for forty years, Sally looked prematurely old. Her name was given to her by the Humans, and she carried it with pride, to the confusion of many. Forestalling continuation of the formal greeting ritual, Kamahl, a blueish male said, ::Il'leth, you have lived among us for nigh on a century. our Reifujii has told me that it is urgent that you begin your search immediatly. You will have to travel alone - I know not the reason, but who truly understands the mind of a god?::A few muted laughs echoed, then were quickly silenced.
::I understand, Elders. I shall perform to the best of my ability, Mahaji Reifujii willing.::, The crestfallen she-wolf said, saddened that she would be alone. No Clanmante desires true isolation on another.
::Yes, I know you will, Il'leth, Moonshine...::, sighed Kumori, his normally hard expression softening for a fleeting instant as he regarded her. ::Come here- we shall give you our blessings.:: Il'leth lowered herself down to a sitting position, then fell down on her front paws so her body was flat, her muzzle under Kamahl's chin.
::In the name of Mahaji Reifujii, Radiant Lady, Patron of the Ryu-Ufuru, I beg a blessing upon this loyal beast.::, he intoned in a reverant voice, echoed by the other elders. Lowering his mouth so it was laying on the top of Il'leth's muzzle, he made a single, straight lick from the tip of her nose to the junction of her ears. He also slipped an amulet around her neck- a small amethyst stone hanging by a silver cord.
::By the light of our Reifujii, may your thoughts be clear, your pads be swift, and your claws strike trely. May Mahajii Reifujii bless you, Il'leth, Moonshine.::
Awed by the feeling of intensity and divine love in the cavern, she turned and followed Kumori and Kamahl to the entrance of her home. In utter silence, the Ryu-Ufuru took her outside and knelt, paying her homage for her sacrifice. Warmed by the affection clear in their actions, she wagged her tail in farewell, and left her home. Il'leth's only companion was the Moon, watching over her, even now.
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One of the iPad 2's biggest selling points is how much thinner it is than the original iPad. But according to new reports, the battery that'll be in the iPad 3 will be even lighter and thinner than its predecessors, allowing for an even thinner device.
The new battery will also be longer-lasting in addition to being thinner and lighter, which is good, as the chances of the screen getting a resolution boost to a Retina-level 2048x1536 are good, and that'll require some extra juice.
In any case, the next-gen iPad should be revealed early next year, and it'll be interesting to see what improvements it'll bring along with it. Is thinner and lighter going to be enough this time around, or do we want more than that? Let us know down below.
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NPT Final Page 1
"Lots of applause in the room, huge sense of relief," Rebecca Johnson, a well-known arms control expert, noted on the afternoon of Friday, 28 May 2010. After four weeks of intense negotiations, 189 countries agreed on the final document of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
"This is crucial for reinvigorating multilateralism in general and nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament in particular," said Tibor Tóth, the Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). "The agreement on concrete actions will advance all three pillars of the treaty – disarmament, non-proliferation and peaceful use of nuclear energy," concluded United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
CTBT of vital importance
"The strong commitment of the Conference to the cessation of all nuclear explosions and the reaffirmation of the vital importance of the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) are significant pledges. There can be no strong NPT without a CTBT in force," Tóth said. Among other provisions, the "Conclusions and recommendations for follow-on actions" adopted by the Conference reaffirmed the vital importance of the entry into force of the CTBT as a core element of the international nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime. "Putting an end to nuclear explosions is […] one of the longest-standing goals of the United Nations," said Ban on the margins of the Conference.
Commitment towards the test-ban at NPT meetings
Discussed for more than four decades, the completion of the CTBT negotiations was promised at the 1995 Review Conference as part of a package allowing for the indefinite extension of the NPT. With the CTBT's opening for signature on 24 September 1996, a de-facto international norm on nuclear testing was established. The Final Document of the 2000 NPT Review Conference contained a 13 step action plan on nuclear disarmament, with the first step being to secure the early entry into force of the CTBT without delay or conditions.
Efforts to encourage further signature and ratification of the Treaty
"At the last Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the CTBT in September 2009, the CTBT ratifying and signatory States agreed by consensus to spare no effort and use all avenues to encourage further signature and ratification of the Treaty," said Tóth. Convinced of the importance of achieving the CTBT's entry into force, the participants urged all States to remain seized of the issue at the highest political level and to support and encourage bilateral, regional and multilateral initiatives to promote the entry into force of the Treaty.
Impressive CTBT support at the 2010 NPT Review Conference
During the first week of the Conference, more than 90 of the 130 high dignitaries lined up to expound their country's views and visions on reviewing the NPT highlighted the importance of the CTBT for the disarmament and non-proliferation regime. Despite the many past challenges, this attention and commitment proved that support for the Treaty has continually increased.


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Phil Fails: Nothing looking good for Hughes
If you were on Twitter last night and went to the search box and typed in "Phil Hughes" this came up:
Appropriate, because these days if you're watching Hughes pitch, you might need aspirin.
In the Red Sox 11-1 thrashing of the Yankees last night, Hughes was the losing pitcher, dropping to 2-4 on the season with an ERA in the sky at 5.37. The big blow yesterday came off the bat of Mike Napoli, a grand slam home run in the third inning, a blast that stuck a pin in the Yankee balloon effectively giving the short-handed Bronx Bomber lineup no chance at a comeback.
Napoli's slam marked the second time this season Hughes has let up a home run with the bases loaded – and the 12th meatball he's served up this year. What's more, it was the 100th tater he surrendered in his career – a career in which he's made 114 starts, coming out to nearly one home run allowed per start.
Opponents are taking advantage of every pitch Hughes throws at them, on average batting .292 against the right-hander this season. He's also allowed 69 hits in the 58.2 innings he's pitched this year, not exactly fooling anyone he faces.
The 24-32 Seattle Mariners proved that to be true when they beat Hughes up on May 15, chasing him from the game after just two-thirds of an inning pitched in what wound up being a 12-2 Yankee loss. (Worth noting Hughes delivered a grand slam in the first inning of that nightmare stinker to former Yankee Raul Ibanez).
Putting it nicely, this season Phil Hughes has been "Phail Hughes."
To his credit, he recently went on record as saying, "Everyone has been taking me out of the park these days." At least, if nothing else, he's self-aware of how poorly he's been pitching. Yet it doesn't change the fact that every time he toes the rubber, Yankee Universe has to hold its collective breath because there's usually a good chance Hughes will put the team in a hole, not giving the Yankee offense – which has only mustered 223 runs this year (11th in the American League, 18th in the majors) – a chance to come from behind.
A la, last night.
There hasn't been anyone who has been a bigger critic of Hughes than me. Ever since Game 6 of the 2010 ALCS, an elimination game that Hughes lost decisively to the Texas Rangers (the Yankees ousted and unsuccessful in their attempt to defend their 2009 World Series title) I've never had faith in him.
He hasn't given me reason to trust his stuff. His fastball is flat with no tailing action, he hooks his breaking balls, and he gets ahead in counts, but somehow always manages to fall behind and turn what should be easy innings into long, dragged-out marathons.
Just sitting through a Hughes start is torture.
In what might be an upside for most Yankee fans that are becoming tired of every home run derby that ensues each time Hughes takes the ball, this is the final year of his contract – and he isn't exactly making a great case for a return to the Bronx in 2014, given his crummy numbers and ineffectiveness. Additionally, considering his age (26, 27 on June 24), one has to wonder,
If he hasn't found it yet, when the heck will he? There are pitchers younger than Hughes finding significantly more success than he is. If you don't believe me, talk to Matt Moore, Chris Sale, and Alex Cobb.
On the downside, the Yankees may be stuck with Hughes for the remainder of 2013. Even if the Yankee brass looks to move him, Hughes's trade value, at this point, is incredibly low. If the Yanks wanted to move him for purposes of finding a player to help them reach the playoffs, the odds of anyone taking him are likely astronomical, despite the fact that he'll come cheap. I just cannot think of a team that would take him, otherwise.
After all, no team wants a pitcher who does nothing but toss batting practice, right?
I suppose what the Yankees could do is put Hughes into the bullpen; give him a relief role. To fill his void in the rotation, they can always call on Vidal Nuno, Ivan Nova, or David Phelps – or try to make a trade before the non-waivers deadline, although it'll be difficult to make a swap, seeing as how the market for a starting pitcher is, as FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal described last night, "uninspired."
In 2009 Hughes flourished in his role of setup man, bridging the gap to Mariano Rivera in the eighth inning. In fact he pitched so well, he filled in for Rivera a few times and picked up three saves that season; striking out 96 batters in 86 innings and posting a respectable ERA of 3.03 along the way.
That almost begs the question, "Why did they pull him out of a role which he clearly embraced and succeeded at?"
I'll never know.
Luckily for Hughes, the Yankees (31-24) are only two games behind Boston in the AL East standings heading into their series finale/rubber game tonight; a chance to close the deficit to just one game.
So throughout all the bad news, there's a shred of decency.
Yet whether Hughes sticks it out as a starter or is placed in the bullpen this season, an adjustment needs to be made; a solution must be found to this ongoing problem. If we see more of what we saw out of Hughes last night – and this entire season, thus far – it's going to be a long summer.
A very, very long summer.


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Digital media production degree established at Leeward Community College
Provisional status granted for UH Hilo environmental studies and science programsUniversity of Hawaiʻi
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PEARL CITY, Oʻahu — After five years of provisional status in which it has overwhelmingly exceeded expectations, the Associate in Science Program in Digital Media Production at Leeward Community College (LCC) was permanently established as a degree program by the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents (BOR).
Designed to provide the state with entry-level digital media workers, the program's flexible design has also allowed opportunities for liberal arts majors and workers already in the field, particularly those in small businesses, to obtain the technical skills to manage web sites, produce desktop publishing, and design computer graphics. Students in the program, which offers concentrations in internet publishing, motion graphics, and digital video, also have the option of continuing their studies at the baccalaureate level through the Academy for Creative Media at UH Mānoa.
In addition, the program has allowed LCC to expand outreach efforts on the Leeward coast in supporting initiatives being undertaken in the Waianae region and other Central Oʻahu high schools to promote career pathways into high technology fields. Elements of the program have already been offered in the Waianae region through Leeward's Waianae campus.
In other action, the BOR granted provisional status for the Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies and the Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science at UH Hilo. The rise in the establishment of interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate degree programs in these fields across the country has been fueled by the rapidly expanding societal need for trained professionals to deal with an ever-widening range of complex environmental issues.
The demand for courses and interest in environmental sciences has been felt at UH Hilo with numerous inquiries received from prospective students. In addition, other environmentally oriented programs at the campus, such as the Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology track and the Marine Science major, are near or at capacity.
With these programs in environmental studies and environmental science, students will be trained as environmental professionals, provided with an interdisciplinary approach to education, and exposed to methods and techniques used by natural and social sciences to identify, analyze and interpret environmental problems.
The environmental science track will focus more on a physical and biological sciences background and human interaction with environmental processes, while the environmental studies program will offer a stronger social science emphasis incorporating environmental policy perspectives. The programs will be offered beginning in Fall 2006.