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Buffalo BS-MP2008 8-Port Multi-GbE Switch Review
Bohs Hansen / 6 years ago
Buffalo BS-MP2008 8-Port Multi-GbE Switch Review
If you think 10 Gigabit Ethernet is something reserved for large enterprises, then you used to be right. The reason is simple, expensive 10GbE switches. Buffalo changes that with their BS-MP series (link). The 8 and 12 port multi-gigabit Ethernet switches offer high-speed L2 capabilities for a reasonable price, starting around £400.
Affordable Multi-Gigabit Ethernet Switching
We have gaming and workstation motherboards with 10GbE, we have NAS devices with 10GbE, but the switches have been missing up until now. Well, that's not entirely true. They were there, but they were too expensive for most people to consider. Lately, we've seen some SOHO devices with two multi-gigabit ports, but the rest of the ports were standard gigabit. Buffalo's BS-MP20 series, which includes the BS-MP2008, changes that. With 8 or 12 full-duplex 10GbE capable ports, it is still relatively cheap. It is especially cheap when we consider how much we spend on the rest of our setups.
The BS-MP2008 supports 10GbE as the fastest speed, but it isn't limited to that. Slower 5GbE, 2.5GbE, and 1GbE are also supported. Even 100mbit support is included, should you still have devices utilising that standard. All ports are full-duplex, and the switch has enough bandwidth to utilise it. All the ports use Auto-MDIX for automatic speed detection.
Affordable isn't a term reserved for the purchase. It also covers the total cost of ownership. Buffalo's BS-MP2008 has 802.3az Green Ethernet technology built-in. The intelligent power control system monitors the activity status of each port to reduce the total power consumed. At full load and operating, the switch consumes a total maximum of 31W.
Supported Functions
The BS-MP2008 might not have as many functions as the enterprise versions, but it comes with the most vital features. First of all, SOHO and SMB setups don't require as many options. In fact, less can be more. Fewer functions make it easier for novice users to get used to the new device and its abilities.
Still, the switch supports Jumbo Frame up to 9,216Byte for network optimisation. The loop detection and prevention functions are self-explanatory, and so is the bad packet filtering. However, the significant features are the VLAN, QoS, and Link Aggregation.
The security features are limited to username and password for the interface and MAC address filtering for the connections.
Flexible placement
While the BSMP2008 isn't rack-sized, it comes with the proper mounting options for such a placement. It is smaller which is a plus for desktop usage. Why would you want to take up more space than necessary?
For the desktop-usage, it comes with four rubber feet which you can place yourself. The feet will give it a solid stand and reduce possible vibrations from travelling between the switch and the surface.
Wall mounting is a third possibility. That is if rack or desktop setups aren't the things you want. With the cross-shaped cut-outs, wall mounting is possible in every direction.
What did Buffalo have to say?
Buffalo's BS-MP series of 10 GbE switches offers an easy, cost-effective and energy-efficient way to extend your business network at blazing speeds. Plug and play installation requires no additional software or configuration; simply plug your network-ready devices into one of the available Ethernet ports. Each AUTO-MDIX port automatically detects and configures the correct connection while optional jumbo frame support and full duplex operation provide maximum performance. This switch is a perfect complement to the TeraStation 5010 line of NAS devices which has up to 2 native 10GbE ports and is compatible with 2.5, 5 and 10 GbE.
Raj Patel, B2B Manager says: "Our switches offer an affordable, quick and easy solution to extend a business network with plug and play installation. With speeds of up to 10GbE, eco-minded operation, performance-minded features and a lifetime warranty, Buffalo's BS-MP20 series of switches is a great way for SMBs to enter the 2.5, 5, and 10GbE market."
Feature Highlights
- Eight 10GbE ports
- Multi-gigabit options of 2.5, 5, and 10 GbE speeds
- Auto-MDIX provides fast plug-and-play setup
- 802.3az Green Ethernet technology
- Automatic energy conservation feature reduces total power consumption
- Durable metal chassis
- Loop prevention or detection
- IGMP, QoS and VLAN Management
- Traffic Management and Link Aggregation
Package and Accessories
The package is as simple as it can be. A plain brown box with a sticker mentioning what's inside.
Opening the box up, we see every packed neatly inside.
The switch has a built-in power supply which means that you only need an ordinary power cable for it. There will at least be one for the region where you purchased it. Sometimes, there can be multiple cables such as here. I got a DE and a UK cable.
You get metal shins for 19″ rack mounting included.
You get all the screws you need for 19″ mounting if you go that route. There's also a power cable-helper and four rubber feet. You can place the rubber feet under the switch when you want it to set it up as a desktop device.
A quick-setup guide will help you get started. There's also a warranty note included, should you ever need to kind of service.
The last included item is a label with two stickers containing the unit's production time and serial number.


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OTTAWA – The RCMP is concerned new anti-terrorism legislation might hurt — not help — its security efforts overseas, internal notes say.
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service's new powers to disrupt threats "could inadvertently jeopardize existing relationships" the Mounties have fostered if authorities discover what CSIS is doing, RCMP briefing notes warn.
There will be additional pressure on the Mounties to co-ordinate with the spy service so that criminal investigations are not "negatively affected," add the notes, prepared for RCMP deputy commissioner Mike Cabana's appearance at a Senate committee.
The Canadian Press used the Access to Information Act to obtain the detailed documents, drafted in advance of Cabana's April 20 testimony on the government's sweeping security bill, known as C-51.
The bill, which has since become law, explicitly empowers CSIS to thwart security threats — going well beyond its traditional information-gathering role — by meddling with extremist websites, diverting illicit shipments or engaging in myriad other schemes.
The newly disclosed notes underscore the need for a federal security czar to oversee and direct the anti-terrorism activities of Canadian agencies that might otherwise trip over one another, said University of Ottawa law professor Craig Forcese.
"What we've done with C-51 is we've enhanced the prospect of traffic collisions and road carnage without putting in place the traffic-light system."
National security investigations, especially ones with international dimensions, are complex and challenging for all parties, said CSIS spokeswoman Tahera Mufti.
"The Service has always understood, respected and supported the distinct but complementary mandates of our various partners, and is working closely with the RCMP on this aspect of our relationship."
The Mounties have liaison officers in Turkey, Kenya and Pakistan — among other places — pursuing criminal investigations of Canadians who have travelled to take part in terrorist activities in Afghanistan, Somalia and Syria, the internal notes point out.
"The RCMP, with significant relationships with international law enforcement agencies abroad, is concerned that CSIS threat-diminishment activities in a foreign country, if detected by the authorities, could inadvertently jeopardize existing relationships on particular investigations."
CSIS and the RCMP have a history of turf wars and limited communication, given their common interests — but different mandates — and the spy service's long-standing concerns about secret intelligence being introduced in open court proceedings.
In recent years the agencies have worked under what they call "de-confliction protocols" that allow them to conduct separate investigations of the same target.
Sgt. Harold Pfleiderer, an RCMP spokesman, said the national police force is confident its "strong and co-operative" relationship with CSIS will allow the spy service to investigate threats outside Canada without "negatively impacting" RCMP efforts.
"The RCMP and CSIS are in the process of strengthening protocols to ensure the continuing ability to maintain separate and distinct investigations and intelligence collection on parallel tracks."
CSIS and the RCMP work together while maintaining "an appropriate degree of separation between the two agencies," said Jeremy Laurin, a spokesman for Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney.
The internal RCMP notes say CSIS's new mandate will mean revising the Mounties' national security-related training courses.
"For certain, there will be additional pressure on the RCMP to de-conflict with CSIS in a timely manner to ensure that criminal investigations are not negatively affected — for instance through inadvertent interference with the chain of evidence or preventing the ability to lay criminal charges."
The notes suggest that, in the end, the Mounties will chart their own course regardless of what the spies do.
The RCMP has a "robust range of disruption tools" and continues to develop its own ability to diminish threats in light of rapidly evolving changes, the notes say.
"Should there be any questions: The RCMP is entitled to investigative independence and no official may direct how RCMP investigations are conducted."


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Order from SMS Meer GmbH to SCHAAF for the delivery of parts for a forging presssgeissler
After many years of preliminary work in design, process engineering and sales, on August 13th 2015, SCHAAF received the order from the long-time customer SMS Meer GmbH to deliver numerous ExpaTen Bolts, Bolt Tensioners and Multiple Stud Nuts.
These parts are to be assembled in a forging press. In total, more than 220 tons of SCHAAF products will be delivered until the end of 2016.
This is the largest single order that SCHAAF has received in its company history, where both the customer and SCHAAF are in so far unchartered waters. SMS benefits from the profound know-how and the innovativeness of SCHAAF, which amongst other things gave SMS the possibility to win this order against strong competition from its end customer.
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Courtesy of Record Store DayFans of Cardi B., Lizzo and The Weeknd will have a special reason to shop on Black Friday.
Limited-edition vinyl versions of music from all three artists will be available exclusively in independent record stores on November 29 for Record Store Day.
Available on vinyl for the first time will be Cardi's first release, her Gangsta B***h Music Vol. 1 mixtape released in March 2016; Lizzo's first EP, Coconut Oil, released October 2016; and The Weeknd's first EP, My Dear Melancholy, which dropped in March 2018.
Also available on vinyl for Black Friday will be Live at Home: The After Show by James Brown, J. Cole's 2014 Forest Hills Drive, The Smoke Out Festival Presents by DMX, Aretha Franklin: The Atlantic Singles Collection 1968 box set, Nas' Stillmatic, and Naughty By Nature's Poverty's Paradise25th Anniversary Edition.
For the full list of releases and participating stores, visit RecordStoreDay.com.
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Since the London terror attack, Microsoft provided information to police within 30 minutes of the company receiving a legal request.
It goes against calls from UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd this week that authorities need to be able to bypass encryption. Creating deliberate backdoors will leave software vulnerable to malicious parties, and is open to potential abuse by the authorities to intrude on privacy without needed oversight.
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More companies should follow Microsoft's example. The company has a global team available whenever needed to help fulfil legal requests, and in this case only took 30 minutes to verify the warrant's validity before providing help to authorities in accessing the information. This is an ethical approach which respects user privacy while meeting legal obligations to help authorities bring criminals to justice or protect innocent citizens.
"Our global team is on call 24/7 and responds when it receives a proper and lawful order," says Brad Smith, President and Legal Officer, Microsoft. "This of course is different from helping a government outside the rule of law to turn over private information or hack or attack a customer, which we've said clearly we will not do. We're committed both to protecting public safety and safeguarding personal privacy, and we believe that proper legal process is the key to striking this balance."
The exact information which Microsoft provided to authorities has not been disclosed, as you'd expect. The Met Police reports it seized 2,700 items which included 'massive amounts of computer data' in searches at 16 properties, and it's likely Microsoft provided some assistance with accessing this data.
Microsoft published the following statement:
"Microsoft confirmed that it had received last week lawful orders seeking email information relating to the terrorist attack in London, and that it had promptly provided the information requested. This follows prompt action when Microsoft responded to 14 lawful requests following the November 2015 terrorist attack in Paris and the Paris attack on Charlie Hebdo in January 2015."
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Amber Rudd will be summoning the leaders of technology companies to a meeting on Thursday 30th March to discuss how to make it easier for authorities to access their data. She wants companies to cooperate voluntarily, but has refused to rule out using legislation to force them into doing so if agreements cannot be reached.
Should authorities be given more surveillance powers? Let us know in the comments.
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Montego Sands Resort Apartments offers tranquility on the Gold Coast. Situated on the border of cosmopolitan Broadbeach and the exclusive enclave of Hedges Avenue, Mermaid Beach where the rich and famous call home, you are at the centre of everything the Gold Coast has to offer. Positioned in a quiet residential street and yet only 80 metres to the sparkling waters of the Pacific Ocean, it is the ideal location for those seeking a great getaway in 4 Star (AAA Rated) comfort - your home away from home at the beach! This family run business prides itself on its professionalism and friendliness and offers 24 hour on-site management and check-in. This modern low-rise complex is within easy walking distance of the amazing Pacific Fair and Oasis Shopping Centres of Broadbeach, Jupiters Casino and the Gold Coast Convention and Entertainment Centre. A short stroll puts you in the centre of the "restaurant precinct" with over 80 fabulous restaurants to choose from. Montego Sands offers a choice of standard or stylish deluxe one and two bedroom apartments. All apartments are air conditioned (reverse cycle), have access to Wifi, full service kitchen and laundry, Austar Digital Television and private balconies. Resort facilities include heated pool and s pa, BBQ, sub-tropical landscaped gardens and free basement security parking.
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Helicopter Flight Training Program near Ranchettes, WY
If you have envisioned yourself as a career helicopter pilot from Ranchettes, WY we are the place to start your career path. Why? If you call the helicopter training program near Ranchettes, WY they will tell you everything you want to hear, but not necessarily what you need to hear.
Plus, do you know what questions to ask? If you don't know what to ask how can you know the helicopter training program from Ranchettes, WY is providing you with the most important details of their program?
Do you know how to vet a flight training program near Ranchettes, WY? How will you know if it is the best option for you? Let us coach you through the process so that when you do contact a training you will know what to ask, what to look for, and properly vet the training before you enroll.
Enroll in the Top Helicopter Flight Training in Ranchettes, WY. There are very few more exciting, challenging, or interesting careers. Flying helicopters in Ranchettes, WY for a living is a very desirable career.
There are many people who dream of flying helicopters as their life's work, but you had better be prepared to make a tremendous commitment, sacrifice, and to work your tail off for the next 3 to 5 years. There is a great deal that goes into helicopter flight training in Ranchettes, WY, and it's not for everyone. Since flight training is expensive, you need to know what you are getting into before you start.
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It will cost you up to $70,000 or more to attain your commercial helicopter license through an approved helicopter flight training near Ranchettes, WY. With advanced professional helicopter flight training in Ranchettes, WY it will cost even more. But Don't Despair.
There are funding and financing options that are favorable to Veterans and college students. With some helicopter flight training inRanchettes, WY, you can complete your private pilot rating in as little as 35 hours.
After you've earned a private helicopter license (the first major hurdle to becoming a commercially employable pilot) you can't use your skills to fly professionally (taking photos and flying tours), at least not yet. You need more ratings before you can fly a helicopter for payment. Your next career development step is to earn an instructor's rating (CFI and CFII).
All the helicopter training programs inRanchettes, WY will promise you a job, but in reality, there is no helicopter flight training in Ranchettes, WY that can guarantee you a job flying helicopters.
Only the best training near Ranchettes, WY with the most comprehensive training can prepare you for the job market. Many helicopter training programs will claim that they are the "only training" that offers it's students a job after completing their program. The fact is that this is the standard procedure of the best training in Ranchettes, WY Why? Because you need "flight hours" (experience) and the training need instructors.
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Why is ASO concerned about the location of your helicopter flight training program? At ASO our goal is to be the best helicopter training program option for career-minded student pilots coming from Ranchettes, WY. If you are interested in career flying helicopters it would be to your advantage to consider enrolling in one of the best flight programs, regardless of location.
There are only a few really good helicopter programs in the United States The truth is that you probably won't find a top-flight school near Ranchettes, WY. At least not a program that will lead to a career flying helicopters commercially.
To enroll in one of the very best helicopter programs you may have to relocate. This is true for any prospective rotor wing pilot no matter where they are from. Top-flight training programs are like top engineering schools.
If your dream is to be a mechanical engineer you will have to attend a university that has a top engineering degree program. You won't find a great or even a good job without credentials. Most states have good engineering colleges, but not every state has a top-flight training program.
Student pilots from Ranchettes, WY pursuing their dream to fly helicopters will soon come to realize that they will have to relocate in order to attend the best flight training school. If you are from Ranchettes, WY and want to attend one of the best helicopter training programs in the country,
If you need help finding the perfect training or need help finding the financing, call us, we can help.
Fun Aviation Facts and Figures for Ranchettes, WY
US Army Helicopter Pilot Criteria: you're required to go for rigorous medical check ups. Ensure before you even think of army that your height, weight and vision are equivalent to the standard's set by the army. This process needs to be completed before you're declared eligible for joining a flight school.
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Modern Day Military Pilot Training for Ranchettes, WY: Before starting pilot training, a student must have at least a four-year bachelor's degree in any field. Beyond a bachelor's degree, each of the branches has its own education and training requirements, with most requiring some type of officer training along with introductory flight training. Navy pilots must take part in Officer Candidate School, followed by a six-week air indoctrination course.


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Regional Settings in Sessions
If you set a certain keyboard language it has no effect on the regional settings.
In the IGEL setup there are several input fields for regional settings. You would like to understand which setting has what effect in the sessions.
Defining general regional settings:
Go to IGEL Setup > User Interface > Language.
- Language: Select one of the languages offered for the graphical user interface.
- Keyboard Layout: Select the country-specific assignment of keys, e.g. English(US).
- Input Language: Set the language you are going to write in, e.g. English(Australia).
- Standards and Formats: Select country-specific formats, e.g. for date and time or currency.
Defining session-specific regional settings:
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Starting in 2016, the Parks and Recreation Department worked with and solicited feedback from the community to update the city's Park Master Plan. Updating the Park Master Plan also presented a need to consider updates to the Comprehensive Plan, as the Park Master Plan Map and the Bicycle Transportation Map are adopted components of each document. Additionally, the Comprehensive Plan's Future Land Use and Growth and Change Maps account for parks and recreation facilities, major private open spaces, and other social amenities that are guided by the Park Master Plan. In addition to these Comprehensive Plan map amendments related to the Park Master Plan, city leadership also amended the Growth and Change Map in order to account for development that has already occurred. These amendments were approved by City Council on October 22, 2018 - view the ordinance. View the complete Comprehensive Plan ordinance with the updated maps.
The newly amended Comprehensive Plan maps as well as the original maps are available below. 2018 Amended Maps include all the approved amendments as adopted. Redline of Draft Amendments detail proposed map amendments by including comments and notations. Original Adopted Maps are unaltered and were part of the original plan as adopted by City Council in October, 2015.
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The 1L Lithium Battery Flora Sprayer allows you to adjust your flow from a stream to a mist for the most effective watering. Fill the reservoir with your desired watering liquid and you are ready to water!
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Water Bottle Carrier
In order for players to be at the top of their game it is essential for them to keep hydrated. Gilbert have created the Water Bottle Carrier to enable coaches and players on the side line to easily carry 6 water bottles on and off the pitch to make the most of time in crucial moments.
The traditional style carrier has one handle with grooves to make carrying the bottles easy and comfortable and the sturdy structure shows off the high quality. As well as this, the simple black design will go with any kit this season.
The Water Bottle Carrier can also be folded away to make transporting it to and from games even more efficient.
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FIRST LEGO League Explore
It's never too early to discover STEM. FIRST LEGO League Explore introduces science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) concepts to kids ages 6 to 10 while exciting them through a brand they know and love − LEGO®.
Guided by adult Coaches, teams of up to 6 members explore a real-world scientific problem such as food safety, recycling, energy, etc. Then they create a Show-Me poster that illustrates their journey of discovery and introduces their team.
They also construct a motorized model of what they learned using LEGO elements. In the process, teams learn about teamwork, the wonders of science and technology, and the FIRST LEGO League Explore Core Values, which include respect, sharing, and critical thinking. At the close of each season, teams come together at a Festival to strut their stuff, share ideas, celebrate, and have fun!


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General Information about Deaf Students, Literacy, & Marion County Schools
In Marion County we pride ourselves on giving each child what they need to thrive. For many of our Deaf and Hard of Hearing students, American Sign Language is their first language. It has become more and more apparent through educational programs and research that being proficient in American Sign Language leads to mastery in reading and writing in English. Being proficient in two languages is called bilingualism. Research has proven that early exposure to bilingualism provides indispensable advantages in cognition, language, and literacy. The cognitive and language benefits that come from being bilingual continue throughout each child's lifetime.
The Deaf and Hard of Hearing program understands that proficiency in American Sign Language has been strongly correlated with proficiency in English literacy and spoken language development. Opportunities that provide engagement with visual language and printed literacy place deaf children on a path towards fluent bilingualism. Knowing this information, we conduct all of our instructional lessons in a visual language while simultaneously showing the lessons in a written form to encourage language proficiency in both American Sign Language and he written English. We also strongly encourage our teachers and interpreters to fingerspell words often in their lessons as it aids in vocabulary acquisition. We believe in "the chaining technique" of showing the child the sign, fingerspelling the word, and then signing the word once again. Another strategy implemented into our Deaf and Hard of Hearing students' daily educational regimen is visual aids in order to improve language, cognition, and literacy skills and help with developing an expansive vocabulary. Access to pictures help with the comprehension, retention and use of new information, new signs, or new concepts. Providing a more concrete approach in teaching language assists with vocabulary development, word/concept recall, and the ability to use a larger schema. We understand the importance of exposing children to fluent language models for grammar acquisition, therefore we have guests that are fluent signers read stories to our younger students and fluent signers work on Deaf relevant topics with our older students.
By being exposed to examples of extended use of visual language, our Deaf students experience ample opportunities to develop cognitive flexibility and metalinguistic abilities because they are exposed to the examples above mentioned. Cognitive abilities and metalinguistic abilities help to facilitate the development of English literacy skills. Early visual language experience offers great advantages for a deaf child's linguistic, communicative, cognitive, academic, literacy, and psychosocial development.
We strongly encourage the families of our Deaf and Hard of Hearing students to learn as much sign language as possible in order to give their child a strong language base. Please watch the "Signed Stories" we have available to you along with your child; this will create a bonding opportunity with your child while simultaneously teaching you American Sign Language vocabulary. Providing your child with a language rich environment at home will help your child thrive in the educational setting, aids in creating a brighter future, and helps future employability skills.
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Sunny Lochaber Rock. Too hot for midges!
Today i was out with Jo and Ian who have been taking their indoor rock outside recently. We climbed Pinnacle Ridge with me leading them up one behind the other to get the hang of multi pitch stance management. Then the led the Gutter and Styx Buttress Right Wall in style with an abseil off of each.
There were a few midges around early on but a very gentle breeze and scorching hot weather seemed to dispel them later on for the most part!
Warming up
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text: There has been a paradigm shift in midwifery over time where different professions now work together in childbirth care. There is little research on midwives' work from other professionals' perspectives, which is of importance to improve midwives work situation and women-centred care. Therefore, the aim of this article was to explore other professions´ views of midwifery work during childbirth. Classical Grounded Theory, using a constant comparative analysis, was applied to focus group interviews with obstetricians, assistant nurses and managers to explore their views of midwifery work during childbirth. The substantive theory of 'veiled midwifery' emerged as an explanation of the social process between the professions in the 'baby factory' context. The other professionals perceive midwifery through a veil that filters the reality and only permits fragmentary images of the midwives´ work. The main concern for the other professions was that the midwives were 'marching to own drum'. The midwives were perceived as both in dissonance with the baby factory, and therefore hard to control, or, alternatively more compliant with the prevailing rhythm. This caused an unpredictability and led to feelings of frustration and exclusion. Which in turn resulted in attempts to cooperate and gain access to the midwifery world, by using three unveiling strategies: Streamlining, Scrutinising and Collaborating admittance. The theory of veiled midwifery could be used as a theoretical basis for future studies, and could be a foundation for a dialogue of philosophical differences in the way birth is viewed in the clinical setting, to improve the work situation.


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I shared lunch today with a group of mothers of high school seniors. Some of the students had applied and been accepted early decision; most had at least one acceptance from an early action or rolling admission college. Their parents were anxiously waiting for the April 1st decision date.
The April first date used to loom large, like tax day, or your birthday, circled in red for all the significance it implied. Were decision letters mailed on April first, or would you receive it on April first? Then, like in other aspects of college admission, the arms race started. "If only we could get our letters out a few days ahead of the others, our admitted students might be more inclined to matriculate," one admissions office thought. I don't doubt their psychology.
Decisions began to trickle in during that last week of March. A few even hit the email inbox in early March. But for a few students, the surprise comes in the dead of winter: the likely letter. The likely letter has its roots in the Ivy League; it was a tool used by Ivy League athletic programs to maintain interest in the absence of athletic scholarship. Currently, a number of colleges use some form of this letter to try and attract SOME of their most promising applicants.
Some "likely letters" are obvious indicators of admission; others are more veiled. Colleges handpick these students carefully, and receipt of such a letter should imply forthcoming admission. Is it a guarantee of admission? No, although a change in status would be unlikely without disastrous grades or disciplinary action in your current school. Should you expect a likely letter? No. Some colleges send out only a handful. The timing varies, and there is always a chance that your application hasn't even made it through the reader queue yet. If you do receive one, yes, it's good news. If your neighbor, lab partner, or best friend receives one, it doesn't mean that you won't be admitted to the college of your choice.
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He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. – John 15:2
I am a Southerner. I wear shorts 10 months out of the year. I love college football. Ole Miss and Oxford, MS are just short of heaven. The only really good writers and musicians are from the South. Do I really need to make a list? When my wife and I lived in the Northeast US for a period of time, people would ask me to repeat things like "orange juice" and "y'all," which I would happily do because I knew they were thinking "dumb redneck." We Southerners like being underestimated.
As a true Southerner, we like our yards, flower beds, plants, and especially our trees. Walk through the piney woods of Mississippi and tell me you don't see God. My wife and I are especially fond of crepe myrtle trees. We both think they epitomize beauty and hospitality. Crepe myrtles are the subject of a very contentious debate among we Southerners (we like feuds). The debate hinges on whether you should prune them or not. Pruning "deniers" call this crepe myrtylcide. I happen to agree with the authority on all things Southern, Southern Living Magazine, which states:
"Late winter (right now) is the best time to prune a crepe myrtle, because it's leafless and you can easily see all of the branches. It also blooms on new growth, so pruning now won't reduce blooming. In fact, it may increase it."
To produce new growth, to bear new fruit, to bloom – I have to subject my life to God's pruning. Throughout my years of separation from Him, I found only He could restore me to sanity. Living in recovery means opening my life daily to His pruning…and His restoration. Drawing close to Him by recognizing God as the only one who can restore me means openness to His authority.
What insanity is running unchecked in your life? Have you realized you are powerless to control it? Does it control you? Have you tried to stop over and over again only to slide right back into what you swore you would never do again. Don't let that shame rule your psyche. Admit you are powerless, your life has become unmanageable. Then take the second step. Realize only God can restore you to sanity by pruning the unmanageable from you. His intervention is often painful but always necessary…so that you will bear more fruit.
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SPC William Shane Busbee, of Panama City, Florida, beloved son of Libby Merritt Busbee.
William joined the United States Army and was assigned to the 2 – 12th Infantry Regiment. Once enlisted, he was deployed on three, year long tours of duty to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
SPC William Shane Busbee lost his battle with PTSD, March 20, 2012, in Panama City, Florida. He was 23 years old.
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How far have we come in the study of science in 100 years? Here is a 1912 chemistry class including Edwin Knock (Class of 1912) with a few other Gustie science students.
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I too have this postcard, but cannot read the postmark to properly date. It was mailed from Cleveland, MN to St. Paul. Thanks for the 1912 information!


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The wildly successful Ice Bucket Challenge has raised awareness about ALS and brought in nearly $90 million in donations to fight the devastating disease and fund research. But as actor Matt Damon proved in his chilly answer to the challenge, there's room for more than one good cause in an IBC video clip.
Oh, and another thing he proved? There's more than one place to get that cold water.
As a co-founder of Water.org, a nonprofit organization that works to bring potable water to those who don't have access to it — and as a resident of drought-stricken California — Damon felt that dumping drinkable water on his head would be too much of a waste. So the star got creative when he answered the challenges issued to him by pals Ben Affleck and Jimmy Kimmel, and he used toilet water instead.
"This is truly toilet water," he says in the clip, kneeling to scoop some straight from the bowl into his bucket. "I've been collecting it from various toilets throughout the house."
WATCH: TODAY hosts take the Ice Bucket Challenge
Some (like Damon's wife) may find the stunt gross, but Damon said that's the point.
"Keep in mind that the water in our toilets in the West is actually cleaner than the water that most people in the developing world have access to," he explains in the video. "So as disgusting as this may seem, hopefully it'll highlight the fact that this is a big problem, and together we can do something about it."
After taking the plunge, Damon nominated George Clooney, Bono and Tom Brady to pick up their ice buckets, too. He didn't, however, stipulate that they follow in his toilet-water-soaked footsteps.
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You'll find a wonderful balance between outdoor recreation and cozy living space at East Linda Gardens. Our beautiful landscaping and inviting pool will have you spending more time outside. Our homes include dishwashers, plentiful storage space, and air conditioning for your comfort and convenience. East Linda Gardens is ideally located near elementary schools and Yuba college with easy access to the freeway. You'll love being part of the East Linda Gardens community!
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November 19th, 2013 – Vicky's Millet Latkes
The inspiration for these millet latkes came from a friend and colleague, Daphna Rabinovitch. Daphna, a well-known and highly thought of recipe developer in Canada, has authored and edited several cookbooks, one which won her a national cookbook award. Her food bursts with freshness and creativity. Without preaching or even verbalizing, it's apparent that her philosophy revolves around fresh seasonal food and high quality ingredients. And, I have to admit, that I agree with her. If your goal is to serve your family nourishing as… Read more >>


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Cyber Connections News Roundup: December 18
Get the latest cybersecurity news from leading companies, news outlets and blogs.
Cyber Connections News Roundup is a bi-weekly brief of online links to news stories and commentary of interest to the cybersecurity community, delivered on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Articles are selected for their newsworthiness, timeliness, potential impact, and reach.
December 18, 2018
Does the Latest Bitcoin Hoax Mean Ransom Attacks Are on the Rise?
On Dec. 13, school administrators, business owners and others across the U.S. and Canada received emails threatening them to pay $20,000 worth of Bitcoin or risk a deadly explosion. The scam, which put law enforcement agencies and emergency personnel on high alert, represents a shift in the threat landscape, namely as it relates to scale, according to a recent article on http://www.circa.com. Once phoned in, perpetrators now can email thousands of bomb threats and financial scams with one click of the mouse. Ransom attacks are most likely on the rise, as they are seen as an inexpensive and easy way for individuals and nation states to raise money and move that money around.
Why Satellites Need Cybersecurity Too
Cybersecurity is a threat countries must not overlook when protecting their satellites, according to a recent article on http://www.space.com. Vulnerable to a number of different types of threats and attacks are hard to trace, satellites also have a series of attack points, rather than a single entry point that's easier to defend. Read more.
Think a Department of Cybersecurity is a Good Idea? Maybe Think Again
A recent report from http://www.defense360.com argues that many of the cybersecurity challenges we face today already have an approach suited to the problem, and none of them involve a Department of Cybersecurity, a disruptive bureaucratic solution that would fail to solve problems and may also add new ones. One notable concern is that turning cybersecurity over to a centralized department runs the risk of a one-size-fits-all technical solution that does not consider the unique risk environments of other agencies. Read more.
Aramco and Raytheon Cybersecurity Joint Venture A Boon to Job Creation
Saudi Aramco and American defense contractor Raytheon have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a joint venture cybersecurity company, the companies announced on Dec. 14. According to a report on http://www.arabianbusiness.com, the new company will market and provide cybersecurity software and hardware capabilities as well as research and development. The venture also is expected to advance Saudi Arabia's economic development goals by creating highly skilled jobs in the cybersecurity sector. Read more.
New Mimecast Survey Exposes Lack of Employee Cybersecurity Training
According to a new study by cloud-based email protection company Mimecast, of 1,000 employees who use employer-issued devices, 25 percent of employers do not understand the most common cybersecurity threats against their organizations. Mimecast also found that only 45 percent of businesses put their employees through mandatory, formal cybersecurity training. What does this mean? According to Mimecast, it could indicate that businesses are inherently trusting of their employees. Or, it could also mean that companies simply don't have the resources or know-how to implement formal cybersecurity training. Read more.


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Sales and marketing firm 4icg Group has appointed entrepreneur Brian Williamson as its chairman.
The former chairman of recruitment firm Brightwork and managing director of R&D tax specialist Jumpstart will lead its plans to achieve a 50% increase in turnover.
Glasgow-based 4icg Group owns Pursuit Marketing, Fierce Digital and Software Advisory Service.
Pursuit Marketing is a demand generation agency which employs more than 100 staff. Its adoption of a four-day week for full-time pay was credited with oncreasing productivity by as much 37% in a year.
Fierce Digital delivers specialist email marketing, social media management, SEO and PPC services. Software Advisory Service has grown into the UK's largest technology buyers community.
Together, the firms provide marketing services to some of the world's largest technology companies and the group will open its first European office this month.
Williamson has more than 35 years' experience of board-level management. At Brightwork in Glasgow, he oversaw a management buy-out that returned 75 times the investment to stakeholders. He helped Edinburgh firm Jumpstart grow from three employees to 70 in three years before leaving in January when it was bought by French firm Visiativ .
Williamson said: "4icg is a dynamic, forward-thinking business that delivers outstanding results for a very prestigious client base.
"There is already exceptional demand for its services, but I believe that by solidifying the infrastructure, we can truly maximise growth. I am excited to work alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry. Together, I am confident we can achieve a 50% increase in turnover and a significant boost in sales. I anticipate we will also be in a position to further expand our growing UK workforce.
"The group has an extensive global footprint, delivering services in more than 30 countries worldwide. To better service overseas clients, we'll be launching our first European office."
Director Robert Copeland said: "This is a massive coup for our company, and I believe this is the perfect time to welcome Brian, one of Scotland's most experienced businessmen, to our award-winning board of directors. He has a proven record of delivering outstanding growth for SMEs – and our company has aggressive expansion plans.
"He will work closely with current directors to streamline business strategy, identify growth opportunities and help us reach our ambitions. Together we look forward to reinforcing our position as Europe's most successful sales generation and digital marketing businesses."


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'X2' offers top-of-the-line entertainment with a bit of a paranoid political edge
A quick introduction in X2 restates the plot of the first X-Men movie: the dreaded war between Homo sapiens and Homo superior is ready to break out. Only the dedicated efforts of Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), the world's most powerful psychic, can stave it off.
Xavier's assistants are Storm, a weather witch (Halle Berry); the straight-laced preppy Scott Summers, known as Cyclops (James Marsden), who can fire a power ray from his eyes; the physician and telekinetic Jean Grey (Famke Janssen); and the energy vampire Rogue (Anna Paquin). In the background, we glimpse the brooding warrior Logan, known as Wolverine (Hugh Jackman).
After the pretitle intro, the first real dialogue quotes Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural address. As in the better Civil War movies, we understand what both sides are fighting for. X2's writing and characterization pay tribute to the sturdy pulp fiction of comic-book writer Chris Claremont, who scripted the X-Men comics for Marvel during the series' most worthwhile period, from 1979 to 1983. These stories, reflecting Reagan-era scoundrelry, are soaked in political paranoia.
Paranoid times are back; thus X2 is as zeitgeisty now as the Planet of the Apes series was in its time. The opening sequence of the White House under a one-mutant siege by the devilish Nightcrawler (Alan Cumming) is so satisfying that it's practically a breach of the Patriot Act. The Nightcrawler's assault unleashes the hawkish presidential adviser Stryker (Brian Cox), who has been torturing the secrets of the Xavier School for Gifted Children out of the imprisoned Magneto (Ian McKellen).
Stryker is determined to use Xavier's technology to locate and liquidate the mutants of the world. Meanwhile, Magneto escapes and rallies a counterassault with the help of his former foes and of his consort, the blue-skinned chameleon Mystique (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, greatly improving as an actress).
The film's level of acting shames most superhero movies. Cox is ordinarily shuddery enough, but he's especially fearful here, giving McKellen grounds to evolve from villain to antihero. Magneto becomes as indomitable as a general. One savors McKellen's theatrical richness as he bends a wavering young mutant with wicked advice: "You are a god in a world of insects." As for Jackman, it's tempting to see him as a stockier Clint Eastwood, yet isn't he better at the late-period, award-winning Eastwood–the guilty, haunted Eastwood–than Eastwood himself ever was?
While X2 is a metaphor for political discrimination against those who are gay or the wrong color, the film also features a sly but apt borrowing from Arthurian lore to flesh out the story. The film serves up a hell of an adventure, rich in all categories, with digital animation at a new peak of skill and with the fight sequences always having something at stake.
Director Bryan Singer has once again made a successful collaborator with composer and editor John Ottman (his partner on The Usual Suspects). What's most important is that the thrilling action here hangs on a skeleton as sturdy as Wolverine's adamantium bones.
'X2' opens Friday, May 2, throughout the North Bay.
From the May 1-7, 2003 issue of the North Bay Bohemian.


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According to the new proposed rule by the Department of Health and Human Services, the recipients of Title X federal funding for family planning would be banned from excluding potential funding recipients "for reasons unrelated to its ability to provide services effectively." This newly proposed rule is meant to stop states from denying funds to abortion providers.
HHS commented on the proposed rule by stating that, "since 2011, 13 states have taken actions to restrict participation by certain types of providers as sub-recipients in the Title X program based on factors unrelated to the providers' ability to provide the services required under Title X effectively."
"In at least several instances, this has led to disruption of services or reduction of services," the department claimed. HHS also gave several examples where states such as Texas and Florida attempted to defund abortion providers. "Data show that restricting specific providers of Title X services has harmful effects on access to family planning services and is linked with increased pregnancy rates that are not in line with population-wide trends," HHS added.
The studies in the HHS document revealed that the actions of states that excluded specific family planning providers resulted in "reduced use of highly effective methods of contraception and corresponding increases in rates of childbirth among populations that rely on federally supported care." HHS also commented that, "none of these state restrictions are related to the sub-recipients' ability to effectively deliver Title X services."
Representative Diane Black issued a statement in response to this proposed law, in which she said, "This latest stunt from President Obama's Department of Health and Human Services should surprise absolutely no one. We've known all along that the Obama Administration will go to untold lengths to protect its friends in the big abortion industry."
She argued by stating that, "Now, they have taken the unprecedented step of thwarting states' rights with a shady proposed rule change that prevents states from funding the providers who will best serve their citizens."
"In the coming days, I intend to lead a letter expressing the deep concerns of Members of Congress on this proposal, but we won't stop there. We must use the full force of Congress and the grassroots strength of the national pro-life movement to defeat this absurd rule and prevent the Obama Administration from acting unilaterally to carry out political favors and prop up a scandal-ridden abortion provider," Black added.


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The template booking form for use of premises for Christian worship (Worship Booking Form) has been prepared specifically for occasional or one-off use of Model Trust property by another Christian church or congregation for non-Methodist services and meetings for public religious worship under Model Trust 14(2A).
Before using the Worship Booking Form please refer to the:
- Schedule 14a Flow Chart and Process Chart - for guidance on the process that must be followed before another Christian church or congregation can use Model Trust property for non-Methodist services and meetings for public religious worship; and the
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Would you like to participate in an artistic experience? is an ongoing project by Ricardo Basbaum involving the circulation of a painted steel object, a multiple with more than 20 copies, around the world. Each multiple is hosted by individuals or groups for a period of time, usually around one month, and participants make use of the object for their own experimental project, which is documented and added to the Would you like…? growing archive, nbp.pro.br.
In January 2010 The Showroom invited artists to realise their own micro works with the object, with the request that projects take place in the neighbourhood. These local interventions were presented during a Round Table Discussion on 8 April with invited specialists from the field of collaborative participatory practice.
This project is the second commission within Communal Knowledge, a pilot programme of participatory projects which is generously supported by The Paul Hamlyn Foundation and The John Lyon's Charity.
Born in 1961 in São Paulo, Brazil, Basbaum is an artist and writer living and working in Rio de Janeiro. His work has been exhibited at the 30º São Paulo Biennale (2012), Garden of Learning (Busan, 2012), Counter-Production (Generali, Viena, 2012) and documenta 12 (Kassel, 2007).More


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Here is the polar bear watching holiday you have been waiting for! The chance to see and photograph polar bears without having to sit for hours in a tundra buggy and from ground level.
Wildly rugged and remote – this tundra coastal lodge provides the discerning photographer the ability to dedicate long days in the field getting up close and personal with Arctic wildlife. Ground level photo opportunities are offered for arctic wildlife, including polar bears, in a pristine untrammelled wilderness setting in the heart of polar bear country. Polar bears, caribou, and Arctic fox in a backdrop of stunning sea and landscapes. The Lodge's shoreline location is ideal for photographing bears on ice and snow.
The trips run between the middle of October and the middle of November – ask us for exact dates.
Mrs Johnson - Travelled to watch Polar Bears
"Thanks Jeanette - was a truly amazing experience."
Thanks Jeanette - was a truly amazing experience. The location, lodge, staff and last but definately not least, the number of polar bears we saw really did exceed expectations!
Really have valued all your help - super efficient and would have absolutely no problem to recommend you to friends and family!
Itinerary (6 Nights)
Here's a day-by-day guide to your itinerary. Feel free to ask us to add other days or ideas and excursions by contacting us directly, so we can give you the best price.
Day 1
Arrive in Winnipeg where you will enjoy a relaxing stay at The Grand by Lakeview...
Day 1
Arrive in Winnipeg where you will enjoy a relaxing stay at The Grand by Lakeview at the Winnipeg Airport. At 7:00 pm a dinner will be held at the hotel where you will meet your group and your adventure specialist. This is the day that you will pick up winter gear if you have rented. You will need your rest for your early morning departure to Churchill.
1 night Winnipeg.
Day 2
Winnipeg to Seal River Heritage Lodge
Arrive in Churchill by air where one of the expert staff will meet you at the...
Day 2
to Seal River Heritage Lodge
Arrive in Churchill by air where one of the expert staff will meet you at the airport and will provide you with an orientation to the tour including a clothing check (in order to crosscheck your "What to Bring" list that will be provided to you). You will then be transferred by fixed wing aircraft or helicopter to the Seal River Heritage Lodge. This exciting flight takes you out over the historic Churchill River, and then northwest up the rugged Hudson Bay coast to Canada's most exclusive Polar Bear viewing properties. Keep a sharp eye out en route for caribou, moose, seals, wolves and of course the Great Ice Bears.
Upon your arrival, your hosts will provide a tour of the Lodge and get you settled into your room. A thorough orientation on travelling in polar bear country will be provided prior to any outings. Then it's time to assemble all those priceless cameras, hard drives, and tripods and start burning some serious gigabytes!
4 nights at Seal River Heritage Lodge.
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Seal River Heritage Lodge
The Seal River Heritage Lodge is a wildly rugged and remote location catering to the dedicated wildlife photographer...
Day 3-5
Seal River Heritage Lodge
The Seal River Heritage Lodge is a wildly rugged and remote location catering to the dedicated wildlife photographer willing to spend long hours in the field getting up close and personal with the arctic wildlife. Ground level photo opportunities are offered for arctic wildlife including polar bears in a pristine wilderness setting. This IS the heart of polar bear country! Your photos will have stunning backdrops with the sea and or landscapes surrounding the Lodge. Its shoreline location is ideal for photographing bears on snow and ice. Furthermore there will be an exceptional number of clear nights for northern lights photography.
As mentioned in the features the gourmet meal service times will be adjusted to accommodate photo opportunities which are the priority so expect many a meal to be interrupted. Generally breakfast is served at 8:00 am, lunch as required; with appetizers at 6:00 pm followed by a veritable feast for the palate at 7:00 pm. Evenings are spent near the fireplace downloading images, sharing the day's adventures, or taking in an informative lecture or slide show. Bedtime is at your leisure. The entire Lodge area is patrolled for polar bears all night by one of the night watchmen so be prepared to have your sleep cut short by a nocturnal visit by one of the Great Ice Bears (or by one of the dazzling displays of northern lights!).
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Seal River Heritage Lodge to Winnipeg
After another hearty breakfast it is time to pack for the flight back to Churchill,...
Day 6
Seal River Heritage Lodge
to Winnipeg
After another hearty breakfast it is time to pack for the flight back to Churchill, say good-byes and snap a few more pictures! After another exciting aerial tour, you'll arrive in Churchill where your bags will be stored for you until your flight back to Winnipeg later in the day. You are then free to explore and wine & dine in this frontier community at your leisure. Explore local places such as Cape Merry, the Port of Churchill, the Eskimo Museum, the Polar Bear Holding Compound (otherwise known as the Polar Bear Jail), as well as the Parks Canada exhibit which are all of great interest. After dinner you will be transferred to the airport in preparation for your flight back to Winnipeg. Upon your arrival into Winnipeg you will check back into your hotel for the night. The tour ends after check out the following morning.
1 night in Winnipeg
Day 7
After a good nights sleep catch your return flight back to the UK.
Day 7
After a good nights sleep catch your return flight back to the UK.


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We read an essay recently with some semi-elaborate "controls" imposed to "eliminate survivor bias" which came to the conclusion that hitters in the present age come up and have their peak years in the first few seasons of their careers.
It's an astonishing idea...if something like that were true, it would mean that scouting is literally everything (imagine a so-called sabermetric study that proved it all came down to scouting!!) in terms of developing hitters.
So is it true? It could be partially on the money for a reason that bypasses the classical "age-27 peak" formulation--that players don't earn significant playing time until they are already pushing up against what most analysts have called the "peak years" (once upon a time thought to be from 27-31, but more recently seen as 26-29).
Of course, if players don't get significant playing time in MLB until they are 25, such a notion that their "first years" are their best is in "alignment" with what studies have identified as the "peak years."
As always, things can get muddled fast. Such alignment doesn't really tell us much. Its predictive value is tenuous at best. What we need to see is not a comparison for individual players from year to year: such a study actually suffers from "anti-survivor bias."
What we need to see is a chart that shows the degree of elite hitting that occurs at each age, what its distribution over time looks like, and what patterns emerge from that distribution.
And so we give you the great OPS+ distribution chart for ages 25 thru 28, collated for the years 1990-2015. You can see how many hitters had OPS+ figures equal to of higher than 150 at each age for those years, followed by the number of hitters ≥ 140, ≥ 130, and ≥ 120. A weighted numerical formula is applied to create the values in the "Tot" columns at right.
Finally, these are color-coded to show the values for the age-25 hitters in any given year as they move through the next three years, up to age-28. You can see them cascade upward and to the right in the columns at the right.
What you see there is a great deal of individual year fluctuation in the initial age-25 values. But what you also see is that there is often an ongoing correlation with the original established value in those age-25 years as they move across time (to age-26, age-27, age-28). There are "fat years" and "lean years" as represented in the fluctuating totals that you see in the far right column.
And, yes, as Brock Hanke surmised some years back from a different examination based on individual hitter career patterns, there is a good bit of "iambic" progression here--where the numbers go either up, down, up, down or down, up, down, up.
Mostly, though, we see that a really good showing of age-25 hitters in any given year will almost always lead to a high scores across the sequence of following years. Such a pattern is there in the age-25 hitters from 1993: they not only hold their value as they move into "peak seasons," they increase it over those years. There are similar patterns in 1994-97, 1999-2002, 2001-2004, 2005-2008, and 2009-2012.
There is no indication that hitters are peaking at age 25--either here or in the five-year average chart that is the analogue to the above table. Looking at the chart (at right), you can see that the age-25 average trails across most of the time covered by the chart--though it does have a brief flurry in the last 4-5 years. (However, that flurry does not suggest that hitters are having their peak seasons earlier in their careers: age-28 was the leader in the late 90s, only to be replaced by age-27 since 2006 or so.
The chart shows that, on average, the age-27 year five-year averages are rebounding strongly as we get closer to today. While age-28 is showing some slippage from its heyday (1995-2001: probably an artifact of the offensive explosion itself...you can say "steroids" if you must), it's not enough to convince us that any serious shift to younger peaks is underway.
We will endeavor to expand this data into the past, in order to compare it with what we're seeing in recent years, and we'll also try to extend it on either edge of the ages represented here, to see just what kind of curve manifests itself from the total set of ages (and find out if hitters over age 33 are really just "washed up" or not. For right now, though, retain your faith in age-27 as the likeliest year for players to reach elite hitting status. Reports of its demised have been highly exaggerated...


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Hello my dear readers,
Another Monday is here
This week let's discover another aromatic herb, let's discover marjoram.
Amid the aromatic herbs, marjoram is a very interesting plant and it can be grown in the garden or in pots. It is a plant of Asian origin, now widespread as a Mediterranean flavor, used in all European cuisine, particularly in French and Italian. It also has medicinal properties, so it is used in decoctions and infusions.
Like many other aromatic plants, also from marjoram we use the leaves, which can be dried but is always better to pick them fresh from the plant. For this reason it is useful to have the plant in the garden or in a pot on our terrace, so that we can always have it fresh.
Marjoram, also known for some as Persia, is an aromatic plant originally from Persia, it grows with difficulty in areas other than those of origin, but can be found on soils with a Mediterranean climate, warm, up to 800 meters, and its properties are varied: from use in the kitchen to beauty.
Known since ancient times it was immediately considered a symbol of happiness. Widely used by the Egyptians and Romans, still used by the inhabitants of North Africa against dysentery.
Time back, crowns made with the Marjoram were placed on the heads of the spouses during wedding ceremonies, as a wish for happiness; the ancient Greeks used it both to cure diseases and to prepare perfumes and cosmetics.
Marjoram is of the same species as the more widespread and known oregano, not for nothing its scientific name is origanum majorana, and it is part of the lamiaceae family, as are the other main aromatic and medicinal plants, including rosemary, thyme and basil.
The marjoram plant shares most of the characteristics of oregano: it is a bushy shrub with perennial cultivation. The leaves are small and characterised by a light fluff on one side and during the flowering it produces small pink flowers.
If its grown outside, with the winter it loses the leaves but it does not die, the plant will return to vegetate richly at the end of the cold.
Even the taste and scent of the herb are reminiscent of oregano, although it is more delicate. Marjoram is less known than the main aromatics, but in reality it is used very often in the kitchen even without knowing it. It is in fact found as a fundamental ingredient of many mixes of aromas, in particular it is always present in those based on Provencal herbs.
Being a Mediterranean aromatic plant, marjoram loves a climate that is not too harsh, it fears winter frosts and lives willingly in very sunny positions. In areas where winter is very cold you can still cultivate this herb, with the foresight to protect it from the cold.
Marjoram is not at all demanding in terms of soil, the only condition is the absence of water stagnation. A light organic fertilization, although not strictly necessary, can help.
Marjoram must be sown in early spring. If you have a repaired nursery you can do it already in February, otherwise wait for March and April. The seedlings will be transplanted in the garden or in a larger pot when they are over 6-8 centimeters in height. Or if you want to grow the plan on your balcony, you can just sow the seeds directly in a large pot.
For the water, better to wet it periodically, always in moderation.
From marjoram we use the leaves, preferably small, so it is advisable to take the twigs from the top. I recommend choosing them from the most recent and least woody ones. The best thing is to keep the plant in a pot or in the garden adjacent to the house and pick the leaves as needed, just before using the herb.
If you want to dry it you can choose to pick whole branches, so that you can hang them for drying.
In the kitchen, marjoram is excellent for flavoring meats, fish or tomato sauces, it is often found in Mediterranean-type spice mixes, especially those of Provencal herbs, of which it is the main ingredient.
Marjoram in the kitchen should always be added raw or in the last moments of cooking, so as to preserve all its properties that are sensitive to heat.
It is used with tomatoes, cheese, beans, aubergines, courgettes, fish, shellfish and meat.
In particular the fresh floral tops accompany various meat dishes, from steaks to stews, to meats with pizzaiola, in tomatoes sauce.
Marjoram is the ideal condiment for pizzas, mixed salads, vinegars and aromatic oils. It can be used to enrich summer first courses, soups and other dishes that require a strong but delicate aroma.
Marjoram is a medicinal plant rich in vitamins and positive substances for the body, such as antioxidants (beta-carotene). The properties attributed to this herb are above all antispasmodic (therefore beneficial against cough), calming and digestive (like oregano, so it would have a positive effect on the gastro intestinal apparatus). In order to benefit from the properties of marjoram it is possible to make decoctions, infusions or herbal teas with the dried leaves of the plant.
Marjoram is a plant rich in vitamins, namely A, B, C and K, as well as minerals (magnesium, potassium, iron, calcium, zinc and copper). It also contains phytonutrients that are very important for the body's health.
Marjoram oil that is obtained from its dried flowers, is a valid ally against skin blemishes. It is enough to apply a few drops to contrast the stains.
In case of muscle contractions or rheumatic pains, marjoram can help relieve pain by relaxing the muscles.
It is also used to improve sleep due to its relaxing effect and to relieve headaches. It is also excellent for purifying the air and in the cosmetic companies that produces soaps and perfumes with it.
Are you using marjoram in your kitchen?
Thank you all for reading.
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"Sage Curtis, engineering student and reluctant Savior of the Earth, is not having her best month ever. She is almost reconciled to the idea that she will have to use her Thunderbird powers to reverse the damage humans have done to Earth's climate – but those powers haven't helped her much so far. While recovering the world's supply of fresh water from the Slavic underworld, she and her friends unwittingly triggered a ten-foot snowfall across the Northern Hemisphere. Now people and crops are dying, and the snowmelt threatens to cause the seas to rise, wreaking further havoc.
Sage and her friends have to get rid of the snow safely before they can roll back climate change. The clock is ticking, the learning curve is steep, and the gods will be no help. They have already said that if humans can't fix the climate, They will destroy the planet and start over.
Sage must use everything she knows about both science and magic to save the Earth – and even that might not be enough."
This is a book of reckoning, actually both books in this series are. I didn't see it or recognize it in Dragon's Web as clearly as I did in this story. Sage has been weighted down unfairly by the prophecy which states, she alone will save the world. I think because she was born a firebird, a symbol of renewal, even the Gods jumped to this conclusion. She has fought this label her whole life by turning her back on her powers and focusing on science and education to save the world. Webb can't deny his powers ― he lives and breathes them. He started knitting at the age of three and it's a cosmic joke that one of his super power is knitting.
Since Sage's and Rafe's college classes center around the sciences of environmental studies, Ms. Cantwell uses this to educate her readers on what needs to be done to remove excessive greenhouse gas surrounding earth. We also get another foray into Native American myths as Rafe is attacked again. Sage worries about Rafe's loyalty to her when a female friend from his past suddenly reappears. Webb and Sage realize Rafe is under a spell from a mythical creature. This draws visits from Grandpa Drew, Rafe's mother, and a Tlingit shaman named Lawson Shakes, who made a trip to Denver with Rafe's mother from Alaska. This storyline keeps the tension high while Sage tries to sort out her feelings about the prophecy, the Gods, and her deep feelings for Rafe.
Ms. Cantwell does an excellent job weaving the different plot arcs together seamlessly. Webb seems to be maturing and coming into his own rather nicely. He has impressed his Grandpa Drew and Shaman Lawson Shakes, as well as Hilary and Sage. I have to say again, this is a story of reckoning on many levels and Sage handles herself well once she has the support of her own Goddess. Sage has a heart of gold and an abundant strength of will when she gets going. She is the Thunderbird and she proves it when she owns it and confronts The Gods. She will make her family and The Gods proud.
I hope this isn't the end of Sage's and Webb's story. I would love to see more from them. Ms. Cantwell is going to need some of her own divine inspiration because Webb starts his school year at CU in the fall and Rafe and Sage don't graduate for two more years.
Firebird's Snare is Book 2 of the Pipe Woman's Legacy series. I believe it is best to read Book 1 Dragon's Web first.
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Iran production of Sejil II solid fuel missile with mobile Chinese launchers, US attempts to force Syria and Israel talks, and interference by Obama will be catalysts in the attack on Achmadinejad and Tehran's mullahs.
Iran is slowing down the manufacture of the
Shahab-3 surface missile in favor of mass production of the more
accurate two-stage 2,000-kilometer range Sejil II ballistic missile
powered with solid fuel.
More than 1,000 new Sejil IIs are projected
to come off production lines in five years, at the rate of 200 a
While the Iranians can deliver no more than
10 to 15 missiles a year at present, they could with enough
financing produce up to 30 per year.
Liquid-fuel missiles like the Shahab
(see Iran's Nuclear
Capability) take hours
to prepare for firing, during which time they are exposed to
oversight by US and Israel spy satellites.
The Sejil missile can
only be detected by military satellites and early warning radar
systems posted in the Negev after it is airborne and guided towards
its target because it is powered by solid
Iran has also recruited Chinese
missile experts to assist in the production of mobile launchers for
the Sejil II. The combination of the solid-fuel Sejil
mounted on mobile vehicles will give an Iranian missile attack the
advantage of surprise, because of the difficulty of tracking and
targeting them from space or the air.
Iran is going all out to fill its arsenal
with Sejil II missiles for outwitting Israel's
Arrow interceptors
if and when they attack Israel. Western missile experts calculate
that if Iran lets loose against Israel a simultaneous barrage of
dozens of Shahab-3 and a handful
of Sejil II, the
Arrow will only intercept some of them; the rest will reach their
Israel must strategically increase its
production of the Arrow anti-missile
The Palestinians will not honor any of your
invitations to peace talks. I know you know that. It looks good
Obama purposes to directly sponsor newly
revived Israel-Syrian peace talks.
Obama timidly barks at Iran (a delayed bark)
while NOT even growling at the Palestinians. I wonder, "Does
his Muslim background have anything to do with it?" Or,
"Does his 20 years with
not-so reverend Jeremiah Wright fuel hatred for
Before you judge me, let me say that
I love President Obama and his wife, Michelle, and their
daughters: Malia and Sasha. I pray for all of them every
day. However, I have serious misgivings about his
character because of the following:
Barak Hussein Obama did not leave Jeremiah
Wright's church until after pressure was on him during his campaign
for President of the United States.
1. If he sat
in Jeremiah Wright's church for 20 years just for political
expediency, then he is NOT a man of moral conviction, and
is NOT to be trusted.
2. If he sat
in Jeremiah Wright's church NOT knowing what was being
preached, then he is less than honest … he is absolutely
stupid … and should NOT be trusted.
3. If he sat
in Jeremiah Wright's church for 20 years and DID KNOW what
was being taught, then he is not to be trusted, stupid,
and DANGEROUS.
There is no alternative other than the three
posited above.
US envoy Fred Hoff asks Israel to resume
talks with Syria from point of last interruption. He asked:
"Is the Netanyahu coalition
ready to assume talks with Syria from the point at which ex-prime
minister Ehud Olmert's exchanges with Syrian president Bashar Assad
were interrupted last December?"
Why should Israel do this? Olmert and
Assad were trying to make their corruption charges covered by the
dust of the peace talks. Bibi and Ehud Barak don't have
corruption to hide … and why waste time playing with foolishness.
Is the US so stupid, or do they really need an excuse for pursuing
a divided Israel? See my podcast titled, "Israel and Gaza"
dated 22 January 2009. Also, remember
I told you last year the
peace talks between Olmert and Assad were a
The US will try to muscle Israel into
negotiations with Damascus. Do NOT let them do
Yesterday the US President Obama met with
Jewish leaders in the US trying to persuade them that he will back
Israel, while at the same time trying to stop the growth of
settlements in Israel.
If Obama wants to meet with real Jews who
have an interest in Israel, he should go to Israel. Meeting with
the US Jewish delegations who were in attendance is like going to
your wife's lover and asking if there is anything you can do for
your wife. These were mostly liberal groups … NOT Sabras. A visit
to Accra, Ghana, for the President's wife and girls might have been
less important than a visit to Israel. I have been to Ghana many
times and to Israel (and I love both countries) and it doesn't take
anyone with half a brain to know that time spent with Israeli
leaders at this moment in history is more
Israel, do NOT let the US muscle you into
negotiations with Syria. Do NOT concern yourselves with the Saudis
and Egyptians devising so-called peacemaking plans with Syria to
include Hamas and Fatah. You are smarter than that. Why insult G-d?
Throughout your history the LORD G-d has helped you when you
cried out for help. Do you have to wait until
things are so bad before you really cry out to
Him? Think about it: maybe that is the purpose of Jacob's Trouble?
(Tanakh: Jeremiah 30:6-7)
Israel and Bibi, there are tens of
thousands of G-d's people praying for you. Real Jews
(circumcised in the heart) and real Christians (circumcised in the
heart), who know G-d in th Spirit and not the flesh, pray for you
every day. Just listen to the Ruach Ha Chodesh, study G-d's Word,
and obey what He tells you. Your responsibility is to the LORD. Do
what you know is right. When it is time for you to leave this
earth, know that you did what you were supposed
Israel, your only hope is in the LORD. The
Prophet Jeremiah tells us: "Thus says Yahweh: Cursed is the man
who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs
from Yahweh. Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose
trust Yahweh is." (Tanakh: Jeremiah 17:5,
And, the Prophet Isaiah warns Israel
about leaning on foreign countries for military help but NOT
trusting the LORD.
"Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help,
and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many,
and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don't look
to the Holy One of Israel, neither seek
Now the Egyptians are men, and not G-d; and
their horses flesh, and not spirit: and when Yahweh shall stretch
out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped
shall fall, and they all shall be consumed
(Tanakh: Isaiah 31:1,3)
In June of 1981, IDF Lt. General Rafael Eitan
briefed the Israeli fighter pilots before the raid on Iraq's Osirak
nuclear reactor. He told them, "The alternative is our
destruction." It is the same with Iran.
The Assyrians were a cruel and treacherous
military force. They resorted to terrible means of torture and were
also a formidable foe. After Hezekiah's deeds of faithfulness,
Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered Judah. He encamped
against the fortified cities, thinking to win them over to
When Hezekiah saw this, and realized that
Sennacherib's purpose was to make war against Jerusalem, he
gathered his leaders and commanders together and encouraged
"Be strong and courageous; do not be
afraid nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all the
multitude that is before him: for there are more with us than with
him. With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our G-d,
to help us and to fight our battles." And the people were
strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. (2 Chronicles
Because of the impending danger, King
Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah prayed and cried
out to heaven. Then the Lord sent an angel who cut down
every mighty man of valor, every leader, and every captain in the
army of Assyria. So the King of Assyria returned shamefaced to his
own land, and was killed by his own family.
"And it came to pass on a certain night
that the angel of the Lord went out, and killed in the camp
of the Assyrians 185,000 men; and when people arose early
in the morning, there were the corpses - all dead." (2 Kings
19:35; 2 Chronicles 32:9-23)
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With the widespread introduction of SATA hard disk drives and the unexpected longevity of the Windows XP operating system a lot of users nowadays are having problems when trying to install Windows XP.
Whether you've replaced your hard disk with a big chunky SATA one or decided to downgrade to XP from Windows Shitsa (eh, of course I mean Vista) then it's likely you'll come across an issue where you are either prompted by Windows XP setup for a floppy disk containing a driver or setup simply bombs out with a blue screen of death (BSOD).
The reason for either of these annoying interruptions is that the driver for your hard disk simply isn't on the Windows XP CD….bummer eh.
You probably don't have a floppy drive either, right?
This article gives you step by step instructions on how to create a new Windows XP CD from your existing CD plus add in the vital SATA driver that Windows setup so badly desires. No floppies required!
To achieve this feat you're going to need the following:
- An original Windows XP CD
- A working Windows XP PC
- A blank writable CD (that is CDR or CDRW should work fine)
- nLite – a fine, free utility used to create a custom XP CD. Download Here (opens in new window)
- SATA Drivers – This is the tricky part. OK here's the way I'd start looking:UPDATE January 2011: How To Find Your SATA Drivers
- Go to your PC, laptop or motherboard manufacturer's website
- Find the Support or Downloads section
- Find the Hard Disk or SATA or Hard Disk Controller or Motherboard drivers area
- Download the driver package to your hard disk and extract to a folder on your desktop. For the purposes of this article, I will download and extract my SATA drivers to the SATA folder located on the desktop.
- If you can't find it then leave a comment with your PC/Laptop/Motherboard manufacturer and model number and I'll find them for you
Create the Windows XP CD
- Install nLite – you may be prompted to install Microsoft .NET Framwork. If you are then, install it. nLite requires this.
- Have your SATA drivers (see above) downloaded and extracted to a folder on your Desktop.
- Insert your Windows XP CD. If it autoplays, just cancel back to your Desktop.
- Launch nLite by locating the program on either your Desktop or in your Start Menu
- On Welcome to nLite! screen click Next
- On the Locating the windows installation screen click Browse and select your CD/DVD drive (i.e. your Windows XP CD/DVD) > Click OK > Click Next
- You will be prompted where you want to save the CD installation files. Select or create a folder as prompted and click OK. The XP install files will begin copying to the folder.
- Click OK on the Presets screen.
- Now you are presented with a number of options – select the Drivers button so that it has a green light next to it > click Next
- On the Drivers screen, click Insert > You will be asked for Single or Multiple driver option. This will depend on the drivers you need for your particular hardware. I am doing this with a Dell SATA driver package and have opted to choose Single
- You will no be prompted to select a single driver INF file. Again, this is dependant on your own specific hardware. You will need to find out your specific hardware information from your manufacturers website so that you can select the correct driver file.
- You will now be asked to select a Mode and an Integration option. For Mode you will need to select Textmode driver as this the driver Windows Setup requires. You then need to select a driver from the list of textmode drivers. Ensure you select the correct driver for your particular hardware & OS. After you have selected, click OKand Next.
- Now you're asked, "Are you sure you want to start the process?" > Click Yes.
- When the process finishes you will see a summary have the opportunity create an ISO file. Click Make ISO.
- Select a location to save the ISO file to and click OK.
- Once the ISO file is saved you can use it to create a bootable CD using your favorite CD burning software.