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5/26 Got to play good "D"
I think our defense has been pretty good all year long. You have some ups and downs. Any time you get the great pitching we're getting, it's automatically good defense. Guys hitting their spots, you get in the right position. You've got the advance scouts who put us in the right spot. Josh Hamilton the other day in Texas — I was playing him the other way and most guys play him to pull. You hit the spot. James Loney, same thing last night. It makes it easier. Our outfielders work together, we work in tandem. If you watch the games, whenever I move to the pull side, everybody moves, everybody shifts. Maybe I go to the pull side and leave the right fielder on the line because the hitter is a guy who doesn't really go into the gap in right center.
I have little hand signals, little movements to communicate with the guys. If I want a guy to get into the gap, I point to them and point to the gap. If I want to move them a little bit, I put my hand down a little. If I don't want them to move but I want them to know, "Hey, I'm moving, so you're going to have to help me out to my right or left," I'll point to myself and show them where I am. It's little movements that people never pay attention to. You never really see us until the ball gets out there.
We're doing a good job infield, outfield. It all starts with our pitcher and our catcher. Geo is calling a great game. Last night, you never say just a starter threw a shutout, you also say a catcher threw a shutout, too. He's calling the pitches. That right there improves our defense.
— Marlon
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Hi Marlon! I am a HUGE Cubs fan and watch whenever I get a game on WGN 🙂 I just want to thank you for being the epitome of a MLB player. I was not sure what to think when we first got you (to be honest though, anything was better than Bradley…) but ever since I saw you play in spring training I have been impressed! I mean, you actually run the bases when you get a homerun! You just dont see hustle like that anymore and I absolutely LOVE IT!! Thank you – and just so you know, I ordered your shirt last week and I haven't gotten one since Mark Grace was there!! You rock 🙂
Erin in Texas 🙂
I am a life long Cub's fan and I am THRILLED that we signed you to play in Chicago. I did not follow your career closely until you decided to play for the Cubs but after hearing the announcement I studied up on how you play the game. I was hopeful that we would be getting a better return for our money than your predecessor and now I am just downright impressed. You are built like a linebacker but have the agility of a wide receiver! Man can you move and I agree with the previous comment that you play the game HARD all the time, every play and every at bat. I am so thankful to have a team player and a good person on the team. You certainly have a been a breath of fresh air and have shown that you are a professional ballplayer and even more importantly a team player! I hope this season proves to be your best ever both statistically and personally as you break into a long career in my home town, Chicago! Kudos to you Marlon, while I watch the games with my son I tell him to play center like Marlon Byrd plays center and to be a team player and always run hard like Maroln Byrd runs hard. You are quickly becoming one of my favorite all time Cubbies and you just got here! Thanks for all you do and for making our team better!
What kind of a bird is a marlon? I thought that was a fish! Whatever, you are the best thing that's hit the Cubs since Sweet Lou showed up. It is SO refreshing to watch a ball player play the game for the joy of it and because he wants to do the best he can — and you epitomize that in spades! I am so tired of watching "long contract" players who show up, put in their time, collect their paychecks, and give the fans a half-hearted show. I've said this before: a reporter once asked Hank Aaron how he felt when he saw one of his home runs, to which Aaron replied that he'd never seen one. When the reporter responded in surprise, Aaron said, "My job is not to watch my home runs; my job is to get to first base as fast as I can." I think you must have read the same quote and have taken it to heart. Anyway, thanks again for giving us die-hard Cubs fans a real boost this season.
I would quit blogging if I were you. (not that I'm not enjoying it and LOVE the way you play baseball) You might be aware that Mark DeRosa and Reed Johnson both had blogs and then were gone the next year. I loved both of them also. I want to see you be a Cub for a long time..i guess if your not superstitous then go ahead. I am a big fan of good "D". In tight ball games it always seems to be the difference.
Keep doing what your doing..I have been completely impressed by the way you play ball..you play it the "right" way..100%..no excuses..hustle on every play. Go Cubs Go!
Hi Marlon! I am a huge fan of yours and am so pleased for you that you are off to a good start in Chicago. I first saw you playing left field in Pittsburgh against Gorzelanny (you had a great night) and I noticed those hand signals you just wrote about above even then. I also drove 250 miles to Baltimore the night it rained out (groan). The next day you guys won 30 to something against the Orioles. I second everything that's been said above and if you read this, could you answer one baseball question and one other question? Is NL pitching all than different from AL pitching? If it is, how would you describe the difference? The other question: Last year, after a home run or just a run scored, you used to make a little hand signal towards the crowd as you got to the dugout. A Hi! to a family member or friend? That's all! Best wishes for a great season and thank you for making baseball truly fun to watch.
Hi Marlon! I'm really excited that you guys have been playing so well…sometimes you see winning streaks and it's just a team getting lucky or a pitcher or two getting hot. I mean, you guys could hit better (it's amazing what happens when DLee gets hot, isn't it!) but the team is PLAYING well together. I like that. You seem to be a big part of it.
It reminds me of our church softball league team when we hit mid-season form. My brother-in-law, Andy settles in really well in left-center where he can direct the rest of the outfield too! He's also out there flirting with the good looking left fielder…who happens to be his wife! We usually have it all together until we play against Trinity. They are real gamers. They aren't like us…they turn people away who want to play for their team. We just keep adding people all year long. We're like a big family. It's all spearheaded by my brother-in-law Andy. He's swell and he likes you too….now. He just got back from the Bay area. It's good to have him back.
Marlon DUDE.. you are doing AMAZING. your SUCH a go getter (meaning the ball,haha). you show so much love and passion while you play, and we feel it. ill admit im pretty darn* judgmental and yet when it comes to you and a few others i only say good things. dont get a big head from this. but your post kinda seemed like you feel that we dont see just how good you are doing trust me we see it. keep it up man.
Good Afternoon Marlon, Sitting watching the Cubs and you just scored for the second time! I have been a fan since the early 80's and traveled around the country to see them play. My two favorite Cubs were Ryan Sandberg and Mark Grace, however you have moved right in behind them. You are a heck of a ball player and I really enjoy watching you play. I was at the Rangers game several weeks ago and was right behind you last night at Astros game. We have a great fan base following you and the Cubs. I will be in Chicago on 24 July, St. Louis on 14 Aug, and I will see you again in Houston the end of July and the beginning of October. Look for your fans while on the road!
I know you get a lot of these comments – but just wanted to extend my gratitude – and honestly the gratitude of Cubs fans everywhere – for your style of play and the contribution you make to the team on every play. I know he may not be the most popular guy for obvious reasons, but I can say without a doubt I haven't seen a guy play with your hustle since Pete Rose. I watched you run out a pop-up the other day, making it almost to second before the ball was caught (they nearly dropped it, by the way). Having the hustle to take that extra base "just in case" shows the kind of fire and determination lacking in most major league ball players. It sealed your place as my favorite Cub of all-time (been a fan since '94) and I immediately went out and bought a Byrd jersey in home white. Just wanted to give you your props man – thanks again and looking forward to seeing you in the Friendly Confines for many years to come. It's truly an honor to watch you play.
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|Bluetooth (BT) is an industry standard short-distance (up to 10
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The sample program "NXT BT Messaging No Error Checking.c" is a simple program to show how to use all three of the functions.
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Boolean function that indicates whether a unprocessed message is available in the NXT's received message queue. This is useful when multiple messages have been queued and your program wants to skip to the last message received. Your program can simply read and discard messages as long as a message is available in the queue.
Clears the current message. The next time the message variable is accessed, the firmware will attempt to obtain the first message from the queue of messages received by the NXT. Do not send messages faster than about one message per 30 milliseconds or it is possible for some messages to be lost.
Skipping Queued Messages
|A typical application might have one NXT send a message to the NXT on a periodic basis. For example, it might send a message containing the current values of sensors S1 and S2 every 100 milliseconds. Due to processing delays in the receiving NXT, several messages may have been queued and your program may want to rapidly skip to the last message received. The following are two code snippets that show how this might be accomplished.
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Were you purposefully working with wind for specific scenes, or did it make its appearance on its own terms?
I absolutely loved the way it was lit, and the way you work with light is extremely nostalgic. The darkness in many moments is so poignant that it creates a feeling as if it was captured from memory. And it's so interesting that you brought up how personal this was for you after I posted my post, because I felt it even without you saying it. I feel like I've had those moments with my mother on the couch, turning the TV on. Father coming in with a bunch of laundry asking for the controller. I think I basically had a very similar childhood as you. I'm the older brother with my younger brother, and it was really interesting how you captured the dynamic between father/older son & father/younger son.
There was a shot where the camera fluidly followed Arvid towards a group of flowers when Arvid left the shot, I was expecting you to linger and focus to a close-up of flowers and it almost looked like you purposefully didn't.
What were you using in terms of camera, lens, steadicam, lighting, bounces? Also in terms of sound, how did you come up with the idea of the loud machine that comes in in certain segments, and also, how did you work with your sound design in general? How many days did it take to shoot?
Wow, I loved it...After the first shot, when Arvid finds himself in the staircase again I was so taken by the mood that I thought that everyone could have disappeared - his mother and his brother - and that he could have found himself alone, in a gap in time. Because it was about a memory and Time, I guess. I don't know if I'm alone, but, during the first shot, when the camera moved around the house, followed Arvid and his mood (in the way that, yes, Faulkner writes the first chapter of The Sound of the Fury, even if Faulkner took the point of view of Benjy The "Idiot" but it was a way to have a kid²), I felt like the house was an infinite space of imagination, so everything could happen. The fact that his brother called his name really made Arvid in another space for me.
Seems almost surreal to me, like a dream sequence.(Running on low sleep here so I'm probably misinterpreting)
Dude, believe me that I'd love to find some criticism to give because I don't want you to think that I'm at all coddling you or worrying about hurting your feelings. I know what it's like to want real criticism, but sometimes a movie is so beautiful that there's really nothing to do but bask in its glory. I'd do that with this movie even if I didn't know you... I'd just go and tell friends how great I think it is (which I already have, sort of... just telling friends how I saw this amazing short film and can't stop thinking about it). The fact that you are a person that I can call my friend is just nuts because I think this movie is like a blast of light upon a giant billboard that says you are a great filmmaker and certainly on your way to becoming a major figure in cinema. I almost feel like I shouldn't say that because I don't want to blow your head up too big and I know you're a humble guy, but goddamnit, there are filmmakers worth celebrating and you're not only on your way to having that happen, I'm sure, but you've already made a movie that demands to be celebrated. Like I want to have a party for your movie.Please keep making movies. I know you are, but please, just... keep doing it. If you ever get depressed and start thinking about quitting for any reason, I would fucking fly to Norway or Germany or where ever you are at the time and buy you your favorite food and tell you that we all need you to keep making movies. It would bankrupt me probably, but I would do it.
The kids were brilliant. I swear I saw a little Danny Torrance in Arvid in a few shots. Was it as liberating to direct talented kid actors as I imagine it being? Seems they would more easily get out of their own way and not over think everything.
And probably making a few, which would be great, because it enables you to shoot more frequently than with features.
cinematography (don't let that guy go, he will always make you look like a genius),
To know that someone wants you and is looking for you, but you've got your own thing going on, is almost like living through your own death. Arvid is Tom Sawyer up in the rafters listening to the cries at his funeral.
I found the image of the Aunt with her mouth agape very disturbing, like you're watching the soul escape from her body.
then them as babies ( twins? )
I love his desperate cry for attention at the end, I have to think he purposefully falls off that bank, and I found it funny.


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What started as a Hope College professor's idea to introduce a coed sport unique to America has turned into a dream come true for several Hope students who will be part of the USA team in the Korfball World Championship when they are held in Brno, The Czech Republic, in late October and early November.
What started as a Hope College professor's idea to introduce a coed sport unique to America has turned into a dream come true for several Hope students who will be part of the USA team in the Korfball World Championship when they are held in Brno, The Czech Republic, in late October and early November.
Korfball is the world's only coed team sport and resembles the game of basketball. Korf is a Dutch word for basket. There are baskets at each end of the court, but no backboards. There is no dribbling; only passing. A team consists of four players, two men and two women. Each successful shot is worth one point.
Longtime Hope physical educator and softball coach Karla Wolters introduced Korfball to the West Michigan sports scene in 2005 when she began teaching a class in it. In the fall of 2005 Hope entertained a Korfball team from Europe. The next summer a team comprised of Hope students and recent alumni traveled to Europe for a series of games. Last fall Hope hosted the tryouts for the USA team that will compete in the World Championships. Wolters serves on the governing board of USA Korfball.
" Our Hope Korfball players are thrilled to be part of the USA Korfball team that will be competing in Brno," said Wolters. "It is a dream come true to be able to compete with the world's best Korfball teams for the World Cup. We are also looking forward to learning about Brno and the surrounding area as none of us have ever been in the Czech Republic before. We aspire to play with passion, enjoy the entire experience and represent Hope College and the USA well in our travels."
The World Championships will bring together players from 16 countries for games between October 30 and November 10. The USA team will embark on October 27.
Countries represented in the championships are Australia, Belgium, Catalonia, China, Chinese Taipei, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Hungary, India, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa and USA.
The tournament will begin with pool play. The USA squad will be matched against teams from Chinese Taipei, Germany and Russia. Play will continue in a championship and consolation bracket. Some of the games will be televised by Czech Television.
Members on the USA team affiliated with Hope include sisters Amanda and Erika Guijarro, seniors from Los Angeles, Calif.; Kate Madison, a senior from Charlevoix, Mich.; Stephen Malvitz, a senior from Ada, Mich.; Chris Olds, a senior from Brainerd, Minn.; Gerry Ruffino, senior from Holland, Mich.; Mark Slotman, a junior from Cedar Grove, Wisc.; Effie Van Dyke, a senior from Spruce, Mich.; Aaron Kenemer, a 2007 grad from Zeeland, Mich.; Allison Watchorn, a junior from Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.; and Antoine Williams, a 2007 grad from Holland, Mich. Wolters will accompany the group as an assistant coach and team manager.
The first Korfball World Championships were held in 1978 in the Netherlands. They are held every four years. The Netherlands has won six of the previous seven World Championships, including 2003. The International Korfball Federation is headquarter in The Netherlands.
The USA will be competing in the World Championships for the first time since 1991 when the team ended seventh.
A Brief Overview of Korfball
Korfball traces its origins back to the Dutch teacher Nico Broekhuysen. Broekhuysen developed the game in 1902 and dubbed it Korfball. "Korf" is Dutch for basket, so "Korfball" literally means basketball, which the game does mimic in some ways. Korfball was very progressive for its time as it is a co-ed game where equality and cooperation are the key principles.
Some key components of the game of Korfball include a basket 11 ½ feet above the ground (compared to 10 feet in basketball) - with no backboard - attached to a post. There are eight players on the field of play (which can be either indoors or outside); four on the offensive zone of the field and four on the defensive side of the field. A zone is very much comparable to a half-court in basketball. The co-ed aspect of the game is achieved by having two male and two female athletes make up the four athlete total that the team must have in each zone.
Other key features of the game include a rule that does not allow a player in possession of the ball to move - a rule much like that of Ultimate Frisbee's. Also, to create better equality, members of the opposite sex may not hinder an opponent trying to pass the ball. Korfball uses a penalty system much like that of soccer's, with referees giving out yellow cards and red cards, depending on the severity of an athlete's wrong-doing.
Also of interest, the scoring system in Korfball is derived from soccer, with each goal counting as one point. A match is typically comprised of two thirty-minute halves and final scores are usually in high teens for the winning team and low teens for the losing team depending on the closeness of the match.
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Frances M. Eckman, 73, Urbana, died at 2:30 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 2, at Miller's Merry Manor East, Wabash. She was born June 8, 1940 in Floyd County, Ky. to Ernest and America (Whitt) Prater.
Frances lived in Wabash County since 1959, and lived at Miller's Merry Manor East since March 2013. She was a caregiver to the elderly for several years.
She is survived by her daughter, Christina (Cliff Noland) Eckman, Wabash; four grandchildren, Cadence Eckman, Wabash, Matthew (Brooke) Noland, Peru, David Noland, Pearland, Texas, and Brittany Noland, Fort Worth, Texas, and seven great-grandchildren; two sisters, Ernestine Meek, Urbana, and Wanda (Vearl) Culp, South Bend; brother, Raymond Prater, Kokomo. She was preceded in death by her parents, and two brothers, Eugene Prater and Rabin Prater.
Funeral services will be held at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 10 a.m. with Rev. Tim Webb officiating. Burial will be in Friends Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 4-7 p.m., Friday at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is The Family of Frances Eckman.
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Leaving on a World Trip
This will be my last blog entry for a year, because I am taking a personal leave of absence to travel the world!
Visiting Central and South America plus learning Spanish along the way has always been a dream. This dream is now coming true and tomorrow will be my last day at work - at least for a year. I'll be back - no worries.
You will be in good hands with Aunindo Ghosh (you can meet him at the Adobe Learning Summit), Marketing Manager for Director and now Adobe Captivate, and RJ Jacquez, our Senior Evangelist. Plus, you'll 'hear' from me soon - in September, we will be publishing a white paper I just wrote on eLearning going green with lots of tips and ideas for your department to adopt a sustainable strategy (once published, you'll find it on our Adobe eLearning page).
I also want to thank you - some of you have visited this blog whenever I posted new content. I loved receiving comments and suggestions and meeting some of you at conferences. I enjoy the elearning industry and will miss being in touch with you. There will definitely be lots to tell when I am back!
For new tips and tricks and product news, please subscribe to RJ's blog - he'll keep you updated of what's going on with Adobe eLearning.
See you in a year! ... or should I say - Hasta la vista ;)


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EEOC Resolves Class Case Against Insurance Giant Over Rehiring Policy Which Adversely Impacted Older Workers During Companywide Reorganization
ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a major settlement of an age discrimination class lawsuit against Allstate Insurance Company, one of the nation's largest insurers, for $4,500,000 to be paid to approximately 90 older former employees, in addition to significant remedial relief.
In its lawsuit, filed in October 2004 under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the EEOC charged that in the year 2000 Allstate adopted a hiring moratorium for a period of one year, or while severance benefits were being received, that applied to all its employee-sales agents who were part of its Preparing For The Future Reorganization Program. The program was part of Allstate's reorganization from employee agents to what the company considered independent contractors. The EEOC alleged that the policy had a disproportionate impact on Allstate's employees over the age of 40 because more than 90 percent of the agents subjected to the hiring moratorium were 40 years of age or older. Allstate denies that its hiring moratorium violated the ADEA.
"Discrimination against older workers is counterproductive and wrong, and the EEOC has been taking a close look at ways to increase our law enforcement efforts in this area," said EEOC Acting Chairman Stuart J. Ishimaru. "Corporate America must be more vigilant in guarding against job bias affecting older workers, or risk action by the EEOC. This settlement shows there is a high price to pay for discriminatory employment policies and practices that adversely impact older workers."
In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Smith v. City of Jackson that a facially neutral policy, such as Allstate's hiring moratorium, which disproportionately affected those age 40 and over violated the ADEA unless the policy was based on a reasonable factor other than age.
As provided in the Stipulated Order resolving the litigation, pending approval by U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (Civil Action No. 4:04CV01359 ERW), Allstate will pay former employees who sought employment -- or would have sought employment with the company in the absence of its policy -- a total of $4.5 million to be divided among the class via a settlement fund. The order, in effect for three years, also provides for discrimination prevention training, posting of notices, reporting and monitoring, and other relief designed to educate Allstate managers in order to prevent future violations of the ADEA.
In 2007, the parties settled claims of disparate treatment which were asserted for two individuals. Those claims were settled for $250,000 and are not covered by this settlement.
EEOC Regional Attorney Barbara A. Seely of the agency's St. Louis District Office, which handled the litigation, said, "This settlement should go far in educating Allstate's managers about their responsibilities under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The training and other injunctive remedies provided will reinforce these prohibitions and help the company effectively prevent inadvertent violations of the ADEA going forward."
In July, the Commission held a public hearing on age discrimination and barriers to the employment of older workers. Additional information about the hearing can be found on the EEOC's web site at http://www.eeoc.gov/abouteeoc/meetings/7-15-09/index.html.
According to its web site (www.allstate.com), the Northbrook, Ill.-based Allstate "is the nation's largest publicly held personal lines insurer. A Fortune 100 company, with $130 billion in total assets, Allstate sells 13 major lines of insurance. Allstate was founded in 1931 and became a publicly traded company in 1993. The Allstate Corporation encompasses more than 70,000 professionals."
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Secretary Clinton met with Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado today in Lisbon. Secretary Clinton said, "I am particularly pleased that Portugal and the United States have such a long and productive relationship. We cooperate in many areas. The United States is grateful for the 65th Air Force Wing, which has had a presence in the Azores for 60 years. And we are committed to deepening and broadening our partnership through the bilateral commission, which the minister and I have agreed will be reinvigorated, as well as on a range of issues that concern us both.
"But we also cooperate with Portugal in multilateral venues as well -- certainly in NATO, in ISAF, in the EU-U.S. partnership which will be exemplified by the summit here tomorrow -- on a range of regional and global issues that affect us both. And I'm particularly looking forward to Portugal joining once again the United Nations Security Council starting next year, where the agenda is intense and wide-ranging, from Sudan to Iran and so many more critical matters that affect the people of both of our countries.
"I am also very pleased to have this chance to express our gratitude for the service and sacrifice of the Portuguese serving in Afghanistan. That is an extraordinary commitment and we are grateful to the people and Government of Portugal.
"We are committed to ongoing consultation and cooperation, and we appreciate greatly Portugal hosting the very important meetings. President Obama is looking forward to joining us in just a few hours and to the meetings we will be having with the president and prime minister."
After their meeting, Secretary Clinton and Foreign Minister Amado released a joint statement on U.S.-Portugal bilateral cooperation, which read:
"During the meeting between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Minister of Foreign Affairs Luís Amado that took place in Lisbon, on November 19, 2010, the United States and Portugal reaffirmed their enduring political alliance.
"Both governments share the view that it would be beneficial to the United States and Portugal to expand and enhance bilateral cooperation across a range of policy areas.
"The 1995 Agreement on Cooperation and Defense and its Standing Bilateral Commission provide the necessary flexibility and mechanisms to strengthen the partnership and cooperation between both countries on different areas. Its potential should be developed fully.
"The Secretary of State and the Minister of Foreign Affairs have instructed the U.S. and Portuguese Heads of Delegation to the Standing Bilateral Commission to initiate discussions as to how we can best advance our shared interests and determine areas and methods of cooperation that will contribute to the revitalization of our partnership."
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New York, September 20, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Saturday's fatal stabbing of a TV journalist and calls on Chinese authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into possible journalism-related motives.
Unidentified assailants stabbed Luoyang TV reporter Li Xiang, 30, at least 10 times on Sunday night in central Henan province, local and international news reports said. Police said the journalist died early Monday morning, Agence France-Presse reported. His laptop was missing from its case at the scene, and police suspected robbery as a possible motive, news reports said.
Li had reported on the illegal recycling of waste oil into cooking oil and also wrote about it on his microblog, news reports said. Police in Henan and two other provinces had recovered 100 tons of the carcinogenic oil, called "gutter oil" because of its origins, and arrested 32 people for selling it, AFP reported. Local news reports and bloggers said that Li's death may have been connected to that investigation.
"Authorities in Henan must fairly and openly investigate Li Xiang's violent death and bring the perpetrators to justice," said Bob Dietz, CPJ's Asia program coordinator. "Given China's history of obstructing coverage of food scandals, authorities must thoroughly consider his reporting as a possible motive."
Food safety scandals are common in China, and journalists reporting on them frequently encounter harassment, CPJ research shows. But journalist murders occur less often. CPJ has been unable to confirm the motive in the 2010 killing of Sun Hongjie, in Xinjiang, or the 2007 death of Lan Chengzhang, in Shanxi province.


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Life After Qaddafi — Libya: A Broken State
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Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Three years after the Libyan revolution and the subsequent downfall of its dictator Muammar Qaddafi, the country has descended further into chaos and insecurity. Rebel militias, radical Islamists and former Qaddafi commander Khalifa Haftar are among the different groups vying for power and oil wealth, creating a vacuum in which violence and militancy reign supreme. VICE News filmmaker Medyan Dairieh was in Libya in 2011 to witness the revolution. This year, he returned to follow members of the 17th February battalion, a rebel group fighting against Haftar's forces. Dairieh witnessed first-hand how life after the Libyan revolution has devolved into lawlessness and Islamic State-linked extremism. Watch "VICE News Archives: The Rebels of Libya" - http://bit.ly/1xtnhKL Check out "Death Toll Climbs as Fierce Battle to 'Liberate' Benghazi Continues" - http://bit.ly/1yzL4rT Check out the VICE News beta for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: http://vicenews.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/vicenews...


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Pilgrim's Pride CEO and COO resign
Pilgrim's Pride's Board of Directors has named Don Jackson as its president and chief executive officer subject to approval of the United States Bankruptcy Court.12/17/2008
Culinary Farms Moves to a High Capacity Facility in Woodland, CA
The Woodland facility provides the quality of space Culinary Farms needs to continue its growth and to expand processing and technical capabilities for developing custom products for customers.12/17/2008
Culinary Farms Launches New Web Site and Corporate Identity
The information-rich Web site contains product photography, specifications sheets and recipe suggestions.12/17/2008
GMA Appoints Pamela Bailey President and CEO
Was president and CEO of the Personal Care Products Council12/10/2008
New Research Shows That Sugar and High-Fructose Corn Syrup Are Not That Different
There is no special link between the consumption of high-fructose corn syrup and obesity12/10/2008
Anheuser-Busch InBev to Cut 1,400 U.S. Jobs
Anheuser-Busch InBev will cut 1,400 jobs in the United States.12/10/2008
Doritos Packaging Initiative Promotes Social Change
Millions of Doritos bags have started featuring the faces and stories of good deed doers, as part of a joint effort between Frito-Lay and Dosomething.org.12/10/2008
McCormick Reveals 2009 Flavor Forecast
2009 Flavor Forecast Identifies Top 10 Flavor Pairings12/08/2008
Pilgrim's Pride files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Pilgrim's Pride filed for bankruptcy protection on December 1, 2008.12/01/2008
Cargill Corn Milling honored with Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award
Becomes second Cargill business in four years to earn top Presidential recognition11/25/2008
Nestle Foodservices Opens Professional Food Service Product-Development Facility11/18/2008
Institute of Food Technologists Names Robert A. Vitas as Foundation Vice President
Vitas said to be looking for ward to 'generat[ing] new opportunities for food scientists for generations to come'11/17/2008
Corn Products Wants Out Of Merger With Bunge
While the two ingredient companies were called "an excellent business fit" when a proposed merger was announced June 23, Corn Products International's board now wants out of a merger with Bunge Ltd.11/06/2008
GAO To New Administration: Food Safety A High Priority
The Government Accountability Office declares, "Revamping the oversight of food safety is especially critical in light of the global food supply."11/06/2008
Sara Lee Net Income Rises 15%11/05/2008
Institute of Food Technologists Launches Food Facts
New web page encourages consumers can learn how to prevent foodborne diseases11/05/2008
Kraft Foods Listed On Reputation Institute's Most Reputable Companies List
Kraft Foods amid group that includes Google, Ikea and Johnson & Johnson11/05/2008
J.M. Smucker, Folger Merger Prompts Increased Need For Space
Expansion needed for the planned merger between J.M Smucker Co. and Folgers Coffee.10/31/2008
United Natural Foods Plans Spring 2009 Move To Providence10/16/2008
PepsiCo Plans 3,300 Layoffs, Six Plant Closings
Disappointing performance and 'continued weakness in the U.S. liquid refreshment beverage category' cited10/15/2008


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Enterprises elect to bring offshore operations onshore or in-house for a number of reasons. While performance certainly can play a role, motivations also include strategic business reasons and a belief that the enterprise can perform the function better and more cost effectively than the offshore service provider. Or, maybe it's convinced that the value generated by increased service quality (via shorter cycle time, reduced error rate, better customer satisfaction) that's, in theory, achieved by performing functions in-house or via an onshore model will more than offset the increase in costs.
This cost gap might be closed further by the better productivity of onshore resources relative to offshore, eliminating the management overhead associated with offshore operations, and continued increases in labor rates in offshore markets.
Some enterprises are also driven by the public relations benefits and goodwill that can come by communicating that they're creating jobs in the US instead of shipping them overseas. Apple's recent moves are a prime example.
These are all potentially valid reasons for considering onshoring (either in-house or outsourced). However, a rational, defendable choice -- as opposed to emotional or "gut-feel" reactions -- requires an objective analysis and quantification of costs, risks, and value generated.
I'll discuss how to go about that analysis, but first, take a hard look at whether your own house is in order, because that's often the right question to ask.
[ Hey, you met budget! But, did you deliver value? See How To Budget Your Way To Irrelevance. ]
There's no shortage of press on offshore outsourcing deals gone bad, and one of the most common reasons I hear for moving work back to the US is that the relationship with the current vendor or service delivery performance has deteriorated -- potentially to the point of contract breach.
While outsourcing relationship breakdowns are sometimes due solely to vendor performance, in most cases these situations are two-way streets, with plenty of blame to go around. Common causes for relationship breakdown include:
If these issues aren't addressed, simply moving the function from offshore to onshore may do very little to address the performance problems but will most likely increase costs -- the worst of both worlds.
In my experience, most offshore provider staffers have adequate (perhaps even excellent) credentials and expertise. Most service-related issues stem from difficulty in managing these resources, especially problems in communicating requirements and offering feedback on quality. Blame a number of factors, including cultural differences, language barriers, time zone management, and attrition. However, take a hard look at what investments both the service provider and your own company have made in people, processes, and technologies to mitigate these obstacles. Have you done your part?
Managing offshore resources effectively and efficiently is admittedly a difficult task, but companies that work to address the problems can get access to quality services at price points that still cannot be matched with onshore resources.
OK, on to analysis.
The onshore and insourcing business caseTo make a positive business case for onshoring, the effort has to create significant value (much of it "soft") to overcome the "hard" and easily quantifiable cost advantages provided by offshore service delivery. Ask yourself:
The reality is that offshore outsourcing will remain a viable option for most enterprises. It represents a large base of IT operations, and it would require a massive shift to rapidly change that balance. Forrester's 2012 Forrsights Services Survey showed 26 percent of companies plan to implement or expand the use of offshore resources for IT services. And Deloitte's 2012 Global Outsourcing and Insourcing Survey shows 51 percent of respondents' outsourced IT services were provided offshore, and 70 percent of future planned IT outsourcing would be provided offshore. These surveys are indicative of the continued acceptance by US enterprises of outsourced offshore operations even in the light of high-profile instances of insourcing and onshoring.
Decisions about outsourcing and offshoring are rarely simple or quick, and they won't get easier as CIOs get more options from SaaS and cloud. But don't lose sight of the real question: What's the optimum mix for this business need?


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Postal 3 Dev Says Title is in 'Final Stages'
But that was so long ago. I mean, look at those graphics! What the industry needs is a new whipping boy. Oh, what's that video game industry? Postal 3 is still in development at Running with Scissors and Akella and will launch soon? Thanks.
Speaking with Joystiq, Vince Desi from developer Running With Scissors explained that the third game in the
you're not helping "zany" franchise is nearly complete. "It's in the final stages in Moscow," he said. "I don't think it will come out this Christmas."
When last we heard about the game, Postal 3 was expected to launch in 2009 for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.
I don't mind the wait since there's no way the game will be half as bad as the Postal movie was. It's not like Uwe Boll is involved in any capacity, right? Oh, wait.
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Commissioner Cioloş' Statement on the Aid for the needy scheme following the Agriculture Council on the 14 of November 2011
"I am extremely happy that Member States have resolved the problems that were blocking the Aid for the Needy scheme in 2012 and 2013. I have now asked my services to make the necessary changes in order to ensure the continuation of the scheme this winter. As we have shown in recent weeks, the European Commission wants to remain a committed partner for the charities involved in the scheme."
The European scheme for the most deprived is one of the main sources of food supply for European charities. For example, 51% of the products distributed in 2010 by the European Federation of Food Banks came through this scheme. Every year, more than 18 million people in the 20 participating Member States benefit from aid distributed within the framework of this programme.
Following the European Court ruling of 13/04/2011, which deemed that the arrangements in 2009 to provide food bought on the open market were illegal relative to the existing regulation, the 2012 plan had to be adopted with a much reduced budget. On June 10, 2011, the Commission was obliged to adopt a 2012 plan limited to the purchase of available public intervention stocks - a budget of just €113.5 million - less than one quarter of the previous annual schemes.
In order to overcome the legal difficulties raised by certain Member States, the European Commission revised its proposal again on October 3, 2011 (see IP/11/1148) COM (2011) 634 final]. It added a second legal base (Article 175(3) - social cohesion - to go with the existing agricultural legal base, and proposed to maintain funding exclusively from the EU budget.
On 17 September, 2010 (see IP/11/1141), the Commission had previously adapted its original proposal of 2008 in order to facilitate an agreement among Member States. The main changes related to permitting the purchase of food from the open market, aligning the regulation with the Treaty of Lisbon, and introducing elements of co-funding (25% and 10% - for cohesion countries) relative to the 50% and 25% in the original 2008 proposal (see IP/08/1335).
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A logo for "Social Egg" website. Something fun and different.
SocialEgg.com runs a collection of pet related social sites. It is aimed at a fun audience.
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A winner was selected from 346 designs submitted by 98 freelance designers.
We need a logo, business card and stationary designed for our new company. It should be smooth, with a web 2.0 look that utilizes our motto "Standout"
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Spelling, 38, made a name for herself as an actress playing Donna Martin in "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990-2000) and reprised the role in "90210" (2009). McDermott, 45, played Constable Turnbull on "Due South" (1997-99) and appeared on the crime drama "1-800-Missing" (2003-04).
Their new series, "Tori & Dean: Storibook Weddings," aired this year.
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Recently, one of my boyfriend's favorite celebrities died from one of his least favorites diseases.
Dixie Carter passed away April 10, of complications from endometrial cancer.
Cancer has been an unwelcome houseguest in our lives for a while now. The boyfriend's from the Lone Star State, where getting cancer seems to be as common as sequenced sweaters and tuxedos matched with leather boots. The stars at night are big and bright deep in the heart of Texas, but so it seems are a few malignancies.
No amount of my assurances will convince the boyfriend he won't necessarily get cancer; it's neither a birthright, nor a curse – but he's already decided which hospital will treat him and where to find the best wig for the occasion. It's the "wedding day" daydream equivalent for the hypochondria set.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Wednesday said it would continue to support "large numbers" of BlackBerry phones made by Research in Motion Ltd even as it moves forward with plans that would allow the U.S. military to begin using Apple Inc's iPhone and other devices.
The U.S. Defense Department last week invited companies to submit bids for software that can monitor, manage and enforce security requirements for devices made by Apple and Google Inc, with an eye to awarding a contract in April.
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) quietly posted its request for proposals on a federal website on October 22, the same day that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency said it would end its contract with RIM in favor of Apple's iPhone.
Losing some of its Pentagon business to other providers could deal another blow to RIM, which once commanded the lead in the smartphone market but has rapidly lost ground to Apple and Samsung's line of products as customers abandon its aging BlackBerry devices.
For many years, the Pentagon relied solely on BlackBerry phones because RIM met its tough security requirements, but other companies have been improving security on their devices, and a growing number of military commanders are clamoring for rival devices with bigger touch screens and faster browsers.
A Pentagon spokesman said the U.S. military was working toward allowing vendors to supply other smartphones, while maintaining strict security requirements.
He said the department aimed to use commercial mobile technologies as it stepped up the use of "new and innovative applications" to support the military's evolving requirements.
But the Pentagon also stressed it was not moving away from its use of BlackBerry phones.
"DISA is managing an enterprise email capability that continues to support large numbers of RIM devices while moving forward with the department's planned mobile management capability that will support a variety of mobility devices," the spokesman said.
The DISA request for proposals said the software would manage at least 162,500 devices to start, but that number could grow to 262,500 by the end of the contract, which will have a one-year base and four six-month options.
Ultimately, the Pentagon wants the software to support a total of 8 million devices, according to the document.
RIM spokesman Paul Lucier said his company's BlackBerry Mobile Fusion product could also be used to manage Android and Apple devices, and RIM was "excited for the opportunity to include BlackBerry Mobile Fusion in the DOD's portfolio."
Lucier said the product could enable the Pentagon to "support a growing number of mobile devices across multiple platforms."
Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM is also planning to introduce new smartphones that will run on the BlackBerry 10 operating system, offering a faster and smoother user interface and a better platform for various smartphone applications.
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