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News Releases
Hertz Brings Car Sharing To San Diego Navy Bases
Hertz On Demand Partners with NEXCOM to Bring Transportation Option to Sailors
Sep 11, 2012
PARK RIDGE, N.J., Sept. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hertz Corporation (NYSE: HTZ) has partnered with the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) to bring Hertz On Demand car sharing to 14 locations on three military bases in the San Diego area: Naval Air Station North Island, Naval Amphibious Base Coronado and Naval Base San Diego. To celebrate the launch, Hertz on Demand is offering new members, signing up through December 31, 2012 $25 in free driving credits.
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"U.S. Navy ships dock in San Diego from all over the world and not every Sailor and Marine has a car," commented Mark P. Frissora, Hertz Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "By providing Hertz On Demand car sharing services, members of the U.S. military, especially those not stationed at the various ports, will have quick and easy access to a vehicle whenever they need it."
The latest in a series programs focused on providing value to members of the military, the pay-as-you-go service will now offer military members an economical, convenient and socially conscious alternative to car ownership. The car sharing service provides 24/7 access to 17 vehicles, including Chevy Cruze, Mazda 2 or Ford Escape. Sailors can sign up for Hertz On Demand in advance or visit the Hertz location on base to for instant enrollment.
"As good stewards of Sailors' dollars, NEXCOM is always looking for new initiatives to make our Sailors' lives easier, especially a Fleet Sailor just arriving in port," said Richard Dow, NEXCOM's Senior Vice President, Store Operations.
About Hertz On Demand
Hertz On Demand, Hertz's global car sharing club, has more than 650 vehicles, 150,000 members and more than 500 locations worldwide, including corporate offices and universities. Hertz On Demand offers a variety of vehicles available at competitive rates. All cars are equipped with Eileo® technology, and benefits covered by the hourly rate include gas, insurance, GPS turn-by-turn navigation, 24/7 roadside assistance, 24-hour in-car Member Care Center communication, and 180 free miles per day.
Hertz On Demand has approximately 150,000 members, is available in five countries and on approximately 50 university campuses. Hertz On Demand offers its members products and services that are unmatched in the car sharing industry, including:
- Free membership. Hertz On Demand has no enrollment fee or annual membership fee, and offers low hourly and daily rates.
- Rental fleet options. These include the Mercedes C300, Cadillac CTS, Fiat 500, Mitsubishi Endeavor, Nissan Altima, Chevy Cruze, Chevy Malibu, Mazda 2, Mazda 3 and Jeep Patriot.
- 180 miles a day[1], gas and insurance included in rates.
- No late fees. Hertz On Demand members will not receive punitive charges/late fees for the late return of a vehicle.[2]
- Daily rates on Hertz rental car for longer trips.
- Simplified reservation process. HertzOnDemand.com has a simple reservation process, including one way map routing and reservations, enhanced search capabilities, and in-depth details about car makes and models; Additionally, Hertz On Demand now offers a new mobile website, mobile.hertzondemand.com and m.hertzondemand.com that allows members to make, modify, and cancel reservations.
- Unparalleled member service. Including Hertz NeverLost GPS and 24/7, 365 days-a-year, live, in-car assistance from a team of Hertz Member Care experts, both available free of charge.
- Enrollment in Hertz Gold Plus Rewards. Hertz On Demand members are eligible to enroll in Hertz Gold Plus Rewards™, Hertz's free rewards program that provides customers with a range of flexible rewards including Points that never expire, 'AnyDay' reward options with no blackouts, easy online redemption, international point accrual, and a wide variety of car rewards including cars from any of Hertz's Collections -- the Adrenaline, Green Traveler, and Prestige Collections. (Hertz On Demand members must be a member of Hertz Gold to earn Gold Plus Rewards Points).
Hertz is dedicated to honoring those serving in the military. In November 2011, the company launched Hertz for Heroes, Hertz's commitment to provide 40,000 Free Weekend Rentals, at an estimated value of $3 million, to active military personnel returning from overseas duty. Hertz partnered with the NDTA, the Association for Global Logistics & Transportation, a non-profit educational, defense transportation-oriented association, to distribute the vouchers through various military channels and organizations. The program now includes the company's military hiring portal, http://hertz.jobs/military/, which allows veterans and their family members to view and apply for Hertz jobs across all company divisions – Rent A Car, Equipment Rental, Entertainment Services, Hertz On Demand car sharing, and corporate positions. The site includes a list of military recruiting events the Company attends for those interested in meeting in person.
Hertz also participates in the White House's Veteran's Hiring Initiative, Joining Forces, and is committed to hiring hundreds of veterans over the coming years. Led by the First Lady and Dr. Jill Biden, the initiative is a job creation coalition for the armed forces, focusing on military spouses and returning veterans, and Hertz actively recruits from this highly employable and mobile work force base. Hertz has also worked with Milicruit to hold a nationwide virtual career fair for veterans and available positions are posted on a dozen veteran sites, including HireVetsFirst, RecruitMilitary, HirePatriots, and Military.com.
About Hertz
Hertz, the largest worldwide airport general use car rental brand, operates from approximately 8,650 corporate and licensee locations in approximately 150 countries. Hertz is the number one airport car rental brand in the U.S. and at 119 major airports in Europe. Hertz was voted the Best Overall Car Rental Company in Zagat's 2012/13 U.S. Car Rental Survey, earning top honors in 14 additional categories, and the Company swept the global awards for Best Rewards Program and Best Overall Benefits from FlyerTalk.com. Product and service initiatives such as Hertz Gold Choice, NeverLost®, and unique cars and SUVs offered through the Company's Adrenaline, Prestige and Green Traveler Collections, also set Hertz apart from the competition. Additionally, Hertz owns the vehicle leasing and fleet management leader Donlen Corporation and operates the Hertz On Demand car sharing business. The Company also owns a leading North American equipment rental business, Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, which includes Hertz Entertainment Services.
About NEXCOM
The Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) oversees 100 Navy Exchange (NEX) facilities and nearly 300 stores worldwide, 40 Navy Lodges, Ship's Stores, the Uniform Program Management Office, the Navy Clothing Textile and Research Facility and the Telecommunications Program Office. NEXCOM's parent command is the Naval Supply Systems Command. NEXCOM's mission is to provide authorized customers quality goods and services at a savings and to support quality of life programs for active duty military, retirees, reservists and their families. NEXs and Navy Lodges operate primarily as a non-appropriated fund (NAF) business instrumentality. NEX revenues generated are used to support Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) programs. In FY11, $2.7 billion in sales were generated with $42.8 million in dividends provided to Navy MWR programs.
For more information, visit www.HertzOnDemand.com or www.hertz.com.
[1] Per 24 hour period
[2] Late returns will only be charged rates for the additional time used in 15 minute intervals (no punitive fees)
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From NBA.com reports
On the heels of veteran center Jason Collins coming out as gay in a story he wrote in Sports Illustrated, players around the league — both former and current — as well as those outside the NBA react to the news via Twitter:
NBA player Jason Collins: 1st pro athlete 2 publicly say he's gay. B4 u form opinion just know he's a GREAT human being Played 4 us @Celtics
— Kevin Eastman (@kevineastman) April 29, 2013
Happy for @jasoncollins34 in his decision. A great teammate and friend. Thanks for helping me through my rookie season!! #classact #courage
— Kevin Love (@kevinlove) April 29, 2013
I look forward to meeting Jason Collins someday to tell him in person how much I admire what he has done. #Respect #Tolerance
— Jeanie Buss (@JeanieBuss) April 29, 2013
I'm proud of Jason Collins. I believe that gender, race or sexual orientation should not be a factor in judging a person or their ability.
— Jeanie Buss (@JeanieBuss) April 29, 2013
Really hope people will RESPECT Jason Collins for his decision to come out. Just glad he can now relax and not be afraid to be who he is.
— Tony Parker (@tonyparker) April 29, 2013
S/O to my boy @jasoncollins34 stay strong and be blessed. Still going to whoop you on the golf course. Lol
— nick vanexel (@vanexel31) April 29, 2013
Proud of @jasoncollins34 for expressing his feelings! Great teammate, mentor and better person !! #liveyourlife !
— Bradley Beal (@RealDealBeal23) April 29, 2013
I am proud of NBA player Jason Collins for coming out publicly as gay. I know him and his family to be of high character. #StillMyFriend
— Olden Polynice (@OldenPolynice1) April 29, 2013
Played NBA +college w/ @Jasoncollins34 -tremendous human being and PHENOMENAL teammate, leader, friend.Look forward 2his continued success!
— Mark Madsen (@madsen_mark) April 29, 2013
The time has come. Maximum respect. RT @Baron_Davis: I am so proud of my bro @jasoncollins34 for being real. … http://t.co/7t29rY3rU3
— Steve Nash (@SteveNash) April 29, 2013
Proud of @jasoncollins34. Don't suffocate who u r because of the ignorance of others #courage #support #mambaarmystandup #BYOU
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) April 29, 2013
Way to stand tall @jasoncollins34. Nothing worst than having to hide who you are inside. Peace!!
— Clifford Robinson (@UncleCliffy30) April 29, 2013
Very proud of and happy for one of the coolest and most down to earth guys I know @jasoncollins34. #Fwhatpplthink
— Damien Wilkins (@dwilkins3000) April 29, 2013
Really hope people will RESPECT Jason Collins for his decision to come out. Just glad he can now relax and not be afraid to be who he is.
— Bruce Bowen (@Bowen12) April 29, 2013
Great character from a great family! That's all that matters! @jasoncollins34 #respect
— Earl J Watson (@Earl_Watson) April 29, 2013
As a firm supporter of the LGBTT, of course I support & applaud @jasoncollins34 brave decision. Facing stigma head on, thank you. #BeWell
— Alexander I (@Highway_30) April 29, 2013
Happy for @jasoncollins34 – a thoughtful guy + beloved teammate, and now, a role model for so many struggling to come out. Good luck to him.
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) April 29, 2013
Extremely impressed w/Jason Collins coming out, and doing it so eloquently. He has played on 6 NBA teams and (cont) http://t.co/8dUdbxsB3x
— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) April 29, 2013
I am so proud of my bro @jasoncollins34 for being real. #FTheHaters http://t.co/IugkyZLS9y
— Baron Davis (@Baron_Davis) April 29, 2013
Very proud of my friend Jason Collins for having the strength & courage to be the first openly gay player in the NBA. http://t.co/f1VQFSsSkJ
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) April 29, 2013
http://t.co/CPAecC2Hk6 very proud of you @jasoncollins34
— jarron collins (@jarronctwin) April 29, 2013
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Dave's Desktop: Mail Merge Using KDE's KWord
Although KOffice may not yet be at the level of functionality of OpenOffice, it is still a pretty powerful office suite albeit with relatively little coverage. This is the first of my series of easy How-To's for KOffice that hopefully anyone can follow. The first How-To, including screenshots, shows you how you can easily make use of the mail merge feature in your KWord documents.
The first thing I thought of...
Hello ,
Hehehe. KOffice, the all in one solution for your scamming needs!
Just kidding, thats just the first thing that sprang to mind. Thanks for the article David.
By Leo Spalteholz at Tue, 2005/04/05 - 5:00am
Re: The first thing I thought of...
You're welcome, Leo. I see you've already thought of a use for it. :)
Too Bad
Kword is a nice little piece of software. Very nice. Unfortunately it is still suffering from severe printing problems, like reported in Bug #54227. I do have KWord installed, but I can't use it for anything that needs to be printed. For me, OpenOffice is the only choice at the moment.
By Meneer Dik at Tue, 2005/04/05 - 5:00am
Re: Too Bad
If I knew more about this sort of problem, I'd try and help. Unfortunately, I'm not a very good hacker.
Maybe, if more interest in KOffice can be generated, there will be a bigger push for further development.
Thanks for taking the time to read the article, though.
Re: Too Bad
I agree with you David, if more interest in KOffice can be generated, there will be a bigger push for further development. I subscribe to koffice-devel mailing list and I see that KOffice starts to gain more developers. I think if we really like this piece of software and want this to be more improved, we can help this project by helping the developers to spread about this software. I like your article, even though I never use mail merge ;) Thanks for the article David!
By Yanardi at Wed, 2005/04/06 - 5:00am
Re: Too Bad
Hacking is not required! I desperately need a moderately competent writer to help me out with the Krita manual. It would be really great if someone could do a introductory tutorial chapter: that could be published on a website, and then become Chapter 1 of the manual.
I'd made a start myself, but I'm working really hard on getting watercolour painting into Krita before the freeze.
Re: Too Bad
I'm going to have to give Krita a try.
Re: Too Bad
That would be great!
The binary snapshot I announced on my blog is now seriously out of date; we worked rather hard in the past week or two. If you have problems compiling Krita from cvs, please let me know; I think most of the real snags have been cleared away. I wasn't planning on doing another binary snapshot before this Monday's freeze.
Re: Too Bad
I'm using Kanotix (Debian) currently. I've never compiled from cvs before, but it can't be that diffucult, can it?
I'll give it a try this week/weekend. I'm looking forward to seeing what all Krita can do. I'll let you know (via e-mail) if I have any problems with the install.
Re: Too Bad
Not hard at all -- as long as you remember to install the devel packages for lcms and ImageMagick, you should be all set to go!
By Boudewijn at Wed, 2005/04/06 - 5:00am
Re: Too Bad
These, and other font, problems appear to be in Qt.
I patched the QT PostScript driver so that it gets the font names right. But, I have not looked into the font spacing problem since it is necessary to change both the screen display and the printing.
It looks OK on the screen because hinting makes the glyphs larger when displayed at lower resolution but they when they are printed with GhostScript, the glyphs are printed the actual size without hinting and there is, therefore, too much space between the characters. :-(
There are three possible sizes for glyphs:
Screen resolution hinted
Currently, Qt will only do the first one.
A fix is promissed for Qt-4. Until then, there really isn't any solution to the problem.
By James Richard Tyrer at Wed, 2005/04/06 - 5:00am
No Koffice updates?
long time no updates? no new features added?
By Asif Ali Rizwaan at Wed, 2005/04/06 - 5:00am
Re: No Koffice updates?
It won't take very long. Take a look at the release plan for version 1.4:
By cm at Wed, 2005/04/06 - 5:00am
Re: No Koffice updates?
Feature/GUI freeze this Monday. No time to linger, must hack!
e-mail merge and spreadsheets
Two things I'd like to see:
* merging from data out of a spreadsheet, textfile or database
I've never cared about paper mailmerge, but e-mailmerge sounds useful to me...
By Simon at Wed, 2005/04/06 - 5:00am
Re: e-mail merge and spreadsheets
in current version from CVS HEAD you can use a spreadsheet from KSpread or the contacts stored in KAddressBook as data source... too sad that's not mentioned in the article.
By Tobias Koenig at Fri, 2005/04/08 - 5:00am
Re: e-mail merge and spreadsheets
Too sad that not everyone runs CVS HEAD.
Too sad that not everyone is familiar with the latest KSpread killer features.
Too sad that not everyone knows how to bribe a KDE developer into writing good docu about his app.
Too sad that not everyone is a "researching user", who clicks everywhere and uses the "trial'n'error" method to find out which things work and how they do so.
By ac at Fri, 2005/04/08 - 5:00am
Re: e-mail merge and spreadsheets
My work is provided under a Creative Commons license. Following it's guidelines, please feel free to take my HowTo and add to it.
Let us know where to find it aftward, I'd be glad to read it.
By David at Fri, 2005/04/08 - 5:00am


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Wikia, the company created by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, has acquired the Grub distributed indexing system from LookSmart and is preparing to distribute Grub's code under an open-source license. Wikia plans to use Grub for its user-driven search engine, which is still under development.
Originally created in 2000, Grub leverages the distributed computing model to crawl the web and index pages. Users install a specialized client application on their computer, which then automatically performs indexing while idle and transmits page data back to a centralized repository. In this manner, volunteers will contribute the raw computing power that performs the indexing.
Wikia is resurrecting Grub as an open source project and hopes to work with the open source software community to create ports of the Grub client—which currently only runs on Windows—to other operating systems. Wikia hopes that the modular nature of Grub and the availability of source code will make it possible for users to add features and help improve the system's performance.
In addition to leveraging volunteer computing power for automated indexing, Wikia's search engine will also attempt to take advantage of human power for index editing and refinement. According to Wales, users of the Wikia search engine will be involved in adding and removing links, removing spam, and policing other users much like the participatory model used by Wikipedia today.
"The desire to collaborate and support a transparent and open platform for search is clearly deeply exciting to both open source and businesses," said Wales in a statement. "Look for other exciting announcements in the coming months as we collectively work to free the judgment of information from invisible rules inside an algorithmic black box."
Wikia's search engine isn't yet available for use, but the project's mission is articulated on the Wikia search page. With goals like transparency, community, quality, privacy, and interoperability, Wikia's search service seems promising at first glance, but despite the potential value, there are many problems that the company will face when the search engine launches.
Search engine ranking has significant financial implications for many companies, so it's likely that Wikia's user-driven search engine will face constant attempts at manipulation. Keeping the spammers and search engine optimization hackers at bay is sure to be a taxing endeavor. Considering the vehemence with which Wikipedia users have traditionally opposed using ads rather than donations to fund Wikipedia, it's not entirely clear that an ad-based commercial project like Wikia's search engine will attract the same degree of user involvement.
Distributed computing is a highly unusual approach to indexing, but it's also consistent with Wikia's participatory model. Regardless of whether or not Wikia's search engine succeeds, the company's willingness to experiment with unconventional approaches could spur innovation and change the landscape of the search engine market.


text: "Robert G. Brown" <rgb at phy.duke.edu> writes: > Well, yes, but not exactly. You have to mark up the braces for the sake > of the compiler, yes, absolutely, but you have some ability to use > JUDGEMENT as to how to indent -- or if. i=10; > while (i>0) { a[i] = b[i]; i--; } Well, you can do i=10 while i>0: a[i] = b[i]; i-=1 in Python. You *can* put the statements in a compound statement on the same line, separated by semicolons, if you want. > Nesting levels of 10+ are not unknown. Embarrassing. I'll pretend I didn't read that. Interestingly, you didn't touch on the one actual disadvantage with Python's indentation sensitivity; when you move blocks of code around, you need to adjust the indentation level of the code when you paste it in. But a Sufficiently Smart Editor like emacs makes that easy. (I don't know what the vi guys do, but I can't be having with them, anyway.) -- Leif Nixon - Systems expert ------------------------------------------------------------ National Supercomputer Centre - Linkoping University ------------------------------------------------------------


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NEWCASTLE manager Alan Pardew was not willing to criticise referee Anthony Taylor after his side's 1-1 draw at Liverpool.
United were denied all three points when Luis Suarez's well-taken goal cancelled out an equally impressive one from Yohan Cabaye.
They had to see things out with 10 men too after captain Fabricio Coloccini was sent off for lunging in on the impressive Suarez – even if he did not make as much contact as he looked set too.
Pardew questioned Taylor about the decision on the field afterwards but was happy to accept it, especially after a week which has seen officials feature heavily in the news.
"I thought he (Taylor) maybe got caught up in the emotion and I wanted to ask him before he'd had a chance to see replays," Pardew said.
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Despite Liverpool hogging possession and creating the majority of the goalscoring chances, Newcastle only ever really looked troubled when Suarez was on the ball.
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VERGENNES — Vergennes aldermen this past Tuesday settled on a $1.85 million bond amount to request from voters on Town Meeting Day to fund construction of a new North Main Street police station.
That amount includes $229,000 to buy the 0.75-acre former Vergennes Auto Sales parcel (a lot that is assessed by the city at $117,800), $21,000 to buy more land to the rear and side of the parcel, site work, construction costs for a roughly 6,000-square-foot building, and a $50,000 contingency fund.
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MONTPELIER — At a pre-hearing conference last Wednesday, the Vermont Public Service Board pushed back on Vermont Gas Systems' preferred schedule for its proposed natural gas pipeline.
The PSB told VGS that its schedule for the pipeline, which would bring Canadian natural gas through Addison County to customers in Vergennes and Middlebury and also to International Paper in Ticonderoga, N.Y., was too aggressive.
The pipeline's route from Chittenden County through Monkton has been the subject of heated dispute in recent weeks.
FERRISBURGH — Lake Champlain Maritime Museum's Maritime Research Institute is exploring an exciting new way to study historic shipwrecks and to share them with the public. Vermont Public Television on Sunday, Feb. 3, aired an on-water tour and interview with LCMM Executive Co-Director Adam Kane on the show "Out and About."
MIDDLEBURY — Alison R. Byerly, former Middlebury provost and a member of the faculty at the college for 24 years, has been named the 17th president of Lafayette College in Easton, Pa.
A nationally recognized scholar, Byerly is one of the nation's most prominent thought leaders on the role of technology in higher education today. She will take office on July 1, 2013, as the first woman president of Lafayette, which was founded in 1826.
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CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - MIT defeated Wentworth Institute of Technology, 30-28, 30-28, 32-34, 30-27, in the championship match of the first annual MIT Men's Volleyball Invitational on Saturday. Praveen Pamidimukkala and Jordan Wan were selected to the All-Tournament Team while Rob McAndrew was named the Tournament MVP.
The Engineers got things going by sweeping Baruch College, 30-20, 30-24, 30-14, on Friday night. Pamidimukkala tallied a team-high 14 kills and added seven digs while McAndrew totaled 11 kills and two solo and four assisted blocks. Ryan Dean registered a team-high 10 digs while Jordan Wan dished out 36 assists. Jason Park posted four aces while Dean added three.
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The day after my last tweet regarding the lack of any new information about my abducted daughter Sofia since March 4, I received an updated letter on Thursday, April 7, 2011, from the State Department on Sofia's welfare in Syria.
Sofia was abducted by her mother from the United States to Syria last July, following her diagnosis of GDD with possible autism. She had 13 remaining medical appointments left at the time of her abduction, none of which she was able to keep.
Last week's welfare report prepared by our Embassy in Damascus, Syria, after their second welfare visit to the home in Syria where Sofia remains with her mother and grandmother, showed a bleaker outcome for my daughter than the previous report dated November 2010.
At two years and two months of age, Sofia still doesn't speak a single word, make or follow simple hand gestures, such as a simple "bye-bye."
As explained by her physicians, she also started showing autistic signs, such as not having any eye contact with her mom, grandmother and others around her.
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▸ Fox News Story on Sofia's Abduction to Syria
▸ US Leaves Its Youngest Citizen Behind Syria
The Embassy personnel who visited Sofia could not determine "whether Sofia's vocalization or facial expressions were within the normal range of affect for a child of her age."
Sofia does not respond to her name.
A copy of the "unclassified" State Department report is below.
Sofia needs intense urgent daily therapy, up to 4-5 hours per day, which was scheduled to start seven months ago in New Jersey, United States.
She has not received any medical attention for her condition since her abduction to Syria.
Diane Macedo of Fox News worked on Sofia's story for more than a month, studying documents, interviewing more than a dozen people, and fact-checking before publishing her news story on Monday and airing our interview.
Here is the link to the Fox News on-camera interview.
On Monday, she also published a detailed article on Sofia that was picked up by a dozen or so media outlets around the world during the week.
▸ Fox News Story on Sofia's Abduction to Syria
When Sofia returns safely home, she will pay her first visit to Diane at the Fox News headquarters in New York City.
▸ US Leaves Its Youngest Citizen Behind Syria
P.S. - Last Monday AP reported that "State Dept. issued travel warning on Syria" and on Monday Reuters filed a follow-up report that "US offers free flights out for employees in Syria."
As of today, and since July 2010, my abducted daughter Sofia Kircaali, a US citizen, remains in Syria and in harm's way.
On Friday, I watched videos on the Internet showing violence inside a mosque one block away from where Sofia currently lives with her mother and grandmother.
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My 9-week-old daughter was lying, docile and stinky, in the crook of my arm on a flight from Hartford to Atlanta. I had prepared, like a warrior for battle, for this and every other possible complication.
Change of clothes in case of accident: check. Natural wipes approved of by parents in my crunchy, overly child-centered town of Northampton, Mass.: check. Disposable diapers quietly judged by parents in my crunchy, overly child-centered town: check.
I was flying alone. "I can do this," I told myself, as I moved to the bathroom through an obstacle course of elbows and dozing heads. "I am a successful, multitasking professional."
As I opened the door to the lavatory, that tiny space I'd visited hundreds of times as a child-free business traveler, I looked for something I'd never bothered to check for: the changing table.
Of course there would be one, right? This was a three-hour flight. Babies on planes are a cliche — like snakes, only louder and smellier.
"We don't have one on this plane. It's an older model," the flight attendant explained. A sign next to her head read, "Wi-Fi on this aircraft." I wondered if she knew that babies preceded the invention of the airplane and the Internet.
"Why don't you change her in your seat?" she asked.
"I'm by myself. I'm a new mom. I don't know how to do that," I said, feeling my chest tighten. I could only imagine the collateral damage to the hapless guy in the window seat during a No. 2 emergency.
"Why don't you change her on the toilet?" she tried again.
The toilet? I began wondering who would play me in the Lifetime movie about the flight from Connecticut that hit severe turbulence while the newborn dangled off the toilet and her mother flailed (working title: "Not Without My Diaper"). Finally, the flight attendant relented and let me change my daughter on the galley floor.
On the return flight, one of her surlier colleagues refused me the same "privilege." She said it wasn't allowed — and asked me to tattle on the maverick flight attendant who'd helped me out earlier. I refused to talk. Meanwhile, my daughter rode out the rest of the flight in her dirty diaper. I was too scared to do anything else.
Thirty thousand feet up, I was learning that air travel is one of the most inhospitable experiences for mothers with small children, especially moms who travel for work. Gone are the days when I would stride onto a plane in heels, with headphones and a cute handbag, en route to speaking engagements around the country to advise parents on how to raise more assertive daughters. As an author and educator, I flew several times a month before I became a mother. Today, as I have cut back on my work travel, the frequent-flier perks that would make my life easier as a traveling mom have evaporated.
Now, after I chide my audiences of helicopter parents to stop worrying about their girls' every social hiccup, I return to an airplane that pretends my kid doesn't exist. While I tell parents to model assertive behavior — such as sending back food in a restaurant or sharing feelings about something that matters to them — that may embarrass their self-conscious daughters, making a scene that resembles a Jackson Pollock creation in a middle seat on Flight 3462 is not what I had in mind.
I am trying to heed Sheryl Sandberg's call to "lean in" by not scaling back on my career now that I'm a mother. But as Sandberg says, the most important choice a woman can make is the person who will be her partner. It's a little harder to lean in without a partner to help with child-care duties. I am a single mother by choice, and like millions of women doing it alone, there is no second lap to lay a baby on for an in-flight diaper change.
In the past year, several airlines have ended the pre-boarding customarily offered to families. Before a recent flight from Hartford to Dallas, I watched two dozen men in suits cruise down the elite passengers' red carpet. I stood to the side, carrying a 20-pound baby, an overstuffed diaper bag and a breast pump while pushing a stroller.
The world I have entered as a traveling mother is filled with indignities I never noticed before giving birth. I knew that motherhood wasn't the focus of many second-wave feminists eager to get women a seat in the boardroom. But if the personal is political, then so are poopy diapers at 30,000 feet.
I still nurse my now-11-month-old daughter, which means I have to pump milk when she stays home with her nanny or my mom, who visits once a month from Rockville to help out. There are no private places to use an electric pump in airports, unless you buy an expensive day pass to an airline lounge or sit on the sticky floor of a "family friendly" restroom with an electrical outlet. (I have done both.)
When I mutter about my problems to other frequent-flying parents, they tell me to change the baby on the seat.
Hotels, by contrast, have tuned in to the surge of women who travel. (About half of all business travelers are women.) Now, my hotels deliver last-minute nail polish to my door, and room service is brought by female staff members. This past week, a Courtyard by Marriott employee tagged my breast milk to be refrigerated overnight with as much interest as if I were asking her to print my bill. I think I felt more awkward than she did.
It is time for airlines to catch up to what women need.
I found that more people offered to help me in airports when I was pregnant than after I had the baby. Babies, after all, emit noises and fluids that irritate others. They are to be sequestered safely online in cute photos or blogs, such as the recent Tumblr sensation "Reasons My Son Is Crying."Sure, the blog has gone viral because it depicts the sheer frustration of parenthood, but would you keep scrolling through if there were a soundtrack attached?
When mothers find ourselves in family-unfriendly spaces, we cope by searching for a private spot for our sometimes-messy duties. We try to keep the peace and minimize the inconvenience for others. I've started a petition at Change.org asking Delta Airlines, one of the worst offenders I've seen, to put changing tables in even its oldest aircraft.
In the meantime, I'm thinking that next time I'm stuck in an airport, I might plop down to pump some breast milk next to someone charging his laptop.
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Hard Work, Positivity Led to Holden's First Scoreby Scott Ward / Colorado Avalanche
It's Sunday night, and Avalanche defenseman Nick Holden is standing in front of his stall deep inside Pepsi Center. It's been about an hour since he scored his first NHL goal and helped the Avs to another victory.
He can't stop smiling as he talks to reporters all of a sudden very interested in this 6-4, 200-pound defenseman.
Outside the locker room, the arena is emptying as excited Colorado hockey fans make their way out into the November Denver night. They're thrilled with the team's 14-2 record in the past six weeks and excited to see how the next six months play out. Among those fans is Holden's wife, Angela, and his son, Parker, who, like Holden, are pretty pleased with how things have gone the past few weeks.
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"I'm happy that it's out of the way," he says humbly, "and hopefully I can score a few more. … I closed my eyes and got lucky."
Another reporter asks him to describe the shot. The one that put the Avalanche ahead 2-1 just 28 seconds after Washington had tied the game at 1-1. Holden's score would ultimately be the game winner, making him the 10th player this season to score a game winner for Colorado.
"When you get scored on it's huge to have a big shift the next shift," Holden says. "So it was good to get back on that line and score a goal and get the momentum right back into our favor.
"I came in from the point, and [Gabriel] Landeskog came back, and I was yelling as loud as I could, and he made a great pass—a flat pass—and I just hit it as hard as I could, trying to go far side, and luckily it found its way in."
That goal is what Holden is talking about and what everyone in the room is interested in, but it seems like he's thinking about something different.
Someone else asks Holden to put this whole thing into words—the goal; playing in the NHL; being part of a team that's doing so well so early in the season—and he opens up a bit. He can't believe he is where is.
And he can't stop smiling.
"I'm always pretty happy and try and stay positive," Holden says, clutching the puck from his first NHL score, which figures to be the central to many stories he'll share with his son for a long, long time. "It's nice that I'm getting an opportunity to get to help contribute to this team a little bit more than just practice with them.
"I think we're the luckiest people. We get to play a sport for our job. I definitely will never take that for granted. I appreciate everything I get here, and I'm just going to keep working and always try and stay humble and remember that."
Holden's been working toward this moment for a long time, spending countless hours as a kid practicing his skills and skating in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada.
He played six seasons in the American Hockey League, with the Columbus Blue Jackets' Syracuse (N.Y.) Crunch and later the Springfield (Mass.) Falcons, and that meant a lot of hours spent on buses. A lot of hours spent thinking about getting off that bus and playing in the NHL.
"Obviously as a kid you dream about playing in the NHL," Holden told NHL Live, following Sunday's win, "but for me it didn't get much farther than that. I just wanted to get here."
He first got his chance with the Columbus in the 2010-11 season and played five games—just a little taste—before spending two more years in Springfield.
Holden got ice time in two more games with the Blue Jackets last season before signing with Colorado as a free agent this past July. He didn't have much of an NHL track record when the Avs opened their training camp in late August, so Holden seemed like a longshot to make the squad.
He ultimately did, but he was a healthy scratch the first 11 games of the season.
Basically, he wasn't sent back to the minors, but his only real contributions to the Avalanche were in practice. Not many fans would have been able to pick him out if they passed by him at the mall or stood behind him at the movies.
Then, when Jamie McGinn, a forward, suffered a minor injury in late October, it was Holden's name that got called by Avs coach Patrick Roy. The plan called for using Holden in the offensive zone that week against Dallas after he spent his entire career learning the defensive aspects of hockey.
"I asked him if he ever played forward," Roy said with a laugh in the week leading up to Colorado's Nov. 1 game in Texas. "He said, 'A couple of times,' and I said, 'I was hoping you would say, "No," because now you're starting on Friday night in Dallas. Good luck.'"
It wasn't an ideal situation for making a first in-game impression, but Holden wasn't going to let the opportunity pass him by. He attacked the game with a mindset of just trying to keep it simple and to just "try and hit somebody." It resulted in 4:39 of ice time in a game Colorado would eventually win in overtime.
After two more scratches, against Montreal and Nashville, Holden got back on the ice and back on the defensive side in Colorado's wins against Calgary and Washington.
He played 15:56 against the Flames and 18:07 against the Caps.
"It's a dream to play in the NHL, and to get an opportunity with Colorado, like they've given me, to score my first goal is unbelievable," Holden says. ""When I signed in the summer here, I just wanted to help the team in whatever way I can and, obviously, make the team out of camp," I did that, so now it's exciting that I get an opportunity be on the ice and actually contribute a little bit.
"I'm really grateful to Colorado for what Patrick has given me here. He just told me to keep patient and that I'd get in. He was true to his word, and I appreciate that."
With defenseman Ryan Wilson (back) still scheduled out for Tuesday night's game vs. Carolina, Holden figures to get another opportunity to show what he can do and leave another strong impression on Avalanche decision-makers.
He said he's not thrilled that he's getting his chances because of injuries to his teammates—first to McGinn and now to Wilson—but he's just going to "roll with the opportunity."
When he was sitting on those AHL bus rides, between Syracuse and Binghamton (N.Y.) or from Albany (N.Y) to Worcester (Mass.), he thought about a lot of things, and that includes his friends and family, who were all watching Sunday when he gave Colorado a lead it wouldn't lose.
Most were watching on TV, but his wife and son were right there with him, watching in person as Holden's dream was realized. It's probably a good bet that Holden counts the days he met Angela and Parker as two of the best days of his life.
Scoring that goal likely added Sunday, Nov. 10, to that list, too.
"I'm sure I've got lots of friends watching," Holden said. "My parents are watching, my brother my sister. My wife and my son just got down last weekend, so it's obviously special to have them here to see this happen.
"I've been blessed to get this opportunity now."


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All those pointing at Tracy McGrady for the Rockets' failures in their playoff series against the Utah Jazz and his inability to get beyond the first round in six previous playoff appearances heard a surprising voice join their cause Wednesday.
McGrady blamed himself.
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Mocking those who blame him, McGrady joined the chorus.
"It's my fault," McGrady said. "It's my fault we missed free throws. It's my fault we lost both games. Blame me. It's my fault we fouled to tie the game up. That's my fault. It's my fault they get easy layups. It's my fault we're not executing well on the offensive end. It's my fault a couple people in the stands ordered Heinekens and they got Budweiser. It's my fault. I'm sorry."
Told the beer reference might have revealed his straight-faced sarcasm, McGrady rolled on.
"I am serious," he said. "It's my fault. Everything is my fault. It's my fault. It's T-Mac's fault.
"Everybody's blaming me. The Suns (for being down 2-0 to the Spurs). I mean, everybody. That's what it seems like. It's my fault. I'm out there by myself."
McGrady carried the Rockets for three quarters on Monday, combining 22 points with 10 rebounds and nine assists. He had one point, three rebounds and no assists in the fourth quarter as the Rockets fell into a 2-0 hole going into Game 3 at Utah tonight.
In the first two games, McGrady is 0-for-7 shooting in the fourth quarter, prompting more debate on his play in this and past postseasons.
"I'm in a tough position," McGrady said. "If I go out and try to be passive and we're not making shots, then we're in a hole. If I am aggressive and I have to stay that way, then fourth quarter, I'm worn out, don't have the lift I do in the first three quarters. It's a tough situation to be in.
"Story of my season or my playoff career."
This has become a greater issue in light of the Rockets' playing the first two games of the series without Yao Ming and Rafer Alston.
"That's another one of my faults: that Rafer got hurt and Yao got hurt," McGrady said. "It's my fault. I'm sorry.
"Even some of the guys can't even believe it. I was talking to one of the guys, and he was like, 'I would hate to be you. I really can't believe what some of the people say about you, especially after playing the game you played the other night.' They can't believe it."
Coach Rick Adelman also seemed surprised by the criticism but said he was not concerned that it would affect McGrady's approach or performance.
"He's got a lot on his shoulders right now, no matter what he does," Adelman said. "He almost got a triple-double, and it still wasn't good enough. He's going to be fine. He's pretty tough mentally. He'll get through it."
McGrady also said he will not change the way he plays. Though he made it clear he was extremely aware of the criticism, he said it doesn't bother him.
"I've got to keep on doing what I do," he said. "I can't even worry about that."
McGrady did acknowledge that if the Rockets win, he will be given excessive credit.
"You said it, man. That's it," McGrady said. "If we win that game (Monday) night — despite me scoring only one point in the fourth quarter — if we win that game, oh, I had an awesome game, an unbelievable game. If we win, I made my teammates better, I rebounded, I played defense. That would have been the story line. But because we lost ...
"I can't do nothing about it."
Told that his childhood hero, Magic Johnson, had praised him on the TNT broadcast, McGrady said that will do.
"If Magic Johnson liked my game," McGrady said, "then damn what everyone else says."
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text: Evaluate Fracking Risks, Rewards October 26, 2012 09:45 PM Tweet Carol French believes the cloudy liquid from her faucet in rural Pennsylvania is due to fracking beneath her farm. © Rhonda Brooks TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By AgWeb.com Editors Email Evaluate fracking risks, rewards before signing a lease Acloudy stream of water courses from the kitchen faucet in Carol French's rural Bradford County, Pa., farmhouse. French says her water is contaminated as a result of horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, conducted during the past few years to capture the rich pockets of natural gas beneath her small dairy farm. Today, concerned for their health, the family no longerdrinks their water. Reports of health and environmental issues such as those the French family has experienced are not uncommon in areas where fracking has been implemented. Yet the oil and natural gas companies that conduct hydraulic fracturing in Pennsylvania say such negative reports have nothing to do with them and the extraction processes they employ. Furthermore, the state has no confirmed cases of private well contamination that resulted from fracking, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). For her part, Carol French says she wishes she had never signed the five-year lease Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corporation offered her six years ago. While she ultimately pocketed $13,600 as a result of the decision, she says the profit came at too high a cost. Ronald Coyer, an attorney in Slippery Rock, Pa., says the research he's seen regarding fracking indicates it is not the process itself that contaminates water supplies. Rather, surface spills and workers using sloppy or unsafe practices most often contribute to the problems, he says. "If it's 3 o'clock in the morning and it's 20°F out and that thing's leaking over there, well, we'll get to it," he says. "Sad to say, but that's human nature, and there are going to be companies that do that. We haven't seen any of that around here as of yet, but we probably will. The more they drill, the more likely that those things will happen." In hindsight. Carolyn Knapp says health and environmental issues do exist as a result of fracking. Like French, Knapp and her husband signed leases with Chesapeake Energy Corporation six years ago to extract natural gas from the soils beneath their organic dairy farm near Towanda, Pa. It seemed like a good deal when they signed two leases on 300-plus acres. One lease was for $85 per acre and the second was for $750 an acre. Knapp had a change of heart when hundreds of large trucks weighed down with drilling equipment began to rumble past her family's home daily on the narrow gravel road designed for sedans and pickups. "Until it happens in your community, it is hard to understand the impact it has on your lifestyle," Knapp says. "Just getting to work, getting out on the roads, is difficult." Coyer says the amount of water he sees being hauled to and from well sites is mind-boggling. He asks the question: If a well site requires 8 million gallons of water for the fracking process, how many trucks does it take to move that water at 4,000 gal. a truck? "The numbers get pretty oppressive at that point," he says. Worse yet are the pollution, air, soil and water issues fracking creates, Knapp says. "The list of risks involved with this process was not disclosed to us," she contends. "Shareholders get informed, but landowners are not informed. It is my opinion that the industry fraudulently misrepresented the process to us. The reality is nothing like how they explain it when they approach you to lease," she adds. Coyer stresses to landowners that they need to invest time and energy in educating themselves thoroughly on the pros and cons associated with the fracking industry before they ever sign a lease. "Often the first questions I get from a landowner are, 'Can the water be protected?' and 'How is it protected?' There's a lot of information out there—some good, some bad—as to how that's done," Coyer says. Scientists' views. Fred Baldassare, who owns Echelon Applied Geoscience Consulting in Murrysville, Pa., says no energy source is without some level of risk. "Unfortunately, denial and emotion trump facts and science. Too often, a line in the sand is drawn with one camp saying there is never a problem and the other saying there are always problems," he notes, adding: "Things are never that straight-forward and simple." When incidents are alleged, Baldassare says each one must be investigated "at the site-specific level with data interpretations based on sound science, not emotion." He adds that the vast majority of alleged contamination incidents he has investigated reveal temporary disturbances to the groundwater system, "if there's an impact at all, and there are no incidents where hydraulic fracturing fluids have migrated from the hydraulically fractured formation into the groundwater system." Sometimes fracking does impact property and property values. In a 2011 editorial for the Niagara Gazette in Niagara Falls, N.Y., attorney Elizabeth Radow points out the potential negatives for home- and landowners. She writes that some banks won't provide construction loans or mortgage loans for property impacted by gas drilling. Fracking isn't currently employed in New York state but is being evaluated by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's administration. Coyer says landowners must know what a drilling company is and isn't allowed to do. "You have to understand the process of sealing off groundwater supplies and the protections they have to put in place." Kathleen Neset agrees. She is in the rare position of experiencing the oil and natural gas development currently under way in North Dakota from two angles—that of farmer and geologist. "As a scientist and as a farmer who lives on the land, I believe it [fracking] is safe and effective," Neset contends. However, she is not unaware of the potential problems associated with fracking. "My roads are a mess," Neset says. "I live on a gravel road three miles outside of town, and there were several times last spring my mailman couldn't bring me my mail. Dust can be a big issue. Just the volume of truck traffic is a problem." Baldassare says he believes the oil and gas industry have made significant strides in the past few years to improve its environmental footprint. "There's no source of energy in this country without some impact, but done right, natural gas offers the best possible option when you consider environmental impact, energy demand and American energy independence," he says. Neset references the experiences of frontiersmen who settled the West. "What did the homesteaders feel like when roads came through and the expanse was interrupted by railroads and power lines?" she ponders. French says the fracking industry does not sell natural gas and oil only to domestic buyers intent on helping the U.S. She believes the companies sell their products to the highest bidders, often foreign buyers. French and Carolyn Knapp have teamed up to share their personal stories and experiences with fracking. They have co-founded an organization called Pennsylvania Land-owner Group for Awareness and Solutions (PLGAS) to help others avoid the problems and pitfalls that they've encountered on their farms. For more information on the pros and cons of oil and natural gas drilling in rural America, visit www.FarmJournal.com/energy_boom "When you sign that paper, you're signing away the subsurface of your property," French says. 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CHICAGO -- Ozzie's All-Stars proved no match last night for Big Papi and the Kid.
The Chicago White Sox, a team stocked with seven All-Stars, including last night's starter, Mark Buehrle, manager Ozzie Guillen's hometown choice over Curt Schilling, were taken down a notch by David Ortiz, who hit his major league-leading 30th home run, and rookie lefty Jon Lester, who has shown a knack for living dangerously and emerging without a scratch, in a 7-2 victory here last night.
Ortiz's home run, a two-run shot, came on his first trip to the plate after a ninth-inning grand slam Thursday night in Tropicana Field, and was his seventh home run in a span of just 23 at-bats. No. 30 put him one ahead of Chicago strongman Jim Thome and signaled another tough night for Buehrle (9-6), who gave up five runs in 6 1/3 innings and has allowed 15 earned runs in two starts since Guillen gave him the All-Star nod over Schilling, who pitches here tomorrow, and Twins rookie Francisco Liriano, the league's ERA leader.
``I've made Ozzie look like a jackass picking me over [other] guys," Buehrle said. ``Frustrating. I'll enjoy it as much as I can but it won't be as much fun going on this note, and having to hear people say, `Other guys deserve it more.' "
Ortiz, who also singled and scored in the third and walked twice, even set off for second on an attempted steal after his walk in the eighth, but the pitch was fouled back. Evidence that he was feeling good, or that the manager had lost his mind?
``I don't know that the manager lost his mind, maybe David lost his -- but I think that's a good sign, he feels good enough to run," Terry Francona said. ``They weren't holding him, and it was a breaking ball. I'm not worried about him running, I'm worried about the sliding in. It's like a car accident [when he slides], like a big SUV hitting a curb."
Lester, meanwhile, looked out of sorts early, in part because of what he called a ``lopsided" mound. He walked two and threw a wild pitch in the first, then loaded the bases with no outs in the third. But in both innings, he escaped with a yield of just a run, Jermaine Dye delivering a sacrifice fly on each occasion, then allowed just one more hit in his last three innings to become the first Red Sox rookie starter to win his first four decisions since Aaron Sele opened 6-0 in 1993.
Lester's best work came in the fifth, after he gave up a leadoff single to Alex Cintron. He threw a 3-and-2 cutter down and away to Thome to strike him out, then induced cleanup man Paul Konerko to hit into a double play smartly started by third baseman Mike Lowell.
``I'll learn," Lester said of pitching in and out of harm's way. ``It's early in the year for me. Right now, instead of making adjustments from pitch to pitch, I'm going batter to batter. I need to make that adjustment quickly. I was glad to see [Thome] swing at that ball, 3-2, that helped me out tremendously, because Konerko hit into a double play, and that really helps the confidence.
``The third inning, I can handle that, they hit some good pitches. The first inning, walking two guys, not executing, really upped my pitch count and had a chance to knock me out early."
Lester gave way after six innings to Manny Delcarmen, the other half of Francona's kiddie pair of middle relievers, and Mike Timlin and Julian Tavarez put the finishing touches on Boston's 16th win in the last 20 games.
Alex Gonzalez had four hits, matching a career high, and Lowell (No. 10) and Coco Crisp (No. 4) added ninth-inning home runs off White Sox reliever Brandon McCarthy as Boston disappointed a sellout crowd of 39,355, whose last memories of the Red Sox came during Chicago's ALDS sweep last October.
``I think they might have gotten better," Francona said when asked about this year's White Sox, who have won 16 of their last 21 games.
``I thought they made some really good offseason moves. They've got a really complete team. They've got starting pitching, they've got bullpen [relief], they've got speed, they've got power, they've got a very good bench, they will be fun for us to play this series."
After extolling their virtues, Francona muttered a curse, then joked, ``We may not be able to beat them."
Not to worry, said Guillen, who came away impressed with what he saw last night.
``You look at the pitching staff and what they have in the field -- great defense," Guillen said. ``Lowell made a couple of great plays. I was watching TV earlier and there's no doubt they have a better team than last year."
On one level, last night's game was a rare and blessed event: It was the first time since 1919 the Red Sox and White Sox had met as winners of the last two World Series, the kind of arcane information this sport is famous for supplying. The White Sox won their first World Series championship since 1917.
Of more relevance to Sox fans (of both stripes) last night was the historic significance of the home run launched by Ortiz. He became the first Red Sox player in history to have 30 before the All-Star break. The previous high for a Boston player? Carl Yastrzemski in 1969 had 29 at the break (the break came late that season, July 23, and the Sox already had played 96 games) and finished with 40.
``Sitting in the dugout, I still catch myself, thinking, `Wow, that's David Ortiz and Manny Ramírez,' " Lester said. ``What these guys can do with one swing, to see them up close and personal every day, is amazing."
Ortiz became the 29th player in history, first since Barry Bonds in 2003, to have 30 by the break. The home run also put Ortiz ahead of Thome, who instead of trying to match Ortiz blow for blow elected to poke singles away from Boston's overshifted infield.
Thome, perhaps mindful of his struggles against lefthanders (.240 this season with four homers) and unfamiliar with Lester, whom he was seeing for the first time, grounded singles through the left side his first two at-bats. Each time, those hits advanced Cintron, who walked his first time and blooped a single his second, and on each occasion, sacrifice flies by Dye scored Cintron.
``We'll take that every time, him trying to beat us that way," Lester said.
Just as he had in his previous start, against the Marlins last Sunday, Lester wriggled out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam with minimal damage. After Dye's second sacrifice fly tied the score at 2, Lester induced Joe Crede to roll into an inning-ending double play.
More trouble beckoned in the fifth, when Cintron reached for a third successive time, grounding a base hit to left. But Thome, after trying to go the opposite way a third time, lining a ball foul to left field, struck out on a nasty splitter, and Konerko, one of three White Sox players with 20 or more home runs, grounded into a double play. This one, like the one in the third, started by Lowell.
The Red Sox nudged ahead in the fourth when Ortiz lined a base hit into the teeth of the White Sox overshift, advanced to third on successive infield outs, and scored when Lowell singled through the hole.
It became 4-2 in the fifth when an ugly swing by Crisp produced a blooper over the right side that broke his 0-for-23 slump. Gonzalez singled to right, sending Crisp to third, and Kevin Youkilis brought the run home with a fly ball to center.
Gabe Kapler's double down the left-field line opened the seventh. Kapler sped to third on an infield out and scored on Gonzalez's broken-bat single, his third hit of the night. That finished Buehrle, McCarthy entering and inducing a double-play ball from Youkilis, who slammed his helmet in frustration.


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Have a few of these along the front of the house in 2010.
They are still holding their own. they do get covered in weeds quite a bit but they are still strong in there.
Looking back on it, I planted 5 of these probably a year and a half ago to two years and they are all actually still there. They have not flourished, but they are still there. Especially after I had considered them to have all died. I think that as the general denseness of the vegetation along the front increases the better they are going to do. Firstly they have developed their roots, but also they are not as exposed to the direct sunlight that that area gets. Hopefully next year they will flourish and increase in size so you dont need a guide to point them out. In the photos below, starting from the rather shaded one, you can see all 5 plants. The shaded one looks healthier and has sprouted extra stems in the background. The others are in various stages of largeness with only one being a fullish plant and none of them as big as they were when I got them. Many of them had actualy vanished and I remember worrying over cutting one up accidently and thinking I had killed it.
These onces seems a little more hardy and are sold in Home Depot under the Florida Friendly brand.


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Okay so after many technical difficulties, most of which were probably user error as computers and I don't tend to get along, I have been able to get on here. So now, hopefully with no user error, I will be able to write. This isn't my first time blogging, as I took a class with Mills before, and I have taken other classes that required blogs.
I do have a question though; if we even mention our project on here and someone googles it, won't it come up as one of the hits? I know that when I google my name my blogs from other classes come up. While I know secrecy is a crutial part of this project, how are we going to overcome that to work on here without getting caught? I know that its probably going to be something as simple as we aren't going to use the blog during that part of the semester but I still wanted to know.


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Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Strain the chopped canned tomatoes, reserving the juices, and spread onto a baking sheet, season with salt and pepper, to taste, drizzle with 1/4 cup of the olive oil and roast until caramelized, about 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a saucepan, heat remaining olive oil over medium-low heat. Add the celery, carrot, onion and garlic, cook until softened, about 10 minutes. Add the roasted chopped canned tomatoes, reserved tomato juices, chicken broth, bay leaf and butter. Simmer until vegetables are very tender, about 15 to 20 minutes. Add basil and cream, if using. Puree with a hand held immersion blender until smooth.


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A nor'easter is set to hit Maryland on Wednesday with rain and wind before blowing north toward the battered New Jersey coastline.
While forecasters continue to monitor the exact track of the storm, Accuweather meteorologist Rob Miller said Saturday the quick-moving storm is expected to bring rain and wind as far west as Interstate 95 through Wednesday night. Thursday could see lingering showers with breezy conditions, Miller said.
For now, Miller said Baltimore and the Eastern Shore are likely to feel the impacts of the storm, but the conditions could be felt throughout Central Maryland into Northern Virginia if it pushes west. The storm could also deliver a few inches of snow to Hagerstown and parts of central Pennsylvania.
"The track remains uncertain," he said. New England is expected to take the brunt of the storm.
Temperatures will hang in low 50s into next week, dropping into the 30s at night, Miller said. By Monday morning, the temperature could be near freezing.
"We could be looking at frost and freezing on Monday and Tuesday," Miller said.


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Xavier Barajas Smith was named an assistant coach with the UC San Diego women's tennis team in August of 2013. He enters his fifth year with the program in 2017-18.
Barajas Smith began his coaching career in 2006 at Rio Del Oro Racquet Club in Sacramento where he assisted with tennis clinics. He proceeded on to In-Shape tennis club (2007-09), where he provided tennis clinics for junior players and held private lessons. Barajas Smith continued to assist in coaching at Fairbanks Country Club (2010-13), where he instructed several of the top women in the world.
From 2002-06, Barajas Smith competed on the varsity team at El Diamante High School, where he was a four-time MVP and a four-time league champion. He was ranked No. 1 in USTA Northern California (2004-06).
Continuing his tennis career, Barajas Smith competed for Sacramento State as an NCAA Division I player his freshman year (2006-07) and and then transfered to Fresno Pacific University (2009-13).
While at Fresno Pacific, Barajas Smith was an NAIA First Team All-American (2010-12), ranked No. 2 in the ITA national rankings in 2010 and 2012 and No. 1 in 2011. In 2012, Barajas Smith obtained ATP points and was named the GSAC Player of the Year.
The Visalia native earned a bachelor's degree in Finance from Fresno Pacific in 2013.


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Spanish pair to miss cup tie
Manchester City's top scorer Alvaro Negredo and playmaker David Silva will miss this weekend's FA Cup fourth-round tie against Watford at the Etihad Stadium.
Negredo suffered a shoulder injury when he landed awkwardly after a tackle in the Capital One Cup semi-final second leg at West Ham in midweek.
Silva did not feature at Upton Park and will again not be risked due to a minor hamstring issue.
Manager Manuel Pellegrini said: "Alvaro is not ready for Saturday.
"We will see in the next days how his shoulder reacts from the work he is doing. Maybe in a week he will be okay.
"David Silva has some problems. He is not 100 per cent fit. It is just a precaution, we will not take any risks because he still has some pain in his hamstring."
Pellegrini is planning to make a number of changes for the visit of the Sky Bet Championship side.
City are back in action again next Wednesday as they visit Tottenham in the Barclays Premier League while they have a big encounter against title rivals Chelsea looming on February 3.
Pellegrini said: "We will see on Saturday how the 11 changes.
"We are going to make some changes. We have a lot of games during January.
"It is a very busy month and we will continue making rotations."
In terms of squad strengthening this month, Pellegrini has consistently played down suggestions City could make a move in the transfer window.
He maintains City do have that option but again, as he spoke at a press conference to preview the Watford game, he gave little away.
The Chilean said: "If we talk about all the offers this club made we have at least eight goalkeepers, five centre-backs, nine forwards. No news for the moment."
It was a similar answer when asked about Joleon Lescott, the England centre-back who has been linked with a move to West Ham.
"Exactly the same - no news," Pellegrini said.


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There are a number of experiments going on around the world that provide incentives to people to protect forests, from the global REDD+ program to numerous national programs. At the same time, there are growing doubts about the effectiveness of some of these approaches, including their long-term sustainability.
A new project in Viet Nam, however, holds promise for protecting mangrove forests without directly focusing on the trees. The goal of the project is to help local shrimp farming systems become more profitable by combining them with mangrove forest protection—boosting both profitability and sustainability, while also increasing coastal resilience to climate change.
The project, implemented by IUCN and SNV, the Netherlands Development Organization, is taking place in Ngoc Hien District in Ca Mau Province which is home to half of Viet Nam's mangroves and half of its shrimp farming area. Shrimp farming is one of Viet Nam's leading exports. It is also the leading cause of mangrove loss in a country with a long, densely populated coastline that is vulnerable to tropical storms and sea level rise. As a result, the sustainability of the shrimp sector and the conservation of mangroves are both national priorities.
Funded by the German Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety (BMU), the focus of the project is on a group of 2,600 shrimp farmers who are using an integrated model of farming shrimp among mangrove forests, in which each household must reserve 60% of their land for mangroves. They get significantly lower yields per hectare than intensive shrimp farms, but also much more diverse production, lower input costs and much lower risk of crop failure.
Not only is this model resilient to disease but it is also stable and profitable, with net income significantly higher than for traditional shrimp culture. Even better, because the farming system is essentially natural, the shrimp can be certified as organic, which allows them to meet growing international demand for organic products and receive a premium price for their product.
Organic certification for shrimp farms in Viet Nam has had its issues in the past, among them low prices, late payments and a lack of transparency that had farmers questioning the economic value of certification. The new project has addressed many of these issues. An agreement has been negotiated with Ca Mau-based Minh Phu, the world's second-largest seafood processor in terms of shrimp export value, which commits it to buying all the certified organic shrimp that farmers can produce at a 10% price premium. Minh Phu will also pay for the annual audit and the internal control systems that ensure chain of custody from the farm to the processor.
The project has worked hard to include as many farmers as possible in the process, both through training and through helping them to qualify for the 50% mangrove cover on their farms required for organic shrimp certification. In some cases the project will support mangrove replanting efforts for farms that don't have 50% cover, and has organized farmers into groups that will work toward meeting the mangrove cover requirement jointly rather than on an individual basis.
The Ca Mau provincial government now wants to scale up organic certification to 20,000 hectares of integrated mangrove-shrimp farms by 2020. The vision is to establish an "organic coast" that both produces high-value certified shrimp and protects against rising sea level and potentially stronger storms. In this scenario, integrated mangrove-shrimp farming and organic certification offer a strong example of an ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change. And because a direct financial incentive is being provided to farmers to plant and conserve mangroves, it can also be seen as an effective form of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES).
Whether or not certified organic shrimp farming results in permanent improvements to livelihoods and the environment remains to be seen. Nevertheless, with strong business and provincial government support, there are grounds to believe that the project will deliver economic and environmental benefits that, because the project aims to change the underlying business model, will persist after the project ends.
Related article on SNV website: http://www.snvworld.org/en/redd/news/snv-redd-blog/organic-shrimp-certification-a-new-approach-to-pes


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A Halloween display featuring a doll covered in fake blood being operated on by a surgeon with a bloody jack-o'-lantern head is causing alarm in Brooklyn.
The display outside the home on Bergen Street between Bond and Nevins shows the doll on an operating table, hooked up to an IV, surrounded by pumpkins, dolls and doll heads, some wearing surgical masks.
Dolls, some mutilated, also hang from a nearby tree.
The grinning jack-o'-lantern surgeon, its bloody mask askew, holds a large syringe above the doll.
"This is some sick, twisted-minded stuff," said Valerie Bell, who lives nearby.
The homeowner, a documentary filmmaker, told the New York Post it was all in fun.
"Every year the neighbors look forward to it. The kids say, 'More gore! More blood!' This is my neighborhood. I'm not going to hurt kids," Joyce Draganosky told the Post.
--Tracie Strahan contributed to this story


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Erasmus+ Quiz: What Erasmus type are you?
Being for a short or for a long term in an international environment sounds like a dream come true for some people. It means the opportunity to establish intercultural contacts, have a valuable insight into a different culture, learn a language and grow as a person. To other people, however, it might be a complete nightmare. Indeed, leaving your comfort zone can be scary.
Before going abroad, some questions might have been raised: "should I leave my parents, my friends and my home to study abroad? will it be a great chance or horrible because I will be homesick all the time?". Indeed, being abroad is only a good idea if it is something you may enjoy otherwise you will not be able to have a positive experience. Find out what Erasmus type are you by doing the Erasmus + Quiz and see whether you are ready to go overseas for the first, second or third time already!
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