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by Jackie Vance
By Shelly Mesure
By Gary Tetz
Mental healthcare providers for the elderly expressed anger Thursday over an apparent snub of seniors mental health services in a proposed new federal behavioral health plan.
Advocates for better mental health services for adults will be pressing until at least midnight Monday to have comments submitted to include seniors in a new federal behavioral health plan,
Those of us in long-term care have undoubtedly witnessed incidents where residents become agitated and staff members don't have the tools to prevent or manage their distress. Unfortunately, psychologists — who could offer such tools — are largely limited in the current reimbursement model to providing individual services to cognitively intact residents.
President John F. Kennedy signed the Community Mental Health Act 50 years ago today. Half a century later, the landmark measure's legacy is both troubled and troubling.
These are the initial posts of the popular new McKnights.com blog "The World According to Dr. El." See more from her at McKnights.com.
The federal government is asking how changes for HIPAA rules might impact states reporting information about patients' mental health conditions, and whether they should be allowed to purchase a gun.
Back when I worked in psych, one of our most effective tools to improve mental health was maintaining a healing emotional environment, or therapeutic milieu. That's why I was shocked when I first entered long-term care.
I don't believe there is one person who can hear about the tragedy at Sandy Hook and not be moved. I think many people are moved to a "call for action" in some way.
Many Americans age 65 and older who suffer from mental health disorder do not receive treatments that meet acknowledged standards, according to results of a new survey. Conducted by the John A. Hartford Foundation, the study showed that many seniors do not know depression can significantly increase other health risks.
The good news is that the Affordable Care Act has much to offer people with mental illnesses. The bad news is that even with the law's policies, the U.S. health system is still woefully unprepared to meet the oncoming wave of mental health needs of baby boomers.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is launching two new initiatives that may improve mental health services for seniors and nursing home residents.
Iowa lawmakers are considering legislation that would require direct care workers in nursing homes to be licensed and meet training standards.
Newly introduced legislation in the Senate would lift a lifetime cap on Medicare benefits for inpatient mental health services.

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Jesus is Most Special
/ Sally Michael
The simplicity of this book mirrors the plainness of the biblical story. White space on the paper mimics the starkness of winter. Carol-lyrics waft beside the brief, deep Scriptures that inspired them. In these pages the Savior is clearly worshiped. As I read, his arrival touched me yet again.
�Steve Estes, author of A Better December
Keeping Your Cool
/ Lou Priolo
If you are a teenager, you probably know plenty about issues like arguing with your parents, rebelling against authority, and attitude problems�either firsthand or because everyone expects you to be like that! But what if you knew that these things actually spring from a problem with anger; that they�re the result of being a sinner, not a teenager; and that you can have more control over them than people think you can? Biblical counselor Lou Priolo provides a practical, understandable, and biblical approach to mastering sinful anger and its causes and effects. He helps you to assess your level of anger and what form it takes, to identify some of the heart issues that lead to anger (and how to replace them with biblical attitudes,) and to have open communication with your parents without the distractions that cause arguments. Practical tools, such as journaling exercises and discussion points to talk over with your parents, help you to take measurable steps toward �keeping your cool.�
Prone to Wander
/ Barbara Duguid, Wayne Houk
�We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done.� But what are �those things�? Why do we confess them? The purpose of confessing our sins is not simply to remind us what great sinners we are, but rather to point us to the great Savior we have. Inspired by the Puritan classic The Valley of Vision, this book provides specific prayers of confession in response to particular Scripture passages. They are ideal for use in church or in personal devotions. These prayers thank God for Jesus� perfect righteousness and substitutionary atonement for our sins and ask for the help of the Spirit in pursuing holiness. They close with a scriptural assurance of pardon in Christ for the sins of God�s people. Appendices include the hymns referenced in each prayer, as well as the sermon texts that accompanied these confessions as they were originally used in worship services.
Threefold Cord
/ Jeremiah W. Montgomery
Finally a trilogy that deals with clashing worldviews, true faith and vigilante monks all at the same time! Montgomery is to be commended for carefully exposing the evils of syncretism and clearly drawing the line between good and evil. A fast pace, multifaceted fantasy novel, The Threefold Cord delivers a fitting end to The Dark Harvest Trilogy
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The video "DNA Portrait," above, is a lovely short documentary shot by TED's own Kari Mulholland. It features the work of the artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg, who spent time collecting hairs shed in public spaces… and then sequencing the DNA therein to print 3D sculptures of what those hairs' owners might look like. Whoa. The film is also the secret story of the lab run by TEDGlobal 2012 speaker Ellen Jorgensen. At Genspace, people can experiment with DNA-based technology, regardless of their scientific knowledge or experience. As Jorgensen comments in the film, Dewey-Hagborg's work is super interesting, not to mention searingly contemporary. "It's a very accessible way for the public to engage with this new technology. It really brings to light how powerful it is, the idea that a hair from your head can fall on your street and a perfect stranger can pick it up and know something about it," she says, adding: "With DNA sequencing becoming faster and cheaper, this is the world we're all going to be living in."
Reflections on TEDGlobal 2014, from the community October 17, 2014
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John Of God Healed Me…I Think
November 1, 2011 by Ilana Arazie
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I guess I needed healing. Why else would I sign up to see John of God from Brazil, who made his way to the Omega Center in Rhinebeck, N.Y. last week? Though what I'm healing exactly, I'm not sure.
I only learned about the big spiritual macha John of God a few weeks ago from an online radio show hosted by Dr. Wayne Dyer. People from all over the world travel to Brazil to find themselves in his presence. He heals the sick, the blind, the old and dying — and apparently a few neurotic chicks like me.
He and his spirit guides do these "interventions" which are spiritual operations. They go into your body and repair what needs to be fixed. Then, seven days after your "surgery," they visit you in the night and remove your stitches. Sounded wild enough that I had to try it.
So last week I drove myself to Omega and found myself in a huge tent filled with what seemed like a couple thousand people. Only, I didn't get the "Wear All White" memo, because I was the only one dressed in black. They told me afterwards that John of God sees your energy better in white. Oops!
We were told to meditate in the tent until we were called to pass by John of God. That was a bit hard — I was distracted by all the many faces around me: The young children with shaved heads who had cancer, the ladies who seemed too young to be using walkers, the young boys shrieking from their Tourette's and the regular spiritual seekers who could use some peace of mind like me.
Finally row by row we were sent in to pass by John of God. I walked into a room and saw an older man sitting in a peaceful, dream-like state, accompanied by men and women acting as ushers and translators. I noticed that he spotted me from down the room. Maybe it was my bright green sweatshirt? Or was he just a big spiritual flirt?
I finally walked in front of him and put out my hand and smile again. He told the ladies next him in Portuguese to have me sit in the room in front of him and to order me up a spiritual intervention at 2pm. Just what I needed?
After lunch I returned back for my healing. Again, I was led in a big line to a room and asked to close my eyes. Only this time I felt a deep force or energy around me. When I opened my eyes, they actually stung a bit — though I wasn't scared. I just sat still. Then a woman told us to put our right hand over our heart and think about all things we wanted healed. Oh brother, here I go.
I thought, "Give me patience, keep me kind and loving, find any problems in my body and fix them, oh and can you make my PMS go away?" After about 5-10 minutes John of God walked in, recited a prayer and said that we had concluded the healing. The room felt intense and I wondered what I had done to my body.
The experience with John of God was pretty exciting. I'm glad I tried something new and opened myself up to some intense positive energy! But I know the real healing and answers still have to come from inside me. As great as John of God is, my true nature is more powerful. Then again, let's see how I feel after the stitches come out!
About the author
Ilana Arazie is a documentary filmmaker, video producer and blogger. She blogs weekly at her own DowntownDharma.com, which is featured on The Huffington Post and Psychology Today. Arazie is known for keeping a video camera on her person at all times – sometimes in the strangest places – in order to capture footage for her syndicated inquisitive video series, Downtown Diary. Her stories have been featured on the Associated Press, Chicago Sun-Times, Travel Channel, Gawker, Yahoo and other media outlets. She lives in peace in NYC.
In The Kitchen: A Grape Grows Up
November 1, 2011 by Marissa Lippert
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We've seen deep, rich purples across the board this season - from the runway to the kitchen table to home design. Taking advantage of the final harvest of concord grapes the other week (my mini food obsession this fall), I wanted to make these tiny jewels of sweetness last a little longer. The result, a concord grape reduction with its concentrated flavor that reminds me a bit of my childhood, sipping mini glasses of Welch's concord grape juice. All grown up without any of the extra added sugar (those grapes are so wonderfully sweet, you really don't need any).
Toss a bunch of grapes into a small saucepan with a bit of water and simmer on medium-low heat for about 20 minutes. Pour the juices and grapes through a sieve and strain well to obtain excess juices. Toss the seeds and skins and you're done. Pretty pure and simple. I updated my morning Maple Hill plain yogurt and 18 Rabbits granola with a drizzle of the reduction. A few other ideas…a decadent, fruit-forward sauce to compliment duck breast or roasted chicken; a low-sugar syrup drizzled over hearty buckwheat pancakes; crostini toasts topped with fresh ricotta, crushed toasted hazelnuts and a swirl of concord grape reduction. Until next year…


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If you've ever met me for more than five minutes, you probably know that I'm entirely in love with my cat.
He's huge. I don't mean fat, he's just huge, with this tiny little pointy face and impossibly soft fur. And so, so sweet. I've always had the theory that rescues make the best pets, and Bear is no exception. When we found him at the Humane Society Calumet Area two years ago, he immediately captured our hearts, and that was it. He's the boss now.
And up at Art Prize in Grand Rapids, artist Martha Cares has taken this idea and immortalized it in a friendly steel sculpture. Martha says, "[Pictured] is Papa and Mama Meow with their kittens, Baby Red, Bright Eyes and Baby Blue. The young kittens are leading the way to a brighter future with their forever family, and are dressed in red, white and blue to highlight the compassion Americans have for our animals. The second rescued family is Ms. Meow Bling and her two kittens, Baby Pink, and Baby Bling. They too are homeward bound and looking to a future of happiness!"
The installation is ready to be viewed now - Art Prize began yesterday, Sept. 18, and will continue through Oct. 6.
We just put out another issue of BusINess magazine, honoring this year's group of 20 Under 40 honorees. Although it's always a challenge to put together these publications, it's a challenge that I love, and especially worth it for these 20 business people. The event is always a landmark of networking and interesting stories, and this year's will be as well attended as we've ever experienced.
On a side note, I'm sure everyone is just dying to know how my chair restoration project is coming along. Well, I disassembled it, learned a lot about the inner mechanics of an entirely wood swivel chair, and managed to sand three very thick layers of old paint off the thing. I was planning to stain it on Sunday, but I had so much fun at the Krewe Apollo event hosted by Scott Fech and Rick Soria that I just couldn't handle the idea of powering up the sander that morning.


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NBL All-Star Weekend Fun with The Audman!
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The entire 2012 NBL All Star Weekend was all about having fun and here's a collection of clips courtesy of Audley Stephenson "The Audman" that demonstrate just that!
Audley Stephenson AKA The Audman is one of the founders of the popular NBA podcast,The Breakdown with Dave & Audley.The fun, informative and high energy talk show has featured interviews with top quality athletes and celebrities such as 2011 Slam Dunk Champion, Blake Griffin, 2006 NBA Champion, Gary Payton and comedian, George Lopez. Audley is also the co-author of "Basketball Talk, The Way It Should Be!"


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Nauru, island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of a raised coral island located in southeastern Micronesia, 25 miles (40 km) south of the Equator. The island is about 800 miles (1,300 km) northeast of the Solomon Islands; its closest neighbour is the island of Banaba, in Kiribati, some 200 miles (300 km) to the east. Nauru has no official capital, but government offices are located in the district of Yaren.
Most of Nauru rises somewhat abruptly from the ocean, and there are no harbours or protected anchorages. A fairly fertile but relatively narrow belt encircles the island and surrounds the shallow inland Buada Lagoon. Farther inland, coral cliffs rise to a plateau 100 feet (30 metres) above sea level, with the highest point at about 213 feet (65 metres). The plateau is largely composed of rock phosphate, leached from guano, or bird droppings. The mineral deposit covers more than two-thirds of the island, and its extraction has left irregular, pinnacle-shaped outcrops of limestone that give the landscape a forbidding, otherworldly appearance.
Nauru's climate is tropical, with daytime temperatures in the low 80s F (about 28 °C), tempered by ocean breezes. Rainfall, averaging about 80 inches (2,000 mm) annually, is extremely variable, and prolonged droughts occur. The only locally available water is collected from roof catchment systems, and water is imported as ballast on ships returning to Nauru for loads of phosphate. There are no rivers or streams.
Soils are generally poor and highly porous, and the irregular rainfall limits cultivation to the coastal belt and the lagoon's fringe. Phosphate mining has ravaged the interior of the island, leaving about four-fifths of it uninhabitable and uncultivable. Subsistence crops, consisting mainly of coconut palms, pandanus, bananas, pineapple, and some vegetables, are not adequate to support the population; the land does yield a great variety of plants and trees, however. Nauru is a favourite stopover point for migratory birds, and chickens have been introduced. There was an absence of mammals until rats, mice, cats, dogs, and pigs were also imported.
Most of the island's residents are indigenous Nauruans. There are small numbers of I-Kiribati (Gilbertese), Australians, New Zealanders, Chinese, and Tuvaluans; many members of the latter two groups were recruited as workers by the phosphate industry.
Nauruan is the national language. No adequate written grammar of the language has been compiled, and its relationships to other Micronesian languages are not well understood. English is widely spoken. Nauru is considered one of the most Westernized countries in the South Pacific.
Missionization came later to Nauru than to many other Pacific islands. The first Protestant evangelist arrived in 1899 and was followed three years later by the first Roman Catholic missionary. Today more than four-fifths of Nauruans are Christians; more than half the total population is Protestant (mostly members of the Nauru Congregational Church), and about one-fourth is Roman Catholic.
The settlement pattern on the island is dispersed. People are scattered along the coastal zone, and there is one small village, Buada, inland near the lagoon.
Agriculture (with the exception of coffee and copra plantations along the coastal and lagoon perimeters), fishing, manufacturing, and tourism are of minor value to the overall economy. However, Nauru has an exclusive economic zone extending 200 miles (320 km) offshore. The sale of commercial fishing licenses began to bring in a steady revenue during the 1990s.
Phosphate has been mined on Nauru since 1907. For decades it was Nauru's main resource and sole export, dominating the island's economy, and its quality was the highest in the world. The phosphate industry and government services together provided almost all of the island's salaried employment. For much of the 20th century the phosphate industry was owned and operated by a corporation jointly managed by the British, Australian, and New Zealand governments. The government of independent Nauru gained control of phosphate operations in 1970, and in the 1980s Nauru was for a time one of the wealthiest countries in the world in terms of gross domestic product per capita. Landowners received royalties from the phosphate earnings, and many Nauruans were unemployed by choice. By the late 20th century, however, the phosphate deposits were quickly becoming exhausted, and Nauru experienced a severe drop-off in earnings, leading to the country's near bankruptcy by the early years of the 21st century. Thereafter Nauru struggled to develop other resources and find alternative sources of income.
In the early 21st century Nauru agreed to temporarily house hundreds of Australia-bound asylum seekers while they awaited the processing of their applications. In exchange, the Australian government provided millions of dollars in aid to Nauru.
Virtually all food, water, and manufactured goods are imported. Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom together supply more than three-fourths of Nauru's imports. With the exception of those levied on alcohol and tobacco, there are no import duties, and there is no income tax.
Nauru has its own banking system; the Bank of Nauru is wholly owned and operated by the government. The financial sector grew in importance after the 1980s as the island became known as an offshore banking centre and tax haven. Beginning in 1999, amid allegations that it was a money-laundering conduit for organized crime and terrorist organizations, the financial sector underwent a series of reforms to increase its transparency. As one consequence of its colonial history, Nauru is within the Australian monetary system, and Australian currency is the country's legal tender.
Transportation on the island is good. A paved road system links all villages. Surface transportation to other destinations is difficult. Because there are no wharves or natural harbours, passengers and cargo are shuttled by barge between oceangoing vessels and a small artificial anchorage. Most regional and international travel is by air. Nauru's sole airport is located in Yaren district. In 1970 the country launched its national airline, control of which was transferred in 1996 to a government-owned corporation.
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According to the Pittsburgh Penguins' Twitter handle (@penguins), goaltender Tomas Vokoun has announced that he (not Marc-Andre Fleury) will be in net when the team takes on the Ottawa Senators Tuesday night.
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Vokoun confirms he is starting in goal #Pens
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) May 14, 2013
Vokoun has played (and won) the last two games for Pittsburgh since Fleury's meltdown in Game 4 against the New York Islanders — and it appears he will get the nod again for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
Stopping 66 of 69 Islander shots, Vokoun now ranks first in the NHL with a .957 save percentage for the playoffs and goes into the second round with an outstanding 1.41 goals against average.
It remains to be seen if the 36-year-old netminder can continue his success — but this start is definitely a reward to how well he played in round one.
Pens against Sens in Pittsburgh tonight at 7:30 p.m.
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SLI vs CrossFire: which is better?
11th Aug 2010 | 09:30
What's better than one graphics card? Two, but CrossFire or SLI?
SLI vs CrossFire: Nvidia
For many a year even the thought of setting up a multi-GPU system has caused the most tech-savvy of PC enthusiasts to eat their own heads in complete and utter frustration.
It wasn't just the fact that the mere action of setting a CrossFire or SLI system up was a tiring process of exacting component matching, BIOS tweaking and software hell, promptly followed by mental breakdown.
The fact remained that if you were one of the few with that magical golden ticket, a functional multi-GPU system, you didn't actually get that much of a performance return for the extra silicon you'd painstakingly laid in your rig.
Originally the big sell was the idea of picking up a mid-range graphics card now, then once the thirst for upgrading became too strong to countenance you could pick up another of those cards, drop it in your rig and hey-presto a million times better performance.
Many an SLI or CrossFire motherboards got sold on the back of this idea, to people wanting the ephemeral security of perceived future-proofing. Obviously it wasn't that simple and never quite turned out to give the sort of returns you really desired or deserved.
And the fact was that by the time you came to upgrade to another of those mid-range cards they had become so passé that you would be just as well spending the same again on a superior single-GPU card. And then you wouldn't have to cope with the vagaries of multi-GPU driver support either…
Software-wise though things have been steadily improving. No longer do we have the headaches we once did trying to get our drivers to recognise the extra GPUs, and hot-fixes come thick and fast to solve the inevitable problems that accompany new games releases. Yes, DiRT2, we're looking straight at you.
The rise of the multi-GPU single card has helped this; specifically AMD's change in approach leaving the high-end of its graphics options to those monstrous, dual-wielding pixel pushers. So now the multi-GPU setup is all about the high-end performance systems not adding in extra boards somewhere down the line.
That still left the fact that, at best, you were looking at a 60 per cent increase for adding in a second card, with that increase diminishing as you moved to triple SLI or quad CrossFire. But with both Nvidia and AMD releasing its new generation of DX11 compatible graphics cards it's time to see if you're still better off buying the fastest card you can or whether two cards are finally better than one.
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250
Representing the last generation of graphics we've got Nvidia's lower-end cards offering a multi-GPU setup for less than £200 - namely the GTS 250.
In modern DirectX 10 gaming you're looking at an average percentage increase that tops out just under the 70 per cent mark when you factor in a second card. With the extra graphics memory and processing power it's not a bad boost for the cash.
Obviously, when you're looking at the tougher benchmarks of STALKER: Call of Pripyat and Metro 2033 the results tail off considerably given the GPU's a couple generations out of date now.
Still, if you've got a GTS 250 sitting in your rig and a 1,680 x 1,050 monitor strapped to it, for less than £100 you can be hitting over 30fps with everything turned on in Just Cause 2.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 470
The Heaven benchmark scales brilliantly with multiple GPUs, and the GTX 470 actually manages to post a 101 per cent increase.
The results in-game aren't quite so compelling though, but the key thing to note is the disparity between the increase in the higher resolutions compared to the lower. The average increase at 2,560 x 1,600 is a remarkably impressive 80 per cent, giving a comparatively huge boost to the lucky few out there with such large-screen gaming habits.
On the flip side if you're looking to max out the frame rates at the lower res of 1,680 x 1,050 you'll be disappointed with an average increase of only 32 per cent. Still, this shows where the emphasis for modern SLI is going – the big screens.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 480
As you'd expect from essentially the exact same architecture the performance increase from adding in a second GTX 480 is almost identical to that gained by the GTX 470.
That said though, looking at the raw figures proves that if you want the fastest dual-GPU setup going, then it's time to stump up the cash and drop two of Nvidia's most powerful Fermi cards in the same machine.
That is then a graphics setup totalling almost £1,000 but when you're picking up over 100fps in both DiRT2 and Far Cry 2 at 2,560 x 1,600 on the highest settings your eyes might tell you it's worth it.
High-res gaming is where the Fermi card's SLI emphasis lies, and with these figures it's quite hard to disagree with Nvidia on this one.
SLI vs CrossFire: ATI
ATI Radeon HD 5770
It's only the relatively poor performance increases in Just Cause 2 that stops the low-end cards of this CrossFire test posting a more impressive average increase with a second card.
The 80 per cent and 85 per cent in Far Cry 2 at 2,560 x 1,600 and 1,680 x 1,050 respectively boasts better scaling than both NVIDIA's Fermi cards.
At £260 for a pair of HD 5770s though you're getting significantly better performance than a single HD 5850, which is practically the same price. With the improvements, by AMD's driver team especially, in multi-GPU gaming you actually are better off with twin HD 5770s than a single HD 5850.
The most surprising thing though is the fact that twin HD 5770s actually beat a single GTX 470. Impressive stuff.
ATI Radeon HD 5850
If you're rocking an existing HD 5850 then the news is good. Dropping in a second card will give you some serious performance gains, especially at the high-end resolutions.
In terms of all round speed gains the HD 5850 is the best that AMD has to offer with an average increase of just over 70 per cent at 2,560 x 1,600. That's behind the impressive increases of around 80 per cent that you get with twin Nvidia cards though, but CrossFire HD 5850s still represent a conundrum.
They're almost on par with the HD 5970, but significantly faster almost across the board compared to the GTX 480, a card that's only £30 cheaper than two of these at best.
AMD's multi-GPU strategy seems to be paying off.
AMD Radeon HD 5870
These are the cards that have been propping up the fastest gaming PCs for over half a year. Put together two HD 5870's cost almost £100 more expensive than the HD 5970, but offer much more in the way of gaming performance.
That said though we're into the realms of diminishing returns as the relatively moderate gains you pick up over the HD 5970 hardly justify the extra outlay.
The interesting thing though is that with the latest Catalyst drivers improving AMD's gaming performance so much it has propelled the HD 5870 ahead of the GTX 470 in single and, despite lower percentage performance gains, in dual-card configurations.
AMD's focus on the multi-GPU to help prop up it's high-end components means it works across the board.
SLI vs CrossFire: which is better?
So SLI and CrossFire are really starting to make a name for themselves then. Ease of installation and the burgeoning returns you get for adding in the extra card now makes it a viable proposition.
As we can see though, it's Nvidia that has made the most gains in its multi-GPU technology in the performance sector. Both of its latest cards are hitting an average percentage frame rate increase of 80 per cent at the eye-bleeding resolution of 2,560 x 1,600.
It has conceded the lower end of the scale, garnering a pretty poor showing of 32 per cent at 1,680 x 1,050. But you're only going to be forking out for an extra £300 (or so) for a graphics card, if you're powering a monitor with a screen large enough to do it justice.
Despite putting much of its high-end emphasis on the value of its multi-GPU solution, the HD 5970, AMD hasn't quite got the same performance boost when it comes to adding in that extra card. Sure it's 5 series cards are better than the Fermis at the lower end, but only the HD 5850 manages to post percentage gains of over 70 per cent.
Where AMD can compete though is in the price/performance metrics. Since it released the 10.4 version of its Catalyst drivers the GTX 470 has taken a bit of a pounding. The HD 5770 in CrossFire is easily comparable in performance terms with the slower Fermi card, and a pair of them are also significantly cheaper. They likewise put the equivalently priced HD 5850 to shame and also manage to hit over 60 per cent average percentage gains too.
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Top performance though has to go to the insane numbers you get out of the GTX 480 when it's got a twin sat next to it. Still, that's nearly £1,000-worth of graphical componentry and unless you're powering three 30-inch panels they're hardly worth the cash.
But this whole multi-GPU thing is now relevant, rather than being simply a technical demo for GPU makers to show what their graphical gems are capable of, cash notwithstanding. And it's easy too.
At no point in the testing of these six different setups did I encounter any frustrating problems born of multi-GPU drivers. A simple tick-box in the relevant driver panels in Windows was all it took to get them playing nice.
On the AMD side too you're not looking at spending more cash just for the possibility of adding in a second card later on; most full size mobos these days are rocking multiple PCI-e lanes with CrossFire support.
On the Nvidia side things are a mite stickier; tracking down SLI compatible boards is a tougher ask and can be pricer too. But the future's bright and in the GTX 470's Heaven 2.0 benchmark we've actually seen the first time where adding a second card more than doubles performance.
Nvidia's dominance in the percentage increase stakes means that suddenly SLI is going to be a lot more interesting this summer when the mid-range Fermi cards tip up.
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment[1] (formerly Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video and MCA Home Video) is the home video distribution division of Universal Pictures. The company is owned by NBCUniversal, the entertainment division of Comcast.
The company was founded in 1978 as MCA DiscoVision with the Beta and VHS label MCA Videocassette, Inc. in 1980, with the release of films on Beta and VHS, including Jaws, Jaws 2, and 1941. In late 1983, both the Laserdisc sister label MCA Videodisc and the VHS/Beta label MCA Videocassette were consolidated into a single entity, MCA Home Video, alternating with the MCA Videocassette name until December 1983. In 1990, with the 75th anniversary of Universal Studios, it became MCA/Universal Home Video, alternating with the MCA Home Video name from 1990 until 1997. The company later went by various company names, including Universal Studios Home Video (1998–2005), and Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2005–2014).[1]
In 1980, they released two '50s 3-D motion pictures, Creature From the Black Lagoon and It Came From Outer Space, in anaglyphic format on Beta and VHS.
This company was the video distributor for DreamWorks titles until DreamWorks was sold to Paramount Pictures' parent company, Viacom, in 2006, at which point Paramount took over distribution. After Viacom spun off DreamWorks in 2008, Universal Studios Home Entertainment was planned to resume distributing DreamWorks' movies, but this deal fell through.
In addition to DVDs, Universal was a major supporter of the HD DVD format until March 2008, when Toshiba discontinued manufacturing of HD DVD players. Since July 22, 2008, Universal released Blu-ray discs; it was the last major Hollywood movie studio to do so. The label's first Blu-ray releases were The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, and The Scorpion King.
Universal is the US video distributor for Summit Entertainment releases (but instead shows Summit logo on all releases) and Open Road Films releases and the Canadian video distributor for Elevation Pictures releases.
In the Netherlands, Universal distributes most DVDs of films released theatrically by Independent Films, although this is now limited to catalog releases, as more recent films are now released through Warner Home Video.
It also distributes Alliance Atlantis DVD titles in Canada, most of the Republic Pictures theatrical library in the UK, and most of the Carolco Pictures library in Australia, Latin America, and several European countries (along with other StudioCanal properties). In the 1980s until the late 1990s, they also distributed tapes released by Cineplex Odeon in Canada.
Universal previously distributed its films on video internationally through CIC Video (a division of Cinema International Corporation, later United International Pictures) alongside Paramount Pictures. Following Universal's acquisition of PolyGram in 1999, PolyGram Video (which had international operations) was folded into Universal.
The international operations are a joint venture with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, a carry-over from the PolyGram days.[2]
In October 2014, Universal established global headquarters for its home video division in Los Angeles.[1]
List of direct-to-video films[edit]
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Universal Cinema Classics[edit]
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Arabian Nights
- Easy Living
- Going My Way
- The Heiress
- The Major and the Minor
- Midnight
- Scarface
- She Done Him Wrong
- So Proudly We Hail!
- Unconquered
Universal Legacy Series[edit]
- Double Indemnity
- Dracula
- Frankenstein
- Imitation of Life 1934
- Imitation of Life 1959
- Rear Window
- The Sting
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Vertigo
Universal Noir Collection[edit]
Universal Vault Series[edit]
- 40 Pounds of Trouble
- Angel
- Back to God's Country
- The Ballad of Josie
- Big Brown Eyes
- The Black Castle
- The Black Cat
- The Black Shield of Falworth
- Blonde Venus
- Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
- The Brink's Job
- A Bronx Tale
- The Cat and the Canary
- The Chalk Garden
- The Choirboys
- The Climax
- Cool as Ice
- Coupe de Ville
- Crackers
- Death of a Gunfighter
- The Devil Is a Woman
- Eddie Macon's Run
- Every Day's a Holiday
- Fellini's Casanova
- Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
- The Flame of New Orleans
- For Love or Money
- For the Defense
- Four Frightened People
- Gambit
- Games
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- Gunfight in Abilene
- Gun for a Coward
- Hands Across the Table
- Here Come the Waves
- The House of the Seven Gables
- The Invisible Ray
- The Incredible Shrinking Woman
- I Met Him in Paris
- I Saw What You Did
- The Island
- It Ain't Hay
- It Started with Eve
- The Kid Stays in the Picture
- Kiss and Make-Up
- Lady Godiva of Coventry
- Lady in a Jam
- The Last Married Couple in America
- The Last Remake of Beau Geste
- Leaving Normal
- The List of Adrian Messenger
- Little Man, What Now?
- Love Before Breakfast
- A Lovely Way to Die
- Mad About Mambo
- Madame Sousatzka
- Man in the Shadow
- Mass Appeal
- McHale's Navy
- The Mississippi Gambler
- Morocco
- Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
- Next Time We Love
- No Room for the Groom
- The Other Side of the Mountain
- The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2
- The Perfect Furlough
- Pete 'n' Tillie
- The Phantom of the Opera
- Pittsburgh
- The Portrait of a Lady
- The Princess Comes Across
- The Prisoner of Zenda
- The Public Eye
- Pure Luck
- Quantez
- Raid on Rommel
- Resurrection
- Rough Night in Jericho
- Ruggles of Red Gap
- Scott Joplin
- The Secret War of Harry Frigg
- The Seduction of Joe Tynan
- Seminole
- September 30, 1955
- The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
- Seven Sinners
- Shoot Out
- Showdown
- Sometimes a Great Notion
- Spawn of the North
- Star Spangled Rhythm
- Tarantula
- Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
- The Thing That Couldn't Die
- Thirty Day Princess
- Three-Cornered Moon
- Three Smart Girls Grow Up
- Tomahawk
- The Truth About Spring
- Ulzana's Raid
- Variety Girl
- The Virginian
- Waikiki Wedding
- Welcome Stranger
- We're Not Dressing
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- You Gotta Stay Happy
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What's Wrong with the da Vinci Robot?
Robert DeFatta, MD, PhD, ENT, a surgeon at the Head and Neck Center at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, WI, praises the da Vinci robot as the vehicle for entering a "new era" of treatment that, among other things, reduces the amount of chemotherapy needed in treatment. In addition, it has mitigated the need for feeding tubes, and enabled patients to return to normal speech and swallowing soon after surgery, tells HealthLeaders Media.
With the robot and the so-called Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS), DeFatta says he can reach into areas of the throat that were virtually inaccessible before, while maneuvering the da Vinci device and treating patients in that delicate area with precision, control, and ease. Benefits to the patient include shorter hospital stays, easier recovery, less tissue damage, and lower risk of infection.
In the past, cancers of the throat were treated with a combination of radiation and chemotherapy, which frequently resulted in the patient needing a feeding tube for the rest of his or her life, DeFatta says.
The conventional open surgery for tumors involving the throat typically required a large incision that produced significant cosmetic deformity, as well as the possibility of speech and swallowing problems.
"There's no way you can visualize it as well as you can with the da Vinci," DeFatta says, referring to the doctor's view of the surgery procedure. "It's a three-dimensional view of what you have." These patients cannot swallow, they cannot go out to eat with their families. When you turn to the da Vinci, you can take out the tumor with lower amounts of radiation, a lower dose of chemo, and for thousands of people, that's a huge difference."
"I can only speak for what I do," DeFatta says. For surgeons in his field, "by not using it they are missing the boat," he adds.
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Kyle (1/20/2013 at 10:07 PM)
I'll tell you what advantage this machine has! Sensitivity and dead zone! I don't care who you are or how experienced you are, you cannot stop involuntary trembling. As steady as your hand is, those small mistakes are like football fields compared to your tissues and cells. I play flight simulators and other video games and dead zone is so very important. Dead zone is configurable feature to every expensive yokes and joysticks that ignore input when it is under a certain limt. When the doc is holding the knife or laser, any movement is cutting you, but with the robot assist, the doc moves their instrument a micrometer the robot can ignore it. Now the involuntary trembles (no matter how small) are in fact eliminated. Now lest say you actually want to make an incision 1 micrometer, that's 1/100ths the width of a human hair, humans cannot make that precise of a cut. With the robot, they can set the sensitivity to such a fine level they have to move the input instrument 10 cm, for the real laser to move 1 micrometer, (factor of 100, 000) as long as a camera can zoom that deep. Now these are just some theoretical ideas, I have no idea if the robot can actuallybe that precise, but now these levels are in view as the technology improves.
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There is nothing wrong with the DaVinci Robotic system! It is an amazing piece of technology that has made a paradigm shift in surgery. At its core it is part of a bigger group.of minimally invasive surgery procedures. MIS as a group is far better for the patient and hospital and medical insurance companies. What needs to be differentiated is the choice of methods used in the various procedures being done. In many cases MIS can be done without the DaVinci system with very similar outcomes. Thus costing all parties much less. What also needs to be recognized is that the DaVinci system can do MIS procedures that up until now were only able to be done by open surgery. Here is the big gain for all parties concerned. Here the patient and hospital and insurance companies can all be big gainers. What is needed is the recognition that MIS procedures that can only be done with the DaVinci system should have a higher compensation level to the doctors and hospitals. This will [INVALID] the proper incentives for all those parties to use the DaVinci system more effectively. As doctors are becoming more proficient with the DaVinci system more and more complex procedures will be done with it. The result will be lower costs an better patient care.
bunny b (12/19/2012 at 11:22 AM)
I, for some reason, don't trust this robot only because i feel the hospital industry are rushing into using this robot meaning training time for the robot is way too short. I been reading other articles that claim surgeon training for these robots are only two days. Lives are not to be played with nor to be guinea pigs. I think training for the usage of the robot in operation should be an addition 2-4 years in school on top of the years surgeons go to school, because of the seriousness and mastering the use of the robot, reducing the risks of incidents and prove the seriousness of the use of the robot in real human operations.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers made the big headlines this offseason by completing a trade with the New York Jets for cornerback Darrelle Revis in a large attempt to counter the high-flying passing attacks of the NFC South.
One of those great passing attacks happens to reside in New Orleans with the guidance of quarterback Drew Brees, which begs the question—Who wins the showdown between Drew Brees and Darrelle Revis in 2013?
We know Brees will be consistent. Furthermore, he'll be helped with the return of head coach Sean Payton. The majority of his weapons are back and tight end Jimmy Graham is finally healthy.
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Revis will likely be tasked with taking on a receiver like Marques Colston. He's been wildly consistent and underrated over the course of his career. Brees knows how to find him.
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CONFERENCE | Understanding International Treaties
The Europaeum is co-supporting an upcoming conference at Charles University, Prague from October 26-27th. The concept of effet utile refers to the method of understanding international treaties, most commonly used in the interpretation of European Community law by the European Court of Justice. Speakers from Computense Universidad Madrid and the University of Bonn will take part, as well as colleagues from the Centre of Law at Prague. Click here to view a preliminary Programme. For more information and details on how you can attend, please contact the Europaeum Office.
CLASSICS COLLOQUIUM | Leadership in the Ancient World
The theme for the 2012 Classics Colloquium will be Leadership in the Ancient World: Odium or wisdom ? hosted by the University of Oxford in mid-November. Applicants are asked to submit a 100-word abstract, CV, and recommendation from at least one of their academic advisors to the Office as soon as possible. All papers must be in English. Senior scholars from Europaeum universities will be contacted directly.
2012 SUMMER SCHOOL | Conflict Resolution in Europe: Lessons for Tomorrow
A range of top international speakers took part in the recent 2012 Summer School event in Oxford on Conflict Resolution within Europe - including Professors Richard Caplan and Jennifer Welsh and Neil Macfarlane from the Politics and International Relations Department at Oxford; Sir David Madden (former UK ambassador to Cyprus), Jonathan Cohen, the head of Conciliation Resources which works in all major hotspots building peace; Alain Servantie (advisor in European President Mr. Barroso's Office), and many others. Click here to view the Programme
NEW REPORT RELEASED | Prevention in European Law
A new report on the international conference on The Ideas of Prevention in European Law at Charles University, Prague has been produced. Co-sponsored by the Europaeum, the aim of the conference was to explore the somewhat ambiguous and multipurpose concept of "Prevention in Law". Click here to read to the full conference report .
The Arab Spring - One Year On | A student's perspective
The Europaeum's recent graduate workshop on The Arab Spring One Year on: What next ?, saw 20 students from across our network convene at hosted in Paris to take stock of developments in the Arab world, one year on. One of the students, Ana Cláudia Manuelito presented a fascinating paper on "The Arab Spring and Maritime Security in the Mediterranean Sea – a moment to think about cooperation and solidarity", in which she argues for the need to cooperate and maintain strong links to promote great maritime security, rather than "close our minds and borders." Click here to read her presentation online
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The Institute of Political Studies at the Catholic University of Portugal (IEP-UCP) hosted their special annual conference bringing scholars, policy-makers, businessmen, opinion leaders, journalists and students together in an open debate on political science and international relations.
EUROPAEUM DEBATE | Do we still need the euro ?
As Greece teeters and economists worry about contagion, this year's annual debate for Europaeum students is on theme of Do we still need the € ? Four Europaeum graduates took part in the debate in front of 200 participants attending the Political Forum on Open Societies, Open Economies and Common Identities at the Institute of Political Studies at the Catholica University of Portugal (IEP-UCP). As usual it was chaired by Dr Paul Flather, the Secretary-General, who also spoke at the Forum.
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BRUSSELS SEMINAR | Policy-making inside Europe
The Europaeum is organising the fifth annual Policy-Making inside Europe ? taking place in Brussels from June 18-20th. This three-day programme of talks, discussions, interviews and special visits with top European policy-makers in Brussels. The seminar is again being organised by the Europaeum and our associate member the Institute of Political Studies, Catholic University of Portugal (IEP-UCP), and will focus on how European policy is made in Brussels in a range of fields and disciplines. The programme includes visits to the European Parliament and NATO. Topics will include Is Capitalism at Stake?; Economics and Political Future of Europe; EU harmonisation approaches: Directives, Regulations or secondary law regimes; From Arab Spring to Arab Autumn?; and, The EU and the BRICs.
NEW REPORT RELEASED | 2011 Brussels Policy-making seminar
In the lead up to our 2012 Brussels Policy-making Seminar, students from last year's cohort reflected on their experiences during this three-day seminar workshop. Here is an excerpt from what they had to say: "We were delighted how the programme allowed us to converse and debate with senior academics, European politicians, experts and fellow students, on a wide range of current and stimulating topics related to EU policy- making and the EU's relationship with the wider world. The visits to the European institutions were in our mind a fantastic opportunity and addition to the programme, and were thoroughly enjoyed by all and aroused great interest within the group." Click here to read the full report!
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This unique programme offers graduate students a special opportunity to deepen their knowledge of European history and institutions, their philosophical and historical backgrounds and underpinnings, and their social and economic contexts, through the lens of three different busy university worlds. This knowledge plays an increasingly crucial role in practical decision-making and strategic planning, where Europe-wide and global contact and negotiation is required. For further information, see Application details on our website.
Europaeum Lecture: Rousseau and International Relations
Continuing our ongoing Oxford-Geneva Links programme, which brings scholars from Oxford to Geneva, and Geneva to Oxford, the Europaeum is organising another special lecture hosted by our partner The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. This year Professor Sir Adam Roberts, Senior Research Fellow of the Centre for International Studies, Oxford, Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College, and President of the British Academy, will lecture on A Kind of Madness: Jean-Jacques Rousseau on International Relations on May 21st.
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June 28th will mark the 300th anniversary of the birth of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In the lead-up to this anniversary, the Europaeum is organising a special graduate workshop at the University of Oxford on May 25-27th exploring the role Rousseau had on the development of republicanism in Europe, and the impact he continues to have today. Click here to download the event poster.
The working language will be English. All costs at the event are covered for Europaeum graduates, but note that all participants must cover their own travel costs. The event is as usual open to all Europaeum graduates, notably from Law, Economics, Politics, History, International Relations, and other relevant disciplines. Interested participants should respond via e-mail with letter of application, a short CV (max. 2 pages), and a support letter from your supervising professor to the Europaeum Office as soon as possible.
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In August 2010, the Europaeum produced a detailed report on the budgets of higher education programmes in European countries that host Europaeum partner institutions (and the countries of potential Europaeum partners). Now the Europaeum is releasing a new updated report reflecting the impact of the current economic downturn on these programmes, utilising an even wider range of contemporary source material.
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By the time the second round was over Thursday, the fan count was down to four. Still, commissioner Bud Selig was satisfied with the overall turnout, and didn't rule out a return to the venue.
``That's up to our people,'' Selig said. ``This is fine. It's a wonderful venue. No complaints.''
Lacking the hype and recognizable names of the NFL and NBA drafts, baseball finally joined its counterparts on ESPN2. The draft also had an actual place for diehard fans to root - or boo - their team's selections.
The event had been done exclusively by conference call in previous years, while fans had to check Web sites or wait until results were printed in newspapers to find out if local high school or college stars were selected.
``They should have done this a long time ago,'' said former big league outfielder Darryl Strawberry, who was the No. 1 pick by the New York Mets in 1980.
Strawberry was one of several familiar faces at the draft, joining former baseball stars such as Frank Robinson, Jim Palmer, Andre Dawson, Dwight Evans, Tom Lasorda, Frank Howard and Don Zimmer.
While the other major sports usually have their potential top picks at the draft site, only three were in attendance Thursday: California high school infielder Josh Vitters, Missouri State left-hander Ross Detwiler and Canadian pitcher Phillippe Aumont.
``I hope we have more kids,'' Selig said. ``The only thing you don't want to have is a Brady Quinn-type situation. The poor kid is sitting there. We were lucky today. We didn't have that here.''
Selig was referring to the former Notre Dame quarterback who was once considered a possibility for the first pick in the NFL draft in April before falling to Cleveland at No. 22. Vitters went third to the Chicago Cubs, Detwiler three picks later to Washington and Aumont at No. 11 to Seattle.
``I think this will get bigger and bigger,'' Selig said. ``I feel very good about it. I really do.''
DYNAMIC DUOS: Mike Moustakas and Matt Dominguez anchored the left side of the infield for California's Chatsworth High School and made a little history in the process.
The pair became the highest-drafted set of high school teammates ever chosen in the same year. Moustakas, a shortstop, went second overall to Kansas City, while Dominguez, a third baseman, went 10 picks later to Florida.
Only three other pairs of high school teammates have been chosen in the draft's opening round: Mike Ondina (No. 12, Chicago White Sox) and Jerry Manuel (No. 20, Detroit) of California's Rancho Cordova High School in 1972; Michael Cuddyer (No. 9, Minnesota) and John Curtice (No. 17, Boston) of Virginia's Great Bridge H.S. in 1997; and Billy Butler (No. 14, Kansas City) and Eric Hurley (No. 30, Texas) of Florida's Wolfson Senior H.S. in 2004.
The feat is much more common in the college ranks, but it isn't often that college teammates are selected within the first 10 picks. Vanderbilt's David Price (No. 1, Tampa Bay) and Casey Weathers (No. 8, Colorado) became the sixth teammates to do it, and first since Rice's Philip Humber, Jeff Niemann and Wade Townsend did it three years ago.
CANADIAN PRIDE: Phillippe Aumont stepped on the stage, slipped on his Seattle Mariners cap and became the third-highest Canadian ever drafted.
The 6-foot-7 righty from Gatineau, Quebec, went 11th overall Thursday. Only Adam Loewen, taken fourth by Baltimore in 2002, and Jeff Francis, who went ninth to Colorado that same year, went before him.
``I was pretty surprised and excited at the same time,'' Aumont said during a conference call. ``I was thinking about the team I would go to and it's an honor for me to be with the Seattle Mariners.''
SAME ROUTINE: The Oakland Athletics stocked up on, you guessed it, college players.
General manager Billy Beane has mostly stayed away from high school players in the draft, opting for more seasoned players from college in recent years. It was more of the same this year, as the A's took college players with all eight of their selections during the draft's first day.
Oakland took UC Riverside right-hander James Simmons with its first-round selection (26th overall), and followed that up by picking Virginia first baseman Sean Doolittle (41st), Oklahoma State outfielder Corey Brown (59th), Cal Poly outfielder Grant Desme (74th), North Carolina shortstop Josh Horton (90th overall), Texas Christian right-hander Sam Demel (120th), Wichita State righty Travis Banwart (150th) and North Carolina right-hander Andrew Carignan (180th).
AROUND THE HORN: When David Price was taken by Tampa Bay with the top pick, he became just the second college left-hander to be selected No. 1 overall, joining Floyd Bannister (1976). ... Price was one of seven left-handers taken in the first round, tying the record set in 2004. ... Boston raised some eyebrows when it selected California high school infielder Ryan Dent with the 62nd pick. Don't worry, Red Sox fans. He's not related to that other Dent who broke your hearts. That, of course, was Bucky Dent, the New York Yankees shortstop who homered over the Green Monster to beat Boston in a one-game playoff that decided the 1978 AL East title. ... Seventeen high school players were selected in the first round, the most since 2000, when 18 were taken.
Freelance writer Mark Didtler in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., contributed to this report.


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