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TAMPA, Fla. -- Derek Jeter is almost always dismissive when he's asked about injuries, preferring to say that he is fine, just fine, while providing scant details. That has been Jeter's stubborn approach for his entire career, a routine stemming from his refusal to make excuses.
But on Sunday, when Jeter and the Yankees' position players reported to Spring Training at Steinbrenner Field, he elaborated on how deeply he was impacted by breaking his left ankle in the postseason.
Four months after he was carried off the field at Yankee Stadium, Jeter understood there would be a plethora of questions about his injury and his future, so he addressed them more descriptively than he usually does.
Since Jeter's ankle is healing, and he is poised to start running on the field for the first time on Monday, it naturally made it easier for him to discuss his injury. Jeter reiterated that his goal is to start Opening Day against the Boston Red Sox on April 1, a goal that will be measured on a day-by-day basis as the 38-year-old eases into baseball shape.
"Why wouldn't it be realistic?" Jeter said about playing on Opening Day. "I broke my ankle in October. I'm right where I'm supposed to be up until this point. The ankle has healed perfectly. Now it's just a matter of getting everything else in shape."
Then, he added, "I'm going to have to push myself. But, Opening Day, yeah, that's been a goal all along."
Jeter, who normally wouldn't disclose if his temperature rose to 99 degrees, said he had a plate and screws inserted in his ankle to help stabilize it. But he stressed that he wasn't concerned about his mobility and joked that it's not as if his ankle is "just going to fall off." Still, when a shortstop is four months shy of his 39th birthday and playing on a surgically-repaired ankle, the questions about his future will persist.
After Jeter bruised a bone in his ankle, he said, at some undisclosed point, it eventually "turned into a stress fracture" and then "broke in half." Doctors told him that if he hadn't broken his ankle scampering to his left in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series, he would have suffered the same injury at another point. While Jeter admitted that he probably shouldn't have been playing on the fragile ankle, he said he "would do the same thing all over again."
The Yankees need Jeter to do the same thing all over again this season, meaning they need him to have the same productive season he had one year ago. That is a hefty request.
The captain led the league with 216 hits, batted .316 and had a .362 on-base percentage. How Jeter progresses will be one of the dominant themes of the spring. But, not only do the Yankees need Jeter to be healthy, they need him to be an offensive linchpin again, too.
"If I didn't break my ankle, I'd still be answering similar questions about getting older," Jeter said. "It's not like I go out and say I have to prove something. I just go out and try to improve. That's the approach I take.
"I don't think about age. I don't. I think, if you get caught up in thinking how old you are, those are negative thoughts."
In an offseason recuperation that Jeter described as "terrible, absolutely terrible," he spent about five or six weeks confined to a couch. Jeter actually conceded that he used a motorized scooter for transportation when he wasn't on the couch. After saying that he didn't want to be overly dramatic, Jeter explained how he had to "learn to walk again" and how challenging that was.
Eventually, questions about Jeter's ankle were replaced by questions about the 2013 Yankees. That's when Jeter returned to being the same, old Jeter. He said the expectations for the Yankees are "the same as always. You have to win."
For that to happen, Jeter must be a major part of it. For Jeter to be a major part of it, he needs to rebound from the ankle injury. So, in 2013, Jeter and his ankle need to be just as effective as 2012.


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October 29, 2010
Is authenticity and honesty at the risk of being ostracized more important than moving up in the world via coddling and flattery? This question is at the core of Neil Bartlett's modern, edgy translation of Molière's classic, "The Misanthrope." The play will run in Loyola University New Orleans' Marquette Hall November 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, at 8 p.m.
"The Misanthrope" tells the story of an arrogant young man whose endless criticism of other people's vices doesn't prevent him from falling in love with a deceitful, manipulative young woman. Set in the present, Bartlett's adaptation observes the French royal court which has turned into a gigantic insider party, with the guests circling each other in a feeding frenzy of fakery and flattery.
According to Ben Saypol, visiting theatre professor and "The Misanthrope" director, Bartlett's version addresses how people should interact in their daily lives. The play is presented by Loyola's Department of Theatre Arts and Dance.
This modern, edgy adaptation tells a compelling story complete with a love triangle, attempts at seduction, games of love and a trial in the court of public opinion.
Tickets are $12 for general admission and $8 for students, children, seniors and Loyola employees. For tickets and information, visit www.montage.loyno.edu or call 504-865-2074.
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Did I miss something and the system's already out, or are they talking about pre-orders?
Regardless, I feel like this whole thing is just an engineered manipulation to cause holiday buzz and boost Nintendo's stock price for the quarter. That the only real things the general consumer and gamer are going to get are headaches and overcharged on the eBay grey market.
Amazing! WiiU is gonna be a big success! I will buy the console as soon as I have the money to do it! So many wonderful games already announced and many will follow! I want Metroid Prime 4!
I hate jerks that buy it just to sell it more expensive on e-bay for Christmas time, grow up and get a real job.
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Michael Jackson appeared "a little loopy" after visits with his longtime dermatologist, a choreographer who worked one-on-one with the pop superstar told a jury Tuesday.
Travis Payne said he witnessed Jackson's unusual behavior after the singer visited Dr. Arnold Klein, who Payne believed was performing cosmetic treatments on the singer so that he would be comfortable performing onstage again.
"Sometimes in rehearsal, Michael would appear just a little loopy," Payne said, adding that the singer appeared to be "assisted or under the influence of something."
Payne was working for AEG Live LLC, the company promoting Jackson's the "This Is It" tour, which was canceled after Jackson's June 2009 death.
The choreographer is testifying for AEG, which is being sued by Jackson's mother. Katherine Jackson claims AEG failed to properly investigate Conrad Murray, the doctor who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for Jackson's death, and that the concert promoter also missed or ignored signs of Jackson's poor health.
AEG denies it hired Murray, and claims Jackson was private about medical treatments and hid the depths of his prescription drug addiction. Jackson died from an overdose of the anesthetic propofol, which Murray was giving him as a sleep aid.
The company also did not hire the dermatologist, Klein.
Klein is listed as a potential witness in the case but it is unknown whether he will testify. His treatment of Jackson, which included Demerol shots, have been scrutinized both during Murray's 2011 criminal trial and the current civil case.
Payne, the choreographer, said he witnessed Jackson's unusual behavior several times in the weeks before his death. The singer also appeared groggy during some morning sessions, Payne said, and Jackson occasionally complained he was having trouble sleeping.
Payne said he did not think that Jackson had a problem abusing prescription medications. He acknowledged that Jackson missed rehearsals and he saw the singer shivering or appear cold in some of his final rehearsals.
He told the jury he thought Jackson was thin, but told the jury he wasn't aware of an email that AEG executives sent seeking to remove footage of Jackson rehearsing from the "This Is It" film in which he was described as looking like "skeletal." The email was not displayed for the jury.
Payne told jurors he met Murray twice, but both encounters were brief.
He worked with Jackson beginning in the 1990s and testified that he never saw Jackson drink alcohol or take any medications. The singer also never discussed his medical treatments, Payne said.


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NEW YORK - For more than two months, they were open-air communes where people came to rebuild society and start a nationwide discussion on how to close the wide gap between the rich and the poor. But as Occupy Wall Street tent cities fade away, a growing number of protesters are pushing to put a clear message ahead of the movement.
Alan Collinge has his list ready return bankruptcy protection to student loans. Bring back regulations that were removed from the Glass-Steagall Act. End corporate personhood.
"They should come up with a short term list of no brainer agenda items," said Collinge, wearing a huge sign in the rain at New York's Zuccotti Park calling for student loan reforms.
More than a dozen other protesters interviewed by The Associated Press also came up with a wish list of specifics to address what they say is corporate greed and economic inequality. The list of demands ranged from the simple get corporate money out of politics to the ethereal (make sure Washington politicians act with a moral conscience).
Complete Coverage: Occupy Wall Street protests
Asking Occupy protesters what, exactly, they would do to reform government and the financial system is a loaded question and a source of internal conflict. Collinge, 41, of Tacoma, Wash., said he has unsuccessfully lobbied Occupy's general assembly meetings in New York to develop a strong platform, but has been rebuffed.
"A lot of people, they think that this should be sort of a catchall" for every issue, he said, the goal being to expose the economic problems in the country, not solve them.
Other cities' movements have held meetings of committees with titles like "cohesive messaging" to discuss strategy, but haven't agreed on listing specifics as a movement. The greater purpose isn't to influence the government or the financial system through classic demands, but to foster broad cultural changes that will gradually empower people to stop depending on big corporations and Wall Street money.
"All the energy has gone into an outcry over economic conditions, with the hope that others will join us and pick up issues they care about," says Bill Dobbs, press liaison for Occupy Wall Street in New York. "Our best hope is inspiring other people to take action to bring economic justice."
Some observers and experts predict that Occupy groups may spend the next few months focusing on smaller actions while waiting for the summer when the Republican and Democratic conventions would give Occupiers a world-wide audience.
But ask around, and protesters who spent weeks living in encampments and talking about the country's woes have a clear idea of what they want.
A number have called for limiting campaign donations and getting big money out of politics. Some Occupy members want to limit the amount of money a person is allowed to give a politician. Others want to ban corporate donations specifically, or the number of campaign ads.
"How did Abraham Lincoln ever become president without a television set?" asked Ryan Peterson, an entertainment company worker from Chicago who lived for weeks in Zuccotti Park. Paul Lemaire, a 20-year-old visual arts student from Brooklyn, wants the two-party system eliminated.
The influence of money in politics is one of the greatest factors behind the gap between the superrich and the poor, said James Parrott, chief economist at the Fiscal Policy Institute in New York, which published a report last year on economic disparity. It shows "that they're very focused in understanding the root causes" of the country's economic issues, he said.
The call for tighter regulation of campaign contributions won't gain traction anytime soon. The Supreme Court, in its landmark Citizens United decision in January 2010, cleared the way for corporations to spend unlimited funds to influence elections, often using money from anonymous donors. The court struck down most of the so-called McCain-Feingold law that had set tight restrictions on such donations, arguing that government did not have the right to regulate political speech.
Campaign regulation, stopping wars that strain resources, halting corporate personhood the spending power given to corporations in the 2010 Supreme Court ruling and addressing higher education costs have emerged as key goals of the Occupy movement in Los Angeles. Organizers say they are now focusing on sharpening their objectives, as police moved in to shut down the two-month-old encampment this week.
"We've been collecting ideas, seeing what the priorities are, vetting and researching them," said activist Suzanne O'Keeffe, a member of Occupy LA's Demands & Objectives Committee.
Los Angeles member Mario Brito said the movement plans to pressure elected and bank officials for a moratorium on foreclosures, and said members would "occupy" bank lobbies, boardrooms and executives' homes to force the action.
In Minneapolis, five members of the Occupy MN "Cohesive Messaging Committee" gathered to talk strategy this week at a downtown coffee shop, asking that people attending recent General Assembly meetings fill out cards expressing broad themes that were important to them. The group entered the cards into a spreadsheet and found economic justice, democracy, education and campaign finance reform as the common themes.
Collinge, an aerospace engineer who later founded a website about problems with student loans, lists the congressional bill he wants passed to return bankruptcy protections to student loans. The Depression-Era Glass-Steagall Act, which separated commercial banking from investment banking, is another named law cited at the top of protesters' demands in cities across the country. Most of the restrictions that regulated the two forms of banking were repealed in 1999, and are blamed by many economists for contributing to the financial crisis in 2007.
Kalle Lasn, the co-founder of Adbusters, the Canadian magazine that helped ignite the Occupy movement, supports a 1 percent global "Robin Hood" tax on big financial transactions. Similar taxes and increases have been proposed for years, including the Obama administration's "financial crisis responsibility fee" tax proposal of last year, intended to raise $90 billion over the next decade.
As individual protesters and movements fashion a platform, experts and organizers warned that defining the movement more broadly keeps everyone in and keeps responsibility in the hands of the power brokers.
"They've achieved a lot by having the open ended process that they've had so far," said Parrott, the Fiscal Policy Institute's chief economist. "They should be selective in that there are some people who are trying to glom onto the stage that they've created" with ideas that aren't part of the main movement.
Will Birney, who left his job as a waiter in Westport, Ct., to join Occupy's New York movement, has one wish, although it can't be passed into law or regulated by the Treasury Department.
"I would instill a fair conscience, if people could look to morality," said Birney, 26.
He knows he's reaching, but says that's the point of the movement.
"I'm not even thinking we're going to get concrete solutions out of this," he said. "All I want is a change."


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(MCT) — NORMAL — Al Bowman's announcement Monday that he is retiring after nine years as Illinois State University's president caught the campus by surprise, with several people saying he will leave big shoes to fill.
Bowman, who has been at the university for 34 years, intends to remain in the post until his successor is named, probably by next fall. He is not leaving for another position.
In a letter to faculty, staff and students Monday morning, Bowman cited health concerns.
"Several years ago, I underwent a significant surgical procedure to address a serious medical issue," Bowman said in the letter. "Although my current condition is good, I have been advised as I approach my 60th birthday, stepping away from a high-pressure, seven-day-a-week position is the best thing I can do for my long-term well-being."
Bowman said he had planned to retire in four years, but decided to step down sooner after "long and emotional discussions with my wife, Linda, my daughters, Laura and Natalie, and a few close colleagues and friends."
In an interview Monday afternoon, Bowman cited ISU's rise in national prominence, improvement in incoming students' ACT scores as well as graduation and retention rates and upgrading of university facilities as the greatest accomplishments during his tenure at the university, but he gave credit to others.
"The president gets credit for the institution's success, but it's the faculty, staff and students who do the work and roll up their sleeves," said Bowman, ISU's 17th president.
He declined to provide more specifics on his health. He takes medication and curtailed his mountain climbing, but continues to run and lift weights.
Looking relaxed and saying he was "really happy," Bowman described his career at ISU as "almost a fairy tale," noting it's unusual to begin as a faculty member and retire as a president at the same institution.
Bowman came to ISU in 1978 as a faculty member in the department of speech pathology and audiology, becoming its chairman in 1994. It has been renamed the department of communications sciences and disorders.
He became interim provost in the 2002-03 academic year, then interim president in June 2003. He was named president in March 2004.
A special meeting of the board of trustees will be called within days to begin the search process and discuss the transition. At its October meeting, the board had extended Bowman's contract through June 30, 2016.
His salary is $400,000.
"Although this is a sad day for the university community, I respect Dr. Bowman's difficult decision," board Chairman Michael McCuskey said. "His leadership has left this institution in a great place, and we are positioned for continued success moving forward.
Normal Mayor Chris Koos said, "I hope his successor is somebody as dynamic as he is."
Koos said Bowman has always been accessible, and he hopes the town and university can continue to work in a common direction for the betterment of the community
"He's been a cheerleader for the uptown redevelopment, a big supporter," he said.
Dan Holland, chairman of ISU's Academic Senate, said, "Obviously everybody is disappointed. His tremendous efforts left the university in so much better shape than we were when he took over."
Lois Soeldner, chairwoman of the Civil Service Council, said Bowman "always had an open ear for civil service on any problem."
Soeldner, an admissions and records officer, said, "Our student workers put it pretty well when they said the only person who could take his place is Santa Claus."
Bowman said he is looking forward to teaching a class next fall and continuing to teach a light schedule for years to come. Even as president, he had taught a graduate class each semester until travel demands in recent years made that impossible, he said.
Bowman intends to curtail outside obligations during spring semester.
His wife will continue working as director of the ISU's speech and hearing clinic.
Now that they will be moving out of the president's residence soon, Bowman said they will be looking for a home to buy in Bloomington-Normal and expect to get a lot of calls from real estate agents.


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"We want people to go see for themselves and come up with something new and innovative and learn from someone else, see how that could be applied to their own industry." – Bob Petruska
Bob Petruska of Sustain Lean Consulting was my guest this week on the podcast. We discussed his new book, Gemba Walks for Service Excellence: The Step-by-Step Guide for Identifying Service Delighters. It is heavily illustrated and includes a CD of his innovative "placemats" designed to provide stepping stones on a development path for your team to achieve a competitive advantage. An excerpt from the podcast was published last week on the Business901 Blog, Gemba Walk for Service Excellence.
I am starting to see more books being published in Lean that are not just about applying Lean to services or customer facing problems. Instead, they are starting to address that deeper understanding between Lean and Customer Involvement. We seem to be at a crossroads that Lean is moving into the consumption and demand side of the value stream. The first inroads were made by Womack and Jones in Lean Solutions: How Companies and Customers Can Create Value and Wealth Together. In another podcast with Dan Jones(The Future of Lean with Dan Jones) , we discussed the reason for this.
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HOUSTON, Texas (July 3, 2012) – The Chicago Fire (8-5-4; 28 points) used a team defensive effort to shutout the Houston Dynamo (6-5-6; 24 points) and earn a 0-0 draw at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas Tuesday night. The Fire have captured 10 points in the last four matches against Eastern Conference foes and the draw extends the Men in Red's unbeaten run to four games.
The Fire entered hostile territory and warm conditions for the second match in a row. The Dynamo looked to improve upon its 4-0-2 record at the newly opened soccer-specific stadium and came out pushing for the early goal. Dynamo midfielder Brad Davis blasted a bouncing ball over Sean Johnson's frame in the 3rd minute. Five minutes later Macoumba Kandji found himself on the end of a hopeful Corey Ashe cross and smashed his effort into the orange side netting.
Similar to Friday's match at Sporting KC the Fire began to find their own chances as the first half marched on. A series of passes in the middle of the field from Marco Pappa to Chris Rolfe allowed for the newly reacquired striker to spring Dominic Oduro into the penalty area. Oduro's run found him in between both Dynamo defenders and in on goal, however, the flag was up and the play was whistled dead.
Houston nearly broke the deadlock at the close of the first half. Andre Hainault sent a drifting pass across the field finding Ashe alone on the left flank. Ashe lofted a cross into the box and Will Bruin headed the effort wide of the far post to keep the match level at 0-0 after 45 minutes.
Looking to find a goal in the second half, Fire head man Frank Klopas inserted Alex and Orr Barouch into the team for Oduro and Pappa, respectively. The move almost paid dividends in the 65th minute when Alex played the ball over Dynamo defender Bobby Boswell and sprinted into space before tangling with Boswell and losing the ball.
The Fire nearly found the go-ahead goal in the 80th minute. Gonzalo Segares slotted a ball to Alex on a diagonal run into the Dynamo offensive third. The Brazilian playmaker galloped in on goal before seeing his close range effort deflected out of play.
The home side threw numbers forward as the clock ticked toward 90. A collective defensive effort kept a strong shape and played each crossed ball out of the Fire penalty area. A handled ball on the left side led to a 87th minute Brad Davis free kick which Johnson promptly punched away to keep the match even at 0-0.
The Fire return to Chicago for the Chicago Fire vs. LA Galaxy match Presented by Quaker Oats at Toyota Park on Sunday, July 8 at 2:00 p.m. CT live on ESPN and 97.5 ESPN Deportes.
- The Fire extend its unbeaten streak to four games.
- The Men in Red have gone 3-2-1 in the last six matches against Eastern Conference opponents.
- Sean Johnson tallied his third shutout of the 2012 campaign.
- Dominic Oduro made his 50th appearance in a Fire shirt Tuesday night. The fleet Ghanaian forward has appeared in every match since being acquired from Houston following the first game of the 2011 season.
- Tuesday was only the fourth time this season the Fire failed to score.
- The Fire have only played to one other 0-0 draw, May 9 vs. Real Salt Lake at Toyota Park.
- Fire defender Gonzalo Segares returned to the fold after missing the Sporting KC match on red card suspension.
- Paolo Tornaghi and Federico Puppo missed the match with right ankle sprains. Rafael Robayo is on the mend after suffering a sprained shoulder. Sebastian Grazzini remained in Chicago to tend to personal matters.
Chicago Fire 0 – 0 Houston Dynamo
Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Dan Gargan, Jalil Anibaba, Austin Berry, Gonzalo Segares; Logan Pause ©, Pavel Pardo; Patrick Nyarko (Hunter Jumper, 87'), Chris Rolfe, Marco Pappa (Orr Barouch, 72'); Dominic Oduro (Alex, 58')
Substitutes not used: Jay Nolly, Arne Friedrich, Daniel Paladini, Corben Bone
Houston Dynamo: Tally Hall; Andre Hainault, Bobby Boswell, Jermaine Taylor, Corey Ashe; Adam Moffat, Luiz Camargo (Brian Ownby, 69'), Brad Davis; Boniek Garcia, Will Bruin (Brian Ching, 65'), Macoumba Kandji (Colin Clark, 81')
Substitutes not used: Tyler Deric, Warren Creavalle, Brian Ownby, Nathan Sturgis, Cam Weaver
Scoring Summary
Misconduct Summary
HOU – Corey Ashe (caution) 38'
Referee: Allen Chapman
Assistants: Chris Strickland, James Conlee
Fourth Official: Leszek Stalmach
Fourth Official: Leszek Stalmach
Attendance: 22,039


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Attorney General Pam Bondi Outlaws Four New Synthetic Drugs
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –Attorney General Pam Bondi today filed an emergency rule outlawing four new synthetic drugs, including one called "Crazy Clown." The emergency rule designates these new synthetic drugs as Schedule I of controlled substances, making it a third-degree felony for an individual to "sell, manufacture, or deliver, or possess with intent to sell, manufacture or deliver" these drugs. Synthetic drugs can cause psychotic episodes, hallucinations, seizures, paranoia, tremors, and more. Attorney General Bondi will work with the Florida Legislature during the 2014 legislative session to permanently ban these drugs.
"I will remain vigilant in my efforts to keep these drugs off store shelves and will continue to outlaw emergent synthetic drug compounds. These drugs pose a serious threat to Floridians, particularly our youth," stated Attorney General Pam Bondi. "I thank the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for their continued partnership in the fight against synthetic drugs."
"While synthetic drugs are marketed as safe alternatives to illegal drugs, make no mistake; these synthetics are dangerous," said Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald Bailey. "Adding these four new concoctions to Florida's schedule 1 drug list strengthens our fight. We will continue our efforts with Attorney General Bondi to identify illegal chemicals and react swiftly."
Attorney General Bondi temporarily banned the following synthetic compounds today:
Fluoro ABDICA
According to the Drug Abuse Warning Network report, more than 11,000 emergency room visits nationwide involved a synthetic cannabinoid product in 2010. Seventy-five percent of these visits were from people ranging in age from 12 to 29. Alarmingly, the majority of those people were between 12 and 17.
Since taking office,
Attorney General Bondi has been dedicated to protecting Floridians from synthetic drugs
. Among other compounds, Attorney General Bondi has worked closely with the Florida Legislature over the past three legislative sessions to add cathinones, commonly known as "bath salts," and cannabinoids, commonly known as "K2" or "Spice," to the schedule of controlled substances.


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It was a vivid illustration of what this season has been like for North Carolina strawberry growers when the first berries of the year were delivered to the North Carolina State Farmers Market in Raleigh on St. Patrick's Day.
That's right: Strawberries in central Carolina on March 17.
"I can never remember strawberries produced outdoors arriving at the farmers market that early," said Barclay Poling, North Carolina Extension strawberry specialist, a few days later. "It just shows the crop is earlier than we expected."
Perhaps because of the relatively warm winter, the winter blooms were unusually healthy and allowed a quick start.
"It is unusual that we get a mid-February bloom we can count on," Poling said. "But this year we had one we could put some stock in."
Still, much of the crop was still in the field, and farmers were facing a potentially serious problem if the temperature dropped too low, because of very low irrigation ponds. "At the Clayton, N.C., research station, the pond level is only 30 percent of normal," Poling said just after St. Patrick's. "So one of our important tools (for dealing with cold weather) is not at full strength."
Many farmers responded by using row covers instead of irrigating. "There were several weather events in February where farmers would have preferred to run irrigation equipment," he said. "But instead they turned to their row covers so they could preserve their water for more severe events."
They certainly didn't want to run out of water and then have to deal with cold weather. So since the Easter Freeze of 2007, North Carolina growers have come to rely more on row covers than water.
"One lesson our growers have learned is that if you have high winds with extremely low temperature, you need the combination of row covers and sprinkler irrigation," said Poling. "The row cover takes out the 'wind effect,' which is the evaporative cooling that turns irrigation into a refrigerator."
There has been a tremendous increase in the use of row covers in the last two years, he said, "I am pleased to see that about 80 percent of the industry in this state now has them. Only in the eastern part of the state are growers holding back, and that is an area that usually has milder weather."
The water shortage had earlier interfered with strawberry planting, Poling said. "We had a number of farmers who couldn't get as much planted as they intended in September because of the drought. Making the beds requires considerable moisture, and to get the soil moist enough, they needed to irrigate once or perhaps twice. Some of them didn't have the water to do it. As a result, two or three percent of the intended acreage didn't get planted."
But there was a management strategy that could be implemented.
"We (in Extension) suggested changing to plug plants instead of freshly dug bare root plants," said Poling. "The bare root takes a lot more water. They are highly perishable and must be irrigated within a half hour of planting. Many growers made the switch and we are glad they did. It helped cope with the continuing drought."
In the big strawberry-producing area of southeast North Carolina, most of the crop was in heavy bloom in mid-March, said Poling.
"This crop looks like it will be a little smaller, maybe five percent below last year. But the industry was hoping for a five percent increase."
Strawberry acreage in North Carolina has been inching up again in recent years, said Poling. "I would conservatively estimate that about 1,800 acres were planted in late summer/fall 2007 for the spring 2008 crop."
A big problem for North Carolina strawberries last year was deer damage. "It was the worst I can remember," said Poling. "Deer love strawberry plants. Fences, dogs, hunting — nothing has worked very well to control them."
The bad news is that deer will become a bigger problem as more of their natural habitat is destroyed, he said.
Everyone in the strawberry industry was hoping there would be no repeat of the very late freeze that occurred on April 7-9, 2007. "I have never seen a freeze of this magnitude at this late a juncture in the season, and the winds made it much worse," Poling said
It led to serious damage to the strawberry crop, but probably less than for most other fruit crops.
How is it, asks Poling, that the North Carolina strawberry industry managed to produce more than an 80 percent crop in spring 2007 despite the unprecedented Easter freeze that devastated tree fruit, bramble, blueberry and grape crops in North Carolina?
The most important reason the strawberry industry suffered so little injury relative to other fruit in the state probably is that the strawberry is a low-growing crop. "The support of an ice load from overhead sprinkling is not important as it often can be in tree fruit and vine crops. Unlike tall-growing plants, the strawberry is also an ideal candidate for floating row covers."
But there was no reason for complacency. A unit of the U.S. Department of Energy said in March that the mild winter and springs the Southeast has been experiencing could set the stage for further damage.
The Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory said that one of the reasons the Easter Freeze was so devastating was that plant development was two to three weeks earlier than normal because of an unusually warm March.
"The warm weather was as much a culprit for the damage as the cold," said Lianhong Gu of the Laboratory's Environmental Sciences Division. "We see the paradox in that mild winters and warm, early springs make the plants particularly vulnerable to late-season frosts."
This freeze should not be viewed as an isolated event, Gu said. "Rather, it represents a realistic climate change scenario that has long concerned plant ecologists."
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They offered to drop the charges if he apologised but he refused to roll over. The contempt of court charges only require the prosecutors to prove that there is "inherent tendency" to affect the administration of justice:
"Attorney-General v Hertzberg and others [2009] 1 Singapore Law Reports 1103, which has generated worldwide interest as it arose out of articles published in the Wall Street Journal Asia. In Hertzberg, the High Court of Singapore held that utterances by an alleged contemnor are actionable if they merely have an inherent tendency to affect the administration of justice."
It was reported that the prosecution will put up 20 pages of Shadrake book as evidence. It does not matter if those 20 pages contain fact or fiction, as long as "inherent tendency" can be proven Shadrake will be found guilty. i.e. for Shadrake to win, he has to prove he did not write his own book given what those 20 pages say about how the law is applied in Singapore it is trivial to prove 'inherent tendency'. The integrity of our courts is protected by prosecuting anyone who questions it. That there is justice and equality in our legal system and anyone who says otherwise will be presecuted by the system itself will reassure the public of its integrity is a strange notion. What this will effectively do is intensify the fear in ordinary citizens to speak up when they experience injustice and unequal treatment under the system. The just and equal administration of the law depends very much on the people running the system - what goes on in their head, what they fear will happen to them if they behave in a certain way. Knowing that they are protected because people are unable to speak up against the justice system will take away some amount of check and balance in the system.
The Shadrake case somehow reminds me of another 'equality' issue that was discussed a few years ago....and I will use it to illustrate that whatever the intent of the laws and systems we have in place ultimately it is people in the system and their attitude that determines if you get fair and equal treatment for all. A few years ago, the issue of whether there were NS men identified 'white horses' cropped up in parliament. For the non-Singaporeans reading this, these 'white horses' were the sons of the rich and powerful and there was unhappiness among Singaporeans who perceived that these 'white horses' were given special treatment during NS. Cedric Foo who was Minister of State for Defence explained that 'white horses' did exist and these people were classified to ensure that they did not receive special treatment[Link] i.e. they were to be treated the same as sons of cleaners and hawkers. So the expectation of the govt was that once the COs, ICs and platoon commanders knew that there was a 'white horse' in their unit, they would make sure that he was treated as harshly as they would treat a hawker's son. That is how the PAP expects human beings to behave to bring about greater equality in our society ...that also explains the level of equality we have been getting as a result of their policies. Whether our justice system is fair, depends on the people in the system and how vigorously they will pursue equality in the application of the law....that Vui Kong is treated the same as anyone else even the child of an MP or someone from the upper echelons of our society depends on the people in the system and what they believe will be the consequences of their actions. So if a SAF commander believes that he will be badly reprimanded if he does not punish a 'white horse' as harshly as he would a hawker's son, there will be greater equality among those serving their NS. Those who have served their NS can see for themselves what actually happens on the ground and that is also true for the justice system...people will know what the truth is regardless of what can and cannot be said about the system.
Death penalty book author defiant in Singapore [Link]
(AFP) – 16 hours ago
SINGAPORE — A British author facing a possible jail term over his book criticising Singapore's use of the death penalty was defiant following his first court hearing Friday.
Alan Shadrake appeared in a packed courtroom to hear contempt of court charges levelled against him by the Attorney General following the local launch of his book "Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock".
A High Court judge granted an adjournment, giving Shadrake's lawyer two weeks to further prepare for the case and another week for prosecutors to respond.
With his passport impounded to prevent him from leaving the country, the 75-year-old freelance journalist remained defiant despite facing possible imprisonment.
"Whatever they do to me, it will prove whatever I say in my book," he told reporters outside the court after the hearing.
"I'm not a wimp, I'm not a coward," Shadrake added. "I want to have my day in court... I'm not running away. If I run away, it means I'm guilty."
Shadrake's book features candid conversations with a retired hangman, Darshan Singh, who the author says executed some 1,000 local and foreign criminals in a career spanning nearly half a century.
Based in Malaysia and Britain, Shadrake is out on bail for the contempt charges, and is undergoing a separate investigation for criminal defamation.
Defamation carries a sentence of two years' imprisonment or a fine or both, while contempt of court is "punishable by imprisonment and/or a fine, with no limits on either," said a statement from the Attorney General's Chambers.
Amnesty International and other human rights groups have urged Singapore to abolish the death penalty.
Amnesty said that with a population of nearly five million, Singapore has one of the highest per capita execution rates in the world. It executed 420 people between 1991 and 2004.
However, Singapore officials maintain that capital punishment has deterred drug dealers from operating in the country and spared the lives of thousands of young people from drugs.
The death penalty is mandatory for anyone caught trafficking more than 15 grams of heroin, 30 grams of cocaine or 500 grams of cannabis.
Shadrake said his arrest had been counterproductive for the Singapore authorities.
"They've blown me up into a worldwide celebrity," he said, adding that his book was "selling like hot cakes" in neighbouring Malaysia.
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Alatius wrote:I haven't answered the poll yet, because I think it is unclear what you are asking. Do you wonder if we try to make a lengthwise distinction at all, or wether we try to time it so that the long syllables are exactly twice the length of the short?
Scribo wrote:Finnish is always brought up in these discussions
Paul Derouda wrote:But take a Finn and teach him English - for him, the difference between feet and fit will be vowel length
pster wrote:In other words, the distinction we make between long and short vowels is not just one of length.
A.A.I wrote:Godmy, I've been told my whole life to 'get over' being curious, asking questions and discussing such things. Well, I'm glad I didn't listen to those people who deemed my questions to be too stupid or obvious.
A.A.I wrote:The poll itself asked: "When you pronounce latin, do you try to spend twice as long on the long syllables?"
A.A.I wrote:Most of the Latin I hear lacks distinctions between vowel length - amongst other things.
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Every time a company introduces a new flagship phone, the pressure is on for said phone to have several bold features that look great in commercials and might maybe enhance the user experience. With Android smartphones, those features often come in the form of ever more complex pre-loaded apps and a camera that does everything except take a damn picture. HTC's newest phone, the HTC One, definitely has some great new features, and a few duds.
For the first time, HTC is pushing for the One to sell across carriers as is, like the iPhone and Galaxy S3. There are no distinguishing letters or designs to differentiate between carrier versions; AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile will all get the same smartphone this March. The question is, are customers from any carrier going to line up for it?
Taking design cues from Apple
HTC is known for its ability to design phones that look good and are comfortable to hold. The One is clearly a descendant of the One X and Droid DNA, though some of the design language appears influenced by the iPhone 5. The tighter curve on the edges makes the facade look more rectangular. The back is classic HTC, including the camera lens ringed in chrome.
The case is all aluminum except for a resin-like bonding material along the edges and back, so it's very light for the size. It also looks really good in both silver and black thanks to the metal finish. The edges taper down and there is a tiny flat edge around the perimeter, just enough to give it some bling without feeling gaudy. It's not as comfortable as the smoothly curving edges of the One X, though feels better in the hand than the iPhone 5.
This is an Android Jelly Bean phone but HTC keeps the physical buttons below the display. There are just two this time: Home and Back, though each one is multi-functional and users can choose what double taps and long presses do.
1080p screen
Even though HTC went giant screen on us with the Droid DNA, the One is standing its ground at 4.7 inches with this display. HTC was the first to bring us the 4+ inch phone, so you might expect them to keep pushing sizes bigger and bigger. However, 4.7 is a great size that balances big screen with holdability and a device that still feels like a real phone. Plus, 1080p resolution works out well at this size. LCD 3 technology makes for a crisp screen with bright colors, deep blacks, and wide viewing angles. The screen is a great canvas for the rich content of the BlinkFeed (see below).
Kicking audio up a notch
HTC continues to push audio quality as a defining feature, so we get two front-facing stereo speakers on this generation of the One. Though the company claims that these speakers offer a far superior audio experience, so far we're not impressed. The volume doesn't get very loud, and the quality still struck us as tinny and not well-rounded.
To expect more from a phone is probably foolish, even with the hype from the HTC reps on stage. Still, with speakers in front, it will be easier to share videos and music without needing to plug in or transfer to a different device. And speakerphone calls are likely to be much better. A dual-microphone array promises to make audio recorded with video much better as well as calls in noisy environments. We look forward to testing this out.
The camera and its Ultrapixels
The last big feature on the hardware size is the camera. With the new One, HTC has introduced the Ultrapixel camera. Ultrapixels are larger than regular pixels and allow in more light, for one. While the company rightly points out that megapixels alone don't determine the quality of a camera, this whole Ultrapixel thing may turn out to be just another buzzword that has no meaning to buyers.
We saw some demo images takes indoors and outdoors and they look good on screen. Pictures taken in the dim demo area weren't as impressive, though they did appear nice for low-light shots. We're intrigued by the promise of better HDR (high dynamic range) for both still images and video, as that will make it easier to take good shots in any lighting. HTC realizes that the pictures people take with their smartphone cameras are more likely to be shared to other phones and online, so the camera experience is all about making photos look good for that venue.
Starting with the camera, HTC includes a features called Zoe, which enhances picture taking on several levels. If you take a photo with Zoe, it actually records a 3 – 4 seconds long video and still images at the same time. With this, you can either share the little video or share and edit any of the stills. In the gallery, Zoe files cam be combined into a highlight reel that is shared as an MPEG video. Zoe files also allow users to choose the best facial expression out of many, eliminate objects in the background, and other cool photo manipulation tricks.
While we found Zoe fun to play with, the interface isn't all that intuitive and we suspect many people will get lost in the weeds trying to find or use the different features. It's possible to just straight up take photos or videos normally as well, and many of the editing features are available to normal pictures.
BlinkFeed, we want to like you
The biggest change in HTC Sense, the company's interface skin over Android (Jelly Bean 4.2 in this case), is BlinkFeed. BlinkFeed is an app that takes over an entire Homescreen and offers a Flipboard/Pulse-like experience of news aggregation. Just choose your favorite news topics and sub-topics and BlinkFeed will serve up the latest from over 1400 content partners. The look and design of BlinkFeed is very FlipBoard-like, and we like that you can swipe up to see more and even filter down to only one source if you're interested only in the latest from one news source.
But don't uninstall your newsreader just yet, though. Unlike Pulse, Flipboard, and others, you cannot add your own news feeds. You cannot pull in feeds from Google Reader or any other RSS aggregator nor can you add your favorite magazines or blog. You can add Twitter and Facebook so that shared articles from friends show up, but the whole thing isn't as personalized as smartphone users have come to expect. HTC plans to add content partners all the time, but if your favorite is missing or you're not so much into mainstream news sources, BlinkFeed is less useful.
We also wonder why BlinkFeed is only about news and related content – what about your inbox, messages, etc.? The interface reminds us of the Windows Phone 8 approach with the grid and live updates, but lacks the all-around useful of the tiles system. But it falls far short of BlackBerry 10's new universal Hub concept.
Overall, software bling like Zoe and BlinkFeed, and silly little features like having lyrics in the music player (Why?) don't feel necessary. They might, for some, enhance the smartphone experience. Or they could just get in your way. We're looking forward to diving in deeper with them in our full review.
Despite all this extra stuff over Android, performance seems smooth and fast. It should be with a quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM. We're interested to see how the 2300mAh battery holds up over the course of a day, especially since it's integrated into the design and thus not removable. There's no microSD card on this phone, so you'll need to be happy with the 32GB or 64GB internal storage. This isn't usually an issue for most users – people who use tons of apps are the biggest exception – but the Zoe feature means a lot more pictures and a video for every shot, which can eat up storage space fast.
We like it
The HTC one itself is impressive, but HTC phones usually are. The hallmarks of the company's devices – solid, comfortable design, good audio, great cameras – are here, but so are the drawbacks like a bloated interface and app features of dubious usefulness. We're more inclined to ignore the latter in favor of the former since the One is such a slick device. And now that it's not divided into different phones of varying quality, the newest generation One may finally get HTC back into the game.
Now all we need is for Sprint, T-Mobile, and AT&T to give us some specifics on pricing and availability.


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It's time for another mini-review, this time focussing on the critically acclaimed David Fincher feature The Social Network, which purports to tell the story behind the creation of Facebook, but is ultimately a film about friendship and betrayal. I recently saw the feature for the first time as part of Orange's BAFTA tour so it's still pretty fresh in the memory, but I was still eager to see how the Blu-ray stacked up against that experience. I'm not going to get into a lengthy discussion about the film's plot, but it's worth pointing out that the film is a fictionalised account of the events surrounding the creation of the world's biggest social networking site, and as such a lot of dramatic licence has been taken. It was only reading about events after seeing the film that I came to realise how much of the plot had been embellished, so I urge you not to take everything at face value (a documentary this isn't), but it makes for a thoroughly entertaining film with strong central performances from Eisenberg and Garfield. Anyway, without further ado, let's check out the Blu-ray release of the film from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
The Social Network was shot digitally using RED ONE cameras at 4K resolution, which has resulted in a Blu-ray transfer that is nothing short of fantastic. Having only seen the film for the first time at my local cinema around six days ago the look of the picture is still quite fresh in my mind, so I feel quite confident in saying that the BD replicates the theatrical look very closely. In fact, it's actually an improvement over the theatrical screening, being that it's devoid of the unsightly nicks and scratches that covered that particular print. The palette is generally quite muted, with many of the interior scenes exhibiting the sort of warm glow presumably designed to evoke feelings of dimly lit dormitories and the like, but the exterior scenes are more colourful and the primary Facebook colour of blue is well-represented throughout. Speaking of dim lighting, much of the film takes place in what could be described as dingy locations, so the importance of solid black levels coupled with good shadow detail cannot be overstated. Thankfully the disc excels in both areas. Overall detail is also impressive, and thankfully the digital nature of the image hasn't resulted in any particularly noticeable artefacts. I did spot some minor haloing in some scenes, but I can't be sure whether it's an issue with the transfer or inherent to the source. Either way it doesn't really detract from what is a superb image.
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Even taking into account the above comments about the veracity of the events depicted in the feature, The Social Network is still one of the best films of 2010 (even if I didn't see it until 2011). Eisenberg and Garfield steal the show, but everyone from Justin Timberlake and Armie Hammer, to smaller players like Brenda Song and Rooney Mara, put in decent performances. Technically the Blu-ray is great, with fantastic visuals, a truly memorable soundtrack and a worthy collection of extras, so I have no hesitation in recommending this one to anyone and everyone.
* Note: The images below are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Chris Gould
Marcus1138 Contributor Join Date: June 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 910
This movie just keeps getting better!
hogaburger Contributor Join Date: April 2007 Location: United States Posts: 1,153
My favorite part of the extras had to be the discussion table scenes where the actors, Sorkin, and Fincher seem to be mulling over every small detail of the script. I thought it was fascinating to see how much thought and attention they devoted to every word and nuance. It really shows in the final product.
Can't wait to see what Fincher does with 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'. Seems like a perfect match of director and material. Reznor is doing the score for it as well, and the casting is mighty promising.
Can't wait to see what Fincher does with 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'. Seems like a perfect match of director and material. Reznor is doing the score for it as well, and the casting is mighty promising.
Suitable only for persons of 12 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 14th February 2011
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 French, Audio Descriptive Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, English HoH, Finnish, French, Hindi, Norwegian, Swedish
Extras: Audio Commentaries, Making of, Technical Featurettes, Multi-Angle Scene Breakdown
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Brenda Song, Rooney Mara
Genre: Drama
Length: 120 minutes
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