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After falling in the semifinals last year, the Crescenta Valley High boys' basketball team will look to advance to the CIF Southern Section Division I-A finals Tuesday.
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Drinks company C&C has been fined 90,000 euro (£78,000) over its failure to comply with rules designed to prevent stock-market abuse.
The Ireland and UK-based manufacturer, marketer and distributor was penalised for failing to keep up-to-date insider lists of people who receive sensitive company information.
An investigation by the Central Bank of Ireland uncovered three breaches of market abuse regulations and rules.
Derville Rowland, head of enforcement at the regulator, said the insider lists are an essential record.
"The Central Bank regards the proper maintenance and updating of insider lists as essential given their key importance as a tool in the prevention and/or detection of market abuse through the illegal use of inside information," she said.
Under financial rules, companies must draw up and maintain insider lists with names of all employees, contracted staff, advisers and anyone else with access to inside information.
In a statement, C&C Group said it was an administrative failure. The company said: "C&C has confirmed to the CBI (Central Bank) that, since 2009, it has implemented a number of changes to its practice and procedures. The CBI (Central bank) has confirmed that the matter is now closed."
The Central Bank said the breaches occurred from January 2008 to January 2009. It said the penalty reflected the importance of properly maintaining and updating insider lists.
The Central Bank also confirmed the breaches have been rectified.
C&C's principal brands are the leading Irish cider brand, Bulmers, and the international cider brand, Magners. It also manufactures Tennent's beer and Gaymers cider.


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Skip to comments.Effort to let illegals drive in California gets boost - House votes to allow license-like document
Posted on 05/06/2005 6:39:36 AM PDT by calcowgirl
SACRAMENTO In an ironic twist, a move by Congress to make it tougher for illegal immigrants to get driver licenses nationwide has given new life to legislation allowing them to drive legally in California.
In Washington, the House voted yesterday to establish national standards for driver licenses to make it harder for terrorists to get documents that would effectively prohibit illegal immigrants from getting licenses.
The Senate is expected to follow suit next week.
But the congressional measure would allow a separate driving document that could not be used, as licenses are, for such things as boarding a plane, entering a federal building or opening a bank account.
Under the federal legislation, obtaining a driver license would require proof of legal residency, but the driving certificate would not.
All that seems fine with state Sen. Gil Cedillo.
For seven years, the Los Angeles Democrat has sought to give illegal immigrants access to California driver licenses. During that time, he had resisted suggestions that he pursue driving certificates, fearing that the different-colored documents would make people second-class citizens or open the door to discrimination.
With the congressional action, Cedillo yesterday said he now embraces establishing an alternative document.
"Mission accomplished," he said, reacting to the federal licensing provision addressing illegal immigrants. "The result is: Not only will California have a way for people to drive legally, a way that is more secure, the whole nation will."
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has reservations about illegal immigrants applying for driver licenses. In the 2003 campaign, Schwarzenegger pledged to repeal a measure that allowed illegal immigrants to receive licenses. The Legislature complied.
But when he vetoed a subsequent Cedillo bill in September, he suggested he would support a driving document that was visually distinct from a license.
"If there is a marker on it, I will sign it. If there's no marker on it, I will not sign it," Schwarzenegger said at the time.
He backed off, pointing to uncertainty about what the federal government would do. His spokeswoman yesterday suggested he is in no hurry to address the issue.
"It would be premature to develop any state legislation until these regulations are in place, because federal law could pre-empt any state law," press secretary Margita Thompson said.
Meanwhile, the governor has toughened his rhetoric on illegal immigration in recent weeks. He suggested a couple of weeks ago that California's borders should be "closed," though he quickly backtracked to explain that he meant the borders need to be "secured." He then praised the Minuteman Project, comparing the volunteer border patrol to a Neighborhood Watch group.
In addition to standardizing driver licenses, the legislation passed by the House also toughens asylum laws and allows the homeland security secretary to bypass laws to build border barriers, including the remainder of a fence along an environmentally sensitive area of the U.S.-Mexico border near the San Diego coast.
Those provisions are attached to an $82 billion spending bill, largely for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. President Bush has said he will sign the measure.
Thus, the Republican-controlled Congress could pave the way for more than 2 million illegal immigrants to legally drive in California, as well as millions more across the country.
Foes of licenses for illegal immigrants contend that terrorists can use the documents to create phony identities, open bank accounts and board airplanes. However, about 40 states, including California, already have residency requirements for licenses.
But supporters say a more lenient policy would increase public safety by testing all drivers and giving those in the country illegally the ability to obtain insurance. Many need cars to get to work or go to school.
California insurers won't issue motorists a policy without a license. However, car dealers can sell a vehicle to those who don't have one.
Cedillo said he will roll out his legislation as soon as Bush signs the bill.
"We will do all we can to comply with the spirit of the law, but in a way that doesn't invite discrimination," he said.
With strong Democratic majorities in both houses of the Legislature, the odds are that Cedillo's bill will reach the governor's desk.
But Cedillo said he still has misgivings about a different-looking driving document because it could pose problems for businesses. Though widely ignored, the law prohibits businesses from hiring illegal immigrants.
"Businesses don't want to be put in the position of being Border Patrol agents," Cedillo said.
Cedillo said he is sympathetic to concerns expressed by Latino activists and some religious groups who raise civil rights concerns about a separate driving certificate.
"A different license raises the potential for discrimination, for abuse, for exploitation," Francisco Estrada, policy director for the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund, said yesterday.
"What we need to think about is whether the driving privilege is worth that risk," Estrada said. "I honestly don't know that answer at this point."
Mike Spence, a leader of efforts to block driver licenses and other public services to illegal immigrants, said he remains opposed to any kind of document that he says would reward those who cross the border illegally.
"We should not give away a drive-around-California-free card," Spence said. "The law should be enforced."
Assembly Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield said GOP lawmakers are likely to side with Spence.
"It gives them legitimacy," McCarthy said. "People will use it for other purposes. I want greater protections."
Tennessee, led by a Democratic governor, and Utah, led by a Republican governor, already have approved separate documents for those in the country illegally. Neither document can be used for boarding planes or receiving other services.
"It was the dual concern for security and for people who are using our roads," said Melissa McDonald, a spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Safety.
Tennessee issued 22,000 "certificates for driving" in the 10 months they were available. Officials expect the pace to pick up as licenses expire because of the federal legislation.
"Driver's licenses were really never meant to become the main identification," McDonald said. "It's just something that has evolved."
Some states say the federal standards could cause bureaucratic problems and make it difficult for legal residents to get and renew licenses.
The identification rules for a standard license, which haven't been detailed in the legislation, will likely force motorists to personally visit the Department of Motor Vehicles when it's time for renewal, some state officials warn. Many renewals are done by mail or online.
Already cash-strapped, license bureaus across the country will be required to do more verification, but without additional funding, said Ann Morse, who monitors immigration policy for the National Conference of State Legislatures.
"There is zero money in this bill. . . . It's a black hole that's not going to serve its purpose," she predicted.
Jason King, a spokesman for the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, agreed. "Twenty-first century technology requires 21st-century funding," he said.
Steve Haskins, a spokesman for the California Department of Motor Vehicles, which has issued 22 million licenses, was more cautious. "We're waiting for everything to shake out," he said.
Our Gubamint hard at work for the uninsured poor grass-cutting veggie-picking illegal..
Yup, got to set our priorities, yaknow. Pathetic.
Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!
Be Ever Vigilant!
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You are right. Cedillo has declared victory even though he lost. Arnold has said all along the illegals license's have to look different than citizen's licenses. The Senator has wanted everyone's licenses to be the same. Typical liberal.
my sentiments exactly
Illegal aliens don't seem to hesitate to whip out their Matricula Consular cards, which basically identifies them as being illegal aliens, in order to apply for services. Why would having an illegal alien show a driving document or certificate raise the potential for discrimination, abuse, or exploitation?
( This, of course, applies to legal aliens... )
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Mark Reinhold, chief architect of the Java Platform Group, announced on his blog that proposal of adding a module system, and modularizing the JDK, is deferred to Java SE 9.
Despite being a difficult decision to make, doing so allows more focus to be given on the module system in order to get it right, without having to delay the release of Java SE 8, scheduled for just over a year's time in August 2013.
The decision is reminiscent of the well executed plan laid in 2010 for Plan B, which deferred the addition of Lambdas (aka JSR 335) until after JDK7 was released. This allowed JDK7 to be released around a year ago (July 2011), some four and a half years after the prior JDK6 released.
To gain stability and a future roadmap, the JDK will be released every two years in what is being referred to as the biannual release train, similar to Eclipse's annual release train – though, as Reinhold notes, at the end of the Summer rather than before, and at half the tempo.
This allows large organisations to plan when to upgrade to a newer version of the JDK, and using agile planning techniques, releasing on a regular schedule with contents that are ready rather than trying to rush or delay releases.
Unfortunately this means that JDK8 will not have a module system based on Jigsaw when it is released next year. The delay in introducing modularity does not affect general developers; but as the code-base of software grows, modularity becomes a necessary tool in software architecture. Module systems such as OSGi and PojoSR already provide a runtime support for modules; modularity forms a key part in many build and runtime systems, as well as enterprise application servers.
Although adding modularity can be done after the fact, with code bases that have a long history (and typically haven't been designed with modularity in place) retro-fitting modules can be a challenging task. Few would expect that the JavaBeans API would need a dependency on a GUI; yet the
java.beans.Beans#instantiate() method contains a reference to
java.applet.AppletInitializer which directly depends on the
java.awt packages. As a result, retro-fitting modularity to the JDK remains a significant challenge; and as the number of packages increase, the accidental dependencies between them can increase. The
java.io and
java.net packages all have circular references with each other which makes splitting them into different modules difficult.
Finally, the delay to the introduction of Jigsaw will give more time for Oracle and other modularity experts to refine the proposals in place and to apply the thoughts and development plans already created. As Mark identifies on his blog, the delay to Jigsaw is not through lack of work, effort or implementation achieved so far; but rather as a means to avoid delaying the planned JDK8 release and to ensure that the modularity implementation for the JDK platform is the best it can be.
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I do wonder...
Augusto Rodriguez
What about byte code?
M Vleth
Jigsaw was part of plan B
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You say "The decision is reminiscent of the well executed plan laid in 2010 for Plan B, which deferred the addition of Lambdas (aka JSR 335) until after JDK7 was released" but Plan B deferred both Lambda and Jigsaw. Jigsaw was also in the original release of Java 7.
•Plan A: JDK 7 (as currently defined) Mid 2012
•Plan B: JDK 7 (minus Lambda, Jigsaw, and part of Coin) Mid 2011
Re: I do wonder...
Cameron Purdy
I wonder if the addition of lambdas will be postponed too
The last I heard, the Lambda project was still on schedule for inclusion in Java SE 8.
There were also some extraordinary reasons why Jigsaw was delayed, that hopefully will not repeat.
Wouldn't it be a good move for Oracle to focus on enhancing the byte code and runtime instead of the Java language?
There is significant (and growing) investment in that area within Oracle (including work relating to JavaScript, Scala, languages like "R", etc.), and since the OpenJDK project is open, there's also quite a lot of work being done outside of Oracle!
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Re: I do wonder...
Mark N
why not cutting Jigsaw in half ?
Dominique De Vito
b) could be late, it's not that much awaited.
but a) is very important, because there are out there true use cases (see OSGi and Maven)
If Oracle truly listens, it should be delivered ASAP: why not a 8.5 release ?
Is there nothing inside Jigsaw that is ready and could be included inside JDK 8 ?


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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Islamofascists Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Islamofascists Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> France View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Hector_LectorJoined: 20 Apr 2004Posts: 548 Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 10:58 am Post subject: Islamofascists A friend of mine who works in France was stopped, rather roughly, by a group of youths, who beat him up and then proceeded to torch his car. ´This will happen to all you damned infidels!´ he was informed. As he lay in a pool of his own blood, he could not help but notice that all these ´poor deprived young people´ were dressed more elegantly than he could ever afford to do on his miserable TEFL wage. Slipping into unconsciousness, he heard the cry of ´Allah hu-akbar!´. Hurrah for multiculturalism! Back to top LuderJoined: 10 Jul 2004Posts: 74 Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 6:17 pm Post subject: Not sure why I'm replying to this lame bit of attempted provocation. Maybe because I agree in general with the sentiment behind it, but find it so poorly expressed that it backfires on our poor OP. For one thing, dear Hector, your whole story smacks of the apocryphal. For another, I seriously doubt your friend's supposed attackers were dressed "more elegantly" than he was. I know kids like these--bands of them hang out down the street from me--and with their baggy trousers, hooded sweatshirts, and ridiculous-looking sneakers, the last thing you could call them is "elegantly dressed." Expensively dressed, perhaps, but elegant? Hardly. Back to top Hector_LectorJoined: 20 Apr 2004Posts: 548 Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 7:27 pm Post subject: Obviously you don´t know how badly my friend dresses. Apocalyptic rather than apocryphal. Back to top HodJoined: 28 Apr 2003Posts: 1613Location: Home Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 8:27 pm Post subject: Luder wrote: Expensively dressed, perhaps, but elegant? Hardly. Yes, well, their lack of elegance means it's OK to kick the poo out of passers-by? You might be weird, but I'm sure you dress nicely. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> France All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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COLUMBUS – Federico Higuaín gave Columbus fans disappointed in its season something to look forward to next year as his two goals led the Crew to a 2-1 win over Toronto FC in the season finales for both teams at Crew Stadium on Sunday.
The Designated Player from Argentina joined the club in mid-August and had five goals and seven assists in 13 games, including the winner off a penalty kick in the 62nd minute after Andrew Wiedeman's goal in the 27th leveled the match 10 minutes following Higuain's first score since Aug. 25.
Gloomy conditions – 44 degrees, a wind chill in the mid 30's and a driving rain – were apropos for the last game: Toronto had long been eliminated from playoff contention and the Crew's chances ended with a loss at D.C. United on Oct. 20.
The Crew (15-12-7, 52 points) finished sixth in the Eastern Conference, one point behind Houston for the fifth and final playoff spot.
Toronto (5-21-8, 23) will carry a 14-game (0-10-4) winless streak into 2013 thanks in large part to the work of Higuaín, who drew and then converted the PK in the second half. His deft maneuvering got him free directly in front of the goal and caused TFC midfielder Terry Dunfield to grab him.
Dunfield was cautioned and seconds later Higuaín used a stutter-step move to beat Freddy Hall.
Higuaín almost got the hat trick in the 69th but his curling strike was headed for the right upper 90 before Hall stretched and made the save.
His first goal of the match came by collecting an errant deflection of a Toronto player after teammate Jairo Arrieta applied pressure. Higuaín had a sharp cutback to his left at the top of the box to create space then slotted the ball into the lower right corner past Hall.
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Toronto tied the match when Wiedeman out-positioned defender Eric Gehrig to receive the ball in stride from Ryan Johnson near the penalty area. Gehrig's slide tackle attempt was unsuccessful and Wiedeman was able to beat goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum for his second goal of the season.
The teams exchanged chances for the lead in the 41st minute with Gruenebaum denying Reggie Lambe from 18 yards straight-on, then at the other end, Homegrown rookie midfielder Ben Speas was stopped near post from 12 yards by Hall.
The Crew took all three games from the Reds this season to decisively claim the Trillium Cup competition between the clubs.
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Consumers in California don't have to right to sue food producers over alleged violations of organic standards, according to the state's Court of Appeal.
Such lawsuits are preempted by federal law, which charges the USDA with enforcing organic standards and labeling, the ruling said.
"Limiting private enforcement furthers the congressional purpose and objective to nationalize organic labeling standards and to avoid the inevitable divergence of applicable state laws and enforcement strategies," the opinion said.
The ruling stems from a complaint filed by consumer Michelle Quesada against Herb Thyme Farms, an herb grower in Pico Rivera, Calif.
The lawsuit claimed the farm labeled a package of herbs as "organic" even though it contained a mix of conventional and organic crops.
The plaintiff accused the company of false advertising, deceptive trade practices and other unlawful conduct under state consumer protection laws.
A three-judge state appellate panel has found that the lawsuit must be dismissed because it would undermine the consistency of federal organic rules.
While Congress did not "expressly" preclude such private complaints, they would "frustrate" the intent of federal law and thus are preempted, the ruling said.
Quesada argued that her claims should nonetheless be allowed to proceed because California has its own "state organic program," or SOP.
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Mark Kemple, attorney for Herb Thyme Farms, said the ruling is good news not only for his client but other organic growers a well.
"You have to have one strike zone and one umpire," he said.
The USDA has broad power over organic operations and can shut them down if they're not complying with the rules, Kemple said.
If private parties were allowed to second-guess the agency with litigation, farmers wouldn't be able to depend on organic certification, he said.
"You're not going to have people throwing their hat into the organic ring, because there's too much exposure," Kemple said.
While the Court of Appeal ruling is only binding precedent within California, other courts can still use it as a guide in similar cases, he said.


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The goal of troubleshooting tool and die making is to optimize your tooling investment by balancing tooling costs against the expected return on investment. This programpart of the Fundamentals of Tool Design video series,andnbsp;looks at the causes of tool and die failure, and offers a step-by-step methodology to troubleshoot problems and proactively understand their cause to alleviate failure.
The Tool and Die Maintenance and Troubleshooting Introduction segment extensively explores the four-step process to follow when a tool or die unexpectedly or prematurely fails:
The Proactive Tool and Die Design segment looks at tool and die development and construction and details the primary areas where stresses leading to failure can appear and be managed. These areas include:
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Atlanta nonprofit provides tornado relief in the form of medical supplies to volunteer firefighters
ATLANTA, Georgia – MedShare, an innovative nonprofit headquartered in Atlanta, partnered with the Alabama Fire College (AFC) to provide tornado relief. The nonprofit sent two 40-foot containers of medical supplies in response to the tornado that tore through the Southeast in late April.
The containers were sent on June 1 and June 30, and included over 2,000 boxes of brand new items such as syringes, infusion units, IV kits, oxygen masks, bandages, gauze, and sutures. The containers were made possible by a generous donation from Alabama-native Lewis Manderson and his wife, Faye, and various MedShare product donors.
The Alabama Association of Volunteer Fire Departments (AAVFD) works to assist the nearly 1,200 volunteer fire departments throughout the state. An enormous amount of their supply inventory was exhausted from the storms and the following relief efforts, and donations were desperately needed. Catholic Charities USA contacted the Catholic Health Association (CHA) regarding the AAVFD's needs. CHA, a MedShare partner, connected the two organizations.
"The amazing generosity of the Manderson's, MedShare, and Catholic Charities will help in Alabama's continuing recovery from the April storms. It isn't often that first responders have to ask for help, but many fire departments will be able to continue serving their communities due to the kindness of these individuals and organizations," said Allan Rice, Executive Director of Alabama Fire College.
The AFC worked with the AAVFD and the Alabama Association of Rescue Squads to identify emergency agencies that were destroyed or that used excessive quantities of medical supplies during the tornadoes. The AFC is warehousing the donated supplies and is distributing them to the affected agencies using their vehicles and Regional Staff members.
"MedShare is an organization that typically only ships containers of humanitarian aid to needy hospitals and clinics throughout the developing world," said A.B. Short, MedShare's CEO and Co-founder. "Occasionally, however, we do respond to natural disasters and domestic local needs. Our nimbleness, flexibly, infrastructure and great relationships in the medical community make this possible, and we felt it our duty to assist when called upon by our neighbors for help."


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Boy Rejoins Team After It Allows Pink Gloves to Support Mother, Who Has Cancer
Egg Harbor, N.J. – A 12-year-old boy who bought pink gloves to wear at his football game to show support for his mother, who has breast cancer, is returning to the team he quit over a dispute with the coach.
Julian Connerton quit the youth football team after the coach told him he could not wear the pink gloves.
Egg Harbor City Crusaders coach Paul Burgan met with Julian and his family on Tuesday night and apologized for the misunderstanding.
Burgan tells The Press of Atlantic City he simply forgot why the boy wanted to wear the gloves and he would have let him if he had remembered. Louis Barrios of the Egg Harbor City Crusaders Youth Athletic League Association told The Press of Atlantic City that the coach was following uniform rules.
The coach says the boy was right to stand up for his mother. During the dispute, the boy's mother, Mayra Cruz-Connerton, had called on the league to suspend the coach for the season.
Connerton says he looks forward to playing in Saturday's game, which will support breast cancer research.
As they have for the past three years, every player and cheerleader will wear pink socks.
This story contains material from The Associated Press.
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Daniel Knell, president of Quincy Medical Center, issued this statement on Tuesday in response to a strike vote taken by the nurses' union.
Daniel Knell, president of Quincy Medical Center, issued this statement on Tuesday in response to a strike vote taken by the nurses' union.
Dear Colleagues,
Yesterday the MNA nurses at Quincy Medical Center (QMC) voted to authorize a one day strike at our hospital. There has been significant misinformation and distortion of the facts recently, so I would like to take the opportunity to set the record straight on a number of issues. In 2012, QMC spent more than $21 million on nursing. Currently, a full time nurse at QMC will earn more than $120,000 per year. I think our nurses deliver excellent care.
In 2011 our hospital went through bankruptcy proceedings and had a net income loss of more than $18 million. Steward acquired the hospital from bankruptcy, saving 700 jobs and an important health care access point for our community. In 2012 and into 2013 our hospital also experienced net income losses. Steward absorbed these $26 million in losses and invested almost $31 million in construction, renovations, physician network expansion and clinical technology improvements. Steward has also announced plans to add approximately $20 million more in upgrades and new services in the coming years.
No hospital, regardless of tax status, can lose millions of dollars per year and stay open. Without a break even operating margin we cannot continue to upgrade our facilities, invest in technology, grow services or compensate staff. We are in a difficult environment. The state of Massachusetts has mandated a cap of 3.6 percent on total health care cost increases and sequestration has significantly impacted our Medicare reimbursement. This is the reality we live in, whether or not MNA leadership chooses to accept it. As a result, we need to make difficult decisions.
We are aggressively recruiting new physicians to grow our volume and eliminate our losses. Until that happens, we need to commit our resources for the volume we currently have. Given this, I decided to temporarily close a number of inpatient beds because of our low patient volume. The beds that we temporarily closed were empty and no patients were impacted in any way. The other inpatient units at QMC have more than enough capacity to handle our average census and we can quickly increase the number of beds if our volume increases. For instance our medical/surgical census today is 34 and we have 54 available beds. This gives us 20 open beds for any new patients that arrive.
Despite claims by the MNA, this temporary closure has had zero impact on our emergency department or our ability to admit patients. Unfortunately this bed reduction will result in a reduction in force at QMC. While this is disappointing, it is necessary to preserve the hospital. I hope to be able to bring these employees back to QMC once volume increases.
The MNA's criticism of our quality diminishes the hard work that you do every day. As you know, our quality is excellent. We received an A from Leapfrog, our hospital was in the top 10% in the nation in a number of Healthgrades categories, we received full accreditation from the Joint Commission and we meet or exceed all the standards set by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
I believe Steward's investments, combined with your hard work and dedication, gives our hospital a bright future. I have seen the great care that you deliver on a daily basis and I have seen your passion and commitment to your jobs through blizzards and blackouts. Our hospital is an important resource for the city of Quincy. We need to continue to work together to build the new Quincy Medical Center. I cannot predict how this issue with the MNA will ultimately be resolved. But I can tell you that our city needs this hospital to survive and thrive and we all need to work together to make that happen.
Thank you for all that you do.


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Commitment: High
Green Impact: 4 out of 5
Whether you're looking to spruce up a neglected tree well or the strip of dirt between the curb and the sidewalk, most cities encourage residents to beautify public land.
To "adopt" an area, contact your local parks and recreation office, department of environmental protection, or greening organization, such as MillionTreesNYC in New York or Friends of the Urban Forest in San Francisco.
Some Rules of (Green) Thumb
Find the Right Location
Choose a spot with sufficient sunlight. If you want to plant around a tree, select one that's less than a year or two old to avoid damaging extensive root systems.
Pick Hearty Plants
Look for drought- and dog-resistant species. Your local USDA cooperative extension service can suggest the best plants for your region (find yours at nifa.usda.gov/extension), but here's a list to get you started:
- Creeping Thyme
- Helebore
- Lily Turf
- Pachysandra
- Sheep Fescue
- Zinnias
Prep the Soil
Remove weeds. "If it feels hard or sandy, you'll want to add some compost," says Annie Spiegelman, a veteran guerrilla gardener and the author of "Talking Dirt." "It will decompose over time and feed the plants naturally."
Don't Forget Water
An existing irrigation system or nearby water source will make the plants easier to maintain in the months and years ahead.


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Can Marco Rubio Save the GOP? Latino Leaders Doubt It
A fast-spreading emerging edict on what Republicans need to do to appeal to Hispanic voters is that they need – really need – Latinos in their party like Sen. Marco Rubio.
Many pundits and other political observers believe that if Republicans have more Rubios, and give them more of the spotlight, it will undo the off-putting image of the party as one of out-of-touch older, Anglo men who cannot empathize or sympathize with most Americans.
And with a Latino front and center, the emerging conventional wisdom goes, Republicans will cease to be written off by Latinos as being against them.
"If there's a winner tonight, it's the senator from Florida, Marco Rubio," said conservative columnist George Will in a television interview on Election Day after President Obama was declared the winner, "because all eyes are now going to be turned to him as a man who might have a way to broaden the demographic appeal of this party."
But Latino leaders are saying: "Not so fast."
The answer, they say, is not to trot out more Latinos to try to build good will, but to embrace and push for policies that address issues of concern to the voting bloc that is believed to have been pivotal to the president's re-election.
Rubio, like some other Latino Republicans who have had high profiles in the last year, is a Tea Party conservative, and that – not his ethnicity – is what shapes Latinos' view of him, political experts say.
Intensifying the visibility of Rubio and other Latino Republicans is "not enough," said Clarissa Martinez, director of civic engagement and immigration at the National Council of La Raza, or NCLR, the nation's largest Hispanic civil right group.
"We're thinking that it's tremendously important the that number of Latino elected officials in the Republican Party is growing," Martinez said, but added that Republicans need to rethink policies that run counter to the interests of Latinos.
Like many other observers, Martinez said that all the Latino surrogates in the world will not lessen the negative impact among Latinos of Republican support for hard-line immigration policies, defeating Obama's Affordable Care Act, and chipping away at government assistance programs that many Latinos rely on.
"The face of who delivers bad news does not change bad news," Martinez said.
A poll released earlier this year showed that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney did not stand to gain additional Latino support even with Marco Rubio as his running mate.
The poll, released by Project New America and Public Policy Polling, of more than 1,000 likely Latino voters in Florida, Nevada and New Mexico examined whether Latino support for Romney rose with the possibility of a Latino on the ticket with the former Massachusetts governor.
The poll found that Latinos in all three states had too negative a view of Romney to be swayed by either Rubio, or Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval or New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez as potential running mates.
In Nevada, Hispanic voters preferred Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, to Romney-Sandoval, 64 percent to 27 percent. Similarly, in New Mexico, Romney-Martinez had a low 28 percent of the Hispanic support, whereas Obama-Biden led with 65 percent.
In Florida, Obama was the frontrunner, and actually did better with Rubio on the ticket than without the Florida senator as Romney's running mate. The PPP survey showed Hispanic support for Obama-Biden at 51 percent and a Romney-Rubio ticket at 44 percent.
The poll was a clear indication -- even months ago -- that the Republican Party had to find a new tactic to gain the support of the Hispanic vote because for Hispanics, the presidential race would "come down to who can best communicate with the Hispanic community on the value and issues that matter most to them," Jason Leon, National Outreach Director for Project New America concluded.
By the time Romney became the inevitable GOP presidential nominee, after the Republican primary, he had taken on the mantle of ultra-conservative on immigration issues. Immigration became the issue on which the candidates in the GOP primaries competed to show who was the "true" conservative.
But while they were appealing to their conservative base, they were alienating many Latino voters – a tactical error from which the party would not rebound, experts say.
Roughly 50 percent of Latino voters cast their ballots, comprising 10 percent of Tuesday's turnout. That exceeded the record set in 2008, when Latinos made up 9 percent of all voters.
Exit polls show that 71 percent of Latino voters chose Obama, compared with just 27 percent who picked Romney. That marks the widest gap in Latino support between two presidential candidates in recent history.
"That is not an intrinsic ethnic affinity problem, it is a policy problem," said conservative pundit Charles Krauthammer on television after Romney's defeat. "The Republicans are -- Romney ran right of Rick Perry in the primaries on [immigration]. He never recovered."
Rubio and Martinez have called for some flexibility among Republicans on immigration, but their stances are still considerably to the right of most Latinos.
"With Hispanics, it's not really about Democrats or about any one party," said Rudy Lopez, the political director for the Campaign for Community Change, a non-profit social justice group in Washington D.C. "It's about the issues they care about -- jobs, health care, and the connective issue is immigration."
"We're calling on Republicans for their show of good faith and good will," Lopez said. "If they want to connect with us, they need to prove something, in tangible ways. We need Latino-friendly policy, not just brown faces."
On issues watched by many Latino voters, Rubio has taken a decided hard line.
He opposes immigration reform measures that do not prioritize securing the borders and strictly enforcing laws already in place. He supports English as the country's official language, and has praised Arizona's controversial immigration enforcement law, parts of which were upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. He also opposed the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.
Martinez has opposed driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants in her state, and both she and Sandoval have expressed support for Arizona's immigration law, which requires local and state law enforcement to check the immigration status of people they stop and have reason to suspect are here illegally.
And Sen.-elect Ted Cruz, of Texas, is a Tea Party favorite who wants to reinforce the U.S.-Mexico border fence and holds hard-line views on immigration.
The New York Times said: "He is expected to join Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina and other Tea Party icons as an uncompromising irritant of mainstream Republicans and Democrats alike."
Rubio and Martinez, to be sure, publicly cautioned Republicans to watch their rhetoric on immigration – particularly their unsympathetic tone on what to do with the undocumented – and urged them instead to shift their focus to legal immigration when discussing the issue.
In an interview with Fox News Latino earlier this year, Rubio said the GOP's message to Latinos about how Obama's failed economic policies had hurt their community could not drown out the anti-Latino tone that many in the party had adopted.
"It's very hard to make the economic argument to people who think you want to deport their grandmother," Rubio said.
Other Republicans agree.
"If Republicans are perceived as hostile, Hispanics are not going to listen to the rest of the messages," said Bob Quasius, president of Cafe Con Leche Republicans, which favors comprehensive immigration reform.
Rubio floated around the idea of a restricted version of the DREAM Act that would grant a conditional type of legal status – but not open a path to citizenship - to the children of undocumented immigrants.
But ranking Republicans in Congress expressed doubt that Rubio's measure would get the support of their party's most die-hard conservatives. And Rubio abandoned the plan after Obama announced an initiative that would suspend deportation for two years for undocumented immigrants brought as minors to the United States.
Angelo Falcon, president of National Institute for Latino Policy in New York, said it's anyone's guess whether Latino Republicans such as Rubio and Martinez will keep reflecting conservative views that alienate most Latinos, or whether they will modify their positions.
"It's hard to tell what role they'll play in the Republican party," Falcon said, "whether they'll move the party in a more reasonable direction. We don't know if Rubio takes a hard-line right-wing position because that is what presented him with certain political opportunities in the party."
"If that's the case, and the party decides it has to soften its line, maybe Rubio also will soften his to keep those political opportunities for himself."
But Latinos, Falcon said, shouldn't spend their time discussing Republican attention to their issues, and should instead step up pressure on Democrats and the Obama administration.
Democrats and the Obama administration, Falcon said, have been a disappointment to Latinos on many levels.
"We have to hold the Democratic party accountable," Falcon said. "Latinos are not in good shape with the Democratic party. Not enough Latinos are in leadership positions with the party. Democrats get away with murder."


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By Piya Sinha-Roy
LOS ANGELES, July 11 (Reuters) - In a summer swimming in
apocalypse movies, Mexican director Guillermo del Toro puts his
own stamp on the end of the world with an epic sci-fi battle
between monsters and robots, eschewing Hollywood's A-list for a
cast of cable TV actors.
"Pacific Rim," out in theaters on Friday, sees mankind
fighting giant alien monsters called "Kaijus," derived from
Japanese lore, with giant human-operated mechanical robots
called "Jaegers," and taps into Del Toro's own childhood
fascination with Japanese movies and robots.
"I think that the awe we felt as kids watching giant monster
movies was lost," Del Toro told Reuters. "They were so big, so
crazy, that they were unreal. ... I wanted to bring it back."
The film follows a succession of apocalypse disaster movies
released this summer, including "After Earth" and "World War Z."
What sets "Pacific Rim" apart is its lack of an A-list film
Rooted in the epic battle scenes are 10 characters
connected to the Jaeger program, exploring relationships that
include a father-son team, brothers-in-arms and a romance, all
of which Del Toro says give the film "heart."
The director selected actors best known in cult television
shows, such as Charlie Hunnam from FX's drama "Sons of Anarchy,"
Idris Elba from HBO's gritty drug series "The Wire" and Charlie
Day from FX's comedy "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
Day particularly impressed the director, stepping out of his
eccentric, dim-witted character that he is known for on "Always
Sunny" to play the intelligent, fast-talking alien enthusiast,
Dr. Newton Geiszler.
"Charlie is known for being great at playing dumb, but I
needed him to play super smart, arrogant and still be funny, and
he was so great at it, it was a big surprise," Del Toro said.
"It's nice to play someone who is more like the guy who
writes 'Always Sunny' than the guy he plays," Day added,
quipping "my parents were proud."
As the only lead woman in the male-dominated cast, Del Toro
cast Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi, and said he wanted to steer
away from the sexualized stereotypes of women in action movies.
"I really wanted her to have a feminine power. She's not a
character that is trying to be a guy. She's a character that
finds her strength in still being loyal, still being an
honorable character," Del Toro said.
Del Toro, 48, has built a body of works including "Hellboy"
and "Pan's Labyrinth," exploring sci-fi, fantasy and horror as
director, writer and producer.
For "Pacific Rim," the director was given a budget of $180
million by film studios Legendary Entertainment and Warner
Bros., which co-financed the film.
In the end, Del Toro said he came in under budget, but
wouldn't say by how much.
"The best way to be left alone is don't go over budget,
don't go over schedule. Not only did they not interfere, but
they were super supportive," Del Toro said.
"Pacific Rim" is Legendary's final film with Warner Bros., a
unit of Time Warner, before it enters a new contract with
Comcast's NBCUniversal.
Del Toro said he wanted to set his film apart aesthetically
from the rest of summer's action movies, opting to use a warm
saturated palette of colors that are brought to life in 3-D.
"I didn't want to do the usual super-sleek look that action
movies are getting for the last 10 years. ... I wanted to have
an almost romantic decay - everything looks damaged, peeling and
used," the director said.


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Remember Me
Video Details Memory-Bending Plot And Customizable Combat
Publisher: Capcom
Developer: Dontnod Entertainment
Platform: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC
Capcom's newest IP, Remember Me, is a futuristic action game with an emphasis on memory manipulation. Developer Dontnod is presenting an intriguing yet complex story that involves memory sharing and manipulating the present by tinkering with people's recollections of past events. It also incorporates a unique, customizable combo system. Fret not over the intricate combat and story, because creative director Jean Maxime-Moris explains all in this video.
Remember Me hits PC, PS3, and 360 on June 4. If you're still on the fence about the game and want to learn more, check out our hands-on preview with the first two hours of the game.


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Despite dropping the final two games in Orange County (by a total of three runs), the Indians are set to return to the North Coast 8-4 after winning 4 of their 6 games on the Left Coast swing. While you can already hear the chorus for the two losses in a row that the Tribe's fast start is merely a mirage, that this is unsustainable, and that they're destined to have their numbers come down, excuse me while I enjoy the first couple of weeks of baseball with my team looking as good as it's looked since the second half of 2008. In the recent road trip, the Indians' starters posted a 2.16 ERA and a 0.93 WHIP in 6 games, averaging just under 7 IP per start, striking out 34 batters and walking only 14 as a unit. Up and down the rotation, the Indians' starters seemed to be playing a game of "can you top this" and the result is the Indians coming back to Cleveland for a Friday game in which they'll start the game perched atop the AL Central. Obviously, we all know that the Indians' won't win 2 out of every 3 games all season long, and you've seen the national media jump on the Tribe story, full of perfectly reasonable caveats, but I don't think anyone is suggesting that the back-end of the Indians' bullpen simply won't let up a run this year or that Asdrubal Cabrera is going to lead the league in HR or SLG. Instead of using those specific instances to assert that the Indians' time at the top of the Central won't be long, let's simply start to believe that this is a better team than most realized when the season started and they've been inching forward for some time now.
Going further than that, this success (while overwhelmingly exciting) isn't likely to continue at this pace, but it also isn't coming completely out of the blue as it would have had the Indians lost 50 of their last 80 games, which they didn't. Actually, realizing that the All-Star Break is an arbitrary day on the MLB calendar, consider what the Indians have done since July 13th of last year. Heading into the All-Star Break last year, the Indians were 34-54. Since that time, they're 43-42 and if you want a better gauge as to where they are in that "developmental curve", how about comparing what they've done since the All-Star Break of last year to today, in the context of the AL Central:Post-All-Star Break of 2010 MIN – 52-32 CHI – 46-41 CLE – 43-42 DET – 37-50 KC – 34-60 The Indians have been a .500 team since that time and given the depths from which they emerged in the second half of 2009 and the first half of 2010, doesn't that constitute a pretty big step forward? Given that the average age of the players on the Indians is 27.8 years (4th youngest in MLB, and would be younger if not for The OC and Everett), the Indians are playing with a group of younger players that have started 2011 on a winning note and who have played better than .500 baseball since the All-Star Break of last year. Going into Wednesday's game, the Indians had the 4th best run differential in MLB (behind the Rangers, the Phillies, and the Reds…3 playoff teams from last year) in the young season and while the question on everyone's mind seems to be whether they can sustain this, the better question would be what's more fun than finding out. Over the last 85 games, the Indians have won more games than they have lost as the cornerstones figure to emerge this season (if inconsistently, as evidenced by the early-season struggles of The Axe Man and The BLC), and we're having fun with our heads in the clouds…for a change. With that said, let's get some Tomahawks up in the air, amongst those same clouds… __________ While there was this increasingly pervasive thought that the Indians would never lose again (OK, that's stretching it…but that streak sure was fun), the disappointment of the win streak ending has to be tempered by who the Indians were facing on Tuesday night. To say that Dan Haren was on is obviously an understatement (he pitched a one-hitter), but while Haren may not be the household name that other elite pitchers are in MLB, consider that since the beginning of the 2008 season, Haren has a cumulative 1.11 WHIP. Here is where he ranks among pitchers with more than 600 IP over the last 3+ seasons: Halladay – 1.07 WHIP Haren – 1.11 WHIP Lee – 1.13 WHIP Oswalt – 1.14 WHIP Sabathia – 1.15 WHIP Lincecum – 1.16 WHIP Other than noticing that 3 of those guys are in the Philly rotation (and Hamels is 7th on this list), isn't it amazing that Haren (the same age as CC) just doesn't get the publicity that the other pitchers on this list do? Given what he did on Tuesday night, that could change this year and Dan Haren may have to clear some space in his trophy room if Tuesday night is any indication as to what Haren's going to be bringing to the mound this year. Truthfully, I'm not sure that many teams in MLB would have gotten to Haren last night and while the naysayers will say "nay" and the wailers and gnashers of teeth will do just that, the Indians were beat by a great pitcher at the top of his game. The fact that they kept it close, with Carmona showing that his Opening Day outing looks to be the exception, not the rule, actually elicits more confidence than a typical 1-hitter might for a particular team. __________ With the success of the Indians capturing imaginations across the North Coast (I gave a complete stranger the ol' nod and smile in Heinen's this weekend because he was wearing Tribe gear), there seems to already be quite a bit of talk regarding how the roster is going to be affected when the players currently on rehab assignments in Akron and Columbus are able to return to the parent club. Obviously, the day is coming (soon) when some roster shuffling is going to happen and while the Indians may look like a well-oiled machine right now, let's realize that the players that are coming off of rehab assignments (Grady, Donald, Smith) figure more obviously into the teams' future plans than the players they'll be replacing on the 25-man roster. That may seem obvious, but a good start can start to color some opinions on players and cloud the idea that some of the players that are contributing right now (and contributing at a high level) represent little more than placeholders or roster fodder, something that did not change over the first 10 games, W-L record considered. What is interesting is that the lower expectations out of the gate for guys like Hannahan or The OC or Adam Everett make them immediate favorites as they've outperformed the level of production expected for them when they were signed. While that's all well and good (and makes for some exciting baseball), the Indians shouldn't change course based on a hot streak (or on the basis of one or a couple of games) if better options exist and ones that figure to be more than mere placeholders. That said, the Indians are winning baseball games by playing very sound fundamental baseball and if what Hannahan and Cabrera are doing (particularly in the field) is contributing to that, they shouldn't rush to change that course. If Jason Donald needs to spend the next couple of weeks getting fully healthy or if Grady Sizemore is not yet 100%, then the Indians should not force these guys back to the parent club if they would be better served getting steady work and easing slowly up the ladder instead of racing up to the Indians, perhaps prematurely. If you want to know what pieces are eventually going to be moved where, John Perrotto from B-Pro had this prediction on the movement of players when Donald and Sizemore return:Infielder Adam Everett and outfielder Travis Buck are the most likely players to lose their roster spots when center fielder Grady Sizemore and infielder Jason Donald (finger) end their rehab assignments at Double-A Akron and are activated from the disabled list. Sizemore will play center field when he returns, and Michael Brantley will shift to left. That sounds about right with Everett (and the OF situation analysis is forthcoming) as Donald would go back to being the everyday 3B and Hannahan would slot into the Utility role (he played 37 games at 2B last year in AAA and The OC would be the back-up SS) for the time being. While the cries that "Supermanahan" has earned more than that will echo, I'd say that Hannahan has certainly lived up to his billing as a top-notch fielder and should be given everyday reps at 3B until Donald is legitimately ready. Once that happens though, it's time for Hannahan to step aside because, as wonderful as Hannahan's glovework has been all season long, he has proven why he was available as a Minor League FA this off-season at the plate. Consider if you will what Jack Hannahan has put forth at the plate in the 9 games from Game #2 through now: .172 BA / .273 OBP / .310 SLG / .583 OPS in 33 plate appearances Certainly, it's just 33 plate appearances, but here's Hannahan's career MLB line going into the 2011 season: .224 BA / .311 OBP / .347 SLG / .658 OPS in 981 plate appearances So, is Jack Hannahan better at the plate than he has been in the last 9 games he's played in? Probably…but at 31 years old, probably not much better. That's not to minimize the contributions of Hannahan in the early going as he's flashed the leather that he was expected to flash, but let's not make the broad (and incorrect) assumption that Hannahan suddenly "figured something out" to the point that he's more than what he is. To that end, as exciting as all of this is and as warm and fuzzy as it is to talk think about the play that ended the Red Sox series in terms of baseball acumen, Adam Everett is still Adam Everett and the Indians shouldn't be thinking about keeping Jason Donald in AAA because of Adam Everett or Jack Hannahan. In fact, the likelihood that Everett finds his way off of the roster heads to AAA to be the SS is strong, as I have trouble believing that any team is going to point to Everett's limited playing time with the Indians this season (with a career 67 OPS+ coming into the season) and decide that Everett represents that upgrade they need at the Utility IF position. When Everett was signed, the thought was that he was infield depth who would likely spend much of the season in Columbus. A fast start by the Indians shouldn't change that, nor should it change the fact that Jason Donald should the everyday 3B when he's healthy with Hannahan moving to Utility IF, as high as the "pleasant surprise" factor might be with Hannahan in the early going, and with Everett shuffling off down I-71. __________ As for the situation with Sizemore returning, this one gets a little more interesting as the performance of Travis Buck (who made the team because of Sizemore not being available) in Spring Training had the Indians' radio team panting that the Tribe had just found the next Jayson Werth. In the early going, Buck's success in Arizona has not translated to regular season success, though he certainly hasn't seen much regular playing time to get into much of a rhythm. If the assumption is that Kearns is sticking around as the RH 4th OF, the question revolves around keeping Buck (and his potential) around because he is out of options or whether Duncan (with his RH power bat) around, despite him still having one more option. At this point, Duncan makes more sense on the roster (RH power) than Buck, given that Brantley and Kearns can both play all 3 OF positions, but the question that the Indians have to answer is whether Buck would clear waivers if he was outrighted off of the 40-man roster or if some offensively-starved team would scoop him up, on the strength of his past in Oakland and his strong Spring Training. Unlike with Everett (who would almost unquestionably clear waivers and head to Columbus), Buck represents a reclamation project that the Indians would probably like to keep around as insurance against injuries/regressions by any of the OF or even LaPorta. But by keeping him on the roster instead of Duncan, he almost certainly wouldn't see regular playing time with Sizemore, Brantley, Choo, and Kearns all ahead of him in the pecking order. To that end, keeping Duncan around as a RH bat to complement Hafner at DH and as a RH power option off of the bench makes more sense, but his option makes it easy for the team to send him down to stash him away as insurance down the road. If the Indians think they can sneak Buck through waivers, I'd rather send him down to AAA to play everyday with the hopes that he'd be a more legitimate everyday option if something were to happen on the parent club. However, I think that some team would take a flier on Buck and that's why I think that the team will send Duncan to AAA (for no other reason than that option remaining) with the idea that he'll make it back up to Cleveland at some point later in the year. As for Sizemore's return, as anxious as everyone is to slot him back into the lineup (and batting order discussion doesn't really interest me), how about letting the guy get his sea legs under him in the Minors for a while before pushing him back, perhaps prematurely. Obviously, Sizemore wants to come back and Acta wants a player of Sizemore's caliber on the team, but the team might be better served allowing Sizemore to get fully comfortable playing consecutive days in the Minors (even if it means waiting until the end of the month) instead of bringing him up to the parent club, only to watch him sit or – even worse – struggle. As I've said before, I'm not interested in WHEN Sizemore returns, I'm interested in WHICH Sizemore returns, because getting him back two weeks earlier than expected doesn't make sense if you're getting him back at a reduced level of production. Waiting for him to be ready to legitimately contribute and attempting to replicate some level of success that he's had in the past – that is worth waiting for… __________ The final player that figures to come off of a rehab assignment in the next week or so is RHP Joe Smith and, with the Indians' bullpen being a strength of the team in the early going, it again gets difficult to determine which player finds himself out of luck with Smith's return. While a case could be made already for Chad Durbin in the early going (one made more compelling by Wednesday's loss) or even Justin Germano, the two relievers that have options that figure most obviously into this "decision" are Vinnie Pestano and Frank Herrmann. Given how Pestano has been used – as the RH set-up man, used in high leverage situations pretty regularly – it seems to be pretty obvious that Herrmann will be the one drawing the short straw as he has those options remaining and could go down to get more regular work (or perhaps work on his secondary stuff) as the arms in Columbus slot themselves to arrive to the parent club. Perhaps an argument could be made that the Indians shouldn't change anything with Smith returning, given the success of the bullpen thus far and given Smith's underwhelming tenure as an Indian. However, if there is one thing that Joe Smith does well, it is get RH hitters out…well, actually that's the only thing that he does well. While I'm not ready to trumpet the return of Joe Smith as a reason to celebrate, the make-up of the set-up men in the Tribe bullpen make Smith's (one) ability rather valuable. By that I mean that because Smith gets RH hitters out, with the Indians using Rafael Perez and Tony Sipp in the late innings, Smith could be used as a one or two batter pitcher against tough RH bats that could complement either Perez or Smith in the middle of one of their innings, assuming Acta continues to play the match-up game so perfectly. Given the arms that figure to slot themselves in Columbus (and below), Joe Smith may go the way of Jensen Lewis at some point in 2011…but isn't that kind of what the Indians have been trying to accomplish for the better part of a decade now – developing productive arms from within that actually perform well when they reach Cleveland? __________ Looking at all of these possible moves and how some of the decisions to move a player or players off of a winning team seem "difficult", isn't it nice to be talking like this, how to fit in guys that are proving their worth to the MLB club and how we're talking about "who can be sent out" rather than the "who can we call up" game that we've played for the past couple of years? In terms of the "who can we call up" question that should never be ignored, the performance of Cord Phelps is starting to look like one that the Indians aren't going to be able to ignore. In case you haven't noticed, Phelps is off to a hot start in Columbus, posting a 1.317 OPS over the first 5 games this year for the Clippers and while some of that can be chalked up to Cord being hot, here are Phelps' cumulative numbers in AAA from 2010 and this year: .328 BA / .399 OBP / .534 SLG / .932 OPS in 302 plate appearances over 72 games While that still isn't a full half-season in AAA and dwarfs any numbers that Phelps put up in the lower levels of the Minor Leagues, given that Phelps just turned 24 back in January (Kipnis turned 24 in April), it's time to start giving some serious thought to Phelps as an option for the infield. Watching the performance of Phelps in AAA (and realizing that he was there last year), I'm starting to think that Phelps gets a chance before either Kipnis or The Chiz. Some of that will obviously be tied to the performance of The OC, who is still the same player that had a has a cumulative OPS+ of 83 since 2008 over 1,975 PA and 444 games, and could always slot into the Utility role if his offense falls off, but Phelps could assert himself as a compelling option for the infield in 2011 – one not named Kipnis or Chisenhall. Of course, that's not to diminish the impact that Uncle Orlando has had on the young Indians or to dismiss The OC outright as a valuable player on this team, but the Indians need to continue to fold their young players in this still mixing batter. Certainly, the improved defense has been a revelation and the Indians shouldn't sacrifice that completely in the interests of looking forward if (or is it when) Orlando Cabrera falters at the plate. Truthfully, after spending the off-season railing against poor defense, I realize that it's disingenuous to dismiss The OC (and Hannahan) on the basis of their offensive limitations (even if they have yet to rear their ugly heads), but the Indians need to continue to foster the development of the players that figure prominently into the next couple of years, particularly if they've excelled at the upper levels, which Phelps certainly has. __________ Finally, the Indians return to the corner of Carnegie and Ontario on Friday and I'll be reveling in the majesty of attending the Saturday afternoon baseball (an casualty of TV) with my 4-year-old and 30,000 of my closest friends. Hey, we're on a roll…why get off of it now?


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GREENBELT, Md., Jan. 15 (UPI) -- New computing technology allows satellites to reveal small changes in a forest that can lead to big changes in its ecosystem, NASA says.
Called LandTrendr, the computer program is able to find patterns previously buried within vast amounts of scientific data, and has already analyzed satellite imagery to reveal an obscured, slow-moving decline and recovery of trees in Pacific Northwest forests, the space agency reported Tuesday.
The unexpected disturbance pattern showed a long slow decline of tree health over years followed by slow regrowth, and comparing satellite data to ground data allowed scientists to finally uncover the cause.
"It was, as it turns out, bugs," Robert Kennedy, a remote sensing specialist at Boston University, said.
LandTrendr is made possible by computers that are finally powerful enough to process vast amounts of data contained in data from NASA's Landsat satellites, which have been observing Earth's land surfaces since 1972.
The U.S. Geological Survey began providing Landsat data for no charge in 2008, but researchers had to wait for computers powerful enough to chew on all that data.
"Not that long ago the size of an individual Landsat scene would have crippled most desk top computers," Doug Morton at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., said.
The ability to scroll backward and forward through 40 years of data has revealed slow and subtle changes that take place over many years, including pulses of insect outbreaks, Kennedy said.


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What is a game? A game is an activity engaged upon by one or more individuals in order to maintain his interest in communication in life. —L. Ron Hubbard
What is life?
Such was the central question Mr. Hubbard posed when setting out to unravel the riddle of human existence. After examining all aspects and elements of existence, he arrived at an altogether startling discovery—one which suddenly clarified all life's various phenomena:
Life is a game.
In this lecture, L. Ron Hubbard explains why life is best understood by likening it to a game, whereupon he defines both its prerequisites and conditions, showing that it follows the rules of any game. For regardless of what, where or how an individual plays the games of existence—and regardless of whether he consented to play—those rules are always the same. And with everything Mr. Hubbard puts on the board, he provides a completely new understanding of all that comprises human behavior. Here, then, is not only the knowledge to play and win at a game of one's own choosing, but how to help others play a better game too.


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Which Rug Would You Choose for This Space?
I recently tossed my West Elm jute rug (in Platinum), which had been faded by the bright sun through my San Francisco bay window. The rug lasted about 2 years, thanks to it being reversible, but I'm ready for a new look. I'm stumped though.
I love the feel of a Flokati shag on my bare feet, but I hear they shed. Do I go with a bolder pattern, like the Moroccan prints I see everywhere? Or do I play it preppy with stripes? Finally, there's the Anthropologie floral print that will require a bit of redecorating but that I kinda love. Help! Which rug would you choose for my small space?
- West Elm Jute Boucle Rug, 5x8 $179
- Flokati Diamonds Rug, 5x7 $898
- Bogart Flat-Weave Wool Rug, 5x8 $328
- Dash & Albert Yacht Stripe Ocean Woven Cotton , 6x9 $208
- Handmade Soho Medallion Light Blue New Zealand Wool Rug , 7'6 x 9'6 $376
- Coqo Floral Rug , 5x7 $498
Images: As credited above.


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EXETER, England, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Elderly that don't get enough vitamin D have a heightened risk of developing Alzheimer's disease according to new medical research conducted in the United Kingdom.
Doctors had previously linked vitamin D to dementia, but the latest study -- published this week in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology -- is the first to demonstrate a strong correlation.
"We expected to find an association between low vitamin D levels and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease, but the results were surprising," lead author David J. Llewellyn, researcher at the University of Exeter Medical School, said in a press release. "We actually found that the association was twice as strong as we anticipated."
Salmon, tuna, milk and eggs are just a few of the foods that offer healthy doses of vitamin D. Sun exposure in moderate amounts can also help humans absorb the proper amount of vitamin D.
Llewellyn and other researchers in the U.K. looked at health data on Americans while conducting their study. Researchers analyzed the incidents of dementia and Alzheimer's, as well as dietary habits, among 1,600 patients, aged 65 and over. Those with even a moderate vitamin D deficiency were 69 percent more likely to develop dementia.
Llewellyn said the research only shows correlation, not causation -- and advised against rushing out and swallowing down supplements.
"Clinical trials are now needed to establish whether eating foods such as oily fish or taking vitamin D supplements can delay or even prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease and dementia," he said.


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MPD Catches Burglars in the Act Targeting Foreclosed Homes
May 29th, 2012 by milwaukeepolice
On May 24, 2012 at 11:40 p.m., District 6 Lt. Phillip Henschel and Police Officers Justin Jolliff and Phillip Rodriguez responded to an entry in progress at 6526 W. Cleveland Ave. A neighbor, who knew the property was vacant and in foreclosure, had called police to report the entry.
The three District 6 Lt. and officers arrived and found the door locked but they heard noise inside in the basement. The officers made entry and arrested two suspects, both 31-year-old men. The two had locked the door after they broke in. Officers also located the suspects' vehicle in which they found a notebook with the addresses of nearly 50 vacant, foreclosed properties written inside.
So far these two suspects have been linked to 17 burglaries of foreclosed properties in District 6 and may be responsible for additional burglaries in surrounding jurisdictions.
Detectives Steve Rowe and Octavio Delgado have interviewed the suspects and taken their confessions. A great job by all getting these prolific burglars out of our neighborhoods.


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BALTIMORE (AP) - Jacoby Jones tied an NFL record with a 108-yard kickoff return, and the Baltimore Ravens held on to beat the Dallas Cowboys 31-29 Sunday for their 14th straight regular-season home win.
Dallas ran for 227 yards, most ever against the Ravens, and totaled 481 yards offense. But the Cowboys (2-3) missed a 2-point conversion after closing to 31-29 with 32 seconds left.
Dallas recovered the onside kick, and Dan Bailey was wide left on a 51-yard field goal try with :06 remaining.
Ray Rice scored two touchdowns and Joe Flacco threw for a score to help the Ravens (5-1) secure their fourth consecutive victory and enhance their grip on first place in the AFC North. Baltimore's home winning streak is the longest current run in the NFL.
Dallas held the ball for more than 40 minutes, but never led after halftime.