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Ubiquitous to an earlier era, the typical post-World War II boxcar was 40 feet in length with a 6-foot door opening in each side. These cars roamed the country in general service hauling such things as eastern merchandise, north western lumber, furniture, paper, auto parts and grain. The shipper made sure his freight fit into the 40-foot general service boxcar if it couldn't be hauled in tank, hopper or gondola cars.


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I travel quite a bit between time zones.
I want to be able to set an alarm based on my destination time, rather than my home time. With the current set up I found that I could not without set an alarm for my destination time zone without changing the local clock.

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Craftsman Cordless Bolt-On System - Tool of the Month
Nine Separate Tools in One Convenient Package
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One of the newest innovations in the cordless power tool market is the drill with interchangeable heads. These heads range from a drill to a sander and even an inflator. We decided to see if it stands up to the hype by putting Craftsman's Bolt-On through a variety of tests.
Craftsman's Bolt-On kit (PN#16496, $99.99) is available at Sears or sears.com and includes the handle/base unit, the drill/driver head, a 20V lithium-ion battery, and a revolutionary QuickBoost charger. To really test this product, we ordered the drill/driver combo, the hammer drill attachment (PN#34975, $29.74), the impact driver attachment (PN#34973, $34.99), and the high-pressure inflator attachment (PN#3497, $19.99).
After opening the box and charging the included battery, we attached the drill/driver head and were ready to start drilling. The assembled drill weighs in at just under three and a half pounds, so it won't fatigue your hand when using it all day. Speaking of using it all day, we used it on a project for six hours before it finally threw in the towel. However, the convenient QuickBoost charger returned the battery to 100-percent in less than half an hour. In our hands, the grip was fairly comfortable. The only gripes we have are that the location of the included combo bit caused the flat-head end to scratch our hand while using the drill. Also, the grip got dirty very quickly due to the light gray coloring. Other than that, it felt like a quality drill.
The drill attachment powered through everything we threw at it, from ¼-inch plywood to ½-inch-thick steel plate. The two-speed hammer drill, at 24,000 blows per minute, had the cajones to power a lag bolt into a cement pad without batting an eyelash. Next, we attached the high-pressure inflator, which according to the manual has a maximum rating of 120 psi. However, when we attempted to add air to a tire on our 2013 Ford F-150, it tapped the mat like Cain Velasquez being choked out by Anderson Silva. Fortunately, we were able to add air with the inflator when the truck was jacked up with no weight on the tire. The next kink we ran into was when we tried to remove a lug nut that had been torqued down to 80 lb-ft. According to the insert that came with the impact driver attachment, the torque rating is 1,300 in-lb, which converts to 108 ft-lb. Its real-world torque didn't reach that number at all, but it did not have trouble screwing in a 3-inch wood screw into a 4x4-inch piece of pressure-treated lumber. I guess it wasn't meant for tearing apart a pickup truck.
Overall the Bolt-On handled most tasks with ease. Even though it didn't excel in every category, it does offer the handyman several tool options in one convenient package at a wallet-friendly price. If you are in the market for a new drill/driver, you might want to think about the Bolt-On. Since the other attachments are only $20-$40, you can purchase all of the heads for a fraction of what each tool would cost you.
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Happy Birthday, Amiga.
Since the announcement of the original Amiga at the Lincoln Center in New York back in 1985, thirty years have now passed. Time has flown by, and yet there are still so many enthusiasts of the platform, its hardware, its follow-ons, and its derivatives. It has lived on throughout the years despite what should have been the end in 1994 with the death of Commodore. And amidst all of the in-fighting, the scams, the noise, and the drama, there still exist thousands of us, still having fun on what we all know to be the most enjoyable computing platform alive.
This weekend will see a spectacular celebration of thirty years of the Amiga platform at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. Nearly all the major players from the 1980s will be there, along with tons of classic and next-generation hardware, software, and kitsch collected over the decades. If you haven't decided to go, there's still time. It's going to be amazing. But today make sure to take a moment as the Amiga begins its thirtieth year just to pause and enjoy what you have, be it a 1200, a 4000, a SAM, a X1000, or whatever. Give it a hug. For whichever machine through which you keep the flame alive, to quote A-EON's Trevor Dickinson: 'let's keep this party going.' Here's to the next decade of Amiga computing!
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AmiWest 2015 to be held October 16-18
Brian Deneen with the Sacramento Amiga Computer Club, the main sponsor of the annual AmiWest show, has dropped us a note today to let us know that this year's AmiWest will be held October 16th through October 18th. Marking thirty years of Amiga computing -- and the 18th AmiWest show to date -- this year's get-together will be held at the CalExpo Holiday Inn Express, 2224 Auburn Blvd., in sunny Sacramento, California. Additional details about show attendees, exhibitors, planned seminars, and more will be made available via the AmiWest blog, linked via the Source button below this news entry. IntuitionBase.com plans to be there, and we hope to see you, too, at this year's AmiWest.
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30th Anniversary of Amiga Event -- July 25th and 26th
This July 25th marks the 30th anniversary of the unveiling of the Amiga Computer, and a group of dedicated enthusiasts in California are organizing a spectacular celebration to mark it in style. To be held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, starting July 25th, the show will include some of the great luminaries from the Amiga's past and present, including: Dale Luck, Carl Sassenrath, RJ Mical, Dave Needle, Michael Battilana, Colin Proudfoot, Trevor Dickinson, and many others. "Viva Amiga" producer Zack Weddington will be there, prototype hardware from the Hi-Toro days, and much, much more. Click on the link below to help finish the funding needed to make the show happen!
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Hyperion Entertainment Insolvent? Nope!
Posting on the AOS4 beta tester mailing list, Hyperion legal director Ben Hermans has confirmed that the default judgement against the company was overturned on April 2nd. "This entails that in the eyes of the law the bankruptcy never took place and Hyperion Entertainment CVBA was never in a state of bankruptcy," said Hermans. This ends weeks of speculation over the commercial fate of the developer of the Amiga operating system. The development of AOS4 never halted during this period.
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Hyperion Entertainment Insolvent?! Um...
According to Belgian legal site faillissementsdossier.be, Belgian courts declared Hyperion Entertainment CVBA to be bankrupt on the 27th of January. This has since been reported by amiga-news.de and has been the topic of much impassioned discussion on the Amiga forums this weekend. Hyperion legal representative Ben Hermans has stated that the matter resulted from a filing from a third-party and will be 'cleared up' shortly. In Belgium one can appeal to the court and the ruling could be reversed and expunged, which appears to be the plan. In the meanwhile AmigaOS development continues by contributors and Hyperion contractors, so from the user perspective, this doesn't mean anything. Unfortunately this surprising event has been accompanied by a dedicated FUD campaign by certain people online, so let's hope matters will be clarified in short order so as not to impact potential sales of AmigaOS licenses and AmigaOne systems.
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AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition Now Shipping
After six major updates and nearly ninety minor updates, Hyperion today has finally shipped a new, complete release of the Amiga operating system: AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition. Discussed at length at this year's Amiwest show, the new release features a new, more powerful console, updated Intuition, new Workbench features -- such as live previews, a substantially reworked DOS, support for new filesystems, massively reworked and unified graphics subsystem, updated Warp3D drivers, updated datatypes, Python has been upgraded and the pthread library has been too, plus kernel updates and hundreds of bug fixes across many OS components. The new release comes on a pressed DVD complete with instruction manual and will cost only 29.95EUR. All supported platforms, including AmigaOne, SAM, Pegasos, and Commodore systems will have releases. Click on the source button below to go to the press release for more details.
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AmiWest 2014: Update on IntuitionBase
Now just a few short weeks away, AmiWest 2014 planning is kicking into high gear. Already confirmed attendees include A-EON, AmigaKit, Hyperion Entertainment, and well-known Amigans such as Andy Broad, Epsilon, and Jim Drew. AmigaOS developers will be there, including Steven Solie, Tony Wyatt, Alex Carmona, and Alex Perez. And even at the IntuitionBase.com table we're pleased to welcome Michael Brantley, professional photographer and videographer, who will be demonstrating advanced image editing and digital sketching techniques on next-generation Amigas.
Of course our demonstrator system loaded with hundreds of third-party applications and games will be there; a full selection of Amiga Future magazines; and a representative to help answer any questions individuals might have about making the transition from 68K Amiga systems to next-generation machines. But you'll miss out on all of the seminars, demos, vendors, and camaraderie if you don't show! So be there October 24th through the 26th at the Cal Expo Holiday Inn Express in Sacramento, California. Head to the AmiWest site for more details on who's coming, what's planned, and details for booking accommodations. See you there!
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ACube developing cost-reduced SAM460?
Could there be yet another next-generation system on its way to Amiga land? According to a poster on an Italian Amiga forum the answer may be 'yes.' The new board appears to be a cost-reduced variant of the existing SAM460ex with no on-board SM502 controller, no external USB ports, no FPGA, and other components not used or well supported by the Amiga operating system removed. While the missing USB ports is a bit of surprise, since the boards have an internal USB header, that shouldn't be a big issue. Keep in mind there has been no official confirmation from ACube on this development, and the board may not yet be final as pictured. But, hey, it would be a terrific development if the price is right. Check out the post linked below for several pictures of the new board under test.
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JahcSoft Now on IntuitionBase
With the recent demise of amigarevolution.com, we've approached James Carroll of the eponymous JahcSoft to mirror his web site here so that it won't be lost in the electronic ether. Many of us have used or still use such tools as WookieChat, SabreMSN, or SimplePlay on our AmigaOne systems, so if you're looking for background on any of JahcSoft's tools, just click the source button below this news post.
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New List: Commercial Software for AOS4
There is no shortage of software for our next-generation Amiga machines: hundreds of native-AOS4 options freely available online and all of the thousands of software packages from the AOS3 days that still run great on our AmigaOne boxes. But there are commercial titles out there, too, built and designed for next-generation systems that sometimes slip through the cracks of awareness. So the editors at IntuitionBase are now keeping track of them. In the upper-left corner of our pages you will now see an option for an "OS4 Commercial SW" list. There you can get more info on each commercial available software title native for AOS4 and links to where you can purchase them. Have fun!
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New Amiga Show in Greece: AmiCamp 2013
The Greek Amiga community continues to go from strength to strength and this December there will be a new show for the Greek Amiga community in Athens, AmiCamp 2013. Folks attending will be able to enjoy presentations on next-generation Amiga computing and check out exhibits including the AmigaOne X1000, the AmigaOne 500, and the very best from the classic 68K Amiga family, too. There should also be the opportunity to test your classic kit at the show, and apparently there will be quite a lot of Amiga gaming as well.
AmiCamp 2013 will be held in Athens, Greece, on December 14th and 15th. Please click the source button below for more information.
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Hyperion Updates Amiwest Attendees on AmigaOS Progress
One of the somewhat overlooked aspects of last weekend in Sacramento at Amiwest 2013 was the in-depth update on AmigaOS development by team lead Steven Solie. Among the highlights of his presentation were the following:
* official confirmation of cancellation of the netbook project
* walk-through of new AmigaOS kernel, X-Kernel, which supports multiple cores
* integration of FUSE layer into OS and support for NTFS coming soon
* an update on Gallium3D progress
* announcement of Update 7 ISO coming soon
* announcement of new SDK with additional SDK update coming shortly
And lastly we've learned that AmigaOS 4.2 will ship as soon as the new Gallium3D layer is complete and stable. A tremendous amount of work has been done 'behind the scenes' to make the new kernel and 3D graphics stack progress in face of having to support new hardware platforms as well as personal health problems of key development team members. Nonetheless the light at the end of the tunnel is being seen at long last.
Click the 'source' button below for Steven's blog post which further details the Hyperion updates made this year at Amiwest.
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A-EON Technology Announces $1.2 Million Investment in New Amigas
Earlier this morning at AmiWest 2013 A-EON Technology Founder Trevor Dickinson announced a major purchase agreement with Ultra Varisys for the design and manufacture of a new family of AmigaOne computers. The investment, totaling some $1.2 million, comes after the surprisingly high demand for the AmigaOne X1000. The new systems are centered around a new motherboard design, code-named Cyrus, which should support multiple PowerPC offerings from Freescale Semiconductor, including the quad-core P3041, dual-core P5020, and quad-core P5040.
The fully 64-bit AmigaOne systems will support clock rates of 2.4GHz at the high-end and are expected to initially ship to beta testers in January 2014. General availability to the public is expected in the second half of 2014. Prospective testers can apply for entry into the beta program by emailing email@example.com -- although the team will only number around 50 individuals. Good luck!
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Less than Two Weeks Until Amiwest 2013
It's amazing how quickly time flies, but we're just a couple of weeks away from Amiwest 2013, the premier Amiga get-together in North America. Representatives from A-eon Technology, Hyperion Entertainment, AmigaKit -- and IntuitionBase -- will be there, including Trevor Dickinson, Matthew Leaman, and Steven Solie. This looks to be a great show this year at a nice location in Sacramento, California. There will also be a developers' conference just prior to the show this year, focusing on AmigaOS application software development. Air fares are still available from multiple airports throughout the U.S. and Canada at reasonable prices, so there's still time to book your travel to Sacramento. We'll see you there.
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Depression a key link between intimate partner violence and food insecurity
Women who experience physical, mental or sexual abuse at the hands of their partners have an increased likelihood of being food insecure. That's according to a new study out of the University of Houston Texas Obesity Research Center (TORC), which may prove valuable to those creating interventions for those populations.
"The bridge between the two issues is depression," said assistant professor and TORC researcher Daphne Hernandez. "Our study found that women experiencing intimate partner violence are more likely to be depressed, which impacts their ability to ensure a food-secure household."
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Core Food Security Module, "food insecurity" reflects rationing, portion control and inability to offer families balanced meals.
Hernandez followed data from nearly 1,700 women involved in a romantic relationship (married or cohabitating with a partner) who also had experienced intimate partner violence (physical, mental and/or sexual).
She found that mothers who experienced intimate partner violence were at 44 percent greater odds of experiencing depression. Additionally, households in which mothers experienced depression were twice as likely to experience food insecurity.
"It appears that depression may impact mothers' motivation to obtain and prepare food due to their decreased appetite, mental and physical fatigue and feelings of being overwhelmed," she said. "Additionally the moms' feelings of helplessness, brought on by the violence they experienced, may challenged them to access the proper support."
Hernandez studies the impact of family dynamics on nutrition, health and obesity. She says few studies have examined how maternal health challenges impact a household's food security. The goal of this study was to increase the understanding of how the family environment and women's health impact the lives of families with young children. She says this information may prove valuable for those organizations charged with supporting families in times of crisis.
"What this means is that targeting issues central to women's health must become a priority in combating food insecurity," Hernandez said. "Providing mental health screenings at the time individuals apply for food assistance may help identify women who need interventions to keep them safe, mental healthy and food secure."
More information: The study is now accessible online in the Journal of Women's Health.


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Oct 11, 2010
Model Heidi Klum hangs up Victoria's Secret wings
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Heidi Klum for Victoria's Secret. Photo : Corbis
Klum, 37, who has four children and is married to British singer Seal, told the New York Post that she would not be taking part in the annual November fashion show by the upmarket lingerie chain, for whom she's modeled for 13 years.
The German beauty dazzled audiences last year when she strode the Victoria's Secret runway in underwear just five weeks after giving birth.
"All good things have to come to an end. I will always love Victoria's Secret. It has been an absolutely amazing time", Klum told the New York Post in Paris during fashion week.
Victoria's Secret parent company Limited Brands confirmed that Klum's role with the lingerie line was ending.
"Heidi will always be an Angel," Ed Razek, president and chief marketing officer of Limited Brands, said in a statement. Klum made her debut as a Victoria's Secret model in 1997 and became an Angel, or brand spokeswoman, in 1999.
No reason was given for the break, but Klum is expected to turn her attention to other projects including her role as host of TV reality fashion design show "Project Runway".
She and Seal also are about to shoot a pilot show for U.S. television that gives different couples their dream weddings.
Seal and Klum this week released a steamy music video for the singer's new single "Secrets", which features the naked couple in bed together.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)
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A Study of the Implementation and Impacts of New York City's Summer Youth Employment Program
This report examines the impacts of the nation's largest summer youth jobs program — New York City's Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) — on young people's education, employment, and earnings. The analysis uses an experimental design based on SYEP's randomized lottery application system. The report also describes SYEP's implementation and participants' experiences.


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In today's spiteful edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Dracosummoner wonders if you have to love the game's creators in order to love the game.
Have you ever been in a situation where you liked a game or series, but you couldn't stand the people behind it? (I can just hear the "Activision/EA" responses now.) For my part, I'd have to say that I mostly loved the game Braid, but from the interviews I've read of Jonathan Blow, he strikes me as someone who is utterly convinced that he is one of the few good things the gaming industry has going for it right now. Maybe I'm wrong in thinking this. To be honest, that sort of self-righteousness is making me lose interest in his future work.
About Speak Up on Kotaku: Our readers have a lot to say, and sometimes what they have to say has nothing to do with the stories we run. That's why we have a forum on Kotaku called Speak Up. That's the place to post anecdotes, photos, game tips and hints, and anything you want to share with Kotaku at large. Every weekday we'll pull one of the best Speak Up posts we can find and highlight it here.


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- execution profiles database
/etc/security/exec_attr is a local database that specifies the execution attributes associated with profiles. The exec_attr file can be used with other sources for execution profiles, including the exec_attr NIS map. Programs use the getexecattr(3C) routines to access this information.
The search order for multiple execution profile sources is specified in the /etc/nsswitch.conf file, as described in the nsswitch.conf(4) man page. The search order follows the entry for prof_attr(4).
A profile is a logical grouping of authorizations and commands that is interpreted by a profile shell to form a secure execution environment. The shells that interpret profiles are pfcsh, pfksh, and pfsh. See the pfsh(1) man page. Each user's account is assigned zero or more profiles in the user_attr(4) database file.
Each entry in the exec_attr database consists of one line of text containing seven fields separated by colons (:). Line continuations using the backslash (\) character are permitted. The basic format of each entry is:
The name of the profile. Profile names are case-sensitive.
The security policy that is associated with the profile entry. The valid policy type is solaris. The solaris policy recognizes privileges. See privileges(5).
The type of object defined in the profile. The valid type is cmd. The cmd type specifies that the ID field is a command that would be executed by a shell.
The characters RO in this field indicate it is read only and not modifiable by the tools that update this database.
Reserved for future use.
A string that uniquely identifies the object described by the profile. For a profile of type cmd, the id is either the full path to the command or the asterisk (*) symbol, which is used to allow all commands. An asterisk that replaces the filename component in a pathname indicates all files in a particular directory.
To specify arguments, the pathname should point to a shell script that is written to execute the command with the desired argument. In a Bourne shell, the effective UID is reset to the real UID of the process when the effective UID is less than 100 and not equal to the real UID. Depending on the euid and egid values, Bourne shell limitations might make other shells preferable. To prevent the effective UIDs from being reset to real UIDs, you can start the script with the -p option.
#!/bin/sh -p
An optional list of semicolon-separated (;) key-value pairs that describe the security attributes to apply to the object upon execution. Zero or more keys may be specified. The list of valid key words depends on the policy enforced. The following key words are valid: euid, uid, egid, gid, privs, and limitprivs.
euid and uid contain a single user name or a numeric user ID. Commands designated with euid run with the effective UID indicated, which is similar to setting the setuid bit on an executable file. Commands designated with uid run with both the real and effective UIDs. Setting uid may be more appropriate than setting the euid on privileged shell scripts.
egid and gid contain a single group name or a numeric group ID. Commands designated with egid run with the effective GID indicated, which is similar to setting the setgid bit on a file. Commands designated with gid run with both the real and effective GIDs. Setting gid may be more appropriate than setting guid on privileged shell scripts.
privs contains a privilege set which will be added to the inheritable set prior to running the command.
limitprivs contains a privilege set which will be assigned to the limit set prior to running the command.
privs and limitprivs are only valid for the solaris policy.
Example 1 Using Privileges
The following example shows the audit command specified in the Audit Control profile to execute with the proc_owner privilege:
Audit Control:solaris:cmd:::/usr/sbin/audit:privs=proc_owner
Locally added entries. Make sure that the shipped header remains intact.
Entries added by package installation.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
The command-line syntax is Committed. The output is Uncommitted.
Because the list of legal keys is likely to expand, any code that parses this database must be written to ignore unknown key-value pairs without error. When any new keywords are created, the names should be prefixed with a unique string, such as the company's stock symbol, to avoid potential naming conflicts.
The following characters are used in describing the database format and must be escaped with a backslash if used as data: colon (:), semicolon (;), equals (=), and backslash (\).
Authorizations required to set various fields are listed: name profile name solaris.profile.cmd.manage policy security policy solaris.profile.cmd.manage type type of object defined solaris.profile.cmd.manage in the profile id full path of command solaris.profile.cmd.manage
attr security attributes of the command euid euid of the command solaris.profile.cmd.setuid process uid uid of the command solaris.profile.cmd.setuid process egid egid of the command solaris.group.assign/delegate process gid gid of the command solaris.group.assign/delegate process privs privileges added to the inheritable set of solaris.privilege.assign/delegate privileges for the command limitprivs privileges assigned to the limit set of solaris.privilege.assign/delegate privileges for the command
The value of limitprivs that can be set by an authorized user for a given command are limited to the limitprivs privileges that are granted to the user.
The value of the privs that can be set by an authorized user for a given command are limited to the defaultprivs privileges granted to the user.
The solaris.privilege.assign authorization allows the authorized user to grant any privilege to a user. The solaris.privilege.delegate allows the authorized user to grant privileges from the user's privilege sets. See group(4) for more information on solaris.group.assign/delegate.
auths(1), profiles(1), roles(1), sh(1), makedbm(1M), getauthattr(3C), getexecattr(3C), getprofattr(3C), getuserattr(3C), kva_match(3C), auth_attr(4), group(4), prof_attr(4), user_attr(4), attributes(5), privileges(5)


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Tampa Bay Devil Rays Fantasy Report
Jonny Gomes isn't much of an outfielder, nor can he select a good luck charm that works, but he's enjoying a big season at the plate.
In an article we published yesterday, my esteemed colleague James Morris mentioned that he "would very rarely pick a Devil Ray at this point in the season if my team needed a replacement."
That made me wonder whether it was a good idea to grab Rays or not, so I thought today would be an ideal time to take a closer look at the club.
The Rays hammered Detroit Wednesday to snap an eight-game road losing streak and win for just the third time in 22 tries away from the Trop. So…any questions about why they are occupying their oh-so-familiar perch at the bottom of the American League East? Well, here's one: what happened to Jomes Gomes' good luck rooster?
Speaking of Gomes (a player we recommended last month), he came through big-time Tuesday night with three hits, two runs and four RBI, missing the cycle by only a double. Gomes is up to .265 now thanks to his continued mashing of southpaws. I'd love to see him get more PT, but he continues have difficulties with righties (although, in fairness, he's improved quite a bit this year in that respect).
Closer Al Reyes has been back for over three weeks after landing on the DL for a mild rotator cuff strain last month. He's made all of seven appearances since then, one of which involved giving up four runs in one inning to send his ERA skyrocketing. While Reyes was away, Gary Glover handled the only two save chances. Since Reyes has returned, the Rays have not have a save chance, so it's a reasonable question to wonder if he still has the job. While Reyes was not moved at the deadline (there where rumors he was headed to Seattle), Tampa Bay did make a move by bringing in Dan Wheeler, someone who could easily wrestle the job away from Reyes. Assuming, that is, that another save opportunity emerges this season. Consider Reyes the closer for now — especially after Wheeler's implosion in his last outing – but keep a close eye on this situation.
Tampa Bay has given up on Casey Fossum, outrighting him to the minors a couple of days ago. He has until Friday to decide whether to accept the demotion or become a free agent. Demoted to long relief this year, major problems keeping the ball in the park have led to a 7.70 ERA for Fossum.
Jon Switzer has been called up from Triple-A Durham to replace Fossum. Giving up dingers has not been a problem for Switzer. He has not been taken yard once in 23 appearances for Durham, recording a lights out ERA of 0.82. Switzer struggled in a brief call-up with the big club last month, but I'm expecting much better work this time around.
One Ray who was moved at the deadline is the enigmatic Jorge Cantu, whose career just spiraled down the drain in Tampa Bay after his huge 2005 season. He was dealt in a multi-player trade to Cincy, and the Reds have sent him to Triple-A to try to rediscover his stroke. So far, it's working, with an 874 OPS in 49 at-bats at Louisville. Still just 25, Cantu could easily find his way back now that he's been given new life in another organization.
The Rays also gave up on outfielder Dustan Mohr after he showed nothing with the big club. He was designated for assignment last month, and opted for free agency. He's still looking for a job.
What's gotten into Dioner Navarro lately? The dude has homered in two straight games and has four long balls in the past 14 games after managing just one in his first 66 contests. Urine test, please. His three-hit night Wednesday vaulted him over the Mendoza Line. Remember how highly touted this kid was and note that he is still just 23 years old. It's just a couple of weeks, but clearly, let's not give up on Navarro quite yet (even if this is his first taste of a plus .200 BA since May 15).
Josh Wilson is getting to play a bit more these days since Ty Wigginton was dealt away. While he offers no power at all, Wilson can deliver a decent BA and he's managed three hits in his last two games. Until the Rays decide to bring up Evan Longoria, Wilson should get his chances, especially with Ben Zobrist unable to break out of a wet paper bag with his bat.
Okay, so he's not going to mash 30 homers this year, but that doesn't mean Delmon Young's rookie season is a disappointment. Yes, I'd like to see him draw a few more walks, but he drove in two runs last night and has hit in five straight games, taking his August BA up to .370 after a .343 July.
How gratifying must it have been for Carlos Pena to deliver a couple of RBI last night to help beat his old club? After getting cut free from Detroit, Pena failed to impress in chances with both the Red Sox and Yankees and just over a year ago, I speculated that he was going to be relegated to the life of a Quad-A player. Well, Pena was given another chance in Tampa Bay, and he's run with it. Cutting down his strikeouts has been the key as he's enjoying his finest big league season. AL Comeback Player of the Year? You could be looking at him.
About a month ago, Scott Kazmir was looking like anything but a sixth-round pitcher (where he was taken in our pre-season draft). As of July 8, he was 5-6 with a 4.41 ERA. It had been over a year (0-4 in 14 starts) since he had won a game at home. Things were not looking good for the young southpaw. But man, has he ever been rolling since then. Heading into his start this afternoon, Kazmir has given up just 27 hits and six runs (five earned) over 32 2/3 innings over his last five starts. He's walked just 11 and struck out 38 and has run his streak of starts without allowing a home run to seven. He still walks too many (fourth in the league), but he can strike them out with the best (third in the AL). Kazmir is showing what he can do when he stays healthy, and in the progress, he's moving up on some franchise marks. He's already passed Ryan Rupe's record of 83 career starts as a Ray, and recently moved past Albie Lopez and Esteban Yan for sole possession of second place on the team's win list (with 30, he's now just five back of the immortal Victor Zambrano). Kazmir also hit the 500-strikeout plateau for his career last month, becoming just the 15th southpaw since 1900 to reach that milestone before turning 24.


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January 16, 2012
Google Account Authentication Using Your Phone
1. Just go to accounts.google.com/sesame on your computer (Open Sesame helps you remember the address) and you'll see a QR code for a special URL generated by Google.
2. Use a QR reader app like QR Reader for iPhone, Barcode Scanner for Android, Google Goggles, Google Shopper or Google Search for iOS. Scan the QR code on your phone or tablet and type the username and password of your Google account.
3. Now you can click "Start with Gmail" or "Start with iGoogle" and the corresponding service will automatically load in the desktop browser. Obviously, you can use any other Google service.
Update: Apparently, it was just an experiment and it no longer works. "Thanks for your interest in our phone-based login experiment. While we have concluded this particular experiment, we constantly experiment with new and more secure authentication mechanisms. Stay tuned for something even better," says Dirk Balfanz from the Google Security Team.
{ Thanks, Petros. }
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http://goto.google.com/login also works.ReplyDelete
Why would you be doing anything on a computer you don't trust?ReplyDeleteReplies
If you just need to send a mail which is not secret, you may send it from a cyber cafe but in order to do so you must enter your password which is definitely secret.Delete
Any of the following scenarios could constitute a computer you do not trust:Delete
A student using a campus computer.
Using a coworker's computer.
Testing a computer you wish to purchase at a store.
Testing a computer at a convention.
A technician, diagnosing a customer's computer in a lab.
A computer in a cyber cafe or ather public access location.
Obviously, Google is of the mindset that the kids will be doing it anyway, might as well make it as safe as possible...ReplyDeleteReplies
This is not for kids. See my reply above.Delete
- AnonymousJanuary 17, 2012 at 12:46 AM
https://accounts.google.com/sesame & http://goto.google.com/loginReplyDelete
Hi there - thanks for your interest in our phone-based login experiment.
While we have concluded this particular experiment, we constantly experiment with new and more secure authentication mechanisms.
Stay tuned for something even better!
Dirk Balfanz, Google Security Team.
- AnonymousJanuary 17, 2012 at 12:55 AM
Yup, it has been taken down.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 17, 2012 at 2:37 AM
Why would anyone use public PC if he already has Internet on the phone :)ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJanuary 17, 2012 at 2:44 AM
Because he doesn't have a full-sized keyboard or a 50" display on his phone?Delete
Because the phone doesn't support Flash.Delete
Because the user wants to download data to the computer.
Because the user wants to diagnose or test the computer in some way.
Because the computer is on a network that the phone can not access which is either faster or has access to data that the user wants to use in conjunction with his/her Google account.
Because the computer has software, data, peripherals, features or capabilities that the phone can not access (Keyboard, mouse, larger screen, fingerprint identification...).
Because the phone's battery is near empty, or needs to be reserved.
Because the user wants to use the computer and doesn't have a phone, but uses a friend's phone (which he trusts) to access a computer (which he doesn't trust).
Maybe I will try this service to get more secure in using google services such as gmail.ReplyDelete
What about security?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 1, 2012 at 9:19 PM
Wish it still worked.....ReplyDelete


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[Note: In 2007, I made this for my MIL's birthday. Who'd have thunk I'd make it again 10 years later for my son's 8th birthday? In 2017, I streamlined the recipe a bit; it's now almost one-bowl, but as good as ever. I also, because he asked so nicely, gave it a Harry Potter theme, details at the end.]
Last week, when it was 95 hateful, humid degrees outside and the 13-block walk home had entirely sucked what traces of motivation remained out of me, I had what I still consider The Best Dinner Idea Ever: chocolate cake with chocolate icing and watermelon.
I'll give you a moment to absorb my utter genius.
Let's just be honest here: when you were of single-digit age and night after night your dinner plate was filled with, ecch, vegetables and protein and your glass with what seemed like a gallon of milk, did you not swear that one day, no, One Day With the Capital Letters and the Chest-Thumping Conviction of Grownups that you would eat cake and watermelon for dinner and Nobody would be able to stop you.
Well, I called in that promise on Tuesday and night, and this boy, this suddenly and inconveniently acting-like-a-grownup person I married did not share in my enthusiasm. And despite my thpbbblt-ing and threats to tell the whole internet how Not Fun he is, he was not swayed and we had a 33 minute meal instead.
But chocolate cake with chocolate icing can only be put in the corner for so long, and in this case, that was just over 48-hours when the excuse to eat cake and watermelon reemerged with my mother-in-law's birthday barbeque on Saturday. And let me just tell you that if I had known that the chocolate layer cake recipe I had in mind–and it's ganache frosting–would be this transcendent, there would have been no chili. No beans. And no excuse to tell my husband how wrong he was.
Because chocolate layer cake this good needs to be made immediately. It needs to be matted in your Top Honors Cookbook for every chocolate-lovers birthday to come, for all time. The cake, it's so moist, it's not so much a solid baked good but gigantic dewy crumbs loosely aligned in a disc-like format. With the slightest pressure from a fork, they'll bend and scatter about, only to be gathered back together with a frosting-tipped spoon. The cake is so perfect in every way, frosting and filling are afterthoughts–I can personally vouch that the cake alone is a perfectly decadent late-evening snack. But with split layers oozing with raspberry sauce and coated with bittersweet, shiny ganache and decked out with lavender and yellow flowers, it's fit for the grandest of parties.
That is, if you are willing to share. Because this cake doesn't make it easy to bestow generosity on others. I kind of wanted to swat people off with a spoon. I'm not sure that chocolate cake with chocolate icing served with wedges of cut fruit brings out my maturity and I'm not sure that when I'm finally sinking my teeth into it that I really care. But I have a feeling you're better than that. More mature, perhaps more rational in the face of chocolate desserts, and when you make it, everyone will have a grand old time; even more so if you don't invite terrible people like me.
Double Chocolate Layer Cake
In 2018, I freshened this recipe up with almost one-bowl instructions that I find easier. If you're loyal the the original directions, you can view them at the Gourmet link above.
- 1 1/2 cups (355 ml) very hot brewed coffee
- 3 ounces (85 grams) semi-sweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 3 cups (600 grams) granulated sugar
- 1 1/4 teaspoons fine sea or table salt
- 3/4 cup (175 ml) vegetable or another neutral oil
- 1 1/2 cups (355 ml) well-shaken buttermilk
- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 large eggs
- 2 1/2 cups (315 grams) all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups (aprox. 130 grams; weights vary between brands) unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch process)
- 2 teaspoons (10 grams) baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon (4 grams) baking powder
- 1 pound (455 grams) semisweet chocolate
- 1 cup (235 ml) heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons (25 grams) sugar
- 2 tablespoons (40 grams) light corn syrup
- 1/2 stick (1/4 cup or 55 grams) unsalted butter
Cake layers
Ganache frosting and filling
Place chopped chocolate in large bowl and pour hot coffee over it. Let sit together for 4 to 5 minutes, then whisk until chocolate is smooth. Whisk in sugar, salt, oil, buttermilk, and vanilla until combined. Whisk in eggs, one at a time.
Sift flour, cocoa, baking soda, and baking powder into a second large bowl, or, if you can pull it off, right onto the top of your batter. Whisk until smooth. It always looks like the lumps will remain, but I always find that they smooth out, so don't fret.
Bake cake layers: Divide batter between two pans. (Batter for one cake layer weights about 1008 grams.) Bake cake layers for in middle of oven until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes.
[Oh wait, you only have one 10-inch cake pan? Of course you do. It's fine. Just pour half the batter in, bake the cake layer, flip it out onto a cooling rack as soon as you can, wipe out the pan and re-grease it for the second cake layer. I've done this every time I make it and the batter has been forgiving of sitting around for 80 minutes.]
The original instructions for this recipe has you cool layers completely in pans on racks. This is fine if you have two matching pans, but since I don't, I hurry it along, removing the cakes from the pans after only 5 to 10 minutes cooling.
Run a thin knife around edges of pans and invert layers onto racks. Carefully remove paper paper and cool layers completely.
Make frosting and filling: Finely chop chocolate. In a 1 1/2- to 2-quart saucepan bring cream, sugar, and corn syrup to a boil over moderately low heat, whisking until sugar is dissolved. Remove pan from heat and add chocolate, whisking until chocolate is melted. Cut butter into pieces and add to frosting, whisking until smooth.
Transfer frosting to a bowl and cool, stirring occasionally, until spreadable. I found that stirring this over a bowl of ice water did a great job of cooling it off quickly and evenly.
Spread frosting between cake layers and over top and sides.
Do ahead: Cake layers may be made 1 day ahead and kept, wrapped well in plastic wrap, at room temperature. They can be kept for longer (weeks, even) in the freezer. Frosted cake keeps, covered and chilled, 3 days. Bring cake to room temperature before serving.
The Previous Raspberry Filling: I used to make this cake with a raspberry filling but do not anymore. Here's the recipe, if you'd like to use it instead:
2 10-ounce bag frozen raspberries, thawed 1/2 cup sugar 2 tablespoons cornstarch
Puree the raspberries in a food processor, blender or immersion blender. Press the puree through a fine-mesh strainer with the back of a spoon, removing the seeds. Heat the puree in a small pot with the sugar and cornstarch until mixture boils, stirring constantly. As it boils, it should quickly thicken. Let it cool complete before spreading it thinly over three layers.
For the Harry Potter fanatics:
If you want professional instructions on how to put a picture on a cake, run far from here. This is just my hack, and I also used it earlier in the year when a certain 2 year-old required an Elmo + Pals cake. First, chill your cake in the fridge until the top frosting is firm. Second, find a linear, clip-art-like picture of what you want to trace on. Print it to a size you want on your cake. Cut it out. Use a toothpick to gently trace the exterior shape onto the cake. Remove the image and then start cutting it apart as needed along its interior lines, but make sure you can put it back together again. Lay each puzzle piece individually within the outside shape and trace it, too, then get rid of it. Eventually you'll have a lo-fi sketch of the shapes you want to fill in. Mix some frosting colors to match the colors you need and use a small round tip to begin outlining and filling in the shapes.


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Across The Water
By Bill Leslie
Label: Greycliff Music
Released 10/4/2015
Across The Water tracks
1. Across The Water
2. The Boatman
3. Connemara
4. Miriam
5. Lorica
6. Gaelic Ghost
7. Stephanie
8. Irish Girl
9. Ring Of Kerry
10. Cloud Of Witnesses
11. Gougane Barra
12. Irish Blessing
Another Masterpiece
Bill Leslie has won numerous awards for his recordings over the years and it stands to reason that momentum will continue with the recent release of another instrumental classic titled Across The Water.
Across The Water is a 12 track tribute to Ireland including 10 songs composed by Leslie and two traditional tunes. The album features superlative musicians performing on acoustic guitar, grand piano, violin, cello, oboe, accordion, Celtic whistles, flutes, harp, uilleann pipes and stand-up bass.
The title track turns the page on the story that unfolds to a gracious and inviting introduction and from that point each track seamlessly blends into the next as the colors and textures change as the journey moves along. The combination of several instruments makes for a new age/world treat for the senses.
"Gaelic Ghost" which was featured on the Rate The Tracks site, really sets the tone and atmosphere for the premise of this recording. If you are not recognizing the Celtic essences of this track you are either oblivious to the world around you or just ignoring the beauty that is enveloping you at the moment. This is all about the long lineage and history of the people that shaped a land far away from our shores here in the U.S. but also a reminder of the immigrants that helped to make our great country.
I hear a longing and sadness and in the same instance a joyful remembrance of days long past in this music. The emotion and meaning found in these instrumental compositions are what stand out the most. "Irish Girl" framed it all for me with one listen. The precise piano playing, longing violin and enchanting flute give it a traditional feel helped along with today's marvelous studio techniques and superb mastering.
I think it's safe to say that Bill Leslie has created yet another masterpiece that will garner plenty of attention on a global scale. Inside this music is history, tradition and a beauty that has been lost in our high tech society. If you are feeling numb, listless and need some culture and colorful sounds to brighten and enhance your day give this album a spin, it is likely to change your perspective on things that you never considered before. Thought provoking music has a way of doing that.
Key Tracks: Across the Water, Gaelic Ghost, Irish Girl
Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck- New Age Music Reviews Founder
October 28, 2015
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Rating: Excellent
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Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff is known as a big thinker and talker, and now he's hoping to be one of Silicon Valley's biggest party hosts, with more than 42,000 people registered so far for the company's annual Dreamforce event this week in San Francisco.
Those numbers arguably have been boosted by offers of free admission to the show floor and Benioff's keynote, but nonetheless it's set to be a huge crowd within striking distance of rival Oracle's OpenWorld conference.
The anticipated crowd for Dreamforce also underscores the fact that Salesforce.com has become much more than an on-demand CRM (customer relationship management) software vendor, given its forays into cloud-based application development, social networking and collaboration, and raw infrastructure provisioning through the new Database.com service. It has also closed in on US$2 billion in annual revenue and acquired more than 90,000 customers.
But all that growth means many more questions for its user base and partners to mull over, and hopefully get answers to, at Dreamforce.
"Salesforce has about five major product lines at this point, and because this is a show for the whole company they need to make sure they're making some kind of statement of direction for each of the product lines," said analyst Denis Pombriant, CEO of Beagle Research.
Here's a look at some of the areas Salesforce.com is likely to cover during the show, which features an opening keynote by Benioff on Wednesday.
What's this "social enterprise" thing Salesforce.com is talking about?
Benioff's favorite topic of late is what he calls "the social enterprise." He's been taking the mantra on the road, delivering details with characteristic gusto to regional crowds of Salesforce.com customers and it will be the centerpiece marketing message at Dreamforce.
The gauzy-sounding theme can be boiled down to a few components: The mining and monitoring of social networking sites by companies in order to learn more about customers than their names and e-mail addresses; internal collaboration among company workers through tools like Salesforce.com's Chatter service; and the creation of social networks for customers, as well as ones focused on specific products.
The first pillar got a boost through Salesforce.com's acquisition of Radian6 earlier this year. Like other so-called "listening platform" vendors, Radian6's software can track mentions of products or companies from a wide variety of social sites and then apply an array of analytics to the information.
"[Salesforce.com] will want to tell customers and shareholders how [Radian6] fits into the product line and affects business processes for customers," Pombriant said.
Expect plenty of talk about Chatter as well, both in terms of its uptake among customers as well as new features.
But there are questions to raise about Chatter's adoption, according to Forrester Research analyst China Martens. While many tens of thousands of companies are using the software, according to Salesforce.com, "how many are using it aggressively?" she said.
Emergency medicine staffing firm Schumacher Group has rolled out Chatter, albeit not pervasively, said Doug Menefee, CIO at the Lafayette, Louisiana, company. "We're working on a more regimented strategy to build adoption."
Right now, Schumacher Group uses Chatter for "sidebar conversations" in departmental meetings. It also has helped bridge gaps between employees who work around the world, and provided the company with a conduit for recognizing employees that do exceptional work, he said.
Is Salesforce going to finally make a strong move into marketing automation?
One of the favorite points of speculation around Salesforce.com for some observers is whether it will ever leap fully into the marketing automation market. While perhaps an arcane discussion for some, it speaks to overarching questions about Salesforce.com's long-term growth plans, since to date it has largely left marketing software up to partners such as Marketo and Eloqua.
An aggressive move by Salesforce.com in this direction, such as via acquisition, should give partners in a variety of product areas pause.
If Salesforce.com wanted to make its intentions known, Dreamforce represents a prime opportunity.
What is Salesforce.com going to do about its analytics capabilities?
Schumacher Group is a big believer in Salesforce.com's technology, having built dozens of custom applications with its Force.com development platform
But Salesforce.com has work to do in key areas, such as analytics, Menefee said.
Specifically, Menefee wants Salesforce.com to act more like "an enterprise data warehouse out in the cloud," holding information from outside sources as well as the core system, he said.
In addition, "they've got to improve on the graphical representation of analytic data," Menefee said. Salesforce.com has made some good steps in this direction in recent years, and there are a number of third-party options for reporting tools, "but it'd be nice for it to be in a single suite," he said.
Radian6 certainly provides Salesforce.com with a load of analytic firepower, but it remains to be seen how the technology will be woven into Force.com or its core applications.
What is the future of Force.com?
Salesforce.com has made quite a big deal of its development platform over the years, but the technology is getting pretty creaky in the view of analyst Ray Wang, CEO of Constellation Research.
"Force.com is not easy to build on. Most people are just doing integration into Salesforce.com," he said. "Customers should be asking a lot of questions about Force.com and what's going to be done to revive it."
Salesforce.com didn't make the picture much clearer for users with its recent purchase of Heroku, a cloud application development platform with support for multiple languages, including Ruby on Rails and Java, noted Forrester Research's Martens. "When do you use Force.com and when do you use Heroku? I wonder if they're going to address that this time around [at Dreamforce]."
Salesforce.com has also been "utterly quiet" for some time about VMForce, its collaboration with VMware on a Java development platform that works with Force.com, Martens said.
Overall, there seems to be some clarification in order for customers on Salesforce.com's intentions for these various platforms.
Force.com has certainly improved over time, Menefee said. "I've definitely seen it get more sophisticated."
But he'd like to see some improvements, namely more prebuilt connectors to other cloud services, as the company is a big believer in cloud computing. More connectors out-of-the-box from Salesforce would reduce the need to rely on third-party cloud integrators such as Cast Iron Systems, he said.
What's the next step for Database.com and Salesforce.com's reliance on Oracle?
Salesforce is also expected to give an update on Database.com, a service announced late last year that will give developers the ability to create applications on top of the company's database infrastructure. The Database.com stack includes Oracle's database along with a range of other homegrown technologies.
Speculation has gone on for some time that Salesforce will eventually wean itself off Oracle, but so far that hasn't happened.
Salesforce.com originally built around Oracle because they "felt the marketing need to demonstrate they had something with proven reliability under the covers," said analyst Curt Monash of Monash Research.
Dreamforce may provide Salesforce.com with the opportunity to show off a few early adopters of the Database.com service.
What's the status of joint ventures such as FinancialForce.com?
It will be interesting to see how much time Salesforce.com spends discussing lower-profile outlying efforts such as FinancialForce.com, its partnership with Unit 4 Agresso on a cloud-based financials application.
FinancialForce.com is gaining some traction, analyst Wang said. But it has a difficult road ahead of it given the competition from vendors like NetSuite, Intacct and Workday.
The amount of news — or lack thereof — Salesforce.com shares about FinancialForce.com at the show will be telling either way.


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Though she played a feisty character on Fight My Way, actress Kim Ji Won first appeared on television at the age of 19 and, boy, has she come a long way.
Kim Ji Won actually gained viral popularity during her time as a model and commercial actress when she appeared in a string of ads for OranC. The advertisements were a big hit and Kim Ji Won began receiving a lot of attention for her beauty, gorgeous figure, and dancing skills.
Many who saw her even compared her to the esteemed actress Kim Tae Hee!
It has been seven years since the ads aired and her true fans never forget her humble beginnings.
During a fan sign event, one fan managed to smuggle a bottle of OranC for her to sign and her reaction was priceless!
Since the viral advert, she has appeared in notable roles such as Rachel Yoo in The Heirs, Yoon Myung Joo in Descendants of the Sun, Choi Ae Ra in Fight My Way, and Tanya in Arthdal Chronicles.
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This post is not as usual about Balkan architecture.
When I recently went to Serbia, for a short holiday with my husband and my son, we decided to visit Bratislava (Slovakia) on the way, because earlier this year my husband showed me a picture of the Radio Slovakia Building...and I got very curious about this city!
It's sure worth a visit!
To see the nice landmarks, the old town, the castle and some good architecture from the past centuries there are tones of good torurist guides. (I simply consulted this free online guide of Bratislava)
But what exited me a lot about this city and I'd like to show it in this post, is the unique modernist architecture of the city.
ome really good masterpieces of an architecture I always loved!
We stayed at Hotel Kyjev, an enormous building just in the center of Bratislava and a landmark of the city. Hotel Kyjev (built 1963 - 1973) by architekt Ivan Matusik is a reminder of the audacious communist architecture with a futurist touch.
The building is scheduled for demolishion, and a new project is planned instead. The new project should house two hotels, as well as office space and luxury apartments. Two new pedestrian promenades will be built, along with four floors of underground parking.
In the communist era the Kyjev was for a period of time one of Bratislava's nicest hotels, serving "capitalist" foreigners and communist VIPs. After the fall of Communism in 1989 the Hotel remained in service, but because of constant rumours of closure have circulated for several years, the Hotel has invested very little in upgrading its facilities recently.
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The management decided to cover one of the sides with a large advertising banner, obscuring the views from rooms. Like that they probably manage to keep the 180 rooms going and the staff (who is indeed very friendly, specially when they saw our serbian last name!) get paid.
The first building (or structure) that entering the city, fascinated me, is the Novy Most (the new Bridge) across the Danube with its futuristic UFO-like tower restaurant. The bridge is the longest cable-stayed bridge in category with one pylon and with one cable-stayed plane. It was built between 1968 and 1973 under a project by Jozef Lacko, Ladislav Kušnír and Ivan Slameň. Since 2005 the name of the restaurant is "UFO" earlier it was Bystrica. You can reach the restaurant using the elevator situated in the left pillar.or there is an emergency staircase in the right pillar.
From there you have a fantastic view allover the city.
Another interesting building is the Slovakian Broadcasting's inverted pyramid-shaped headquarters by Štefan Svetko, Štefan Ďurkovič and Barnabaš Kissling built from 1962 - 1985
Also surprising is the Kamzik TV Tower in the Koliba area of Bratislava by Stanislav Májek, Jakub Tomašák, Milan Jurica, Juraj Kozák and Ján Privitzer built 1967-1974 . The tower has an observation deck and the revolving "VEŽA"-restaurant at 70 m height, both open to visitor daily from 11.30 to 23.00.
And here some more awsome examples of Modernism in Bratislava (all pictures from this book):
For more pictures follow this link at Peter's "ostarchitekur"-site.


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Welcome to Baseball Prospectus' Tuesday October 16, 2012 2:00 PM ET chat session with Ben Lindbergh.
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Ben Lindbergh: Hey, folks, thanks for coming. I'm under the weather from pretending to be a beat writer for the last week and from singing along with Sloan (the best of all bands) last night in Brooklyn, but I don't need to be able to talk to chat.
Alex (Anaheim): I noticed that, probably due to realignment, the Yankees will be playing the Dodgers both home and away next season. Are you in favor of this "year-round" interleague play?
Ben Lindbergh: I am. I'm ambivalent about the interleague, but I like the realignment. The symmetry of 15 teams to a league and five teams to a division appeals to me, and should make things marginally more fair (though the schedule is still going to be unbalanced).
HANNAH (BAY AREA, CA): What are the odds of Phil Hughes giving up a homer to Miguel Cabrera?
Ben Lindbergh: Hughes gave up a ton of home runs this year--35 in just over 190 innings. In fact, only one qualified pitcher allowed homers at a higher rate (Ervin Santana). As you'd probably expect when you're talking about a Yankees pitcher, he gave up most of those homers at home, but he's still a pretty safe bet to give one up tonight. I don't know whether Cabrera has a better chance of being the one to hit that homer than Prince Fielder--probably not, given platoon splits--but the odds are good. If you wanted actual odds, and not just "good," which you already knew, I'm sorry. Math and chats don't mix.
Joe (Seattle): Thoughts on Gustavo Cabrera and Franklin Barreto? Just started looking at the international signings for kicks.
Ben Lindbergh: Honest answer? My thoughts are, "So apparently there are baseball players named Gustavo Cabrera and Franklin Barreto." International signings really aren't my specialty, sorry. It's about all I can do to keep track of the players in the majors, let alone all the ones who'll probably never make it there. We have a bunch of prospect people on staff who'd be happy to answer your question via email, on Twitter, or in their own chats.
captnamerca (FL): Where is the best place to get sandwiches?
Ben Lindbergh: In the world? The last sandwich I ate came from Subway, so clearly I'm an unreliable source. You'll want to direct this question to the incomparable Ted Berg on Twitter @OGTedBerg. He's the baseball internet's acknowledged sandwich expert. Or self-proclaimed sandwich expert, I'm not sure which.
Santi Cazorla (Sacramento): Darin Ruff or Mark Trumbo?
Ben Lindbergh: Trumbo.
Guillermo (Montevideo, Uruguay): Hi Ben! Regarding the Yankees at Dodgers series, I am planning to attend my FIRST EVER LIVE MLB GAME there, pretty psyched about that. So, on to the questions, I've had some twitter quarrels with a local newspaper editor about the quality of the content they produce. He says they "can't check everything". How do you manage to handle a steady output of articles yourself?
Ben Lindbergh: Congrats on getting to your first game, Guillermo. Yankees-Dodgers sounds like a good place to start.
I sympathize with with the unnamed local newspaper editor. A lot of papers are understaffed these days--as Sam Miller and I discussed on a recent episode of our podcast, many papers no longer have editors who can work closely with authors before publishing a piece. Fewer people buying papers means smaller budgets and less manpower (personpower?), and editing, unfortunately, is often the first thing to be cut back. I think that leads to lower-quality content, but on the other hand, cutting writers might mean no content at all, so I understand why it happens.
As for BP: we turn around an awful lot of content every day--often upwards of 10 articles. In most cases, those articles are submitted the night before (sometimes late the night before), and we want to put them up early, since that's when the most people are on the site. Without a gigantic staff, there's no way we could check every fact before publishing. So we do the best we can--we have authors who know their stuff and editors who know their stuff, and we try to catch everything. We do make mistakes, and when people point them out, we fix them. I worked for a monthly magazine for a while, and that model works differently--you get articles weeks before they're due to run, and you really do check every fact (and somehow, you still make mistakes). The demands of publishing daily don't allow quite the same rigorousness. We assume you'd rather read a lot of good articles and spot an occasional typo or incorrect stat than read very few articles that have been checked 10 times. So I guess what I'm saying is, be nice to the unnamed local newspaper editor. He's doing the best he can.
Ruhee (Toronto): I know it's all guesswork at this point, but how optimistic are you about Jose Bautista's recovery? It seems like his surgery could be extremely detrimental.
Ben Lindbergh: Here's what Bautista was quote as saying in an mlb.com article yesterday, which you probably saw:
"I want to know who those people are who think I'm not going to get it back because of this particular injury," Bautista said. "The only people that could know that are either the people who had the surgery or that do the surgery.
"I've talked to about 20 people in that position, and they all seem to agree that it was a 99.9 percent chance that I was going to be the same player that I ever was before the injury."
Jose Bautista wants to know who you are! Wrist injuries are scary, and sometimes they do have lingering effects on a player's power. I wouldn't expect him to hit 50 home runs again, but I wouldn't expect that regardless of the wrist. How about this: I'll say that I'd expect him to hit worse than whatever I'd project him to hit if he'd been healthy the whole time, but not so much worse that he couldn't still be a star. I know a lot less about his wrist than his doctors, and if they're telling him he can make a full recovery, I don't have a great reason to disagree. Corey Dawkins might have more insight.
The Iron (Marvin Gardens): Which team do you think surprises everyone by how good they are next year, and which team surprises everyone by how bad they are next year?
Ben Lindbergh: To answer this question correctly, I'd have to be smarter than everyone, right? So I'm probably not going to answer this question correctly--if there were some capacity surprise that I could see, I probably wouldn't be the only one who could see it, and then it wouldn't be that surprising. It's not like I saw the A's or the Orioles coming. But I'll give it a shot anyway: I think the Blue Jays, Padres, and Royals could have significantly better records next year than they did this year. I'll let you be the judge of how surprising their success would be.
Guillermo (Montevideo, Uruguay): Thanks for getting to my question and answering it so thoroughly Ben, I'll keep in mind being more lenient in the future towards editors everywhere. As for the game, it is not a start of sorts, since I've been following MLB since late 2000 (more obsessing over rather than following, but you get the point), but living on the opposite end of America kind of makes it a logistic nightmare for me to attend a game. If I have it my way, I'll try to go to a game in New York as well. No need to answer here.
Ben Lindbergh: I'm answering anyway! Yeah, I know it's not your first introduction to baseball, and that you've been reading BP for some time. I'm always surprised when people become obsessed with Major League Baseball without having been to a game, but I shouldn't be. It can be a compelling product from afar.
And I hope my answer about editing didn't make it sound like mistakes don't bother me or that I don't like people letting us know about them. They bother me a lot, and I want to hunt them all down and destroy them and never make any more.
BWooster (Finland): Hi,
For a somewhat uninitiated follower, by looking at Verlander vs Ichiro heat maps, one would think there's a reasonable chance for hits coming up today, is that right? Any thoughts on what one should be looking at from Verlander's stuff during the game against the NYY?
Ben Lindbergh: Bertie, I haven't looked at any heat maps, but I don't think there's ever a reasonable chance for many hits coming against Verlander. Ichiro has hit .309/333/.418 against Verlander in 57 PA. That's not so bad, but it's worse than his overall career line, which is what you'd expect. (By the way, one of the many weird and wonderful things about Ichiro: he has almost no career platoon split.) The Yankees should be looking for, and cowering from, the best stuff in baseball. That's not to say he can't have a bad day, or that they can't scratch out a few runs and beat him when he's having a good day, but I certainly wouldn't expect them to hit much, even aside from the way they've been struggling lately. Maybe Jeeves could figure out Verlander, but major-league hitters can't seem to.
dianagram (VORGville): Hi Ben!!! Thanks for the chat. So, has the E-I-C job been everything you've expected to this point? Any surprises (good or bad)?
Ben Lindbergh: Hey, Diane. I really can't imagine enjoying a job much more than I'm enjoying this one. I never feel like I need a day off. Hopefully Joe Hamrahi isn't reading this, because I might actually want some days off at some point.
Surprises...hmm. Maybe the amount of unsolicited submissions/job inquiries we receive. Those go to me now, and I wasn't aware of how many there would be. I'm glad we get them, but I hate having to say no. Also, the extent to which I've come to value whatever the online baseball website equivalent of clubhouse chemistry. I guess that comes with any managerial position, but I have a better appreciation of the value of bringing good people, as opposed to just good writers/analysts, than I did before.
Charlie (Bethesda, MD): There's alot of loose talk around here about Rizzo re-signing LaRoche and trading Morse. If they do that, should they go after Josh Hamilton? Or is there enough $ tied to aging corner outfielders.
Ben Lindbergh: You know, there's rarely a time when I'd say a team just plain shouldn't go after a particular player. It depends on whether the price is right. My suspicion is that the price (and the years) probably won't be, in Hamilton's case. If it would take a Werth deal to get him, I wouldn't want him. Hamilton's free agency is an interesting case, and I'm sure we'll have much more about it at BP in the weeks ahead.
BWooster (Finland): I say, Ichiro will make the reel, for at least a major double.
Who do you fancy? The sleeping guns come alive?
Ben Lindbergh: Much like Jeeves, Ichiro moves in mysterious ways. I fancy the Tigers, though.
rubinr (Seattle): Great season for the A's, but how much regression are they in store for in 2013?
Ben Lindbergh: Some, I'd say, but less than the Orioles are. I don't think they'll win the division again, but not because they'll have a bad season. I expect the Angels to improve and the Rangers to continue to be tough.
Paul (DC): After Profar, rank in hotness the next level of upcoming minor league short stops from a list of Francisco Lindor, Addison Russell, Javier Baez, Hak-Ju Lee, Trevor Story, and Carlos Correa.
Ben Lindbergh: Baez, Lindor, Russell, Story, Correa, Lee, but I'm assuming you're asking me to rank them purely be physical attractiveness.
Guillermo (Montevideo, Uruguay): Actually, I was asking you that because I very rarely if ever find a typo or error in BPs articles.
As to my obsession with Baseball, I'd guess the statistical/analytical side was what drew me more into it. I remember playing my first SIM (OOTP 3) and automatically going for the "high AVG" guys, then watch my team flounder and start questioning why were they using AVG in the first place. Still, it is/was better than nothing (i.e.: soccer)
Ben Lindbergh: I can certainly understand being into that side of baseball--I'm into it myself--but for me (and despite what some in the anti-saber crowd might say for most people who like baseball stats), actually going to games was the gateway drug for the statistical side of things. If I hadn't been introduced to baseball up close, I'm not sure the stats would've had the significance for me that they do. Or maybe they would have! Either way, I'm glad they do for you.
BWooster (Finland): I got into BP this year, thanks to UpAndIn, Goldstein and Parks, great stuff guys, very solid line up, throughout.
As the author of my moniker would put it, capital...capital.
Ben Lindbergh: Thanks for joining. I like anyone who likes P.G. Wodehouse. Actually, that's not true--there are probably some terrible people who have great taste in English humorists. But I my my girlfriend in part because we both like Wodehouse. Shockingly, we're both editors.
I'm hoping Jason starts up a new podcast next year. I recently became a .9er, and like the rest of you, I'm in Up and In withdrawal.
Ed (Cranford, New Jersey): Why did it take R.A. Dickey so long to become this good and will he come close to repeating next season?
Ben Lindbergh: The knuckleball is really hard to throw, and really, really hard to throw well, and nearly impossible to throw as well as Dickey throws it. Refining it took time. He's not the first guy to perfect a knuckleball at an advanced age. I wouldn't expect him to be quite as good next season, if only because I wouldn't ever expect one of the few best pitchers in baseball to repeat their performance. I think he could come close, though. Nothing about what he did this season screams "fluke," and he was even pitching hurt. As long as he has his feel for the pitch and stays healthy, I don't see why he can't keep having success.
randolph3030 (The N.S.): So? How was it? A softball question to let you promote the greatest of all bands.
Ben Lindbergh: This is a question about Sloan, the band I saw last night. I've seen them something like eight times, and I'll keep going as long as they keep touring. If you don't know them, give them a shot--all of their music is streamable for free right here. They're Canadian, they've been together without a lineup change for over 20 years, and all four members sing and write songs. If you like the Beatles, which probably most of you do, I expect you'll like Sloan.
dianagram (VORGville): Dickey succeeds (in part) because he can vary the speed of the knuckler by 20 mph, and he can still throw a fastball in the mid 80s.
Ben Lindbergh: Right. So as long as he can keep doing those things, he can keep being great. How long can a 37-year-old keep doing those things, even one with a relatively low-effort delivery and no UCL? I don't know. Things fall apart, including pitchers.
Paul (DC): "Baez, Lindor, Russell, Story, Correa, Lee, but I'm assuming you're asking me to rank them purely be physical attractiveness." Of course physically!! Is there some other type of ranking I was unaware of??
Ben Lindbergh: Okay, just making sure.
randolph3030 (Beverly Terrace): To BWooster and yourself, can I suggest some Kyril Bonfiglioli's Don't Point That Thing at Me? His Charlie Mordecai is not unlike old Bertie, but a bit nastier. One of my favorite books, it's aching for a Johnny Depp and Vinny Jones movie adaptation.
Ben Lindbergh: Thanks for the recommendation. Just ordered it from the library.
jlarsen (chicago): 3 fairly valuable SPs got dealt at the trading deadline with Dempster, Greinke and Sanchez. Who got the best return for their former team?
Ben Lindbergh: Obviously, Jeremy Guthrie was the best starter dealt at the deadline, so I'll give the Royals the best return for getting him for Jonathan Sanchez. Among these lesser lights, though--probably Greinke, which is what you'd expect, given that he's, you know, Zack Greinke.
jlarsen (chicago): Here's a good question stemming from an interesting twitter convo between Jason Parks, Joe Hamrahi and Nick Faleris. Blogposts/articles from BP, FG, TPA are getting more notoriety these days. How, as a reader, should we approach the info shared? For instance, the convo on twitter was based on how a writer can post anything regarding a player and a scout for a team can read it, know that the writer is wrong and basically consider the writer or the publication bologna due to the approach of the writer. How, as BP readers, should we approach articles?
Ben Lindbergh: I missed the Twitter exchange, so I'm not completely sure I'm following. It depends what you mean by "wrong." I wouldn't want us to publish anything that's factually wrong, but it's hard to know when an evaluation of a prospect is "wrong," since it's more of an informed opinion than something that can be fact-checked. Our prospect staff includes good talent evaluators who go see players themselves, and maybe just as importantly, our prospect writers talk to each other and talk to people inside the game, so they're not going to make a mistake that someone who's just looking at minor-league statistics without having seen a player or talked to any scouts about him might make. We're still going to be wrong a lot of the time--that's the nature of scouting, but I hope we won't be wrong for the wrong reasons, if you know what I mean.
Charlie (Bethesda, MD): I do get the feeling that thanks to their youth, they have a ton to spend. So would the Nats be smart to offer way above market rate for a shorter term deal for Hamilton, or Bourn, or anyone else they want?
Ben Lindbergh: Yes, maybe, but how often does the short-term, way-above-market deal we're always talking about actually appear? Sometimes I think it's mostly myth. It takes only one team to offer a long-term contract for the short-term deal to look less attractive, and that team is often out there, even if it takes a direct appeal to ownership. It's the winner's curse at work.
Paul (DC): In light of his death, was Alex Karras a better football player or movie/tv star?
Ben Lindbergh: I have no idea how good Alex Karras was at football, because I don't know how good anyone is or was at football. But he'd have to have been pretty good for football to top Mongo on his resume.
BWooster (Finland): Ichiro is like Cato from Pink Panther, he'll mess the Tigers flat at least once...
Ben Lindbergh: He probably will hit a ball into someone's jersey or beat out an infield hit or something at some point, just because he's Ichiro.
dee150586 (Fresno, CA): No question, just a comment. Would love the idea of Jason starting a new podcast!! Please tell him!
Keep up all the great work with BP Ben! Love Effectively Wild.
Ben Lindbergh: I'll pass that along. And thanks.
jlarsen (chicago): Much has been made about the Tigers willingness to take chances in trades, even if it appears lopsidedly bad for them at first glance. How long should people wait before grading trades? For entire service time that involved players are with teams? Or should value to team be an important factor(team trades prospects for impending FA because that player "puts them over the top") in deciding the winner/loser of the trade?
Ben Lindbergh: Well, there are two ways to evaluate trades, right? When they happen, based on what the teams know at the time, and in retrospect. The problem with grading them when they happen is that we don't really know what the teams know--we know what we know, which is a lot less. To grade a trade in retrospect, you need to wait until all the dust settles--sometimes that can be quick, but usually it takes years, as you suggest. And yes, value to team is absolutely an important factor, though it can be a tough one to evaluate. You can't just do a straight WARP-to-WARP comparison, since a win might be more valuable to a team on the verge of a playoff spot.
jlarsen (chicago): Best value in upcoming FA class? Who will be big sleeper of FA class?
Ben Lindbergh: Just quickly scanning the list, Angel Pagan looks like he could be a good value for a team that needs an outfielder but wants to spend a little less than it would take to get Hamilton, Swisher, Bourn, or B.J. Upton. We'll be writing about and ranking free agents right after the World Series is over.
Jay Taylor (San Francisco): Andruw Jones signed the short-term/high AAV contract with the Dodgers! That worked out great!
Honestly though, I kind of assume that the only time contracts like that happen is when a player has some serious concerns going forward, so I wouldn't be surprised if they don't work out very often.
Ben Lindbergh: It's worth a longer look. I'll add it to the list of possible topics.
Santi Cazorla (Sacramento): Is it better to keep Lincecum as an option out of the bullpen? Overall, how would you grade Bochy's handling of the SF bullpen w/o Wilson?
Ben Lindbergh: I'll let Sam Miller pinch hit here, since he's been covering the Giants since the start of the postseason. Re: Lincecum: " It is an interesting option, but interesting options are often more fun for theorizing than in execution. While the Giants' bullpen can certainly use him, the alternative in the rotation--Barry Zito--is untenable."
And re: Bochy's bullpen work: "Bochy has been aggressive about going to his bullpen early, and his confidence in George Kontos seems to be growing by the game. His biggest error was in relying on the back end of his bullpen in game 1 of the NLDS, when the game was still very much in question (for a while). He's gotten good work from his three lefties by not limiting them to strict LOOGY work."
I like this. I should outsource all my chat answers.
jlarsen (chicago): If they ever did a Die Hard prequel, do you think Delmon Young would be a perfect fit to fill Reginald Val Johnson's role? Never knew Carl Winslow played baseball or was a #1 overall draft pick.
Ben Lindbergh: Delmon Young started Game One of the ALCS with a strikeout and a pop up, and I mentally mocked him for looking old and out of shape and uncoordinated. Then he went 3-for-his-next 4 with a homer and a double (even if the double was mostly Nick Swisher losing the ball in the lights). I'm not going to make fun of him anymore.
Alex Karras (Football Valhalla At Ya): I'm in the college football hall of fame, and woulda made Canton, but I bet on the '62 title game, and got busted. Just say no to gambling, Webster! Q: Would you vote for Manny Ramirez for the HOF, or do his PED violations effectively disqualify him, Ben?
Ben Lindbergh: I won't have a real vote for another nine years, but if he's still on the ballot in 2021 or so, and they haven't kicked me out of the BBWAA yet, I believe I'll vote for him.
Bill (New Mexico): Any reactions to the Holliday/Scutaro takeout slide last night? Just business as usual (compounded by a great big guy running into a small one), or beyond the pale?
Ben Lindbergh: Talked about it with Sam on the podcast today. It wasn't something I would want to see regularly.
jlarsen (chicago): Is Ichiro "done" or do you see him playing for another couple of years? How many hits is he away from 3000?
Ben Lindbergh: I might've said he was done, or just about, before the Yankees traded for him, but now it seems pretty clear that he has a little more left. Wouldn't be shocked if the Yankees brought him back, since he seems to be a good fit for their park. He's 394 (major-league) hits away from 3000. That's three seasons, even if he stays healthy, so it won't be easy. Certainly wouldn't be surprised if it happened, though.
Ben Lindbergh: Really enjoyed this, everyone. Lots of good questions, and more in the queue I wish I could get to. Thanks for participating--I'll schedule another chat soon.
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