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For Here or To Go?
As more people take food to go, operators are adding grab-and-go programs to increase participation.
According to FSD's 2008 Portability Study, 75% of operators surveyed say they offer portable foods and 50% expect to see growth in the area this year (see November 2008 cover story). This shouldn't come as a surprise considering how time crunched customers have become. As the trend for taking food to go increases, operators are finding that expanding, and in some cases, implementing new grab-and-go programs can be a profitable way to increase participation.
Increasing grab and go in schools: According to the Portability Study, schools are the market segment least likely to offer grab-and-go options, with 66% of respondents reporting they offer the service. Directors are, however, starting to add grab-and-go programs in their facilities in an effort to increase participation and cut down on time students spend waiting in line.
School district operators also know breakfast traditionally has a much lower participation rate than lunch. Because of this, child nutrition directors are starting to implement breakfast programs with portable options.
One such district is Cleveland City Schools under the direction of Child Nutrition Supervisor Shelly Copeland. The district won the Regional Best Practice Award from the USDA for a new breakfast concept at Mayfield Elementary School. In the concept, two different service lines have been created: Hot Hits the Spot and Cold To Go. Hot Hits the Spot offers what Copeland says are more traditional hot breakfast items, such as eggs and pancakes. Cold To Go is the grab-and-go portion of the concept. "Before we started the new program, the cold items offered were basically cereal and Pop Tarts," Copeland says. "Now we are doing things like jelly biscuits, bagels with cream cheese, cheese sticks and yogurt with graham crackers." The prepackaged cold items are sold in a decorative bag.
Copeland says breakfast participation has increased 65% at Mayfield since implementing the program in October 2007. She attributes this to the idea being fresh and says that the bags are appealing to the students.
"I think a trend in K-12 grab and go is increasing the number of breakfast options," Copeland says. "For us, we have tried breakfast in the classroom. It was very successful, however, with grab and go you have the opportunity to have more variety. The breakfast in the classroom was a little more [restrictive] and this will have more variety."
Copeland plans to start the program in two additional elementary schools.
Lunch is also getting a grab-and-go facelift in school cafeterias. According to research done by Aramark in 2008, students in K-12 schools have on average 23 minutes to eat lunch. Directors say this is often a deterrent to more students purchasing school meals because they don't want to spend time waiting in line to get food. To answer this concern, districts are starting to offer more grab-and-go options for lunch.
At Aramark's elementary school accounts, a new program called Cool*Caf is being implemented (see February 2009, p. 4). One of the program's components is an express line that offers a sack lunch option. "The sack lunches are kind of what McDonald's has done with Happy Meals," says Michael Pursell, associate vice president for Aramark Education. The bags offer similar items to what is already being offered in the main service lines, but Pursell says it's the bag that makes the option special. The bags have a section through which students can see what's inside. The bags also have bright colors, Aramark's mascots and nutritional information on them. The grab-and-go lunches can either be sold as a reimbursable meal or à la carte.
Mary-Jane House, foodservice director for Regional District #4, Deep River and Essex in Deep River, Conn., is also about to start a new grab-and-go lunch program. "I'm trying to do something that would be as acceptable as the Lunchables you can buy at the store," House says. The lunches will contain a protein such as lunchmeat and/or cheese, crackers or a whole-wheat roll, fruit such as raisins, a bag of baby carrots and a dessert like sweet Goldfish crackers. The meal will be in a clear container so students can see what is inside.
"Then they can just grab this prepackaged meal with a milk and turn it into a lunch," House says. "This will be a reimbursable meal. This way they don't have to stand in the lines. And that's what we are looking for to increase our lunch counts." House hopes to start the program in April in the district's three elementary schools.
Late-night shift: Oftentimes the only food option for third-shift hospital employees is vending. That is beginning to change as more directors realize there is money to be made by offering grab-and-go options. Last year, 188-bed Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, Tenn., began packaging leftover meals from lunch to sell later.
"With the current state of the economy, we were looking for ways to increase our café sales to capture more business from our second and third shift," says Michael Lineberger, director of food and nutrition services. "The problem was we wanted to do something without increasing labor costs too much. Previously, we offered a limited menu with just the grill being open. We've expanded that now so employees can have a full meal with an entrée, vegetables and rolls."
The meals are packaged in a microwavable container and sold at a reduced price. Lineberger says he sells between 30 and 40 of these meals per day. The only operational change Lineberger had to make to accommodate the new program was he now keeps the cashier's station open two hours longer.
"As a result, we have improved our evening sales by 25% and we have increased satisfaction among the nursing staff," he adds. "We no longer get requests to be open in the middle of the night because nursing now has the chance to eat before we close."
Satisfying Customers
New grab-and-go market opened at CCRC for residents, staff.
At Sherwood Oaks of Cranberry Township in Pa., Cheryl Torre-Rastetter, senior general manager at this Cura Hospitality account, has built a grab-and-go program that is a big hit not only with the 350 residents, but also with the employees.
"We had residents calling to see if they could get a salad or a sandwich instead of dining in our dining halls, especially if they were on their way to an appointment," Torre-Rastetter says. "I saw a cart in a catalog and I thought this could be a great idea. We sell sandwiches, salads and products that we already have. One of my employees made me a cart, and soon we were in the lobby two days a week selling sandwiches, fruit and frozen soups, by utilizing our leftovers."
What started as a way to meet the occasional customer demand quickly grew into a popular dining option. "We just really started off doing the cart and in an hour and a half we were making around $75," Torre-Rastetter says.
When the community's foodservice department underwent a renovation two years ago, Torre-Rastetter took it as an opportunity to expand grab and go. The cart was "retired" and a new location named the Corner Market was opened. "I thought, 'if the staff is eating out or ordering in, why not capture those dollars?'"
The market offers much of the same items the cart did, but in a larger scale. Whole pies, in-house made breads, fresh fruit cups, soda, individual bags of chips and breakfast items such as waffles and sausage packaged in a biodegradable container are all sold at the market. The market also offers residents items such milk, eggs, loaves of bread and spices for use in their apartments. Salads are the top-selling items, Torre-Rastetter says.
"Most of the products offered we have in house," she says. "We do order a few special items that we normally wouldn't carry. Things like 20-oz. soda bottles or individual bags of chips.
"We do a nice combination of people picking up single items and those who pick up a full meal," Torre-Rastetter says. "If they can't get out to the grocery store, they purchase from me. And that's what it's all about, giving our residents another convenience. They don't have to take a bus to go to the grocery store."
One FTE and two part-time employees were added to work at the market, which is open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. The location does between $1,500 and $2,000 in sales each week.
The market is also a popular choice for employees, who often pick up soups or salads to take home so they don't have to cook, Torre-Rastetter adds.
Fast, Efficient Service
A dedicated grab-and-go location is helping time-crunched students eat on the run at UMass.
Two years ago at 25,000-student University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Ken Toong, executive director, capitalized on the quick pace of college students by opening a location that is dedicated to grab and go. The location, called the Flagship at Berkshire, does about 7,000 meals a day for breakfast and lunch. Toong says variety, efficiency and convenience are the keys to a successful grab-and-go program.
"We're probably the largest grab-and-go program in terms of the number of people we serve. In any given day we do 3,500 people using grab and go for breakfast and another 3,500 for lunch at four different locations. There are 14,000 people on meal plan. At Berkshire, we do about 1,000 a day at lunch only. This is our sixth year to do grab and go and I have seen a lot of growth. We started with about 1,000 grab-and-go meals a day.
What we try to do here is make our operations more efficient. So I will not have two grab-and-go locations open at the same time if they are located within walking distance of each other. I won't have two locations offering grab and go open for breakfast because that isn't an efficient use of my staff. Yes, you have to offer convenience to your customers, but at two of our locations, they are just too close together. For grab and go to be successful, you have to be convenient. I find most of the students use this on the way to class.
The Flagship at Berkshire is in a location that we purposely separated from the main café. It is downstairs and it is self-contained. We give students a hand-held grocery store basket and they go through and get hot food, cold food, sandwiches, beverages, chips and snacks. Our goal is to get students in and out in one minute. But because of class schedules, everyone comes at once so sometimes there can be a line, but it is a very efficient operation. I call it more or less an express take out.
One of the reasons grab and go has increased so much is because we offer more variety. We started to offer pizza, lasagna and general tso's chicken. For cold food we offer sushi, different kinds of wraps or something as basic as a peanut butter and jam sandwich. We also offer healthy items as well. Things not only have to taste good, but they have to be healthy.
I think the challenge is figuring out how to provide lots of variety without slowing down service. We've worked to make sure the flow is correct. It's hot food, then sandwiches, salads and beverages. Things that slow people down like soups, we put toward the end. Things that don't take much time, like chips, snacks and fresh fruit are also at the end. It has to be easy for people to want to use it.
I find the students really want to be able to see what is inside their food. For example, we changed our breakfast burrito to more of a breakfast wrap that is cut on the bias so students can see the ingredients. When we did this, sales went up immediately.
A big seller is bottled water. Sushi is hot, too. When it's cold outside, students are looking for warm foods like soups, lasagna, fried rice and burritos. Three years ago we started offering grab and go for breakfast. We offer that from 7 a.m. until 10 a.m., then we switch to lunch until 1:30 p.m. Next September we will offer a grab-and-go dinner as well. There is a need for dinner grab and go. We send out surveys twice a year and one of the things students are really asking for is grab and go for dinner. For the dinner grab and go, we will offer more hot entrées along with more items that are being offered at the main dining hall cafés.
Sometimes if students don't have time or they have to work, they will take stuff for the weekend and put it in their fridges. We did offer grab and go for dinner the Sunday night of Super Bowl weekend. We offered that because they didn't have time to eat in the dining halls because they wanted to watch the game. We offered chicken wings, chicken fingers and food typically found for the Super Bowl."


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Use of the API does not require an API key, although CGD/CARMA reserves the right to limit or terminate access to the API at any time. If you make use of the API, we ask that you be polite and limit how often you make a direct call to the server and cache the result of API calls locally.
API calls either return a JSON or XML string or an error message (Ex: Error: no matching plants.) This data can then be easily parsed and used to create widgets and/or mashups. PHP5 comes with the built-in function, json_decode, which converts JSON into an array.
Congressmen exist in the database as locations, because they represent a certain congressional district (location).
Let's start off by doing a search for James Moran using the searchLocations method.
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Future Trends in Digital Marketing
Event Details
- Date
- February 24 2010 (8:45am – 10:15am)
- Venue
- BSG House, London, United Kingdom
- Duration
- About 2 hours
- Cost
- $160.00 per attendee
Sorry, bookings for this event are now closed.
Our annual preview of what we think you should be thinking about in the year ahead. What's hot and what's just hot air. Three opinion leaders from the industry will give their view and then we'll open up the discussion to the floor. Always a dynamic and interesting session it's now a must do on the calendar for many digital marketers.
Session one – Martin Talks (CEO and founder) and Vlad Ivanovic (Business Innovations Director) at Blue Barracuda
Simple steps to future-proof your brand in 2010 and beyond
Will Twitter start earning money? Will a smart device, gasp… "kill" the iPhone? Will my cereal box talk to my smart-device? Does it matter to my business if it does?
This presentation aims to look at how business requirements and digital trends can meet through practical implementation of a few guidelines. The presentation will aim to challenge the way you approach your communication strategy and stimulate you to think laterally about your brand's presence in an ever-changing world.
The practical models and tools discussed aim to equip you to ensure your brand is steadily evolving through the various new options made available through new innovations and technologies.
Through this session we will discuss:
- Digital's messed it all up
- Normalising behaviour
- Examples
- Navigating through any channel
- Powerful tools and their application
Session two – Mirage Islam, Contributing Editor at Contagious, Director at Inclusive Futures and BIMA (British Interactive Media Association)
The Future in 4D: Brands, Communities, Content & Technology.
What is the future of truly integrated communications? Online communities, interactive content and the tools that inform them are becoming the lynchpins of successful advertising.
This session will explore how brands are engaging audiences and adapting to rapid technology developments. Developments and changes, that not only impact industry today but will determine how we engage our customers in 2010.
From this session you will:
- Gain valuable insight in technology developments and how brands are navigating digital media landscape
- Explore groundbreaking campaigns
- Develop broader understanding of digital marketing opportunities
See which brands are successfully navigating this challenging landscape, and experience the gamechanging technologies now defining the industry.
Speakers' and panelists' profiles
Vlad Ivanovic
Vlad Ivanovic is Business Innovator at Blue Barracuda and has worked with blue-chip companies globally to develop their digital strategies, channel plans and implement them.
By challenging traditional organization thinking and practice, Vlad has helped B2B & B2C companies including Electrolux, GSK, Sara Lee and Getty Images create new competitive advantages in their verticals.
If you're wondering where the accent comes from, Vlad was born and bred an Australian so be easy on him!
Mirage Islam
Mirage is Chair of the Education and Innovation Group at the British Interactive Media Association and has been actively involved with both the British Council as an advisor to the Creative Industries unit, D&AD and the IAB. Inspiring and nurturing future talent is his passion and is a Fellow of the RSA for his contribution to Marketing and Communications.
Mirage started his career in the Financial Services industry before moving into FMCG at Cadbury's and then into the heady world of new media, joining breathe.com - UK's fourth largest mobile internet portal - in 2000.
Headhunted by BSkyB, he became head of the first official Partnership Programme and then Future Media Lead with Executive sponsorship, responsible for the external media strategy to target Youth Culture and engage Future Talent.
Director of Inclusive Futures and Contributing Editor of Contagious Magazine, Mirage is now immersed in all things digital with advertisers and their brands, media owners, publishers and youth audiences - providing innovative and fresh approaches to targeting new and existing audiences.
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For all of you who joined us in this year's ROCK THE BODY challenge, thank you! We trust it was beneficial to you. And guess what? The results are in. Our winners have been announced, and the testimonies are rolling in of what God did in your hearts as you committed to diving deeper into the life of your local churches. Martha and I share with you some of the results and takeaways.
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It seems that singles pastors are a dying breed, but not so at Houston's First Baptist Church. Pastor Don Munton has been the singles pastor there for 16 years now and is passionate about the adults that are in his sphere. As a result, singles at Don's church are being discipled, inviting others into the church, serving in the church's many ministries, and growing in relationships as they do all the above. What has Don seen from the trenches? What is his vision for the future? Here's a candid conversation with a guy who's in the lives of single adults every day.
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The credit crisis has many people in the financial industry rethinking how to manage their credit risk and exposure. It is now more important than ever for participants in the financial markets -- whether they are trading or not -- to understand these credit products given their increasing impact.
The contributors to this book are practicing professionals who honed their craft at some of the industry's most successful companies including: Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse First Boston, Kenmar Global Investment Management, and Citigroup.
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"So rapid has been the growth of the credit derivatives market that it has outpaced the publication of educational material on the topic. This well-researched volume goes a significant way towards addressing that imbalance. I have no hesitation in recommending this book to portfolio managers, traders, risk managers and researchers alike."
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"The Credit Derivative Strategies guide is a great read for the experienced derivatives professional or those just starting out in the space. Both the core concepts of the derivatives market as well as the more complex CDO trading strategies come across with great lucidity. The guide would be a great complement to anybody's investment library."
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During his ten years at Salomon, he also worked in interest rate derivatives, emerging markets, and global fixed income and was responsible for postgraduate recruiting for fixed income research in New York. Douglas is also an adjunct professor at Polytechnic University in New York and teaches in the financial engineering graduate program.
1 Eight Relative Value Opportunities (Christoph Klein).
2 Distressed Debt Strategies (Steve Persky).
3 Four Synthetic CDO Trading Strategies (Andrea Petrelli, Jun Zhang, Santa Federico, and Vivek Kapoor).
4 Choosing Credit Hedge Funds (Richard Horwitz, Erin Roye, and Jesse Horwitz).
PART II: Risk Management Strategies.
5 Fundamentals of Risk Management (Santa Federico, Andrea Petrelli, Jun Zhang, and Vivek Kapoor).
6 Risk Management for Multistrategy Funds (Christoph Klein).
7 Fat-Tail Distribution of Default Risk (Alla Gill).
PART III: Pricing, Products, and Procedures.
8 Pricing Models (Rohan Douglas and Peter Rivera).
9 CDS Valuation (Santa Federico, Andrea Petrelli, Jun Zhang, and Vivek Kapoor).
10 CDO Valuation (Santa Federico, Andrea Petrelli, Jun Zhang, and Vivek Kapoor).
11 Credit Derivatives Products (Peter Rivera).
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Lorene "Rene" Jones
Lorene "Rene" Jones was born March 10, 1923, in Glendale in LeFlore County. She passed away peacefully with family at her side Dec. 25, 2012, in Gridley, Calif.Lorene was a loving and giving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, daughter, aunt and friend. She was known for her homemade buttermilk biscuits with white and chocolate gravy. She was an avid gardener who loved canning her homegrown fruits and vegetables. She was a gifted quilter and made beautiful quilts for all her loved ones. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alvis Jones; daughters, Shirley Higgins and Sue Ramondo; and granddaughter, Suzanne Beach; parents, James "Doc" and Alice Luman; brothers, Harlen Luman, Haskel Luman, Hershel Luman and Cleo Luman; and sisters, Elise Heflen, Odean Pilgrim and Jewel Earls.She is survived by her daughter, Wanda Robertson of Gridley, with whom she resided for the past several years; her son, Jimmy Jones of Peshastin, Wash.; daughter, Doris Mann, of Springville, Calif; and son, Ray Jones of Sebastopol, Calif. In addition to her children, she is survived by eight grandchildren, and several great- and great-great-grandchildren, and brothers, Harril Luman, Theo "Pat" Luman, and Dale Luman of Wister.Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4, in Gilliam Cemetery, Graton, Calif.Donations may be made to Alzheimer's Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Ave., Seventh floor, New York, NY 10001. Arrangements are under the direcion of Parent-Sorensen Mortuary in Sebastopol.


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Bridgeport man robbed of cigarettes
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BRIDGEPORT -- A man who was followed home from the store by four men was robbed of the cigarettes he'd purchased.
Police said that the victim was held up as he left the Gigante Market and walked down Norman Street on Tuesday evening. One of the men pushed an object into his back and ordered him not to turn around, while another man took the two packs of cigarettes and his wallet from the victim's pockets.
An employee told police that the four men were loitering in front of the store and that he saw them follow the victim. Police stopped the suspects a short distance away, as they walked along Iranistan Avenue near State Street, and found unopened packs of Winston and Newport cigarettes on one of the suspects, Taquan Jefferies, 20, the report states.
A BB pistol was found in Jefferies' backpack, police said. The suspect is on probation from an earlier robbery conviction, police said. According to a state court database, Jefferies pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery in November, 2011 and was sentenced to serve 15 months.
He was charged with first-degree robbery, conspiracy and carrying a facsimile weapon in the latest incident. Also arrested were Petrelle Thompson of Vine Street and Marcos Beltran of State Street, both 20, on first-degree robbery and conspiracy charges. All three men were held overnight on $100,000 bonds and are expected to be arraigned later today at Superior Court in Bridgeport.
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Memorial services for Barbara Nelson, 79, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, at Asbury United Methodist Church Mason Chapel in Broken Arrow. The Rev. Tom Harrison will officiate.Barbara Ann Nelson was born on Sept. 26, 1933, in Springfield, o., the daughter of Dr. James Leroy and Mamie (Lance) Baker. Barbara died Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Barbara was a 1950 graduate of Poteau High School. She attended the University of Oklahoma for one year. The former Miss Barbara Ann Baker was married to Roger Dean Nelson on April 11, 1952, in Poteau. Roger preceded Barbara on July 29, 1996. Barbara moved to Tulsa in 1996 from Canada. She was a regional vice president with Arbonne International. Barbara was a member of Asbury United Methodist church for 27 years. Faith, family, friends and football summed up Barbara, although not necessarily in that order. She loved her church, bridge and the Arbonne family.Barbara is survived by her daughters, Diana and husband David Lewis of Houston, Carol Nelson Egelston of Tulsa; sons, Michael Nelson of Tulsa, Mark and wife Lori Nelson of Tulsa; grandchildren; Kenna Lewis, Cassie Lewis, Cody Lewis, Kyle Nelson, Kayli Nelson, Colton Nelson, Heath Thompson, Michael Cole Nelson and Gabrielle Nelson; great-grandchild, Sophie Johannes; sister, Wilma Young; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; niece, Kim Bassey, Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada. Services are under the direction of Hayhurst Funeral Home, Broken Arrow.


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Constellations help us find our way around the night sky. There are 88 constellations which cover the entire sky. About 80 of them can be seen from Hawaii, but not all are visible during the fall semester. We will study 9 or so constellations which have bright stars and are fairly easy to see.
Reading: Stars & Planets, p. 6 — 12 (Constellations, Star names, and Star brightness). Additional readings for individual constellations are listed below.
For thousands of years, people looking at the sky have grouped stars into constellations. The stars in constellations often seem to trace familiar shapes (Fig. 1). For example, the stars of Orion outline a man with a club, and the stars in Maui's Fish-hook follow the shape of a fishing hook. The stars in a constellation usually have very little to do with each other; some may be relatively close to us, others much further away. Because stars move so slowly through space, the patterns we see today have scarcely changed since the dawn of recorded history.
Fig. 1. The evening sky in early september, with constellations represented by figures from classical western mythology. Image generated using Stellarium.
Fig. 2. The same sky as in Fig. 1. Constellations are represented by lines connecting stars. The boundaries between constellations are also shown.
Modern astronomers still use constellations to divide the sky into different regions (Fig. 2). It may surprise you to learn that professionals don't use constellations to locate targets; instead, they use celestial coordinates (which resemble longitude and latitude used on Earth). To point a computerized observatory telescope at a particular object, you just give its celestial coordinates to the computer, and the machine does the rest. In this class we will use simple telescopes with manual controls, and a knowledge of the constellations will be helpful in finding things to observe.
The pattern of stars in the sky is basically random, much like the pattern made by spattering droplets of ink on a sheet of paper. If you look at a random pattern of dots for a while, your mind will start to group dots together, and some groups might even seem like pictures of things you know. Another person looking at the same pattern might come up with some of the same groups.
Each constellation is shown in a detailed chart in Stars & Planets. The charts show every star you can easily see with your naked eye. Individual stars in each constellation are labeled with Greek letters. These Bayer letters (see Stars & Planets, p. 7 — 10, Star names) are useful as short, unambiguous names for stars; for example, the bright star Antaries in the constellation Scorpius is called α Sco by astronomers. You will need to be familiar with Bayer letters to locate the stars we discuss in this class. Special symbols indicate double stars, variable stars, star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies; these objects may be labeled with Roman letters, the letter "M" followed by a number, or just a 3 or 4-digit number. The charts in Stars & Planets show the brightness of each star, using large dots for bright stars and small dots for faint ones; the system used to measure stellar brightness is described next.
A star's apparent magnitude is a number measuring how bright the star appears in the sky. Bright stars have small apparent magnitudes, and faint stars have large apparent magnitudes; this may seem backward, but it made sense to astronomers thousands of years ago and we've been stuck with it ever since. In modern terms, the difference in the apparent magnitudes of two stars tells you the ratio of their brightnesses. A difference of 2.5 magnitudes implies a brightness ratio of 10:1; to show what this means, suppose we have three stars, called A, B, and C:
|star A has apparent magnitude 0.0
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|star B has apparent magnitude 2.5
|mB = 2.5
|star C has apparent magnitude 5.0
|mC = 5.0
Here we are using the symbol m for apparent magnitude; the letter written below the m indicates which star this value refers to. Then,
|star A appears 10 times brighter than star B
|mB − mA = 2.5
|star B appears 10 times brighter than star C
|mC − mB = 2.5
|star A appears 10×10 = 100 times brighter than star C
|mC − mA = 5.0
In other words, you would need 10 copies of star B, or 100 copies of star C, to equal the light of star A.
To give some specific examples, the three bright stars making up the ``Summer Triangle'' are Vega (magnitude 0.03), Altair (magnitude 0.76), and Deneb (magnitude 1.2). The brightest of these — that is, the one with the smallest magnitude — is Vega. The constellation of Lyra, which includes Vega, is defined by several rather dim stars; the faintest is ζ Lyr (magnitude 4.4). With the naked eye, the faintest stars visible from Kapiolani Park have apparent magnitudes of about 4.5 to 5.0, and the faintest stars visible from a really dark location have apparent magnitudes of 6.0 to 6.5.
Knowledge of apparent magnitudes can help in planning observations. For example, you might want to know how much of the constellation of Cygnus will be visible. The five stars outlining the basic shape of this constellation have apparent magnitudes between 1.2 and 3.2; these are all fairly easy to see. However, the chart for Cygnus in Stars & Planets (p. 135) includes several fainter stars with apparent magnitudes between 3.4 and 4.0; these will be harder to see unless you are looking from a reasonably dark location.
The angular separation of two objects is an angle measuring how far apart the objects appear from your point of view. For example, make a ``shaka'' with your arm outstretched, thumb up, and pinkie down; now imagine two lines extending from your eye to the tips of your thumb and pinkie, as shown in Fig. 3. These lines meet at an angle of about 20°, so the angular separation between the tip of your thumb and the tip of your pinkie is about 20° (depending on the length of your arm and the size of your hand, but 20° is average). If two stars have an angular separation of 20°, you should be just about able to cover one with your thumb and the other with your pinkie by holding a shaka up to the sky at arm's length.
|Fig. 3. A ``handy'' measure of angular separation. At arm's length, the angle between your outstretched thumb and pinkie is about 20°.
You can estimate smaller angles with your hand as well. For example, your fist, held at arm's length, defines an angle of about 10°. A single finger, at arm's length, is about 2° wide.
To measure angular separations more accurately, we will use a device called a cross-staff, which is basically a stick, 57.3 cm long, with a centimeter ruler mounted on one end. The length of the stick was deliberately chosen; if the ruler is 57.3 cm from your eye, 1 cm on the ruler defines an angle of 1°. (If you know trigonometry, note that 57.3 = 1/tan(1°).) To use a cross-staff close one eye and place the end of the stick without the ruler just under the other eye. Sight along the stick towards the two stars you want to measure and adjust the markers on the ruler to line up with these stars. Finally, read off the positions of the markers on the ruler; the difference between them is the angular separation between the two stars.
It's often fairly easy to see a constellation when it's pointed out in the sky, but harder to remember it so you can find it yourself. The best way to really learn the constellations is to draw them; when you do this, your eyes pick out geometrical patterns which will help you remember. Our drawings will be made to scale; this gives you a feeling for the sizes of constellations. (Many people confuse the Pleiades with the Little Dipper; one is about ten times the size of the other!) Here's how to make an accurate drawing:
Because different constellations are visible at different times, we will return to the study of constellations throughout the semester.
|Description in Stars & Planets
|p. 136 &mdash 139
|p. 222 — 225
|p. 226 — 229
These constellations are easy to see; you may already know some of them. Cygnus and Sagittarius lie along the Milky Way; Sagittarius and Scorpius lie along the ecliptic.
|Description in Stars & Planets
|p. 180 — 182
|p. 108 — 110
|p. 114 — 115
Lyra contains Vega, the brightest star in the summer and fall skies, as well as the variable star β Lyr. Cassiopeia continues the sequence of bright constellations along the Milky Way. When observing Cepheus, note the star δ Cep, which is the prototype of an important class of variable stars.
|Description in Stars & Planets
|p. 202 — 203
|p. 74 — 76
|p. 204 — 206
The ``Great Square'' of Pegasus is good signpost for the Autumn sky. Andromeda, although not very striking, contains the famous Andromeda Galaxy. Perseus lies along the Milky Way; it contains the variable star Algol (β Per).
a) Using the size of the dots as a guide, list the five brightest stars in Cygnus by their Bayer letters.
b) Consider the stars α, γ, and δ Cyg; of these three, which two appear furthest apart?
c) Which of the five brightest stars in Cygnus are double?
Joshua E. Barnes
(barnes at ifa.hawaii.edu)
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The Buffalo Sabres Green Team has announced it will be teaming up with the Buffalo Recycling Alliance to host a "Community Carnival and RecycleFest" on April 27, from noon until 2 p.m., at Community Charter School, 404 Edison Ave. All are invited for a chance to play games, win prizes, learn about recycling, and enjoy food and refreshments. Expect to see SabreTooth, the mascot of the Buffalo Sabres, as well as local dignitaries such as Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples-Stokes at the event.
A part of Global Youth Service Day, "RecycleFest" is a celebration of youth involved in recycling projects and programs. Global Youth Service Day is an annual event in which youth around the world do acts of service for their communities. This year, the Buffalo Recycling Alliance has made recycling a focus for Global Youth Service Day in Buffalo. Youth from schools and universities in Buffalo are joining together to spread the word about recycling at their schools, in their homes, and in their communities.
Prior to the "Community Carnival and RecycleFest," teams of youth will be walking throughout the neighborhood around the Community Charter School - picking up litter, educating local residents about recycling, and inviting them to the carnival.
There is still time for youth and adults alike to volunteer. To get involved, contact Kyla Jaquish from the Buffalo Recycling Alliance at [email protected] or 716-852-4191, ext 115.
The Buffalo Sabres are dedicated to the sustainability of the environment in Western New York and Southern Ontario through the "Blue & Gold Make Green Initiative." The organization is committed to creating programming to help its fans reduce their environmental footprint and, at the same time, educate Sabres fans on conservation issues, teaching fans how to be greener, and directing them to additional resources where they can learn more about environmental issues.
The Green Team Program, presented by National Fuel, is supported by "Green Partners" NOCO and Modern Recycling.
The Buffalo Recycling Alliance is a volunteer group dedicated to boosting Buffalo's recycling rate. It was founded by the Partnership for the Public Good, Olmsted Center for Sight, Sierra Club Niagara Group, Buffalo First, Citizens' Campaign for the Environment, and Ujima Theater, with the assistance of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo.


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Development of a Freshwater Flux Array off Southeast Greenland
OCCI Project Funded: 2004
Proposed ResearchThere is growing observational and modeling evidence that the role of the Arctic in global climate change may act through exchange with seas further south. Thus, decadal variability may be imposed on the Arctic Ocean through changes in the inputs of heat and salt caused by climatic forcing over Nordic seas. In turn, changes in the heat and freshwater flux from the Arctic to subjacent seas can alter the rate and characteristics of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation (THC), which helps maintain the relative warmth of the climate of NW Europe. To monitor the exchange of water between the Arctic and the subarctic seas, two collaborative arrays have been deployed off Southeastern Greenland (Figure 1). First, a current meter array which, discontinuously since 1986, has been set to measure the transport of the cold dense Denmark Strait overflow where it descends across the Continental Slope off SE Greenland. Originally deployed by CEFAS, this array has been jointly maintained since 1997 by the Center for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), the University of Hamburg and the Finnish Institute of Marine Research Helsinki under the European Climate Variability of Exchange in the Northern Seas (EC VEINS) and Arctic/Subarctic Ocean Fluxes (ASOF) programs. It is intended that this array will be maintained to a point where decadal measurements of overflow transport and its hydrographic characteristics have been recovered in order to assess the causes of long term variability in overflow and to identify the links between that variability and climatic forcing. The justification lies in the fact that this overflow both ventilates the deep North Atlantic and 'drives' the abyssal limb of the THC.
The second deployment off SE Greenland is at a less advanced state of development. Set across the continental shelf (Figure 1 again, in collaboration with UHH Hamburg and IMR Helsinki), its specific objectives are to use an array of fixed or profiling moored salinity sensors and current measurements to measure the major (and, at present, totally unmeasured) component of freshwater flux passing south from the Arctic Ocean to the North Atlantic under the ice of the East Greenland shelf south of Denmark Strait. Its justification is again climatic, namely that an increasing outflux of freshwater from the Arctic has been implicated in advanced coupled climate models with slowing down the Meridional Overturning Circulation of the North Atlantic.
Purpose of the ProjectThough the instruments moored across the Denmark Strait Overflow are mainly conventional current meters, the freshwater flux array has been largely experimental and the rate of its expansion across the shelf and hence the breadth of the freshwater stream covered has depended on a series of trials. Hitherto, we have depended on 35-45 meter long 'tube' moorings to carry the salinity sensors up to the ice-base (Figure 2); but, though these have been successful, resulting in a growing recovery of long salinity records, two additional features are urgently needed to upgrade the array to the point where the first freshwater flux estimates can be made. 1) We need to achieve a better vertical resolution of salinity distribution under the ice by introducing an increased number of salinity sensors (salinity-temperature recorders). 2) Since our past attempts to measure the current profile on the shelf by conventional means have provided only short records (typically 6-month records from one-year deployments), we need to rapidly achieve a longer-term measure of the current speeds under the ice and their variability in space (including depth) and time. We intend to do this by adapting two existing CEFAS acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCPs) for use at Greenland.
This project is using WHOI funding support from the OCCI for these two measures: i.e., for the purchase of 6 salinity-temperature recorders and for the adaptation for Greenland waters of the 2 existing ADCP units (i.e., increasing their depth capability from 300 to 500 meters, building bottom frames, and adding a groundwire recovery system). The third element of this project is to analyze the resulting salinity-temperature records that potentially total 20 instrument years on recovery in summer 2004.
The planned accelerated development of the number and types of moored
gear together with additional effort in analyzing and interpreting
their records will rapidly overcome the present deficiencies of the
array and will equally rapidly allow the calculation of the first
estimate of the climatically-important freshwater flux passing south
along the East Greenland Shelf.
The scientific return from the two arrays to date has been high. Results from both arrays and from the larger-scale analysis of hydrographic data are of two types: a) those which continue to confirm the pre-existing working hypothesis; and b) those which provide new insights into local, regional or larger scale variability. They are itemized as follows:
- There continues to be little evidence of any systematic seasonal or interannual change in the speed or transport of the Denmark Strait overflow, in contrast to that through the Faroe-Bank Channel, which appears (from proxy evidence) to be slowing.
- The temperature of the Denmark Strait overflow off SE Greenland appears to be determined by North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) forcing of the upper ocean in the Fram Strait, some 2,500 kilometers upstream and 3 years earlier.
- The hydrographic character of the deepening overflow off SE Greenland determines the density at abyssal depths in the Labrador Sea one year later.
- The progressive 4-decade freshening of the entire system of overflow and entrainment that ventilates the deep Atlantic has continued.
- The freshening of the water column of the NW Atlantic is among the largest changes ever observed in oceanography.
- The freshening observed in the northern North Atlantic over the past four decades appears to be part of a circumpolar freshening of the World Ocean in both hemispheres. Coupled with an increase in upper ocean salinities throughout the subtropics, this large-scale and long-term redistribution of ocean salinity is suggested to be the 'telltale' of an accelerating water cycle, long anticipated as a result of global warming.
- Despite the harsh and remote fieldwork site off SE Greenland, the above results have been underpinned by a high recovery-rate of gear during the contract period, including a 95% good data return from current meters.


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What's Your Frequency? Analyzing and Creating Frequency Tables and Line Plots
Lesson 6 of 23
Objective: The students will be looking at data to create, analyze and describe frequency tables and line plots (dot plots).
Big Idea: The students will be working with frequency tables and turning them in to line plots. They will be describing the data and making observations from the tables.
The beginning part of this lesson is applying their knowledge of the measures of central tendency. I choose this problem because I wanted to see what students could identify that the mean would be most affected by the outlier without having to calculate out the measures. Students who know the mean is most affected by the outlier understand that when you have a number that is far away from the other data values it will affect the mean the most. These students will not have to use the mean algorithm with and without the data value to understand the concept. A good way to get students talking about this is to do a partner share. (It may not always work on nicely for pairs) Have students that did not have to do any calculations partner up with students that needed to do the calculations for mean. This is a good way to let the high achieving students share their knowledge and understanding.
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Analyzing Frequency Tables
The lesson middle focuses on direct guided instruction. Students will be looking at frequency tables with a variety of data (both numerical and categorical). They will be required to create their own frequency tables using intervals. Additionally, it will be important to address a few questions to relate this to 6.SP.B.5
- Students should be able to report how many people were surveyed
- Students should be able to describe the data (shape, center, and spread)
- To challenge, have students find the mean, median, mode and range of the data from the line plot
The student will work through a few tables and graphs with the teacher and then they will be given two opportunities to create and analyze on their own. During this time, the teacher's role is a facilitator. Allow students to work on their own or solicit the help of other students. To check for understanding, it may be beneficial to have students report back their findings to the group (team check) or to the whole class. When team checking, remind students to incorporate speaking and listening strategies, to use mathematical language (SMP6) and to support their answer with a reasonable argument (SMP3)
After students have completed creating their tables, have them work on the final two questions in the power point. This can be shared as whole group or in partners or use think-pair-share to get more thoughtful responses.
Question 1: Students should be able to say that there cannot be an overlap of numbers when using intervals. Intervals need to be equal too
Question 2: Students should see that Caleb did not read the plot correctly. The numbers on the number line indicate the ages of campers and the x's indicate how many campers. Caleb read the line plot incorrectly.
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Before starting on the TV worksheet, ask the students the following questions to assess understanding of the learning objective. Questions will be discussed whole group.
- What components need to be in a frequency table (category, tally, frequency, and title)
- Could you find the mean, median, mode and range from a frequency table?
- When using intervals, explain what that would look like?
- What can't you determine when using intervals?
- What components are in a line plot? (number line, x's or dots, title)
- Can you find the mean, median, mode and range in a line plot?
- Can you tell how many people were surveyed in a line plot or frequency table?
- How are a line plot and frequency table alike?
Question #6: There is a common misconception when working with line plots and finding the mean. Students have difficulty making the connection that the amount of x's indicates the frequency of the event happening. Hit this question hard. Get kids to tell you how to find the mean (add up all of the data and divide by how many) then tell them to think about a line plot (what do the x's represent). So, if we want to find the mean, how would that look when writing it out? Also, ask the students if there is a large number of data values, can we simplify the amount of information going in to the calculator? My students want to put every number in the calculator and they run out of space. We talk about trying to simplify our calculations. I ask them how to simplify repeated addition, looking to get them to say multiplication. So some students will write the value amount of the data above the x's and then put that in the calculator.
(TV watching, Navigating though Data Analysis in Grades 6 – 9, NCTM)
Allow students time to work on the TV watching worksheet. This is an application problem that involves components learned thus far. If students do not finish, they may take it home to complete.
If they are done, have the students compare answers with a partner or discuss whole group. This could also be done as the DO NOW for the next day.


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Describes arrest and imprisonment in prewar Germany for his relationship with a non-Jewish woman [Interview: 1992]
Edward was born to a Jewish family in Hamburg. In 1935, the Nuremberg Laws prohibited marriage or sexual relations between German non-Jews and Jews. Edward was then in his mid-twenties. Edward was arrested for dating a non-Jewish woman. Classified as a habitual offender, he was later deported to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, near Berlin. He was forced to perform hard labor in construction projects. Edward had married shortly before his imprisonment, and his wife made arrangements for their emigration from Germany. Edward was released from custody in September 1938 and left Germany. He stayed with relatives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and later immigrated to the United States.
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Sparkle isn't a great movie. It's possible that it's not even a very good movie. It is, however, a highly enjoyable, sprawling soap opera with '60s fashion and period detail, glamorous musical performances, high drama, and, perhaps most importantly, the late Whitney Houston's last performance on film.
As Sparkle, American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance alum Jordin Sparks carries the weight of the movie. Sparkle is a little ''church mouse'' who is too shy to sing the soulful songs she writes. Sister (Carmen Ejogo), who recently returned from New York and has a bad reputation, is persuaded to take the lead. Sparkle and the family's third sister Dolores (Tika Sumpter), a pre-med and the sharpest in terms of intelligence and personality, sing backup. As their band takes off, they acquire a manager, the starry-eyed Stix (Derek Luke), and although Sister was initially courted by Stix's cousin Levi, he's quickly shoved aside for Satin (Mike Epps). Naturally, Sister and Satin are a combustible pair, Sparkle is only concerned with the future of their band and Dolores waits to find out if she got into medical school. Meanwhile, matriarch Emma (Whitney Houston) has no idea her daughters are sneaking out to perform in clubs in Detroit. In one of the movie's especially silly contrivances, she finds out when she sees them on late night TV.
There are plenty of things in Sparkle that don't make sense. There are leaps in logic, bizarre plot holes, and a clumsy attempt to work civil rights into the mix. Somehow, the magnetism of its stars, especially Ejogo and Epps as the slickly sinister fiancé Satin, helps make Sparkle a little bit more of the sum of its parts. And, of course, Houston's performance as Mama Bear Emma is worth the price of admission for fans of the diva. It doesn't matter if you're like gospel or not; when she belts out ''His Eye Is on the Sparrow'' with tears running down her face, fans will swoon.
Sparkle was a passion project for Houston, who loved the original with Irene Cara and was an executive producer on this remake. Her character is steely and overprotective, often at the cost of her daughters' self-esteem. Houston wows in a scene with Epps, when they exchange words over a Sunday dinner. Emma doesn't just call Satin out for his disrespect of religion (in front of the reverend, no less) but for the way his comedy panders to a white audience. This is one of the more successful moments when the civil rights movement is evoked; although the script makes nods towards Martin Luther King, Jr., he's used as a sort of prop to try and convince Sparkle she should have faith in herself.
In the end, though, Sparkle is a spectacle. It's false eyelashes and winged eyeliner, diamonds and drugs, smoke-filled clubs, and a disapproving mom with her hair in curlers waiting at home with a glint in her eye. It is the kind of movie where choirs pop up from seemingly nowhere and you can achieve your dreams by waiting outside a record exec's office for days on end. It's baffling and mesmerizing. Fans will eat it up.
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Police officials recommend prosecution for Bieber over egg attack
Police officials in Los Angeles are recommending the District Attorney prosecutes Justin Bieber for the pop star's egg attack on his neighbour.
Detectives working for the L.A. County Sheriff's Department have reviewed the evidence and interviewed witnesses and those involved in the incident that took place at the beginning of last month – and they have passed all the information to the D.A.
Spokesman Lt. Dave Thompson tells TMZ.com the officials want the Baby singer to stand trial for his actions.
He says, "I went to the D.A.'s Office today with the paperwork, and I want a felony. Of course I want a felony."
Bieber's egg attack caused $20,000 in damage, according to reports.
The pop superstar already has three upcoming court dates on his schedule – he'll face a judge on February 14 for an arraignment in connection to a DUI arrest in Florida he'll then return to court on March 3 to stand trial.
The teenager is also in legal trouble in his native Canada, where he was officially charged in connection to an alleged assault on a limousine driver in Toronto last year. He must return to court for that case on March 10.


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ADRIAN, Mich. – Danny Dahms scored a career-high-tying six goals to help Concordia University Wisconsin edge Adrian College, 11-10, in a non-conference matchup on Wednesday evening Docking stadium.
Dahms scored back-to-back goals twice and tallied his sixth score to give the Falcons a 10-8 lead with six minutes remaining in the contest. The Bulldogs responded with a pair of scores to tie the game at 10-10, but it was Peter Morton's (senior, Albany, Ga.) game-winner with 1:12 to play that was the difference.
CUW completed a difficult four-game stretch in seven days unscathed. They have now won five games in a row. The Falcons are the first program from the Midwest Lacrosse Conference to defeat the Bulldogs.
There were five lead changes and five scoring ties in the back-and-forth affair between the former conference rivals. CUW (6-2) was overmatched in nearly every statistical category, but took advantage of its limited opportunities.
AC (4-2) held a 34-17 lead in ground balls, won 18-of-25 faceoffs, and cleared 10-of-10 chances. CUW ended with 13 successful clears and two man-up scores, both by Dahms.
Dahms (senior, Calgary, Alberta) finished with eight points, which is tied for the third-most in program history. His six goals were one shy of tying the program record. Senior Sam Wladyka (Winnipeg, Manitoba) ended with two goals, while three other Falcons found the back of the net. Freshman Colin Raley (Inverness, Ill.) also dished out a career-best two assists.
Defensively, sophomore Danny Bundra (Lake Zurich, Ill.) picked up four ground balls and goalkeeper Thomas Mueller (Prior Lake, Minn.) made a career-best 15 saves, which is tied for second-most all-time in a CUW game. Mueller also had three ground balls.
The Bulldogs were led by Mitch Burgin who tallied four goals and assisted on two scores, while Tom Thielman had a hat trick. Eric Fannell finished with two markers and an assist. Drake Dailey-Chwalibog picked up a game-high eight ground balls and Lido Aldini caused three turnovers.
CUW returns to action on Saturday for its third-straight non-conference game against Alma College at 1 p.m. at Fitting Field.


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These works on paper bring together text and image in what Star Black describes as "visual pages," which, like linguistic acts of creation, are "brief and bounded by space."
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Vale SA is back. After enduring a one-year strike at its Sudbury and Port Colborne, Ontario, operations, the Brazilian company has returned in force to the American market, easing supply pressures and leading to a severe drop in premiums. The company had total estimated output of 144,000 tonnes of nickel in 2010, ranking it third among world producers.
Dudinka, Russia-based MMC Norilsk Nickel still heads the list, producing 299,500 tonnes in 2010, up 5.8 percent from 283,000 tonnes the previous year. It currently supplies about half of the nickel in the U.S. market, according to market participants.
China's Jinchuan Group Ltd. has been climbing the list by aggressively pursuing acquisitions. Even though China is a net importer of nickel, the company is selling into the U.S. market due to the higher premiums it can receive here and because the Chinese market largely takes nickel pig iron supplies.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Denzel Washington was looking for something light after his role as an alcoholic airline pilot in "Flight" and found it in "2 Guns," an action buddy film that showcases the two-time Academy Award winner's flair for comedy.
The film, which opens in U.S. theaters on Friday, is new territory for Washington, who was nominated for his sixth Oscar for "Flight" and took home golden statuettes for the 2001 crime drama "Training Day" and the 1989 Civil War film "Glory."
Based on a 2008 BOOM! Studios graphic novel by Steven Grant, "2 Guns" pairs Washington, 58, with Mark Wahlberg, 42, who is fresh from his success with the 2012 talking teddy bear comedy "Ted," which earned nearly $550 million at the global box office.
"I was looking to do something to have more fun, so when I read the script and heard Mark was involved I was like, 'Oh I could be safe because Mark is not just funny, he has a warmth and heart about him,'" Washington said.
"We're buddies. It's a buddy movie, so it was a chance to do that and to have fun."
It's the first time the pair has worked together and they emit an easy rapport, like Paul Newman and Robert Redford in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in the "Lethal Weapon" films.
Washington plays the smooth, gold-toothed, undercover narcotics cop Robert "Bobby" Trench, who with Wahlberg's by-the-code, sharpshooter U.S. Navy intelligence officer Marcus "Stig" Stigman, is trying to infiltrate a Mexican drug cartel run by Papi Greco, played by Edward James Olmos.
Although partners, the unlikely duo don't trust each other and neither realizes that the other is an undercover agent until a bank robbery goes wrong and they are left to fend for themselves by their government superiors.
With explosions, car chases, shoot-outs and a pent-up bull with his eyes fixed on the pair suspended by their ankles, there is plenty of action and drama. But the relationship between the duo is the core of the film.
"It's about two guys. Usually they'll take the comedy guy, the really out there comedy guy, and the straight guy and put them together," said Wahlberg.
"We didn't want to do that. I felt like you had to have two really formidable opponents and to earn that camaraderie and to earn that trust in one another - that was really the movie."
Washington said he knew he had timing and had been told he was funny, but it was Wahlberg, a screenplay by Blake Masters with early 1970s action movies in mind, and some improvisation that freed him to try anything.
"I'm quick, but being funny on purpose, take after take, for me it was new territory," he said. "It's not easy, there's a pressure to be funny."
The movie was directed by Icelandic former actor Baltasar Kormakur, who said he was drawn to the film by the characters and the modern Western feel of the script. "2 Guns" is his second film with Wahlberg, having working with the actor on his American directorial debut, the 2012 crime thriller "Contraband."
Bill Paxton, who plays a ruthless, southern CIA operative who pries information from suspects about the missing money through games of Russian roulette, described Washington as "a great comedic actor."
"It's unfortunate that people don't get to see him in more comedy," he added.
But audiences may not have to wait too long.
"We have a couple of other pieces of material from the publisher that we are looking at," Wahlberg said.
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Nurse - Rebecca Ailstock
by – Patty Poor, Crittenden
If you are 24 years old, your life should be carefree and fun. But Rebecca Ailstock faces challenges that the majority of people her age would never think of. Rebecca faces the specter of cancer each day and is reminded of it each day when she looks in the mirror and sees her fluff of hair that is trying to grow back in after surgery to remove a brain tumor and a series of chemo treatments.
Despite the treatments and lack of hair, Rebecca continues to work as a nurse to St. Elizabeth Hospital where she brings a ray of sunshine to each of her patients and their families. I witnessed this first hand recently when a relative of mine was hospitalized. Rebecca even visits with patients on her breaks and comes in on her days off with a homemade cake or treat for her co-workers. Rebecca also plans days to spend time with her many young nieces; what a role model for them. I know that Rebecca grew up in a Christian home and feel that her faith is what keeps her going.
This nomination is not made out of sympathy for Rebecca and her battle with the big "C," but as a tribute to one that genuinely cares others and gives back.
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Only Samsung will challenge Apple's iPad in 2012
Single-figure market shares for the rest
Apple's share of the tablet market may be heading downward, but it's still going to sell a shedload of fondleslabs next year.
Most market watchers would express such a description of the table business if asked, but an analyst at Canaccord Genuity, an investment bank, has added some numbers to the picture.
According to CG's Michael Walkley, Apple will take 57 per cent of the tablet market in 2012, well down on the 90-odd per cent it took in 2010.
Of course, the growth in unit shipments more than compensates the Mac maker for its share slippage. Some 102.3m tablets will ship in 2012, CG reckons, up from 18.1m in 2010 and 60.3m in 2011.
Shipments of iPads will account for 58.8m of those, with every other player battling each other for the remainder. The only other supplier with double-digit shipments, CG thinks, will be Samsung, shipping 10m tablets for a ten per cent share of the market.
CG has most players upping their shipments between 2012 and 2011, most notably the aforementioned Apple and Samsung, but also Amazon - 2m units in 2011, 5m in 2012 - and Nokia: no units this year, 3m in 2012.
Nokia is expected to jump on the Windows 8 bandwagon, as will a variety of PC makers, such as Dell, HP and Lenovo. Together this latter group will account for 4.5m units in 2012, some Android, most Windows 8.
Asus' share will dip a percentage point to four per cent, despite shipment growth. RIM's rising sales will not lift its share beyond two per cent in 2012 - its figure for 2011, CG estimates. Motorola won't increase its shipments year on year, leading to a decline in market share from two per cent to one. ®


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Beaumont/Port Arthur
On a brisk and blustery Sunday afternoon, winds blow the late autumn leaves through a quiet neighborhood in Beaumont's West End. Outside a house on the corner of a calm intersection, dulcet tones float gently on the breeze. Inside the cozy home sits Rachel Clark, a 15-year-old Lumberton resident, plucking the strings of a 95-year-old Wurlitzer Semi-grand harp under the watchful gaze of her private instructor, Dr.
Suzette Ratcliff is on a mission. Her mission is to spread love through acts of kindness while keeping her daughter's memory alive.
In honor of her daughter Rachel Ann Clark, Suzette started a Facebook page called Real Acts of Compassion, where she asks people to reach out to help others and challenges them to make a difference in the community. On the morning of Sept. 17, 2009, Rachel Clark left to go to work at Sertino's. She would never return home.
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Orcaella brevirostris (Ayeyarwady River subpopulation)
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Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Orcaella brevirostris (Ayeyarwady River subpopulation)
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|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Critically Endangered C2a(i,ii); D ver 3.1
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|Smith, B.D.
|Reeves, R. & Taylor, B.L. (Cetacean Red List Authority)
The best estimate of abundance for the Ayeyarwady population of Irrawaddy dolphins is 59 individuals, based on the December 2003 upstream survey from Mandalay to just above the Taping tributary confluence in Bhamo. Guidelines for considering measurement error (Annex 1: Uncertainty, in IUCN 2001) suggest using plausible lower bounds, rather than best estimates, to determine population size. In the case of dolphins in the Ayeyarwady, this means that it would be appropriate to use 51, the sum of minimum estimates of group size from the December 2003 survey. The threshold of 50 mature individuals for listing a species or subpopulation as CR according to Criterion D (and C2a(i)) refers to the number of individuals known, estimated or inferred to be capable of reproduction. Although the proportion of mature individuals typical for this species is unknown, it is reasonable (and certainly precautionary) to infer that the number of mature individuals in the Ayeyarwady River is less than 50. Therefore, the population qualifies for listing as CR based on Criterion D. The population also qualifies as CR on the basis of Criterion C2a (i, ii) as there are certainly fewer than 250 mature individuals in the population, and a continuing decline in the number of mature individuals is projected or inferred based on continuing threats from gillnet entanglement, electric fishing, and habitat degradation and acoustical disturbance caused by gold mining operations, and the potential threat from bioaccumulation of mercury, and both subcriteria of subcriterion 2a apply (no subpopulation contains more than 50 mature individuals and more than 90% of the total mature individuals are in one subpopulation).
|Range Description:
|The Irrawaddy dolphin is patchily distributed in shallow, near-shore tropical and subtropical marine waters of the Indo-Pacific, from northeastern Australia in the south, north to the Philippines (Dolar et al. 2002) and west to northeastern India (Stacey and Leatherwood 1997; Stacey and Arnold 1999). Its marine distribution is concentrated in estuaries and semi-enclosed water bodies (i.e., bays and sounds), generally adjacent to mangrove forests. Freshwater populations occur in three river systems - the Mahakam of Indonesia, the Ayeyarwady (formerly Irrawaddy) of Myanmar (formerly Burma) and the Mekong of southern Laos, Cambodia and Viet Nam. Irrawaddy dolphins also occur in partially isolated brackish or fresh-water bodies, including Chilka Lake in India and Songkhla Lake in Thailand.
The earliest reference to dolphins in the Ayeyarwady River is from the New T'ang History (Chinese text from 'about 800 A.D.' as cited in Luce 1966), which mentions trade in 'river pigs' among the Pyu people. During surveys of the Ayeyarwady River between Rangoon [Yangon] and Bhamo, Anderson (1879) observed Irrawaddy dolphins no farther downstream than Prome [Pyay] (about 360 km from the sea) during the low-water season and Yenanyoung (about 540 km from the sea) during the high-water season. Upstream, the local Shan people reported to Anderson (1879) that dolphins were never found upriver of a point 30 m above Bhamo, where the course of the river was interrupted by rocks. They called the site Labine, or "Dolphin Point." Anderson (1879) also reported that the dolphins ascended larger tributaries, such as the Taping, Khyendwen [Chindwin] and Shuaylee [Shweli], when these were in flood. (See Figure 1 in the Supplementary Material for a map of the Ayeyarwady River and the locations used to describe the distribution of the dolphin).
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|Between 1996 and 2003 several visual boat-based surveys for Irrawaddy dolphins were conducted in the Ayeyarwady River. The most recent of these indicated that the dry season range of the species has declined dramatically and that the number of remaining animals is precariously small. Two surveys (details below) resulted in the same best estimate of 59 animals remaining.
During the November-December 2002 survey of the entire Ayeyarwady River sighting conditions were generally good. If the absence of sightings downstream of Mingun is interpreted to mean that this is the range limit for the species in the river system, this would indicate a range decline of 488 km in river length (or 56.7%) compared with the historical distribution reported by Anderson (1879) and that the distance from the nearest reported record of species in the delta is almost 1,000 km.
During the December 2003 surveys of the Bhamo to Mandalay segment sighting conditions were also generally good. The increase in the number of dolphins observed during the 2003 upstream survey, compared to the 2002 downstream survey, can probably be attributed to the slower speed of the survey vessel and the increased visual coverage of downstream facing tributaries and braided channel confluences (where the dolphins were often found) while surveying in an upstream direction. This hypothesis is supported by similar differences in the number of dolphin groups observed during surveys in upstream and downstream directions between Mandalay and the Shweli River confluence in December 1996 (Smith et al. 1997), five and two, respectively, and during the 2003 surveys themselves, 16 and 10, respectively (Smith 2003).
The abundance estimate from the December 2003 survey is probably close to the actual size of the Ayeyarwady dolphin population due to measures taken in the field to increase sighting efficiency (team of trained and mostly experienced observers, three looking forward and one backwards on the main vessel and two looking forward on the smaller vessel, all alternating between searching with 7x50 binoculars and naked eye and given sufficient rest so that vigilance remained high) and the upstream direction of the survey. The relatively narrow cross section of the main channel (mean=650 m; SD=342 m; range=175–2,200 m; determined by laser range-finder readings, when the distances from the survey vessel to both banks were less than about 600 m and there were suitable reflective targets [e.g., steep sand slope, defile walls], or by visual estimation when these conditions were not met) and the limited deep water area within the cross-section where the dolphins were typically found (and where the vessel's survey path was confined) also ensured a high level of sighting efficiency.
Potential sighting biases were evaluated using distance estimates and dive time frequencies. According to distance estimation data recorded during the survey (n=16), the sighting frequency declined at around 400 m. Mean vessel speed was 7.8 km/hr or 2.2 m/sec, which means that on average it took 182 seconds to cover the 400 m distance where dolphins had a high probability of being detected (otherwise there would have been a decline in sighting frequency before this distance). Group dive times (n=416) were recorded during nine sightings (mean=20 sec, range=1–105, SD=20). A frequency distribution of these times indicates that 100% of dolphin groups within this distance increment would be at the surface, 'available' for detection, at least once and, on average, during about nine surfacings. The dolphins would also be available during the same number of surfacings in the 401–800 m and 801–1,200 m distance increments where the proportion of detections were half the number detected at 0–400 m. This analysis indicates that sighting efficiency during the survey was relatively high and therefore the abundance estimate reasonably unbiased.
A quantitative estimate of population trend cannot be made from the available data, but there is clear evidence of a major reduction in this population's extent of occurrence and area of occupancy. As summarized above, the linear extent of occurrence in the Ayeyarwady appears to have declined by nearly 60% since the 19th century. Moreover, the best estimate of the total number of dolphins observed was the same (59) for surveys in 1998 and 2003 even though in the latter, the survey boat was traveling at a much slower speed in an upstream direction (7.8 km/hr) in comparison to the faster speed of the earlier downstream survey (13 km/hr). Distances between dolphin sightings (172 km, 124 km, and 33 km for the longest three during the November-December 2002 survey, and 120 km, 89 km, and 23 km during the upstream December 2003 survey) suggest that the remaining population is fragmented to some extent and that opportunities for demographic interaction among dolphin groups are limited, thereby contributing to projected future population declines.
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|The species inhabits deep pools of large rivers, protected inshore marine environments with substantial freshwater inputs, and partially isolated brackish or freshwater bodies (Stacey and Leatherwood 1997, Stacey and Arnold 1999, Smith and Jefferson 2002). During surveys in the Ayeyarwady River dolphin sightings were concentrated in geomorphologically complex reaches upstream and downstream of channel convergences (especially tributaries), islands, and defiles (where an alluvial channel becomes abruptly narrow and deep as it cuts through a mountain range, Smith and Hobbs 2002).
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Smith (2003) recorded a total of 5,701 fishing gears in the main channel of the Ayeyarwady during the November-December 2002 survey. Gill nets accounted for the majority of gear clusters (defined as a grouping of gears within 500 m of the first one observed; 57.4%) and, if sticks with multiple hooks are excluded, the majority of individual gears (53.5%). Gill nets were also the most widespread gears in terms of their distribution throughout the river and there was a significant positive relationship between gillnet encounter rates (i.e., number of gears observed each day) regressed against downstream progress on the survey (DF 19; fixed gillnets p=0.0176, F=6.8321, R2=0.2750; drifting gillnets p=0.0002, F=20.7149, R2=0.5351).
Wherever gillnets and cetaceans occur together there will be entanglements and mortality (see International Whaling Commission 1994). The fact that gillnets were present in higher frequencies in areas where dolphins were reported to occur historically but were not observed during the 2002 survey, implies that these fishing gears are at least partially responsible for the range decline of the species. For small cetaceans it is generally recommended that yearly removals not exceed 1–2% of the population size (Wade 1998) – the lower bound being more applicable to very small populations that are already vulnerable to extirpation due to demographic, genetic and other factors. If there are only about 60 animals in this subpopulation ('best' estimate of abundance from December 2003 survey), any more than a single death every one or two years may be unsustainable.
During the December 2003 survey electric fishing was occasionally observed during daylight hours and reported by local villagers to be practiced widely and surreptitiously at night. A local veterinarian reported that he had examined a stranded dolphin that was killed by electrocution (Smith, unpublished). Electric fishing has been cited as being responsible for the largest number of recent known deaths of the baiji (Lipotes vexillifer), a Critically Endangered dolphin in the Yangtze River of China, and has come to be regarded as the main anthropogenic threat to the survival of that species (Zhang et al. 2003).
Potential additional threats
Smith (2003) also recorded a total of 890 gold mining operations during 15 days of the 2002 survey. These were concentrated primarily in areas of reduced current, above and below defiles and near channel convergences – the same areas that constitute the preferred habitat of Irrawaddy dolphins (see above). Large boat dredges (15.8% of the total operations) and hydraulic land blasters (13.4% of the total operations) introduce, break up, and redistribute large quantities of gravel and fine sediments. This causes major changes in the geomorphological and hydraulic features of river channels that make them suitable for dolphins. These operations are also very noisy, which may interfere with the ability of dolphins to navigate, detect and catch their prey and communicate.
Gold mining operations use mercury to amalgamate the gold. Relatively high levels of THg and MeHg have been found in the muscle of 104 fish belonging to 22 different species sampled from fishermen's catches and fish markets along the entire length of the river. In the most widely distributed genus (Ompok) mean muscle Hg from multiple similar individuals was found to increase significantly in the downstream reaches, as compared to upstream reaches (Slotton et al. 2004). The Irrawaddy dolphin is a predatory species and the biomagnification potential of mercury makes pollution by this element a source of concern to the dolphin population. The risk may be increased by the animals' affinity for counter-currents, where entrained metals may settle in higher concentrations than elsewhere, and tributary mouths fed by lower-order streams, where gold mining may be even more intense and dilution limited by lower flows relative to the mainstem. Although we have no information on the effects of mercury on Irrawaddy dolphins, a casual link has been suggested between liver disease and high levels of the metal in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) (Bowles 1999).
|Conservation Actions:
|The dolphins receive customary protection from directed killing or intentional disturbance by virtue of the positive role they play in a cooperative fishery with throw-net fishermen (Smith et al. 1997). The Wildlife Conservation Society and Myanmar Fisheries Department have plans to establish a long-term conservation program for the dolphins in the upper reaches of the Ayeyarwady River. These entail one or more protected areas where gillnetting would be eliminated or dramatically reduced, enforcing laws that prohibit electric fishing, and monitoring the population and threats to its survival.
|Smith, B.D. 2004. Orcaella brevirostris (Ayeyarwady River subpopulation). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T44556A10919593. . Downloaded on 17 August 2018.
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I'm always a little hesitant to take on commissions these days, it feels like a gamble half the time. In some cases the direction can be so heavy handed that it really feels like labor. This was not one of those cases. The level of trust and freedom was great; given enough guidelines that I could build a nice box to work in and out of, and I was allotted the chance to pay homage to my favourite brotherhood, the Pre-Raphealites.
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graphite on BFK Rives, 20"x21"
I tried to consistently document the process of the piece, you can see some areas where I get caught up in a certain nuance and ultimately have to scrap it to make the image work as a whole.
I'm working on a few more of these dream projects right now. I can't wait to share them with you.


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Pinkerton names Hall of Fame class for 2014By HUNTER McGEE
Union Leader Correspondent
June 24. 2014 10:49PM
DERRY — Pinkerton Academy has named its Hall of Fame members for 2014.
Each year, the high school honors individuals who have made exceptional contributions to Pinkerton and society, said Anne Parker, alumni director.
The annual banquet to honor the new members is scheduled for Sept. 19 at 6 p.m. in the Spaulding café, Parker said.
Listed below are this year's Hall of Fame members:
Gillian Abramson, Class of 1976
Graduate of UNH and Fordham School of Law. Former legal counsel for Gov. Stephen Merrill who appointed her as an associate justice to the NH Superior Court; current supervisory justice of Hillsborough Superior Court.
David Brown, Class of 1991
Three season, varsity athlete at Pinkerton; graduate of Norwich Academy and Army Ranger; long-time mentor, coach, and teacher in Derry.
Charles Myette, Class of 1967
Student athlete and leader at Pinkerton; graduate of Plymouth State and the University of NH; long-time champion of environmental issues nationally and in Chester.
Lani Buskey, Class of 1998
Student leader and basketball stand-out; educator, coach, and class advisor; Pinkerton employee.
Nichole Bukowski, Class of 1997
Student athlete in five sports; all-time leading goal scorer in field hockey; scholarship to Boston College; dedicated teacher and mentor for inner-city youth.
Paul Cino, Class of 1979
All-American in lacrosse; graduate of West Point; president and CEO of IT Federal Sales; long-time girls' lacrosse coach and creator of the Windham Youth program.
Brewster Bartlett, Faculty
Dedicated Pinkerton teacher for over 40 years; advisor to the ski club, mogul monsters, Students for Environmental Action, and Citizenship committee. Recipient of the National Science Foundation award.


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That's the whole genius of the thing. You don't know if he's serious or not so as a serious poster, you, 95% of the time, give him the benefit of the doubt.
Haven't you noticed the pattern? Nucks are playing well? RD disappears.
Nucks go on a mini losing streak, RD appears with his inflammatory anti-Gillis comments which are GUARAN-DAMN-TEED to provoke the unwashed masses and god help you if you try to engage him with half decent, semi-intelligent logical replies.
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- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
Move over, Mrs. Fields. Make way for Mrs. Miller. "Mrs. Miller's Chocolate Chip Cookies," that is.
"Mrs. Miller's Chocolate Chip Cookies" scored a big hit at the annual Solano County 4-H Presentation Day, held in Fairfield.
Caitlin Miller, 10, of Vacaville, a member of the Elmira 4-H Club, chose to give a presentation on a cookie she loves the most: her grandmother's chocolate chip cookies.
Her grandmother, Alice Miller, of Washington state, formerly of Benicia, "makes them all the time," Caitlin said. "She showed me how to make them and they're really good."
The secret ingredient, cream cheese, keeps them soft.
The two judges, Sally Moore of the Roving Clovers 4-H Club, Dixon and Sarah San Nicolas of the Golden Hills 4-H Club, Vacaville, proclaimed the cookies "delicious." They gave a blue (very good) award for her presentation.
Caitlin, a fourth grader at Cooper School in Vacaville, posted the recipe on her display board, complete with photos of the entire process.
She said she enjoyed making them.
Probably not as much as the crowd at the Solano County 4-H Presentation Day enjoyed eating them. Within a matter of minutes, not a crumb remained on the platter.
Here's the recipe:
Mrs. Miller's Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 cup butter
4 ounces cream cheese
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla
2-1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
12 ounces chocolate chips, semi-sweet
1 cup of nuts (optional)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Soften cream cheese and butter. Blend with brown sugar and granulated sugar until smooth. Add egg and vanilla and blend. Add flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder and mix. Then add chocolate chips, and if desired, nuts.
Using an ice cream scoop, place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten dough slightly. Bake at 375 degrees for 12 to 14 minutes (until lightly golden).


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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- There was a funny scene in the Phillies' main meeting room Tuesday afternoon.
Reporters had just been invited in for the daily briefing with general manager Ruben Amaro Jr.
The flat-screen TV on the wall was tuned to a baseball show. Cliff Lee's picture flashed across the screen.
The image of Lee caught Amaro's eye.
"Oh!" he said, his voice full of sarcasm. "We're trading him now."
Amaro's remark drew laughter from the folks in the room and showed that he was aware of the hot rumor on Day 2 of the winter meetings, the one, reported by ESPN, that said the Phillies were willing to listen to offers for Lee and fellow ace Cole Hamels.
"I've heard them," Amaro said. "They're silly.
"We're trying to add. I said before, the best way for us to win is with our pitching, particularly at the top of the rotation."
Several minutes earlier, manager Ryne Sandberg was asked about the rumors.
"I don't believe they are true," Sandberg said. "We're trying to add pitching."
A smart general manager is always willing to listen to what he could get for his players. You never know when you might get blown away. But listening is not the same thing as trading. Though expectations for the 2014 season are not high, the Phils are still hoping to contend, still hoping to make a run at the postseason, where a 1-2 punch of Hamels and Lee could be dangerous. To trade one of the two pitchers would signal a rebuilding effort and to announce that at this point of the offseason would not help ticket sales.
"We are built to contend," Amaro said. "That's our job, to try and win."
Might there be a time when the Phils transition to a rebuilding effort?
"At some point we may have to do that," Amaro said. "But not right now we're not. We're not there."
July might be a more realistic time to trade Lee -- if the Phillies are not in contention. But Amaro really thinks this club can contend.
"We're built to win," Amaro said. "I like our lineup. I'd like to add some pitching to it.
"I think we've got a pretty good lineup as it stands today. If we can improve on it we'll try. But I like our lineup. We've been sitting here and discussing it internally. I like the balance in it. Is it older? Yes, it is. It doesn't necessarily mean it's worse just because it's older. We just have to get them healthier. If it's healthy, it's better than last year, clearly. We have to score more than 610 runs or whatever it was that we scored last year. That was awful. We have to score 700-plus runs to contend. I think the guys that are in the lineup as it stands today can do that."
The Phils' 610 runs ranked 13th in the NL in 2013.
Amaro continues to look for starting pitching depth to slot in behind Hamels and Lee.
"If I had to handicap it, I'd say we'd probably go the free-agent route for a pitcher," he said.
The Phils made offers to Ryan Vogelsong and Scott Feldman earlier this winter, but they signed elsewhere. The Phils don't seem to be in the hunt for remaining high-priced starters.
Amaro, Sandberg shoot down idea of trading ace
Amaro, Sandberg shoot down idea of trading ace
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A FITNESS instructor from Bromsgrove has held a charity event at the Dolphin Centre to raise money for the hospital that helped her daughter so much.
Tina Ellis' daughter Ella, 14, has a very rare disorder called idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), a blood disorder affecting the platelets in the body which can cause excessive bruising and bleeding.
"We were shocked when she was first diagnosed and felt like we had to wrap her in cotton wool," said Tina.
"She has had to spend a lot of time in hospital over the past five years and missed a lot of school. She can't do some of the things her friends can do in case she hurts herself and there is a risk of internal bleeding.
"When we went away we always had to know where the nearest hospital was in case we needed to take her there."
Ella is now a lot more stable and enjoying life, and Tina said that if it wasn't for the support they were given by Birmingham Children's Hospital things would be a lot different.
"They have been fantastic and have been with us every step of the way. They have helped us get a new drug which has helped Ella a lot and always been there whenever we needed them."
As well as raising money for the hospital, they also donated to Dreamflight, a charity that takes children with a serious illness or disability on the holiday of a lifetime to Orlando, Florida.
"Ella absolutely loved her trip there," said Tina. "It gave her a breather from hospital life and a chance to be with other children. A team of doctors went along with her and that made us feel better."
Tina organised a marathon spin session at the Dolphin Centre, where she works, in which participants dressed up in fancy dress and cycled for hours, raising money for the two causes.
"I want to say a big thank you to the Dolphin Centre and all the people who took part. People have been very kind and generous and supportive. It was a great day and everyone got together for a good cause."
More than £3,000 was raised and over 100 people took part on the day.