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2018 Southwest Ohio League Bat Rules
One year ago, while at the Youth Baseball Network Championship board meeting I was led to believe that the new USA Baseball bat guideline was going to become standard throughout amateur baseball, with USSSA being the lone exception. I was thrown an unhittable hard slider at the meeting this year. NOT EVERYONE IS ON BOARD WITH THE NEW USA BASEBALL POLICY. Especially when USA Baseball in its latest version of the policy, wording clearly stated that their move was not safety related, since baseball is still the safest sport and by extension, the variance in the existing bats was not to indicate the BPF 1.15 bats were unsafe for use.
AABC is, for now (maybe until their annual meeting in November) adopting the USA Baseball standard. NABF has not made a decisive decision since their events are mostly wood anyway. AAU, and a couple of others involved in the YBN alliance are not changing, as well as the aforementioned USSSA. As a result of the indecisive approach of the others, CABA decided to allow both the bats (as has Nations Baseball) with the USA Baseball and USSSA BPF 1.15 label to be used in all their events. This of course does not apply to age levels or even individuals using the BBCOR 0.50 -3 drop bats.
Because we are sanctioned by various of these organizations, our Southwest Ohio League board has voted overwhelmingly to allow either bat for league play. This policy does not preclude the banning of some of the DeMarini bats not approved for youth use. Bat drop will be determined by each age level of the pre BBCOR age levels since we recommend decreasing the allowable bat drop in ages 13 and again at 14 to allow players an easier transition to the -3 drop BBCOR bats.
This seems to create one problem each of our teams must face, if you move on to national play, what bat rule will apply? It then makes it necessary for each coaching staff to learn what bat rules will apply to participation in affiliated tournament play. This responsibility is on the coaching staff.
Where the league has a sanctioned tournament with our teams, both will be allowed, but when advancing, something else may apply.
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MIAMI — When the Miami Marlins invited companies to bid on the multi-million-dollar task of cleaning the new Little Havana ballpark, the contract came with a catch: The winner had to lease a $150,000-a-year suite at the new stadium.
"And they said they were only hiring companies with experience cleaning ballparks — which knocked out 98 percent of the people," said Rodney McGilvery, invited to bid as owner of the janitorial company Dream Clean South Beach.
For smaller firms like McGilvery's, which employs 14, the full-time job of cleaning the 928,000-square-foot stadium, with its 36,000 seats, and dozens of restrooms and restaurants and gathering areas, would have required many additional hires, not to mention a new inventory of cleaning equipment.
Yet of the 40 or so companies that showed up for the early April meet-and-greet with Marlins executives to learn of the bid requirements, McGilvery said maybe four were qualified to do the job. The roughly $6 million contract — an in-the-ballpark figure given by the Marlins — was for five years, with two renewable years at the end.
"Most of the people were just small businesses from here or there," said McGilvery.
The Marlins eventually went with more experienced Pritchard Sports & Entertainment Group out of Maryland, the same company that cleans South Florida's two other large sporting venues, the Florida Panthers BankAtlantic Center in Broward County, and the Miami Heat's AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami. Pritchard also cleans Pimlico Race Track in Maryland, and has contracts with the Houston Rockets and the New Jersey Devils.
The Marlins final deal with Pritchard let the company off the hook for the entire $150,000 MVP suite package, which includes 16 seats, parking and some food deals. Instead, the cleaning company took a half suite and will make up the difference purchasing advertising.
"There were some firms that came in and, after hearing the scope, said I'm just not comfortable with this," said Claue Delorme, Marlins executive vice president for stadium development. "We told them very clearly what the guidelines were."
Dream Clean, it turns out, was directed to the Marlins because of its membership with the Southern Florida Minority Supplier Development Business Council, the local branch of a national agency that confirms companies are 51 percent minority, then helps them seek business opportunities.
"Our role is to connect our firms with contracting opportunities," said the council's president, Beatrice Louissaint, who couldn't recall the specifics of the Marlins bid back in April. Louissaint said she could have received word of the Marlins contract from a phone call or an email, because, "Major League Baseball is a member of our national arm."
As for Pritchard being required to lease a suite, Delorme called it standard practice for the few contracts the Marlins pay through operating revenue, and not with $514 million in public funds being used to build the $634 million ballpark. Page 3 of the 27-page request for proposal to clean the ballpark clearly states: "Successful contractor will be required to purchase an MVP suite for the term of this agreement."
"You want them to invest in the club, I think it's pretty typical," DeLorme said."
Attempts to find out if Pritchard has similar agreements with its other clients went unanswered. Though Delorme called it common practice, citing deals worked out with the Dallas Cowboys at their sparkling new football venue, Cowboys Stadium.
That janitorial contract was won by a company called Jani King Commercial Cleaning Services of Addison, Texas, — perhaps the largest of the few janitorial services in the country that service professional sports franchises.
Repeated calls to Jani King asking if it was standard practice to require a contractor to purchase some type of season ticket package, were not answered.
To build the state-of-the-art facility and its retractable roof, the Marlins put out for bid about 65 contracts. Only four or so of those are private contracts involving a client and the Marlins. They involve non-construction jobs like janitorial services, management agreements to operate the ballpark and food concessions, and the hiring of a ticket agency.
Miami-Dade spokeswoman Suzy Trutie said the Marlins were free to negotiate as they wished for their few private contracts. And Jose Galan, the county's project manager for ballpark construction, said the Marlins have exceeded all the hiring "aspirational goals" set for them by administrations from Miami and Miami-Dade.
For those contracts, the Marlins agreed 50 percent of the workforce would come from Miami-Dade. Galan says they've exceeded that by 20 percent. The team also agreed to hire 10 percent of the workforce from the city of Miami. Though that number is actually been closer to 27 percent. The team also agreed that one in three of the firms hired would be based locally. And with all the contracts done, and the start of the 2012 season less than four months away, more than half of the 61 firms that won bids are local.
And though there's no requirement, the Marlins say they are well ahead of their goal of hiring 15 percent of the operational workforce locally. Though those jobs aren't particularly high paying, they are longer-term employment than construction work.
In the end, the decision by McGilvery, who owns the beach cleaning company, not to bid probably saved him some embarrassment. He estimated he would have had to bid as much as $40 million to win the five-year contract. Delorme said the winning bid was around $6 million.
"They were saying they were looking for people who had experience cleaning stadiums, and the room erupted. Everyone asked: Why are we here? As soon as we saw it [the $150,000 suite provision] on the board, everyone asked questions, like if we could make payments," said McGilvery. "I would have had to hire an entire staff for that."


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Decision-Based Transcription of Jazz Guitar Solos Using a Harmonic Bident Analysis Filter Bank & Spectral Distribution Weighting. arXiv:1611.06505, November 2016. https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.06505 Audio Files: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.167567
Sony CSL authors: François Pachet, Mathieu Ramona
Jazz guitar solos are improvised melody lines played on one instrument on top of a chordal accompaniment (comping). As the improvisation happens spontaneously, a reference score is non-existent, only a lead sheet. There are situations, however, when one would like to have the original melody lines in the form of notated music, see the Real Book. The motivation is either for the purpose of practice and imitation or for musical analysis. In this work, an automatic transcriber for jazz guitar solos is developed. It resorts to a very intuitive representation of tonal music signals: the pitchgram. No instrument-specific modeling is involved, so the transcriber should be applicable to other pitched instruments as well. Neither is there the need to learn any note profiles prior to or during the transcription. Essentially, the proposed transcriber is a decision tree, thus a classifier, with a depth of 3. It has a (very) low computational complexity and can be run on-line. The decision rules can be refined or extended with no or little musical education. The transcriber's performance is evaluated on a set of ten jazz solo excerpts and compared with a state-of-the-art transcription system for the guitar plus PYIN. We achieve an improvement of 34% w.r.t. the reference system and 19% w.r.t. PYIN in terms of the F-measure. Another measure of accuracy, the error score, attests that the number of erroneous pitch detections is reduced by more than 50% w.r.t. the reference system and by 45% w.r.t. PYIN.
Keywords: Bident Analysis, Spectral Distribution Weighting
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is made by former Reagan official Bruce Fein on BloggingHeads. And for the record, I still prefer Bush over Kerry. It won't happen due to the fact that Bush was smart enough to enlarge presidential powers for all subsequent presidents, so no one will have the incentive to give any of them up.
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Talking to the police
Watch this video – it's a lecture by a law professor and a detective, both of whom agree on practically everything, it's weird.
The Scooter Libby commutation inspires a detached nausea in me
One of the main selling points of the rule of law is that everyone has to abide by the same ones. Or not…
Bush commutes Libby's prison sentence
President Bush commuted Monday the prison term of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, facing 30 months in prison after a federal court convicted him of perjury, obstruction of justice and lying to investigators.
Sure, the investigation seemed to be centered around something that wasn't a crime. Fine. But Libby had every opportunity to plead the fifth and he didn't. Instead he lied under oath.
I've long maintained that one of the great social blunders of my lifetime was not convicting Clinton for perjury in the Lewinsky case. Not that the crime itself was terribly notable, but setting a high, enforced standard of the rule of law would have changed subsequent presidents for the better.
Signs of progress
Atlanta police have virtually stopped seeking search warrants for drugs following the November shooting of an elderly woman and dropped — at least temporarily — the forced-entry tactics that led to her death, court records show.
In the six months since Kathryn Johnston died in a botched police raid, Atlanta narcotics officers have not sought a single "no-knock" search warrant, court records show. They served at least 25 no-knock warrants during a comparable six-month period a year earlier.
Reason has prevailed, at least temporarily.
Two for Monday
- Sandy Berger gives up his law license, which makes me thing that there is some serious hiding going on.
- More on the rogue Atlanta narcotics squad. Unmentioned is any mention of the judges and magistrates who rubber stamp all this crap. Ideally they would be help liable for any fraudulent warrants they sign, but that will never happen.
Flying Squads
Unbeknowst to me, before now, the Justice Department sends out teams to fight street level crime in cities around the country. The Yahoo News article lists it's failures, which are to be expected. It's hard to see how it could be successful when all of it's efforts and managements are so insulated from feedback. Sending out federal people to deal exclusively with local crime is a troubling trend.
The mother of all abortion posts
Glen Whitman has pretty much all of the abortion analogies (all five of them) that enter the logical debate about the topic.
It's an odd thing. I used to debate him quite frequently on a now-defunct website, and he caused me to change my position on what the legality of early-term abortion should be with analogy number five
The Negligent Driver. When you negligently or deliberately cause harm to another person, the law requires you to provide compensation, either with money or some kind of action. If your negligent driving puts a pedestrian in the hospital, you are liable for his medical bills. Likewise, one might argue, your sexual behavior creates the risk of placing a fetus in a very precarious situation. If so, you are liable for the fetus's care during that time. This analogy emphasizes the responsibility of people for the risks they create, thereby dodging the previous analogy's "no invitation" problem. The difficulty with this analogy comes from the definition of "harm." Harm doesn't mean being in a difficult situation – it means being in a worse situation than you would have been otherwise. Were it not for your reckless driving, the pedestrian would (in all likelihood) still be walking around, safe and sound. Were it not for the act of sex, the fetus would not exist at all. To sustain the claim that the act of sex creates a risk of harm to the fetus, you have to insist that existence in a dependent state is worse than sheer non-existence. If the act of sex constitutes a tort, it is the only tort I can think of that creates the very person it victimizes.
I'm the only person I know of who changes his mind on abortion due to a logical argument.
Your tax dollars at work
After being hyped for years, the label "The Imperial Presidency" seems to be coming true.
A Justice Department official will refuse to answer questions during a Senate committee hearing on the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, citing her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself, her lawyer said Monday.
All of this hubbub for something that the president has the explicit power to do (fire US attorneys), he just can't look statesmanlike in doing so. Proving once again that the genius of the American political system lies in impeding the politicians, not empowering them.
The pro-war libertarian quiz
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These days I'm more for finishing Iraq favorably than pro-war, but I am strongly against just "declaring victory" or "strategic redeployment" without really changing anything.
Recently, here are my answers
- Should the National Security Agency or CIA have the ability to monitor domestic phone calls or e-mails without obtaining judicial approval?
Nope. I think this is an impeachable offense too. The current case (supposedly) only monitored calls that crossed borders, which is legally a different matter, if I'm understanding things correctly.
- Should the government have the ability to hold an American citizen without charge, indefinitely, without access to a lawyer, if he is believed to be part of a terrorist cell?
No. If caught on the battlefield I support stripping them of citizenship (by virtue of them being a foreign army and then treating them as one would a foreigner).
- Can you imagine a situation in which the government would be justified in waterboarding an American citizen?
Yes. This question doesn't belong here at all. This should be subject to warrants as well, but there are several situations where this could be the right thing to do.
- Are there American journalists who should be investigated for possible treason? Should Sedition laws be re-introduced?
If they committed treason (using the standard definition that is unrelated to journalism) ,then yes. If not, then no. No to sedition laws. FYI – I consider freedom of the press to mean publishing, not protecting confidentiality of sources. They should be able to publish whatever they want, its the cover-ups and withholding information that I don't consider protected.
- Should the CIA be able to legally assassinate people in countries with which the U.S. is not at war?
- Should anti-terrorism cops be given every single law-enforcement tool available in non-terrorist cases?
No. I guess this is really asking is if we should have super-cops or not.
- Should law enforcement be able to seize the property of a suspected (though not charged) American terrorist, and then sell it?
No. Absolutely not. Due process of law in all things.
- Should the U.S. military be tasked with enforcing domestic crime?
No. With a possible exception of keeping order in case of natural disasters.
- Should there be a national I.D. card, and should it be made available to law enforcement on demand?
- Should a higher percentage of national security-related activities and documents be made classified, and kept from the eyes of the Congress, the courts, and the public?
No. Anything classified should have an automatic sunset date commensurate to it's secrecy, but nothing should be indefinite.
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This is weird and scary
Private industry eavesdropping
The Chicago Police Department is warning officers their cell phone records are available to anyone — for a price. Dozens of online services are selling lists of cell phone calls, raising security concerns among law enforcement and privacy experts.
Criminals can use such records to expose a government informant who regularly calls a law enforcement official.
Suspicious spouses can see if their husband or wife is calling a certain someone a bit too often.
And employers can check whether a worker is regularly calling a psychologist — or a competing company.
I've been wondering about this. I wonder how much the media does this as well. There has been very little coverage about cell phone privacy since Gingrich was recorded illegally several years ago. PGP encryption coverage has been curiously non-existent as well.


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Friday, February 20, 2009
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The festival will take place at Sophia High School, 70 Palace Road, Bengaluru from Feb 27 to March 1. All events are free but entry to the live music concerts are against passes (free).
The run-up to the Kabir festival, to be held between February 23 and 26, consists of multiple events in geographically dispersed locations. Community concerts will take place in some suburban areas of Bengaluru. These are open to the public. There will also be multiple screenings of the films in Shabnam Virmani's "Journeys with Kabir" series.
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These days, I always make soundtracks for my books. A big reason for this is that I see my stories like films in my head as I write, and music helps make those images more vivid, transporting me into the book's world and shutting the real world out for a while.
I usually construct these playlists as I write my first draft, searching iTunes and the internet as well as my own personal music collection for tunes that fit the story. By the time the first draft is done, so is the playlist, and then I play it on repeat the whole time I'm working my way through revisions.
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Biffy Clyro – Many of Horror
Ludovico Einaudi – I Due Fiumi
Mumford and Sons – I Gave You All
Paramore – Playing God
Erik Satie – Gnossienne no. 1 (Lent)
Mumford and Sons – Awake My Soul
Dustin O'Halloran – Fragile No. 4
Message to Bears – Running Through Woodland
The Temper Trap – Soldier On
Fleet Foxes – Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
Miike Snow – Silvia
Ludovico Einaudi – La Nescita Delle Cose Segrete
When I was writing ACID, I made a soundtrack that featured a lot of electronic music to reflect the book's futuristic setting (you can view that soundtrack here). But for THE FEARLESS, with a couple of exceptions, I chose gentler, more acoustic tracks. While ACID is high-tech, THE FEARLESS is low and even no-tech, set in the near-future and imagining what life would be like after society in the UK (and across the world) has collapsed after an invasion of psychotic super-soldiers. Survivors of the Invasion have had to go back to basics, trading and scavenging goods to survive.
Emma Pass has been making up stories for as long as she can remember. Her debut novel, ACID, is out now from Corgi/Random House in the UK, and from Delacorte in the US. It won the 2014 North East Teenage Book Award, was shortlisted for the Doncaster Book Award, nominated for the 2014 CILIP Carnegie Medal and has been longlisted for the 2014 Branford Boase Award and a Silver Inky Award in Australia. Her second novel, THE FEARLESS, is also out now in the UK from Corgi/Random House and will be published in the US in early 2015 by Delacorte. By day, she works as a library assistant and lives with her husband and crazy greyhound G-Dog in the North East Midlands.
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- Indophile said...August 3, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Well its incredibly difficult to win in Srilanka during this time of the year and to think that they have chance in almost all the encounters so its not an utter disaster.They have found Umar Akmal so one more attractive batsman to the fold . One thing though I am always impressed with Kamran Akmal's technique he always looks to be a class apart hook,pull, drive you name he has it but then he gets out just like that always !!! I wish he can get a grip and and make good scores not against India ofcourse like in Karachi but like against Australia this year that would be really fantastic.
- Husha said...August 3, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Today, nothing was in favour of Pak bowlers, least of all the pitch. Also, IMHO the umpires made at least 3 terribly bad decisions (2 @ Ajmal's wickets, 1 @ Razzaq's),
which, unluckily, were in favour of SL batsmen. I don't normally blame umpiring decisions for a team's failure, but these were so obviously *wrong* it was frustrating.
But, as M. Haysman said, it wasn't really that Pakistan played badly today, for once they really put up a fight--it was that Sri Lanka played exceptionally well.
- Naked Cricket said...August 4, 2009 at 1:00 AM
Lanka has your number, all the players know it.
- Anonymous said...August 4, 2009 at 6:11 AM
by getting rid of fawad alam and brining yousuf back
- SM said...August 4, 2009 at 7:21 AM
I somehow appreciate the courage of "annonymous".. and also wonder how can someone have such a broad - day - light - nightmare ... by bringing back MO YO for Fawad ..
- Wasim said...August 4, 2009 at 10:17 AM
There are many ways to lose a match. The bowling as you said was doing fine so far but Younis felt this time the bowlers should share some flak, so he dropped Gul and replaced him with Rana.
- Husha said...August 4, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Wasim: Gul had a wrist injury so he couldn't play.
- smk said...August 4, 2009 at 4:09 PM
They have to bring moyo back, he's our best batsman...so what if he can't field, he's a match winner, who doesnt remember him hitting a 6 (twice) to bring up his century off the last ball, or some of his other spectacular innings?? He deserves a batting spot ahead of shoaib malik at the very least.
I'm also not convinced about k.akmal as an opener in anything other than 20-20s...an opener's job is to get big scores once he's settled, but akmal just seems to get out in the 40s more often that anything else!
Sorry misbah, umar & fawad have got ur number in ODIs...you'll always be remembered dont you worry about being forgotten
- Wasim said...August 4, 2009 at 8:59 PM
I don't buy that because it was in the papers after the second Odi that Rana will play instead of Gul no reason was given in the papers. I don't think their was a reason to drop Yousaf either.
If anybody needed to be rested it was Misbah, Malik and younis himself.
I know Nasir Jamshed hasn't performed but the openers should be given a longer run to settle down, this musical chair system will never allow us to settle on one opening pair.
- Husha said...August 5, 2009 at 12:18 AM
Maybe the papers didn't give a reason, but Waqar Younis & Ramiz Raja did. Why would they randomly throw that out there if it wasn't true?
- Anonymous said...August 5, 2009 at 1:57 AM
Holy crap wasim finally admitted malik needs a rest, halelujah
- Q said...August 5, 2009 at 5:27 AM
I am glad that there r more people out there who r looking at the positives for Pakistan from this series.
- Q said...August 5, 2009 at 5:28 AM
That's true.. with a 200 run opening stand SL just took the game away.. we batted well though and that is something we should be happy abt considering how the batting has been in recent times.
- Q said...August 5, 2009 at 5:29 AM
They've had it all summer and I don't think Pakistan will take it back. Maybe in the T20.. we r the champions after all!
- Q said...August 5, 2009 at 5:29 AM
U can't be serious. Fawad Alam is our future.. he is here to stay.. I think MoYo will play the next game.. probably instead of Malik..
- Q said...August 5, 2009 at 5:32 AM
MoYo will probably come back for Malik.. they can't drop Umar or Fawad right now.. both are needed.. as I keep saying they r our future..
I don't mind Kamran as the opener.. having him there gives the team more flexibility and a better balance.. I'd continue with him..
- Q said...August 5, 2009 at 5:33 AM
I also did not think that Gul was injured.. there were reports that he would be replaced by Rana.. I didnt want the game so I don't know what Waqar or Rameez said but if Gul was not injured it was an absurd decision.. Rana should not be playing for Pakistan.


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Let's Talk Weight BiasesApril 30, 2015.
This is one person's experience and perspective. Some information may be triggering to those who struggle with an eating disorder or body image. Please use your own discretion. And speak with your therapist when needed.
By Tiffany Hammer, The Emily Program Outreach Specialist
Did you know one of the most defining moments of Mr. Rogers' life was being teased for being fat at the age of 8? The schoolyard bullies called him "Fat Freddy" and teased him mercilessly. "I used to cry to myself when I was alone," he said. "And I would cry through my fingers and make up songs on the piano." The adults around him would tell him to stay silent and not react, which was an emotional injustice to him. As a defining moment in his life feeling helpless through ignoring the cruel words, he decided that he would always look past the surface and see what was invisible as the essence of a person.
What breaks my heart most about this, and makes me rather defensive, is that this is Mr. Rogers--one who is recognized as one of the kindest people who has ever lived--being tormented and teased about his weight. To pour salt in the wound, that was in 1936 and even now we still have people of all ages mocked and teased for their appearance. We know, socially and culturally, that basing judgment on someone's appearance is wrong. There are plenty of adages like "don't judge a book by its cover" or "it's what's inside that counts," we know better! Yet, there are some culturally held biases that, while unspoken, are accepted on a society scale. One of these biases that is incredibly pervasive is the shaming of people who are "overweight."


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Mary Jane De La Garza Garcia, 61, of Big Spring, died Thursday, March 3, 2011, at Hospice House in Odessa. Vigil services will be at 7 p.m. Sunday at Myers & Smith Chapel. Funeral mass will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with burial at Mount Olive Memorial Park.


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When David shared these photos with me last week I was absolutely in awe. I adore 40s + 50s fashion as many folks do— but I had no idea the spunk and creativity that went into vintage circus costumes, and they are indeed amazing, as are the photos, discovered on howtobearetronaut. Read on to see them all!
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Canada Post and CUPW reached an agreement late last night, bringing an end to the uncertainty around a possible mail disruption. Canadians can now ship and mail with confidence.
According to the CBC the two parties were in discussions around the clock at the request of a special mediator appointed last Friday.
For more details on the discussions the CBC article is available here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-post-tentative-deal-union-1.3742098
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When report cards come out, child abuse cases go up. So when Baltimore schoolchildren take home their report cards Friday, they will be given a leaflet full of advice for their parents along with their marks.
The leaflet was prepared by the Baltimore Commission for Children and Youth after a frustrated appeal from Peggy Mainor, a Baltimore prosecutor and commission member. Instead of sending parents to jail, she wanted to help them do better by their children.
Ms. Mainor, who has been prosecuting child-abuse cases in Baltimore for four years, remembers seeing eight to 10 bleeding belt wounds on a child's back and reading the police account of the beating: The parents were disappointed with their son's report card.


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Billabong: Four unpleasant facts
Billabong has pulled off a cunning deal and avoided a capital raising. But all it buys is time, as James Greenhalgh explains.
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It buys the company the one thing it didn't have: Time. Without it, banking covenants would have been breached. Although the deal is still dilutive to earnings per share,...
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After months of speculation, BMW has finally revealed its all-new Mini Cooper and Cooper S models, unfortunately, they are almost identical to the old ones.
In a Porsch-esque masterstroke of styling, the new Mini looks almost completely identical to the existing model, despite claims of a "completely new body design" and "striking modern interior". As you can see from the snaps, this might be a slight exaggeration as, apart from a narrower window here and a curvier bumper there, it's not the most radical redesign in automotive history.
However, the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" attitude is understandable given the massive cross-over success of the relaunched Mini since it's inception in 2001. Underneath, change is more radical. The Mini gets a brand new 1.6-litre petrol unit, sharper power steering and fresher, softer suspension that is designed to improve the choppy ride without compromising on handling.
The new Cooper produces 120bhp, accelerates from 0-62mph in 9.1 seconds and reaches a top speed of 126mph. The MINI Cooper S is powered by an intercooled and turbocharged version of the same power unit and produces 175hp. It covers the 0-62mph sprint in just over 7 seconds and can go on to a top speed of 140mph. Economy has improved on both models, too. The combined cycle for the Cooper is now 48.7mpg (formerly 40.9) and Cooper S 40.9mpg (formerly 32.8). CO2 emissions have also been reduced meaning that both models will move two places in the car tax ratings.
The traditionally cramped interior gets a smidgen more space with improved comfort levels and a wider range of colour and spec options.
Both Coopers will be available before the year's end, while the new Mini One will be around next year with a 1.4-litre engine pumping out 95bhp. But we can't wait for the racing boffins at the S Works division to get hold of the new engine - expect 250bhp. In a front-wheel drive car. Mummy.


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In order to test the Crucial and SuperTalent memory modules, we used an Asus A6JA (v2.17 BIOS) with Intel's 945G chipset. The laptop didn't have any problems recognizing the 2GB memory modules, but you should check with your laptop vendor before buying any memory modules for your laptop. All tests were carried out with the same benchmark utilities. We also include the results for the 1GB Nanya DDR2-533 and Corsair 1GB DDR2-533 modules to provide a typical comparison scenario for those users considering upgrading.
Here are the tested modules:
We tried to cover what would be a typical user configuration, at least for the modules we had in our labs. The following software was used to benchmark all modules:
And we used the following operating systems:
Unfortunately, the Asus A6JA "default" processor (Intel CoreDuo T2300 @ 1.66GHz) doesn't support 64bit instructions so we couldn't install either Windows X64 or VISTA 64Bit builds, to allow us to use the full 4GB memory capacity (2x2GB). Another problem is that the Asus A6JA with the latest BIOS, only sees 3GB. We don't know if other Asus models have the same "limitation", check your manual or with your vendor.
When installing 2x2GB SO-DIMM, only 3GB was recognized under Windows XP SP2, as follows:
The two Crucial PC2-5300 2GB SO-DIMMs installed for 2x2GB tests:


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Almost everyone dreams of winning the lottery. But in today's world of celebrity aspiration, how do you get the life you want if you don't have those lottery winnings in your back pocket? Colin Cloud shows us that dreaming big is possible – it's just a matter of taking control.
Finding the ideal home is often one of our most common dreams. But even if you've done everything right and have saved up the money to move, is it the right decision for you? How do you know when is the right time? Our mortgage team reveals all…
Every year fewer and fewer new homes are built – in 2015 40% less were built than in 1980.
But watch enough daytime television and you may get the impression that everyone in Britain is busy moving house. Property programmes encourage the idea that everyone has an ideal home, but the increased competition for housing makes finding it much more daunting.
Relocation can be expensive, exhausting and emotionally taxing, and it can sometimes make sense to stay put. The new dilemma certainly seems to be should you move or improve? Here are four key moments when going for your ideal home may well be worth considering.
Moving home offers a golden opportunity to change more than just your surroundings. Research from Bath University suggests that people are more open to altering their habits when going through a major life transition, such as moving. So if you're keen to change your career, start your own business or even give up smoking, a new home may provide the impetus.
The study into the "habit discontinuity hypothesis" was led by Bas Verplanken, professor of social psychology. He says: "in the context of life changes like moving house, people may actually want to change other things as well."
Don't wait too long after getting your keys to make changes, though: the window of opportunity closes after around three months. Professor Verplanken says: "What happens after a while is that people settle in, and they either pick up their old habits again or keep the new ones. They've been through a lot of change and want to consolidate."
Sometimes the driving force behind a move will be the kids. You may want to be nearer to grandparents or relatives, or provide a child-friendly environment with more green space. However, the top consideration is often getting an address in the right school catchment area.
One in four families has relocated to get their children into a certain school, says a recent survey by Opinium Research on behalf of Santander Mortgages. They were willing to pay a big premium for this advantage – an average of £23,707 on the cost of a house, or £71,539 in London. A fifth of these parents had to change job, and 15% even settled in an area they didn't like just to be eligible for a school.
There has been conflicting evidence on whether moving has a negative impact on children. But most recently, a substantial study by the UCL Institute of Education found little evidence of any adverse effects on under-fives, unless the move is accompanied by other stressful family circumstances so it could be a good idea to make the move.
Many older people would like a smaller home. According to "Generation Stuck", a 2016 report by the International Longevity Centre and housebuilders McCarthy & Stone, 48% of homeowners aged 55+ who have not already downsized would consider doing so.
Unfortunately, they're faced with significant barriers. Brian Beach, the study's author, says: "There are questions of cost, such as stamp duty, and there's a lack of supply. We know the households interested in retirement housing far exceed the capacity that exists on the market. You can't downsize if there's not a suitable home available."
The conclusion is that if you're thinking of downsizing and a viable opportunity presents itself, you may need to seize it straight away. Leaving a move until you are too old may also restrict the opportunity to re-invigorate your retirement and use the new energy to develop new interests and contacts. The Office for National Statistics reports that the 40-59 age group is the most anxious – moving may be an opportunity to take the initiative and start a new chapter.
There are compelling reasons to own rather than rent your home, if possible. Instead of lining a landlord's pocket, you'll be paying towards owning a valuable asset.
However, it's becoming more difficult to make the break. The percentage of young people (15-34) living with parents has gone up from 36% in 1996 to 40% in 2015, according to government figures.
No one could pretend it's not a challenging time for first-time buyers. Figures from the Office of National Statistics show that on average, they need to lay down a 21% deposit to obtain a mortgage. And with the average house for first time buyers in the UK costing £192,147, that means scraping together a deposit of £40,000.
It's no surprise that many first-timers are turning to parents or relatives for help. Research by economics consultancy CEBR for Legal & General suggests that in 2016, the "Bank of Mum and Dad" will provide more than £5 billion to help with that first foothold on the property ladder. So if home ownership is your ambition, it's best not to forget those Mother's Day or Father's Day cards!
But if that's not an option, why not take a look at our First Time Buyers Guide to see what you need to do to get that first foot on the ladder.
In most cases, the final triumph of home ownership makes all the trials and tribulations along the way worthwhile. There's no escaping the fact that it's a complex financial undertaking, and the move itself can be stressful. But you can at least simplify part of the process with our dedicated comparison service – from mortgages, to home insurance and utilities. It may not be able to find you your dream home, but it could make the journey a little bit easier.
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April 08, 2008
Europe debates DTC
The European Commission is planning to allow drug companies to "sidestep" the ban on advertising drugs to the public, the website of the UK's Guardian newspaper reports.
The planned ruling would allow drug companies to give "information" about their drugs to the public on TV, the internet and print.
While consumer groups agree that better information is needed, they say one-sided information from a drug company is little more than advertising, according to the Guardian report.
"The proposal is clearly driven by the pharmaceutical industry's commercial concerns -- not by the interests of patients," read a statement from patient advocacy group, the Picker Institute, in its response to the commission. "The plans enable companies to push information direct to patients and to use all available media to do that," a group spokesman added.
The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries Associations (EFPIA) claims it is not advocating for DTC advertising as a suitable model for Europe.
"(EFPIA) is of the opinion that such mass media would not be appropriate means for the industry to communicate information on specific prescription medicines to European citizens", said Arthur Higgins, president of EFPIA and CEO Bayer HealthCare. "Meeting European citizens' growing demands for accessing high-quality information concerning their own health should remain our common goal. After years of debate, we call on all European institutions to develop a patient-centred EU framework for information provision without further delay."


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When: Wed., Nov. 28, 9 p.m. 2012
One thing is guaranteed if you're going to a Bourgeois Production show -- you'll hear some eclectic, emerging local bands who know how to please an audience. The next show promises to be no different: French Cassettes is all celebratory, foot-thumping, clean indie pop, and Brolly's Jake Ithurburn has a raw and beautiful voice. But get there early to see the most buzzed-about band in the Bay Area right now: Black Cobra Vipers. The band got started when hometown acquaintances, bassist Julian Borrego and guitarist Gregory DiMartino, reconnected at San Francisco State University and began jamming out fun, jazzy art-rock with the energy of the Cold War Kids. After Rob Mills joined as the band's drummer, the Black Cobra Vipers got its name -- inspired by a two-headed snake Borrego bought from DiMartino's dad. While this lineup isn't exactly a three-headed snake, all three bands have earned great reputations for their live shows, performing this time at Elbo Room (647 Valencia St., San Francisco) on Wednesday, Nov. 28. 9 p.m., $10. BourgeoisGirl.Wix.com/BourgeoisProductions
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Had a good time at the UMass basketball game yesterday. UMass won. Victor Cruz was in the house tossing t-shirts to the crowd. I got to talk with some other UMass football fans about this year's recruiting. Also in the lobby were a gaggle of UMass football recruits.
As you know, Jimmie Reid got hired at Iowa. Kirk Ferentz, the head coach at Iowa, was also HC at Maine from 1990-92. In an interview, someone asks him how the UMass-Maine series went when Ferentz was there.
Harry Plumer of MassLive has a story about Cruz's visit. Victor thinks things look bright in both football and basketball.
CBS Sports says the Big East and ESPN have agreed to a TV package through 2019-20.
Boston.com mentions Cruz's contract negotiations with the Giants.
This article from SB Nation has news from the NFL combine, but the most interesting reading is explanations of the combine drills, such as the Bench Press.
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Rigid multi-ply, hardwood base with 6mm foam rubber padding.
Professional grade shoulder rest from market leading manufacturer.
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3 out of 3 found the following review helpful
Pros: Fit so easily & is very comfortable on the shoulder. It is the best shoulder rest I have ever had apart from the same bravo collapsible shoulder rest I purchased last year , as I have two violins & one rest for each!!
Cons: None what so ever!! ... well perhaps I would have preferred another collapsible rest.
Other: Very fast & efficient delivery
1 out of 1 found the following review helpful
Pros: Love the comfort of this rest, and more important, it doesn't fall off my instrument. It also looks very good, in keeping with my violin. I also have the Viva la Musica Diamond Violin Shoulder Rest, which I purchased from The String Zone, I use that on my second violin, but prefer the Bravo rest.
Cons: The feet do not collapse, making it difficult to fit in a violin case. Fortunately I have two cases, one will accommodate the rest the other won't so swapped over violins to the case that works.
Other: I also have the Viva la Musica Diamond Violin Shoulder Rest, which I purchased from The String Zone, I use that on my second violin, but prefer the Bravo rest.
Comfortable and secure quality shoulder rest
Pros: I have used the more basic Kun shoulder rest for many years. Whilst it was extremely comfortable, because it flexed, it had a tendency to fall off on a regular basis. This more expensive Bravo Kun, was recommended to me by a luthier, as the wood makes it more rigid and is therefore less prone to flexing and so the feet don't work their way loose. It's been brilliant - comfort and security, and it doesn't seem to hamper the violin's tone/vibrations.
Cons: None so far.
What a difference a good shoulder-rest makes
Pros: After several minutes of playing I knew that this was right for me. It looks good, is well made, the adjustable legs are perfect for me, the contoured base fits my shoulder/chest perfectly and twists down to sit comfortably and totally on the chest so there is no more slipping round. I struggled for months with a rest (not from SZ) which had hardly any adjustments and when I realized that all my violin-holding problems came from the inadequate violin-rest I looked and found the perfect solution in this.
Cons: It is a little pricey but perfection costs and the time I save now is worth the financial cost.
Other: Ordered 15:30 friday; delivered 10:00 saturday. That is very good considering where I live. I use the 'ten to four' alignment (viewed from the back). My neck and head are very nearly straight up now. Before I ordered this I wondered if the contoured base would be a 'one size fits all' compromise but it fits perfectly. I can forget the weeks I wasted struggling with the previous rest and now concentrate on playing and bowing. I clip the Kun rest on the violin, forget it and practice. Highly recommended.
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Pros: This is the best shoulder rest I have ever used. I normally used the standard Kun but found that after using it for a while it seemed to move somewhat when playing, even on the smallest setting. This one is more expensive but very solid , a great find and very well worth the extra money.
Cons: price!
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0 out of 1 found the following review helpful
Pros: Usual quality materials from Kun
Cons: Doesn't have the collapsable feet like the original had A handy feature which is why I bought a back up one for second fiddle.Wasn't told by the owner of Stringzone the collapsable feet were now finished.
Other: The owner who dealt with me personally didn't know his arm from his elbow.The regular telephonists are both superb and knowledge wise put the man who arranged my order into a cocked hat.