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From the administrative enclave
Threatening behaviour
Recently a user who's name I won't mention (and would ask readers not to reveal in the comments) had to be banned for physically threatening a chat moderator (again, who I also won't name, unless they wish to make themselves known) after a chat ban was issued.
For most of you, I'm sure this goes without saying, but threatening other users, admins, mods or otherwise isn't acceptable; in some places, it may even be a crime. Threats will not reverse a ban, they can however make it permanent.
Regular readers know I don't like to editorialise in the news, but I'm sure most, if not all of you are with me when I say I hope this never happens again.
If you become aware of, or are the subject of any sort of abuse or threatening behaviour on the wiki; please do not respond in kind and seek immediate assistance from an Admin or Bureaucrat. If you believe that a threat is credible, please also report the matter to your local authorities.
Admin Nomination
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News from the Wastes
Brian Fargo has been doing the rounds with his new wasteland project. Here's the highlights.
Brother None at No Mutant's allowed talked to Brian primarily about the upcoming Kickstarter and previous attempts to bring back Wasteland, here's some choice cuts:
(On the prior attempts to bring back wasteland)
- Jason [D Anderson] was working with me to create a new Wasteland and pitch it to publishers and I was quite surprised at how little interest there was. Here we had the co-creator of Fallout working with the lead designer of Wasteland (Mike Stackpole) and the guy who helped produce them both all on the heels of a massive success with Fallout 3. Publishers just had no interest in a party based RPG and they felt like they would need to go up against the production costs of Bioware which are in the tens of millions of dollars. It was frustrating for both of us as we had fans on one side pinging us constantly for a new Wasteland but we just had no way to finance it. Jason did a fantastic job on the design and story material so you can bet we fully plan on using it in this game.
(On links to the old game)
- You will be pleased to know that we don't have continuity issues with a new Wasteland for a number of reasons. People who had a great time with Wasteland will step quite comfortably into the new world and feel at home... exploding mutants like blood sausages of course.
(On Platforms you can expect to see it on)
- Clearly we need to focus on the PC based on the audience and kind of game that it is. We have had a lot of request for tablet and Iphone so we will consider that based on the money that is raised but the most important thing is that we don't make any production tradeoffs in the design and implementation of Wasteland. We know what the fans want on this game and we are going to deliver. Gamers still rule this industry just like they did when Wasteland came out.
(On the elements in the game)
- Party and turn based combat is an absolute critical requirement for me. I like finding the right mix of Desert Rangers combined with NPC's and I enjoy the tactics that come from that dynamic. Players will spend more time doing combat than most anything in an RPG so it needs to be deep and rewarding. The skill based system is another must have to me as it opens up the world to be explored in ways that the player wants to do. You can have someone picklock the door, use demolitions on it, sneak over the back wall or try and let a rocket loose to blow the door off. A good RPG always offers many options for the player to move forward and with some of their choices may open or close off entire areas. I think the 3rd element is the way NPC's had a mind of their own within combat or game mechanics. The best storytelling often comes from the moments that happen from within the system. Almost everyone remembers when Angela Deth would empty an entire Uzi clip into a rat and completely waste hard earned ammo.
- Things that will have big changes will be the use of audio and how you communicate and receive missions from the Desert Rangers HQ. I won't go into detail yet but we have some innovative ideas that will make that whole aspect of the game become more entertaining and meaningful. We also plan to dial up the things that NPC's can do or cause affect the party. We will have some NPC's that you will love in combat but be looking forward to snuffing out once you get the chance. We will also have a more cohesive story thanks to all the efforts that Jason and Mike have already put in. We have learned a lot more about storytelling than we did back in the day.
You can read the whole interview here.
VentureBeat has also been discussing "croudsourcing" in relation to DoubleFine's success and Fargo's wasteland project:
- InXile has a variety of properties that could use funding and 15 employees. Fargo shopped Wasteland around to publishers, but they were risk averse and really wanted to games that had a chance to rake in $1 billion in sales. If he does the project on his own, Fargo can make the game edgier, with a gritty world full of moral dilemmas for the players.
- "The game industry has separated itself into the huge blockbuster companies and the independent developers in their garages," Fargo said. "But it's pretty hard to be in the middle. Is there any business model left standing for the mid-size developers?"
- "Crowd-funding might give a second life to a whole class of companies," Fargo said. "You can get a lot more creativity and innovation and you don't have to kowtow to a major publisher."
Brian has also been talking to RPG codex,Part one of their interview is here. Other than talking about his experience in reviving The Bards Tale, I think most of the major points are covered in the other quotes.
Edit, Breaking news: Mark Morgan, composer for Fallout 1 and 2 has signed on to compose for Wasteland 2. For those of you who are yet to experience his work, you can download his "Vault Archives" (the music of Fallout 1 and 2) free (and legal) from Aural Network.
March Mayhem 2012
The Escapist Magazie is putting 64 top developers, including Obsidian Entertainment, Bethesda Game Studios, and Beth's sister company ID in a popularity contest. You can vote, or put your predictions here.
Have your say on the Polls
Yes-Man has created this forum to discuss bringing back the poll on sundays. If you have an opinion on the polls we have, would like to see more or less, or have ideas for other interactive features, speak up.
Relic of the war that… wasn't
Want a tank that can kick anyones ass AND looks good? Believe me, there's more! The
Chryslus Chrysler TV-8 has it all!
The TV-8 on first looks screams 50's Sci-Fi with is beautiful curves… The TV-8 differs from most tanks in just more than aesthetics; unlike most tanks it doesn't have a separate discrete rotating turret - the entire hull, engines and all rotates; leaving only the tracks headed in the direction of travel. This I am informed would increase its survivability should the nukes start dropping.
Its armaments were to include a 90mm turret gun, perhaps ahead of its time with its ammo in a separate steel bulkhead in the rear of the tank. Secondary weapons were to include 2 .30 Caliber machine guns on the turret, and an extra .50 caliber machine gun on top. CCTV would ensure that the crew could stay inside the tank in the event of nuclear war without losing track of the outside world.
Its powered initially by a V8 engine, wich in turn powered electric motors that drove the tracks, but plans were also drawn up for gas turbine and mini-nuclear engine. All up weight a mere 25 tons.
But I did promise you more didn't I. Time to call Q-Branch - this tank is also a boat. Its watertight and the hull floats. A jet pump in the turret would allow the tank to be a true all terrain vehicle.
Sadly, it never got off the drawing board - but I almost feel like setting up a kick-starter to build this baby.
You can find more here. Thanks to Victor the Securitron for the tip. Want your name in bold - just drop be a tip!
Your Next Wiki News Digest
A weekend wrap-up of the weeks' Fallout news seems to be working, so presuming theres news to report there will be another digest 7 days from now. Remember you can drop your news stories, and relic suggestions on my talk page.
Agent c 18:52, February 25, 2012 (UTC)


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Judging by his new song, the stroll through the Occupy Wall Street camp back in 2011 didn't spark Kanye West's inner 99 percenter. With the first single from his forthcoming Cruel Summer album he points to Mitt Romney and his minimum tax rate as a model for holding onto his own cash.
On the new single, "To The World," West teams up with fellow Chi-Town native, R. Kelly. On the chorus, Kelly calls for listeners to "put your middle fingers up." And later he references Dave Chapelle's Show Rick James skit, where the rock star stomped on Eddie Murphy's couch: "The whole world is a couch, B**** I'm Rick James tonight." It's that type of song.
Kanye follows up with a rap that highlights Mitt Romney's tax controversy, in which the Republican presidential nominee has been accused of paying a lower tax rate than most Americans. There were reports that his tax returns, which he refuses to disclose, were stolen.
"I'm just trying to protect my stacks/ Mitt Romney don't pay no tax/ Mitt Romney don't pay no tax."
Kanye West is no stranger to provocative statements that rile political figures. He famously stated that "George Bush doesn't like black people" during a telethon to benefit the hurricane Katrina relief effort. And President Obama called him a "jack ass" for crashing the stage during Taylor Swift's VMA acceptance speech.
While the lyrics seem to be a tongue in cheek send-up of Romney's "money hoarding" ways, West appears to co-sign and dry-snitch at the same time.
It's the second Romney reference by a popular rapper since the Republican National Convention in August.
Earlier in September, Nicki Minaj dropped what appeared to be Romney supporting lyrics on Lil Wayne's "Mercy."
I'm a Republican voting for Romney/ You lazy B**** F****in' up the economy."
After President Obama weighed in, stating that Minaj may have been employing one of her many alter-egos, Minaj offered the president all her support. –-Erik Parker, CBS Local

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Hey, a lot more than that. One of my three columns appears every other month there!Embedding the odd Perl article in SA won't change that.
It'll be interesting though, to see what they do with my column, since they'll presumedly have a whole perl "section" in the magazine now. I wonder if I'll have to coordinate my ideas with them first to ensure minimal duplication of topic.


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The nomination form is available on MT's website. Click here to access the application.
The final deadline for nominations will be 6 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 17, 2014.
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As an annual list, the Top 50 Service Providers puts particular emphasis on a provider's accomplishments in the past 12 months — April 2013 to March 2014. Inclusion in a previous year's list is not a metric for making this year's list.
The nominations will be reviewed by a panel comprised of MT's editorial staff. The Top 50 Service Providers will be recognized in the summer edition of Mortgage Technology magazine, which will be distributed in print as a supplement to the May 19 issue of National Mortgage News, as well as on the Mortgage Technology website.
The vendors named to the list have a proven track record in the industry and provide innovative technology and services to lenders, servicers and other industry participants.
To nominate a provider, please fill out the online nomination form.
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Town Square
Earlier foothills fire station cuts cost PA money
Original post made on Jun 21, 2007
Read the full story here Web Link
Comments (8)
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jun 21, 2007 at 8:46 pm
I can't believe the City of Palo Alto solution to negotiating with the fire fighters is to keep firestation 8 closed. The only ones being harmed are the residents west of 280 and the +/-3000 acres in Palo Alto foothills.
No other neighborhood would put up with 20 minute response times. Wild Fires can happen any day not just high fire days.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jun 21, 2007 at 9:20 pm
The council is just using the firefighters as an excuse - they wanted to use the money instead on the new "environmental coordinator" position, which will cost $150,000 - an amount of money that is very close to the cost of staffing the fire station.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jun 21, 2007 at 9:39 pm
This demonstrates just how much the City of Palo Alto, the regional open space distric and the committee for green foothills cares for the region West of Hwy 280 to Skyline Blvd.. The entire area should be closed to the general public until the rainy season arrives..
a resident of South of Midtown
on Jun 22, 2007 at 9:03 am
Palo Alto doesn't want to spend the money to staff Station 8 but then neither does Los Altos or Los Altos Hills. Lets face it, it would be the residents of Los Altos Hills who would benefit most from having Station 8 staffed. Why don't they continue to contribute?
Palo Alto should negotiate terms for staffing Station 8 with both Los Altos and Los Altos Hills. Los Altos should provide at least one firefighter and Los Altos Hills should contribute at the very minimum one-third of the cost. Why should Palo Alto pay for fire protection for Los Altos Hills - they can afford to help?
a resident of Midtown
on Jun 25, 2007 at 6:34 pm
Did this station respond to today's Stanford fire?
a resident of Barron Park
on Jun 25, 2007 at 8:10 pm
Hanover and Page Mill would be the closest Fire Station, then the Stanford Fire Station, then the Arastradero Road Fire Station.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Jun 26, 2007 at 9:50 am
With what looks to be a deadly California fire season ahead, the LAST thing we need is cuts to fire services.
a resident of another community
on Jul 2, 2007 at 7:59 pm
To answer Mr. Wallis' question above: no, station 8 did not respond to the Dish Hill fire last week because station 8 is closed once again this year. They most certainly WOULD have responded if open. That fire should be a BIG wake up call to Mr. Benest and the City Council. We got lucky that it was not close to homes this time.
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Chicago, IL (SportsNetwork.com) - The Chicago Cubs and starter Jeff Samardzija agreed to a one-year contract on Saturday, avoiding arbitration.
No financial terms were disclosed, but the Tribune revealed the new pact is worth $5.345 million.
A Notre Dame product who starred at wide receiver, the right-hander went 8-13 with a 4.34 earned run average in 33 starts for Chicago a season ago.
Since breaking into the majors in 2008, the 29-year-old Indiana native sports a 29-35 mark and 4.19 ERA in 189 appearances (66 starts), all with the Cubs.


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INDIANAPOLIS - The inaugural Adidas Invitational is now in the books, and champions have been crowned. The Dallas Mustangs won it in the 17-and under division, the Atlanta Celtics at the 16-and under level, and Indiana Elite at the 15-and under group. While during the tourney runs there were some impressive performances, one from Collin Hartman stood out.
Top Performers
LeBryan Nash - Once again Nash was a big time player for the Mustangs. While he did get help from his teammates, whenever the going was rough they went to him and he delivered. Now for all of his physical talents his body language on the court is bad, and it is something he needs to pay attention to, but he scored posting up, from the mid-range, and even banged in a few perimeter jumpers. His athleticism and strength make him a matchup nightmare, and he was the biggest reason why the Mustangs won it all. Quite simply there wasn't an answer on the wing in the tournament for Nash.
Jermaine Sanders - New Heights is one of the hardest playing teams around, and Sanders steps up as much as anyone. He is a 6-foot-5 physical wing who bounces off defenders on his way to the rim. Sanders' perimeter game does need some work, but with his ability to get to the rim and finish as well as be physical in the lane, he fills a definite role. His toughness was contagious all weekend, and a reason why New Heights made a run to the title game.
Tyquan Goodlett - The New England Playaz simply could not keep Goodlett out of the lane. The 2011 guard was able to get to the rim at will, and with his length and athleticism he was a problem once he got there. His first step is very quick, and that allows him to be a factor though he can over dribble. Still Goodlett did a good job of setting the pace for New Heights.
Kyle Caudill - Speed and agility aren't the name of his game, but Caudill is an absolutely massive human being. He has good touch around the rim with either hand, and knows how to use his body to create angles on the block. Still his lack of athleticism limits him from being a consistent finisher when going up against long and athletic players. He also needs to get into better shape, but his size, toughness, and reliable hands make him an interesting low block player out on the west coast.
Obij Aget - With Hanner Perea out due to a sprained ankle, Aget had to handle some added responsibilities down low, and in a semi-final win he was outstanding. Aget controlled the paint by blocking shot after shot, and then showed a good motor running the floor. Also Aget made a dribble drive in transition for a finish that was impressive. It was far and away the best performance from Aget on the spring.
Kenny Kaminski - When he is more than just a shooter he is an intriguing basketball player. Kaminski has the body and the athleticism to be a good all-around player, though he too often simply settles for his outside shot. At times on Wednesday he got to the rim and finished through contact, and also showed an aptitude to pass the ball. Still his bread and butter is his outside shot, but he has the ability to be more than that. Rebounding is still a massive area of improvement for the combo forward, but he did show more offensive flashes at the end of the event.
Aaric Armstead - Folks from the Windy City have had good things to say about Armstead before the tournament, and in the first viewing of his game he didn't disappoint. Armstead has a great frame with long arms, and his athleticism is at a high level. Also he shows an ability to hit the jump shot as well as finish well above the rim for a 6-foot-5 wing. He needs to tighten up his handle to move to the shooting guard slot, but the tools are there for him to be a potential high-major player down the road.
Phillip Nolan - Nolan usually is the longest and most athletic center on the floor, but going up against Aget that wasn't the case. While Aget really gave Nolan problems, he still had some flashes. He had a spin move on the right block going baseline for a bucket that was very impressive, and as usual he blocked some shots on the defensive end. His potential is definitely there, but strength and a feel facing the basket are areas for improvement.
Shaquille Goodwin - Goodwin and former Atlanta Celtic power forward Terrance Shannon could definitely pass for brothers. Like Shannon, Goodwin is a high-motor beast who does his best work down in the pain. Goodwin held his own personal dunk contest for much of the finals against an undermanned Indiana Elite squad, and simply was dominant on the block at times. His strength, athleticism, hands, and understanding of the position have him attracting a lot of college attention.
Collin Hartman - In his team's run to the 15-and under title Hartman was a monster. During the championship game Garner Road had absolutely no answer for him. Hartman was scoring at will off the bounce and off the catch, and even contributed heavily on both the offensive and defensive glass. Super skilled, he is a bit in-between positions right now as a combo forward, but still his production is impossible to take away. He was far and away the best player on the floor in the final game.
Nigel Williams-Goss - His down the road potential is limited since he isn't a great athlete, but the kid flat out knows how to play the position. Williams-Goss has great feel for when to push the pace and when to run offense, and he always makes the right pass at the right time. Beyond that he has excellent size for his position and is proving to be a very good shooter. Defensively is where he struggles since laterally he isn't great, so that will need to improve, but already he is showing an aptitude to make others better while playing up against 17-and under competition.
Rashad Muhammad - His older brother gets most of the love, but Rashad can also ball. He is a solid shooter with good form, and a decent athlete. In his team's heart breaking loss, Muhammad put up good scoring numbers. He needs to get stronger and tighten up his handle some, but he knows how to play, can pass the ball, and makes open jumpers.
Tyrel Robinson - The less talked about of the Robinson twins, he has a good amount of ability as well. Robinson is very effective in the high post where he can knock down shots or make good passes. Also he is an excellent defender due to his strength and quickness. Now he does need to really work on his perimeter skills, but he has a chance to earn serious high-major interest.
Isaiah Hicks - Hicks absolutely defines the word prospect. He is 6-foot-8 with long arms and a body that is really going to fill out. Also an excellent athlete with good hands, Hicks has the physical tools to be special. On the court right now he isn't a high level production guy, but he does have a few bursts that remind you how good he could be in two years. The Garner Road standout helped his team to the finals, and once there had a few very nice moments.
Recruiting Notes
Though injured, D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera says his offered list has expanded recently. Miami, Wake Forest, and Ohio State have joined Cincinnati, Indiana, Louisville, Purdue, Xavier, and Tennessee on his offer list.
Jermaine Sanders claims offers from Villanova, Providence, Rutgers, Seton Hall, St. John's, and Cincinnati. Also he is hearing from Louisville, Virginia Tech, Virginia, and Marquette.
Tyquan Goodlett says he has an offer from Rutgers and interest from Providence, Cincinnati, St. John's, and George Mason.
Purdue has been stalking Collin Hartman all weekend, and schools like Butler, Ohio State, Indiana, and Illinois also have been present.
Virginia Tech and VCU were keeping a close eye on Isaiah Hicks and fellow Garner Road 15-and under standout Anton Gill.
Arizona, UCLA, and North Carolina all dispatched assistants to be front and center to watch Rashad Muhammad play.
Baylor and Oklahoma State made sure to make their presence felt at Dallas Mustangs games. It is no surprise that those two are the presumed leaders for LeBryan Nash.


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Smart, Healthy Eating Tips for the Holidays
Written by marylf on November 21, 2011 — Leave a Comment
No matter your goal, maintaining your weight or even trying to lose weight, this time of the year requires diligence. The many temptations and our busy schedules make for a dangerous combination for unhealthy eating. As a Registered Dietitian I see first hand the temptations and pitfalls that start at Halloween and go through New [...]
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Merchants who own businesses in the historic district of Main Street are denouncing a Main Street streetscape project that they believe will hurt their businesses.
Ron Soto, owner of Soto's Optical at 1383 Main St., has started a petition against the project. He said he has the support of more than 70% of the businesses in the historic district, which comprises Main Street from Orange Avenue to Palm Avenue.
Public workshops have been held since April 2010 to formulate a project that involves a Main Street renovation stretching from Bayfront Drive to U.S. 301; it will highlight the street's historic district. Wider sidewalks and a narrower street with parallel parking have been proposed as ways to promote more pedestrian activity downtown. The historic district of Main Street will likely be replaced with a brick street.
Parking spaces are being eliminated, particularly in the historic district, to make way for wider sidewalks. City officials said the argument can be made that the Palm Avenue parking garage and future State Street parking garage will make up for the reduction in 48 spaces from Bayfront Park to Orange Avenue.
But Soto and other business owners said the State Street garage needs to be built before the city considers such a project.
Soto, whose store has been in his family since 1949, said he remembers when the city installed parallel parking on the street in the 1970s.
"We did that years and years ago, and we got rid of it because it hindered traffic too long," Soto said.
Soto said he has about 18 parking spaces in front of his store.
"If they do this, they will take half of my parking away," Soto said. "All I ask is that the city doesn't ram this down our throats."
Soto also questions why the sidewalks need to be widened.
"I sit here every day and the sidewalks aren't packed with people who need more room to walk," Soto said.
Dan O'Connor, owner of the newly opened Irish Pub, at 1359 Main St., agreed.
"I have 16 outdoor dining seats outside right now," O'Connor said. "If they widen the sidewalk, I could maybe get four more seats. Big deal."
O'Connor's main objection with the project is linked to his new venture.
"When it comes down to it, I can't afford to risk anything as far as not being able to get foot traffic down this way," O'Connor said. "People are just getting used to the parking meters, so all we ask is they leave us alone for a while."
Tom Friend, owner of Friend's Jewelers, 1387 Main St., for 35 years, called the project "pretty sad."
"This probably won't kill us, but it will come close and it will destroy businesses just trying to make ends meet," Friend said.
When the Five Points roundabout was constructed, Friend said the construction "really hurt" his business.
"This type of construction headache keeps customers away from downtown until the mess is over," Friend said.
Friend doesn't deny the project would be beautiful upon completion.
"But businesses are still trying to recover from the downturn in the economy," Friend said. "I would put it on the back burner for a while. Just leave us alone for at least a couple of years."
Liz Avis, manager of Barnacle Bill's at 1526 Main St., said the project "will absolutely kill us."
"First they put in parking meters and now they want to tear up the street?" Avis said. "It's so unbelievable, it's almost comical."
Patrick's Restaurant and Tavern owner Jim Sullivan called the brick paving of Main Street and the parallel parking concept "completely disastrous."
All merchants and the public are encouraged to send their input to Moran at [email protected].
Merchants sound off on project.
"If they do this, they will take half of my parking away. All I ask is that the city doesn't ram this down our throats." — Ron Soto, owner of Soto's Optical
"People are just getting used to the parking meters, so all we ask is they leave us alone for awhile." — Dan O'Connor, owner of Irish Pub
"This type of construction headache keeps customers away from downtown until the mess is over," — Tom Friend, owner of Friend's Jewelers
"First they put in parking meters and now they want to tear up the street? It's so unbelievable it's almost comical." — Liz Avis, manager of Barnacle Bill's
"We don't need this. There's a lot that can be done to save money and help the existing businesses." — Wendy Getchell, owner of Lotus
"The roundabout construction decimated our business, so imagine what tearing up the whole street will do," — Jim Sullivan, owner of Patrick's


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Richardson Mayor Bob Townsend delivered the annual State of the City Address this evening at a free, open-to-the-public event held at Richardson's Eisemann Center. Noting Richardson's strong condition, Mayor Townsend's remarks focused on the City Council's statement of goals in various "areas of excellence" and the City's major accomplishments during 2012 in each of those focus areas.
Several particularly significant accomplishments received special recognition, due to their anticipated positive impact on the community for years to come:
Other 2012 accomplishments featured during the remarks, divided into areas of emphasis that reflect the City Council's statement of goals, included:
Community Vitality and Neighborhood Integrity
Economic Development
Environmental Management
Fiscal Responsibility
Healthcare Facilities and Community Wellness
Land Use and Development
Public Services
Transportation and Mobility
The address was available for live online viewing on the City website, www.cor.net, and archived video of the remarks will also be available soon on the site.
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Prince learning how to be big leaguer
By William Boor / MLB.com
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Spring Training is about preparing for the upcoming baseball season, but that does not necessarily mean all the lessons are taking place on the diamond
Outfield prospect Josh Prince is in his first Major League camp and is taking the opportunity to learn as much as he can about the day-to-day life of a big leaguer.
"All the guys in the locker room are just absolutely first-class guys and the biggest impression I've had is how nice and how genuine and how accepting they are to the younger guys," Prince said. "It's unbelievable."
Prince, who prefers to be a quiet observer of the veterans, has been learning a lot about how the Brewers treat their bodies to ensure they will hold up over the long season.
The 25-year-old outfielder has only been in camp a couple weeks, but believes the experiences and interactions with the Brewers' veterans will help him on the field and with his body.
"I think it's going to change a little bit," Prince said of the way he will now approach the game. "Granted, I still have my own routine and will stick with that, but I'm picking things up here and there, like with [Ryan] Braun and how much he stretches to keep his body right. I'm going to do that a lot more now."
After hitting .251 in Double-A Huntsville, Spring Training is Prince's first chance to impress manager Ron Roenicke and the rest of the Brewers' Major League coaching staff.
In Thursday's 4-2 win over the Chicago White Sox, Prince hit a two-run homer -- his first hit of the spring.
Although he remains confident in his abilities, Prince has noticed how much tougher the Major Leagues are.
"Guys don't make as many mistakes here as they do at the lower levels," Prince said.
But at the end of the day, he is playing a game he has played his entire life. And that is something he reminds himself when he may find himself a bit overwhelmed or starstruck.
"It's still baseball," Prince said. "It's the same game and there's no difference from T-ball at five to playing as a 30-year-old."
Gorzelanny, Gonzalez make Brewers debuts
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Left-handed pitchers Tom Gorzelanny and Michael Gonzalez, signed as free agents in the offseason, made their Brewers debuts on Friday against the Colorado Rockies.
Exactly what any club wants from a relief pitcher, Gorzelanny's debut was uneventful. The 30-year-old pitched the first inning and did not allow a hit. Josh Rutledge was the one player to reach base against Gorzelanny (on an error), but he was picked off shortly after. His inning was capped with a strikeout of Carlos Gonzalez. Gorzelanny threw 12 pitches, seven of which were strikes.
Gonzalez, who signed a one-year, $2.21 million contract in December, pitched the third inning and allowed two runs on three hits. He also recorded a swinging strikeout.
After a season in which the Brewers blew a league-high 29 saves and had a relief ERA of 4.66, it was no secret the bullpen had to be addressed prior to the 2013 season.
The additions of Gorzelanny and Gonzalez, who were teammates with the Washington Nationals in 2012, provide Milwaukee with a pair of reliable lefties.
Gorzelanny appeared in 45 games for the Nationals and posted a 2.88 ERA, the lowest of his career.
Gonzalez pitched in 47 games for Washington and had an ERA of 3.03.
Crosby tests thigh, targets Tuesday return
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Bobby Crosby, who is recovering from a strained left thigh, tested his leg by running through some pregame drills on Thursday and the Brewers were happy with the results.
"[He's] coming along pretty good," manage Ron Roenicke said. "Ran yesterday and they were happy with it, didn't feel [pain]. Didn't go 100 percent, but that was good.
The 2004 American League Rookie of the Year has not played in a Major League game since 2010, but is competing for the final spot on the Brewers bench and expects to get back on the field early next week.
The current target date for Crosby's return is Tuesday according to Roenicke.
Milwaukee has an off day Monday and then plays Team Canada on Tuesday.
Worth noting
• The Brewers players participating in the World Baseball Classic will all leave on Sunday. Some players will have the option of going to Brewers camp Sunday if their team does not have anything scheduled, but it is assumed all players participating in the Classic will not be present Sunday.
• While the Brewers played the Colorado Rockies, their minor leaguers played an exhibition game against Italy.
William Boor is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Food and drink are a huge part of Memorial Day Weekend, but it doesn't always have to be a bad thing for your waistline! There are plenty of healthy things to eat this weekend, and I have found some great ones!
Yahoo gathered some of the best, low-calorie snacks that are good and good for you!
1 Cup Strawberries Dipped in 1 Tablespoon Melted Semisweet Chocolate Chips (115 Calories)
Ansel says this is a great way to get your fruit fix and satisfy a chocolate craving at the same time. "Plus, you get loads of vitamin C from the strawberries and blood-pressure-lowering polyphenols from the chocolate," she adds.
45 Pistachios (148 Calories)
"I love these because the shells slow you down, so you can't plow through them," says Ansel.
2 % Greek Yogurt (130 Calories)
"With 2 1/2 times the protein of regular yogurt and 15 to 20 percent of your day's calcium, Greek yogurt is one of the smartest snacks out there," says Ansel. She especially likes the 2-percent kind. "It's much creamier than the nonfat variety and still has only 2.5 grams of saturated fat."
1 Dr. Kracker Pumpkin Seed Flatbread With 1 Babybel Light (150 Calories)
Says Beller: "This portable gourmet flatbread and cheese solution totally tastes like you're cheating. Each hearty-size flatbread is loaded with seeds that not only add a nutritional bonus but also taste amazing."
And one of my favorites:
1/4 Cup Guacamole With 1 Sliced Medium Red Bell Pepper (140 Calories)
"Guacamole is a surprising calorie bargain—as long as you hold the tortilla chips," says Karen Ansel, R.D. "It's packed with heart-smart nutrients like monounsaturated fats, vitamin E and fiber. Pairing it with red pepper strips helps you enjoy it with some crunch but without all the calories of chips—plus, you'll get additional phytochemicals and vitamin C."
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A new casino compact between the state and the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe is imminent, with the two sides agreeing in principle, Gov. Deval Patrick said during a radio appearance Thursday.
A new casino compact between the state and the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe is imminent, with the two sides agreeing in principle, Gov. Deval Patrick said during a radio appearance Thursday.
Patrick, speaking during a segment on WGBH radio, said he may be able to sign the new compact, which dictates the terms under which a tribal casino could operate in Massachusetts, within the "next few days."
"We have reached an agreement in principle now with the tribe for a new compact and we've vetted it with the Bureau of Indian Affairs," Patrick said, according to a transcript an administration spokesman provided.
The Mashpee announced last year that they hope to build a $500 million resort casino in East Taunton.
"We are very pleased with the progress we have made in our discussions with Governor Patrick," Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Chairman Cedric Cromwell said in a statement. "We will bring this matter to our Tribal Council and pending their approval we expect to sign a new compact very soon. This is yet another significant step for our Tribe, and we are excited about our momentum towards bringing good jobs to our Tribe, Taunton and Southeastern Massachusetts."
The development comes five months after the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs rejected the initial compact on grounds that it ran counter to the tribe's best interests.
The news also arrives as the Massachusetts Gaming Commission prepares to meet next week to discuss the status of southeastern Massachusetts. If the commission determines the tribe is unlikely to meet the requirements to open a tribal casino under federal law, it could start soliciting bids for a commercial casino license in the region.
Taunton Mayor Thomas Hoye Jr. said he is not privy to details about the language of the compact itself, but that the city was aware the negotiations were ongoing.
"I think it's good news," Hoye said. "It was expected. I know the tribe and the governor and his team have been working on the compact for quite some time."
The compact is subject to the approval of the state legislature, the tribal council and the BIA.
The original compact called for the state to collect 21.5 percent of the tribe's gambling revenue, but the BIA rejected the arrangement as going beyond the level permitted by the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. The BIA also said it was improper for the original compact to deal with issues such as hunting and fishing rights.
Under state law, up to one commercial casino license can be issued in each of three regions of Massachusetts. Commercial entities are currently frozen out of the southeastern casino market, however, while the Mashpee work toward a tribal casino under federal law.
Federal law allows an eligible, federally recognized tribe to open a casino on reservation land in a state that allows casino gambling. A compact with the state is another requirement.
The Mashpee have an application pending with the BIA to establish reservation land, which is required to build a tribal casino under federal law, though many have questioned whether the tribe meets the requirements to clear that hurdle.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission, is meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday at Bristol Community College in Fall River to discuss the status of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe's pursuit of a casino. If it decides the tribe's progress is insufficient, the commission could potentially vote on whether to solicit commercial bids for a casino in southeastern Massachusetts.
"We anxiously await a decision from the BIA to see whether this project ultimately moves forward or not," Hoye said. "We continue to be cautiously optimistic that this project will come to fruition."


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It would seem that the state of fashion journalism here in New Zealand is of considerable interest to a lot of you, so I wanted to publish some of the feedback I've received.
Yesterday was fascinating for me. After commenting on a great piece of journalism from TVNZ ondemand's show Media 7 – and on what I see as a huge amount of media coverage on New Zealand Fashion Week in the form of low standard journalism – plenty of diverse opinions came out. It was particularly interesting that some of the people (possibly media themselves?) commenting on this blog did not do so publicly, choosing to write under the easy pseudonym "Anonymous". It follows my argument that the New Zealand fashion media are all too often afraid to give their real opinions about New Zealand designers for fear of repercussions – will the designer still be nice to me if I write what I really thought about their collection? Or, I just received all these free/cheap clothes from that designer, shouldn't I say nice things about the clothes? Or, if I tell the truth, will that designer pull their advertising dollar from my publication?
Here were some of the comments I received:
Is any reporting, whether it be fashion or entertainment or even possibly hard news, ever really objective? Regardless of my cynicism, I respect what you're saying Isaac. Let me know when you get your first designer hissy fit, and let's compare notes!
x Zoe
Zoe Walker – features writer for Viva/NZ Herald.
NZFW gets coverage because people love looking at other people, and this sells more papers/gets more online traffic etc. More readership means more advertising revenue…
No matter how many journalists (fashion or otherwise) want to believe that they are unbiased and objective, at the end of the day one can't bite the hand that feeds you and if a designer is spending thousands of dollars in advertising with a magazine or newspaper, a bad review will not go to print (whether it's the editor or journalist that makes the final call) because small NZ publications can not afford to lose such revenue at the expense of writing a critical and unsavoury review.
It happens all over the world, just on a larger scale in New Zealand because we are small and there is virtually no disposable money in our fashion industry. Every New Zealand editor must 'keep the advertisers happy' if they intend to continue to make a profit, whether it's for APN, APC, TVNZ, Pacific or an independent publication/blog, whatever, as long as advertising subsidies journalism, there is never going to be any 'true' objectivity in mainstream media when it comes to our small fashion scene.
Having seen first hand the bias and fluffing of such reviews on New Zealand fashion., Fashion Week being a pearler of an example, witnessing writers true thoughts of a show, followed by a weak and sickeningly nice review.
As much credibility as you lose by remaining anonymous and making anonymous comments and reviews, maybe New Zealand needs more anonymity so what needs to be said can be.
To which I replied:
I wholeheartedly disagree. What New Zealand needs is a bunch of journalists, proper journalists, who are willing to get out there and tell the truth and put their names to it. I think posting nasty or honest things about anyone under an anonymous name is cowardly and promotes bad feelings rather than promoting journalistic integrity – which is what we need so badly!
I received this email last night about the Media 7 report and my blog-post from an associate who wishes to remain unnamed.
There are a number or different things that I see happen – the really well connected PRs have mates in the top rating tv shows, so you see stories that just cannot be justified ending up being big items on CloseUp, Campbell and others.
Then you see the dumb 'alternative view' approach where ill-suited journalist (specifically chosen to be a mis-fit) goes along wanting to take the piss. I'm sure that Deborah (Pead) leveraged this anti-fashion sentiment to get her over-sized men's fashion item on tele – which was, simply, blatant PR.
Sadly neither of these approaches get us any items of real interest at all – it is either PR or paparazzi and little in between.
The stories I wanted to see but never emerged:
· When World duo say they missed fashion week for a few years because they were "showing in Paris" – did they actually do a show – or did they in fact just take a trade fair stand at a trade event in Paris?
· Let's go looking in stores in international markets and see if we can find NZ garments on the racks – I think that some are actually doing business and selling garments, but many do the 'we sell all over the world' line and noone looks further. Let's see some examples.
· How was it that Kate Sylvester won last year's Air New Zealand export award, only to use that travel budget to NOT show at our fashion week? This patently was a surprise to most or I doubt that Air NZ would have used an outfit from them if they'd had any indication. This outrageous slap in the face was taken without comment!
· Why were there no buyers this year at what your panel described as a trade event. The 'delegate' numbers were through the roof, but the 'buyer' numbers through the floor – I find this very worrying as the sustainability of the event must surely be based on this.
· Simon Lock was here from IMG – was he here to look at buying NZ fashion week or not? What would a sale potentially mean to our fashion industry? What would its value be? Does Pieter have the heart to continue…
I'm eager to hear everyone's thoughts, so don't forget to comment!


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One hundred years of The Art Institute of Boston (AIB) is celebrated in a new exhibition at the Boston Public Library. In honor of AIB's centennial, the exhibition The Art Institute of Boston: Celebrating 100 Years showcases prints, drawings, and photographs by talented faculty and students.
The Art Institute of Boston: Celebrating 100 Years is a collaborative effort between Boston Public Library and The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. The exhibition opens on Friday, March 22, at the Central Library in Copley Square and runs through Saturday, June 29.
There are thirteen artists featured in the exhibition. Dating from 1949 to 2012, all of the prints, drawings, and photographs in the exhibition are part of Boston Public Library's collection of works on paper by artists with ties to Boston. There are 58 single works and four portfolios in the exhibition.
The Art Institute of Boston: Celebrating 100 Years is among a number of events and exhibitions occurring throughout the year celebrating AIB's centennial. Founded as the School of Practical Art, AIB was one of the nation's first private studio schools. Today, AIB offers two Masters of Fine Arts programs, enrolls 500 students annually in Bachelor of Fine Arts Programs in Fine Arts, Photography, Illustration, Animation, Art History and Design, and conducts classes for high school students and adult learners.
"We are delighted to be collaborating with the Boston Public Library on this public exhibition celebrating AIB's Centennial," said Stan Trecker, Dean of AIB. "We appreciate the Library's focus on the talents and creativity of the AIB faculty and students who are represented in the BPL's outstanding collection of artworks."
A key feature of the exhibition is a selection of artwork from portfolios created by students in AIB's advanced printmaking class. Since 1992, under the leadership of instructor Liza Folman, students in the course have created an annual exchange portfolio based on a theme of their choosing. Over the years, and through the generous donations of the advanced printmaking classes, Boston Public Library's Print Department has acquired seventeen of the portfolios, which now reside in the library's permanent collection. In addition to artwork from Folman's students, Folman's own work is highlighted in The Art Institute of Boston: Celebrating 100 Years.
"The exhibition celebrates Boston Public Library's acquisition of works by Boston artists who have contributed to the Boston art scene both as professional artists and as long-time AIB faculty members," said Karen Shafts, the Boston Public Library's Assistant Keeper of Prints and curator of The Art Institute of Boston: Celebrating 100 Years.
The exhibition will be on display in the Wiggin Gallery at Boston Public Library's Central Library in Copley Square, located at 700 Boylston Street. For detailed gallery hours, visit www.bpl.org/general/hours.htm. Boston Public Library's exhibition blog is located at www.bpl.org/exhibitions.
About THE ART INSTITUTE OF BOSTON at LESLEY UNIVERSITY
The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University was founded in 1912 as the School of Practical Art, one of the nation's first private studio schools. Renamed The Art Institute of Boston in 1967, AIB established itself as a non-profit and reflected the school's increased focus on fine art, design, illustration, and photography. AIB merged with Lesley University in 1998, expanding offerings to students throughout both institutions. This year, construction will begin on a new home for AIB in Cambridge. The new Lesley University Arts Center will be adjacent to Lesley University's Porter Campus, and the move from Kenmore Square to Porter Square will bring the 100-year tradition of educating artists and designers, as well as year-round cultural events, to Cambridge and the wider Lesley University community. To learn more, visit www.lesley.edu/aib.
About BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
Boston Public Library has a Central Library, twenty-five branches, a literacy center, map center, business library, and a website filled with digital content and services. Established in 1848, the Boston Public Library has pioneered public library service in America. It was the first publicly supported municipal library in America, the first public library to lend books, the first to have a branch library, and the first to have a children's room. Each year, the Boston Public Library hosts thousands of programs and serves millions of people. All of its programs and exhibitions are free and open to the public. At the Boston Public Library, books are just the beginning. To learn more, visit www.bpl.org.
Image: Liza Folman. Corrosion, 1996. Etching and aquatint with relief color. Published in the portfolio "Time Pieces," published 2000.


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This has been the toughest year I've had to deal with yet. To know that your season is pretty much over before it starts is mentally crushing, especially with the expectations we had as a team this year. It is very difficult not being a part of it.
I had a successful 2007 season, and I really wanted to follow it up with a solid 2008 to show that it wasn't a fluke. To lose that opportunity has been frustrating.
I was throwing in Spring Training when I had to cut a bullpen session short abruptly because I was having shoulder pain. Then came the bad news that my shouler required surgery. In March, I underwent surgery to repair a torn labrum.
The first week after the surgery was very painful, and I required some medications to help me get through it. After that first week, I was able to deal with the pain and start rehab. When I look back on the whole thing now, it doesn't seem like much, but I know I have a long way to go.
I haven't been able to throw a ball for about four months, which is the standard for this type of surgery. I can't wait to be able to toss the ball around, even if it's just a simple game of catch. I really miss it.
I'm completing my rehab at my home in California. It was a joint agreement between the club and myself. The team needs attention as well as my rehabilitation. It's not fair to take the time of our team trainers when you have other players who need to get ready for the game. At the same time, I need a lot of attention focused on my arm to get better and to get back to playing.
The hardest part for me was saying goodbye to all my teammates for the season. I knew I would miss being around the game and all my guys. Other than watching them on TV or when they come out to Anaheim, which is close to where I live, I haven't seen them. Most of the communication is over the phone.
Three thousand miles has never seemed so far away.
After being used primarily as a starter in his rookie season, right-hander Casey Janssen excelled out of the bullpen in a setup role for the Jays in 2007, throwing in 70 games while posting a 2.35 ERA. The 6-foot-4, 220-pounder was being moved back to a starting role when his shoulder injury occurred during Spring Training.
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|NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 Gemini Video Card
|Reviews - Featured Reviews: Video Cards
|Written by Olin Coles
|Thursday, 24 March 2011
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DX9+SSAO: Mafia II
Mafia II is a single-player third-person action shooter developed by 2K Czech for 2K Games, and is the sequel to Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven released in 2002. Players assume the life of World War II veteran Vito Scaletta, the son of small Sicilian family who immigrates to Empire Bay. Growing up in the slums of Empire Bay teaches Vito about crime, and he's forced to join the Army in lieu of jail time. After sustaining wounds in the war, Vito returns home and quickly finds trouble as he again partners with his childhood friend and accomplice Joe Barbaro. Vito and Joe combine their passion for fame and riches to take on the city, and work their way to the top in Mafia II.
Mafia II is a SSAO-enabled PC video game built on 2K Czech's proprietary Illusion game engine, which succeeds the LS3D game engine used in Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven. In our Mafia-II Video Game Performance article, Benchmark Reviews explored characters and gameplay while illustrating how well this game delivers APEX PhysX features on both AMD and NVIDIA products. Thanks to DirectX-11 APEX PhysX extensions that can be processed by the system's CPU, Mafia II offers gamers is equal access to high-detail physics regardless of video card manufacturer.
Mafia II Extreme Quality Settings
but i will wait until aftermarket coolers for 6990 appears
anyway i appreciate great competitions like this one
If the results show low power use in Furmark for the 590, you know the card is activating its limiter, therefor the temp/noise reading are not realistic.
Simply put the power/temp/fan noise should be done on the games as you benched them, its all to easy to program a driver to fool one application to make it look and sound good.
Actually, the hardware sits in a big box for retests and other projects. After a year or so, they become gifts or sold for what little they're still worth.
Hey- I never did see any of your work from PAX! Hope it was fun, and worth the visit.
They really need to put some 2g or even 3g of mem on those 580 cards.
I'm pretty sure that's not right.
So what's up next week?
When you look at the things that are not bias towards either product IE Heaven benchmark. Thats where you see the real difference in the cards. All this end talk about features is complete garbage. You can say the same for ATI there card and 3d bluray is far superior then the Nvidia solution. Eyefinity maybe a novel feature but it does work. Something Nvidia has yet to even come close to matching. Heck this is first card with 3 monitors support. Also the displayport is a mute point because ATI is now including a displayport adaptor that illiminates the super high cost of this solution among other reasons could state that this is not a fd it will eventually be the standard. If your going to skew your review because you like nvidia just do it at the begining. Its getting extremely old seeing the bait and switch from both sides.
Some of your remarks are a relief to me, because they show how uninformed you truly are. According to you, features like PhysX, 3D Vision, and CUDA support don't matter. I suggest you start asking around, because like it or not those 'garbage' features help sell these products.
By the way, those 'biased' NVIDIA games that always score the highest... games like BattleForge and Battlefield Bad Company 2... those are AMD co-developed games, not NVIDIA.
Then Toro's jumped on this forum and blogged his ATI Fanboy Mumbo Jumbo. But you know what, that's ok, Handicap need a place to lay their heads at night. If he had read the whole review he would have seen that facts. 1. The 6990 has its pro's and con's. Fact 2, The Nvidia and ATI cards are pretty neck and neck. Fact 3, the 590 won 5, tied 5 and (barley) lost 5. I don't know how anyone could have taken this review as "BIAS" towards Nvidia. I am an Nvidia fan, but I own a 6990 and 2 580 GTX's, they are both powerful................nevermind, I know if Toros is reading this it wont make sense so i will save my time.
Interesting read though. I am anxious to see how the cards compare at their overclocked overvolted limits on reference cooler.
For all I know next year could have big stuff for processors.
The rest of you fanboys should really stop honestly. In the case of the 6990 and 590, what is there really to say one card is superior to the other? I don't find 50w less, 5c degrees less or a card that runs EVER SO quieter to the other good ways of saying my card beats yours. There is no real pure power difference. So I must agree with Colin above and say they are both virtually the same exact cards.
I just have to stick with purchasing Nvidia however for my 3D setup, no biggie.
I was wondering if the 6990 still had the aggressive AF optimizations which results in texture shimmering. I am referring to the AF optimization discovered earlier and brought up in an nViDIA blog.
I really hate texture shimmering, that is a deciding factor for me. If I have to switch setting around in Catalyst in order to get rid of shimmering the benchmark results would not indicate the actual performance I'll get from 6990.
Thanks in advance.
Usually shimmering (if it's present) can easily be seen in Half-Life 2 in road or railroad parts of the map which extend long into the horizon.
I remember having horrible shimmering in HL2 back when I had 7800GTX.
In the Unigine night scene you mention, can you get rid of shimmering by setting Catalyst AI to high or turning it off altogether?
I suppose in the same Unigine scene , GTX 590 is not showing any shimmering?
Thanks for the reply btw.
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Can you get rid of shimmering by fiddling with Cat AI ? Does the GTX 590 show the same amount of shimmering as well? In HL2 particularly, since it can easily be detected when moving the camera.
Neither AMD nor NVidia are charities. You want a bleeding edge product, prepare to bleed the cash.
Yes NVIDIA does include HDMI with their cards, I can only assume it is up to AIB partners whether it will be mini-HDMI or a full size port.


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Skip to comments.Leprosy outbreak causes concerns in Northwest Arkansas (illegal immigrant connection)
Posted on 02/08/2008 12:44:53 PM PST by ddtorquee
The medical community is warning the public: a leprosy outbreak in Springdale could blossom into an epidemic, if something isn't done soon.
Doctors say at least nine cases of leprosy have been confirmed in Springdale. Local doctors say they would be shocked by even one case of leprosy in their entire career, so they say something must be done soon, in order to stop leprosy's spread.
Springdale MD Jennifer Bingham says, "my initial response was: I am shocked. I am shocked we are seeing this. It's a true reason to be very worried."
Medical specialists say the Marshall Islands have the most cases of leprosy, in the world. And the city with the largest number of Marshallese people, outside the Marshall islands, is Springdale. And Bingham says, it makes sense, then, that leprosy is spreading to the city. "It's from the Marshall islands; that's why we're seeing it."
Bingham says she is all for Marshallese people entering the United States, after proper medical tests. But whether they're immigrants or not, she says people must stick to treatment, when infected. And she says, when she treats those from the Marshall Islands, this doesn't happen. "We're not getting the compliance that is absolutely essential to take care of this process."
Bingham says without cooperation, leprosy, which has no vaccine, and is transmitted through the air, will spread, and could easily become an epidemic. "People absolutely should be concerned. What I'm afraid of, is when people start thinking about it enough, it will already be out of control."
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There you go—a kissing booth & right next to it, a
'You Wanna Piece A Me?' weight-guessing booth.
You Wanna Piece A Me? weight-guessing booth.
"I'll say you weigh about 180 lbs.---no, make that 165.....now 140.......125?"
B-52 flying time Bossier City, LA (nearest bomber base) to Springdale, AR about 2 hours round trip. The crew can be back before the Barbecue is ready.
McCain will approve of this as he is an open borders republican........the man could care less about your health! He has been sitting on his as* in the Senate at least the last 15 years and lives in AZ! Has he one time offered a fix for the problem other than an amnesty that would only encourage more illegal invasion?
Americans would be better off moving to Mexico.
Thanks Huckabee for shoving illegals down our throat. Maybe we better pay for the illegal Mexicans health-care...Oh wait, we already do!
The article has now been removed from the KFSM website; I know it was up earlier today.
[snips]The Marshallese are on the lower economic rungs of SpringdaleÃÂs work force. During the night shift at Tyson FoodsÃÂ Randall Road plant, about half of the workers are islanders. They are also common on the factory floor of Rockline Industries, which makes baby wipes and scented tissues.
Marshallese immigrants benefit from extraordinarily close ties to the United States that were codified when the countries signed the Compact of Free Association in 1986, when the islands gained their independence. Marshallese are allowed to live and work in the United States indefinitely without visas. As a result, few of those who immigrate seek U.S. citizenship.
At Springdale public schools, the English as a Second Language program hired a Marshallese tutor in 1997 when the need became apparent.
Thousands of Marshallese have made the same choice. Working in chicken plants, factories and fast-food restaurants, they enjoy a lifestyle that only a few could afford back home. In Springdale public schools, their children get a better education than most of the top-ranked private-schools students on the islands.
Its unclear exactly how many Marshall Islanders call Springdale home. A special U.S. Census Bureau survey in 2001 indicated that there were 2,000 to 6,000 of the islanders in Springdale, a city that then had about 46,000 residents.
Since that survey, the influx has continued, islanders say. In the Springdale School District, the number of children speaking Marshallese as a first language grew from 226 in 2000 to 623 this fall.
Yet, the Marshallese often go unnoticed in Springdale, overshadowed by the 23,500 Hispanics who arrived in Northwest Arkansas during the 1990s.
Langs Marshallese neighbors open their garage doors on warm sunny days to reveal improvised living rooms where men and women lounge on couches. Children roam from home to home as if they all belong to one family.
On Springdales congested highways, a large number of cars have tall CB radio antennas. The radios are popular with Marshallese who use them to communicate just as they do back home where telephone service is unreliable. They have a CB radio group called Big Yokwe Big Hello.
Among the new subdivisions in Springdale, houses here and there have shoe racks on front porches piled high with flip-flops and work boots, a sure sign of Marshallese within. Lang said some problems arose in the early days of the Marshallese community. The first immigrants werent aware of U.S. private property rights. Some islanders drank heavily on the weekends and ended up on the wrong side of the law when they passed out in neighbors yards, he said. Most behavior like that soon stopped.
What was it about the road to Hell being paved with good intentions? This is a nightmare.
Sill, the thought of these diseased creatures near the food supply is......
Leprosy in Arkansas! What's next? The Plague?
I spent a month on Majuro in the RMI back in 2000. I was shocked to see that leprosy still existed there. There were posters up everywhere for people to take their leprosy medicines and be treated. I saw a number of lepers walking around the island. It is one of the saddest places in the world and at that time life expectancy was around 48 years. I knew about the large group of Marshallese in Arkansas but it never occured to me that they may have brought leprosy with them.
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Health Organizations Refute Story
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Dear Chamber Members
You may be aware of a media report that is suggesting there has been an outbreak of leprosy in Springdale. This is not true.
The Chamber has been in touch this morning with Governor Mike Beebe, Congressman John Boozman, the Center for Disease Control and the Washington County Health Department. Each of these entities are fully engaged and are reporting to us that there is no "outbreak" of leprosy in Springdale or Northwest Arkansas.
In fact, the Washington County Health Department explains nothing has changed in the number of known cases of communicable diseases in Northwest Arkansas in the past year.
Please help us in our effort to diffuse this non-factual story with the accurate details of the Chamber's research from this morning.
Perry Webb
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Europeans have what appears to be a genetic near immunity to the stuff. Doesn't mean you can't get it, but it's going to take a lot of exposure and special conditions.
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DEFENCE Minister Stephen Smith has ruled out sending a navy ship to keep watch in Antarctic waters despite a dramatic high seas clash between Japanese whalers and protesters.
Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd has accused the Nisshin Maru of ramming three of its vessels in an act of "road rage" as the protesters tried to prevent the whaler from refuelling.
Japan has now temporarily suspended its annual whale hunt, ABC television reports.
Former Australian Greens leader Bob Brown called it a "gross breach" of international law and called on the government to send navy vessels immediately to restore order.
But Mr Smith said the government had "never contemplated" sending navy assets to the Southern Ocean.
It had in the past sent a ship to collect video and photographic evidence of whaling hunts to build a case before the International Court of Justice.
That case was now running and the government would wait for the ruling, he said.
"Our argument is that whaling in the Great Southern Ocean is unlawful," he told ABC television on Thursday.
During the incident, the Sea Shepherd vessel Bob Barker completely lost power and started taking on water after the Nisshin Maru pinned it against a tanker.
Sea Shepherd Captain Paul Watson said the whaling ship "moved in very aggressively," almost turning over the Bob Barker and only backed off after the protest ship sent out a distress signal.
"It is a reckless situation," Captain Watson told ABC television.
"It's almost like the captain of the Nisshin Maru is doing a road rage out here."
He said there wasn't time for the Australian navy to help this time around but if the Japanese returned next year a ship should be sent to "keep the peace".
Environment Minister Tony Burke also ruled out naval intervention but said Japan's conduct in the Southern Ocean was "disgusting".
"It's not something that we try to settle in a carpark, we settle it in a court," he told Sky News on Thursday.
"That's why we've taken the legal action that we have."
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Get crunching! More than just rabbit food, carrots are a nutrient-dense vegetable that have been linked to eye, prostate, and blood health. A recent story by Consumer Reports shed some light on the benefits of the popular orange veggie, including vitamin A and beta-carotene leading me to consider new ways to incorporate the easy-on-the-wallet vegetable into my lil ones' diets. Take a look at these carrot-rich recipes and share your favorites with me in The Children's Table group over in the LilSugar Community!
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Slavek Kopr is aged 19 and lives in Prague. He is a student who enjoys sports, fitness and ice-hockey. What a nice looking guy he is and he wastes no time in removing his shoes and socks and then he stands up and begins to feel his body with his shirt open. Then, dropping his jeans we see a nice thick cock, which Slavek takes hold of and begins to wank. Slavek then proceeds to turn around and show us his ass, bending over and spreading the cheeks so that his hole is in clear view. We get a prolonged view of that hole as Slavek kneels on the bed really stretching the cheeks apart. Then he turns over and shows it again, with his legs in the air. Finally he starts wanking again and shoots a nice creamy load of cum, before going off to the shower.
Jan Reznyk is from Stara Boleslav and is aged 27. He works as a postman and enjoys playing football and sports generally. He is a very handsome, well built guy, who looks great astride his motorcycle, in his leathers. Opening his jacket we see a very good chest, and when the pants are opened we get a great view of his cock and balls. Jan doesn't stint when it comes to showing his ass either as he turns and puts it on display. With a series of poses we get to see everything, with his ass nicely spread to show the hole and his cock rock hard for us. All in all a very good shoot indeed, with a really sexy guy.


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Panasonic DMR-XW380 Freeview HD DVR
HDD and DVD-R combo with DLNA sharing
Review Unlike the current wave of Freeview HD recorders coming on stream right now, the Panasonic DMR-XW380 is not just a twin tuner hard drive recorder, but a DVD recorder too. Pay a fair bit extra and you can have opt for DMR-BW880, the Blu-ray version Reg Hardware reviewed recently.
Good all-rounder? Panasonic's DMR-XW380
There's an odd quirk you notice as soon as you start using the device – the disc tray is on the left, with the power button immediately above it, and the eject button is all the way over on the right. It's the same with the Panasonic DMR-XS350 Freesat recorder that I reviewed last year.
Along the bottom of the front panel is a flap that covers the DV input, USB connector, an SD card slot, analogue video inputs, and basic transport controls. The rear offers HDMI out, two Scarts, Ethernet, optical audio, and the aerial input and output connectors, while there's a 250GB hard drive inside.
In terms of watching Freeview HD, the DMR-XW380 provides a great picture, and upscales SD channels well too. But those expecting surround sound will be disappointed, as there's no transcoding from the AAC format used by the broadcasters to Dolby Digital.
The EPG suffers from the use of GuidePlus, which means an advert takes up far too much space on the screen – don't get me started. On the positive side, there are two different views – all channels or one channel with a list – and you can also search by genre or programme name, which makes it easy to set recordings.
As well as adverts, there's a portrait EPG view too
There's also a neat touch in the library of recorded material; as well as automatically creating a folder for each series you're recording, tabs along the top provide additional views for 'Not viewed', Movies, Drama, Sport, and AVCHD material from your camcorder. The middle three are based on the broadcast genre information.
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Post by Nancy Shute, The Salt at NPR Food (4/9/13)
Beer lovers might be alarmed to hear that beer can pick up small amounts of arsenic as it's filtered to be sparkly clear.
But researchers in Germany reported Sunday that they've found arsenic in hundreds of samples of beer, some at levels more than twice that allowed in drinking water.
When we checked in with experts about arsenic and the filtering process, which is also widely used in the wine industry, they weren't too surprised. That's because the filtering agent in question, diatomaceous earth, is a mined natural product that contains iron and other metals.
"We already knew that," says Roger Boulton, a professor in enology at the University of California, Davis. "The levels shouldn't be alarming, because it's the kind of thing you see in dust or air."
One reason that chemists are now discovering arsenic in beer is that testing methods are much more precise than in decades past, Boulton says, detecting low levels of naturally occurring elements that have always been in food products.
Still, the prospect of arsenic in a frosty lager or a rich chardonnay does beg for further exploration.
It turns out that any beer or wine that's clear has been filtered to strain out plant matter, yeast and anything else that would leave a drink looking unappealingly cloudy.
"It's really there for aesthetics," says Tom Shellhammer, a professor of fermentation science at Oregon State University. "People in general will make positive quality associations with clearer beverages."
There are exceptions, he says, like a cloudy Hefeweizen beer. But the notion of a cloudy pinot grigio does lack appeal. "For many beer and wine producers," he says, "clarity is a clear performance indicator."
For centuries, the filter of choice for wine and beer has been diatomaceous earth. It's a beige powder made up of the skeletons of diatoms, tiny algae that lived in oceans many moons ago. Because the diatom fossils have lots of minute holes, they do a great job of filtering liquids — from swimming pool water to pricey champagne.
Arsenic in beer hit the news this week when Mehmet Coelhan, a researcher at the Weihenstephan research center at the Technical University of Munich, reported at a meeting of the American Chemical Society that many of the nearly 360 beers tested in Germany had trace amounts of arsenic.
A few were found to have more than 25 parts per billion of arsenic. That's twice the 10 parts per billion standard for drinking water in the United States.
Germany is proud of its Reinheitsgebot, a 16th-century purity law that demands that beer can be made of only water, hops and malt. Coelhan and his fellow chemists do a lot of work analyzing water and other ingredients for the German beer industry, so they know arsenic wasn't in the water or malt.
But they did find it in the diatomaceous earth. "We analyzed kieselguhr," Coelhan told a news conference at the ACS meeting in New Orleans on April 7, using the German word for diatomaceous earth. "We found high concentrations of extractable arsenic."
But people don't drink as much beer as they do water (or they shouldn't), and there's no U.S. or European standard for arsenic in foods. That has become an issue with arsenic in rice, which has been found in some products in the United States, including toddler formula and energy bars. So there's no way of knowing if there's enough arsenic in beer to pose a health risk.
The German researchers' findings square with a much smaller 2008 study of Italian beers, which found similar levels in some brews, as well as cadmium and lead, which are also poisonous. A few other studies have found arsenic in wine.
The wine industry has been moving away from using diatomaceous earth for decades, says John Giannini, a lecturer and vintner for the University of California, Fresno — not because it contains arsenic, but because it contains silica, so breathing it "can do damage to your lungs," he says. He has switched largely to cellulose-fiber filters to reduce the risk to students.
The downside, Giannini says, is that the cellulose can give the wine a bit of a papery taste. "What I'm doing is blending the two, to minimize the paper taste and minimize the use of DE."
Other options for filtering wine and beer include polyethylene filters, centrifuges and cross-flow filtration, which doesn't use a filter medium at all.
Washing diatomaceous earth before use reduced the amount of arsenic it released, Coelhan says, but that method hasn't been tested commercially.
Indeed, scientists have some work to do to find out if diatomaceous earth really is causing problems with arsenic in beer and wine.
"The proper study would be to compare unfiltered beer to filtered beer, beer filtered using diatomaceous earth, beer filtered using perlite, beer filtered using cross-flow filtration," says Charlie Bamforth, a professor of brewing science at the University of California, Davis. He's skeptical that diatomaceous earth could be causing troubling levels of contamination.
Abandoning diatomaceous earth altogether won't guarantee there's no arsenic or other heavy metals in beverages, UC Davis wine expert and chemical engineer Boulton told The Salt. "The sense that if you didn't use diatomaceous earth, there would be no heavy metals in beer at all is a little out of touch with nature."
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When San Clemente city founder Ole Hanson started building homes in the beachside community in the late 1920s, he had a vision of making it a "Spanish Village by the Sea."
The first homes built in San Clemente reflected the Spanish Colonial Revival aesthetic: white stucco buildings with red-tiled roofing.
City residents covet these early homes, constructed more than eight decades ago, for their "Ole Hanson," style. One example is the property listed for sale at 412 Cazador Lane. Built in 1929, the home is designated as a historic landmark by the city.
"What makes Ole Hanson homes unique is the period they were built in – the '20s," said listing agent Jeremy Conrad of Conrad Realtors. "There's only really a handful of these older historical homes."
Listed for $2.995 million, this home was built for Judge Fred A. Warner, who founded the San Clemente Chamber of Commerce, according to city historical documents. Warner's brother, Glenn "Pop" Warner, the famous football coach whose name is memorialized by the Pop Warner youth football league, regularly stayed at the house, Conrad said.
"Ole Hanson" homes are treasured in San Clemente because home construction halted after the late 1920s and 1930s, Conrad said. The bulk of the city's homes were built during a later boom in the 1950s, '60s and '70s, he said.
The two-bedroom, three-bathroom home on Cazador Lane has 3,100 square feet of living space on a 9,156-square-foot lot, along with ocean views, a courtyard fountain and outdoor decks.
The interior features vaulted ceilings with wood beams, Spanish tiles and hardwood floors. The current owner has restored the home to reflect the 1920s Ole Hanson era. In addition, modern conveniences include Sub-Zero and Bertazzoni Italian appliances in the kitchen, a sunken tub in the master suite with ocean views and an outdoor shower.
With its landmark distinction, the property qualifies for tax breaks under the California Mills Act, which encourages homeowners to maintain the integrity of historical homes. "They get rewarded with significantly lower property taxes," Conrad said.
Location is a key selling point for this home, Conrad said; it is a two-minute walk from the beach and San Clemente Pier, and also close to downtown shops and restaurants.
"It is probably one of the first areas that was developed down there by the pier in the 1920s," Conrad said.
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I think there would be better hope for Fields to be honest (less money, less years, contributes without the ball in his hands).
I think there would be better hope for Fields to be honest (less money, less years, contributes without the ball in his hands).
But if we can flip Fields into Linsanity, then I am 100% for it!
The Baltic Beast is unstoppable!
Not sure about Harden at PG - although he certainly has the ball in his hands a lot anyways.
Maybe I am fixated on what SVG did in Orlando but I don't think there is enough spacing on the floor in that lineup. Any team that is rocking DD at SG needs a stretch 4 to keep the D honest. Of course that statement is based on his career thus far and doesn't take in to consideration 2013-14 when he shoots 43% from deep on 7 attempts per game.
Oops! I didnt know about Robertson. Motiejunas would probably compliment Dwight more anyways.
The Baltic Beast is unstoppable!
What about beside him? Could he play PF?
Lin is a good bench pt guard. His contract is way too big though..
Going to keep saturating threads with my hope that the Raps will manage to pick up Chauncey Billups.
And before people start shooting it down or saying he's going anywhere else, there's been really no word from his camp about where he's going. He said he wants to play 2 more years. Detroit has shown interest, but there's nothing close to a rumour about him signing a deal with anybody. Also Detroit is leaking their actions like crazy. In all likelihood, the educated guess is that he wants to a) get a legit role, even as a back up, and b) play for a contender. When you consider a) in relation to b), there are few opportunities for both. So I think there might be some option to make a play for him, because they can definitely sell him on a), and if he can't play for a contender, they can sell him on Toronto being a playoff team, especially if he joins to help lead this young group.
Oh, and JV is not a PF. He should not ever have to play there for significant minutes. Any deal that brings in another big-minute C better bring in a guy who would have an easier time sliding over to PF than JV. Asik is not the answer to the Raptors big man rotation. Though I suppose if it didn't cost them a major asset (but how could that work?), it'd be fine to add him to the mix. But I would also expect he'd probably be traded again before his deal is up because it's not a good long-term fit.
Lets not please confuse JV? Development...do it right. He is one of the best assets to come our way...lets not screw with him, thanks. The next year will hopefully confirm that he needs to be built around (as a centre).
RE Asik (which provides a Camby moment)...the Rockets say he isnt going anywhere. McHale wants him around and is talking about coming up with a "spacing" plan to play DH & Asik together. Whatever...we dont know if it'll work even if Asik agrees. Yes, and diva DH will have to agree too!
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BELLEVILLE, Mich. - The public will have the chance to visit the former Willow Run bomber plant in Ypsilanti Township one last time Saturday before the factory is demolished.
An open house for the public is from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the airport's Hangar 1.
The historic property was a centerpiece of the weapons-building Arsenal of Democracy during World War II.
The event is part of the nearby Yankee Air Museum's SaveTheBomberPlant.org campaign to preserve a 175,000-square-foot section of the 5 million-square-foot plant as its future home.
If the museum meets its $5-million fund-raising target by Nov. 1, it says it will win the right to acquire a section of the plant for an undisclosed sum in a deal with the General Motors bankruptcy trust.
"The contractor in charge of the former powertrain plant property has graciously agreed to open the bomber doors and invite the public inside that portion of the plant, but please note that we are unable to grant access to the remainder of the facility because of ongoing preparations for demolition," the museum said in a statement.
The museum said most of the plant is set to be demolished. The Revitalizing Automotive Communities Environmental Response trust, which controls more than 80 properties not transferred to the new GM in its 2009 bankruptcy, recently signed a deal with a demolition contractor to tear down the plant.
RACER also gave redevelopment rights to Detroit-based contractor Walbridge, which wants to transform the 332-acre property into a test track and research center for autonomous vehicle technology.
Henry Ford built the factory in 1941 to produce B24 bombers for the U.S. military. Designed by Albert Kahn, the museum said it employed as many as 42,000 people. One of the women who inspired the government's Rosie the Riveter propaganda image worked at the plant.
In the 1950s, GM acquired the plant, where it produced more than than 80 million transmissions until it closed in December 2010. The automaker had some 14,000 employees at the factory in the 1970s, but that dwindled to about 1,300 when GM announced in June 2009 the plant would close.
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