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Afuola; American Samoa Gov't v 110.
AMERICAN SAMOA GOVERNMENT, Plaintiff,
and TOFAU P. GAOTEOTE, Defendants.
High Court of American Samoa
Trial Division
CR No. 66-99
CR No. 67-99
CR No. 85-99
March 28, 2000
[1] T.C.R.Cr.P. 7(e) grants the Court discretion to permit the prosecution to amend an information if no additional or different offense is charged.
[2] A.S.C.A. § 46.3410 prevents the government from prosecuting criminal defendants for both conspiracy and the underlying offense if they arise out of the "same course of conduct."
[3] Government's attempt to charge both forgery and conspiracy for a single forgery constituted multiplicitous charging and was not allowed.
[4] The proper remedy for a multiplicitous information is an election or consolidation of the offending counts, and dismissal of the surplus counts.
[5] Where the Government improperly charges multiplicitous counts in its information, the entire indictment need not be dismissed, but leave should be granted to amend the information.
Before KRUSE, Chief Justice, LOGOAI, Associate Judge, and SAGAPOLUTELE, Associate Judge
Counsel: For Plaintiff, Frederick O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General
For Defendant Afuola Kalasa, Arthur Ripley, Jr.,
For Defendant Meloma Afuola, Virginia L. Sudbury
For Defendant Tofau P. Gaoteote, Aitofele T. Sunia
TO AMEND INFORMATION [4ASR3d111]
Facts and Procedural History
Plaintiff American Samoa Government ("ASG") charged each defendant with 7 counts of conspiracy and 7 counts of forgery jointly in an information filed November 9, 1999, on grounds that they provided forged voter identification cards to 7 Vatia cricket team members. Meloma Afuola ("Meloma") is alleged to have transferred the cards from the Voting Office to the players. Co-defendants Afuola Kalasa ("Afuola"), Meloma's husband, and Tofau P. Gaoteote stand accused of having made the allegedly forged cards.
Afuola submitted a motion to dismiss on January 10, 2000, that asserted, inter alia, that the charges should be dismissed because they were vague and ambiguous. ASG requested leave to file an amended information on January 25, 2000, in order to clarify the charges and correct two defects. The first was a simple oversight in that Count 2 failed to name a specific defendant. The second defect was that ASG had charged all three defendants with both conspiracy and the underlying offense of forgery with regards to each of the seven cards, an exercise clearly forbidden by A.S.C.A. § 46.3410. ASG claims to have cured this defect by amending the information to charge the forgery counts based on the making of the cards and charge the conspiracy counts based on the transfer of the cards. ASG, however, neglected to move for a hearing on its motion to amend and as a result was required to resubmit its motion to amend the information.
ASG moved to amend the information again on March 6, 2000. This amendment was identical to that tendered earlier, except for the removal of Counts 6 and 13. This leaves, at present, an information charging each defendant with six, rather than seven, counts of both forgery and conspiracy. Counsel for Afuola reiterated his objection to the information at a hearing held on March 14, 2000, arguing that the amended information continued to violate A.S.C.A. § 46.3410.
A. Amendment under TCRCrP 7(e)
[1] T.C.R.Cr.P. 7(e) grants the Court discretion to permit the prosecution to amend an information if no additional or different offense is charged. The Court agrees with the prosecution that it has not charged any additional or different offenses. The forgery and conspiracy counts in the original and proposed amended informations are identical, aside from the facts used to support them. The original forgery counts were based on the use, possession, or transfer of the cards, whereas the new counts instead allege that defendants made the cards. [4ASR3d112]
ASG has, however, made yet another error in that the amended forgery counts are erroneous in citing A.S.C.A. § 46.4115(a)(3) as the basis for these counts. This subsection makes it a crime to use or transfer forged documents, whereas the allegations supporting these counts in the amended information state that the defendants made the documents. The making of forged documents is properly prosecuted under A.S.C.A. § 46.4115(a)(1) or (2). ASG should have substituted subsections 1 or 2 for subsection 3 in counts 7 through 12 of the amended information.
Discussion of the amended information before us is, however, moot because it violates both A.S.C.A. § 46.3410 and the prohibition on multiplicitous charging.
B. Conspiracy and Multiplicitous Charging
[2] A.S.C.A. § 46.3410 prevents the government from prosecuting criminal defendants for both conspiracy and the underlying offense if they arise out of the "same course of conduct." It appears obvious that the applicable course of conduct in this case is the forgery of the cards, and thus A.S.C.A. § 46.3410 requires that ASG make a choice between the conspiracy and forgery counts.
[3] Even in the absence of A.S.C.A. § 46.3410, ASG's attempt to charge both forgery and conspiracy for a single forgery constitutes multiplicitous charging. ASG's attempt to charge conspiracy under ASCA § 46.4115(a)(3) for using or transferring a card and forgery under ASCA § 46.4115(a)(1) for making the same card creates, in effect, two counts out of one offense. The Ninth Circuit has held that each separate act (in that case each filing of papers) in furtherance of a bank fraud scheme may not be separately charged. United States v. Molinaro, 11 F.3d 853, 860 (9th Cir. 1993). Similarly, ASG is not permitted to charge two counts of forgery based on two separate acts (making and transferring) in the overall scheme of forging the cards. Charging multiple forgery counts on each card is prohibited as multiplicitous. Similarly, a conspiracy count based on a prohibited forgery count must be stricken as multiplicitous.
[4-5] In sum, ASG's amended information is rejected because it improperly charges both conspiracy and forgery for the same conduct. The proper remedy for a multiplicitous indictment is an election or consolidation of the offending counts, and dismissal of the surplus counts. See generally United States v. Universal Corp, 344 U.S. 218 (1952). The entire indictment need not be dismissed. See id. ASG is accordingly granted leave to amend the information to cure the A.S.C.A. § 46.3410 and multiplicitous charging defects.[4ASR3d113]
Conclusion and Order
For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiff ASG's motion to amend the information is granted, but not with the amended information it has submitted. ASG is directed to submit a new amended information that complies with this order to the Court within 10 days of entry hereof.
It is so ordered.


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With the first revision of the scoring manual for scoring sleep and associated events,1 the discussion on reliability of sleep scoring is in the focus again. The revision of the scoring manual keeps the visual scoring of sleep as the reference method following the previous manual of Rechtschaffen and Kales.2 As long as visual scoring of sleep is the reference method, we need to know the reliability of this procedure. Visual scoring of sleep (or any other signal of image in medicine) by its nature has an inherent subjective component. Therefore to assess the reliability of visual sleep scoring is a very important task in sleep medicine. A high reliability is needed for creditability of the sleep scoring procedure. For the purpose of comparing sleep scoring, the AASM Inter-scorer Reliability Program was developed and offered to sleep centers.3 This program started in April 2010. The program has been increasingly used since then. Now, based on an experience with this program, an evaluation of the inter-scorer reliability can be presented on a very large number of scorers and has been documented in a remarkable paper.3 Statistics about agreement of scoring sleep stages and details on sleep stage transitions are provided. The paper demonstrates a high reliability for R sleep (with 90.5% agreement) and lowest agreement for N1 (with 63.0%). Furthermore the paper focuses on the transitions between sleep stages.
Whenever performing a systematic study on the inter-scorer reliability of sleep the question about the truth comes up. In all dubious cases we would like to know the "true" state. This would be the "gold standard." Since the truth is not known, one democratic compromise is to take the majority vote as the truth. Another truth could be a consensus scoring. For a consensus scoring, a group of scorers is sitting together on all dubious epochs, and they discuss the various arguments for their different opinion until they find a consensus. This approach was selected for the Siesta database of sleep recordings, being a typical European approach.4 Another historical approach is "truth by age," which refers to the scoring performed by one experienced expert scorer, usually a respected and elderly person. The AASM inter-scorer reliability program uses two board certified sleep specialists as scorers to provide a gold standard. Differences between them are resolved, and thus this can be regarded as a consensus scoring. This is a fair approach to this fundamental problem. It is strongly recommend to avoid the term "gold standard," even for a sleep center director. The reason is obvious: the center director is just another well-experienced scorer and not necessarily the true reference. If there is a need to keep track of the position or the experience of a scorer then it is recommended to use the term "director scorer" or "experienced scorer" to annotate the credentials. This makes clear the respect for the achievements and definitely is better than suggesting that this particular scorer always scores the truth.
It is important to note that the reliability in scoring was improved from the initial Rechtschaffen and Kales scoring to the AASM scoring.4 In order to show the limitations of the reliability in scoring according to Rechtschaffen and Kales a number of studies have investigated the reliability. Here we reference one study on reliability of sleep scoring according to Rechtschaffen and Kales.5 In Germany, with the accreditation of sleep centers in the mid-1990s, an effort to compare sleep scoring in the sleep centers was started. This continued an even earlier attempt, where a comparison of sleep scoring was started by sending a classical paper record with a sleep EEG from one center to the next. This effort ceased without success because the sleep EEG book was lost in the mail after it passed five centers. In addition, this would have been one single recording only. In 2000, eight digital sleep recordings were stored on one CD-ROM, together with viewing and scoring software.5 Copies of the CD-ROM were distributed to all accredited sleep centers in Germany. The eight recordings just filled the capacity of the CD-ROM. The eight recordings consisted of three healthy subject recordings, three sleep apnea recordings, and two recordings with periodic leg movement syndrome. The sleep centers were asked to send back the scorings as digital files to the German Sleep Society. Finally, nine centers sent back their scorings, and these were compared statistically and visually. Two examples of the visual comparison are presented in Figures 1 and 2. Although the results of this study were disappointing because so few scorings were received back, the comparison of the scorings made some essential points clear. These points are presented here. There is high reliability in scoring REM sleep. Some scorings show very obvious errors (see scorer #3 with his error in scoring REM sleep at the beginning of the night). Reliability between scorers in healthy sleepers (see Figure 1) is much higher than in patients, particularly sleep apnea patients (see Figure 2). A previous study showed the lower agreement of scoring sleep stages in sleep apnea subjects as well.6 There is a certain flavor in scoring when the rules are not obvious. Some scorers like to score sleep in apnea patients with a lot of MOVE; others like to score a lot of WAKE or they ignore all the arousals and score sleep stage 2. Some scorers say, even if this is sleep stage 2 with sleep spindles, the strongly disturbed sleep would justify this scoring as sleep stage 1 only. Transitions between sleep stages present the biggest source of differences between sleep scorers. There is no gold standard scorer. This requires appropriate statistical tools for calculation of reliability. Here the Fleiss kappa coefficient was applied.
The recording was performed in a subject without sleep disorders being part of a control study. The comparison shows well some uncertainties between sleep stages and a major agreement in general. It shows also a remarkable error by scorer #3 with REM sleep in the beginning of the night.
A comparison of sleep scorings of nine scorers from different sleep centers across Germany based on the same recording5The recording was performed in a subject without sleep disorders being part of a control study. The comparison shows well some uncertainties between sleep stages and a major agreement in general. It...
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The recording was performed in a subject with obstructive sleep apnea. All the difficulties applying Rechtschaffen and Kales to sleep apnea EEG are obvious. Some scorers preferred to score arousal events as WAKE, others as MOVE, others as stage 1, and others as stage 2 sleep. REM sleep remained most consistent. Even the error by scorer #3 remained to be the same.
A comparison of sleep scorings of nine scorers from different sleep centers across Germany based on the same recording5The recording was performed in a subject with obstructive sleep apnea. All the difficulties applying Rechtschaffen and Kales to sleep apnea EEG are obvious. Some scorers preferred to score arousal events as...
One motivation for the AASM manual was to remove the ambiguity in scoring sleep stages in patients with sleep disorders such as sleep apnea and simplify sleep scoring. Today much of this aim has been achieved, but the ultimate goal has not been reached. For sleep stage N1, the agreement is as low as 63.0%.3
One open issue to be clarified with additional studies is the issue of using multiple EEG derivations when scoring sleep and investigating inter-observer variability.7
As a result of this, the comparison as presented by the Inter-scorer Reliability Program can teach us where there are remaining weak issues that need to addressed in future improvements of the scoring rules. An in-depth analysis of the deviations is a definite help to the AASM to improve reliability in scoring.
One lesson learned from the previous comparisons is that the subjective component in visual sleep scoring can be minimized by extensive training of sleep scorers. Optimal training for experienced sleep scorers is participation in consensus scoring rounds.
One other lesson learned from all previous studies on this subject is that inter-scorer reliability is not only an issue of one national sleep society but of all national sleep societies worldwide and between them. International inter-scorer reliability results need to be presented next.
This was not an industry supported study. The authors have indicated no financial conflicts of interest.
Penzel T; Zhang X; Fietze I. Inter-scorer reliability between sleep centers can teach us what to improve in the scoring rules. J Clin Sleep Med 2013;9(1):89-91.
The authors want to thank the participants of the trial to compare sleep scorings between sleep centers in Germany as referred in Penzel et al.5 Support was received for a research visit of Xiaozhe Zang by the Sino-German Science Center in Beijing (grant No GZ 598).
Berry RB, Brooks R, Gamaldo CE, Harding SM, Marcus CL, Vaughn BV, authors; for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.. The AASM Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events: Rules, Terminology and Technical Specifications, Version 2.0. 2012. Darien, Illinois: American Academy of Sleep Medicine. www.aasmnet.org.
Rechtschaffen A, Kales A, authors. A manual of standardized terminology, techniques and scoring system for sleep stages of human subjects. 1968. Washington, DC: US Department of health, Education and Welfare Public Health Service - NIH/NIND;
Rosenberg RS, Van Hout S, authors. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine Inter-scorer reliability program: sleep stage scoring. J Clin Sleep Med . 2013;9:81–7
Danker-Hopfe H, Anderer P, Zeitlhofer J, et al., authors. Interrater reliability for sleep scoring according to Rechtschaffen & Kales and the new AASM standard. J Sleep Res. 2009;32:139–49
Penzel T, Behler PG, von Buttlar M, et al., authors. Reliability of visual evaluation of sleep stages according to Rechtschaffen and Kales from eight polysomnographs by nine sleep centers. Somnologie. 2003;7:49–58
Normal RG, Pal I, Stewart C, et al., authors. Interobserver agreement among sleep scorers from different centers in a large dataset. Sleep. 2000;23:901–908. [PubMed]
Ruehland WR, O'Donoghue FJ, Pierce RJ, et al., authors. The 2007 AASM recommendations for EEG electrode placement in polysomnography: impact on sleep and cortical arousal scoring. Sleep. 2011;34:73–81. [PubMed Central][PubMed]


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Fairchild Aviation Corporation
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- 1928 stock issue
Fairchild Camera & Instrument Corporation was incorporated in Delaware in 1927 as the Fairchild Aviation Corporation. Fairchild Aviation was formed as a holding company to bring together a group of seven aircraft businesses that were the outgrowth of Fairchild Aerial Camera Corporation, which was incorporated in 1920. As a result of this merger, Fairchild Aviation became the second-largest manufacturer of commercial airplanes and the fourth-largest aviation organization in the United States.
One of the better known companies involved in this merger was Fairchild Aerial Camera. Fairchild manufactured aerial cameras for military and commercial aerial mapping that were used in Russia, Poland, and throughout South America. They were the official cameras of the United States Army and Navy Air Services.
During the 1930s and 1940s the company continued to reorganize. It created the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation in 1936 to hold its aircraft and engine businesses as well as its interests in Canada. In 1943 Fairchild sold Taylorcraft Aviation Corporation, and in 1944 Fairchild changed the company name from Fairchild Aviation to Fairchild Camera and Instrument Company.
The period during World War II was a busy time for Fairchild, as the demand for many of its products were used in the war effort. The product line expanded to include machine gun cameras, x-ray cameras, radar cameras, gun synchronizers, and radio compasses. In 1941 the company had a backlog of $22.8 million in government order, the bulk of which was for aerial photography equipment. The number of employees also grew from 400 in 1940 to 580 in 1941 and 650 in 1942.
In the post World War II years, military sales still represented a large portion of Fairchild's earnings and revenue. In 1947, approximately 67 percent of company revenues were derived from the sale of C-82 Packet cargo and troop-carrying airplanes and spare parts under contract with the U.S. Air Force.
The company also began to develop products for the commercial sector such as manufacturing x-ray equipment. In 1948, Fairchild announced that it had gone into limited production of the Fairchild Lithotype, which was described as a revolutionary electrically driven machine that types standard printers' type in a great variety of faces and sizes. This product could be used by newspaper and other publishers.
Fairchild attained the highest earnings in its history with net income in 1950 of $3,094,768 on sales of $59.9 million, as compared to 1949 when it earned $1,575,328 on sales of $48.1 million.
During the 1950s, Fairchild invested heavily in research and development. In 1958 alone, R&D expense amounted to $1.5 million, a 3-fold increase from the previous year. The result of this investment in research was the development of new products that ranged from devices combining radar and photography for training pilots to automatic corrected color engraving machines. In 1958 it developed high-speed processing equipment for motion pictures that could develop 500 feet of film almost instantly. During this period it also established Fairchild Semi-Conductors Corporation, a West Coast subsidiary that made transistors and similar components.
Fairchild sales exceeded the $100 million level in 1961, and the company began a decade of acquiring new companies and investing a large part of its earnings into the development of new products.
In 1960 Fairchild merged with Allan B. DuMont Laboratories and acquired a one-third interest in Societa Generate Semiconduttori, S.p.a., and Italian semiconductor producer that gave Fairchild access to European markets. It acquired the printing press business and other assets of Waste King Corporation of Los Angeles in 1961. In May 1961 it also added Circle Weld Manufacturing Corporation, producers of heat exchangers, ducts, flexible joints, sensors, and other similar products, as well as Curtis Laboratories, designer and manufacturer of precision optical and photographic equipment.
Fairchild added seven more companies in 1962: Cosmic Corporation of El Cajon, California; the Addressing Machine division of Dashew Machines of Los Angeles; Di-Tran Corporation of Los Angeles; the Central Electronic Manufacturers division of Nuclear Corporation of America; two Davidson Company divisions of Mergenthaler Linotype Company; and Winston Research Company of Los Angeles.
It purchased Electro Sensative Products of Amsterdam, New York in 1964, and in 1965 Fairchild acquired White Avionics of Plainview, New York. In 1967 Fairchild added Pro-Tech, producers of water quality monitoring equipment and acquired substantially all of the assets of World Magnetics of Michigan, makers of magnetic heads for electronic reading of printed magnetic ink characters.
In 1970 Fairchild acquired Inland Manufacturing Inc., Inland Molding Inc., and Inland Machine Inc., Walnut, California producers of precision molding equipment. Fairchild had sales of $193.1 million by 1972, however it lost of $7.8 million. It had lost $32.6 million in the previous year as well.


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He was born Nov. 13, 1953, to Kenneth Thomas and Katherine Stubbs.
He was preceded in death by his father; paternal grandparents, Westley and Erma Thomas; and his maternal grandparents, Thomas and Gladys Belford.
Survivors include his wife, Cynthia Thomas; his mother and stepfather, Katherine and Douglas Stubbs of Oklahoma; a son, Slayton Thomas and wife, Sandy, of Dickinson, N.D.; a daughter, Sarah Branch and husband, Aaron, of Bentonville; a stepson, Joe Hall and wife, Kari, of Scranton; a stepdaughter, Nerissa Cemental of Clarksville; three sisters and three brothers-in-law, Florance Ann and John Grace of Russellville, Peggy and Clyde Page of Jacksonville, and Dena and Jim Edwards of Oklahoma; five grandchildren, Kyle, Kara, Tristin, Annabeth and Connor; seven stepgrandchildren, Lana, Brodric, Karli, Mason, Haven, Halee and Blake; and other family and friends.
The funeral service will begin at 6 p.m. today, officiated by Pastor Earl Helton with a visitation starting one hour before service at 5-6 p.m. at Broussard Funeral Home of Russellville. A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, at Barnashaw Cemetery in Wynne, under the direction of Broussard Funeral Home.
Active pallbearers will be Slayton Thomas, Joe Hall, Aaron Branch, Jim Edwards, Zac Edwards and Kyle Thomas.
Honorary pallbearers will be Larry English, Damian Elsken, Jim Rofkar and the drivers of River Valley Animal Foods.
The online obituary and guestbook are available at www.broussardfuneral.com.


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Prof. David Gellman Speaks at Opening of ISU Exhibition on Lincoln & Civil War
February 7, 2014
At the opening of a traveling exhibition, "Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War," yesterday at Indiana State University, "David Gellman, professor of history at DePauw University, discussed slavery and civil liberties in the 19th century. He described events leading up to the Civil War and figures central to abolishing slavery, particularly William Jay," reports the Terre Haute Tribune-Star. (photo by Jim Avelis/courtesy: Tribune-Star)
At the event, which took place at ISU's Cunningham Memorial Library, Dr. Gellman "examined the implications of abolitionism and how it tests the limits of civil liberties," writes Dianne Frances D. Powell.
The professor told the gathering, "By speaking out against slavery, they [abolitionists were] testing out the nation's and the north's commitment to civil liberties."
Powell notes, "Often, the nation's leaders failed that test, he said. Acts of black resistance -- such as those surrounding the Amistad (a ship that transported African captives), as an example -- fueled the ability of abolitionists to speak out, another point he shared. Gellman left the audience with the quote from John Jay Chapman in 1912: 'This great wickedness … is the wickedness of all America and of three hundred years and is a part, not only of our national history but of the personal history of each one of us.' "
Learn more about the event and the exhibit, which will be on display through March 21, at the newspaper's website (a subscription may be required). The story is accompanied by a video in which Professor Gellman is seen.
David N. Gellman, professor of history at DePauw University, is co-author of American Odysseys: A History of Colonial North America, authored Emancipating New York: The Politics of Slavery and Freedom, 1777-1827, and co-edited Jim Crow New York: A Documentary History of Race and Citizenship, 1777-1877. He also contributed to Bruce Springsteen, Cultural Studies, and the Runaway American Dream and Bruce Springsteen and the American Soul: Essays on the Songs and Influence of a Cultural Icon.
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Giants get two wins Saturday and head for home
Wins and losses in spring training don't matter. But the Giants really needed to get one win before leaving Arizona.
Well, they got two. Both on Saturday.
The Giants left Arizona with a 20-12 record after posting wins over the Reds and Indians on Saturday.
The news wasn't all good Saturday. Tim Lincecum, making his final spring start, got smacked around pretty good by the Reds.
"I just started missing spots and pitches got up, and I wasn't getting ahead of many batters," Lincecum said. "My arm feels ready. It would be nice to get to some games that actually matter."
We guess that's the good news. Lincecum is healthy and ready for the season. We just wish he went into the regular season on a stronger note.
Lincecum gave up six runs on 11 hits in five innings. The big hits were wind-blown home runs by Juan Francisco in the second and a three-run homer by ex-Giant Fred Lewis.
On the bright side, the Giants hitters who had largely struggled in the past week got going Saturday.
Andres Torres was 3 for 4 with two doubles and four RBI. Two of those hits were right-handed, which was huge. The oblique injury Torres suffered early in the spring limited his right-handed at-bats and he had struggled since then. So Saturday's performance was a good sign.
Freddy Sanchez was 2 for 3 before leaving the game after being kicked in the head trying to break up a double play. He was said to be OK, which was good news.
Buster Posey walked three times. Pablo Sandoval was 1 for 3, so was Pat Burrell and Mark DeRosa. Miguel Tejada's bat continued a strong finish to the spring, going 2 for 4 with two runs.
The Giants scored six runs in the sixth, five coming off Reds reliever Aroldis Chapman.
Also good news is four scoreless innings by the Giants bullpen. Four pitchers — Shane Loux, Guillermo Mota, Jeremy Affeldt and Steve Edlefsen combined to give up just one hit and one walk.
In the Saturday evening game, the Indians announcers were belly-aching about how the fans in Goodyear were being cheated because the Giants sent out a Triple-A lineup. Then that Triple-A lineup pounded out eight runs on 13 hits in an 8-5 win.
Mike Fontenot, Brandon Crawford and Eli Whiteside were all 2 for 5. Brandon Belt was 2 for 4, including a three-run home run. Nate Schierholtz was 2 for 4 and Roger Kieschnick was 2 for 3 with a home run.
On Sunday, the Giants capped their Arizona schedule with a 7-4 loss to the Royals. Jonathan Sanchez suffered his first spring loss. He gave up five runs, four earned, on six hits in 5 1/3 innings. The good news is that he only walked one, a four-pitch walk to Kila Kaaihue that would come back to bite Sanchez.
In the fourth, Sanchez gave up a double to Melky Cabrera, who scored on a single by Billy Butler. After the walk to Ka'aihue, Sanchez got Alex Gordon to pop out and Jeff Francoeur to strike out. Sanchez was one strike from ending the inning against Wilson Betemit, who then smacked a three-run homer for a four-run inning.
The Giants again ran out a lineup devoid of regular starters.
Expect the regular to be in the lineup Monday when the Giants return to San Francisco to open a three-game series against the A's.


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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., April 28, 2005 – Since 1999, frequent travelers from around the world have recognized Starwood Preferred Guest as the hospitality industry's top-rated loyalty program and now the program that introduced no black-out dates has done it again! Last night Starwood Preferred Guest was once again voted Program of the Year in both America and Internationally during the 17th Annual Freddie Awards, one of the most prestigious honors in the travel industry. On the heels of celebrating its sixth anniversary, Starwood Preferred Guest also took top honors for Best Elite Level, Best Award, Best Redemption and Best Customer Service.
Known as the frequent travelers answer to the Oscar, Emmy and Grammy Awards, the Freddie Awards recognize the best loyalty programs in the world. The awards are voted on by frequent travelers via Insideflyer magazine and an Internet survey, giving those who travel most the opportunity to voice their opinions on favorite airlines, hotels and credit card loyalty programs. The Freddie Awards have grown in stature and importance over the past 17 years and are regarded as the most prestigious consumer-generated travel awards in the industry.
"We are honored to receive this award on the heels of Starwood Preferred Guest's sixth anniversary," said Jim Berra, senior vice president, customer marketing for Starwood. "We have taken top honors at the Freddie's since we launched the program and we are thrilled that we continue to strike a chord with frequent travelers. When we first introduced Starwood Preferred Guest our goal was to offer our members benefits that would truly change the world of travel loyalty programs and set a benchmark in the way the travel industry does business and it is this philosophy that has made Starwood Preferred Guest the number one hotel loyalty program six years in a row."
Starwood Preferred Guest made headlines when it launched in 1999 with a breakthrough policy of no blackout dates and no capacity controls, meaning members can redeem free nights anytime, anywhere. Starwood Preferred Guest members have also cited the program's hassle-free award redemption, outstanding customer service, dedicated member website and innovative promotions and benefits for elite members. The program boasts an unrivaled portfolio of award-winning hotels and resorts that includes some of the world's most celebrated hotel brands: St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, Westin, Sheraton, W Hotels and Four Points by Sheraton.
Starwood Preferred Guest also offers members the ability to redeem awards at more resorts, more luxury properties, more European hotels and more golf properties than any other hotel program, which has proven to be a big draw for the world's most frequent travelers, and a significant competitive advantage.
Starwood Preferred Guest opens the door to some of the world's best hotels. Key business destinations around the globe are covered, and leisure opportunities are endless with more than 125 world-class resorts and over 2,700 holes of golf worldwide. Over 50 Starwood properties were listed on the recently announced Condé Nast Traveler 2005 Gold List.
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Duvall goes deep in memorable big league debut
By Chris Haft and Ryan Hood / MLB.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- Minutes after his first Major League game ended, Adam Duvall was greeted by a group of 10 friends and family members outside the home team's clubhouse inside AT&T Park. A special stranger joined them.
That stranger is named Tony. Tony was the season-ticket holder who, an hour earlier, caught Duvall's first career home run, a no-doubter into the left-field bleachers. Tony returned the newly-minted keepsake to Duvall, who returned the favor by taking pictures and autographing both a ball and a bat for Tony.
"I was just hoping it was going to go out," Duvall said of his seventh-inning blast. "I've heard a lot of talk about how it [the ball] doesn't fly and it's hard to hit out here, so I was just hoping I got enough.
"When I finally saw that it did clear the fence, it was a pretty cool feeling."
Pretty cool feelings are becoming commonplace for the 25-year-old. Late Tuesday night, he received his first Major League callup. After catching a flight from Texas, Duvall arrived at AT&T Park minutes before first pitch on Wednesday afternoon. Three hours of Tim Lincecum brilliance later, he witnessed a no-hitter for the first time. Not a bad first day on the job.
Orientation abruptly ended late Thursday afternoon, though. Shortly after first baseman Michael Morse was scratched from the lineup due to illness, manager Bruce Bochy informed the newcomer he'd be making his first career start.
One home run later, Duvall had earned employee of the day honors as one of the lone bright spots on what otherwise was bleak performance by the Giants in the 3-1 loss to the Reds.
Pretty cool, indeed.
"That's a feeling I'll never forget, running the bases," Duvall said. "It's my first hit, so it was pretty neat to be able to do that.
"I'm not sure what I saw after I hit, I was just making sure I touched all the bases."
That he'd again touch all bases was the last glimmer of hope for the spectators who remained in the stands for the bottom of the ninth inning. With two outs and Buster Posey on second, Duvall entered the batter's box to face flamethrower Aroldis Chapman representing as the tying run.
The funny-but-scary possibility of Duvall's first plate appearance coming against the power-pitching lefty had crossed Bochy's mind before Morse fell ill. "Then I thought, 'I can't do that to him,'" Bochy joked before Thursday night's game.
Duvall lined out to third baseman Todd Frazier for the night's final out, thus concluding the wildest 48-hour stretch of his life.
"The nerves were there for sure," Duvall said. "I was just trying to tell myself it's the same game, just a bigger crowd."
He won't look back on Thursday as just another day at the office.
Lincecum doesn't want to be defined by no-nos
SAN FRANCISCO -- Tim Lincecum awoke on Thursday morning anticipating the future instead of basking in his glorious recent past.
Less than 24 hours earlier, the right-hander celebrated pitching his second no-hitter against the San Diego Padres in two years.
"I hung out at my house and did what I said I was going to do. Nothing too crazy," said Lincecum, who had joked about partying after Wednesday's gem.
But he also sounded as though he was already beginning to focus on his next start, on Tuesday against St. Louis.
"Just embracing a new day, another day to work, to get back on the horse," he said, relating his first conscious thoughts from Thursday. "Not treating [the no-hitter] too big."
Lincecum, who's still in the process of changing the emphasis of his pitching from power to finesse, does intend to use videos and memories from Wednesday's game as learning tools to hasten the transition.
"It'll always be something I can lean on," he said. "Maybe not the outing as a whole, but what I was able to do with secondary pitches, and the way I was finishing guys off a little better and [maintaining] location -- I wasn't over the middle of the plate as much as I have been. So it'll be something I lean on more from a mechanical standpoint."
With Wednesday's feat, Lincecum joined Roy Halladay, Randy Johnson and Sandy Koufax as the only pitchers with multiple Cy Young Awards and no-hitters. The club of pitchers who have multiple no-hitters, Cy Young Awards and World Series rings has only two members: Koufax and Lincecum.
Though Lincecum, 30, appreciates the historic significance of his second no-hitter, he isn't dwelling on it.
He understands the distinction of being in the same company with Koufax but doesn't want that to define his career.
"Hopefully, that's not where it ends," he said.
Lincecum admitted that he reveled in one aspect of Wednesday's game: His hitting. He singled twice in three at-bats after entering the game batting .045.
"I watched the replays of my hits," he said. "I'm kind of proud of those."
Junior Giants Stretch Drive underway
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants on Thursday launched their sixth Junior Giants Stretch Drive, their annual fundraising effort to help area youth play baseball.
The Stretch Drive was created in honor of Hall of Fame first baseman Willie "Stretch" McCovey to help fund the Junior Giants baseball program for more than 21,000 children in 90 underserved communities.
In addition to McCovey, right fielder Hunter Pence has lent his name to help support the effort.
The recommended donation is $50, the cost of enabling one child to participate in the Junior Giants program throughout the summer.
Those giving $50 will receive a Pence bobblehead that features the diving catch that preserved Tim Lincecum's 2013 no-hitter at San Diego. Other rewards are given for higher donations, including a baseball autographed by McCovey and Pence ($440), a Pence-autographed bat ($1,500), a McCovey-autographed jersey ($4,400) and a meet-and-greet session with McCovey ($10,000).
To make a donation, visit jrgiants.org.
Lincecum, Pence talk World Cup
SAN FRANCISCO -- When cameras captured Hunter Pence and Tim Lincecum wearing Team USA soccer jerseys on Wednesday while celebrating Lincecum's no-hitter in the clubhouse, the U.S. men's national team received some free publicity.
The personalized jerseys had arrived before the game, which Pence said put Lincecum in a good mood before what would prove to be a historic evening. Neither player wore the jerseys on Thursday, but the Giants' biggest soccer fans were content with the national team advancing out of the "group of death" despite its 1-0 loss to Germany.
"I wanted something better, but I'm glad they made it through," Lincecum said. "They've done a lot of hard work, and obviously, they were in the group of death, so to make it out is a feat in its own right."
Lincecum credited playing a FIFA video game with sparking his interest in soccer. His go-to team? Atletico Madrid.
Pence, who watched Thursday's match with his father, is looking forward to Team USA's round-of-16 match against Belgium being shown in the clubhouse prior to the game against the Cardinals on Tuesday.
As for a prediction?
"I'm going to enjoy watching it," Pence said, "that's my prediction."
Crawford making case for ASG inclusion
SAN FRANCISCO -- With online-only voting for the 2014 All-Star Game commencing on Thursday, things are coming down to the wire. The Giants have the National League's second-best record, but no players atop any position in the voting.
Shortstop Brandon Crawford is one of three players -- Buster Posey and Pablo Sandoval being the others -- in third. Crawford trails the Rockies' Troy Tulowitzki by just more than 2,000,000 votes and the Brewers' Jean Segura by roughly 180,000.
Although the Giants have maintained throughout the season that they don't care about All-Star appearances, Crawford's career season has given him a legitimate case for inclusion. His 36 RBIs are nine shy of his career high, and he's hitting .338 against lefties this season, to go along with eight triples, which is tied for second most in the Majors.
Fans can cast their votes for starters at MLB.com -- online or on a mobile device -- using the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com Ballot Sponsored by Experian until Thursday, July 3, at 8:59 p.m. PT. The 2014 All-Star Game will be played at Target Field on Tuesday, July 15 on FOX.
Worth noting
• Brandon Belt began his rehab assignment at Class A Advanced San Jose on Thursday night. Bochy said the plan is for Belt have three or four at-bats per game and serve as the designated hitter through Sunday, then play first base for Triple-A Fresno beginning on Monday.
• Second baseman Marco Scutaro played three innings with the team's Arizona League affiliate on Tuesday, and he will play four or five innings on Friday.
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Haft-Baked Ideas, and follow him on Twitter at @sfgiantsbeat. Ryan Hood 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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Survivors include brothers-in-law, James Hambrick and William Hambrick; sister-in-law, Elsie Mae Dohn, all of Des Arc; host of nieces and nephews; his caregiver, Lisa Rigdon and special friends, Jim Costner and Jim Hugh White.
Graveside service will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at Upper Spring Creek Cemetery with John McCourt officiating. Visitation will be from noon-1 p.m. before the service at the cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Upper Spring Creek Cemetery, 12448 Spring Creek Road, Belleville, AR 72824. Arrangements are by Cornwell Funeral Home of Danville. Online guestbook and condolences at www.cornwellfuneralhomes.com.


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Many people have been mixing drinks for 100s of years, but it was not before 17th and 18th centuries that the precursors of the cocktail (the Slings, Fizzes, Toddies and Juleps) became well known enough to be noted in the history books. It is undecided where, who, and what went into the creation of the first cocktail, but it seems to be a particular drink instead of a list of mixed drinks during that time.
The first publicized quotation to the cocktail shows up in the Farmer's Cabinet (Amherst, New Hampshire, April 28, 1803). The spoof editorial narrates of a "lounger" who, with an 11 who, with an 11 am hangover." Sipped a glass of cocktail - fantastic for the head..."
In Imbibe! David Wondrich stages the first known cocktail recipe in print to Captain J.E. Alexander in 1831 who calls for gin, whiskey or rum in a mix of "... a third of the spirit to two-thirds of the water; add bitters, and enrich with sugar and nutmeg."


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Get Ready To Head Back To School With Gym Class Heroes And The PS 22 Choir"Honestly, it was one of the more emotional, jaw-dropping, tear-jerking moments I've had in a long time," singer Travie McCoy said.
Neon Hitch And Tyga Shine Bright on New Song "Gold"The electro pop-infused track is the second single off her forthcoming album and is penned by Bruno Mars.
Making A Set List Is Like Making A Mixtape For Gym Class HeroesIt's all about wooing you to get you exactly where the band want you. The guys tell us the secrets behind set lists and using lyrics as pick-up lines.
Gym Class Heroes Say They Are Still Underdogs And FightersWith several hit songs under their belts it's hard to imagine that the guys in Gym Class Heroes could still feel like outsiders or underdogs. "It gives us so much freedom artistically to do what we want. It's not so bad, being an underdog," said singer Travis McCoy.
John Orozco Joins U.S. Olympics Team, Serves As The Face of Gym Class Heroes' "The Fighter"In spite of their great collaboration with Orozco and the sense of inspiration his story gives them, the Gym Class guys haven't yet met the athlete who plays a central role in their music video.
Gym Class Heroes Detail The Making Of "The Fighter" VideoAs the world's attention turns to the 2012 Olympics, and the gripping story of Olympic hopeful John Orozco, Gym Class Heroes explain how they ended up working with the world-class athlete on their latest clip.
Gym Class Heroes Will Not Be Covering "Call Me Maybe"Carly Rae Jepsen's infectious hit may be the song of the summer that has inspired a million and one covers, but don't expect to hear Gym Class Heroes covering it anytime soon.
Gym Class Heroes Talk Collaborating With Adam Levine And Ryan TedderSinger Travie McCoy and drummer Matt McGinley talked to CBS Local about working with Maroon 5's Adam Levine on "Stereo Hearts" as well as their recent collab with Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic.
Gym Class Heroes Perform "The Fighter" With PS22 ChorusThe guys of Gym Class Heroes performed at Wagner College in Staten Island this Monday along with some special guests: the chorus of PS22.


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Lindstrom, vet presence in 'pen, hopes to stay with Sox
By Scott Merkin / MLB.com
CHICAGO -- Despite allowing six runs on nine hits over his last 4 2/3 innings, Matt Lindstrom has served as a steadying force for the 2013 White Sox bullpen.
Lindstrom ranks first in the American League with his 57 appearances and first with the 13 double plays he has induced, a number he's accrued even with the White Sox having a poor defensive season. Matt Thornton and Jesse Crain's departures via trade make Lindstrom the senior member of a talented relief crew and could work in Lindstrom's favor where his $4 million option for 2014 is concerned.
The much talked about White Sox 2014 reshape -- as opposed to a full rebuild -- is based on the South Siders' strong pitching. Lindstrom appreciates that pitching directed the thought process, and seems to appreciate being the old man in relief at just 33.
"It does seem strange a little bit," Lindstrom said. "But we have a lot of mature guys down there for being 24 or 25 years old. They are showing a lot of poise, and they don't really seem like youngsters or anything like that. It's kind of nice to talk with those guys and maybe give them a little bit of knowledge that I've gained from other teams and other players that I've played with.
"We have a good group down there, so I would love to come back here next year. We've heard that with these guys saying that our pitching is the most important thing, and that's just the way it is in the game today. We are just right there. We just need a break or two. It seems like that everything that can happen wrong has gone wrong for us."
As a free agent prior to this season, Lindstrom explained that he had targeted the White Sox as a team he wanted to join. This dismal '13 campaign now serves as another reason why Lindstrom hopes his option gets picked up, and he can stay with the White Sox.
"Yeah, absolutely, and more so to prove to White Sox fans that this year is kind of a fluke," Lindstrom said. "We didn't think that this was going to be the way this team was going to be this year. We had loftier expectations than what's happened this year, including myself. I came over as a free agent and wanted to pitch for this club. I would love to come back here next year and totally turn things around a little bit.
"Our team has lost a lot of veteran presence in Jake [Peavy] and Matt, and we miss them. At the same time, you see that's how organizations are starting to improve. The Cardinals, Pirates -- all these guys, home-grown talent, trades with other teams having really good players. You have to have a mix of a little bit of both."
Cooper focused on team, not individual accolades
CHICAGO -- Don Cooper was asked prior to Saturday's game with the Twins about being considered one of Major League Baseball's best pitching coaches. He was asked about his ability to turn good pitchers into great ones and guys who have struggled into competitive forces.
Instead of talking about the pitching staff's accomplishments under his guidance, Cooper focused on the empty feeling brought about by the struggles of the White Sox overall.
"It's hard to feel smart right now," Cooper said. "When we're in the midst of what we're going through, I certainly don't walk home saying 'Boy, I feel fantastic about how things are going.' But we're keeping our eyes focused on the things we need to do individually.
"Listen, I don't rank myself. I want to be the best coach the White Sox have. That's all, the best pitching coach the White Sox have. I don't sit and compare. I don't sit there and look at this or that in other organizations.
"You know you're doing a good job if you keep getting contracts, and I keep getting contracts," Cooper said. "I will say this: It's probably the most difficult time that I can remember in the White Sox organization in 27 years. That being said, I still enjoy, look forward to, coming to the park to do our jobs, my job as the pitching coach and the jobs of the pitchers and the challenges we're throwing at them to get better."
Cooper gave credit to the pitchers themselves for what they have accomplished and proceeded to talk about the staff's young arms: Addison Reed, Nate Jones, Hector Santiago, Chris Sale, Jose Quintana, Friday starter Charlie Leesman and Saturday starter Andre Rienzo. He gave a brief look into next year's rotation, saying that if the season ended Saturday, four starters would be set, and there would be competition for the fifth spot that would probably include Rienzo and Erik Johnson.
Of course, that formula could change if Santiago moves back into a relief role.
"That's nice to know that we've got some pitching coming along if we need it," Cooper said. "But heck, our starters are kind of locked in pretty good."
Viciedo a late scratch from Saturday's lineup
CHICAGO -- For the second time in three games, Dayan Viciedo was a late scratch from the starting lineup with a sore left thumb.
Viciedo was replaced Saturday by Blake Tekotte, who hit his first career home run in Friday's night game. Viciedo hurt his thumb diving for Robinson Cano's first-inning single Monday and left in the bottom of the inning. He missed Tuesday's game, was scratched again in Friday's day game and finished 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in the second contest.
"Batting, hitting wise, it doesn't bother me that much," said Viciedo through translator and White Sox director of public relations Lou Hernandez, speaking in between games on Friday. "In fact, I feel fine. It's when I go to catch a ball, gripping the glove, there's some pain there. Just getting better."
Danks brothers in starting lineup for first time together
CHICAGO -- Jordan and John Danks have been in the same starting lineup during Spring Training and have even played in the same game at the big league level. But the younger Danks' echoed his brother John's thoughts Friday that it was a great experience to start together for the first time at the Major League level in Game 1 of Friday's doubleheader.
"I felt like, in a sense, we had already done so," said Jordan of teaming up with John. "But just to see both of our names in the lineup for the first time was pretty cool."
Jordan said that the Danks brothers were going to get the lineup card from Friday's first game. White Sox clubhouse manager Vince Fresso also presented the Danks family with three baseballs, representing each of the two brothers and their father.
"That will be real cool, especially for my dad," Jordan said.
Third to first
• Manager Robin Ventura has enjoyed the expected energy brought by Leesman and Rienzo during their Major League debuts.
"You get called up to the big leagues for the first time, and it's exciting. Those are things you're glad it's like that, rather than the other way around," Ventura said. "That's something you like to see. You don't want a guy coming up here that isn't really excited to be here.
"It is different that you have that element to it at the end of the year. It's nice to see."
• Eighty-seven of the White Sox's 114 games have been decided by three runs or fewer. They are 16-26 in one-run games, 10-14 in two-run games, 6-12 in extra innings and 12-33 against the AL Central.
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Chris Brown Sued Over Brawl With Frank Ocean
Chris Brown better be careful, because if lawyers and negativity cause his seizures, he may have another health problem on his hands soon. The 'Fine China' singer is getting sued over his brawl with Frank Ocean in late January.
The Associated Press reports that Sha'keir Duarte is suing Brown for unspecified damages in Los Angeles Superior Court, saying he suffered a concussion, humiliation and mental anguish after being punched by a member of Brown's entourage.
Brown's attorney, Mark Geragos, said the charges are frivolous, griping, "This is what gives lawyers and lawsuits a bad name is garbage like this." Geragos also noted that he plans on getting the charges dismissed as well as on countersuing Duarte.
Duarte claims that a member of Brown's entourage known only as "Hood" beat him during the scuffle and that Brown himself taunted Duarte and said the fight could snowball into a shooting. (Uh, yikes.)
Ocean himself never even pressed charges against Brown, saying he just would rather let it go.
Just imagine: All this over … a parking spot. Really, guys?


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As I reported earlier, a whole lot of people including me, fell ill over the holiday break with what was very likely a norovirus infection. Carl Zimmer has just written a fascinating article on the remarkable family of noroviruses, based on an paper published in a recent issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases by Aron Hall of the Centers for Disease Control. Zimmer writes:
Each norovirus carries just nine protein-coding genes (you have about 20,000). Even with that skimpy genetic toolkit, noroviruses can break the locks on our cells, slip in, and hack our own DNA to make new noroviruses. The details of this invasion are sketchy, alas, because scientists haven't figured out a good way to rear noroviruses in human cells in their labs. It's not even clear exactly which type of cell they invade once they reach the gut. Regardless of the type, they clearly know how to exploit their hosts. Noroviruses come roaring out of the infected cells in vast numbers. And then they come roaring out of the body. Within a day of infection, noroviruses have rewired our digestive system so that stuff comes flying out from both ends.
The virus uses extremely devious methods to spread itself by infecting as many others as possible.
Once the norovirus emerges from its miserable host, it has to survive in the environment. Noroviruses have no trouble doing so, it seems. Fine droplets released from sick people can float through the air and settle on food, on countertops, in swimming pools. They can survive freezing and heating and bleaching. In 2010, scientists surveyed a hospital for noroviruses and found 21 different types sitting on a single countertop. It takes fewer than twenty noroviruses slipping into a person's mouth to start a new infection.
It would be very nice if we only had to worry about getting noroviruses once and then could enjoy protection from them for the rest of our lives. Unfortunately, it seems that we only have a brief protection of perhaps a few months, and then we're fair game again. As a strain of norovirus encounters this short-lived defense, it evolves new ways to evade our immune systems. A modified strain can then sweep around the world in as little as three months.
The norovirus is a great example of one of the features of evolution where one organism increases its own survival value by manipulating other organisms (in this case humans) to aid in its own reproduction and spread, thus increasing its selection advantage.
Although the virus made our whole family miserable for several days, I have to admit a grudging respect for such an ingenious and durable little beast.


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The Primary Dedupe Payoff Problem
One of the key challenges that primary storage deduplication faces and one of the reasons for lack of enthusiasm is that dedupe's level of efficiency won't be as high, in most cases, as it was in backup since there is not the level of data redundancy. That said, the results of primary storage deduplication are still impressive and there should be enough efficiency gain to stir the interest of any data center manager.
For example, in our primary storage deduplication lab test we are getting an 80% reduction on a production NFS share that stores our home directory. Like most home directories it contains mostly office productivity files. A future step in our testing is on a VMware data store, where we expect even more impressive results.
Primary Dedupe Is Hard
Almost every vendor that I speak with has or had some form of deduplication technology in house or under development. Larger vendors have bought their way in, while smaller vendors have leveraged some of the open source code that is available. But the reality is that most of these products have not made it to primary storage. It is hard to develop a deduplication engine that won't impact performance and maintain data integrity, especially as the storage system scales to meet capacity requirements. As a result, some vendors have either shelved or downplayed their dedupe capabilities. Only a few have managed to strike the performance and data integrity balance.
Lack of Cheaper Competitor
As I mentioned in the opening, another motivator for backup deduplication success was that it was competing against tape for the hearts and minds of the backup administrator. The price delta between standard disk and tape made the investment in deduplication necessary so that gap could be closed. Until recently this was not the case in primary storage. There was not as large a price gap between fast enterprise disks and slower hard drives. The price difference between a 15K RPM hard disk and a 10K RPM hard disk was not great enough to make an investment in deduplication worth the effort.
The appearance of flash-based storage however is re-creating the tape vs disk dynamic in the form of hard disk vs. solid state disk (SSD). There is a significant price delta between SSD and HDD. As we discussed in our article "Overcoming The All Flash Storage Challenge ... Cost" deduplication is a go-to option when trying to drive down the cost of flash-based storage systems. Similar to how deduplication drove disk into the backup process, deduplication could be the key to driving flash-based storage into the mainstream of primary storage.
My opinion is that deduplication will eventually be integrated into all primary storage systems, operating systems and hypervisors. But most of the innovation will come from vendors that don't have a vested interest in continuing to sell more hard disks. Look for All-Flash and Hybrid Storage vendors to take the lead on primary storage deduplication, either by developing their own dedupelication technology or leveraging an existing API set.


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Re: question on female CAG - Julie / KY
Posted by Say that again... on 4/03/08
On 4/03/08, GreyLady wrote:
> I rarely give acknowledgement of any kind to those who can't seem
> to use a name on a board. But in this case, I must make an
> exception. Petparrot has hit the nail on the head. You are not
> yet researched nearly enough on what it's like to live with a
> parrot and especially a Grey. This sounds less like sexual
> behavior and more like downright boredom. Boredom from being
> expected to constantly behave as you expect instead of being
> allowed to be the basically still wild creature all parrots are.
> Frustration from you trying to impose your will, 24/7 instead of
> allowing the bird to make some of it's own decisions. It's you
who I rarely give acknowledgement of any kind to those who can't
> to use a name on a board
> needs the instrucion and training, not the bird. Until you take
> the time to really learn about them, I suggest you stop buying and
> selling them like inanimate objects and stop screwing up the
> parrots when it's your problem, not theirs. With your current
> attitude and level of knowledge, you are not going to find one
> fits your expectations. "There ain't no such parrot".


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Clutching my crimson press VIP card and a Sharpie-circled schedule of shows, I once again tackled the New York International Fringe Festival — FringeNYC for short — the largest multi-arts festival in North America, which took over Manhattan's downtown theater scene August 13–29 for its 14th year. My task this summer was particularly daunting since more than a quarter of the festival's nearly 200 offerings had been deemed worthy of special LGBT interest.
Inspired by the true story of Harvard's 1920 "secret court" formed to expel gay students, Stan Richardson's Veritas, which won a FringeNYC Award for Best Ensemble, was the only show to sell out its entire run before the fest began. But if veritas be told, it didn't quite live up to the buzz. Director Ryan J. Davis staged stunning moments, particularly interrogation and "bitch party" scenes, but the script needs to be stripped of jarring metatheatrics.
Sponsored by Logo, the engaging musical Bunked! by Alaina Kunin and Bradford Proctor is like Wet Hot American Summer with as much heart as high jinks. The attractive and likable camp counselors include Ben Moss as Stewart, a bisexual brain torn between Tim Ehrlich and the Kristin Chenoweth-y Amanda Jane Cooper as siblings Oliver and Anabel. Oliver may not get the guy, but he does score with the loudspeaker — a part prerecorded by Michael Urie.
When Last We Flew, a promising drama by Harrison David Rivers, centers on Jon-Michael Reese as Paul, a horny African-American teen who obsesses over a stolen copy of Angels in America to escape his Kansas life and the chance that his dad left because he didn't want a gay son. The ensemble, which includes Christopher Larkin as Paul's gay pal, is stellar, but the script is too tethered to Tony Kushner's fantasia for the show to truly take flight.
What more can we learn about Harvey Milk from Dear Harvey when we've already got Milk? Plenty. Based largely on interviews with those who knew him, Patricia Loughrey's touching tribute focuses less on the man and more on his impact on others. Scott Striegel is a standout as Cleve Jones, who details his creation of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, but I was most moved by a letter read by young Thomas Hodges, who wrote and performs the play's score.
I avoid multicharacter solo shows, but I had some enchanted evening with South Pathetic, out comedian Jim David's outrageous account of directing a motley crew in a North Carolina community theater production of A Streetcar Named Desire. You've met these caricatures before, but they're good for spouting one-liners like "If you took all the homosexuals out of Southern literature, you'd pretty much be left with Opie and Aunt Bee."
Meet the Broncatos, the stereotypical Italian-American family of Boston cops at the heart of John Pollono's Lost and Found. Life's dramatic enough for the widowed matriarch played by The Sopranos' Geraldine Librandi, but one can almost hear the organ chords of an old soap opera when a gay stranger — an excellent Jon Krupp — literally shows up at the door claiming to be her son! NYPD Blue's Bill Brochtrup stars as his effeminate partner.
Over and Over, Tim Aumiller's titillating but tedious two-hander, has hot actors — Andy Riding and Were the World Mine's Tanner Cohen in tight undies — and a terrific premise: Mitch, a closeted businessman, meets his old college roomie, Jimmie, now a gay soap star, for one last down-low hookup. Unfortunately, neither actor can overcome the script's many contrivances, and Cohen can't make Jimmie more than a grating, passive-aggressive queen.
Tom Jacobson's The Twentieth-Century Way, which won a FringeNYC Award for Overall Excellence in Production, is based on a real 1914 incident in which California police hired actors to entrap homosexuals performing oral sex in public restrooms. Robert Mammana and Will Bradley wow as auditioning thesps who improv toward a naked climax: "The line between the actor and the role blurs and turns hazardous — have we become our parts?"
Möbius, Michael López-Sáenz's dysfunctional family drama, is structured to seem like it's about a young man coming to terms with his homosexuality, but bet on some surprising twists and timeline-tweaking turns when a play's named after a Möbius strip. Too bad the big payoff is spoiled by a clumsy prologue and painfully unlikable characters, but I'm glad I stuck around to see star RJ Barnett stalk hottie Austin Mitchell in a gym locker room.
CollaborationTown made an indelible impact on me with The Momentum, a performance piece inspired by teachings of the Jewish priest Ezra. Created by TJ Witham with its three actors, Geoffrey Decas O'Donnell, Jordan Seavey, and Boo Killebrew, this self-help seminar, directed by Lee Sunday Evans to show cracks as they struggle to buy their own BS, ends with three exquisite second-person monologues about relationships — two gay and one straight.
Lost and Found, Over and Over, South Pathetic, The Twentieth-Century Way, When Last We Flew, and Bunked! are among the 21 shows selected for this year's FringeNYC Encore Series, which runs through September 26 at the Players Theatre, the Lucille Lortel Theatre, and the Huron Club at Soho Playhouse. For a detailed performance schedule, visit www.fringenyc-encores.com.


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In a lab, doctors introduced grape seed extract to both healthy and cancerous human head and neck cells and found grape seed extract killed the carcinoma cells but left the healthy cells unharmed.
Doctors believe grape seed extract damages the DNA of cancer cells and blocks the pathways that allow cancer-cell repair. "It's a rather dramatic effect," said Dr. Rajesh Agarwal, of the Colorado Cancer Center.


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Some Hump Day Foolery: Meagan Good, Michael Ealy, Gabrielle Union, Terrence J, Lala And The "Think Like A Man Too" Cast Get Crazy In Vegas
Filming is still underway for the much-anticipated sequel to the hilarious romantic comedy "Think Like A Man," and judging from the on-set candids courtesy of the cast themselves, work hard and play harder is the way to go with this bunch.
The entire "Think Like A Man Too" cast, which includes Hollywood starlets Meagan Good, Gabrielle Union, Lala Anthony, Taraji P Henson and Regina Hall as well as man candies like Michael Ealy and Terrence J along with comedians Kevin Hart and Gary Owens, are currently in Vegas filming, laughing and engaging in all around foolery…like this…..
Looks like they're having a blast on set and have great chemistry working together. Kudos to them. Will you be checking out "Think Like A Man Too" when it hits theaters?
Hit the flip to peep a boat load of hilarious recent pics of the cast cutting up on set like never before.
*Sidenote: We can't stop laughing at these fools photo-bombing the ish out of each others' pics…LOL!*
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Pure comedy courtesy of the star-studded "Think Like A Man Too" cast…
The Cast Of "Think Like A Man Too" Get Crazy In Vegas
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Enrollment projections for Menlo-Atherton High School show a 31 percent increase by the 2020-21 school year. That number is at least 7 percentage points higher than projections for the Sequoia Union High School District as a whole, so it makes sense that the district plans to build a new high school in "the Menlo Park area."
For months, district officials have been proposing two new small high schools of 300 to 400 students each to address a gradual increase of enrollment over the next seven years. A note on a discussion item for the school board meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 15, is the first mention that one of the schools "will be located in the Menlo Park area." The other school "will be situated between Redwood City and San Carlos."
The board meets at 5:30 p.m. at the district office at 480 James Ave. in Redwood City.
Enrollment projections in the district, and the possible consequence of evenly distributing the load by reassigning neighborhoods to different schools, was of intense interest at a series of community meetings in 2013. Families from the Las Lomitas Elementary School District argued passionately to keep graduates of La Entrada Middle School as an intact cohort by assigning them all to M-A. Much of the enrollment growth is coming from the Las Lomitas and Menlo Park districts.
Just as passionate to attend M-A were families from East Palo Alto whose students have, for decades, had to ride buses to Woodside and Carlmont high school in compliance with a court-ordered desegregation plan that expired in the 1980s but carried on nevertheless. M-A will thus feel the brunt of the district's higher enrollment.
At the Jan. 15 meeting, the board will discuss a draft map of neighborhood and school boundaries. Among the highlights:
■ All East Palo Alto students will be assigned to M-A. Open enrollment options will continue, including the option to ride a bus to Carlmont or Woodside high.
■ All Las Lomitas households will be assigned to M-A, reassigning the 10 to 15 households assigned to Woodside High but with a guaranteed option to attend M-A.
■ Households from the Avenues neighborhood in the southern part of North Fair Oaks will continue at M-A, while households to the north will be re-assigned to Sequoia High.
Also on the agenda, and related to the new Common Core standards: The board is expected to choose a traditional math pathway rather than that used internationally. Math teachers at two of the four comprehensive high schools prefer the international curriculum, according to district staff.