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ECRI's Round Table in Latvia
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Riga, 19 May 2008
ECRI's Round Table in Latvia is part of a series of national round tables in the member States of the Council of Europe, which are organised by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) in the framework of its Programme of action on relations with civil society.
These national round tables are regularly organised following the publication of ECRI's country monitoring reports, in which ECRI thoroughly analyses the situation as regards racism and intolerance in each country and makes suggestions and proposals as to how to tackle the problems identified.
The main aim of these round tables is to encourage reflection in the governmental and non-governmental circles concerned, by bringing together all the relevant national actors in this field, including government officials, representatives of national human rights institutions, representatives of local and regional authorities, parliamentarians, victims of discrimination, academics, NGOs etc. The objective is to develop together ideas as to how to solve the problems of racism in the country and to ensure the implementation of ECRI's specific recommendations.
The main themes of ECRI's Round Table in Latvia are: (1) ECRI's report on Latvia; (2) towards an integrated society in Latvia; (3) implementing anti-discrimination laws; and (4) responding to racist incidents in Latvia.
In its third Report on Latvia, ECRI acknowledges that in recent years, Latvia has made progress in a number of the fields covered in this report. For example, legislation against racism and racial discrimination was reinforced. Furthermore, several important programmes have been put into place, including the National Programme "Integration of Society in Latvia", the National Programme for the Promotion of Tolerance in Latvia (2005-2009) and the National Action Plan on Roma in Latvia (2007-2009). Finally, ECRI is satisfied that efforts have been made to increase the number of non-citizens being granted Latvian citizenship and that measures have been taken to encourage the learning of the State language by members of ethnic minorities.
At the same time, ECRI is concerned that the number of racially-motivated attacks targeting visible minorities has been increasing while the response to such attacks by the authorities cannot be deemed adequate. Also the use of racist discourse by some politicians and in the media targeting immigrants, as well as certain ethnic and religious minorities, remains a problem. In particular, antisemitic discourse seems to be increasing. Furthermore, the naturalisation process continues to be slow and there remain a number of problems as regards the full integration of the Russian-speaking population. Finally, ECRI is concerned that the Latvian Roma communities continue to suffer from racism and discrimination, particularly in access to employment and education
All of these issues will be discussed with representatives of the responsible governmental agencies and victims of discrimination in the light of the existing legislative and institutional framework for combating racism and racial discrimination in Latvia, taking into account the recent amendments made to the criminal and the labour code. A whole session will deal with the question as to how best to respond to racist incidents, with a special emphasis on the role of the criminal justice system in this regard. Finally, special attention will also be paid to identifying the main obstacles to building an integrated society in Latvia and to examining the success of initiatives such as the National Programme "Integration of Society in Latvia".
ECRI hopes that an open debate among all relevant actors on these important issues will help to identify together effective ways of better implementing existing initiatives and will also provide the necessary impetus for further reform in Latvia.


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'Girls' Star Lena Dunham Hosts 'Saturday Night Live': SNL's Best Bits
"Girls" star and creator Lena Dunham hosted "Saturday Night Live" with musical guest The National last night and of course she took off her clothes. We all knew that was going to happen, but the real question is was she funny? Last night's show featured a parody of "Scandal," a "Girls" twist on the Biblical story of Adam and Eve, and a short about singing along to music in a car. Dunham, who's also a director, seemed comfortable and in control on the program, even when the material she was performing wasn't that great. Watch some of the best segments. What did you think? Leave your thoughts in the comments.


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Creighton went ham from deep and everything's coming up Milhouse for the state of Nebraska recently as the Bluejays won at No. 4 Villanova, 96-68, thanks in part to a combined 50 points from Ethan Wragge and Doug McDermott.
For a little bit there, it looked like Creighton was going to build a lead so great in the first half that Villanova would take the second half off to watch a couple episodes of Parks and Recreation and wrap themselves in some warm blankets. The Bluejays led 47-19 with 7:17 left in the first period before the Wildcats shook themselves out of the paralysis induced from watching a team bury three pointer after pointer. The fact it was only a 13-point deficit at the break was in many ways a minor victory.
Creighton's 13 three-pointers tonight are a Wells Fargo Center record by a Villanova opponent. Still 26 minutes to build on it. CU up 47-21.
— Creighton Bluejays (@gocreighton) January 21, 2014
The 'Jays finished 21-of-35 from beyond the arc on the night, including nine made triples from Wragge.
All that effort to get the lead down by halftime took a lot of energy out of Villanova, and Creighton slowly built its lead back up in the second half with yet another array of jumpers. It felt like Creighton was playing on Rookie mode in NBA Live. Every three looked like it was going in and the ones that missed were just the computer saying, "hey slow down this isn't fair at all you realize you're playing your six-year-old cousin right?"
Creighton is a team that doesn't necessarily need to be hitting its threes to win, but it makes things a lot easier on the Bluejays when they do. They were already the No. 1 offense in the country according to KenPom ratings coming into this 96-point explosion on the road against a Top 5 team, and they shoot almost 55 percent on their two-point shots. This wasn't your typical unranked team upsetting a ranked opponent on the road. The 'Jays only recently fell from the rankings themselves, and they're a sneaky pick to make it to the second weekend in the NCAA Tournament.


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Juggler of Worlds
by Larry Niven & Edward M. Lerner
Cover Artist: Stephan Martiniere
Review by Tom Easton
Tor Books Hardcover ISBN/ITEM#: 9780765318268
Date: 16 September 2008 List Price $24.95 Amazon US / Amazon UK / Show Official Info /
In Fleet of Worlds, set some 200 years before the time of Ringworld, we saw that Niven's two-headed Puppeteers had set six worlds in motion to flee the explosion at the core of our galaxy. One of those worlds, Nature Preserve 4, was occupied by human slaves, a few of which had been selected to serve the hyper-cautious (paranoid) Puppeteers as scouts. Alas for the Puppeteers, those scouts got suspicious and learned the truth of their enslavement. In the end, they won their world for their own, renamed it New Terra, and left the Puppeteers feeling very wary of them. The same story told us that Nessus, once master of the scouts, had been reassigned to return to Earth, whose economy had been shattered by the departure of the Puppeteers and the end of their supply of impregnable spaceship hulls and other technology, and do everything he could to block the search for the Puppeteers.
Juggler of Worlds is the tale of Nessus's efforts. The search is being run by ARM, the UN's military. ARM agents are professional paranoids, usually thanks to drugs. A few agents, such as Sigmund Ausfaller, are natural paranoids. Very few are as good as Sigmund at ferreting out plots and conspiracies given the tiniest of clues. He can—and does—spot the flow of Puppeteer funds to high officials, see threats in the discovery that antimatter can destroy a Puppeteer hull, and be driven to extreme measures when he suspects that Beowulf Sheaffer, Gregory Pelton, and Carlos Wu have far too much to do with each other. It doesn't help when his girlfriend, Feather Filip, who wants children but cannot on an overcrowded Earth that refuses to give Sigmund (or any other natural paranoid) a birth permit, winds up in Carlos's bed.
The plots are real enough, but not all of them come to Sigmund's attention. The Puppeteer Achilles, for instance, dreams of ruling a world, if not the Puppeteer homeworld, then the human slave world; if he cannot, he will destroy everything. The mysterious Outsiders, liquid-helium-based creatures who sold the Puppeteers their planetary drives, have their own agenda; in the end, they need as much help as anyone else in Known Space and Sigmund, of all people, sees that they get it.
It struck me as more than a little odd that though Earth's economic dilemma and Sigmund's search for conspiracies occupy more than half the book, the purpose of that focus seems little more than to get Sigmund onto the same stage as the Outsiders and establish Achilles as a traditional I-shall-return! villain. The balance seems off, which suggests to me that there will be at least one more Niven-Lerner Worlds novel.
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Sale's return date remains undecided
By Joe Popely / MLB.com
CHICAGO -- Injured ace Chris Sale played catch on the field before Sunday's game, but his exact return date remains uncertain. Sale sustained the flexor muscle strain in his throwing arm and was placed on the 15-day disabled list last Tuesday, with the move retroactive to April 18.
Sale is eligible to come off the DL this weekend in Cleveland, but White Sox manager Robin Ventura said that unless the left-hander shows he can take part in significant baseball activity over the next three days, he may have to sit out longer.
"We're not just going to send him out there if he hasn't thrown and we're not 100 percent positive he's okay," Ventura said. "I would say he'd have to do something in the next three days. Nothing on the schedule [for a rehab assignment] right now. We're just trying to make sure he feels good."
Sale is 3-0 with a 2.30 ERA and 0.84 WHIP in four starts covering 27 1/3 innings. He has struck out 29 and walked seven.
Flowers' offensive game in full bloom
CHICAGO -- At least for the time being, Tyler Flowers seems to have obliterated any lingering doubts about his offensive abilities stemming from last year's poor performance.
Flowers put up a slash line of .195/.247/.355 in 84 games in 2013, eventually losing the starting catching job to prospect Josh Phegley. His start to 2014 has been quite the opposite experience. In 21 games entering Sunday's game against the Rays, Flowers was hitting .388 with an .893 OPS and would lead the American League in hitting if he had the required number of at-bats to qualify.
Not that much is different for Flowers this year compared to last, except that he developed a daily routine for the first time in his career.
"It's the first time I really had a routine that I go through day-in, day-out -- good day, bad, whatever," Flowers said. "I'm showing up to the park, doing whatever I got to do and then I get in the cage and I do my routine. I think that's something that's helped me to be as close to consistent as I can and definitely more so than I've ever been in the past."
Given his struggles last season, it became difficult for Flowers to block out the heavy doses of outside criticism. The routine helps him move on from a bad day at the plate, something he and hitting coach Todd Steverson have talked about this season.
"The routine is necessary," Steverson said. "Everybody on this team has a routine, it all differs, but I will say the ability to let negativity go is huge in this game. He didn't have much of a year that he'd like to have and if you're fighting against that, it's a lot harder to do. We've talked about letting it go and starting anew and doing something different. It's hard, though, because everybody wants to do well.
"So when all you ever have left, before everything else, is everybody talking about how you didn't do something last year, it's hard to let it go and move forward. But he's doing a good job of that right now, changing that type of verbiage."
As for his approach at the plate, Flowers said he isn't doing much different. To Steverson, it's as simple as Flowers not chasing pitches out of the zone.
"A lot of people look for some magic dust or something like that on why guys are doing better," Steverson said. "Really, if you look back at it, they're just on time enough to swing at good pitches and they're great athletes. They're not big leaguers for nothing.
"When you're not blocking yourself mentally at the plate and making it harder than you should be, then good things can happen for you."
Flowers said there was some luck involved with his average, too. He said a lot of balls were finding holes and that he's been getting hits a few times when he hasn't barreled up the ball. Not that he's complaining.
"It's nice to get those, especially starting out a season," Flowers said. "But I'm not going to sit here thinking I'm going to hit .380 on the season. I'm realistic. I realize right now that I'm having some things fall my way, but I think the ability to be consistent will give me a better chance to maybe continue to have things fall my way during the season."
Competition pushing Beckham to succeed
CHICAGO -- Gordon Beckham has been rather unlucky with injuries the past couple of years, which has made it difficult for him to find any sort of consistency at the plate.
Beckham returned Friday from a left oblique strain that shelved him for the better part of Spring Training and the start of the regular season. For the first time, however, Beckham is coming off an injury with prospects breathing down his neck.
Marcus Semien has shown good defense at second and third and has flashed timely power. Utility man Leury Garcia is highly regarded within the organization, while second baseman Micah Johnson continues to impress at Double-AA Birmingham. Johnson, who led all of Minor League Baseball with 84 stolen bases in 2013, is hitting .360 with with seven steals, three home runs and 10 RBIs in 23 games for Birmingham.
"If anything, it's probably a good thing," Beckham said of the organization depth at second base. "I mean, honestly, I am glad that the guys who filled in for me did well. We want the team to win. I don't want people to do bad and come back into a situation where we're struggling. That is definitely not what we want.
"I guess Marcus did most of the work there. He had a good start. That's great. But I am going to go out and play my game and let that fall into place."
Beckham, a career .248 hitter, is still trying to rediscover his form from 2009, when he burst onto the scene to hit .270 with 14 homers and 63 RBIs in 103 games. He looked to be back on track last season before injuries limited him to 103 games.
Consistently driving the ball to right and right-center seems to be the key to success for Beckham. At the same time, Beckham has to show he can barrel up inside pitches, so pitchers can't just jam him inside while he tries to shoot a ball the other way, hitting coach Todd Steverson said.
"He came in here with a lot of fanfare and that's tough on a guy that didn't have a gazillion, over 1,000-plus Minor League at-bats to really develop, and has been really learning how to hit at the big league level, which ain't easy," Steverson said. "And you've got to kind of tip your hat to him that he at least has a decent amount of success to this point. He's probably starting to come into what he and who he is as a hitter, based on now having X-amount of at-bats under his belt as a professional."
That said, the sixth-year pro might be on a tighter leash this season. Should he flounder, there are several players ready to take his spot.
"It's good to have him back and have that stabilization on the defense and see if he is able to pick up on some of the improvements he's made mechanically in the offseason and translate that into success at the big league level," White Sox general manager Rick Hahn said. "It's nice to have depth. We've talked about that for a while as a goal -- to get to the point where we have alternatives, where we have young players pushing us to have either the established ones get better or make room for what's bubbling up from the Minors."
"Certainly that's not simply about Gordon, it's about all our positions. We'd love to be in a position where we do have alternatives to insulate ourselves against injury or under-performance."
Worth noting
• The White Sox are undecided on Wednesday's starter because of the injuries to the rotation. Ventura said Wednesday's game might be a "bullpen day," in which somebody like Zach Putnam would pitch the first 3-4 innings and the rest of the 'pen would take it from there. A lot hinges on how Scott Carroll performed in his Major League debut on Sunday.
"We're not hour to hour, but we're day to day," Ventura said. "We'll figure it out."
Carroll, 29, had Tommy John surgery in October 2012 and considered quitting baseball. He returned to the mound July 5, 2013, and had a 3.29 ERA in 11 combined starts between Rookie-Bristol and Double-A Birmingham last season.
• The White Sox have scored 134 runs this season, up from 89 at the same point last season.
• Adam Dunn (445) and Paul Konerko (434) rank third and sixth, respectively, among active players in home runs.
Joe Popely 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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David Glenn Armstrong Directs AFFAIR OF HONOUR and HUNGARIAN NIGHTS NYMF Readings, 7/15-17 & 24-26
Acclaimed director David Glenn Armstrong will be helming two back-to-back readings featuring award-winning Broadway actors in the New York Musical Theatre Festival Developmental Reading Series presented upstairs at the 45thStreet Theatre this month, July 2012.
"I am thrilled to return to NYMF with two incredibly diverse, wonderful new musicals—Affair of Honour, about dueling American patriots; and Hungarian Nights, the story of reincarnated love-struck vampires!" said Armstrong. "I was privileged to direct three new pieces for NYMF last year, and frankly, I just can't get enough of the adrenalin rush of collaborating with new and exciting writers to create musical magic in the dark. It is a testament to these two dynamic, fresh musicals and to NYMF's commitment to the cultivation of new work that we were able to attract award-winning casts, amazing Broadway music directors and terrific musicians."
Armstrong's first NYMF reading is William F. Reed's American revolutionary war epic, Affair of Honour, which will have presentations today, July 15th at 2:00pm and 6:00pm, and July 17th at 8:30pm.
Leading the cast as Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton are Emmy Award-nominee Paul Anthony Stewart (Cyrano: The Musical, Fiddler on the Roof) and Sean McDermott (Miss Saigon, Falsettos). Portraying over thirty other historical figures are Drama Desk Award-nominee Linda Balgord (The Pirate Queen, Passion), Catherine Blades (Bye Bye Birdie), Summer Broyhill (Hairspray), Josh Adam Davis (off-Broadway's Odyssey), James Judy (The Scarlet Pimpernel, Into the Woods), Rob Lorey (Aspects of Love, Beauty and the Beast), Zal Owen (Fiddler on the Roof tour), Drama Desk Award-winner Robert Sella (Side Man, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), and Elena Shaddow (La Cage aux Folles, The Woman in White). Milton Granger (Mary Poppins, Lovemusik) is the Music Director.
The following week, Armstrong will direct Cheryl Kemeny and Mariner Pezza's Hungarian Nights, a lush, 19th century romantic fable of gypsies, reincarnation, and the mysteries of the undead, which will be presented July 24th at 12:00pm and 4:00pm and July 26th at 12:00pm.
Tony Award-nominee and Theatre World Award-winner Josefina Scaglione (West Side Story) and Sean McDermott star as the ill-fated lovers whose search for love spans five centuries. Ben Davis (A Little Night Music, Thoroughly Modern Millie), Jennifer Sanchez (Ghost, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown), Dan Sharkey (The Music Man, The Fantasticks), and David Anthony Vogel (Chicago) star alongside Cidalia Alves, Adam Bashian, Joe Longthorne, Elizabeth Markow, Robert Lance Mooney, Christiana Rodi, Benjamin Edward Simpson, and Julie Thomas. Aaron Gandy (Just Jim Dale, The Shaggs) is the Music Director. Leah Bonvissuto is the Associate Director for both readings.
Armstrong has directed more than 160 productions and workshops seen in 49 states, including the first musical stagings of Sheldon Harnick's A Doctor in Spite of Himself (William Inge Festival), Jonathan Larson's ½ MT House (Manhattan Theatre Club), Douglas M. Parker and Denver Casado's Life on the Mississippi (Goodspeed Opera House), Steven Fisher and Joan Ross Sorkin's In the Theatre (York Theatre), Carey Ramos and Lamont Dozier's Many Happy Returns (NYMF), Si Kahn's The Immigrant – The Joe Hill Story (Amas); and the first-ever reconstructed revivals of Arlen/Gershwin/Harburg's Life Begins at 8:40 (Library of Congress), Bock/Harnick/Stein's The Body Beautiful (York Theatre), and Lerner/Loewe's The Day Before Spring (York Theatre).
All NYMF Developmental Reading tickets are free. Platinum and Diamond Members and Patrons may reserve their tickets online or via phone. A very limited number of general admission seats are available by signing up in person at the NYMF HUB (330 West 42nd Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues). All others are admitted on a first-come, first-served basis at curtain. For further information, call 212-352-3101 or visit www.nymf.org.


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The Palestinians are seeking recognition from the UN as a non-voting observer state, up from a simple observer – a modest objective one would think.
According to President Obama, Palestine gaining unilateral statehood recognition from the UN "would destabilize the region and undermine peace efforts". A statement divorced from reality if you're living in Gaza or the ever shrinking Arab portion of the West Bank. The region was destabilized a long time ago, and if you've seen the Middle East in the news recently, stability is not a word that first comes to mind.
Our president suggests that the Palestinian leaders should return to the negotiating table so that a peaceful solution can be achieved. It should be expected that Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will ignore this token request in the same manner Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has by moving full speed ahead on settlement expansion, the very condition that the Palestinians demand in order to resume talks.
Sadly, nothing of any real significance will come about even if the UN votes to recognize the Palestine as a state, the land they hold will shrink and day by day the situation will worsen. History has proven that negotiations that respect the rights of the Palestinians have little in the way of substance, such as: the British Mandate of Palestine, the Balfour( and Lord Milner) Declaration, the Faisal-Weizmann Agreement and the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine have not boded well for the Arabs in Palestine.
The Earl of Balfour included this clause in the declaration that bore his name:
"…nothing should be done which might prejudice the rights of the non-Jewish communities..."
This included not only the Arabs but the many Christians who called Palestine their rightful home.
Can it be said today that nothing has been done which might prejudice the non-Jewish communities during the course of Israel's expansion beyond the 1967 borders?


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glstewart wrote:
you kidding me? Mr. Collins is a sycophantic dork! Mike isn't
that bad. In fact, I get the feeling that half the girls at
Forks H.S. are swooning for the boy. He's obviously sooo... not
for Bella, but Mr. Collins??
Well, Charlie was hinting at Bella to go out with Mike, or at least encouraging her a little bit. Lizzy's parents (well, at least her mom) did the same thing with Mr. Collins. And it's just his eager attitude that reminds me of Mr. Collins as well, not necessarily the dork-factor. The characters can have their differences.


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Simulated game a positive for Pedro
Rehabbing Mets ace throws 50 of 67 pitches for strikes
By / Special to MLB.com
"You do things right," Martinez said Altchek told him, "and you're going to be okay."
The Mets' celebrated right-hander thought of those words Thursday afternoon, after passing his most strenuous test thus far in making a comeback.
Martinez showed up at Tradition Field believing he would throw about 45 pitches in a simulated game. He ended up throwing 67 and later declared that he has more knowledge now that all the work he's done in overcoming rotator cuff surgery has been worth it.
"I feel better about my stamina and my endurance on the mound," he said. "And toward the end, I felt better than at the first of the game. That tells me I just need more work."
Then someone asked him if he now believes he will be pitching at Shea Stadium before season's end.
After a pause, he said with some force, "I feel better about stepping on the mound anywhere -- because I wasn't sure what to expect, what my response was going to be after I pitched a little bit. But now I know. It's just a matter of time."
Just a matter of time, he was saying, before he would be pitching for the Mets again. Assuming he has no problem from Thursday's effort, Martinez is expected to pitch again either next Tuesday or Wednesday for the Mets' Port St. Lucie Class A team.
Martinez, who is just two strikeouts short of 3,000 and has 206 career victories, has been out since Oct. 5 surgery for a torn rotator cuff.
He allowed two runs Thursday morning, one of them earned, in 5 1/3 innings while facing the Mets' Gulf Coast League team composed of rookies. He threw 50 strikes and was particularly sharp in the last three innings, when 24 of his 28 pitches were strikes.
Martinez said he can now put behind him the fear of how his arm would hold up.
"All that hard work, now I know it was worth it," he said.
Things didn't go particularly well for him in the beginning Thursday. It didn't help that the sun beat down relentlessly as the game began at about 11:30 a.m. and Martinez had just come off a strenuous hour of exercises and preparation.
He gave up a run each in the first and second innings, throwing a total of 39 pitches. Conversely, it took him just 28 pitches to complete his final three innings, and that was counting the extra out he gave the opposition in the fifth.
The game's first batter reached on an error by the shortstop, and two batters later scored an unearned run on a groundout. In the second inning, leadoff batter Valentin Ramos hit a triple into the right-field corner, and scored on a fly ball to center field.
"I wasn't really ready to make pitches at that time," Martinez said of the first two innings. "It was more like a warmup than a real game."
Still, he lasted 5 1/3 innings and said he could easily have pitched another inning, putting him around the six-inning mark that many pitchers consider a worthwhile standard.
"Doing it here and doing it in such a short period of time, that's encouraging for the next time out," he said of nearing the six-inning threshold.
Mets general manager Omar Minaya dropped into town for Martinez's start and came away feeling good about the 35-year-old's progress.
"It's encouraging to see where he is today," Minaya said. "I thought he looked a lot better once he got the feel of being out there again. He got better as he went along. He used his offspeed stuff, kept the ball down and his pitches showed late movement, which is Pedro. It was a very positive outing."
As Minaya watched Martinez pitch, he said he couldn't help but appreciate how hard Martinez has worked to get even to this point. And the GM believes it is now coming together for him and quietly is guessing that Martinez will pitch for the Mets before season's end.
Minaya said Martinez's pitches usually were in a range between 86 and 88 miles per hour, not exactly breathtaking velocity. But Minaya has seen Martinez win on a Major League level with that type of speed, and he remembers the words of Bobby Cox, the veteran Atlanta manager.
"Bobby said that when Pedro was with Boston, he beat the Braves with an 83-84 mph fastball," Minaya said. "So I don't doubt anything about Pedro."
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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One of the best applications of the internet as far as I am professionally concerned is the emergence of wine-specific search engines. You key in the name of a wine and can sometimes find hundreds of different retailers of it worldwide ranked according to the price they charge.
This is not only useful, it can be revelatory. The difference in prices, particularly for keenly sought-after wines, is salutory. Individual wines routinely cost twice as much at the most expensive retailer than at the cheapest and sometimes the variation can be even more. Ch Mouton-Rothschild 1996, for example, is on sale at the equivalent of less than £90/$150 a bottle from Swiss broker Sanamex (who admittedly will not sell by the single bottle) but costs very nearly £300/$500 from Enoteca Costantini in Rome. And even within one country, the United States, prices vary from $150 to more than $450 for this particular wine.
This sort of information is readily available from WineSearcher, to my mind by far the easiest and most effective of the wine search engines. (In fact I feel embarrassed by the force of my enthusiasm for this outfit with which I have no commercial affiliation but which I am constantly praising.)
You simply type in as much of the wine name as you can be bothered to, or as seems appropriate, fill in boxes for vintage, country (you can leave the setting at All countries for the most revealing results) and currency, and within a trice every known offer of this wine is listed below with merchant, location and price. You can narrow your search by specifying a price range, a bottle size, whether or not you are interested in buying by the case, and you can also choose to exclude auction prices which tend to be distorted. Forget buying theatre tickets at 3am. This is the true magic of information technology for me.
There are other, similar wine search engines but none as global or effective. WineSearcher, set up by New Zealander Martin Brown who has worked in IT for London wine merchants Berry Bros & Rudd, claims to offer details of more than 800,000 wine offers at 1200 stores around the world. WineAccess and WineAlert have just 45,000 and 60,000 wine listings respectively, and those exclusively from stores in the US.
One result of online commerce noted in other areas has been that price variability between different companies has tended to narrow. The theory is that once overpricing is so transparent, it tends to disappear. But it would seem that wine prices are relatively elastic. For the four years that WineSearcher has been operating, price ranges have stayed almost identical. Standard deviation is still around 25 per cent with, for a wine whose average price is £/$100 say, most retailers asking between £/$75 and 125 but a third of them asking between £/$50 and 150.
This is in line with the findings of Jim Budd, Britain's one-man wine fraud investigator. Even some of the most seasoned and acute businessmen tend to retract their commercial antennae when it comes to splashing out on fine wine. He has uncovered hundreds of instances in which sophisticated would-be investors failed to undertake the most basic comparative research before lashing out on fine wine 'investments' at ridiculously inflated prices. Perhaps this is because wine is seen as a luxury, or perhaps it is simply that wine expertise is such an arcane sport that anyone with sufficient confidence can delude the unwary.
International comparisons show that on average fine wine prices in the US are higher, for the same wines, than in Europe. There are always deals - arguably more deals in New York than anywhere in the world - but America's cumbersome three-tier distribution system for all things alcoholic has an inflationary effect on wine prices.
This phenomenon is particularly marked for the most reputable vintages. Winesearcher surveyed prices of all first growth red bordeaux between 1982 and 2002 and compared prices between the US and Europe. In vintages with a reputation such as 1990, 1982 and especially 1986 and 1995, average prices in the US are quite considerably higher than in Europe. Wine prices start at more or less the same level globally when initially offered but American prices tend to pull away from European ones with time.
One heartening finding for Americans however is that although fine wine prices in the US still tend to be higher than those prevailing in Europe, there are signs of gradual convergence - despite the dollar's fall against the euro, as can be seen on the graph, which compares the average price in each of the three previous years in the USA and Europe for First Growth red bordeaux (shown in US dollars).
Perhaps the work of these search engines is helping to expose those who routinely overprice. Of course these websites are only as good as the sources of their information. A few retailers have had to be removed because they were blatantly feeding in inaccurate information. But in most cases it is easy to contact individual merchants directly, and WineSearcher usefully dates every price.
If you are looking for a particular wine, it really is worth checking out relative prices and availability beforehand.


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Blue Cross talks to biz owners about health care
BRATTLEBORO -- State officials are scrambling to make sure everything is in place when individuals and small businesses start to shop for insurance under the new state run insurance marketplace on Oct. 1.
The massive online system is still being worked on and questions remain about the subsidies and tax breaks associated with the new system and how people on Medicare will be accepted.
Still, come Oct. 1 businesses with fewer than 50 employees and individuals will have to begin purchasing their insurance through Vermont Health Connect, and representatives from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont were in Brattleboro Thursday to talk with business owners and human resource representatives about the transition.
It's estimated that more than 100,000 Vermonters are going to be required to purchase their insurance through the new online marketplace in the fall, with the new coverage beginning in 2014.
About 50 people packed the small conference room at Brattleboro Savings and Loan for the early morning meeting Thursday where Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont CEO Don George stressed that the new online marketplace represents significant change in how customers will purchase their insurance.
"These are extraordinary times," he said. "We are focused on 2014. There is a near term challenge and we want to help with the transition."
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont has been holding meetings throughout the state as the company prepares for Oct. 1 and George said the meeting in Brattleboro was the 35th information session for small businesses and individuals.
He said only about one-third of the people who took part in a recent survey heard of the health care exchange, and with less than seven months before thousands of people will be expected to use it, George said the company is trying to get the word out.
"It's a new product with a new distribution model, new rules and new choices," he said. "We have some challenges."
The new insurance marketplace is required under the federal Affordable Care Act and last week Vermont became the first state in the nation to announce rates under the new system, though George said those rates are estimates and will likely change before October.
Along with setting up the new online system and forcing small business owners and individuals to shop for their insurance plans at one single place, Vermont Health Connect establishes new plans, rates and subsidies and small businesses are going to have some big decisions to make as they move over to the new marketplace.
George also admitted that the state is still working on the IT behind the online exchange.
Doctors, customers and insurance companies will have to be able to access the enormous system and George said there are sure to be bumps in the road as the marketplace rolls out.
Catherine Hamilton, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont vice president of planning, said the new health care law mandates that businesses with fewer than 50 employees use Vermont Health Connect to shop for, and purchase, insurance.
The changes, she said, are coming from more than 3,000 pages of state and federal health care rules.
"There is a lot of misunderstanding," she said. "If you are confused you are not alone."
Hamilton and George both stressed that the changes that are going into effect on Oct. 1 grow out of the federal health care law, and not the state's drive to create a single-payer health care system, which has been put off until 2017.
Small companies with fewer than 50 employees will not be penalized if they don't offer insurance, but individuals must be covered, and they will have to pay a tax penalty if they don't sign up for a plan.
In the first year, individuals who do not sign up for a health care plan will pay 1 percent of their income, or up to $95, with the penalty rising to 2.5 percent, or up to $695 in 2016.
Throughout the meeting Hamilton answered questions from concerned human resource employees and business owners, and for some of them, Hamilton admitted that the answers were not yet entirely clear.
"Some of this is still in flux," she said, adding that the Legislature is working on many details during this session and will provide more answers in the spring. "It's an enormous project and the timeline is tight."
The new exchange, she said, allows consumers to compare options.
Low income individuals will receive subsidies for the various plans which offer different levels of coverage.
Businesses and their employees will have to figure out the best options, which she admitted might be complex and confusing to navigate at first.
Even if a company offers a plan, for instance, it might be better for the employee to purchase the plan independently depending on how the subsidies, which are tied to individual income, kick in.
But she added that many individuals will face higher costs, even when subsidized, if they don't participate in employer-sponsored group plans.
Hamilton said Blue Cross Blue Shield is opening an office in Burlington, and hiring staff to answer questions over the phone to help customers through the next few months.
"There will be winners and losers and we want everyone to be prepared," Hamilton said. "The most important point is that we want to make sure everyone is covered."
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BTC REPORTS: TABOR: A Formula For Undermining Public Investments
By Edwin McLenaghan
Policy Analyst
March 2011
Executive Summary
- The proposed TABOR legislation before the General Assembly would cap growth of state General Fund appropriations to population growth plus inflation.
- The TABOR formula fails to take into account that the costs of certain services, such as health care and education, grow faster than inflation. In addition, TABOR ignores demographic shifts, such as the increasing share of North Carolina's population made up of elderly residents and college students. Therefore, the "population plus inflation" formula is not an appropriate way to measure the cost of providing basic government services and would ensure perpetually insufficient funding.
- Had North Carolina implemented TABOR in 1993, the TABOR formula would have reduced North Carolina's cumulative investment in public structures by more than $35 billion between fiscal year 1993 and the current fiscal year. In fiscal year 2008, state policymakers would have had to cut state appropriations by 23 percent to meet the TABOR limit.
- Contrary to the claims of TABOR proponents, TABOR would not prevent North Carolina from facing state budget shortfalls. TABOR did not save Colorado, the only state with a TABOR amendment, from significant state budget shortfalls in the current recession or in the early 2000s recession. In fact, Colorado faced the second-worst budget shortfall in the nation in 2003.
- Colorado passed TABOR in 1992, and its budget constraints have seriously weakened Colorado's public structures. Because of TABOR, Colorado's funding for K-12 education, colleges and universities plummeted to near the bottom for the nation. In addition, the share of low-income children without health insurance doubled in Colorado between the passage of TABOR and its suspension by voters in 2005.
- The TABOR proposal under consideration would also reduce the maximum size of the state's Rainy Day Fund, from 8 percent to only 5 percent, and harshly constrain access to the Rainy Day Fund in times of fiscal crisis. These backward provisions would weaken the state during recessions, increasing the pain felt by North Carolina families and hampering the state economy at the worst possible time.
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We've created a culture in which many take for granted the blessings we have been given and instead look for more, without a single regard for the consequences. So much so that almost half the nation can read those posts and not see the severe, yet obvious flaw in the line of thinking just expressed.
We get what we deserve I suppose.
Second, there was a reasonable compromise from a scary liberal that was ignored earlier;
I would not want a system that is completely government run. The government has a long history of screwing up a lot of well-intended programs. I would like to see a process that combines private and public entities to control cost yet still create some competition. In my estimation, either end of the spectrum invites problems and corruption. Of course the devil is always in the details.
I am a proud progressive democrat, who happens to be a history major, so the absurd stereotypes are a little much.
Sacrifice is shared by many and you are correct; too many people today do not realize the above.
And the reality is that two centuries of almost universal success and geographical isolation (i.e. no local millitary threats) has led, in my view, to a devaluation of personal freedom and liberty, a devaluation of personal responsabillity and acdcountabillity, and a focus on collectivism and universal benefits, i.e. Euro-Style Social Welfareism.
Just as I never bought the various "Massive Right Wing Conspiracy" ideas even now bandied about almost daily on the left, I also do not believe there is some grandiose left-wing conspiracy either. Dioshonesty, yes, but conspiracy, no. There is simply a considerably large number of Americans who believe more in a hybrid German/UK/Soviet type system than believe in the traditional American "Rugged Individualism" Capitalist system.
So we will get what we deserve, and what we (as a whole) want. IMO that will be a continued move away from my ideals, towards those of Safety. More collectivism, more socialism (Govt. owning the means of production of certain industries), and less Freedom and liberty across the board. as Safety so clearly displays, they don't believe it's a cost, not now, and not the next time, or the next time, or the next time. As long as his side controls things, and they will given they're the party of "give to the majority, take from the minority", he is fine with a trade of freedoms for collective comforts.
It's easy to rant against it, but it's bigger tham any of us here, it's our culture as a whole. Endless amounts of success (where our worst times still dwarf the ebst of most other nations in history) combined with almost no actual external threats to our security, and you get, predictably, this even-onward movement towards collectivism at the cost of freedom, IMO.
If I were being honest, tater, I'd say the battle on this is already lost. The ideals and idealism of the founders was more then 200 years ago, we're a different Nation and a VERY different people now. It's why I need to remind myself from time to time that there really is no gain in debating here with Safety or the various Union folks. They've already won the War, even if they may lose an occasion battle. The only thing the individual can do is make the best of the system that will be thrust upon him.
Just as our relative comfort has left us complacent, spoiled and unable to grasp the consequences of the things we're sacrificing, I believe we will soon enter into a period of discontent. When the unsustainable nature of these policies lead to an inevitable drop in the quality of life of a majority of our citizens, there will be another shift. And add to that, when we continue to enable and strengthen those we all openly recognize as corrupt and power hungry, we eventually lose all power to control them. We're getting very close to that point. Those that have learned nothing from history will dismiss this as hyperbole, but the snowball has started rolling, and you're correct that we're too late to stop it. It won't be until it has rolled over us that individual freedom will once again become valued en mass.
This has been the pattern throughout centuries of human history. Our inability to remember this is our biggest failure.
So what exactly is your solution?
Do you even think a solution is needed or everything is/was perfectly fine with the status quo system?
Just curious as I don't recall reading a Warfish grand solution to a very broken healthcare system (in my opinion).
As an example its easier to believe that all liberals are communist or all capitalists are fascists etc, etc.
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You will not like it.
It's based on Personal Choice, Freedom and Personal Accountabillity.
1. Health Insurance is as it is now, a private service offered by private business, via the usual workings of a private contract. Insurance is regulated (a mammoth thread of it's own to cover specifics of course, and devil's in the details). People can buy it on their own, or if their employers wish to provide it as a benefit. People can choose to buy it, or choose not to.
2. The truly poor, truly diabaled, elderly (65 now, maybe older later on) and all former U.S. Soldiers can opt into a system of State-Provided coverage. For these folks, the State can have total authority to run the system however they wish, as long as it's effective and efficient.
3. For others who want to join teh State system, but are not poor/disabled/elderly or soldiers, they can.....if they buy in at 100% cost. No taxpayer money will be spent to provide these people anythign discounted or free. Their change, via premium or deducatble, will be enough to cover the costs (of this group taken as a whole). And no accounting tricsk or slight-of-hand either, both things of Govt. is famous for.
3. If/when you show up for care, if you are covered, great. If you are not, you are billed for the services, and that bill cannot ever be dodged via bankruptcy or any other abandonment of debt. You get the service, and are not insured, you will pay for it. That is accountabillity. it also enocurages, in ways far better than a tax system IMO, people to be proactive with their freedoms and aquire coverage. On the flipside, the provider must work with the care recipient to have a payback that will actually pay back, even if it's at $20/month for a long time. Alot of law would have to back this one, sadly.
4. Private/Public partnership to craft a private insurance system that starts with "big horrible emergency" coverage first, cheapest, and works up from there, in terms of coverage and costs. I believe that less regulation in some spots, more in others, and changes to yet others, would allow a more broad spectrum of plans and coverages to be available.
5. Portabillity and Tort Reform are a given. Even if they don;t help much, they're the right things to do and will help at least some in reduction of costs.
6. Focus on health, not conveneince or choices. Getting a hardon, having a sex change, or even an abortion or a hair weave is not healthcare in my view, it's a personal choice. Insurance does not pay for your personal choices. It pays for your health. I'm somewhat flexable on this item in general, as things like lung cancer and obesity and broken bones via activity are also choices, and should also engender higher costs, and of course differing plans can provide differing level so fcoverage for these via higher costs of course.
7. A "Honesty in Coverage" Act, where the terms of Coverage are provided to the covered in far more simple, basic, direct language, without the endless reams of lawyerly weasel words and backsdoors and the like. This one is a tough one, given how deeply entrenched lawyer-speak is now, but it's vital. To be an informed consumer, the consumer must be able to read their coverage documents.
8. Legalize Prostitution and Pot, we'll all be happier, better safer sexed, more free, and can spend all the shiney new tax dollars generated and law enforcement dolalrs saved on bettering our health.
9. No one is still reading this now, so I'll just say blah, blah, blah, and stop writing now.
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Switch Communist with Corporate Oligarchy, and you have many modern "conservatives".
Smoke a joint and chill, and you have us Libertarians.
Round and round we go.
So how many people currently have made these great sacrifices? Have YOU carried the rifle BTW? And your sacrifices and that of the OWS people (as an example) are what exactly?
How many illegals sneaking over the border have made these great sacrifices for our country?
Most of the fighting has been for freedom and to protect ourselves from aggressors. Korea and Vietnam were proxy wars against foes who ssomewaht "sat it out".
Nobody is fighting for "women's prorective rights". I am going to die for that? F that.


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Jockey Club Fee Increase to Support Aftercare Alliance
- Oct 11, 2012
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The Jockey Club's board of stewards made this decision based on its determination that the TAA's mission and activities are consistent with The Jockey Club's Thoroughbred aftercare objectives.
Photo: Mallory Haigh/The Horse
Starting on Jan. 1, 2013, The Jockey Club will increase fees by $25 for nearly all registry-related transactions, including foal registrations, and these funds will be provided to the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA). The TAA is an organization designed to serve as both the accrediting body for aftercare facilities that care for Thoroughbreds following the conclusion of their racing careers and a fund-raising body to support these approved facilities.
The Jockey Club's board of stewards made this decision based on its determination that the TAA's mission and activities are consistent with The Jockey Club's Thoroughbred aftercare objectives. In coordination with The Jockey Club of Canada, funds raised from Canadian customers of The Jockey Club will be directed to Canadian Thoroughbred aftercare organizations to supplement on-going aftercare activities for Canadian Thoroughbreds.
Additionally, The Jockey Club will contribute $300,000 in 2013 to the TAA from its commercial companies and will maintain the voluntary retirement checkoff option on foal registrations for owners and breeders to continue those Thoroughbred aftercare contributions. In addition to the retirement checkoff program, The Jockey Club's other retirement initiatives include Tattoo Identification Services, Thoroughbred Connect, and the Thoroughbred Incentive Program.
The change from $200 to $225 to register foals of 2013 will be the first change since 2000 when the standard, or on-time, registration fee changed from $175 to $200. At that time, DNA typing replaced blood-typing and the entire breeding stock population was retested. Foals of 2012 registered within one-year from their actual foaling date will be grandfathered at the $200 level.
Funded initially by seed money from Breeders' Cup Ltd., The Jockey Club, and Keeneland Association, the TAA is composed of owners, trainers, breeders, racetracks, jockeys, aftercare professionals, and other industry groups. Additional information about TAA is available at thoroughbredaftercare.org.
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In Lieppman's eyes, A's prospects flying high
By Jane Lee / MLB.com
Lieppman essentially represents general manager Billy Beane's eyes for all happenings within the club's farm system, which consistently ranks among the best in the game. He recently took time out of his always busy schedule to chat with MLB.com from his ballpark seat in Las Vegas, where he was watching Triple-A Sacramento take on the Blue Jays' affiliate.
MLB.com: A lot of buzz was generated this offseason when the A's decided to swap Brett Wallace for Michael Taylor. Having watched both of them, can you say whether Oakland got the better end of the deal?
Lieppman: With Wallace, when we acquired him, there was such a great interest within the system of getting an amateur, and so many people were excited that we were able to get him in that trade. Having seen him last year and seeing what kind of hitter he really is, I know that he was, is and is going to be a very good player. He's obviously a very talented young player. In fact, I was able to see him the past two nights in Vegas. He's swinging the bat well and certainly doing a good job for Toronto's Triple-A team.
That being said, we were willing to trade someone whom we really cared for quite a bit, because we thought that highly of Taylor. We felt that this guy was a complete player that could be an equal or better hitter than Wallace, and he has other outstanding tools -- to play center field, to run and to have a great arm. And that's not to take anything away from Wallace, because we knew he'd be a great player. But if you look at the upside, Taylor brings a lot to this organization.
MLB.com: It seems that Taylor, since his arrival, is constantly being paired with Chris Carter in the same sentence. What kind of progress have you seen from them recently, and when do you potentially see them playing in Oakland?
Lieppman: So much of it depends on opportunity. Injuries sometimes force certain situations. Generally, when the big club is playing well and guys there are performing well, it's not necessarily a bad thing to give guys like Carter and Taylor more experience in the Minors. You never want to force anything. You want to see these guys dominating in their respective league, being able to make adjustments, having quality at-bats. And if they're doing those things, then it may be time to move them on to the big leagues. But it's not a perfect world. You have to wait for your opportunity.
Last year, when things weren't going so well in Oakland, we saw [Cliff] Pennington, [Daric] Barton and [Eric] Patterson get a chance to show what they can do earlier in the season rather than simply as a September callup. There's no easy way to get there, but both Carter and Taylor are on track. I've been watching them the last couple of days. Carter hit a home run and Taylor had two doubles in one game. They're both playing well, and I hope both continue to make adjustments. The Pacific Coast League is a good league, and I think it's challenging them. They're both holding up so far, and it's not an exact science, but they're certainly making their way toward the Majors.
MLB.com: As you said, injuries at the big league level play a rather large role in the advancement of several prospects. But who are some of the key prospects dealing with health issues right now?
Lieppman: Fautino De Los Santos has just started to get back on the mound. He took about three weeks off after encountering some elbow problems that are the result of the Tommy John surgery he had almost two years ago. He's been very slow coming back, but I saw him the other day and his velocity is coming back up. There's no perfect rehab, and so with him everything's kind of taken a little longer than expected. He's understandably frustrated about the situation, but things are looking up for him. He's in extended spring training in Arizona right now, and he should be pitching in a game very shortly. He's been throwing on the side, but it looks like he will be ready to go in games in the next couple of days.
Andrew Carignan is also in Arizona. He's been pitching in games down there and has been doing extremely well. He's slowly been making his way back from an arm injury, and his velocity appears to be back.
Another name that tends to come up is James Simmons, who is still home. He's had a very unusual shoulder injury since February. We're having a very difficult time locating exactly what is wrong. There's no actual defect that requires surgery. He's just experiencing lots of aches and pains in the shoulder, so until he is pain-free, we don't want to bring him to extended spring training. He's still in the process of undergoing physical therapy, so once he's able to throw without experiencing any kind of issues, we can start him up again.
MLB.com: How about Michael Ynoa? He was essentially the prize of the 2008 international amateur signing class, but he's been slowed by elbow and knee injuries.
Lieppman: He's been doing really well. I saw him a couple of times during Spring Training, and I was very impressed with him. He actually had a tough time with impacted wisdom teeth that recently took him probably a week to 10 days to recover from the procedure. Anyone who's experienced that knows how difficult it is to recover from something like that. So once he gets past that miserable stage of the process, he'll be back in Arizona -- probably not for another week or so. But before that, he was really looking great.
He'll probably pitch in Arizona unless he absolutely outperforms everyone and warrants being sent to Vancouver, but he really hasn't pitched consistently yet, so we haven't gotten the best indication yet of what he needs to do or how he needs to do it to keep moving forward. We're better off right now making sure he starts slow in Arizona and isn't rushed.
MLB.com: Sean Doolittle also appears to be walking along the injury-prone path. How is he doing?
Lieppman: He's probably had more setbacks than anybody. He reported to Spring Training and just continues to struggle. Right now, he's really only been working with physical therapists. He comes and tries to take batting practice, but the running and any other quick movement, he can't do with his surgically repaired knees right now. So he's basically just frustrated -- a good A's player waiting to get back on the field. It's unfortunate. He's just dealt with the worst of injuries. He hasn't even been on the field in awhile. The way things look right now, I'd be very surprised if he was able to play the outfield. He would have to be geared more toward first base.
MLB.com: Doolittle played alongside Adrian Cardenas in Triple-A Sacramento last year. Is Cardenas also on the mend?
Lieppman: He had a broken thumb, but he's actually played the last three games in Phoenix. And it looks like he'll be back in Sacramento probably within a week. He's definitely making a lot of progress. Barring any setbacks, things will definitely be fine for him.
MLB.com: We've already touched upon so many of the players who are considered the organization's top prospects, but who do you see as maybe flying under the radar a bit?
Lieppman: There's Henry Rodriguez in Sacramento, and he's been outstanding. He's been throwing 98 to 100 [mph] and simply dominating. Not that he's under the radar, but he's somebody who has maybe lost some attention recently. I've seen him pitch a couple of times already, and he's really much better around the strike zone. I think his focus and command have greatly improved, and he's been throwing strikes and tossing out a very effective slider. Tyson [Ross], between the two of them, had the better spring. But there's going to be room for Henry in the big leagues very soon.
MLB.com: Finally, on a personal level, how nice is it for you to see guys like Ross, Barton and Pennington succeed in the Majors having watched them come up through the system?
Lieppman: For me, I pretty much thought Tyson was going to start at Double-A, maybe Triple-A. I know he was one of our best young arms, but it was a tough decision for Beane and Bob [Geren]. They spent a lot of time deciding on him, maybe two or three hours. They came to the conclusion that he was ready, and I think it's a great story. The year before, no one expected [Andrew] Bailey to be there, either, but it says so much about our organization because the right calls were made on both those guys.
With Tyson, he was just here a year. But with some of the other guys, whether it's a Barton or Pennington, you watch them go through their ups and downs, and then you see them turn a corner. That's where you get the biggest enjoyment. To see them excel in a game of so many adjustments is great to watch, and that's where the reward comes in. You also see these guys come back and thank the staff and coaches who helped them along the way. I think a lot of people seem to forget how they got to where they are, but this organization has so many classy individuals. Guys like Barton and Bailey, they've all come back and thanked us.
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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text: It really is an amazing feeling when you fight hard and at the end you are rewarded for it. Of course sometimes it happens, and sometimes it doesn't. The most important thing is to keep believing and fighting back. There is no room for giving up. It paid off today for me, but I have to give a lot of credit to Andy who really stretched me to limits. I love what I do and I enjoyed every moment of these past two weeks. Hope you enjoyed it too, and hope you are going to smile now when I take an opportunity to apologize (once again) for giving you couple of heart attacks today. Seriously, I'm not doing it on purpose! But please promise you will take some time to relax after these 3h of excitement So, I dedicate this trophy to all of you who never give up! Thank you guys, I received so much love from you - together we are pushing the limits! This really proves his strong mental strength, just like murray bounced back from Wimby Final loss, Novak strikes back today!!


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Watch for Summer Sores in Horses
- Oct 30, 2013
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Many horse owners and veterinarians have reported a bad fly season this year and, for those residing in Southern states, there's no end in sight. Flies are aggravating and distressing and bring along an inherent risk for summer sores.
"Summer sores are the product of a stomach worm, or Habronema (muscae) infection," explained Nathan Voris, DVM, senior equine technical Services veterinarian for Zoetis. "As part of the Habronema life cycle, infective larvae are shed in horse feces and later picked up by houseflies. Infected flies deposit Habronema larva in open wounds, or into tissues around the horse's mouth, lips, eyes, groin area damaged during feeding activities. The infection causes a significant inflammatory reaction, or summer sore. If Habronema and houseflies are both present, summer sores can be a problem for any horse."
Persistent summer sores are extremely bothersome and slow to heal and, in many cases, remove the horse from training or showing. It's a situation all too familiar to Carolyn Hornbeck of Raeford, N.C., and her 10-year-old American Quarter Horse gelding.
"He was a healthy horse that I've had for several years," Hornbeck said. "It started out as a small sore on his ankle and, in no time at all, grew into a large wound comparable to the size of a giant filet (of steak) that would not heal. After a costly surgical procedure and eight months of (treatment), it scarred down to the size of a quarter and he was able to go back to riding."
It was a mystery to Hornbeck why her horse had encountered such a big problem. Like most horse owners, she was doing everything in her power to ensure he had proper care. Nearly four years after that awful summer sore experience, the problem returned, this time for a different horse. Hornbeck soon realized the importance of treatment and control of Habronema and the critical need to disrupt the parasite's life cycle.
"Horse owners naturally tend to focus on treating the horse with the summer sore infection, but infective Habronema larvae are likely being shed by other outwardly healthy horses in the same environment," Voris said. "Aggressively controlling the Habronema stomach worm in every horse on the property is extremely important to prevent summer sores. Working with your veterinarian to develop a properly managed parasite-control program that includes effective fly control and dewormer, along with adequate sanitation, is the best way to protect horses from future infections."
Voris recommends using moxidectin to treat and control Habronema to reduce the summer sore risk. Also, including feed-through products containing 2.12% cyromazine as part of a daily grain ration could help reduce fly burdens, he said.
"Cyromazine, an insect growth regulator, interrupts the life cycle of Habronema larvae by inhibiting development of houseflies with 100% efficacy in freshly treated manure," Voris explained. "When fly larvae develop in manure infected with Habronema larvae, any horse within the fly's quarter-mile migration radius becomes at risk for infection. But (cyroazine products) help to stop the vicious cycle. It is a valuable addition to any equine fly management program to increase comfort and decrease the spread of disease caused by flies."
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SNOW HILL – A baker's dozen of local firefighters, emergency service providers and law enforcement officers were commended this week for their combined efforts to save a Berlin man from his burning home back in October.
The County Commissioners on Tuesday honored 10 Berlin Fire Department firefighters and emergency services personnel, along with one Berlin Police Department officer, one Ocean Pines Fire Department paramedic and a Worcester County Sheriff's Deputy for saving the life of Berlin resident Rodney Dale Belmont, 40, from his burning home back on Oct. 9. The commissioners honored the 13 heroes during a brief but poignant ceremony during their regular March meeting on Tuesday at the request of Worcester County Fire Marshal Jeff McMahon.
"I firmly believe had the individuals not taken the course of action, the outcome of this incident would have produced a fire fatality in Worcester County," he said. "I know it is assumed these fire, EMS and police personnel risk their lives every time they accept an assignment, but I would like to take this opportunity to commend them and their agencies."
Shortly before 11 p.m. on Oct. 9, the Berlin and Showell Fire companies were dispatched to a reported house fire on Flower Street in the area of Honeysuckle Lane on the east side of Berlin. First arriving units discovered the one-and-half story, split level residence with heavy smoke showing from three sides. Prior to the arrival of the first responders, Worcester Central advised an unknown individual was trapped inside the residence.
Neighbors, family and friends confirmed an individual, later identified as Belmont, was still inside the residence. After entering the building and extinguishing much of the active fire, which had begun to show from the kitchen window, fire crews turned their attention to finding and rescuing Belmont. Meanwhile, a second rescue crew entered the burning residence and quickly located the victim in a bedroom.
According to reports, fire crews were able to rescue Belmont from the smoke-filled residence and carried him to EMTs waiting in the front yard. The victim was quickly moved to an ambulance where EMTs were able to regain a pulse and respirations. The victim was transported first to Atlantic General Hospital and later flown to University of Maryland Shock Trauma in Baltimore.
Belmont was unconscious but still alive when he was transported to the burn center in Baltimore, according to a Berlin Fire Company report. He remained in the hospital in Baltimore for about two months before it was certain he would survive his injuries. Belmont was released from the hospital in late December and is still recuperating in the Baltimore area with family, although he was on hand on Tuesday for the commendation ceremonies.
Meanwhile, the Berlin and Showell Fire companies, with assistance from the Ocean City and Ocean Pines Fire departments, were able to quickly bring the blaze under control. It was determined the fire originated in the kitchen area of the residence and the cause of the fire has since been identified as unattended cooking.
Those commended by the commissioners this week included Berlin Fire Department Captain and Incident Commander Eric Budd, Berlin firefighters and EMTs Harry Trimble, David Lewis, Adam Tinnel, Austin Purnell, Bill Scott, Charles Townsend and Charles Ward, along with Berlin Firefighter and Chief Paramedic Derrick Simpson.
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Brian McAndrews has joined the board of AppNexus, a New York online advertising company backed by Microsoft, Venrock, First Round Capital and others. It marks the latest New York board appointment for the former CEO of aQuantive. Earlier this year, McAndrews joined the board of The New York Times. He also serves as a director of Clearwire, AdReady and Fisher Communications. McAndrews currently serves as a venture partner at Madrona. AppNexus also announced that former Skype executive advisor Edwin Gillis has joined the board.
"AppNexus is in an incredibly unique and enviable position as a market-leading ad technology solution that services both the buy and sell sides," said McAndrews. "I've been following their meteoric rise over the past couple of years and am looking forward to getting involved with their strategic direction as they move forward and grow."
Brian Goffman, the former CEO of Seattle startup Optify, has been named vice president of enterprise marketing at LinkedIn. Prior to leading Optify, Goffman served as a venture partner at Madrona Venture Group and worked as a principal at Austin Ventures. We've reached out to Goffman to see where he'll be based in the new position, and we'll update the post as we learn more.
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National Jail Census, 1983 (ICPSR 8203)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics
The National Jail Census was conducted by the United States Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The census was taken of all locally administered county and municipal jails with the authority to hold prisoners for more than 48 hours. Data are presented for 3,338 jails in 45 states. Excluded are Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Information includes jail population by legal status, age and sex of prisoners, maximum sentence, admissions and releases, available services, structure and capacity, expenditure, and employment.
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U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. NATIONAL JAIL CENSUS, 1983. Conducted by U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1997. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08203.v1
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Subject Terms: census data, correctional facilities, correctional system, corrections management, demographic characteristics, inmate populations, inmates, jail inmates, jails
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Jack White has already sent a song via balloon into the atmosphere; what's stopping him from playing a vinyl track in space? It would be the perfect way to celebrate White's rocket to the top of the charts with his first number one album, solo début Blunderbuss.
In an interview with astronaut Buzz Aldrin in Interview magazine, White talked to the second-ever person on the moon about a "secret project" that he's working on to get one of the songs on his Third Man Records label to be the "first vinyl record played in outer space."
White said in an interview with Buzz Aldrin that he wants "to launch a balloon that carries a vinyl record player."
"And figure out a way to drop the needle with all that turbulence up there and ensure that it will still play," continued White.
White also talked to Aldrin about how he didn't want to work on solo material if he was still in the White Stripes.
"I didn't want to go out and make solo records if the White Stripes still existed," White elaborated. "I thought that people would be too confused by the two ideas and a lot of people wouldn't be able to get their head around it. So, in a sense, it was something that was bound to happen one day. But I'm sad about it all the time."
In an earlier New York Times interview, White said that his White Stripes bandmate, Meg White, was the catalyst behind the band's break-up.
"Some people can live their whole lives in limbo," White explained. "I'd rather cut the lifeline so we can move on with our lives. There came a point where I said, 'If we're not doing this, we need to put an end to it right now.' And that's what she wanted to do."
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Although she hails from Arkansas, the heartland of America, she has spent over 25 years refining her international impressionistic style by traveling and painting on both coasts, in Mexico and in Europe. In particular, she is developing techniques of "pure palette" painting using vibrant hues of the spectrum and eliminating the use of dark earth tones. Because her colors are so vivid, she takes special care to control her images with subtly grayed down shades. The overall effect of her work is one of brightness and harmony, reflecting her own optimistic attitude toward life and desire to share her delight with the beauty in everyday life around us.
"I love to paint outdoors," Boyce says. "I will draw with my paintbrush or sometimes do quick watercolor sketches. It is important to work very quickly because the light and colors change as the sun moves across the sky." Boyce says her goal in these drawings and sketches is to capture the authentic hues that she sees. She then enriches and enhances, to bring out the essence of the subject, "like the way you apply makeup, not to disguise the face, but to soften here, accentuate there, and draw the eye to special features."
In addition to autodidactic study, Boyce has formally studied with Barry Thomas in Arkansas, Idaho impressionist Ovanes Berberian, portrait painters Joanette and Cedric Egeli of Cape Cod, Carolyn Anderson of Wyoming, Colorado artist Mark Daily, Zhang Wen Xin of Beijing, China, and Bye Bitney of Montana.
She has exhibited in various collectives as well as one-woman shows. Her paintings grace many private and corporate collections including Arkansas Governor's Mansion, home of University of Arkansas Chancellor, Verizon, Bank of America, University of Arkansas Medical School Cancer Research Center, St. Vincent's Hospital, and Arkansas Tech University.
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