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Nathan unsure if extra time off will be beneficial
By T.R. Sullivan and Master Tesfatsion / MLB.com
ARLINGTON -- The Rangers' bullpen left Seattle on Sunday night with at least three pitchers unavailable for a Monday doubleheader against the D-backs, including closer Joe Nathan.
Now that Nathan has had three days off, he should be back at full strength, although he is not convinced that he needed the extra rest and that the time off will be beneficial.
"We'll find out," Nathan said Thursday morning before he sat out a fourth straight day due to no save situation in a 9-5 win over the D-backs. "Days off are what you are. Sometimes you feel worse and sometimes you feel better. I felt fine [Wednesday], I didn't feel any differently."
Nathan pitched in all three games in Seattle over the weekend. The Rangers weren't interested in pushing him to four days in a row, so they didn't get him up during Monday's doubleheader when a couple of potential save situations were looming. In both games, the Rangers had a chance to take the lead in the late innings. But in both cases, they weren't able to take a lead into the bottom of the ninth, so Nathan wasn't needed.
"The first day in Arizona, I went out and threw and felt fine," Nathan said. "Could I have pitched? Yes. Would they have let me pitch? That's a different story."
Nathan pitched in four straight games for the Rangers on May 15-18 last season. He threw four scoreless innings and did not allow a baserunner in the last three outings.
Nathan is 38, but he said that shouldn't matter when it comes to deciding if he pitches or not. He said it all depends on how many days in a row he pitches, how many pitches he throws and how stressful the situation.
"I'm not fragile," Nathan said. "I prepare myself. If everything checks out, I don't need extra care and I don't need to be coddled. I don't want to be used differently because of my age. There is no need to treat me any differently than any other player. If I'm going to play at this level, I have to be ready.
"I haven't felt too many effects or any different than when I was younger. It's a matter of how hard you take care of yourself."
Tired grounds crew gets job done in time
ARLINGTON -- The Rangers' grounds crew didn't sleep much following Wednesday's postponed game against the D-backs.
"The guys are a little sore today, to say the least," said director of grounds Dennis Klein.
Klein said his crew was at Rangers Ballpark until 2 a.m. CT, trying to get the field in shape for Thursday's 1 p.m. game, which the Rangers won, 9-5, over the D-backs.
Klein said he's never seen anything like what happened Wednesday in seven years with the Rangers. A particularly severe thunderstorm rolled through around 5:45 p.m., as the D-backs' last batting-practice group was taking its cuts. The grounds crew had the tractor ready to wheel out the tarp, but winds from the south made the task difficult.
"We told the Diamondbacks it was going to rain, so they were finishing up their last group," Klein said. "Probably five minutes earlier and we would've had it.
"Next time I'm not going to be so nice to the visiting team, let's put it that way."
It took about 10 minutes to get the tarp on the infield. Without any sunlight, Klein said the game would've started at 2 a.m. given the muddy conditions on the third-base side.
"Once the wind started blowing, we were cooked," Klein said. "There was nothing we could do. You just hang on. The wind blew from the south, so it took everything from the north. The whole third-base side blew.
"Guys were scrapped up when we went to the back. Some went airborne and weren't smart enough to let go of the tarp. I was telling them to let go and not hang on."
Klein said the infield was left uncovered overnight to let it dry. He came back at 5 a.m. to put the tarp on as rain hit the ballpark again at 7 a.m.
"We got it under control right now," Klein said. "Today is a blessing. Wind, sun … it's a blessing."
Holland not allowing as many home runs
ARLINGTON -- Only four pitchers gave up more home runs than left-hander Derek Holland last season, but he doesn't feel the issue was as big of a problem as it played out.
Holland allowed a career-high 32 home runs, tied for fifth most in baseball with the Orioles' Tommy Hunter. He also gave up 1.6 homers per nine innings.
"My home runs weren't that bad last year," Holland said. "You guys blew it up and made it seem like I gave up all kinds of home runs when I really didn't give up all that many, to be honest."
While Holland admits the number is still high, he said he'd rather throw too many strikes than not throw enough.
"Would you rather me give up home runs or walk people?" Holland said. "You got to throw strikes. If you're not throwing strikes, then you're obviously not doing the right job.
"Yes, you can't really defend a home run, but you have a better chance at robbing it. You can't rob a walk. That's going to be my Yogi Berra quote of the day."
Holland has improved in that area this season, allowing only four home runs in 10 starts. His walks per nine innings have slightly dipped as well, from 2.7 to 2.3. It's all part of a solid start he's had, with a 4-2 record and a 2.97 ERA. Holland said he's improved on his location this season.
"I've felt like I've done a better job pitching in and out, controlling the zone and staying out of the middle, for the most part," Holland said. "There's never a day that doesn't go by that you can't get better."
Rangers going to wait and see on Ogando
ARLINGTON -- The Rangers are waiting to see how Alexi Ogando comes out of Friday's start for Double-A Frisco before deciding when to slot him back into the rotation. Ogando is scheduled to throw five innings and 75 pitches in his first outing since a victory over the Athletics on May 15.
Ogando has been sidelined since then with triceps tendinitis. The earliest he would return would be Wednesday against the Red Sox. In that case, Ogando would be pitching on four days of rest. But manager Ron Washington said Ogando's return will likely be later than that, either Thursday against the Red Sox or next weekend's series against the Blue Jays in Toronto.
"We'll just see how he comes out of that and how well his bullpen [session] goes on Sunday," Washington said. "He'll be slotted into one of those games."
The Rangers are pitching Derek Holland, Nick Tepesch and Yu Darvish during the three-game series against the Royals this weekend. The Rangers are off on Monday and then Justin Grimm will pitch Tuesday in Boston.
Worth noting
• The Rangers have assigned third baseman Mike Olt to Double-A Frisco, and expect him to be activated on Friday night. He has not played in a game since April 25 because of vision problems that have been addressed with eye drops and medication.
Olt was hitting .139 with one home run and six RBIs at Triple-A Round Rock before going on the disabled list. In 72 at-bats, he struck out 32 times. He has spent the past week working out at the Rangers training facility in Arizona. He is the Rangers' second-ranked prospect.
• The Red Sox's rotation is uncertain for their three-game series against Texas that starts Tuesday at Fenway Park. Boston is undecided because Clay Buchholz keeps getting pushed back because of an AC joint injury. But the Rangers will likely see John Lackey on Tuesday and Jon Lester either Wednesday or Thursday.
• Triple-A Round Rock and Double-A Frisco were also rained out on Wednesday.
• Because of Wednesday's rainout, Texas lost a half-game in the standings to Oakland. That's the fourth straight day the Rangers have lost ground, something that hasn't happened since May 26-29, 2010.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. Master Tesfatsion 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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This is an excellent point. I wonder if anyone has used Perl's new improved testing features to persuade their bosses to use Perl over some other language.
How do other languages stack up against Perl in testability?
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Stephen wrote a post entitled "Debating the Atheist — My Closing Comments." Of course, he previously agreed that his closing comments would be the fifth post, but that doesn't matter, because Stephen had to award himself the final word. Besides, he doesn't expect you to read it. He drew this to my attention in a brief message saying, "I know you will not link this, but just in case you wanted to read it, here are my closing remarks regarding your final response. Thanks for taking the time to debate me. "
So anyway, as a brief summary: I'm a liar, because I kept harping on the fact that Stephen said that God creates logic. That's not right at all. No, instead, God thinks about logic, and that causes logic to exist. That is, of course, entirely different from the other thing. Which makes me not only a liar, but also still a Nazi. And finally: Bible quotes!
My last post remains my last post. However, I'd recommend that all you sinners go over there and give feedback, since there's a comment box open, but I've heard from commenters on the previous thread that the comments are moderated and none are getting published. So feel free to try, but if you can get through, then just go ahead and give your reactions on this open thread.
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Actuaries use skills in statistics, probability, mathematics, finance, management, economics and government policy to define, analyze and solve business problems involving the cost of possible future events. The insurance industry is the largest employer of actuaries, but they also work in financial institutions, consulting firms, government agencies, universities, accounting firms and labor unions. Emerging markets for actuaries include banking, retirement systems, mortgage companies, and health care and public health industries.
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To detail the relationship between health and poverty, to outline critical elements of a coherent approach in this area and to establish, for the first time, a single Community framework for action for the Community's future activities.
Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament of 22 March 2002. Health and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries. [COM(2002)129 final - Not published in the Official Journal].
Health is a key determinant of economic growth and development, while ill health is both a cause and effect of poverty. Aside from the serious consequences for social welfare, ill health deprives developing countries of human resources and the high cost of ill health reduces economic growth and limits the resources governments have available for investment in public health. As a result, improving health in developing countries is essential in order to reduce poverty, which is the primary objective of the European Union's development policy.
There is increasing international consensus on the key principles of development policy. Most governments and international organisations, including the European Union, are committed to a series of eight millennium development goals, one of the most important ones being to improve health.
The Union has already undertaken many initiatives in this field, particularly with regard to the three communicable diseases that affect developing countries in particular, namely HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. For example, it has already adopted a programme for action to accelerate the fight against these three diseases. This communication establishes, for the first time, a framework for action that will incorporate the Community's actions on health and poverty reduction. The framework is the Union's overall response to the commitments it has made in this field. The communication will be supplemented by a comprehensive work programme, detailing the priorities for action and the required human and financial resources.
Critical elements of a coherent approach
The Commission outlines critical elements of a coherent approach to improve the effectiveness of development assistance in the field of health:
- working for increased ownership, good governance and stewardship at national level in developing countriesThis objective may be pursued via the national poverty reduction strategies for example;
- establishing coordinated and pro-poor policiesServices and resources must be targeted on the diseases closely linked to poverty and/or the poorer geographic areas. The expansion of adequate social protection also has an important role to play;
- ensuring a healthy environmentEnvironmental problems, such as poor water quality, contribute to health problems and it is thus essential to improve control and management of these problems;
- reversing the decline in overall development aidAid levels have declined for much of the 1990s. Today, there is a new effort to increase aid but it is still insufficient;
- encouraging investment in global public goodsIt is important to encourage, in particular, investment in research and development in the health sector;
- increasing public-private partnershipsThis type of partnership already plays an important role. Private organisations make a considerable contribution to the international programmes in the field of health. A good example of this is the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
The objectives of Community policy on health and poverty are as follows:
- improving results in this area at country level, especially among the poorest;
- maximising health benefits and minimising potential negative effects of other Community activities;
- protecting the most vulnerable from poverty and supporting fair health financing mechanisms (guaranteeing equitable access to services);
- investing in the development of specific global public goods such as research and development.
In order to achieve these four objectives, the Commission has identified a set of priorities consisting of priority areas for action and future actions in each area. First and foremost, EC interventions must increase and the Member States and the Union must speak with one voice within international fora.
Country level
The country level will remain the major focus of Community actions on health. Actions should concentrate, in particular, on developing public health (especially prevention efforts), strengthening health systems to improve access, ensuring pro-poor systems of health financing and social protection, communicable diseases, and reproductive and sexual health and rights.
To this end, the Commission envisages a broad range of actions including implementing a comprehensive approach, reinforcing dialogue at country level with social sectors, and providing the necessary support to help countries with knowledge generation and management. The Union has drawn up country strategy papers for many developing countries. These papers set out the country's overall development strategy and it is important for them to reflect the Union's health principles.
Regional level
The European Union brings added value to support for regional cooperation through its experience of regional integration. Health issues often transcend borders and greater regional integration or cooperation is thus essential. The Union's support should focus on health sector reform, demographic surveys, disease surveillance, issues related to drug production, purchasing and regulation, and support for research and development, education, etc.
The actions envisaged in this priority field include developing various partnerships, supporting knowledge acquisition and dissemination of best practice, supporting analyses of the capacity of regional institutions, and giving consideration in regional economic partnership agreements to the need to improve health.
Coordination, complementarity and synergy with Member States
Better coordination, complementarity and synergy at all levels between the policies and activities of the European Union and those of the Member States are essential. Specific measures to improve coherence and strengthen operational coordination must be identified. To this end, the Commission considers that its role in coordinating the EU's policies in this area must be strengthened. The Union and the Member States should also organise regular joint missions and fora.
Global level input
The European Union is a substantial donor to the United Nations and it has close relationships with other international organisations. It already plays an active role in the initiatives implemented at global level. However, the new global health agenda requires strengthened international partnerships and the Union must tackle certain priority issues. Key actions include ensuring the coherence of its actions with other Community policies and playing an active role in the development and implementation of global initiatives.
Civil society and non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
Civil society and NGOs play a key role in implementing development assistance and they have a growing impact on policy formulation. It is important to strengthen the links between the Union and civil society and to establish dialogue and a strategy for the major development cooperation issues. The establishment of a working group on health and poverty in which civil society may participate is one example of the measures envisaged.
Private sector
The private sector should make a far greater contribution to improving health in developing countries, for example by making greater commitments to work on corporate responsibility and promoting the wide application of tiered pricing. The Union's cooperation with this sector is limited and should be reinforced. In particular, new incentives are being discussed to encourage multinationals to develop global goods such as research and development, and cooperation is being enhanced to ensure that private companies take greater responsibility for health in developing countries. The Commission also proposes exploring the possibility of increasing capacity in developing countries for local production of pharmaceuticals.
Monitoring and evaluation
Today, monitoring and evaluation of the European Union's investments and activities in this field focus on the global aspect, in other words evaluation of the progress made in relation to a country's general development strategy rather than monitoring and evaluation of individual investments in specific projects. This approach reflects the new approach of the development assistance policy. However, the evaluation of national strategies and global progress alone is not an effective method of health evaluation and monitoring. Together with the developing countries and other international actors, the Commission hopes to draw up more precise indicators for the various sectors of intervention. As regards monitoring Community aid management, it is also important to develop new mechanisms and guiding principles in order to improve effectiveness.
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It won't be easy, you'll think it strange/ When I try to explain how I feel.
The opening lines of "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" seem like the right musical accompaniment for investors as they shed money, and maybe a few tears, over emerging markets.
Explaining the turmoil that has gripped Argentina, Turkey, Thailand and other developing economies won't be easy, but you'll think it strange that many smart fund managers aren't recommending a complete retreat from emerging markets.
The facts are pretty stark. Emerging-market stocks lost nearly 7% in January alone, many currencies got hammered and central banks had to resort to emergency measures to stanch the bleeding. Unsurprisingly, investors bailed. Exchange-traded funds that focus on emerging-market stocks saw their second-biggest withdrawal on record in the week ended Jan. 29, according to Lipper.
Now for the bad news. This bout of volatility was triggered by two fundamental, and long-lasting, shifts: the "tapering: in the Federal Reserve's bond-buying program; and concerns over China's economy and banking system.
The withdrawal of U.S. monetary stimulus and the sputtering noises made by China, which accounts for more than 10% of global gross domestic product (and around a third of emerging markets' GDP), focused investors' minds. Economies with bad fundamentals-large current-account deficits, weak growth, political instability-became pariahs.
In Wall Street jargon, fund managers' "risk appetite" changed: Instead of hungrily eyeing assets like the Turkish lira and U.S. stocks, they started feeding on safer fare such as Treasurys.
Some investors are already at their wits' end. One money manager late on Friday confessed to wanting to "just lie down on the floor" to recover from a brutal week. For those still standing, the next move will depend on choice of assets and stomach for a roller-coaster ride. Assuming the Fed stays the course and China's economy holds up, here is a possible roadmap through the emerging-markets maze.
"I am very busy and very bullish on emerging markets." The prize for the most surprising quote of last week has to go to Adrian Mowat, chief emerging-market and Asian equity strategist at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
In his view, tighter U.S. monetary policy could actually be good for emerging markets if it coincides with stronger economic growth. He also believes that the world economy's reliance on China is overstated.
In addition, the recent fall in emerging-market stocks has made some companies cheap. Mr. Mowat estimates that stocks in emerging economies are trading at a discount of 36% to their U.S. counterparts, compared with a historic average of 20%. His year-end forecast for the benchmark MSCI Emerging Markets Index is some 28% above the current levels. Among J.P. Morgan's top picks are Russian energy company OAO Gazprom, large Russian lender OAO Sberbank, and Hyundai Motor Co. of South Korea.
It is fair to say that Mr. Mowat is a lone voice in a chorus of bearishness.
Some experts, like Jay Pelosky, are downright apocalyptic. Mr. Pelosky, whose firm J2Z Advisory LLC advises funds with around $3 billion under management, last week held a call with clients titled: "Global Economy Snatches Defeat from the Jaws of Victory."
"The chances of a synchronized global recovery have been killed by what is going on in emerging markets," Mr. Pelosky told me. "The growth models are all broken, whether they are in Europe, the U.S. or emerging markets." His recipe to survive these gloomy times: short oil to profit from an expected slowdown in global growth while buying gold-mining companies and long-dated U.S. municipal bonds and Treasurys.
Others aren't ready to adopt a completely defensive posture just yet. In recent weeks, Sara Zervos, the head of the global debt team at OppenheimerFunds, asked herself a simple question: "Who's left with no clothes on in the swimming pool?" As the turmoil deepened, more and more countries were left exposed and Ms. Zervos, whose team manages more than $18 billion, shifted her gaze from government bonds to corporate paper. She believes that savvy investors can find good value among highly rated emerging-market companies.
A common thread among these disparate views is to keep an eye on the long term. As policies and risk appetites change, we are witnessing a major shift in capital flows that will shape the investment landscape for a world without substantial central-bank stimulus.
Marc Chandler, global head currency strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman, a custodian for over $3 trillion in assets, believes that this shake-out will prompt "tourist investors" to leave, but that less flighty dollars will stay.
"This is a long-term unwinding of capital flows which will take two or three years to complete," he says. Or as Evita would put it: "I had to let it happen, I had to change."
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Nokia paying AT&T millions to make the Lumia 900 an exclusive phone of front line employees
0. phoneArena posted on 23 Mar 2012, 03:54
Nokia is reportedly planning to dole out up to $25 million to AT&T to subsidize the flagship Windows Phone handset as being a "company use" phone, i.e. all front-selling employees can get it for free, turning back in their current CU iPhones and Androids...
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1. darktranquillity (Posts: 284; Member since: 28 Feb 2012)
None of this millions or marketing campaigns were needed if nokia opted android. Carriers and people would've come to nokia rather than nokia going around knocking doors like a carpet salesman.
2. naveenstuns (Posts: 180; Member since: 19 Feb 2012)
if nokia make android phone there is absolutely no competition for android. Competition creates cheaper and better phones..
4. snowgator (Posts: 3609; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
And Nokia, still one of the largest phone manufacturers in the world, did not want to get lost in a sea of Android devices. They would have been playing in a sandbox with Samsung, HTC, and a dozen or so other Google run devices trying to play catch up. They wanted to be something different, and Microsoft needed a flagship in the worst way. This will work for them bith.
Besides, if it doesn't, and WP flops, Android will still be free and Nokia can take lessons learned and go after that market. I bet in a couple years Nokia branded WP will be so profitable for them we will wonder why we ever debated it.
14. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
i 100% agree with you gator. Nokia would have done well in the android space, no doubt. But if they can get WP7 off the ground (and I think we are about to see that happen), they wont just be another premium name in an army, they will be THE name. Nokia will be bringing the "iphone" and "SGS" power to WP7, and they will do it with a ton less competition which will garner them way more spotlight and praise.
Its a brilliant roll of the dice. Nokia gets full support from MS and preferential treatment, and Nokia gets their name in the spotlight.
If WP7 fails.. and it wont, nokia can always flip the switches over to android as a back up. So no matter what, nokia is in a good position.
17. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
i completely agree with you, except for the android part... there is no way nokia will be able to create an android phone if wp fails, and still recieve support... it will simply be too much
however, that is completely unnecessary to even think about as wp is going to become huge and nokia will be the frontrunner... if they keep this lumia at a 99 price point, it could become the huge hit they need... idk why but people get so caught up in initial price when that is actually only a small amount..
20. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
I bet dollars to donuts that Nokia has a back room where they are tweaking android just in case. Its not like it runs on special hardware. They are pretty much using S2 crapdragon chips at this point for the bulk of WP7 phones. They just need to procure some higher end chips, slap on some more ram and a bigger camera, and blamo, you have a high end android device.
But yea, I agree that it probably wont come to that.
5. tigermcm (Posts: 861; Member since: 02 Sep 2009)
are you being serious about this comment or just playing around to see the responses? If you're serious I cannot for the life of me understand why fandroids feel every manufactorer should be making android.
13. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Marketing is there to make the general public aware of what's going on. How many people would know about the latest apple product if it wasn't advertised every other commercial? How many normal consumers would know about the Galaxy Note unless they'd gone to a store and seen it, or seen an acquantance or passerby with it?
Nokia is making a resurgence in the US, and it has to make folks aware they're back with a vengeance, while utilizing brand awareness and, honestly, nostalgia for when folks had a basic Nokia handset and it worked reliably and took damage like nothing else and never dropped a call and had better reception than anyone else's phone.
3. andrew1953 (Posts: 176; Member since: 13 Nov 2011)
Very disappointed the 900 lumia doesn't have an expandable micro SD card. I need atleast 32GB -preferably 64GB.
6. hunted (Posts: 403; Member since: 21 Sep 2011)
dont worry hope we get added sd card slots with apollo phones
12. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
You get 25GB of free storage via Microsoft's SkyDrive, and you don't have to worry if your device gets stolen or lost
7. roscuthiii (Posts: 2346; Member since: 18 Jul 2010)
I think Nokia is being optimistic on that 80%... very optimistic. I think it'll be closer to 40%.
8. kcombs (Posts: 275; Member since: 15 Dec 2010)
I agree. Most of the employees get to choose the phone that use, unless their director tells them they have to carry a particular device, for marketing reasons.
19. torr310 (Posts: 1258; Member since: 27 Oct 2011)
it's not optimistic if you heard what Elop said about dual and quad cores are just waste of energy.
9. RichieRich379 (Posts: 21; Member since: 23 Mar 2012)
android sucks people buy it because,,its there,,,,.wp will surpass android within 2 years.
16. jellytime (Posts: 135; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
I don't think people buy Android phones because they are there.
If that was true then wp would have surpassed android months ago
23. parkwaydr (Posts: 572; Member since: 07 Sep 2011)
Wishful thinking....
10. nghtwng68 (Posts: 104; Member since: 26 Nov 2009)
Android OS like all the other mobile OS have their pros and cons. I love the fact that Nokia didn't jump on the Android bandwagon like the other manufacturers. They went against the grain to start fresh with new hardware designs and a newly adopted OS in WP.
Should be quite interesting. I love the WP OS, the smooth flow and the animations are very nice. With future versions of WP adopting customization, it will make for some very friendly competition for iOS and Android.
11. Joshing4fun (Posts: 1239; Member since: 13 Aug 2010)
There we go Nokia. Very smart. This is one of the key issues with windows phones; lack of attention. Not just on tv but in the stores. Now just get these babies on other carriers too!
15. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
This is exactly what i was yelling at the walls for MS to do last year when WP7 launched and everyone was scared of it. Get it in the reps hands. Once the reps start to like it, they will push it on customers like they do with iOS and Android. Peeps only sell what they know.
Good job Nokia. Continue this with the other carriers as well.
18. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
Does anyone even knows where Nokia even get those billions from? And would not buy a Windows phone
21. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
yea, they got a huge pile of cash from MS for being their premier provider and all the advertising money they needed.
22. RiseAgainst94 (Posts: 281; Member since: 03 Mar 2012)
Official release date will be announced tomorrow march 26


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your basing his potential on what you looked up the other night? im confused
your basing his potential on what you looked up the other night? im confused
#15...So good it had to be retired twice
ohh i had the wrong guy.. i mixed up ramos and petro.. dont ask me how i did that.... ramos looks like a decent player, and gets good production in garbage time
You missed my point if you're confused about my basing Ramos's potential on what I looked up the other day. Stats are stats, and they don't necessarily mean anything, so I wasn't basing it on what I looked up the other day. What I mean is Ramos seems alright from what I've read and seen since before last year's draft. That was all I meant to say. There are no Ewings, Mutombos, Shaqs, Mournings, or Olajuwons available, so I was just bringing another posibility to the table because he's one of the up and comers I really like, and I hadn't heard anyone say anything about him. The good garbage-time production he gets added to my exctitement about him. His height, his age, his weight, and his current and future Olympic/international experience are positives I looked at as well. I didn't even analyze if the trade would be possible and what I'd trade for him, but it's definitely not at all an impossible trade unless the Wizards are unwilling to part with a prospect. Anywyay, that's all for me on Peter John Ramos.
Do you think its is a possibility of drafting Gerald Green and Johan Petro
(Trade one of our pfs and our other 1st round draft pick to get a pick around 15 to draft petro)
Sign Stromile Swift or Dalembert or Damon Stoudamire if we can afford any of them
C-Johan Petro /possibly dalembert aswell
PF-Sweetney/possibly sign swift
SF-Gerald Green
SG-Jamal Crawford
PG-Stephon Marbury
I like nyk35's team. Realistic as well.
Its time for change!!!!!!!!
The only guy, out of those three, that we have a realistic shot at is Damon. Stro and Dalembert will get more than the MLE. No one wants any of our PFs. Their contracts are too big. A deal I could see happening is Kurt, the SA pick and a filler for Wally and their first rounder, if we really want Petro that bad.
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Lauryn Hill was released from a federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut. File photo courtesy Rick Taber/CNN
(CNN) -- Lauryn Hill walked free from a federal prison Friday and -- if she has her way -- back into the musical spotlight.
The Grammy-winning artist was released from a low-security all-female facility in Danbury, Connecticut, according to federal prison records. She'd been incarcerated for the past three months for failing to pay federal income taxes.
The 38-year-old still faces restrictions, though: three months of home confinement and a year of supervised probation. She'd also been ordered to pay penalties and the taxes she owed. Her lawyer, Nathan Hochman, said Hill has since fully paid her taxes.
Hochman confirmed his client left the western Connecticut prison, as well as the fact she started her home confinement and probation on Friday.
The singer got out several days earlier than planned due to various factors, "including good behavior," Hochman said.
On the same day of her release from prison, Hill released a new song called "Consumerism" -- a fast-moving track that puts the spotlight on various -isms, such as skepticism and narcissism -- via her official Tweeter feed. According to the linked page, "she wanted to get this music out while she was incarcerated, as it is a product of the space she was in while she was going through some of the challenges she has been faced with recently."
The former Fugees star and solo artist has sold 16 million albums over the course of her career. But she didn't meet her tax obligations all that time: Hill pleaded guilty last year to three counts of failing to file tax returns on more than $1.8 million between 2005 and 2007.
According to the prosecutor, the sentence she eventually faced also took "into account additional income and tax losses for 2008 and 2009 -- when she also failed to file federal returns -- along with her outstanding tax liability to the state of New Jersey, for a total income of approximately $2.3 million and total tax loss of approximately $1,006,517."
Despite her commercial success, Hill told U.S. Magistrate Judge Madeline Cox Arleo in May that she lives "very modestly" and claimed that most of the money from her music went to other people. Describing her "life of sacrifice with very little time for myself and my children," Hill insisted that she planned to pay her taxes, it was just a question of when.
But, at her sentencing, the judge reminded the singer that individual citizens don't get to decide when they pay the government.
CNN's Jane Caffrey contributed to this report.
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The federal funds will help pay for 19 miles of new welded rail, ties, ballast, and bridge upgrades that will raise speeds to 40 mph for freight (and 59 mph for passenger trains). The weight limit will rise from 263,000 pounds per car to 286,000 pounds. resulting in a competitive benefit for Vermont. Vermont is providing $7 million and the NECR, owned by RailAmerica, Inc., is contributing $3 million.
Said Parker, "This award checks off one of four steps needed to extend Amtrak's Vermonter to Montreal," said Parker. "Progress is happening on the other three items as well, thanks to Vermont House and Senate member] efforts and the work of the Agency of Transportation and Amtrak." St. Albans, Vt., has been Amtrak's northern terminus for the Vermonter since 1995, when the Montrealer's route was cut back.
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The facility opened July 10, 2005.
The Skelton Conference Center is part of The Inn at Virginia Tech. It offers a variety of meeting facilities, including a large ballroom that may be used in different configurations. Its distinctive clock tower makes it a campus landmark. Also part of the complex is the Holtzman Alumni Center.
William Epes and Margaret Groseclose Skelton
Skelton Conference Center honors the memory of William Epes "Bill" and Margaret Groseclose Skelton. Bill Skelton, a 1940 alumnus, worked for Virginia Tech from 1950 to 1979 as a state 4-H agent, director of 4-H programs, and director and dean of the Virginia Cooperative Extension. Margaret Skelton was a faculty member and director of the Cooperative Extension Family Resource Program in the College of Home Economics. Both Skeltons were charter members of the Ut Prosim Society and its President's Circle.
Building History
Map Grid: I-4
Building Number: 250B
Originally Built: 2005
Abbreviation: SCC
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Photographer's Note
More than just spectacular scenery, Jiuzhai Valley National Park is home to nine Tibetan villages, over 220 bird species as well as a number of endangered plant and animal species, including the giant panda, Sichuan golden monkey, the Sichuan takin and numerous orchids and rhododendrons.
Jiuzhai Valley is locally known as Jiuzhaigou (Chinese for Nine Village Valley). It is a national park located in the Min Shan mountain range, Northern Sichuan in South Western China. It is best known for its fabled blue and green lakes, spectacular waterfalls, narrow conic karst land forms and its unique wildlife. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992; the park joined the Man and Biosphere Conservation Network in 1997 and has also received IUCN and ISO 14,001 accreditations.
It is Chinas premier national park and is located at elevations ranging between 1,990m (6,529 feet) to 4,764m (15,630 feet) above sea level.
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Subhogen (4067) 2014-01-30 3:21
Hello Kamila,
Lovely view of beautiful nature. Love the colour of the water and those submerged rocks. The framing with the rock and the red tree is attractive. Like the sylvan surroundings around the lake as well. Wonderful nature! Excellent photo with vibrant colours, good clarity and bright light. Thanks for sharing.
jurek1951 (42198) 2014-01-30 3:39
Witaj Kamila,
natura w calej okazalosci,piekny pierwszy plan,super tlo,ladna naturalna kolorystyka,pozdrawiam
carlo62 (63111) 2014-01-30 4:03
Ciao Kamila
bellissimo paesaggio, acqua calma con splendidi riflessi.
La luce è molto bella, si vede anche dall'angolo di cielo blu.
Bella condivisione.
chrislo (4097) 2014-01-30 4:07
Hello Kamila,
What a beautiful landscape ! The place looks like an enchanted forest, specially with the lovely hues of the lake bed. The scene is nicely framed with the foreground rocks in the reflecting waters. The stillness of the lake conveys a very calm and peaceful feeling. The depth with the sharpness and the beautiful natural colours make a perfect composition. Well done.
Kind regards,
timecapturer (49288) 2014-01-30 4:14
Hi Kamila
an idyllic looking place and amazing greens in the waters here. Love your POV and the real sense of tranquillity that this image evokes so beautifully and effectively. Stunning!
Regards - B.
PaulVDV (37862) 2014-01-30 7:54
Hello Kamila,
Almost 15 years ago I've also visited Jiuzhaigou and I remember the Tibetan people, the high mountains and the wonderful colours that we could admire in the lakes and the rivers. Just like here on your picture with the water ranging from totally transparent to differents tones of green.
I was there in summer. You've visited Jiuzhaigou in november. So I guess that you had the opportunity to see it with beautiful autumn colours in the trees. Although of course there are many pine forests in the national park.
The light green curving line in the water is very good for an attractive composition.
We also see some beautiful reflections at the other side of the lake.
Best regards, Paul
aleXundar (1256) 2014-01-30 8:37
Hello Kamila,
Beautiful view of the lake with clear and tranquil water. A nice pov with the reddish tree in fg and the curve created by the lake. Clarity is exceptional, colors too.
Wonderful shot. Tfs.
With regards,
ikeharel (86530) 2014-01-30 9:24
A strange residue on the rocks under the transparent water surface, Kamila, and that gave a spexcial textureto the whole.
Looking across, a fine mirror of the trees, as a result of best daylight.
Well collected nature's scene.
emka (117079) 2014-01-30 10:02
cześć Kamilka, A więc dotarłaś do Jiuzhaigou! Nie wiem jak teraz, ale jak ja tam byłam to zachodnich turystów mozna bylo policzyć na palcach w masie tysięcy Chińczyków. Cóż za cudowne miejsce, te wioski tybetańskie, bębny modlitwne no i cudowna przyroda. Tak jak tu u Ciebie, prejrzystość tej wodu wprost niebywała no i co za kolor, chyba troche dzieki minerałom z lodowców. jesienia musialo wyglądac bajecznie, chociaż juz chyba troche liście opadły. Piekne zdjecie z tego fascynującego miejsca.
Pozdrawiam MAłgorzata
cornejo (52186) 2014-01-30 10:27
Hi Kamila, lovely view of this beautiful lake in this important national park, very well captured with a great pov with pretty good picture. Wonderful image of a lovely place, very good sharpness, depth and quality, great note too. Excellent job perfectly done, congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing this beautiful work.
Good night and happy rest of the week.
Warm greetings from southern Spain.
photoray (13981) 2014-01-30 11:39
Howdy Kamila,
Very attractive Nature scene with the clear water revealing multiple colors and textures, and the background forest rising above.
And a bonus with your informative note on the Jiuzhai Valley National Park
Earth can always use more national parks.
Good job,
m (0) 2014-01-30 12:40
Hi Kamila,
that's an idyllic place you found there.. I admire the clarity of the water and its emerald color. The dense dark green forest provides a most amazing background. A soft and sensual composition, my compliments.
Best wishes!
daddo (28656) 2014-01-30 13:45
Hi Kamila. Wonderful sight. Reminds me of when I met some Chinese tourists in Plitvice Nat. Park in Croatia which has the same colous of its lakes and karst everywhere. They were happy to be there but insisted that their park was much bigger and lovelier. Maybe. Love the composition with so many elements and great DOF. Regards. Klaudio.
npecanhuk (79319) 2014-01-30 14:45
Hello Kamila!
Beautiful place and picture!
I specially enjoy the colors and clarity of that water!
Sharpness, exposure, colors, horizontal format, black & white borders, chosen pov and composition are all excellent!
TFS - congrats,
ricardomattos (9364) 2014-01-30 16:34
Hello Kamila,
What a beauty of place! You got a perfect image with wonderful colors and clarity. It seems to be a peaceful place. I love this emerald lake.
abmdsudi (65395) 2014-01-30 23:16
Hi Kamila
A tranquil shot all in good harmony with lots of fine elements to enjoy and well worked to bring out the glorious colours, the crystal clear blue water in particular is awesome followed by good mix of colors of the lush trees and clarity is superb. A well thought out compo pleasantly executed, Congrats.
Best regards
Silvio1953 (164745) 2014-01-31 6:42
Ciao Kamila, great view of lovely place, fascinating reflections, excellent clarity, splendid light and wonderful colors, very well done my friend, ciao Silvio
rychem (50979) 2014-01-31 8:25
Co za spokój ! Marze o takiej atmosferze, piękny naturalny krajobraz, ciekawy kolor wody i kamieni na pierwszym planie, piękne zdjęcie
pajaran (73353) 2014-01-31 9:28
Dobro vece.
Interesantan i dobar tekst o Nacionalnom parku, sa opisom ...
Lep pogled ...
Dobar snimak, kontrast i perspektiva, lepo pokazano mesto i trenutak, lepe boje.
Lepa priroda.
Prijatno vece i lepa noc, sve najbolje za vikend, srecno.
Good evening.
Interesting and good article about the National Park, with a description ...
Nice view ...
Good picture, contrast and perspective, nice place and shown the moment, pretty colors.
Beautiful nature.
Have a nice evening and night, all the best for the weekend, good luck.
Romano46 (18472) 2014-01-31 10:05
Ciao Kamila
immagino che il tuo viaggio in Cina sia stata per te una bella esperienza, tanto più che non si è limitato alla sola città di Pechino ma sia sia esteso ad altre regioni.
Anche questo luogo appare straordinario per la chiarezza delle acque ed i colori del sito.
Alla bella composizione si associa la tua solita cura del colore e della definizione.
Ciao e buon fine settimana
fabbs99 (17179) 2014-01-31 22:02
Hello Kamila,
Nice image from Jiuzhai Valley National Park , sharp with good details, well saturated colors and nice composition. Well done.TFS.
Janusz1974 (2794) 2014-02-01 3:40
Czesc Kamila,
Piêkne zdjêcie. Podoba mi siê spokój jaki bije z tego zdjêcia. No i ta przestrzeñ jakby wogóle nietkniêta przez cz³owieka.
jhm (169810) 2014-02-01 6:26
Hello Kamila,
We get almost never pictures out of China, this is a very quiet place.
It water with big stones in foreground and vegetation make these picture very attractive.
Excellent depth and perspective.
Also your light and composition are perfect taken.
Very well done, TFS.
Have a nice weekend,
mohammad_H (10174) 2014-02-01 7:05
Very lovely and eye-catching landscape
To capture the best angles
Spectacular and good resolution
Have a good evening, and every moment of life, enjoy
Fis2 (117271) 2014-02-01 8:27
Witaj Kamila!
Piekny krajobraz.
Ladnie skomponowany kadr.
Kolor wody tutaj robi wrazenie.
Dobra praca.
Milej niedzieli.
Nicou (162404) 2014-02-01 21:56
quelle iamge et vue sueprbe quel plan d'eau clame avec la belle végétation totale pureté de l'eau sueprbe compo et vue.
Beau dimanche et merci.
Cricri (135480) 2014-02-01 23:11
Hi Kamila
Endroit de charme et de beauté, son coté sauvage, la transparence et les reflets dans l'eau, bien cadrer sous une sublime lumière, très jolie
Beau dimanche
subhendu_bagchi (26091) 2014-02-01 23:15
wow, what a view! You got a nice frame and an incredible depth by f/11. Great to see the reflected image in such mirror lake. Lovely colours and perfect light. Excellent composition with the stones in foreground. Tfs.
krzychu30 (15512) 2014-02-02 8:37
Czesc Kamila,
swietnie dla odmiany zobaczyc inna strone Chin-przyroda jest naprawde piekna!
Do tego znakomicie pokazana w twoim kadrze.
Ta krystaliczna woda,jak rowniez swiatlo tworza tutaj bardzo nastrojowa kompozycje.
Pozdrawiam serdecznie
tatadalou (7459) 2014-02-03 14:57
Hello Kamila,
A nice pic full of beautiful colours, principally the nuances of blue-greens in the water. Excellent sharpness.
mvdisco (17798) 2014-02-03 16:35
Hi Kamila, bonjour,
Lovely landscape well presented and composed with great tone of naturel colors and light,
Nice details and point of view,
Beautiful contrast too,
mkamionka (43379) 2014-02-05 12:08
Czesc Kamila,
wspaniala kompozycja z bardzo dobrze przemys;anym pierwszym planem. Mnostwo tu roznego rodzaju ksztaltow i kolorow, najbardziej uderza ta ciekawa zielen ktora kojarzy mi sie ze zwiazkami miedzi ale to chyba nie one gdyz sa bardzo toksyczne...
Czy widzialas pande?
W ogole bardzo ladne kolory z blekitnym niebem w rogu.
Bardzo interesujaca podroz, nie brakowalo w niej pieknej architektury ale rowniez fascynujacej przyrody.
adores (46495) 2014-02-27 15:52
Hi Kamila!
I've seen photos of this park before, it's just fantastic. I like the composition and specially the tonalities and textures that you captured through the clear water. A good composition and great colours!
Waylim (25436) 2014-03-01 15:41
Hello Kamila,
Beautiful photo of this very special place. There are many Chinese tourist here, but not very many Westerners here. Very few. I was here with my Swiss Partners and he is the only white person here. I love this area and wish I can return one day.
Excellent photo quality and you captured the clear water very well with all the details under the water as well. You're were a bit late for the fall color but there still some nice warm tone to the whole landscape, and in the winter, the air is much clearer here and not much rain. thanks you, brings back lot of memories for me. I should post some more photo from here.
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Joba amused by controversy
Hurler intent on pitching whenever called upon
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
In his first comments since Steinbrenner opined that the Yankees should move the 22-year-old fire-balling reliever to the rotation as soon as possible -- a stance he later softened -- an amused Chamberlain said that he is ready to go along with the organization's evolving plans for him, whatever they may be.
"[I want to be] a pitcher," Chamberlain said. "I honestly don't care [what role]. Being able to help this team in any way, I don't care if it's for one inning or six or seven strong. It's a win-win opportunity for everyone involved."
Following Steinbrenner's comments to multiple media outlets, in which the Yankees' co-chairman said that he wanted Chamberlain as a starter and the organization would work toward that, Steinbrenner and general manager Brian Cashman spoke in a telephone conversation and insist that they are -- and have been -- on the same page.
The debate is a good one. Chamberlain was a dominant starting pitcher in college and at the Minor League level before he was promoted to the Major Leagues last August to help the Yankees' faltering bullpen. Chamberlain did not disappoint, posting a 0.38 ERA in 19 appearances and playing a key role in helping the Yankees reach the postseason.
This season, Chamberlain has made six appearances for New York, allowing one run in 6 1/3 innings for a 1.42 ERA. He has struck out eight while scattering five hits, walking two and logging a victory on April 3 vs. Toronto.
"As I told Cashman from the get-go, I'm never going to make his decision easy," Chamberlain said. "It's something that I'm going to continue to work hard and come to the ballpark every day. If it comes down to when I'm going to get switched and I've got to do some things to get ready, then that's fine. If I'm going to stay where I'm at, then that's fine too."
The Yankees prepared Chamberlain as a starting pitcher for a good chunk of Spring Training this year, but, with five healthy starters near the close of camp, transitioned Chamberlain back into his setup role for closer Mariano Rivera. Chamberlain said that he does not believe his switch to relieving has affected his future starting potential.
"You still continue to get all your work in, as far as getting all your pitches," Chamberlain said. "I don't think it hurt me at all. Definitely you understand the different mentalities it takes to be successful at both levels. Sometimes that's the hardest part, being able to change mentally. Physically, it's the same thing, but mentally it becomes harder."
Steinbrenner said that the Yankees intend to have Chamberlain in their rotation by the end of the year, something they shied away from -- in part -- because Chamberlain is on a strict innings limit that is believed to be close to 140. Cashman has stated that there is no way Chamberlain could start for six months in the Yankees rotation without reaching that innings limit and being shut down.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi said that he would not speculate on if or when Chamberlain would or could be available to be added to the rotation.
"We've had a plan since when I got here in November," Girardi said. "We talked about it over the winter and Spring Training. I just know what the plan is now. It's an organizational plan. Who knows where we're going to be in June, July, August, September?
"All I'm going to say today is, we have a plan in place today for Joba and we're sticking to our plan. He's in our bullpen today. I'm not concerned about two weeks from now, I'm not concerned about six weeks from now. I'm worried about today."
Chamberlain traveled ahead to Chicago on Monday and, though he tries to keep the television off on an off-day, said he learned of Steinbrenner's comments when numerous friends called him to let him know of the ongoing media wildfire.
"I'll be out there giving people something to talk about," Chamberlain said. "It'll be interesting to see what happens and what takes place. Just to be on this team and to be thought of in one role or the other is definitely good."
Bryan Hoch 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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5th September 2013
Costa del Sol
What to do and see in Málaga province in September 2013
If you plan to come to Málaga and Costa del Sol in September, here you can find useful information about upcoming festivals and cultural events. Pedro Romero Festival in Ronda During the first week of September, Ronda holds the Pedro Romero Festival – the only event in the world dedicated to a bullfighter. The festival has undergone renovation, with more activities in town, in the context of the day fair. The main attraction, however, is the traditional Goyesque Bullfight. Festival of Moorish moon in Guaro During the first two weekends in September, Guaro becomes a meeting point for the lovers […]


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Chicago examiner s-hursday november 2 1916 pfiph^v>pv v vv wser insultts net thwway to es<h£e ivor/^rhukasttstperson the high cost elevator more truth than poetry by james j montague dreams upon a dingy little cot a little fellow lay and watched the shadows on the wall that loomed across the way and though to folk like you and me the wall was bleak and # bare he saw a rainbow-lighted wood and fairies dancing there and from his face there fell away the cruel lines of pain as he beheld the goblins leap among the golden grain and watched the bright-hued butterflies that flashed among the flowers all dreams but dreams that made him glad for many happy hours jtnd often when the twilight fell beyond the rusty bars j i that framed his cage he saw an elf flit round to light the stars a queer and crooked little elf who turned first left then right and zig-zagged through the milky way till all of it was bright and starry paths to happiness he saw where you and i could only see faint points of light upon a gloomy sky ah dreams they were — but dreams devised with magic childish art that shuts despair forever from a gallant little heart tt nd then there came the last good-night when two small j i weary eyes no more could watch across the gloom to see the starlit skies when others looked upon the wall and found it bleak and cold and never guessed that once it gleamed with rose and green and gold when there beside a dingy cot a mother bowed her head and strangers hurried through the halls with soft and noise less tread but somewhere out in fairyland among the rainbow dew a little soul knew happiness — the dreams had all come true the sharp crack of a rifle etc among the trees the bullets whizz and bitter woe betide the luckless deer which really is an adirondack guide the only chance we can of course make an ally of mexico if we care to employ the same means used by great britain in mak ing an ally of greece good hunting the news that england is about to launch a 40,000-ton warship ought to be an inspiration to every german submarine commander be thankful you can get one at any price at the present rates a fairly satis factory thanksgiving dinner can be had for about 10 a plate vote against the man who did it wilson has kept us out of war but wilson or somebody has also kept us out of three square meals a day in his defense let it be said we are holding no brief in the interest of teddy but this much is glaringly vividly plain there is no other hombre who's able and ready to put any pep in the present cam paign one shining exception when sam blythe asserts that every native of indiana is a natural born politician he seems to have for gotten albert jeremiah beveridge he approaches it every once in a while if mr wilson isn't very careful he may forget his promise before the end of the campaign and make a political speech wanted — a few million belligerents the trouble with the present cam paign is that about half the voters are neutral stars and stripes no wonder shoes have had to increase in price with this classical dancing busi ness knocking the demand to smither eens jesse james used to interfere consider ably with the united states mails but he never excused his act as j bull does one and one abe — did you get the opera score pandora — yeah they were lied in the jbhuic of the ili...i it activities of women the new countess of sandwich for merly miss alberta sturgis the daughter of a Chicago banker is scarcely known in her native country countess nada torby who i recently married prince george of battenburg wears her engagement ring on the third finger of her right hand and also wears her wedding ring there in accordance with the russian custom three years older than sarah bern hardt and still playing is the record of miss hedwig bejiuger who recently ap peared in a benefit performance for her self at the german theater in milwau kee with which she has been connected as leading woman for thirty-six years lady arthur paget who is organizing an international scheme to collect 5,000 000 in order to provide permanent homes in france and england for soldiers blinded in the war is an american and the wife of general arthur paget she was introrjuced to her husband by the late king edward and married him after a month's tquaititancc the folly of crime by herbert kaufman krime is beyond doubt the least lucrative occupation to begin vith stolen goods can only be sold in certain markets the fence nat urally takes advantage of circum stances and pays a ridiculous fraction df actual value when years of penal servitude are considered and the sum total of earn ings during such periods added to these precarious gleanings the aver age income from a criminal career is less than that from the lowest form 3f menial labor in brief crooks work harder get less out of life undergo more suffer ing and deprivation than any class of people no thief ever continued his calling and died in comfort the most notori ous felons spent their last days in out rageous poverty nobody can accomplish much with his hands tied wrong is such a hand icap and offers so few opportunities that native ability however remark able is shackled and discounted by knavery it stands to reason that an individ ual can go farther with the good-will df the community than its opposition cop-fright 1916 bt herbert kaufman what has roumania to gain in this war i by john oliver la garce li in a bulletin issued by the national geographic society tew states in history have been called to such momentous decisions as roumania faced when it plunged boldy into the niagara of blood and car nage that has rolled down over europe for these two long years but both hope and fear beckoned the roumanians — the hope of a greater rou mania and the fear of a strangled home land in the whirlpool of racial rivalries of southeastern europe — where roman and goth hun and slav magyar and mon gol with all of their descendant peoples have run over one another and have been run over in turn — fate left the roumanians in the majority in a terri tory of more than 90,000 square miles it scattered more than 12,000,000 of them over these lands — more than 7,000 000 in roumania itself and some 5,000 000 elsewhere in bessarabia a prov ince of 17,000 miles and 2,600,000 popu lation belonging to russia two-thirds of the people are roumanians in tran sylvania the eastern part of hungary a land of 21,000 square miles and having a population of 2,500,000 60 per cent roumania claims are roumanians in bukowina an austrian crownland of 4,000 square miles and 1,000,000 popula tion more than half are said to be rou manians fa j if tt nd so 12,000,000 people yearn for a re jt stored roumania — all ethnographic roumania under the flag of political roumania if their country remained neutral they reasoned there would be no chance of such a happy result but if hope of a reunited roumanla appealed greatly to the roumanian the fear of strangulation if not extinction turned the scale positively to the cause of the allies * •*> * just what this fear was and how it obsessed roumanian statesmen can be imagined from a plea made just be fore the war by a roumanian advocate if an unfriendly russia should gain control of constantinople as a result of an entente allies victory said this writer it would inevitably mean ' the strangulation of roumania bulgaria has her outlet on the aegean serbia so this prophet argued would no doubt be rewarded for her suffering by a port on the adriatic but roumania would re main dependent upon the will of the great bear astride the dardanelles with the fruition of her hopes and the dissipation of her fears both seemingly on one side there seemed to be but one horn to roumania's dilemma transylvania has a geographical rath er than a political existence it is a part of hungary although it is almost as much separated from ' geographic hun gary as the great plateau west of the rockies is separated from the missis sippi valley it is the great highland region which forms the western slope of the transylvania alps and the southern slope of the southeastern carpathians r r r trom the standpoint of material value bessarabia would be worth more to roumania than transylvania it is one of the richest provinces of russia and with the pruth on the one side and the dnie ster on the other it is ideally watered no place within its boundaries being more than fortv miles from a navigable stream kishinef which is remembered with horror as the scene of the frightful jewish massacre a few years ago ia its capital the southeastern corner of the province lies only a dozen miles or so from the great black sea port of odessa — the new york of southern russia bukowina ii an austrian crownland traversed by offshoots of the carpa thians and famous for its horses and cattle it has diany fine forests numer ous rich mint s and its people have been thrifty and industrious it has belonged to austria for nearly a century and a half having been ceded to that country by tur!*ey in itil^i^s populated by a con^-a-gfl r^fe|:i the kf.vxu i the civic challenge of a splendid record ' by john temple graves i che greatest state's attorney of the united states has his official life in balance upon the judgment of his people the verdict of tuesday's ballot will bear the approval or condemnation of consummate service and measure the ap preciation or the apathy of a great elec torate maclay hoyne has far less at stake in this issue than the voters that are to judge him 1 . the man may easily find a softer and far more profitable work but where — where shall the people find such a state's attorney whitman in new york and joseph folk in missouri went to the governor's chair and faced a presidential nomina tion upon official services not half so fearless and effective as chicago's dauntless champion of the criminal law within the thirteen years of his of ficial life from 1903 to 1916 hoyne has vindicated every pledge of his office saved the city millions of dollars made safer the bulwarks of life and property in Chicago and struck more terror to the hearts of public and private thieves than any official the state has known he won his spurs in 1905 — at the age of thirty-two — when fighting three great firms of corporation lawyers he forced the telephone companies to reduce their rates from 10 cents to 5 compelled the restitution to the city of 300,000 and a refund to the subscribers of past ex cessive charges to the amount of 600 000 in his first great battle he poured into the civic treasury twenty times the total of his salary for five times the aggregate years of a natural life he fought the gas companies into a reduction of gas from 85 cents to 70 cents and saved to consumers a million dollars a year he fought the arson trust and in surance thieves to a standstill drove scores of firebugs and plundering ad justers out of Chicago into joliet re duced fire losses 4,000,000 a year and insurance premiums on some classes of insurance by 33 1-3 per cent he drove barney bertsche and charles crane of the infamous clairvoyant trust from Chicago to the penitentiary sent the wire tapper trust and the pick pocket trust and the burglary trust in groups to the penitentiary convicted and jailed 1,900 felons 42,000 misdemeanors and 1,700 gunmen in three and one-fourth years and then after these triumphant and tremendous jabors not resting for a day undaunted and unfatigued he laid the shining lance of the law in rest and charged fearlessly an'i odenly upon the intrenched citadel of segment of police and detectives he branded and now brands a of thieves and is fighting them aow i this moment with unrelenting and fear less vigor even amid the ba ballots which is to decide his official fa e citizens of Illinois — citizens of any other state — search the annals of le a service against an outraged lav i.cd equal or surpass if you can the shii ing record of state's attorney maclay ho ne this man is pulsed with a positive genius for the public service he is a born terror to the crimina elem nt of this great and growing n<-tropol in the faith of his presbyterian forefathers he was predestined from the foundation of the world to save Chicago from her thieves and criminals maclay hoyne is a fighter every inch of him — from a race of fighters before him — a grandson of fighting tom hoyne a pioneer of Chicago he is irish in his fighting foundation mixed with the persistency of the scotch mac lays the fiery dash of the virginia temples i have discovered the strawberry mark on his left arm all tempered in the breath and the brawn of this tremendous west the man is without fear moral or physical he has put his life in pawn a dozen times against the city's weal he is without malice his eyes are brown and at times bravely tender he smiles gently into the face of the crim inal while he sends him to gallows or the cell he does not love money his prede cesssors in the office of state's attorney have pocketed every year hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees without pro test and apparently with public consent but maclay hoyne of his own volition has emptied every dollar of his mighty volume of fees back into the public treasury every year written a law com pelling his successors to do likewis-e and contented himself with the balary of his office which is less by 5,000 a ■ear than a half dozen offers he has hid within his present term do you know another state's attorney who ha done that fellow citizens of Chicago just one thoughtful concluding word villi ycu can you lay your hand upon a man ipi or out of Chicago — in or out of the list of candidates — whom you can reall-j trust to equal or to approximate t n m public service record of maclay hoyhijß shall thi.s man finish his niagniajhs fl or will any little partisan baljfl short s p totljgmmm vmanent tariff unmissiona real mmocratic reform ima and the bad things which the wilson admin ould not neglect to give the administration due tent of a permanent tariff commission tep toward progress it will accomplish two id to take the tariff out of politics and to give ific tariff than either party has ever been able lence of politics and of tariff beneficiaries who s campaign fund the principle of protection or in the principle e of a tariff for revenue only you cannot doubt tariff has had one very serious evil influence y the tariff discussion began seriously about a-sawed jibbed and luffed ever since without lement y national campaign in the last hundred years uption funds of false issues of untniths of magogues from generation to generation the by the high tariff beneficiaries that a high l to the workingmen and yet in the industries it protection the workingmen receive the very the industries which receive no protection the wages ivocates of free trade have had the effrontery can working-men can always compete with the in the production of articles at an equal cost ingmen of the country untruths and both sides results which follow the wholesale misrepre latically uttered to the voters moreover the a worse influence upon our public affairs than rce of lying and hypocrisy and demagogy it npaigns to divert public attention from other sen settled upon their merits without the dis ng the tariff it has acted upon the public lestions in the campaigns of the last hundred : iron acts upon the needle of a compass when lence nace for many an election would have settled d it right if the voters had not been prejudiced f the tariff question like a red herring across n consequent upon the political discussion of joliticians in congress acting under the pulling ts for a hundred years we have had business f after it became known that congress was l'f again ongress and a business depression followed the would say that it was because the tariff had i times republican congress was about to monkey with wed the democratic orators free traders tariff eclare that the trouble lay in the fact that the consumer was being outrageously taxed hat business depression followed the mere un tion a difference in tariff might make all the business man's profits the business man not know what the prices are going to be to w what the price will be to-morow if he does ing to be to-morrow when he slows down on insiness with him have to slow down in their lown on their business then all who do business . on their business and so on in geometrical die the whole country feels the effect of the have business depression and hard times it th the actual tariff schedules it is merely a ertainty in business commission of experts such as the congress at ent wilson has established may be expected the business men will understand that the time to time by imperceptible gradations to untry and competing countries in the cost of id pay such a tariff as will exactly compensate erence between the cost of production in this iges and the cost of production in a foreign tandard of wages in that country rican industries should receive and no more to pay for the losses of mismanagement or our industrial corporations 5 with commodities affected by the protective e he stands and can calculate upon the future distract his forecasts he will know that to tter into a condition under which an excessive il inefficient management to earn a profit at and he will know the next day that too low or him into a condition in which he cannot carry economical and efficient his management may t will no longer be profitable for him to permit cians for campaign funds jior will it be profit ob the honor of a party and of public men by ads for the purpose of obtaining excessive and greatest source of political corruption outside itions taken out of politics a*ai the greate^j depression outside of the bad^^kkin£-*^tf istration to its credit has also flßamflgßfisß de no longer a menace to legit public service
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Report Finds 42,000 Turtles Harvested Each Year by Legal Fisheries
Conservation awareness for sea turtles has made great progress recently, however the species are still under threat. Not only are hundreds of thousands of sea turtles killed each year from bycatch and illegal fishing but, in many coastal communities, sea turtles are considered a food source. Despite having spiritual or mythological importance, human populations consume both turtle eggs and meat.
A new study conducted by Blue Ventures Conservation and staff at the University of Exeter's Centre for Ecology and Conservation has found that 42 countries or territories around the world still permit the harvest of marine turtles – and estimates that more than 42,000 turtles are caught each year by these fisheries.
This research is the first to comprehensively review the number of turtles currently taken within the law and assess how this compares to other global threats to the creatures.
Frances Humber of Blue Ventures and a PhD student at the University of Exeter, who led the research, said: "This is the first study to comprehensively review the legal take of turtles in recent years, and allows us to assess the relative fisheries threats to this group of species. Despite increased national and international protection of marine turtles, direct legal take remains a major source of mortality. However, it is likely that a fraction of current marine turtle mortality take is legal, with greater threats from illegal fisheries and bycatch."
The researchers collated data for all seven species of marine turtles from over 500 publications and 150 in-country experts.
They estimate that currently more than 42,000 marine turtles are caught each year legally, of which over 80% are green turtles. Legal fisheries are concentrated in the wider Caribbean region, including several of the UKs Overseas Territories, and the Indo-Pacific region, with Papua New Guinea, Nicaragua and Australia together accounting for almost three quarters of the total.
The data indicates that since the 1980s more than 2 million turtles have been caught, although current levels are less than 60% of those in the 1980s.
Illegal fishing also continues to be a major cause of mortality, with the researchers estimating a minimum of 65,000 turtles taken from Mexico alone since the year 2000. The scale of global illegal capture is likely to be severely underreported due to the difficulties collecting information on such an activity.
The article, 'So Excellent a Fishe: A global overview of legal marine turtle fisheries' is published in the journal Diversity and Distributions.
Read more at the University of Exeter.
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Evolution Helps Lower Operating Costs
Credit unions are in a tight spot. The pressure is on to lower their operating costs and run as efficiently as possible. At the same time, members want enhanced services to meet their busy on-the-go banking needs.
So what can credit unions do to provide both operating cost reduction and superior member services?
Invest in technology
Specifically, invest in branch transformation technology. With investments in new branch transformation technology, including kiosks, video tellers and cash recyclers, credit unions can reduce operating costs, allow existing branches to repurpose staffing, and create new branches with smaller footprints and correspondingly lower building and staffing costs.
Don't get overwhelmed
Branch transformation doesn't have to be overwhelming. The concept may sound daunting: budgeting for capital investment, planning for branch down time during installation, communicating changes to members, but it doesn't have to be. In reality, branch transformation encompasses a suite of technology solutions from hardware to software that can be done in a systematic and modular approach, incorporating cost-saving technology into your branch based on your objectives and budget. A better way to think of it might be branch evolution.
Invest for the future
As banking evolves so should the technology within a branch. Customers are looking for instant gratification, which means shorter wait times and faster transactions. Investing in cash recyclers within a branch can automate teller transactions at the counter and allow tellers to spend more time with member interactions and less time with currency transactions. This is beneficial in two ways, first, the wait time for members is significantly reduced and second, tellers have more time to sell new products and services.
Whether the initial investment includes cash recyclers, digital kiosks or automated video tellers one thing is clear, banking is evolving and financial institutions need to evolve as well. A long-term investment in bank transformation technology will ensure future efficiencies including lower overhead and increased revenue from new members and upsells to current members.
Serve members better
On the service side, branch transformation allows members access to teller services 24/7 (no more bankers' hours), and automating transactions saves them considerable time when visiting the branch. In addition to lowering operating costs and improving member services, branch transformation technology is also a way for credit unions to differentiate themselves to their members. Offering better service through technology can help credit unions attract new members.
Branch transformation or branch evolution is a win-win for both the credit union and its members. For the credit union, this technology is a cost-saving investment that will allow them to optimize staffing levels, interact more with and provide added value to members. Members see it as added convenience and services for them, with greater access to technology to complete their banking needs so that they can get on with their day.
Susan Napier is president/CEO of Financial Technology Solutions International Inc. She can be reached at 818-241-9571 or email@example.com.


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Review: World Series DVD
The 2006 World Series Highlights DVD is a must for every Cardinal fan's DVD collection. Watching it now, 4 months later, it's still just as exhilarating as it was live. You don't really need to splurge for the complete box set of all the world series games, when this DVD includes all the highlights of the Cardinals' amazing 2006 playoff run, with insightful commentary from just about everyone involved. There are a lot of great soundbites from La Russa, Jocketty, Eckstein, Preston Wilson, Edmonds, etc. Footage of the victory celebration caps off the video.
The narration by Billy Bob Thornton isn't anything special, but I guess we have a limited choice of celebrity Cardinal fans. While I've never quite been able to warm up to Billy Bob since the days when he was wearing a vial of Angelina's blood around his neck, I can admit he does sound like a true Cardinal fan who understands and appreciates the game.
The DVD just runs about an hour long, but it also includes some fun extras, like the final out from the 1982 world series, clips of key plays from the 2006 playoffs, and an amusing This Week in Baseball piece about Leyland's and La Russa's friendship from back in 1991.
It's the perfect DVD to watch to get fired up for the 2007 campaign!