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Phil Harrison • Page 3
Harrison takes over MGS Europe, but not Molyneux's job
Former PlayStation front-man Phil Harrison has joined Microsoft as head of its European Games Studios following the departure of Peter Molyneux, but Microsoft has insisted he hasn't replaced the Lionhead legend.
Harrison: Crunch time so last century, F2P the future
Former Sony Worldwide Studios head Phil Harrison had a lot to say at Develop this week, giving hardware cycles and crunch time the flick, and highlighting free to play as the future of the industry.
Sony initially wanted LBP to launch as a free-to-play title
Media Molecule co-founder Alex Evans said during a panel at Develop this morning that at one time, Sony wanted the firm's LittleBigPlanet to launch as a free-to-play title.
Media Molecule-Harrison keynote to headline Develop
Develop organisers have announced that the opening keynote of the event, a chat with LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule and ex-SCE WWS head Phil Harrison, will be the main headliner later this month. Harrison, who first brought the company to Sony's attention, will interview co-founders Alex Evans, Mark Healey and Kareem Ettouney for a session called […]
Former Sony Executive predicts Apple could "be" the games industry
Phil Harrison, former head of Sony's Worldwide Studios, has predicted the death of physical media and said if Apple continues as it is, it "will be the games industry".
Phil Harrison and Robin Kaminsky join Gaikai advisory board
Gaikai has announced the appointments of Phil Harrison and Robin Kaminsky to its advisory board.
Phil Harrison invests in Finnish developed RPG Gunshine
Former Atari and Sony head Phil Harrison has invested in a Finnish developed browser based co-op RPG called Gunshine.
Phil Harrison believes it will be a "difficult challenge" for PS3 to match PS2's sales
Sony's former head of Worldwide Studios, Phil Harrison, believes Sony has a tough road ahead if its to expect PS3 to match PS2's record-breaking sales.
Bushnell rejoins Atari as Harrison, Gardner, Bozek resign
Atari's announced its founder Nolan Bushnell has rejoined the company on its board of directors.
London Games Conference to "tackle biggest issues facing publishers and developers today"
Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and the Shadow Minister for Culture have each been announced to speak at the London Games Conference on October 27 at BAFTA. According to the press release, the conference "will tackle the biggest issues facing publishers and developers today: How to strengthen relationships with their playing customers and how to sell products […]
Phil Harrison becomes Atari non-executive director
Phil Harrison's role as president of Infogrames is done and dusted, Atari said in a statement this morning. "Because of a shift of business operations to the US, Phil Harrison will move from the role of President to that of non-executive Director of the Group," said the firm. "As all Board members, he will continue […]
GDC 2009: Wright, Harrison and Pardo confirmed for Perry's Luminaries Lunch
It's so on. VG247 has learned this morning that Will Wright, Warren Spector, Neil Young, Rob Pardo and Phil Harrison are all confirmed for Dave Perry's Luminaries Lunch at GDC next month. The chat takes place on March 25 at 1.00pm PST. The inaugural event at last year's GDC bore witness to some spectacular quotes […]
Harrison pushed for God of War 2 on PS3
God of War 2 director Cory Barlog has admitted in a 1UP interview that Phil Harrison questioned the wisdom of putting God of War 2 on PS2 instead of PS3, a tactic endorsed by now head of worldwide studios at Sony, Shuhei Yoshida. The full quote: Shuhei was handling a lot of the projects through […]
Harrison: I want to prove Kotick wrong over Ghostbusters
Phil Harrison's told MCV he wants to prove Bobby Kotick was wrong to dump Terminal Reality's Ghostbusters when Activision merged with Blizzard. "What Bobby, perhaps unhelpfully said, was that those games were franchises which wouldn't make $100m of revenue and generate sequels," said the Atari boss. "If that's his benchmark, then fine – and we'd […]
Harrison: PSP's still "vibrant"
Atari boss – nee Sony Worldwide Studios head – Phil Harrison's told Eurogamer that PSP's still the place the be. "There is no doubt that PSP is a very vibrant platform from a hardware perspective and I think Sony has recently made some good moves into opening up online distribution for software on PSP, so […]
Harrison: Home is "brilliantly realised"
Speaking to Eurogamer at Atari Live in London this week, company boss former Sony studios head Phil Harrison said he thought his former firm had succeeded in its aims with Home. The development team had "brilliantly realised their ambitions," he said, and predicted that Sony "will have a very successful platform". Harrison also tipped his […]
Watch the entire Atari Live keynote, with special guest stars, Phil and David
We weren't there – Mrs Pat's the most pregnant woman in the world – but now we can all see Phil Harrison and David Gardner deliver the Atari Live keynote from London this week right here. There's a video of the entire thing, kicking off with a showreel of upcoming product and Gardner telling the […]
Harrison: Next generation will never use physical media
Speaking to Edge at Atari Live in London this week, company boss Phil Harrison has predicted that the upcoming generation will never use a disc. For anything. "There's a generation of kids being born today and probably already alive who I'm pretty confident will never buy a physical media product," he said. "They will never […]
Atari: Second hand sales "extremely painful" for the industry
Talking at yesterday's Atari Live event in London, Atari CEO David Gardner explained that secondhand sales have been damaging for the gaming industry. "Secondhand game sales represent consumer choice and desire," he said. "Obviously, it has economically been extremely painful for the industry… the publishers don't benefit. "But as games change and they become more […]
Atari press releases The Witcher for consoles
Just in case there was any doubt about CD Projekt's The Witcher coming to consoles, Atari press released the 360 and PS3 versions this afternoon. Both are out next autumn. "The creative vision and dedication to the quality of the player experience that CD Projekt RED bring to the Witcher games is extraordinary, and it's […]
Phil Harrison latest
"Going from concept to production in one jump" is why concepts fail, says Harrison
Harrison: Sony took "absolutely the right decision" in LBP recall
Rumour: Looming PS4 cycle was real reason for Harrison's departure from Sony
Harrison won't commit to Alone in the Dark PS3 Home and Trophy support
Interview: Phil Harrison on Alone in the Dark and life after Sony
Phil Harrison's first speech as Infogrames president – video
Harrison gives first speech as Infogrames head, talks excitement at "future"
Harrison isn't joining a "broken down old company", says Gardner
Phil Harrison: "You shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet"
That was the news – Week 8, 2008: Unconvincing GDC governed by two main themes: flux and fear


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This study is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA), the aging program within ICPSR. NACDA is sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Heath (NIH).
Midlife in the United States (MIDUS 1) National Study of Daily Experiences (NSDE), 1996-1997 (ICPSR 3725)
Principal Investigator(s): Almeida, David M., Pennsylvania State University. Department of Human Development and Family Studies
The National Study of Daily Experiences (NSDE) is one of the in-depth studies that are part of the MacAuthur Foundation National Survey of Midlife in the United States (MIDUS). The purpose of the NSDE is to examine the day-to-day lives, particularly the daily stressful experiences, of a subsample of MIDUS respondents. Although previous daily diary research has advanced understanding of daily stress processes, there are important limitations in these studies that are addressed in the NSDE. First, previous studies in this area have relied on small and often unrepresentative samples that limit the ability to generalize findings. For this reason, the NSDE uses a large national sample of adults in the United States. Second, previous studies of individual differences in exposure and reactivity to daily events have typically examined only one source of variability, such as personality, to the exclusion of others. The NSDE corrects this problem by utilizing the data collected in the larger MIDUS survey on a wide array of sociodemographic and psychosocial variables to study the determinants of exposure and reactivity to daily stress. Third, previous studies have failed to investigate the role of genetics in both exposure and reactivity to daily stressors. The NSDE has a subsample of identical and fraternal same-sex twin pairs in order to explore this issue. The twins were selected if twin pairs had high self-reported certainty of zyogosity, had completed the MIDUS interview and questionnaires, and had mailed in their cheek cell samples. A wide range of information was obtained using the daily telephone interview. Conducting interviews for an entire year provided information about seasonal variation in daily experiences. Respondents completed an average of 7.2 of the 8 interviews resulting in a total of 10,397 days of interviews. Data collection consisted of 40 separate "flights" of interviews with each flight representing the eight-day sequence of interviews from approximately 33 respondents. The entire interview was CATI programmed, which enabled researchers to incorporate skip patterns and open ended probe questions as well as to keypunch data during the interview, allowing data cleaning throughout the data collection. Demographic information includes gender and age.
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Almeida, David M. Midlife in the United States (MIDUS 1) National Study of Daily Experiences (NSDE), 1996-1997. ICPSR03725-v5. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2017-11-17. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03725.v5
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- W. K. Kellogg Foundation
- United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Aging (AG16731, AG19239, AG210166)
- United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Mental Health (MH53372, MH19734)
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Subject Terms: adults, age, alcohol, charitable donations, community participation, depression (psychology), discrimination, drug use, emotional problems, emotional states, emotional support, everyday life, health behavior, health problems, health status, life satisfaction, lifestyles, medications, mental health, personal finances, prescription drugs, psychological wellbeing, racial discrimination, risk, risk assessment, sex discrimination, siblings, social indicators, stress, time utilization, twins, work
Geographic Coverage: United States
- 1996-03--1997-03
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Sample: The sample is comprised of 1,031 random-digit dialed (RDD) respondents and 452 twins. The twin subsample includes approximately 220 same sex twin pairs (105 MZ and 105 DZ).
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Harold Meyerson discusses a new report by the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine that looks at the relationship between health care and longevity for 17 developed countries.
Of the 17 countries measured, the United States placed dead last in life expectancy, even though we lead the planet in the amount we spend on health care (17.6 percent of gross domestic product in 2010 vs. 11.6 percent each for France and Germany). We get radically less bang for the buck than comparable nations.
Of the 17 nations studied, the United States ranks first in violent deaths, at roughly three times the level of second-ranking Finland and 15 times that of Japan, which ranked last. This list includes violent deaths by all means, not just gunshots, so it's a pretty fair measure of either different people's inherent propensity toward violence or the access people have to deadly weapons when they get violent.
But he then points to a seeming anomaly.
But a funny thing happens to Americans' life expectancy when they age. The U.S. mortality rate is the highest of the 17 nations until Americans hit 50 and the second-highest until they hit 70. Then our mortality ranking precipitously shifts: By the time American seniors hit 80, they have some of the longest life expectancies in the world.
What gives? There are some obvious possible explanations such as that if your young people with a greater propensity to die are gone in larger numbers early in their lives, then those who survive to old age must be either hardier or more fortunate in many ways. But there's more to it than that.
But the larger part of the answer is that at age 65, Americans enter a health-care system that ceases to be exceptional when compared with the systems in the other 16 nations studied. They leave behind the private provision of medical coverage, forsake the genius of the market and avail themselves of universal medical insurance. For the first time, they are beneficiaries of the same kind of social policy that their counterparts in other lands enjoy. And presto, change-o: Their life expectancy catches up with and eventually surpasses those of the French, Germans, Britons and Canadians.
We need to adopt a universal, single-payer health care system.


text: Thanks everyone! Those are some really good examples and practice problems. Silly me for searching for "parallelizable" problems, when I've already got plenty! Matrix Multiplication - mmmmmm, arrays Cellular Automata - my personal favourite Knight's Tour - a throwback to what I did in Java in Grade 11 Minesweeper - I was addicted even as a young child Sudoku - some very interesting problems indeed


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FLAGLER BEACH, Fla. - Flagler County authorities rescued a raccoon that was found in a tree with a plastic peanut butter container stuck on his head.
[PICS: Raccoon rescued]
Flagler County deputies said they were called to Wadsworth Park in Flagler Beach on Wednesday after the raccoon was found high up in a tree with the container stuck on his head.
A deputy climbed a ladder to rescue the raccoon from the tree, but the raccoon was spooked and jumped to another tree, according to authorities. Fire Rescue used their hose to spray the raccoon with water to fall safely on a tarp held by deputies.
Authorities removed the container from the raccoon's head and released it back into the wilderness.
"The actions of Deputy Williams and all other rescue personnel saved this raccoon from certain death," said Sheriff James L. Manfre. "Residents should not feed wild animals and should use caution when encountering them."
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 9:41 PM
Town Square
Atherton, Menlo Park continue talks on Facebook EIR dispute
Original post made on May 30, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 9:41 PM
a resident of Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks
on May 30, 2012 at 12:35 am
I've heard $15 million being talked about as a great deal for Menlo Park, and then I hear that it is $15 million over 14 years. That's only ~$1 million a year--always supposing that FB is still around in 14 years.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on May 30, 2012 at 7:31 am
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
Given Menlo Park's total failure as the Lead Agency for the EIR on the Facebook expansion project the current situation was totally predicted and completely preventible.
Why didn't the City of MenloPark call an open meeting with ALL of the impacted jurisdictions at the very beginning of this effort to insure that everyone's issues would be on the table so that there would be an equitable mechanism for dealing with those issues - as is required by CEQA?
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on May 30, 2012 at 10:22 am
Good question Peter.
Answer: incompetence, arrogance or a mixture of both.
a resident of another community
on May 30, 2012 at 10:24 am
Anyone who attended or watch the MP CC meeting last night and listened to Chip Taylor's very clear and detailed presentation of Atherton's issue regarding Marsh Road now knows that what they want is for someone else to pay for an existing condition on Marsh that they want to change. The issue was raised on two previous recent projects during their EIRs, and in both instances, the EIR discounted the issue as a pre-existing condition and therefore not the responsibility of the project owners under CQUA. The FB EIR now makes three times. Three strikes and your out Atherton, if you want to make the changes on Marsh, pay for it yourself; including an EIR to make sure the change does not negatively impact any of your neighboring jurisdictions and that you fully mitigate destroying the heritage trees involved.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on May 30, 2012 at 11:32 am
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
Wrong - the 'existing condition' works for the existing traffic.
Existing Peak Hour Volumes
7. Marsh Rd and Middlefield Rd AM Peak 22.6 LOS C PM Peak LOS 28.3 C
2018 projected
7. Marsh Rd and Middlefield Rd AM Peak 31.8 LOS C PM Peak 45.4 LOS D
2025 projected
7. Marsh Rd and Middlefield Rd AM Peak 36.1 LOS D PM Peak 55.0 LOS E
Facts are often just too painful for some people to acknowledge.
The Facebook project, as clearly noted in the EIR, will significantly change the traffic conditions at this location and that change is what must be mitigated.
a resident of another community
on May 30, 2012 at 1:34 pm
So why have three separate EIR's in the past few years, most recently Gateway and FB, concluded this is an existing condition, and therefore exempt from CQUA mitigation requirements? Not being argumentative, just seeking to understand all views.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on May 30, 2012 at 2:29 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
The Facebook EIR DOES call for mitigation.
"7. Marsh Rd and
Middlefield Rd
Town of
D LOS becomes E or F or 4.0 second increase to critical worst
approach if LOS is currently E or F"
"The proposed mitigation measures for the intersection of Marsh Road and
Middlefield Road include an additional southbound left turn lane and restriping
an additional eastbound receiving lane. The improvements would require
potential additional right of way, widening the edge of pavement for the
southbound direction of traffic into the existing landscape buffer, signing and
striping improvements, and relocation of utility poles and traffic signal poles
along the west side of Middlefield Road.
Prior to the Development Agreement approval, the Project Sponsor shall
prepare an updated construction cost estimate for the proposed mitigation
measures at the intersection of Marsh Road and Middlefield Road for review
and approval of the Public Works Director. Within 90 days of the effective
date of the Development Agreement for the East Campus, the Project Sponsor
shall provide a bond for the improvements in the amount equal to the Project's
fair share contribution of the estimated construction cost for the intersection
improvements plus a 30 percent contingency. The Project's fair share
contribution is estimated to be 30.4 percent."
The Gateway EIR also noted an impact which the City of Menlo Park simply ignored.
a resident of another community
on Jun 3, 2012 at 2:49 pm
How come people think Facebook has any chance of being around for even five years? I thank them for making me a ton of money shorting the stock.


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I had to uninstall ZA 8 version, because it was causing havoc to my CPU. So I've got 7.0 ZA back on and I have my internet access (cable) set into trusted zone with medium settings allowed for it because I can't set the Internet Zone to high w/o losing my internet connection. The ZA software only recommends that setting for temporary use, so am I vulnerable here and how would I go about changing setting to make the internet zone able to be set to high??
please let me know )
Josh W
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Software Version:7.0
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#RSL Tweets of the Day (@RealSaltLake)
Last #RSL visit to JELD-WEN contained last-minute equalizer & game-winner ... What will happen Wed? 9p… http://instagram.com/p/dN0l4rsFe7/
Geoffrey C. Arnold @geoffreyCarnold
Will Johnson said he's out for RSL Weds. Porter said Ben Zemanski will be eligible to play against RSL. #rctid
I take a statistical indepth look at Robbie Findley to try and determine how successful his season has been http://ccb1212.blogspot.com/2013/08/statistically-speaking-robbie-findley.html … #RSL
Inconsistent Performances Plague Salt Lake http://bit.ly/1800eYN
#rsl #realsaltlake #mls #KingdomOfSalt
ESPN 700: Nat Borchers on "The Bill & Hans Show"
MLSsoccer.com: Chris Klein on ExtraTime Radio
Real Salt Lake News & Notes
Pro Soccer Talk: Contract talk now hovering around RSL manager Jason Kreis
Soccer Newsday: Inconsistent Performances Plague Salt Lake
Standard-Examiner: Despite rough stretch, RSL still in hunt for Supporters' Shield
For the Fans, By the Fans
From the Upper Deck: Statistically Speaking - Robbie Findley
Real Nation: Jordan's Ranks Real Salt Lake vs. LA Galaxy
MLS & Other News and Notes
MLSsoccer.com: Kick Off: With "intriguing" offers turning his head, could Landon Donovan's future lie outside MLS?
MLSsoccer.com: MLS Power Rankings, Week 25: Don't look now, but Colorado Rapids have top spot in sight
ESPNFC.com: 2013 MLS Power Rankings: Week 25
Pro Soccer Talk: Two elements missing in Omar Gonzalez contract talk
Goal.com: Avi Creditor: Donovan in line for big reward, either in MLS or abroad
Pro Soccer Talk: The push and pull of international duty for Vancouver's Kenny Miller; big choices loom
Pro Soccer Talk: Looking at new Toronto signing Maximiliano Urruti and considering some old mistakes
SI.com: Power Rankings: Omar Gonzalex gets paid; Timbers take top spot
Soccer America: MLS Power Rankings: Surging Rapids climb into second
Soccer America: The perils of parity do make for intense MLS races
Soccer America: Can Fede carry the Crew himself?
Soccer America: Galaxy and Dynamo enter fray
Soccer America: Cherundolo's absence leaves hole
Soccer America: The vets vs. the youngsters
Soccer By Ives: Donovan hints at possible future away from Galaxy
Soccer By Ives: SBI MLS Goal of the Week: Juan Agudelo


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There will be two waves of cross-country racing, starting at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. followed by a nighttime downhill race beginning at "dark-thirty." There will be an event after-party, awards and a bonfire. The race will have a variety of skill levels and ages. Entry fees for one event is $30 and $50 for two events.
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Riders are invited to compete and spectators are invited to watch at the Icycle Mountain Bike Race at Fontana Village on Jan. 26. The seven-mile course consists of varied terrain with rocks, roots, creeks and open passing lanes that make up some of the most notable Western North Carolina singletrack.
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Well, I looked through a few books, but I'm still missing a few pritty simple things. These are some pritty basic questions that probably have been asked a few times. (Hopefully basic anyways)
First off when you say (!callfunction()) what does the ! do? Is that like: (callfunction()=0)?
How much can a byte/SHORT/int/LONG integer hold (value-wise)?
How do you tell the size of an array? (IE if I had an array with X values, how do I find X?)
Is a 3D array a valid declaration? (IE I[1][20][10]; )
Is it possible to tell where the ConsoleCursor is currently?
If a pointer points to a 0x(0000^8) adress and you keep adding one to the pointer, will it cycle through every value on your computer?
Can you dynamicaly expand an array? (IE: Add an extra value to an array, so from I[10] to I[11]?)
Thank you.


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- Provides high-capacity tape storage in a small, half-height form factor to address backup and archiving requirements
- Offers highly secure data storage using available hardware encryption
- Provides a native data transfer rate of up to 120 MB/sec
- Designed for the midrange open systems environment
- Supports two TS2240 Model H4Vs side by side in a standard 19-inch rack using the optional Rack Mount Shelf
Today, data is a key corporate asset in all types of businesses. The ability to access data quickly and reliably is critical to your success. Whether your business utilizes a high-performance network server or individual workstations, archiving and retrieving data in a dependable and consistent manner is mission critical.
The IBM System Storage® TS2240 Tape Drive Express Model H4V—one of the entry-level IBM System Storage tape product family offerings—is the answer to growing storage requirements and shrinking backup windows. Incorporating the fourth generation of advanced Linear Tape-Open® (LTO®) technology, the TS2240 Tape Drive is suited for handling the backup, save and restore, and archival data storage needs of a wide range of small systems. In addition, the TS2240 provides up to 6 Gbps Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) connectivity and the security of LTO-based data encryption.
The System Storage TS2240 Tape Drive is an excellent tape storage solution for businesses requiring backup or low-cost, real-time archival storage of their data. The TS2240, with a half-height form factor, offers the same high capacity of full-height LTO-4 tape drives. The TS2240 has a physical storage capacity of up to 1.6 TB (with 2:1 compression) in conjunction with the IBM System Storage LTO Ultrium® 800 GB data cartridge, which provides up to twice the capacity of Ultrium 3 cartridges. The native data transfer performance of the TS2240 Tape Drive has increased over the previous LTO half-height generation to up to 120 MB/sec. The TS2240 Tape Drive continues to provide an excellent alternative to slower and smaller capacity 1/4-inch, 4 mm and 8 mm digital linear tape (DLT or SDLT) drives.
Common features
- Features the IBM Ultrium 4 SAS Tape Drive V2 in a half-height form factor
- Supports encryption of data and continues to support write once, read many (WORM) operations through IBM Ultrium 4 technology
- Adheres to the widely supported LTO specification, which promotes standardization and allows for multiple media and drive providers
- Provides high-capacity tape storage for unattended backup processes in open system server environments
- Is compatible with major operating systems and ISV applications
- Uses advanced technologies designed to optimize throughput, increase cartridge capacity and provide superior data protection
Hardware summary
- Provides an entry-level Ultrium tape solution for midrange tape storage environments
- Provides cost-effective backup, save and restore, and archival storage external to the server
- Doubles the storage capacity of the existing IBM TS2230
- Adheres to widely supported Linear Tape-Open (LTO) standards
- Provides 6 Gbps SAS connectivity
- Supports two TS2240 Model H4Vs side by side in a standard 19-inch rack using the optional Rack Mount Shelf


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A Tribute to #26 Red Adams and Doug Mientkiewicz
Back in March when my blog was ranked #26 I said that only two Dodger players had worn #26 and I dedicated it to Hall of Famer Heinie Manush ttp://crzblue.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/03/.
Well I was reminded by a friend at the stadium that Pitching Coach Red Adams had that number. Thanks Alex!
Also my good friend LuvtheDodgers23 told me "what about Mientkiewicz?" Thanks LTD23! It was funny 'cause I was asking as Dougie was coming up to bat.
Red Adams(baseball-reference picture)
Charles Dwight Adams (born October 7, 1921) was the longtime pitching coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers, He was born in Parlier, California. Parlier is in the Fresno area.
Adams won over 150 games in the minor leagues from 1942-1957. Among the minor league teams that he played back then were the Angels, the Padres, and the Miami Marlins. He also pitched briefly in the Major Leagues with the chicago Cubs in 1946.
After his playing career, he was a scout for the Dodgers from 1959-1968. He was the pitching coach from 1969-1980, helping develop many of the Dodgers pitchers.
Quote from Don Sutton at Cooperstown:
"Red Adams is a standard by which every pitching coach should be measured. No person ever meant more to me in my career than Red Adams, and without him I wouldn't be standing in Cooperstown today."
Tommy John also gave Adams a tremendous amount of credit:
"He saw me throw on the side and told me, `You know, you can win with just a fastball.' I thought he was kidding. I had to pitch a certain way, or so I thought. But he kept pounding it into me that I could get by with just a fastball." -Tommy John., remembering advice that Red Adams gave him in 1972 that helped him have the best years of his career in the 1970's.
Red Adams is 87. I wonder if Tommy Lasorda still keeps in contact with his old pitching coach.
Doug Mientkiewicz
this picture was taken during the InsidetheDodgers (ITD) blog tour.
I love what Doug's tshirt says here:
Minor setback for a Major Comeback
Doug Mientkiewics was injured back on April 16, dislocating his shoulder, and was told by docors his baseball career might be over. However, he persevered, making the long climb back to the majors. Mientkiewicz had a pinch-hit single in his first game back last Wednesday night.
Afer receiving congratulatory high-fives from teammates in the dugout, Mientkiewics ducked into the clubhouse and disappeard for 10 minutes. "I went and found a quiet place," he said, not disclosing the location. "it was in the building. I knew no one would find me. The emotions exploded."
Trainer Stan Conte, who oversaw Mientikiewics's rehab assignment, admitted, reluctantly, that he was also touched by the moment. "I got misty-eyed," Conte said.
Congratulations Dougie! Your hard work is paying off!
A big thank you! to all that have contribute to my ranking this month! I love you all!!!
references: Baseball-reference, L.A. Times


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Hurricane 1000 TDE TT - White Topgrip
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Reed finding ways to stay loose during inactivity
By Scott Merkin / MLB.com
CHICAGO -- Addison Reed has thrown three times in the last four games, after pitching just three times since July 21. That lack of activity becomes only natural for a closer on a team that lost 10 straight before the series against the Yankees.
But even without game chances for the right-hander, he finds a way to stay ready to pitch.
"I'm sure it will happen more times in my career where we are in a losing streak and I don't get to go out as much as I would like," Reed said. "[White Sox bullpen coach] Bobby [Thigpen], [White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper], they do a good job of keeping me fresh every few days. When they know I'm not going to get in or it doesn't look like it, they tell me to get up and throw off the mound and get some work in.
"I've never once this year or last year gone into a game and not been prepared. Every time I'm going out there, I'm prepared and ready to go. They do a good job with that. It's tough sometimes but it's part of the game and I'm fine with it."
Reed has come closer to mastering the much-needed closer's technique of having a short memory. Whether he pitches a clean inning or blows a save, Reed puts it in the past shortly after the end of the night.
The only one that got to him a bit of late was a blown save in Cleveland on July 31, which could have ended the White Sox losing streak at five.
"Maybe it could have got things going on our end on a positive note," Reed said. "We had the lead and I blew it. But I'm to the point now where if something happens, once the game is over, it's done with, and I'm ready to start preparing for next time I'm out there."
Leesman to debut Friday night against Twins
CHICAGO -- Charlie Leesman will make his Major League debut and start Game 2 of Friday's split doubleheader against the Twins at U.S. Cellular Field, as announced by White Sox manager Robin Ventura on Wednesday.
"We needed another lefty," said Ventura in a highly sarcastic tone, with the White Sox already having four lefties in their starting rotation.
Leesman, 26, was an 11th-round selection in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft and had his strongest year for Triple-A Charlotte in 2012 with a 2.47 ERA over 26 starts. But he sustained a left knee injury during the International League playoffs and was rehabbing from surgery to repair his ACL during this past Spring Training.
The White Sox designated Leesman for assignment in April to make room for infielder Tyler Greene, but Leesman chose to stay in the White Sox system. Leesman ultimately could end up as part of the White Sox bullpen, but he will get his chance to start Friday as the 26th-man exemption for the doubleheader.
"There were points last year where he might have had a start," said Ventura of Leesman, who has a 3.47 ERA over 13 starts for Charlotte this season. "There was talk of having [Erik] Johnson doing it, but he's only been off the disabled list for two starts. We get good reports on Charlie, and let's see what we got."
Konerko praises Rivera, Jeter for character, success
CHICAGO -- Paul Konerko is 5-for-12 lifetime against the legendary Mariano Rivera, but specifically remembers just one at-bat against Major League Baseball's all-time saves leader from Aug. 8, 2006.
"I had a home run here to tie a game late," said Konerko, who homered in the ninth off Rivera during a game the White Sox won in 11 innings. "I do remember that because any time you have success off a guy, or a home run, off of a Hall of Famer like that, you remember that one. I know he's got me a few times."
Konerko, a classy, talented leader for the past 15 years with the White Sox, had praise for Rivera, the pitcher, who has dominated with an almost unhittable cutter and a perfect demeanor. But that praised extended to Yankees captain Derek Jeter because of the way they conduct their business in the New York spotlight.
"Everything you hear about [Rivera], he's a gentleman who treats his teammates great," Konerko said. "And playing in New York like Jeter, those guys are constantly watched and have to deal with so much more than the rest of the league, so to make it through all the years and do what they've done, it's amazing.
"They're extra good at all that stuff. And physically getting the job done on the field. It's one thing to carry yourself well but also get the job done at a high level, to put all that together, those guys are Hall of Famers at different levels. What they have to do is just different. There's nothing like New York."
Danks to push hard through end of season
CHICAGO -- As far as John Danks knows, he will be starting every fifth day through the end of the 2013 campaign.
The White Sox clearly are out of playoff contention, and Danks began his offseason throwing program early as part of his comeback from season-ending arthroscopic shoulder surgery last August. But the veteran hurler is looking forward to consistent work.
"[White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper] and [White Sox head athletic trainer] Herm [Schneider] and I have talked about it," Danks said. "We all kind of feel at this point it would be more detrimental to me to miss a start. And that doesn't mean we get in the middle of September and maybe skip a start here or there.
"For the time being, the plan is for me to take the ball every time out. It's only helping me to go out and throw."
Manager Robin Ventura spoke again Wednesday about pushing young starters such as Chris Sale and Jose Quintana a little further than last season, with Quintana specifically understanding how that extended workload feels going into next season.
"It's beneficial," Ventura said. "On the other hand, you do want to protect them a little bit and not overuse them."
September spots will open up to skip a starter or two once rosters expand. Danks might be one of those starters who misses a turn, but right now, he feels great and ready to go. He has even been throwing two side sessions between starts to continue his post-surgery improvement.
"I've thrown at least one side between every start. I'd say half or a little more than half I've thrown two," Danks said. "They aren't full bore, but it's good to get out there and play catch and then finish with 20 pitches on the mound. I think it has helped me. There's plenty of stuff to work on, like I said."
Third to first
• Ventura labeled Nate Jones as possibly the most confident reliever in the game following the right-hander's scoreless effort in Tuesday's victory. Jones has a 1.45 ERA since June 1 and has given up one earned run over his last 12 2/3 innings.
Jones has found a perfect balance between his fastball at 98-100 mph and control of his secondary pitches, such as his slider, which was missing at the season's outset.
"You can throw 98, 100 [mph] all day, but they're going to be able to time it and catch up to it at some point," Jones said. "If you get a secondary pitch up there, that makes them sit back a little bit and wonder, 'Hey, what's he going to throw now?'"
• Tuesday's victory improved the White Sox to 13-46 when scoring three runs or fewer this season.
• The Yankees' first-inning run on Tuesday became unearned when the wild pitch originally charged to Chris Sale was changed by official scorer Bob Rosenberg to a passed ball on Josh Phegley. Alfonso Soriano came around to score from second on the play.
• Sale became the first pitcher since Neil Allen in 1986 to win each of his first two starts against the Yankees while throwing at least seven innings and giving up no more than one run, per Elias. Sale allowed one unearned run over 7 1/3 innings on Tuesday, and gave up one run while striking out 13 over 7 2/3 innings on Aug. 22, 2012, at U.S. Cellular Field.
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Saturday, May 18, 2013, 12:07 PM
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Stanford: Earth's core is surprisingly weak
Original post made on May 18, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Saturday, May 18, 2013, 12:07 PM
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a resident of Midtown
on May 18, 2013 at 4:56 pm
Unless I'm mistaken, scientists still have no definitive answer for the exact composition of the Earth's core, so I can't help but hold reservations for the accuracy of this experiment.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 19, 2013 at 11:02 am
Of what value is this research? How does the strength of the core relate to more meaningful topics, like shifts in the earth's magnetic fields, or the periodic flipping of the North/South "polarity"?
Is there any long-term value to this work, or just something to do that's interesting to these two?
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on May 19, 2013 at 3:58 pm
So what do the findings of this research mean for humanity?
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on May 19, 2013 at 9:43 pm
Just because you don't see the relevance (or anyone necessarily, at this point) doesn't make this science less valuable. It's more information than we had before. Maybe it come in handy some day, or maybe it's just more we know.
a resident of Downtown North
on May 20, 2013 at 9:18 am
"Of what value is this research?"
That's what they asked Ben Franklin while he was flying his kite. After all, everybody knew that electricity was just a toy and always would be.
a resident of Midtown
on May 20, 2013 at 9:36 am
@ Engineer: !!
a resident of Crescent Park
on May 20, 2013 at 4:09 pm
> Earth's core is surprisingly weak
A really unscientific term "weak"? What does it mean? Weak in what way ... more plastic, softer, more viscous? Huh? If you are going to bother reporting on this why not have something to say that says something? If it is weak in some way - what does that mean to us?
a resident of Crescent Park
on May 20, 2013 at 10:15 pm
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a resident of Palo Verde
on May 20, 2013 at 10:29 pm
This is a brief report about a Stanford press release. Who, what, how, why, and a short quote. It's a reminder of how physical science is done and that our neighbors are doing it. Theorists make the educated guesses and experimentalists figure out ways to make the measurement. These comments pose thoughtful questions and should encourage researchers to make their work more accessible. Many federal grants or contracts mandate that a certain small percentage goes to K-12 or public outreach.
I found the press release at Web Link
It's a bit more illuminating and has a link to their recent article in "nature" (full pdf available for a price).
CrescentParkAnon on the right track -- I think it's the shear stress required to cause plastic flow, kind of like yield strength where something bends so far that it won't spring all the way back; in this case where hexagonal close packed iron crystal begins to creep by lattice dislocation. The experiment apparently shows the iron deforms much more easily than expected, putting a new constraint on theoretical models of how the solid part of the earth core evolved.
Maybe it's important, maybe not. In most people's daily lives it doesn't really matter whether the world is round or flat. Traffic is bad regardless.
a resident of Ventura
on May 21, 2013 at 12:39 pm
What about that movie "Armageddon"? Is there any research to support the findings from the movie?
a resident of Palo Verde
on May 21, 2013 at 1:08 pm
@Joe, yes there is! The findings were that Bruckheimer et al could turn a $140 million budget investment into $554 million in worldwide box office receipts.
a resident of University South
on May 22, 2013 at 6:11 pm
All I care about is my office decor. It is so lovely. I have the most beautiful interior in all of Palo Alto. Our clients love our decor. As for the core of our planet....it might be weak like our competition.
a resident of Menlo Park
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Braden, Werth named Players of the Week
A's hurler tosses perfect game; Phillies star posts 1.407 OPS
By Dan Mennella / MLB.com
By the end of the weekend, however, Braden had vaulted himself into baseball lore, and on Monday he was named American League Player of the Week by Bank of America for the period ending May 9. Werth took home the NL honor.
Braden, who made headlines in April after taking exception to Rodriguez trotting across the pitcher's mound, tossed the 19th perfect game in Major League history in the A's 4-0 win over the Rays -- the team with the best record in baseball -- on Sunday. The 26-year-old southpaw went 1-1 with a 1.69 ERA during the week, but it was his joining the record books on Sunday that set him apart.
Short of making history, Werth's feats are not to be overlooked. The right fielder socked four home runs, including the 100th of his career, tallied nine RBIs and sported a 1.407 OPS, as the Phillies enjoyed series wins over the Cardinals and Braves last week. Similarly rewarded for his efforts from Aug. 17-23, 2009, this marks the second time Werth has taken home the honor.
A native of Stockton, Calif., Braden spun his perfecto in his home state at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, and he became the first A's hurler to accomplish the feat since Hall of Famer Catfish Hunter on May 8, 1968. Thrown on Mother's Day, Braden's perfect game also gave the big leagues its complement to Jim Bunning's perfect game, which transpired on Father's Day in '64.
All 30 Major League teams observed Mother's Day on Sunday, swinging pink bats and wearing pink gear such as batting gloves and wristbands. It was a bittersweet day on which to make history for Braden, whose mother passed away due to skin cancer when he was a senior in high school. However, his grandmother, Peggy Lindsey, was in attendance, and the lefty was effusive in his praise and love for her.
"It hasn't been a joyous day for me in a while," said Braden. "But to know that I still get to come out and compete and play a game on that day, that makes it a little better. With my grandma in the stands, that makes it a lot better. To be able to give her this today was perfect."
It was the first no-hitter by an A's pitcher since Dave Stewart's no-no on June 29, 1990, and the Athletics joined the Yankees, White Sox and Indians as the only clubs to have thrown more than one perfect game.
The magnitude of the achievement was not lost on Braden.
"There are not that many of them," said Braden, who was drafted by the A's in the 24th round in 2004. "It's pretty special. I don't really know what to think of it yet. It's kind of new. It's still kind of very fresh to me. It's some very select company. Also, those guys -- if you look at the body of work those other 18 individuals put together -- that's something I'd like to have a little more than just one day. So there's definitely more to do."
Werth was not among those to wield a pink bat Sunday, but he nonetheless ripped his milestone homer and finished the day 3-for-4 with his old standby, a black bat.
"I think everybody's a little superstitious," Werth quipped. "But to even talk about that is probably not a good idea."
On the heels of Werth's red-hot week, the Phillies padded their lead in the NL East to two games over the Mets and Nationals heading into Monday's action.
"We're starting to hit stride a little bit," Werth said. "This was obviously a good homestand, some good things that we can take away. We've got a long way to go."
Also enjoying big weeks in the AL were Alex Rios of the White Sox, Vladimir Guerrero of the Rangers and Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers. Among the other NL players under consideration for the award were Ryan Braun of the Brewers, Andre Ethier of the Dodgers and Werth's teammate, Jamie Moyer, who became the oldest player in Major League history to toss a shutout at 47.
Dan Mennella 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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WASHINGTON – Landon Donovan and the rest of LA's international contingent is back with the LA Galaxy ahead of Saturday's match against D.C. United at RFK Stadium.
Although the hyper-focused Donovan is not letting any of the issues of national team duty come into his thinking as he prepares for Saturday, one of the main talking points of Wednesday's match remains with him—literally. Donovan is still suffering from conjunctivitis in his right eye, which surfaced at some point last week.
The pink eye didn't affect him during his 2-0 victory with the U.S. National Team over Mexico on Wednesday and is unlikely to keep him out of Saturday's game, but the question remains. Just how did it happen?
"I don't know," said Donovan following the team's training session at American University. "I was getting treatment from the trainers and when I opened my eye it was all red. But I'm fine now and ready for the game on Saturday."
Although the eye issue is still prevalent, Donovan doesn't expect that—or any national team hangover—to affect him when LA faces D.C. United.
"I feel great. It's been a really good last week or so. It was a lot of fun for Omar and I to have that experience on Tuesday [against Mexico] and now it's important to put that behind us and move forward. We have a game that we need to get three points out of and that has to be the focus now."
And he expects a stern test from a United side that is currently the league's worst team with just 14 points on the year. In fact, Donovan believes that United are circling this match on their calendar and he feels that LA must be cognizant of that fact.
"They've obviously had a rough year and I'm sure that if odds were made, we'd be the favorites, but this league is built on parity. You never know what could happen," said Donovan. "We know that they'll have a good crowd; we know that they're excited for this game. Outside of their [U.S. Open Cup Final], this will be their biggest game of the season. We expect to get their best and we need to be ready to play."


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As I flipped through channels on a lazy Saturday, I hit the NFL Network and allowed myself to be yelled at by one of my all-time favorite Green Bay Packers, Sterling Sharpe. I don't think he was yelling specifically at me, though its hard to tell. Let's just say I'm glad it wasn't me that ticked him off.
As I heard him compare his career numbers to those of Calvin Johnson, it made me ponder two things. First, he's still trying to compare his career to every wide receiver in the league twenty years after he was forced to retire?
But, secondly, it made me think about exactly what kind of career he might have had if he had been born just ten years later. I've alluded in my last few articles about the neck injury that he obviously played with for years before retiring, choosing to risk it by tying the back of his helmet to his shoulder pads to prevent any further injury. When he finally injured it again and had to retire, his career would be cut short at seven seasons at the age of 29.
But in those seven seasons, he managed to compile some awfully impressive statistics, catching 595 balls (still good for 62nd all time in the NFL) for 8134 yards (80th) and 65 touchdowns (45th). Donald Driver managed to extend his career for twice as long as Sharpe and still didn't manage to break Sharpe's touchdown total.
Sharpe was charismatic and polarizing. He immediately cut off the local press when he received some criticism as a rookie, leading to endless cheap shots from the local beat writers. Behind the scenes, he developed a reputation for being arrogant and a me-first player in the huddle. The season after he retired, ESPN did a feature in which Brett Favre and the rest of the Packers talked about how much better the team was without Sharpe. They complained about his constant talking and demanding the ball in the huddle. Chris Berman came out of the segment and went to a split-screen with Sharpe and tried to damage control, telling Sterling how much they loved him and how much he was missed.
The look on Sharpe's face clearly communicated he wasn't buying it. And that was the first time I watched him television and heard him yelling at me. Well, he wasn't yelling at me, but perhaps at the world. Yelling that his glorious statistics and impact on the team was still important and should be respected.
But, in the end, Sharpe was a great player on teams ranging from terrible to average. And he never had a quarterback of the caliber of Brett Favre or Aaron Rodgers in their prime. Oh, he had Brett Favre all right, but that was pre-MVP Favre, a kid so wild and undisciplined his head coach nearly benched him.
There were those who quickly dismissed Sharpe, as it was the year after his retirement that the Packers took that step from wild-card contender to Super Bowl contenders, and Favre won his first MVP without his former security blanket. A giddy fan base quickly chalked Sharpe up as a necessary casualty and embraced Antonio Freeman and Robert Brooks as their new favorite receivers.
Perhaps, Sharpe was born too early. Imagine, for a moment, that he entered the league ten years later than he did. Instead of having Randy Wright, Don Majkowski, Mike Tomczak, and an immature Brett Favre throwing him passes, he would have entered the league in 1998. Favre would have been a former MVP and Super Bowl Champion, and have most of the ego filled up in the huddle already.
Had Sharpe started his seven-year career then, at a point of transition from the old Holmgren era to the Rhodes/Sherman eras, he might have been in a position to make a larger impact on the postseason games. Remember, Sharpe only played in two postseason games in his career, going 1-1 in 1993.
Imagine the mature, aging Favre having Sharpe as a #1 receiver. Ron Wolf often reflected he had done very little to put top-flight weapons around Favre, and having Sharpe might have saved the wasted second-round pick of Robert Ferguson in 2001 and the washout of the first-round pick of Javon Walker in 2002.
Now, imagine that 2003 playoff game against the Eagles: you know, the 4th-and-26 game. How might that game have been different with Sharpe? How would all of those Sherman playoff games have been different with a truly great wide receiver in his prime, one that, yes, might challenge the abilities of the Calvin Johnson of today?
Perhaps, as is the custom of Favre-led teams, Sharpe wouldn't have caught as many passes as when he was the only option in the late 80's and 90's. Maybe he wouldn't have owned the record for most receptions in a season as he did in 1992. But maybe, he would have changed the complexion of those Sherman teams just enough to give them a little more success when it mattered.
Now, pretend that Sharpe's career is juxtaposed ahead twenty years, and he enters the league as a Green Bay Packer in 2008, Aaron Rodgers' first year as a starter. While the Packers had Greg Jennings and Donald Driver already at wide receiver, what might the addition of a player like Sharpe done for Rodgers' formative years? More importantly, what might it have done for that Arizona playoff game in 2009, or the New York Giants playoff game in 2011? What might it have done for the San Francisco playoff loss last year, which would correspond to Sharpe's best season ever in 1992?
Again, Aaron Rodgers likes to spread it around, and its unlikely that Sharpe would have as many receptions as he would have in his real career. But what would a mega-talented player like Sharpe have been able to contribute under some real leadership? Let's be honest: Lindy Infante, who became the Packers' head coach in 1988 (Sharpe's rookie year), had a reputation for a country club atmosphere in the locker room, where the players took liberties and essentially ran the club as they saw fit. Imagine Sharpe entering the league under Mike McCarthy's approach and Ted Thompson's expectations.
It's hard to say exactly how great of a player Sterling Sharpe truly might have been if his career hadn't been cut short. To this day, he still ranks 14th all time in the NFL for most reception yardage per game (72.6). How long could he have continued that production? I'm sure he's spent many hours extrapolating his statistics over eleven, twelve, and thirteen seasons. I'm sure he still measures those ghostly numbers against players like Jerry Rice and Calvin Johnson.
But even harder to say is how Sharpe might have fared under better leadership, catching passes from a mature NFL-great quarterback like Favre and Rodgers in their prime, with a talented team around him. Maybe instead of counting up his numbers and trying to compare them to the greats, he might be counting the number of Super Bowl rings on his hand.
Then, when I'm flipping through the channels on a lazy Saturday afternoon, Sterling Sharpe would be yelling at me about the quality of his playing days, not the quantity of his statistics.
C.D. Angeli is a lifelong Packer fan and feature writer at CheeseheadTV. He is the co-host of the weekly Packers podcast Cheesehead Radio and is the good cop running PackersTalk.com. Follow him on Twitter at @TundraVision.
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Frank Bruni Composes Olympic-Themed Hallmark Card
If bad newspaper columnist Frank Bruni ever decides to take his milquetoast musings to a new industry, he should consider becoming the guy who writes the little inspirational slogans that appear on marketing materials inside the Coca-Cola— Pavilion at the Olympic Games™. He's already had his tryout!
In his column yesterday—on the closely read op-ed pages of the world's most influential newspaper—Frank Bruni taught us about "The Soul of the Olympics," and I really couldn't make this shit up if I tried:
Amid bullets in Colorado and Wisconsin, vitriol on the campaign trail, ominously scorching heat and serious questions about whether we can and will rise to the challenges before us, the Olympics have affirmed that human potential is just about infinite and that the human soul is good.
Frank Bruni is essentially Bob Costas with a traumatic brain injury.
Gabby Douglas gave us a lesson in all of that. I can't quite let go of her smile or her story.
I cannot believe you published that under your own byline. Can that opener possibly get any worse?
Four years ago, at the age of 12, she unsuccessfully begged her mother, Natalie Hawkins, to allow her to leave their home in Virginia and train in Iowa, which seemed so distant and exotic that Hawkins once joked: "Are there people in Iowa? There's just corn."
Corn, that is, and a world-renowned coach who knows a thing or two about harvesting Olympic gold.
Corn, That Is: The Frank Bruni Story.
Many nights, Douglas has said, she cried herself to sleep. But she had this dream.
I got a cavity, just now, reading that.
"I will never leave her side," May-Treanor, sitting next to Walsh Jennings, told Matt Lauer, adding that "that's what this Olympics signified - was the journey off the court together." Walsh Jennings, herself misty, put a hand on her friend's wrist. Medals are the least of what volleyball has given these two.
Cavities give way to diabetic shock.
Those experiences can't be measured in dollars. And by choosing to savor them, she has something to teach us all.
*Immolates self*
Frank Bruni, a professional writer, is paid more than you.


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'Wich of the Week: Muffuletta
'Wich of the Week: Muffuletta
Yesterday was Super Tuesday and Fat Tuesday, so I decided to celebrate with the super-fat New Orleans sandwich known as the muffuletta. Though lesser-known than the Big Easy's other big-bread creation, the po'boy, today's 'Wich of the Week is just as beloved.
Invented about a century ago by the French Quarter's Central Grocery, this sandwich is made on massive rounds of Italian bread cut into quarters; one sandwich easily feeds two to four people. I've never been able to find the bread outside of New Orleans, so I substitute seeded kaiser rolls.
The key to a good muffuletta — which features piles of ham, salami, mortadella, and provolone cheese — is Italian olive salad. Central Grocery closely guards its recipe, but Boscoli's version is hard to beat. This time I decided to make my own, and I was quite pleased with the results.
For the olive salad:
- 1 cup green pimiento-stuffed olives, coarsely chopped
- 1 cup kalamata olives, coarsely chopped
- 1/4 cup diced carrot
- 2 gloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 cup roasted red pepper, finely chopped
- 2 T. dried parsley
- 1 T. dried oregano
- 1 tsp. pepper
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 T. white-wine vinegar
- 2 T. lemon juice
For the sandwich:
- 2 slices mortadella
- 2 slices ham
- 4 slices salami
- 3 slices provolone cheese
- Olive salad
- One seeded kaiser roll or similar
How to make it:
- Preferably one day in advance, make the olive salad. Combine all 11 ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Store overnight in a tightly sealed container.
- Next, slice the seeded rolls in half, hamburger bun-style, and hollow out the top slice by scraping out most of the fluffy bread.
- On the bottom slice, spread a thin layer of olive salad, just enough to hold the sandwich together.
- Atop that slice, stack the mortadella, ham, salami, and cheese.
- Then, fill the hollowed-out section of the top slice with a generous helping of olive salad.
- Assemble the sandwich by placing the olive-filled half of the roll atop the meat, and slice in half to eat.


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With school back in session in the midst of flu season, Lisa Glover, school nurse at Oakland Heights Elementary, offered several tips for keeping students healthy during a workshop for parents on Monday.
"We are right in the middle of the cold and flu season, so it's important to keep students healthy," Glover told a group of parents during a Lunch and Learn session.
Glover said hand-washing is an important preventative step that everyone, including teachers and parents, should take.
"Everyone says, 'Cover your mouth when you cough,' but no one ever says 'Wash your hands after you cough,'" she said. "Coughing and sneezing spread germs to our hands really quickly."
Other preventative steps include eating a well-balanced diet and drinking plenty of fluids each day, getting enough rest each night and exercising.
Glover also cautioned parents to keep children who are sick at home to prevent other students from catching illnesses.
"The rule of thumb is for a child to be free of fever for 24 hours before you send them back to school," Glover said. "They should be without fever on their own. Don't keep their fever down with medicine and then assume they're better."
Students who do not feel well do not perform well in the classroom, Glover said.
But she also said many students who have trouble learning struggle because they have not eaten breakfast.
"I know academics are important, but it takes more than books," Glover said. "It takes breakfast, and it takes them being taken care of before they come to school."
Glover said students who do not eat nutritiously will be more likely to become sick. Being sick and hungry both have adverse affects on learning, she added.
"Most stomach aches I see are in the first hours of the day, between 8 and 9 in the morning," she said. "They come to me and say their stomach hurts, and, most of the time, when I ask if they've eaten breakfast, they say they haven't."
Glover said Oakland Heights will likely be participating in a breakfast program beginning with the 2005-06 school year that will allow all students to eat breakfast during the first hour of the school day. She said Crawford Elementary currently has the program in place, and Oakland Heights is planning to have the program.
The program will allow all students to eat a breakfast provided by the school, free of charge. Glover said the breakfasts will be available for free because the program will be funded by the state.
She said the benefits of students eating breakfast include higher test scores and better grades.
Oakland Heights offers Lunch and Learn sessions each month for parents in the parent center. Lunch is provided free of charge. The next session will be held Feb. 7. Carol Lee will present on, "Barriers to Success at School." For more information, contact the parent center at 968-1533.


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Wow that is a tall shield, what kind is it? Does it have the Tobinators on to make it angle like that?
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Wow that is a tall shield, what kind is it? Does it have the Tobinators on to make it angle like that?
The shield is a Cee Bailey's and the Tobinators put it where I almost have no wind.Originally Posted by PUDGYPAINTGUY
The Tobi's leave me room to adjust the shield down out of the way when offroading.
My dark, lithe, toned lovely lady from Berlin, "Katarina"...
how do you post pictures to this thread??
Same way you do on all the others.Originally Posted by nikate
Sorry . . . I couldn't resist. Go to "Off Topic" and look at the "How do I post pictures" section. The explanation should help. If not, PM me and I can walk you through it. Be sure and come back with a photo of your bike.
Still can't get it to work for me......I followed the steps but don't see the "use the Attach File item" on the post...Must be a less encumbered way to do this w/o having to download a seperate program on my computer????
Look for the little box that looks like the sun and mountains, when you put your cursor over it it should say "insert image" just paste the link from your image there after you click on it. Or if nothing else, just e mail the pic you want posted to me (@msn.com) and I will post it for you.Originally Posted by nikate
Finally got the picture uploaded Thanks.
Congrats. Nice bike!
Hopefully this will show up...
This was in front of a friend's house in Atlanta last December.
Summer 2005 after 12K service at Canton Cycles
My R1200 ST...4 weeks and 3000 miles...I love it
Hey, if you want, email it to me and I'll put it in my smugmug account for you. Then you can link it and won't have to play the resize game.Originally Posted by SHUNK
Dave Swider
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Some bikes. Some with motors, some without.
Ooops...you said oilhead...oh well...
BMWMotorcycles, fun when they're running...
My other bike is a BMW.
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Wiltswyk Avenue, just east of the Elmendorfer interchange (right by the abandoned "meeting hall") automobiles are using the location to meet for drug sales and to "use" their drugs.
I have encountered many people doing so, and with the warmer months approaching I am irked by the number of people choosing to get "high" where our daughter rides her bicycle and plays.
The road has in the past, been a "pullover, make a call, get your stuff and get high" road, and I have done my best to end the activity. Yet after a brief hiatus, the junkies are back.
The signs you are looking for are easy to see. A car, pulled to the side of the road, with an occupant (or 2), with their heads down (so they can see what they are rolling or injecting),
The obviousness of the activity could not be more so, as all us homeowners on the block park on our property or infront of it. We don't have young men driving up or walking up to our cars and making a transaction with us. We don't sit in our cars next to an abandoned buildings and we do not keep our heads in our laps, as we don't have a needle we are trying to fill or a blunt we are trying to roll.
My neighbors and I really would like this to end immediately, as the concern for our physical safety and that of our property is first and foremost.
It's simple. The police officers (be it NY State Troopers, UC Sheriffs or Kingston PD) know who lives on the block. They see our cars every time they drive by. When there is a car parked and occupied in front of the meeting house.....it's for no good reason. Those people need to get stopped and searched, and ARRESTED!
Crime and illicit use of narcotics will not be tolerated. NOT IN OUR BACKYARD! We ask for service and protection. We ask that it be done without us having to call and complain. We ask that it be done post-haste. We ask that our children be able to play in their backyard. And we thank you for it! Believe you me, we thank you!!!


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By Susan Black
Does your district offer high-quality prekindergarten and full-day kindergarten programs? If so, your youngest students are off to a good start.
Research confirms that children in good prekindergartens are eager and successful learners in kindergarten. And children who attend good full-day kindergartens stand a better chance of succeeding in first grade. That's the encouraging news.
But there's a worrisome downside. Prekindergarten children's gains in language, literacy, and math often fade out by the end of first grade. The gains children make in kindergarten, whether they attend half-day or full-day, often fade out by third grade.
Don't give up hope. There are steps you can take to ensure that prekindergarten and kindergarten pay off in the long run.
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As Draft day nears, focus falls on Harper
Nationals appear poised to take phenom, but questions remain
By Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com
The "if" that's been answered is if he'll go No. 1 overall in Monday's First-Year Player Draft. While there's been no official confirmation as of yet, the general consensus is that the Washington Nationals will take him with the top pick.
And who can blame them, really? With as much, if not more, hype than any previous amateur player, Harper has more or less delivered. He should be finishing his junior year of high school; instead he was setting school records in junior college.
MLB.com will offer live coverage and analysis of the entire Draft on Monday-Wednesday. Round 1 and Compensation Round A will be held on Monday at MLB Network's Studio 42 in Secaucus, N.J. Those 50 selections will be broadcast on MLB Network and simulcast live on MLB.com/Live. Coverage begins with the Draft preview show at 6 p.m. ET.
On Tuesday at noon, the Draft will continue with the rounds 2-30, via conference call from MLB Headquarters in New York. Rounds 31-50 will be on Wednesday, beginning at noon. Both days will be carried live on MLB.com/Live.
The Harper story by now is well-told: He left high school early and enrolled at the College of Southern Nevada for the challenges of better competition, with the added bonus of being draft-eligible a year early. While most knew he was immensely talented, no one was quite sure how he would perform at that age, at that level, and in a conference that uses wood bats, no less. He responded by hitting .442 with a .524 on-base percentage, a .986 slugging percentage, 29 homers and 89 RBIs in 62 games heading into the Junior College World Series. The College of Southern Nevada record for homers before Harper arrived was 12, to provide some perspective. He added two more homers and eight RBIs in one of those World Series Games. He's hit so well it's hard to consider a scenario where the Nationals wouldn't take him.
The "when" is when that bat will be big-league ready. His adviser, Scott Boras, has already hinted that perhaps having him catch -- his primary position -- as a professional wouldn't be prudent. Perhaps he's right. While many feel Harper could be a big-league catcher some day, there are also some who question his ability there. Staying behind the plate, the theory goes, could delay his ascension to a big-league lineup as he learns the nuances of his defensive craft. Harper has played third and the outfield at CSN and many feel he could be an oustanding right fielder as a professional. Without the pressure of catching, he could be ready to use his raw power in the Majors within a couple of years.
"He definitely has a chance to be an impact middle-of-the-order bat," one scouting director said. "Not sure what position he will end up at, but he profiles well for several positions."
The "how much" question is the toughest, and perhaps most delicate, one to answer. There is no question Harper is a unique talent. But is he a once-in-a-generation type? Is he the best hitting prospect in Draft history, one that could command a record-sized bonus?
Obviously, his adviser thinks so. Boras has made it clear that he thinks Harper belongs in the rarified air of another of his clients, Stephen Strasburg. Strasburg received a record $15.1 million bonus, nearly $5 million more than the previous high for a pitcher (Mark Prior, 2001). The top bonus package for a position player was awarded to Mark Teixeira, also in 2001, for $9.5 million.
It would come as no surprise if another record deal is sought by Harper. If he is indeed the type of prospect that comes along only slightly more frequently than Halley's Comet, it stands to reason he should be compensated as such.
"Some people think that he will get between Tex and Strasburg," an agent, who's active in the Draft, said. "I can definitely see that, at around $11 and $12 million, but Boras really pushing for $15 million or above would really not surprise me.
"He has more leverage than Strasburg, in my opinion, as a bat. I would ask for more and do so with hard evidence about bats. If I had to bet on it, if Washington draws the line, I'd probably go conservative and say $11 or $12 million because he will not walk away from that."
Leverage does seem to be an important issue. Because of his age and level, Harper does have the option to walk away from a deal and return for another year of junior college ball. Technically, any draftee has the option of not signing, but a college junior loses all leverage if he returns for his senior year. In Harper's case, he could be re-drafted a few times and still be extremely young.
"It's interesting because you don't necessarily want to give a big-league deal to a 17-year old," the scouting director said. "He has all of the leverage in the world and can be drafted every year. Even after his fourth draft he'll only be 21. He's definitely the most interesting hitter that I can think of."
Adding to the intrigue are some of the question marks that have come along the way. There are the minor ones about his defensive home, but the bigger ones have come within the realm of the increasingly-important "makeup" category. Harper is, by most accounts, a very self-confident young man. Some would say arrogant, others would label him as immature.
To some, it's major blemish. To others, it's something he'll grow out of. This part of the debate certainly didn't quiet down when Harper was ejected from what proved to be his final game of the season -- and perhaps his amateur career -- on Wednesday in the Junior College World Series. Harper questioned a called third strike by drawing a line in the dirt where he felt the pitch was. Though Harper didn't say a word, the line-drawing is an evident no-no, and usually grounds for an automatic ejection.
The NJCAA has a rule that if a player gets ejected, he has to sit out the next game. If he gets ejected twice in a season, it's a two-game suspension. Harper was thrown out of a game early in the year when he bowed in response to derisive cheering from an opponent's dugout. There hadn't been any issues since, but the most recent expulsion kept him out of the lineup on Thursday as his teammates lost in their elimination game on a walk-off home run.
"There have been some question marks," one long-time scout said. "If you're picking No. 1, you should have no questions. With Strasburg, there were no questions. When Joe Mauer came out, all they said about him was that he was big [for a catcher]. When you're making that decision, the person's just as important as the ability, maybe moreso with a 17-year-old."
"It would take [guts] to not take him. But I think we're making a monumental mistake as an industry if we give him that kind of money. I'm not saying he's not deserving of going No. 1. I just don't think he's worth $12 million."
That, ultimately, will be up to Harper, his adviser and the Nationals to figure out between the time his name is called shortly after 7 p.m. ET on Monday and the signing deadline on Aug. 16.
Jonathan Mayo 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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Hill, Douglas, and Chandler will be in the NBA a very long time if they dont bumb into any serious injuries....I said the samething about Ariza, Frye, and Balkman b/c their talent screams potential in covering two positions.knickzrulezH20
Hopefully Jordan Hill turns into something decent. If he does, I could care less about how this season ends up.
I dont like the way Dantoni is developing Chandler, Hill, and Douglas.


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Bridging Conceptions of Quality in Moments of Qualitative Research
AbstractQuality assessment in qualitative research has been, and remains, a contentious issue. The qualitative literature contains a diversity of opinions on definitions of and criteria for quality. This article attempts to organize this diversity, drawing on several examples of existing quality criteria, into four main approaches: qualitative as quantitative criteria, paradigm-specific criteria, individualized assessment, and bridging criteria. These different approaches can be mapped onto the historical transitions, or moments, in qualitative research presented by Denzin and Lincoln and, as such, they are presented alongside the various criteria reviewed. Socio-political conditions that have led us to a fractured future, where the value and significance of qualitative work may be marginalized, support the adoption of bridging criteria. These broadly applicable criteria provide means to assess quality and can be flexibly applied among the diversity of qualitative approaches used by researchers. Five categories that summarize the language used within bridging criteria are presented as a means to move forward in developing an approach to quality assessment that fosters communication and connections within the diversity of qualitative research, while simultaneously respecting and valuing paradigmatic and methodological diversity.
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Konerko named AL Co-Player of Week
By Cash Kruth / MLB.com
For the second straight week, the American League's highest-scoring offense produced the AL's Player of the Week. White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko was named the AL Co-Player of the Week for the period ending April 10, sharing the award with Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera, Major League Baseball announced on Monday. Konerko's award comes after White Sox outfielder Carlos Quentin earned the season's first award. Quentin and Konerko are the first teammates to earn the AL honor in consecutive weeks since Chicago's Jim Thome and Mark Buehrle (July 20 and 27, 2009, respectively). The 35-year-old first baseman hit .417 (10-for-24) in six games last week, matching Cabrera for league bests in home runs (three) and RBIs (eight). He also posted a .760 slugging percentage and a .385 on-base percentage. Konerko entered Monday on a 10-game hitting streak dating to 2010, and opened the season by driving in a run in Chicago's first seven games, a new franchise record. This is Konerko's fourth career weekly award. Cabrera earned the weekly honor by hitting .360 (9-for-25) in six games last week, leading the surprising Indians to first place in the AL Central entering Monday. Along with matching Konerko for the league lead in home runs and RBIs, the 25-year-old was second in the AL with 19 total bases, tied for third with five runs scored and fourth with a .760 slugging percentage. This is Cabrera's second career weekly award, the last coming on Sept. 15, 2008.
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A few of us posted our goals/plans, so I'm curious to see how we're all travelling, considering we're about a 1/3rd of the way through 2013.
I posted the following list (specifically relating to the 1H/2013):
- ITIL Foundations v3
- MCSE for Exchange 2013
- MCSE for Lync 2013
- MCITP for Lync 2010 (Maybe)
This is what I've achieved so far:
- MCSE for Exchange 2013
- MCSE for Server 2012
I'm about to undertake ICND1 (640-822) on the 1st May, with ICND2 a few weeks later (if the exam centers dont make me wait another 6 weeks again). I'm also ready to take ITIL, but wanted to get CCNA done before that.
Interestingly, my work around Lync dropped off massively so my interest/drive in it has taken a fairly big hit - kinda tempted to strike it off the list. I did have a period of not doing anything, primary due to work stress but that's passed now.
From that list, this is my 2H/2013 goals:
- VCAP5-DCA (maybe DCD too)
- Commence GIAC/GISP/GSLC
- Commence CISSP
- Commence MBA
I've actually started CISSP study as well, so I'm a little ahead on that.
How are you guys going? Are you anywhere near where you hoped to be? Lets expand this a little - is there anything you need to help you get moving?


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WELCOME to Thursday race fans! Which means it is time for The 33rd Annual Spooker ... the ORIGINAL and still the BEST, Day #2, sponsored by Shamrock Bolt & Screw Company at Tri-State Speedway!
We have all kinds of things happening during
There will be a trailer decorating contest in the pit areas and the Tri-State employees will be decorating their respective works areas.
Tonight will feature the finals of the 2012 Miss Tri-State Speedway Pageant at intermission plus a FULL race program for Pure Stocks, Front Wheel Drives, and Mini-Stocks and qualifying races for the Southern Sport Modifieds.
Don't forget the Costume Contest for the fans on Saturday night at intermission with cash prizes!
Oh yeah .... did we mention the best racing you will find in this part of the country? We have drivers from numerous states, even Nebraska, that will be racing with us! Don't forget that this is a national USRA Modified points race and this is the last weekend to earn national points!
Join us tonight for night #2 beginning at 7 PM for a FULL night of edge of your seat racing excitement! Adults are only $12 and kids are just $2!
Don't forget to get your official Spooker shirts that are now on sale!


text: We are almost ready for SciPy 0.7.0rc1 (we just need to sort out the Numerical Recipes issues and I haven't had time to look though them yet). So I wanted to ask once more for help with preparing the release notes: http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/scipy/browser/trunk/doc/release/0.7.0-notes.rst There have been numerous improvements and changes. As always I would appreciate any feedback about mistakes or omissions. It would also be nice to know how many tests were in the last release and how many are there now. Highlighting major bug fixes or pointing out know issues would be very useful. I would also like to ask if anyone would be interested in stepping forward to work on something like Andrew Kuchling's "What's New in Python ....": http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/2.6.html This would be a great area to contribute. The release notes provide visibility for our developers' immense contributions of time and effort. They help provide an atmosphere of momentum, maturity, and excitement to a project. It is also a great service to users who haven't been following the trunk closely as well as other developer's who have missed what is happening in other areas of the code. It is also becomes a nice historical artifact for the future. It would be great if someone wanted to contribute in this way. Ideally, I would like to have someone who be interested in doing this for several releases of scipy and numpy. Such a person could develop a standard template for this and write some scripts to gather specific statistics (e.g., how many lines of code have changed, how many unit tests were added, what is the test coverage, what is the docstring coverage, who were the top contributors, who has increased their code contributions the most, how many new developers, etc.) Just a thought. Figure it won't happen, if I don't ask. Thanks, -- Jarrod Millman Computational Infrastructure for Research Labs 10 Giannini Hall, UC Berkeley phone: 510.643.4014 http://cirl.berkeley.edu/


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Restaurants that help customers manage their waistlines are also helping their own bottom lines, according to a new study.
The Hudson Institute, a nonpartisan policy research organization, published a report called "Lower-Calorie Foods: It's Just Good Business." The report analyzed 21 of the nation's most popular restaurant chains, from quick-service outlets like McDonald's and Irvine-based Taco Bell to sit-down eateries like Applebee's and Olive Garden.
From 2006 to 2011, lower-calorie foods and beverages were the "growth engine" for those restaurants, the report found. Not only did healthier meals sell better at 17 of the 21 chains, the establishments that increased their menu of lower-calorie items saw a 5.5 percent increase in same-store sales, compared with a 5.5 percent decline among chains that decreased selection of lower-calorie items. The low-cal chains also enjoyed a 10.9 percent boost in customer traffic, compared with a 14.7 percent drop for the other chains.
"This report shows that companies can serve both their interest in healthy profits and their customers' interest in healthier eating," said Dr. James S. Marks, senior vice president and director of the Health Group at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which funded the report.
Study: antismoking programs save big
Speaking of a high return on investment, California is getting a bang for the bucks it spends on tobacco control, according to a new study.
From 1989 to 2008, the state spent about $2.4 billion to reduce tobacco use, resulting in health-care savings of about $134 billion, according to an analysis at UC San Francisco.
California voters in 1988 passed Prop. 99, which raised cigarette taxes and used the money for tobacco prevention and cessation programs, including an aggressive media campaign. In the past couple of decades, the state's adult smoking rate has dropped by roughly half, to about 12 percent.
"These health-care cost savings began to appear almost immediately after the program started and have grown over time," with the figure topping $25 billion in 2008 alone, says James Lightwood, a UCSF associate professor of clinical pharmacy. He was the lead author of the study, which appeared online in the journal PLOS ONE.
Workshop to look at healthy foods
The Children's Museum at La Habra is offering families something more than just playtime.
The museum will hold the second of three planned workshops on nutrition Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.
The 45-minute session features information about the "produce of the month," in this case beans. (Last month the topic was citrus; the March 19 session is about peas.) An instructor from the nonprofit Network for a Healthy California will teach the class, as well as tell a story about nutrition and conduct a cooking demonstration.
Kids are welcome. The workshop is free with museum admission, which is $8 per person (kids under 2 get in free). The museum is at 301 S. Euclid. For more information, call 562-905-9693.
That's just one of many classes parents can take with their kid at the museum. There's also Mommy, Music & Me and Music & Movement. Click here to learn more.
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