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East Asian Social Survey (EASS), Cross-National Survey Data Sets: Health and Society in East Asia, 2010 (ICPSR 34608)
Principal Investigator(s): Iwai (JGSS), Noriko, JGSS Research Center. Osaka University of Commerce; Li (CGSS), Lulu, National Survey Research Center. Renmin University of China; Kim (KGSS), Sang-Wook, Survey Research Center. Sungkyunkwan University; Chang (TSCS), Ying-Hwa, Institute of Sociology. Academia Sinica
The East Asian Social Survey (EASS) is a biennial social survey project that serves as a cross-national network of the following four General Social Survey type surveys in East Asia: Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS), Japanese General Social Survey (JGSS), Korean General Social Survey (KGSS), Taiwan Social Change Survey (TSCS), and comparatively examines diverse aspects of social life in these regions. Survey information in this module focused on issues that affected overall health, such as specific conditions, physical functioning, aid received from family members or friends when needed, and lifestyle choices. Topics included activities respondents were able to perform and how they were affected socially in light of specific physical and mental health conditions. Respondents were asked to provide health conditions they were suffering from, such as hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and how these conditions were limiting with respect to general health, physical functioning, emotional and mental health, as well as social functioning. Other topics included participation and frequency of lifestyle habits that affected overall health, as well as how often respondents visited the doctor. Respondents were also queried on whether they sought out alternative, non-traditional homeopathic care and whether family, friends, or co-workers listened to their personal problems and provided support financially. Additional topics include the environment and pollution, neighborhood amenities, fear of aging, addiction, and body image. Demographic information specific to the respondent and their spouse includes age, sex, marital status, education, employment status and hours worked, occupation, earnings and income, religion, class, size of community, and region.
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Iwai, Noriko (JGSS), Lulu Li (CGSS), Sang-Wook Kim (KGSS), and Ying-Hwa Chang (TSCS). East Asian Social Survey (EASS), Cross-National Survey Data Sets: Health and Society in East Asia, 2010. ICPSR34608-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research/Seoul, Korea: EASSDA [distributors], 2014-05-01. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34608.v2
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Subject Terms: addiction, aging, alcohol consumption, body height, body image, body mass index, body weight, caregivers, chronic illnesses, doctor visits, emotional disorders, environment, family relations, gambling, health, health behavior, health care, health insurance, health problems, Internet, mental disorders, mental health, physical limitations, pollution, public opinion, quality of life, smoking, social behavior, vaccines
Smallest Geographic Unit: county
Geographic Coverage: Asia, China (Peoples Republic), Japan, South Korea, Taiwan
- 2010-02--2010-12
- 2010-02--2010-12
Unit of Observation: individual
Universe: Cross-national network of adult respondents in East Asia that have participated in the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS), the Japanese General Social Survey (JGSS), the Korean General Social Survey (KGSS), and the Taiwan Social Change Survey (TSCS).
The East Asian Social Survey (EASS) is based on Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS), Japanese General Social Survey (JGSS), Korean General Social Survey (KGSS), and Taiwan Social Change Survey (TSCS), and is distributed by the East Asia Social Survey Data Archive (EASSDA).
Please refer to these related data collections featuring other modules of the East Asian Social Survey (EASS): ICPSR 34606, EAST ASIAN SOCIAL SURVEY (EASS), CROSS-NATIONAL SURVEY DATA SETS: FAMILIES IN EAST ASIA, 2006; and ICPSR 34607, EAST ASIAN SOCIAL SURVEY (EASS), CROSS-NATIONAL SURVEY DATA SETS: CULTURE AND GLOBALIZATION IN EAST ASIA, 2008.
For additional information on the East Asian Social Survey (EASS), CROSS-NATIONAL SURVEY DATA SETS: HEALTH AND SOCIETY IN EAST ASIA, 2010, please visit the East Asian Social Survey (EASS) Web site.
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Response Rates: Response rates for each of the four countries' social surveys (China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan) are the following: China - 71.99 percent (5,370 initial sample size; 3,866 respondents), Japan - 55.5 percent or 62.1 percent by Japanese General Social Survey official formula (4,500 initial sample size; 2,496 respondents), South Korea - 63.0 percent (2,500 initial sample size; 1,576 respondents), and Taiwan - 49.48 percent (4,052 initial sample size; 2,005 respondents).
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I need a story though. A game like"Heavy Rain". Where it's like an interactive movie and your choices dictate the game, is the perfect type.
Although, I love guerilla warfare...with a story.
Has anybody ever played BioShock?
I need a story though. A game like"Heavy Rain". Where it's like an interactive movie and your choices dictate the game, is the perfect type.
Although, I love guerilla warfare...with a story.
Has anybody ever played BioShock?
Also, don't get me wrong, I also love my tactical shooters like Rainbow 6 but I no longer enjoy MGS. I find it boring compared to a lot of the other combat offers out there.
What I don't need is a story. I don't have time to get into it.
did you just call MGS boring? you're crazy bro. MGS is like the best game ever nothing can compare to Metal gear solid, it changed the way games are being made. Did you see that trailer? that shit even blows Uncharted 3 out of the water. Who doesn't like sneaking around knocking dudes out and try to go unnoticed? Its soo much fun and also very challenging which makes it even more fun, it actually requires thinking cause you have to know how to maneuver around enemies and who you should knock out. Stealth games are the absolute funnest to play, i just wish there were more of them.
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just to set things straight you don't need any brains or skill to play COD. Its the simplest most repetitive game out there which is why i don't waste my money on it. Its soo easy to kill dudes on there its like child's play, i was playing black ops and my cousins house the other day and i was destroying dudes(i haven't played COD since the 1st modern warfare 3 -4 years ago).
Never played the second one. The newest one, Bioshock: Infinite, looks pretty Incredible actually as well.
Speaking of Amazing, Fallout: New Vegas is probably the best game I've played in a WHILE. Haven't played in probably about 6 months, and I've yet to see anything come close to it, still. Apparently Skyrim was similar (made by same people) but I don't know .. I think Fallout is one of the better game Series out there. Can't wait for the next one.
few games disappointed me more than bioshock 2
NBA 2K13 Trailer
No highlights of Raptors, but many highlights of Raps getting screwed on defense.
Like Joey said the first one was incredible.
Haven't played it in a long time. It was one of a few I lent to a guy and never got back.
Never played the second one or this new one. The first one along with Heavy Rain I picked up for cheap and are two of the best games I've ever played.
I haven't bought a new game in a serious while. I think I picked up LA Noire nearly a year ago at GameStop and it kept freezing and fucking up along with a few other games I've bought there over the years. I've vowed to stop going there now cause it's bullshit!
I'm getting real tired of playing MLB 11 and Mafia 2.
For the MyPlayer fans
that's insane
I'll admit that looks pretty good. i was hoping live 13 would do good, but it looks like it'll be crap for another 2 - 3 years. Sleeping dogs is pretty awesome has anyone bought it yet?
So who's getting 2k13?
I won't be getting it. If I get anything this fall it will be Black Ops 2 or Black Ops Declassified.
2K13 Next tueday, I'll be picking it up for sure. Can't wait to play with Val and Lowry
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Protecting Your Most Important Investment -- YOU
James T. Phillips, C.P.M., A.P.P.
James T. Phillips, C.P.M., A.P.P., Procurement Supervisor, Utah Department of Transportation, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-8260, 801.965.3836, firstname.lastname@example.com
88th Annual International Conference Proceedings - 2003 - Nashville, TN
In the face of constant change in today's workplace, an individual must take steps to protect their most important investment -- the time, energy, money and education committed to one's self and their profession. Individuals can make better career plans if they can imagine themselves as 'the boss'. By adopting an entrepreneurial spirit about their work, one will make better choices concerning current and future jobs or assignments. Eleven tips help guide the individual as they make those choices.


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CARSON, Calif. -- Four LA Galaxy Youth Academy players suited up for LA in their 1-1 Reserve League draw with Seattle Sounders FC.
Oscar Sorto, Paul Arriola, and Raul Mendiola each made appearances for LA in their draw. Academy starlets Nathan Smith and Drew Murphy were on the roster, but did not make an appearance.
Mendiola, who trained with LA's first team in 2012, is coming off a successful appearance at the Dallas Cup tournament and provided several dangerous through balls during his 12 minute shift. Last season, Mendiola impressed with his speed and enthusiasm to go forward, but on Monday, he appeared to be a far more composed player with as focused on sending in service from his central midfield role while also providing cover in defensive situations.
Following the match, Galaxy assistant coach and Reserve League head coach Curt Onalfo thought Mendiola showed growth in his performance against Seattle.
"He looks stronger; you can see that he's gotten physically stronger," said Onalfo "He's a guy that creates things in the final third so in the end of a game when you need a goal, he's a guy that is a good option for us. We're watching him closely in his development."
One of Mendiola's teammates on Monday, midfield Michael Stephens admitted that the youth player did well, but must develop both sides of his game.
"He's been in and out with our first team and the Academy, but I've always enjoyed playing with him," said Stephens of Mendiola. "It's just a matter of him putting in complete games, but offensively, he's very good."


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Rise of Nations gives you the
history of the world in a short amount of time
From the creators of such games as
Civilization II and Alpha Centauri comes the history of the world in an
hour-long game.
Well, maybe more than an hour, but
Big Huge Games (and Microsoft Game Studios) is banking on giving players a huge
amount of game advancement in a short amount of time to sell its newest
real-time strategy/civ game, Rise of Nations
Featuring the feel of turn-based
games, this game moves quickly throughout the ages, does away with
micromanagement of technologies and resources, and is rather option heavy.
"This game allows players to fully
customize their experience," said Tim Train, vice president of development and
operations for Big Huge Games. "Rise of Nations reduces micromanagement;
resources never deplete. Once a resource is built, you don't have to worry about
There are 32 special resources built
into the game (like horses, which can help advance a culture, and can be
targeted by your enemies) and multiple victory conditions. Players can succeed
through non-military as well as military options, the latter of which includes
nuclear devastation. Of course, for the nonviolent, economic warfare can also
reap you the rewards of mastery over the world.
This fast-paced program moves
seamlessly, and quickly, from the Stone Age to the modern world.
The graphics of this game were very
well done, and costuming is specific to each culture.
Rise of Nations is player friendly,
requires some cerebral decision-making, and could well provide hours of fun –
not only in that initial hour Big Huge Games predicts you will take to dominate
the world, but in successive outings with a wide variety of victory conditions.
This game is slated for release in
Spring 2003.


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It was a good week for Dynamo man Brian Ownby, as he tallied a goal and an assist for the Richmond Kickers in their USL Pro match against the Charlotte Eagles on Saturday, May 4.
Ownby gave Richmond the early lead in the 14th minute of the match (0:40 in the video below). Chasing down a long ball from defender William Yomby, the second year man out of Virginia deftly lofted the bouncing ball over the onrushing goalkeeper for his first goal with the Kickers.
The Dynamo midfielder then provided his 2nd assist of his loan spell in 34th minute to give the Kickers a 2-0 lead (2:30 in the video below). Ownby headed down a bouncing ball at the top of the 18 yard box while under heavy pressure into the path of Stanley Nyazamba. The onrushing attacker slotted it into the far corner to give Richmond a two goal advantage.
Ownby finished his night early in a 69th minute substitution. Charlotte came back with three goals in the second half, but Richmond scored an equalizer in the dying seconds of stoppage time to preserve a draw.
Richmond's next match is this Saturday, May 11 at 6 p.m. CT against Antigua Barracuda FC.


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its the best in the world my girl with other men
my wife has brought a friend home for the past few months from work to watch me have sex with them she realy enjoys it but has never said she has wanted the same thing one day before i have my weeky poker night i ask 2 of my friends if they wanted to have sex with her and after everybody left they stayed i told her that they were going to take u in and fuck you and she enjoyed it i even told them to give her a DP
would love to spit roast my wife with a nother guy it really turns the two of us on and I would to watch her getting a good dirty fucking
i would love to watch my wife fuck another man
It's wonderful see my wife fuck with others men. I like very much
My wife has fucked 19 guys up till now, and I watched with every one!! Sometimes she`ll spend the night away and tell me about it!!
Ich sah zu, wie ein Mann meine Frau herrlich gefickt hat. Sie hatte gewaltige Orgasmen. Nach seinem Abspritzen habe ich sie gefickt. Es gibt kein schöneres Erlebnis. Sie soll immer wieder von anderen Männern gefickt werden, schon deshalb, weil es wunderbar ist, den eigenen Schwanz in ein so vorgeficktes Fötzchen schieben zu können und dann zu erleben, wie geil meine Frau wird.
better to have her fuck in front of you. than behind your back and never know, .
Reminds me of my wife getting fucked by two guys, a friend that had sharred threesomes with us brought a friend of his along and things got a little wild with the two of them taking turns fucking her in front me this went on. All night until their cocks could not shot a load, I joined in every once I. A while shooting a load of cum up my wife's cunt while they watched, they want to do before again in the near future, my wife wants them also so I guess they will be fucking her soon.
I would so love to be fucked hard by someone else while my husband watched I would also love to watch him suck another mans cock just after its come out of my pussy....,
Bang on comments, Just the other week the wife came in after a night out with no underwear on, her tits fucking had bite marks on, and her hair was allover the place. Fucking turned on like crazy. I love her taking cock
i love watchn my girlfriend suckin and fuckin another guys cock especially if his cock is huge! she luvs the other guy to bend her ovr n fuck her pussy while she sucks my cock,
@ the wife and friend......could you comment more about that, I really imagine that story much success...please please please.....
Have watched my wife now for two months from our bedroom window...my buddy's cock nearly splits heather wide open...LOVE IT
Watched my wife fuck two guys once in their car, outside a bar, she didnt care if she came as long as they came. And they did. I loved it.
I know one of my friends is screwing my wife at least a few times a year. After we've had a social function at our place a certain friend will stay behind after all the guests have left. He'll then take my wife to our bed and fuck her. I love listening outside the door as she's getting laid.
I want to watch my wife get laid in a threesome with two other guys.
it is sooo hot watching my wife getting fucked by other men.i think watching her getting her pussy eaten by another woman is even hotter.but,she doesn't like seeing me with other women.so,i have to watch her!!!!
my wife loves it up the ass when she's got a big cock in her cunt...I'm normally face fucking her when this shit happens
I would love to see my wife get well and truly fucked by a great big black cock but any big cock would do at least 10 inch and thick too because mine is quite small so i would love to see her scream with pleasure but i dont know if she would go for it and i dont know how to ask her.
My wife said if we can find a suitable man then yes she will let him fuck her!
to mario. where are u from? hope we could arrange a time where i could fuck your wife while youre watching...its really my fantasy to fuck another's wife while her hubby is watching.
I love it cos I get turned on by watching my wife get really fucked, and I have no worries at all about getting close to another fella, nothing wrong with a bit of bi now and again!
i see it is fantasy of many people i wonder why .. i like it wery much and i dream of it she fuck and laught in my face
my friend used to fuck my partner in front of me while i watched before joining in. he has a bigger AND thicker cock than me and i used to love watching him give it to her good, hard and VERY, VERY fast.
This is my fantasy, I would love for this to come true and watch 2 big cocks pound my wifes pussy...
i wanna be fucked by my husbands friends in front of him will love it
My ultimate fantasy. fucking my wife with other man. Wow
I think it's really generous of this guy to let his friends fuck his wife. they probably fancy her anyway. rather than trying to seduce her in private, they can get it out with her in the open! The wife wins too, cause she gets to take her husbands friends dicks. Only downside i can see is the husband, who has to watch his friends enjoy his wife's body, including filling her with jism. but if you don't mind that, then it's fine!
my wife fucked her sisters husband and it was great to watch.then when i worked away he fucked her every night...if you are reading this dave..you can do it anytime.
I fucked my ex's two best friends at the same time and they penetrated me at the same time?OMG did I cum while they fucked me in unison in the ass and pussy.
Wow, would so love to see my woman being pumped by another man. Would love to watch her with one in her cunny and another in her mouth! mmmm
Nothing better than pumping the cock to those swinging wives!
Man, I just wish the video was longer and showed some of the build up before hand.
I want to see my fucking with big cock
Minha esposa adora fuder com meu grande amigo.
Possibly the unsexiest video ever!
johnny thats so hot
Very horny but far too short, can't these guys last longer than a minute?
she's really hot and deserves more than 1:36
Hey HorneyH I'm your man. I love fucking a guys wife while he eats her and sucks my cock then blowing my load in her pussy and on his face. I also like it the other way around too.
Would love to shag another guys wife and would be happy if he joined in the party.
fucking with every boys make ae very happy
Hey Steve from melb too love to help out pal get in touch...
Shes awsome and she deserves it alll she's a fukn goddes, would fuk here anytime
hey horny h lets do it.
would love to fuck your wives for you 2 boys better then 1
I do this for my husband. But then he must do same for me. I mean I make him suck a guy. It turns me on to watch him suck a cock. Of course he is bi
hey my wife what is your wife like coz i will fuck her with someone else if thats what you want or with you my cock is not that big but it gets rock hard i mean its like a lead pipe.
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die würde ich gernau auch durchficken
yeah.. this girl is good... this would be a ice treat at the weekend, for the wife ; )... never mind a meal, or a trip out shopping... no, get another guy to come around and fuck her... she'll be happy, and plus, you don't spend any money... ha, ha...
stevo,,cmon ill fuck ur wife..harder!!
want to watch me misses get plowed bad
who wants to fuck my fiancee she hav a nice pussy and big boobs to mke u cam all over again while wathing i keep cumming my self thats keep me horny
Its my ultimate fantasy too! Im from Melbourne aus and would love to arrange another guy to fuck my wife!
Oh my god! i love this woman, i love to see that guys fuck there best friends wife inront of him
Top stuff, its the biggest turn on to watch the wife get drilled by another fella, and these two would be welcome to anyday!
hi asianlady, its my fantasy too to fuck a girl in front of her husband. pehaps we can do it.. tell me how to get in touch with you
aisianlady ill do it
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ya i got my fucked in front of me once
Strangely enough doesn't make jealous seeing her fucked
lets have more of this girl, 1.30 is not enough, i wanna see her in a longer vid with some more guys, me even!
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^ yeah but bro you're missing a ton of what I posted. I posted my exact diet in the post on the previous page, as you can see I only eat natural foods including wholemeal bread and pasta.
As I also said I do intermittent fasting, so I only eat between the hours of 12pm-8pm. Obviously I'm not eating 5-6 meals in that time.
My diet is balanced close to as best as I can get it with the foods I eat and enjoy, but it's carb light.
I'm already eating 1-2 bananas, 1-2 bowls of oats, 100g+ of pasta and 2-4 slices of bread in those 8 hours, I can't really include many more carbs as food, would weigh me down far too much.
Rough day:
8am - Coffee
10am - Light Cardio
12pm - Toasted Tuna Sandwich, Banana
1pm - Oats, Protein Shake
2pm - Workout
2.30pm - Protein Shake, Light Cardio
4pm - Oats
6pm - Chicken, Wholewheat Pasta, Sauce
7pm - Protein Shake, few spoons Peanut Butter
This adds up to roughly 170g Protein, 80g fat and 220g carbs. I'm about 20g light on fats and 20g light on carbs for rest days. On workout days I need to consume 470g carbs so getting the rest is difficult.
I understand where you're coming from but bear in mind I am a small guy and literally fitting much more food into my body is going to make me sick


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Damn we're bricking everything right now :barf:
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why can't toney play like Mayo these days....
The way we're playing, if we can get this under 10 by halftime with Amar'e still only having the 2 fouls, we're in good shape.
See this is the dantoni effect on young players. They start to fall ini love with the 3 instead of using the mid range shot or trying to get to the basket. Shump should know by now that he needs to slow down on the long range attempts but we all know Antoni promotes it.
Just gotta keep battlin'.. Scratch & claw.
Love Shumpert energy and hustle but he need to play more smarter.
We need a shooter, who can catch and shoot, work off picks and ****. Ray Allen, Rip Hamilton, Ben Gordon type of guy.
hahaha that Shumpert dunk was ridiculous!
seriously sometime our player made the stupidest play.
Man I just hate Balkman.....absolutely useless...
Shumpert lookin like JCrossover right about now
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Here is the project im working on, im having a hard time figuring out an algorithm that will read the minimum and maximum values. Also when i am confused about the end of input signal(cntl+Z). My instructor also tells me that the program should instantly print the output and that i dont have to hit enter once I use it. I think he is completely wrong about this but I am not sure. My program also keeps assigning ^Z a numerical value.
Project description:
Design and implement a C++ program that works as follows.
First read a sequence of integer values. Stop reading values when the user enters the end-of-input signal, which is usually a <Ctrl-D> or <Ctrl-Z> combination on most computers.
Then print the following statistics:
* the total number of values that were entered
* the number of times the value 0 appeared
* the number of positive values
* the number of negative values
* the number of even values
* the number of odd values
* the minimum value
* the maximum value
* the sum of all the values
* the average of all the values (as a floating point number)
* the product of all the values (as a floating point number)
Your program should correctly handle unusual cases such as when all the values are negative, or all the values are positive, or the total number of values entered is 0.
The only library your C++ program may include is <iostream>.
Here is a sample run. The user input is shown in boldface red.
Enter value: 3
Enter value: 6
Enter value: 12
Enter value: -2
Enter value: -5
Enter value: -8
Enter value: 7
Enter value: 1
Enter value: 2
Enter value: 5
Enter value: <Ctrl-Z>
Number of values = 10
Number of zero values = 0
Number of positive values = 7
Number of negative values = 3
Number of even values = 5
Number of odd values = 5
Minimum value = -8
Maximum value = 12
Sum = 21
Average = 2.1
Product = -1209600


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Where are they now? Chris Hoiles
Former O's catcher enjoying role as Atlantic League manager
By Amanda Comak / MLB.com
The hardworking Hoiles, known as "Tractor Mechanic" to his Orioles teammates, spent 10 years in Baltimore simply embodying the "Oriole Way," a method of playing -- focused on fundamentals and basics -- that was ingrained in Orioles players during Hoiles development.
Ten years removed from his last game in an Orioles uniform, Hoiles, a career .262 hitter with 151 homers and a .467 slugging percentage, is still working at those same fundamentals that he was being taught 20 years ago as an Orioles prospect.
This time, however, the Orioles Hall of Famer is working on getting them through to his own players, in his second season managing the York Revolution of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
"It's a new venture for me," Hoiles said of his latest career. "This is the second year I've been doing it and it was something new for me as far as being a manger so I wanted to try it and see if I liked this side of it. Things have been going very well."
With his team leading its division for the second half of the season, Hoiles is getting through to his players on some level. Working with former Orioles pitcher Tippy Martinez, who serves as York's pitching coach, Hoiles has used his time since leaving the Major Leagues to test out what he refers to as "the other side" of the game.
Heading first to the college ranks, Hoiles spent time at both his alma mater, Eastern Michigan University, and Bowling Green as an assistant coach. However, when Adam Gladstone, the Revolution's director of baseball operations came calling, the opportunity seemed too good to pass up.
"It just started out by a phone call," Hoiles said. "Adam Gladstone just called me one day. I'd been doing some work at the college level for about the last seven years, and Adam called me and gave me a little bit of a rundown about York and the league and it just started to make sense to me to give it a shot.
"It was just a whole lot of exciting factors that sold me on this, I knew it was going to be a big thing and [managing] was something that I was looking to do, something that I was hoping to do."
ARI: Travis Lee | ATL: Mark Lemke
BAL: Chris Hoiles | BOS: Bill Lee
CHC: Randy Hundley | CIN: Eric Davis
CWS: Dan Pasqua | CLE: Dave Burba
COL: Curtis Leskanic | DET: Steve Sparks
FLA: Charlie Hough | HOU: Doug Drabek
KC: Mike Macfarlane | LAA: Rick Reichardt
LAD: Jim Gott | MIL: Don Sutton
MIN: Kevin Tapani | NYM: Ed Kranepool
NYY: Jim Abbott | OAK: Ben Grieve
PHI: Tommy Greene | PIT: Barry Jones
STL: B. Tewksbury | SD: C. Hernandez
SF: Brian Johnson | SEA: Henry Cotto
TB: Doug Creek | TEX: Dave Hostetler
TOR: Alex Gonzalez | WAS: W. Fryman
The ALPB is an independent baseball league that began in 1998 -- although the York team is in just its second year of existence -- that is designed for more experienced Minor League players. It's meant to concentrate on signing six-year professional players. In short, it isn't exactly Rookie Ball.
That is where Hoiles experience comes in handy.
"Baltimore is a great town to play in and the fans were great, but I just think that being able to take what I did there and apply it to where I'm at right now, I think, goes a long way," Hoiles said. "Being able to deal with players not only from a professional, playing-side level, but I've been through exactly what they've been through and I think that goes a long way with the players.
"Being an ex-player at that level gives you a respect factor from other players that you have been there, especially when things are going bad."
And when he's not busy with York's 140-game schedule, Hoiles has been enjoying spending time with his wife, Dana, and three sons. With Dalton, 12, Derek, 9, and Drew, 7, all in school and getting active in sports, Hoiles takes full advantage of having the entire winter off to be a fan.
"Dalton is going to start middle school football, and I've been able to watch him play basketball in the winter and baseball in the beginning of the spring season," he said. "It's nice with that schedule, and where Spring Training is only about a week and a half, I'm able to see quite a bit."
Amanda Comak 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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Yes, I use semolina only. I found the flour tended to stick to the dough it give it that chalky coating that kept if from browning well. I know lots of people use straight flour, but they must be much better at dough handling than I am and are able to use much less. For me the semolina really works well and you can even brush any off with your hand that remains after baking - if you were so inclined.
JD, I am no NY expert. Probably no expert at any style, butto my eye it appears that you have mastered opening your dough. Nice and round and uniform crust.I prefer not to use grated cheese, I guess that the NY style uses it a lot. I like the 1st pie, yes too much cheese but that is an easy fix. When you say that you get lack of feedback, do you mean none, or only a couply replys?I would say that there are many of my posts that don't elicit a huge response, try not to let it bother you, you are doing very well from the looks of things.Mark
I hope these criticisms are somewhat helpful. As you can see I didn't have too much to say about your pizzas themselves because they already look very good to begin with! You obviously are an experienced pizzamaker and are producing some really nice pizzas there.
The pepperoni Pie looks delicious JD,On the white Pie, I prefer making a base, ricotta cheese, a bit of pecorino or parmesan, garlic, a touch of pesto, than I spread directly to the dough a thin base, than Mozzarella cheese and whatever topping you want, maybe some tomatoe slices or no topping is ok, it really looks better than throwing the ricotta on top and gives more creamyness and flavor.
So sorry by mistake I hit Ignore :-S, yes I use a drizzle of EVVO, It really makes a difference on how your cheese melts and brings up the flavors, and since I use a wood fire oven higher temps, if I dont use the oil the toppings get a little dry.
JD,I'm no expert, but from my point of view the pies look very, very good!There are a few things I might want to do to perfect them even more, but it's a matter of taste:- I would cut down on the cheese a little bit. There's nothing wrong with not having everything covered with cheese.- I would rotate the pies 180 degrees when they were half done. Most non professional ovens have an uneven heat distribution.- I would remove any cheese on the cornicone before baking the pies. To me the cornicone looks more beautiful without small bits of cheese.But these are very minor points. Your pies look delicious.
I admit, I have no idea what I'm doing in terms of taking pictures. I use the camera on my phone or my wife's digital, and all I know about her camera is that it is pink..........
Tin:The camera is a Cannon Powershot 1200si. I have a lot of research to do, but I pulled a cold slice from the fridge and did a quick comparison using Automatic mode & Program mode just to see if there were any major differences. I also added some light in the background. Pretty surprised in the difference, and this is after 10 minutes of research.Thanks again for the advice. I'm looking forward to learning more now.


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Montezuma-Cortez High School and Dolores High School ended the season at their respective regional tournaments Saturday.
M-CHS (10-15) lost 3-0 to Mesa Ridge and 3-0 (15-25, 12-25, 15-25) to No. 2-ranked 4A Lewis-Palmer. The Monument school won the tourney on its home floor to advance to state.
San Juan Basin League regular season champion Dolores (17-7) lost in straight sets to 2A regional host Vail Mountain (23-25, 22-25, 17-25) and to tourney winner Paonia, 3-0 (17-25, 19-25, 22-25).


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I wanna see Titan SLI run this now.
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Not sure how that one HD 7970 got in the 60s for avg FPS. I'm a hair shy of 50 FPS Using the Extreme HD settings at 1080p and that's running at 1350Mhz. Highest score is a quad HD 7970s, followed by a Tri-SLI Titan setup.


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Mary Schapiro, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, announced her departure Monday.
Her decision will mark the end of a turbulent and trying period for Ms. Schapiro, who took over at the SEC as the agency was reeling after the emergence of the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme. Ms. Schapiro will officially step down Dec. 14.
A career regulator, Ms. Schapiro is credited by current and former SEC officials with steadying the agency after its failure to spot the Madoff fraud. Her likeable personality and experience in top regulatory role helped to repair the SEC's battered image, protect its powers during a big rewrite of financial regulation rules and boost employee morale.
Mary John Miller, a top Treasury Department official who played a key role during the debt-ceiling debate, is under serious consideration to replace Ms. Schapiro, people familiar with the matter said.


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Oh, Patrick! I love happy endings and yours is definitely a very happy one! How wonderful that you were rescued and cared for until you could go to your forever home! Now you are eating healthful food and getting loads of activity, rest, affection, reasons to wag your tail and love! You definitely need a selection of coats! (Seriously, from what I know about a greyhound, there are definite reasons to wear a coat. since you're inherently slender, you need an extra layer, such as an overcoat, to stay warm and sometimes dry, and protect your body.) Every gentleman needs a stylish coat to wear, and with your lovely glossy coat it makes you look even more handsome! Big, big, big hugs to you today, beautiful Patrick! What a pleasure to meet you! I like the picture of you resting "upside down" on your pillow, and the one of you in your red jacket enjoying the outdoors! But I really like ALL your pictures! Happy Dog of the Day to you, precious Patrick!Patrick was dumped. He was found one St. Patrick's Day by the RSPCA, hence why he is named Patrick. Patrick is beautiful, handsome, and the most affectionate dog I have ever known. After everything he has been through, he still loves people, he thrives on being with you, and all he wants is love. When Patrick arrived to our home he was very thin and bald in places. He now filled out and has one of the glossiest coats I have seen! He is so handsome.
Patrick loves going out for walks, and going out in the car. He is very energetic and loves to run. He also loves being a couch potato and spends most of his day in bed on his back! He is very spoilt owning his own wardrobe of coats for every occasion. We just love him so much ... Nothing makes me and my family happier than seeing our little boy happy & wagging his tail!


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"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
Trout is the first player EVER to hit 30 homers, steal 45 bases and score 125 runs in one season.
If you want to toss in his slash line, his 62 extra-base hits, his 92.3 percent stolen-base success rate or any other item on his stat sheet, you'll find that no player in the history of baseball has combined this much excellence in so many areas in the same season. Again, that phrase was "no player in the history of baseball."
This will mean nothing to those that immediately dismiss WAR, but the difference between Trout and Cabrera is 4.2 WAR. That is also the difference in WAR between Miguel Cabrera and Alberto Callaspo.
Cabrera is the first third baseman to win the triple crown.
Cesar Cedeño was the first guy with 20 Hrs and 50 SBs when he did it in 1972.
(a feat accomplished many times since).
Eric Davis was the first to 25/80 in 1986. He scored 115 runs in that year also.
There's a first time for everything.
Neither of those guys cracked the top 5 in MVP voting.
I'm just devil advocating here, since I'm in the camp of "I don't care who wins, but this is interesting".
Trout is going to have to overcome the facts that
1) His team missed the playoffs and it didn't seem to be from lack of talent.
2) He missed a month of the season (not his fault, but...) (Cabrera will end with 160 games played).
3) A triple crown is a big deal. Maybe it shouldn't be, but it is.
Voters are voters. Who know how they end up voting. A least Trout has a lot of advocates, something Cedeño and Davis really didn't have.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
30 HR, 45 SB and 125 runs are all impressive numbers, but even though no one's hit that exact combination before, it's not like the season itself is unprecedented in its quality. Rickey Henderson in 1985, 1986 and 1990. Eric Davis in 1986 and 1987. Barry Bonds spent about a decade in that neighborhood. Trout's had a great power-speed season with a high OB. Those aren't uncommon.
Wait until the year after next year.
Why the hating on Alberto Callaspo?
There are a lot of very good arguments for giving Trout the MVP award but the "doing something no one has done before" argument isn't itself a very good argument. If Adam Dunn can strike out four more times he will reach 224 K's on the season, something no hitter has ever before "achieved."
I realize that argument has sometimes carried weight with voters. Maury Wills absolutely was not as valuable a player as Frank Robinson or, more importantly, Willie Mays of the pennant winning Giants in 1962, but Wills's 104 stolen bases were unprecedented and swayed voters more than Mays's 49 HRs, 141 RBI and general all around greatness.
"Hey...Dad. Wanna Have A Catch?" Kevin Costner in "Field Of Dreams."
Though I agree Trout's defensive awesomeness and jackrabbit speed give him a decided advantage over Cabrera, which is what that WAR differential is driving at. I just happen to think that gets overtaken by Cabrera's positional shift to the left of the defensive spectrum. For those who feel compelled to process these things in WAR terms, that move plugged a gaping hole for the Tigers and allowed the team to add Fielder, worth about 5.0 WAR overall.
Wait until the year after next year.
The rate that Cabrera and Trout get bases and get on base is essentially the same. The difference is negligible. But even in less PA's, Trout has put together a higher wRC+ (175 to 166) than Cabrera. Again, the difference there is not large, but it essentially shows that Trout has provided more offensive value than Cabrera on a cumulative basis than Cabrera has. So Cabrera has been on more and gotten more bases than Trout simply because he's had more opportunities to. If you (or anyone for that matter, not directing this directly at you) want to hold that against him, I'm not really sure that's fair.I supposed if I didn't consider WAR horrible at what it attempts to do, that would sway me. As an aside, I think you've just come up with an excellent argument against putting much stock in WAR. Anyway WAR is not strictly cumulative. It primarily relies on weighted measures. Cabrera has 64 TB and 21 TOB on Trout. Does that play a role over the course of a season? You bet it does. It's not the most important thing in the universe, but it is a case of accumulation that matters.
I'll admit I hadn't considered the positional shift, and think you have a decent point here. However, I personally think you're giving it too much weight. Cabrera's shift to 3B dramatically decreased his defensive value, and I don't think he deserves "credit" for the front office going out and signing a $214M first baseman. If anything it shows that the guy they signed is a pretty comparable player to Cabrera (their stat lines aren't that dissimilar), and guys with huge bats and less than stellar gloves/speed aren't that unique in baseball.Though I agree Trout's defensive awesomeness and jackrabbit speed give him a decided advantage over Cabrera, which is what that WAR differential is driving at. I just happen to think that gets overtaken by Cabrera's positional shift to the left of the defensive spectrum. For those who feel compelled to process these things in WAR terms, that move plugged a gaping hole for the Tigers and allowed the team to add Fielder, worth about 5.0 WAR overall.
Tigers made the playoffs, the Angels didn't. I think there will be some writers who will think, "If Trout is so valuable, how come the Angels missed the playoffs?". I'm not saying that's right, but it will be a factor in the MVP vote.
So, Mike Trout is such a tremendous player and so valuable that he couldn't even lead the Angels to the playoffs? Are the Angels short on talent compared to Oakland? I would argue that the Angels have more talent and yet even with Mike Trout they have failed to reach the playoffs. How is that possible if he is that valuable?
It's easy to blow-off Cabrera agreeing to move to 3b and forget that he didn't have to do that. Votto wouldn't do it. Cabrera did and that allowed Detroit to sign Fielder. It doesn't work for all'y'alls argument to give that any value but I bet even the Reds would be a better team if Votto had moved to LF so that the Reds could sign Fielder (not that the Reds had the money to do so, but saying there is no value is just discounting something that doesn't help your argument).
I believe it is Cabrera in a landslide, although there will be the people that only rely on WAR that vote for Trout; I just find it short-sighted to rely on a stat that has so many assumptions tied into calculating it. Even I can see all the talent on the Angels roster; how can adding the best player in baseball turn a playoff team into a non-playoff team and how does that make Trout the most "valuable" player?
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Updated 3:11 pm, Sunday, August 25, 2013
A drunk driver was charged with intoxication manslaughter of his passenger Sunday, after he ran a red light and crashed into another car in northwest Harris County.
Around 8 p.m. Saturday, Jose Garcia was driving a white Dodge pickup westbound on West Little York at Addicks Satsuma Road. He ran a red light and hit a gray Lexus SUV, which entered the intersection northbound on a green light, according to authorities.
Chase Grbic, 24, a back-seat passenger, was thrown from the Dodge pickup and later died of injuries at the North Cypress Hospital.
"He is the light of my life, my little boy... that I have to bury now," said Eric Grbic, the victim's father.
Grbic was not wearing seat belt at the time, his father said.
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I think this Jennings kid is a fantastic player, but does anyone else think he's a little too cocky for his own good?
Source - Click here to see video pertaining to interviewJENNINGS ON RUBIO
Q: How did he (Rubio) do and how would he do to compare to the other guys in college now?
A: "Well when I was playing he only zero assists and two turnovers, you know you tell me how that was."
Q: How many minutes was he (Rubio) playing?
A: "We had about even minutes, I had 12 points, about six assists, that was the most I ever played was 30 minutes. I was a little winded but I still think I got the best of him."
Q: How would he compare to the college freshman for example?
A: "Well put it like this, if he was in a workout with me, Jonny Flynn, Drew Holiday, (Ty) Lawson, and Stephen Curry he wouldn't even be at the top."
Q: Do you think he's all hype?
A: "Yeah because he played in the Olympics, been playing pro ball since 14, you know there it is right there. His stats you know 26 minutes, having 16 points, seven assists, nine steals in 26 minutes, and you have all that? You know, I really don't know, I can't wait to play him though."
Q: Is it safe to say you think should go before Ricky Rubio in the draft?
A: "Yeah, I think I'm a better player think he is, I can shoot the ball better than he can, you know the only time I have seen him do something is when he has a homerun pass or something like that. I think the dude is just all hype. I can't even front you know, I'm just going to be real with you guys."


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I'll be the first to admit that I have been very skeptical of Felton's contribution to the team. However over the last couple of games he has demonstrated very decent play making abilities. Not so much in his shot selection which remains rushed (and often results in lost possession), but in his ability to defend, set a decent tempo, and pass the ball around. He has minimised his turnovers and has shown composure in making tricky -yet key- passes. So let me be the first to create a thread congratulating you on your performance, and hope that you keep it going.
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Peter Mel, a Santa Cruz surfer who lives in Newport Beach, has claimed this year's Mavericks Invitational, a contest that brought together the best 24 big-wave surfers from around the world to compete in Northern California on Sunday.
Mel, 42, split his $50,000 winnings with fellow finalists, who included San Clemente's Greg Long, the event's winner in 2008. The event was held on a day that saw long lulls, but when the occasional sets showed, waves beefed up to the 20-foot-and-larger range.
Because surf conditions have not been right on recent target dates, this year's renewal of the one-day, invite-only contest was the first in three years. The famed surf spot is about 20 minutes south of San Francisco.
The surf break at Half Moon Bay was made famous recently in the Hollywood film "Chasing Mavericks." Long and Mel were stunt doubles and actors in the film, picked for their expertise at this intense surf spot.
The victory follows a year of great accomplishment for Mel, who was named the Big Wave World Champion for the 2011-12 season. Mel works for Huntington Beach-based Quiksilver.
Mavericks is one of the most dangerous surf spots in the world, taking lives of well-known, experienced surfers over the years. Spectators were not allowed on the bluff this year after walls of water came crashing onto the beach in 2010 and injured spectators.
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The DSM interface
When you access the DS-412+ through its Web interface, you'll be greeted by the Disk Station Manager (DSM), one of the slickest, sexiest Web interfaces ever to grace a piece of consumer electronics. Pay attention, every other device manufacturer on the entire planet: this is how you do a Web interface.
The windows-icons-mouse-pointer DSM interface is easy to peruse. When clicked, a Start Button-style icon in the upper-left pulls down a panel containing the applets installed on the device. The taskbar at the top fills with program bars exactly as expected, and its right edge contains a notification center, configuration options, a search (which locates interface elements, not files on the NAS—there's a separate search for that), and also a button which invokes an OS X Exposé-style window reveal. This last feature, dubbed "Pilot View," can prove quite handy if you find yourself hunting through a half-dozen open windows.
The desktop itself contains icons for whichever Synology NAS apps you've elected to keep on the desktop for easy access. There is a default set, but it is customizable. You can even put files from your NAS shares on the desktop, though they function as shortcuts, and when clicked they invoke the File Station browsing application. The left side of the screen is reserved for an unmovable (but hide-able) sidebar containing handy things you might want to know about your NAS, like overall health, uptime, the amount of used storage, and CPU and RAM utilization.
Much like the Matrix, though, the best way to understand the interface is to see it for yourself. Synology has a live DSM demo on its website if you'd like to get your hands dirty.
DSM applications
Providing an exhaustive drill-down through all of the default DSM applications would take a considerable amount of time. I won't bore you with that, but I will touch on the more frequently used applications and configuration options.
Storage Manager
The thing you'll want to hit immediately is the Storage Manager. If you checked the SHR option during the setup assistant phase, the Storage Manager should show a single formatted ext4 volume, created with SHR and single-disk fault tolerance. It takes some time for the volume to be made ready the very first time you access the interface, but once it's done, it will display with a status of "Normal."
The second tab of the storage manager allows you to view more detailed information on each of your installed hard disk drives. From here, you can enable or disable each disk's write cache, view its S.M.A.R.T. counters, and even run quick or extended S.M.A.R.T. tests. The exposure of this information to the admin—that's you!—is a good thing, as it gives you additional tools with which to keep an eye on your disks, which hold your data, which is presumably very important to you.
The Storage Manager also lets you create iSCSI volumes and targets. This is important because iSCSI is a great way to take space on your NAS and use it as if it were directly attached to the computers on your LAN. We'll go deeper into iSCSI a little bit later.
Control Panel
One of the most frequently visited parts of the interface, especially during setup, is the control panel. As you would expect, the control panel holds all of the applets that you need to change the device's behavior. This is where you add users and shares, configure the device's firewall and other networking services, manage installed applications, check log files, and a ton of other things.
Sharing with others
Most importantly, this is where you can create shares. The "Shared Folder" applet brings up a listing of all your current shares, and gives you the option to create new ones and set some permissions on them. Shares that you create here are automatically made available both through AFP and SMB/CIFS, so all shares are available to both Mac and PC users by default.
Linux and other Unix-y users can hit the "NFS Privileges" button and modify the NFS export permissions, which will also make the share available to mount via NFS. Out of the box, Synology claims support for NFS version 4, though there doesn't appear to be a way to modify NFS ACLs through the GUI and all of my Linux clients can only connect to NFS mounts using NFS 3.
The top row of control panel icons contains other tools for making your data available, too. You can add users and groups, make your NAS part of an LDAP directory or member it to a Windows domain (which enables you to apply some limited GPOs to it and perform some remote management with Windows domain admin tools), and make NAS shares available via FTP or WebDAV. The WebDAV option is interesting, in that when coupled with a bit of elbow grease it provides a way for users to modify files on the Synology unit via a Web browser. This might be a good option for a building a Sharepoint-style document repository on your LAN, for example, or for quickly modifying files hosted on your Synology's built-in Web server.
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SNOW HILL – With the deadline to file for the upcoming
primary and general elections this fall rapidly approaching, the field of
candidates for local and state positions has started to take shape in the last
week or so, but at least two offices up for grabs are conspicuous by their
apparent lack of challengers.
The Worcester County Board of Elections late yesterday
updated its list of candidates who have filed for election this fall and nearly
every one of the state and local seats on the ballot has at least two
candidates. The deadline to file is Tuesday at 9 p.m., but with the elections
board offices closed Monday in honor of the Fourth of July, any late changes
will likely come under the wire.
While more candidates could file today or before the
deadline on Tuesday, at least two positions on the ballot did not have
challengers as of late yesterday.
Worcester County Commission President and District 3
representative Bud Church, who represents West Ocean City and much of Berlin,
did not have a challenger as of late yesterday, nor did District 7 County
Commissioner Louise Gulyas, who represents Ocean City.
There is some precedent for a sitting County Commissioners
to run unopposed for re-election. Most recently, sitting District 5
Commissioner Judy Boggs ran unopposed the last time around in 2006. For the
upcoming election this fall, with the exception of Church and Gulyas, each of
the other commissioner districts will be challenged.
In District 1, which includes Pocomoke, four challengers
have filed for the seat currently occupied by Commissioner Bobby Cowger, who
will not seek re-election. Democrat Jimmy Schoolfield and Republicans Jerre
Claus, Merrill Lockfaw and Larry Ward will vie for the seat.
In District 2, the so-called minority district that runs
down the spine of the county from Berlin to Snow Hill, incumbent James Purnell
is being challenged by former county NAACP President Edward Lee.
In District 4, fellow Democrat Tom Tucker and Republican
Ted Elder are challenging incumbent Democrat Virgil Shockley. Elder ran
unsuccessfully against Shockley in 2006.
The District 5 race thus far features incumbent Republican
Judy Boggs taking on Democrat John Bodnar and Republican Bob Thompson.
District 6, which includes much of the north end of the
county including parts of Ocean Pines, features incumbent Republican Linda
Busick against fellow Republican Madison "Jim" Bunting, who was the first to
file in any of the commissioner districts.
Again, with the deadline to file still days away, the rest
of the field of candidates for the fall election has started to take shape.
As of late yesterday, incumbent Joel Todd and challenger
Beau Oglesby will face off in the Worcester County State's Attorney race.
Four challengers have come forward to vie for Worcester
County Sheriff including Bobby Brittingham, David Catrino, Reggie Mason and
Carroll Overholt.
It appears Register of Wills Charlotte Cathell will once
again run unopposed, although long-time Clerk of Circuit Court Stephen Hales
will have a challenger for the first time in Ocean Pines resident Mary Burgess.
The three sitting Judges of Orphan's Court, Linda Hess,
Bill Shockley and Dale Smack, were unopposed as of late yesterday, as were four
sitting Worcester County Board of Education members including Bob Hulburd, Bob
Rothermel, Donnie Shockley and Doug Dryden.
In terms of state offices, including the District 38
Senator and District 38B House of Delegates seats, the field of candidates in
each got suddenly crowded in the last few weeks leading up to Tuesday's
deadline with the potential for more candidates coming forward.
In the District 38 Senate race, current District 38-B
Delegate James Mathias will square off against Ocean City hotelier Michael
James, who narrowly lost to Mathias in the House of Delegates race in 2006.
Joining Mathias and James in the Senate race with a couple of days to go is
Somerset County Democrat Charles Mickey Lehrer. Mathias and Lehrer will compete
in the September primary, while the Republican James has a clear road to the
General Election, as of deadline yesterday.
Meanwhile, the complexion of the District 38B House of
Delegates seat changed dramatically this week with some late filings.
Incumbent Democrat Norman Conway, along with Pocomoke
Mayor and Republican Mike McDermott, filed early for the district's House of
Delegates seat, but they were joined this week by Berlin Mayor and Democrat
William "Gee" Williams, Snow Hill Republican Marty Pusey, and Wicomico County Republican
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With 2012 in the books and awards season a little more than a week away, what better time than now to look ahead at what 2013 has in store for us in the world of entertainment? Why look back at 2012's best in movies, music and TV, when our favorites will be announced so soon? We must press on. We must see which artist /TV show/movie and every other excuse in the book will keep us from the gym today. Ask yourself: Do you want to give your roommate the same lame excuse for why you haven't left the couch in seemingly a month? No way! We must look ahead to 2013 and find those reasons why a gallon of ice cream on a Tuesday is totally normal; and why the gym will always be there, but a TV premiere happens but once in a lifetime. For the next couple of weeks, I will give you all of the ammunition you need for a happy
and healthy New Year. Today will be about music, next Monday about TV, and the following Monday will be devoted to movies. So get your pens ready. Put down your water bottle, it's the New Year so bring on the excuses.
In the world of music we have one big defense: Beyoncé. Well, for right now, it is one big question. When will Beyoncé release her newest album? Though there is still not a confirmed release date, some reports have the first single premiering as early as the day after she rocks the Super bowl half time show on February 3th. So while we may have to continue using the, "it's cold outside" argument for at least a month, the wait will be well worth it. Especially since Hit-Boy, Kanye West, Ryan Tedder and Miguel have all confirmed collaborations with the Queen B.
Apart from Mrs. Carter, we can expect a lot of great music from other top artists in early 2013. 50 Cent's newest album, "Street King Immortal", is set to release on February 26th with confirmed guests Dr. Dre, Swizz Beatz and AraabMuzik. Country music sensation Tim McGraw will be premiering his "Two Lanes of Freedom" record on February 5th; and I know at least one JBJ fan who is eagerly waiting the, "What About Now" album excuse, set to ripen in March. So while we patiently wait for the songstress to give us the biggest alibi for the new year, we can be content to know that a few of our other favorites will define our lives in early 2013. And, if those aren't enough, LL Cool J is back in the game with "Authentic Hip Hop", and Solange (sister of the Queen) is premiering her latest album "True" on January 8th.
Now, to be honest, I really do hope that you stay true to your new years resolutions, and that you will be successful in whatever it is you want to accomplish. Everyone has a hard time getting out of the bed early to hit the treadmill but have faith. Try bringing some of the music I just mentioned along with you. It is always more fun to run to a good beat. I hope you had a wonderful New Year's Eve and don't forget to watch the 2013 People's Choice Awards on Wednesday, January 9th 9/8c on CBS.
Which 2013 album are you most excited for?
"What About Now" by Jon Bon Jovi
"Two Lanes of Freedom" by Tim McGraw
"Authentic Hip Hop" by LL Cool J
"True" by Solange
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"First Lady of the West" Linda Lael Miller has stormed to the top of the New York Times best-sellers list with novels her many fans can't get enough of.
In Big Sky Mountain, rough-and-tumble cowboy Hutch Carmody is not exactly the type to come home for family dinner. Or is he? After making peace with his half-brother and inheriting half of Whisper Creek Ranch, Hutch sets his sights on kindhearted divorcée Kendra Shepherd. But even with his newfound wealth and rugged good looks, Hutch finds that Kendra is frustratingly immune to his charms.
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Ok so I am fairly good at math, but unfortunatly in high I never went past basic allgebra and geometry.
What I'm wondering is, how important is a good knowledge of mathematics to being able to program well? Do I need to pick up some text books and greatly extend my knowledge?


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It took the majority of childhood for Brianna Rollins to begin exploring the extent of her natural athletic gifts. It has since taken far less time for the Clemson hurdler to emerge as a star.
It took the majority of childhood for Brianna Rollins to begin exploring the extent of her natural athletic gifts.
It has since taken far less time for the Clemson hurdler to emerge as a superstar. With one year of college eligibility remaining, she decided last week to turn professional. After conquering NCAA competition, she now has her sights set on the world.
The 21-year-old ran the two fastest 100-meter hurdle times in the world this season during the NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships. After setting a collegiate record with 12.47 in the semifinals, she posted a 12.39 that was the fourth-fastest time in American history and the fastest-ever at Oregon's historic Hayward Field, site of multiple Olympic trials and U.S. Championships.
"It actually did surprise me, it was unbelievable. But I had worked so hard this season and was looking forward to running fast times," said Rollins, currently ranked No. 1 in the world at 100 meters. "I wouldn't say it was perfect because no one runs a perfect race, but I felt I ran a good technical race and it was very smooth. It felt relaxed."
Rollins ends her Clemson career as a three-time NCAA champion, having also won the 60-meter hurdles in 2011 and 2013, setting an NCAA record in January with a 7.78. She was named National Track Athlete of the Year by U.S. Track & Field and was the ACC Track Athlete of the Year in both the indoor and outdoor seasons.
She signed with Stellar Athletics last week and will run for Nike. She said she will earn her diploma after finishing a six-hour internship.
Athletics were something the Miami, Fla., native rarely thought about as a child even as her mother had run track during her school years.
"Honestly, I had no clue of doing anything as far as sports were concerned when I was growing up," Rollins said. "I was not an athlete at all before high school. Track was something my mom did, so it did cross my mind a couple of times. So I got into track when I got to high school.
"I was always told I was fast and that I should try out for the track team. I wanted to try the hurdles because it just looked so fun and I've been doing it ever since. I found out I could do something with it and get a scholarship and I took advantage of the opportunity."
Even for an athlete that would eventually emerge as one of the world's best, those early meets came with a price. Rollins said she lost count of how many times she fell, how many knee scrapes she suffered, during that learning process.
"You have to just get over being afraid of your speed and just take the risk and trust it."
Rollins will next compete at this weekend's U.S. Outdoor Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. She's seeking a top-three finish that would secure a spot on the U.S. team competing at the August world championships in Moscow.
Among her competition are former Olympians Dawn Harper-Nelson, Lolo Jones and Queen Harrison. Harper-Nelson won gold at 100 meters in 2008 at Beijing with a time of 12.54 and silver at the 2012 Games in London with a 12.37. Jones has won multiple gold medals at the world championships and was a three-time NCAA champion at LSU. Former Virginia Tech star Harrison was the first in history to win both the 100-meter and 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2010.
"I'm not intimidated at all and don't think about my competitors," Rollins said. "I just try to do what I have to do. Growing up I didn't really know the big names until I began to run track in high school. I actually didn't watch any of them until I got into college and I started getting a lot better."
She called the chance to compete at the U.S. Championships "such a blessing, and it's a huge opportunity and if it's the Lord's will that I make the world team I will take advantage of it and do the best that I can. My goal is to try and make the team, but I want to focus on running good races and not put any times on myself. I try to stay technically sound."
She's also trying to stay on an even keel in her personal life even as her star has rapidly risen and she's become a face to watch worldwide in hurdling.
"I don't see myself any differently," she said. "I try to stay as humble as I can be, don't let anything go to my head and continue to work hard. I don't like the attention so much. I'm very shy. I now try to embrace it because I understand it comes with the territory."
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Since the renourishment of Turtle Beach was completed in 2007, county staff has been monitoring erosion on the site, knowing it was just a matter of time before another renourishment project would be necessary.
The county used tourist tax revenue to fund 45% of the 2006-07 project. The state paid for 37% of the work, and property owners along Turtle Beach are being assessed for the remaining 8% of the project, according to Laird S. Wreford, manager of the county's Coastal Resources Department.
That assessment was to run for seven years, he added.
"As it turns out," he wrote in an email exchange last week with the Pelican Press, "the timing will work out just right. By the time the permitting for the (next) renourishment is completed, and we are ready to pump sand, the assessment from the original nourishment will have ended."
County Commission Chairwoman Nora Patterson told the Pelican Press that state officials determine how much funding they will allocate to a renourishment project according to a formula that takes into account how much access the public has to a particular beach.
"I always thought it was not unreasonable for the county to take approximately the same approach," she said. "We try to make things as fair as we can" she said of balancing the public and private funding for local projects.
Already the County Commission has appropriated the necessary tourist development tax funds for the design and permitting of the next Turtle Beach renourishment, Wreford told the Pelican Press last week.
The county also has been working on a request for proposals from coastal engineering firms that can handle the design and permitting work, Wreford said. That RFP should go out within the next week or two, he added. Once the responses come in, he said, a professional services committee would review them and select a firm. At that time, Wreford said, the matter would come back before the County Commission for approval.
Patterson recently told the Siesta Key Association board that it probably would take three years to get the state permits to undertake the next Turtle Beach renourishment project. However, Wreford said that, given current efforts to streamline the state's regulatory process, he was hopeful the process would not take that much time.
Once the permits were in hand and a construction firm was selected, he said, it would take two to three months to complete the new renourishment project.
"It was expected from the very beginning that there would be a renourishment done about every eight years," Patterson said last week. However, she pointed out, subsequent projects should not be as extensive as the one the county undertook in 2006-07. "They put in a lot more beach to begin with," she said, "(including) an awful lot of sand underwater," so beach-goers would not see a dramatic drop-off when they entered the Gulf of Mexico.
Regarding monitoring the erosion at Turtle Beach, the County Commission in late September approved an amendment to its contract with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection FDEP for the 2006-07 project. Because of accounting changes, the revised total of FDEP funding was $3,955,351.02, according to a memo from Deputy County Administrator Bill Little. Of that amount, $58,115.02 is new funding for the fifth year of monitoring the beach.
Little wrote in a memo to the County Commission, that the county would have "sufficient funds to complete all required monitoring for this project."
In the email exchange with the Pelican Press, Laird wrote, "The erosion rate over the (Turtle Beach) project area as a whole has followed the numerical model ... developed for the original permit application. The original design template showed a final beach width of 109 feet. As of August 2010 (the last monitoring event), the actual beach width was 129 feet … However, there were two erosional hot spots noted, one at each end of the project limits, with the more significant erosion measured at the south end. These project end losses were also anticipated and were discussed in public meetings from the beginning of the project development."
Since the renourishment of Turtle Beach was completed in 2007, county staff has been monitoring erosion on the site, knowing it was just a matter of time before another renourishment project would be necessary.


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Sibling rivalry is a natural part of growing up; there's no way to avoid it. Your best efforts won't avoid it. We can help minimize it, and sometimes redirect it but there's no way to avoid it.
Sibling rivalry is probably at its worst when kids are all under the age of 4. When they're less than 3 years apart, they're very dependent. Think about it: they can't go cook a microwave dinner. They're very dependent upon "Mommy," so subdividing "Mommy" is a threat.
If you look at dogs, the females have what looks like a million teats, so if they have a large number of puppies born, all the puppies get to eat. If you have 3 kids, you don't have 3 breasts, which makes it a little tougher and you usually don't breastfeed two at the same time. I don't know why not, but you don't. So as far as resources of love and attention go, you've got one "Mommy," and many demands.
From age 4 and up – competition between brothers and sisters can heat up. It's usually the worst between 8 and 12 because if they don't have the same interests, there's pull and push and who's better, who's smarter, who is more important, who gets more attention, who does better in school, who does better in sports…all of that.
So here are some quickie ways to handle conflict between kids:
You have to treat each kid as an individual. Parents tend to fall into the trap of "I'm going to love and treat all my children the same". Well, the kids are not the same – they don't have the same personalities, they don't have the same needs, they don't have the same emotional reflexes (much less physical reflexes). What parents should focus on is identifying and reinforcing the diversity of talent: i.e., "you're unique at this and you're unique at that." And it's really good to sit with kids when the younger ones are looking, for example, at the amazing talent of the older one or sometimes it's the other way around. And you sit down and you go, "Here's the deal. You have Mommy and Daddy here. Mommy is very good at 'blank'; Daddy is not so good at 'blank'. Daddy is good at 'that' and Mommy's not so good at 'that' because we're different people. And when Daddy does really good at 'that', I applaud. And when Daddy sees I'm good at 'that', he applauds. So we're happy about the fact that we're different and we have these good things to applaud." And you teach your kids to do the same thing. "You are definitely fabulous at math, but you are also incredible at art. So when your brother or sister needs to do an art project, you ought to help." "When you're having some trouble with math, go to your brother or sister. They'll help you."
Having a sibling in the position of administering parental support breeds a bond as long as it's not done as a discount. Any time kids are getting along try saying: "That's great how you guys are playing. I really like seeing that; it makes me feel good. You both look so happy and, you know, you're working things out. That's really nice." The more you can look for the times that work and make a comment, the better.
You've got to really spend time with each kid alone. Everything can't be a team effort. There has to be special time where you go to the library with one, a ball game with the other, a museum with this one, lunch with that one…they all have to have special time…reading, taking a walk, running an errand…special time.
Look at how YOU are getting along with your spouse. Poop rolls downhill (unless it's stuck in something). So when you're bickering with each other with the criticism and the anger and not being happy, the kids will do it with each other. The tension works that way. Through words and actions, you've got to be very love-ish: a lot of hugging, a lot of kissing, a lot of tweaking, a lot of cuteness…just a lot of cuteness. I mean, my kid is 25, 6'2″, 208 pounds and when I see him, I come behind him and I give him a big smooch on the top of his head and mess his hair. Of course, if you mess your kid's hair, you're going to get in trouble. But, short of that, always be very affectionate. It's a very important part of life.
I really think parents who try to get their kids to always do stuff together are making a mistake. Kids need their own time, alone time and their own friend time. So you don't tell your kid, "Bring along your younger sister or brother." Don't do that. Don't ever do that. They need their own time with their own buddies. If you want a babysitter, pay them 5 bucks an hour. It's very important to have kids feel special and you can rotate: special kid of the day. Okay, we do this in this order: 1, 2, 3, 4…(however many kids you have)…in that order, you're the special kid and you get these perks (and we have a list of perks), like you get to choose the TV program at 7 o'clock. And the next night the other one gets to do it. It doesn't matter how old anybody is — they all get the "special kid" treatment so they're not fighting over a TV show because tonight that one gets to choose. Of course some of you are nuts and have a television in every kid's room and I want to pinch your heads off.
Some of the things I don't want you to do:
Don't compare one kid to another. "Well your brother/your sister doesn't 'blah blah blah'." Don't do that. "He/she studies; you're just a bum…" Don't do that because they'll hate each other.
Try not to take sides. Try not to take sides when they're having a little skirmish. "Well you said…well you did…and you did…and you pushed…" And say, "Well you know what? At this point, I don't care who started it, you're both finishing it. That's it. If I hear more noise about this, you both don't go out for the whole weekend. It doesn't matter whose fault it is, the two of you have to finish it." It's the finishing done well that I'm interested in so they have to become a team or they both get screwed on the weekends.
Don't over-react. You really shouldn't discount emotions.
"I hate Johnny. I hate Mary."
"Okay, why do you hate them?"
"Because they do 'such and such'."
"Well I can understand how you can get an emotion so big you'd say 'I hate them', but you can't take their stuff or bounce them over the head or call them bad names. When you feel a feeling, you feel the feeling and we can talk about what to do with the feeling, but these are the things you're not permitted to do with the feeling: you can't hit them, you can't take anything and you can't embarrass them, and you can't do crap like that. But if you're that angry, you're that angry. So you can either come to Mom and Dad and talk about why you're so angry, talk to your brother or sister and tell them you're angry, we can sit all of us and talk about why each one of us is angry because angry happens."
You don't discount the emotion because it's bigger. In order to get accepted, it gets bigger. So you say, "Oh, I can understand why you were angry. However, bopping them on the head is not the way you're going to handle angry. It's unacceptable. But, you're angry, so if that's what happened, I can understand you being angry. I would be angry too." The minute you say that, the anger level goes down. The minute you justify the anger, the anger level goes down.
So I could go on for days, but these are some basic tools that you can try and they all require you to have a sense of humor and be calm. Have a sense of humor and be calm because the more you get into it, you exacerbate it. And definitely do not have parents arguing about it.


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I am making the base values for the stats for each race in my text base rpg. Right now I have a stucture set up for it, which I though would be able to house all the information. Either I do not understand how class's and structures work or its not meant to do what I am wanting it to do. Here is what I have so far:
I found out that I can not initialize the values of these variables from inside the structure without getting an error. I tried thisCode:struct RaceStats { int h_basehp; int h_basemp; int h_basestr; // h = human int h_baseagi; int h_basearmor; int e_basehp; int e_basemp; // e = enchanter int e_basestr; int e_baseagi; int e_basearmor; int b_basehp; int b_basemp; // b = brute int b_basestr; int b_baseagi; int b_basearmor; };
and it gives me an error.Code:struct RaceStats { int h_basehp = 200; }
ISO C++ forbids initialization of member `h_basehp'
So I assume either I am doing it wrong or you just cant initialize values from inside the structure. Which would defeat the whole purpose of me using a structure.
Im I just doing it wrong or would it be better to just make these in the global scope and give them values like this?
Code:#include <iostream> using namespace std; int h_basehp = 200; int main { //code here }


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Giants add O. Cabrera in trade with Indians
By Chris Haft / MLB.com
CINCINNATI -- Still intent on shoring up their infield, the Giants obtained 15-year veteran Orlando Cabrera from the Cleveland Indians on Saturday night for Minor League outfielder Thomas Neal. Giants manager Bruce Bochy said that Cabrera, 36, will become the club's primary shortstop. Cabrera has played 83 of his 90 games this season at second base for Cleveland, which has American League All-Star Asdrubal Cabrera at shortstop. But moving back to short, where he has played 1,807 games, shouldn't be a problem for Cabrera. Left unanswered was what the Giants will do with Miguel Tejada when he's activated from the disabled list. Tejada, who's recovering from a lower abdominal strain and is eligible for activation Thursday, signed a one-year, $6.5 million deal before the season to be San Francisco's shortstop. But the Giants have been disappointed with Tejada's lack of range on defense and subpar hitting, as illustrated by his .242 batting average, .274 on-base percentage and .334 slugging percentage. Bochy indicated that the Giants will address the Tejada issue when he regains his health and is ready to play.
Cabrera hasn't exactly outperformed Tejada at the plate. A right-handed batter, Cabrera is hitting .244 with four home runs, 38 RBIs, a .277 on-base percentage and a .321 slugging percentage. Cabrera also has participated in six of the past seven postseasons with Boston (2004), the Los Angeles Angels (2005, 2007), the Chicago White Sox (2008), Minnesota (2009) and Cincinnati (2010).Bochy indicated that with Tejada sidelined, the Giants wanted another right-handed-batting shortstop immediately. They were forced to start left-handed-batting Mike Fontenot on Friday against Reds lefty Dontrelle Willis. The alternative would have been rookie Brandon Crawford, another left-handed hitter who's an excellent defender but is hitting .190. Crawford is likely to return to the Minor Leagues when Cabrera joins the Giants. "It's tough for him," Bochy said of Crawford. "He's done a nice job, but it's hard for him to hit Major League pitching when he hasn't played a lot at higher levels. We felt we needed an experienced guy there who's accustomed to playing shortstop every day in the Major Leagues." The Giants will be Cabrera's ninth team. In 1,945 games with his previous eight, he has batted .273 with 122 home runs. "I think he's a good player," said Giants reliever Guillermo Mota, who played with Cabrera from 1999-2001 for Montreal. "He can help [us] a little bit here." Neal, 23, had spent six years in the Giants organization. He was batting .295 with two home runs and 25 RBIs in 60 games for Triple-A Fresno.
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.