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Former Yankee Matsui officially enters retirement
NEW YORK -- At approximately 11:15 a.m. ET on Sunday, Hideki Matsui signed a one-day contract with the Yankees. One hour and 40 minutes later, the former star outfielder announced his retirement.
Matsui signed his voluntary retirement papers in a pregame ceremony behind home plate, officially retiring as a member of the Yankees as the Yankee Stadium crowd stood and applauded.Full Game Coverage
NEW YORK -- At approximately 11:15 a.m. ET on Sunday, Hideki Matsui signed a one-day contract with the Yankees. One hour and 40 minutes later, the former star outfielder announced his retirement.
Matsui signed his voluntary retirement papers in a pregame ceremony behind home plate, officially retiring as a member of the Yankees as the Yankee Stadium crowd stood and applauded.Full Game Coverage
"I'd like to thank the Yankees organization, from the bottom of my heart, for giving me this opportunity," Matsui said through a translator. "I officially announced my retirement last year, but to be able to come back in this manner -- at the time, I never really imagined having this type of opportunity.
"To become a member of the Yankees and retire as a Yankee, I'm just so humbled and honored."
The Yankees played a video tribute chronicling Matsui's career in the Bronx on the scoreboard before their game against the Rays, and Matsui got a standing ovation as he rode from center field to home plate in a golf cart and waved to the fans.
Then, joined by Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, senior vice president and assistant GM Jean Afterman, and his parents, Masao and Saeko, and his brother, Matsui signed his retirement papers and was presented with a matted and framed No. 55 jersey.
Shortstop Derek Jeter presented Matsui with the jersey, then the entire Yankees team joined him behind home plate.
"I think this moment will be a moment I never forget," Matsui said. "To be able to retire as a member of the team I aspired to and looked up to, I think there's nothing more fulfilling than that."
Fans were lined up outside the stadium well before the gates opened. The first 18,000 guests in attendance received a bobblehead which featured Matsui holding his 2009 World Series MVP trophy.
"I think it will be a combination of nostalgia and joy when I see those fans wearing No. 55s," Matsui said. "I will also be kind of impressed by them, the fact that they never threw [my jersey] away after all this time."
The former Yomiuri Giants star played seven seasons for the Yankees from 2003-09, batting .292 with 140 home runs and 597 RBIs. Matsui made the All-Star team in 2003 and '04, and his streak of 518 straight games played remains the longest run to start a career in Major League history.
"He came here, he was supposed to be this 'Godzilla' that hits home runs, but he was a situational hitter. Matsui moved runners when he had to move them, he got big hits, he drove guys in, he wanted to play every day," Jeter said. "I enjoyed getting to know him throughout the years. He's always been one of my favorite teammates, and he always will be."
"Not only was he a middle-of-the-order hitter that had great production, he was a staple in the clubhouse. He was adored by his teammates," manager Joe Girardi said. "You're going to have a hard time finding a player that was more liked in our clubhouse than Hideki Matsui over the years."
Matsui played his last game for the Yankees on Nov. 4, 2009, hitting a home run and driving in a World Series-record-tying six runs in a Game 6 victory over the Phillies, sealing New York's championship. He was a unanimous pick for Series MVP.
"Hideki represents everything the Yankees aspire to be," Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said. "I'm wearing a ring on this finger, this particular ring -- the 2009 ring -- thanks to Hideki Matsui's efforts. That's one of the reasons we gravitated to him. We thought he could take us to that next level, and, not surprisingly, he did that in Japan and did that for us as well."
Matsui played three more years after leaving the Yankees following the 2009 season, playing one season each with the Angels and the A's before playing 34 games for the Rays last year. He finished his career with a .282 batting average, 175 home runs and 760 RBIs.
While he doesn't have any particular plans for what his future holds just yet, Matsui said his baseball experience will likely be put to good use.
Josh Vitale is an associate reporter for MLB.com. David Wilson is an associate reporter for MLB.com.


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When All Seems Lost: A Novel of the Legion of the Damned
by William C. Dietz
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Interstellar war seems imminent as the ruthless Ramanthians have one objective, to control the known universe and anything beyond. This brutal insectoid race knows only one way to succeed; fight to the death by physically overwhelming the opponents on the battlefield and mentally destroying their souls. Nothing is outside their realm, as other species are subjugated by any means including pandemic slaughter of civilians and torture of prisoners.
The Ramanthians capture Marcott Nankool, the president of the Confederacy of Sentient Beings. However, the Ramanthians remain ignorant of whom they have incarcerated; still they have begun their abusive treatment of him and his aides as part of their normal mistreatment of POWs by shipping them to a remote labor camp where they will work until they die under hostile conditions or if they live long enough become fodder for the billions of hatchlings about to be born.
One of the human prisoners, career diplomat Christine Vanderveen knows that any one of the so called loyal members of President Nankool's attendants could give away his identity as a means of obtaining better conditions. She keeps a close eye on all of them to see who is breaking under the pressure because she will kill that traitor if need be.
Meanwhile vice president Leo Jakov, with Assistant Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Kay Wilmot at his side like a Siamese twin, has told the military to mount no rescue mission; he rationalizes that President Nankool is dead and he is in charge. Independent Legion General William Booly ignores the direct order of his superior. He assigns Captain Antonio Santana to find volunteers to rescue the President. Tonio agrees to lead the suicidal rescue attempt not out of patriotism or loyalty to the president or even following an order, but because his beloved former lover Christine is one of the prisoners.
The latest Legion of the Damned novel (For More Than Glory and For Those Who Fell) starts at hyperspeed and accelerates from there into a fabulous graphic military science fiction opus in which readers will need seat belts. As always in a William Dietz outer space thriller, readers obtain a deep look at various societies. The Ramanthians are an interesting brutal culture that displays the intellect of social insects with a group mentality in which the race comes first; losing millions in combat is not mourned as numbers of dead mean nothing to them as billions are hatched to replace those who died in combat. The labor camp – hatchery is vivid and must not be read on a full stomach.
The human and other alien prisoners forge a siege mentality society as they initially band around the concept of protecting Nankool's identity with the hope of rescue. Christine sticks out as she anticipates at least one of them will fail to adhere to their vow of silence, but whom. She watches everyone closely expecting to kill anyone who looks like they might falter in order to buy time.
The military also has a mini society of heroes willing to die to mount the rescue. Whereas the vice president is elated with the Nankool captivity as his goal is to be president at all costs, but mindful of Macbeth, General Booly knows their cause will end in defeat to a species, who assumes humans are at best weak animals to serve their superiors, if the weak ambitious Jakov is left in charge. If they fail to rescue Nankool, Booly might consider a coup. Once again in spite the adrenaline rush of non stop brutally explicit combat and prison camp details that will please military science fiction fans, it is the incredible in-depth interactions of Ramanthian society and the human and their allies sub-societies that make When All Seems Lost a must read for sub-genre fans.
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They are the first all-female crew for the Cutter Mackinaw and may be a first for the U.S. Coast Guard, according to Ensign Katie Braynard, who organized the watch schedule.
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As many as 10 fake iPad 2s, all made of slabs of cheap modeling clay, were recently sold at electronic stores in Vancouver, British Columbia. Best Buy and Future Shop have launched investigations into how the scam was pulled off.
The tablet computers, like most Apple products, are known for their sleek and simple designs. But there's no mistaking the iPad for one of the world's oldest "tablet devices." Still, most electronic products cannot be returned to stores in Canada. For the the stores and customers to be fooled by the clay replacements, the thieves must have successfully weighed out the clay portions and resealed the original Apple packaging.
Future Shop spokesman Elliott Chun told CTV that individuals bought the iPads with cash, replaced them with the model clay, then returned the packages to the stores, and took flight. The returned fakes were restocked on the shelve and sold to new, unwitting customers.
The scam was first brought to CTV's attention by a victim of the crime, Mark Sandhu. Sandhu says after purchasing what he thought was an iPad 2 for his wife for Christmas, he tried to return the clay, only to be rebuffed. "Maybe the way I was dressed, I don't know," he said. "She made me feel like I'm trying to scam them out of $700. I was the one getting scammed."
Sandhu contacted Future Shop's head office, Apple and local police, but no one believed his story. Future Shop has since apologized and given Sandhu a full refund along with a free tablet–a real one.
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For a long time Intel has enjoyed significant domination in the notebook integrated graphics world. Its integrated graphics chips were so popular that they alone gave Intel the lead in the graphics market.
NVIDIA, the leader in discrete graphics, has its eyes on Intel's integrated market and its latest integrated GPU -- the 9400M -- may be just the chip to grab share from Intel. NVIDIA's Nick Stam believes that the 9400M could grab 30% of the existing integrated graphics market.
Laptop Magazine had a long interview with Stam to talk about the new GPU and other NVIDIA issues. NVIDIA and Apple claim that the 9400M delivers about five times the performance of Intel's X4500HD integrated graphics. Laptop says that in its testing an improvement of about 2.5 times was seen. Despite the improvement in performance, the new MacBook using the 9400M was able to last five hours in the Laptop battery test.
Intel wasn't happy when it lost out on the MacBook GPU business. DailyTech reported this month that Intel has pledged to do whatever it takes to win the Mac business back. Stam says that users who just check email and surf the web won't really notice any improvements of the 9400M compared to Intel's integrated GPU. However, those who encode video, use Google Earth and other applications will notice the increased power.
Stam says that NVIDIA is also working on a sort of upscaling technology for internet videos. A good example is YouTube; anyone who has watched a YouTube video knows the average quality is far from good. NVIDIA says future technology it is working on could make the video much clearer just like an upscaling DVD player does with DVD movies.
NVIDIA is mum on when we might see this upscaling technology, but says it is working with seven or eight companies that are making video enhancement technologies. Speaking on NVIDIA's goal of grabbing 30% of the integrated video market, Stam says that five other major notebook manufacturers are planning to ship notebooks using the 9400M GPU soon.
Laptop asked Stam why you had to log-out and back in to change from integrated to discrete graphics on the MacBook Pro. Stam says that log-out and in processes isn't needed on the Windows platform with NVIDIA GPUs, but the software for OS X isn't to the point where that is possible yet. Stam does say that is a feature coming in the future.
Speaking about the massive GPU failures in notebooks form Apple, HP, and Dell Stam told Laptop, "… it [GPU failures] has to be a bad thermal environment and lots of power cycling. Many different scenarios have to come together to cause the problem. We set a lot of money aside, but we really haven't had to service a lot of that. All of a sudden when you say something like that the whole world blows up and thinks it's every notebook."
The 9400M GPU can scale down to netbook use according to Stam. The clocks can scale and NVIDIA has a reduced function version of the GPU for lower-end systems. Stam also says there has been interest from netbook makers, but he declined to reveal what firms were interested. NVIDIA expects its TEGRA GPU to be very popular in the netbook market next year.


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This intricately hand-embroidered work of art is ready to prop open a door and add a colorful accent to any room. Makes a decorative bookend, too. Fabric exterior won't scratch floors.
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By jackie
from midlothian IL
Comments about Owl Doorstop:
does what i wanted it to do. great quality. well made. very colorful. everyone notices it.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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By Kdent3310
from Danville, Ca
Will be a gift for my new grandchild's nursery which is done in a woodsy owl theme. Perfect size and colors. So cute!!!
By cinerella
from Horseshoe Bend, Id
This little owl not only keeps my door from blowing shut because of the wind, but it makes me smile everytime I look at it. The smile is reason enough to own one for yourself.
So cute! Love it!
By Cali Rose
from Castro Valley, CA
We've been using an old shoe to stop our bedroom door from slamming when the windows are open for years - I finally decided I'd had enough of the old shoe! I spent some time searching several sites and am very happy to have found this owl. He is incredibly cute and heavy enough to keep the door open. He looks very high quality.I noticed another reviewer said their cat was afraid of the owl - neither of my cats mind him at all. They looked at him once, gave him a sniff, and ignored him after that. Maybe they had enough of the old shoe too!I also got the Chicken door stop so the Owl wouldn't be lonely. I don't really have a 2nd door that needs a stop but they do look cute sitting together.
Cute but not what I expected
By Picky Patty
from Victoria, MN
Wanted to use on a shelf or as a doorstop and give as a gift to a couple friends. He was cute on the front, wool as I had hoped. But aside from his cute front, he was a crinkled velour for the rest of his body. I just thought it made him look cheap, and had hoped the rest of his body was solid wool too. Again, he is cute if you aren't as picky as I am!.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Adorable Owl
By carrie the gardner
from seattle, wa
Great door stop, but so cute...
Owl collection
By David
from Marine on Saint Croix, MN
My wife is nuts about owls, and she has a large collection of them. She has owls fashioned from many different kinds of material. This owl is unique among her collection, and she was truly pleased to receive it as a holiday gift.
Showstopper as Doorstopper
By Babatha
from Birmingham, AL
Don't restrict this owl to stopping a door. Mine greets visitors from the entrance table. In the night, it sometimes flies to my desk for good cheer!
By Amy
from Cincinnati, OH
The owl is adorable, but not sure it was worth the price. It falls over if not propped up, and the cat is terrified of it. Apparently it looks like a real owl?
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Really adds a "lift" to surroundings no matter where usedFun affectArtistic, interestingUsed as room decor on table or shelvingUsed as doorstop for lighter doorsWould like to see this item also offered in larger and heavier sizes to be extra useful as doorstop. I gave this as a gift - reporting receiver's comments
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With his music in mind, Jason Mraz's Sunday night show at Red Rock Resort was exactly what you'd expect from the Grammy-winning recording artist. His fun-loving tracks translated into a mellow and relaxed vibe, and his musicianship was awe-inspiring.
Sunday night's performance was the last leg of the singer-songwriter's "Tour Is a Four Letter Word" national tour in support of his latest album Love Is a Four Letter Word. Serving as the tour's opener was rising star Christina Perri, who spoke with the Weekly before the show last week.
Perri provided about a half hour's worth of tunes, treating the audience to much of her debut album Lovestrong. The singer-songwriter displayed her impressive pipes throughout, jumping from softly singing through delicate and exposed areas to filling the arena with her powerhouse voice.
Especially wonderful was her hit breakup anthem "Jar of Hearts," which she belted from the piano bench, tickling the ivories all the while. The song was an obvious audience favorite, as a majority of concertgoers gave her a standing ovation.
Perri ended her set on a cheerful note, closing with her upbeat "Arms." Aside from the music, her band's hijinks also lifted spirits -- the horn section donned funny costumes for the final number, including an incognito Mraz clutching a saxophone and wearing a hilarious shirtless get-up.
After a short intermission, Mraz again took the stage, opening with "Everything Is Sound," a track off Love. Mraz and his band were extremely rehearsed, as it and each track that followed sounded polished and fine-tuned (literally).
The band added something extra-special to the experience, and it was nice to see the audience was into what these backup performers had to offer. The level of talent onstage was spectacular, which also was apparent from the beginning as the opener included killer guitar and piano solos.
In fact, there were killer solos and instrumental features throughout, as Mraz made a point to highlight each of his fellow musicians. The band consisted of a guitarist, a bass guitarist, a keyboardist, a violinist, a horn section (saxophone, trumpet and trombone), a drummer and an auxiliary percussionist. Many of the musicians were multitalented, also providing backup vocals or doubling on instruments on various tracks. They were grooving throughout the night, and the horns sounded especially great on tracks "Make It Mine" and "Butterfly" from his third album, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
About half the tracks from Love were performed, including "Living in the Moment," "Frank D Fixer," "The Woman I Love" and "I'm Coming Over." Many concertgoers were more familiar with his earlier work, as they weren't singing along or dancing much to the newer songs.
Though the tour was in support of Love, Mraz didn't ignore the hits that got him where he is today. He peppered the set with them, including his debut album's lead single, "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)," his "Lucky" duet from We Sing (with his lovely violinist filling in for Colbie Caillat), and also from We Sing, his uber-popular "I'm Yours." Many concertgoers swayed and danced, some grabbing onto their loved ones during the swoon songs.
Mraz performed a handful of fan favorites, maybe most memorable was "Bella Luna" from his successful sophomore record Mr. A-Z. His falsetto was flawless, and how he could meticulously jump from those high notes to sailing through the more powerful moments of the song only made that even more impressive. "Plane" off the same album was an inspired performance.
A number of cover songs were worked in -- Mraz closed the concert with Canned Heat's "Going Up the Country." His rendition of the standard "Fly Me to the Moon" was absolutely fabulous; his soulful yet gentle voice really suited the song well. Others performed were "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," Steve Wonder's "Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours," Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds" and lastly, "Won't You Be My Neighbor?," popularized by Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
Mraz has the stage presence and showmanship you'd expect from an acclaimed and award-winning musician with 10 years in the industry. His confidence is apparent, and he commands the stage in a way that's refreshing among the usual rock star bravado. He routinely interacted with the audience, inspiring the massive crowd to do the wave at one point and consistently charming them with amusing anecdotes to introduce songs.
The singer did just that when he returned for his three-song encore and shared his brief backstage experience. "It's such a unique feeling to be taking a bathroom break and hearing 10,000 people cheering you on," Mraz joked.
The funnyman invited Perri onstage to perform her song "Distance" as the first additional number. The audience enjoyed this, and the two artists harmonize well. Mraz followed with "93 Million Miles" and the lead (and hit) single "I Won't Give Up" from Love.
During the last number, a group dressed in animal costumes stepped onstage, dancing around and inspiring many laughs. The audience soon learned that the costumed individuals were Perri and her band, as they took their masks off, locked arms and sang along with Mraz and his many devotees -- a reminder of the friendly and fun three hours that just transpired.
And after Mraz's easygoing and excitable music, it was clear to see that his fans were more than satisfied; they were mesmerized. Standing still with ear-to-ear smiles as the lights illuminated, they looked as if they didn't want the merriment to end.


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Ask the Expert: Lowering your SFriday, September 2nd, 2011
A reader from the healthcare arena recently used our Ask the Expert form to ask:
** What does it mean if you have a Naturally high S, but your Adapted S is significantly lower? **
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If you are seeing a DISC report with a Natural S that is high and an Adapted S that is much lower then you are actually seeing one of the most common behavioral adjustments in corporate America today. In the DISC spectrum the S reflects our preferences for different paces. When the S factor drops to a strong degree, it typically means the pace you're encountering is greatly increased, that the variety of the work you are doing has increased (juggling lots of assignments at one time), or possibly your priorities are changing rapidly.
A person with a high Natural S likes to know what to expect – they are more comfortable knowing what's going to happen well in advance. But if you are responding to the environment with a low Adapted S then it sounds like you might not be able to predict what you'll be working on from one moment to the next, or have so many things on your plate, you may not be getting the closure you like. I often recommend those making this adjustment either get a bigger staff or do their best to prioritize their projects and takes some things off their plate. This isn't always easy, particularly in today's job climate where so many people are being asked to shoulder larger burdens and compensate for the missing productivity of people who have been let go, but not replaced, due to economic constraints. However, forcing someone to sustain an Adapted style that is drastically different from their Natural style can cause severe stress and loss of morale, especially if the person in question is pushed into this state frequently and for long periods of time. Frustration and resentment can increase in these situations.
It is also important to remember that the issue isn't as much the direction of change, as it is the magnitude of change and the amount of time spent in the Adapted state. We often see executives with lower Natural S scores, who become frustrated and restless if they find themselves in a situation that causes them to have a higher Adapted S. Often an executive in this situation will make a move and quit the position as soon as they are able to because boredom is generally the least tolerable adapted state.
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Data Dome's resident expert is our founder, Art Schoeck. A member of TTI's prestigious International Faculty, Art often receives questions through our Ask the Expert form. We try to answer questions here on this blog that are representative of common questions regarding DISC and other assessment tools.
Do you have a question about DISC? If so please submit it via the Ask the Expert form. Although it may not be possible to answer every question individually, we use the "Ask the Expert" category of this blog to answer the DISC-related questions most important to our readers.


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In part one and part two of this series, we've introduced the concept of where to draw the line between on-premise technology and cloud-based technology when building a modern and efficient e-discovery architecture that takes advantage of today's technology. In this final part, I want to discuss why a hybrid approach of on-premises software and a private hosted platform is the best solution for e-discovery-review.
Two key factors in making the decision about whether to put e-discovery technology behind the firewall or in a hosted solution such as cloud are cost-effectiveness and the ability to create an efficient and defensible process.
The nature of e-discovery review—the last major phase of e-discovery—is that of sharing and collaboration with outside counsel and others. Doing this in a completely secure and efficient manner is critical, which makes this phase a candidate for leveraging both on-premises software and a private hosted cloud review service.
Early, on-premises review
Organizations vary in their need to conduct the end stages of review and production in-house. However, what is uniform is the need to obtain and review key documents relevant to a pending litigation as soon as possible in order to assess exposure and make decisions about how to plan for resolution of the matter.
Traditionally, organizations have relied on two methods for performing early review—either obtaining a copy of key documents directly from custodians, or waiting for the collection and processing of electronically stored information (ESI) to begin producing documents for review.
Effective e-discovery allows organizations to begin reviewing key documents without waiting for full collection and processing to be complete, and without relying on witnesses to forward documents on their own to legal. Some, but not all, review capabilities such as tagging and providing an audit trail of the initial review of key documents is critical to assessing exposure as soon as possible. Trying to use a full-fledged review platform for this process is overkill in terms of horsepower for on-premises review.
What is needed by most legal departments is a precision instrument that can quickly show conversation threads for emails and documents that show the largest number of hits on key search terms and rank the files according to responsiveness. The goal is to show, from an initial pass at the documents, the "hottest" files first. This process is best accomplished through an on-premises review solution tailored to finding key documents and presenting them to the legal team as soon as possible. Such a solution needs to be integrated with the other steps of the on-premises solution—pre-collection analytics, legal hold, collection, and processing—in order to streamline and maximize effectiveness.
Private hosted platform for full review
Now we come to the cloud, which provides a great technology platform for full review. First, as a word of caution: Note that not all cloud solutions are created equal. For purposes of this article, the type of cloud solution I reference is one that is a private hosted single instance repository stored on a specified location, where specific disks can be referenced as holding data or a particular case or client. Much caution should be advised as to using public cloud review solutions, where less certainty exists as to where data is stored at a particular time.
Once ESI has been put on hold, collected and had at least some initial processing and review performed, an organization is at a stage that is less about having a customized fit based on the infrastructure of its technical systems and more about having the best, uniform method for reviewing and producing ESI.
Organizations need essentially three things from a review platform: a good way to upload collected files; a good way to review the files to make sure that only relevant, nonprivileged and nonconfidential documents are produced; and a good way to produce the documents with appropriate bates-labeling and documentation to track the files. Investing in infrastructure to support an on-premises review platform does not make sense because no real benefit exists for keeping all evidence files in-house for review.
A quality hosted review solution often provides better security than most organizations, law firms and service providers because it's focused only on the goals of hosting and securing data for review. Moreover, investments that a private hosted solution makes in its infrastructure provide economies of scale that benefit all of the data that it hosts. Rather than replicating the same costs of infrastructure to secure and provide data for review across multiple organizations, a single hosted provider can spread the benefits of a single investment in infrastructure across all of the organizations that it services.
Having a single secure, hosted review solution also provides a point of focus for evidence files that are otherwise spread across different parts of an organization, as well as different law firms and service providers. All evidence files, and all entities involved in the review and production of those files, are directed to a single-instance repository that not only stores all evidence files for all cases, but can also consolidate information about multiple cases that involved the same evidence files. When one law firm produces files for a particular case, it will have the benefit of knowing if any of the files have already been produced in another matter or if certain designations such as privilege or confidentiality were made by another law firm to the same files.
Cloud computing has changed the economics of computing and caused many companies to re-evaluate their computing infrastructures. This increasingly includes legal technology as organizations now understand that they need a mix of technology solutions to address the rising costs and risks of producing ESI. To be successful, though, requires a holistic view of the best way to accomplish all e-discovery steps in a seamless and effective manner. Making a decision to build an e-discovery architecture that allows tailoring of a solution to an organization's needs is crucial. The general advice of "left on premises, right on cloud" holds as the method of providing the optimum balance for cost-effective and defensible e-discovery for most organizations.


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The Global Health Expenditure Database (GHED) presents internationally comparable health expenditures for all WHO Member States from 1995 to present.
Our data are grouped in two separate databases:
Both databases allow users to explore the data and build their own tables, charts and maps (select the Database Explorer). They can also use pre-defined report templates to retrieve tables, maps and a range of charts including bubble or motion charts (select Quick Report).
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Michael Collins (in Irish Mícheál Seán Ó Coileáin; 16 October 1890 – 22 August 1922) was an Irish revolutionary leader, Minister for Finance in the Irish Republic, Director of Intelligence for the IRA, and member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations, both as Chairman of the Provisional Government and Commander-in-Chief of the National Army.
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- When you have sweated, toiled, had mad dreams, hopeless nightmares, you find yourself in London's streets, cold and dank in the night air. Think — what have I got for Ireland? Something which she has wanted these past seven hundred years. Will anyone be satisfied at the bargain? Will anyone? I tell you this; early this morning I signed my death warrant. I thought at the time how odd, how ridiculous — a bullet may just as well have done the job five years ago.
- Liam, Cathal (2006). Blood on the Shamrock: A Novel of Ireland's Continued Struggle for Freedom 1921-1924. St. Padraic Press, p. 194.
- Now as one of the signatories of the document I naturally recommend its acceptance. I do not recommend it for more than it is. Equally I do not recommend it for less than it is. In my opinion it gives us freedom, not the ultimate freedom that all nations desire and develop to, but the freedom to achieve it.
- Regarding the Anglo-Irish Treaty during a parliamentary debate (Dáil Éireann - Volume T - 19 December, 1921 (DEBATE ON TREATY))
- How could one argue with a man who was always drawing lines and circles to explain the position; who, one day, drew a diagram [here Michael illustrated with pen and paper] saying 'take a point A, draw a straight line to point B, now three-fourths of the way up the line take a point C. The straight line AB is the road to the Republic; C is where we have got to along the road, we canot move any further along the straight road to our goal B; take a point out there, D [off the line AB]. Now if we bend the line a bit from C to D then we can bend it a little further, to another point E and if we can bend it to CE that will get us around Cathal Brugha which is what we want!' How could you talk to a man like that?
- Referring to Eamon de Valera in conversation with Michael Hayes, at the debates over the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921
- Michael Hayes Papers, P53/299, UCDA
- Quoted in Doherty, Gabriel and Keogh, Dermot (2006). Michael Collins and the Making of the Irish State. Mercier Press, p. 153.
- There is no British Government anymore in Ireland. It is gone. It is no longer the enemy. We have now a native government, constitutionally elected, and it is the duty of every Irish man and woman to obey it. Anyone who fails to obey is an enemy of the people and must expect to be treated as such. We have to learn that attitudes and actions which were justifiable when directed against alien administration, holding its position by force, are wholly unjustifiable against a native government which exists only to carry out the people's will, and can be changed the moment it ceases to do so. We have to learn that freedom imposes responsibilities.
- A Path to Freedom (2010), p. 14
- The Treaty is already vindicating itself. The English Die-hards said to Mr. Lloyd George and his Cabinet: "You have surrendered". Our own Die-hards said to us: "You have surrendered". There is a simple test. Those who are left in possession of the battlefield have won.
- A Path to Freedom (2010), p. 23
- The European War, which began in 1914, is now generally recognized to have been a war between two rival empires, an old one and a new, the new becoming such a successful rival of the old, commercially and militarily, that the world-stage was, or was thought to be, not large enough for both. Germany spoke frankly of her need for expansion, and for new fields of enterprise for her surplus population. England, who likes to fight under a high-sounding title, got her opportunity in the invasion of Belgium. She was entering the war 'in defense of the freedom of small nationalities'. America at first looked on, but she accepted the motive in good faith, and she ultimately joined in as the champion of the weak against the strong. She concentrated attention upon the principle of self-determination and the reign of law based upon the consent of the governed. "Shall", asked President Wilson, "the military power of any small nation, or group of nations, be suffered to determine the fortunes of peoples over whom they have no right to rule except the right of force?" But the most flagrant instance of violation of this principle did not seem to strike the imagination of President Wilson, and he led the American nation- peopled so largely by Irish men and women who had fled from British oppression- into the battle and to the side of the nation that for hundreds of years had determined the fortunes of the Irish people against their wish, and had ruled them, and was still ruling them, by no other right than the right of force.
- A Path to Freedom (2010), p. 38
- Our army, if it exists for honorable purposes only, will draw to it honorable men. It will call to it the best men of our race- men of skill and culture. It will not be recruited as so many modern nations are, from those who are industrially useless.
- A Path to Freedom (2010), p. 64
- We are a small nation. Our military strength in proportion to the mighty armaments of modern nations can never be considerable. Our strength as a nation will depend upon our economic freedom, and upon our moral and intellectual force. In these we can become a shining light in the world.
- A Path to Freedom (2010), p. 64
Quotes about Collins[edit]
- Candles dripping blood, they placed beside your shoulders
- Rosary beads like teardrops on your fingers
- Friends and comrades standing by, in their grief they wonder why
- Michael in their hour of need you had to go
- Michael, in our hour of need, why did you go?
- Irish singer Johnny McEvoy, in his song Michael
- Oh long will old Ireland be seeking in vain
- Ere we find a new leader to match the man slain
- A true son of Grainne his name long will shine
- O gallant Mick Collins cut off in his prime
- Irish rebel music band The Wolfe Tones, in their song Michael Collins (1983)


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Twins' bullpen working overtime since break
By Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com
But Gardenhire admitted it'll be tough for the bullpen to remain effective if they keep throwing so many innings. Entering Friday's game, Twins relievers ranked third in the Majors in innings pitched with 327 2/3.
"When you're going to them in the sixth inning every game and you need three or four innings every day, it's going to get out of a whack," Gardenhire said. "[Matt] Capps could've been part of that helping out in the seventh, eighth and ninth, but now he's out. So we expect other people to step up like [Alex] Burnett."
Burnett has been solid this year with a 3.15 ERA in 40 appearances, but was saddled with the loss on Thursday after walking two batters that eventually scored in the eighth inning.
Left-hander Glen Perkins was unavailable while right-hander Jared Burton was lined up to be closer. Gardenhire said the fact that the club has 13 straight games out of the All-Star break hasn't helped matters.
"It just eats you up because you don't get that break," Gardenhire said. "It's kind of crazy coming out of the All-Star break where you have four days off and then immediately out of the break we threw 27 innings, and [12] were from the bullpen the first three games. You think they get rested, but then you're back at it again. So we're doing the best we can."
Plouffe isn't concerned with his bruised thumb
KANSAS CITY -- Twins third baseman Trevor Plouffe left Friday's game against the Royals after eight innings with a bruised right thumb. He's considered day to day.
Plouffe injured his thumb during his third at-bat of the game in the seventh inning. He was jammed on an inside pitch from Royals right-hander Luke Hochevar and lined the ball back to the mound.
Plouffe was lifted in the ninth for pinch-hitter Brian Dozier, who struck out against reliever Greg Holland. Plouffe tried taking a few swings in the on-deck circle, but he couldn't feel anything in his thumb.
Plouffe, though, said the injury isn't serious and is something he's dealt without throughout his career, including most of this season.
"It's all right," Plouffe said. "It's something that's been kinda going on all year. Just some tenderness in the thumb area from letting the ball get deep. I've been playing with it all year, but tonight it just was more direct. Basically I just got jammed really good."
Plouffe said he expects he'll only need to miss one game, while manager Ron Gardenhire said they'll continue to monitor the situation this weekend.
"We've all done that as a hitter -- you get a deep bone bruise right in there and it's pretty painful." Gardenhire said. "So we'll give him a day or two with a little ice and treatment, and he should be back in there."
Dozier moved to shortstop for the bottom of the inning with Jamey Carroll moving from shortstop to third base.
Twins mindful with Morneau on paternity alert
KANSAS CITY -- Justin Morneau is expected to be placed on the paternity list to attend the birth of his second child with his wife, Krista, but was still in the lineup against the Royals on Friday.
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said he opted to start Morneau at designated hitter in case he needed to leave Friday's game early.
"We're kind of on alert with that," Gardenhire said. "It's right at the due date now."
Once Morneau is placed on the paternity list, he has a maximum of three days to be away from the team.
Gardenhire said a player from Triple-A Rochester will be recalled to take Morneau's place on the roster once he is placed on the paternity list. First baseman Chris Parmelee is the most likely player to be recalled.
Gardy sits Span, Dozier against Hochevar
KANSAS CITY -- Twins manager Ron Gardenhire went by the numbers on Friday, as he sat center fielder Denard Span and shortstop Brian Dozier against Royals right-hander Luke Hochevar.
Span is a career .136 hitter (3-for-22) against Hochevar, so Gardenhire opted to start Ben Revere in center, as he's hitting .308 (4-for-13) against the right-hander.
"I think Span has scuffled against the guy a little bit," Gardenhire said.
Dozier had never faced Hochevar, but both second baseman Alexi Casilla (8-for-20) and shortstop Jamey Carroll (6-for-10) have had success against the Kansas City pitcher.
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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TUSCALOOSA — The one-year circle for Amari Cooper will close complete on Jan. 7.
TUSCALOOSA — The one-year circle for Amari Cooper will close complete on Jan. 7.
On that day, the Miami native will perform in his hometown in the BCS National Championship Game at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., almost a year to the day after he left the area to enroll in classes at the University of Alabama.
The freshman wide receiver has needed just 12 months to accomplish a lot: Getting acclimated to college life, taking hold of a significant role in spring practice, overcoming injuries, and ultimately, posting arguably the most impressive season by a freshman receiver in school history.
"It's a dream come true. It's the stage I dreamed of being on in high school," Cooper said following Alabama's 32-28 win over Georgia for the Southeastern Conference title. "It's a dream come true and I can't wait to go and play in front of my hometown."
Cooper enters the BCS title game with 53 catches for 894 yards, the sixth-highest single-season total for receiving yards in school history. Cooper is just five catches and 30 yards behind the season Julio Jones posted in 2008 that set school freshman records. His nine touchdowns on the year put him just one behind the school record of 10, set by Al Lary in 1950.
And against the Irish on Jan. 7, with 106-plus yards receiving, he would become just the fourth player in school history to post a 1,000-yard receiving season. Julio Jones and David Palmer accomplished that once each, while D.J. Hall did it twice.
And after last weekend, it's also become clear he can play his best in the biggest of games. He played a huge role in Alabama's 32-28 win over Georgia in the Southeastern Conference Championship Game, catching seven passes for 127 yards. One of those was a game-winner, a 45-yard touchdown pass from AJ McCarron with 3:15 remaining.
"We were going to take a shot the first play of that series. I said 'Let's try to take the clock and the game, make a first down or two, then take one, and they kept playing that same thing, trying to stop the run," said Alabama coach Nick Saban. "So it was a big play on third-and-5 to get a first down running the ball. We would have gone for it on fourth down there I think for sure. Then we took the shot and AJ made a great throw and Coop made a great catch."
That wasn't where Cooper's impact began, however. It was only where it ended.
In the first half, he outfought Georgia standout free safety Bacarri Rambo for a 44-yard catch that flipped field position in Alabama's favor. McCarron also threw Cooper several short hitch passes, and Cooper said some of those were check-offs by McCarron when he noticed the Bulldogs cornerbacks playing too far off him.
Last week he was named to the Freshman All-SEC team, as chosen by league coaches. Cooper came across as anything but brash or boastful following his performance in Atlanta. Instead, he deferred credit to teammates. But he also carries a certain level of confidence in his ability that is basic to successful athletes.
"That's why I came to Alabama. ... I came to Alabama expecting this. This is what I expected, and it's what happened," he said.
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly, in his first public remarks after learning of the Alabama-Notre Dame matchup, made clear reference to Cooper without naming him specifically.
"I think what makes them very difficult to defend is that they've got a great playmaker on the perimeter as well, where you can throw the ball down the field," Kelly said.
It was the kind of season Alabama's Chris Black, another freshman receiver from the Sunshine State, had hoped for. But Cooper's good fortune can't strike everyone. Black's first year of college was more about misfortune. A shoulder injury sustained in fall camp put an end to Black's season before it had a chance to start. And while Black has recovered and was available to play against Georgia last weekend, he still has yet to play this season.
Black, however, is among Cooper's biggest fans.
"He definitely represented the state of Florida. We've got the best athletes (in Florida)," said Black, who is roommates with Cooper. "I'm very proud of him. We're good friends."


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Mike Marshall takes genre-jumping to a whole new level.
From his modest and humble beginnings as a bluegrass picker, Marshalls career has grown into a life of musical improvisation, playing classical on bluegrass instruments while leading explorations in jazz, gypsy and swing. Since he began playing bluegrass music with David Grisman in the 1970s, he has gone on to play with many of the notable bluegrass musicians from this era, released records that have climbed the classical charts, played Carnegie Hall and most major bluegrass festivals and toured the world with mandolin in tow.
Marshall will perform Wednesday at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College with the Turtle Island Quartet, a San Francisco string band that formed in 1985.
Marshall has always been a musician looking to push his craft in new and numerous directions.
I always have been that way, going back to my first teacher of music, he said last week via Skype from Germany. From the get-go, he got me into playing lots of different kinds of music. We had a little teenage bluegrass band and started going around to all the festivals, but at the same time, he made sure I learned how to read music, had me playing classical music, Beatles tunes and rock and roll. Its been very natural for me to approach music with this open arm kind of approach.
That approach led Marshall to take his mandolin from bluegrass circles to playing jazz and swing, and eventually to writing classical arrangements for mandolin.
Ive always had this fevered idea that the mandolin could rule the world somehow, and Im still on that journey, he said.
This is a one-time engagement. Marshall, who divides his time between Northern California and Germany, is flying in, meeting his showmates, performing and then splitting.
The Turtle Island Quartet includes David Balakrishnan on violin, Mark Summer on cello, Mads Tolling on violin and Jeremy Kittel on viola. The group is regarded as the first string quartet to achieve major commercial success with its cross of jazz, funk and classical and are likely to play original compositions or cover a range of artists including John Coltrane and Jimi Hendrix.
Its the perfect pairing for Marshall, who first met the quartet in the late 80s when he was playing with fiddler Darol Anger. Hes psyched to play with them.
Theyve paved the way for a new way of thinking of a string quartet, Marshall said. Its a remarkable band.Everybody in the group can swing their butts off. Its a deep well of talent, so to finally get to play with them after knowing them all these years is a delight. Were having a ball.
Just because the musicians are in chairs reading sheet music doesnt make it a classical event. Classical fans will appreciate the musicianship but jam band people can spin to the improvisation. Classic rock fans may enjoy their take on the familiar.
Its very hard to call this show classical music. Were wearing string quartet hats, but were funking it up like crazy with these guys, Marshall said.
Bryant Liggett is a freelance writer and KDUR station manager.


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Man hospitalized with self-inflicted wound after Hoosick, N.Y., standoff
HOOSICK, N.Y. -- Authorities say a 44-year-old man is hospitalized after shooting himself at the end of an eight-hour standoff at an upstate New York home.
On Monday the New York State Police, with the assistance of the Village of Hoosick Falls Police Department, the Rennselaer County Sheriff's Department, and New York Environmental Conservation Police, responded to a domestic dispute on State Route 22 in the Town of Hoosick.
According to police reports, Keith F. Gates, 44, of Hoosick, fired several rounds from a long gun out of the rear of the residence around 10 a.m. Monday.
Upon law enforcement's arrival, Gates made threats toward himself and responding officers then refused to exit the home. State Police crisis negotiators communicated with Gates for several hours. Entry to the residence was ultimately made with the use of robotic surveillance equipment, which located Gates in an upstairs bedroom with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. The State Police Special Operations Response Team immediately secured the residence and initiated life saving measures, according to police.
Police said Gates was transported to Albany Medical Center by Cambridge Valley rescue squad where he is listed in grave condition.
Troopers say police had been called to the home Sunday night for domestic disturbance.
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even his first shot looked good, just hit the back of the rim
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Panama expects benefits from world's first GM salmon
Panama's researchers have played a key role in creating a rapidly growing salmon that may soon become the world's first commercially sold genetically modified (GM) animal.
The US's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ruled the consumption of GM salmon to be as safe as conventional Atlantic salmon, and is now analyzing public comments on its environmental impact as the final part of the approval process.
If the FDA permits the transgenic salmon to be imported for human consumption — which the firm that developed the fish hopes will be granted this year — the research station in Panama that is studying the GM salmon would switch to growing it for the US market.
This would have trickle-down benefits for local firms and ensure further research into GM salmon and how best to grow it, according to Henry Clifford, vice-president of marketing and sales at AquaBounty Technologies, the US biotechnology company that developed the fish, dubbed AquAdvantage salmon, which grows twice as fast as wild salmon. The project is based in Panama because of the country's long-standing policy support for aquaculture and GM organisms, says Clifford.
He adds that all employees at the Panama research site are local researchers and that one of the reasons the company decided to establish its facility there was because of its "large pool of experienced biologists and production managers with many years of successful experience managing aquaculture operations".
The project is already bringing new technologies and knowledge to Panama, the company claims.
"Ever since the project began in 2009, R&D professionals from the local Panamanian authorities have been intimately involved in the oversight of our project," says Clifford. "So there is a process in which AquaBounty is transferring technology and know-how to local Panamanian scientists, researchers and other professionals."
If the FDA approves the salmon's import, AquaBounty will request Panama's permission to convert the research facility into a production one — but it is likely to continue R&D activities, too.
"For example, we might work with the local feed manufacturer to develop better feed formulations for our salmon," says Clifford.
The company also expects local firms to benefit.
"As aquaculture projects develop in Panama, there are tangible trickle-down economic benefits for ancillary support businesses such as feed mill and packing plants," says Clifford.
In a draft environmental assessment published in December 2012 , the FDA stated that "food from AquAdvantage salmon is as safe as food from conventional Atlantic salmon, and that there is a reasonable certainty of no harm from consumption of food from [the fish]".
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SHORELINE — With the district tournament set to start on Saturday, Shorewood's baseball team wanted to bring a top effort into its final regular-season game against Marysville Pilchuck on Tuesday night.
The Thunderbirds certainly met that goal, combining timely hitting, strong pitching and some stellar defense for a 4-1 victory over the Tomahawks in a showdown of Wesco 3A division leaders at Meridian Park.
"It was a great night," Shorewood coach Wyatt Tonkin said with a grin. "We played pretty well. And it's a good game to get us ready to go into districts."
The T-birds handed Marysville Pilchuck starting pitcher Cody Anderson his first loss in six decisions this season, tagging the tall left-hander for a single run in the second inning and three more in the third. Anderson finished strong, retiring the last 11 batters he faced, but by then the damage was done.
While Anderson went the distance, Tonkin was planning on using four pitchers to save arms for the district tourney. He ended up using three, getting four innings out of starter Sam Boone, two out of Ian Oxnevad and one from Andy Carpenter.
The three hurlers held the Tomahawks to just four hits and struck out five. Marysville Pilchuck's only run came in the sixth inning and was unearned.
It was, Tonkin said, "outstanding pitching." Boone, the winning pitcher, "located his fastball on both sides of the plate and he had very good command of his (split-finger pitch), which is pretty tough to hit when he's getting it over because it comes out of his hand so much like a fastball."
In the second inning, Shorewood scored first with a leadoff single, a stolen base and an RBI double to the wall in left field by Harrison Jacobs on a 3-2 pitch.
An inning later, the T-birds loaded the bases with no outs on three consecutive singles. Anderson got the first out with a strikeout, but Jacob Bockelie followed with an infield chopper. The throw to the plate was late and errant, and the error allowed a second run to score. Jacobs then followed with his second hit of the game, and his second RBI, by dropping a single into left field for the third run of the inning.
Meanwhile, Shorewood's middle infielders were doing their part, turning in two terrific defensive plays.
In the fourth, with a runner at first and one out, shortstop Kory Longaker went far to his left to field a sharp ground ball that was headed to center field. He made a quick flip to second baseman Steffen Torgersen at the bag, and the relay throw to first was in time for an inning-ending double play.
"Their shortstop made just a crazy double play," Marysville Pilchuck coach Kurt Koshelnik said. "That was just a great baseball play."
One inning later, Torgersen made a headlong dive to his right to snag a sharp line drive from the bat of Anderson.
"We work hard on our defense and it shows," Tonkin said. "Three-quarters of our practices are defensive oriented … so those guys are used to going and getting baseballs."
The game was Shorewood's regular-season finale, and the team now turns its focus to the district tournament. A year ago, the T-birds ended up short of the state tournament after two heartbreaking district defeats, and the team's mindset this season "is that we're not going to let that happen to us again," Tonkin said. "We're going to fight through this and get to state.
"That's their goal. They don't talk about it, and they don't yell and scream. They're kind of quiet about it … but they're confident. Confident, but not cocky."
Marysville Pilchuck plays its final regular-season game today against Glacier Peak. The Tomahawks can still wrap up the top spot in the Wesco North with a victory, or a Stanwood loss to Meadowdale.
Regardless of today's outcomes, Marysville Pilchuck will be in the district tournament on Saturday with Anderson the expected starter. "And knowing him like I know him," Koshelnik said, "he's going to get the ball and he's going to be as dominating as he's been all year."
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Cody Anderson and J.J. Valencia; Sam Boone, Ian Oxnevad (5), Andy Carpenter (7) and Jacob Bockelie. WP—Boone, LP—Anderson. 2B—Jared Wade (MP), Harrison Jacobs (S). Records—Marysville Pilchuck is 13-3 in league, 15-4 overall. Shorewood is 15-2, 18-2.


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PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION SET TO OPEN JUNE 29 AT PVAC\n
The Palos Verdes Art Center / Beverly G. Alpay Center for Arts Educ ation presents Photography - an exhibition exploring a divers e group of emerging and established photographers covering a wide spectrum of visions\, imagery and photographic methods. Curator: Scott Canty\, PVAC Exhibitions Director. The exhibit opens June 29\, 2012\, and runs through August 12\, 2012\, at the Palos Verdes Art Center\, located at the Promenad e on the Peninsula\, 550 Deep Valley Drive\, Suite 261\, Rolling Hills Esta tes. Galleries are open Mondays through Saturdays 10am-4pm and Sunday 1-4pm . Members' opening reception is scheduled for Friday\, June 29\, 5-7pm.\n
Photography has always played an important part in the exh ibition history at the Palos Verdes Art Center\, and due to this rich histo ry PVAC's exhibitions will continue to intersect photographic based works t hroughout the programs and curatorial focus. As the digital medium widens its' reach into all forms of image making\, the Photography Exhibition will feature Anita Bunn\, Anthony Castro\, Bob Francis\, Meg Madison\, and Ed M artin - a diverse group of emerging and established photographers/artists w ho experiment and create new and innovating ways to stretch this medium int o new and different approaches.\n
Anita Bunn's work investigat es the act of noticing\, of turning away from spectacle. Her photographs\, digital videos\, and prints explore unfamiliarity with the familiar as well as how objects negotiate a shared space within a sprawling urban environme nt. There is an interest in the interplay between stillness and movement\, stagnation and growth\, my work seeks out the subtle shifts in perception t hat occur over time and through repetition\, allowing for different ways of looking at an object and crystallizing the complexity and nuance that exis t within a seemingly simple construct.\n
Anthony Castro studie d photography three years ago and has since received his certification in p hotography at Long Beach City College. Castro is deeply involved in his com munity. Castro's projects include taking photos of his community – and thos e that live there. The main challenge for this project was to go into someo ne private home\, foreign to him and take an intimate portrait. The challen ges were a technical exercise. Then something happened. Themes and patterns started to surface in his portraits.\n
Meg Madison will exhib it two series of her recent photographic explorations\, Rightsizing Narr ative and The Stream of Life. Rightsizing Narrative is a project that grew out of her investigation of memory\, and the amazement o f discovering what was an actual memory\, and what was a memory of viewing snapshots or home movies of an earlier time. The Stream Of Life cull s the present from pictures in the photographer's archive. The moments in t he past become the present as the photographer chooses them\, and as the vi ewer looks at them. The past is a shadow on the moment of the viewing.\ n
Bob Francis has been in the design and advertising business for over 30 years\, as an art director\, graphic designer and creative directo r. He imbues the images he capture with clarity and style that enhances th e reality of the subjects by inviting the viewer to see not only incredible detail\, but also the grace of the subject as a whole. As some of nature's most varied and quietly spectacular output\, flowers\, as well as other pe rhaps more mundane\, but no less interesting\, bits of the plant world\, pr ovide endless detail and visual intrigue.\n
Ed Martin a retire d cinematographer who was responsible for shooting hundreds of award winnin g television commercials over many years has developed a wonderful system o f using the darkroom enlargers and scanners as a way of recording beautiful images. Ed states: "If you look with magic in your eyes\, you will see ext raordinary thing". From a life of tragedy\, Ed Martin has emerged with noth ing less than a revolutionary form of photographic expression: poetry for t he eye\, massaging and caressing past the cerebral to the primal.\n
Also exhibiting will be one of PVAC's Artists' groups\, the P aletteers. From detailed botanical watercolors\, through impressionisti c landscapes\, to bold mixed-media abstractions\, satiric graphic art on wo od panels and animated videos\, 90 works by 45 artists display the wide-ran ging talents of the Paletteers. Members of this affiliate of the Palos Verd es Art Center are seasoned local artists\, including instructors at PVAC an d other schools. Many Paletteers have garnered awards and attracted devoted collectors of their works.\n
The Palos Verdes Art Ce nter and Community School of Art\, celebrating 81 years in the community\, is a non-profit community organization serving southwestern Los Angeles Cou nty with visual arts exhibition\, education and outreach programs. For more information about any of its many activities\, exhibitions art classes or volunteer support groups please visit www.pvartcenter.org or call 310-541-2479.\n
LOCATION:Palos Verdes Art Center / Beverly G. Alpay Center for Arts Educati on\,5504 West Crestridge Road \nRancho Palos Verdes\, California 90275 SUMMARY:Photography Exhibition\, Anita Bunn\, Anthony Castro\, Bob Francis\ , Meg Madison\, Ed Martin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180118T221642Z UID:220760 DTSTART:20120629T170000 DTEND:20120629T190000 LOCATION:Palos Verdes Art Center / Beverly G. Alpay Center for Arts Educati on\,5504 West Crestridge Road \nRancho Palos Verdes\, California 90275 SUMMARY:Photography Exhibition\, Anita Bunn\, Anthony Castro\, Bob Francis\ , Meg Madison\, Ed Martin END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR


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Looking ahead to the 2006 draft
Two UNC righties head the list of next year's prospects
By Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com
At this point, most Major League organizations already have piles of reports on high school and college players who will fill up the draft pool a year from now.
Who are some of the top names to watch in the coming year? Start preparing for the 2006 Draft by keeping an eye on these names in the coming year:
Daniel Bard, RHP, North Carolina
Bard was one of the top high school pitchers in 2003, but wasn't drafted until the 20th round by the Yankees because of a strong commitment to UNC. He was the ACC Freshman of the Year in 2004, then went 7-5 with a 4.22 ERA as a sophomore. He'll try to improve his stock in the Cape Cod League this summer.
Dallas Buck, RHP, Oregon State
Buck put himself firmly on the map with an outstanding Cape season last summer, going 4-1 with a 0.77 ERA. He followed that up this past season by going 11-1 with a 1.97 ERA and 114 strikeouts in 114 1/3 IP. Opposing hitters managed just a .187 average against the sophomore. Oh, and he's also a defensive back for the football team.
Ian Kennedy, RHP, Southern California
Another top high school arm in '03, Kennedy was drafted by the Cardinals that year. He pitched on Team USA last summer, posting a 3.81 ERA and striking out 40 in 26 innings. The Trojans ace went 12-2 with a 2.58 ERA, striking out 150 against 36 walks in 111 2/3 innings in 2004. He'll get to pitch against wood bats this summer in the Cape Cod League.
Andrew Miller, LHP, North Carolina
Miller was taken in the third round by the Devil Rays in 2003, but opted to become a Tar Heel instead. The right-hander went 8-4 with a 2.98 ERA and 104 strikeouts in 96 2/3 innings this year as a sophomore. He'll join Bard in the Cape this summer.
Drew Stubbs, OF, Texas
Another 2003 third-rounder, Stubbs headed to UT instead of signing with the Astros. The center fielder has hit .331 with 11 homers, 45 RBIs and 31 steals for the college powerhouse this season. He'll match wits with his wood bat in Cape Cod against some of the pitchers on this list this summer.
High school
Kyle Drabek, RHP/SS, The Woodlands, The Woodlands, Texas
The name may sound familiar to you. His father, Doug, won 155 games in a 13-year big-league career. Kyle is built much like his father at 6-foot-1, 190 pounds, and can throw in the low '90s already with a hard slider. Drabek is also a wide receiver on the football team as well; he's a tremendous athlete.
Jared Mitchell, OF, Westgate, New Iberia, La.
Mitchell is an outstanding athlete and a good student (3.5 grade-point average). The center fielder may have to make a decsion between playing college football (he's a quarterback but might move to wide receiver if he goes the football route) and beginning a professional baseball career next June.
Despite some injuries this spring, Brooks projects to be one of the top high school lefties in next year's class. He's got tremendous command as a polished southpaw while being able to consistently hit 90-92 mph with his fastball. He's been selected to participate in the AFLAC All-American Classic in August.
Kasey Kiker, LHP, and Cory Rasmus, RHP/3B, Russell County, Phenix City, Ala.
Talk about a good high school team, these teammates make Russell County a powerhouse. Rasmus' brother, Colby, was a first-rounder this year. They won a state championship in 2005 and Kiker and the younger Rasmus are poised to do it again. Both have been selected to play in the AFLAC All-American Classic in August.
Jeff Rappaport, OF, Westlake, Westlake, Calif.
Another AFLAC Classic participant, Rappaport is a toolsy outfielder. He's got plus speed, a plus arm and and has already shown tremendous bat speed with wood. He's an all-out kind of player with plus athleticism.
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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Lake Overturn has all the ingredients to be the next Great American Novel, including a dozen characters (these from mid-1980s Idaho) observed by an omniscient narrator who has humor, righteousness, and that rare ability to both dazzle and touch while remaining steadily entertaining. For all those reasons and more, it's the kind of story reviewers rhapsodize over. But to find the author of this Great American Novel -- the exotically named Vestal McIntyre -- one must fly to England and then negotiate a maze of subways and trains before emerging in Greenwich, the distant London borough where time begins and ends.
McIntyre gives the appearance of being an unassuming exchange student from middle America, here to study the ships on the Thames. In fact, he moved to England from New York City last July to live with his husband, Tristan le Masson Bangard. A disarmingly youthful 37, McIntyre has an air of delighted contentment that could have as much to do with domestic bliss as with anticipating the publication of his first novel.
In his writing McIntyre soars, but in person he speaks softly and steadily, making his voice heard over the clanging silverware and scraping chairs and tables at the picturesque café where he's chosen to meet for the interview.
Lake Overturn revolves around a group of people in Eula, Idaho, over the course of a year, spanning parts of 1986 and '87. At the center of the group are two seventh-grade boys -- Gene, an autistic youth, and Enrique, a misfit trying to reinvent himself -- who live in the same trailer park with their respective single mothers. The boys' romantic misadventures and an artfully arranged collection of friends and relatives round out the cast.
McIntyre takes characters who could easily be caricatures -- the rigidly religious, a young man attempting rape, a terminally ill mother -- and portrays them with empathy. "That's the best thing that books do," he says quietly over parsnip soup and English breakfast tea. "I wanted to write a big book with a broad perspective, like a good 19th-century novel. I love those Victorian novels with a lot of characters like Trollope and Dickens had."
Like his two main characters, McIntyre was in junior high in 1986, and there are similarities between the author and Enrique, especially as the teenage character explores his sexuality. "The most autobiographical part of Enrique is his effort in figuring out where he fits in at school," McIntyre says. I went to a Christian school until ninth grade, and I was kind of the school fag there. I hated it so much, I convinced my parents to let me go to public school."
McIntyre's favorite character in the book though is Connie, a dour middle-aged mother who questions God's will at every turn. "There is a lot of me in Connie," he says. "I was intensely Christian and concerned with how to live God's law perfectly." Then he pauses and adds, "But when you're writing a big book like this, you're not really thinking about yourself. I was just trying to write."
McIntyre's approach to writing is slightly unusual -- he's more of a binge writer than a daily one. Having living the past 13 years in New York, he says, "I'd spend all my time at my regular job so I could save up enough money to be able to take time off and go to [artists' residencies] like Yaddo, where I'd write huge sections of the book."
The key moment came in 2006, when he received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. "It was just enough money to take the summer off," he says. A family friend lent him a cabin in Maine. "It was just me, with no phone, no Internet, and just acres of land between me and the next person," he says wistfully. By the end of the summer he'd written a third of the novel. Certain scenes, especially the most powerful sections in the last 60 pages, he kept as treats until the end, when he was visiting Le Masson Bangard in London. "They were more bitter treats," he says today.
McIntyre's upbringing is far more interesting than most of the memoirs crowding the shelves of Waterstone's, the chain bookshop where he now works.
He grew up in Nampa, Idaho, a town not unlike the fictional Eula of Lake Overturn, and is the youngest of seven brothers and sisters. "We have kind of an interesting family," he says with an air of understatement. "There are four gay kids -- my brother and I are gay, and then two of my sisters are gay." Another brother is a Southern Baptist missionary based in Bangladesh.
"My parents wanted to live out in the country with sheep and horses, and they were very religious [Baptist] but weren't very rigid." His father, a pediatrician, cared for many patients who couldn't pay for his services and also took in boarders who couldn't afford to pay for a home of their own. "So we had these people in our house all the time, staying with us. There were wounded Afghan soldiers who had been invited to the U.S. by conservative groups but then didn't have a place to stay once they got there, foster brothers, exchange students, and people getting out of jail. It was kind of a zoo."
And what was it like for four siblings to come out to their religious parents? Did they all come out en masse?
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As true Christians, his parents were very supportive. At one point, when the American Baptist Churches were debating the denomination's position on homosexuality, McIntyre says his mother stood up at the meeting and said, "I have four gay kids, and they grew up in this church. And if you don't vote to be affirming of them, they won't come here anymore. Is that what you want?"
I tell him that I remember Boston in the mid 1980s as a pretty homophobic place, and he looks askance. "In Idaho these rednecks would hang out outside the gay bar in Boise and throw beer bottles at people as they left," he says matter-of-factly. Tufts University, on the other hand, had a center where students could safely hang out: "Going to Boston made it possible for me to come out."
After earning his bachelor's degree, McIntyre moved to New York. He was accepted into the graduate creative writing program at Columbia University but decided to instead take a job as a waiter at Florent, the now shuttered Meatpacking District diner and then late-night home to drag queens, club kids, and the loudly fabulous. "Back then I didn't know my writing, and I would have been really influenced by other people," he says. "So I decided to do my own thing."
McIntyre had a few stories published in literary magazines, and in 2004 a collection of his work, You Are Not the One, was published by Carroll and Graf. "I didn't care how much it sold," he says, "but I really wanted a review in The New York Times." That came in February 2005, when the paper declared, "McIntyre's stories can be funny, but in a scary, manic Augusten Burroughs kind of way. And when they aren't -- when they focus on something as unexpected as a high school student who sets out to read Moby-Dick to a cousin with Down syndrome -- they're crushingly sweet." Today, McIntyre refers to You Are Not the One as a collection of experiments that helped him forge the voice that informs Lake Overturn.
It's also the book that led him to his husband. When the collection of stories was published in England in 2006, McIntyre flew over to promote it. One evening at a nightclub he bumped into a man named Tristan, leading to what McIntyre fondly recalls as "a tawdry introduction." Last year, after Florent closed, he and Le Masson Bangard were married in Palm Springs, Calif. A summer-long celebration ensued, then the couple moved to Le Masson Bangard's London home.
"I live here because federal law won't allow my husband to live in the U.S.," McIntyre says with a little bite. "In England we are treated like regular spouses, which is what we are. The way the U.K. sees it, this is a civil partnership. It is very civilized, and it just makes sense."
As for the glamour of their relationship -- those names alone -- McIntyre says, "It does sound pretty good. But in reality we're sitting there watching Battlestar Galactica in our underwear."
His life in England sounds pretty ideal too. "When I lived in New York, I'd have to go away to write, but here it's a lot quieter -- I live in a house with my husband instead of in a 300-square-foot apartment on the Lower East Side. I have a writing room that overlooks a garden and a 15th-century chapel right across the street." He smiles at the improbability of it all.
Even his job at the chain bookshop has its perks. His collection of short stories is available at the counter, and he enjoys his colleagues' company. "I work with these 18-year-olds, and they got me to read Twilight," he says, laughing. "I only enjoyed it to the point that I could talk with them about it like a high school girl would."
And is he ready for some degree of attention, or even literary fame? "I'm totally ready!" he declares. "I still don't quite believe that the book's finally getting out there. But I would be completely thrilled if it was a success, but I'm not crazy about working these day jobs."


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The new debt limit law includes a trigger that would impose severe spending cuts if legislation to reduce the deficit by more than $1.2 trillion has not been enacted by Jan. 15, 2012. It was designed to give an incentive for the new congressional committee to succeed where others have failed.
Beginning in Fiscal Year 2013, the trigger requires reductions in discretionary and mandatory spending to make up for any shortfall. The cuts would be evenly divided between defense and non-defense spending.
Social Security, payments to Medicare beneficiaries, Medicaid, unemployment insurance, and other low-income programs would not be subject to cuts under the trigger. Any cuts to Medicare would also be limited to 2 percent. Because these programs account for well over 90 percent of all mandatory spending over the next ten years, this is a significant loophole that could make the trigger an ineffective tool. The trigger also does not address revenues.
Because of the exemptions, the cuts would fall disproportionately on annual appropriations for defense and non-defense programs. Little consideration would be given to the policy rationale behind the cuts to specific programs.
If the committee responds to the S&P downgrade by exceeding its target with a proposal approaching $4 trillion in deficit reduction, a trigger cutting only $1.2 trillion could provide policymakers with an incentive to block the larger proposal.
For a trigger to be most effective, it must apply to revenues and a substantial portion of the spending that is driving deficits in the first place. Exemptions and the temptation for Congress to block automatic spending cuts have weakened previous triggers. That poor track record suggests that both parties should focus on making the joint committee a success and not count on a trigger to address our nation's fiscal challenges.