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Persimmon Ingestion and Colic: A Retrospective Study
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Consuming persimmons, while sometimes appealing to horses, can be deadly; its fibers and seeds can create an obstruction within the gastrointestinal tract, resulting in potentially serious impaction colic.
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Persimmon trees, commonly found in the southeastern United States, produce a fruit that's often enticing to horses and other equids. Consuming this fruit, however, can be deadly; its fibers and seeds can create an obstruction within the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, resulting in potentially serious impaction colic.
"Usually a persimmon phytobezoar (impaction of plant material) is suspected based on history of access to persimmon trees," explained Heidi Banse, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, a doctoral candidate at Oklahoma State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. "Often times, other types of colic are ruled out on initial examination and routine colic diagnostics, including a rectal examination, abdominocentesis (a belly tap), and abdominal ultrasound."
Banse and colleagues recently evaluated 13 equid cases in which persimmon ingestion had led to a phytobezoar, to better characterize the ailment. The researchers noted clinical signs of persimmon phytobezoars, assessed differing treatments for the condition, and compared the prognosis of equids with gastric vs. intestinal persimmon phytobezoars.
The 10 horses, two donkeys, and one pony in the study were admitted between October 2001 and November 2008 to five veterinary teaching hospitals across the United States. All affected animals showed clinical signs of including colic, unexplained weight loss, anorexia, or diarrhea that persisted from five hours (colic) to six weeks (chronic diarrhea) prior to hospital admission.
Once veterinarians had diagnosed a persimmon phytobezoar via gastroscopy or gastroduodenoscopy, common treatment methods included:
- Oral or intragastric administration of carbonated cola, cellulase (protein aiding in dissolution of phytobezoar), or mineral oil;
- Intrapersimmon phytobezoar injections with acetylcysteine;
- Diet modification with pelleted feed ("to decrease the amount of fiber that can add to the concretion of the bezoar," said Banse.); and
- Surgery if medical management was unsuccessful.
The team noted that the phytobezoar's location seemed to greatly affect the prognosis: seven of eight equids with gastric phytobezoars (those in the stomach) survived while only one of five with enteric phytobezoars (those in the intestines) survived.
"The apparent differences in prognosis between gastric and enteric persimmon phytobezoars may be due to difficulties in diagnosis and treatment of enteric persimmon phytobezoars," Banse concluded.
Owners can help prevent colic induced by persimmon ingestion by ensuring there are no persimmon plants located in horses' turnout areas or within horses' reach. In the event a persimmon phytobezoar is suspected, consult a veterinarian early as quick treatment increases the likelihood of a better prognosis.
The study, "Gastric and enteric phytobezoars caused by ingestion of persimmon in equids," was published in the October 2011 Journal of American Veterinary Medical Association. The abstract is available online.
About the Author
Casie Bazay, NBCAAM
Casie Bazay holds a bachelor of science degree in education from Oklahoma State University. She taught middle school for ten years, but now is a nationally certified equine acupressure practitioner and freelance writer. She has owned Quarter Horses nearly her entire life and has participated in a variety of horse events including Western and English pleasure, trail riding, and speed events. She was a competitive barrel racer for many years and hopes to pursue the sport again soon.
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Giants claim infielder Abreu off waivers from Royals
By Andrew Simon / Special to MLB.com
The Giants claimed infielder Tony Abreu off outright waivers from the Royals on Monday.
Kansas City had designated the 28-year-old Abreu for assignment on Jan. 25 after he spent most of last season at the club's Triple-A Omaha affiliate, posting a .322/.347/.492 batting line in 103 games. Abreu also appeared in 22 big league games, splitting time between second base, third base and shortstop while hitting .257 (18-for-70) with one home run and 15 RBIs.
The Dominican Republic native also has spent time with the Dodgers and D-backs since debuting in the Majors in 2007. In 168 career games, he has hit .252/.280/.355 with four home runs and 46 RBIs.
Andrew Simon is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Although his game had left him somewhat when he signed with the Jets, he still managed to take his game into "the zone" in the 2009 playoffs.
Everybody here is so stuck on this rule that they once upon a time heard that you can get any old guy off the street to play Guard. That may very well be true in most cases.
But what everyone is misunderstanding is that when a great prospect like a Warmack comes along, the thought process should change for a good GM. The guy is a can't miss prospect who is going to instantly upgrade your OL.
And it doesn't matter where the guy is taken, 1st round, 3rd round, 6th round, who gives a sh*t? If he's the BAP then you should take him. You CANNOT lose taking a guy like that.
To say nothing about the fact that taking Warmack goes to common sense. It is widely acknowledged by many fans, coaches, FO personnel, that if you are building a team you should do it INSIDE OUT. In other words, anchor your OL and provide good blocking for any young skill players when they come into the league.


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Solar Power and Desalinization Innovations tested in Egypt
The Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) has announced the launch of a pilot Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project to test units that can simultaneously produce electricity and desalinate water.
The four-year project test project, known as "Multi-Purpose Applications by Thermodynamic Solar", or MATS, has received 22 million Euros (US$28 million) from the European Union under its Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), and will also involve European universities and companies.
This will be used to build and test MATS units at a site in Burj Al Arab, a desert area near Alexandria. The units can be powered using both solar energy, and renewable energy sources such as biomass and biogas. The test facility will aim to generate one megawatt of electrical power and 250 cubic metres of desalinated water per day.
In a statement, Maged Al-Sherbiny, the ASRT's president, said that MATS units could be used to exploit "concentrated solar energy through small and middle scale facilities, to fulfill local requirements of power, heat, and desalinated water".
"ASRT is the main contract holder for the project, with other partners from Italy, Germany, France and the United Kingdom," Al-Sherbiny told SciDev.Net, adding that an agreement to host the project has been signed with the City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (CSRTA), which has allocated the land in Burj Al Arab.
Essam Khamis, head of CSRTA, told SciDev.Net that "this pilot project will [also] be a research station as it will include a specialised research institute in which Egyptian researchers will be trained".
Al-Sherbiny said the MATS demonstration project would be carried out on an industrial scale, and that "Egypt may be able to export this technology to other African countries in the future". Ultimately the units might also be incorporated into national plans to export electricity from North Africa to Europe.
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Google Chrome updated to 12.0.742.30
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Google Chrome, Google's new web browser, just reached version 12.0.742.30 for the Mac. The new version, a 36.2 megabyte download, offers the following the following changes:
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– You now have more control over your online privacy. Many websites store information on your computer using forms of local data storage such as Flash Local Shared Objects (LSOs). In the past, you could only delete Flash LSOs using an online settings application on Adobe's website, but we've worked closely with Adobe to allow you to delete Flash LSOs directly from Chrome's settings.
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Amex, Wal-Mart Bluebird Card to Carry FDIC Insurance
Skeptics who saw the seeds of an eventual bank charter in the advent of the Bluebird card, the prepaid card from American Express and Wal-Mart, may feel vindicated as the companies announced Tuesday that deposits made onto the cards will be eligible for FDIC insurance.
Amex said the insurance is needed to allow the cards to be funded with direct deposits such as Social Security.
"When we launched Bluebird last October, we were focused on serving the tens of millions of Americans who are not well served by the traditional financial services industry. The unbanked, underbanked, and the unhappily banked are beset by onerous fees and numerous inconveniences," said Dan Schulman, group president, Enterprise Growth, at American Express in the companies' announcement.
"Bluebird is designed to help make their everyday financial lives easier, more convenient and less expensive. Today's announcement, which reflects feedback from consumers, advocacy groups and government officials, represents the next set of enhancements that further distinguish Bluebird from other financial services options," Schulman said.
In another change, the company announced that Bluebird card holders would be able to obtain Bluebird checks for their accounts that the company will "pre-authorize" in order to prevent overdrafts.
Bluebird cardholders wishing to use one of the checks will inform Bluebird of the check and receive a "preauthorization code" they will include on the back of the check. At the same time, the amount of money on the check will be removed from available funds in the account, the companies said.
The addition of FDIC insurance represents an apparent reversal of the companies' position when they first released the card in October 2012. At that time, they said they would not seek FDIC insurance for funds deposited on the card.
When asked directly by a reporter in an Oct. 9 webcast and conference call whether funds deposited on Bluebird would carry FDIC insurance, Schulman said only that funds deposited with Bluebird would be subject to money transmittal regulations in all 50 states that required American Express to back them 100%.
What changed the companies' minds, according to Amex spokesman Vanessa McCutchen, was a desire to enable consumers to directly deposit government payments, such as Social Security, and other payments on the card which require FDIC insurance.
"As we've begun to gain scale with Bluebird and listened to our customers, it was clear that the ability to load federal payments and benefits directly to Bluebird accounts was something our customers were very interested in," wrote McCutchen in an emailed response to a question about the insurance.
"Regulations allow federal payments such as tax refunds and Social Security payments, to be directly deposited into a prepaid card account only if the card is set up to meet the requirements for FDIC insurance coverage," McCutchen said.
She said funds in all permanent Bluebird accounts will be eligible for FDIC pass-through insurance.
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Discussion in 'Star Trek: Voyager' started by Godless Raven, Apr 11, 2013.
I wikipedia-ed the guy who played Tuvix and he is from the same town I work in currently.
He did play the scene of the morbid victim here to perfection... the scene were he was begging for his life, trying to find someone to support him... and no one would was just plain tragic. Good work in the sense of setting a depressing scene.
I think morally it might have been wrong once Tuvix announced his wish "not to die", but TV is more mighty than the morale. The show needed Tuvok and Neelix. Moreso Tuvok... but yeah, still. It was a show and losing two of its main characters in one episode would have been a no-no.
Tuvok and Neelix weren't dead. Tuvix was the product of a transporter accident.
To accept the results of the accident and move on when you have the technology to retrieve the two is not logical.
He did do a good job. You feel his pain in the scene and you almost don't know what Janeway is going to do.
I kind of felt cheated that they never brought him up again. She could have suffered some guilt or something.
But even though Tuvix was gone and I felt his pain...once I saw Tuvok and Neelix transform back to their normal selves and Tuvix was just gone...I felt relief too. It was a weird emotion watching it for the first time.
Yes, you can. And if Tuvix truly remembers what a Starfleet officer is expected to do - lay down his or her life to save a crewmate - then it is indeed cowardly for him to insist on putting his own life above that of Tuvok and Neelix.
Besides, Tuvix should have remembered the Vulcan logic he got from Tuvok. To restore Tuvok and Neelix is the logical move. There's no advantage to Tuvix's existence - he's not a better tactical officer than Tuvok, nor is he a better cook and ambassador than Neelix. And the principle of the greatest good for the greatest number is also a logical one as well.
Exactly. It's a no-brainer. And calling yourself a separate sentient creature that deserves its own life doesn't make it true.
"I am Tuvix. If you separate me it will be murder."
"No it won't. You're a combined creature. What is so hard to understand about that."
Tuvix: I have the will to live of two men!
A lot of good that did him. He tried to play the numbers game right back at Janeway.
So then since you're attributing a Starfleet officer's duty and a Vulcan's logic to Tuvix's actions, you're basically conceding accident or not that he is a person and he accordingly should have the choice of what to do with his life.
As for "advantages" to Tuvix's existence? Well Tuvix solved a problem in a day that had been stumping Tuvok for weeks and Janeway even said in her log entry his cooking was better and Neelix wasn't even Ambassador yet at that point. But that doesn't matter. You can't wave an executioner's axe over someone's head just because you do or don't think they're useful. Not in any civilized society anyways.
As I said, I'll concede the point that Tuvix was a coward for not sacrificing himself to save two others. Heck, Tuvix did that in the episode himself. But just because you or Janeway doesn't like his decision, that doesn't mean he loses all his rights as an individual. He was a person and he was executed for the crime of wanting to live. That's basically it.
Quite the contrary.
Using this logic, then, you would be in favor of executing someone for organs? After all, one person can provide a heart, 2 lungs, a liver a pancreas, a small bowel & 2 kidneys. That's at least 8 people saved.
^ No, because no human being who ever existed was created via the same method that Tuvix was. There's no "real-life transporter accidents" which eliminated two people and reconstituted one person from the combination of the two. That is an exactly unique circumstance.
Also, if Tuvok and Neelix lived on while Tuvix existed, then Tuvix lived on as part of Neelix and Tuvok, since IIRC both of them remember being Tuvix.
You keep changing your argument and that one's circular. Tuvix himself used that one in the episode saying Tuvok and Neelix lived inside of him.
The combination of two, but the best of neither. This could be the Frankenstein story, or The Fly. Any way you play it, the "creature" is doomed.
Tuvix was using that argument (partially) to justify his own existence. So if Tuvix claims the right to live because Tuvok and Neelix lived in him, then why do Tuvok and Neelix not get to claim the same thing because Tuvix lives in THEM?
If your wife were sucked into your computer (bear with me) and suddenly the computer started claiming sentience and talking and saying it was alive and deserved life and that if you return it to being a computer and your wife you'll be commiting murder...you'd laugh and fire up the ol molecular separator without a moments hesitation.
It's exactly the same thing.
Bracing myself for the barrage of "What? No it isn't!" It is. It may be a bad analogy, but it is the same thing.
So suppose John and Larry died in a car accident and their organs were used to create a new person(bear with me) named Tom. So while Tom's happily living his life for weeks another mad doctor discovers how an anti-car crash cure but needs the organs back. So he decides to kill Tom to harvest his organs to revive John and Larry. Surely it's not murder, because Tom was different! And we know how bad that is in society, it's worth death sentences. Same thing.
You tell me, you're the one using the same argument to justify Tuvix's murder.
What would Kirk do?
Kirk would explain in a short but passionate speech what brought about Tuvix' existence. He would appeal to both the logical and emotional sides of Tuvix and convince him that while the idea of sacrificing himself is difficult and painful, it is the right thing to do.
Then Kirk would stun the creepy bastard and shove him into the transporter.
That's how a real captain does it.
Well, we don't have cyborgs in our world, either, or sentient robots, yet I don't know a Trek fan who would say that Seven or Data don't have the right to self-determination.
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- 4 bone-in chicken breast halves (12 to 14 ounces each), skin removed
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- 1 medium tomato, chopped
- 1/2 cup Italian salad dressing
- 1-1/2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/2 pound uncooked angel hair pasta
- 1/2 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- Place chicken in a 4-qt. slow cooker. In a small bowl, combine the marinara sauce, tomato, Italian salad dressing, Italian seasoning and garlic; pour over chicken. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours or until chicken is tender.
- Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions; drain. Serve chicken and sauce with pasta; sprinkle with cheese. Yield: 4 servings.
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Greater San Antonio is settling in nicely as fertile ground for the Baylor coaching staff to find dominating defensive linemen.
Junior defensive end Chris McAllister could be in line for a big 2012 and is from Converse Judson. Baylor's most heralded recruit from the 2012 class is San Antonio Sam Houston defensive end Javonte Magee.
Now, comes four-star San Antonio Madison defensive end Vincent Taylor. The vast roots that Baylor assistant coach Chris Achuff has laid in the Alamo City are noteworthy.
There's a lot to like about No. 233 recruit in the Rivals 250. He's big at 6-3, 277 and he likes the idea of bookending with Magee or backing him up.
"Javonte and I came to San Antonio from New Orleans after [Hurricane] Katrina, and he I get along really great,'' Taylor said. "It would be pretty cool with him being on one side and me being on the other so we can clog things up in the middle.''
Taylor has fielded several offers and seen some recent interest from TCU and Michigan. But he admits that Baylor is "probably at the top of my list.'' Taylor said Achuff came by last week during the football program's athletic period to see how things were progressing.
Admittedly, if he was a senior about four years ago and Baylor came by, he probably wouldn't have considered the Bears. But with the program's resurgence, his respect for and potential desire to come to the program has transcended what he and arguably many other recruits have thought about Art Briles' program.
He will be a three-year starter for Madison. But his size lends him to playing defensive tackle. His strength is just overpowering offensive linemen as a bull rusher. That should change when he gets to college. But the weight training program could be only refinement. He benches 405, squats 445 and power cleans 265.
"If I have a good season, maybe I can be a five-star recruit,'' said Taylor, who went to Baylor's Jan. 29 junior day.
And Taylor is getting the early message how he needs to ahead of the academic and admissions curve. He's taking the SAT on May 5. At that time, he should have a better feel where he is going with his commitment decision. Madison starts spring football on Wednesday and concludes with its spring game the week of May 19.
"I'm very interested in Baylor,'' Taylor said. "Houston has been on me pretty hard too. I've done my research on Baylor and know how good that program has become.''


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Maximos IV Saigh, the patriarch of the Melkite Catholic Church, was one of the most outspoken fathers of the Second Vatican Council.
For one thing, Patriarch Maximos was the only council father who refused to speak in Latin, giving all of his talks on the council floor in French. He was also a staunch defender of the jurisdiction of local churches and an opponent of Roman centralism.
So it was not surprising that the patriarch chose to address the council on collegiality – the issue of how bishops share in the pope's authority for the governance of the universal Church.
Earlier, in my article published in the March 25 WCR, I wrote about the straw vote held Oct. 30, 1962 in which the council fathers overwhelmingly endorsed the concept of collegiality.
I had intended to leave further consideration of that topic until this series examines the final text of Lumen Gentium, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, in a couple of months from now.
In the meantime, however, Pope Francis has established a panel of eight cardinals to advise him on the governance of the universal Church. In that light, Patriarch Maximos' speech of Nov. 6, 1962 takes on a new importance.
For it was in that speech that Maximos outlined his proposal for the collaboration of the bishops in the central government of the universal Church.
The Melkite leader was unimpressed with the current system in which the successor of Peter and "the Roman clergy" are charged with governance. By "the Roman clergy," he was referring to the cardinals, particularly those in the Curia, each of whom is the titular head of a parish in the Diocese of Rome.
Cardinals Alfredo Ottaviani (left) and Josef Frings (right) offered differing views at the Second Vatican on the need for reform of the Vatican Curia.
In Maximos' view, authority should lie instead with Peter and the successors of the apostles, that is, with diocesan bishops.
The patriarch called for the establishment of a representative group of the bishops to help the pope govern the universal Church. It would be made up of patriarchs, cardinal-archbishops who are the heads of dioceses and bishops chosen by national episcopal conferences.
Members of this "authentic sacred college of the universal Church" would then take turns being at the side of the pope to help him in his role of governance. All the Vatican offices would be subject to the authority of this sacred college, the head of which is, of course, the pope.
In the debate at Vatican II, other bishops made similar proposals for a permanent body of bishops from the entire world to help the pope.
Two days after Maximos spoke, Cardinal Josef Frings addressed the council, calling for a thorough reform of the Curia. In his speech, written partly by his advisor Father Joseph Ratzinger, he criticized the Holy Office "whose procedure in many respects is no longer suited to our age, harms the Church and is scandalous to many."
Moreover, Frings said there should be fewer bishops and priests in the Curia, and that the bulk of important Curia offices could be filled by the laity.
His talk was greeted by what one bishop described as "frenzied" applause.
Only minutes later, however, the head of the Holy Office, Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani, fired back that Frings' criticisms were based on ignorance. While papal authority is firmly based on Scripture, there is no scriptural basis for collegiality.
Ottaviani went so far as to virtually identify the authority of the Holy Office with that of the pope before launching into a blistering criticism of the four moderators of the council who were responsible for its daily running.
A few days later, Pope Paul VI and the moderators made a decision – or so it seemed to those present – to set up a conciliar commission that would present concrete proposals to the pope for a permanent role for the world's bishops in the governance of the universal Church.
However, the commission was never established and the proposals never came forward, even though the proposed commission was very much in line with what Pope Paul had requested in his talk opening the second session of Vatican II.
What did happen was that in 1965 Pope Paul established the world Synod of Bishops that meets periodically to discuss general topics given to it by the pope. While the synods held over the past 45 years have had many merits, they are not the same level of sharing in Church governance that was envisioned at Vatican II.
One might speculate that Pope Paul had decided that the time was not yet ripe for establishing a collegial body to help the pope govern the universal Church.
Collegiality has not been forgotten, but neither has it taken any decisive steps forward. Now, to everyone's surprise, Pope Francis has reopened the issue. It would seem that this issue has begun to move towards a resolution.
(Information for this article came from Joseph Famerée's article on "Bishops and Dioceses" in volume 3 of History of Vatican II, edited by Giuseppe Alberigo, and from What Happened at Vatican II by John O'Malley.)


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Regen braking does not work when you do a full charge. I have only done a range charge twice and both times for the first 10 minutes of driving, there is a dotted line on the energy usage meter that prevents you from regenning too much.
When the dotted line shows up you will get significantly less regenerative braking and hence have to use your friction brakes on steep hills - wasting energy and eating your brake pads. To avoid this I make a point of only charging to 90-95% before I start back from Tahoe - despite having a 230-250 mile trip ahead of me (depending on route and whether I make a side trip). That way I still get good regenerative braking and avoid using the friction brakes on the descent.
I live at the top of a big steep hill and when I max charge at home I have no regen braking until I am down hill and have used up some energy.
These replies are helpful, as I live at 8,000 feet and only have to drive 3 miles before I have a long descent (7 miles) down to 5,000 feet. I always charge at 80%, so have never experienced the dotted line or the less-than-usual regen, but will be aware of this if and when we do a full charge for an extended trip out of town.
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I live at 8,500 feet in Evergreen, have a small hill to climb and then the big I-70 energy add. I always get energy add down hill and usually end in Denver with the rated charge I start with. I charge to 80% and only range charged once when doing a 200 mile trip to Ft. Collins. It was not needed however because New Belgium has a charger!
Went to Vail last week and charged at the Mountain House - the GM is an owner of a roadster and they have a conversion cable for the S.
Also bear in mind that regen is limited when the battery is cold. I'm not sure if the newer software will condition the battery on shore power to make this less of an issue. Winter's coming folks!
I have only charged the battery fully a few times, however, I get full regenerative braking within a 7-10 miles of battery usage. You could try charging to a lower amount (95%), and see how well regenerative braking works for you on the way down. Will it actually increase your batteries charge level. I would be interested to know.
Just dont charge all the way full. You shouldnt do that daily anyway.
And yes, if long and steep enough it can actually increase total state of charge.
One concern to be aware of is if you use cruise control. I use cruise control to manage my speed for 90% of my driving. I live at the top of a steep hill and set the cruise out of habit. On the rare occasions that I have max charged I found myself speeding because I set the cruise but the regen doesn't kick in which the cruise control depends on to slow the car. Surprisingly my brakes don't take over for speed management. I could easily have received a speeding ticket before I realized the speed and corrected it.
The first mile I drive after leaving home is downhill. When I get to the bottom I will have used negative watts/mile meaning I have more energy than when I started. Too bad I need to go uphill from there.
I live up, and start most all drives by going down 3000' in about 15 miles. If we do a max charge before leaving home then we don't have regen most of the way down. That said, we do end up with more miles of range at the bottom of the hill with a range charge than with a standard (235) mile charge, as the grade is not steep enough to generate range, but we don't lose much range either. Charging to 245-250 gives sort of the best of both worlds for this drive as regen is active and we still have a good almost full charge at the bottom of the hill for the rest of the trip which often exceeds 200 miles without charging.
Anyone know how many extra miles of range gained per 1000 ft of altitude? (in an ideal sense)
Early guesstimates were about 7 mi.
Charging so much you can't use regen is a real waste; you're paying to heat up your brakes for a while, basically.


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KITCHEN & BATH ... A remodeling workshop dealing with kitchen and bath planning is set for 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25, at Harrell Remodeling Inc., 1954 Old Middlefield Way, Mountain View. Information: 650-230-2900 or Harrell-remodeling.com
SUCCULENT WREATHS ... Linda Roark will repeat her popular class on how to "Make a Succulent Wreath" from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 25, at Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. Roark, who creates Gamble Garden's succulent gardens in pots, will talk about sizes, shapes and colors, as well as how to care for the wreath over time. Participants, who will take home a 10-inch wreath made under Roark's guidance, are asked to bring a small pair of tweezers. Cost is $70 for nonmembers, $60 for members, which includes all materials.
SHORT SALES ... Realtors John St. Clair III and Lydia Kou will offer a free seminar on "Short Sales — Understand the Nuts and Bolts" from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 25, at Avenidas, 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto. Both are Certified Distressed Property Experts (CDPE) who will walk participants through the process and explain their services to sellers. Information: Email email@example.com to reserve seating or visit www.apr.com/jstclair/Upcoming-Seminar.
GRAFTING ... James Kern, a landscape contractor who teaches at Foothill College and is a member of the California Rare Fruit Growers Association, will teach a class on "Grafting" from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25, at Common Ground Education Center, 559 College Ave., Palo Alto. Come prepared to practice grafting on a variety of "scionwood" (tree cuttings that are grafted to rootstock) for building plum, peach, pear or heritage apples. Cost is $31 plus a $4 materials fee (rootstocks and grafting knives will be for sale at Common Ground). Information: 650-493-6072 or www.commongroundinpaloalto.org
DESIGN FOR BEGINNERS ... Interior designer (and Palo Alto Weekly columnist) Kit Davey will offer a class on "Interior Design for Beginners" from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25, in Room S-15, De Anza College, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino. The class will cover defining personal style, creating a furniture plan, selecting a color scheme, choosing rugs, artwork and accessories; lighting tips; and choosing paint colors. Cost is $59 plus $7 materials fee payable to the instructor and $3 in quarters to park. Pre-registration is required. Information: 408-864-8817 or www.CommunityEducation.fhda.edu
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- People currently rely on ana/analyze & comp/emit.
- Analyze's AST isn't yet standardized, but the schema is part of the interface
- Emit is the code generation pass, but we want to add more passes
- Need a future-proof "compile" function
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- Current global namespaces atom is problematic
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- Moving target, different goals
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LAKEWOOD RANCH — Although the public square in Venice, Italy, proved to be a somewhat familiar site, it still stole the breath of East County businesswoman Barb Smith, who visited the plaza for the first time earlier this month.
"It was breathtaking," Smith says. "I felt like I was still at home. The people in the square were friendly. It was just like home, except for the pigeons."
Smith, who owns 2nd Ann Rose Consignment Boutique in San Marco Plaza in Lakewood Ranch, visited Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy, during an Adriatic and Mediterranean cruise last month. She and fellow San Marco Plaza business owners, husband-and-wife team Kevin Neurer and Victoria Roberts, of Victoria L. Roberts CFP, Roberts' mother, East County resident Lillian Graziano, and other friends, returned from their roughly two-week trip Nov. 11.
San Marco Plaza, Smith says, was one of the group's first stops. The scene may not have been exact, but Smith says the Lakewood Ranch plaza, with its central clock tower, is clearly modeled after its namesake.
"It's much more ornate (in Italy)," Barb Smith says. "There's a theater there and an old castle next to it. The clock tower is taller. It's a square and people gather and drink coffee. There're restaurants and boutiques."
Neurer shared similar sentiments.
"The charm of Venice can't be captured; nothing compares with what you have in Venice, but it (is) fun to share a name," Neurer says of the plaza. "(What we have is) like a miniature model (of it)."
"It's (neat) to be named after a place that's so famous and so beautiful," he says. "When you look at the tower in (our) plaza, it's a little reminder of being in Venice."
During their cruise, the Smiths, Roberts, Neurer and other attendees toured other cities in Italy, including Rome, Ravenna, Catania, Naples and Sicily, and also visited places such as Kotor, Montenegro and Croatia.
Smith says she enjoyed visiting the Vatican and other churches, the Colosseum, Pompeii and other attractions.
Neurer agreed.
"It was a great time," Neurer said of the trip. "We had excellent ports, great cities and fun people to travel with. There really wasn't a bad part of the trip. We enjoyed it from Venice to Rome and everything in between."
Contact Pam Eubanks at [email protected].
LAKEWOOD RANCH — Although the public square in Venice, Italy, proved to be a somewhat familiar site, it still stole the breath of East County businesswoman Barb Smith, who visited the plaza for the first time earlier this month.


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An HHS-appointed Medicare Technical Review Panel charged with evaluating the methods and assumptions underlying the Trustees' projections has released its final report. Its main conclusion: The Trustees are greatly underestimating Medicare's long-term cost. The Concord Coalition applauds the Panel for its wake up call. We have long argued that the Trustees' cost assumptions are too rosy.* The CBO also believes that the Trustees are "overly optimistic," and last December began using a higher health-care growth assumption in its own long-term budget projections. Amid the bipartisan rush to enact a prescription drug benefit, Medicare's long-term cost challenge has vanished from the national agenda. And amid the hoopla over the latest improvement in the federal fiscal outlook for the next decade, what no one seems to have noticed is that, beyond the next decade, CBO's estimate of the total cost of federal spending programs has actually risen. Let the White House and Congress take note: The Medicare cost problem is still there, and it's much worse than the official projections suggest.
Clearly Inconsistent
In their latest report, the Trustees project that Medicare spending will double from 2.3 to 4.8 percent of GDP by 2040. This forecast may appear pessimistic. But in fact, just the opposite is true. It posits a dramatic and permanent slowdown in real cost growth that, in the Technical Panel's words, is "clearly inconsistent with Medicare experience over virtually any historical period." Over the entire thirty-five years since Medicare was founded, real spending per beneficiary (adjusted for age) has grown at the average rate of nearly 5.0 percent per year. Over no ten year period has it grown at less than 3.4 percent per year. Yet the Trustees assume that this growth rate will fall to just 1.3 percent after 2025, or to roughly the rate of growth in per capita GDP. The Trustees do not point to any change in medical technology, or health status, or social expectations that might account for the slowdown. The only justification they offer is that Medicare spending cannot indefinitely grow faster than the economy. While this is true, it begs the real question: How will we keep it from growing? By implicitly incorporating a policy response into their baseline, the Trustees subvert its purpose. As the Panel reminds them, their projections should show the consequence of leaving current policy on autopilot--even if the consequence is fiscal and economic meltdown. The Panel recommends that the Trustees substantially raise their long-term cost growth assumption. A reasonable assumption, it believes, is that the rate of growth in per beneficiary spending will equal the rate of growth in per capita GDP plus one percent. This works out to half the historical rate. Why not the full rate? The Panel's explanation is that whatever else happens in health care, technological advances will continue, and over the postwar era these have accounted for roughly half of the rise in real per capita health-care spending. The Panel does not quantify the effect of its recommendation on projected Medicare costs. We estimate that switching to the GDP-plus-one-percent growth rate would raise Medicare's officially projected cost in the year 2040 to 6.8 percent of GDP, almost exactly what the CBO now anticipates. Under the revised projection, just the increase in Medicare spending over the next forty years--4.5 percent of GDP--would be greater than everything we spend today on Social Security.
The Lower End of the Range
Even this projection is conservative. For one thing, it is based on SSA's "intermediate" economic and demographic scenario, which assumes that longevity will grow at just half the pace over the next seventy-five years as it has over the past seventy-five. If we plug the Panel's health-care cost assumption into SSA's "high-cost" scenario, which allows for bigger gains, the cost of Medicare rises to 8.2 percent of GDP by 2040. The Panel also acknowledges that its GDP-plus-one-percent assumption falls toward "the lower end of the reasonable range." Many observers believe that the pace of technological innovation in medicine is now accelerating. "Good health," moreover, is a subjective standard, one that naturally rises as society becomes more affluent. As technology and expectations interact, they are transforming the practice of medicine. While once health care meant an occasional visit to the doctor or hospital, it is fast becoming a lifelong process of diagnostics and fine tuning in which any extra dollar spent is likely to confer some perceived benefit. We cannot dismiss the possibility that per-beneficiary spending will continue to grow at its historical rate. If it does, the cost of Medicare would reach a staggering 15.4 percent of GDP by 2040--more than everything Americans now spend on health care.
An Unflinching Look
The Concord Coalition joins the Technical Panel in urging the Trustees to "improve the realism" of their projections. They should adopt the Panel's GDP-plus-one-percent recommendation-instead of arbitrarily assuming away the forces driving up health costs. They should also publish alternative projections that reflect the real possibility of a worse outcome, including a historical trend projection and a projection based on SSA's high-cost economic and demographic scenario. As things stand, the official numbers obscure the full magnitude of the long-term Medicare challenge. It's time we took an unflinching look at what lies ahead.
* See Facing Facts, issues Vol. III, No. 5 (April 8, 1997); Vol. V, No.:1 (January 21, 1999); and Vol. VI, No. 6 (May 30, 2000).
FACING FACTS AUTHORS: Neil Howe and Richard Jackson CONCORD COALITION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Robert Bixby


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- the European region Note 3s are only meant to be compatible with SIMs issued by operators from the European region, and this applies equally after activation - I asked repeatedly her to confirm this which she did each time. I tried practical examples too and it got worse: So if I go to Australia I must use a European region SIM in my Note 3 even if I buy the Note 3 SIM-free for £620? Yes according to the rep. So I asked if I go to Florida on vacation, I have no choice but to use a European region SIM in my Note 3? Yes again according to rep.
Samsung's new region lock might extend to the Note II and S III with the Android 4.4 KitKat update
- the European region Note 3s are only meant to be compatible with SIMs issued by operators from the European region, and this applies equally after activation - I asked repeatedly her to confirm this which she did each time. I tried practical examples too and it got worse: So if I go to Australia I must use a European region SIM in my Note 3 even if I buy the Note 3 SIM-free for £620? Yes according to the rep. So I asked if I go to Florida on vacation, I have no choice but to use a European region SIM in my Note 3? Yes again according to rep.
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1. itsdeepak4u2000 (Posts: 3718; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
Oh no, this is not good. If I want to use my local SIM instead of regional then I can't after this update.
5. james004 (Posts: 486; Member since: 15 May 2013)
cant imagine how many people will be locked out of their phones after updating. talk about be real d*ck.
samsung you definitely win that award.
16. zhiae (unregistered)
nothing gets locked.
18. Long1 (banned) (Posts: 399; Member since: 18 May 2013)
Samsung UK has now released a statement basically confirming that this article is iBS:
"In order to provide customers with the optimal mobile experience in each region including customer care services, Samsung has incorporated the 'regional SIM lock' feature into Galaxy Note 3 devices. The product is only compatible with a SIM-card issued from a mobile operator within the region identified on the sticker of the product package. When the device is activated with a SIM card issued from the other region, the device may be automatically locked until it is released at the dedicated service centre.
Once a device is activated normally, the regional SIM lock is automatically released. Users can enjoy the roaming service as usual and can use other region's SIM card when travelling. The regional SIM lock has been applied to the Galaxy Note II and Galaxy S4 devices through a software update in selective markets. The regional SIM lock does NOT affect the device's features and performance. Users can continue to enjoy all the advanced features of our products."
2. kanagadeepan (Posts: 1026; Member since: 24 Jan 2012)
F you SAMSUNG....
12. LiquidGalaxy (Posts: 332; Member since: 03 Jul 2013)
Been saying this for a while - nice to see people are catching up ;-)
13. newbey123 (Posts: 669; Member since: 19 Mar 2012)
I have always known Crapsung sucked.
3. Navaid (Posts: 46; Member since: 05 Sep 2013)
It's good, for the govt. and more organized records..
4. harislg (Posts: 1; Member since: 11 Jul 2012)
I bought a galaxy note 2 two weeks ago and I saw the same message
6. amansingal14 (Posts: 309; Member since: 08 Sep 2012)
NSA - We want to track all phones by their region, and the carriers are not allowing us.
Samsung - Solution Found.
7. kri5t1 (unregistered)
what about europe?
8. Sondae (Posts: 291; Member since: 02 Jan 2013)
If this crazy idea of samsung will continue on region lock there will be a lot of people will change of phone brand specially people who travel a lot or people who work in different country. Bad choice samsung.
9. Vireak (unregistered)
I'll never buy another Same Dung again...I mean Samsung
10. jibraihimi (Posts: 784; Member since: 29 Nov 2011)
Thank you Samsung, for bringing us back into the business.
Best regards!
HTC, Sony mobile, and LG mobile.
11. tasior (Posts: 265; Member since: 04 Nov 2012)
The best way to shrink grey market is to be fair to customers.
That means selling same devices for about the same price all over the world.
In this case the grey market is just a defensive mechanism for price manipulation of marketers.
14. cR203 (Posts: 206; Member since: 27 Jan 2013)
This region lock is so stupid. I buy all my phones unlocked. I currently have the note 2 n7100. Does this mean I'll be locked out of own my phone with the android 4.4 update?
15. shuaibhere (Posts: 1986; Member since: 07 Jul 2012)
@PA this region unlock is done to prevent grey imports....
you've to insert a local sim for first time and go through the intial setup...after that you're free to take your device around the world
i hope you will update...
22. zennacko (Posts: 240; Member since: 16 Jun 2013)
If you're correct (and both I and Samsung's sales hope you are) then that means that if I wanted to buy a Sammy phone as a gift to some friend, relative or whatever overseas, first I'll have to open, charge and set it up on my country first? What a pain in the nether regions :(
17. Exile SS (Posts: 40; Member since: 07 Oct 2010)
This is of course under the idea that the Note II will get the KitKat update. Speaking from the US perspective and having one since the day it came out on Tmobile you need to look at the facts.
1. Been running 4.1.2 from the start
2. No software updates have been issued (aside from Tmobile LTE connectivity)
3. Months of frazzled rumors about 4.2.2
4. No updates about updates
5. Wait! 4.2.2 will be skipped to 4.3! I June Hopefully!
6. Oops there goes the rumor list for updates
7. Ok guys we fixeed the list it's back up, but still unnoficial.
8. SAMSUNG SAID WE ARE GETTING 4.3!!!! In October!!!!
9. Wait, no, that's for the Korean model, NOVEMBER!!!!
10. Wait, no that's for international models December???
11. Yes December it is scheduled for! Now just to wait and see how the carriers feel about it...
Updates are never as good as they're hyped up to be, but never as bad as the worst case scenario. SIt back, relax, try it and if it doesn't work Samsung may change it. Who knows?
19. starandmountain (Posts: 53; Member since: 01 Apr 2012)
This really sucks. I won't buy a samsung phone again if this will stay forever. Thereby i won't upgrade to 4.4! Samsung if you want to stay the king don't do stupid things like this! i paid 700 euro for this phone and you are treating your customers like this? disappointed....
20. starandmountain (Posts: 53; Member since: 01 Apr 2012)
Phonearena, can you please tell us if they are implementing this in the 4.3 as well? because i won't download it if that's the case.
21. xtremesv (Posts: 298; Member since: 21 Oct 2011)
Rep must be wrong and if not I will sue Samsung because when I bought my SGS4 it didn't say in the future it would be locked to a specific region so they don't have the right to cripple my phone. Ultimately I believe this stupid move by Samsung is going to apply only to new sales of their devices. Backward thinking nonetheless.


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She looks bored shitless.
C est juste de la stupide pisse. Asolute fake!!! Nothing squirting.
the thing sounds like a ladyshave
That is a gspot vibe, when you rub the gspot repeatedly in most women that will make thme squirt. My husband's cock can sometimes make me squirt but he has to hit the g-spot from the right angle. I still feel a need to cum when I have those kind of orgasms. They are like the chinese food of orgasms, good but leaves you wanting more. Adam and Eve sells those online that is where i got mine.
she never had one orgasm, all she did was urinate
Many guys just won't believe that a girl can squirt. They think they (the men) are the only one's who can "shoot" a load. Squirting is real and really hott.
To all of the dudes who don't believe it .... my girlfriend is a squirter .... it was the most bizarre thing I ever experienced when she first did it. It's not piss ... the smell, taste everything is exactly like before she squirts when she is just juicy wet. If you can find a squirter, I highly recommend that you do everything you can do to keep her !
... that this is quirting, you don't know a lot about women. She's just peeing all over the place.
This clip says no cuts, but clearly it's the same one over and over. I have had a couple of squirters. AMAZING. The first time, I was about 20 years old, and eating this pretty thing on my couch. All of a sudden, my mouth was full of it. Freaked me out at first. The second squirter I had used to blow my dick out of her when she came, all over my chest. I almost got rubber sheets and a squeegee. It is for real!!! Not much of a taste, but sexy as hell. Wish I could find them again:)
female squirt comes from the urethra not from the vagina
It's not coming from her vagina it's coming from her urethra
So fucking hot !!!
When I squirt, my legs shake afterwards and I have to regain control. It feels sooooo goooood. I need a few minutes in between, but then I'm sure that women are different. We keep a plastic sheet on the bed because it gets so wet. My guy loves it.
Welp.. At least her pussy isn't hairy.. That's a win.
french girl :o
From the person who said that she squirted from her pee hole. thats where women squirt, i should no im a women but i deffo cannot squirt :( shame really
The women I have fucked tend to cum from the hole my dick was in not where they pee from .
holy shit!!!!
OMG I WANT THAT VIBE! it's hard to squirt with just fingers ... I thought that only some women could squirt but then my Bf was like "you want me to make you squirt? all I have to do is rub your G spot" and it does come out the urethra ... but it's deffs not pee
if yu look closley it comes fron her urethra which is for urine.... not her vagina or cervix.... con... not cum but watersports
It was 11, in 4 min 24 sec; or once every 24 sec.
Not bad : )
I have that same laptop.
I would have some fun between those thighs
holy shit my men
I love piss. Why don't they just call it what it is?
dam that thing has some horse power
Anyone know who this is?
gota find a girl like that
I would love to lick her pussy out and take all that in the face!!
I want to see how much was on the floor after that!
holy shit, feel like I need an umbrella to watch!
WTF???!!! incredible!!!
she can sit in my mouth anytime.
She was extremely quiet for cumming that hard.
shit sounds like a weed eater lol
fuckin awesom i used to make a chick do that nibblin on her nipples
its a tasteless odorless liquid.just get your chick to that point,its amazing.
that is amazing i wanna meet her an drink all the fluids haha
i could do that too if i drank 10 beers, LOL
this is
That beautiful pussy looks awfully fimiliar....
I know girls are different, but I'm very sure that this girl is NOT squirting. She is just peeing. When a girl has a squirting orgasm she loses control, she shivers, and she shoots out her liquid with more power than the girl in this video. This girl doesn't seem to get even the slightest orgasm - she just controls her pee while she play with herself - and she seems to be bored as hell! Go watch a real squirter and see the difference yourselves.
wow. Just wow.
What a waste of precious female squirt. Why wasn't there someone there to drink that?
well done and beautifull
shes pissing
it is called pissing,all you are doing it rubbing your pee hole and causing your self to pee,
I love to eat pussy
Sergeant Schultz my dobermannXwolfhound pissing against a tree has more purpose and passion
not all but 30% of all my chicks squirted. even the the most beautiful frigid did it twice...
I would love to get her on my bed and make her due this. I wish i could get my wife to due this. The first time we had sex she did but now i can't get her to go again and would love some advice how i can due it again
wow wow wow !!! toda mojada qe delicia se vino 11 veces ufff wow
by curious
that is a lovely sight to see.
every girl is able to squirt you noobs
even if it is pee and not cum, I'd still love to have her fill my mouth with it and swallow it all
Nous ne sommes pas déçus, ni à 4:12 , ni à 4:42, etc., mais que ce soit de l'urine ou un autre jus, ça sort de l'urètre ... toujours. Elle pisse beaucoup mais n'a tout de même pas un orgasme à chaque fois. J'ai une copine, sans plus, qui m'a dit que ça lui arrivait souvent et que ça faisait peur aux hommes d'être une telle fontaine !
I would bang her
its piss
j'ai jamais vu ça avant, c'est vraiment énorme et je pari que c'est une Brésilienne!!! championne si c'est le cas championne du monde 10 fois!!!!!!!!
Amazing stuff!
Yeah, pee. Big deal.
sweeeeeeeeeet,, my wife cummmms like that, and it is so much fun when I can use the toy, and with her instruction make her squirt like that. AND THEN SHE WANT COCK
damn I can make you squirt more
nice girls
i realy want to fuck and my dick is 9 and a half long
Kione lol
i love you feet more than your pussy bitch
i cummed 7x on this
"2 Slow
Damn that girls got a lot of cum
my girl can gush at least 8x
ooooooooh so horny if i was there ill drink all her pussy squirts she needs to talk to me
i think the dildo she plays with has water inside of it so that everytime she puts it inside her the water gets in and when she gets it out of her pussy the water comes out.
It's a squirt alright, you can tell by the velocity of the jet. It kinda 'plops' out in an arch which is how I squirt using a g-vibe. Just because she doesn't scream, moan and writhe around with it, doesn't make it less real. I'd say she's watching something on her computer too.
i wish i could cum like that
she can squirt in my face anytime!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A lovely, very sexy girl -- she's as good to watch as Cytherea, maybe better.
her legs looked so thin in the beginning............
i would love to fuck her in that sweet ass
Me la follaria todos lo dias sin parar!!
Me la follaria todos los dias sin parar!!
What a beautiful pussy. Its even tighter than it appears.
i came
I wish she could squirt all over me, so sexy, so lovely, would love to taste her squirt!
She looks like Jessica Biel kinda! Oh, to be that towel!
i need a drink
i would like to see it in 3D lol
She looks awesome.. and i sure would!!!!
hell yeah i wanna fuck her
that is squirting because she is not pushing it out- squirter here. females can squirt and quickly but i take a while ;;)
gelyot - female ejaculation comes from the same place as pee, the urethrea, its not pee, its clear and sometime sweet, although pee is sometimes clear. I have researched this, am a woman and squirt!!
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Angels rally vs. Perkins, but fall to Twins in extras
ANAHEIM -- The Angels did not know what they were going to get from Tommy Hanson, who hadn't pitched in a Major League game in nearly a month, but they got all they could have asked for.
However, the Twins scored seven runs against Ernesto Frieri and Billy Buckner in the 10th and defeated the Angels, 10-3, on Tuesday night at Angel Stadium.Full Game Coverage
ANAHEIM -- The Angels did not know what they were going to get from Tommy Hanson, who hadn't pitched in a Major League game in nearly a month, but they got all they could have asked for.
However, the Twins scored seven runs against Ernesto Frieri and Billy Buckner in the 10th and defeated the Angels, 10-3, on Tuesday night at Angel Stadium.Full Game Coverage
After the Angels tied the game via a bases-loaded walk to Erick Aybar in the ninth, things fell apart for Frieri in the 10th. The Angels closer gave up a trio of hits to begin the inning and a grand slam from Chris Herrmann, the first of his career, to put the game out of reach. To make matters worse, Buckner came in and surrendered a two-run homer to Pedro Florimon.
"When I do bad, it's like ugly bad," Frieri said. "Ugly, super bad."
Tuesday was a rough night for the Angels relievers as they failed to protect the 2-1 lead Hanson left the game with and ultimately surrendered nine runs in 4 2/3 innings, but the bullpen entered the game on a bit of a hot streak.
Entering Tuesday, the Angels bullpen had a 2.52 ERA in July and had not allowed an earned run since July 13.
However, Dane De La Rosa, Kevin Jepsen, Frieri and Buckner all allowed runs as the Angels lost their third straight game.
"This game, when you play it, you're going to do good for a couple days, you're going to do bad for a couple days too," Frieri said.
While the outcome was not what the Angels were hoping for, Hanson's outing was a bright spot as the right-hander threw 76 pitches over 5 1/3 innings, allowing just one run on four hits.
"That's the best stuff I've seen Tommy have, definitely since he's been here," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said.
Hanson, who tied a season high with eight strikeouts, also felt good about his performance.
"I feel really healthy," Hanson said after making his first start since being activated from the DL. "Everything feels really good. I didn't feel like I had to force anything tonight. It was there. I felt really good and I feel like the results were there as well."
For Hanson, the results were there, but for the Angels' offense they weren't -- and haven't been for over a week.
Since the Angels scored 13 runs in Chicago on July 11, they have scored just 18 runs and hit 6-for-55 with runners in scoring position.
On Tuesday, the Angels left eight runners on base and had a chance to win the game with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth, but J.B. Shuck grounded into a double play.
"I think we've created some situations, but we're not cashing in and tonight was not a good night for us with runners in scoring position," Scioscia said. "We can't sit back there and just live and die with the home run. We have to have more."
But home runs were all the Angels could muster off Twins starter Kyle Gibson, who allowed two runs on five hits in six innings.
Albert Pujols gave the Angels their first run of the game with a home run -- the 492nd of his career -- to lead off the fourth. The shot, which barely dodged the glove of Aaron Hicks, also snapped an 0-for-11 streak for Pujols, who finished 3-for-5.
Two batters later, Mark Trumbo gave the Angels a 2-1 lead with a home run of his own. Trumbo, who recently adjusted his swing and entered the game 6-for-11 against the Twins this season, took a 93-mph fastball from Gibson and hit it over the right-field wall for his 22nd home run of the season.
Following the home runs, Gibson would retire six of the next eight batters he faced and the Angels wouldn't score again until the ninth.
"It feels pretty good to be able to settle down after that," Gibson said. "Pujols hit a good pitch, but on both batters I fell behind the count."
With the loss, the Angels have lost two of their past three series and have fallen to fourth place in the American League West.
William Boor is an associate reporter for MLB.com.


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Tories may back minimum wage boost
Speculation is mounting that the Tories could back a substantial rise in the minimum wage to combat criticism over stagnant living standards.
Analysis for Downing Street is said to suggest a 50p an hour increase could save the Government £1 billion, as people pay more tax and claim less benefits.
But there are likely to be concerns about putting more burden on businesses as the economy shows signs of revival.
Last year Liberal Democrat Business Secretary Vince Cable asked the Low Pay Commission to consider whether the current £6.31 hourly rate for adults can be pushed up, after falling 10% in real terms since the 2008 credit crunch.
According to The Times, David Cameron is being urged by allies to back a significant increase with "shock value".
The Conservatives have been struggling to find a riposte to Labour's argument that ordinary workers are not feeling the effects of wider economic recovery.
Cabinet Office minister Oliver Letwin is said to believe a strong move on the minimum wage would prove the party is not just "posh boys who don't know the price of milk".
Chancellor George Osborne, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith and skills minister Michael Hancock are also reportedly in favour of a hike.
The cost for employers could be offset by cuts in national insurance.
The Commission - which has recommended the minimum wage level since it was introduced in 1998 despite Conservative opposition - is due to report by the end of next month.
Ministers can overrule its findings, but they have only done so twice - including last year when they opted for a higher rate for apprentices.
Mr Cable said: "The National Minimum Wage strikes a key balance between protecting the low paid and making sure they can find work. But as the economy starts to recover, the benefits of growth must be shared fairly and equally by everyone.
"This is why last September I asked the independent Low Pay Commission what economic conditions would be needed to allow for significant rises in the National Minimum Wage without damage to employment.
"And strengthening the National Minimum Wage needs to happen hand in hand with tough enforcement.
"Those who do not pay it can expect to feel the full force of the law. From this spring we are hiking up penalties on rogue employers who do not play by the rules, as well as making it easier to name and shame employers who fail to pay their workers what they are due."


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PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Feb. 19, 2013) — SUNY Plattsburgh announced today that it will put in place a new, standardized Financial Aid Letter from the State University of New York this fall.
In fact, all of the SUNY system's 64 campuses will use the letter for the 2013-2014 academic year, as part of the SUNY Smart Track™ campaign, a commitment to transparency in college financing.
The new letter will allow students and their families to see clearly the cost of attendance and financial aid offerings at each campus, including campus-specific information such as graduation rate, median borrowing and loan default rate.
"In the past, comparing college costs was difficult," SUNY Plattsburgh President John Ettling said. "At SUNY Plattsburgh, we see great value in making that process easier for students and are proud to adopt the award letter format."
"While college students across the country are taking on more loan debt than ever before, SUNY Smart Track™ gives our prospective students the most comprehensive and transparent financial aid information available so that they can make informed decisions about how to pay for their college education," said SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher. "The standard award letter will allow prospective students and their families to easily compare colleges within SUNY and view a full outline of the financial commitment associated with their education."
Development of the standard financial aid award letter was first announced when SUNY launched its Smart Track™ campaign in September. With the launch, SUNY adopted the concept of transparency of financial aid and college costs, and the system began offering students the most proactive, comprehensive financial aid information and services in the country.
More recently, in the 2013 State of the University Address, Chancellor Zimpher announced that SUNY Smart Track™ would contribute to a wider system-wide goal of decreasing the loan default rate of SUNY students by at least five percent over the next five years.
The average indebtedness of a SUNY graduate is $22,575, well below the national average of $26,600. The vast majority of SUNY student loan borrowers repay their loans successfully.
The SUNY Smart Track™ Award Letter was developed by a committee of campus financial aid directors, and others, who were tasked with adopting the intent of the federal Financial Aid Shopping Sheet while creating a unique version for SUNY. Additionally, the campaign calls for an expansion of SUNY's Student Loan Service Center, early engagement of students at risk of default, and providing new and improved online resources such as a net price calculator, chats with financial aid experts and financial literacy materials.
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Star Wars at Wizard World Philadelphia 2012
This past weekend Wizard World came to Philadelphia. Being a fan of all things pop culture and since Philly is right in my back yard, I of course had to attend. I went to Wizard World Philadelphia last year as well. Last year's con was fun but not the huge event that cities like Chicago and New York get. I think the biggest celebrity we got was Bruce Campbell of the Evil Dead movies. This year promised to be a much bigger event with celebrities like Chris Hemsworth and Stan Lee attending. All five of the Star Trek Captains also appeared together for the first time including legends William Shatner and Patrick Stewart.
There wasn't a huge Star Wars presence at the con but we did get a few celebs. Sam Witwer, from The Force Unleashed video game series and most recently the voice of Darth Maul in The Clone Wars, was in attendance and had his own Q&A session. Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett), and Nick Gillard (stunt coordinator) were there as well and had a joint Q&A. Nick Gillard also did his lightsaber master class at various times throughout the convention.
Mayhew, Bulloch, Gillard Q&A
This Q&A started out as just Mayhew and Bulloch and Gillard joined eventually. Here are some of the highlights.
Mayhew and Bulloch recounted how they met for the first time at a supermarket, "…above the shelves there was only one head going around and I went up and said, 'Hello Peter.' Little did I know that a few weeks later I was gonna be cast as Boba Fett."
When asked about what it was like to be a part of something as big as Star Wars Mayhew said, "Half the time you can't believe that there are hundreds even thousands of people waiting to get your autograph, talk to you. It's a really wonderful experience. Something that changes your life."
In reference to changes that Lucas has made to the films Bulloch said, "Some I agreed with like Cloud City opening up and some I didn't… I don't think he needed to touch again."
Bulloch said in Empire Strikes Back he was told that Boba Fett was a human. He also said that it was nice that Fett got a backstory in the movies but they never should have shown his face. He did not like the idea that Boba Fett was a clone and thought he should have stayed an individual.
Who shot first?
Bulloch immediately said "Han."
Mayhew said, "I have no opinion on this… but it does make an interesting conversation."
Gillard said, "I wasn't there but I would always shoot first."
What was your favorite movie to work on?
Bulloch, "I think Empire Strikes Back had everything you wanted. Perfect film."
Mayhew said that Empire was also his favorite and gave a lot of credit to Irvin Kershner.
Gillard said "Sleepy Hollow" which got a big laugh from the crowd.
When asked to comment about George Lucas retiring to his garage to make small independent films Nick Gillard said, "I've been to his private garage… Last time I was there he said 'Look what I just bought for Christmas' and he pressed a button and two of the doors came up and there was a yellow Ferrari and a red Ferrari. There's not much room to make a movie, it's full of Ferraris."
Nick Gillard was the stunt guy inside of the alien queen costume in Aliens. He told a story about how hot and claustrophobic it was inside of the costume and how one day James Cameron was drinking tea in front of him and Nick used the arm of the alien costume to knock the tea all over Cameron.
Gillard talked about how much of the choreography gets cut out of the films. He said he had choreographed a fight where Obi-Wan "fought against six guys with double ended lightsabers" (I think he may have been referring to Grievous' magnaguards). It took 3 weeks to choreograph and Lucas decided to cut it and just have Obi-wan pull a crate down on them.
Sam Witwer Q&A
Sam Witwer has a number of Star Wars credits but is probably more popular for his roles in shows like Smallville and Being Human. Much of his Q&A covered other parts of his career but there was some talk about his Star Wars roles.
Witwer spoke very fondly of his time working on The Force Unleashed games. He also said you will have to ask Lucas Arts about if there will be a third game in the franchise.
He was asked if he ad libbed any of his lines as Darth Maul in The Clone Wars. He gave an example of a line where he was supposed to say "Your Master, Qui-Gon Jinn. I killed him while you stood helpless and watched. How did that make you feel, Kenobi?" Witwer decided to change it to "Your Master, Qui-Gon Jinn. I gutted him while you stood helpless and watched. How did that make you feel, Obi-Wan?" He thought that adding the word "gutted" and calling Obi-Wan by his first named made it more personal.
Witwer mentioned a number of times during the Q&A that he would love to eventually work in the Star Trek franchise. "I'm not sure how to get that done. Maybe ask Simon Pegg."
A couple of times he did his Darth Maul voice and it was very impressive to see and hear it in person.
There was a funny moment when an enthusiastic fan asked if Sam had considered ever doing voice work for The Clone Wars. Sam played along and said he would love to do it someday before finally coming clean to the fan and informing him that he had already done and is still currently working on The Clone Wars.
Lightsaber Master Class
Of the four Star Wars celebrities, Nick Gillard was the only one that I had a chance to talk to one on one. Very nice guy and as you can tell from the Q&A answers above he has a great sense of humor.
Seven different times throughout the weekend Nick taught his Lightsaber Master Class. This class was an extra cost above the convention ticket price and I decided not to spring for it. The class was taught right in the middle of the convention floor so I was able to watch it. His skills were very impressive to watch. I was surprised to see that in a very short amount of time he was able to show his students complicated lightsaber moves and they were able to successfully complete some of the fight sequences. In the end they could almost pass as Jedi. Almost.
Other Highlights
Wizard World Philadelphia obviously had a lot going on other than just Star Wars and there were many highlights for me personally.
I've never watched an episode of Lois and Clark but Dean Cain's Q&A was very entertaining.
Chris Hemsworth's Q&A was packed and he was great with the fans. He was by far the most current big celebrity in attendance.
I had my picture taken with someone in a very official looking Chewbacca costume.
I found a Jango Fett to add to my Mighty Mugg collection. I failed to find a Hulk one for my friend.
The Five Star Trek Captains panel was great. As a Trek fan myself I was excited to see all five actors together in the same place. Three of the captains were engaged with the audience (Mulgrew, Bakula, Stewart), another not so much but was funny when he talked (Shatner), and the other (Brooks) looked like he wanted to be anywhere else.
Overall the convention was great. A lot bigger than last year but also a lot more organized. I can only imagine that next year will be bigger and better.
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Rail freight carload tonnage fares less well in the forecast. "Rail's overall share of tonnage will fall to 15% in 2023 from 15.7% in the base year of 2011," said ATA. it released excerpts from the forecast.
Trucking's share of tonnage is expected to increase more than two percentage points to 69.6% by 2023, with share of revenue rising to 81.7% from 80.9%.
Domestic waterborne tonnage will grow a modest 1% annually through 2923, and airfreight tonnage more than 4% annually, according to the forecast.
"The trucking industry continues to dominate the freight transportation industry in terms of both tonnage and revenue, comprising 67% of tonnage and 81% of revenue in 2011," said ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello.
The forecast was produced by ATA in collaboration with IHS Global Insight and Martin Labbe Associates. It is for sale through ATA as a bound volume, a CD, or a downloadable PDF.


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Brian Sullivan: Perfect way to spend an October day
It was a perfect way to spend an autumn afternoon. I mentioned two weeks ago that Oct. 8 was the anniversary date of the Yankees' Don Larsen pitching his famous World Series perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers at Yankee Stadium.
I also said that I had never met or knew anyone either locally or elsewhere that had been to that historic contest. The hook that I dropped, however, did get two bites. And the stories are too good not to share.
The first to check in was Larry Moore, who oversees Gymfest of the Berkshires on Lyman Street. A county resident for more than 50 years, Moore was raised in New York City. Larry's father took him to what would become the infamous Game 5, a pleasant Monday afternoon. It was Moore's 12th birthday and Dad took his son to the game as a present.
It took Larry out of school for that day, so he was already playing with house money. Neither Larry nor his Dad could have anticipated the outcome of the afternoon.
"We were in the upper deck behind third base," Moore recalled. "My Dad was on the edge of his seat from the seventh inning on. Through the eyes of a 12-year-old boy, the game had been pretty ho-hum even though my hero, Mickey Mantle, had hit a home run and made a great catch."
Yes, not a lot of offense. But Larsen and Dodgers starter Sal Maglie had a lot to do with what ended up to be a 2-0 New York win.
Added Moore, "At one point, I did say something about a 'no-hitter.' I thought I was going to be beheaded. My dad quickly put his hand over my mouth."
Moore, no doubt, could not have been the only fan to make such remarks. Dodger fans for sure were hopeful of jinxing Larsen's effort by letting everyone know that a no-hitter was in progress. Fate, however, was able to withstand any jinx effect.
"I still have the program," Moore said. "Of course, it's Yankee-ized. I drew beards and horns on all the pictures of the Dodger players. So much for memorabilia."
Moore went to school the next day and said he bragged about where he had been the previous afternoon. It earned him an "illegal absence" notice on his next report card.
Regardless, said Moore, "A great father-son memory."
And just a bit down East Street from Gymfest of the Berkshires is Teo's Hot Dogs. Jamie DiMassimo, the proprietor of the popular restaurant, checked in to say that his father and Teo's founder, Joe, was also in attendance for Larsen's perfecto.
Joe and friend Bill Stumpek were guests of Pittsfield native Tino Barzie (more on Barzie in a moment). The pair had behind-the-plate tickets for Games 3, 4 and 5, with the best certainly coming last among that trio of games.
It could not have been a more remarkable day, said Jamie, who was visiting his Dad in Naples. Fla. Not only did Joe and Bill see Larsen's perfect game, they were again guests of Barzie that same night at Cafe Rouge at the Statler Hotel in Manhattan.
Barzie managed the Dorsey Brothers Band, which was playing there that night.
"My father was just 24," Jamie said. "Not a bad day for a kid just down there to watch his Yankees."
Jamie added that Larsen lives now in Marcos Island, Fla., about 30 minutes from Naples.
Barzie (birth name was Barzottini) died in June 2009 at the age of 83. He was a Pittsfield boy who made good. A music prodigy of sorts, he was enough of a clarinet player that the Pittsfield High band director plucked him out of Central Junior High School (the former school on the Common) to enroll him in the high school band as lead clarinet player.
Barzie went on play in a number of the "Big Bands" during that era and eventually worked toward combining the separate bands made famous by Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey into one super "Big Band."
Barzie managed the band for years and later managed the careers of such stars as Frank Sinatra Jr., Pia Zadora and Paul Anka.
Barzie also became a sports agent and represented many Boston Red Sox players. That list included Marty Barrett, Bruce Hurst and Tony Armas. He was a close friend of Red Sox legends Dwight Evans and Carl Yastrzemski.
With the World Series upon us, some final thoughts on Oct. 8, 1956. It was the Fall Classic and lived up to that name. The series finished a few days later when New York took Game 7. It's a reminder of how much earlier the season ended then compared to now. Larsen, obviously, and Maglie each went the distance in a game that took just 2 hours and 6 minutes.
Each team played its starters the entire game. The exception came with two outs in the Dodgers' ninth, when pinch-hitter Dale Mitchell batted for Maglie and was called out on a check-swing by umpire Babe Pinelli.
Mitchell, an Oklahoma University baseball legend, maintained to the end that the pitch was a ball. Lost to history is the fact that Mitchell, again as a pinch hitter, grounded out to end Game 7, a 9-0 Yankees' win at Ebbets Field. It was Mitchell's final at-bat of his career.
The only surviving members from the group of players who actually played in Game 5 game are Larsen and his batterymate Yogi Berra, who homered twice in Game 7 off Brooklyn right-hander Don Newcombe.
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This was part of a challenge in a Belgian tv show "Fata Morgana". The challenge was to recreate 5 famous paintings but with large dimensions. One of these five was Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon". All I know about the dimensions is that the height of this reproduction was 5.5 meters (18 feet). I also remember they were going to sell this for a good cause but that idea got lost somewhere. Too bad really, my living room has a high ceiling.


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There's always someone with an iPhone Instagramming dinner or squinting over health scorecards for those taco trucks on Yelp. (See also: "Foodies The Musical," a local hit.)
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Roger Clemens has silenced speculation about a possible return to the majors this season, at least temporarily.
At a news conference for the Sugar Land Skeeters on Tuesday, Clemens downplayed his chances of returning to the big leagues at age 50.
"I don't see it happening," he told reporters, according to MLB.com.
Clemens, who last pitched in the majors in 2007 with the New York Yankees, is scheduled to make another start for the independent league team Friday night. And it might be even more special than a return to the majors.
The Houston Chronicle reports Koby requested and was granted his release from the Toronto Blue Jays organization on Tuesday, with the goal of completing an all-Clemens battery with his father Friday.
Clemens tossed 3 1/3 scoreless innings for the Skeeters on Aug. 25, fueling speculation that he would try to pitch for the Houston Astros at some point in the final month of the regular season. Astros owner Jim Crane has admitted he is interested in the idea, and Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow says the team will scout Clemens again Friday.
"We're going to make sure we're prepared," Luhnow told MLB.com. "If we have the information from a baseball perspective to see what he looks like, we're going to have a scout there. It's an easy game for us to cover."
In his 24-season major league career, Clemens went 354-184 with a 3.12 ERA. He finished third all-time in strikeouts with 4,672, won seven Cy Young Awards and was the 1986 AL MVP.