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* Final report on the project now available (EN) (FR)
This project will seek to support efforts by employers and trade unions to implement the EU social acquis in SMEs in the 10 central and eastern European countries, especially in the area of working conditions and training/skills development. In this way we hope to support and facilitate the development of the social dialogue in the accession countries, while enhancing the interaction between European level social dialogue and the national level.
The project aims to support the development of new relations between SMEs employers' associations and trade unions organisations and greater joint understanding of social issues in CEECs.
The CEECs have undergone rapid social and economic changes. There is a need to develop exchanges between the social partners on the implications of such changes, integrating specific issues related to SMEs (see conclusions of the social partners Conference in Bratislava March 2001 attached).
The project will build upon the Joint Declaration signed between ETUC and UEAPME "the social dialogue as a tool to meet the economic and social challenges of small enterprises" (see attached) which aims "to bring added value through developing the dialogue on specific issues concerning small enterprises and their workers…including in response to the challenges of enlargement". The Declaration identified vocational training and health and safety as issues for further cooperation.
The project will make use of the "Framework of actions for the lifelong development of competences and qualifications" agreed between ETUC, UNICE-UEAPME and CEEP in March 2002, current work of the TUTB on health and safety in SMEs, and UEAPME's Business Support Programme on SMEs and Enlargement which identified three priorities for further work "access to finance, participation in the social dialogue for SMEs' associations and vocational training, professional qualification and innovation" (see attached).
The project consists of national round tables plus a seminar, outlined below. A preparatory meeting will prepare the project. An external expert will follow the discussions in the round tables and final seminar and help prepare the report of the discussions (approx. 30 days work).


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Throughout the land, the beef police are out on the beat. But official determination to enforce a ban on T-bone steaks and other cuts dear to British meat-eaters' hearts is provoking a counter- (and an under-the-counter) insurgency.
The first shots in the battle, pitting trading-standards officers against butchers and their customers determined to continue the eating habits of centuries, were fired Dec. 16.
That was when a government order aimed at prohibiting, for health reasons, the sale of beef-on-the-bone products including T-bones, ribs, oxtails, and marrowbone came into force.
It was also the moment when what Brits like to call the "Dunkirk spirit" reignited. The orderly withdrawal from the coastal port of Dunkirk of British troops, under attack by Hitler's warplanes, enabled Britain to escape defeat in World War II. Ever since, seemingly hopeless campaigns have been given the "Dunkirk" label.
Defenders of British beef's integrity refuse, of course, to accept that their cause is hopeless. They may be right.
Inspectors sent around the country to monitor meat sales in shops and supermarkets are suggesting that the government ban will prove unenforceable. It's not hard to see why.
Twelve hours after the new regulations went into effect, an elderly couple eating lunch in a Sussex village pub paused over what looked suspiciously like braised oxtail and explained how they would cope with the new regulations.
"We have a dog," said the woman. "He has acquired a sudden liking for T-bone steak. I shall ask our butcher to satisfy his desires."
The husband added in a stage whisper: "And if that doesn't work, our butcher will sell us British beef and tell the inspectors that it came from Argentina."
For more than a year, the European Union has outlawed worldwide sales of British beef because of fears that it may be tainted with so-called "mad cow" disease. The latest additional food scare follows warnings from British scientists over beef cut from close to the animal's spinal cord.
Hours before the ban went into force, a group of cattle farmers arrived at 10 Downing Street, the prime minister's London residence, and handed a security policeman a large piece of prime rib.
Later, Prime Minister Tony Blair's spokesman said the meat had been thrown away because it was "potentially dangerous." Anyway, he said, it would be unlawful to eat it.
Conservative opposition leader William Hague took a different line. Early Tuesday morning, he walked into a tavern near London's Smithfield meat market and ordered a T-bone steak. His spokesman later said the bone had been removed "to conform with the law."
Officials at the Ministry of Agriculture insist that meat inspectors will keep watch on butchers and other outlets for meat. Judging by the comments of meat purveyors, they will have their work cut out.
For Paul Robinson, a fourth-generation butcher in a town near London, the ban "makes no sense." "We have taken a stand," he said as he wrapped a 10-pound rib of beef before handing it to a woman customer, who said she had driven 40 miles to make the purchase.
Meanwhile another aspect of the Dunkirk spirit is reemerging - the British capacity to joke about problems.
A tale is told of Margaret Thatcher summoning her Cabinet to lunch and telling the waiter, 'I'll have beef ... Nothing else. Just British beef.'
As her Cabinet looked on, the waiter asked, 'What about your vegetables?'
'They,' she said, casting an eye over her subordinates, 'will have beef, too.'

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The Youth Run is going cross-country in 2013! Very excited to be partnering with the Enfield / Elmsdale Lion's Club to access the wonderful facilities at their Den – you might have noticed the colorful playground while driving along the 102 in Enfield! The run will start with a dash across a soccer field, giving the kids lots of room to string out before they tackle two loops of the Dot Buchanan Trail. See you June 1!
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Run Nova Scotia and Timex Series 2013!
The Penguin Run is exciting to announce that the 5KM and Half Marathon Races are both on the Run Nova Scotia Series again in 2013! The Run Nova Scotia organization has been a great partner in past years, and we are looking forward to continuing that tradition this year!
The 5KM Race will also be a part of the Timex Series, which attracts some of Nova Scotia's top racing talent! Find out more at http://www.runnovascotia.ca


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Wednesday, September 11, 2013
By Kamal Swami
Nissan X-Trail: Facelift version unveiled during Frankfurt Motor Show
Nissan, leading Japanese auto maker has unveiled the facelift version of Nissan X-Trail during Frankfurt Motor Show. The facelift Nissan X-Trail has been upgraded with various impressive and noticeable features that will enhance the driving experiences of customers. The new X-Trail will be offered in both front wheel drive and four wheel drive options. Except the conventional 2.0L, DOHC Diesel Engine generating the power of 110 KW at 4000 rpm and torque of 320 Nm at 2000 rpm, everything in new Nissan X-Trail has undergone various remarkable cosmetic surgeries.
The noticeable features integrated in the exteriors of new Xtrail include new headlamps supported by LED daytime lightening lamps. Apart from this nothing much has been changed in the exteriors of the facelift. On the other side Nissan has worked hard on enhancing the decoration of interiors and this can be witnessed with naked eyes. Most of the interiors have been garnished with chrome finish followed leather upholstery with invisible stitching. Other features adorned in the interiors include navigation system and high defined entertainment system that is supported with 7 inche touchscreen display.
It is reported that Nissan will launch X-Trail during the first quarter of next year and will be available to dealers for sale sometimes in the month of July.


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Available Friday 12/13 at 12 pm ET through Sunday 12/15 oon SiriusXM, Ch. 111.
In honor of the life and legacy of the legendary former South African president and anti-Apartheid leader, The Nelson Mandela Tribute Channel will be airing musical tributes from artists such as Sting, Bono, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Paul Simon and Hugh Masekela, as well as music that celebrates South Africa, the anti-apartheid movement and empowerment. In addition, the channel will play music that reflects the late leader's history of fighting for civil rights, redemption and change from such artists as Carlos Santana, Bob Marley and R. Kelly.
The Nelson Mandela Music Tribute Channel complements SiriusXM's ongoing special programming dedicated to Nelson Mandela, which includes tribute shows hosted by Joe Madison on Urban View, Ch. 110, and by Mark Thompson on SiriusXM Progress, Ch. 127. Plus live coverage of the State funeral in South Africa, which will air on both channels as well as on SiriusXM P.O.T.U.S., Ch. 124, beginning at 4 am ET on Sunday, December 15.
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The FuMP Volume 43 by Artists of The FuMP
The first FuMP collection of 2014 is here! Volume 43 features all the songs from January and February with new songs by the great Luke Ski, Devo Spice, Mikey Mason, Steve Goodie, and more!
The FuMP would also like to welcome newcomers Drew Jacobs, Beth Kinderman, and Dan Hart to the fold!
The great Luke Ski laments that his entire adulthood is a sham in "Fake Adult." Devo Spice celebrates the return of Doctor Who with "Bad Wolf." Steve Goodie takes a jab at Justin Bieber's wacky antics in "That Brat Bieber," and Fortress of Attitude tell the winter's cold where it can go.
This CD also contains a video of the great Luke Ski performing his hit song "Fake Adult" live at his 40th birthday party! Pick up your copy today!
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Once upon a time, we were in Wisconsin at my parents' house. In Wisconsin, the days are book-ended by coffee at the beginning and amazing dinner at the end. Recently, my dad has been on a Cajun kick and I've tasted two different kinds of Étouffée and a Gumbo. These culinary excursions have reminded me of something: I LOVE CAJUN FOOD. I had forgotten, somehow … though I don't understand how, since that's what we served at our wedding, for Pete's sake.
Anyway, Cajun and I are getting along just great again. We reignited our feelings for one another through this recipe, courtesy of this awesome food blog, via my dad, and now I'm passing it along to you.
If someone served this to me at a restaurant, I would be happy. That's how good it is. It has a nice low burn to it, but it's not too spicy–in fact, my husband denies he can even taste the spice.
Hmmm. His taste buds must have been nuked–that's the only explanation I can think of, because there's definitely some heat there.
In fact, upon further thought, I believe I can identify the very place where his taste buds were forever damaged: a little restaurant called Burmese Gems (since closed) that we ate at during our undergrad days in Bloomington, Indiana. Their food was so spicy that once, on the walk back to the dorms, I had to lie down on the sidewalk because the pain in my abdomen from the spice was so severe.
The sidewalk, people!
My taste buds made it out okay, but apparently my spouse's were forever inoculated against spice, and now he can't taste it unless it's of the magnitude of the Chicago fire. Or something.
Here's the recipe, a couple semi-blurry iPhone pics and my firmest endorsement.
Chicken Étouffée à la Dad
(Serves 8)
2 TBS olive oil
2 1/2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken thighs
Salt and pepper, to taste
1 stick butter
2/3 cup flour
1 large onion, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
3 stalks celery, diced
6 cloves garlic, minced
1 bottle amber beer
2 bay leaves
1-14.5 oz can diced tomatoes with chiles
3 cups chicken stock
1 TBS maple syrup
2 TBS Cajun seasoning
2 TBS Worcestershire sauce
Serve with rice and a bottle of hot sauce
- Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven or large pot. Season the chicken with salt and pepper; brown in batches and remove to a cutting board.
- Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces (it will still be a little raw–that's fine). Prep your veggies: dice the onion, green pepper, celery, and mince the garlic.
- Melt the butter in the pot; when melted, add the flour and stir frequently for 20-25 minutes (don't let it burn!) to create a roux. The roux is done when it's a little darker than peanut butter. If your chicken brownings are coloring the roux from the start, go even darker.
- Add the diced veggies and garlic to the roux. Cook for 10 minutes, until they're softened.
- Pour in the beer and scrape the pot to get all the browned bits in circulation.
- Add the remaining ingredients (bay leaves, tomatoes, stock, maple syrup, Cajun seasoning, Worcestershire sauce) and bring to a boil. Lower to a simmer and add the chicken pieces back in.
- Simmer for 45 minutes; taste and season with salt and pepper as needed.
- Serve with rice and hot sauce that everyone can add to taste.
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It is good to live in a cave. Just stretch out your hand and get everything you need. But what to do if you have many rooms? Do you have to go to another floor to take a CD? Do you have to go to another room where you listened it last time, but what room exactly?;
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An NFA Interpretive Notice titled "NFA Compliance Rules 2-7 and 2-24 and Registration Rule 401: Proficiency Requirements for Security Futures Products" (paragraph 9049) provides that new registrants can satisfy their proficiency requirements for security futures by taking an appropriate training program if they take the Series 3 examination and apply for registration before the Series 3 examination is updated to include security futures questions.1 The Interpretive Notice also provides that new branch office managers and current supervisory personnel can satisfy the proficiency requirements for designated security futures principals through training before the Series 30 examination is updated.2 Current registrants and branch office managers can also satisfy their proficiency requirements by training.
Although the Interpretive Notice does not include a deadline for updating the Series 3 and Series 30 examinations, NFA anticipated updating these examinations by January 2004.3 In fact, NFA has already prepared the necessary questions and could easily add them to the question banks for the Series 3 and Series 30 examinations. Given the low trading volume in these products and the relatively small number of individuals who are interested in qualifying to engage in security futures activities, however, testing is an inefficient option at this time. Furthermore, the existing training program is an effective way to ensure that individuals who solicit accounts and orders from and manage accounts for customers trading in these markets have the necessary knowledge. Therefore, NFA proposes postponing the updated Series 3 and Series 30 examinations until activity increases to a point where a test becomes more practical.
Security futures account for a very small amount of U.S. futures volume. Extrapolating from current volume figures, we estimate that annual trading volume on U.S. futures exchanges will be approximately 1.3 billion contracts for calendar year 2003, while security futures volume will be approximately 2.5 million contracts.4
The number of individuals qualifying to engage in security futures activities is also a small percentage of those eligible to qualify. From January through November 2003, 1054 futures-only registrants have completed the web-based proficiency training offered by NFA and NASD. In the last four months, the number of individuals who completed the proficiency training has dropped significantly, averaging just under 50 futures-only registrants per month.5 Since the proficiency training is used by existing registrants as well as new registrants, the number of new registrants taking the training should be considerably lower.
Looking at the same period, 2459 individuals took the Series 3 examination from January through November. Unlike the training figures, however, the number of people taking the exam has remained relatively steady, with a monthly average of 241 for the last four months.6 These figures demonstrate that most individuals who take the Series 3 exam are not interested in security futures at this time.
The regulatory scheme for security futures is different from and more complex than the regulatory scheme for other futures contracts. As a result, when NFA adds security futures products questions to the Series 3 examination, the exam will be a significantly longer and will require applicants to learn additional material. NFA does not believe it is cost-effective to impose a burden on all new entrants to learn this information when the vast majority of them do not appear to be interested in selling or trading these products. Similar considerations apply to updating the Series 30 examination.
We have been coordinating with NASD and are aware that it has requested similar relief. NFA and NASD have the same regulatory aims and, in fact, the regulatory scheme for security futures products anticipates that the two entities will have comparable regulatory requirements. Postponing the testing requirement for both NFA and NASD promotes regulatory comparability and reduces the potential for regulatory arbitrage.
For the reasons discussed above, NFA proposes to postpone the use of the revised exams indefinitely. In the meantime, we will continue to coordinate with NASD and will monitor the level of activity and the amount of interest in security futures products. In particular, we will review the following security futures information on an ongoing basis:
- Volume,
- Who is trading these products,
- Number of associated persons completing the training program,
- Number of accounts approved for trading,
- Nature of those customers,
- Customer complaints, and
- Audit findings that indicate potential regulatory concerns.
As noted above, we have already prepared test questions and can add them to the Series 3 and Series 30 question banks with a minimum of effort. We will be able to update the Series 3 and Series 30 examinations quickly if our review indicates that it is either necessary or cost-effective or if either the SEC or the CFTC so requests. We will, of course, need enough lead-time for test preparation services to update their course materials so that new applicants can study the appropriate material before taking the examination, but the entire process should not take more than four months.
As mentioned earlier, NFA is invoking the "ten-day" provision of Section 17(j) of the Commodity Exchange Act and will make the proposal contained herein effective ten days after receipt of this submission by the Commission unless the Commission notifies NFA that the Commission has determined to review the proposal for approval.
1The Series 3 is a comprehensive examination that qualifies registered associated persons to engage in all types of non-supervisory activities requiring registration. NFA has other examinations that qualify individuals to engage in more limited activities, but these examinations are all subsets of the Series 3 examination.
2The Series 30 examination is NFA's supervisory examination.
3 The Interpretive Notice originally included a deadline of six months after the first security futures contract began trading, but the notice was previously amended, effective May 5, 2003, to eliminate that deadline.
4 Total volume is based on information reported by the individual futures exchanges and compiled by the Futures Industry Association, and the security futures volume is based on information reported by the Options Clearing Corporation.
5 NFA's audits of notice-registered broker-dealers show that they are all using the web-based training program to qualify their employees.
6 Dual registrants take the training through NASD, and these registrants are not reflected in the futures-only figures discussed in the text. Even when combining futures and securities registrants, however, fewer than 100 individuals have completed the proficiency training in each of the last four months.


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One month to register for the Grand Parade
Media Release - Mayor Sheryl
One month to register for the Grand Parade
3 September, 2014
People have just one month to register a float or group for Whangarei City's Grand Parade.
The Parade takes place on 1 November, culminating in a '60's party at the Town Basin. We have a pleasing number of entries so far, however space is limited and we don't want anyone to miss out.
"The Parade is part of our 50th anniversary celebrations, so we want as many as possible to participate," Mayor Mai says.
"They will need to register by 4 October to take part, with registration forms and information available on the Council website."
The Parade starts at 10am and makes its way down Walton St to the Town Basin. Groups from around the district and as far away as Auckland have already expressed their interest, including local businesses, community groups, bands, classic cars, schools and service organisations.
"The optional Parade theme is 'Dress,
dance and dazzle like they did in '64', and that
includes the spectators," Mayor Mai says.
"The best or most creatively dressed people and floats have the chance to win prizes at the Town Basin party following the Parade."
The party kicks off at 11am and finishes at midday. It features a local band, dancers, entertainers, a fashion parade and much more '60's fun. The Artisans Fair will also be in full swing on the Canopy Bridge.
"And, the fun doesn't end there," says Mayor Mai.
"Two major events on the same day will add to the party atmosphere."
The Strand Arcade is celebrating its 20th anniversary on 1 November with a market day and entertainment. Then, from 1.15pm when the gates open, Toll Stadium will be hosting a big sporting event set to attract rugby league fans from all over Northland and Auckland.
"The New Zealand Kiwis are playing Toa Samoa in a match that will enhance Whangarei's standing as a host of top level international sporting fixtures, and top off a day of fun and festivities," Mayor Mai says.
"The stars seemed to have aligned to give Whangarei an outstanding range of events for our 50th birthday, so let's make the most of them."


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EmptyFilm actor Derek Luke is making his foray into television with a starring role on NBC's drama pilot "Trauma."
Kevin Rankin also is set and Cliff Curtis and Jamey Sheridan are in negotiations to join him on the UMS-produced project, a medical procedural about a team of EMTs.
Additionally, Guillermo Diaz has joined NBC/UMS' other medical drama pilot, "Mercy."
Luke will play a stoic trauma doctor who tries to be a good family man.
Curtis ("Live Free or Die Hard") would play a genius surgeon and adrenaline junkie who travels by helicopter.
"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" alum Sheridan would play an intuitive doctor who runs the trauma center.
Rankin ("Friday Night Lights") will play a paramedic who drives the fire department truck.
Luke, who broke out as the title character in "Antwone Fisher," recently starred in "Notorious," in which he portrayed Sean Combs, and in onscreen in Tyler Perry's "Madea Goes to Jail."
He is repped by WMA, Untitled and attorney Matt Johnson.
"Mercy" is a comedic drama about three nurses bound in friendship. Diaz ("Weeds") will play a male nurse working with them. He is with Innovative and managers Meghan Schumacher and Jill McGrath. (partialdiff)


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MSU receives $2.5 million DOE award to build advanced hybrid engine
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University researchers have received a $2.5 million federal stimulus grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to build a prototype new engine and generator technology that can dramatically improve efficiencies and reduce costs of electric hybrid vehicles.
The project has the potential to increase automotive fuel efficiency by five times compared to internal combustion engine cars on the road today while reducing costs by 30 percent. About the size of a large cooking pot, the novel, hyper-efficient engine could replace current engine/generator technologies for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
The award will allow a team of MSU engineers and scientists, led by Norbert Mueller, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, to begin working toward producing a vehicle-size engine/generator known as a wave disk generator during the next two years – building on existing modeling, analysis and lab experimentation they have already completed. The WDG uses a turbo combustion "shock wave" technique to efficiently convert gaseous (compressed natural gas or hydrogen) or liquid fuel sources to electrical power.
Other researchers on the team include Patrick Kwon, professor, mechanical engineering; Tonghun Lee, assistant professor, mechanical engineering; Fang Peng, professor, electrical and computer engineering; Elias Strangas, associate professor, electrical and computer engineering; and Indrek Wichman, professor, mechanical engineering.
"Our goal is to enable hyper-efficient hybrid vehicles to meet consumer needs for a 500-mile driving range, lower vehicle prices, full-size utility, improved highway performance and very low operating costs," Mueller said. "The WDG also can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 95 percent in comparison to modern internal combustion vehicle engines."
The small, lightweight unit could replace the automotive internal combustion engine, the radiator/water pump, fuel/air control, transmission and generator found in today's hybrid vehicles. The result is a hyper-efficient serial hybrid vehicle with very little equipment under the hood.
MSU's WDG project is one of 37 Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy recently funded by DOE. It was chosen from among more than 3,600 initial concept papers through a rigorous review process, which included input from multiple review panels composed of leading U.S. energy science and technology experts, and ARPA-E's program managers.
Evaluations were based on the potential for high impact on ARPA-E's goals – to develop creative and inventive approaches to transform global energy production and efficiency, while advancing America's technology leadership. It was part of the first round of projects funded under ARPA-E, which is receiving a total of $400 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Michigan State University has been advancing knowledge and transforming lives through innovative teaching, research and outreach for more than 150 years. MSU is known internationally as a major public university with global reach and extraordinary impact.


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Siemens Healthcare Supports Diabetes Testing In The Community
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During Self Care Week, Bradford Beating Diabetes and Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics formed a partnership to provide diabetes testing in the community for the residents of Bradford. The initiative helped identify those at risk of developing type 2 diabetes to ensure the most appropriate advice, care and support to prevent or delay the onset of the condition. Four DCA Vantage® Analysers were used to issue over 90 HbA1c (glycated haemoglobin) tests to participants attending a walk-in service at Girlington Community Centre in Bradford.
During the event, further testing provided by a group of Bradford GP practices was also available to local residents including a dummy aortic aneurysm scanner. Vitalographs were also provided to see if patients needed referral for a spirometry test for COPD, physical pulses were used for referral for an ECG and blood pressure checks to test for hypertension.
Since 2013, more than 12,000 people who are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes have taken part in the Bradford Beating Diabetes programme, 6000 of whom have received lifestyle advice from their GP or healthcare team. The initiative has also helped those who already have diabetes to manage their condition and prevent serious complications in the future. NHS Bradford City CCG, which created the programme, has been recognised for its innovation and named as one of seven demonstrator sites for the National NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme.
"Over 1,000 new patients with type 2 diabetes have been identified since the very start of the Bradford Beating Diabetes campaign. Although the prevalence of diabetes in Bradford is around 10%, higher than the UK average, we believe the community demographic means it should be a lot higher," states Anne-Marie Mitchell, Practice Manager at Picton Medical Centre. "This year we wanted to bring testing into the community and Siemens has been pivotal in making this a reality. By providing the analysers, training staff on their use and supporting the team we have been able to give local people who are worried about diabetes near-instant results."
Luke Williams, who took part in a diabetes test, states, "I decided to get a diabetes test out of curiosity and as it was quick and easy. Prior to the test I was not worried, but my results were unexpectedly high which has been a wakeup call. The team was able to give me instant results and point out areas for improvement such as healthy eating tips and exercise advice. As I was not previously worried about diabetes it would not be something I would request a test for at my GP surgery, therefore the accessible walk-in service has been invaluable."
The DCA Vantage Analysers from Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics use a simple finger prick test to measure the average blood glucose level over 3 months and provide results in six minutes. Following the results, individuals were categorised as either low, moderate or high risk, or diabetic. Residents were also invited to benefit from a range of other tests including blood pressure testing for hypertension, spirometry to check for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in addition to BMI testing. A range of support services were also in situ to provide attendees with lifestyle advice and support.
Steve Carey, Point of Care Product Manager at Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics comments, "The DCA Vantage is truly portable, supporting rapid testing in varied environments. During the event a number of high-risk individuals that were previously unaware they were in this category were identified. By identifying those at risk, early intervention can be implemented by practices and ultimately change people's lives by providing advice to support a healthy lifestyle."
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Staff raise €11,300 for St Christopher's
The staff of St Christopher's Services, Longford organised a very successful 'Night at the Dogs' fund-raiser recently generating €11,300.
Back in February, Pat O'Toole assembled a small team to organise this fund-raiser for the voluntary aspect of the services, and it proved to be a major hit with a sizeable crowd making the trip to Mullingar Greyhound Stadium for the occasion.
Afterwards Mr O'Toole presented the proceeds to St Christopher's Chairperson Donal Drake and PRO Margaret Connellan.
Other members of the organising team included Fiona Devine, Rosario Quinn-Lee, Kieran Duffy, Martina McCormack, Marie Byrne and Michelle Reilly.
The team would like to thank everyone who supported the venture by purchasing tickets - staff, families and friends, the many businesses from Longford and further afield who sponsored the eleven races on the card, and the various shops that donated door and raffle prizes, all contributed to the success of the night.
The €2,000 Buster Prize for the featured race on the card was won by Pat Quinn, Annally Park, whose ticket had the winning trap order: 5, 6, 1, 4, 2, 3.
St Christopher's Services wish to acknowledge and thank the following; Turas Group - National Network €195.40; John & Claire Casey, Ballincurry €100; Ardagh Tidy Towns €200; Longford Variety Group €200; Gerard Farrell, Lanesboro €150; Carrickedmond GAA €1,350; Newtowncashel Branch €140; Lough Ree Sub Aqua Club €500; Sr Bridie McGowan €200.
Waxathon Coy's Bar €6,625; Granard Branch 'Lights Committee' €276; Coll Boxes €420; 'Mock Wedding' €4,539.55; Goldsmith Inn Mostrim Coll Box €79.60; Edgeworthstown Branch €214; St Columba's GAA Derrycassan Fun Run €870; Colmcille Branch Xmas Draw €600; Al & Elizabeth Manning in memory of Brian McCann RIP €100.
St John's Church, Clonbroney per Rev Percival €350; Brendan & Joan Quinn in memory of Brian McCann RIP €50; Ardagh Group Water Scheme €452; Slowey's Bar, Legan Coll Box €480; Ladbrooks, Longford €100; Longford County Council Calendar Grant €600; Ellie, Maureen & Geraldine in memory of Brian McCann RIP €50; Michael & Ann McCann in memory of Brian McCann RIP €500; Mary Coughlan in memory of Brian McCann RIP €50.
District Court per Mr Kevin Murphy €750; Longford County Choir €2,000; Grace Connellan €50; Dromard Branch €1,000; Christine O'Brien & colleagues Scoil Mhuire, Longford €90; Ms Josie Dinnigan €50; Pat & Steven O'Hora, Killala Dublin Marathon in memory of Noel Neary RIP €300; Mr & Ms JJ Carley, Dromad €40;
'Night at the Dogs' Staff Fundraiser €11,300; Mary McCann NY in memory of Brian McCann RIP €100; Stonepark NS per Eimear Kyle & Caoimhe Lohan €200; Irish Autism Action €1,000; Church of Ireland Parish of Killashee & Ballymacormack €45; Metal Processors Ltd €250; Ollie Foudy Memorial Cup €650.


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This isn't exactly BlackBerry specific, but it was so cool I thought it would be interesting to talk about anyway. Google Labs has a new (experimental) service to search for local businesses over the phone. It works from any phone and it's a free service.
Just dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) and say the city and state you want a listing from. Then just say what you are looking for. You can be specific, "Paul's Pizza Palace", or general, "Pizza". You pick the one you want from the results that are read to you, and you can be connected, or get the phone number, or have the details text messaged to your mobile device.
Currently it's only available in English in the US. They also warn that the service is still experimental and may not always be available.
Check it out here: http://labs.google.com/goog411/
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The winners of high school beauty pageants usually just get some roses, a tiara and a big picture in the yearbook.
Camden County High gives its Miss Wildcat a generous scholarship, and this year the winner may go to the Miss Georgia pageant, depending on the age of the winner.
It's not as simple as holding a local pageant and sending the winner to the Miss Georgia competition in Columbus, said Linda Cook, a Camden County real estate agent who assisted in the organization.
Because the Miss Georgia Pageant is an affiliate of the Miss America pageant, any local pageant has to meet the same requirements, including the offering of scholarships, Cook said.
That goes for Miss Golden Isles, Miss Altamaha, Miss Hummingbird Festival, Miss Cherokee Rose and all the college festivals from Miss Valdosta State to Miss Shorter College.
The Miss Wildcat pageant has offered scholarships in each of its six-year existence and this year's winner will get $1,500 of the $4,000 in total scholarship funds.
It is an age requirement that will determine if Miss Wildcat takes the stage with the other Miss Georgia contestants later this year, said Jeanne Stasnak, director of Miss Wildcat.
The Miss America pageant rules say that contestants must be at least 17 and high school graduates, Stasnak said. If a Camden County senior doesn't win, Miss Wildcat would compete in the Miss Outstanding Georgia Teen, a companion competition for those 16 and younger, Stasnak said.
"The Miss Wildcat winner has typically been a senior,'' but there's no guarantee, she said.
The 38 contestants in this year's pageant have to compete in talent, interview and evening gown. Each was nominated by a Camden County High organization or sport including the Drama Club, the cheerleaders and the baseball and wrestling teams.
The most common talents are singing and dancing but there will be piano performances and one girl will do a standup comedy routine, Stasnak said.
All 38 will compete Friday night and the group will be narrowed to 15 semifinalists Saturday night.
The pageant starts at 7 each night. Tickets for both nights are $10 in advance or $12 at the door and one-night tickets are $7 in advance and $8 at the door.
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Hi advertisinglady, I wanted to welcome you to healing well forum, we are happy to have you. I can understand your kids wanting to stay in their same school and with their same friends. And it does seem that you have a close relationship with them which is good. Perhaps it is also good that you are allowed to have this time with your new husband alone to get settled in and adjusted to life with each other. When I was a kid we moved a few times during my middle school and early high school years and it was difficult getting adjusted...from the kids stand point. As for the crying often it can be just sadness which is expected or could be some depression, you may want to speak to your doc and see if an adjustment in your Zoloft may be in order to help with that. We are always here so please feel free to post often we would love to hear more from you. Take care
Thank you guys so much for the posts. Your thoughts are greatly appreciated. My "x" and I share custody of our teenagers and they get along great with my new husband. We have a nice home, pets, and they have pretty rooms they decorated.
Before I got remarried all of us went to a family counselor, individually and together. She was a big help to me - she said leaving my girls would be like grieving, but I had no idea I would still feel so sad fo so long. It is uncomfortable trying to explain to new people WHY me girls don't live with me. I kow its hard for the girls to explain this to their friends as well. When I am in their hometown and run into old friends, I can just hear them saying - there goes the mom who left her girls :(
To IFIXIT - thank you for replying. I have a ? Do you still harbor any ill feelings toward your mom for leaving? That is one of my greatest fears - that they will never forgive me for leaving........
sorry this is so long.......
Hi AL,
The whole situation with my parents is pretty simple. I don't know why they got divorced. I hold them both responsible with an equal share in the outcome. My mother has asked multiple times to be allowed to tell her side of the story. I have refused to allow it. My reasoning in this has been that if I listen to her side, then by rights I should hear my fathers story. Then I would be in a position of deciding who was wrong . It would solve nothing and probably dredge up hurts and feelings better left alone. I don't hold a grudge for either of them. I do wonder what life would be like if???? Take care Jer


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A 'Fresh' Approach to Marketing: Dr. Fresh™, Inc. Goes Guerilla With Internet-Based Campaigns
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Entertain and interact. That's the marketing mantra at Dr. Fresh™, Inc. (www.drfresh.com), the creator of the best-selling children's FireFly™ toothbrush and the company behind the successful revival of the Binaca™ brand.
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The company has recently mounted a number of social media-based initiatives to support its FireFly franchise as well as other brands in its growing portfolio. As part of this effort, Dr. Fresh has teamed with social media video production entities to create cutting edge, entertaining, and ever-changing YouTube content for Binaca as well as for the company's Infectiguard™ hand sanitizer brand.
Recent initiatives by Dr. Fresh to reach and engage a younger demographic include partnering with the crowd sourcing creative website, www.tongal.com to host a Binaca commercial contest. Cash prizes for the winning productions totaled over $7,500.
Now, Dr. Fresh is challenging would-be film directors to produce a movie scene parody featuring Binaca, also hosted on Tongal. The winning videos will receive cash prizes totaling $10,000. The second phase of the contest involves online influencers who are asked to make the videos go viral. The winning influencer who garners 1 million video views will receive a Mercedes SmartCar; a trip to Hawaii for 500,000 views and a trip to Las Vegas for 250,000 views.
In addition, Facebook initiatives like the recent Binaca "Sexy Lips" contest awarded iPads and captured new friends for the brand.
To support the FireFly brand and help foster good oral care habits in children, Dr. Fresh turned to YouTube sensation David DeVore, the 9-year old star of the viral hit "David After Dentist." The just-released video, in which David demonstrates how to thoroughly brush teeth, has already had over 100,000 views. It even merited a mention in a recent New York Times story.
"The entertain and interact marketing mantra strategy at Dr. Fresh has all but replaced the traditional tactics that we have used in the past," states Vakil. "We are now able to be much more efficient in delivering our message to the target audiences. It seems to be working. We are experiencing 200% increase in hits on the websites and Facebook pages, which we believe are translating into sales."
Dr. Fresh, Inc., is the manufacturer and distributor of a host of popular and affordable oral care and personal health brands and products (www.drfresh.com)
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Leslie Ann Chiu, a graduate student in the Exhibition Design program, is the winner of an FIT contest to design a booth for the Exhibit Designers and Producers Associations (EDPAA) participation at Euroshop, an international trade show for retailers, to be held in Dusseldorf, Germany from February 26 through March 3.
Chius design won over submissions by 19 Exhibition Design graduate students. Requirements for the booth included presenting a strong identity, a place to meet and greet, a private meeting room, and a room for storage and catering. Most importantly, the students were tasked with creating an environment and a process to communicate the benefits and value of being an EDPA member. The EDPA Organizing Committee made the final selection. The contest was coordinated by Exhibition Design chair Brenda Cowan and faculty member Robin Drake.
Chiu has received an all-expenses-paid trip to Dusseldorf to take part in Euroshop.


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Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Actors: Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Wilford Brimley
Directors: Guy Hamilton
Country: United States
Duration: 121 min
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This week on the Strocel.com Podcast I'm speaking with Kate Hopper. She's a writing instructor, blogger and the author of Use Your Words: A Writing Guide for Mothers.
As a blogger, I get a fair number of pitches. When I got the pitch for Use Your Words, I was intrigued. However, I didn't fully understand from the email what the book was about. I thought maybe I would skim through my review copy to prepare for my podcast with Kate, and then pass it along. Once I held it in my hands and started looking at it, though, I knew I was keeping it. This book is part writing anthology, part writing text, and part literary coach. Each chapter contains pieces from published authors, writing craft tips, and writing exercises. Whether you're thinking you'd like to start a blog, you're a blogger who'd like to take your writing to another platform, or you'd just like to improve your writing, you'll find something in Kate's book.
I was excited to have the chance to sit down and chat with Kate. We talked about a whole lot of things: why writing about motherhood isn't taken seriously, how mothers can hone their writing, how to find time to write when you have a whole lot of other commitments on your plate, and how you share your story while honouring your children's privacy. As a writing teacher who runs classes specifically for mothers, Kate had a lot of great tips and ideas to share. She inspired me to work on my own writing, and I'm feeling pretty grateful for that.
You don't have to be a blogger or a paid writer to put your words to paper or keyboard. As parents, recording our family memoirs is a great idea whether you share them publicly or not. Kate can help you get started, and give you tools so that the finished result is something your kids will really enjoy reading someday. Whether you're a writer or not, I think you'll find something to take away from this podcast. I enjoyed recording it immensely. While the sound quality is a little lacking, I hope you'll take the time to listen, because the take-aways will be worth it:
I'm working on several interviews for next week, and I'm not completely positive which one will be running first. I do promise that whatever it is, it will be worth tuning in for. Subscribe to the Strocel.com Podast in iTunes and you won't miss a minute! Also, if you have a podcast idea, please share it with me. I'd love to hear your suggestions.


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Kate Winslet doesn't mind talking about the gender pay gap.
Unfortunately, she says previous comments she made about the hot button issue were "misinterpreted" when she described public discussion of salaries as "vulgar."
"When you're talking about specifics of pay that is a line of questioning I really had a hard time with," the Oscar winner told me exclusively last night at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. "So my remarks were in response to that but only that. Of course we should be paid the same as the boys. We want to stand alongside them."
In an October essay in Lena Dunham's Lenny newsletter in October, Jennifer Lawrence slammed Hollywood's gender wage gap after the Sony email hack revealed how much less she had been paid than her male co-stars in American Hustle.


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The Poetics of Time
Wang Guangle's current solo exhibition makes some interesting appeals to definition. Might it be called a sculpture, an installation, a painting, a fissure, a lesion or mouth of some kind on the wall of Beijing Commune? This is the artist's current solo exhibition at the gallery where he had his first one back in 2009; the latter displayed examples from his Coffin Paint series, begun in 2004. Born of the practice of the aged in his home province of painting a layer of lacquer onto their waiting casket for every year they remain alive, sees the passing of time made physical in accrued stripes of paint on canvas.
'Passage' might be a more appropriate term for the wide, stretched white oval now protruding forwards into the otherwise-empty gallery room. Wang achieved it over the course of one month using a methodical, accumulative practice reminiscent perhaps of the natural world -- nests built of layers of mud pushed through a wet beak to affix and build up a round nest, or sediment, or insect hives. Wang embeds himself in time's endless onward movement -- making physical its progression, layer by layer of paint, as if channelling it through his own body -- and fixing it to the wall. The overbearing whiteness of the thing that results (in contrast with the colours of the Coffin Series), can only aggravate the odd sensation that somehow one is seeing something one is not meant naturally to perceive, and certainly not visually; regular, concentric, the product of a quasi-religious painting regimen, this abstract volume is like an existential signature. There is also great tension held in the flat slit in the middle, the foremost part of the form, which marks the moment when the layering reached its centre and had to stop. Whilst this piece is not necessarily inventive, it feels like a formal leap for the artist's work, and one that testifies to its future.
-- Iona Whittaker
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A new University of Illinois computer program, titled Illini-Graze2005, is now available as a compact disc (CD) to help graziers plan management intensive grazing systems, allocate forages, and consider extended grazing season options.
Illini-Graze2005, developed by University of Illinois Extension and Illinois Natural Resources Conservation Service personnel, is an Excel-based spreadsheet allowing graziers to enter livestock types and forage crops to determine forage balance for their farm. Development was funded by an Illinois Department of Agriculture Conservation 2000 grant.
Users of the program enter livestock information (type, number, average weight, and date to begin and end grazing) and forage information (type/species, acres, and grazing plan). Users also indicate the level of management either average or optimum which reflects soil fertility, weed presence, and forage density. Forage production figures, both total yield and allocation by month, are listed for northern, central and southern Illinois.
After livestock and forage information are entered, the amount of forage produced and required each month is shown. Like many computer programs, users can change (or "play what if") livestock, forage, and management level. Users have the option to enter their own forage production and consumption figures instead of using the program's "default" values.
The CD also includes "Cowboy Math", developed by the University of Georgia, which calculates the number and size of paddocks for a managed grazing system. Also included is the "Illinois Grazing Manual".
The CD is available for $5.00 by contacting Dean Oswald (firstname.lastname@example.com), Extension educator at the Macomb Extension Center, 309-836-3366. Make your check payable to University of Illinois Extension.
Jim Morrison, (815) 397-7714, firstname.lastname@example.com
Date: 2/26/2006
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Gallery: Angels vs. Dodgers during spring training in Arizona
GLENDALE and TEMPE, Ariz. – As a cultural institution, baseball's roots run deep on the Eastern seaboard.
Pennsylvania boasts the Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates, teams that were formed in the late 1800s.
Boston had two teams a century ago before the Red Sox ruled the city, now embroiled in a feud with the New York Yankees that goes back to the Red Sox's ill-fated sale of Babe Ruth to them in 1919.
New York was once the hub of baseball, at one time featuring the Yankees, Giants and Dodgers, all engaged in heated rivalries.
Vin Scully, the voice of Dodgers games for 63 years, grew up in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. He attended grammar school near the Polo Grounds, the longtime home of the Giants, which became an essential marker on the path to a Hall of Fame broadcasting career.
"I could walk there and see the Giants and the Dodgers play," Scully said, "and feel the rivalry."
When the Dodgers were planted in Los Angeles in 1958 and the Angels were born three years later, it offered Southern California a chance to put down its own major-league roots. Yet for a variety of reasons – bad baseball, time-zone differences, even cultural tendencies – the two teams often fell short of their eastern counterparts in the national consciousness.
That could be changing.
It's been four years since both the Dodgers and Angels played for their league's championship, falling just shy of an all-Southern California World Series in 2009, and both teams believe they are on the verge of greatness again.
This isn't the blind optimism of spring training – it's the media from around the world grasping to make sense of the Dodgers' massive payroll, the Angels' mighty lineup, and the possibility that the balance of power might have shifted from the Northeast to Southern California.
Consider these factors that help determine who is worthy of our national pastime's attention:
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Gallery: Angels vs. Athletics during spring training
I. Payroll
Angels' 2013 payroll
Difference between Dodgers' payroll and the Yankees' $210 million
Difference between Angels' payroll and Red Sox's $150 million
Many who envision a Dodgers-Angels "Freeway Series" in October got there by following the money.
The Dodgers are spending an estimated $213million in player salaries this year, the highest in baseball – and that's without including salary still owed to players no longer on the roster.
The Angels are estimated to be spending a robust $152million this year, more than all but two American League teams.
With a few exceptions, neither team has invested heavily in players who are past their prime baseball years.
The Dodgers have two of baseball's best starting pitchers in Clayton Kershaw ($11million), whom they drafted as a teenager out of high school, and Zack Greinke ($19million), whom they lured from the Angels as a free agent in December. General manager Ned Colletti made his biggest splash Aug. 25 when he traded for Josh Beckett, Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford and Nick Punto. That deal alone added more than $261million to the Dodgers' payroll and struck a blow to East Coast baseball supremacy.
Not to be outdone, the Angels signed left-handed hitting slugger Josh Hamilton (owed $17.4million this season) in December after adding right-handed power hitter Albert Pujols ($16million) the year before, forming a potent lineup along with 2012 rookie of the year Mike Trout. Hamilton, who was not expected to sign with the Angels, robbed the rival Texas Rangers of one of their best players.
Even some teammates weren't expecting the Angels to dive into the arms race. When Pujols signed his 10-year contract in December 2011, second baseman Howie Kendrick found out in the middle of a workout. "I was like, `Man, we did what?"'
Of course, none of it would be possible without television.
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Gallery: Dodgers vs. Indians during spring training
The Dodgers recently struck a 25-year deal with Time Warner Cable, believed to be worth $7billion to $8billion, to create a regional sports network that launches next year. The Angels signed a 20-year, $3billion deal with Fox in 2011.
With lucrative local-rights dollars lining their pockets, the Dodgers and Angels have a rare opportunity to gain visibility nationally.
ESPN will cover four Opening Day games April 1, including a Red Sox-Yankees game and the Dodgers hosting the Giants. ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" will give two of its first 11 slots to the Angels and one to the Dodgers. That leaves less room for Northeast teams like the Yankees (who have two Sunday night spots), the New York Mets (one) and the Red Sox (one).
"Coming from Boston, you're right there in the limelight," Punto said. "You play `Sunday Night Baseball' – you or the Yankees, it seems – like every week. You're right in the middle of that limelight."
Of the 18 Yankees-Red Sox meetings last year, four were on ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball," and the network had two more midweek national telecasts. The Yankees ended up six times on "Sunday Night Baseball" and the Red Sox five times. The Dodgers and Angels were on four times each, with three visits from the New York Mets as well.
Fox will broadcast games nationally on 24 Saturdays throughout the season with regional options, meaning fans in Boston can watch a Red Sox game and fans in Anaheim can watch an Angels game. Boston, Washington and Cincinnati have the maximum nine appearances scheduled, the Dodgers and Yankees will get eight games each, and the Angels get seven.
Fox can add more games to its final two Saturday broadcasts. In theory, by year's end the Dodgers could end up with more appearances on Fox than any MLB team.
"It's finally taking advantage of the market that exists there," said Ken Rosenthal, who writes for FoxSports.com and appears on national telecasts on Fox and the MLB Network. "The regional TV deals are lucrative so bigger markets can flex their muscles."
Yet for all its advertising dollars and global influence, television has its limits.
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Gallery: Dodgers vs. Mariners during spring training
III. Time zone
Kendrick is originally from Jacksonville, Fla. He was born before the Miami Marlins or Tampa Bay Rays came into existence.
"I grew up a Braves fan," he said. "I had TBS so the Braves were always on. I didn't really know much about the West Coast because by the time their games came on, it was like you'd see them when they played more East Coast teams. At 10 o'clock, I was probably in bed getting ready for school the next day."
Dodgers President Stan Kasten knows a little something about TBS. He was named president of the Atlanta Braves in 1986, one decade after the network began to beam Braves games into cable televisions from coast to coast.
"TBS made Braves fans in all 50 states in the union," Kasten said, "and also generated a lot of revenue that made a lot of things happen."
But national air time doesn't always make a kid stay up past his bedtime. Roughly 80 percent of the current U.S. population lives in either the Eastern or Central time zones.
When it comes to the three-hour time difference between the coasts, Kasten and the Dodgers' chief marketing officer, Lon Rosen, don't think this matters as much as it did 25 years ago, when a young Kendrick was snoozing through Orel Hershiser's prime.
Those late local scores that go unlisted in the East Coast dailies are now instantly available to anyone with a smartphone or computer. Video highlights are shown for free online, and many air on ESPN and MLB Network the next morning.
"I'm mostly focused on the penetration of our brand in our region, our market," Kasten said. "Everything that comes beyond that is good for us but it's good for baseball. We don't get any money from a Dodger shirt sold in Florida, except insofar as it goes to MLB and we share in that."
The same can be said for the Yankees, Red Sox and their Northeast brethren. Unlike the Dodgers, those teams don't have up to $8billion in local TV revenue coming their way over the next 25 years. What the Yankees and Red Sox do have is a recent history of winning nationally televised playoff games. Live TV matters. Western teams in every sport need to do more than just win to captivate a national and global audience.
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Gallery: Picture day at spring baseball training
IV. Star power
The Dodgers and Angels would like to think they have the kind of star power that transcends the almighty television. Maybe they're right.
Trout recently shared the cover of ESPN the Magazine with Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera and was featured in GQ. He, San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey and Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper also got the cover treatment in Men's Health magazine this month.
"I think that (increased media coverage) comes with the territory," Angels chairman Dennis Kuhl said, "when you have a rookie of the year or a big name like Josh Hamilton."
The Dodgers' big spending is the focus of an upcoming "60 Minutes" segment and the cover of Fortune magazine. Matt Kemp was a recent subject in Ebony. Celebrities continue to visit the Dodger Stadium luxury suites while others work for the team behind the scenes: Co-owner Magic Johnson, hitting coach Mark McGwire, advisers Sandy Koufax and Tommy Lasorda, Spanish-language broadcaster Fernando Valenzuela and the larger-than-life Scully.
Players like Gonzalez, Kershaw, Hyun-Jin Ryu and Kemp aren't on that level yet, at least in the eyes of the general public. But Rosen is aware of their marketing potential, with four major ethnic groups represented in four star players.
"We've got all of these great tools to utilize and we use them," Rosen said. "Adrian did a clinic in Tijuana this off-season … Ryu, right when he signed, he had a big public thing in Koreatown."
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Gallery: More Dodgers photo galleries | More Angels photo galleries
V. History/Tradition
New York and Boston share a centuries-old history that has nothing to do with sports. For local fans, the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry became an extension of their parochial cultures.
Baseball fans in Anaheim and Los Angeles may have "a great deal of passion," in the words of former Yankees and Dodgers manager Joe Torre, but the two cities can't relate on the same level. Their geographical idiosyncrasies haven't had time to reach the heights of New York and Boston – or, for that matter, San Francisco and Oakland, or Chicago's north and south sides, the anchors of baseball's two-team markets. The Angels aren't even afraid to use "Los Angeles" in their official name.
The local baseball history is a lesson in bad timing: When one team was up, the other was down. Since moving to Los Angeles, the Dodgers have won five World Series championships but none since 1988. The Angels won their first World Series in 2002 and sustained their success, placing first or second in their division eight times in the past 11 seasons.
Yet the furthest both the Dodgers and Angels ever advanced in the same postseason was 2009, when both were eliminated one round short of the World Series.
All the Yankees and Red Sox did from 2000-09 was win 19 postseason series, more than the rest of the league combined (16). Citing this statistic, Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci wrote in January 2010 that "the rivalry between New York and Boston – what it does for the economic system, interest, ratings, etc. – could be considered the single most powerful engine that drove the game in the past decade."
The turning point might prove to be the Dodgers-Angels cold war of 2012. The first shot was fired Dec. 8, when Greinke left the Angels to sign with the Dodgers. The retaliatory blow came five days later when Hamilton signed a five-year deal with the Angels. (For the record, Kuhl said he doesn't "really worry about what the Dodgers do.")
A battle for local headlines is nothing new, but both teams have more money on the table now. Forbes and Fortune are taking notice along with ESPN and Sports Illustrated. The Angels are betting on becoming a regular postseason presence after a three-year layoff, while the Dodgers can no longer afford to be a dormant doormat.
So when will we get our Angels-Dodgers World Series? That's what Scully wants to know.
"That would be the true focal point," he said. "The focal point depends upon the teams in the top of the divisions heading to the playoffs and World Series, and I would think both of these teams have a shot at that."
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If the Detroit Lions set themselves up as the perfect foil for the Chip Kelly offense, the Minnesota Vikings showed us what can happen when an opposing defense arrives with a much better plan:
That's the look the Vikings gave the Eagles the entire day: One safety deep, three defensive backs in man coverage (usually), and one safety dropped into the box to provide extra run support.
In theory, Chip Kelly's run game can still function against this setup, because the quarterback can "block" one of the defenders by reading him on the handoff. This only works, however, if the defense treats the quarterback as a legitimate threat to run, which the Vikings did not:
The seven Minnesota defenders completely ignore Nick Foles' bootleg action in favor of crashing hard on LeSean McCoy. With only six blockers, that leaves a free defender and no chance for a miraculous Shady escape on this one.
The extent to which the Vikings were willing to let Foles carry the ball shows up well on this next play:
This was an ordinary, vanilla pass play. Foles, feeling some pressure and not seeing anyone open, scrambled to his left. Against any other quarterback in any other offense, that linebacker in the flat would come off of LeSean McCoy to tackle Foles, especially once the quarterback gets further downfield than his receiver. But watch how focused he is on possible option trickery:
On this one, Foles picked up a nice seven-yard gain. The problem is that a couple of nice gains like that aren't really enough to move a disciplined team off its plan.
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Minnesota also attacked the wide receiver screen game. This is a version of the inside zone / bubble screen packaged play we've seen a lot this season:
Early in the year, these plays were busting for big gains, because opponents were still playing them like, well, the Eagles do:
The Vikings refused to give the Eagles that kind of space outside, much like we saw from the Lions last week:
That anonymous defensive back is attacking the line of scrimmage even as three receivers race past him. He'll peel off and drop into a short zone as the play continues.
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There's an obvious response to all this action at the line and in the box, which is to throw the ball down the field. In theory, that works every time. In actual practice, there are some complications.
First, the offensive line needs to hold up long enough to let receivers get open and for the quarterback to make good throws. Because when Foles has time, he drops in throws like these:
But that same level of precision is harder to achieve when he's getting crunched:
The second issue is that if you decide to put the whole game on your quarterback and the defense is as terrible as it was last Sunday, he needs to be perfect. That's a lot to ask of a young quarterback who has played well all year, but went through some stretches on Sunday where he seemed to make up his mind before the snap about what he was going to do and then couldn't come off that initial read when it wasn't open:
That's Ertz streaking into the end zone on the right while Foles is radar-locked to his left.
The final issue is that the Eagles' could use more depth at wide receiver. We can cherry pick a frame or two to show times when Foles missed a few open guys, but that's not representative of the day. In the future, running "four verticals" against man-free coverage will scare opponents a lot more when it's four fast guys, not DeSean and the 4.7s.
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There was one positive element of the offense I did want to pull out. For much of the year, the Eagles have struggled with running the outside zone. The inside zone has worked very well, but the outside version has yielded lots of negative yardage as the running backs stretch things endlessly to the sideline.
The Eagles seemed to have a different mentality with the outside zone this week:
Rather than stringing things out and letting the running backs pick a crease, this is more "kick out and cut inside."
It doesn't show up well in these static shots, but center Jason Kelce (#62) is making a fantastic block on this play. He went a long way to – legally – take out that linebacker.
Here's another good look at this play:
The defensive alignment was different so this time there are two linemen pulling. Todd Herremans comes around for the kick out and Kelce leads Shady through the hole. Kelce enjoyed finishing the block on this one as well:
This was actually the same play the Eagles ran on the third down that preceded the fourth-and-short attempt:
The problem on this one is that the redoubtable Kevin Williams (#93) shoots past Lane Johnson and knocks Kelce off his path. He recovers, but not in time to lead Shady through the hole. McCoy sees lots of purple in that gap and bounces it outside where, yes, his elbow was down short of the line:
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One week after the meltdown against Detroit, Chip Kelly was not about to let his special teams cost him again. Rather than kick the ball deep to the dangerous returner Cordarrelle Patterson, Kelly asked Henery to keep it short.
A couple points on how this worked:
This was Minnesota's return setup on the first kick of the day. It's a little hard to see, so I've red-dotted the players behind the initial wall. Patterson is in the back of the end zone with two sets of blockers on the five and 20 yard lines.
As Minnesota realized what the Eagles' plan was going to be, those players kept moving forward until they were practically daring Alex Henery to try to kick it over their heads:
The other issue was that Henery tried two different kinds of kicks. The "howitzer" model that went short but high gave the coverage team enough time to get down the field before the ball was caught:
The poorly executed, rolling "squib" kicks did not:
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Two weeks ago, I began the review of the Cardinals game by writing: "When a team's offense is playing well, the coaches look like geniuses … When a defense is playing well, it mostly just looks like the guys on the field are making plays."
Turns out there's a corollary to that observation. When a defense isn't playing well, it looks like all the guys on the field stink.
There were, to be sure, plenty of bad individual performances. The mistakes of Patrick Chung, Cary Williams and Bradley Fletcher have been pointed out everywhere, but Nate Allen shouldn't get off easily either:
The whole point of playing man-to-man with a safety over the top is so he can help out on things like a mismatched safety lined up on a slot receiver.
Or on this one, where he's in trail position on a receiver, but then floats outside to cover no one while the receiver breaks across the middle:
Of perhaps greater concern, however, is the extent to which the Minnesota offensive coaches appeared to be ready for all of defensive coordinator Bill Davis' "surprises":
This will be one of those OLB blitzes off a slot that never seem to get there in time. Not only do the Vikings have an H-back ready for Brandon Graham, but running back Matt Asiata (#44) also knows what's coming even before the snap:
With that long run from the slot, Graham is so slow into the backfield that Kendricks is slipping past Asiata before he's even in the frame.
Here's another one where the Vikings were ahead of us:
Minnesota is so sure Mychal Kendricks is blitzing through the A-Gap that they stick tight end Rhett Ellison in the hole to meet him. Kendricks still comes and gets stuffed. Might be time for a few new looks.
Derek Sarley can be reached @igglesblog. His work can also be seen at www.igglesblog.com.


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September 26, 2012
Wake Up Wednesday
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I have been writing personal notes to the counselors who helped us at camp this year. They serve for one week as volunteers. I want to let them know how appreciated they are. I am ahead on the stranger thing. We were in a restaurant last night that has a college program. The young man that waited on us had Penn State as his college on his name tag. I told him to hold his head high. Penn State is still a wonderful institution and the students and the college should not bear the brunt of one man's evil deeds. He got a smile on his face and said he has been hassled a lot. You never know the value of a kind word.ReplyDelete
I wrote a note to my grandma. My grandpa passed away in December, and she is living in an assisted living facility. I try to write her and send something every couple weeks, but I'm not the best at it. Thanks for the reminder, I will try to keep doing this for her.ReplyDelete
I complimented a lady on her jewelry yesterday...felt awesome!! I suppose she put on her baubles yesterday morning figuring it was enough that they made her happy. But isn't it just like us to want a compliment? To know that the extra effort isn't for nothing? I hope so. She smiled. I smiled. It was good.ReplyDelete
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MY day was changed by my sweet visiting teacher. I was having a rough day and the baby didn't want to nap, the laundry was HEAPING, and the dishes were stinking. Her words "Take a moment every chance you get to soak in these moments of joy your children can bring you." I stopped and held my tired 3 month old babe. I cradled him as he cooed and smiled those sleepy smiles. I read a book (or 5) to my 3 year old. Then I eventually tackled the house work with a renewed sense of self and purpose. I let her know in a letter how much her words meant to me and without her speaking up I would have never had the impression in my mind to stop and focus on what really mattered right then. By doing this I inadverntantly changed her day as she took extra time to hang out with her kiddos after homework instead of rushing off to the next chore on her list.ReplyDelete
Take the time to soak it all up and enjoy what is right in front of you. We have been given gifts, and they are all around us smiling right back.
I like paying for someone's meal at McDonald's who is behind me in the drive=thru.. Yesterday I paid for a policeman's meal..I always like to tell someone that is behind a counter where I have made a puchased something... "great job".. they always say "Thank You " with a surprised look.ReplyDelete
I have been writting cards to family and friends for almost two full years now. I actually took all of last year and wrote one card to someone every single day. It was in honor of my grandma that had just passed away. So last week I had a very special friend that posted they were struggling with life and I sent them a card letting them know how amazing they are and they are worth so much to me. Just made me smile to send that card.ReplyDelete
I love this challenge Cheri! I think that it is especially important to compliment and support other moms. A quick "you're doing a good job" or "carry on warrior" can really make the difference in a persons day. I am so, so, so grateful when people don't stare while out shopping and my kids are making a scene. Instead I cherish the kind smiles, pat on the back or even "we've been there, this too shall pass" comments.ReplyDelete
Today after I walked my kindergartner into school, I came back out to the car and made a call to the principal. "you know the two girls you have as crossing guards on Penn st every morning?" I asked. "Yes...?" he answered warily. "I thought you should know that every morning they greet me with "good morning!" and "have a great day today!" when I leave." :-) I could hear the relief in his voice as he thanked me and I know he was pleasantly surprised.ReplyDeleteReplies
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Proelia is an RPG Encounter Tracker. Create "prepared" encounters for later use, and then run them any number of times with the click of a button. Create a group from an encounter's participants, and re-use them in other encounters. They can be dropped into any encounter on the fly. Set the color and marker text for each participant in the encounter, so you can quickly find them on the map. Proelia supports a variety of RPGs through a plugin system that allows new systems to be added. Supported game systems provide an array of pre-fab conditions that can be applied to participants or regions. You can also add custom conditions. Each encounter can display a map that allows you to track positioning of participants, especially in relation to regions, so you can tell if someone is standing too close to a fire, or is subject to an aura or other environmental effect. Proelia keeps track of the length of the encounter, and allows you to see the longest, shortest, and average turn length.
What is new in this release:
- There is now a button on the map view for importing map imagery. (Previously, the only way to set the map image was to drag-and-drop an image onto the map.)
- It's now possible to click-select regions or participant tokens that are stacked on top of each other.
- The correct condition icons weren't appearing in the encounter list.
- The 4th edition D&D system was incorrectly removing participants from play when their hit points went below 0 but weren't at negative bloodied.
- Sometimes removing a condition from a participant or region wouldn't update the list.
- Fixed a bug where a dragged participant token or region sometimes wouldn't stay where you put it.
- Fixed a bug where selecting a participant on the map wouldn't select it in the list.
- Localized some strings that weren't.
- The tally counts at the bottom of the list weren't counting up "object" participants correctly.
- The round count and total number of rounds in the statistics section weren't being incremented.
- Removed a bunch of unnecessary logging statements.
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