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Kayaking for Beginners – What are the Various Kinds of Kayaks Used for Kayaking?
There are a lot of varieties of kayaks that you can consider before going into kayaking. Kayaks will normally be categorized as leisure kayaks, fishing kayaks, surf play kayaks or kayaks on tour. Ahead of opting for whatever kayak you think of, you should first of all determine the mode in which it is going to be used. But above all, your wellbeing and ease while using the kayak should be of first and utmost importance.
What you should also know is that there are various types of materials used for making kayaks. It is obvious that the type of material used in making the kayak will also determine the ease and safety in using the kayak. Once you have made a decision to pay for a kayak or any other equipment relating to it, you should first of all get some lessons or even a handbook that teaches you on how to use it. Remember that you are not only scouting an opportunity to perfect your skills in using these equipments, but you are equally making sure that your safety is supreme. Take note of the following types of kayaks:
Fishing Kayaks
This type of kayak is very fashionable. Throughout the years, kayakers have favored this type of kayak when thinking of fishing pastimes. This type of kayak is very convenient in getting to areas in which any other normal kayak will not get to. The fishing kayak is also of two categories.
The first type will involve that which the kayaker normally sits on top and the second will include the type of kayak in which the sitting position is in a cockpit. Whatever design you intend to use, you should make sure that you have researched on the advantages and disadvantages of each ahead of making your decision.
The kayak with a cockpit is habitually used than that with a sit-on position. But this cockpit kayak will additionally require you to wear a skirt just about the cockpit so that water should not get into the cockpit. But if the cockpit is filled with water, this can only be drained manually. Remember that the fishing kayak can be used for any type of kayaking. Some will even include a place where you can preserve your catch.
If you have to put ease of use when deciding on which type of kayak to use, the sit-on-top kayak should be preferable. Keep in mind that the sitting position means that it can be very convenient for you to move your legs about and even to reach the shallow waters and fish. Remember that if you are kayaking in warm waters, it will be more convenient to sit out of the kayak. Some kayakers will also find it easy to adapt a relaxed seat on this type of kayak. This type of kayak should also be preferable if you will be spending longer hours in water.
Leisure Kayaks or Kayaks Used For Tour
Such kayaks are really great for the beginner. Remember that such kayaks have been created with the notion of leisure in mind and have been tailored to meet the demands of every weather condition. A lot of such kayaks have additional luggage compartments that can survive the kayaker for almost two days. Leisure kayaks are just like kayaks meant for touring. But leisure kayaks are more likely to be used on calm waters.
One thing about kayaks meant for touring is that they are stronger than leisure kayaks and they have a storage compartment which can take up one or two day's supplies. This type of kayak is generally stronger than leisure kayaks. If you want to know the quality of kayak equipments, the best way is to test the equipments. This can be done in person or you can get to the waters with an experienced kayaker.


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Paul Hansmeier: Who Me? I Did Nothing... Everything You're Accusing Prenda Of Was Done By Someone Else
from the leave-me-out-of-this deptPaul Hansmeier has now filed his response in the big Prenda showdown case, and the short version might simply be described as "You've got nothing on me, judge!" Basically, he explains that each of the things the judge has complained about has nothing to do with himself, and more or less throws Brett Gibbs under the bus, saying that Gibbs was the attorney on the case, and thus anything that went wrong was Gibbs' deal.
Respondent Hansmeier was not a party to proceedings outside of the April 2, 2013 proceeding, where no evidence was presented. There is simply no tie between Hansmeier and the issues raised within the court's order to show case. And the court should limit the inferences that it draws about Hansmeier's culpability for the actions of a third-party attorney, like Gibbs, who was neither employed nor supervised by Hansmeier in connection with this matterHe further tries to get out of the whole Alan Cooper issue by again noting that he, Paul Hansmeier, had nothing to do with Alan Cooper or in getting Alan Cooper to sign on as a representative of the various shell companies. This is a little bit of throwing Steele under the bus, though not as far as he throws Gibbs. Also, he tiptoes around the question of whether or not the Alan Cooper who showed up in court is "Alan Cooper" who was a corporate representative of the shells. Such tapdancing is unlikely to go over well with an angry judge who already thinks you're bullshitting him.
Basically, Hansmeier tries to present himself as just some random guy whom the court dragged into this case based on nothing. Given how much evidence has been presented suggesting that Hansmeier was deeply involved in these cases, including statements from Gibbs about how he was something of a puppet for Steele and Hansmeier, this isn't likely to go over well. Because Hansmeier insists that he had nothing to do with Gibbs, it might be helpful to go back to Gibbs' testimony from March 11th.
Q And who did you understand were the decision makers of Steele Hansmeier?Given that, Hansmeier's filing here is less than believable. Either way, it looks clear that Hansmeier is trying to dump all the responsibility on others, mainly Gibbs, when Gibbs has already said that Hansmeier basically was his puppet master. At some point, you'd have to expect that Gibbs is going to realize he gains nothing by protecting Hansmeier and Steele any more.
A John Steele and Paul Hansmeier.
Q When you were an of counsel to Steele Hansmeier, who supervised you?
A John Steele and Paul Hansmeier.
Q Did you have periodic meetings while at Steele Hansmeier to discuss cases?
A Yes, we did.
Q And were those weekly meetings?
A Yes. Sometimes they would be sending the schedule, but, yes, mostly weekly meetings.
Q Who participated in those meetings?
A John and Paul would call me, and they would hold a weekly meeting.
Q And were you supervised at Prenda Law?
A Yes, I was.
Q Who were you supervised by?
A Paul Hansmeier and John Steele.
Q Were you supervised by Paul Duffy?
A No.
Q And when you say supervised, could you just describe what you mean by that? How did they supervise you?
A Sure. You know, they essentially were the ones that would initiate cases. By that, I mean, they would tell me they wanted to file certain cases in California, for instance, and they would instruct me to go ahead and file those. And they would give me the authority to do so. I would be told what cases we are looking at and how many cases we are talking about, and then I would file the cases. And they would give me general guidelines on what to do and sometimes the cases would be settled by John as was pointed out earlier, and sometimes they gave me certain parameters which I could settle the case myself.
Q Did you ever talk to anybody that you understood to be the client, AF Holdings?
A No. The communications were solely through Paul Hansmeier and John Steele.
Q Did you ever talk to anybody who said they were affiliated with Ingenuity 13?
A Well, I mean, aside from Mark Lutz who is the CEO of Ingenuity 13, but aside from that, no. All my communications were straight through Paul Hansmeier and John Steele.
And whose decision was it to dismiss those cases?
A Ultimately, it was John Steele and Paul Hansmeier's decisions. We had talked about it. As counsel of record here, I just kind of broke down like a cost benefit analysis of those cases. And they said, basically, go ahead and dismiss them because -- they said go ahead and dismiss them.
Q When the cases were filed, did you have a discussion with anybody about whether notice of interested parties should be filed?
A I did. Yeah.
Q And who did you have discussions with?
A Mostly Paul Hansmeier. Yes. Mostly Paul Hansmeier but sometimes John Steele, I guess. I don't know. It was a while ago I guess.
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BELLEVILLE, Illinois (AP) — Sabra Blumhorst and Chelsea Baker exchanged wedding vows near their southern Illinois home last November, when Illinois didn't recognize same-sex marriages.
That all changes Sunday.
June 1 marks the day counties must begin issuing same-sex marriage licenses under legislation signed into law late last year.
Gay couples and advocates will be marking the date with blessing ceremonies and group weddings. Several county clerks' offices will offer Sunday hours to issue licenses to those who don't want to wait for Monday morning.
A February federal court ruling in Chicago declared Illinois' original ban unconstitutional, clearing the way for some same-sex couples to marry. Sixteen counties since have been issuing same-sex marriage licenses.


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Originally selected by LA in the first round (fourth overall) of the 2008 MLS SuperDraft, Franklin appeared in 27 games as a rookie en route to becoming the first Galaxy player to win the MLS Rookie of the Year award while also claiming the club's Defender of the Year award. An MLS All-Star in 2011 when he scored a career-best four goals to go along with three assists, Franklin scored five goals and added 20 assists all-time in the regular season as a member of the Galaxy. He set club records in 2012 when he played in all 34 of LA's regular season games, starting 33 of them, while tallying five assists. The five assists were one shy of his career-best of six, which was set in 2010 while his 20 career assists for the club are tied for the ninth-most in Galaxy history.
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In addition to his club career with the Galaxy, Franklin also made one appearance with the U.S. National Team, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1-1 home draw with Chile in January 2011. A native of Palmdale, Calif., Franklin played his college soccer at Cal State Northridge, where he was a three-time All-Big West Conference First Team selection.
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Over 600 Catholic leaders from around the world attended the first ever Divine Renovation Conference (DR16) at Saint Benedict's Parish in Halifax, Canada. The conference is the fruit of the best-selling book 'Divine Renovation: Bringing Your Parish from Maintenance to Mission' by Fr James Mallon, parish priest at Saint Benedict's. The book has sold more than 30,000 copies in English, French and Spanish since it was published in August 2014.
Among the guest speakers who joined Fr James Mallon and the team at Saint Benedict's, to explore how a parish can become what Pope Francis describes as a 'community of missionary disciples', were Peter Herbeck of Renewal Ministries, Rick Fersch from the Archdiocese of Seattle, Patrick Lencioni, business author and founder of Amazing Parish.
Also speaking were Nicky and Sila Lee, founders of The Marriage Courses, who talked about their passion to turn the tide on marriage and family life and the role of the local parish in this mission. Listen to Nicky and Sila Lee's full interview here.
The conference was an excellent opportunity to learn from and be immersed in the experience of Saint Benedict's, which has become a genuinely evangelising community that brings people into an encounter with Jesus through a well-developed discipleship process. Fr James calls this process of discipleship the 'Game Plan.'
The Game Plan has seven key ingredients:
1. Invitational Church
The starting point is to become an 'Invitational Church'; which is not a programme but both an attitude towards those outside the Church and a parish culture. Saint Benedict's measures 'success' not by the number that show up but by the number of invitations that are made by parishioners, recognising that the responsibility of the parish lies in the invitation being made, not the response.
2. Alpha
Fr James describes Alpha as the 'pump'; Saint Benedict's primary evangelising tool that introduces people to the life of discipleship:
'At Alpha, people hear the Gospel in a fresh way, they often encounter Jesus, experience the Holy Spirit and are welcomed into an experience of Christian community like no other. We have found that Alpha is the best first step for people who have been away from church or have had little to no experience of the Christian faith.' Divine Renovation Guide Book.
Daniel Ang, Director of the Office for Evangelisation in the Diocese of Broken Bay, Australia, who attended the conference, commented:
'The emphasis on Alpha as a way of 'on boarding' people into the life of discipleship recognises that the Catholic Mass presumes so much, being as it is worship for the initiated. St Benedict's encourages all who wish to be part of the parish to take Alpha. The Alpha process provides an experience of hospitality and community life, exposure to the kerygma and group discussion that is welcoming of both newcomers and more established Catholics, recognising that people seek to belong before they believe and behave, and forms the primary evangelising tool at St Benedict's Parish.'
Saint Benedict's uses Alpha not only to initiate the journey of discipleship but also to develop lay leaders. It also forms part of their RCIA process and is an element of their marriage preparation for couples.
3. Alpha Team
Following Alpha, guests are invited to come back as members of the team (the 'A' arrowhead) on the next Alpha. Saint Benedict's aims to have 50% of first time team members on every Alpha and to move those who have already served on the Alpha team to other ministries, thereby creating a continuous leadership pipeline. No one can serve on Alpha for more than 2 years, creating space for new leaders to grow.
4. Connect Groups
Ron Huntley, Director of Pastoral Ministries at Saint Benedict's, explains that 'Connect Groups are where Alpha alumni go to connect and to grow'. Connect Groups (the circle of dots) are small to mid-size groups (around 20-30 people) that retain the key ingredients of Alpha such as eating a meal together, praise and worship, a talk by a member of the Connect Group, and prayer for one another. The groups, each led by four leaders, meet fortnightly in the homes of parishioners and their primary focus is to build community. This is how the parish ensures that all parishioners are known individually, loved, nurtured and taken care of. Members of connect groups are expected to have attended Alpha before joining the group.
The most trusted leaders within the parish are invited to pastor the Connect Groups and the parish leadership team prioritises investing in these leaders.
5. Ministry
Any parishioner can take part in ministry, which is symbolized by a heart with a dot in the middle. Saint Benedict's intention is that every parishioner is involved in at least one ministry. Connect Group leaders help identify parishioners' gifts and talents and encourage and support their current ministry or to join one if they haven't done so.
6. Discipleship Groups
Parishioners are also invited to get involved in Discipleship Groups that are focused on learning content, such as catechesis and Bible studies. Fr James explains that 'unlike Connect Groups, they are temporary, only meeting to do a particular programme with no expectation beyond that.' Parishioners are free to choose any programme approved by the parish and are expected to engage in one faith development programme each year.
7. Worship
The final icon represents worship; in particular, the Eucharist. Fr James says:
It is our conviction that it is only when the fullness of the Christian life is being lived with some kind of involvement in these other aspects that the Eucharist has its proper place as the 'source and the summit of the Christian life', as the Second Vatican Council said. When we are evangelized and in a discipleship process, seeing, experiencing and serving community, worship, especially the Mass, will come to life.
Saint Benedict's offers a variety of styles of music during the Sunday Masses, including contemporary, traditional and contemporary choir.
Fr James's vision is that more and more parishes will begin to develop a Game Plan of their own following the conference. Therein lies the challenge. What steps can you make to help your parish develop a game plan for mission in your area?
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There is little argument nowadays over the importance of cybersecurity within the federal government. Nevertheless, chief information security officers rarely have all the funding they need for the products and services necessary to provide mature cybersecurity programs.
Consequently, CISOs must develop strategies to cope with limited, or even reduced, funding in the face of evolving threats and continuing regulatory and legislative mandates. CISOs should consider the following approaches for keeping agency information secure when resources are tight.
(Listen to an (ISC)2 podcast on doing more with less here.)
1. Increase efficiency.
Declining resources bring the need to increase efficiency in security processes sharply into focus. The CISO should strive to develop and document processes such as reporting under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), Plan of Action and Milestones tracking, vulnerability scanning and controls testing to maximize efficient performance. This could save money through automation, which can reduce the labor involved in task completion, or allow you to employ less-skilled personnel. Obviously, integration of security-related processes into the system development life cycle is another highly effective way to efficiently implement security. Additionally, increasing the efficiency of processes may permit modification of existing services and contracts to permit their performance by less-skilled, but more affordable, personnel.
2. Educate yourself on the budget process.
The CISO will be well served to have a ready knowledge of the budget formulation process and schedule, and employ trained personnel to monitor and track budget submissions. The ability to respond on short notice to funding opportunities as they arise is of paramount importance, especially at the end of the fiscal year. The CISO should strive to establish a close working relationship with the chief financial officer and the CIO to ensure that cybersecurity funding requirements and priorities are both articulated and understood.
3. Evaluate the budget.
When funding is tight, the CISO must review his or her cybersecurity program budget from the perspective of the agency mission and strategic plan using risk management principles. This will ensure the budget is used to procure products and services that support mission-critical efforts. The CISO must scrub the existing budget to validate each of his or her initiatives and each purchase according to cybersecurity program priorities, and know how each dollar helps achieve those objectives.
4. Plan for funding shortfalls.
Irrespective of the urgency or criticality of agency cybersecurity requirements, the CISO must adhere to the agency's budget formulation cycle. In other words, funding is not always available when it is most needed. Consequently, the CISO must document and prioritize unfunded requirements as a contingency when funding becomes available. The CISO should also understand that the CFO will require assurance of expedited obligation of this type of funding.
5. Consider funding alternatives.
The information security function in government agencies provides services to its customers in the form of compliance and oversight activities, controls assessments and testing, planning services, vulnerability scanning and the like. When funding is at a premium, CISOs might consider cost reimbursement for any services they render to system owners and their other customers. The CISO can remind system owners of the provisions of FISMA and their responsibility for securing the information systems they own. Additionally, it may be possible to convince managers of other organizational elements to provide funding for particular cybersecurity needs. Necessary security solutions that support the enterprise may belong to the IT operations organization, which might be persuaded to assume responsibility for their purchase and implementation.
6. Emphasize common controls.
The CISO should seek to maximize the use of common controls such as secure configurations for all IT items purchased before deployment across the agency to reduce implementation costs, as well as to reduce the time and effort required for their documentation, monitoring and assessment for effectiveness.
7. Engage management.
Effective management support is crucial in a tight budget environment. The CISO must ensure that the agency head, CIO and other senior executives are aware of the impact of limited funding on the cybersecurity program and, in particular, how it will affect the management of risks to agency information and information systems. From the CISOs' perspective, there is always much to be done to develop, implement and maintain an enterprise information risk management program — and they must do everything in their power to ensure that senior management perception of risks matches their own.
8. Retain cybersecurity personnel.
Because reduced budgets are often accompanied by hiring freezes, CISOs must work hard to retain cybersecurity professionals who may be tempted to seek employment elsewhere. Alternative work schedules and work locations, including telework from other geographical regions, should be considered to enhance employee job satisfaction. Additionally, CISOs could benefit from personnel assigned to other agency offices by means of details and informal rotational assignments. If hiring is restricted, the use of contractor personnel to fill vacancies can also help the CISO maintain critical capabilities.
Today, operating with constrained resources has become a way of life for government CISOs. No matter how important cybersecurity is to an organization, consistent management support is not guaranteed, and prior-year budget levels cannot be assumed. CISOs must prepare themselves for doing more with less in the face of increasing cyber threats through the application of practical approaches within an enterprise information risk management framework.
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Sun and fun at beach volley festival in Russia
St. Petersburg, Russia, July 9, 2013 – Russia recently held a beach volley festival on the shores of the Gulf of Finland, with participants ranging from 10 to 92 years of age.
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ABS-CBN has released the full trailer of upcoming teleserye Mira Bella starring Julia Barretto, Enrique Gil and Sam Concepcion. The said trailer shows how Julia's character got her wooden complexion and how she was treated differently.
Mira Bella also stars Pokwang, John 'Sweet' Lapus, Mika dela Cruz, Gloria Diaz, James Blanco, Mylene Dizon and with the special participation of Dimples Romana. Directed by Jerome Pobocan, Erick Salud, and Jojo Saguin, Mira Bella premieres March 24 on ABS-CBN Primetime Bida repalcing Annaliza.
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From daily commuter to desert hauler, our long-term Tacoma continues to excel
The last time we checked in with our long-term Tacoma (March '06), we had just passed the 12,000-mile mark and were still waxing enthusiastic over our tester's versatile nature. Now, nine months and hundreds of off-pavement miles later, we're still pleased with our Toyota's unbeatable combination of on-road refinement, good trail manners, and overall user-friendliness. And we are definitely true believers in the TRD Off-Road package, which gives you skidplates and tow hooks, a rear locking diff, a Class IV hitch, 115V bed-mounted power point, Bilstein shocks, and P265 BFGoodrich Rugged Trail tires on 16-inch alloys. The option adds $3,700 to the sticker, but if you're looking to optimize this truck's performance straight from the factory, it's worth every cent in our book.
Gripes over the Tacoma are few and far between, and mostly focus on hard-to-find shift gates on the six-speed, slightly spongy (and cramped) clutch engagement, and a relatively low ride height-to-hood height proportioning which some testers feel inhibits forward visibility. One gripe not heard--and likely never to be heard--concerns overall build integrity. Toyota trucks haven't developed their industry-leading reputation for stoutness and reliability by accident, and our test truck has been no exception. Save three routine dealer services, our Tacoma has stayed as tightly buttoned down as it was when we first took possession, despite our best attempts to loosen every bolt and bushing on repeated flogs over rocky trails, desert dry washes, and those pesky highway expansion joints.
We've piled up fewer miles on our Tacoma in the most recent test period, putting it through more daily-driver paces than trail duty of late. This helps to explain the slight uptick in mileage we've noticed since our last report. Still, with overall mileage below 16 mpg for the term, we have to say that we'd like to see Toyota offer a hybrid option for this truck in the near future. And yes, we know that hybrids aren't really feasible for four-wheeling for a variety of reasons, mostly revolving around the current state (pun intended) of battery technology and its ability--or lack of same, more accurately--to deliver usable low-end torque to the rear wheels for extended periods of time. But for those Tacoma owners--a majority, we suspect--who will seldom if ever venture off-pavement, and who will likely never subject their trucks to any harder use than hauling a few hundred pounds of garden supplies once or twice a month, we think a hybrid option would be a great fit for this truck. We'll conclude our long-term evaluation in a couple of months.
Previous reports: Nov. '05, March '06
Base price: $23,870
Price as tested: $29,450
Four-wheel-drive system: VF2A electronic part-time two-speed
Miles to date: 15,929
Miles since last report: 3,166
Average mpg (this report): 15.71
Test Best tank (mpg): 18.8
Test Worst tank (mpg): 12.4 (towing)
15,000-mile service: Oil change and tire rotation
Cost: $165.76
Problem areas: None
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Not: Vague-shifting transmission with stubborn Reverse gear; claustrophobic clutch layout; slightly mushy road feel; so-so mileage
* "17,000 miles and still tight--no squeaks or rattles."
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Stanton currently represents District 6 on the Phoenix City Council, a position he has held since 2000. On the Council, Stanton has been a strong advocate for public safety, child welfare, education and economic development.
"It is a pleasure to welcome Greg Stanton to the Attorney General's Office," Goddard said. "Throughout his career, Greg has demonstrated his commitment to protecting children, fighting illegal drugs and gangs and ensuring Arizona families are treated fairly. He will continue fighting for these values as part of the AG team."
Stanton's accomplishments on the council include chairing the successful 2003 Phoenix General Plan Campaign, serving as lead councilman in the successful effort to make Phoenix the headquarters of the International Genomics Consortium and the creation and development of the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), a leading genomics research facility.
Before and during his service on the Phoenix City Council, Stanton has practiced law in the Valley for 13 years. He brings to the Attorney General's Office expertise in the areas of education law, employment law and litigation.
Stanton graduated from the University of Michigan Law School and has an undergraduate degree in political science and history from Marquette University. Stanton's wife, Nicole, is an attorney in Phoenix. They have a toddler son, Trevor.
"Terry is a leader I have long admired. We have worked together closely on key law enforcement programs, including Internet safety and street crime prevention. I am proud to join the Attorney General's Office and take part in its important law enforcement mission," Stanton said.
Stanton will remain on the Phoenix Council through the city's budget process, which is scheduled to conclude on February 3 with the approval of the city's revised 2008-2009 budget.
Stanton is filling a position that will be vacated by David Gass, who will begin his service as a Maricopa County Superior Court judge on February 15.
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Freshman Travis Watts led the Gauchos (7-7 overall, 0-1 MPSF) with a pair of goals, both in the first quarter. Senior Jarrod Muenter, sophomore Coulson Lantz, and freshman Miles Price also found the back of the net for the Gauchos. Goalkeeper James Street recorded nine saves. Lantz's goal was his team-leading twenty-second of the season. With his two goals against Irvine, Watts now has seven on the year.
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Game #157: Jays at O's pregame
Toronto (79-77) at Baltimore (67-89)
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Today's lineups:
Reed Johnson, RF
Hector Luna, 3B
Alex Rios, CF
Frank Thomas, DH
Aaron Hill, 2B
Gregg Zaun, C
Curtis Thigpen, 1B
Adam Lind, LF
John McDonald, SS
PITCHING: RHP A.J. Burnett (9-7, 3.40 ERA)
Brian Roberts, 2B
Melvin Mora, 3B
Nick Markakis, RF
Miguel Tejada, SS
Kevin Millar, 1B
Aubrey Hugg, DH
Ramon Hernandez, C
Freddie Bynum, LF
Tike Redman, CF
PITCHING: LHP Brian Burres (6-6, 5.27 ERA)
NOTES: Who knew I had so much influence in baseball decisions? The other day, I asked Jays manager John Gibbons if he knew rookie Josh Banks was from Baltimore. "Oh yeah?" he responded. "That's good to know." And what do you know, Gibby said today that Banks will indeed get the nod to start for Toronto on Thursday here in Baltimore. Banks said he will have in the neighborhood of 500 family and friends making the trek to Camden Yards. The way the O's have been drawing lately, that just might double the attendance. … 1B Lyle Overbay had surgery to remove four pins from his ailing right hand in Baltimore and Dr. Thomas Graham found a lot of scar tissue in the Jays' first baseman's hand. The club said the operation to clean up the hand went well. … CF Vernon Wells was also scheduled to have an operation to remove a cyst and repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder on Tuesday. Prior to the game, the club had no updates on the surgery. … Gibbons said that SS John McDonald does have a sports hernia and he will have surgery to fix the issue after the season. It's not a serious injury and McDonald was still in the lineup. … Banks, David Smith, Josh Kreuzer, Travis Snider, Brett Cecil, Johermyn Chavez, Welington Ramirez and Yensy Perez each were awarded a Webster Award this season — the organization's accololade for the top player at each minor league level.
BREAKING EVEN…Toronto needs to post a 3-3 record over its final six games to finish the season above .500.
entering Tuesday
1. Boston 92-64 (–)
2. New York 90-66 (2)
entering Tuesday
1. New York 90-66 (–)
2. Detroit 85-72 (5.5)
entering Tuesday
1. Cleveland 92-63 (–)
2. Boston 92-64 (0.5)
2. Los Angeles 92-65 (1)
4. New York 90-66 (2.5)
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Thank you for the info Jordan . Please keep us informed about Wells , when you hear something…. good luck Jays
Congratulations to all the minor league players
One surprise in the Webster Awards and that's Yohermyn Cavez who played with the Gulf Coast Jays. He was one of the GC Jays best hitters, but only ranked in the league top 15 with so-so numbers.
I expected the award would go to either James Dougher or Brian Letko, both pitchers for the same team, who lead the Gulf Coast League in era (1.50 & 1.56) and whip (0.98 & 0.88).
Looks like we finally have some speedsters in the system with Welington Ramirez (26 SB) and Yensey Perez (28 SB).
Garry don't get your hopes up-the two speedsters are in the DSL, so they're a long ways away. lol
It's hard to believe that from all the starting eight position players, the only two not getting surgery this year are Hill and Rios. Knock on wood for Hill and Rios.
So with the 5 pitchers (Doc, Marcum, Ryan, Chachin & Romero), and counting two for Overbay, we now have had 14 player surgical procedures. We should negotiate a team discount. lol
Jordan-that must be a record.
Thomas in the booth should be good soft spoken and smart.
In a game that means nouthing the Os put their best team on the field????
Jordan good luck in the playoffs at least you made it.
As for Abner no praise from me he is not a good manager and never will be,bosox is just trying to make himself look good on the Abner matter if he likes him so much he can have him,Remember we never made it and Abner was the manager [HOW SOON WE FORGET].
Lets trade Abner for Francona
Hate the gum chewin fool but would be a big upgrade.
well at least he doesn't chew tobacco lol
hear hear.
pigpen MVP lol.
How many times has Zaun got caught in a bad base running move lately-seems like every game.
Hey, Thigpen is a good hitter, we just needed to play him
well, thats gotta be the best at bat for Reid in maybe 5-10 games-took 10 pitches. Actually maybe it's the only quality at bat in that timeframe. lol
Luna throws out tehada and the tsn announser gives the credit to lind DUH.
SMACK says frank.
Well da big hurt just did da big hurt
gsumner do you think Burnett likes this lol,
we were overdue to beat Burres, the last time he faced us we got no runs off of him and lost.
I'm sure Ace likes it, it'd be nice to see him keep focused and go deep though to give the bullpen a break.
I think Ace has grown a lot this year,What do the rest of you think.
In Birmingham, Ala., arm specialist Dr. James Andrews went to work on Wells' left shoulder. Andrews repaired a torn labrum in the outfielder's arm, but did not remove the cyst that had developed. A team official said Andrews didn't want to remove the cyst due to its close proximity to a nerve in Wells' shoulder.
According to the team official, though, the cyst was not related to the torn labrum, which Andrews believes was the primary source of Wells' discomfort. Wells should be able to begin swinging a bat in three months and the Blue Jays believe he'll be healthy and ready to go by the time Spring Training rolls around.
I'm not sure that's good news on Wells, I just don't like the sound lof that.
Jordan, is there any idea how long the cyst has been there?
A-Rod hits a grand slam in Tampa. Yanks 5-TB-0
Glad he waited a few days. lol
Whats up with Ace.
I don't think a cyst is a big deal but being to close to a nerve might be a big problem.
Burnett looks like he is in another world tonight,maybe what happend at home????.
bases loaded no outs only one run not good.
I think i'm talking to myself.
I think Burnett tried to make too many of them hitters and got hurt
That's the burnett we know.
I dont know-that cyst news just didn't sound good to me
I think the Ansrberg chat did the trick
Hey Hill just tied Alomar's record for HR's by a Jays 2nd baseman with 17. Hes already got the Doubles record.
Congratulations Aaron
Hill has been on a tear in September, I thin k he's hitting close to .400 for the month
Too bad Baltimore is replacing Rocky Cherry-he was rather tasty for our guys. lol
Hill is better than Alomar and he will prove it in the years to come.
It might be a good time to bring in Towers-he should be able to hold a 8 run lead for 3 innings.
Maybe yes maybe no lol.
I agree with you on Hill. It's going to be a dog fight in the AL East beteen Hill, Cano and Pedrolia. But I do think Hill will win most years.
lol Tampa bay just hit a grand slam TB6-Yanks 5
Why is Burnett still in there?
Why leave Ace in the game means nothing.
It would have been a perfect time to bring in Towers-why leave Ace out there
Abner is to late Ace leaves with a bad feeling in his gut,If he put someone in for the 7th he could have said we have a big lead have a rest you earned it and Ace is happy.
Abner is brilliant in how he handles pitchers isn't he.
Burns Burnett for an inning, Wolfe and now Frasor all with a 7 run lead.
Towers could have gone 3, maybe given up a few runs and saved the pen.
Brilliant-just brilliant


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DIANA BOGGIA: Mom worries about her child's anxieties - Dear Diana: I have a 5-year-old daughter with some speech and mild developmental delays, as well as an extreme immune deficiency where she becomes very ill, very often. She is finally getting comfortable with our regular trips to the hospital whenever she gets sick. My concern is that, wherever we are, she has total screaming temper tantrum if I leave her. She has anxiety over rain and lightning, she won't go down a slide, she is afraid of bugs, and the list goes on. By Diana Boggia, Canton, Ohio.
STAY TUNED: 'Falling Skies' is appealing science fiction - The aliens in TNT's new science fiction drama "Falling Skies" are a version of little green men — and by men I mean creatures with "Predator"-style faces and the bodies and legs of giant spiders. With no communication or negotiation, they descend upon the planet with robot enforcers, kill most of the adults and enslave many of the children by fusing a worm-like harness to their spines. We learn about their attack from the crayon drawings of the kids who have so far avoided capture. By Melissa Crawley, GHNS columnist.
U2: Marilyn Lynch: U2 makes you believe - Surrounded by other fans at a U2 concert, cynicism melts away and you want to change the world. By Marilyn Lynch, Springfield, Ill.
ANOTHER EARTH: 'Another Earth' creators are self-taught filmmakers - How many economics majors from Georgetown does it take to make an award-winning Sundance film? The answer is two – Brit Marling and Mike Cahill. They learned the craft by studying screenwriting books. By Dana Barbuto, The Patriot Ledger.
NEW MOVIES: 'The Smurfs,' 'Crazy, Stupid, Love' and more -- A passel of little blue creatures from an alternative, cartoon universe are transported to New York's Central Park by the evil wizard Gargamel. The Patriot Ledger (Mass.)
*This column was formerly called Sneak Preview.
'CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE': Carell, Gosling have good vibrations in 'Crazy, Stupid, Love' -- "There must have been 500 different titles pitched for this movie. 'Wingman' was one. But see, I don't think the movie was about a wingman. I felt like that's sort of the title the studio would have wanted. It's real kind of on the nose," said Steve Carell. "But that's not what this movie is about." By Dana Barbuto/ Patriot Ledger (Mass.)
STEVE CARELL INTERVIEW: Steve Carell thriving on screen and off -- In real life, however, Steve Carell is seemingly ordinary and humble, nothing like that dynamic comedian on screen. "I'm a little more shy in person than people necessarily expect me to be. I don't tend to be 'on' all the time," Carell said. Dana Barbuto/ Patriot Ledger (Mass.)
GRANLUND CARTOON: U.S. obesity and Africa famine. By Dave Granlund, GHNS cartoonist.
GRANLUND CARTOON: Wind generator. By Dave Granlund, GHNS cartoonist.
BRITT CARTOON: The debt ceiling - how we got here. By Chris Britt, Springfield, Ill.
EDITORIAL: Beware extremists of every twisted stripe - As details leak out about the massacre in Norway that left a body count of more than 70, most of them young people, the message is again heartbreakingly confirmed: Beware extremists, of all stripes. By Peoria, Ill.
EDITORIAL: No excuse for games on debt - As the political game of chicken continues in Washington over how to raise the nation's debt ceiling, even Wall Street's protective shell of cynicism – oh, it's game, and they'll work it out at the last minute – is starting to crack. By Independence, Mo.
BARRY GREENFIELD: How Congress could learn from local government - As I watch Cantor, Boehner, Obama, Reid and McConnell embarrass themselves over the debt-ceiling melodrama, I can't help but think if they just came to one selectmen meeting here in Swampscott, Mass., they'd finally understand how laughable the federal government has become. By Barry Greenfield, GHNS columnist.
BIZ BITS: Effective ways to manage stress in the workplace - Weekly business rail, with tips on managing stress at work, a BBB warning about air conditioning scams and more. By GHNS.
* Localization tip: You could include a weekly tax tip from a local expert, have a business-related Q&A with a local expert or do a "business of the week" feature in which you highlight a local business.
DIAMOND DIRT: Time to grow up, Colby Rasmus - Note to Colby Rasmus: Father may know best, but Tony La Russa knows better. If Colby was smart, which he clearly isn't, he would have had his dad back off. Dads are great for getting baseball advice, but they shouldn't push the envelope like Tony Rasmus did in St. Louis. By Dominic Genetti, Hannibal, Mo.
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External Audit Manager/Senior Manager, Corporates
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At KPMG in the UK, we continue to transform audit to help unlock value for our clients. We're leading the debate on the future shape of corporate reporting through our Restoring Trust initiative. And we're raising the bar for audit quality. How? By leveraging our advanced technology and data analytics to interpret ever-greater quantities of information. By drawing on the natural curiosity and inquisitive minds of our highly-skilled people to provide deeper and more robust client insights.
But technology is meaningless without the talent to drive it. So we're investing in our extraordinary people like never before. We're giving them challenges that will fuel their ambitions, digital tools to further enhance the quality of their work and the scope they need to innovate – to help us redefine how audit is delivered.
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As external auditors, our job is fundamentally to underpin trust. We play a key role in providing the confidence that business and society needs, whether that's supporting investment decisions in the capital markets, providing clarity over the governance of public sector expenditure or facilitating the development of small to large enterprises. Audit and assurance are essential to the effective allocation of capital around the globe – capital that powers growth, the creation of jobs, prosperity and innovation. In that sense, our work touches almost everybody and we now have opportunities for qualified professionals nationwide to work on clients across diverse industry sectors.
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It's no secret that securing clean, potable water in many parts of the world is difficult. The United Nations estimates that as many as 783 million people struggle with it every day.
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Katharine Brown has been gardening all her life, growing up in Colorado (with its short growing season); later, working in a nursery in New Hampshire; and then, after moving to Oregon Township, Wayne County, PA, turning her yard into a large and ever-expanding flower garden. Her personal passion for growing flowers now flourishes as a successful small business—selling cut flowers; making arrangements and bouquets for all occasions; and offering consulting on garden design, plus helping with installation and construction. It's part of a larger business named Fox Hill Farm Experience, Inc. in which she and her husband, George Brown, raise beef cattle and occasionally welcome tourists to their farm. Katharine's sense of design has made her talents much in demand.
Recently, we sat down with Katharine Brown to hear her story and to learn what we could about flowers.
An interview with JANE BOLLINGER
Personal story
Q: How did it come about that you turned your yard over to flowers?
A: Ten years ago George and I bought the farm from my father-in-law. It was a complete blank slate—three maple trees, a rundown shack, a garage and a house. That was it. Having gardened all my life—which sounds crazy because I'm from Colorado, where there's a three-month growing season—I thought, now is the chance for me to garden. So, every season, I put in a new bed.
One weekend George was out of town, and I purchased a tractor because it was 0% APR financing. Also, I had a neighbor who had manure. For me, those were the key ingredients: a tractor and good manure.
After our two children were born, I took time off from teaching, but I couldn't sit still, and I started doing bouquets from the garden. People started asking me to help with their gardens. Then, I started doing the farmers' market. It just kept building.
Now, people call me for bouquets for birthdays and other special occasions. I'm doing more weddings—it's really fun to be part of that couple's happy day. Finally, I'm doing quite a bit of garden design.
Q: How did the business come about? Did you sit down and write a business plan?
A: I did. My husband, George, has a master's degree in business, and he's not one to let me just go off willy-nilly, although I try. We even incorporated—it's Fox Hill Farm Experience, Incorporated now.
Q: When you first started your gardens, was there a design plan?
A: (Laughing) No. The truth is I would just look at an area and think, "What should I do there?" [At the beginning], I did some very shoddy rock wall jobs; any person who looks at them, they probably think, "Oh, boy. That's a very unfortunate wall." But it does hold the flower beds in place.
Q: In your garden, do you try to follow natural growing practices?
A: Yes. One thing that I'm trying to put in practice at the farm is permaculture, and as much as I can in other people's gardens. I never force it on anyone. There's a sense that we need to be thinking beyond just pretty.
Q: Do you dry flowers?
A: I do, but not too much. I dry straw flowers, which are fun, and I dry alliums—not for the color, but for the shape; I think they're really cool.
Q: One thing that I heard about you is that you forage. What do you forage?
A: Well, I try not to do anything illegal (laughing), but I love to forage for winterberries. And ferns. I just cut them; I don't dig them up. Wonderful barks that have fallen on the ground. Hemlocks are great, but now they have Hemlock Wooly Adelgid, so you have to watch out. I forage more in the fall and winter. I look around for weird things—not weird, but just different—like the Harry Lauder's Walking Stick, [a shrub] that has crazy, curlicue branches.
Advice to gardeners
Q: What advice do you have for somebody who's planning a garden?
A: One thing I say is, "Sit in your house, or on your porch; look out your windows." Where do you enjoy spending time? Those are the areas to develop. A lot of times, people build their gardens hugging the house, where you can't see them if you're sitting inside, and often, the shrubs then eat your house, literally and figuratively. We have six months of growing season here, but we have a long six months of sitting inside looking out. Gardens can be interesting through more than just one or two seasons.
Q: Do you choose a mix of annuals and perennials, do you include shrubs and trees, a little of everything?
A: A little of everything is the key. And try to think of things that wildlife would enjoy, too. Like winterberry, for example; it's got a gorgeous berry, but the birds enjoy it, too, and you look at it in winter. That's where I would have changed things; initially, I started out all perennials, and it's gone from that to shrubs and trees that are more a four-season interest, and a lot less maintenance.
Q: What recommendations do you have for those who want to teach themselves?
A: Reading garden magazines is one way to start. Also, pay attention in someone else's yard. What do you like? Take notes, or take a picture. A lot of times, people will go to Agway, or wherever, and buy [plants] in full bloom, and think, "Oh, this is so pretty." Then, they plant it, and it's never the same because it's not the right space or…
So, really look at things and plan and ask before you put it into practice.
Q: Are there plants that are too hard for beginners? Like, "Don't do roses because they're very tricky," or, "Don't do dahlias because you have to dig them up and take them inside in the winter."
A: I think my advice is to start container gardening. Do raised beds, whisky barrels, pots everywhere, and just start experimenting. You can do herbs and perennials and even shrubs in containers.
Yes, roses are a little bit more high maintenance; dahlias are a little bit more high maintenance. There are certain ground covers that people buy that look pretty, and you plant it, and it completely takes over. I've lost entire beds to goute weed. So, watch if it says "ground cover."
But, really my advice is just go for it. And before you know it, you're addicted, and you might have to figure out how to make a business out of it because you're spending too much money on plants (laughs), and you realize this can't be a hobby any more.
Cut flowers and DIY arrangements
Q: Let's talk about cut flowers. What does bringing cut flowers indoors bring into a home?
A: The first thing is bringing color inside your home, and life. You've worked so hard, so now make it a conversation piece, or that extra at a dinner party, or even if it's just for you. A gorgeous bouquet can be as simple as dandelions or daisies. You can put a bouquet in any container; it doesn't have to be a vase. It can be teapot; it can be a bowl with a frog at the bottom. Use what you have. That makes it kind of an artwork.
Q: Are there some fundamental rules for making a more attractive flower arrangement?
A: One rule I try to follow, although not always, is to make the height of the arrangement one and a half times the height of the container, to make it really full. Having said that, sometimes you want to do something different. And it looks better to have odd numbers of flowers in a bouquet. Also, I like asymmetrical bouquets. It's not everyone's cup of tea. Some people like that [balanced look].
Q: So, the highest point isn't in the middle?
A: Exactly! The highest point doesn't have to be in the middle. And let the plants that you're using help dictate that. If you're using peonies, for example, you could do more of a uniform shape, but if you've got delphiniums and peonies and tulips, let them naturally drape; look at the way they are in nature and kind of follow that.
Final advice
Q: Do you have favorite flowers?
A: Wow, that's a hard one.
Q: You just love them all, right?
A: (Laughing) It's true. But there are some that, en masse, just make more of a statement. And that's another piece of advice; something like a Marguerite Daisy, for example, looks so much better when there's a mass of it—a billowing cloud of it. So, instead of one plant, plant five, so there will be plenty to cut to bring inside.
Recently, there's one plant that I really fell in love with. It's called Rudbeckia maximillian, and it gets to be seven feet tall. It's this spire jutting out of the garden. So, amongst this drift of daisies and Russian sage and Echinacea, you have this [really tall plant]. It's like you've created this bouquet right there in your garden.
Q: Is the planting zone [here] different?
A: When I first moved here, it was zone four, and now we can get away with zone five almost, thanks to global warming, not!
Q: How do you keep the critters out?
A: A dog helps. We're always outside, so that also scares them away. And I have been known to shoot a woodchuck. We've never had much of a problem with rabbits, but I have a cat now that's becoming a good hunter. You can still have a pretty garden. You just have to do deer resistance. There's nothing totally deer-proof [though] as everyone who lives around here knows. It's a nightmare for everybody.


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Here is a press release REA recently sent out, about a new online application we're developing for the iPad. What do you think?
New York, NY, November 4, 2011 — Real Estate Arts Inc, a leading real estate-focused branding and marketing agency based in New York, announced today its commitment to revolutionizing the way commercial property asset and investment sales are marketed.
Real Estate Arts (REA) is well known in the commercial real estate investment sales community for transforming the standard Offering Memorandum package from one of a simple pictorial word document to a fully-branded and highly-designed showcase marketing tool. REA's work has won numerous awards for its innovative design, but more importantly has helped brokers and owners of the most prestigious properties command the highest prices per square foot in many markets across the US.
REA President Michael Goodgold said, "As the investment sales market comes back, many of our clients are again looking to us to improve the sales and marketing process. The introduction of tablets and especially the iPAD has given marketers like us a real reason to get excited."
Technology takes the lead in REA's innovative marketing approach, which allows potential acquirers to experience the property's assets through the use of an online application. The tablet opens up new possibilities for the disposition process, blending different types of technology, ranging from video and mapping to interactive informational graphics. Unlike the foregone era, in which prospective buyers learned about properties only through static printed pages, the tablet provides a dynamic experience, with information that can be constantly updated. Furthermore, it organizes all property information in one place, so buyers don't have to jump from various sources—print brochures, websites, or booklets to accomplish their goals.
For the past 15 years, Real Estate Arts has helped owners and their brokers sell some of the most prestigious properties around the world—from luxury hotels and resorts to Class A Office towers and multifamily properties. Goodgold added that REA continues to work with some of the smartest technology minds that have helped develop name brand applications that most people experience daily.
"From a user standpoint our focus is squarely on the experience of the acquisition professional," he said. "Those men and women are constantly looking at deals and want a tool where they can manage the entire process from one easy place."


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