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How Did You Spend Your Summer Vacation?
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What Did You Do on Your Summer Vacation?
Share in the adventures of these weird, wonderful, crazy, or important summer vacations:
I Traveled Around the World
- Introducing Vivien Leigh Reid, by Yvonne Collins & Sandy Rideout. Fifteen-year-old Leigh, is not thrilled to be packed off for a summer in Ireland acting as personal assistant to her self-absorbed film-star mother Annika, but finds consolation in Annika's hunky young co-star, and in her own budding acting career.
- Carpe Diem by Autumn Cornwell - Sixteen-year-old Vassar Spore's detailed plans for the next twenty years of her life are derailed when her bohemian grandmother insists that she join her in Southeast Asia for the summer.
- How to Ruin a Summer Vacation, by Simone Elkeles - Amy, a 16-year-old spoiled American, goes to Israel for summer vacation with a father she barely knows – and a summer she'll never forget.
- Four Things my Geeky-Jock-of-a-Best-Friend Must Do in Europe, by Jane Harrington - Brady writes letters back home to her best friend Delia, telling her of adventures while on a Mediterranean cruise with her mother, including the search for a "code-red Euro-hottie."
- 13 Little Blue Envelopes, by Maureen Johnson - When seventeen-year-old Ginny receives a packet of mysterious envelopes from her favorite aunt, she leaves New Jersey to criss-cross Europe on a sort of scavenger hunt that transforms her life. Also try Girl at Sea by the same author.
- Monsoon Summer, by Mitali Perkins - Secretly in love with her best friend and business partner Steve, fifteen-year-old Jazz must spend the summer away from him when her family goes to India during that country's rainy season to help set up a clinic.
- Spanish Holiday by Kate Cann - After months of planning a summer vacation in Spain with her friends Yaz and Ruth, Laura finds the "perfect getaway" marred by the presence of Ruth's obnoxious boyfriend who insists on sticking to the well-beaten tourist track. Try this author's other "Holiday" books: California Holiday and Grecian Holiday.
I Hung Out with Friends, Went to the Beach, & Fell in Love
- Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson - Three teenaged girls from very different backgrounds, thrown together to pick peaches in a Georgia orchard, spend a summer in pursuit of the right boy, the truest of friends, and the perfect peach. Follow it up with The Secrets of Peaches and Love and Peaches.
- The 3 Willows, by Ann Brashares - From the same author who brought us the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, comes another great summer read. Three girls, in the summer before ninth grade, used to be best friends but now find themselves growing in very different directions. Each will have a summer to remember, in a different setting.
- Maine Squeeze, by Catherine Clark - Colleen Templeton spends a romantic summer before starting college working at Bobb's Lobster, sorting out her feelings for two possible boyfriends, and sharing a house with friends on the tiny Maine island she calls home.
- Summer Boys by Hailey Abbot - Cousins Ella, Beth, and Jamie are at their family's beach house for the summer and first kisses, last dances, new loves, and old flames all add up to one unforgettable summer. Try the sequel: Next Summer.
- The Clique Summer Collection, focusing on the summer experiences of Massie, Dylan, Claire, Kristen, and Alicia.
- The Au Pairs series by Melissa de La Cruz: Au Pairs, Skinny Dipping, and Sun-kissed.
I Had to Get a Summer Job
- Keeping the Moon, by Sarah Dessen - 15-year-old Colie spends the summer working as a waitress in a beachside restaurant, staying with her eccentric Aunt Mira. Also try The Truth About Forever by the same author.
- Acceleration, by Graham McNamee Stuck working in the Lost and Found of the Toronto Transit Authority for the summer, seventeen-year-old Duncan finds the diary of a serial killer and sets out to stop him.
- Dunk, by David Lubar - While hoping to work as the clown in an amusement park dunk tank on the New Jersey shore the summer before his junior year in high school, Chad faces his best friend's serious illness, hassles with police, and the girl that got away.
- My Almost Epic Summer, by Adele Griffin - Stuck babysitting during the summer while her friends take glamorous vacations, fourteen-year-old Irene learns some lessons about life after meeting a beautiful, yet troubled, girl.
- Pool Boy, by Michael Simmons - When his father is arrested for insider trading and his family loses all their money, Brett takes a job as an assistant to a pool cleaner in his former rich neighborhood.
- Full Service, by Will Weaver - In the summer of 1965, teenager Paul Sutton, a northern Minnesota farm boy, takes a job at a gas station in town, where his strict religious upbringing is challenged by new people and experiences.
- The Manny, by Sarah L. Thomson - A sixteen-year-old New Yorker looks forward to his summer job as a manny, or "male nanny," to an affluent couple's four-year-old in the Hamptons.
- Summer Intern, by Carrie Karasyov & Jill Kargman - Kira Parker lands a job as an intern at Skirt, the hottest fashion magazine. Now she has to survive a summer on her own in the city, battling the bratty daughter of the magazine's owner for her dream job … and her dream guy.
I Spent Time with My Family
- The Canning Season, by Polly Horvath - 13-year-old Ratchet spends a summer in Maine with her eccentric great-aunts, hearing strange stories from the past and encountering a variety of unusual and colorful characters.
- The Trap, by Joan Lowery Nixon - 16-year-old Julie has the perfect summer plan, but then gets sent to spend the summer at her great-aunt and uncle's ranch in Texas, where she must solve a mystery.
- The Watsons go to Birmingham, 1963, by Christopher Paul Curtis. - The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
- Harris & Me, by Gary Paulsen - An 11-year-old boy is sent to live with relatives on their farm.
- Armageddon Summer, by Jane Yolen & Bruce Coville - 14-year-old Marina and 16-year-old Jed accompany their parents' religious cult, the Believers, to await the end of the world atop a remote mountain.
The Weirdest Thing Happened…
- L.O.S.T. , by Debbie Federici and Susan Vaught - Pulled from an ordinary life the summer before his senior year in high school, Bren is meets the queen of all witches, who believes that he is destined to help her defeat a terrible evil.
- Summerland, by Michael Chabon - Ethan Feld, the worst baseball player in the history of the game, finds himself recruited by a 100-year-old scout to help a band of fairies triumph over an ancient enemy.
- Gilda Joyce: Psychic Investigator, by Jennifer Allison - During the summer before ninth grade, intrepid Gilda Joyce invites herself to the San Francisco mansion of distant cousin Lester Splinter and his thirteen-year-old daughter, where she uses her purported psychic abilities and detective skills to solve the mystery of the mansion's boarded-up tower.
- Twisted Summer, by Willo Davis Roberts - 14-year-old Cici hopes for a romantic summer at the beach but instead finds herself trying to solve a murder.
- Interstellar Pig, by William Sleator - Barney's boring seaside vacation suddenly becomes more interesting when the cottage next door is occupied by three exotic neighbors who are addicted to a game they call "Interstellar Pig."


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David Killingsworth4000 - 11 2008 / (1)
I would like to have more options and control over event trigger notifications.
We use event trigger to notify us when a database becomes corrupt for example.
If something like a mail.box or log.nsf file becomes corrupt, we get several thousand email messages within just a few minutes ...

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Nov 12th 2012- DataNucleus Access Platform 3.1.3 ("Kepler") is released. DataNucleus Access Platform provides persistence and retrieval of Java objects to/from a wide range of datastores including RDBMS, Neo4j, MongoDB, LDAP, XML, and Excel. Version 3.1.3 includes the following changes over 3.1.2
This release is downloadable under an Apache 2 license from the DataNucleus community site.


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Road To Recovery
Get a ride to cancer treatment
Every day thousands of cancer patients need a ride to treatment, but some may not have a way to get there. The American Cancer Society Road To Recovery program provides transportation to and from treatment for people with cancer who do not have a ride or are unable to drive themselves.
How does the program work?
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Am I eligible?
Patients must be traveling to a cancer-related medical appointment.
Other eligibility requirements may apply. For example, a caregiver may need to accompany a patient who cannot walk without help, or is under age 18. Contact us to find out what is available in your area, and what the specific requirements are.
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What happened to this being Ariel's story?
The first part of Moonless Age was about Ariel, and we got to see the world of the webcomic mostly from her point of view, but it seems like she has dropped off of the map and is no longer relevant. She pops up every now and then, but now we keep focusing on other characters.
When will this be Ariel's story again? Now that she's grown up, I wanna see her cave Snad's stupid face in and save the day!


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I try and eat a well balanced diet that includes almost everything in moderation. Since I am a small business owner myself, I support those local farmers that grow produce in my area with weekly baskets or purchasing from Farmer's Markets. Whenever possible, I choose organic, hormone free food. I am far from a fanatic about this and I don't label my food choices with any of the current monikers; vegan, vegetarian, flexitarian, fruitarian, or any others you can think of. I believe food should nourish and satiate me at the same time. So if I have such a well balanced idea about eating, why am I worried if I slip some French fries into my lunch that cancer will come back to haunt me?
Last week I went to a live music show in LA and since I fought traffic to get there and didn't have time to eat dinner, at midnight when the show let out, I was famished. As I exited the building, there stood an enterprising young man frying some onions and barbequing hot dogs with bacon wrapped around them on a portable grill. Now, I actually don't make a habit out of eating hot dogs and since in my head they are already bad for you, outfitting one in bacon and grilling it over hot coals cannot improve its nutrient content. But being the adventurous girl that I am, I walked over and paid my $4 and even tipped another $1 and bought myself a dog. At least five people came over and told me if they ate meat, they would buy one too as it smelled so good. I wanted another one, but I restrained myself. Truth be told, if I had chewed it more thoroughly, I might have filled up. But from the first gorgeous bite, I devoured the entire thing in less than one full minute.
I know it's not normal, but after having breast cancer twice, you think that maybe there is something you did to CAUSE it. Maybe cancer has it "in" for you or that you tempted fate too many times in college. I recently read an article that stated a "moderate" consumption of pork increases your chances of cancer as well as grilling that pork and/or meat, so here I was worrying that my indulgence was going to come back and haunt me.
This is the part I wish I could erase in my head. I already do a thousand things that PREVENT the recurrence of breast cancer and yet, I got it again. I exercise daily, rarely drink, meditate moderately often, stay away from processed foods (except in this story) and caffeine, take a high quality multivitamin daily and a few other supplements, eat lots of fruits and veggies, drink green juices of all types, but it came back! So why can't I let go the feeling that I caused it? Can you accept that you did nothing to cause your cancer?


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The victim is this case had his credit card taken by a suspect at the Kinko's Fed Ex (650 Orchard Park Rd) West Seneca.
The resident reported finding a bicycle in their yard which
did not belong to them in the Indian Church Rd./ City Line are of the Town of West Seneca in mid August 2012. Upon
review of home security system it was discovered that a W/M possibly teen had dumped a bicycle and stolen a bicycle belonging to another resident of the area .
If you can identify or believe you may know the subject in the video Contact the West Seneca Police Detective Bureua @ 716-674-3154
Crimestopper Case #D49-11-109664
If you can Identify this suspect please Contact: WSPD CrimeStoppers
Crimestoppers West Seneca Police Case#D49-11-116870 larceny hardware store.
2-W/M' entered store multiple expensive tool kits. Larger suspect W/M approx.6'2" has tattoo Rt.Arm. Suspects Left scene in possibly gold/tan toyota camry.09/21/2011
WSPD Anonymous TipLine 716-675-8423
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Detective Lt. Kevin Baranowski
Many times people will start fires to either cover up a crime or to try and recover insurance money on a piece of property. After all major and any suspicious fires have been extinguished by the local fire departments, our Detective Bureau will work with investigators from the Erie County Sheriff's department in trying to ascertain the cause of the fire.
The investigators have been trained through the New York State Fire Academy at Montour Falls New York and receive continual updated training yearly to keep on the cutting edge of this problem. Though most people do not think of the police in the time of a fire, these officers are there to try to identify the circumstances under which the fire started and help the victims recover their insurance claims or to determine a suspicious case where an arrest needs to be made.
1.) Incendiary - Fires that are intentionally and maliciously set
2.) Accidental - Fires caused by non-malicious electrical, mechanical, chemical, nuclear and/or careless means
3.) Undetermined - Fires that may have more than one possible ignition source and therefore cannot prove one definitive source of a single ignition point
4.) Natural - Fires ignited by acts of nature, such as lightning


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Today Show Links Sarah Palin to Giffords Shooting
NBC's Matt Lauer, at the top of Monday's Today show, alerted viewers
that Sarah Palin was being drawn into the Gabrielle Giffords shooting as
he teased an upcoming Andrea Mitchell story this way: "Sarah Palin has
been coming under some criticism. While there is no evidence her
Web site featuring a target on Giffords' district had anything to do
with this attack, some are asking if today's political rhetoric is
inspiring the lunatic fringe?" For her part, Mitchell made sure
to point out "while there is no indication that this suspect was
inspired...by political speech" she then proceeded to devote most of her
story linking Palin to the attack.
In a story entitled, "Crosshairs Controversy, Palin Criticized For 'Targeting Giffords'" Mitchell noted: "The attack has reopened criticism of the way Palin targeted Gabby Giffords and 19 other Democrats in last year's campaign." Mitchell then went on to report that after Giffords' congressional district, along with 20 others, was targeted with crosshairs on a map on Sarah Palin's Web site, "Giffords' Tuscon office was vandalized" and then aired a clip of Giffords slamming Palin.
Mitchell, at the very end of her piece, did eventually get around to highlighting a lefty's attack on Giffords as she reported: "After Giffords was shot a liberal blogger on The Daily Kos took down his recent criticism of Giffords. He had written that she was quote, 'dead to him' for voting against Nancy Pelosi as Democratic leader last week."
The following is the entire Mitchell piece as it was aired on the January 10 Today show:
MEREDITH VIEIRA: This shooting came with the state of our politics seemingly nastier than ever. And rightly or wrongly fingers are being pointed today and one of those coming under criticism is Sarah Palin. NBC's Andrea Mitchell has more on that. Andrea, good morning to you.
[On screen headline: "Crosshairs Controversy, Palin Criticized For 'Targeting' Giffords"]
ANDREA MITCHELL: Good morning, Meredith. Sarah Palin responded to the tragedy in Tucson by offering condolences and prayers on her Facebook page. And while there is no indication that this suspect was inspired, in any way, by political speech the attack has reopened criticism of the way Palin targeted Gabby Giffords and 19 other Democrats in last year's campaign. Sarah Palin went to Gabby Giffords' Tucson district last year and answered critics of her tough, campaign rhetoric.
SARAH PALIN: We know violence isn't the answer. When we take up our arms we're talking about our vote.
MITCHELL: At issue this map, from Palin's Web site, targeting Democrats in 20 congressional districts, including Giffords, illustrated with the iconic crosshairs of a gun sight.
PALIN: But this BS coming from the lamestream media lately, about this, about us inciting violence. Don't let, don't let the conversation be diverted.
MITCHELL: That same week Giffords' Tucson office was vandalized. The Congresswoman then raised the issue of Palin's map with Savannah Guthrie and Chuck Todd on MSNBC.
REP. GABRIELLE GIFFORDS: For example we're on Sarah Palin's targeted list. But the thing is that the way that she has it depicted, has the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district. And when people do that, they've got to realize there's consequences to that action.
MITCHELL: Palin also used gun rhetoric on Twitter last spring, writing "Don't retreat, reload."
PALIN: Don't retreat, reload! And that is not a call for violence.
MITCHELL: But only hours after Saturday's attack Palin's gun sight map suddenly disappeared. Palin's team blamed a contractor for not taking it down sooner, when the election was over. An aide told conservative radio host Tammy Bruce-
REBECCA MANSOUR: Where I come from the person that's actually shooting is the one that's culpable. You know, and we have nothing whatsoever to do with this.
JONATHAN ALTER, NEWSWEEK: I don't think it's fair to connect Sarah Palin to this event, but I do think it's fair to connect Sarah Palin and others on the left and the right to the climate of violence.
MITCHELL: Some Republicans say both sides should dial it back.
KEN DUBERSTEIN, REAGAN WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF: Words have consequences and those consequences can lead to tragedy if you're not careful. You gotta keep everything within bounds.
MITCHELL: In fact, after Giffords was shot a liberal blogger on The Daily Kos took down his recent criticism of Giffords. He had written that she was quote, "dead to him" for voting against Nancy Pelosi as Democratic leader last week. Meredith?
VIEIRA: Alright Andrea Mitchell, thank you very much.
-Geoffrey Dickens is the Senior News Analyst at the Media Research Center. You can follow him on Twitter here


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Season 4 Episode 12 | 19m 11s
Spike Lee's 'Do the Right Thing' gets a modern update as three young Asian-American sneaker fans make their way to buy the dopest new kicks on the market. But as racial tensions among the sneakerheads intensify, Ronny must choose between a pair of shoes and protecting his sister Justine. Written and directed by Jess dela Merced.
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Twelve 4-H quilts and two rag-quilt flags were entered into the Grayson Country Quilters Fourth of July Quilt Show. 4-H quilters ranged in age from 8 to 12 years old.
Connor Montella, age 8, took first place and received a $50 prize. Connor is the son of Todd and Jeri Montella. He completed his quilt as part of a 4-H Family Club led by his mother, and at a two-day 4-H Quilt Camp held in May. Jeri is also a member of the Grayson Country Quilters.
Second Prize of $25 is awarded to Maggie Black, age 8. Maggie is the daughter of Dr. Curtis and Kristen Black. Her 4-H leader is Jeri Montella.
Third prize of $15 went to Amber Marion, age 11, daughter of Paul and Christine Marion. Her teacher is Grandma Gayle Marion, a 4-H leader and a member of the quilt guild.
All adult quilters are invited to start a 4-H Family Club. All 4-H youth quilters are encouraged to enter their quilts and quilting projects at the San Juan County Fair in August.
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Note: After reviewing my Ahnentafel with greater care, I found that Jane Ebrey is No. 23 on my ancestor table while Marianna Stocker is No. 19. See Saturday, September 19, for Ancestor 19.
This week's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun is Ahnentafel Roulette, a game played using your father's age and a quick formula to find a number in your Ahnentafel or ancestry table.
My father was born in 1919 so would have been 90 this year. The figure 90 divided by 4 is 22.5, rounded up to 23. Ancestor 23 is a second-great grandmother on your paternal side.
My Ancestor 23 is Jane Ebrey, born about October 1839 in Prees, Shropshire, England. I say "about" because the many records I have for her show her birth year ranging from 1837 to 1855! I suspect the 1837-1839 period is right, as census records give her age as 14 in 1851 and 22 in 1861.
To date I have not found a birth record for her, either through IGI or FreeBMD. I've even searched the latter for the name Jane in Shropshire, September 1837 through December 1840, hoping for a unique surname spelling, but no luck.
Research by a cousin showed Jane's parents were Thomas Ebrey and Anne, and her uncle was Robert Ebrey, a widower for whom she kept house as we know from the 1861 Census in England. While many records are available about Robert and another uncle, John Gilchrist Ebrey, Jane's father Thomas Ebrey is illusive in the records. There is enough evidence to know these people are her family, but more research is needed!
The happy and romantic story for Jane Ebrey is her marriage to Benjamin Booth in the second quarter of 1866, perhaps in May or June, the same time that her cousin Henry [Robert's son] married Sarah Booth, sister to Benjamin.
Then Benjamin and Jane sailed for America on their honeymoon, according to family lore, coming to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where they established family and career. They had two sons and four daughters including the oldest daughter, Grace, who is my great-grandmother.
Relative Musings: Jane and Benjamin arrived in 1866, just 31 years after the building of Milwaukee had begun in the woods and swamps at a harbor on Lake Michigan and just 20 years after incorporation as a city. Benjamin's carpentry skills played a role in the building of what has become a great city on a Great Lake!
NOTE: What is an Ahnentafel? The word is German for Ancestor table. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahnentafel
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Shields brings high spirits to first official day of camp
Veteran excited about new acquisitions, Royals' potential in upcoming season
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- It was a rather quiet morning in the Royals' clubhouse on Friday. Not much going on -- until James Shields burst through the door.
Wearing a black cap touting his home state of California, a black T-shirt, gray shorts and sandals, Shields was carrying a bright blue Royals equipment bag. Clearly, he had arrived ready to work.
Shaking hands, he made his way to his corner locker and was greeted by manager Ned Yost and fellow starting pitcher Jeremy Guthrie. Actually, even though this was the official reporting date for Royals pitchers and catchers, most of the pitchers were taking the day off. After all, most of them had been throwing in the Arizona sun for several days now. Time for a break.
Shields, though, was just checking in, and his arrival gave the Royals their full complement of 31 pitchers and six catchers. At least Yost said he wasn't aware of anyone missing.
Naturally, Shields, as a leading light of the lockerroom, was quickly surrounded by reporters, and his message was predictably positive.
"We're in high spirits. We've got a lot of work to do. Spring Training is where it all starts. Our main goal this year is to go to the playoffs and win the World Series -- bottom line," Shields said. "This is where we start. This is where we work, and we don't take anything for granted."
There you go -- win the World Series.
That's something that Shields hasn't experienced, even though he went to the World Series in 2008 with the Tampa Bay Rays. And he's decided to stop drawing parallels between the rise of those Rays and the current Royals.
"Last year I compared the two teams. This year I'm not, I'm not going to do that," Shields said. "We're our own team now. and we've established ourselves as a good team. I think the dynamic of this team is from top to bottom, whether it's defense, if it's baserunning, pitching, our bullpen or our offense, overall we're pretty good. We just need to be able to put it together."
The difference, in his view, is the experience the Royals absorbed late last season when they found themselves within striking distance of the American League's second Wild Card slot.
"A lot of these guys had never played September baseball," Shields said, "and what I mean by 'September baseball,' is you're in the hunt. Every day's a fight, every day's a grind, and you grind it all the way to the last series of the year. ... That's like playoff baseball, and I think they've got a good feeling of it."
Ultimately, the Royals finished 5 1/2 games out of the Wild Card race, but they did get a delicious taste of late-season competitiveness.
"They know what it takes, they know that it's a long season, they know there's going to be some ups and downs," Shields said. "And last year was good for the learning aspect of it. How many ups and downs did we go through last year? Almost every single kind you can possibly think of. So this year, hopefully we're going to be a little more consistent with the wins."
That would mean, certainly, avoiding the sort of 8-20 month of May they endured.
"We experienced a lot of downs last year early in the season, and we were still in it at the end of the year," he said.
Asked about the additions of the projected new one-two punch atop the Royals' lineup -- center fielder Norichika Aoki and second baseman Omar Infante -- Shields gave two thumbs up.
"I think second base was one of the holes we had to fill," he said. "Between Elliot, Gio and Getzy [Elliot Johnson, Johnny Giavotella and Chris Getz], they did a great job last year, but it's tough when you're playing once every couple days to stay consistent. I think Omar there is going to be nice to have, and I think Esky [shortstop Alcides Escobar] is going to gel pretty well with him.
"As far as our leadoff hitter, [Aoki] never strikes out, he puts the bat on the ball and has a good at-bat. As a pitcher, you don't like facing guys like that, because you just never know what they're going to do. They're just pesky guys. They get on base, and I think he's going to be a bright spot in our lineup."
The first official workout for pitchers and catchers comes on Saturday, and the day will start with physicals -- an early 5:45 a.m. MT call for Yost and his staff, followed by players' exams from 6:30 to 8:45 a.m.
Then the pitchers and catchers will get to work. Many of the infielders and outfielders have been practicing on their own -- they don't have to report until Wednesday -- and they've been told to take Saturday off.
But once the full-squad workouts begin Thursday, there won't be many chances to take a breather.
"If you don't grind it out," Shields said, "it's going to be a long season."


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The tall drink of water in Lady Antebellum — Charles Kelley — sounds like he is ready to pack on a few pounds on Thanksgiving. That is, if he intends to keep his family tradition alive. When he was younger, Kelley and his brothers would each gain five pounds by the time the holiday meal (and snacks and drinks and desserts) was over. "One of my most memorable Thanksgiving memories was probably the first year that me and my two brothers decided to start our annual eating contest," he told CMT Radio. He explained the contest like this: "We ate throughout the whole day. We started that morning and weighed ourselves, and at the very end of the night, we weighed ourselves out. And all three of us equally gained five pounds. I wish we had a more accurate scale to decide the winner, but we all tied. Five pounds." What Kelley didn't say, and what I'm most curious about, is how long it took for those incremental five pounds to come off. Maybe the Kelley brothers had a separate contest for that.


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All banks except Bank of Cyprus, Laiki, to reopen Tuesday
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — All banks in Cyprus except the two largest in the country are to reopen for business Tuesday, more than a week after they shut down to prevent a drain on deposits by customers worried they would lose part of their savings.
The decision to reopen the banks at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday morning was announced after a deal was clinched in the early hours of Monday in a Brussels meeting between the 17-nation eurozone's finance ministers. Cyprus agreed to slash its oversized banking sector and inflict hefty losses on large depositors in troubled banks to secure the 10 billion euro ($13 billion) bailout.
The deal came less than 24 hours before the European Central Bank was to pull emergency funding for Cypriot banks, which it gives to the Central Bank of Cyprus to distribute. That would have led to the banks' collapse, dragging down the rest of the economy and potentially forcing the country out of the euro.
Several hours after the deal in Brussels was first announced, the European Central Bank dropped its threat, saying it "decided not to object" to the Central Bank of Cyprus continuing to provide emergency credit.
As part of the reopening process, a central bank official said Laiki, which will be restructured, and Bank of Cyprus will remain closed until Thursday, and a withdrawal limit from their ATMs of 100 euros ($130) a day will also remain in place until then. There will be no restrictions on transactions in the other banks.
Financial institutions in the country have been shut since March 16 as Cyprus and its international lenders struggled to agree on a plan to raise funds so the island could qualify for a bailout package.
Account holders were alarmed when officials announced just over a week ago that in order for Cyprus to qualify for its bailout, it would raise funds by taking up to 10 percent of all bank deposits. Lawmakers soundly rejected the plan, and banks remained shut while politicians came up with an alternative.
Under the new plan agreed in Brussels, the bulk of the funds will be raised by forcing losses on accounts of more than 100,000 euros in Laiki and Bank of Cyprus, with the remainder coming from tax increases and privatizations.
Bond-holders, people and businesses with more than 100,000 euros in their accounts at Laiki face significant losses. The bank will be dissolved immediately into a bad bank containing its uninsured deposits and toxic assets, with the guaranteed deposits being transferred to the nation's biggest lender, Bank of Cyprus.
Deposits at Bank of Cyprus above 100,000 euros will be frozen until it becomes clear whether or to what extent they will also be forced to take losses. Those funds will eventually be converted into bank shares.
It is not yet clear how severe the losses would be to Laiki's large bank deposit holders, but the euro finance ministers noted the restructure expected to yield 4.2 billion euros ($5.4 billion) overall. Analysts have estimated investors might lose up to 40 percent of their money.
Although Cyprus has escaped the specter of imminent bankruptcy, the mood in Nicosia was somber.
"This decision is painful for the Cypriot people. This decision was a defeat of solidarity, of social cohesion, which are fundamental freedoms, fundamental principles of the European Union," Parliament President Yiannakis Omirou told AP.
"So as soon as possible we have to prepare our economy to go out from the mechanism and the troika," he said, referring to the bailout agreement and the three-member delegation from the European Commission, International Monetary Fund and ECB who oversee implementation of bailout measures.
Ordinary Cypriots were trying to be optimistic.
"We believe in our people. People will work hard so we can stand on our feet again," said Nicosia resident Nicos Andreou Theodorou.
Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch minister who chairs the Eurogroup, said the move to inflict losses on banks' shareholders, bondholders and even owners of large deposits should become the bloc's default approach for dealing with ailing lenders. EU officials had said previously that it was a "unique step."
His comments caused a sharp drop in bank stocks across Europe, particularly in financially weak countries like Italy and Spain.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted that "the result that was found is right."
"It also makes those who helped cause these undesirable developments play their part. That is how it should be," she said.
Germany has long insisted Cypriot banks, which attracted foreign investors with high interest rates, needed to contribute to the bailout.
Geir Moulson in Berlin, Don Melvin and Juergen Baetz in Brussels, Pan Pylas in London and Nataliya Vasilyeva in Moscow contributed to this report.
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Katsuya by Starck, the splashy Hollywood-glam Japanese restaurant at West Ave, has closed. The restaurant apparently did not translate to the Houston market, according to the GEG Group, the Houston investment partners with SBE, which opened the restaurant in March 2012.
GEG will now partner with restaurateur Donald Chang to open a new Korean concept restaurant called Nara in the Katsuya space. Construction of Nara will begin Monday and the restaurant — which will be slightly smaller than Katsuya — is slated to open in November.
Chang was chef-owner of a Japanese restaurant called Nara on Westheimer from 1996 to 2006. The new Nara in the Katsuya space will not be a repeat of Chang's former Nara. The new restaurant will feature a menu that is about 70 percent Korean dishes and 30 percent Japanese.
Chang also is currently involved in Uptown Sushi, which he opened in 2003.
Here are the details about Nara:
HOUSTON – One of the world's most culturally diverse cities will soon be home to an exciting first-to-market restaurant concept. Donald Chang, chef/owner of Uptown Sushi, Nara, and Bluefin will launch a new incarnation of the former Nara. The first modern Korean-inspired restaurant in Houston and the first Korean restaurant inside the Interstate-610 Loop, Nara will open in Fall 2013 in the location occupied by Katsuya Houston at West Ave. at River Oaks.
Houston recently was named by Departures magazine as having the most dynamic and diverse food scene in the nation, but its culinary landscape has lacked anything like Nara. Drawing on 22 years of Japanese culinary experience and his Korean heritage, Chang will create a menu that is Korean-inspired while still showcasing his expertise in Japanese cuisine.
"We've been waiting for the right time to do this," said Chang, who was born in Seoul, South Korea, and has lived in Houston for 37 years. "We've seen restaurants around town feature one or two Korean items on their menu. I want to give the full inspired menu while blending it with my Japanese cooking background to create an experience like none other in this city."
Aesthetically, Nara will feature a complete revisioning of the Katsuya space by architect Isaac Preminger. The high-energy interior will place an emphasis on increased comfort and an opportunity to see the chefs in action. The entrance to Katsuya will be pushed back to create an exterior patio for Nara with a separate outdoor menu. A Bun Bar featuring rice flour buns stuffed with a variety of ingredients and other casual fare will be unique to the outside patio and bar. The entrance to Nara will be punctuated by a majestic Sakura tree made from petrified wood and hand-made pink silk leaves.


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The Metropolitan Police are treating today's attack on the Houses of Parliament as a terrorist incident 'until we know otherwise'.
A police officer is thought to have been stabbed by an assailant who was then shot by armed units on the parliamentary estate.
A car is also believed to have been driven into a crowd of pedestrians on Westminster Bridge.
MPs were on lockdown in the Commons and the entire complex is now in the process of being evacuated.
Prime minister Theresa May has also been evacuated to a safe location.
Police have appealed for members of the public who may have filmed the incident to share their footage with investigation teams. Visit http://ukpoliceimageappeal.co.uk/CSIPS_Public/upload/choose to upload.
Scarborough MP and immigration minister Robert Goodwill said he was coming out of the voting chambers when the lockdown was put in place.
He said: "I'd just finished voting and was heading to my office to await the next vote when we were put into lockdown.
"We were told there had been some kind of incident and were told Parliament had been suspended.
"We have now been locked into our offices while the police investigation is ongoing.
"My thoughts are obviously with the police officer and, from the reports we are getting, the other people who may have been caught up in this."
Harrogate and Knaresborough MP Andrew Jones is currently trapped in a room inside the building.
"This is a rapidly developing story. I was in the Palace of Westminster, I had just been casting my vote then we got got the news of this security incident, the security procedures have kicked in and we have gone into lockdown.
"I cannot tell you exactly where I am but the doors have literally been locked down and we are waiting. I have spoken with the director of security, and this is a developing story I should say, but I think the person in the car drove across Westminster Bridge, he climbed onto the roof of his car and was able to get into the palace grounds and it is believed that he has been shot.
"It needs to be clear it is believed there is not more than one person but the security services are proceeding to be safer rather than sorry. We cannot go anywhere and these type of things are unsettling but I have great confidence in the security services. We know that these kind of incidents can happen, only last year we had the murder of Jo Cox. I know that some of my colleagues who were in or near the palace grounds heard shots and one person saw someone on the ground.
"Follow the security experts' advice, we need people to listen to them and let them do their jobs. All political systems are fragile and the police work hard to keep us safe, thank them and let them get on with their job so that we can go back to doing ours. We should recognise that there is a need to work through serious scenarios like this and that is what is happening now, it is a serious incident and democracy is fragile. We have to recognize that people work hard to keep us safe and secure."


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Creating an exercise routine can help you stay on track, exercise safely, help you include all forms of exercise into your activities and ensure you reach your goals. With a routine that fits your lifestyle, you can enjoy how activity benefits your diabetes without feeling overwhelmed.
Because diabetes is a risk factor for heart disease, if you haven't been very active in a long time, meet with your healthcare provider before starting your physical activity plan.
"So, we're going to put you on the treadmill and have you walk, and you're going to &"
Depending on your age and overall health, your healthcare provider may recommend an exercise stress test before starting a new exercise plan. Any special needs you may have should be taken into consideration when creating your exercise routine.
For example, if you have eye disease - such as advanced stage retinopathy - weight training may have to be limited to light resistance, or not at all. If you have neuropathy in your feet or orthopedic problems that make it difficult to walk, upper body exercise may be a good option for you.
Once your doctor gives you the okay, meet with your diabetes care team to talk about your physical activity plans.
"So, Jeanne, tell me about some of the activities that you like to do."
It is important to choose an activity you enjoy because the more you enjoy it, the easier it will be to make it a routine. Listening to music or books on tape, or watching your favorite TV show while exercising can help.
Here are some other tips to help keep you on track: Make physical activity a priority. Schedule it into your day and guard that time. Don't let anything get in your way.
Work with your care team to set goals that are realistic and achievable. At first, your goal may be to walk just ten minutes a day. When you can do that, make your goal 15 minutes a day. Steadily increase the amount of activity you do.
"When I'm on the treadmill now, it starts off at zero and then you raise the tread level up to one. Well, I'm up to one and I'm able to walk at three point one on that now, and it's very exciting to see you being able to do more."
Aim for 30 to 60 minutes of aerobic activity on most days of the week. For weight loss, you may need more.
"Once you lose weight you feel a lot lighter. So you feel more energetic, like, 'Oh, I could go another mile.'"
You may want to ask a friend or family member to join you.
"She'll go to our basement gym and hop on her bicycle, and start riding. And I start thinking, 'You know I should be doing that, too.'"
Each of you can encourage the other; and as you stick to your routine, reward yourself. Perhaps your reward can be a new book - even browsing in the mall after you've gone walking there.
Keep track of how well you're doing by keeping a log. Write down when you were active, what you did, for how long, how you felt afterward, and your blood glucose results before and after physical activity. This log will help you see your progress and will be important when you meet with your diabetes care team.
If you skip your session for any reason, don't think of it as a failure. Everyone needs a break every now and then. Just get back to working out as soon as you can.
And finally, find ways to add physical activity into your daily routine.
"With the kids and stuff, it's hard to find time between - you know, youth events and sports meetings and swimming teams and stuff like that and your own job and your husband's job. When do you find the time to exercise? You've got to make time. You know if it's walking around the neighborhood or walking the kids to the park, that's still exercising."
When shopping, park further away from the store and walk. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Use a push mower instead of a riding lawn mower. Soon you won't even notice you've added more healthy activity to your routine. You'll just enjoy the health benefits.
"The toughest part is getting your shoes on and getting to the door. But once you're past that, it could be fun. And allow it to be fun. Allow yourself the opportunity to succeed."
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Plan on disk-based backup
Will 2004 be a breakthrough year for disk-based backup solutions? A new survey of Storage readers finds that while users are reluctant to completely eliminate tape from their backup environments, many are planning to deploy disk to complement tape in the next year.
|How we gathered our data
The survey, part of a comprehensive study called "Next-Generation Backup and Recovery Solutions: A Study of Customer Requirements" was recently conducted by Storage and the Taneja Group, in Hopkinton, MA, an analyst firm specializing in storage. The study examines how and why storage managers will deploy disk-based backup technologies in 2004 and beyond.
Taneja Group defines next-generation backup and recovery as "any software or hardware solution that leverages a disk-based storage platform to provide new functionality or new efficiencies to a secondary storage environment."
Disk on the horizon
While disk-based backup hasn't yet had an easy or swift acceptance, Storage subscribers say that disk-based backup solutions are poised to appear as staging areas in many large data centers in the coming year. In general, such disks will be used for a minority of the backup workload.
The survey also found that there's a high level of confidence that buying disk will be well worth it down the road. More than three-quarters of respondents report that they expect the TCO of disk-based backup to be better than tape, with 24% expecting disk to provide a substantially better TCO than tape. (See Figure 3) Going forward, it appears disk is an investment that many users are ready to make.
Vijay Sonty, the CTO of Foote Cone & Belding, a marketing services firm in New York City, says that "[there] is a very good possibility that no data will go directly to tape." Sonty praises the advantages of disk-based storage such as faster backup and recovery times, and storing data on a medium that "may have fewer compatibility problems with future technology."
Still, few end users are ready to throw away their tapes, as only a few respondents say they plan to deploy disk for all of their backup requirements. The respondents indicate that tape and disk will be living together for a long time. Only 5% of respondents plan to back up all their data to disk in the next year and the majority (76%) will have a mixed tape and disk environment. (See Figure 2) To confirm the entrenched nature of tape in most large enterprise environments, respondents were asked to quantify the media types they're using in their environments. On average, respondents are backing up 81% of their data to tape.
So, despite recent challenges from cheaper disk such as ATA, tape remains the preferred backup medium and cornerstone of most backup plans. This is especially true for most disaster recovery and remote backup storage. With tape archived remotely, says John Leitgeb, director of IT at a California manufacturing firm, "if something bad happens it won't wipe out your enterprise."
Yet, disk is looming on the horizon, not as a replacement to tape but as a complementary technology. Almost half of the end users we surveyed are in the evaluation stage for disk-based storage, with another sizable chunk (26%) already in the deployment phase (see Figure 1). While 28% have not yet evaluated disk-based technology for their secondary storage, this percentage is expected to drop as the benefits of disk-based backup become evident for many large storage users.
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Disk to the rescue
Survey respondents said that disk is a better medium than tape in solving their top three storage challenges: hitting backup windows, meeting recovery time objectives and backup and restore reliability (see Figure 4).
David Nagurney, data center director of a large financial services firm, says "hitting backup windows is by far the biggest challenge." Nagurney says his company has been increasing its disk capacity 25% every year with faster and newer storage technology and he feels the capability of backing up to tape does not keep pace with that new technology. "We have to change," he says.
Many organizations plan to use disk for staging and then copy the data to tape. In response to the question, "How will you deploy tape vs. disk-based backup and recovery technologies over the next year?" 35% of respondents plan to back up to disk and then copy the data to tape (see Figure 2). Disk to disk to tape--disk used as a staging medium for tape--is becoming prominent on storage administrators' radar screens. At many organizations, plans for disk-based deployment are already in motion.
But why the relatively slow deployment of disk to date? Certainly, the higher price of disk is a reason, especially for cash-strapped IT shops in a lean economy. Yet there is another factor at play: the fear of change. If making a transition to next-generation backup requires a company to alter their current storage infrastructure, then they may resist, according to the survey.
Respondents listed "integration with existing tape backup solutions" as the top consideration when making a decision about purchasing disk. Along the same lines, one of the leading obstacles to deploying new backup and recovery products, according to survey results, is "requiring changes to existing infrastructure." Storage managers are also leery of "purchasing products from an emerging vendor" and "trusting new, untested technology." Most companies, it seems, are cautious and would prefer not to mess with their existing backup architecture.
But Arun Taneja, consulting analyst and founder of the Taneja Group, warns against playing it too safe in the data center. He says the pain level from a data protection perspective is getting so high in IT shops that something has to change. "I expect the way data is backed up, restored and archived will undergo a major overhaul within the next 24 months," says Taneja. "Those IT shops that are not actively evaluating their data protection strategies today will pay a big price."
A vendor you can trust
Because most organizations are hesitant to take chances with their backup operations, it's not surprising that a majority of survey respondents prefer established vendors. When asked what disk-based backup and recovery products they are looking at or have deployed, respondents listed products from well-known vendors, including EMC Corp., IBM Corp., Legato, Network Appliance Inc.,Quantum, Storage Technology Corp. and Veritas Software Corp. (See Figure 5).
"I have nothing against startups," says Terry Kieffer, an IT director at a financial services firm in Chicago. But he adds that when his company makes a substantial investment in a new backup product, the vendor must have the financial strength to back that product over the long haul. "The bottom line is that a firm's financial strength is very important in selection of a product," he says.
Yet other survey respondents expressed a willingness to evaluate emerging vendors for their backup and recovery solutions. "If there are more cost-effective new vendors that come into this space with similar functionality to the big players, then we certainly would be amenable to evaluating them," says data center director Nagurney.
Foote Cone & Belding's Sonty agrees: "I would look for a tested solution ... good functionality and a company that has financial strength." He adds that he'll also try to find out what kind of user perception the startup's product is getting and how competitively its service and support package stacks up against the major players.
While vendors position themselves for leadership in this market, 2004 is shaping up to be a year of evaluation, initial deployment and integration of disk-based backup solutions. Backup and restoration of data clearly remains one of the most significant parts of a storage manager's job. This survey shows that users are looking toward new technologies to solve their age-old backup challenges. Disk brings many benefits to the table, but tape is a reliable and relatively inexpensive medium that will be around for a long time. In the future, disk and tape will work more closely together to ensure hassle-free backups. It may not happen overnight, but this survey suggests that users are looking for answers now.


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Massachusetts Businesses Pleased with Health Reform
The law, a model for federal reform, increased insurance coverage and minimally impacted business profits.
A popular line of attack against the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is that it will be bad for business. But is that true? Well, a case study in comprehensive health care reform already exists in Massachusetts, and a Georgetown University panel concluded Monday that, in fact, the state's reforms had actually enhanced its economic climate.
Measuring by the most basic metrics, the effects have been profound: 98 percent of Massachusetts residents are insured, including 99.8 percent of children. According to Michael Widmer, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, the percentage of small businesses that offer health insurance has increased from 70 percent to 77 percent since then-Gov. Mitt Romney signed the bill into law in 2006. An estimated two-thirds of the public still express support for the reforms.
The key, agreed a panel discussing the law's impact on business at Georgetown University Monday, is that state policymakers secured buy-in from all stakeholders -- including, perhaps most importantly, the business community.
"When businesses looked at their expenses and revenues, one expense was growing faster than any other: the cost of health care for employees. They didn't feel like they had control," said Rick Lord, president and CEO of Associated Industries of Massachusetts, describing the atmosphere before the law's passage. "We may have come over on different ships, but we're in the same boat. They wanted to get in on this early."
The law did place a number of conditions on employers. They were required to provide "fair and reasonable" health insurance coverage, measured by either 25 percent of their employees enrolling in a plan or the company paying 33 percent of an individual's premium. Failure to comply would result in a fine up to $295 per employee. As a result, employers saw their costs for employee premiums increase by 9 percent in 2009 and 2010, according to research conducted by the Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy.
Some of the criticisms leveled at the ACA have focused on similar provisions included in the federal law, arguing that such costs would adversely affect businesses. However, there are few indications that these additional expenses have had a negative impact on the business environment in Massachusetts, said Linda Blumberg, an economist and senior fellow at The Urban Institute.
"Our research demonstrated very clearly that there is no evidence that the reforms have had any negative impact on employment at all," Blumberg said. Her organization studied specifically some industries that might feel a greater impact under the law -- small employers or the retail and restaurant industries, which often don't offer health insurance -- and concluded the same. "In none of these sectors did we see reduced employment," Blumberg said.
In fact, said Jack Connors Jr.*, a founding partner at Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos, Inc., a Boston marketing firm, one of the largest in the United States, businesses could see a benefit when health insurance is "accepted as part of the compensation package for employees."
"Many business leaders would say we have a competitive advantage," said Connors, who also serves as chairman of the board of directors at Partners HealthCare System, a major provider in the state..
What about the costs to the state? Much like the ACA, the Massachusetts law required the state government to offer tax subsidies to help individuals purchase insurance. According to research by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, the health-care reforms have accounted for a 1.4 percent increase to the state budget in the last five years -- a relatively modest increase, Widmer said. And at the same time, the state's payments for uncompensated care for the uninsured dropped by about 40 percent in the first two years after the law's passage.
The law hasn't had all of its desired effects. Medical debt has remained virtually unchanged since 2006, the Boston Globe reported Monday, with 17.5 percent of Massachusetts residents saying they had trouble paying medical bills in 2010. The state also still has the highest per capita spending on health care in the nation. As Governing previously detailed, those issues have led Gov. Deval Patrick and state legislators to get to work on a second round of health reform aimed at controlling costs.
Generally, though, the Georgetown panelists agreed that the law has been a success in its goal of universal coverage, especially considering its implementation coincided with the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression. Regardless of one's political persuasions, it has been "a classic case study," Connors said. "Yet when you look at how people reacted to the national law, it seems like this came from a foreign land."
It remains to be seen, of course, whether national health reform will play out as well as state-level reform has in Massachusetts. But the state's experience should give optimism to both sides, said Blumberg, both those focused on insurance coverage and those concerned with economic vitality.
"This was very much a compromise between liberal sensibilities and business sensibilities," she said. "So the entire perception of the federal law has been shocking to me, because this was really laid out as a moderate approach."
NOTE: As noted in the comments below, Partners HealthCare System, which Connors serves as chairman emeritus, was subject to a federal investigation in 2010 over antitrust issues for its large control of the market in Massachusetts. According to a New York Times report from last October, the firm has since agreed to lower reimbursement rates, in part to address the concerns raised in the investigation.