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Buchholz improves to 7-0 with seven strong innings
CHICAGO -- Clay Buchholz continues to motor right along, giving the Red Sox one dominant performance after another.
The one he delivered on Wednesday night could not have come at a better time. After losing the first two games to the White Sox, the last thing Boston wanted to do was end an otherwise successful road trip by getting swept.View Full Game Coverage
CHICAGO -- Clay Buchholz continues to motor right along, giving the Red Sox one dominant performance after another.
The one he delivered on Wednesday night could not have come at a better time. After losing the first two games to the White Sox, the last thing Boston wanted to do was end an otherwise successful road trip by getting swept.View Full Game Coverage
Buchholz, who is 7-0 in 10 starts, didn't let that happen. Instead, he fired seven strong innings to lead his team to a 6-2 victory that completed a 6-3 road trip.
"I'm just doing the same thing between each start," said Buchholz. "Having confidence is a big thing. That's definitely part of it. It's fun pitching when you're good."
In fact, Buchholz is currently one of the best in the game. In this one, he gave up five hits and a run, walking three and striking out four. He lowered his American League-leading ERA to 1.73 and threw 113 pitches, 71 for strikes.
"When you look at the bottom line, it's because he's got a number of different pitches he can go to in different spots," said Red Sox manager John Farrell. "He's not going to rely solely on his fastball. I thought he had a very good curveball again tonight. He has certainly set the tone for us on the mound."
This was a night the Red Sox needed Buchholz to be at or near his best. For most of the night, Chicago's pitching held down the Boston bats.
Leading 2-1 after seven, Boston added insurance runs in the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Will Middlebrooks and a passed ball from White Sox catcher Tyler Flowers.
The bullpen took it from there.
Daniel Nava delivered a two-out single in the ninth to break it open.
That created a stress-free return to action for closer Andrew Bailey, who worked around a homer by Paul Konerko in the ninth in his first appearance for the Red Sox since April 28.
Bailey had been out with right biceps tendinitis.
"We felt like even with the non-save situation, it was important to get him on the mound," said Farrell. "It had been since this past Saturday when he was in a game. To see him on the mound back healthy with us is a really good sign."
In another positive development for the Red Sox, slumping leadoff man Jacoby Ellsbury belted two hits and was on base four times. It was his first multi-hit game since May 4.
"Well, it feels good," Ellsbury said. "Same approach that I've had, same game plan. Everything's pretty much the same. It's just nice to get on base and create havoc and score a run tonight."
And for the first time in the series, the Red Sox got some early offense. After Jonny Gomes was hit by a pitch and Dustin Pedroia lofted a double to left, David Ortiz came through with a two-run single that gave Boston a 2-0 lead in the top of the first.
"It's like I told you guys last night -- we're trying to make things happen," said Ortiz.
In the most unexpected way imaginable, Ortiz made something else happen later in the inning when he stole third for the first time in his career. It was the 12th stolen base of Ortiz's career and just the second since 2008.
But Ortiz read the steal sign from third-base coach Brian Butterfield and took off as Nava struck out. He didn't even draw a throw.
"It happens. I don't have a zero in that category anymore. They didn't even know that I was at second," quipped Ortiz.
Ortiz didn't score, but those two in the first wound up being enough for Buchholz.
In the third, the White Sox rallied against Buchholz. Flowers started it with a single and Alejandro De Aza drew a walk. A fielder's choice by Alexei Ramirez put runners at the corners with one out and Alex Rios made it 2-1 on an RBI groundout to short.
The White Sox came close to tying it in the fifth. With De Aza on first and two outs, Ramirez belted one to deep left. Ellsbury got a tremendous jump on the ball and raced to the wall to make a fine catch.
"He hit it pretty good," said Ellsbury. "It was directly over my head. I had to lunge for it the last second. I took one step and the wall was right there, and the best way to stop my momentum was to scale the wall a little bit."
Once again, however, the story of the night for the Red Sox was Buchholz.
"Yeah, he's good," said Konerko. "I don't think that was his best and I'm sure he'd say it wasn't his best night either. I wish we could have got him because I don't think that's his A game. But that's why he's good. He made the pitches he needed to in just those situations that kept the game under control.
"That's why he is who he is. He's a great pitcher, but I feel like we missed one there because he's one of the elite pitchers in the league and I don't think he had it tonight. We kind of let him off the hook and part of that is us and part of that is him because he's that good."
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PEORIA, Ariz. -- Old No. 51 has been taken out of mothballs and is back on the field for the Padres in all its glory.
The fifth number retired in Padres history belongs to Trevor Hoffman, the closer who finished second behind Marino Rivera with 601 saves, a club-record 552 of them in 16 seasons pitching for San Diego.View Full Game Coverage
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Old No. 51 has been taken out of mothballs and is back on the field for the Padres in all its glory.
The fifth number retired in Padres history belongs to Trevor Hoffman, the closer who finished second behind Marino Rivera with 601 saves, a club-record 552 of them in 16 seasons pitching for San Diego.View Full Game Coverage
Four years after his career ended in Milwaukee, Hoffman is now the upper-level pitching coordinator for the Padres, roaming the Peoria Sports Complex each day this spring to watch, learn and impart his infinite wisdom.
"Trev's been great," Padres manager Bud Black said Tuesday before his club played the D-backs. "When Trev walks on the field, there's a presence to him. And he can back that presence up now in a coaching capacity. He likes to teach. I think he really enjoys sharing his knowledge, sharing his wisdom and it shows in his teaching to our younger pitchers. He's a great sounding board for the other pitching coaches. It's cool to see it unfold."
Hoffman spent the past three years with San Diego as a special assistant to the club president, picking and choosing his spots in the front office and on the field. He could pretty much come and go as he pleased, and with three sons growing into their teenage years, he thought it was important to stay close to his Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., home.
Now the boys -- Brody, Quinn and Wyatt -- are all in high school. The timing seemed right for Hoffman to expand that role.
"It's probably a little early to leave them," said Hoffman, now 46, referring to the kids who have been a fixture around the Padres since they were little tykes. "My wife, Tracy, is probably a little lukewarm on it. But their baseball stuff is still ramping up. They're not on varsity yet, fully engaged in summer ball. It's an opportunity to do it and see how it works with the family."
And San Diego identified a problem area. Executive vice president and general manager Josh Byrnes determined that the club needed someone of quality to help finish the development of its young pitchers, before they accelerate to the Major Leagues.
"This is not an icon job," A.J. Hinch, a vice president and assistant general manager, said.
Hoffman's task is to constantly evaluate the pitching talent at the Double-A and Triple-A levels and make sure that information is assimilated by Black and Padres pitching coach Darren Balsley. He'll spend the entire six weeks of Spring Training in camp and then travel at least once a month to San Antonio and El Paso, the homes of San Diego's two upper-level Minor League teams.
Heretofore, Hoffman would spend about a week in spring camp and periodically helicopter in to selected Minor League sites. Since 2011, when Hoffman's number followed Padres greats Steve Garvey, Randy Jones and Hall of Famers Dave Winfield and Tony Gwynn into retirement, the right-hander hasn't been much of a fixture at Petco Park.
That has all started to change.
"It's great to be here," Hoffman said. "The fact that I'm in camp on a daily basis -- and now as a member of staff -- allows the normal connections that happen within a team to take place. When you're a special assistant, you're in for four days and maybe out for a week and back for a little bit of a stand. You can kind of get a pulse, but nothing like being around on a daily basis.
"There's that dialogue that goes on in the coach's room, breaking down guys, watching balls thrown in the bullpens. It's a very different lens I'm looking through than I have in past years."
Hoffman is just one of a number of former San Diego players who are either with the team or spread out around Major League Baseball in various capacities. In Padres baseball operations right now, Mark Loretta and the recently retired Mark Kotsay and Mark Prior are special assistants or assistants.
Brad Ausmus left the San Diego front office this past offseason to take over for Jim Leyland as manager of the Tigers. Rick Renteria, last year's bench coach under Black, is manager of the Cubs. Phil Nevin, a power-hitting infielder who played for the Padres from 1999-2005, is the manager of Triple-A Reno in the D-backs' Minor League organization. Terry Kennedy, a former San Diego catcher and the organization's Triple-A manager at Tucson as recently as two years ago, is scouting for the Cubs.
That's not to mention Bruce Bochy, another former Padres catcher and their manager from 1995-2006, who went on to win two World Series titles with the Giants.
"It's a credit to the Padres organization and Buddy Black, his managing style and his coaching staff, that people have been able to go on in other positions," Hoffman said. "He's been great for me to bounce ideas off and see if they work. Obviously, for me to be in his clubhouse as a player and now to see it as a staff member is making it a nice transition."
Hoffman pitched most of his career with the Padres under Bochy and Balsley, who replaced Greg Booker as pitching coach early in the 2003 season. Black arrived in 2007 and Hoffman pitched under Black for two seasons before leaving for Milwaukee as a free agent after a contract dispute.
Those ill feelings are long forgotten now as old No. 51 is finding his way in this new position. Hoffman is well aware that his resume and reputation as a great teammate and leader preceded him.
"Not much has changed. I'm still that person even though I'm in a role of staff," Hoffman said. "I think that eases a sense of worry from a young players' perspective. I use those tools so people don't personally feel uncomfortable around me. Hopefully, I'll see something being down in the Minors, working with the youngsters, that's different than what's in the notes or reports or charts.
"And that will result in a better line of communication with the staff in the big leagues."
Barry M. Bloom is a national reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Boomskie on Baseball. Follow @boomskie on Twitter.

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President Obama has officially nominated Hillary Clinton's successor: John Kerry. The Democratic senator and former presidential candidate has extensive foreign policy experience.
It is a Herculean task for US President Barack Obama: finding a new secretary of state to replace Hillary Clinton. He or she has to feel at home on all continents, be just as well versed in the Middle East as in Asia and Europe, and is constantly traveling.
In addition, the future secretary has to be able to manage an army of diplomats posted all over the world, for which he or she has to demand the necessary budget from Congress, and keep pace with constantly changing technical challenges.
Incumbent Secretary of State Clinton announced several weeks ago that she would step down at the end of this presidential term. Her current ill health most likely strengthens this decision. Clinton has been off work sick since early December when, dehydrated from a stomach virus contracted during a trip to Europe, she fainted and suffered a concussion. She has been resting at home since.
Rice's withdrawal paves the way for Kerry
For a long time, the US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice was the favorite to replace Clinton. But she withdrew her name from consideration last week following intense Republican criticism for her statements on the September attack on the US mission in Benghazi. Several leading Republicans had declared they would never approve her nomination.
So, after Clinton and her Republican predecessor under George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice, it looks like a man will once again take over the international diplomatic representation of the United States.
In all of the ongoing discussions, just one name was being mentioned: Massachusetts Senator John Kerry. The 69-year-old has held a Senate seat since 1984 and has headed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for some three years now. The Vietnam veteran played a significant role in uncovering the Iran Contra scandal under Ronald Reagan in 1987-88, and has been active in seeking reconciliation between the US and Vietnam on a political level.
In Hillary Clinton's tradition
Michael O'Hanlon, director of research for the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution in Washington, said he considered Kerry "a good choice."
"John Kerry is about the most continuous kind of choice to succeed Hillary that you could imagine," O'Hanlon told DW. Both Clinton and Kerry know how to move on the international political and diplomatic stages, he added.
"They're both pragmatic, they're both hard-working, they're both conscientious, they both certainly can handle the stature and prestige and the spotlight," he said. In addition, as former presidential contenders, both stand on a level playing field with the president.
When it comes to asking Congress for State Department funding, the longtime Senator can fall back on his good ties. He can also expect to face few difficulties in getting Senate approval for the post as secretary of state.
"I think we all know who John Kerry is," O'Hanlon said. After all, the entire American people got to know him as the presidential candidate for the Democrats in 2004. The Republicans have subjected him to close scrutiny. The animosities from back then, which culminated in the accusation that the highly-decorated Navy veteran betrayed his comrades through his later pacifistic remarks, appear to have taken a back seat.
Major cabinet reshuffle
Kerry's Republican colleagues in the Senate have in any case already signaled that they would approve his nomination - foremost John McCain, himself an unsuccessful presidential candidate like Kerry. The Republican senator already called Kerry "Mr. Secretary" at a press conference earlier this month - albeit in jest.
Kerry himself would like to take on the task as secretary of state. He has been building up his foreign policy merits for years, and has been consistently travelling on missions for President Obama, among other places to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Kerry is not expected to set his own agenda. He will not fundamentally change the direction of US foreign policy in the main areas of Middle East conflict, or nuclear dispute with Iran, Russia or Asia. His good relations to Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his interest in the Middle East peace process can only be beneficial, if the president gives the respective signal, O'Hanlon said. And his mediation skills with Vietnam could help in possible negotiations with North Korea - but only if the North Koreans reciprocate.
"So to have a big Kerry agenda, that would require that there's some opportunity that Hillary just didn't see," O'Hanlon said. However, Clinton did a good job, he added.
The only thing that speaks against Kerry is the fact that he is an older white male, just like Republican Chuck Hagel, a former senator from Nebraska tipped as Obama's leading candidate for defense secretary. The president could hesitate to assemble such a homogeneous cabinet. After all, he has to date endeavored to achieve diversity, also in his nominations for the Supreme Court.
However, Hagel's nomination is considered significantly more uncertain than Kerry's. Further prestigious posts to be filled are the director of the CIA and the treasury secretary.
But there is only one man who knows when the cabinet reshuffle will take place, if all posts will be filled at the same time and whether the new secretary of state will be John Kerry: the president himself.
Horst Teltschik, the former national security advisor to Chancellor Helmut Kohl and former chair of the Munich Security Council, sees a need for action in Germany following Obama's re-election. (15.11.2012)
Whether or not the US will avert the fiscal cliff or jump over it at the end of the year, one thing is already clear. In Washington's deeply dysfunctional governing process compromise is a four-letter word. (21.12.2012)
To uphold international order, the United States should concentrate its attention on four countries, say experts from two American think tanks. They call Brazil, India, Indonesia and Turkey the "global swing states." (12.12.2012)
If any proof was necessary that the US despite its much talked about Asia pivot can't afford to take its eyes off the Middle East just yet, a look at the news headlines will do the trick, writes Olaf Böhnke. (05.12.2012)


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PITCH: Gotta Have S'More
BEST PART OF THE PITCH: Carmen loves s'mores, but she doesn't like camping. That's why she invented the s'muffin. It's a s'more in the shape of a mini-muffin. She has $250,000 in sales over the past two and a half years within the local L.A. market. A few specialty stores currently carry her product. She just started shipping these items at a high price.DO THE SHARKS BITE? Kevin thinks the cost of shipping the s'muffins is crazy, so he's out right away. Mark believes Carmen is so in love with her s'muffins, that she can't see the dollars from the marshmallows. He's out. Robert says the s'muffins are good, but her business strategy is not. He's out. Daymond follows his lead. Barbara didn't actually care for the s'muffin, so she's out. Hopefully, Carmen will have s'more luck outside the tank.LEARN MORE: Visit http://www.GottaHaveSmore.com
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In Season Three, Donny McCall failed to get a deal for his collapsible truck rack. Since his appearance in the tank, he had $75,000 in sales in three months. He could have made more, but he ran out of inventory. He signed a licensing deal with a company in Iowa so he can mass produce the clever product he invented in his garage.
ENTREPRENEURS: Peter & Yuen
PITCH: How Do You Roll?
ASKING FOR: $1 million for a 12% stake
BEST PART OF THE PITCH: Peter and Yuen took the same high quality you get at a sushi restaurant and paired it with the convenience at a grocery store. Barbara steps up to create her own custom-made sushi roll. The brothers dole out samples of their own sushi rolls for the other sharks. The brothers have sold 40 franchises with 15 of them now open. They get a 7% royalty from their franchisees' sales.
DO THE SHARKS BITE? Mark thinks the sushi business is brutal. He doesn't want to be part of it, so he's out. Daymond thinks the margin will be too low for him, so he's out. Robert likes the business and the sushi, but he can't invest. Barbara feels the presentation was a little too buttoned up for her tastes. She's out. That leaves Mr. Wonderful.
THE RESULT: Kevin offers the brothers $1 million for 22% equity. He also wants a monthly distribution prorated to the owners from the franchisees. The brothers counter at 15%, but Kevin will go down to 20%. The guys ask Kevin how he will help them with the real estate side of opening new locations. He says that's still up to them. At the end of the negotiation, Peter and Yuen take the offer because they believe a strategic partnership with Kevin will help get How Do You Roll? on a roll.LEARN MORE: Visit http://www.howdoyouroll.com
ENTREPRENEUR: Bea Arthur
PITCH: Pretty Padded Room
ASKING FOR: $100k and a 30% stake
BEST PART OF THE PITCH: Bea created a place that provides online therapy to women. Clients are connected to licensed female therapists via video chats or digital diaries for a fraction of the price paid for seeing a real psychotherapist. Bea has set up a subscription service with various price structures. She did about $7,500 sales in her first year. She's on course to do $21,000 in sales this year.
DO THE SHARKS BITE? Robert is concerned because the drop-off rate after a person signs up for the sessions seems to be huge. The numbers just don't add up. He's out. Mark agrees that Bea needs to learn the language of business before she can move forward. He's out. Barbara likes the noble purpose of the service. She advises her to find a smart finance person to help with her business, but she's out. Daymond likes Bea's passion, but he can't invest because of the numbers. He's out. Kevin says that Bea did a service to entrepreneurs who come into the tank without knowing the numbers for their business. He's out, too.LEARN MORE: Visit http://www.PrettyPaddedRoom.com
ENTREPRENEURS: The Inventioneers
PITCH: Smartwheel
ASKING FOR: $100k for an 15% stake
BEST PART OF THE PITCH: The Inventioneers is a group of clever kids ages 12-18. They've created a way to put an end to distracted driving. The Smartwheel is a device that lights up or makes a tone to alert the driver that he is engaged in one of three unsafe driving positions. They have a prototype and plan on selling their product for $200. They did a pilot study at MIT saying that their product would be effective at changing a driver's unsafe behavior. Even President Obama has said that he'd like a Smartwheel for his daughters when they are old enough to drive.
DO THE SHARKS BITE? Daymond likes the product, but he can't add any value to this area. He's out. Barbara thinks the kids have gone too far with the fact that their product produces a report indicating the times unsafe driving occurs. She thinks teens will rebel against that. She's out. Kevin doesn't believe this product actually stops anyone from driving in an unsafe way. He thinks the kids will come up with a good idea one day, but this one isn't it. He's out. Robert thinks the kids should sell this product to someone instead of trying to produce it. He'll give them $100k for 30% contingent on a licensing deal with a car company.
THE RESULT: Mark offers to go 50-50 on Robert's deal but thinks they should take out the contingency. However, he also believes they should talk to the car companies. The kids go along with that. They have a deal for the wheel!LEARN MORE: Visit http://smartwheelusa.com


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Yahoo needs to seriously cut costs.
It has 18,000 full time employees and contractors, and we've been hearing from insiders for a while now that it should probably have 10,000 fewer.
New CEO Marissa Mayer knows this, and she plans to fix Yahoo's cost structure by cutting lots of people.
But she's not going to do it in a massive, one-off layoff.
A source close to the company tells us that instead, she's going to do it "very surgically, very carefully."
One of the Valley's bigger brains is pretty sure this is a terrible idea.
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The best metaphor for your Yahoo layoffs story is that it will be as if she is flying Predator drones armed with Hellfire missiles in continuous loops above the Yahoo campus. Every now and then, she'll press a button and some group in the company will spontaneously explode.
It seems to us that one reason Mayer is avoiding a massive layoff is that she wants to avoid bad headlines and the massive morale implosion that piles of cardboard boxes and lines outside conference rooms can bring.
But as we said yesterday, sniper-style layoffs can degrade morale because employees feel like they will never end, and that they will be next. Sometimes its better to just rip off the band-aid.
Back in 2009, Tim Armstrong cut massive costs at AOL by offering employees who wanted to leave a generous buyout package - called a voluntary separation package or "VSP"
We asked our smart Valley source if maybe Mayer should follow Tim Armstrong's lead.
This person said no.
"The problem with the buyout packages is that they adversely select -- the best people tend to take them. You get paid for quitting with honor."
"Over-staffing is a complete [drag] no matter how you try to carve it back. [Tech companies should] not over-hire during their growth years but they almost always do."
"By far the best approach is a single layoff big enough to actually be a one-time event."
"Almost no CEO actually has the nerve to do that, though."
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According to Universal Avionics (Booth 4702), there has been an increased interest in Flight Management Systems (FMS) with mission support, particularly from operators of Airbus Helicopters' AS332L and AS332L1 Super Puma helicopters in the offshore and Search and Rescue (SAR) sectors.
At this year's Heli-Expo, Universal Avionics will be showing its Multi-Mission Management System (MMMS) that is applicable for installation in these helicopter types. Universal Avionics' MMMS is SBAS, European P-RNAV and RNAV (GNSS) LPV-capable, and is enhanced with a unique fuel management function. According to the company, it allows higher than standard rate turns, up to the configured bank angle, and course reversal guidance that prioritizes minimum time in the turn and always turning toward the next search pattern leg.
Authorized dealer, Heli-One Canada (Booth 1804) will also be explaining its turn-key modifications for the Super Puma, integrating Universal's UNS-1Fw MMMS and LP/LPV Monitor under STC approval.


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A Continuous Delivery approach will enable your team to innovate more rapidly through faster, more iterative releases of your mobile and web applications.
Teams who implement this approach release their applications up to 30x more frequently, achieve more than 20% increase in bringing new products and services to market, and experience 50% fewer failures*.
The Zend Server platform is the fastest way to implement a Continuous Delivery approach. Zend Server, along with its patterns (plug-ins based on best practices) vastly simplifies the process of automating and integrating all of the steps required to bring your apps from code to production; from source control, to Continuous Integration, to automating infrastructure provisioning and application releases.
We call this rapid and easier approach to achieve rapid innovation the Zend Blueprint for Continuous Delivery.
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Our blueprint approach helps simplify some tough challenges - like how to automate deploying a complete application stack from your Continuous Integration system into staging and production, how to integrate and automate the right types of testing, and how to underpin your application deployment with automatic provisioning of staging and production environments with every element needed for your application's successful release.
Working with key partners and technologies such as Puppet Labs, Chef, Jenkins, VMware and many others, our engineers have developed patterns (plug-ins to Zend Server) that take the hard work out of tieing your various processes together, and are based on DevOps best practices from the real life experience of Zend's Professional Services team.
Of course, you could try to integrate and tie all of these pieces together yourself, but why waste your team's time when we've already done it for you?
Plus, whether you choose to implement the blueprint yourself or seek our help, the Zend Server support team will be behind you each step of the way.
A lot of employees take for granted how quickly we can push code from a BA (Business Acceptance) server stage into production and make critical bug fixes (since implementing Zend Server). The number of failures has gone down, I see a lot of two-week and monthly releases happen without incident. Overall, we are able to release with fewer risks.
We've found that Continuous Delivery and agile practices are intertwined, when you're doing things manually, people tend to wait for the process to finish. With automation and Continuous Delivery, you can reverse that relationship so that the process is waiting for people.
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Technology companies continue to arrive on the shores of Seattle, attracted by the region's top-notch software talent. The latest example is Ticketmaster, which announced today that it has opened a new engineering center in Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood.
"We have the most challenging eCommerce environment on the planet and our Seattle team will be instrumental in bringing to life our mission of fundamentally changing the way fans will purchase tickets in the future," said Cameron Etezadi, senior vice president of Ticketmaster, in a statement. "This is a rare and exciting opportunity as our Seattle office will be much like a start-up, developing software with a green-field approach while tapping into an unparalleled industry knowledge base."
Ticketmaster — a unit of Live Nation Entertainment — now attracts about 27 million visitors per month.
Etezadi is joined in leading the new office by Werner Koepf, both of whom previously worked at Amazon.com. Koepf most recently served as vice president of technology and product at Wetpaint, and before that worked as a vice president at Expedia.
Ticketmaster joins a number of technology giants — including Facebook, Google, EMC, eBay and Hulu — which have chosen to locate technical operations in the area. Earlier this month, Facebook moved into a new office in Seattle with room for 170 employees, while Google now employs about 1,000 people in the region split between offices in Kirkland and Seattle.
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)
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Children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are often late walkers.
In toddlers, parents may notice enlarged calf muscles (see image at right). This enlargement is known as pseudohypertrophy, or "false enlargement," because the muscle tissue is abnormal and may contain scar tissue.
A preschooler with DMD may seem clumsy and fall often. Parents also may note that children have trouble climbing stairs, getting up from the floor or running.
By school age, children may walk on their toes or the balls of their feet with a slightly waddling gait, and fall frequently. To try to keep their balance, they may stick out their bellies and pull back their shoulders. Children also have difficulty raising their arms.
Many children with DMD begin using a wheelchair sometime between ages 7 and 12. Transition to a wheelchair usually is a gradual process; at first, the chair may be required only to conserve the child's energy when covering long distances. (Children often experience renewed independence once they fully transition to a power wheelchair.)
In the teen years, activities involving the arms, legs or trunk may require assistance or mechanical support.Pain and sensation
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The muscle deterioration in Duchenne MD isn't usually painful in itself. Some people report muscle cramps at times; these usually can be treated with over-the-counter pain relievers.
Because muscular dystrophy doesn't affect nerves directly, touch and other senses are normal, as is control over the smooth, or involuntary, muscles of the bladder and bowel, and sexual functions.
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Lack of dystrophin can weaken the muscle layer in the heart (myocardium), resulting in a condition called cardiomyopathy. Over time, sometimes as early as the teen years, the damage done by DMD to the heart can become life-threatening. The heart should be monitored closely, usually by a pediatric cardiologist. See Medical Management for more on cardiomyopathy in DMD.
Respiratory function
Beginning at about 10 years of age, the diaphragm and other muscles that operate the lungs may weaken, making the lungs less effective at moving air in and out. Although the child may not complain of shortness of breath, problems that indicate poor respiratory function include headaches, mental dullness, difficulty concentrating or staying awake, and nightmares.
Weakened respiratory muscles make it difficult to cough, leading to increased risk of serious respiratory infection. A simple cold can quickly progress to pneumonia. It's important to get flu shots, and when infections occur, to get prompt treatment. See Medical Management for more on respiratory care in DMD.
About a third of boys with DMD have some degree of learning disability, although few have serious mental retardation. Doctors believe that dystrophin abnormalities in the brain may have subtle effects on cognition and behavior. Learning problems in DMD occur in three general areas: attention focusing, verbal learning and memory, and emotional interaction.
Children suspected of having a learning disability can be evaluated by a developmental or pediatric neuropsychologist through the school system's special education department or with a referral from the MDA clinic.
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An effective lesson that focuses on reasoning and proof should include several stages. In the lessons you viewed, you saw the teacher introduce a rich task, by relating it to students' everyday-life experiences and to already-understood mathematics. Once the task was presented to the class, the students went to work -- with a partner, in groups, or individually. Students were encouraged to make observations, develop conjectures, and share their reasoning, both for specific solutions and for their choice of a solution method. The teacher's coaching and support through carefully constructed questions helped move the students forward without telling them what to do.
Use the information you learned in this session to plan a lesson for one of your classes. Remember, students have most success with tasks that build on a known concept and that involve patterns that may be seen through numbers as well as geometric diagrams. Choose carefully what you ask students to justify -- the solution, the choice of method, or both. As you work, think ahead to questions and statements that you might use with students who have difficulty beginning the assignment.
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STOCKTON - When Melissa Flores posts a photo on Facebook of a mannequin dressed in the latest trends, it doesn't take long before someone responds.
STOCKTON - When Melissa Flores posts a photo on Facebook of a mannequin dressed in the latest trends, it doesn't take long before someone responds.
"They'll comment, 'Save that top for me,' " Flores said. And so she does, ready for that customer to stop by after work.
Flores, owner of Remedy, a clothing store in Lincoln Center, has found that using social media to notify her customers of new merchandise has proved an effective marketing tool.
Local shops have discovered that, in 2014, they face the challenge of competing with corporate retailers, as well as the growth in online shopping.
But the solution to thriving has not been to imitate or match prices, some local retailers reported.
They have found that by getting creative and emphasizing what sets them apart, they attract faithful customers.
"I'm really big on using Facebook and Instagram," said 32-year-old Flores, whose passion for style led her to earn a bachelor's degree in apparel marketing and design and eventually open her own boutique.
Flores said social media has allowed her to maintain a steady connection to her customers. She styles her mannequins, publishes the photos, and her online followers - they can be at work, at church or at home - get that alert on their phone.
"People don't go anywhere without their phone," she said. And before she knows it, she is holding that outfit for someone. "People really love it," she said.
Jeffrey Michael, director of the Business Forecasting Center at the University of the Pacific, said the retail industry historically has seen only little growth and decline fluctuations.
Recent local employment numbers coincide with that flat line he describes. The number of jobs in retail has remained around 25,000 for San Joaquin County for the past 10 to 15 years.
"When you look at commercial space, there is definitely stronger growth in hospitality and restaurants than there is in retail," Michael said. "People just haven't figured out how to get a hamburger online yet."
Where Michael does see change is in the structure of the industry - how merchandise is supplied.
Traditional retailers, large and small, are continuing to face intense competition from online retailers, he said. Consumers find convenience and access to more selection online.
Local mom and pop retailers additionally have to contend with larger retailers that often have a leg up on lower prices and mass merchandise.
Supply store owner Moji Mohammadkhan focuses on his ability to offer more personalized customer service.
"For us small people it's competing with the big guys," said Mohammadkhan, owner of Stockton Supplies, which sells food service, janitorial and party supplies and party rentals. "What we do is we offer customer service that the big box stores can't give."
While the larger chain stores out-price him at times, Mohammadkhan said, he carries a wider variety of products, styles and colors. And he goes out of his way to make customers happy.
"We cater to people who want what they want. They need it today, they grab it here today," he said.
"We also deliver. (Large stores) don't deliver supplies."
So, while it's clear statistically that growth remains stagnant in the retail arena, merchants also are aware it is an evolving industry.
The question for them has been how to respond proactively and be unique in order to stay profitable.
"The world is changing," said Flores, who found that using social media is to her advantage. "You have to embrace it."
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This is in response to your February 16, 2007, letter in which you request guidance on the applicability of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) to the Commonwealth of Virginia's recently enacted sex offender reporting statute. This Office administers FERPA and provides technical assistance to educational agencies and institutions to ensure compliance with the statute and regulations, which are codified at 20 U.S.C. § 1232g and 34 CFR Part 99 respectively.
You explain that, in 2006, the Virginia General Assembly amended a number of provisions related to the State's Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. You state:
One provision of the law, codified at Virginia Code Annotated § 23-2.2:1, requires both two-year and four-year institutions in Virginia to report to the Virginia State Police the following information for all applicants that are accepted for admission: (1) name; (2) social security number [SSN] or other identifying number; (3) date of birth; and (4) gender. This information is to be reported after acceptance for admission, but prior to the applicant becoming a "student in attendance." Specifically, according to guidelines jointly issued by the State Council on Higher Education for Virginia, the Virginia State Police, and the Virginia Community College System, institutions are to report this information within seven working days of granting an applicant acceptance or enrolling him or her in the institution. See Guidelines for Compliance with § 23-2.2:1. Reporting of enrollment information to Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry at 1 (hereinafter the "Guidelines"), attached.
Although the Virginia statute requires institutions to report information before applicants become students in attendance, the Guidelines anticipate that [it] may not be possible for some institutions with continuous enrollments. Hence, the Guidelines require reporting within seven business days of either granting acceptance or enrolling the student. See id. at 1, 5. The Guidelines also provide that "if an institution plans to transmit data after students are in attendance, it should consult with its legal counsel about designating data to be reported as 'directory information' under FERPA, by revising the institution's definition of directory information." Id. at 5.
This data is to be compared with information contained in the Virginia Criminal Information Network and the National Crime Information Center Convicted Sexual Offender Registry File.
You state that for your client, an institution of higher education in Virginia, and for other institutions that admit students on an on-going basis, "the Virginia statute and the interpretations provided in the Guidelines appear to create a significant dilemma." In this regard, you explain:
An institution that enrolls students on a continuing basis, such as our client, will always have new students beginning classes. In order to satisfy Virginia's reporting requirement, our client would thus have to provide the information required under the Virginia statute on a daily basis. Such a system is not operationally practical. Therefore, whenever our client reports the required data to Virginia, it will be reporting on some number of students that are already in attendance and will thus be implicating FERPA.
You also note that the Guidelines do not appear to recognize that FERPA does not require educational agencies and institutions to have a "directory information" policy, nor do the Guidelines account for the fact that FERPA permits students to "individually opt-out of an institution's directory information designations." Please note that we are providing guidance on the applicability of FERPA to these requirements. Concerns about the requirements imposing an administrative burden on institutions should be addressed to appropriate officials of the Commonwealth.
Applicable FERPA Provisions
Postsecondary institutions subject to FERPA may not have a policy or practice of permitting the disclosure of "education records, or personally identifiable information contained therein" without the written consent of eligible students. 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(b)(1) and (b)(2); 34 CFR § 99.30(a). (An "eligible student" is one who is at least 18 years of age or attends a postsecondary institution. See 34 CFR § 99.3.) Under FERPA, "education records" means those records that are:
- Directly related to a student; and
- Maintained by an educational agency or institution or by a party acting for the agency or institution.
34 CFR § 99.3 "Education records".
The term "personally identifiable information" is defined in the regulations as:
- The student's name;
- The name of the student's parent or other family member;
- The address of the student or student's family;
- A personal identifier, such as the student's social security number or student number;
- A list of personal characteristics that would make the student's identity easily traceable; or
- Other information that would make the student's identity easily traceable.
"Disclosure" means "to permit access to or the release, transfer, or other communication of personally identifiable information contained in education records to any party, by any means, including oral, written, or electronic means." See 34 CFR § 99.3.
One of the exceptions to FERPA's general consent requirement permits the disclosure of certain information that has been appropriately designated as "directory information" by the educational agency or institution, in accordance with § 99.37 of the regulations. FERPA defines directory information as information contained in an education record of a student which would not generally be considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed. Directory information could include information such as name, address, telephone listing, electronic mail address, date and place of birth, major field of study, dates of attendance, grade level, enrollment status, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, degrees, honors and awards received, and the most recent educational agency or institution attended.
In contrast, SSNs, also listed as "personally identifiable information" under FERPA, are often used to obtain a variety of sensitive, non-public information about individuals, such as employment, credit, financial, health, motor vehicle, and educational information, that would be harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed. For these reasons, this Office has routinely advised that a student's SSN is the kind of personally identifiable information that may not be designated and disclosed as directory information. We have generally included "student ID numbers" in the same category because these numbers have historically been used much like SSNs, that is, as unique identifiers used by themselves to obtain access to non-directory information about a student, such as education records (or educational services). This Office has also historically advised that information such as race or gender may not be designated as "directory information" under FERPA.
A postsecondary institution may disclose directory information to third parties without consent if it has given public notice to students in attendance of the types of information which it has designated as "directory information," of the student's right to restrict the disclosure of such information, and of the period of time within which a student has to notify the school in writing that he or she does not want any or all of those types of information designated as "directory information." The means of notification could include publication in various sources, including in a newsletter, in a local newspaper, or in the student handbook. A school is not required to individually notify students regarding directory information.
It is important to understand the definition of "student" in this context of your questions. The term "student"
includes any person with respect to whom an educational agency or institution maintains education records or personally identifiable information, but does not include a person who has not been in attendance at such agency or institution.
20 U.S.C. § 1232g(a)(6). The FERPA regulations define the term "student" in this manner:
"Student," except as otherwise specifically provided in this part, means any individual who is or has been in attendance at an educational agency or institution and regarding whom the agency or institution maintains education records."
34 CFR § 99.3 ("Student"). Emphasis added.
Neither the statute nor the regulations offer guidance which would provide further clarification as to when a student would be considered "in attendance" for the purposes of FERPA. Historically, the Department has left it to each institution to determine when a student is considered to be "in attendance" at that particular institution. However, such a determination should be justified by some reasonable basis of fact, and the Department reserves the right ultimately to conclude whether, as a matter of Federal law, the facts on which the determination is based are relevant and reasonable and that such determination is applied consistently. Generally, a student should be considered "in attendance" no later than the first day of class.
Accordingly, applications of individuals who are not attending an educational agency or institution are generally not "education records" because the individuals are not "students" at the educational agency or institution. However, please note that an institution that receives information (such as a transcript) on an applicant from a high school or from another postsecondary institution is required to protect that information and may not redisclose the information except in accordance with § 99.33 of the FERPA regulations.
With regard to the Commonwealth of Virginia's recently enacted sex offender reporting statute, you specifically ask these two questions:
- Can the Virginia statute's reporting requirements be reconciled with the FERPA provisions (specifically 20 U.S.C. §§ 1232g(a)(5), (b)(1)) that permit but do not require institutions to designate student information as directory information for purposes of disclosure?
- Assuming that an institution chooses (or can be compelled by State statute) to designate certain items as directory information under FERPA, can the Virginia statute's reporting requirements be reconciled with 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(a)(5)(B), which allows students to opt-out of directory information disclosure?
While the implementation of a "directory information" policy under FERPA (20 U.S.C. §§ 1232g(a)(5), (b)(1) and 34 CFR §§ 99.31(a)(11) and 99.37) is permitted but not required under the Federal law, a State statute can require educational agencies and institution to implement and disclose "directory information" under certain conditions. However, FERPA would not permit a State to require that information that is considered harmful or an invasion of privacy - such as students' SSNs, race, or gender - be designated and disclosed as "directory information." Also, any State requirement concerning "directory information" would have to honor "opt-outs" by parents and eligible students at K-12 agencies and institutions and by eligible students at postsecondary institutions. That is, under FERPA, parents and eligible students have the right to refuse to let an educational agency or institution designate any or all of the types of information about the student designated as "directory information." See 34 CFR § 99.37(a)(1)-(2). Therefore, any requirement that institutions disclose "directory information" must take into account the fact that students have to be provided notice of the items designated as "directory information," be advised of their right to refuse the let the institution disclose "directory information," and be told the period of time that the student has to notify the institution in writing that he or she does not want the information disclosed ("opt-out"). It is also important to note that, under FERPA, "directory information" may not be disclosed if a student has opted out of the disclosure of "directory information" items.
While you do not provide a definition for the term "continuous enrollments" used in your inquiry, or the terms used in the Virginia statute ("rolling or instantaneous admissions policy"), we assume for the purposes of this discussion that these terms refer to "students already in attendance," a term that the Guidance uses. For those students already in attendance, FERPA would permit postsecondary institution to disclose only properly designated "directory information," and only on those students who have not opted-out. The Guidance notes, as discussed above, this Office excludes from the definition of "directory information" (34 CFR § 99.3 "Directory information") gender and SSNs. In this regard, the Guidance states:
Thus institutions transmitting data on students already in attendance are unable to transmit gender or social security number, and should transmit "other identifying numbers,["] and "U" in lieu of "M" or "F". The informational items designated by the institution to be directory information would include complete name, date of birth, first date of attendance and the "identifying number" used in lieu of social security number for transmitting the data to the State Police.
See Guidance, page 6. Accordingly, the Commonwealth of Virginia can require that postsecondary institutions designate and disclose certain information that has been properly designated as "directory information" under FERPA on students who have not opted out of the disclosure.
However, the Guidance also states that, for students already in attendance, institutions should use "other identifying number" in lieu of SSNs for transmitting to the State Police. It is not clear from the information provided if this number refers to a student ID number or a randomly assigned number just for the purpose of transmitting the data to the State Police. It is also not clear why the Commonwealth believes that this number can be disclosed as "directory information." We would need further information about this number before we could provide technical assistance on this part of your question.
With regard to applicants who are not yet "students" under FERPA, we note that the Guidance requires that all institutions of higher education located in the Commonwealth of Virginia have a "maximum of seven working days, excluding institutional, state and/or federal holidays, from the time an individual who is seeking academic credit is granted acceptance to, or enrolled in the institution, to collect and transmit the [required information] about the student data elements regarding all newly admitted applicants to the Virginia State Police. …" (Emphasis added.) Please note that it is not clear what the guidance means by "enrolled in the institution." As explained in our general discussion of FERPA requirements above, each institution must determine when an individual is considered "in attendance" in accordance with its own enrollment procedures. This Office would consider reasonable an institution's determination that an applicant is a student "in attendance" on the date that the applicant accepts an offer of admission. We would also consider reasonable a determination that an applicant who has been accepted is "in attendance" on the first day of classes, or the day that individual begins residency in a campus dormitory. We would not consider reasonable an institution's determination that an individual is not a student "in attendance" beyond the first day of classes.
Finally, 34 CFR § 99.61 requires an educational agency or institution to notify this Office if it determines that it cannot comply with FERPA due to a conflict with State or local law. To the extent that a Virginia institution of higher education determines that it is unable to comply with the requirements of Virginia Code Annotated § 23-2.2:1, it should notify us. Please note that when funding under federal "Spending Clause" legislation is knowingly accepted by a fund recipient, the law imposes enforceable, affirmative obligations on the recipient. See United States v. Miami University, 294 F.3d 797, 809-810 (6th Cir. 2002). The court explained that educational agencies and institutions are required to comply with all FERPA requirements as a condition for receipt of funding under programs administered by the Department. Once the conditions and funds are accepted, an agency or institution is prohibited from releasing education records without consent. Id. While it appears that the Commonwealth has attempted to take into consideration FERPA's privacy protections in crafting these reporting requirements, it would appear based on the information you have provided that institutions could not provide the State Police with an "identifying number" in lieu of the student's SSN as "directory information" under FERPA.
I trust this guidance is helpful to you in explaining how FERPA provisions relate to the Virginia statute.
LeRoy S. Rooker
Family Policy Compliance Office


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Skyline Releases Softball Report #3
- Aubrey Walker named Player of the Week -
Clifton Park, N.Y. - The Skyline Conference released the third softball report for the 2010 season on Monday, March 29th, including Player of the Week, Pitcher of the Week, Rookie of the Week, Honor Roll and Conference statistics.
Sophomore first baseman Aubrey Walker (West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon) was named Skyline Conference Player of the Week. Walker batted .556 (10-for-18) with three doubles, three home runs, six runs batted in and eight runs scored in a 5-1 week for the Rams. Walker went 4-for-6 with a double and a homer as Farmingdale swept Kings Point. In the second game against NYUPoly, she went 3-for-3 with two home runs as the Rams earned a split.
To view the full report, click HERE.


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By Lee McClellan
Ky. Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Resources
The dog days of summer settled over Kentucky in the last week, bringing the hottest temperatures of the year. The summer heat in July and August make fishing reservoirs a tough prospect.
Even bluegill get grumpy in the larger lakes at this time of year, much less largemouth bass.
From staff reports
Those drawn for a 2014 Kentucky elk hunt can now go online to www.fw.ky.gov to see their assigned hunting area, according to a news release
Kentucky's popular quota elk hunts are carried out in two stages: initial selection then a second random drawing to determine the hunting area.
By Kevin Kelly
With summer activities in full swing, Kentucky's lakes and rivers are teeming with boaters enjoying the water.
Officials with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources want it to be a fun and safe experience for everyone.
The headwaters of Green River above Green River Lake imprinted historical greatness on the descendants of the earliest settlers of the area.
Capt. Abraham Lincoln obtained the first recorded land grant in what is now Casey County with 800 acres along the Green River. His 8-year-old son, Thomas, narrowly escaped death during an Indian ambush that killed Capt. Lincoln in 1786. Without Thomas, we would never hear of his son Abraham Lincoln.
Water temperatures are climbing into the upper 70s, sending channel catfish to rocky banks in reservoirs to spawn. June is one of the most productive months to fish for them.
By Jeff Lilly, outdoors columnist
Remember how this past winter just seemed to keep hanging on like a dog to a bone? Well, summer and 90-degree temps have made it to the Bluegrass State. Now we get to go from wishing it would warm up a couple months ago to wishing it would cool down a little. Just remember, it's Kentucky so hang around a day or two and the weather will change.
Bats are beneficial, fun to watch
The Anderson County Sportsman's Club will be hosting a 3D Archery Shoot on Sunday, June 29 at the club property on Old Joe Road. The shoot begins at 9 a.m. and will cost $12 per person to shoot for fun, $15 to shoot for points.
Several classes will also be offered that day.
The stream smallmouth fishing season is in full bloom.
A late spring following a brutally cold winter caused some hit and miss stream smallmouth fishing this past spring. With the warm winds of June now here, stream smallmouth are settling into their summer patterns with water temperatures stabilizing in the mid-70s.
Keith Lilly displays the gobbler he took during a trip to West Virginia. The bird sported a 9 1/2-inch beard and sharp 1 3/8-inch spurs.
By Kevin Kelly
Ky. Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Resources
It is a few minutes before 6 p.m. on Friday and vehicles continue pulling into the parking lot at the Scott County Extension Center.
An orange sign marked "Hunter Education" confirms the visitors are in the right place and directs them to proceed to the North Room, where a uniformed Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources conservation educator welcomes his new students.
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8 Reasons To Be Excited About Danny Brown's 'Old'
All too often, infighting and jealousy will dilute a city's hip-hop scene. But Detroit rappers clearly wish to thrive en masse. Elzhi, Boldy James, Black Milk and Guilty Simpson are habitual collaborators who know how to bring out the best in one another. One graduate of the Detroit underground is rising star and blogosphere hijacker Danny Brown. The 32-year-old sweated out more than a decade of grunt work, honing his drum-tight flow on mixtape after uncelebrated mixtape. (2009's Elzhi collabo "Contra" is well worth the trip to YouTube.)
Brown is a toothless, Adderall-railing MC who rhymes about the penury of his bankrupt hometown, a place where "fiends on they menstrual" are the predominant demographic and copper theft is the only means to a lucrative payday. He's also been known to humor listeners with goofy food metaphors and random Joy Division references—because comic relief is a must when you're dealing with material this heavy.
Brown's songs of late have been obscene, vivid, uncomfortable and Detroit as fuck. Here are 8 reasons to be stoked about Old, his third album in as many years (in stores on Oct. 8).
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(a)Two-Year Supply.—
The Secretary of Defense may not incur any obligation against a stock fund of the Department of Defense for the acquisition of any item of supply if that acquisition is likely to result in an on-hand inventory (excluding war reserves) of that item of supply in excess of two years of operating stocks.
(b)Exceptions.—The head of a procuring activity may authorize the acquisition of an item of supply in excess of the limitation contained in subsection (a) if that activity head determines in writing—
that the acquisition is necessary to achieve an economical order quantity and will not result in an on-hand inventory (excluding war reserves) in excess of three years of operating stocks and that the need for the item is unlikely to decline during the period for which the acquisition is made; or
(Added Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title III, § 317(a), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1338.)


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A Minnesota man who recently moved to Chicago and was working as a comedian found his way to the roof of a 42-story downtown hotel in his new hometown, then fell a short distance early Thursday while shooting photographs and died, authorities said.
Nicholas Wieme, who grew up in the western Minnesota city of Pipestone, fell 22 feet down a smokestack shortly after 1 a.m. while atop the InterContinental Hotel on Michigan Avenue, according to the Fire Department and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Fire rescue personnel pulled Wieme out a few hours later and took him to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he died shortly after 5 a.m., the department said.
Wieme and his girlfriend had dined at Michael Jordan's Steakhouse in the hotel Wednesday evening and then went to "explore" the hotel, police said. They took the elevator to the top floor and entered the restricted rooftop deck through an unsecured door.
Department spokeswoman Meg Ahlheim said that Wieme was communicating with his girlfriend, either with phone calls or by texting, and that firefighters had maintained contact with him until about 3:15 a.m.
Wieme was wedged in the chute where it turned at an angle before dropping about 42 floors, Ahlheim added. Rescuers had to cut into the shaft below him and lower him down to the opening.
Hotel management declined to field questions about the incident, then released a statement from general manager Raymond Vermolen, who said: "Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of the guest at this difficult time. The hotel staff will continue to cooperate fully with authorities in their investigation."
Wieme was the son of Pipestone's longtime KLOH Radio country music DJ Bernie Wieme and graduated from Pipestone High School in 2007. He earned an English degree from Minnesota State University, Moorhead in 2011 and moved to Chicago soon afterward.
He was scheduled to appear Monday as part of a troupe at the iO Improv's Cabaret Theater. Alumni from iO Improv include Tina Fey, Mike Myers and Andy Dick.
Wieme also was registered with Rooftop Comedy, which offers video clips of him performing.
Kyja Nelson, an associate professor at Moorhead who chairs cinema arts and digital technologies instruction, had Wieme as a student in production classes and said he was "very creative and had a really sharp sense of humor."
Nelson said Wieme was "just full of life and almost larger than life in a way. Everything he did, he had fun doing it. That's part of his vibrancy."
It was during college that Wieme took on standup comedy as a hobby, said his brother Jamie Wieme. That led Nick Wieme to Chicago and a shift into improv.
"In this he found even more success," his brother said. "Those that watched him perform often attested that Nick had a way of unintentionally stealing the show."
Nick Wieme's coach at the iO Improv, Matt Higbee, described him as "not only a great comedian but a very skilled filmmaker and storyteller."
"He had such a joyousness," Higbee added, "and you couldn't help but watch him."
The Chicago Tribune contributed to this report. Paul Walsh 612-673-4482


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I'm still bogged down with a few real-life responsibilities that are monopolizing my free time, so the only tidbit I have to share right now is a quick tip on modifying the login prompt.
One of the things I dislike about Crux is that the login prompt, located at /etc/issue, is rather sparse — so sparse in fact, that it doesn't clear the screen of debris when I log out. I'd prefer it behaved like Arch, where logging out cleared the screen and showed only the login command.
So how to feed a "clear screen" command into the /etc/issue file? Easy.
clear >> /etc/issue
Naturally, you'll have to be root to do that (or a reasonable facsimile thereof). Once the escape key sequence for the "clear screen" command is tacked onto that file, you can move it around inside there and cue the blank screen before the text is shown. Simple enough, right?
While you're adjusting the login prompt, you might as well add some gigantamo text with figlet, colorize the whole affair with cadubi and really pimp your ride.
But let's not go overboard, friends. 😀


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Volunteer Highlights 2013
Volunteers – Thank you for your time and dedication!
On Saturday April 20, our annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner was held to thank over 200 of our volunteers for their hard work and dedication to our library. This wonderful group ranges in age from 12 to 86 years young. Many volunteers were acknowledged for their hundreds of hours of service and Irm Smawley of Fredricksen Library and Ella Mae Erford of East Pennsboro Branch were honored as the nominated United Way Volunteers of the Year. A special thank you to Thomas Malin, M.D., Gregg and Bette Aversa and the Friends of Fredricksen Library for underwriting the event.
Volunteers are the backbone of our library. They check in materials, shelve books and media items, keep the magazine area neat, maintain the community bulletin board, locate materials and assist in indoor plant care. They also prepare new items for the public, prepare old items to be withdrawn from our collection, mend and bind books and clean audiovisual materials.
In addition to our library volunteers, the Friends of Fredricksen Library and the Friends of East Pennsboro Library give hours of time and energy at fundraising events such as book sales, silent auctions and bake sales. They also volunteer their time advocating for the needs of the library to local, state and federal officials. This year the Friends of Fredricksen Library honored Diana Kerr and the Friends of East Pennsboro Branch Library honored Ed Bomgardner as Friends of the Year.
The Board of Trustees is a volunteer board and donates numerous hours of oversight and guidance pertaining to administration of the library. In conjunction with the library director, they are responsible for the fiscal well being of the library and help to set policy.
Fredricksen and the East Pennsboro Branch could not operate without volunteers. These individuals help to stretch the tax dollar and greatly expand the reach of library services.
See PHOTOS from the 2013 Volunteer Appreciation Dinner!
What is that wonderful aroma floating through the library? It's the smell of freshly brewed coffee, wafting from The Coffee Corner @ Fredricksen! On weekdays from 9:30 am – 11:30 am, our volunteer baristas brew fragrant and delicious coffees in the Lower Lobby. We offer special coffee blends each month, all of which are purchased wholesale straight from Camp Hill's Cornerstone Coffeehouse. Becoming a volunteer barista was a new volunteer opportunity in 2012 and we are looking to add more baristas! If you are interested in volunteering, contact us.
United Way 2013 Volunteer of the Year
Fredricksen Nominee - Irm Smawley
Irm Smawley has volunteered at Cleve J. Fredricksen Library since September 1, 1993. She has given over 4,125 hours to the library. Her responsibilities have been to check in materials returned by customers, shelve those materials, look on the shelves for materials requested by customers and route those materials to the customers. Although Irm is one volunteer, she is dedicated to the library. She wants everyone in the community to embrace the library as the center of the community and enjoy all that is available through our library. Irm is at the library Monday and Friday morning. While most library volunteers donate about two hours per day, staff has been known to "kick out" Irm after giving six hours of her day to the library. She will take neighbor's books to make those neighbor's lives enjoyable and speaks her mind about the importance of libraries in the community. Irm also volunteers one day a week at the Bethany Village library. A native of Berlin Germany, Irm now calls Camp Hill home. She has worked for the Camp Hill School District in the library and now at Fredricksen Library, Irm continues to enjoy the connection with families. She has the support of staff, volunteers and customers when she needs. Irm thinks she needs us but the library knows we need her!
United Way 2013 Volunteer of the Year
East Pennsboro Branch Nominee - Ella Mae Erford
Ella Mae has been a Monday morning library volunteer for nearly ten years. During this time she has become very familiar with the library, its operations and customers. She currently volunteers about 14 hours a month. Every Monday morning the library anticipates handling a huge volume of books and media items that have been dropped in the outdoor bins throughout the weekend. All these materials require processing. She efficiently handles each item and sends it on its next journey. While handling book and media drops she also processes returning items from our customers. In this way, Ella Mae contributes invaluably to the library's operations. Ella Mae offers great suggestions for improvements that have resulted in greater efficiency. She takes initiative in resolving issues and works to streamline and improve the library's day to day operations.
2013 Friend of the Year Fredricksen Library - Diana Kerr
Diana Kerr has volunteered at Fredricksen Library since 2002. She began volunteering by taking on the responsibility of caring for the indoor plants and also shelving non-fiction books as time allowed every week. As the needs of the library continued to expand, Diana offered to assist with sorting book donations. The lead book sorter volunteer retired, so Diana saw a need in the library and stepped up. She took the evolving task of sorting donated items and then elevated it to the next level. Though research she found an organization called Better World Books to send materials that are in good condition but would not typically sell at a book sale at Fredricksen. The organization sells the materials on-line. The Friends receive a portion of the proceeds and a designated worldwide organization also receives funds. Diane has worked with the library, volunteers and Friends of Fredricksen to fulfill many needs of the community. We greatly appreciate all she has accomplished and look forward to her future ideas and initiatives.
2013 Friend of the Year East Pennsboro Branch - Ed Baumgardner
Ed Baumgardner was recruited by Marge Beaner, a former EP Branch volunteer and current Friends member, several years ago. He came to help with one of our big book sales in the gym and has never left us. Ed has been a true 'Friend' in every sense of the word. Ed is a very dedicated volunteer. He started by moving boxes of books around and helping to set up the book sales. He has progressed from helping to running the book sales. He determines which books are in good enough condition for our sales and discards those that aren't. Ed determines all the dates for our sales and has developed a working relationship with East Pennsboro Township. He has worked directly with the township manager, which has resulted in a donated room in the township building where Ed can leave the books set up all the time. On book sale days, Ed provides great customer service by helping the customer find their book(s), and if he doesn't have what the customer is looking for, he tells them he'll be on the lookout for it. He has also taken on making arrangements and picking up cartons of donated books when the Friends of Fredricksen have donations for the East Pennsboro Friends. Ed has been and is a great volunteer who has helped to raise thousands of dollars since joining the East Pennsboro Friends group. We appreciate all Ed does for us and hope he'll be with us for a long, long time.


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Swim Team - Dolphins Dev. III - September
Greater competitiveness is emphasized in this group. These swimmers possess a knowledge of swim meets, all strokes, racing, turns and dives. They focus on technique, speed, endurance and strength in their training. The sets in this group become more challenging for goal accomplishment and achieving time standards. Beginning at age 13, dryland (strength training on land) is an integrated training option. Swim meet expectations increase and attendance at three practices a week are required. Swimmers in this group are able to swim legally 100 yards each stroke of the four strokes (Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, and Freestyle), 4 x 100 Free on 2:00, 2 x 200 IM on4:00, 8 x 50 kick on1:15, breathe every 3 strokes on Freestyle, are working towards Y Regional times, must have PNS silver times in two or more events, consistent turns on all strokes, independently use the pace clock and follow intervals for swim sets.