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Mariners flip page on 2013 with Cano deal
SEATTLE -- It says a lot about the Mariners' 2013 season that their biggest highlight occurred not when the games were being played, but instead in the closing days of December when the club stunned the baseball world by signing Robinson Cano.
Clearly the Mariners are ready to turn the page and flip the calendar forward, hoping for better fortunes in the future after changing managers and then dishing out one of the biggest contracts in Major League history to bring Cano to the Pacific Northwest.
SEATTLE -- It says a lot about the Mariners' 2013 season that their biggest highlight occurred not when the games were being played, but instead in the closing days of December when the club stunned the baseball world by signing Robinson Cano.
Clearly the Mariners are ready to turn the page and flip the calendar forward, hoping for better fortunes in the future after changing managers and then dishing out one of the biggest contracts in Major League history to bring Cano to the Pacific Northwest.
The regular season wasn't nearly as pretty, with a disappointing 71-91 season and the end of Eric Wedge's three-year run as skipper. But as always, there were some memorable moments and personal achievements certainly worth remembering as we look back at 2013.
The Mariners continued unveiling a core of young players that should make for interesting times ahead, and it was the promise of that youthful group that convinced general manager Jack Zduriencik and the team's ownership group that now was the time to strike big by adding a bona-fide star to the mix in Cano, who inked a 10-year, $240 million contract on Dec. 12.
Despite a four-game drop in the win-loss record, the Mariners' offense took at least a small step forward in '13, particularly on the power side of the ledger. The club moved in the outfield fences at Safeco Field and also brought in several boppers, and the result was a team that finished second in the American League in home runs.
Raul Ibanez belted 29 home runs after returning to Seattle for the third time in his career, while designated hitter Kendrys Morales provided a middle-of-the-order upgrade after being acquired in an offseason trade with the Angels for Jason Vargas.
The Mariners still finished last in the AL in batting average at .237, but did break a string of four straight years as the lowest-scoring club in the league by climbing to 12th out of the 15 teams. They'll need to make bigger strides in the future, but the arrival of Cano and fellow free agent Corey Hart and the continued maturation of youngsters like Kyle Seager, Justin Smoak, Michael Saunders, Dustin Ackley, Mike Zunino, Brad Miller and Nick Franklin give new manager Lloyd McClendon something to build on.
A 19-29 record in one-run games and 6-15 mark in extra-inning contests proved too much to overcome this past season, but if the Mariners turn those close games around and continue seeing steps forward from their young prospects and new additions, the future should be brighter.
For now, one last look back at the team's top five storylines of 2013:
5) Youth is served, in increasingly large portions
The Mariners have been adding young pieces for the last several years and 2013 saw the arrival of another group that figures to be an integral part of the future. Premier pitching prospect Taijuan Walker made his debut in September and immediately lived up to his billing with three strong starts. Equally impressive was the work of left-hander James Paxton, who also debuted in the final month and assertively made his case for a 2014 rotation spot.
A trio of rookie position players -- Zunino, Miller and Franklin -- all took over starting roles by midseason and outfielder Abraham Almonte arrived in September as another first-year man on a mission.
By season's end, eight of the regular position starters were 27 or younger, the closer was rookie Danny Farquhar and the rotation at various times included Walker (21) Brandon Maurer (23), Erasmo Ramirez (23), Paxton (25) and "old man" Felix Hernandez (27).
4) And at the other end of the age spectrum …
Not all the Mariners were just out of diapers. In fact, the offensive star for much of the year was Ibanez, a 41-year-old father of five who refused to act his age.
Ibanez was signed as a part-time platoon player who could provide some clubhouse leadership, but injuries to others and his own performance led to a much larger role, and he wound up leading the team with 29 home runs with 65 RBIs in 124 games.
The 29 homers tied Ted Williams for the most ever by a player age 40 or older, with Williams originally setting that mark in 1960 for the Red Sox. Ibanez had a torrid first half when he hit .267 with 24 homers and 56 RBIs prior to the All-Star break, shattering records for the best first-half production ever by a player his age.
3) A pair of aces atop the rotation
What's better than having one of the premier right-handers in the game in your starting rotation? Having two, of course, which the Mariners enjoyed all season long with the emergence of Hisashi Iwakuma as an AL All-Star and Cy Young Award contender alongside Hernandez.
Iwakuma, 32, finished his second season in the Majors with a 14-6 record and 2.66 ERA. He was named the Mariners Pitcher of the Year by the Seattle chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, finished third in the AL Cy Young voting and earned his first All-Star berth.
The former Japanese standout was so efficient that this 1.006 WHIP was the lowest in franchise history, and he racked up a career-best 219 2/3 innings.
While Iwakuma led the Mariners with his 14 wins, that number could have been much higher. He led the Majors and set a club record with 10 starts in which he pitched at least six innings and didn't allow an earned run, yet wound up with no-decisions in five of those games.
Iwakuma had 13 no-decisions among his 33 starts despite a 2.88 ERA in those outings.
2) Change at the top
A tumultuous 2013 for Wedge ended in surprising fashion when the third-year skipper announced he wouldn't be returning for a fourth year just three days before the end of the season.
Wedge missed 27 games from July 22-Aug. 22 after suffering a stroke during batting practice and being hospitalized for several days. He returned for the final five weeks of the season and was at full strength health-wise, but unhappiness with the front office led to his resignation on Sept. 27, though he stayed on board and managed the final three games.
Wedge finished with a 213-273 record in Seattle and was replaced by McClendon.
The turnover at the top continued two months later when team president Chuck Armstrong announced his retirement, effective at the end of January. Armstrong, 71, has been with the Mariners for 28 of their first 37 years.
1) Landing the big prize
After several years of pursuing big-name free agents, Zduriencik closed the deal with Cano that will bring the five-time All-Star second baseman to Seattle for the next decade.
Cano's $240 million contract makes him just the fifth Major Leaguer ever to sign for $200 million or more, joining Alex Rodriguez, Albert Pujols, Joey Votto and Prince Fielder. It is more than double the previous high for a second baseman set by Dustin Pedroia at eight years for $110 million from 2014-21.
But the Mariners believe the cost is worth it to acquire an impact middle-of-the-order middle infielder who has the highest WAR in baseball (per Baseball Reference) at 34.2 over the past five seasons, ahead of Miguel Cabrera's 33.7.
Cano and Cabrera are the only two players to hit .300 or better for each of the past five seasons and also the only two to slug .500 or better every year in that same span. And the 31-year-old has been an ironman as well, missing just 14 games over seven seasons.
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog.


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10 Common Thrift Store Finds (And Ways to Use Them for DIY Projects)
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We often hear people complain that they're no good at thrift store shopping—they have an aversion to dirt, no patience, or just bad luck. The truth is that anyone can be a good thrifter if they keep an open mind. It's as simple as recognizing when an object needs a good cleaning, a coat of paint, or even just a new context. Here are a few common items to keep an eye out for the next time you're at the thrift store.
- Dishes: You can find mismatched dishes in a range of colors and patterns at any thrift shop. Use them to build a collection, hang a wall of plates, or make them into mirrors.
- Artwork: If you're thinking of hanging a wall of clustered artwork, thrift shops are a great place to build a cheap, out-of-the-ordinary collection.
- Shelves and Secretaries: Storage pieces are always useful around the house. Clean up shelves with paint or wallpaper. Although old-fashioned, secretaries are really useful pieces that can easily transform into a home office, bar, or linen closet.
- Sweaters and Blankets: Have these dry-cleaned, and then use them to add some coziness to your home by reupholstering a chair seat or covering a footstool.
- Trunks, Suitcases, and File Cabinets: Industrial trunks and storage pieces or vintage suitcases are easy to find at flea markets and thrift shops. Clean them up and use them as occasional tables.
- Dining Chairs: Whether you're looking for a whole set or a single side chair, dining chairs are always waiting to be scooped up at second-hand shops. If your chair needs a little love, try painting it, reupholstering a seat, or staining it.
- Dining Tables: Simple thrift store tables can be used for kitchens, dining rooms, or repurposed as a desk. If the table is scuffed or needs some DIY love, try restyling it with paint, fabric, or even just a tablecloth.
- Lamps: Sometimes all a lamp needs is a new shade and a good cleaning to make it brand new. If you find a broken lamp at a thrift store, you can always try rewiring it.
- Rocking Chairs: We can't tell you how many Thonet rocking chairs we've found at thrift shops around the $30 mark, usually in excellent condition. Rockers are great for a child's room, a porch, or even a corner that needs a big piece. If your chair is a little dull, try painting it.
- Fabric: If you've got basic sewing skills, thrift stores are the perfect place to look for fabric scraps to use for pillows, napkins, tablecloths, curtains, and any other project that could use a stash of mismatched prints. Just make sure to wash your fabrics before using them.
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North End Ramble 2011
Peter Wadsworth sent over some photos he shot of the recent North End Ramble bike ride. If you're not familiar, the Ramble is an annual celebration of art, creativity, and culture focused around the Old North End; it's similar to the South End Art Hop coming up this weekend but with a O.N.E. twist. More photos are below and over at 20Booth.


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Don't let the weather keep you off the bike this winter! We've got 2 great prizes to give away that will let you keep riding inside and outside in style – one winner will receive both an Elite Real Power CT Trainer and a NiteRider Pro 3600 LED Headlight! These are both top-of-the-line pieces of bike gear – you won't have any excuses not to ride your bike year-round! All you have to do to enter is submit your email address on PerformanceBike.com here (All entries must be received no later than 11:59:59 p.m. ET on February 02, 2013. Only one entry per person will be counted).
So what's special about this trainer from Elite? Not only are you getting an advanced resistance trainer, but when you hook up the unit to your own PC it can replicate real world slopes up to a 20% grade – talk about a powerful workout! Just coordinate your PC with the resistance unit, download the software and choose from 15 video races that feature gradients up to 20% from around the planet. There's even a Conconi Test System to measure your anaerobic threshold, a training test that creates a one month training program based on your personal stats, and available GPS/Google maps to expand your indoor cycling options. Video to keep you motivated, an advanced trainer to challenge you, and trackable data to monitor your progress – you'll look forward to hours spent on this trainer!
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Photo Galleries: Game 5: L.A. Kings blank San Jose Sharks, 3-0
The Kings came out swinging.
What a relief for anyone who cheered them to the Stanley Cup last year.
Whether the Kings win or lose this series – and they could clinch on Sunday inSan Jose – the Kings fought in Game 5 at Staples Center.
They scrapped. They clawed. They hit. They hustled.
About playoff time.
They outhit the Sharks 51-24. They owned the tone, the tempo and now the series.
The best players hadn't been playing well at all, but Anze Kopitar chipped away at that theme when he knocked home a rebound at 18:08 in the second period, the game-winner in the Kings' 3-0 drubbing of the Sharks.
The Kings lead 3-2 in the Western Conference semifinals series and can advance to the conference finals with a win in San Jose on Sunday or force a Game 7 with a loss.
Coupled with another shutout from goaltender Jonathan Quick – the seventh of his playoff career – the Kings were too much for the hapless Sharks.
"You go in their zone and you get a couple hits in their zone and that puts them on their heels a little bit," Kopitar said. "After that, there's alittle bit of space where you can create some plays."
Kopitar agreed that goal spelled some relief.
It was Kopitar's second goal of the playoffs. Ouch. After a celebratory hug from defenseman Slava Voynov, he let out a cathartic yell. He needed that. The Kings needed that.
"Yeah, it felt great to get us on the board," Kopitar said. "Doesn't matter who does it as long as we do it."
But it does matter.
That was necessary if the Kings are going to win the Western Conferencesemifinals or defend that Cup. Kopitar matters.
So did every meaningful hit.
The Kings led 2-0 in the third period, and the Kings are 21-0 over the last two years in the postseason when leading by two goals in the thirdperiod.
Captain Dustin Brown needs to get in on the action, too, but for now the Kings still have Voynov and all those hard-hitting checks.
Not even a minute into the third period, and Trevor Lewis won a faceoff andVoynov scored again. You're getting used to this from the offensive-minded defenseman.
Voynov has now scored four goals this postseason – three of which were game-winners – and when you wonder how the Kings have gone this far without Brown and Kopitar and Jeff Carter scoring much, it's because of Voynov and goaltender Jonathan Quick.
Carter had an empty-netter in the final minute to put an exclamation mark on a pummeling by the Kings.
From the first period, the Kings had big hits and outshot the Sharks 9-6. They didn't get any goals out of it, but they showed energy, character and grit.
Williams set the tone with a big hit on Brad Stuart and all the Kings men followed suit. Dustin Penner then made a pancake block, err hit, and the slugfest was started.
In the third period, with a 2-0 lead, the Kings didn't stop hitting. Matt Greene – recently back in the lineup – had a huge hit on TJ Galiardi.
The Kings delivered, and the Sharks did what the Sharks always do in the playoffs through two periods.
Clearing throat sound goes here.
Much was missing from Game 4 for the Kings, who were outshot 15-3 in the first period and looked nothing like last year's defending Stanley Cup champion team.
That changed with Williams' first hit. And every one of those 50 after that.
Actor Tom Cruise was at the Kings game and got booed when shown on theJumboTron. Guess Kings fans think their mission IS possible.
The Kings went a long way in flexing their championship muscle again. They scratched and clawed and hit and hit and hit.
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Erin Andrews — Crush of the Day
Erin Andrews, the babe who helped make sideline reporting one of our favorite parts of the game, is leaving ESPN, according to reports. But don't worry; she won't be gone from the tube for long. Word is the former 'Dancing with the Stars' contestant is in talks to join Fox Sports.
A gig at Fox would mark a homecoming for Andrews, who started her career as a freelancer for Fox Sports Florida 12 years ago. Since then, the 34-year-old journalist and broadcaster has helped make game day even more dynamic with her presence on the sideline.
As her star rose, Andrews became something of a celebrity and booked several appearances on late-night and daytime talk shows. She joined 'Dancing with the Stars' in 2012.
The Lewiston, Maine native landed several endorsement deals, which forced ESPN to rethink its endorsement guidelines for its talent.
So what does Andrews move to Fox mean for sports fans? Two things: You'll probably get to see even more of her, since Fox owns a number of sports channels, not counting their non-cable network that tends to dominate weekend sports. And you can probably look forward to another sharp and sexy sports journo taking her place at ESPN. Sounds like a good deal for Andrews and for us.


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In the latest in a string of high-profile hacking disclosures, the Federal Reserve confirmed on Wednesday that one of its websites was broken into by cyber hackers in a breach that reportedly leaked the contact information of thousands of bankers.
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While the central bank said the incident didn't "affect critical operations" of the Federal Reserve System, the disclosure is sure to fuel concerns about the cyber security of government websites and critical financial infrastructure.
The Fed hack appears to be tied to an Anonymous group that published on Twitter the credentials of more than 4,000 commercial bankers early Monday morning. The group, Operation Last Resort, said it received the documents "via the FED."
"The Federal Reserve System is aware that information was obtained by exploiting a temporary vulnerability in a website vendor product. The exposure was fixed shortly after discovery and is no longer an issue," a Fed spokesman told FOX Business.
According to tech website ZDNet, the exposed information was derived from thousands of emergency system bank contacts stored by the Federal Reserve. Specifically, the hackers breached a database belonging to the St. Louis Fed Emergency Communications System.
Operation Last Resort, which is a faction of Anonymous that has been inflamed by the suicide of Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz, posted sensitive data tied to state-charter banks and credit unions, including login information, credentials, IP addresses and contact information, ZDNet reported.
The ECS, which was rolled out in 2008, serves as an emergency contact list for regulators to get in touch with bankers in the event of an emergency like a natural disaster or an incident in the financial markets.
The St. Louis Fed didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Fed disclosure follows a slew of other recent high-profile hacking acknowledgements, including last week from Twitter, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, which is owned by FOX Business parent News Corp. (NASDAQ:NWSA).


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Innovative Open Textbook Company Fights Back Against Publishers' Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
from the what-infringement? dept
It's been nearly a year, but Boundless has filed its counterclaims, denying the various charges, and insisting that its works have never infringed, that the textbook publishers are claiming copyright over "non-copyrightable material" and that even if there were infringement, they are protected by fair use. They also claim that the lawsuit is a form of copyright misuse and shows the publishers' "abuse of the copyright monopoly." Should make for an interesting case.
At the same time, Boundless is also seeking a declaratory judgment on its new offerings. Apparently, the company changed its offerings substantially over the last year, and while the case is still over what those earlier offerings looked like (which Boundless believes did not infringe), it's seeking a clear statement that its newer offerings won't get the company sued as well. Boundless' lawyer sent the publishers a letter last month, asking them to make it clear that the lawsuit was just over the older versions and that there were no issues with the new version, but the publishers have refused, saying that the results of the trial "will inform... current and future business practices." In other words, let's see what happens with this case, and then we'll decide if we can sue over more stuff.
We recently had a lively discussion in the comments on a recent post about the upcoming Supreme Court ruling in the Kirtsaeng case, which is somewhat relevant. The Kirstaeng case, of course, involves first sale rights, and whether or not you'll be able to resell what you bought legally abroad. A defender of taking away first sale rights (i.e., upholding the lower court ruling) argued that if the Supreme Court allows the first sale doctrine to apply to textbooks bought abroad, it will mean that textbook providers will jack up their prices abroad, rather than offer them cheaply, and thus poor students in third world countries will never be able to afford an education.
As we pointed out, this is hogwash and ignores that markets are dynamic. If the big expensive publishers decide to drop out of such markets, it seems pretty clear that there will be others who will quickly step in -- and innovative companies like Boundless were exactly what we were thinking about. They're not infringing on the works of the big publishers. They're providing much-needed competition against an oligopoly that has worked hard at keeping prices ridiculously high for educational resources. It's a market ripe for disruption, and it's silly (though not unexpected) that publishers are seeking to abuse copyright law to stamp out that disruption, rather than learning to innovate themselves.


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BEEF46 wrote:I am one who was critical of Mr. Irvin. I never commented that he was a bust however I expressed my concerns early on and hoped things would change but didn't have a lot of optimism.
I am proud today to whole heartedly eat my serving of crow. In fact I am enjoying licking my plate clean.
Congrats to you Bruce. It is my pleasure to have my concerns erased by your play over the last 4 games. Keep the fire burning young man......keep the fire burning.
Real question though is.... Will WALTER FOOTBALL ever publicly eat a big heaping helping of crow, or will he just conveniently forget all the BS Hateraide he was pouring out on draft day and beyond.
2012 NFL Draft Individual Grades:
15. Bruce Irvin, DE/OLB, West Virginia: MATT MILLEN LSD-LACED KIELBASA ORGY WITH 200 USDA MEN Grade
Wow!!! What the hell are the Seahawks doing? You pick one-trick ponies in the third or fourth round. And you pick one-trick ponies who get arrested for robbery and defacing public property in the sixth or seventh round. Did Seattle write the wrong name down on the card? If they did mean to pick him, did they even watch him on tape? He's an athlete playing football. This is one of the worst draft picks of all time.
Those are big huge words there Walter. The amount of crow you're going to need to eat will be collosal...
Random thought... Do any of the busts in Canton have dreads? Cuz that will look Rad.


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Dave Moritz wrote:Deborah:
This thread has been a lot of fun, so I'd better get in my two-cents worth while it's still lively. IMHO, your enunciation of the word "fortification" earlier in this thread was spot on vis-s-vis the male mind! I couldn't supress my laughter (not that I'd want to)! It revealed a depth of insight on your part, insight the likes of which I hope is not shared by too many other women in this world. (We men do like to remain somewhat of a mystery, you know!) However, I've a sneaking suspicion that I'm harboring false hopes on this one!
Great tasting note! Thanks.
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Dave is their really any mystery about the average male mind? It generally goes something like this -food, sex, food, sex, food, alcohol, food, sex, food, sex, food, alcohol, food, sex, food, sex, food, sleep, repeat cycle.


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SOURCE: QR Energy
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HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - Jul 12, 2012) - QR Energy, LP ("QRE" or "QR Energy") (NYSE: QRE) announced today that it expects to issue its earnings release for the second quarter of 2012 before the market opens on Thursday, August 9, 2012.
In conjunction with the earnings release, management will host a live webcast and conference call on August 9 at 10 a.m. central time to discuss QRE's financial results and outlook.
Interested parties may join the webcast by visiting QR Energy's Investor Relations website at http://ir.qrenergylp.com or the conference call by dialing (877) 861-4516 or (706) 679-6295 five minutes before the call begins and providing the conference ID 99397506.
The webcast will be available on QR Energy's Investor Relations website at http://ir.qrenergylp.com for 14 days following the call and a telephonic replay will be available for 7 days following the call by dialing (855) 859-2056 or (404) 537-3406 and providing the conference ID 99397506.
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QR Energy, LP is a publicly traded partnership engaged in the acquisition, production and development of onshore crude oil and natural gas properties in the United States. QR Energy is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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They can also be quite affectionate with their owners. Very quick to learn commands, the clever Chihuahua is easily trained to perform tricks. One unique trait in most chihuahuas is the tendency to burrow into blankets or clothing in order to sleep. This can prove a danger if a person sits on a bed or sofa without checking for sleeping dogs. This behavior is attributed to the belief that pre-domesticated chihuahuas lived in underground burrows.
Chihuahuas are not well-suited as small children's pets because of their size, temperament, and tendency to bite when frightened. It is recommended that children be school aged or older before adding a Chihuahua to ones home.
Also, many Chihuahuas focus their devotion on one person, becoming overly jealous of that persons human relationships. This can be mitigated through socialization. Chihuahuas also tend to have a clannish nature, often preferring the companionship of other Chihuahuas over other dogs.


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The general consensus amongst these hopeful people who are wondering why they can't vote on their smartphones: It's 2012 and their phones can pretty much do everything so why can't they vote on it? Or if they can't use their phones, how about voting on their iPads? And if not their iPads why not their Xboxes? How will these people juggle Halo 4 and Election Day? They need answers!
Of course there are security risks involved when voting online but if any presidential candidate can figure out how to get voting online across America, you have seventeen guaranteed votes (and um, probably more) here.
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Kaleidoscope Fighting Lupus has set a number of goals to improve advocacy for and outreach to lupus patients.
Here they are:
Raise funds to fight lupus through corporate and individual donations, grants, and fundraising events.
Build a complimentary network of nonprofit orgainzations, government agencies, and community organizations.
Create safe, supportive local communities where lupus patients can share information, refer service providers, and provide one another support.
Connect lupus patients through a virtual community that includes our lupus blog, e-news updates, active social network sites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, You Tube, and LinkedIn, as well as our lupus referral network.
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Driving on the interstate one day in the mid-1970�s, Nancy Adams had an epiphany.
Adams, then a nutritionist taking time off work to raise her children, was listening to the radio when she heard two words that she had never heard mentioned together before: genetic counselor.
�No one knew there was such a career, not around here anyway,� said Adams, a Burlington resident. �It was like a light bulb went off in my head, I had never heard the two words together before.�
Within a few months of that fateful radio broadcast Adams, who had received a degree in nutrition from the UNC-Greensboro, returned to her alma mater. There, she met with Bruce Eberhardt in the Department of Biology and her advisor, Laura Anderton. They assisted Adams in choosing specific courses and introduced her to a geneticist at UNC-Chapel Hill who agreed to mentor her in clinical genetics.
�Genetic counseling is a mix of psychology and biology,� Adams said. �It�s a marriage between the two.�
Genetic counseling is the process in which patients at a risk of an inherited disorder, like a chromosome abnormality or a family history of cancer, are advised of the consequence, nature, probability and transmission of it.
At the time of Adams� pursuit, there were only two schools in the United States that offered a degree in the field, the University of California at Berkeley and Sarah Lawrence College in New York. Even if Adams, a mother of two, had known about their degrees she didn�t have the option of going to either one of them.
�She had to familiarize herself with the other programs and present it to the faculty so it matched these two programs,� said Nancy Callanan, director of the MS Genetic Counseling Program in the School of Health and Human Sciences at UNC-G. �It was incredibly creative and showed a lot of initiative.�
Four years after beginning her graduate program, Adams received her MS degree in 1977 in biology with a focus on human and medical genetics.
Following graduation, Adams was employed in the Division of Genetics and Metabolism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her academic achievements and experiences there enabled her to pass the first certification exam ever given for genetic counselors in December 1981, thus becoming the first certified genetic counselor in North Carolina.
The role of a genetic counselor is to sort through three to four generations� worth of a family history to discover if an abnormality is a result of genetic syndrome.
�Genetics is the ultimate preventive medicine,� Adams said. �As genetic counselors, we act as a bridge between tests done in a laboratory and the patient.�
A genetic counselor looks at the family history and medical records to see if anything looks like a genetic syndrome. They then must sort which labs do which tests, send the blood work to the correct lab and explain the results to their patients, which can sometimes be a whole family. Armed with that info, a patient and their physician, who works in tandem with the genetic counselor, can then discuss, for example, options to reduce their risk of developing certain diseases.
�We are explaining the results in a language that the everyday patient can understand, it personalizes medicine,� Adams said.
Ahead of the field, Adams would begin a new job in 1980 heading a prenatal screening program in 13 counties in North Carolina, one of the earliest in the country. She would go door-to-door educating obstetricians and other health care providers about the program and established maternal serum screening programs within the counties. This type of screening is now offered to pregnant women across the United States.
�In 1980 prenatal screening was cutting edge. One of the challenges was that, because it was so new a lot of her job involved educating other health care providers about the tests,� Callanan said. �There were two aspects of that job, managing patient issues and the other was educating health care providers.�
In the 1980s, most genetic counselors worked in clinical positions at academic medical centers, like Adams. So, when she decided to branch out and became a co-founder and vice president of the first private prenatal diagnostic clinic in North Carolina, it was almost unheard of.
From there, Adams became the first genetic counselor employed at LabCorp, working at the company�s facilities in Burlington and Research Triangle Park. She proved training for sales staff, physicians and other health care providers regarding genetics tests nationwide. She retired from LabCorp as an associate vice president and director of genetic services.
DESPITE BEING officially retired, Adams continued to bring genetics counseling to clients throughout North Carolina. She returned to her roots and began to work with individuals and families at the Regional Cancer Center at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro.
To say Adams was ahead of her time would be an understatement. In the fall of 2000, 23 years after Adams received her degree, UNC-G implemented a graduate program in genetic counseling, the only one in North Carolina. Adams, of course, was on the planning committee and serves on the advisory. Students in the program today even observe Adams in clinic.
Adams has received other awards for work in her field, but the latest one certainly came with a dose of nostalgia. Adams was awarded the UNC-G School of Health and Human Sciences Alumni Lifetime Legacy Award this year. She was nominated by Callanan.
�I have had a personal and professional relationship with Nancy since 1980,� said Callanan. �She now mentors so many of my students. She is an incredible role model for young genetic counselors and a trendsetter for much of her life.�
The award, which honors an alumnus who has �served as pioneer in his/her field of study and who has tirelessly given his/her treasures through time or talents spanning a number of decades,� was given to her not too far from where she met with Eberhardt some 40 years ago.
According to Adams, there are between 2,500 and 3,000 genetic counselors in the U.S. today. It has become more popular than ever for families to see a genetic counselor. And with the media attention that Angelina Jolie received for her preventive double mastectomy, the need for genetic counselors will continue to rise.
Adams can take some credit for this growth, but what she is most proud of in the field is the accessibility in which genetic counseling has become available.
�It is getting more pervasive in everyday medicine,� Adams said. �It is taking genetics from the ivory towers, like Chapel Hill and Duke, in to the everyday medical office.�
And that can be attributed to Adams� epiphany 35 years ago.


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TINemo wrote:Even stranger is transporting thruough the *tissue transporter* gizmo of a near full term fetus and its placenta from one person to another. That one you will NOT see in real life.
TINemo wrote:Guess that depends on what a quadmester of a geometric pregnancy is.Rygel was complaining of the baby being huge and Aeryn had a term(7 poundish) baby within hours of the transfer. That's some growth rate.
TINemo wrote:And while we're picking the story apart----Rygel greenblooded Hynerian that he is would be DNA incompatible for a human/sebacean fetus. Also supposedly the fetus is in one of his three stomachs(not in the abdominal cavity) where one would think it was subjected to stomach acids and other digestive juices--unless he can turn one stomach off?
Also the site where the placenta implanted would be subject to arterial bleeding when the placenta was removed. Rarely an abdominal pregnancy occurs in humans, even more rarely it grows to viability(24 weeks plus) with the placenta attached to the liver or bladder or whatever. Obviously the baby must be removed surgically and again the site of placental implantation is subject to massive bleeding. Unlike the uterus which is made to clamp down with strong figure eight muscles to clamp down on the arterial sites, other organs can't do that.So the mother is at great risk.
In 30 years I have never been present for such a delivery but 4 occured in the US in one year according to the literature.
Anyway the whole scenario is implausible, but hey! it's Farscape and we love it most of the time.
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While 'You' is the singer's current single at radio now, he decided to give the viewing audience a special treat by singing the fan favorite song, which he co-wrote with Craig Wiseman and Chris Tompkins.
Young, who has been appearing more frequently without a hat, looked handsome in a brown long sleeved shirt and blue jeans, with his eyes twinkling and dimples peaking out from underneath his five o'clock shadow.
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LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) � Fire officials have identified a child who died in a fire in a mobile home in the New Hampshire town of Londonderry.
They said 17-month-old Garrett Grice was sleeping in his crib in a bedroom Thursday when the fire caused by unattended cooking on the kitchen stove quickly developed. He died of smoke inhalation.
Fire officials said cooking oil was ignited when the burner was turned on by another child. The mother, unaware that the burner was turned on, left the home with that child for several minutes to see a relative across the street.
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I hit an estate sale this weekend. The
guy was an avid collector, and had boxes on boxes of coppper mine minerals.
I bought a couple pieces, and went home.
Then got the idea mabey they would sell the whole lot. I was too late( someone got the garage full of boxes of wonderful minerals for 40 dollars!! I was sooo mad. I did manage to get just a couple pieces,a jar of peridots and
some huge tiger eye cabochons, but will
toss in my sleep for a long time for missing out on this.(bags of turquise,blue lapis,huge 50 pound crystals etc) Any way, here are three specimens that I am unsure of.
Can anyone help?
That was the first one, I think it is azurite but not sure.
Here is the next one.
The yellow stone is VERY light.
One is opaque and the other is yellow
opaque but in cubes crystal form.
It is not letting me oad the third picture grrr,
but it is rusty blood red rock, with green metalic crystals that grow over the surface. I suspect from oxidation,
but do not know what it is.
the first one could be azure-malachite
Malachite is still very popular among mineral collectors, especially interestingly shaped and banded specimens. It is also used as an ore of copper and crushed to make a green pigment. Malachite is usually found with azurite, a blue secondary mineral of copper, but its more widespread and abundant. Some mineral samples have alternating bands of green malachite and blue azurite, forming what is commonly known in the gem and mineral trade as Azure-malachite.
The second one looks like sulfer but I dont think sulfer is associated with copper deposits.
You may want to talk a look at a mineral identification book and check to see if it has a chaper under copper minerals.
Just answering which mineral i Like...
And there is Azurite/malachite!!!
Sulphur is on the second pic, though not a very sharp one. Sulphur is very soft (MOHS ±2). Pure sulphur found in salt domes, with copper it is bonded to it in mineralassociations like bornite/chalcopyrite or bornite/covelite/chalcopyrite
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Hey I have a large rock like your first one so I guess it's Azurite/malachite I collected it when I was a kid in utah and I want to sell it amongst many other rockhound collectibles but don't know where to do that. Did you ever find out where to do that with yours
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I still have them as part of my rock collection.
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Thanks for your reply Amatrine. I am a rockhound too, have walked with my head down looking all the time since i was a kid lol. I just find a beauty in them. Right now though I really don't want to I need to raise money and I am sure many of what I have are valuable to a collector and I was wondering If you could steer me in a direction to accomplish this. Whenever I do a search online I only come up with more education type sites and nothing about who you would call to find out what some of the items are exactly and where they could be sold (like geologist, rock collectors, etc.). I have geodes,trialibites(sp?), kidney red & moonstone looking blue mix, black crystal types, malachite, lava, petrified woods, one simple rock but has a face on it i believe made by roots of something but so cool, other crystal types, a black one with what looks to be gold, silver, copper, flecks throughout, I could go on and on. I have seen a couple of auction sites, but haven't found how you go about using them either.
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I would look into your local calendar online for things like rock shows. Look at ebay and see what others sell them for. I have never sold anything, so not sure but these are routes that I would take.
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It's already surprising enough that the strip club owners would be upset by this. After all, I would think that being known as the strip club found in GTA might actually drive more business to the club. However, the court reasonably found no trademark infringement and no "unfair competition" as the strip club owners' charged. Beyond the fact that the strip club in the game looks pretty different from the one in real life, the court found the likelihood of confusion to be quite limited:
The San Andreas Game is not complementary to the Play Pen; video games and strip clubs do not go together like a horse and carriage or, perish the thought, love and marriage. Nothing indicates that the buying public would reasonably have believed that ESS produced the video game or, for that matter, that Rockstar operated a strip club. A player can enter the virtual strip club in Los Santos, but ESS has provided no evidence that the setting is anything but generic. It also seems far-fetched that someone playing San Andreas would think ESS had provided whatever expertise, support, or unique strip-club knowledge it possesses to the production of the game. After all, the Game does not revolve around running or patronizing a strip club. Whatever one can do at the Pig Pen seems quite incidental to the overall story of the Game. A reasonable consumer would not think a company that owns one strip club in East Los Angeles, which is not well known to the public at large, also produces a technologically sophisticated video game like San Andreas.That butcher shop line is a classic. If you want to read the entire lawsuit, you can see it here:
Undeterred, ESS also argues that, because players are free to ignore the storyline and spend as much time as they want at the Pig Pen, the Pig Pen can be considered a significant part of the Game, leading to confusion. But fans can spend all nine innings of a baseball game at the hot dog stand; that hardly makes Dodger Stadium a butcher's shop. In other words, the chance to attend a virtual strip club is unambiguously not the main selling point of the Game.


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I would quite like to have a go at adding Firebird back in, but I would want to use IBPP rather than directly using the (horrible!) Interbase C API. In effect the wxFirebirdDatabase would be a thinish wrapper around IBPP. Later I might also look at the Firebird 3 OO API.
Of course this would mean including IBPP within the wxDatabase project, are there any thoughts or concerns about this?
Also I appreciate it is a rather big (and possibly wholly unuseful) change, but I was wondering if it might be worth considering using wxAny in the resultset, in fact a resultset could derive from wxVector<wxVector<wxAny> >.
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USDA guidelines state that 0.6 ounces of pure ethyl alcohol constitutes one standard drink. The old adage "a drink, is a drink, is a drink" refers to the equal alcoholic content of a 12 ounce beer, a five ounce glass of wine and a 1.5 ounce serving of liquor. However, this is only accurate at the conventional alcoholic content of five percent alcohol by volume (ABV) beer, 12 percent ABV wine and 80-proof liquor. This comparison standard no longer applies in today's marketplace because many new alcoholic beverage products blur the lines between the categories of beer, wine and liquor. The correct serving size for an alcoholic beverage must be determined by alcoholic content, not just category.
"As the marketplace trends to flavored and sweeter products, it becomes more difficult for the consumer to be aware of how much alcohol they are consuming. CALCohol is a tool that will quickly identify the number of standard servings and may show, on some occasions, one drink is more than enough," said Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Commission Chairperson Jim Clayton.
CALCohol has two functionalities. The user can calculate servings per container by inputting the alcoholic content (ABV or proof) and container size (ounces or liters). Using CALCohol, a consumer will understand that a 12 percent ABV malt beverage in a 24-ounce pop-top can actually contains nearly five servings of alcohol. CALCohol can also calculate a serving size of any alcohol product by simply entering in ABV or proof without a container size. For example, a single serving of a 30-proof liqueur is four ounces but a serving of 120-proof whiskey is only one ounce.
Browse the alcohol aisle at any local grocery store and there will be products with non-traditional package shapes and sizes including boxes, large cans and pouches; the alcoholic content within these products varies widely among each category. Beer is no longer strictly 5 percent ABV; many have higher amounts of alcohol and a variety of flavors. Fortified wines can be stronger than 20 percent ABV and liquor products range from very low to very high proof.
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The one-count indictment against Yongda Huang Harris, 28, replaced an original charge of transporting hazardous materials.
If convicted of the new charge of making false statements, Harris could face up to five years in prison.
Authorities said Harris lied on his customs declaration by not stating that he visited Japan and by stating he had only $100 in items purchased abroad.
His attorney Michael Rosenstein declined comment.
Harris was arrested Oct. 5 on a trip from Japan to Boston. He was wearing the bulletproof vest under a trench coat along with fire-resistant pants and kneepads.
His attire attracted the attention of law enforcement, and when his luggage was checked the weapons cache was found, authorities said.
The search also revealed a hatchet, knives, collapsible baton, handcuffs and other items that were permitted to be transported in checked bags.
Prosecutors, however, said the items looked like a kidnap kit. They said at a court hearing last month that Harris had files on his computer detailing how to kidnap and kill people.
The circumstances involving the smoke grenade remained under investigation. Authorities have said it falls into a category of items prohibited on passenger aircraft.
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Adam Levine: 'Saturday Night Live' Host!
Adam Levine is set to make his Saturday Night Live hosting debut on Saturday, January 26, according to THR!
The 33-year-old Maroon 5 front man will pair up with musical guest Kendrick Lamar for the ep, which will air at 11:30pm EST on NBC.
Adam has previously appeared in a digital short on the sketch variety show titled "Iran So Far Away" with Andy Samberg and Fred Armisen.
On January 19, Jennifer Lawrence will take on the role as host for Saturday Night Live – this will also be her hosting debut alongside The Lumineers.
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(a) The trial counsel of a general or special court-martial shall be a member in good standing of the State Bar and shall prosecute in the name of the state, and shall, under the direction of the court, prepare the record of the proceedings.
(b) (1) The accused has the right to be represented in defense before a general or special court-martial or at an investigation under section thirty-two of this article as provided in this subsection.
(2) The accused may be represented by civilian counsel at the provision and expense of the accused.
(3) The accused may be represented:
(A) By military counsel detailed under section twenty-seven of this article; or
(B) By military counsel of the accused's own selection if that counsel is reasonably available as determined under subdivision (7).
(4) If the accused is represented by civilian counsel, military counsel detailed or selected under subdivision (3) shall act as associate counsel unless excused at the request of the accused.
(5) Except as provided under subdivision (6), if the accused is represented by military counsel of his or her own selection under paragraph (B), subdivision (3), any military counsel detailed under paragraph (A), subdivision (3), shall be excused.
(6) The accused is not entitled to be represented by more than one military counsel. However, the person authorized under regulations prescribed under section twenty-seven of this article to detail counsel, in that person's sole discretion:
(A) May detail additional military counsel as assistant defense counsel; and
(B) If the accused is represented by military counsel of the accused's own selection under paragraph (B), subdivision (3), may approve a request from the accused that military counsel detailed under paragraph (A), subdivision (3), act as associate defense counsel.
(7) The senior force judge advocate of the same force of which the accused is a member, shall determine whether the military counsel selected by an accused is reasonably available.
(c) In any court-martial proceeding resulting in a conviction, the defense counsel:
(1) May forward for attachment to the record of proceedings a brief of such matters as counsel determines should be considered in behalf of the accused on review, including any objection to the contents of the record which counsel considers appropriate;
(2) May assist the accused in the submission of any matter under section sixty of this article; and
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Intellectual Ventures' Response To This American Life: Oh Those Crazy Reporters Don't Understand Disruption
from the that's-it? dept
But they don't.
The entirety of the blog post can be summed up in IV basically saying "we're just too damn disruptive for those silly NPR reporters to understand us." But they don't refute or respond to a single allegation from the report. Instead, they just use the word "disrupt" (or disruptive/disruption/disrupting) five times in a short blog post. If they truly believe that it's just that their business is "disruptive," then they could perhaps explain why IV patents of extremely questionable quality are being used to pressure tons of companies into paying large sums of money. But... that goes ignored.
There's also this:
The recent story on "This American Life" dramatically portrays the point of view that patents have a negative impact on innovation. We at Intellectual Ventures fundamentally disagree with that notion, which flies in the face of centuries of evidence.This is false. Dozens of studies on the history of the patent system have shown that patents have a negative impact on innovation. It's kind of funny that IV would claim otherwise. We've highlighted many of those studies in the past, and Bessen and Meurer have a whole book that discusses many of those studies. It seems that, once again, IV thinks that as long as it sticks to the party line it can get away with its shameful business practices.


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Brits bin their identity as ID thieves prosper
Just shred-it
More Brits than ever are placing themselves at risk of identity fraud, despite awareness campaigns warning them of the dangers.
Organisers of the second National Identity Fraud Prevention Week, which begins on Monday, hope their educational campaign will finally get the message across.
The campaign, backed by the Metropolitan Police, Crimestoppers, The Identity and Passport Service, CIFAS - The UK's Fraud Prevention Service - Fellowes, the Federation of Small Businesses, and various credit reference agencies, aim to put a stop to the British public's complacency.
Bin-raiding research commissioned by Fellowes for the campaign revealed that 97 per cent of households, representing over 21 million homes in the UK, regularly dump material stating their full name, address, and postcode.
While a failure not to shred all items of junk mail might be understandable, three in 10 throw away bills and other information that exposes either their credit or debit card numbers. Meanwhile, 46 per cent put items that contained their bank account number and sort code in the bin, rather than destroying it more securely.
The researchers concluded that nearly half (48 per cent) of households had insecurely discarded documents that would give everything a fraudster would need to steal a person's identity.
Exposure to the problem from information carefully discarded in rubbish bins is 20 per cent up on that found during similar research carried out by the campaign last year. The latest study revealed that not everyone in the same household behaves in the same careless way.
As part of National Identity Fraud Prevention Week, Professor Martin Gill, an academic and expert in identity fraud, looked at offender and victim perspectives on the problem.
Offenders in this study adopted a range of approaches to commit identity fraud using paper-based documents including stealing information from dustbins; swiping post; impersonating the dead, using birth certificates of the deceased; stealing personal documents as part of other crimes, for example, burglaries and street theft; and redirecting post to obtain people's personal details.
Stolen documents were vital for crooks in tricking credit card companies or banks into opening bogus credit card or bank accounts. Reducing the opportunities to commit paper-based identity fraud should involve raising public awareness of the issue and countermeasures - such as shredding documents containing personal details and regularly checking bank statements for suspicious transactions. More stringent procedures by credit providers and similar organisations when verifying applications are also needed, the study concluded.
Victims of identity fraud often experience problems reclaiming their identity and sorting out the mess fraudsters have made of their finances. Identities stolen using paper documents or online can be used to perpetrate ID theft, one of the fastest growing crimes in the UK. Ultimately, we all pay for the problem as bank and credit firms pass on the cost of fraud through higher fees.
As part of a drive designed to spread public awareness about the dangers of ID theft, the campaign has set up a website, stop-idfraud.co.uk, which includes tips on how to defend yourself against the threat. The site also features a fun-filled "how at risk you are" test. ®


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I agree mogunner that reduced OAL of a round will increase pressure. I have my doubts to the extent or the amount of pressure in this situation.
Look forward to reading the results of your test.
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Busarider wrote:Well first off let me say SCCY has awesome customer service, and a crazy fast turn around time! I dropped the weapon off for shipping on last friday, and by this morning (following wednesday) i was already getting a phone call from their gunsmith. He even tried to apologize for the delay. I had to stop and laugh at that because i would have never know that there was a delay. Heck, I though they skipped people in line to help me before he said that!
Their gunsmith said that it was NOT a squib round. He said that it looks like it was a over charged round possibly, but he couldn't confirm exactly. He said it didn't have the normal signs of a squib, as it didn't have a bulge in the barrel, nor did it have a dark spot near where the first bullet would have been lodged. However, it had issues at the back of the barrel where it looks to have split from.
He said that average 9mm 115g ammo has a pressure of around 32K-33K PSI. He said that the metal used in their barrels is tested to hold around 212K PSI. So, you can image how much it took to split the barrel dead in half.
They are sending me a new CPX-2 to replace the exploded paperweight that i sent them. I'm pleased with the results.
blu wrote:I also say squib along with many others ,even an overloaded round would not do that unless the barrel had a major obstruction.
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Woman fatally shot in Middleborough
MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say a woman was killed in an overnight shooting in Middleborough and an armed man spotted in the driveway of the home was shot and injured by police.
Police responded to the home just after midnight Friday and found the woman's husband and another person performing CPR. She appeared to be suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest.
Officers were told there was a man with a gun outside.
Police spotted the man with a long-barreled firearm in the driveway. He was ordered several times to drop the weapon and pointed it at police, prompting officers to open fire. He was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive.
No names were released, but authorities say the man was staying at the home where the woman was shot.


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The U.S. Postal Service is going bankrupt thanks in part to people paying bills instantly online and conveying important news in Facebook posts rather than letters, and ironically, the proposed solution to the problem may drive more people onto the internet. The agency announced today that it's closing about half of its 487 mail processing centers, which will eliminate next day delivery for first-class mail. Currently 40% of first-class mail is delivered in one day, but that won't be possible with fewer processing centers. The closings could start as early as March and will eliminate about 28,000 jobs.
While being forced to wait an extra day for the movie you ordered on Netflix is the very definition of first world problems, the shift will have a noticeable impact. Daily newspapers and other periodicals could be out of date before they're delivered, and you won't be able to wait until the absolute last minute to make bill payments.


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...This was a round full of 6's. So...yeah...
Darius' Treasure Hunters
Darius' archers skirt around the gryphon, attempting to keep a distance from the Frenzied Scarab that just popped out of the river. Letting loose with their shafts, they surpass the Drakhirri Lancer's armor and pin him to the ground.
Darius abandon's his warhammer for a nearby lance, mounts a horse, and prepares to charge Ravenbane...
...and even though Darius rolled a 1 for the attack, fumbling his new lance, the resulting crash damage from the horse is 6 after 6 after 6 after 6 . More than enough to overcome Ravenbane's armor and HP!
De-lanced, Darius lifts his empty hands and chants a prayer to the gods of a realm far from Intermediate Terra: Equestria. One of the Great One's hears his call and arrives on the battlefield!
Darius: "Hear my plea; may you bite off the heads of mine enemies, great penis mistress!"
Demigoddess Fluttershy: "You're...going...to...LOVE ME MOAR!"
Sensing that his prayer somehow angered the demigoddess, Darius can only look on in horror as She gives "The Stare" to the unwitting Dragonmage. While "The Stare" often only brings lesser, cuter animals in line, it is significantly more fatal to the mage !
Dreska of Leoncor
"Filthy Cur!" Dreska gives a shout as she bashes junior Smith with her shield; he will need an action to recover from the blow.
"You dare bear arms against me, Arrogant Smith! Your lesson comes swiftly for ruining my shopping day!"
Having snatched a better longsword from the forge, Dreska leaps atop her Gryphon. With a piercing cry, it brings its ferocious beak down on Smith's shield...
And the damage roll is 6 after 6 after 6...Mr. Smith has fallen .
Ravenbane's Highwaymen
Leaderless and lacking hope, the last remaining Drakhirri longswordsman leaps onto Darius' back.
The blow is significant enough to wound the Horse Lord (-1 hp).
Hiimboredagain Raiders
"Crush your Enemies!" Conrad gives a mighty shout as he disengages from the halberd corpse and rushes the nearby Drakhirri
Another victim at the barbarian's feet! Ravenbane Eliminated.
The Bestiarius and remaining Hoplomachus themselves rush at the fallen Darius, bloodlust filling their vision...
But Darius' armor is made of much tougher stuff .
Knowing what his beasts are like unchecked, the second Bestiarius rushes to his Scarab's side, taking a moment to soothe it. Remounted, the Scarab then rushes for Dreska.
Both Dreska and the Beetle critically fail their attempts to inflict damage, but the Gryphon plants its feet firmly on the Bestiarius' chest, sending him to the ground (disrupted).
The Smiths
Jr. Smith rises to see the carnage around him. "Um...anyone wanna lend a hand?" His furtive plea may have fallen on deaf ears... ... ...
Kill Chart
Darius - 8 (1 hero)
RavenBane - 4 eliminated
The Smiths - 0 (+2 gold)
Barbarians - 4
Dreska - 2 (1 hero)
Demigoddess Fluttershy - 1


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If we were handing out grades to the Monterey Peninsula school board, the report card might look something like this.
First attempt to hire a replacement for former Superintendent Marilyn Shepherd: F
Decision to go with a yearlong interim appointment: A
Choice of Leslie Codianne for that position: A
Handling of that announcement: D
Overall understanding of transparency: D
That works out to well below average.
There"s little reason to dwell on the board"s highly publicized attempt last month to hire Lake Elsinore school official Alain Guevara. Still, for our purposes here, it needs to be noted that the board took quite a beating for keeping the public out of that loop and for failing to thoroughly examine Guevara"s background. After numerous MPUSD employees complained very publicly about the pending sexual harassment lawsuit against him, he withdrew his application.
Rather than push ahead with the suspect recruitment process, the board opted last week to extend the contract of interim Superintendent Leslie Codianne through the next school year.
Good move, not well executed.
The good parts are that Codianne enjoys good support throughout the district and has a long and strong track record in education.
She joined MPUSD in 2008 as associate superintendent of student support services, which focuses on the particularly tricky field of special education. Previously she held similar positions with school districts in Milpitas and Sunnyvale. She has been heavily involved in budgeting, grants, community outreach and other areas involving district governance and student performance.
She holds degrees in economics, history, education and counseling from colleges in Connecticut and Massachusetts, where she worked for several districts, both as an assistant principal and administrator of special education.
Where the board fell down with her selection was by not providing the public with a complete picture of the appointee, leading to unnecessary questions.
What went unmentioned is that Codianne"s husband also has had a long career in education, including some current work for MPUSD.
Codianne is married to Joseph Rudnicki, a former superintendent of the highly successful Sunnyvale Unified School District and the Coalinga school district. At the moment, Rudnicki is an interim principal for MPUSD and works for several school districts as a consultant. One of his assignments involves coaching administrators at an MPUSD school.
There is nothing wrong with any of that. In fact, to the extent that spouses do get involved in each other"s business, it could provide Codianne with extra insights and support.
What"s wrong is that the school board didn"t put it right out there on the table.
There should have been a news release saying something like, "Codianne is married to Dr. Joseph Rudnicki, who is a former superintendent of school districts in Sunnyvale and Coalinga and who now works as a private consultant to school districts around California. Rudnicki is also interim principal of Marshall Elementary School in Seaside."
Without that, those wanting more information about Codianne were reduced to using the educational grapevine and the Internet. That"s how the community learned about Guevara"s courtroom difficulties, and we all know how that worked out.
Google Rudnicki and some of the first hits indicate he is employed by a large educational consulting firm, Pivot Learning Partners, which has a large contract with MPUSD. The Pivot website lists him as an employee.
What the Google search doesn"t show is that Rudnicki hasn"t worked for Pivot for several years and apparently had nothing to do with its MPUSD contract.
This appears to be a case of no real harm, no foul. But the school board needs to learn, now, that the public and the district staff need to be treated as partners in the educational process, not simply as customers and workers. It needs to err on the side of disclosure, no matter if it makes someone uncomfortable. As of Friday, it wasn"t even clear how many board members were aware of Rudnicki and his credentials.
Being superintendent, even on an interim basis, is a very public job. The public needs to know what goes into decision-making and what entanglements exist. The board needs to understand that incomplete information, especially in the wake of a systemic breakdown, breeds uncertainty that can get in the way of progress.


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Just another microcosm of the season in nine fitful innings. Mike Pelfrey pitched great at the start retiring the first seven hitters, but who didn't have a nagging feeling he would implode?
Pelfrey blew a 3-0 lead as the Mets lost at Washington, with David Wright being robbed by Elijah Dukes for the final out. It's way too easy to say that play cost the Mets as the night was another example of creative losing.
The Mets had the bases loaded with nobody out in the first and eighth innings and came away with one run. You should come away with more by accident. I've lost track of how many times the Mets have kicked away bases-loaded opportunities.
"We had some opportunities," manager Jerry Manuel said. "That's been the story of the season."
Pelfrey, as usual, unraveled. He again had hitters sitting on his fastball, with this time Ian Desmond unloading for a homer in the fifth.
Defensively, Anderson Hernandez and Luis Castillo butchered double-play opportunities, which enabled the eventual winning run to score.


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