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April 10 is National Siblings Day and we're celebrating with stories about well-known brothers and sisters in Florida.
The Bryan Brothers Come to Florida
In 1913, William Jennings Bryan and his wife, Mary, built their winter home in Miami, Florida, and called it "Villa Serena." Bryan was at the height of his political career during that year as he had recently been appointed Secretary of State by President Woodrow Wilson. Bryan had served as congressman of Nebraska from 1891-1895, and was the Democratic party's presidential nominee in 1896, 1900, and 1908, losing each time.
Charles Wayland Bryan helped his older brother, William, with his presidential campaigns before beginning his own career in politics. William relied on Charles to organize his speaking engagements and other campaign activities. The stress of the campaign trail helped the brothers grow closer, and they remained close throughout their lives. Charles was elected as mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska, and governor of Nebraska, both for multiple non-consecutive terms. He served as mayor from 1915-1917 and 1935-1937, and as governor from 1923-1925 and 1931-1935. He was selected as the Democratic party's nominee for vice president in 1924 but lost the election.
The two-story home of William and Mary was built along Brickell Avenue and was one of many mansions in the area known as "Millionaire's Row." But Villa Serena wasn't the only connection the brothers had to Florida; their cousin William Sherman Jennings served as Florida's 18th governor. After resigning as secretary of state in 1915 due to disagreements with President Wilson's foreign policies that led to U.S. involvement in World War I, William and Mary made Villa Serena their permanent residence. As Charles began his political career, he would rely on William for advice. In the photo above, the brothers are seen smiling for the camera at Villa Serena shortly before William's death. The home still stands and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
The Stephens Sisters Fight for Civil Rights
Priscilla Stephens (later Kruize) and Patricia Stephens (later Due) were civil rights activists who fought for equality, especially in Florida. Both sisters were born in Quincy, Florida, and began attending Florida A & M University (FAMU) at the same time in the late 1950s, even sharing a room in the freshman dorm. The sisters grew closer during the summer before their sophomore year when they were introduced to the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) during a visit with their father in Miami. There they attended their first CORE workshop, learning the skills needed to organize a CORE chapter in Tallahassee. The Tallahassee chapter included students from both FAMU and Florida State University, as well as other people from the community.
Tallahassee CORE began holding nonviolent sit-ins at lunch counters around the city in 1960, and the Stephens sisters became strong leaders in the fight for equality. A sit-in held on Saturday, February 20 at the Woolworth lunch counter included the Stephens sisters and 15 other Tallahassee residents. Priscilla was designated spokesperson for their cause. The activists garnered so much attention for their actions that the mayor came to the counter and asked them to leave. The Stephens sisters and nine other protesters were arrested when they refused. (Read about their experience in jail here.) This would be one of many times that the sisters would be arrested in their fight for civil rights. In the months and years that followed, additional demonstrations and picketing took place at downtown stores and theaters in Tallahassee and elsewhere in Florida. The hard work of the Stephens sisters and others activists eventually led to the passage of landmark civil rights legislation like the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For decades after the sit-ins, both Priscilla and Patricia continued to speak out against racial inequality.
The Goodson Sisters Make Music
Raised in Pensacola, Florida, all six of the Goodson daughters pursued careers as blues and jazz pianists. The strict Goodson household encouraged the girls, Mabel, Della, Sadie, Edna, Wilhelmina and Ida, to learn music from an early age for the purpose of performing at church. As teenagers, the young women expanded their musical interests and began performing jazz and blues throughout the South with famous musicians.
Wilhelmina, known professionally as Billie Pierce, began playing piano professionally as a teenager. In the early 1920s, she accompanied famous blues singer Bessie Smith and performed in the bands of George Lewis and Alphonse Picou. During the 1930s in New Orleans, Pierce met trumpeter De De Pierce. They married in 1935 and continued to play together for the rest of their lives. It was at Preservation Hall in the French Quarter in 1961 that the Pierce's gained international attention and solidified their place in music history.
Ida Goodson was the youngest of the sisters and a 1987 Florida Folk Heritage Award recipient. In the late 1920s, Ida was the accompanist at the Belmont Theater in Pensacola, the city's main black music hall, and followed in the footsteps of Wilhelmina as accompanist for Bessie Smith. In the early 1980s, the Florida Folklife Program began the Ida Goodson Recording Project, which includes a collection of recordings and photographs of Goodson in her senior years. The second interview of that project is digitized and available below:
Do you have any favorite memories of your siblings in Florida? Share them with us in the comments below.
Selected bibliography:
"Billie Pierce." Music Rising at Tulane. http://musicrising.tulane.edu/discover/people/259
Due, Tananarive and Patricia Stephens Due. Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights. New York: Ballantine Books, 2003.
"Ida Goodson." Florida Division of Historical Resources. http://dos.myflorida.com/historical/preservation/florida-folklife-program/folk-heritage-awards/list-of-past-recipients/ida-goodson/
"National Register of Historic Places Program, Weekly Highlight: William Jennings Bryan House, Miami-Dade County, Florida." National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/weekly_features/12_01_27_williamjenningsbryanhouse.htm
Osnes, Larry. "Charles W Bryan: 'His Brother's Keeper.'" Nebraska History 48 (1967): 45-67.
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Hours after losing game 6 in dramatic fashion and moments before sending his team out on the field for a decisive game 7, Ron Washington delivered this expletive and NSFW laden pre-game speech. Audio via Joe Sports Fan.
Ron pulls his best Rex Ryan impression and his team certainly seems to respond to it. In the locker room, at least. From the sound of things, the group was loose and enjoying themselves. The rant includes gems such as "We can beat those motherfuckers over there, no doubt about it." And "We know we can beat those cocksuckers." Take a listen to the whole thing and enjoy a rare listen inside a World Series locker room.
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Media Advisory, May 3, 2012
Human Wave of Blue Will "Connect the Dots" Between Climate Change and Rising Seas, Storm Surges
Crissy Field Event One of More Than 1,000 in 100 Countries for Climate Impacts Day
What: A stunning photo opportunity with more than 100 people dressed entirely in blue forming a "human wave" on Crissy Field, with the iconic Golden Gate Bridge in the background, to "connect the dots" between climate change and the sea-level rise that endangers Bay Area communities, animals and plants.
Who: Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club San Francisco Bay Chapter, Wild Equity Institute, Pacific Institute, 350 San Francisco Bay Area, Sustainable San Rafael, Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry of California and others.
When: Saturday, May 5 at 12:30 p.m.
Where: Crissy Field, the Presidio, Airfield Section B — directly across from 924 Old Mason, San Francisco, CA 94129.
Background: The evidence of climate change is all around; every day new scientific studies document impacts we're already experiencing. Just one grave example: A record-breaking April heat wave brought temperatures 20 degrees to 30 degrees above normal to the western United States.
Climate change threatens Crissy Field, many other low-lying parts of the Bay Area and California's supply of fresh water. Climate change contributes to sea-level rise because ocean water expands as it warms and melt from glaciers on land flows to the sea. Almost 4 million Americans live less than 4 feet above current high-tide levels. Scientists project approximately 2 to 7 feet of sea-level rise this century, and marshes such as Crissy Field are particularly vulnerable. In the worst case scenario, 93 percent of San Francisco Bay's tidal marsh could be lost in the next 50 to 100 years. Saltwater flooding also threatens Bay Delta canals vital to California's water supplies.
The Crissy Field event is part of a worldwide day of action in which hundreds of communities across the globe will connect the dots between carbon pollution, global warming and extreme weather. The event will call upon our leaders to do what is necessary to lessen the impacts of climate change — for instance, stopping the Keystone XL pipeline and Arctic drilling plans and enforcing the Clean Air Act.
In San Francisco, we need sustainable community development that limits the reliance on fossil fuels, while prioritizing protection of our natural lands. We need to think of the most ecological way to manage our shoreline, taking action to restore Sharp Park golf course, protect Crissy Field Marsh, and plan for long-term impacts to Highway 1.
Climate Impacts Day is hosted by 350.org, an international grassroots climate campaign. For more information, visit www.climatedots.org.
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It is becoming the preferred social network for US teens. It is an important "second screen" for TV viewers of American football and Dancing With the Stars.
It also happens to be a tool for social activists, which arguably can help topple governments.
In its brief history, Twitter has become ingrained in global politics, culture and entertainment, in addition to being a simple tool for sharing ideas.
Twitter has become a democratizing force in political life, as seen during popular movements in Arab countries, but also in the US and other developed nations.
In Arab countries, "it is very difficult for the state to dominate public discourse any more because of Twitter," said Adel Iskandar, a Georgetown University professor of communication and scholar of Arab studies. "You can have an official statement, and this can be taken to task in an instantaneous way by the public at large. This changes the dynamics and structure of power."
Iskandar said it would be "an oversimplification" to attribute the Arab Spring uprisings to Twitter, but maintained that the one-to-many messaging service "speeded things up."
"These protest movements could have occurred over six or seven years," he said. "But in a couple of days people found out what was happening a thousand miles away."
Iskandar said the same is essentially true in the US and elsewhere, because the populace on Twitter can instantly respond or debunk messages from political leaders trying to control their message.
Twitter "has a way of disrupting the 'status quo' in an almost effortless way," he said.
Philip Howard, who heads the Digital Activism Research Project at the University of Washington, said Twitter "is still one of the most important social networking tools for democracy advocates."
Howard said that authoritarian regimes have cracked down or entrapped dissidents using Facebook, but that "content flows more quickly on Twitter and it's harder to do that."
He said that Twitter's speed and mobility is useful "in the heavy days of protests when you are trying to get thousands of people to the central square."
University of North Carolina sociologist Zeynep Tufekci, who researched recent protests in Turkey, said Twitter was "pretty much the social network that facilitated the protesters ability to break censorship."
She said dissidents in Turkey like Twitter "because it is lightweight, it protects the users and you can follow people without having to friend them, which is important for many forms of communication."
Panagiotis Metaxas, who heads media arts and sciences at Wellesley College, said Twitter has some advantages over other platforms like Facebook, because each tweet is equal.
"The kind of things we broadcast on Twitter have a greater propagation life than on Facebook," he said.
Additionally, he said Twitter harnesses the power of the crowd to effectively squelch rumors and false statements in a way Facebook cannot.
"If someone wants to say silly things on Facebook, you can't prevent that, but on Twitter it will be drowned out," he said.
Twitter's immediacy is being used in TV ratings, and for instant feedback for live programs like Dancing With the Stars, or to vote for contestants on American Idol.
The more Twitter grows, the more it can be used to analyze trends, moods and other important societal data. It has been used to track outbreaks of flu and other diseases, and cases of food poisoning.


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Harper's heroics shows patience pays off
Walk-off home run could ignite Nats phenom's underwhelming season
All right, that ought to settle any debate about whether Bryce Harper should go to the Minors.
With one swing of the bat Thursday afternoon, Harper changed the tone and the tenor of the conversation that had bubbled over in D.C. this week. That's the beauty of a walk-off wallop such as the one that came from Harper's bat in the bottom of the 13th inning against the Mets.
That one swing doesn't solve all Harper's struggles, but it does shift the subject. Changes in latitude, changes in Nattitude. Or something like that.
Anyway, the conversation that preceded that swing is still worth revisiting, if only for a moment, because Harper's troubles at the plate and Matt Williams' brief troubles with the media should prove to be learning experiences for both men.
To review, Williams, in a radio interview Wednesday morning, did not entirely dismiss the notion of Harper temporarily going down to Triple-A Syracuse. Williams was making his weekly appearance on 106.7 The Fan's The Sports Junkies, and he was asked if a Minors stint for Harper is a "stupid idea."
Williams responded as follows:
"I don't know. I don't think it's stupid. Generally, if you have young players, that's what you do. But this guy is a special young player. We all know that. It's different. I think he works hard every day. He's the first one in the ballpark, generally, to get his day going. He's grinding.
"We're doing everything we can to get a good feel going in there, and help him with his confidence and all that. It's not easy, by any stretch. But I don't know if it's a good idea at this point to do that, because it's completely different pitching. We all know the big difference between Triple-A pitching and big league pitching. It's probably more of an option to have him feel good here, get it back."
Long story short: I won't call it stupid, but we're not going to do it because we believe in Bryce Harper.
Fair enough, but Williams had to know he was going to be pressed on the matter later in the day. And it's hard to know what happened between the two interviews -- how his words got interpreted within the Nationals' hierarchy or by Harper himself. Clearly, between the time a still-shaken Williams uttered those comments mere hours after a frustrating loss and a wide-awake Williams was asked about them before an uplifting win, the Nats' manager had decided a more forceful answer was necessary.
So when asked by a reporter if demoting Harper was "in the realm of possibility right now," Williams got testy.
"I will caution everybody in this room," Williams said sternly. "The minute you think you can read my … mind, you're sorely mistaken. It [ticks] me off to even think about the fact that somebody would take a comment that I make on the radio and infer that I am thinking one way or another. I've had it. Don't do it anymore."
Hey, we all have our moments, and we'll forgive Williams for lashing out at the wrong target. But if he had anybody to be irritated with, it was himself. Because if the Nationals, as a group, believed strongly that Harper can right himself at the Major League level, Williams should have taken the bait and said, "Yes, to us, that is a stupid idea."
But all of that parsing of quotes and pointing of fingers merely distracted us from the bigger issue, which was that Harper has looked lost the better part of this season and, more frustratingly, since his June 30 return from thumb surgery. He entered Thursday batting just .218 since the return, including just five extra-base hits, two of which were homers. When Harper hit a fly ball Tuesday night and it died at the warning track, he slammed his helmet to the ground in disgust, giving us in the media a perfect visual to accompany the numbers.
Again, one sweet swing off Carlos Torres in extra innings doesn't fix all that. Harper is still adjusting to the reality that hand injuries sap power and require mental fortitude in lieu of major mechanical tweaks.
This could be a case in which the Harper so many of us expect to see -- the guy who looked untouchable in April 2013 and, for that matter, for a brief stretch in April 2014 -- might need a full offseason to strengthen his hand and regain the thump in his bat. I know that doesn't exactly mesh with this Nats team's legit shot at winning a World Series, but Harper, batting in a low-profile spot in the order, can still be productive enough to impact the bottom line, as he proved in Thursday's 5-3 win.
That Triple-A idea? It was not exactly essential, but I wouldn't say it was truly terrible. Confidence is such a separator in this sport, and maybe going down and bashing a few homers -- like when he hit three of them in a Double-A rehab start earlier this summer -- during a 10-day visit might would have allowed Harper to build up his confidence level.
But the walk-off winner should solve that little riddle, and it takes the pressure off the Nationals, whose judgment on this one always seemed sound.
Harper, after all, has been putting in the work, and the frustration he took out on that helmet does not seem to extend to his pregame routine. For as much and as long as he's been on our radar, he is not yet 22, and the lesson he's learning about the effect of hand injuries on a Major League hitter is the latest in a long line of them.
Hopefully, though, Williams learned a lesson here, as well. If you think an idea is stupid, just say so. We won't hold it against you, and we'll all move on with our lives.
Especially when your guy goes out the next day and changes the subject completely.


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Managua was declared the national capital of Nicaragua in 1852. It is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Managua. It is also the largest city in Nicaragua. The city has a population of almost 2 million, composed predominantly of mixed race and whites.
Managua's economy is based mainly on trade. It has suffered two devastating earthquakes over the course of the 20th century — in 1931 and again in 1972 — that destroyed the center of the city, which has not been rebuilt. Managua is the economic, political, cultural, commercial and industrial center of Nicaragua.
Spanish is the language spoken here, and the region has a colorful culture, delicious food, popular dances and Catholic tradition.
Typical Urban Home Life
Homes are made of concrete, half concrete and half wood, or wood and zinc. The sizes may vary depending how big the family plot is. Houses can be 5 x 7 meters² or 6 x 10 meters² with two or three divisions for the 5 to 10 family members living in the house. Out of that many people, two or three of them may have a job.
Local Issues
Almost every rainy season, many barrios in Managua are flooded. Escalating use of makeshift canals can be found throughout the city, but those are piled up with garbage that people living near them throw into them every day, which makes stagnant water and different sicknesses like respiratory illness, skin rash, diarrhea and malnutrition.
It is true for all urban regions of Nicaragua that although there is no famine, in some homes families only have one or two meals a day. This can be the result of very little income or no income at all.
The barrios, where child development centers are found, have very few job opportunities. Most women do factory work or domestic work, and men work as security staff and at factories too. The income in these homes ranges between 1,000 and 3,000 cordobas (U.S. $46 – $140) per month.
In the whole country there is a need for jobs. The risk is that many families are separated because one or two of their members leave the country looking for a better life and to support the family they just left. When parents leave to go to work, children are left with grandma, an aunt or neighbor.
Schools and Education
Examples of child development centers in the urban region include:
NI-101, 102, 104, 105, 107-109, 111, 114, 117-122, 124-128, 130-137, 140-145, 147, 148, 150, 151, 153, 154, 157, 158, 160, 162, 164-168, 170, 172-175, 179, 180, 182, 184-186, 188, 190-201, 205, 207, 209, 211-213, 216-220, 222, 223, 225, 226, 230-233, 235-237, 240, 241, 243-245, 247, 248 and 250-252.
Very few adults have finished high school; most of them reached only up to third year. Young people do not attend the university because of the cost or they don't have good grades to enter. In that case parents send them to work at factories or they join a gang.
The school year starts the last week of January or the first week of February and it ends the last week of November. It has a one-week break between semesters in July.
All of the students have to wear a white and blue uniform, white socks and black shoes. The last two years children don't need to wear uniforms to go to class in all of the country; however, many schools require it to distinguish between students and gang members.
There is a need for better school facilities (i.e., chairs, blackboards, adequate roof, classrooms, and others) and teachers. Some classrooms have up to 50 students and one teacher, in the case of elementary school. In high school it is about the same number of students but one teacher per subject.
The school day runs from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. In some cases elementary school operates in the morning and afternoon, but it operates normally only in the morning; high school operates in both schedules.
Church and Religion
Among the evangelical denominations there is no tension at all. They plan and have activities together throughout the year. Per year the church growth is about 20 percent.
The predominant religion in Nicaragua is Catholicism. A second religious group is Protestantism, with 30 percent of the population.
Local Dishes
Grilled meat with rice, beans and fried plantains. Vaho – a dish made of steamed plantains, spicy beef and yams. These two dishes can be made at home or bought at the market. Grilled meat is common to find at popular fried food stalls.
Commonly Used Phrases
- El que escucha consejo, muere de viejo. (He who doesn't listen to advice won't grow old.)
- Esos son otros cien pesos. (That's something else.)
- Anda ve si el gallo puso. (Go see if the rooster put an egg.) That's when someone comes into a conversation where they are not welcomed.


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Urban flood advisories are in effect for eastern Broward County and northeastern Miami-Dade County Monday night as thunderstorms slowly move over those areas, the National Weather Service said.
One advisory is in effect for eastern Broward until 10:45 p.m. A cluster of thunderstorms that has slowly been moving over eastern Broward has dumped between 2 to 4 inches of rain in just an hour, on top of the 3 to 5 inches of rain that fell in earlier afternoon storms, the weather service said.
The advisory includes the cities of Tamarac, Sunrise, Plantation, Fort Lauderdale and Davie.
As the storms move to the northwest, they could produce another 1 to 2 inches of rainfall, the weather service said.
PHOTOS: Hard Core South Florida Storms
A second advisory is in place for northeastern Broward until 11 p.m. for cities including Pompano Beach, Margate, Deerfield Beach and Coral Springs. Thunderstorms have produced 1 to 3 inches of rain in just an hour, following 2 to 4 inches of rain from earlier storms, the weather service said.
A third advisory is in effect for southeastern Broward and northeastern Miami-Dade until 11:45 p.m. One to 2 inches of rain had fallen during just half an hour in those areas, and heavy rain was expected for another couple of hours, the weather service said.
Drivers should be careful while driving and avoid flooded roads, the weather service said.
PHOTOS: South Florida's Worst Hurricanes
Florida Power & Light said that more than 1,100 of its South Florida customers are without power after Monday's rainstorms.
FPL spokesman Erik Hofmeyer said at 8 p.m. that 682 customers had no power in Miami-Dade County and 480 customers were without power in Broward County due to the weather.
Crews are working to restore power as soon as possible, he said.
Heavy rains poured down in western sections of Miami-Dade County and in Broward along Interstate 595 on Monday. It also rained heavily in Palm Beach County.
There will be an increased chance for thunderstorms in South Florida for the next few days as tropical moisture makes a quick return to the region.
Mostly cloudy skies will rule each afternoon as scattered storms may yield a few strong to severe storms late in the afternoon. On Tuesday, it will be partly sunny with warm temperatures around 86 and scattered showers and thunderstorms. Wednesday will be partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms and highs around 87.
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Improving weather will come late week and towards the Memorial Day weekend as hot and mainly dry conditions settle in for Saturday and Sunday.
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An unexpected winter snowstorm, family drama, reaching for the stars with a Thanksgiving meal, a consulting project nearly ready to open, major writing deadline… Why was I surprised to have an exacerbation???
All I can say is that it's a good thing I learned that whole "laugh at yourself" thing early on in my multiple sclerosis career!
Every month here at the Life With MS Blog, we set aside one post for anything you want to talk about. It's a chance to update us on your progress and slips, your successes and failings, and we ask, "How's your MS today? "
I've noted a large number of comments posted by new (or lurking) members of our community over the past month. This excites me to NO END! This is a very popular blog in the MS world and we're all very proud of that. I'm glad to see that more people are jumping in to share and make the community broader and more diverse.
I really think that is what makes this blog different than anything else on the web. YOU!
The way you all open up and question, answer and share is really something quite unique. So is the fact that so many of you do that only here (to the exclusion, even, of your doctors, friends and family). I'm very proud of the work we do here, and I'm sure you are as well.
As for my MS; the fatigue that comes with any new exacerbation (that's how I'm judging this tastebud thing – as MS not stress) has me longing for sleep nearly as much as the waning daylight does. I'm ready for 12/21 and the turn-around of daylight – for sure!
So, how is YOUR MS today?
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New Delhi: Banned fast bowler S Sreesanth claimed innocence in a letter to the BCCI's disciplinary Committee and said his confession to the police in the spot-fixing saga was under duress.
"Under the threat of arrest of my close relatives a statement was forcibly taken in the manner directed by the police," said Sreesanth, who was banned for life after being found guilty of spot-fixing in the IPL in an internal inquiry conducted by the Board's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit chief Ravi Sawani.
"There is no confession recorded by me willingly to the police. The police have mentally and physically harassed me and obtained signed statements. The conclusion arrived at by the Commissioner of Enquiry that I have committed offences ... is based on conjectures, guesses, inferences, and inadmissible police reports" Sreesanth said in the letter which was submitted to the Disciplinary Committee just before the hearing.
"The police have not intercepted any conversation between me and any others in support of the wild and fantastic charges levelled against me which has put me into manifest injustice and prejudice as I had no opportunity to refute them," said the 30-year-old pacer.
"As regards seeking, accepting, offering or agreeing to accept any bribe there is no trace of evidence pointing out to any such incident at all," the Kerela pacer said.
"As regards the charges I respectfully beg to submit that all of them as has been conceded in the report itself are based on media reports and not any concrete and reliable evidence", he said.
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Over the past year I have been asked on several occasions by people if they could contribute fan fiction to my sites for the Waking Dream. This was my intention from the beginning.
I have 4 main blogs, two of which are set up for fan or flash fiction. The Way of the Weird (http://wayoftheweird.com) is a site that features information about the Waking Dream as researched by the character Justin, who suffers from multiple personality disorder. Though I have been recently remiss in contributing to the site, I intend on beginning this weekend with new content. Stories for the Way of the Weird are histories, folklore and current events in the Waking Dream Universe.
The second fiction blog I am just beginning which is Corridor 03 (http://corridor3.com). This is a mock psychiatric unit where the fiction will center around case studies and personal journals of patients, doctors and staff in the unit. Corridor 03 is a part of the psychiatric facility from Waking Dream: Devlin (Book 1). I am interested in anyone who would like to contribute as a patient, doctor or staff. The site will continue to grow, adding to Waking Dream Mythos, or as I call it, The Loethian Mythos.
Over the next month I will be putting up a series of posts explaining the Loethian Mythos which will serve as the framework for others to contribute. One can learn a great deal by all the content on Way of the Weird, as well as reading the books I've published to date.
If you are interested in writing for Way of the Weird, please send an email to email@example.com. If you are interested in writing for Corridor 03, please use the contact form on the Administration page.


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QI took my 6-year-old to the doctor because she had a sore throat with white patches � strep, I assumed. So I figured the doctor would take one look at her and prescribe an antibiotic. But he took two throat swabs, did an office strep test on one � which he said was negative � and sent the other sample to a lab. When those results came back, it turned out it was strep after all. Then the doc gave her amoxicillin. But I wonder, is this doctor incompetent? � Murphy A., New City, N.Y.
AActually, quite the opposite. Your doctor was following the latest guidelines recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. The last thing your daughter needed was an antibiotic to treat tonsillitis caused by a virus. (Antibiotics are designed to knock out bacteria, but are 100 percent useless against viral infections.) The Rapid Antigen Detection Test (or RADT, which he did in his office) is usually pretty good, but it�s not 100 percent accurate. So your doctor was smart to go with the gold standard and have a lab determine if your daughter had a bacterial infection or not.
Because of the increase of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, it�s getting more and more important for doctors to prescribe antibiotics only when they�re called for. Doctors who follow the same guidelines as your doctor cut their erroneous antibiotic prescription rate in half � from 28 percent to 14 percent. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are becoming a bigger health problem every day, and your doctor was doing a very good job of dispensing the proper antibiotic at the right time. Penicillin has saved a lot of lives (amoxicillin is a synthetic form of penicillin), and if it�s overused it could someday lose its effectiveness. Stay with your doctor.
QWhen we first moved into our apartment building on a big intersection, the noise didn�t bother me. But lately every honk or passing truck makes me nuts. What can I do? � Min-shu L., Queens, N.Y.
AMaria Sharapova delivered grunts with her volleys at the U.S. Open stadium (in your neighborhood) that topped out around 101 decibels (dB), far above the average sound level of most urban street traffic (60-80 dB). But you�re talking about a negative reaction to more everyday sounds. It�s not unusual to become more sensitive to constant levels of urban sound over time; it�s kind of like becoming allergic to a food or a plant after repeated exposure.
You�re right to want to tone down your environment. Research shows that traffic and airplane sounds increase adults� risk for heart attack, high blood pressure, emotional problems, make it harder for kids to learn to read and interfere with memorization and problem solving. Environmental noise causes sleep disturbances, and that leads to health problems such as diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and a lousy love life. It also reduces productivity and ups emotional distress. So-called phonophobia, or fear of sound, can trigger anxiety in anticipation of noise. So here�s what you can do to find some peace:
�Quiet your bedroom. Hang heavy-duty, sound-dampening curtains over windows, or replace standard windows with sound-proofing glass. Use a white-noise machine to drown out the sounds � in the winter, a humidifier with a fan (always a good move anyway) may do double-duty. Use earplugs, if you can find ones that are comfortable and effective.
�Reduce your stress level and lower your blood pressure by taking up meditation. It won�t make the sound go away, but it can change your response to it and reduce circulating stress hormones such as cortisol; when they�re chronically elevated, it�s bad for the heart and the emotions.
�Use noise-dampening headphones during the day.
�Get a loudness discomfort test (we didn�t make that up) from a hearing specialist. It can help identify specific sound sources that trigger your distress. You also might consider sound exposure therapies to desensitize you to noise.
Dr. Mehmet Oz is host of �The Dr. Oz Show,� and Dr. Mike Roizen is chief medical officer at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute. Submit health questions at www.doctoroz.com.


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A simulated patient in Bristol, UK, trains anaesthetists remotely via MultiMED -- an interactive TV and computer service carried by satellite. A multi-lingual satellite TV service called EMN, operated from Switzerland, provides continuing medical education for doctors in five countries. Euromednet, based in Italy, enables physicians in remote areas to use satellite links for video-conferencing, sharing of patient records, Internet access and video broadcasting.
For ambulances in areas such as rural Wales where cellular phone services are poor, SECoM fills in the gaps with a satellite. All of these pilot projects have been sponsored by ESA. Expect satellite-proficient doctors and nurses!


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Europeana Collections 1914-1918 will create by 2014 – the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War – a substantial digital collection of material from national libraries and other partners from eight countries that found themselves on different sides of the historic conflict. See: www.europeana-collections-1914-1918.eu
The three-year project will make over 400,000 WWI sources publicly and freely available online for the first time – content that is often rare and highly fragile because of the deteriorating quality of the paper it was produced on and generally only accessible in reading rooms.
The digital collection will span the full range of national library collections including books, newspapers, trench journals, maps, music sheets, children's literature, photographs, posters, pamphlets, propaganda leaflets, original art, religious works, medals and coins.
This material will highlight the importance of the First World War for a common European identity and reflect the experiences of people from different ethnic, linguistic, political, social and religious communities on all sides of the conflict, including those opposed to the war. It will permit new interpretations of history that go far beyond traditional military history and include artistic and cultural reinterpretation of the experiences of 1914-1918.


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Windows 8.1 Brings Back 'Start' Button, Better Usability
Microsoft is trying to fix what it got wrong with its makeover of Windows. The company today confirmed that it will bring back the 'start' button on Windows 8.1 and will also make the OS easier to navigate and customizable.
Although Microsoft has sold more than 100 million Windows 8 licenses since October, the company must tackle a dwindling PC user base and its inability to make a mark in the exploding tablet market. So here comes a free revision to Windows 8 called Windows 8.1, which will be released later this year.
Windows 8.1 is "an even better" version of Windows 8, according to Antoine Leblond, Corporate Vice President, Windows Program Management.
Windows 8.1 will add new features and functionality that advance the touch experience. The update will deliver improvements and enhancements in areas like personalization, search, the built-in apps, Windows Store, and cloud connectivity. Windows 8.1 will also include big bets for business in areas such as management and security.
In Windows 8.1, you'll be able to do more to personalize the experience on your device. In Windows 8.1, you will be able to turn your PC or tablet into a picture frame by making your Lock screen a slide show of your pictures – either locally on the device or photos from the cloud in SkyDrive. Microsoft also added the ability to take pictures with the built-in camera right from the Lock screen without having to log in.
In addition, you will be able to choose your desktop background as your Start screen background. And the Start screen in Windows 8.1 features a variety of tile sizes including a new large and new small tile, so you can organize your Start screen exactly the way you want it. It's also even easier to name groups and rearrange tiles. You can now select multiple apps all at once, resize them, uninstall them, or rearrange them. Microsoft also found people were accidentally moving tiles on their Start screen so in Windows 8.1, you press and hold (or right click) to move things around.
You can view all apps just by swiping from the bottom to view all apps, and Microsoft has added the ability to filter your apps by name, date installed, most used, or by category. You want the Start screen to be about all the things you love. So when you install a new app from the Windows Store, Microsoft will no longer put that app on your Start screen. Instead, you'll find these apps under apps view as mentioned above and marked as "new" where you can choose to pin the apps you want to your Start screen.
In Windows 8.1, Search will provide global search results powered by Bing in an aggregated view of many content sources (the web, apps, files, SkyDrive, actions you can take). Quick actions include things you would want to do like play a song or video. Results from local files, apps, and settings are easily accessed in the same view by scrolling to the left.
Microsoft will be also improving all the built in apps that come with Windows 8 for Windows 8.1. For example, the Photos app now has some new editing features that lets you edit or adjust photos when you view them in the Photos app or open them from other places like the Mail, SkyDrive, and Camera apps. And the Music app has been completely redesigned to help pick and play music from your collection.
Microsoft is also making improvements for using multiple apps at once in Windows 8.1.
Windows 8.1 brings variable, continuous size of snap views. You will have more ways to see multiple apps on the screen at the same time. You can resize apps to any size you want, share the screen between two apps, or have up to three apps on each screen if you have a multiple displays connected, you can have different Windows Store apps running on all the displays at the same time and the Start Screen can stay open on one monitor. Also in Windows 8.1, you can have multiple windows of the same app snapped together – such as two Internet Explorer windows.
The improved Windows Store in Windows 8.1 is designed to show more info than before in Windows 8 with detailed lists of top free apps, new releases, and picks for you on the homepage. The app listing is more descriptive and includes an area for related apps to help with app discovery. Categories are listed with other app commands such as links to your apps and your account information. App updates install automatically in the background as well as they come through the Store. And search is available in the upper right hand corner for finding the apps you want.
In Windows 8.1 your files can be saved directly to SkyDrive, so you can always have your files with you.
The new SkyDrive app gives you access to your files that are on your device or in the cloud, and files are accessible even when offline.
Also, when you log on to your Windows 8.1 device with your Microsoft account (Outlook.com by default), your device becomes personalized with your settings and apps, making switching or setting up a new device really easy.
The updated PC Settings in Windows 8.1 gives you access to all your settings on your device without having to go to the Control Panel on the desktop. You can do things like change your display resolution, set power options, see the make and model of my PC, change the product key, let me do Windows Update, and even join a domain – all from PC Settings. You can even manage SkyDrive from PC Settings as well and see how much available storage you have (and buy more if needed).
Windows 8.1 you also get Internet Explorer 11 (IE11). IE11 builds on the advancements in IE10 and is the only browser that is built for touch. IE11 will offer even better touch performance, faster page load times and several other new features. For example, you can now adjust the appearance of modern IE11 to always show the address bar and you can have as many open tabs as you like. And you can access your open tabs in sync across your other Windows 8.1 devices.
Microsoft has also focused on a number of improvements to ensure easier navigation for people using a mouse and keyboard.
The company improved the way you navigate to Start with the mouse by changing the Start "tip" to be the familiar Windows logo. The new tip appears anytime you move the mouse to the bottom left corner of the screen, and is always visible on the taskbar when on the desktop. There are also options to change what the corners do, and options to boot into alternate screens. For example, if you prefer to see the Apps view versus all the tiles, you can choose to have the Start screen go directly to Apps view.
These are some of the updates coming in Windows 8.1. Beginning June 26th, and timed with the start of Build, Microsoft's developer conference, you will be able to check out these improvements for yourself with a preview of Windows 8.1 that will be released. At Build, Microsoft will also be sharing more about Windows Embedded, which will be updated in the same timeframe as Windows 8.1.


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What is this—a winter like the good old days or a winter like never before?
It's probably something of each, said Morenci area weather observer, George Isobar, and overall, just a wacky month of weather.
"I suppose it's not like the old days because people always talk about lots of snow in years past, but we had only six and a half inches last month," Isobar said.
"I don't know about like never before, but I will give you this: It was a very odd month of weather," he said.
There was a good solid winter with some snow on the ground and single-digit temperatures. There was a glimpse of spring with record-setting temperatures in the 60s and a thunderstorm. There were winds gusting into the 50 mile an hour range. And there were clouds. Lots of clouds.
"We often have a January thaw," Isobar said, "but this was rather extreme. We've had temperatures in the 60s only four times in the last quarter century and this year was the warmest at 64°."
Toledo reported 66° Jan. 7 and Detroit's 64° was just three degrees shy of the all-time record for a January day, set in 1950.
"On the other hand, we had a low of -1° and another morning at 0," Isobar said. "In the last two weeks of the month, we had single-digit readings on nine days, so that warmth early in the month really got balanced out."
Actually, it wasn't quite a balance. The mean temperature for the month came to be 3.5° above average. It was those extra warm days that made the difference, Isobar said.
Jan. 7 was 36° above normal and the next day was 33° above normal.
"That's really very unusual," Isobar said.
But the wackiest day of all? It wasn't during the record-setting stretch, he said, it was late in the month on Jan. 29. In a 24-hour period, the temperature ranged from 50° to 4°...


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What is Birth in the Tradition™
Birth in the Tradition ™ is a community based midwifery service serving Atlanta and surrounding areas of Georgia since 1980. The name Birth in the Tradition™ was chosen because the service reflects the original midwifery model of care in a modern day world.
Service Provided
Birth in the Tradition provides pre pregnancy, prenatal, labor and postpartum counseling and support for those who desiring water birth (out of water birth), lotus birth and VBAC (vaginal birth after C-Sec) in a sacred, professional, cultural, and holistic manner. This includes:
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Referrals to community resources and social services are available to support a healthy pregnancy when necessary and or upon request. A team of affiliates to assist in meeting your needs may include:
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Birth in the Tradition's Beliefs
Although pregnancy and birth is delicate in nature, it should not be overcome by fear and distrust by herself or any other person who is a part of her birthing team. Instead, pregnancy should be regarded as a rite of passage in which birth culminates one phase of life and initiates one into another phase called parenthood. It should be experience joyfully. It is a point in time when she should become empowered by the experience of life growing inside of her womb guided by the care and knowledge acquired by her midwife. It is the time where the couple should be able to draw on the wisdom of those who have traveled this journey in life. In many traditional societies, "it takes a village to raise a child" is not merely a concept but a way of life beginning at conception.
Birth in the Tradition also believes in family involvement and returning birth to the family. The midwife is to support and protect the sacredness, normalcy and naturalness of a healthy pregnancy and birth to the very best of her ability. She is not there to take over birth not unless her midwifery skills are required. At the same time, she is there to provide the comfort, wisdom and expertise of her craft, knowledge and skills appropriately. Birth in the Tradition believes the family should empower themselves by being educated on the entire process and progress of pregnancy and birth. Likewise, Birth in the Tradition believes in continuing education and maintains current CPR and Neonatal Resuscitation certification.
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What makes Birth in the Tradition™ unique is its international cliental. When you come for a prenatal visit you may find other clients from other parts of the world and religious backgrounds. Birth in the Tradition's founder, Sarahn Henderson comes from an international upbringing which makes her awareness of other cultures acceptable. Therefore, requested birthing customs are honored and respected. All babies are welcomed into the hands of the Midwife. Prenatal care begins once a mutual agreement has been made between the midwife and her client and continues six weeks after birth. In many cases an extended family relationship continues a lifetime.
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposal for "congestion pricing" – a fee imposed on driving in Manhattan's central business district during prime hours – has made it safe at last to discuss traffic solutions that were previously off limits. Just last week, City Hall announced a crackdown on the official placards that allow tens of thousands of public employees to park free on the street – a topic long avoided by those in charge.
The discussion will continue throughout January as the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission, established by the New York State legislature in response to the mayor's congestion pricing plan issues its report later this month. The group may support City Hall's proposal or suggest its own ideas for reducing traffic by at least as much as the 6.3 percent proposed by Bloomberg.
In its report the commission might even break a longtime taboo in the city and call for charging drivers a toll to cross the now "free" East River bridges. Such a charge, along with an overhaul of the city's policy on parking, could meet the traffic reduction goal while also raising much-needed funds to maintain and expand the city's transportation infrastructure.
Toll revenue helped finance the construction of the Brooklyn and Williamsburg bridges. The tolls were discontinued – along with those on the Manhattan and Queensboro bridges – in 1911 by Mayor William J. Gaynor, who saw "no more reason for toll gates on the bridges than for toll gates on Fifth Avenue or Broadway" and proposed making up the lost revenue through an annual tax levy. Since that time, tolling the East River bridges has been the third rail of New York City transportation politics. Mayors who tried to bring up the subject – including Bloomberg himself, early on in his administration – quickly dropped it again under intense interborough pressure.
The lack of tolls has put the bridges in competition for funding with the entire array of municipal budget priorities. This has cost the bridges dearly. The absence of a dedicated funding stream resulted in deferred maintenance and, ultimately, dangerous disrepair. (Just last month, a state task force issued multiple "flags" – both "yellow" and "safety" – to the Brooklyn Bridge for problems including decaying beams.)
Meanwhile, all of the tolled East River crossings (the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Triborough Bridge, Queens-Midtown Tunnel and Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel) and the Hudson River crossings (the Port Authority's George Washington Bridge and Holland and Lincoln tunnels), which also charge tolls, are in exemplary condition. Tolls yield enough revenue not only to maintain the facilities to the highest standards, but also to subsidize the public transit operations of Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Port Authority.
Bloomberg wants to reap similar benefits from congestion pricing – collecting revenues from drivers to pay for maintenance of Manhattan's streets, beaten-up from overuse. Just as the authorities collect tolls to subsidize public transit, the mayor would collect congestion fees to fund improvements in public transportation. At the same time, reductions in traffic congestion, as some drivers choose alternative modes of travel to avoid paying the fee, would benefit the city's economy and environment.
The overall concept of City Hall's initial proposal is elegant, but its specifics are much too complex, with different prices for driving into (or out of) the charging zone vs. driving within it, along with a very expensive – and potentially intrusive – network of E-Z Pass readers and cameras throughout the zone, from Manhattan's Battery to 86th Street.
Eliminating the charge for driving within the zone would remove much cost and confusion. The East and Hudson rivers define all but one side of Manhattan's business district, so adding a northern boundary and simply charging people to enter the zone would be fairly straightforward.
Now, the commission, led by Marc Shaw (whose background as a state and city budget guru served him well as first deputy mayor and as MTA executive director), is considering the advice of traffic experts Brian Ketcham and Carolyn Konheim, among others, in examining several variations on this simplified scheme. Commission staff members estimate that adding tolls to the East River bridges and equivalent charges to cross a northern boundary at 60th Street (rather than at 86th, as City Hall proposes) would double the traffic reductions the mayor seeks and nearly double the revenue – at a fraction of the cost to collect it.
Moreover, the participation of the MTA and Port Authority executive directors on the traffic commission offers an opportunity to develop a unified approach to pricing all the crossings – and thus to rationalizing traffic patterns. Pricing influences driver behavior. The "free" bridges, as well as their feeder roads, are generally more clogged than the tolled tunnels and their approaches.
The tolling alternative would generate more revenue and less traffic than the mayor's approach. It is simpler to understand and to implement. It acknowledges the geographic reality that Manhattan is an island whose access routes are difficult to build and expensive to maintain. It has only one apparent drawback: It would allow Manhattanites to add to pollution and congestion by moving their cars inside the central business district without constraint. But the city does not need costly cameras and sophisticated software to solve this problem.
First, a 60th Street boundary would capture entry fees from Manhattan's most significant source of automobile commuters, the Upper East Side. Second, since availability of free parking near the workplace is the single best indicator of whether someone will drive to work in Manhattan, the panel should recommend an array of measures to charge more for parking. Possible actions include modifying metering policies, charging people to park at currently free curb space and revoking residents' tax exemption for garage parking. City Hall's recent placard announcement is a much needed first step on the road to parking rationality.
Thanks to Mayor Bloomberg, it is finally possible to talk about rearranging New York's transportation subsidies – from free bridges and cheap parking to strengthened infrastructure and expanded capacity. Now that the conversation can flow freely, the commission, the City Council and the state legislature must negotiate the best ways to improve mobility in the city. By March 31 – the federal deadline for a program of congestion reduction – New Yorkers need to have moved from talk to action.
Hope Cohen is deputy director of the Manhattan Institute's Center for Rethinking Development.


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Votto and Choo are down with OBP
Reds stars on pace to reach base 300 times each this season
CLEVELAND -- Shin-Soo Choo and Joey Votto are both on pace to reach base at least 300 times this season.
Think about that.
Better yet, let's let Choo think about it.
"That's really hard to do?" Choo said, leaning back in his chair in the visitors' clubhouse at Progressive Field. "Three hundred times?"
The wheels of thought start churning in Choo's mind.
"You have 600 at-bats if you play every day," said Choo, "and maybe you get 150 hits …"
Suddenly, the realization hits him.
"Ohhh," he said, nodding his head. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, that is hard! You need 200 hits plus 100 walks. Wow!"
Yes, Choo, it is hard. Dating all the way back to 1901, the feat has been achieved by an average of just 1.2 players per season. So to have two guys do it on the same team would be special, special stuff. In the past 75 years, in fact, the only pairs of teammates to get on base 300 times each were Derek Jeter and Bernie Williams on the '99 Yankees and Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell on the '97 Astros.
"Three hundred times," Choo said with a look of wonder. "I think Joey can do it. So that's on me."
Votto and Choo might not pull off the dual-300 feat, but they are both putting together the kind of season a stathead could celebrate. They rank first and second in the Majors in on-base percentage (Votto at .474, Choo at .449), with both men embodying the sort of passive-aggressive, pitch-count-eating approach that is being preached by many a hitting coach in the game today.
It is some kind of oddity or irony or sabermetric injustice that they are providing this OBP assault in the first one-third of a lineup drawn up nightly by the man oft-associated with being anti-OBP. But Dusty Baker, who once famously made the observation that "clogging up the bases isn't that great to me," will tell you he's not so much anti-OBP as he is anti-OBP obsession. OBP, he said, means nothing if it's not followed by RBI, and in Choo and Votto, he finds equal parts fascination and frustration.
"They should be [ranked] one and two in runs scored," Baker said. "There have been quite a few times they've been left out there. You can get on base all you want to, but if you don't have guys driving you in, it doesn't matter."
Now, Votto ranks first in the Majors in runs scored (44) and Choo ranks sixth (40), while the Reds lead the National League in runs scored (255) and cleanup hitter Brandon Phillips leads the league in RBIs (43). You could, therefore, certainly accuse Baker of nitpicking here.
With that said, the Reds also lead the Majors in runners left on base (410), and No. 2 hitter Zack Cozart and No. 5 hitter Jay Bruce (both with 99) are atop the NL in that category. So Baker does have a point about the Reds not exactly making the most of this unique OBP opportunity.
"It's not called walking, it's called hitting," Baker said, and that sound you just heard was a sabermetrician slapping his forehead. "You're trying to get a hit."
|"I'm trying to get the most out of myself, and I have decided that this is the way I get the most out of myself. And if people don't like it, that's their decision. But the people that think I'm doing well are the same people that make sure an automobile drives straight and an airplane knows how to land. These are scientists and mathematicians that can figure out some things."
|-- Joey Votto
That it exists at all, though, is a credit to the discipline Votto and Choo take to their at-bats. Theirs, they've discovered, is a shared appreciation for selectivity.
"I love the team concept, and I also love competing with my teammate," Votto said. "Having a guy like Choo, who has been so consistently good, is a nice challenge. It's nice to have someone new to learn from and see the way they operate and see what things I can take from his program and apply to mine."
Votto calls Choo "Rabbit," (actually, he uses the Korean word, which is pronounced "toe-kee") because the South Korean native got off to such a great start to the 2013 season that nobody can catch him. In truth, Votto has caught him, despite some early season anxiety amongst Reds fans that Votto was, perhaps, being too patient, racking up the walks but not the hits.
Votto was swinging at just 60 percent of strikes through the first three weeks of the season, and the numbers showed the results of his restraint. Through 17 games, he had 24 walks but just 14 hits, only three of which had gone for extra bases. People wondered aloud if maybe he was taking this OBP stuff a little too seriously.
"He's probably heard it quite a few times," Baker said. "Joey hears the whispers, but sometimes you gotta let a guy learn at his own pace."
Votto has been one of the hottest hitters in baseball this month, batting .417 with a 1.190 OPS. One reason is simply that he's swinging at more strikes. He's raised that percentage to 68.2, much more in line with his 2010 NL MVP Award season.
But don't take this as a signal that Votto has fundamentally adjusted his approach. He still believes in the value of going deep in the count, of swinging the at-bat in his favor, sometimes by not swinging at all. Though he is swinging at 30.8 percent of first pitches (above the Major League average of 26.5 percent), he is also seeing 4.13 pitches per plate appearance (well above the Major League average of 3.85). Votto, then, illustrates his own favorite quality in a hitter, which is to be both patient and aggressive.
"I'm trying to get the most out of myself, and I have decided that this is the way I get the most out of myself," he said. "And if people don't like it, that's their decision. But the people that think I'm doing well are the same people that make sure an automobile drives straight and an airplane knows how to land. These are scientists and mathematicians that can figure out some things."
Though he didn't know Votto personally before this season, Choo has long shared Votto's affinity for OBP. When he hit .300 with a .401 OBP in 2010, Choo was much more proud of the latter number than the former.
But with Votto as an aide and accomplice, the Rabbit has learned to focus more on each individual pitch and give away fewer at-bats.
"Last year, I had a lot of strikeouts on 3-2 counts," Choo said. "I took on 0-2 counts when pitchers would throw nasty pitches -- 1-2, 2-2, nasty pitches, I'd take. Sometimes I talk to myself and say, 'Wow, how do you take these pitches?' But 3-2, same pitches and maybe worse pitches? Way outside? I would swing."
Choo said he's learned to treat 3-2 as a pitcher's count, not a hitter's count, and this shift in mindset could account for the major statistical strides he's made in this free-agent walk year. Last season, Choo hit a measly .191 with a .265 slugging percentage in full counts. This year, it's .310 with a .586 SLG.
"You're never done learning," Choo said.
Choo and Votto have both learned from each other, to the Reds' benefit. Baker would like to see Cincinnati benefit even more, and much of that burden falls on Cozart and Bruce. Because while Baker might not exactly finesse the delivery of his message, its sentiment is true: If Votto and Choo continue to get on base at a rate rarely seen from two teammates, the Reds ought to capitalize.


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Former Senior LA Prosecutor.
Harvard Law School Educated.
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As a criminal attorney in Los Angeles area, Michael Kraut handles all misdemeanor and felony charges. Mr. Kraut has been a top rated defense attorney in Los Angeles and throughout Southern California. The Kraut Law Group is well known for the aggressive representation of clients for DUI cases. Mr. Kraut handles white collar crimes, theft related crimes, California expungements, drug offenses, domestic violence, lewd conduct, and all other criminal defense cases throughout Los Angeles County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County and Orange County. Let Michael Kraut and the Kraut Law Group Criminal & DUI Lawyers use their knowledge and skill to fight for you and your rights.
As a premier Los Angeles criminal lawyer, Michael Kraut was trained and attended Harvard Law School and then spent 14 years as a Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County. He worked in the prestigious Hardcore Gang Homicide Division and the Major Frauds Division. Attorney Kraut tried in excess of 86 jury trials to verdict and has won an unheard of 99% of his felony jury trials.
Drawing on his experiences, contacts and relationships with prosecutors, law enforcement and judges within the criminal justice system, Mr. Kraut opened the premier Los Angeles criminal defense firm, the Kraut Law Group. He knows the inner workings of investigations conducted by law enforcement and how prosecutors assemble their cases against a suspect. Mr. Kraut defends clients accused of criminal charges in Los Angeles and throughout Southern California. Mr. Kraut is known for "working up" his cases by conducting a thorough and independent investigation separate and apart from law enforcement. He leaves no stone unturned when defending his clients whether they are fighting a misdemeanor DUI, complex white collar fraud case, or a high profile murder case. Attorney Kraut understands that his client's interests and he will work hard to keep them out of jail and free of a criminal record.
Mr. Kraut has lectured to law enforcement on investigative techniques and taught prosecutors on courtroom trial tactics. He has been featured on CNN, Fox News and throughout print media.
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If you or a loved one faces misdemeanor or felony charges, contact Los Angeles criminal attorney Michael Kraut at the Kraut Law Group for help. The Kraut Law Group has offices throughout the Los Angeles area, and are also available to travel to your home to discuss your personal situation. Mr. Kraut primarily practices in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino and Orange Counties.
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs under California Vehicle Code 23152(a) VC and California Vehicle Code Section 23152(b) VC is one of the most widely charged criminal offenses in the LA area. Each day and night, law enforcement officers from the Los Angeles Police Department, California Highway Patrol, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and other agencies patrol the streets and freeways of Los Angeles looking for impaired drivers. Under the law it is a crime to operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol or with a blood alcohol content of 0.08 percent or above.
Unless the suspected drunk driver is stopped as part of a DUI checkpoint operation, a law enforcement officer must have probable cause that a driver is violating the law before the officer can legally justify stopping the vehicle. This is usually a violation of a vehicle code provision, such as speeding, improperly changing lanes or an equipment violation. Once a driver has been stopped, the officer must then be able to objectively form the opinion the driver is intoxicated. This is typically based on symptoms of intoxication, such as an odor of alcohol, bloodshot or watery eyes or slurred speech. At that point, the officer will usually ask the driver to submit to a series of field sobriety tests designed to determine if the driver is impaired. The officer may also request the driver to breath into a Preliminary Alcohol Screening ("PAS") device to see if the driver has a high blood alcohol content.
Once the officer concludes the driver is impaired, he or she will arrest the driver for DUI and will take the driver to the police station or hospital for further, more accurate chemical testing. The driver will be given the option of providing a breath or blood sample at the station (or hospital for blood). If the driver refuses testing, he or she can still be charged with a DUI offense and can lose their license for a full year.
During the Los Angeles DUI arrest process, the arresting officer will provide a notice of impending license suspension from the DMV. At that point, the driver will spend the night in jail. They may be released and provided a future court date or may have to appear in court for their arraignment the following day.
The case will be sent to a prosecutor to review for criminal filing. For first time DUI offenses in Los Angeles, that will be a prosecutor from either the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office or the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, depending on the location of the incident. The driver is usually charged with one count of driving under the influence in violation of California Vehicle Code Section 23152(a) VC and driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.08 percent or higher in violation of California Vehicle Code Section 23152(b) VC. In addition, the driver would have to deal with a potential driver's license suspension from the DMV. If the driver requests a hearing within ten days of the arrest, they would have the chance to contest the suspension before a hearing officer from the Department of Motor Vehicles. An effective Los Angeles DUI attorney may be able to challenge the stop of the vehicle, the basis for arrest, and the results of the chemical test, both in court and before the DMV. For those convicted of DUI, penalties can include jail time, mandatory alcohol counseling classes, community service/labor, loss of license and substantial fines.
If you have been arrested for DUI in Los Angeles, it is imperative that you contact an experienced Los Angeles DUI Attorney immediately. For more information about DUI in Los Angeles, and to schedule your 1/2 hour free consultation, contact Los Angeles DUI Attorney Michael Kraut at the Kraut Law Group located at 6255 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 1520, Los Angeles, CA 90028. Mr. Kraut can be reached 24/7 at 888-334-6344 or 323-464-6453.


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Let's consider the lowly onion! It may not appear to be much, but wait until you see all the nutritional and medicinal effects produced by an onion (Allium cepa). No wonder it's so widely used around the world. Onions have been shown to be anti-hypertensive in a number of animal studies. Onions contain prebiotics, poorly […]View Post
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REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- Crozet cliff-hanger: Woodsy house offers bird's-eye views
ADDRESS: 2825 Jones Mountain Lane
NEIGHBORHOOD: Crozet
SIZE: 880 fin. sq. ft., 660 unfin.
LAND: 0.09 Acres
CURB APPEAL: 6 out of 10
LISTED BY: Ross Stevens, Stevens & Company, 434-296-6104
Historically, the treehouse market has been unaffected by the boom-and-bust cycles that plague other real estate, even after the profession of arboreal house-agent was popularized in G.K. Chesterton's book The Club of Queer Trades. This may be because most people prefer living among trees to living in them.
But some builders have captured the effect of elevated sylvan construction without sacrificing the comforts of a proper house ["Close and classy: A tree-top cottage right downtown," September 13]. This week's house, by the rolling farmland off Millington road in Crozet, offers another woody vantage from which buyers can look down upon the world.
Because of the sloping lot, the uphill side of the house is level with the ground, while the downhill side is cantilevered to look out on the surroundings. The elevation and the woodsy environs almost make it seem from inside as though the trees are the supports, and in fact, the walls are knotty pine tongue-in-groove paneling extending upward along the cathedral ceiling.
Carpet helps visitors differentiate walls from floors, and a fireplace with a wood-burning stove insert helps keep the wood from becoming overbearing. While the stove can be used for atmosphere, potential buyers will be relieved to know that the house also has a heat pump and central air.
Double-insulated windows line the walls, and although they and sliding glass doors provide nice views, the trees themselves compose most of the scenery, keeping the house well shaded. Light enters from windows in every room, but has difficulty penetrating the darkness created by the paneling in some parts of the house, particularly up near the ceilings. New owners should prune judiciously if they wish to enhance either the view or the light (or both) without sacrificing privacy.
An open room at the front of the house serves as kitchen, living room, and dining area. Including the kitchen in this space is a necessary evil due to the small floor plan, but it would have been better placed on the uphill side of the house so as not to block the views. Fortunately, the small size and low walls of the kitchen area keep it from hiding too much of the scenery.
The main bathroom– functional but small, with a toilet, sink, and shower– sits behind the kitchen, just before the two bedrooms in the back of the house.
Of the two bedrooms, the master, which earns the title by virtue of the inset bathroom, may be best converted into an office space. While it has its own toilet, sink, and shower, only the toilet is enclosed in a room of its own: the other fixtures are in the bedroom proper, the sink and shower discreetly tucked into a corner of the room (a good thing, since the sink is an unsavory avocado green) and marked off by the floor's transition from carpet to linoleum. The stacked washer and dryer are more conspicuous from the doorway. A sink in a bedroom isn't unheard of, but the additional appliances create a bit of an identity crisis for the space.
The remaining bedroom is more focused: there's nothing unusual about it. It has a bay window wide enough for a seat, to take advantage of the downhill views the other bedroom lacks. A closet with louvered doors gives the room some personality, and white walls manage to increase the light in the room.
The living space of the house is amplified by a wraparound deck, essential on a lot where the only level ground is fill. From here, one can reach out and touch the nearby trees or view the adjacent bedrock outcropping that's reminiscent of a sculpture garden.
More bedrock is visible under the house, enclosed in a small dog run. From inside the run, a low door (reached by a crouching walk) provides outside entry to an unfinished lower level, unlikely to be converted into additional rooms due to the restricted accessibility.
While the home may be small for a family, it could work as a weekend getaway or a well-appointed clubhouse for the bachelor who never grew up.
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PSY was featured on MBC's "Music Core" aired today (8/25/2012) but in fact, the performance was filmed during his own show "The Heumbbeok Show" (8/11/2012). The word heumbbeok (흠뻑) has such meanings as "soaked, entrenched, drenched, saturated...." and I think this show is a must see! In the following video, you will witness how PSY makes the crowd go wild as always; he's an iconic figure in the Korean music industry and nicknamed the King of Performance. BTW, the Korean audience are known to sing along the song in perfect unison, which is called Ddechang (떼창, "group singing") in Korea. Ddechang is a slang word.
[LIVE] PSY performs Gangnam Style (8/11/2012)
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We are not, and have no business relationship with, Marks and Spencer plc. We act as personal shoppers for you, our customers, and the prices on our site include an element of profit for our services.
Marks and Spencer or M&S is one of the UK's most well-known and well-loved high-street brands, and the Marks and Spencer Food range is filled with unique, delicious, high-quality products that every member of the family can enjoy.
Just because you have moved out of the country, doesn't mean that you shouldn't have access to your beloved British products and brands. That's why we're the bringing the best of Marks and Spencer Food online so that you can have access to your home comforts no matter where you are in the world.
- Marks and Spencer Tea We bring you the full range of Marks and Spencer tea.
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We recognise the importance of getting your products to you in as fresh a condition as if you picked them yourself. That's why we work with shoppers who pick out your goods for you once you've placed your order.
We do not hold any stock, which helps us to ensure the highest quality products make their way to you.
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With Brit Superstore, you can get your favourite Marks and Spencer food products delivered right to your doorstep. We have over 20 years of experience providing UK groceries to customers worldwide, so you know your products will be in safe hands.
Some of the courier services we provide include:
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June 19, 2014
Bradenton, FL – Blake Medical Center has appointed Valerie Powell-Stafford, FACHE, to be its new Chief Operating Officer. In her position as COO, she will oversee all the day-to-day operations at the hospital.
Mrs. Powell-Stafford has a varied background in hospital and physician practice operations and is coming to us from Doctors Hospital of Sarasota where she was the Chief Operating Officer since 2009. She successfully developed and implemented new service lines and directly led ten clinical, ancillary, and support departments. Powell-Stafford received her master's degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, and her bachelor's degree from the Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Board certified in healthcare management as an American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Fellow, Powell-Stafford is currently Regent-At-Large and served on the Board of Governors Examination Committee and is a Member of the Western Florida Chapter of ACHE. She has also served as a board member of the Sarasota/Manatee American Heart Association.
"Valerie will be a strong addition to our team and we feel fortunate to have her on board," said hospital President and Chief Executive Officer, Daniel Friedrich.


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***IT IS NOT THE ENTIRE HOUSE. IT IS ONLY ONE BEDROOM***COMFORTABLE PRIVATE BEDROOM FOR TWO PEOPLE! House Amenities:Free WifiIron and iron boardHairdryerCentral air conditioning and heatingLinens and Towels provided1 Bedroom / 1 Shared BathroomBedding: 1 QueenAccommodate up to 2 guestsHouse Configuration:Two Living Rooms with Smart TV 65" with cableEquipped kitchenDining AreaPatio Area with Pool and outdoor furnitureLaundry: Washer and Dryer Bedroom: One Queen size bed and Flat Screen TV 42" with cable Bathroom (shared): Walk in Shower and sinkWelcome to this amazing house that features 14 individual bedrooms. You will have your own bedroom and a shared bathroom located on the second floor with a private door code that can be locked, giving you the privacy and security that you need for your vacation. And you will share the common areas (kitchen, living rooms, pool area and laundry). You will feel that you are in a very cozy inn where you can relax after a busy day in the parks. This bedroom has one queen size bed that can accommodate up to 2 people and the bathroom is shared with another bedroom. It also has a Flat Screen TV 42" with cable and a mini fridge for your convenience.The house has two living rooms with big and comfortable sofas and big smart TVs, a dining area with four tables seating 16 people in total plus 4 more sits in the breakfast bar and more sitting available outdoors. The kitchen is equipped with two refrigerators, two dishwashers, microwave, utensils, coffee machine, toaster, sandwich maker and waffle maker - only the stove is not available for guests' uses. With a lake view, the patio area has a large swimming pool, with a lot of chairs and tables for you relax and hang out and a fire pit with chairs around for the cold days. It is the best option for you and your family if you want to save money and have a great time! The Neighborhood:Solterra Resort is designed with style, value and tranquility in mind. This gorgeous community offers a chance for everyone to enjoy what they love about Orlando: world-famous attractions, sun-soaked golf courses, countless shops and restaurants — all just minutes from the resort. Gated community with luxury clubhouse and cabanas, resort-style pool with water slide, outdoor recreation areas, volleyball court, tennis court and gym.Getting around:- Walt Disney World: 9.2 miles- Universal Studios: 20.0 miles- Sea World: 17.0 miles- LEGOLAND: 24.1 miles- Busch Gardens: 58.3 miles- Walmart: 7.8 miles- Publix: 2.6 miles- Target: 4.4 miles- Premium Outlet International Drive: 21.2 miles- Premium Outlet Vineland: 14.3 miles- The Loop: 16.2 miles- Lake Buena Vista Factory Store: 13.3 miles- The Florida Mall: 22.6 miles- The Mall at Millenia: 22.8 miles- Marshalls: 13.4 miles- Ross Dress for Less: 4.7 miles- Orlando International Airport (MCO): 27.8 miles- Orlando Sanford International Airport: 54.0 miles- Amway Center: 27.7 miles- Downtown Orlando: 28.1 milesINFORMATION:
***Please, note that since this house is shared with other families, there are security cameras in the common areas of the property.
***The quiet hours are from 10pm until 8am. Please, respect this to not disturb the other guests.
***Please, note that stove is not available for the guests' use.
***The number of guests per bedroom must be followed. Please, check how many people this bedroom accommodates before you book it. We have bigger bedrooms, if necessary. Children up to 2 years old we can offer a pack'n play free of charge and children over 2 years old must be accommodated in a bed and counted in the total of bedroom accommodation. If there are more people than the bedroom accommodates, it will occur in a charge of U$20.00 per person / per night.
***It is prohibited to invite guests, over during your stay. The house is for the use ONLY by those who have booked the bedroom. The invitation of any guest will occur in a charge of U$200.00.
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Police have asked for the public to assist them in finding missing 16-year-old Angeleigh Morrison.
The teenager, from Magherafelt, was last seen at her father's home address in the Newtownabbey area on Saturday at approximately 10am.
A PSNI Facebook post says she is believed to be possibly wearing navy blue jeans, a brown/grey jumper and a brown puffa style jacket.
"If you have any information regarding Angeleigh's whereabouts, please contact 101, quoting incident no 605 of 07/04/18," adds the post.
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We all love our BlackBerry apps. We love them so much in fact we wish we had more in our community. Unfortunately upgrading these apps can sometimes get a little annoying as certain confusing problems may present themselves when doing so. One of the most common and frustrating problems when upgrading an app is the missing icon error.
The problem
You will be upgrading an app, let's say App World for this example, the upgrade will finish and you will be prompted to restart your phone in order to complete the upgrade. You do as you are prompted and restart your phone. After 2-8 min (unbelievable it still takes this long on some phones) you get back to your home screen, you look for the app you just upgrade and it is nowhere to be found.
The culprit
There are a couple of reasons as to why this actually happens although no official reason has been given by RIM directly. This seems to be a lot more commonly, if not only, present in native apps released by RIM through the Beta Zone at one point in time. Apps like App World, Twitter for BlackBerry and Facebook for BlackBerry seem to be the most likely to disappear at one point in time.
For those of us that have downloaded these apps as beta, when upgrading to another version, official or not, we are sometimes told to delete the app before upgrading as a simple overwrite will have its own issues. These could be due to a module that's missing or different in an app which could be related to the actual icon showing up on the homescreen.
For people that aren't in the Beta Zone and haven't downloaded these apps and simply overwrite their older versions instead of deleting the current one beforehand, this missing icon issue is more likely.
Technically, the app whose icon's missing is installed on your device and is actually there. The problem lies with the fact that the icon just doesn't show up. Nevertheless, if you've had this problem here is the solution for it!
The solution
The way we go about solving this varies a bit between the early OSes (4.5 - 5.0) and the more common OSes (6.0 - 7.1). For the purpose of this article we will be doing OSes 6 and 7.
Uninstall the app (See screenshots below). Do this by going into Options, then Device, then Application Management. Once there, scroll down until you highlight "BlackBerry App World", press the BB key to open the menu and click "Delete." Your BlackBerry will probably lag a bit at this point. The spinning clock will pop and I would honestly just suggest putting your phone down for a good 3 minutes because that's how long it'll take. You will be prompted to reboot in order for these changes to take effect.
Clear pushed content on your BlackBerry's browser (See screenshot below). Open your BlackBerry's browser, press the BB key and click on Options. Scroll all the way down to "Clear Browsing Data." Here you will check the Pushed Content box and click "Clear Now."
Reinstall the app. Once the reboot is complete, simply redownload and install the app again as if it's the first time you're doing so. Since this error occurs mostly with native apps, you can either redownload them by going through App World or directly through your browser.
- Download App World OTA
- Download BlackBerry Messenger OTA
- Download Twitter for BlackBerry OTA
- Download Facebook for BlackBerry OTAThis time, since the app isn't overwriting anything you won't need to do a reboot after the installation is complete which is kind of nice. Over the last couple of months, it seems like little by little these apps have gotten better in this aspect and less and less people are seeing these issues right now. Unfortunately some still are so hopefully this helps you guys out.