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The 451 Group has published last week the conclusions of a report detailing the growing set of options in the information management space. In the process they also clarified what they meant by "NewSQL".
"NewSQL" is our shorthand for the various new scalable/high performance SQL database vendors. [...NewSQL vendors] have in common the development of new relational database products and services designed to bring the benefits of the relational model to distributed architectures, or to improve the performance of relational databases to the extent that horizontal scalability is no longer a necessity.
We would include (in no particular order) Clustrix, GenieDB, ScalArc, Schooner, VoltDB, RethinkDB, ScaleDB, Akiban, CodeFutures, ScaleBase, Translattice, and NimbusDB, as well as Drizzle, MySQL Cluster with NDB, and MySQL with HandlerSocket. The latter group includes Tokutek and JustOne DB. The associated "NewSQL-as-a-service" category includes Amazon Relational Database Service, Microsoft SQL Azure, Xeround, Database.com and FathomDB.
For Matthew Aslett, senior analyst at the 451 group, there are currently three trends in the industry:
- the NoSQL databases, designed to meet the scalability requirements of distributed architectures, and/or schemaless data management requirements,
- the NewSQL databases designed to meet the requirements of distributed architectures or to improve performance such that horizontal scalability is no longer needed
- the Data grid/cache products designed to store data in memory to increase application and database performance
The 451 Group presented a classification of the information management market and they conclusion of their report:
The report notes that even though there is a high degree of innovation in the information management space, the market is still largely dominated by relational vendors. They see however an interesting trend related to polyglot programming which is making developers use multiple database products.
The 451 Group explains that NoSQL has emerged both from the availability of commodity of hardware and the lack of response from existing vendors to address the performance, scalability and performance requirements of large scale data processing. Yet, they explained earlier:
In the meantime, we have already noted the beginning for the end of NoSQL, and the lines are blurring to the point where we expect the terms NoSQL and NewSQL will become irrelevant as the focus turns to specific use cases.
They see the emergence of NewSQL providers as a direct response to the increasing need for scalable data management products that take advantage of the distributed server architecture where NewSQL and data-grid products are commonly found. They see this sector of the market increasingly targeted by NoSQL vendors as well.
They also see distributed data-grid/cache products increasingly being positioned as potential alternatives to relational databases as the primary platform for distributed data management, with a relational database relegated to a supporting role.
InfoQ spoke briefly with William Shulman, co-founder of MongoLab, a company that provides a Cloud-based hosted MongoDB solution. He explained:
I think the six key drivers [cited to be behind the adoption of alternative information management solutions Scalability, Performance, Relaxed Consistency, Agility, Intricacy and Necessity] miss something subtle and important, that to me is the reason why MongoDB is the next MySQL. It's a data structure thing. MongoDB may have originally gotten attention because of the "mongo" (i.e. it can scale). But, I think the reason it is beloved by so many, for datasets both big and small, is the fact that it is a JSON object store. Having the ability to store complex data structures that mirror the objects in your code is what everyone has been waiting for for 15 years. Good bye object-relational mapping.
New information management solutions are rapidly being adopted even by large corporations, for instance Nick Tan, from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, presented last year how the bank adopted Oracle as a Service showing significant hardware, license and operations cost savings. Are you using similar solutions? Do you see the benefits? Where do you see NoSQL fit?
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Complex data structures
Matt Aslett
Thanks for the write-up Jean-Jacques.
This trend is picking up, SQL interface is unbeatable,NoSQL can improve it
Avi Kapuya
Xeround is a SQL database built on top of NoSQL foundations,
this post discusses different aspects of NoSQL, SQL and what's in the middle:
Missing LDAP
Francois Armand
It is one the most used NoSQL datastore in the wild (you know, in the sens that you are doing NoSQL even without knowing it with LDAP).
It comes with a normalized protocol and query language, several interoperable and highly performant implementations of server (the two best, OpenLDAP and OpenDS^WOpenDJ being open source). Moreover, it has an interesting semi-structured format (schema based but free DIT), and a natural serialization format (LDIF) which is great to follow and store revision of the content.
Add to that the multi-master replication protocol[1] that can be used to have a normalized externalized trigger system, and you have a proponent that - at least - you should consider.
Not to say that LDAP is free from problem - it hardly is, but it is intersting, even if to see what can/should be done, and what can be avoid.
[1] blog.normation.com/2010/07/18/java-ldap-sdk-for...
Good bye to object-relaional mapping
Robert Greene
Picture in Big?
Stefan Edlich
Would be great for educational purposes.
NewSQL already used
Thomas Mueller
Impedance Mismatch depends on the programming context
Erick Von Schweber


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South (Chile) : Pucon
Pucón [7] is a small touristy town in the middle of the southern lake district in Chile. Extremely popular both with Chileans and foreigners for its nightlife and the beautiful views of volcan Villarrica. The city center is a backpacker's Disneyland, filled with travel agencies that will offer you any kind of day trips imaginable. If you don't like it crowded, you'll be better off in the nearby town of Villarrica. January and February are the busiest months.
Get in
By bus
Buses travel between Santiago and Pucón daily, many overnight. Tickets are scarce in summer, buy yours sufficiently ahead of your intended departure time.
You can also take the bus from Valdivia, it takes 3hrs.
By plane
Pucón's airport operates only during summer (for regular flights); the flights from Santiago are expensive. The closest airport for the remainder of the year is Temuco, to which airlines do the flight in about one hour from Santiago or Puerto Montt. Temuco is about 1.5 hours away by road.
By train
Trains run to Temuco in summer (Dec-Feb), and only to Chillan rest of the year. Buses are better value.
By car
Driving from Santiago takes approximately eight hours and involves the passing of seven road tolls on the ruta 5, Ch$ 1600 each. The road from the turnoff to Pucón is paved and in good shape.
Mainly Taxis to places out of town, the town itself is small enough to walk. Cycling is easy as they have put in cycle lanes along the main road. There are plenty of collectivo buses too and small public buses.
From Pucon's center there are stunning views of Volcan Villarrica, one of the most active volcanoes in Chile.
Mamas and Tapas Bar Restaurant. Great Place, Good Food and Music Ohiggins 597 Pucon Chile - Fono +56 45-449 002 - mail [email protected]
This is the town's gringo scene, run by a local white water kayaker, snowboarder's and ski
Etnico Eco Hostel Im very pleased to receive you in my hometown and to be able to share with you the natural beauty and magic of Pucon. We are located in a stunning part of the world, surrounded by volcanoes, rivers, lakes, and forests-- all of which make this place so special for nature and outdoor activities lovers. The staff at Etnico and I want to make sure you have a great time here in Pucon. So we have all the information that you need to plan your winter holidays with us. Here you can find some helpful information about the hostel, as well as a description of the activities we offer. For further information please don t hesitate to get in touch with me. my personal email [email protected] I look forward your stay with us and to having some winter fun together in Pucon!
Get out
Should Pucon start to feel a bit too touristy, hop on a mini bus and make the 20 minute trip to the little city of Villarrica. It has a population of about 46 000 and escapes the tourist trappings of Pucon.

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Obituaries February 27, 2013
Beverly Lucille Clark
The death of Beverly Lucille Clark, 92, of Derby on February 20, 2013, is announced with heavy hearts filled with happy memories.
Mrs. Clark was born in Glens Falls, New York, on February 28, 1920, the eldest daughter of the late Bernard and Lucille Moses. On May 1, 1946 she married Charles Clark and had five children. Mr. Clark predeceased her in 1962. Her longtime companion, Arthur Bacon, also predeceased her in 1982.
She is survived by her very close and special granddaughter Kelly Paul and family; her daughters Sandra Foster and Amy Varney; her sons Donald Clark and Gary Clark; by many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister Virginia Schies of New York and by nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her son Denis Clark and her sister Barbara Stranahan.
Mrs. Clark's infectious laugh, beautiful smile, and wonderful sense of humor will be missed by all. She will be greatly missed by her loving and caring family at the Derby Green Nursing Home.
There will be no visiting hours. A celebration of Mrs. Clark's life will be held on Thursday, February 28, starting at 1 p.m. with family and friends and the Reverend Richard Whitehill officiating a short service starting at 2 p.m. at the Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home, 4670 Darling Hill Road in Newport. A spring burial service will be held at the convenience of the family.
Friends may make contributions in memory of Mrs. Clark to the Derby Green Nursing Home Activities Fund, P.O. Box 24, Derby, Vermont 05829.
Online condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch.com.
Fred Pierce Cushing Sr.
Fred Pierce Cushing Sr. of Jay died on February 21, 2013.
He was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, on November 17, 1931. His father was Walter David Cushing, and his mother was Helen Emma (Pierce) Cushing.
He served his country in the U.S. Army before and during the Korean War. He was a teacher at the Guided Missile School in Fort Bliss, Texas, and later helped establish the Eastern Air Defense Command. After the service, Mr. Cushing worked for several large manufacturing corporations as a machinist, plant engineer, engineering manager, production manager, plant superintendent, and plant manager.
After retirement, he served his town of Jay, as town moderator, chairman of the listers, and zoning administrator for many years, which resulted in many sessions with Jay Peak for permitting process. He was also a member of the Northeastern Vermont Development Association.
Mr. Cushing was very active at the North Troy Congregational Church, serving as a deacon, trustee, and head usher for several years. He enjoyed playing cards, bus trips, and visiting with his many friends at the senior meal sites.
Fred is survived by his wife and best friend of 60 years, Edna Cushing, of Jay; by his six children and their families: Mary and Bill Harris, Fred Pierce Cushing Jr., Nancy and John Sparacio, David and Kristine Cushing, Steve and Kim Cushing, and Chris and Kerri Cushing. He is also survived by 12 grandchildren; one great-grandson; his sisters: Marge Vierra and Helen Cushing-Raum; and by many nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his parents and by a baby brother.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 2, at the North Troy Congregational Church with the Reverend Richard O'Hara and the Reverend Rick Shover officiating. A luncheon will follow at the East Side Restaurant in Newport, beginning at 4 p.m.
Should friends desire, contributions in Mr. Cushing's memory may be made to the North Troy Congregational Church, P.O. Box 199, North Troy, Vermont 05859.
Online condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch.com.
Mahlon H. Gonyaw
Mahlon Gonyaw of St. Johnsbury died on Saturday, February 23, 2013, at North Country Hospital in Newport at the age of 85. He had suffered a stroke on December 6 last year and received wonderful care at the Bel Aire Nursing Home in Newport since mid-January.
He was born in East Albany on December 10, 1927, and grew up in Morgan where he attended school. Mr. Gonyaw was the youngest of four children born to Mitchell and Sadie (Noyes) Gonyaw. He married Madeline Driver of West Charleston on June 1, 1952. She was the love of his life.
In his working days, Mr. Gonyaw was a well-respected dozer/backhoe operator and worked on the construction of area roads and much of Interstate 91. He served in the Army Air Forces at the close of World War II and was a member of the American Legion post in Hardwick. He and his wife were hard-working members of the Loyal Order of Moose #1779.
He is survived by his wife, Maddy; by five children: Bryce Gonyaw and his wife, Debbie, of Danville, Clair Gonyaw and Judy of Concord, Dixie Vallie and her husband, R.J., of Williston, Diane Covell and her husband, Jim, of St. Johnsbury, and Vicki Langone and her husband, Rob, of Longmeadow, Massachusetts; by three grandchildren: Heather, Megan, and Adam; two great-grandsons; and nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by two brothers: Marvin, who lived in East Charleston, and Roland, who lived in Morgan, as well as a sister just a month ago, Mildred Major of Island Pond.
A celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, March 2, at the Moose Lodge at 2388 Portland Street in St. Johnsbury. The gathering will begin at 10 a.m. At 11 a.m. there will be a commemorative service followed by a light luncheon.
Mr. Gonyaw loved animals and was concerned for their welfare. Please consider making a memorial contribution to the Pope Memorial Frontier Animal Shelter, 502 Strawberry Acres Road, Newport Vermont 05855; or to any animal shelter of your choice.
Sayles Funeral Home of St. Johnsbury is assisting the family with cremation arrangements.
Clarence E. Maker
Clarence E. Maker, 84, of Newport died on February 22, 2013, in Newport.
He was born June 9, 1928, in Lowell, Massachusetts, a son of Alan and Gertrude (Arland) Maker.
He married Cecile Young, who predeceased him. He entered the U.S. Army and was a veteran of World War II. He was a machine operator for Ethan Allen Manufacturing, and he was also a truck driver.
Mr. Maker was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #798, the American Legion Post #21 of Newport, and he attended the Meeting Place in Newport. His hobbies included hunting and gardening. He always had a smile on his face.
He is survived by his daughter Susan Powell of Asheville, North Carolina; by his granddaughter Kayla Bernier, also of Asheville; his foster son Dennis Fields, state representative from Sanbornton, New Hampshire; and by several nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be held on May 24 at 1 p.m. at the East Haven Cemetery in East Haven with full military honors.
Online condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch.com.
John (Jackie) (Jackson) William Warner
John (Jackie) (Jackson) William Warner of Lowell died peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on February 23, 2013.
He was born September 29, 1933, in Lowell to Wallace and Lilis Warner.
Mr. Warner lived a full life, venturing into many endeavors. As a young man, he worked with the family's sawmill. He served a short stint in the U.S. Air Guards. He also worked at the asbestos mines. In 1958 he attended a trade school in Chicago, Illinois, to become a radio and TV technician.
He was a lineman and master electrician and owned and operated Warner's Electric. He was also a truck driver.
Mr. Warner enjoyed working in his garden, and he owned his own plane. He loved giving rides to anyone who wanted one. He bowled for many years on a league with his son Shawn.
He leaves behind a large loving family, including his children: Daniel Warner and his wife, Jeanie, of East Albany and their children Dakota and Jade Warner; Marcia Warner and her partner, Mardy Pratt, and her children: Kevin and Stephine Uhlendorff and Caleb Warner; and Shawn Warner and his wife, Shannon, and their children Adam, Samantha, and Johnie. He also leaves behind a granddaughter-in-law, Danielle LaRoe; two great-grandchildren: Glycerine Uhlendorff and Gabriel LaRoe; his former wife, Lois Starr, of North Troy; his sisters and brother: Michael (Mickey) Warner of Lowell, Beth Potter and her husband, Brad, of Ryegate, and Shirleen Dolan of Morrisville; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
He was predeceased by his parents, and by two brothers, Lawrence (Lonnie) Warner and Winston Warner.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 1, at the Lowell Congregational Church with the Reverend David DiZazzo officiating. Friends may call at the church on March 1 from noon until the hour of the funeral. Spring interment will be in Mountainview Cemetery in Lowell.
Should friends desire, contributions in his memory may be made to the Alzheimer's Association of Vermont, 300 Corner Stone Drive, Suite 128, Williston, Vermont 05495.
Online condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch.com.


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The Daily Word 07.29.10: Bears and cougars, flip-flops, border guvs
SB 1070 went into effect today, though yesterday a judge took the teeth out of it. Here's what people in New Mexico think about that.
Border governors will meet in Santa Fe.
The state suggests hunters should be allowed to shoot bears and cougars—not the sexy kind.
The people who broke into the zoo last month say they aren't the first.
We had a female governor for two weeks in 1924.
Tanker ruptures near the Bosque del Apache, spilling up to 40,000 gallons of fuel oil into a dry arroyo.
This doctor the Alibi wrote about in a medical marijuana story gave free hyperbaric treatments to a teen suffering severe seizures who was on the news. (Her mom says she got the seizures from the HPV vaccine.) The teen is feeling much better.
Find out who Sarah Palin is supporting in races nationwide and how those candidates are faring. An interactive graphic by WaPo.
The DoD can't account for most of the $9.1 billion slated for reconstructing Iraq, reports Good Blog.
Real bear tries to take off with stuffed bear.
Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation may not need to be mouth-to-mouth.
Flip-flops are worse for you than high heels, says England.


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A Worcester man who was allegedly driving drunk with his two young daughters in the back seat was involved in a three-car vehicle crash on the Massachusetts Turnpike Tuesday.
Paul A. Norrman, 41, of 105 Wilkinson St., Worcester, was charged with drunken driving (second offense), child endangerment while drunk driving, negligent driving and a marked lanes violation.
He was arraigned yesterday in Dudley District Court and released on personal recognizance. A pretrial hearing is slated for Dec. 5.
At 6:51 p.m. Tuesday, state Trooper Derek E. Gordon responded to a three-vehicle crash at the top of the off-ramp from the Pike westbound at the Interstate 84 exit.
Police said Mr. Norrman was driving a Chrysler Town and Country minivan erratically and went to make a "last-minute, abrupt" move onto the exit ramp. A tractor-trailer traveling west in the right lane was cut off when the Chrysler veered into its path, the trooper said. The tractor-trailer then T-boned the Chrysler, forcing it to crash into a 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan, which ended up against a guardrail.
Approaching the minivan, the trooper immediately detected a strong odor of alcohol emitting from Mr. Norrman's breath and his eyes were glossy and bloodshot, according to the police report.
Mr. Norrman's daughters, Morgan, 8, and Mckenna, 6, were in the rear seat. No one was injured, the police report said.
When asked about the smell of alcohol, Mr. Norrman said he must have spilled beer on his sweatshirt the day before, but said he did not drink any alcohol on Tuesday, according to the police report.
Trooper Kenneth Gaetz said Trooper Gordon noted five unopened Budweiser beer cans on the front passenger-side floor, and two empty Bud cans on the console between the front seats.
A Breathalyzer test on Mr. Norrman resulted in a .163 breath alcohol content reading, more than double the legal limit.
Mr. Norrman refused a chemical test under the implied consent law.


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If you're playing a role that requires heavy stage makeup, however, acne and breakouts are nearly inevitable. Thick, pore-clogging makeup piled on for hours, night after night, will eventually take a toll on the skin, says aesthetician Marc Edward, owner of Marc Edward Skincare (www.marcedwardskincare.com). At the very least, says Dr. Rebecca Fitzgerald, a cosmetic and clinical dermatologist in Los Angeles, anyone with a propensity for acne will see breakouts.
Unfortunately, skipping the makeup is rarely an option. "The reality is that when the makeup artist is there, they're really going to do what they think is best," says Edward. "It's their craft."
Fine, but if the makeup is inescapable, the acne and redness shouldn't be. There are many ways to help prevent it. The best way to clean your skin, according to Fitzgerald and Edward, is the Clarisonic Skin Care Brush. "That brush is the best thing we've ever had for that heavy makeup residue," says Fitzgerald. "Masks can't hurt, but they don't do what it does."
The brush, which uses sonic waves to loosen dirt, oil, and makeup from the pores, is more costly than a good old-fashioned washcloth and cleanser, but according to Edward, "It's a great investment for an actor to spend that $195—which is cheaper than some facials in town—and it really gets rid of a lot of that embedded makeup that gets clogged after each show." Voted Best Facialist in L.A. by Frontiers magazine, Edward has been using the brush as part of his facial treatments for more than five years.
Regular facials also help keep the skin healthy. "Someone who's a famous actor—someone who makes a lot of money—to be quite honest, they're going to get a facial once a week," says Edward. "They know the benefit of keeping their skin clean." But for most actors, he adds, "that's not always in the budget." Fitzgerald agrees that facials are effective and recommends that actors get one treatment per month if they can afford it, or at least four treatments a year.
Pore Health for Poor Actors
As beneficial as regular facials and high-tech brushes might be, struggling and not-so-struggling actors may not have the cash to spare. If you're on a tight budget, even simple, inexpensive techniques—such as using soft washcloths and cleaning the face twice—will help, says Edward. For actors without access to a sink directly after a stage performance, Fitzgerald recommends carrying Olay Daily Facials Night Cleansing Cloths and La Roche-Posay Thermal Spring Water, which you can spray on your face as a moisturizer.
For at-home facials, Fitzgerald likes Bioré's Purify Self-Heating Mask, and Edward advises following the facial cleanser with an acid-based toner. "This will actually help to dissolve any of the other things that are left behind," he says, "whether it's makeup, oil, or blackheads, or pollution, or all of those things." But he warns against toners that are drying or alcohol-based. That goes for aftershave too; Edward says men should instead apply something soothing, such as a moisturizer. (But all the tips here apply to men as well as women. Edward says nearly all skincare products are equally effective for both sexes, even though some products may seem geared toward women.)
An actor who wears a lot of heavy stage makeup might be tempted to forgo a moisturizer, reasoning that it will further clog the pores, says Edward. "But the reality is that a lot of makeup can be quite drying to the skin, and if you're doing a double cleansing to get rid of it, then it can be even a little bit irritating sometimes. So everyone should be using a moisturizer."
"Dry skin is more-vulnerable skin," warns Fitzgerald. "So keeping your skin in good shape and well-moisturized will make it much less vulnerable to any bad effects of all the stage makeup. And even though you're exhausted at night and it's tempting to just fall in bed with that stuff on your face, don't do it." Unless, of course, you aspire to a career playing acne-ridden teens. In that case, by all means, go for it.
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Get the Starcraft/Broodwar v1.13b patch off WP (9/23mb)
What's fixed in Patch 1.13b (Includes previous fixes)
- Fixed a Bug that caused certain maps to crash.
What's fixed in Patch 1.13
- This revision addresses a few well-known bugs that were used to perform in-game exploits, corrects display issues with the Korean Font and makes adjustments to the Player's in-game minimap.
What's fixed in Patch 1.12b
- Fixed bugs related to Korean chat on Windows 95/98/Me.
New Features in 1.12
Changed Speed from "Fast" to Fastest" for Ladder Games.
You now can preview your map in the Multiplayer chat screen.
Added feature that allows the creator of a private Battle.net game to make the
game public under the creator's name in Multiplayer Chat screen.
Added full Korean language support for battle.net and in-game.
Added a Friends List Feature and button that allows you to keep track of your friends on Battle.net.
Added Friend mail feature that allows you to email members of your Friends List.
Added Password Recovery and email registration features (like Warcraft 3 and Diablo 2) so you can recover your password via email.
Changed the default race type in single custom games to Random.
It now remembers your last map and folder setting when you create single or multi player games.
Brood War will now show 'mapsBroodWar' folder as your default map folder.
When a building is selected and if a ground rally point is set the rally point will briefly animate.
Added minimap ping (Alt-left-click on minimap to show graphic location.)
Added alliance colors on units - Shift-Tab changes your color to green, your allies to yellow and your enemies to red.
Added right-click feature that will set your building rally point.
Added shift-# to add a unit to a control group.
The mouse cursor stays on the game's monitor in multi-monitor environments.
Updated Maps
Lost Temple has been updated, while Dire Straits and Rivarly have been slightly
tweaked to balance resources and space for building.
All maps have been resigned. If you have moved standard maps to different
folders you must do so again. If you have maps downloaded from our FTP site you must do so again.
Bug Fixes
Fixed bug related to seeing Question marks instead of Korean characters when using /where command in Battle.net
Fixed a bug that hindered Korean text in Battle.net chatrooms and game advertisements.


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Blue Jays cap road stretch with rally vs. Phils
PHILADELPHIA -- Just a few days ago it appeared as if the Blue Jays were on the verge of falling apart, but before things went too awry they found a way to keep it together.
Toronto salvaged an eight-game road stretch with three consecutive wins to finish with a 4-4 record. That seemed almost impossible earlier in the week after the series of late-inning meltdowns by a struggling bullpen that led to three losses.View Full Game Coverage
PHILADELPHIA -- Just a few days ago it appeared as if the Blue Jays were on the verge of falling apart, but before things went too awry they found a way to keep it together.
Toronto salvaged an eight-game road stretch with three consecutive wins to finish with a 4-4 record. That seemed almost impossible earlier in the week after the series of late-inning meltdowns by a struggling bullpen that led to three losses.View Full Game Coverage
The Blue Jays faced similar adversity on Tuesday night in Philadelphia after blowing a five-run lead, but this time they weathered the storm until Juan Francisco hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning en route to a 6-5 victory.
"It turned out to be a pretty good trip other than the way it started," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "Some tough losses on this trip, but you look at it, we played good baseball -- maybe one game in Kansas City when we didn't catch the ball, but we played a good brand of baseball. Tonight we had a little bit of that magic late ... and maybe that will spark us."
Toronto began its road trip with just one win in five games. Under normal circumstances that would not have been the end of the world, but instead there was the risk of serious repercussions in the clubhouse because three of those losses could easily have been wins.
In Game 1, the Blue Jays had a four-run lead in the bottom of the seventh vs. Kansas City but ended up losing, 10-7. In Game 4, the club saw a five-run lead evaporate in a walk-off, 6-5 loss to Pittsburgh. The following day, a four-run lead turned into yet another two-run defeat.
But it was then that the Blue Jays were able to begin their climb to within one win of .500. They avoided a sweep on Sunday in Pittsburgh and won a mini two-game sweep over Philadelphia.
"We were able to win the last game in Pittsburgh after a tough series, and then come here and get both is big," right-hander Drew Hutchison said. "Especially tonight, after getting up and what happened, to come back and get a run was big, and to get this win was a good job by our team."
Toronto took an early advantage when Edwin Encarnacion hit a solo home run in the second inning off left-hander Cole Hamels. The lead was extended to four in the fourth when Francisco hit an RBI grounder and Colby Rasmus hit a two-run shot for his fourth homer of the month. Another run was added in the sixth on an RBI double to the gap in right-center field by Steve Tolleson.
Hutchison had been cruising until that sixth inning. He had faced just four batters over the minimum and had thrown just 56 pitches through five scoreless innings, but that was soon to be overshadowed.
The 23-year-old allowed hits to Carlos Ruiz, Chase Utley and Ryan Howard, whose RBI gave Philadelphia its first run of the game. Hutchison almost got out of the jam but walked John Mayberry Jr. with two outs to load the bases before Asche went deep to right field for the first grand slam of his career. Just like that Toronto's five-run lead was erased, as Asche finished with a career-high four hits and four RBIs.
It seemed to be following the script from earlier in the road stretch, but instead of giving up the go-ahead run, Hutchison retired the next seven batters he faced and completed a career-high eight innings to give his team a chance.
"He showed us what he is all about," Gibbons said. "It was a rough inning, he almost got out of it and Asche had such a big day all around, it was his night, too. But that's where you find out about a guy, and he came back with two dominating innings. That's big for him."
Rookie right-hander Marcus Stroman played an equally integral role as he entered in the bottom of the ninth. Stroman got the first batter he faced before allowing a single to Asche, who advanced to second on a wild pitch, and all of a sudden the Phillies had the winning run in scoring position.
It was the type of situation that could easily cause a rookie pitcher to crumble under the pressure, but Stroman got pinch-hitter Jimmy Rollins and Ben Revere to ground out and end the threat. That gave the Blue Jays some renewed life and put them in a position to take the game.
Melky Cabrera and Jose Bautista led off the 10th with back-to-back singles, which put runners on the corners with nobody out. After a popup by Encarnacion, Francisco delivered the winning run with a sacrifice fly to center field. It wasn't that deep, but it was beyond the throwing range of Revere.
Stroman came back out to record one out in the 10th and went on to register his first career victory in the Major Leagues. Left-hander Aaron Loup picked up the win, and for the second consecutive day Toronto's bullpen was able to get the job done.
"At that point I was just doing my best to keep us in the game, and whatever they wanted me to do, I went out and battled and get it to our lineup, because our lineup is pretty powerful, and once we got there I knew we were going to win it at that point," Stroman said.
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB.


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NEW YORK (AP) — The dollar is mixed against other currencies after the number of Americans seeking unemployment aid last week fell to the lowest level in five years.
The Labor Department says that weekly unemployment benefit applications dropped 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 330,000. That's the lowest since January 2008.
The euro rose to $1.3367 in afternoon trading from $1.3321 late Wednesday.
The British pound fell to $1.5782 from $1.5843.
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STOCKTON - Five minutes of nearly perfect basketball propelled Pacific past Hawaii on Saturday night in a showdown for second place in the Big West Conference.
STOCKTON - Five minutes of nearly perfect basketball propelled Pacific past Hawaii on Saturday night in a showdown for second place in the Big West Conference.
The Tigers and Warriors were engaged in a physical, back-and-forth game 2 minutes into the second half, with Hawaii holding a slight lead. Pacific then went on a 15-0 run over the next 5:20 of the game and Hawaii never truly threatened again as the Tigers cruised to a 80-71 victory before 2,187 at Spanos Center.
Pacific (15-10, 9-4) avenged a 60-52 defeat at Hawaii (15-11, 9-6) last month and retained sole possession of second place, now trailing first-place Long Beach State (16-9, 12-2) by 21/2 games. The Tigers are now 11-2 at home this season, including 7-0 against Big West foes.
"Travis (Fulton) held us in the first half by shooting so well," Pacific coach Bob Thomason said. "We had a lot of guys play well and when we play like that we become tough to beat. I really liked our temperament, and it was fun to watch our guys play tonight."
Poor shooting felled the Tigers in Honolulu, but Fulton (23 points, 10 of 15 from the field) led a superb shooting effort that allowed them to overcome Hawaii's advantage inside with senior center Vander Joaquim and power forward Christian Standhardinger. Pacific shot 51.1 percent for the game and is now 10-0 when making at least half its shots.
"I've been working a little extra on my shot and it's paying off right now," Fulton said. "When I get hot, I feel like I'm not going to miss a shot. My confidence is up."
Pacific's perfect run began when Fulton hit a baseline jumper, then junior center Tony Gill hit a jumper in the lane, followed by a driving layup by Fulton. Senior point guard Lorenzo McCloud then connected on a long jumper, then junior forward Ross Rivera made a jump shot and McCloud nailed another one. Gill ended the run by making a 3-pointer from the right wing. Thomason said it was his team's best stretch of play this season.
"We started driving the gaps against them and kicking out to open shots," Fulton said. "That's what you have to do against the zone, and we had the ball movement needed to do it."
Standhardinger and Joaquim combined for 24 points in the first half, but Pacific held them to just six points after halftime. The Warriors made 14 of 27 first-half shots, but were just 11 of 29 in the second half.
"I thought we handled their physicality well," Thomason said. "They're good players that make good moves, but we bodied up better in the second half and they missed some shots."
Thomason had worried his team would be pounded on the boards by the bigger Warriors, but instead Pacific won the rebounding battle 34-29. McCloud led Pacific with 12 rebounds, to go with his 20 points.
"The coaches kept telling the guards that we had to help out because they're so big," said McCloud about getting his first career double-double. "I just tried to be aggressive and get as many rebounds as I could. Our big men were doing a great job boxing out their guys, so the ball was going to bounce off free."
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Work for yourself! Be your own boss! Make your own hours! Earn more money!
We've all heard of the benefits of a consultant's lifestyle. What's not so well known, or celebrated, are the challenges. Consulting requires a tough skin, the ability to juggle numerous tasks simultaneously, and the capacity to think like a technician, an IT manager, a project manager, and an accountant all at the same time.
In short, the consulting lifestyle is not for everyone. Here are 10 signs you may not be cut out to be a hired technical gun.
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#1: Delivering bad news comes difficult
Occasionally, technology consultants must inform clients that data's irretrievably lost. Without backup copies (small businesses in particular are bad about performing regular back ups of critical data), business owners must often re-key data from scratch at great expense. And that's possible only when the data exists in other formats, such as handwritten notes or paper forms.
Bad news comes in other flavors, too. A $2,500 new server investment makes sense to most every technology consultant, but in some business owners' minds, such unplanned costs border on catastrophe.
Consultants are regularly called upon to deliver unwelcome news. Technology professionals must become proficient at communicating bad news without drama. Seemingly simple on the surface, explaining why a fleet of Windows 98 workstations must be replaced to support a proprietary application upgrade (or describing why a 20-employee for-profit organization isn't eligible to use student/teacher Microsoft Office licenses) requires patience, perseverance, and professionalism.
#2: Financial discussions make you uncomfortable
All clients want you onsite quickly. Even though many will resist securing your services on retainer, they'll request you arrive within an hour whenever they encounter the slightest error or interruption. You'll move several previously scheduled appointments to accommodate them, research and repair the issue (often by having to track down a little-known issue or obscure fix), and then wait months to get paid.
Paying bills isn't as important to many clients as keeping their computer systems running. Despite providing first-class service, consultants must anticipate having to chase down overdue payments from even the most solvent of clients.
#3: Multitasking makes you nervous
Most consultancies thrive by building a vibrant base of business clients. While many administrative maintenance and support tasks can be scheduled, a portion of any given work week is composed of unplanned requests for emergency service. After all, small businesses typically don't plan e-mail outages, network disruptions, hard disk failures, software corruption, and other failures that bring their organizations to a standstill.
Thus, meticulously planned and complex new-server deployments are sometimes interrupted by router outages across town. One client's facilities move will overlap another customer's e-mail server failure. Plus, all the technical work must be completed while also maintaining the consultant's own business operations (including billing, collections, payment of state sales taxes, legal registrations, etc.).
In other words, consultants must become very good at preparing estimates for one client while repairing emergencies for another while walking a third customer through a router power cycle procedure on the telephone.
#4: You don't enjoy crises
IT consultants are firefighters. While many projects (such as deploying new workstations, rolling out new printers, creating new user accounts, upgrading existing systems, and maintaining operating systems, antivirus software, and other applications) can be scheduled and fail to raise much anxiety, many service calls create significant stress for technicians.
That's just the nature of an IT consulting business. Many clients don't want to incur repair costs, so they therefore wait (sometimes too long) to request assistance. When the call is finally made to request help, it's often too late. Hard disks that could have had precious data copied to another medium are sometimes beyond repair, or a virus that had affected one system may have now spread to every system in an office.
Other crises arrive almost daily. Failed e-mail servers, downed Internet connections and corrupted hard disks are just three scenarios that frequently prompt clients to place unreasonable expectations on their IT providers. In addition to demanding the situation be repaired quickly (often within hours), clients frequently expect such emergency services (including repairs rendered after hours, on weekends, and on holidays) to be completed at little cost.
#5: You must know everything there is to know about a network
This one seems like a luxury. Sure, it'd be nice to know every in and out of a network, including all installed network equipment, administrative user account names and passwords, and IP addressing information. But the truth of the matter is that such data is rarely documented.
As a result, consultants often find themselves fighting rogue DHCP servers, struggling to log in to firewalls and other network equipment, and otherwise swimming upstream. Successful consultants must be prepared to learn (and diagram) network configurations, hack into firewalls and other network devices (or be comfortable resetting them to factory defaults and reconfiguring the equipment), and document system setups.
The more comfortable a consultant is starting from scratch, the better. While many small businesses like to think of themselves as having established networks, those networks are often ill conceived, poorly architected, and completed undocumented. Consultants must enjoy the process of navigating those issues — a tough scenario that must often be completed just to begin troubleshooting the original problems originally prompting the service call.
#6: You prefer an orderly, organized, and predictable work environment
A consultant's best-made plans quickly go awry. Router installations, for which two hours were planned, can require four hours to complete. Server migrations, for which 12 hours of time was budgeted, can consume 20 hours or more. Preparing an estimate can take twice as long as anticipated. The same is true for most any other IT project.
Technical professionals predisposed to orderly and organized workdays should avoid serving as consultants. Due to the profession's very nature (responding to crises), a typical workday is often interrupted by unanticipated service requests.
In addition to juggling emergency calls, consultants need to be comfortable accommodating new clients who often have little or no documentation for their servers, networks, and client workstations. As a result, consultants must frequently work outside the box and develop creative methods of obtaining network documentation.
These same clients will often present unpredictable work requests as well. It's not unusual for clients to ask their IT partner for assistance deploying or repairing telephone systems, running data and telecommunications cabling, and even securing Internet domains and creating Web sites. Thus, every day is different and staid routines are difficult to establish.
#7: You insist on working with current technologies
IT consultants who want to work with the latest Windows releases, sexy hardware, and current technologies may not prove strong consulting candidates. Organizations are often committed to continuing use of their Windows 98-equipped operating systems, Office 2000 office suites, and even DOS-based proprietary programs and databases.
In short, working as a consultant doesn't mean you get to spend every day deploying Intel Core 2 Duo-powered systems, Windows Vista, and the latest Web 2.0 platforms. Instead, many days are spent surfing outdated or abandoned message boards seeking solutions to archaic software application failures for which no manufacturer remains in business.
#8: Marketing bores you
A significant element of any successful small business is a carefully crafted marketing strategy. This is especially true for computer consultants. Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, Office Max, and other well-known retailers (all possessing healthy advertising budgets) compete within the computer service and repair industry.
Independent consultants wishing to maintain strong revenue trends must ensure they get the word out by effectively advertising their consultancies. This means that in addition to staying on top of technology trends and delivering technology services to clients, consultants must dedicate time to preparing, executing, and tracking the success of various marketing efforts.
#9: Your technical skills are rusty
Technology professionals fearing their technical skills may have become rusty are in for trouble. Clients demand quick response times and prove even more demanding when it comes to repair windows.
Consultants must be familiar with all of the following:
- Common brands of wireless routers and firewalls
- All major anti-malware applications (particularly those possessing their own software-based firewall)
- Nuances associated with proprietary hardware components found in Dell, eMachine, Gateway, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Sony, Acer, and other PCs
- All flavors of Windows 98, 2000, XP, and Vista
- Windows 2000 and 2003 server systems
That's a tall order. And while it's difficult to become an expert in all of those areas, consultants must at least be comfortable navigating the basic functionality of all those operating systems, software applications, and hardware platforms. Further, to avoid delays and additional troubleshooting steps, consultants should be able to create and terminate category 5 and crossover cables in their sleep.
#10: Vendor interaction leaves you queasy
Gone are the days of thinking you can do it yourself. Clients require their IT partners to repair systems as quickly as possible, and consultants are obligated to complete such repairs as cost effectively as they can. If the idea of calling everyone from Dell to Dentrix support makes you at all uncomfortable, you should avoid serving as a consultant.
Because it's important to grow as widespread a business base as possible, successful consultants will find themselves supporting everything from complex and proprietary networking equipment to industry-specific software applications across a variety of vertical markets. In many cases, the only support and troubleshooting information that will exist for such critical components is the private knowledge base maintained by the manufacturer.
Wise consultants will have no reservations about contacting a software or hardware manufacturer's technical support desk. Better yet, the smartest consultants will work to quickly eliminate Windows and common network issues as potential points of failure and place contacting an offending device or program's manufacturer next on their troubleshooting flowchart.
Consulting offers many rewards. In addition to determining their own work hours, consultants become their own bosses. In short, they become responsible for their own success and have much more control over their professional careers than is likely when working within larger corporations. But there are many disadvantages to consulting, too. If you find, after conducting an honest review of these 10 items, that you still have a high level of enthusiasm, consulting could well prove a wise and profitable pursuit.
Full Bio
Erik Eckel owns and operates two technology companies. As a managing partner with Louisville Geek, he works daily as an IT consultant to assist small businesses in overcoming technology challenges and maximizing IT investments. He is also president of Eckel Media Corp., a communications company specializing in public relations and technical authoring projects.


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Amazing Harira - A Moroccan Marvel!
In my continuing quest to explore the cuisine of Morocco, I checked out a bunch of books from the library... including "The New Book of Middle Eastern Cuisine" by Claudia Roden. Wow. What an amazing book. I'm gonna have to put this one on my wish list, for sure. It is most definitely not a vegan book, but it's full of enticing flavor combinations and ideas that could easily be put to use, even in a vegan kitchen.
Last night I made a veganized version of Roden's Harira recipe. Harira is a tomatoey-chickpea soup that was omnipresent in Morocco. Imagine my delight to see that this "vegetable" soup is traditionally made with marrow bones and 1 lb of lamb. Hm. Well, I left those out! I did a little improvising, made a half batch (I didn't really need 10 servings for the two us!), and we were both overwhelmed by the glorious soup that I ended up with.
It was thick and hearty, creamy and fresh. Somehow, all the flavors harmonized so nicely, but each element maintained its own unique presence in the mix - nothing was particularly overpowered or dominant. Just a perfect combination! It's a new favorite for sure, and fat free to boot!
Amey's Vegan Harira Recipe
(with thanks to Claudia Roden for guidance!)
makes 5 lady-like servings or 4 gluttonous Amey-sized portions
6 cups broth (I used 3 c broth, 2 c water and 1 c chickpea cooking water)
1 large red onion, diced
3/4 c brown lentils (dry)
3 c diced tomatoes (fresh or canned - i used half and half)
2 stalks celery, diced
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp ground ginger
Salt to taste (I used about 1 tsp ~ but I was using unsalted broth)
1 1/2 c cooked chickpeas, and their cooking water (water optional)
1/4 c + 2 Tbsp white rice
2 1/2 Tbsp white flour
3/4 c water
1/2 c chopped cilantro
scant 1/4 c chopped parsley
To prepare:
Put the broth (or broth/water combo), diced onion, lentils, tomatoes, celery, pepper, ginger in a large stock pot, and bring to a boil over high heat. Lower the heat, and simmer for about 15 minutes.
Add the salt, chickpeas, and rice and cook for another 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a small pot, whisk together the flour and water and 1 cup of the broth from the big pot. Over medium heat, bring to a low boil and then lower the heat and simmer for about 5 minutes, stirring or whisking often, until thickened. Once thickened, remove from heat.
After the 15 minutes, add in the flour/broth mixture, stirring steadily. Add in the chopped herbs, and dig in! Enjoy!
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- mom3:39 PM
I actually have Claudia Roden's original book of middle eastern food (first published in 1968, and received by me in 1976!!as a birthday present from Linda Pope.) I have enjoyed using it from time to time, but you would get a lot more out of it, so I would happily pass it along to you. Will put in the "take to Amey" pile.ReplyDelete
This looks great. A friend of mine used to live in Morocco and would make stuff like this all the time. With the tea I was spoiled!ReplyDelete
Ooh, looks GOOD! I love soup.ReplyDelete
I love anything with chickpeas. Soup looks fantastic!ReplyDelete
This look divine! Cant wait to try it! My tastebuds are already drooling.ReplyDelete
I love Moroccan flavors! Your soup looks and sounds delish.ReplyDelete
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Hillary Clinton is returning to New York for more stops on her book promotion tour.
The former secretary of state and potential 2016 presidential contender will be making multiple stops in the city on Thursday.
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Full-bodied flavor stars in this hearty salad. Grilled steak tops a salad of greens, portobellos, beans and blue cheese. A vinaigrette and roasted tomatoes finish off this satisfying dish.
1⁄2 cup balsamic vinegar
1 1⁄2 cups olive oil
4 tsp. dijon mustard
2 1⁄2-3 lb. sirloin steak
6 portobello mushrooms
1⁄2 lb. frisee
1 1⁄2 lb. mixed greens
16 oz. canned white beans, drained, rinsed
1⁄2 lb. blue cheese, crumbled
8 plum tomatoes, roasted, halved
1. In a bowl, whisk together vinegar, oil and mustard. Season to taste and reserve.
2. Season steak and grill or broil until medium rare. Remove from heat, allow to cool and slice on the bias. Grill portobellos, allow to cool and slice.
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Oh c'mon! That's not an argument worthy of a person who studies ancient Greek! The distance between not differentiating between epsilon iota and eta and having only one vowel is huge.
I think Pster and I are just having some fun, but the serious point is that both iotacism and American shwaism do conflate several (but not all) vowels, exchanging phonemic clarity for euphony. In both cases it is more easily tolerated by native speakers than second language learners. My point is only that pronunciation, like language in general, should only be described, never prescribed or proscribed. I think that is what Pster means by getting real, and I think, from your previous posts, that you agree?


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SAO PAULO (AP) — The National Journalists' Association of Brazil says it will launch an investigation into the persecution of journalists during the 1965-1985 military dictatorship.
Association's president Celso Schroder said Wednesday that the group's Memory, Truth and Justice Commission will start work in January.
He says the commission will focus on cases of censorship and the arrest, torture, death and disappearance of journalists during the military regime.
Schroder did not want to speculate on how many cases of violence against journalists may be uncovered, but said: "I am sure we will find many more than the approximately 20 we know of."
The journalists' association will deliver its report to the official Truth Commission investigating human rights abuses committed by Brazil's former military government.


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Twice they've been down 3-to-1 (including 3-0 to the Yankees in 2004) and rallied. This is a team with a backbone. And, with Jon Lester pitching tonight, you have to like their chances. The decision to go to the bullpen instead of giving Scott Kazmir a shot to work out of trouble could be the turning point to the series.
Of course, I'll blog the game with you tonight. I'll also have a post up at 1 p.m., for those watching football.
Should be a fun day.


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Five years after leading the first English circumnavigation of the globe in 1577–1580, Sir Francis Drake led a raid against Spanish settlements in the Caribbean including Santiago, Santo Domingo, and Cartagena, as well as St. Augustine (in present-day Florida). This engraving, by Baptista Boazio, was made to accompany a book describing Drake's 1586 expedition, A Summarie and True Discourse of Sir Francis Drake's West Indian Voyage (published in 1588–1589). The illustration depicts the attack of Drake's fleet of twenty-three ships on St. Augustine, which was captured and destroyed on May 28–30, 1586. Although Boazio was not on the voyage, he worked from firsthand accounts. The engraving is the earliest known surviving view of a New World city north of Mexico.
Drake operated as a privateer under a "letter of marque and reprisal" issued by Queen Elizabeth I. His operations were part of the long-standing and escalating tensions between Protestant England and Catholic Spain. The Boazio illustrations and A Summarie and True Discourse of Sir Francis Drake's West Indian Voyage were published following the English victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588.
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Frequently, women who have achieved some measure of success in the United States are asked—in public and private, at conferences and cocktail parties—the identically worded question: How do you do it?
Often, there is an odd emphasis on the second word—how do you do it?—as if to underscore the oddity of doing "it" at all, or to insinuate that any woman doing "it" (whatever that "it" may be) either has a magical bag of tricks at her disposal, or is actually forsaking some other great responsibility in pursuit of the miraculous "it." I hate the query and the connotation, and tend to avoid it at all costs.
There is, therefore, no good reason why I chose to pose it myself in Johannesburg during Barnard's third annual global symposium, Women Changing Africa. Blame it, perhaps, on jet lag after the 17-hour flight.
Or on the combination of awe and trepidation that our panelists inspired: Mamphela Ramphele, physician, activist, managing director of the World Bank, and partner of Steven Biko until his death in police custody; Gill Marcus, member of the African National Congress since her teens, deputy minister of finance under Nelson Mandela, and indomitable governor of the South Africa Reserve Bank; Aloisea Inyumba, survivor of Rwanda's horrific genocide, first minister of gender for her country, and member of Parliament. And on and on. The director of South Africa's World Cup and of its ballet theatre. The fearless editor of its crusading weekly newspaper and a leader on its Supreme Court.
What kind of question could possibly pull these women together and prompt them to engage in the conversation that 450 attendees from across the continent had come to hear? What would engage them without distracting? So I went for the easy. The softball; the trite.
"How," I asked this incredible array of women, "did you do it?"
What I heard blew me away. For not a single woman told a tale of her personal struggles or worries. There was no discussion of child care or misogynistic bosses or meddling mothers-in-law. Instead, all of these women preached the simple gospel of struggle; the need they felt to fight.
"We just knew inside us that there was a nudge to make things happen and to change things for the better," said Senator Inyumba.
"There is a fight," insisted Judge Yvonne Mokgoro, "a fight that needs to be fought ... and each and every one of us is nothing but a change agent."
"We had to say," recalled Dr. Ramphele, "this is what we inherited. What are we going to leave behind?"
Their comments mesmerized the audience, and particularly the 80 African high school students who had joined us for the day. As soon as I opened the floor for questions, a young girl leaped to the microphone and voiced what was clearly on everyone's minds. "How," she asked the panelists, "can we be like you? What should we be fighting for?"
Note, not "how do I balance my work and my life?" But much more powerfully, "what should my life be about?"
It is a question we hear much less frequently in the United States, where the political foundations of society feel fixed and more secure. We have freedoms: speech and religion; civil rights and women's rights; and equality of opportunity, at least in theory. No young American woman is likely to witness the genocidal tides that surrounded Sen. Inyumba during her youth. None is likely to suffer what Dr. Ramphele did, watching the father of her children beaten to death by political opponents. We enjoy freedoms at the bequest of those who fought for them. These are blessings, but they are also, in some small ways, curses, because they leave our brightest and most passionate young people looking for causes, and for fights to justify their lives.
This search became the refrain of the afternoon; a refrain made all the more poignant because it was aired not by American students but by Africans; by Rwandan and Tunisian and Ugandan young women striving to shape their lives as purposefully as they could. And what they heard left no room for hesitation.
"Make sure," counseled Ramphele, "that your life becomes one more light for the generations coming after you."
"Fight," advised Mokgoro, "with courage, and the courage of your convictions, for what is right."
Not how to juggle, in other words, but how to fight.
Not how to live, but for what.
In the United States, Canada, most of western Europe, and other "developed" parts of the world, we have been showered with relative fortune over the past 50 years, fortune enough to shrink many of our struggles down to personal size. In Africa, by contrast, a century of tragedy has conditioned the continent's people—at least the good ones, and smart ones, and the righteous—to shape their lives around the broader pursuits of justice, survival and social change. Such pursuits are harder to identify from the comforts of Morningside Heights, and harder, ironically perhaps, to engage. But as our African colleagues so powerfully reminded us, the larger struggles are still out there. And even as we master the "its" that consume our own lives, we need to carve some space for the bigger, broader fights.
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A six pack (what else) of Modern Country tunes, all up-tempo with a nice edge. Any of these music tracks will give a "kick" (I said it) to your country production.
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Girl Scouts Take Aim at their Own Cookie Ingredients
Years of work by two Girl Scouts to save endangered orangutans is paying off. In 2007, Madison Vorva and Rhiannon Tomtishen were working on their Girl Scout Bronze Award. Their project was raising awareness of the threat to orangutans from destruction of tropical rainforest habitat to make way for palm oil plantations. Then Vorva and Tomtishen, who were in seventh grade at the time, realized that the cookies sold to raise funds for Girl Scouts were part of the problem. Thin Mints, Trefoils and the nine other varieties of Girl Scout cookies contain palm oil. Determined to make a difference, the girls started Project ORANGS, a national campaign to make Girl Scout cookies rainforest-safe. They've inspired people to send more than 70,000 emails to the CEO of Girl Scouts USA (GSUSA), circulated a petition signed by the likes of Jane Goodall, and collaborated on the creation of a "Rainforest Heroes" badge.
Vorva and Tomtishen earned a partial victory in late September when GSUSA announced plans to move to a sustainable source of palm oil by 2015. Until then, GSUSA will purchase Green Palm Certificates that support the sustainable production of palm oil. Tomtishen and Vorva welcomed the announcement but said they won't be satisfied until palm oil is out of the cookies for good.
- This Halloween, a new breed of activists is coming to your door: They're costumed, committed, and about four and a half feet tall.
A movement to put children's rights at the center of our collective decisions is taking hold—and it's good news for adults, too.
What happens when children raised in radical homes choose the straight and narrow?


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Feature Presentation - The conclusion of the Honey West mystery, Murder on Mars, from the Audio Comics Company. Honey West is investigating the suspicious death of a sci-fi B-movie queen. There's the agent, the ex-husband, a couple of ambitious engenues - all kinds of suspects with motives. So she takes on the role of a budding starlet herself, and joins them all on the set of the movie. Written by Elaine Lee. Directed by William Dufris.
Second Feature - Celebrating the 46th Birthday of the Firesign Theatre - first performance on November 17, 1966 on Radio Free Oz, KPFK, Los Angeles. We offer up their most famous characters in The Further Adventures of Nick Danger, Third Eye. This track taken from their collection FST's Box of Danger.
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UPDATE: Brett Myers in on the World Series roster, replacing Miguel Cairo. The team's rationale was that Myers looked much improved throwing two simualted games and two bullpen sessions this week, and there were too few off days in the series to go without 12 pitchers. Also, the DH in the AL park makes an extra pinch-hitter less necessary.
From earlier:
Good afternoon from workout day Yankee Stadium. The two cities may be jawing back and forth, but the teams respect one another—or have all internalized their media training.
Here are some Yankee comments from just a few moments ago:
Jorge Posada on CC Sabathia on the field and off: "He's been throwing a lot more curveballs. He's been attacking the hitters. We want him to stay aggressive…. he's always there. He's fun. When he is not pitching, he likes to keep it fun in between starts. He works out, he does a lot of things that you like to see."
On the Phils lineup: "They have a good lineup. They're set. Filling the position with Ibanez really made them a lot better, a lot tougher throughout. Carlos Ruiz had a great playoff, so you have to pay attention to everyone."
On not appearing in the WS since 2003: It has been a long time. Hopefully we can get those first butterflies out of the way and play ball.
Derek Jeter on facing the Phils now vs. in May: "They're a different team now. They're playing really well, they have a lot of confidence. I don't even know what we're facing now….They're world champs. They won last year. They pretty much have a lot of the same guys they had last year, so it's no fluke that they're back."
Jeter on Cliff Lee: "Cliff, he's a lot better than when he first came up. Now he knows how to pitch. He used to just rear back and throw."
On why it took so long for the Yanks to get back to the series: "When you advance in the playoffs, every round gets more and more difficult, and every team gets better and better."
Johnny Damon on Jimmy Rollins' prediction on Jay Leno that the Phils would win: "What do you expect him to say? You have to have that confidence…I'm sure his fans liked it when he said that."
On the Yanks' strategy against Lee: "He works fast, so he tries to disrupt your timing. He throws strikes on both sides of the plate. And he knows what to do."
Does mean you have to try to work the count, slow down the game? "Possibly. He does work fast."
Damon on the Phils: "We know they're a confident team. They've played well all year. I like the fact that we have to play the defending world champions.
A-Rod's keys to the series: "Power is a big weapon for both teams……..Two Hall of Fame shortstops, and two great leaders."
The Phillies will be available to the media shortly. For more Yankee-related news, visit my man Mark Feinsand's blog at the New York Daily News. That's the paper that did NOT refer to the Phils as the Frillies.


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It's Hard To Be A Girl
Once upon a magazine
There I saw a beauty queen
And she challenged me to be something I could not be
She had the looks, the kind that kill.
With one look I felt so incomplete and obsolete
I can't compete, you can't compete...
So I'm lookin' in the mirror I'm tryin' to see mine,
Not the traces of the faces that I've seen a million times...
With Jesus in my life, Jesus in my life
I don't have to change...
I'm a girl
Livin' in the world
Where wrong is right and my body is more important than my mind.
So come on girls, we've got to get together
You know we can't give up...
Ya know, it's hard enough to be a girl
So, you want a perfect girl
In a mini skirt and pearls
With a lovely disposition and changeable opinions
That may be nice, but here's the facts...
I won't sacrifice true love that lasts, for house and cash
I can't do that, I won't do that
So I'm lookin' in the mirror and I can't believe my eyes
Cause I'm seeing what's inside me for the very first time
With Jesus in my life, Jesus in my life
I don't have to change a thing
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God will give you the hope
If you just imagine
All that He can do if you want Him to