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January 31, 2013 - Unterschleissheim (Germany), Vienna (Austria) and Lucca (Italy)
SIGNA Group Chooses Tagetik for Consolidation and Planning
Tagetik and pmOne AG support leading real estate organization in design and implementation of a unified Performance Management software solution
Tagetik, a global provider of enterprise software solutions for Performance Management, Disclosure Management, Financial Governance and Business Intelligence, today announced that SIGNA Group, a leading real estate company in Austria, has chosen the Tagetik unified software solution to manage their consolidation and planning processes on top of Microsoft SQL Server. As Tagetik's distributor in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland, pmOne AG will be responsible for the design, implementation and training of the Tagetik's Performance Management software.
The 'Tagetik 4' platform will unify SIGNA's existing systems to meet the requirements of a fast-growing company. Users in Austria, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland will benefit from faster, smoother workflows as well as enhanced security and full traceability across financial processes. A standardized yet flexible IT architecture, based on Tagetik and Microsoft's leading-edge technology, will also ensure SIGNA's Finance department is optimally equipped to support SIGNA's sustained growth rate.
"Tagetik is the right choice for us because of several advantages we are able to combine in one solution. First of all, as a fast-growing company, we can produce more reliable yet flexible planning in a secure, scalable environment. Secondly, we can now provide users with an easy-to-use and fully auditable solution every step of the way," says Christoph Stadlhuber, Director of SIGNA Holding GmbH."The Tagetik software was chosen out of 13 evaluated solutions. Once again, this confirms our strong execution and innovative capabilities that meet the complex, financial needs of the largest global companies with a truly unified Performance Management solution, while also ranking among the best in customer satisfaction, according to leading industry analyst firms," explains Hannes Wambach, Director of pmOne GmbH.
"Tagetik takes great pride in being selected by companies like SIGNA as the best solution for managing their finance processes," concludes Manuel Vellutini – Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer at Tagetik. "Our passion for performance management is in our DNA. This means constantly listening to our clients and constantly innovating to meet their changing business needs. This passion is at the core of our long and valuable customer relationships, and a strong worldwide partnership network".
About SIGNA Group
SIGNA Holding GmbH was established by René Benko with a very clear vision: that real estate property in prime locations which is of high architectural quality and professionally and responsibly managed will result in more attractive tenants and - consequently - higher returns. Such properties appreciate in value while being less subject to the fluctuations of the real estate cycle. SIGNA is noted for its continuous search for excellence and its strict ethical code. By following such principles SIGNA has developed from a two-person operation into a respected player on the European market with around 100 subsidiaries, an investment volume of over 4.5 billion Euro, an impressive track record and a solid financial background. The five main business divisions - investments in high-quality real estate, project development, closed end real estate funds for private investors, real estate funds with co-investments for institutional investors and real estate advisory - are independent divisions belonging to SIGNA Holding. To learn more: www.signa.at
About pmOne AG
pmOne is a growing Business Intelligence provider in Central Europe. The company's solutions, which are based on Microsoft technologies, focus on three pillars: data warehousing as the foundation, performance management applications especially for reporting, enterprise planning and group consolidation as well as visualization through information design. MindBusiness GmbH, a member of the pmOne Group, specializes in Microsoft SharePoint solutions and services for Microsoft Office rollouts. pmOne has 150 employees combining over 900 years of project experience. The company founded in 2007 is fully owned by its management and staff. The pmOne Group has eight offices in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.To learn more: www.pmone.com
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Ravager (Melee weapon):
Initial contact should deal more damage (+20%), and then push the target away from the attacker.
If the damage dealt remains continuous (i.e a corner situation), it will (after the initial "hit") remain the same as it is now.
The welding beam should be more obvious to the enemy as well.
Raven (Pistol):
Remove initial spawning "loading" animation completely.
Decrease damage, but increase ROF. (-25%, +10-15%)
Optional: Less accurate, higher ROF (continuous) alternate fire mode.
Optional #2: Duel wielding. With two Ravens equipped, accuracy is immediately reduced -25% for both individually, but ROF remains the same. The key bind for "drop weapon" drops one of the two, thereby cancelling the "disadvantage" of having two equipped.
Bullcraft (Shotgun):
No current suggestions.
Violator (Assault Rifle):
Decrease long range accuracy slightly. It is somewhat too effective at long ranges, where it should mostly be a mid range choice.
Optional: Bouncy grenades. Grenades only bounce once, thereafter they will explode upon the next impact. If a grenade makes direct contact to an opponent, it will not bounce (obviously) and will instead explode immediately. Trajectories of the bounce is another discussion on its own.
Falcon (Sniper Rifle):
Increase damage, but decrease ROF. (+15%, -20%)
Currently the ROF is too high, and it favors more skilled hitscan players somewhat "unfairly" at long/mid ranges. IMO, it needs to become more of a "high-risk" damage dealer.
Stingray (Pulse Rifle):
Optional: Swap fire modes. Primary fire <-> Alternate Fire
As this might make the SR a weapon of choice, decrease beam damage and decrease ROF.
Dragoneer (Flamethrower):
The alternate fire should not be able to contain a maximum charge indefinitely.
Once a fireball is fully charged via the RMB, it should be "forced" to "exhaust" after a time, as well as having consumed available ammunition for the said charge.
Cerberus (Rocker Launcher):
The alternate fire is currently limited to vehicular-based game modes, as it "locks" onto a vehicle target. For every other game mode, it is useless.
The alternate fire should perhaps initiate a "lock-on mode", whereby a target can be locked after a time - both vehicle and human.
Vehicles require less time to lock on, humans require more time.
Once locked, a fired rocket will pursue its target with decent ability.
Hellraiser (Redeemer/Nuke gun):
No current suggestions.

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I'm not usually one to deprive Carlos of a food he is craving if it's in my abilities to make it. As old-fashioned as it may seem, making food for Carlos and the boys and watching them enjoy it is one of my favorite things. That being said, when Carlos requested Sopa de Res the other day, (something I make for the family often in the winter) I found it strange enough that I didn't want to make it.
"Sopa de res?" I said, "But it's summertime! It's hot out!"
"What's wrong with that?" Carlos said.
"You don't eat stew in the summer – that's just weird. Soups and stews are for fall and winter. They warm you up and comfort you when you're cold."
"Well, I don't think like that," Carlos reminded me. "In El Salvador the weather is always hot so when are we supposed to eat soup?"
I realized he had a point and bought what I needed to make Sopa de Res on Friday. As I make it right now, the weather seems to have obliged with my "soup eating rules." It has been cold and rainy all weekend.
1 to 2 lbs. stew meat
2 tablespoons Canola oil
salt, pepper to taste
1 onion, chopped
4 cups vegetable broth
14 oz. chunky salsa (whichever kind you like)
1 to 2 cups baby carrots
2 cups chopped potatoes (whichever kind you like)
2 to 3 corn cobs broken in thirds, (1 cup frozen/canned corn can be substituted)
1/2 small cabbage chopped in wedges
sliced pickled jalapeños
handful fresh cilantro, washed and chopped
fresh lime wedges
Brown meat and onion in oil in a large soup pot. Season with salt and pepper.
Add broth and salsa. Meat should be slightly covered, if not, add water until it is.
Bring to a boil then lower heat. Simmer, loosely covered until meat is cooked and tender.
Add carrots and potatoes – Continue simmering until these are tender.
Add corn cobs. Simmer until corn is cooked.
Add cabbage and cook until tender, (not soggy!)
Ladle into bowls. Add cilantro to each bowl. Serve with a wedge of lime to squeeze on top and warm homemade tortillas. If you like it spicy, add some pickled jalapeños.
Recipe adapted from: Caldo de Res


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What would Mozilla be without John Slater? Well, suffice to say it would be a much less exciting place. Let's face it: John Slater is a creative genius. I know, I've said it before, but looking back at 2008, it sure seems worth repeating. I'm talking about the man that brought us invaluable things like the shiny robot, the immaculate mozilla.com redesign, and numerous October 2008 projects.
But wait — there's more. The following photos show that his personality is as multifaceted as the creative work he spits out for the good of the open web:
John Slater is the only survivor, and he washes up on a tiny island with nothing but some flotsam and jetsam from the aircraft's cargo. Can he survive in this tropical wasteland? Will he ever return to the woman he loves?
Karma is a funny thing. Just ask John Slater, who's learning the hard way that when you do something bad, it has a way of coming back and biting you in the ass.
John Slater with one of his many custom-made Gibson Explorer-style guitars.
John Slater, navigating through exciting new worlds with new enemies, power-ups, and attack skills, as he collects the Stars needed to save Princess Peach!
Just think for a few minutes about what John Slater could have in store for us in 2009 — it does make you humble, doesn't it? Really, only the imagination is the limit… and we all know what that means in John Slater's case!
For other uses of John Slater, see John Slater (disambiguation).


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Special bricks
More than standard sizes
Special bricks are specially shaped bricks that allow for a lot of creative shapes. Special bricks let you create architectural shapes such as an angle of 135° or a circular wall with a limited diameter.
If you are looking for a different type of special brick, Vandersanden can check for you if a production run is possible.


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According to the Wrap.com, former Big Island resident Ryan Higa is nominated for an Audience Choice Awards at the 2013 Streamy Awards as well as nominated in the "Best First-Person Series" as well:
"Ryan Higa, the Fine Brothers and the Young Turks are among the 20 nominees for two Audience Choice Awards at the 2013 Streamy Awards, which will take place February 17 in Hollywood.
Tubefilter and Dick Clark Productions on Tuesday also unveiled the nominees for Personality of the Year and Series of the Year, opening voting until February 11.
The nominees for Personality of the Year are Ashley Clements, Bernie Su, Brad Bell, Chester See, Grace Helbig, Mary Kate Wiles, Megan & Liz, Ryan Higa, SMOSH and the Fine Brothers. SMOSH ranks as the most subscribed YouTube channel on the online video site, while Higa ranks third…"
More here: Ryan Higa, Fine Brothers nominees for audience Choice Awards at 2013 Streamys
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I have been working in F-Spot sometime after the GUADEC in my return to Mono world after half and a year not coding in C#. The return has been very nice, I love to program in C# and F-Spot is a very nice program.
I have being working in implementing the photo duplicate detection system (duplicates video-demo), and the import from Web Gallery and Flickr web photo databases (gallery video-demo and Flickr vide-demo).Update: The video URLs have been updated to point to a site with more bandwidth.
It is cool to see in the maillist some activities and new developers coding things, in special the licenses support in F-Spot so you can specify the license you want for your photos, and I hope, use it in the export process to Flickr, Web Gallery, Original and others. The Creative Commons licenses will be the first to be supported, following Larry Lessig plans about supporting these licenses in the tools we use to create and manage contents.
In the July edition of GNOME Journal you can find a nice article about F-Spot if you want to understand the current state of the art of the project.


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Move over Oprah – Madonna can start a school for girls in Africa too.
The "Material Girl" is set to visit the southern African country of Malawi on Sunday and will attend a brick-laying ceremony at the site of a multi-million dollar girls' school her charity is building, Reuters reports.
On Monday, Madonna will meet the country's president while laying the foundation stone for her school in Lilongwe, a staffer for the charity, Raising Malawi, told the wire news agency. The school will reportedly cost about $15 million to set up and serve a country where AIDS has orphaned over a million children.
U.S. & World
Madonna has adopted two children of her own from Malawi. In 2006, she brought home 13-month-old David Banda; 4-year-old Mercy James joined the brood in June.
Both adoptions were controversial at the time as critics complained that Malawi's government had ignored its own laws that banned adoptions by non-residents.
Madge is not the only celebrity to push education in Africa.
Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has opened two schools in South Africa: the $1.6 million Seven Fountains Primary School and the $40 million Leadership Academy for Girls.
But Winfrey has had problems of her own on the continent. In 2007, a dorm matron at Winfrey's Leadership Academy was fired and charged with sex abuse. Earlier this year, the same school suspended seven students for sexual misconduct.


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Cap and gown season is upon us. At the May 18 Commencement exercises, graduating students will close out their Babson careers. They'll hear Patrick Awuah, founder and president of Ghana's Ashesi University College, speak at the morning's undergraduate ceremony, and Kip Tindell, co-founder, chairman, and CEO of The Container Store, speak at the afternoon's graduate ceremony. Awuah, Tindell, and Saras Sarasvathy, professor and entrepreneurship scholar at the University of Vir-ginia's Darden School of Business, will receive honorary degrees. In the weeks leading up to Commencement, graduates recalled the professors and classes that inspired them.
CHET CLEM, MBA'13: Professor Heidi Neck's introductory entrepreneurship course always reminded me of the Elvis lyric, "A little less conversation, a little more action please." She pushed us to stop theorizing and just experiment. She preached about the importance of failure in the creative process, and then facilitated an environment in which it was safe to fall flat on your face. Plenty of students can tell you about a professor who helped them succeed, but it's rare to speak so highly of a professor who helped you fail.
CHRISTINA CONSIGLI '13: Kerry Rourke proved to be a nurturing professor in her "Practicum in Peer Consulting and Writing" class. She encouraged me to be confident in my writing skills and to challenge myself with different communication techniques. She was also an amazing adviser. She helped me grow into a strong, open-minded woman by encouraging me to invest in my interests. She was always there when I needed advice, someone to talk to, or just a good book to read.
STACEY MUKASA '13: During my Babson career, I experienced many classes that changed my understanding of the world around me. One such class was "Culture, Society, and Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies," which gave me the amazing opportunity to travel to Ghana to teach entrepreneurship at high schools throughout the country. Having the ability to take the skills and knowledge that I acquired at Babson and share them with individuals who are yearning to learn was the most fulfilling part of my Babson experience.
BARB SPANGLER, MBA'13: Professor Allan Cohen introduced the concept of negotiation as a lifetime constant, and helped us understand what motivates ourselves and others. He also introduced the idea of a personal bottom line and the importance of understanding our sense of commitment to whatever we try to accomplish. I took his leadership course while in the middle of a sensitive project negotiation. I asked him for guidance, and we had many conversations. He doesn't tell you what to do; he shows you a landscape and lets you walk the path of your choice.
KEVIN WEBB '13: The professor who influenced me the most was Laurie Krigman, who teaches finance, which is my concentration. She strengthened my understanding of how a business functions financially by making a difficult topic understandable. Laurie (she wants us to call her by her first name and won't respond if you don't) goes the extra mile to help students interested in finance, even creating a finance alumni network that matches students with alumni who work in the field that they're interested in.—John Crawford


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If you had to define value engineering in a single word, you might boil it down to "efficiency." That would be one word, but it wouldn't be accurate.
If you had to define value engineering in a single word, you might boil it down to "efficiency."
That would be one word, but it wouldn't be accurate. The basic misconception of value engineering is that the term simply means to take a set of parameters, none of which will change, and do the best design based on those static parameters.
In other words, value engineering is believed to be engineering at its best.
Again, not right.
Value engineering and basic engineering have one major difference: the flexibility or inflexibility of the parameters. In engineering, the parameters don't change. In value engineering, it's all about the change.
Value engineering, quite simply, is tweaking the scope to find a better value.
The point is, value engineering provides the best value to the customer, if that customer is willing to be flexible on their parameters.
We aren't talking about anything that changes the main points of the job. Value engineering, for example, may tweak the paint formulation, the column depth restriction, bay spacing, deflection criteria or bracing locations and type. These are shifts in the scope – not overhauls – that allow the client to have their needs met, while getting the very best price.
My point: Whatever your need is, if you are willing to consider a slight scope tweak, then value engineering is for you. Let the dog wag the tail like it's supposed to, not the other way around.
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Digitalization across the Cash Cycle
The Benefits of Intelligent Networking with Maximum Security
There's no question that digitization has long been an integral part of cash management. Online banking is on the rise. Loans are issued digitally. Services are more readily accessible, more transparent, and often available around the clock. Customers pay by cash card, contactless via NFC technology or using a payment app. In addition, fintechs and the digital Bitcoin currency are new players on the market. The financial sector is more fast-moving and volatile than it has ever been,
and today we find ourselves in the age of the Internet of Things, in which computers and their applications interact with other objects. Nowadays, ATMs are closely networked and send out a synchronized update on their current cash level. Banknote processing systems collect the serial numbers and information on the condition of the notes during authentication and fitness testing. This means that Big Data solutions enable the entire cash cycle to be optimized, whether by reworking banknote design, or through detailed, accurate capacity planning for the utilization of personnel and machines. At the same time, remote services make it easier to maintain the systems.
Read about the benefits and challenges that smart networking brings to this high-security environment.
Show Me the Money
To drive efficiency and provide higher visibility across the entire cash cycle, Cash-in-Transit (CIT) companies can leverage cash logistics systems. By including route planning, mobile route operations, track & trace, contract management, and billing, these new systems can dramatically improve operational efficiency, automate key processes, and optimize decision making.
Performance Dashboard at the National Bank of Belgium
Gaining a better understanding of machine processing behavior, and any potential issues, helps banks to optimize banknote sorting. Fine-tuning the collection and analysis of data improves system insights and facilitates faster identification of problems and more streamlined operations, helping banks to ensure they reach their KPIs.
How To Enable Data Intelligence in Any Organization
Eight reasons why organizations need an enterprise data strategy, that is practical, relevant, evolutionary and connected.
Big Bang, Bigger Data
The CERN's particle accelerators generate more data than any other place on earth. But how to process hundreds of petabytes of data every year? With a network based on technology and trust.
Partner in Digital Transformation
The currency industry has been incorporating and implementing digital solutions for the past couple of years. While cash will keep its importance even in the digital age, underlined by the growing demand for cash, digital technologies will enhance the efficiency of the cash cycle. Dr. Wolfram Seidemann, CEO of G+D Currency Technology, talks about combining both worlds.
Future Forecasts
Regarding the cash supply, e.g. after natural events like earthquakes, data intelligence offers crucial insights to handle all information and derive the right decision. Due to its ability to visualize, analyze and simulate disasters, it can dramatically change humanitarian operations and crisis management.
The Age of Smart Everything needs Smart Security
When consumer expectations of convenient, functional, and service-oriented apps collide with security, time is needed to bridge that gap.
Building a Digital Bridge Between Technologies and Players in the Cash Cycle
In an increasingly digitalized world, central and commercial banks require new and smart solutions. Intelligent automation is the key to more efficiency in the cash cycle. Currency News spoke to Wolfgang Kneilmann, Head of the Currency Management Solutions and Member of the Management Board at G+D Currency Technology.
Fit or unfit? The right balance is essential
Banknote checking in the cash cycle requires central banks to ask how best to navigate the path between quality and cost. A software program helps to determine optimum sorting thresholds.
How to survive the next (industrial) revolution
Welcome to Planet Lean during a new age of digitalization. Here's some help for navigating the opportunities and uncertainties arising from this great wave of technological change.
The Connected Banknote
Cash and software complement each other beautifully: The cost-efficiency of banknotes in production and in the cash cycle can be significantly improved with the aid of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
G+D Data Intelligence®: A Transparent View of Banknotes
Banknotes can be produced more efficiently if the rate of printing faults is reduced. Single note inspection alone is not enough, but with smart analysis software, printing plants can use their data to limit the number of faults in the process...


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The PPV opened with a great opening video previewing the TNA title bout and Hulk Hogan vs. Sting.
Mike Tenay and Taz welcomed everyone to the broadcast, noting that the future direction of the company would be determined tonight.
TNA X-Division champion Austin Aries vs. Brian Kendrick
Big pop for Aries since he really carved his name in Philly, which Taz pointed out. They locked up and Aries and Kendrick began exchanging holds. Nice chant for Aries early. Aries took him down with a headlock takeover but Kendrick reversed it and they faced off.
Aries was sent into the ropes but shoulderblocked Kendrick down. Kendrick came back with a headscissors. They led to a back and forth reversal until Kendrick dropkicked Aries out of the ring. Aries called for a time out, trying to slow Kendrick's momentum.
Aries was kicked off the apron and Kendrick his a slingshot pescado to the floor. The crowd booed him for that. Kendrick sent him back into the ring and scored a two count with a flying bodypress. Kendrick nailed a pair of monkey flips but was shoved off while going for a trifecta. Aries drilled him with a clothesline for a two count.
Aries drilled Kendrick with an elbow across the top of the head. Kendrick rebounded off the ropes with a stiff elbow for another near fall. Aries nailed a back elbow to take Kendrick down for another two count. Aries continued to work on Aries until Kendrick fired back with a series of forearms and kicks. Aries avoided one but was nailed with a double axe handle for a two count. Kendrick comes off the top but Aries avoided it and nailed an STO and a Pendulum elbow for a two count.
Kendick kicked off Aries during a charge and nailed a tornado DDT. Aries kicked out and the crowd began chanting for him. Kendrick went for Sliced Bread #2 but was sent to the floor. Aries hit a nasty torpedo dive to the outside, leading to a "TNA†chant.
Aries drilled him with an elbow and hit a hard running dropkick in the corner. Aries went for the brainbuster but Kendrick drilled him with knees to the head and small packaged him for a two count. Kendrick superkicked Aries and went for Sliced Bread #2 but Aries stopped it and they battled on the top. Aries battered him with elbows and hit Sliced Bread #2 off the top rope but Aries draped his foot on the ropes at the last second.
Kendrick went for Sliced Bread again but was shoved to the floor. Aries punted Kendrick hard as he returned to the ring and nailed another stiff dropkick. Aries spiked him with a brainbuster and scored the pin clean.
Your winner and still X-Division champion, Austin Aries!
Very good, hard fought entertaining match to kick off the show. Both were really on their game.
Backstage, Jeremy Borash and Traci Brooks were playing with the Jarrett children when Karen Jarrett came in and was obviously pissed about it. She ripped on Brooks' attire and then announced she would be refereeing the Knockouts title bout herself. Jarrett told Brooks that she was not to come to ringside unless she was in "harm's way†tonight.
Full Metal Mayhem: Jerry Lynn vs. Rob Van Dam
Pretty large "ECW†chant for a few seconds, but it quickly died out. They went back and forth trying to take each other down. RVD went for an armbar but couldn't lock it on. Van Dam used leg scissors to cover Lynn for a two count. RVD nailed a spinkick in the corner.
RVD went for Rolling Thunder but Lynn dropkicked him coming out of the somersault. Lynn went for a tornado DDT but RVD countered and they went back and forth with counters until facing off. Van Dam kicked Lynn in the gut and avoided a clothesline. They collided against each other near the ropes. Van Dam nailed a guillotine legdrop across the apron.
They battled on the floor. Van Dam went for a moonsault off the railing but Lynn moved and RVD hit the ground. Lynn pulled a ladder into the ring. Van Dam tossed Lynn into the ring but began favoring his leg from hitting the ground. Van Dam grabbed a chair from under the ring but as he returned, Lynn nailed a sliding dropkick into the ladder, slamming it into RVD.
Back in the ring, Van Dam nailed a bodypress off the ropes, crashing Lynn down onto a chair in the ring for a two count. Van Dam set up Lynn in the corner for the skateboarding dropkick. Van Dam set up a ladder in the corner and whipped Lynn hard into it. He fell with the ladder landing atop of him. Van Dam nailed Rolling Thunder onto the ladder. Big "ECW†chant.
Van Dam kicked at Lynn who dropkicked Rob into a chair. Lynn clotheslined RVD atop the ladder, who was leaning on the ropes. Lynn went for a flying legdrop but RVD rolled out of the way and Lynn ate nothing but ladder. Lynn slammed a chair into RVD's face and hit a German suplex with a bridge for a two count.
They battled over a suplex near the ladder with RVD winning the war. All the crazy spots got ECW chants. Van Dam nailed a rolling thunder onto the ladder for another two count. Rob sent Lynn into the corner for a monkey flip but Lynn clotheslined Rob in mid-air. Lynn rolled to the outside to retrieve a second ladder. He bridged it between the ring and the ring barrier.
Lynn and RVD battled over the ladder. The ladder slipped off the apron as they battled. They still did a sunset flip powerbomb with RVD's head bouncing nastily off the ladder and the ring barrier. Lynn rolled RVD back in but only scored a two count. Lynn went to nail RVD with the chair but Rob ducked and nailed the Van Daminator for a two count.
Van Dam set up a ladder over Lynn and went for the Van Terminator. The crowd chanted, "Holy sh**.†Van Dam pulled Lynn into the ring and scored the pin.
Your winner, Rob Van Dam!
It wasn't a pure wrestling match but there were a lot of entertaining and scary looking spots. You could see they were giving you all they had to give. The crowd really enjoyed themselves and I can't help but love the effort, but some of those spots looked way too dangerous for these guys to be doing. But, still quite the spectacle.
Van Dam and Lynn raised each other's arms after the bout.
They showed footage of Dixie Carter and her husband Serg arriving at the arena earlier in the day.
Samoa Joe vs. Matt Morgan vs. Crimson
Joe immediately told the others to fight but they instead put the boots to Joe. The crowd booed them. Morgan nailed the rapid fire elbows in the corner. Crimson went to punch Joe but caught Morgan. That allowed Joe to work over Crimson. Joe was caught in the middle of them being punched back and forth. The crowd was booing all of this, since Joe has a history in Philly.
Crimson charged Joe but Joe dropped down and Crimson crashed to the floor. Joe took down Morgan. He tagged Morgan with some kicks to the chest. There were some "Joe is gonna kill you†catcalls. Morgan catches Joe with the sideslam and Crimson tried to catch the pin. Morgan wasn't happy about that, allowing Joe to take them out, tossing Crimson out on top of Morgan. Joe hit a flying elbowsmash tope on Crimson.
Joe and Crimson battled on the floor. Morgan went to the top rope and dove off, wiping out Crimson as Joe stepped out of the way. Morgan was grabbing at his knee after. Joe rolled Crimson in as Philadelphia gave Earl Hebner static for screwing Bret. Joe peppered Crimson with punches. Crimson fired back and nailed a neckbreaker.
Crimson suplexed Joe but Morgan tried to steal the pin this time. Crimson wasn't happy and they had words again. They jawed but Joe raked their eyes. They nailed Joe only this time, they prevented the other from making the pin. Joe rolled out of the ring as they argued and started battling back and forth. Morgan finally got the better of the exchange but Joe pulled him out of the ring and sent him into the railing. Joe then hit the ring and began drilling Crimson with strikes and a running kick to the head in the corner.
Joe placed Crimson on the top for a mucle buster. As he went for it, Morgan returned to the ring and kick Joe in the gut. Morgan nailed a running knee to Joe's head. Morgan got caught up in the ropes. Joe staggered into a Crimson spear and was pinned.
Your winner, Crimson!
OK match but nothing of real note. They had a decent pace but it was more of a series of sequences than a hard fought back and forth competitive bout. The building tension between Morgan-Crimson was fine but Crimson still needs a lot of work. The story was that Crimson with the least experience, scored the win. The finish came off a little weak. The crowd booed Crimson on the way out. Welcome to Philadelphia!
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For the last 18 months I have been involved in several online groups that discuss the cult aspects and subsequent harm caused by coerced (and chosen) involvement in AA/NA or any of the 12 step model groups prevalent in addiction treatment.
The basic premise is that AA et al are religious organizations and are minimally effective support groups.
Hampstead Pete has written about this. I think he is still around here. He has posted his impressions regarding AA in which he likens it to religion.
I went on line about 10 years ago and was stunned by how many people on the discussion forums were fundamentalist Christians. I had lived 60 plus years in California where religion was not a big deal. We accepted all religions in our school (yes private schools too) and our neighborhoods were filled with all kinds of different and interesting Gods. I lived in the Santa Monica mountains where we were damned glad that our new neighbors weren't Manson family members.
When I got established on line would ask several posters how they got involved in their strong Christian doctrines and t he majority admitted that they had addictions they could not handle on their own.
Gambling, hard drugs, alcohol and pornography led the list that took them to A.A. I had an interest in this as my mother had a chronic alcohol problem and I would drive her to AA meeting for years. Nothing took! She died a hopeless drunk so naturally I wanted to talk to some of these folks who had survived their addictions.
I found it so sad that my emails to and from these posters (we did not use the forum) had little desire to help themselves out of the gutter. Loving families were abused and they knew it. In every case it was Jesus who entered their souls/brains/lives and took over for them.
The problem was that Jesus also took over their rational thinking and survival skills. Everything had to come from Jesus or it was not acceptable. Many families left these people, as wives, mothers and children could live with the problems but not the cure. My mother actually sobered up for 3 years and none of us could tolerate her nasty personality. The cure for all these addictions made the people themselves intolerable to live with. I had a young executive in my office that quit drinking cold. He ended up in A.A. and became so abusive to the rest of the office that most of us left.
Putting up with a half-drunk in the office was one thing but putting up with a rude and disgusting man was another. This Jesus Juice that was handed out did not help these people but turned them into a rage of Christian threats.
Several years later I began to recognize many of the religious right who simply insisted that everyone around them believe in Jesus or get out of their lives. Many Conservative forums closed up with this problem. It has become possible for me to meet some new person socially and see the personality and I can ask them "how long have you been dry?" I have yet to miss.
A.A. is a cult but in many cases it saves lives. The rest of us simply have to be forewarned about these people and learn to step away when they try to coax us into their beliefs. Be careful, they often to do not take rejection calmly.
We have to learn that sometimes sobriety costs us our own family members.
For the last 18 months I have been involved in several online groups that discuss the cult aspects and subsequent harm caused by coerced (and chosen) involvement in AA/NA or any of the 12 step model groups prevalent in addiction treatment.
The basic premise is that AA et al are religious organizations and are minimally effective support groups.
I guess my first question to you is: Why do you care what AA is or is not? Are you being forced into the program against your will? If you are, perhaps you belong there. If not, why does it concern you? I never gave a damn about religion 'till a few years ago when the right-wing tried to make certain dogma the law of the land. If you are being forced into the program, don't worry, most "paper signers" disappear after their forced term is over, and you can too. Believe me, no one will knock on your door begging you to return.
Yes, as Frankr said above, I consider AA a religion 'cause it has many similarities. I say that, however, after 17 years experience with AA while recovering from my own addiction. In my view, anyone who understands addiction welcomes any means that someone may use to overcome it, no matter what form that takes.
Personally, I think a secular approach, such as SOS, is just as effective as AA, but then again I'm in the minority as an atheist. In spite of having absolutely NO belief in the supernatural, I was able to recover in AA using the fellowship itself in place of any higher power. Also, I never really bought into the "powerlessness" aspect of the program.
AA takes someone in, teaches them they have an illness they have absolutely no power over, and that they must turn this illness, and most aspects of their lives, over to a "god of their understanding." Some can do this, some can't. I couldn't, but I wanted to stay sober more than I wanted to drink, so I stayed sober anyway.
Many come into AA & go right back out again 'cause they just can't get the "god stuff." Many who are very religious when they come in don't stay either. The ones that stay, like me, are the ones who come in willing to do ANYTHING to get the pain to stop.
Over the years, the religiosity bothered me more and more, 'till finally I just couldn't drag myself to meetings anymore. I have started a secular SOS group here in Wilmington, and we are slowly but steadily growing.
The thing about AA that bothers me the most, I guess, is that they tell newcomers they are powerless over their addiction, and only some supernatural power can make them whole. Those that are not hurting badly enough when they get in just turn around and leave as soon as they can, unless they are convinced they can form some relationship with some sort of higher power. I was lucky, I guess, no one I hung around with in the early days made much of a big deal about god. In meetings here in Wilmington, I have heard people share at meetings that only jesus can save you. Bullshit!
All that said, AA has helped millions of people recover from addiction, and I take exception to those outside of the program who throw stones at it. I came very near to dying from my addiction to alcohol, and I don't give a damn how folks get off the stuff. AA has what some folks need, and they should have access to it, whether it's a religion or not.
Hamstead Pete. In 2000 I was so shocked to see the input on the internet from so many Christians. When I grew up America was not particularly religious at all. We had no prayers in our schools and we sang only Christmas Carols for about a week before we broke for the holiday. Maybe it was simply I was raised in California for nobody gave a damn where we went to Sunday School. I remember running into the John Birch Society in the the 50s and thought they were nuts.
So when many of my sites began to preach instead of post, I asked them why they were so involved in Jesus Christ. An enormous percentage of them found religion in their 12 step programs. I began to understand why these people with little knowledge of the bible suddenly became preachers in their own right. They also had an anger in their words as if the rest of us were their enemies and would dare to question their motives. One forum asked how many had been helped by AA and how long had they been off drugs or dry or what ever and the list was long.
Whatever works!!!
I attended OA meetings and why I left wasn't the "higher power" aspect so much as the "powerless" aspect. I learned I can do it on my own and I don't have to buy into the notion that we can't do it without "god as we understand him." I guess that's why the program didn't work for me. I hated telling people I was powerless. I got enough of that growing up.
One of my favorite stand-up comedians is the late Mitch Hedberg,
He did a little sketch where he said:
"Alcoholism is the only disease you can get yelled at for having.
Dammit Otto you are an alcoholic! Dammit Otto, you have lupus! One of those doesn't sound right."
I always thought that this statement "alcoholism is a disease" is a misnomer. If this is what AA preaches then I am not buying it.
I have a friend who has kicked the habit and still goes to AA after years of drought and it seems to work for him which is great.
The thing that bothers me is this "it is a disease and it isn't your fault" approach. Perhaps I am reading this totally wrong but it smacks of this current tendency of people to blame all their ills on an external factor.
And that I can not stand. It makes you a victim and don't we all just love being victims.
I don't want to come over as callous especially towards those who are struggling with this, so I hope this doesn't offend.
I always thought that this statement "alcoholism is a disease" is a misnomer. If this is what AA preaches then I am not buying it.
This is a hard thing to explain to someone who is not addicted, but I shall try. Insofar as I understand your post, I agree with you. AA preaches that the "only defense an alcoholic has against the first drink is the maintenance of their 'spiritual condition.'" Spiritual condition defined as one's relationship with a higher power, and this is defined as the "disease of alcoholism," over which the alcoholic is "powerless." I think we both agree that AA has this wrong.
Having said that, there is a disease aspect to addiction, and that is the fact that alcohol does not effect me like it effects others who can drink. If you (assuming you are not an alcoholic) decide to have a drink, you can probably predict, if you wished to, how many you will choose to have. I cannot! If I have a drink, I cannot predict the outcome. Having had a drink, the compulsion to have another is so strong in the alcoholic that few can resist the next one. The trick is, of course, not to have the first one.
The other aspect of the disease is one of progression. Any recovered alcoholic can look back at his own drinking history and see a clear progression in amounts of alcohol consumed per a given period. One or two turns into bottles ( or cases) per day. In my case, when I quit I was consuming at least two 1.75's every three days, plus beer and wine.
The experiences of many, many alkies who have returned to AA is that, no matter how long the period of abstinence, they very shortly returned to the consumption rate they experienced when they quit. That is what kills most of us, we quit for a bit, then sell ourselves on the idea that since we have quit for so long, perhaps we can drink successfully. That is the thrust of AA, to replace the "obsession to drink" as they call it, with a relationship with some higher power, without whom the alcoholic has no hope.
Well Pete, you have done what millions of others couldn't do. Hats off to you! My mother had 40 years of alcohol in her system that robbed her of a musical profession. One can be a good musician if you are playing Pop but Bach requires a sober mind and hands.
I was lucky, I had my mother as a great example of why my kids should not drink. We had no many alcoholics in my mother's generation they did study of my family at UCLA. The scientist who did the study had known my mother for many years as he ran a drunk tank (now called a rehab) and never understood why she fell into years of a drunken state of un-consciousness. My girls saw first hand what alcohol could do to their lives. Her problem was her inability to handle anxiety. Anything she was to be involved in caused her to drink to such a point she could not be a part of it. I never remember her being around at Thanksgiving or Christmas. I was 18 before I realized Mother's day was not on a Tuesday. My own birthdays passed her by without notice. Naturally I became a non-drinker almost from the beginning. I think it was 1964 when I took my own last drink.
My father also had a drinking problem and ran his car off Sunset Boulevard to his death at 38. My mother set herself on fire at the age of 72 due to being falling down drunk trying to light a cigarette.
It is so sad when I read how many young people will end up being alcoholics when they are simply trying to be cool. Being cool is to live without addiction.
It is so sad when I read how many young people will end up being alcoholics when they are simply trying to be cool. Being cool is to live without addiction.
The frustrating thing about it is that there is absolutely NO one-fits-all solution! No single model that will work for everyone. The addict must want, really want to recover. Even that, I suspect, isn't always enough, there is considerable luck involved. I have observed, over the years, that different things resonate with different people. Recovery, to me, is a little like Zen: You really can't teach it, not all of it, the addict MUST do quite a bit of the work himself in order to recover.
I don't pretend to know any answers for anyone other than myself. I would be willing to do absolutely anything to spare my children, grandchildren, or indeed anyone from the ravages of addiction, but there is nothing I can do other than be here.
Pete, being aware of the problem is 90% of the battle. Talk openly to your kids and be honest with them. Being a good example is the only way to guide the kids. My mother became a bad example and that worked too!
Quote from Hampstede: "I guess my first question to you is: Why do you care what AA is or is not? Are you being forced into the program against your will? If you are, perhaps you belong there. If not, why does it concern you? I never gave a damn about religion 'till a few years ago when the right-wing tried to make certain dogma the law of the land. If you are being forced into the program, don't worry, most "paper signers" disappear after their forced term is over, and you can too."
Your questioning struck me as offensive & judgemental towards me when I came back to my original post.
I was interested in the atheist response to AA - not a personal attack that is way off base I might add.
I really don't need to tell you or anyone else why it concerns me.
Thanks for the welcome.
Sorry, upon rereading my post it was harsh. Although I no longer consider myself "in" AA, and agree with some of what you said, I am a little sensitive when folks from outside beat on AA, or any other recovery model for that matter.
By the way, if you would like to explore recovery from a secular standpoint, whether for information or whatever, here is a link:
Gosh Elle, he gave you his opinion of AA. That is what you requested. I added my own opinion of AA, which failed with my mother. This is an open and fair forum. No one means to offend. Well, I do once in a while. I welcome you and hope you have read Sam's books. I gave many copies to my friends last year, but this year they beat me to it and bought them on their own.
I, too, almost died from drinking, and AA taught me sobriety. The thing is, no matter what you believe in or not, there is always something greater than yourself. Science is greater than you, as is gravity. {try flying like Superman if you don't buy this} The point of this is that alcoholics, because of the psychology of addiction, believe that they are the center of the universe, and that everything bows down to them. The "powerless" idea is that we cannot control how much we drink, not that we are inherently spineless people overall.
I have not been to a meeting since 1998, but I just had 20 years of sobriety last month. The principles work, whether you are in a meeting or not.
Purple, it is the same with over eating. Being raised in California and working around the Studios it was absolutely essential that we all keep our weight under a certain poundage. We had health farms all over the place and many of us would pay a visit several times a year. It was a terrible obsession and many of my girls friends simply put their fingers down their throats and heaved up every meal they ate. Or enemas was another trick. All the doctors isssued magic appetite takers and many of us were addicted to the pills more than what they offered.
By the time I had my girls, I simply fed them well but without sugar or fat. We all stayed thin and knew our desired weight limits. When my younger girl headed off to boarding school at Berkeley her weight soared. It broke my heart but it was no longer in my responsibility to say anything.
I had to face a series of surgeries as my female parts had to go. I had tumors that were leaning on the parts that I would need. Everything came out and I started gaining weight. I'm talking 50 pounds. I tried every diet, acupuncture, hypnosis and a 12 atep programs called overeaters. I've done weight watchers and one thing always sits in the back of my mind. I remember 30 years of being hungry. Those pills were an illusion. I talked to a very well known actress named Shelley Winters who I had seen in several doctor's offices over the years and she explained her 30 years of being in the camera and her body nearly fainting from hunger.
I've often wondered if alcohol can do this as well as my addiction? In order for me to lose any weight I have be hungry again. I've tried them all even fasting but my mind will not allow it.
Okay at 73, being 50 pounds overweight is not a problem as most of us carry at least that much weight in this senior development. I increase my physical activities and can hold at my current weight. There are no cameras here or anyone commenting on my appearance so I will do what Shelly did and learn to live with it. My weight has not affected my health but has put a strain on my knees. Another actress is our generation looks wonderful with 50 pounds added and that is Elizabeth Taylor. She is now comfortable with the extra weight and we all know how she struggled when the cameras were on.
We all have addictions to something and if we can get over them when we need to that is all that counts. The memory of being hungry must be similar to the desire for a drink. I offer you my deepest congratulations for you success.


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The Flying Pig Marathon is one of the city's best-loved annual events, but it's also one of its most reliable economic engines.
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"The Flying Pig Marathon is definitely a boon to the economy throughout Cincinnati, especially down here at the Banks," said Mary Beth Weaver, marketing manager for the Morlein Lager House. "We're right along the race route, (so) we're going to have so many people down here."
Four of every 10 runners come from elsewhere to dispense their discretionary dollars at hotels, restaurants and shops.
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This post includes a lot of life drawing (done while teaching, Sarah and I were usually in charge of kids drawing stilllives), and figure practice using Pixelovely. Most of that is either drawn in pen or using a china marker, my gesture drawing tool of choice.
|On Valentine's, I was offering free sketches. Sadly, only two people took me up on that. If you turn your head sideways, you'll see Eric Lide's Dahlia, from his comic Station Square.
|And Alex asked me to draw a faun for her.
|Outfit sketches.
|A demo for the kids at Garrison using cut tissue paper and gouache.
|Another outfit drawnig.
|Some charm designs. I've been having trouble with idea theft lately, so please, no taking or borrowing.
|More charm designs.
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|Experimenting with Copic markers on sketchbook paper. Not too shabby.
|I've been accused of 'sameface', so here's some practice using the February issue of Nylon for reference. To be fair, 90% of Nylon's models are blond haired, blue eyed, so I should really look for more variety.


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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean exports last month marked their first back-to-back growth of the year, but demand from the advanced economies was weak, data showed on Saturday, indicating any global recovery would be fragile at best.
November exports grew by 3.9 percent over a year earlier to $47.8 billion on top of a revised 1.1 percent rise in October, while imports last month rose by 0.7 percent to $43.3 billion, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy data showed.
The November data, released for the first time by a major exporting economy, and the robust survey findings in China disclosed earlier in the day offered fresh signs of the global economy regaining some momentum.
Shipments to China and the southeast Asian countries posted sharp gains over a year earlier, whereas demand from the United States and the European Union shrank, according to break-down figures for the November 1-20 period released later.
"Robust data from China and today's Korean data increase the chances for Korean exports maintaining a modest recovery," said Park Sang-hyun, chief economist at HI Investment & Securities.
Data released earlier on Saturday showed China's manufacturing sector activity was at a seven-month high in November, while South Korea's October industrial output also expanded for the second straight month.
"But as Europe and the U.S. are not getting any stronger soon, any global recovery will be an uneven and fragile one for the time being," Park added.
Analysts in a Reuters survey had forecast November exports would grow a median 2.6 percent over a year before on top of a revised 1.1 percent gain in October, when overseas sales posted their first growth in four months.
The ministry's data showed South Korea ran a trade surplus of $4.48 billion for November, compared with a revised surplus of $3.73 billion in October. The country's trade balance has been in black for all but two months since early 2009.
Meanwhile, exports for the January-November period were 0.8 percent less than the comparable period of 2011, making it highly likely the country will miss its export target of a 3.5 percent gain set for the whole of 2012.
Reuters calculations show South Korean exports this year would post an annual loss unless shipments in December grow 9 percent or more on a year-on-year basis. The country's exports grew in all but three years for the past 50 years at least.
South Korea is home to some of the world's largest suppliers of cars, smartphones and ships. It sends roughly a quarter of its total exports to China and about 10 percent each to the European Union and the United states.
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TOKYO: Japan's hawkish new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has sought to expand the Japan-US security partnership to Australia and India as it faces a bitter territorial row with China, a newspaper reported Saturday.
"The Japan-US alliance is the cornerstone," Abe, sworn in as prime minister on Wednesday, said in an interview with the mass-circulation Yomiuri Shimbun.
"It's good to expand it to security co-operation among Japan, the United States and India. (Co-operation) among Japan, the United States and Australia will also contribute to stability in the region," Abe said.
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Abe won conservative support in national polls earlier this month with forthright pronouncements on the Senkaku islands in the East China Sea, vowing not to budge on Japan's claim to them.
China also lays claim to the island chain, which it calls the Diaoyu.
Beijing has sent ships into the islands' waters many times since Tokyo nationalised the chain in September, with analysts saying China intends to prove it can come and go as it pleases.


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The Motorola Atrix 4G wowed us at CES 2011, with not only a dual-core processor, but also support for AT&T's 4G/HSPA+ network, a front-facing camera, and an optional laptop dock accessory that allowed you to have a portable PC experience using Motorola's Webtop software. It was a groundbreaking product in many ways, and it's no wonder we awarded it the Best of CES Award in the cell phone and smartphones category at the time.
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Motorola must have realized these missteps, as the recently launched Atrix 2 has fixed many of these issues and more. It has a bigger and better-looking display, an upgraded camera, and it ships with Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Even the new laptop dock accessory is improved; it's sleeker, lighter, and Motorola has ensured its compatibility with other Motorola handsets. Still, these changes are somewhat incremental, as the processor speed hasn't changed and it still only supports HSPA+ and not AT&T's nascent LTE network.
But perhaps the most exciting thing about the Atrix 2 is that it's surprisingly affordable at only $99.99 after a two-year agreement; that's a $100 drop from the original Atrix. Even though the improvements are incremental, the price drop makes the Atrix 2 a very attractive option for AT&T customers.
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The reason for the size increase is because of a slightly larger display. While the Atrix 4G had a 4-inch qHD display, the Atrix 2 has a 4.3-inch qHD display. Moreover, the Atrix 2 does not have the Pentile display that resulted in poorer pixel density in the original Atrix. Graphics look crisp and vibrant, and text is smooth and legible as well.
The Atrix 2 has a dual-core 1GHz TI OMAP4 processor instead of the Nvidia Tegra 2 chipset on the Atrix, but that didn't appear to diminish its performance. The capacitive touch screen felt very responsive to our taps and swipes, and navigation felt snappy. There did appear to be a slight flicker when transitioning between menus, but it wasn't too distracting.
Beneath the display are the standard Android shortcut touch keys for the menu, home, back, and search functions. On the left spine are the Micro-HDMI and Micro-USB ports; the right is home to the volume rocker and a dedicated camera button, which was not on the original Atrix. On the top are the 3.5mm headset jack and the power/screen lock key. Sitting above the display is a front-facing VGA camera for video chats, and the 8-megapixel camera is on the back together with an LED flash. Unfortunately, Motorola decided to do away with the fingerprint scanner with the Atrix 2.
AT&T packages the Motorola Atrix 2 with an AC adapter, a USB cable, and reference material. There's also a plethora of optional accessories for the Atrix 2 that include the new laptop dock called the Motorola Lapdock 100, an extra capacity battery, a vehicle navigation dock, an HD station, a portable universal charger, a wireless keyboard, and more.
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The Motorola Atrix 2 runs Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread with a refined MotoBlur interface. It's remarkably different from the one we saw on the original Atrix, and more closely resembles recent Motorola handsets like the Droid Bionic and the Photon 4G. It's certainly not as intrusive as previous versions of MotoBlur, where you had to sign up for an account just to use the device.
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Ervin Santana, rebounding from a sprained right elbow that sidelined him all spring, is set to make the next step toward rejoining the Angels' rotation.
A 2008 American League All-Star, Santana is set to pitch four innings for high Class A Rancho Cucamonga on Monday. Angels manager Mike Scioscia said the goal is to get Santana through four innings and 60 pitches, adding about 15 pitches in ensuing starts until he's ready to go for the Angels.
John Lackey, a 2007 AL All-Star and league ERA kingpin, is set to make his first rehab start in his recovery from a right forearm strain on Tuesday for Triple-A Salt Lake. Lackey, like Santana, is expected to deliver four innings and about 60 pitches, Scioscia said.
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well at least the calvary is on its way. The way the angels pitching is right now it SUX!!!! we are supposed to have the best starting pitching and this is what we get. our so called closer Fuentes is not doing crap and he keeps on blowing games. Arte get some cojones and buy a decent closer not one that blows games. Spend the cash maybe we could of still had tex and frankie. I bet ur kicking ur donky behind for not signing them.
Throwing money at the problem is not the solution. Case in point…NY Yankees. Every year, Steinbrenner spends almost 1/4 of a billion dollars on players, an all star line up, and they haven't won a World Series since 2000. How can that be. It does require talent, mostly pitching and defense. Not exactly sure if Fuentes was the best we can do, but maximizing players in key situations is what Scioscia does best. And, Mr. Moreno is a businessman and a true baseball fan. He knows that team chemistry will prevail over individual raw talent any day. The MLB season is a marathon, not a sprint. Heard Hudler on TV the other put it best…saying it's not how you start, but how you finish.
My money is still on the Angels, with Scioscia and Butcher eventually getting the pitching back on track.
Starting pichting is not our problem as is evident so far this season. Fuentes is not the answer. Back in December we "concentrated" on signing Tex and let Frankie get away and sign with the Mets. It should have never happenned and should never have gotten that far. Give the GM a D- grade for his first year. For a good start, we have just brought up Fernando Rodriguez from Salt Lake and probably should bring up Trevor Bell from Arkansas. Mike Scioscia knows how to grow pitchers, we should never have bought one. Put Fuentes in a setup roll and let the two youngsters fight it out. The results could be surprising.
Hey Lyle,
Seems that Lackey will pitch in Salt Lake for four innings on Tuesday (5 May). The Triple-A team is at home 4-7 May, hits the road 8-11 May, then back home again 12-19. Any chance we'll get to see Santana pitch in Salt Lake, or is he going to stay in California?
I'd sure enjoy seeing "Magic" again. . .BeesGal
If you ask me, the Angels starters have been fantastic and when you look at what they have been through and who they are you really couldnt ask for much more, even from the regulars. These guys have stepped up and have been consistently keeping the Angels in the game and giving them ample opportunities to win games, its unfortunate that the offense was missing in the first couple weeks and the bullpen has been unreliable and inconsistent at best. I think Otega, Loux, Palmer, and even Oliver are the main reason the Angels season has not been a complete disaster, disappointing so far, but they are far from out of it. Knowing Lackey and Santana are so close to coming back and the starting rotation is only going to get better, this season is already looking like its starting to turn around. I know Soc will get the bullpen back to where it has always been, he is one of the best things to have happened to this organizations in the more than 20 years Ive been an Angels Fan, so I am not sweating it(yet).


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