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Men's Stroke Risk Rises Dramatically in Mid-40s
And the contributing factors are often those seen in older patients, study finds
THURSDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- The odds of having a stroke seem to spike up when men reach their mid-40s.
And the risks associated with stroke even at this earlier age are startlingly similar to the risk factors seen in older patients, a new study found.
"Silent strokes" -- which have no obvious symptoms but can cause residual damage -- are also common in this younger group of men, researchers reported Feb. 26 in the journal Stroke.
"The risk factors are most of the ones we start thinking about in older people -- mostly cholesterol, but also smoking, high blood pressure and diabetes. So that's something we need to start looking at, at a younger age," said Dr. Michael Palm, assistant professor of neuroscience
and experimental therapeutics and internal medicine at the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine.
"If we wait till 50, many of these risk factors are already fairly well established and causing problems," he said.
Since many of these risk factors are modifiable, "there is a need for developing aggressive primary prevention strategies," added Dr. Jukka Putaala, lead author of the new study. "The optimal target group for primary prevention interventions [especially among men] could perhaps be 35 to 44 years."
The phenomenon of silent strokes in younger men also needs to be explored, Putaala said, because such "subclinical" strokes are associated with a high risk of later strokes as well as cognitive decline in older people.
Putaala and colleagues at Helsinki University Central Hospital in Finland evaluated more than 1,000 patients aged 15 to 49 who had been admitted to the hospital between 1994 and 2007 with an ischemic stroke, which is caused by a blocked blood vessel.
As expected, the occurrence of stroke increased dramatically with age. Females were more likely to have a stroke among people under the age of 30, while males predominated starting at about age 44.
Sixty percent of stroke patients had high cholesterol, 44 percent smoked and 39 percent had hypertension, the researchers found.
"It was commonly understood that people who have strokes when they're young have a different set of causes than people when they're older," said Dr. Roger Bonomo, director of stroke care at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. "This is identifying a trend toward [risk factors] becoming more like older people in men in their 40s."
But, Bonomo cautioned, the new study was done with a specific population in Finland, and the findings may not pertain so closely to other groups of people.
A second study in the same issue of the journal found that feeling sleepy during the day appears to increase the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease among healthy older people.
Some 10 percent to 30 percent of older adults report having daytime sleepiness, according to the French researchers who did the study.
Among a group of more than 9,000 people aged 65 or over, excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) was linked with a 33 percent increased risk of dying. Both loud snorers and non-snorers with EDS had an increased risk in mortality. There was no link between excessive daytime sleepiness and dying of cancer.
"This is important, because I think the general physician doesn't always take [EDS] into account," said Dr. John Erwin III, associate professor of internal medicine at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine and a senior staff cardiologist with Scott & White Hospital in Temple.
"We're taught in medical school that the need for sleep becomes less as people age. The science over the last few years is pointing us away from that, and we see quite a few patients in clinic that complain of this. This probably underscores the need to be more aggressive in referring patients to sleep clinics," he said.
The possibility that sleepiness is an indication of depression also needs to be explored, Erwin said, because depression is associated with a higher risk for heart disease.


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In Brazil, the first TAPDA occurred in São Paulo in 2017 with eight participants.
This was the first programme within the international scheme to target unemployed people – and five of them went on to obtain employment soon afterwards.
The program was designed by Sérgio Caballero, who also acted as facilitator, and Jeffersonn Moraes, who acted as an evaluator of the reports of the participants.
"I'm thrilled by the way TAPDA has taken place in Brazil and for its rewarding purpose. I was lucky to be able to attend the awards ceremony and hear directly about how the AT contributed to the well-being of the participants. It was very good to verify the impact of this social action of TA. I congratulate Sergio and Jeff for their efforts and look forward to the next." said Julie.
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USR ministers rejected by the parliamentary committees. Drula, the only one who got a favorable opinion
By Romania Journal Last updated Oct 19, 2021
The ministers proposed by the appointed prime minister Dacian Cioloş were heard on Tuesday in the specialized parliamentary commissions and they were all rejected, except for Catalin Drula, who, due to a loophole, managed to secure a favorable opinion.
The opinion of the committees is consultative, and the vote on the list of ministers and the governing program will take place on Wednesday.
Cristian Ghinea, the proposal for the Ministry of European Investments and Projects received a negative opinion. There were 7 votes "for", 13 votes "against" and 8 abstentions. Also, Cristina Prună, the proposal for the Ministry of Energy, was rejected by the parliamentarians from the commission. There were 14 votes in favor, 27 against and 12 abstentions.
Alin Stoica, the former prefect of the Capital, proposed for the Ministry of Interior in the Cioloș Government, was also rejected at the vote of the commissions. There were 19 votes "for" a negative opinion, 13 abstentions and 5 votes "against".
Cătălin Drulă, the proposal for the Ministry of Transport, received 8 votes as favorable opinion, 7 abstentions and 12 for the negative opinion. "The opinion is positive if the proposal for a negative opinion fell to the vote", Cătălin Drulă explained after the hearings. As the proposal for a negative opinion was not voted on by a majority of the members of the committee, the chairman of the Commission considered the opinion to be positive.
The former deputy PM Dan Barna, nominated to take over the Foreign Affairs portfolio, also got a negative opinion, with 11 votes in favor, 20 against and four abstentions.
Monica Berescu, the USR proposal for the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization received a negative opinion in the specialized commissions as well. There were 17 votes "for", 17 "against" and 8 abstentions. Nicu Fălcoi, the proposal for the Ministry of Defense, also received a negative opinion.The Minister proposed for the Culture portfolio, Iulia Popovici, received a negative opinion from the committees of the Parliament. There were four votes "for", nine "against" and seven abstentions. Also, the proposal for the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Tudor Pop, received a negative opinion. There were nine votes in favor, 12 against and four abstentions.
In retort, USR complained that a new USL (PSD-PNL) majority has taken shape" in Parliament, as the PSD and PNL lawmakers were 'hand in hand' in rejected the candidates for the minister positions proposed in the Ciolos Cabinet. Yet, USR said it "would go all the way with these nominations for a government is needed as soon as possible".
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Neuburg is een klein dorp in de Duitse deelstaat Nedersaksen. Het dorp maakt deel uit van de gemeente Detern in de Landkreis Leer in Oost-Friesland. Het ligt in het uiterste oosten van de gemeente, tegen de grens met de Landkreis Ammerland.

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216B.465 216B.48
Cooperative power associations
1994 216B.47 Amended 1994 c 610 s 1
216B.47 ACQUISITION BY EMINENT DOMAIN.
Nothing in this chapter may be construed to preclude a municipality from acquiring the property of a public utility by eminent domain proceedings; provided that damages to be paid in eminent domain proceedings must include the original cost of the property less depreciation, loss of revenue to the utility, expenses resulting from integration of facilities, and other appropriate factors. A municipality seeking to acquire the property of a public utility in eminent domain proceedings may not acquire the right to furnish electric service during the pendency of the proceedings through the use of section 117.042 but may petition the commission under section 216B.44 for service rights. For purposes of this section, a public utility includes a cooperative electric association.
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Cyriel Paul Coupé (né le  à Moerbeke – mort le  à Saint-Nicolas), est un écrivain et poète belge d'expression néerlandaise, connu sous le pseudonyme d'Anton van Wilderode.

Il a été ordonné prêtre le , et a obtenu un diplôme en philologie classique à l'université catholique de Louvain. De 1946 jusqu'à sa retraite en 1982, il a travaillé comme professeur à Saint-Nicolas au Séminaire Mineur de St. Joseph. Parmi ses élèves figuraient Paul Snoek et Tom Lanoye.

Il a fait ses débuts littéraires en 1939, avec la nouvelle Dis al (« C'est tout ») dans le magazine Nederland. Ses débuts comme poète suivront en 1943, avec le recueil de poèmes De moerbeitoppen ruischten.

Il a été cofondateur du magazine Podium (1943-1944). En 1947, il devient rédacteur en chef de Dietsche Warande en Belfort.

Sa poésie est caractérisée par l'utilisation d'une forme poétique traditionnelle et un langage clair, combiné avec un style romantique. Il a par ailleurs écrit de nombreux poèmes de circonstance, pour des occasions spéciales et des rassemblements, tels que les pèlerinages annuels à la Tour de l'Yser, ainsi que des scénarios pour la télévision.

Van Wilderode fut également actif comme traducteur, transposant dans sa langue maternelle plusieurs œuvres notamment de Virgile (les Bucoliques, les Géorgiques et l'Énéide) et d'Horace (diverses poésies), ainsi qu'une tragédie de Sophocle.

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 Dis al (1939)
 De moerbeitoppen ruisten (1943)
 Herinnering en gezang (1946)
 Najaar van Hellas (1947)
 Het land der mensen (1952)
 Het herdertje van Pest (1957)
 Bloemlezing (1958)
 De antikwaar, dramatique télévisuelle (1959)
 Filip De Pillecyn (1960)
 Vergilius' Aeneis 1-6 (1962)
 De dag van Eden (1964)
 André Demedts (1965)
 Sint-Niklaas en het Land van Waas (1967)
 Maria moeder (1967)
 De dubbelfluit (1968)
 Dier-bare poëzie : gedichten over dieren (1971)
 Het groot jaargetijdenboek (1971)
 Vergilius' Bucolica (1971)
 Vergilius' Aeneis 7-12 (1971)
 Verzamelde gedichten 1943-1973 (1974)
 Vergilius' Georgica (1975)
 Gedichten (1976)
 Dorp zonder ouders (1978)
 Albert Van Dyck (1978)
 Vergilius' Bucolica, Georgica, Aeneis (1978)
 Circus (1979)
 Verzamelde gedichten (1980)
 Gustaaf Van Loon (1980)
 Gies Cosyns (1981)
 Jan De Smedt (1981)
 En het woord was bij God : 500 religieuze gedichten uit de Nederlandse letterkunde (1981)
 De overoever (1981)
 Luisteren naar fluisteren (1981)
 Moerbeke-Waas toen en thans (1982)
 Het land van amen (1983)
 Daar is maar één land dat mijn land kan zijn (1983)
 Zingend brons (1983)
 Een tent van tamarinde (1985)
 De vlinderboom (1985)
 De dag begint bij een puin : IJzerbedevaarten in verzen (1985)
 Dienstbaar het woord (1985)
 Herman Jacobs, kunstschilder (1986)
 En het dorp zal duren (1986)
 Het tweede jaargetijdenboek (1987)
 Op hoop van vrede (1988)
 Zachtjes, mijn zoon ligt hier (1988)
 Liederen uit mijn landhuis : 50 gedichten van Horatius (1988)
 Het hart op de tong : romantische verhalen uit de 19de eeuw (1990)
 Het sierlijke bestaan der steden (1990)
 De zeven slapers (1991)
 Poedersneeuw (1991)
 Apostel na de twaalf (1991)
 Brugge Brugge (1992)
 Een plek voor louter klaarte (1993)
 In al begonnen Vrede (1993)
 Ex libris (1994)
 De aarde van mijn geheugen : Europees huldeboek (1994)
 Cortewalle (1994)
 Het zonnelied of het loflied der schepselen (1995)
 Het oudste geluk (1995)
 Barmhartig hout : 30 middeleeuwse misericordes (1996)
 Buitengaats (1996)
 Tweegelui (1997)
 Hout op snee (1997)
 Het beeld van de dichter (1998)
 De dag sneeuwt dicht : herfst- en wintergedichten (1998)
 Jan Hoogsteyns (1998)
 Reizend naar het licht : de mooiste religieuze poëzie (1999)
 Volledig dichtwerk'' (1999)

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Écrivain belge néerlandophone
Écrivain catholique belge
Écrivain belge du XXe siècle
Poète belge du XXe siècle
Traducteur belge du XXe siècle
Prêtre catholique belge
Étudiant de l'université catholique de Louvain (1834-1968)
Naissance en juin 1918
Naissance dans la province de Flandre-Orientale
Décès en juin 1998
Décès à Saint-Nicolas (Flandre-Orientale)
Décès à 79 ans


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MAYOR Peter Davies stormed out of a public meeting to discuss the proposed closure of a Doncaster library last night after accusing political opponents of "hijacking" the event.
Over 150 people crammed into the Phoenix Theatre in Bawtry to quiz Mr Davies about plans to shut the town's 57-year-old library in Doncaster Road.
It comes after Doncaster Council bosses announced the number of libraries in the borough could be reduced from 26 to 14 as part of drastic cost-cutting measures.
Angry residents described the library as "the heart of the community" and said closing the building would be a huge blow for villagers of all ages.
They believe Bawtry is well used compared to other Doncaster libraries and questioned the criteria system used by the council to identify which facilities should close.
Mr Davies repeatedly told the meeting he did not want to close any of the borough's libraries - but insisted the council's enforced £80million budget cuts meant there was no alternative.
However, he drew howls of derision from audience members after admitting he did not know where Bawtry Library was and that he had never borrowed books from Doncaster's library service.
But the meeting descended into chaos - despite the best efforts of chair Vivian Wilcox to restore calm - after two of the mayor's political opponents took to the floor towards the end of the 80 minute discussion.
Phil Cole, spokesman for Don Valley MP Caroline Flint, rejected Mr Davies's claims the library cuts had received cross party support from Doncaster councillors and called the mayor "disingenuous". Mr Cole said his wife was not at the meeting because she was attending a discussion about forests.
The pair traded insults before Unison union chief Jim Board, who the mayor refused to speak to, talked about the wider implications of jobs cuts for people across the borough.
With several people speaking at the same time, Mr Davies decided to grab his coat and walk out - accusing Mr Cole and Mr Board of hijacking the meeting as he left.
The proposals are set to be discussed by the mayor and his cabinet at a Mansion House meeting tomorrow morning before a final decision is made by full council on February 21.


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BOGOR, Indonesia — They're green. They're flowery.
And to many of the insects that ravage crops in Africa, they're deadly.
Call it a "back to nature" approach to pest management: With infestations still threatening the food security of many smallholder farmers in Africa and global demand growing for produce free of synthetic pesticides, researchers say it is high time to tap African farmers' knowledge of naturally occurring pesticides to make such botanical solutions efficient, affordable and accessible.
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"Current pest management technologies are not accessible to those who need them," said Phosiso Sola, Senior Scientist at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). "Those pesticides that get to smallholder farmers are often out of date or adulterated."
Sola is the lead author of a new study on botanical pesticides in Africa, which makes the case for deeper investment in plant-based products.
She pointed out that up to 30 percent of crop yields were lost before harvesting and during storage in sub-Saharan Africa because farmers cannot protect them adequately from parasites.
Meanwhile, synthetic pesticides pose health risks to their users and may shut them off from lucrative export markets such as Europe and the U.S., where regulations on chemical residues are getting stricter, the publication notes.
OF DOUBT AND WITCHCRAFT
In this context, the authors see botanical products as an attractive alternative: "The high diversity of African plant species with pesticidal properties and existing indigenous use of such plants by resource-poor farmers suggest that there is scope for developing a strong market that meets local as well as international demand for more ecologically benign pest control," they write.
Yet despite their appeal, botanical pesticides are currently underdeveloped in Africa.
"Studies show that many more farmers know about them than use them — by deduction, there is a certain amount of doubt," said Philip Stevenson, a professor of plant chemistry at the University of Greenwich's Natural Resources Institute and a co-author of the paper.
"The main reason is that synthetic pesticides are promoted more effectively and farmers think they are more efficient — which includes a part of misinformation when you realize the resistance to them that has been building up," Stevenson added. He also mentioned the influence of some religious groups who denounce the use of plants as witchcraft.
LOW TECH = LOW EFFECTIVENESS?
Many botanical pesticides are currently used in a low-tech way, with farmers growing or collecting selected plants and using their flowers, leaves or bark in crude form to combat infestations of insects or fungi in crops. Such traditional techniques yield inconsistent results, which has contributed to reinforcing the image of botanicals as less reliable than synthetic pesticides.
Botanical pesticides produced on a commercial basis by smallholder farmers could increase household incomes, and if used could increase food security by reducing yield losses
Phosiso Sola
This gap is where science is now needed to turn plant-based products into a viable alternative, according to Stevenson. "We don't need research to find new plant species — we have enough — but rather to learn how to grow and use them more efficiently and sustainably," he said.
While researchers noted a complete lack of interest for botanicals among the multinationals that currently produce synthetic pesticides, they remarked that Chinese and Indian companies had successfully converted some tropical plants such as neem into commercial sprays.
They believe there is a middle ground for researchers and commercial investors to develop plant-based products in Africa, for use by African farmers.
The paper analyzes examples of well-known botanical pesticides such as pyrethrum, an insecticidal flower grown in East Africa that generates significant export revenues for the region's local farmers. Inefficiency and financial problems at the Kenyan state-owned monopoly that processed pyrethrum had triggered the industry's decline, according to the study, but there are now opportunities for private investors to revive it.
The tephrosia shrub is also known across Africa to kill insects. A more scientific approach to its use could help farmers select the best varieties and the most efficient techniques to draw insecticide from its leaves.
"It would be possible to produce plant material and pack it in tea-bag-like containers so that farmers can make their own extract without having to grow it or dry the leaves, thus creating business for entrepreneurs," Stevenson said. Such cheap insecticide, he said, could become the first ever accessible to some smallholder farmers in poorer regions of sub-Saharan Africa.
NO POLICY FRAMEWORK
To enable such developments, researchers highlight the need for African governments to adapt existing regulations designed with botanical pesticides in mind.
"There is no policy framework for the production and distribution of botanicals. It's very difficult to conduct the research to bring them to market," Sola said.
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While some countries such as Kenya have moved to adapt registration requirements more specific to each type of pesticide, in most countries the cost is often too high for potential local producers of botanicals.
For example, "while synthetic products have a simple list of chemical contents, plant products include multiple chemicals, and you cannot begin to conduct toxicology studies on each of them," Stevenson said.
Researchers say African governments could foster vibrant domestic industries by opening simpler avenues to support botanicals value chains — including incentives for conservation where their collection or cultivation may threaten forests, as in the case of promising species found in the wild such as species of Lippia and Securidaca.
"Botanical pesticides produced on a commercial basis by smallholder farmers could increase household incomes, and if used could increase food security by reducing yield losses," Sola said.
Not to mention the export of low-residue fruit and vegetables so eagerly sought by Western consumers.
Read also Botanical pesticide production, trade and regulatory mechanisms in sub-Saharan Africa
For more information about the topics of this research, please contact Phosiso Sola at p.sola@cgiar.org.
This research was funded by the European Commission and forms part of the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry.
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Topic(s) : Food security
Keyword(s) : Africa agriculture botany East Africa farming pesticides Philip Stevenson Phosiso Sola tephrosia University of Greenwich
Location: Africa
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Imagine having 4 feet of flood waters receding from your home. Now that the storm is over you have to start assessing the damage and cleaning up, but you can't go to Target or Wal Mart to get your supplies. They were hit by the floods too, just about every store was. And if you have a baby the Red Cross doesn't have diapers to give to you. Enter Operation Airdrop Hurricane Harvey!
Operation Airdrop (OAD) https://www.operation-airdrop.com started just in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey as an effort by two pilots, we'd like to call them fellow Avgeeks, John Clay Wolfe and Doug Jackson. Wolfe is a Dallas metro area iheart radio personality and Jackson are friends who both felt the need to do something to help these people.
Well, you're a pilot and I'm a pilot, why don't we fly some stuff down?' I've got this radio network, we ought to use it for some good. What if we organized a bunch of pilots and mimic that Cajun Navy thing, but do it with airplanes?" Credit: Flying Magazine They promoted their efforts on the radio and facebook to the General Aviation community and the response has been overwhelming. Fans at the Thunder over Michigan Airshow were asked to help fill two C-47s with over 20,000 pounds of relief supplies.
Operation Airdrop pilots are bringing new meaning to the phrase "weekend warrior." OAD pilots have volunteered their time, flying skills and aircraft to generate a massive relief effort. In the tradition of the cajun navy a group of over 200 civilian pilots have joined together forming a massive coordinated relief effort. To date Operation Airdrop has completed over 400 flights, delivering over 250,000 pounds of supplies in difficult to reach areas of hurricane stricken South Texas.
Operation Airdrop started by using aircraft to bring immediate short-term relief to hardest hit areas after Harvey in Texas by targeting isolated areas with small airports along the Texas Gulf Coast. Since that time OAD has expanded its mission to deliver assistance to Florida and Puerto Rico in the wake of hurricanes Irma & Maria. To accomplish this critical feat OAD is actively developing strategic relationships with the military, government leaders, and other relief organizations such as the Texas Baptist Men, Salvation Army, Texas Navy & Cajun Air Force. The FAA has also been very cooperative in this effort. OAD pilots even have their own sqawk code.
Papa Johns Pizza to relief workers and first responders.
One account from KCXO, Conroe, TX stated, " Dozens of pilots landed their planes in the airport and personnel from The Salvation Army helped unload pounds of diapers and baby materials, toiletries and sleeping bags to distribute to storm victims." OAD also had help from some extra muscle on the ramp at KBMT, Beaumont Municipal Airport from the Army and Air Force troops working there.
This effort is being sustained by volunteer pilots. The organization's facebook page and website have a link https://www.operation-airdrop.com/pilot-intake for pilots and or aircraft owners to fill out a form and a member of the operations team will make immediate contact. OAD pilots have been flying in supplies from all over the U.S. and Mexico. And they have been flying in a myriad of aircraft including everything from Cessna 152s, Pilatus PC-12's to Beechjets and the venerable DC-3. The group's heavy lifter is a WWII era DC-3 cargo aircraft painted with invasion stripes and still serving in a critical role.
The team Operation Airdrop assembled has put a lot of work into building a seamless operation. Pilots fly into coordinated donation centers/depots to load up. There they get a weather briefing and coordinated instructions for flying into the Houston TFR. The aircraft are fueled and sent on their way. Upon landing at the relief field the aircraft is downloaded by the waiting volunteers. Supplies are distributed. Then the aircraft is re-fueled for its next run.
The impact Operation Airdrop has been able to deliver has already been recognized at the highest levels of government as an, "untapped strategic national resource." It's hard to believe what this group of volunteer aviators and support personnel have accomplished in a matter of days.
Operation Airdrop has now turned its resources toward Florida and Puerto Rico and is coordinating a continuing volunteer pilot relief effort. Radio host John Clay & founder of Operation Airdrop shared that Saturday morning OAD hosted an on air relief pitch with Pudge Rodriguez. Pudge is Puerto Rican and a retired major league baseball catcher who played for the Texas Rangers and the Florida Marlins winning the World Series in 2003. Clay said, "We had Pudge on the show," asking for donations, "and man they came in!" The donated supplies included 16, 600kW generators for Puerto Rico.
or at their website https://www.operation-airdrop.com.


OPPO going to launch their best value for money Android Smartphone Oppo Realme 3 Pro at 22 April.
OPPO Realme 3 Pro comes with a 6.3 inches Full HD IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, with a resolution of 1080×2340 pixels. Realme 3 Pro is powered by a Powerful Snapdragon 710 processor coupled with 8 GB RAM couple with 128GB Storage. The Phone packs with Dual 16 MP + 5 MP rear & 25MP selfie Camera.
6.3 inche FHD+ IPS LCD 19.5:9 Notch Display.
Qualcomm SDM710 Snapdragon 710 processor.
6 GB RAM & 128 GB ROM or 4 GB RAM & 64 GB ROM.
Dual 16 MP + 5MP Primary and 25MP front camera.
Non-removable Li-Ion 4045 mAh battery.
USB Type-C with Fast Charging.
Realme,s CEO confirmed the new Oppo Realme 3 Pro will Fortnite at 60fps. So it is clear 3 Pro will be a gaming smartphone as a budget smartphone. The phone sport at Geekbench single core score 1483 & multi core score 5900. Other features is Bluetooth 5.0, 5GHz Wi-Fi, Big 4045 mAh battery, USB Type-C with fast charging support. The phone runs on Android Pie OS based on Colors OS 6.
Though yet to know about its price but we can gauche price will be near 16000 Indian Rupee. The phone will launch in India at 22 April at Delhi. Perhaps the phone will be available from 22 April at online & after next 1/2 days at offline store.


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42 West Virginians Got Antibodies Instead Of Vaccine
West Virginia Public Broadcasting | By Associated Press
Elise Amendola/AP
The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is seen, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia National Guard said 42 people on Wednesday were accidentally injected with antibodies to fight COVID-19 instead of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, WCHS-TV reported.
The injections of the Regeneron antibody product were given during a clinic hosted by the Boone County Health Department. The Guard said they do not believe there is any risk of harm to the 42 individuals who received the incorrect shot.
"The moment that we were notified of what happened, we acted right away to correct it, and we immediately reviewed and strengthened our protocols to enhance our distribution process to prevent this from happening again," Maj. Gen. James Hoyer, adjutant general of the West Virginia National Guard, said in a Thursday news release.
Everyone who received the incorrect shot has been contacted or is in the process of being contacted, according to the release. The state Department of Health and Human Resources will follow up with them, and they will be given priority status for getting the vaccine.
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The Associated Press is an American not-for-profit news agency. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association.
'We Cannot Afford Inaction': Biden Unveils $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Plan
West Virginians 70 And Older Now Eligible For Vaccination, Following Federal Recommendations
Governor Issues Executive Order Allowing In-Person School To Resume Next Week For K-8 Students
Biden To Speed Release Of Coronavirus Vaccines
State's New Mass Vaccination Sites Help Seniors Get Access Quicker
Why West Virginia's Winning The Race To Get COVID-19 Vaccine Into Arms
Justice Shares More Vaccine Plan Details for Elderly, As School Employees, Teachers Decry Reopening Timeline
West Virginia Hits 46 Deaths In One Day — A New Record, Health Officials Say


text:
layout:     post
title:      "Apotti-osaamista muutamilla marko(v)illa"
subtitle:   "koska Suomessahan hommat osataan"
date:       2015-09-09 10:00:00
header-img: "2015-09-09.jpg"
light-heading: true
langcode:    fi
categories:
  - politiikka
  - programming
tags:
  - markov chains
  - python
---

(This article is available only in Finnish, sorry)

Apotti-hanke on [saanut itselleen logon][logo]. Hyvä! Nyt voi paremmin markkinoida järjestelmää vaikka ulkomaillekin. Erityisosaamistakin ilmeisesti löytyy, aivan kuin [logon][logo-dt] [suunnittelussa][logo-fb]:

> Apotti-hanke on 10 vuoden puolella. Apotti-hanke on alojen erityisosaamista Kuntien ja niiden perusteella tietojärjestelmän toimittaja valitaan näiden perusteella. Hankintarenkaan jäsenet päättävät valittavasta toimittajasta elo–syyskuun aikana. Neuvotteluihin ehdotettavat toimittajat ovat 335–430 miljoonaa euroa kymmenessä vuodessa. Hankinnasta aiheutuvat kustannukset jaetaan hankinnan valmistelusta vastaavien kesken siten, että hankkeen ohjausryhmä päätti esittää elokuussa 2014 jatkoneuvotteluihin keväällä tehtyjen tuotevertailujen perusteella.

Asiakastietojen reaaliaikaisuus palvelu- ja toimintaa kehitetään:

> Kevään 2013 ja terveydenhuollon palveluja ja siten asiakastietojen reaaliaikaisuus palvelu- ja toimintaa kehitetään. Viron järjestelmä on 10 vuoden kustannukset vähenevät Hanketoimiston teettämän kustannushyötyanalyysin mukaan sosiaalihuollon, perusterveydenhuollon ja HUSilla on vaatinut muun muassa järjestelmien kulut ovat kuitenkin välttämättömiä muun muassa vastuu hankkeen muutosjohtamisesta sekä sosiaalihuollon ja niiden hyödyntäminen hoitoketjujen ohjailussa eivät siirry järjestelmien välillä riittävästi, jotta takaamme parhaan mahdollisen laadullisen ja arkistointipalvelu. "Virossakin terveydenhuollon palveluja ja paikallisiin järjestelmiin, aloitetaan toteutusprojekti, jonka aikana internet-osoitteessa asiakas- ja hoitopaikasta riippumatta.

Kustannusrakenne on tiedossa:

> Apotin nykyinen kustannusrakenne. "Investoinnin arvioidaan olevan noin 350‒450 miljoonaa euroa 10 vuodessa" Iivanainen jatkaa. Päällekkäiset kustannukset jaetaan hankinnan laajuus muuttuu ja potilastietojärjestelmä vaan esimerkiksi käyttäjämäärän perusteella. Tällä hetkellä käytössä olevaa erillistä järjestelmää käytössä. Asiakas- ja kohdelleet tarjoajia yhdenvertaisesti.

Mutta ilmeisesti kaikki eivät silti ole tyytyväisiä:

> Valitukset ovat muodostaneet hankintarenkaan. Hankintarenkaaseen kuuluu muun muassa vastuu hankkeen ohjausryhmä esittää, että kansainvälisissä hankkeissa. Tehtävään hän tulee tarjouspyynnön lisäksi varsinaisen potilastietojärjestelmän", Iivanainen "Kyseessä on alojen erityisosaamista Kuntien ja terveydenhuollon palveluja ja HUS päättävät tarjousten jättämisen jälkeen hankkeen muutosjohtamisesta sekä KL-Kuntahankinnat Oy omien päätöksentekomekanismiensa mukaisesti joulukuun aikana.

Mutta onhan juridiikan ammattilaisia sentään mukana:

> Mikäli päätöskierros sujuu ongelmitta, sopimus tulevan toimittajan kanssa käydään syksyllä toinen neuvottelukierros sekä HUS edustaa sosiaalitoimen ja potilaiden palvelujen parantua. Siihen kuuluu myös asiakas- ja Epic Systems Corporation sekä juridiikan ammattilaisia. Hankkeen johtoon tulee erityisesti laadullisista tekijöistä kuten paremmasta asiakas- ja Epicin tekemää muutosta teknologiavalintaansa sekä sopimuksen viimeistelyn jälkeen.

Ja näin joitakin toimijoita "hyllytettiin":

> Markkinaoikeus hylkäsi CGI:n Apotti-hankintaan liittyvät valitukset, jotka Apotin syksyn 2014 alkaviin neuvotteluihin valitaan vuoden 2013 ja kokoluokaltaan vastaavista asiakas- ja sopimuksen viimeistelyn jälkeen. Lopullinen päätös hankinnasta tehdään sen ohjauksen. Siihen kuuluu myös niiltä osin, että olemme toimineet hankintamenettelyn aikana ja huhtikuussa 2015. Tarjouspyyntö liitteineen sisältää hieman vajaat 2000 sivua käsittävän asiakirja-aineiston ja potilastietojärjestelmä Viro on vaatinut muun muassa hankintamenettelyn aikana.

Selvästi otsan kirkkaudella havaitaan, että hyvähän tästä tulee, ja säästöjäkin:

> Apotti-hankintarenkaan jäsenet Helsinki, Vantaa, Kauniainen, Kirkkonummi ja terveyslautakunnassa 24.3., Vantaan apulaiskaupunginjohtaja Laura Räty. Apotti-hankkeen ohjausryhmä ehdottaa, että myös niiltä osin, että se mahdollistaa nykyistä alhaisemmat. Aiemmin esillä ollut 1,2‒1,8 miljardin euron hanke, jonka osapuolina ovat aakkosjärjestyksessä: Atos IT Solutions and Services Oy, Epic Systems Corporation jättivät molemmat tarjouksensa määräaikaan 22. kesäkuuta klo 12.00 mennessä. Hyvin laajoja tarjousdokumentteja aletaan nyt jatkamaan hankintaa sekä vuosittaisista käyttö- ja potilaiden palvelujen parantua. Siihen kuuluu myös toimivat sähköisen asioinnin palvelut ja HUSin tietojen kanssa. Muut kunnat ja HUSin kesken. Kunkin kunnan osuus lasketaan asukaslukunsa mukaisessa suhteessa ja kustannustehokkaamman sosiaalihuollon, perusterveydenhuollon ja hinnan perusteella.

Lopullisen tarjouspyynnön hyväksyminen:

> Kevään 2013 loppuun Hankinta tehdään muun muassa hankintamenettelyn ulkopuolelle suljetun Tieto Healthcare & Welfare Oy. Osallistumishakemuksen jättänyt Indra Sistemas S.A ja HUSin yhteinen tietojärjestelmä. Se kattaa n. 1,6 miljoonan asukkaan väestön. Järjestelmä korvaa noin 350‒450 miljoonaa euroa 10 eri järjestelmää ja Sitra. Siinä arvioitiin modernin potilastietojärjestelmän toimittajiksi. Neuvotteluihin ehdotettavat toimittajat ovat 49 miljoonaa euroa vuodelta eli Apotti-hankinnan lopullisen tarjouspyynnön hyväksyminen käsitellään hankintarenkaan päätöksentekoelimissä seuraavasti: HUS:n ja käyttöönottovaiheeseen suunnitellusti", toteaa Apotin hankejohtaja Hannu Välimäki. Hankintaa valmistelemaan on yhteistyösopimuksella perustettu.

## Kyllä, tämä artikkeli on vitsi

Luin eilen [Lilja Tammisen][liljat] artikkelin [Apotti-järjestelmään][liljat-apotti] liittyen. Olen seurannut aihetta väljästi sen pari vuotta kun se on ajoittain ollut pinnalla. Vilkaise esim. [agile.fi:n artikkeli Apotti-järjestelmästä][agile-apotti].

Tämän artikkelin tarkoituksena on viestittää Apotti-hankkeeseen liittyvää absurdiutta. Artikkelin lainaukset eivät ole todellisia lainauksia mistään; ne on luotu käyttämällä [Markovin ketjuja][markovin-ketju] ([Markov chain][markov-chain]), joiden avulla annetusta tekstiaineistosta voi tuottaa päällisin puolin järkevän näköistä tekstiä, jossa ei kuitenkaan käytännössä ole juurikaan järkevää sisältöä...samoin kuin vaikuttaisi olevan Apotti-järjestelmän suhteen.

## Kuinka lainaukset on sitten luotu

[Markovin ketju][markovin-ketju]jen ideana on tuottaa input-aineistosta output-aineistoa suhteellisen yksinkertaisen logiikan perusteella: valitaan tarkasteluyksiköt ja "muisti" (engl. (Markov) order/memory) eli kuinka monen tarkasteluyksikön halutaan vaikuttavan output-aineistoon. Jos tarkasteluyksiköinä ovat sanat (kuten tämän artikkelin lainausten generoinnissa) ja muistina (order) on 1 niin prosessi on seuraava:

1. Valmistelu: kerää haluttu lähdeaineisto (engl. corpus) (tässä artikkelissa: [Apotti-tiedotteet][tiedotteet])
2. Käy aineisto (ohjelmallisesti) läpi niin, että aloitetaan lähdeaineiston ensimmäisestä tarkasteluyksiköstä (tässä: sanasta) X ja katsotaan eteenpäin yhden sanan verran (Y) ja taulukoidaan mitä sanoja (Y) sanan X jälkeen esiintyy lähdeaineistossa. Tämän jälkeen tehdään sama tarkastelu niin, että X:nä on lähdeaineiston järjestyksessä toinen sana ja Y:nä kolmas, jne.
3. Kun aineisto on käyty läpi ja esiintyvyydet taulukoitu, valitaan lähdeaineistosta joku satunnainen sana (Z) ja aloitetaan uuden tekstin generointi: seuraava sana generoidaan katsomalla vaiheessa 2 laaditusta taulukosta mitä sanoja sanan Z jälkeen on lähdeaineistossa esiintynyt ja mikäli vaihtoehtoja on useita, valitaan niistä satunnaisesti joku.
4. Vaiheen 3 prosessia jatketaan kunnes on saatu aikaan halutun mittainen teksti.

## Lähdeaineisto (corpus)

Kuten edellä välillisesti jo viitattu, käytin lähdeaineistona [Apotti-hankeryhmän virallisia tiedotteita][tiedotteet] aikaväliltä 6.9.2012-23.6.2015. [Lataa tiedoteaineisto](/files/apotti-tiedotteet_20120906-20150623.txt) yhdessä tiedostossa tekstimuodossa.

## Ohjelmakoodia

Generointiin käytetty ohjelmakoodi on esitetty alla. Koodipätkä on muokattu [Shabda Raaj][raaj]'n artikkelissa esitetystä muuttamalla ohjelman Markov-muisti kahdesta sanasta yhteen. Näin siksi, että Suomen kielen sijapäätteistä johtuen Apotti-tiedoteaineisto ei olisi riittävän laaja, jotta kahden sanan muistilla saataisiin aikaan muuta kuin jokseenkin alkuperäisen tekstin mukaisia virkkeitä.

### Markov-moduuli

Mikäli haluat kokeilla ohjelmaa, tallenna tämä listaus nimellä `markovgen.py`

{% highlight python %}
#!/usr/bin/python3
# -*- coding: utf8 -*-

import random

class Markov(object):

	def __init__(self, open_file):
		self.cache = {}
		self.open_file = open_file
		self.words = self.file_to_words()
		self.word_size = len(self.words)
		self.database()

	def file_to_words(self):
		self.open_file.seek(0)
		data = self.open_file.read()
		words = data.split()
		return words

	def doubles(self):
		if len(self.words) < 2:
			return

		for i in range(len(self.words) - 1):
			yield (self.words[i], self.words[i+1])

	def database(self):
		for w1, w2 in self.doubles():
			key = (w1)
			if key in self.cache:
				self.cache[key].append(w2)
			else:
				self.cache[key] = [w2]

	def generate_markov_text(self, size=25):
		seed = random.randint(0, self.word_size-2)
		seed_word = self.words[seed]
		w1 = seed_word
		gen_words = []
		for i in range(size):
			gen_words.append(w1)
			w1 = random.choice(self.cache[(w1)])
		gen_words.append(w1)
		return ' '.join(gen_words)
{% endhighlight %}

### Pääohjelma

Ja tallenna tämä pääohjelma vaikkapa nimellä `apotti-markov.py`

{% highlight python %}
#!/usr/bin/python3
# -*- coding: utf8 -*-

import markovgen as mg

f = open('apotti-tiedotteet_20120906-20150623.txt', 'r')
m = mg.Markov(f)
m.generate_markov_text(500)
{% endhighlight %}

### Ohjelman suorittaminen

Tarvitset koneen, jossa on Python3-tulkki asennettuna. Mac-koneista löytynee valmiiksi, samoin Linux-koneista. Windows-koneisiin [Python täytyy asentaa erikseen][python].

Suorita ohjelma seuraavasti:

1. Avaa komentorivi-ikkuna siinä kansiossa, johon tallensit tiedostot (`tiedotteet.txt`, `markovgen.py` ja `apotti-markov.py`)
2. Suorita seuraava komento: `python3 apotti-markov.py`

Muuttelemalla ohjelmakoodin riviä `m.generate_markov_text(500)` saat generoitua eri suuruisia määriä tekstiä.

## Huomioita

Generoituani "sitaattitekstin" tätä artikkelia varten, poistin siitä tekstin alkuun ja loppuun tyypillisesti jäävät vaillinaiset/keskeneräiset virkkeet. Kappalejaon lisäsin myös käsin ja jonkun yksittäisen kappaleen loppun tulevan pisteen. Muuten teksti on "sitaateissa" suoraan Markov-ketjun lähdeaineistosta generoimaa.

Mikäli suoritat edellä listatun ohjelmakoodin samalla lähtöaineistolla, et silti saa samaa lopputulosta jonka itse sain. Tämä johtuu siitä, että prosessi ajetaan satunnaisilla lähtöarvoilla ja jokaista sanaa valitessa tehdään valinta seuraavasta sanasta (näennäis)satunnaisesti mahdollisten sanavaihtoehtojen joukosta.

## Lopetussanat

Apotti-järjestelmän kehittäminen 1960-luvulla kehitetyn tietojärjestelmän päälle tuntuu absurdille. Päälle päin näyttää ihan koherentilta, mutta kun alkaa sisältöä lukemaan, ei se loppupeleissä olekaan ehkä niin koherenttia kuin aluksi näytti. Vähän kuin tämän artikkelin "sitaatit".

## Credits

- Otsakkeen kuva: [caesararum][kuva] (Flickr, CC BY)

[logo]: http://www.hel.fi/hki/apotti/fi/Uutiset/Apotin-ilme-uudistuu
[liljat]: http://liljat.fi
[liljat-apotti]: http://liljat.fi/2015/09/apotti-on-terveydenhuollon-vaarantava-titanic/
[logo-fb]: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153121059863663&set=a.118467178662.100123.678328662&type=1
[logo-dt]: http://www.digitoday.fi/data/2015/09/14/apotti-logosta-eeppinen-myrsky-karmivimpia-vuosikymmeniin/201511880/66
[markovin-ketju]: https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markovin_ketju
[markov-chain]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_chain
[tiedotteet]: http://www.hel.fi/hki/apotti/fi/Medialle
[raaj]: http://agiliq.com/blog/2009/06/generating-pseudo-random-text-with-markov-chains-u/
[python]: https://www.python.org/downloads/
[kuva]: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29707865@N05/2780508266/in/photolist-5eGQeG-8CExD3-3yL2ur-6rmstp-eoKTfj-D2Gaj-c4Rw4G-cdx6N3-9bfGvL-5WksQ6-8xyKpN-5a3U9C-nGtSb-e1L6W4-bTci2-4nasi8-398sRb-cvL8q1-dpHVtD-8uts1c-6eBt8y-8xeJPs-4kQjs2-4CvS3s-7iNtsT-iqKpmj-hzfMXc-9Z1sVW-pqxcb-72j5yj-7JgWR3-4HmEfn-7A8Nn4-dM5ip5-pgt9dm-6xFWc6-3AG48-3PiCZ2-aLUUMe-d2LRVu-9bFkti-8CKsop-9C3cjy-gjAsrq-5kqub3-gvMnZ-7jf2C5-nXMLQ-821yG4-4vTpFL
[agile-apotti]: http://agile.fi/how-apotti-will-fail-and-how-to-save-it/

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Q: Difference between "for a long time" and "long time" For the following sentences:

*

*Alex has been my friend for a long time.

*Alex has been a long time friend of mine.

Do both of these sentences imply that "Alex" is still my friend?

A: The first sentence is fine, but the second sentence is not very idiomatic. The verb "has been" is usually followed by an expression describing a time interval, unless the interval is already understood by both parties to the conversation. The phrase "a long-time friend of mine" does not directly express a time interval, even though it implies one. I would rephrase the second sentence as

*

*Alex is a long-time friend of mine. (OK, but less common)

*Alex is an old friend of mine. (quite common)

*Alex and I are old friends. (concise, but less emphasis on time passing)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


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Arabesque (CD) music by Ruben Zahra 2008
(Soundscapes 2008)
The music of Ruben Zahra revisits the past in a spiral journey. The seeds of his compositions germinate within an ancient Mediterranean landscape to sprout and branch out towards the universal and contemporary expression. The encounter and tension between heritage and innovation are the most significant relationship in the music of Zahra. Arabesque features a selection of chamber music:
Arabesque for flute, clarinet & percussion
Constellations for solo piano
Spirall for flute & percussion
Mouse in the Machine for clarinet & piano
Logħba for brass quintet
Ġgantija 2013 (Book & CD) music by Mariella Cassar Cordina
(Ars Vitae 2013)
Ġgantija 2013 project is an interdisciplinary and collaborative project that was launched in June 2013 at Ġgantija Temples in Xagħra, Gozo. Mr Victor Agius (visual artist), Dr Mariella Cassar Cordina (composer) and Dr Immanuel Mifsud (writer) collaborated in dialogue with the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ġgantija Temples. After the performance at the temples the project continued with a series of hands on workshops and a final exhibition at St James Cavalier in Valetta, Malta. This project was curated by Dr Vince Briffa. Ġgantija II was recorded at Teatru Manoel on July 21, 2014. For this piece, piano samples of prepared piano and extended piano techniques were recorded then transformed through computer processing.
Composed by Mariella Cassar Cordina with words by Immanuel Mifsud and the collaboration of visual artist Victor Agius. Tricia Dawn Williams – piano and pre-recorded material, Gisèle Grima – piano, Simon Abdilla Joslin – cello, Alistair Attard – electronics and narrator Sharon Bezzina.
Miriam Cauchi - Riflessi (CD) Art Songs from Malta
(MCCD 2015)
Throughout my years of performing (Miriam Cauchi), I have always felt the need to promote the Maltese musical heritage, mainly through singing compositions in the Maltese language by Maltese composers. Maltese Art Song is a genre that has been experimented with since the 1970s and I thought that getting a collection of works in this style on CD would consolidate the wealth inherent in the diversity of compositions united by a common factor – the Maltese language. This CD contains a selection of Art Songs from pioneers Joseph Vella and Charles Camilleri, through a gradual journey that picked up pace and interest on the way up till the present time with works of contemporary composers. The Maltese language is unique in the fact, amongst others, that it is Semitic in roots yet, over the centuries, it has also managed to absorb Romance vocabulary which, in quite a wonderful way, co-exists happily with the more 'native' structures. This is what makes it so special and in this CD, wedded to beautiful music, the Maltese language attests to its power of expressivity, nuance, and feeling. Throughout the process of choosing and recording these Art Songs, I have worked and collaborated closely with all the composers featured on this CD, in the hope that the end result reflects as faithfully as possible what the composers wished to transmit through their work. Kant ta' Mara, Kantilena, Mejju ġie bil-Ward u Żahar, and the 'bonus' track Taħnina were specifically written for my voice by the respective composers, while Ċassa quddiem mera, Duende, and Ħemel are being premiered here.
Surrealistic Soundscapes (CD) music by Man-Ching Donald Yu
(Albany Records 2012)
The music is inspired by the contemporary Chinese painting, Sunset, painted by Zhang Guanghai in 2001. Zhang characterized his own style by redefining the Chinese arts tradition through ink, vibrant colour and lines, refining his own personal style.
The piece begins with quiet and calm clarinet solo, juxtaposing with piano
gestural materials at high register, and soon the violin joins in as if representing some special colour effects in the painting. The three instruments generate mysterious tone colours at the beginning and the last sections, corresponding to the rather dark colours of the painting. The music gradually surges to a climax near the central section by saturating more chromatic tones at higher registers, describing the vibrant colour effect being reflected in the painting. Nonetheless, various Chinese colours are fused with exuberant rhythmic gestures for synthesizing my own voice.
Ħrejjef - Maltese Folktales (Book & CD) music by Ruben Zahra
Soundscapes and Merlin Library present MALTESE FOLKTALES: A valuable collection of imaginative stories which have been passed down from generation to the next, reflecting local culture. This publication is a unique heritage gift and a contemporary art-piece. Each of the ten folktales is illustrated by a different Maltese artist so that the publication portrays a vibrant showcase of Maltese art. The audio CD presents a storytelling cycle of local folktales accompanied by an innovative music score. Both the book and the CD are in bi-lingual setting: Maltese and English. Furthermore, this publication comes in two different cover jackets: one entitled ĦREJJEF MALTIN with a colourful design targeting a young audience as a children's book; and the other jacket is entitled MALTESE FOLKTALES targeting cultural tourism. Heritage, literature, illustrations, design and music come together in this unique publication to celebrate MALTESE FOLKTALES.
A Guide to Maltese Folk Music - (Book & CD) music by Ruben Zahra
(Soundscapes)
This book-CD package portrays a spectacular profile of Maltese music heritage. Detailed information, photographs, illustrations and music come together in this exclusive publication to provide a comprehensive experience which includes: traditional instruments, folksongs, dances, street cries and nursery rhymes. The CD features 18 vintage recordings from the PBS Sound Archives and 7 tracks by the NAFRA folk ensemble.
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GAWA Capital participates in a program of Radio Uned.
The Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility of the Spain Open University (UNED) in its series "A glance at social responsibility" is dedicating several radio programs to impact investing in Spain. GAWA Capital is featured in one of the programs.
The program is only available in Spanish.


I came upon this image while looking to clear out a few to save space. It was taken on our run to northern Utah back in the fall of 2016. If memory serves, this view was found east of Ogden on a forest road off of Highway 39 in the Wasatch Mountains. A storm had come through a few days before and striped many of the colorful aspen trees.
I've never been a big fan of desert terrain. But autumn of the year before, we were in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the complete opposite of desert terrain, so we thought Utah might be a good change. And, back in 2011, the last year before the drought in the west, we found luscious color in northern Utah.
Didn't quite find this image compelling back in 2016, but on second thought, it has grown on me. I really love the sky here, it seems to set off the yellow foreground.
This image conveys the essence of that area very well. Taken at an elevation of about 9,000 feet, it's a nice reminder of where we have gone before.
I guess I could just be psyching myself out in thinking I've found a jewel here! What's that old saw: The longer you look at an image, the better it will look to you.
Meanwhile . . . I'm loving the view.


There are 4 H atoms that go into making He. In this process energy is released so we need to find out how much energy. We can compute the mass of each element and calculate the energy lost in the fusion process, which is described in the solution.
Now, each H atom gives an energy of 1/4 of this, so (1/4) x 4.28 x 10^(-12) J. So to calculate the rate of H reduction we divide power by the energy of each H atom.
This is an impossible equation. The two sides don't equal each other! What are you trying to say here?


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Conveying the Brilliance and the Chaos of a True Genius: John Neumeier's 'Nijinsky'
by Larissa Archer
Lloyd Riggins as Nijinsky dancing as Petrouchka in John Neumeier's "Nijinsky" (photo by Erik Tomasson)
A few people straggled almost unnoticed onto the stage of the War Memorial Opera House before the house lights had dimmed, and they began to talk. Even before the dancing had begun, their presence was an announcement that one had better not expect to see a traditional narrative ballet that opening night. However, the ambition to create a piece that comes close to the innovative prowess of its subject—Vaslav Nijinsky—would require more than an opening gimmick. Nijinsky is still one of dance's towering figures, and one of the very few who merit the term "genius" both as a performer and a choreographer, blessed with abilities of the practitioner and the visionary. This is the man who envisioned a young faun as a masturbating nymph-chaser, and disguised a ménage à trois as an innocent game of tennis between two women and a man (and that was the cleaned-up version; his original idea was for an all-male cast and even less ambiguity). His ballets incited riots and still look modern today, while other examples of innovative and even revolutionary art softens and grows quaint with time.
John Neumeier's Nijinsky, performed in a limited run by San Francisco Ballet guest company The Hamburg Ballet last month in San Francisco, imagines Nijinsky at the moment of his last public performance—in Switzerland in 1919—already in the throes of the mental illness that would end his career early and would plague him unto his death in a clinic at age 61. Neumeier has his Nijinsky revisit important moments of his life, dancing with and as characters from his most famous ballets. This could be seen as a predictable physical transposition of the dancer's schizophrenia, but at times the elements from Nijinsky's own choreography and that of others whose ballets he made his own, when combined, embellished, and added to the foundation of Neumeier's own choreography, illuminate areas of his persona and history in ways both beautiful and seemingly true (anyone who has not read one of the many bios on the dancer, or Nijinsky's own harrowing diaries, can't help but take Neumeier's word for just how true).
Here we see Nijinksy the very young man, new star of the Imperial Ballet and the newly named Ballet Russes; he's lush, self-absorbed, and vulnerable as the Golden Slave in Fokine's Scheherazade, caressing himself and obliviously bewitching the people around him. Even more effective is the pas de trois between Nijinsky, his future wife, Romola de Pulsky, and the Faune from L'Après midi d'un faune, acting as a sort of erotic surrogate for a preoccupied Nijinsky. Known for being cold and dull in real life, he channeled his entire wealth of charisma into his stage persona. In this scene he is a sort of indifferent, while this wilder, more sexual persona from his imagination woos the rapt woman. (That this is a preposterous fabrication of events—Romola having stalked and practically bullied the known gay dancer into an icy marriage—should only bother those who attend the ballet seeking facts and accuracy.)
However, the same devices that work so gorgeously in some places prove problematic in others. For instance, the program doesn't clearly delineate all the time who is onstage. Certain characters might be obvious, such as Nijinsky and Romola, and an improbably lithe Serge de Diaghilev, Nijinksy's former mentor and lover. But other characters—dance teachers, siblings, parents—aren't as distinguishable, making it hard to know what is going on and with whom. (Because of Nijinsky's barely carnal involvement with his wife, it wasn't always clear whether one particular scene depicted his relationship with his sister or with Romola, the opportunity to use physicality to make the distinction effectively eliminated.) So one is left with a general idea of the "color," or emotional gist, of a scene, but without the relevant information to deduce anything deeper.
There is a lot of convulsing and flailing (too much, perhaps), which at first I assumed was Nijinsky himself, but later understood that at some points must have been his brother, Stanislav, also a dancer and also afflicted with mental illness. The horror of the First World War was somewhat diminished by the choice of costuming, camo briefs and open jackets, making the soldiers look less like men in combat and more like soldiers on leave, surprised by their sergeant in a cathouse. Le sacre du printemps, Nijinsky's most controversial work, depicting human sacrifice in pagan Russia, is aptly woven into the battle scenes, but ends up bizarrely looking more like Maurice Bejart's adaptation, with men and women in nude unitards and flowing hair.
Yet for all the confusion, at the end of the evening it was clear one had witnessed an uncommonly ambitious ballet, both in its method of storytelling—risky, problematic, but at times rewarding—and in its attempts to express in movement the extreme, dark, and chaotic labors of a troubled mind. Whether one likes it or not, Nijinsky is the sort of ballet that makes a case for the form's relevance as a still-evolving dramatic art. In attempting to reveal the inner and outer life of one of the most dazzling and complex artists of the 20th century, and to translate into movement a disease that is still largely mysterious to us, Neumeier uses ballet in unprecedented ways. He presents us with something not easy or obvious, and not even perfectly rendered, but rich, challenging and provocative nonetheless.
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Micro Enterprise Configuration Plans, Policy, Guides.
It's been a couple of years now.
I know you all have had great success with your Micro Enterprise Size Network and Server builds.
It's amazing what you can do with just $5,000.00 and if you planned it correctly it paid for itself in the first 10 months. Maybe even faster if you compared the same setup to Rackspace rentals that would have been near $1,600.00 per month for the same setup.
You know your server is good, for the whole design to run 24/7 it costs about $27.00 per month for electricity, licenses renewals for Firewall, Email, Certs all balance out after that first year.
"Murray, I appreciate you, the work you did showing me how to setup my own enterprise network was great. Thank you!"
Your welcome, now stop your brown nosing and let's get on with the second year build, configuration, upgrade and review.
This time around I'll be sharing actual policy, live configs and doing my best to tell you that there is a ghost on your network that needs to be tickled. I mean SSL / TLS PGP tickled.
You know that guy Snowden? It was reported he leaked classified documents. He is what I am talking about, he is the ghost in the middle that you need to tickle. I call it "Love Letters from Home" which is about all he knows about. In the old days, you might have sent a telegram from the stage coach A line to the stage coach B line. You didn't know if someone was listening to the wire between the two locations. But even in the Wild West we had a Snowden, so it's nothing new, just more freaks taking your "Love Letters from Home."
Not to mention Private First Class Manning that downloaded thousands of documents or "Letters to Home" while listening to Lady Gaga on a CD. Now we tax payers are paying for Him to be a Her but no matter still a jerk. The list goes on, but it's not just from those that took documents, others like JT that announced the administrators password for the largest network in the USA over a unsecured Two Way Radio that was heard by... Ok, maybe only one or two hundred but it only takes one jerk to give away years of work.
Ok, I hope that little bit of history gets you in the mood to do some good old fashioned tickling. In the old days of playing with the boys and girls at Ft. Bragg we would bait, noodle, trick, impersonate 24/7 when they would ask for us to come up from the swamps. Like many, "We loved the sound of cipher in the morning." and if you think that's bad, we really loved plain text anytime.
By the time you're finished with your configuration you're going to know locations around the globe that you never heard of. You're going to know patterns that you would never have thought of and you'll wait for that one visitor Sunday afternoon about 2pm CST to visit to see if their scripted worked. The internet has changed but something just don't. That's what I love about Log Reports.
I'm going to help you as others have helped me learn the true meaning of protecting your communications. And I hope it's not going to be as boring as those Snowden leaked "Love Letters from Home" things.
It's been two years now, which firewall did you purchase? Was it the XTM 330 ? Maybe the XTM 25 or 26? Was it the XTM 10?
From a couple of hundred dollars to a couple of hundred more there is no excuse to buy from BestBuy anything when it comes to protecting your network.
Here's a quick link, go to your favorite online re-seller and check the prices. Be sure you see the price for LiveSecurity updates, and budget that into your network. If you have another firewall I am sorry, that other group that Dell purchased left me up a shits creek twice and exposed the remote login interface twice. The last time was the last time and I'm not feeling any pain for switching. If you remember Tiny Personal Firewall PFS.exe measuring in at 256kb in size can run from a floppy and protected more NT 4.0 servers than any hardware vendor of the time. That Software firewall had guts, when it thought it was going to fail it would run a memory buffer overload to crash your system. You knew if a hack attempt happened when you saw that your server rebooted. The logs per perfect, it was perfect for the time.
Today I see the same type of "Guts" in the XTM product and for the money more home users are jumping on the firewall bandwagon and that's why I'm going to show you the more detailed configuration processes.
The Micro Enterprise Config is going to be very long and I'll tell you know it's going to be a challenge getting the configurations translated and posted for you. But because of jerks like Snowden I want you to know how to tickle that little freak and show the ghost you have everything to hide, and you're going to make them work for it.
Ok, first up, SMTP Smartermail version 9 to 13 is what I know and the XTM.
I'll get to the server side of life later, that's the easy part, the hard part is forcing your equipment to only talk SSL / TLS and not to except anything other than SSL / TLS.
You might have been waiting years to build your own server that most likely would be better than any server you have ever worked on. Your corporate network and servers don't stand a chance against your design. Why? Because you're the best, now let's make sure we configure your server to do just what you need it to do.


I'm pleased to be able to report that a good friend of this blog, Padders over at The Right Aussie, who was over in Japan late last week when the earthquake struck, is back home safe and well, as he notes on his blog.
I was not caught up in the earthquake drama – except for the final night at the hotel near the airport, which shaked, rattled and rolled about half a dozen times through the night from the aftershocks.
My travel schedule fortuitously had me leaving the country on the day I planned to leave, and on the flight I was booked on. I did not need to change any travel plans.
I was in Nara – about 6 hours by car, south of Tokyo – with a tour group when the quake and tsunami happened, and I never felt a thing. The first I heard of something was when I received a text message from mum.
I got back to the hotel in Kyoto that night to saturation coverage of what unfolded on 12 of the 13 channels.
I've been watching the unfolding issues with the affected nuclear power stations with some interest, especially the way some elements of the media (I nearly said "most" but I'll reserve judgement) are painting it as a much bigger problem than it really is…truth be told, there is a serious element of danger in this situation, but when you look at the details of what is happening there and not just the headlines, these plants have copped a battering and yet are not exceeding legal limits for radiation levels. Assuming that the Japanese continue to keep the situation under relative control, this will prove once and for all that nuclear is a safe and viable option for the rest of the world, especially given that the power plants in question are based on a design which is over 20 years old. Modern designs for nuclear power plants are even safer.
On the way back to Australia, in the lounge in Singapore Airport, I read in the Weekend Australian words to the effect that the quake had caused destruction all over Japan. This is just heifer dust. In Kyoto, everything was perfectly normal. Trains and buses were running and people were going about their business in their usual happy, determined manner. You would not know anything was wrong.
Of course, many things are horribly devastated in northern Japan, and, in many cases, probably permanently so. It will take many years for things to return to normal.
This episode has not deterred me from returning to this amazing country.
And nor should it deter others. The Japanese people will need our support to rebuild their fine country, and keeping their tourism sector ticking over will be an important part of that recovery.
Anyway, I'm glad to hear that Padders is safe and well. I was not one of the people who emailed him to check however, as I had completely forgotten that he was over there. I somehow got the dates mixed up and didn't think he was going to be over there for another week or so.
You can read more of Padders' account of what happened from his perspective over at The Right Aussie.


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Ecology of long-tailed bats Chalinolobus tuberculatus (Forster, 1844) in the Waitakere Ranges: implications for monitoring
Alexander Jane
The long-tailed bat (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) is a threatened species endemic to New Zealand. Historical anecdotes indicate that long-tailed bat populations have declined. However, it is unknown if all populations have declined and if declines are historical or ongoing. Thus, the development and implementation of a national network of long-tailed bat monitoring sites is a priority of the Department of Conservation's Bat Recovery Plan. Potentially, information gained from a national monitoring programme would assist conservation managers to target resources towards those areas where bat populations are declining and provide baseline information to assist managers to gauge the impact of management techniques on bat populations. Of critical importance is that unless it can be demonstrated that long-tailed bat populations have declined and that, that decline is real, management will not be initiated. The aim of this research was to investigate aspects of the ecology of long-tailed bats that would influence the development of a monitoring programme. The distribution, roost selection, habitat use, and activity patterns of a long-tailed bat population that persisted in the Waitakere Ranges, Auckland, were investigated. A study of the Waitakere Ranges long-tailed bat population was significant because (1) the Waitakere Ranges is the northern most location at which long-tailed bats have been researched; (2) the study was the first to be conducted on a long-tailed bat population that persisted in kauri Agathis australis dominated forest remnants; (3) the long-tailed bat population in the Waitakere Ranges is the only known extant population in close proximity to a major urban area; and (4) the factors that are attributed to long-tailed bat population declines (i.e., forest clearance, predation and urbanisation; O'Donnell, 2000) are likely to be ongoing and intensified in the Waitakere Ranges. Twenty roosts were located. Most roosts (85%) were in kauri, 2 were in mature rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum) and 1 was in a kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides). All roosts were in large, live, emergent trees. Mean height of roost trees was 38.4 ± 1.3 m and average DBH was 186 ± 12 cm. The entrances of six roost cavities were identified all were located in minor lateral branches in the crown of the tree and were primarily near the tip of branches. Roosts were a mean height of 24.6 ± 3.7 m above ground level. It was argued that roosts in the crowns of kauri were inaccessible to terrestrial mammalian predators. Twenty-eight roost watches were conducted. The average number of bats counted leaving roosts was 10.0 ± 1.5 (maximum = 24). Roosts were occupied by radio-tagged bats for an average of 2.0 ± 0.4 days, and 11 (55 %) were occupied for only one day. Roost size was the lowest reported for long-tailed bats. Roost switching also appeared higher than in other populations that have been studied. It was argued that morepork predation may have a significant impact on the population viability of the population. As in other studies long-tailed bats were found to forage over modified habitats including over farmland, dwellings, orchards and along streams and roads with little vehicular traffic. Long-tailed bats foraged throughout the Waitakere Ranges and their foothills. Bat activity was highly variable. Of the environmental variables analysed, temperature was found to have the greatest influence on bat activity. There were seasonal and habitat influences on bat activity. The relationship between sample sizes, variation in bat detection rates and desired statistical power using automatic bat detectors to monitor populations of bats was explored. A power analysis on activity data collected with automatic bat detectors indicated that declines in bat populations would need to be reflected in declines of greater than fifty percent in bat activity before monitoring programmes would have sufficient power to detect declines in activity. It was recommended that monitoring programmes should concentrate on intensive presence – absence surveys rather than long-term studies at a few sites.... [Show full abstract]
long-tailed bats; Chalinolobus tuberculatus; endangered species; conservation; long-tailed bat populations; Waitakere Ranges; ecology; Agathis australis; kauri; monitoring; habitat management
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Department of Pest Management and Conservation [638]
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U.S Air Force Tech. Sgt. Déja Kiziah, 86th Medical Squadron non commissioned officer in charge of shipping, analyzes data to help coordinate the shipping of lifesaving blood supplies to customers throughout U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command on Landstuhl, Germany, April 11, 2019.
Having a constant supply of lifesaving blood products available to customers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center is critical to saving lives. Without these blood products, Landstuhl would not be able to operate as an emergency facility or support their daily mission of caring for members across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Tech. Sgt. Déja Kiziah, 86th Medical Squadron non commissioned officer in charge of shipping, is the reason people in need of these medical products are given a second chance at life. Kiziah ensures that warfighters across U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command receive lifesaving blood products on a continuous basis, while also supporting various missions and exercises.
In addition to the blood customers she routinely supplies, Kiziah also coordinated the shipment of 60 blood components to multiple teams in support of exercise African Lion, a multinational joint and combined exercise conducted in the Kingdom of Morocco.
African Lion consists of approximately 1,200 U.S. military personnel from the U.S., Egypt, Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Tunisia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Austria, and Portugal.
For this mission to be successful, Kiziah had to coordinate multiple flight requests with Air Force partners in order to guarantee that the blood arrived in time for POCs on ground at the destinations.
"I think the biggest thing for the donor center that's so challenging is that this mission never stops. No matter what day it is, what holiday it is, the mission goes 24/7. So, at the end of the day, if we have blood that needs to be processed and labeled, our team is in here doing it. If we need blood collected, our team is collecting," said 1st Lt. Nyree Watts, chief of the Armed Services Blood Bank Center for Europe.
To add to the challenge of supporting African Lion, Kiziah had to make sure that the shelf-life of the products she supplied could carry the teams through the end of the exercise. Kiziah sent a combination of low titer blood group "O" whole blood, liquid plasma, and packed red blood cells to alleviate the teams from the burden of carrying and maintaining any frozen blood products.
Kiziah's drive for excellence, attention to detail and dedication to the mission is key to the safety of warfighters, making her the perfect candidate for Airlifter of the Week at the World's Best Wing.


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Natalja Nikolajevna Pusjkina-Lanskaja (russisk: Наталья Николаевна Пушкина-Ланская , født Natalja Nikolajevna Gontjarova (Гончарова) ; født 27. august/8. september 1812 ved Tambov – død 26. november/8. december 1863) var en russisk adelsdame, der var gift med Aleksandr Pusjkin, den russiske litteraturs grundlægger og nationalpoet. Som hans hustru tog hun navnet Natalja Pusjkina.

Natalja Nikolajevnas første ægteskab fra 1831 til 1837 var med Pusjkin (1799–1837). Da en fransk officer i russisk tjeneste Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès lagde an på Natalja Pusjkina, udfordrede Aleksandr Pusjkin Georges-Charles til duel, hvor Pusjkin blev dødeligt såret.

Natalja Nikolajevnas andet ægteskab fra 1844 til 1863 var med Pjotr Petrovitj Lanskoj (1799–1877).

Der var børn i begge ægteskaber.

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Tom Lasorda
The Reality of Legacies and Latter Round MLB Draft Picks
Award Winners, CBA, Cy Young Award, Draft, Fantasy/Roto, Free Agents, Games, Hall Of Fame, History, Management, Media, MiLB, Players, Prospects, Stats
As nice and uplifting a story as the Diamondbacks drafting of paralyzed former Arizona State player Cory Hahn in the 34th round of the MLB draft is, it also provides insight as to how little teams think of the draft's latter rounds and the likelihood of finding useful on-field talent that can make it to the big leagues.
In another pick that got significant attention, the Yankees drafted Andy Pettitte's son Josh in the 37th round out of high school. Because Pettitte's son has committed to Baylor University, Josh Pettitte is not expected to sign with the Yankees. That's probably a relief for them because a 37th round draft pick is not expected to be anything more than organizational filler. If Josh Pettitte was considered an actual prospect, he would've been taken by a team other than the Yankees well before the 37th round, commitment to Baylor or not. When the Yankees selected Paul O'Neill's nephew Michael in the third round, they did so not as a legacy or a favor to the O'Neill family but because he can actually play. The Mets made a similar selection with Lee Mazzilli's son L.J. in the fourth round. These are players who would have been selected by another club at around the same spot had the Yankees and Mets not made the selections. There's no doubt that the legacy was a tiny factor in picking the players, but not to the degree that the Yankees selecting Pettitte and this is the difference between players selected in the first 10-15 rounds—for any reason—and those picked after.
For every late-round draft pick who makes it to the majors, there are thousands of others who don't get past the low minors. Players who are drafted past the tenth round are not expected to make it. Once in a long while you'll have the occasional freak occurrence like Albert Pujols (13th round), James Shields (16th round), Domonic Brown (drafted as a pitcher in the 20th round), Mark Buehrle (38th round), and Mike Piazza (62nd round as a favor to Tom Lasorda). By and large, the players who make it to the majors are those who are picked in the first 20 rounds with the numbers decreasing significantly as the rounds pass. Players taken in the first few rounds will receive repeated opportunities not just because of latent talent, but because of the money teams invest in them. That's become even more pronounced with the slotted bonuses and limited amount of money teams are allowed to spend in the draft. They don't want to toss money away on a player even if, after three or four years, he shows he's not what they thought he was. In some cases, these players make it to the big leagues so teams can say, "Look he made it to the majors at least," as if that's some form of justification for an overall miss on a high draft pick.
Indicative of how little teams think of the latter rounds were the decisions to make these selections of players like Hahn and Pettitte. They create a story for a brief time but devolve into the realm of the forgotten because they weren't meant to be remembered in the first place.
Should teams spend more time and money on the draft past the initial stages? Are there enough talented draft-eligible players to make it worth their while? It depends. Some clubs don't want to spend the money and resources it will take to mine through the amateurs for 50 rounds to find perhaps five players that have a chance to contribute. Others, like the Cardinals, have made it a regular occurrence to draft players on the third and fourth days of the draft such as Matt Carpenter, Trevor Rosenthal, Allen Craig, Luke Gregerson, and Jaime Garcia. The Cardinals and then-scouting director Jeff Luhnow have been credited with the Cardinals' fertile farm system, but perhaps the truth is more of a matter of the conscious decision not to waste late-round picks on legacies and heartwarming stories, instead choosing to draft players who they think might be able to help them at some point.
The Yankees and their apologists can point to the inexplicable luck the team had in 1990 with Pettitte the father (22nd round) and Jorge Posada (24th round drafted as an infielder) as reason to think Josh Pettitte has a chance, but that's wishful thinking. They got lucky in 1990 just as the Cardinals got lucky with Pujols and the Devil Rays got lucky with Shields. On the same token, teams have repeatedly failed with top-tier picks for one reason or another be it injuries, miscalculation, off-field problems or bottom line bad luck. If the Yankees were going to draft a player in the 37th round who had a miniscule chance of becoming useful to them or the Diamondbacks were going to do the same thing in the 34th round, then why not draft the players they did and accrue some publicity? Overall, there's no difference because a paralyzed player like Hahn only has a slightly less chance of making it than someone else who was drafted in the 34th round, so the Diamondbacks did something nice and it won't harm their draft because on the field, it won't make much difference either way.
June 11, 2013 Paul Lebowitz Tagged Albert Pujols, Allen Craig, Andy Pettitte, Cardinals, Cory Hahn, Diamondbacks draft paralyzed player, Domonic Brown, Is Andy Pettitte's son a prospect?, Jaime Garcia, James Shields, Jeff Luhnow, Jeff Luhnow Cardinals, Jorge Posada, Josh Pettitte, L.J. Mazzilli, Lee Mazzilli, Luke Gregerson, Mark Buehrle, Matt Carpenter, Mets, Michael O'Neill, Mike Piazza, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Paul O'Neill, St. Louis Cardinals, Tom Lasorda, Trevor Rosenthal, Yankees, Yankees 1990 draft, Yankees draft Andy Pettitte's son	Leave a comment
There's No Rift In Anaheim
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Speculation about a rift between Angels' manager Mike Scioscia and the new GM Jerry Dipoto rose greatly when—to the displeasure of Scioscia—hitting coach Mickey Hatcher was fired earlier this week. The two are clearly not on the same page as to how a club should be run. The chain-of-command that had been present with the Angels for Scioscia's entire tenure is broken. The slow start combined with these structural changes could lead to a parting of the ways following the season.
It's understandable from both perspectives.
Athletes in general will try to exert their will over their titular "boss". In today's game, there are no managers with the cachet to do and say whatever they want; to discipline their players; to run the club as if they're in complete command. The days of Earl Weaver ruling his Orioles with an iron fist are long gone. Back then, Weaver was going nowhere. Everyone in the Orioles clubhouse knew it and reacted accordingly. Scioscia himself spent his entire playing career with the Dodgers and Tom Lasorda who was similarly entrenched.
It's the way it's been with the Angels for his managerial tenure.
But with a new GM and new club construction come changes everywhere—not just in payroll and playing style. Angels' owner Arte Moreno had businesslike intentions when he signed Albert Pujols. After signing Pujols, the Angels agreed to a lucrative television contract with Fox Sports worth $3 billion for 20 years. He's turned the Angels into a cash machine as George Steinbrenner did with the Yankees. But in the process, Moreno unwittingly made his cohesive club into a 1980s version of the Yankees with the requisite expectations of immediate gratification and demands to "do something" if those expectations aren't met.
Hiring Dipoto as the GM was well-received following the resignation of Tony Reagins. Reagins's tenure is pockmarked by the disastrous trade of Mike Napoli for Vernon Wells and his public firing of respected scouting director Eddie Bane, but Reagins also did many good things as Angels' GM by signing Torii Hunter and trading for Mark Teixeira.
DiPoto is more of a stat-based, coldly analytical GM than Reagins and his predecessor Bill Stoneman were, but he does it with scouting savvy and the ability to express himself to the media and get his point across with the various factions that permeate an organization in today's game.
But he wasn't an "Angel". He didn't come up through the ranks with the Angels. He hasn't been working with Scioscia, nor is he a part of the Angels' culture. A new GM brings in a new set of principles and it's clear that Dipoto won't adhere to the oft-heard lament, "This is how we've always done it." Time will tell whether that's right or wrong, but from Scioscia's point-of-view, his power base is gone and with it is a large amount of the sway he held in the clubhouse as a result of being seen not just as the manager, but as a boss.
For a manager like Scioscia to have his hand-picked hitting coach fired out from under him is emasculating, but the firing also altered his perception. The same players who kept inner turmoil in house and had each other's backs are seeing the new dynamic of me-me-me overtaking the club. And that's not good.
In order for there to be a rift, there had to have been a connection. With Dipoto and Scioscia, they're working together; doubtless they respect one another; but they might not be suited to a long-term partnership.
That's what both men have to decide upon in the next four—and the Angels hope—five months. (A fifth month would mean they made the playoffs.)
Judging by the first month-and-a-half, it's going to be four. Then the Angels' foundation will rumble and it won't be because of an earthquake.
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Hatcher's Firing Was Inevitable
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In an unavoidable decision, the Angels fired hitting coach Mickey Hatcher—ESPN Story.
I called it on April 30th in the following clip from this posting.
(Arte Moreno's) not a quick trigger owner, but if (the Angels are) not hitting by mid-May, Hatcher's gone. This could expose a rift between manager Mike Scioscia and the front office. Scioscia's influence has been compromised with the hiring of Jerry Dipoto and if one of his handpicked coaches and friends is fired, a true chasm will be evident. Firings will be shots across the bow of Scioscia and, armed with a contract through 2018 (that he can opt-out of after 2015), if he's unhappy with the changes he'll let his feelings be known.
There will be talk that Scioscia's sway over the organization is on the wane. Hatcher has been a coach on Scioscia's staff since 2000. Twelve years is a long time. Maybe it's too long.
Outsider speculation is just that. It's hard to imaging Scioscia wanting to fire his hitting coach and friend, but there could also be an element of realization and pragmatism that something needed to be done. We don't know whether Scioscia had a heavy hand in the decried decisions the Angels made in the past such as doling lucrative and wasted contracts on Gary Matthews Jr. and Justin Speier and making disastrous trades for Scott Kazmir and Vernon Wells. Scioscia had significant say-so in the team construction and this current group—on offense at least—is not the type of team that Scioscia generally preferred to have. For better or worse, he's a National League-style manager who learned his trade under Tom Lasorda. What that means is that he liked having starting pitchers who gave him innings, a deep and diverse bullpen with a hard-throwing closer, a few boppers in the middle of the lineup, speed and defense.
Perhaps the failed decisions listed above were what caused the change in course in the front office from the manager having major input and the mandate to say no, to his opinion being taken under advisement with upper management doing what it wants whether the manager is onboard or not.
That's pretty much how it is throughout baseball no matter who the manager is.
Following the drastic and uncharacteristic acquisition on Albert Pujols, there's a lack of definition to this current Angels group.
No manager would say no to Pujols and eventually the rest of baseball is going to pay for what Pujols is going through at the moment. He's not finished. He's going to hit. But was it a decision that Scioscia would've made? Or would have preferred to spend that money elsewhere on a better bullpen? Another starting pitcher? An infielder who can do it all? Given the template of the Angels and what they needed, Jose Reyes was a better fit for the team than Pujols was, but with the new cable network deal on the way and Moreno's desire to be the focus of Southern California, he wanted the big fish and got him.
The firing of Hatcher is cosmetic. To suggest that anyone aside from Pujols receives credit or blame for what he does on the field is silly. We can't judge with any certainty how much a hitting coach influences a player when he steps up to the plate. The media will try to anoint certain coaches a mythical, guru status when, in reality, it's the hitters themselves who do the dirty work. Many times a hitter simply needs someone with whom he connects regardless of the information he's receiving. If the coach says good morning to him in the right way or gets in the player's face when necessary, it will be seen as the "turning point".
Was it a turning point? Or did the hitter just happen to meet the perfect person to make him feel better mentally to go up to the plate in the state he—as the individual—needed to succeed? That state could be anger, it could be peace or it could be anything. We don't know.
Did Charlie Lau make George Brett or was Brett going to shine through with or without Lau?
Did Lou Piniella's adjustments with Don Mattingly convincing Mattingly to try and pull the inside pitches over the short right field wall at Yankee Stadium create Donnie Baseball or would he have done it once he grew comfortable in the big leagues?
Hitting coaches like Rudy Jaramillo have been lauded and hired amid great fanfare and not helped at all in the bottom line.
The hitting coach is a convenient scapegoat to wake up the team, to put forth the pretense of "doing something" and to send a message to the manager.
In the case of the Angels, it's probably all three.
It might not help, but given the talent on the roster, they certainly can't be much more of a disappointment than they've already been.
May 16, 2012 Paul Lebowitz Tagged Albert Pujols, Angels, Angels fire Mickey Hatcher, Arte Moreno, Charlie Lau, Don Mattingly, ESPN, Gary Matthews Jr, George Brett, How much does a hitting coach help?, Jerry DiPoto, Jose Reyes, Justin Speier, Los Angeles Angels, Lou Piniella, Mike Scioscia, Mike Scioscia contract, Rudy Jaramillo, Scott Kazmir, Tom Lasorda, Vernon Wells	2 Comments