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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
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Monday, August 20, 2012
HBT: Astros (39-82) fire manager Mills, 2 coaches
Brad Mills was hired before the 2010 season by Drayton McLane, who is no longer the Astros? owner, and Ed Wade, who is no longer the Astros? GM. So he?s been a sitting duck under the new regime.
And a 39-82 record sure didn?t help matters.
Mills was let go on Saturday night following an ugly eight-run loss to Arizona, along with hitting coach Mike Barnett and first base coach Bobby Meacham.
Interims for those positions will be named Sunday.
Mills, a first-time manager, went 171-274 in just shy of three seasons with the ?Stros. His roster was sapped of talent over the past two summers as the organization began a frantic rebuild, but that brutal winning percentage means it will likely be a little while before he?s given another try as a major-league skipper.
The Astros are moving quickly to change the look and feel of the organization under new owner Jim Crane and new general manager Jeff Luhnow. They?ll move into the star-studded American League West next season, and recently submitted a more ?traditional? uniform redesign to the MLB offices for approval.
It?s a club under a complete renovation. A renovation that isn?t attracting many spectators.
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Friday, August 17, 2012
The case for shutting up: Wasted time at work
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Web surfing? Facebook? Online shopping? No. The water cooler, or its equivalent, kills the most time.
By Michelle V. Rafter, Today contributor
Technology may be revolutionizing the workplace, but old-fashioned distractions like meetings and chatting with co-workers are still considered the biggest office time-wasters.
That, at least, is the conclusion of a survey of office workers, released Thursday by TrackVia, a Denver-based software company.
Office chit-chat ranked as the No. 1 work distraction, the top choice of 14 percent of those surveyed, while meetings and computer problems followed close behind at 11 percent each.
Other time wasters mentioned by survey respondents:
- Surfing the web
- Dealing with office politics
- Addressing misunderstandings with co-workers
- Using social media
- Checking email
- Following company rules and procedures
It?s no surprise employees see going to meetings as a major obstacle to accomplishing their work-day goals, says productivity expert Laura Stack.
?A lot of people feel like they spend their entire day in meetings,? says Stack, a Denver-based speaker and author who leads 80 to 100 productivity training sessions a year.
In her experience with clients, however, employees waste far more time checking email, instant messages and social media like Facebook -- what she calls ?tech time? -- than dealing with computer problems or on other non-critical tasks. ?You could sit in your inbox all day and at the end of the day say, ?Where?d all my time go??? Stack says.
Holly Witt, a Portland, Ore., insurance account executive, says social media is her biggest time waster, especially Facebook.
?I keep telling myself to deactivate the account and I am almost there,? she says.
Slightly more than half of employees surveyed (51 percent) say they waste up to two hours a week on tasks that aren?t work related or don?t help them ?get real work done.? Approximately 11 percent say they waste 6 to 9 hours on nonessential tasks, and close to 4 percent said they waste 10 to 19 hours during the work week, according to the survey.
The survey of 300 workers, conducted this month by Amplitude Research, has a margin of error of about 6 percent.
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
Crossings into cross-cultural cross-dressing ? The Long and ...
Curious about or puzzled by that photograph of the Caucasian man dressed in a Nonya kebaya I posted the other day? I have a shocking revelation ? not only was that man seen in the kebaya, but also in a bright red saree, and in the company of yet another man spotted that same afternoon in a bright red dress ?
The same man in a bright red saree.
Seen in the company of another in a bright red dress.
Shocking as it would seem, residents of the housing estate in which the cross-dressed men were spotted in can rest assured that this isn?t the start of a transvestite invasion but an attempt at artistic expression ? expression that is part of a cross cultural multidisciplinary collaboration of artists from two countries, Singapore and Croatia. The men ? and several other performers had crossed-dressed for roles of their fellow artists for the recording of a multimedia segment of the performance which will be juxtaposed onto the live performance on stage.
Singapore performer Sharda Harrison dressed for Edvin Liveric?s role for the recording of the multimedia segment.
Najib Soiman.
Bani Haykal, Sound Artist.
Zac Valenta.
Chuang Xiu?Er, Sharda Harrison and Najib Soiman.
I was provided with the opportunity to photograph the recording of the multimedia segment, as well as a full dress rehearsal at The Necessary Stage last week. The theatre company is putting the performance, named Crossings, together with Croatian based TRAFIK. Crossings is being presented in collaboration with Esplanade ? Theatres on the Bay as part of The Studios and involves a series of cultural exchanges, workshops and improvisations. Crossings as described in the synopsis will explore fundamental questions that will make us confront who we are and how we can survive in today?s global village, investigating the coexistence, understanding and mixing of different cultures.
One of the opening scenes shot during the full dress rehearsal at The Necessary Stage on Saturday.
Sharda Harrison plays the role of the woman at the centre of a somewhat abusive love-hate relationship that she finds it hard to escape from.
The performance explores elements of violence in the male-female relationship.
While the performance seems like a confusion of scenes and characters that at times seem to have no connection with each other, there is a central theme that revolves around the male-female relationship in society and across cultures. There is also an attempt to examine somewhat taboo subjects such as domestic violence and non conventional sexual relationships that have perhaps become quite prevalent in our society, as well as the role of myths and traditions in the two societies which are being brought together in the performance ? all of which makes for a fascinating story. Crossings debuts this evening at the Esplanade and plays in Singapore until 19 August 2012. It will also tour the National Theatre of Rijeka in Croatia from 19 to 20 September 2012. More information can be found at The Necessary Stage and The Studios.
There are also characters that seemingly unconnected with the central theme of the story, introduce myths that influence the cultures of the two countries.
Najib Soiman gives a masterly performance.
Chuang Xiu?Er.
Edvin Liveric as a male stripper.
Zac Valenta and Sharda Harrison.
A light used during the rehearsal.
Sharda Harrison and Najib Soiman.
Another of Sharda Harrison and Najib Soiman.
Synopsis
A woman who is a victim of a social scandal proves her fidelity by passing a test. Yet, her society does not believe her. She is exiled by her husband who is dedicated to serving his people and so has to listen to their discernment to remain in power. Will she sacrifice for the larger good and suffer the unjust allegation to be with her husband or will she walk?
Based on Asian myths, Crossings take us on a journey of the transformation of the self ? how one deals with the seduction of being imprisoned and how freedom opens us to meaningless pain.
Crossings is a multidisciplinary collaboration between artists from Singapore and Croatia investigating the coexistence, understanding and mixing of different cultures.
The collective comprises:
Sharda Harrison [Performer]
Bani Haykal [Sound Artist]
Vincent Lim [Set Designer]
Edvin Liveric [Performer]
Loo Zihan [Multimedia Artist]
Josip Marsic [Composer]
Haresh Sharma [Script Editor]
Najib Soiman [Performer]
Alvin Tan [Director]
Zac Valenta [Performer]
The play will be performed in multiple languages, with English surtitles. Suitable for patrons aged 15 years and above.
Crossings will premiere at Esplanade?s The Studios Season from 16 ? 19 August before touring to the National Theatre of Rijeka [Croatia] from 19 ? 20 September 2012.
There will be a post-show discussion with the artists for 17 & 18 Aug, Fri & Sat, 8pm performance.
Crossings is presented by The Necessary Stage and TRAFIK in collaboration with Esplanade ? Theatres on the Bay as part of The Studios.
16-18 Aug, Thu-Sat, 8pm
18-19 Aug, Sat-Sun, 3pm
Esplanade Theatre Studio
(1hr 10 mins, no intermission)
Tickets: $25
Concessions for students: $10
Concessions for NSF and senior citizens: $16
Sharda Harrison on her role
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Source: http://thelongnwindingroad.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/crossings-into-cross-cultural-cross-dressing/
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Belarus shot putter stripped of Olympic gold
LONDON (AP) ? Shot putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus became the first athlete to be stripped of a medal at the London Olympics after her gold was withdrawn Monday for doping.
Valerie Adams of New Zealand was awarded the gold and Evgeniia Kolodko of Russia was bumped up to silver. Fourth-place finisher Gong Lijiao of China was moved up to bronze.
The International Olympic Committee said Ostapchuk tested positive for the steroid metenolone. She won the shot put exactly a week earlier. The IOC said she was tested the day before her competition and again following the event. Both samples were positive.
"The (Olympic committee) of Belarus is ordered to return to the IOC, as soon as possible, the medal, diploma and medallist pin awarded to the athlete in relation to the above-noted event," the IOC said in a statement.
The announcement came hours after the flame was extinguished at the closing ceremony with athletes and officials heading out of London. A day earlier, IOC President Jacques Rogge had proclaimed the fight against doping a success.
The Belarus team had already sent home hammer thrower Ivan Tsikhan because of suspicions over a sample provided after his silver-medal performance at the 2004 Athens Games.
Besides Ostapchuk, only one athlete tested positive for a banned substance after competing. U.S. judo fighter Nick Delpopolo was cited for traces of marijuana in his urine sample.
He blamed "inadvertent consumption" of food baked with the substance. The IOC disqualified him from seventh place in the 73-kilogram class.
Seven more were caught in doping controls conducted since the official testing period for the games began July 16. One of the seven competed in London before her test result was known.
"I think that is a sign that the system works," Rogge said Sunday. "I am happy about the fact that we could catch athletes who cheated, both before the games and at the games."
The IOC had said this would be its most extensive Olympic anti-doping program. It took almost 6,000 urine and blood samples, including no-notice tests ahead of athletes competing.
Rogge cautioned that some samples are still being analyzed and "we might hear something tomorrow or the day after. Hopefully not, but you never know."
Syrian runner Ghfran Almouhamad tested positive for the stimulant methylhexaneamine two days before her 400-meter hurdles heat. She placed eighth and was eliminated before the IOC disqualified her.
Until this latest turn of events, the London Games were set to end with medal standings in all 302 events unaltered by doping scandals.
Three Beijing events were tainted during the games, and two more medals were changed months later when a new test for the blood-booster CERA was introduced. The signature men's 1,500-meter gold medal was stripped from Rashid Ramzi of Bahrain.
Rogge reminded that the IOC will store all samples from London and can reanalyze them, revise results and reallocate medals until the statute of limitations expires in August 2020.
"When there is no new tests, we wait until the last moment; if there is a breakthrough new test, we'll test immediately," he said.
Indeed, the next Olympic doping scandal could be from the 2004 Athens Games instead. Next week the IOC could announce up to five new disciplinary cases based on retested samples.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/belarus-shot-putter-stripped-olympic-gold-105642575--oly.html
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HTC Rezound getting another update
There's another OTA package for the HTC Rezound out in the wilds of the Internet, and quite frankly nobody knows what's going on with it. We (and likely everyone else) have reached out to Verizon, who hasn't yet responded with news of anything new, so we have to roll with Internet wisdom on this one. Scary, I know.
We do know that the update has a new radio, new recovery, new kernel, and updates in the firmware itself. What we don't know is what the update brings new to the table, or what it might have fixed. Some users are less-than-happy with the ICS update from earlier in the month, so there very well could be some bug and stability fixes. There's also the global roaming capability that Verizon has promised for this summer, so maybe it's there along with the new radios -- there is a setting in the options for Preferred Network to be Global now.
We won't know for sure until Verizon posts the changes, or enough people get the update to verify the suspicions. That's where you come in -- if you've received the OTA (or flashed it manually via directions at XDA), sing out in the Rezound forums. Help get this one figured out!
Source: XDA-Developers; via Android Central forums
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Monday, August 13, 2012
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