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Tag Archives: Bill Bergen
Dodgers at Reds, Bally Sports Ohio, SPNLA, TBS
LHP Clayton Kershaw (9-7, 3.33 ERA) makes his second start for the Dodgers after 10 weeks on the IL. He'll face the Reds' LHP Wade Miley, (12-6, 3.09 ERA).
1935 The Cubs win their 16th consecutive game as they beat Carl Hubbell, completing a four-game sweep of the Giants. The mark is the most since the 1924 Dodgers won 15 straight games.
1964 With two outs in the bottom of the 16th inning, Willie Davis, after singling, swiping second, and advancing to third on a wild pitch, steals home, giving the Dodgers a 4-3 victory over Philadelphia. The fleet outfielder's theft of the plate is in the latest frame in a National League game the feat has ever been accomplished and ties Hal Trosky's major league record set in 1944.
1973 Astros' infielder Dave Campbell hits a first-inning two-run double against San Diego right-hander Clay Kirby to snap an 0-for-45 drought, tying a major league record set in 1909 by Bill Bergen, a catcher who played with Brooklyn. 'Soup', who will become a respected national baseball broadcaster, endured the futility while playing for three teams, combining a 17 at-bat hitless streak with the Padres and another 21 at-bat hitless streak for the Cardinals before hitting the two-bagger in his eighth at-bat with Houston.
2000 A Dodger fan, in addition to other court-ordered restrictions, has been banned from attending home games in Los Angeles for 18 months. The irate patron threw coffee in the face of a Mets fan who was cheering a grand slam hit by New York's catcher Todd Pratt.
2014 LA's Clayton Kershaw becomes the first 20-game winner of the season when the team routs Chicago at a windy Wrigley Field, 14-5. The 26 year-old southpaw, who has compiled a 20-3 (.870) record along with an ERA of 1.80. is the first Dodger hurler to reach the 20-win plateau twice since Claude Osteen accomplished the feat in 1969 and 1972.
Today's #Dodgers lineup at Reds: pic.twitter.com/vINhQumRvH
Posted in Dodgers History, Game Threads	| Tagged Aaron Nola, Bill Bergen, Carl Hubbell, Claude Osteen, Clay Kirby, Clayton Kershaw, Dave Campbell, Hal Trosky, John Shelby, Orel Hershiser, Todd Pratt, Wade Miley, Willie Davis, Yu Darvish
Dodgers at Rockies, 12:10 PM PDT, TV: ATTSportsNet-RM, SPNLA
RHP Tony Gonsolin (1-1, 1.51 ERA) pitches for the Dodgers and RHP Antonio Senzatela (4-2, 3.30 ERA) goes for the Rockies. Gonsolin is coming off his best performance of the year; he went seven innings against the Padres on Wednesday and gave up just one run. Senzatela threw a nine-inning complete game last Tuesday, beating the As 3-1.
Here's Mookie's mad dash:
1907	At Exposition Park in Pittsburgh, Nick Maddox no-hits the Dodgers, 2-1. At the age of 20 years and ten months, the Pirates hurler becomes the youngest pitcher and the second rookie to throw a no-hitter.
1911 Bill Bergen ends his major league career with the lowest lifetime batting average for a position player in major league history by hitting an anemic .170 during his 11-year tenure with the Reds and Superbas. The 33 year-old backstop, who had only one year of batting above .200, also holds the records for lowest season batting average for a regular season (.139 in 1909) and the longest streak of at-bats without a hit (46 in 1909).
1954 The Giants clinch the pennant when they beat the Dodgers at Ebbets Field, 7-1. The National League champs, finishing the season five games ahead of second-place Brooklyn, will go on to sweep Cleveland in the Fall Classic.
1959 The San Francisco Giants, bowing to the Dodgers, 8-2, play their last game at Seals Stadium. The transplanted New York team, who compiled a 163-145 record in their two-year stay in the former PCL park, will move to the newly constructed Candlestick Park next season.
1961 In a 13-inning contest, Sandy Koufax goes the distance, beating the Cubs, 3-2, in the last regular season game to be played at the LA Memorial Coliseum, which was originally built for the 1932 Olympics. The Dodgers are leaving the only home they have known since moving from Brooklyn four seasons ago to play in a brand new stadium in Chavez Ravine, located a few miles from downtown Los Angeles.
2011 Clayton Kershaw becomes the Dodgers' first 20-game winner since Ramon Martinez accomplished the feat in 1990. Allowing just one run in 7 1/3 innings, the southpaw gets the victory when LA beats the visiting Giants, 2-1.
2012 Washington secures a playoff spot when they beat the Dodgers at Nationals Park, 4-1. The last time there was postseason baseball in the nation's capital occurred 79 years ago, when player-skipper Joe Cronin and the Senators lost to the Giants in five games in the 1933 World Series.
Today's lineup at Rockies: #Dodgers | @Biofreeze pic.twitter.com/HGDvLptlXu
Posted in Dodgers History, Game Threads	| Tagged Antonio Senzatela, Bill Bergen, Candlestick Park, Clayton Kershaw, Ebbets Field, Joe Cronin, LA Coliseum, Nationals Park, Nick Maddox, Ramon Martinez, Sandy Koufax, Seals Stadium, Tony Gonsolin
Dodgers at Rockies, 5:10 PM PDT, TV: ATTSportsNet-RM, SPNLA
LHP Clayton Kershaw (5-2, 2.28 ERA) goes for the Dodgers while RHP Chi Chi González (0-1, 8.68 ERA) pitches for the home Rockies. Kershaw was the victim of shoddy defense his last time out; he'd struck out nine and walked none when he left the game in the 7th. González was awful in his last outing (walked three, hit one, pulled after 1/3 of an inning) but he'd had two strong relief appearances before that.
Will Smith gets voluminous praise from one of MLB's editors: "Smith has a triple-slash line of .303/.417/.596, which is good for an OPS+ of 171. That's the highest mark on Los Angeles, ahead of even Betts (163) and Seager (155) and puts Smith among some extremely impressive company." He's in the top ten in OPS, ahead of Jose Abreu and right behind Manny Machado.
Here's the Dodgers' five-run fifth inning yesterday:
Tonight's lineup at Rockies:#Dodgers | @Biofreeze pic.twitter.com/BuWwKTvaFc
Posted in Dodgers History, Game Threads	| Tagged Bill Bergen, Carl Hubbell, Chi Chi González, Claude Osteen, Clay Kirby, Clayton Kershaw, Dave Campbell, Hal Trosky, Kiké Hernández, Madison Bumgarner, Santiago Castilla, Will Smith, Willie Davis
Game 9, 2020
Posted on August 1, 2020 by Linkmeister
Dodgers at Diamondbacks, 5:10 PM PDT, TV: FS-A, SPNLA
LHP Julio Urias (0-0, 1.80 ERA) takes the hill for the Dodgers. He walked three and struck out three in five innings in his first start. He'll face the D-Backs' RHP Luke Weaver (0-1, 16.20 ERA), who gave up six runs on seven hits in his first start, walking two and striking out six.
Mookie Betts' throw may make us forget Yasiel Puig:
1906	After pitching 10.2 innings of no-hit ball, Harry McIntire yields a single to Pirates second baseman Claude Ritchey. The Dodgers and McIntire lose the game in the 13th on an unearned run, 1-0.
1924 Dazzy Vance strikes out seven consecutive batters to establish a major league record when the Brooklyn Robins defeat the Cubs at Ebbets Field, 4-0. The future Hall of Famer, who will compile a 28-6 record for the Brooks this season, will lead the National League in strikeouts with 262.
1957 Gil Hodges, in a 12-3 win over the Cubs, hits his 13th and last career grand slam in Brooklyn Dodger history. The first baseman's bases-loaded shot off Dick Littlefield establishes a new National League record, previously shared by Rogers Hornsby and Ralph Kiner.
2011 After popping out in a pinch-hitting appearance, Craig Counsell remains without a hit in his last 45 at-bats, tying the longest single-season hitless streak by a position player in history, established by Brooklyn backstop Bill Bergen in 1909. The major league record is 0-for-70, established in 1970 by Bob Buhl, a pitcher who toiled with the Braves and Cubs that season. Counsell and Bergen's record for position players has since been surpassed by the Orioles' Chris Davis, who got it up to 54 straight hitless ABs in 2019 before getting a hit on April 13.
2015 Clayton Kershaw strikes out Mike Trout looking with a wicked curveball, marking the first time that reigning MVPs have faced one another in a major league game. The interleague contest between the two LA teams ends with Dodger southpaw keeping the Angel outfielder 0-for-3 while hurling eight innings in the team's 3-1 victory over the Halos at Chavez Ravine.
Tonight's #Dodgers lineup at D-backs: pic.twitter.com/ggRYkyHPB5
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 1, 2020
Posted in Dodgers History, Game Threads	| Tagged Bill Bergen, Bob Buhl, Chris Davis, Claude Ritchey, Clayton Kershaw, Craig Counsell, Dazzy Vance, Dick Littlefield, Gil Hodges, Harry McIntire, Julío Urias, Luke Weaver, Max Muncy, Mike Trout, Mookie Betts, Ralph Kiner, Rogers Hornsby
In pre-expansion era baseball this would be the last game of the season.
Rockies at Dodgers, 7:10 PM PDT, TV: ATT Sportsnet-RM, ESPN, SPNLA
RHP Peter Lambert (3-6, 6.98 ERA) takes a slightly less elevated hill than the one in Denver for the Rockies. He'll face LHP Clayton Kershaw (14-5, 3.05 ERA) of the Dodgers. Lambert has had a rough first season, walking 35 and giving up 113 hits in 86 innings while striking out 54. He's faced the Dodgers twice this year, Kershaw has been nearly as good as ever, although he uncharacteristically lost three games in a row before winning his last one.
The Dodgers named Gavin Lux and Josiah Gray prospects of the year for 2019. Lux we are familiar with; Gray was acquired in the trade which sent Puig, Kemp, Wood and Farmer to the Reds last off-season.
Food for thought: the Dodgers hit high-velocity fastballs better than any other team. Will that matter? Does it even mean anything? Sam Miller asks and attempts to answer those questions.
1911 Bill Bergen ends his major league career with the lowest lifetime batting average for a position player in major league history by hitting an anemic .170 during his 11-year tenure with the Reds and Superbas. The 33 year-old backstop, who had only one year of batting above .200, also holds the records for lowest season batting average for a regular season (.139 in 1909) and the longest streak of at-bats without a hit (45 in 1909; since surpassed by the Orioles Chris Davis, who went 0 for 54 over 2018-2019).
Tonight's Dodger lineup vs. Rockies:
Pollock LF
Smith C
Kershaw P#Dodgers | @Biofreeze pic.twitter.com/KayGWpSJkz
Posted in Dodgers History, Game Threads	| Tagged Alex Wood, Bill Bergen, Candlestick Park, Chris Davis, Clayton Kershaw, Exposition Park, Gavin Lux, Jake Thompson, Joe Cronin, Josiah Gray, Kyle Farmer, LA Coliseum, Matt Kemp, Nationals Park, Nick Maddox, Peter Lambert, Sam Miller, Sandy Koufax, Seals Stadium, Yasiel Puig
Padres at Dodgers, 7:10 PM PDT, TV: FSSD, SPNLA
LHP Joey Lucchesi (7-5, 4.12 ERA) pitches for the Friars tonight against LHP Clayton Kershaw (9-2, 2.85 ERA). Lucchesi had a good outing his last time out against the Giants on Friday, but he's still averaging three walks per game over his last three starts. Kershaw remains Kershaw; he's got the sixth-lowest ERA in the league and is trying to reach the double-digit mark in wins for the ninth time in his 12-year career.
Smith and Negron hit home runs in the ninth inning yesterday to give the Dodgers the win:
The Dodgers added LHP Adam Kolarek to the roster and optioned LHP Caleb Ferguson to AAA OKC.
Tonight's Dodger lineup vs. Padres:
White 1B
Verdugo LF
Negrón SS
Kershaw P#Dodgers | @Biofreeze pic.twitter.com/Q77kd085jx
Posted in Dodgers History, Game Threads	| Tagged Adam Kolarek, Bill Bergen, Bob Buhl, Brian Dozier, Caleb Ferguson, Chris Davis, Claude Ritchey, Clayton Kershaw, Craig Counsell, Dazzy Vance, Dick Littlefield, Gil Hodges, Harry McIntire, Joey Lucchesi, Max Muncy, Mike Trout, Ralph Kiner, Rogers Hornsby
Brewers at Dodgers, 7:10 PM PDT, TV: SPNLA, FSWI, Dish455, MLBN (out-of-market only)
RHP Chase Anderson (7-7, 3.69 ERA) brings his current hot streak to the mound at Dodger Stadium. He's given up two or fewer runs in each of his last seven starts and has a 1.93 ERA over those 37 1/3 innings. He'll face the Dodgers' lefty Rich Hill (4-4, 3.82 ERA), who went 3-1 with a 2.42 ERA for July.
2011 After popping out in a pinch-hitting appearance, Craig Counsell remains without a hit in his last 45 at-bats, tying the longest single-season hitless streak by a position player in history, established by Brooklyn backstop Bill Bergen in 1909. The major league record is 0-for-70, established in 1970 by Bob Buhl, a pitcher who toiled with the Braves and Cubs that season.
Tonight's Dodger lineup vs. Brewers:
Machado 3B
Hill P#Dodgers | @Biofreeze pic.twitter.com/5YdMtpMuw1
Dozier's first start in a Dodgers uniform means someone has to sit. Tonight it's Muncy who gets the night off.
Posted in Dodgers History, Game Threads	| Tagged Bill Bergen, Bob Buhl, Brian Dozier, Chase Anderson, Claude Ritchey, Clayton Kershaw, Craig Counsell, Dazzy Vance, Dick Littlefield, Gil Hodges, Harry McIntire, Max Muncy, Mike Trout, Ralph Kiner, Rich Hill, Rogers Hornsby
Dodgers at Phillies, 4:05 PM PT, TV: SPNLA, CSN-P
If the Dodgers win and the D-Backs lose the Dodgers clinch the NL West.
LHP Alex Wood (15-3, 2.69 ERA) goes for the Dodgers and RHP Jake Thompson (2-2, 4.46 ERA) goes for the Phillies.
Wood seems to be mostly recovered from the sternum problem which sent him to the DL. In his last start he pitched six scoreless innings and gave up just three hits to the Nats. Thompson is making only his seventh start of the year and has given up one or no runs in two of his last three starts. In that other one, however, he gave up seven runs, five earned, in five innings.
Today's Dodger lineup at Phillies:
Granderson LF
Wood P pic.twitter.com/ebB26yQSoR
Posted in Dodgers History, Game Threads	| Tagged Alex Wood, Bill Bergen, Candlestick Park, Clayton Kershaw, Jake Thompson, Joe Cronin, LA Coliseum, Nick Maddox, Sandy Koufax, Seals Stadium
RHP Yu Darvish (9-12, 4.08 ERA) goes for the Dodgers and Aaron Nola (11-10, 3.60 ERA) pitches for the Phillies. Darvish has been inconsistent with the Dodgers, but in his last start he threw seven shutout innings and beat the Giants. Nola had a good start his last time out too, giving up one run on four hits over seven innings and getting a win against the Marlins.
The NFL Lions' QB Matt Stafford and the Dodgers' Kershaw have been friends since high school. Last night during Monday Night Football Stafford used Kershaw's name as a signal for a play from scrimmage.
Today in Dodgers' history: The site I usually get this from is down this morning. Instead, here's a piece of history from 1988: On this day Orel Hershiser shut out the Astros 1-0 on four hits (the Dodgers only got three, but one was a home run by John Shelby in the seventh inning). This was his fourth consecutive shutout, and his streak hit 40 consecutive scoreless innings.
Oh look: it's back up now.
Granderson RF
Ethier LF
Darvish P
— Alanna Rizzo (@alannarizzo) September 19, 2017
Posted in Dodgers History, Game Threads	| Tagged Aaron Nola, Bill Bergen, Carl Hubbell, Clay Kirby, Clayton Kershaw, Dave Campbell, Hal Trosky, John Shelby, Orel Hershiser, Todd Pratt, Willie Davis, Yu Darvish
Dodgers at Braves, 4:35 PM PT, TV: SPNLA, FSSE
The Dodgers send RHP Kenta Maeda (9-4, 4.09 ERA) to the mound in the Braves' new ballpark. He'll face a right-handed pitcher named Lucas Sims who'll be making his MLB debut.
Maeda has had trouble getting past the fifth inning this season, doing so only three times in 16 starts. Sims had a 2.84 ERA in his last four starts at AAA Gwinnett.
This date in Dodgers' history:
1906 After pitching 10.2 innings of no-hit ball, Harry McIntire yields a single to Pirates second baseman Claude Ritchey. The Dodgers and McIntire lose the game in the 13th on an unearned run, 1-0.
In non-Dodgers' history of note, on this day in 1978 Pete Rose, making the last out when he strikes out on a Gene Garber change-up, goes 0-for-4, ending his 44-game hitting streak, one contest shy of breaking the National League record. The Reds third baseman has tied Willie Keeler's 1897 National League record last night with a hit off future Hall of Famer Phil Niekro. Rose was very angry about Garber's pitch selection afterward, as I recall.
LHP Tony Watson has been activated. To make room on the active roster LHP Edward Paredes was sent to OKC.
Today's Dodger lineup at Braves:
Maeda P pic.twitter.com/bD79r2pO3j
Posted in Dodgers History, Game Threads	| Tagged Bill Bergen, Bob Buhl, Claude Ritchey, Clayton Kershaw, Craig Counsell, Dazzy Vance, Dick Littlefield, Gene Garber, Gil Hodges, Harry McIntire, Kenta Maeda, Lucas Sims, Mike Trout, Pete Rose, Ralph Kiner, Rogers Hornsby


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Q: How do I override JSON errors and prevent a blank page from loading? How do I prevent my JSON feed from crashing and ignore errors from a database if they occur while running, also how do I change the undefined errors into a string to return as a fall back like "pending" or "not available."
I tried inputting the Try, catch, finally method. Also, the If statements conditional equal and null ones I found to change undefined into a "string"
var flight             = document.getElementById("flight");
var time               = document.getElementById("time");
var airline            = document.getElementById("airline");
var stat               = document.getElementById("status");
var cities             = document.getElementById("cities");

//Loading the document

//this is for updating the url
 var url                = './airport-test.json';
//var url = './proxy.php';
 $(document).ready(function () {
  $.ajax({
 type: "GET",
 dataType: "json",
 url: url,
 async: true,
 contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
 cache: false,
 success: function (data) {
 var flightString      = "";
 var timeString        = "";
 var airlineString     = "";
 var statString        = "";
 var citiesString      = "";

 if(data) {
      try {
        var a           = JSON.parse(data);
        console.log(a);
        } catch(e) {
       var errorMessage = e.name + '' + e.message;
       console.log(errorMessage);
      }
    }

  for (i= 0,l = data.length = 16; i < l; i++ ) {
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     }

 flight.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', flightString);
 time.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', timeString);
 airline.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', airlineString);
 stat.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', statString);
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      }});

    });

I am using a raspberry pi with chromium I just want the JSON feed to still show up even when there is an error instead of a blank page. It works most of the time. Also, want to change undefined from errors into a fallback string.

A: Not totally sure what exactly is the problem, taking a wild guess the server is not responding properly.
Define error handler,
$.ajax({
 type: "GET",
 dataType: "json",
 url: url,
 async: true,
 contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
 cache: false,
 success: function (data) {
  ....
 }
 error: function (error) {
  // handle your error here.
  ....
 }

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The Lafayette School Corporation is in the process of completing several construction projects to improve its schools.
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — The Lafayette School Corporation is in the process of completing several construction projects to improve its schools.
The new Glen Acres Elementary school is currently ahead of its projected finish date. While projects at Lafayette Jeff High School and Tecumseh Junior High are on track.
Jeff High is putting in a new heating and cooling system while Tecumseh Junior High is in the final stages of its new wing. Superintendent Les Huddle described the new features of that project.
"We'll being moving our music programs into the new addition, we'll be moving our classrooms into the lower level that you can see from the street, that's kind of a walk-out baseball concept if you look closely at it," said Huddle. "Then once that's done and open this fall we'll begin doing some remodeling inside."
Huddle said the Tecumseh Junior High School project is on time after delays from colder weather this winter.


INA – Nineveh The rumour over media of selling Daesh corpses in exchange for money is untrue, said Nineveh Ops Commander Lt. Najim Al-Joboori on Wednesday. This statement came during a press conference held by Al-joboori in this regard. Al-joboori called on the media in Mosul to end the fake news and 'let there be accuracy' in telling such information.


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De soort komt voor in Europa.

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SA has two competitors at Winter Youth Olympics
By Sports Reporter - 09 January 2020
2020 Winter Youth Olympics president Virginie Faivre holds the Lausanne 2020 youth olympic flame during a relay inside the Swiss parliament on December 2, 2019.
Image: Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP
South Africa boasts two competitors at the Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne that kicks off in earnest on Friday' the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) said in a statement.
Thabo Rateleki' the flag-bearer at Thursday's opening ceremony' and Hanle van der Merwe will compete in the men's and women's slalom and giant slalom events' both downhill skiing races.
The coaches are Khaliswa Hastaga and Alex Heath' SA's long-time slalom star who competed at four Games.
The showpiece continues until January 22.

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COVID-19 conspiracy groups could pivot to pushing climate change misinformation in 2022, experts warn
A protester holds a placard during the demonstration at Parliament Square, in London, on December 8, 2021.
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COVID-19 conspiracy groups will pivot to pushing climate change misinformation in 2022, experts say.
They will frame climate policy as a "loss of civil liberties," an expert told the PA news agency.
Conspiracy theorists are already using phrases like "climate lockdown" to spread misinformation, per PA.
COVID-19 conspiracy groups may pivot to pushing misinformation about the climate crisis in 2022, experts have warned, according to a Press Association (PA) report.
Those who already proliferate baseless conspiracy theories about vaccines and lockdowns could turn their attention to spreading misinformation about climate policy, said one extremism expert.
They will "frame" climate policy as a "loss of civil liberties and loss of freedoms," said Ciaran O'Connor, an analyst at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) think tank, during an interview with PA.
Phrases like "green lockdown" and "climate lockdown" are already being used, he continued, which refer to conspiracy theories that groundlessly state environmentalists will order global lockdowns to help reduce carbon emissions.
"That's a merging of Covid worlds and climate disinformation worlds," O'Connor said.
"The climate dialogue, rhetoric, and discussion are going to be rolled into that kind of civil liberties discussion, I think (that) is where you're going to see a lot of these groups go," he went on.
Another expert agrees that climate crisis conspiracy theories will have "more activity" in 2020. Jonathan Bright, an associate professor at the Oxford Internet Institute, told PA that people will be thinking about climate change misinformation "quite a lot."
Telegram, a cross-platform messaging service, will likely host the evolution of these ideas by conspiracy groups, according to O'Connor. And the analyst added that the counter-narrative would have real-world consequences.
"Online actions have offline consequences," O'Connor told PA. "What we're seeing in relation to that idea… is the increased threat especially towards public health officials, towards politicians, and even towards frontline staff, people who are working to protect people."
In November, ahead of the COP26 event, CBS News reported that climate change conspiracies were spreading rapidly on the internet. "We found that climate-change disinformation trends on social networks borrow from themes that were effective during the coronavirus crisis," said Blackbird.AI CEO Wasim Khaled, per the media outlet.
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Whether you're using my Clean PC principles or not, after you reinstall Windows, you need to reinstall all of your applications. And while this can be a time-consuming process, you can automate much of it with a handy little utility called Ninite.
Looking at my own normal application install-set, what I see are several applications I download and install from the web—Adobe Reader, Chrome, Firefox, Skype, VLC Player and a few others—and then two larger application installs—Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop Elements—which I install from Office365.com and my home server, respectively. Ninite works with the web installers, so it takes care of about 75 percent of what I need to install.
But Ninite isn't just about aggregating application downloads. What this amazing tool does is let you create a tiny custom installer that is always kept up to date. First, you choose which apps you want the installer to install on the Ninite web site, and then just click Get Installer. Your tiny custom installer will download, and you can save it for later.
When you do reinstall a PC, just copy over the installer and run it from there. The custom installer will download and install each application you selected, in turn, and do so in silent mode so you don't need to interact with the screen at all.
When it's done, you'll see a shortcut to each installed application on the desktop. So from there, you can run each application and sign-in where needed.
This is a truly amazing tool, and a must-have addition to anyone's software toolbox. Download your custom Ninite installer–it's free!–now.


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This bug caused the totals section of the H2H chart to no add set losses and match losses for players that lost to Shippo, Coach Steve, and/or Char.
Kino vs Shippo sets and matches were also skipped over so there set and match count versus each other was not add to the totals section as well.
Slippingbug: set losses 5 to 7 (+2) | Match lost from 22 to 26 (+4).
Bolimar: set losses from 13 to 14 (+1) | Matches lost from 33 to 38 (+5).
Euclase: set losses from 5 to 7 (+2 ) | Match lost from 19 to 25 (+6).
Scatz (Raikel): set losses from 4 to 5 (+1) | Matches lost 10 to 13 (+3).
Oreo: Matches lost 28 to 29 (+1).
Thulius: Set losses from 10 to 11 (+1) | Matches lost from 22 to 24 (+2).
Flegar: Matches lost from 26 to 27 (+1).
Kino: Set count from 4-8 to 5-9 (+1 - +1) | Matches from 13-20 to 15-24 (+2 - +4).
Son_Dula: Set losses from 12 to 13 (+1) | Matches lost from 26 to 29 (+3).
H2: Set losses from 9 to 10 (+1) | Matches lost from 20 to 23 (+3).
Shippo: Set count from 3-11 to 4-12 (+1 - +1) | Matches from 10-24 to 13-27 (+3 - +3).


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Draft 2004 New England Marginal Emission Rate Analysis
...the MEA Report can be used to estimate the value (avoided emissions) of Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) by providing both REC suppliers and stakeholders with information that can be used to communicate the environmental benefits of RECs and works to enhance the overall REC marketplace. Editor's Note: As noted below under Methodology [emphasis added], this report appears to substantiate the point that wind energy would not backdown "baseload" generation.
Pollution Taxes & Subsidies Energy Policy General Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont
General Pollution Taxes & Subsidies Energy Policy Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont
Fear, Complexity, & Environmental Management in the 21st Century
And for that matter, who believes that the complex system of our atmosphere behaves in such a simple and predictable way that if we reduce one component, carbon dioxide, we will therefore reliably reduce temperature? CO2 is not like an accelerator on a car. It's not linear (and by the way, neither is a car accelerator.) And furthermore, who believes that the climate can be stabilized when it has never been stable throughout the earth's history? We can only entertain such an idea if we don't really understand what a complex system is. We're like the blonde who returned the scarf because it was too tight. We don't get it.
Pollution Energy Policy General USA
NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation letter to the City of Lackawanna re. Environmental Contamination and Birds/Bats
September 2, 2005 City of Lackawanna Planning and Development Board Room 311, City Hall 714 Ridge Road Lackawanna, NY 14218 Attn: Joseph G. Geyer Re: Steel Winds Wind Farm Route 5, Former Bethlehem Steels works Lackawanna, NY Dear Mr. Geyer; The New York Sate Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) staff have performed an initial review of the information and material provided with the City of Lackawanna's SEQR Notice of Coordinated Review and Declaration of Intent to Act as Lead agency. These materials include the Application for Site Plan Approval and Certain Area variances to Authorize Construction and Operation of a Wind Energy Facility on a Portion of the Former Bethlehem Steel Works Site in Lackawanna, New York (the Application), and the Analysis of Environmental Impacts pursuant to SEQR (The EA). Please be advised the DEC does not object to the City of Lackawanna assuming the role of lead agency, but the DEC does reserve the right to comment on this action if a positive determination is made. As indicated in the following text of this letter, DEC staff have concerns for the potential impacts of certain aspects of this project. Our comments and concerns are listed below under the appropriate topic.
Impact on Birds Impact on Wildlife Pollution New York
Wind Power Facility Siting Case Studies: Community Response
BBC Research & Consulting's 2005 report for the National Wind Coordinating Committee that studies 9 wind plant sitings in an effort to identify circumstances that distinguish welcomed projects from projects that were not accepted by communities.
Energy Policy Safety Icing Injury Impact on People Lighting Structural Failure Taxes & Subsidies Property Values Noise Impact on Landscape Technology Impact on Birds Impact on Bats Impact on Wildlife Impact on Views Erosion Pollution General Impact on Landscape Impact on Economy Tourism USA
Beacon Hill Institute on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Cape Wind Energy Project
The Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University has studied the Cape Wind proposal in considerable detail, and offers the following comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) Reference file no. NAE-2004-338-
Pollution Property Values General Impact on Economy Tourism Massachusetts
Tom Hewson Analyses Carbon Dioxide Savings of Gray County Wind Farm (KS)
Given its location, Gray County would have displaced mostly NGCC and some oil fired generation. Using the average 2003 NGCC heatrate for the sub-powerpool (7,478 Btu/kWh) and the average CO2 content of natural gas (116 #CO2/MMBtu), the project may have displaced only 158,000 tons of CO2 in 2003 (0.00207% of 2003 US estimated emissions according to the USDOE report entitled Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States, 2003 (issued December 13, 2004). (Note in 2002, the output was less and it would have displaced only 140,000 tons).
Pollution Taxes & Subsidies Energy Policy General Kansas
Tom Hewson's Testimony re. East Haven
I was asked to review the prefiled testimony and exhibits of Matthew Rubin for the East Haven Windfarm and to provide an independent opinion regarding the claimed environmental benefits, estimated benefit values, project footprint and noise impacts and general wind project economic issues.
Pollution Noise Energy Policy General Vermont
Wind Power: Capacity Factor, Intermittency, and what happens when the wind doesn't blow?
Wind turbines convert the kinetic energy in moving air into rotational energy, which in turn is converted to electricity. Since wind speeds vary from month to month and second to second, the amount of electricity wind can make varies constantly. Sometimes a wind turbine will make no power at all. This variability does affect the value of the wind power……Editor's Note: This 'fact sheet' is, on the whole, a comparatively fair report. The definitions provided for capacity factor, efficiency, reliability, dispatchability, and availability are useful. Its discussion of back-up generation, marginal emissions and Germany & Denmark, however, is disingenuous as is, to a lesser degree, its discussion of capacity factor and availability. IWA's comments (updated October '06) on these issues follow selected extracts from the 'fact sheet' below.
Technology Pollution Energy Policy General USA Denmark Germany
https://www.windaction.org/posts?location=USA&p=3&topic=Pollution&type=Document


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Israeli Plan Can Power a Colony on the Moon!
"Professor Jeffrey Gordon was invited by NASA to present a plan to power lunar colonies solely through solar energy," announced Ben-Gurion University.
By United with Israel Staff
As NASA and other national space agencies revive programs for colonization of the moon, the conundrum of energy supplies on the lunar surface has reemerged.
Specifically, how could a future moon colony be powered?
A Ben-Gurion University (BGU) professor named Jeffrey Gordon may have the solution: a "paradigm shift" that led to "an invitation to present to NASA in late August," BGU recently announced.
The concept was also published in the top academic journal in the field, Renewable Energy.
In the announcement describing Gordon's project, BGU explained, "On the Moon, solar is the sole available renewable resource. The overriding challenge is to completely supply the main energy consumer: factories that need to continuously (24/7, 365 days a year) produce thousands of tons of oxygen (O2) per year from the lunar soil, for rocket propellant, orbiting satellite refueling and human sustenance. A large part of the challenge derives from any location on the Moon on average spending half of the lunar rotational period of 29.5 days in the dark."
Gordon documented "a feasible strategy where uninterrupted electricity would be produced by photovoltaic (PV) arrays installed around a 360° latitudinal ring close to (but not at) a lunar pole, with transmission lines installed to the O2 plants for which there would then be substantial remote siting flexibility."
"My solution … is more than a factor of 100 better than solar with battery storage," explained Gordon. It' is also at least a factor of 6 superior to the solution now being contemplated by NASA of nuclear reactors driving conventional turbines and generators."
The professor added, "NASA scientists expressed preparedness to rethink the plan to power lunar colonies with nuclear energy instead of solar energy."
Gordon is a member of the Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research of Ben-Gurion University.
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Israel-Morocco Agreement Signed for Energy Research Cooperation
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Lee Jae-myung consolidates forces as rival suffers in controversies
Lee Nak-yon steps out of shadow to head subcommittee with Lee Jae-myung
Lee launches new committee with ex-PM Lee Nak-yon
Ruling party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung on Monday launched a new committee with former Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon in a display of internal unity ahead of the March presidential election. The Democratic Party presidential nominee has sought to add the former prime minister to his campaign in order to heal an internal rift that followed their bitter primary battle and rally the support o...
Minor presidential candidate Ahn shrugs off possible alliance with ruling party's Lee
Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the minor opposition People's Party, on Monday shrugged off a possible alliance with the ruling Democratic Party (DP) presidential nominee Lee Jae-myung, saying he is not interested in anyone's offer. Ahn dismissed the DP Chairman Song Young-gil's view that he can "integrate" with Lee. Song earlier said in a Yonhap News Agency interview that Ahn is es...
Polls show Yoon, Lee in very tight presidential race
South Korea's two leading presidential candidates are in a very tight race, with one opinion poll putting the main opposition's Yoon Suk-yeol ahead of the ruling party's Lee Jae-myung and another survey showing contrary results. Yoon of the People Power Party (PPP) had 40.4 percent, down 4 percentage points from a week ago, while Lee of the Democratic Party (DP) posted 39.7 percent, up 1.7 perce...
Mudslinging in full swing for two main presidential contenders and their families
Yoon faces criticism of wife while Lee apologizes for son's gambling past
Opposition camp reaches out to non-party figures for wider appeal
People Power Party invites non-conservatives to join with fresh recruitments
[Newsmaker] People Power Party's turmoil continues with chairman AWOL
Lee Jun-seok switches off cellphone after being 'passed', reports say he is in Busan
[Newsmaker] Presidential race riddled with accusations, denunciations
Misbehavior, suspicion cloud candidates' promises and visions
[Election 2022] D-100: Pundits' take on outlook, impact and fallout
Experts weigh in on key facts, analyses of ongoing race
[KH Explains] Undoing Moon's policies, or going beyond them?
Though two main contenders dominate the race, four party-backed candidates are gunning for the presidency
Election law violations decrease
The number of election-related offenses in the run-up to the Dec. 19 presidential polls fell considerably from five years ago, law enforcement agencies said Thursday. Park Geun-hye, the daughter of former President Park Chung-hee, defeated liberal opposition candidate Moon Jae-in to become the country's first woman president. The country's election law stipulates 22 days of official campaigning,...
Ex-ruling party chief takes over governor's seat
CHANGWON (Yonhap) ― The former chief of the conservative ruling party made a comeback to the political scene by clinching a landslide victory in a by-election for the governor of South Gyeongsang Province, the state election watchdog said Thursday. Hong Joon-pyo of the ruling Saenuri Party received 62.9 percent, or 1.1 million votes, followed by Kwon Young-gil, a liberal-leaning candidate with n...
Conservatives sweep major by-elections
Conservatives won a landslide victory in two by-elections held in Seoul and South Gyeongsang Province on Wednesday. Former Education Minister Moon Yong-lin became the new superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, defeating left-leaning Lee Soo-ho, the former chief of the Korea Teachers and Education Workers' Union. Moon, 65, emeritus professor at Seoul National University, h...
Park's enigmatic leadership leads to victory
Members of Park Geun-hye`s campaign and Saenuri Party officials clap as vote count shows Park`s larger-than-expected win over Moon Jae-in of the Democratic United Party. (Park Hyun-koo/The Korea Herald) Validating her perseverance through years of solitude and integrity demonstrated throughout her 15-year political career, Park Geun-hye won her presidency on the platform of unity. Park, strong ...
Park's family tree boasts strong business and political ties
Park prepares a memorial ceremony for her father, Park Chung-hee, on Nov. 14, 1979. He was assassinated on Oct. 26 that year. (From left) Late former President Park Chung-hee, first lady Yook Young-soo (back)and children Ji-man, Geun-hye and Geun-ryeong look at a globe in the Blue House. Park Ji-man, entrepreneur and younger brother of President-elect Park Geun-hye, and his wife Seo Hyang-hee, ...
Song Ji-ah from Netflix's 'Single's Inferno' under fire for wearing fake luxury goods
Greater Seoul area braces for heavy snow, central region also expecting heavy snowfall: KMA


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Home Money, Politics and Power Would President Romney Support Stimulus?
Would President Romney Support Stimulus?
Republicans have supported stimulus when one of their own was in the White House, should we expect that to happen with a Romney administration?
by Jamelle Bouie
Republicans haven't always been opposed to stimulus. In 2008, under George W. Bush, congressional Republicans joined with Democrats to pass the Economic Stimulus Act, a $152 billion package which gave tax cuts to individuals and married couples, tax breaks for businesses, and $40 billion in direct spending. Going back further, again under President Bush, Republicans touted the initial round of Bush tax cuts as stimulus that would boost the economy.
Writing in response to Paul Krugman-who doesn't see political room for a hypothetical Romney administration to propose fiscal stimulus-Jonathan Chait suggests that Republicans might reevaluate their stance in the event of a GOP presidency:
[T]o whatever extent the Republicans oppose Keynesian theory right now, I don't see this as a core belief of theirs. Their true core belief is that tax rates on the rich should be low. George W. Bush and the GOP Congress were both willing to advocate stimulative Keynesian policies in 2001 and again in 2008. Romney's economic advisers share their party's obsession with cutting taxes for the rich. If the Republican Party finds itself no longer standing to benefit from economic calamity, and suddenly in a position to lose a great deal from it, I suspect they will find the advice of their Keynesian economists suddenly much more persuasive once again.
A lot of this depends on both the sincerity of congressional Republicans and the extent to which Romney try to hold to his campaign promises. I have no doubt that John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Eric Cantor, and Paul Ryan would support a stimulus bill; their first concern is politics, and by improving the economy, Keynesian stimulus would boost President Romney and the Republican Party. But I'm not sure that the same is true of Tea Party Republicans who entered Congress in 2010; my hunch is that they're sincere about their opposition to "stimulus," and would oppose any effort to mimic the Keynesian packages of 2008 and 2009.
What's more, Romney has committed himself to a radical reduction in the size and scope of government. His campaign is based on a promise to reduce government and "unleash" the private sector, and with stimulus defined as "big government," that rules out the possibility of further spending. And while there's a chance that Romney would simply abandon his rhetoric, it would be a break from the norm; in her book Presidential Campaigns and Presidential Accountability, political scientist Michele Claibourn notes that both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush tried to address the issues they outlined in their campaigns. As she puts it, "[C]ampaigns tell us…which of the ongoing agenda items the new president is willing to expend his effort, his time, his resources."
What she means is that presidential candidates-even ones the public doesn't trust-are deliberate about the priorities they outline in a campaign, and try to pursue them once in office. When George W. Bush ran for president in 2000, more than half of the ads run by his campaign and the Republican National Committee mentioned education. "Three days after taking office in January 2001," writes Claibourn, "Bush announced No Child Left Behind…his answer to the challenge of improving education highlighted by his campaign."
Romney is running on austerity and tax cuts. Will he try to spin those policies as good for the economy? Absolutely. But I doubt he'll try to reach for another round of fiscal stimulus. Politically, in the GOP, there's just too much working against him.
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Have a designated place to meet. We used to meet in a large assembly room we called "the soul winning room" but we outgrew it; now we meet in the church auditorium. Do not pick a room that is too large for your crowd; picking a small room, to begin with, will add excitement because it will make your crowd appear larger. As your crowd grows and you need to add more chairs than you have space, move to a larger meeting place.
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Windows 10 users may soon uninstall more native apps
by Martin Brinkmann on October 18, 2018 in Windows - 26 comments
Microsoft plans to unlock uninstall options for more native applications that the company's Windows 10 operating system comes with by default. Native applications provide users of the operating system with all kinds of functionality: from viewing photos and editing images to jotting down notes or capturing screenshots.
While some of these applications are popular and useful to the bulk of users, some users prefer to use third-party programs or apps which they install manually on their Windows 10 devices.
Instead of using Paint3D, users might select Paint.net, GIMP, or another image editor instead. These -- usually -- offer better functionality than the native applications.
Windows 10 was never very consistent when it comes to the removal of built-in applications. While it was possible from the get-go to remove some apps using the Apps > Apps & features menu of the operating system, most apps could not be installed that way.
Most native apps have the move and uninstall buttons grayed out under apps & features in the Settings app which means that users can't remove or move the apps using it.
Administrators and experienced users know that it is possible to use PowerShell to remove any application. We published a guide in 2015 on removing apps from Windows 10 and the methodology has not changed.
Third-party programs like Geek Uninstaller supported the removal of Windows 10 apps as well. Some privacy programs for Windows 10 support the same functionality.
Microsoft plans to improve the capabilities of Windows 10 in regards to the uninstallation of apps on the system in the coming feature update. The next feature update will be Windows 10 version 1903 and Microsoft revealed recently that users will be able to remove the following apps from devices running that version of Windows 10 (next to apps that can be removed already: 3D Viewer, Calculator, Calendar, Groove Music, Mail, Movies & TV, Paint 3D, Snip & Sketch, Sticky Notes, and Voice Recorder.
All these applications will get an uninstall option in Windows 10 version 1903 in the Settings application and even directly from the Start Menu by right-clicking on them and selecting the uninstall option of the context menu.
Windows 10 users who run Windows 10 version 1809 can remove some apps already from the Start Menu. These are: Microsoft Solitaire Collection, My Office, OneNote,
Print 3D, Skype, Tips, and Weather.
Most Windows 10 users are exposed to installed apps through the Start Menu. Options to remove these apps directly from the menu is a good usability change as it provides users with direct actions to get rid of apps that they don't like or don't use.
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Corky said on October 18, 2018 at 10:34 am
Microsoft's idea of uninstalling software normally means removing the link and perhaps the .exe so the suggestion they may allow users to uninstall stuff doesn't fill one with confidence, and their insistence on reinstalling everything with each major update makes what they say seem even more hollow.
Dave said on October 18, 2018 at 5:08 pm
"Prevent Windows from Reinstalling Apps"
https://winaero.com/blog/prevent-windows-10-installing-unwanted-apps/
I guess that'll come in handy for anyone using W10 but asking users to rummage through the registry shouldn't really be necessary, especially when Microsoft advise against doing so.
For a company that proclaims it's all about the end user you'd expect them to at least honor end user decisions without having to go through such a rigmarole.
Yuliya said on October 18, 2018 at 10:50 am
PowerShell commands:
remove all Modern applications from the system account
Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -online | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online
remove all Modern applications from your current user account
Get-AppXPackage | Remove-AppxPackage
remove all Modern applications from "username" user account
Get-AppXPackage -User username | Remove-AppxPackage
remove all Modern applications for all user accounts
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage
Valid for both Windows 8 and 10. You'd want to run 1st, 2nd and 4th, should remove everything.
John G. said on October 18, 2018 at 12:05 pm
Just the best way to get rid about those awful and unuseful pile of crap inside W10.
If upgrade just be optional, W10 will still worth the pain.
Anders said on October 18, 2018 at 12:18 pm
You might want to keep Calculator…
Yuliya said on October 18, 2018 at 12:47 pm
Nah, I'd remove everything if I were to use W10. Just replace it with a Win32 alternative. Even better get LTSB and avoid all this nonsense. Or at least get the LTSB calc.exe and use that one instead.
stefann said on October 19, 2018 at 1:47 am
@Yuliya :
Or just use Microsoft Calculator Plus that could be downloaded for Windows XP and XP x64 as a bonus:
https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/Microsoft-Calculator-Plus.shtml
Yuliya said on October 20, 2018 at 6:01 pm
Interesting. I was never aware of this. I knew Microsoft had another calculator:
Microsoft Mathematics
ilev said on October 18, 2018 at 1:35 pm
So Minecraft Candy crush, .. will stay.
I used portable Windows 10 Apps Manager.
chesscanoe said on October 18, 2018 at 2:16 pm
Revo Uninstaller Pro Version 4 apparently already has this uninstall ability under 1809. It works for what I have tried, which is not a confirming test for everything.
Anonymous said on October 18, 2018 at 2:22 pm
Just four more to go:
– Remove Cortana
– Remove Edge
– Remove Automatic Updates
– Remove Telemetry
Michael Mc said on October 23, 2018 at 7:07 pm
– Remove Game Bar
Ballmer said on October 18, 2018 at 2:49 pm
Uninstall win10 – check
Install Linux-mint 19 – check
Happy – check
Never install Windows 10 – CHECK
rip said on October 18, 2018 at 3:05 pm
Get rid of the Windows 10 Start menu with ClassicShell and you won't be bothered by those stupid tiles full of MS-branded stuff.
"..and you won't be bothered by those stupid tiles full of MS-branded stuff…"
But the apps will stay installed and will be updates at the background.
John Fenderson said on October 18, 2018 at 9:57 pm
@rip
While Classic Shell is one of the mandatory utilities/changes in order to reduce the pain of using Win 10, it doesn't really address the issue of having unwanted applications installed.
Aris said on October 18, 2018 at 6:41 pm
"Windows 10 users who run Windows 10 version 1809 can remove some apps already from the Start Menu. These are: Microsoft Solitaire Collection, My Office, OneNote,Print 3D, Skype, Tips, and Weather."
Except Print 3D all can be removed from start menu via default uninstall menu entry.
Ano said on October 18, 2018 at 7:43 pm
Exactly this. Then reintroduce the clear UI of W7 basic (call it 'Future Modern Hip' if necessary), remove all non-OS apps and we finally might have a better Windoes 7.
Windows 10 will never be better than Windows 7, Windows XP or Windows XP x64 !
toni said on October 18, 2018 at 8:56 pm
well, from day one of using this bullsh..eee…bloatw…eee…windows10, i use ccleaner to uninstall all unwanted / unneeded software. and it works.
John said on October 18, 2018 at 10:33 pm
I think it's good for an operating to have pre-installed native apps so users can see what their computers are capable and use some decent stuff to do things without having to download or purchase third-party software, *but* I also think that people should be able to install third-party stuff, set them as defaults, and uninstall the undesired bundled stuff if they desire to, without having to resort to third-party programs to uninstall things that may break functionality or have their uninstalls erased by the next update.
This is a step in the right direction by Microsoft IMO. Of course, until I can uninstall Cortana, it's only going to be useful to a point. ;)
I'd like to see smartphone operating systems have the ability to uninstall all their buddled applications as well.
dark said on October 18, 2018 at 11:49 pm
At this point it doesn't really matter. Switching to Linux is much better choice.
juan said on October 19, 2018 at 1:50 am
The best recipe is, sr nadella stay with the uninstall of w10 completely, put a serious linux and that you freedom privacy and ease of use and where I have absolute control of my system and is called linux mint!
420 said on October 19, 2018 at 9:27 am
Anyone who uses mint, should try manjaro (like the mountain). Watched go from like #10 on distrowatch to #1. Feels better than mint to me and always the latest packages.


The Greensgrow Farms garden center in Kensington is the cornerstone location of Greensgrow. It is the heart of our organization and the sustained success of the business and the site is critical to the vitality of the enterprise as a whole. The Garden Center Manager ensures the health of vendor and neighbor relations, and is constantly seeking out new opportunities for growth and community partnerships. The ideal candidate will be extremely customer-oriented, able to build the Greensgrow Farms garden center to reflect the needs and desires of the local community, and participate in shaping strategic direction for the organization in pursuit of its mission and vision.
This person will have overall responsibility for the management and success of the garden center business and staff members and will be a leader for the team and in the broader organization. With support from Greensgrow's administrative team, this position is responsible for setting and adhering to business goals and budgets, hiring and training staff, managing inventory, and attending to the physical infrastructure of the farm in addition to supporting other Greensgrow programs and activities.
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Saudi Arabia has raised the quota for Pakistani pilgrims for Hajj 2019, a statement from the Ministry of Religious Affairs announced on Sunday.
According to the ministry, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed an agreement in this regard.
Under the agreement, more than 184, 000 Pakistani pilgrims – 5000 more than this year – will perform Hajj next year.
Saudis also promised the minister to consider a further increase in hajj quota for Pakistan according to the new census, after some consultation.
Minister of Religious Affairs Pir Noor ul Haq Qadri and his Saudi counterpart, while signing an agreement, also agreed to include Pakistani pilgrims in 'Road to Makkah' project in phases. As many as 35,000 pilgrims from Sindh will benefit from this scheme during hajj 2019.
Saudi foreign department informed Pakistan that the decision on the visa fee reduction is yet to be implemented.
According to Saudi authorities, they will make a final decision regarding the abolition of fee after consulting with Khadim-e-Haramayn al-Sharifayn.
It should be mentioned here that the Saudi high-ups, after a special request from Prime Minister Imran Khan, had agreed to reduce visa fee for Pakistanis from 2000 riyals to just 300.
The Religious Minister thanked his Saudi counterpart for considering the suggestions made by Pakistan.
In November, Qadri informed the national assembly that his ministry has started to work on Hajj policy 2019 which would be completed in three months.
He stated that the Hajj dues for the coming year would be decided after consultation with all the stakeholders.
He promised to take the House into confidence on the fee structure for hajis.


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Update in anaesthesia service and residency training programme in KSA how far from the target?
Mohammed Abdullah Seraj
Professor of Anaesthesia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Professor of Anaesthesia, Riyadh
DOI: 10.4103/1658-354X.51832
The Kingdom of Saud Arabia provides one of the best health care delivery systems in the Arab world. Both government and private sector have spent vast sums of money to establish, maintain and provide medical facilities all over the Kingdom, Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. The health care system is provided by the ministry of health hospitals (MOHH), the private sector hospitals (PSH) and other government hospitals (OGH). In (2005 G), the total numbers of anaesthetists in all hospitals were 1449 (688, 350 and 411 respectively). The workload of anaesthetist/year was 735 cases, while in (2007 G), the total numbers of anaesthetists were increased to 1640 (806,344 and 490 respectively). The workload of anaesthetist/year was 479 (average 467,313 and 739 cases).There is a slight increase in the numbers of anaesthetists in total but it is still beyond the international recommended number of 1 anaesthetist: 10000 populations
The residency training programmes started in the late eighties and the early nineties. Several modern programmes were established in the Arab world. They are:
The first was King Saud fellowship started in 1989 by the author
The second was King Faisal Fellowship in 1993 but the programme ceased.
The Arab Board for the specialty of anaesthesia and intensive care in 1993
The Saudi scientific council for the speciality in anaesthesia and intensive care in 1998.
Recently four post-anaesthetic fellowships were approved. They are cardiac anaesthesia, critical care, paediatrics anaesthesia and pain management.
Seraj MA. Update in anaesthesia service and residency training programme in KSA how far from the target?. Saudi J Anaesth 2009;3:29-34
Seraj MA. Update in anaesthesia service and residency training programme in KSA how far from the target?. Saudi J Anaesth [serial online] 2009 [cited 2023 Jan 29];3:29-34. Available from: https://www.saudija.org/text.asp?2009/3/1/29/51832
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS article is to update the readers with the anaesthesia service and the development of the residency training programmes (RTP) in KSA. Detail recommendations for further improvement in both services will be given.
Definition of the specialist was known as the unknown soldier in the medical practice. The specialist usually works long hours with low income, confined to the operating theatre, may be under administration of the surgical department with minimal direct contact with the conscious patient. Furthermore, the specialty has been marked in the past by high incidents of drug and/or alcohol addiction [1]. A new study by the American Society of Anesthesiologists has shown that there is no increased incidence of drug addiction among anesthesiologists than any other medical practitioners [2]. The specialty suffers a high incidence of suicidal attempts and cross infection. All these were detrimental factors against anaesthesia so majority of medical graduates were not attracted to the specialty of anaesthesia. The few graduates who loved the specialty joined. These physicians made daring changes by developing new subspecialties. These were intensive care, cardiac anaesthesia, pain management for cancer patients and intractable pain, the introduction of epidural services for painless child birth, thoracic anaesthesia, administrative management, resuscitation, and paediatric anaesthesia.
The development of new anaesthetic drugs, the state- of-the-art of anaesthesia machines and monitoring devices, the creation of top class residency training programmes and the birth of anaesthetic societies in every country. The early exposure of medical students to the specialty was to attract the graduates. All of these had an influence to accelerate the dramatic changes and improvement in the specialty. An inviting permanent career was created which helped to attract the cream of the graduates. This was the turning point that projected a better image of the specialty. Most recently, a new name or identity has been given to the specialty and the specialists, called perioperative medicine and perioperative physician.
A new and modern definition of anaesthesia based on all the above factors is as follows: He/ she is a physiologist, a pathologist and a master pharmacologist who with his/ her knowledge and skills will be able to provide the right and logical method of anaesthesia, dictated by the patient's condition, for the benefit of the surgeon who will be able to perform his/ her surgical procedures successfully and without ill effects on patient's vital organs during and after the procedure.
The modern international style of residency training programmes
The modern resident training programmes started in North America. It is a blend of several old methods and is a structured training programme. The residents will be taught and prepared in the junior years which included the basic sciences, principles of general and local anaesthesia. This will prepare them to be promoted to the senior years of the professional subspecialties. Through out the entire training years the residents will attend the scheduled educational activities beside their own departmental academic activities. These include lectures, case presentations, seminars, courses and workshops approved by the council. The residents rotate through various accredited hospitals for the clinical training to acquire the necessary skills to prepare them for annual promotion and finally obtaining the degree. The training and evaluation is only carried out in recognised and accredited hospitals where academicians and consultants share the responsibility of teaching and the supervision of residents.
An accomplished physician in the specialty is graduated with the highest knowledge and skills that are able to provide logical and safe techniques in anaesthesia for any patient, at any time, any where. The graduate is taught to make the correct decision in cases he/she is unable to provide the ultimate proper and safe anaesthesia due to inappropriate facilities. World wide recognition of the new programme is acclaimed, not only for its simplicity but for its wider application in preparing the new candidates to understand, absorb and digest the amount of cognitive and didactic knowledge taught.
Development of anaesthesia services in KSA.
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is considered to have one of the best modern health care systems in the Arab World. The government and the private sector provide different levels of health care systems through three different health care institutions. The ministry of health is the prime institution who is responsible for providing and supervising the lion share of the total hospital beds in the kingdom including the private sector hospitals. It carries the burden in providing a different level through out the vast geography of the kingdom. The following tables will show the statistics of years 2003, 2005 and 2007 as issued by the ministry of health in the annual statistics book year 2007 for the three health institutions in KSA.
The number of hospitals has increased from 339 to 386 in 5 years (average: 9.4 hospitals/ year) while the number of beds has increased by 7644 beds in the same period of an average of 1529 annually [Table 1]. The surgical cases performed were increased by 69493 cases (average of 17373 cases /year) [Table 2]. The number of anaesthetists working in the Kingdom's hospitals was increased in the last five years 2003-2005-2007 from 1248 to 1409 to 1640 respectively [Table 3]. The workload of the anaesthetists working in the ministry of health hospitals was also improved. Meanwhile, the workload of the anaesthetist working in the private sector hospitals has not improved as other health care institutions. Saudi Arabia needs 2100 to 2300 anaesthetists to perform the number of the surgical cases [Table 4]. The population of Saudi Arabia has increased from 21 Millions to 23 Millions in the last 5 years. There are slight increases in the number of anaesthetists in the total, and a marginal fall in the deficit but it is still below the international recommended number of 1 anaesthetist: 10000 populations.
Throughout the years the Saudi Anaesthesia Association (SAA) has published these figures and advocated that there is a shortage not only in the number but also in qualified consultant anaesthetists working in the Kingdom especially in the ministry and the private sector hospitals. The Saudi scientific council for the specialty in anaesthesia and intensive care sets stringent rules and regulations for recognition to join the programme. The majority of the ministry of health hospitals and all private sector hospitals failed to reach up to the required specific standard. The numbers of residents belonging to the ministry are limited. These hospitals constantly recruit more junior anaesthetists while other government hospitals recruit senior highly qualified consultants to perform the daily surgical lists. The other government hospitals have implemented the standard of care which stipulates to have a consultant/theatre cover and technician assisting the work in a fully equipped theatre. They have insurance cover plus these consultants are usually teaching and supervising the residents. They ultimately have far less work load/year and less litigation cases than both ministry and private hospitals.
Development of The Saudi residency training programmes
Since the development of the modern health care system in the Kingdom, anaesthesia was left behind in while other specialty leaped along. Anaesthesia was at a lower level than the western world due to several major problems, e.g. the specialty is considered to be inferior, lack of professional qualified anesthetists. Very few graduates obtained a scholarship to go abroad seeking their higher degree in anaesthesia. Upon their return they helped to establish the modern services of anaesthesia which took two forms.
I. The era of the technical training programme:
In the 60's and 70's, the only solution to solve the problem of having very few anesthetists working in the Kingdom was to create anaesthesia technicians [3] A three year diploma was established by the ministry of health who adopted the scheme started by the Scandinavian countries. The programme later was cared for by Dr. Isac Alkawashki who was the first Saudi qualified anaesthetist. The aim was to graduate sufficient numbers of technicians in order to provide a service under the control of a senior consultant anaesthetist. In 1990, only high school graduates were accepted in the programme. Recently, the Ministry of Health has agreed that the entire health institutes and colleges under their care will be transferred and managed by King Saud University. There are over 1050 anaesthesia technicians and uncounted number of nurse anaesthetists working in the health care system in the Kingdom. They are useful workers and are an asset to the anaesthetist, but they should not be left to practice anaesthesia on their own [Figure 1].
II. The era of the Residency training programme:
The services suffered a great deal not only due to lack of professional consultants, but unavailability of any training programmes in Saudi Arabia. From the sixties to the eighties a few qualified anaesthetists trickled into the services. I was the first Saudi qualified with fellowship in the mid seventies, later more qualified Saudi anaesthetists followed. They were Drs. Sami al-Marzoki, Dhafer Al-khedairy, Hussain Darweesh, Adnan Al-Mazroa and Walid AlYafy. Those were the cream of the crop who returned to the country. They were considered to be the fighting force who established the new image of anaesthesia. I had a dream to create and establish a state-of-the-art department during the initial working years at King Abdul-Aziz Hospital KAAH. The department started recruiting professional manpower. This was begun by Drs. Ameer Channa, Mohamed Al-Nakeeb, Moukhtar Astafan and Fayez Khan. The small department started to exhibit its own personality in the specialty and putting forward recommendations for plans and strategies laid down for the future. None of these were able to be implemented at KAAH. These plans and strategies were carried forward where they have been implemented in the newly opened King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH). The department with its both excellent services was fostering colleagues and residents alike to be trained and gave them guidance in their future carrier where ever they want to go. These tasks were classified into three objectives:
The first task was to represent the new image of the anaesthesia by first developing a top class department capable of providing state-of-the-art services based on applying the standard of care and monitoring, producing and enforcing policies and procedures. The department was successful to recruit one of the leading researchers on Muscle relaxant Professor Viby-Mogenson from Denmark and Dr. Trevor Dobinson a cardiac anesthetist from New Zealand. In 1987 I managed to recruit Prof. Philip Bromage the leader in epidural anaesthesia from Denver medical college to join the department. The department has encouraged and promoted research programmes which have yielded many publications. The department also has a major role in introducing the cardio-pulmonary resuscitation programme in Saudi Arabia, further more it help to establish and develop the accreditation scheme for training centres in the Kingdom and the Gulf region [Figure 2].
The second task was to establish the SAA. The association was launched in 1989 under the auspicious and the rules and regulations of the scientific societies of the university. I was appointed as chairman until I retired in September 2003. Its main objectives were to:
Update, improve and have an ongoing scheme to promote the new image of the specialty.
Furnish the kingdom with the standard of care and monitoring.
Hold scientific monthly and annual meetings in different regions of the Kingdom.
Provide continuous medical education and out reach programmes
Launch the SAA newsletter which lasted thirteen years. This was successfully replaced recently by the Saudi Anaesthetic Journal which is edited by Professors Abdulhamid Alsaeed, Abdelazeem El-Dawlatly and Jamal Al-Hashemi.
Initiate departmental malpractice insurance known as (Takaful Ejtemaei). Each member of the department deposits a sum of S.R. 2000 (500$) in order to have the compensation money needed for any litigation against any member of the department. The insured member can take his/her share and when leaving or can donate it to the SAA. At the same time, they all felt legally protected.
Participate actively in world conferences and federations.
The third task was to create an upgraded residency training programme different from the local degrees and similar to what the western world provides. This was mainly to produce future Saudi qualified staff. When I returned to the country in 1977 it was a dream but as the years went by the dream became a reality. This task was achieved in the next ten years with a great deal of hard work from the team assigned to produce these programmes. The second half of the eighties was the period of icing the cake when the department managed to plan and produce the following:
1. Master Degree in Anaesthesia
In mid eighties, the post graduate centre set a plan to develop the higher degrees in different medical specialties. The department of anaesthesia agreed and assigned Prof. Amir Channa, Prof. Viby Mogenson and I to prepare and implement the project in 1986. A few candidates were enrolled, but never graduated due to the request to replace the master degree by a fellowship in the specialty of anaesthesia and intensive care. These residents were transferred to the new programme.
2. King Saud fellowship in anaesthesia & intensive care
Professor P. Bromage, Drs A. Channa, T. Dobinson and I accepted the challenge. We had to gather and review all available fellowship materials internationally. We created a programme similar to the Canadian programme for its collectiveness and simplicity in application, preparing and producing a professional anaesthetist. The four years training programme was started in 1989. The residents rotate in all specialties, produce a log-book containing a performed 2000 cases and were successfully passing yearly examinations. The coordinator of the programme was Dr. Amir Channa for several years followed by Prof. Mohamed Naguib who continued until he moved to America. The first graduate from the programme was Dr. Abdulhamid Alsaeed in 1993, who recently became the second professor of anaesthesia in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Recently Dr. Jamal Al-Hashemi has been promoted and became the third Saudi Professor, working in Jeddah, King Abdulaziz University. The total graduates and the holders of King Saud fellowship are thirty six, while there are fifteen residents enrolled in the ongoing programme some of these graduates and the residents are non Saudi.
3. Arab Board in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
The Pan Arab federation of anesthetic societies realized the department's achievement and requested in November 1991 to prepare the statutes of the programme. The task was completed and presented to the Arab Council for medical specialties in Damascus and approved in November 1993. I was appointed as the general secretary for two terms and vice president for two years. The Board started slowly, but gained more popularity along the years and the number of candidates kept increasing and reached over 1301 and the graduates have exceeded 150. Fourteen Arab countries are members of the Arab scientific board in the specialty of anaesthesia and intensive care.
4. Fellowship of King Faisal University
It was started in 1993. The programme started successfully, but unfortunately it only lasted for a few years. Only two fellows were graduated. Reason for its cessation is unknown.
5. Saudi Board in the Specialty of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Three academesions and a consultant from prince Sultan Cardiac centre in Riyadh were selected to the committee by the Saudi Council for health specialties. Their task was to prepare the statutes of the Saudi Board in the specialty in anaesthesia and intensive care. They completed and obtained the approval in 1998. Once again I was selected to be the chairman for two terms and member for a third term. The new five year programme was approved recently and will start in October 2008. The start was slow but the number of candidates enrolled in the programme has increased to 122. The numbers of Saudi residents are 105. Seven residents completed their training programme and are eligible to enter the final examination. The number of graduates is twenty with some of these being expatriates.
6. Sub-Specialties Post Anaesthesia Fellowships
The members of the Saudi scientific council for anaesthesia and intensive care decided to create post specialty fellowships. Four ad-hoc committees were selected to develop state-of-the-art training programmes of two years. They completed the task which was discussed and approved by the members of Saudi Council in the specialty and sanctioned by the Saudi Commission For Health Specialties. The graduates will obtain his/her degree which will facilitate their appointment immediately as a consultant. A fellowship degree will be granted in the following sub-specialties:
Cardiac anaesthesia fellowship. Three specialists joined the programme..
Critical care fellowship. The programme has produced 4 graduates and has 7 residents.
Paediatric anaesthesia. The programme has 3 residents.
Pain management. Acceptance will start next January 2009.
An accolade should be bestowed on all professionals who climbed the mountain with their efforts, enthusiasm, perseverance, and persistence. Those were the ones who started the creation of an updated, modern and sophisticated department with state-of-the-art equipment and monitoring, managed by professionals in the specialty. The aim was to have the most excellent and elaborate department which is the envy of colleagues in the Arab world. Those were the professionals who worked behind the scenes and did not ask for glory and made the dream become a reality. Hundred researches papers were read and published by members of the department in national and international reputed journals. They continue their march by establishing the SAA under the auspicious of the university rules and regulations of the scientific associations. They managed to spread knowledge and create the new image of anaesthesia in the Kingdom through the activities of the association. They achieved this by holding regular monthly club meetings and annual scientific meetings in various regions of the Kingdom and started outreach programmes designed for the colleagues working in remote hospitals. The association launched its newsletter and was distributed nationally and internationally. It also created some thing new that was the mal practice insurance cover known as El-Takaful Al-Ejtemaei.
The same professionals made their final task an achievement. This was the establishment of the various residency training programmes in the Arab world. The aim was to replace the old unstructed training programmes into a modern sophisticated residency training programmes. Several programmes were established in successive years. The final higher degree was the establishment of the Saudi Council for the specialty in anaesthesia and intensive care. This council made more advanced progress than its counterpart by establishing the post graduates sub-specialties degrees in cardiac anaesthesia, critical care, pediatric anaesthesia and finally the pain medicine.
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[Table 1], [Table 2], [Table 3], [Table 4]
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