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Focus on Barcelona Sporting Club's recent travails and you might overlook the significant role the institution has played in the history of Ecuadorian football. A glance at the record books is enough to put anyone straight, the team from Guayaquil having amassed more trophies, points and Copa Libertadores appearances than any other side in the land.
Yet there is more, much more, to the emergence and development of the club known as *El Torero *than mere statistics, as FIFA.com reveals.
*Birth of an institution *Founded in 1547 as a shipyard and trading port at the service of the Spanish crown, Guayaquil would develop over the years into a charming city where many cultures came together. It was in the heart of its shipyard area, El Barrio del Astillero, that a group of friends – mainly Catalans, but containing Ecuadorians, Italians and a Uruguayan too – decided to set up a football club.
The year was 1925 and the plan came to fruition on 1 May in the house of the Barcelona-born Eutimio Perez Arumi. As a mark of gratitude for the support of Guayaquil's Spanish community, and out of the admiration that the club's founders felt for the then Barça keeper Ricardo El Divino Zamora, they decided to call their new outfit Barcelona SC.
Though the club's first shirt was black, it was made a little less sombre by the addition of a badge virtually identical to that of their European namesakes. Two years later the dark jersey became the club's change strip, giving way to the current yellow top.
*The making of a legend *Barcelona's first steps were faltering ones, and it was not until the middle of the 1940s that their legend began to take shape, thanks to the achievements of a team made up entirely of Ecuadorian players. Led by the inspirational Sigifredo Chuchuca, they began to challenge the supremacy of another Guayaquil giant, Emelec, a side studded with well-known internationals, giving rise to a rivalry known as El Clásico del Astillero.
One of the club's defining performances came on 31 August 1949, when the crowd-pulling Millonarios of Colombia came to town, with established stars such as Alfredo Di Stefano, Alfredo Pedernera and Nestor Rossi in their ranks.
The local press did not rate Barcelona's chances very highly against a team widely regarded as one of the best in the world, a correspondent in *El Universo *writing: "There is the hope that Barcelona can, as they have on so many other occasions, put on a good show against great rivals, though they would be advised to take steps to avoid a catastrophe."
Defying the odds, however, the home side prevailed 3-2 courtesy of goals from Enrique Cantos, Jorge Rodriguez and Victor Lindor, a success they capped the very next year by winning their last amateur league title. The good times continued to roll following the creation of the national league in 1957, with Los Canarios winning the title three times and finishing runners-up on another three occasions between 1959 and 1968.
As well as becoming the first Ecuadorian side to appear in the Copa Libertadores, Barcelona also welcomed a number of powerful European sides to Guayaquil in the 1960s, giving as good as they got against all of them. Though beaten 3-1 by Real Madrid in 1961 and 3-2 by Benfica six years later, they saw off their Spanish namesakes 2-1 in 1966 and earned respective 2-2 and 1-1 draws with AC Milan that same year and with Borussia Monchengladbach in 1964. So well-drilled was their defence, in fact, that it was nicknamed La Cortina de Hierro (The Iron Curtain).
A year after their championship win in 1970, Los Toreros made their mark in the Libertadores, inflicting a first-ever home defeat on defending three-time champions Estudiantes, a victory known in the club's folklore as La Hazaña de La Plata (The La Plata Exploit). "God (and Bazurco) go with Barcelona," headlined the Argentinian daily Clarín, lauding the scorer of the game's only goal, Juan Manuel Bazurco, the priest-cum-footballer who gave his salary over to his parishioners.
Though their Copa run would end in the semi-finals, Barcelona still went on that year to be become the first side to win back-to-back Ecuadorian titles.
The remainder of the decade proved barren, and it was not until 1980 that the championship trophy was secured again, the trigger for a golden era in which Barcelona added five league titles to their trophy cabinet, finished second twice more and took up residence at their current stadium, the Estadio Monumental.
While the 80's were a time of domestic glory, the 90's were notable for two near-misses in the Libertadores. The first of them came in the decade's opening year, when the Ecuadorians went on an unexpected run to the final only to lose to Olimpia. Reaching the final again eight years later, with a much-changed side in which Jose Cevallos, Holger Quinonez, Luis Gomez, Jimmy Montanero and Nicolas Asencio all excelled, they came off second best against Vasco da Gama.
In between times, Barcelona won the league in 1995, amassing a still-unbeaten tally of 101 points, before securing their 13th and last title to date two years later.
*The present *The club they call El Ídolo del Astillero has found success elusive since the turn of the millennium, to the extent that domestic rivals El Nacional have now equalled their haul of championship trophies. Relegation became a distinct possibility in 2009, Barcelona eventually avoiding the drop by two points to maintain their proud status as the only side in the country never to have gone down. Though much-improved campaigns in the following two seasons failed to bring them silverware or a return to the Libertadores, Barcelona would appear once more to be on the up.
*The stadium *Situated in south-west Guayaquil, the Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo was inaugurated on 28 May 1988 and adopted its current name two years later in tribute to a former president of the club. Boasting a capacity of nearly 60,000, it is the largest stadium in Ecuador and one of the most modern in Latin America. The venue for two Copa Libertadores finals (1990 and 1998), it also hosted the showpiece matches of the 1993 Copa America and the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Cup, as well as FIFA World Cup™ qualifying matches for Italy 1990, USA 1994 and France 1998.


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An unfamiliar Cottagers side containing debutant Josh Passley and rookies such as Chris David and Muamer Tankovic were almost dumped out of the cup by their League One opponents, who played the last 37 minutes with 10 men following Michael Doyle's off-the-ball kick.
Chris Porter's instinctive first-half finish had put the Blades ahead and that looked to be enough until Hugo Rodallega's score secured a 1-1 draw and a replay 15 minutes from time.
It may have been a different story had Meulensteen fielded a full-strength team but with a relegation battle to fight and a trip to Swansea on Tuesday night, that never crossed his mind.
"I think every person with a bit of common sense can understand (my team)," he said.
"If one person respects the FA Cup it's me and I'd love to stay in it but we play Sunday at 1pm for television and then go to Swansea on Tuesday then every man with a little common sense understands you have to maximise your possibilities and minimise your risk.
"That's what we are doing.
"The Swansea game is important to us so it works two ways: It gives a chance to the players who are going to face Swansea to have an extended preparation and a chance for the others to play here.
"That's what you've got a squad for. Every squad member is a valuable player and has to deliver when called upon."
Asked how a replay fitted his plans, Meulensteen said: "It's like an extended Christmas period for us. I haven't even taken my tree down yet."
Meulensteen was honest in his assessing his side's shortcomings on the day, admitting that Ryan Flynn might have been awarded a penalty when he collided with Aaron Hughes at 1-0 and admonishing Darren Bent for missing the target late on from a yard.
"I'm not happy with a replay, I don't think that is the right word because looking at the second half and the red card you should - as a Premier League team - be able to put the game to bed.
"We lacked a bit of quality. In hindsight we were a bit lucky to still be in the cup because one of the breaks they had could have hurt us and they had a penalty shout that could have been given.
"Darren's was a poor miss, especially for him because that's what he's made his life on - goalscoring and those little chances.
"That's where those players turn up and he's disappointed with himself as you can imagine."
Blades boss Nigel Clough was delighted by the way his side stood up to their top-flight opponents and claims some contestable calls by referee Andre Marriner served to fire up the underdogs.
"I'm immensely pleased and proud of them, the work rate was the standout," he told Press Association Sport.
"It was a great effort with 10 men for that amount of time. It was remarkable to not just contain Fulham in the second half but to be a threat as well, which was great to see.
"The crowd responded because there was a sense of injustice - from us as well - to some of the decisions. There was definite contact on Ryan Flynn in the area and at 2-0, even with 10 men you'd hope to see it through.
"But you can use that to your advantage if everyone digs in and works hard for each other."


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Tracking expenses is a necessary tedium in any small to midsize business (SMB). Whether it's keeping a count of day-to-day credits and debits to your operation or making sure every cent of your employee's business trip is accounted for, you need a system that's easy to use for workers and provides complete auditability into expenses for managers and owners.
If your business finds itself in the red or close to it, there are two likely ways to get back on track, short of its owner winning the lottery. Get a handle on the two largest controllable line items in the budget: salaries and employee-initiated expenses. Cutting salaries or laying off personnel are extreme measures that may not make sense since most SMBs tend to operate with lean business plans.
The second option is the far easier choice. The cloud, with its numerous expense tracking, reporting, and management Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products, makes controlling employee-originated business expenses much more attractive. SaaS software is both easy to deploy and easy to use, which means employees are more likely to use it, on top of it generally costing less than traditional on-site hardware/software combo solutions. Why wait until you can't sleep? Open the expense books and find a solution now.
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Before you can choose SaaS expense tracking software, you have to examine your organization in some detail. Is it based in the United States? Does it do international business? What kinds of expenses are typically initiated by the workforce? A good place to begin is with a thorough audit of how many employees in your company submit expenses for reimbursement, including travel, business meals, and even office supplies. What are those average expenses? Are they reasonable or do you think individuals are taking advantage? Look beyond the averages; a tool that suits a sales team on the road may not be ideal for the remote employees who visit the home office every quarter. Create an organizational map including the reporting/supervisory structure. This may sound like overkill but it will come into play if you need a multi-tiered approval feature. Use this information to create loose policies and rules based on location, company averages, and what you deem appropriate.
Next, take a look at the back-end technology your company is using, especially its accounting software. Add this to your must-have business intelligence (BI) data. It's important to minimize employee learning curves so they will be up to speed on the new product with minimal brain drain and collateral costs. A solution that's confusing, difficult to use, or worse, buggy in its integration with your back-end systems will make employees avoid using it, which is exactly what can kill an effective expense tracking solution.
For example, if most of your staff uses Windows phones, you can overlook products that only have mobile apps for iPhone and Android. If your mobile workforce uses iPhones or Android-based smartphones, you're in luck since most SaaS products do have apps for these platforms. On the finance side, does your bookkeeper and CPA use QuickBooks Online Plus, or is your business based on more advanced accounting software like enterprise-grade general ledger accounting software? Choose a product that you're sure will integrate with the existing software powering your accounting chain; your money-managers will thank you for it.
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Building a great SaaS expense tracking and reporting product isn't easy. It must serve at least two masters: the finance department and the employee. Doing this well means providing not just accurate expense tracking, but also the capability to adhere to company policy and provide the tools for timely employee reimbursement. When it's done correctly, the result of deploying one of these products is increased productivity and collaboration, fewer adversarial relationships, and measurable, significant cost savings.
One product requirement for the finance department is that it support company compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). This law addresses employee expense abuses and imposes draconian penalties on companies that lack effective internal expense controls. Because of this, the product you choose needs to have comprehensive and customizable policies, rules, and approval designation abilities, and if it has tools to self-audit for SOX, so much the better. Another top-of-mind capability is data storage for at least seven years as required by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Data must be available to create a full audit trail should the request be made. Accounting software integration is another must-have so report data can be automatically folded in to the company's Chart of Accounts; some of these applications also rely on the accounting software to make and track the actual employee reimbursement. While integrating with typical small business accounting tools is fairly straightforward, should your business be using more sophisticated general ledger or enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, like NetSuite OneWorld or SAP Business One Professional, the integration process may be more difficult but is no less essential so it's important to plan well at the outset. It's important to both finance and employees submitting expenses that the product's interface be accessible in the user's local language. It should also be able to slice and dice expenses in currencies the company and employees use.
On the mobile side, users need simplicity in their smartphone app, but simplicity that delivers the maximum level of performance in as few keystrokes as possible. Users should be able to capture images, glean as much specific data from those images as possible, manually input expenses, and create and subsequently submit their expense report for approval. Taking this a step further, the end-to-end process flows more smoothly when products pull in expenses from users' credit cards and facilitate reimbursement into designated bank accounts.
Users have different criteria for success. While back-end accounting can run the gamut as far as complexity, anything from the ease of a SaaS-based small business solution like FreshBooks all the way to a multi-month deployment process for the typical ERP implementation, no one wants complexity when it comes to an expense report system. They want simplicity, simply because nobody wants to spend any more time than they absolutely must doing expense reports. Most of the data entry relies on mobile apps, though each application lets you construct the report using a website and usually email forwarding and credit card integration, too. Employees should be able to capture images, glean as much specific data from those images as possible, manually input expenses, and submit their expense reports for approval. Taking this a step further, the end-to-end process flows more smoothly when products pull in expenses from users' credit cards and facilitate reimbursement into designated bank accounts while filtering key data identified by your accounting professionals to their back-end systems.
Expense Tracking Bottom Line
We tested 10 SaaS expense tracking software solutions in this review roundup. The trials gave us a good view into each product's setup complexity and the issues a regular customer would encounter not just during setup but also during day-to-day use. We looked at key product features, the software's web and mobile interfaces, setup, and ease of use to get an overall impression before zeroing in on end-user points such as camera image capture quality, speed of image analysis, and efficiency of expense report submission and approval.
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is the electronic conversion of typed, handwritten, or printed text images into machine-encoded text, and it can be a critical component of a successful expense report management software system. The eight products we tested that use OCR—Certify Now, Concur ExpenseIt and Concur Expense, ExpensePath, Xpenditure Small Business, ExpenseBot, Expensify, and Receipt Bank—reduce the amount of required manual data input. Abacus uses geo-location technology suggesting restaurants, etc., to help users. That said, the products that glean the most data from receipt images are Certify Now and Xpenditure Small Business, a key reason why both earned our Editors' Choice award.
Overall, Certify Now and Xpenditure Small Business' mobile interfaces are the easiest to use to create expense reports, although Abacus comes is a close second. Abacus also sports a cool, text-like internal communication tool that none of the other participants had, and it provides the most expeditious route for reimbursement. That said, we appreciated the simplicity of ExpenseBot's mobile app and the feature depth of Receipt Bank, too.
From a finance point of view, Xpenditure Small Business and Receipt Bank have the widest choice of back-end accounting software integrations, and they have the best international environment features as well. Abacus is only available for companies doing business in the U.S., and all of the participants maintain data storage for the required seven-year period, if not longer.
From the end-user perspective, Certify Now and Xpenditure Small Business tie for Editors' Choice due to their ease of use, and their simple yet sophisticated interfaces available for a wide range of mobile platforms. On the finance side, their policy and rule-setting capabilities are the most comprehensive.
Pricing is competitive across all our competitors, with Expensify's $5 per user per month demonstrating that a low price can sometimes still be a true bargain rather than just "cheap." Even so, the prices are close enough that other factors may be more important. Most applications charge based on the number of active users per month, but there are variations, such as ReceiptBank charges based on the number of transactions practiced. Xpenditure Small Business beats out Certify here because of Certify's setup fee. While Concur ExpenseIt and Concur Expense offer cool, seasoned, and full-featured expense management services, they lose ground because it was so difficult to ascertain value without pricing transparency. They may well be a great value for a fast growing SMB, though, so don't overlook them if that's you have an SMB.
Any of these products would be good choices depending on your business needs, though the combination of usability, expense functionality, and price gave Certify Now and Expensify the tie for Editors' Choice for medium and large enterprises, while Xpenditure Small Business gets the nod for the little guys. This round we also included new reviews for Receipt Bank, ExpensePoint, ExpenseBot, and Zoho Expense, all of which are solid options worthy of your consideration. Choose a service that's affordable, easy to use now, and will scale as your business grows. You won't have to revisit the decision down the road.
Featured Expense Tracking Software Reviews:
Zoho Expense Review
Bottom Line: Zoho Expense is a powerful expense tracking platform with a bevy of out-of-the-box features and customization options in an interface that's simple to use. Included as part of a Zoho One sub...Read Full Review
Certify Now Review
Bottom Line: Certify Now is great expense monitoring software for small to midsize businesses (SMBs) that serves both mobile users and company finance departments well.Read Full Review
Xpenditure Small Business Review
Bottom Line: Easy to use, end-to-end expense tracking software with comprehensive tools, including multiple accounting software support, OCR technology, and multi-lingual interfaces.Read Full Review
Expensify Review
Bottom Line: Expensify is software that streamlines data entry and automates the trivial pieces of expense tracking. It does a splendid job and is very affordable.Read Full Review
ExpenseBot Review
Bottom Line: ExpenseBot is simple yet powerful expense tracking software that keeps things simple for users without restraining administrators. But it's hampered by a few feature limitations.Read Full Review
ExpensePath Review
Bottom Line: One of the most fully featured and reasonably priced expense reporting software solutions in this roundup, ExpensePath doesn't require you store banking information to use it.Read Full Review
Receipt Bank Review
Bottom Line: Expense tracking software packages all say they make the process easy but Receipt Bank actually delivers on that promise. It simplifies the complex expense tracking process by minimizing dat...Read Full Review
Abacus Review
Bottom Line: Abacus is expense tracking software that delivers easy-to-use interfaces with a robust set of features, provided you don't mind inputting company and team member bank account info.Read Full Review
Concur ExpenseIt and Concur Expense Review
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ExpensePoint Review
Bottom Line: Expense tracking software ExpensePoint is old-school, built more for the accounting department than for the user's convenience. Employees will still hate to do expense reports, but administr...Read Full Review


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If you have COPD, your usual shortness of breath could suddenly get worse. You may start coughing more and have more mucus. This flare-up is called a COPD exacerbation or a COPD attack.
A respiratory tract infection or air pollution could set off an attack. Or it may happen after a quick change in temperature or being around chemicals. You may not always know the cause.
When you have a COPD flare-up, your normal symptoms suddenly get worse:
Don't panic if you start to have a flare-up. If you are prepared, you may be able to get it under control. Work with your doctor to make a plan for dealing with a COPD attack.
Take your medicines as your doctor says:
Call 911 if:
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now," Carroll told the
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this is a great signing.
Andy is an all-round
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power, everybody
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Gazans confront scenes of devastation and loss
BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip — Israel continued to pull its troops out of Gaza on Monday as thousands of Palestinians confronted the wreckage the soldiers left behind: shattered lives, whole neighborhoods under rubble and an ever-rising death toll.
Israeli news media reported that Israel would withdraw all its troops before Barack Obama was sworn in as U.S. president on Tuesday. However, the first full day of a cease-fire was no consolation to Gazans still tallying their losses, such as the Soboh family, who buried a girl just 20 days old.
Baby Mariam caught a severe cold hours after she was born, when Israeli soldiers advanced on their village in northern Gaza and her family was forced to flee into the chilly night. Nearly a week passed before it was safe enough for her parents to take her to a doctor, but by then, her father said, it was too late.
She died Monday morning, and perhaps the only blessing of her short life was that she died on a day when it was safe for her family to leave an emergency shelter to lay her to rest.
At a modest ceremony in a simple graveyard, Bilal Soboh kissed his newborn daughter one final time before she was lowered onto the soft earth. A neighbor placed the tiny body, wrapped in a thin cotton shroud, between some cinder blocks and covered it with a sheet of metal, the crudest of funeral chambers.
Mariam's grandfather, Mohammed Soboh, found his home destroyed in Beit Lahiya, which was the scene of some of the fiercest clashes of the war. A poor farmer supporting a family of 15, Soboh quietly acknowledged the simplicity of the baby's funeral.
"We cannot afford a proper cover for the coffin," he said. "We didn't even pay for the cinder blocks."
In Gaza City, seemingly every outpost of the Hamas-led government — the parliament building, the Justice Department, police stations and even firehouses — lay in heaps, with giant concrete slabs teetering at improbable angles. In other places the damage appeared random: middle-class apartment blocks sprayed by artillery fire, and roads, a soccer field and a popular park chewed up by tanks.
Some of the worst damage was in residential areas where Israeli ground forces apparently had done battle with Palestinian militants.
In the Tawam neighborhood, atop a hill with a view of the Mediterranean, a working-class enclave the size of a city block was reduced to a field of debris, the tracks of Israeli Merkava tanks still fresh in the dirt.
Families picked through the wreckage of homes with their bare hands, retrieving shreds of clothing and scraps of twisted metal as broken glass crunched underfoot. Children collected bullet casings outside the charred husk of one home where residents said militants had set up shop last week.
"I have nothing left. Everything is broken," said Imad Wadi, 36, as he loaded a horse-drawn cart with the remnants of his home: splintered wooden beams, a mangled kitchen pot, a thick strip of rug.
He motioned toward a building where he said emergency workers had pulled an old woman's body from the rubble that morning. "The Israelis had no mercy," he said. "They destroyed everything in their way."
Crews retrieved 12 bodies from collapsed buildings, Palestinian medical officials said, adding to a death toll that's already topped 1,300, two-fifths of them women and children. At the cemetery in Beit Lahiya a handful of families dug fresh graves alongside baby Mariam's.
Israel has denied targeting civilians and said that Hamas fighters were operating from residential areas.
With some 4,000 homes destroyed, Palestinian officials estimated the cost of rebuilding Gaza at $1.5 billion.
The day wasn't entirely quiet, as two Israeli fighter jets buzzed Gaza City and Israeli warships sporadically shelled a beach-side area around midmorning. Military officials didn't respond to requests to explain the incidents.
In much of Gaza City, however, life appeared to be returning to normal, as lines formed outside banks and supermarkets and pharmacies reopened for the first time since the war began.
Israeli officials have said that their military campaign decimated Hamas, but the militant Islamic group tried to appear resilient, deploying armed police officers on the streets and civilian officials to take stock of the wreckage.
Surveying the damage in their neighborhoods, residents expressed outrage at Israel's aggression, but some also voiced frustration at Hamas. For all the group's defiant rhetoric, several people asked, what did its resistance campaign achieve?
"Where is the victory Hamas was talking about? Show us the victory," wailed Maha al Sultan, clasping a tissue to her nose. "We are the only ones dead and destroyed. Where are the burned Israeli tanks and dead soldiers?"
The 36-year-old mother of four was standing outside her family's home in Tawam, where some 55 relatives lived in six apartments. An Israeli strike had collapsed the concrete roof like a chute and it hung nearly at a 90-degree angle, looking as if it would fall at any minute.
The family would spend this night, and probably many cold nights to come, at a U.N. shelter, she said. She bitterly wondered how Hamas' belligerent leader in exile, Khaled Mashaal, would explain that to her.
"Where is Khaled Mashaal? He's living in Syria in a big castle," she said. "Let him see our destroyed homes."
Nearby, Khadija Saqer, 55, sat on the crumbling stoop of her family's decimated three-story house. The ground was strewn with bits of a ceramic teapot and a cracked plastic bed frame, signs of the middle-class life they'd built in the house over the past five years.
The final humiliation, she said, was evidence that Israeli soldiers had camped upstairs: opened cans of beef and a few missing packs of Marlboros.
"There was no resistance," Saqer said. "It's the job of the resistance to protect my land."
She soon directed her anger back at Israel, however, suggesting that the military campaign had only fueled Palestinians' resentment.
"My sons are not Hamas," she said. "But I wish they were."
Israelis withdrawing as Gaza cease-fire appears to hold
Eerie quiet in Gaza City on first night of cease-fire
Israeli soldiers say they have OK to use tough tactics in Gaza
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Funnyman Andy Samberg is officially a taken man!
The Saturday Night Live alum married girlfriend of five years Joanna Newsom, according to US Magazine. The duo made it official Saturday in Big Sur, Calif., at the Post Ranch Inn.
Joining the couple for their magical moments were celebrity guests and friends like Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel.
NEWS: Other good news for Andy? We love his new show Brooklyn Nine Nine!
Andy proposed to his now wife back in February, and revealed to Ryan Seacrest on his morning show although he was excited to wed his lady, the planning was stressful.
"So far, its been nothing but stress and joy," he joked earlier this week. "The joy is the lady herself. The stress is the planning. We tried to go small and it was just impossible. There's too many relatives, too many friends."
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Colorado State football coach Jim McElwain and Air Force's Troy Calhoun were among the 20 semifinalists for college coach of the year named on Wednesday.
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Game #132: Jays at A's pregame
Toronto (66-65) at Oakland (65-68)
at 10:05 p.m. ET at McAfee Coliseum
Today's lineups:
Vernon Wells, CF
Reed Johnson, LF
Alex Rios, RF
Matt Stairs, DH
Troy Glaus, 3B
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Aaron Hill, 2B
Curtis Thigpen, C
John McDonald, SS
PITCHING: RHP Jesse Litsch (5-6, 3.44 ERA)
Shannon Stewart, LF
Mark Ellis, 2B
Nick Swisher, CF
Jack Cust, RF
Mike Piazza, DH
Dan Johnson, 1B
Marco Scutaro, SS
Jack Hannahan , 3B
Kurt Suzuki, C
PITCHING: RHP Chad Gaudin (10-9, 4.12 ERA)
NOTES: After sticking with virtually the same lineup for weeks, manager John Gibbons opted to place Wells back in the leadoff spot. Toronto is 10-6 with Wells in the No. 1 slot, where he's hit .304 with a .377 on-base percentage, .667 slugging percentage, seven homers and 16 RBIs. For the year, Wells is hitting .258/.309/.430 with 15 homers and 74 RBIs in 128 games. Hitting coach Mickey Brantley also revealed on Tuesday that Wells has been playing with a hurt shoulder for some time now. … Jays also signed LHP Joe Kennedy to a Minor League deal and sent the southpaw to Triple-A Syracuse. GM J.P. Ricciardi said Kennedy would likely be up with the Jays after roster expand and the pitcher would get a shot at being a situational lefty out of the bullpen. … C Gregg Zaun wasn't in the lineup after hurting his leg during Monday's game. Zaun said his knee was a bit "puffy" when he woke up, but he believed the injury stemmed more from his calf and hamstring. He said he expects to be OK for Wednesday's game. … Gibbons said DH Frank Thomas was simply getting a day off.
entering Tuesday
1. Seattle 73-56 (–)
2. New York 72-59 (2)
3. Detroit 71-60 (3)
4. Minnesota 67-64 (7)
5. Toronto 66-65 (8)
REALITY CHECK…Since 1995, the runner-up in the AL Wild Card race has finished with an average of 89 victories. The Blue Jays would need to go 24-7 over their final 31 games to reach 90 wins.
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I like this lineup it should work.
Why is it this team has to come up with an excuse every time a player is not doing his job,If wells has a sore shoulder it most certainly has not interfered with his deffence.
I say it is another lie conjured up by JP Brantley is the messenger.
I personally hate having Wells in the leadoff spot.
Jays sure let one get away in Gaudin. Gave him up for virtually nothing after a small one year chance in the bigs.
Don't get me wrong I still think wells belongs in the three hole but the 1 hole is better than the 4 hole.
What do you think of the latest pitcher the idiot JP picked up of the garbage heap.
So much for the Wild Card!!!! LOL!!!!! You have no chance of catching the Yanks nor do you have a chance to get the Wild Card. Thinking that is about ****-T-U-P-I-D as thinking your pitchers will win the Cy Young!!!! LOL!!!!! Like i said you guys should use the phrase "Wait Until Next Year!" as your motto. I F-A-R-T on all your Mom's heads!!!!!!
I am a gypsy tonight I will put a curse on you,A fool always pays for his evil deads and yes I know who you are.
As for the wild card what happens happens only time will tell not you semigodgoof25.
It seems every time we give up 2 runs early we have a hard time getting going.
Nobody seems to be posting have you all given up this soon anyone not you goof25 you smell bad and I'll bet your mother is a nice person and a wise one thats why she gave you up at birth.
hey Golf
So I see your Cy Young candidate Mike Mussina is struggling. What is that now for Mussina, 20 runs given up in the last 9 innings.
Tremendous Yankees pitching. If he keeps that up-he's likley going to catch the Dodger.
Oh Golf-one last thing
Be careful in your Yankee's f a r t s.
They'll likely come out in dribbles just like your team, and you'll have embarrasing brownie spots in places you didn't think possible.
A-Rod is wearing knee pads also he wears depends because every time he hears the name TOWERS he wets himself,lol.
Ian Brown has chosen to remove all goffcg25@hotmail posts from the Boston blog, could you please do that here also . Thank You in advance
No worry girl-we can defend ourselves-let him bring it on.
Now that was a good one. And here I thought the only reason A-Rod wore the knee pads was to deal with blondy.
So Chad walks Stairs to get to Glaus. Hmmm-don't think that was a smart move.
Then walk Troy-do I smell a big inning here
Nope just the same **** we smell all the time-bases loaded and no runs
Pathetic-I'm outta here
Garry, Indigo have a good night
The second I saw overbay come up I told my wife watch the double play.
good one on blondy.
Please characterize goof25 for us go girl go.
come back we will win I thought I was the only one who gave up this soon.
I think gsumner lives closer to Toronto than you do garry, which means he probobly has to go to bed, on account of the fact he probobly works for a living.
What a chump! 😉
When they brought up Thigpen they said he was going to play 2 or 3 times a week,they can't expect him to hit after sitting on the bench for 8 to 10 days at a time.
Rogers must have joined the liars club because his staff sure knows how to lie.
It's only 10 here,don't you have to work.
What time is it where you are.
Oh, it's midnight – I live near toronto.
But I don't have to work. I finished college in the spring and have been taking the summer off before looking for a job.
If your looking for work go to fort McMurray our son went and got his scaffolding ticket and thats all he does is put up scaffolds for 30.00 per hr.and he gets some overtime at double time,Also he gets 145.00 per day living allowance.
It cost about 1.000 per month to stay there and your food,
you work 10 days and have 4 off or you can work 20 and take 8 off.
he makes 175.000 per year and because he stays in Alberta he only pays fedral tax.
Kreuzer Named FSL Player of The Year
Dunedin Blue Jays
MiLB Headlines
Butler And Nielsen Also Receive League Honors
Two of the keys to the Blue Jays second half run were honored today by the Florida State League. First baseman Josh Kreuzer was named FSL Player of The Year and selected as the league's best first baseman. Jacob Butler was selected as the league's best left fielder.
Currently, the Blue Jays sit two games in front of the Clearwater Threshers and two and a half games ahead of the Tampa Yankees for the second half West Division title. The Blue Jays and Threshers play Wednesday and Thursday in Clearwater.
Kreuzer is having the best year of his career in 2007. In five seasons, Kreuzer has a .260 batting average, never hitting better than .267. Only twice did he have double digits in home runs. But this year has been a different story as his .307 batting average is currently fourth in the FSL. The power numbers are up too, with the 24 year old hitting 20 homers, 34 doubles (both numbers fourth in the league) which have combined to put him first in extra base hits (54). Despite slugging at a league best .541 clip, Kreuzer has been disciplined at the plate. His league leading .428 on base percentage follows his rise in walks from 25 in the first half of the season to 37, and strikeouts falling from 47 to 35.
Kreuzer is the third Dunedin Blue Jay to be named FSL Player of The Year. The others are Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Vernon Wells and New York Mets first baseman Carlos Delgado.
Butler's league leading 23 home runs and 81 RBI (third in the league) made him a perfect choice in left field on the post-season All-Star Team. Butler was doing well in the first half, but has been hot since the All Star break. He has hit 14 of his homers in the second half and 48 of his RBI. In 100 games as Dunedin's left fielder, Butler has only five errors. This isn't the first honor for Butler in his career. In 2005, he was named the Pulaski Blue Jays' MVP, Butler's first season in the minors.
Nielsen Named Player of The Week
Right fielder Eric Nielsen was named the FSL Player of The Week Monday. In his last nine games, Nielsen is batting .500 with nine RBI. He is second in the league in batting (.325) and first in hits (141) and doubles (41).
Brandon League's first rehab start was successfull. Went one inning, no hits and struck out 1 for the Gulf Coast Blue Jays in Monday's game. He will likley go again tonight in Dunedin
I remember them commenting on Wells sore shoulder earlier in the year and he missed a day or two due to it, then nothing more had been said about it until now. If you watch him play , you notice him rolling it back and forth . I wonder if he has some tendonitis.
Speaking of Kennedy, I have seen better but I have seen worse . Sometimes a change of scenery does wonders for a player so I will reserve any comment about Kennedy until we see how he performs within the Jays organization. Besides he is born in a great year and great month ..lol… He is still young so hopefully can turn himself around.
I don't know if anyone else has noticed this , but A-Rod has been hit by a pitch in several games since Towers "plunked" him . Makes you wonder if there aren't a few pitchers out there using him for target practice.
Have a great day everyone .
i think that picking up kennedy is a stupid money wasting move. We don't need another starter for god's sake.
yanks ain't making the play-offs either so might as well shut ur trap
Now i got a real farfetched trade. or what we should do off-season.
Fire gibby and JP sign a new coach and manager
Sign ichiro (i know that you guys think we don't need him but read on)
trade thomas, reed, towers, and adams for **** who can preferably hit from left but not necessary. Someone with good onbase, and speed and is consistent.
That leaves us with lind for DH. This will also be a salary dump cause we are getting rid of some huge payrolls from players we don't need and that might give us enough money for ichiro.
SS-we traded for
how much percent do you think this will happen or is possible? i say about 9%.
any other trades u guys got in mind.
Harry- I think Seattle has already extended Iciro's contract, so the chances are likely 0%.
Sounds like the Jays are looking at Kennedy as a reliever.
When you think about it, the locks for the bullpen next year are: B.J. Ryan, League, Accardo, Janssen, Wolfe and Downs. That means Tallet, Romero, Frasor and Kennedy will all compete for the 7th position. Maybe they think he can be the long guy-instead of Frasor, who knows. It's not all that expensive to sign a guy to a minor league contract-so it's worth a look to see if he can become a reliever.
I'd personally still pick Frasor or Romero though.
i didn't know that ichiro had his contract renewed. OH well.
I like romero too i think he's got alot of potential. Is kennedy a left hander? and i still don't think kennedy is needed after all you got 3 guys already battling it out for 7th spot. Is it also unheard of that you can have 8 bullpeners?
and when are these people likely gonna be major league ready?
Seth overbae
Kevin (i know he is struggling)
The catcher we got in this draft
and a few pitchers doing good.
And does josh banks have a shot at the jays 25 man roster next year?
Yes Kennedy is a lefty and he did sign a minor league contract, so maybe next year he sits in Syracuse just in case-nothing wrong with that.
Some teams go with 6 in the bullpen and some 7-I don't know any team with 8-because it means you give up a bat on the bench.
Travis Snider-Is now 1st in the league with 91 rbi's, top 10 with 15 hr's, 2nd with a .313 ba, 2nd with 34 doubles, 1st with a .516 slugging and 1st with a .889 OPS. All this in 113 games. However, he also has a ******** 16 errors playing right field. That and the fact he's only 19 is likely why he hasn't been promoted this year. He's as far away as his defence dictates-that has to improve. But he is an RBI machine, so lets hope he works hard and makes it quickly.
Seth Overbea rocketed through A-(Lansing) A+(Dunedin) and landed in New Hampshire-AA-all in 3 months. He gave up 1 run in 34.2 innings between Lansing and Dunedin. However, his era in New Hampshire is 4.18 as he initially struggled there. He's been solid though the last 3 outings so it appears he's adjusted. I'd expect he rises to AAA sometime next year-and possibly a September call up, if he continues to improve.
From our new draftees, neither Ahearns, Fruenmayor or Arencibia have started well.
What is extremely impressive, though, is the great group of young pitchers we have on the way. Auburn has 11 pitchers with era's under 3.0; the Gulf Coast Jays have 9. Of these 20 kids, 11 have era's under 2.0
Personally, I'm not sure about Josh Banks, he's struggled all year in AAA. I was actually surprised The Jays are thinking of calling him up. I think Ty Taubenheim has a better chance. He got demoted from Syracuse to New Hamsphire-and it's like a light went on. His last 14 innings, he's given up only two runs. Personally, I've always like Ty and I hope he makes it.
One thing is for sure, though, any pitchers we have in AA or AAA had better make it up in the next year or so, because these kids in Auburn and Gulf Coast are going to start moving up through the system and pass them


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Spy satellite agency says it fixed its 'broken' polygraph program
The nation's spy satellite agency has announced it overhauled its lie detector program after its inspector general found "significant shortcomings" that could put national security at risk.
The National Reconnaissance Office's inspector general found the problems were so widespread that one senior official described the agency's polygraph program as "terribly broken."
"This official added that the current status of the NRO polygraph program is 'bleak,'" the inspector general report said.
The review by the inspector general was triggered by McClatchy's reporting almost two years ago.
McClatchy reported that National Reconnaissance Office polygraphers had accused their agency of pressuring them to collect information during the lie detector tests that was against Pentagon policy. The Pentagon permits agencies to ask direct questions during security clearance investigations only about intelligence matters.
In a statement earlier this week, the reconnaissance agency said it made changes as a result of the inspector general report including improving training of its polygraphers and assessments of their performances.
"The NRO appreciates the reviews and recommendations made by the NRO (inspector general)," the agency said in a statement. "We are taking the right actions in response to their recommendations to ensure we retain the trust and confidence _ internal and external to the NRO _ necessary to accomplish our mission."
But the agency took issue with McClatchy's reporting, saying it contained "inaccuracies."
Polygraphers told McClatchy they were being pressured to go after prohibited personal matters during security clearance polygraphs, including, in one case, interrogating a longtime contractor about her molestation as a child.
The Pentagon had told the National Reconnaissance Office it doesn't have the authority to ask directly about crimes during its polygraph screenings. It's supposed to directly ask only about national security issues such as spying and terrorism, the Pentagon has said.
Polygraphers said they were being rewarded with bonuses or penalized based on the number of admissions they obtained. McClatchy reviewed orders given to polygraphers that confirmed they were told in some cases to collect the more personal information. The polygraphers said it was not a written policy but an off-the-books requirement.
The National Reconnaissance Office's inspector general found delays in polygraph testing and inconsistent practices by polygraphers.
"We found significant shortcomings in the administration and execution of the NRO Polygraph Program that may result in potential negative national security implications originating at the NRO," the report said. ". . . We found numerous personnel with access to NRO classified information have not undergone polygraph testing as part of their initial security process."
The inspector general also discovered instances in which polygraphers went beyond those limits, but it blamed "inefficient testing practices."
"While these instances may lead to perceptions that the NRO is exceeding its authority in asking questions beyond the scope . . . we found no evidence of programmatic directives or policies expressly instructing examiners to do so," the inspector general's office concluded.
The inspector general also blamed confusion among polygraphers because of the differences in their backgrounds. Both CIA and Air Force employees work for the National Reconnaissance Office.
However, Dennis Billings, an NRO contractor, told McClatchy Thursday that he believed the inspector general missed systemic violations of Pentagon policies.
Billings said he was grilled repeatedly about his personal life during his lie detector test even after being told that he was not suspected of any wrongdoing and had "passed" all questions regarding security matters.
"If it is not a systemic problem, why has the NRO been unable to fix it for years?" he asked.
Billings' clearances were revoked last summer after 24 years as a CIA employee and NRO contractor. He has filed a lawsuit with the federal claims court.
His lawsuit, he said, "alleges the same lack of training" and "ignorance of current law" as the inspector general report reveals.
The NRO has not yet acted on his claim or request for appeal.
Sen. Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican who demanded the inquiry after reading McClatchy's stories, said he was glad the inspector general's report was made public, but he asked for more information. The Defense Department previously found the agency had violated polygraph policies in specific cases.
"Unfortunately, the report fails to address some of the serious questions and concerns that have come up as these unacceptable practices have been uncovered," Grassley said. "For example, there is no indication of who authorized the problem cases and who should be held accountable."
Grassley said the NRO inspector general did not look at the "most troubling examples" in McClatchy's stories.
"I've asked the NRO inspector general to address my questions, and it has agreed to do so. I look forward to hearing how the agency addresses the problems," Grassley added.
Last month in a separate inquiry, the inspector general for the intelligence community found the National Reconnaissance Office also failed to notify authorities when some employees and contractors confessed during lie detector tests to crimes such as child molestation.
In other cases, the NRO delayed reporting criminal admissions obtained during security clearance polygraphs, possibly jeopardizing evidence in investigations or even the safety of children, according to the inspector general report. McClatchy's reporting raised similar concerns.
In one instance, one of the agency's top lawyers told colleagues not to bother reporting confessions by a government contractor of child molestation, viewing child pornography and sexting with a minor.
Although the two inspectors general reports confirmed some of the allegations raised by former NRO polygrapher Mark Phillips, he was denied whistle-blower status. Phillips resigned after objecting to the agency's practices.
"The NRO inspector general report reveals the pervasive failure of the intelligence community to properly deal with whistle-blowers," said Phillips' lawyer, Mark Zaid. "In this instance, the majority of his complaints were shown to have validity and prompted change. Yet he was retaliated against because of the culture and had to leave his job."


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Verizon just got the iPhone 4 and already rumors of what the iPhone 5 will have are swirling everywhere.
The latest came Friday with reports that the iPhone 5, which many expected to be launched in June, will give users the ability to place the phone next to an Apple computer and have all their settings, files and apps show up on a computer screen.
But the rumor fun did not stop there. There are also conflicting reports that Apple is going to give the iPhone 5 the ability to make retail payments by waving it at a pay station.
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Twitter: Growing Fast, Not For Sale
Twitter is really hot, and that was evident from a discussion with company founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone that served as the opening discussion at the D7 conference. It seemed like most of the audience used Twitter, but there are still lots of questions about where the company is going and how it will make money. Williams and Stone said they were clearly focused on building the company and running it for many years to come.
Host Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal talked about while some studies show that most people who sign up for Twitter don't use it even once a month, 14% of Americans were using it and 19% of those were using it more than once a day.
Williams and Stone gave some history of the company. Williams talked about how he had sold Blogger to Google and started working with Biz there; then left to start Odio and later Stone joined him them. Later, they thought about the idea of just seeing status updates from their closest friends and seeing updates via SMS. Stone and several others started a prototype of Twitter; they used it over a weekend and it became obvious people liked it. That led to the starting of Twitter as a company (initially without Williams, who later closed Odio and then joined.)
Williams said the company now has 43 employees, and that's doubled since January. But they said the product didn't start growing until nine months after it came out.
It seemed like most of the audience used Twitter, but most used other apps for posting. Stone said at least twice as much traffic came from applications versus the Twitter web sites. Williams said that it was "fabulous for us and for users" that applications.
Asked about "real-time search," Williams talked about how that means different things to different people. What Twitter is doing with search is different and better ways of filtering the content that is in Twitter.
A lot of the discussion was on monetizing Twitter, and Mossberg showed research from Twitter users that said 30 percent of people said they thought banner advertising would be ok. Williams said he thought banner advertising was not offensive, but not particularly interesting; Stone said not to focus so much on the Twitter site but on the whole infrastructure.
In the study, 24 percent said they would be open to paid, professional versions of Twitter; Williams said that was a good idea, giving tools to marketers, such as authentication - making sure the brand was really behind the tweets.
We're 1% in the way towards building out Twitter, said Williams. Stone noted that the site has a lot of hype, and that can't last.
Stone and Williams said they pictured themselves running Twitter five years from now; and building a company out. "It's surprising to me," said Williams, who said he didn't realize that would be the case when Twitter was started.
He said the company wasn't for sale, and that the board and venture capitalists behind the company were in agreement on that.
For now, Williams said, the company is focused on improving the user experience, broadening the product, deepening the products, and building the business.
In response to a question, Stone said he thought the big opportunity would be in something they hadn't thought about yet.
(By the way, if anyone wants to follow me on Twitter, I'm m_j_miller)


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What's Hormones Got to Do with It?
Six thousand women enter menopause every day, and studies have shown that the fairer sex can experience menopausal and perimenopausal symptoms as early as their 20s and 30s. Dr. Phil's wife, Robin, author of What's Age Got to Do with It? is on a mission to show the ladies how to embrace life changes with dignity and grace!
Robin recounts her own emotional and physical struggles with the change of life. Learn how she was able to get a handle on her mood swings and hot flashes.
"I am today, at 55, the healthiest that I can be."
Becky says she hasn't gotten a good night's sleep in 12 years, and when she looks in the mirror, she sees a woman who has aged 10 years in 12 months.
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Michelle is a 33-year-old who says she's chronically exhausted and regrets that she can't spend more time playing with her daughter. Her husband, Mark, says they're not as intimate as they used to be.
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Military Channel's 'Operation V-Day' Nears
By Carmen L. Gleason
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2007 - Friends and family back home will have a chance to see their servicemembers in action and hear their personal messages via video thanks to the efforts of a cable network dedicated to the military.
Beginning at 6 a.m. on Feb. 14, Discovery Communications' Military Channel plans to launch "Operation V-Day," a 24-hour commercial-free airing of messages from troops around the world to their loved ones in the states.
The channel also plans to begin airing troop-recorded videos for a new feature showing the personal stories of the men and women stationed overseas.
"The Military Channel is dedicated to all military subjects - and most certainly that means men and women in uniform themselves," said Jill Bondurant, organization publicist.
The media outlet is the first to partner with the Defense Department's America Supports You program in an effort to broaden national awareness of the ways viewers can support U.S. troops.
Bondurant said that the network is reinforcing its commitment to the military by being a voice for troops and opening up the airwaves so they can send messages back home.
In mid-January, the Pentagon Channel asked American Forces Network stations worldwide to begin collecting video clips for airing on Valentine's Day. Their goal was to submit 1,900 messages to the cable network.
The nature of the Pentagon Channel is to push out news and information to the men and women of the military and their families, said Brian Natwick, the station's general manager. "For this reason, making the push to get people to give Valentine's Day messages out to family members is a great project for us to be involved in."
In addition to airing the messages from troops in 177 different countries, the Military Channel will also air public service announcements on how to get involved with the America Supports You program.
The Military Channel will continue to focus on user-generated videos when they begin airing "Voices from the Front" the following day. At the top of each hour, the network will broadcast "unfiltered, real-life" moments filmed by servicemembers.
"The Military Channel is continuing to increase the amount of airtime related to the war in Iraq, which has doubled since last year, and is planning more direct-from-the-troops programming," said Bondurant.
She said that this is a chance for troops to tell their personal stories to viewers and allow them to see what a day in the life is really like for servicemen and women.
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Caltrans blitz seeks more Amtrak riders
Just weeks after Gov. Jerry Brown's office quashed a $10 million public relations contract to promote the new Bay Bridge span, Caltrans is preparing to spend $9 million for a PR firm to sell people on riding trains.
"Advertising for Amtrak increases the number of riders and raises revenue for the state," said Caltrans spokesman Matt Rocco.
Caltrans has tentatively picked an outfit called Tmdgroup for a three-year campaign intended to boost ridership on three Amtrak routes in the state, including the Capitol Corridor line from San Jose to Auburn (Placer County).
The firm will also develop a track-crossing safety program.
Rocco said state taxpayers are already subsidizing Amtrak service in California to the tune of $90 million a year. Amtrak carries almost 5.6 million passengers in the state annually, but ridership on some lines has dipped - hence the need to sell the system.
By the way, Tmdgroup boasts on its Web page that it handles only government contracts and specializes in "motivating positive behavioral change."
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Pedal power: After months of work, a city plan to move bike lanes off Market Street and onto Mission Street appears to be headed for the old political cul-de-sac - largely because the San Francisco Bike Coalition doesn't like the idea.
City planners had floated the idea of moving Mission Street buses over to Market, then using the freed-up lanes on Mission for cyclists.
As planners saw it, it was a win-win for everyone - buses would have more room on Market than on Mission so they could go faster, and bicyclists would have a safer ride away from Muni.
The bike lobby, however, wants bikes to stay on Market Street - the city's main corridor.
"Now is the time to expand on what's working - not to give up before trying," said Leah Shahum, the bicycle coalition's executive director.
No sooner did the politically powerful bicyclists group make its views known than Supervisor Scott Wiener, who is eyeing a run for state Senate, said he had concerns as well and called for hearings.
"We need to have a public airing," Wiener said. "I want to hear more."
What's really at play here is a looming fight for space between cyclists, pedestrians and Muni passengers now that cars are being pushed out of the Mid-Market area.
The cyclists want to make sure Mid-Market is theirs.
Domestic affairs: District Attorney George Gascón is moving his misdemeanor prosecutors upstairs - clearing the entire second floor of his Hall of Justice office for his fast- growing domestic violence unit, which just got funding for nine new positions.
The ramp-up comes despite a city budget analyst's report showing that the number of domestic violence cases referred to the district attorney by the Police Department fell by 40 percent over the past five years, and that the number of charged cases dropped 18.5 percent between 2010 and 2012.
Gascón, however, says his figures show the number of domestic violence cases going to trial has almost doubled, from 19 in 2010 to 37 in 2012.
He blames the public defender's office for not taking more plea deals.
Interesting to note, however, that about half of domestic violence trials wind up in acquittals.
"My suggestion," said Public Defender Jeff Adachi, "is that if the cases were better screened by the D.A., then we would have fewer trials."
Drone on: "It was pretty much a dog-and-pony show," was how Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty summed up the latest round in the great East Bay drone debate.
At issue: whether the Alameda County sheriff should accept a homeland security grant to buy a 4.4-pound aerial drone equipped with a camera.
As expected, the American Civil Liberties Union and other privacy advocates turned out in force at a supervisors committee hearing Thursday to oppose the eye in the sky.
But what irked pro-drone Haggerty was learning at the last minute that newly minted Supervisor Richard Valle had calendared the drone issue as a "no-action" item - making the hearing little more than a replay of a December meeting on the issue that went nowhere as well.
After the hearing, Valle told us he didn't plan on taking up the issue again until the state and federal governments come up with guidelines for domestic drone usage.
"I guess the guy just likes meetings," Haggerty said.
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Sunday, 7 June 2009
Yasso 800's
One fun way we've just found to train is to run Yasso 800's (named after Bart Yasso). I'm sure a lot of you are already familiar with this, but the idea is you run 800 meters (2 times around a track) 10 times with a little break between each one and your average time in minutes can predict your marathon time in hours. Ex: avg. 3:15 minute 800 meter equals 3 hour 15 min marathon.
Here is what we ran tonight (before it started raining and The Lorax started crying):
My 800 meter times
#1 2:58
#2 2:53
#3 2:47
#4 2:48
#5 2:48
#6 2:55
SR's 800 times
#1 2:24
#2 2:21
#3 2:18
#4 2:18
#5 2:18
#6 2:22
#7 2:19
Despite having seen a lot of people write that their Yassos can predict their marathon time to the minute, I don't think I'm anywhere close to running at 2:51 marathon. But one can dream. Plus, it is a really fun way to get speed training. And if you can make it a date, you may be surprised what a turn on it is, but that is a different story all together.
Running Song of the Day: Laughing With by Regina Spektor
9 comments:
- Danni said...
Those are fast 800m times!
- 8 June 2009 at 00:21
- SteveQ said...
You have the speed to run a marathon that fast, but not the strength to pound out 6 1/2 minute miles for hours.
When I ran a 2:40 marathon, my 800s were done in 2:12-2:15. Now that I run about 3:15, the 800s would probably be about 3:25-30, as I'm out of practice.
- 8 June 2009 at 17:53
- green light said...
I love 800s myself, but they are notoriously bad predictors of marathon times. But good speedwork. And my old coach insisted on these rules: a key element is how much recovery you're allowed -- it should be active (at least a dead shuffle, no standing around), and no more than half the time it took you to run the interval itself (so, if your interval split was 2'50, your rest should be 1'25). And consistency/pacing is key -- they should all be the same or decreasing, no slower splits. But nice work!
- 10 June 2009 at 05:26
- green light said...
gah! correcting myself because I posted, then doubted, then checked: recoveries are supposed to be the SAME as the time it took, so 2'50 jog for a 2'50 interval. I thought that was sounding particularly brutal...
- 10 June 2009 at 05:30
- er said...
I have found that the accuracy of the Yasso 800 m work-out depends to a large extent on your background as a runner. A middle distance runner will typically wind up with a predicted marathon time that is way faster than they can actually run whereas an endurance runner marathoner/ultramarathoner type can wind up with an under-predicted (i.e. slower) marathon time. But it is a mentally challening and fun work-out and beneficial for racing from 5 km to marathon.
- 11 June 2009 at 05:23
- sea legs girl said...
Thanks for the great comments!
I am just surprised that since I consider myself a middle to long-distance runner (and ran 800's for the first time right before this post) that I would actually be BETTER at 800's than marathons. But I think the key is that I am far too spiritual on my long runs and, like Steve Q said, really don't have the strength to run fast for an entire marathon.
- 11 June 2009 at 23:15
- cecil r said...
Hi sea legs..according to yasso its 10x 800m with 1-2 min rest, any more rest will not simulate Aerobic endurance needed for marathon. 6 x is just too few...build up.
Good luck
- 17 July 2009 at 11:46
- LeeView said...
Hi Sea Legs Girl
what happened with your prediction on the marathon? Was close enough ''Mr. Yasso''??
Did you repeat it later in your training?
- 8 February 2011 at 14:19
- sea legs girl said...
Hi Lee -
Well, as you can see from my marathon PR 3:27, I never even got close! So Burt Yasso and I have some talkig to do.
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All Saints students perform Disney's 'Mulan'
Sixth, seventh and eighth graders from All Saints Episcopal School in Beaumont rehearsed Oct. 8 for Oct. 10, 11 and 12 performances of Disney's "Mulan."
Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students. The performance is open to the public and begins at 7 p.m. each night at the school's assembly hall, 4108 Delaware St. in Beaumont.
It was the 25th production of director Ramona Young, who has been the All Saints drama teacher for the past nine years.
"I'm just amazed every time I get to work with her (Young)," said Stacey Savino, musical director of the play. "Everything she does, she gives 150 percent."
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I'm finally starting to feel better today, still coughing and sneezing but I don't feel so wiped out now - hurrah! However, when I made this card I still felt awful, so I cheated and used the pre-coloured version of this gorgeous Faye image - I printed her onto linen card and just added loads of glamour dust! I used papers from the Micro Dots and Gingham collections, also printed onto linen card, and added a scrap of stripy Raspberry Rd paper.
The scalloped border was cut with a Tim Holtz die, the flowers are a mix of ancient stash and Wild Orchid Crafts, gingham ribbon from my stash. The sentiment is a Pink Gem Designs one available here and the little spotty buttons are Papermania.
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Paul Pierce agrees with Wizards on two-year deal
The Washington Wizards recovered nicely from their loss of small forward Trevor Ariza on Saturday, agreeing to terms with veteran Paul Pierce on a two-year deal for the team's midlevel salary exception ($5.3 million in the first season).
A person with knowledge of the deal confirmed it to USA TODAY Sports, but spoke on the condition of anonymity because it had not yet been announced. Pierce, the 36-year-old who played just one season with the Brooklyn Nets after being traded from the Boston Celtics last summer, has a player option in the second season of the deal.
The Wizards were extremely disappointed by Ariza's decision to sign with the Houston Rockets on a four-year, $32 million deal, but now add the 10-time All-Star who averaged 13.5 points (45.1% shooting overall, 37.3% from three-point range), 4.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game last season. ESPN first reported the deal. Pierce's return to Brooklyn was widely expected until the sudden departure of former Nets coach Jason Kidd, who was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks recently.
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