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Sarah's Take: Short spring shouldn't affect LA
Spring Training has begun, and every team has its own storyline. Both the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers will have an abbreviated Spring Training, forcing their managements to make decisions quickly. On March 16, both teams will board planes for a 17-hour flight to Australia, and their teams must be ready to go.
After missing the World Series by two victories, the Dodgers have a pretty established team, so manager Don Mattingly and general manager Ned Colletti don't have many decisions to make before the regular season begins on March 22, unless a player gets injured.
Spring Training has begun, and every team has its own storyline. Both the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers will have an abbreviated Spring Training, forcing their managements to make decisions quickly. On March 16, both teams will board planes for a 17-hour flight to Australia, and their teams must be ready to go.
After missing the World Series by two victories, the Dodgers have a pretty established team, so manager Don Mattingly and general manager Ned Colletti don't have many decisions to make before the regular season begins on March 22, unless a player gets injured.
Spring Training games began Feb. 26, with the Dodgers and the D-backs playing against each other for the first two. Zack Greinke started the second Cactus League game and made only four pitches before being forced to leave the game with a right calf strain. Though the Dodgers don't believe Greinke's injury is serious, they have scratched him from Tuesday's start. It's doubtful that Greinke will have enough arm strength to go to Australia to pitch in the opening two-game series.
Mattingly hasn't named the starting pitchers who will begin the season in Australia. Clayton Kershaw could pitch three Opening Days for the Dodgers, but Mattingly doesn't want him to. Coming off a marvelous season in which he won his second National League Cy Young Award and pitched 259 innings (including playoffs), Kershaw needs a lighter workload this year. I don't think Mattingly will want him pitching in Australia.
So far this spring, although it's early, the Dodgers have had superb pitching. Hyun-Jin Ryu, Dan Haren and Josh Beckett have been excellent. I wouldn't be surprised if Ryu and Haren pitch in Australia.
On Sunday, Beckett pitched for the first time competitively since he had a rib removed to relieve pressure on a nerve. Last season, he struggled mightily while attempting to pitch with numb fingertips. The right-hander underwent a career-threatening surgery to solve the problem last July, but many didn't think he would pitch again in the Major Leagues. However, on Sunday against the San Diego Padres, Beckett pitched two innings with excellent control and three strikeouts. His curveball had a sharp downward break. If Beckett doesn't suffer a setback, he'll be the Dodgers' fifth starter.
The Dodgers' bullpen has looked strong. With the abbreviated Spring Training, it is doubtful that any starter can go longer than six innings, so having a strong bullpen will be necessary for the first month of the season.
During the offseason, many worried about how Mattingly would handle having four All-Star-caliber outfielders. So far this spring, it hasn't been an issue. Matt Kemp just recently received permission to begin running with his full body weight on his surgically-repaired left ankle. Jogging in the outfield is far from running the bases in a game. Kemp has looked great in batting practice, signaling that his twice surgically-repaired left shoulder is finally healed. The Dodgers don't have a timetable for Kemp to return, since the ankle injury was so serious. Right now, the club has three All-Star outfielders -- though Carl Crawford has been dealing with a tight quadriceps, limiting his playing time.
The competition for the everyday second-base job will dominate Dodgers Spring Training news until the team leaves for Australia. When Colletti decided not to re-sign Mark Ellis, a superb defensive second baseman, it left an important infield position wide open.
Last October, the Dodgers signed Cuban defector Alex Guerrero, a 27-year-old natural shortstop. Since Hanley Ramirez, the team's best hitter, plays short, the Dodgers wanted Guerrero to transition to second base during winter ball. A strained left hamstring limited his playing time during winter ball, making the transition to second base more difficult than the Dodgers planned.
So far this spring, Guerrero has made every play at second base. Although he has had a couple hits, whether he can hit Major League pitching remains a question. Guerrero is attempting to be the first Dodges position player to go straight to the Majors without spending a day in the Minor Leagues. Despite having questionable baserunning skills, Guerrero appears to be a quality Major Leaguer. If he can't begin the season in Los Angeles, Guerrero should be there by June.
Dee Gordon and Chone Figgins represent the Dodgers' backup plan for second base and utility players. Both were originally infielders, but they have spent some time in the outfield this spring. Gordon has displayed more power than in the past after gaining 13 pounds during the offseason. On Saturday, he laid down a perfect bunt that allowed him to use his extraordinary speed. If Gordon can continue to impress, he should be on the Opening Day roster as a reserve infielder, at least.
Figgins had a terrific career with the Angels before signing as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners. Like most hitters who have gone to Seattle, Figgins struggled, prompting the Mariners to release him before his lucrative contract was finished. A discouraged Figgins spent last season out of baseball and tried to rediscover his enjoyment for baseball. This spring as a non-roster invitee, Figgins is hoping to stay with the Dodgers. Defensively, the Dodgers don't have anyone who is as versatile as Figgins, but can he contribute offensively?
On paper, the Dodgers should be favorites to win the NL West. Every team has challenges to overcome. If the Dodgers are World Series caliber, they will do well despite having an abbreviated Spring Training.
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Now that he's officially a member of the Vikings, linebacker Desmond Bishop will face his former teammates from Green Bay at least twice during the 2013 season.
During an appearance on the NFL Network Tuesday, Bishop said that was part of the reason why he decided to make the move from Wisconsin to Minnesota. He's looking forward to a matchup with one member of the Packers offense in particular.
"It was part of the reason," Bishop said. "And if I can get a chance to play against Aaron Rodgers, I think that right there, in itself, is a motivation. You know, you want to play against the best."
It also can't hurt that the Packers decided to jettison Bishop in favor of other inside linebackers and without much discussion of a reworked contract that would have made more financial sense for the team.
Bishop also said that he isn't concerned about making the move from a 3-4 scheme to the Vikings' 4-3 look, where he's expected to play middle linebacker with Erin Henderson moving back to the weak-side of the base defense. Bishop is confident he can play any position "with success" and that belief will certainly be put to the test when the Vikings and Packers square off in their eternal battle for control of the NFC North.

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Positions an Investor Can Take
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Order Instructions and Types of Orders
Primary Market
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Call Market Vs. Continuous Trading Market
Trade Execution Systems
Characteristics of Well-functioning Financial System
Objectives of Market Regulation
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Market Efficiency
Market Efficiency and Its Three Forms
Factors Affecting Efficient Markets
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You know you're Married to a Salvadoran when…
• You have a machete in the closet
• You know what "puchica" means
• You celebrate National Pupusa Day on the 2nd Sunday of November
• You can pronounce "Chalatenango" and "Zacatecoluca"
• You know that a "guanaco" is not just a South American llama
• You think Pollo Campero is better than KFC
• You've come to think that pointing at things with your lips instead of your finger is normal
• You've drank soda from a plastic bag
• You've rarely seen your spouse without "chanclas" in the house
• You don't bother buying a swimsuit anymore and just swim in your clothes
• You try to scare your kids with stories of Cipitío and La Sihuanaba
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America is a weekly Catholic journal of opinion that has appeared continuously since April 17, 1909. The founder was John J. Wynne, S.J. (1859-1948), who also conceived the idea of the Catholic Encyclopedia, the first volume of which appeared in 1907 under his direction. From 1892 Wynne edited a devotional Catholic monthly, The Messenger of the Sacred Heart. Determined to publish materials less devotional and more wide-ranging, so that readers might "find God in all things," he had by 1902 divided that earlier journal in two: The Messenger of the Sacred Heart, which remained the organ of the Apostleship of Prayer, and The Messenger, a Catholic magazine of more general interest. He wanted The Messenger to be yet "more solid and serious," and by 1909 the improved version appeared as America. This title was meant to show the new magazine's scope, and the subtitle "Catholic Review of the Week" specified its point of view.
From the beginning the magazine has been the work of Jesuits from across the United States, and this breadth of origin was reflected in the first editorial board, composed of Jesuits from all the U.S. provinces of the Society of Jesus then existing. Wynne himself, a peremptory if industrious character, lasted only a few months as editor of America, but the editorial formula he devised lasts to this day--editorial comment, short articles and reviews of arts and letters.
Issues and stances that have characterized the history of the publication would include the following. It promoted racial and social justice from the 1930s through the 1960s with the contributions of longtime editors like John LaFarge, S.J., and Benjamin Masse, S.J. During the Spanish Civil War (1936-38), the magazine was sympathetic to Spanish Catholics and therefore tended to support the Catholic aspects of Franco's cause, and on this issue the magazine parted company with liberal U.S. journals with which it is sometimes compared. On the other hand, America in the early 1950s, under the editorship of Robert Hartnett, S.J., criticized Senator Joseph McCarthy, who was often championed by Catholics of that day for his supposed anti-communism, and the magazine and its editor suffered for that principled stand. In the 1960s the magazine enthusiastically reported and supported Vatican Council II, and America Press Inc. published the first available English edition of council documents. Between 1960 and 1970, C. J. McNaspy, S.J., one of the associate editors, enlivened the magazine's appreciation of liturgy, music and the fine arts. A review of the magazine's history or of any given issue reveals that America strives for balance, preferring analysis to ideology. A historical example was its editorial of August 17, 1968, carefully dissenting from that part of Pope Paul VI's encyclical Humanae vitae which said all forms of artificial birth control are inherently evil.
America retains a loyal readership, especially among the hiererchy and other leaders and managers of the Catholic Church in the United States, lay and religious. During the post-Vatican II period, the editors have consistently promoted conciliar reform, but they have struck a balance between the extremes of liberal and conservative opinion in the reforming Church, acting as a bridge for Church dialogue. This opens the magazine to the criticism that it is bland or uncommitted, but it adheres to an analytical rather than crusading tone, and it consistently wins prizes from the Catholic Press Association.
The balance favored by these editors has given the magazine a reputation for temperateness that its founding editor did not always share. But such steadiness has enabled the magazine to fulfill throughout the twentieth century the vision of its founder, who wrote in the first issue: "The object, scope and character of this review are sufficiently indicated in its name--America: A Catholic Review of the Week."
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It's the start of spring and that awesome time of year when my students begin to "blossom". I feel relieved this month; my students are finally showing progress. At the same time, I'm finding that I've left some holes in my teaching OR that my students have not fully grasped a skill OR that they "forgot" OR... all of the above.
My students, English Language Learners, have varying levels of English proficiency. The typical reading or math lesson takes us double (and triple) time; I need to pre-teach vocabulary, develop prior knowledge, and spend lots of time clarifying text. I can't get through any kind of lesson without stopping often to make sure my kids are "getting it". We're often weeks behind the other classes.
So this week, during a mini-lesson on alliteration, and after we looked at (and played with) several examples from authentic text and lots of tongue-twisters and trabalenguas in Spanish, I stopped to review the difference between sounds and letters. I wrote "Cassy catches coffee quickly in a cardboard cup" on the board, and asked the class -
"What do you notice about this sentence?" No reaction. (OK, I'll ask it in a different way.)
"CCCassy cccatches cccoffee qqqquickly in a cccardboard cccup. Do you hear anything interesting?"
Blank stares. (That's OK, I'll do "wait time".) Five seconds, ten... fif-
"I know!" one of my buddies calls out. "They all have the same letters!"
"And those letters are...?" I prompt.
Crickets chirp. Five seconds, ten...
Someone's raising her hand - YES! "Tell me charming lady! What do you see? What do you hear?"
"The alphabet!" with a huge smile on her face.
"The alphabet. Yes, the alphabet." (Well, no, that's not what I was asking, but I'll go with it, see if it gets us where we need to go.) "The alphabet has two kinds of letters, and those letters have different kinds of sounds. Can anyone tell me what kinds of letters are in the alphabet?"
Sssshhhhhh. (Geez kids, now you're quiet?)
A hand shoots up. "Yes sir! What kinds of letters are in the alphabet?"
"Upper ones and lower ones!"
"Well... " (I don't want to discourage him, but - )
"Small ones and big ones!" he tries again.
Oh no. Really? (My face is probably changing now. I. MUST. REMAIN. CALM.)
One of my "top" reading group kids raises his hand. Aww. I bet he was waiting to give his classmates a chance. "Babbles," he says.
"Babbles?" I ask. "Babbles?" I repeat. I don't get it.
Another hand waves. I call on him, silently hoping the fire drill will go off.
"And confidence. Babbles and confidence."
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Grammar Geeks, UNITE!
K, people, confession time:
Have you ever left a comment on a friend's Facebook status explaining why it's "couldn't care less," not "could care less?"
Do you fix the spelling mistakes in other people's tweets before retweeting them?
Are you required by forces beyond your control to whip out a pen and correct misspelled store signage?
Must...cross out...apostrophe...
(And then...fix...capitals...)
(And then...add...exclamation marks...)
And finally, do you not only know what the Oxford comma is, but have a passionate stance on its usage?
If the answer to any of those is yes then you, my friend, are a fellow grammar geek. And today is our day. That's right; it's National Grammar Day! WAHOO!
Finally - FINALLY - we can pick apart spelling and grammar errors without fear of judgment from the text-speak-writing language butchers who keep "loosing" their minds! Today we are NOT the nit-picking jerks of the comment section; today we are HEROES. HEROES, I SAY!!
So let's get right to it:
Ah, yes. [pushing up glasses] You see, "whose" is an interrogative possessive pronoun, while "who's" is the contraction for "who is." In this context, someone is apparently asking for the identity of the owner of something euphemistically known as "40."
Haha! Isn't that a SCREAM?!
I honestly don't know why I'm not invited to more parties, you guys.
Maybe I should have started with something a little more common, though:
Now, see, there's an easy way to avoid this situation in the future:
And remember, it's "I before E except after C and when you're trying to write the word 'having.'"
Also those little dots are called an ellipsis, and there should only be three of them.
Not to mention the way that's written makes it look like someone is "haveing" a weird scrolly symbol. (Maybe the artist formerly known as Prince invented a new species?)
Hey, do you guys watch Sherlock?
What am I saying? You read this blog and therefore have EXCELLENT taste in entertainment, so of course you watch Sherlock.
Anyway, remember the beginning of that episode where Holmes is interviewing a murderer, and he keeps correcting the thug's grammar?
That was awesome.
Now where was I?
Ah yes, the importance of punctuation and discerning between "will" and "we'll."
It also appears this person isn't entirely certain that Dee Dee will miss me, which is hard to believe. I mean, in case you haven't noticed, I AM DELIGHTFUL.
And finally, allow me to share a quick word on foreign punctuation marks:
Thanks to Mary F., Mab R., Catherine B., David S., Bella P., Todd, and Zoë P., who have always known I'm a pro-Oxford-comma kinda gal.


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An acting heavyweight joins Ender's Game. Joss Whedon debunks the hot new Avengers rumor. Roberto Orci discuss the script for the Star Trek sequel. Fringe prepares for its first ever Astrid-centric episode. Plus there's a new photo of Karl Urban in Dredd!
Spoilers from here on out!
Top image from The Dark Knight Rises.
The Dark Knight Rises
Christian Bale reveals why he considers Batman, who has sometimes been portrayed as borderline fascist in his commitment to law and order, as an essentially anarchic character:
"For me he [Batman] is an anarchist and a free spirit. He knows that there are parallels between him and his enemies because life is never stable — you always have to fight for it. Keeping in mind that it may never be boring and that nobody is obliging you to behave like a superhero and to always have your muscles flexed and bulging."
He also offers his take on the central question that drives Bruce Wayne to keep being Batman, something that appears to be a major issue in The Dark Knight Rises:
How long will you let the pain and loss define your life? Walking around chasing bad guys is very heroic and attracts attention, but at the end it all accounts for, as a means to deal with the pain of a huge loss."
Tom Hardy discusses the experience, both physically and emotionally, of playing the supervillain Bane. Basically, the physical part was a whole lot tougher than the emotional bit:
"Bane's mask is tight, actually. I got used to it, but you get used to anything really, in time...I didn't get into a dark place at all. A lot of dark characters are easy to have distance from, it's something I feel comfortable with, I suppose."
The Avengers
During a Twitter Q&A session, director Joss Whedon flatly denied those Spider-Man cameo rumors, complete with one of those trademark Joss Whedon zingers:
"There is no Spider-Man cameo. But the Avengers do turn off the dark."
We can only hope they turn off the dark, because really someone has to. [Comic Book Resources]
I find it more than a little ridiculous that there are now teaser trailers for other, slightly longer trailers, but here we are, as Marvel has released a teaser for the upcoming Avengers Super Bowl ad.
Star Trek 2
Cowriter Roberto Orci clarifies star Zachary Quinto's recent comments about script changes:
"You should know the story hasn't changed, the structure hasn't changed, and the action sequences haven't changed. Most changes are minor. The changes I suspect Quinto is referring to are the character interactions as we fine tune the level of their various friendships."
He also suggests that the four-year gap between the first and second movies in the real world won't be the same amount of time that has passed for the characters between films. [Trek Movie]
Ender's Game
This rumor first surfaced about a month ago, but now it's being reported as official: Ben Kingsley, star of such films as Gandhi and Sexy Beast - which I really, really should not have to point out are two different films - has reportedly been cast as legendary war hero Mazer Rackham in Gavin Hood's adaptation of the Orson Scott Card novel. G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra actor Brandon Soo Hoo has also reportedly joined the cast as Fly Molo. [Deadline]
Ryan Reynolds says that this film, in which he and Jeff Bridges play a pair of dead cops who patrol the afterlife, could be the first in a series:
"I'm hoping to be able to work with all those people again. It could be a franchise. It certainly is set up, plot-wise, for a sequel. But nobody's signed on for that just yet. We would like it to be [a film series.]"
Here's a new promo image of Star Trek's Karl Urban as the rebooted Judge Dredd. [Stark Industries]
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Channing Tatum wouldn't confirm or deny the rumors that his character Duke dies early on this sequel — perhaps sparking the titular retaliation — but he did say he thinks this film will be better than Rise of Cobra. Hard to believe anything could top that cinematic masterpiece, I know, but let's hear him out on this:
"I don't know. I think they're going to have to check it out. I think that the movie is going to be better than the first one. I think that Jon Chu has a younger, hipper sensibility. ['Rise of Cobra' director] Stephen Sommers is great, I really enjoyed working with him, but I think this movie is going to be a little hipper. A little bit more edgy."
Ben 10
Producer Joel Silver, whose credits include everything from Die Hard to The Matrix, is still working on a big screen adaptation of the Cartoon Network series, and now he has reportedly found a screenwriter in Albert Torres, whose credits include Henry Poole is Here and a rewrite on that Akira reboot we've all agreed to pretend doesn't exist. [Variety]
The Weapon
Platinum Studios has announced that they are working on a film adaptation of Marvel Zombies writer Fred Van Lente's comic book series, with company CEO and Cowboys & Aliens producer Scott Rosenberg on board to produce. Here's the synopsis of the series:
"The Weapon" is about a martial arts enthusiast, Tommy Zhou, that has discovered a means to create solid objects from light — and invented a superhero persona to promote it, The Weapon. Not believing the legends his grandfather told him as a child, Zhou's inventions unsuspectingly make him the target of a millennia-old assassin cult that's convinced he's unlocked the ancient mystical techniques of the Order of Wu-Shi-'The Way of the Weapon.'
Here's a behind-the-scenes video in which Jasika Nicole and the rest of the cast preview "Making Angels", which airs Friday night and is the first episode to focus primarily on Astrid. [TV Line]
Game of Thrones
Alfie Allen, who plays Theon Greyjoy, offers this tease for season two:
" I can tell you it's got a lot of dragons in it. It's got a lot of love and a lot of hate. But it's going to be epic. There's a scene in episode in ten which I'm very excited to see."
True Blood
Here are some casting calls for episode five, which is titled "Boot N' Rally Ally":
[SCRAWNY MAN (JIMMY)] In his 30s, very skinny, babbling in terror, he's found in a padded cell. RECURRING
[KATE] Late 20s-early 30s. Skinny, unconscious, Kate is one of the prisoners with the Scrawny Man in the padded cell. No lines in this episode, RECURRING
[KATHY] 20s. This pretty brunette fangbanger is more friendly than slutty. 4 lines, 2 scenes (10)
[BEVERLY] This plump, good-natured family friend of Luna's has been babysitting for Emma while Emma is out with Sam. CO-STAR
[BURLY VAMPIRE] This burly vampire at the bar asks for a Tru-Blood. CO-STAR
And here's one for the sixth episode, which doesn't appear to have a title yet:
[VIVIAN] Female, Caucasian, early 20s to late 20s. She is radiantly beautiful and British. RECURRING
Alcide actor Joe Manganiello and White Collar star Matt Bomer are apparently best friends — because really, why wouldn't they be? — and they want to see Bomer make a guest appearance on the show:
Bomer: "I'm Team Alcide all the way but if I'm going to do a guest spot on True Blood, I wanna play a vampire."
Manganiello: "I think Matt would make a great vampire," he agrees. "He's got the suit thing going on. He's got that sophisticated elegant thing going on."
Of course, this is just two actors talking, and there's no reason to think it'll actually happen, but, uh...you heard it here
first second! [E! Online]
Once Upon a Time
Here are some promo and behind-the-scenes photos for the next episode and twelfth overall, "Skin Deep", which airs February 12 after this Sunday's hiatus for the Super Bowl. [SpoilerTV]
And here are some promo photos for episode thirteen, "What Happened to Frederick", which airs February 19. [KSiteTV]
An upcoming episode will feature flashbacks to Snow White as an innocent, naive 12 year old. Also, costar Giancarlo Esposito, who plays Sidney and the Mirror, offers this tease for the next episode, "Skin Deep":
"I have a great storyline coming up," he tells us. "Next week you're going to see some fireworks between Sidney and the Evil Queen (Lana Parrilla)."
Here's a sneak peek for this Friday's episode, "The Slice Girls."
Being Human (UK)
Here's a bunch of promo photos for the fourth series premiere, "Eve of the War", which airs February 5. [SpoilerTV]
The Secret Circle
Here's a promo photo for episode fifteen, "Return", in which Cassie is reunited with her estranged father John Blackwell, played by guest star Joe Lando. You can check out another photo at the link. The episode is set to air February 16. [EW]
Additional reporting by Jennifer Griffith-Delgado, Ben Vrignon, and Charlie Jane Anders.


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But more than that, we believe that no matter how distracted, impatient, uninterested, anxious, or unengaged, the potential really is in there.
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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
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- Dean Obeidallah: Shows about rednecks are making Hollywood a lot of money
- Obeidallah: For years, Hollywood has demonized rednecks in movies, TV shows
- He says now the networks like shows such as "Duck Dynasty," which gets high ratings
- Obeidallah: In time, redneck shows will pass and Hollywood will focus on other groups
Move over Kim Kardashian, your crown as queen of reality TV has been stolen by rednecks. And not just one redneck, but many of them. Hollywood can't get enough redneck culture. Why? Because shows about rednecks are making Hollywood a lot of money.
The most popular reality shows on cable no longer star "beautiful people" like the Kardashians or "The Real Housewives." Nope. Now that title is held by the likes of the men from A&E's "Duck Dynasty," who make duck calls for hunters and look like a ZZ Top cover band.
Also sharing that crown is 7-year-old Alana Thompson, better known as "Honey Boo Boo." She has coined expressions like, "You'd better Redneckognize." Her show even featured a visit to the "Redneck Games," which her mother described as, "a lot like the Olympics but with a lot of missing teeth and butt cracks showing."
Then there's History Channel's smash hit, "Swamp People," which features alligator hunters in the Louisiana bayou. Also, don't forget National Geographic's "Rocket City Rednecks" and MTV's new show, "Buckwild," which stars West Virginian teens and has been dubbed the "Jersey Shore of Appalachia."
A quick look at the ratings for these programs makes it clear why the networks are red hot for rednecks. The third season of "Duck Dynasty" premiered on February 27 and the episode set the record for the highest rated show in the history of A&E. Amazingly, the premiere actually beat "American Idol" and "Modern Family" that night in the coveted 18- to 49-year-old demographic. Add to that, just last week, "Duck Dynasty" held four of the top 20 spots on all of cable, while "Swamp People" came in as the 14th highest rated cable show.
Comedian Jeff Foxworthy once joked: "You may be a redneck if your lifetime goal is to own a fireworks stand." But now that line might more accurately be revised to, "You may be a redneck if your goal is to have a hit reality TV show."
What makes Hollywood's current love affair with redneck culture so intriguing is that it has demonized these folks for years. Hollywood has portrayed rednecks almost exclusively via a parade of inbreeds, morons and bigots. The film "Deliverance" is the most famous over-the-top example of this trend. There are also lighter redneck caricatures such as those in "The Dukes of Hazzard" and "The Beverly Hillbillies." The list goes on.
When Hollywood hasn't been demonizing rednecks, it has simply been dismissing them as being part of the "flyover" people who live between New York and Los Angeles.
Some people in the South are understandably not happy with these new reality shows because they may be propagating negative stereotypes. In December, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia called on MTV to cancel "Buckwild" for fear it would present "shameful behavior" and advance negative stereotypes about people from his state.
Object all you want, but the TV executives truly don't care. How can I say this? I'm from New Jersey, where we were subjected to an onslaught of similar reality shows. "Jersey Shore," "Jersey Couture" and "Jerseylicious" are our equivalent of the horsemen of the apocalypse.
"Jersey Shore" didn't end because New Jersey residents complained about the negative depiction, especially of Italian-Americans. (I'm half Italian so I was keenly aware of this issue.) No, the shows ended when America got bored with seeing people covered in self-tanner get drunk and hook up in a hot tub or punch each other in a Seaside Beach bar.
With the redneck shows, there is a silver lining that was absent with "Jersey Shore." Most of us have never seen rednecks be themselves. We have only seen Hollywood's interpretation. So while I'm sure there are things that "Honey Boo Boo" says or does that make some cringe, there are also real moments with her and her family that are endearing.
In the "Swamp People" episodes I've watched, the hunters are portrayed as resourceful people trying to outwit their hunting opponents. With "Duck Dynasty," I'll be honest, I truly have no idea what the fascination is, but I'm sure many from other parts of the country asked the same thing about "Jersey Shore."
In time, redneck reality shows will pass. A new group of Americans will become the focus of Hollywood's reality show factory. I'm not sure who that will be but I'm confident that before the reality show craze ends, every profession, race and culture in the United States will get their 15 minutes of fame.
But as long as redneck shows get ratings, Hollywood will keep pumping them out. To them, it's not about the "red" of the people's neck, it's only about the green.
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I have never been arrested, and that is really kind of a miracle, truly remarkable considering the amounts of bad I have done. Nothing in the way of harming anyone, as I have harmed myself most in my wrongdoing, but lets just say there are library books still checked out from the 70s, VHS tapes unkindly unrewound – my weakness is borrowing and my downfall is returning. Don't lend me anything but maybe your ears and your eyes for but a moment. I am not a returner and if you come over for a potluck dinner and you leave your favorite glass casserole dish or heirloom Tupperware behind just make your peace with it because you will never see that shit again.
I am not going to outright steal, but if you unwisely allow something to fall into my possession then it's your fault. Just know that and keep track of your stuff around me. The worst was when I borrowed a load of books from a friend and then never returned them, and then the friend asked for them back, which I should have done right away, but I put it off and put it off and put it off and then my friend died. It was sudden and it was unexpected and it was fucked up but I look at those books now and I cringe at my selfishness and stupidity and what is so dumb also is that I never read them.
Still this didn't cure me of the disease of not returning what is not mine. My grabby hands and empty heart join forces to covet then take your shit. I do it from people all the time, but when I was little I did it from stores.
I was in a baby shoplifting gang that terrorized the old outdoor shopping center that Stonestown used to be before a roof was put on it and it was converted into what we now know as a mall. The leader of the gang had the notion that she could steal a sweater and return it using an old receipt of vaguely the same amount as the sweater was worth and then just take the money. Now I know this is a bad idea for a million different reasons, but back then it seemed BRILLIANT. I was the littlest one so I was sent to the adjacent jewelry counter to run a bit of interference and create a distraction.
The saleswoman looked tired and harried and watched the other girl behind me steal the sweater with bored eyes as she pulled out velvet tray after tray of gold bracelets for me from the glass display case. She laid them out on the counter and was staring at the girl stealing the sweater so hard that she didn't notice me pull a handful of gold bracelets off the tray and slip them into my sleeve. I straightened my arm and caught the bracelets in my hand and then quietly tucked them into the front chest pocket of my denim jacket.
I walked around the jewelry counters more as my dumb friend with the now stolen sweater and the fake receipt tried to return it. There was some commotion and there was no money exchanged and the third girl in this children's organized crime syndicate signaled us all to leave the store quickly.
We got outside and for a moment we were free and it was ok and we were laughing and scared and relieved and this was extremely short lived as we were immediately stopped by two women (my age now) who looked much like the famous comedy duo French and Saunders. They flashed their badges and asked us to come back in the store. We were taken into the inner sanctum of the store, behind the mirrored walls and employee lounges and I was separated from the other two because I seemed younger and weaker and easier to break.
They questioned me and I said I didn't know anything and I didn't do anything and that I barely knew those girls and that they weren't in my grade and I just wanted to hang around with them and I didn't know what they were up to and I think that is when my acting skills kicked in because the women looked at each other and one nodded to the other and they opened the door to let me go, and the gold bracelets in the front pocket of my jeans jacket felt heavy and hot but they still went undetected by the detectives, and I got away with it – a fairly decent haul. I was a real live jewelry thief, and I couldn't have been more than 10.
The other two girls got sent down to the police station and their parents had to pick them up and they were in TROUBLE like all caps TROUBLE and yet they had nothing to show for it. I had these gleaming gold bracelets that could never be worn because my parents would want to know where they came from as we had no money for those kinds of things. I don't know where those bracelets are now, but I would wear them if I did. Perhaps someone borrowed them.


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Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
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Gibson makes 18 saves in debut; Ducks down Canucks
John Gibson made 18 saves to record a shutout in his NHL debut and the Anaheim Ducks eliminated the Vancouver Canucks from playoff contention with a 3-0 victory Monday night.
Daniel Winnik, Kyle Palmieri and Matt Beleskey scored for Anaheim, which is three points ahead of San Jose for first place in the Pacific Division.
The 20-year-old Gibson, who led the United States to a gold medal at the 2013 world junior hockey championship, wasn't tested much but made a huge save on Niklas Jensen to preserve the shutout with about eight minutes gone in the third.
Eddie Lack stopped 20 shots in his 19th straight start for Vancouver since the Olympic break.
Lack stopped Andrew Cogliano on a breakaway 15 seconds into the first period after he stripped defenseman Jason Garrison of the puck, but the Canucks goaltender couldn't bail his team a second time after another gaffe a few minutes later.
With Vancouver on the power play, Winnik jumped on a mistake by Canucks captain Henrik Sedin and moved in alone to rip his sixth of the season at 6:26 over Lack's blocker.
Vancouver had a couple of chances later in the man advantage, including a scramble in front of Gibson that saw the puck dribble off the post and stay out. Canucks defenseman Alexander Edler then took another shot off the iron that fooled the 20-year-old Gibson, who is seen by many as Anaheim's goalie of the future.
Ryan Kesler then raced in on a short-handed breakaway late in the period, but Ducks defenseman Hampus Lindholm made a great play to strip the Canucks forward of the puck.
Anaheim grabbed a 2-0 lead at 17:03 of the second period when Palmieri deflected a point shot home past Lack for his 14th goal of the season.
Vancouver had just nine shots to Anaheim's 18 through two periods and there was a smattering of boos as the players left the ice for the intermission, with fans resigned to the fact that there will be no playoff hockey at Rogers Arena this spring for the first time in six years.
Anaheim made it 3-0 against the Canucks 1:20 into the third when Beleskey finished off a pretty passing play with Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf for his seventh of the season.
Moments earlier, the Ducks moved in on a 2-on-0 break, but Lack managed to thwart Cogliano's effort.
NOTES: The game marked Teemu Selanne's final visit to Vancouver as a player. Set to retire after the postseason, the 43-year-old has said repeatedly that the city is his favorite stop in the NHL. The Canucks honored Selanne with a brief scoreboard tribute in the first period. … The Ducks are 10-1-2 in the second of back-to-back games this season, including two wins against the Canucks. … Anaheim now has 110 points, tying a franchise record set in 2006-07 when the club won its only Stanley Cup.


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My [deficit reduction] plan is very similar to the Simpson-Bowles plan," Mitt Romney told talk-show host Sean Hannity on Aug. 2. This was a radio interview, so there is no way of knowing whether Hannity fell off his chair, laughing uncontrollably. We do know that Hannity did not ask Romney, "You mean you want to raise $2 trillion in taxes over the next 10 years?" Nor did he ask, "You mean you want to tax capital gains at the same rate as ordinary income?" Nor, "You mean you want to cut defense spending deeper than the President does?" Hannity just let it slide, yet another embarrassing moment in Romney's Summer Horribilis. The man continues to be at war with his own mouth.
But, you might well ask, what about that other candidate, the Obama guy? Simpson-Bowles was his commission to study the federal government's long-term structural deficit, and he famously refused to endorse its findings. Not exactly a profile in courage either, right?
Well, yes and no. First, let's put former Republican Senator Alan Simpson and former Clinton chief of staff Erskine Bowles and their report to rest. Practically no one, except the terminally high-minded financial elites, endorsed this plan. None of the House Republicans on the commission, including Congressman Paul Ryan, endorsed it. Only 38 members of the House of Representatives favored it when it came to a vote--and it was largely a symbolic gesture for most of those voting aye. That's not to say Simpson-Bowles is a bad plan. It's a pretty good one, as is the less official Rivlin-Domenici proposal that came out about the same time. But it is not a perfect plan. There are details, like the defense cuts or the limitation of the mortgage-interest and charitable tax deductions, that are way too broad-brush for any sane politician to support without seeing how they fit into a larger package.
In point of fact, "Simpson-Bowles" has become a symbol, or SimBowl, rather than an actual plan, political shorthand for the process of long-term deficit reduction. Does the President support "Simpson-Bowles"? Yes. He's said so many times. And he's even been willing to act on it. In July 2011, he came very close to making a SimBowlic deal with House Speaker John Boehner to cut $3 trillion-plus from the deficit over the next 10 years. Boehner had committed to $800 billion in revenue increases, mostly loophole closings; the President had committed to significant, if not earth-shattering, cuts in entitlements. Specifically, he agreed to raise the age of Medicare eligibility and to change the way the consumer price index is calculated for Social Security recipients, to reduce the annual inflation adjustments. Both of these are as unpalatable to most Democrats as the $800 billion in new revenue is to Republicans.
The Obama-Boehner deal collapsed in a blizzard of recriminations. The Boehner folks said, accurately, that Obama had moved the goal posts, raising the revenue target to $1.2 trillion after the initial deal was done, to appease Senate Democrats, who'd been cut out of the process. The Obama folks said Boehner couldn't have delivered even on the $800 billion, given the rantings of the Tea Partyers. "He couldn't deliver a pizza," an Administration aide said. Both sides should be given some credit for trying, but not too much. Their failure certainly puts the political impossibility of the real Simpson-Bowles into context.


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Big Tex 70pi Recalls
There has been 1 recall on 70pi vehicles in recent years. The latest, dated 2013-11-04 and published by the NHTSA on 2013-11-26, was due to a problem with the latches/locks/linkages. Approximately 7600 vehicles were involved. Since 2013, 70pi's have experienced approximately 1 recall(s) . See a list of recalls for your model year below.
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Detailed Recall Information for Big Tex 70pi
|(Published by NHTSA on 2013-11-26)
|Recall Summary:
|Big Tex Trailer Manufacturing (Big Tex) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 10PI, 12PI, 14PI, 29SA, 30AA, 30LS, 30SA, 30SV, 35AA, 35LS, 35SA, 35SV, 45LA, 45SS, 50LA, 50SA, 60SP, 70LR, 70PI, 70SP, and 70TV utility trailers manufactured March 2013, through September 30, 2013. The affected trailers are equipped with a fold flat ramp gate system. Vibrations from towing the trailer may cause the ramp gate latches to fail.
|Should both ramp gate latches fail while the trailer is in tow, the ramp gate will fall from the upright, stowed position into the down position, and be dragged behind the trailer. This could result in an increased risk of a crash.
|Big Tex will notify owners, and dealers will install a supplemental gate latch, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin in mid-December 2013. Owners may contact Big Tex at 1-800-594-5637.
|Additional Info:
|Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
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Latin American History at UCLA is widely recognized for its excellence. The Latin America field provides one of
the most diverse and wide-ranging programs available anywhere. Both its regular faculty and visiting scholars offer undergraduate and graduate courses that cover alltime periods, all of the major regions of Latin America, and a wide variety of methodological and thematic specialties. UCLA'sUniversity Research Library provides extensive source materials both in print and on microform. Students also draw upon the rich collections at all of the University of California campuses. Resources for field research include external and internal grants from both the Center for Latin American Studies and UCLA's International Studies and Overseas Programs. The faculty and students are heavily involved in the myriad activities provided by the Program on Mexico and the Program on Brazil, both of which administer distinguished speakers series during the academic year.
Full-time faculty members include professors Jose Moya, William Summerhill, Kevin Terraciano, Robin Derby, and James Wilkie.
Foreign Language Requirements
Two of the following: Spanish, Portuguese,or special methodological studies (completion of History M268A/B).The requirement can be met (1) by passing Spanish and Portuguese courses equivalent to sixteen university quarter units, (2) Departmentof History language exams, (3) History 266A/B or an Indian language, and/or (4) In cases where the field deems it appropriate, coursework may be used to fulfill the language requirements, such as Nahuatl or Quechua, in accordance with the student's particular research interests and subject to the approval of the field coordinator and faculty adviser
Course Requirements
As a candidate for the Ph.D., you must meet (a) the special requirements for admission to the doctoral program listed above; and (b) the general requirements set forth under the Graduate Division. An excellent command of English, spoken and written, the ability to read at least two foreign languages, and an acquaintance with general history are expected of all candidates. You are required to complete at least one continuing two-or three-quarter seminar, or alternatively, a continuing sequence of at least two graduate courses approved by the GGCC. This seminar, or its alternative, must include completion of a substantial research paper based at least in part on primary sources.
All students must write a dissertation prospectus (which could be written for credit as a history 596 or 597) expected to contain: (a) a full statement of the dissertation topic; (b) an historiographical discussion of the literature bearing on the topic; (c) a statement of the methodology to be employed; and (d) a survey of the sources sufficient to demonstrate the viability of the topic. The prospectus must be approved by the dissertation adviser prior to the oral part of the qualifying examinations. Aft
er approval, copies will be given to each member of the examining committee.
Faculty serving on doctoral committees may require such courses as they deem necessary for preparation for qualifying examinations. Courses taken to fulfill M.A. degree requirements may also be used to satisfy Ph.D. requirements.
Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations
Before admission to candidacy, you must pass written and oral examinations. Students with outstanding incompletes may not be permitted to sit for these exams.
In the written qualifying examinations, you are expected to show not only a mastery of your special subject, but also an adequate grasp of the wider field of historical knowledge and an ability to correlate historical data and to explain their significance. These examinations are designed to test not merely factual knowledge, but also your power of historical analysis and synthesis, critical ability, and capacity for reflective thinking. A knowledge of the history of any area includes a reasonable knowledge of its historiography and bibliography; of its geography; and of its political, cultural, economic, and other historical aspects.
The written qualifying examination normally includes the major field only. The oral examination will cover all four fields and will normally be held after the written examination. In most fields, the oral examination will be held shortly after the written examination or, at the discretion of the doctoral committee, as late as six months after the written examination. Both the written and oral examinations are to be considered by the committee as a whole in arriving at a judgment of your performance. For more information on how to form your committee, please visit the Graduate Student Intranet. The written qualifying examination is normally prepared and administered by the chair of the committee and read by the entire committee before the oral qualifying examination.
The written qualifying examination must be passed before the oral qualifying examination can be taken. The members of the doctoral committee determine whether or not an examination may be repeated (normally only once), based on their prognosis of your potential for successfully completing both the written and oral examinations within a specified period of time to be designated by the doctoral committee, but not to exceed one calendar year. The written qualifying examination is not to exceed eight (8) hours and must be turned in to the Graduate Adviser's Office no later than 5:00 pm of the day of the examination.
In the oral examination, you are to be examined in four fields, one of which may be an approved field in anthropology, economics, geography, language and literature, philosophy, political science, or other allied subjects. This allied field must be comparable in size and scope to the history fields listed above. You should select the fields in consultation with your faculty adviser. A full-time graduate student must begin the written qualifying examinations no later than the end of the ninth quarter of graduate work.


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Thinking Fans' summer thoughts on this, that and the other: Esther is happy Holly is making an appearance on Guiding Light, and wishes Monti Sharp would come back, too … Steve finds, "The acting from the new younger set on General Hospital is good, but I'm horrified by the misogyny and thug worship in their stories" … while Roger Newcomb is "actually excited about the Daytime Emmys. The producer this year is a lifelong fan of soaps and has produced some pretty classy award shows in the past" … and more. See Comments below.
By Marlena De Lacroix
1. Isn't it interesting that both Gigi and Stacy on One Life to Live wore as low as you can go cleavage during their catfight this week? I mean, those puppies were popping out! Isn't it interesting that Brian Frons' current photo on his Facebook page is that of a big dog sitting in the driver's seat of a car? (I'm not kidding. Check it out!)
2. Now that Mary Jane's stuffed cat (a.k.a. Kitty) has turned out to be the surprise star of the summer on The Young and the Restless, why hasn't CBS begun marketing souvenir versions yet? Let me tell ya, city gal Marlena just loves taxidermy …
3. Hey Bradley Bell, headwriter of The Bold and the Beautiful! Marlena knows what you are doing! Aren't you copying your father's two most successful stories of the 80s at the same time? That's the (then wonderful, now nauseating) Brooke-Ridge-Taylor love story and the establishment of a "comic" second family (Jackie M and [Read more…]


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I get so stupidly excited when new stuff comes out from vendors I use a lot for design projects. As of late, I have been giddy over all the new stuff coming out from Ballard Designs, a company I use a lot for budget friendly jobs. Take a peek at some of my favorite new things- so good, right?
This table skirt blew my mind. Know why?
Because it looks just like this one I've coveted forever from designer Tom Scheerer! Having this made would cost at least three times as much as they are charging.
More favorites- this tufted ottoman with tape trim (many options for the trim!) and this studded long x-bench for the end of the bed!
DYING over the lacquered faux bamboo barstools.
Gorgeous block print bedding (a few color and print options, but this grey is a fave) and adorable quilts with pom pom trim.
Tape trim Parsons chairs? YES PLEASE. Trim options abound too.
I love me a good tufted chair– these are both genius. Ballard has a lot of fabric options for their upholstered goods but the really awesome thing about them is that you can send your own fabric too. I do this ALL the time for clients.
Block print shower curtains and an AMAZING giclee that looks a lot like the works of a very pricey artist I love.
Killer new wallpapers in this cool scenic toile that looks like a much more expensive brand and a wide charcoal stripe that is reminiscent of Tori Mellot's old apartment from Domino!
A couple gorgeous new mirrors…
A to die for chaise with nailhead detail and a flatweave rug that I'd love to use ASAP!
This brass bar cart looks vintage and this dining room server is a great alternative to built ins! LOVE it.


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OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 25, 2012) - Giant Tiger is helping you ring in the New Year in style and on budget with our Giant Fashion Boxing Weekend Blowouts! Ladies pick up basic or fashion bras for only $5. Junior fit cotton/ spandex tees or tanks are only $3. Ladies dress pants are an amazing $8 (compared at $29.99). Ladies Cheekies are only $1 each. Men's fleece popovers are $8 and men's collegiate fleece popovers are $12 (compared at $30). Men's or ladies winter hats are only $3.
Come in and experience 25 to 50% off our already unbeatable prices on select toys, furniture and housewares. 6L storage boxes are $1.77 each and collapsible storage bins are $12.97 each.
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Healthy New Year, happy low prices! Pick up the Billy Blanks PT 24/7 set of 7 DVDs for $30 (compared at $79.99). One-A-Day Fruit Sensation Complete Adult Multi-Vitamins are $9.99 and Twin Pack Webber Naturals are $8.99. Kellogg's Special K 350-475g is $3.97 (regularly $4.47).
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Curricular Assessment and Evaluation
Provost Martha Pollack's Statement on Assessment
In the past several years, there has been a great deal of national discussion about the assessment of student learning in higher education. Students, their parents, public officials, and others have posed questions about the value of higher education, focusing particularly on the value added at the individual level. It is important to consider the contributions higher education makes to society as well. The University of Michigan is committed to continually improving the learning environment for our students and faculty. The University also participates in national efforts to develop effective tools for assessing student learning.
This University of Michigan website on the assessment of student learning provides information about assessment and evaluation activities ranging from macro-level data about student experiences to departmental materials used in select, individual courses. I hope you will find the resources available here to be useful.


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The politics of the selfie
President Barack Obama may think Ellen DeGeneres' wildly retweeted Oscar selfie was a "cheap stunt," but it's one that he and other politicians are lately using more often themselves.
And for good reason. Elected officials are increasingly employing the selfie as a digital-age tool to appear as authentic, accessible and spontaneous to the public, even while what's often underlying their growing use of the self-snapped photos is a calculated effort at control and careful image-making, experts said.
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During an episode of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" this week, the host gloated to Obama that her selfie (3.4 million retweets) had shattered the president's record (780,000 on Nov. 6, 2012, for the "four more years" photo of he and Michelle). "I heard about that," Obama responded. "I thought it was a pretty cheap stunt myself. Getting a bunch of celebrities in the background, you're feeding them pizza."
Today, the selfie is king.
( PHOTOS: Pols taking selfies)
Chelsea and Hillary Clinton took one last June. A few months later, former president Bill Clinton shot a selfie with Bill Gates, noting "Two Bills, one selfie." Former President George H.W. Bush recently posed for one with country singer Brad Paisley and soon after Bush's wife, Barbara, smiled for her own with Fox's Steve Doocy. Last week, former Secretary of State Colin Powell got in on the action by posting on Facebook a selfie he took 60 years ago, before anyone had ever heard of a selfie.
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) recently experienced the power of the selfie when he posted one with entrepreneur Mark Cuban on Twitter. Flake tweeted the photo he took out to his 23,000 followers, writing, "My kids aren't impressed by much, but a shark selfie with @mcuban, that'll do it." Cuban, who appears on the show "Shark Tank" that is regular viewing for the Flake family, retweeted it to his more than 2 million followers, and over the next 24 hours, Flake's Twitter following exploded.
The senator's first inclination had been to post a photograph of he and Cuban taken by someone else. But Cuban proposed a selfie instead, telling Flake, "That's what people like."
"Politicians, we're always trying to look hip," Flake said in an interview. "If I had to choose between a regular posed photo, which we do thousands of, or a selfie with a celebrity or somebody well-known, you take the latter. It's just more personal."
( Also on POLITICO: Obama: Ellen Oscars selfie 'cheap stunt')
Flake's experience illustrates a strategy that pols and their handlers have taken note of.
"In a world where politicians are often packaged and marketed and kind of touting a brand, the authentic things get a lot more attention," said Erik Smith, who worked on Obama's presidential campaigns and has since founded his own strategic communications firm, Blue Engine Message & Media.
The pols who are most successful on social media manage their accounts themselves, Smith said, and selfies are one way they can convey that authenticity that is so valued. "Politicians who know how to engage social media authentically have a leg up on those who don't because it's a way to relate to voters in a more accessible way," he added.
One way of thinking about a selfie is as a "digital handshake" between politician and constituent, said Jen Nedeau, senior director at the Bully Pulpit Interactive. With Twitter and other primarily written platforms, the public doesn't always know who is really tweeting or writing, but selfies eliminate any "barrier to entry" for the viewer, she said.
( Also on POLITICO: Powell throws back with 60-year selfie)
"The politician can share a moment that they're proud of and the public gets to see it, and there's no middle man there. There's just the two of them in that experience," Nedeau said. "I think that's a really great thing as we get to know our leaders and we want to know our leaders just like we know our friends and family. They always say, 'Who can you have a beer with?' [Today] it's like, 'Who can you have a selfie with?'"
Previously, it was often big donors who got prized photos for their walls with politicians at campaign fundraisers, said Elizabeth Losh, a professor in the culture, art, and technology program at University of California in San Diego. Now, she added, there are occasions when any average constituent can ask their local representative to pose with them for a selfie.
She said that the realism of selfies, and other efforts reveal the sausage-making process behind photographs and videos, help a politician to "build credibility with his constituents."
Elected officials can also use selfies as olive branches, as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has done on a couple of recent occasions. After NBC weatherman Al Roker attacked the mayor for failing to close city schools during a snowstorm, the pair took a peace-making selfie during the "Today" show and posted it on Twitter. And the mayor, who has faced an often-hostile press corps, also took an all-smiles selfie earlier this month with reporters on the steps of City Hall.
Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) took a State of the Union selfie with their GOP colleague, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, demonstrating willingness to reach across the aisle. Or at least take a picture with a Republican.
But while selfies convey an air of authenticity and spontaneity, they are also about control, observers said.
In an age where everyone is a photojournalist, selfies give politicians mastery over something that's often out of their hands, observed Lev Manovich, a professor at the City University of New York's Graduate Center.


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AVG Acquires DroidSecurityBy Don Reisinger | Posted 11-12-2010
Hot Topics: Galaxy Tab, Phone 7
Over the past week, we've seen Samsung launch its highly anticipated Galaxy Tab tablet to rave reviews from critics. Windows Phone 7 also came on the market, while a new study ranks iPhone and BlackBerry devices are the most reliable smartphones. But all the news isn't mobile and wireless. Other hot topics this week: a new browser has been made available to compete against current favorites; and AVG is moving into the Android security market.
Samsung Launches Galaxy Tab
Samsung launched its Galaxy Tab tablet this week for T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless customers. A Sprint version of the device will be available on November 14. With the launch, Samsung now has the opportunity to take on Apple's iPad in the tablet space. That might be a tall order, but it's something that the tech company has been looking forward to for quite some time.
The CIO Insight
Critics find a lot to like about the Samsung Galaxy Tab. At the moment iPad dominates the tablet market, but the Galaxy Tab has a lot to offer, including standard 3G connectivity, for its $600 price tag (without a contract). Plus, it allows for video conferencing, which should appeal to enterprise customers.
Windows Phone 7 hits the U.S.
Windows Phone 7 devices are finally available in the United States. The smartphones deliver a unique new design, and many analysts say that they could meet the needs of enterprise IT while pleasing end users. So far, reports say the U.S. launch of Windows Phone 7 didn't go as well as it did in Europe, but as Microsoft points out time and again, there is a lot of time left.
The CIO Insight
At this point, it's probably best to take a wait-and-see approach to Windows Phone 7. It has several features you might favor for your users, but it's unproven in the marketplace. And its actual security capabilities have not been tested. Take some time to learn more about Windows Phone 7 before you jump in.
iPhone, BlackBerry: Most Reliable Smartphones
A study from tech-warranty company SquareTrade says that Apple's iPhone and BlackBerry handsets are the most reliable smartphoness on the market. The company said that Motorola also performed well in the study, but it was Apple and RIM that came out on top.
The CIO Insight
If reliability matters to you, SquareTrade's study is one to keep in mind. Device reliability is an important factor in keeping costs down when it comes to deploying mobile devices in your enterprise. While iPhone had the lowest failure rates, BlackBerry was most likely to survive accidental drops and other user abuse.
RockMelt Browser Launches
The new RockMelt browser is built on Google's open source Chromium code. It requires users to log-in to start browsing. Once they do, they quickly find all kinds of nice features, including an automatic feed update, social features built-in, and much more. It's designed to provide a single spot where users can keep tabs on their social lives.
The CIO Insight
RockMelt could be a significant drain on productivity. But it's important that you know about it, and as best as you can, keep it out of your operation going forward until you know it won't hurt employee productivity.
AVG Acquires DroidSecurity
AVG has acquired mobile-security firm DroidSecurity in an attempt to bolster its Android-based security efforts. The company is joining the burgeoning mobile-security space, which has become a hot-button issue for companies as of late.
The CIO Insight
AVG's acquisition is one you should keep a close eye on. Mobile security is becoming a greater issue for enterprises than ever before. Android doesn't have the best reputation when it comes to security, and smartphones based on the OS are proliferating among consumers. If you have smartphones like the Motorola Droid 2 or the Motorola Droid X running in your business, consider deploying DroidSecurity.


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DETROIT >> Bringing up Danny Worth on Sunday to platoon with Andrew Romine at shortstop very much had a "for now" feel to it.
After announcing the release of Opening Day starter Alex Gonzalez, general manager Dave Dombrowski and manager Brad Ausmus mentioned the other positions Worth can play, and Dombrowski twice mentioned the two youngsters who could eventually get their chance at shortstop this season.
Eugenio Suarez, 22, is hitting .260 at Double-A Erie.
Hernan Perez, 23, is hitting .277 at Triple-A Toledo.
"It's a situation, too, where we've got two young shortstops who are actually playing very well ... But it gives them an opportunity to continue to play on day-in, day-out basis, which we think will benefit our organization in the long run," Dombrowski said. "Hopefully this combination will help us, and we can continue to analyze our situation. We've got, again, two young guys that we're just not quite ready to bring up and ready to let them play, but they're playing very, very well for us."
The inference there is that the Tigers didn't want to hamper the development of either guy by playing them in a platoon, and having them sit for more than half the time.
"If we were going to bring them up at this time, we figured that we would want them to come up and play most of the time, and right now, with Romine being a left-hand hitter, he's going to play most of the time," Dombrowski said. "So we think Danny, again, we think he'll do a solid job for us. He's been in the organization a long time. Give him the opportunity."
There's also the factor that the Tigers are trying to establish whether or not Perez — who has played second base in more than half of his minor-league games and all but four of his 166 1/3 big-league innings in two stints with the parent club — is a full-time shortstop, or not.
He's started 15 of Toledo's 16 games at shortstop. Worth started at short just once.
It's conceivable that, if the Tigers don't go outside the organization for a solution to the carousel at the position, one of the two could get the next shot.


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Tree Removal from Right of Way
To report an un-permitted tree removal
please call TREE HOTLINE: (813) 258-TREE
Trimming or Removal of Trees in Right of Ways
Trees that are located on private property, but overhang public property or streets, will only be pruned by the City of Tampa if they are interfering with access or emergency vehicle height clearance. Pruning will also occur if there has been a branch failure that is blocking access to a public street, sidewalk or driveway apron off the public street. Please contact the Tampa Parks and Recreation Department 274-8615.
Tree Emergencies: (813) 274-5744 (blocking streets and sidewalks)
To request the trimming and/or removal of trees within medians, City owned empty lots and alleys, please contact the Neighborhood Enhancement Division, (813) 307-5513.
To request trimming or report trees on overhead power lines, please contact Tampa Electric (TECO) Line Clearance office at 223-0800 or 228-1111.
Tree Removal and Site Clearing Permits
All trees 5 inch and over in trunk diameters are protected in the City of Tampa, which means permits for removal must be obtained prior to removal. All cypress and mangrove trees, regardless of size, require a permit for removal. This applies to private property and public right of way.
- Tree and Landscape Code Manual
- Tampa City Ordinance Chapter 13, Landscaping, Tree Removal and Site Clearing
Applications are not permits, an inspector will verify your request meets Chapter 13 requirements for removal. For Permit fees please visit Construction Services Division website.
- Tree Removal and Site Clearing Permit
- Tree Removal and Site Clearing Statement
- Tree Table
- Online Express Permits
Permit applications are available and processed:
City of Tampa Construction Services Center
1400 North Boulevard
Tampa, FL 33607
Tel: 274-3100
Trees that Do Not Require a Permit to Remove
The following trees do not require permits for removal: Eucalyptus tree; Ear tree; Punk tree; Chinaberry tree; Cherry laurel tree; Brazilian pepper tree; Monkey puzzle tree; Silk oak tree; Mimosa tree; Queen palm; Wild cherry tree; citrus spp.; Chinese tallow tree; Lead tree; Rosewood tree; Earleaf acacia tree; Surinam cherry; Carrotwood tree; Golden rain tree; Schefflera tree.
Grand Trees
Trees over 34 inch in trunk diameter may qualify for grand tree designation. Grand trees have elevated protection requirements and may only be removed under certain circumstances. In addition, permits are required for pruning grand trees. For Permit fees please visit Construction Services Division website.