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In the holiday spirit, Valley Green Bank is holding its 5th annual local book drive from Nov. 23 through Dec. 31.
The Mastery Charter elementary schools – Mann Elementary, Harrity Elementary, Smedley Elementary, Hardy Williams Academy Mastery Charter School, Mastery Charter Clymer Campus and Grover Cleveland Elementary – will be the recipients of this year's collection.
The book drive encourages families to donate new or gently used children's books, preschool through eighth grade. The collected books will be distributed to the six elementary schools.
Local businesses are also joining in this effort. Mt Airy's Big Blue Marble Bookstore is offering a 10 percent discount on all books purchased and contributed to this book drive. Weavers Way Co-op will be collecting books, as well, at both of their locations.
Jay Goldstein, president and CEO of Valley Green Bank, said he was pleased to be sponsoring such a worthwhile initiative.
"There is no better way to support our children than to encourage them to be avid, accomplished readers, and, as we all know, reading is a key to success in pursuing a lifetime of learning," he said.
Mastery Charter Schools' CEO Scott Gordon is "thrilled" the Mastery elementary schools were chosen again for this year's drive and commented, "Our six elementary schools serve 4,000 students who were formerly enrolled in some of the lowest-performing schools in the city. Many are three to four grade levels below where they should be in reading – so getting them to read every single day is huge. We are on track to hit our goal for every student to be at or above grade level within three years with Mastery."
Gordon continued, "We will reach this goal by immersing our youngest students in reading now so they can go on to pursue their dreams and compete in the global economy when they grow up. Every new book donated will be in the hands of amazing children who are hungry to learn. It's really awesome and we are just thrilled Valley Green Bank chose us for this honor."
Shayna Wolfson, apprentice school leader for instruction at Harrity, echoed the positive reactions of all the participating teachers.
"Last year's book drive enabled all 850 Harrity students to go home with a free book," he said. "It was wonderful to see all of our students happy and excited to read their new book. Reading is our number one goal and the book drive enabled us to get a book in every child's hands."
Mastery Charter Schools is a nationally recognized leader in school turnarounds. It currently operates 12 schools in Philadelphia serving 8,000 students in grades K through 12.
Mastery believes that educational inequity is the most pressing social problem facing the country – the civil rights issue of the day. It exists to solve the problem and believes in its mission that all students learn the academic and personal skills they need to succeed in higher education to compete in the global economy and pursue their dreams.
Valley Green Bank is a locally-owned and operated Pennsylvania commercial bank. The bank was formed by community and business leaders who make customer service a priority. It offers a traditional mix of deposit accounts and interest-bearing checking accounts, savings, money market and certificate of deposit accounts. It also offers customers individual retirement accounts. It is a member of FDIC.
Bins to collect the books will be in Valley Green Bank's locations at 7226 Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy and 23 W. Highland Ave. in Chestnut Hill. Other bins will be located at Big Blue Marble Bookstore at 551 Carpenter Lane and at both Weavers Way Co-ops – in Mt Airy at 559 Carpenter Ln. and in Chestnut Hill at 8424 Germantown Ave..
For more information about this book drive, contact Valley Green Bank at 215-242-7540.


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A power cut in most places will bring down the streetlights for a while. But in 2012 in India, blackouts nearly brought down the country. Around 700 million people were without power because of a grid collapse dubbed 'Blackout Tuesday.'
The power outage stretched around 2000 miles (3200 kilometers) across the north of the country, from Arunachal Pradesh in the east to Rajasthan in the west. The disaster, like major outages previously in Paraguay, Java, and America, highlighted the frailty of power grids and put the spotlight on how utilities could avoid such events in future.
The answer, many believe, is smart grids: power networks with embedded intelligence and a bigger capacity to deal with highs and lows in energy demand and supply. Smart grids are deemed to be so critical to our energy future that in many countries there is a legal requirement for them to be introduced within a given timeframe.
The data they supply, from advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) to distribution automation devices, can help utilities make more informed choices about how and where to generate and deliver power and how much to charge or pay for it.
But this data poses a challenge for utilities, because there is so much of it. Traditionally, a power company might take a meter reading from a customer once a month to collect data. With smart grids, the amount of data has skyrocketed. Some utilities admit they have not yet really worked out what to do with all this information.
"It is not unusual for power companies to still be managing data at a level of granularity comparable to that of pre-smart grid days, despite now having technology that can deliver much more detailed information," says Smart Grid Update in its Data Management for Utilities briefing. However, it adds: "While the challenges associated with managing the masses of data associated with smart grids are certainly significant, they are not overwhelming.
"Indeed, utility information management is simply one of several 'big data' areas which a growing number of IT vendors are rushing to solve. The tools to deal with AMI data may yet need some refining, but they certainly exist."
So how can data analytics help power companies? They can help cut blackouts in two ways. First, having intelligence on the grid can help utilities catch failures as they are beginning to happen, and come up with workarounds that stop them from spreading. Second, a better understanding of grid behavior can help a utility balance supply and demand so the conditions for a blackout are less likely to happen in the first place.
There are several technology companies that have developed advanced analytics systems for utilities, but for some utilities the problem is not what systems they need to buy to deal with smart grid data, but what changes they need to make to their own businesses. "The utility is being inundated with phenomenal amounts of data," says Brian Rich, Vice President of Business Technology at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), one of the largest combination natural gas and electric utilities in the United States.
"Process analytics means that for the first time the company is breaking down traditional silos that haven't had the information required to integrate their processes."
PG&E has so much smart grid information (70 terabytes of AMI interval data alone, increasing by 3 terabytes a month) that it has decided to replicate its data sets so it can perform deep analytics on the replicated set without interrupting the operational criticality of the data.
This may sound like a lot of effort, but Rich says it is paying off for the utility. "Before we were flying blind," he states. "Now we can have much more meaningful conversations with our customers about demand-side management programs."
Plus the technology is helping PG&E to reduce grid failures. "We do a lot of over-the-air remediation," Rich explains. "If we have a meter not giving us readings we would previously have had to roll a truck. Now we can fix it by pushing a firmware upgrade over the network. "This, coupled with our significant investment in fault location, isolation, and service restoration, has enabled us to be more proactive about asset failures."
Ultimately, such measures may help make blackouts much more a thing of the past.
Ben Kellison, a smart grid analyst at GTM Research, says: "Analytics and processing power on the grid is beginning to allow utilities to identify and isolate the causes of major blackouts before they cascade across the transmission grid. Meanwhile last-mile grid devices are providing the insight to reduce local outage duration, improve customer service, and increase a utility's operational efficiency."
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Architect Frank Gehry has made a new donation to the Southern California Institute of Architecture, and as a result, the school is naming a new prize after him.
SCI-Arc announced Wednesday that Gehry, a trustee of the school since 1990, and his wife, Berta, have made a $100,000 donation. The money will go toward the establishment of the Gehry Prize, which the school said will be awarded annually to the best thesis projects in the Graduate Thesis Weekend, in September.
The first Gehry Prize will be awarded at the 2012 graduation ceremony on Sept. 9, the school said. The winner will be selected by critics and a panel of jurors.
Gehry, 83, is a winner of the Pritzker Prize, the highest honor on the field of architecture. He was born in Canada but has lived most of his life in Los Angeles. His notable creations include Walt Disney Concert Hall in L.A. and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain.
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After leading by one at the half, the Blue squad went on a 14-0 run to start the second half, taking a 47-32 lead with 12:38 remaining. Jenny Norman's (
The Blue team had a three players score in double figures, as Thompson poured in a team-high 19 points, DeVault added 16 and Wiles scored 12. Thompson was a perfect 9-of-9 from the free-throw line, and DeVault finished one rebound shy of a double-double, leading all players with nine.
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Michael Jackson's good friend and doc Arnie Klein was formally shut down in court Friday, when the judge ruled he has no legal right to raise concerns about the welfare of Jackson's 3 kids.
You'll recall Dr. Klein's lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, showed up in probate court early on and said his client had concerns about the kids.
According to court docs obtained by TMZ, the judge ruled Klein had no legal "standing" because there's a "conclusive presumption" Jackson and Debbie Rowe are the parents of the two older kids.
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The first Mercedes-Benz R-Class debuted in 2006 with the R350 and R500. The Mercedes engineers shocked the public by combining a minivan and a station wagon. Oddly enough, it seems to work. A bevy of standard features and good mechanics make driving this huge monster a piece of pie.
The first inkling Mercedes-Benz gave its fans about the R-Class came in the form of the Vision GST, which the company revealed at the 2004 North American International Auto Show. The Mercedes-Benz R-Class is best described as a luxury touring wagon. It represents the first full-size, multi-purpose vehicle ever produced by Mercedes-Benz.
Although the R-Class doesn't offer quite as much room as a minivan and only features six standard seats, it essentially provides a luxury family vehicle option for people who wouldn't consider owning a traditional minivan.
Of course, the R-Class isn't quite as versatile as a real minivan. The traditional hinged rear doors fall short of the family-friendly sliding doors of the minivan. However, it comes standard with all-wheel drive for extra traction in bad weather. The R-Class offers a great vehicle for those who desire a versatile luxury automobile that avoids the silly stereotypes that come with driving a minivan.
The R350 4Matic model gets a new gasoline-powered V-6 for 2012 along with an upgraded transmission. New standard features on both R-Class models include LED daytime running lamps, a navigation system, real-time traffic, satellite radio, and HD radio.
The Premium 1 trim package adds a rear-view camera, power-folding mirrors, auto-dimming exterior and interior mirrors, a power tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel, driver memory functions, and an iPod/USB audio interface.
The Premium 2 package includes all of the above along with keyless ignition/entry and an 11-speaker Harman Kardon surround sound audio system. The Lighting package adds bi-xenon headlamps with a self-cleaning system. The Sport Appearance package adds 20-inch AMG wheels and blue-tinted glass.
Regardless of what name you hang around its neck, the R-Class has more cargo capacity than virtually every luxury crossover and survives in the harsh environment of the vehicle market.
The Mercedes-Benz R-Class debuted in 2006, with an all-wheel drive R350 and an R500 model that could only be purchased in a six-passenger configuration. The R500 features a 5.0-liter, 302-horsepower V-8 engine.
Eighteen-inch wheels and heated front seats represent some of the extra features that come standard on the R500.
For 2007, Mercedes-Benz released the R-Class R320 CDI and R63 AMG. The R320 CDI shows similarity to the current Bluetec diesel in terms of output, but it doesn't meet the emission certification requirements for sale in California.
The R63 AMG performance-tuned model is virtually a minivan on growth hormones, boasting a powerful, naturally aspirated 6.2-liter V-8 that pushes 503 horsepower and 465 lb-ft of torque.
Mercedes engineers claim that the R63 accelerates from zero to 60 mph in 4.9 seconds. The R63 also handles better than the other R-Class trims thanks to larger wheels and tires and firmer suspension tuning.
Innovation did not equal sales for the R-Class, as a sluggish reaction by the public brought the demise of R500 and R63 AMG. Both vehicles ceased production after 2007, and a rear drive R350 joined the lineup for 2008, as well as optional seven-passenger seating that adds a middle seat to the second row.
Changes for the 2009 Mercedes-Benz R-Class include the R320 Bluetec diesel engine becoming 50-state-compliant and taking the place of the diesel-powered R320 CDI.
Additionally, a sunroof comes standard, along with an audio and navigation head unit with HD radio, real-time traffic updates, Bluetooth, an iPod interface, and new voice controls for various features. Mercedes also discontinued the rear drive R350 in 2009, which means all R-Class models now come equipped with all-wheel drive.
For 2010, the Mercedes-Benz R-Class gains standard 19-inch wheels and the seven-seat configuration as a stand-alone option. Other minor feature changes and adjustments include heated front seats, a heated steering wheel, three-zone climate control, and a rear entertainment system.
The 2010 Mercedes-Benz R350 4Matic features a 3.5-liter V-6 engine that produces 268 horsepower and 258 lb-ft of torque. Mercedes estimates a zero to 60 mph time of 8.0 seconds. The mid-range fuel economy reaches 14/19 mpg city/highway.
The 2010 R350 Bluetec R-Class features a 3.0-liter turbo diesel V-6 engine that employs Mercedes-Benz's clean-diesel technology. It produces 210 horsepower and 400 lb-ft of torque.
The 2010 Mercedes-Benz R-Class comes standard with stability and traction control, anti-lock brakes, active front head restraints, front- and second-row side airbags, and side curtain airbags for all three rows. Mercedes' new ""mbrace"" emergency telematics system, which replaces the TeleAid system, also comes standard.
In the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's crash testing, the R-Class achieves the highest rating of ""Good"" for frontal-offset and side crash protection.
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The most significant change to the Mercedes-Benz R-Class for model year 2012 is the 3.5-liter V-6 to the R350 4MATIC model. More powerful yet more fuel efficient, the new engine generates 302 horsepower and is mated to a seven-speed automatic transmission for EPA-rated fuel economy of 16 mpg city and 21 mpg highway.
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The 2011 model year brings a restyle that gives the R-Class more crossover-like looks. There's a more rugged-looking grille, restyled hood, fenders, side mirrors, new headlights, and LED taillights. Inside, there is new wood trim, new seat stitching, a 3-D instrument cluster, and "saddle" head restraints. Daytime running lights and blind spot assist are now available. The five-spoke 19-inch wheels are a new design.
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History of Guyana. This is a good but short overview to the history of the South American nation of Guyana.
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Before the arrival of Europeans, the region was inhabited by both Carib and Arawak tribes, who named it Guiana, which means land of many waters. The Dutch settled in Guyana in the late 16th century, but their control ended when the British became the de facto rulers in 1796. In 1815, the colonies of Essequibo, Demerara, and Berbice were officially ceded to Great Britain at the Congress of Vienna and, in 1831, were consolidated as British Guiana. Following the abolition of slavery in 1834, thousands of indentured laborers were brought to Guyana to replace the slaves on the sugarcane plantations, primarily from India but also from Portugal and China. The British stopped the practice in 1917. Many of the Afro-Guyanese former slaves moved to the towns and became the majority urban population, whereas the Indo-Guyanese remained predominantly rural. A scheme in 1862 to bring black workers from the United States was unsuccessful. The small Amerindian population lives in the country's interior.
The people drawn from these diverse origins have coexisted peacefully for the most part. Slave revolts, such as the one in 1763 led by Guyana's national hero, Cuffy, demonstrated the desire for basic rights but also a willingness to compromise. Politically inspired racial disturbances between Indo-Guyanese and Afro-Guyanese erupted in 1962-64, and again following elections in 1997 and 2001. The basically conservative and cooperative nature of Guyanese society has usually contributed to a cooling of racial tensions. Racial tensions, however, do constitute Guyana's greatest ongoing social stress point.


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Surprises in Store with Norwegian Getaway
Norwegian Cruise Line just christened its newest ship, Norwegian Breakaway, last June at Manhattan Cruise Terminal�s Pier 88. Presiding as the ship�s �Godmothers� were the legendary Radio City Music Hall Rockettes. Mayor Michael Bloomberg was also on hand to lend the honorary title of �New York�s Ship.�
One of the many reasons Breakaway earned that title was the choice to cruise year-round from the city. Another reason was the artwork for the ship�s hull created by one of New York�s most famous artists, Peter Max.
But while Norwegian Breakaway was grabbing all the headlines, behind the scenes Norwegian was preparing a rare break from tradition and a surprise for its loyal fans; Breakaway�s forthcoming sister ship, Norwegian Getaway. This newest ship, coming to Miami in February, 2014, will offer a much different onboard experience than Breakaway and other Norwegian ships, especially in terms of entertainment.
Miami - the Magic City
Similar to Norwegian Breakaway�s ties to New York, Norwegian Getaway is committing to Miami as the largest cruise ship yet to home-port from the port city year round. The art adorning the hull of Getaway comes from renowned Miami artist David �Lebo� Le Batard, already famous for his Cuban-inspired work in Miami public projects, plus a Gloria Estefan album cover and work on products by Gibson Guitars, Harley Davidson and Ferrari.
Miami was nick-named �the Magic City� for the way it grew from 1000 residents to over 5.5-million regionally in just over 100 years. So the same �magic� theme will play a big part in the Getaway experience. Lebo�s original artwork for the ship�s hull depicts a �mythical mermaid, an iconic image that represents humanity's connection to the sea.�
Magic Entertainment � Unique to Getaway
The unique Getaway magic-themed entertainment starts with The Illusionarium (replacing the Spiegel Tent for Cirque Dreams and Dinner on Norwegian Epic and Breakaway). �The centerpiece of the Illusionarium is a 30-foot (diameter) video dome that will transport audiences to mystical places,� according the line�s spokesperson AnneMarie Mathews. This is part of a dinner show that incorporates world-class magicians and special events. �It will be amazing!� she says.
Another radical change in the entertainment lineup will be the replacing the Fat Cats Blues Club on deck 8 with a brand new concept room called �The Grammy Experience� created in conjunction with the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles. It will serve as an exhibition space for objects important to the Grammy Awards, according to Mathews, and in the evenings it will feature live performances by past GRAMMY winners and nominees. Importantly, while �Fat Cats� on earlier ships is dedicated to blues music, the Grammy Experience will not be limited to blues or even jazz. It will offer performances by Grammy-winning and nominated artists of all musical styles.
The main stage in the Getaway Theater will be showing the only full Broadway production at sea of �Legally Blonde, the Musical.� This adaptation of the movie starring Reese Witherspoon was created in 2007 and has grossed over $1,000,000 a week on Broadway � so it must be good. The show also won three Laurence Olivier Awards in 2011 in London�s West End and garnered a Tony Award nomination.
Sharing this main showroom, as well as space in the yet-to-be-named main dining room on Getaway, will be �Burn the Floor� a 45-minute dance extravaganza. This professional dance show replaces �Legends at Sea,� the musical tribute show on Norwegian Epic.
Another all new entertainment feature unique to Getaway will be a lineup of stand-up comedians from the �Levity Entertainment Group� in Los Angeles performing in the Headliner�s Comedy Club. This agency represents some of the world�s most renowned comedians, from Bill Cosby to Dan Tosh, although who they will send to the ship remains to be seen. Levity Entertainment Group will replace The Second City improv comedians present on most ships in the Norwegian fleet.
The audience-interactive dueling piano show �Howl at the Moon,� another popular Norwegian act, will have its players aboard Getaway.
Other Getaway Features
In terms of restaurants and nightclubs there are few differences between Getaway and Breakaway. There will be 26 different eateries and 22 bars or lounges onboard. One mystery remains; Norwegian has yet to confirm whether there will be an Ice Bar � where everything down to the drinking glasses is made of ice as found on Norwegian Epic and Breakaway. It is possible there will a different themed lounge in its place.
The kids will certainly enjoy one of the biggest Nickelodeon programs in the fleet � as well as the five water slides, the expansive sports complex with rock climbing, basketball, mini-golf, bungee trampoline and a 24-foot enclosed climbing cage. For the ultimate thrill, they can walk �The Plank� which extends eight feet over the side of the ship � (they will be wearing a harness, of course).
Each cruise will also feature one full fireworks show � the same as Norwegian Breakaway.
Classic Features Return the Cruising
Getaway�s decks plan and itinerary remind me of one of the most iconic cruise ships ever, the former SS Norway. It was also once the biggest cruise ship to sail out of Miami year round and upon the same itinerary as Getaway. The Norway was one of the last true ocean liners, built in 1961 by the nation of France and then purchased and converted into a cruise ship by Norwegian Cruise Line in 1979.
One lovely feature of the Norway was its long promenade deck with the sea on one side and a bevy of public rooms on the other side, very similar to open-air �Waterfront� found on Norwegian Getaway, although the Norway promenade was glassed in.
The more southerly itinerary that Getaway will sail to the Caribbean from Miami should lend the Waterfront on Getaway a more temperate climate throughout the cruise, while it will be interesting to see how the Waterfront works out on Breakaway sailing from New York year round.
Booking Getaway
Getaway will begin its regular Eastern Caribbean cruises in March, 2014. Cruises are already available through your travel agent. Details and special offers can be found at the Norwegian Getaway Web site. Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Ship | Norwegian Cruise Line
The current best bargains are in early May and after summer break starting in September. The best prices for balcony cabins are under $900 per person.
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Speaking to graduates at the St. Francis Xavier's College 1901 commencement, Carr said: "There can be no true success at the expense of character. No wealth or power can compensate for lost ideals" (St. Francis).
Justice William J. Carr was born on October 10, 1862 in Brooklyn. He was educated at the Assumption Church parochial school and went on to earn an A.B. degree at St. Francis Xavier's College in 1882. He studied law at Villanova College and was admitted to the Bar in 1884.
In 1891, Carr was appointed a clerk of the Supreme Court. Beginning in 1894 he served as United States Commissioner in Brooklyn. He was later named Corporation Counsel for Brooklyn and Assistant Corporation Counsel of New York. In 1907, he was elected as a Justice of the Supreme Court for Kings County. Carr was appointed temporarily to the Appellate Division, Second Department by Gov. Charles E. Hughes in 1910. On January 7, 1911, Carr was officially designated as an Associate Justice by Gov. John Dix.
His memberships in civic and fraternal organizations included the Brooklyn Club, the Riding and Driving Club, the Montauk Club, and the Democratic Association for the Twenty-third Ward.
Carr was married to Julia M. Fryer in 1884 and had three sons and three daughters. He died on August 5, 1917, just six months after the death of his wife.
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CLEVELAND -- There's little doubt that Chris Sale represents one of the best starting pitchers in the American League, if not all of baseball.
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After allowing five earned runs on 10 hits over five innings Thursday afternoon at Progressive Field, Sale lost for the third time in three starts against Cleveland during a 6-1 setback. Sale has yielded 16 earned runs on 25 hits over 17 1/3 innings against the Indians (60-48), giving the hurler a 2.92 ERA overall, but an 8.31 ERA against the Tribe.
"I'm not going to sit here and make excuses. I got my [rear end] kicked," said Sale, who allowed three hits in the second, three hits in the third and four in the fifth. "I wouldn't say that was my best stuff I featured, but you've still got to go out there and find a way and unfortunately I couldn't."
"We've done a really good job against him," said Cleveland manager Terry Francona of his club's current Sale mastery. "We match up pretty well because we can send up pretty good right-handed hitters, because he's so tough on lefties."
Ryan Raburn was one of those righties to inflict damage upon Sale, knocking out two home runs among his three hits, with one homer coming against reliever Dylan Axelrod. That total included a wind-blown, two-run shot down the right-field line to give the Indians a 3-0 lead in the third.
"That was probably one of those Spring Training ones. It's the perfect way to hit it, spin it, or whatever," said White Sox manager Robin Ventura of Raburn's first homer. "It was a nice fade off a golf shot, and it carried with the wind. But we're playing on the same field."
Beating up on the White Sox is nothing new for Raburn, who drove in four runs as part of Cleveland's eighth straight win. He has three homers and 11 RBIs this season against the White Sox and 16 homers and 61 RBIs lifetime against Chicago. His next highest RBI total against an individual team is 23, against the Royals.
Sale has been one of the few positives in an otherwise dismal season for the White Sox (40-66), who have lost seven straight, 10 of 11, 13 of 16 and have been swept in two straight division series. But Sale's record doesn't reflect his All-Star capabilities.
In slipping to 6-11, Sale stands at 1-9 over his last 11 starts despite having a 3.23 ERA over 78 innings during that stretch, with 94 strikeouts. Sale struck out six and didn't walk a hitter Thursday, departing after just 79 pitches.
"Chris probably wasn't as sharp as he may have looked early, but they were squaring it up pretty good," Ventura said. "It was just one of those they can swing it, and they got to him today."
Run support has plagued Sale throughout his last 11 trips to the mound, as the White Sox have scored just 17 runs. Their one run for Sale on Thursday came courtesy of Alejandro De Aza's blast leading off the sixth, his 13th.
As much as the White Sox ace has struggled against the Indians, Cleveland All-Star starter Justin Masterson (13-7) has been that successful against the South Siders. His winning effort Thursday, featuring seven strikeouts and three walks in 6 2/3 innings and 104 pitches, improved Masterson to 4-0 with 0.85 ERA vs. the White Sox.
Thursday simply was more of the same for the lone remaining White Sox All-Star and the team's lackluster offense.
"Well I think we're all struggling," White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham said. "Obviously, Chris has some great numbers and we wish we would have given him some more wins and hopefully we will, but there are a lot of guys that we haven't scored runs for and it's pretty frustrating.
"I know that the pitching staff is frustrated and I can't blame them, but we have to get better. We have to keep working hard and get better for the rest of this year and next year."
Thursday's setback marked the South Siders' eighth straight loss to the Indians and dropped them to 2-11 overall against the Indians and 12-28 against the AL Central. It's also the first time Cleveland has swept the White Sox twice in a four-game series in the same season.
Finding negatives involving the White Sox is easier at this point than finding an encouraging fact. It was an especially tough week for Ventura's crew, who not only lost four games but also lost valued teammates such as Jesse Crain and Jake Peavy via trades.
Those are the consequences for an expected contender playing so poorly.
"Annoying, frustrating, whatever you want to call it," said Beckham of the forgettable season. "You wish those guys really well in the trade and wherever they go. You want them to do well and you hope that they help that team out. It is what it is, but it's not a lot of fun."
"These guys are like brothers to myself and everyone in here, and seeing some guys you've seen around here for a while and some leaders step out of here is tough," Sale said. "I'm not here to make excuses. We still have a job to do, still have got to go out and win games."
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin.


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Hey there, Tech Savvy fans! This past week has just been packed full of really great things here and it got me on the track of how things are constantly evolving and how that is continually impacting us in our everyday lives. We talk about change a lot in Tech Savvy and even though change is a recurring theme, I don't really ever feel that we're "stuck in a rut" on what we look at.
This week I wanted to take a short break from our review streak and look at some of the things that we've been looking at in our office and let you know about what that means for consumers, and also on the business end of things.
If you recall about a month ago I wrote about how a coworker and myself underwent Google AdWords Certification training and learned about a whole host of services that we would soon be offering to our marketing customers. This week was really phase two of the process as we spent the entire week working with our staff and training them in those same products and services. It started with Google AdWord Certification for everyone and then we started into the new services that are in demand and being used to create marketing relationships between consumers and the brands they buy from.
The AdWords Certification in itself is a pretty in depth look at not only the marketing and advertising side of search engines but also in the back end of things and how they work together. In a nutshell you have two basic information "fields" when you use a search engine. You have your organic results which are the top pages that are relevant to your search and you have the related links that are the marketing side that show relevant links to marketers who have similar products or services.
The organic results are dictated by the content of the source and other components that are called Search Engine Optimization (SEO). The related links use many of the same criteria to determine their relevance in a search but are paid for and give businesses a chance to use another avenue to promote themselves within search results. This marketing is called Search Engine Marketing (SEM).
Used in tandem, these two methods create a connection between your website and content and the consumer world. Without detailing all of the options and add-ons that create this "SEO Juice" we can suffice to say that by using a combination of these methods creates both long, and short, term results that helps businesses promote themselves to a number of people.
On the consumer side of things, SEO, SEM and many of the service based programs benefit us in myriad ways. Having high quality SEO and SEM programs mean that our searches will provide us with more personalized service and much more relevant results for search queries. Having integration with social media, text services and responsive web design mean that will be able to find additional sources, get better suggestions and be able to use our mobile devices more efficiently within our lives.
This coming Tuesday, April 30th, I will be sitting on a panel with Brandon Knowles of Faster Solutions, Frank Soukup of Grand View Lodge and Kathy Sell with Atomic Learning speaking on many of these items. We will be at the Tourism and Online Marketing Summit hosted by Grand View Lodge and the Brainerd Chamber for the half-day seminar covering a wide range of topics. I would encourage anyone that is interested in some of the upcoming changes in social media, SEO, video or branding to attend. There is still time to register and having been involved for a number of years, I can tell you that the information we cover is very interesting and will give you some insight into what is changing in the world of Tech.
Back to the changes in media within our staff, my final thoughts would be that I find it extremely interesting the avenue we have turned down. We have departed from the idea that businesses sell products only and now we are selling relationships with our businesses. To me it makes a ton of sense. I had the privilege of being educated and trained in the hospitality field and spent six years working at Madden's Resort and they really do a good job of showcasing what service based selling is all about.
It's no longer enough to just sell someone a meal, or an ad, or a tire and expect that the product alone will be enough to bring them back time and time again. In this day and age, consumers have come to expect a relationship with the businesses they frequent. They expect the business to keep them updated on new products and services that are relevant to them, they expect individual service and they expect to receive the service when the consumer asks and not later. In that sense, businesses have come to expect that, too, and rightfully so. Because of consumer demand for more interactive and immediate service from the business, the business expects that from their service providers. This includes folks who handle marketing, provide raw product and handle customer relations.
The majority of the training we have been putting our staff through focuses on those aspects — how it's no longer enough to set up a short term schedule and "let it ride" without checking in from time to time.
At the end of the day we are in the business of building partnerships with our marketing customers and we are continually working to add services and options that will give them more opportunities than they have had before.
The changes in media and technology can easily be felt by the consumer — new mobile devices we can buy, new apps we can download and constant information that we can glean from online. What makes this unique is has caused a fundamental change in not only the way businesses communicate and serve their customers but in the way that businesses work with each other. In our case it's redefining ourselves as more than a newspaper and that we are a media company offering services that make us more a marketing partner and agency than ever before.
Hang in there Tech Savvy fans, the tech change rollercoaster is just getting started, get ready to experience a whole new way we interact with our world!


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Reeve needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 93 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
Clean, simple, modern, optimistic logo design for an online service intended to improve academic performance of students by strengthening the ties between schools/teachers and families/communities.
The logo will initially be used on a website as well as print documents. The website design is dominated by assignments and projects completed by students - the logo will need to work at a relatively small size. It should be designed to appeal to education professionals (teachers, school administrators), parents and extended families of students, as well as students.
This service is geared toward the families of students in grades K-5 (5 to 11 years old).
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The sales pace of new single-family homes dropped in June to a three-month low, according to government data released Thursday that may add to worries over the housing market's recovery.
The U.S. Commerce Department reported that sales of new single-family homes fell 8.1% in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 406,000, with drops across the country.
June's result missed expectations from economists polled by MarketWatch, who had forecast a rate of 475,000, compared with an originally estimated pace of 504,000 for May. On Thursday, the government reported a sizable downward revision to its May figure, estimating a pace of 442,000.
New-home sales in June were down 11.5% from a year earlier.
An exchange-traded fund of home builders, the SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF XHB, +1.02% was lower after the data's release.
"The underlying tone of this report was surprisingly weak, not only on the miss in the level of the sales but also the unexpected sharp downward revision to the prior month's estimate, which suggest that this segment of the housing market is still struggling to regain its footing," Millan Mulraine, deputy head of U.S. research and strategy at TD Securities, wrote in a research note.
However, it's worth noting that the volatile series undergoes revisions. The confidence interval for June's 8.1% drop is plus or minus 12.3%, signaling that the government isn't sure whether the pace of new-home sales actually rose or fell last month.
Despite shaky sales data, and worries among officials about a stalling recovery in the housing market, some economists see reasons to be optimistic. With a strengthening labor market, builders could increase construction rates. A recent government report showed that construction permits for single-family homes — an indicator of future demand — grew throughout most of the country in June, hitting the fastest pace in seven months.
Earlier this week federally controlled mortgage-finance giant Fannie Mae FNMA, +4.63% upwardly tweaked its 2014 forecast on U.S. sales of new single-family homes, and now sees 2014 hitting the highest level in seven years.
Still, there's no doubt that new-home sales remain relatively slow. Five years after the end of the recession, sales of new single-family homes are far below an annual average of more than 770,000 over the 20 years leading up to a 2005 peak.
Rising mortgage rates and prices, a low supply of new homes and unusually poor winter weather each took a bite out of residential sales this year. It's also been tough for many borrowers to meet lenders' strict credit standards.
"Housing has clearly been a notable area of persistent sluggishness beyond early year weather disruptions, with tight mortgage lending conditions continuing to restrain traditional demand for owner-occupied housing as a slowing flow of distressed properties has lowered investor activity," Ted Wieseman, a Morgan Stanley economist, wrote in a research note.
And builders themselves have narrowed the pool of potential buyers. Wary of putting up too many new houses, many large builders have opted to focus less on the volume of units that they sell, and have poured construction into high-demand areas that can command premium prices. This ratcheting up of prices means that fewer buyers can afford a new home. On Thursday, the government reported that the median price of new homes in June rose to $273,500, up 5.3% from a year earlier.
The supply of new homes rose to 5.8 months from 5.2 months in May. This metric measures how long the number of homes on the market would last at the current sales rate, assuming that builders did not add to inventory.
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Phantasy Star Online 2 dated for PS Vita, beta details revealed
Phantasy Star Online 2 is heading to PS Vita next year, Sega has announced. The free-to-play MMO will also receive a closed beta phase early next year. Get the details below.
Gamespot reports that Phantasy Star Online will release February 28 in Japan, and that closed beta play will begin at some point in January.
The site also notes that the game will be free to download from PSN Japan, and will share servers with the PC build. Neither of these versions have been confirmed for a Western release, although the iOS and Android builds have been promised to hit these shores at some point in 2013.
Japan is also receiving a special edition of the game that comes with eight exclusive outfits, two-disc soundtrack set, 1,000 FUN points to spend on the game's marketplace, a MAG device – whatever that is – and three exclusive weapons. It comes in at 5,229 yen.
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Lets hope he can win it this week. Stupid NFL has his stats wrong by saying only 2 rushing touchdowns when it is really 3. Go figure. But go vote for him! This is what they said about him below!
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Wilson completed 14 of 23 passes for 205 yards and one score as well as picking up 92 yards and two touchdowns on the ground in the Seahawks' 50-17 win over the Buffalo Bills.


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Wilderness GPS with Mike and Bob Burns - Nov 6
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Wilderness GPS slideshow party at Feathered Friends with Bob Burns and Mike Burns
Where: Feathered Friends
What: 'Wilderness GPS' slideshow party & book signing
When: Wednesday, November 6th
Time: Starts at 7pm
Cost: Free!
Bonus: Book signing & more!
Authors of the bestselling Wilderness Navigation, father-and-son team Bob Burns and Mike Burns teamed up to write yet another soon-to-be bestselling title: Wilderness GPS: A Step-by-Step Guide (Mountaineers Books, November 2013). To celebrate, catch them at Feathered Friends for a free slideshow—with real slides going all the way back to the 1970s! Expect an entertaining evening of good stories and decades of mountain adventures as seen through the lives and lens of these two Pacific Northwest outdoorsmen.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill (Reuters) - The Illinois state Senate voted on Thursday to legalize gay marriage in President Barack Obama's home state.
If approved by the state House and signed by Democratic Governor Pat Quinn, Illinois would become the 10th state to legalize same sex nuptials and the first Midwest state to do so through legislation.
The vote of 34 to 21 was the latest victory for gay rights advocates after three states approved same sex marriage by referendum in November - Maryland, Maine and Washington state.
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John Mackey book tour something to chew on
John Mackey can't seem to catch a break.
The founder and co-CEO of Whole Foods Market has been in the Bay Area the last few days trying to promote his new book, "Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business" (Harvard Business Review Press), but all anyone wants to talk about is his controversial comments on Obamacare and climate change.
On NPR several weeks ago, Mackey was asked whether he thought the president's health care plan was a form of socialism. "Technically speaking," he said, "it's more like fascism. Socialism is where the government owns the means of production. In fascism, the government doesn't own the means of production, but they do control it - and that's what's happening with our health care programs and these reforms." He later backtracked, telling "CBS This Morning" that "it was a bad choice of words on my part."
On the issue of climate change, he told Mother Jones, "Climate change is perfectly natural and not necessarily bad."
In a way, the statements seem disconnected to a man who has built an $11 billion natural and organic public grocery chain that promotes sustainable farming and is popular with liberals and progressives. It's also been named one of the top companies to work for by Fortune magazine 15 years in a row. The company spent $200 million during its 2011 fiscal year on health care for its employees.
Mackey, 59, a libertarian, has made no bones about the fact that he thinks government should keep its nose out of business. Yet Whole Foods was a big supporter of California's Prop. 37, an initiative that would have required food manufacturers to label products made with genetically modified ingredients. The proposition was defeated in the November election. Mackey said he'll continue to support the effort in Washington, where sponsors are working to get a similar law passed.
Part of being a conscious capitalist is being transparent, he said.
Q: There has been much ado about your comments to NPR. So what exactly is the problem you have with the president's health care plan, which frankly seems to jibe with the philosophies of Whole Foods?
A: I believe in free enterprise capitalism. It's helping humanity to progress. I don't see any innovation in industries where the government intervenes. Prior to health care reform, health care was already very regulated by the government. It's not a system any longer where people are able to innovate; it's not based on voluntary exchange. I'd like to see health care be like any other business.
Q: Has calling Obamacare fascist affected your business, especially with your liberal customer base?
A: I certainly hope not. I've apologized for it 30 times now. I did not mean to offend or harm anyone. It was a poor choice of words.
Q: Let's talk climate change, another issue where you've taken a controversial stance. How is it your opinion that global warming is not necessarily bad, especially for someone in the food business who faces economic risk from the physical effects of temperature change?
A: I'm not a climate change skeptic. I do think the climate is always changing - it's never in a steady state. I'm sure we'll be able to adapt to gradually rising temperatures. What I don't want to see is the world's economy wrecked by people's fears - government intervention or regulation - condemning billions of the population to a life of poverty. But I'm not an expert on it. What I do know is that Whole Foods is very environmental.
Q: Do you see Michelle Obama's efforts to reform the American diet in her Let's Move campaign as fascism, or too much government intervention?
A: It's not government intervention, it's volunteerism. I applaud people for being socially responsible as we have an obesity epidemic in this country. In fact, we're working with Michele Obama. Whole Foods has partnered with the first lady with the Whole Kids Foundation in supporting schools and encouraging families to improve children's health and nutrition.
Q: You're a vegan. Is that a health decision or is it philosophical?
A: I've been a vegan for 10 years, and I do it for ethical, health and environmental reasons. I find a plant diet, which is lower in fat, a remarkably healthy way to eat. Ethically, I don't like that an animal has to suffer and die for me to eat. Environmentally, the livestock industry is doing damage to the earth. Eighteen percent of all greenhouse gases come from livestock production - more than all forms of transportation combined. And 70 percent of all Amazonian rain forest is used for pasture, and 33 percent of all water pollution in the United States is due to livestock production.
Q: Are you still only taking a $1 annual salary from Whole Foods?
A: The last time I took (any salary) was in 2006. But I still get health benefits through the company, and my food discount.
Q: How much do you get?
A: All employees get 20 percent off. But you can qualify for 30 percent if you're in good health, based on having low cholesterol and good blood pressure, being a non-smoker and where you are body-mass-index-wise.
Q: Do you qualify?
A: Two years in a row. But it's a new year and I have to be retested.
Stacy Finz is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @sfinz


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Wheeling Register
John Jennings, of Wetzel County,
June 13, 1873
Taken from his Bed at Night and
Shot to Death - Excitement of the People.
John Jennings, of Wetzel County,
June 11, 1873.
Editor of the Register:
Last night about 2 o'clock a number of persons, all disguised, painted red, etc, went to the house of John Jennings, one of the notorious characters who has long infested these regions; took him from his bed and right in his own house and in the presence of his family, shot him full of holes, killing him almost instantly. His wife clung to him, and tried to put herself between Jennings and the firing, and in doing so, received, accidently, two shots, one in the wrist and the other in the thigh, wounding her, but not fatally. No one besides the family was present at the time except Mr. Jesse Morris, of this county, who was staying all night and was sleeping up stairs.
The masked party of lynchers shot the dogs and then went into the house at the time mentioned, and enquired of Jennings the whereadouts [sic] of his sons Frank and Jack, and several other parties known to be connected with them. He told them he did not know. Two of them then went up stairs where Mr. Morris was sleeping, to search for the boys, and enquired who he was; he told them. Mr. Morris said they treated him kindly and gentlemanly. After failing to find the boys up stairs the two went down again, and the party ordered Jennings to follow them, he got up quietly from the bed and partly dressed himself, all the time protesting his innocence, and asking them to ask his neighbors if he were not a civil man and if he could prevent what his sons did.
They replied to Jennings that his neighbors has been consulted, and all knew that he was equally guilty and was one of the ring-leaders of the gang, and that they intended putting an end effectually to the whole band. The firing then began and it was at this time that Mrs. Jennings threw her arms around her husband trying to save his life by sacrificing her own. Mr. Morris says something like twenty shots were fired. This woman's devotion to Jennings all through his terrible career and troubles, although his second wife, at the risk of her life, has been truly wonderful indeed. She has stood by him when his own sons were pursuing him for the purpose of killing him.
The Jennings boys could not be found, or undoubtedly they would have shared the same fate. The people are greatly excited and rejoicing, and say boldly and publicly that not a hair of any man's head shall be harmed for the transaction. It was not known how many, nor who the parties were.
John Jennings' death in all probability was hastened by his conduct last Saturday week in this town. The people have been very much enraged by the depredations of the Jennings boys for some time, and had determined that they should stop their robberies, and some person or persons saw proper to write several communications which appeared from time to time in the Labor Vindicator, denouncing these villainies in the most emphatic terms, showing them up generally and point- [sic] pointing out a method of getting rid of them. John Jennings came into town on the Saturday above mentioned, and on the streets publicly demanded of the editor of the Vindicator the name of the author of those articles, which demand, of course, was not complied with. Jennings grew very boisterous and acted generally very badly. A number of our leading citizens admonished him both publicly and privately that for his own sake he must keep quiet for such actions would not be tolerated. In the next number of the Vindicator another article appeared, written perhaps by the author of the other, showing the manner in which Jennings had acted, and cr[i]ticising him severely, warning him to beware, for the opinion of the public in reference to him had undergone a material change, and there was no telling what an excited populace would do.
John Jennings has always protested his innocence and succeeded for a long time in securing the sympathies of the people, and making them believe that he could not prevent the conduct of his boys. But the people began after while to watch the gentleman, and soon discovered that he was the ring-leader of the whole gang. He never was caught actually committing a robbery, but he would go around and make surveys of the premises and ascertain who had money, and frequently would be seen at midnight twenty miles from home. The neighbors could almost tell when a robbery was going to be committed, for he would always manage to go away somewhere so that he could clean his own skirts.
The pleadings of the wife and children for the old man's life, and their screams after he was killed was one of the most terrible and heartrending scenes ever witnessed. Jennings last words were "my boys have brought me to this."
This is undoubtedly one of the most terrible things that has ever happened in this county, but the people had borne with the conduct of the Jenningses as long as they could, and it was not until every legal means had been tried that they resorted to lynch law.
The people everywhere seem determined that this gang shall be rooted out, and if any more of them are found they will, in all drobability [sic] go the same road that their father has gone.
Truly yours
From the Moundsville Democrat.
About 2 o'clock on Wednesday last, a number of persons disguised as red men and calling themselves Modocs, rode to the residence of John Jennings, a Wetzel county desperado. The Modocs were all well armed and seemed more like a determined vigilance committee than what they represented. Jennings made his appearance, but no sooner had he done so than a volley of lead was aimed at him and he was killed immediately. His wife being present fought with the ferocity of a tiger, with an axe, and persisted in so doing until a wound in the hip and arm caused her to stop. We understand she will recover from her wounds. Now, a word or two from us, as our paper circulates well in Wetzel county. We say let the Lynch Law proceed until every Jennings and every one of their band of desperadoes are killed or driven from your borders. We wish the Modocs in this case all the success possible.
From the Moundsville Reporter.
We are indebted to sheriff Brookover, of New Martinsville for the following facts:
About 2 o'clock A.M. on Thursday [sic] last, a number of persons disguised and armed went to the house of John Jennings, in Wetzel county, and shot him dead in his tracks. His wife fought them with an axe, and in the melee was wounded in the hip and in the arm. A coroner's jury went out the next day under the protection of an armed force under Sheriff Brookover[.] Dr. Priest accompanied the party and dressed Mrs. Jennings' wounds, but expresses doubts as to her recovery. The worst feature about the whold [sic] matter is that they did not succeed in catching the younger members of this thieving and murdering band. Things are in such a condition that some more work of this kind is absolutely necessary. The lynchers left written notices for the other members of the gang to leave the country on the penalty of their lives. We hourly expect to hear of other scenes of like nature, for the best citizens of the county endorse this act and will protect the parties engaged, feeling that it is war to the knife, and that as the law has failed to protect their persons and their property, that they must take the law into their own hands, and although we are friendly to law and order, we cannot but sympathize with these men and endorse the course they they [sic] have decided upon.
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So Sad: Former Boxing Chamption Vernon Forrest Murdered During A Robbery! [R.I.P]
Ap reports "ATLANTA -- Vernon Forrest, a former three-time champion who gained stardom when he became the first boxer to defeat "Sugar" Shane Mosley, was shot to death during an apparent robbery in Atlanta, police said Sunday. Sgt. Lisa Keyes said in an e-mail Sunday that Forrest, 38, was shot several times in the back Saturday night, which an autopsy confirmed. Keyes said there are no suspects. "
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You did it. The September LSAT is over.
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Either-Or Advanced Technique PART FOUR:
Continuing the many ways that Either-Or clues can be dissected (see HERE for more), I came upon this pair of clues:
1) Of Virginia and the diner who ordered the citrus chicken, one had the zinfandel and the other paid $25.99.
2) Of the diner who ordered the sea bass and Virginia, one had the shiraz and the other paid $27.99.
What struck me was the categories. Both could be stated as:
- Of Virginia and food, one is wine and the other price
Since wine and price were different in both clues, I knew I was looking a the limited values for Virginia:
1) Virginia is either zinfandel or shiraz
2) Virgina paid either $25.99 or $27.99
Very nice.
The food on the left side of each clue CAN NOT be either of the values on the right side of the other clue:
1) Citrus chicken is neither shiraz nor $27.99
2) Sea bass is neither zinfandel nor $25.99
Still not convinced of the power of these two clues? If you act now, we'll throw in these other clues for free! By using other "Either-Or" techniques, we also have these helping hands:
- Zinfandel is either $27.99 or citrus chicken
- $25.99 is either shiraz or citrus chicken
- Shiraz is either seabass or $25.99
- $27.99 is either seabass or zinfandel
I see plenty of views on these techniques, but little discussion. Is this helping, or am I just stating the obvious?
Is this what you are saying:
Since the Zinfandel cannot be citrus chicken, the Zinfandel must be $27.99
Since Shiraz cannot be seabass, Shiraz must be $25.99
Thanks for assistance.
Zinfandel is either $27.99 or citrus chicken
- $25.99 is either shiraz or citrus chicken
- Shiraz is either seabass or $25.99
- $27.99 is either seabass or zinfandel
I'm not sure how you come up with that. I don't see those deductions from the clues given.
Perhaps what Angler is alluding (incorrectly) to is the "And" condition implied by the clues.
You wrote these first two:
1) Virginia is either zinfandel or shiraz
2) Virgina paid either $25.99 or $27.99
But also, if Virginia is associated with one of the wines, the wine has to be associated with the other price, so number 1) could be expanded to include the price associated with the wine (if bought by Virginia):
1) Virginia is either (zinfandel and 27.99) or (shiraz and 25.99)
But, that doesn't mean that zinfandel must be 27.99 or that shiraz must be 25.99, nor does it mean that the zinfandel can't be citrus chicken or that shiraz can't be Sea Bass.
But it does mean if the zinfandel is 27.99, then it can't be associated with citrus chicken (and was bought by Virginia)
likewise if the shiraz is 25.99 it can't be associated with Sea Bass (and was bought by Virginia).
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"This lighthouse is an amazing piece of Western New York's history, and the trip to the top of the light delivers amazing views of our great city," said Higgins, a member of the Congressional Great Lakes Task Force. "We applaud the Buffalo Lighthouse Association for their work preserving this national and local treasure, and we invite people to come out and see the lighthouse and surrounding waterfront views."
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Socialism run by benevolent rulers would be fine I suppose, communism the same I guess. Any system would more or less 'work' if run by people that genuinely care about the people. Problems arise when you get people in power who shouldn't be in power, which happens almost all the time. It would be much easier to oppress the people in a socialist or communist setting (which is why many dictators seem to lean toward such governments) from the get go than a constitutional republic setting. The US is a perfect example of that. Its claims to be free and open, yet its becoming more and more corrupt despite its supposed freedoms.
Actually a lot of serious American politics doesn't really care about socialism/communism
it's really more just overused careless rhetoric.
Be mindful to separate the political thinkers and the rhetoricians.
The problem mainly arises from the fact that Communism as a form of government offers no protection from the consolidation of power.
In the US, we have intentionally a "separation" of powers, as well as term limits, in order to keep power flowing.
Unfortunately our system is not perfect either, and people seem to refuse to fix it.
I quit University because I hate to study and how classes are by definition (despite liking to learn), but seeing what you study actually made me jealous :(
Communisms issues usually involve conflicts with human nature (especially during the Dictatorship of the Proletariat phase) however Socialism is quite a broad term. Social Democracy has been proven to work quite well (with the Scandinavian countries being a testament to a properly run Social Democracy) and is, in many cases, superior to capitalism in quite a few ways.
The "fear" of socialism is rooted in McCarthyism and residual effects from the "red scare" as a whole. The problem with the U.S. adopting "socialist" policies is mostly that residual effect making it impossible to suggest anything with the word "social" in it's title to congress. Not only that, but almost all attempts at passing a Social Democratic bill, if successful, would be overturned the second Republicans get into power.
problems with Communism is we aren't ready for it. Christians of different time periods have tried it but because of human greed, it's gone down the drain real fast.
As far as Marx saw it, there are three things that have we have failed at in attempting this so far (need to read his manifesto, so just doing the two parts that gets taught all the time).
1. The whole world, or at least a large chunk of it, needs to overthrow their corporate masters in a very bloody revaluation. Only a handful have done it.
2. No Competition. This hardly happens. This is actually how the USSR really fell as it spent much of it's resources competing with the USA.
3. No class, no one better than everyone else. Holy crap, have much of the "communists" countries failed at this one (namely China, Russia, and Cuba, France during The Great Terror).
Yeah the lectures and things get pretty dull, and first year stuff is pretty easy, but the range of stuff on offer for me to study (I can pick modules from Pol, Phil, Social Anthropology, Criminology, and Sociology; The Arabic is non-credited) is just brilliant. Plus access to Journals through the library.
Yeah, I'm really enjoying it.
I'm iffy on your definition but at the same time you just demonstrated quite beautifully you don't know what is actually going on in socialist nations. Funny how the massive trade embargo was never brought up and that i only see the accusations of forced labor from people clearly in favor of capitalism. Here's another problem with discussing socialism, American media and government has been (often baseless) slandering socialist nations for a long time now, so information on them among opponents is often lacking. Plus your "It's either entirely this or it's this" is, once more, iffy, the idea that there is no middle ground, that it's either capitalism or socialism is kind of ridiculous.
So just being a millionaire makes you part of the one percent?
Fuck Occupy Wall Street then. I'll keep my money, thank you very much.
Not the no true scotsman again please.
The definition of socialism can't be anything different from replacing at least a large part of the economy. Anything less extreme than that is still a form of capitalism.
Actually I read it in a book from someone who lives there. Being part of a youth organisation meant getting forced to roll cigars without being paid for it, which were then exported to create state revenue.
You'd expect such use of forced labour means they have a huge economy going on because they can produce for zero costs (other than fertiliser for the tobacco plants) but they don't. Cuba's economy never got going due to the inherent problems of the socialistic system.
Then how do you explain the fact that Cuba is above average the economies of countries of the same periphery? And that the population bellow poverty line is just 1,5 per cent? And that Cuba HDI is ranked 51 out of 182?
keep in mind that this is a country that got half the world against it.
Half the world? Please elaborate. Cuba trades with Canada, China, EU countries, south American countries, etc. So who except the US is against Cuba?
And at the same time Cuba ranks 112th on GDP per capita. This suggest, combined with your other numbers, that Cuba destroyed its middle and rich class to ensure people are just above the poverty line. Not necessarily something to be proud of tbh.
I said being against Cuba, I know almost every country trades with it, but US is still big and influential.
I also forgot to add, Cuba unemployment is bellow 2 per cent.
About GDP, where did you see 112th rank on GDP per capita? I see 95th, 89th and 59th according to three different sources.
And there are tests proving if having a choice, majority would prefer to live in a country where everyone's income was roughly the same and has enough to live by, than a country where you could be very poor but also very rich.
But who cares who's against them if they still trade with them? It's like the EU which sometimes points fingers at Israel but since the EU remains a huge trade partner it's not like the finger pointing matters.
And it was a 2010 estimate from the CIA factbook. I must also add it's GDP per Capita PPP
This is not an example of the no true scotsman soft fallacy. It is not post-hoc: he's going in saying that your definition is wrong.
And he's right. Your definition, as you state it in that very post:
Is rubbish. Too vague.
Everyone knows Socialism is social (state) control of the means of production.
His claim that everything short of capitalistic anarchy is a form of Socialism is valid as long as you think that your claim that anything short of total authoritarian control is Capitalism.
You either need to accept the fact that Socialism isn't necessarily a bad thing or change your definition.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita here appears lists from Cia factbook and university of Pensilvania (and other two but Cuba is not listed in those) and got different ranks, probably because CIA uses regions too, not only countries. But both from Wikipedia using Cia as source and the cia itself has the same estimate of 9,900 GDP per capita despite different ranks.
Yes, but if you were to hypothetically compare the United States to the developed world, and Europe in particular, the comparison would not be so friendly.
What you don't seem to understand is that Cuba is not a socialist state, having a universal health care doesn't make you one.
I'll answer for Pyramid head here. When talking about socialism, it's senseless to exclude Northern and Western Europe. In the Netherlands an average citizen pays 60% tax of all the money that passes through him/her, if you earn more that precentage increases. Meaning that you work more for the goverment then for yourself. To me that fits the definition of socialisme pretty well. We're also doing rather well. Our infrastructure, education, health care system, crime, corruption, employment are all among the worlds best.
You're right, the CIA factbook does include regions (which is quite misleading tbh). And about those tests, they are quite misleading (kinda forgot to address that before). Because there is a difference between saying something in a test and actually saying yes to it in reality. Also an other problem is that those tests usually don't say how much you'd get in both scenarios (the one with equality and the one with inequality).
In the Netherlands the highest individual tax rate is 52% it's the country with the one of the lenient deductibles in the world, and has one of the lowest corporate tax rates in the EU so what are you talking about?
My bad
...i have no real way to reply to that beyond "I fucking called it." You're extremely ignorant of Cuba's struggle, more so than even i who have never been to the nation and watch the same filtered news am, and you tried to pin it's economic woes on an extremely narrow minded view of things.
That's pretty much what I was say
That's more or less what I was trying to get at. The US these days is in pretty bad shape, but its taken a while to chip away at the protections and measures we had in place to prevent such a thing. Unfortunately an apathetic public will always make things easier for corrupt people to slip into power and fuck everything up.
well the usa spent 45 years condemming the soviet union for abducting people off the streets, indefinite detention without trial, torture, etc now days you are a communist if you dont support abducting people off the streets, indefinite detention without trial and torture
Because Communism doesn't work. Its an idealistic idea that doesn't take into account that humans like competing with each other, have feelings of schadenfreude, and that it isn't very motivating for a CEO to work the hours that he does if he is going to get payed the same as some part time cashier at Walgreens.
Because beeing a cashier is easier... Most people say it's a really bad job.
Also your post has been proven wrong a lot, you're just taking into account monetary value, while completly ignoring personal objectives and ambition. Do you you think most painters paint due to money? Painters love to paint, obviously they'd like to get money from it, but it's not the main reason they do it. This is true to most arts and intellectual work (where inovation matters).
It was the opposing side to American world domination. American reactionaries for the longest time didn't consider what any of it meant, just that it was the bad guys. It's the same thing with muslims to them. They're apparently just evil on account of their difference and there can be no discussion beyond that.
As for my own feelings, communist ideals are not possible to fully implement until we reach post-scarcity. The goal of communist nations should be to bring this about while conceding non-strategic industries to individuals.
There is not socialism but socialisms.
Democratic reformist socialism has worked very well. It's been a huge success in many nations.
Revolutionary marxist socialism or marxist-leninism or Trotskyism or maoism or Juche or whatever they care to call it in its various guises has not worked in the modern world. I wish it had worked.
The main problem I have with revolutionary socialism is with their lame excuses for when it shits the bed which run as thus:
1. They had the wrong leadership. "We" are smarter, more democratic and will do things differently if we have power. But many of the communist leaders of previous regimes were also educated, experienced and incredibly smart, but the system still screwed up. Seems incredibly elitist and naive to me to accept that leadership or smartness is a guarantee of success in this issue.
2. The revolution needed to be international among all countries within the first few years or decades (permanent revolution) as socialism in one country leads to reaction and dictatorship. Well this seems impossibly high expecations as a defense against failure, especially since marxist regimes once controlled almost half of he world. It is like the Borg: because all were not assimilated simultaneously we couldn't realise the ideal.
3. All those other previous and existing regimes aren't "really" communist. Presumably because of 1 and 2 above. But "we" will be the real deal because we are smarter and nicer than what came before: our revolution will be different. Yeah, sure.
4. Marxist-Leninism and the idea of a revolutionary vanguard and central committee corrupted the revolution. I am sympathetic to this more anarchistic line of reasoning, but still pessimistic. What is the alternative? I have seen no credible ones.
The ideal of communism is great and spectacular. In the real world it has been a nightmare.
People. People are the problem. People are the problem with any political setup. Socialism and Communism work wonders on paper, but when put the practice, it all goes rotten because the plans are still reliant on the people upstairs. Any political agenda, ANY at all no matter how Utopian it might seem, becomes a problem when taken to the extreme.
Got proof? Or that's just common sense?
Sorry dude, didn't mean to hurt your feelings.
I like to learn, but it's something hard to do with anti-communists on this forum, because they're often ignorant.
I want someone who read and understand Marx to refute his critics of capitalism. Someone you clearly aren't.
My point exactly. If you know who it is you are looking for on this thread, you'd probably find them much quicker without wasting your time coming over to me and saying "You sir, are not the man I am looking for! I just thought I'd like to tell you that!"
the way you said was indeed funny.
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With those developments, the ETSU women's golf team finished nine strokes back of team champion Nova Southeastern, the defending NCAA Division II national champions. In addition to their team standing, Buccaneers' senior Laura Jansone (Jurmala, Latvia) tied for sixth, just four strokes back of the tournament's individual champion Sandra Changkija, also of Nova Southeastern.
ETSU, which posted a team score of 306 on Friday and a 314 on Saturday, got another solid effort from sophomore Nina Muehl (Vienna, Austria). Muehl carded her second straight score of 77 on Saturday and finished tied for 11th. Other Buccaneer results included a tie for 35th by sophomore Malin Mansson (Kalmar, Sweden), and a tie for 44th by fellow sophomore Mayte Vizcarrondo (Cadiz, Spain).,
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