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Mike Mudd woke up this morning as president of the last-place team in the American Hockey League.
His Worcester Sharks are second in the Atlantic Division standings in terms of points, but 30th of 30 teams in attendance. The Sharks have averaged 3,109 for their first seven home games, down about 400 a game from 2011-12, when they averaged 3,532 seven games into their home schedule.
"It's not a concern yet," Mudd said of Worcester's attendance drop. "If we're still 30th after the first of the year, then it'll be a concern. There are a lot of factors going into how different teams are doing so far, and we'll do better."
Despite the drop in raw numbers, the Sharks' revenue is even with last year and, in the end, revenue is the most important barometer of financial health. While Worcester has lost some season-ticket holders, walk-up ticket sales have improved, and fans have to spend more for those tickets than they would otherwise.
The drop in season-ticket sales was inevitable given the last two disappointing finishes for the Sharks, but hardcore hockey fans can only stay away for so long, and some of them will be recaptured, especially if this year's team is a good one.
"We find that about 80 percent of the reason people give up their season tickets is performance," Mudd said, "but to be fair, I think San Jose has taken steps to deal with that and has put a very good team in here this season."
As a whole, the league is up substantially from last year, about 500 fans a game. The NHL lockout is no doubt responsible for much of that increase, and teams that are in NHL cities — like Chicago and Toronto — or very close, like Providence, have gotten nice bumps at the gate.
There has been no trickle-down effect in Worcester, though.
There have been some special circumstances, too, like Bridgeport's two home games in which it gave away tickets because of Superstorm Sandy. That gave the Sound Tigers a big boost compared to last season.
Hamilton has played a home game in Montreal and that drew well, and NHL names like Oklahoma City's Taylor Hall will help attendance wherever they play. Albany is up after a summer season-ticket sales campaign in which, if a business bought season tickets, the Times-Union Center matched the purchase with an equal number of free ones.
"We've got a lot of big promotions on the way," Mudd said. "We've got a good one for Saturday night with (retired New England Patriot) Kevin Faulk coming in, and we'll have at least 5,000 for that. This time of the year, a crowd of 5,000 can move you up from 30th in attendance to 25th in one night."
Which would be a very comforting thing for Mudd and the rest of the Sharks' front-office staff, since the cellar is a lousy place to spend a winter.
1. Who were the only two AHL teams not to have a winning record on home ice last season?
2. Which Sharks goalie holds the franchise record for the longest shutout streak?
3. Who is the AHL's active leader in goals scored?
Answers below.
This year's Springfield Falcons seem to be taking up where last year's Norfolk Admirals left off. Not including last night, the Falcons had won their three previous games by a combined score of 17-2. Goalie Curtis McElhinney was off to an historic start with four shutouts in 10 appearances and a 1.29 goals-against average. Last week, he made 55 saves in back-to-back shutouts and was named Player of the Week. It is his third Player of the Week honor, but first since Feb. 25, 2007, when he was with the barely remembered, and poorly named, Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights. … By the way, Worcester doesn't play Springfield until Jan. 11, which is an unusually late beginning for the series, but may work out to the Sharks' advantage given that the Falcons are liable to lose a lot if the lockout ends. … Best wishes for a full recovery to Hamilton's Blake Geoffrion, who won back-to-back Player of the Week Awards when he was with Milwaukee in February 2011. Early indications are that Geoffrion will make a full recovery from a fractured skull, at least in terms of day-to-day life, which is all that really matters. The two most serious injuries to happen at the DCU Center were skate cuts to Springfield's Eric Healy and the Sharks' Al Stalock, and both resumed their careers, but head injuries are an entirely different story.
If adversity breeds character, then the two Sharks players — goalies Thomas Heemskerk and Taylor Nelson — at Worcester's ECHL affiliate in San Francisco are both on a path to be Nobel Prize winners someday.
The Bulls are dreadful, just 3-8-2 in their first 13 games, with most of them being started by Heemskerk. Through 13, he was 2-6-1, 3.89. Nelson was 1-2-1, 3.88. Last Saturday, San Francisco lost at home to the Ontario Reign, Manchester's affiliate, whose roster includes former Worcester players Devin Setoguchi and Dan DaSilva. Ontario won, 7-0, and had a 47-9 advantage in shots, with Heemskerk making 40 saves.
It was the second ECHL game for Setoguchi, most recently of the Minnesota Wild. Setoguchi had two goals on Saturday, and DaSilva had one assist.
Just one opinion here, but the most improved Sharks player so far this season, compared to last, is James Livingston. Not sure if he finishes well enough ever to be a major offensive threat, but Livingston has given Worcester many good shifts so far in 2012-13. … It must be the uniforms or something — we know the Sharks can't beat Connecticut, Hartford, or whatever that team calls itself at any particular time. So, on Saturday night, the WhalePack crushed Worcester, 6-2. But the Sharks have played Bridgeport twice and won both games, 10-3 combined, and Bridgeport has played Connecticut twice and won both games, 10-7 combined. It's the same thing with St. John's, which won in OT at the DCU Center on Nov. 3, then went to Providence the next day and lost, 3-0, to a Bruins team that Worcester has beaten twice already. … That Providence team must be a little disappointed in what it has gotten so far from Chris Bourque, who had 27 goals and 93 points for Hershey last year, but is just 1-6-7 in 11 games for the Bruins this season.
P.J. Fenton, owner of the Sharks' last home hat trick, is playing in a Division 2 league in Germany. Ryan Vesce is still in Europe, but out of Russia. He is skating for Skelleftea in Sweden.
Chris Blight, who was plus-2 with two assists in one game for Worcester, is playing for Cardiff in the British League, where the goalie is former IceCat Phil Osaer.
Brendan Brooks, the IceCats' last 20-goal scorer, is with Iserhohn in the German Elite League; short-time IceCats forward Kevin Colley is the head coach of Utah in the ECHL; and former hot prospect Daniel Tkaczuk, who spent time with the IceCats, is an assistant coach with Owen Sound of the Ontario Hockey League.
1. The defending Calder Cup champion Binghamton Senators were two games under .500 on home ice last season, while the Sharks played exactly .500 hockey at the DCU Center.
2. Harri Sateri went 157 minutes, 37 seconds without allowing a goal in games from Jan. 7 to Jan. 25, 2012.
3. Darren Haydar of the Chicago Wolves has 272 AHL goals, most of any active player. Haydar, however, has not scored one yet this year.


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The Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve BioBlitz held on May 17 and 18, 2013, captured a vivid snapshot of the plant and animal diversity in the sanctuary's Barataria Preserve, the U.S. National Park Service and the National Geographic Society said in a joint statement. More than 100 scientists from around the U.S., thousands of amateur explorers, families and students on school field trips conducted an inventory of the plants, insects, mammals, birds and other creatures that inhabit the 23,500-acre preserve, which is adjacent to the city of New Orleans.
According to the statement released yesterday, BioBlitz highlights included:
- More than 3,000 people, including more than 1,500 schoolchildren, participated in the BioBlitz and the concurrent Biodiversity Festival.
- The initial scientific species count as of the 4:30 p.m. closing ceremony Saturday was 458, with well over 1,500 observations made over the two days. Organizers expect the number to increase significantly over the next few months as state-of-the-art testing of the collected samples continues.
- During the two-day, 24-hour (noon-to-noon) inventory, the Louisiana State University arthropod team processed more than 400 distinct insect species. Many are known to the park, but never documented. Several new invasive insects were also among the finds.
- A rare Louisiana milk snake was discovered, and possibly one new fish, Fundulus herteroclitus (mud minnow), will be added to the park's species roster.
- The festival grounds were brightened by dozens of flags created by students at area schools that featured local species like alligators, snapping turtles, ducks and dragonflies.
- The Biodiversity Festival included a wide variety of music, nature-inspired activities, talks, art, live animal demonstrations and hands-on science activities. The festival emphasized biodiversity and encouraged the public to do its part to protect the environment. Many visitors interacted with representatives of science, nature and environmental organizations at more than 40 booths.
"The BioBlitz was part scientific endeavor, part festival and part outdoor classroom," said NPS and NGS. "Participants combed the park, observing and recording as many plant and animal species as possible in 24 hours. Activities included counting alligators, catching insects, spotting birds, exploring and examining aquatic invertebrates and using technology to better understand the diverse ecosystems of this unique park."
"This is the first time anyone has done this level of work on a bottomland, hardwood, freshwater system like this," said Victoria Bayless, curator at the Louisiana State Arthropod Museum. "Everything we can document and share is really important right now."
"This was a fantastic opportunity for the public to meet and work with scientists and to understand and appreciate what makes Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve's Barataria Preserve such a special and biologically rich place," said Lance Hatten, acting superintendent of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve and New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park. "For many people, especially schoolchildren, this was their first visit to the park, and it was exciting to have them experience it with amazing scientists and naturalists as their guides."
"Watching scientists, students and the general public in the field exploring and making discoveries put a smile on my face," said John Francis, National Geographic's vice president for Research, Conservation and Exploration. "Scientists joined students and residents from the surrounding communities and celebrated their unique roles as members of the natural systems where they live. It was also exciting to see new technology and smartphone apps being used in the field to document and identify species finds."
Great Nature Project
In his closing remarks, Francis invited all to join the National Geographic Society's Great Nature Project. The project encourages people from around the globe to go outside, explore, document plants and animals with cameras, and upload them to share, using the hashtag #GreatNature. The goal is the largest photo album of plants and animals, capturing the rich biodiversity of Earth and raising awareness about protecting the planet. The weeklong quest will take place Sept. 21-29, 2013, and is part of the National Geographic Society's 125th anniversary yearlong celebration. Learn more at greatnatureproject.org.
BioBlitz 2014: Golden Gate
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve BioBlitz was the seventh in a series of 10 annual BioBlitzes to be hosted by National Geographic and the National Park Service leading up to the National Park Service centennial in 2016. During closing ceremonies the BioBlitz flag was passed to Aaron Roth, deputy superintendent of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, where the eighth BioBlitz will take place March 28-29, 2014.
The first BioBlitz was held at Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C., in 2007; the second took place at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in California in 2008. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore was the site of the third BioBlitz in 2009; Biscayne National Park, outside Miami, was the 2010 site; Saguaro National Park in Tucson hosted the 2011 BioBlitz; and Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado was the 2012 host park.
The Jean Lafitte BioBlitz was made possible through the support of corporations, foundations and state and local agencies. Corporate support came from Southwest Airlines. Foundation support was from the Harold M. and Adeline S. Morrison Family Foundation, the National Park Foundation and the National Park Trust. The Louisiana Office of State Parks and Jefferson Parish also provided support.
National Geographic has had a close relationship with the National Park Service since the Service's inception; the Society helped draft legislation to establish the Service in 1916. National Geographic has given grants to establish or sustain national parks and has extensively covered the parks in its media for nearly a century.
David Braun is director of outreach with the digital and social media team illuminating the National Geographic Society's explorer, science, and education programs.
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Among his party guests are several notables. Magistrix Eredania, who is happy to instruct newcomers to the mystical world of enchanting, and Botanist Tyniarrel, who likes to show off his knowledge of native flora. Also present are Sempstress Ambershine, artful with needle and thread, and Arcanist Sheynathren, handy with bubbling liquids.
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Bitter and Salty – Episode 18 – Ghost Iron CrawlerPosted by Bitter and Salty
Feb 6
In the eighteenth World of Warcraft podcast episode, we are not panicking about Ghost Iron Ore and the changes to leveling Blacksmithing in 5.2, we buy Battle Pets through the RMAH, we figure out that JCs can make their own Primal Diamonds, we discuss auction house ethics when someone mistakenly lists an item too low, we walk you through using a script to retrieve item IDs from Wowhead, and we realize that it's time to get organized.
Bitter and Salty is brought to you weekly by Molsan and Sláinte.
The Great Ghost Iron Ore Debacle of 2013
- Buy and Hold? Who cares; buy and prospect? Panic?!?
- Blacksmith Leveling Kits
- What are leveling kits?
- Leveling a profession from 1-600
- What are leveling kits?
Battle Pets Now Listed in the RMAH
- YES! Now what? Available for scanning yet?
Call from Strumpet – Pet Battle Update
- Jewelcrafting
- Design: Primal Diamond
- Takes 5 of each uncommon MoP gems and 1 Spirit of Harmony
- JCs can make use of the SoHs, but if you have an xMute Alchemist, is this better?
- http://ptr.wowhead.com/item=95471
- Design: Primal Diamond
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- Earthen Ring (US): https://theunderminejournal.com/bmah.php?realm=H-Earthen%20Ring
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- Email from Postblue (night elf hunter, is there any other kind of hunter?)
- "I have a question, when you find a market mistake I.E. is it ethical to proceed with flipping the item. I found and item posted for 1k that regularly sells for 25-30k and was very excited. The person that made the mistake contacted me in game and explained he simply posted it wrong. He then proceeded to offer me 2K for it back which I thought was low. After a little banter I declined to return it to him because I felt it was his responsibility and not mine to post his auctions right. What do you think?"
How to Setup Wowuction Broker with Items from Wowhead
- Create a search/filter
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- Run jQuery command to retrieve item IDs
__rows = $("#lv-items table tbody tr"); __itemids = "";
__rows.each(function() {
__cells = $(this).children("td");
__itemname = $(__cells[2]).find("a").text();
__itemlink = $(__cells[2]).find("a").attr("href");
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__newOutputrow = $("<div />");
- Copy and paste comma-separated list into Wowuction and categorize your items by naming the list (i.e. "Herald of the Titans BoEs")
- Update prices on broker sheet and enable email notification
Call from Plastic Duck – How Do You Get Organized?
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Hey, just listened to episode 16 and 17. figured molsen felt like the tank should be geared first and I totally agree.
But Your plan for the gearing is not optimized so after giving it a fast thought I came up with a easy suggestion.
you would need the best gear on all Your 10 level 80s.
hopefully you are not stacking a class so just split up the group in half, 5 80s with diffrent needs of loot and the other half bring their level 90 and boosts you though it all for gear.
(like at freya you leave the 80s at the middle circle, run inn with the 5 90s and zerg her and out. if you run by water with strider you can manage to pull like zero adds)
after the run is Complete, you swap. the next group of 80s and the 5 90s.
Lately Ive been doing ulduar 10 for the proto drake Mount, we was a monk winder Walker 90 and a hunter 90 survival 90. struggeled only with yogg +1 guardian =)
I dont know if it tracks flasks or you allready know but cata flasks only require leve 80 =) as the MoP flasks require level 85 (great for leveling)
I hope this is readable and that you get my point =)
Friendly regards from a huge Norwegian bitter and salty fan =)
@Grozlok I have 34 stacks of windwool cloth. Can we use this for the HotT group?
@SoCalWowGal silly q but can the show line be called at anytime? Or is there a bad time to call in?
Call from SoCalWowGal – Remote Auction House tip
@strumpet101 LF warriors to join@bitterandsalty so we can use these glyphs. @Molsan has a problem and needs a hug.
@badtauren I was promoted in the@bitterandsalty guild, and I'm not sure why.
@aquagorillabear Hit level 75 on my Shaman last night, Bodarru. Have discovered that Shaman healing is super easy.#GettingReady4Ulduar
@MichaelHewesAus I just dinged 90 with my Hunter 🙂 my 5th 90 and already working on my Mage who is 81
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Since animals, unfortunately, can not wield standard equipment, here are two feats that resemble equipment found in the SRD. The first is meant for creatures with natural bony plates (like Ceratopsians and Brontops), and is meant to be a dumbed down version of a towershield. The other is more quick, low HD predators (like Velociraptor and Deinonychus, as well as Hyenas) to make them more of a danger in combat.
Unfortunately, they are a little powerful, so they need some PEACHing.
Protective Frill [Monstrous]
Creatures with protective bone coverings can make themselves harder to hit by positioning their body.
Prerequisites: Medium Size, Animal or Magical Beast type, has a protective bone structure (like a neck frill, antlers, or other head-based bone protrusions).
Benefit: By spending a move action to get into an optimum defensive position and taking no other actions afterwards during this turn, the animal is granted cover (+4 bonus to AC) until its next turn.
Special: Dire Animals (with the exception of the Dire Shark) have all sorts of bony spikes along their bodies, and automatically qualify even if none of the protrusions are head based or if it is smaller than medium.
Disembowel [Monstrous]
Creatures with talons can use it to inflict heavy, and usually lethal, damage to enemies.
Prerequisites: Talon Attack, Animal or Magical Beast type, Strength 13
Benefit: Upon a successful critical hit with its talon attack, the creature may choose to tear the soft underbelly of its prey apart with a terrible slash if the prey is within one category of the creature and it has one HD less than it. Creatures without discernable anatomies (oozes, constructs –including living ones-, undead, and plants) are unaffected. The victim must make fortitude save (DC 10+ ½ creature's HD+ creature's strength modifier), or immediately fall to -1 hit points. A creature struck with such an attack cannot stabilize naturally. Mundane heal checks can stabilize a creature, but cannot save them from their dying state. Only magical healing can bring them back to positive hit points.
Special: Hyenas, despite not having talons, use this hunting technique. Hyenas, along with all animals and magical beasts related to them, can use their bite attack to fulfill the talon attack prerequisite when attempting to acquire this feat.


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The life and times of Abraham Lincoln have been analyzed and dissected in countless books. Do we need another Lincoln biography?
In Team of Rivals, esteemed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin proves that we do. Though she can't help but cover some familiar territory, her perspective is focused enough to offer fresh insights into Lincoln's leadership style and his deep understanding of human behavior and motivation.
Goodwin makes the case for Lincoln's political genius by examining his relationships with three men he selected for his cabinet, all of whom were opponents for the Republican nomination in 1860: William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, and Edward Bates.
These men, all accomplished, nationally known, and presidential, originally disdained Lincoln for his backwoods upbringing and lack of experience, and were shocked and humiliated at losing to this relatively obscure Illinois lawyer.
Yet Lincoln not only convinced them to join his administration--Seward as secretary of state, Chase as secretary of the treasury, and Bates as attorney general--he ultimately gained their admiration and respect as well.
How he soothed egos, turned rivals into allies, and dealt with many challenges to his leadership, all for the sake of the greater good, is largely what Goodwin's fine book is about. Had he not possessed the wisdom and confidence to select and work with the best people, she argues, he could not have led the nation through one of its darkest periods.
Ten years in the making, this engaging work reveals why "Lincoln's road to success was longer, more tortuous, and far less likely" than the other men, and why, when opportunity beckoned, Lincoln was "the best prepared to answer the call."
This multiple biography further provides valuable background and insights into the contributions and talents of Seward, Chase, and Bates. Lincoln may have been "the indispensable ingredient of the Civil War," but these three men were invaluable to Lincoln and they played key roles in keeping the nation intact. --Shawn Carkonen
Team of Rivals doesn't just tell the story of Abraham Lincoln. It is a multiple biography of the entire team of personal and political competitors that he put together to lead the country through its greatest crisis.
Here, Doris Kearns Goodwin profiles five of the key players in her book, four of whom contended for the 1860 Republican presidential nomination and all of whom later worked together in Lincoln's cabinet.
1. Edwin M. Stanton
Stanton treated Lincoln with utter contempt at their initial acquaintance when the two men were involved in a celebrated law case in the summer of 1855.
Unimaginable as it might seem after Stanton's demeaning behavior, Lincoln offered him "the most powerful civilian post within his gift"--the post of secretary of war--at their next encounter six years later. On his first day in office as Simon Cameron's replacement, the energetic, hardworking Stanton instituted "an entirely new regime" in the War Department.
After nearly a year of disappointment with Cameron, Lincoln had found in Stanton the leader the War Department desperately needed. Lincoln's choice of Stanton revealed his singular ability to transcend personal vendetta, humiliation, or bitterness.
As for Stanton, despite his initial contempt for the man he once described as a "long armed Ape," he not only accepted the offer but came to respect and love Lincoln more than any person outside of his immediate family. He was beside himself with grief for weeks after the president's death.
2. Salmon P. Chase
Chase, an Ohioan, had been both senator and governor, had played a central role in the formation of the national Republican Party, and had shown an unflagging commitment to the cause of the black man.
No individual felt he deserved the presidency as a natural result of his past contributions more than Chase himself, but he refused to engage in the practical methods by which nominations are won.
He had virtually no campaign and he failed to conciliate his many enemies in Ohio itself. As a result, he alone among the candidates came to the convention without the united support of his own state.
Chase never ceased to underestimate Lincoln, nor to resent the fact that he had lost the presidency to a man he considered his inferior. His frustration with his position as secretary of the treasury was alleviated only by his his dogged hope that he, rather than Lincoln, would be the Republican nominee in 1864, and he steadfastly worked to that end.
The president put up with Chase's machinations and haughty yet fundamentally insecure nature because he recognized his superlative accomplishments at treasury. Eventually, however, Chase threatened to split the Republican Party by continuing to fill key positions with partisans who supported his presidential hopes.
When Lincoln stepped in, Chase tendered his resignation as he had three times before, but this time Lincoln stunned Chase by calling his bluff and accepting the offer.
3. Abraham Lincoln
When Lincoln won the Republican presidential nomination in 1860 he seemed to have come from nowhere--a backwoods lawyer who had served one undistinguished term in the House of Representatives and lost two consecutive contests for the U.S. Senate.
Contemporaries attributed his surprising nomination to chance, to his moderate position on slavery, and to the fact that he hailed from the battleground state of Illinois.
But Lincoln's triumph, particularly when viewed against the efforts of his rivals, owed much to a remarkable, unsuspected political acuity and an emotional strength forged in the crucible of hardship and defeat.
That Lincoln, after winning the presidency, made the unprecedented decision to incorporate his eminent rivals into his political family, the cabinet, was evidence of an uncanny self-confidence and an indication of what would prove to others a most unexpected greatness.
4. William H. Seward
A celebrated senator from New York for more than a decade and governor of his state for two terms before going to Washington, Seward was certain he was going to receive his party's nomination for president in 1860.
The weekend before the convention in Chicago opened he had already composed a first draft of the valedictory speech he expected to make to the Senate, assuming that he would resign his position as soon as the decision in Chicago was made.
His mortification at not having received the nomination never fully abated, and when he was offered his cabinet post as secretary of state he intended to have a major role in choosing the remaining cabinet members, conferring upon himself a position in the new government more commanding than that of Lincoln himself.
He quickly realized the futility of his plan to relegate the president to a figurehead role. Though the feisty New Yorker would continue to debate numerous issues with Lincoln in the years ahead, exactly as Lincoln had hoped and needed him to do, Seward would become his closest friend, advisor, and ally in the administration.
More than any other cabinet member Seward appreciated Lincoln's peerless skill in balancing factions both within his administration and in the country at large.
5. Edward Bates
A widely respected elder statesman, a delegate to the convention that framed the Missouri Constitution, and a former Missouri congressman whose opinions on national matters were still widely sought, Bates's ambitions for political success were gradually displaced by love for his wife and large family, and he withdrew from public life in the late 1840s.
For the next 20 years he was asked repeatedly to run or once again accept high government posts but he consistently declined. However in early 1860, with letters and newspaper editorials advocating his candidacy crowding in upon him, he decided to try for the highest office in the land.
After losing to Lincoln he vowed, in his diary, to decline a cabinet position if one were to be offered, but with the country "in trouble and danger" he felt it was his duty to accept when Lincoln asked him to be attorney general.
Though Bates initially viewed Lincoln as a well-meaning but incompetent administrator, he eventually concluded that the president was an unmatched leader, "very near being a 'perfect man.'"
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"That EA is not understood is the biggest barrier to its adoption. There is a lack of clarity of what EA brings to the business management and IT management." -- Bill Roth, chief information technology architect for the state of Kansas
For many agency heads or department managers, any mention of "Enterprise Architecture" causes emotional reactions ranging from fear to outright antagonism. Often enterprise architecture has come to mean "yet another IT project and expense which I don't have time for and from which I won't see any tangible results." For others, it is simply a checkbox that must be filled to get the money needed to get real work done.
But what is Enterprise Architecture really? And who is it intended to benefit?
Many complicated definitions and explanations could be presented, but at the core, enterprise architecture is very simple: it starts with the idea that one should plan technology purchases and development ahead of time and -- here's the important part -- that the business people, not technology people, should determine what is needed (the requirements).
The classic analogy in a non-high tech realm is building a home. Telling an architect to "build me a house!" is not nearly enough information. The architect needs details about how many people will live in it, what kinds of activities it needs to support, the quality of furnishings to use, how long it needs to last, , etc.
And those are just the high-level questions. A thousand and one details will need to be filled in below these by all the individual tradesman who help build the house.
You, as the owner, may not need or care to know that eight-penny finishing nails were used in one section of the kitchen cabinets whereas 10-penny were used elsewhere. What you do want to know is that the cabinets look good, have the shelving space that will serve your needs and that they will stay securely in place for the life of the house.
To carry the analogy a bit further, the architect may not start from scratch -- he or she may come to you with a series of predefined plans and ask you to suggest modifications to fit your needs. Such plans usually accommodate certain types of changes but may not allow for major alterations such as arbitrarily sticking an indoor swimming pool in the middle of the house.
When talking about building a house, it is obvious that the owner needs to set these kinds of high-level requirements: unless you have money to burn, don't care about schedules and don't really plan to live in the house anyway, you're going to want to give instructions to the architect and general contractor about what you need and want.
Enterprise Architecture is derived from the understanding that technology exists to fulfill business needs. Which technologies are chosen should not be a matter of "coolness" and is only partially a matter of cost: more properly it is a matter of what technologies get the job done. And what constitutes "the job" must, of course, be defined by the executive branch, the legislature, the agency head, etc., not by the technologists who, while perhaps experts at what they do, are often more interested and aware of bits and bytes than in agency purposes or political needs.
Of course, time enters into this as well. What "the job" is today may not be the same as it will be in five years. Today's technology need will definitely not be the technology need in five years. So the future always needs to be part of any enterprise architecture discussion.
So, how does the idea of enterprise architecture get so hard or seem to engender such resounding boredom (or worse)?
Although enterprise architecture represents the very same problems as building a house and even involves many of the same processes, several difficulties make it more difficult to grasp:
Even people with no building experience know what a "blueprint" is and when they look at one, they can find the bathrooms, kitchen, bedrooms and family rooms. They can locate the windows and doors and would know immediately if a room had no door. By contrast, most people do not immediately know what a "Context Diagram" is, yet it is just a somewhat analogous type of diagram used in EA to specify how a computer application or system interacts with other applications or systems -- it shows the "doors" between applications or systems and allows one to see immediately if one is missing.
As pointed out by Bill Roth, chief information technology architect for the state of Kansas, the fact "that EA is not understood is the biggest barrier to its adoption. There is a lack of clarity of what EA brings to the business management and IT management." According to Roth this is more a failure to communicate than anything else. When EA is explained, its intent is obvious even to non-technical people. Roth has done 45-minute presentations to high level state executives about enterprise architecture and knew he'd succeeded when they suddenly said "Oh you're not describing technology problems, you're talking about helping me to do my business better!"
So, one of the key things to know about enterprise architecture is that it is not "just an IT matter" -- it involves the discussion and clarification of business processes and procedures. There is no sense building applications and an infrastructure that simply automate disorganized or inefficient processes, so defining and documenting business processes are key components of a full enterprise architecture undertaking.
Crossing the Terminology Barrier
As mentioned, enterprise architecture like any other professional practice, comes with its own set of terms which can act as a barrier to understanding. The following is not an exhaustive list of the terms by any means, but highlights two of the most important. For more details see some of the online EA resources.
One of the most commonly heard terms in enterprise architecture is "framework," a word that is used in other professions for other things and so is subject to not only non-comprehension, but also mis-comprehension. Within the enterprise architecture world, a "framework" is simply an agreed-upon way to organize the data about an enterprise or department. Since the data that is important to enterprise architecture includes everything from what an organization's goals and strategies are to its business processes to the applications it uses and how its network is connected, it is important to have a plan for organizing the data.
Enterprise architecture "frameworks" are plans for organizing data about the enterprise and, more important, they facilitate getting meaningful answers for business people. For example, when the finance director wants to stop
paying for support on an application that is 15 years old, it would be helpful to know:
Enterprise architecture frameworks are collections of data designed to organize the information in a way that makes it possible to answer these kinds of questions. An enterprise architecture framework is to planning for an organization what the Dewey Decimal system is to a library: it tells you where data is and puts related information "close" together.
The second key enterprise architecture term is "model" by which is very simply meant a diagram or a type of diagram. In order to gather and manage information about how the agency's network is organized, large quantities of information are most easily conveyed using diagrams. For example, when an enterprise architect wants to understand a business process to make sure that application they are building will support the business, it is often easiest to represent the business process diagrammatically.
Enterprise architecture frameworks often specify what kind of diagrams (models) should or could be used to represent which kind of information: a style of diagram that can represent an agency's network likely would not work for visualizing a business process. So, enterprise architecture frameworks specify both what kind of data to gather and, when appropriate, how to diagrammatically represent it.
Architects are constantly working to simplify and clarify the way the framework is organized and the kinds of models (diagrams) that most easily and intuitively capture and communicate essential data. But even though the attempt is to simplify the models as much as possible, it still takes some study to understand how to read each type of model and how one model can relate to another. However, with a bit of guidance, the models are readable, the same way a blueprint is readable even by non-architects. And with the ability to read comes the ability to understand the enterprise better and to more intelligently direct improvements to business processes and to better direct IT dollar expenditure.
The end product of enterprise architecture, to a large extent, is that information technology becomes invisible: instead, the agency is freed to just get on with its work. Conversely, to the extent that IT is a problem -- whether that takes the form of the network going down, files being lost, inter-office communication barriers, reporting difficulties or security breaches -- is the extent to which enterprise architecture efforts could help.
Local, State and Federal
According to speakers at a recent enterprise architecture conference held in Washington, D.C., the federal government actually tends to lead the way in the area of enterprise architecture theory and practice -- a situation that doesn't exist in many other areas.
But, according to Roth it also works in reverse because states are often able to engage in tests and pilots in smaller settings and so can provide feedback to the feds on what works and what doesn't.
Overall, Roth sees many reasons why states can and should be interested in what's being done at the federal level. "It's our best bet at this stage of the game," said Roth. "The amount of alignment between federal, state and local on any line of business is just huge. The states can use a different framework but to not directly align with the federal architecture is to ignore the alignment [which obviously exists]."
As an example, Roth pointed out that certain topics of discussions always end up crossing federal, state and local boundaries. For example when discussing Health and Human Services, "you immediately drop down
into the state options and the states talk about what they have available and that leads to the local providers. You can take any conversation and if you ignore the federal, state and local alignment you are ignoring the options available to provide the overall solution which is to provide service to the citizen."
Roth's suggestion: to take advantage of the work being done at the federal level and align state and local efforts with it.
Enterprise Architecture's Future
Enterprise architecture has suffered from a general misunderstanding which has often relegated it to an afterthought. Much of that has to do with the field's difficulty with clearly and succinctly explaining its value. According to Roth, part of the issue is the problem of how to measure enterprise architecture's value because enterprise architecture's value "is calculated differently than if you were showing the business value of a single system to fulfill a business need." Still, Roth sees improvement including changes in his own state. "We've got quite a few things going and we're learning every year how to work across state agencies and work with local government and business partners and that's probably the most exciting thing I see out here," said Roth. "Ten years ago, you'd almost never see state and local at the same conversation or anyone outside the individual agency but in the last five years I have been involved in a huge number of cross-agency initiatives and that is probably the most exciting thing because it allows us to really understand all the parties needed for process improvement."
Roth also gives kudos for the work being done by the federal government. "I like EA and the efforts the feds are doing," Roth commented. "We leverage a lot of their papers and things out here so I appreciate it. I encourage the federal community to keep their efforts going because it is leveraged by a lot states out here . They may not see that but it is appreciated -- we depend on them to bring a lot of best practices."
Whether enterprise architecture grows as a practice or fades, the need it attempts to fill will continue: to drive technology decisions based on business-side needs. It is, after all, the agency's purpose, services and products which are important, not the technology used to get the job done.


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The workshop on Measuring Human Development organised jointly by HDRO and GIZ that took place on 14 June, 2013 in Eschborn, Germany aimed to discuss the new proposals and recommendations for revising the set of human development indices that resulted from the second review process with specific emphasis on relevance and application of these indices in developed countries. Furthermore, other (European) measurement approaches and initiatives recently developed in the quest for effective measuring of human progress and well-being were presented to enrich the debate.
The workshop was organized as a small expert forum with 30 participants from a range of sectors, representing both the users and producers of statistical indicators. Four sessions, each having three invited presentations and discussion, focused on (i) issues in measuring human development; (ii) complementing the HDI: Bringing in the concept of well-being and sustainability; (iii) accounting for inequality; and (iv) measuring poverty.
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Susanne Milcher, GIZ
Milorad Kovacevic, HDRO
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Issues in Measuring Human Development
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Complementing the HDI: Bringing in the concept of well-being and sustainability
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Accounting for Inequality
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Dorvin and Betty Leis donate $1 Million to Maui Community College
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HONOLULU — The University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents (BOR) voted today to accept the largest gift ever to Maui Community College (MCC) — a $1 million commitment from husband and wife Dorvin and Betty Leis to advance sustainability initiatives at the campus. To recognize their generosity, the BOR approved renaming the school's fine dining facility as The Leis Family Class Act Restaurant.
"We are very pleased to support MCC and its leadership role in sustainability," said Dorvin Leis. "Higher education is one of our most powerful resources in creating a sustainable future and ensuring long-term prosperity in Maui County and the state of Hawaiʻi."
The Leis' gift will establish an endowment known as the Dorvin and Betty Leis Sustainability Fund that will benefit academic and programmatic efforts that carry forward all aspects of sustainability at MCC, including environmental, economic, programmatic and academic purposes. Initially it will assist sustainability efforts in the culinary arts, construction technologies and agriculture programs, as well as explore developing courses in renewable fuels and energy conservation.
The endowment will be managed by the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation, which is the university's private, nonprofit fundraising partner.
MCC Chancellor Clyde Sakamoto said, "Mahalo nui loa to Dorvin and Betty for their record-breaking generosity. I applaud their giving and their commitment to bring a better future to Hawaiʻi."
Their gift is part of the Foundation's Centennial Campaign, which aids the students, faculty, facilities and programs of the University of Hawaiʻi. With a $250 million goal, it is the most ambitious fundraising campaign in Hawaiʻi history.
UH President David McClain noted, "The Centennial Campaign is producing benefits for UH as our community recognizes and supports our achievements. Dorvin and Betty Leis' generous support of MCC's efforts in sustainability spotlight the talent and innovation that is thriving across the UH system's 10 campuses."
The Leis are well-known philanthropists on Maui and in 2003 were honored with the Outstanding Philanthropist award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Aloha Chapter. Dorvin Leis is the founder and chairman of Dorvin D. Leis Co., Inc., the largest mechanical contractor in the state of Hawaiʻi. He serves on many nonprofit boards, including MCC's Provost Council and is a trustee of the UH Foundation.
UH Foundation President Donna Vuchinich noted, "This gift is a natural extension of the Leis' goodwill for Maui County, the University of Hawaiʻi and the state of Hawaiʻi. I thank them for their donation as well as their lifetime of dedication to improving our communities."
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text: Simonster 0 Posted July 5, 2017 (edited) Price drop $3000 Offering for sale my track car. Yes i haven't been active on here in a long time, the last 4 years I've been looking after my son. Came to the conclusion i'll never get back to the car, so here it is. Its track only, extensive cage that also goes through the firewall and ties the front strut towers together. Cage was built with FIA in mind however the "Larry bar" will prevent that. If its an issue just cut it out. Sound deadening removed Comes with Titlton pedal box with brake bias adjuster. HKS Hypermax2 7kg front 5kg rear. Old now but were effective. ARE dual pass radiator. This item is just brilliant. Kept the RB25 at 90 degrees on the track, and then soon as you're out of it, it would come back to the thermostat opening temp. Has headlights and blinkers, just not in the pics. Paint has nicks and some starches after sitting in a worksop for many years. It has a steering column but it's not currently fitted. The rear 1/4 windows are included but not fitted, it was getting lexan windows. Has a standard LSD 4.1 ratio. Still quite tight. Current cross member was modified for a VQ so fit the cross member to suit your engine. Will come with some 32 GTS-t rolling wheels. Happy to answer questions Cage cost me $6000 alone, so i think $4000 for the entire shell is pretty decent. I've also got some brand new carbon fibre doors i imported from the US that I'll list on here and a KAAZ 1.5 way diff which is still in the box unused. Thanks Edited July 14, 2017 by Simonster Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
Zaerc, at least have the decency to read what's written. For you to decide for someone else what's a minor issue is just foolish.So here are the detailed reasons (for others to understand) for my so called "uber-important issues that make no sense at all" that you claim "are a joke"The main users in my house are my wife and children. The Fiire remote is OK, but not great. It's not something you can move around very accurately with and tends to drift at times. It ends up being more a pain for us than ease of use and my kids have no shot at it. So, the answer to this problem is a touchscreen. A touchscreen that requires cover art as my kids are to young to read. You just can't beat the ease of use of a touchscreen. And who wants a media center without cover art?Yes, I could *manually* add cover art to over 4000+ files through a clunky web interface, but it's very impracticable. Especially when it will most likely get lost when an updated is needed. Playlists are created almost daily in my house. When I'm use to using an app like Amarok that can browse files and *queue* them to a playlist in seconds compared to the tedious method in LMCE, it just isn't worth doing. And yes, I followed the playlist thread and tried it that was mentioned early, it just needs more work at this point.Finally, Netlix. If you're a subscriber it only makes sense to have it tie into ones media center.The bottom line here is LMCE just doesn't fit my needs. I understand this make you angry, get over it. As you stated, you started a bitch post because you're tired of people whining. Now that's just hypocritical. Not to mention you're really not helping your cause here at any level.Finally, if these issues are as "minor" as you claim. I would think a kid of your skills would be able to fix them without much effort. So get at it and you won't have to read so many threads about people "bitching".
Sir! yes Sir! I'll get on it right away... Can you believe this guy? I'm not really sure how to break it to you, but useless people like you don't get to schedule my priorities thank you very much. And if you can't even be bothered to put in any effort yourself while they are "the biggest problems ever", then why should I when they never really bother me?
So zaerac and tshak909 prepare yourself for more sleepless nights, my post will be coming soon.
I can say I'm officially done with LMCE. Thanx to tschak909 and Zaerac they have inspired me to write up a full review of my LMCE experience and it's comparison to VMC and why I made the switch.So zaerac and tshak909 prepare yourself for more sleepless nights, my post will be coming soon.
Linuxmce totally blows in comparison to VMC because the playlists did not work exactly as I want them to and it didn't find all the pictures for my CDs, the end.


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Nov. 11, 2012
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. – Led by senior Chasity Clayton's dominant 20-point, 18-rebound effort, the Florida State women's basketball team crashed the boards and hit the ground running in the 2012-13 season opener on Sunday, routing Samford 77-42 at the Donald L. Tucker Center.
The Seminoles held a commanding 54-21 advantage on the glass and Clayton actually matched the Bulldogs in rebounds in the first half as she grabbed 12 and added 11 points for her seventh career double-double in the game's first 20 minutes. She became the first Seminole to grab 18 rebounds in a game since Jacinta Monroe snagged 21 against UAB in the 2006-07 season-opener.
"Everything was working," Clayton said. "I really wasn't worried about any (stats). All I could think about was what was going on at the time, play-by-play. When we turned the ball over, I think I was more upset running down the floor trying to stop them in transition. I was worried about executing."
Looking to run behind point guards Morgan Toles and Cheetah Delgado, the Seminoles pushed the pace on nearly every offensive possession. The fast play was partly responsible for 20 turnovers, but the Noles also made 11 steals and collected 26 points on second chance opportunities. If the Seminoles weren't running down the floor, they were either in the paint looking to collect a rebound or in the passing lane attempting to force a turnover.
"That was a really good test for us early," head coach Sue Semrau said. "Samford is a team that shoots the three extremely well. They can back cut you. They can do some things that a young defense early in the year can have trouble with. I thought even being able to play in our zone we did a good job of covering the middle and covering the shooters on the outside. I know Mike (Morris) will have a great team. They've won back-to-back SoCon championships. He does a great job with his kids and I know they will grow up. We had a lot of good things, good balanced scoring, and I love having two point guards."
Clayton's second career 20-point game led five Noles in double figures, as seniors Chelsea Davis (16), Alexa Deluzio (12) and Leonor Rodriguez (10) and junior Natasha Howard (10) also accomplished the feat.
Davis added nine boards and a career-best-tying three blocks, while Howard made a game-high three steals and drilled 5-of-6 shot attempts.
Toles, a senior, and Delgado, a junior transfer from Hillsborough Community College, both dished six assists and tallied two steals. Toles also had eight rebounds. Each player was often a blur, sprinting from one end of the court to the other before finding a teammate for an easy score.
Samford's Kendall Schwantz had a career day, scoring 19 points and bettering her previous career high (eight) in the contest's first six minutes. She scored the Bulldogs' first nine points and her layup staked the Bulldogs to a 9-6 lead at the 14:27 mark in the first half.
After Shelby Campbell made a layup to put Samford ahead 11-10 six-and-half minutes into the game, the Seminoles sprinted away from the Bulldogs with 13 consecutive points over the next four minutes.
Clayton started the run with a free throw at the 13:20 mark and soon after Toles fed Howard for a layup. Delgado knifed her way into the lane for an `And 1′ layup at the 11:20 mark. A jumper by Rodriguez and another `And 1′ layup – this time from Deluzio – made the score 21-11 midway through the first half. Rodriguez capped the spurt with a layup that put the Seminoles ahead 23-11 with 9:23 remaining in the contest.
The Seminoles extended the lead to 33-15 on layups by Clayton and Deluzio, and Delgado whipped a pass to Deluzio for the Garnet and Gold's first trey of the season to make the score 38-17 with 2:57 left in the first half.
Four minutes into the second half, Delgado found Rodriguez for a wide-open trey to make the score 51-27. Delgado put the Seminoles up 30, 65-34, with a layup of her own with seven minutes remaining in the contest.
The Seminoles return to action to take on in-state rival Florida at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Donald L. Tucker Center. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN3 and anybody under 18 will be admitted free.
For more information on Florida State women's basketball, follow the Seminoles on Twitter @FSU_WBasketball and like their official Facebook page.


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Last night we went to Uno's Chicago Grill to celebrate Jon's 13th birthday with my Dad, Step Mom ~ Christy & Regan. Jon picked the place, of course, he loves the gluten-free pizza they have. I wasn't going to argue! I called ahead to make sure they had some made up (they do all the prep for the gluten-free pizzas in the AM so that they can avoid cross-contamination….they get this whole GF thing!). They did. They have a new printed GF menu and they now have Red Bridge, a gluten-free beer!! WOOHOO!!! Pizza & beer, it doesn't get better than that! Of course I ordered a glass of Merlot…LOL! I am such a woman.
Jon & I ordered the gluten-free pepperoni pizza. I would have preferred the veggie, but I caved since it was his birthday celebration. I also ordered a house salad & steamed broccoli (a girl has to get her veggies somewhere!). Jon had the Caesar salad and he didn't care for it. Normally he likes Caesar salads, but he said it tasted "too fishy". Well, they probably made the dressing with anchovy paste, you think? LOL! Aaron took it off of his hands for him. 🙂
Below, I present, Gluten-Free Heaven:
The girls (Hannah & Regan) ordered Make-Your-Own-Pizzas. It was cute. The waitress brought them out pizza dough with the sauce for them to spread & cheese for them to add. They had fun, though Hannah had Daddy spread her sauce.
Now she is ready to do the cheese!
Regan making her pizza:
Jon getting his b-day present. What more could a 13-year old boy want? GF Pizza & Best Buy Gift Cards! He is set!
The group, from left, Aaron, Me, Christy, & my Dad.
We had a wonderful time!! Thanks Dad, Christy & Regan for an awesome dinner! Thanks Uno's for catering to those of us who have to follow a gluten-free diet to stay healthy. We will be going back.
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Blue Weber Agave Agave tequiliana
Important as the base ingredient of tequila, it is a common misconception that Agave plants are cacti. In fact they are closely related to the Aloe and Yucca plant and indeed they look remarkably similar.
They grow in hot arid temperatures and can grow as tall as 5m.


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Bemidji State University's Department of Professional Education is committed to high-quality graduate education for P-12 and post-secondary teachers. To achieve this goal, M.S. degree program core (required) courses are designed to meet six program standards adapted from the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). Seven core courses in the program address the NBPTS as well as additional program standards, which provide a sound foundation for advanced study and research.
The remainder of the program is devoted to advanced study in the graduate student's discipline, area of interest, or expertise. Thus, the Education M.S. degree promotes the scholarly development of highly qualified and professional educators who directly influence the learning process of all students.
The seven core courses required for the M.S. Education degree are offered on-line year-round, or on-campus during the summer. Consult the BSU course schedule for information about when and where courses are offered.
Please note that international students studying on the BSU campus must complete a face-to-face component for all on-line courses taken. Please contact the director of the International Program Center or the coordinator of On-Line Graduate Education Programs for more information.
The Department of Professional Education advises graduate students to register early to reduce the risk that a course will be canceled due to inadequate enrollment.
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All students enrolled in the Education M.S. degree program must complete 20 credits of core coursework.
ED 6100 Educational Research I (3 credits)
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ED 6108 The Learning Community (3 credits)
ED 6117 Critical and Creative Thinking (3 credits)
ED 6334 Curriculum and Instruction (3 credits)
ED 6336 Instructional Design (3 credits)
ED 6750 Educational Research II (2 credits)
Subtotal 20 Credits
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ED 6980 Research Paper (2 credits)
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It doesn't matter to me. I make plenty of money. I'm starting Opening Day, though. ... There are a lot of people who make more money than me who I had better years than. I'm happy where I'm at.The Globe says that after today's Rule 5 draft, Theo Epstein is leaving the winter meetings.
December 6, 2007
Beckett On Santana's Next Contract
17 comments:
- sugarshane024 said...
Refreshing to see someone concerned with being the ace rather than dollars.
- December 6, 2007 at 8:30 AM
- nixon33 said...
wow that beckett quote is a mouthful....too bad no
- December 6, 2007 at 10:11 AM
- curt said...
Could Beckett impress me any more than he already has, on or off the field? Didn't think so. Then I read this article, especially the comments about Jon Lester.
He's not just a mega-talented hardass, but a mega-talented hardass with a big heart whose not afraid for people to know it.
- December 6, 2007 at 10:30 AM
- Patrick said...
Beckett is Zen Master. I love that guy. After hearing this quote and others on the subject of money, and seeing the web site of his Texas ranch, I can't imagine this guy living a life of luxury. There's no fluff at all with this guy. Nothing is getting Bedazzled with Josh Beckett. He seems like a small town guy, with world class talent.
Oh lord, please let Santana play in Boston! Let him and Josh compete for Cy Young awards every year!
- December 6, 2007 at 10:58 AM
- Amy said...
Wow, after reading that article, Josh Beckett may just be my favorite pitcher ever (well, after Nolan Ryan, who was my childhood favorite when he played for the Mets). I love that he operates on his emotions rather than as a businessperson when it comes to his teammates. Schilling said something similar, but somehow Beckett seems more sincere about it.
- December 6, 2007 at 1:31 PM
- SoSock said...
I believe Beckett has just officially "endeared" himself to his fans :)
And even better (NOT) -
The Herald now says Gag me will probably accept arbitration, so we may get to throw things at our screens and watch late innings with our teeth gritted and asses clinched for another year.
Oh well, Tito is so good, you need to have a reason to curse him once in a while
Headed for warmer climates for a week - I'll miss my morning reads.
Maybe there will be some actual news instead of potential news to talk about when I return
- December 7, 2007 at 5:01 AM
- Pokerwolf said...
No Santana for the Sox, apparently. Kind of surprising that he won't end up in the AL East.
- December 7, 2007 at 7:53 AM
- 9casey said...
Pokerwolf said...
No Santana for the Sox, apparently. Kind of surprising that he won't end up in the AL East.
What is this in reference to?
- December 7, 2007 at 10:00 AM
- Colin said...
I'm always glad that we have our Ace of Spades (to quote Motorhead) Josh Beckett. Sure he's rougher than sandpaper but that's why we love him.
Quite frankly I'm getting sick of this Santana crap. If they wanna play the game like bitches then fuck 'em. Yeah he's a really good pitcher but I don't like seeing the Fens get cock-teased (pardon my French) by anyone else. So if we get him...great. If we don't, we'll still have Captain Kick-Ass of the Fuck Yeah Brigade and the rest of the MFY-slaying Sox (including Doc to give the MFY some Prozac when we make 'em blue).
- December 7, 2007 at 10:08 AM
- Rob said...
Spring Training Schedule!
Only 82 days, 19 hours, and 29 minutes until that very first game agaisnt BC!
And only 108 days until the first regular season game in Tokyo! Time is still TBD.
- December 7, 2007 at 2:36 PM
- Zenslinger said...
Change of subject here.
I think people should be free to invest their money, and that fans should not rail against players (or movie stars) for making a lot of money. After all, there are people making a lot more for doing a lot less out there.
I am uncomfortable when wealthy people are taken to task for not publicly giving enough money to charity.
Despite all that, I was still somewhat disgusted at the portrait of Alex Rodriguez this article paints.
Maybe the writer has it out for him or something, but it still leaves a bad taste. Earlier RS asked me to let him know if there was a rational reason not to want A-Rod on our team. This doesn't count as one, but it certainly adds to the pile of irrational ones.
I don't think human beings -- especially when it comes to fandom -- is totally rational. So I'm very comfortable in saying that I'm glad A-Rod's not a Red Sox and that the Yanks are welcome to him.
- December 7, 2007 at 3:12 PM
- allan said...
Maybe the writer has it out for him or something
I did not read this article, but Roberts has written some horribly biased and moronic stuff on steroids in recent months, as a columnist.
- December 7, 2007 at 3:19 PM
- 9casey said...
I hear a good joke about that article today.......If you choose not pay your rent pick october he never shows up in October.......Max Kellerman
- December 7, 2007 at 3:30 PM
- Prometheus said...
Let's be careful about getting too giddy about the prospect of bringing in Santana. Reason: team chemistry. Beyond Beckett's classy statements, Santana would be making way more than the others (not named Manny).
Especially if the trade involves Jacoby E. This kid has the potential of lighting a spark in our offense EVERY night for many years to come. Lester, too, has provided great inspiration to the team.
If those elements are traded for a moody, overpaid, underachieving (Min. is NOT Boston, btw) player the team might suffer.
Exhibit A: '07s goal of upgrading right field. I think most would agree we won the WS in spite of JD, not because of. And no one has ever accused him of being an inspirational clubhouse presence. Did we really improve our team by subbing JD for Trot Nixon? JDs played in plenty of "former home" parks. Think he ever got the ovation TN got when he returned to Fenway?
Santana might be the greatest clubhouse guy there is. I don't know. What I do know is that what is already there won us a WS and adding Lester and Jacoby E. for a full year will only make us better.
- December 7, 2007 at 8:42 PM
- Rob said...
No worries about Eric Gagne for this year. He declines arbitration, and is very close to signing a one-year contract with Milwaukee, for close to $10 million. Wow.
Milwaukee Sentinel
- December 8, 2007 at 9:01 PM
- Devine said...
"I think most would agree we won the WS in spite of JD, not because of."
Are you serious? Did you watch ALCS Game 6? The one where Drew got the first 5 RBI of the game?
.314/.352/.431 for the postseason. Not the best line (it's not awful by any means, though).
Here is his ALCS line:
Here is his World Series line:
He also had 11 RBI. Who had more? Manny Ramirez (16) and Mike Lowell (15).
I think it's unfair to JD Drew to contest that we won the World Series in spite of him.
- December 11, 2007 at 1:52 PM
- Devine said...
Sorry, that should be "He also had 11 RBI in October" in the second-to-last paragraph.
- December 11, 2007 at 2:08 PM


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- 1957
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- September 04
Little Rock becomes a Cold War hotspot
Under orders from the governor of Arkansas, armed National Guardsmen prevent nine African-American students from attending the all-white Central High School in Little Rock. What began as a domestic crisis soon exploded into a Cold War embarrassment.
The United States and the Soviet Union engaged in a heated and costly war of words during the early years of the Cold War. Propaganda became an important weapon as each nation sought to win the "hearts and minds" of people around the world. In this war, the United States suffered from one undeniable weakness: racial discrimination in America. This was a particularly costly weakness, for it made America's rhetoric about democracy and equality seem hollow, especially to people of color in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The Soviets eagerly seized on the issue, and tales of the horrors suffered by African Americans in the United States became a staple of their propaganda. In 1954, however, the monumental Supreme Court case of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education declared segregated schools unconstitutional and ordered school integration to proceed "with all deliberate speed." The case was trumpeted by the American government's propaganda as evidence of the great strides being made toward full equality for all citizens.
In 1957, a Federal District Court ordered the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, to allow African-American students to attend. Governor Orval Faubus declared that he would not follow the decree. When nine African-American students attempted to enter the school on September 4, 1957, a crowd of several hundred angry and belligerent whites confronted them. Hundreds of National Guardsmen, called up by Faubus, blocked the students' entry into the school. To the chants of "Go home, n******" from the mob, the nine students left. Faubus's action won him acclaim in his home state, and in much of the South, but it was a serious embarrassment to the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Eisenhower himself was no great supporter of civil rights, but he understood the international significance of the events in Little Rock. Pictures of the angry mob, the terrified African-American students, and National Guardsmen with guns and gas masks were seen around the world. The Soviets could not have created better propaganda. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles informed Eisenhower that the Little Rock incident was hurting the United States overseas, and might even cost the country the support of other nations in the United Nations. Eisenhower tried to negotiate a settlement with Faubus, but when this failed, he sent in federal troops. The nine African-American students were finally allowed to attend Central High.
The Little Rock incident indicated that America's domestic problems, particularly racial discrimination, could not remain purely domestic in the context of the Cold War. The United States portrayed itself as the defender of democracy, justice, and equality in its struggle with the Soviet Union and communism. The ugly reality of the Little Rock integration, however, forced both allies and enemies to question America's dedication to the principles it so often professed.


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Today, Teddy got a letter from Harry Lowe. It read:
Dear Teddy,
Just your catching a bird is not remarkable, but having a postcard portrait is. Are you jealous? This is so valuable and impressive that I am not addressing it but sending it unscarred.
Pablo's Pet
Enclosed was the above "unscarred" postcard image, Chat saisissant un oiseau by Pablo Picasso. Anne and Harry Lowe took off to Richmond to see the Picasso exhibit before it moved on. And they didn't invite me...or Teddy.
Teddy feels that he is much prettier than that old Picasso cat.
His summer hunting total to date:
Birds -- 3 Chipmunks -- 14.
It is a sad day for Alvin.


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Matt Madden's Pantoum
Matt Madden has been studying poetry forms for some time; he digests them and creates new sequential art forms with them, or creates their equivalent. Matt's latest exercise in the arena is the "pantoum." Matt describes:
The pantoum structure is one of interlocking quatrains where the first and third line of one stanza become the second and fourth lines of the following one. The last stanza ends with the very first line of the poem and has the third line in the third-to-last position.
Here, he takes a three page story I made in 2001 (written in Lynda Barry's workshops, for what it's worth) and turns it into a 6 page festival of mud lust and paranoia.
Take a look at his posting and read the full comic here.
On a related note, Gary Sullivan chimes in about "Poetry in Comics" on my comments page here, and on his own blog, here. This seems to be spurred by Austin English's letter in The Comics Journal a few weeks back, and Bill Randall's published response.


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What does XSDT stand for, you ask? Well the marketing geniuses at Lectosonics decided to be cute and call it the 'eXtra-Super-Damn-Tiny' microphone. I guess they are one-step up on the market by giving their products extremely stupid acronyms.
From the picture you can see exactly how super damn tiny this wireless microphone actually it. It is powered by a single AA battery and has a 250mW RF transmitter. What really makes this product a piece of super-damn-tiny-crap is the fact that it is one-time-use only. The microphone is permanently attached to the battery, which lasts for only 38 minutes. This retails for $499. Thanks for nothing, Lectrosonics.


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Deferred Initcalls
An "initcall" is the initialization function for a module which is statically linked into the Linux kernel. Running of initcalls can consume a large amount of time during bootup. However, some modules do not need to be initialized so early, in order for the embedded device to become usable for its primary purpose. These initcalls can be run later, after first boot (and possibly first use) has completed.
Digital Camera Example
For example, many digital cameras have USB buses, which need to be initialized in order for the camera to be used as a mass storage device (to download pictures to a desktop computer). However, the the USB buses do not need to be initialized for the primary use of the camera, which is to take pictures. In order to be able to take a picture as soon as possible after booting, initialization of the USB system in the kernel can be deferred until after the primary boot sequence for the camera.
Using a short patch (available for kernel version 2.6.27) it is possible to avoid running certain initcalls at bootup time. The way this patch works is that the developer selects some initcalls that they want to defer and modifies the declaration of those initcalls.
When the system is booted, those initcalls are not called in their normal sequence. When the system is done with primary boot, an application from user space triggers the calling of the deferred initcalls, using a flag in the /proc filesystem.
When the flag is set, the deferred initcalls are run, and the kernel memory for the "init" segment is finally freed.
How to use
To use deferred initcalls, first you need to identify the modules that are not required for the primary functionality of the product, and which are taking too long to initialize. (See Initcall Debug for this.)
Using the example above of the digital camera and USB, you could identify uhci_hcd_usb and ehci_hcd_init as two initcalls that could be deferred.
Change the module init routine declaration for the initcalls you wish to defer. This is done in the Linux kernel source code. For example, change:
Modules marked like this are not initialized during kernel boot
After main init, do:
echo 1 >/proc/deferred_initcalls
This will cause the kernel to run all deferred initcalls. Also the .init section memory is freed by kernel.


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