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President Obama presented Congress with a plea for sanity during his State of the Union address Tuesday night.
"Let's set party interests aside and work to pass a budget that replaces reckless cuts with smart savings and wise investments in our future," Mr. Obama said. "And let's do it without the brinkmanship that stresses consumers and scares off investors. The greatest nation on Earth cannot keep conducting its business by drifting from one manufactured crisis to the next."
The problem? Everyone in Washington – Republican and Democrat – agrees that the 11th-hour, shrouded-in-secrecy fashion in which Washington handles its financial matters is profoundly insane. Yet none are willing to give up their own points of fiscal leverage to allow the rational, top-to-bottom review of the nation's taxing and spending policies that everyone says the town needs.
First, a quick review of impending fiscal flash points. Some $85 billion in spending reductions (known in D.C. as the "sequester") that will hit nearly every function of government outside federal health-care programs, Social Security, and military personnel, land on March 1.
At the end of that month, funding runs out for the federal government's general operations (via a "continuing resolution" in D.C. speak). And the nation must raise its borrowing authority (aka the "debt limit") sometime during the summer.
But the first installment, the sequester, is a good example of Washington making lots of noise about rationality while a given fiscal fuse burns.
Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf recently testified that those cuts would reduce gross domestic product (GDP) by more than half a percentage point in 2013 and cost some 750,000 jobs. In an economy crawling along at about 2 percent annual growth in GDP and some 150,000 jobs created per month, that's a big deal.
But just as the newly reelected president was able use the countdown to across-the-board tax increases with the fiscal cliff to extract tax increases from a recalcitrant GOP, Republicans are patiently waiting for Democrats to make their day as spending cuts loom.
"We don't believe across-the-board spending cuts are a wise way to control spending in this town," said Rep. Tom Price (R) of Georgia, a leading House conservative, "but if it's the only way it will happen then that's the way it will have to happen."
While Democrats are reportedly constructing a sequester offset of alternative cuts, they will almost certainly include well-worn Democratic hobbyhorses, like ending special tax preferences for hedge fund managers and the oil industry, that are nonstarters for the GOP.
"The majority is going to offer a proposal. I anticipate that we will have an alternative proposal. That, however, doesn't lead to a solution. It just leads to a couple of votes," said Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R) of Kentucky on Tuesday.
Repeat that same steely standoff once more with the potential of a government shutdown and once again with the fear of a default on the nation's debt and, voila, Washington could conceivably do more damage to the economy in 2013 than it did in the summer of 2011, when a debt ceiling showdown alone tanked US markets, crashed consumer confidence, and punished economic activity.
How could Washington break the madness? By doing what the president endorsed at the State of the Union (and what House Republicans have long ripped Senate Democrats for avoiding): passing a budget and sticking to the budget path.
The budget process is a deliberative one, in which committees in both the House and Senate develop budgets, move them to the floor, and then reconcile their differences in a conference committee. Then appropriations committees in both chambers get to work to nail down the dollars and cents for the proposals outlined by the budget committee in a series of more than a dozen bills that fund government operations.
That machine has been out of order for longer than a decade. Specifically, the Senate has not passed a traditional budget since April 2009, short-circuiting, Republicans argue, Congress's main way for hashing out big debates over the nation's finances even if the whole government funding process is hobbled.
But if Washington could get back to moving a budget (which both chambers have agreed to do this year), the fiscal fighting could be packed back into a more orderly and, hopefully, productive process.
"Conversations are fine," said Congressman Price, referring to the primacy of negotiations handled by the White House and congressional leadership in recent fiscal deals, "but nowhere in the rules of the House is the word 'conversation' used, I don't believe. There are processes that are in place that allow us to solve the challenges that we have in a deliberative way, in an open way, in a transparent way, and it is the processes of governing and legislating through the House and the Senate."
It's not a panacea, as Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D) of Maryland points out. "That process, of course, will produce all the disagreements that you've heard ... with respect to the right mix of, you know, spending cuts and revenue," Congressman Van Hollen said. "And so again, the issue's whether we're going to be able to overcome those differences that have prevented us from moving forward in the past."
In theory, that process would be better able to handle the long-term questions of federal taxing and spending by putting the entirety of Congress behind figuring out solutions to the nation's problems instead of a few lawmakers and wonks from the White House and congressional leadership.
"Our focus on the question should be, what kind of economy do we want 10 years from now?" said Van Hollen, the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee, Tuesday. "What kind of commitments do we want to keep to our seniors and others – and make sure that the deficits in that year are not dragging down the economy."
But between today and a sustained, orderly debate on the nation's finances are those land mines: sequester, government funding, debt ceiling.
And Republicans simply don't trust the president to play fair if they were to give up those points of leverage.
When Obama swore that none of his new State of the Union proposals would add a dime to the deficit, Rep. Kevin Brady (R) of Texas quipped, "I'm 5'5" and I'm going to dunk a basketball before that promise ever comes true."
Even when Obama brings up his willingness to tackle fundamental GOP concerns such as Medicare's fiscal future, Republicans say he is either not owning up to the fullness of the problem or unwilling to actually make necessary changes.
Referencing the president's promise to adopt Medicare reforms up to those recommended by the Simpson-Bowles Commission, Rep. John Fleming (R) of Louisiana warned, "remember, that was his commission he put together, he absolutely ignored their findings, and even the pieces we've tried to send him he's ignored. So why would he suddenly embrace it when he's ignored it all along?"
Even so, there's a weariness among members of both parties to keep the adrenaline pumping on fiscal issues. And maybe having given trips to the financial edge a try – dare one say – the next time or two might be different.
"There's an eerie similarity here, isn't there, to previous occurrences," McConnell said on Tuesday. "Take no action, go right up to the deadline, and have an 11th-hour negotiation. Read my lips. I'm not interested in an 11th-hour negotiation."


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At first I thought I would just add another sentence to my previous post, but then I realized that this feature is not even documented anywhere, and it might be useful to mention it in its very own post. I have no idea why it is undocumented, but it has been part of all command interfaces to TSQL that I have used for the last 20 years.
When you use GO as a batch terminator, you can follow it by an integer, which indicates that the batch should be executed N times.
I use this frequently when populating test tables. In my previous post, I ended with this suggestion:
-- You can add more rows by just rerunning the INSERT statement from above, as many times as you would like.
So, to run the INSERT 5 times, I would do this:
INSERT INTO details (SalesOrderID, SalesOrderDetailID, CarrierTrackingNumber, OrderQty, ProductID, SpecialOfferID,UnitPrice, UnitPriceDiscount, rowguid, ModifiedDate) SELECT SalesOrderID, SalesOrderDetailID, CarrierTrackingNumber, OrderQty, ProductID, SpecialOfferID, UnitPrice, UnitPriceDiscount, rowguid, ModifiedDate FROM Sales.SalesOrderDetailGO 5
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Well blow me down. I never knew that.
Thanks kalen.
Hi Kalen
It's just great.Unfortunately it does not work on SQL Server 2000.
That's news to me as well - does it work if you specify a different batch delimiter other than "GO" in the Query Options? Dang, now I have to know....all I need late at night to be obsessed with finding an answer.
It seems that it does not work within Enterprise Manager or Query Analyser. But it does work with OSQL. Also works using SSMS against SQL 2000 so its down to the "tool" your using.
Excellent !!!
and very usefull to do quickly load testing !!
Interesting, and quite surprising that it has been around all this time. I don't know that I will ever use it, but You Never Know.
SQLCMD allowed using a scripting variable to set the number of repeats.
I did find one fairly insignificant difference between OSQL and SQLCMD. Using OSQL a value of zero gave the same results as a value of 1, but a negative number gave an error. Using SQLCMD a value of zero gave zero repetitions, as did a negative number.
Just came across this. thats a neat trick. How do you even find these things?
I think I can find few scenarios I can use it :)
Last July, I posted about a way to run a batch multiple times when you use GO as the batch separator.
A year in review, The 21 + 1 best blog posts on SQLBlog Best posts according to me, it might have been
I know, I promised a technical post after my online seminar today, and I'm still planning on that. There

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This Week's Poll Results: Nekkid Crusts It Is, More or Less
The poll earlier this week asked how you ate the end crusts of your slices — plain or perhaps dipped in something.
The resounding answer was you essentially eat it plain. Fifty percent of respondents chose this option, most noting something along the lines of "it's not good pizza if you can't eat the crust as is." An additional 14 percent said they used it to sort of sop up whatever oil or grease and sauce was left on the plate, which I will take the liberty of interpreting as almost the same thing in that there's no introduction of a third-party dipping-specific substance.
When it comes to a third-party dipping-specific substance, however, the majority of these respondents did ranch, which in itself is a polarizing topic.
Perhaps the most interesting respondent was candresc, who dips in ROOT BEER:
Other: root beer! I grew up doing this with my Italian family at the local Italian restaurant where we always got our Friday night pizza. I've never met anyone else who had tried it before I encouraged them too, but most people who try it like it. Weird, I know, but good!
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Ultrarunners Patrick Sweeney and Alex Ramsey did something very special this week. Aside from taking the Torch of Humanity to the United Nations, they also wore shoes.
Barefoot runners Patrick Sweeney and Alex Ramsey are not accustomed to wearing shoes.
Their footwear of choice are ultra minimalist Luna Sandals, which they ran 1368 km from Chicago to New York in over the last weeks for the Champion's Walk for Peace, an initiative to raise $250,000 to build a peace education school in Kenya's troubled North Rift Valley.
Click here to read more about the Champion's Walk of Peace
Patrick (left) and Alex stand next to Wilson Kipsang at the United Nations.
But this week they decided to dress up for a change. The two friends put on collared shirts and normal shoes to pass on the Torch of Humanity at the United Nations. They passed it over to Kenyan runner Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich, the former world record holder for the fastest marathon time and the 2014 winner of the New York Marathon.
"It was a pretty special moment," Patrick says. "Wilson Kipsang is one the world's greatest runners. Not only that he is a great humanitarian and it was our honor to pass the torch over to him."
So far the initiative has raised just over $100,000 of the total funds required to build the school. People can still donate here.
Get inspired with Patrick's running motivation tips!
Patrick with multisport athlete Laura Kline.
After handing over the torch, Patrick and Alex aren't returning to office jobs and the usual urban lifestyles.
They're both real deal dirtbag runners so there's only one thing on the cards for them and that's more running in beautiful places.
Patrick, a Suunto supported athlete, is heading to the Copper Canyons in Mexico to visit his friends among the Tarahumara, a Native American people renowned for their long distance running ability. Then, before the year is out, he's running in a 50 km, a 50 mile, 100 mile and a 72 hour race.
"To me a dirtbag runner is someone whose passion for running and the running community goes beyond the clock and the finisher buckle," he says. "Being a dirtbag runner is about sharing good times with good people through the sport of running and, at least in my case, it usually involves sharing a few ales, too."


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Comedian and former "SNL" cast member Will Ferrell went back to his roots and hosted "SNL" for the third time, bringing along some former characters and cast members for the star-studded ride.
Ferrell brought out his iconic George W. Bush character at the start of the show. The sketch, which featured "Barack Obama" played by Fred Armisen and "Joe Biden" played by Jason Sudeikis, highlighted last week's same-sex marriage announcement. Playing Biden's "imaginary friend" George, Ferrell comforted an exasperated Biden. "I feel ya," Ferrell's Bush said. "I used to catch grief all the time from President Cheney."
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At the Wilson High School Alternative Prom, Ferrell was joined by Ana Gasteyer for their popular Marty and Bobbie Culp duo. This time around, they performed a LGBT-friendly medley of Adele's "Rumor Has It," Nicki Minaj's "Super Bass," One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful," and LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It."
This week's episode also celebrated The Lonely Island's 100th digital short. The R-rated celebration featured a new song with Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Justin Bieber. The pre-filmed sketch was peppered with throwbacks to Digital Short favorites, including Justin Timberlake bearing presents in a box, a "crazy" Natalie Portman, and Jon Hamm reprising his role as Sergio the shirtless saxophonist.
Joining the roster of A-list appearances was another important guest: Ferrell's mother. In his opening monologue, Ferrell commemorated Mother's Day by delivering a self-proclaimed "best Mother's Day message ever." Forgoing the cue cards and speaking straight from his "brain place" to his "mouth hole," Ferrell poetically declared his love for his mother.
"I love the way you be, you be a big ole' mommy," the comedian said. "I wanna cover you in super glue and roll you in flowers."


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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – One of the six finalists from the Sueño MLS 2013 tryout at Dick's Sporting Goods Park last Sunday has dropped out of the talent search and won't be heading to Los Angeles for the ultimate selection from May 9-12.
Miguel Jaime, from Cherry Creek High School, informed MLS officials that he was opting out of the competition. He has been replaced by Gilberto Tovar from Garden City, Kansas, who narrowly missed out on the top five field players last Sunday.
"It's unfortunate that Miguel (Jaime) is not available for the event, but we are excited to give a chance to Gilberto (Tovar)," said Colorado Rapids senior director of youth development Brian Crookham. "It came down to making a difficult decision when we had to choose those top five field players. We felt Gilberto was a deserving candidate at the time and we're happy that now he'll get his opportunity in the finals and with our academy."
Tovar, a Garden City High School freshman, will make another trip west here from Kansas along with with high school and club teammate Erik Barragan for four days of training at the Rapids complex.
"I was kind of nervous before because I didn't have anybody to go with," Barragan said hours after his teammate heard the good news."We've played together since I was eight years old."
Barragan and Tovar will stay with Barragan's extended family again, as they did last weekend with their four other club teammates from Garden City Manchester. The group of six has been together for six years, initiating their decision on Facebook to head west – Rapids or bust.
The other four finalists include Brian Loaiza from Florida and three players from Colorado — goalkeeper Daniel Ontiveros and midfielders Brayan Arreola and Juan Hernandez.
Ontiveros and Arreola play for Adams City High School in Commerce City, where Ontiveros took a huge step forward in his development by winning the Colorado State Cup with Chivas Guadalajara of Denver in 2010. Arreola currently plays club ball with Tigres UANL, and he was a member of the Colorado Rapids U-15 Development Academy team with Ontiveros in 2012. At 14, Hernandez is the youngest finalist.


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I've been quite busy over the winter months, especially before Christmas. So I have a backlog of stuff I need to post. Most of the things you need for this are tools most people and almost definitely frequent crafters' will have already.
The wall hanging is made from 2 x A4 chipboard (cardboard), cotton fabric, acrylic yarn and felt. Held together with fabric glue I used PVA glue as it does a good job, also I used some cotton embroidery thread. You'll also need scissors, a hole punch suitable for heavy card and hammer, pencil, embroidery needle or a large sewing needle, iron, and last but definitely not least a decent craft knife/Stanley blade.
Made for my niece as a Christmas present. I wanted to include her name, Summah. The name is cut out using acrylic felt because it was what I had in my stash. But you could use any you have.
Draw out yourself a cloud design. To make it as even as mine you can cheat like I did and draw around something =] .
I used a plate and something else small I can't remember, maybe a cookie cutter to draw the rainbow. You could just use a rectangle though instead of a rainbow shape. Cut both out with a blade.
At this point make sure you mark evenly according to the weight balance of your shapes the wholes and don't punch them too close to the edge as it will not work very well. Important – Keep the bits you punch out. You'll need them afterwards! Read the rest of this entry


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The Huawei Ascend P2 has been unveiled as the worlds fastest 4G smartphone at MWC 2013 in Barcelona, replacing the Ascend P1 in the Chinese firm's line up.
It's the first smartphone to pack in LTE CAT 4, which Hauwei claims will allow the Ascend P2 to deliver some blistering web browsing speeds, faster than the CAT 3 toting Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE and iPhone 5.
There's also high-speed Wi-Fi for when you want to surf the web at home, with the Ascend P2 offering speeds of up to 520Kbps.
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The Ascend P2 also packs in a 4.7-inch display with a 315ppi resolution, 1.5GHz quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, 13MP camera, NFC technology and 2,420mAh battery into a plastic case which is 8.4mm at its thickest point.
Huawei CEO Richard Yu said it could have made the Ascend P2 even thinner, but it would have had to sacrifice the quality of the camera to make this possible.
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This old Victorian tiled Hallway floor, laid in a geometric pattern, at a house in Barrow in Furness was a challenging project. The tiles were extremely dirty and also stained with Black Bitumen which has been used as an adhesive, however we have come across these sorts of problems before and so I was confident it could be resolved.
Deep Cleaning an Old Victorian Tiled Floor
I roped in Heidi and my son Lewis who spent a whole day cleaning with chemicals, steam, buffing pads and unfortunately the results were far from satisfactory; the customer wasn't happy and Heidi wasn't happy with it either. It was clear that the black bitumen had penetrated deep into the pores of the clay and becoming so embedded that no chemical or technique we were using would shift it fully.
To top it off I had gone out earlier to tile the old mat well with matching tiles before we started the cleaning but due to the depth of the floor matt. The matt well was at least 35mm so it was clear I couldn't use standard floor adhesive. I opted instead for a sand cement mix, similar to what the Victorians would have used originally. This filled up the depth and allowed me to tile and grout the same day, however overnight there was a bit of shrinkage and some of the new tiles settled unevenly.
I racked my head for a solution to both issues and decided the best course of action would be to Mill the clay tiles to remove the Bitumen and smooth down the uneven effect of my tiling. This is not something we would normally do on a clay tile as this system can leave scratches which potentially would look worse that the dirt. After I had milled the Tiles down with a course pad fitted to a heavy buffing machine and removed all the issues I then counteracted any scratches left over using a higher grit milling pad. This solution fully resolved both issues leaving it ready for the final step of sealing.
Sealing an Original Victorian Tiled Floor
The floor was left to dry off overnight and we returned the next day to seal the tiles using Tile Doctor Colour Grow, which is a matt finish, fully breathable and colour enhancing sealer which really lifts the colour of the stone or in this case clay tile. Colour Grow is impregnating – meaning that it penetrates the pores of the stone to fill them and prevent trapped dirt and stains. We recommend Colour Grow for both internal and external applications and especially for areas where no damp proof membrane is evident, since the sealer allows for the floor to breathe moisture.
There were plenty of problems to overcome and It took a lot of work but I'm pleased to say the floor was transformed by our efforts and now looks fantastic and I'm sure has added a lot of value to this period property.
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Charlie Bird is fantastic. Period. With a goal of being a neighborhood place in it for the long play, Charlie Bird is an oasis of great food, including delicious and inventive roasted meats, salads, seafood, pastas, and a truly kick-ass wine program.
Chef Ryan Hardy's business card humbly says "Cook", a heart-melting distinction in an era of chefs-as-brands. Wine director Robert Bohr, one of Charlie Bird's partners, along with sommelier Grant Reynolds, have created wine options that truly delight: a recommendation one evening of Vinatigo, a delicious wine from the Canary Islands, was spot-on, and there are rare and expertly chosen options in a broad and fair range of price points. At the bar, the cocktail menu features "shameless plugs" by friends of the house sommeliers and beverage directors at other restaurants, providing a welcome laugh.
The room design is light and warm, lots of wood, with an unobtrusive neo-industrial feel, with boom box prints on the wall and cocktail menus on the coasters. The noise levels are a relief — no shouting or lip-reading necessary, and the lighting is flattering and well-considered. For more intimate parties, Charlie Bird now also offers a private dining room, which can seat up to 14 guests, tucked away inside the restaurant, where all aspects of an experience can be customized.
What an absolute joy to find in 2014, that a quote from a 2012 document still holds true, with such charm: "Food without ego, service with charm, perfectly roast chicken and crazy good wine."


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The 100 miles between the agricultural fields that surround Davis, Sacramento and the Sierra Foothhills and the culinarily rich city of San Francisco can seem vast to farmers who lack the connections needed to market their produce to Bay Area buyers.
That gap was bridged this week for a group of 25 small, beginning and ethnic farmers when the Agricultural Sustainability Institute (ASI) at UC Davis and the Sacramento County UC Cooperative Extension hosted a day-long bus tour that began in Sacramento early Tuesday morning. Farmers boarded a bus bound for the Bay Area, where they met wholesale food buyers.
"Many buyers are eager to meet small-scale farmers who can supply the rapidly expanding market for locally grown food," said David Visher of the Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis.
Emma Torbert of Cloverleaf Farm was pleased to find that to be true.
"It was nice for farmers to hear how much interest there is in San Francisco," she said. "It can be nerve-racking to try to sell something to someone you don't know. This was great, because the tour created an environment to talk about this sort of thing."
Doors into the Bay Area market have already opened for Emma.
"I've had people calling me back already to buy my produce," she said.
Interest in locally produced food is growing nationwide, according to Gail Feenstra of the UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, a program within ASI.
"Food is an important part of our concept of community. People want a relationship with local growers because their food nurtures us. They feed our sense of community and also steward the land in our region. I think people are searching for ways to connect around food because it benefits our personal, economic and environmental health."
As the group headed west toward their first stop at the San Francisco Wholesale Produce Market to hear from various buyers, Visher and fellow tour organizer Chuck Ingels, a UC Cooperative Extension farm advisor and the interim county director for Sacramento County, shared a food safety/ self audit CD created by UC Cooperative Extension. The project staff also helps farmers create an action plan for marketing their produce and works with them one-on-one to write a profile about their farm.
"We can help growers tell their stories and make good-value propositions to buyers, but it's really up to these business people to make their own deals," Visher said.
The institute, Laura Tourte, a UC Cooperative Extension farm advisor for Santa Cruz County, and Santa Clara County Farm Advisor Aziz Baameur will host a second tour Tuesday, Nov. 5. Farmers on Tuesday's tour will leave for San Francisco from Watsonville at 5:15 a.m. and San Martin 6:15 a.m. The group will visit a wholesale distributor, food hub, distribution/processing facility, grocery store and Stanford dining services, where they will have lunch.
The Small Ethnic Farmer Tour Project is funded by CoBank, a national cooperative bank, and three farm credit associations: Farm Credit West, American AgCredit, and Farm Credit Services of Colusa-Glenn.
To register for the tour out of Watsonville and San Martin call (831) 763-8040 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Space is limited. There is a $20 fee to hold a space on the tour. That fee is fully refunded upon boarding the tour bus. Spanish language translation is available.
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After six months off to recover from the wear and tear of a North American record 22 straight victories, Rapid Redux will be retired next week to Kentucky Horse Park, his owner Robert Cole and trainer David Wells said.
"He's perfect right now and we want him to stay that way," said Cole, a Towson native. "Why risk having him get beat."
Located outside of Lexington, Kentucky Horse Park is home to many famous horses, including Cigar, Da Horse and Funny Cide. John Henry, who was a resident, is buried there.
Rapid Redux was claimed by Cole at Penn National for $6,250 on Oct.13, 2010. He went 19-for-19 in 2011, tying Citation's national record for wins in a season. His 22 straight wins broke the North American record of 19 previously held by 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta and New Mexico-bred Pepper's Pride.
Rapid Redux earned those victories at seven tracks and at distances ranging from five furlongs to 1 1/8 miles, under the guidance of seven riders
Among his awards are an Eclipse Special Award and the Secretariat Vox Populi Award that recognizes a horse who distinguishes himself in the eyes of the public.
Thursday, Rapid Redux's team also received a Special Award of Merit at the Alibi Breakfast at Pimlico Race Course.
"I've been very careful with him over his time off," Wells said. "I didn't want to let him out in a big field where he might hurt himself, so I've been taking him out, hand walking him, to eat grass. He's fine, but he ran hard and he's not quite the same horse, to be honest. He gave us a really fun ride, and I'm glad he's healthy and we're letting him go out on top."
Bonita, Country Life strengthening
One of the signs slots revenue is having a positive impact on Maryland's horse racing industry can be seen at two of the state's long-time breeding farms — Bonita Farm and Country Life Farm.
Each farm reports it is standing a new stallion this breeding season.
At Country Life, Friesan Fire, the winner of the 2009 Louisiana Derby and the betting favorite in that year's Kentucky Derby, is the first new sire since 2006.
"I think it is a sign that the industry is recovering," said Mike Pons, owner of the Country Life Farm, where the legendary Cigar was born. "The breeding industry is kind of the last part to come out [of a down-turn]. In Maryland we bottomed out in foals last year or this year. But judging by my stallion, in talking to [Bonita Farm breeding department manager] Billy [Boniface] and the folks at Northview [Stallion Station], I think we're going to see our numbers increasing."
Etched, a 6-year-old son of Forestry who sired Shackleford, last year's Preakness winner, is in his first breeding season at Bonita and is the first new stallion at the farm in nearly eight years. Bonita is where 1983 Preakness winner Deputed Testamony was bred, trained and continues to reside.
"[Etched has] won over $500,000 and is the winner of two Grade II races and one Grade III," Boniface said. "We're telling people the incentive programs in Maryland are going up and the crop has been down, so this is a good time to get involved."
Pons said another sign that the sport is starting to see an upswing is the excitement he is seeing among others involved in the sport.
"A number of racing folks I'm bumping into are saying this is going to be one of the best Preaknesses we've had in years," he said. "More people are talking about it, more tickets are being sold — I'm getting 45 in the grandstand and another seven in the infield.
"It's my own little survey. I usually have leftovers, but not this year. I could have probably used 60 tickets I've had so many inquiries. I think [I'll Have Anothertrainer] Doug O'Neill deserves some of the credit for bringing his horse here early, getting the horse on television and getting people interested."
New Archbishop looking for an alibi
William Lori, the new Archbishop of Baltimore, spent the morning of his first full day at work at the Alibi Breakfast at Pimlico on Thursday. Lori gave the invocation, but before he did, he made a confession.
"I was born in Louisville, but I never went to the Kentucky Derby," Lori said. "I'm going to be at the Preakness. I know Cardinals [William] Keeler and [Edwin] O'Brien told me the pressure is on to deliver pretty good weather. If I don't, I don't know what my alibi will be."


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WORLD CUP NOTES: United States not making friends running up score
GRENOBLE — The United States made history at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup on Tuesday, but made a number of enemies in the process.
The United States defeated Thailand 13-0 in its opening game of the tournament in Reims, setting a record for the biggest margin of victory – men or women – in World Cup history.
Some took issue with the Americans running up the score, pushing players forward when the game was already in hand. Others believed their celebrations were a bit excessive, particularly late in the game.
Captain Megan Rapinoe's helicopter celebration and subsequent baseball slide towards the sideline may have been over the top for a goal giving the United States a 9-0 lead.
"Everyone is privy to their opinion," said Canadian striker Janine Beckie, who was born in the United States to Canadian parents. "So when you open the question to people outside of the tournament, you open it up to getting their opinions. Personally, I think if you're putting in as much work as you do to put into a World Cup, and for a lot of those players that was their first World Cup goal, so by all means celebrate."
Talk after the game was more on the lopsided score and the late celebrations than it was on the United States performance. Former Canadian international Kaylyn Kyle said she was 'disgusted' on the TSN broadcast of the game.
On Wednesday Kyle tweeted she had receive death threats from angry American fans.
"I think both sides of it are valid in some sort. We're at a World Cup and when it comes down to goal differential and winning games, they made their margin as big as they could, but I don't think you can really fault that," Beckie said. "I also think it was class of them to console the Thailand players after the game, I thought that was great.
"It is what it is. They have the ability to score a lot of goals and they did that. Some of those goals were really high-quality goals that probably go in against a better team anyways. Credit to them. It's tough to put in 13 goals against any team, so it's interesting to see how they do the rest of the tournament."
Christine Sinclair became the oldest Canadian player to take part in a Women's World Cup in the win against Cameroon on Monday. It's a record she'll continue breaking, turning 36 on Wednesday.
Her gift from the media was not having to do interviews. Her teammates had better birthday celebrations planned later in the evening.
"We love dessert on this team," Beckie said. "So any kind of desert we can get on birthdays is exciting."
Sinclair is four goals away from setting the all-time international goal-scoring record for both men and women. She did not register a goal in the tournament opener, but not for lack of opportunities.
"She's a quiet person, she sticks to herself, but she comes out of her shell sometimes, she's really funny," Beckie said. "I think she just brings personality to the group, when she's comfortable it comes out. I think she's a good leader so I think she's careful about what she says."
Sinclair has 181 international goals and is chasing retired American striker Amy Wambach for the all-time record. Sinclair is downplaying the record chase, however, more focused on team goals, particularly with such a young group.
"She's super inclusive of the young ones, which is really great and has been really key for this group because there are so many young players," Beckie said. "She's awesome to be around, she's fun, she includes herself a lot of things, which is great when you have someone of her calibre as a person and as a player, it makes the environment a lot more enjoyable."
Cameroon threw Canada for a loop when they lined up with five defenders, something the coaching staff had not seen during their pre-scout.
Head coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller does not expect much in the way of surprises from New Zealand on Saturday with former Canadian assistant Tom Sermanni at the helm of the Football Ferns.
"If they do, it wouldn't be a surprise, but we have seen New Zealand play with a back five, so we're ready for that," Heiner-Moller said. "We've seen them play in different structures, so we're pretty prepared, we hope and think, for what Tom is coming up with. So, hopefully, we'll be ready for more changes that he gives us than we were in the first match."
New Zealand lost their first game 1-0 to the Netherlands on Tuesday on a late goal deep into second-half stoppage time.
"They put in a hell of a shift and worked so hard and you can only feel bad for players who have been working hard for 90-plus minutes and then the other team scores at the end," Heiner-Moller said. "But they were under pressure for a long period of time and if you're pressure for so long and you receive so many crosses, it was almost meant to be happening at some point it just happened very, very late. You can definitely feel sorry for them, but it looked like it was coming."
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Another first Friday, another BLS employment report, and the headline news is pretty good: In July the official unemployment rate fell to its lowest level, 7.4%, since 2008. If you were a White House publicist that morning, you could have noted that fact and also that the comprehensive U-6 unemployment rate (which includes discouraged job-seekers and involuntary part-timers) also fell, from 14.3% to 14.0%. And then you could have taken the rest of the day off.
The improvement in the U-6 unemployment rate was not enough to cancel out the previous month's 0.5% point jump. The U-6 rate was below 14% in March, April, and May. The improvement in the official (U-3) rate was exactly counterbalanced by an 0.1% point drop in the labor force participation rate (to 63.4%). The employment/population ratio was unchanged (at 58.7% for all adults, and 75.9% for prime-age (25-54) year-old adults). The decline in participation defies easy explanation, as it involves three distinct subgroups — adult white males, white teenagers, and adult black females — but not others. (A notable recent trend, by the way, is for fewer people, especially young women, to not enter the work force.)
The unemployment rates come from the BLS's survey of households. The BLS's other survey, of employers (the "payroll survey"), is disappointing relative to the previous month's. June's report showed the economy with net job growth of 195,000, plus upward revisions of 70,000 jobs to the previous two months. July's report has net job growth of 162,000, and downward revisions of 26,000 to the previous two months. At this month's pace, it would take us a year longer to get back to 6% unemployment than at last month's pace (using the handy Jobs Calculator of the Atlanta Fed).
The stock and bond markets seem to have gotten this report about right. The stock market barely budged, and the 10-year Treasury bond rate actually fell somewhat, from 2.72% to 2.60%, despite the improvement in the official unemployment rate. Both markets watch the employment reports with an eye toward the Fed's next move on interest rates and "quantitative easing" ("QE"; special purchases of long-term bonds and mortgage-backed securities), all the more so after the Fed recently announced that it would start "tapering" off QE when unemployment falls to about 7.0% and start raising its key interest rate when unemployment falls to about 6.5%. While we're a notch closer to those rates now, the trend does not look good. Treading water is about all this labor market is doing, and the markets seem to get that.


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Co-Founder Yat Siu on Animoca's Big Menu of "Fast Food" Mobile Games
If you've never heard of Animoca, it's probably because — like nearly every company in the mobile games industry — the Hong Kong-based studio has never had a huge hit on the scale of Temple Run or Candy Crush Saga.
And Animoca couldn't be happier about that.
Co-founder Yat Siu calls them "fast food apps." His 150-person company, a conglomerate of 12 smaller studios, has developed and published more than 350 apps, he said, currently at the rate of about four every week. Its goal is to one day crank out a new app every day as it expands its reach further into Asia and beyond.
Siu, who is also the CEO of Animoca's parent company, Outblaze Ventures, said as much in a recent interview with AllThingsD. But he also had a lot more to say about the advantages of working outside of Silicon Valley, the maturation of Google's Android ecosystem and why quantity is sometimes better than quality.
AllThingsD: What's the difference between being based in Hong Kong and being based in Silicon Valley?
Yat Siu: In terms of our [Android] ecosystem, it is the dominant marketplace, whereas in the Valley, there's a lot of focus on Apple. We don't have that much venture capital available to us, so we have to focus on profitability and the bottom line very, very quickly. Our games aren't all profitable, but our business is. And we're just a small island city, so we do not have a domestic market. It's go global or die.
How do your games fare in different regions?
When we first started [in 2011], the U.S. was our biggest market, but just because it had a larger ecosystem. That's changing today. North America as a continent is now in second place to Asia because Japan and Korea are driving a lot of the revenues. … The people who are buying iPhones or Android phones in the U.S. today are not the first movers, whereas in Asia, a lot of the marketplace still has way under 50 percent smartphone penetration rates. In Japan, at the start of this year, it was under 30 percent.
Is Android fragmentation a problem for you? Putting most of your eggs in that basket means you're dealing with phones that range from the very low end to the very high end, right?
Two years ago, we had a testing rack of 600 devices. Now, Samsung is outselling basically everyone else, except in China and Japan. The second thing that's different now is that "low end" is no longer really "low end." You used to have really poor devices with poor resolution and processing power. Even the so-called "cheap" devices that are sold in China today are quad-core or dual-core devices; they just cost $100, is all. And they're all standardizing around Jelly Bean (the most recent version of the Android OS). The whole Android philosophy was, "Here, take the operating system. Do what you want. Good luck!" We had weird memory issues because people would be coding stuff on top. Now, with Jelly Bean, most of the stuff that's going on in the operating system is going on in the application side.
Tell me about your games and how they perform. How do you evaluate success?
We look at every product as a gateway to another product. The key driver is popularity. Monetization will come, we think, once people are in there, but the ability to cross-promote to other games becomes important. We want to make sure that the user always has at least a few of our games to play, because we don't believe that there is such a thing as a person who can play a game for years and years and years. It's "fast-food apps." People just want to consume quickly, move quickly and go on to the next thing. It doesn't mean that they won't come back to it, but they're not prepared to invest console-style, sitting down and playing for four hours.
And if you spent $60 on a game, you're probably going to invest a lot more time than if you spent nothing or spent 99 cents.
That's true, too, definitely. But also, with mobile, whether it's in trains or one-handed game time, sometimes it's just when you're lying in bed, the behavior that we're seeing now is that a person is playing a game, and then after five minutes, he wants to move on to another game. He's not necessarily playing the same game for an hour. He's like, "I feel like something else." It's no different than people switching TV channels every once in a while, except they're switching games.
So it's not as much of a "hits-driven" business for you as it might be for others?
It's all relative. What is a hit? Because it's a global audience, a niche segment is pretty large. And yet, if you have a five-million-user niche, is that a hit? It's probably a hit for an indie studio, but it's not a hit for us because of the scale we operate in. Typically, we call anything a hit if it has over 15 million downloads, but as a franchise, as a series. We might have one app, and then if it does well and has a few million downloads and reasonable revenues, then we put sequels and additions on top of it. Out of the series, we may wind up having something like 20 or 25 apps.
For those games that aren't sequels to existing games, how do your studios come up with new things to publish?
We have studios that are as small as six people. The producer is empowered to have his own budget and his own creative vision. There's a weekly meeting where all the producers come together and talk about what they're doing, and then go off and do their own thing. The advantage for the business is, if you start off with a studio of six people and it bombs, who cares? It's not great for them, but the business can afford to do it. If they do well, they have a platform.
The independence of our studio is also attractive to our staff. They have the chance to be a startup without the startup risk. They don't have to worry about payroll or finance, they can focus on the product and build their own team. The additional unintended advantage is that, in Hong Kong, we're unique. So, if you want to do games and you want to publish your games, then, frankly, there's nowhere else to go. People come to us because the other option is banking or finance — which is a good career, just not if you don't like it. If we were in the Valley, we might end up getting slaughtered by the amount of recruitment and loss of staff. Who knows?
But it's worth noting that you do also maintain an office here in San Francisco for non-game development roles like partnerships and PR.
In the past, the meccas of the global gaming space used to be different. They used to be Sony, Nintendo and, at one point, Sega. But it was never centered around Silicon Valley. That changed with the smartphone. Now the new mecca is the Bay Area, because Google Play is here and Apple is here. We have an office here because we have to pay homage to the new temples. Even though we're not in the Valley, it's absolutely required for us to go in. Every other app company that's international that wants to succeed must do the same.
Almost all of your revenue, about 95 percent, comes from in-app purchases. Are you looking at other business models?
Advertising will come, but it is not dominant yet. Primarily, the buyers for that now are other app companies, and we've got our own network. If we focus more on our cross-promotion, we get more out of that than necessarily opening up inventory to everyone else. Right now, ads are generally low-quality, and they're also spammy, so it's a bad user experience. But that will change. The experience is there already — think about how much time you're spending on mobile versus PC — but [ads] have to deliver value to the user. Facebook has the right idea. People who like casual games, you should really only show them other casual games. Today, the targeting doesn't exist.
What does your conversion rate of non-paying to paying players look like? The typical curve has a lot of people at the bottom paying nothing or almost nothing, then a long tail with a bump at the end, composed of a small number of players who pay a lot.
That is the hardcore type of model, where basically you have a very low conversion rate, something like 2 percent, and a very high consumable model where people can spend thousands of dollars. That's not our model. If you look at games like Pretty Pet Salon, you'd be hard pressed to spend more than 20 bucks, just because of the game play. We are expecting to have more volume of titles with a larger frequency of players coming in from outside. So, for instance, Pretty Pet Salon has an 8 percent conversion rate. Now, when we start working with Forgame (Animoca recently accepted a "strategic minority investment" from the Chinese hard-core game maker), that is different. We will listen to their suggestions, and it does appear that that will be the strategy, because people are prepared to spend that kind of money. It'll be a learning experience for us.


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Stop us if you've heard this one before: Pete Rose has more tax problems!!
TMZ has learned the MLB legend has just been hit with ANOTHER tax lien ... this time the State of California has come-a-callin' for $15,520.86 in unpaid taxes for 2010 and 2011.
Rose's tax problems are legendary -- just last year, the federal government smacked Pete with a tax bill of $120k for 2009 and 2010.
And before that, Pete racked up a $973k debt with Uncle Sam for stiffing the govt. from 1997 to 2002, though he ultimately paid off that debt.
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Model Lineup: Dodge Caliber SE ($13,425); SXT ($15,425); R/T AWD ($19,425); SRT4 ($22,435)
Standard Engine: 2.0-liter dohc 16-valve inline-4
Engine Options: 148-hp 1.8-liter inline-4; 158-hp 2.0-liter inline-4; 172-hp 2.4-liter inline-4; 285-hp turbocharged 2.4-liter inline-4
Standard Transmission: CVT automatic
Transmission Options: 5-speed manual; continuously variable automatic (CVT); 6-speed manual
Basic Warranty: 3 years/36,000 miles
Assembled In: Belvidere, Illinois
Model Tested MSRP: Dodge Caliber SXT ($15,425)
Standard Equipment: YES Essentials cloth upholstery; tilt steering column; removable and washable vinyl cargo mat; power windows, mirrors and locks; remote keyless entry; floor mats, cargo area tonneau cover; cruise control; air conditioning with the interior air filter and Chill Zone; tachometer; Sirius satellite radio; 115-volt, AC power outlet; rechargeable rear flashlight; height-adjustable driver's seat; fold-flat front passenger seat; reclining 60/40 split folding rear seat; all-season P215/60R17 touring tires on aluminum wheels
Options As Tested: 158-hp 2.0-liter engine ($150); CVT ($1000); Premium Sound Group ($495) Boston Acoustics sound system with nine speakers, including two articulating liftgate speakers; AM/FM/MP3 stereo with six-CD in-dash changer with auxiliary input jack ($320); Driver Convenience Group ($760) with Dodge's UConnect hands-free cell phone link, HomeLink universal garage door opener, auto-dimming rearview mirror, vehicle information center and tire pressure monitor; power sunroof ($795)
Standard Safety Equipment: dual front airbags, head-protecting curtain side airbags, child safety seat anchors (LATCH)
Optional Safety Equipment: torso-protecting seat-mounted front side airbags, antilock brakes, brake assist, tire pressure monitor, electronic stability program with traction controlDestination Charge: $560
The Dodge Caliber is classed as a compact car, though it's larger than the Neon it replaced. A five-passenger, five-door, the Caliber isn't easily categorized, combining elements from hatchback, wagon and minivan designs. Though very popular in Europe, hatchbacks, especially five-door hatchbacks, have not caught on in American garages. The five-door hatch is a practical design, but most Americans prefer the styling of a traditional sedan with a separate trunk. Maybe that's changing, however. We certainly like hatchbacks.
A choice of four-cylinder engines is available, along with a choice of front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive. All-wheel drive makes the Caliber a capable winter vehicle.
Relatively affordable, Caliber starts below $14,000 retail, and fuel economy is respectable, achieving 24/29 City/Highway miles per gallon in its most frugal form, according to EPA estimates.
At the other end of the scale, the new SRT4 version has a turbocharged engine generating 285 horsepower. With a starting price of $22,435, it is a performance bargain.
The mid-level Caliber SXT model with the 2.0-liter engine and five-speed manual transmission is among the more enjoyable of the standard models, but the Caliber is no sports car. For driving excitement, the SRT4 is the choice.
The front seats are comfortable, with lots of head room, and there's a large amount of cargo space here. Packaging is functional, with folding rear seats that have an optional reclining adjustment and an optional fold-flat front passenger seat to make room for a ladder or more likely, a surfboard. A couple of innovative options, especially for a car in this price class, are an air conditioned compartment in the glove box to chill water bottles or sodas and a swing-down stereo speaker panel attached to the liftgate that converts the back end to a sound stage for beach parties or tailgating.
The 2008 Dodge Caliber offers a choice of four models, all with four-cylinder engines. A 148-horsepower 1.8-liter is standard in SE and SXT, a 158-hp 2.0-liter is optional for SXT, a 172-hp 2.4-liter is standard in R/T, and the SRT4 has a 285-hp turbocharged 2.4-liter. The 1.8 is mated to a five-speed manual gearbox, while the 2.0 comes with a continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT). The 2.4 is available with the five-speed manual in the front-drive R/T and the CVT in the all-wheel drive R/T. The SRT4 comes only with a six-speed manual.
The SE ($13,925) comes standard with the 1.8-liter engine and five-speed manual transmission. The 2.0-liter engine is optional ($150) and it must be ordered with the CVT automatic ($1000), which comes with antilock brakes. (All NCTD prices are MSRP, do not include destination charges, and can change at any time without notice.)
The SE has cloth seats; tilt steering column; an AM/FM/CD stereo with four speakers and an auxiliary input jack; a 60/40-split, folding rear seat; removable and washable vinyl cargo mat; and P205/70R15 tires on hubcapped, steel wheels. Air conditioning is not standard, nor are power windows. The SE comes with manual roll-up windows and manual outside mirrors. Options for the SE are as extensive as the standard equipment is basic. The air conditioning system ($1050) includes an interior air filter and a Chill Zone inside the glove box that holds four half-liter water bottles. The Power Equipment Group ($595) includes power windows, outside mirrors and keyless remote central locking. The Popular Equipment Group includes the Power Group, plus floor mats, a cargo area tonneau cover and cruise control. An uplevel stereo adds MP3 capability and six-disc CD changer. Sirius Satellite Radio ($195) is offered and it includes a one-year subscription.
The SXT ($16,620) also comes standard with the 1.8-liter engine and five-speed manual, with the 2.0-liter engine and CVT optional, but the list of standard features expands dramatically.
The SXT comes with the features in the SE Popular Equipment Group, air conditioning with the interior air filter and Chill Zone; a tachometer; YES Essentials cloth upholstery that Dodge says is odor, stain and static resistant; Sirius satellite radio; 115-volt, AC power outlet; a flashlight-like removable lamp that stows and charges in a receptacle in the rear headliner; height-adjustable driver's seat; fold-flat front passenger seat; a reclining 60/40 split rear seat; and all-season P215/60R17 touring tires on aluminum wheels. SXT options include seat heaters for the cloth seats ($250); sunroof ($795); the Driver Convenience Group ($760) with Dodge's UConnect hands-free cell phone link, HomeLink universal garage door opener, auto-dimming rearview mirror, vehicle information center and a tire pressure monitor; the Popular Equipment Group ($200) with fog lights, body side molding, and a leather-wrapped steering wheel with redundant audio controls; a navigation system with six-disc CD changer ($1395); and the Premium Sound Group ($495) Boston Acoustics sound system with nine speakers, including two articulating liftgate speakers called MusicGate Power. The available Sport Appearance Group ($365) has a body-color grille, color-keyed instrument panel and shifter bezel, fog lamps, Sirius satellite radio, leather-wrapped steering wheel with redundant audio controls, and cloth bucket seats with contrasting inserts. When ordered with the 2.0-liter engine, it also has Dodge's Autostick manual shiftgate with six preset gear ratios for the CVT automatic. A Trailer Tow Group ($130) adds an engine oil cooler and a wiring harness.
The R/T ($18,395) comes standard with the 2.4-liter engine, the manual transmission and, new for '08, front-wheel drive. It is also offered with the CVT and all-wheel drive ($20,495).
The R/T comes with the SXT features, plus the Sport Appearance Group, the Premium Sound Group with MusicGate Pow
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Picture a Dodge Magnum as it might appear in a theme park's House of Mirrors, and you'll have a good idea of what the Dodge Caliber looks like. Yes, it's shorter and narrower and taller (the latter by two inches), but it's still a station wagon with four doors, five counting the rear liftgate, and it wears all the styling cues of the Magnum.
The trademark crosshair grille dominates the front end; depending on model, this is either body color or trimmed in chrome. Massive headlights are notched into the leading corners of the front fenders. A pouting lower lip-like bumper separates the grille and headlights from a slimmer, lower air intake and (uplevel) fog lamps.
The side view shows strongly blistered fenders front and rear beneath a wedge-shaped beltline. Tires mostly fill the wheel wells, but we expect aftermarket hardware will be popular amongst younger buyers. The lower portions of the doors wear longitudinal moldings, again, body color or chrome highlighted, that look like a bi-level rocker panel but aren't, but that nevertheless minimize the Caliber's height. Full-round door handles, either chrome-trimmed or body color, bridge scooped-out grip spaces.
The roofline arcs cleanly from its junction with the hood just aft of the front wheel wells over the side door windows to pinch off at the tail end of the rear quarter glass. Topping this arc but stopping at the top of the backlight (rear windscreen) is an unbroken, thick strip of black molding the Caliber's designers say is supposed to work with the arc and the truncated back end to impart a coupe look. We're not sure why that was important or that it necessarily succeeds, but it does buff up the Caliber's side aspect.
The back end pulls from the Magnum, too, with a steeply raked backlight beneath a roof-mounted spoiler and above a mostly upright lower liftgate, employing a hatchback style arguing against any comparisons with a traditional station wagon. A relatively short rear overhang and oversize taillight housings add credence to the argument.
The SRT4 can be distinguished by several exterior features aimed at both form and function. The ride height is lowered 28 mm in front and 22 mm in the rear. The front end features a functional hood scoop, dual hood vents, a unique front fascia with brake cooling ducts next to the fog lights, and a lower air dam. Aero side moldings run along the side and at the rear are a large high-mounted rear spoiler, a four-inch exhaust tip, and a rear fascia with lower strakes to direct underbody airflow. For 2008, the SRT4 is available in only Brilliant Black, Sunburst Orange, Bright Silver and Inferno Red.
Step inside the Caliber and the Dodge legacy is loud and clear. If function tops your list of must-haves, this is good. If glitz is your thing, this is less good.
The instrument cluster and center stack are the picture of efficiency. Gauges are large, round and gleefully legible with black markings on white backgrounds. In the SRT4, the central gauge is the tachometer instead of the speedometer, a change Dodge says it made because the SRT4 is a driver's car. To the left of the steering wheel in the SRT4 is a turbo boost gauge; this area serves as a small cubby in other models.
The SRT4 also has a reconfigurable display with what Dodge calls performance pages. This feature can provide readouts of lateral and longitudinal G forces, 1/8- and 1/4-mile time and speed, 0-60 mph time, and braking distance. It's quite a little toy for performance enthusiasts, somewhat similar to a system Porsche offers.
The center stack presents the stereo face and climate control panel in stark relief with functional knobs, buttons and switches and trimmed in matte metallic plastic or not-very-convincing wood grain. All of these controls are easy to reach, but the materials are cheaply rendered and lacking in quality. You get the feeling the Caliber is built to a price when you first close the door and hear a metallic clang worthy of an empty beer can.
Back to the functionality. The shift lever extends from the base of the stack; the notched gate on the CVT makes ratio selections intuitive. In cars equipped with a manual transmission, the shifter falls easily to hand. The power point serves neither the cell phone holder nor a radar detector well; located at the extreme base of the center stack, it leaves cords either draped over the center console's cup holders or dangling down the dash between the instrument cluster and the center stack.
An MP3 player/cell phone holder flips up out of the front of the center console armrest and, while properly sized for an iPod or similarly shaped MP3 device, adapts best to candy bar-style cell phones. Also, the sliding armrest covers a range of three inches, which is helpful for drivers of shorter stature, but when all the way forward, it blocks the rearmost of the two cup holders.
As the Caliber is relatively tall, standing more than four inches above the Neon it replaced, the seats are closer to chairs than cushions bolted to the floor. This eases climbing in and out.
The front seats that come standard are comfortable, but far from plush, with decently bolstered back cushions. Bottom cushions, or squabs in designer lingo, are more flat than sculpted and a bit short on thigh support. The SRT4's seats are thickly bolstered and have grippy cloth inserts to hold occupants in place in fast turns.
Front-seat headroom is impressive in all Calibers, topping the five-door Mazda3 hatchback by almost two inches. It falls short of the Pontiac Vibe and Toyota Matrix by about a half inch. Leg room up front is adequate, equal to the Mazda3, Vibe and Matrix. A cautionary note about the driver's seat-height adjustment, however: It pivots at the front, which means trading leg room for height.
The rear seat is a bench and leg room is somewhat cramped, trailing most competitors. Rear-seat head room tops the Mazda3 by about a half-inch, but loses to the Vibe and the Matrix by almost an inch.
Cargo capacity is one of the Caliber's big advantages. The rear seats fold down 60/40 to reveal 48.0 cubic feet of cargo room, which is as much as most compact hatchbacks and almost as much as some compact wagons. The available folding front passenger seat expands room further and allows for loading of long objects. The Caliber bests the Mazda3 in cargo room by more than 16 cubic feet, but falls short of the Matrix and Vibe by more than five cubic feet. The Caliber's rear load floor is plastic and removable, which means your stuff will slide around if not secured, but dirty cargo won't
Driving Impressions
Dodge seemingly wants people to consider the Caliber as a downsized Magnum, and to believe this makes it essentially a sporty mini-minivan-cum-compact station wagon. Nice idea, but the package doesn't quite do this. Everything it does, it does well, but aside from the SRT4 model, it doesn't quite achieve the sporty part.
Of the base trim packages and powertrains, we believe the SXT with the 2.0-liter engine and five-speed manual delivers the best all-around performance.
The 2.4-liter engine's 172 horsepower arguably does a better job of motivating this one-and-one-half ton hatchback, but the CVT was neither as comfortable nor as precise in its selection of gear ratios as we hoped, or as Dodge promises. Left in Drive, it sounds and feels like an automatic that needs to have its bands tightened, or like a manual gearbox with a slipping clutch. Even in AutoStick mode, which involves imposing an electronically managed shift pattern on a transmission designed not to shift gears, engine speed wandered noticeably within the selected ratio. While Dodge says it adjusted the CVT to make it quieter and more drivable for 2008, we didn't notice a difference. And while Dodge says its testing shows the CVT improves fuel economy by between six to eight percent over a four-speed automatic, the 2.4-liter with five-speed manual is rated at 23 mpg City and 29 Highway, compared to 21/25 with the CVT, according to EPA estimates.
The 1.8-liter base engine is EPA rated at 24 mpg City and 29 Highway, while the 2.0 comes in at 23/27. But with fully 10 percent less torque, the 1.8 is also the least responsive to the gas pedal when you need it the most.
All three base engines deliver their power smoothly, with no disruptive surges or flat spots. Pedal layout is decent, while not quite ideal for heel-and-toe downshifts, and there's a dead pedal where drivers can rest their left foot on long trips.
The SRT4's engine is a different beast altogether. With 285 horsepower and 265 pound-feet of torque, it can motivate the SRT4 from 0 to 60 mph in about six seconds flat. That's slightly slower than the 2006 SRT4, which was based on the Neon. While the Caliber SRT4 has 55 more horsepower than the 2006 SRT4, the Caliber is larger and heavier, so the extra power doesn't quite make up for the difference.
The Caliber SRT4's 2.4-liter engine exhibits some turbo lag, but it's mercifully short and the car is more than willing to get up and go from a stop. Passing power is prodigious provided you are in the right gear. If you let the rpms run too high, the engine will run out of breath, too low and you'll have to wait for the turbo to spool up. Deft shifting can avoid these problems. Speaking of shifting, the manual gearbox has fairly short throws and positive engagement, making it fun to operate.
Driving and handling dynamics for SE, SXT and R/T models are mostly consistent, about on a par with the Vibe and the Matrix but not quite in the same league as the more tautly sprung Mazda3. There's not as much body lean in corners as we expected in a car this tall. Under hard acceleration, front-drive models show some torque steer, where the front-wheel drive tugs at the steering wheel, a shortcoming shared with every front-wheel-drive car we can remember in this class. This problem is compounded by the SRT4's greater power.
The Caliber's weight is biased to the front, so understeer (where the car wants to go straight instead of turning) is the default mode when corners are entered a bit too fast. The all-wheel-drive R/T is much better mannered in both these regards, especially in tight corners, when the system distributes the power as appropriate between the front and rear wheels to put the power where it can be used best, as much as 60 percent to the rear wheels if necessary. One downside to the AWD is the added unsprung weight with which it burdens the suspension, mass that's felt over pa
The 2008 Dodge Caliber is at the same time innovative and retro, a hatchback that's more like a station wagon but with hints of the utility of a minivan. The Caliber makes a good case when it comes to packaging, but falls short on materials quality. Though all Calibers show signs of cost-cutting, the SE, SXT and R/T offer good, basic transportation, the R/T has the advantage of optional all-wheel drive, and the SRT4 is a performance bargain.
NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent Tom Lankard reported on the Caliber from Scottsdale, Arizona, with Kirk Bell reporting on the SRT4 from Indianapolis.
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Well, darn. I figured out something last night that should have me eating my hat, or humble pie, or maybe a boiled crow, or else four-and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie. One of my biggest predictions about Wrath of the Lich King turns out to have been dead wrong.
When I first heard about the 10 v. 25 raid size split in Wrath, I made a logical assumption. To be entirely fair, the conclusion I drew was well-supported by blue comments. I believed that since the rewards would be demonstrably better in 25-person content, as a consequence the difficulty level would also be higher. Either that, or the difficulty level would be exactly the same, the only reason for a reward difference being the Organization Boss that all larger guilds have to face every week.
However, last night I ran two "normal difficulty" raids that took my breath away: Sartharion with two drakes and Malygos. Without a stacked raid, our group–which took out Sartharion 25 with 2 drakes earlier this week after only an hour and a half of tries–just could not make any headway in the 10-man version. We had to settle for just one drake, and since we picked the baby dragon-spawner by accident, that was no cake walk either. And as for the rewards at the end? Nothing anyone wanted, since we had been doing so much Sartharion 25 and Naxx 25. We were pretty psyched to get the achievement, though.
As for Malygos, we took him down with two healers, and boy, was I sweating. Tank healing was tight, and raid healing was even dodgier. Meanwhile, my mana pool dipped to absolutely scary levels–which became an emergency when I made a mistake on one attempt and blew my innervate in the gap between phase 1 and phase 2. In my panic I hadn't even been checking Mal's health bar. Malygos is a fight I love on 25s, but I have to say that the 10-man was breathtaking. It's exactly the kind of challenge I want–one that I know I can meet, or that gives me a chance to make improvements between attempts. It has me tempted to go back again. However, once again the rewards aren't in proportion to the difficulty. I'd say the loot is about on par with Kel'Thuzad's from Naxx 25–pretty darn good, but not nearly as nice as the stuff that comes out of the easier 25-person version of the same instance.
Has Blizzard Made A Big Mistake?
Clearly, I think they have, or I wouldn't have written this post. Knowing what I know now, there's no reason to separate Emblem loot by normal/heroic raid tier. I think I definitely earned an Emblem of Valor or two for that Malygos kill. I had heard before that Sartharion with 3 drakes was absolutely monstrous on 10s, and I thought that was just a freak thing. But based on my personal experience, I've come to think that the phenomenon is more widespread. Nothing in Naxx–either version–is all that difficult for my guild, but I do remember that Kel'Thuzad is harder on both healers and melee-heavy groups in the smaller size. Like it or not, I've come to the conclusion that raids who run 10-person content only deserve the same compensation as 25-person raiders.
What Can the Developers Do About It?
A lot of people in this game min/max, and it looks like right now, the biggest rewards for a person's time and effort come out of 25-person content. This is a disappointment to me, because I want the game design to lead me–and my fellow raiders–to the hardest possible content. The game needs to lure us there with rewards and encourage us not to be lazy. I also want everyone to get fair compensation for what they do. I just feel bad about getting better gear for less work than a smaller guild might do. A 10-man guild who clears Sarth with 3 drakes has absolutely played better than I'm capable of right now–and they get a Heroes' glove token, while I'm wearing a Valorous one? Ludicrous. Moreover, assuming that Ulduar-10 is harder than Ulduar-25, could that mean that a raid really needs i-level 213 gear to do it? The gear gap between 10-person raiders and 25-person raiders is pretty noticeable. As promised, it is very nearly a whole tier of difference. I think I had smaller upgrades, say, between T4 and T5 than I did between Heroes and Valorous.
For Ulduar and all future raids, I urge Blizzard to do one of two things.
1. Eliminate the i-level gap for 10 v. 25 person gear along with the Emblem difference. Put either equivalent or exactly the same items in each tier. The dichotomy was a nice idea, but the dungeon difficulty doesn't actually support it. Clearly, I never favor lazy solutions, so I'd rather have totally unique sets in each dungeon size tailored towards the attributes that tend to be more important in that particular raid size. For small raids, survivability and mana regeneration/total mana might be key, whereas you might want higher damage output for the larger raids.
2. For the love of Pete, make the 25-person content different from the 10-person content. It's not enough to adjust the health and damage values. Make the encounter feel different. Add lots of chaos for the 25s so it feels more on the difficulty level of the 10s. Give every one of those 25 raiders something to do, as in the Lady Vashj fight. I would even go so far as to give the bosses different mechanics–think about, say, the difference between Mechano-Lord Capacitator from Mechanar on Normal v. Heroic. Make the 25-person raiders earn their higher i-level sets.
Don't Be Lazy
The solution to most of the problems I've seen in Wrath so far can be summarized with this adage. Wherever the developers have cut corners, things didn't come out so well. No one's complaining about the design of the leveling content or 5-person dungeons. That's because they clearly show that Blizzard lavished time and attention on them. The same is, unfortunately, not true of the dual-tier raid system. I think it's time to bring it in line.


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A nurse was shot and killed by her estranged husband early Friday afternoon in a murder-suicide at her mother-in-law's Lawrenceville home, Pittsburgh police police said.
Stephanie Byrd, 44, made arrangements with her mother-in-law to get some of her belongings from the house on Carlton Street when no one was thought to be there, Cmdr. Kevin Kraus said.
Not long after Byrd and a friend arrived at the home located on a short side road off 46th Street, neighbors reported hearing gunshots at about 12:15 p.m.
"When she entered the house, it was a short time later, there were gunshots fired," said Kraus. "There were, we believe, three series of multiple gunshots. We believe at least 30 to 33 shots were fired in the residence."
Armed with a handgun, police said, Bruce Byrd either waited inside for his wife or came in through a back door. Police said the 46-year-old man lived next door to his mother's home.
"From what we understand from a witness, she came to the window, pounded on the window in an attempt to get out, for help, and it was within seconds after that there were multiple gunshots fired," said Kraus. "There were multiple empty magazines that were scattered throughout the living room, and there's evidence of -- ballistic evidence -- of gunfire downstairs and the stairway leading upstairs."
"We looked out the window and saw the SWAT team approaching the house. I heard a few flashbangs go off, and then they swarmed the house," said neighbor Brandon Friel.
Stephanie and Bruce Byrd were pronounced dead at the scene. The autopsy done Saturday found Mr. Byrd died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Mrs. Byrd was killed by gunshots to the head, trunk, and neck.
Stephanie Byrd, a nurse at UPMC Shadyside, had a protection from abuse order dating from April and was living in Wexford after moving out, police said.
Bruce Byrd had posted this message on Facebook within 24 hours of the murder-suicide: "I love you! I miss you! Please talk to me...Life isn't worth living without you...I fight for your love. I'll never stop."


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Law enforcement agencies all across the Lone Star State will be participating in one of the biggest joint warrant round ups in the state scheduled for March 2nd.
If you have an outstanding court costs or fines, authorities are giving you until March 1st to make arrangements on payments before a warrant sweep begins on March 2nd. Smith County is participating in the state wide event this year and on March 2nd if your fines aren't taken care of you can expect a visit from a Smith County Deputy. In the case you aren't home, they'll pay you a little visit at your office.
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