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March 20, 2014
One of the major inspirations for the modern fine-scale miniature movement is Colleen Moore's Fairy Castle at the Museum of Science and Industry Chicago. The miniature, yet grand structure was completed in 1935 by artists and craftsmen of the day, and is similar to Queen Mary's Dollhouse at Windsor Castle. It includes not only stunning miniature architectural details, but also tiny fine art pieces ranging from ancient antiquities to modern murals. Inspired by different fairy tales and folk tales such as The Three Little Pigs, Cinderella, and Gulliver's Travels, each room tells a different story!
Colleen Moore's Fairy Castle has been on display at the Museum of Science and Industry since 1949. Just like many older houses, the Fairy Castle's electrical and plumbing systems (yes, miniature plumbing!) were in need of an upgrade in order to prevent damage to the structure and its contents. Earlier this year, a team of conservators revamped the castle, preserving it for generations to come.
Photo: The exterior of Colleen Moore's Fairy Castle prior to conservation. [J.B. Spector, Museum of Science and Industry]


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February 14, 2013
Time is running out to pre-register for Oregon's 33rd biennial Governor's Occupational Safety and Health Conference, which will be held March 4-7, at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. This year's event features more than 150 workshops and sessions, including a return of the Columbia Forklift Challenge.
Deadline for pre-registration by mail is Feb. 25. Online registration continues until 6 p.m. March 1.
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In the wake of the tsunami ravaging the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, the Virginia Department of Health is taking added steps to ensure the safety of the public, advising Virginia residents to avoid drinking rainwater.
To date, the radiation detected in the atmosphere hasn't reached a level that would concern the average citizen, but to say that drinking rainwater is cause for caution is an indicator that the changes caused by the Fukushima incident have far-reaching effects. Ramping up safety measures in this case is a good thing. [Virginia Department of Health]


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You guys may know that I'm obsessed with yoga, and recently I've gotten into something that goes hand-in-hand with yoga, Ayurveda medicine. (Click on the link for more info, as Ayurveda is a vast subject and I am not equipped with enough knowledge about it to school you guys.)
One part of Ayurveda medicine that I'm studying hardcore is the idea of doshas. We all have a dosha that relates to our body and mind, and if we follow dietary and lifestyle guidelines according to our doshas, and keep them balanced, we will thrive. If our doshas fall out of balance, that's when we find ourselves gaining weight, breaking out, and all other kinds of icky mess—ain't nobody got time fah that!
Pratima Skincare designs products that will work with individual doshas, they even have this nifty little quiz on their site so that you know what you dosha is and what products will work best for you.
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Vata Rejuvenating Body Oil So I definitely used the review as an excuse to have my boo thang massage me with this sh*t!! And it felt spectacular. You can use this to get a sweet booty massage or apply as a moisturizer fresh out of the shower, even while the skin is still a little damp as that allows it to penetrate deeper. It'll leave yo' skin feeling silky smooth. I especially love applying it after I shave my leggies. I get mad razor burn, but this is very calming and relieving to my sensitive skin..
Vata Essential Oil I used to be terrified of putting oil on my face because my skin is so terrible and I can break out at any moment, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE this essential oil. I put it on after I cleanse and before I apply makeup and it feels like a dream. It makes my skin feel thicker and fills in fine lines—almost like it doubles as a primer for my makeup. I haven't experienced any breakouts with it so it's safe for acne prone skin.
Rejuvenating Gold Eye Cream Looooooove this so much! I'll be honest, I'm not one to apply eye cream, but I've been feeling like I should. Your girl isn't gettin' any younger! Since I've been applying this morning and night, I've seen a pretty significant difference in the appearance of my eyes. I feel like they're brighter and more awake-looking. Definitely recommend.
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Neem Rose Face Sunscreen I'm so so so so happy a product like this exists! It is so hard to find a healthy sunscreen—especially one that doesn't cause my delicate skin to break out. This stuff is heaven sent. It has neem in it, which prevents and minimizes blemishes. This Neem Rose Face Sunscreen has an SPF of 30 so you can prevent premature wrinkles while combating acne at the same time. I LOVE THIS!
Are any of you into Ayurveda medicine?
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Yes to Ayurveda beauty products! I seriously didn't know what that even was until I found Athar'a, thanks to you Sunny and Vegan Cuts! I tried their eye cream and have been hooked to all their yummy products. I linked to it above. I will also check out Pratima, looks lovely.
I have used the Pratima Rosacea care stuff for about 9 months now and it works better than metrogel and metrolotion to control outbreaks and symptoms. The only downside is that I can't use health insurance/flex dollars to buy it! I hope that she stays around for a long time.
Ah yes I love Ayurveda medicine and love it too! Vata essential oil is great. I use it and have had great results with it.


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Victims Help Vampires Prevail
After that exhibition of lunkheaded managing by Ron Washington in the top of the 8th of Game One of the ALCS, I believe anyone who predicted a Rangers' triumph over the Yankees should be given a mulligan.
1. You used four relievers in the eighth inning and none of them are your flame-throwing closer Neftali Feliz?2. Having already used two of the four lefties in your bullpen, the 5-0 and 5-1 leads now just memories, southpaw Clay Rapada on the mound with lefty-killer Marcus Thames coming to the plate, you pull Rapada and replace him with another lefty in Derek Holland? Apart from everything else you are now down to one lefthander left in your pen, rookie Michael Kirkman. And of course, oopsie, lefty-killer Thames kills lefty Holland with the game-winning hit.3. Harold Reynolds made a great point on MLB Network. Up 5-1, with Gardner on and C.J. Wilson tiring, you have Michael Young playing in close at third against Derek Jeter? Fearing he's going to bunt? When all he still does well is pull lefties? Don't you want Jeter to bunt? You need six outs and you can give three runs. Idiocy.
4. This is the weakest point but it still needs to be raised. Why did Washington let Wilson start the 8th? I know the set-up men are not lights out, but once again, as with Ron Gardenhire in Game One of the ALDS, you have Sabathia beaten. If you don't think Darren O'Day (tied for 7th in the AL in Holds) and Oliver and all the rest are good enough to get you three outs, revert back to Question #1.
The Yankees are, as noted here during the Twins series, Vampires. It is not necessary for the opposing manager to walk his virgins across the field and offer up their necks to them on a platter.
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(Rooting interest: Rangers) I felt uncomfortable the minute he brought in Oliver. He looked bad in his last appearance.
It's not over though. That's just 1 game.
It hurts me to root for the Yankees. It really does. But I had to after I saw the Rangers fans. One in particular. Sorry, but it is not always possible to separate my two favorite sports.
KO- I really think you're missing the boat on this one. The Yankees aren't vampires. They're ZOMBIES.
And not the regular-type zombie where you just have to shoot 'em in the head. They're more of the "Evil Dead" variety…the shoot 'em, then cut 'em up into little pieces, then bury all those pieces in separate graves, then set graveyard on fire type.


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From Bill O'Reilly describing how some media pundits "smash" politicians and "pinheads," to Ann Coulter describing why O'Reilly isn't opinionated enough, Rock Center Special Correspondent Ted Koppel investigates the role of the media in the degeneration of politics into an ugly war of words.
The New York Times' David Carr says the partisan news business is so profitable, as much as $1 billion a year for one cable news network, that it's clear why others have followed suit.
Political commentators Ann Coulter and Bill Maher, ideological opposites, debate the issue.
"I think it's the first time a lot of liberals have been able to hear conservatives or know what they think," Coulter said, disagreeing that there has been a coarsening of political dialogue. "I think we just have both sides. ... You just get it from the other side now and Liberals don't like it so you're screaming bloody murder."
"We're not just screaming at each other," Maher said. "One side is screaming facts and truth. One side is screaming their version of truth, which is religious-based nonsense."
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Shrink Ray Island is the newest island in Poptropica, and was launched for members in early access on June 30, 2011. In this island adventure, the star science fair student has gone missing and you need to find out what happened. Here's what the official Poptropica island info page says about this new quest:
A young genius has invented a ray gun that shrinks anything it touches – including you! But when the scientist and her invention go missing, you'll have to keep the shrink ray from falling into the wrong hands, and find a way to bring yourself back to normal size. To solve a problem this big, you've got to think small!
Video Walkthrough
Written Walkthrough
Arrival and Science Fair
Go to Shrink Ray Island on the main Poptropica map and you'll arrive on Main Street and land on top of a slide and swing set. You can head to the left to enter the multi-player room, which is the Sweet Dreams Candy Shop, but for now you want to head to the right and go inside PS 101, which is holding the River City Science Fair.
- Enter the school through the double doors next to the sign.
- Run to the right and go through the doors with the Science Fair sign.
- Fun Fact: you can click on the water fountains as you pass by to make them squirt water.
- Once you're inside the science fair, run past all the exhibits until you get to the right. If you want, you can check out the different exhibits, which include The Sixth Sense in Calamari, Balloons, Fashion, and Electricity, Chocolate Volcano, Candy and Soda Propulsion, Evolution of the Belly Button and an empty exhibit at the far right end near the stage. Go to this last exhibit and talk to the guy standing there.
- The man is Mr. Silva, the science teacher, and he's worried that his star pupil, CJ, is missing. The two people on the right are CJ's parents. Talk to them and CJ's dad will tell you to go look for her at their apartment on Avenue A.
- Head back out of the school and go to the right to enter the Avenue A zone.
Avenue A and CJ's Apartment
When you arrive on Avenue A, you can head all the way to the right side to get to CJ's apartment. It's the one with the orange cat outside the door and a telescope inside the window. Inside, you'll see that CJ and her family are kind of messy!
- Click on the door to enter the apartment. The cat will follow you inside.
- Follow the cat from room to room to try and chase it back out. After it leaves the bathroom, it will go back outside the door.
- Go into CJ's bedroom, which is on the left side of the apartment. Click on the microscope that is on her desk next to the computer.
- A masked man will come in the room. He looks like he's right out of Wild West Island. And he's carrying a shrink ray gun! He'll tell you he's going to put a stop to your snooping around and will chase you to the left side of the bedroom.
- You're cornered! The bad guy uses the shrink ray gun on you and you're shrunk down to a miniature size!
CJ's Apartment: I've Been Shrunk!
This is the main part of the quest. You've now been shrunken down to miniature size and need to find out how to get back to normal size, catch the thief, and rescue CJ!
- Run to the right, jump up onto the shelves, and then jump to the right on top of the fan. It will start to drop down. When it's done, press the red button to start it and it will blow away all the dust bunnies under the bed, revealing the thumb drive underneath.
- Turn the fan off, and jump up and over it. Then go under the bed and pick up the thumb drive.
- Run to the right to get to the next part of the bedroom and then go right again to enter the living room.
- Watch out for the cat's paw when you run past the living room door. Jump up in the air as you run past.
CJ's Apartment: The Kitchen
This is one of the most complicated parts of the entire quest. You need to do a lot of different steps to navigate through the kitchen and get the remote control on top of the refrigerator.
- Head right one more time to get to the kitchen. When you arrive, you'll see there's a remote control on top of the refrigerator, but getting to the top is going to be more complicated than you might think.
- Run to the right until you see some open drawers above a green and yellow sponge jump up on them and get the screwdriver. Then jump up onto the counter and run to the right to get to the next part of the kitchen.
- There's a piece of notepaper here that you need to get and it's on the far right side on top of a table. Getting there is a bit tricky!
- First, push the rolling pin so that it knocks the teapot onto the other burner. Then run up and jump into the steam coming from the teapot. It will lift you up to the shelf with the flour and sugar.
- There's a bottle of oil here. Push it over onto its side so that it starts dripping out.
- Drop down to the floor and then push the cat's food bowl so that it's under the dripping oil from above.
- Next jump back up onto the counter and then jump up and down on top of the cat food bag several times to make lots of food fall out. You should jump on it at least 4-5 times.
- The food and oil will stick together making a little stepping stool out of the cat food that you can use to get up on the table. Next, push the cat food bowl to the right so that it is underneath the table.
- Jump up on top of the cat food and then up onto the table top. Walk to the right to pick up the piece of paper. Also, pick up one of the purple grapes, which you'll need for the next task.
- Drop down to the floor and run to the left to get to the first part of the kitchen.
- Jump up on the counter and run over to the toaster. Click on the plug to plug it into the socket.
- Jump onto the toaster handle while holding the grape and stand there for a few seconds. The toaster will heat up and then the handle will pop up, sending you flying up into the air. You'll land on a shelf with a spatula, a cup full of utensils, and a salt shaker.
- Push the salt shaker to the left so that it's on the very end of the spatula handle. Then jump up onto the cup and then jump to the right so that you land on the other end of the spatula.
- Hold still and let the salt shaker fly up in the air and come back down. When it lands, it will make you fly up in the air. Jump a little up and to the left as you fly through the air and you'll land on top of the refrigerator, where you can now pick up the remote control.
- Now head to the right and push the green and yellow sponge next to the Power Clean spray bottle on the floor. Jump on the sponge and then onto the top of the bottle. Finally, jump to the top of the garbage can and go inside it. (Gross!)
- Once inside, you need to solve a puzzle by moving certain objects, like tuna treats cat food cans and blocks of cheese. Objects that can be moved are clickable. First click on it, and then click on either the right or left green arrows to move it. Be careful: if you move an object that was holding up others you want to watch out that everything doesn't fall on top of you!
- First push the can of tuna treats near the entrance to the right.
- Then jump down and pull the cheese to the left.
- Go back up and push the milk to the right. Then jump down on top of it.
- Next push the cheese above you on the shelf to the right.
- Walk over it and pull the tuna can to the left.
- Stand on on top of the can and jump up one shelf so that you're standing right next to the tuna can above. Push it to the left to give you running room. Jump up and to the right.
- Pull the tuna can on the bottom to the left then jump on it and finally jump up to the right to get the Torn Page.
- To leave quickly, click on the green restart button in the lower left.
- Run left to leave the kitchen and head to the living room.
CJ's Apartment: Living Room
We're getting close to the end. In this part, you need to get CJ's Diary Key out of the fish tank. You can't just jump directly in the tank because the fish will bump you out. We need to distract the little fishies!
- Run over to the toy truck and then use the screwdriver from your backpack. This will remove the battery from the truck.
- Jump up onto the table top, stand next to the TV remote, and then use the battery from your backpack. Then jump onto the green button on the remote to turn the TV on.
- Now jump up onto the TV and climb the antenna to build up a static electricity charge. You'll see white sparkles all over you.
- Then jump up to the left to the green ballon. The static electricity charge will attach you to the ballon and you'll float up and to the left. You will land safely on the frame of the Poshville Boardwalk picture on the wall.
- Jump off to the left, and you'll land on the shelf with the fish food. Push it to the left so that it tips over and drops food into the fish tank.
- The fish will start eating the food and will be distracted so that you can jump into the tank and take the key.
- Jump out of the fish tank onto the floor.
Return to CJ's Bedroom
Now that we've got the diary key, it's time to head back to CJ's bedroom and find the next clue.
- Go left to CJ's bedroom and then jump up on her desk. Open your backpack and use the thumb drive to put it in the computer. You'll need to enter the password. The correct password is m4r13 cur13. Marie Curie is CJ's hero and you should replace the i's with 1's, the a with a 4 and the e's with 3's.
- The blueprints for the shrink ray gun will be uploaded.
- Jump up again to get on the shelf with the Rubik's Cube and her green diary.
- Use the key in your backpack to open the diary.
- Use the torn page in your backpack to complete the ripped part of the diary and you'll get a message from CJ. It sounds like the thief is close by!
- Now jump on the thermostat and make it spin to red so that the heat turns on.
- Jump down onto the desk and stand next to the microscope. Then use the piece of paper from your backpack to put it down on the desk.
- Jump up onto the lamp and then bounce up and down a few times to bring it down closer to the paper. When it won't go down anymore, click the light switch to turn it on.
- The heat from the lamp reveals the secret message from CJ that was written in lemon juice on the paper. It says, Look for me in the telescope. School coordinates.
- Now go to the left to the next section of the bedroom.
- Knock over the wastepaper basket and a bunch of paper will fall out and then rise up in the air from the heat coming up through the vent.
- Use the papers as jumping platforms to get up on top of the bed. Then pick up the morse code key from the top of the bed.
- Jump over onto the telescope. Then stand on each dial and spin them to the following coordinates: x – 87 and y – 16.
- Now look through the telescope. CJ is inside the classroom at PS 101 and she's sending you a message in morse code. Use the key to decipher the message and click each letter as she sends them to you. The full message is: flush the thumb drive.
- Leave the bedroom and head for the bathroom.
CJ's Apartment: Bathroom
The bathroom in CJ's apartment is kind of disgusting. Good thing we only need to spend a short time here. The goal is to get past the bathtub and over to the toilet so that we can flush the thumb drive.
- Run to the left and jump up on the drawer handles to reach the counter top.
- Jump onto the hair dryer and stand on the back end so that it tips up. Then click on the red button to turn it on.
- Leap into the stream of hot air and then you'll end up on top of the shower curtain rod and move to the next part of the bathroom.
- Drop down onto the soap dish and push the bar of soap off to the right. Jump down into the tub.
- Go to the right and climb up the rope. Then stand on the faucet handle and run to spin it and turn the water on. The water will fill up the tub so you can swim over to the floating bar of soap.
- Jump onto the bar of soap and from there jump onto the rubber duck's back.
- Now jump out of the tub to the left.
- Jump onto the red plunger and onto the stack of toilet paper. Then leap up to the toilet bowl.
- While standing on the bowl, use the thumb drive in your backpack to drop it inside.
- Next jump onto the flush handle to send the thumb drive on its merry way.
- Finally, head back the way you came to leave the bathroom.
CJ's Apartment: The Great Escape
Now we need to get out of the apartment, which is going to be challenging because we're still shrunken. Here's how to do it!
- Go all the way back to the telescope in CJ's bathroom and set it to the same coordinates (87,16). Peek into it again and CJ has a new message for you.
- The new message reveals the villain. It reads, thief is Mr. Silva.
- Now we need to escape the apartment and rescue CJ!
- Go back to the living room and take the battery out of the remote control. Then put it into the toy truck.
- Get in and drive the toy truck left into CJ's bedroom.
- Get out of the truck and jump up onto CJ's bookshelf. Go to the top where you'll find a book called, Tess's Tree by Jess M. Brallier. Push the book off the shelf to make it land and form a ramp that your truck can go over.
- Fun Fact: Jess Brallier is one of the Poptropica Creators! He is the publisher and general manager of the game.
- Jump back down and get in the truck. Drive over the ramp and you'll see a short cinematic where you drive up and through the glass window out into the street.
Rescue at PS 101
Now we're off to rescue CJ and stop Mr. Silva once and for all.
- You'll start playing an easy overhead mini-game where you need to drive the truck down the street while avoiding obstacles. The ride lasts a little over a minute and it very easy to complete.
- You'll end up inside the window of Mr. Silva's office in the school. Run to the left and there's CJ!
- Unfortunately, Mr. Silva shows up and he's trying to shrink you into oblivion. Now you need to avoid the ray gun.
- The next sequence is a lot like the World War I sequence with Snoopy in Great Pumpkin Island. You need to hide behind objects when the ray gun appears so that it shrinks the object instead of you. Move to the left across the floor. You can either pause behind each object or skip every other one (if you're quick enough). If you get hit by the ray gun, you have to start over.
- When you reach the reticulated quartz sample and Mr. Silva shrinks it, jump up onto the yearbook on the left and then immediately jump onto the desk above. Then quickly hide behind his microscope.
- After he shrinks the microscope, run right to the base of the globe. Mr. Silva will shrink it and the globe will fall off to the floor. Jump down to the floor and hide behind the books.
- Wait for him to shrink the books, then push the globe under the chair. Jump up onto it and then leap to the chair and to his desk. Land behind the apple and lunchbox.
- After he shrinks the apple and lunchbox, run all the way to the right until you are hiding behind the mirror.
- When Mr. Silva tries to shrink you this time, the shrink ray reflects off the mirror and hits him! He shrinks himself and falls into the ant farm jar, where he's trapped!
- CJ appears and tells you to flip the switch to grow. Walk over and click the switch and then you'll both return to normal size.
- You'll be back at the science fair, standing with CJ and her parents. Her new exhibit is on display and it's called, The Incredible Shrunken Man. Looks like CJ won first prize for the exhibit and you get the island medallion for solving Shrink Ray Island. Congratulations!
Here are some more screenshots from Shrink Ray Island, including some of the sneak previews that the creators released before the island was available to play.


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This weeks Guest Designer is.....
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Here's a little about Liz
Hi, I'm Liz and turned 29 for the first time this year. I am Norwegian, and after three years in London I am now back in Norway. I went back to University last year and in a couple of weeks I am starting on my Master's Degree in political science. I also work part time in health care. Hopefully I will still have time to craft!
Last year, in August, I had a random impulse to try to create cards and bought my first copics and first few tools. Since then the collection of pens, tools and paper has grown massively and I am having such great fun making cards! Prior to said impulse, my only crafting experience was colouring as a child. This blog was primarily made as a way for me to track my progress and easily have access to photos of what I have made.
Before I made any cards I did a little cross-stitching, only a few patterns, and some knitting (primarily hats!). Apart from crafting I love photography and web design.
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(Poem #1454) An Exile's Lament
Beneath the golden balm Settling on the fields Evening steals in calm And farmers count their yields The bee is in the lavender, The honey fills the comb, But here a rain falls never-ending And I am far from home.
Note: From the novel "Kushiel's Dart" I don't know whether this poem counts, as it's a far cry from recognized poetry -- but it's worth suggesting, at very least, as the images are dead on, vivid without calling attention to themselves, and it's a beautiful portrayal of a less-than-beautful kind of sadness. It's in fact out of a fantasy novel series (which while being exceptionally well-written and highly entertaining is not "good literature"). [Martin adds] I've always liked quietly atmospheric "still" poems like today's - the imagery comes across very nicely, and while I can see it working well in a fantasy novel, the fact is irrelevant to its appreciation. And as for the comment on the series - well, there's all the difference between good literature and "Good Literature", and I'm far more a fan of the former than the latter. And it's always nice to see fantasy with *good* poetry - there's way too much of the other kind around. I've put it on my 'to read' list. [Links] Jacqueline Carey's homepage: http://www.jacquelinecarey.com/ Biography: [broken link] http://www.jacquelinecarey.com/bio.html


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Getting Smart About Business IntelligenceBy Michael Vizard Print
The evolution of enterprise-class apps and services will end the generation of useless reports.
For almost as long as it has existed, business intelligence has been one of the applications on the cusp of going mainstream. After all, IT should be about a lot more than collecting data. We need data that is actionable.
Collecting data is a lot easier than creating useful information from all the data collected. As a result, IT people have been charged with creating the reports because they understand the intricacies of the data warehouses and applications. But, of course, no one on the business side is happy with the way the reports are tabulated and formatted, because they're created by IT people who really didn't understand what they were looking for in the first place.
Truth be told, the responsibility for generating these types of reports should rest with the business side. For example, Southwestern Energy has created a special business intelligence team, led by Chad Erman, which crafts the company's BI strategy in concert with IT. This means business users typically get what they really want and shorthanded IT departments don't have to dedicate people to running reports that are ultimately discarded.
As this trend takes hold because the business intelligence tools are becoming more accessible to the average user, the number of users taking advantage of the tools will rise. This presents a bit of a challenge to the vendors in this space because their collective cornucopia of products and modules dissuades people from invoking business intelligence applications that make it too hard to figure out which function or toolset will accomplish the desired task. For the enterprise, the challenge is figuring out if you can afford the applications, and how many licenses you need to support your users.
The vendors will argue that this modular approach is needed because customers don't want to pay for things they don't use and this allows them to see what they're actually using. But vendors also abuse this strategy to milk more revenue from the customer—more than a few of these modules are really features of some other product masquerading as a separate necessity. You can, of course, get around this by buying an enterprisewide site license, but that will cost you a fair amount up front.
The good news is that, with the acquisition of Cognos by IBM and Business Objects by SAP, there may be a lot more willingness to explore the constraints holding back the adoption of business intelligence. After all, these vendors have to recoup their investments by driving up the number of licenses being used. At the same time, the consolidation in this space is also likely to attract interest from Microsoft, who probably sees business intelligence as the next great natural extension of the Microsoft Office platform. We should also expect to see a rise in software-as-a-service offerings that target the business intelligence space, especially for more routine reports that don't require a whole lot of customization.
As Cognos president and CEO Rob Ashe put it recently, what we've just been through is "a 10-year beta cycle" for business intelligence applications that ultimately will prove a bigger market than the transaction processing applications typically dominating IT today. And those next-generation business intelligence applications are going to look a lot more like Web 2.0 consumer applications than the canned reports most people see today
For example, envision a world where not only is search embedded in every application, but any handheld device can be used to kick off any type of mash-up report on demand because the back-end architecture of the business intelligence application relies on a service-oriented architecture. Better still, imagine being able to reverse engineer a particular workflow or business process simply by tracking the metadata that sits above the business intelligence framework. No more guessing about who's using what application and why.
With any luck, instead of waiting another 10 years for business intelligence to become really useful, this might all play out in the next two years—maybe sooner. Southwestern says the approach works just fine for them.
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Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives William Batchelder '67, who has more than 40 years of public service to his credit, will visit Ohio State law on April 15.
On April 2, the Program on Law and Leadership will host "Judges as Leaders: Stories from Behind the Bench" featuring Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Court, Judge R. Guy Cole Jr., and Judge Jeffrey Sutton, both of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law's annual Public Interest Law Foundation Auction will be held March 6 at Ohio Stadium, and there are hundreds of items upon which to bid.
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MELBOURNE great Gerard Healy has hit out at AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou and the AFL Commission and fears the Demons could be left financially depleted if found guilty of tanking.
As the Melbourne board, chief executive Cameron Schwab, former football manager Chris Connolly and former coach Dean Bailey responded on Tuesday to the league's investigation into the 2009 season, Healy expressed concerns about the club's future.
"If they are found guilty of tanking, they may have the very existence of the football club at threat," he said. "They are a holder of a gaming licence down at the Bentleigh Club. If, in fact, the club is found to have been unscrupulous in its behaviour, if you want to use those terms, that capacity for them to hold that licence may be at threat. That would provide them with one or two million [dollars] a year.
"Their sponsorships have all got clauses that say they [sponsors] could walk out if, in fact, they are guilty."
The board, Schwab and Connolly are facing charges of bringing the game into disrepute and tampering with the draft. Bailey also faces a charge of not coaching to his utmost.
Through their individual lawyers, all parties had to show reason to the AFL by Tuesday why they should not be charged. The AFL's acting football operations manager, Gillon McLachlan, will now play a key role in deciding their fate.
Lawyers for at least two of the parties were expected to hold back from responding in full in case a hearing is convened.
Healy, who played 121 matches for the Demons before joining Sydney and winning a Brownlow Medal, believes the Demons tanked to secure the top two picks in the '09 national draft.
"I don't know what the AFL should do. What I thought at the time was they were tanking and nothing has probably changed my mind," he said.
Healy said Demetriou and the AFL Commission had erred in their handling of the controversy, which simmered for years before exploding last year when former Melbourne player Brock McLean made his stunning revelations that Melbourne had tanked.
"I also think Andrew Demetriou should have called an amnesty only a few months ago when Brock McLean made this thing go front and centre again," Healy said on 3AW.
"I think if they called the amnesty it would have sufficed … under the salary-cap cheating [amnesty], every club put their hand up bar two or three.
"Andrew Demetriou has also got to understand he has played a significant role in creating the environment for which four or five clubs have tanked. They have taken away the incentive, but his reluctance to accept what the whole world was telling him, his complete denial that tanking existed, allowed clubs to think they could get away with it. It was almost tacit approval.
"I think the commission needs to cop a bit on the chin about this one as well, because they stuffed up with their handling of this."
The AFL last year toughened the guidelines for securing a priority draft pick.
"If [the Demons] are found guilty, they are going to court. You can guarantee – unless there is a deal done – they are off to court," Healy said.
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You can forgive Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for wondering this morning, "Jeez, of all the seedy, steroid-infested, slimy illegal gin joints in all the world, I had to walk into his."
In one of those stories that ends up with your name "connected" to things, BALCO perpetual non-testifier Greg Anderson dropped Brady's name in a statement to prosecutors as a potential workout partner.
"I had only one brief conversation with Tom Brady regarding a potential future workout," Anderson said in the statement. "I never had another phone conversation with him and never discussed it with anyone."
As far as smoking guns go, it's about as much of one as "Brady went to Bonds' high school." (Which he did. OOOOOOH!) The New York Daily News does what it can to add intrigue to the story, pointing out that Brady was "mysteriously absent for several days near the start of training camp." Here, let's solve the mystery for you: He was getting steroids injected to his ass by Greg Anderson. We mean, it seems obvious, doesn't it?
Brady Linked To BALCO [NY Daily News]


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ARM Licenses Latest Multiprocessor Technology to Toshiba
Toshiba adopts Cortex-A9 MPCore multicore processor, Cortex-R4F processor and other ARM technology
CAMBRIDGE -- May. 21, 2008 -- ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMH)] , today announced a major technology licensing agreement with Toshiba Corporation encompassing the ARM® Cortex™ -A9 processor, the Cortex-R4F processor, NEON™ SIMD technology, PrimeCell® peripherals and CoreSight™ on-chip trace and debugging technology. This comprehensive adoption of ARM technology by Toshiba, and its Cortex-M3 processor license last year (see Toshiba Selects ARM Cortex-M3 Processor For Automotive Applications), will enable the company to provide an ARM Powered® system-on-chip portfolio across the full performance spectrum.
The Cortex-A9 MPCore multicore processor is ideal for smartphones, mobile internet devices (MIDs) and consumer electronics whereas the Cortex-R4F processor has been designed for embedded use in hard-disk drives, automotive safety systems, mobile baseband, and printer applications.
"This comprehensive licensing agreement adds strategic strength to our ARM Cortex portfolio," said Yasuo Kawahara, General Manager of System LSI Sales and Marketing Division, Toshiba's Semiconductor Company. "We are now positioned to fully respond to market needs by exploiting the total potential of ARM powered system-on-chip solutions. We expect the agreement to make a major contribution to expanding Toshiba's business."
ARM MPCore technology increases performance scalability and control over power consumption, enhancing the functionality of high-performance devices operating within tight power constraints. The Cortex-A9 MPCore multicore processor is ARM's second-generation MPCore processor capable of delivering 2.50 DMIPS/MHz per CPU and has been developed to deliver advanced MPCore technology to a breadth of new application markets. To simplify and broaden the adoption of multicore solutions, the Cortex-A9 processor supports system-level coherence with accelerators and DMA to increase performance and reduce power consumption at the system level. The Cortex-R4F processor is designed for deeply embedded applications and provides greater performance than any other processor with similar die size to meet the diverse needs of the embedded microprocessor market.
In addition to the Cortex processors, the agreement included other ARM technology including ARM NEON technology that provides advanced SIMD technology for advanced multimedia, gaming and compute intensive applications; ARM CoreSight on-chip debug and trace technology; and ARM PrimeCell peripheral IP including cache controllers, interrupt controllers and DMA controllers.
"This licensing agreement signifies Toshiba's firm support for ARM technology," said Graham Budd, EVP and general manager, Processor Division, ARM. "Our latest agreement with Toshiba demonstrates the continued and ever growing market demand for the ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore multicore processor as well as the Cortex-R4F processor. By leveraging the Cortex family of processors along with the other advanced ARM technology, Toshiba can offer optimized, brand new solutions for every segment of the device market."
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Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Bombala, New South Wales)
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The Holy Monastery of the Holy Transfiguration is a monastic community for men under the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. The monastery is located in Bombala, New South Wales, and was originally established as Transfiguration of the Saviour Skete under the omophorion of His Eminence Archbishop Paul of Sydney by Archimandrite Alexis, who remains the abbot, and currently has three priest-monks (including the abbot) in residence.
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A Christian ( ) is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. "Christian" derives from the Koine Greek word Christós (Χριστός), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term mashiach.[1]
There are diverse interpretations of Christianity which sometimes conflict.[2][3] However, "Whatever else they might disagree about, Christians are at least united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance."[2] The term "Christian" is also used adjectivally to describe anything associated with Christianity, or in a proverbial sense "all that is noble, and good, and Christ-like."[4] It is also used as a label to identify people who associate with the cultural aspects of Christianity, irrespective of personal religious beliefs or practices.[5]
- Etymology 1
Early usage 2
- Nazarenes 2.1
Modern usage 3
- Definition 3.1
- Hebrew terms 3.2
- Arabic terms 3.3
- Asian terms 3.4
- Russian terms 3.5
- Demographics 4
- Notable individuals 5
- See also 6
- Bibliography 7
- References 8
The Greek word Χριστιανός (Christianos), meaning "follower of Christ", comes from Χριστός (Christos), meaning "anointed one",[6] with an adjectival ending borrowed from Latin to denote adhering to, or even belonging to, as in slave ownership.[7] In the Greek Septuagint, christos was used to translate the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (Mašíaḥ, messiah), meaning "[one who is] anointed."[8] In other European languages, equivalent words to Christian are likewise derived from the Greek, such as Chrétien in French and Cristiano in Spanish.
Early usage
The first recorded use of the term (or its cognates in other languages) is in the New Testament, in Acts 11:26, after Barnabas brought Saul (Paul) to Antioch where they taught the disciples for about a year, the text says: "[...] the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch." The second mention of the term follows in Acts 26:28, where Herod Agrippa II replied to Paul the Apostle, "Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." The third and final New Testament reference to the term is in 1 Peter 4:16, which exhorts believers: "Yet if [any man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf."
Kenneth Samuel Wuest holds that all three original New Testament verses' usages reflect a derisive element in the term Christian to refer to followers of Christ who did not acknowledge the emperor of Rome.[9] The city of Antioch, where someone gave them the name Christians, had a reputation for coming up with such nicknames.[10] However Peter's apparent endorsement of the term led to its being preferred over "Nazarenes" and the term Christianoi from 1 Peter becomes the standard term in the Early Church Fathers from Ignatius and Polycarp onwards.[11]
The earliest occurrences of the term in non-Christian literature include Josephus, referring to "the tribe of Christians, so named from him;"[12] Pliny the Younger in correspondence with Trajan; and Tacitus, writing near the end of the 1st century. In the Annals he relates that "by vulgar appellation [they were] commonly called Christians"[13] and identifies Christians as Nero's scapegoats for the Great Fire of Rome.[14]
Another term for Christians which appears in the New Testament is "Nazarenes" which is used by the Jewish lawyer Tertullus in Acts 24. Tertullian (Against Marcion 4:8) records that "the Jews call us Nazarenes," while around 331 AD Eusebius records that Christ was called a Nazoraean from the name Nazareth, and that in earlier centuries "Christians," were once called "Nazarenes."[15] The Hebrew equivalent of "Nazarenes", Notzrim, occurs in the Babylonian Talmud, and is still the modern Israeli Hebrew term for Christian.
Modern usage
DefinitionA wide range of beliefs and practices is found across the world among those who call themselves Christian. Denominations and sects disagree on a common definition of "Christianity". For example, Timothy Beal notes the disparity of beliefs among those who identify as Christians in the United States as follows:
Although all of them have their historical roots in Christian theology and tradition, and although most would identify themselves as Christian, many would not identify others within the larger category as Christian. Most Baptists and Fundamentalists, for example, would not acknowledge Mormonism or Christian Science as Christian. In fact, the nearly 77 percent of Americans who self-identify as Christian are a diverse pluribus of Christianities that are far from any collective unity.[16]
Linda Woodhead attempts to provide a common belief thread for Christians by noting that "Whatever else they might disagree about, Christians are at least united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance."[2] Philosopher Michael Martin, in his book The Case Against Christianity, evaluated three historical Christian creeds (the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed and the Athanasian Creed) to establish a set of basic assumptions which include belief in theism, the historicity of Jesus, the Incarnation, salvation through faith in Jesus, and Jesus as an ethical role model.[17]
Hebrew terms
As the identification of the Messiah with Jesus is not accepted within Judaism, the Talmudic term for Christians in Hebrew is Notzrim ("Nazarenes"), originally derived from the fact that Jesus came from the village of Nazareth in Israel.[18] However, Messianic Jews are referred to in modern Hebrew as יהודים משיחיים (Yehudim Meshihi'im).
Arabic terms
In Arabic-speaking cultures, two words are commonly used for Christians: Nasrani (نصراني), plural Nasara (نصارى) is generally understood to be derived from Nazareth[19] through the Syriac (Aramaic); Masihi (مسيحي) means followers of the Messiah.[19][20]
Where there is a distinction, Nasrani refers to people from a Christian culture and Masihi means those with a religious faith in Jesus.[21] In some countries Nasrani tends to be used generically for non-Muslim white people.[21] Another Arabic word sometimes used for Christians, particularly in a political context, is Salibi (صليبي "Crusader") from salib (صليب "crucifix") which refers to Crusaders and has negative connotations.[20][22]
Asian terms
The Syriac term Nasrani (Nazarene) has also been attached to the Saint Thomas Christians of Kerala, India. In the Indian subcontinent, Christians call themselves Isaai (Hindi: ईसाई, Urdu: عیسائی), and are also known by this term to adherents of other religions.[23] This is related to the name they call Jesus, 'Isa Masih, and literally means 'the followers of 'Isa'.
In the past, the Malays used to call the Portuguese Serani from the Arabic Nasrani, but the term now refers to the modern Kristang creoles of Malaysia.
The Chinese word is 基督徒 (pinyin: jīdū tú), literally "Christ follower." The two characters now pronounced Jīdū in Mandarin Chinese, were originally pronounced Ki-To in Cantonese as representation of Latin "Cristo." In Vietnam, the same two characters read Cơ đốc, and a "follower of Christianity" is a tín đồ Cơ đốc giáo.
In Japan, the term kirishitan (written in Edo period documents 吉利支丹, 切支丹, and in modern Japanese histories as キリシタン), from Portuguese cristão, referred to Roman Catholics in the 16th and 17th centuries before the religion was banned by the Tokugawa shogunate. Today, Christians are referred to in Standard Japanese as キリスト教徒, Kirisuto-kyōto or the English-derived term クリスチャン kurisuchan.
Korean still uses 기독교도, Kidok-kyo-do for "Christian", though the Greek form Kurisudo 그리스도 has now replaced the old Sino-Korean Kidok, which refers to Christ himself.
Russian terms
Region of modern Eastern Europe and Central Eurasia (Russia, Ukraine and other countries of ex-USSR) have a long history of Christianity and Christian communities on its lands. In ancient times, first centuries after the birth of Christ, when this region was called Scythia - Christians already lived there.[24] Later here the first Christian states emerged, among them - Great Russian Principality (Kyivan Rus, рус. Великое княжество Русское). People of that time used to denote themselves Christians (христиане, крестьяне) and Russians (русские). Both terms had strong Christian connotations. It is also interesting that time by time the term "крестьяне" got the meaning - "peasants of christian faith" and later "peasants" - the main part of population of the region, term "христиане" saved his meaning and term "русские" began to mean representatives of heterogeneous Russian nation formed on the basis of common Christian faith and language, which strongly influenced the history and development of the region. In the region "Pravoslav faith" (православная вера) or "Russian faith" (русская вера) from earliest times became almost as known as the original "Christian faith" (христианская, крестьянская вера). Also in some contexts the term "cossack" (козак, казак - free man by the will of God) was used to denote "free" Christians of Steppe origin and Russian language.
As of the early 21st century, Christianity has approximately 2.4 billion adherents.[25][26][27] The faith represents about a third of the world's population and is the largest religion in the world, with approximately 38,000 Christian denominations.[28] Christians have composed about 33 percent of the world's population for around 100 years. The largest Christian denomination is the Roman Catholic Church, with 1.17 billion adherents, representing half of all Christians.[29]
Twenty countries with the most Christians Country Christians % Christian United States (details) 176,400,000 78.4% Brazil (details) 174,700,000 90.4% Mexico (details) 105,095,000 94.5% Russia (details) 99,775,000 70.3% Philippines (details) 90,530,000 92.4% Nigeria (details) 76,281,000 48.2% Congo, Democratic Republic of (details) 68,558,000 95.6% China, People's Republic of (details) 66,959,000 5.0% Italy (details) 55,070,000 91.1% Ethiopia (details) 54,978,000 64.5% Germany (details) 49,400,000 59.9% Colombia (details) 44,502,000 97.6% Ukraine (details) 41,973,000 91.5% South Africa (details) 39,843,000 79.7% Argentina (details) 37,561,000 92.7% Poland (details) 36,526,000 95.7% Spain (details) 35,568,000 77.2% France (details) 35,014,000 53.5% Kenya (details) 34,774,000 85.1% Uganda (details) 29,943,000 88.6%
Notable individuals
Christians have made a myriad contributions in a broad and diverse range of fields, including the sciences, arts, politics, literatures and business.[30][31][32][33][34][35] According to 100 Years of Nobel Prizes a review of Nobel prizes award between 1901 and 2000 reveals that (65.4%) of Nobel Prizes Laureates, have identified Christianity in its various forms as their religious preference.[36]
See also
- Christendom
- Christian Church
- Conversion to Christianity
- Cultural Christian
- Early Christianity
- List of Christian denominations
- List of Christian denominations by number of members
- List of Christian synonyms
- List of religions and spiritual traditions
- List of religious organizations
- Lists of Christians
- Rice Christian, referring to people who profess Christianity for material benefits
- Etymology
- Bickerman, Elias J. (April 1949). "The Name of Christians". The Harvard Theological Review 42 (2): 109–124. (from which page numbers are cited)
- Wuest, Kenneth Samuel (1973). Wuest's word studies from the Greek New Testament 1.
- ^ Bickerman (1949) p. 145, The Christians got their appellation from "Christus," that is, "the Anointed," the Messiah.
- ^ a b c Woodhead, Linda (2004). Christianity: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. n.p.
- ^ Beal, Timothy (2008). Religion in America: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 35, 39. Beal states that, "Although all of them have their historical roots in Christian theology and tradition, and although most would identify themselves as Christian, many would not identify others within the larger category as Christian. Most Baptists and Fundamentalists, for example, would not acknowledge Mormonism or Christian Science as Christian. In fact, the nearly 77 percent of Americans who self-identify as Christian are a diverse pluribus of Christianities that are far from any collective unity."
- ^
- ^ "Dawkins: I'm a cultural Christian". BBC News. 10 December 2007.
- ^ Christ at Etymology Online
^ Bickerman, 1949 p. 147, All these Greek terms, formed with the Latin suffix -ianus, exactly as the Latin words of the same derivation, express the idea that the men or things referred to, belong to the person to whose name the suffix is added.
p. 145, In Latin this suffix produced proper names of the type Marcianus and, on the other hand, derivatives from the name of a person, which referred to his belongings, like fundus Narcissianus, or, by extension, to his adherents, Ciceroniani.
- ^ Messiah at Etymology Online
- ^ #Wuest-1973 p. 19. The word is used three times in the New Testament, and each time as a term of reproach or derision. Here in Antioch, the name Christianos was coined to distinguish the worshippers of the Christ from the Kaisarianos, the worshippers of Caesar.
- ^ #Wuest-1973 p. 19. The city of Antioch in Syria had a reputation for coining nicknames.
- ^ Christine Trevett Christian women and the time of the Apostolic Fathers 2006 "'Christians' (christianoi) was a term first coined in Syrian Antioch (Acts 11: 26) and which appeared next in Christian sources in Ignatius, Eph 11.2; Rom 3.2; Pol 7.3. Cf. too Did 12.4; MPol 3.1; 10.1; 12.1-2; EpDiog 1.1; 4.6; 5.1;"
- ^
- ^ Tacitus, Cornelius; Murphy, Arthur (1836). The works of Cornelius Tacitus: with an essay on his life and genius, notes, supplements, &c. Thomas Wardle. p. 287.
- ^
- ^ Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies: Volume 65, Issue 1 University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies - 2002 "... around 331, Eusebius says of the place name Nazareth that 'from this name the Christ was called a Nazoraean, and in ancient times we, who are now called Christians, were once called Nazarenes';6 thus he attributes this designation ..."
- ^ Beal, Timothy (2008). Religion in America: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 35.
- ^
- ^ Nazarene at Etymology Online
- ^ a b Khaled Ahmed, Pakistan Daily Times.
- ^ a b Society for Internet Research, The Hamas Charter, note 62 (erroneously, "salidi").
- ^ a b Jeffrey Tayler, Trekking through the Moroccan Sahara.
- ^ Akbar S. Ahmed, Islam, Globalization, and Postmodernity, p 110.
- ^ "'"Catholic priest in saffron robe called 'Isai Baba.
- ^ http://azbyka.ru/dictionary/03/kartashev_vselenskie_sobory_07-all.shtml#s19
- ^ 33.39% of 7.174 billion world population (under "People and Society") "World". CIA world facts.
- ^ "The List: The World's Fastest-Growing Religions". foreignpolicy.com. March 2007. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
- ^ "Major Religions Ranked by Size". Adherents.com. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
- ^ Hinnells, The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion, p. 441.
- ^ Pontifical Yearbook 2010, Catholic News Agency. Accessed September 22, 2011.
- ^ Religious Affiliation of History's 100 Most Influential People
- ^ The Scientific 100
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- ^ Religious Affiliation of the World's Greatest Artists
- ^ The Wealthy 100
- ^ Religious Affiliation of History's Greatest Philosophers
- ^ Baruch A. Shalev, 100 Years of Nobel Prizes (2003),Atlantic Publishers & Distributors , p.57: between 1901 and 2000 reveals that 654 Laureates belong to 28 different religion Most (65.4%) have identified Christianity in its various forms as their religious preference.
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because (apparently) it might cause forgetfulness, misrepresentation or an uncontrollable urge to speak untruths. One example comes from the always feisty Thomas Ice, an ardent mouthpiece for (Classical) Dispensationalism.
The topic of discussion is the (rather untenable) notion of a secret pre-tribulation rapture of the saints as the first stage of Christ's second coming–i.e. what Classical Dispensationalists (mis)label the parousia.[1] Ice's beef is not necessarily with the teaching itself but with the qualifying term "secret" being attached to it.[2] Expressing his angst with those who (wrongly–in his view) describe the pre-tribulation as "secret", Ice says the following:
Sorry, but this is another mistake, another myth. In all my reading of pretribulationism and discussion with pretribulationists, I have never, that I can recall, heard a pre-trib rapturist use the nomenclature of "secret" to describe our view. I have only heard the phrase "secret" rapture as a pejorative term used exclusively by anti-pretribulationists. Why. Apparently they enjoy fighting a straw man.
T. Ice, "Rapture Myths" (accessed, 25-Dec-12);
cf. also the same article, yet posted here.[3]
Ice then pins the blame for this "myth" on Dave MacPherson, a staunch critic of both Ice and (Classical) Dispensationalism, and asserts that MacPherson misrepresented the truth in order to fuel his criticisms. However, it is in voicing his animosity against using "secret" and his railing against MacPherson that Ice slides into trouble in a number of ways.
First, it is simply not the case that MacPherson (or anyone else) created the description for (Classical) Dispensationalism's understanding of the (supposed) first-stage in order to mock it. Dispensationalists long before and after MacPherson's book (The Rapture Plot [1994]) regularly employed the term. For example:
- Clarence Larkin, Dispensational Truth (1918), 13-14
- Michael Baxter, Forty Prophetic Wonders (1918), 153
- Hal Lindsey, Late Great Planet Earth (1970), 142-43
- Robert Gundry, Church and the Tribulation (1974), 104
- Warren Wiersbe, Be Ready (1984), 19, 144
- Tim LaHaye, Prophecy Study Bible (2004), note on 1Thess 4.13
- Norman Geisler, Systematic Theology (2005), 4:623
- cf. also Charles Feinberg, Millennialism: Two Major Views (1985), 287
This raises the second problem: not one of the sources just listed uses the term "secret" in a negative way–contrary to what Ice boldly claims. In fact, not once in these works is "secret" used in any way other than an axiomatic description for the (so-called) pretribulation rapture. Thus, in this case, it would seem that it is Ice who has created the straw man argument, not the so-called anti-pretribulationists (e.g. MacPherson, Ken Gentry).
Third, Ice's adamant assertion that in all his reading he has not encountered the term "secret" used for the pretribulation view of the rapture is untenable. (Admittedly, he supplies his own escape-hatch with the qualifier: "that I can recall"). With someone as entrenched in Dispensationalism as Ice is, one would think that he's read the likes of Larkin, Lindsey, Feinberg; and with LaHaye being his colleague at the "Pre-Trib Research Center", it would be safe to assume that Ice has read LaHaye's stuff.
Even if we can't assume that, let's go on what we can know. In his 1990 article, "Why the Doctrine of the Pretribulation Rapture Did Not Begin with Margaret MacDonald," Ice quotes directly from John Walvoord's book, The Blessed Hope and Tribulation (1979). I mention this because Ice's quotation ends on the same page where Walvoord mentions the secret rapture (i.e. p. 43). And since Ice later quotes from p. 44 of Walvoord's book, we can be reasonably sure he noticed the reference to a "secret" rapture–that is unless Ice is reading selectively.
This is not just a one-off. In the same 1990 article, Ice refers to two other works that make explicit mention of a "secret rapture" (Timothy Weber, Living in the Shadow of the Second Coming [1984], 21; Harold Rowdon, The Origins of the Brethren 1825-1850 [1967], 231-32), and in both cases the tone is no where close to being pejorative. I have not had the opportunity to check other Ice articles to see if a similar phenomenon occurs. But on the basis of this 1990 article alone, I'm having a hard time believing Ice when he says he's never heard or read pre-trib rapturists use the term "secret" to describe the event in question.
Now, Ice might play his "I don't recall" card on these occasions, and if we're in a decent mood we might let it slide. Maybe. But there is one final problem for Ice when he blasts "anti-pretribulationists" for misrepresenting his view, and it is a problem that his trusty trump card cannot settle. In 2001, a book misleadingly called, Charting the End Times: A Visual Guide to Bible Prophecy & Its Fulfillment,[4] asserts the following (p.112):
When examining Scripture, the honest seeker after truth must face the fact that there are 15 differences between the two phases of Christ's coming that cannot reconciled. This alone makes it impossible for them to be the same event. One is a secret coming, the other is public for all to see. One will cause participants to rejoice, and the other will cause people to mourn. [emphasis added]
Notice that the statement is not pejorative, misrepresenting or even anti-pretribulationist. It specifically refers to a "secret coming" [i.e. rapture] of Christ as nearly axiomatic of "biblical" prophecy, and something that is a positive find for "the honest seeker after truth." The authors of this book? Tim LaHaye and Thomas Ice.
It would seem that in his haste to ridicule those who disagree with him, Ice has wrongly accused his opponents of crimes they did not commit; he has not accurately represented what other Dispensationalists are saying; and he has apparently forgotten his own contribution to the problem he seeks to eradicate. But it is often the case that when anger sets in, the mouth opens and the eyes shut.
[1] For now I will side-step the discussion on how Classical Dispensationalists argue for a two-stage return of Christ and how the term "parousia" (supposedly) refers to the first stage.
[2] In some ways, Ice's argument resembles John Walvoord's attempt to avoid the term "secret" and yet accept the idea (cf. Church in Prophecy [1964], 83, 136-37).
[3] I have taken screenshots of both sites, just in case Ice wants to
erase alter retract his original statement.
[4] The sub-title should read, "A Visual Guide to Dispensational Prophecy & Its Fulfillment".


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Report: Most Americans still live in unclean air
LOS ANGELES — Six in 10 Americans — about 175 million people — are living in places where air pollution often reaches dangerous levels, despite progress in reducing particle pollution, the American Lung Association said in a report released Wednesday.
The Los Angeles area had the nation's worst ozone pollution. Houston-Baytown-Huntsville and Dallas-Fort Worth were seventh and 13th respectively on the worst ozone pollution list.
The San Antonio area received an "F" grade for ozone pollution, with 34 orange ozone alert days from 2006 to 2008. An orange ozone alert means the air is unhealthy for sensitive groups, such as people with lung disease, the elderly and children.
The report examined fine particulate matter over 24-hour periods and as a year-round average. Bakersfield, Calif., had the worst short-term particle pollution, and the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale area of Arizona had the worst year-round particle pollution — a list that also included the Houston area, which ranked 16th worst.
Complete monitoring data was unavailable for Bexar County, so it was excluded from the particle pollution analysis.
The U.S. cities with the cleanest air were Fargo, N.D., Wahpeton, N.D., and Lincoln, Neb. Amarillo, Austin-Round Rock, Brownsville-Harlingen-Raymondville, Corpus Christi-Kingsville, Laredo, Longview-Marshall, McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr and Midland-Odessa were the Texas cities with the cleanest air.
The report is accurate but doesn't show how far California has come, said Dimitri Stanich, a spokesman for the California Air Resources Board.
"More than 45 percent of the days in the 1990 ozone season were considered very unhealthy (in the South Coast area). Today, 45 percent of the days are clean, more than double the number of clean days during 1990."
"So while we are still not meeting the federal air quality standards, the concentrations that Californians are exposed to are coming down dramatically," he said.
In Arizona, Benjamin H. Grumbles, the state's environmental quality director, issued a statement objecting to the methodology of the report highlighting the Phoenix area's levels of particulates such as dust.
"This finding came about because of one lonely air quality monitor near the cowtown area of western Pinal County, nearly 40 miles and across the mountains from downtown Phoenix," he said. He also called the report, based on 2006-08 figures, outdated, saying pollution levels have improved since then.
He said the state recognizes that the Phoenix area has significant air pollution problems, and "we're making some progress on dust and ozone in the Phoenix area, but not enough and not as quickly as we'd like."
The report doesn't do much to inspire pollution-plagued areas to continue working to clean their air, said Jaime Holt, chief communications officer for the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District in Fresno, which oversees the Bakersfield area.
"We are one of the dirtiest places in the nation, and we recognize that, but we are much cleaner than we used to be and we wish that side of the coin had been mentioned," she said.
The report gave Bakersfield an "F'' grade — again.
"If you are a student who was getting 10 percent on tests every year and you improved to 50 percent on tests every year, you are still failing, but you've made tremendous improvements," Holt said. But if the instructor keeps yelling that you are failing, it doesn't inspire you to keep doing the work it took to get from 10 percent to 50 percent, she said.
The Lung Association' credited cleaner diesel engines and controls on coal-fired power plants for decreasing pollution such as soot and dust. However, the report estimates that nearly 30 million people live in areas with chronic levels of pollution so that even when levels are relatively low, people can be exposed to particles that will increase the risk of asthma, lung damage and premature death.
About 24 million people live in 18 counties with unhealthy levels of ozone, short-term particle pollution and year-round particle pollution, the report said, adding that new research shows the risk of health problems from pollution may be worse than once thought, especially for infants and children.
The California Air Resources Board has tripled its estimates of premature deaths in California from particle pollution to 18,000 a year, the report said. Stanich said those numbers were taken from 2008 documents and were in the process of being updated now. He said he expected new numbers in about a month.
Freeways remain high-risk areas for everyone, the study said, increasing the risk of heart attack, allergies, premature births and infant deaths.
The two biggest air pollution threats in the United States are ozone and particle pollution, the Lung Association said. Others include carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and a variety of toxic substances.
For the first time, the association included people living in poverty as one of its at-risk groups, reasoning that people with lower income levels face higher pollution risks.


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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
That One Damn Book
Tony: Can you pick up that one book Eric is reading?
Ann: Yes. I'll walk up to the help counter and say can you point me in the right direction? I'd like to buy that one book Eric is reading.
Funny, I don't recall psychic abilities being part of the marriage vows.
However, it is quite endearing that he thinks me either so omnipotent or omniscient, or just so capable, that I can take the above information from him, and nothing else, and FIND THAT BOOK.
There was one day when I swore I was seeing his aura and I told him I thought it was indigo. Or was that his shirt and it was just after my eye appointment where I had my pupils dilated? Well, either way - the guy believes in me like there is no tomorrow and I'm going to find that damn book Eric is reading.
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Well, damn. Now I want to what the heck Eric is reading.
Our men really do love us, don't they?
- August 20, 2008 at 10:27 AM
I just finished "Master of the Delta" by Thomas Cook; that's a good book. Maybe Eric is reading that book.
Your post is dripping with sarcasm.
- August 20, 2008 at 11:29 AM
My husband is the same way; he provides me with very little information, but has 100% confidence that I can get the job done. If that's part of the pedestal he places me upon, I'm taking it.
- August 20, 2008 at 1:08 PM
- flutter said...
does he do tarot, too?
- August 20, 2008 at 2:24 PM
- dharmamama said...
I called a bookstore once to see if they carried a book, and the name of the book and author completely dropped out of my brain while the phone was ringing. When the guy picked up the phone I said, "I'm looking for that book... I can't remember the title or author... do you have it?" He started laughing and said, "I believe we do!" I was able to rememeber one word: Buddha. So I said, "It's... something about Buddha." And he said, "If You Meet the Buddha On the Road, Kill Him! Is that it?"
It was. They had it. Only once since then - when a book fell off a shelf and hit me in my head - have I felt so much like I was *supposed* to read something.
I believe you can find that book that Eric's reading.
And, of course, once you do, you have to tell us what it was!
- August 20, 2008 at 3:05 PM
- Sugar Jones said...
Maybe he is trying to understand women better... could he be reading Forever? hahahaha...
I'm in the middle of Amy Tan's memoir, The Opposite of Fate. Right before that I had The Time Traveler's Wife on my night stand. Both great reads.
- August 20, 2008 at 4:43 PM
- John D. said...
Hahaha. Here's 1/20 of the information you'll need, now get me the intended result. The result that's IN MY HEAD - DUH! I usually get this at least once a day from the boss. In MY case, I consider this sheer idiocy. But in your case, I do believe it's love and faith in you. : )
- August 20, 2008 at 5:30 PM
- Ann said...
Meagan: I know, I want to know too - and it better be worth it. They ARE good to us, aren't they?
Morton: That sounds like a book he'd like, actually. Totally flipping my hair on the sarcasm comment.
Sarah b.: I agree. I'll take any pedestal I'm offered, frankly, and why the heck not, right? AMEN, sister!
Flutter: He's taking appointments.
Dharmamama: See? I do kinda think I can go there and they'll be all "Oh, YEAH, that Eric book? Of COURSE! Right over here, ma'am."
Sugar: You brought me back to teenage years. "Dear God, It's Me Margaret".
John: Too kind, too kind. If I can't live up to it, I think I'll claim a lapse in medication.
- August 20, 2008 at 6:39 PM
- Clumbsy Cookie said...
I'm curious now! I want to know what's Eric reading! Man... They have simpler minds, bless them!
- August 21, 2008 at 2:39 PM
Why? Why? Why does everyone think that we are mind readers? I get the same thing all the time. Particularly from Josh who assumes that I know Army slang. Which I don't. The only one I know is SNAFU and that's only because it contains my very most favorite four letter word.
"I'm going to ANCOC next week."
Good for you. Which small worn-torn eastern European country was that before it split and changed its name??
It's a military school, BTW. Who would have known?
Certainly not I.
P.S. You are forgiven. Darning is more fun to say than to do anyway.
- August 21, 2008 at 2:55 PM
- MamaGeek @ Works For Us said...
Ok, so what IS Eric reading? My husband is the same way only he'd forget Eric's name too! OY.
- August 21, 2008 at 5:36 PM
- Leslie said...
sound like me and my husband..very lovingly sarcastic with eachother!
- August 21, 2008 at 5:37 PM
I have a similar situation with my dear husband. He misplaces his keys, gloves, sunglasses, what have you, and then wonders if I know where he put them. That would be a NO, dear, I don't know. I'm busy trying to remember where I put my own sh*t!
- August 21, 2008 at 5:46 PM
- Lisa Wheeler Milton said...
I used to spend half my day as a bookseller doing just that: finding books with little to go on.
(And now I'm guilty of doing the same, with a smirk, of course.)
- August 21, 2008 at 5:55 PM
- Jennifer S said...
Hmm, wonder if Eric reads your blog? That would be helpful.
- August 21, 2008 at 9:57 PM
- Manager Mom said...
You mean, "To love, honor, and read your mind" was not part of YOUR wedding vows?
- August 22, 2008 at 4:39 AM
- NV said...
I can't help but think of a very old Roseanne Barr bit where she talks about her husband (and this was long before Tom Arnold) saying:
"Roseanne, where's my socks? Roseanne, where's my car keys? Like the uterus is a tracking device."
- August 22, 2008 at 9:58 AM
- hungryandfrozen said...
Aw. I love your slices of life just as much as your slices of pie and cake :D
- August 24, 2008 at 10:20 PM
- Real Live Lesbian said...
A friend of mine told me about a good book about a month ago. Would you pick up that one for me while you're channelling friends minds at the bookstore?
- August 25, 2008 at 7:18 AM
ann you're so funny. your posts always bring a smile to my face. one day, if you're cool with that, i'm gona put u in my book as the coolest character in the world ;) x
- August 25, 2008 at 8:32 PM


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For those of you who don't know, the Packergeeks are huge followers of United States Soccer. How could that be? That's the "wrong" kind of football…for wimps…etc etc etc. Truth is, I started playing soccer when I was really young and played right through college. I also played some informally in Scotland and Costa Rica – so I had the unique chance to see different styles of the game from different parts of the world. I love the game and I always have. When great teams are playing in rhythm there is just something hypnotic about the flow of a well-played soccer game. As a player, I have so much respect for all the small, often unnoticed technical aspects of the game. For example, every time the ball comes to these guys, their ability to control the ball immediately and then make an instant decision about what to do with the ball is so impressive – and so incredibly difficult – it's hard to describe to those who don't play the game. Getting themselves out of tight spaces without giving up the ball when 2-3 defenders are all over them – just amazing. The pinpoint passing of players like Andrea Pirlo from Italy, Messi's sixth soccer sense on the field, the athleticism of the goalkeepers – extraordinary to watch.
But what I love so much about the World Cup in particular is that it is the one time people in the US can take true national pride in the performance of our team in a sport we're not supposed to be good at. Sure, there are the Olympics – but we always are up there in medal count and the events/sports are usually, I don't know, odd. I like the Olympics but this is just different. Soccer is the global sport and we have finally arrived at a level where we can be expected to put up a fight against any team – even Germany.
So do me a favor, even if you're a soccer hater – tune in to this game today against Germany and if we get a positive result – to subsequent games in the tournament. Try hard to appreciate just how difficult it is to do what these guys are doing – especially in horrendous hot/humid conditions.


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dorje e gabbana wrote: Malcom Please provide any proof that CNNR has really stated or written what you have just stated about the fact that trying do to your best even though you are not in rigpa state is enough to keep other tantric samayas.
Pizza, If I do not reply to your question, you can understand that I think your question is absolutley worthless because it mispresents what I said. The same goes for Mariusz. However, this one last time:
From the Guruyoga book:
"...according to Dzogchen the way to keep all samayas is to do Guruyoga."


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Tragic Effects: Ethics and Tragedy in the Age of Translation
Therese Augst, assistant professor of German studies, confronts the peculiar fascination with Greek tragedy as it shapes the German intellectual tradition, with particular focus on the often controversial practice of translating the Greeks.
Ohio State University Press, 2012. 312 pages.


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It's mid-May and Major League Baseball is in full swing. What better time than now to perform our first MLB players census? Fans of the blog will remember our previous work on the NFL census and the NBA census, which turned out to be very interesting looks into the diversity of professional athletes. The MLB census has been a slightly different experience for me, as I am not as big a fan of baseball as I am of football and basketball. That being said, of the three censuses that have been conducted here on the Best Tickets Blog, I have found this one the most interesting. There are so many stories behind the faces of Major League Baseball, and the international influence is immense. Fans and non-fans alike should find this study interesting. I certainly did. This post will follow the same format as the previous two, which means we start with a positional analysis.
Analyzing Each Position
We separated our MLB positions into two categories: broad and specific. The broad categories include pitcher, outfielder, infielder, designated hitter and catcher. Below, a look at how our broad positions are distributed throughout the league.
The most common position by far is the pitcher, with more than double the number of players as the next most common position of infielder. Teams must cycle through pitchers from game to game in order to prevent injury, so it is important to have a wide selection of pitchers at your disposal. In some cases, pitchers are not even expected to play full games. With a mere 15 designated hitters currently in the league, DH is the only position in the league where there are fewer players than teams.
Below, we dive a bit deeper into our positional analysis by further narrowing our broad positions into the following specific positions: shortstop, starting pitcher, relief pitcher, right field, left field, designated hitter, center fielder, catcher, third base, second base and first base.
The bulk of pitchers are relievers, who make up about 60% of pitchers in the league. They are followed in frequency by the starting pitchers, and then by catchers. Left fielders are the first players from the outfield to approach the top of the list of most common positions. One of our favorite lenses to use when looking at the pro sports censuses is salary. How much do these guys make on average? We all know baseball players get paid a lot, but which position is the most lucrative?
First basemen, on average, are the highest-paid players in Major League Baseball. Some of the big-money first basemen whose names you may recognize include Albert Pujols ($23,000,000), Prince Fielder ($24,000,000), Ryan Howard ($25,000,000), Mark Teixeira ($23,125,000) and Miguel Cabrera ($21,943,027). In all, seven first basemen are getting paid more than $20 million, and 11 (about 31%) of them are getting paid more than $10 million. Youngsters, you now know what sport to pursue, and which position to play.
Relief pitchers, on the other end of the spectrum, are the lowest-paid players in the sport, making an average of $2,051,544. Only four relievers get paid more than $10 million. They are: Jonathan Papelbon ($13,000,000), Rafael Soriano ($12,072,658), Brian Wilson ($10,000,000) and Jim Johnson ($10,000,000). The discrepancy in pay between an elite reliever and an elite starting pitcher is immense. For example, the highest-paid starter, Zack Greinke, is listed as making $28,000,000. That's more than the salary of the top two relievers combined!
Moving on, we take a look at which positions exhibit the greatest longevity in the league.
Designated hitters come in on top, with an average of nearly ten years of experience. The prime example of this is David Ortiz, who has been in the league for 17 years. Designated hitters are followed (but not very closely) by right fielders (6.5 years), and then first basemen (6.3 years). With high pay and apparent job security, that first base position is the place to be. The unlucky relief pitcher has the shortest average career. With that being said, two of the three players with the longest careers in our study are relief pitchers. LaTroy Hawkins of the Colorado Rockies is the league's longest veteran, with 19 years experience. Only Derek Jeter has been in the league for as long. Jamey Wright of the LA Dodgers, with 18 years of experience, has had the second-longest career of all the players currently in the league.
Baseball features another player characteristic that is important for us to analyze: handedness. Below is a quick breakdown of which hand players use to throw and hit.
Player Size
Prior to this study, I didn't think of baseball as a sport that demanded any particular size. It turns out that more than 81% of pro baseball players are 6-foot or taller. On average, they are about 6'2. Below, we see every MLB team organized by average height.
The Colorado Rockies top the list, with an average height of a little more than 6'2. At the bottom of the pack sit the Milwaukee Brewers, at an average height of 6′ 1/2. Now, who has the fattest roster?
The Pittsburgh Pirates come in at an average of 218 lbs., which is about 14 lbs. heavier than the lightest team in the league, the Cleveland Indians. In a close second for heaviest team are the LA Dodgers, at 217.8 lbs. The Pirates have the highest average BMI in the league as well, at 28. The Baltimore Orioles, at 26.3, have the lowest BMI in the league.
Player Origins
I think this might be my favorite part of this entire study. Like I said before, the international influence on the MLB population is intense. 196 MLB players (more than 26%) were not born in the United States. Below are all of the non-US countries where MLB players came from and how many each has produced.
In all, current MLB players hail from 18 different non-US countries. The biggest exporter of MLB players is the Dominican Republic, with 73 currently in the league. Throughout history, the Dominican Republic has produced a steady stream of stars, including David Ortiz, Albert Pujols, Pedro Martinez, Sammy Sosa, Hanley Ramirez, Vladimir Guerrero, Miguel Tejada, and many more. Next up is Venezuela, who has produced 52 current MLB players. Big names include Miguel Cabrera, Felix Hernandez, Victor Martinez, Carlos Gonzalez, Bobby Abreu, Carlos Zambrano and more. Following Venezuela is Cuba, with 14 players.
The thing that amazes me the most about these top three exporting countries is that they are generally not great places to live. In particular, the Dominican Republic is ranked 52nd on a list ranking countries based on how desirable a place they are to be born. The list consists of 80 countries, with Nigeria occupying the 80th spot. The US is ranked 16th. Venezuela and Cuba, while better off than the Dominican Republic, both also fall at the bottom half of the list. These baseball players are coming out of highly undesirable situations and building awesome dream lives. It is rags to riches at it's best. Even the great Mariano Rivera came from very humble beginnings in Panama. Now, we'll take a look at the teams that have the most non-U.S. players
The Chicago White Sox lead the league with 12 players from outside of the country. In a close second are the San Francisco Giants with 11. The Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals are the closest thing to an all-American team you'll find in MLB, with just three international players each.
If we keep it local, we see that baseball players come from a pretty highly focused trio of states. For those of you that have read my previous census posts, the numbers for California, Texas and Florida on the following graph should come as no surprise.
South Dakota has produced 3 total players. With a population of just 833,354 their rate of player per 1,000,000 residents is 3.6. In second place is another low-population state, Wyoming. With 2 current MLB players, and a population just under 600,000, they produce players at a rate of 3.47 per 1,000,000. California in third place is pretty impressive, as it is the most populous state in the country. They produced players at a rate of 3.155 per million, despite having a population in excess of 38 million. Four states have produced no current MLB players: Alaska, Montana, North Dakota and Utah.
The next chart drills down a bit deeper and looks at the cities that have produced the most current MLB players.
Again, I find the international influence on the players in this sport to be awesome. The city that has produced the most current MLB players is Santo Domingo of the Dominican Republic, with 17. The city with the fifth-most is Valencia, Venezuela with eight. Of our list of the top player-producing cities, 7 of the 12 included are in the Dominican Republic or Venezuela. What is it that drives these countries athletes to play baseball?
Race in Major League Baseball
With the large influence of non-US countries, you might expect the race distribution in MLB to differ quite a bit from what we have seen in the NFL and NBA. You'd be right. See below.
60% of the players in the league are White, while 28.53% are Hispanic. That leaves roughly 12% available for Black and Asian players, who occupy 9.47% and 2% of the league respectively. This is entirely different from what we are used to seeing with the other professional sports leagues. White players dominate the pro baseball population. Following them in second place are Hispanic players, and in third, Black players. In our other two studies, Black players ran away with the largest percentage of both the NFL and the NBA. We'll let you speculate in the comments about what makes baseball different. Now let's take a look at player salaries based on race.
This chart shows the exact opposite of the one above it. Asian players, the least common in the league, make the most money. White players, the most common, make the lowest average salary. This graph could very well be skewed by the varying sample sizes, but it is still interesting to consider. The following graph was a fan favorite of the NBA census: the team distribution of players of different races on each team.
Getting an Education
Education is another area in which the MLB differs greatly from the NFL and the NBA. Of the 750 players included in the MLB census, 420 did not go to college. That's about 56%. Not bad for a job where the average pay sits at a little less $4,000,000. Players who did not go to college make $4,566,158 on average, while players who did attend college make $3,252,066. MLB players who went to college make $1.3 million less on average than MLB players who did not go to college.
Long in the Tooth
Risk of injury in baseball is certainly present at all times, but the likelihood of injuries is certainly lower than that of football or basketball. One might make the assumption that because of this, baseball players manage to stick around much longer than those in the other two sports.
That assumption would be a safe one to make. With three players in their forties, the MLB has two more players in their forties than the NFL and NBA combined. 29% of the MLB population is over 30 years old. In the NBA, that number drops to 22%, and in the NFL the number falls to 14%. The peak age of MLB players is 27, two years older than NBA players, and four years older than NFL players. Now how does age play a role in your salary as an MLB player?
By my estimation, the age all players should shoot for is 30. There are plenty of players sticking around this long and at an average salary of $6 million, it's hard to say this isn't the sweet spot. Of course, if you can make it even longer than that, your chances of signing some mega contract increase even more, but $6 million ought to do just fine if you can't extend your career.
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