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Interview with Newt's ex-wife 'could end Gingrich's career'
Paul Joseph Watson
Thursday, January 19, 2012
A bombshell interview with Newt Gingrich's ex-wife set to air tonight could catapult Ron Paul into a shock second placed finish in South Carolina and confirm the Congressman as Mitt Romney's main rival.
The interview with Marianne Gingrich, Newt's wife of 18 years, "could end her ex-husband's career," according to a Drudge Report exclusive.
Despite a "civil war" erupting within ABC News over whether or not to air the interview before Saturday's primary, the broadcast will go out tonight on Nightline, less than 48 hours before SC voters head to the polls.
Gingrich is set to hold a press conference today during which he will try to engage in damage control.
With current polls showing Gingrich in second place behind Romney, with Ron Paul and Rick Santorum virtually tied in third, any collapse in Gingrich's support on the back of the interview would directly benefit the candidates immediately behind him in the polls.
If Ron Paul beats Santorum to second in South Carolina, and the scandal torpedoes Gingrich's wider presidential campaign, it would virtually guarantee a Romney-Paul head to head for the rest of the primary contest.
The interview with Marianne Gingrich is said to contain "explosive revelations". Newt proposed to her before the divorce of his first wife had been finalized, and when he and Marianne divorced in 2000, Gingrich had already taken up with Callista Bisek, his third wife.
"The interview, should it air before Saturday's primary, would shine a spotlight on a part of Gingrich's past that could turn off Republican voters in a state filled with religious and cultural conservatives who may cringe at Gingrich's two divorces and acknowledged infidelity," reports ABC News.
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Gingrich's dishonesty when it comes to his personal life mirrors his political career. According to Gingrich's first wife, Jackie Battley, Newt shocked her by demanding a divorce while she was still in hospital recovering from cancer surgery. According to L. H. Carter, Gingrich's former campaign treasurer, Gingrich said of Battley: "She's not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of the President. And besides, she has cancer."
As we have documented, Gingrich is a ruthless Washington insider who routinely violates constitutional principles to serve the establishment. Gingrich is the ultimate RINO Republican, supporting Nancy Pelosi's cap and trade plan, socialized health care, global government, and a plethora of other big government initiatives.
Despite obtaining the frontrunner position, when revelations about Herman Cain's private life emerged last year, he was forced to drop out of the Republican race altogether.
Should the interview sink Gingrich's presidential aspirations, the establishment will merely continue to throw its weight behind the anointed selection – Mitt Romney – who himself has a record of political deception on a par with Newt Gingrich.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show and Infowars Nightly News.
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Egan-Jones' downgrade du jour: FranceJune 14, 2012: 3:39 PM ET
Another day, another downgrade in Euroland.
Egan-Jones lowered France's credit rating one notch to "BBB" from "A" on Thursday.
The ratings agency pointed to France's rising debt and slowing economic growth. It also warned that France is fond of subsidizing its banks, which could prove costly for the government.
In a subtle turn of phrase, Egan-Jones summed up the situation in France thusly: "Disastrous trend and the worst has yet to come."
While France has been able to borrow at affordable rates in the bond market throughout the crisis, Egan-Jones expects investors to begin demanding higher interest rates to lend money to Paris.
That could make it harder for Francois Hollande's Socialist government to make good on its campaign promises, the report said. Hollande has pledged to roll back the retirement age and raise the minimum wage, among other politically expedient policies.
The move comes one day after Egan-Jones downgraded The Kingdom of Spain. A few hours later, Moody's announced its own downgrade of Spain, without mentioning the kingdom part.

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I had another one of those proverbial coffee-spitting moments this morning when I got a link to PC Magazine's list of the best torrent clients for 2011.
Setting aside the fact that 2011 is all of about 25 days old, which makes it tough to pick out the best of the year, the four listed — BitTorrent, Deluge, uTorrent and Vuze — are hardly representative of what's available.
And the fact that Vuze somehow gets a little yellow and red "EC" as some sort of award as editor's choice … well, that's just horrific.
It's like reviewing four of the best cars available for 2011, and picking a Hummer as the top model. It defies all logic.
But who knows? Me and my rack of outdated computers don't really understand — and don't really want to understand — what passes for popular technology in 2011. I've been down this road before.
If Joe Shmoe with zero computer knowledge wants to download a movie or something, then maybe point-and-click Vuze, with its plethora of unrelated options (free trial DVD burning! gasp! 😯 ) is the answer for him. I won't argue the point.
Somehow its sad though, that PC Magazine could only come up with four torrent clients, and picked quite possibly the worst of the lot to highlight and endorse. Stop me before I cringe again.
P.S.: No, I don't actually drink coffee. Blech.


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Public Enemy No. 1
That's what Vin Scully called Clayton Kershaw's curveball back in Spring Training and it'll be on display tomorrow at Dodger Stadium in his big league debut.
To make room for him, Esteban Loaiza was designated for assignment and Yhency Brazoban was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas…
Here's hoping tomorrow's the start of a very special career and tonight is the start of a nice winning streak. More for the park in a bit…
Pierre, LF
Maza, 2B
Ethier, RF
Martin, C
Loney, 1B
Kemp, CF
DeWitt, 3B
Hu, SS
Penny, P
170 Comments
Wow! Kershaw up, DFA'd Bloaiza!! How much better can it get?
Great way to start the day. I'm so happy I have tickets for tomorrow's game! Now of course we have tonight's game, but this is big news!
Finally a move by management that actually makes sense!!!
Great news… Loaiza DFA'd. Nice use of $7+ Million, Ned. At least Ned's learning and willing to admit a mistake and drop dead weight from the club. Hopefully Nomar + Sweeney can suffer the same fate.
Oh yeah, Kershaw getting his first start is great too.
I'm gonna try and get tickets for tomorrow.
firstname.lastname@example.com At least this is a start, and a move in the right direction. Hopefully we see more of these type of moves. Sweeny and others should also be DFAd
Loaiza DFA is the correct decision, but there should be more to follow. Sweeney definitely needs to be DFA'd as well – he is past all usefulness. Ideally I'd like to see the same for Nomar, but as long as he remains on the DL, it's not an issue. It is imperative that Jones be put on the DL and forced to have that surgery NOW. Once that is done, put him on a combination of weight loss and rehab program, and he may be of some productive use later in the season. Otherwise he is just taking up space and giving Torre an excuse to try to use him when it doesn't make any sense.
Whatever the outcome, it will be exciting to see Kershaw up with the big club. I think his use in Jaxville was ludicrous with the micromanaging from LA as to each inning that he's pitched. I don't want him to get hurt, and leaving him anywhere near Conte is a major risk. If he is the genuine article, now's the time to let him show it and stretch his pitching time in accordance with his stamina. Torre should have some experience with doing that. Good luck with your debut, KERSHAW. We look forward to your Dodger future.
Yeah, the Dodgers definitely have dead weight on their roster, and Loaiza was one of them. I'm thrilled they got rid of him. After last night's debacle, no, I don't believe Jones should be DFA'd (yet) but they definitely need to put him on the DL or something. If he's hurt, put him on the DL. Maybe the lengthy time away from baseball will help; it certainly couldn't hurt! Last night was atrocious. I'm thrilled they're starting Clayton (better here in LA than in Chicago). I just hope and pray that they don't rush him, the way they rushed Edwin Jackson. And yes, as soon as I got that e-mail from the Dodgers saying that Clayton is pitching on Sunday, I bought my tickets right away! I've gotta see this kid in person!
Go Clayton!
Go Dodgers!
Great news & I'm sure the Brain trust will monitor his pitch counts.
I'll echo the sentiments on the calling up of Kershaw and the eating of Loaiza's contract. They didn't have an innings limit on Kersh as much as a pitch count. When he hit 65, he was gone even if it was in the middle of an inning. I've got my DVR all set for tomorrow. No matter what happens, it'll be exciting. It might even be historic if his career takes off, but let's try to keep the expectations down on this poor kid. He's gonna have his highs and lows and there's such a huge learning curve for him. It's going to be fun watching him compete and hopefully grow into a fine player for the Dodgers for years to come. Welcome Clayton, your arrival is the most anticipated that I can recall in a long, long time.
I think that Joe's use of Jones in that spot last night was his attempt at showing confidence in him, hoping to start something. I agree with bigkace last night – his at bats are like Groundhog Day, especially from RH pitching. Falling behind then the 2 strike low and away curve out of the zone. As Chicky used to say, you could call it with braille. Putting him on the DL makes all the sense in the world for two reasons: his physical health as well as mental.
Time for that piano to fall on Sweeney. The PVL club is starting to shrink. Keep it up, Ned. You just might save your job.
I'm glad to see that Loaiza is gone but I have mixed feelings about Kershaw being called up. I share everyone's anticipation of his arrival in the big leagues but I question whether he has the stamina to be a consistent force right now. The last thing we need is another starter who can't give us a consistently solid 6 or 7 innings each start. If my doubts prove to be groundless, nobody will be happier than me. Good luck, Clayton.
-All of a sudden Pierre's OBP is creeping into that 345 area. 203 /.261/.219/.480 with 7 runs scored in 16 games at leadoff for Pierre. He needs to be replaced.
Not only did we know Jones would make out, but we knew how he would. Now that's a whole new low. Seriously he is hitting .030/.214/.030/.245with RISP in 33 trys. The 33rd being a 2 out game winning situation that apparently Torre went all Harry Potter and was gonna cast a magic spell to make him hit but instead used the "repeat as previous 33 times" spell instead. No Mas. Dishes are done.
Kent. Out of clean up. I am sorry that they are all vets, but it's almost June. Were giving games away. He is hitting .228. with a .276 obp. his OPS is 15 points lower than my hero Juan Pierre. Yes you read that right. Juan Pierre.
This is another year where better players are sitting (or in AAA) while we hover around .500.
I'm happy about Kershaw and scared all at the same time. I'm happy for obvious reasons; the same reason everyone's excited. I hope he's ready. I have no confidence in Colletti to do the right thing even though it makes sense. Is that scary or what. Half of me feels that because Ned made the decision to bring him up that it'll automatically turn into a disaster. I don't like feeling that way but Ned's got the Midas touch. Only instead of turning to gold, everything he touches turns into horse $#!+ instead. I don't believe it'll happen in this instance. I trust Logan White and I know he wouldn't give his blessing if Kershaw couldn't contribute. I think Ned knows he's on the hot seat and he'll do anything to save his job at this point. If Kersh performs well Ned looks like a daisy; a daisy that smells like horse manure.
BTW-DodgerEric, thanks for the support on the previous post. I was so irate that Torre would bat Jones in that situation. Why, with a runner on third and two out, only needing a single, would you pinch hit with a batter guaranteed to strike out? Maza has proven that he makes contact better than Jones does. The whiff machine proved everyone on this blog right. We gave up in a winable game last night. Unacceptable! 😉
Well, one down, one out, and one up. Goodluck Clayton!!
Anyone find that this is a curious time to bring Kersh up though? After all, Park and Kuo made a successful 5th starter. Neither Penney nor Lowe was DL'd. And its doubtful you get any more than 4-5 innings a start out of Kersh the first 3-4 times out. Feel something's odd here that I can't quite put my finger on.
OK, so you DFA Bloaiza and eat his few million, and option Brazobelly. Why then doesn't Ned DFA Sweeney, Nomore and Bennett? (his is really unexplainable.) I don't know if the current moves are really Ned learning, or if its that he stumbles into a right decision once in awhile.
Jones is just the worst piece of dung ballplayer I've ever seen. I've never hated a player before, not even JP, but I do Jones. JoJo's an absolute fool to keep playing him as well. Ned's an idiot for signing him and compounds it by either not DFAing his sorry keister, or at least putting him on the DL where he's out of the way. How much more do we have to put up with here?
Ultimately it's Ned who has to GO!
Frank, just fire the worthless F***!
It'll cost you far less money than DFA'ing Bloaiza.
You have Logan White in place, and even Ng has more baseball sense than Ned (I don't think she's ever been with the Giants to become contaminated).
That Kent OPS stat is ugly. He hasn't been a 4 type hitter for 2-3 years, but has been given that job by default( no other legitimate power hitters).
My Vote:
Dewitt/ Ethier 2nd
Loney 3rd
Kemp 4th
Martin 5th.
Dewitt/ Ethier 6th
Kent 7th
Pierre 8th
We have like 8 starters.
WTF happens if Schmidt comes back?
I stayed up an extra hour last night listening to Jeff Kent explain what a humble young player he had been only to see JoJo send Druw up. Ugghh!!
JoJo's actual mistake came one at-bat earlier. With just DY, Maza, Ardoin, and Druw on the bench, he should have gone ahead and let Hu hit and then gone to DY. Hu is a better hitter than Maza, Ardoin, or Druw, and Hu'd already had two hits on the night. For those Hu (read "who") would have preferred Maza based on his 5-for-11 major league performance up until now, Hu is 4-for-his-last-9.
For those who have saved this monstrosity of a game on Tivo/DVR, compare DeWitt's 9th inning strikeout with Druw's in the same inning (albeit an hour later). DeWitt's strikeout swing is a nice-looking swing that simply failed to connect. Druw's is a flailing bailout which never had a chance to connect.
I'm far from an expert on hitting — sadly I never made it out of the lowest level of Little League — but even I can see that Jones is consistently bailing out. Maybe he should try a different batting stance. For instance, if he opened up his stance, that would force him to step INTO the pitch instead of away from it as he is now doing. What do you ladies and gents think?
scurtis – the logical and prudent thing to do if Schmidt has anything to contribute in the way of starting is to trade Lowe at the deadline for 2-3 prospects. I'm still not sold on Park's comeback to list him as a real starter, and Kuo just seems too fragile to be a regular starter. Still would be nice to jettison Lowe and get something for him other than a draft pick.
What Ned does though is another story…
dont be suprised if kershaw struggles. he does have a little command issue but in the long run hes going to be good if not great.
Agreed – Lowe isn't going to take us anyplace, or he already would have in the last couple of years. I hope he has another couple of good outings, because it would drive up his value in a trade. We need to let him go at the trade deadline and get some prospects that will provide some future value. That would be the smart thing to do. Is it likely that Ned will part with him – not at all, because Ned is never proactive. His major personnel decisions have always been knee-jerk, and that's the reason we are where we are.
If we're in the race come the trade deadline, I would not trade Derek Lowe. He is historically a good second-half pitcher, and has performed pretty well in the post-season.
On the other hand I would have no problem unloading Penny if we could get any return on him. He is a historically poor second-half pitcher, and has generally not pitched well in the post-season.
Wow! I thought this was only a pipe dream but it actually happened! I am trying to get tickets tomorrow. I hope I can!
Should be interesting to see what Ned does.
I agree ML. Especially about letting Hu hit for himself. Jones is just a pathetic waste. Hope he goes on the DL. We will be better off. Addition by subtraction. Also, we need Ferk back and leading off. Phew is not getting it done in the leadoff spot. I would bat Martin leadoff and Phew 9th, like LaRusa does it. Kemp should bat 3rd and if Marty isn't leading off he should bat 5th or 6th. Actually, Kent should bat 6th or 7th and Martin bat cleanup. Of course for some dumb reason, Kent has to bat cleanup. Got to pamper the Hall of Fame baby. Need Penny to get it done tonight. GO DODGERS!!!
Thank god and greyhound Bloaiza's gone. I agree with the above posters on most everything. DFA Sweeny when Nomore comes off the DL. Just use Nomore as a pinch hitter and sub once in awhile for Kent, Loney, and DeWitt. Not very often, once a week. I like the idea of trading Penny or Lowe at the deadline. Maybe we should be shopping them for a shortstop with some pop, high OBP, great defense, and health. I am very leary of signing Ferk with his back issues. Kent needs to sit period. DFA Bennett with Sweeny. Put the tub butt strikeout machine on the DL.
Pierre should not be leading off, Martin or Kemp should.
I would also still be trying to unload Pierre. He has gotten a reprieve with the Ferk injury and Jelly Roll and Kant stinking worse than him. I still don't want him now or until 2011. 2000 freaking 11. How sickening is that thought. Excuse me, I have to go throw up!!!!!
Well the most perminant thing is the DFAing of Loaiza.
Brazoban's pitches were flat again and I think he was the right pick to send right back down.
Good Luck with and to Clayton Kershaw.
Ideal lineup until Furcal returns:
Kent (well, DY or LaRoche would be better)
But look how much stronger it is with Furcal:
I'd rather play DY or Repko than Phew or Puff.
Any chance of Furcal playing tonight or being off the DL by Sunday? I wanna see him play in Wrigley, but I hope he is 100 percent before he is back.
Welcome and good luck Kersh!!!!! That is exciting news.
Francouer walk off 2 run HR for Atlanta. Snakes lose!
I need to get a few things off my chest regarding Jones and Eithier.
Jones' bat last night was a joke. The catcher was setting up a target almost a foot off the plate . The pitches were coming and three or 4 inches outside and Jones was fouling them off. Then the catcher went out and talked to the pitcher and I am sure he told him that he really meant it. The next pitch — 8 inches outside — Andrew swung and missed.
I was concerned in the past that they were playing with Andre's confidence with the benchings and they succeeded! He doesn't know whether he's coming and going now at the plate. He is now taking good pitches and swinging at bad ones — something he never did. It's obvious that he is trying so hard to make something happen to win the approval of management, that it's really affecting him. The poor guy looks totally lost. He is my favorite player and it really breaks my heart to see the way they have treated him over the last three years.
I agree RinTin. Ethier was in a great groove before the benching for a week. Andre is also a favorite of mine. I think he could develope into a great player if they play him everyday. .300 hitter with 20 homer power.
I would also get rid of Proctor and Kent. Kent is history. He used to be Mr. Clutch and can't seem to do that any more. The Dodgers should trade for a solid defensive and offensive 2nd baseman. Until that happens Kent is just a liability at 2nd base. He should retire.
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Look, there are plenty of things to complain about, but if they just designated Esteban Loazia for assignment and are calling up Clayton Kershaw, you have to think that management is getting it. This is a HUGE move. We're on the hook for a big amount of salary, and are nevertheless going to blow it off in favor of a youth movement. Even if Kershaw ends up going back down this season (not impossible–though, if he pitches the way we think/hope he can, it's unlikely), it's a huge move.
I'm going to the game tomorrow. Who's coming?
IMO, Kent too needs to go at the deadline. No need to trade for a 2B if they'd just start giving LaRoche some playing time there at Vegas. There's you're power and defense (we'll at least more D than Kent provides.) Flipping Kent ia a win-win-win situation – Kent gets to go to a contender for his last shot at a title; LaRoche becomes our power hitting 2B; and we get a prospect or two for for old Jeffy.
The sooner we unload the dead [horses] weight, two things happen. 1. We replace old vets with young talent. 2. We give them all 2/3 to 1/2 year to gain experience. The fact that we're this close to AZ playing half a decent line-up means going to all youth isn't throwing in the towel on this season, it actually gives us a better shot. How many on here believe Nomore, Kant, Swooney, CC®, BLowe and Pierre are going to lead us to victory? Name one of them that we can't replace with a better younger player.
C'mon Ned, follow through all the way. Bloaiza was a good start. Don't stop now. We might even write you a song…
No, a good one.
Wow I have not posted or visited in a week and I could not remember my password…man getting old really blows!!! Great news about Loiaza, only 4 months late but they finally grabbed their kahunas and made the right decision…
Kershaw, boys you are in for a treat, his curveball is mesmerizing…I hope he comes out smoking!!!! I am excited, Kershaw, Billz now show the vets how it is done….Two power arms in the rotation, it has been a while since we have had that….Ok, relax Dodgerboy he is only 20, but he gets the juicies running!
The boys have been hanging tough and that is a good sign. Hopefully Furcal will be back soon and Kent will hit. If Kent does not hit, I would explore a trade to get Brian Roberts. He is a good OBP leadoff batter with speed a little pop….I am not sold on HU!
Trade Lowe and get prospects…he would look good in pinstripes.
Lets go Dodgers!!! Beat the Redbirds and gain a game!!!!
PS…Wainwright has a heck of a curveball!!!
josh's line up has maza and no kent.. but according to tony jackson, the lineup has been updated with kent back in it. apparently, kent came to the park expecting to play, so he is going to play. i wish that worked for all the other players.. all the other players, meaning, all the young players..
oh, and i will most definitely be there tomorrow rooting on the dodgers and clayton kershaw.. can't wait to see the kid in person.. hope he doesn't feel too much pressure, and he can just do what he does best..
WHY IS our 2nd best hitter batting 7th? Is Hu going to protect him?
LaRussa will be thinking…we are going to face Dewitt and his .315 AVG…or pitch around him to face Hu, who is batting .205 and then the pitcher….tough choice.
Give the most ABs to the BEST hitters. It is so simple.
Also, since JP has only reached 5 out of 17 ABs, borrow a page from LaRussa and drop him to 9th, so Kemp has more people on base to drive in and the top 3 get the extra AB JP would just waste.
Martin .426 / .311
DeWitt .368 / .325
Kemp .368 / .325
Loney .345 / .288
Ethier .355 / .283
Kent .276 / .228
Hu .284 / .205
Pierre .345 / .275
Personally I think that Kent was hitting the ball real well last night, mostly right at somebody.
Contrary to some I feel we haven't seen the last of him.
He will still be an asset.
The D'Bags lost and we have a chance to close the gap if Penny can show he's his old self and the offense can handle Kyle Lohse.
Just heard the news; Andruw Lunchtruck is going to have surgery. Is this divine intervention or what?
While Ned was working for the Cubs media relations department he wrote a book about then General Manager Dallas Green: "You Gotta Have Heart: Dallas Green's Rebuilding of the Cubs."
The Cubs record under GM Dallas Green: 463-504. Only one winning season, 1984, and Ned idolizes this guy.
I have a title for a book about Ned.
"You Gotta Be Incompetent: How Ned Colletti Squandered Hundreds of Millions on Washed Up Veterans"
Must be kace – sure isn't Ned and JoJo.
That is great news Kace as well as the sensible thing to do.
In regards to Andre, I couldn't agree with you more. He was one of my favorite players when he first came to the Dodgers, and now, since spring training, he has become my favorite. It's kind of like the underdog syndrome – I want him to prove everybody wrong. I really thought this was going to be his year after beating out Pierre for the job – nothing was going to stop him from doing what I know he is capable of, but then all h*ll broke loose so to speak. I think he is in a no-win situation, and his only saving grace right now is that Andruw is not playing. He seemed to be doing pretty good until we started reading about Andruw's possible return. I think the frustration showed pretty clearly after that second strickout last night because in his head he has got to be thinking, "now I'm going to be benched over a guy who is batting .165". Anyhow, he is in the lineup tonight, and he definitely has the fans on his side – you can hear them on the tv loud and clear.
Dodgereric – got your message on previous thread, and yes, I still want those pictures. I will get you the info on how to get them to me – thanks!!!
Furcal will not be going to Chicago with the team. Dru will be having surgery on his knee and be out 4-6 weeks. Nomar is going on the 60-day dl and being replaced by Terry Tiffee. CHCHCHChanges!!!
I'm still wondering if I got the correct lineup.
Terry Tiffee – what about poor LaRoche?
Why is it I sense the kids get us to August and September, then Ned pulls old Nomore and Jones out of the dung heap to "get us over the top"?
Some kinda weird schat is going down…
I think Ethier is really going to show what he's made of now. Without the pressure of having to hit .400 to stay in the starting lineup, he won't press so hard. Andre just needs to slow down and play good solid baseball; he no longer has a dead horse breathing down his neck.
Look at that, great hit Andre!
I think we're primed and ready to make a run. The roster's starting to fall into place by default.
Maybe the reason that Laroche is still in Vegas is that Ned's looking to package him in a deal?
That would be a shame.
I agree but it would explain why he's still there.
I know I am late with this, but great hit Andre!!! Opposite field baby!!! I think you are right Kace – I think the relaxation alone will do wonders for him.
I can't see anything wrong with Kent's hitting.
He may have to change his approrach like going to right field or try to hit more on a line.
I hope he hasn't lost his power like NOMAR did last year.
He's hitting the ball hard but it's not going anywhere.
Could be right seesky – Ned hasn't done a panic move yet. Hoping he doesn't either.
We need Furcal back. Hu doesn't anything except make outs 95% of the time. I give him some credit for last nights triple. I am sorry if my comments are late but the game is blacked out where I live and I can only watch on my computer.
Serious pitching issues!!
Can't wait to see Kershaw tomorrow!
Cursed Penny. I'm so sick of him not showing up this season.
Penny's a ****. And not even a floater.
Penny looked more like a slug in the 3rd
4 runs on 3 hits. Sounds like little league Penny.
Should put Tiffee at 2nd and DL kent too..
Pierre caught stealing!
Everynight there's another one.
Tonight it's Kyle Lohse.
For the Dodger's he's like the great iron wall.
I just hope people keep their expectations under control re: Kershaw. He was drafted only 2 years ago out of high school, hasan't pitched a great deal as a professional, and is going to learn on the job at the big league level. I still think he could have benefited from a full year of starting every fifth day at AA or AAA. Having said that, I'm as excited as everyone else and looking forward to seeing how he does.
I think everyones's expectation of Kershaw will be as that of any new player. I think the frustration is with the current pitchers and what is expected of them (ie. Penny and Lowe).
You've got that right, dnelson. Penny seems to have lost his command and the life off his fastball. 24 earned runs in 18 innings is graphic illustration of that fact. Lowe was better last night. Without a doubt, we need more from those two if we're going to be in the hunt at the end of the season.
dnelson, I put the photos in my briefcase and will mail them from work when I get the info. Perhaps directly to your school would be a good idea. It will be a good-sized envelope. They include Jim Brewer, Don Drysdale, Jim Lefebvre, Ted Sizemore, Tommy Davis, Wes Parker, Ron Fairly, Saaaaaaandy Koufax, a shot of Maury Wills stealing his 104th (against the Giants, don'tcha know), and a team photo of the soon-to-be World Champions in 1965. You can see the tape marks on the back from when I had them on my walls as a kid.
Matt is swinging at those outside pitches again – not good.
That right there was a big league play by Juan Pierre!
Of course I want Kershaw to succeed but I am being open-minded about it. I don't want him to struggle but…He is only 20 and pitching is more that just having a great curveball it's also a mental game. Yes he showed great composure and maturity in spring training but….how will he conduct himself in pressure situations? Spring training is nothing like a late season pennant race. I hope for good things for Kershaw.
Nomar going to the dl for 60 days and Laroche still in Vegas makes it clear that Dewitt's place in the lineup is secure. Not that there should have been any doubt. Dewitt, All-Star write-in.
I will send info as soon as the game is over. I am on my home computer, and it's not able to multitask like my computer at school. I can't do blogging and send e-mails at the same time, while on mlb.tv. sounds great – thanks!!
Referring to Kershaw, I think bigkace said it the best – we're excited and scared at the same time.
dnelson, you are most welcome. Anyone with enough guts to not only carry the Dodger banner in NoCal, but to create new Blue fans as well, gets any support that I can give.
I would think that Kent is the kind of guy who would hang 'em up if he thought he was done.
Good news****Lohse is nearing the 100 pitch count.
Kent doesn't look anywhere near done.
Then why is there a fork sticking in his sorry a__!!!
On a positive note – Andre is swinging the bat much better tonight – seems more like himself. Vin mentioned Andruw's surgery – He will be out 4-6 weeks
I want to believe you, PierreEMW. I really do. But he's reached the age when it can just leave without any warning.
LOL, jhall!
Need to get a couple of runs here, we're running out of time.
Will they bring someone up to replace him? If yes who will it be?
PENNY is the 4 straight Dodger starter to go through the 7th.
We're facing a different pitcher.
I know it didn't make adifference last night, but maybe tonight…..
That really is a positive stat, Pierre. If Penny hadn't temporarily lost control walking those 2, we'd have a better look at this game. What our problem is AGAIN is HITTING!
Why does Torre insist on letting Hu play? He doesn't do anything. I am tired of him.
He's seems more like he's hitting into bad luck, Dodgereric.
jegiboney, they've brought up Terry Tiffee from Vegas. He'll PH. That's about it for him, I think. I was just looking at his fielding and 3B is all he does. He started DHing when LaRoche started his Vegas stint. A couple of 1B appearances.
The way they're handling LaRoche is very puzzling, isn't it?
I am impressed how Penny settled down(I was worried it would get out of hand again). I just wished we could have helped him out in the hitting department.
Penny like Lowe, last night had one bad inning.
Thank you. I wasn't aware they brought up Tiffee. I am sorry if I sounded mad. I'm sorry if I offended anyone. Any updates on Furcal's status?
If we could get some hits with RISP, we'd be talking about how great those two looked.
lol!! So true, dodgereric!! We are not finding any holes tonight.
That's OK jebiboney, you can get mad. I don't think Torre has many options, and Hu is playing the position well.
We can expect Fercal back when Josh puts his name up top. He worries me. Out the last 12 games last year. Now he's out since when, May 5th, right? I've known a few guys with bad backs like that, and it can be a scary thing.
It'11:30 where I live so I say goodnight. Go Dodgers
Without Ferk, when we play a pretty good team, our offense tanks. Very disappointing. I agree Eric, the handling of LaRoche has me miffed. I'd like to see JoJo try something different tomorrow with the batting order. Kent probably play the day game after a night game so lead off Kemp and bat Marty cleanup. Geez, can't do any worse. I hope to god we don't see Bennett tomorrow. With Kersh going, I would certainly hope not. Tomorrow should be very exciting. Have fun those of you attending the game tomorrow. I'm sure you will. Eat a Dodger Dog and drink a brew for me please.
It looks like we don't need Kershaw.
Kent probably won't play tomorrow.
Back problems are usually chronic and don't go away or get much better. Especially as one ages. I hope Ferk is doing better than we think and this is mostly precautionary.
We can't do anything right against the Cards. 7-23 record starting tonight…sort of like the Reds when they play us….If we hit, we can't pitch and vice versa. Explains our record in a nutshell.
three strikeouts for James – not good!
Boy, Loney is really struggling right now.
You're right, jhall. Backs are bad news. That wasn't good, hearing that he has the onset of that whatever degenerative thing was.
Matt with strikeouts tonight, too – not good either. I guess he doesn't have to worry about riding pine though.
Shutout, broken hearted, again…
Good luck tomorrow Kersh!!!!
Penny actually pitched a very good 6 2/3 innngs. He just had an inexplicably bad 1/3rd of an inning with 2 outs in the 3rd.
You know, that all started when he lost the strike zone after nicking the home plate umpire. Meanwhile, Penny has not been the same pitcher since he knocled out Kerwin Danley. His velocity seems the same–could it be mental?
jegiboney–I understand a certain frustration with Hu. It's not his fault. He's supposed to be in AAA–he was in AA, but Tony Abreu is injured and they have no one else to play in Furcal's place (the next best option in the system is Ivan DeJesus, who is in AA, after playing in A-Ball last year).
For the LaRoche fans, Tiffee is coming up because he is basically a utility player. LaRoche is, right now, only a third baseman, and if he's not going to start (and with DeWitt playing as well as he is, he's not), and we need players who are versatile, and don't want LaRoche sitting on a bench.
I agree with everyone who thinks we need to start trying to use LaRoche or DeWitt at 2B to see if they can do it (I think DeWitt is the more likely option, long term–but as long as Andy is in the minors, why not experiment with it a little). But until the piano falls on Kent's head (as it has with Nomar and Jones), we're unlikely to sit Kent other than for a day here and there.
LOL Eric!!
Day game tomorrow and Kershaw pitching – going to be an exciting game either way. Have fun if you are going to the game!
I think it's going to be very hard for Kershaw to win his first game since he's pitching against the Cardinals who apparently have our number.
Unless we luck out and Todd Wellermeyer or whoever pitches in a Cardinal uniform, male or female has a bad night.
Good Luck Kershaw!!!!!!
You kill me, jhall………
I think I will console myself and look at 69 Chevelle's some more. Thanks for that link Eric…
I think I dislike the Cardinals more than the Puds now…
Let's get positive about tomorrow. We're due to start hitting. If we get a decent 5 out of Kershaw tomorrow, Park can pick up for him and get us to our short guys. The pitching has been good lately. If Lowe and Penny can build on the last two games, and if Billz and Kuroda can continue their good work of late, and if Kershaw can be ANYTHING like we all hope…….and if the piano can continue to hit the right people (don't look up, Sweeney) maybe we can get something going.
Penny picthed a complete 7 full innings.
jhall – "here"
Dodgereric -"Here"
PierreEW- "here"
leefink – "here"
enchanted "?" He must be thinking of something or the words have escaped him
BTW – who the hell is Joey? – that was so annoying last night.
You're welcome, jhall. I've been looking around here for ya, just in case another one pops up. You never know out here in SoCal. The weather treats 'em right.
Last weekend my son and I were out in it and a guy driving a beautiful '38 Ford drove past and gave us a wave. My son thought that was the coolest thing.
Listening to the post game show, Easler is talking about how they are missing Andruw's bat – what in the world are we missing? more strikeouts?
Yeah, you vets. Is that joeyp clown a frequent poster? He seems brain-damaged or just pathetic.
Nelly, Joey is a wierdo-moron who likes to go on blogs and try to start arguments. He is very annoying and his posts don't even make sense. Best thing to do is not acknowledge anything he posts.
"Easler is talking about how they are missing Andruw's bat"
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!! ANDRUW is missing Andruw's bat!
I don't post on the Dodger Thoughts Blog, but Joey showed up there too.
This is going to be the first post for me this season. I have been reading the blog all season and waiting for the chance to address some of what's being said on here.
First of all to the guy that said kent should sit and Tiffee should play…….are you high? Kent is a first ballot Hall of Famer. He will get his act together at the plate he ALWAYS does. Tiffee is a AAA hiitter, nothing more.
Second, lets all give thanks that Andruw went on the DL. Obviously the guy can't hit right now whether its the fact that he wieghs 3 bills or his knee is shot. Now maybe Ethier can get some consistant playing time. He reminds me of a young Eric Karros. A guy who could turn out to be one of the most reliable and underrated players the Dodgers have ever had.
We all just need to be patient. Joe will find a way to get the most out of this lineup and at the end of the season the rest of the NL West will be looking up at the Dodgers
That seems like great advice, jhall. It's not in my nature to do that and I was in the middle of responding to him when I actually thought better of it (I surprised myself). It dawned on me that one of the players that he was pumping up (Choi) was out of baseball. At least I think he is. Then I saw someone else say that very thing – just ignore him.
Sounds like fun Eric. Joey doesn't post very often here. Probably just when he can't get a rise on another blog. Plus, no one responds to or acknowledges his posts so he goes away for awhile. If he can't get someone PO'd, he doesn't stick around thank god.
Welcome CDLV..
welcome to this group cdlv – you are in for the ride of a lifetime
speaking of rides, my dad used to own a 38 ford (original), a 38 couple (candy apple red), and a 57 thunderbird (golden rod yellow). When I was a kid, we used to belong to the V8 car club and do tours all throughout California – alot of good memories with those classic cars – don't get rid of those cars – my son can't wait to drive the 68 mustang
Missing Jones' bat, what a joke. LOL. I guess he's referring to the 30 homer guy Ned thought he was getting. Maybe if he gets his knee fixed and loses some weight, he will contribute when he comes back. I can't see him losing the weight while he is immobile and sitting around with nothing to do but eat.
Totally bitchin'® Nelly. My uncle had a 68 Mustang. Bought it new. It was cool.
Thanks jhall. I hope to post more now that the season is in full swing. I wanted to wait until I got a good look at the team before I started to rip them. I've been a Dodger fan for 30 years, so I've been through the good and bad. (mostly bad the last twenty years).
The team is on the right track and I believe they will win a championship within the next 3 years. It just kills me when people think that we can run a team full of first and second year players out there and win a pennant. It takes a mixture of young and old to win at this level.
Hope your right about a WS championship in the next 3 years. It's been a long 20 years. I've been a Dodger fan for 43 years now. There have been some great teams and moments. We've never gone this long without at least winning a pennant or playoff series.
Welcome in, cdlv.
I'll agree that we're on the right track, if management would just trust their own players. I'll also agree that a mixture of young and old is a great combination, they both have to contribute. And right now, who among the vet hitters are contributing?
At this point it looks like Andruw will go down as the worst FA signing of all time. And we all thought Pierre was bad. It's amazing to me that Ned wasn't able to draw better free agent talent to the best destination in the league.(weather etc.)
This is not easy to say but the Dodgers are'nt what they used to be. The history of the franchise is slipping away before our eyes and hopefully the brass can do something to stop the bleeding before it's to late. Hey, at least FOX does'nt own the team anymore.
Well said CD. The Dodgers are not the storied franchise they used to be anymore. It is a shame.
Got to get the right vets and Ned has not shown to be very good at it so far.
I agree the vets are not hitting right now. It's really painful to watch most of them play (Jones, Bennet, Sweeny and Pierre most of the time). I believe Kent is the exception. The guy is going to hit. Who cares if he hits .240 as long as he drives in runs and i think he will. At least 80-90 rbi before it's all said and done.
You're probably right about Kent CD. I'd like to see them bat him lower in the order for now at least. 6th or 7th. He ain't what he used to be. Time to come to that realization and move over for the more productive hitters.
As much as I can't stand TJ Simers, he had a great piece in the Times today about the popularity and history of the Lakers compared to the Dodgers in recent years. it's a good read. Here's the link: http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/dodgers/la-sp-simers24-2008may24,0,3809299.column
Totally agree with hitting Kent further down the lineup. Maybe it would motivate him to get it going.
Thanks for the link. Yep, even the Angels are making inroads on the Dodger popularity and status in LA.
Simers is OK. We could use more like him in the SportsMedia. They all spend so much time kissing *** that they don't ask the hard questions. And when they do, and the subject squirms and doesn't answer the question, the interviewer just lets it go. Simers won't. That's what I like about him. Yeah, he'll go overboard at times, but most people take themselves too seriously anyway, especially sports heros.
I like his line, "Take away Bryant, and maybe the Lakers are the Dodgers". Who is the last superstar the Dodgers had?
Hopefully tomorrow begins an new era of Dodger history with Clayton going to the hill. Signing off….have a good night everyone.
Somehow, Colletti has found a silver lining in Jones' injury.
"I'll say this about Andruw Jones: He has not hit near what anybody expected him to, including himself. But I'm very much assured that his presence here has made (Andre) Ethier and (Matt) Kemp better players – and even Juan Pierre is more selective," Colletti said. "Andruw's presence has created a competition that we hoped it would and give our young players a chance to be as good as they can be. I don't think there's any debate about that."
To replace Jones on the roster, the Dodgers purchased the contract of former Minnesota Twins utilityman Terry Tiffee from triple-A Las Vegas and placed third baseman Nomar Garciaparra on the 60-day DL. Garciaparra, on the DL for the second time this season, has been sidelined since April 26 with a left calf strain.
It may be creating some good competition for the outfielders, but it sure is stressing us out. I am not sure competition is the word as much as frustration. And if Colettti wants to call it competition, then Matt and Andre have won the competition.
pierreseastmeetswest – Right of course that Penny pitched a full 7. But my point is that his first 2 2/3rds were excellent, and his last 4 innings were excellent. It was just that spurt with 2 out in the third where he lost it. So, he had 6 2/3rds good inning, and 1/3rd of an inning that was inexplicably bad.
I don't really get it. His stuff was good, he was locating well, and almost everything was a ground ball. It's just that third of an inning. If someone at the Stadium had been standing in line for a Dodger Dog in the top of the 3rd, they would not understand what was going on.
We really need Penny to be the pitcher who had those 6 2/3rds good innings, and not that 1/3rd bad inning. Billingsley and Kershaw alone can't do it.
cdlv has a point–it's an interesting article by Simers, and oddly unlike him–accurate and analytical, rather than his usual quip/wit/cheap shot (whichever you consider it).
But, it talks about the Dodgers need for a superstar on the day before the most anticipated major league debut of a player since . . . well, since the Dodgers moved here as far as I can tell. So maybe we're about to see the Dodgers come back to the front soon.
BTW–Vinny was talking about Kershaw's debut and how it was more hyped than any he can remember, and he was a bit on awe of it. But, it seems to me that Vinny's call of "Public Enemy Number One" has been a big contributing factor to the Kershaw legend. I mean, that's a wicked curve ball, but if Matt Vasgergian had been behind the mic to call it, would it have the same impact?
I hope that no one thinks that Vin coined the phrase "Public Enemy Number One" for Kershaw's curve. That was Roy Campanella's name for a curve – EVERYONE'S curve.
But he's also right about the hype. The last time I was looking this much forward to a debut was Greg Brock's. And we all remember how THAT turned out.
I drove all the way down from Stanford to witness tomorrow's game! Lets go Dodgers!
this is the most anticipated debut for me since billingsley debut in 2006, that was a great day. hes been pretty good since hope he can be a little better… the future is upon us…
I don't think anyone is going to buy into Coletti's spin on Andruw's "presence here has made (Andre) Ethier and (Matt) Kemp better players". That's absurd. It's entirely possible that they have been able to get some defensive assistance, but to say that his presence has made them better is insulting.
Last Dodger superstar? We've never had the thundering bat of a Bonds or Pujols or Arod. Piazza was just about to become one when the Fox imbeciles traded him away. Hershiser was a superstar for a season. Other than '88, he was merely very good, not a superstar. Fernando in '81. Gagne for 2-3 years. We've had a lot of very good players here, and a lot of star players. But a SUPERSTAR? Year in and year out? Reggie Jackson was a superstar. Tony Gwynn. Pete Rose. Johnny Bench.
Do we have to go back to Koufax?
Terry Tiffee is the man!!!
Colletti the SCHMOOZER, courtesy of Simers in the Times – how appropriate, but that's the kind of management people that McCourt likes around him to boost his own standing in the community. What a damn phony!
Dodgers should sign Barry Bonds and bat him cleanup. An outfield of Kemp, Ethier, & Bonds. There's your power. Do it Ned.
Think we have to remember that with this young (Kent excepted) line-up there are going to be growing pains hitting, and the last two nights were a pair of them. Now that we've got about 3/4 of what we wanted, we'll need to have patience and let them have at it for a month or two. The bad part is that had we gone with this line-up from the start, we'd be mostly through this period. The potential's certainly there if we hang tough and Ned doesn't panic for another "impact" bat. If its a choice this year of following through with the youth movement or barely making the playoffs and going out in 3 as usual, I'll take the youth movement.
I think what Easler meant to say was that Andruw's bat was missing…
Ned of course is going to spin anything regarding "his" boys. Something like Dec.7th was a beautiful day in Hawaii except for, you know, that Pearl Harbor thing. Jones has been a disaster of epic proportions, greater even than a Cecil B. DeMille production.
Welcome cdlv!!!
Wow what a day..sunny 80 degrees in Maryland and Kershaw to pitch today…the Lakers in San Antonio…surrounded by family, who could ask for more…
Great news about Jones getting surgery maybe his mind will mend as well. There is still hope (I know I am an eternal optimist) that he can come back in July/August to be that power bat that we need. Nomar to the 60 day DL is one step away from being released. If Dewitt continues to shine and Tiffee is adequate as a fill in, no need for Nomar.
Any news on Furcal? I hope this is not a lingering injury the rest of the year. We are hanging tough but cannot go much longer with the lineup we are fielding unless Kent and Ethier start hitting with some pop….
I agree with Dodgereric the last superstar was Piazza and the morons of Fox went and screwed that up…but lets look at what we have…Martin, Kemp, Kershaw. Billz …there are 4 that have the potential to be superstars…
You guys with these classic cars are making me very envious..Go Dodgers!!!
In the meantime, while everybody is being called up, Maza, Tiffee, what's the plan for LaRoche? Does his coming up depend entirely on DeWitt's failing in his assignment? What if that does not happen? I'd hate to think that LaRoche is just biding time to be traded. This would be a good time to have him try out another role at AAA, be it second base or even the outfield. With his continuing high potential we should be opening up some versatility here, so that we can at least bring up his bat – shouldn't take a great deal to replace the bats of either Nomore or the Curacao Cow. It does take some plan of action, however, and like any other planning, that's always missing with the Dodger management – never proactive, only knee-jerk reactions.
Dodgereric–you bring up a very good point about the phrase "public enemy number 1." In fact, I recall watching that game live and Vin was talking about Roy Campanella and how he referred to the curveball in general. It may have been because he knew Kershaw had a terriffic curveball–I don't know if he mentioned that spefically or not, but it would not surprise me if it was in his mind.
And of course, the moment when Kershaw threw it, Vinny's reaction at seeing the pitch, and then his reference is unforgettable. And while Vinny did not coin the phrase, it's classic Vinny that he would use a term that Roy Campanella used more than 50 years ago to describe a modern rookie.
From Diamond Leung:
Some interesting quotes came out of last night that won't make today's editions, but first an interesting note on Andy LaRoche not being recalled and Terry Tiffee getting the nod instead. The Dodgers want LaRoche to begin playing another position in the infield. Tiffee, meanwhile, had the type of versatility the team wanted since he could play both third base and first base, positions Nomar Garciaparra would have played before he got hurt. Tiffee's ability to play the outfield as well helped his cause with Andruw Jones out, and as it happened, he only started playing the outfield to allow LaRoche to play third every day. Tiffee has prior service time and is leading the PCL with a .422 average and was also said to have taken it really well the last time he was passed up for a call-up.
Today's the day I've been waiting for since the day Kershaw was drafted. I knew he'd be special, but to get here in less than two years — wow.
I'll be preserving this game on a high quality DVD; it may become a collector's item. We can only hope…
Thanks, Alex for the information on LaRoche and Tiffee, and that does make me feel better.
Anybody notice Matt should have caught Albert's "double" that cost us 2 runs or the screwing Loney got last night by the home plate umpire?
Does anyone know when this knee injury happened with Jones? Did he come to the club injured? It staggers the imagination to think of how much money the Dodgers are going to have to eat this year.


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Outgoing Manchester United chief executive David Gill expects Wayne Rooney to start the 2013-14 season with the Barclays Premier League champions.
The 27-year-old striker has been linked with a move away from Old Trafford after retiring manager Sir Alex Ferguson - who will be replaced by Everton boss David Moyes in July - claimed the player had submitted a second transfer request in nearly three years.
The club later revealed the request had been turned down with talks over a new contract well under way, with new UEFA member Gill insisting "every bit of work" is being done to prolong the England international's nine-year stint in Manchester.
Speaking to Sky Sports News at UEFA's Congress in London, Gill said: "As Alex said at his last press conference, that's an issue for David Moyes and the new team but I'm confident he'll be there next season.
"I think he's a great, great player at a great, great club and the club doesn't want to lose its star player.
"I'm sure every bit of work is being taken with Wayne and his advisors to ensure that happens. I'm not a betting man but I'm confident I'll sit at Old Trafford next season and see Wayne Rooney running out."
Liverpool-born Rooney agreed a five-year contract running to June 2015 after changing his mind over leaving the club in October 2010.


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I've posted in this thread somewhere before I'm sure, but I've finally got everything on my laptop (Asus U52F) working pretty much 100%.
Power management (using just pm-utils) is working perfectly, all good in powertop, I get around 5 hrs of battery life.
Suspend/Resume/Hibernate are all working perfectly ( did need to use a script to get resume from suspend working though)
Wireless/Audio(including HDMI output)/Touchpad/Keyboard (Including multimedia and volume hotkeys) are all working great.
Intel graphics have always worked great for me, but I did have a problem with compiz + most of the dock programs I tried (awn, docky, plank, and dockbarx are all giving me graphical glitchiness for some reason, other apps are fine..)
Fast boot time (12-14 seconds to LXDM). Super responsive and stable XFCE desktop, no crashing or instability.
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Lenovo Thinkpad T430
TL;DR: Working beautifully.
i7 3520M (Dual core, Four threads, 4M cache, 2.9GHz)
14" 1600x900 display
Intel HD Graphics 4000, no discrete graphics card
4GB memory
128GB Crucial m4 2.5" (7mm) SSD (laptop shipped with a 320GB 7200rpm platter)
9 cell 70++ battery
Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2200 (2x2 BGN)
Common software
No desktop environment. Openbox/pytyle3/pager-multihead. Gkrellm. Konsole. Google Chrome. Vim. Konversation. Wicd.
Battery life
On 66% brightness, it seems like about 8 hours seems to be the sweet spot for typical usage (web browsing and vim). 100% brightness seems to knock this down to the 5-6 hour range. I've only had the laptop for a couple of days, so these numbers are pretty rough and based somewhat on extrapolation.
I have all of the tweaks suggested by `powertop` enabled for the exception of SATA link power management (because I am using an SSD). This includes wifi, audio and usb power management.
I also have the 'ondemand' CPU frequency governor enable, which is the default nowadays anyway. Changing governors (tested powersave, performance and conservative) works perfectly.
Disable KMS when using the current Archlinux installer
The current default Archlinux installer uses an older kernel that doesn't included the updated drivers for Intel's HD 4000 graphics (and possibly wifi?), so KMS fails once it tries to load---which ends up borking the display. To get around this, add 'nomodeset' to the kernel boot parameters to disable KMS. You'll have to do this again on initial boot if you install the kernel that comes with the installer. Once an updated kernel is installed, this boot parameter is no longer needed. (I also tried one of the snapshot installers, but it was having trouble setting up the mount points.)
Most of the current T420 wiki page is relevant
And by that I mean, most things just work. Wifi, graphics (with xf86-video-intel), CPU frequency scaling, screen brightness, keyboard backlight, and excellent two finger scrolling (out-of-the-box with xf86-input-synaptics, no configuration necessary despite what the T420 wiki article says).
I installed thinkfan and added the thinkpad_acpi kernel module to MODULES in rc.conf. This is my thinkfan /etc/thinkfan.conf:
sensor /sys/devices/virtual/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp
(0, 0, 40)
(1, 38, 43)
(2, 41, 50)
(3, 44, 54)
(4, 51, 63)
(5, 55, 67)
(7, 61, 32767)
The settings are tweaked (a little less aggressive) from http://www.jakubkotowski.com/2011/06/th … tings.html. I've tested it with the utilities in the cpuburn package and it seems to work well. For me, the fan stays off when idle and kicks into its lowest settings on typical usage (web browsing and vim, for me).
This also worked out of the box with one small tweak. In /etc/acpi/handler.sh, I replaced
case "$2" in
case "$2" in
Basically, the 'ac_adapter' event is called with the first two arguments as 'ac_adapter ACPI0003:00', and 'AC|ACAD|ADP0' doesn't match that.
Works beautifully. Literally no problems.
I don't use it. acpid + pm-utils + powertop's recommended tweaks are enough for me. (I use acpid to raise and lower the brightness when the AC adapter is [un]plugged, and make sure that on wakeup/boot, the brightness is set appropriately.)
Sleep button
For whatever reason I haven't been able to discover, I cannot detect any power button presses (neither through `acpi_listen` or `xev`). However, the T430 has an extra unlabeled button to the right of 'turn microphone on/off' button that shows up in xev as 'XF86Launch1'. I put this in my ~/.xbindkeys:
"sudo pm-suspend"
And it's now a sleep button. (As long as you set 'pm-suspend' to require no password using `visudo`.)
Web cam
Just works. I installed 'guvcview' and then ran it. It worked.
Alsa just works. Speakers sound good enough to me. (I'm no audiophile though, and have never been too picky over audio quality. My ears aren't very discerning.)
Haven't tested
VGA. Mini display port. Mic. USB 3.0. mSATA. Memory card slot.
I don't anticipate any problems with these things, though.
Archlinux works beautifully on this machine. I literally could not have imagined a smoother experience. I've installed Arch on several laptops, and this was by far the easiest. Having the wifi driver included in the kernel is an especially nice thing that I'm not used to. (Been a victim of broadcom for many years.) Also, the integrated graphics works beautifully, although I am not doing any compositing beyond xcompmgr transparency.
The laptop also has excellent ventilation and actually stays cool enough for it to be bearable to sit directly on my lap for extended periods of time.
This laptop also comes with the option of adding nvidia via Optimus. I recommend staying away from this unless you're willing to deal with Bumblebee. There is also a 1366x768 screen option, and based on preliminary reviews, it isn't that great. Go with the 1600x900 screen---it's quite good.
Education is favorable to liberty. Freedom can exist only in a society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights, and where learning is confined to a few people, liberty can be neither equal nor universal.
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Dell Inspiron N5040
Works perfectly with Linux >= 3.0 (have not tested older kernels).
Intel CPU graphics works well for 2D on Arch.
However, I did not manage to have a decent resolution on FreeBSD.
Asus X52J
Works perfectly except for the video card (a kind of underground AMD HD 3300 which is extremely badly supported by official drivers).
Screen flickers for a few seconds after stand by.
I experienced a regression with Wifi on a kernel update. That's when I learnt to always have a fallback kernel installed! (Either custom or LTS).
Regression was fixed within a few days.
Compaq 615 (not sure of the name name)
Took me a while to understand that its BIOS (which runs a graphical layer btw) could not boot any Arch, BSD or some other distro setups.
It has a very poor support of bootloaders indeed: in that case Syslinux will not work (which is what Arch Iso uses).
So I ended up installing another distro, and chrooting a Arch system from there, then removing the first distro.
Otherwise everything worked properly.
Bug is reported here:
Last edited by Ambrevar (2012-07-30 08:06:54)
Instaltion as of 7/7/12
No major issues , not all the fn keys work but a bit of scripting will work that out.
Asus eee-pc X101
Everything works out of the box except fn+volume keys but that can be easily bypassed.
Didn't try the sd card reader yet.
sd card works. i mounted /home on it.
edit: had to skip diskcheck on it though because no matter the hooks, i did not get it initialized fast enough.
care to explain/link me how you fixed the volume buttons?
would be appreciated.
Last edited by silly (2012-07-12 11:41:33)
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Lenovo Ideapad U310
13,3" - 1366x768
CPU: Intel i5 3317U 1.7Ghz
GPU: Intel HD 4000
RAM: 4Gb
HDD: 32 Gb SSD + 500 Gb 5400 rpm
Everything works perfectly. Amazing boot time ~7 seconds with / on ssd.
You need nomodeset for install because of kernel < 3.2 in install image.
Touchpad is synaptics clickpad, so for right click you need:
$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad catchall"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Option "TapButton1" "1"
Option "TapButton2" "2"
Option "TapButton3" "3"
Option "ClickPad" "true"
Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "0"
Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0"
Lenovo Ideapad U310
13,3" - 1366x768
CPU: Intel i5 3317U 1.7Ghz
GPU: Intel HD 4000
RAM: 4Gb
HDD: 32 Gb SSD + 500 Gb 5400 rpm
Everything works perfectly. Amazing boot time ~7 seconds with / on ssd.
You need nomodeset for install because of kernel < 3.2 in install image.
Touchpad is synaptics clickpad, so for right click you need:
$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad catchall"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Option "TapButton1" "1"
Option "TapButton2" "2"
Option "TapButton3" "3"
Option "ClickPad" "true"
Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "0"
Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0"
Thank you thank you thank you for posting how to get right click to work. I was so confused.
Sony Vaio VPCM13M1E
Almost everything works out of the box. What needed some tweaking:
added s3_bios quirk for resuming from ram
sdhci modules have to be removed prior to suspending to ram/disk to have the controller working after resuming
same for bt_usb
volume keys need to be mapped in xfce to aumix
had to install volnoti to display nice pics and progressbar when raising / lowering / muting the volume
synaptics touchpad configuration needed as per wiki page
What does not work (more testing is in progress on my side, though):
hang after resume-from-disk if plugged to AC
The system has been upgraded to 2GB or RAM and is now running a ck-enabled kernel installed from Repo-ck with custom packages for zfs and spl to have root-on-zfs.
Last edited by goran'agar (2012-07-10 12:48:36)
Sony Vaio VPCM13M1E - Arch Linux - Mate
^Care to comment on the battery life? The U310 is on sale for $750 this week. Thanks =]
I tend to get around six hours out of a full charge with normal use
I've had it since 2009, I had to remove the keyboard and use an external one, but it's still going strong.
HP Pavilion DM1-4000sd
Not recommended for running Linux!
Netbook installs fine. the brcmsmac driver does not work, e.g. flaky connection, low signal strength, 1mbit throughput. Installation needs an ethernet cable.
This netbook unfortunately gives hard lockups at seemingly random invtervals, not distro specific. Seems like a bug in the chipset or broadom-wl driver. Both the wl driver and brcmsmac need to be blacklisted otherwise udev gives a kernel panic.
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-L … -p/1339919
Hi. I know this thread might not belong here, but I respect the opinions of arch community over most others.
I'm looking to buy a new laptop, and will be putting arch on it. I was wondering if there are any manufacturers to stay away from, or that are recommended. I've had trouble with getting some hp laptops to take linux in the past, so I'll likely stay away from that one. The two I'm considering are ASUS and Toshiba.
Some opinions on which of these two laptops you'd go for would be great too.
http://www.asus.com/Notebooks/Multimedi … ent/N53SN/
http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/ … 27868aen02
From what I see, the main factors are (please tell if you notice others)
Asus vs Toshiba
3rd gen vs 2nd gen
1600MHz ram vs 1333MHz ram
7200rpm drive vs 5400rpm drive
I'll be using it to code some simulations, so raw speed is most important, but with lot's of memory accesses and writes to the drive.
Thanks for any help.
Last edited by Pacopag (2012-07-14 01:11:21)
Merged with the Laptops that run Arch thread...
Arch + dwm • Mercurial repos • Surfraw
Registered Linux User #482438
Everything is ok: media keys, brightness control, touchpad, hybrid video via bumblebee, hibernation.
Sorry for my English
HP 6530B run arch perfectly.
Everything works out of the box.
Wireless without Ndiswrapper
I cant get the Card reader to work thou, but that is not important.
Running Arch on ASUS N53SN.
It took me a great deal of time configuring Arch in the way I wanted and now everything works flawlessly.
The major problem was power consumption but now it's not a problem anymore, thanks to laptopmode-tools and bumblebee.
Thinkpad L530 (N2S2TGE)
I'm an Arch Linux user for years, so that's what I chose to be my laptop operating system as well. At first I repartitioned the all-consuming Windows partition and cut the space by half to make some room. I had no problems installing the system from the 2001.08 core x64 image (just needed to boot with "nomodeset" until I updated the kernel). I'm not going into detail about the process itself, so let's jump straight to the hardware features..
lspci reports:
06:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01)
Is works out-of-the-box with the rtl8192ce driver , which is kind of awesome. I did experience some connection problems after updating the installed kernel to 3.4, which magically disappeared as I started using NetworkManager. Well, all in all I really can't complain here.
The built-in bluetooth adapter works fine without any special treatment, I installed bluez and blueman and it just worked. But I don't use it a lot, so no much details here. Just for the sake of testing I paired my laptop with my smartphone and successfully sent a file, so I suppose everything is fine.
Speakers and microphone
Both speakers and microphone are detected and work fine without any special configuration, just install alsa-utils and unmute in alsamixer, and there you go. The speaker sound quality is not really inspiring, but what to expect from a low-budget laptop?
The webcam also works with default drivers out-of-the-box. The device is:
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04f2:b2ea Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
I tested both the microphone and webcam with Skype, it works as expected.
This laptop features the Intel HD 4000 shared on-board graphics, which is for sure better than the NVidia GT 520 in my old computer. Not exactly a gaming card, but it does it's job well, even with my casual games. The drivers are xf86-video-intel-sna and libva-driver-intel. I could start X at the best resolution and with 3D accelleration without even creating a xorg.conf! That's really new to me and it feels really good.
The reason for purchasing the L530 with an i5 processor is of course the built-in Turboboost. The processor is i5-3210M with 2,5GHz (up to 3,1GHz Turboboost). With the normal tools like cpufreq-info you only see the max. speed as 2,5 GHz, but with i7z I actually have seen that the boost works, indeed.
I can't imagine living without two monitors. Fortunately I don't have to. Plug in and go. The Intel drivers support dual monitor with 3D accelleration flawlessly, xrandr is your friend.
Special keys
All special keys except the microphone mute key work fine and either do their job, or are bindable to something. The misbehaving mic-mute key seems to be a discussed problem already concerning not only this laptop.
Power management
I use laptop-tools together with hdparm and acpid. It works fine, meaning that the hard drive spins down, the cpu speed is reduced to 1,2 GHz when idling and the brightness adjustment works as well. The power usage is about 9-14W in battery mode, about 30+W wired. Suspend-to-RAM works fine, but hibernation failed for some reason. It might be my fault, though. Update: It was my fault, indeed. Had to enable the resume hook for the kernel, after that hibernation works fine too!
SD Card Reader
01:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
The card reader was the only device that required some external drivers. I downloaded the driver from the Realtek homepage and also created an AUR package (rts5229) which makes the SD card reader work. No drama at all.
Fingerprint Reader
Although the ThinkWiki says that my device (Bus 001 Device 003: ID 147e:1002 Upek) is not supported under linux, that's not quite the truth. It works perfectly fine with fingerprint-gui, which is also located in the AUR. It does it's job very well after setting it up correctly (see ArchWiki for FPrint).
Touchpad and Trackpoint
The Touchpad works with default synaptics drivers. The Trackpoint does not work at all and that makes me a bit sad. It's not recognized as part of the Touchpad and also not recognized as any other input device. I found no way to make it work. At least I never had the time to get used to it, so I'm not missing it much.
Not tested
Mini-DisplayPort input, USB 3.0 performance (as I have no USB 3.0 devices), Ethernet (but nothing special expected here), combined headphone/mic jack
Well, I hope I didn't forget some important hardware component. Anyhow, I can say that the whole setup was quite painless.
The little trickier pieces were the fingerprint reader and sd card reader, which do work fine after installing the right drivers, but it's annoying that the micmute key and the trackpoint do not work (at least for now).
Other than that, I am a happy new Lenovo-customer and Thinkpad-believer
Last edited by icetonic (2012-07-17 19:09:48)
HP Pavilion DM1-4000sd
Not recommended for running Linux!
Netbook installs fine. the brcmsmac driver does not work, e.g. flaky connection, low signal strength, 1mbit throughput. Installation needs an ethernet cable.
This netbook unfortunately gives hard lockups at seemingly random invtervals, not distro specific. Seems like a bug in the chipset or broadom-wl driver. Both the wl driver and brcmsmac need to be blacklisted otherwise udev gives a kernel panic.
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-L … -p/1339919
Small update, think I've solved the crashes by disabling acpi thermal and the sp5100_tco module.
HP G62 intel i3
Very quiet and keeps cool.
Everything seems to works fine.
I run a very minimal system, Openbox, no panel, Xfe fm and Chromium.
Fitted a Seagate hybrid 500GB HDD, it boots from power on to desktop in 13 seconds and I manually type in user/pass and startx.
Apparently it has two graphics cards, an intel and an ati. I just use the intel one and the standard size glxgears gives me 1032fps.
I am well pleased with the laptop and recommend it although I have heard earlier models of this same laptop had over heating problems, they were probably windows users though.
This is my main PC nowadays, I do have an Advent 4211 as a backup but I use this HP for all my main computer needs.
My next laptop will hopefully be an i7 when I can afford one.
"Today's great idea is tomorrow's mess to clean up."
Mini Laptop Compaq cq10-120la
Everything works perfectly.
Maybe have troubles with the network adapter, chipset Broadcom but nothing else.
CPU: Intel Atom N270 a 1,60GHz
Graphics: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Cache: 512KB Level 2.
if you can imagine it, ¡you can create it!
Asus A43SJ Notebook
Everything works, including card reader, webcam, bluetooth and microphone.
I run gnome 3, and for power management I'm using jupiter applet.
CPU: Intel Core i3 2330M, 2.20 GHz
Graphics: NVidia 520M, currently using nvidia proprietary driver. Nouveau works just fine, btw
HDD: 500GB, 5400 rpm
have some problems with Touchpad, though.
This notebook have a Elantech touchpad, which can be enabled with synaptics driver.
two finger scrolling, multitouch works.
but it randomly stutters and scrolls - dmesg reported "touchpad resynced" or something.
still no luck on fixing that :s
Last edited by maman.lalilu (2012-07-27 18:42:54)
Lenovo ThinkPad X200
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo P8600
GPU: Intel GMA
RAM: 4GB 1066MHz DDR3
Runs great, no complaints. Nipple works great too! Haven't tested the fingerprint reader since I don't use it. WLAN works great with Wicd. Currently running XFCE 4.10 w/ SLiM. GPT-BTRFS-GRUB2-SYSTEMD
systemd-analyze blame
13200ms psd.service
6418ms wicd.service
3281ms avahi-daemon.service
3264ms systemd-logind.service
1888ms systemd-vconsole-setup.service
1351ms systemd-udev-trigger.service
1293ms systemd-udevd.service
1234ms dev-hugepages.mount
1227ms dev-mqueue.mount
1209ms sys-kernel-debug.mount
1165ms rpcbind.service
1042ms systemd-modules-load.service
923ms nfsd.service
814ms upower.service
769ms systemd-sysctl.service
765ms rpc-idmapd.service
750ms systemd-remount-fs.service
649ms console-kit-log-system-start.service
452ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
386ms udisks2.service
358ms rpc-mountd.service
241ms console-kit-daemon.service
89ms tmp.mount
74ms systemd-user-sessions.service
22ms var-lib-nfs-rpc_pipefs.mount
1ms sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount
I use a ProBook 6455b. And I must say that Arch installs fine. But there are a number of driver related issues. Certain laptop features are hindered on mine because I did not have drivers.
Didn't encounter any hardware related problems, although I haven't tried bluetooth or the microphone.
I had problems configuring the touchpad, mostly because synaptics was ignoring 10-synaptics.conf. I suspect this was caused by installing kdebase-konsole as my terminal window, in the Xfce environment. In any case, it was fixed by uninstalling then reinstalling all of X and Xfce, while leaving kdebase-konsole in place.
Last edited by pralias47 (2012-08-10 01:44:51)


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Dark dreams: Regan's canvases cast a spell
In childhood, painter Jeannine Barton Regan suffered a partial hearing loss. Like most children faced with an added and significant obstacle to communication, Regan reacted by becoming an introvert. She spent more time by herself in the woods around her home and less time around people.
That period of introversion and childhood fantasy now marks the work Regan has created for her latest exhibit at the McGuffey Art Center, "Dreams and Other States." In "Dreams," Regan mixes landscapes and imagery from both the childhood of this introspective period and the fantasies of a lonely child, at times updated here to accommodate the form of a fully grown Regan.
And when it comes to dreamspace and dimly lit nightscape, a familiar scene in this exhibit, it helps to have a technique like Regan's. Her watercolor looks nothing like the typical, washed-out and cloudy business countless artists have used in their quest for the perfect sailboat-and-sunset scene. Her paintings are dark and scratched, full of solid, darkened earthtones that saturate her canvas like the concentrated stains of coffee, oil, or grass. She paints on textured surfaces, which only lends an extra layer of grit to her work. Her watercolor strokes can come layered so thickly they almost look like burn marks.
"Sacred Place," one of Regan's dark woods scenes, looks so worried and gouged that it almost seems to have been created by chance– a canvas left out in the mud and rain that randomly turns up a recognizable image.
Regan actively tries to cast a fey spell with this work. Ravens turn up frequently, and seldom without the company of young women staring out blankly from the painting. Between these paintings and the straight landscapes, Regan's aesthetic seems to waiver– as if she hasn't fully committed to the grainy darkness and penumbra vision of her landscapes or to the more straightforward realist work, mostly containing the ravens and women.
If Regan isn't quite as convincing or deft with human or aviary forms, what she does do is craft something like a narrative that runs through a great deal of the exhibit. Regan's work would make a terrific children's book. It's surprising, actually, that many of the paintings weren't conceived with just that purpose in mind.
Jeannine Barton Regan's "Dreams and Other Altered States" runs through September at the McGuffey Art Center, 201 Second St. NW. 295-7973.


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EXCLUSIVE: Deals on new Nicolas Cage drama include a mid-six figure deal with Wild Side for France.
WestEnd has seen good traffic on David Gordon Green's upcoming drama Joe, starring Nicolas Cage.
Wild Side has taken French rights in a mid-six figure deal, while the UK-based outfit has also closed deals in Japan (CCC), Latin America (Vinny) and Middle East (ECS).
Cage stars as an ex-con who becomes an unlikely role model to a teenager from a troubled home. CAA handles US rights.
Manuel Chiche, Wild Side MD said: "We are simply delighted to work with David Gordon Green and his producer Lisa Muskat again after working on Undertow. Noone could better adapt Larry Brown's novel than David. And Nic Cage will be terrific in the lead role".
WestEnd has also closed deals on market debutant The Right Kind of Wrong to Middle East (ECS), A Late Quartet – which opened this weekend in the US via eOne – to Hong Kong (Golden Scene) and Latin America (Vinny) and on comedy-horror Love Bite to Latin America (Vinny), Japan (Kadokawa), Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm) and Taiwan (Deepjoy).
Neil Jordan's Byzantium has gone to Australia (Rialto), Latin America (Vinny), Switzerland (Elite AG), Hong Kong (Edko Film) and Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm); Invisible Woman has sold to Latin America (Vinny) and Turkey (Mars Entertainment); Footnote has sold to South Africa (Ster Kinekor), Albert Nobbs to Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm), Siberian Education to Scandinavia (Smile) and Bethlehem to Latin America (Vinny). Drama Little Birds has gone to Japan (CCC), Scandinavia (Smile) and Airlines (Captive).
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Latest Neurology News
THURSDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- The brains of new taxi drivers change as they learn to navigate thousands of streets and places of interest over several years, a new study shows.
The finding offers more evidence that learning can lead to changes in the adult brain, which is good news for lifelong learning and also for rehabilitation after brain injury, according to the U.K. researchers.
The study included people training to become licensed taxi drivers in London, which requires them to learn the complicated layout of 25,000 streets as well as 20,000 landmarks. The learning period generally lasts three to four years.
The researchers gathered brain images of the taxi trainees over time and also gave them memory tests. Participants were compared to a control group of non-taxi drivers.
At the start of the study, there were no differences between the two groups. But after three to four years, successful taxi trainees showed an increased in gray matter in the back part of the hippocampus. These changes did not occur in trainees who failed or in people in the control group.
The hippocampus is important in spatial navigation and memory.
The findings show that the human brain remains "plastic" even in adult life, enabling it to adapt when people learn new tasks and skills, researchers Eleanor Maguire and Katherine Woollett, of University College London, said in a journal news release.
They suggested that significant cognitive challenges prompt increased production of new neurons and survival of existing neurons. Learning new things may also strengthen connections between existing neurons.
The study appears online Dec. 8 in the journal Current Biology.
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This, as my other post about government, is a general outline about economy in Colovia as a whole, and I hope you can contribute to expand or omit.
Agriculture is not as extended as livestock keeping. The main animal used is the sheep, which aside from the mutton (a staple amongst the Colovians who can afford it regularly), it gives wool.
The raw wool is exported either to the Nibenay to be treated and dyed by the extensive textile industry there, but due to cost of transportation , and to the fact that Nibeneans prefer silk, It is mostly exported through Anvil principally to Wayrest and some other coastal city states of Greater Bretony, where there is higher demand for such a product. Colovian wool garments are also created in Kvatch but are poor quality, not profitable for export.
Regarding agriculture, there is mainly horticulture (carrots, potatoes, onions, et cetera) in small, peasant-owned plots, though there are also a few lords in the Highlands that lease their land.
On a similar scale in parts of the Norther Gold Coast and the Highlands there are olive tree plantations. The olive oil produced here is prized in High Rock and even Summerset (Hammerfell also has extensive olive oil production), and is next to wool and wine one of the chief exports of Colovia, and keeps Anvil Thriving as the center of trade in the Western Empire.
The West Weald is the only known place in Tamriel to produce wine, and therefore wine, along with its byproduct, the famous Colovian brandy, is exported to every corner of the Empire, as far as Morrowind. A large percentage of population in this region works in the industry.
In Anvil, the main economic activity is commerce, as it is the most important trade port in Western Tamriel. The city attracts a large amount of people seeking to either join the Imperial Navy, which has its Headquarters here, or to work as crewmen on the countless merchant vessels that pass through here. As in Stirk, there is also important fishing activity. There may or may not be a shipyard. Wolli?


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Toyota's plan to repair its public image
By Akio Toyoda
Tuesday, February 9, 2010; A17
More than 70 years ago, Toyota entered the auto business based on a simple, but powerful, principle: that Toyota would build the highest-quality, safest and most reliable automobiles in the world. The company has always put the needs of our customers first and made the constant improvement of our vehicles a top priority. That is why 80 percent of all Toyotas sold in the United States over the past 20 years are still on the road today.
When consumers purchase a Toyota, they are not simply purchasing a car, truck or van. They are placing their trust in our company. The past few weeks, however, have made clear that Toyota has not lived up to the high standards we set for ourselves. More important, we have not lived up to the high standards you have come to expect from us. I am deeply disappointed by that and apologize. As the president of Toyota, I take personal responsibility. That is why I am personally leading the effort to restore trust in our word and in our products.
For much of Toyota's history, we have ensured the quality and reliability of our vehicles by placing a device called an andon cord on every production line — and empowering any team member to halt production if there's an assembly problem. Only when the problem is resolved does the line begin to move again.
Two weeks ago, I pulled the andon cord for our company. I ordered production of eight models in five plants across North America temporarily stopped so that we could focus on fixing our customers' vehicles that might be affected by sticking accelerator pedals. Today, Toyota team members and dealers across North America are working around the clock to repair all recalled vehicles.
But to regain the trust of American drivers and their families, more is needed. We are taking responsibility for our mistakes, learning from them and acting immediately to address the concerns of consumers and independent government regulators.
First, I have launched a top-to-bottom review of our global operations to ensure that problems of this magnitude do not happen again and that we not only meet but exceed the high safety standards that have defined our long history. As part of this, we will establish an Automotive Center of Quality Excellence in the United States, where a team of our top engineers will focus on strengthening our quality management and quality control across North America.
Second, to ensure that our quality-control operations are in line with best industry practices, we will ask a blue-ribbon safety advisory group composed of respected outside experts in quality management to independently review our operations and make sure that we have eliminated any deficiencies in our processes. The findings of these experts will be made available to the public, as will Toyota's responses to these findings.
Third, we fully understand that we need to more aggressively investigate complaints we hear directly from consumers and move more quickly to address any safety issues we identify. That is what we are doing by addressing customer concerns about the Prius and Lexus HS250h anti-lock brake systems.
We also are putting in place steps to do a better job within Toyota of sharing important quality and safety information across our global operations. This shortcoming contributed to the current situation. With respect to sticking accelerator pedals, we failed to connect the dots between problems in Europe and problems in the United States because the European situation related primarily to right-hand-drive vehicles.
Toyota will increase its outreach to government agencies charged with protecting the safety of motorists and passengers. I have spoken with U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and given him my personal assurance that lines of communications with safety agencies and regulators will be kept open, that we will communicate more frequently and that we will be more vigilant in responding to those officials on all matters.
In recent years, much has been written about what we call "the Toyota Way" — the values and principles at the heart of our company. Chief among these is our unwavering commitment to continuous improvement: going to the source of a problem and fixing it. While problems with our cars have been rare over the years, the issues that Toyota is addressing today are by far the most serious we have ever faced.
But great companies learn from their mistakes, and we know that we have to win back the trust of our customers by adhering to the very values on which that trust was first built. The hundreds of thousands of men and women at Toyota operations worldwide — including the 172,000 team members and dealers in North America — are among the best in the auto industry. Whatever problems have occurred within our company, the strength and commitment to fix them resides within our company as well.
You have my commitment that Toyota will revitalize the simple but powerful principle that has guided us for 50 years: Toyota will build the highest-quality, safest and most reliable automobiles in the world.
The writer is president of Toyota Motor Co.
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Continues European Expansion with the Debut of Aloft in Germany
Expected to Shake up Germany's Mid-Market Hotel Category, Aloft Munich and Aloft Stuttgart scheduled to Open in 2015
MUNICH - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Nov. 19, 2012 - Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT), and its destination sensation brand, Aloft Hotels, today announces the signings of Aloft Munich and Aloft Stuttgart. Aloft Hotels was created to shake up the traditional mid-market hotel sector. This innovative hotel brand is redefining the category by delivering urban-influenced, modern and vibrant design and a social guest experience all at an affordable price point. Owned and developed by the Schörghuber Corporate Group, Aloft Munich and Aloft Stuttgart will mark the entrance of Starwood's Aloft Hotels brand in Germany when they open in 2015.
"Together with our long-time partner Schörghuber Corporate Group, we are excited to bring Aloft Hotels to Germany," said Roeland Vos, President, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Europe, Africa & Middle East. "We see great opportunities to grow our Aloft portfolio in markets like Germany where there is a strong demand for affordable yet stylish, cutting-edge hotel brands."
"Following the strategic realignment of the Schörghuber Corporate Group's hotel division in 2011, we are pleased that these two hotel projects in Munich and Stuttgart enhance our portfolio in a sensible and sustainable manner," stated Dr. Klaus N. Naeve, CEO of the Schörghuber Corporate Group. "The two Aloft hotels in Munich and Stuttgart are a successful continuation of our long-standing partnership with Starwood. The new brand will serve to further stimulate the hotel industry in Germany."
Pioneering initiatives in music and design have positioned Aloft as a must-have brand for the next generation of travellers. Aloft has reported consistently high guest satisfaction scores since its launch, reflecting the success of the brand's unique positioning. A vision of W Hotels, Aloft's social guest experience – with the buzzing re:mixSM lounge and w xyzSM bar – has earned select hotels within the portfolio designations in TripAdvisor's 2012 Top 25 trendiest hotels around the world.
"Aloft Hotels has completely reinvented the mid-market hotel category and continues to emerge as a popular choice for owners and developers in primary and secondary markets throughout Europe," said Bart Carnahan, Senior Vice President, Acquisitions & Development, Europe, Africa and Middle East, Starwood Hotels & Resorts. "The signings of Aloft Munich and Aloft Stuttgart underline Starwood's continued commitment to expanding our portfolio of mid-market brands in Germany and throughout Europe."
Located near Munich's buzzing city centre, Aloft Munich will be within walking distance of retail stores, cafés and restaurants. The hotel will be directly next to Munich Central Station, offering easy access to key locations throughout the city, including Munich's Franz Josef Strauss International Airport. Aloft Munich will feature 184 guest rooms.
The new-build Aloft Stuttgart will be part of the MILANEO mixed-use development project in Stuttgart's European Quarter. MILANEO is a pioneering, multi-use development project which will offer shopping, restaurants and entertainment venues as well as office space and residential units. Aloft Stuttgart will comprise 165 guest rooms.
Featuring loft-like guest rooms, a buzzing bar scene in the open lobby, a grab-and go café and industrial design elements throughout, Aloft provides modern comforts and a fun social guest experience. All Aloft guest rooms are urban-influenced with over-sized windows and ultra-comfortable plush platform beds as well as walk-in showers and Bliss® amenities.
Both hotels will feature a re:mixSM lounge and w xyzSM bar. These atmospheric public spaces provide guests with a place to mix and mingle, read the paper, work on laptops, play a game of pool or grab a drink with friends. The re:chargeSM fitness centre offers an opportunity to re-energise and the unique re:fuelSM by Aloft introduces a convenient deli option for guests on the go, with an array of food and drinks available 24 hours a day.
After opening its first hotel in 2008, Aloft has since grown to over 60 hotels strong in countries such as the United States, Canada, China, India, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, Belgium and the United Kingdom. Starwood has plans to open its 70th Aloft hotel next year. The company currently operates two Aloft hotels in Europe – Aloft Brussels and Aloft London Excel.
About Aloft Hotels
With more than 60 hotels in 10 countries, Aloft has changed the hotel landscape by offering "style at a steal" everywhere from Baltimore to Beijing to Bogota to Brussels – and everywhere in between. For more information, please visit www.alofthotels.com.
Aloft, like all brands within Starwood's portfolio, is proud to offer the Starwood Preferred Guest(R) program, which offers a breakthrough policy of no blackout dates on Free Night Awards. To learn more, please visit www.spg.com.
About the Schörghuber Corporate Group
The family-run Schörghuber Corporate Group, which was founded in 1954 and has its headquarters in Munich, is successfully involved in the four business sectors real estate and construction, beverages, hotels and seafood, in both the national and international arenas. Bayerische Hausbau, which bundles all the real estate, property development and prefabricated housing activities of the Schörghuber Corporate Group, is one of the largest full-service real estate companies in Germany. As a long-standing company, Bayerische Hausbau has been active in the hotel property segment for over 45 years. The company is also responsible for the hotel buildings under construction in Stuttgart and Munich as well as in Berlin and Düsseldorf. Brau Holding International, a joint venture with Heineken NV, is one of Germany's largest brewery groups and comprises the Paulaner Brewery Group, the Kulmbacher Group and the Südwest Group. The Hotels division, with the management company Arabella Hospitality, performs asset management for the 22 hotels owned and leased in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and on the Balearic island of Mallorca and thus represents the interests of the Schörghuber Corporate Group vis-à-vis Starwood Hotels & Resorts, which is responsible for managing the majority of the hotels. The salmon farming and processing activities in Chile are bundled under the roof of Productos del Mar Ventisqueros and became the Schörghuber Corporate Group's fourth business division in 2011. Common values – diversity, quality and growth – forge a bond between the four business divisions. The group's approximately 6,500 employees ensure that customers enjoy the benefits provided by these shared values every single day. www.sug-munich.com.
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Source: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Starwood Hotels and Resorts
Jenni Benzaquen
+32 2 204 5494
Director Public Relations
Europe, Africa & Middle East
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