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I deleted the knowledge that Tom Hiddleston is voicing Captain Hook in the latest Tinkerbell movie for Disney. It is in no way relevant to me, a grown-ass woman who does not have children to whom I must cater. So when Lainey emailed me about covering a new Tom Hiddleston trailer, I was thinking it was more Only Lovers Left Alive, or perhaps an advertisement for Coriolanus, which opens this week on London's West End. Imagine my surprise when I was reminded that Hiddles recorded the part of Captain Hook for one of Disney's direct-to-DVD Tinkerbell Fairy Land movies. Imagine my extra-surprise when Captain Hook does not appear in the trailer and Hiddles' voice can only briefly be heard for about twenty seconds total. He gets more play in the Muppet trailer, and that's for just a cameo.
I'm sure the Tinkerbell Fairy Land movies are great. I'm sure some of you with children can and will attest to this. And this particular outing also features vocal performances from Mae Whitman and Christina Hendricks, so it's not like he's in bad company. But let's not pretend this is a distinguishing mark on his resume, either. Can we just agree to not be excited about this one?
You know what would be exciting? Tom Hiddleston in a live-action movie about REAL PIRATES. I have a whole section in my personal library dedicated to pirates, and I came very close to going to grad school and studying maritime history; pirates are my first love. I do not know how, in the pirate craze that came after Pirates of the Caribbean, no one looked around and said, "Hey guys, let's make a serious pirate movie!" Bartholomew Roberts, Jack Rackham, Anne Bonny and Mary Read—there are so many options. I would throw money at a movie about Bartholomew Roberts, the stylish and gentlemanly—and HUGELY successful—pirate captain who wrote the famous "pirate's code". Black Bart, starring Tom Hiddleston. Get on that, Hollywood.


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Eclectic Glamour
38 comments:
- I'maNolaGirl said...
What a great home! I love the tall dresser - it adds some character and color to that space!
- June 13, 2011 at 8:06 PM
- Kelly said...
Oh, beautiful....I love it!! Especially the desk and the bedroom.
- June 13, 2011 at 8:09 PM
- Anna Walker said...
Aw I will take it ALL! Seriously! Especially that cute, cuddly kitty on the bed as well! :D
- June 13, 2011 at 9:01 PM
- Liz / Tangible Ingredients said...
oh i just love bureaus that have a whole bunch of skinny drawers. and that cat in the last picture? too much!
- June 13, 2011 at 10:12 PM
- classiq said...
A little modern, a little traditional. Lovely! :)Ada
- June 13, 2011 at 11:04 PM
- simply_KC said...
I love that look myself. The way every room is brightly lit with just neutral colors is simplicity at its finest. Unfortunately for me I live with my mother and although she said she'll leave the interior decorating for me when we moved in January. Her and her partner just went away with it and started on their own.
- June 13, 2011 at 11:17 PM
- StephieB said...
So lovely, especially the bathroom - fresh and white with just a touch of pink - just how I like it!
Happy new week to you, Stephie x
- June 14, 2011 at 12:25 AM
- shopgirl said...
i LOVE eclectic pieces too Shawna, although, sometimes i find it hard to put them altogether with new pieces.
I hope you're well. I promise i will send you an email later today! Big big hugs! Reese
- June 14, 2011 at 12:30 AM
- Brianna Renee said...
inspiring decorating ideas here! i'm moving soon, so i'm in need of home decor inspirations and these photos are great! :)
- June 14, 2011 at 12:36 AM
- this free bird said...
This is wonderful. It speaks to everything I would love to recreate...and I already own the cat!! xo-C
- June 14, 2011 at 1:00 AM
- Martina said...
Sooooo gorgeous this place! Would like to be that cat right now ;)
- June 14, 2011 at 2:17 AM
- Castles Crowns and Cottages said...
Good morning darling Shawna! This post is special to me, for having grown up in California, I am well aware of the style, architecture and feel of the open and eclectic feel. How I LOVE WHITE and whispy drapes coupled with the smooth walls and metallic finishes!!!! AND YOUR SIGNATURE peach/orange color comes through beautifully! Dearest, thank you for your encouraging words to me; I needed to hear them for last night I went to a writers' discussion group and it was quite depressing! BUT I need to focus on MY purposes for writing and realize that there are many different levels of writers and purposes and just MOVE FORWARD and to not be discouraged. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR KIND WORDS and sweet friendship! Have a great day and DREAM! Anita
- June 14, 2011 at 2:41 AM
- A Plum By Any Other Name said...
I can certainly see why it's an inspiration. Love that lighting fixture in the bedroom. I'm also a sucker for pot racks, what can I say ...
- June 14, 2011 at 4:45 AM
- Alicia@ eco friendly homemaking said...
This is so nice and I especially like that bedroom! Even the cat looks adorable!!
- June 14, 2011 at 5:38 AM
- THE ALTERNATIVE WIFE said...
Swwon-worthy!!! I just love all of the glam old Hollywood details. Oh and the cat is adorable too :)
- June 14, 2011 at 5:48 AM
- Annie said...
so classy & romantic!
- June 14, 2011 at 7:27 AM
- amy b.s. said...
i love all the subtle gold accents.
- June 14, 2011 at 7:42 AM
- HOGGER + Co. said...
Niiiice...is that an Oscar or an Emmy award - so cool! That would be a good pop of metal, that's for sure.
- June 14, 2011 at 7:43 AM
- cb said...
really great! i love that dresser, the color is perfect and i really love how the pots and pans are hanging, seems like it would be out of place for such a high glamor house but it totally works!
- June 14, 2011 at 8:50 AM
- MapleandVine said...
cuuute. i love the piece behind the bed!
- June 14, 2011 at 9:23 AM
- Unknown said...
Wow, gorgeous! I wish i lived in such a lovely place! Plus I want the cat on the bed :D
- June 14, 2011 at 11:29 AM
- Unknown said...
Adorable home, dear friend!!
I love every little detail!!
Another outstanding post!!
It is cold around here, sweet Shawna! I have just finished one more sewing project and now it is dinner time!!!
Much love to you!!!!!!!!!!!
- June 14, 2011 at 4:01 PM
- Kelly Frances Dunn said...
That last picture is golden for sure! I love how fresh and clean a feeling you get from these interiors. That light over the bed is just dreamy!!!
- June 14, 2011 at 9:48 PM
- Unknown said...
I'm really liking whites with metallics at the moment. Such a clean and interesting look.
- June 15, 2011 at 4:10 AM
- ellie's desk said...
Very cozy!
- June 15, 2011 at 4:51 AM
- Rosie said...
Greetings Shawna Girl!
Oh Yes this is one of my F*A*V*O*R*I*T*E looks! It's the edginess between the sparkle and the vintage...yum...
Hope this note finds you well. Life is CrAzY these days...no time to even breath, but just wanted to pop by for a bit PERFECT POPPY WONDERment...miss you sweet one. Have a Blessed Wednesday my dear friend"...xoxox Rosie
- June 15, 2011 at 10:50 AM
- About Last Weekend said...
Like you I love that Hollywood glamour with the shine and lushness - wonderful
- June 15, 2011 at 12:15 PM
I love eclectic homes like this. They always look so livable but perfectly styled.
- June 15, 2011 at 4:38 PM
- Cornflakes and Honey said...
Ah ha, finished with the best picture of them all. What a cute darling.
This home is so beautiful with all the delicate touches of gold. Great inspiration!
- June 15, 2011 at 6:41 PM
- georgia ~ gi gi said...
Happy Wednesday Poppie Girl!!!
How's your week going so far? Good I hope :)
Thanks for all your sweetness on my blogs!!!! Your so good to me!
I am so close to finishing my book Love Wins! Hope to finish tonight! It is soooo good! I think EVERYONE should read this book!
I am going to read Sacred Romance next! Jeremy gave it to me :) I am glad you loved it!!
This apartment is super classy!
I love the lighted fixture ( whatever you call it, lol)
I need something cool over my bed!
Love ya Poppie Girl!
gi gi
- June 15, 2011 at 7:22 PM
- Barbara von Enger said...
Such a pretty house. The decor is so modern and hip. I like the bedrooms. And what a sweet cat;-)
- June 16, 2011 at 5:13 AM
- Stacey said...
beautiful collection of images! Love!
- June 16, 2011 at 12:16 PM
- Diana said...
Its just so cozy looking! And how adorable is the last photo with the cat! Im in love with the pillows and the couch! :)
- June 16, 2011 at 1:14 PM
- k said...
that is one well put together home for sure!!! I like it!!
- June 16, 2011 at 1:24 PM
- Gloria said...
Oh, I could SO live with all of these rooms being in my sweet nest...:) How inspiring they all are! Beautiful!
I hope you are enjoying our California sunshine, and that your weekend is a happy one!
- June 16, 2011 at 5:56 PM
- tinajo said...
Metallic can be really fun in a home! :-)
- June 17, 2011 at 8:06 AM
- keishua said...
what a inspiring home. I love that screen in the back. Oh, and the cat is too, cute.
- June 18, 2011 at 7:09 AM
- Marie said...
The living room is so crisp and chic.:D
***** Marie *****
- June 23, 2011 at 11:23 PM

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sunday supper
I haven't felt like cooking much lately, which my mother scolded me for when she found out. It's a lot of work and I loathe the mess so it's been less frequent. Maybe I've also been uninspired?
I had some imitation crab meat that I needed to do something with so I mixed it with a tiny bit of stone ground mustard, mayo, diced celery, onion & bell peppers and feta cheese. I layered spinach on a piece of crisp bread with a little lemon juice and it is my husband's "new favorite", he tells me.
The way to a man's heart is paved with crab salad, unless he's allergic of course.
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- AnonymousApril 03, 2011
Totally going to try this!!!- I LOVE imitation crab meat :), lol. I just wish we could call it something else.ReplyDelete
And it looks good :)ReplyDelete
@made to travel : I think this is what is called in France 'surimi' and I think this sounds more appealing than 'imitation crab meat' lol
This looks really good! I'm always at a loss for what to do with imitation crab. I love crab so much but I also like imitation crab. (I don't like to cook at all! Luckily Geoff is happy to do all the cooking... phew!)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 03, 2011
Oh I like that better Alexia!!! Taking it!ReplyDelete
Yum!! What a great and easy little meal! Thanks for sharing :)ReplyDelete
I say for inspiration that you do a once a week food article with a recipe you made during the week.. Thats if its in the budget of course. But I think it would give the viewers something to look forward to as well as give you a reason to wanna whip something up that u made either from a new recipe or from one of your own.. You can post pics as well as the recipe so maybe we can take a crack at it or maybe we can swap some of our own recipes.. What do you think?ReplyDelete
It's a good idea and something to strive for but I don't know that I can make any extra commitments at the moment.
I'll keep this in the back of my mind though, thank you!
Thanks for the good idea. Tonights it´s crab sandwich.ReplyDelete
I am so with you on this one. Like you said, it's really the cleaning after that is the big drag. Your crab salad does look good though :)ReplyDelete
Looks great, very yummy : ) I am going to try this. Joshua is right you can try and do recipes of your own, because every time you post something about your food, looks delicious, think about it : ) . Have a nice day!ReplyDelete
Looks delicious...I'm now inspired for lunch!ReplyDelete
I'm giving it a go! It sounds delish!ReplyDelete
Thanks for inspiring me to get into the kitchen...not an easy feat!!
This looks GOOD.ReplyDelete
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Elisa Chan reveals homophobic views in secret recording
"So disgusting!"
That exclamation escaped the lips of District 9 Councilwoman Elisa Chan on May 21 in her City Hall office, where she was meeting with members of her staff to discuss the city's proposal to update its nondiscrimination ordinance, adding protections for sexual orientation and gender identity.
In the course of the conversation, Chan expressed her unvarnished views on homosexuality, which range from befuddled to intolerant.
She revealed that she believes being gay is a choice and that gay people should not be allowed to adopt children, and she voiced revulsion toward the LGBT community.
Unbeknown to the councilwoman, an aide, James Stevens, was secretly recording the meeting on his iPhone. (He's now a former aide; Stevens, 28, quit this week.)
In the recording, which Stevens gave to me, the councilwoman and her aides strategize how to oppose the ordinance publicly without revealing her feelings.
"My decision to record in the first place was that, during the staff meetings, we weren't really discussing the ordinance itself," Stevens told me. "We were really just talking about ways to appeal to the (voting) base and to get them fired up as opposed to analyzing the ordinance."
Chan "is only focused on her political future," he continued. "She's not focused on the policy itself and how it's going to really affect the city. We spent 80 percent of that meeting talking about how disgusting homosexuality is."
Reached at City Hall on Thursday, Chan wouldn't confirm a rumor that she plans to run for mayor in 2015.
When I asked if she knew Stevens, she said, "No, I don't think that rings a bell ... James Stevens."
"He works for you," I said.
"Oh, James, yeah sure," she said.
But Chan balked at defending any comments in the recording.
"I think that's in a private setting and I don't know if that's — I need to hear that recording to know," she said. "I'm not quite sure what you're talking about so maybe you can play that back to me. We talk a lot of things in the staff meetings, so I wanted to know also under what context."
At one point in the recording, amid a tittering exchange about pansexual people, Chan interjects her opinion on the nature of homosexuality.
"You know, to be quite honest, I know this is not politically correct," she says. "I never bought in that you are born, that you are born gay. I can't imagine it."
As the talk shifts back to pansexual people, whose sexual orientations encompass all gender identities, Chan asks, "How can that be?"
"I will say, 'Strip down! What equipment do you have?'" she continues. "I'm telling you. Crazy. We're getting to crazy realm."
Stevens agrees that it's "politically incorrect in some circles" to claim that people choose to be gay.
"The newspaper will get to you," he warns.
"That's why I never would say that outside because they kill me," Chan says. "When I say that it's ... behavioral preference, they say that, 'No, you're born with it.' But I never bought into that."
An aide suggests that homosexuality could be linked to biology: "Americans can, with almost a 90 percent success rate, identify gay people by their face alone," he says.
"No, that's because they shave," Chan said. "And I also think they could take hormone shots."
The conversation shifts to the possibility of Chan submitting an Op-Ed, presumably to the San Antonio Express-News, regarding her stance on the nondiscrimination ordinance.
"Become a culture warrior on this one," advises Jeff Bazan, who was Chan's chief of policy at the time of the recording. Bazan now works as chief of staff to District 8 Councilman Ron Nirenberg.
(Earlier in the recording, Bazan warns, "The road we're going ... incest and being able to marry animals, that's all going to happen," echoing red-meat Republicans such as Rick Santorum.
(Late Thursday, Bazan gave a statement: "I was basically explaining the viewpoint that some people have on the gay marriage issue. What I said was wrong and I deeply regret it. I can say that those comments, which were intended to be purely political, do not reflect my heart. Councilman Nirenberg, whom I currently serve and support, has made it clear that discrimination is not negotiable, and I am proud to work for him.")
"You get the most political points by standing up for traditional values on this one," Bazan continues in the recording. "This is not an economic argument. This isn't a small government argument. This is a social, cultural argument right here and ... you're going to score the biggest points by taking that stand."
But Chan seems to reject that strategy, opting instead to cloud the issue and conceal her views.
"This is my philosophy, guys," she says. "Whatever you want to do in your bedroom is none of my business, but do not impose your view on other people, especially becoming policy ... because personally, I think it's just disgusting just to even think about. All the definitions. ...
"But I don't want to go against, necessarily ... I don't want to beat up anybody," she continues. "Maybe what we can do, can we maybe throw some questionable confusions like, OK, this 'transgender,' because the definition is so broad... Maybe I say I was not educated on what transgender is about."
Later, Chan slips back into candor.
"By the way, this is politically incorrect," she tells her aides. "I don't think homosexual people should do adoption. They should be banned by adoption. You're going to confuse those kids. They should be banned.
"If you wanted to choose that lifestyle, we don't want to discriminate you, but you shouldn't affect the young people," she continues. "How terrible. ... They're going to be confused. You see two men go into a bedroom. You see two women kissing. Is that not confusing? It's confusing.
"It is actually, what you call, suggestive, for the kids to be corrupt, which is against nature. I'm telling you, anything that is against nature is not right."
None of this intolerance, of course, should appear in the Op-Ed.
"Can you guys come up with a draft?" she asks her aides. "Come up with draft with all the good, those arguments we talk as a speaking point, in terms of we're addressing an issue that is not an issue. This is national politics again at the council level.
"This is another layer of bureaucracy, that we have not heard any discrimination," she continues. "And then add in the family value in there. ... Maybe I'll use the industries, that we have a trend, that is, maybe I'll use we have water rates and CPS rates to worry about."
Above all, Chan says, she does not want to be seen as disdainful of people's "choices."
"We do not want to attack any group," she says. "I'm respectful of their choices, right? Even though I don't believe that, but they're free people, they can do whatever they want to do. But ... don't just come back and say you're being discriminated."
Chan's own revulsion and intolerance, however, are the seeds of discrimination. Concealing it allows her to deny a need for change.
The power she wields as a councilwoman to shape the debate obliges her to be upfront about her own beliefs. Her fellow council members, then, invested with crucial votes, could better decide whether the LGBT community deserves their help.


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Registration/Packet Pickup
Day Before
Day of Registration
6:30am – 7:30am ONLY – do NOT arrive late.
Please follow the registration signs to the check-in tents located on the activity fields in front of the Student Activity Center. There will also be large REGISTRATION flags designating the check-in area as well.
Items to bring to check-in
* Drivers license or picture ID
* USA Triathlon member card OR
$15 cash or check made payable to USAT for one day license fee
* Helpful to bring a printout of your registration confirmation
You will not be permitted to race without a picture ID.
Items you will receive at check-in
* Bib number
* Swim Cap (required to wear during the swim)
* Shirt (ONLY GUARANTEED IF REGISTERED WITHIN 14 DAYS OF EVENT)
* Partner supplied samples (please only one sample of each product)
**To cut down on landfill waste, we do not use gear bags for the items. You may want to bring a reusable bag or cinch sack.
Each team member must sign their own waivers. The bib number will be withheld until ALL team members have checked in personally. Once all members have checked in, THEN the bib number will be released. Unless all team members check-in together, the bib will be given to the last member signing in.
Checking in another athlete
Each participant must pick up their own packet and may not check-in for another athlete.
Exceptions: A parent or guardian may pick up for their child.
Note: Participants 17 and under must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian to sign event waivers.
Bib Number
At registration you will receive ONE bib number that the runner must wear on the front of their chest, since they will be crossing the finish line.
Body Marking
All relay members will get body marked with the bib number assigned to them, so they can all be identified on the course.
Timing Chip and Strap
The athlete competing in the first discipline should securely attach the timing chip to their ankle. The chip and strap should be handed off to the next relay member inside the Transition Area ONLY at the designated RELAY area. Each athlete should only wear the chip on the ankle, never on the wrist. Do not just grab it and go. You must make sure it is secure on your ankle before leaving the Transition Area. Exchanging outside of the Transition Area could result in a disqualification.
Transition Area
There will be a designated rack(s) for RELAYS only. This is typically near one of the exit/entry points. Please make sure all relay member's gear is in this designated area. Even when the Transition Area is closed, relay members may still have access to the Transition Area to warm up and prepare for their discipline.
Timing Chip & Strap
Each athlete will be assigned a timing chip and strap. These will be available race morning unless otherwise stipulated in your race confirmation. After check-in, bring your race number to the TIMING CHIP flag where a support crew will hand you a timing chip that corresponds with your bib. Please DO NOT take your own chip off the boards. You MUST physically show your bib number to the support crew in order to pickup your chip. NO exceptions.
You are responsible for this chip and strap once it is handed to you. Failure to turn it in for ANY reason will result in a $40 charge.
You must wear your chip and strap on your ankle for the entire event, start to finish.
Chip collection will NOT be at the finish line unless stipulated ahead of time. Chips and straps will be collected on your way out of the transition area, once we open it for gear retrieval. Please do NOT turn them in ahead of time, unless it is to a 3D crew member.
Timing & Scoring
We provide all the timing and scoring services for each and every event we host. This will be with ChampionChip or Chrono Track timing systems.
Throughout the course, there will be sets of timing mats or gators, typically under structures, indicating finish, run in, run out, swim finish, etc. You must cross over these areas. Do NOT avoid them or attempt to jump over them.
Every effort will be made to supply you with a swim, run, transition 1, and finish times. However, it is explicitly expressed that the electronic timing systems are not fool proof. They are electronics and computers which are outside in the elements and they are not perfect systems. We along with any other timer out there can only score what is captured in a system.
Preliminary Results
These are posted at the event in and around the post event areas. This area is designated with a large purple RESULTS flag. Results are rarely 100% final at the time of the awards ceremony due to post race corrections.
Your results will be posted on the event website under the RESULTS tab located on the home page as well as event page. Every effort is made to post these by the following morning or within 24 hours of the event.
ANY and ALL timing questions and inquiries must be sent to: email@example.com
Emailing or contacting event management in any other way will not guarantee an attempt to retrieve results.
Body Marking (Tattoos)
All athletes and all relay members will be body marked with their race number. After picking up your chip and strap please proceed to the body marking area typically designated with a large BODY MARKING flag. You must have your bib number for this process.
Event support crew will be marking race numbers on your swim caps, biceps, tops of hands, and quadriceps. You will also have your event code marked on one calf. T = Long Course, S = Sprint, SS = Super Sprint, D = Duathlon, R = Relay, H = Half. On the opposite calf will be your age.
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In addition to the tent you will enjoy these PURPLE Amenities:
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Doctors at the Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation say a teen who plummeted 3,500 feet to the ground last month walked with assistance Monday and may make a full recovery.
Makenzie Wethington, 16, was severely injured when her parachute malfunctioned Jan. 25 while skydiving over Chickasha, Okla.
Dr. Seema Sikka, the physician overseeing Wethington's care at Dallas' Baylor Institute of Rehabilitation, said Monday the teen's prognosis for a full recovery is very good.
The latest news from around North Texas.
During a news conference, Sikka said doctors are still conducting cognitive evaluations but that Wethington is having no trouble communicating with those around her.
Sikka outlined some of Wethington's outstanding issues, mainly fractures to the spine, hip, pelvis and ribs. She said she didn't expect Wethington would need any surgeries in her recovery other than what may be required to fix dental fractures.
Sikka said Wethington's main challenges in her recovery will be pain management. She'll need to find the balance so that she can take part in activities while healing without over-sedating.
"I think, for her, it's going to be mainly giving herself actually some time to recover. She's a young girl she wants to get out there again with her friends, be active," said Sikka. "The main challenge is going to be stepping back a little and give her some time to heal and recover and, kind of, being able to understand what that means for her."
Sikka said that Wethington may need to remain in rehab for several weeks, but that she would know more about the teen's recovery timeline in the coming days.
"Her strength and her movement of her extremities and her sensation appears pretty intact, so I think her spinal cord itself has been pretty intact," said Sikka.
Wethington's mother and father, Holly and Joe, were at the news conference Monday and also spoke on their daughter's behalf.
"It's amazing the things the school is doing for her. The pep rally, as soon as she got pictures sent to her, you know, it put a smile on her face. She's real happy that everybody, you know, really, loves and supports her and sending all the prayers," said Holly Wethington.
Last week, Makenzie's father said his daughter's parachute did not fully deploy when she jumped. The owner of the sky diving company, Bob Swainson of Pegasus Air Sports Center, has said there was nothing wrong with the parachute and that he believes Mackenzie did not follow instructions given during her training.
After a little more than a week, the teenager was discharged from the University of Oklahoma Medical Center so that she could continue rehabilitation in North Texas.


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Discussion: DailyTech, Compiler, Good Morning Silicon Valley, Engadget and Podcasting News
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Apple unveils new iMacs, updated apps — Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced two new iMacs at the start of an event held Tuesday at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. — The 20-inch and 24-inch iMacs are the latest editions of Apple's all-in-one iMac design.
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Gregg Keizer / Computerworld: Apple refreshes iMacs, as expected
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Paul Miller / Engadget:
Apple's new iMac — Who could've seen this one coming? Apple surprised no one this morning with brand new iMacs. Built from aluminum and glass, the new all-in-one desktops feature a complete redesign and will come in two sizes: 20-inch and 24-inch. There's the usual compliment of ports like USB 2.0 …
Discussion: Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi, The Boy Genius Report, ZDNet, Tech Blog, Joystiq and DigitalBattle
Dean Takahashi / Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi: Live blogging from Apple's new iMac debut
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet: The redesigned iMac desktop range emerges
Ross Miller / Joystiq: New iMacs feature DirectX 10-compatible ATI Radeon GPUs
James Hyde / DigitalBattle: Apple Unveils DX10 Comatible iMacs
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Apple's new iMac and keyboard: first hands-on
Apple's new iMac and keyboard: first hands-on
Discussion: The Unofficial Apple Weblog and digg
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Apple refreshes Mac mini, now with Core 2 Duo
Apple refreshes Mac mini, now with Core 2 Duo
Discussion: digg
Rich Brown / CNET News.com: Apple extends its desktop design lead
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Live Blogging: Apple Media Event: New iMacs, iWork, iLife, Dot Mac upgrades
Live Blogging: Apple Media Event: New iMacs, iWork, iLife, Dot Mac upgrades
Discussion: Michael Gartenberg, PC World: Techlog, The Mac Observer, Bits, Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi and The Utility Belt
Harry McCracken / PC World: Techlog: Live From Apple Event: New iMacs, iLife '08, iWorks '08
Saul Hansell / Bits: The Event at Apple Is About Events (in More Ways Than One)
Dean Takahashi / Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi: Live blogging from Apple's new iMac debut: new versions of iLife applications
Holly M. Sanders / New York Post:
TIMESSELECT CONTENT FREED — The New York Times is poised to stop charging readers for online access to its Op-Ed columnists and other content, The Post has learned. — After much internal debate, Times executives - including publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. - made the decision to end …
Discussion: paidContent.org, Insider Chatter, Good Morning Silicon Valley, mathewingram.com/work, Google Blogoscoped, Screenwerk, WebProNews, Brad Linder's digital home, Epicenter, Techdirt, Threat Level, Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab, Digital Trends, BloggingStocks, Todd Watson, ClickZ News Blog, jkOnTheRun, The Gong Show, Silicon Alley Insider, michael parekh on IT, Geek Speaker, Lost Remote, Journalistopia, Portfolio.com and The Technology Liberation …
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent.org: TimesSelect Watch: Yes, No, Maybe Redux: NYP Saya Yes
Donna Bogatin / Insider Chatter: Perfect Online Newspaper Storm: Digital Ads Explode, Pay Wall Implodes
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped: Rumor: NYT to Kill Paid Content Model?
Greg Sterling / Screenwerk: Report: Times Abandons 'TimesSelect' for Free
David A. Utter / WebProNews: Rumor: TimesSelect Pay Service Ending
Adario Strange / Epicenter: Rumor Control: Post Says Times Select To Go Free
Joe Weisenthal / Techdirt: R.I.P TimesSelect? — The New York Times' plan to lock …
Umair / Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab: Research Note: Strategic Errors Mini Case Study - TimesSelect
Geoff Duncan / Digital Trends: New York Times Nixing Online Subscriptions?
Kevin Kelly / BloggingStocks: NYT TimesSelect becomes freely available
Zachary Rodgers / ClickZ News Blog: TimesSelect Headed to the Guillotine?
Kevin C. Tofel / jkOnTheRun: Times Select going free? Is Times Reader content next?
Andrew Parker / The Gong Show: NYT Opening Up TimesSelect Content
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider: NY Times To Can TimesSelect
Cory Bergman / Lost Remote: Report: NY Times to axe Times Select
Danny Sanchez / Journalistopia: NY Post report: TimesSelect is a goner
Kevin Maney / Portfolio.com: Tom Friedman Freed! Yay!
Tim Lee / The Technology Liberation Front: Times Unselect — The New York Post is reporting that the New …
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News.com:
New York Times to ax premium online content, rival says
New York Times to ax premium online content, rival says
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!: New York Times Sees Sense: Paywall Comes Crashing Down
Yahoo! News:
New York Times to end paid Web service: report
New York Times to end paid Web service: report
Discussion: Rev2.org
Brandon West / Rev2.org: New York Times "Select" Goes Free
Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:
New York Times To Fold TimesSelect Presaging The Death of Paid Content
New York Times To Fold TimesSelect Presaging The Death of Paid Content
Discussion: Conversion Rate Marketing Blog, Associated Press and The Next Net
Robert Gorell / Conversion Rate Marketing Blog: The Death of Paid Newspaper Content
Erick Schonfeld / The Next Net: The Last Wall is About to Fall at the NYT
New VSS Forecast Released — Shift to Alternative Media Strategies Will Drive U.S. Communications Spending Growth in 2007-2011 Period; Consumer Media Usage Expected to Level Off Going Forward … While communications spending growth accelerated in 2006, outpacing nominal GDP for the fourth …
Discussion: HipMojo.com, Epicenter, Recovering Journalist, paidContent.org, Business Week, Boing Boing, BuzzMachine, 901am, WebProNews and E-Media Tidbits
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / HipMojo.com: Television Olympian-Sized Nightmare
Adario Strange / Epicenter: Forecast: Digital Content Kills Newspapers By 2011
Robert Andrews / paidContent.org: Online Ad Spend To Overtake Newspapers By 2011: Report
Heather Green / Business Week: Blog, Podcast RSS Online Sales To Be Nearly Half Size Of Mobile Sales
Rhiza Sanchez / 901am: Online ads to overtake newspapers in 2011?
Doug Caverly / WebProNews: Report: Online Advertising To Triumph In 2011
Aline van Duyn / Financial Times:
Online ads to overtake US newspapers — The rapid growth of online advertising is expected to see the sector overtake US newspaper advertising in terms of size by 2011. — The forecast comes against a backdrop of declining advertising sales reported by newspaper groups this year in spite of continued strength in the US economy.
Discussion: HipMojo.com, WebProNews, Mark Evans, Business Week, Liberate Media, 24/7 Wall St., Podcasting News and Silicon Alley Insider
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / HipMojo.com: 2011 vs 2021: The Web Shall Inherit the Earth
Heather Green / Business Week: Net Ad Spend To Surpass Other Media (By Including Net Sales at Traditional Sites)
Laurie Petersen / MediaPost Publications:
Internet Ad Spending Set To Overtake All Other Media By 2011: VSS
Internet Ad Spending Set To Overtake All Other Media By 2011: VSS
Discussion: HipMojo.com, Search Engine Land, Bits and Screenwerk
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / HipMojo.com: Why the Web Confounds TV Playbooks
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: Forecast: Internet Expected To Exceed All Other Ad Media By 2011
Greg Sterling / Screenwerk: VSS: Internet to Be No. 1 Ad Medium by 2011
Stephen Chau / Google LatLong:
More Street View Cities — Since the launch of Street View we've been working hard on extending the service to more cities. — We're excited to announce that Street View is now available in San Diego, Los Angeles, Houston and Orlando. Like the San Francisco Bay Area, San Diego features high-resolution imagery.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: Google Street View Adds Four Cities
David Pett / FP Trading Desk: Immersive Media's Google deal in jeopardy
Doug Caverly / WebProNews: Google Street View Expands To Four New Cities
Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System: New Cities in Google Maps Street View
Haochi / Googlified: 4 More Street View Cities
Frank Taylor / Google Earth Blog: Google Maps StreetView in Four New Cities
Los Angeles Times:
Google Maps redraw the realm of privacy — As street-level photos are added to the site, fears of intrusion arise. — Google Inc. has been watching you, Southern California. — A caravan of cars and trucks mounted with cameras has been driving city streets for months …
Discussion: Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Mashable! and GigaLaw.com Daily News
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!: Houston, This is Google Street View
Brad Linder / Download Squad:
Four more cities added to Google street View
Four more cities added to Google street View
Discussion: CNET News.com
Microsoft Lowers Price of Xbox 360 by $50 — Price drop coincides with release of "Madden NFL 08" on Xbox 360, one of many titles that make up the greatest holiday lineup in video game history. — Microsoft Corp. today kicked off the greatest holiday lineup in video game history by announcing …
John P. Falcone / CNET News.com: Xbox 360 price drops now official
Dustin Burg / Xbox 360 Fanboy: Halo 3 Xbox 360 available in September for $399
Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica: Microsoft confirms price drop on Xbox 360 hardware
David Hunter / Microsoft News Tracker: Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 prices
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0: Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 by $50
Nancy Blair / Technology Live: Microsoft to cut Xbox price by $50
Frank Caron / Opposable Thumbs: Xbox 360 price cut doubled in Canada
Chris DiBona / Official Google Blog:
Joining OIN — You'll often hear members of our open source team say, "Every time you use Google, you're using Linux." It's absolutely true. Check a Google engineer's workstation, and you'll probably find it's running Linux. Do a search on Google.com, and a Linux server will return your results.
Discussion: InformationWeek, Between the Lines, WebProNews, Linux-Watch.com, Computerworld and TechSpot News
Charles Babcock / InformationWeek: Google To Join Group To Protect Linux From Possible Patent Challenge
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines: Can Google get OIN over the enterprise hump?
Doug Caverly / WebProNews: Google Joins Linux-Oriented OIN
Justin Mann / TechSpot News: Google joins Open Invention Network
Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Google signs on with Open Invention Network
Google signs on with Open Invention Network
Discussion: CNET News.com, Inquirer and Mashable!
Egan Orion / Inquirer: Google takes first end-user OIN licence
Kristen Nicole / Mashable!: Google Joins OIN Open Source Community
Wall Street Journal:
Music Publishers Join YouTube Copyright Suit — A trade association representing major music publishers signed on as plaintiffs in an existing lawsuit accusing YouTube of copyright infringement, joining a growing list of parties who argue Google Inc.'s video-sharing service routinely violates intellectual-property rights.
Discussion: Ars Technica, Reuters, NewTeeVee, Media 3.0 with Shelly Palmer, BloggingStocks, paidContent.org and CNET News.com
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica: Class-action suit against YouTube grows to eight parties
Jackson West / NewTeeVee: Tuesday Morning Vid-Biz Headlines
Douglas McIntyre / BloggingStocks: More copyright troubles for YouTube
David Kaplan / paidContent.org: Music Publishers Join British Soccer League Class Action Suit Against YouTube
Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com: Journalist joins class action against YouTube
Terrence Russell / Epicenter: YouTube Expands Its Class-Action Suit Collection
Microsoft MP3 fine dropped — A US district court has overturned a decision ordering Microsoft to pay phone firm Alcatel-Lucent $1.52bn (£777m) for infringing music patents. — The federal judge in San Diego reversed a jury's decision which had ruled that Microsoft's Media Player software infringed on two Alcatel patents.
Discussion: Neowin.net and Slashdot
Bezhou Feng / Neowin.net: Microsoft's $1.5 Billion MP3 Fine Dropped
John Markoff / New York Times:
$1.5 Billion Verdict Against Microsoft Is Set Aside
$1.5 Billion Verdict Against Microsoft Is Set Aside
Discussion: Epicenter, Digital Trends, Gizmodo and IP Democracy
Terrence Russell / Epicenter: Microsoft Off The Hook In $1.5 Billion Patent Suit
Christopher Nickson / Digital Trends: Microsoft Judgment Set Aside
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo: Patent Predicaments: Judge Tosses $1.52 Billion MP3 Patent …
Cynthia Brumfield / IP Democracy: MP3 Verdict Derails Massive New Lawsuits...For Now
Arneh / WinBeta:
Windows XP SP3 Released To Small Group (Updated) — Forum CP · Admin CP — Add to Favorites — Welcome to WinBeta. — Your number one source for the latest Windows news and reviews. We will keep you up to date within the community and beyond!
Discussion: All about Microsoft and CyberNet Technology News
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Shhhh! Pre-beta Vista SP1 is out there
Shhhh! Pre-beta Vista SP1 is out there
Discussion: Robert McLaws, Download Squad and Alice Hill's Real Tech News
Robert McLaws / Windows Vista Edition: Windows Vista Pre-SP1 Performance and Reliability Updates Released
Michael Santo / Alice Hill's Real Tech News: Vista SP1 Pre-Beta in Circulation?
The new Nokia Prism collection: progressive design cut with personalized style — Espoo, Finland - Nokia today unveiled the Prism collection, its latest range of mobile phones aimed at style-conscious consumers. The Prism collection consists of the Nokia 7900 Prism and the Nokia 7500 Prism …
Discussion: PC World, Engadget, IntoMobile, Phone Scoop, BetaNews and Gadget Lab
Tom Spring / PC World: Nokia Prism Phone Features OLED Display
Chris Ziegler / Engadget: Nokia makes Prism collection officially official
Stefan Constantinescu / IntoMobile: Nokia Prism Collection: The 7900 and 7500 are official
Charlie Sorrel / Gadget Lab: Nokia Prism Series: Diamonds are Forever
Mike Sachoff / WebProNews:
Americans Support Ban On Texting While Driving — Eighty-nine percent of American adults believe that sending text messages or emails while driving is dangerous and should be banned according to a new survey commissioned by mobile messaging service Pinger and conducted by Harris Interactive.
Discussion: Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi, Computerworld, Alice Hill's Real Tech News, Global Nerdy and Reuters
Dean Takahashi / Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi: Driving while texting: polls says it should be illegal
Heather Havenstein / Computerworld: Survey: Americans say texting while driving should be illegal
Joey deVilla / Global Nerdy: I Want to Know What the Other 1 Out of 10 are Thinking
Leelefever / Common Craft:
Video: Social Bookmarking in Plain English — We made this video because we want others to feel the power of social bookmarking and how it works to make web pages easier to remember, organize and share. — This video is focused on Del.icio.us, but you could also try social bookmarking sites like Magnolia or Furl.
Discussion: cybersoc.com, Digital Inspiration, Download Squad, PC4Media, Beth's Blog, davidrothman.net and edu.blogs.com
Amit Agarwal / Digital Inspiration: How to Explain del.icio.us Bookmarks To Your Mom
Peter Caputa / PC4Media: Back in Techmeme Index — Maybe I never left. Who knows?
David DeJean / InformationWeek:
Smartphone Browser Shootout: Palm, BlackBerry, HTC Vs. iPhone — Has Apple succeeded in setting a new mobile Web-browsing paradigm? We examine how the Palm Treo, BlackBerry Curve, and HTC Wing stack up against the iPhone. — This spring has seen a flood of new smartphone models, many of them with larger, more Web-friendly screens.
Discussion: Slashdot
Brandon West / Rev2.org:
Skype and Dailymotion Announce Partnership — Dailymotion, the world's largest independent video sharing site, and Skype, the peer-to-peer telephone network, announced a partnership today. This partnership will establish a Dailymotion channel on Skype, giving users the ability to share videos from Dailymotion's Mood Channels.
Discussion: WebProNews and Mashable!
Mike Sachoff / WebProNews: Skype Partners With Dailymotion
Kristen Nicole / Mashable!: Share Dailymotion Mood Videos on Skype


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A new book by retired Hope College chemistry professor Dr. Stephen Taylor explores the qualities that enable faculty at primarily undergraduate institutions to succeed as researchers in addition to teaching.
Taylor's book, "Publish and Flourish," was published this fall by the college. The title is a play on the familiar saying within graduate schools that professors seeking career success must "publish or perish," with scholarship often coming at the expense of teaching. In contrast, Taylor considers how faculty at primarily undergraduate institutions, where working with students is itself a priority, have been able to excel as both scholars and teachers, and through the combination provide an even better education.
It's a topic that hits close to home at Hope, which is nationally recognized as a leader in using collaborative research—through which students work alongside faculty mentors—as a teaching tool. Taylor, who was a member of the Hope chemistry faculty from 1985 until retiring in 2009, conducted research in organic chemistry collaboratively with dozens of Hope students during his time at the college and had also involved students in research while previously teaching at Olivet Nazarene University for seven years.
"Pursuing authentic, publishable research through faculty-student collaboration is now well established as one of the best learning practices in undergraduate science education; thus, colleges and universities strive to identify and recruit faculty members who demonstrate the strongest promise to become successful as teacher-scholars," said Dr. Moses Lee, who is dean for the natural and applied sciences and a professor of chemistry at Hope. "For this reason, the book by Dr. Taylor, emeritus professor of chemistry at Hope College, a revered teacher, and a highly published researcher, is a must read for faculty and administrators who are engaged in hiring new faculty."
The book examines both personal and institutional factors that play a role, and suggests steps that individual faculty and programs can take to improve.
Success begins, Taylor notes, with a passion for the process—a quality that many faculty and administrators that he interviewed for the book described as a "fire in the belly." Throughout the book he considers individual characteristics that play a role, including organization and creativity, and discusses ways that the abilities can be developed. In addition to offering insights regarding successful faculty researchers themselves, he explores more program-related ideas, such as how faculty at smaller programs with limited resources can enhance their work through collaboration with colleagues elsewhere, and the importance of an encouraging institution.
Taylor also considers the benefits that come from teaching and conducting research at a primarily undergraduate institution. Not least among them, he notes, is the opportunity that a smaller program provides to get to know students well and to be able to help them as individuals, using both teaching and research to instruct and inspire them.
Taylor was originally a research scientist at DuPont, but shifted to undergraduate teaching mostly because of the important difference that his own experience at a primarily undergraduate institution, Pasadena College (now Point Loma Nazarene University), had made to him. Ironically—or, perhaps, appropriately—his chemistry research mentor when he was an undergraduate was a Hope alumnus, Dr. Victor Heasley of the Class of 1959.
Taylor's never regretted the career change. As a mentor he made it his adage "to produce people that will out-produce you," and he continues to enjoy following the careers of the students with whom he worked.
"If I'd stayed at DuPont I'd probably have been a little richer, but it's been worth it," he said.
Copies of "Publish and Flourish" are available for $12.95 at the college's Hope-Geneva Bookstore, which is located on the ground level of the DeWitt Center, 141 E. 12th St., and can be called at 800-946-4673 or (616) 395-7833. The book is also available at no cost in digital form in the college's institutional repository, located online at digitalcommons.hope.edu


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LAPD officer checks an assault weapon received during a gun buyback in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings, cities and police departments across the country organized events to buy back guns, hoping, they say, that fewer firearms on the street translates to fewer shooting deaths.
In Los Angeles, a gun buyback scheduled for May was pushed up to Wednesday because, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told Marketplace.org, "People said, 'I don't want to wait on the Congress. I'm tired of the endless debates about responsible gun control legislation. I want to do my part.'"
That buyback in the Van Nuys district brought in 2,037 guns, including 75 assault-style weapons, NBCLosAngeles.com reported.
Gun buybacks are proving so popular that U.S. Rep. Gerald Connolly, D-Va., and Ted Deutch, D-Fla., have asked Congress to set aside $200 million for gun buyback programs, saying that amount could remove "one million guns from our streets."
But critics say buybacks are a fruitless exercise – more political theater than effective policy.
"It's like trying to drain the Pacific with a bucket," Alex Tabarrock of the conservative Independent Institute told USA Today in 2008. There are an estimated 310 million guns in the U.S. -- about one for every U.S. resident.
PhotoBlog: Buyback in Los Angeles brings in hundreds of guns
A 2004 report released by the National Academies of Sciences called the premise for gun buyback programs "flawed."
"The guns typically surrendered in gun buy-backs are those that are least likely to be used in criminal activities," the report says. "Old, malfunctioning guns whose resale value is less than the reward offered in buy-back programs or guns owned by individuals who derive little value from the possession of guns (e.g. those who have inherited guns)."
Such criticism hasn't stopped police departments, which have hosted gun buybacks for years, encouraging residents to turn in their firearms – no questions asked – for cash or gift cards, usually $50 to $250. Some police departments offer a sliding scale, giving more money for semi-automatic firearms, which were used in the ambush on firefighters in Webster, N.Y., last week, the Newtown shootings two weeks ago, at the Sikh temple attack in Oak Creek, Wis., in August and in the theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., in July.
Among those turning in their guns in events this month were parents and grandparents who told reporters they worried about having weapons around.
A grandmother in Brooklyn attended a gun buyback the day after the Connecticut school shooting on Dec. 14 and told gothamist.com that fatal shooting of 20 children -- most of them 6 years old -- moved her to hand in her gun.
TSA confiscates record number of guns at US airports in 2012
"It should inspire everyone," she said. "We've got to protect our children. I couldn't wait for today to come so I could get rid of it. The shooting yesterday was an eye-opener. It was bone-chilling."
In Camden County, N.J., police heard from residents who wanted to turn in their weapons in light of the Newtown shootings. The buyback there retrieved more than 1,100 weapons, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
That buyback was so successful that officials handed out all of the $110,000 in forfeited money that the Attorney General's Office had provided. They gave $39,000 in IOUs that they will honor with future forfeited money. Nearly all of the guns were operable, according to the Inquirer.
In Ithaca, N.Y., the Police Department announced plans for a gun buyback to "remove unwanted guns from our community before they fall into the hands of those that may do harm."
In southern Florida, an Uzi submachine gun "like the one used by Scarface" was turned in to a buyback sponsored last weekend by the Opa-locka Police Department, the Miami Herald reported.
Two Uzi-style guns turned up at a buyback Friday in San Diego that was sponsored by African-American ministers. That buyback retrieved 360 weapons before 10 a.m., according to The Atlantic.
Bill Stowers, 59, told the Los Angeles Times he attended the San Diego gun buyback because he worried that his 12-gauge shotgun might fall into the wrong hands given the break-ins in his neighborhood.
"I don't need this shotgun sitting around," Stowers said. He received a $50 gift card.
Reps. Connolly and Deutch, who proposed that $200 million be set aside for gun buybacks, say the gun buybacks would be a start, not a cure-all, to gun violence. In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, they wrote:
The murder of 20 youngsters and six educators in their classrooms has galvanized the public's desire for immediate action, and partnering with the States on a nationwide gun buyback program is a modest, common-sense start.
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George Washington's Blog
January 5, 2009
Here are my predictions for 2009. If these predictions sound too gloomy and you don't buy them, bookmark this, and come back to it later in the year to see whether or not it was right.
After a short rally in the stock markets, lasting somewhere on the order of 1 to 4 months after Obama is inaugurated as President, people will realize that Obama's stimulus plan isn't going to work.
Specifically, it will become obvious that we're in a Great Depression, and that nothing that Bushco or Obamaco did can get us out of it (it may take a while longer for people to realize that what both administrations did actually made the financial crisis much worse).
At that point, the stock market will crash like a waterfall. Mish thinks the crash will leave the S&P at 600. Robert McHugh thinks the crash will drive the S&P to 500 or lower (in McHugh's worst-case scenario, the S&P could end up at 50).
At around the time of the crash, the bubble in long-term treasuries will burst. Retirees and other people who have socked away their money in treasuries will get hit hard.
The government itself will start massively buying its own long-term treasuries.
Obama will institute numerous "emergency measures" to "restore stability". None of them will be pretty, and none of them will work . . . except to undermine our liberties still further.
Its going to be a bumpy ride.
Note: I am not an investment advisor and this should not be taken as investment advice.
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Fighting for Survival
The road from Beirut to the Syrian border in the direction of Damascus leads right through the Bekaa Plain. Right up to the border it is strewn with shops, houses and smaller roads leading to villages. There, on the edge of the road close to a butcher's shop, waits Suheir with around 150 other men, women and children from Syria for a shipment of food aid to be distributed.
First, the names and number of members of the family are noted down, then each name is called one after the other, and the food is handed out. Using money donated by the German-Syrian Association and the Lebanese-Syrian Association Sawa for Syria, the local sheikh has purchased bread and had four sheep slaughtered.
Waiting for food
After around two hours, Suheir is holding meat and bread for herself and her three children. Of course she's happy about such demonstrations of solidarity, but she's also irritated: "It's great, but it's only enough for two days," she says.
Waiting in a cluster of people for such a long time for food not only makes it clear to her that she is now reliant on aid, she is also ashamed: "Why are the Syrians being paraded in front of the Lebanese in this way? It would have been better to go to a community centre, rather than wait here on the road."
The sense of shame appears to overlap with feelings of rage against the Assad regime. Suheir wants to show how she is now being forced to live: On the first floor of a building still under construction, she's renting two rooms for 150 dollars, together with 10 other people. She steps out onto the balcony, which has not yet been properly secured, and points to the street below: "That's our Corniche," she says sarcastically, referring to Beirut's beach promenade.
In some ways she's right: In contrast to the interior of the rather bleak dwelling, this ugly concrete projection does at least afford a sense of space. Inside, the wind gusts through the bare concrete blocks, there's no running water, no heating and no doors.
A few mattresses are propped up against the bare wall. "It's a scandal that we have to live like this," says Suheir. One of her neighbours points demonstratively to the rubble on the floor of the open ground floor area: "Look what Bashar has done to the Syrian people. We liked him at first, but the way he's behaved means all of us hate him now."
Lebanese refugee policy
Syrian refugees may be able to enter Lebanon without a visa, but they are only finding limited protection and safety there. Lebanon's security-policy equilibrium is highly fragile, and society is divided over the question of who is for Assad, and who is against him. State structures are rudimentary and the assertiveness of the Lebanese government often hampered by a hidebound system of proportional representation, corruption and the power games of Hezbollah.
It also has no clear strategy on how to deal with the refugees from Syria. This is why it is essentially granting a free hand to international and local NGOs, religious and secular initiatives as well as international state organisations.
While Lebanese refugee policy is very laissez-faire, it is rigid on one point: no refugee camps. This is because of the nation's experience with the Palestinian camps set up in 1948 and 1967. Initially erected as a temporary measure, they remained in place, developed autonomous structures and also played a significant role in the Lebanese civil war.
The refugee camp question
There are however a few transit or reception camps. The village of al-Marj, located some five kilometres from the Syrian border, supplied a plot of land for this purpose. The UNHCR, the Saudi state and Islamic charitable organisations joined forces and have been maintaining a camp here since the end of 2012.
As the mayor of al-Marj explains: "At the moment, some 300 refugees are being housed in 36 tents. There are sanitary facilities and kitchens. There is also running water and electricity. Up to now, the children have unfortunately not been able to attend school." The local sheikh and camp director agree: "While living conditions are difficult here, it's better than much of the other refugee housing in Bekaa."
This becomes evident a few kilometres away in a small mountainside settlement. Here, 120 people are living in a former prison. The interior courtyard is open, the walls are damp. Four families are sharing a chilly room with mouldy walls that serves as a kitchen. Oil and a few other basic supplies stand in the corner. There are no shelves, tables or chairs. Aid organisations have provided mattresses and blankets. The families have suspended blankets across the entrances to rooms that used to be communal and isolation cells.
Children are jumping about all over the place, there's little room for them to play even outside the prison. Although basic supplies are lacking wherever you go, one father from Aleppo is quite clear: "We don't want to be refugees. We don't want handouts. We want help to get rid of Bashar and then we want to go back and rebuild our nation." But a swift end to the Syrian conflict is unfortunately not in sight. Every day that passes dashes any hopes that they will soon be able to go home.
The fact that there are officially no camps means that the refugees are free to choose where they stay in Lebanon. The Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star welcomes this and quotes the Director of the Oxford Refugee Studies Centre, Dawn Chatty, who says that refugees are better able to maintain their independence if they are not housed in camps. In addition to this, she says, it is also more cost-efficient to bolster existing structures instead of investing in entirely new infrastructures for refugee camps.
Taunting Bashar al-Assad
On a mountainside field opposite, a few families have joined together and erected a camp using tarpaulins, blankets, poles and concrete blocks. In one tent, the members of one family sit around stove, which emits a feeble heat. The father relates how he was forced to flee from a Damascus suburb and that his son is fighting with the Free Syrian Army.
It's dusk, it's cold, night is falling beyond the mountains. The children make victory signs and throw in a song taunting Bashar al-Assad for good measure. It is safer in Lebanon than in Syria, but the war on the other side of the border is very close. Fighters regularly cross the border at night.
The refugees on the Bekaa Plain don't know what the next day will bring. They often lack the most basic supplies. They are not only fighting for survival, but also for dignity, as a way of making some sense of the situation for themselves and their children.
Susanne Schmelter
© Qantara.de 2013
Editor: Lewis Gropp/Qantara.de


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Gents Seiko Kinetic GMT
Case size: 43.6mm
Case: Stainless Steel
Band: Brown Leather
Dial: White
Rose Gold Markings
Glass: Hadlex
Movement: Kinetic
Water Resistance: 100M
Power Reserve Push Button
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Bob Bashara ended a court hearing over the slaying of his wife Thursday with a remark about today's two-year anniversary of her death.
He made the comment shortly after Judge Vonda Evans, commenting about the age of the case, noted the anniversary of Jane Bashara's murder is 'tomorrow.' She died Jan. 24, 2012, and her body was found the next day in her vehicle parked on the east side of Detroit.
'I want to thank the court for recognizing the one year since my wife's passing,' Bashara said, his voice starting to crach. 'Everyone, please, don't forget, she was a wonderful gal.'
Bashara, 56, is charged with first-degree murder, murder conspiracy and other charges, accused of having Joe Gentz kill Jane, 56, a Mount Clemens native, in the garage of their Grosse Pointe Park home. Gentz, a Macomb County native, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in a deal that he serve 17 to 28 years in prison and testify against Bashara at his March 3 trial, which is expected to be delayed. Bashara is already serving 80 month in prison for trying to have Gentz killed in jail.
At Thursday's hearing at Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit, Evans said she is considering whether to replace his public defenders with other attorneys because she is concerned about their resources. She said although Bashara's attorney are of high quality, she is skeptical about their ability to handle the volume of evidence in the case, which includes more than 10,000 pages of documents.
The attorneys, Mark Procida and Nancy Shell, are staffers at the Wayne County public defender office. She said she could appoint legal firm or attorney group and pay the standard federal rate of $125 per hour, with a total budget of $200,000.
But Assistant Wayne County Prosecutor Lisa Lindsey pointed out that appointing new lawyers could delay the case six to nine months due to the new attorneys having to get 'caught up.'
Upon questioning from Evans, Bashara told her he is satisfied with his current representation, although he indicated he talked to an undisclosed attorney about possibly taking the case.
Bashara also in response to an Evans query did not object to a potential violation of his right to a speedy trial, although that was not done formally.
A Feb. 18 hearing was scheduled to address the matter again.
The judge granted Bashara's request for a magnifying glass, a pad of paper and writing instruments so he can review the documented evidence in the case to assist his attorneys. Bashara revealed that he had eye surgery Monday. Evans ordered that he have pencils in good shape and with erasers. Lindsey said pens are not allowed in the Wayne County Jail.
She also granted the defense the ability to hire an investigator.
The hearing was preceded by a separate but related hearing over documents confiscated Oct. 29 from the Grosse Pointe home office of Bashara's civil attorney, Dean Valente.
Attorney Henry Scharg, representing Valente, wants prosecutors to return documents that were taken during the search, sought by prosecutors based on three telephone calls Bashara made from jail or prison in March, May and October 2013.
He revealed that some of the documents revolve around two witnesses in the case: Bashara's mistress, Rachel Gillett, and a former Bashara tenant Timothy Ramsey, who one witness testified that Bashara wanted to have killed after his wife's death because he talked a lot. Ramsey was evicted from his apartment because the unit was 'destroyed,' Scharg said.
The information about Gillett is in regard to her defaulting on a loan she received from Bashara's mother, Nancy, Scharg said.
Some of the other documents are related to communications between Bashara and Valente 'before and after his arrest' regarding Bashara's various properties, some of which Bashara has tried to keep as a viable asset, Scharg said.
Attorney and former judge Jeanne Stempien has been appointed as 'master' to determine which documents should remain privileged and kept under wraps, but Evans said she will make the ultimate decision.
The matter also will be addressed at the Feb. 18 hearing.
The way prosecutors obtained the search warrant angered Evans because they went to Wayne Circuit Judge Michael Hathaway. Hathaway filled in for the presiding criminal judge on the day the warrant was obtained.
Evans scolded prosecutors for not going to her since it is her case. She said she should be ruling on every aspect of the case because the outcome likely will be appealed to a higher court.


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2003 News Releases > October 2003 > Wayland offers degree in agri-business
Wayland offers degree in agri-business
PLAINVIEW - In West Texas, it is obvious that agriculture plays a major role in the local economy. With that in mind, Wayland Baptist University offers its students a degree in agri-business.
Wayland's degree doesn't focus on agriculture production, but emphasizes the business of converting what is produced into useful products for the consumer.
"We look at it more from the fence to the plate," said Division of Business Chairman Dr. Otto B. Schacht. "Normally we think of agriculture as the production of meat, mutton, cotton, plants and animals. But along with that, there are such things as packing plants, cotton gins, grain storage facilities, grain milling facilities, tortilla factories, dairies, cheese plants and all the implement structure. There is more than planting that seed and hoping it produces.
"The degree is designed to give students knowledge of the application of business principles and practices in agriculture and its related industries."
Schacht said the number of people involved in agriculture production continues to dwindle as agriculture production units, "what we like to call farms," increase in size. However, the industries other than production are not declining as rapidly because there is still the need to convert the raw product into something the consumer can use. Schacht said it is important to know that side of the agriculture industry.
"Today, one guy can raise more cattle, but those cattle still have to be slaughtered, packed, shipped, inspected and all those kinds of things," he said.
This region has seen an increase in things such as dairies and cheese plants. Schacht said the increase is directly related to our other agriculture industry.
"We have a lot of water and we produce the corn the dairies use for silage. That is one reason they are moving here from other parts of the country," he said.
Still, things change daily and agriculture can be a volatile industry.
"If the government all of a sudden quits paying for CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) land, I'm sure a lot of that would be put back into production. And as the water situation changes over time, that could really affect a major part of our agriculture," Schacht said.
But don't ever count out the farmer.
"Our American producer is efficient at using the resources to produce food for us," Schacht said. "There will always be agriculture and there will always be the conversion of those products into things the consumer wants. Is it larger companies doing it? Yeah. There is consolidation of industry every day, but there is still going to be people involved in those processes."


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It's fair to say few governments in history have ever been quite so sorry — so heartily sorry, so sincerely apologetic, so positively grovelling with remorse — as British Columbia's Liberal government is over this "ethnic vote memo" affair. But then, few governments have been caught quite so red-handedly, behaving quite so cynically, quite so close to an election.
I say "caught" for good reason. Because for all the unctuous lather everyone seems to be working themselves into, there is little that is particularly shocking or new in the memo. Cynical, yes. Wrong, in parts. But if the suggestion is that the attitudes it reveals are unique to the government of Christy Clark, or that the opposition's professions of horror at the contents are in some way related to the genuine emotion of the same name, driver, this is my stop.
There are two issues raised by the notorious 17-page "Multicultural Outreach Strategic Plan," distributed to a list of top party operatives and government officials earlier this year by the premier's now-departed deputy chief of staff.
On the one hand, it discusses plans to win "the ethnic vote" in frankly partisan terms. For the most part, this is standard-issue ethnic politics, combining aggressive on-the-ground glad-handing with high-level policy pandering. Organizers are to be hired, databases are to be compiled, communications are to be coordinated, all with an eye on a relatively small number of swing ridings. The objective is to "identify and advance government initiatives and projects that would be resonant in ethnic communities," then spread the message with the help of ethnic media, multicultural groups and third-party "validators."
If anyone is offended by the notion of parties targeting ethnic voters in this way, they are invited to join me in the children's nursery. While it would indeed be a better world if parties appealed to voters simply as citizens, based on policies designed for the general good, there isn't a political party in creation that does so. The straight-faced claims of mortification in this regard, by some of the most enterprising ethnic power-brokers in either party, rank with the finest examples of comic opera.
Even the worst count of this indictment, a suggested list of "quick wins" that included apologies to selected communities for "historical wrongs" such as the Chinese head tax or the Komagata Maru incident, is hardly worth the smelling-salts routine. Do not mistake me: It is a fine thing for a society to own up to its past mistakes, and an appalling insult to exploit these events, involving a community's deeply felt sense of injury, for partisan purposes.
But, well, have you met any politicians? Successful ones, I mean. Exploiting other people's emotions is what they do for a living. Is it seriously imagined that other such historic apologies, with all their ceremony and solemnity, were not contrived without at least one eye on their likely political benefits?
We move on to more serious territory on the second issue: that this partisan plan was to be executed with the use of government staff and the public's money. This is obviously wrong, probably illegal and common as daisies. It may be against the rules, but the rules are so drawn as to prohibit only a small fraction of the actual use of public funds for partisan ends; their fastidious distinctions excuse far more than they condemn.
Like the rules against using public funds for a politician's private financial benefit — as opposed to his private political benefit — they are elaborate exercises in indirection: so long as parties stay within these carefully inscribed lines, we are supposed to imagine all is well. That politicians prove so regularly incapable of even that degree of self-restraint only testifies to the deep incontinence that is, it seems, a hallmark of the profession, if not a requirement.
We are supposed to be especially scandalized at the setting aside of $100,000 to hire three ethnic organizers on a six-month contract. $100,000! Set beside this the millions, no billions, of dollars that governments of all stripes routinely spend getting themselves re-elected — spreading the pork in swing ridings, rewarding friendly interest groups and paying off others that might make trouble.
All of this passes without comment. Occasionally a squawk is raised over a multi-million-dollar government advertising campaign, but our outrage is remarkably selective. Nor is this limited to the party in power. What is a good part of the funds that all parties spend, quite legally, on election campaigns but public money? Contributions are eligible for an extraordinarily generous tax credit; candidates' expenses are partly reimbursable.
I understand this is not the point: Rules are rules, however arbitrary they may be. But given how eager all parties are to help themselves to the public purse, the stagy displays of sanctimony that always attend these affairs are a little hard to take. The public is of course entitled to be outraged, and should be. But the parties can put away the "virgins at the whorehouse" act. Every party thinks this way, and every party would act this way if it thought it could get away with it.
As far as the world of politics is concerned, the premier and her party are mostly guilty of getting caught: putting it in an email, first, and sending it out, second, with all the risk that someone would leak it (as in fact someone did). They deserve to be kicked for their cynicism. And the rules of politics say that the opposition gets to do the kicking. But let's not mistake this for anything more than what it is: political theatre, of the most hackneyed kind.


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Beat the Streak Report: Weekend, July 8-10
Streakers, there is an oasis on the horizon.
After three-plus months of nonstop picking, next week brings the three-day respite of the All-Star break. That's right: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday have no scheduled regular season Major League Baseball games.
Once you lock in your Sunday pick, feel free to power down your computer — or iPhone — for the next 72 hours. It may be scary, but you could even think about venturing outdoors. Come Thursday morning, your Streak will still be sitting right where you left it. Which is probably at zero games. Ohburrrrrn.
Anyway, there's still plenty of work to be done before the break actually hits. Do it big this weekend, and those three long days next week will seem a whole lot less empty. Catch y'all on Thursday.
Friday's picks:
(Make a BTS pick)
Oh, hello there …
• Jhonny Peralta: .435 AVG (10-for-22) since '06 vs. Royals starter Kyle Davies
• Hunter Pence: .444 AVG (4-for-9) since '06 vs. Marlins starter Javier Vazquez
• Joe Mauer: .389 AVG (14-for-36) since '06 vs. White Sox starter Gavin Floyd
Feeling kinda spicy?
• Ryan Raburn: .500 AVG (7-for-14) since '06 vs. Royals starter Kyle Davies
You'll thank me later …
• Todd Helton: .063 AVG (1-for-16) since '06 vs. Phillies starter Kyle Kenrick
• Alex Gordon: .091 AVG (1-for-11) since '06 vs. Tigers starter Rick Porcello
Home Run BTS pick:
Saturday's picks:
(Make a BTS pick)
Oh, hello there …
• Miguel Cabrera: .478 AVG (11-for-23) since '06 vs. Royals starter Luke Hochevar
• Nick Markakis: .351 AVG (13-for-37) since '06 vs. Red Sox starter John Lackey
• Chris Young: .600 AVG (9-for-15) since '06 vs. Cardinals starter Chris Carpenter
Feeling kinda spicy?
• Rafael Furcal: .615 AVG (8-for-13) since '06 vs. Padres starter Aaron Harang
You'll thank me later …
• Justin Upton: .077 AVG (1-for-13) since '06 vs. Cardinals starter Chris Carpenter
• Curtis Granderson: .158 AVG (3-for-19) since '06 vs. Rays starter David Price
Home Run BTS pick:
• Mark Reynolds: (20 HR this season) vs. Red Sox starter John Lackey
Sunday's picks:
(Make a BTS pick)
Oh, hello there …
• Hanley Ramirez: .412 AVG (7-for-17) since '06 vs. Astros starter Wandy Rodriguez
• Carlos Beltran: .462 AVG (6-for-13) since '06 vs. Giants starter Matt Cain
• Albert Pujols: .425 AVG (17-for-40) since '06 vs. D-backs starter Zack Duke
Feeling kinda spicy?
• Jonny Gomes: .579 AVG (11-for-19) since '06 vs. Brewers starter Randy Wolf
You'll thank me later …
• Melky Cabrera: .176 AVG (3-for-17) since '06 vs. Tigers starter Justin Verlander
• Erick Aybar: .188 AVG (6-for-32) since '06 vs. Mariners starter Felix Hernandez
Home Run BTS pick:
• Albert Pujols: 4 career HR vs. D-backs starter Zack Duke
Leaderboard Time
Current leader jero07 heads into the weekend sitting purdy at 35 games, five short of season leader Jonathan Roy. Roy will presumable spend the All-Star break casting spells and mumbling hexes. If he's successful, Gold Glove second placeman hankwoods — currently at 32 games — would be next in line.
Top MLB streakers
Ryan Braun: 22 games
Pablo Sandoval: 18 games
Howard Kendrick: 16 games
Robinson Cano: 11 games
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Sad day to be a Rangers fan. I can't even imagine how bad Josh must feel for tossing the ball up to that fan. Thoughts and prayers go out to the family and hopefully the little boy isn't completely traumatized for the rest of his life.
Horrible incident. Wonder how long before fields will have netting for entire park or something similar to prevent these from reoccurring? Raising the rails not an option since it means removing rows of seating 'cause spectator viewing blocked otherwise; plexiglass shields instead maybe, who knows?
My condolences go out to the Stone family and friends. If memory serves me right someone fell in that ballpark last season, something should have been done to prevent this tragedy and something must be done to prevent another tragedy like this at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. I also remember hearing about tragedies happening at the old Shea Stadium, Turner Field and Coors Field. Shea Stadium is gone but RBIA, TF, CF and perhaps other ballparks need more protection like nets or bigger railings to prevent falls like this.
Yankee game ppd. It's raining like a mofo in the Bronx.
1st & 2nd place leaders may go down tonite. They picked same as my wife & I both, of which, are running on low luck lately 😉
Baltimore Britton couldn't get out of 1st inning. 10 batters, 2 outs, 6 hits, 2 BB, 7 runs. Wished I picked that game!
Post will b up shortly. Had to run out while it was running.
LaV's List
Friday's Top Picks of the current Top2500,
147 Batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Jhonny Peralta 362 14.63 (2ND)
Miguel Cabrera 181 7.31 (1RST)
Ichiro Suzuki 161 6.51
Victor Martinez 145 5.86
Hunter Pence 125 5.05 (3RD)
Joey Votto 106 4.28
Adrian Gonzalez 90 3.64
Jose Bautista 83 3.35
Dustin Pedroia 76 3.07
Joe Mauer 67 2.71
Jerry Hairston 9 0.36 (4TH)DL
Aubrey Huff 6 0.24 (4TH)
Highest "No Selection" 😛 pg# with streak of back to zero. MISSED THEM
Yesterday's Top2500 Reset rate was 36.86% with KONERKO & MIGGY reseting the most.
There was also 17.72% PPD due to players not playing,7.7% —> 191 picks of these were intentional DL or inj picks.
These streakers do not reset, but did not increase either.
Got Pinched OR 1/2 AB Wonders
TOP2500 saved or reset by PHA (going to include any pinch hitters and/or double switch, 2 AB or Less)
T Helton COL, 226, BB, HIGHEST WAS 26 GAMER NO EFFECT
G Dobbs FLA, RESET 2, WERE 12 & 10 GAMERS
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick, (Times picked in top2500)
PeterYanidis, 12, pg 28, 643, HUNTER PENCE (PICKED 125X)
levinmariz73, 12, pg 33, 643, MELKY CABRERA (PICKED 27X)
gurpsing, 9, pg 65, 1608, ICHIRO (PICKED 161X)
abk1087, 9, pg 71, 1608, CHRIS GIMENEZ (PICKED 2X) DL
Bloggers Reset Yesterday
GL to all
FYI: There were 31 No Selections, highest was a 14 gamer on page 17
I was just about to say it Lav so thank you.
Mark, probably his last AB & moves you on. A bit lucky tonite
I'll take it. A hit's a hit.
Unbelievable Hunter Pence is the only starting hitter on the Astros to not get a hit. After getting hits on 40 of 42 non pauses days this is now 2 straight O fers against the likes of Pavano and Vazquez. Thanks for nothing Konerko and Pence.
LaV's List
Saturday's Top Picks of the current Top2500,
147 Batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Nick Markakis 378 15.27 (2ND)(4TH)
Adrian Gonzalez 286 11.56 (1RST)(3RD)(4TH)
Miguel Cabrera 264 10.67
Carlos Quentin 109 4.40
Jacoby Ellsbury 89 3.60
Michael Cuddyer 83 3.35
Ichiro Suzuki 65 2.63
Adrian Beltre 65 2.63
No Selection 52 2.10
Jose Reyes 42 1.70DL (4TH)
Highest "No Selection" 😛 pg# 3 with streak of 19 back to zero. MISSED THEM
Yesterday's Top2500 Reset rate was 13.68% with PENCE reseting the most.
There was also 16.08% PPD due to players not playing,8.42% —> 209 picks of these were intentional DL or inj picks.
These streakers do not reset, but did not increase either.
Got Pinched OR 1/2 AB Wonders
TOP2500 saved or reset by PHA (going to include any pinch hitters and/or double switch, 2 AB or Less)
S Smith COL, RESET 4, DEF SWITCH, WERE 18,12,10,8 GAMERS
G Sizemore CLE, RESET 1, WAS 20 GAMER
C Ross SF, SAVED 1, WAS 18 GAMER
WM Pena ARI, RESET 1, WAS 11 GAMER
P Burrell SF, RESET 1, WAS 9 GAMER
J Reddick BOS, SAVED 1, DEF SWITCH, WAS 8 GAMER
C Wells DET, RESET 1, WAS 8 GAMER
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick, (Times picked in top2500)
levinmariz73, 13, pg 27, 524, PABLO SANDOVAL (PICKED 36X)
gurpsing, 10, pg 53, 1295, HANLEY (PICKED 32X)
abk1087, 9, pg 78, 1683, MARKAKIS (PICKED 378X)
jzlevin, 8, pg 100+, 2397, BELTRAN (PICKED 13X)
Bloggers Reset Yesterday
PeterYanidis, 12 RESET by HUNTER PENCE
GL to all
Jeter just blasted a bomb to left after a single in the first. Congrats on 3000!!!!
Good day for him, triple away from the cycle (3-3 after 5)
A great day for Jeter he went 5 for 5 picking up his 3,000th hit on a home run and getting a game winning hit in the 8th inning. Congratulations to Derek Jeter! 3,003 hits now! 🙂
Just another 997 to go 😉
No-Hitter Alert: SD thru 8 innings, LAD: 0 hits, 5 BB. A 0-0 score, if No-Hit is completed, it will be combined as game is up to the pen. Hopefully if no-hit bid lost, it won't be in extra innings.
And there it goes. Uribe's double in 9th ended the no-hit bid & Navarro's single ended the game
Looks like a Saturday night massacre in the making.
Starting to get worried with markakis.
A-Gone may have just had last AB (0-3). Markakis 1 more AB. Those two go down, they take the current top 5 leaders with them. Hanley took out 1 of our own Top2500 members
No offense Mark, but crud. Wanted Markakis to drop tonight
Yahoo says infield single to short. Those always scare me that it'll get changed.
I buddy of mine picked Markakis. I picked A-Gonz. You see who won that battle. 😦
My original pick Michael Young just got a hit. Figures.
If anyone wants to pause Sunday, picks of the day has a DL player: Reyes
LaV's List
Sunday's Top Picks of the current Top2500,
134 Batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Matt Holliday 307 12.28
Rickie Weeks 239 9.56
Adrian Gonzalez 184 7.36 (3RD)
Hunter Pence 128 5.12 (1RST)(3RD)
Asdrubl Cabrera 122 4.88 (2ND)
Jose Reyes 109 4.36 DL(3RD)
Ryan Braun 81 3.24
Albert Pujols 79 3.16
Miguel Cabrera 78 3.12
Hanley Ramirez 77 3.08
Jacoby Ellsbury 72 2.88
No Selection 71 2.84
Highest "No Selection" 😛 pg# 4 with streak of 19 back to zero.
Yesterday's Top2500 Reset rate was 30.15% with A-GON reseting the most.
There was also 10.64% PPD due to players not playing,7.57% —> 188 picks of these were intentional DL or inj picks.
These streakers do not reset, but did not increase either.
Got Pinched OR 1/2 AB Wonders
TOP2500 saved or reset by PHA (going to include any pinch hitters and/or double switch, 2 AB or Less)
AJ Pierz CWS, SAVED 4, DEF SWITCH, WERE 11,10,9,8 GAMERS
J Baker CHC, RESET 1, WAS 15 GAMER
R Paulino NYM, RESET 1, WAS 14 GAMER
J Jay STL, SAVED 1, WAS 9 GAMER
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick, (Times picked in top2500)
levinmariz73, 14, pg 18, 338, JACOBY (PICKED 72X)
abk1087, 10, pg 51, 1126, JAYSON NIX(TOR) (PICKED 1X)
jzlevin, 9, pg 88, 1603, BELTRAN (PICKED 24X)
Bloggers Reset Yesterday
gurpsing, 10, RESET by, HANLEY
GL to all
Rickie Weeks 2nd most picked. Wonder if that had something to do with the pick of the day, which he was one. However, that pick of the day was based off his history vs. Volquez who was sent to AAA. Dontrelle will pitch today instead and was announced a couple days ago. BTS punishment a possibility.
That reminds me of Nick Swisher vs. Jeremy Guthrie when the Orioles switched to Jake Arrietia and I lost a 17 game streak.
Punishment won't be any higher than 20%. Rickie, Hunter, Prince Albert, Adrian and Holliday already good. Drubal not in the lineup so ph is possible
As it is looking. today is a gimme for the most part already. Unless we get a sacrificial biggie (Asdrubal, Hanley and/or Miggy), may have single digit reset rate today. Either way, we can all take a breather for a couple days and see how well we do 2nd half for those that will play it.
The 3 days of the season in which a no selection won't reset anyone. :B
Those that like to buffer picks with DL players, load up on A-Rod
My Home Run Derby entry is the following:
Round 1: Jose Bautista, Prince Fielder, Adrian Gonzalez, David Ortiz, Matt Holliday, Matt Kemp, Robinson Cano, Rickie Weeks
Round 2: Prince Fielder, Jose Bautista, Adrian Gonzalez, David Ortiz
Round 3: Jose Bautista, Prince Fielder
Tiebreakers: 66, 128
Keith, I'll be away this weekend. If u could get the data pull would be muchly appreciated. I'll email you Sunday's stats. I'll be back to do Monday's pull.