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Eddie Yost
- Position(s):
- Nicknames:
- The Walking Man
- Born:
- October 13, 1926
- Bats:
- Right
- Throws:
- Right
- Height:
- 5' 10"
- Weight:
- 170 lbs
- Major League Debut:
- 8-16-1944 with WS1
Eddie Yost was a slick-fielding, high-on-base-percentage third baseman, an athlete who continued to make his name at the hot corner after his playing days were over, as the third base coach for the Washington Senators, New York Mets, and Boston Red Sox. Known as "The Walking Man" for his propensity at getting bases on balls, he played in more games than any third baseman before him, though he was often overlooked because he spent most of his career in cavernous Griffith Stadium playing for the dreadful Senators.
Edward Frederick Joseph Yost was born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 13, 1926. Yost attended John Adams High School in Queens, where he played baseball and basketball. Because of World War II, the rules allowed the freshman Yost to play both sports at New York University—shortstop in baseball, guard for the accomplished basketball team. "We used to fill Madison Square Garden every time," Yost reminisced of the NYU basketball team. "I remember how most of us—Sid Tannenbaum, John Derderian, Frank Mangiapane, Ralph Branca—used to study down at Washington Square, then take the long subway ride up to University Heights just to practice every afternoon. We spent half our lives on the subway." Mangiapane and Tannenbaum wound up playing basketball for the New York Knicks while Branca pitched for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Sam Mele, who preceded Yost on the NYU court and diamond, later played with Yost in Washington.
After his freshman year, Yost, still 17, had a weeklong trial with the Red Sox, staying at a hotel and working out at Fenway Park for the Boston brass. Though manager Joe Cronin reportedly liked what he saw, general manager Eddie Collins did not sign the young infielder. Washington scout Joe Cambria offered Yost a contract for $500—the Phillies offered double that amount but were a day too late. Signing with the Senators, Yost immediately reported to the major league club, making his debut on August 16, 1944. He played in only seven games and batted .143, drawing one walk, the first of his 1,614 bases on balls. After the season, Yost turned 18, and joined the U.S. Navy.
He was placed on the National Defense Service List on January 23, 1945. In a letter to Senators owner Clark Griffith to inform the club of his draft status, Yost wrote, "I didn't expect to leave quite so soon but as you said, they seem to be taking every available man. Thank you for the fine opportunity you gave me in the baseball world.…I hope I can fulfill that contract before long."
During his 18 months in the service, Yost spent the summer months playing baseball at the Naval Training Station in Sampson, New York, on Seneca Lake. That was the closest Yost ever got to the minor leagues. He was still 19 when he was discharged in 1946 and he finished out the year in Washington. The Senators wanted to send him to their farm club in Chattanooga so he could develop his skills and Yost even petitioned the commissioner's office, willing to accept a waiver of the mandate in the GI Bill of Rights that guaranteed returning veterans their jobs—for baseball players their roster position—for two years. Commissioner Happy Chandler refused the request, not willing to set a precedent. Most veterans had the opposite problem that Yost had. Cecil Travis, a star shortstop for the Senators before the war, endured severe frostbite in the Battle of the Bulge and was never the same player. Travis was moved to third base so he wouldn't have to range as far. By 1947, though, the youngster took over regular duty at third and Travis spent time at shortstop and on the bench.
"I didn't think I was ready [for the majors], but Chandler wouldn't let me do it," Yost said. "Then, a month after the season [started] I got into the lineup and played 115 games." He wound up hitting .238 and remained Washington's third baseman for a dozen seasons.
The 5-foot-10 right-handed hitter had a lifetime batting average of only .254, but because of his penchant for drawing walks, his career on-base percentage was .394. Yost's best season with the Senators was 1950, when he hit .295 with 141 walks, and an on-base percentage of .440. One season, which best demonstrated the split between his batting average and his on-base percentage was 1956, when Yost hit only.231 but walked a career-high 151 times. His on-base percentage was a robust .412. Standing close to the plate, he was also hit by pitches 99 times in his career.
During that 1956 season, with Mickey Mantle receiving plenty of publicity for challenging Babe Ruth's home run record of 60—the Mick wound up with 52 en route to the Triple Crown—the Senators issued a release about Yost's challenge to the Babe's 1923 record for walks. In late August, Yost averaged 1.1 walks per game and was on pace to break Ruth's mark of 170. Though he fell short of the mark, Yost broke his own club record for walks and led the league by 39 over Mantle.
Had Yost played several decades later, in the free-agency era, his skills would have been much more valued. As it was, he made the All-Star team only once while playing on a Washington team that never finished better than .500 and ended up in last place five times during his career there. Moreover, Washington's ballpark was cavernous—Griffith Stadium was 405 feet down the line in left field until it was reduced to 350 in 1957. Of the 101 home runs he hit as a Senator, 78 were hit on the road. He homered in every park in 1953—a year that he hit nine all told—and only one of those was hit at home. In his first seven full seasons as a Senator, only three of his 55 home runs were hit at Griffith Stadium.
Yost's power was most prolific at the start of a game. His 28 career home runs leading off a game stood as the record until Bobby Bonds broke it in the 1970s. That mark was later shattered by Rickey Henderson, who also passed Yost, Ruth, and everyone else for most career walks. "Henderson's the best leadoff hitter to ever play the game," Yost said.
Free agency might also have allowed Yost to wind up in a better situation than Washington, where the standing joke went, oft-repeated by Yost: "First in war, first in peace, and last in the American League."
Yost may have languished playing for a perennial loser, but he was indeed appreciated.
Washington owner Clark Griffith, who sent his own son-in-law, Joe Cronin, to the Red Sox in a $225,000 deal in 1934, turned down a $200,000 offer from Boston two decades later for Yost. Griffith called him "the most sought-after .233 hitter in the American League" in 1953. "They look at his batting average and think they can swing a deal for him. I wouldn't swap him for Mickey Mantle straight up, and to prove it, I'm paying him almost twice as much as the Yankees are paying Mantle." Yost asked for, and received, a $5,000 raise that brought his salary to $21,000.
Griffith got his money's worth out of Yost, who played 838 consecutive games from July 6, 1949, until tonsillitis finally knocked him out of the lineup on May 12, 1955. It was the longest such streak since the mark set by Lou Gehrig; like Yost, Gehrig was of German descent and the Iron Horse was his favorite player growing up. Yost had the fourth longest consecutive game streak in history at the time, and it still ranks ninth all-time.
Yost was certainly reliable and durable, but what about that batting eye 1/3 Yost retired with more walks than all but Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, and Mel Ott. Even today, with the walk more highly prized than it was in his day—and with more games on the schedule—Yost still ranks 10th in walks (1,614) and ninth in walks percentage (17.59 percent of his plate appearances). Hall of Fame manager Bucky Harris, Washington's skipper during Yost's walking prime, once said, "What I'd like to have is a pair of Yosts: one to lead off and another to drive in some of those runs with the hits he makes."
As manager of the Yankees, Casey Stengel coveted Yost for his New York dynasty, but with no success. Stengel picked Yost for his only All-Star berth when the third baseman was batting .196 in 1952. Stengel defended his choice simply, "Every time I look up, that feller is on base." Umpire Bill McGowan said of Yost, "The kid looks 'em over better than anyone else."
"It's something you can't teach. Just something I was lucky enough to be born with," Yost told Sports Collector's Digest four decades after his last game as a player. "First, I had a good eye at the plate and knew the strike zone. Also, I took the time to know the pitchers and how they worked. And I had enough bat control to be able to foul off a lot of pitches." Illustrating that point, Yost fouled off 13 consecutive pitches in one at-bat in 1953; he fouled off seven his next time up.
"I also hit from a slight crouch and during my swing I was able to make my strike zone even smaller by dropping my right shoulder, "Yost explained. "Back then a lot of pitchers threw rising fastballs and I found that if I could lay off them and didn't swing, they'd be called balls. And after a while I got a reputation for walking a lot and it seemed like the umpires began to give me the calls on the close ones."
Yost kept also kept an eye out for his fellow players. At a time when owners held all the cards in negotiations with players and took a dim view of anyone looking to change that, Yost served as the American League player representative. Yost, Robin Roberts, and Jerry Coleman even testified before the House antitrust subcommittee regarding the legal status of sports in June 1957. Though he attended college full-time for only one year before signing with the Senators, he did complete his education at NYU. Yost spent eight offseasons during his playing career accruing credits, eventually earning a master's degree in physical education in 1955. He taught school in New York City, but his main occupation was baseball.
Yost was a bachelor for most of his playing career, sharing his home with his mother in South Ozone Park, Queens. He was ever popular in Washington. His fan club in Chevy Chase, Maryland, even put out a publication about the eligible bachelor's doings. During the 1953 season, when teammate Bob Porterfield was zooming to 22 wins and perennial All-Star Mickey Vernon was winning a batting title, the fans held a night in support of Yost, hitting just .246 at the time. Among the gifts he was showered with was a new car.
Popular though he was, time keeps moving and younger players take the place of their elders. Yost was traded to the Detroit Tigers in December 1958 to make room for up-and-coming third baseman Harmon Killebrew. Calvin Griffith, president of the Senators since the death of his adoptive father Clark Griffith in 1955, traded the third baseman his adopted father wouldn't have swapped for Mickey Mantle to the Tigers along with for two utility infielders, Reno Bertoia and Ron Samford, plus spare outfielder Jim Delsing (the Senators also sent infielder Rocky Bridges and outfielder Neil Chrisley to Detroit in the deal).
The short porch in Detroit was immediately to Yost's liking. Eddie, who had dropped 10 pounds in the offseason, clubbed a career-best 21 home runs in 1959 and led the league in runs with 115. And after two years without drawing 100 walks—the first time since 1950 he had back-to-back years without reaching triple figures—Yost drew 135 bases on balls, his fifth time leading the American League. And that wasn't an easy title to take with Ted Williams still in Boston. Yost led the league in walks for the sixth and final time in 1960. He also led the league in on-base percentage in both his seasons as a Tiger and was on base more than anyone else in the AL both years as well. As he was in Washington, Yost also served as team captain of the Tigers.
After the 1960 season, the American League expanded by two teams and Detroit did not protect the 34-year-old Yost in the expansion draft. He was taken by the Los Angeles Angels. Yost became the first batter in Angels history when he popped up as the Angels' leadoff man in the first inning in Baltimore on April 11, 1961. His second time up…he walked. It was not a great season for Yost, however, as he batted only .202, his lowest average as an everyday player. His on-base percentage was still .358, the 14th straight year it was .349 or better. He hit his 139th—and what turned out to be his last—home run in his last official at-bat in 1961—against the Senators, no less. His last time up that season…he walked.
In that final season, Yost was a part-time player and batted .240 with a .412 on-base percentage, the best of any Angel who played more than 10 games. Yost hoped he might play longer, but when George Thomas was discharged from the military, the Angels released the 35-year-old Yost to make room for Thomas.
While most people thought of Yost simply as The Walking Man, he was pretty good with the glove at third base. He set American League career records with 2,356 putouts, 3,659 assists, and 6,285 chances. He led the AL in fielding percentage twice, in assists three times, in double plays seven times, and in putouts eight times. Though Brooks Robinson later erased his fielding marks, Yost was the first third baseman in history to appear in more than 2,000 games.
Yost did not stay out of baseball long. The Senators he'd spent so many years with relocated to Minnesota and were rechristened the Twins, yet Yost was hired as a coach for the expansion Senators in 1963 as part of old friend and teammate Mickey Vernon's staff. Yost was to be the first base coach, but he was moved to third base two days into the season. When Vernon was fired early in the season and Gil Hodges came over in a trade from the Mets to be Washington's manager, some of the coaches were fired but Yost stayed on and forged a long friendship with Hodges.
By then married with two daughters and a son, Yost still lived in South Ozone Park when Hodges was dealt to the Mets after the 1967 season. The coaches were not part of the trade, but Hodges brought Rube Walker and Joe Pignatano from Washington along with Yost, who now worked five miles from his home. He was a fixture in the third base coach's box in New York, trying to squeeze as many runs out of the paltry offense as possible through the judicious waving home of runners. Though Yost never came close to the World Series as a player, he earned a World Series ring with the Miracle Mets in 1969 and nearly got another in 1973.
Yost, Walker, and Pignatano were on hand when Hodges died of a heart attack after a round of golf in St. Petersburg just before the start of the 1972 season. Yogi Berra, also a coach under Hodges, was named manager. Yost remained with the Mets through 1976, when manager Joe Frazier changed coaches. The Red Sox hired Yost to take over the third base box for manager Don Zimmer. Yost remained there through the end of the Ralph Houk regime in 1984. In the wake of the 1969 victory, there were rumors of his becoming a manager—especially in Minnesota, still owned by Calvin Griffith—but it never happened. Yost spent 22 seasons waving runners home from third base and 39 consecutive years drawing a paycheck while in a major league uniform.
After years of living near his New York birthplace, the Yost family moved to Wellesley, Massachusetts. Among his newfound hobbies after retirement was working on antique clocks, which started from a class he took while coaching the Mets. Yost's name inadvertently came up in political circles when it was revealed that 2004 Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry had said on a Boston radio program that "my favorite Red Sox player of all time is The Walking Man, Eddie Yost." Yost, you'll note, never played for the Red Sox, though he did serve as coach for eight seasons. A minor gaffe 1/3 In some cities maybe, but in Sox-centric Boston, even Eddie Yost himself wouldn't be able to put up the stop sign fast enough.
Bedingfield, Gary, "Baseball During Wartime," Eddie Yost. http://www.baseballinwartime.com/player_biographies/yost_eddie.htm.
Bailey, Arnold, "Player Profile: The Walker Man." Sports Collector's Digest, January 18, 2002.
Kaus, Mickey, "Is Kerry Toast 1/3 No, He's Yost!" http://www.slate.com/id/2104072/
McConnell, Bob, and David Vincent, eds., The Home Run Encyclopedia: The Who, What, and Where of Every Home Run Hit Since 1876. New York: Macmillan, 1996.
McGovern, Hugh, "The Walking Man," 1977 Boston Red Sox yearbook (second edition).
Povich, Shirley, "Yost Too Good to Bat Leadoff." The Sporting News, January 18, 1952.
Povich, Shirley, "Young Ironman Yost Keeps Strolling Along." The Sporting News, October 6, 1954.
Rosenthal, Harold, "Yost Ready for First Move in 15 Years." The Sporting News, January 15, 1959.
Washington Baseball Club Release, "Eddie Yost's Threat to Babe Ruth's Record Increases." August 24, 1956.
Correspondence from Player File at National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, New York.
Written by: Matt Silverman
This biography can also be found on SABR Bioproject.
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When I was 12 years old, my father gave me a Ford straight six-cylinder engine and told me to fix it. I really had no clue what I was doing, but with his tutoring I stripped it down, replaced its worn and broken parts, and put it back together. After 100,000-plus miles, that engine is still going strong under the hood of a '65 Falcon.
So the first time I explored the innards of a pneumatic roofing stapler, I felt right at home: There was a piston, cylinder, rings, intake, exhaust — it was basically a simple motor. Since then, I've been responsible for maintaining and repairing the 30 or so pneumatic tools in my company's arsenal, several of which are themselves antiques. From brad nailers to framing guns, most pneumatic tools are very similar, inside and out.
Regular maintenance, which takes only a few minutes, is an important part of our daily routine. The better we take care of our tools, the less frequently we have to open them up. And when the time comes for a more thorough cleaning and parts replacement, we can do the job on site or in our workshop in 30 minutes or less, which saves us travel time to the tool-repair shop and downtime on the job.
It's important to keep the inside of your pneumatic tools clean and lubricated. Cleanliness starts with your air hoses; if they're handled carelessly, uncoupled quick disconnects can fall on the ground. And if dirt and sawdust get in a hose fitting, they'll contaminate your tool the next time you plug it in. Sand and dust quickly wear out the rubber O-rings inside — or, even worse, they can scratch the metal cylinder. Once this happens, power diminishes rapidly.
An easy way to prevent debris from entering hoses is to keep the male and female ends of each hose connected, disengaging them only when you're ready to make a connection to another hose or a tool. Protect a tool's male fittings with plastic end caps. The inexpensive ones designed to cover the cut ends of wire shelving fit pretty well.
To prevent moisture and debris from getting into pneumatic tools, keep hoses connected to each other when not in use and protect tool fittings with plastic end caps.
Internal lubrication keeps air tools running smoothly. I have never had good luck with automatic in-line oilers that are connected to the discharge of the compressor. They may work fine on shop compressors, but they don't work as well on mobile compressors, because they tend to snap off and leave the inside of hoses oily. A daily lubrication ritual is just as effective.
When I take tools out in the morning, I drip six to 10 drops of lubricant into the air intake (if the manufacturer has a different recommendation, I'll follow that), using only lubricants formulated for pneumatic tools. Don't use motor oil as a lubricant, because it can deteriorate O-rings and bumpers. On days when I'm driving lots of fasteners, such as during sheathing operations, I'll usually relubricate at lunchtime.
Nailers should be oiled on a daily basis with lubricants designed specifically for pneumatic tools.
Moisture diminishes the effectiveness of lubricants and can accelerate corrosion of the metal parts inside tools. To help keep moisture out of your pneumatics, drain any water from the compressors daily, and cover the tools in the rain.
Each time you take a tool out to use, look it over carefully for loose or missing screws and parts. Check that the contact tip mechanism is free and not gummed up, and oil it lightly after every couple of uses.
After plugging in the tool, listen for air leaks. Leaks around gaskets may indicate loose screws or a damaged gasket, while leaks around the trigger may signal a malfunction that can compromise safety. Leaks from the exhaust port or the nose of the tool may be a symptom of worn O-rings inside.
With the tool connected, look for cracks or small holes in the housing. Cracks usually are caused by dropping the tool, but small holes can develop on old tools worn from rough use. Cracks and holes are serious — a cracked housing can explode and send fragments flying — and can't be repaired. If you find a crack or a hole, take the tool out of service but save it for parts.
An air tool with a cracked body is potentially dangerous because it can blow apart. It should be removed from service.
Periodically, pneumatic tools need to be disassembled and cleaned, and their worn parts replaced. According to at least one manufacturer's guide, this is a chore that should be done on a weekly basis, but I doubt this ever happens in the real world. My framing nailers are used every day, and I disassemble them every one to two months. I open up my finish nailers once a year, but they get used only four days each month. I overlooked a siding stapler for five years until the piston started sticking, but I don't recommend waiting until that happens.
Check the manual first. Before opening up a tool's motor, it's a good idea to make an assessment of what parts will need replacement and round them up ahead of time. I start with the owner's manual; most have exploded drawings of the tool. That the piston O-ring will need to be replaced is a given. Most other O-rings are stationary and will need replacement only if you damage them while disassembling or reassembling the tool.
Though made of hardened steel, the business end of a driver can still show signs of wear. You can check the condition of the driver before disassembling the tool by dry-firing it. First, empty out the fasteners. Hold back the contact safety nose while aiming the tool away from you (and others), and then squeeze and hold the trigger. The tool will fire and the end of the driver will stick out the nose. Worn drivers will have rounded or chipped edges that can lead to jams or unset fasteners.
To check a nailer's driver without disassembling the tool, dry-fire it (with fasteners removed) while keeping the trigger depressed.
The bumper also may need replacement, but most of the new ones are more durable than those used 10 or 15 years ago. I wait until after I've opened up the tool to run out — if necessary — and pick up a new bumper from my local tool shop. Its service department stocks such common replacement parts as O-rings, bumpers, gaskets, and drivers for most nailers and staplers. Other parts that don't break often, like cylinders, nail magazines, and caps, will likely involve special orders. Some manufacturers bundle parts into "rebuild kits" that include several O-rings and perhaps a driver. But if the only part your tool needs is a piston O-ring, these kits aren't very cost-effective.
Some disassembly required. I work on a large, clean piece of cardboard that gives me space to spread out parts; when I'm done I can throw the mess away. With the diagram nearby for reference, I start taking the tool apart by removing the cap screws. Some tools have spring-valve assemblies under compression beneath the cap, so I back the screws out evenly to avoid jamming.
After carefully removing the cap screws, the author takes off the cap to expose the cylinder and piston inside.
Sometimes the cylinder and piston are beneath metal or plastic disks that snap into place, but usually the cap is all that needs to be removed to see these parts. When there's a nut on top of the piston, I use a pair of needle-nose pliers to grip it and pull the piston out (Figure 6). If the top of the piston is flat, I insert a thin metal rod up the nose to push the driver and piston out.
Working on a large piece of clean cardboard makes it easy to keep track of parts and to clean up afterward.
Some pistons have a nut on the top that can be grasped with a pair of needle-nose pliers, making it easier to pull the piston out of the cylinder.
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Zeitgeist Global Connect is a new web platform being developed to harness the potential power of our distributed activist community by enabling communication and collaboration as a connected network of chapters, teams and individuals, in accordance with the aims and principles of the Zeitgeist Movement.
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Democracy is a very active word now-a-days, mostly in The Occupy Movement. Due to the increase popularity of this word and the mass misunderstanding of it (even in circles of TVP and TZM supporters), I write this article to address what this looks like in a resource based world economic model.
You are about to become obsolete. You think you are special, unique, and that whatever it is that you are doing is impossible to replace. You are wrong. As we speak, millions of algorithms created by computer scientists are frantically running on servers all over the world, with one sole purpose: do whatever you used to do, but better.
That is the argument for a phenomenon called technological unemployment, one that is pervading modern society. But is that really the case? Or is it just a futuristic fantasy? What will become of us in the coming years, and what can we do to prevent a catastrophic collapse of society?
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Sabemos que la democracia, como sistema socio-económico, fue pensada a finales del siglo XX como un sistema incluyente y participativo, con igualdad de oportunidades y que aparte se manifestara como un sistema que incentivaba la práctica de las libertades individuales como la máxima expresión del hombre; una estructura que, a través de la libre competencia propiciaría el crecimiento de la nación en un sentido económico y cultural.
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They're good at capturing the bad guys, but U.S. Border Patrol agents could not snag a fast-moving canine. Now, the dog is on the lamb and its owners are desperate for the animal's safe return.
Click on the video player to watch Ronnie Dahl's report.
The Wilken family had just cleared customs from Canada into the US when their dog Ash managed to get out of her cage, escape from an agent, and take off running. It happened at the Ambassador Bridge Friday afternoon. The 20 pound Pug-Jack Russell mix got loose from an agent. We talked to her owner by phone from Atlanta.
"I didn't see what happened with the officers and the dog," Niels Wilcken told Fox 2. "I just saw the guy chasing the dog, and by the cage, I saw the leash attached to the collar."
The fast moving dog took off without his collar. Now, he has no ID. Border Patrol agents searched the area but came up empty handed. The family also took part in the search.
"My son wanted to keep watching for the dog and looking for her," Wilcken said. "We spent four more hours going all over the place."
With darkness setting in, the family gave up their search and traveled on to Atlanta. Back in Detroit, the hunt for Ash continues. The Wilken family and especially 9 year old Joseph hopes when their vacation ends and they return to Canada, Ash will be back at the bridge waiting to greet them.
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(KTTV) The state's controversial high-speed rail project took a couple of big steps forward Monday, even as pending lawsuits threaten to derail the $68 billion project before it even breaks ground.
The Rail Authority voted to issue nearly $9 billion taxpayer-approved bonds, and the authority okayed spending almost one billion to improve the rail corridor between San Francisco and San Jose that will eventually be linked to the high-speed rail.
With members voting by teleconference, the rail authority voted 5-0 without debate with one member absent. On the a resolution to sell that $9 billion dollars in bonds to help pay for the initial phase of the project -- starting in the state's central valley -- maybe this year, maybe not.
And the San Fran to San Jose line -- called Caltrain -- will be upgraded. That's part of the deal that voters okayed back in 2008 when we approved high-speed rail. That is being challenged in court, with critics saying it violates the law because it's not really high-speed rail. The rail authority now calls that their ''blended '' system.
Some of those who went to Monday's meeting questioned where the whole project is going. One critic quetsioned why the board authorized so much bond money before it's needed; wondering whether the board was rushing to beat the outcome of the lawsuits attempting to block the whole project.
The Rail Authority said they're merely being "efficient" by authorizing all the bonds now, so it would not have to do it again down the road.
Runaway movie production is out of control. KTTV Vice President and General Manager Kevin Hale looks at what needs to be done bring the movie industry back to Los Angeles, in this POV.
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The San Francisco Bay Guardian (also known as The SF Bay Guardian, Bay Guardian, and the Guardian) is a free alternative newspaper published weekly in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1966 by Bruce B. Brugmann and his wife, Jean Dibble.[2]
The Bay Guardian is known for reporting, celebrating, and promoting left-wing and progressive issues within San Francisco and (albeit rarely) around the San Francisco Bay Area as a whole. This usually includes muckraking, legislation to control and limit gentrification, and endorsement of political candidates and other laws and policies that fall within its political views. It also has comprehensive movie and music reviews, an annual nude beaches issue, and an annual sex issue. The Bay Guardian is one of several alternative newspapers in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, including the SF Weekly (formerly its major competitor, now under the same ownership), East Bay Express, Metro Silicon Valley, North Bay Bohemian, Marin's Pacific Sun and Berkeley Daily Planet.
Best of the Bay[edit]
The Guardian publishes an annual "Best of The Bay" issue that lists the best restaurants, business, and activities in the Bay Area, based on a readers' poll and staff recommendations. Published annually since 1974, The Guardian claims that its "Best Of" issue was the first annual guide of its kind and was copied by other publications.[citation needed]
Goldie Award[edit]
The Guardian gives the "Goldie Award" annually for excellence in the arts and similar areas.
In 1971, they published The Ultimate Highrise, on the costs of development to the city. In 1975, they published San Francisco Free & Easy: The Native's Guidebook with a revised edition in 1980, edited by William Ristow.
1970s unionization attempt[edit]
The Guardian put down an attempt by its employees to unionize in the 1970s. In 1975, Guardian staffers, with the aid of Newspaper Guild Local 52 and International Typographical Union Local 21, signed union cards to seek higher wages and benefits. The paper had previously won a legal settlement and moved to a new building. Nevertheless, publisher Bruce Brugmann claimed there were not enough funds to increase pay or benefits. The day after Thanksgiving, he fired five senior staffers who had helped organize the union effort. Newspaper staffers voted to join the Newspaper Guild and, on June 15, 1976, they called a strike to force Brugmann to offer a labor contract. Brugmann retained a few management staff and hired scab replacements. In August, César Chávez offered to mediate the strike, but Brugmann refused. Finally, in 1977, another election was called, but this time votes by replacement workers carried the day and the new staff voted not to join a union.[3]
Lawsuit against Weekly[edit]
In March, 2008 The Guardian won a predatory pricing lawsuit against its local rival, the SF Weekly, based on allegations the Weekly undercut The Guardian by selling display advertisements below cost while supporting itself on cash infusions from its parent, Village Voice Media, in an effort to force the Guardian into bankruptcy. In May, 2008 the judge in the case awarded punitive damages, raising the jury's $6.3 million award to $15.9 million, and issuing an injunction prohibiting the SF Weekly from selling advertisements below cost.[4]
Sale and recent developments[edit]
On April 19, 2012, the East Bay Express reported that the Canadian owners of the San Francisco Examiner were in negotiations with the Bay Guardian to buy the newspaper. These rumors were denied by its executive editor Tim Redmond.[5][6]
On January 15, 2013, their longstanding rivals, the SF Weekly, was sold to the San Francisco Newspaper Group that publishes the Bay Guardian.[7][8]
In mid-June 2013, the San Francisco Business Times and other publications reported that Tim Redmond had "been ousted" as publisher and editor. The Bay Guardian issued a statement quoting new publisher Stephen Buel as saying, "The Guardian has been losing money, and we were forced to contemplate some editorial layoffs. Tim decided to resign rather than follow through with what we were discussing." However, Redmond denied resigning.[9][10]
See also[edit]
- ^ "San Francisco Bay Guardian". Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. 2008. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
- ^ "Scrappy SF paper marks 30 years of hip". Los Angeles Daily News. 1996-12-01. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
- ^ Tom Wetzel (1987). "Small Is Not Beautiful: Life at the Bay Guardian.". Processed World. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
- ^ Meredith May (May 20, 2008). "Judge raises damages in case against SF Weekly". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
- ^ "The San Francisco Examiner Closes in on Purchase of San Francisco Bay Guardian". East Bay Express. April 19, 2012.
- ^ "SF Bay Guardian editor: "We have not been sold."". sfgate. April 20, 2012.
- ^ "OICE MEDIA GROUP TODAY ANNOUNCES SALE OF SF WEEKLY TO SAN FRANCISCO NEWSPAPER COMPANY". Voice Media Group. January 15, 2013.
- ^ "SF Weekly sold to Bay Guardian publisher". sfgate. January 15, 2013.
- ^ Steven E.F. Brown (June 14, 2013). "Longtime editor Tim Redmond ousted at SF Bay Guardian". San Francisco Business Times.
- ^ Jones, Steven T.; Bowe, Rebecca (2013-06-18). "On Guard: The story behind the Bay Guardian's new ownership and the departure of Editor-Publisher Tim Redmond". San Francisco Bay Guardian (San Francisco).
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The Brookfield-Bethel-Danbury (BBD) Icecats got off to a fast start when senior captain Scott Martin scored an unassisted goal on his first shift and the 'Cats never slowed down, hustling their way to a 3-1 victory over SWC rival New Milford Wednesday at the Danbury Ice Arena.
After the Wave tied it up 1-1 to end the first period and a scoreless second, Steve Almieda lit the lamp early in the third with what proved to be the winner, assisted by Martin and Jordan Warren. Trevor Kurjiaka backhanded an insurance goal assisted by Warren and Jon Leonard.
The veteran BBD defense, led by seniors Martin, Matt Hallock, Billy Hunt, Jacob Maddox, junior Kevin Keiser and senior goale Luis Dibble (21 saves) stiffled New Milford's comeback attempts as the Icecats improved their record to 10-5-1.


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What is zidovudine (Retrovir)?
Zidovudine is an antiviral medication that prevents human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cells from multiplying in your body.
Zidovudine is used to treat HIV, which causes the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Zidovudine is also given during pregnancy to prevent an HIV-infected woman from passing the virus to her baby. Zidovudine is not a cure for HIV or AIDS.
Zidovudine may also be used for other purposes not listed in this medication guide.
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This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Tell your doctor about any unusual or bothersome side effect. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
What is the most important information I should know about zidovudine (Retrovir)?
Zidovudine may cause lactic acidosis (the build up of lactic acid in the body). Lactic acidosis symptoms can start slowly and gradually get worse. Symptoms include unusual muscle pain and weakness, trouble breathing, fast or uneven heart rate, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, and numbness or cold feeling in your arms or legs. Call your doctor at once if you have any of these symptoms, even if they are only mild. Early signs of lactic acidosis generally get worse over time and this condition can be fatal.
Zidovudine can also cause severe or life-threatening effects on your liver. Call your doctor at once if you have any of these symptoms while taking zidovudine: nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite, stomach pain, low fever, dark urine, clay-colored stools, or jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes).
Do not use zidovudine together with other combination drugs that contain zidovudine, such as Combivir or Trizivir.
HIV/AIDS is usually treated with a combination of different drugs. To best treat your condition, use all of your medications as directed by your doctor. Be sure to read the medication guide or patient instructions provided with each of your medications. Do not change your doses or medication schedule without advice from your doctor. Every person with HIV or AIDS should remain under the care of a doctor.
Taking zidovudine will not prevent you from passing HIV to other people through unprotected sex or sharing of needles. Talk with your doctor about safe methods of preventing HIV transmission during sex, such as using a condom and spermicide. Sharing drug or medicine needles is never safe, even for a healthy person.
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A young girl helps her brother with his sandal in this delightful Japanese ivory and bronze sculpture. A superb example of Japan's Meiji period, during which time artists created exceptional works of both fine and decorative art, this figure is distinguished by exquisite detail, from the fully carved parasol to the children's cast bronze robes. Set upon a wooden base, this figure is truly outstanding. During Japan's Meiji period (1868-1912), an incredibly diverse range of high quality metal arts was produced. During the 19th century, and particularly after the prohibition of the wearing of swords in 1873, the boundaries inhibiting this most traditional Japanese craft and its artists were lifted. Instead of fashioning swords and sword fittings for the aristocracy of Japan, artisans were encouraged to produce decorative arts that the government exported for reasons of prestige and as a valuable source of foreign currency. Sculpture then gained renewed social recognition while maintaining its exceptionally high quality. Circa 1880 6" wide x 11" high


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Joy of Mozart Concert Series Concludes at Downtown Library
To define the music of Mozart is to restrict it. Pianist Alfred Brendel has advised that "Mozart is made neither of porcelain, nor of marble, nor of sugar. The cute Mozart, the perfumed Mozart, the permanently ecstatic Mozart, the sentimentally bloated Mozart must all be avoided."
The real Mozart can be heard at the Downtown Library on Sunday, October 12, 2008, when master pianist Wayne McEvilly concludes his 2008 concert series "The Joy of Mozart: An Amazing Grace" with live performances of Mozart's piano sonatas 15-17. The program lasts from 2:00 to 3:00pm. It is free and open to the public.
"This concert series is part of my life's work," McEvilly said, "to offer my performances of Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven, Bach and Chopin to everyone, all ages, no exclusions—enthusiastic teens, children with their families, working men and women, seniors, professionals. I perform these masterworks as beautifully as I can to reveal their hidden harmonies and melodies."
Seating is limited and doors to the Library's 46th Star Auditorium open at 1:30pm.
The Metropolitan Library System of Oklahoma County includes 12 libraries and five extension libraries. Libraries include Belle Isle, Capitol Hill, Ralph Ellison, Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library and Southern Oaks in Oklahoma City, as well as Bethany, Choctaw, Del City, Edmond, Midwest City, Village and Warr Acres. Extensions are located in the communities of Harrah, Jones, Luther and Nicoma Park and include Wright Library in Oklahoma City. You can also reach us at www.metrolibrary.org


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Big retailers are tracking your phone's Wi-Fi signal
They're using a service that follows shoppers to figure out their buying patterns.
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Without their knowledge, the 40% to 70% of all shoppers who have stepped into Nordstrom (JWN) and other outlets with their smartphones on have been tracked by a company called Euclid Analytics through their phones' Wi-Fi requests. Euclid then uses that data to determine specific departments a shopper visits and how long a shopper spends in each department.
Nordstrom told a CBS (CBS) affiliate in Dallas that such information gives it "a better sense of customer foot traffic," but it has since announced it is ceasing its use of Euclid's tracking system. The New York Times speculates that retailers could use that data to shift high-end and downmarket items around their stores based on who walks by them. A Home Depot (HD) spokesman said that while that retailer once tested Euclid's tracking product a handful of its stores, it no longer uses it.
Shoppers looking to go untracked have to turn off their Wi-Fi or turn off their phones completely. If those consumers want to opt out, they have to go to a Euclid site -- whose existence they may not be aware of -- and tell Euclid they want out of the service they weren't asked to participate in.
The good news is that, once users opt out, their information is wiped from Euclid's database along with all of their phones' records. The bad news is users not only have to dig around for their phone's "MAC address," the code that identifies their device to a network, but they have to provide that code to Euclid to get scrubbed from its files.
Although Euclid is tracking 50 million devices in 4,000 locations, it assures shoppers that it doesn't cull data about "who you are, whom you call or the websites you visit." Shoppers' anonymous data is bundled with data from other individuals, resulting in an aggregate report of anonymous information.
Still, if customers want to be tracked and have their spending habits used for marketing purposes, they can just shop online.
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This article is misleading;
Every WiFi device emits an identifier called a MAC address. This address is part of the protocol by which a device discovers and connects to a WiFi access point.
Your MAC address can be "seen" by any Wireless access point in any office, store or public location anywhere you go - its just how it works. Its also not limited just to your phone. Your Kindle, Tablet, Laptop and any other wireless enabled device works exactly the same way.
However, there is ABSOLUTELY NO personally identifiable information in a MAC address and NO correlation between your MAC address and your identity. This technique is used by retailers to better lay out their stores in the hope of providing better customer experiences for the consumer - that's what retailing is all about!!
There are hi-tech ways to link a MAC address to a phone number using illegal methods, however no major retailer in the US would stoop to such measures and if they did. they would face unbelievable consequences from the FCC.
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Video testimony from Bhutanese refugee living in exile
Bhutan's 650,000 people comprise three main groups, along with other small groups.
The Ngalongs of the western mountains and the central Bhutanese with whom they have intermarried form the elite. They form a minority alongside the more numerous Sharchhops ("easterners"). Both Ngalongs and Sharchhops are Buddhist.
The Lhotshampa, who live mainly in the south of the country, are the third largest group in Bhutan. Originally from Nepal, they speak Nepali and most practise Hinduism.
Analysis of population statistics provided by the Bhutanese government, in which the population is shown to have increased steadily despite the expulsion of more than 80,000 people in the early 1990s, can reveal that Bhutan has attempted to hide the exodus of a large part of the Lhotshampa community.
The figures also suggest the potential for further discrimination against the Lhotshampas in future.
Many Lhotshampas are vulnerable because of their precarious citizenship status. Even those recognised as Bhutanese citizens face discrimination.
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Lhotshampas remaining in Bhutan: a vulnerable group of people
In 1958, Bhutan passed its first Citizenship Act. People of Nepalese origin had migrated to Bhutan from the end of the 19th century as contractual workers.
They and their descendants had very little security in Bhutan until they were granted full citizenship under the 1958 Citizenship Act.
During the 1960s and 1970s, it was government policy to promote integration of people of Nepalese origin (known as Lhotshampas) into the Bhutanese mainstream, and many Lhotshampas rose to occupy influential positions in the bureaucracy.
During the 1980s, the Lhotshampas came to be seen as a threat to the political order.
The section A Brief History of the Refugee Crisis and the Timeline outline the repression and expulsion of tens of thousands of Lhotshampas. Lhotshampas remaining in Bhutan today face an uncertain future, with continuing discrimination and the possibility of being excluded from the emerging democratic process.
Population statistics for Bhutan have been notoriously problematic. The figures for the years 1984 to 1998 are stated in Bhutan's National Human Development Report, 2000, to be population estimates. They mask the exodus of tens of thousands of Lhotshampas in the early 1990s.
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Alongside population figures, it has been the practice to record the numbers of migrant workers in Bhutan. The population of migrant workers has remained fairly constant, at approximately 40,000.
The published results of the nationwide census carried out in 2005 show a new population category: non-national residents. Out of the total population of 634,972, 81,976 people have been placed in this category. How can this be explained?
The citizenship status of Lhotshampas has been eroded by various measures taken since the end of the 1980s. In 1988, Lhotshampas were divided into seven categories, as follows:
- genuine Bhutanese;
- returned migrants;
- people not available during the census;
- a non-national woman married to a Bhutanese man;
- a non-national man married to a Bhutanese woman;
- children legally adopted;
- non-nationals - migrants and illegal settlers.
Placement in the seven categories was often arbitrary, and could be arbitrarily changed. The categorisation was used as a tool to evict Lhotshampas. In some cases members of the same family have been, and still are, placed in different categories.
The declaration that 81,976 of the resident population are "non-national" may mean the effective "denationalisation" of many of the Lhotshampas remaining in Bhutan.
The Royal Government does not publish disaggregated data to show the proportion of different ethnic groups in the population. It maintains that 25% of the population are Lhotshampa. 25% of the 552,996 Bhutanese citizens? Or 25% of the total resident population of 634,972?
In 2005, the Bhutanese Home Ministry began the process of issuing new citizenship cards with biometric data to Bhutanese nationals. Citizenship cards have been issued to Lhotshampas falling into categories 1 and 4 of the 7 categories into which they have been placed.
There is no indication of what will become of the people who do not fall into either category 1 or 4. It is likely that many of the 81,976 people declared resident "non-nationals" are Lhotshampa. If this is the case, they are stateless in their own country. For the majority there is no nationality other than Bhutanese that they could possibly claim.
Lhotshampas recognised as Bhutanese citizens face discrimination
If people with no nationality status are vulnerable, being recognised as a citizen of Bhutan does not guarantee security for Lhotshampas, as the following compilation of testimonies shows.
Although the Royal Government of Bhutan has stopped using direct means to evict people or dismiss them from government service, it continues to persecute Lhotshampas through what is described as a process of slow poisoning.
The modus operandi of the government is almost invisible to outsiders, making it extremely difficult for them to believe the human rights violations that exist in Bhutan.
The hidden agenda of the Royal Government of Bhutan has been the following:
1. To exclude as many Lhotshampas as possible from citizenship of the country by using complicated census exercises, in some cases dividing members of the same family into several different categories.
2. To persecute those who qualify as Bhutanese citizens so that they leave of their own free will.
3. To keep Lhotshampas from personal prosperity by denying them education, business and employment opportunities.
For example, the 219 civil servants who were forced to retire in January 1998 are not allowed to open their business to make a livelihood.
Some of them pay huge fees to northern Bhutanese citizens willing to use their name to obtain business licences.
Lhotshampa children have no alternative but to go to urban areas like Thimphu and get employment as domestic servants. Some of the adults have joined the National Work Force, which is a construction labour force regarded as a low-grade job in society.
4. To exclude children from education by various means. Denial of education does not happen in Thimphu, where the international community might hear about it, but it is common in the villages where people are scared to report their case to higher authorities.
Once a child completes primary school, she needs another Census Clearance Certificate to continue her schooling or to go for vocational training in any government-run or private institution.
Every student appearing in the Class X board examination has to fill in their citizenship card number on the registration form. Most Lhotshampas are not issued with citizenship cards, especially relatives of "anti-nationals".
If, finally, a student gets clearance and continues her education at third level, she is almost sure, as a graduate, to fail the Royal Civil Service Examination.
Since 1993, hardly any Lhotshampas have passed this examination.


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