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Gamecast: August 17th at Padres
Ted Lilly (9-7, 3.59 ERA) vs. Kevin Correia (8-9, 4.51 ERA)
Story Lines
How do you follow up a series against the Pirates? How about a trip to lovely San Diego. I spent a weekend out in San Diego, and let me tell you, it might be the best place to live in the nation. It's kind of stuck in this perfect weather situation, and I know why Brian Giles hasn't left in a trade. Nonetheless, the Pirates are another bad club. They were just swept by the Cardinals (Thanks guys). Even closer Heath Bell couldn't slam the door last night, so the Cubs find themselves five games back in the Central heading into this week.
The big news is that Ted Lilly is back from surgery and shoulder problems to once again give the Cub fans hope. It also means we will not have to see Jeff Samardijza any time soon stroll to the mound in something other than an Iowa Cubs uniform. Anybody think we should trade him while we can actually get something?
Lilly was probably the Cubs best pitcher before he got hurt, and now he needs to return to that form since the Cubs are falling faster than 2009 stock prices. In other news, Ryan Theriot is still out with some kind of stomach virus, so that means Aaron Miles gets one last start before the Cubs DFA tomorrow (Please happen, please!).
Who's Hot
Koyie Hill - Who knew catchers need some time off? Since Geovany Soto got back, Hill's actually been kind of productive at the plate. He's hitting .400 with a .933 OPS.
Sam Fuld - Fuld's doing everything that has been asked of him, and he will probably head to Iowa once Reed Johnson gets back next week. Well, unless Alfonso Soriano comes with isuckrealbaditus this week. Fuld's .450 OBP during his lastest hot streak.
Who's Not
Alfonso Soriano - It's really too bad that Soriano caught isuckrealbaditus this year, becuase we are paying him a lot of money. He's 3 for his last 29 folks with no walks. Should we move him back to the top of the order?
Mike Fontenot - He was supposed to start yesterday, before the rainout. Maybe Lou has come to his senses and put Jeff Baker back in the lineup. Yep, Fontenot's 1 for his last 6. Top of the wish list next year, new 2B or trading Soriano? I'm guessing it's a 2B, because nobody in their right mind would take Soriano. Well, the Dodgers did take Todd Hundley once, so there is hope.
With the Cardinals in L.A., the Cubs really need to get a couple games this week in the standings. They flip-flop on Thursday, and the Cubs will have the tougher four-game set with the Dodgers. They need a sweep, and I suggest that they don't pitch to man named Adrian Gonzalez.
Series Preview: Cubs at San Diego
The lazy, fat, stupid losers return to the Whale's Vagina for the second time this season where they were swept in a 3-game series back in May. Remember that series reader? It was when the Cubs scored a total of 3 runs throughout the entire weekend. Gives a man nightmares just thinking about it.
Of course now the Cubs are fighting for their postseason lives and the Padres are fighting for the best fares on plane tickets to golf resorts. Needless to say, this matchup is a bit one-sided.
Let's not sleep on the Padres though. They did give the Cardinals two tough games in St. Louis and they have a legitimate power hitter in their lineup (Adrian Gonzalez) unlike the Pirates.
For those of you scoreboard watching, the Cardinals will be just up the road in LA to take on the Dodgers for three games. If Mannywood can't win at least one of those games, then I will burn Dodger Stadium to the ground. Then again, the series will feature Carpenter and Wainwright.
Regardless, this is the best chance the Cubs have at catching up for the next month until they go to St. Louis on Sept. 18…
The Matchups
August 17th - Ted Lilly vs. Kevin Correia
Lilly returns from the disabled list as he makes his first start since July 20. Everyone knows TRL has had a tough time pitching on the road, but he is fortunate enough to take the mound at one of America's largest national wildlife parks. Lilly has only walked more than 3 batters once all season and I'm guessing he will enjoy success if he doesn't give the Padres any free bases. San Diego has the second lowest team BA in the National League. Make them earn it.
With Jake Peavy gone, Correia and his 4.51 ERA take over as the team's interim ace. Although his overall stats aren't particularly impressive, Correia has only allowed more than three runs once in his last eight starts. He's also coming off of four consecutive quality starts and has a 2-1 record.
August 18th - Ryan Dempster vs. Cesar Carrillo
As it's been pointed out on this blog, Dempster basically went "Rocky IV" on us last season during his contract year and put up some sick stats. Then he got big money and returned to the .500 pitcher he has been for most of his career. Then again, Dempster has never pitched successful back-to-back 200-inning seasons, so maybe the guy is incapable of being a reliable starter. He is 1-2 with a 6.20 ERA in his last four starts at Wrigley, so Demp is probably happy to be at Petco.
He can kill two stones with one bird. The dark is afraid of him. He lives vicariously through himself. He is the Most Interesting Man in the World. OK, not really, but doesn't the name Cesar Carrillo sound like it should belong to the guy from Dos Equis commercials? Anyway, Carrillo was roughed up in his first Major League start by the Brewers. Now he has a 30.86 ERA. That's…interesting.
August 19th - Randy Wells vs. Mat Latos
Nothing cures what ails ya like 17 runs of support and facing the Pittsburgh Pirates. Something tells me Wells won't enjoy the same luxury, but I've been wrong before. Wells has only given up 4 homers and never walked more than two batter while pitching on the road this season. And people wonder why he is so good.
Latos is one of the top prospects the Padres have and he has been dominating since being called up July 19…except for his last start. The Cardinals put up 7 runs against Latos and he was out by the fourth inning. There is no doubt Latos is the most talented pitcher the Cubs will face in this series, but how will Latos respond to his first big league shelling? This could be a matchup of future aces.
You can control being fat. You can control being lazy. But you cannot control being stupid.
Jim Hendry put together a strong team on paper to begin the season, but I think we can all agree the mental toughness is just missing. Hendry might have signed some talented players, but he also signed some thick-skulled morons. A smart PROFESSIONAL athlete doesn't let his body get out of shape. He doesn't raid the food spread after every game like he is going to the electric chair. He doesn't become happy with what he has.
If the Cubs don't sweep the Padres (or at least win two out of three), then I'm not going to blame it on their laziness or their waist sizes. I'll just finally concede that these guys are too stupid to know they are better and more talented than almost everyone they face. Disappointing stuff.
Go Cubs.
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Game & Series Recap: Padres 7 (3), Cubs 2 (0); oh noooos
If the Cubs are the team we follow then we are Ron Santo forever living that horrible moment in 1998 when Brant Brown dropped the lazy fly ball. We moan, we lament our torturous lives, and there is such despair in our fandom that any clinical observer would look upon us and see living proof of a contradiction. Maybe that's why we so fiercely defend him against his detractors. For good or bad he's us.
Tonight -- and lately -- Ron Santo has not been alone. This isn't the way it was supposed to be. 42 games into the season -- just over a full quarter of the campaign -- and the Cubs are a .500 ball team riding a 7 game losing streak in which they averaged 1.43 runs per game during that time.
Everybody but one man has gone cold, and that one man is playing with something you can't really get by on scott free -- a damaged neck. But I suppose that I remain shockingly calm and amazingly unworried because looking at the Cubs lineup I see a team that is way, way, way better than 1.43 runs per game.
So if your plan is to go cliff-jumping based on the past week of play, based on basically an anomoly of team-wide offensive slumber, then you must also be the kind of person to assume that significant others are dumping you just because they didn't call you when they usually do. (Or worse, perhaps they're dead. That's the kind of worry train that you're rolling on.)
That isn't to say that there aren't reasons to be concerned. There are reasons. We'll talk about that on Monday or Tuesday. But before I actually, y'know, recap the loss, I'll leave you with this one thought.
We spent 2007 with butterflies and damaged nerves because they played down to the wire and snuck in at the end of the season. The entire time, we -- or at least I -- complained loudly about how the Cubs never make it easy.
Then we watched in awe in 2008 when they locked it up basically in August as they surged toward the best team record since 1945. Finally, we had our easy season. Still, they were swept in October.
There is no mathematical formula to winning in the playoffs and there is no such thing as a superlative season. I don't know if teams need rough patches in order to know how to win under pressure later on, but that idea is ludicrous and implies that 25 grown men who've all been there before 2009 somehow forgot between past seasons and this one. But I do know that rough patches are a part of the game and it seems like the best team rarely wins the World Series. So let the Cubs be underdogs, scrambling, fighting, and climbing their way up. Let them scrap for it.
The Game
Subtract the "s" from "scrap" and that's what we had on Sunday. Ted Lilly got hammered, Aaron Heilman helped, the Cubs offense walked not once and nobody had more than 1 hit.
Maybe it's time for a classic Lou Piniella Wake Up! moment. I suspect it's coming.
The New Recap Logo
I'm just tinkering, in case you were wondering. I frankly like the previous logo better but I've got big plans and if they turn out to be possible then the Cubs scoreboard as we've been 'chopping it would look confusing on the site. You'll see what I mean soon enough.
Current Record: 21-21
Position in the NL Central: 4th place, 4 games out
Best Possible Record: 141-21
Worst Possible Record: 21-141
Record needed to win 110: 89-31
On Pace For: 81-81
GameCast: May 24th - Cubs vs. Padres; I return
Woof. Look what I missed -- when I left, the Cubs were starting to look good. They'd put things together. They were stringing together a nice little streak. Then I go on vacation and everything falls apart. The offense dies, the readers are angry, the writers are dejected, and it's still only May!
Well, my brothers, this is baseball for us. We're in the pit right now looking out but without hope. No matter what happens it's going to be this point in time that really defines the season for the Cubs. Either this is where they come together, climb out, and play the baseball we know they're capable of, or this is the beginning of where everything ends.
I don't know which one it is, but I do know this: people - be they fans or players - who quit on a baseball team with a winning record this early in the season do not have the right to call themselves fans and are not the kinds of players I'd want on the team I follow. So if that sounds like you, scram kiddo. We're not the place for you, yet.
Who's Hot
Not the Cubs. Haw! I kill me. Seriously:
In the week I've been gone, Derrek Lee has batted .458 -- that's 11 for his last 24, with 2 homeruns but a meager 3 RBI. I could have sworn that Rob just published an article like, yesterday, in which he wrote "Derrek Lee is not only still struggling, but he's now doing it in the cleanup spot." I guess maybe he's watching baseball from the alternate Fringe universe?
But seriously, it's a lonely offense for Lee right now because he's the only one hitting anything.
Who's Not
Let's see. Ryan Theriot - 3 for 25, .120 AVG in his last 7 games.
Alfonso Soriano - 4 for 22, .182 AVG.
Milton Bradley - 3 for 20, .150 AVG.
Kosuke Fukudome - 4 for 20, .200 AVG.
Mike Fontenot - 3 for 17, .176 AVG.
Geovany Soto - 4 for 17, .235 AVG.
Aaron Miles - 1 for 11, .091 AVG.
Micah Hoffpauir - 2 for 10, .200 AVG.
Bobby Scales - 0 for 10, .000 AVG.
That's 9 Cubs, 152 at bats, and 24 hits, for a .158 Team AVG (minus Derrek Lee). That's also 5 RBI between all 9 over those 152 at bats.
Friends, this offense is capable of doing better than hitting like Randy Johnson. I'm just saying.
I've been gone for a week. I've clearly missed a lot. Rich Harden went onto the DL for a non-arm related reason. Colin re-appeared after having vanished and I never knew that a single-sentence post could bring me such joy, even as it lamented the bad news of Harden's problems. The Cubs have gotten hammered.
I'll have the Game Recap tonight and tomorrow I'll cook up a longer piece on the shape of the team, but I'll just say it again in case it didn't set in earlier...
This team is better than its .158 AVG this past week. Stop being a baby. Let them work it out.
GROTA News
Just a quick couple of post script comments...
First, thanks so much to AJ, Yarbage, and the rest for keeping the ship floating while I was gone. I appreciate their hard work and I hope you guys appreciate their hard work too.
Second, we'll have a new GROTA skin coming soon that's going to knock your socks off, assuming we can pull it off. Stay tuned for that too.
Third, go Cubs.
Game Recap: Cubs 1, Padres 3 -- Wells Solid Again
Throughout this entire losing streak, the Cubs' pitchers have really found a groove.
In particular, Randy Wells continues to be a joy to watch on the mound. Sure, the scoreless streak is over, but his "Extra Base Hits Per Start" rate (it's an official stat, look it up!) remains below one. Wells allowed just one double in last night's game, a double to Brian Giles in the 4th inning. And seven strikeouts to just one walk? I like it.
The offense? It's just bad timing. We had more base runners than the opponent, and, for once, more home runs. But Derrek Lee hit his HR at the wrong time, and we only managed to score once.
Anyone realize we still have a winning record this month? It's on the line in today's game, however.
Go Cubs!
Gamecast: May 23rd vs. Padres
Randy Wells (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Josh Geer (0-1, 5.61 ERA)
Story Lines
The Sky is falling! The Sky is falling!
Ok, I know it has been a rough few days, but all is not lost. The offense won't be this bad forever, and hopefully the pitching will continue to perform. Right now the Cubs need to string a few wins together and get the offense going.
Rich Harden has been moved to the DL, so Randy Wells and Sean Marshall will continue to make starts in the mean time. Tonight, Randy Wells will make the start.
Wells has been strong in his last two starts, but he has worked out of a lot trouble in the first two starts. I like what I've seen out of Wells and he might be really useful this season when guys go down.
Who's Hot
Kosuke Fukudome - Nobody has more than one hit last night, but Kosuke had one hit and three walks. He continues to be biggest surprise of the season.
Who's Not
Pretty much everbody else. There is no reason to beat a dead horse, so I won't.
The Cubs are in a funk, but at least they are only four games back right now. It could be much worse. People do not give up hope. I really believe that we will turn this thing around.
Game Recap: Cubs 0, Padres 4 -- Umm...
You know what? All you ledge jumpers out there can...
Honestly, the Cubs will someday score more than two runs in a game. But it's hard to say when that will be. Maybe against this "Geer" guy today?
Last night's problem wasn't base runners. The Cubs reached base 11 times--five via hit, six via walk. They just couldn't find the clutch hit.
Hopefully they remember how to do that soon.
Go Cubs!
Added from yarbage: My bad yesterday on the Gamecast. I was busy trying to get out of town to head to a birthday party for one of my wife's friends. So, thankfully i was able not to see much of the game. I will post tonight's gamecast closer to game time, but I plan to watch the game.
Game & Series Recap: Cubs 11 (3), Padres 3 (0)
Wow. Now that was an awesome game which will hopefully leave the boo-birds silent for a while. First of all, Chad Gaudin was up to his old tricks. He proved tough to hit, but for him so did the catcher's mitt. The former Cub allowed only 1 hit in 4.1 innings of work but he also walked 7. Amazingly enough he appeared as if he'd get away with his wild streak until the hitters erupted in the 5th.
The Hitters
We actually saw this often enough last year that it wasn't surprising. The 1-4 hitters in the Cubs lineup failed to drive in a single run and yet the team exploded for 11. But unlike those incidents from '08, the 1-4 hitters got the job done -- it's just that they spent the day setting the table rather than clearing it.
Impressively Theriot, Fukudome, and Hoffpauir drew 2 walks a piece - accounting for 6 of the day's 10 walks - and consequently they also made up for 5 of the Cubs 11 runs. Dusty Baker is shocked that the patient, disciplined route worked but Cub fans have always known better.
The first big inning came in the previously mentioned 5th, when Gaudin managed to walk the bases loaded. He was then relieved by Luis Perdomo who continued the party by walking Geovany Soto (scoring a run) and then through surrendering back-to-back doubles to Reed Johnson and Bobby Scales! (The act of coming in to relieve a difficult situation only to fail to get a single out while being beaten like Tina during one of Ike's coke benders is what we like to call "crapping one's pants on the mound.") Turdomo was then relieved by Duaner Sanchez who surrendered an RBI single to the pitcher, walked Soriano, and finally escaped the inning by inducing a ground out from Theriot.
But wait! There was a second big inning! The Padres trotted Sanshiz out there for a second inning of "effective relief," and he proceeded to surrender a hit to Fukudome before he got the first two outs of the inning, at which point Reed Johnson singled and Bobby Scales! doubled home both base runners. Then Aaron Miles doubled home Scales! and Ryan Dempster completed the Trifecta Double scoring Miles.
In other words, Sanchez pitched 1.2 innings, surrendered 6 hits, gave up 4 runs, and walked 1 batter. So much for "relief."
Incidentally Mr. Bobby Scales! went 2 for 4, giving him hits in his first 6 games at the Major League level. As I keep saying Scales really wants to stay in the majors for a while.
The Pitchers
Dempster has been a hard-luck ace this year evoking serious doubts from the faithful about his fat contract. He's still got a ways to go before we feel better about things but today he pitched 7 innings, allowed only 3 hits, 2 walks, struck out 5 and lowered his ERA to 4.65. Not to mention he went all Zambrano on the Padres as previously mentioned. His stellar 2 for 4 day raises his batting average to an impressive .105 on the season -- Milton Bradley territory.
Dempster was relieved by Jose Ascanio, marking his 2009 debut. The Ass-Can threw 2 innings of relief, struck out 3, and surrendered an irrelevant homerun. But hey -- no walks. We'll take it!
Series Wrap-Up
I'll never forget what the Padres did to the Cubs back in '06 when they brutally crushed the team and effectively ended the season. They evoked this photoshop from me at the time:
It brings warm feelings to my blackened heart to see the Cubs deliver a similar blow to the Padres just over 3 years later. This series wasn't even remotely close for San Diego and the Cubs at this moment sit half a game out of first place in the Central.
And still I'm sure that there will be plenty of ledge-jumping moments to come, but that warm feeling you have right now is the right one to have. For all their nagging injuries, and bizarrely bad performances, and heart breaking losses these Cubs are the real deal. Lower the white flag of defeat, raise the white flag of blue victory and bring on Houston!
Current Record: 20-14
Position in the NL Central: Tied for 2nd place, 0.5 games out of 1st
Best Possible Record: 148-14
Worst Possible Record: 20-142
Record needed to win 110: 90-38
On Pace For: 95-67
Quick Links
Series Preview: Padres vs. Cubs
Game Recap: Cubs 6, Padres 2
Game Recap: Cubs 6, Padres 4 Theriot Unquieted
GameCast: May 14th - Padres vs. Cubs Sweep Edition
Game Recap: Cubs 6, Padres 4, Theriot Unquieted
Unrelated note: Attached is the second new graphic of the day. This one took a shockingly long period of time to make. Again, about 97% of it is made from scratch, with a few things borrowed from an ESPN image. Sometimes as a graphics guy I like to challenge myself to performing tasks without knowing if I can actually succeed. In this case though it's mission accomplished.
The Offense
Speaking of mission accomplished, Ryan Theriot's got to be feeling like a billion bucks right now. The guy hit a total of one - ONE!! - homerun last year and he's already five deep in the 2009 season. And let's not forget that he began the year with something like 7 career homeruns and is now dangerously approaching the point where he doubles that number.
Other offensive stars tonight include Alfonso Soriano - who hit homerun #11, by the way - and Geovany Soto. Soto went 2 for 3 with his first homerun of the year and 3 RBI. Derrek Lee meanwhile went 0 for 4 and maybe the Cubs would be better off DLing him after all and giving him some time to work on his swing in Iowa.
The Pitching
Theodore Roosevelt Lilly worked his wonders. He threw into the 7th, surrendering 8 hits but walking 0 while striking out 7. Granted, he surrendered not one but two homeruns to Adrian Gonzalez but it hardly mattered.
Oh and in the 8th Carlos Marmol stepped in, allowed a leadoff single which he turned into a double play ball and then walked Nick Hundley, advanced him to second with a wild pitch, walked Brian Giles and gave up an RBI single to Jody Gerut. Not exactly his best night and half of his pitches were balls.
It's a series win for Chicago. The Cubs are now 19-14, half a game out of a three team clusterbang for first place in the Central. They'll be playing later today for a sweep and the chance to share the lead in the division.
Quick Links
Series Preview - Padres vs. Cubs
Game Recap - Cubs 6, Padres 2
GameCast: April 13th - Padres vs. Cubs
GameCast: May 13th Padres vs. Cubs
Chris Young (2-1, 4.76 ERA) vs. Ted Lilly (4-2, 3.11 ERA)
It wasn't too long ago that Chris Young engaged our own Derrek Lee in a legendary wuss-fight. They swung, they flailed, they didn't connect. It was legendary.
Young should face Lee again tonight. I'm sure it will be a very professional battle in which the Cubs first baseman strikes out repeatedly while trying to pretend that his neck shouldn't be in a splint.
Meanwhile Ted Lilly will be looking to improve on his already impressive numbers. Before long he'll ascend to the "ace pitcher" role, securing in the process the right to pitch the first game of the playoffs only for the Cubs to get hammered.
In all seriousness, Theodore Roosevelt is looking pretty special right now. And isn't he technically the team's #3 pitcher?
Who's Hot
Alfonso Soriano - The Fonz is coming off of a three hit, two double night. He is presently on pace to hit 47 doubles, 52 homeruns, and to steal 21 bases. By the way, as a leadoff man he's on pace to drive in 114 RBI. The Cubs are stacked in the lineup but that is bound to go down a bit.
Kosuke Fukudome - He's been looking a lot more like what we expected from him than the second coming of Ichiro, but Fukudome remains an offensive force on the team. It was a lot like this a year ago now, but let's just stare in awe at this guy, who is presently on pace for 51 doubles, 6 triples, 23 homers, 23 steals, and most impressive to me 124 walks! Wow!
Bobby Scales! - 5 games played, a 5 game hitting streak, a triple, a homer, and a .429 average for this 31-year-old switch-hitting rookie. Add in some awesome versatility and the Cubs have themselves a bench guy they could've been using since day one, were they not focused on having the deepest outfield in baseball.
Who's Not
The Questionable Quartet (minus 1) - Where to start. Mike Fontenot was up to .266 on May 3rd. Since then he's gone 1 for 20. Ugh. Geovany Soto is still only batting .175 on the season, although he's 9 for 34 in the month of May (.265 AVG). Then again, only 1 of his 9 hits were for extra bases. Guh. Derrek Lee had been hitting the ball better before missing 5 straight games due to his neck. In his return he went 0 for 3 with 3 strikeouts. Yuck. And Milton Bradley represents the minus 1 having hit safely in his last 6 games including 2 homeruns and 6 RBI.
Young is not looking great. Lilly is pitching fantastically. The Cubs offense continues to show signs of becoming an unstoppable force. In other words, as usual I'm expecting a win.
Quick Links
Series Preview: Padres vs. Cubs
Game Recap: Cubs 6, Padres 2


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KALAMAZOO (WKZO) – After racking up nearly 500 yards of offense in last week's 48-34 loss to Northern Illinois, Western Michigan head football coach Bill Cubit knows his team is ready to rise to the challenge they face Saturday in Mount Pleasant.
"Rivalries are the best thing about sports, especially in college football," Cubit said at the weekly press conference.
The Broncos are looking for their first win at Kelly-Shorts Stadium in the Bill Cubit era, with their last win on the road coming in 2002. WMU leads the all-time series 44-36-2.
"I want to be that coach and this team that changes WMU history," said Cubit.
Western Michigan took a first step in changing the history of the rivalry last year, throttling the Chippewas at Waldo Stadium 44-14, and giving Bill Cubit his first win over CMU. The coach and this team hope for more of the same this year in Mt. Pleasant.
"Whenever your team loses three straight, there's some doubt there, but we just have to go up there and make a statement that we are here to win," Cubit said, "We're going to have some fun and let it fly."
Senior wide receiver Eric Monette made a statement last weekend, recording career numbers in catches with eight, and caught a career high 142 yards to go along with a pair of touchdowns. Monette knows that getting this win would make or break the Broncos' season.
"This game already means a lot to the team, but it would definitely take us over the hump to win out."
The Broncos are currently 3-6 (1-4 MAC) and a bowl bid hangs in the balance starting Saturday. That fact is not lost on the team.
"As a senior, I have to lead by example and compete on every play," Monette said, "We have to be accountable on every play when our number is called to help our team win."
Saturday's game will be the fifth time the teams play for the "Battle of the Cannon" trophy. The rivalry is renewed at 1 pm, and can be heard on 96.5 FM WKZO.

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Moldovan Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Moldova (Romanian: Declarația de independență a Republicii Moldova) was a document adopted by the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova following the failure of the August coup attempt.
The document claims "millennial history" and "uninterrupted statehood" within historic and ethnic borders and refers to the official language as "Romanian.".[1][2] This founding act of the Republic of Moldova from 1991 is celebrated on August 27, the National Day or Independence Day.
The Republic of Moldova gained official recognition of statehood on 2 March 1992, by becoming a member of the United Nations.
The original document was approved and signed by 278 parliament deputies on 27 August 1991 was burned during 2009 Chișinău riots, but an identical document was restored in 2010.[3][4]
The Moldovan Declaration of Independence clearly and directly claims Moldovan sovereignty over the territory of Transnistria as it is "a component part of the historical and ethnic territory of our people". However the Moldovan Declaration of Independence is itself used as an argument against Moldovan sovereignty over Transnistria as it denounces the agreement of August 23, 1939, between the government of the USSR and the government of Germany "null and void" being the only formal union between the two territories.[5]
See also[edit]
- Independence Day (Republic of Moldova)
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- Disputed status of Transnistria
- Transnistrian Declaration of Independence
- ^ (Romanian) Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Moldova
- ^ A Field Guide to the Main Languages of Europe - Spot that language and how to tell them apart, on the website of the European Commission
- ^ Moldova restores Declaration of Independence
- ^ Text of Moldova's Declaration of Independence recovered
- ^ Tiraspol Times; Former ASSR Pridnestrovie reminds Moldova: "You yourself denounced our union"
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This morning I went on a run because, you know. ("How is that going?!" you ask. "Meh…" I say.) It's cold in the mornings, so I put Vaseline on my cheeks because I read somewhere that it prevents wind chapping. I probably didn't need it because it's not THAT cold anymore, but I'm a weenie. Deal with it.
At some point during mile 2 today, I ran straight into a swirling cloud of gnats… while I had petroleum jelly on my face. WHILE I HAD PETROLEUM JELLY ON MY FACE. I might as well have been wearing fly paper.
And if that weren't disgusting enough, Bobby just sent me this: TIL that gnat clouds are essentially gnat orgies. Ew.
BRB, I need to go sterilize my face.
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FORT LAUDERDALE — St. Thomas Aquinas freshman goal keeper Madison Cunningham was eager to finally play against the Pine Crest girls she knew from travel lacrosse.
She made the most of her first opportunity.
Cunningham had 11 saves and held the Panthers without a second-half goal until 41.6 seconds remained as the Raiders beat Pine Crest 13-8 to win the District 24 championship and complete a season sweep of the Panthers.


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Pepsi tests bottle made from plants
Ideally, the new plastic would be made of leftover agricultural waste. For now, it can't be recycled.
The bottle is made from switch grass, pine bark, corn husks and other materials, The Associated Press reports. And Pepsi is working on ways to include leftovers from its food business, including orange peels, potato scraps and oat hulls.
No, the bottle won't taste like pine trees or Fritos. Pepsi says it looks and feels exactly the same as existing bottles. It does the same job of protecting the drink inside.
Pepsi appears a lot further along on this innovation than Coca-Cola (KO). Coke makes a bottle with 30% plant-based plastic and doesn't plan on going 100% anytime soon. "For the next five to 10 years we don't see biodegradable plastics as an option for our bottles," said a Coca-Cola executive in 2009, according to PlasticsToday.com.
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This summer, Heinz will begin bottling its ketchup in 30% bioplastic bottles, and it has partnered with Coca-Cola to use its formula. Coca-Cola recently said its packaging, with only 30% bioplastic, eliminates the equivalent of about 30,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide, or approximately 60,000 barrels of oil, Reuters reports.
Pepsi will begin testing its all-plant plastic bottle next year, starting with a few hundred thousand units. If the test goes well, the company could begin using the material in all of its products.
"This is the beginning of the end of petroleum-based plastics," a scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council told the AP. "When you have a company of this size making a commitment to a plant-based plastic, the market is going to respond."
Traditional plastic is made with petroleum and other fossil fuels. The goal is to eliminate petroleum in plastic by using plants. Ideally, bottlers wouldn't have to grow plants specifically for that purpose. Instead, they would use the billions of tons of agricultural waste produced each year, the AP reports.
But here's a downer: These plant-based plastics can't be recycled, at least according to current recycling technologies. At least Coke's bottles are recyclable.
Pepsi is recycling plants into bottles. Coke is making them from chemicals. Are you worried that these plant based bottles are going to go into the ground where they started from?
That's some ridiculous bias you have going on there.
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Before all of you start cheering Pepsi, you had better read the entire article. Pepsi's bottle is not recyclable, at all. While Coke is only 30% made of bark and other items, it is recyclable. What Pepsi is creating is another nightmare of a product that can't be disposed of.
And for anyone else that thinks this is a bad idea, google bioplastic. You will find that it doesn't need to be recycled because it's lifecycle is less than 18 months, sometimes much less, when composted.
They can't be recycled because the bonds naturally break down over time and therefore can't be reused, there is no downer. Shred the bottles and compost them and make new bottles. FROM corn starch! not in short supply and totally renewable. I don't see a problem at all. Do a little further digging and LEARN something people!
How about re-usuable containers for certain products so we aren't throwing anything out? Why can't we have standardized containers for things like shampoo, soap, detergent, bread, coffee, juices, sugar, etc? A little inconvenient to bring these in every time you shop but helps reduce landfill but with such a huge population as the world has never seen, I would say inconvenience is a small price to pay.
That's just water, but Pepsi is different. This is still a pretty new innovation, and I'll be happy to see how this goes. Remember the compostable sunchips bag? The company rid the idea because people kept complaining of the noisiness. Seriously, you guys? Europe is VERY conscientious of the environment, but we can't make one small change because of a little annoyance? How ignorant are we?
Overall, I approve of this. I hope we continue on this trend so even the laziest of people will give something back to the environment.
Someone needs to do the math for me. If they are using biowaste that was already headed for trash, then not being recyclable is less of an issue, no? Isn't the point that they are not using petrol chemicals, reducing the amount of oil that is being used and hopefully, for a soda swilling nation like the US, getting us one step closer to less dependency on it? Not sure what percentage of plastic bottles actually get recycled at this point anyway, and when they are recycled, what are they used for? That plastic is already pretty degraded at that point. Not sure about paper, I know a lot of places that don't recycle juice or milk cartons. Such a shame.
Now, if these can biodegrade as part of compost, that would really be something.
It would be optimal if the plant based bottles could be recycled, but even so, they would be much more biodegradable which is absolutely what the earth needs. Plastic in it's raw form will last far to long. There is a trade off for anything that is not natural at it's core. The more natural in everything, the less price we all pay in a multitude of ways. Aho to Coke for saving 60 million barrels of poison crude with the use of the biodgradable bottles and to Heintz for following suit. Pepsi needs to catch up, surpass, or follow suit.
Where I used to live, there was a company that had recyling bins on wheels that they placed in parking lots where lots of people could drop their items off. They took cardboard, paper, phone books, PETE and HDPE, and all colors of glass. For metals they took tin and aluminum, with copper and brass dropped of a few times.
Now, where I have moved to, there is a place in town where they pay for all metals. The county runs places to take one's garbage or recyleables. They take PETE and HDPE, plus cardboard and paper. No one takes glass. Not the company that buys things, or the country or even the city. It just goes to the dump and stays there.
PETE is #1. HDPE is #2. There are also #3, #4, #5, #6 and #7 and no one recycles them because there is no market for them.
I still do not know why they did away with the glass bottles. Except for the fact both companies probably sell more plastic bottles because you don't have to return the plastic ones, just throw it away and destroy the environment more. I also think that any of the soda pops tasted better in bottles too.
This is great! That these food giants are starting to get the message that we no longer can continue to use petroleum based products is wonderful.
By the way, Coca Cola lovers, it is really true that if you go to a Mexican grocery store you can buy Coke bottled in Mexico and is made with real sugar, NOT HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP! It really does taste like "The Real Thing", as Coke used to say in their advertisements.
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Game Recap: Cubs 3, Phillies 4 - This one's on Lou.
Last night's game was another one of those playoff-type contests, the kind of game that reveals the true identity of the team you're rooting for.
The offense scratched out a decent number of runs against a solid starter and decent bullpen--and in the postseason, you're sometimes gonna need to find a way to win with just three runs scored. Those runs scored on good situational hitting rather than pure mashing, on a couple of timely singles with runners in scoring position (one of which had been bunted over), along with a sacrifice fly.
Maybe you disagree with me, but in last night's game, I myself can't blame the offense. Happ, Park, Madson and Lidge are all quality (except for maybe the last guy--who we scored on), and we still managed to plate a few runs.
(As for Walker, Eyre, and Durbin, perhaps we should have come through with one run at some point, but then again this game should never have gone into extras. More on that in a minute.)
Then there's the Cubs' pitching, starting with the starting.
If anyone's whining about the two runs Rich Harden allowed, then those people are just plain stoopid. Richie had a no-hitter going for a good while, walked the #8-hitter (kinda dumb but whatever) and then gave up a homer to Jimmy Rollins. Look, the Phillies have a good offense; they're gonna score runs. I'll take 2 ER in 7 innings every time out.
That brings us to the bullpen. And to that end, I've really got just one question.
When your set-up man walks a guy and hits a batter, and the opponent has three consecutive lefties due up, how do you not get your LOOGY warmed up the moment the HBP happens?
Of course, Lou left Carlos in, and we all know what happened.
As for letting Kevin Gregg pitch two innings, if you check his game log on a site like Yahoo! Sports you'll see that he's actually done it before this season. It's hard to blame Lou for trusting Gregg there.
But for pulling Harden on one of his good nights after just 87 pitches? And for leaving Marmol in, against a lefty, after his having demonstrated to everyone everywhere that he didn't have any idea where the ball was going last night? Those decisions are a bit more questionable.
So once again, we see what this team really is: an offense that might score two or three, but certainly not five or six runs against quality pitching; a starting rotation with some great arms; a bullpen with some questionable ones; and a manager that doesn't know how to manage those relievers.
We're running out of time here, guys.
Go Cubs.
Offense did fail us
The two biggest culprits are sitting in the 4 & 5 spot. Soriano and Soto went a combine 0-9 yesterday. Derrek Lee didn't help his cause when he went 0-3. If you take away Derrek Lee, who is going score runs on this team? Soriano? He is too inconsistent to be relied upon. Soto? He is too busy eating a chocolate pancake wrapped around a stick of butter. That leaves Bradley and Fox. Bradley has been decent recently, but he is an onbase guy and not a run producer. That means if Lee isn't producing Fox is the guy with all of the weight on his back. While he has been pretty good, I would rather not place a large portion of the Cubs hopes and dreams on a 26 year old rookie.
This team is no team. Even with Aramis they aint doing ish in the playoffs which they are not making this year. Cubs fan tried and true, born and raised on the north side. But, this "team"/season is really hard to watch. Thank god for bob brenly
p.s. faustus1500 should be banned from the shoutbox. I was highly offended by seeing the F word used. I only used the letter N and I'm still banned. Haters man........haters.
I guess it must be a
I guess it must be a generational thing, because based on your propensity for using it I should apparently be deeply scarred whenever you call me a "hater."
Although I think you're being intentionally obtuse, I'll spell it out for you -- cursing, with some degree of decorum is fine. Ass, damn, hell, even shit your way to glory. The f-bomb tends to get edited out though. Making idiotic derogatory comments, however, is not welcome.
Because you have spammed the shoutbox on multiple occassions, and intentionally acted to disrupt this website, you aren't welcome here. However, anybody else -- whether they think the Cubs suck or rawk, whether they hang on my every word or think I am a total, undeniable idiot; in short whether they love or even HATE -- is welcome to participate.
But you are not. Good luck on finding another website to frequent, but I doubt you'll be welcome anywhere. You are, without a doubt, an immature kid with no concept of proper decorum.
The F word is much more offensive than the letter N. I agree. Ban faustus1500
Seriously, kid. You're not
Seriously, kid. You're not welcome here. I get that you are obsessed with us, and will stalk this blog until you meet that first girl who'll have nothing to do with you (resulting in your stalking of HER), but you'll grow tired of trying to sneak into here long before I grow tired of banning you.
Eyre Would Have Been Nice
If you want to blame Piniella, don't forget to include the irrational hatred he seems to develop regarding certain pitchers.
It would have been nice to have Scott Eyre pitching the 8th inning instead of Carlos Marmol.


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While focused so much on the tour this week, I have neglected to report stuff that has been already floating around the Webisphere. So here ya go, in very quick fashion:
- Lee DeWyze, some dude who won "Idol" last year, is engaged to a model/actress Jonna Walsh, reports People. Yes, the Billy Joel/Christie Brinkley paradigm continues.
- Haley Reinhart has signed with Interscope Records. "Idol"-affiliated record companies have so far picked up Haley, Scott McCreery, Lauren Alaina and Pia Toscano.
- And in upcoming news that never seems to happen but inevitably will: Hollywood Reporter says Jennifer Lopez will sign her contract with "Idol" this week. She reportedly was paid $12 million last year and may have been holding out for more this time around.
- Season 9's Casey James is ready to release an album with a single dropping August 15. It's dubbed "Let's Not Call It A Night."
July 28th, 2011
3:35 pm
Lee DeWyze some dude… LOL
Casey James? So last year, meaning so blah. Hope he does better than the others from that season.
Thanks Rodney.
July 28th, 2011
3:47 pm
Don't mean to be funny, but WHO IS CASEY JAMES?? Idol, obviously, but who? Should I know this??
July 28th, 2011
4:03 pm
Casey James…blonde hair…great guitar playing..took his shirt off at Kara's request then lived to regret it, along with Kara, for the rest of the season.
July 28th, 2011
4:31 pm
You really think Lee DeWyze looks as bad as Billy Joel, Rodney? C'mon. . .
July 28th, 2011
4:55 pm
That was the reminder I needed… Kara and the shirt. This is what Casey James will be remembered for. Not just for the rest of the season but for the rest of his LIFE.
July 28th, 2011
5:49 pm
I thought I knew a lot about Idol, not K&Cfan "a lot" but at least some. However, I have to be honest, I had to Bing Casey James.
"Bing" just doesn't have the same ring to it as "Google"
July 28th, 2011
7:04 pm
So happy for Lee Dewyze, good for him! He's a great guy and deserves the best! And he IS a good looking guy too. Judge not lest you be judged.
July 28th, 2011
7:35 pm
Casey is–by *far*–the best instrumentalist to compete on the show.
I'll definitely give him a listen.
July 28th, 2011
9:55 pm
Poor Lee – the Rodney Dangerfield of Idol.
Had to laugh at Sam-A's possible freudian slip on the previous thread when she said Lee was "engagged"! LOL
Yay for Haley!
July 28th, 2011
11:25 pm
Crystal Bowersox performs with Alan Jackson, August 19th in Everett, WA.
July 28th, 2011
11:39 pm
AllMusic gives Haley Reinhart's new EP a stellar review.
by Andrew Leahey
One of the more underrated contestants in American Idol history, Haley Reinhart belted her face off during the show's 2011 season, earning a third-place finish when she arguably deserved something better. Several months after the May 2011 finale, Wal-Mart began releasing a string of Idol-related EPs, each one of which focused on a specific finalist from Season 10. Reinhart's record is easily the best, not only because her best songs are all featured, but because she already sounds like a pro. Whereas Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery betrayed their youth on their own EPs, both of them imitating the styles of other country singers instead of blazing their own trails, Reinhart slays everything she touches, lacing her songs with neo-soul grit but rarely, if ever, oversinging. She's a multi-dimensional singer, with a jazz background that adds a sexy, boozy sway to the rock numbers ("You Oughta Know," "What Is and What Should Never Be") and soul songs ("Bennie and the Jets," "Rolling in the Deep"). That's a hard thing to do on American Idol, where contestants fight over pre-packaged roles in order to win the country vote, the rock vote, the throwback singer vote, and so on. Reinhart doesn't subscribe to any single genre here, and that's what makes this EP a surprisingly solid appetizer for her full-length debut.
July 29th, 2011
3:13 am
Neg – myself and 2 other musicians I work with, that also watch Idol, all agreed – after her version of Rollin' in the Deep (not to mention a couple other good songs) — that if we could pick just one of the Idols to work with and build a show for – it would be Haley Reinhart.
She has a great potential in no less than 3 related music genres with cross-over potential, so she has options to be a highly promotable singer. The key will be for her to get the right agents in her corner and stay completely away from doing appreciation gigs with her former family band after the tour. That will reduce her promotional value drastically if she does that, and while it may look sweet to some, it will be a huge mistake. I'm sure her label and temporary manager will discourage that as well, but it's always a temptation in her situation, to do that.
She has a real "Diva" potential, but not with her Dad playing guitar and standing around with the camera on him while the voting numbers are given out. That was a blunder that I hope she doesn't repeat in a different form after the tour – even though her family band has been responsible for her development.
There comes a time to move up and move on, and now is the time for Haley. Her family can be a great support and anchor in the high winds of new fame, but she needs to stay with the pro's now. Just my soapbox for today – I'm still pizz'd about that unheard-of, bizzare situation of putting her dad on the stage at that level of the competition with her. I still fully believe that she would have been in the finals but for that.
July 29th, 2011
7:31 am
Speaking id mismanaged careers – anyone here ever heard of Helen Shapiro? Her big hit in Europe was "Walkingn Back to Happiness". She was a huge star in the early 60s. The Beatles were her back-up on a tour in 1963! They wrote "Misery" for her, a song her record company thought was too downbeat for a very young girl. Helen flew to Nashville to make an album with Boots Randolph and the Jordanaires. On of the songs was "It's My Party". COlumbia thought it "too bratty" and held off releasing it as a single. Lesley Gore made the cover, which in turn "made" Lesley Gore.
All this info from article in WSJ. Helen Shapiro had a fantastic voice. I Googled some of her songs. It's obviously from her Amy Winehouse got her inspiration.
July 29th, 2011
7:33 am
Forgot to add – good career points made by Seth T. And Good Morning!
July 29th, 2011
8:17 am
In the "beauty & the beast category" – I think the ultimate pairing would be Ric Ocasak & Paulina Porizkova.
July 29th, 2011
8:20 am
Branch – not a slip – gagged at the thought!
Mercedes: Helen Shapiro was great! And I LOVED "Walking Back To Happiness" – thanks for reminding me of it, I'll have to see if it can be added to my Grooveshark playlist! I (and my sister) were the ultimate Beatles fans, but quite into the Brit Invasion (excepting the Dave Clark 5, whom we loathed). I also loved Sandy Shaw ("Always Something There To Remind Me", "Girl Don't Come") and Lulu ("To Sir With Love". "Oh Me, Oh My").
July 29th, 2011
8:50 am
OMG Sam-A!! Another big Shapiro hit was "Will You Love Me Tomorrow". Even better than the Shirelles' version… how about Cilla Black? She was my absolute girl favorite of the British invasion. "Anyone Who Had a Heart", :"You're My World"… "You've Lost That Loving Feeling"… and her amazing "Alfie". There's a black and white snippet of that recording, which shows you how it was done back then – Cilla, conductor, and orchestra all together, one take.
July 29th, 2011
8:51 am
Barefoot girl Sandy won the Eurovision Song Contest with "Puppet on a String" – remember that one??
July 29th, 2011
8:57 am
As for movies opening today… people seem to either love or hate "Cowboys and Aliens". The haters complain about all the cliches from both genres – quiet cowboy hero from nowhere who stands up to mean rich rancher vs. aliens harvesting humans for something… but isn't that why we love those genres? I thought Daniel Craig (quiet one) and Harrison Ford (mean rancher) were very well matched, and the 13-girl from "House" is a fun, enterprising "pioneer" woman. Audience I saw it with were dead silent – no texting, no chatting; always a good sign – and cheered when "little guys" manned up.
July 29th, 2011
9:04 am
Liked Cilla ok, "You're My World" is a great song! Don't remember "Puppet On a String". Did you like the guys: Searchers (loved them). Gerry & the Pacemakers ("I'll Be There" is one gorgeous song, and I love "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying" too). I guess either Sandy or Dusty – or both – were my fave girl Brits.
July 29th, 2011
9:31 am
Morning! Still on east coast time in my head apparently.
What great Brit memories. Loved Cilla, Dusty, Gerry….real singers. I don't remember Helen but I certainly remember "Alfie" Beautiful song.
July 29th, 2011
9:34 am
Mercedes, thanks for the Cowboys and Aliens review. I'm looking forward to seeing it. And yes, if members of an audience can restrain themselves from texting or(to my horror) playing Dirty Birds during a movie, it must be pretty good.
Hubby and I will be babysitting Lucas tomorrow while my son and d-i-l go see the Harry Potter movie. They are excited!
July 29th, 2011
9:51 am
Mercedes Now I'm walking all over the office singing "Walking back to happiness I shared with you – never knew I'd be so blue, now I know what love can do, so I'm walking back to ……." . Was able to add to my grooveshark, but it's at the end of 48 songs, so will be awhile before I hear it. "Girl Don't Come" just started up. I LOVE grooveshark, even though it' pretty confusing to get stuff up, and I cannot delete something to save my life!
July 29th, 2011
9:58 am
For Sam and Mercedes:
July 29th, 2011
10:04 am
This is classic Burt Bacharach. Remember when he used to mentor the Idols? Season 2 he spent a lot of time with then for the compilation album for the group sing of What the World Needs Now
July 29th, 2011
10:08 am
Thanks, D!! The recorded version that was popular in the mid-60's was not quite so "perky" and more soulful. Isn't it lovely to see that people actually dressed up to perform on tv, instead of (barely) covering strategic areas with various cuts of meat or see thru fabrics so popular today. Give me the 60's anytime!
July 29th, 2011
10:10 am
Damn, Cilla was good!
July 29th, 2011
10:14 am
Hope you can open this
July 29th, 2011
10:45 am
Seems there's a new thread up
July 29th, 2011
10:14 pm
Well, those of you who cant remember that 6, 4 blond Casey James, guitar, player…. He has been all over the US playing with nme bands and also opening with his own show,s…. His recording has been sent to all of the radio, stations… The song is AWESOME… could be a crossover….go to his Casey James Band facebook… a PHL country station already played it…. Its going to be huge…. Im so happy for him…not to mention he plays 7 guitars and all ready has written 63 songs…….
July 29th, 2011
10:18 pm
Haley Reinhart is another , so talented. Probably one of the most talented voices that American Idol has ever had….. She is going to have a long career also.. She can sing anything. and I love her blues, Jazzy voice…
I picked Casey James frm last year and Haley Reinhart this year….the best
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my apple computer keeps my door opened.
by Evolutiontimesten January 17, 2004
Company which has created a cult of whiners who don't know how to shut up. Steve Jobs is the leader. Cult members are also known to confuse large price tags and shiny objects with good value.
by c0re_M July 29, 2008
A term often used by people who think that the sun shines out of Steve Jobs's ass. While Apple do make good computers for design/media work, the unofficial fanclub gets irritating.
Example of Apple Computers user: "ipod: An mp3 player that poor/wannabe unique/jealous fuckwits seem to take pride in insulting over the internet."
Pot & kettle? It's also amusing that he assumes that everyone who dislikes it is "poor". I guess he's just a moronic spoilt little nerd.
Pot & kettle? It's also amusing that he assumes that everyone who dislikes it is "poor". I guess he's just a moronic spoilt little nerd.
by nameless345435 November 28, 2006
In the beginning Apple said, "Let there be home and educational computers and let them be totally proprietary and we shall make tons of money." And they were pretty good. Then IBM said, "Lets build some small business computers and make the achitecture completely open and lots of people will make lots of money and we'll create a whole industry." They were good, too. Then Apple said, "IBM is an evil empire. Apple computers are for the rest of us." All I have to say is IBM gave birth to Dell, Compaq, ATI, etc., etc., and (unfortunately) turned Microsoft into a real evil empire. What has Apple done except try to enrich themselves?
PC's for people who prefer exclusivity to practicality.
by Wonder Dog July 06, 2003
A piece of crap.
"I love apples"
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The Master of Laws (LLM) programme provides an ideal platform for high calibre students to acquire expertise in specialised subject areas informed by world class, research-led teaching or who wish to pursue doctoral studies at a later date. An LLM is an ideal way to re-orientate a career in law.
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- UK/EU Full-time: £12,900
- UK/EU Part-time: £6,450
- Overseas Full-time: £18,800
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Students are equipped with advanced academic legal skills and knowledge which can usefully be applied in further study, the legal profession, public service or industry. They develop a knowledge and understanding of law in its context, the skills necessary for advanced issues in law and a capacity for individual research.
Why should I study this degree at UCL?
UCL is one of the world's top universities. UCL Laws is based in the centre of London, embedded in the heart of the UK's elite legal community. UCL's LLM students are granted access to the renowned Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, which has its own extensive library, close by.
UCL Law has a remarkable teaching and research community. We are deeply committed to the quality and relevance of our graduate education. Students are taught by internationally renowned academics, at the cutting edge of their fields, and leading legal practitioners fro major City firms.
Students complete 180 credits (120 credits of taught modules and a 60-credit dissertation). Full-time students complete all 180 credits in 12 months. Part-time students spread their modules over 2 years, or with flexible study, over 3-5 years.
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All students undertake a research project on a selected topic of law which culminates in a dissertation of 12,000 words.
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The programme is delivered through lectures, seminars, tutorials, research exercises and guided self-study. Most of the courses are supported by a dedicated website containing materials, links and news on the subject. The programme is assessed through unseen examination, coursework and the research dissertation.
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This is a joint programme part funded through GREAT funds and through contributions made by UK Universities. GREAT is a part of the UK Government's campaign to show to the world the best of the UK, and UCL has 8 master's courses which are eligible for inclusion. No separate appliction is required; all eligible students will be assessed by their department.
Further information about funding and scholarships can be found on the Scholarships and funding website.
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A minimum of a UK Bachelor's degree in Law, awarded with first-class Honours (or good upper second-class Honours with evidence of first-class ability), or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. Graduates whose first degree is not in Law will be considered for admission if they have an upper second-class UK Bachelor's degree, or overseas equivalent, and at least a good Merit pass in the Common Professional Examination (Graduate Diploma in Law) recognised by the UK professional bodies.
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English language proficiency level: Advanced (UCL pre-sess, IELTS, TOEFL and Pearson only)
How to apply
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Who can apply?
The programme is suitable for high-calibre law students who wish to practice in specialist areas of law and/or pursue further doctoral studies. Our LLM attracts students from all parts of the world, providing students from the UK and abroad with unique opportunities for formal and informal critical comparative analysis.
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- please state the specialism you would like to follow (if applicable)
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First destinations of recent graduates include: House of Commons: Legal Specialist (2011); Samsung: In-house Council (2011); Luxembourg: Corporate Legal Advisor (2011); Ernst & Young: Tax Lawyer (2011); Supreme Court of India: Senior Advocate (2011); United Nations: Relied Worker (2011); Financial Services Authority: Forensic Investigator (2011); Bloomberg: Analyst (2011); JP Morgan: Financial Assistant (2001).
Top career destinations for this programme
- Japanese Government, Deputy Director, 2011
- University of Leeds, Lecturer, 2011
- Australian Law Reform Commission, Legal Officer, 2009
- Univerity of York, Lecturer, 2013
- University of Reading, Lecturer, 2010
Students with LPC or BPTC have progressed to training contracts or pupillages. Fully qualified practitioners have found that an LPC has enabled them to specialise or retrain to new areas of law. Many graduates have gained employment at United Nations agencies, NGO's and government departments around the globe.
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I was one hell of a lucky kid, not in the surviving plane crashes, getting a pony for my birthday, not ever having to share with my sister sort of way; I was spoiled in always being surrounded by beautifully fresh food. No, I didn't grow up in a farm and I'm not sure I grew anything more than beans for a school project, but I did grow up in a magical in a magical time and place of walkable neighborhoods, corner stores, tomatoes that still had flavor, and the truly magical mobile farmer's market: a red pickup truck its bed overflowing with crates piled high with corn, lettuce, chiles, cucumbers! I cook for a living, and am fornutate to work in a kitchen frequently visited by the local farmers that supply it. And also fortunate to be in a kitchen that brings back the memories of the taste of my childhood in northern Mexico in the 80's, of the years in Spain afterwards, of every carefully and thoughtfully prepared and quickly devoured meal since then. Food is no longer just sustenance, calories to be consumed or avoided, it is memory, or better yet, nostalgia. It is the key to a place I ache to go again. With luck, I will get there. And luck, as I was once told, is a beautiful thing.
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This blog is Don Draper's fault. Really. Before finally giving in to the glory of Mad Med, before watching four seasons of petticoats, white gloves, blue more and brown liquor, I was perfectly content keeping my obsessive ramblings on food to myself. Maybe shared with a drinking buddy, but no further. But then nostalgia! A twinge in your heart more powerful than memory alone… The power of the show comes in making the viewer feel nostalgia for a time before the viewer was bonr. Nostalgia for the veneer of elegance created by the beautiful clothes, the clearly defined gender roles, the rebellion against such roles! The endless grilled cheese sandwiches made by my mother for dinner night after night… Wait, no no no. If I had a grilled cheese as a child it was more as a novelty, a testing of the waters after a visit to family north of the Mexico-US border. Did I ocassionally have pizza, McDonald's, or hot dogs? Yes, of course, but these were not food. They were not meant to be food. They were treats, rewards for good behavior, a family outing to the pizza parlor clear across town that had the plane sticking out of the roof, or the one with the photo of Tom Selleck and his manly moustache on the wall. My mother would somehow always choose a booth near that photo. And now as I finish my meal of pizza and beer I can think back to those treats of pizza, family, and thick mustaches. But otherwise, I blame you Don Draper, I blame you.
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Time: April 27, 2013 from 7:30pm to 10pm
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- Police bust what they're calling a sophisticated crime ring, involving the theft of more than a dozen rental cars from the airport.
One of the suspects worked for a rental agency, where police say she was able to manipulate the data to make cars disappear from the local inventory.
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Her alleged accomplice convicted drug dealer was 26-year-old Blake Mack, who allegedly drove off in the cars and rented them on the street for cash.
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A Message from the CEO Darryl L. Wise, MSW, LCSW
It is indeed an honor to head Annie Malone Children & Family Service Center, an organization that has improved the quality of life for children, families, elderly and the community, by providing social services, educational programs, advocacy and entrepreneurship. Over its one hundred and twenty six year history, Annie Malone has evolved into a full service center that includes Crisis Care and Emergency Residential Services, Transitional Living, Parenting Education and Special Education services. By providing these much needed services Annie Malone continues the legacy of "Making Lives Better" for the children and families we serve. We invite you to be apart of our history and get involved. Your time, talent and treasures will be appreciated and acknowledged. We are looking forward to our next one hundred years and beyond.
Did You Know… In 1886 a group by the name of the Women Temperance Union decided to take on the issue of how "colored orphans" were treated in the St. Louis Community. In 1888 the "St. Louis Colored Orphans Home" was organized.
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Qt provides application developers with all the functionality they need to build applications with state-of-the-art graphical user interfaces, I/O, and networking. In this article, I showed how developers can easily use Qt components to create graphical applications for the Maemo platform. Qt is still a work in progress project because of the natural evolution of smart phones and Internet tablets, but it is getting attention from developers and contributors around the world who are interested in programming for mobile devices.
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- Getting started with Qt for maemo: http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Getting_started_with_Qt_for_Maemo
- Maemo Diablo 4.1 documentation: http://maemo.org/maemo_release_documentation/maemo4.1.x/
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Mozilla's product think tank sinks silently into history.
Internet Giants Launch Collaboration to Improve Open Source
TODO group will focus on open source tools in large-scale environments.
Fedora Announces New Partition Manager App
New tool will look like GParted but support a wider range of storage technologies.
Mozilla Releases a New Firefox
New public key pinning feature will help prevent man-in-the-middle attacks.
Tool Predicts Which Websites Will be Compromised
Carnegie Mellon researchers say 3 million pages could fall down the phishing hole in the next year.
SSH Key Management Guidelines
The US government rolls new best-practice rules for protecting SSH.
Knoppix 7.4 Released
Klaus Knopper announces the latest version of his iconic Live Linux system.
PHP Attack Puts WordPress and Drupal at Risk
All websites that use these popular CMS tools could be vulnerable to denial of service attacks if users don't install the updates.
Heartbleed Bleeds On
According to a report, many potential victims of the Heartbleed attack have patched their systems, but few have cleaned up the crime scene to protect themselves from the effects of a previous intrusion.
Drone Brain Goes Open Source
DARPA and NICTA release the code for the ultra-secure microkernel system used in aerial drones.


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