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Abandoned motel in the Los Angeles area.(photo by J. Bennett Fitts)
This photo is part of the photographer's series 'No Lifeguard on Duty', which features abandoned sites around L.A..
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Catarina was once one of the fastest growing boom towns in the United States during the 1920's, until the artesian wells dried up - now only a few dozen residents remain. Pictured is the abandoned Royal Palms Hotel, which was built in 1926.
Picher, Oklahoma.(photo by Jason Lewis)
Picher started out as a lead and zinc mining field in the early 1900's. It was the most productive mine in the area. More than the half of lead used in World War I came from the Picher mine. As a result of this heavy mining activity Picher was left with huge environmental problems after mining ceased in 1967. Elevated lead levels in children's bodies have caused learning disabilities and other problems. Lead and zinc also seeped into the groundwater, ponds and lakes.
In 2006 it was decided to close the town of Picher and a procedure to remove and relocate all its residents had been started. The town is considered to be too toxic to be habitable. In 2008 a tornado hit Picher. Twenty blocks were destroyed. The government did not give aid to rebuilt the damaged houses and businesses, though they continued assisting people in their relocation. The city ceased operations as a municipality on September 1, 2009.
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Hashima Island in Japan.(photo by Sébastien Tixier)
This island is one among 505 uninhabited islands in the Nagasaki Prefecture of Japan, about 15 kilometers from Nagasaki itself. It is also known as Gunkanjima or Battleship Island thanks to its skyline. Mitsubishi bought the island in 1890 to begin a project to retrieve coal from the bottom of the sea. In 1916 they began building concrete apartment blocks to accomodate the workers and protect them from hurricanes.
In the 1960's petroleum replaced coal in Japan, forcing all coal mines to close including the Hashima Island. Mitsubishi officially announced the closing of the mine in 1976. Since then the island has been abondoned and access to it has been prohibited.
On April 22, 2009 visits to the island have been re-opened for the public.
West Pier in Brighton.(photo by Adream608)
The West Pier is a pier in Brighton, England. It was built in 1866 by Eugenius Birch and has been closed and deteriorating since 1975, awaiting renovation. The pier did not have much of a superstructure until 1893 when a pier head was extended and a pavilion added. A concert hall was added in 1916 and a new top-deck entrance in 1932. In 1965 the pier was bought by a company that owned some seafront hotels and entertainment venues. They had ambitions for the pier but as maintenance costs increased the pier was closed in 1975. The pier was cut off from the shore for safety reasons.
In 1984 a trust fund, with the goal to renovate the pier, bought it, but has to date not been able to succes in that goal. Since 2000 the pier caught fire several times, destroying it even more, and parts of the West Pier fell into the sea due to heavy winds.
Cass Technical High School in Detroit, Michigan.(photo by presidentadow)
Cass Technical High School closed it doors in 2005 after 83 years. A new building was built next to it. In the old building are still remaining desks, books, chairs, award-winning artwork and pianos to find.
Ludlow, California.(photo by Dave van Hulsteyn)
Ludlow is a small town located in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County in California.
The town started as a water stop for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad in 1883. Ore, a type of rock that contains minerals with important elements including metals, was found in the nearby hills, leading to a boom. By the 1940s, mining had ceased and the town was left with only the tourist traffic from Route 66. When Interstate 40 was built, there was little business and the residents departed, leaving empty buildings that still stand beside old Route 66.
A small portion of Ludlow abutting Interstate 40 is still inhabited, and contains two gas stations, a small motel, a restaurant, a Dairy Queen, and a small tire and repair shop. An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter scale struck the Mojave Desert at Ludlow near Interstate 40 on December 6th, 2008.


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Even though the hostel sits on Weinbergsweg, if you take a right out of the door and walk up the street you are soon on Kastanienallee. This street is well known for its nice bars and cafes and if you walk up there at any time you will find lots of people milling around.
Carry on up the street for about 5-10 minutes and walk up past Schwedter Strasse and then on your right you will find Morgenrot. This is one of the trendier bars on Kastanienallee, but a lovely place to stop and have a drink, whilst observing the artists and writers talk amongst themselves.
The next intersection you come across as you wander, a little drunk by now, up Kastanienallee is Oderberger Strasse. If you turn left down here and walk up for a minute you will find a bar named Nemo. Although this bar is sometimes quiet earlier on, it has a pool table and pinball machine, as well as good priced beer and comfortable surroundings. Remember where you are for the nightcap on the way home.
After Nemo, walk back down to Kastanienallee and carry on up the street. Not far up the road you will see Schwarzsauer Café on your left. This really is where all the cool kids of Prenzlauer Berg and Mitte hangout. This place is nice during both day and night but can often be busy. If you see a table grab it and have a beer or two, it's never too loud for a conversation, and you can get a coffee whatever time it is.
We are now entering the last leg of our journey, which takes us to the top of Kastanienallee and to U Bahnhof Eberswalder Strasse. Here, you walk across the road and take Pappel Allee, check the road signs as there are six roads here (but it's the third either way). Up Pappel Allee you will see neon lights on the right side of the road for a cocktail bar (NOT the bar you want) and opposite this you will see a bar on the first floor, called Klub der Republik. This place has live music or a DJ most nights and has good affordable cocktails. It is decorated in the East German style and stands out as one of the nicest looking bars in the area. Its often busy and is standing room only, but the music will make you want to move your feet anyway. Beware, you do pay an extra 1€ on your first drink for the DJ. Stay until the early hours of the morning and then all you need to do is stumble back down Kastanienallee to home.

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Commencement 2014 is only a few short months away. With this in mind, I want to take a moment to share some additional information and expectations regarding your participation in the Commencement Ceremony.
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Cook bacon over medium heat until crisp and drain on paper toweling. Pour off bacon drippings, leaving 1 tablespoon in pan. Brown ground beef and onions in bacon drippings. Add salt and pepper to taste. Stir in soups and mushrooms. Cook over low heat, stirring until mixture is bubbly. Remove from heat. Stir sour cream into meat mixture and heat thoroughly, do not boil.
Cook noodles in boiling, salted water until tender. Drain. Add butter and poppy seeds to noodles, toss lightly.
Place noodles around outer edge of a large heated platter. Pour meat mixture into center. Garnish with bacon.
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The Adelphi Theatre underwent a complete renovation during the period between the end of the previous season and the opening of the 1838-1839 season on 1 October 1838. According to an account in the Times, "the ceiling [was] heightened and made into the form of a dome, and the whole of the boxes, proscenium, etc., decorated, painted and gilded with great taste." The writer observed "the whole bears an appearance of cleanliness, elegance, and comfort" (2 October 1838). Frederick Yates and Thomas Gladstane promised their audiences a satisfying season by hiring Laura Honey, Mary Ann Keeley, John Webster, Frank Matthews, Edward Wright, and Edward Stirling. Indeed, even though the season was shorter than previous ones (only 144 performances) and featured fewer plays (24), it was one of the most successful seasons of the decade.
Much of that success can be attributed to Edward Stirling and his adaptation of Charles Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby, which opened on 19 November and ran through the end of the season. The Times described the production as an "unprecedented success" (20 November 1838) while the Athenaeum was far more reserved in its praise, "The best that can be said of the Adelphi Nickleby is that the principal characters are well 'cast', dressed, and personated" (November 24, 1838). Although the play opened after only eight parts of the novel had been serialized, Dickens himself was pleased with the production. After seeing it during the first week of its run, he wrote to his friend John Forster, praising "the skillful management and dressing of the boys, the capital manner and ... the careful making-up of all the people.... Mrs. Keeley's first appearance beside the fire ... and all the rest of Smike was excellent" (Letters of Charles Dickens, I, 459). Mrs. Keeley's performance as Smike received universal praise, and equally appreciated were O. Smith's protrayal of Newman Noggs and Yates' delineation of Mantalini. Once again, the Adelphi's association with the writings of the beloved "Boz" brought acclaim and profit.
Most managers might have been satisfied with the success of Nicolas Nickleby, but not Frederick Yates. He constantly sought "novelties" and new attractions to present to his audiences. He began the season with the Bayaderes, a troupe of eight Indian dancers. Much was made in the London press of Yates' efforts to outbid and out-maneuver other managers to secure the dancers' services and the Times reported on 3 September 1838, that he would pay them 5,000 guineas for the season. The young women appeared in A Race for a Rarity, The Law of Brahma; or, the Hindoo Widow, and Arajoon; or, The Conquest of Mysore, whose plots were merely frames upon which to present occasions for the Indians to dance. The Bayaderes received unanimous praise in the London press for their exotic dancing and they remained at the Adelphi throughout the fall.
Thomas Rice returned to the Adelphi during December and played throughout the year. He revived his popular "Jim Crow" vehicle, A Flight to America and premiered two other plays written especially for him, Jim Crow in His New Place by Thomas P. Taylor and The Foreign Prince by an unknown playwright. Like the shows written for the Bayaderes, these plays were acknowledged by the press to be vehicles for the "display of Rice's peculiarities" (unidentified review on a New York bill 31 December 1838). Audiences apparently did not care. They continued to pour into the theatre to see Rice, and Yates and Gladstane paid him 40 pounds per week for his services (Theatrical Observer, 1 January 1839).
The fourth major "attraction" of the season was the appearance of a giant, Monsieur Bihin, who was featured for 57 performances in Stirling's The Giant of Palestine. Loosely based upon Tasso's Seige of Jerusalem, the play provided the giant with numerous opportunities to display his strength against various enemies. The Belgian performer's ability as an actor was never mentioned in the reviews, and his physical attributes, not the script or the interpretation, were the primary attraction to curious critics and audiences alike.
As the season reached its end, Yates premiered the Adelphi's fourth adaptation of Dickens, Stirling's version of Oliver Twist. Although the show only played for sixteen performances, the performers received high praise from the London critics. The Athenaeum wrote that "Mrs. Yates ... as Nancy ... is fearfully true to nature. O. Smith is the burgler [Sikes] every inch of him" (2 March 1839, p. 174). Frederick Yates, as Fagin, gave "a most faithful and appalling picture of the heartless sordid villain; we have never seen a finer histrionic portrait," declared the Theatrical Observer on 4 March 1839. Mary Ann Keeley apparently played Oliver adequately, despite Dickens' warnings in an earlier letter to Yates that the part, "if it be played by a female, it should be a very sharp girl of thirteen or fourteen" (Letters of Charles Dickens, I, 388). Critics disagreed on the success of Stirling's adaptation, which was one of six versions of the novel that had appeared on the London stage since March of 1838 (ibid.). The Times wrote that "a vast deal of the interminable slang of the novel is got rid of ... and so far the auditor at the Adelphi is better off than the reader of the book" (26 February 1839). In contrast, the Athenaeum critic lamented that "the actors ... have to contend with a very poor dramatic version of the story." True to the management's practice of presenting novelties at the Adelphi, these accomplished performers shared the bill with a performance by the "celebrated Parisian monkeys."
After a benefit for Elizabeth Yates on 21 March, Yates and
Gladstane closed the Adelphi for the season on 23 March 1839.
In his farewell address, Yates "congratulated himself on
having made a lucrative and successful season" and promised
the audience greater pleasures in the future (Theatrical
Observer, 26 March 1839).
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Woman loses her homeless friend who was hooked on drugs
Mark brown firstname.lastname@example.com August 1, 2011 6:42PM
Updated: November 2, 2011 5:39PM
Barbara Miles first met Cynthia Barnes one morning four years ago when she opened the back door of her new apartment and found the homeless woman sleeping on the porch.
Most people would have freaked or got mad. Miles made a new friend.
"She asked if she could come back here again," Miles recalled one evening last week. "I told her: 'You can't live with me, but you can visit."
And Barnes did visit, regularly, except when she was in jail or rehab or lost on a drug binge. Barnes would let her stop by for something to eat, to take a shower, maybe get a nap.
Even when she didn't visit, Barnes called Miles on the phone every day just to check in.
"She wanted to let Tee-Tee know she was OK," said Miles, using Barnes' nickname for her, a derivation of Auntie. "She just wanted to know that somebody loved her."
The calls and visits stopped for good July 23. That was the day police say a man pushed Barnes through a third floor window at 59th and Kedzie, causing her to fall to her death on the sidewalk below.
Barnes was a crack addict and a prostitute, one leading to the other, and her friends on the street say she undoubtedly went to the man's room for sex, drugs or both — though also to get out of the rain on a stormy night.
Police have not discussed what she was doing there, but say the suspect jumped out a window minutes after Barnes' fall, breaking his neck and fracturing his skull.
I met Miles last week when I paid a visit to the crime scene in hopes of finding somebody who could help fill in the details of Barnes' life on the streets. We were introduced by AWOL, Barnes' homeless boyfriend, not to be confused with another boyfriend, Alex, in whose nearby apartment she often stayed. AWOL was showing me the bed of a landscaper's dump truck in which he and Barnes sometimes slept when Miles beckoned from the rear landing.
"My children loved her. She was my girl," Miles told me after I explained my business. "We were crazy about Cynthia."
Barnes, who would have turned 40 Sunday, had six children of her own, all of them taken away from her through the courts because of her drug addiction and lifestyle. At least some of the children were born with drugs in their blood system, and Barnes was never allowed to see them again after she left the hospital. Her relationship with her own mother, who took legal custody of four of the children, was strained at best.
"When her family threw her away, she felt like she had nobody," Miles said.
Into this void came Miles, 48, a single mother of three, whose own extended family questioned her kindness to this troubled stranger.
"She was heaven sent. That's the way I looked at it," Miles said. "That could be me. Her life could have been my life, and I would want somebody to take me in out of the cold."
"I just loved her. She was loud. She was bubbly. She never gave up. She never stopped. She had her problems. We all do. She showed me that despite how your life turned out, there's always a reason to stand up and keep moving. She lived how she had to live. She did what she had to do."
Though barred from even visiting her own children, Barnes sometimes helped look after Miles' kids, taking them outside to play or to the store to give mom a breather.
"Cynthia was always here for my kids' birthdays," Miles said. "Sometimes she helped them with their homework."
"She wished she could be with her own children. She talked about her kids often."
"And she never stole anything from me," Miles added.
Miles also confirmed something else I'd heard: that Barnes liked to write poetry.
"She would always write ... because nobody would listen to her," Miles said.
Barnes had entrusted Miles with some of her clothing and legal documents, even the medicine she took to control a seizure disorder. But Miles couldn't find any of the poems amid the paperwork.
Miles said she tried to get tough with Barnes about the need for her to make better choices, to choose better friends, to get off the drugs and stay off them.
"She'd say, 'I don't have any family. I don't have anybody that loves me.' I'd tell her you have to love yourself first. You have to look in the mirror and stop blaming everybody else for your problems."
Time ran out on Cynthia Barnes before she realized somebody did love her.


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It's a work of totally visionary science fiction from an utterly vanished revolutionary Soviet Constructivist world. Which is weirder: royal life on Mars, or the fact that this film somehow got produced and distributed?posted by Sitegeist at 9:31 PM on October 29, 2008
The sets and costumes are utterly mindboggling. This is my favorite work of science fiction cinema.


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Regression's a biatch (Game Recap: Cubs 5, Astros 11)
Has Carlos Silva run out of steam?
Those who watched last night's game know why I'm asking. For those who missed the Hutt's most recent gem, check this line: 1 IP, 7 H, 2 BB, 5 ER, 0 K. Frankly I'm surprised the Astros didn't score more runs, but if there's any team that can get nine base runners in an inning and only score five of them it's them. (If there were two such teams, it'd be them and us, of course.)
Carlos Silva doesn't appear to be in shape, really. I mean, not that I'm much of a beacon of health myself, but come on, this is professional athletics. Starting pitching require full exertion; maybe he's just out of bullets.
Another theory: you know how Larry Rothschild is rumored to have fixed Silva's mechanics, improving his breaking stuff to better complement his fastball? Something about the shoulder being pulled, or pushed, or twisted, or something? I bet that's been causing Carlos pain, which has built up over the course of the season, and is now rendering him unable to pitch effectively.
Behind door number three, another theory: regression. The man pitches to contact, and doesn't have the stuff to get strikeouts when he needs them. Oftentimes, ground balls and pop flies do land in the gloves of your defenders. But sometimes, those balls turn into hits.
So those are some theories for you to chew on. At the same time, Silva could come back in his next start and dominate. I wouldn't hold your breath on that one though! Because I think you might suffocate! Because you'd be waiting a long time for Silva to have a good outing! Because he probably sucks! Do you get my joke? Awesome.
Speaking of recapping the game, the Cubs lost. I guess we had a chance to win after six innings, after an Aramis Ramirez home run made the score 8-5 'Stros. But the 'pen couldn't keep it close, and the offense would end up being done at that point. Pretty typical follow-up to laying a smackdown on Roy Halladay, no?
I just got "We Believe" in the mail via Netflix today so now I'm gonna go watch that. Toodle-oo! Go Cubs!
Ryne Sandberg: Not now, not next year, not ever
Or: Ryne--NO!
For those of you who missed it, Goat Reader Brandon posted recently about his desire for Ryne Sandberg to replace Lou Piniella in the Cubs dugout.
He wrote, "The organization gave him a chance to prove that he was serious about
the whole managing thing back in 2007, and now he's in Iowa. He's going
to get a shot with a major league team, and soon."
Ehh. I beg to differ.
It's actually pretty interesting to read the various comments across the internets about Sandberg. Fans seem to feel, generally, that he's "earned it," because he's been managing in the minor leagues for four seasons. This comes despite the fact that his career minor league record is 253-258, despite the fact that no outstanding players have been developed under his guidance (sorry, Starlin Castro, but so far you kinda suck), and -- particularly -- despite the fact that probably 99% of all Cub fans have NO IDEA as to what Ryne Sandberg's managerial philosophy is, except for, "Get ejected, a lot."
Here's my advice to you, the Ryne Sandberg Supporter: go read his autobiography. Read it with an open mind. Pay attention to the excerpts where he laments Larry Himes getting rid of his guys, the elderly Andre Dawson and the infirmed Rick Sutcliffe. Consider how Sandberg's philosophy, as expressed in that book, sounds amazingly similar to the one espoused by Dusty Baker while he was in Chicago, and get back to me about how much you want him to be the next manager.
"But, Kurt," you'll say, "that was written 15 years ago! He could've changed!" Good point. He could've changed. But the point is, you don't know. None of us do.
What we do know, however, is that the Chicago Cubs are one of the premier baseball organizations. They are perhaps third to only the Yankees and Red Sox in terms of yearly income and fan following. The Chicago Cubs do not deserve an untested manager who may or may not be a white version of Dusty Baker. No thanks.
Instead, I submit to you that the Chicago Cubs should pursue a proven, premier manager with a long-established track record of success. They should pick a guy who has a very vocal understanding of sabermetrics, who will not put the longest-tenured veteran ahead of the most talented player, and who has a well-established history of successful strategy during a game.
And, hell, they can make Sandberg his bench coach. But any Cub fan who backs Ryno sight-unseen is doing so for one clear reason: because his name is Ryne Sandberg, and he's one of the greatest second basemen in the history of the sport.
That's great, but that's not reason enough to be manager of the Cubs. Nor is being a Hall of Famer who's happened to manage in the minor leagues for four seasons. That doesn't fit my definition of "earning it;" the Cubs can -- and should -- do better.
Gamecast: July 19, 2010- Astros at Cubs
Carlos Silva (9-3, 3.45 ERA) vs. Wandy Rodriguez (6-11, 4.97 ERA)
Well, that was a phun time (see what I did there? I know, I know!). The Cubs showed the Phillies the way to I-55 and now welcome the AAA version of the Astros to town. The Astros would likely have more turnover from their opening day roster to now if they actually had any sort of depth in their farm system. For now, that depth is being showcased by a cast led by Chris Johnson and Juan Castro (the lighter-hitting, catching brother of Starlin).
Carlos Silva looks to continue his quest of hiding a horseshoe up his... jersey. If the cloud cover holds up into the evening, it would be a benefit to the big man and keep him a little bit cooler in this high humidity, high-temperature front and hopefully allow him to go a bit longer in the game.
On the other hand, Wandy Rodriguez tries to stop being an epic failure (guess who drafted him in 3 fantasy leagues this year!). At home, the Magic Wandy has been serviceable. On the road, Wandy has been attrocious. On the road, he is 2-6 with a 5.79 ERA and WHIP of 1.636. Moreover, his K/9 is drastically lower on the road (8.6 at home, 5.1 on the road). I expect this trend to continue when he toes the rubber at Wrigley.
Who's Hot- I'm going to go with Starlin Castro. Watching him recently, I have been quite impressed with his approach at the plate, his ability to inside out a pitch, and his blazing speed (ok, maybe I really liked that "steal" of home). Gents, I think we are looking at our leadoff hitter. He's fast, he gets on base at a decent clip (.350) and he just LOOKS like a leadoff guy (yep, the good old eyeball test reigns supreme). (Runner Up: Geo Soto)
Who's Not- Cubs relievers. The past two days have not been pretty for the Cubs relief corps. First, there was the Marmol Fiasco. Last night, I wasn't very happy with what I saw out of Cashner and Russell. I get it, there was a big lead. Still, I'd like to see cleaner appearances. I'm picky. Plus, the nature of the "who's not" column is to pick something I don't like.
The Astros are coming to town at the right time for a somewhat hot Cubs ballclub. It'd be nice to have even more momentum built up before the weekend series against the Redbirds. Outlook is positive considering the Cubs avoid Roy O this series.
Series Preview: your third-place Cubs vs. the fifth-place Astros
Hot on the heels of thrashing the Phillies, the Cubs continue their home stand by hosting the 37-55 Houston Astros.
Hey, remember when the Astros were perennial competitors? That was back in the day of 'roids and growth. These days, Houston's lucky to win 70. Roy Oswalt, whose nickname officially became "Trade Bait" not too long ago, has to be begging the baseball gods to be unloaded on a large market team. The guy has a 3.12 ERA and -- more impressively -- a 1.07 WHIP, and he's one bad outing from having twice as many losses as wins. Ouch.
The Cubs, meanwhile, are in limbo. They're starting to look good. Things are getting better. Aramis Ramirez raised his batting average by 40 points in 8 games. Ryan Theriot realized he sucks and is making adjustments to his game to suck slightly less. These are the greatest days of our lives, folks. Soak 'em in and enjoy 'em.
Can you believe that there are actually people out there who get paid to write about sports that are advocating the Cubs to hold off on Fire Sale 2010 because they're on a "high note" at the moment?
I mean, c'mon! There gets to be a point in every disappointing season in which the action off the field is exceedingly more interesting than the action on the field. We're at that point, so let's see some wheelin' and dealin'!
...no? No wheeling? No dealing? Fine, then. Let's look at the match-ups while I pout.
Monday, July 19th, 7:05PM - Carlos Silva (9-3, 3.45 ERA) vs. Wandy Rodriguez (6-11, 4.97 ERA)
Carlos Silva is looking less like a golden goose every single outing. Take his last one, for instance. 1.1 innings of work, 6 earned runs, 345 crying orphans. Not cool, Carlos. Not cool.
But, if Silva is ever going to get his 10th win, it's going to be tonight. He faces Wandy Rodriguez, who -- apart from having the most embarrassing first name in professional sports -- has about as much pitching talent as the face men of Milli Vanilli have singing talent. Blame it on the lame*.
(*If you're old enough to get this joke, you probably have better things to do with your life than spending your midlife crisis reading this blog...)
Tuesday, July 20th, 7:05PM - Ryan Dempster (8-7, 3.57 ERA) vs. Wesley Wright (0-0, 5.59 ERA)
Dempster is one good second half away from almost justifying the ridiculous contract that Jim Hendry gave him two years ago. So far, so good -- he's got a respectable 1.20 WHIP and is striking out as many batters as innings he's pitched. His only problem? He's wasting what would have been a good season on a baseball team that can feel a justified sense of accomplishment for climbing back into third place.
He faces Wesley Wright, according to ESPN. I'm skeptical about this because Wright has never started a game in the major leagues. Ever. But what he has done is pitch 110 innings in his career as a reliever, for which he has surrendered 110 hits, 62 walks (that's a 1.56 WHIP), 20 homers, and 64 earned runs (career ERA of 5.52). I don't know about you, but if the Cubs have to square off against this jabrone, I won't complain. The Cubs need to face more journeymen relief pitchers with career ERAs in the 5's.
Wednesday, July 21st, 1:20PM - Ted "Farewell Tour" Lilly (3-8, 4.07 ERA) vs. Brett Myers (7-6, 3.35 ERA)
Ted Mother-F*cking Lilly. The best lefty pitcher the Cubs have had since our writer Rob Letterly was still young enough to poop his pants and get away with it. Sadly, his twilight campaign in Chicago is not going as we'd hoped it would. It's not that he's been bad, per se, although he does have an ERA of 8.83 in the month of July. It's more that when he has been bad, he's sucked worse than a socialist banker. But chin up, Cub fans. In his last outing, he managed to drop his ERA by a whole 0.01, while striking 10 Phillies out in 7 innings of work. W00t!
Lilly and the Cubs will be hoping to continue their dominance of the Phillies on Wednesday, as they square off against Philadelphia alumni Brett Myers, who's basically the One Good Thing in the Astros rotation this year. (He also has a neck that is literally as wide as his head, and a goatee that only Nic Cage could love.) The bad news is, Brett has pitched really, really well in July -- he's 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA. The good news, though, is this: he's bound to get smacked around sooner or later -- possibly even as soon as Wednesday against a *snicker* dangerous Cubs lineup.
Just think! If the Cubs sweep the Astros -- not an impossible scenario by any means -- then they will be 45-51. That's spitting distance of .500! Then, the Cubs only need to put the hammer to the Cardinals, before traveling to Houston to do some more smiting. Who knows? By the end of the month, the Cubs could be a .500 team!
Before you poo all over that thrilling concept, consider this: the Cubs are a broken team desperately in need of scrapping what they have and rebuilding as much as possible. Therefore, nothing could be worse than a two-week resurgence in which, for long enough to render their valuable players untradeable, the Cubs set the ball on fire with a holy vengeance.
It's just Cub enough to actually happen. But hell, I can think of worse things...
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Reader Blog: Week 15 awards: Cancel that shipment of new bats--these actually seem to be working now
It was a short week in the baseball world (and therefore a long week for fans). The Cubs were one Marmol-implosion away from a four-game sweep to begin the second half, and they've been a lot more fun to watch lately--they've scored 67 runs in their last 11 games. Even Roy Halladay had to bow down to the offensive juggernaut that is the Chicago Cubs. You are no match for our muscles and legendary hitting prowess, Roy.
Marlon Byrd may have had the best week of any Cub given the impact he had in the NL's first All-Star Game win in 14 years. And Joey Votto can freakin' suck it. Since when are the Cubs and Reds arch rivals? And it's the All-Star Game, Joey! I understand that fans have a tough time rooting for players they normally root against, but you really can't set that aside for a night and get into the spirit of things? Your team is in the playoff hunt and may need that home field advantage Byrd just earned you, you jackass. Your goal in the All-Star Game is to win the All-Star Game, and if Byrd helps you do that, you should feel free to congratulate him.
Ryno of the Week: This is hard, in a good way. (That's what she said.) Aramis Ramirez had five hits in the series and five RBI. Trevor Sierra, Brian Brennan and I were debating less than two weeks ago what Ramirez's average will be at season's end. He was in the .170s at the time, and we settled on .212 as the over/under. Eleven games later, he's up to .213.
Geovany Soto hit a home run to each side of the park in the series and had four hits overall. Soriano had a couple dingers and five hits. All four Cub starters posted a quality start.
But I'm going with Starlin Castro. He batted .600 in the series with two doubles, a triple and three runs scored, and also stole home.
Honorable mention: Randy Wells hasn't been the beneficiary of the Cubs' recent offensive improvement--they've scored just 11 runs in his last six starts. His last four have all been quality starts and his ERA has dropped nearly a point since late June.
Goat of the Week: Again, not easy. Even Ryan Theriot had three hits, but he was still just 3-for-17. Plus his overall .311 OBP just angers me.
Dishonorable mention: Carlos Marmol (though in Friday's appearance he was absolutely nasty in striking out Jayson Werth, Ryan Howard and Ben Francisco)
New Duo lead Cubs (Game Recap: Cubs 11, Phillies 6)
I agree with Goat Reader George's comment in the Shout Box: This is getting VERY interesting.
Last night, Tyler Colvin and Starlin Castro were slotted into the first two spots of the lineup, and responded by going 6-for-9 with three runs scored. In the second inning, they collaborated on an almost-double steal, bringing Colvin home from third after Castro's attempt at stealing second.
Indeed, their repeated ability to put the ball in play, and then run really fast towards first base, sparked the offense last night, as did Marlon Byrd's ability to get hit by a pitch -- Phillie starter Halladay plunked him twice, and both times he came around to score.
Speaking of pitching, kudos to Cub pitcher Tom Gorzelanny for posting another decent outing. Two earned runs, five hits, and five strikeouts in 6.2 innings counts for a good effort. The five walks given up aren't exactly helpful, but Tom managed to pitch around his mistakes and keep the team in the game.
Back to the Killer C's for another minute. Even the great Joe Morgan acknowledged these twerps' importance to the future of the franchise -- although, the only skill he could identify for either player was his speed. And it's true, Colvin and Castro are both fast. But I'll go ahead and help Joe out by pointing out the other superior skills had by these two that suggest they deserve more regular responsibility in this line-up. In both cases, it comes down to power.
Tyler Colvin is strong. He doesn't walk a lot, and he strikes out often. But when he does manage to make solid contact, the ball goes far. In fact, Colvin is among the Top 10 in the National League in isolated slugging (ISO), which essentially measures how often a player's base hits go for extras. Colvin's ISO is .255 for the season; for comparison, Alfonso Soriano's team-leading ISO is .272, Geovany Soto's is .212, and Ryan Theriot's is .034.
Starlin Castro's power is not his best skill (yet). It's not top three, really (glove, contact hitting, speed). But even at 20, he's shown line drive ability, with 12 doubles, four triples, and two home runs hit in 211 at-bats. He's not quite walking enough to be considered the ideal leadoff option yet, but on this team, he may already have shown himself to be the best one on the roster. (Corollary: Colvin is not the best leadoff option. He strikes out too often to lead off, and his power is wasted at the top of the order.)
As for tonight's game, the lineup I'd like to see would be: Castro, Soto, Byrd, Aramis, Colvin, Soriano, Lee, Theriot, Pitcher. Call me crazy.
In the meantime, go Cubs!
Marmol temporarily blows (Game Recap: Cubs 1, Phillies 4)
Once again: Cub starter great, Cub offense bad, Cub bullpen not good enough to make up for the difference.
For the sake of naming names, Randy Wells and Sean Marshall combined to pitch eight shutout innings in yesterday's contest, and in the bottom of the seventh, Starlin Castro scored the Cubs' lone run, coming home on a squeeze bunt laid down perfectly by Ryan Theriot.
The team had a one-run lead in the top of the ninth inning when the ball was handed to Carlos Marmol, who would quickly demonstrate that he didn't have his best stuff. Actually, that's not true -- it takes a while to walk five guys, doesn't it? By the time the half-inning was over, the Phillies had scored four runs, despite Marmol's allowing just one hit.
And now, for today's "Just Saying" moment:
Carlos Marmol, thru 43 games in 2010:
Guess Who, thru 42 games in 2009:
That's all, just saying. Go Cubs!
Has the king returned? (Game Recap: Cubs 4, Phillies 3)
Are all home runs created equal? Do they sometimes differ in terms of their... clutchiness?
The Cubs would end up needing four runs to win yesterday's game, after Ted Lilly allowed his second homer of the game, to Ryan Howard in the sixth inning with a man on ahead of him. Indeed, by allowing just four hits and one walk over seven solid innings (with 10 Ks to boot), Lilly did more than just boost his trade value: he kept his team in the game.
And actually, Ted did even more than that -- yesterday, he drove in a run. After falling behind 0-2 to Phillie starter Joe Blanton, who had just IBBed Geo Soto to load the bases, Theo worked his way back to a 3-2 count, and then fouled off a fastball, before taking one high for a walk. Run scores, and at the time, tie ballgame.
The Cubs would tie the game up yet again, this time in the bottom of the sixth. In the half inning just after Howard hit a two-run bomb, Marlon Byrd answered with a two-run shot of his own.
Neither team would score again, and all of a sudden we found ourselves rooting for Aramis Ramirez at the plate, late in a tie game -- and, no less, with two outs.
Of course, Ramirez would hit a home run, giving the team the lead, and setting the stage for Carlos Marmol to strike out the side for a save once again.
A great game to watch, a great win for the Cubs, and now only one question remains. Speaking of clutchiness: Has Aramis Ramirez retaken his place as Mr. C McC? I dare not say the name until given permission to do so.
Go Cubs.
Feel the power! (Game Recap: Cubs 12, Phillies 6)
Every non-pitcher in last night's game for the Cubs had either a run or a run batted in. Six Cubs had multiple hits (three had three), a trio of Cubs hit homers, and one even stole home.
I suppose when you have a lot of 30-year-old veteran ball players on your roster, your team might perform better when it only has to play a few times a week instead of six out of seven days. Or maybe Jamie Moyer, who started for the Phillies, is really bad, although it's probably a combination of the two.
Regardless, Aramis Ramirez continued his hot streak last night, driving in four runs with two doubles. And Derrek Lee and Alfonso Soriano each had three hits, while Lee and Geovany Soto each contributed a two-run home run.
And then there was Starlin Castro, who once again was one at-bat away from hitting for the cycle last night. Castro tripled, singled, and doubled -- or rather, I should really say he tripled AND STOLE HOME, singled, and doubled.
The steal was really more of a Phillie battery mistake than it was a great play by Castro, although the kid is certainly fast. Ryan Dempster whiffed on the squeeze attempt, but Phillie C Carlos Ruiz couldn't handle the breaking ball delivered by Moyer, and the run scored.
Speaking of Ryan Dempster: Clownsevelt went 6.2 innings, giving up two earned runs (both on an early home run allowed to Ryan Howard), allowing six hits and three walks, and striking out nine. A fine line, indeed. Certainly one you can win with on most nights.
And let's be sure to end on a low note, courtesy of Bob Howry's pitching line: 0.2 IP, 4 ER, 4 H, 1 HR, 0 K, 0 BB.
So, bravo, Cubs. Enjoy the win -- just PLEASE don't immediately start getting delusional on me. Please?
Gamecast: Phillies at Cubs, July 15, 2010
Jamie Moyer (9-8, 4.51) vs Ryan Dempster (7-7, 3.61)
Well, the most boring sports day of the year has passed (yesterday). Hope you enjoyed the ESPYs. At least we got this little gem out of it. That aside, it's nice to have baseball back on the air (making it one of the few sports on the air today at a reasonable hour... unless you wake up a 3AM CST for the British Open). We had our laughs and shouts of joy to the great play of Marlon Byrd during the All-Star Game, but now it's back to business. The Cubs are 10.5 games out of first place in the division and things look pretty bleak. However, don't tell that to the team, who was out in the field early today taking fielding practice. It looks like motivation isn't lacking at this point.
I honestly don't know what to expect out of this team in the second half. On the plus side, Aramis started to rediscover how to hit a baseball, Byrd has been a delight to watch, and there are some young kids (Castro, Cashner, sometimes Colvin) that have been fun to watch. On the other hand, we have some aging vets that are barely hitting their weight (Lee, Koyie) and a lack of that "x" factor that seems to pull teams together. In all honesty, I just want to see a better second half than the first.
To test out how this team's second half will start, the Cubs will face their kryptonite: and aging lefty junkerballer. The Phillies are struggling as well and are missing 1/2 of their opening day infield, while their star shortstop still isn't confident in running on his strained calf at 100%. This smells like an opportunity for the Cubs to get off on the right foot and win a 4 game series at the outset.
Call me an eternal optimist at times, but I have a feeling this can be a fun second half, and will at least produce some watchable baseball. What are your expectations/predictions for the second half?


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Conversion Makeover: LandsEnd.com – Part 1
Posted By Bryan Eisenberg On May 12, 2009 @ 11:02 am In Improving Conversion,Optimization Tactics,Selling Process,e-commerce | 23 Comments
A week or so before the eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit [1] in San Jose, the "company" I was supposed to analyze during my live conversion clinic – review had to cancel. So Jim Sterne, the conference organizer, challenged me by asking if I'd be willing to "show our magic" (his words) on one of the top converting websites in the industry – a site that supposedly does over a billion dollars in sales. And to handicap me even more, the analyst who was attending the conference (Michael Helbling [2]) couldn't really share any data with me.
Over the next 2 posts, I'll show you how we addressed the conversion challenges on LandsEnd product pages [3] and in the next post start by looking at their category pages.
LandsEnds.com [4] main issues fall in to 3 main categories:
Let's look at the page closely:
One of the first things that jumped out to me was the initial separation of sizes into big girl, little girl and toddler radio buttons, that was then broken by color swatches, and then tried to resume the size selection by displaying the actual sizes as boxes. The entire buying flow felt disconnected and confused – disconnected because of the layout and confused because of jargon and unexplained terms. How do you define big girl versus little girl, and is there any connection between this and the actual sizes?
The second thing that hit me was the add to cart button's placement below the fold, which is never recommended. The add to cart button actually felt displaced from the product. Making matters worse, the layout of the different buying decision interfaces made each action/selection feel disconnected from one another. It felt more like jumping through 6 separate and uncomfortable hoops than pleasantly browsing and selecting one dress to buy.
First the page shows you price, then you choose the size by type. After that there is actually a line visually separating the size-by-type selection from the color swatch selector, then another line/separation, then the page displays the actual sizes in boxes, then another line, followed by the gift box selector and the quantity and who are you shipping it to drop down menus, followed by yet another line/visual separation, and finally – sigh! – the actual color name and add to cart button.
Seems like working through these steps requires way too much cognitive energy. Imagine how this complexity compounds as you start adding multiple items. And speaking of multiple items and up/cross-sells, the pages display of the recommended item seemed to leave it just hanging on the far right hand side of the page, disconnected from everything else.
So I went ahead and moved the pieces of information on the page around to create a better flow. I did not add anything new at this point.
Notice the separate "ready to buy" area with all the purchasing decision information neatly grouped together and organized in a box on the upper right hand corner.
When I shared this Michael he said:
Amazing. A change along these lines would probably make us millions of dollars in additional demand each year.
I love how this breaks down each phase of buying the product.
First look at the picture and think about colors and size.
Then get more information (if needed).
Then handle the details of putting the item in the cart.
And the cross sells are in a place where you can combine them in your mind with the product you are looking at.
Of course, this new design would need to be A/B tested so they could evaluate the true financial impact.
I would still like to see LandsEnd move their "Guaranteed Period" assurance underneath the "ready to buy" area in the new design and have it above the fold. I asked several of our key analysts at FutureNow what else they would like to do and see next.
Jeff Sexton wanted to see the sizing information tied together and not separated by the color swatches. You can see how he would like to see them grouped for better clarity and to deal with jargon issue:
As the father of 2 beautiful little girls, he had a hard time visually the same dress on both girls, he would have like to have seen more variety in the multiple product images shown.
Jeff also commented about one of the critical bullet points in the product description:
Melissa Burdon added:
1. If visitors are looking for shipping information, there is only a text link at the bottom of the page. You could create a tab next to "more info" that answers the visitor's questions about shipping.
2. There are no reviews- bring star reviews to the top of the page, you could add it as a tab next to shipping tab and let visitors read reviews if they click on the tab. Also feature reviews below the other info on the product page so that the visitor doesn't have to click on reviews in order to see this info on the page.
3. Test different language for the call to action and size of call to action. Is add to bag more effective than add to cart. This may work well for current customers, but what about new customers who you may be trying to acquire?
4. What if I want to add this to my wishlist and continue shopping? They might want to offer this here.
Brendan Regan added he would like to see the toll free phone number bigger and see them put live help (from bottom) in right column.
Do you see all the opportunity this page has for improvement. A website is like a leaky bucket and in need of continuous improvement.
We do this work for clients but occasionally we do this type of analysis for teaching purposes. Would you like to suggest your website for this type of review and improvement? If so, then be prepared to have it published. Just let us know in the comments below.
In Part 2, we'll look at LandsEnd category pages and we'll examine the results of some usability testing we ran on their website which confirmed LandsEnd may have several jargon related issues.
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UK military creates quantum compass that could be the successor to GPS May 23, 2014 at 8:00 am
The UK Ministry of Defense is exploring the development of a quantum compass that could effectively replace GPS in submarines and other military applications. If it pans out, a quantum compass could end up in your smartphone one day too.
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Time to get that second graphics cards, guys: Samsung has announced that its 28-inch 4K UD590 monitor will soon be available in the US for the paltry sum of $700. The UD590 packs a 28-inch 3840×2160 TN panel (157 PPI), capable of displaying 10-bit color (1 billion colors) at 60Hz with 1ms GTG response time. Priced at $700, this is probably your best bet if you want to try your hand at 4K gaming — or, if you're a creative of some kind, the idea of 10-bit color on a 4K display should be very, very alluring.
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Three days ago, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished from radar off the south coast of Vietnam in the South China Sea. 239 people were on board — and at this point, it is presumed that they have all perished in some kind of disaster. For me, this is almost incomprehensible: Despite all of the awesome technology that mankind has developed, it's still possible for a Boeing 777-200 with 239 people on board to vanish. Surely, given the fact that we can track a damn smartphone anywhere on Earth down to a few meters, there's a better way of keeping track of missing aircraft?
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Are memes important for our survival? How can we draw on memetic theory to inspire ideas of sustainability that go viral?
Memes are elements of a culture or behavior that may be passed from one individual to another by non-genetic means. Dan Dennet's TED talk addresses memes that are powerful because they inspire passionate, extremist behavior based on idealistic notions of freedom, justice, truth, communism, capitalism, and religion. While not always bad, memes can be destructive and result in conflict and death. Yet, memes have great potential benefit to humanity by eliciting behaviors that promote equality, peace, and sustainability. Sustainability in particular has been suggested to be the most important factor in determining the fate of humanity, as discussed by Paul Gildings. How can we harness the power of memes to inspire notions of patriotism, freedom, and justice that elicit a passionate response for the cause of sustainability, rather than a passionate response that leads to conflict?
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Mar 7 2012: It is interesting to consider that ideas are viral in a way that reflects the spread of biological viruses. Awareness of the idea of sustainability makes one susceptible to it, and this means that it will have the potential to spread as an idea and possibly an ideology for many people. As far as memes go, however, sustainability is very complex and requires a lot of factors to be taken into consideration if it is to successfully spread. Since the goodness and badness of memes is entirely subjective to the individual, it is difficult to say what kind of memes will incite peaceful responses as opposed to violent responses. This is further complicated by the presence of memes that link memes associated with sustainability to memes associated with extreme, or conflict provoking, memes. Certain memes associate environmental protection with socialist or sacrificial ideals. Although socialism is not viewed negatively by all, it is by many in the United States, and if sustainability is to be supported by the majority of citizens memes must powerfully depict sustainability in a way that overshadows the more negative viewed association. To take the analogy to its limit, sustainability represents a virus, and memes supporting sustainability act to decrease the immunity of a susceptible individual to its infection and memes demeaning sustainability act as protection against infection. We must decide as a democratic society that sustainability is a virus worth spreading.
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