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Execution Of A Chinese Woman.
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|posted Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:50:00 GMT(7/22/2010)
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what did she do?
|posted Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:16:00 GMT(7/22/2010)
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Used too many pieces of toilet paper at a convention.
Really though, it looks like they have an efficient assembly line operation going there.
|posted Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:21:00 GMT(7/22/2010)
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I think it was something to do with drug trafficking. It is a capital offense in China.
|posted Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:34:00 GMT(7/22/2010)
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I did not like that
|posted Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:12:00 GMT(7/22/2010)
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I know you put up a disclaimer and I did not have to click on the link but that is a human being and she has family and now her face is splatterd all over the net.
|AK - Jeff
|posted Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:18:00 GMT(7/22/2010)
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Ruthless! Wow.
I am sorry I looked.
|posted Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:42:00 GMT(7/22/2010)
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Real violence tends to not be as neat and tidy as in the movies.
China has a zero tolerance towards a few crimes, drug trafficking being one of them and excuted by shooting to the head is the main mode.
I know it may not mean much but I don't think she felt anything, certainly felt less than an electric chair or a hanging.
Still, it is a barbaric practise that needs to be prohibited.
|Justitia Themis
|posted Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:36:00 GMT(7/22/2010)
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China executes more people annually than the rest of the world combined. Many, if not most, are not guilty of anything other than irritating a local official. Anything that disturbes the peace and unity of the nation is crime. Defense attorneys' primary duty is towards the State, not their client, so even if a person has a trial, they really have no one on their side. If an attorney DOES mount a vigorous defense, HE/SHE can be charged with a crime for disturbing the court or insulting the judge.
The only reason the U.S. and other countries aren't saying all that much about is that China impacts money more than say the number two country, Iran.
2009 Executions
#1 China = at least 1700
#2 Iran = 388
*****Sorry for the three graphs. They didn't seem to be showing up until I actually posted; now I can't delete them. ??? Oh well...
'Edited two of three graphs - AK Jeff'
|posted Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:45:00 GMT(7/22/2010)
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How does that add up per capita?
|posted Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:56:00 GMT(7/22/2010)
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I didn't watch the video but keeping things in perspective, the USA has the highest rate of incarceration in the world. China executes for serious fraud and corruption as well - sammieswife---------
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|posted Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:57:00 GMT(7/22/2010)
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Of the 52 in the United States, I would guess that the People's Republic of Texas would have about 50 ... slightly less than Saudi Arabia and a few more than Yemen.
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|posted Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:13:00 GMT(7/22/2010)
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Of the 52 in the United States, I would guess that the People's Republic of Texas would have about 50 ... slightly less than Saudi Arabia and a few more than Yemen.
Not that many, but at least we don't keep them on death row until they die of natural causes, like California.
I would still be interested in hearing the capital punishment / population ratio for the first five nations in the graphs.
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|posted Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:17:00 GMT(7/22/2010)
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I used to be for capital punishment. After all, some crimes deserve the death penalty.
Then I read "Mistakes Were Made - But Not By Me" and my entire outlook changed. I still feel that some crimes deserve the death penalty but I don't trust a conviction unless there is video of the crime being committed.
|posted Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:28:00 GMT(7/22/2010)
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I used to be for capital punishment. After all, some crimes deserve the death penalty.
Then I read "Mistakes Were Made - But Not By Me" and my entire outlook changed. I still feel that some crimes deserve the death penalty but I don't trust a conviction unless there is video of the crime being committed.
I'm kinda like you, though I havent read what you reference. I'm still for capital punishment in absoluetly clearcut cases where there's no chance for mistakes. But I've seen enough mistakes made to know that maybe there should be more prudence.
I learned to not really make a hard judgement on anyone found guilty or innocent. I wasn't there, I wasn't with the detectives, I wasn't on the jury. I don't know all the details...I don't know all the facts...or the lies. I've learned to accept innocent until proven guilty.
A case in my home town cause me to step back from my quick judgemental thinking. A guy was arrested for raping and killing a woman. He was a ne'er-do-well with a history. He was known to cops. He was found near the scene. During the trial, he was identified by supposed witnesses as being seen over the woman's body.
He was found guilty. The circumstantial evidence was pretty good. He maintained his innocence the entire time. He was sent to death row.
Years later, DNA research became big. His lawyers spent years trying to get his DNA examined against evidence stilll held by the SBI. Once they finally got that through the courts, it was discovered he was not the killer. The killer was another local criminal...who was an early suspect but the cops didnt' pursue him for some reason.
The convicted killer was cleared, released and the real killer confessed...from behind bars, his being in prison for other crimes committed.
All this time, very few people in the community believed the convicted killer. He was alreay a guy with a record, he had oppurtunity, he was seen in the area, he was identified (though in error). I was dead set against him. I knew he was guilty. I went along with everyone else. When it was exonerated I had to really step back and examine how I acted. I wasn't too proud of myself.
|posted Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:36:00 GMT(7/22/2010)
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Crime Statistics > Executions (per capita) (most recent) by country
|posted Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:02:00 GMT(7/22/2010)
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Well, wait just a minute - how can Iraq be at the top of the chart in the first set of data, and have 0 per 1 million in the second?
Second, I also am re-evaluating my view on the death penalty in the U.S. I say ONLY for capital murder, and ONLY if absolutely no doubt remains.
Certainly not for a woman dealing drugs in china (unless she murdered somebody in course of the crime) and ABSOLUTELY not for "adultery" in Saudi, Iran, Afghanistan or such.
|Justitia Themis
|posted Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:12:00 GMT(7/22/2010)
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The raw data for the per/capita figures was from 2007. The figures I posted were from 2009. China's numbers differ drastically. In 2007 they executed 'only' 470 persons, while in 2009, it was more than 1700.
BTW, thank you AK Jeff for editing out those extra two graphs. :)
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a low ball offer?
Is it a slap in the face to receive such a low ball offer?!
Our house is listed for 285,000. We're BELOW fair market value. Comps on our exact house in the last 60 days are: 290, 291 and 283. We listed it low to sell it fast.
There is also another home (exact floor plan) and we have WAY more upgrades, and they're listed at 290. (they were 322 before we listed our house on the market!) The median home listing in our neighborhood is $327,000. Ranges from $265,000 to $400,000.
So, today we get an offer for $255,000. Plus closing costs, and a $3,000 realtor bonus.
This makes me want to punch them! Is it rude, or are they playing a game.
Our realtor is coming over tonight to discuss this, and obviously come up with a counter offer... but really!!!??This message has been edited. Last edited by: alikatgrrl,
D not be insulted. This is a business deal. They will not get a steal if they don't ask. Just say no. Counter with whatever your realtor suggests.
Take a deep breath. Remember that when you put your home on the market it becomes it becomes a house, a commodity.
Good luck.
As metwo said. I would probably counter back with your original full list price. It lets them know you won't play their game, and they will move on to the next try.
Very common to get low balls when a home first hits the market. Some investors, flippers, and just plain bargain hunters try to make money or get a home from desperate sellers whom will take the first offer they get.
You can choose not to counter at all or counter back with your full price. Both approaches tell the buyers that you're not interested in their game playing and that they'd better get serious if, indeed, they are serious buyers.
Thanks everyone. I know I really shouldn't take it so personal. We countered back at 275,000. We gave them 24 hours to reply, so we should hear back by 7pm tonight. Fingers crossed...
Wow -- you were generous to drop your price so much considering that you're already under the comps and your buyers would be getting a far better house than the comps.
I don't know your market or your personal situation, so maybe you're anxious to sell or have to sell and that's why you came back with $275k. If you're in a position to ride this out a bit longer, adding "best and final" to your counter would a good idea so they don't continue trying to chip away at the price.
Also, remember that they can still come back to negotiate after the inspection to try to go even lower...
Hoping that on top of dropping your price so dramatically you are not giving them closing costs also I hate that.
Remember that any of us may give suggestions that do not apply to you because we have not seen your house and do not know the market in your area.
Have you heard back yet?
Thanks everyone.
They replied to our counter offer, "Thank you for counter offering. The house is absolutely beautiful. $255 was the top of our budget, so we thought we could try. Good luck"
So... there goes that.
Only have 4 weeks left to sell.
Well that explains the low offer, it was their budget, nothing more. Hope this breaks the ice...any you get several more decent offers in the next few weeks.
I spent a very few minutes reviewing the listings for that zipcode. If that offer were say, 255K w/o the closing cost reductions, based on my very limited add'l information, I might call it a reasonable, opening offer.
We have a saying around here, in one of the hottest R/E markets in the U.S.: "First Offer, Best Offer". If you want to dump this home asap instead of waiting it out for a few thousand **$ more, max, and possibly losing your other (dream?) home during that period, you might consider calling those folks and saying that you found another home but must close immediately. (You need a new story so you're not negotiating against yourself and/or your own interests.)
Perhaps give them a last/final offer at $255 or $260K (or whatever your realtor, a local area expert, recommends after reviewing the comps), no deductions, as-is, i.e. no inspection adjustments and close in 30 days.
??? What do you think?
Best to you -
A $3,000 Realtor bonus? For what, giving away your house? Wow, that took some nerve by that agent to even suggest submitting that request with such a low ball offer. I think the $275, counter was overly generous. It leaves you nowhere to go in the negotiation.
Also, what does their agent think offering taking them to a house so far over their budget? That is also unethical. An agent would be doing their buyer a disservice by showing them homes they cannot purchase. Yes, with their permission I do show my buyers properties a little over their budget but it is on homes that are priced a little high and we know we can get a little break on the price.
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I realize that if you need to dump a house real fast you will have to do everything possible and loose all kinds of money in the process.
Hopefully that people use a little more knowledge and perhaps never put themselves in those positions unless there are no options.
Now, having said all of that. I am getting tired with the issue of giving closing costs to anyone that want's to bye a house, I don't mind negotiating the overall price of the house but the expectation that I should provide closing costs is getting really abusive by any buyer.
Question on ethics. If they insist on seeing it doesn't the agent have to take them even if it is way over budget?
Yes, the agent must take them if they ask, but the agent should not be the one presenting the property to them as an option.
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It's the same situation with the offer. If the buyers want to submit a low ball, the realtor is obligated to present it.
Yep. The agent is obligated to present all offers, as the decision is for the seller to accept or decline.
A sellers agent can give opinions and suggestions for possible counters, if asked.
Yes, the agent is required to submit the offer. What I don't understand is where they got the idea to include a bonus to the buyer's agent.
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That is strange, Charming. It's almost like they have a realtor who isn't going to be paid through the regular commission structure or something.
Unless the selling agent % is super low for the local market. Instead of 3% if that is common in the area they are only offering 1.5% or 2%. But, I never discuss what my commission is going to be from the sale to my buyers unless their is a bonus involved. They are few and far between these days so it has not been an issue.
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This is obviously not a statistical sample, but --
Excluding both new builds and the OP's home, the 5 single-family-homes currently listed on realtor.com in the OP's zip code at offering prices between $280,000 and $285,000 are listed at an average of $99/sq. foot.
The OP's property is currently listed at $135/sq. foot. Without any adjustments for realtor bonuses or other closing costs, a net offer of $255K equals approximately $121/sq. foot.
The other homes appear to be the same type of zero lot line homes (or slightly larger) in the OP's development.
ETA: If you're checking them out, the 1 listing at $285K even (1,922s.f.) is also a new build so it was excluded from my calculations.This message has been edited. Last edited by: SurfNow,
To OP - don't act desperate. Remove Realtor bonus from listing. Have a Realtor meeting to discuss "TRUE" COMPS!! Don't be afraid of lowballs...
many of my closings started with lowballs...you just need to learn how to play "ball"!!
Your Realtor now knows your "willing sales price"--be very careful...and review those sold comps asap...or a upfront appraisal may save you thousands!!!
My advice is to stay at current price until
proof of value.This message has been edited. Last edited by: real estate lady,
My suggestion is sit down with your agent and have a clear discussion as to what is going on in your area. How many homes have sold and closed in the last 3 months, 6 months? How many homes have gone "pending" since yours went on the market? Forget the agent bonus...mark down your price by that amount. What is your competition? Is there something going on in your neighborhood that has effected the sales of homes? good or bad?
Decide what you are willing to do to move into the next home.
Thank you all for your replies. I'll try to answer all of your questions:
In my area, zip code isn't a way you can look at comps. It's nearly 40 miles wide miles, with hundreds of neighborhoods. It's also not 'square'... it's the oddest shape (like a odd shaped U). You can google it, if you would like to see more. Comps in our 'area' are that of only about 7 miles, so those are the comps that we are comparing to.
My neighborhood is a pretty isolated area. Typically people who shop my 'area' are really only interested in this neighborhood alone. Because it is a little further away, it's a specific taste and will definitely take a specific buyer. It is smack dab in the middle of the desert, and mostly mountain side (I know, to anyone outside of AZ sounds like the most awful place to live- I agree!!). It's very quiet and very far from the city. It's a master plan community with pools, walking trails, bike trails, lots of parks, etc. The community itself is about 3 square miles.
As far as value, we are well under priced. In fact, one house that is the same floor plan as mine went under contract last sunday at full asking price ($289K). That house has a smaller yard, and none of the features our house had. The reason the couple bought that house and not mine was simply for the ONLY reason that they wouldn't have to keep up with grass maintenance. (we still don't understand- for $5,000 they could have re-done the landscaping... - but we're not bitter... glad to get some solid sales in the neighborhood, and glad to get some competition off the books)
In my neighborhood $147/sq foot is average pricing. We are priced at $134/sq foot.
We are also well under all sold comps in the last 60 days in 7 square miles.
We definitely have a bottom line price and have discussed with the realtor those prices. We are willing to be VERY negotiable, but we're not getting much traffic or any offers in to do so. Still to this day, thats our only offer. Yes, our realtor did agree that our $275,000 counter offer was way too overly generous and suggested we didn't go that low. A few realtors in the area with homes pending thanked us for not doing so, because we would have pulled comps down. We're not being greedy... just want to get it sold!
Luckily all realtors in the area have been kind enough to let us know what prices they're taking on their homes that are under contract or pending so we don't have any surprises on prices when they close.
Realtor bonus is gone from listing, it has been since that offer came in. Agreed, that was a dumb idea. We though it would draw more attention to our house, and it didn't.
We have added "buyer will consider paying up to $5,000 in closing costs". Meaning, if it's a really low offer obviously we wouldn't. If it's a decent offer, we would. All would be negotiable in the contract.
We definitely know how to play ball, we just had some people who flat out couldn't afford our house. Their realtor informed us that they insisted on seeing our house because they loved the photos. She warned against, but they wanted to try. Makes sense, worth the shot. They tried to up their qualification with their lender, but couldn't. The max they could qualify for was $255,000. The said they would have paid top dollar, but simply couldn't afford it.
There have been 6 homes go pending since ours went on the market (31 days ago). 5 of them at higher price points. Average time on the market in this neighborhood is currently 30 days.
The only new builds in a 10 mile radius from our home start at $378,000. Luckily for us, these new builds are literally 1/4 mile away (and start at 2100 sq feet).
Thanks for all your help. We're considering a significant price drop at the end of the weekend to get some traffic in if this weekend is slow again. We only have a little over 3 weeks to get it sold. That is the max the new home builder is allowing. (we were given a 60 day contingency)
I don't recall ever doing a zip code search for comps.
Can you post a link to your listing?
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I assure you~~~ appraisers do not use a zip code search for sold comps when appraising, and search the community for sold comps. Can they go outside of the community to get comps, yes.
Here are a few thoughts ---Why insert "consider closing costs?" What you are doing is offering up buyer assistance even if they have their own closing costs. Oh h*ll yes they'll take it. If a buyer needs it,believe me, they will ask ask for it in the offer.
Why not be patient a couple weeks and let that comp that just sold close( to become a sold CMP)...for your benefit... for more bucks.
Stop giving your money away!
Wait for that $289,000 to close-your agent can monitor that--..you are at 275 and considering reducing?? Oh, brother.This message has been edited. Last edited by: real estate lady,
REL, we're at 285
It was the offer for 255, when we countered for 275.
We are going to be patient for a few more weeks. Thanks for the advice.
Yea, the whole closing costs thing irritates me, but my agent is sure that will help. We shall see. (she said that every listing that has closed in the last 60 days has had to pay CC)
SO IMPORTANT....If you countered at 275..you are at 275..in your MIND and your realtors' thought process.. Just be careful with your numbers, and your pocktbook. SOLD COMPS ARE KEY.This message has been edited. Last edited by: real estate lady,
WRT the question of closing costs within the listing, I agree with REL. IMHO, it's a price reduction and negotiating against yourself. The buyer will start at that point and request further concessions from there.
Also agree about the home pending at 289K. It's not a comp until close. Sounds like they've provided concessions to the buyer so it isn't full-price.
The 289K house is the home on W 70th, very close to you, correct, alikatgrrl? According to the listing, this home has a 16% larger lot and appears to be a corner lot. With all due respect to you and your home, I would expect that home to sell faster and at a higher price.
You have a zero lot line home. What buyers will pay for, IMHO, is space away from their neighbors. Nobody wants to criticize your home. It's not unusual for buyers to select one item that's different about your home (e.g. your lawn) and use that to explain why they passed on your home.
WRT the beautiful improvements in your home, it appears that the other homes also have various types of improvements so these may cancel each other out. In addition, your improvements appear to be very taste specific, giving your home a Nantucket feel. I am not sure how your style sells in AZ. (Have you discussed this with your realtor?) In addition, you probably understand that no buyer will compensate you $ for $ on your upgrades.
WRT the lawn, if AZ has the same water issues to other areas, it can be a liability. In addition, each time you suggest a buyer can complete a project themselves, e.g. $5K for the lawn and/or completing that 4th bedroom, you're adding expense and hassle to a potential buyers' life. Unfortunately, it's another reason buyers may select a competing home, IMHO.
I took a few minutes the other day and located/reviewed the comps you cited above. (AYK, the 289K is not a comp, however.) IIRC, in general, the biggest difference may be that homes on the other side of your street/neighborhood have open space behind them. One of those homes had incredible mountain views. Even if they're the same model with a similar lot size, that open space and the absence of rear neighbors makes them feel larger than your home, IMHO. I believe an appraiser would call that a "locational difference" and give those homes a positive value adjustment.
Realtor.com shows you at 279.9 today. It appears you're matching your neighbors, a new listing across the street. Although their home's slightly smaller, they were a former model so they have many upgrades plus open space.
I apologize if I'm not telling you what you'd like to hear. I looked at a number of the listings in your area, all within 2 minutes driving distance of your home and believed the others would sell first.
You mentioned earlier that the 289K listing rode the market down from 322K, IIRC, over the past year or so. (I believe they started at 325K, actually.) Unfortunately, the current market trend lines that I saw for your area point downwards.
I believe that because AZ suffered such huge price declines during the crash, when the market recovered a little over a year ago, many homes flooded the market. Although I don't know the specific inventory totals for your area, I'm guessing there's a fair number of homes that were held off the market during the crash. Now that these homes are (probably) on the market, all other economic conditions being equal, the increased inventory can easily create a buyer's market, IMHO.
In addition, it appears that builders may not have been able to obtain financing for a few years, so they've also returned to the market, creating even more competition. I noticed a few short sales and foreclosures in your area, too.
I may be totally wrong but these were my general impressions when I looked at your area for only a few minutes. You previously indicated that neither you nor your neighbors were getting showings. That's another indication that the homes may be overpriced.
As always, the pricing decision belongs to the seller. If you need that particularly price, it may take a little longer to sell your home, relative to the competition.
OTOH, the perfect buyer who craves Nantucket style may walk in tomorrow and pay full price. You never know. (To market RE successfully, we typically attempt to appeal to as many buyers as possible instead of trying to find the specific buyer who prefers a certain style.)
In any event, I hope you are enjoying your new home very soon! Best of luck -This message has been edited. Last edited by: SurfNow,
Surfnow you have given a very clear explanation. One other thing is if six homes have gone pending in the neighborhood since listing, they had a value to buyers that the original poster is lacking.
Meanwhile, the easiest way to sell a home is reduction after reduction, without determining true value. Risky business for the seller.
Equity can be left on the closing table..in realtor bonuses, price reductions, lack of negotiation, paying buyer closing costs,
and lack of marketing, i.e.open houses, advertising etc.
A listing Realtors' job and duty is to get the highest and best possible price. Power of negotiation is a must have asset for a Realtor to be successful with their sellers.
Just because" a house" in the neighborhood sells for less doesn't mean a seller has to their reduce their home.This message has been edited. Last edited by: real estate lady,
Personally I have never recommended bonuses to agents and there are times when the seller's have lost "equity" due to poor representation. But, overpricing can also cause a listing to become first stale and secondly to develop the perception that there is "something" wrong with the property to have not sold. Both are a disservice to the seller.
All anyone on here can do is speak generalities and from a quick look at realtor.com, zillow, etc. In my experience poor traffic is usually an indication of overpricing, buyers market, or something in the area that causes buyers to look elsewhere.
One house doesn't make a trend either up or down.
Agree with both of you guys, REL and lakelark.
I believe I mentioned it above but just to reiterate, I did look at each of the 4-5 comps mentioned by alikatgrrl plus the trend charts for that area.
alikatgrrl, I hope you understand that we all want to help you. It's extremely difficult to essentially divorce yourself from your home and see it as a commodity - an item of inventory.
I didn't notice the 6 pendings. Can you provide those street addresses, alikatgrrl? They're not comps until close but if your market is trending downwards, they may assist you with your pricing decision.
If you price it realistically, alikatgrrl, hopefully you can avoid becoming another stale listing and also get into your new home!
Good Luck!
Based on your actions, reductions, bonus, offering to pay closing costs...I am wondering if you are in a buyers
market. However if six sales are pending in your neighboring, may be a sellers market. Do you know, if not, just ask your agent. even bad staging can keep a house from selling. Many buyers can get deterred with stuff!This message has been edited. Last edited by: real estate lady,
Agree, REL. I'm confused about the six pendings. The OP stated on her other, current thread "38 left to sell" that neither she nor anyone else in the neighborhood was getting any traffic whatsoever.
Tough to generate offers without showings! Can you fill us in alikatgrrl?
Here's a good example of her possible mindset in my opinion and I hope OP really thinks about this..............
I once showed a home and the seller was home. He kept off to thte side, and we were able to tour the home without interuption. As we toured we saw him in the backyard, so we were free to converse. The buyer said to me -"I love it and I want to make a full price offer-I don't want to lose it".
We were existing the door and the seller says :" if you buy it today, I'll take off $5000.00". We wrote the contract less $5,000.This message has been edited. Last edited by: real estate lady,
Have seen those same situations, myself, REL - and it's one of my biggest pet peeves - negotiating against yourself.
You were extremely reasonable by writing the contract with only a 5K deduction, IMHO. Your buyer definitely didn't want to lose the home. Many people would have accepted the 5K deduction from the contract price as a starting point for the negotiations and then asked for additional concessions of another 5K or so, e.g. closing costs, carpet allowance - you name it!
P.S. alikatgrrl, I noticed 1 pending at N. 69th (?). They were priced at $279K (IIRC) without any rear open space but did have a gorgeous, fully-landscaped salt-water plunge/splash pool. In some areas, pools can be liabilities but in AZ, it's probably another positive value adjustment.
I haven't seen any mention of a community pool for your neighborhood. If you have one through an hoa, that might reduce (but probably not eliminate) the positive adjustment for that property, IMHO.
Anyway, I'm hoping you scored at least a few showings, alikatgrrl, over the weekend and return with some great news!
This is all just my 2 cents, as usual -This message has been edited. Last edited by: SurfNow,
I see OP has not posted since 5/16. I truly hope she realizes that we are trying to be helpful.
I don't see where she posted her MLS number/city and state.
That really would be helpful.
Truly important for a Realtor to have price set ripe for negotiation.
Otherwise may not have the power, thus leaving seller equity on the table.This message has been edited. Last edited by: real estate lady,
You don't have to get pissed because of this. If you don't find the price fair, simply say "No" and look for a better deal.
All the best!
I reported the previous poster for advertising on this and a slug of other threads. If we all do it perhaps someone at Scripps will take note. At least this post will bump all of them down the thread.
Same here, REL. I couldn't give her the answer she wanted, unfortunately. It's so hard to see your property through buyers' or other third parties' eyes. Didn't want her to punch that poor buyer, lol!
She posted her MLS number and then deleted it. I have it but won't disclose it w/o her permission.
I punched in her realtor's name and noticed that bio information was missing from her broker's website. It's probably not a big deal but made me wonder if she's a part-timer or not very active.
Let us know how it's going alikatgrrl. Showings??This message has been edited. Last edited by: SurfNow,
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Believers in the sanctity of life might be somewhat confused by the Church of England's latest communications update.
One of the first headlines states that "Protecting life is the most important thing".
It's a sentiment with which many people agree. The Church of England is stating it in the context of current debates on "assisted dying".
However, only a few paragraphs later there's a quote from the new "Bishop to Her Majesty's Armed Forces", Stephen Venner. He wants to "support, encourage and enthuse chaplains and members of our armed forces of all ranks in the name of God and his Church". He doesn't mention any problems with the purpose of those forces, their use of arms or any tension with the notion that "protecting life is the most important thing".
Soldiers need pastoral care and spiritual support. The problem with military chaplaincy is that chaplains are required not only to work with but to join an institution whose purpose is to engage in violence for whatever cause the government chooses. Soldiers are required to use their weapons whenever ordered to do so and they are denied the freedom to consider the ethics of life and death for themselves.
Speaking personally, I'm not at all persuaded of the case for assisted dying. But I do understand the arguments of those who say that it is acceptable to kill someone who gives consent, but not someone who doesn't.
This week's Church of England communications update reminds me that there are those who appear to apply the same principle the other way round.
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This paper deals with techniques for tapping processes of self-organisation in adult learning. It looks at systems that make use of evolution and stigmergy (communication through signs left in the environment) to generate a kind of group mind, which both influences and is influenced by the actions of its constituents. Such systems exhibit both high structure and high dialogue, constraining choice and providing freedom at the same time. This makes them very interesting educationally as theory suggests that such opposites cannot co-exist. The paper describes two such systems, exploring their strengths and weaknesses and identifying potential future avenues of research
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My addition to the mapping software: It's full of Stars
This system generator has a steep learning curve and very ancient graphics but it is probably the most in depth one I have used.
Sorry if you wanted to keep this strictly planetary.
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My addition to the mapping software: It's full of Stars
This system generator has a steep learning curve and very ancient graphics but it is probably the most in depth one I have used.
Sorry if you wanted to keep this strictly planetary.
Google Sketchup should be on the list. Its easier to use than some other map making programs and virtually no limitations of how detailed and perfect you can make your maps. Oh yeah its free too and has so many user created plugins you will feel like a virtual demi-god as you create vast 2d/3d cities and landscapes with ease.
There is a great wiki page comparing raster editors here.
You should mention carrara pro 6, too, since it is now very cheap (around 20). You only have to buy Les Pardew: Figures, Characters, and Avatars; 2009. Its an introduction to DAZ Studio. The book in itself isn't important but it comes with a CD that has the full version of Carrara 6 Pro (and Hexagon 2) on it. You only need to ask for a (free) serial at the help desk of daz 3d. Great deal for a few bucks!
Carrara is a bit slow at rendering but has a nice 3d modeller and especially a fine terrain editor and great plant editor.
Carrera pro is going for 20 Euros??? The last time I looked at it on the Daz website is was about $200 or so. I'm going to check this out now....thanks!
Edit: novice42 - could you check this link on Amazon UK please and tell if you think this has the disk with the 'free' Carrera Pro? It's not mentioned in any of the blurb so far as I can see. Many thanks!
Hi ravells,
yes, exactly. You need to proove the purchase of the book and you need a free account at daz3d. As proof its enough to mail a scan of the invoice. http://forum.daz3d.com/viewtopic.php?p=1824683#1824683 has some more info.
Thanks novice! I'll check it out!
The Dungeoncrafter III web page has been hijacked by a virus. If you need to get to the software, the download page at http://www.dungeoncrafter3.com/download.php is still working.
There's no telling if the issue will get fixed, since Dungeoncrafter has not been updated in two years, and I couldn't reach the Shard Games web page, either.
I once created a large fantasy 3d-like map with Painter 7 (which is a few years ago - Painter 11 is the current version) so despite its rather high price I think it should be mentioned, too:
I have not tried ArtRage for a map yet, but this one is similar to Painter but much cheaper. More info can be found here:


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Yesterday's headline for the Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays game from Monday night proclaimed that the O's lost a game of inches. Indeed, a bases-loaded line drive into the left-field corner by Steve Pearce went foul by a small margin. It would have been the difference in the outcome of the game.
On Tuesday evening, a long fly by Chris Davis with the sacks jammed remained fair by inches, hitting the pole about 10 feet high and scoring four runs in one swing – even if it was delayed until a replay clarified what had happened.
And Steve Pearce was able to provide the margin of victory in this game, hitting a two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning and adding what would prove to be the gap for the final score of 7-5.
The two O's homers would make a winner out of Miguel Gonzalez and a loser of Eric Bedard. Gonzalez gave up two homers of his own, but both were third inning solo shots by Sean Rodriguez and Desmond Jennings.
The win was a critical one for the Baltimore Orioles, avoiding a fall to .500 while also picking up a game on the Blue Jays – who were beaten by the Yankees.
The final series game this afternoon in Florida will match Kevin Gausman against Alex Cobb. Gausman has pitched very well in his two starts since being called up to the O's.
Cobb will be making his ninth start of the season, coming in with a 2-4 record and 3.99 ERA. This will be his first 2014 start against the Orioles. For his career he is 3-0 against the Orioles with a 1.73 ERA over four starts.
Against Cobb – Chris Davis is 2-for-9 with a triple, Nick Markakis and Nelson Cruz are 1-for-6, Adam Jones is 3-for-12, J.J. Hardy is 3-for-11, and Flaherty 1-for-4.
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Hey everyone, today's blog is about HvZ aka Humans Vs. Zombies. HvZ is a campus wide game that is based off the TV series "The Walking Dead". It is pretty much a huge game of tag. There is one original zombie that is randomly selected and Read More


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Much to the chagrin of Yankee fans everywhere, Bob Klapisch announced today that the team "heard it from a friend" of Andy Pettitte's that the lefty will retire following a solid-but-injury-plagued 2010 campaign. Though he does say that this "friend" told the team this three weeks ago and the Yanks are still waiting on an official announcement from Andy himself.
It seems to me that this is some sort of negotiating ploy for the free agent, so, as Jimmy Dugan would say, avoid the Klap.
However, Craig Calcaterra chimed in with a conflicting report and said sources close to Pettitte expect that the 38-year-old will return for the 2011 season.
I don't know what to believe anymore.
In conclusion, there is really no new news on whether or not Pettitte will return for a 17th MLB season. Thanks for jerking us around with all these different rumors, MLB writers.
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a helping hand, perhaps?
this diptych photo and the one i posted earlier is very much inspired by Olga, a very talented photographer we know here in tumblr. her eyes for details when photographing sculptures/painting and translating them to photographs that tells a story amazes me and i am a huge fan of her work.
check out her MET series that sparks the idea of these photo.
mesmerized by the red saree
let it burn
to all hindus celebrating thaipusam today
no shoes while texting
took this at the entrance of the beautiful Sri Mariaman Temple, KL.
a cobbler's dillema
it might look easy, but you need certain strength and skills to mend a shoe. i respect skilled individual like him as you hardly find the younger generation be interested in this profession anymore.
im very tempted to convert this to black and white, but after a while decided to maintain the original one in color.
you know who to call
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yellow on 204
i love the complexity of this door and grill and everything in between.
also, yellow is a happy color. yes, happy.
drifting in the train
let's start this series with something nice - a landscape photo of downtown kuala lumpur. instead of whining and complaining that we don't have snow here in the tropics, the weather's perfect today. blue skies and clouds scattered all over.
the temperature? 29 degrees or 84F.
streets of KL - lost and found
beautiful weather today so i decided to go for a photowalk. but it started off with a lil drama when i drove all the way (approx 35 mins) to the city center and only realised i did not bring my wallet (FML) when i was about to pay the parking attendant. haha.. i drove back home, got my wallet and instead of driving, i park at the nearest train station and took the elevated train downtown. it was fast, hassle free and most importantly i get to start shooting the minute i board the train.
p/s: oh look! i designed this photo myself. if one day when i collect enough masterpieces of kuala lumpur and decided to print a coffee table book, this would probably be the cover.
conscious / sub-conscious
conscious mind tells you the escalator is going down towards the subway station
sub-conscious mind tells you it's a horizontal moving walkway you see in airports.
or maybe, its the other way round.
how 020212 looks like
and doubleone is right, there's a cloud dragon just next to the twin towers.
Back to work I & II
We all have to work to sustain ourselves. Some love their job, some hate it to guts. But it is up to you how you change and see everything in different perspective just like the diptych above. You can choose to see it in color and accept the challenges thrown at you and count your blessings that you're still employed OR you can choose to see in black and white, dark and gloomy days filled with dissatisfaction, complaints and anger.
I think the answer is pretty obvious.
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My Life is not The Story
- Monday, January 28, 2008
Everybody views the world from a particular perspective. I have a friend who thinks of his life in terms of the clock. He sees every opportunity and every task in terms of how much time each will require of him. I know another who sees her life as a big symphony, with sweeping movements and the occasional crescendo. I see my life largely in terms of a story.
I think that it is very common to view life as a story, and in many ways, this makes perfect sense. A person's life has a beginning, middle, and end and is sometimes like a comedy and sometimes like a tragedy. Much of the time, life feels like a mystery. We hope for a happy ending, but we won't know until the final scene plays out.
While all of these things are true, I notice one enormous flaw in this perspective. Each of us tends to think of his or her life as the story, though in reality, it is only a story—a humble chapter in a much larger story. This may seem like a subtle difference, but it's not. Allow me to explain.
If I see my life as the story, then I will view my life as totally separate from anything that comes after me. I won't be too concerned with whether or not my life has any impact after I die, with the possible exception of the desire to be remembered. When I die my story will simply end and someone else's will begin. This perspective forces me to think in extremes—either seeing my life as too important or believing it to be irrelevant.
Also, if my life is the story, then it started when I did, when I was born, so I won't be concerned with what happened before me. It seems to me that Americans think very little of heritage. We like to know if we had pirates or pilgrims in our family trees, but that just adds a bit of musical underscore to our stories. It doesn't really alter our thinking or assist us in any way. When I think my story begins with me, I feel isolated, as if I am on my own. I determine that I'll need to figure everything out myself, start everything from the beginning without guidance, and make all the mistakes that come with doing those things by myself. I will refuse to learn from the triumphs and tragedies of others.
If I believe that my story is the story, and my life begins to look as though it's not going to be a grand adventure in which the treasure is found and the evil is conquered, I'm going to panic. It has to end well. It has to have a happy ending, I might think, or my story is a bad one. Perhaps it's not looking like an out-and-out tragedy, but maybe it's looking like it's not going to make any sense. That's almost as bad, so I'll try and force it to have a happy ending—at any cost. I'll do things that are silly or stupid and possibly harmful to myself and others. But because my story is the only one that matters, they are justified.
Here's the problem with that: If my story is all there is, the disasters in my life are meaningless! They are just chaotic shipwrecks that steal from the flow of a story that I believe should be happy. In fact, with this mind-set, much of life seems meaningless. Anything that is not happy seems bad, and it will make me angry, probably bitter, and possibly even more panicked to grab happiness wherever I can find it. But this angst and disappointment could be avoided if I would choose to see that my life isn't the story.
Those of us who tend to get caught up in this cycle can instead choose to look at our lives the way God does. At first, it may hurt our pride to think of our lives as merely a chapter in a bigger story but, in reality, it is the best gift we could possibly receive. With this wider perspective, we can see how the stories of those who are long dead actually introduce and impact our stories. We can learn from their mistakes and possibly avoid these mistakes altogether. The things they struggled against and the things they learned can be learned by us without having to go through the flames they did. This perspective is good because of its practical benefits, but it is even better for its eternal, spiritual rewards.
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Spoiler Alert! If you don't want to know about Wednesday's episode of "The X Factor," stop reading here….
I expect to see SCPA senior Arin Ray make the top 24 Wednesday on "The X Factor." At the Cincinnati Board of Education meeting last night, someone said "The X Factor" could be filming at the School for Creative & Performing Arts this week for a background feature on Arin Ray to air during an upcoming episode.
The top 24 selection show Wednesday (8-10 p.m., Channel 19/Fox) was taped weeks or months ago. The only reason for the TV show crew to come here now would be because he's in the competition. And because he goes deep into the $5-million TV competition?
Judges the past two weeks have gushed about Arin, 17, from Bond Hill. Britney Spears called him "a true star." Demi Lovato said after his song last Thursday: "My heart just melted. I love him. He has it." Simon Cowell and Antonio L.A. Reid agree that he has "The X Factor."
The remaining singers will be cut to 24 on Wednesday, then divided into four mentoring groups by the judges. Here are the Fox show descriptions:
"The X Factor" (8-10 p.m. Wednesday): "BOOT CAMP" SURVIVORS MOVE ON TO JUDGES' HOMES – The remaining contestants learn their fate – as the 24 acts that make it through "Boot Camp" are revealed and earn a place in one of four mentored categories, moving on to the "Judges' Homes" round. Then, THE X FACTOR producers reveal to the judges – Simon Cowell, Demi Lovato, L.A. Reid and Britney Spears – the category that each of them will mentor and they will each begin working with their six acts in the all-new "Boot Camp #3/Judge's House #1" episode.
"The X Factor" (8-9 p.m. Thursday, repeats 8 p.m. Friday): THE "JUDGES' HOMES" ROUND CONTINUES – The contestants will have to perform well enough to convince their judge that they deserve to remain in the competition. Don't miss the drama and excitement in the all-new "Judge's House #2" episode.
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A man who worked at the Standard Hotel the night Lindsay Lohan allegedly attacked a woman claims he saw Lindsay there, and even broke up the fight.
TMZ broke the story ... Marisa Dugas went to the L.A. County Sheriff's Dept. and filed an incident report, claiming she was at Smoke and Mirrors inside The Standard Thursday night when she approached Lindsay's table and started talking to a guy, and Lindsay allegedly pushed and shoved her. Lindsay insists she was at home the entire evening.
The man who worked that night tells TMZ ... he saw Lindsay in Smoke and Mirrors sitting with a group of people. He says Marisa sat down near them and began speaking with one of the guys. The man says people in the group started throwing ice at her. Marisa got upset and a scuffle erupted. He says Lindsay was part of the scuffle and he broke it up.
The guy says the woman was escorted out of the club, where she cried hysterically and then said Lindsay hurt her, but she refused medical attention.
There are no pictures that have surfaced of Lindsay at the Standard Thursday night, but the man says there is a surveillance video showing the back of the hotel, where Lindsay pulled in and later left. We have confirmed the man has spoken with cops, although we do not know how much detail he divulged.
Sources tell us the L.A. County Sheriff's Department has already requested the surveillance tape three times from the hotel -- but hotel management is refusing to give it up. It's unclear why.
Detectives are still investigating the alleged incident.
Jill, and Nicole are now following George zimmerman on twitter..they love their convicts..
Nicole would plow Cassey anthony
If she would just stay home one night she wouldn't have these problems but you know she is out looking for something? Igave her 6 months and the world would here about how she screwed up again, what was it, one month maybe. There has to be something to this story and I bet she was there.
SUSAN666, if she is not broke..why did she tell the judge she couldnt afford rehab, or counceling?
if that was a lie, then why should we believe her with anything she says?
are those taxes payed yet?
@Nikki I didn't say Lindsay wasn't broke, I have no idea what her financial status is. Its haters who say Lindsay is broke and then say shes paid someone off. Haters can't have it both ways, they change their story to fit their hate agenda.
The hotel is refusing to give up the tapes, because then their free advertising would stop.
@Nikki LOL! no I'm not paid by the hour for comments but you and andyscandy should be. Thanks to you two, you keep Lindsay alive on gossip sites.
Good morning!!
lol, hilarious set of pics of flabby Blo, walking around with a white box, pretending it's a script.
Lindsay Lohan's Ex-Bodyguard Tells All
June 11th, 2007
To hear her former bodyguard, Lee Weaver, tell it, Lindsay Lohan has a "death wish." In fact, he claims to have quit his job because she was too out of control with her partying ways, and did every drug in the book.
"She had a total death wish and took more drugs and drank more than anyone I've met. I lost count of the times I thought she was overdosing and had to carry her out of parties. Every morning I'd breathe a sigh of relief she was still alive."
Weaver also says that the only person who came close to matching Lindsay's drug habit was Nicole Richie.
"Nobody was as wild as Lindsay. But [Nicole Richie] came close. Sometimes Paris Hilton would be there but the most I saw her do was drink and strip."
"One night Lindsay and Nicole were making trip after trip to the bathroom – she wouldn't snort in front of me because she knew I'd get mad. But the more wasted they got the less she cared. In the end they carried in a mirror from the bedroom, laid it on the coffee table and emptied a mountain of coke onto it. They went at the stuff with straws, hoovering it all up then piling more on."
This is why confidentiality agreements were invented.
her brain is fried..she has no clue where shes at anymore.
zombie occupied..look at that pic above..its like elvis was when he was all blooted.
Lyndsay....stay the f*ck home! I mean you must really want to go back to jail. If I were your attorney, I'd press charges against you for being such a dumbass. Really? You're back at the club....nothing ever good happens when venture out for a "girls" night.
Lindsay must miss being on formal probation. I wonder if she will have Judge Sautner again? Will this be a felony charge?
According to the Lohan Loonies Hollywood no California is all loaded full of people who just stand around waiting to make a fast buck of of some supposed rich persons ass... and Lindsay with all her beauty and Riches is a prime target......If Lindsay Lohan who is homeless , with no income , no job , squatting on another mans dollar by either laying on her back or blackmail don't really know but I'm starting to lean toward the latter....what the hell do the other million or so citizens of California do.....?
Does anyone beside me think it's odd that this is the 2nd "altercation" and the 2nd time medical attention was refused. What's wrong with these people? I think that's who the liars are.
Time to throw Lindsay in jail. I am tired of hearing about her sob stories. Put her in a cell with with big badass dyke. Well one can hope anyway since state will again bent over to "help" her avoid jail.
Good morning!! Pinstripes are back!! Along with "unscripted"-----
Let's say this story is true. I think the girl was just humiliated, not physically hurt. I think she wants to sue Lindsay for blocking her from talking to a new boyfriend that she wanted. She got hit with some ice cubes and pushed aside. That sounds like Mean Girls stuff, not criminal stuff.
She was crying hysterically after the hotel security threw her out. I think she was just angry and humiliated. It wasn't fair that she was the one thrown out, but her beef should be with the hotel staff instead of Lindsay, who is an easy mark any more.
I think Lindsay is out of her mind still over being dumped by Fez. She is probably very insecure in dealing with men any more.


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This is the barge near the northern bank of the Tennessee River across from the Tennessee Aquarium that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has ordered be removed.
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Here are thoughts on a few of the Oz books I've recently read online:
The Silver Tower of Oz, by Margaret Baum– This author has admitted she's not related to L. Frank Baum, although it's been pretty well proven that people who WERE didn't necessarily inherit any of his writing talent. With this, the main thing I wonder is why it's even an Oz book. It takes place in Oz in the distant past, and the…
Ruth Plumly Thompson made a few references in her Oz books to a wizard named Wam, but he never appeared and John R. Neill never drew him. This is the only picture I know of the character, drawn by Mogo Brown for Henry Blossom's "The Blue Emperor of Oz." He looks rather like a cartoon janitor here.
Picture by Maury Tieman
When I wrote about science fiction elements in the Oz books, there were a few comments suggesting the Tin Woodman could count as a cyborg, since he had his fleshy parts replaced with metal ones. It's a little difficult to make the call for a few reasons. What, exactly, qualifies a being as a cyborg? Wikipedia defines the word as "a being with both organic and biomechatronic…
Galaxy of Oz, by Musapan
This is really cute.
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"The Lost Princess of Oz" really piled on the characters, didn't it? I've been guilty of this myself when writing Oz stories.
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I always found this poem intriguing. It accompanies the Rigmarole episode in "The Emerald City of Oz," but while it fits with the general lots-of-words-to-say-nothing speech pattern of these people, it doesn't appear in the text. The general consensus seems to be that John R. Neill wrote it himself.
I remember someone on the old Nonestica mailing list asking why it seems that no Ozites knew the history of their country, and it's definitely a valid point. In The Lost King of Oz, we read, "Snip knew the names of the rulers of Oz as well as you know the names of the Presidents–perhaps even better–for as only a part of Oz history has been written down there have not been so many. The first…
You've Got to Hide Your History Away
The Hidden History of Oz, Book One: The Witch Queens, by Tarl Telford - This series is a prequel to the Oz books proper, an idea that's been done a few times, from Hugh Pendexter's Oz and the Three Witches to…
just reminding you how awesome are the adaptations of marvel of Baum's books.
The Wizard with a pair of guns. And people say Oz is for kids.
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Picture from John R. Neill's "The Wonder City of Oz," colored by Marcus Mebes
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Two of them have been shot down for now.The law of the sea and the fire arms treaty that would make the 2nd.amendment useless.
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Blood is staining the globe. Not the blood of terrorists (enemies of America), but the blood of innocent Americans. We cannot resuscitate our loved ones. We can only attempt to clean President Obama's bloodstains by removing him—and all who think like him—from public office.
There is no need to "judge" Obama's heart to realize that he is unfit to lead; God will be his judge. We need only objectively view the results of his puerile national security policy and his unconstitutional healthcare mandates:
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90% of what fantasy baseball writers write is centered on a factoid. Here's a factoid: Chris Davis hit 53 home runs in 2013. Based on that factoid I wrote 1000 words that was a step-by-step look to see if he can reasonably repeat 50 home runs in 2014.
Here's another factoid for you: Joe Mauer is as exciting as the non-juice parts of a pack of Gushers. Not only is this a factoid about how Joe Mauer is as vanilla and consistent a hitter as they come, but I could flesh it out some and write a perfectly good post about how Joe Mauer is an over-looked fantasy baseball asset.
But after you strip away all my weird jokes and pointless side bar comments, everything starts with a factoid.
So let's do something different. Let's slice away the fluffy stuff and just show the factoids. Here are some factoids about lineup position and some examples of why it matters in fantasy:
- Plate appearances decline by lineup spot. Leadoff hitters receive 11% more more plate appearances than when batting lower in the lineup.
- Said another way, for every spot you move up in the lineup you gain about 19 plate appearances per year. As much as is possible, fantasy owners need to target players who hit in the top 5 spots of their lineup.
- 88% of leadoff hitters bat leadoff again their next game.
- 68% of those players are batting leadoff 50 games later.
- Yet leadoff hitters have the best chance of any lineup position to retain their role over time. This means that other guys can get shuffled in lineups like you shuffle a deck of cards, so don't get tooooo hung up on lineup position.
- Cleanup hitters or guys in the #3 hole are the next most likely to retain their lineup spots over time.
- Joe Mauer most often hit #3 in the Minnesota Twins lineup.
- There is no difference in walk rate among lineup spots in the AL. (Nor does lineup position have on impact on contact rates.)
- In the NL a #8 hitter has strong walk rates, but this will largely disappear if he's moved from that spot.
- The #8 hitter in the NL is a black hole in terms of stolen base attempts. (Less so in the AL, but it still gave me pause when I rostered Jurickson Profar, slated to hit 8th for the Texas Rangers, but I played a hunch he'll hit his way into the #2 spot and Ron Washington likes to run.)
- Stolen base attempts vary by lineup, but more so based upon the running tendencies of individual managers. Alex Rios is a good bet to get a lot of steals this year.
- If a NL player moves from the #8 to the leadoff position his stolen base attempts would double. (This raises the possibility for greater fantasy impact from players like Andrelton Simmons or Anthony Rendon.)
- Hitters 3-5 are ideal for non-HR RBI, largely at the expense of #6 hitters.
- Slots 9-1-2 are death for RBI. But…
- Batting at the top of a lineup GREATLY increases runs scored, particularly in the NL.
There you are. Some lineup factoids. Where a player hits in a lineup has a significant impact on his fantasy value. Roster accordingly.


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The letter "Men should not decide issue concerning women" (July 7) grossly oversimplifies the issues of women's rights and abortions when he challenges middle-aged male politicians to stay out of the debate. If one were to assume, just for the sake of argument, an unborn child is the property of the male and female who conceived the child, then the father (whether or not a politician or middle-aged) does have a say, as well as the mother. Do we really think one or two politicians running for office will become kings who will issue edicts on the subject of abortion? Those who believe in such silliness need to head back to the classroom and re-familiarize themselves with American civics.
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At the front side at the top we see the power on switch and LED. Connectors wise you'll have plenty of them including USB 3.0 x2, MIC/Headphones. To the left we see a reset and power on/off switch.
Here we have the right side panel (behind the back of the motherboards). There's plenty of room there for cable management, we'll show you that in a minute.
Internals then, since the photos are dark, bear with me. First impression, that's a very decent amount of room to work in for a mid sized tower alright. The second thought would be the all black design, including cables and connectors. The grommet holes lack black rubber inlays to hide cabling, but overall you can make it all really clean and tidy.
A good and popular trend these days is to make a big gaping hole in the motherboard tray. This actually is a CPU backplate cutout which allows you to remove and install a new CPU cooler much easier.
Typically you'd need to take out the motherboard to install a new cooler, now you can access it from both sides without that unpleasant experience of removing a motherboard from the chassis.
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Resident Evil: Revelations
Considered "the best looking thing on the 3DS" by Kotaku, Capcom's Resident Evil: Revelations for the 3DS will also be making a winter debut in Japan this year.
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When not pummeling your digital arch nememsis in three-dimensions in Tekken 3D Prime Edition, you can watch the Tekken Blood Vengeance movie included on the cartridge. This Namco Bandai game is set for a winter release in Japan this year.
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Fire Emblem 3DS
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An interview with Rose Troche
Writer-director-producer, Rose Troche's first feature film, Go Fish, premiered at Sundance in 1994 and went on to become one of the most significant titles in lesbian cinema. Fast forward through Troche's career and you'll make stops at The Safety of Objects, the award-winning film starring Patricia Clarkson and Glenn Close, the pilot of South of Nowhere, HBO's Six Feet Under, ABC's Ugly Betty, and, of course, The L Word.
Troche's latest project is Concussion, a film by writer-director Stacie Passon. Concussion tells the story of Abby, an upscale housewife married to a woman, who becomes a prostitute for other women, following a head injury.
We caught up with Rose at the Berlin International Film Festival and asked her about the project, which is in post-production, what she thinks about The Real L Word, and why there should be more lesbian films.
AfterEllen.com: What attracted you, as a producer, to Passon's script? It's a very unique story.
Rose Troche: I believe in helping friends when they need help, particularly, but not exclusively, my women friends. So, if a friend says, "Here. Can you read my script? Can you give me notes?" I do. I think we should help each other succeed, because it's very difficult out there.
When I read Concussion, I knew it was something special and I knew I had to help make sure it got done and seen.
AE: Was it hard to refrain from donning your director hat once shooting began?
RT: Stacie is so certain about what she wants to do, and is such an extraordinarily smart woman. There were times when I said, "It should be this way. It should be that way." And she went up against me and didn't back down. I really respected that because sometimes I can be bossy.
AE: In the story, Abby doesn't have her epiphany unaided. It's brought on by a head injury.
RT: This is what I love about this movie. It is called Concussion but the concussion is not really an inciting incident. It's not as if she gets knocked out and forgets who she is, or anything like that. She gets hit in the head and is like, "F–k this!" In some weird way, it knocks the sense into her, even though it knocks the nonsense into her, too. Becoming a prostitute is probably not the best thing for a marriage.
AE: What do you think will lesbian audiences say about the prostitution element? Do you think it's less objectionable because her clients are other women?
RT: The lesbian audience is a very difficult one. We have so few images that we tend to hang on so much to one piece. It's tough to hold up under that pressure. I imagine there will be much said. I just hope some of it is positive.
AE: Why? Because you've been reading the comments about The Kids Are All Right?
RT: It's funny. I really liked The Kids Are All Right. I remember being on a rooftop at a party, and a friend of mine was so up in arms about the fact that Julianne Moore had hot sex with Mark Ruffalo, and not with her wife. And I was like, "Oh, is this what we're going to get on about?"
In both heterosexual and homosexual relationships, people leave each other, sexually. It happens. I hate that lesbians get so [upset] because of the old myth of "Lesbian Bed Death." But you know what? It's actually a marriage bed death. It's not just a gay thing. You have to work on your sex life with your partner. If you've been together for 20 years, and have two kids, you really have to work on that s–t. But Concussion is not a cautionary tale.
AE: How would you describe it?
RT: It's a fantasy of a mid-life crisis. A fantasy of what one could do, played out in a film. It's about a woman who feels like she has little time left in this gorgeous body, and wants to use it. And her wife is not so interested.
Abby becomes a prostitute and trespasses on the vows of her marriage. But there's a part of her marriage that is sacrosanct, and she will not trespass on it. No one has a name. It's Woman 1, Woman 2, Woman 3. It's fulfilling a desire to have sex without invading into intimacy, if that makes any kind of sense.
AE: How steamy is this film? You know that's what everyone's waiting for.
RT: [Laughs] Well, obviously, there are a lot of sex scenes in the movie. There are some more graphic than others. Her clients are a range – that's another thing I like about the film – the women range in age. There's an NYU student, there's a woman in her 50s. We wanted to get a woman in her 60s, but we couldn't find an actor. So, sometimes you see boobs, sometimes you don't.
AE: How was it working with Robin Weigert? Audiences who only know her as Calamity Jane on HBO's series Deadwood might be happily surprised to see how attractive she really is. She cleans up nice!
RT: Robin was one hundred percent. I think she had the same response to the script that we all did. She just seized the opportunity and ran with it. There are 130 scenes in the movie and she's in almost every single one. That's a pace to keep up with. I think she came through like a champ.
AE: I don't want to make you feel old, but it's been 18 years since Go Fish.
RT: We are talking about doing another Go Fish.
AE: Seriously?
RT: Yes, I'm serious. [GuinevereTurner] and I still have such a good time working together. But I guess (because we're both Gemini) we butt heads. It's always been that way.
AE: Well, you're exes. That's always fun.
RT: Sometimes you never lose the magic. [Laughs] She is a very beloved friend of mine and I love her. But yes, we definitely both think we're right.
Guinevere Turner (L) and V.S. Brodie (R) in a scene from Go Fish in 1994
AE: What are you guys thinking? Sequel?
RT: Several years ago, Guin, V.S. Brodie and I met in Paris. We opened a bottle of wine and sat in V.S.'s apartment and put the movie on. And, oh my God. There was such hopefulness in the film. There was something so sweet and "can't we all get along?" about it. It was coming from the most sincere place. It's so difficult, after years of life, for us to come to that place of pie-eyed hopefulness.
So, we said, "OK, let's make it a where-are-they-now-on? sequel." But the idea, now, is not that. Now, it's like a Go Fish 2.0, a different take on the whole thing.
AE: Go do that. We need content.
RT: It's funny. I'm in Berlin at this film festival, out of almost all the international festivals they program the most gay films. That said, I'm not seeing a lot of lesbian content at all. It's perplexing to me.
AE: Do you think it's financial? It's so hard to find investors for lesbian content. Even a web series costs too much money, if you have none.
RT: I agree. But crowd funding is alive and well. There were two movies that raised $2 million apiece on Kickstarter last month. I have given in the past year. That's what we have to do. Even if you get annoyed by how many times your friends asks you for money, if you want to see that project, give them a hundred bucks, or whatever you can afford. In the case of lesbian film, it's not just for your entertainment. It's part of our cultural heritage. I feel like there's a larger issue here.
AE: I never thought about it that way, but you're absolutely right. Speaking of more lesbian films, have you heard any news about an L Word movie?
RT: I don't know. I have not spoken with Ilene [Chaiken] in so long. I think she has a show on CBS now. I'm so happy for her. She's been out there every year. She's written a pilot, directed a pilot. So that's pretty awesome. But no, I have no idea.
AE: She's also Executive Producer on The Real L Word. Have you ever watched any of those?
RT: I remember seeing that Whitney girl go to the airport and drop off someone, and pick up someone. I saw that episode. So yeah. I don't know why I don't watch it. Maybe it has something to do with being married to the original.
On the set of The L Word with Katherine Moennig
AE: Are you not a big reality show fan, in general?
RT: No, but that said, I live and breathe Top Chef. That's pretty much the extent of my reality TV.
AE: The Real L Word is a guilty pleasure for many lesbians. They sit there and slap their foreheads for an hour, and yet, they can't take their eyes off the damn thing.
RT: Yeah, that darn lesbian audience. They just love to complain. It's hilarious. I remember doing Go Fish and having someone say, "Why is everyone so ugly? We're not ugly. Everyone's so dumpy, we're not dumpy."
Then, The L Word comes out, and everyone goes, "Why is everyone so pretty? That's not what we look like. Why can't you have someone normal?" It's just like, "Oh, you!"
AE: [Laughs] Why would anyone stay in the game?
RT: I'm sure there will be many discussions about Concussion. But I hope the lesbian audiences will appreciate it. It's a real film.
AE: And it has the amazing Robin Weigert. When is it scheduled for release?
RT: I am very hopeful for October 2012, depending on who buys it. We will distribute, no matter what. These women are not slackers. Even if they self-distribute, it will get out there. And I will keep you updated on Go Fish 2. Go Fish Again.
AE: [Laughs] Gone Fishing.
RT: We wanted to call it Go F–k Yourself. You get the tone of where [Guin] was going with it.
AE: I like it.
RT: We talked about what we were going to do, what it was going to be, and we ended up fighting.


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Skip Prosser who I had the pleasure of knowing and working for during the summer time while he was a coach at Wake Forest always talked about teaching and coaching were the fundamental components of basketball coaches across the country. The goal of any coach is to help student athletes maximize their potential and in doing that you have to demand excellence. Mike Rice tried to bully his players into performing on the basketball court and forgot the root of his job which was to develop young men on and off the court.
When I first watched the video of Rutgers basketball practice I was angry that any coach would treat his players with such disrespect. He kicked players, hit players, threw basketballs at them and used homophobic slurs to degrade their performance. If one of my children had a coach that treated them as Mike Rice treated his players I cannot begin to express my anger and thoughts of what I would want to do to this man. I am positive this behavior is not the norm in college basketball, but this idea that coaches can bully their players into performing is something as a society we need move past. Coaches who hold their players accountable for their play but build positive relationships with them are the coaches who will have sustained success for years to come. Throwing balls at someone may be fun in a dodge ball tournament, but when you are the head coach of basketball team you come across as a lunatic with major issues.
Imagine if one of the Rutgers players is homosexual and the leader of the basketball program not only condones homophobic slurs he uses them to belittle players as if being homosexual is lower form of life. Our society cannot allow anyone to use homophobic words to belittle anyone. Would Mike Rice have used racial slurs toward his players? NO, but somewhere he thought calling players "faggots" was an acceptable form of motivation.
Mike Rice's behavior as despicable as it may be may pale in the light of the administration allowing such behavior to occur with only suspending the coach for three games and asking him to seek counseling. One would think that in the last year with the number of problems at Universities the last thing an athletic director would want to do is brush something as severe as the video shown on ESPN under the rug. I question the leadership of the athletic director moving forward and I pose this question: Would you feel safe sending your son/daughter to Rutgers with Tim Pernetti looking out for their best interest?
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Roman Augustoviz spends Minnesota's winters covering college hockey, specifically the Gophers, and other University of Minnesota sports. During the summer, he writes about the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx, with a dose of U sports sprinkled in. Follow him on Twitter @RomanStrib.
Mike Hastings has been named the new MSU Mankato men's hockey coach.
He has been coaching in the WCHA the past four seasons, serving as an assistant on Don Lucia's Gophers staff in 2008-09 and then as an associate head coach on Dean Blais' Nebraska Omaha staff the past three seasons.
Before that he was the coach and general manager of the Omaha Lancers. In 14 seasons, he had a record of 529-210-56, making him the winningest coach in USHL history.
The Mavericks will play the Gophers twice this coming season, probably in home-and-home series before the Gophers leave for the Big Ten Conference in 2013-14.
"I believe we can win here and we're thrilled to get started," Hastings was quoted as saying in a MSU news release.
Hastings is only the third coach in MSU history. Don Brose led the program from 1969 yo 2000 and Troy Jutting since then before being reassigned to other administrative duties on April 1.
He starts the job Monday and, according to AD Kevin Buisman, will have a four-year contract at a salary of $225,000, part of privately funded.
I talked with Hastings numerous times when he was a Gophers assistant. He seems like a good hire. He is obviously very knowledgeable about the game, and comes across as enthusiastic and passionate about his sport.
With the Gophers, he worked primarily with the forwards.
He should be a strong recruiter, especially if improvements are made to the Mavericks' rink. His friendship with Lucia should add another twist to the Mavericks-Gophers rivalry, too.
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Rocktron Prophesy II Guitar Multi Effects Processor
Rocktron's Prophesy II contains exciting new presets programmed by Rocktron endorsers, Dave Mustaine, Gary Hoey, Rusty Cooley, Jimi Bell and more. This outstanding DSP processor provides the ultimate control over your tone and effects. The Prophesy ...
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Over processed song
Ease Of Use
Another case of too many things but less quality.
It's not a plug and play or a beginner's equipment,it needs a lot of tweaking and manual ,for beginners is a nightmare.
Some effects have too many parameters ,everything sound over processed.After tweaking for about 1 hour I came up with 4 tones that I wasn't happy.
Clean tone was lifeless,adding chorus and delay or reverb made it sound even more muddy,there was no headroom.
Blues tone sounded like a boss overdrive with no treble or presence,I added treble and it sounded fake and I noticed a hiss between my notes.
Crunch tone sounded like a boss heavy metal ,very nasal tone with no dynamics.
Heavy tone was a mass,like 3 boss distortions on.Fuzzy sound even with gain around 5. (1-10)
It was the first equipment I couldn't get any good sound out of it.It was in a recording studio where I worked for about 2 years.Everybody agreed with ne that it sounded really bad.
Voodu valve,chameleon,xpression and piranha are really awesome products but this one is out of my tastes.
It seems it was built like a tank however as I didn't like its sound I would never play a gig with it.
Liked about it
I couldn't find anything good besides I liked its blue display(laughs).
Didn't like
1- Beginners nightmare.
2- Too many parameters and some have weird names.
3- Everything sounded too over processed and lifeless.
4- 2 rack spaces and it's heavy.
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