text: How Jadeveon Clowney Became A Folk HeroGreg Howard8/22/13 2:51pmFiled to: Jadeveon ClowneyNew York TimesCollege FootballSouth Carolina252EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney got The New York Times long-form treatment yesterday, with writer Greg Bishop hieing himself to Rock Hill, S.C., to get a snapshot of Clowney's upbringing. It's an important story, because it finally attaches a prologue to a figure whom most of the country first glimpsed as a fully formed 6-foot-6 athletic marvel. The verdict: Jadeveon Clowney is not a mortal. Advertisement We never get to hear from Clowney himself, and instead we hear what coaches, family, friends, and people around "The Rock" have to say about him. It's scary. It's unreal. Some of it isn't real.The kid started eating solid food at eight months. He wore a cape as a baby. In Pop Warner, he would drag as many as four kids down the field when he had the ball. As a freshman in high school he played running back, and players were afraid to hit him. He later played quarterback, offensive lineman, linebacker, fullback, and receiver, as well. He ran track. As Bishop writes, "He is a taller, thicker, stronger Usain Bolt." He can count cards in blackjack, for some reason. He chased down a wide receiver from 72 yards away. South Carolina players skipped class just to watch him declare. Advertisement It's bullshit, some of it. Gotta be. People don't get chased down from 72 yards away on a 100-yard field. Infants don't eat burgers. But who cares? The point is, he's 20 years old, and he's already trailed by enough apocrypha and entertaining hooey to fill an old folk ballad. Here's his creation story, for example, as told by Clowney's father, David Morgan:Clowney's father also lived in Rock Hill his entire life. He described his sport of choice, though, as "the streets." He met Josenna Clowney at a house party in 1991 — "She was an Amazon," he says — and they started a brief romance.Morgan said he told her, "You've got to get me a baby.""Threw the birth controls away," he continued. "Hid 'em from her. And next thing you know, here come little Doo Doo."Morgan's "biceps resemble cantaloupes," Bishop writes, folding the father's story into the legend of the son. Morgan was locked up when Clowney was 2 for robbery, and he didn't get out until 12 years later. But Clowney supposedly accepted him with open arms, "like brothers, the past forgotten." Clowney never turns down anyone, ever, and if anything, he is too nice. He never lost his patience with the media scrums, the fanfare, until his popularity spiked again with The Hit. Jadeveon Clowney is like Julius Peppers, Bishop writes. No, he's like Jevon Kearse, or Mario Williams, or Lawrence Taylor, or Superman, or the Beatles, all of whom are namechecked in the story. The guy who recruited him to South Carolina compares him to William "Refrigerator" Perry. His defensive coordinator compares him to Michael Jordan.Bullshit, right? But not all bullshit is created equal. There's bullshit that comes from on high, ladled out by hype men, or by sportswriters who want to fashion their athletic heroes into vessels for moral instruction. And then there's a story like this, which isn't mythmaking so much as it is myth-collating, in which the bullshit seems to rise happily out of the very ground in Rock Hill. They make commercials out of the former. They make folk songs out of the latter. Reply25 repliesLeave a reply


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Early adopters of Colin and Fergus at the Fringe in previous years, my friends and I were excited to see their solo projects. First stop F Craig did not disappoint. A well-structured show that balanced teasing nostalgia for the glory days of Neighbours with very funny and sometimes moving personal history and hilarious live commentary on the family film clips. To sum up: an excellent show!

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I had worked for Dartcor for 3 years. The Pros were is that it gave me cashier, customer service, and culinary training. It also gave me employment for 3 years when my unemployment was about to run out. The cons were the abusive management. They constantly harassed me about their Dartcor standards and threatened to have me replaced. There were also no benefits. Also the first manager made severe cuts. He kept telling me not to come in for... Read more ›
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As a former Dartcor employee, I can honestly say that leaving the company was the best decision I made. 1st, they wouldn't let me give 2 weeks to my previous employer when they hired me. When I said I'd like to give notice, I was asked, "do you even want this job?" They weren't even happy about me finishing off my last week at my previous employer, but bit the bullet, and "allowed" me to. Then I was told I'd be hired at $32,000, they started me... Read more ›
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Today one of the most dedicated and beloved cafeteria workers was fired from Dartcor in Blue Hill Plaza in Pearl River, NY. Her name is Lan and she is always there with a smile, is a very hard worker and knows all the building tenants by name. She is the reason why many of us use the food service facilities. She was fired today and she did not know why. At the very least, Dartcor owes her that explanation. Many tenants will no longer use... Read more ›
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When I sat down to take in the wall-length mural "Shake Walt's Hand for me," the first more or less concrete image I saw amidst the fluid pastel-colored lines and abstract imagery was what looked to me like a baby carriage. No sooner did this visual assumption crystallize in my mind than Kathryn Castle, Ryan Mulligan's wife, pushed their infant son across my line of sight in a baby carriage.
Is it any wonder, then, that the whole mural, with its liberal streaks of pink and baby blue, seemed to invoke in me a vision of the universe as seen through a young infant's eyes? Not to say there wasn't any deliberation here: In painting this mural, Mulligan used a large number of abstract drawings on paper as references, a number of which are also on display.
If the drawings (in marker and mechanical pencil on paper) have a distracted, disjointed quality it may be because Mulligan was drawing them while both watching TV and watching over his infant son—around whom this show revolves thematically. This theme is especially pronounced in the section of the exhibit entitled "Time Capsules," which combines wall hanging toy-like sculptures and painting to create a series of "Life Instructions" for his son. The instructions don't seem entirely clear, but whimsy doesn't always require clarity.


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But no sooner have Michael Hammer and James Champy, authors of the best- selling Re-engineering the Corporation, confessed that 70 per cent of the 're-engineerings' with which they have been associated have not achieved what they set out to do than along comes Arthur D Little, which says the problem is far bigger than that. A recent survey of 350 US companies and 200 in Europe showed that all were undergoing big programmes of change. But no more than about a fifth were really happy with the results.
So, what is going on? Part of the problem, says Peter Scott-Morgan, associate director at Arthur D Little, results from the 'conspiracy of silence' surrounding the issue. Nobody disputes the high failure rate, but nor does anybody put their hand up and say that, yes, they were one of the failures. As a chief executive told Mr Scott-Morgan recently: 'It's all a bit embarrassing.'
The difficulties are particularly acute in the United States, which jumped on the re-engineering bandwagon earlier and with greater zeal than Europe. But there is no reason why organisations on this side of the Atlantic should follow them, Mr Scott-Morgan says.
Close analysis of the failures suggests that the reason for them does not lie in the redesign itself. Fundamentally changing the ways things are done makes sense. Instead, the cause of failure is the approach.
Chief executives focus on the formal aspects of the organisation they are trying to change. But in playing by the 'written rules of the game' they ignore the powerful 'unwritten rules'.
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Because they are unsaid and can be picked up only over the passage of time, they can account for the frequent failure of outsiders to turn around ailing companies.
A typical written rule would be: 'To become a top manager, get broad experience.' Its unwritten equivalent would be: 'To get to the top, job hop as fast as possible.'
As Mr Scott-Morgan accepts, this is hardly mind-boggling. Every organisation - even those lauded in the management books - has its share of cynics who hear the chief executive extolling teamwork but know that the way to get ahead is to stand out from the crowd.
What this often translates into is short-termism when the board is talking about long- term views, lack of co-operation between departments and the like.
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In his book, The Unwritten Rules of the Game (McGraw- Hill, pounds 18.95), Mr Scott-Morgan explains how managers can decipher the unwritten rules and spot the precise causes of the trouble.
'Unwritten rules are neither good nor bad; they are simply appropriate or inappropriate to what top management is trying to achieve,' he said. And the route to certain failure is for senior executives to try to force through the changes in the face of this hostility.
This is because when, after an initial period of success, the programme starts hitting the undercurrents of the unwritten rules those involved start working harder, become burnt out and finally become disillusioned.
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BOSTON -- Winning games with last-swing homers is becoming routine for the Boston Red Sox.
Jason Varitek hit one Wednesday, a day after Kevin Millar did it, and Octavio Dotel of the Oakland Athletics served up both one-out fastballs that landed in the seats.
"You don't want to make a living doing it the way we've done it the last two games," Millar said after Boston's 6-5 win Wednesday, "but this team never gives up."
Boston kept charging after Keith Foulke's collapse in the top of the ninth. The closer gave up four runs, capped by Eric Byrnes' two-run homer that put Oakland ahead 5-4, and saw his ERA rise to 7.94.
But for the second straight game Dotel (1-2) walked David Ortiz in the bottom of the ninth. Then Varitek's shot down the right-field line barely cleared the low fence just inside the foul pole for his seventh homer of the year.
"I was trying to use the middle of the field. (I) didn't want to try to do too much," Varitek said.
The ball jammed him and that might have helped because "If I had gotten fully extended, I think I would have pulled it foul," Varitek said.
Right fielder Bobby Kielty jumped against the wall to try to catch the ball, but it landed about two rows into the stands.
"I went in there with the intention of catching it," Kielty said. "I thought I came pretty close."
There was far less doubt the previous night about Millar's shot clearing the left field wall. Boston won that game 3-2 and now has won its last nine against Oakland.
"I felt good today. I forgot about yesterday," Dotel said. "Same finish. Different hitter."
The Red Sox had built a 4-1 lead behind seven strong innings by starter Matt Clement and a two-run homer by Manny Ramirez, his first in 12 games. But they almost lost because Foulke, who was on the mound for the final out of Boston's sweep of last year's World Series against St. Louis, struggled to put his pitches where he wanted.
"It doesn't matter what I did yesterday or the day before," said Foulke (2-3), who converted his previous five save opportunities. "It's all about today and today was horrible."
Dotel got into trouble when he walked Ortiz to lead off the inning. Millar hit a long drive that Byrnes caught in left field. That brought up switch-hitter Varitek, batting lefty against the right-hander.
Dotel threw a fastball on a 1-1 count, the same pitch he threw to Millar the previous day.
"I think a lot of teams go away quietly" when they're behind, Boston manager Terry Francona said. "Fortunately, we don't."
In the last eight games, Boston is 7-1 and Oakland is 1-7.
"I'm not mad at our players, scoring the four runs in the ninth," Athletics manager Ken Macha said. "Nobody out on that field can be blamed for lack of effort."
Foulke started the ninth by striking out Erubiel Durazo. Kielty walked and Scott Hatteberg, who already had grounded into two double plays, hit a grounder to second baseman Mark Bellhorn.
He threw to shortstop Edgar Renteria for the force at second, but Hatteberg kept Oakland's hopes alive by beating the throw to first. Mario Scutaro's double sent Hatteberg to third and Keith Ginter doubled in two runs.
Byrnes then hit a 2-2 pitch for his fourth homer.
The Red Sox took a 2-0 lead in the second. Ortiz led off with a double, Varitek doubled in one run and Bill Mueller singled in the other.
Johnny Damon doubled in the third to extend his hitting streak to 17 games, the longest current one in the majors. Ramirez then hit Barry Zito's first pitch to him into the first row of seats above the left field wall for his ninth homer.
The only run Clement allowed came on a double by Durazo and Kielty's single in the fourth.
- Damon's hitting streak is one less than his career high.
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- Zito increased his major league high to six hit batsmen.
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A Song for Summerby Eva Ibbotson
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Eighteen-year-old Ellen never expected the Hallendorf school to be, well, quite so unusual. After all, her life back in england with her suffragette mother and liberated aunts certainly couldn't be called normal. but buried deep in the beautiful Austrian countryside, ellen discovers an/i>
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Eighteen-year-old Ellen never expected the Hallendorf school to be, well, quite so unusual. After all, her life back in england with her suffragette mother and liberated aunts certainly couldn't be called normal. but buried deep in the beautiful Austrian countryside, ellen discovers an eccentric world occupied by wild children and even wilder teachers, experimental dancers and a tortoise on wheels. And then there is the particurally intriguing, enigmatic, and very handsome Marek, part-time gardener and fencing teacher. ellen is instantly attracted to the mysterious gardener, but Hitler's reich is already threatening their peaceful world. only when she discovers Marek's true identity and his dangerous mission does ellen realize the depth of her feelings for him—and the danger their newfound love faces in the shadow of war.
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Eva Ibbotson, born Maria Charlotte Michelle Wiesner (21 January 1925 – 20 October 2010), was an Austrian-born British novelist, known for her children's books. Some of her novels for adults have been successfully reissued for the young adult market in recent years. For the historical novel Journey to the River Sea (Macmillan, 2001), she won the Smarties Prize in category 9–11 years, garnered unusual commendation as runner up for the Guardian Prize, and made the Carnegie, Whitbread, and Blue Peter shortlists. She was a finalist for the 2010 Guardian Prize at the time of her death. Her last book, The Abominables, was one of eight books on the longlist for the same award in 2012.
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The Dodgers on Friday reached 2017 contract agreements with their four remaining arbitration-eligible players: catcher Yasmani Grandal and pitchers Luis Avilan, Josh Fields and Alex Wood.
The Dodgers announced Friday that they did not tender a contract to right-hander Louis Coleman, but all the other players on the 40-man roster without pre-existing contracts were tendered for 2017.
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|19th in NL
|25th in NL
|15th in NL
|23rd in NL
|12 de abril de 2016
|Los Angeles Dodgers activan a C Yasmani Grandal de la 15-día lista de deshabilitado.
|7 de abril de 2016
|Los Angeles Dodgers envian a C Yasmani Grandal una asignación de rehabilitación a Oklahoma City Dodgers.
|3 de abril de 2016
|Los Angeles Dodgers ponen a C Yasmani Grandal on the 15-día lista de deshabilitado retroactivo al March 25, 2016. Right forearm soreness
|30 de mayo de 2015
|Los Angeles Dodgers activan a C Yasmani Grandal de la 7-día lista de deshabilitado.
|26 de mayo de 2015
|Los Angeles Dodgers envian a C Yasmani Grandal una asignación de rehabilitación a Oklahoma City Dodgers.
|23 de mayo de 2015
|Los Angeles Dodgers ponen a C Yasmani Grandal on the 7-día lista de deshabilitado. Concussion
|18 de diciembre de 2014
|Los Angeles Dodgers cambian a RF Matt Kemp, C Tim Federowicz and cash a San Diego Padres for C Yasmani Grandal, RHP Joe Wieland and RHP Zach Eflin.
|1 de noviembre de 2013
|San Diego Padres activan a C Yasmani Grandal de la 60-día lista de deshabilitado.
|7 de julio de 2013
|San Diego Padres ponen a C Yasmani Grandal en la 60-día lista de deshabilitado. Right knee sprain.
|28 de mayo de 2013
|San Diego Padres activan a C Yasmani Grandal de la lista restringida.
|18 de mayo de 2013
|envian a C Yasmani Grandal una asignación de rehabilitación de Tucson Padres.
|24 de febrero de 2013
|Yasmani Grandal asignado a San Diego Padres.
|24 de febrero de 2013
|Yasmani Grandal asignado a San Diego Padres.
|24 de febrero de 2013
|Yasmani Grandal estado en la lista cambian a por San Diego Padres.
|7 de noviembre de 2012
|San Diego Padres ponen a C Yasmani Grandal en la lista restringida.
|17 de agosto de 2012
|San Diego Padres activan a C Yasmani Grandal de la 15-día lista de deshabilitado.
|15 de agosto de 2012
|envian a C Yasmani Grandal una asignación de rehabilitación a Lake Elsinore Storm.
|31 de julio de 2012
|San Diego Padres ponen a C Yasmani Grandal en la 15-día lista de deshabilitado. Strained right oblique.
|30 de junio de 2012
|San Diego Padres llamado Yasmani Grandal de Tucson Padres.
|3 de junio de 2012
|San Diego Padres opcionado Yasmani Grandal para Tucson Padres.
|1 de junio de 2012
|San Diego Padres llamado Yasmani Grandal de Tucson Padres.
|26 de abril de 2012
|Yasmani Grandal estado en la lista cambian a por Tucson Padres.
|10 de abril de 2012
|Tucson Padres ponen a C Yasmani Grandal en la 7-día lista de deshabilitado.
|28 de marzo de 2012
|San Diego Padres opcionado C Yasmani Grandal para Tucson Padres.
|17 de diciembre de 2011
|Cincinnati Reds cambian a Brad Boxberger, RHP Edinson Volquez, C Yasmani Grandal and 1B Yonder Alonso a San Diego Padres for RHP Mat Latos.
|30 de septiembre de 2011
|Yasmani Grandal estado en la lista cambian a por Cincinnati Reds.
|1 de septiembre de 2011
|C Yasmani Grandal asignado a Louisville Bats de Carolina Mudcats.
|16 de agosto de 2011
|Yasmani Grandal estado en la lista cambian a por Carolina Mudcats.
|9 de agosto de 2011
|Carolina Mudcats ponen a C Yasmani Grandal en la 7-día lista de deshabilitado. Concussion.
|23 de junio de 2011
|C Yasmani Grandal asignado a Carolina Mudcats de Bakersfield Blaze.
|30 de marzo de 2011
|Yasmani Grandal asignado a Bakersfield Blaze de Carolina Mudcats.
|14 de marzo de 2011
|Cincinnati Reds opcionado Yasmani Grandal para Dayton Dragons.
|13 de octubre de 2010
|Yasmani Grandal estado en la lista cambian a por Cincinnati Reds.
|17 de agosto de 2010
|C Yasmani Grandal asignado a AZL Reds de Cincinnati Reds.
|16 de agosto de 2010
|Cincinnati Reds firmado C Yasmani Grandal.
Yasmani Grandal…he and his wife, Heather, have one daughter, Alaynah…born in Cuba and moved to the United States at the age of 10…a 2007 graduate of Miami Springs (FL) High School, where he was named the Miami Herald's 2007 Class 6A Player of the Year...also named an AFLAC High School All-American and a second team ABCA/Rawlings High School All-American…played college ball at the University of Miami, where he was the ACC Player of the Year and semifinalist for the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award, the Johnny Bench Award and the Dick Howser Trophy...also named a first-team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, Baseball America, Yahoo! Sports and Louisville Slugger…was a member of the 2008 Miami Hurricanes team that was the No. 1 seed in that year's College World Series…selected by Cincinnati in the first round (12th pick) of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Miami and signed by scouts Tony Arias and Miguel Machado.2015
Selected as an NL All-Star in his first season with Los Angeles, batting .234 with a career high 16 home runs and 47 RBI in 115 games. ... Ranked third among NL catchers (primary position) with 16 homers and his .353 on-base percentage placed third. ... Hit .308 (16-for-52) with a .410 on-base percentage against left-handed pitchers…batted .221 (67-for- 303) against right-handers. ... Had a big first half, posting a .282/.401/.526 slashline in 69 games, before battling injury and slumping through the second half (.162/.280/.216 in 46 games). ...Had a career day May 7 at Milwaukee, reaching base in all six plate appearances and either tying or setting careerbest marks with four hits (4-for-4, also: April 8, 2014 at Cleveland), three runs scored, two home runs (third time, last: Sept. 25, 2014 at San Francisco) and eight RBI…the eight RBI were the most ever by a Dodger catcher (previous best: Mike Piazza, 7, Aug. 27, 1995 at PHI) and tied for the second-highest single-game total overall in franchise history. ... All eight of Grandal's RBI came in the sixth inning or later in the game which, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, tied Bill Mueller (7/29/03 BOS at TEX), Mark Whiten (9/7/93, STL at CIN) and Dave Kingman (5/14/78, CHC at LA) for the most in a game's last four innings in the Expansion Era (since 1961). ... Hit the first walk-off home run of his career (second-career walk-off hit) on May 3 against the D-backs, blasting a 13thinning solo shot off Evan Marshall to break a scoreless tie. ... Earned his first-career All-Star selection via manager's selection and was the first Dodger catcher to be recognized as an All-Star since Russell Martin in 2008. ... Appeared in 107 games (100 starts) at catcher and six games (two starts) at first base…threw out 19 of 75 wouldbe basestealers (25.3%). ... Averaged 4.14 pitches per plate appearance, the seventhmost in the NL. ... Missed six games on the concussion DL from May 23-29. ... Saw the first postseason action of his career with three NLDS starts vs. New York, but went just 1-for-10 with a walk and two RBI at the plate. ... Underwent offseason arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder AC joint on Oct. 21, performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles.2014
Set career-highs in nearly every category, leading the Padres with 15 home runs...Also set career-highs in games played (128), hits (85), doubles (19), RBI (49), runs scored (47) and walks (58)...Started 101 games total, including 67 behind the plate and 33 at 1B...Was active on an Opening Day roster for the first time in his career...Homered in back-to-back games twice in 2014, including May 5-6 and July 19-20...Had his second career multi-homer game on September 25 at San Francisco, including his first career grand slam to give the Padres a 7-6 lead at the time off Giants reliever Jean Machi...collected a career-high five RBI...Of his 85 hits in 2014, 35 were for extra-bases (19 doubles, one triple, 15 home runs)...Had his first career game-ending hit with an RBI-single in the bottom of the 12th on August 29 vs. Los Angeles (NL)...Switch-hitter hit .241 (73-for-303) as a left-handed hitter and .162 (12-for-74) as a right-handed hitter...Acquired by Los Angeles on Dec. 18 along with right-handed pitcher Joe Wieland and right-handed pitcher Zach Eflin from San Diego in exchange for outfielder Matt Kemp, catcher Tim Federowicz and cash considerations2013
Played in just 28 games for the Padres in 2013, making 26 starts, all behind the plate...Began the season with a 50-game suspension after violating MLB's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program…reinstated from restricted list on May 28, making his season debut with a start that night in Seattle, going 1-for-4 with a run scored...Over nine games on a rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Tucson before being reinstated, hit .306 (11-for-36) with three doubles, two RBI and two runs scored...Over 21 games in June, hit .266 (17-for-64) with seven doubles, a home run, nine RBI and 12 runs scored...Appeared at first base on May 31 vs. Toronto, in the Padres 4-3 win in 17 innings, his first ever professional appearance at first (had only played catcher in the minors)...Placed on the 60-day DL on July 7 with a right knee injury, missing the remainder of the season, after sustaining the injury on July 6 at Washington on a collision at home plate…underwent reconstructive surgery on his right ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) in his right knee on August 6.2012 Made his Major League debut for the Padres, hitting .297 (57-for-192) with seven doubles, one triple, eight home runs, 36 RBI and 28 runs scored in 60 games played...split the season between SD and Triple-A Tucson. Began the season with Tucson, hitting .335 (65-for-194) with 18 doubles, six home runs, 35 RBI and 40 runs scored in 56 games for Tucson. First recalled from Tucson on 6/1 and made his Major League debut on 6/2 vs. ARI as a defensive replacement at C, going 0-for-1 in his lone plate appearance of that game...optioned back to Tucson the following day on 6/3. Recalled for a second and final time on 6/30, making the start that day at COL...collected his first two Major League hits in the game as home runs from opposite sides of the plate, becoming the first player in Major League history to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game for his first two career hits (ELIAS). Also on 6/30 at COL, became the second player in Padres history to homer twice in his first Major League start (also, Keith Lockhart on 4/8/94 vs. FLA). Collected his third career hit as a home run on 7/2 at ARI, becoming just the seventh player since 1900 whose first three hits were home runs (ELIAS). Collected his first career pinch-hit two games later on 7/4 at ARI, a two-run homer in the eighth inning. His home run on 7/4 at ARI was his fourth in his first six games with the Padres...became just the fourth player since 1900 to hit four home runs in his first six Major League games and first since Mike Jacobs did so in 2005 for the Mets. Hit a bases-clearing triple on 7/27 at MIA, the first by a catcher in the Majors in 2012 and first by a Padres catcher since Benito Santiago on 7/19/89 vs. PIT (ELIAS). Started 52 games behind the plate, with the Padres going 31-21 in his starts. Placed on the 15-day DL on 7/31 with a strained oblique...reinstated from the DLon 8/17 after a Minor League rehab stint with Single-A Lake Elsinore. Named the No. 2 prospect in the Padres' organization by Baseball America as well as No. 53 on Baseball America's Top-100 Prospects list heading into the season. Selected to the World Roster of the 2012 All-Star Futures Game, but did not participate after being called up on 6/30. 2011 Moved quickly through the minors, appearing for Single-A Bakersfield, Double-A Carolina and Triple-A Louisville over the course of the season...Entered the 2011 season ranked as the No. 6 prospect in the Reds organization and the 2012 season as the No. 2 prospect in the Padres organization by Baseball America...Combined to hit .305 with 31 doubles, 14 home runs, 68 RBI and 69 runs scored in 105 minor league games...Began the season at Bakersfield and was promoted to Carolina on 6/23...promoted to Louisville on 8/31...Spent time on Carolina's DL from 8/9-15 with a concussion. 2010 After he signed his first professional contract on 8/16 was assigned to the Reds' Arizona League club, where he appeared in 8g...while at the University of Miami was the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year and a semifinalist for the prestigious USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award, the Johnny Bench Award and the Dick Howser Trophy...was named by the American Baseball Coaches Association to the 9-player Rawlings NCAA Division I Gold Glove Team...was a first-team All-America selection by Pro-Line Athletic National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, Baseball America, Yahoo! Sports and Louisville Slugger...in one of the most successful offensive seasons in school history, in 62 apps for the Hurricanes hit .401 with 24 doubles, 1 triple, 15 HR, 60 RBI, a .721 slugging percentage and a .527 on-base percentage... ranked among the ACC leaders in almost every statistical category, and his .994 fielding percentage was one of the best in the nation at his position... threw out 32 percent of attempted base stealers and committed just 3 errors all season, including 1 error over Miami's last 41g.


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The previous tenants of the former home of the novelist Henry James, and later E F Benson, gave up after a few months. The work involved in running the house and dealing with the public proved too much. James Cooper, the National Trust land agent for Kent and East Sussex, has the task of weeding out the applications. "A lot of those people will be romantics who imagine that it is an easy job. But the kind of person we want has to be practical, hard-working and full of enthusiasm." After a rigorous selection procedure he hopes to have new tenants in the house by the New Year.
It was just such an advertisement a year ago that stopped Catharine and David Boston in their tracks. Out of the blue they read that tenants were wanted for Quebec House, the childhood home of General Wolfe in Westerham, Kent. A few months later they were ensconced in a house they knew well and had always loved, their home in Blackheath, London, in turn rented out. "The house has the most wonderful atmosphere. Even though there are pictures of Wolfe everywhere it still feels like a family home," says Mrs Boston. Quebec House is open to the public and the National Trust regards them as their representatives - the welcoming face of the Trust.
The Bostons, on a 10 year lease, have strong connections with Canada and are well versed in its history. David Boston is himself a retired museum director and they have more than embraced the spirit of the enterprise by opening the house an extra half day, organising chamber concerts and making it more accessible to local people. What about the public, though? Mrs Boston is diplomatic: "There are those who come because it is included in their itinerary, but the enthusiasts more than make up for them. One of our regular visitors is a 12-year-old boy who is fascinated by Wolfe and his campaign."
In the past year, the trust has introduced a new agreement which entitles tenants to a rebate on the past year's rent if they are doing all that is required of them. In the case of Quebec House it is 30 per cent and for Lamb House half of the pounds 10,000 rent. James Cooper described it as a reward for a good "end of school report". Certainly, anyone aspiring to rent off the trust should have plenty of initiative and enthusiasm. Although a lease is drawn up for each property, generally the trust will be responsible for the structure of the house and the tenant for its day to day running costs and decoration. The level of rent will reflect the state of the house and the obligations of the tenant.
When Carrie and Anthony Weston and their baby Jack moved into Tudor Yeoman's House, Cobham in Kent, it had been empty for a couple of years. The 15th century timber-framed house was, in Carrie Weston's words, a bit of a mess. "We both had jobs but would work on the house at every opportunity. We put in a bathroom (the trust paid for the plumbing), did the decorating and took on the massively overgrown garden. We also opened it to the public for the first time."
Now, two years on they have moved out. "It was a lot of hard work - but wonderful. At Christmas we would have a huge roaring fire in the banqueting hall which went up to the rafters. We decided to move out when our daughter was born. The children slept the other side of the hall and during the night I would have to cross this vast freezing space to see to her. Heating the place was horrendous."
The Westons were also conscious of their costs and the fact that at some time they would want a house of their own. "We were paying pounds 550 a month rent and on top of that pounds 50 a month in insurance and pounds 800 a year to maintain the fire alarm. In winter it cost an extra pounds 200 per month to keep the storage heaters going." Now that they have moved into their own - old but not ancient - house is there anything Carrie Weston misses? The atmosphere, certainly, but not the cold. "The first thing we did was put on all the radiators, just for the hell of it."
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On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > There are problems concerning migration of yourname@ openoffice.org, listname@ > openoffice.org, and servicename@ openoffice.org. Consequently, all yourname@ > openoffice.org addresses will be shut down when the migration goes into its > final stages sometime in November. Then I'll say "good bye" already - when the alias vanishes, so does my subscription to the OOo-related mailinglists. (not intended as a blackmailing attempt or something like that, just a dry fact - I'm not a registered member anyway, so you probably couldn't care less) > [....] > 4. WHAT'S NEEDED > > A. There needs to be a clear-eyed discussion and understanding of the > enormity (or inconsequentiality) of these accounts having their forwarding > operation terminated on short notice. You'll definitely loose some subscribers - whether they are "important" for the future of the project is of course on another plate, and as people need to subscribe tot different lists anyway, the loss might be bigger because of having to resubscribe, than because of loss of the alias. Bugzilla is more likely to be a problem, at least you can dump all needmoreinfo issues filed in OOo-times, as requests for more info will not be forwarded anymore, and thus you won't receive a reply (too many people don't reply even when the mail reaches them, so again not sure about the actual impact) > [....] ciao Christian
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Coffeehouse cutie Lisa Loeb's first and biggest hit song "Stay (I Missed You)" of 1994 resonated with me and undoubtedly many other college-aged women at the time.
The song was also featured in the definitive Gen-X movie Reality Bites. Lisa's crisp voice, confessional lyrics, and even her signature cat's eye glasses won my affections. I listened to her albums over and over and saw her in concert with her band, Nine Stories (named after the J.D. Salinger short story collection — another reason to love Lisa).
After a few years, her popularity waned. Then two years ago, she resurfaced with Dweezil & Lisa, a show on the Food Network that also featured her cute (and unfortunately named) musician boyfriend, Dweezil Zappa. The show followed the adorable couple across the country as they played music and ate lots of good food. When I recently heard that they had broken up, I was sad that such a cute and seemingly happy couple didn't make it.
Number One Single is the new E! reality show about Lisa's search for love. As a 37-year-old, nice Jewish girl that recently became single for the first time in 12 years, Lisa is eager to settle down and start a family.
One of the reasons she moved from Los Angeles back to New York City was to look for her soulmate. The show follows her adventures in dating. Despite still being as cute as a button, friendly, smart, and talented, Lisa hasn't had much luck so far. Her dates have ranged from dull to faintly horrifying. (How about the guy that kept using the derogatory term for Jewish women and admitted to stealing from archaeological sites?)
Helping and hindering her search for love are her family, friends, and various professionals, such as Dr. Joy Browne of Dating For Dummies, actress Illeanna Douglas who feng shui's her new apartment to optimize her romance area, and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy's Jai Rodriguez who lends Lisa his dog to use as a guy magnet.
I'm not a big fan of reality shows, as I never know how much of the show is actually "real," not to mention that these shows tend to bring out the worst in people. That being said, I've really enjoyed this show. Lisa Loeb is natural, charming, and funny in front of the camera.
On a totally shallow note, I love the way she dresses! Little T-shirts, short skirts and dresses, knee-high boots, and pigtails completely match her personality. I admire her pluck — even though she's been on multiple bad dates, she hasn't given up hope. I've actually learned a few tips on dating from the show: there are no dating "rules," just do what you're comfortable with, and dogs (and friends) can be useful for meeting people.
The latest episode had her old friend, actor Michael Panes, acting as a "wingman" to help her meet guys. Soon it became clear that he was jealous when she talked to other men. The episode ended with him kissing her over a wedge of cheese. Who knows if these two long-time friends will end up together? Of course, if they do, it'll be the end of the show.
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Former Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) Neil Barofsky was responsible for auditing and investigating the purchase, management, and sale of assets under the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). As SIGTARP, Barofsky created and oversaw the office's audit and enforcement divisions, provided oversight and transparency through nine quarterly reports to Congress and 13 audit reports, and testified in more than 20 Congressional hearings. Under Barofsky's leadership, SIGTARP's investigations led to the recovery or avoidance of loss through fraud of more than $700 million and resulted in more than a dozen criminal convictions.
New York Times best-selling author Glenn Greenwald called Barofsky "easily one of the most impressive and courageous political officials in Washington," saying that he "vigilantly fought for his independence as TARP watchdog." One New York Times article also applauded him for his willingness to "stand up to some of the most powerful people and institutions in Washington or on Wall Street." Exclusively represented by Leading Authorities, Barofsky addresses TARP, transparency, the economy, financial regulations, banking, and our nation's fiscal situation.
Prosecutorial Background. Prior to assuming his role as SIGTARP, Neil Barofsky was a federal prosecutor and the assistant United States attorney for the southern district of New York City. In that role he tried more than a dozen criminal cases and conducted myriad arguments. During his time as a prosecutor, he founded a new prosecutorial group devoted to the investigation and prosecution of mortgage-fraud-related crimes and acted as its senior trial counsel.
Barofsky was also a member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Unit, where he prosecuted white collar crimes, including the accounting fraud case that led to the convictions of the top officers at Refco Inc. For his work on this case, Barofsky was awarded the Attorney General's John Marshall Award and the Executive Office of the United States Attorneys' Director's Award. Finally, he led the multi-jurisdictional international investigation that resulted in the indictment of the top 50 leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on narcotics charges, a case described by the then attorney general as the largest narcotics indictment filed in U.S. history, as FARC controlled more than half of the world's cocaine production.
Professorship and Educational Background. Currently, Barofsky is an adjunct professor and senior fellow at the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law and the Mitchell Jacobson Leadership Program on Law and Business at the New York University School of Law. Barofsky is also a Senior Contributing Editor for Bloomberg TV.
Neil Barofsky is a magna cum laude graduate of the New York University School of Law and a magna cum laude graduate with distinction from the University of Pennsylvania.


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I do have a few, but no particular favorites (unfortunately, I plant
things, lose the tags, and forget what is where - an awful thing for
a dedicated gardener to admit!). Do have a grower I like: Ensata
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The simple answer would be because you paid for it and wish to listen to it however you want.
People may just want to listen to them on their chosen player, having no intention of giving it to other people. And when people want to listen to them in the car, they could only burn audio book on CDs. Because of the CD standard, you may need 8 CDs for a 160M audio book file.
People couldn't make it future proof. When Audible.com close down or you format my computer and can't get online to enter your username and password.
If you rip your audio books into MP3 files, all the problems doesn't exist any more.
You may download it from our download page, or click here. Then install it. Before you bought a license, you could only convert 3 minutes for each audio books your want to convert.
Run the software and it loads all playable audiobooks from the iTunes Books library automatically.
Click the Profile dorp-down list to choose the output format as you need.
To save the converted file, just click the Macsome AudioBook Converter menu and select Preferences to customize the Output Settings by clicking Choose... to set the destination.
Press Convert button or click the menu Control->Start Converting.