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This Guest Post comes from Chuck White. He has worked with APIs for more than 15 years in a wide variety of capacities. He spent eight years as a Web developer at eBay and PayPal, and is currently consulting at Hewlett-Packard on its business-to-business e-commerce platform. He has published a number of books on Web development. His most recent book is Web Development in the Cloud: Bootstrapping an Enterprise-grade Website on a Shoestring.
So you've built a stellar API. Now what? How do you get the word out? First, throw everything you know about marketing out the window. Indeed, the old style of marketing doesn't apply when it comes to APIs. The notion of building a marketing campaign replete with ads and PR fluff is virtually non-existent in the world of API marketing. Why? When you create an API, you are creating a community. This community of users will drive your marketing in a highly decentralized way.
This, of course, presents a challenge: How do you control the marketing if it's in the hands of your users? The key is engagement. As long as you have a solid product, the most effective way to promote use of your API is by engaging with the community. If you want to get developers talking about your API, here are some principles to follow:
1. Make Sure Your API is as Easy to Implement as Possible
If your API is easy to use and works well, it won't be long before language-specific SDKs begin to appear on GitHub. For example, this GitHub site includes a number of implementations for the Twilio API: https://github.com/twiliofaces. The author of the code didn't find what he was looking for when implementing Twilio's API code for Java Server Faces, so he rolled his own. Naturally, this benefits the developer community, but it also benefits Twilio, since every download can most likely be traced to a motivated customer for Twilio. This is organic growth, and this is what you want for your API.
2. Provide World-Class Documentation
Directly related to making an API easy to implement is offering good-quality documentation—on second thought, make that world-class documentation.
As a former PayPal software engineer, I can tell you that PayPal's engineering staff is top-notch, including its API developers. However, for a long time this fact was obscured by less-than-stellar documentation. Even the most basic services were difficult to implement, mostly because the documentation was a mess. PayPal rival Stripe, on the other hand, demonstrated that a well-documented, easy-to-use API can quickly attract a loyal user base of developers.
Good documentation includes:
- 1) An easy-to-navigate developer website. This means developers need to be able to quickly find API keys, sign up for the API, access your API's methods and navigate to SDK implementation libraries.
2) Access to any source code you can provide that won't give away trade secrets. Code should be made available preferably on GitHub, which has become a default of sorts for many developers who want to share code.
3) Constant communication. API blogs, email newsletters that engage the community instead of acting as advertising mouthpieces, and a solid, constant presence on Twitter are all ways to maintain a high level of communication.
Remember, your API website has just a few seconds to gain and hold developers' attention. It's like a billboard. Especially if you are new, people are just passing through. They may click through to learn more, but they probably won't. You need to work hard to convert those "probably won'ts."
2. Help Developers Get Their Next Gig
One API manager I talked to said that he always thought of his company's API in a way that would help the developers who use it get their next great gig. "If they can use our toolset to create a great app that they can either get onto an app store or at least as an open source GitHub project that people talk about, that buys us a lot of influence and good will," said the manager, who declined to be identified.
3. Initiate Hackathons
One popular way for API developers to engage their developer community is to initiate hackathons. You can even offer a contest, but you need to make sure you have an independent judging infrastructure. You don't want to spend a million dollars on a badly managed hackathon (unless you subscribe to the theory that bad publicity is better than no publicity, of course).
If you're on a budget, you can still hold a hackathon and keep developers happy with a little beer and pizza. Keep in mind the developer mentality: Any opportunity to gain recognition for work they do will make them happy. Any prizes you give for a hackathon are really just extra sauce.
4. Host Meetups and Other Offline Venues
One great way to engage with developers is to either host a developer conference or participate in one (or more) of the many domain-based developer conferences that are held all over the world. If you are promoting an API for a well-known company, hosting an event will attract lots of traffic organically. The press is already watching you, as are hundreds (at least) of social media users who are talking about you, even if you're not aware of it.
If you aren't part of a large, well-known organization, there are plenty of developer conferences you can attend, including:
- 1) Language-specific conferences: Want to reach developers who are plying their craft in, say, the hot JavaScript library node.js? Attend a node.js conference and set up hackathons, training sessions and networking channels. You'll find events for PHP, Java, Python and a number of other languages, as well.
2) Platform-specific conferences: Reach those iOS and Android developers by holding a variety of events at conferences dedicated to those platforms.
3) Existing APIs: If your API integrates with another organization's API, attend that organization's conferences and provide insights on best practices.
You can gain some knowledge about what conferences are popular by staying in tune with the developer community via Twitter, Reddit and other online communities.
If you can't find an event in your area, start your own. And don't shy away from smaller crowds when starting your own events. Small groups of highly engaged developers can provide powerful and unbiased insights into the true state of your API.
Check out Meetup.com and Eventbrite.com to help you find and/or start up meetings.
Another great way to get a jump on trending hot topics in the API developer community is to find out which tech books are selling well. O'Reilly, for example, maintains a list of its hottest selling books.
5. Develop Open Source Code that Other Developers Can Leverage
PayPal recently released http://krakenjs.com/,which is an open source node.js-based web application framework. Even though there is documentation on the Kraken site on how to develop for the PayPal API, it's not the central focus of the site. The main goal is to provide a web application framework for node.js developers. The kraken.js web application framework features such goodies as localization and a bcrypt-based authentication layer. This is the kind of engagement with the developer community that can help build developer good will.
6. Leverage Social Networks
Twitter is an obvious venue for growing your community, but avoid marketing spiels. Use Twitter to authentically grow the community by offering things developers want and need. Help them become better programmers, and they will return the love a thousand fold.
Show up on Reddit, too. Reddit users love to offer advice. But don't market directly to them. They hate that. There are other social media avenues to consider, too. Quora, for example, is good place to hang out and offer expertise, and Sulia is a news website linked to various social networking services that allows you to write small articles and post photos associated with topics evelopers will be interested in.
7. Build a Sound Feedback Infrastructure
Don't be afraid of criticism. In fact, early on, if you're not getting at least a little negative feedback, it probably means your users aren't very engaged with your API. Set up rock-solid and easy-to-use forums and mailing lists for your developers. Open up some source code on GitHub and provide a way there for your newly engaged developer community to report bugs in a public way. This provides a way for you to show that you are earnestly engaged. PayPal, for example, maintains a GitHub-based bug reporting area for its Kraken.js web application framework here.
9. Hire a Developer Community Evangelist
As soon as you can, hire or dedicate someone to manage events and oversee documentation efforts. Many companies fold these kinds of leadership roles into the responsibilities of technical managers who already owned an API's development efforts. This is fine, as long as that person has the time to manage community outreach efforts. If you do need to split responsibilities down the road, make sure your API technical lead stays involved with the community. Any hints of brazen marketing--instead of genuine community involvement with the people at your company who know the ins and outs of the API--can be poisonous to your reputation. When your technical lead is active in the community, the community can feel the excitement because that API is your technical manager's baby.
10. Don't Forget the Swag
While many traditional marketing ploys will fall flat among the developer community, there's one that still holds a lot of power: swag. Everyone loves T-shirts, water bottles and the like. Indeed, all it takes is one influential set of eyes to ask about your water bottle or T-shirt at a barbeque for things to suddenly go viral.


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Enter into the Living/Dining room which has air conditioning, fireplace, satellite TV, hi-fi, DVD player, and patio doors lead to a terrace with barbeque and outdoor dining facilities.
Kitchen is equipped with a dishwasher, washing machine, microwave, oven, hob and extractor.
Both bedrooms are air conditioned.
Master bedroom has two single beds (which can be made into a double bed if preferred) and has a full En-Suite Bathroom.
Bedroom Two has twin beds and use of the additional Shower Room.
From the front of the property, external stairs lead to the solarium which has great views.
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New AMCB Recertification Requirements for CNMs and CMs in Active Practice
Information about this issue:
Listening to members' concerns about the American Midwifery Certification Board's (AMCB) decision to require recertification for CNMs certified prior to 1996 who are in active practice has been a major focus for ACNM in recent years. This resource page is intended to provide information about the factors underlying AMCB's decision, and why ACNM has supported it. It will also provide an update on ACNM's concerns about the implementation of this requirement and what we are doing about those concerns.
In short, ACNM's objective in our advocacy for members to AMCB is to safeguard the ability of the CNMs and CMs who are no longer in active practice to continue to identify themselves as midwives in a manner that would also allow regulators and the public to easily distinguish those midwives currently engaged in continuing professional development activities from those who are not. We welcome creative solutions to this challenge that could be recommended to AMCB. Additionally, we have also asked AMCB to develop additional resources to explain the AMCB Certificate Maintenance Program and what CNMS who are new to the program need to do to stay certified.
On February 7, 2011, ACNM held a webinar on this transition for CNMs certified prior to 1996. Access the archive in the ACNM online learning center.


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Halstead Property Development Marketing based in New York has launched a real estate development Web site at http://www.halsteadpdm.com.
The site focuses on development properties and allows visitors to search for available units by location, price or amenity. HalsteadPDM.com includes overviews of each building, square footage, photos, and floor plans.
The site offers buyers information concentrated in one location, says Stephen Kliegerman, executive director of Halstead Property Development Marketing. The Web site was designed by John Marshall of Inoventiv Corp., which also provided Web services for Thrifty Rent-A-Car, Renault UK, and the United Nations World Food Programme.
According to Halstead's recent Quarterly Real Estate Market Report, more than one third of real estate closings in the second quarter were in developments, where prices averaged $1,421 per sq. ft.
A division of Halstead Property, Halstead's Development Marketing Division handles sales and marketing for more than 65 new developments with more than 3,500 units in the tri-state metro New York area.


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NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's two railroads want to know if there's an app for that — specifically, for train tickets.
NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's two railroads want to know if there's an app for that — specifically, for train tickets.
Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road are soliciting requests for proposals for smartphone and tablet programs that will allow customers to buy tickets online and present them to conductors on the devices. Printing tickets at home would also be an option.
"This means convenience for customers and time savings for our conductors,'' said Howard Permut, Metro-North's president.
Both railroads conducted pilot programs last year to see if the idea was workable. For example, the LIRR sold tickets online to 5,894 golf fans traveling to a PGA event in August and found, through a subsequent survey, that 99 percent were "very satisfied" with the experience and 100 percent would repeat it.
The fans printed the tickets at home or downloaded them to smartphones. Conductors used handheld bar code readers to validate the tickets.
Metro-North conducted a similar trial with employees acting as customers.
The railroads said digital or mobile ticketing was a logical next step, given the proliferation of smartphones and tablets and the public's comfort level in accessing information about transit services online.
Responses to the request are due by March 15. The MTA wants to award a contract by July and roll out the program next year.


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For six years, Klietmann has been a member of Harvard Business School's Health Industry Alumni Association, and now serves as its vice president. He will co-chair the organization's sixth-annual alumni healthcare conference, "The State of Affairs in Healthcare," to be held in November.
Pharm Exec: In your writings and speaking engagements, there is a theme of change. Where do you see the biggest area of change in the healthcare system today?Klietmann: I see change on several levels. One part, even looking here at Harvard Medical School, is the openness of medical schools to other forms of treatment and healing, such as studying the Chinese healthcare system, which is completely different from our Western system. Also, recognizing that a larger part of the population looks for alternative treatment methods, such as buying over-the-counter drugs. There certainly is a new openness seen in medical schools, to not disregard these forms of alternative medicine, but investigate them and try to integrate them into our evolving new form of healthcare.
And there are also other forms of changes, such as the political ones underway by the US government to push forward the new healthcare information network, with Dr. David Braylor pioneering this effort. The intention is to use this unique opportunity to improve quality and reduce cost at the same time, and diminish errors.
Do you think that initiative will actually go through?
I am convinced that it will go through. The government has decided to push it. I know that Dr. Braylor has asked the healthcare industry, especially the IT section, to come up with an open standard that would integrate all the different information networks. He even "threatened" that if the industry could not come up with a proposal, there might be a decree from the government to do so.
This initiative is expected to save up to 200 billion dollars annually, by streamlining the information flow, avoiding reduplication of medical testing, and reducing errors that may be fatal to patients—and also cost a lot of money.
What type of solution is expected from industry?
The goal is to digitize all healthcare information, including patient data, patient files, insurance data, X-ray images and—on the threshold—even microscopic pathology images.
The healthcare information will be available in an electronic format, able to be transported nationwide to all the different players in the system. This will avoid reduplications and streamline the flux.
Currently, we waste a tremendous amount of money by reduplicating services. On one side, we have the best medicine in the world in this country—our physicians, nurses, and hospitals. On the other side, we have a system that is antiquated, very bureaucratic, and very slow in processing data.
Ultimately, this slows down the efficiency of our healthcare delivery, because the system is inadequate for the very modern- and high-quality healthcare that was developed in this country.
Are there any other countries, maybe in Europe, that we can look to as examples?
At the moment, the country that could be used as a model is Switzerland. There, you have compulsory health insurance for everybody, and on top of it, you also have private health insurance. There are five universities with medical faculties and university hospitals.
There also are several hospital systems that are well integrated and deliver high quality care. They ensure that a good healthcare-delivery system exists for all patients, even in smaller towns and villages.


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Hawks win intense battle with Pilgrim
If there's one thing keeping Bishop Hendricken from joining the upper echelon of the Division I volleyball ranks, it's the team's tendency to be a little too low-key. On Thursday night, prompted by a hyped-up Pilgrim team, the Hawks may have finally found the extra gear they've been searching for.
After holding off strong charges to win the first two games, the Hawks watched their momentum disappear when Pilgrim won five straight points late in game three, with three of those coming on emphatic blocks of Hendricken star Jahari Ford. The Pats were fired up and ready for a comeback.
But with the game tied, the Hawks discovered their own fire. Playing with their best energy of the night, they won the next three points on kills and clinched the sweep.
"It's fantastic," said Hendricken head coach Mike Harrington. "This late in the year, we've talked a lot about bringing more energy and more focus and start playing at our playoff level. We did that tonight. I loved it."
The Hawks, winners of three straight, are now 7-3, good for second place in Division I-North. Pilgrim dropped to 2-8 in Division I-South, having lost three in a row since a victory over La Salle.
The Pats held their own in the first two matches of the streak, falling in four games to Cranston East and Mount St. Charles. On Thursday, facing Hendricken in a league game for the first time in more than a decade, they did it again.
But the Hawks always had a little more.
"Any local school that comes in to play Hendricken is going to play us tough," Harrington said. "They're a good team. They just lack the firepower we have. They do things better than us in other areas."
In the decisive game three, the Pats made one final run. Trailing 22-17, they got a point on a service error and then went to work. The Hawks went to Ford on each of the next three points, and Dan Colabella blocked every single one of Ford's hits. With each one, the Pats and their boisterous crowd grew louder. The Hawks took a timeout to regroup, but the Pats tied the game at 22-22 on an ace by Phil Nemirow.
Then Hendricken buckled down.
Mario McClain landed a kill on the next point and the Hawks celebrated like they hadn't all night. On the next point, they went back to Ford, who slammed a kill off the block and out of bounds to make it 24-22.
"When things didn't go well, our guys fought hard to figure out why and there was a lot of spirit and spirited talks in our huddle to figure out why," Harrington said. "It was great to see."
Now fired up in their own right, the Hawks finished it off. Ford smacked an emphatic kill on match point and Hendricken celebrated the victory.
"Just don't get blocked next time," Ford said of what he was thinking. "Being a big hitter on the team, you know the other team is going to get fired up when they block you. I know I can't afford to let my team down and get blocked again, especially at that point in the game."
Ford finished with 19 kills, eight digs and two blocks, while McClain had nine kills. Trent Medeiros added seven digs and four aces, and Donny Baker had five kills.
"Playing for Hendricken, you expect every team to come in fired up," Ford said. "We just want to never settle down. That's what keeps us from being one of the top teams in the league. We know we have that ability. We just can't settle and get down."
And the Hawks never did, even when Pilgrim was pushing.
In game one, the Pats took a 16-14 lead and forced a Hendricken timeout. Out of the break, the Hawks won six straight points, with Trent Medeiros landing three aces to spark the run. After Pilgrim got back within two at 21-19, the Hawks won the final four points and clinched the 25-19 victory with a block by Ford.
The situation was even tougher in game two. The Pats led from the start and were in front 19-18 late in the game. Baker got the Hawks even with a kill, but the rotation had Ford in the back row – not an ideal set for a run.
But that's just what the Hawks delivered. With Medeiros at the serving line again, the Hawks won the final seven points for a 25-19 victory. McClain had three kills and a block to account for four of the seven points.
"That's when Mario took over," Harrington said. "Trent was serving well and Mario was real effective and efficient scoring multiple times. That was great to see."
With the victory, the Hawks climbed to second place in Division I-North, just one game back of 8-2 Mount St. Charles. More importantly, they feel like they're hitting their stride.
"That's something I've been looking for – who can provide that spark and that spirit," Harrington said. "Just like negative plays can be contagious, positive plays can also become contagious. Our captains had a team meeting today to talk about that, and everyone seems to have responded well."
With six matches remaining in the regular season – including another round of games against their D-I-North rivals – the Hawks hope this is just the beginning.
"There's plenty of stuff to work on, but as a coach, I can't really game-plan and teach if we're not playing at this high spirit level," Harrington said. "So if we can do this, I think we're going to grow faster than we have."
The Pats were scheduled to take on Division II Cranston West in a non-league game on Monday, with results unavailable at press time. They'll return to league play tonight when they host Barrington at 6:30 p.m.


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In this presentation Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) asks the question "Do we have a job or a profession?" and answers that we have not had a profession until recently. A profession is defined and has a history and, until recently, programmers did things "their way". He makes the argument that Agile has helped us move towards a profession by by introducing discipline in the way we write software.
Some of the disciplines Uncle Bob discusses are:
- Short iterations (he recommends 1-2 weeks)
- Incremental improvement
- Don't wait for definition, participate by building code
- Abstract away volitilaty
- No turgid, viscous architectures, therefore Archtects should code
- Progressive deepening - also known as slices, tracer bullets,
- Progressive widening - first make it work, then make it right, then make it fast
- and many others
Uncle Bob addresses the dilemma of speed vs. quality, and mess vs schedule. He provides a set of principles and simple Dos and Don'ts for teams who want to be counted as professional craftsmen.
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I think what Uncle Bob was referring to was the problem of duplicate business logic in the presentation and the domain model, leading to increased maintenance, or worst still bleeding business logic from the domain model into the presentation. Both approaches sit uneasily with domain driven design, which says that your business logic should sit in a domain model which is separated from infrastructure concerns like I/O and the user interface.
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Corku Corku
I have noticed that now and again, someone enquires how they can download the recording, and you always reply no.
So why don't you make it possible for us in the NOT SOOO ADVANCED WORLDS injoy some of these GEMS? WHY? like WHY?
Anyway -- it's never beenaa fair world... and you just accentuate that on this OTHERWISE excellent resource.
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Corku Corku
Basically, i pay USD40 for about 128k (at least that is what the provider claims) in one them 4th world places with glorious weather and people but crap infrastructure. Now with this bandwidth am almost always unable to watch presentations because of soooo many stop start stop start... till i just get fed up and give up! So what will be ideal is to just download the presentation using my preferred download manager and watch this anywhere (PC, Laptop, PDA ....). Why can't i do that? why do you insist on this streaming tingie? I read many comments on your site about users being unable to watch stuff. Please find a way to make you knowledge GEMS downloadable ... and why not insert advertoria's to monetize your work ala www.dotnetrocks.com / www.dnrtv.com
Anyway.. BigUP still
Jerome St-Pierre
This gave me hope about our immature software development industry. Only at my previous customer I had the chance to work with experienced XP practitioners for over a year. This was fun and challenging about good design. Before meeting this team I was using these practices as much as I could on my own, just like I am still doing now.
Fortunately, my new team is willing to start by integrating TDD for our next iteration. They previously weren't but this time it comes from them. It was harsh to get back into the obscure side. I hope one day programmers and managers will get out of school with this kind of mind set.
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Golam Rabbi
I have the similar bandwidth problem. I have found a good workaround for that. I usually press 'start' and 'pause' immediately after the start. So it starts streaming. I just continue my other works and when good amount of streaming is done then I start it again.
It would be my pleasure if this start-pause pattern also works for you.
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Used Car Review
2011 Nissan 370Z: Used Car Review
For enthusiast drivers, comfort, beauty and affordability take a back seat to cornering, acceleration and braking. Luckily for the rest of us, the 2011 Nissan 370Z Coupe and Roadster know how to blend the best of both worlds into a dynamic, fun-to-drive sports car that just also happens to be fairly fuel efficient, nicely appointed and surprisingly affordable. Nissan's reputation for good resale and reliability is in full force with the 370Z, making it one of the few sports cars that won't cost you an arm and a leg as it ages.
Powered by a potent V6 engine, the 370Z lacks the deep, throaty growl of such V8-powered muscle cars as the Ford Mustang or Chevrolet Camaro. What the Z lacks in loudness, it more than makes up for with its sophisticated suspension and lightweight body, both of which make it more manageable on sprawling back roads or at SCCA track events.
For 2011, the 370Z Coupe and 370Z Roadster see only minor changes from the 2010 models, those being the addition of a rearview camera to the optional navigation system and a new paint option called Gun Metallic.
What We Like
Powerful V6 engine; rev-matching manual transmission; good resale and reliability; outstanding handling; costs thousands less than a Porsche Cayman or BMW Z4
What We Don't
Stiff ride; stability-control system sometimes too eager to intervene; excessive road noise inside cabin
Fuel Economy & Engine Specs
The 370Z is powered by a 3.7-liter V6 engine rated at 332 horsepower and 270 lb-ft of torque at 5,200 rpm. The standard transmission is a slick-shifting 6-speed manual with available electronic SynchroRev Match. A 7-speed automatic with downshift rev-matching and manual shift control is optional. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the 370Z earns an estimated 19 miles per gallon in the city and 26 mpg on the highway when equipped with the automatic, and 18 mpg city/26 mpg hwy with the 6-speed manual. The Roadster attains 18 mpg city/25 mpg hwy regardless of transmission choice.
The NISMO 370Z uses the same engine and manual transmission but is tuned for more power, producing 350 hp and 276 lb-ft of torque at 5,200 rpm. Fuel economy is rated at 18 mpg city/26 mpg hwy.
Standard Features & Options
The 370Z is offered in three trims: base, Touring and NISMO. The 370Z Roadster comes in base and Touring trims.
The base 370Z includes a 6-speed manual transmission, cloth sport seats, automatic climate control, power windows, power door locks, heated side mirrors, Intelligent Key keyless entry and push-button start, an AM/FM/CD stereo with four speakers and steering-wheel-mounted audio controls, a rear-window defroster, 18-inch alloy wheels and xenon headlights. Standard safety equipment includes six airbags (front, head-curtain and side-impact), electronic traction and stability control, an anti-lock braking system and a tire-pressure monitoring system.
The base 370Z Roadster adds Intelligent Key with push-button start, a folding power top with a glass rear window and power latching, a rear-window defroster and a locking trunk.
Moving up to the Touring trim brings heated leather and faux suede seats, a power driver's seat with adjustable lumbar support, an 8-speaker Bose audio system including dual-powered subwoofers and a 6-disc CD changer, Bluetooth hands-free phone connectivity and SiriusXM Satellite Radio capability.
The Touring Roadster adds unique leather-appointed net seats with a heating and a cooling feature.
The NISMO trim distinguishes itself by its numerous exterior and interior styling upgrades, 19-in forged alloy wheels, a sport-tuned suspension, an enhanced exhaust system, larger brakes, a revised steering ratio and a 6-speed manual transmission (an automatic is not available on this trim).
The base 370Z and Touring trims can be equipped with a Sport package that adds a limited-slip rear differential, upgraded brakes, 19-in RAYS wheels, a rear spoiler, a front air-dam spoiler and SynchroRev Match on cars equipped with the manual transmission. This package is also available on the Touring Roadster. The Touring models also offer a Navigation package that brings a hard-drive-based navigation system with real-time traffic alerts and voice recognition, iPod integration, a rearview camera and 9.3 gigabytes for music storage.
The 2011 Nissan 370Z holds its value better than most sports cars, including pricier European makes. We think you should be able to negotiate a pretty good price, however, as there are plenty of these cars on the market and there is not an overwhelming demand.
To get a good idea of the 370Z's price range, we suggest using the Kelley Blue Book used-car values at kbb.com. You can also search the AutoTrader Classifieds to see which models are currently for sale in your area.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a recall for a possible programming error in the driver's-side auto power window switch in the 2011 Nissan 370Z. The error may allow a higher threshold for the window's auto reverse activation than allowed by Nissan specifications.
In the event that a recall is issued, repairs are required by law even if the vehicle is out of warranty. Your dealer can check to see if the repairs were performed, and if not, will fix the car at no charge to you.
Safety Ratings & Warranties
Although it carries a full complement of airbags, side-protection beams and numerous electronic systems to help keep everyone safe, it's still unknown as to how occupants would fare in an accident, with no crash-test data on the 370Z yet.
The 2011 370Z entered service backed by a 3-year/36,000-mile bumper-to-bumper warranty and a 5-year/60,000-mile powertrain warranty. If you purchase your 370Z through Nissan's Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) program, the vehicle not only goes through an extensive 150-point check but also comes with an extended factory warranty of seven years/100,000 miles from the original date that the vehicle entered service. Other advantages of the program include a free Carfax report, 24-hour roadside assistance, rental-car reimbursement and towing benefits and a 3-month, free trial subscription to SiriusXM Satellite Radio. To qualify for the Nissan CPO program, vehicles typically should be no older than five years and must have less than 60,000 miles.
Other Cars to Consider
BMW Z4 -- The Z4 is a worthy rival to the 370Z, offering excellent performance in a premium-grade coupe. The Z4 costs more than the 370Z, however, both to purchase and maintain.
Mazda RX-8 -- The RX-8 is every bit as much fun to drive as the 370Z, plus it has a small but usable rear seat. The RX-8 is not as powerful as the 370Z, though, and its reliability record is somewhat spotty.
Chevrolet Camaro -- The V8-powered Camaro SS offers more hp than the 370Z, while the V6 model costs less and has a stronger muscle-car appeal. The Camaro's handling, on the other hand, isn't as precise, and its interior bits feel rather cheap and hard.
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Cotton producers who have asked for more choices in weed control are in luck this year. Several new products will be available for use this season, says Mike Patterson, Auburn University Extension weed scientist.
The new products include Envoke from Syngenta; Sequence — a mixture of Dual Magnum and Touchdown for spraying over-the-top of Roundup Ready cotton, also from Syngenta; Suprend — Caparol mixed with Envoke, also from Syngenta; Ignite, to be used on Liberty Link cotton, from Bayer; and Valor, a directed spray herbicide from Valent.
"Envoke is a traditional herbicide developed by traditional means," says Patterson. "It is designed to be used on all varieties, including conventional cotton. It is used at a very low rate, about one tenth ounce per acre."
Envoke, he adds, is a postemergence, over-the-top broadleaf herbicide. "It doesn't have grass activity at the rates we're using, so you'll have to pick up grass with another herbicide. Purple and yellow nutsedge, Florida beggarweed and bristly starbur are some of the weeds this herbicide will help control," he says.
The low rate of one tenth ounce per acre is equivalent, says Patterson, to 1 teaspoon of material per acre. "Envoke also has activity on peanuts, corn and soybeans. So, whenever you spray it on a cotton field that is adjacent to one of these other crops, be mindful that drift can injure the other crops," he says.
Envoke also can help when growers are rotating Roundup Ready crops, he says.
"Some producers plant Roundup Ready soybeans and then follow that with Roundup Ready cotton. Eventually, we'll probably be getting into Roundup Ready corn. If you had a Roundup Ready soybean crop that was followed by cotton, this herbicide probably could help you take those volunteer soybeans out of the cotton," he explains.
Envoke does have weaknesses, including grasses, says Patterson. A major weakness, he adds, is smallflower morningglory, but there are weed control programs that can help growers overcome this weakness.
Ninety percent of the cotton grown in Alabama is Roundup Ready, so Envoke has to be marketed as a material that can be used on a Roundup Ready crop, he says.
"So we need to talk about how Envoke will fit into a Roundup Ready weed control program. Envoke does not have appreciable grass activity, so we probably need to use a yellow herbicide in a Roundup Ready crop. These could include trifluralin or Prowl. In reduced-tillage situations, you could put Prowl in with the burndown and hopefully get the rainfall needed to get activation prior to planting."
Next, he says, growers can apply glyphosate at the two-leaf cotton stage. "If you have smallflower morningglory in the field, you probably need to add a little Staple. This also will give you some residual benefits."
Envoke, says Patterson, cannot be applied until cotton has at least six true leaves, and preferably more. "If you put it on any earlier, you risk crop injury such as stunting and yellowing. If cotton is under stress when you apply Envoke — such as cool, wet conditions — then you also could incur injury."
Following glyphosate, Envoke at the eight-leaf stage will pick up broadleaf weeds, including morningglory, beggarweed and bristly starbur, he says. Growers then can go to a layby application and complete their weed control program.
The second scenario, says Patterson, would be no yellow herbicide but a glyphosate/Dual combination at the two-leaf stage. "That is, if you don't have any Texas panicum in the field. Dual will not control Texas panicum from a residual standpoint. Glyphosate will kill it, but Dual will not help by preventing further germination of the weed. You'll need to use a yellow herbicide prior to planting if you have Texas panicum."
Assuming no Texas panicum, a grower then can go to an Envoke application at the eight-leaf stage, if there is no smallflower morningglory in the field. If you do have smallflower morningglory, you'll need to put on Staple at the four-leaf stage and follow that with Envoke at eight leaves. You then can finish with a layby treatment, says Patterson.
For growers who want to plant a conventional cotton variety, they would need to incorporate a yellow herbicide in conventional-tillage or Prowl with the burndown at pre-emergence, he says‥
"Then, you would want to use a residual behind the planter, something like Cotoran, Karmex or Caparol. You can follow that with Staple at the two-leaf stage, apply Envoke at the eight-leaf stage and then put on your late directed or layby application."
There are several choices for directed and layby sprays, says Patterson.
"When using these products, you should mix them either with MSMA or Roundup for complete weed control. Whether you mix with MSMA or glyphosate, in my opinion, depends on the size of the annual grasses you're trying to kill in the middles. If you have large grasses, in addition to broadleaf weeds, you need to be using glyphosate.
"If you don't have large grasses, then MSMA would be a good choice if for no other reason than you're changing chemistry and getting away from using glyphosate."
There are several "do nots" associated with Envoke, says Patterson. Cotton should be at least at the six true-leaf stage, maybe even at eight leaves, he says. Cotton shouldn't be stressed by cool, wet conditions when the application is made, and growers shouldn't mix anything with Envoke but a non-ionic surfactant.
Ignite herbicide from Bayer can be used over-the-top on Liberty Link cotton, says Patterson. "This is very similar to Roundup Ready herbicide technology. Ignite is glufosinate while Roundup is glyphosate. These two herbicides kill weeds differently. Ignite will kill weeds quicker, but you need more spray volume, about 15 gallons per acre."
As for managing the crop, it'll be very similar to what growers now are doing with the Roundup Ready system, he says, but Ignite has much more tolerance than the current generation of Roundup Ready.
"We can spray Ignite on up into the bloom stage on Liberty Link cotton. But there is no cross-over between Roundup Ready and Liberty Link. If you spray Roundup on Liberty Link, you'll injure or kill it, and the same thing will happen if you spray Ignite on Roundup Ready."
Ignite provides foliar activity only, with no residual effects, says Patterson. Ignite is broad spectrum, with about 80 weed species and grasses on its label, he says.
"Ignite probably won't control as large a pigweed or as large a grass as glyphosate. However, it will be better on most morningglory species than glyphosate. It also picks up large beggarweed, bristly starbur and tropic croton. It will burn peanuts pretty good, so it might be useful to control volunteer peanuts in cotton."
Ignite will not be as strong as glyphosate on perennial grasses and the nutsedge species, notes Patterson.
Peanut producers will be familiar with Valor herbicide, he says. It is registered for pre-emergence activity on peanuts behind the planter.
"In cotton, Valor has a preplant burndown label, with a 30-day restriction. Mixed with glyphosate, it'll help control primrose and provide soil residual activity on marestail. I see its value in cotton as a directed spray. This product, mixed with MSMA or Roundup, will be valuable as a layby treatment in cotton.
"As a late directed or layby treatment, mixed with MSMA or glyphosate, Valor will kill most of the broadleaf weeds and grasses growing in a cotton field. After that, it'll provide a short residual so it won't interfere with a fall cover crop."
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How Out Of Touch Is The Copyright Office? It Thinks The Authors Guild Is The 'Leading' Advocate For Writers' Interests
from the not-mine dept
The Copyright Office is pleased to host a Copyright Matters discussion about the history and future of the professional author on December 11 at 3 p.m. in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress. The event, occurring on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of The Authors Guild, the nation's leading advocate for writers' interests, will feature Guild president, author Scott Turow, as the keynote speaker. Other speakers include author and past Guild president Robert K. Massie; John Y. Cole of the Library's Center for the Book; and book market analyst Peter Hildick-Smith of the Codex Group. Also present will be guest authors Roy Blount, Jr., Katherine Neville, Mary Pope Osbourne, Nick Taylor, and others. The event is free and open to the public. See www.copyright.gov/copyrightmatters.html.Except, of course, that's not even close to true. The Authors Guild represents a very tiny sliver of "writers." It currently has about 9,000 members, and famously only realized that self-published authors count as authors... a few months ago. Look, if copyright only covered works that were officially registered with the Copyright Office, perhaps they'd have a point in claiming that the AG represents writers. But that's silly. Due to ridiculous expansion of copyright laws in the US and around the globe (much of which the Copyright Office gleefully supported), everything that people write that has even a tiny modicum of new/creative elements is automatically covered by copyright. That includes the email you just sent and the scribble your toddler just drew on a piece of paper.
Somehow, I don't see the Authors Guild watching out for those "writers" interests.
What about me? I make my living writing -- but I see the Authors Guild as an out of touch organization run by luddites working hard to limit and hinder innovation because they're confused and scared of technology -- mainly how it creates more competition for their special club which doesn't want too many members. This is the same organization that argued that having a legally purchased ebooks read aloud violated their copyrights. The same organization that has sued libraries for scanning books to make them available for people to read in digital form. The same Authors Guild who has argued that the future of books is... brick and mortar stores. The same Authors Guild who (seriously) argued that Shakespeare wouldn't survive in the modern era since no one respects copyright any more (ignoring that there was no copyright in Shakespeare's time, and he did okay).
The Authors Guild isn't representing 99.999% of all "writers." And it certainly doesn't seem to be advocating for writers' interests, considering that it's fought against some of the best new technologies for creating, distributing, promoting and monetizing writers' works today.
Of course, we know what this is really about. The Copyright Office is still living in a time in the past, where it gets to fetishize a small cadre and closed off "club" of top professionals, ignoring that the rules and laws they seek to pass to protect that club against innovation and competition, also have massive negative impacts on the vast majority of content creators who aren't members of that tiny club. The Authors Guild may do wonderful things for a small group of authors who don't want to change with the times, but I don't see how that's a particularly beneficial service. It seems like a mistake. And the Copyright Office celebrates this?


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An 80-year-old woman whose husband allegedly beat her with a hammer has died and the state medical examiner has declared her death a homicide.
Francoise Genesse died Wednesday at Hartford Hospital. She was taken there April 25 after the assault.
Her husband, 85-year-old Clermont Genesse, remains in custody on $1 million bail, charged with attempted murder, first-degree assault and second-degree assault.
A spokeswoman for the medical examiner's office said Francoise Genesse died of blunt head trauma.
The early morning attack occurred April 25, hours after Francoise and Clermont Genesse had signed papers to move into a home for the elderly. Clermont allegedly attacked his wife with a hammer and a knife. He later told state police his plan was to kill his wife, then himself. "The accused stated that he did not want them to live a miserable life," a state trooper wrote in a report.
He is also accused of assaulting his daughter, who went to her mother's aid during the alleged attack.
Clermont Genesse's daughter told police that, at the end of March, he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Genesse is due back in court May 14, where additional charges are expected to be added. Tolland State's Attorney Matthew C. Gedansky said he could not comment on what might happen May 14.
At Genesse's arraignment April 25 in Superior Court in Rockville, Judge Carl J. Schuman ordered that the man undergo a competency evaluation. Police and Genesse's lawyer, Public Defender David Channing, said Genesse had trouble recalling what happened, as well as basic information, such as his age and where he lived.
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The actuarial science program at Aurora University prepares students to become successful actuaries by building a strong analytical foundation with which to solve the problems encountered in the quantification of risk and the management of investments. The program combines strong business and finance knowledge with the analytical skills developed in mathematics, statistics, and economics courses. The program prepares students for the first two actuarial examinations required by the Casualty Actuarial Society (CSA) and the Society of Actuaries (SOA). An internship experience is included to give students the opportunity to take the skills and knowledge learned in the classroom and apply them in a work place environment.


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FORT WALTON BEACH�It has been a roller coaster season for the Crestview volleyball team this year.
One match the Bulldogs are flying high and playing like capable of making a run at the playoffs. The next match the Bulldogs struggle to find their rhythm and find themselves barreling to the bottom of the track at breakneck speed.
Crestview coach Kathy Combest was clearly perplexed by her team�s play Tuesday after a four-set District 2-6A loss to Choctawhatchee by the scores of 25-19, 21-25, 25-14, 25-18.
�What happened is we didn�t play and you have to play every ball and every point,� she said. �We�ve got girls that aren�t mentally tough enough. They are handling it bad or handling it good.
�You have to stay consistent and I thought Choctaw did a very good job of doing that tonight.�
From the outset of the match it was clear the Indians (4-6, 2-4) were determined to defend their home floor and be the more consistent team.
A Taylor Brown kill on the first point of the match set the tone for things to come as Choctaw pounded the nets and battled for every loose ball in a match that was tight throughout the night.
Midway through the first set Crestview led 15-10, but the Indian battled back and pulled to within a point at 19-18 on an unforced error by the Bulldogs.
With Ashley Quackenbush in serve the Indians then reeled off seven straight points to take the set.
Crestview (7-6, 2-3) pulled even in the match with a strong second set as Jasmine Middleton and Molly Kitchen led the charge. Middleton had four kills in the set and Kitchen controlled things from the service line to lead the Bulldog charge.
But the night was Choctaw�s as Kayce Johnson, Kiera Alexander and Alyssa Labare joined Brown in attacking the Bulldog defense thanks in large part to Shannon McDonald�s 30 assists.
When Quackenbush wasn�t delivering big points in serve she was hitting the floor for a game-high 20 digs.
Choctaw took an early 5-1 lead in the third set and was never trailed in the set.
It was more of the same in the fourth set as the Indians jumped in front 7-0 and never trailed in the set.
Choctaw coach Nicole Adarme had her own feelings of highs and lows in the match as the Indians avenged a loss to Crestview last month.
�It was bittersweet,� she said. �We wanted this game because the anticipation was Crestview would be our biggest competitor. For us to come back and take that win boosted our spirits and our confidence in what we can do.
�In reality we�ve been up and down when we haven�t played as a team, but tonight we came out knowing we had to play aggressive from the beginning to the end and we had to play together.�
Crestview plays host to Fort Walton Beach on Tuesday and will host a special �Dig it for Pink Night� in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
All survivors of breast cancer will be admitted free and recognized before the start of the varsity match. All fans are encouraged to wear pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness.


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19th Annual Designing Women Two
March is "Women's History Month" and each year for the past nineteen years, we've celebrated with a guided tour of some of the best designing women we could find in the world. Some of these were actually sent in by readers, others were discovered online by staff. . Ladies and gentlemen, we present the 19th Annual Designing Women edition surf two :
* Gergana Plummer: You Don't Need A Computer
* Fanciful hand lettering we've seen before
* Eleanor Grosch long boards and a lot more
* Twenty-Five ways to love Jessica Walsh
* Lori dazzles you with happiness
* Andrea Kalfas
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Kathy Griffin & Cheryl Hines Celebrate the Groundlings 40th Anniversary
Kathy Griffin and Cheryl Hines celebrate at the Groundlings 40th Anniversary Gala held at HYDE Sunset: Kitchen + Cocktails on Sunday evening (June 1) in West Hollywood, Calif.
Also in attendance at the event were Ashley Bell, Cheri Oteri, and Rachael Harris.
The Groundlings is an improvisation and sketch comedy theatre that has been entertaining LA audiences for over 40 years. The school has been the foremost comedy training ground in Hollywood and the springboard for countless careers, including many of these ladies and many of the Saturday Night Live cast members.
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Lawsuit Alleges Cronyism in Obama Administration Green Energy Loan
A lawsuit recently filed in the United States Court of Claims may shed further light on the corruption of the Obama administrations green energy programs. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of XP Vehicles, Inc. and Limnia, Inc., companies that competed for Department of Energy loans under a Congressionally-authorized program. The owners of XP eventually realized that there was no real competition, and that the whole Department of Energy program was a scam intended to funnel money to Obama and Democratic Party campaign contributors and political allies. They allege in addition that DOE misappropriated proprietary technology that they submitted in connection with their loan applications, and gave that technology to Obama administration cronies.
Are the allegations true? I dont know. They certainly are consistent with what we know about the administrations green energy programs, and there is no doubt about the fact that companies like Tesla and Fisker, which won out in preference to these plaintiffs, were 1) politically connected, and 2) failures in the marketplace. What we can say for sure is that programs of this sort are destined for disaster. There is no reason why the government should be in the business of favoring some private companies over others; if it does so, either the reality or the appearance of political favoritism is inevitable. It is time to drive a stake through the whole enterprise of government involvement in green energy.
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EY Telecommunications webcast
New revenue recognition standard for telecommunications companies
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) (collectively known as the Boards) have issued new converged standards for recognizing revenue under US GAAP and IFRS. These standards were a decade in the making.
Telecommunications companies need to know how the Boards' new revenue recognition standard will affect them. Our webcast explains the issues and discusses the path forward for telecommunications US GAAP and IFRS reporters and practitioners.
Our webcast will provide telecommunications companies with industry specific considerations for each of the steps of the new revenue model. Our panel of subject-matter and industry professionals will also discuss how the requirements will impact some common telecommunications revenue arrangements.
In this webcast, we will discuss:
- Highlights of the new standard, including effective dates and transition methods
- The key implications of the new revenue model for telecommunications companies when accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers
- Practical application issues for telecommunications companies
We are offering this webcast twice in 24 hours. Please register for the time that you prefer. Asia-Pacific viewers may prefer to register for the replay.
Dennis Deutmeyer
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Dennis is the Telecommunications leader for EY's Global IFRS services organization. He is responsible for monitoring the IASB's standard setting activities and providing updates and implementation guidance to clients and EY professionals involved with the telecommunications industry. He brings over 28 years of auditing and assurance experience, predominantly serving clients in the telecommunications sector.
Dennis is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the state of New York.
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AT&T, Vice President-Reporting
Greg Hall serves as Vice President-Reporting for AT&T Inc. in Dallas, Texas, where he has responsibility for external reporting, management reporting and technical accounting. Until recently, he was the Vice President & Controller for AT&T Mobility and was based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Greg joined AT&T Inc., formerly SBC Communications, Inc., in 1984 as Manager of Financial Reporting. He held numerous positions in Accounting, Financial Planning and Mergers & Acquisitions with the company including an expatriate assignment in Mexico City working with Telefenos de Mexico (Telmex). Before joining AT&T, Greg worked for CLC of America, Inc as Assistant Controller and as a member of the audit staff of KPMG in St. Louis, Missouri.
Greg earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Missouri at St. Louis and master's degree in international business from Saint Louis University.
Rachel Simons
Ernst & Young LLP
Rachel is a Partner in EY's National Professional Practice group in New York, NY where she specializes in revenue recognition accounting matters. In this role, Rachel is responsible for developing the firm's interpretive guidance, interacting with standard setters, and advising clients and engagement teams throughout the Americas Practice.
From June 2010 through July 2012, Rachel was a Professional Accounting Fellow in the Office of the Chief Accountant of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Rachel began her career at EY serving assurance and advisory clients in the Los Angeles area.
Rachel earned a Bachelors of Science in Accounting from the University of Southern California, Leventhal School of Accounting.
Rachel is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in New York, California and DC. She is also a member of the AICPA.
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Holger is the Global Assurance Leader in the Telecommunications sector for EY's Global organization. He has over twenty years of business experience providing audit and advisory services to large multinational clients. He has in-depth experience and knowledge of reporting under US-GAAP and IFRS, specifically in the telecommunications industry. He currently serves as the global client service partner to one of the largest multinational companies in the telecommunications industry.
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By JEFF KLINKENBERG
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Oink. Oink. OINK!
The frog girl, Avalon Theisen, is all ears. A pig frog is a pretty good frog. Nice and big. Some people hear them and think they're hearing alligators. No way. Alligators have a deeper voice.
The frog girl can tell you about pig frogs. Coloration and pattern? Variable, but often olive green. Dorsum? Brownish to gray. Ventral mottling? Moderate in the throat but heavy in the area of the hind legs. Genus and species? Rana grylio.
The frog girl knows her Latin. She is a mainstay of the Frog-Listening Network in the Tampa Bay area. Her ambition? Keeping track of the frogs for the rest of us.
She likes to listen for the marble-on-marble croaking of the tiny cricket frog, Acris gryllus dorsalis. Her ears perk up when a Southern leopard frog, Rana sphenocephala, bursts into its nightly fingers-squeaking-on-a-wet-balloon cacophony.
When the frog girl hears a lot of frogs, she knows the natural world is doing fine. When she hears fewer frogs, she worries. Maybe something is wrong. Not enough rain. Or too much. Maybe pesticides got washed into the pond and killed the bugs frogs eat. Frogs are losing habitat, are being eaten by invasive species. Global warming might be a factor. Yikes.
"Frogs tells us the story of the environment,'' says the frog girl.
She is 12 years old.
She reminds me of myself when I was her age, only she is smarter and less likely to do something stupid and get herself killed. I liked my frogs too, though I couldn't tell you their names in Latin and I would have never considered myself an "environmentalist.''
Few adults in the 1950s had ever heard of the word, much less a big-eared kid who seldom wore shoes except to school and church. Florida's natural bounty seemed endless. Kids in my neighborhood fished, built rafts, camped in back yards, chased snakes, because that's what Florida kids did.
We jumped off bridges without knowing the water depth, shot each other with homemade arrows and drank from oily puddles. We were wild boys and girls saved from lockjaw by the occasional tetanus shot. Somewhere along the way a lot of us became real Floridians who never outgrew our fascination with snakes and frogs.
I tried to give my own kids similar opportunities, minus the bridge jumping and puddle drinking. We went fishing and camping and canoeing. We watched birds and butterflies. My youngest, now a sophisticated Manhattanite, bought a born-in-captivity rat snake when she was 9. When her snake got loose in the house for weeks at a time I didn't complain.
But what about the new generation of Florida kids? I fretted. Kids who grow up without a stake in Florida may grow up indifferent to what Florida is all about. Ignorant, they may welcome the roar of the bulldozer if it means another shopping mall or golf course.
I put the word out. Could anyone recommend a kid who was growing up like Florida kids of yesterday? People sent me a lot of names. One name kept popping up.
Avalon Theisen was different even in the beginning. Born in Virginia, she arrived in Florida as an infant. Her parents, Deborah and Keith Theisen, found they couldn't comfort her in the usual ways. "Walking her around the room or rocking her in a swing didn't work,'' Deborah says. During the day Deborah laid her baby on a blanket so she could watch the passing clouds.
As Avalon got older, adults noticed other differences. Eventually she was diagnosed with the autism spectrum disorder Asperger syndrome.
Keith, 42, was an Eagle Scout with a passion for bass fishing. Deborah had grown up as a smarty-pants frog girl herself in Arkansas. So they read their daughter nature books. They took her camping. They took her to the Rainbow River, where she learned to kayak and swim. "When other people were scrambling to get out of the water because of an alligator," her mother says, "I had to hold her back from jumping in."
In nature classes, Avalon soaked up everything. That intense focus is common in Asperger kids. Instructors began letting her lead hikes when she was 10. With Mom's help she started an environmental organization for kids, Conserve It Forward (conserveitforward.org).
In an aquarium, she keeps living props she uses in her talks: a Southern leopard frog, a Southern toad and a Cuban treefrog. In the dining room, waiting for their live mouse supper, are her caged corn snake and milk snake. "I'd take the milk snake out and let you hold it,'' she tells me generously, "but it's a little nervous and will musk on you. The musk really stinks.''
It's safer in her study, where natural history books stand beside Harry Potter and Clan of the Cave Bear. Her bedroom is filled with fossils and the mummy of a Cuban treefrog. "They're an invasive," she says of Osteopilus septentrionalis. "They eat the native frogs."
In the back yard, she leads the way through the tall weeds to a rotting hammock. "I wanted to show you this," she whispers. She gives it a tug and a million ants spill from the mildewed netting.
"I think of them as sugar ants because they're so small,'' she explains. "But I'm not an entomologist so I can't identify them for sure."
She invites me to climb a tree and seems disappointed when I decline to join her.
A lot of people believe Florida is all gone, which is irritating to me since it clearly is still with us.
When I was a kid, hunting had put the alligator and crocodile on the "say goodbye" list. Today, they are more numerous than at any time in a century. Panthers and bears face problems. But their populations are more robust than when I was young. Nobody, legally at least, scrambles turtle eggs into omelets anymore; last year loggerheads set nesting records on east coast beaches.
I don't mean to sound like a Pollyanna. Florida's environment faces many risks. When my parents moved here in 1951 there were 2 million residents. Now there are 18 million of us competing for space and water. The recession is over. The bulldozers are starting to rumble.
More than ever, Florida needs new blood — young people who will speak up.
Officially, she is in about seventh grade, but Avalon is already learning high school algebra, taught by her mother who homeschools her. Avalon hopes to take college classes before she is old enough to go to college. She says she might like to become a doctor, though perhaps she will become a naturalist who has a doctorate.
When Avalon was 9, she met George Heinrich, the king of herpetology in the Tampa Bay area. Avalon bowled him over.
Not long ago, Heinrich took Avalon and her parents to study the gopher tortoises at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve, then to Dunnellon to look at aquatic turtles in the Rainbow River. Finally they drove across the state to the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge to watch nesting loggerhead sea turtles lay their eggs.
"The stuff she knows and what she's done is incredible,'' Heinrich says. "She has a resume better than a lot of graduate college students."
Maybe she will grow up to be the next Temple Grandin, another high-achieving person with autism. Grandin teaches animal science at Colorado State, writes books, makes videos and is a spokeswoman for autism causes.
Last summer Avalon won the national Temple Grandin Award. The famous doctor of animal science told her to "be yourself, be polite and study hard.'' It's what she plans.
Late this fall, Nature Tracks With Avalon will stream on the Autism Channel (theautismchannel.tv). She has added her voice to a CD for children, Pacha's Pajamas — A Story Written By Nature, Vol. 2.
"I play Abbey the toad,'' Avalon says.
Dark. Rainy. Clouds of mosquitoes.
Armed with a flashlight, Avalon trots into the back yard with me in tow. "It's important to hold the flashlight right below your eyes and aim the beam straight out. Now look for eyes. Those eyes that are glowing over there? Spiders. I have to admit I am not that fond of spiders right now. Maybe someday. Tonight should be good for frogs.''
In the bushes, bright eyes glow like emeralds. Some kind of treefrog.
"It's not a green,'' she says, staring. No, it's not Hyla cinerea. Nor does it seem to be a barking treefrog, Hyla gratiosa.
"This may be my first pinewood treefrog!"
With her mom shining the light, the frog girl carefully positions her left hand. With her right she bumps the bewildered Hyla femoralis in the rump. It's a practiced move: The little frog leaps into Avalon's left hand.
Frogs weren't born yesterday, of course. This one is wily, and possibly slimy. It squeezes out of her hand and catapults onto the lawn. Pandemonium. Lights. Screaming by Avalon. Advice from her parents and me.
The frog girl kneels. Pokes around with her hand. Mosquitoes land and bite. They're ferocious.
"Enough, Avalon,'' says her dad, "we're being eaten alive.''
She's 12 years old. She's a Floridian who wants an adventure.
Reluctantly she returns to civilization.
Jeff Klinkenberg can be reached at [email protected]
Photo by CAROLINA HIDALGO/Times
Avalon Theisen, 12, environmentalist and real Florida girl.


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Green Car Deals: January 2013
While environmentally friendly cars usually command a premium over their more traditional counterparts, there are still some deals available on green vehicles. We've rounded up the top green car deals in January on some of our favorite models, giving buyers a leg up as they set off in search of a fuel efficient new car this month.
Chevrolet Malibu Eco
The recently redesigned Chevrolet Malibu Eco model returns up to 25 miles per gallon city and 37 mpg highway. Through January, it's also available with several incentives. Cash buyers will appreciate up to $500 cash back -- a small figure, but a rare offer on a brand-new 2013 model. Finance customers can also enjoy a good deal on the Malibu Eco this month thanks to 2.9 percent interest for up to 60 months. We also suspect many buyers can negotiate a good deal in addition to these offers, as the Malibu Eco isn't as popular as traditional gas-powered models.
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Ford Fusion Hybrid
The new Ford Fusion Hybrid debuted this summer with a splash thanks to handsome styling and a 47 mpg combined fuel economy rating. While its recent arrival means incentives are restrained, Ford is still offering an alluring deal to qualified finance customers: 1.9 percent interest for 36 months, or 2.9 percent for 48 months. That's a better offer than most banks will make, and it even beats Ford's interest rate deals on gas-powered Fusion models. For the first time since the Fusion's launch, Ford is also offering a cash back deal on the sedan's hybrid variant, giving cash buyers up to $500 off.
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Toyota Camry Hybrid
We're still impressed with the incentives on the newly redesigned Toyota Camry Hybrid. Shoppers looking to finance get the best deal, as Toyota is offering zero percent interest to qualified buyers for up to 36 months, or 0.9 percent interest for up to 60 months. But there's also a good offer on the table for lease shoppers. Leftover 2012 models, which carry the same design as their 2013 counterparts, start at just $229 per month for 36 months after $1,999 at signing. That's just $30 per month more than the 24-month lease Toyota is offering on the gas-powered Camry. And considering the hybrid variant returns up to 43 mpg city, it won't be hard to overcome the price difference at the pump.
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Toyota Prius Plug-In
A plug-in hybrid variant is among the most recent additions to the Toyota Prius lineup. But most shoppers still prefer the traditional hybrid model, which can be up to $15,000 cheaper. That's great news for drivers who want a good deal on a plug-in, since Toyota is offering many good incentives. The best deal is for shoppers looking to finance the car, as they can get zero percent financing for up to 60 months plus a tremendous $4,000 in cash back -- a deal that's likely to entice even the consistent cash buyers. Lease shoppers can also get a deal on the plug-in hatchback, which returns up to 95 mpg equivalent. The automaker is offering a 36-month lease on leftover 2012 models, touting payments from $259 per month after $2,399 at signing. That's just $20 per month more than a similar offer on the remaining inventory of regular 2012 Prius models.
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Volkswagen Jetta TDI
Eager diesel-lovers will be happy to learn that Volkswagen is finally offering an incentive on the 42-mpg Volkswagen Jetta TDI. Through the end of January, qualified finance shoppers can take advantage of interest rates as low as 1.9 percent for 60 months on both 2012 and 2013 Jetta TDI models. Unfortunately for hatchback devotees, the same offer doesn't translate to diesel versions of the Golf or Jetta Sportwagen. But we're excited to see any diesel-powered Volkswagen available with a manufacturer-backed incentive.
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Dodge Dart Aero
Unlike the choices we've listed above, the new Dodge Dart Aero isn't a hybrid or a diesel. But that doesn't mean it skimps on gas mileage. In fact, the miserly new compact returns a whopping 41 mpg, which places it near the top of the small sedan gas mileage charts. And despite its new design, the Dart Aero is already offered with incentives in January. One is for cash buyers, offering $1,500 in cash back -- a big number for a sedan that starts just over $20,000. Finance customers benefit from another deal, which touts 1.9 percent interest for up to 36 months, plus up to $750 in cash back.
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Karen Kay Burkett, 60, of Tonasket, Wash. died Jan. 8, 2014 after a long illness.
She was born in Kansas City, Kans., to Pat and Billy Barrett Aug. 9, 1953. Karen lived many years with her grandparents Myrtle and Robert Carnahan.
Karen married Loie Wayne Burkett Feb. 18, 1984 in Marysville, Calif.
Karen loved Jesus and looked forward to being with Him. She enjoyed caring for her husband, Wayne, and was known for her friendliness and love for others. Karen loved animals and believed one of her main purposes in life was to care for them. During her lifetime she was a bartender, housekeeper, saw mill worker, painter and sang for many years in a band.
She is survived by her husband, Wayne; children, Robert Davis, Richard Davis and Ginger Dent; mother, Pat; foster daughter, Cindy Maxwell; and several grandchildren. Her surviving siblings are Kathy Kempter, Debbie Hodges, Ricky Barrett and Billy Barrett.
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Nissan Leaf Marks 50,000 Sales in the United States
- 50,000 Nissan Leaf sales officially recorded in U.S.
- Milestone Leaf sold to a couple in Dallas, Texas
- Leaf is the most popular electric vehicle in the world
Nissan has officially sold 50,000 units of its all-electric Leaf hatchback in the United States. The automaker recently announced the milestone figure, celebrating the 50,000th sale less than four years after the Leaf first went on sale in late 2010.
According to Nissan, the 50,000th Leaf was officially delivered in May to a customer at AutoNation Nissan in Lewisville, Texas, near Dallas -- a city that the automaker calls a hot-growth market for electric vehicles. The milestone Leaf, a black SL-trimmed model, was sold to Dallas residents Todd and Lisa Bolt, who remarked that they were so happy with the Leaf that "we don't know why we'd buy another gas car."
Interestingly, the 50,000th Leaf sale in the United States comes only a few months after the automaker recorded its 100,000th global sale of the fully electric hatchback. Nissan hit that milestone back in January, with the 100,000th vehicle going to a customer in the United Kingdom. Now, five months later, Nissan says it's sold around 115,000 Leaf models across the world.
With those kinds of sales figures, the Nissan Leaf is easily the world's best-selling electric vehicle. That's no surprise when you consider the hatchback's numbers: In addition to seating for five and a base price of around $30,000, it offers an 84-mile fully electric range. The Leaf can also be fully recharged in roughly five hours with its newly available 6.6-kilowatt on-board charger, or eight hours with the standard 3.6-kW charger.
Among the Leaf's chief rivals are the Chevrolet Volt, a plug-in hybrid with a starting price of around $35,000 and a 35-mile fully electric range, and the Ford Focus Electric, a fully electric hatchback that can travel around 76 miles between charges.
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The practice of silence – of consciously withdrawing our energy and attention from outer distractions – has been used in different traditions throughout time as a pathway to physical, mental, and spiritual renewal. By participating in various course processes specifically designed to take us beyond our usually active minds, we experience an extraordinary sense of peace and renewed vitality that we carry home with us and into daily lives.
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- Advanced insight on the laws governing our mind and emotions. The course is typically held as a residential retreat in a place of natural beauty and tranquility. It's no wonder that many course participants refer to it as the ideal vacation for body, mind, and spirit.
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Did you know?
Golden Gate Highlands National Park is famous for its spectacular sandstone formations and sweeping grasslands.
Discover one of South Africa's most dramatically beautiful national parks when embarking on a hiking trail in Golden Gate Highlands National Park.
Some take only an hour, others longer, and there's an overnight trail for the fit and adventurous. But whichever you choose, the hiking trails of Golden Gate Highlands National Park are fun, gloriously scenic and very accessible.
Most of the shorter hikes are unguided, so off you go on your own, following markers and keeping to the paths.
If you're not too steady on your pins, or have young children, then the one-hour Mushroom Rock Hike, which starts at the Glen Reenen Rest Camp, will give you a taste of the mountains without overtaxing you.
The 120m-high Brandwag Rock Hike is also a fairly easy one-hour hike, but offers a whiff of adventure because at one stage there's a chain to help you up a steep ascent. The commanding views from the summit are well worth the climb.
If you're feeling fit, then tackle the challenging Wodehouse Hike, which takes approximately four hours.
You'll walk with a guide on the four-hour Cathedral Cave Hike, which is also graded as low difficulty, whereas the one-hour Eco-Ravine Hike, graded medium difficulty, will test your mettle a bit more.
If you have time, then try the 28km Ribbok Overnight Trail where you'll encounter some of the park's highest peaks, plus lots of game including black wildebeest, springbok and zebra. Keep your eyes open for the endangered bearded vulture as well as Verreaux's (black) eagles.
Come as a day visitor, or stay overnight at Glen Reenen Rest Camp, in a campsite or cosy rondavel, or the Golden Gate Hotel, encircled by sandstone hills and looking as if it has come direct from the Swiss Alps.
All the hikes start and end either at the rest camp or at the hotel.
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How to get here
Take the R712 east from Clarens in the Eastern Free State and follow the signs to Golden Gate Highlands National Park.
Around the area
Visit the arty village of Clarens.
What to pack
Sturdy walking shoes or boots, sunscreen, hat and water bottle. For the Ribbok Overnight Trail bring your own cooking equipment, food, utensils and sleeping bag.
Where to stay
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Luke Dennison got the first start of his Academy career in Saturday's match against Arsenal F/C and he did not disappoint. The senior at Pinole Valley High School made the most of his opportunity as he shut out Arsenal in a 0-0 draw.
Dennison, the former Defensive MVP of the Tri-County Athletic League, is in his first year with the Quakes and took full advantage of his first start while spelling JT Marcinkowski. The match saw a lot of back-and-forth play as well as five substitutions for each side, but Dennison was as dependable as could be in the net, turning away every shot he faced.
The 18s faced off with Real So Cal on Sunday and dropped a 6-3 decision.
Thanks to a Cylus Sandoval goal in the 6th minute, the Quakes jumped out to an early lead. Jorge Jimenez of Real So Cal scored his first of two goals in the 13th minute to knot the match at 1-1. Dalton Pando tallied his first goal of the season in the 28th minute sending the Quakes into the half with a 2-1 advantage.
The second half was all So Cal as they found the back of the net five times after the break. So Cal scored four times in an eight-minute stretch, sandwiching a Juan Velasquez goal in the 75th, on the way to their second victory of the season. The goal for Velasquez was the 10th of his Quakes career.
San Jose will head into a bye week before traveling north to take on tough division rivals Portland and Seattle on Oct. 5th and 6th. The Quakes will look to repeat the results of last year's trip to the Pacific Northwest, when they swept a weekend in early May, 3-0 vs Portland and 3-1 against Seattle. Overall last season, San Jose was 2-0 against the Timbers and split the matches with the Sounders.
Saturday afternoon the 16s battled Arsenal in a tough, 1-0 defeat, Eduardo Solarzano was solid in net. but let one late shot get past him for the deciding goal. After a scoreless first half, the intensity picked up but the Quakes were unable to break through against the stingy Arsenal defense. Evan Sungvornrajasabh slid a shot past Solarzano in the 74th minute for the lone tally.
Not to be deterred by Saturday's result, the Quakes took the pitch Sunday against Real So Cal and used a dominant second half to win 3-0. Goalkeeper Remi Prieur was flawless on the day and, finally, in the 51st minute, Yousef Diyab was able to get him the lead. Diyab's 2nd goal of the season broke the seal, and seasoned veterans Phillip Hausen and Jonathan Partida contributed goals after that.
The 16s will try to build off Sunday's victory as they hit the road after the bye week to take on a pair of teams that got the better of them last year. In the combined four matches against Portland and Seattle, the Quakes were only able to muster a single goal, which came in a mid-November draw against the Sounders.
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Monday, August 02, 2004
Yahoo! group for LISP machine recreation fans
After my recent postings about the CADR LISP machine and embedded LISP machines I got a fair number of comments from people saying something to the effect of, "Hey, I have been thinking the same thing!" Given the number of people that seem to be interested in such a topic, I decided that a discussion group was probably warranted. I just created a Yahoo! group on LISP machines. You can find it at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lispmachines/. There are other projects that people have also started previously doing similar sorts of things (software simulators, primarily). I'll post references to those as I find more of them.
For what it's worth, there are already two existing lists on this topic:
http://lists.tunes.org/archives/lispm/ for firstname.lastname@example.com
http://www.ai.sri.com/mailing-lists/slug/ for email@example.com
You might want to look into the Ares project at the MIT AI lab and Andrew Huwang's thesis work. He was doing something much like this, although his focus was massively parallel architectures using a lispm like (I forget if it was stack based or not, but I know that it was using standard 36bit words). When I left it all seemed to be fairly advanced, but I haven't really looked at it since. He's at Xilinx now, iirc.
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CONWAY, Ark. (Nov. 16, 2013) – Led by senior quarterback Curtis Johnson, the Sewanee football team rushed past Southern Athletic Association (SAA) foe Hendrix, 35-9, Saturday at Young-Wise Memorial Stadium.
Johnson capped off his outstanding career by rushing for a career-high 159 yards and a touchdown on 30 carries.
The victory closed out the 2013 season for the Tigers. Sewanee finished 4-6 overall and 3-3 in league play. Hendrix dropped to 3-7 overall and 1-5 in SAA competition.
On the first play from scrimmage, Johnson took off for a 28-yard gain. Five plays later, the Atlanta, Ga., native capped off the drive with a two-yard TD run.
After stopping Hendrix for the second time on a fourth down attempt, Sewanee looked to extend its lead.
The big play on the ensuing drive came on second and four, as Johnson completed a 31-yard pass toCody Daniel.
Two plays later senior fullback Andrew Keenan found the end zone from six-yards out, which pushed the lead to 13-0.
Sophomore kicker Callum Wishart had his extra point attempt blocked, which maintained the score.
On the Tigers' next drive, Wishart extended the lead to 16-0, with a 24-yard field goal.
Sewanee continued to play well when Grant Fuller stopped a fourth-and-three attempt by Hendrix on the Warrior 48-yard line.
On the ensuing drive, Sewanee scored again when junior Barrett Goodson rushed into the end zone from 11-yards out.
Unfortunately, the extra point attempt was again blocked. This time, Hendrix's Thomas Weissert picked up the block and raced 98-yards for a defensive PAT.
Hendrix finally scored its first offensive touchdown, when Dayton Winn scored from one-yard out with 12:50 left in the third quarter.
After an interception by David Garcia put the Tigers in business at their own 49-yard line, Sewanee scored two plays later when Cortez Brown rushed in from six yards.
Sewanee would add one final touchdown, as Daniel capped off an 11-play, 63-yard drive with an 18-yard scamper late in the fourth quarter.
Overall, the Tigers dominated the ground game with a season-high 408 rushing yards. The Tigers limited Hendrix to 171 yards of total offense. Sewanee also held Hendrix to an 0-for-6 effort on fourth down.
Joining Johnson individually was Daniel, who finished with 181 yards of total offense and a touchdown. Additionally, five Tigers rushed for more than 20 yards.
On defense, linebackers John Paul McDonnell, Dave McKeithen, and defensive back Alex Kops led Sewanee with seven stops.
Kops and McKeithen also finished with two tackles for a loss and a pass breakup.
Wishart closed out his first season as the Tigers' kicker by scoring 50 points and making 8-out-10 field goal attempts. Additionally, he was 26-for-28 in PAT attempts.
For more information on Sewanee Athletics, please visit www.SewaneeTigers.com. You can also check the Tigers out on Twitter and Facebook.


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I had the Dodgers signing Haren to a modest $5 million deal for one year with incentives to push it to $8 million in my offseason plan. After Josh Johnson signed with the Padres last week, it looked like Haren could get at least a 2-year deal at $8-10 million annually.
Haren, 33, is coming off a down season with the Nationals, posting a 4.67 ERA in 169 2/3 innings. However, he was solid from July through the rest of the regular season.
July through September (16 games, 15 starts)
87 2/3 IP (5.8 IP per start)
Haren is a hometown kid as he was born in Monterey Park, went to high school at Bishop Amat Memorial and college at Pepperdine University.
At his peak, Haren was a 6-win pitcher (twice) and has been worth nearly 39 wins for his career. He posted WARs of 1.8 and 1.5 the last two seasons. In Los Angeles, he could easily be a 2-3-win pitcher.
With Josh Beckett coming off surgery and Chad Billingsley not set to come back until midseason (probably not even as a starter), the Dodgers needed to do something to shore up the rotation. Haren is a great step toward that.
As of now, Haren is slated to be the team's No. 4 starter. I'm sure that will change once Masahiro Tanaka is posted -- something that could happen sooner rather than later. If the Dodgers win the posting and sign him, Haren could very well be the best No. 5 starter in baseball. A.J. Ellis seems to like the deal.
Excited about Dan Haren. Always admired his professionalism. Also atop "guys I want to catch because I struggle hitting them" list.
Dave Cameron of FanGraphs pointed this out on Twitter: Haren is basically Tim Lincecum the last couple of years -- 2012 and 2013. Lincecum, albeit younger, signed a 2-year, $35 million deal. In retrospect, the $10 million commitment to Haren looks like a steal.
— AJ Ellis (@AJEllis17) November 25, 2013
I'm really happy with this acquisition. I've been a fan of Haren for a long time (ever since his Oakland days). If he can build on his resurgent second half of 2013, this should be a low-risk move for the Dodgers.
Jersey number prediction: He wore 15 for most of his career and 24 while in Oakland (one season) and Anaheim. No. 15 is available on the Dodgers, so I see no reason he won't wear it.
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