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Three out of the-injured-three ain't bad... well,
jury still out on Pedro and Jason.
2002 Schedule, Scores, Boxes
Myers Rumblings
3.30: Working through the weekend. Took a stroll around the old ballpark this
morning. Lots of hubbub going on both inside and outside the park.
There's something about the Fenway area that just
can't be replicated on the waterfront. I'm torn on tearing it down.
The "90th Anniversary" of Fenway Park banners were
being hoisted up, replacing last year's 100 seasons flags. The pizza slice
windows were being power washed. The Citizen's bank special banner was being
lifted over the left-field billboard, watch for something to happen up there
in the second inning on Monday.
Inside the park was equally as active. The new
food and drinks were being delivered. Concourse carts were being shuffled
around. Construction in the new Diamond bar and the new WEEI studio was still
in progress.
When I asked one of my favorite old-timer
gatekeepers about all the changes going on he said "I don't know anything
about that, I'm just here to watch this gate."
Glad to see not everything is changing.
3.29: Rooting for Offerman. I'll be rooting for Jose Offerman on Monday
when the new DH steps to the plate in the two hole.
Why? Why not?
Since Samuel Jackson made the first crack about
signing Jose at the ESPYs nearly four years ago, we've all had a field day
with Jose. With Carl gone, he's now the black sheep of the family. The final,
and most glaring, leftover piece of the Dan Duquette Error. It's easy to take
a whack at Offey.Too easy. But do we really hate Jose? Or do we just hate the
fact that Duquette overpaid and gave him the fourth year, with the obnoxious
buyout, when no one else offered more than three? I think it's more of the
latter. Oh and Jose's OPS against Chris Carpenter is great by the way. So you
know Grady's grinding the numbers too.
He will put on the uniform of the Boston Red Sox
on Monday, and I'll be cheering. It's time to move on.
Speaking of Mo Vaughn: It's over for the out of
shape, loud of mouth DH. Just praise the Lord we have Tony. It's a good
3.28: Cause for concern. All eyes on
Pedro again today. Outside of the six hits, it looked good on paper, but my
gut tells me something is wrong. Maybe it's the Red Sox fan in me. Fatalist.
Fossum could replace Pedro in the order if Pedro
goes south. He looked great again striking out three in the seventh, including
Griffey. Remember when Junior was the Michael
Jordan of baseball? Not any more.
Nice to see Nixon get the key long ball to start
the winning come-from-behind 7th inning rally.
Been caught stealin' once, twice, three, four
times. So much for the running Red Sox. Time to revisit station-to-station
baseball? Play the park and just wait for the three run homer?
Trip over. Time to get ready for the Opener.
3.27: It was just seventeen. Hits that is, Sox gold, Texas tea. Well the
first thing you know... Carl Everett looks fat in his new dress (and clumsy on Nomar's triple).
The other golden boy John Rocker, got into a nice
beef with his pitching coach that continued off the field.
Not that you want to hear this back in Boston, but
it was so hot (low 90s) that Baerga got leg cramps on his home run trot and
the trainer had to help him around the bags.
The Shea Hey Kid was at it again going 3-3. He's
working hard, and playing hard.
No sign of Offerman in the outfield, they must
have traded him when we weren't looking.
3.26: Panic button. Not ready to push it yet, but the blush may
be coming off the Florida rose. Last night's game was just plain ugly. Lowe looked
lousy, Fossum wasn't much better, and the defense was indefensible -- balls
dropping, no one covering bases. It was the Bad News Boston Bears vs. Sean
So now Burkett is out of the rotation and Pedro
still ain't right. Will the pitching be the achilles heel of this club? Days
after I said we had "too much pitching" (surely the kiss of death statement),
it becomes the sore spot.
And I think we've only seen one decent offensive
rally since we've been here. What's up with the silence of the bats?
Looking forward to bumping heads with Carl today.
3.25: Smoking gun. Tony Armas Jr. made you wonder if the Sox
made a mistake trading him away as he was popping fastballs in the mid-90s
right off the bat. But Manny was able to connect early and then some wildness
set in. Hermanson was able to get into the 91-93 mph range with his heat
throughout his five inning stint.
Rey Sanchez wins Opening start at second with
another stellar performance. He beat out an infield single, scored a run using
more hustle, and drove one in later on.
Rickey and Jim Rice were laughing it up, mocking
Jose Canseco's swing while he was in the batter's box. Canseco K'd.
Manny, wearing an El Guapo shirt, took extra work
shagging fly balls in left. Look for him to start there on Opening Day.
Sat next to Lee Thomas, a real gentleman, who has
been traveling of late, watching various pro teams. He seems happy in his
undefined role and will be working out of his home in St. Louis to start the
We were ready to get on Cool Breeze Coleman when
he was tagged out after not sliding into home. Cooler heads prevailed when we
realized he pulled up lame.
3.24: The envelope please.
And the Oscar goes to...
Best Supporting Starter: Derek Lowe in Spring
Training Day, also starring in The All Star Team, coming to theatres this
Best Actor: Lou Merloni in Don't Cry for Me
Pawtucket. Lou plays a man not worried about making the team or not.
Best Foreign Film: 9 1/2 Hits. Rey Sanchez
surprises in his debut. Carlos Baerga a close second in A Beautiful Job.
Best Costume: Rickey Henderson, as a 43 year old
playing a 27 year old in Speed 3.
Best Make Up: Trot Nixon, Tim Wakefield and Ugueth
Urbina in Trains, Planes, and Automobiles II - The Sound of Music.
Best Song: "Do you know the way to can Jose?",
apologies to the Herald's Jeff Horrigan.
Best Director: Grady Little, In the War Room
(Director's cut coming soon).
Best Screenplay: "Offerman on the Outs" (original
score by Dan Duquette) beats out Lord of the Rings, produced by Georgie-Porgy
Films in New York.
Best Pitcher: Twist of Fate starring Darren
Oliver, a rags to riches tale.
3.23: Clearwater collapse. The Red Sox five game winning streak was
snapped yesterday. It's only spring, and there weren't many players in there
beyond AA by the 10th, but we were hoping for a perfect record trip.
Castillo locked up the five spot with a near
perfect performance yesterday as I'm officially giving up on the 'Juan Pena
wins 20' dream for now. He pitched tough after the home run, but also looks
like he could use the starts in Pawtucket.
Long after the regulars were done for the day,
with the game going into extra innings, one starter remained on the bench to
watch his young teammates take the lead in the 10th, Trot Nixon.
I met Trot's high school coach and pitching coach
yesterday. Great guys. Easy to see where Trot gets his attitude.
Extra innings: Daubach works late on hitting, Varitek
stays overtime to practice throws to second. Big Thunder Juan Diaz is quickly
becoming a fan favorite and left us in the dust yesterday after his heavy
slide into home. With his thunder thigh pointed straight at the plate, Juan
scored the go ahead run all the way from first in the 10th. Speaking of ten, Rey
Sanchez goes for his 10th hit in a row today at Lee County Stadium against the
Twins. We'll give him a high 5 if he gets it.
3.21: A playoff atmosphere. The record crowd at City of Palms park was
fired up from the start. For a spring training game, this one had a true
playoff atmosphere. The Sox were playing potential World Series opponent St.
Louis, absolutely stacked with talent. Perfect day, and Pedro pitching. Did
the questions get answered? Yes and no.
Yes his velocity was right up there in the mid-90s
by the end of his stint. No, it wasn't the same old Pedro as he was hit HARD
by the Midwest bombers. His windup was slow and deliberate at the start, but
from our vantage point, seven rows straight behind the plate, it looked like
he was slipping into a sidearm delivery as the innings progressed.
Play of the day: Sanchez on second, Rickey on
first, Damon lays down a picture perfect bunt to move them over and almost
beats out the sac. Nomar drives them both in with a hard single. Textbook
national league baseball. Nice to see around here.
Derek Lowe is expected to be named the number two
starter. Here, here.
I always wondered why St. Louis was often compared
to Boston as one of the best baseball towns in the country. I thought it was a
lot of hype, but after sitting in the midst of the Midwest fandom for several
innings, I believe it to be true. They came out in big numbers, flashing their
red tops, cheering on Bud Smith, and knowing everything there is to know about
the game. They are passionate, insightful, and deserve their reputation as the
second best baseball city in America. Oh and they're annoyingly
Is Peter Gammons trying to sandbag the other
writers, lobbying to be exclusive ear for Henry and Lucchino? That's what we
3.20: What a day for a ballgame. No hitches, no glitches. Leave a cold, snowy
Boston and land in 85 degree picture perfect St. Pete sun with an ice-cold Bud
in hand, all in under 4 hours. Not bad.
As the box score indicates D. Lowe was the story
today. Breezing through the Troy O'Leary Devil Rays for four very strong
innings. Rickey looks more and more comfortable in a Red Sox uniform every
Tough to tell Prime Time, Big Thunder, and Cecil
Fielder apart these days, but Coleman's clutch blast should bump Buford out of
the outfield mix.
Red Sox fans are like cockroaches in a Louisiana
flat down here, they're everywhere you look. Young and old, from Maine to
Providence, they're here and having a good time. Sat next to FODs (Friends of
Daubach) and Brian came up into the stands to greet them in the late innings.
He hit the ball hard again today, but the trade rumors persist.
I'll be watching Pedro's "velocity" (wink to projo)
closely tomorrow when all questions regarding the Mound Dog's opening should
be answered.
3.18: Thirteen days. And it's time for the rhetorical question
"What's wrong with Pedro?" Yeah, it's only spring, he says "Don't Panic," and Petey's not back on the DL yet, but the red flag went up on Saturday. It is
not yet certain that Martinez will be the Opening Day starter, next start will
So goes Pedro, so go the Red Sox in 2002. Fingers
officially crossed.
Thirteen days and lots of big decisions to make
for Little. And Merloni is making some big noise at second. The Olde Towne is
not big enough for Lou and Baerga. Buford or Coleman (does it really matter?).
And what to do about Daubach?
Rickey leading off, getting on, is a lock now. But
what about Juan? Pena was less than impressive on Saturday and looked like he
could pack on a few pounds.
Decisions to be made this week. We'll be down
there on Tuesday.
3.15: Sox not ready for home opener. April
fool? It all looks so good on paper, but what
happens when the rubber meets the road in 16 days? Yes, spring training games
don't count but what happens when they do? Can Nomar go every day? He says
he's "getting ready for April 1st, not the middle of March," and will play
back-to-back games this weekend. Varitek will too, but how will he feel on
Monday? And how long will Pedro be held back, until mid-April? Maybe.
Sox will be on TV the next three games giving most
fans their first look at the new Olde Towne team. And tomorrow's game with
Pedro going against the Yankees looms large, even in March. Can Martinez go
4-innings and/or 60 pitches?
Something tells me the days of Sox starters going
6-innings and out are over. Old School Cloninger is going to get some complete
games out of this bunch yet.
3.12: Time to make the lineups. So now that the GM team, amateur and foreign
scouting positions, and Manager decision are set, and only one more coaching
change is expected, it's time to turn the spotlight back on the players.
The new questions of the day are: Who will make
the team? Who will start? Who will sit? Will it be Coleman or Rickey as the
extra outfielder? Will Baerga start (no way he can be cut now) at second or
third? Does Daubach get traded now that Tony Clark is slugging his way to an
everyday job? Is Jose finished at second? Is Rey the answer? And what about
Juan Pena? Can Jason catch everyday? Is there another good catch out there to
be signed? How does Arrojo fit in? Will Urbina hold up? Nineteen days until the opener. Manager decision
made just in time.
3.11: Monday musings. Is it me, or is Mike Port sounding more and
more like Dan Duquette every day? But I agree with him when he asks why we
can't hire the next Joe Torre or Tony LaRussa (instead of the retirement
retreads)? The Red Sox clearly have too much starting pitching. Hey, how are
Manny's hammys doing? Hopefully no news is good news and he can be a full-time
three-tool player from hereon out. How many ladders does it take to get Felipe
Alou up on his high horse? What exactly did he win again? Carlos Baerga and
Tony Clark have been huge spring standouts so far and will be tough to keep
out of the everyday lineup. Thank God Tom Kelly declined. The Red Sox ticket
guide says we can "look forward to healthy comebacks by Pedro Martinez, Nomar
Garciaparra, and Jason Varitek," so I guess you can get your money back if
they go on the DL. Is Juan Pena the number two or three starter? The ticket
guide also says "Trot Nixon will continue as a team leader both on and off the
field" ...we knew it all along.
3.08: Could be a short run for Little. Eddie Kasko came running out of the dugout
to scream at the ump about a close call at second. He was the Manager of the
Boston Red Sox. At the time (I was nine), I thought it was like a Supreme
Court judge, a job for life.
Thirty years and now 13 managers later, I've
learned that this job turns over more than John Henry on South Beach without
an umbrella.
So now the Nation turns it's lonely eyes to Little
(who will be the 43rd manager of the Olde Towne Team). What does Grady bring to the table (besides Manny handling
experience)? And will this game of musical manager chairs finally stop? The
man described as the best of the Joe Morgan/Jimy Williams types is only 52
years young, which means he could conceivably manage the team for the next 20
years. Anyone wanna bet he's gone under five? Counting The Cubbage Era, the
last 30 years has produced an average manager stint of 2.3 years per man.
Hey Grady, don't file that resume away after your
handshake today.
List of Sox managers
3.05: Decision day.
How long can the new Red Sox go before naming a manager? At what point does
the state of limbo become a police state? Today?
Johnny 'the human quote machine' Damon has already
come out and said that the players want to know now, and they want to keep
Joe. Nomar, Nixon, Lowe, and Urbina have all fallen in Kerrigan's camp. Pedro
and Manny won't comment, but they want him gone, as is the
veteran who said last year "I'd rather sell my
house than let him visit me in the offseason."
Has the decision been made? Has it really been a
flip-flop between Macha and Little? Edesdropping: According to Gordon, it looks like
Little, as early as Wednesday.
3.03: Twist of fate? If they're not going to fire Joe, just say
it ain't so. Otherwise waiting a week is weak. It looks like Lucchino is the lone holdout on
Kerrigan's fate, wondering if it's worth giving Joe a fresh start or if it's
best to start fresh all around. Henry and Port are reported not to be in
Kerrigan's corner, while Werner is a Bill Cosby guy.
Is the question in with the old, Alou or
Showalter, verses start with the new, Macha or Little? Are they still working
on the selection, or just solidifying the contract?
The good news yesterday (besides first day ticket
sales doubling over last year for the owners) was that Varitek, Nomar,
Burkett, and Trot looked great. But when will the 0-2 Spring Sox win a game
against a major league opponent?
It could come today, or it could take a week.
3.02: "Manager's Decision." Tick,
tick, tick. It's just a matter of time before Joe goes. So who's out there to
replace him? Felipe Alou? I left him off the poll by mistake, but after second
thought, he doesn't have a shot. Lucchino already questioned his "fire in the
belly", he manages a terrible game, and his players have shown little plate
discipline. Sure Pedro, Manny, and Offy would be happy, for now. Buck
Showalter? If he's so good, why do his ESPN jobs last longer than his manager
Grady Little? No big league experience, and no one
has called him yet. Ken Macha? The sleeper, but he supposedly "doesn't like
his players to show emotion," hard to see how that works with Lucchino. Could
Jim Fregosi be the second coming of the third reincarnation of Joe Torre?
Everyone would love to see Jerry Remy pull a booth
to the dugout move like World Series winner Bob Brenley, but Rem wants no part
of it for now... having too much fun being a cult celebrity. Rico would kick
some ass, but I'm not sure his head's in the game. Is Tommy Harper the right
guy? Maybe. Wrong time and town? Definitely. Leyland or Kelly? Keep them
retired in Uggie's recliner. Can you Wedge Eric in? The Kerrigan countdown
should end Sunday.
3.01: The Crying Game, part II. Just as I wiped the last tear after
wondering how Dan will survive on $3 million over the next two years, I got
all choked up again.
How on earth could the NewRedSox drop their first game
to the split-squad, almost-contracted Twins 6-0 last night?
Not one extra base hit? Will they get the ball out
of the infield against BC tonight? Dewey
may be next up on the chopping block, Arrojo on the trading block.
So will Lucchino Buck up and get a high profile
manager or go long-term and give the job to Ken Macha? Either way, Joe will go
and the final decision may have already been made. Sunday Bloody
Let the Mike Port era begin. And let's hope they
give it the old college try tonight.
2.28: It's a whole new ballgame. Welcome to
the Hen House as the new owners finally get their champagne toast. Now the
Duke is toast too, and you can stick a fork in Kerrigan, he's just about done.
On last night's West Wing, the President asked the
Vice President to resign and the Chief of Staff was asked to accept a lesser
role as press secretary... hmm.
Oh, and there's the little matter of the first
Grapefruit League game against the Twins
tonight. Is anyone even paying attention (yes, Rickey batting third as DH)?
Rey Sanchez also picked the wrong day to be signed as all eyes will be on
Larry Lucchino Thursday as he formally addresses the Nation for the first time
without the "incoming" tag.
Manny and Joe, love on the rocks? Ain't no big
surprise, ask Manny what he thinks, and he'll tell you some lies. Play ball!
2.27: It was a beautiful day. What started in October 2000 finally
finishes today. The Yawkeys will be thrust out of Fenway. Finally. And now the
focus shifts from Duquette to Kerrigan, whose 'short leash' turned into a
choke chain almost overnight. Players continue to subtly sandbag him. Was his
request to go on "Sports Final" last Sunday enough to save his job? No.
How quickly will the changes come? Not soon enough
for the Nation who want to hear announcements on firings and hirings as soon
as the ink is dry. But Termination Thursday could quickly turn into "I'm in a
firing mood" Friday. Grady Little for manager?
Angels in the outfield: 13 kids were allowed to
shag flies in Fort Myers yesterday. By and large, this was Duquette's idea,
yeah right.
Sox sick of Pats' talk:
Hillenbrand, talking to a couple of
fans, was goofing on those who say (Shea using a high girly-voice here), "Did
you learn anything from the Patriots?"
U2 sweeps Grammys tonight.
2.26: Bashers up! Something new: The Media has been invited to
take batting practice with the Red Sox players and new brass in Fort Myers on
Thursday. They will play a game immediately after fielding and running drills.
It will be The Boston Globe House Organs vs. the
Boston Herald Bitter Batters. Will Pedro "I want to drill Dan Shaughnessy in
the ass" pitch?
The winning team will take on the ownership for
the newly coined 'Hen-house' championship, named after newly crowned Sox owner
John Henry.
Something old: Tim Wakefield comments on the Red
Sox off-season search for pitching and his annual role as everyman.
Something for dinner: Last night John Henry and
Larry Lucchino dined with Joe and Abby Kerrigan. Last supper?
2.25: Deep six Babe piano talk. It's all washed
up. Recent reports surfaced this weekend of a
group that wants to bring Babe's piano up from the bottom of a Sudbury pond in
an effort to break the when-will-they-stop-saying-'curse.' "Once we
bring this up, the Red Sox will win," Sudbury historian Lee Swanson said. Ugh!
I can see Tom Werner with his flippers and snorkel on now.
Otherwise the story from Florida is all "good
health." Rey Sanchez may throw his hat into the crowded second base ring. Juan
gone-too-long Pena is back to his old form and will get a shot at the
rotation. With closing talk and Duke's final days, our man Trot is finally out
of the hot seat. His controversial "let's be a team" statements were much
adieu about nothing. Hopefully Trot won't step into the background now because
of a few radio and internet blowhards. He's the real Captain of the team
whether you like it or not.
Edes says he has seen a swing to "dump Kerrigan"
(70% chance he goes) in the last 96 hours.
2.24: Trot talk gets Olde Town talking. "How you feelin' (about) Trot, Trot, Trot?" From
6:00am to 6:00pm on Friday the talk on sports radio in Boston was all about Trot
vs. Manny. Everyone had an opinion, and everyone chose a side. Forget about the
resurgent Bruins or the resilient Celtics, or even post-Super Bowl speak, Red
Sox Soap Operas will always own the airwaves. But it looks like things have
settled down and Fort Myers will be camp tranquility for a few more days... then
camp changeover begins. So is it going to be Wield-the-axe-Wednesday or
Termination Thursday when the heads roll this week? The only big question is can
they really can Kerrigan? Oh, and will Duke's new lawyers sue to keep his GM
status? Otherwise, as long as Rickey's number is the only
outstanding item to be settled, it's all good. "Do you believe in millionaires? Yes!" Go USA
hockey, Canada doesn't have a chance.
2.23: Owner Otten's batting practice has fans
concerned. I say Les needs more batting practice. Dewey's got him going the
other way nicely right now, one hand on the bat and all. It's Henry that really
needs a lot of time in the cage. Tries to pull everything. Never takes a pitch.
Although he did walk with the bases jacked scoring Katie with the game winner
yesterday. Werner was surprisingly, for his size, hitting some long flies into
the left-center gap. But Ben Cammarata looked horrible, popping out to catcher
Larry Rasky three times. Ed Eskandarian, who was all over the plate, may have
plunked Shaughnessy intentionally when Marty Trust tried to steal third for the
second time. But the real story was Lucchino, 5-5, cycle plus a double, George
strike-three-looking-Mitchell kept calling him "Line-Drive-Larry." Lucchino,
with plenty of energy left after practice, went on to smoke Derek Lowe in a game
of H-O-R-S-E (H-O). A visibly "wiped-out" Henry just stayed in the clubhouse and
played three-card-monty with Rickey Henderson. They'll play two tomorrow.
2.22: Duke drops an F-bomb. Frustrated by tough questions about his running of
the Red Sox and a follow-up column calling him "John Harrington's food-taster", Duke finally snapped yesterday. WEEI's Dennis & Callahan actually
asked follow-up questions when Duquette did the oh-so-tired Dan Dance again this
week. When spotted at the training facility yesterday, Duke told Gerry Callahan
"that's the last f***ing time I'm going on your show." No kidding. Nomar is
touchy about "Brady, Brady, Brady," wants Sox back in the limelight.
Me too. Forget Brady, the talk of the town is going to be "Baerga, Baerga,
2.21: Planet
Manny lands at 8:42am. Play Ball! Late answers from the mouth of the Iron
one: "Are you anxious to get started? Not really. Are you uncomfortable in the
clubhouse? I never complained about the clubhouse being too small, I don't care
about that. Do you miss Carl? Carl was the best player on the team, we're gonna
miss him so we're gonna move on. Do you have a problem with us, the media? I
don't care about the media, you guys treat me nice, I don't have a problem with
that. I've got the same attitude, I just came here to have fun. Were you in
Baltimore on Cal Ripken's last day, did you go home early? Oh yeah, I was there.
Did you and Joe Kerrigan meet at your house over the winter? He went to my
house. He came in for a while. Did you talk baseball? No, we didn't talk about
anything. New players? Good players, good team. Position? I don't care if I'm in
left field or DH, wherever they put me, that will be fine. Did you run on the
beach and swing the bat alot in the off-season? I didn't run on the beach or
swing the bat, I didn't do nothing."
is not a city in Florida. Manny had a "Doctor's appointment for revised insurance policy physical."
No notice?
Kerrigan says "it's not an issue." Or was Manny down at Stella's on Edison getting a
new pair of earrings as he lost one of the earring backs in his band-aid? He
also had an appointment for a coloring and perm at 3:30 which got bumped up to
noon because Abby Kerrigan was scheduled to get her bangs trimmed at the same
time. All the Blaine hair school girls in Fort Myers were wondering
where he's been. They hadn't seen him since the heat of the pennant race last
summer. He may be in tomorrow assuming he and Terry Glenn finish their 18 holes
by noon. Lucchino on changes: "Rome wasn't rebuilt in a day" (Harrington won't let them
in the door yet), "the business starts when the tickets are sold" (big changes
-- park open for batting practice). Damon speaks up on "chemistry." No word from
Manny yet. Hillenbrand to be more patient at plate, but still misses his man
Everett. Most Sox employees to get two-year severance in John-Gone golden
2.19: Mike
Port will be interim GM when Duke is dumped. Garciaparra in great shape, no pain
but some gain. Manny is in town, will talk to the dreaded media today. Henry
brings the house down with GM joke. Urbina reports. No Captains for Kerrigan.
Duquette is not interested in any other Sox job besides the GM.
2.18: Duke days done.
tells close friend "I'm telling everyone I'm the GM... they can fire me if they
want to." Lucchino surprised Duke said new owners were "looking forward to
working with him." Sale could close this week. Transition GM team
ready. The Kid shows up in public. Kerrigan will start season. Shaughnessy
called Manny "12-year-old."
having fun.
Garces is
slim. Pedro has pop. Varitek hits one out. Castillo
surprised to be fighting for job. Stanley settles into new role.
2.16: Fort Myers madness, day one. Crawford
out with shoulder surgery. DeSarcina signs minor league deal. Pedro looks big.
Camp Kerrigan kicks off as Patriots' act tough one to follow.
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Only 45 minutes after the Military Recruitment Job Fair began, Georgia Department of Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens reported that 10 veterans already had received jobs.
"We could hire literally on-the-spot today up to 200 people," said Owens, who added that the promotion opportunities in state law enforcement are endless. "We will be back to do this again right here in October or November. Not only do we need their military service and experience, but it's the right thing for us to do for the service they've already given our country."
Owens said virtually any position in the military translates into an opportunity at a state law-enforcement agency. He said the transition from military to law enforcement usually is a smooth one because military personnel already are used to working in a structured environment.
When veterans entered the National Guard Armory, they were asked to register by providing information that included their branch of service and military occupational specialty.
Some positions required a more extensive hiring process than others. Sgt. Dawn Arrowood of the Georgia Department of Public Safety said procedures to get a job with the department begin with a physical-training test. If the candidate passes, he or she interviews. After that step, candidates undergo a thorough background check, a polygraph and physical and psychological exams. If they get through all those steps, she said, they may be offered a job.
By noon, Arrowood said her department had received some "pretty good candidates" already. Public safety includes the Georgia State Patrol, Capitol Police and Motor Carrier Compliance Division.
One of the law-enforcement candidates taking a PT test Wednesday was Juan Nazario, who said he was applying for a probation-officer position. He, like most of the other candidates still panting after the long-distance run, preregistered online for the job fair.
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"I will be graduating with a degree in social work from Fort Valley State University in two weeks," Campbell said. "I also have a background in criminal justice."
Rick Ayala, a former infantry paratrooper now serving as a veterans' representative with the Georgia Department of Labor, said he was there not only to help recruit veterans to the DOL, but also as proof that state agencies hire veterans in all fields. Ayala said he likes his job because he gets to work with veterans, which helps him stay connected to the military.
Col. Mark London, director of Joint and Family Services for the Georgia National Guard, agreed with Owens' statement about the correlation between military service and law enforcement.
"(Law enforcement) is very paramilitary," he said. "A lot of the employees in the agencies here today are former military. (The Air and Army National Guard) partnered with the state's law-enforcement agencies to have this job fair."
In addition to state agencies, Corrections Corporation of America recruited for a variety of vacancies in Georgia and other states. According to CCAjob.com, CCA is a civilian contractor that designs, finances, builds, owns and manages prisons and jails for state and federal agencies.
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In 2000, Sallie Mae acquired USA Group, a firm specializing in student loan services. Because lenders are not legally allowed to act as guarantors, USA Group's guarantee division, USA Funds, was not included in the sale. According to an investigation by The Chronicle of Higher Education, however, an agreement between Sallie Mae and USA Funds gives Sallie Mae near complete financial and operational control of USA Funds and may leave both parties in violation of federal law.
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In an interview, Larry Oxendine, former director of student-aid policy at the Deapartment of Education, told the Chronicle the contract "is saying that USA Funds is the guarantor in name only. Sallie Mae does everything and makes all the decisions on behalf of USA Funds."
The contract was approved by a U.S. Department of Education official despite a recommendation by the Department's own Inspector General that the deal violated federal conflict-of-interest regulations. That official, Matteo Fontana, is currently on administrative leave due to his alleged involvement in last year's student loan scandals.
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Officials don't know how much oil spilled, but only a sheen was reported on the river following the collision, which happened Saturday afternoon near Vacherie, 47 miles west of New Orleans by land, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Colclough.
No one was hurt and all barges were secured, Colclough said. The cause of the collision was under investigation.
By late Sunday afternoon, 16 vessels were waiting to go downriver and 10 vessels were waiting in an upriver queue, Colclough said. He could not estimate when the river would reopen but said it was likely to remain closed overnight.
Public drinking water intakes on the river were closed as a precaution in nearby St. Charles Parish, officials said. "The water supply in St. Charles Parish remains safe," parish officials said in a news release Sunday afternoon.
Both the Carnival Sunshine and the Norwegian Jewel cruise ships were able to leave the Port of New Orleans on Sunday to begin their scheduled cruises, said Petty Officer Craig Woerhle at the Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service in New Orleans.
The barge, one of two loaded with light crude and being pushed by the Hannah C. Settoon, hit the Lindsay Ann Erickson, which was pushing grain barges, Colclough said.
He said the rest of the oil on the damaged barge had been pumped into another barge by early Sunday.
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An online Coast Guard database shows that the 84.5-foot-long Hannah C. Settoon was built in 2010 and is owned by Settoon Towing LLC of Pierre Part, La. The Lindsay Ann Erickson, built in 1982, is 168 feet long and owned by General Electric Capital Corp. of Irving, Texas.


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We were worried that no one would want or be able to participate in this, the 16th annual Year in Reading at The Millions. What is there to say about this pandemic year, a year so strange and horrible that its very appellation has become a bitter joke? People are mourning their dead, homeschooling their children, juggling responsibilities, worrying about money, worrying about politics, worrying about people, stultifying with loneliness or despair. And yet this Year in Reading is one of the best we've had. Entries poured forth from readers--readers who are mourning, homeschooling, juggling, worrying, stultifying. This series becomes part of the historical record of an experience that is collective even though its effects are unevenly and unfairly felt. This is a record of how a few people managed and what they read and what moved them during difficult days. We are grateful to have it. And we are grateful for you, and we are hoping for better things for all of us in the months to come. 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The S&P 500 gained 0.2%, squeaking past its record high by one point. The Dow Jones industrial average inched up nearly 2 points. The Nasdaq added 0.3%.
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- December 11, 1964 (aged 33) Los Angeles California
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- Grammy Award Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (1986)
Sam Cooke, byname of Samuel Cook, (born January 22, 1931, Clarksdale, Mississippi, U.S.—died December 11, 1964, Los Angeles, California), American singer, songwriter, producer, and entrepreneur who was a major figure in the history of popular music and, along with Ray Charles, one of the most influential Black vocalists of the post-World War II period. If Charles represented raw soul, Cooke symbolized sweet soul. To his many celebrated disciples—Smokey Robinson, James Taylor, and Michael Jackson among them—he was an icon of unrivaled stature.
Cooke's career came in two phases. As a member of the groundbreaking Soul Stirrers, a premier gospel group of the 1950s, he electrified the African American church community nationwide with a light, lilting vocal style that soared rather than thundered. "Nearer to Thee" (1955), "Touch the Hem of His Garment" (1956), and "Jesus, Wash Away My Troubles" (1956) were major gospel hits and, in the words of Aretha Franklin, "perfectly chiseled jewels."
Cooke's decision to turn his attention to pop music in 1957 had tremendous implications in the Black musical community. There long had been a taboo against such a move, but Cooke broke the mold. He reinvented himself as a romantic crooner in the manner of Nat King Cole. His strength was in his smoothness. He wrote many of his best songs himself, including his first hit, the ethereal "You Send Me," which shot to number one on all charts in 1957 and established Cooke as a superstar.
While other rhythm-and-blues artists stressed visceral sexuality, Cooke was essentially a spiritualist, even in the domain of romantic love. When he did sing dance songs—"Twistin' the Night Away" (1962), "Shake" (1965)—he did so with a delicacy theretofore unknown in rock music. Cooke also distinguished himself as an independent businessman, heading his own publishing, recording, and management firms. He broke new ground by playing nightclubs, such as the Copacabana in New York City, previously off-limits to rhythm-and-blues acts.
The tragedy of his demise in 1964—he was shot to death at age 33 by a motel manager—is shrouded in mystery. But the mystery has done nothing to damage the strength of his legacy. "A Change Is Gonna Come" (1965) remains his signature song, an anthem of hope and boundless optimism that expresses the genius of his poetry and sweetness of his soul. Cooke was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and was a 1999 recipient of the Grammy Award for lifetime achievement.


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A Philosophy for Teaching and Living in a Just EnvironmentPaul Jeffries, Philosophy Department/Environmental Studies Program, Ripon College, March 2013
My approach to teaching about environmental justice is, in large part, affected by the context in which I teach. Ripon College is a small (about 1000 students) liberal arts college in northeast Wisconsin. I am the chair of a three-person Philosophy Department and as one of the interdisciplinary faculty team that makes up our Environmental Studies Program. Every two years I teach a required course for our Environmental Studies major, a co-listed course on Philosophy and the Environment. A second course I teach that sometimes has a section on environmental ethics is my Human Rights course. With such a small Philosophy Departmental faculty, we have limited ability to offer specific topics courses given our need to offer courses required for our major and minors. To date, I have not had the opportunity to offer a specific course that focused exclusively on the theme of environmental justice.
My academic interests, both in my teaching and research, revolved the study of theoretical and applied ethics. My PhD is in philosophy, but I also have an MAR in theological ethics. The fundamental conviction that I bring to my work with students is that philosophy is an activity, so my class rooms tend to focus more on discussions rather than lectures. Through my interaction with my students, I try to cultivate in them the skills and insights to discern arguments in different forms, to assess them, and to use the insights gleaned from these activities to craft sound ethical approaches to their personal and professional lives. Another important element to my general teaching philosophy is that I try to help students see how the concepts, arguments, and rival perspectives on the topics we study are grounded in traditions of philosophical inquiry. The topics we explore in philosophy do not emerge out of thin air. They have histories and those conceptual evolutions are sometimes critical in trying to make sense out of the current intellectual frameworks that affect our thinking and actions.
As I noted above, I teach about environmental justice in the context of a more general Philosophy and the Environment course, offered at the 2xx level primarily for sophomores and juniors (there are no perquisites). Typically I use an anthology that covers both theoretical and applied issues related to the environment. In the early part of the course, we examine some of the theoretical foundations for understanding the concepts used in discussions about the environment, as well as some of the philosophical and ethical theories that are relevant to thinking ethically about the environment. Some of these theoretical topics engage questions like: What does it mean to call something "natural?" Does nature and/or natural phenomena have value, and, if so, what kind of value is it? Do ethical obligations emerge from our understanding of the value of nature? What is the moral status of animals? Do they have "rights?" What are some approaches to environmental ethics? What does it mean to "pollute" the environment?
The second part of the course focuses more on questions of application. We cover topics like food ethics, climate change, economic considerations (both in terms of causing environmental degradation and of being possible solutions), and spirituality and the environment. It is in this section of the course that I have a one to two-week section on environmental justice. Given the introductory nature of the course, we read a sampling of essays that address environmental racism, global environmental/developmental justice, indigenous people's environmental rights, ecofeminism, and international law (in relation to advancing environmental justice). Our discussions of these issues focus on the concepts and ideas that are relevant to these frameworks, exploring how they illuminate forms environmental injustice while also providing possible remedies to rectify past environmental injustice. Some of the concerns with international rights and international legal structures are also addressed in my human rights course, where we consider the extent to which a human rights approach along with considerations of international law can be tools to protect against and overcome forms of environmental injustice.
Beyond the class discussions on our readings, I also try to interject more personal reflections, especially in relation about how our choices have environmental consequences. For example, after showing a clip of a 60 Minutes clip of where some of our e-waste goes in China, I then consider how "e-wasteful" our cultural practices are (cell phones upgrades, computer upgrades, computerization of our industrial infrastructure and production, etc.) Sometimes we have taken up the issue of the availability of clean water. Again, while there are international implications to this justice issue, there are local applications. Most local streams in our area have excess nitrogen due to agricultural practices. How do we rethink such activities, including over-fertilized crops or our concern for the "perfect lawn?" This past fall I took my class to a local farm (a local organic certified community supported agricultural "CSA" operation) to see how different farming practices can be both economically effective and environmentally sustainable. Equally important is the dietary value of eating fresh, locally grown food. This experience was quite eye-opening for several of my students, especially some of the ones who come from farms throughout the area. The next time I offer the course, I will likely also take the class to a local CAFO dairy operation, in part as a contrast with the CSA and as a means to get students to consider the justice issues related to how these operations are located. This is a kind of environmental justice issue for rural communities in the U.S. and around the world.
In keeping with this effort to encourage more personal reflections and practical applications, I regularly share with my students about various strategies and practices that my wife and I have adopted because of our concern for environmental justice. I am a firm believer in the power of stories to expand a person's moral imagination. So, for example, I tell students about how we lived without a care for eleven years in the Twin Cities. I challenge them to consider the implications to the environment if China and/or India's populations had the same population/cars ratio as the US. And if this would be problematic, what should we do to change our dependence on vehicles? I tell them that I had more miles on my bike last year than I did my car (which, admittedly was a recently inherited "second car" that serves mainly as an emergency back up for when our 20 year old car dies). I also talk about how one might live more simply to free up resources to redress some of the environmental injustices people around the world encounter. Again, I suggest that they could (should?) regularly financially support food, development, or water organizations serving international communities suffering from environmental injustice.
I am certainly concerned about issues of environmental justice and incorporate them into some of my courses. Nevertheless, I am convinced that there are many other ways and resources for achieving this goal. I look forward to learning from the rest of the workshop participants as we try to creatively expand our pedagogical strategies for teaching about environmental justice.


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Dadasaheb Phalke Award has gone to deserving artist: Asha Bhosle on GulzarApril 15th, 2014
By Subhash K. Jha Tuesday, April 15th, 2014 8:20 pm
From the time she sang "Ghar jayegi tar jayegi doliyaan chadh jayegi" for Gulzar in "Khushboo", Asha Bhosle has shared a very special rapport with her Gulzar bhai who has been named for the coveted Dadasaheb Phalke Award. She feels it has gone to the very deserving artist. Read the rest of this entry »


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As the state moves to takeover the Dever Elementary School in Dorchester, many teachers and parents are protesting a plan to scrap a popular program that aims to make students fluent in both English and Spanish.
State officials say the dual-language program played a major role in the Dever's persistently low test scores that caused it to slide into receivership and they believe that an English-only approach to instruction is the best way to boost achievement.
The recommendation delivers a setback for the Boston school system as it prepares a major expansion of dual-language schools to accommodate demand by families who are either native speakers of English or another language. It also is rekindling a debate about the extent to which a language other than English should be used in the teaching of math, science, and other academic subjects.
"I don't think [the dual-language program] is salvageable at this point," Mitchell Chester, state commissioner of elementary and secondary education, said in an interview. "We saw no evidence that the dual language or traditional program were delivering results. Both were coming up short."
Teachers and parents strongly disagree. They say the state is relying too heavily on MCAS results and is ignoring other data that show the program is yielding gains in the early grades, which are not subject to MCAS testing.
They plan to file a formal protest by Monday, the deadline for interested parties to respond to the commissioner's plan.
"It's disappointing," said Nicole Ellis, cochairwoman of the Dever parent council. "It doesn't seem like a thorough analysis was done. . . . My son did amazingly well. He's speaking fluently in Spanish."
Ellis said she is planning to withdraw her son, a kindergartner, from the Dever and is hoping to enroll him in another dual-language school. But she added that seats seldom open up there.
Dual-language schools are one of the few places where immigrant students have an opportunity to take classes in their native language, since state voters passed a referendum in 2002 that requires instruction to be taught predominantly in English.
The schools also attract many native English-speaking parents who want their children to learn another language and embrace a multicultural society.
Boston has only four such schools and for years parents and advocates have been clamoring for more. They finally scored a victory last year when the School Committee promised to add nine dual-language programs.
The first one opens this fall at the Umana Academy in East Boston, which like the other Boston schools, will teach in English and Spanish. The School Department hopes that future programs will tap other languages, such as Mandarin.
Interim Superintendent John McDonough said that while the Dever's experience with dual-language was disappointing, he voiced confidence that similar endeavors at other schools would be more successful. McDonough said the school system established a rigorous process last year to review proposals to ensure quality.
"I do not want students to be participating in a program that provides an expectation to families that is not being met," McDonough said.
Establishing a dual-language program takes years, typically starting with kindergartners and subsequently adding grade levels as students advance. Consequently, it can take five or six years for schools to see results.
Dever started its program five years ago in the early grades. Teachers pushed the initiative because they believed it would boost the achievement of English-language learners and would be a draw for English-speaking families, as well.
The Dever was aggressively expanding the program to encapsulate all classrooms and grade levels and its nearly 600 students. Teachers spent countless hours after school and over weekends writing their own curriculums and translating instructional materials into Spanish, according to a state report this year on the Dever's overhaul, which the state's appointed receiver, Blueprint Schools Network, helped to prepare.
But state education officials said the school struggled to hire teachers who could teach in both languages and failed to provide enough teacher training.
The state review found inconsistent instruction among the classrooms and in many cases learning materials below grade level in both languages.
On last year's MCAS, only 14 percent of Dever students were proficient or advanced in reading while 31 percent scored at those levels in math.
"The program is not functioning at a level that is likely to produce rapid academic growth that Dever students need and deserve." the report concluded.
Richard Stutman, president of the Boston Teachers Union, said he expects most, if not all, teachers will leave the Dever after this school year.
"To say the dual-language program is holding back test score growth, I think, is really a disservice to the children," Stutman said.
The School Department does not yet know how many students will leave the Dever, but has been meeting with parents to discuss transfer options and giving their children priority to enroll at other dual-language schools. Parent leaders say many parents plan to leave.
Roger Rice of Multicultural Education, Training & Advocacy, an organization that works on behalf of linguistic minorities, said the commissioner's decision to dismantle the dual-language program was the kind of action he would expect in states such as Alabama and Arizona.
"I feel like it's a really bad, intellectually bankrupt, tone-deaf decision," Rice said. "Do you have to kill a program because you don't know how to make it better?"
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Ruby Operator Precedence
The reserved words and, or and not have a lower precedence than &&, || and !. The tricky part is that their precedence is lower than the assignment operator = .
a = false or true evalualtes to (a = false) or true.
You probably meant one of:
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Avoid using the typename method
In this discussion, user AlexMozg presents evidence that avoiding the object.typename can give your script a considerable performance increase.
Instead, use object.is_a? Class::Type.
He also says in a model that is less than 10 MB, there may not be a substantial increase, but for very large models the speed increase is considerable.
Installing Extensions
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And in my case the location to install plugins is C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins
Links to important and notable Dev Forum posts past and present. Let me know if there is a topic that should be included here.
- Building Ruby C Extensions compatible with SketchUp
- Set.insert vs array << x unless array.include?(x)
- How to enable thumbnail preview (windows)
- Google SketchUp Ruby API - What's New in SketchUp 7.1
- WebDialogs - The Lost Manual -- thomthom (Nov 2009)
- Report Ruby Bugs and Documentation issues in this thread. The SketchUp developers are aware of, and read it.
- [Code] Real UV from UVHelper data - thomthom (Oct 2009)
- State of Observers — 19 July 2009
- [Code] UnicodeEx - Sketchup + Character Encoding (thomthom)
- SketchUp RUBY API Wishlist (way of coding wishes, please)
- WebDialogs: How to Hide the Scrollbars
- SketchUp-Ruby Resources
- Must Have Ruby Plugins - Visual Index
- < SCF Toolbars Authors >
- Collaborative Effort - Ruby Template, RDoc, and Localization
- Word of warning to developers
- Ruby Forum Code Search
SketchUp & Ruby Development Discussions
- Rick's Words of Warning - Important points to remember for writing plugins.
- How do you make plug-ins for sketchup
- What is needed to script?
- ruby dev environment
- Creating an API
- $ versus @
- Manipulating the InputPoint
Ruby Editor Suggestions
- ConTEXT Editor w/Ruby Highlighting
- Notepad++ editor
- Notepad++ AutoComplete files
- by Didier Bur
- by radhikari
- by Didier Bur
- EditPlus editor
Ruby Challenges
- UI.play_sound jukebox (RickW)
- best fitting bounding box (Matt)
Ruby Docs
Ruby Books
Extension Collections
- Smustard(TM) - the Companion to Sketchup(TM)
- Ruby Library Depot Here are the contributions of the Ruby developers of the SketchUp community since 2004.
- Jan Sandström (Pixero)
- Soap Skin & Bubble
- Mario Pehle (azuby) under Software
- Accustudio File Repository - appears to mirror the Ruby Library Depot.
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What an apropos shirt on Juan Martin del Potro, who — even though he fell to Mardy Fish 7-5, 7-6 (5) in the fourth round of this week's Sony Ericsson Open — has continued to work his way back to the top of the game after last year's debilitating wrist injury: he followed up two early round losses in Sydney and Melbourne with three semi appearances (San Jose, Memphis, Indian Wells) and a title at Delray Beach. Next week's rankings should put him just inside the top 50.
Draw: Up next for Fish is a possibility of taking over the top American spot on the ATP (ousting Roddick). He'll need to defeat David Ferrer to get this done. (Scan: SEO Draws)
We couldn't find this yellow Nike crew on any retailer's site, but we're all about the subtle circles up top and the honeycomb columns on the bottom. Looks like an equalizer display, no? (Update: This is the Showdown Movement Top, $55. The polo version is available at Tennis Express.)
Two shots: More Delpo after the cut…
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text: Hi, On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 4:46 PM, jim <jim at well.com> wrote: > if you have a little time and want to screw > screws and get down with sheet metal, help ACCRC > and/or christian einsfeldt rebuild computers. > christian might welcome help with other problems > he has at the KIPP school, though i'm just guessing. Yeah, that's true. There is lots and lots of work at our public middle school project, and it really needs someone with greater sys admin knowledge to be the lead, because I am sure that I am not doing as good a job as I could if I could be just a gopher there, rather than a lead organizer, which is the role that I have just sort of fallen into. I have learned a lot along the way, but I have probably blundered quite badly, too. And just today I met with the music teacher, who is planning to increase her use of the Edubuntu lab next year. Plus, lots of the teachers are asking for audio to be able to play across the network. Drew Hess has been gracious enough to volunteer to provide some real high level sys admin work to make this happen, but he will need good support. I can be a second pair of hands for him, but I am guessing that this job will be quite big, and the school is being forced to cut its budget by 10%, which means that it will need to fundraise 50% of its budget next year, up from 40% this year. They have no money for technology, which is potentially a real advantage for us, because it means that we have less competition from Microsoft-partnered vendors. On the other hand, the lack of funds also means that we, the SF-LUG community (along with the other Bay Area LUGs) are going to need to do a lot of work in getting YouTube-type video and audio to run across this network. We have made lots and lots of progress at this school over the 4 years that we have been supporting the school. We are getting lots of eyeballs into the Edubuntu lab, including several SF supervisors. We have given boxes out to students, and we now actually have a waiting list of students and orgs that are waiting for Linux boxes!! That is a really nice change for me from the beginning of this project, when I found that it was hard to even give away Linux boxes. We are slowly but surely winning a brand-name-recognition contest with Microsoft in our small little corner of the world. I remember when I first started doing this work, and I still hadn't found out about this list or the SVLUG list, and it seemed as if the few Tuxheads that I knew were so alone and that we were isolated and not making much headway. Now it seems that we have newbies coming to us for GNU Linux boxes, and that is a nice change. We are now really at the point where the main thing holding us back is not enough volunteers, which is a nice change from the beginning, when we had more volunteers than interested newbies. c u -- Christian Einfeldt, Producer, The Digital Tipping Point -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/attachments/20080603/a147e9c3/attachment.html>


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I have been arguing for as long as anyone would listen that the future of media is less about products and more about networks. It's so nice to be proven right.
Recently, Samir Arora, CEO of Glam, visited to talk about his success story as a network and a platform. As he flipped through a PowerPoint spiel, he said excitedly that I'd really like this slide. I did. I dined out on it in London all last week.
The chart requires some explanation. Bear with me; it's worth it.
The yellow circle on the right represents iVillage, which had been the largest women's site in the U.S. After only a year and a half, Glam has overtaken it as the new No. 1 with 23 million uniques (vs 18m for iVillage) and 600 million monthly pageviews.
iVillage was our deadly competitor when I worked at CondeNet and we often sniped that much of its traffic was junk. This illustrates that: The largest circle inside iVillage is astrology traffic and the dark circle in that represents people who come to iVillage for horoscopes and nothing else. That may bulk up your traffic numbers, but it's not saleable to advertisers. iVillage is built in the Yahoo model of sites it owns or controls; it tries to lure people in and then bombards them with ads.
Glam, represented by the larger circle on the left, is a network. You'll see clusters made up of smaller circles, representing their content areas: fashion, beauty, fashion, lifestyle, celebrity, teen. Inside each of those clusters, if you squint, you'll see a small yellow circle. Those are Glam's O&O (owned and operated) sites. All the many purple circles around those in each cluster represent outside, independent blogs and sites in Glam's network. That is the secret to Glam's quick growth without the cost and risk of doing everything itself.
Glam finds the good blogs and creates a relationship. It features good content from them on Glam and also sells ads on the blogs, sharing revenue with and supporting those bloggers. It now has about 400 publishers creating about 600 sites and Arora said that some make multiple six figures a year. They've fired only one.
Glam exploded by being a network. It asked the question, WWGD? What would Google do? Google, by the way, earns about 30 percent of its revenue through its O&O properties, Arora said. [LATER: See Capn Ken in the comments for more complete figures.] Glam earns 20-25 percent through its O&Os. Arora claims an advertising CPM of $15-35 for the O&Os and $8-15 for the network ($50-120 for the dreaded advertorial). Arora brags that they are "100 percent transparent" in their ad network, unlike someone else we know.
So Glam is a content network. But they don't create all the content. They curate it. So we should curate more as we create less. That's another way to say what I've said other ways: Do what we do best and link to the rest. Also: We need to gather more and produce less, so we also need to encourage others to produce more so we can gather it. That's a festival of PowerPoint lines there.
Glam is also and advertising network that supports the creation of content. That's how you encourage others to produce more.
So in the end, Glam is really a platform. That's the key.
Glam is a rare example of that and I say other media companies would be wise to follow suit. A few days after meeting Arora, I also met Adam Bly of Seed magazine and ScienceBlogs. It's a bit different, in that they curate the best science bloggers but then put them wholly on the ScienceBlogs platform. They sell ads and some of the science bloggers can make good money (not as good as those Glam figures but still good for a science academic; high fashion pays better than high science). And this allows Bly to build more around that (more on that later).
So in addition to asking what would Google do, I say that media companies should be asking what Glam would do. WWGD, the sequel.
: LATER: A platform, indeed.
I'd been sitting on this post, not quite done with it, and it so happens I published it coincidentally with previously embargoed news that Glam is starting a network for Lifetime. From the press release:
The new Lifetime Glam network will expand upon each company's position as #1 for women — in TV and online, respectively. Today's announcement is part of Lifetime's broader expansion of its digital business including the relaunch of its website as www.myLifetime.com. As part of the agreement, both companies will also syndicate content – including a Glam-powered Beauty & Style channel on Lifetime's website and Lifetime's broadband video, games and other original content on Glam.com. . . .
The Lifetime Glam distributed media network will be built on the new Glam Managed Vertical Network platform -designed to manage display advertising and content distribution for media companies. Glam's new platform offering enables large media companies like Lifetime to rapidly create their own vertical distributed media networks in collaboration with Glam.
That's thinking like a network. That's smart for both.
: LATER: Michael Arrington argues with my argument. More on that above.
: UPDATE: Glam just sent me better figures on them v. Google: "30-40% of Glam's revenue is O&O, and 20-30% of Glam's impressions are O&O . . . . 30-35% of Google's Impressions are on Google.com, 60-50% of Revenue is Google.com vs its network."


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When we last saw Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi's work, we were previewing Preen's spring '14 collection, which was dominated by white and pastel-hued frocks, asymmetrical cuts, and plunging, spaghetti-strap necklines. But, for the pre-fall delivery, the design duo dared to get darker, pulling out sweeping fabrics in black and navy, with the occasional pops of cobalt blue, orange, and lemony yellow.
And, there's a lot to love in the latest lookbook, which is filled with flowing dresses that hit just above the ankle, full skirts with major volume, and a few structured pieces, for good measure. The textures are beautiful, with lace necklines on multiple dresses, silk coming through on the bomber jacket, and a chunky, knit turtleneck we could just melt into. Not to worry, though: Hints of Preen's standard asymmetry and killer use of prints are still present in the collection that's a bit darker than we're used to. And, topped off with the perfect cherry lip and minimal makeup, the lookbook totally masters a glam, mysterious vibe we're excited to emulate. Check it out in full, ahead.


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Three to offer Nexus 4… but it'll cost a pretty penny
Date-centric network to sell handset for £399.99
The unlucky majority who were unable to snap the brilliant Nexus 4 from Google after its release last week will soon be able to pick up the handset from Three…as long as they're willing to cough up 400 smackers for it.
From December 13 - which marks the end of O2's Nexus 4 exclusive offer - the service provider will be selling the handset for £399.99 on Pay As You Go, or for £35 per month on Three's The One plan with an upfront cost of £29.
Three is yet to reveal whether this price is for the 8GB or 16GB variety of the Nexus 4, but it's notably more than the wallet-friendly £279 Google is selling the 16GB model for SIM-free. It's also not yet known how long the £35 per month contract term is for, but it's probably two years.
Supply & demand
Google is currently selling the Nexus 4 at around cost price, but network carriers have taken advantage of the handset's massive popularity (it's currently sold out on Google and several other outlets) by charging more for the device.
The higher prices also accommodate the contracts being sold with the phones, but they must just be hoping that PAYG customers don't just look at the Google Play Store.
Three's All in One 15 costs £15 and gives 30-day access to All-You-Can-Eat data along with 300 any-network minutes and 3,000 texts. Alternatively, All in One 25 costs £25 and offers All-You-Can-Eat data, 500 minutes and 3,000 texts and for a 30-day period.
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