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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Dropping links like Adam Lind crushes hanging breaking balls
(Speaking of which: Did you know that you can get free breakfast and "internets" from Super 8? We may have heard that somewhere.)
Scott Richmond got his face in a frame
The Blue Jay Hunter tips their cap to the American League's New Employee of the Month, Scott Richmond.
Doc turns his stare from stun to grin
Hum and Chuck offers up a funny video of Roy Halladay being interviewed by Gerry Dee, the caucasian half of the Score's goofball reporter tandem. It's a riot to see the look on Doc's face as he suffers Dee gladly. Funny stuff, even without the allegations of litigious racism.
The Blue Jays' attendance woes, Part 28
In the comments yesterday, we promised a post on the Jays' early season attendance numbers, though we're not sure that we could do much better than this gem from Neate at Out of Left Field.
If you can't get 'em to the park, at least have 'em watching on the tube
The Star's Chris Zelkovich reports that the Jays' TV audiences on Sportsnet are up about six percent over last season. (Which begs the question: Even with half of the 'Net's "regions" airing games other than the Jays'?)
What do you do with a problem like Snidey?
It's a couple of days old now, but Drew/LtB at Ghostrunner on First made a very reasonable suggestion that the time might have come to send Travis Snider to Las Vegas for some fine tuning. This, of course, was before Snider discovered the impact that high socks could have on his performance. Problem solved!
Josh Barfield misremembers the good old days of the SkyDome
Jesse's kid regales the Cleveland Plain Dealer with tales of goofing around the SkyDome when it first opened and playing in the new facility with the Mosebys and Upshaws. There's just one problem: Willie Upshaw never played as a Blue Jay at the SkyDome. In fact, he never played at the SkyDome at all. In 1988, he made way for Cecil Fielder and Fred McGriff by moving on to Cleveland before retiring at the end of the season. The SkyDome didn't open until June of the next season.
Moreover, Jesse Barfield was traded from the Blue Jays on April 30, 1989 for Captain FingerBlister, Al Leiter, a month before the SkyDome opened. So clearly, we can expect to see an announcement coming from the Cleveland front office that Josh has been placed on the DL because of injuries sustained when his big liar pants were on fire.
The minutiae of MLB rules...explained at last!
We're digging Bart Given's Inside the Majors blog lately, especially when he digs into the particulars of the waiver or DL systems. We're just hopeful that Given doesn't go all soft on us after he moves to the West Coast.
There's something that happens to people when they get to the other side of the Rockies...we can't explain it, but we've lost too many friends to a life of performance art, yoga and Canucks apologism not to worry for Bart. (But congrats to Jody on the new gig.)
30 comments:
Thought this comment from the Boston Globe site might be of interest to you Tao:
mysticsox wrote:
I wonder where the Sox would be without Jason Bay.I say trade some of these malcontents to Toronto for Adam Lind or Travis Snyder.Anyone get to see the New Hampshire Fisher Cats play a few years back? Then you know why Toronto is for real this year.
- May 6, 2009 at 11:39 AM
- eyebleaf said...
Tao, way to bury Barfield there. You'd make a good lawyer. And the defence rests.
Snider wore high socks yesterday? Fuck. I didn't think it was possible to like him more. I guess I was wrong.
And based on the above comment, does that mean there exists a smart and knowledgeable Red Sox fan? I mean that in terms of "Then you know why Toronto is for real this year," and not the trade Jason Bay for Adam Lind or Snider part. That's ridiculous, and par for the course of Red Sox fans.
- May 6, 2009 at 11:49 AM
Attendance would improve if they fixed the damn roof...or just ripped it off completely.
We live in Canada and when the sun comes out, we need to be in it...Vita D deficiencies and all. I have stayed home on several Saturday/Sundays to sit on the patio listening to the game with the radio on. I would have gone to at least half of the games if I knew I would get some fresh air.
I don't understand why this is not a bigger issue.
- May 6, 2009 at 11:49 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Agreed on the roof. Not sure what the issue is there, but they've got to get it solved.
If the sun is out, people are not going to want to spend the day indoors.
Frankly, we think they should be cracking it open a lot earlier in the year than they do traditionally.
- May 6, 2009 at 11:58 AM
- S'93 said...
Reason #4 why I didn't renew my season seats: The roof being closed far too often.
And, um, I'm not kicking myself over it. Nope. Not at all.
- May 6, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Doesn't "apologism" generally apply to those who stretch to say good things about a team that lacks the ability to win? You're familiar with the local team and its followers, no?
- May 6, 2009 at 12:07 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Hey man, don't lump me in with Leafs fans. I ain't having that.
- May 6, 2009 at 12:09 PM
- eyebleaf said...
The Jays are 11-4 with the Dome closed. Is it really THAT big of a fucking deal?
Here's an idea: Wake up at 9:30 Saturday morning. If it's that nice outside and you want some sun, have brunch outside, on a patio, from 10:30 to 12:30. Go to the game. Enjoy watching your first place Toronto Blue Jays from 1-4 PM. After the game, hit up another patio for drinks and dinner.
There's your Vitamin fucking D.
- May 6, 2009 at 12:25 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Is it a big deal when the Dome is closed for hardcore fans who live and breathe the Jays 24/7/365? Nope.
But you still need to pull in another 10-20,000 spectators per game who are mild enthusiasts or casual fans.
And we'll grant you the possible competitive advantages of playing under the roof, but isn't it awesome to feel the sun on your face as you watch the game?
Isn't it awesome to see the skimpy tops and short skirts that come out when the sun is out and the temperature is up?
Vitamin D gives us boners.
- May 6, 2009 at 12:36 PM
- Darren Priest said...
Not to quibble, but I think I would have written it, "How do you solve a problem like Snidey?" Unless I am totally off on your intent there. I just know your other blog is about the Sound of Music, so I made the leap.
- May 6, 2009 at 12:44 PM
- eyebleaf said...
I love the skimpy tops, the short skirts, the vitamin D, the sun, all of it, just as much as anyone else.
There's nothing like going to a ball game, outside, and having a beer. I especially enjoy it on a weeknight in the summer. It's beautiful.
But to say that the Dome is keeping people away from going to a game, man, that just stinks to me. There can never be complete satisfaction. Something about the Jays always has to be complained about.
- May 6, 2009 at 12:46 PM
- Colin said...
Blair tweeted the other day that due to mechanical reasons they don't open it until late May, I don't think it's broken I think they just have their reasons.
With respect to Sportsnet showing other games, I think it's awesome. I have the Jays going in HD and one of the other AL East games going in my PiP, I don't even need MLB Extra Innings when Sportsnet does this for me.
- May 6, 2009 at 1:01 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Yeah, we actually like having the extra games on Sportsnet, but we're thinking of those people in the East and West regions who don't have the full complement of channels.
I've heard that there are some folks in the Maritimes who aren't thrilled by all of the Yankees and Red Sox games.
- May 6, 2009 at 1:11 PM
- Darren Priest said...
I live in small-town Nova Scotia and I get all four regions. It's not something I specifically ordered, so I don't know if it costs more.
They have been showing Red Sox on East, which in my viewing area, means you have to be able to access channel 102 to see Ontario, so that could be a problem for people who don't have digital cable.
- May 6, 2009 at 1:31 PM
@ Tao @ 12:09
Was just pointing out your use of the term in reference to the left coast hockey team -- I actually assumed the original statement meant a lack of hockey connection on your part.
It was a great post - I was just picking on a small part, which makes me kind of like people who can't wait to point out that Wells didn't have an RBI yesterday. (How can those Jays ever expect to win ballgames ... ?)
You're good people, tao, -- you might really adore a peak through the Rocky curtain for a spell
('fraid I'm not there to show you about though).
- May 6, 2009 at 2:21 PM
- stonedog said...
Maybe I missed it, but was there already a discussion about how the recession is cutting down on discretionary spending across the board? What's wrong with picking the most obvious reason as the likely one? Sure, true fans will find a way to get to games no matter what their financial situation might be, and maybe that's what we're seeing right now. But you know what? I give Rogers two hundred bucks a month already for cable, internet, home phone, and cell phone. I'm not going to feel bad about only catching a couple games live when I'm already contributing $2400 a year to Rogers' bottom line.
That's not to say that I don't want to go to more games - when I lived in Toronto, I used to attend between 20-30% of the home games. (500 Level REPRESENT!!!!) I just can't afford it anymore.
- May 6, 2009 at 2:23 PM
it fucking blew that the dome wasn't open on sunday and no amount of mother's day brunches is going to make up for that.
- May 6, 2009 at 2:56 PM
- eyebleaf said...
Speaking of Rogers, when are they going to start putting OBP in the statistics when a guy is up at the plate? Even the fucking YES network does that shit.
Fuck off, Rogers.
- May 6, 2009 at 3:23 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
You know what? One day, when we all control the baseball world, there will be OBP and SLG posted, and no AVG.
Also, no Wins posted for a middle reliever in the (Your Brand Here) Call to the Bullpen.
- May 6, 2009 at 4:10 PM
- eyebleaf said...
I hope to live in that world one day, Tao ...
- May 6, 2009 at 4:44 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
When I take over the world, it's going to be epic.
And there will be Mill Street Tank House Ale at the TaoDome (which is what we will call the Rogers Centre.)
And the Blue Jays will have blue on their uniforms again.
It's a fantastical alternate reality we envision...join us!
- May 6, 2009 at 4:57 PM
- Darren Priest said...
Can we get a navy version of the Jays cap? Maybe with a very basic J?
- May 6, 2009 at 6:01 PM
- Joanna said...
It wasn't hostile, Tao!!! I was actually impressed...that's a lot of comments. No sarcasm!
Oh and I'm having a live chat over on my site. And the Score is running one, too. Even though it wasn't listed earlier this afternoon when I announced mine.
So come and chat. Or read along while I chat with myself.
- May 6, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Waterslide! Lllama farm!
Heck, you'll even get your face in a frame!
- May 6, 2009 at 6:44 PM
- Ian H. said...
Tao, if living in that utopian world of yours is wrong, I don't want to be right.
- May 6, 2009 at 8:13 PM
I agree...FUCK OFF ROGERS!!!
I live in Calgary, and have MAYBE seen about 3 Jays games this year on Sportsnet (And almost EVERY Dodgers game!!). When I emailed them to complain, their answer was that I could purchase the add-on and get all the regions. PAY PAY PAY!! That's the Rogers way!!
So because I'm a fan of Canada's only baseball team, and I happen to live in a DIFFERENT part of Canada, I have to PAY to see them play!!
Let's go DODGERS!!!!!
- May 6, 2009 at 10:10 PM
- MK Piatkowski said...
Tao, do you serious blog about SOM? I work at POW - we should talk.
- May 7, 2009 at 1:15 AM
Funny shit about the Red Sawx fan realizing the Jays are for real! That was a shock. You should here all the freaking Mets fans in NYC thinking they are getting Doc for their absolutely shitty prospects! It's quite comical. Niese the picher has a 9 ERA, Martinez their "great" outfield prospect is hitting .250 and the other prospects are even scrubbier. It shows their lack of knowledge BUT there was one talk radio host who pointed out that Toronto already has good young pitching AND Snider and Lind. That was Mark Malusis who roots for the Evil Empire BUT gave the Jays props, good for him.
- May 7, 2009 at 8:21 AM
Funny, you scour the SOSH forum and you wouldn't realize there were more than two teams in all of baseball.
Nobody is getting Halliday for any price, Not even Hanley Ramirez, Don Johnson's Daytona and a shipping container full of uncut Yayo are getting him this year.
The Jays are good. If they get Romero, Janssen and Litch back at decent effectiveness they are scary.
Overbay is healthy, HILL IS BEYOND HEALTHY, Rolen is kicking ass. Scutaro threw the green crystal into the ice and found himself.
This team is vicious top to bottom as long as they get some breaks on injuries. As others have mentioned, at this point they don't have to play that far north of 500 the rest of the way to make the playoffs.
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i'm going to say this slowly.
i'm going to say this loudly.
i'm going to say this exactly one time so i want you to listen closely.
this is just you and me randall.
one dude who likes comedy to another.
"[a] vitriolic and bitter collection of unwarranted nastiness about a silly and harmless comic."
SERIOUSLY I saw the word "Wikipedia" and was like oh man this is going to be sucky and OH HO I WAS RIGHT
Bad grammar alert! I believe he has forgotten the word "in" in his alt-text.
Also pat on the back for a quick post!
I think for Wednesday, the people should be speaking french and the caption could just swap out "simple" with "fr."
Also, fuck you Randall for ragging on math professors. Obviously you are a god of higher level math if and you get to look down upon those lowly math professors and smile at their inability to be as awesome as you.
More complaints about Wikipedia jokes?
i'm going to say this slowly.
i'm going to say this loudly.
i'm going to say this exactly one time so i want you to listen closely.
this is just you, me and your terrible grasp of the English language.
one dude who likes comedy to another.
Dude, my whole deal is saying why randall sucks. If he sucks for the same reason over and over, yeah, I'm going to call him on it for the same reasons. Anyway I didn't really write anything here I just let last week's commentary fill in again, because it's the same problems.ReplyDelete
Last time you listed more (in your opinion) good wikipedia jokes than there are (in your opinion) bad wikipedia jokes in xkcd. Are you sure you have a problem with wikipedia as a source for humor? A friendly suggestion, maybe you should criticize the joke instead of the category?ReplyDelete
xkcd still has jokes?ReplyDelete
To elaborate on that: http://img6.imageshack.us/my.php?image=simpler.pngReplyDelete
ANOTHER Wikipedia joke?
This is pathetic.
Get over it, Munroe.
Also, are people defending him?
Gosh, the duckloopers must have found here.
When I saw this comic, I was like "Ha ha. I *know*! This is *exactly* how I feel when I read the Simple English Wikipedia!
Oh wait. No I didn't. I said "What's the Simple English Wikipedia?" Then I looked it up and read its reasons for existing. And then I said "Huh."
Randall Munroe could've achieved exactly the same effect by posting the words "Hey guys, did you know that there is a Simple English Wikipedia?" I would've said "Really?" and looked it up and then said "Huh".
So I don't think that it does sufficient injustice to say only that this is "another Wikipedia joke". Because it's not that. It's not anything closely resembling a joke. It's more of a "Hey, check out this thing that isn't very interesting".
two wiki jokes in the last three comics? for shame, randall.
what, did he really think no one was going to notice? come on. that's just in poor form.
As has been stated, there is no joke here. There is an observation.
The term "observational humor" requires more than just observing something, Randy - you must then add humor to it.
You forgot the second part.
Dude! Sweet!ReplyDelete
Simple Wikipedia is rather hilarious. This comic is basically saying: "See this funny thing? It's funny!" without adding any humor of it's own. I could probably make a comic which would just link to funny youtube videos and have stick figures rolling on the floor laughing. I bet it would be popular.ReplyDelete
So, I think I've figured out one of Randy's problems. Most notably, he's a hacker/internet person first, and a webcomic artist eighth.
I first noticed it on his 'people hacking' comics, eg the latest 'donating to pro choice/pro life' comic. He's trying to hack people--game theory etc. etc., but he isn't making very good or very clever observations about it anymore. And he isn't really getting any negative feedback, so he has no reason to improve.
Similar with the internet. This comic wouldn't suck if it wasn't a comic. If it was just Randy and his friend sitting in a room, and Randy was like 'man, have you heard of Simple Wikipedia?' and then made the same joke upon an affirmative reaction, it'd be mildly humorous, though certainly nothing memorable or noteworthy.
But he's made it into a comic. He's saying 'hey, this is good enough for thousands of people to see and laugh at and buy prints of.' And it's not. Randy is producing 3-am-at-the-IHOP quality humor. And I love 3 am at the IHOP--but it's all about the context and atmosphere of the evening. You can't remove the context and atmosphere from it.
Since people are naturally more apt to be critical of something presented in a critical light, and doing wikipedia jokes over and over gives you nothing to rant about, this might actually be part of his plan to destroy your site.ReplyDelete
Le gasp!
No, no more Wiki. It's not funny. it never was.
Rob I'm pretty sure Randall has said that when he wants inspiration for comics he goes to IHOP at 3 in the morning. Is that what you were referring to? Or are you just a GENIUS?
Also: Am I the only one who thinks that this comic would have been better without the caption?
I think 90% of his comics would be better without the captions. For a supposed smart-people comic, he sure treats his audience like idiots.ReplyDelete
Didn't Randall DO a 3am iHOP comic?ReplyDelete
Just curious, but has anyone addressed the gross grammatical error in the phrase "we'd be much better shape academically." He fails to put in the the preposition "in" to make the phrase not look like that of an educated person, but rather that of a preschooler just learn how to spell. Maybe that is why Randall isn't funny, his ability to check something before he posts it is non-existent; otherwise he would check his comic find that only a chimp on cocaine would laugh at it and write something that would be at the very minimum on par with a comic like, Least I Could Do.ReplyDelete
Carl: I may have cryptamnesia'd that but really the idea mostly just came from the fact that what initially drew me to Randy's comics is that he is in many ways just One Of Us. He's a new wave geek. Late-night conversations at diners have always been a staple, both of my social life and my creative life. That's where things happen.
The thing is, when I get an idea at 3 am over bad coffee at my diner or cafe of choice, I don't just transcribe it verbatim (unless I just tweet it, which is an appropriate vessel for such things). I take it and I play with it. I put it in different contexts, I pull on the loose strings, I try to stretch it or incorporate it in new, interesting places. Or, more likely, I try to capture the entire experience on paper.
Incidentally, IHOP is kind of my least favorite place for such things, but it's the only late-night establishment in Cambridge and one of, like, two in all of the Boston metro.
Wait a second, I just realized something. "and now *I* can't stop talking like this"
Since when does anyone ask a comic artist for his opinion on F.E.L. Guidance systems?
Latest Cuddlefish! I too read LICD and Randall Munroe indeed pales greatly in comparison the amount of work that goes into that webcomic. And somehow Randy is more of an arrogant prick than he has any right to be, still.
Also, yes, my first comment on this page did note the lack of "in." I considered the possibility that Randy was making a joke, but I think he just sucks.
Ch00f, since the Internet greatness that was known as Randall Munroe hit the web? I have no idea =(
And I'm surprised that Randy hasn't fixed the alt-text error, he usually fixes things pretty quickly from what I remember.
Choof, you forget that in addition to being the greatest comic mind known to man, the reigning King of Romance and also the world's most brilliant artist, Randy is also a physicist of the highest order. Is there anything that man - nay, demi-god - can't do?ReplyDelete
You know that capslock thing I whinged about?
Today was the day I finally lost all faith in xkcd.
Kudos for the rapid (and satisfyingly concise) post, btw.
@Ch00f: Man, fuck that noise. Being good at math and being good at communicating are completely independent skills. You need both to teach math -- or rather to teach it well. Some professors are abstruse. Deal with it.
Also, you guys (this is endemic) should really stop making the assumption that any character without a hat is actually, literally Randall Munroe. Yes, today's comic can be read that way, but it's entirely unnecessary unless you need one character to act as a receptacle for your boundless rage.
Unwarranted nastiness bedamned, it's poor form, dammit, poor form!
This comic really sucks, but you're all wrong as to why. It's not that it's just another wikipedia joke--wikipedia is a fine source of internet humor, if you are humorous. It's not that it references something no one knows about, since I knew about simple wikipedia and it still sucks. It's not that there's no joke--there is, the joke is in the contrast from what is expected and what is presented, as is true of all humor. The problem, as with most recent xkcds, is the setup.
No one cares about the particle accelerator's tertiary FEL guidance system, so talking about it in a simple rather than complex way is just boring. It makes for a completely one-dimensional comic, with all humor coming from simple.wikipedia.org and none from particle accelerators. Contrast with, say, comic 123, exemplary of old good xkcd, which derives humor from centrifugal force and Bond simultaneously.
xkcd setup quality is declining for the same reason xkcd drawing quality is declining; Randall is getting tired of his strip and just isn't putting as much effort into it (why should he, with all the uncritical love?). There is humor potential here, it just isn't being used.
Wait, so because the joke is about Wikipedia it, by definition, is crap? Your criticism has gone so, so far downhill.
In addition, stop complaining when you and/or other people don't understand jokes. XKCD appeals to a minority of the population of Earth; and within that there will also be people who understand certain jokes alongside those two don't. If every web comic started being so terribly generic to make sure everybody understood the joke, I think you could agree that the degree of potential humour would thus decrease.
I think Randall is jealous that Google hired Scott McCloud to do those comics for Chrome, and is trying to retroactively write the comic guide to Wikipedia.ReplyDelete
The feed over at LJ is full of cuddlefish who loved this particular comic. I am full of sadness.ReplyDelete
Tobias: imagine, if you will, that I am a writer of comic articles. Imagine further that Carl is writing critical reviews of my articles.
Imagine that I write an article which deals with Google's creepy cyberpunk nature. Carl writes a detailed review of it, mocking the humor, providing examples of better jokes about Google, and Google's creepy cyberpunk nature in particular. He did a lot of searching and digging things up to produce this!
Now imagine that not a week later I write another one about Google. Carl is presented with two options here. He can either say 'look, you are doing the Google humor wrong' again and link to the same articles and write the same post with some minor changes, or he can say 'GOD WHY DOES HE KEEP TRYING TO TELL THESE JOKES WHEN HE IS UTTERLY SHIT AT IT', throw up his hands, and then say 'okay Rob, you suck at the Google humor, GET SOME NEW MATERIAL.'
Is that why this one is not funny? No. But it is part of a greater trend. Randy's material is stale. He is not good at joking about Wikipedia. He should find some new material.
As for your 'XKCD is a niche comic' comments: nope.
I think Randall has way better things to do than to watch you ranting on and on about his comics. And seriously, I should stop reading your crap, too.
At least Randall makes a living of his comic, which is more than you will ever do with this blog.
Hope you've got a fun time at work.
Frolund: I have two blogs and a web/print comic, and I'm thinking of starting a video blog. I do all of this for free and even foot the bill for domain hosting just because I like giving people stuff to read or laugh at.
Since when is a person's prowess measured by how effectively they monitoze their wares? In fact, one can argue that "selling out" and monetizing actually weakens the purity of one's work.
Oh Frolly. Nobody ever said Randall is reading this and we don't really care! I'd kind of rather he didn't, really, since he's a fameball and fameballs tend to just freak out when they are criticized.
As for making a living! I've got a lot of projects I'll never make a living on. My most recent is a sleep tracker which will eventually have social networking capabilities called yawnlog.com, which will never have a formula to monetize. My other projects-I-have-no-hope-of-making-money-from include a microfiction blog and a personal blog, which, on the aggregate I update once per day--this is just the projects I'm working on, not including the meetings, gatherings, and side work I also do.
I'm not too worried about any of these things making me a living! It'd be lovely to sell my writing, obviously, but I'm not going to use that as a measure of my artistic or personal worth.
Hey Rob, do you know Collin McSwiggen?ReplyDelete
Yes! He was on our ridiculous Valen-time adventure to Funspot in NH.ReplyDelete
Wow, he lives on my floor. He just sent an email out about yawnlog to the hall earlier this week. Small freaking world.ReplyDelete
I know, right? I am not /entirely/ surprised, as we have a pretty impressive internet mafia. (One day I will run into Randy and he will just punch me in the mouth.)ReplyDelete
XKCD better not invade my home.
Not simple wikipedia.
I couldn't hack it.
Rob and choof, you AGAIN prove that everyone in the anti-xkcd world is friends EXCEPT ME and dammit I deserve to be in that group! I started the god damn blog!
Tobias - The problem is not that the joke is about wikipedia. You should read my post last week, where I detailed all this (and, as Rob pointed out, I didn't feel the need to repeat myself here).
I am a little tired of people who do what Tobias did here: Assume that if I don't like a comic it's because I don't get the joke. I know exactly what the joke is here, and I knew that Simple English wikipedia existed before I read it. I'll admit that I don't know the details of FEL systems but that's not what the joke hinges on. It could have said "Duverget's Theorem" and I would have gotten the joke better than any of you and it would have still sucked.
XKCD is a niche comic: Yep!
Plus, what's the point of a blog whining about something you don't like, especially if you don't want the person you're criticizing to read it? No improvement comes to that, so it's just bitching in the wind.
XKCD is a niche comic: nope.
The point of the blog: community-building, solidarity.
Honestly I am so fucking tired of people saying xkcd is a niche comic. It was the single most widely-read webcomic in the world last I checked. That is not a niche comic.ReplyDelete
I think that even if it /were/ a "niche comic," ummm none of us would have started reading xkcd if we weren't in said niche. The fact that it sucks now has nothing to do with whether or not we "get it" because we certainly didn't have a problem "getting it" back then and we don't complain that a particular comic sucks because we don't understand the content.ReplyDelete
Also on my list of things that annoy me: people who use the word "whine" to describe it whenever people criticize something they like. We get it, you want to convey your absolute and utter disdain for what goes on at this blog, but it just isn't whining by any definition. Learn what the fucking word means.
Calling it bitching is, of course, completely fair.
xkcd is a niche comic, but that niche is 'people who think that liking a niche comic makes them cooler people.' They are like hipsters but without any sort of interesting culture. :(ReplyDelete
XKCD is a niche comic: maybe!
XKCD, as far as I can tell, has drawn a much larger audience than its core niche of computer scientists/physicists (hence the "overrated" epithet). And Randall certainly doesn't limit himself to those topics. He still occasionally draws a comic based on specialized knowledge or niche attitudes. These I will defend viciously and specifically.
Why? Well, mainly because I have a foolish conviction in elevated discourse on the Internet.
This is not actually one of those comics. As Carl points out that the joke does not at all hinge on FEL systems.
@Rob: Stereotypes hurt all of us, Rob, even the cuddlefish... actually, especially the cuddlefish. They don't hurt us as much as knives though, or even a well-thrown brick. So if you must throw something, throw accusations, but not bricks... and maybe not stereotypes; I think that's what I was going for.
...Also, some would claim that hipsters are "like hipsters, but without any sort of interesting culture."
...of course, those people are going for the low-hanging fruit. Can we just retire the word "hipster" and start stripping all meaning from something else already? I vote for "sharecropper." It will really confuse future historians.
i like hipsters :(ReplyDelete
I do too. Which is very confusing, because nobody knows who's actually a hipster anymore. It's like how "liberal" became a dirty word in the eighties, or how no one actually knows a real emo kid anymore (they're like leprechauns, but less Irish, and without the gold, or the breakfast cereal).
I just assumed you were contributing to the total breakdown of our language. My bad.
No I had a specific reason. I was alluding to the (stereotypical, at least) tendency of hipsters to do things because they're exclusive. Obscure bands, and so on. It was not a very clever allusion though.
And I want to bring back the emo kids from before they turned into Hot Topic zombie clones. They were cuddly. :(
*facepalm* if I see another wikipedia mention on xkcd, i will scream. Oh wait. there's another one today. *screams*ReplyDelete
DUDE are you serious
oh man yes you are
ahhhhhhhh Randy whyyyy
I found this comic amusing, simply because the observed effect of the Simple Wikipedia also happened to me shortly after I discovered it's existence.
As for the whining about Wikipedia jokes, any comic catering to internet nerds is going to be largely dominated by one of the dominant forces of the wild Internets. Namely, wikipedia. And it's less about wikipedia, and more about the legions of obsessive people who stake out ownership of it.
I do think that there is some inherent humor in the fact that He says that phrase: "We can't put the broken part in the machine. It won't smash the right tiny things together. Then the machine might break." It is essentially very true. It covers all the bases of why you can't put the broken part in the machine. You guys are all worked up about it being another Wikipedia reference that you miss what is arguably the point: That Scientific language is sometimes needlessly complex. He says something in really basic English, and is exactly right. The reference to Simple English Wiki is kind of unnecessary. It's not where the humor is at. It's hinted at by the alt-text. Simple English Wikipedia is not the point of the comic, simple English language itself is. You're focusing on an inessential bit way too much.ReplyDelete
No way; the fact that reading simple wikipedia has messed with his mind is the point. Look at the comic - there's no indication that this simple-speaking man is "good" or "right" or helping anyone - just that's he's overly simple. And then the caption explains why, and it's because of simple english wikipedia. Language itself is NOT the point.ReplyDelete
All I'm saying is It could have still been funny with essentially the same joke if the reference to Wikipedia had been removed. He DOES seem to be using it as a ploy to appeal to his target audience, but there are a lot of different ways he could have pulled off this joke. He could have had it be, I don't know, maybe some section of the population that says things very simply? Like an autistic person? That's not really funny, but the Idea would be the same, and it wouldn't reference Wikipedia. If Beret man had more continuity, then he might work well. I don't know, I just don't think that the Wikipedia reference is the main part of the joke. It's nonessential to the Idea of the comic. The Idea came out of Wikipedia, but he didn't have to tether the joke to it. I personally think it's funny how many pages on baseball Simple English Wiki has. "A baseball uniform is special clothing worn mostly by people who play the sport 'Baseball'". Ha ha? To each his own, I liked this one.ReplyDelete
OK, but then you are arguing not that the comic is good as is, but that the idea could have been tweaked and done better. That's fine, I agree with you. I often think the problem in xkcd is not the idea but the execution.ReplyDelete
Yeah, Everybody seemed too fixated on the Wikipedia thing and the "GET SOME NEW FUCKING MATERIAL" that I kind of felt that you missed the point of actually reviewing the comic. I don't often fully agree with your opinions, but when you're definitely right about something, I can see that. I'm an xkcd fan, but not so much that I can't see when something could have been done better.ReplyDelete
thanks for looking at it reasonably.
there are plenty of times when I can't really think of something to say. Sometimes I'll write a short post, or complain about something else that this reminds me of, or whatever. In this case I mostly only had something to say about the repetition thing. If you'd like to assume that me not mentioning anything else is implicitly praising it, you can do that.
Welcome. This is a website called XKCD SUCKS which is about the webcomic xkcd and why we think it sucks. My name is Carl and I used to write about it all the time, then I stopped because I went insane, and now other people write about it all the time. I forget their names. The posts still seem to be coming regularly, but many of the structural elements - like all the stuff in this lefthand pane - are a bit outdated. What can I say? Insane, etc.
I started this site because it had been clear to me for a while that xkcd is no longer a great webcomic (though it once was). Alas, many of its fans are too caught up in the faux-nerd culture that xkcd is a part of, and can't bring themselves to admit that the comic, at this point, is terrible. While I still like a new comic on occasion, I feel that more and more of them need the Iron Finger of Mockery knowingly pointed at them. This used to be called "XKCD: Overrated", but then it fell from just being overrated to being just horrible. Thus, xkcd sucks.
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You guys have watched me tip-toe over my Warriors all season, refusing to give in to the premature coronation of a team with glaring flaws on defense and in the coaching box. Well, the losing streak is up to six games and beat writers have pegged Klay Thompson (15 points, seven rebounds, 6-of-11 FGs, no threes), David Lee (18 points, 9-of-13 FGs, nine rebounds, one steal, one block) and the rookies as guys whose minutes could take a hit if things don't turn around. Thompson isn't so much the problem as Lee, who for just about every conceivable reason is a league-worst defender at his position. When Andrew Bogut (zero points, five boards, 15 minutes) is a few weeks from busting out and looking awful on defense, that makes four players in the starting lineup that are well below average on that side of the floor.
Harrison Barnes (three points, 19 minutes) was never noted for his defense and I wouldn't be surprised to see him demoted for a guy like Draymond Green if the Warriors keep losing. Jarrett Jack (19 points, nine assists) is probably safe but one has to think the heavy guard rotation could be something to review if you're coaching in a losing streak. Carl Landry (five points, five rebounds, 18 minutes) is somebody to watch if Mark Jackson finally gets tired of watching his bigs get massacred every night.
Gordon Hayward (shoulder) returned from his 10-game absence to put up 17 points, three rebounds, four assists, two blocks, and two threes in 25 minutes. Maybe the Jazz realized how much they missed him when he was gone. Derrick Favors (14 points, four rebounds, 21 minutes) is as must-stash as they get and could be in for a monster second half if anybody ahead of him gets traded, and Hayward could also benefit, especially if volume-shooting Al Jefferson is the one to go.
Goran Dragic broke out of a funk with 16 points, five rebounds, a career-high 18 assists, two steals and one block. Hopefully this marks a change in philosophy for the Suns, who have held Dragic back and made him a bystander at times within their scheme. Marcin Gortat (12 points, five boards, one steal, one block) owners can only hope he is next, as he is clearly not himself and whether it's on the coaching or the player he could use a boost in confidence. Part of his frustration is almost certainly rooted in the Suns' desire to go to Jermaine O'Neal (nine points, 13 boards, zero blocks, 20 minutes) whenever he is healthy. The offense literally runs through O'Neal when he is on the floor, while Gortat has openly complained he gets no touches. And no, Gortat owners should not be dropping him at all, let alone for O'Neal.
Wesley Matthews (ankle, elbow) did not play and that all but guarantees heavy minutes for the Blazers' only remaining NBA-level players. Damian Lillard (24 points, zero rebounds, seven assists, six turnovers, 41 minutes), J.J. Hickson (25 points, 16 rebounds, one steal, one block, 39 minutes), Nicolas Batum (5-of-14 FGs, 15 points, five boards, five assists, one steal), and LaMarcus Aldridge (23 points, five boards, 40 minutes) are all going to be must-start players with or without Matthews, but his absence makes them capable of going bonkers.
As for Batum and his shooting wrist injury, the fact that it didn't heal over the break is bad news for his overall value even if owners need to be careful not to panic. I think if the injury doesn't improve then he'll be a shutdown candidate, though that is too far off for owners to get too worked up about. For now, he looks like a guy that will struggle with his shot and that has been enough to drop him into a mid-round value over the past two weeks. I'd expect him to hold low early round value even if he continues to struggle with his shot, and if I can get anything in the top-36 players I'd be considering it. I might only pull the trigger on a top-24 player right now, but I think owners have to be aggressively looking at this situation and not pretending like these guys are football players.
The Spurs headed into Sacramento and actually got a game, though it didn't take long for Keith Smart to hand them the win. Tony Parker scored 30 points with four rebounds, 11 assists, three steals, and seven turnovers. Danny Green was left open constantly for 21 points and five treys, Tiago Splitter disappeared with four points, four assists, and two blocks in 21 minutes, Kawhi Leonard posted a modest 15 points, two threes, and one steal, Stephen Jackson (personal) did not play, Manu Ginobili put up 12 points and seven boards in just 19 minutes, and Tim Duncan scored nine points with 14 rebounds, two steals, and four blocks. I've been pretty bearish on the idea of unloading Duncan for anything but a one-round discount for most of the year because of his dominant play, but I agree with Doc that it's now time to look at aggressively selling high. The knee scares might have some residual impacts and it's officially that time where things start to get weird in Gregg Popovich's world.
Isaiah Thomas was the star of the show for the Kings last night, scoring 22 points on 6-of-10 shooting (2-of-4 threes, 8-of-8 from the line, 43 straight made FTs) with two rebounds and four assists in 31 minutes. Of course, that means that Keith Smart benched him for most of the fourth quarter and that was enough to give the Spurs breathing room. A candidate for the single-stupidest basketball decision I've seen made by an NBA coach/organization, perhaps worse than giving Kendrick Perkins and Derek Fisher big minutes in any playoff game, is to not give Thomas both heavy minutes and complete autonomy on the court late LAST year.
When every player on the team outside of Thomas, and maybe Jimmer, is not just a bad decision-maker but a terrible decision-maker, you take the one guy who is clearly talented enough to be a difference-maker – the guy that gets it – and you give him the ball and that makes your team 'not a laughingstock.' That there is any controversy over this is beyond me, as there are actually people that talk about the Kings for fun and/or money that haven't figured this out. Marcus Thornton scored 16 points with four treys in his 24 minutes, and is just as likely to get benched for Slamson if Smart sees a matchup advantage in which a lion on rollerblades gives him the edge.
DET @ CHA: Can Byron Mullens keep it up? Can Andre Drummond surprise us all and return sooner rather than later? Those are my two big questions about both of these teams right now.
MEM @ TOR: Last chance for Andrea Bargnani to make some noise. Maybe Colangelo will send a note down to Rudy Gay and ask him to help a brotha out.
NY @ IND: Danny Granger had a small hole in the cartilage of his knee, which doesn't tell us a whole lot since the report identifying this said this was the original problem. All we know for now is that his return date keeps getting pushed back and he's questionable for the back-to-back on Friday and Saturday. The Pacers have a 32-21 record so they can afford to play it safe, but this is still a cause for concern, and at least one possible reason for his absence will go away if he's still missing time after the deadline.
OKC @ HOU: Jeremy Lin (hand) and Toney Douglas (hip) are questionable, though with no updates on Lin since before the All Star break it sounds like he'll be okay.
BKY @ MIL: Last game before the trade deadline for the Bucks, so it'll be interesting to see how Monta Ellis handles it. He more than anybody else needs to put up a big game if he wants to get out of town.
PHI @ MIN: Andrew Bynum guaranteed he'd play again this season, and we're well beyond the point of believing much of anything he says. I'm all for dropping him in just about any circumstance, as he could be limited if he returns. Just weigh the risk and make the call. Thaddeus Young's (hamstring) target date is apparently February 26, so plan accordingly. I started Andrei Kirilenko (quad) in a bunch of leagues, as my gut says he'll be ready to play at close to 100 percent. He's starting in tonight's game.
NO @ CLE: Marreese Speights has turned up in trade rumors, and the Cavs need to keep their noses clean on the effort side of things or face a total implosion down the stretch. It's a talent issue, they just have zero room for error.
MIA @ ATL: The Josh Smith circus gets one more game and he's the domino everybody else is waiting on. For a bigger trade deadline, my gut says the sooner he moves the better chance GMs will have a chance to get their trade offers together.
ORL @ DAL: O.J. Mayo (ankle) sounds like he will play and Chris Kaman (concussion) would theoretically be in a good spot to return after the All Star break, but we haven't heard anything to suggest that will happen.
PHO @ GSW: Hopefully for owners of Suns assets they will let Goran Dragic continue to run the offense, while in GSW they need to send a message to David Lee that defense isn't optional. If he put as much energy into defense as he does getting the uncontested missed free throw rebound he'd be on the right track.
BOS @ LAL: Can the Lakers salvage their season? Do they even care? Is Kobe going to maim somebody? On a serious note, thoughts and prayers go out to Jerry Buss and the Laker family. I know nothing about the man other than that he led one of the league's two flagship operations, and seemingly gave his all owning the team. The game we devote ourselves to is a better game thanks to his efforts, and the league needs more owners like him.
With a nine-game slate last night and 11 games tonight, and the trade deadline bearing down on us, we're going to get right to work.
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If you're an owner of anybody in Toronto not named Rudy Gay (24 points, 10-of-25 FGs, eight boards, three steals) or DeMar DeRozan (24 points, 9-of-18 FGs, three steals), you're probably pretty tired of the wing-dominated attack the Raptors are employing. Kyle Lowry had a nice line of 11 points, six rebounds, and 10 assists, but hit just 3-of-6 shots, while Jonas Valanciunas (seven points, eight boards, one block) and Amir Johnson (six points, five boards, two steals, two blocks) combined to take just six shots. It sure seems like this is the way the Raptors are going to roll, as Gay and his handlers in Toronto seek to prove that he can be a No. 1 scorer.
Bradley Beal owners never could have counted on Jordan Crawford to totally implode, but Beal's solid play has made it an easy decision for the Wizards' brass to authorize Crawford's exile. Beal moved back into the starting lineup and scored 25 points on 9-of-19 shooting with three treys, four rebounds, and one assist. Barring an injury or prolonged slump out of Beal, he's positioned to roll with heavy minutes the rest of the way out. John Wall is on a slight minutes limit due to his knee, and the 1-of-12 shooting mark with seven turnovers isn't going to help assuage fears that he's not fully healthy. Owners shouldn't panic here, and he managed nine points on the strength of 7-of-8 FTs to go with six assists, three steals, and two blocks, so it's not like he was schlepping around.
Gerald Henderson got hot and scored a season-high 24 points on 8-of-16 shooting (including a three) with 10 rebounds and three assists, and is certainly worth owning in standard formats. Byron Mullens has been doing everything I've hoped he would upon his return, which is stick his nose in the middle and play with toughness. He put up his third 20-10 game in four tries, scoring 20 points on 8-of-17 shooting with 12 rebounds, two threes, and a steal. Kemba Walker added a solid line of 24 points, four rebounds, seven assists, three steals, and three treys in the Cats' win over the Magic.
Andrew Nicholson has been an average to above-average stash and he gave his owners something to crow about with 13 points, 12 rebounds, and a steal in 32 minutes. With plenty of developmental minutes in store barring a significant roster change, I'd have to be pretty stacked in a 12-team league not to add him and I think he's a must-own player in that format. Moe Harkless is the same animal as Nicholson but not nearly as proficient at putting up numbers, but he has improved in that respect lately and had another solid night with 15 points, six rebounds, a steal, a block, and a 3-pointer. He has merit as a pickup in 12-team leagues, but I'd stop short of calling him must-own right now.
Depending on the time of the day, either some or all of the Bucks are on the trade block so it'll be interesting to see how things shake out. In last night's two-point loss to the Nets, Brandon Jennings got things moving in the right direction with 34 points on 13-of-26 shooting, six rebounds and seven assists, and Monta Ellis scored 18 points on 7-of-18 shooting with eight rebounds, eight assists, one steal, and one block. Ellis has apparently become less of an item on the trade block, but I don't know if I'm buying that just yet and I'd be looking to sell him high with Jennings' future in Milwaukee a bit more solidified than it was 24 hours ago. It's hard to see the Bucks wanting to keep both these guys together, so Ellis could still be on the go, and while the Hawks may be interested he could also land somewhere that has better depth.
Larry Sanders (back) returned and wasted no time putting up numbers with 14 points on 7-of-12 shooting, eight rebounds, and six blocks. I swear he's going to lose out on Defensive Player of the Year because he plays in a small market and the upper rung of the NBA media takes a long time to figure things out. Predictably, Samuel Dalembert played just 11 minutes with three points, three rebounds, and a block, and owners can move on or if the wire is really bare wait until the deadline passes. I personally wouldn't hold him without a strong trade rumor sending him to a good landing spot. Ersan Ilyasova is paying me off after a painful start to the year, as he put up 21 points, nine rebounds and a full line for another solid night.
Joe Johnson scored 24 points with five rebounds and five assists, and hit the game-winning shot with time expiring against the Bucks. And you know what that means – it's one of those sell-high moments for a guy whose popcorn numbers hide problems with peripheral stats. Deron Williams returned from his ankle injury and scored 19 points on 6-of-13 shooting with nine assists and three treys in 45 minutes. After talk during All Star Weekend about how out of shape and injured he is, it's good to see him put in a workmanlike performance. Still, I won't act like I wasn't trying to talk myself into stashing C.J. Watson (11 points, zero assists, two steals, 5-of-9 FGs, one three) in some formats.
Jerryd Bayless scored eight points with five rebounds, 10 assists, and three steals, and he's going to be prone to big nights every once in a while as a legitimate rotation player for the Grizzlies now. Just expect inconsistency and consider him a deep league guy until he proves otherwise. Ed Davis had his first noteworthy line for the Grizz, but he still played just 21 minutes on his way to 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting with four rebounds, one steal, and four blocks. He needs a major injury in front of him before he'll matter in most leagues.
Charlie Villanueva has been a dark horse to have value in the Pistons' Andre Drummond-less frontcourt, but he put up a stinker last night with two points on 1-of-8 shooting, two rebounds, two steals, and two blocks in 17 minutes. He can get hot and start putting up numbers, but has plenty of risk. Will Bynum fell off the map after a solid 20-point, eight-assist game before the break, managing just five points and two steals in his 18 minutes.
Kirk Hinrich (elbow) returned to the starting lineup and had five points, 10 assists, and three steals in 31 minutes, while Nate Robinson returned to his inconsistent bench role with six points and not much else in 17 minutes. This is basically the same situation it has been all year with Derrick Rose's return a question mark, and for what it's worth (not much) Chris Broussard reported that Rose looked like he is "ready to go" during 5-of-5 drills. Joakim Noah went for 15 and 17 with three blocks, and now the trick will be to see if his foot injury is waning or if this was the result of him having rest during the break. Carlos Boozer went for 17 and 10 with four steals, and the Bulls would throw a party if they could dump his contract on another team.
Anthony Davis scored 15 points on 6-of-13 shooting with 10 rebounds, four steals, and one block in 33 minutes, and I'll go against our blurber and say that he operates on a see-saw with Robin Lopez (one point, four rebounds, two blocks, 21 minutes) and not Ryan Anderson (10 points, 2-of-11 FGs, six rebounds, 28 minutes). Anderson isn't too far off of his utilization here, and I think Davis' prior struggles were either his ankle, Monty Williams giving him tough love, or a combination of the two.
Good Al-Farouq Aminu showed up with 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting, seven boards, three steals, and two blocks. You almost have to take a chance on him when he's putting up numbers like that in standard leagues, but do so knowing that inconsistency is still a pretty reasonable forecast. Eric Gordon scored 20 points and won't play tonight because of his knee, hand, and/or chance there is a team ridiculous enough to trade for the guy. Take your pick. I've been on you guys to sell him high on any night he does well and has a clean bill of health for the next 24 hours.
The Boston guard situation is still officially not worth my time in standard leagues, but Courtney Lee made some noise with 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting, two threes, three boards, four assists, and two steals. This is definitely his high water mark. Avery Bradley scored a season-high 17 points but hit just 7-of-16 shots and only had three boards and a three to add to his stat line. Jason Terry was grounded with seven points and not much else. Jeff Green scored 20 points on 8-of-12 shooting with two threes, two rebounds, two assists, one steal, and two blocks in 33 minutes off the bench, and he looks like he'll be called upon to carry some decent load and that will help iron out the wrinkles, which aren't fully going away. I think Green is a must-own player in 12-teamers right now.
Andre Iguodala struggled mightily in his return from a neck injury, going 0-for-7 from the field and 1-of-4 from the foul line with airballs in both categories. He salvaged some of his night with three boards, seven assists, two steals, and one block, but it wouldn't be surprising if we learn he's still bothered by the injury. Keep a close eye on him going forward. Ty Lawson owners won't mind if Iguodala is at less than his best, as Lawson kept his foot on the gas with 26 points on 8-of-13 FGs, six rebounds and six assists. Danilo Gallinari returned from an illness to score 26 points with four treys, five boards, and five assists in 39 minutes, and both he and Lawson will see their production cut whenever Iguodala gets back up to speed.


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Perhaps that was because we were playing a lot of Left 4 Dead at the time and trying to stick together instead of splitting up. But hey, this time, we beat both Resident Evil 5 scenarios with ease, spending most of the stages split up instead of side-by-side.
I'm really looking forward to the final game for both single-player and co-op play, the latter being something I'm generally not that into, so hurry up already March 13. And here's hoping for a good Wednesday--I think we could all use some extra happiness.


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Submission + - Former GOP Staffer Derek Khanna Speaks on Intellectual Property (theamericanconservative.com)
cervesaebraciator writes: Tim Lee over at Ars Technica recently interviewed Derek Khanna, a former staffer for the Republican Study Committee. As reported on Slashdot, Khanna wrote a brief suggesting the current copyright law might not constitute free market thinking. He was rewarded for his efforts with permanent time off of work. Khanna continues to speak out about the need for copyright reform as well as its potential as a winning electoral issue and, according to Lee, he's actually beginning to receive some positive attention for his efforts. "I encourage Hill staffers to bring forth new ideas. Don't be discouraged by the potential consequences," Khanna told Ars. "You work for the American people. It's your job, your obligation to be challenging existing paradigms and put forward novel solutions to existing problems." Would that more in both major parties thought like this.


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12 Worst Hair Conditioners
Dull, tangled, greasy, or dry hair -- all telltale signs of a bad conditioner. From Herbal Essences to Aveda, see which ones will make your hair look awful
Why: While readers agree the price is a "plus," this conditioner doesn't leave hair "well-nourished" like it promises. One reader says, "This reminds me of a cheap children's hair product. It smells great, but does nothing for your hair." One woman says, not only is it "not hydrating enough, but it also leaves a waxy coating on my hair." And another reader with high hopes says she bought this conditioner "because it smelled really good, but when I started using it, the product did not help my hair -- it actually made my hair even drier."
Agree? Disagree? Write your review here.
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conditioner makes my hair fall out.
by mlyvng Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 12:18PM Report as inappropriate
I see herbal essences on youtube people still use it.
by lin44 Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 03:47PM Report as inappropriate
It's a shame to see some of these products in this list, but they belong there. There was a time--years ago--when I would walk a mile during my lunch hour to an exclusive salon to purchase Nexxus' "Keraphix." It was Heavenly then and kept my hair vibrant and shiny. Unfortunately, all of the formulas have been revamped for the worse.
by GigiSD Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 08:29PM Report as inappropriate
good article
by butterfly11 Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 08:06PM Report as inappropriate
I actually think V05 is worth the $1 and i don't think it's nearly as bad as the reviewer said it was, Although it doesn't do much for moisturizing your hair and the smell is nice though. I do like the suave though.
by HxCookie Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 06:41PM Report as inappropriate
I heard so many good things about the organix coconut milk conditioner, I'm surprised.
by Monique3 Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 09:34AM Report as inappropriate
I was surprised to find all of these brands. some products though I find ok.
by Misselizabeth Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 04:10PM Report as inappropriate
Maybe those products are bad but the brands are ok.
by yva_pink Friday, January 18, 2013 at 06:58PM Report as inappropriate
Luckily, I haven't tried any of these brands. I'm curious if there's a best conditioners article. I will have to search for that.
by hopela Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 10:49PM Report as inappropriate
good to know!
by Chris213 Sunday, December 30, 2012 at 06:22AM Report as inappropriate


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"Pitch In, Help Out, Volunteer!" will strive to enhance the traditional high school curriculum by focusing on issues that challenge society and motivating students to get involved through volunteerism in their communities.
The joint program features special sections in The Classroom Edition with reprinted articles from The Wall Street Journal on key societal issues like child poverty and post-Katrina rebuilding along the Gulf Coast. The sections provide examples of teens and players volunteering and explains how similar initiatives can benefit students' local communities.
"This campaign extends The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition's traditional charge of teaching about financial literacy and current events by providing students with the ability to take action and make a difference in their communities," said Mark Campbell, director of educational marketing and sales for The Wall Street Journal. "The Classroom Edition is a premier source of news for classrooms around the nation, and the message the Players Trust wants to convey to students fits perfectly with our editorial mission of increasing teens' awareness of the world around them."
An accompanying service-learning feature in the Classroom Edition Teacher Guide helps teachers incorporate this content into their curriculum through thoughtful discussions and skill-building activities.
"The Players Trust puts a large emphasis on community outreach programs that are committed to helping our society," said Mark Loretta, a Trustee of the Players Trust and an infielder with the Houston Astros. "By partnering with The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition, we are able to reach more students than ever before and get them actively involved in their communities."
The project is being underwritten by the Major League Baseball Players Trust, a charitable foundation formed by Major League baseball players in 1996 that donates more than $1 million annually and initiates broad-based programs such as the above mentioned Action Team.
Tony Clark, also a trustee, noted that the Wall Street Journal partnership is a logical extension of the Trust's successful Action Team program to promote volunteerism.
"Major Leaguers worked with Volunteers of America to create the Action Team youth volunteer program, which inspires and trains the next generation of community volunteers," said Clark, a first baseman with the Arizona Diamondbacks. "The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition takes the Action Team into high school classrooms across the United States, delivering an important message to students: If we care, act, and inspire we can change the world."
For more information, please visit wsjclassroom.com or www.mlbplayers.com/actionteam.


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Below are various resources that give you a closer look at all life on Earth.
National GeographicBrowse through some of the Earth's more popular creatures, both past and present, and learn basic information about habitat and life cycle.
Tree of LifeThis online database of biodiversity contains information of the evolutionary relationships of all organisms. Researchers and contributors at the ToL Project work under the goal of displaying an entry for every organism on the planet current and past.
Catalogue of LifeSpecies 2000 and The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) have teamed up for the most comprehensive taxonomic catalogue.
Encyclopedia of LifeThis show stopper is the product of Edward O. Wilson's award winning TED speech calling for an online database to catalogue every species currently on the planet. While not the first endeavor to do so, this is the most robust effort complete with various forms of multimedia for each creature.
Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)This data retrieval system aggregates an extremely comprehensive set of geospatial information about life in the oceans. Be sure to check out the how-to's and use this powerful resource to its fullest.
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In Week #12, we learned about downloading audiobooks to your computer or device. Your library has recently added downloadable audiobooks from Pimsleur for dozens of world languages that are now available for check out.
BBC Languages
Babbel Apps
Hello-Hello Apps
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Cloud computing is a term that means the use of computer resources that are accessible from a network. For our purposes, that network is the internet.
Use of a cloud drive allows you to easily store and access your calendar, text documents, pictures, videos, and music files from devices with an internet connection. Storing your files in a cloud gives you ease of access, allows for easy disaster recovery, and makes sharing more simple. All of the cloud drives below require a user login, but are free.
Google has a full suite of cloud applications for your computer or Android powered device:
Drive upload or create text, spreadsheets, presentations, and artwork
Picasa upload and share all of your photos
Google Play take your music, eBooks, and eMagazines on the go
SkyDrive is Microsoft's cloud drive that allows you to keep Office files and your photographs at your fingertips anywhere you go.
iCloud is Apple's cloud computing service that allows you access to files, photos, apps, eBooks, and music with your computer or iOS.
Drop Box works like any other file folder on your computer, except that it syncs with all other computers or devices that have your drop box, including your online account.
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Downloadable Audiobooks
Click here to launch OneClickDigital from Recorded Books. Here you can download ebooks to listen to on your computer or mp3 player. There is a large selection of interesting books that you may find helpful on a long road trip, and the extensive collection of classics might help with books that you need to read for school.
Click here to get to the library's landing page for all things eBook. You can find all that you need to browse, checkout and download books on eReaders, tablets, iPads, iPods, and smartphones. Be sure to check out the instructions and FAQ's for your device.
Click here for more free eBooks that you can permanently download on the web. Mostly classics here, but that's a great way to get free books for school.
Click here to access the library's brand new eMagazine collection brought to you by recorded books and Zinio. You can access and enjoy 160 different titles on your computer, tablet, or smartphone.
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Podcasting is a general term for any sort of web-related, episodic audio content or radio that can be streamed or downloaded to computers, mobile devices, or smartphones. In many ways, a Podcast is like an audio version of a blog. There are thousands of podcasts currently being broadcast from around the world and pertain to just about any subject imaginable. Many radio programs are available as podcasts after the show has aired.
Whether you are going to listen to a Podcast on a device or on your computer, you will need to use a particular type of app called a "podcatcher." These programs allow you to subscribe to a podcast and will automatically aggregate and download episodes to your device. Here are some free programs for popular platforms:
If you use Apple products and iTunes already, this is a non-brainer. Search online for a podcast an paste the URL into the "Subscribe to Podcast" option under Advanced. You can also use iTunes to search for other casts.
Home Computer
iTunes is freely for Mac and PC and can be used to subscribe to podcasts.
Cool Podcasts
This American Life
The Splendid Table
Selected Shorts
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perl585delta - what is new for perl v5.8.5
This document describes differences between the 5.8.4 release and the 5.8.5 release.
There are no changes incompatible with 5.8.4.
Perl's regular expression engine now contains support for matching on the intersection of two Unicode character classes. You can also now refer to user-defined character classes from within other user defined character classes.
The debugger can now emulate stepping backwards, by restarting and rerunning all bar the last command from a saved command history.
h2ph is now able to understand a very limited set of C inline functions -- basically, the inline functions that look like CPP macros. This has been introduced to deal with some of the headers of the newest versions of the glibc. The standard warning still applies; to quote h2ph's documentation, you may need to dicker with the files produced.
Perl 5.8.5 should build cleanly from source on LynxOS.
@a = sort ($b, @a)
the result would omit the value $b. This is now fixed.
substr have been fixed.
undef in if thread creation fails instead of crashing perl.
-S flag:
$ perl5.8.5 missing.pl Can't open perl script "missing.pl": No such file or directory. Use -S to search $PATH for it.
The Unicode character class files used by the regular expression engine are now built at build time from the supplied Unicode consortium data files, instead of being shipped prebuilt. This makes the compressed Perl source tarball about 200K smaller. A side effect is that the layout of files inside lib/unicore has changed.
The regression test t/uni/class.t is now performing considerably more tests, and can take several minutes to run even on a fast machine.
This release is known not to build on Windows 95.
If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl bug database at http://bugs.perl.org. There may also be information at http://www.perl.org, the Perl Home Page.
If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the perlbug program included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down to a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the output of
perl -V, will be sent off to email@example.com to be analysed by the Perl porting team. You can browse and search the Perl 5 bugs at http://bugs.perl.org/
The Changes file for exhaustive details on what changed.
The INSTALL file for how to build Perl.
The README file for general stuff.
The Artistic and Copying files for copyright information.


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Parkway Improvement Districts
|Notice: June 1st Town Council will review the PKID preliminary budget FY2018. The final budget will be adopted during the June 15th council meeting.
Bids and Advertisements
Access the Request for Qualifications - Request for Proposals - Open Bid Requests web page to download the Parkway Improvement Districts FY16 Notice of Award of Contract for Improvements in the Town of Gilbert.
ContactMaintenance information - Rick Acuna (480) 503-6268
Improvement information - PKID Admin (480) 503-6272
Eleven Gilbert neighborhoods are organized into separate Parkway Improvement Districts (PKIDs) to maintain their own open spaces such as parks, retention areas entryways and street rights-of way. While Gilbert owns the open space properties, State law requires the Town to levy taxes on all homes in the PKIDs to fund annual expenses to maintain and improve these areas.
Partnerships between Parkway Improvement District (PKID) neighborhoods and Gilbert have resulted in changes to landscaping, playground enhancements and improvements requested by residents.
For more information on the PKID Process go to our PKID Process webpage.
Notice PKID Meetings Scheduled
PKID Communities
- Cassia Place PKID 07-11
- Circle G Meadows II PKID 07-05
- Circle G Meadows III PKID 07-06
- Circle G Ranches VI PKID 07-07
- Circle G Ranches VII PKID 07-08
- Madera Parc PKID 07-10
- Morning Ridge PKID 07-09
- Park Village PKID 07-03
- Spring Meadows PKID 07-04
- Templeton Place PKID 07-02
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Browse Bulletins
Ancient Musical Instrument Found
A 35,000-year-old bone flute reveals the musical nature of the first Europeans.
"Hobbit" Study Takes a Step Forward
Tiny hominids could walk but not run.
Human Heart Muscle Can Self-Repair
Long thought irreplaceable, human heart cells actually can regrow.
Little Brain Gland has Big-Time Effect
A genetic study shows the surprising influence of the pineal gland on our 24-hour body cycles.
New Stem Cell Method Shows Promise
Scientists create stem cells that are safer to use in research.
Peking Man: Older Times, Colder Climes
A new date for an old fossil hints that Homo erectus was resilient in colder climates.
Abuse Lingers in the Genes and Brain
Biologists have learned that childhood abuse can leave a lasting mark on brain function.
Did Extra Genes Shape Our Family Tree?
Gene copying mistakes may have prodded the evolution of gorillas, chimps, and humans.
Stomach Bacteria Show Early Human Travels
The germs that live inside us have evolved with us -- and tell a story of early human migrations.
Learning vs Remembering: A Brain Battle?
Can you both learn something new and recall something old at the same moment?
Mapping "Hobbit" History
A fresh look at the human fossils on Flores Island hints at their evolutionary history.
Immune "Army" Can Fight HIV
Biologists learn why some HIV-positive people stay healthy for decades.
Ancient Graves Reveal Family Ties
Stone Age "family values" reached to the afterlife.
Full Gene Set Decoded for Three More People
Genomics are getting personal.
Decoding the DNA of Extinct Species
Ancient bones found in caves are yielding genetic clues about Ice Age life.
Making Fossils Hear
Paleontologists are reconstructing the hearing of early humans for clues to speech ability.
Plastic Ingredient Raises More Health Questions
A new study of Bisphenol A finds an association with heart disease and diabetes.
Genes and Geography: They Go Together
The genes of Europeans can reveal their local roots.
Stem Cells Advance Study of Lou Gehrig's Disease
Scientists have generated the first stem cell line that carries a specific disease.
Scientists Map Human Brain Connections
Neuroscientists have produced the first detailed "wiring diagram" of the human cerebral cortex.
Making Faces for Survival
Facial expressions may do more than show feelings. They may have evolved as survival instincts.
Jazz on the Brain
How does our brain change when we spontaneously create music?
"Body Clock" Found in Bone
A new biological rhythm reflects an organism's pace of life.
Genes in the Urban Environment
Urban and rural dwellers express genes differently.
Scientists Pinpoint Genetic Link to Asthma
Tracing asthma in Hutterite families has implications for all.
Early Human Walked Upright
Scientists have reanalyzed a 6-million-year-old leg bone.
Unraveling the Origins of the Flores Fossils
New studies maintain that the tiny hominid is a distinct species.
New Malaria Map
The most complete malaria risk map in 40 years will help focus treatment.
Scientists Peer Inside "Superbug" Genome
The life-threatening pathogen MRSA is evolving in ways that may affect its virulence.
How Old is "Old"?
A new population study considers human longevity.
New Fossil Shows Ancient Disease
Tuberculosis afflicted our ancestors 500,000 years ago.
Signs of Speech Ability Seen in Neanderthals
The team that decoded Neanderthal DNA last November scans it for clues to speech capabilities.
Did Climate Change Guide Early Migrations?
African "megadroughts" likely played a role in where and when early humans traveled.
Human Stem Cell Breakthrough
Two research teams have reprogrammed adult cells into stem cells—without using embryos.
Brain Control of the Grasping Hand
A new study shows that primates' precision grip evolved more than once.
Duplicate Genes Set Primates Apart
Clues to endurance running and other unique human traits.
Ancient Kitchen Reveals Modern Hunting Skills
A feast before its time.
New Fossils Extend Branches of Family Tree
An "extended family" once lived by Kenya's Lake Turkana.
Stem Cells Made from Eggs Alone
An innovative new technique to harvest stem cells dispenses with sperm.
Tracing the First Americans
A recent genomic study reveals how humans first settled the Americas.
Ancient Immunity May Have Upped HIV Risk
Did surviving an ancient primate virus leave humans open to HIV?
Skull Fills Gap in Fossil Record
A fossil found in 1952 finally gets dated--and reveals much about early human migration.
Massive Study Links Genes to Disease
The DNA of 14,000 people reveals genetic markers for seven common diseases.
Chimps Show Complex Body Language
What can ape communication tell us about the origins of human speech?
3D Tech Brings Isolated Fossil To Light
How do scientists study fossils that remain at the site of discovery?
Genes Found That May Help Smokers Quit
People vary in addictive behavior - and in the genes that influence it.
Earliest Human Artifacts in Eastern Europe
Curious artifacts tell scientists about modern human migration into Eastern Europe.
New Lactose Tolerance Mutation Found
Researchers find a new genetic explanation for why some adults can digest milk.
Bilingual Brain Switch Found
How does the bilingual brain control which language to speak?
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Watch for this roving creation station at this and other area festivals throughout the summer!
What is Kohl's Color Wheels?
Imagine a vehicle that brings creativity and ingenuity into your community—a mobile art experience that's like an extension of the Milwaukee Art Museum, where kids not only take part in fun projects, but also grow and learn through art. Join us for this one-of-a-kind art experience.
Visit mam.org/artgeneration/ for more information about Kohl's Art Generation and Kohl's Color Wheels events.


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Column published Nov. 16, 2012 in The Mexico Ledger
100 Years Ago
"At an adjourned session of the City Council Friday evening, City Engineer E.F. Ketter was instructed to have plans and specifications and prepare an estimate of cost of a subway under the Chicago and Alton and the Wabash railroads at the Western avenue crossing. City Engineer Ketter was instructed to make separate plans and specifications so as to show separately the portion embraced by the Wabash, the Chicago & Alton and the city and to make separate estimates of each. This action was taken after a motion by J.O. Tinsley had been adopted and in accordance with the opinion rendered by City Attorney David Robertson. Mr. Robertson said it would be possible to have that part of the subway on the railroads' right of way constructed at the railroads' expense. However, to do this, Mr. Robertson said it would be necessary to pass a resolution setting out the necessity therefore and the reasons for such necessity, ordering the railroads to construct such a subway, and embodying in the resolution an order complete with city engineer's specifications."
50 Years Ago
"A Centralia man was seriously injured in a collision of his pickup truck and a car at the Jefferson Street crossing at Highway 22 at 8:35 a.m. today. Joe A. Robinson, 32, was admitted to Audrain Hospital where attendants said he had suffered a fractured skull, broken nose, broken collarbone and head lacerations. He was thrown from his Convair truck at the north edge of the concrete pavement. ... Mexico's new high school gymnasium and fourth-story classroom, cafeteria and library addition will be dedicated in ceremonies at 2 p.m. Sunday. An open house will be conducted after the program by members of the student council. William Courtney, chairman of the citizens' advisory committee, which served before the bond issue election where funds for construction were provided, will give the dedicatory address. William B. Nowell, vice president of the board of education will preside over the dedication program to be held in the gymnasium. Music will be provided by the Dixie Grey Band, directed by John Willer. Supt. L. Buford Thomas will introduce dignitaries present, and Assistant Commissioner of Education Delma A. Cobble will bring greetings from the state department of education. The bond issue to finance the construction was voted in October 1960. Construction started the next spring."
25 Years Ago
"Mexico's educators have a full week of activities planned in observance of American Education Week, Nov. 15-21. This year's theme is "We the People Build Schools Together." In accordance with that theme, teachers are encouraging a variety of activities to be shared among students, parents and the community. High School Principal Jerrold Robison, co-chairman of the Community Teachers Association Public Relations Committee, said information on education will be distributed throughout town during the week, and students will be participating in education week-related activities. Two schools will be sponsoring parents and community leaders as teachers, guest speakers and teachers' assistants. American Education Week displays have been installed in the windows of several local businesses, and student artwork from Mexico Junior High and Hawthorne Elementary will be on display at Aardvark Video and Erdel & Wood Home Improvement Center, respectively. In a "road block" on Saturday, teachers distributed thank you notes to Mexico patrons for their support of the public school systems."
10 Years Ago
"Seventh-grader Jonah Kruger has plastic wrap around his sunglasses, cottonballs in his ears, and a brace on his knees, which makes it a struggle as he limps his way around the obstacle course on crutches. But that's exactly what the Healthworks staff has in mind. "Now do you know why grandpa and grandma might be a little slower than you?" Healthworks physical therapist Diana Johnson asks Diana Henage's class. The activity is part of a month-long collaboration between the Mexico Junior High Seagul program and Audrain Medical Center's Healthworks Rehabilitation Service area. During the month of November, several sixth, seventh and eighth grade classes are taking field trips to Healthworks to experience hands-on learning about exercise and fitness. ... City of Mexico Parks and Recreation Department personnel decorated the Village Square for the Christmas season on Thursday. ... A 60-day notice for massive layoffs was posted inside the troubled National Refractories and Minerals plant in Mexico, according to sources. The notice is required by federal law called the Worker and Retraining Notification Act (WARN). According to U.S. Department of Labor documents WARN offers protections to workers, their families and communities by requiring employers to provide notice 60 days in advance of covered plant closings and covered mass layoffs."
The Yesterday In Mexico column is published daily in The Mexico Ledger.
An expanded column is published on Fridays.
Call the circulation department (573) 581-1111 for subscription information.


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LVMC named one of the nation's most improved hospitals
Improving patients' perceptions of the care they receive has been a major goal of the hospital's staff members since relocating last year from a 65-year-old building on Hickory Street to a brand-new facility on East Ocean Avenue.
"The problem with the old place was that it was old. You could have the best staffing in the world, but you can't overcome backed-up plumbing," Buch said. "I think the quality of the care was always there; it's just that the perception wasn't always there."
Well, now it is.
Based on a patient survey conducted by NRC Picker, a national health-care research corporation, Lompoc Valley Medical Center is one of the most improved hospitals in the corporation's national membership group.


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BOULDER -- Boulder County planning commissioners agreed Wednesday to continue considering whether wineries should be permitted in agricultural and unsubdivided rural-residential zoning districts in unincorporated areas of the county.
Boulder County's Land Use Code, which lists the potential uses of properties outside the boundaries of the county's cities and towns, now treats winemaking as a kind of industry and only allows wineries in general industrial and light industrial districts.
For nearly a year, however, the owners of several wineries -- including some inside the city of Boulder -- have been lobbying county officials for Land Use Code amendments that would allow them or others to locate their wine-making facilities and tasting rooms in more pastoral settings, such as in agricultural zoning districts.
Those would be areas, county staff planner Abby Shannon has written the Planning Commission, that "better fit the image of a winery."
Shannon said in a memo to the planning panel members that though Boulder County staffers "understand the position of the local wineries and their desire to take advantage of pastoral unincorporated Boulder County," the staff isn't recommending adoption of a special winery classification that property owners could use to apply to establish such businesses in agricultural zoning districts.
Disagreeing with that county staff position were such wine business people as John Garlich, co-owner of BookCliff Vineyards and Winery, and Jackie Thompson, owner of the Boulder Creek Winery.
Garlich said Boulder County is one of the few places in the country that requires wineries to be located in industrial zones. He said allowing wineries in the countryside would give the county an opportunity to create a new kind of agricultural business in those areas and give the owners the chance "to have a business that could be something other than a hobby."
Ulla Garlich, John Garlich's wife, had written Shannon last week that "wineries in Boulder County would be a welcome and complementary addition to the existing vibrant hospitality and restaurant industry in Boulder," but "have you ever been invited to tour a winery in an industrial park?"
Thompson said wineries could promote "agri-tourism," attracting both the curious and connoisseurs to such facilities, especially if the wineries were in rural locations flanked by even small vineyards.
Thompson's point was seconded by Mary Ann Mahoney, executive director of the Boulder Convention and Visitors Bureau, who said: "We want to really stake our claim" that Boulder County is the area for people to visit to see how food and beverages are grown and produced locally.
Shannon, however, said in her memo that the Land Use Department staff "is concerned with creating special provisions allowing wineries to locate in rural areas. Why not cheese, beer, burritos, textiles, or any sort of small manufacturing industry?"
Several planning commissioners indicated qualms about allowing a commercial or industrial enterprise such as a winery to locate in an agricultural zone, particularly since the Boulder County Comprehensive Plan tries to direct such business land uses into municipalities or have them locate in existing unincorporated county industrial or commercial zoning districts.
Planning panelists decided to resume their discussion at a meeting set for Dec. 19. That meeting is to include consideration of a number of proposed changes to Boulder County's Land Use Code.
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ADRIAN — A project to improve the health of Lenawee County residents is on the way. But no one knows yet what it will be.
A Lenawee County team is one of 19 in the United States chosen this year for a federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention program aimed at impacting the health of a local area's population, said Patricia Bourgeois, Lenawee County Health Department director.
The four-member team will receive training from the CDC and help in developing a one-year project focused on a problem area for county residents, she said.
"We'll look at some of the areas we can improve the population health," Bourgeois said.
The team is made up of Bourgeois and representatives of the Lenawee Community Mental Health Authority, ProMedica Bixby Hospital and Lenawee United Way.
"We don't know what the projects will be yet," Bourgeois said. She said she hopes a project will be developed and launched in the county within a few months.
"I'm hoping earlier than later," she said.
According to the CDC, its National Leadership Academy for the Public's Health is based on selecting and training local teams to conduct projects to improve health in their communities.
"Training emphasizes development and implementing a project grounded in community priorities and evolving from team-based collaborative work to more robust systems change," according to the CDC's description of the program.
Last year, 20 sites were chosen that resulted in projects dealing with asthma, chronic disease prevention, immunizations, infant mortality, obesity, public health preparedness and substance abuse.
Bourgeois said the Lenawee County team will rely on data collected in a 2011 community health assessment and work with the Lenawee Healthcare Network to develop a project.
Training for the four-member team is to begin within a week with a teleconference, she said. The team is to receive a three-day training at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta in March.
CDC grant targets health for Lenawee County residents
ADRIAN — A project to improve the health of Lenawee County residents is on the way. But no one knows yet what it will be.


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Housatonic Valley Waldorf School is delighted to welcome our new Administrator, Joanne Andruscavage, who joins our school the week of September 30, 2013.
Ms. Andruscavage will remain the Accreditation Coordinator for AWSNA (the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America). She previously served as administrator of both the Emerson Waldorf School in Chapel Hill, NC and the Austin Waldorf School in Texas. In addition, she worked for many years as a Middle School teacher and as a principal in non-Waldorf schools. She has a B.S. in Education from Florida International University, and an M.Ed. in Educational Management and Supervision from Loyola University.
HVWS is privileged to have Joanne join the staff, with her unique breadth and wealth of experience.


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The University of Maryland once again recorded a top tier recruiting class in 2013, registering the No. 2 class in the nation according to Inside Lacrosse.
Maryland, which won its unprecedented fifth straight Atlantic Coast Conference championship in 2013, boasts eight incoming freshmen on the ILWomen.com Top Freshmen Watch List, including Zoe Stukenberg (No. 3), Morgan Torggler (No. 12) and Alex McKay (No. 19).
Maryland returns seven starters from a year ago when the team made its fifth consecutive NCAA Final Four appearance.
Recruiting: Top 10 Classes
1. North Carolina
2. Maryland
3. Virginia
4. Florida
5. Notre Dame
6. Duke
7. Harvard
8. Vanderbilt
9. Stanford