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Exhibition games begins on Saturday with 1 game (2/20)
by Gen on Feb.20, 2010 @ 8:20 pm, under NPB
The exhibition game season officially began on Saturday with 1 game between the Chunichi Dragons and Yakult Swallows at Yomitan Stadium (the game ended in a 5-5 tie).
There are no further games on the schedule until the 26th when the Softbank Hawks play host to the Hiroshima Carp at Yahoo Dome. The schedule then hits full stride the following day with 6 games.
You can view the complete exhibition game season schedule at the official NPB website.
And for the those that need it, here is the legend for what each of the letters stand for:
- G = Yomiuri Giants
- D = Chunichi Dragons
- S = Yakult Swallows
- T = Hanshin Tigers
- C = Hiroshima Carp
- YB = Yokohama Bay Stars
- F = Nippon Ham Fighters
- E = Rakuten Eagles
- H = Softbank Hawks
- L = Seibu Lions
- M = Chiba Lotte Marines
- Bs = Orix Buffaloes
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Do you think of HIPAA as a law that applies only to health care providers? If so, the good news is that you're not alone. The bad news is that you may have some work to do.
While it is true that HIPAA applies to most health care providers, HIPAA's applicability is far more widespread. In fact, HIPAA applies to a broad range of companies that may not even be in the traditional health care space. This article focuses on HIPAA's applicability to two lesser known categories of entities that are subject to HIPAA: group health plans and companies that provide services to covered entities involving the creation, receipt, maintenance or transmission of protected health information. This article also provides guidance on steps to take if your company does in fact have HIPAA obligations. Don't panic, you can do this!
HIPAA's reach is wider than it appears
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and its implementing regulations apply to covered entities and business associates. The term "covered entity" is defined to include only the following: health care clearinghouses, most health care providers, and… health plans.
Yes, you read that correctly. As described further below, if you are a company that offers a health plan, your company's health plan is likely subject to HIPAA. This surprising to many employers, particularly if the company has no connection to the health care industry.
Another little surprise is that "business associates" are also directly subject to HIPAA. "Business associates" are companies that perform certain services for covered entities that involve the creation, receipt, maintenance and/or transmission of protected health information (PHI). This includes companies that provide data storage services (e.g., cloud providers), as well as accountants, lawyers, consultants and others who provide services to covered entities involving PHI. The term "protected health information" or "PHI" is broadly defined by HIPAA to mean information created or received by a covered entity that relates to the health of an individual or the payment for the provision of health care to an individual, transmitted or maintained in any form or medium.
Your company's group health plan is (probably) a HIPAA covered entity
Was your New Year's resolution to discover that your company's group health plan is a HIPAA covered entity? If so, you're in luck! Employee welfare benefit plans (in addition to other health plans) are HIPAA covered entities and are subject to HIPAA, unless the plan is self-administered and has fewer than 50 participants. However, if a company's plan is fully-insured and the only PHI the sponsor receives is enrollment and summary information, the plan may have fewer HIPAA compliance obligations.
Under HIPAA, the group health plan is treated as a separate legal entity from the plan sponsor (e.g., the employer). This is an important distinction to keep in mind and one that is easily confused — the group health plan, not the sponsor, is the HIPAA covered entity. This distinction is important because HIPAA prohibits group health plans from disclosing PHI back to the sponsor, with limited exceptions. One of the exceptions permits group health plans to disclose limited PHI to the sponsor to allow the sponsor to perform plan administrative functions; however, HIPAA's specific requirements must be followed.
Be on alert if your company provides services to covered entities requiring access to PHI
Many companies function as a business associate under HIPAA without realizing it. Does your company provide services — directly or indirectly — to a covered entity that involves the creation, receipt, maintenance or transmission of PHI? If the answer to this question is yes, your company is likely a business associate and directly subject to HIPAA.
Even if a company is not providing services directly to a covered entity, it may still be providing services to a covered entity indirectly as a subcontractor to a business associate of a covered entity. For example, a covered entity may hire a business associate to provide data storage for its PHI. That business associate may in turn hire a subcontractor to maintain some of the covered entity's data. If that data includes PHI, the subcontractor is also considered a business associate under HIPAA. This is true even though the company has not directly contracted with the covered entity to provide the services.
I think we are subject to HIPAA. Now what do we do?
If your company's group health plan is subject to HIPAA and/or your company functions as a business associate, there are certain steps you will need to take to comply with HIPAA. For example, health plans and business associates must:
- Develop HIPAA privacy and security policies and procedures, and provide proper training on those policies and procedures
- Perform a security risk assessment to determine risks and vulnerabilities to the electronic PHI held by the entity
- Appoint a privacy and security officer to oversee HIPAA compliance
- Enter into HIPAA-compliant business associate agreements in relation to any applicable business associate services
In addition, group health plans must amend their plan documents to address HIPAA's requirements and must provide a Notice of Privacy Practices to individuals at the time of enrollment in the plan and notify individuals of the availability of the Notice and how to obtain it every three years.
If the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) determines that the group health plan or business associate is not in compliance with HIPAA, it may impose an appropriate civil monetary penalty or pursue criminal penalties. The civil monetary penalties are tiered based on intent and generally range from $100 to $1,500,000. The OCR also works in conjunction with the Department of Justice to refer possible criminal violations of HIPAA. Given the high stakes of noncompliance, it is critical to understand the scope of your HIPAA obligations and take steps toward ensuring compliance.

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Vampire Detective Episode 12 Recap: That's it? Seriously?
What in the hell did we just spend 12 episodes watching? A neat idea with a great cast in a universe we craved more time in drew us to this drama like a moth to a flame, only the writer decided to not give us anything. An origin story without explanations or grounding. An ending that leaves you going, "What the…" Was this story an aberration that was abandoned by the writer or are we being set up for something bigger? Join Tiara, June and I, Wendilynn, as we try to figure out just where we are adrift in this Vampire Detective universe.
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Tiara: A drama with so much promise and it just got lost in it's own mystery. That 5 year mystery also wasn't that engaging either. It's a shame it couldn't live up to the greatness of it's older brother Vampire Prosecutor.
June: Honestly, what was that ending?!?!??! Ugh this drama started off so good and had promise but somewhere along the way it lots its way. Ugh it wasn't even worth finding out what happened all those years ago.
Wendilynn: I can't believe how let down I feel. And in no way do I blame the actors in this. They were great, and they made characters that I really liked. BUT…...that story. Oh my gosh, what a let down.
Tiara: Agreed, the actors did the best with what the writer gave them and I have to admit I really liked Godmother Vamp. She's like my version of Spike. She may be evil, but I can sympathize with her. I hate how Gyeo Wool was wasted in the last like 3 episodes. She never got any closure about her brother. I really disliked Hyung and San treating her like the kid sister who had to be kept in the dark. What would have put a spin on the story if them keeping her out of the loop had put her in danger. At least she would have been useful to the story. Sadly that wasn't the case. Grr!!!
Wendilynn: This is why I have to wonder if these 12 episodes are set ups for something else. We got NO CLOSURE on anything. So we found out what happened 5 years ago when they died on assignment. AND?!!!!! The point of this was?!!! What was it leading to? I mean, we just got nothing. No explanation of San's new abilities. Why were his eyes yellow and everyone else was red? What did inhaling San's blood through his inhaler do for Yoo Jin if she died anyway? I mean, what was the freaking point? What happened with the helper list everyone wanted so badly? Did Godmother Vamp really go all noble on us? I mean.. Really?!
June: FOR REAL. Ugh there better be a season two or something to explain the mess this drama started. I will say I did start to side more with Godmother Vamp but I liked it better when she was the big baddie. I want to believe the ending didn't go the way it did but alas.
Tiara: The drama never wanted to explain the supernatural stuff. I hate beating the a dead horse, but the drama only wanted the vampire abilities to only benefit the case of the week when they needed it. This drama was never going to be the superhero's origin story to explain the supernatural world that 4 vampires live in. Which that drives me up the wall. Vampire Prosecutor has blue eyes and can walk in sunlight. His villain from season 2 had blood lust red eyes like Yo Na, BUT he could walk in the day. You DRAMA made this connection and do not explain your vamps … I want to break up.
Wendilynn: Talk about betrayal and leaving your viewers adrift in nonsense. They would have been perfectly fine not connecting this drama to Vampire Prosecutor. Making it its own universe but they didn't do that. So now what? They made this huge big deal about this special blood that was given to San and then did nothing with it. They made a big deal of Godmother Vamp and then wimped her out. So many buildups that just went no where. So disappointing.
June: SO MUCH TRUTH HERE. I can't believe how wasted Yo Na and Gyeo Wool were towards the end of the drama. The drama really wasted some potential there.
Tiara: The drama wimped out on everything. Yo Na was an interesting villain. I actually wished they didn't kill her off. I wanted her and Gyeo Wool to go off together solving crimes and taking names. I don't mind the drama making a twist that Yo Na is a bad guy, but the main villain of this story was Tae Woo. However, the kidnapping mafia vampire wasn't a good villain. He was horrible. His own reason for doing this was because he couldn't handle San being perfect in his eyes. San's good at everything, he's got the job, grades, and the girl. What are we in elementary school … Grown up Tae Woo!!!
Wendilynn: Tae Woo being jealous and wanting power so he can get the girl was fine as a reason to betray, but what he did with it was just weak. The lack of meat in these 12 episodes is something that I'm not getting over. I mean, this was such a waste of a potentially fun drama. Mystery of the week, learning about San's abilities would have been fine for 12 episodes. Just fun and interesting. But no… they had to give us a buildup with no pay off. I think what just gets me is that this show had great characters but nothing was done with them. The action scenes were good, the filming of the show was good. I don't even think I can blame the direction. It was the writing or lack of writing that really let us down here. Unless this was a meant to be a connector drama to hold us over till they jump into the main universe again, this made no freaking sense.
Tiara: Tae Woo is you avenge KDrama villain. It was boring and he's a vampire. The writing could've have made things so much more interesting. San wasn't a vampire for years and he could have slowly drove him mad or crazy. I wished him to be more on the level of the Joker. I mean this guy did blow his head off before turning. Instead he threatened San with killing Yoo Jin. Hahahahahahaha, like that was a threat from the guy who has kidnapped her, turned her into a vampire, and had her kill San or see him kill San. Like he would ever kill Yoo Jin … what a joke and a horrible threat.
June: I could not stand Tae Woo at all.
Wendilynn: Yup. Totally empty. And then Yoo Jin decides to suicide? I don't think so. That ending didn't make sense at all. And then someone happens to walk by and pick up the abandoned helper list? Maybe San? Maybe not? What the hell?!!
Tiara: I'm totally fine with Yoo Jin offing herself and Tae Woo. Good riddance for a bad mystery IMO. Yoo Jin was little more than a damsel in distress. San's affections for her never made me understand nor care. I was actually really bored by those scenes. She was a macguffin to move San in the narration. She wasn't evening good at that because all San did was brood and there was no showers around. As for the help list, it could be someone whom we've seen in it's older brother series. But it's the drama trolling us for season 2. Where's Prosecutor or Ten's season 3?
June: I totally agree. I am very okay with those two being gone.
Wendilynn: At this point, I don't care. I hate when a story drops the ball like this. Wasting good actors and their characters. Our tease at the end showing a grown up and responsible Gyeo Wool and our core group searching for San was not enough to make me care. Although I did smile that Goo Hyung stayed consistent and kicked her in the butt for disappearing. Lol However, consistency in the story line was not this drama's forte.
Tiara: The ending was beyond disappointing. The ending really left me uninterested in knowing what the crew has been up too nor where San could be hiding. Actually I think I know where San is hiding, he's probably holding up in a dark apartment being a brooding vampire and licking his wounds over the lost of his love. *eyeroll* I think it should've have ending with San making good on his promise to a bartender and him and his team are walking in an unused building. They go room to room until they find a man in one of the rooms. He lifts his head and you end with blue growing eyes with a cameo by Yeon Hung Hoon. I wouldn't forgive bad writing, but I would be happy to hear news of a season 3.
Wendilynn: If we had never seen the Bartender, we could have argued that this was a different universe and that's why there was no consistency between this one and VP. However, they did make that connection and did give us that expectation of something. I feel like we were promised a night that would make us see stars and instead San came early and then rolled over and started snoring.
Tiara: Hahaha, it's too true. I do believe the writers could have written a jealous friend story with supernatural elements. It just needed to decided to actually not dip its toes in the magical universe, but to give us the Vampire for Dummies Book. You don't have to explain all the magical world, but you need to explain the world that's being built. I can make up my own theories, but the narration doesn't make them cannon in this world.
That's it for the Vampire Detective Drama Club. We're so glad you guys joined us for this ride, even if we wanted a refund at the end of it. Consistency has not been a strong point in this universe and all we can hope for is that there is a bigger story coming. It felt like we were watching a 12 episode side story that could not stand on its own feet. Now the question we are left with is will we give the writers a chance to make it up to us or are we done with this universe? Tell us your feelings about this drama in the comments below.
Want more from our Vampire Detective Club? Check out the links below!
June:Blog |Twitter |Instagram |Tumblr |
Wendilynn: As the Kimchi Turns |Facebook |Google+ |DF video drama club | Past Drama Clubs
Tiara: Aja-Villa.tumblr | Aja-Villa.blog |Past Drama Clubs |
Catch Up on Previous Episodes:
One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight | Nine | Ten | Eleven | Twelve


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For testing purposes, a new version of my plugins' development branch is available. Download as usual from http://www.joachim-wilke.de/?alias=vdr-fritz
--- 8< --- 2008-07-17: Version 1.1.0 - started new development branch (copy from version 1.0.1) This branch is for development use and curious users only. If you like a stable and reliable environment, please use the stable branch 1.0.x. Distribution maintainers: Please take actions to prevent users from accidentially upgrading from a stable 1.0.x version to this branch. - new setup option "React on calls" allow configuration if the plugin acts on incoming, outgoing or any calls - normalizing outgoing numbers for fonbook lookups, etc. now includes * removing an appended '#' (includes displaying) * removing German call-by-call provider selection codes - implemented support for a local phone book (suggested by neptunvasja [6]) * The fonbook is a csv-file located at $vdrconfigdir/plugins/fritzbox/localfonbuch.csv using the same encoding as VDR * Each line of this file has the pattern <name>,<type>,<number> For <type> specify 1 (home), 2 (mobile) or 3 (work). - changed function of kRed in the menu * "Reload phonebooks" was moved to the setup menu * new function "Next phonebook" ("> PB") iterates through the displayable phonebooks (the last one shown is remembered beyond vdr restarts) - new setup option "Show detailed call information" If switched to yes, the plugin opens an own OSD screen for notifications instead of using Skins.Message. This way, more information can be displayed (still to be done). - shortened message displaying an incoming call from an unknown extension (suggested by Habib [27]) - the number of missed calls is now announced via the plugins' main menu entry. Enter the "missed calls" list to reset this counter. - main menu entry is shortened to "Fritz!Box" - modifications in the phone book menu * now grouping phone book entries by name * pressing OK now opens a detail menu. Within this detail menu calls can be triggered with kRed, as in all other detail menus (suggested by apex [28]) --- 8< --- -- Best Regards, Joachim. _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr


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Standard Ethics (the Agency) is founded on the belief that financial world must be sustainable. The Company Shareholders believe that profit can be achieved through proper management driven by healthy competition based on entrepreneurial and managerial skills rather than the improper use of natural resources, labour, means of production and marketing processes.
In pursuing its corporate objectives, Standard Ethics intends to respect the general Sustainable and Governance Principles as well as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations.
Standard Ethics recognises the supremacy of the United Nations (UN) and also, on the subjects of economic development, employees' rights and European law, the supremacy of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Union (EU). These will indicate, in the first instance, the Parameters needed to interpret the environmental, social and governance standards adopted by the Agency.
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Terrazas is a typical Carilo Condo-Apartment Complex with multiple owners that rent out their units. This can be a very good option, provided you get the right unit. We just got back from a long weekend and have a very good experience in unit 1...More
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Briar Rose Creamery is located in the hills above Dundee, Oregon, surrounded by acres of forests and Pinot Noir vineyards. When we were looking for a place to build our dream and establish our creamery, we focused on Yamhill County, Oregon. We knew the area because we had family here. We loved this northwest corner of the Willamette Valley because of the natural beauty: rivers, forests, and farmland.The wineries make some of the best Pinot Noir in the world and the vibrant city of Portland is only an hour away. It was the perfect place to launch a small cheesemaking operation. Since 2010 we have been embraced by the close-knit community of chefs, farmers, winemakers, and fellow food producers and enjoy contributing cheese to the colorful palette of food made in Oregon.
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In order to make good cheese, one must start with great milk. Great milk comes from happy and healthy goats that eat well, have room to roam, and never given any growth hormones. Briar Rose Creamery sources goat milk from Tideland Dairy Goats, part of R&R Dairy in Tillamook, Oregon. The herd enjoys the sweet life surrounded by lush, green pastures, tidewater marshes, and ample dairy barns to shelter the herd from the morning fog and Oregon rains. The goats wander over 20 acres with a view of the Coast Range while nibbling on grasses kissed by the salty breezes of the Pacific Ocean.


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Continuing Dush and Terra's video series on how to make your offer attractive to affiliates, in this video Terra talks about the steps to creating and identifying the problem for your sales letter; stating the problem, highlighting the problem, and answering the question "Why has the problem remain unsolved?"
Video: Highlighting the Problem with Terra Goeres Ramachandran
Posted by Terra Goeres Ramachandran on August 16, 2015 in Blog, How to Make Your Offer More Attractive to Affiliates
About the Author: Terra Goeres RamachandranTerra Goeres Ramachandran is Founder and Chief Operating Officer of The Net Momentum Corporation, She is also the main content creator for the Affiliate Attraction Formula – The Net Momentum's comprehensive training program for beginner to intermediate marketers who want to develop a sustainable, cash-generating sales channel through affiliates. Prior to founding The Net Momentum, Terra ran the Account Management department at ClickBank. An early employee at ClickBank, Terra helped in ClickBank's phenomenal revenue growth from 2000 to 2010. She created, implemented, and ran ClickBank's Premier and Apex programs.
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HFPA President Theo Kingma, David O. Russell and Jonah Hill
Theo Kingma: What we like to really do – I mean, it's of course beautiful to restore films and to have Martin Scorsese and the Film Foundation, but we also really like to give to the smaller ones, that don't have the Golden Globes as a platform to raise money. For instance, the Pablove Foundation, which is children taking photographs. That's beautiful. The Lollipop Network, an organization that gives film screenings to children in children's hospitals. The little things, that's really nice. The Echo Park Film Center, that's really beautiful too.
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Eva Longoria: This is my favorite participation in the Hollywood Foreign Press. People always think of Hollywood Foreign Press as Golden Globes and red carpet and glamour, and I'm very philanthropic in my life so to pair with them on a day like today to dole out the funds that they've raised throughout the year is a really big honor for me. I respect that the Hollywood Foreign Press uses the power of the pen to bring awareness and raise funds for all of these worthy causes, and that's a big responsibility that everyone should take seriously.
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Vin Diesel, Piper Perabo and Dermot Mulroney
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Ariana Grande was left gobsmacked when an interviewer at the Mtv Video Music Awards made a cheeky reference to her now infamous donut licking incident.
The Dangerous Woman singer hit the headlines in July, 2015, when she and then boyfriend Ricky Alvarez were caught on CCTV licking the sweet treats on offer at a Wolfee Donuts store in Lake Elsinore.
While Ariana apologized and has since attempted to move on from the controversy, MTV reporter Charlamagne Tha God couldn't resist poking fun at the incident on Sunday night (28Aug16).
Interviewing the singer before she performed at the New York ceremony, Charlamagne told Ariana: "Now you can't go around licking no pastries tonight."
Speechless by his confidence in referencing the donut licking, a stunned Ariana managed to say: "Okay alright I'll take notes."
Unwilling to let it go, Charlamagne added, "No donut licking?", to which she replied, "I'll keep it in mind."
After the initial incident in 2015, Ariana appeared on Good Morning America, and said: "First of all, I mean my behavior was very offensive and I apologized. There is no excuse and there is nothing to justify it. But you know, I think that as human beings we all say and do things that we don't mean at all sometimes and we have to learn from it. That's part of our process. We have to learn from our mistakes and that's how we grow."
Ariana was joined at the VMAs by rumored boyfriend Mac Miller, following weeks of speculation about their relationship. While Ariana refused to talk about the new romance, she did reveal that she and Mac had hit a tattoo parlor together over the weekend.
"I got an A, which is my best friend's initial and my initial, and then I got the venus (symbol) which I've wanted to get for a long time," Ariana told Entertainment Tonight of the inkings.


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Piano Tuning Recommendations By Manufacturer
According to the Piano Technicians Guild, piano tuning varies according to manufacturers:
"While pianos generally fall into vertical and grand model categories, each manufacturer selects its own materials and utilizes its own unique scale and furniture designs. Every piano requires a different level of maintenance, depending upon the quality of materials used and the design and level of craftsmanship. Manufacturers can provide general advice on tuning frequency but your technician can give specific recommendations based upon your usage and locale."
Here's what some of the major piano manufacturers recommend:
Baldwin Piano Company (also Chickering, Wurlitzer)
Professional service is the key. In the first year, the National Piano Manufacturers Association recommends that you have your piano tuned four times. This is a period of environmental adjustment for a new instrument, and proper attention is important.
After the first year, the piano should be tuned at least twice each year, depending upon the frequency of use and atmospheric conditions. Contact Artisan Piano Services to schedule an appointment with our professional technicians to perform this service.
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I have a confession to make: As I write this, I've been up more than 24 hours straight, so this might make even less sense than usual. Which, I suspect, is how y'all like it.
Sleep deprivation is a fascinating experience. Two years ago, when I was in grad school, I wrote two 25-page research papers in four days, each in one massive sunset-to-sunrise binge, one on Thursday night and one on Sunday. I woke up around 11 a.m. on Thursday and went to sleep at about 2 in the morning on Saturday, then woke up around 10 a.m. on Sunday and went to sleep at around 1 in the afternoon on Monday. Pulling a 39-hour waking period and a 27-hour waking period in one long weekend does bizarre things to the mind, believe you me. While at the train station on Monday morning, on my way to turn my final paper in, a bird flew overhead and its shadow passed over me. I believed I was under attack and flipped out, nearly punching an unsuspecting stranger in the face. Hardly a Great Moment in Baumannian Savoir Faire.
Suffice it to say, I'm a little punchy. Almost punchy enough to trade Cliff Lee.
@SJHaack: "What shape would you have your money topiaries made into if you were Cole Hamels this week?"
We start with this week's big story. Cole Hamels got paid. Big time. Now, I've already gone on the record as saying that if I were to come into nine figures' worth of David Montgomery's money, I would not be one of those tasteful, discreet rich people. I would be as vulgar as my means and the boundaries of human decency would allow. I'd hire Clemson's starting defensive line to carry me about on a litter, because they're certainly no good at actually playing football. I'd drive my Ferrari to get the mail–no, better yet, I'd pay my manservant to drive my Ferrari to get the mail. I'd install a curling rink in the basement of my palatial manse. And the money topiaries? In the shape of the Euro symbol, because it looks cooler than the dollar sign.
Cole Hamels appears to have more sense than I. Much of his absurd salary will go toward good works. The balance, I imagine, will pay for dog backpacks.
But in all seriousness, I, for one, am thrilled that Cole Hamels will be with us six more years. When I'm griping about his contract in 2018, remind me that I wept like a child when he re-signed.
@SpikeEskin: "I would like to see an 'unlucky' rankings. A combination of stats that suggest bad luck and the worst luck hitters/pitchers. Also, I would love to know if there is a way to know if if you can quantify a certain skill level that overcomes bad luck. Like this: I could never imagine Roy Halladay in his prime being 1-6 in August, regardless of his bad luck."
Spike, in case you hadn't noticed, is a big shot. He hosts a radio show on WIP (which he's been gracious enough to invite me on), so he thinks he can spend three tweets asking a Crash Bag question. He thinks he's that important.
But this is a good question. Baseball is perhaps the only area of life in which I am a determinist. There might be free will, but it's dwarfed by the randomness and the whimsy of the fabric of space-time. The broken-bat blooper is a double. The line drive crushed to the warning track is an out. So it goes. If a foreigner asked me to describe baseball, I'd say: "Life sucks, then the Yankees win."
Because so much of baseball is luck (or random variation if you prefer), it's important to recognize where that pops up. Follow me to FanGraphs.com, where I'll take you to a set of player pages to illustrate these points. (I realize that the readership of this blog is, in large part, more statistically savvy than even I, so feel free to skip ahead to the next question.)
The prevailing study of pitchers right now involves defense-independent pitching statistics, or DIPS. The theory is that pitchers can control how many batters they strike out, how many batters they walk and how many home runs they give up. Any ball put in play is subject to factors outside their control, including defensive quality, weather, stadium design and physics. There are some qualifications to this. To some degree, home runs are subject to luck as well, so some DIPS-based ERA estimators take that into account. There's evidence to suggest that pitchers can control what type of hit they give up. Sinkerballers give up more ground balls, guys who throw hard and up in the zone give up fly balls, and guys who just suck give up lots of line drives. It's also been speculated that pitchers can control, to a certain extent, how hard the ball is hit. To my knowledge, this hasn't been empirically proven, but it seems plausible logically.
Anyway, for a pitcher, you've got options. There have been several DIPS ERA estimators that try to show what a pitcher's ERA would have been using only the things he can control and holding all other variables constant. I give you Cole Hamels' FIP. In 2008, he posted a 3.05 ERA, won NLCS and World Series MVP honors, and was the toast of the town. A year later, he fell on hard times, his ERA spiked to 4.32, he melted in a playoff game with his wife in labor and the fans who had adored him a year earlier turned on him in favor of J.A. Happ, who we'll talk more about in a moment. Hamels' 2009 woes were largely the result of bad luck. How do we know this? His strikeout rate, walk rate and home run rate stayed more or less constant and his FIP was literally identical in 2008 and 2009, 3.72. So look at one of the ERA estimators (FIP, xFIP, SIERA, I don't care), and if it's higher than a pitcher's ERA, usually he's getting lucky. If it's lower, he's unlucky.
Back to J.A. Happ. A crude way to tell if a pitcher's skating by on good fortune is his BABIP. Generally, pitchers tend to have a career BABIP of .300, demonstrable by the fact that Roy Halladay's career BABIP is roughly equal to Adam Eaton's. Some pitchers (including Hamels) tend to sit lower. But as a rule of thumb, .300 is the norm. If a pitcher, in a small sample, even a season-length sample, posts a BABIP lower than .300, he's probably getting lucky. Happ, in 2009, posted a 2.93 ERA, which was nearly a run and a half lower than his FIP. This was thanks in part to a .266 BABIP. Now that Happ's BABIP (which is a fun phrase. I was in a folk-rock band called Happ's BABIP for a while) rose to roughly .300 the past two seasons, he's fallen on hard times. Poor guy. I always liked him.
For hitters, that's not the case. There is a certain measure of skill in a hitter's BABIP. For instance, fast guys who hit ground balls tend to have high BABIPs because 1) grounders tend to turn into hits at a higher rate and 2) they leg out a lot of infield singles, while the reverse is true for slower fly ball hitters. For instance, Ichiro's career BABIP is .347, and was higher before he posted back-to-back career lows in 2011 and 2012. On the other hand, Jose Bautista's career BABIP is .270.
For a hitter, it's best to compare BABIP to his career average, particularly if he's built up something of a track record. Hunter Pence, for instance, is not one man, but two: The High-BABIP Lion of Judah and the Low-BABIP Salieri of Outfielders. In 2007, Pence's rookie year, his BABIP was .377. In 2011, his BABIP was .361. Pence's wOBA in those years? .384 and .378. Superstar stuff.
However, in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012, Pence's numbers have been more pedestrian. His BABIPs over that span: .301, .308, .304, .299. His wOBAs in those years: .334, .351, .341, .338. All fine numbers, even for a corner outfielder. But not worth trading Singleton and Cosart for. And yes, I'm watching you @mferrier31. Don't you think I've forgotten about my trombone promise. So if prime Ichiro clubs out a .370 BABIP for a season, that's no big deal. But if someone like Pence does it, that's a different animal. There's a lot of nuance to using hitter BABIP to gauge luck. If a guy's BABIP is up over a full season and so is his line drive rate, that's probably more an indication of him becoming a better player than being lucky.
I could go on, of course, but this answer is already way too long. There's strand rate, HR/FB rate, and a host of other ways to find out what's real and what's an illusion. But above all else, beware small sample sizes, or even sample sizes that last months. Even Michael Martinez can look like Barry Bonds, and vice-versa if the sample is small enough.
Simply put, there's no omnibus luck stat, though Cliff Lee this season is a special case. I'll say this much: enough bad luck can overwhelm just about any amount of skill. His peripherals are slightly worse than last season, plus he's taken a little bit of a beating in just about every luck-related stat, from BABIP to HR/FB rate to strand rate, even to run support, plus he hasn't exactly had the cooperation of his bullpen. Add in that he's only won one game and every Lee start is watched with a hyperbolic intensity. We try to assign meaning to too much in sports, writing about an individual game as if it's a morality play. Better to sit back and embrace the randomness.
Remember, Spike, "Life sucks, then the Yankees win."
1,171 words, that response, and I didn't really even answer the question. We might have to dedicate a book to this topic. And by "we," I mean someone who's got a better handle on the cutting edge of baseball statistics than I do.
@Estebomb: "Why is fat Ryan Howard better than the trimmer version? Does it have something to do with gravitational pull?"
I can only assume so. It's possible that his girth is actually affecting the break on the 57-foot offspeed pitches he usually gets himself out on. But I have an alternative hypothesis. Fat equals happy.
I used to be skinny. But then I went to college and Chick-fil-a was on the meal plan (back in 2005, before they became the third rail of American culinary politics, so relax. Those were the days when a man's choice of junk food wasn't taken as a political statement, or as I like to call them, The Days When Men Were Free and Life Was Worth Living). Anyway, then I stopped playing organized sports. Then I graduated and didn't have to walk everywhere. Now I'm the opposite of the narrator of Stone Temple Pilot's "Creep." I'm twice the man I used to be. And I'm okay with that because getting skinny means not eating the food I like and exercising a lot. Or at all. Ryan Howard and I are in a similar situation in that respect–both of us are bigger than usual, but engaged to be married, and thus, if all goes according to plan, will never need to impress strange women again. No need to make myself unhappy, and I suspect the Big Piece feels the same way.
The way I see it, a fat Howard is a happy Howard. And a happy Howard is a productive Howard. He's like a Soviet coal miner in that respect. You wanna know why Nick Frost is so hilarious and jocular and Kristen Stewart is a grouch and has never smiled, on screen or off, in her life? Because fat people are happy and fun and skinny people are miserable and mean. That's why Fat Howard is more productive than Skinny Howard.
@Framed_Ace: "If not Chase Headley who WOULD you like to see as the Phils 3B next year? Both dreaming and realistically."
Yes, I wrote a hit piece on Chase Headley two day ago, essentially saying that Headley's a nice player at a position the Phillies need, but Ruben Amaro would have to be a lunatic to trade for him. Which he probably will, because Ruben Amaro is a lunatic. Also, it appears that the comment section on that post has gotten away from us in the past 36 hours. 46 comments…yeah, I'm never going back there. Who knows what's going on in that darkness?
But that's a fair question that I meant to answer in the original post but frankly forgot to. If I'm dreaming, the Phillies find some sort of rejuvenation machine and return, like, George Brett to factory spec. If I'm actually dreaming and not hallucinating, the Phillies find a way to get their hands on Mike Olt without giving up Cliff Lee, which would be even more insane than trading for Chase Headley. That, too, is unlikely. I like Olt, but I'm not convinced enough that he's going to be a star to give up four years of Cliff Lee, even if he is aging and unlucky. Maybe I'd take a flyer on the guy behind Headley on the depth chart in San Diego, James Darnell, who, at 25, hasn't broken into the majors full-time yet, but has shown some patience and pop in the minors. He'd be a low-risk, moderate-upside type of player and almost certainly better than Ty Wigginton.
So failing Olt or some other young up-and-comer, I'd just as soon see the Phillies punt third base entirely as try to reach for a minor upgrade. Third base is completely barren, and I'm okay with them playing some yannigan there full-time until an obvious answer comes along. I'm going to tell a parable to illustrate my point.
Back when I was in college, the place to be on weekends was Five Points, where all the cheap college bars were. Now, most of those places tended to shut down between 1 and 2 on weekends, but there's a place called Red Hot Tomatoes. It stayed open until 3 a.m. I went there, I believe, twice in the three semesters in which I was 21. I hardly ever went there for two reasons. First, it was a dancing club, and I, like Kompressor, do not dance. The second is that it's the last-ditch hookup central, and I had a girlfriend all 4 years of college. But Red Hot's used to fill up around closing time for the other bars full of sloppy drunk kids in their early 20s trying desperately to find someone to hook up with. It was a spectacle. And according to a friend who's been in Columbia more recently than I, it's only gotten worse.
Anyway, as far as third basemen go, it's last call at Red Hot Tomatoes. Everyone wants one, and everyone who already has one has gone home long ago. Anyone left on the dance floor when the lights go up and the last A Chi O who can't stay upright in heels eats pavement is stuck with limited selection and the mistaken impression that leaving with anything is better than leaving with nothing at all. It's not.
The kingdom of third base is like last call at Red Hot Tomates. Value is scarce at third base right now. Even average third basemen are expensive. Why would the Phillies overpay for value at third now when value could be had cheaply elsewhere? Just accept that you're going to get replacement-level third base play for the next year or two until a better solution presents itself. I don't believe that every team with designs on a playoff spot needs to fill every vacancy with a quality player right the hell now. That's how bad trades get made. So let's accept that it's a seller's market at third, accept a less-than-optimal outcome there for the time being and exercise a little bit of patience. You know, like grown-ups do. The Phillies are going to stink on ice at third. So will everyone else. We'll all live.
@SoMuchForPathos: "Who is the last dragon? Who possesses the power of the glow?"
Well, according to the song, you are, and you do. In baseball terms, I'm pretty sure Cole Hamels will be the last player from this team to remain on the Phillies. Which makes him the last dragon. And I think that we can all agree that he possesses the power of the glow.
Though if he doesn't, I'm sure he can buy it with $144 million.
@JakePavorsky: "Bigger folk hero: Sal Fasano or Eric Kratz"
I'm going to say Fasano, still, for now, if only because of his glorious mustache. Though if Kratz participates in a few more game-winning rallies, we could see that change in a hurry.
@jtramsay: "Dear
#crashbag, say we trade our starting outfield. Who replaces them this season?"
I want to apologize to those of you who wrote in asking me to speculate on what trades the Phillies will make this week. I know we're coming to the trade deadline, but I can't answer those questions. I don't have the first clue who the Phillies will trade, if anyone, or what, if anything, they'll get in return. One day, I hope, I'll be in the know about such things, and I promise I'll tell you. Until then, I'd rather not contribute to a public panic that could cost lives.
With that said, I think the Phillies really should trade their entire starting outfield. Pierre offers them nothing beyond this season. Nor does Victorino. Pence could help next year, but with his likely arbitration award and the sudden urgent need for payroll flexibility with Cole Hamels' contract extension, the Phillies would be best served dumping him for prospects when his value is highest. Which is to say, now. So the Phillies would find themselves with three outfielders–a pretty decent outfield, if I'm honest–on July 27 and a totally different one on August 1. What an interesting turn of events that would be.
Left field would probably be a Laynce Nix/John Mayberry platoon. Nix can hit against righties, and Mayberry can't hit against anyone, but he's right-handed so we'll run him out there against lefties anyway. In right, I hope, we'd find a healthy Domonic Brown, the way finally cleared for him to make his big impact. In center, however, we reach a moment of indecision. The only current Phillie capable of playing center anywhere close to competently is Mayberry. And I'd rather not hand over a starting outfield spot to a guy with a .276 OBP. So where do we turn? Well, we could pull Jason Pridie off a landscaping crew again, or sign some similar quad-A guy with wheels to hold down the fort until the offseason comes and the Phillies can get their hands on what's actually a pretty deep free agent crop in center. Maybe a young outfielder comes back in a trade. Who knows?
Though really, if it is Mayberry, what's the worst that can happen: the Phillies miss the playoffs?
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My eyes have stopped focusing, so this is going to have to be the last one.
I wouldn't like it at all. I don't care how suave he looked. And this is coming from someone who's on his second powder blue Steve Carlton shirsey. I went 12 rounds with a couple friends in Baltimore because they loved the white front panel on the Orioles' cap and really got behind the orange alternate jerseys. I couldn't stand them.
In order to wind up with such a uniform, the following exchange must have happened somewhere.
"Hey, let's redesign the uniform to look like something from our history."
"Great idea. When do you want to pick from."
"Well…wait! It just came to me!"
"You know when fashion was really great?"
"The late 70s and early 80s."
Someone must have thought that and he should be found and executed right now. Please, let's not encourage Stagflation Nostalgia. Yes, the late 70s and early 80s, when cinema was at its peak, producing Saturday Night Fever. When Reagan and Brezhnev were in a race to see who could bankrupt his country first by overspending on the military. I'm feeling my heart go pitter-patter.
Seriously, I think the Phillies have great uniforms as-is. They're classic: white with pinstripes at home, gray on the road. No fuss, no drama, just some good old-fashioned shut up and play baseball. I'd make two changes. First, ditch the hideous home day alternates. I know everyone likes that uniform but I can't for the life of me figure out why. It's like it was designed by a committee of eight-year-olds, a hodgepodge of eras and colors. I'm all for getting more blue in the uniform, but there's got to be a way that doesn't make Ty Wigginton look like a family of four that's gone camping at Ocean Grove.
Second, I'd change the "Phillies" across the front of the road grays to "Philadelphia." Just about every team that wears words on the front if the jersey puts the city name on the road uniforms. It's time to join the party. And if you can fit "Baltimore" or "Los Angeles," you can fit "Philadelphia."
Thanks everyone who wrote in. This was the most bountiful harvest of tweets yet, and I look forward to to being able to say that again next week. Keep writing in, and we'll resume our regularly-scheduled crashbaggery in seven days' time. Enjoy the weekend.


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A jet-fuel spill at Charleston Air Force Base that leaked into a drainage ditch serving nearby neighborhoods poses no danger to residents, according to an EPA spokesman.
About 1,200 gallons of jet fuel were spilled into a storm-drainage ditch that goes through neighborhoods off Great Oak Circle and North Palm View Circle, which are near Jerry Zucker Middle School on Dorchester Road, according to a news release Joint Base Charleston sent out Friday afternoon.
Cleanup is expected to last through the weekend.
The majority of the spill is being contained in the small, slow-moving storm-water canal that runs between the base and the neighborhoods across Dorchester Road.
Crews led by Moran Environmental Recovery and including multiple agencies are using booms in three locations to contain the spill and fuel-absorbent pads to soak it up.
A small amount of fuel traveled as far as the Ashley River, but officials said they did not believe it poses a threat.
"I do not believe it will leak into the river or any water supply, but we are monitoring the situation," Environmental Protection Agency spokesman Stephen Ball said near one of the cleanup sites.
The fuel could be smelled on Dorchester Road, and the odor was strong near the ditch, although no one in the cleanup crew was wearing a mask. Ball said he has been taking air samples and detected no danger.
The spill was discovered about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Joint Base Charleston said. The leak was blamed on a failed gasket on the bottom of a control valve for an underground fuel hydrant system on the flight line. The cause of the failure was being investigated.
First responders stopped the leak at the source Wednesday night, but severe weather disrupted the cleanup efforts and channeled fuel into a nearby storm drainage ditch, according to base officials.
Due to the rain and darkness, crews couldn't begin to assess the drainage off base until the following day. Once officials determined fuel had spilled into the ditch, they coordinated with environmental agencies and sent out the news release.
The material is called Jet Fuel A. Although Jet Fuel A is not a carcinogen and poses no immediate health risks, prolonged exposure may cause irritation to the eyes and skin, and it is extremely harmful if swallowed, according to DHEC and EPA officials. As a precautionary measure residents and members of the community are encouraged to stay clear of the drainage ditch until cleanup efforts are complete.
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Good afternoon everyone,
As I sit here on my balcony shivering away wondering to myself if I should use my new writing powers for good or evil I haven't decided as I am desperately puffing away on my again found friend: The cigarette
Some of you may know I stopped smoking months ago, but have decided to again light my dear friend Mr Cigarette
I watch ER, so I think that should qualify me to be a regular general practitioner here in NSW Australia! I went to the GP today and this has reassured me that watching ER makes me as much of a specialist as them, in other words a joke, either that or my GP wants me to die.
That spider I mentioned in my earlier blog I think was the cause of my massive bite mark
Now, what I failed to take a photo of was the size it was two days before that
My qualifications to become a GP are none, but then again I wouldn't give someone antibiotics either (yes that's what I got given) a good friend of mine however came to the rescue and told me: Lucas's pawpaw ointment (I know how many of us love the word ointment)as he explained Lucas's papaw ointment drains the fluid out
That bought another idea to mind, have you ever noticed how every woman and her dog has Lucas's papaw ointment in her handbag or makeup purse?
And now men know the secret also, which brings me to my next point….
Has anyone ever seen a Lucas papaw ointment commercial? I went on a hunt…. there isn't one legit Lucas's papaw ointment commercial or add at all, they rely on word of mouth and yet like I mentioned earlier every woman and her dog (and now it seems husband) all know about the great secret!
Needless to say it came to my rescue
But like an idiot I also filled the script, and took them too!
As I am sure I am not the only one feeling like their GP is either ripping them off or in my case trying to kill them
My suggestion is to definitely watch ER and please everyone carry a tub of Lucas's papaw ointment (there is that word again) on hand or for those times you get bitten and your GP gives you antibiotics, I thought antihistamine would of done the job just fine in my defence… but what would I know I got my certificate from watching midday TV
As always
With Love
Signing off,
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You might say Texas has a running start in the race to slash carbon emissions in electricity generation, a pursuit spurred by last week's proposed EPA regulations aimed at reducing greenhouse gases.
Already the No. 1 wind power state, Texas is on pace to increase wind capacity by close to 70 percent in just two years. Between that and the continued additions of natural gas-fired generation, several energy analysts say they expect the state to be able to meet the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed goal of cutting its rate of carbon dioxide emissions by 39 percent by the year 2030.
"It's a wind and gas future. Which means it's a Texas energy future," said Jeff Clark, executive director of The Wind Coalition, an industry group.
Clark obviously has self-interest at stake, but he's not the only one to share that view.
"We have an abundance of low-carbon resources — natural gas, wind, solar when it comes," said Michael Webber, deputy director of the Energy Institute at the University of Texas at Austin. "I think, in the end, this is not going to be that challenging."
Still, the state is by far the largest emitter of carbon dioxide for power generation, though it's better than most in its rate of emissions — measured by pounds of carbon dioxide emitted for each megawatt of power generated. Texas would need to make 14 percent of all the carbon reductions required nationwide, or about 87 million metric tons. A metric ton is about 2,200 pounds.
According to the EPA, electricity from natural gas-fired generators provided about half the state's power in 2012. Coal was the fuel source for about a third, nuclear about 9 percent and wind about 8 percent.
Under most scenarios, many of the state's coal-fired plants would remain in use but be needed less and emit less carbon as energy-efficiency programs dampen demand growth, which would increasingly be met with renewables and gas. The EPA's plan also calls for existing coal plants to become at least 6 percent more efficient.
Planning for wind
The foundation for Texas' big growth in wind capacity in 2014 and 2015 was laid in 2008. That year, the Public Utility Commission of Texas, responding to legislative action, approved the construction of 3,600 miles of new transmission lines to carry electricity from West Texas wind farms to population centers, including Dallas-Fort Worth.
Originally pitched as a $5 billion effort, the cost of the Competitive Renewable Energy Zone project grew to about $6.8 billion by the time it was completed late last year.
But the result is apparent: This year the state's largest power grid, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, plans to add 3,110 megawatts of wind power. Next year it expects to add 4,195 megawatts, the biggest one-year jump ever in the state.
A megawatt is about enough electricity to supply 200 Texas homes during a peak demand time, typically a hot summer day when air conditioners are running flat out.
In just this year and next, wind power capacity in ERCOT will rise by 66.9 percent, according to the grid operator's schedule of projects that have connection agreements. That follows four years of incremental growth, none of which amounted to 1,000 megawatts.
"To succeed, a wind developer needs wind, a market, and transmission to carry it," said Clark. "That's where the rub was. People stopped building when they ran out of transmission lines," he said of those relatively low-growth years.
At times there was so much wind-generated electricity in ERCOT's Western region that wind farms offered their power at negative prices — paying to put electricity on the grid and making up some of the loss with a federal tax credit, which this year stands at 2.3 cents per kilowatt-hour.
Robbie Searcy, a spokeswoman at ERCOT, said the grid operator expects the new transmission lines to accommodate all the new wind projects currently scheduled.
"There may be a need to make improvements" in the areas where the most wind farms are added, typically in the Texas Panhandle, Searcy said. But any problems should be local and not significantly restrict the transmission of power to population centers around the state, she said.
Role of natural gas
The drawback to wind power is that it is intermittent. It's especially ill-suited for meeting peak demand, which in Texas comes during the summer when temperatures soar but West Texas winds tend to fall off sharply. So it can't serve as "base load," or electricity supply that's available to meet constant demand.
Today, electricity base load is generally met with nuclear power and coal. Both those sources are designed to start up and run 24/7. Wind, because it has no fuel cost, also feeds into the grid whenever it is available. Natural gas makes up the rest of needed supply.
The low-carbon solution, analysts say, is to have natural gas-fired power plants that complement wind. Natural gas-fired combustion turbines, basically jet engines connected to a generator, can come up to speed within minutes but are relatively pricey to run. Older gas-fired plants boil water to make steam to drive a generator, which take much longer to come up to speed but can provide steady power at a lower cost, although not as cheaply as coal.
Most of the state's gas-fired capacity is a decades-old design called combined cycle gas turbine plants. They combine a combustion turbine, which starts fast, then direct the turbine's hot exhaust to a boiler to drive another generator. Depending on the cost of natural gas, it can be competitive with coal and is expected to account for just about all the new gas-fired generation.
"Our modeling shows that even in the face of these carbon limitations, we don't see that in and of itself retiring any coal plants," said Kip Averitt✔, a former Texas state senator who is now chairman of the Texas Clean Energy Coalition.
In fact, a bigger challenge to coal plants' viability is likely the federal Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, which was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in April, said Ed Hirs✔, an energy economist at the University of Houston. That measure calls for cuts in sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide emissions, rather than CO2, and is considered a risk to the oldest coal plants that will be the most expensive to retrofit.
The gas/renewables combo that pushes coal into the background is the model proposed by the TCEC in a report last year prepared by The Brattle Group, a consultant that has also done work for ERCOT and the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
"Any of the combined cycle units, if the economics support it, can run as base load," said Ira Shavel✔, a principal at Brattle Group. With natural gas costing less than $3 per 1,000 cubic feet, "it competes with coal, even in Texas," he said, and at higher prices it's still affordable.
Gas is currently selling for about $4.70 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Averitt said last week that even under a worse-case scenario the price of electricity in Texas would rise only about 5-10 percent in real terms by 2032. He views that as "a modest price effect" over nearly two decades.
"I don't think it puts us at a competitive disadvantage" as a state, said Hirs, who also has an oil and gas company. It's important to remember that the state has "a tremendous cost advantage" in its crude oil and natural gas production outside of the electricity market, which is all the EPA proposal directly addresses.
Wind power in the state's largest power grid, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, is poised for two of its biggest growth years ever. Here are the annual additions to wind capacity in megawatts on the ERCOT grid through 2017. A megawatt is 1 million watts, about enough to serve 200 Texas residences during a time of peak power demand, such as a hot summer day.
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*forecast based on scheduled projects
SOURCE: Electric Reliability Council of Texas


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My seven-year-old has had blood sugar problems for a year. He drinks, eats and urinates a lot. His blood sugar numbers are elevated, but have only gone over 200 mg/dl [11.1 mmol/L] a few times. The doctor told me they are somewhat abnormal but not enough to warrant further concern. The one glucose test he had last summer read low. At one hour, it was 50 mg/dl [2.8 mmol/L]; at two hours, 70 mg/dl [3.9 mmol/L]; and three hours, 50 mg/dl [2.8 mmol/L]. She said he was hypoglycemic and it would go away after eating a lot of protein for a week. He continues to be high and spills ketones on occasion but not a large amount. I don't know what to do. His blood sugar fluctuates wildly. Is there anything else I can ask about or should I ask to repeat the glucose test?
It sounds like you need a consultation with a good pediatric diabetologist. There are several in the Denver area. Bring this testing data with the specific results plus whatever home blood glucose testing you have been doing since this will help them sort this out.
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If you don't have much time to sit around reading elaborate articles on how to clean your dishwasher, take a look at the image given below before you run back to the kitchen to finish cleaning your dishwasher. For those of you with time on your hands, continue reading for effective methods and tips to maintain a healthy dishwasher.
For those of you who are still waiting to get further details and instructions about cleaning your dishwasher, here is some happy news. A dishwasher is an appliance that requires very low maintenance efforts as it cleans itself to a certain extent during each wash cycle. So frequent cleaning may not be necessary. However, in order to ensure that the internal parts remain unharmed and functional, it will be wise to clean your dishwasher once a month.
Following instructions are an elaborate version of the above steps steps
Most often, regular cleaning alone does not ensure proper maintenance of your dishwasher. This is because there are certain parts within the appliance that are hard to reach and thereby overlooked during the cleaning. If you have doubts regarding how you could maintain your dishwasher properly, the following steps shall shed some light on it
It is the bottom portion that often requires to be opened out so that it could be properly cleaned. This region usually has a grate or a grill through which dirty water is expelled. If you can remove the solid debris accumulated over here, opening the grate may not be required. However if you see debris lodged deeply into it, you may have to open the grate to give it a proper cleaning. This task does not always require a technician, if you follow the instructions carefully, you can do it yourself.
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I baked a chocolate cake today. And it wasn't a usual chocolate cake. It was the kind of cake you hide from the kids – and your husband – because it's too good to share. It has a creamy coconut filling and devilishly sweet glaze. It reminds me of that famous chocolate covered coconut candy bar.
You have to make this cake. Even if it's just once. It will change your life forever.
The best part? It's impossibly easy to make.
I don't know about you, but I don't always have time to make everything from scratch. This recipe takes a few shortcuts with packaged cake mix and instant pudding mix. But that can be our little secret. I won't tell if you don't.
Ready to get to it? Here's the recipe:
Here's what you'll need:
For the Cake Batter
- 1 package 2-layer chocolate cake mix
- 1 4-serving size package instant chocolate pudding mix
- 2 eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 1/3 cup oil
For the Filling
- 2 egg whites
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp. flour
- 1 3/4 cups coconut flakes
Cake Glaze
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 1 tbsp. milk, or 1 tbsp. light cream
Before you get started:
Preheat your oven to 350°. Get out your 10" bundt pan, and grease and flour it. Don't skip this step – no matter how tempting it may be. The grease and flour will keep your cake from sticking to the pan and turning it into a crumbly mess.
I like to premeasure my ingredients to make things easier – especially if I'm baking with the kids. Cake making is so much faster when you already have your egg yolks, flour, sugar and everything else ready to go. This is definitely an optional step, but one I'd highly recommend.
First thing's first, let's make the filling:
- In a small mixing bowl, beat the egg whites until they're foamy. Don't go overboard here. Just a few minutes of beating is plenty of time.
- Continue beating and slowly start adding the sugar. Keep going until stiff peaks start forming. I like using an electric hand mixer for this, but you can use a good old-fashioned whisk if you have the time and arm strength.
- Stir in the coconut flakes and flour until well combined.
- Set the filling aside for later. Resist the temptation to devour the entire bowl.
Next, we'll make the cake batter:
- In a large mixing bowl, add the cake mix, instant chocolate pudding mix, egg yolks, eggs, water and oil.
- Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
To assemble the cake:
- Pour between 1/3 and a 1/2 cup of the batter into the bundt pan. Be careful not to pour too much here. Otherwise, you won't have room for the filling.
- Gently spoon the coconut mixture on top of the batter. Spread it evenly, but be careful not to mix it with the batter.
- Pour the remaining batter on top of the filling.
- Bake in your preheated oven for 50-55 minutes, or until cooked through. Tip: Stick a toothpick through the middle of the cake to see if it's done. If the toothpick comes out clean, it's done. If batter sticks to the toothpick, you'll need to let it bake a few more minutes.
- Let the cake cool in its pan for about 10-15 minutes.
- Remove from pan and allow the cake to cool on a cooling rack.
Meanwhile, make the glaze:
- Place confectioners' sugar in a small mixing bowl.
- Slowly stir the milk into the sugar. The glaze should be just thick enough to stay on top of the cake and the drizzle down the sides.
Once it's cooled off a bit, top the cake with the glaze. Devour and enjoy.
If you're not a fan of the plain glaze (or you just really love chocolate), you can add cocoa powder to the glaze. You'll need to add a little more milk or less confectioners' sugar to get the right consistency.
I make this cake with my little one all the time, but I have to warn you – it can get messy. My little guy loves helping me make the glaze. Why? Because that's the only time he gets to lick the spoon! And boy does he make a mess with it. We've found that working on top of a wipe-clean tablecloth is the best way to avoid catastrophic kitchen messes that make mummy very grumpy. Once we're done, I can just wipe away the glaze with a sponge and be done with it. You can find some great wipeable tablecloths here.
This is our go-to recipe for a "different" chocolate cake. I've made it for pot lucks and family barbeques. It probably lasts 10 minutes tops before it's completely gone. It's that good!


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I have been attending college during high school. Should I apply as a transfer?
The transfer process is intended for students who have finished high school and completed at least one year of college. If you are still in high school, you are considered a freshman applicant regardless of how many classes you may have taken at the university level.
I'm in my freshman year of college. Can I apply as a transfer student even though I've only completed one term so far?
Yes. Because you finished high school and will complete two terms of college by the time you enter MIT in the fall, you are eligible to apply as a transfer applicant. You are not eligible to apply as a freshman.
I have completed more than 2.5 years of college. Am I still eligible to apply?
Unfortunately, no. We do not admit students who will complete more than 2.5 years of college by the time they enter MIT. We encourage you to complete your undergraduate degree at your current institution and apply to MIT for graduate school.
I already have a bachelor's degree from another institution. Can I apply as a transfer student?
No. MIT does not award second bachelor's degrees. We encourage you to apply to MIT as a graduate student.
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I never took the SAT I and II exams in high school. Am I still required to take these exams even though I'm in college?
Yes. We require these exams of all undergraduate applicants. Please visit the College Board or ETS websites to register for the appropriate exams.
The SAT exams aren't available in my country. Can this requirement be waived?
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Will my application be reviewed if I have not completed all the recommended course work?
Yes. However, at the very least, you should have one year of calculus (or higher level of math, whichever meets your ability level) and calculus-based physics. It is rare that an applicant is admitted without calculus and physics at the college level. Depending on your major, you may have covered more ground in one science discipline or another, or you may have more engineering than science courses. Fortunately, each decision is made on a case-by-case basis and depends on your course of study and institutional offerings.
I have placed out of several of the recommended courses due to Advanced Placement credit. Do I still need to take these courses even though my current college did not require me to do so?
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Are there other classes I should take beyond the recommended coursework?
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What college should I attend?
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