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Harvard Summer Program in Scandinavia
Investigate the Viking Age—its legacy, history, and archaeology—throughout Scandinavia.
"The Vikings conquer all in their path and nothing resists them." So wrote a Frankish chronicler about the northern pirates whose collective name has come to represent the European ninth, tenth, and eleventh centuries. This Viking studies program in Scandinavia offers the opportunity for you to explore the rich archaeological, cultural, and literary heritage of northern Europe in the early Middle Ages.
Program Structure
During the program, you examine the sagas and eddas, visit numerous archaeological sites, and participate in a three-week archaeological field school on the island of Samsø. Specialists in many different aspects of Viking culture lecture and guide classes.
The Viking studies program is ideal if you:
- Are interested in heroic literature, Norse mythology, medieval history, and archaeology.
- Are eager to explore the relationship between history and national myths.
- Want to engage in archaeological field work.
- Want to experience cultural life in Northern Europe.
To learn more, watch a video about the fieldwork conducted in Scandinavia, read a Harvard Gazette article, and visit the Scandinavia program's website.
ANTH S-1095 Study Abroad in Scandinavia: Viking Studies—History and Archaeology (31953)
This course introduces the material legacy of the Vikings, whose dramatic expansion circa 750–1100 transformed not only their own society but also much of the entire northern world. Through lectures, visits to museum collections and archaeological sites, and participation in an archaeological dig for three weeks, students encounter the richness of the Viking heritage.
SCAN S-150 Study Abroad in Scandinavia: Viking Studies—Lore and Literature (32407)
This course considers the narrative legacy of the Viking era. Through close readings and discussions of eddic poems and other materials, we examine religious life and the medieval view of the Viking Age, especially as reflected in the Icelandic sagas, which present their heroes as warriors, kings, poets, outlaws, and adventurers. In addition to considering the construction of a heroic ideal, we explore how the descendants of the Vikings used the past.
Prerequisite: none.
Where You Live and Study
Denmark's second-largest city, Århus—founded in the Viking Age—and its modern university host this multifaceted exploration of the Vikings.
You stay in student housing while in Åarhus and on Samsø. While on excursions, you stay in youth hostels and hotels.
Physical requirements
Archaeological fieldwork is physically intense and often rigorous. Students work in the field, excavating under the sun and climbing among excavation units. Since some of the most interesting, little-explored, and pristine sites are remote, traveling there requires hiking. No special training is required, but a reasonable level of fitness is advisable. However, a lighter schedule can be arranged for those with physical challenges.
How to Apply
Review How to Apply before submitting your application.
Application materials include:
- A statement of interest in the program
- Include information on relevant coursework and travel experience abroad (previous travel is not a prerequisite)
- Transcripts
- Harvard College applicants: You may submit an unofficial transcript accessed from my.harvard.edu.
Non-Harvard applicants: Submit an official transcript from your university.
A $50 nonrefundable application fee
Note: Interviews may be requested.
The program fee includes tuition, accommodation, scheduled excursions and activities, and some meals.
See Payment and Funding for information on how to submit payments and funding options.
Student budget
In addition to the program fee, you will need to budget for a number of personal expenses:
- International airfare ($1,300 to $1,600)
- Local transportation ($120)
- All meals except opening and closing banquets ($1,300)
- Course materials ($125)
- Personal expenditures, laundry, communications, and miscellaneous ($300)
Please note: The amounts are approximate, and you may incur additional expenses not listed here. Your actual expenses will depend on a number of factors, including your personal spending habits and currency exchange rates. If you have specific questions about budgeting, please contact the program directly.
Additional information
- Questions? Contact Stephen Mitchell at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Need an accommodation? See Students in Need of Accommodations to request one through the Accessibility Services Office.
- Accepted to the program? See Admitted Students for information about predeparture requirements.
Program director
Stephen A. Mitchell
- Lise Frost, PhD, Archaeologist and Curator, Moesgaard Museum
- Pernille Hermann, PhD, Associate Professor, Scandinavian Department, Aarhus University
- Stephen A. Mitchell, PhD, Professor of Scandinavian and Folklore, Harvard University
- Peter Jensen, MA, Archaeological IT, Moesgaard Museum
Info Session
Monday, January 22
4 pm
Folklore & Mythology Library, Warren House, Barker Center


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The Federal Department of Labor (DOL) finalized a rule (Final Rule) on May 18, 2016 involving a new white collar exemption threshold of $47,476 a year for employees who currently work in positions and perform duties meeting any of the three white collar exemption classifications (Executive, Administrative, Professional). This is more than double the current level of $23,660 a year which has remained unchanged for over 10 years, with the last update occurring in 2004.
When an employee is classified as white collar exempt (exempt), it means the employee is paid on a salary basis of at least $23,660 per year ($455/week), and duties they perform meet the duties test, therefore exempting the employer from being required to pay them overtime for all hours worked over 40 in a given work week.
This change will affect any employee currently classified as exempt earning a salary between $23,660 and $47,475 per year. The employer will need to make a decision as to increasing the employee's salary to $47,476 per year or change their classification to non-exempt and begin paying the employee overtime for all hours worked over 40 in a given work week. (Note: State laws still apply and employers should also monitor state laws to ensure compliance if the state law is more beneficial than the Federal DOL laws.)
The announcement was made by President Obama and Labor Secretary Perez on May 18, 2016. This announcement means that full-time employees earning up to the new $47,476 threshold a year will be eligible for overtime pay. The Final Rule also allows for future increases every three years beginning January 1, 2020 based on wage growth over time. Over 270,000 comments were considered by the DOL in drafting this rule.
The DOL estimated the new threshold rule will directly impact approximately 4.2 million workers who are currently not eligible for overtime, by forcing either a compensation increase or allowing for overtime amounts to be paid. The Final Rule will also indirectly impact 8.9 million workers (3.2 million blue collar and 5.7 million white collar workers) who are currently overtime-eligible but whose salaries are above the existing threshold. These are workers whose duties do not meet the exemption for executive, administrative or professional workers - but under the Final Rule, they will be overtime-eligible as their salaries will fall below the new threshold and no "duties test" assessment is needed.
The effective date of the Final Rule is December 1, 2016. The primary focus of the Final Rule is updating the salary and compensation levels needed for Executive, Administrative and Professional workers to be exempt from overtime. The Final Rule:
In addition, the Fact Sheet provided by the DOL will allow employers to use bonus payments to account for as much as 10% of the new $47,476 annual salary amount. Currently, employers are not allowed to use bonus payments for the existing threshold of $23,660. These payments are comprised of non-discretionary bonuses, incentive pay and commissions, provided these payments are made on at least a quarterly basis.
Note that the Final Rule does not change the "duties test" (to ensure the work the employee is performing meets the rules Congress meant to exclude from overtime protections) nor the "salary basis test" (if the salary is above the threshold) to determine which employees are exempted from overtime pay. Thus, white collar salaried workers earning above the new salary threshold are still subject to the "duties test" in determining if they are eligible or ineligible for overtime pay.
The Fact Sheet also indicated the DOL will issue three technical guidance memos to assist private employers, nonprofit employers and institutions of higher education on complying with the Final Rule.
The Overtime Overview document from the DOL stated that the Final Rule was a response to the overtime exemption of certain white collar workers: "The passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act gave most Americans the right to a minimum wage and time-and-a-half pay for more than 40 hours of work in a week. These rules apply to most hourly and salaried workers, but not to some white collar workers whose salaries and duties exempt them from the overtime pay requirement. ... The rule will entitle most salaried white collar workers earning less than $913 a week ($47,476 a year) to overtime pay. This long-awaited update will provide a meaningful boost to workers, and it will go a long way toward realizing President Obama's commitment to ensuring every worker is compensated fairly for their hard work."
The Overtime Overview document also stated that the Final Rule is intended to put more money into the pockets of middle class workers (approximately an extra $1.2B a year) as employers may increase salaries to the new threshold or pay overtime premium for hours over 40 per week. It can also lead to employees working only 40 hours per week, thus giving them more free time for personal or family pursuits (work-life balance).
As mentioned earlier, this should also lead to more clarity for employees and employers vis-à-vis the overtime exemption since the employees' salaries are below the new threshold, then the employers do not need to find out if they pass the "duties test" to be overtime eligible. Lastly, the Final Rule is intended to increase employment as some employers may find it more productive and economical to hire additional workers for the work to be done during overtime hours.
Given that the effective date of this new legislation is not until December 1, 2016, employers should have ample time to analyze their current employee population and make informed decisions as to whether they will increase employees' salaries to maintain their white collar exempt status or maintain the employees' current salaries and change their classification to non-exempt and begin paying the employee overtime when warranted. Employers should also review the various states they have employees in to determine whether federal or state laws apply.
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Paul Wachtel (NYU) on Global Banking
On February 1, 2013, the European Center for Corporate Engagement (ECCE) in cooperation with the Institute of Global Business & Society (GLOBUS) and NWO hosted a symposium on "Global Banking, Financial Stability, and Post-Crisis Policy Challenges".
A rapid globalization process of banking is the major characteristic of the economic environment in the last decade. However, the financial crisis of 2007/08 as well as the subsequent Eurozone crisis have clearly revealed the threats to financial stability associated with banking globalization. This one-day symposium brought together leading experts and practitioners from academia, industry and regulatory bodies to discuss banking globalization and to exchange views on urgent policy and regulatory issues to balance the cost and benefits of global banking.
In a short interview, one of the symposium's speakers, Paul Wachtel from New York University, expresses his view on these issues.Click here to watch this interview.


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Connecting with Communities
The Sabi Sand Wildtuin is neighbour to over 11 different villages. These communities are well supported by the Sabi Sand through various NGOs within its boundaries.
The Sabi Sand Wildtuin has established the Sabi Sand Pfunanani Trust which provides dedicated attention to local community upliftment. The trust works together with a number of NGOs within the reserve to support our neighbours. To read more, visit the SSPT website.
The Sabi Sand also gets involved in local communities from a conservation perspective. The Community Liaison Officer is the face of Sabi Sand in terms of dealing with community involvement and spends his time with local communities bringing community and conservation together.
Pfunanani Enterprise Development Project
The Pfunanani Enterprise Development Project is a two-year programme, beginning in September 2014 and ending in August 2016 aimed at creating 120 permanent jobs, 240 temporary jobs (360 jobs in total) and capacitating 60 small businesses.
The project is being implemented in 11 villages closest to the Sabi Sand Wildtuin border which are part of existing partner programmes.To find out more visit the PEDP website.
Columba Leadership Programme
Since early 2012, the Columba Leadership Academy has been a part of youth empowerment in villages bordering the Sabi Sand Wildtuin. The programme is currently running in 7 high schools in the region.
Working with Grade 10s to activate youth through the academy's values-based leadership, has resulted in significant early impact.
Columba graduates serve as a positive influence on their peers, school and communities through constructive group action in their remaining two years at school. They are supported by educators and school leaders who also participate in the academy.
Rhino Ambassadors
The rhino is both a national and international asset and the number being poached per year has risen exponentially over the past five years. This escalation has brought with it a huge risk of job loss for local community members employed in the tourism sector. It has also introduced dangerous crime in local areas as communities are used as conduits to protected areas that are home to the region's rhino.
Although the Sabi Sand Wildtuin and conservation agencies as a whole, have done everything they can in terms of protecting the rhino, increased security needs to be coupled with an effort to win the hearts and minds of the local communities.
A conversation with communities was started to hear their ideas and perspectives on poaching issues. One tangible outcome was the creation of environmental and rhino ambassadors in the local communities. These positions were established through working together with a government job creation programme. These ambassador positions created 11 new jobs in the area, with one ambassador acting as a champion for the environment in each community directly neighbouring the reserve.
The ambassadors are trained in community engagement, awareness and campaigning. They also liaise with the reserve, the reserve security and protection forces in solving the rhino problem.


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The Minuum keyboard is based of the QWERTY keyboard and looks completely different. You'll be able to "sloppy type" with the benefit of smart auto-correction. The Minuum keyboard lays out 26 letters on one row on the screen. The design purposely "frees up the keyboard to be anywhere you like on the screen."
With wearable technology -- a flexible resistive touch strip -- you'll be able to type anywhere. Project the on-screen letters onto a wall, wrist or table to type on any surface. You'll also be able to type using hand gestures in the air.
The Minuum developers have created an iOS prototype and are working on an Android app. The project currently raising support on Kickstarter plans to debut the Android app to crowdfunding backers in June. The full release will happen in early 2014.
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In April the central bank of Cyprus announced it would sell off three-quarters of its gold reserves, some 10 metric tons, to fund the bailout of its financial system. That's the largest bullion sale by a eurozone nation since France sold 17 metric tons in 2009.
Not surprisingly, gold investors were rattled by the Cypriot declaration and ominous remarks made by European Central Bank president Mario Draghi shook them even more. Holders of gold assets, worried about the potential for copycat sales by other debt-plagued countries such as Italy, Portugal, Spain and Greece, sent gold prices into a liquidation tailspin.
Up until then, central banks were more inclined to buy metal rather than sell it. The dedication of state reserves to bullion had kept a bid under the gold price. No wonder the Cyprus news was deemed bearish.
Overlay on this some feeble job growth, a downward move in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index and a significant drop in the wholesale inflation rate and some are fearing the specter of deflation.
Over the past decade, a plethora of exchange-traded products (ETPs) have been floated offering investors inflation hedges. Nearly two dozen funds and notes tied to inflation-protected securities alone have been launched since 2003 and more are on the way.
But funds providing portfolio protection against the ravages of deflation is smaller and not well understood. Given the recent sell-off, it's worth taking a look at funds that can help investors circumnavigate the shoals of a disinflationary economy.
Playing the deflation game
We'll start with the the one actually branded with the word "deflation." The PowerShares DB US Deflation ETNs (NYSE Arca: DEFL). The fund is made ofsenior unsecured obligations issued by A+ rated Deutsche Bank AG and are based on the DBIQ Duration-Adjusted Deflation Index. The index tracks changes in market expectations of future inflation implied by the spread between Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) and U.S. Treasury bonds.
Unlike fixed-coupon Treasuries, TIPS offer investors a variable return tied to the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Interest is paid semi-annually in the same manner as conventional paper, but the TIPS principal value adjusts up and down based on the inflation metric. Thus, an investor's actual yield is based on the TIPS's adjusted principal.
When inflation is held in check, the TIPS return can be expressed negatively. At the end of March, for example, ten-year TIPS were priced at a discount to the prevailing inflation rate.
One way to gauge the relative worth of TIPS is to calculate the "breakeven inflation rate" (BEI). BEI is the spread between a TIPS yield and that of a Treasury note with a similar maturity. When inflation lingers above the BEI, TIPS are likely to outperform conventional T-notes, but when the CPI trends below BEI, traditional Treasuries will better TIPS.
BEI can be easily gamed by sophisticated traders. To play on an expectation of disinflation or deflation, for example, one could sell TIPS short against a long position in conventional Treasury bonds. The index driving DEFL's value simulates this very trade by notionally selling TIPS and buying Treasury futures across the maturity spectrum.
BEI declines when Treasury yields decrease (and prices, as a consequence, increase) relative to the yield on TIPS. An exemplar is the market crash of 2008. In early July, ten-year Treasuries were offered at 3.99 percent while TIPS with a similar maturity yielded 1.42 percent, resulting in a BEI of 2.57 percent. By November, T-note rates had slipped to 3.20 percent and TIPS were at 3.15 percent. Thus the BEI came in more than 250 basis points (to 0.05 percent) as the U.S. economy scraped bottom following a deflationary nosedive (see Chart 1).
Unfortunately, DEFL wasn't available as a hedge in 2008. The notes were floated late in 2011, well after BEI rebounded to the two percent level. Then a couple of ETFs, also designed to play BEI from the short side, debuted (see Table 1).
The ProShares UltraPro Short 10 Year TIPS/TSY Spread (NYSE Arca: SINF), launched in February 2012, is designed to provide owners with three times the inverse daily performance of the Dow Jones Credit Suisse 10-Year Inflation Breakeven Index. The index mirrors the performance of long positions in the most recently issued ten-year TIPS and duration-adjusted short positions in Treasury notes of similar maturity. Rather than using actual TIPS and bond futures, SINF obtains its exposures through swaps issued by money center banks such as Citibank and Credit Suisse.
Further upthe maturity ladder (and the duration risk spectrum), theProShares Short 30 Year TIPS/TSY Spread (NYSE Arca: FINF) tracks the inverse daily performance of the Dow Jones Credit Suisse 30-Year Inflation Breakeven Index. Like SINF, proxies for the most recently issued on-the-run 30-year TIPS and Treasury bonds populate the underlying portfolio.
If you're scratching your head wondering why the fund playing the ten-year spread is levered 3-to-1 while the 30-year product is not geared, it's because of the difference in duration risk between the maturity buckets. Longer-dated paper is much more sensitive to interest rate risk. Cranking up the exposure of the ten-year spread allows it to deliver the same bang for the buck as the fund based on the trade in 30-year bonds (see Chart 2).
Spreads not required
Some investors might wonder why they should bet on deflation through a two-legged trade when they can just short TIPS themselves. For those who want to keep things simple, there's the ProShares UltraShort TIPS (NYSE Arca: TPS) which attempts to provide two times the inverse daily performance of the Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Index.
Index constituents include all publicly issued TIPS with at least one year remaining maturity and more than $250 million par value outstanding. The index is weighted by relative market value.
As with the other ProShares products, TPS's index exposure is obtained through swaps rather than physical replication.
Investors should know about the costs of using TPS in lieu of the spread products. First, TPS is more expensive. Its annual expense ratio is 95 basis points, 20 bips more than the other ETPs. Then there's the performance cost. Since inception, TPS's value has eroded at a nine percent annual clip, double the loss sustained by the spread products. Is it then more likely that TPS will outperform to the upside in a deflationary environment? Given the fund's relatively low standard deviation, it doesn't seem likely.
The spread products, in fact, appear to be bottoming off a base established in February (see Chart 2). TPS hasn't yet signaled an end to its downtrend.
No matter what product you consider, one thing is clear. They've all been, to date, very lightly traded. As a group, their average daily volume barely amounts to 2,400 shares, with most of the business flowing to TPS. The light volume, no doubt, contributes to some wide discounts and premiums to the ETPs' repurchase or net asset values. While the discount/premium for each product seems relatively mild (SINF is the worst with a median discount of 13 basis points) the day-to-day range can be quite wide. DEFL's benign two-bip premium belies the fact that the closing price has skewed as much as 3.4 percent on either side of the ETN's daily repurchase value. You get a better sense of these premiums and discounts by keeping an eye on their standard deviations. By this measure, the widest variance is found in TPS pricing.
Overall these funds seem to have built a base and are poised to deliver some degree of hedge protection if the expectations of deflation rise. Whether or not an allocation to a deflation hedge is justified is, of course, a very personal decision based upon the sensitivity of one's portfolio and the deflationary outlook. For these investors, it may be enough to know that the hedges are available if needed.


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The Best Fonts for School & University Projects
Whether you're looking for a childish font for your elementary school, a hand written font (that is still legible) or that professional look for a big university, there is an appropriate free font for any occasion. Now you can find the perfect font to promote your fraternity/sorority on a pair of sunglasses, or a large legible font for your college to put on a drawstring bag with these free fonts for your school imprints.
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Epitome of PROVOCATIVE and CONTROVERSIAL. I have loved her from the start, so you can say I'm obsessed. Always loved her for her fashion sense, creative music videos, crazy website, to the sound of her music and the content of her lyrics.
I've gotten comments from people who think her music was weird with "what is that", "what are you listening to"… until Paper Planes came out and when she performed at the Superbowl. It then transcended to "Oh.. M.I.A, I know her! I like her!" so I'm glad that's the spirit. She says things not many artist would! She opens up the can of worms, and brings topics into discussion ie. Politics. One of the most complicated subject for anyone to agree upon.
I'm not here to talk about parties (unless you mean a cocktail party) but I do love hearing opinions and being able to show people different sides to a story; playing devil's advocate if you will. M.I.A for an average girl like me (and this may start to sound like adoring rant), stimulates the brain – thoughts of third world conditions, where on a given day, may not even be considered and frankly, that's the shhhh… I like!
Watch the leaked documentary and see why I've dedicated this post all of her. Hats off to someone who has the balls to flick off national TV (superbowl), bring awareness regarding terrorism, women's rights in Saudi Arabia and sex trade in China! You don't have to understand it; just have a open mind! That's what life is about, exploring and experiencing different things. Don't go m.i.a. (missing in action), watch M.I.A.
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BLOOMINGTON — A woman barred from running her own taxi company said Tuesday she's pursuing a lawsuit against the city of Bloomington, arguing it arbitrarily dismissed her request and violated her constitutional rights.
The city in 2011 rejected Julie Crowe's request to add a 15-seat van to the city's mix of taxis and buses after competitors argued the market was already saturated.
Crowe plans to challenge the city's ordinance listing allowable reasons for denying certificates.
Crowe will be represented at no cost by the Liberty Justice Center, a new law firm funded by the Illinois Policy Institute, which bills itself as a free-market think tank. Her case is the organization's first.
Her attorney, Jacob Huebert, said the ordinance in question is "a deliberate, insurmountable obstacle to pursuing (Crowe's) dreams." He said the only way to know if the market is saturated is to "let the market work. … Julie's willing to put her money where her mouth is."
The ordinance says the city manager can make a decision on an application based in part on whether it is "desirable and in the public interest" — a clause Huebert said is too subjective.
The organization argues the "sole basis" for the decision was "a desire to protect a discrete economic group from economic competition, which is not a legitimate governmental purpose."
Thus, the city's reasons behind the denial can't survive a "rational basis test" applied to other municipalities' decisions challenged in past court cases, the organization states.
Illinois Municipal League attorney Brian Day said that test "is a pretty hard burden for a plaintiff to overcome." He said cities have "broad authority" to license and regulate a whole list of occupations, including taxis.
Day was speaking in general terms. The league has taken no role or stand in this specific case.
Before making its decision, the city took testimony from other taxi and bus owners on current market conditions. But Huebert said Crowe didn't have a chance to rebut, which denied her the Illinois Constitution's guarantee of due process, and the opposition provided no factual evidence to prove the claims.
City attorney Todd Greenburg said, "The city believes the record justifies the city's actions." He said he hasn't had time to review other allegations in the lawsuit.
Greg Bedell, another attorney for Crowe, said he hopes the case can establish a precedent applicable to similar cases throughout the state.
Day said a broad challenge to municipalities' regulatory powers "would be problematic for democracy in Illinois."
"The entire purpose that we elect our public officials is to make decisions," Day said. "To have some group say 'Well, we want the decision to be set in stone constitutionally and no discretion of elected officials' defeats the purpose of having a democratic process."


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For those who suffer with blood pressure issues, having an at-home blood pressure monitor is important, especially during the holidays and New Years. With all those rich, delicious foods at family gatherings, it is easy to overindulge, which can have serious consequences.
A monitor can track your levels and keep you from becoming ill, so you can enjoy the holidays, or any day, without worry. My Blood Pressure Monitor Holiday and New Year's Deals can help you find the right device at a great price for you, or a loved one, so everyone can be merry and healthy all year long.
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- 1 VIVE Automatic Digital Upper Arm Cuff Blood Pressure Monitor with Pulse Rate, Diastolic & Systolic Measure, Silver
- 2 Omron 3 Series Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor
- 3 1byone Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor Blood Pressure Cuff with Easy-to-Read Backlit LCD
- 4 Care Touch Fully Automatic Wrist Blood Pressure Cuff Monitor – Platinum Series
- 5 Omron 10 Series Wireless Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor with Cuff -fits Standard and Large Arms
- 6 Clinical Automatic Blood Pressure Monitor FDA Approved by Generation Guard with Large Screen Display
VIVE Automatic Digital Upper Arm Cuff Blood Pressure Monitor with Pulse Rate, Diastolic & Systolic Measure, Silver
This monitor is one of my top picks because of its accuracy, in-depth readings, and dual user function. Designed by VIVE, it is an upper arm cuff and each device is individually tested to guarantee pinpoint accuracy every time it is used.
Quick to deliver a reading, it will tell users their systolic blood pressure (pressure in your blood vessels when your heart is beating), diastolic blood pressure (pressure in your blood vessels between beats), and pulse rate (in beats per minute), so you get a comprehensive look at your health and can be aware of any possible issues.
Best of all, you can switch between 2 users, so for couples this is a hassle-free way to keep track of both your blood pressure readings. I love that it has a large LCD digital display and the under $30 price tag.
Omron 3 Series Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor
Omron is a leader in creating advanced blood pressure monitors like this one, which has a built-in warning system to ensure users get help quickly if needed. Meant to be worn on your wrist, the LCD display shows your systolic, diastolic and pulse rate, along with the date and time so you can compare readings.
Speaking of comparing, the Hypertension Indicator will alert you if your readings are higher than recommended guidelines and the Irregular Heartbeat Detector can tell you if your heart beat is irregular. This is important because early warnings can keep users safe from serious illness.
In addition, the Advanced Averaging feature will show the average of any 3 readings taken within 10 minutes, and the 60-memory storage allows you to review them at the touch of a button. At around $35, this is a quality wrist-based monitor that is well-received by users.
1byone Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor Blood Pressure Cuff with Easy-to-Read Backlit LCD
This device is all about convenience and great for those who need to take it with them to work or away. The upper arm cuff can fit any arm size, so it can work for men and women and it has oversized numbers and a backlit LCD screen, so you can even see it in the dark.
There is even a carrying case, so you can have it with you whenever you need.
In addition, it delivers stunningly accurate readings for 2 users with the push of 1 button: just put it on and hit the button for instant readings of systolic, diastolic and pulse rate. Users can also be alerted if their heartbeat is irregular or they are suffering from hypertension, making this a great travel option. On sale for around $25.
Care Touch Fully Automatic Wrist Blood Pressure Cuff Monitor – Platinum Series
Quick and effective, this monitor is a great gift for anyone who needs to keep an eye on their blood pressure. With the ability to deliver readings in under a minute, this is one of the fastest monitors you will find. And even though it is quick, it is still just as efficient as other monitors, so you get readings that reflect your true pressure and rate.
This monitor is worn on your wrist, so it is easy to use by yourself, and has a backlit LCD to ensure you see your readings in any light. It can be adjusted to fit most arm sizes, and is FDA approved, so users know they are getting a quality product. Costs under $25.
Omron 10 Series Wireless Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor with Cuff -fits Standard and Large Arms
This advanced monitor costs a bit more than the others, but it is worth it thanks to features that five users a one-of-a-kind experience.
Designed with an Easy-Wrap comfort fit cuff, it fits small and large arms without irritating or feeling to constricting. It also has multi-colored lights, so you can see with just a glance if your readings are in normal range or not and will alert you for an irregular heartbeat.
The Bluetooth connectivity though, is what really makes this machine shine, because it allows you to keep a record of an unlimited number of readings on your phone. So, you can see your progress from the first time you use it on, giving you and your doctor a log of your health. The machine itself holds up to 200 readings, and gives you an average of your last 3 readings, making this an all-in-one device worth the $65 price tag.
Clinical Automatic Blood Pressure Monitor FDA Approved by Generation Guard with Large Screen Display
Last, but not least on our list, is this portable machine from Generation Guard. Designed to provide clinical accuracy, it is one of the best at-home machines, measuring to see if your pressure is too high or too low when compared to national averages. It can detect pulse rate, systolic, and diastolic pressures, letting you know at any time if you are in danger.
It is also fitted with an irregular heartbeat detector and hypertension indicator, so you know when something is even the slightest but off. Asa result, you can see a doctor faster, getting help quick and early.
FDA approved, the cuff can be adjusted, and has a Velcro snap, so it fits securely and easily on any size wrist. Plus, the LCD display has oversized numbers and shows date and time, so users can see their stats in a glance. A bargain at under $30.
I hope my Blood Pressure Monitor Holiday and New Year's Deals review helps you find a great device for yourself or someone you love. These machines are an easy and efficient way to monitor blood pressure, helping users to avoid triggers, like salty foods or stress, so they can stay healthy and happy for the holidays and into the New Year. And with these great sales going on, there is no reason not to get one now.


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on him, in consequence of which he was placed on half-pay and denied further employment. Guyon was eminently a man of action, of marvellous personal courage and great daring, and had he been put at the head of a detached corps would have rendered good service to the Turks, but the fact that he was a foreigner and a Christian prevented his effective advancement.
He died from a sudden attack of cholera, after less than twenty-four hours' illness, at Scutari, 12 Oct. 1856, and was buried in the English ground on the cliffs of Scutari Point 15 Oct. His wife, the Baroness Spleny, was for some time kept a prisoner by the Austrians at Presburg, but at length obtaining her liberty resided at Damascus.
[Kinglake's The Patriot and the Hero General Guyon, 1856; Nolan's Hist. of the War against Russia, 1855, i. 293-4, with portrait; Duncan's Campaign with the Turks in Asia, 1855, i. 141, 152, 158-69, 192-204, &c., ii. 123-31, 183 &c., 278-80; Gent. Mag. 1856, pt. ii. p. 780; Times, 29 Oct. 1856, p. 10; Illustrated London News, 29 Dec. 1849, p. 448, and 15 Nov. 1856, p. 489.]
GUYSE, JOHN (1680–1761), independent minister, was born at Hertford in 1680. He was educated for the ministry at the academy of the Rev. John Payne at Saffron Walden, and began to preach in his twentieth year. He sometimes assisted William Haworth, then minister of a congregation of dissenters in Hertford, and succeeded him in the charge 27 Sept. 1705. His ministry at Hertford was distinguished by the vigour of his attacks upon Arianism. In 1727 he was invited to become first minister of a congregation which had been formed by a secession from Miles Lane, Cannon Street, and had established itself in New Broad Street. Being advised to leave Hertford, as his health was overtaxed, he complied with the request. From about 1728 he preached the Coward lecture on Fridays at Little St. Helen's, and from 1734 the Merchants' lecture on Tuesdays at Pinners' Hall. Two Coward lectures, which he published in 1729 under the title of 'Christ the Son of God,' were attacked by Samuel Chandler in 'A Letter to the Rev. John Guyse.' Guyse replied with 'The Scripture Notion of preaching Christ further cleared and vindicated in a letter to the Rev. Mr. Samuel Chandler,' 1730. Chandler then wrote 'A Second Letter' to Guyse, which the latter answered in an appendix to a 'Sermon on the Death of John Asty.' The chief complaint against him seems to have been the fact that he had accused ministers generally of not preaching Christ. The disputants used each other extremely ill, but were afterwards reconciled. Guyse received the degree of D.D. from Aberdeen in 1733 (Gent. Mag. iii. 48). He was an active member of the King's Head Society, which was formed for the purpose of assisting young men to obtain academical training for the ministry. In his old age he became lame and blind, but his blindness was thought to have improved his sermons by compelling him to preach without notes, so that it was said that one of his congregation told him she wished he had become blind twenty years earlier. His only son, William Guyse, was his assistant at New Broad Street from 1728 till his death in 1758. He himself died on 22 Nov. 1761.
Besides the works mentioned above he wrote the following:
- 'Jesus Christ God-Man, several sermons,' 1719.
- 'A Sermon on the Plague of Marseilles,' 1720.
- 'The Holy Spirit a Divine Person, several sermons,' 1721.
- 'The Standing Use of the Scripture, several sermons,' 1724.
- 'Remarks on a Catechism' (written by James Strong of Ilminster).
- 'A Present Remembrance of God.' 1730.
- Nine sermons in the Berry Street collection.
- 'Youth's Monitor, six annual sermons,' 1736.
- 'An Exposition of the New Testament in the form of a paraphrase,' 3 vols. 4to, 1739-52.
- 'In conjunction with Isaac Watts, the preface to Jonathan Edwards's 'Narrative of the Conversion of many Hundred Souls in Northampton,' 1737.
- 'A Collection of Seventeen Practical Sermons, to which is added an exhortation' (all originally published separately), 1756.
[Urwick's Nonconformity in Hertfordshire, pp. 542 et seq.; John Conder's Funeral Sermon on Guyse; Protestant Dissenters' Mag. iii. 441-6; Wilson's Dissenting Churches, ii. 229-43; Brit. Mus. Cat. of Printed Books; Watt's Bibl. Brit.]
GUYTON, Mrs. EMMA JANE (1825–1887), novelist. [See Worboise.]
GWAVAS, WILLIAM (1676–1741), writer in Cornish, eldest son of William Gwavas, by Eliza, daughter of Sir Thomas Arundell of Tolverne, near Truro, was born at Huntingfield Hall, Suffolk, 6 Dec. 1676, and baptised in Huntingfield Church on 1 Jan. following. He was articled to James Holt, an attorney in Lyon's Inn, and then entered the Middle Temple, where he purchased a ground chamber, No. 4 Brick Court. On 29 April 1717 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher Harris of St. Ives, Cornwall, with whom he received a portion of 1,500l. Some years before his marriage he had taken up his residence in Cornwall, living in a house in Chapel Street, Penzance. His


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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130923 - http://bit.ly/1eDugtr yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD
#TTIP moving to fast track if 1st results come early - http://bit.ly/1b177x5 rushing this huge deal will be a disaster (v @MarietjeSchaake)
"If there is not going to be any change at all on GMOs, it will be difficult to get #TAFTA/#TTIPl through US Congress." so EU must submit?
EC 'buckled under pressure' for soft energy labels - http://bit.ly/1dFCdvf always kowtowing to business, but bullying the public...
TTIP: Data is the elephant in the room - http://bit.ly/1dFD92I data is crucial for 21st century: #TAFTA/#TTIP a joke without it
Surprise: #Paywalls Cause Massive Falls In Number Of Visitors – And Boost Competitors - http://bit.ly/18Udw9c here are the figures
Extreme Energy Extraction Roadtrip — The Scary Ways We're Ruining the Country to Get #FossilFuels - http://bit.ly/1b8D8GZ insanity
The jagged edges of the #TPP - http://bit.ly/16vnHQz good piece on what they're not telling people #NZ
Stephen Fry joins demand to end #NSA and #GCHQ mass surveillance - http://bit.ly/1b8DTj9 good to see writers doing this
Police accused of bias over culling of #badgers - http://bit.ly/1akhoDx Officer 'threatened to pass protester data to farmers'
Google Removes 'BitTorrent' From Piracy Search Filter - http://bit.ly/16vCZVt quite right
'Not surprising India has become an important surveillance target' - http://bit.ly/1eDPW8B interview with @ggreenwald about #NSA & his book
Yemeni Human Rights Activist Held At UK Border Under Terrorism Law - http://bit.ly/16WIdxV more bullying by UK border thugs (v @ggreenwald)
#NSA Apologist Says The NSA's Actions Are Fine Because 'Privacy Is Dead' - http://bit.ly/16nXGJL great debunking of dangerous stupidity
superb European Parliament briefing note on #NSA spying, its impact on #EU citizens, & what can be done [pdf] - http://bit.ly/1fgDkFQ
#TTIP & the 50 States: Jobs and Growth from Coast to Coast - http://bit.ly/15pxb5R interesting propaganda from UK gov (v @EU_TTIP_team)
re last tweet, #TTIP/#TAFTA propaganda, note FTAs with Korea & Mexico were disasters for US - jobs were lost - http://bit.ly/13akc1B
Brazilian president Rousseff launches tirade against US over #NSA surveillance - http://bit.ly/15ppJlU fiery & important speech #brazil
Border Patrol's Horrific Treatment Of On The Media's Producer, Family & Friends Shows Lack Of DHS Accountability - http://bit.ly/1fyogRF
Germany's Second Largest City De-Privatizes Local Power Grid - http://onforb.es/16XbsRd great precedent: time to roll things back
Who rooted kernel.org servers two years ago, how did it happen, & why? - http://bit.ly/1b9xCUy now would be a good time to say
Don't blame robots for America's falling wages: Blame trade - http://bit.ly/19wNVW2 #TAFTA/#TTIP will impoverish US and EU workers
Brazilian President Blasts #NSA Spying In Front Of World Leaders -- Including Obama -- At UN - http://bit.ly/1dH7oGw makes EU look pathetic
MEPs raise suspension of EU-US bank data deal - http://bit.ly/15S2S6h interesting move (v @ClaudeMoraesMEP)#nsa
Senators Demand Answers On #NSA Snooping — By The End Of 2014 - http://tcrn.ch/1gXtqnX yeah, take your time, no rush...
Google To Encrypt All Keyword Searches - http://bit.ly/16vCZVt that's good
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Here are some evidence that geeks can party too (well, me not really, but definitely many of my esteemed teammates)! The Underground @ PDC was an event hosted by Microsoft at the Professional Developers Conference 2008. Check out the pictures on Flickr, tweets, and animoto (or play below).
But it wasn't just a great party; we had presentations from Scott Guthrie, Don Box, Douglas Purdy, Chris Anderson, Scott Hanselman, Loke Uei Tan, etc. More information about these presentations, as well as videos, can be found on TechZulu.
Personally for me, it was a great sigh of relief after delivering one of the demo's during Bob Muglia's keynote presentation during day 1 of PDC (the RedPrairie demo using Azure Services Platform). Finally got to re-surface after months of non-stop work. I now have a real appreciation of the thought and effort that goes into these demo presentations we see.
Doing a TechZulu interview with pal Geoffrey Emery (interesting venue no?).
Enjoying a moment with our fabulous Lynn Langit (no, the cigars weren't lit).
Looking forward to PDC2009! It's going to be back in Los Angeles again, scheduled for November 17-20, 2009. Hope to see you there!


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WASHINGTON — Stephen Colbert was denied when he tried to run for president this year in South Carolina. Now the fake TV pundit is getting some love from the city of his birth.
His portrait was hung Wednesday at the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery in Washington for a six-week showing in what the museum considers an "appropriate place" -- right between the bathrooms near the "America's Presidents" exhibit. Museum officials stress it's only temporary.


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Forty years ago, Gale Cincotta, affectionately known in the community organizing world as the mother of community reinvestment, led her troops into bank lobbies, effectively shutting them down for the day; held barbecues on the front yards of bank executives; and threatened Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker that she would hang a "Loan Shark" sign over the Fed office in Washington.
Since that time, a fair housing/fair lending/community reinvestment infrastructure has... cont'd
"Her (Mindy Fullilove's) baseline concern with the dignity and wisdom of individuals, as well as the absolute necessity of broad-based consensus building, puts her approach on a clear moral high ground to which every urban planner and builder ought to give greater commitment, because it's right and because it works.
"Urban Alchemy" emerges as a book because years of working to counteract the ills of urban destruction have yielded significant successes in the form of insights,... cont'd
A free and open public discussion is well understood to be fundamental to a democracy. Beyond Zuccotti Park confirms how important accessible open space is to that public discussion and illuminates the policy issues raised by the Occupy Wall Street movement. This diverse collection of voices raises important questions about how to define a genuine public space that is not merely a poor excuse for a zoning bonus that in the end actually limits the public access promised.
The time is ripe for advancing a solid service-learning pedagogy in architecture, landscape architecture, and planning. Over several decades of innovation, experimentation, and trial and error, each of these design disciplines has spawned new and critical theory, linking professional work and social change. The wisdom of the twenty-nine leaders in service-learning within this volume provides a collective leap forward that benefits us all—students, teachers, designers, and the general... cont'd
This book gives Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage" new meaning. Experts in foreign policy and diplomacy, conflict resolution and peacemaking, as well as theatre and performance professionals, can learn from these extraordinary examples what theatre and performance can do to heal the wounds of violent conflict.
The recommendations of the Acting Together project are clear, grounded and convincing. The editors have demonstrated that performance can significantly contribute to the transformation of violent conflict, and can reach audiences that are inaccessible by other means. It also has the potential to support communities in mourning, those dealing with trauma and those celebrating resilience. Aesthetic excellence reinforces socio-political effectiveness if the integrity of the artistic... cont'd
A good literary anthology has much in common with the musical playlists we make for our love interests. Every inclusion is a clue to the compilers' personality and our ambitions for the relationship. What song to start with, where to drop a classic fun song to make the listener smile, where to place the overly obvious love song, or the thoughtful or familiar one, and what song to conclude with— all are vital decisions to a successful mix-tape. As the mix-masters, we feel there is no room for... cont'd
The idea for What We See originated with the Jacobs-oriented Center for the Living City as a celebration honoring Jacobs, but the book took on a different form under Elizabeth's guidance. "I thought Jane would not have wanted a book about her," Elizabeth says, noting that two histories centering on her and a biography have recently been published. "Instead, we invited people from diverse fields to write their own ideas about how things work and describe the systems they see... cont'd
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In this section you'll find books, whitepapers and video courses that I have written or created.
DZone Refcard: Getting Started With Redis
I try not to have favourite technologies; for the most part I enjoy them all when used for the purpose they are intended for. However Redis is so excellent and used for so many brilliant things that it does have a special status in my world :) As a long-standing MVB with DZone (they've been reading and syndicating content from this site much longer than basically anyone else) I was delighted to be invited to author their new Redis Refcard!
PHP Web Services: Book
PHP Web Services covers the theory behind web services, some specific examples of data formats and service types, then moves on to give good, solid advice on different aspects of writing kick-ass services. The advice is all hard-won, and I've aimed to share it in a way that's useful, approachable, and applicable to practical projects. I've included the tools and techniques that I'm using when doing this kind of work, particularly around debugging problems and monitoring exactly what's going on.
The book is available through O'Reilly here:
PHP Web Services (affiliate link)
Git Fundamentals Screencast
This screencast series was a fun collaboration with O'Reilly. Because it's aimed specifically at web developers, I felt I had the freedom to include code samples (I usually don't when teaching git) and you'll find some python and nodejs in this as well as the PHP you'd expect to see around here! Each chapter is pretty short, less than 10 minutes, and is self-contained, so if you're studying on your commute, in your lunch break, or between other activities, hopefully you can find the chapter you need and still have time for a sandwich!
This course covers everything from the basics (not total beginner, you should read a tutorial first!) through configuring your machine, day-to-day taking care of your own work ... right through to managing team workflows and integrating with other tools in the development process. The tools in this area have improved significantly in recent years and I enjoyed this opportunity to share them.
Git WorkBook
This book is your opportunity to sit down with git, and study the topic in useful units of skill, with practical exercises for each skill. I teach a lot of git, in formal classroom settings as well as rescuing people via IRC, and this book brings together everything I know about getting people up to speed with git. Each chapter teaches something new and ends with an affirmative statement for you to tick off to say what you learned!
With hands-on examples of how to solve real-world problems, and topics running the whole spectrum from installing git through to skills such as rebasing, using submodules and finding faults in a large repository, this text is your "level up" for all your git skills. The chapters are mostly pretty short, so you can just work through at your own pace on whatever time you can find, and the hands-on elements mean that you're sure to remember and understand the skills you're learning.
Intermediate PHP Video
Calling PHP developers everywhere, this course covers the things people most ask me, under a rather unremarkable title :) The full outline is on the site, but I've tried to bring in here some elements of new content, some under-used but excellent features of PHP - and all the supporting material you need to be able to pick up and use all of those features yourself. There are the best new features from PHP 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 and 5.6 here - plus a primer in OOP in case this isn't something you've had a chance to study from first principles before. Having a good OOP grounding helps so much with all the new developments in PHP that it was really important to me to include it.
I've also picked the best of things that make developers go "wait. Do that again?" and shared it here. There's commandline PHP, for scripts, the built-in webserver, and also for writing workers that can integrate with queues. For the neglected area of security, there are some really easy ways to make sure you're "doing it right" in your application, so both the new password functionality and the filter extension are here. And I've also included a section on using PDO for accessing databases - this is used internally in most frameworks now, but there are any number of reasons why you might like to write your code yourself (performance, for one) so understanding PDO can help a lot for database-driven applications.
You can get the course directly from oreilly.com
PHP Web Services: Video
If you're more of a visual learner than a wordy one, then the video course might be a more useful way to view some of this content. I think the videos give me a chance to walk through the code examples in a more tangible way, and hopefully you think so too!
The course covers the tools we use to work with APIs: curl, streams and Guzzle (version 4) are my top recommendations for PHP and they're all shown, both in their own right and also for the later examples of other things. There is REST as well as the more traditional SOAP and RPC services, and both XML and JSON are covered. There's also some less-PHP content, covering how to debug APIs, using testing endpoints and tools such as commandline curl, Wireshark and Charles Proxy, and also a chapter on good API design, with recommendations of what works to make a kick-ass API.
You can buy the video directly from O'Reilly's site
N Ways To Be a Better Developer
The book I needed something over 5 years ago in order to get my career started and also moving with momentum in the right direction! This self-published ebook is a joint effort with my friend and mentor Ivo Jansch, and is a work in progress. We started with the contents of our keynote "0x0F Ways To Be A Better Developer", and added many things that we'd had to discard in order to fit our talk into the allocated slot.
This book will continue to grow (updates are free, once you've bought it, you'll get new installments as we release them) as we find the time and inspiration to add to it - such a fun project and also I hope a useful guide for those starting their journey today or looking to move up a gear in career terms. http://leanpub.com/nways
PHP Master: Write Cutting-Edge Code
This book, which I wrote with co-authors (and friends) Davey Shafik and Matt Turland, is a mid-level text for existing PHP Developers to raise their game still further. It's not a beginner text, but covers a nice selection of topics which are building blocks to being able to build advanced, robust applications.
There's a chapter on OOP, beginning at the very beginning and then taking a tour through the finer points of the language. Most importantly, it shows how and when to use the various features, and has working code examples to accompany it. To follow on, there's also a chapter on design patterns, also with real examples, and a later section on SPL which is a great way to build elegant object-oriented code in PHP.
One thing I often find myself working with developers on is their databases, data structure and also how to actually talk to the database efficiently. The book has a chapter that covers both aspects, how to normalise data and then how to work with it from PHP using PDO.
All in all, getting together with some peers to work out what we'd tell someone who isn't a beginner, but wants to learn and can handle some quite heavyweight technical ideas, was a lot of fun and personally I think the topics list covers it all quite nicely. I'm recommending this book to everyone looking for an up-to-date text bringing their development skills up a level in a good, all-round way.
OOP Video Course
Considering learning OOP for PHP? I made this video course for Learnable (who have plenty of other lovely courses too, the membership is a good deal IMO). It starts at the absolute beginning and aims to give you the tools and the vocabulary to start using and applying OOP principles to your own projects.
Source Control Whitepaper
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Alex Rodriguez Is A Cheater - In Win Over Toronto Blue Jays
According to the Baseball Gods; you can steal bases, you can throw junk pitches, you can even slide hard - but, Alex Rodriguez, you can't knock the ball out of the other guys glove hoping the umpire doesn't see it.
That's cheating.
Tonight at Rogers Centre with a Blue Full Moon overhead (infoplease.com), Howie Clark is camped under a easy pop-up to end the eighth, in a one run game. Alex Rodriguez is sauntering by, on his way to third - going through the motions. Howie Clark knows shortstop John McDonald is right behind him - and he knows it's the shortstops ball if he calls it.
All of a sudden Clark dives out of the way, the ball drops, a run scores...
Then John McDonald goes ballistic on Alex Rodriguez who's now standing on third.
You don't do that in baseball - because two players running to a high struck ball, blind with their eyes on the ball, are in a MOST perilous position. A system of protocols is in place, on every play, so that nobody is injured in a collision.
So... no one on the field of play crosses that line; you don't trick the other guy by saying 'I got it' as you run by - it's DANGEROUS.
That's cheating - twice.
Alex Rodriguez Is A Cheater.
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- AnonymousJune 1, 2007 at 2:19 AM
There's no honor in baseball, it's not Cricket for Chrissake! All's fair. Baseball's all about "cheating". They've made rules against some of it: vaseline or spit on the ball as a pitcher, for example. But for the most part, you can do whatever it takes to win. (and I'm not talkin' steroids) A firstbaseman hides the ball in his glove after a conference on the mound and picks a guy off... that's clever. But A-Rod is a cheater for yelling something? Come off it! I hate A-Rod and the Yanks more than most, but really... put some perspective on it. If it was some scrub that did it? No airplay. period.ReplyDelete
Thanks for commenting Anonymous,ReplyDelete
The reason I started with the earlier cheat, in the American League Series a couple of years back, is because it establishes a pattern.
I haven't said A-Rod is a cheater since the incident in Boston, where he clearly did cheat.
I repeat it now because now he's got a history.
This is a tough one. But baseball has always seen this sort of stuff. What about players who secretly keep the ball in their gloves pretending to throw it to the pitcher? The unsuspecting base runner (or sucker in this case) thnks he's in the clear, takes his lead and gets tagged out. Bad News Bears or not, we see this in the pros. In baseball (and life) you need to be attentive.ReplyDelete
Even in soccer and hockey we see it. The opposing, trailing player will clap his hands or shout out 'man-on' in soccer to try and fool the bal carrier in front. In hockey they tap the stick on the ice.
But what a sweet swing A-Rod has.
Commentator: thanks for the post, interesting.ReplyDelete
"WKRP's Les Nessman" offered the postulate,
"What about players who secretly keep the ball in their gloves pretending to throw it to the pitcher? The unsuspecting base runner (or sucker in this case) thinks he's in the clear, takes his lead and gets tagged out."
But don't forget the 'yang' of that rule - the pitcher can't step on the rubber with out the ball in his glove. If he does, it's a balk, and the umpire sends the base runner to second base.
Good base-runners (not, The Bad News Bears) know not to step off the bag until the pitcher steps on the rubber.
What's the yang rule that protects outfielders from hurting each other in collision?
Back to my original point?
- AnonymousJuly 17, 2010 at 8:39 PM
How can somebody cheat in baseball? wouldnt the umpire see it? even if they do cheat who cares. just leave them alone. they get picked on and humiliated enough from the crowd and news reporters. what u guys are doing isnt helping.ReplyDelete
While I am a news reporter, I am also a player.ReplyDelete
In both cases what Rodriguez did wouldn't stand in the co-ed slow pitch leagues I play in. The league I play in police themselves, we don't hire umpires and the commissioners doesn't make rulings unless they have to... With plays like that, Rodrequez would probably not have been invited back by his team mates the next year.
What is, or is not seen as acceptable baseball etiquette is flexible I'll give you that - but that's the way I see it anyway. :)


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Has anybody got any ideas how to help an itchy dog? Max had a skin infection last year, he was intensely itchy and had some hair loss. The vet was not really sure what was causing it. She treated him with advocate just in case it was sarcoptic mange but said it could have been an allergy . The scratching stopped for a while and the hair soon grew back but he still has bouts of 'itchiness' especially when hot. I have treated him with frontline spot on for fleas so I don't think that's the problem
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