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I'm from Slovakia. I'd like to offer an English class for the beginners here in my hometown. There is none available and I know that there is a market for it. I would like to ask you experienced teachers what is the best and most efficient way of approaching this task. I don't really want to do it the "mainstream" way (I mean what is thought to be mainstream here) and that is: grammar, excercises, more grammar rules, more excercises and hardly any time left for speaking and proper conversation. I do understand grammar is very important part of the language (and I still need to improve mine as you can probably see...) But I think that when it is made a priority - when students, on one hand know all the possible verb tenses and conditionals (just to give an example) and use it theoretically in excercises that are focusing on that one particular grammar issue, but on the other hand when it comes to having a conversation they can hardly put together one simple sentence (often messing up the word order, because they tend to translate it in their heads word by word according to their native language structure)..
I think I will need to use a coursebook and I would also like to ask you which one is the best on the market (in your opinion). When I studied English in London few years ago I enjoyed the various teaching methods used by my teacher and I would like to implement those too - songs, games, newspaper clippings etc...
What would your advice to be on structure of the lesson (it's most probably going to be 90 minutes once a week)
I do have teaching qualification (I studied History and Philosophy) but I've never taught a language to group of adult students.
Thank you all, your input would be very much appreciated. I hope the post is clear (I tend to overexplain...)
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Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center has advanced the cause of environmental protection by writing "Eco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy Environmentalism is Harming the Environment." He lays out a logical case as to the causes and effects of the modern rush to embrace trendy eco-fads and does a good job of explaining how most of the fads do not deliver the promised environmental benefits (in many cases they actually do harm to the environment).
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"Eco-Fads" is divided into two parts. The first deals with explaining what eco-fads are and why they are promoted by many politicians, some businesses and most of the media. The second exposes the rationale, or lack thereof, for embracing the fads and how their proponents convince others to adopt their favored policies.
As pointed out in the book, compact fluorescent light bulbs have become the poster child for eco-fads. The problem — CFLs save energy but can cause harm to the environment because they contain hazardous mercury gas. Myers points out that the hypocrisy of environmentalists is startling when one considers their support of CFLs coupled with their crusade to eliminate mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants, no matter what the cost to consumers.
Many environmentalists will find little to like in this book as the author uses rational thought and science to debunk many of their pet assumptions. "Eco-Fads" is a good read for the average consumer who wants to do the right thing for the environment but does not want to be taken advantage of by special interest groups or politicians with self-serving motives.
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We can always count on Beyoncé and Blue Ivy for a cute mommy-and-me moment. And on Tuesday, the singer and her 2-year-old daughter didn't disappoint.
The bundled-up pair checked out the Dublin Zoo, and of course, Bey posted some adorable photos (including a close-up of a giraffe!) on Instagram to commemorate their visit.
Courtesy Beyoncé; Courtesy Catimini
And after close inspection, we noticed that little Blue was wearing Catimini's Labo Silver Padded Coat ($95) with a matching fleece cap, while her mom wore a slouchy knit cap and a black "Mrs. Carter World Tour" bomber jacket.
We're not sure if Jay-Z tagged along, but the rapper was in town with his wife and daughter for the "Drunk in Love" singer's Dublin tour stop.
Next up? The family is heading to Germany, Holland, Belgium, Spain and Portugal. Want to see more fun pics from the Carter-Knowles Ireland trip? Check them out below.
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For more than 10 years, RNs have been pushing politicians to implement policies that improve health and health care in Ontario.
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It may seem like I have dropped off the face of the earth and indeed it has been an extended hiatus from the Ribbon Wand world. I'm in the process of gathering all my bits and bobs for a giant week of photographing and uploading a bunch of ribbon wands I currently have in stock. Lots of designs that were made for weddings as samples and I didn't quite fit the motif of the event but are still super cute!
Yes, that's right I would hand make, sometimes up to dozen different wands for the bride to choose from. That leaves quite a bunch of left over wands! Time to match these little bases with some lovely satin ribbon and give them a life of their own. I'm calling this upcoming store blitz...my always a bridesmaid, never a bride sale. Gee, I should get one of those dating sites to sponsor me! Haha.


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by Greig Clutch and Nicole Georges
Recently in our household, I've been having to defend the genre of memoir comic. Worse yet, I admittedly have slipped in my role as a "believer," and have been losing ground left and right. Fortunately, the powerhouses of Greg Means and Nicole Georges make a stronger case for the medium. Perhaps it helps that I've known each of them in real life for the previous decade or more, and that they've been drawing at least as long, but the intersection of characters, plot, and ability to convey emotion and storyline is strong in both of their styles. On top of that, no amount of "uneventful" days seem to stump either of them in this annual serial. Greg nails comedy. Nicole captures what it's like to teach young students and be in awkward social situations. And they both share a strong sense that they are writing for an audience.
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TUNICA, Miss. — The variable-rate application of defoliants using remote sensing technology could save Mid-South cotton producers $4 to $6 per acre in chemical costs, according to a three-year LSU AgCenter study.
The study was part of an overall project for adapting precision agricultural techniques for Mid-South cotton production. LSU AgCenter entomologist Ralph Bagwell discussed the study at InfoAg Midsouth 2005, in Tunica.
The study compared yields, grades and costs of variable-rate applications to blanket applications made by air on large, farm fields. The applications were made in long strips of 8 acres to 15 acres each.
Variable-rate prescriptions were based on remote sensing imagery and used a normalized vegetative difference index of the field. The NDVI "shows the relative difference in biomass across the field," noted Bagwell.
"The first prescriptions (2002) that we wrote were extremely coarse," Bagwell said. "We were trying to be conservative because no one had written a variable-rate prescription for a defoliant before."
In the first year, areas of the field where blanket applications were made received 10 ounces of a defoliant per acre. Compared to variable-rate applications in the field, "we saved about $1.50 per acre on average."
The study did not include the costs of making the application.
The first year of the study did not show a significant difference in the cotton loan rate between the two application methods, "indicating that there was not a significant influence from the defoliant on lint values. Lint yields were also the same."
The study took on a little more complexity in year two. The cooperating grower or his consultant determined the broadcast application rate and the structure for the variable-rate application was based on an NDVI image.
The second year included a two-step defoliation program on a 230-acre field with extremely high variability. Percent open ranged from 95 percent to 50 percent.
The first broadcast application was 8 ounces of a defoliant. The variable-rate application ranged from 8 ounces to 4.8 ounces.
Overall cost for the first broadcast application was around $12 per acre compared to $9.50 for the variable-rate application.
The second broadcast application was $11.25, compared to the variable-rate application of $6.19. The biggest difference in cost in the second application was that the grower was about to go to a zero rate of boll opener on parts of the field, while the broadcast application remained at the same rate across the field.
That year provided the biggest overall difference of $7.74 between variable-rate and broadcast applications, according to Bagwell. "This figures out to about a 33 percent savings, which is the biggest savings we have observed. We did not see a significant difference in lint yield or overall grade or quality between any of the treatments."
In 2004, the study expanded again and used a two-step program. Across all locations, the broadcast application was about $13, compared to a variable-rate cost of about $10.50. On the second application, broadcast costs averaged $14, versus a variable-rate cost of about $12. The overall savings was about $4.75, roughly a 21 percent savings.
Bagwell tells growers that they can expect a 20 percent savings in variable-rate defoliation cost versus broadcast, with a range of 10 percent to 33 percent.
"If you have an applicator, making a variable-rate application of defoliant seems to be profitable. But by all means keep it as simple as possible when you set up rate structures for variable-rate applications. Most systems have a difficult time making multiple changes very quickly."
Plant growth regulators did not produce the level of savings that defoliants did, according to Bagwell. "We had an average broadcast application rate of plant growth regulators of 12.8 ounces per acre, compared to an average variable-rate application rate of 7.1 ounces, with an average savings of $1.56 an acre. That's just not a lot of money with the cost of plant growth regulators today.
"In-Time charges about $1.50 per image and an aerial applicator would charge an extra dollar per acre to apply the product variable-rate. So it would cost $2.50 to make the application. According to this study, variable-rate application of plant growth regulator is going to have to have some added benefit." Those savings could come in increased yield over a broadcast application, according to Bagwell.
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Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Is it the only way to go?
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- Mike More said...
John, somebody still has to prune the plant. It is very difficult to implement changes while running an organization with a fraction of those needed. The current mantra of genealogist today seems to be Let Somebody Else Do It.
- 28 January, 2014 09:51
- Christine said...
The organization works best when the leadership is more about serving the members than about their own importance and when paid staff spend more time supporting and rallying the troops than micro-managing the volunteers. The autonomy afforded by the other organizations is what allows them not only to survive but THRIVE. The change is necessary and folding may not be the worst thing to happen. Perhaps more of the smaller organizations who allow autonomy and have a focus away from themselves will sprout and take the place of the dinosaur.
- 28 January, 2014 13:31
- BDM said...
This does not address the either-or option, but some years ago OGS dropped its membership in the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) which I regretted greatly - to deaf ears. I'm not up on FGS's current benefits and track record, so to speak; I only know that they have been of practical and timely value to member societies in support of problems we all face. Also it seems we have to draw new younger people (and probably existing members too) away from the Internet and into the *real* interactive world. How do we do that?
- 28 January, 2014 23:03
- Mike More said...
John and Christine seem to have missed the point of my post. There are thousands of genealogists in OGS and countless others researching on their own. If they do not see the need for organizations like BIFSGHO, OGS and it's many branches or the other independent groups, and they are not willing to step forward to provide competent leadership, these organizations will cease to exist. JFK once said "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
If you are not happy with the way OGS is going today, step up. Virtually every position on the OGS Board is open for election and this is your chance to make a difference. "You're either part of the solution or you're part of the problem."
PS. I don't know why OGS dropped its FGS membership in the past but the current board has agreed to re-join in 2014.
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One of the hot topics right now in the NASCAR world is the Sprint Cup season race schedule and how it could be improved. Best I can tell it started with Brad Keselowski coming up with what would be a dream schedulefor him. Then others got in on the opinion making- the most recent of them being Darrell Waltrip during the pre-race show. One thing that both Darrell Waltrip and Brad Keselowski's schedules have in common is coming to the west coast right out of Daytona, and staying there; lumping Vegas, Sonoma, Auto Club and Phoenix all together in the schedule. It's almost as if they are just getting us out of the way- and then leaving us NASCAR fans in the west high and dry the rest of the season.
As a BIG NASCAR fan in that geographic area who has been to all four of those tracks and who has actually even been to all four of those tracks in one year- I can tell you that a schedule like this would be HUGE mistake. I am a regular working girl (and no- this blog is not work- I have a M-F 8-5 job). Lumping the "west coast" dates into one leg of a schedule is a huge mistake because as a working girl like myself can't afford to take a month off of work to go from track to track- and I dare say most other fans can NOT either. Several fans in this demographic try to travel to multiple races in their area (for instance Vegas AND Auto Club or Vegas AND Phoenix or Auto Club AND Sonoma). (more…)


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Those who possess the soul of a locavore, a respect for the classics, a taste for the innovative and a well-stamped passport should pack an appetite and head to Quebec City.
Tucked amid the city center's historic buildings and along its cobblestoned streets are boulangeries, patisseries, cookware shops, cooking classes and an enticing jumble of foodstuffs at grocers lining Saint-Jean Street, especially Epicerie J.A. Moison, which opened its doors 141 years ago. Stir restaurants into the mix, and there's enough to keep a curious cook busy during the day and a gastronome dining well into the night.
The city's culinary character is decidedly French Canadian, with chefs interpreting classics such as sugar pie and pouding chomeur (an addictive maple syrup-and-cream-topped cake), tourtiere (a meat pie), and creton (a pork spread). And yes, you'll find poutine, that Quebecois creation marrying fries, gravy and cheese curds.
Food lovers who appreciate a perfect boudin noir as much as a PEI Raspberry Point oyster will also find that and more thanks to chefs who have embraced the farm-to-table movement. Laurie Raphael's menu boasts St-Augustin wild boar with shadbush puree, while Panache has a dessert that pairs a date-and-beer mousse with sauce made from cloudberries, a raspberry-shaped fruit that tastes like an apple. At the Hobbit Bistro, a venison burger comes with wild mushrooms and an artisanal Douanier cheese made in nearby Noyan.
Helping nourish this appetite is the Ile d'Orleans, a roughly 73-square mile island in the St. Lawrence River just a bridge away from Quebec City. Chefs enthusiastically source fruits, vegetables, meats, poultry, wine and cheeses, with some menus reading like mini-celebrations of the island's output: wine made with grapes at Le Vignoble de Sainte-Petronille; apples turned into iced cider at Cidrerie Verger Bilodeau; and a seductive liqueur crafted from currants at Cassis Monna et Filles. The Ile d'Orleans (iledorleans.com) has a busy agritourism program when the season's ripe, but you'll need a car and a day for a visit.
For a sampling of the region's bounty, visit Marche du Vieux-Port (marchevieuxport.com), the Old Port Market where purveyors of meats, seafood, cheese, maple syrup and more sell goods year-round. In warmer weather, garage-style doors open to reveal stands piled high with produce.
Several city-center areas are ripe for food lovers, easily managed on foot and worthy of a morning or afternoon wander. But if you'd prefer more structure, Tours Voir Quebec (toursvoirquebec.com) offers a food tour. It's 21/2 hours of walking and tasting (cheese, chocolate, crepes, etc.), seasoned with culinary history, says guide Jocelyne Belleau.
Brush up on French culinary terms. Remember that classes and restaurants may require reservations — and seasonal restaurants change menus regularly. And should you be shopping for a bottle of iced cider, know that prices at SAQ liquor stores (controlled by the Societe des Alcools du Quebec) will be the same at all SAQs.
Here are some districts that should be destinations for food travelers.
Vieux-Quebec and Vieux-Port
These districts border the Petit-Champlain area (quartierpetitchamplain.com). Start with impossibly flaky croissants at Paillard Cafe-Boulangerie (paillard.ca) in Vieux-Quebec and cap the night with a beaver-tail-shaped sweet pastry at Queues de Castor (beavertailsinc.com) on Champlain. At Pot en Ciel (27 Petit-Champlain; no website), consider a Canadian-made cutting board or a whimsical kitchen cloth.
We loved the hearty rabbit pie and rabbit cassoulet at cozy Le Lapin Saute (lapinsaute.com), while lively L'Echaude (echaude.com) won us over with hot smoked salmon with marinated oyster mushrooms scented with cinnamon.
At Laurie Raphael (laurieraphael.com), opened 20 years ago by chef/cookbook author/TV celeb Daniel Vezina and wife Suzanne Gagnon, the salute to all things Quebecois began with artisan-made salt cellars on the table. Whimsical touches on the menu included a lovely tomato ice cream as part of a tomato "array," while potato pucks (plump coin-shaped souffles garnished with black truffles) were a delicious homage to hockey.
Panache in Auberge Saint-Antoine (saint-antoine.com) is all rustic wood beams and stone, and offers Cap St-Ignace quail and a tarte tatin with Ile d'Orleans apples. We enjoyed Panache on a previous visit, so when we couldn't get a last-minute reservation, opted for a drink in the hotel's contemporary Cafe-Bar Artefact.
Faubourg Saint-Jean
Butcher shops, bakeries, grocers, restaurants and wine bars stretch along rue Saint-Jean, from rue Saint-Augustin to rue Deligny, an area considered the city's Upper Town with this particular district dubbed Faubourg Saint-Jean (faubourgsaintjean.com).
Check out the crockery and cookware at tiny Les Pieds dans les plats (571 rue Saint-Jean; no website), inhale the yeasty perfume at Boulangerie Le Panetier Baluchon (panetier-baluchon.com), and try not buying cheese or sausage for snacking at Epicerie Europeenne (v1.epicerie-europeenne.com). Then do what I did: Get lost among the nooks and crannies of Epicerie J.A. Moison (jamoisan.com/epicerie.htm), emerging occasionally to chat with bowler-hatted counter crew overseeing the cheese and charcuterie. Take a break for a glass of wine and Quebec cheese, maybe a 2-year old cheddar from Ile-aux-Grues at Bistro Hobbit (hobbitbistro.com).
Thirsty for microbrews? Hike a bit farther to St-Roch (say: St. Rock), an emerging neighborhood boasting hip restaurants plus La Barberie Microbrewery (labarberie.com) with many seasonal brews plus IPAs and stouts.


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I bet she had more fun, too, being able to relax with her table and actually take in the awards. SheΓÇÖs in the best possible place, right? No real pressure but with a job to go to in the morning. She was probably enjoying the show.
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Specialized's Langster is built with a lightweight, responsive A1 Premium aluminum frame and FACT carbon fork with track geometry so you can ride it in the velodrome or in the streets. The 48/17 one-speed gearing with a flip-flop rear hub is ideal for training, riding around town and even commuting. Dual-pivot brakes are included because sometimes you need to stop quickly, and the durable Specialized components mean you'll enjoy this sweet machine for years to come.
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This is my favorite hammer bike after work. My 09 has 4000 mi. on it. 35 to 50 mi. with hills to climb. With a set of Verdstien SE tires (blue) at 130 lbs. this bike is very fast. In 4000 mi. all I have done was change tires, and have the rims re-trued at a 1000. I have 2 Cannondale geared bikes, but this is my favorite for a work out!
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I've owned and have been riding my Langster for a year and have racked up about 6,000 miles of commute and recreation riding. I love everything about the bike, I ride fixed gear and changed to a 46 tooth chainring and 15 tooth fixed cog to speed up my commute. The Mondo tires are excellent and lasted over 4,000 miles before succumbing to glass and metal chards. I replaced them with new white colored Mondos. The stock rear wheel was swapped out with a Velocity "suites" wheel (had to remove the rear brake) and the bike gets lots of compliments and attention. I would definitely recommend this bike to commuters or recreational riders who live in areas with flat places to ride.
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While the 2010 steel, retro version of the Langster is an attempt to capture the hipster and wanna-be hipster market, the basic aluminum Langster (including the 2009 version I have, and the 2010 model) charts its own course, offering up the modern look, feel and performance of a compact road frame. The Langster is a terrific bike, well spec'ed except perhaps for the tires - but then, the Mondo Sports help keep the cost down. (I've replaced them with the excellent Specialized All Condition Armadillo Elites. The All Condition Pro IIs are almost as good at flat protection, lighter, and less expensive). The 2010 model slightly downgrades some of the components (saddle and seat post, e.g.) from the 2009 model, but the bike is still a winner. The threadless stem allows a good deal of choice, from comfort to aero positions. The alu frame, carbon forks, and most of the components make this a fairly light weight bike - mine weighs in well under 20 lbs (including Eggbeater SL pedals). Along with its rode bike geometry, the low weight means this is a nimble, performance-oriented bike. Standard gearing - 42x16 - found on similarly spec'ed bikes works well for reasonably flat city streets. Strong riders not afraid of hills, and/or those who like to ride with roadies, would want higher gearing. The flip-flop hub means the bike can be easily switched between SS and FG. Like many things in life, the Langster, a one-geared wonder, proves that less is sometimes more.
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I own 8 bikes. I absolutely love this bike. But, like all single speeds, it cost a bit too much for what it is. However, I am glad I bought mine. I ride it for fun, exercise, and to get to work. Very light weight, fast, and handles well. I have 4 single speed bikes for various uses--road, cross, mountain bike, retro bike. This one is great. However, the Mondo tires are absolutely junk. These are the worst tires for flat protection I have ever owned. If you buy a Langster, get the dealer to install you different tires before you leave the shop.
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I've only been riding the bike for about two weeks now. Due to that I cant say much about the bike durability but I will say on my second ride I got a flat, I'd def recommend upgrading the stock tires. But I love the bike for what I need it to be. I use it for commuting and general transportation along with casual weekend type fitness training. SOOOOOO ULTRA LITE. its so lite its a joke. It handles extremely well and I love the feel of the carbon fork. The brakes are fine but they could have a little more of a bite. the stock saddle is legit and simple which is what the bike is about. stock pedals are cheap plastic junk sswap them for proper track pedals, I put some solid platforms on mine and I love them. great fast comfortable simple ride. but if your doing street riding in a city that dosent have perfectly paved roads defffff uprgrade to better tires PUT SOME KEVLAR ON THOSE [*]
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Langster is a fun bike with all the essentials for commuting or intro to track racing. Solid commuter, with cool graphics. Flip flop hub in case you have the guts to try fixy riding. great extras like carbon seatpost and nice wheels. I really like this bike
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NCAA Preview: Texas LonghornsPosted by rtmsf on March 19th, 2009
University of Texas (7, East)
vs. Minnesota (10)
Thursday, March 19, 2009, 7:20 ET tip
Vegas Line: TX -5.5
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General Profile
Location: Austin, TX
Conference: Big 12 (at-large bid)
Coach: Rick Barnes, 265 W, 102 L
08-09 Record: 22-11 (9-7 B12)
Last 12 Games: 7-5
Best Win: (three-way tie) vs UCLA (12/4), n-Villanova at MSG (12/9), vs Oklahoma (2/21)
Worst Loss: 61-67 at Arkansas, (1/6)
Off. Efficiency Rating: 110.7 (47th)
Def. Efficiency Rating: 91.7 (29th)
Nuts n Bolts
Star Player(s): Dexter Pittman (Junior Center) – 117.3 ORtg, 6.7 FC/40, .619 2ptFG%, 17.9 OR%, 18.0 DR%
Unsung Hero: Dogus Balbay (Freshman PG) – 26.6 Asst Rate, 2.6 STL%, 100% improvement in TX halfcourt offense when he emerged as the team leader at PG
Potential NBA Draft Pick(s): Damion James (late 1st Rd, early 2nd)
Key Injuries: None
Depth: 28.4% bench minutes
Achilles Heel: 32.1% 3ptFG shooting
Will Make a Deep Run if…: Pittman and Balbay are 30+ minute per game players
Will Make an Early Exit if…: Foul trouble sends Pittman or Damion James to the bench for any extended amount of time.
NCAA History
Last Year Invited: 2007, South Regional Finalists (L, Memphis)
Streak 11 years
Best NCAA Finish: 2003, National Semifinalists (L, Syracuse)
Six Degrees to Detroit: None with this hoops team, but appropriately enough for a school disproportionately obsessed with its football, WR Roy Williams and NT Sean Rogers both "starred" for hapless Lions teams in Detroit, and Pro Bowl NT Casey Hampton won his first Super Bowl ring with the Pittsburgh Steelers at Ford Field.
Distance to First Round Site: 1,298 miles
School's Claim to Fame: The nation's largest university has too many to name
School Wishes It Could Forget: The tragic Charles Whitman shooting
Prediction: The 'Horns first round contest against Minnesota isn't being appreciated for the interesting match ups the two teams provide. I'll be watching how officials not used to Dexter Pittman officiate him with regards to fouls. If he picks up chippies, Texas is one and done. If he's out there for 30 minutes, the Longhorns are a legitimate threat to beat anyone in the East.
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Annual to tree
Leaves basal or cauline, alternate to whorled, simple to compound
Inflorescence: 1° inflorescence a head, each resembling a flower, 1many, generally arrayed in cymes, generally subtended by ± calyx-like involucre; flowers 1many per head
Flowers bisexual, unisexual, or sterile, ± small, of several types; calyx 0 or modified into pappus of bristles, scales, or awns, which is generally persistent in fruit; corolla radial or bilateral (rarely 0), lobes generally (0)45; stamens 45, anthers generally fused into cylinder around style, often appendaged at tips, bases, or both, filaments generally free, generally attached to corolla near throat; pistil 1, ovary inferior, 1-chambered, 1-seeded, style 1, branches 2, generally hair-tufted at tip, stigmas 2, generally on inside of style branches
Fruit: achene, cylindric to ovoid, generally deciduous with pappus attached
Genera in family: ± 1300 genera, 21,000 species (largest family of dicots): worldwide. Largest family in CA. Also see tribal key to CA genera: Strother 1997 Madroño 44(1):128. See glossary p. 25 for illustrations of general family characteristics.
Annual to tree-like, generally ± loosely hairy, becoming ± subglabrous; roots generally fibrous, branched
Stems generally 1few per rosette
Leaves alternate; lower generally petioled; middle generally weakly clasping; uppermost generally bract-like
Inflorescence often ± flat-topped; heads radiate or discoid, 1many; involucre cylindric to hemispheric; main phyllaries in 1 equal series (often subtended by few, much-reduced outer phyllaries)
Ray flowers 013; ligules generally yellow to orange
Disk flowers generally < 40; corolla generally ± yellow; style tips truncate to obtuse, generally hair-tufted
Fruit cylindric; ribs shallow, often stiff-hairy; pappus of thin, minutely barbed deciduous bristles ± = fruit body
Species in genus: ± 1500 species: worldwide; some cultivated, some of unusual form
Recent taxonomic note: *For revised taxonomy of Senecio, see Barkley 1999 Sida 18(3):661672.
Etymology: (Latin: old man, from white pappus)
Reference: [Barkley 1978 North America Flora II 10:50139]
Among largest genera of flowering plants.
Subshrub (may flower first year) 315+ dm, ± taprooted, arching-branched above, glabrous to woolly
Leaves thread-like, sometimes deeply divided into narrow segments, sometimes with axillary leaf clusters
Inflorescence: heads radiate, 310(20) per cluster; main phyllaries ± 13, sometimes 21, 510+ mm; outer phyllaries ± prominent
Ray flowers 8(13); ligules 1020 mm, ± yellow
Disk flowers < 40
Fruit soft-hairy
Chromosomes: 2n=40
Ecology: Dry, rocky or sandy sites
Elevation: < 2000 m.
Bioregional distribution: California Floristic Province (except North Coast, Klamath Ranges), East of Sierra Nevada, Desert
Distribution outside California: to Colorado, Texas, w&c Mexico
Plant generally appearing shrubby, generally persistently tomentose
Inflorescence: main phyllaries ± 21, 710 mm
Chromosomes: 2n=40
Ecology: Habitats of sp.
Elevation: < 1600 m.
Bioregional distribution: California Floristic Province (except North Coast, Klamath Ranges)
Distribution outside California: Baja California
Synonyms: S. douglasii DC. including var. tularensis Munz
Horticultural information: DRN, SUN: 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 &IRR: 11, 12, 13.


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SPRINGFIELD, Mass.-- Tucker Schumitz returned the opening kickoff for a 99-yard touchdown to set a school record, setting the tone for a Western New England University 50-14 victory Saturday over visiting Worcester State at Golden Bear Stadium in a cross-divisional matchup of New England Football Conference (NEFC) schools. Western New England won its second game in a row as Keith Emery becomes the Golden Bears winningest coach in the program's NCAA history. The Lancers, meanwhile, lost for the first time in three starts this season. Box Score
Schumitz's return was one of four scores made by the Golden Bears' special teams unit on the afternoon. His 99-yard return also is the longest of any play in the WNE record book, breaking the previous mark of a 98-yard TD interception by Philip Tsopanides versus Westfield State in 2010 and a 96-yard (TD) runback on a kickoff by Brian Luce against Curry in 2000. Nick Fox-Edele added field goals of 38 yards, 30 and 26.
The Golden Bears' defense did the rest, holding the NEFC's top rushing offense to just 37 yards on the ground--249 yards below its average after two games. The Lancers were also held far below its scoring average (42.0 ppg) and total offense (516 yards per game). Western New England linebacker Nathan Fleming led all players with 10 tackles, including four tackles for a loss of 18 yards and two sacks for 16. All told, WNE posted six sacks and three interceptions.
The defense got into the scoring knack as well, with Michael Graham returning an interception for 30 yards down the left sideline for a 24-7 lead in the second quarter and Andrew Treschitta rumbling 55 yards on a fumble recovery after sacking Corey Spencer for a 13-yard loss in the third. Graham also carried the ball four times for 18 yards.
Kemani Jones scored on a 1-yard plunge into the end zone to help Worcester State close within 10-7 with 1 minute and 40 seconds left in the first quarter. Jones also was on the receiving end of a 31-yard throw from Spencer with 33 seconds remaining in the first half. But in between, the Golden Bears took control of the game by scoring 17 unanswered points for a 27-14 lead going into the intermission.
Emery now owns a 41-33 record for a .554 winning percentage in eight seasons, surpassing Gerry Martin who won 40 games at the school from 1991 to 2004. Emery also becomes the first WNE coach ever to defeat Worcester State in five meetings.


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Karl Cordova, a 20-year veteran of the National Park Service (NPS), has been named superintendent of Pecos National Historical Park in northern New Mexico. Cordova will also oversee the administration of Fort Union National Monument in Watrous. He will assume his new post on July 15.
Cordova is currently the superintendent at Casa Grande Ruins and Hohokam Pima National Monuments in Coolidge, Ariz.
He has served in this position since July 2009.
The Sixth Annual Baby/Tiny Miss and Mister Las Vegas Pageant was held last month at West Las Vegas High School.
Twenty one girls and five boys competed for the titles in beauty in formal wear and personality in patriotic wear.
Mariah Devine Lujan won the title of Baby Miss Las Vegas 2014. She also won the title of Candid Princess and Best Personality. Lujan, 2, is the daughter of Robert and Crystal Lujan.
By Margaret McKinney
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Legendary Highlands University fine arts professor and renowned sculptor Harry Leippe will be honored at the Summer Alumni Reunion Friday.
The distinguished emeritus professor and longtime Las Vegas resident will be recognized at the alumni dinner at 6 p.m. in the ballroom of the Student Union Building at the northwest corner of National Avenue and 8th Street.
Leippe's 28-year tenure at Highlands began in 1962, during the university's visual arts renaissance.
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The "Stairway To Heaven" plagiarism saga is not over yet for Led Zeppelin.
Attorneys for the estate of the late Spirit guitarist Randy California have appealed last year's federal court ruling that Jimmy Page and Robert Plant were not guilty of copying Spirit's "Taurus" for opening portion of "Stairway."
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SEMINAR TITLE: "Improving the Health of Puget Sound by Improving your Underwater Images: Telling Stories that Matter"
TIME/DATE: Same workshop offered on both days: April 21 and 22 from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Tacoma Dive and Travel Expo, Tacoma Convention Center
DESCRIPTION: Sure your family and friends politely sit through your underwater slide and video shows, but when was the last time they were eager to see more? Who else gets to see your work? Did you ever want to see your images on KOMO TV or PBS? Now that you've mastered the technical aspects of underwater photography and video, take the next step to telling stories that matter.
Underwater filmmaker John F. Williams will talk about why stories are important and show lots of examples of how stories are incorporated into both still photos and video. He'll also show examples of how even simple stories can help preserve the health of the marine ecosystem that is such a large part of our world.
Photo/Video seminar at Tacoma Dive Expo
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The History of the Internal Market as a Technicalization of Politics and a Politicization of the TechnicalFrankel, Christian (, 2010)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8196
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Toward a Dynamic Property Rights PerspectiveFoss, Nicolai J.; Foss, Kirsten (Frederiksberg, 1998)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7851
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Toward a Dynamic Property Rights PerspectiveFoss, Kirsten; J. Foss, Nicolai (København, 1998)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: We discuss the relations between alternative conceptualizations of the market process - neoclassical, Austrian and radical subjectivist/evolutionary - and alternative approaches to economic organization, for example, nexus of contract theory, Williamsonian transaction cost economics and the dynamic transaction cost approach of Langlois and Robertson. We argue that there is a distinct need for more firmly grounding theories of economic organization in theories of the market process, and that key ideas of the more dynamic conceptualizations of the market are likely to substantially enrichen the theory of economic organization. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8102
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Some Indications of Rule-followingJukka Kaisla, Jukka (København, 1998)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper examines the nature of genuine uncertainty and rule-following behaviour and suggests some implications for the theory of the firm. The firm is seen here as emerging as a means to manage some of the experienced uncertainty. The nature of the firm is perceived as an evolving institution creating predictability both inside the firm and in the market. But because of the spontaneous nature of life-world, social processes remain open-ended. This subjectivist perspective cannot assign any particular premeditated purpose to the spontaneous order which emerges through the market process. The process is not kaleidic but nor is it considered to be moving toward increasing efficiency either. Rules and institutions provide predictability to the extent that novelties can be introduced to the process. Discoveries do not, however, only introduce new outcomes in the market process, they also change the rules of the game. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8100
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Foss, Nicolai Juul (København, 1998)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7262
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an explanationPatibandla, Murali; Phani, B.V. (København, 2001)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6527
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Promoting Rule Compliance and Good Governance PracticeGregoric, Aleksandra; Zajc, Katarina; Simoneti, Marko (København, 2007)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: The paper re-examines the concerns on the rule-based governance in poor institutional environment. By relying on the theories and research vehicles of social psychology, we show that under certain conditions, the 'law on books' may still play role in governing market transactions, even though no formal enforcement applies. We furthermore expose the potential of the Corporate Governance Code as the 'signaling device' and provide arguments as to why this potential may be even stronger in an environment with relatively weak institutions in comparison to the developed market economies. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6531
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Constructing and Organizing Biogas Markets Amid Fragility and ControversyBuchhorn, Adam (Frederiksberg, 2010)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This research project examines markets for biogas plants in Denmark, referred to simply as biogas markets, as a fragile and controversial process of framing and organizing by analyzing how unexpected events, called 'overflows', and controversies influence how markets frame biogas plants as a valuable economic good and ensure biogas plants are implemented through market transactions. Without well-constructed and well-organized markets these fundamental economic functions cannot take place. The overarching argument of the project is that to realize changing technical, political, and socio-economic intentions of biogas the market must be framed and organized to reframe and solve overflows and controversies that characterize biogas markets in Denmark. Otherwise, what we end up with are 'markets of good intentions'. Although they are rarely predicted and constitute the robustness as well as the source of the inevitable fragility and controversy of the market, it is essential to the framing of biogas plants as a valuable commodity and the completion of transactions, that overflows and controversies are addressed and internalized into the market assemblage. This involves identifying and rendering them debatable based on the calculations and other elements that underpin the alleged value of biogas and the actions of market actors... URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8048
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Møllgaard, Peter; Overgaard, Per Baltzer (København, 2001)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7567
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how institutional contexts matterHouman Andersen, Poul; Jesper, Norus (København, 2003)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: The paper has a dual purpose. First, we suggest that entrepreneurs in their establishment of new businesses draw on a range of pre-existing socially embedded routines for creating acceptance by their environment. Also they draw upon external resources that are used in patterning specific practices. This ability is treated as entrepreneurial assets. Secondly, we argue that the existence and patterning of these socially embedded routines used in new business development are contingent on the institutional context. We see the institutional context as complex and fragmented, composed and shaped by different institutional domains: the normative, the cognitive and the regulatory domain. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6724
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Marx og vidensøkonomien - en diskussion af arbejdsværditeoriens betydning for kritikken af arbejdslivet i den globale kapitalismeHansson, Finn (København, 2008)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Det er vanskeligt i dagens samfund ikke at betragte udtrykket "den uhyre vareophobning" som Marx i Kapitalens første kapitel (1970 1.1: 128/49)i bruger som det mest sigende udtryk for den samfundsmæssige rigdom, som en endog meget beskeden forudsigelse af en eksplosiv udvikling, som vi ser her fuldt udfoldet godt 150 år senere. Kapitalforholdets eksplosive dynamik, som Marx analyserede i sin vorden, har nu vist sig i sin fuldt udfoldede globale dynamisk, hvor dagens kapitalisme har bredt sig til alle områder i samfundet og alle dele af kloden. Debatten herom har dog i lang tid været præget af en række summariske og empirisk ufuldstændige antagelser om, hvad der er det unikt nye i dagens kapitalisme, ofte efterfulgt af en nærmest apriorisk afvisning af Marx' kritik som relevant for en kritisk forståelse af dagens kapitalisme. I modsætning til dette vil denne artikel undersøge om de modsætninger og problemer, som den nye kapitalisme skaber for lønarbejderne og se nærmere på om de med fordel kan analyseres ved at gå tilbage og videreudvikle de bidrag til analyse af det moderne lønarbejde under kapitalismen, som vi finder hos Marx og hermed bidrage til en systematisk samfundskritik af vilkårene for det moderne lønarbejde. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6433
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Becker, Lise (København, 2006)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This article contributes to the emerging body of work in organisational theory that seeks to include materiality in conceptualising processes of organizing (e.g. Law, 1994; Doolin, 2003; Czarniawska and Gustavsson, 2004; Dale, 2005). Using the four largest multinational oil companies' green transition towards renewable energies as a case the article integrates material aspects into the theory on the narration of organisational identities. Following Czarniawska (1997) the concept of organisational identity is viewed as an evolving organisational narrative. Following Law (1994) this organisational narrative is then conceptualised as a socio-technical narrative. The article describes how oil related technologies and their accompanying symbolic meaning and technical oil related standards can be conceptualised as part of the enduring aspects in oil companies' organisational identities. The article concludes to that end that both social and material aspects add to the endurance of organisational identities. Key words. Identity narration; materiality; greening of oil companies; climate change. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6701
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A Set Theoretical ApproachLaster Allan, Lasrado; Vatrapu, Ravi (Frederiksberg, 2016)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Recent advancements in set theory and readily available software have enabled social science researchers to bridge the variable-centered quantita-tive and case-based qualitative methodological paradigms in order to analyze multi-dimensional associations beyond the linearity assumptions, aggregate ef-fects, unicausal reduction, and case specificity. Based on the developments in set theoretical thinking in social sciences and employing methods like Qualita-tive Comparative Analysis (QCA), Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA), and set visualization techniques, in this position paper, we propose and demonstrate a new approach to maturity models in the domain of Information Systems. This position paper describes the set-theoretical approach to maturity models, presents current results and outlines future research work. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9356
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Lessons to be learned from the "hidden" committees of the Nordic Council of MinistersNedergaard, Peter (København, 2006)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: In spite of their long history and extensive activities, the international committees of the Nordic Council of Ministers have not hitherto been subject to scholarly examination. This paper demonstrates that valuable lessons can be learned about policy learning in practise and theoretically by analysing the cooperation in the committees of the Nordic Council of Ministers. Using the Advocacy Coalition Framework as the starting point, fifteen hypotheses on policy learning are tested. Among other things, it is concluded that in order to maximise policy learning in international committees, committees should avoid fragmentation into coalitions, be open to public opinion, participants in committees should be driven by a sense of purpose rather that material interest, empirical data should be made available to committees, a neutral presidency should be present in order to act as an authoritative persuader, and neutral scientists should participate, although not necessarily scientists from consultancy firms. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7353
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la Cour, Lisbeth; Møllgaard, Peter (København, 2002)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6792
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Pedersen, Torben; Sharma, Deo; Petersen, Bent (København, 2001)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This large-scale study explores the performance implications of different combinations of knowledge sourcing and transfer mechanisms of multinational corporations (MNCs). The focus is on transfer of internationalization knowledge. After having acquired knowledge in foreign markets, the MNCs face a choice as to the mechanism used for transferring this knowledge to other units of the corporation. MNCs can use "rich communication media" that are able to transfer experiential knowledge as acquired originally. Alternatively, the MNCs may aim to codify the knowledge in written media in order to transfer it to other units. A wrong choice of transfer mechanism may result in unnecessarily high communication costs or impaired quality of the knowledge subject to transfer. On the basis of data on Danish MNCs the performance implications of the transfer mechanism choice is examined. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6890
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a review of some portfolio selection criteria of Elton, Gruber and PadbergAstrup Jensen, Bjarne (København, 2001)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7186
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Björk, Tomas; Murgoci, Agatha; Zhou, Xun Yu (, 2009)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: The objective of this paper is to study the mean–variance portfolio optimization in continuous time. Since this problem is time inconsistent we attack it by placing the problem within a game theoretic framework and look for subgame perfect Nash equilibrium strategies. This particular problem has already been studied in [2] where the authors assumed a con- stant risk aversion parameter. This assumption leads to an equilibrium control where the dollar amount invested in the risky asset is independent of current wealth, and we argue that this result is unrealistic from an eco- nomic point of view. In order to have a more realistic model we instead study the case when the risk aversion depends dynamically on current wealth. This is a substantially more complicated problem than the one with constant risk aversion but, using the general theory of time inconsis- tent control developed in [4], we provide a fairly detailed analysis on the general case. In particular, when the risk aversion is inversely proportional to wealth, we provide an analytical solution where the equilibrium dollar amount invested in the risky asset is proportional to current wealth. The equilibrium for this model thus appears more reasonable than the one for the model with constant risk aversion. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9097
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The Influence of Self-tracking on the User ExperienceSjöklint, Mimmi (Frederiksberg, 2015)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: The proliferation of technological enhancements has fundamentally changed the relationship between the individual and technology. One particular change is the increased dispersion of technology in everyday experiences through personalized information technology (IT), such as smartphones, laptops, tablets and wearable technology. This development has brought about the rise of experiential computing, which refers to the "mediation of embodied experiences in every day activities through everyday artifacts that have embedded computing capabilities" (Yoo, 2010, p.213; Jain, 2003). The emphasis is thus placed on the relationship that occurs between the user and technology as the lived experience is mediated to the user through data dashboard. This potentially transformative relationship is both intimate and complex and spurs the research interest, which asks how the user is influenced by the exposure to personal data captured by experiential computing devices and how it alters the perception of personal performance. One type of activity stemming from the dispersion of experiential computing is self-tracking. Self-tracking is a way for the user to capture and measure intimate details of the self, by using IT to collect, index and analyze personal data on life experiences. For example, the user might use an activity tracker, like the Jawbone UP, to gather numerical data on daily step and sleep activity. The exposure to this data may transform or distort the way the user initially perceived the activity by getting a new visual expression of what has occurred. To better understand the user's reaction and counter-reactions to using experiential tools, this research suggests placing the focus on the user and analyzing it through a behavioral economics perspective. This is done by conducting empirical studies with a mixed method approach. The first study is a field study that investigates the influence on performance and perception by wearing a self-tracking device. The second study is an in-depth interview study that studies experienced self-trackers by exploring further into the perceptions of the user. This dissertation contributes to a deeper understanding of how the self-tracking user is affected by the use of experiential computing devices and the subsequent exposure to personal data. The findings suggest that the user's analysis steps and sleep performance goes through a complex reflective process after the exposure to data that influences the perception of the initial experience. When this process involves unsatisfactory data, the user will reject the data and adopts coping tactics. The coping tactics are dismissal, procrastination, selective attention and intentional neglect. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9222
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Resume: Three varieties of institutionalism currently dominate International Business studies: new institutional economics, new organizational institutionalism, and comparative historical institutionalism. Yet currently applied measures of institutional country distance predominantly build on the thought of the first two strands of institutionalism. This paper sets out to address this underrepresentation of comparative historical institutional thought in currently available measures of institutional distance. Building on Whitley's business systems framework, a measure of institutional distance is developed and validated which captures intrinsic, substantive institutional differences in economic organization, rather than differences in institutional effectiveness. The results of the two-stage cluster analysis used to validate the selected indicators closely approximate the business systems typology, which is both indicative of the validity of this measure and of the distinctiveness of the business system types that make up the business system framework. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7946
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30-Jun-2001 -- I have been following the confluence hunt for a few months now and all the points near my home have been quickly gobbled up, so my wife Libby and I decided to take advantage of a trip up north the give it a go.
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My biggest goal in life is to be a lawyer so I was SUPER excited to hear I might be able to work as a runner for a family friend's law firm. It will be over the summer (I will be 15 by then). I know roughly what a runner is but I don't know what to expect for someone my age, such as the importance of the jobs or how busy it might be. I'm just afraid I might mess up. Again, this job is really important to me because it would be great to put on a resume that I started working at a law firm at 15. I just need a general idea of how a small, private law firm runs and what it takes to be a runner.


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Micah Schachinger Hill described her journey to become a naturalized U.S. citizen for fellow members of the Kinston Rotary Club on Thursday.
A native of the Bahamas, the daughter of an Austrian father and British mother, Hill came to the United States at the age of 6 and settled with her family in Virginia. She graduated from Virginia Tech and has lived in Kinston twice, separated by a stint in Atlanta. She and her husband, Al, own and operate Onslow Container Service. She�s been a citizen for five years.
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By DAVID MURPHY
The notion of a platoon sounds great on paper, which is why managers are so often confronted with questions about them. And there's a reason why the general reaction of said managers is to recoil in disgust, to deny the existence or contemplation of anything resembling the platoon in question. Because managers know that games aren't played on paper, or in a vacuum, and when you start to consider the logistics of platoons in actual game situations, particularly National League game situations, you realize their drawbacks.
For starters, let's be clear: regardless of what you want to call the staffing situation at a given position, the success or failure of said position is going to decided largely on the personnel's ability to hit right-handed pitching. Last year, 70.2 percent of the Phillies' 6,172 plate appearances came against right-handed pitching. Because, obviously, the vast majority of pitchers are right-handed. So when you talk about a platoon, you are really talking about a rotation where, in a vacuum, one player is expected to garner three-quarters of the playing time. And in a true platoon, that hitter is the left-handed hitter. Which, in the Phillies case, is Domonic Brown in right field and, apparently, Laynce Nix in left field.
The relevant numbers. . .
Laynce Nix, career vs. right-handed pitching
Domonic Brown, career vs. right-handed pitching
So in vacuum-sealed platoon, with every right-handed pitcher opposed by the left-handed piece of the platoon, then nearly three-quarters of the Phillies' at-bats at left and right field would be taken by players who thus far have been just below league average during their careers.
For those wondering, Nate Schierholtz's career numbers against righties are .266/.319/.413, .732 OPS, 21 HRs, 1,098 plate appearances, which is probably why the Phillies decided to non-tender him (doesn't make sense to pay $2.25 million for a third replica of the same left-handed hitter, although he did post an OPS of .800+ against RHP in each of his last two seasons and is a regarded as a better defender than Brown and Nix).
Long story short, the first draw back of the platoonish situation the Phillies are considering is that, in a vacuum, nearly 75 percent of their at-bats would still go to the player with the weaker platoon splits (compared with Darin Ruf and John Mayberry Jr.).
The second drawback, as we noted earlier, is that platoons are not executed in a vacuum. They are executed in game situations, and in a league where the pitcher is part of the batting lineup and in an era where teams carry two and sometimes three lefty specialists in their bullpens, a manager can often find his hands tied in the final few innings of his game.
Consider the following scenario in which the Phillies face Braves righty Tim Hudson on Opening Day.
Given the current personnel situation, with Laynce Nix and Darin Ruf platooning in left field and Domonic Brown and a right-handed bat TBD platooning in right field (John Mayberry at this point, although I still would be mildly surprised if the Phillies don't end up adding somebody else), the Opening Day personnel distribution would look something like this:
Starting Lineup:
- Ben Revere LHB
- Michael Young RHB
- Chase Utley LHB
- Ryan Howard LHB
- Erik Kratz RHB
- Domonic Brown LHB
- Jimmy Rollins SHB
- Laynce Nix LHB
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- Darin Ruf RHB
- John Mayberry Jr. RHB
- Kevin Frandsen RHB
- Free Agent TBD, RHB
- Humberto Quintero C/RHB
Now, let's say that Hudson makes it through six innings, then is replaced at the start of the seventh by lefty Eric O'Flaherty with Chase Utley leading off. The score is tied at 3-3. O'Flaherty, who has held lefties to a .203/.265/.271 line in his career, gets to face Utley, who hit .215/.324/.355 vs. lefties in 2012 and .187/.298/.308 against them in 2011. Then O'Flaherty gets to face Ryan Howard (.173/.226/.378 vs. lefties in 2012, .224/.285/.347 vs. lefties in 2011).
Now, let's say the Braves leave O'Flaherty in to face Kratz. And let's say Kratz doubles off of him. The Phillies have the go-ahead run at second base with two out. But the next three batters in the order are Brown (.586 vs. LHP in his career), Rollins (.609 OPS and .612 OPS vs. LHP in 2011 and 2012) and Nix (.506 vs. LHP in his career).
Manuel pinch-hits righty Mayberry or Ruf for Brown. The Braves counter by bringing in righty Jordan Walden. The Phillies have the opportunity to counter with another pinch-hitter. Problem is, they don't have a lefty available on the bench, because both of their left-handed hitting outfielders are in the starting lineup.
This is just an example of the late-game problems that the Phillies could encounter by stacking their starting lineup with lefties. Frankly, if they really are entertaining the idea of straight platoons in left and right field, they might be better off pursuing a left-handed hitting outfielder rather than a right-handed hitting outfielder, since they already have three righties on the bench (four if you count Quintero, the back-up catcher until Carlos Ruiz returns from suspension). Either that, or sign both a lefty and a righty and part ways with Mayberry, although that would leave them without an obvious back-up option in center field. The other option is to sign a left-handed hitting outfielder with the intent of keeping three catchers (and, thus, six bench players) once Ruiz returns, allowing Kratz to be the right-handed power bat on the bench.
Of course, I don't expect the Phillies to operate on a straight platoon basis, particularly in left field. What will likely end up happening is a situation similar to the one we laid out at the start of this post. The media will try its hardest to get Manuel and Amaro to label themselves as fielding two platoons, and Manuel and Amaro will twist their faces in disgust and insist that they hate the word platoon, and Manuel will simply end up riding the hot hand regardless of said hand's dominance.
That, of course, assumes that there is a hot hand. Which brings us back to the reality of where the Phillies find themselves with barely more than a month to go before spring training. It is a reality they played with last year, heading into the season hoping that the combination of Nix, John Mayberry Jr. and Juan Pierre would yield a hand hot enough to compensate for the numerous other questions in the lineup. Now, they have that situation in both left field and right field, which really means that they are counting on at least one of Ruf or Brown to establish himself as a legitimate every day corner outfielder. Both have the potential, but keep in mind that the organization did not even think enough of Ruf to promote him to the majors before September, when a player along the lines of what they will need him to be in 2013 would have dramatically helped their late bid for a 2012 postseason spot. And while I do not believe that Brown has been given enough of an extended opportunity to merit a judgment on his future, he certainly does not merit the benefit of the doubt, at least not on a team with a $170 million payroll and championship aspirations.
In neglecting the corner outfield positions in each of the last two offseasons -- post-2011 was the crucial one, when bats like Josh Willingham, Jason Kubel, David DeJesus and even Carlos Beltran could have been acquired for a fraction of what similar players were costing in this year's free agent market -- the Phillies have decided to enter 2013 with two huge question marks at two hugely important offensive positions. And that leaves them little room for error in places like center field, where Ben Revere has shown promise but has yet to reach a 2012 Juan Pierre level on offense, or third base, where 36-year-old Michael Young is being counted on to rebound from the worst season of his career (while also staying healthy), or second base, where Chase Utley is hopeful to play more than four months for the first time since 2010, or first base, where Ryan Howard is assumed to have finally recovered from the Achilles surgery that cost him half of last season, the domino effect of which was blamed for numbers that dropped even more precipitously than was suggested by the gradual decline he had experienced over the previous few seasons.
The Phillies willingness to assume all of this offensive risk means they are once again highly-leveraged on the pitching side of things, where 36-year-old Roy Halladay is being expected to return to his pre-2012 levels and 28-year-old Kyle Kendrick is being expected to prove that he has finally become a consistent pitcher who can hold his own against lefties and miss a bat or two, at least to the point where, between Kendrick and John Lannan, the Phillies do not find themselves handing the ball to a fringe No. 5 starter two out of every five days.
The question isn't whether the Phillies can contend for a World Series with an offense that features rotations in left field and right field. The question is whether it is prudent to add that question to a roster that already features a slew of them. Because as we have seen the past few seasons, a baseball team is almost guaranteed to get one or two answers wrong over the course of a 162-game schedule.


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