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The film and music businesses couldn't stop file-sharing, but the porn industry has a plan to drive piracy into the shadows in 15 months or less. Can DogFart, Lords of Porn, and Naughty Bank succeed where others have failed?
They certainly hope so. To that end, a company called Pink Visual rounded up a huge collection of porn studios and lawyers for a "content protection retreat" (CPR) in Tucson last week, one designed to get the industry working together on an anti-P2P strategy. CPR was designed to "revive" the business, and backers hope hope they can "significantly reduce digital piracy of adult content and to effectively drive those who engage in adult content piracy completely underground by January 2012."
The event was secretive enough that the location and agenda weren't revealed publicly, but we do know that lawyers engaged in widespread "Doe" litigation against anonymous file-swappers were present to make their case. These firms included Media Copyright Group, the Minneapolis/Chicago company that recently brought large-scale porn litigation to the heartland (and which is represented in federal court by a family law attorney with little discernible practice in intellectual property cases).
The industry routinely claims that it is being decimated by piracy—it's even worse off than the mainstream film business. (In 2007, the now-defunct Portfolio did a terrific piece on this, called "Obscene Losses.") In part, that's due to the huge (indeed, record-setting) box office numbers put up by theaters in the last few years. Porn, which is highly dependent on individual sales to home users, doesn't have the theatrical revenue stream and is therefore more at risk from the free Flash-based "tube" sites that now cater to every kind of fetish. These sites, modeled after YouTube, are awash in copyrighted content.
At the CPR event in the Arizona desert, Pink Visual did reveal that several studios have agreed go after both the tube sites and large torrent trackers. (The porn industry's Free Speech Coalition has for some time pressured tube sites to adopt content-screening technology.)
But when it comes to suing end users, porn studios are as divided as every other content industry. We've seen numerous studios sue thousands of anonymous Does over the last few months, apparently taking a cue from the US Copyright Group's 14,000+ lawsuits against indie film pirates. Several of the companies involved in this new wave of litigation were at the CPR event, but others believe it's simply counterproductive to sue fans and have refused to do so.
Such lawsuits have had limited success when it comes to music and movies, but pornographers might be in a better position to coax people into settling quickly for a few thousand dollars. As Pink Visual president Allison Vivas told the Agence France Presse in September, "It seems like it will be quite embarrassing for whichever user ends up in a lawsuit about using a popular shemale title. When it comes to private sexual fantasies and fetishes, going public is probably not worth the risk that these torrent and peer-to-peer users are taking."
While the short-term goal of such suits may be to tap a new revenue source, the long-term challenge is retraining people who now believe that porn should be free. The music industry has had some success with this thanks to lower prices (especially 99 cent iTunes downloads, which redefined digital music pricing); the movie and TV businesses are seeing at least some success with cheap subscriptions (Netflix) or free, ad-supported streaming (Hulu). But in an Internet that's awash in porn and a limited pool of shemale-porn-friendly advertisers, the pornographers may have a hard time pulling in the profits.


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Voters in New York City are waiting to see whether Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio reached the 40 percent point that would avoid an Oct. 1 runoff with challenger William Thompson.
With about 98 percent of precincts having reported the results from Tuesday's voting, our colleagues at WNYC say that de Blasio has 40.19 percent of the vote to Thompson's 26.04 percent.
If de Blasio is declared the winner, he would face Republican Joe Lhota in November.
The story from Tuesday's voting that's getting as much or more attention than the wait to see who will be the Democratic mayoral nominee, though, is the way former Rep. Anthony Weiner departed the race.
Weiner, who lost his job in Congress over a 2011 sexting scandal, had at one time been leading his fellow Democrats in the race for this year's mayoral nomination. But another sexting scandal sent his poll numbers plummeting. On Tuesday, he ended up with only about 5 percent of the votes.
Gawker tracks the rather sordid story of Weiner's night Tuesday — from a concession speech in which he didn't mention his wife, to the appearance of the woman who revealed he'd still been sexting after leaving Congress, to Weiner's one-finger (you know which one) "salute" to a reporter as he left the scene.
As CNN says, "the now-immortalized final moment of Anthony Weiner's failed New York mayoral campaign was the candidate's middle finger."
Also in New York City on Tuesday, the other candidate trying to make a comeback from a sex scandal failed in his bid for electoral redemption. Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who resigned from office in 2008 after it became known that he'd been a customer of high-priced prostitutes, lost his bid for the Democratic nomination to be the city's comptroller.
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Women who had multiple abortions before giving birth to a first child were more likely to have that child very prematurely or to deliver a child with a low birth weight, according to one of the first large-scale studies to look at the issue.
The study, whose results appear in the European journal Human Reproduction, examined more than 300,000 first-born children in Finland between 1996 and 2008. Finland is suited for studies on abortion because it keeps detailed records on both abortion and childbirth.
Researchers from the University of Helsinki found that, similar to previous, smaller studies, having had an abortion prior to giving birth for the first time is associated with a risk of low birth weight or giving birth prematurely. But that risk is very small.
For women who have had three or more abortions, however, the risks appear to be more likely, the study found.
Specifically, the authors found the risk for having a baby born very premature (earlier than 28 weeks) was only statistically significant for women who'd previously had two abortions or more. Women who'd had three or more abortions were a third more likely to deliver a first baby earlier than 37 weeks, 43 percent more likely to have a baby with a low birth weight and twice as likely to have a baby with a very low birth weight.
But the researchers caution that many caveats come along with the study. One is that because it is observational, in that it looked only at medical records, comparing the birth outcomes for women with varying number of abortions.
"No matter how large and well-controlled, it only shows there is a link between abortion and some adverse birth outcomes," said lead author Reija Klemetti, an epidemiologist at the National Institute for Health and Welfare in Helsinki. "It cannot prove that abortions are the cause."
Klemetti and her coauthors suggest that even though they tried to control for women's socioeconomic status, there could be some connection with women's lifestyles, habits and sexual or reproductive health.
Klemetti also said that the risk needs to be put in perspective. "Our results suggest that induced abortions before the first birth, particularly three or more abortions, are associated with a marginally increased risk during the first birth," she said. "However, the increased risk is very small, particularly after only one or even two abortions, and women should not be alarmed by our findings."
Editor's note:Several readers wondered if the study includes all types of abortions, including "spontaneous abortions," also known as miscarriages. It does not. The researchers considered only "induced abortions," or those performed with the intention of terminating a pregnancy.
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Josh Bowers joined the law faculty in 2008 as an associate professor of law. His primary teaching and research interests are in the areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, legal theory and constitutional law. Bowers has written numerous articles, essays and book chapters on police and prosecutorial discretion, plea bargaining, misdemeanor enforcement and adjudication, drug courts, drug policy reform, life without parole, capital punishment, grand juries, pretrial release and the right to counsel. His work has been published in several books and journals, including the Columbia Law Review, the Stanford Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, the UCLA Law Review and the Virginia Law Review. He is a member of numerous professional organizations, including the American Law Institute, the Board of the Legal Aid Justice Center, the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference and The Bronx Defenders 25th Anniversary Alumni Committee. Previously, he served as Lead Reporter for the Uniform Law Commission's "Alternatives to Bail" Committee and was a founding member of the Police Civilian Review Board for the City of Charlottesville.
Bowers attended New York University School of Law, where he was a notes editor of the New York University Law Review and graduated Order of the Coif. After law school, he clerked for Judge Dennis Jacobs of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He practiced law as an associate for Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason & Silberberg P.C., a boutique white-collar criminal defense firm, and also as a staff attorney for the Bronx Defenders, a community-based public defender organization. From 2006-08, he was a Bigelow Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School.


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A gem carat equals 200 milligrams, and there are 142 carats to every ounce. A carat is composed of one hundred points. Jewelers evaluate a diamond's carat weight by using an exceptionally sensitive metric scale that measures weight in points. So, a 1/4 carat diamond is also called a 25 point diamond. Because large diamonds are extremely rare -- and diamonds over one carat in size are becoming increasingly so -- every tiny increase in weight can result in a big increase in market value. Generally speaking, the larger the diamond, the higher the price. Even a large diamond that has so-so color and clarity will cost more than a smaller but finer diamond, simply because the larger ones are scarce.
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The jacquard motifs (the demonstration is coming) have been fun to chart and work. Between the Japonaisérie kimono and this piece, which in places resembles a Persian carpet, I seem to be in the midst of an Orientalist phase. My Lebanese blood rising to the surface, no doubt.
Perhaps at Christmas I'll present Abigail with a Baby's First Hookah from the Beirut branch of FAO Schwarz.
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I'm pleased as punch to announce not one but two more 1,000 Knitters shoots. I simply can't get enough.
October 13: Yarn Con Chicago
I'm delighted to have been asked to participate in Yarn Con, a gathering in Pulaski Park for yarn and those who love it. There will be workshops, demonstrations, and of course a vendor's market. The vendor list is interesting; it seems that this will be a chance for a lot of smaller and/or local producers and retailers to get their stuff out there.
For more information about the event, you can visit the Yarn Con Web site.
October 26: My Sister's Knits, Chicago
And then I'll be spending a very cozy Friday evening on October 26 from 5–8 p.m. at My Sister's Knits on the South Side. I'm a north sider, so this will be a great adventure for me. (I consider Hyde Park to be downstate.)These aren't all the shoots in the works, just the two confirmed. I'm hoping take advantage of several offers to travel outside the borders of Illinois soon.
I just realized that I had switched off the function on Ravelry that tells me when somebody marks me as a friend. So if you did so and were met with apparent stony silence, that's why. It's not because I'm an uppity, mean snob. There are heaps of things I ignore because I'm an uppity, mean snob, but Ravelers aren't among them.
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I won't be at Rhinebeck, alas. But look who's been invited to be a spokesmodel for the second year in a row.
That darling Stitchy McYarnpants, who curates the Museum of Kitschy Stitches, has once again decided to host Rhinebeck Blogger Bingo. Complete, titillating details are here.
While I'm unspeakably bummed out that I won't be there, at least Dolores is getting legitimate work for a change. I asked her if there were any chance she might visit the shearing tent while she's out there and she said it depends on who's doing the shearing. Fine time for her to get fussy.
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git-pack-objects - Create a packed archive of objectsSYNOPSIS
git pack-objects [-q | --progress | --all-progress] [--all-progress-implied] [--no-reuse-delta] [--delta-base-offset] [--non-empty] [--local] [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N] [--revs [--unpacked | --all]*] [--stdout | base-name] [--keep-true-parents] < object-list
Reads list of objects from the standard input, and writes a packed archive with specified base-name, or to the standard output.
A packed archive is an efficient way to transfer a set of objects between two repositories as well as an access efficient archival format. In a packed archive, an object is either stored as a compressed whole or as a difference from some other object. The latter is often called a delta.
The packed archive format (.pack) is designed to be self-contained so that it can be unpacked without any further information. Therefore, each object that a delta depends upon must be present within the pack.
A pack index file (.idx) is generated for fast, random access to the objects in the pack. Placing both the index file (.idx) and the packed archive (.pack) in the pack/ subdirectory of $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY (or any of the directories on $GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES) enables git to read from the pack archive.
The git unpack-objects command can read the packed archive and expand the objects contained in the pack into "one-file one-object" format; this is typically done by the smart-pull commands when a pack is created on-the-fly for efficient network transport by their peers.
- Write into a pair of files (.pack and .idx), using <base-name> to determine the name of the created file. When this option is used, the two files are written in <base-name>-<SHA1>.{pack,idx} files. <SHA1> is a hash of the sorted object names to make the resulting filename based on the pack content, and written to the standard output of the command.
- Write the pack contents (what would have been written to .pack file) out to the standard output.
- Read the revision arguments from the standard input, instead of individual object names. The revision arguments are processed the same way as git rev-list with the --objects flag uses its commit arguments to build the list of objects it outputs. The objects on the resulting list are packed.
- This implies --revs. When processing the list of revision arguments read from the standard input, limit the objects packed to those that are not already packed.
- This implies --revs. In addition to the list of revision arguments read from the standard input, pretend as if all refs under refs/ are specified to be included.
- Include unasked-for annotated tags if the object they reference was included in the resulting packfile. This can be useful to send new tags to native git clients.
--window=[N], --depth=[N]
- These two options affect how the objects contained in the pack are stored using delta compression. The objects are first internally sorted by type, size and optionally names and compared against the other objects within --window to see if using delta compression saves space. --depth limits the maximum delta depth; making it too deep affects the performance on the unpacker side, because delta data needs to be applied that many times to get to the necessary object. The default value for --window is 10 and --depth is 50.
- This option provides an additional limit on top of --window; the window size will dynamically scale down so as to not take up more than N bytes in memory. This is useful in repositories with a mix of large and small objects to not run out of memory with a large window, but still be able to take advantage of the large window for the smaller objects. The size can be suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". --window-memory=0 makes memory usage unlimited, which is the default.
- Maximum size of each output pack file. The size can be suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". The minimum size allowed is limited to 1 MiB. If specified, multiple packfiles may be created. The default is unlimited, unless the config variable pack.packSizeLimit is set.
- This flag causes an object already in a local pack that has a .keep file to be ignored, even if it it would have otherwise been packed.
- This flag causes an object already in a pack to be ignored even if it would have otherwise been packed.
- This flag causes an object that is borrowed from an alternate object store to be ignored even if it would have otherwise been packed.
- Only create a packed archive if it would contain at least one object.
- Progress status is reported on the standard error stream by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
- When --stdout is specified then progress report is displayed during the object count and compression phases but inhibited during the write-out phase. The reason is that in some cases the output stream is directly linked to another command which may wish to display progress status of its own as it processes incoming pack data. This flag is like --progress except that it forces progress report for the write-out phase as well even if --stdout is used.
- This is used to imply --all-progress whenever progress display is activated. Unlike --all-progress this flag doesncqt actually force any progress display by itself.
- This flag makes the command not to report its progress on the standard error stream.
- When creating a packed archive in a repository that has existing packs, the command reuses existing deltas. This sometimes results in a slightly suboptimal pack. This flag tells the command not to reuse existing deltas but compute them from scratch.
- This flag tells the command not to reuse existing object data at all, including non deltified object, forcing recompression of everything. This implies --no-reuse-delta. Useful only in the obscure case where wholesale enforcement of a different compression level on the packed data is desired.
- Specifies compression level for newly-compressed data in the generated pack. If not specified, pack compression level is determined first by pack.compression, then by core.compression, and defaults to -1, the zlib default, if neither is set. Add --no-reuse-object if you want to force a uniform compression level on all data no matter the source.
- Create a "thin" pack by omitting the common objects between a sender and a receiver in order to reduce network transfer. This option only makes sense in conjunction with --stdout.
Note: A thin pack violates the packed archive format by omitting required objects and is thus unusable by git without making it self-contained. Use git index-pack --fix-thin (see git-index-pack(1)) to restore the self-contained property.
- A packed archive can express base object of a delta as either 20-byte object name or as an offset in the stream, but older version of git does not understand the latter. By default, git pack-objects only uses the former format for better compatibility. This option allows the command to use the latter format for compactness. Depending on the average delta chain length, this option typically shrinks the resulting packfile by 3-5 per-cent.
- Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best delta matches. This requires that pack-objects be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window is however multiplied by the number of threads. Specifying 0 will cause git to auto-detect the number of CPUcqs and set the number of threads accordingly.
- This is intended to be used by the test suite only. It allows to force the version for the generated pack index, and to force 64-bit index entries on objects located above the given offset.
- With this option, parents that are hidden by grafts are packed nevertheless.
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1 tablespoon agave nectar or simple syrup
Cut the dragon fruit in half. Scoop out the flesh. Reserve the halves for serving, if desired. Freeze the halves until you are ready to fill them (to help them maintain their shape). Meanwhile, place the pulp in the blender along with the water, lime juice and agave nectar. Pulse until smooth. Pour into an ice cream maker and churn until frozen. Spoon into halves and serve. If you are not ready to eat, spoon the sorbet into the halves, wrap each half tightly in plastic wrap then freeze until serving.
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Dragon fruit has a subtle, not too sweet taste that is great in a sorbet. It is totally refreshing on a hot day.
You could serve it in a bowl, but it is very easy to scoop the flesh out and leave the skin intact so why not use it? The outside of the fruit is so attractive and distinctive it really elevates a simple dessert to something special.
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How to pick a dragon fruit: The thin skin should have a bright color and when you press it, it should give like a slightly ripe avocado. The seeds are similar to that of a kiwifruit so they are totally edible.


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text: Toddlers are learning to navigate their world, communicate, and control some parts of their lives. They don't actually have control over much, but eating is one of the first areas they will master. Parents can help them enjoy their limited power by giving them appropriate amounts of freedom when it comes to choosing foods and eating them. That's not to say toddlers are deciding what to have for dinner. Parents have the important job of providing the kinds of foods that an active toddler needs. A parent's role is to present healthy foods and let a child decide which ones to eat — or whether to eat at all. Parents can steer a toddler toward healthy eating, but might have to do it in a crafty way. By anticipating problems and offering choices, parents teach kids which behaviors will yield positive results and which ones won't. Here's how to turn common concerns into opportunities to teach healthy eating habits. Most Toddlers Are Picky Eaters Many toddlers express their budding independence through eating — or not eating, as the case may be. So nearly all toddlers could be described as picky eaters. If kids don't like a food, they won't eat it — no rocket science there. Does your toddler want to eat only macaroni and cheese? When a child is stuck on one food, a parent might feel forced to serve that food every day so the child eats something. But eventually the child may tire of that food — and then what? You choose the foods on your toddler's plate — and you don't have to serve macaroni and cheese daily. If you do, you miss an opportunity to introduce new foods and increase the number of those your child is willing to eat. Most of these "food jags" won't last long if parents don't give in to them. Kids won't starve, but they will learn to be more flexible rather than go hungry. Present a variety of healthy foods — including established favorites and some new foods — to make up the menu. Your toddler may surprise you one day by eating all of them. Your toddler doesn't like green beans the first time around? Don't stop serving them. Kids are naturally slow to accept new tastes and textures, so keep reintroducing the beans. Serve a small portion and encourage your child to try a bite without nagging or forcing. And be sure you're setting a good example! Serve nutritious foods that you like or eat something new so your kids see you enjoying what you're asking them to eat. Don't Bargain for Bites You want your child to eat the spinach you serve; your child drops it on the floor. Your well-meaning impulse may be to start talking up nutritious foods, saying how big and strong spinach will make your child. Or you might start bargaining: "Well, if you eat three more bites, I'll give you a cookie." The problem is that these tactics don't work in the long run. Who hasn't used the line about spinach making you strong? But this approach may build dislike for the healthy food rather than acceptance. This doesn't mean you shouldn't teach kids about the benefits of healthy foods, but don't push too much by celebrating every bite of spinach your toddler eats or disapproving when he or she refuses. For some kids, dinner becomes a negotiation session from the very start, and parents have been using dessert as an incentive for decades. But this doesn't encourage healthy eating. Instead it creates the impression that "treats" are more valuable than mealtime food. Foods like candy and cookies are not essential to a child's diet and it's not a deprivation to not serve them during the toddler years. Threatening a punishment, much like bribing a child with dessert, ultimately isn't effective either. It creates a power struggle. To encourage healthy eating, continue offering your child an array of nutritious choices — and keep the mealtime mood upbeat. Also try these tips: Serve right-sized portions. Parents often overestimate how much food a child should eat. Especially with foods that aren't yet favorites, a couple of tablespoons is plenty to start with. Small portions are less overwhelming, while bigger portions may encourage overeating. Don't negotiate. It's fine to encourage kids to "try one bite" but don't fall into the negotiating trap. Prepare and serve healthy meals and let them decide what to eat. Have family meals together. Set your toddler's place at the family table — it's good for kids of this age to see their parents and siblings eating together and eating healthy foods. Kids eat a more nutritious diet, with more fruits and vegetables, when they regularly have family meals. Create positive peer pressure. Toddlers are more likely to eat fruits and vegetables if they see their peers eating them, so look for opportunities where they can eat healthy with friends. Let Kids Feed Themselves Kids should start finger feeding around 9 months of age and try using utensils by 15-18 months. Provide many opportunities for this, but make sure your toddler eats enough so that the experience doesn't lead to frustration. Jump in to help when necessary, but pay attention to hunger cues and signs that your child is full. You can always offer more if your child still seems hungry, but you can't take the food back if you overfeed. When you're controlling the fork or spoon, resist the urge to slip in one more bite. And as your toddler gets the hang of eating, step back and let your child take over. Some parents think that not letting kids feed themselves is for the best, but it takes away control that rightfully belongs to kids at this age. They need to decide whether to eat, what they will eat, and how much to eat — this is how they learn to recognize the internal cues that tell them when they're hungry and when they're full. Just as important, toddlers need to learn and practice the mechanics of feeding themselves. Listen to Your Child Be alert to what toddlers say through their actions. A child who is building a tower of crackers or dropping carrots on the floor may be telling you he or she is full. Pushing food on a child who's not hungry may dull the internal cues that help kids know when they've eaten enough. But this doesn't mean that it's practical or advisable for kids to eat on demand all day long. Those who eat all day may not learn what it is like to be hungry or full. That's why structured meals and snack times are important. Kids can manage their hunger when they come to expect that food will be available during certain times of the day. If a child chooses not to eat anything at all, simply offer food again at the next meal or snack time. Can Kids Skip a Meal? Many toddlers need to eat often — as much as six times a day, including three meals and two or three snacks. Keep this in mind as you establish a pattern of meal and snacks. But realize that a food schedule only sets the times that you will present food to your toddler. Your child may not take every opportunity to eat. Allowing kids to skip a meal is a difficult concept because many of us were raised to clean our plates and not waste food. But kids should be allowed to respond to their own hunger cues, a vital skill when it comes to maintaining a healthy weight. That means eating when hungry — and sometimes not eating, even if it's time for Thanksgiving dinner. Set times for meals and snacks and try to stick to them. A child who skips a meal finds it reassuring to know when to expect the next one. Avoid offering snacks or pacifying hungry kids with cups of milk or juice right before a meal — this can diminish their appetite and decrease their willingness to try a new food being offered. Avoid the Junk Food Trap Toddlers need to eat healthy to get the nutrients their growing bodies need. Candy, potato chips, and other low-nutrient "junk foods" shouldn't be part of their diet because they can crowd out the healthy foods needed. Also, food preferences are established early in life, so don't miss opportunities to help your toddler develop a taste for nutritious foods. Even if your child likes candy or chips, don't feel like you must give in. Kids can't run to the store to buy them, so just don't keep them in the house. If your toddler asks for candy, simply say, "We don't have any candy." Then present two healthy snack alternatives to choose from. Even a child who mourns the lack of candy will still enjoy the sense of control from deciding which healthy snack to eat. Back to Articles Related Articles My Toddler Hates Vegetables. What Can I Do? Do your toddler's veggies end up on the floor or cold on the plate? Try these tips. Read More Snacks for Toddlers Some toddlers may seem too busy exploring to slow down and eat. 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Spring training is upon the Mariners and baseball fans this week, so who better to talk ball with than Edgar Martinez?
Recipient of the Royal Brougham Legends Award, given for sports excellence among the state of Washington's retired athletes, coaches and administrators, at the 78th annual Star of the Year event Jan. 26, baseball's greatest designated hitter stopped by the Sportspress Northwest booth at the Benaroya Hall red carpet for a visit with Art Thiel (in two parts, no less).
Martinez, 50, talked about his foundation's work with baseball-playing kids, his conversation with the Mariners' Jesus Montero about mastering the awkwardness of the DH role, as well as the move of the Safeco Field fences. Imagine if the Mariners had the fences in 1999, when Safeco Field opened, where they will be in 2013, in the final 5½ seasons of Martinez's Seattle career.
In the most recent balloting for the baseball Hall of Fame Martinez drew about 35 percent of the votes, when 70 percent is needed for selection. He remains the only player in his with a lifetime career batting average of .300, an on-base percentage of .400 and a slugging percentage of .500, who has yet to make the Hall.