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Discussion in 'Former Pro Player Talk' started by dima, Feb 28, 2007.
Dan, you try to always have the last word even if it is a strange one...
pc1, Yes, Buchholz beat Newcombe in the 1969 Atlanta final in five sets.
kiki, after a longer while and having studied tennis history myself, I must contradicct you: Buchholz was not used to fill the pro field. No.4 and No.5 in several years...
Olmedo, Cooper and Anderson were not stronger than Buchholz.
Ayala was a joke in comparison to Buchholz in the pro ranks. See Joe's book!
Olmedo won W and FH, so did Coop and Anderson won FH...Butchols??? a mere qf.No better than Riessen or Tim Gullikson.
Could he win "slams" on hard courts in 1969? Was it even possible?
If you want to take something away from Laver, then take it away because he failed or he stumbled, not because it did not exist or the world did not offer it.
He played all four slams. He won all four slams. Did he lose a match at the "slams" that year?
Like I have written before, Laver won Pro Majors on wood. Federer hasn't won a major on wood. Do we penalized Federer for not winning on wood? Of course not. He didn't have the opportunity and he probably would have. Same with Laver.
kiki, I just must wonder about your statements.
Olmedo did not win FH. He won Australia.
Buchholz also lost the 1960 FH SF against Laver in five sets.
Buchholz turned pro very early (at 20). Thus his amateur record is not too great. But he reached No. 5 of the amateurs.
But we talk about the prime of the players. Here Butch was clearly better than Cooper, Olmedo and Anderson. None of them reached No.4 in the world.
Comparing Buchholz with Tim Gullikson is a shabby joke, and you do know it!
I guess you want to provoke me and to look if my tennis knowledge is good enough to disprove your statements....
Why would Buchholz turn pro at 20 BEFORE he won anything, and TAKE A WEAK CONTRACT as a result? Something wrong there.
Did he realize that he might as well turn pro, that Laver would only continue to get better in the amateurs, and that he might have better luck in the pros BEFORE Laver got there?
Bobby, I have nothing against Bucholz but I was always amused he was talked about in same sentence as all time greats who also were pros
You had to have proven something to get signed by Kramer or Mc Call back in that time so Butch is a real exception...maybe because he was american and that let him overcome his poir record as an amateur?
Anyhow,I wont regard you as a true historian till you give me a full picture about Jan Kodes
Mc Call had 5 aussies and 2 latins but no pure US player unless you assume Gonzales and Olmedo were WASP
So he desperatey signed journeyman Butch
He should wait a bit more and sign Mc Kinley or Ralston
Why a joke? Gullikson reach a W qf just like your beloved Buch so where is difference?
Laver's 1962 grand slam is obviously nowhere near as significant as his 1969 feat for obvious reasons.
Still some feat by Laver to record the best ever year by an amateur player in 1962 (he also achieved the German-Italian-French Open triple crown that year), the best ever year by a player on the pre open-era pro tour in 1967, and the best ever year by a player in the open era in 1969.
At the Australian Open in 1969 he beat Emerson, Stolle, Roche and Gimeno en-route to his title, at RG Smith, Gimeno, Okker and the defending champion Rosewall, at Wimbledon Smith, Ashe and Newcombe, and the US Open he overcome Emerson, the defending champion Ashe and Roche. So he overcome tough draws at all 4 majors that year.
Not to mention that he also won the biggest hard court tournaments at Ellis Park in Johannesburg and Boston and the biggest indoor carpet events at Philadelphia and Wembley that year as well. Since then in the open era, no player has been able to win the biggest tournaments on 4 different surfaces in one year.
Excellent points. I read the harping (unjustifiably so in my opinion) that Laver won his two Grand Slams on only grass and red clay. And that he didn't win a hard court major. But he did win the biggest hard court event of the year and the biggest indoor event of the year in 1969. What more could he do?
Laver also won a Pro Grand Slam on wood and if you call that a hard court then he did win a hard court major.
kiki, I rate Kodes as a very good player, about in the class os Orantes.
kiki, Buchholz was clearly stronger than McKinley and about equal with Ralston.
A typical journeyman among the pros was Ayala who seldom won a match.
The big difference is that Buchholz was ranked among the top five all categories for several years while Gullikson was never a top ten player.
Gizo, I agree totally.
Had Fed was in the same position, I agree he would turned pro intstead of sticking around with the amateurs.
On the bolded part, Federer have been dominating against the whole field. Had the field was spit into two circuits, I think Fed would have won a lot, maybe even more majors. Let say Nadal was playing in the amateur like Emerson did, he would win many more majors himself. But this is alll speculating and we don't know for sure.
Fed has not won a major on wood??!!
No!! I don't believe it. Fed is the greatest player of all time, he must have won a major on wood. Otherwise his record is incomplete, or "No he didn't, thus making it not that good."
Next *******s argument: did not win in current grass,blue clay,sand and snow
Agreed. Also many people have the wrong idea than in Laver's time, because 3 of the majors were on grass, grass was the dominant surface on the tennis calendar. However of course that couldn't be further from the truth. There were only a handful of grass court events in existence outside those 3 majors, and even before the US Open many of the lead up tournaments in those days were actually on different surfaces. There were considerably more indoor carpet events back then than grass court tournaments for starters.
Question, my friend.
How many majors would Buchholz have won had he NOT turned pro in 1961?
Do you want to know my guess? (Hint: I watched him get walloped by Richey in the 1968 Canadian Open final. Richey won zero majors.)
Come on Dan, Richey was an excellent player and he beat greats like Laver and Rosewall.
Buchholz did win one Pro Major in 1961 but I agree with you that it's probable he would not have won a major. However with Laver, Rosewall, Hoad and Gonzalez around how many would win a major? Buchholz was a top player for years and wasn't a journeyman.
I will write this. It wouldn't have been surprising if Buchholz won a major.
You will have to return the serve before the ball hit the ground! It will require a longer tennis racquet or a change of rule so that you can receive the serve from the service box. There will be no ground stroke.. all of the shots will have to be volleys.
So I guess there will be no rallies at all unless the standard of volleying improves because no one can volley today. lol.
Personally I'm of the opinion we should have a wood major. Only problem would be termites and maybe woodpeckers.
Dan, In 1968 Buchholz was after his peak.
Edit: In 1969.
Butch would have had good chances to win amateur majors against players like Emerson, Santana and Stolle. The latter three were not unvincible, to say the least. By the way, Gimeno as an amateur would most probably have won amateur majors.
So, he was too young to win in 1961 or 1962, and too old to win in 1968. When and where was there a peak?
Gimeno and Bucholz could see the writing on the wall, and took a weak pro contract rather than get clobbered by Laver, Emerson, and Santana in the amateur ranks.
Dan, You mean the 1969 Canadian Open. You did not mention that Buchholz defeated Newcombe in the SFs, winning the last set by 6-0....
Strange Dan, as a certain variety I would like to get a post from you with reasonable arguments and opinions.
Here you again are far away from logic and facts.
Buchholz did win a major in 1962!
In 1969, not 1968, he lost a tournament to strong Richey who also reached the final of PSW that year....
Buchholz had his peak from 1963 to 1968, thus 6 years. Not too bad.
Butch beat Laver in the 1963 Wembley tournament by 6-1,6-4. Clobbered by Laver??? (not to talk about Emerson and Santana).
Buchholz won 5 WCT tournaments in 1968, finishing third in the WCT rankings, ahead of Roche, Drysdale and Riessen...
Dan, it's a shame how you distort tennis history. Go to kiki and let him teach you the secrets of tennis....
Yes, it was 1969. Buchholz was a feeble old man of 28. (As you stated earlier, 28 is not the age of a veteran.)
He did not win a major in 1962. He won the Cleveland Arena championship, with virtually no competition except Segura in the final, who lost in straight sets. It was a four-man tournament, with Barry McKay and Jack Arkinstall also on board. Wow.
He beat a rookie Laver in one match in 1963.
You mean he was third in the Handsome Eight competition? Without Laver, Rosewall, Gimeno, Gonzales, Stolle, Emerson, Ralston in the field, the group that Buchholz used to belong to, but quit for some reason. Was Buchholz about EIGHTH in that field? I guess Emerson's signing pushed Buchholz out.
Actually, Ralston did the wise thing and jumped over to Handsome Eight as well as Bucholz.
Whether in a jokingly way or a serious way, I get aknowledged.
BTW, Gimeno vs Santana was the missing match of the 60´s.
Buchholz finished third in the 1968 WCT rankings in terms of PERCENTAGE of matches won only.
In terms of money he was sixth (behind Pilic, Drysdale, Ralston).
In terms of matches won he was fifth.
The top money-winner was Roche, followed closely by Newcombe (who won the most tournaments), and no one else close. This is what you would expect.
Newcombe and Roche were above Drisdale,Barthes,Pilic,Taylor,Butcholtz and Riessen.Nicky Pilic, however, was a real great player and could beat anybody if "on"
because no one else has done it in the open era or done it twice
simple answer
Dan, Buchholz was not as feeble at 28 as you are in tennis history...
Dan, again WRONG! Buchholz beat a Laver who was much better than in his amateur days (You wrote that Laver, Emerson and Santana would have destroyed Buchholz at the amateurs).
Buchholz also beat Laver the same year at the Japanese pro championships
in straight sets.
Ralston was yet in the WCT field!
Buchholz was at least as good as Emerson and Stolle in 1968.
Butch finished only a bit behind Laver in the 1963 6 man tour, edging out Gimeno!
Dan, I'm tired to correct you every time. I hope that kiki or other posters can teach you tennis history...
Dan, five winning tournaments against strong competition (Newcombe, Roche etc) is a proof for strength!
You have a special gift: Your ignorance increases from post to post...
Dan, the percentage list was the official list to rank the Handsome Eight.
You have a strong money-fixation, I see.
I thought that you believed Buchholz was past his peak by 1969, a doddering old veteran of 28.
The bottom line is MONEY. Buchholz was way back, Roche and Newk far ahead of the rest.
Ralston was on both tours in 1968.
Why did Buchholz skip over to the WCT? Obviously, a weaker field.
Buchholz failed to win a major, and at Wembley in 1963, he choked against a lame Hoad, who pulled a thigh muscle in the third set. If you can't put away a player who is stumbling around on only one leg, you've got problems.
There is a HUGE gap between Roche and Newk and the rest in terms of money.
I hope that you are not shocked to learn that some matches are worth more money than others. This is where Newk and Roche apparently stood out.
Dan Lobb, Buchholz in 1969 was 29 but still very tough. Even in 1970 he lost to No.1 player, Rosewall, 6-3, 4-6, 6-7 at Corpus Christi.
And as late as 1975 he lost a tough match to Rosewall. Doddering???
Dan, Ralston played only the WCT tour and a few tournaments where all pros met, just as Buchholz did.
Where have you read that Buchholz skipped over to the WCT?
The WCT group was pretty tough.
If you neglect facts and logic repeatedly, you will get problems: serious fans will doubt if you are a serious man...
Dan, I'm not easily shocked by something because I have learnt your strange opinions and your ignorant kind of argumentation...
Dan, what did you expect? That Buchholz dominates Newcombe, Roche, and maybe even Laver and Rosewall??? I never claimed that Buchholz was a top three player. But he did be a top player, in my rankings several times being among the top five players of the world (1963 to 1966). Where is you logic?
This time I don't suggest that you should ask kiki, because he also belittles Buchholz....
Yes, Ralston just played a few joint tournaments against NTL players.
That means that Buchholz and Ralston chose (or had to choose) the weaker WCT league to the more elite NTL. Hmmm........
And how did Buchholz fail to beat a one-legged Hoad at Wembley in 1963? The London Times reporter was flabbergasted.
Do you think Butcholz was as good as Gimeno?
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Rail punctuality dipped last month as train companies battled floods and high winds.
A total of 83.7% of trains ran on time in the four-week period from December 8 2013 to January 4 2014, Network Rail (NR) said.
This compared with a figure of 88.3% for the same four-week period in 2012/13.
Worst-performing company in the most recent four-week period was Southern, where many fallen trees, as well as landslips on the Brighton line, meant that the company was only able to run 73.1% of trains on time.
The next worst-performing company in December 2013 was First Capital Connect (75.9% of trains on time) followed by East Coast (76.9%), Southeastern (77.1%) and South West Trains (78.1%).
Best-performing company in December 2013 was London Overground (96.1% of trains on time) followed by c2c (93.6%) and Merseyrail (93.4%).
Delays attributable to NR - including external factors such as fatalities, which made up around 20% of all delays - accounted for 60% of delays nationally during the period.
NR said: " A succession of tumultuous storms tested the rail industry's resilience during a very difficult period.
"During this period, the railway dealt with multiple and sustained extreme weather conditions. Storm-force winds brought down almost 400 trees on to the railway while torrential rain caused almost 130 floods and 29 landslips, some blocking major routes.
"Thousands of railway staff responded with dedication and professionalism to repair the damage caused."
NR added that "despite these considerable challenges" it had, over the same period, successfully delivered a £110 million investment programme of improvement work involving many engineering projects - the largest ever undertaken over a two-week period.
A spokeswoman for rail industry body the Rail Delivery Group said: "Although four out of five trains arrived as planned over the last month, we know that severe weather disrupted many passengers' journeys and we apologise to anyone who was affected."
"Throughout the recent bad weather and over Christmas thousands of rail staff were out working to remove hundreds of trees that had fallen onto the railway, repair damage to overhead wires and provide information to passengers to help them get to where they wanted to go.
"During periods of severe weather our main focus is to ensure the safety of passengers and staff, but the industry remains committed to investing in improving performance so that passengers see fewer delays and are kept well informed."
The NR figures refer to the public performance measure (PPM) on which NR is judged by rail regulators. Under this PPM, a local train is deemed to be on time as long as it is less than five minutes late, while a long-distance train is on time if it arrives within 10 minutes of the scheduled time.
NR also publishes "real" punctuality figures, known as "right-time" figures. With this measure a train is deemed late if it arrives more than 59 seconds behind schedule.
On this right-time measure, 57.6% of trains were on time in December 2013, with the figure for long-distance trains being only 43.7% and the London and south east England services' figure being 55.9%.
For the 12 months ending January 4 2014, a total of 66.6% of trains national ran on time under the 59-second rule, with the long-distance train figure being only 51.7%.
CrossCountry (43.8%), Virgin Trains (48.9%) and East Coast (52.8%) were the worst-performing companies under this right-time measure for the 12 months ending January 4 2014, while the best-performing companies were Chiltern (86.6%) Arriva Trains Wales (85.0%) and London Overground (84.2%).

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Bullets Over Broadway, a new musical based on Woody Allen's movie of the same name, debuts on Broadway Thursday night. The play features Zach Braff, Helene Yorke, Vincent Pastore, and no black people. Because, according to the New York Daily News, Woody Allen doesn't want them.
Actually, that's not entirely true. There's one actress of color, Kelcy Griffin, in the dance ensemble. But for a show that takes place partially in and around the Harlem Renaissance-era Cotton Club, the cast sure is white. And this doesn't even seem like an honest mistake, like that unfortunate time Aladdin producers straight-up forgot to cast any Middle Eastern actors. No, this, allegedly, is an entirely deliberate omission. From the Daily News:
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Although a representative for Allen told the paper that the report is "completely untrue," it's hard to find another reason the cast is even less diverse than white-person favorite Phantom of the Opera, which recently cast Norm Lewis in the title role. In Woody Allen's world, there were no black gangsters or club-goers in 1920s Harlem. In Woody Allen's world, the truth is whatever he wants it to be.
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Steve Wilson is a lifelong resident of the Lafayette area and graduated from Lafayette High School in 1975. The next year he began working for the FBI in Washington DC as a fingerprint examiner. After 3 ½ years with the FBI he returned home and worked as a patrolman for the Lafayette Police Department until 1986, when he joined the Walker County Sheriff's Office.
Serving under Sheriffs Ellis and Millard, Steve rose through the ranks of the Sheriff's Office holding the positions of Patrol Deputy, Detective, and Assistant Commander of the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force. When the GBI relinquished command of the drug task force to local control in 1993, Steve was appointed as the first local commander of the Lookout Mountain Drug Task Force.
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Another innocent photo is confiscated
When I realized that my latest upload in sympathy with the Turkish uprising has disappeared, I immediately looked in my mailbox. Lo and behold, there was a message from TE saying:
Your photo titled, "Her Yer Taksim" (photo1421317.htm) seems to
violate the TrekEarth terms of service and therefore has been inactivated.
Now the photo we are talking about is temporarily housed in my Flickr account under the title TE130604 until the verdict on it has been reached.
The message goes further to say:
The reason is:
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Let us start with the accusation of Elaborate frame and assess the photo against the precious terms of service:
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Nope, doesn't contain that, either.
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Now, to address the accusation of excessive post-processing, let us go to the appropriate rules. The rules seem to allow, except otherwise stated:
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I did crop & resize but the photos did not need sharpening.
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In this area, I did my usual: darkened highlights slightly, lightened shadows until black areas were discernable and increased saturation. National Geographic's Complete Photography says, on p. 187, "a reasonable saturation level will often be around +10 to +15 on the slider scale." I assume they know what they are doing and have been keeping saturation levels around +10. Both photos in this particular collage were set to +8.
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We just had one excellent season, congrats again to Mack North. This will be the place we talk off-season trades, keeper selections and draft preparation. Below is the finalized draft order based on the inverted final league standings:
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Treaty of Accession to the European Union [Official Journal L 236 of 23.09.2003]
In its Opinion of July 1997, the European Commission expressed the view that fuller information was required on the legislative situation in the audiovisual sector in Slovakia. However, provided that the appropriate legislative measures were pursued with sufficient urgency and accompanied by the requisite structural adjustment of the industry, Slovakia should be able to meet EC requirements in the audiovisual sector in the medium term.
The November 1998 Report confirmed that Slovakia needed to make further efforts to align its legislation with the acquis.
The October 1999 Report noted that no progress had been made in this sector and that Slovakia's legislation was still not in conformity with the acquis.
The November 2000 Report noted that Slovakia had made substantial progress in aligning its legislation to the Community acquis.
The November 2001 Report noted that significant progress had been made in the audiovisual and cultural fields.
The October 2002 Report recorded steady progress by Slovakia in the audiovisual and cultural fields.
The November 2003 Report confirms that Slovakia has met the commitments and requirements arising from the accession negotiations on cultural and audiovisual policy and will be in a position to implement the acquis on accession.
The Treaty of Accession was signed on 16 April 2003 and accession took place on 1 May 2004.
In the context of the internal market, the audiovisual acquis is intended to ensure the provision and free movement of audiovisual services within the EU as well as the promotion of the European programme industry. The acquis is contained in the " Television without frontiers " Directive, which is applicable to all broadcasters regardless of modes of transmission (terrestrial, satellite, cable) or their private or public, and lays down basic rules concerning transfrontier broadcasting. The main points are:
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- to provide for the protection of minors and allow the right of reply.
The European Association Agreement provides for cooperation in the promotion and modernisation of the audiovisual industry, and the harmonisation of regulatory aspects of audiovisual policy.
The "Television without frontiers" Directive is one of the measures to be adopted by the CEECs under Stage I of the White Paper on the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the internal market of the Union (1995).
The legal framework for the audiovisual sector is determined by the 1991 Slovak Television Law, and the 1991 Radio and Television Broadcasting Law. The first law dismantles the State's monopoly and prescribes the basic rules, rights and regulations for broadcasting and broadcasters, whilst the latter sets up a Radio and Television Broadcasting Council, which issues licences to broadcasters. An amendment recommending a minimum percentage of European Union and Slovak audiovisual programmes entered into force in May 1998.
The adoption of a new Broadcasting Act in 2000 has allowed Slovakia to align to the Community acquis. Through an amendment introduced in April 2001, Slovakia brought its legislation into line with the provisions of the Television without frontiers Directive.
An amendment to the Broadcasting Act entered into force in May 2002. It aims to solve a procedural problem that impeded the Radio and Television Broadcasting Council from imposing sanctions in the case of appeals. As regards administrative capacity, the staff of the Radio and Television Broadcasting Council was strengthened in 2002. The Council's 2002 budget was also increased.
The protocol amending the Council of Europe Convention on Transfrontier Television was ratified in October 2000. The administrative capacity relating to the Radio and Television Broadcasting Council and to the cultural sphere must be strengthened.
Slovakia has taken steps to participate in the Community programmes Media Plus and Media Training as from 2003.
In 2003 Slovakia's legislation was consistent with the Community acquis in the audiovisual sector.
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Federated Department Stores, Inc., was organized in Columbus, Ohio, in 1929 as a holding company for founding members F&R Lazarus & Company, its subsidiary Shillito's, and Abraham & Straus department stores. The group was led by Fred Lazarus Jr., whose namesake company was the dominant retail store in Columbus. F&R Lazarus was founded as a men's clothing store in 1851 by Simon Lazarus. Shillito's was founded in 1830 and acquired by F&R Lazarus in 1928. Abraham & Straus was founded in 1865 and would go on to become the Federated group's sales and profits leader by the mid-twentieth century.
In 1930 Bloomingdale's joined the Federated group. This department store was selling European imports by 1886 and quickly became a leader in home furnishings. During the 1930s Federated established an administrative division of labor that placed department managers in charge of buying and selling all of the merchandise in their particular department. In 1934 Fred Lazarus revolutionized retail clothing sales when he adopted a French merchandising technique in which apparel was arranged according to size, rather than by color, price, or brand. This system became an industry standard. In 1939 Lazarus was a key figure in convincing President Roosevelt to move the Thanksgiving holiday to the fourth Thursday of November, thus lengthening the Christmas shopping season and giving retailers more time to sell at their busiest time of the year.
Federated's department stores assisted their customers during the Depression years by extending credit and establishing a reputation for community involvement in times of crisis. After World War II, the company faced the threat of increased competition from suburban shopping centers. Federated had to decide whether to break up or form a central organization focused on expansion. Federated opted for stronger organization.
The company grew a great deal in the 1950s through acquisitions and expansions. In 1956 Federated acquired Burdines, of Miami. In 1959 the company purchased Rikes' and Goldsmiths', the largest department stores in Dayton, Ohio, and Memphis, Tennessee, respectively. During this decade, sales at Federated's fifty main stores and thirty-two branches increased over 100 percent, and the group became the country's largest, most profitable department store company. Its members included the most prestigious department store chains in almost any given metropolitan area: Foley's of Houston, Sanger's in Dalla, and Filene's of Boston.
Federated continued to prosper in the 1960s. By the middle of the decade, the company's annual sales surpassed $1 billion. From 1960 to 1970, sales increased 250 percent, reaching $2 billion by 1970. In 1965 Federated purchased Bullock's and I. Magnin, both California-based department stores. Following these acquisitions, the company was prohibited from purchasing any more department stores until 1970. Federated then branched out into the supermarket industry and acquired Ralph's Industries, a West Coast supermarket chain, in 1968. The company also entered the mass-merchandizing industry that year with the creation of Gold Circle discount stores.


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What Music Says About Your Personality
What Your Music Says About Your Personality
This Sunday is the Grammy Awards, and while you may think music is just entertainment, it may say more about who you are than you think. One glimpse at the top-25 tracks in your iTunes can tell a lot about you. Introversion and extroversion are perhaps the two characteristics that most affect what music people tune into. Though both temperaments will roll — or rock — with their moods and activities, extroverts are more likely to reach for upbeat music that's heavy on vocals. Meanwhile introverts gravitate toward slower tunes with complex movements.
Yet perhaps surprisingly there's no connection between the abrasive lyrics common in rap and heavy metal and aggressive or sexual behavior. Listeners of heavy metal, particularly, have shown to be sensitive and gentle souls. In fact, they have a lot in common with classical music lovers. They're both creative, easy-going, and introverted.
Whether you listen to pop and rap or indie and classical, see what it says about you.
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Wagner plans to shake off rough outing
Mets closer gives up three runs in ninth in Game 2 setback
By Bill Ladson / MLB.com
Wagner's luck ran out on Friday night.
So Taguchi led off the ninth with a tiebreaking home run off Wagner and the Cardinals scored twice more on the way to a 9-6 come-from-behind win, knotting the NLCS at a game apiece.
Taguchi, who entered the game as a defensive replacement an inning earlier, hit only two home runs all year. The reserve outfielder seemed the least likely Cardinal to pull off any late-inning drama against the Mets' flame-throwing closer.
Still, St. Louis manager Tony La Russa was not surprised.
"Well, one of So's qualities is he really plays well late in the game," La Russa said. "Ever since he first got here, September -- I don't even remember the year now; 2001, 2002, whatever it was -- in September, he got a couple big hits."
It ended up being a nine-pitch battle between Wagner and Taguchi. Wagner quickly got ahead 0-2, but after six pitches, the count was full. Taguchi then fouled off two more pitches. But on the ninth offering, Wagner threw a fastball over the middle of the plate and the 160-pound Taguchi connected.
"He gave me a good battle," said Wagner. "Once he got me to 3-2, I was really trying to get the ball up and get him to pop it up. He got the head out. He's a good fastball hitter. I know that. He won the battle.
"It was up like I wanted, but it kind of ran back over the plate. I've thrown that pitch many times. Tonight, it just didn't work out."
Wagner found himself with serious problems after that. Albert Pujols followed with a double, and after Jim Edmonds grounded out, Scott Spiezio doubled near the right-field line to score Pujols and make it an 8-6 game.
Juan Encarnacion was next and singled to right to send Spiezio home for the ninth and final run of the game.
Wagner managed to get Ronnie Belliard to ground out for the second out of the inning before manager Willie Randolph called on Roberto Hernandez to finish up.
"Everything I threw, they hit," said Wagner. "You are going to have those days. I can't explain it. I felt good. They hit a few balls that I thought were decent pitches, but they found holes."
The Mets travel to St. Louis to play Game 3 of the NLCS on Saturday, and Wagner knows there is no time to lament.
"I played 10 years and blew 50 saves," Wagner said. "But I was able to get 324 of them. That's pretty much how you [get over it]."
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Gautrain services will run on a new timetable by the end of the week, the Bombela Concession company said on Tuesday.
"The new timetable is designed to provide more peak-time train capacity during weekdays and more time to change between the north-south line and the east-west line at Marlboro station," spokeswoman Kelebogile Machaka said in a statement.
The timetable would come into effect on Thursday.
Machaka said Gautrain had implemented several "service enhancements" after receiving feedback from commuters.
These included airport trains direct from Marlboro, a simplified fare structure, reduced parking fees and discounted fares for regular users.
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This is a great post. Thanks for insights.
This is a great post. Thanks for insights.
Reason for pessimism? Well, to the core of the team that could barely win 20 games the last two years they've added: a rookie big man, a rookie swingman, a backup two guard and a PG who apparently is going to be battling for the starting job with Calderon. Not exactly awe-inspiring stuff.
I'm excited for basketball to start and I can't wait for opening night (I will be at the ACC for the first home game) but I have serious concerns about this roster, especially on the perimeter. And, of course, they still don't have a single elite player and, as I've been repeating ad nauseum for years now, they can't win until they find a star player. So, while I'm excited, the realist in me is pretty cynical.
We're building a team along the lines of the Indiana Pacers. Good, solid players, deep bench and no stars. While this isn't a recipe for a championship it will at least make us competetive.
I think that no one is optimistic really...we just think we are going to be better than last year, which is still bad to mediocre. I think in order for someone to say we are "making progress" would be to watch us improve over the course of a substantial amount of time, which we've never done
Unless tank-nation is in effect, you NEED a good team to lure stars. So I wouldn't be quick to judge the course of this team just yet..
...AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH (oh no my guts are hurting)
I would love to see who you'd compare as Anthony Mason....oh you're rich man.
Look I'm excited, but that's bonker bro. Oakley would smack the air out of your lungs if you looked at him crooked, JV ain't that guy man, I prey he'll be a beast but let's be careful with the comparisons.
Is JV the exact same person and player as Oakley? No, but that isn't what I said. Perhaps you should think about the context before spouting off. I never suggested that JV would be smacking people for looking at them, I only said that he'd be the physical big man we've lacked for a decade.
Heir, Prince of Cambridge
Again, we're all fans and I'm sorry for making a joke out of what you said (seriously). Ultimately, I hope you're right that way we (fans) win!
The Raptors got better during the off season, if anything fans should be optimistic, and a number of fan polls support that they are.
The best Raptors discussion board is at Raptors Republic.
Stephen Brotherston, Pro Bball Report
I'm excited to watch a full season of nba basketball. A full season of the raptors. The first season in 4 where playoffs were even in sight. A legitimately deep roster no matter how you slice it for the first time since 07.
Filled seats. Exposure. Meaningful basketball all season and possibly into the postseason.
We haven't had this much hope or this much of a shot ( on paper ) to reach the playoffs since bosh.
Nobody should be down.
Casey's himself is anticipating the defense to regress (3:20 mark).
Lowry's presence is negated by Bargnani being healthy and the loss of JJ... and replacing him with Fields. Fields isn't any nearly as good as a defender as JJ is. More importantly, with Bargnani back, we'd NEED JJ's excellent help defense.
Long term, we should be better. But THIS season, we will likely regress defensively, while becoming better offensively.
I'm pessimistic because there isn't much reason for optimism.
The team as constituted:
Bargs: an incredibly skilled big who is defensively unreliable and a historically poor rebounder
DeRozan: a hard-working kid with big ups who can't really shoot from range and can't get his shot off against above-average defenders
Amir: a great 7th or 8th guy
JV: a rookie center, who, even if he pans out, will need 3-5 years to develop. Haven't seen too much from the kid yet.
Weak at the 3.
An above average (10-15th ranked) point guard and trade bait backup
This lineup scares no one.
Other reasons for dismay:
An improved but still very average bench
A GM who clearly doesn't have a plan. His pursuit of Nash showed as much.
No all-star talent since CB4 and none in the works. Bargs playing well for 13 games does not count. JV is a question mark.
A team/city that's held in poor regard by other players
Other teams in our division improving and/or having deep pockets
A fan base that overestimates its chances/talent, underestimates the talent on other teams, and always hopes for next year
Developing and contributing are used interchangeably and JV in my estimation will contribute big time this season. It may take him 3-5 seasons to reach his max potential/ development but putting it your way sounds like he'll be an araujo until the magic year 3,4 or 5.
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O'Flaherty lands on DL, slated to see Dr. Andrews
By Mark Bowman / MLB.com
ATLANTA -- Braves general manager Frank Wren and manager Fredi Gonzalez were worried when head athletic trainer Jeff Porter called late Friday night to inform them Eric O'Flaherty was feeling some spasms in his left elbow.
Their concerns turned to discouragement Saturday, when an MRI exam showed a tear in the ulnar collateral ligament of O'Flaherty's left elbow. They placed him on the 15-day disabled list Saturday, and O'Flaherty will visit Dr. James Andrews within the next few days to learn whether he will need to undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery.
"Obviously, you're hoping it's just a sprain and a short DL stint, and you get him back fairly quickly," Wren said. "But it doesn't look like that's going to be the case."
When O'Flaherty surrendered a home run in the eighth inning of Friday night's 8-5 win against the Dodgers, he extended his recent struggles. The 28-year-old reliever allowed three earned runs and six hits in the 6 1/3 innings he pitched in May. But before Friday, the Braves were not too concerned about his elbow.
"He's had some tenderness, but not anything abnormal," Wren said. "But last night, after he threw, and actually, after we all left -- I got a call leaving last night, I was halfway home -- that he came back in after starting to do his postgame workout, that he had some abnormal soreness."
O'Flaherty established himself as one of baseball's top relievers when he posted a 0.98 ERA in a career-high 78 appearances during the 2011 season. He compiled a 1.73 ERA in 64 appearances last year and allowed only two earned runs in the 11 2/3 innings he threw during this season's first month.
The discouraging development came only 48 hours after Andrews performed a second Tommy John surgery on Jonny Venters, who teamed with O'Flaherty to serve as Atlanta's primary setup men over the past few years.
To make room for Jason Heyward's return from the disabled list Friday, the Braves opted to go with a six-man bullpen by placing right-handed reliever Jordan Walden on the disabled list with right shoulder inflammation.
Wren said he expects Walden to be available when he is eligible to come off the disabled list on May 27. The Braves also could soon activate veteran right-handed reliever Luis Ayala, who has been sidelined for nearly a month because of an anxiety disorder.
Despite losing some key relievers over the past few days, Wren said the team will stick with a six-man bullpen until forced to make a change because of an abundant workload or other circumstances, such as an extra-inning game. The Braves recalled rookie right-hander Cory Rasmus from Triple-A Gwinnett to take O'Flaherty's roster spot and provide some bullpen depth.
"We're going to start getting some veteran bullpen arms back that can take some of the pressure off," Wren said. "But it's hard when you lose two guys [Venters and O'Flaherty] like we've lost. We're waiting to see exactly how long Eric's going to be out, but it's not going to be a week or two."
While the Braves are excited about what Alex Wood has done with Double-A Mississippi this season, they do not plan to promote him to Atlanta's bullpen any time soon. The left-hander, who was pitching at the University of Georgia at this time last year, will continue to serve as a starter with Mississippi.
"I don't think we need to disrupt the development of players at this point," Wren said. "We've got to let them continue to develop and grow. He's doing really well, but we're not at the point where we think that would be advantageous to him or us."
Gattis' heroics force Fredi to find him playing time
ATLANTA -- Now that All-Star catcher Brian McCann and right fielder Jason Heyward have returned from their extended stints on the disabled list, Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez faces the challenge of finding playing time for Evan Gattis.
With the Braves currently working with a six-man bullpen, there has been reason to wonder if they might stop carrying three catchers by sending Gattis back to the Minors. But those thoughts seemed to disappear as Gattis drilled a decisive two-run, pinch-hit home run in the eighth inning of Saturday night's 3-1 win against the Dodgers at Turner Field.
"It's almost better that you can put him wherever you want in a situation, but sooner or later, we need to get him three to four at-bats," Gonzalez said after Saturday's win. "You can't go from pinch-hit to pinch-hit and survive in the big leagues."
Gattis hit .261 with seven home runs while serving as the primary catcher through the first 30 games this season. The 26-year-old rookie started in left field in six of the first 10 games after McCann returned from offseason shoulder surgery on May 6.
But with Heyward returning to the lineup Friday for the first time since his April 22 appendectomy, there is no longer a regular spot in the lineup for Gattis. His opportunities to play left field and first base are blocked by Justin Upton and Freddie Freeman, and his opportunities to catch are blocked by McCann and Gerald Laird, who has served as the primary backup since McCann returned.
"The guys that you can play [Gattis] for are pretty good players," Gonzalez said. "Do you take Justin [Upton] out? Or do you take [Freddie] Freeman out and let [Gattis] play first? You've got McCann and Laird [catching]."
With all of that said, Gonzalez seems determined to find playing time for Gattis, who has hit eight home runs and collected six-game-winning RBIs through the first 116 at-bats of his career. Both of his pinch-hit home runs were game winners.
"You have to pitch [to] him," Gonzalez said. "You make a mistake, and he can run you out of the ballpark from foul pole to foul pole."
Braves stick with six-man 'pen despite rash of injures
ATLANTA -- When the Braves decided to go with an 11-man pitching staff to create a roster spot for right fielder Jason Heyward on Friday, they certainly were not expecting that primary setup man Eric O'Flaherty might need to undergo season-ending Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery.
But even after an MRI exam showed a tear in the ulnar collateral ligament of O'Flaherty's left elbow Saturday, Braves general manager Frank Wren said the team would continue to utilize a six-man bullpen, which is also without Jordan Walden, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday because of right shoulder inflammation.
"We're going to go with 11 [pitchers] for the foreseeable future until we need to make a change," Wren said. "We kind of planned that out over the last week or so when we got to this point."
While the Braves were not shocked to learn former setup man Jonny Venters needed to undergo Tommy John surgery this past Thursday, they certainly were not expecting to learn O'Flaherty could face the same fate just one day after Walden went down.
Left-hander Luis Avilan and Cory Gearrin will serve as closer Craig Kimbrel's top setup men in O'Flaherty's absence. The club expects Walden will be ready to rejoin the bullpen May 27, when he is eligible to come off the disabled list.
"Historically, teams went with 11 pitchers, that was the norm," Wren said. "It's just in recent years, with the use of bullpens, we've seen 12-man staffs be the norm. So, until you have that real extended, whether it's an extra-inning game or your long man has to fill in and do a four- or five-inning stint, you really don't need that 12th guy. That 12th guy is almost always a safety valve."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Will Chuck Schumer go back to his gun-control roots?
Senator Chuck Schumer's statement on the tragedy in Connecticut today wasn't the clarion call issued by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but it did suggest that he sees an opportunity for political action.
"The horror of what happened is beyond words and leaves a permanent lump in your throat," Schumer said in the statement. "To senselessly lose so many innocent lives breaks your heart. ... Perhaps an awful tragedy like this will bring us together so we can do what it takes to prevent this horror from being repeated again."
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Schumer helped bring members of Congress together in the early 1990s as an aggressive champion in the House of the Brady Bill and the assault-weapons ban, which he helped to author.
But Schumer, like the rest of his party, has been much quieter on the issue since those bills passed, and a number of marginal Democrats blamed their subsequent losses on their gun control votes. (Democrats mustered 111 co-sponsors in the House to renew the assault weapons ban in 2003, but the bill died in committee. A bill to reintroduce the ban in 2005 had 97 co-sponsors; by 2007, it was down to 67 co-sponsors.)
There have been flashes of the old Schumer over the years. In 2009, he helped block an amendment in the Senate that would have forced states to recognize concealed-carry permits from other states, a measure that was strongly supported by the National Rifle Association.
But the primary objective has been to maintain the status quo, with as little politically charged discussion as possible.
"One of the reasons there's less impetus for gun control is the success we had in the '90s," he told me shortly after the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in January of 2011. "The Brady Law is one of the most successful laws that has been passed."
That was several tragedies ago now, and today's attack on an elementary school, which killed more than 20 children, was particularly horrific.
Whether it can lead to the kind of "meaningful action" that President Obama called for, in a tearful response this afternoon, could depend on whether former gun-control leaders like Schumer, who doesn't trifle with losing causes, see an opportunity to pass legislation.
Passing a bill would mean forcing some of his fellow Democratics in the Senate, several of whom represent decidedly red states, to take a tough vote that would inevitably provoke the N.R.A.
(It would also likely mean Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who barely won re-election two years ago in pro-gun Nevada, would have to put a dent in his own N.R.A. rating—a "B" in 2010—to allow legislation to move.)
Schumer is scheduled to be a guest on "Face the Nation" on Sunday.


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At its 7 p.m. Monday, July 6 regular meeting, the Town Commission will consider:
• Setting the town's maximum millage rate of 1.6751 mills at Town Manager Bruce St. Denis' suggestion. The maximum millage, or the rollback rate, is the maximum amount the millage would have to be raised on new property values to bring in the same amount of tax revenue compared to last year. The millage rate can be reduced in later budget hearings before a budget is adopted Monday, Sept. 28.
• Forwarding to second reading a $245,000 budget transfer to fund legal counsel and engineering review in the town's fight against the proposed placement route of a natural-gas pipeline north of Anna Maria Island. The placement of the pipe affects white sand sources for future beach renourishments, according to the town's beach engineer.
• Passing a resolution that allows town staff to make a budget transfer of $25,000 from commission contingency funds to hire a consultant to conduct a review of proposed roundabouts for the U.S. 41 corridor near the Sarasota bayfront.
• Passing a resolution for a $10,000 budget transfer from commission contingency funds to begin implementation of the Longboat Key Fire Rescue Volunteer Fire Department's File of Life program.
• Authorizing approval of a submerged lands easement from the state, which is needed as part of the permitting process for the town's emergency water interconnect for city of Sarasota water.
• Adopting early retirement incentive programs for town employees in order to reduce expenses in the 2009-10 fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.
• Passing a beach funding resolution to remain eligible for state grants regarding beach projects.
• Passing resolutions that complete the required documentation for approval of a bank qualified loan and a state revolving-fund loan application for town water-and-wastewater, capital-improvement projects.
• Approving Dr. Steven Newman's medical director contract with the town of Longboat Key for another three years. The town uses Dr. Newman's license to perform fire-rescue paramedic work.
For more information on the commission's decisions at tonight's meeting, visit www.YourObserver.com this evening for regular meeting updates and pick up a copy of the Thursday, July 9 Longboat Observer.
Contact Kurt Schultheis at [email protected].
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, August 30, 2012, 7:48 AM
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Regional leaders back Cook-Kallio for mayor at fundraiser
Original post made on Aug 30, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, August 30, 2012, 7:48 AM
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 30, 2012 at 8:41 am
A "Virtual Who's-Who of Regional Politicians??? Give me a break!!!
This was a strictly a gathering of left-wing loon political hacks and union pimps, trying to get another of their own elected as Mayor of Pleasanton. For God's sake, the event was even attended by Fortney Stark The Hack. That crazy, senile, old goat came all the way out here, from his home in Maryland, to attend? He hasn't lived in the Bay Area for years (even though he has the cajones to con people here into thinking he is thier Congressman).
If you don't want the unions bankrupting Pleasanton, it would be very advisable for you to not vote for Cook-Callio.
If you don't want another Mayor focused more on a national left-wing-loon agenda than the well-being of Pleasanton (such as our current Hippy Mayor), you better not vote for Cook-Callio.
If you want fiscal responsibility, rather than left-wing-loon backruptcy, you better not vote for Cook-Callio.
a resident of California Reflections
on Aug 30, 2012 at 8:53 am
This does sound more like a local Democratic convention. Local politic used to be grassroots and nonpartisan before Cook-Callio. What a shame.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 30, 2012 at 9:04 am
When is Cook-Kallio going to figure out that she's running for Mayor of Pleasanton and NOT Fremont, the region, etc? Where's the support of City Commissioners, etc who are involved with the City? All this is about Cook-Kallio positioning herself to run for state office in 2 years at the expense of the City!
The article should say that it included a who's who of the regional Democrats!! This is supposed to be a non-partisan race.
a resident of Birdland
on Aug 30, 2012 at 9:43 am
liberalism is a disease is a registered user.
So, who is a better pick, for those of us that don't support union thuggery and the feel good hippy politics of left wing ladder climbers?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 30, 2012 at 9:43 am
Great point Curious. Our Pleasanton neighbors weren't at this big money gathering of dangerous leftists....no common grounds for the common good of Pleasantonians in that entire group listed. This is not only a union first crowd, but the hard-core, big money, worst of the union first crowd.
This group threatens Pleasanton's future. We are at the end of developmentmoney that has provided benefits. Every financial decision will matter in our future. These politicians are masters at 'using' our children with deceitful talk, but placing our city and our children's future in jeopardy. Remember Joan Buchanan's recent vote protecting union perverts in classrooms, over our children.
This group will send in the money and the troops to lock in votes with lies that can destroy our community.
Thanks for the pics reminding us of xxxxx like that cadaver Pete Stark. These predictable robots are so owned by public unions they have given us the worst(in laws & people) our society has to offer.
Please put Pleasanton people first, not public union power.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 30, 2012 at 10:01 am
Cook-Kallio keeps her Council seat, if she loses. One vote council same as one vote mayor. But public unions own both DeMarcus and Cook-Kallio and will campaign for that Dangerous Duo together. It is better for Pleasanton for Cook-Kallio to finish her last council term. She never even excuses herself from union issues before council. We don't need to rush her mayoral power. Keep her in her council seat....let her continue.
a resident of Southeast Pleasanton
on Aug 30, 2012 at 10:17 am
It looks to me like a gathering of union supporting Democrats? I understand the fire fighters were parking cars at her fundraiser. It's pretty obvious where her loyalties lie. Remember, you don't take help from union supporting Democrats, without giving them your support in return!!! How is a union school teacher, that is supported by every Democrat in the county, going to negotiate with the public employee unions???
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck....
It's probably a duck !!!!!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 30, 2012 at 1:04 pm
Hey all of those concerned about her pro-union connections-as Jerry Brown would state she's the best person to negotiate with unions since she's already in their pocket--okay I can't even write this sentence with a straight face.
As Cook-Kalio states, she'll make sure Pleasanton complies with the law re affordable housing. And as a lawmaker herself, she'll make sure that Pleasanton increases affordable and high density housing as she has to remunerate her construction union and developer campaign contributors.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 30, 2012 at 1:29 pm
You lost me at Pete Stark, Ellen Corbett
No thanks
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 30, 2012 at 2:25 pm
I was there and the pictures shown missed the large number of people from Pleasanton who attended as well as some developers in town. You can make of it what you will but Cook-Kallio and Thorne have been supported by basically the same groups of people in past elections, including unions. . . check that out.
So do you want someone who gets along with everyone, can stand up and say no, and has the ability to lead? Or someone who is supported by the same old guard with absolutely no leadership ability.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 30, 2012 at 2:36 pm
She's not believable, since she won't recuse herself during union VOTES.]
William, I can't TELL if you're serious or too cute by half.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Aug 30, 2012 at 4:01 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
Why would she have to recuse herself from union votes? Being a member of a union is not in and of itself a reason to recuse. If she's a member of a union that the City negotiates with, then it is only right for her to recuse, but she is not. You're not believable.
Cook-Kallio and Thorne vote mostly the same too. I can't wait until they debate!
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Aug 30, 2012 at 4:23 pm
Thorne claims he is a fiscal conservative. Not true. He claims he did not like the sweetheart contract for the firefighters. So why did he vote for it?
I don't care what you say Thorne. What matters is how you vote.
The only person worth a dam at those council meetings is Bart Hughes
I really wish he would run for mayor.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 30, 2012 at 5:09 pm
"left-wing loon political hacks and union pimps"
"union thuggery and the feel good hippy (sic) politics"
"worst of the union first crowd"
"lies that can destroy our community"
Well, it seems Pleasanton resident are following the mean tone of national politics. Without actually commenting on the political records or positions of candidates, many of the above posters have decided to take the name-calling, smear-the-candidate-by-association route.
We cannot improve the political discourse on the national level without first doing it here in our own community. What do you say, folks? Let's try to stick to the issues here, and drop this personal bashing of local elected officials who are doing the job you won't or can't do.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 30, 2012 at 6:29 pm
Stacey, your comments don't make sense given that you've publicly endorsed Cook-Kallio. There are several issues where they've voted differently. For example, Measure B the tax with no sunset clause, the Castlewood union situation, the house on Neal, whether or not to allow rebutal arguments on the ballet for the Oak Grove referendum. (Cheryl didn't want to allow rebutal arguments but Thorne did so then Cook-Kallio changed her position and went with the majority.)
Stacey, there were firefighters in union t-shirts parking cars and tending bar at her 2 fundraisers. This is while contract negotiations were going in. While it may be legal the perception is in question if she's doing the right thing for the City or the firefighters. (If they were there as friends then why wear LPFD t-shirts?) That's why people question if she should recuse herself.
Vinny, what we don't know is who drove the bus so to speak in closed session on the union contracts to get at least to what was just approved. We don't know who was willing to impose if necessary also. I suspect that Thorne and McGovern played a leadership role during closed session in getting to at least where we are with the labor contracts.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Aug 30, 2012 at 10:59 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
Sure, Cook-Kallio and Thorne have voted differently on some issues, but mostly they've voted the same way, especially on the big Pleasanton issues: Oak Grove, the Stoneridge Dr. extension, housing, even the union contracts. As you indicate, we don't have insight into how closed session negotiations went with the firefighters, but Cheryl has demonstrated that she gets that changes need to be made. She is responsive to changing or modifying her position through well-reasoned argument. She strives to consider and balance competing interests yet always looks at issues with an eye towards that which is in the best interests of all of Pleasanton. That isn't to say that Jerry is not also receptive or doesn't have Pleasanton's best interests at heart, only to say that Cheryl does not stay stuck on a position based on partisan ideology as some of the comments above would seem to indicate. It is difficult for either candidate to differentiate themselves based on voting record, which is why the debate will be really interesting. They will differ mostly on nuances and their approach to the leadership role. That's actually good for Pleasanton. It's unfortunate that national political talking points will intrude upon a local non-partisan election since it obscures either candidates' actual position on local issues. I think whoever wins will make a fine mayor. If Cheryl were not also running, I'd be voting for Jerry.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 31, 2012 at 10:43 am
Its not clear to me that Cheryl really gets that pension reform needs to happen. She's telling people that the unions are now paying their full employee contribution and the problem is solved. That ignores that the fact that the unfunded liability is still growing!! Saying that when the stock market rallies will solve the problem is not understanding the problem. She's drinking the union Kool-Aid. I would like a simple yes or no answer to the question would you have voted to impose a contract if the union had not agreed to pay the full employee contribution. The answer to that question will tell whether or not she understands AND is willing to do something about the problem!!
I think there's a huge difference between the two candidates when one suppots a Measure to create a tax into perpituity and the other supports a tax with a sunset clause. This speaks volumes about what they each think government accountability to the people is. (Hiding behind a watch dog group doesn't cut it. Think Pls school district bond oversight, Tri Valley Foundation, etc.)
I also think there's a huge difference when one doesn't want to allow rebutal arguments on the ballot for a referendum that Cheryl opposed. That speaks of arrogance to me. When the citizens go to the effort to qualify a council decision (Oak Grove) for the ballot just because you don't agree with it, doesn't mean you should try to use your position to silence the folks who collected signatures. That's not good government and it speaks volumes about her attitude towards people that don't agree with her.
You're correct this is supposed to be a non-partisan race. Cook-Kallio has brought new meaning to making this a partisan race with her list of Democratic officials. In the end, its about Pleasanton, not about positioning yourself to run for higher office.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Aug 31, 2012 at 12:10 pm
@justwondering - amen to your post. Anyone who wants a perputal tax has screws loose or is foxy smart. I would place Cheryl in the later category. This perputal tax is not a tax to pay as you go but seed money to allow Alameda County to apply for 30 year bonds. This is not a tax to fix potholes, it is a bond to fund public transportation so more union workers can be hired. Bonds funded by tax revenue typically return 5%. Do think the state pension funds would jump at a chance to make 5% versus the 1.6% average they are making now. And who do you think will benefit from this. Cheryl of course because she knows at at least her teacher's pension will be safe thanks to the taxpayers of Alameda County. Cheryl knows economics, at least the part that pertains to herself.
a resident of Hart Middle School
on Aug 31, 2012 at 12:23 pm
I have to agree with 'No Thanks'
I got lost the mention of Pete Stark (who wants to drive a Solyndra car) and the picture of his Social Security collecting son in his Abercrombie shirt. It's not the son's fault... I get that.
If I were running for office, I'd stay as far away from Pete Stark as I could.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 31, 2012 at 3:44 pm
Hooray for Crook-Kalio. Sorry about the misspelling-Freudian slip!
a resident of Canyon Meadows
on Sep 4, 2012 at 8:12 am
Cook-Kallio and DeMarcus Bashing--good work Kay Ayala and Her Minions. You are so wrong on many of your facts. Keep spewing the false spew. Kay's acidity deafens.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 4, 2012 at 1:22 pm
Lugnut, a picture is worth a thousand words--cook-callio with Stark! Not too mention she has publicly endorsed Measure B the perpetual tax--hard to argue with that, too. And then we have firefighters wearing LPFD t-shirts parking cars and tending bar at her fundraisers while contract negotiations are going on with the City Council. No one has even mentioned that Becky Dennis, hostess of this latest fundraiser and cook-callio supporter, is advocating for 60% of Pleasanton's housing to be affordable at build-out. Have to wonder why she's supporting cook-callio vs another candidate. So draw your own conclusions from this but these are all facts. And demarcus has been pretty much parroting cook-callio.
a resident of Foxborough Estates
on Sep 4, 2012 at 7:15 pm
Hello, Curious -
It's sure nice to know that someone actually read and remembers my analysis of Pleasanton's Housing Element. I'm honored. Just so people understand what you're talking about...
For the last 20 years or so, ABAG and the California HCD have required Pleasanton, to plan 40% of our housing for families with high incomes (above 120% of the County median), 20% for moderate income (80-120% of the median), 20% for low income (50-80% of the median), and 20% for very low income households (below 50% of the median). Most California cities have had similar requirements to attain this balance in workforce housing and commercial development. Pleasanton isn't alone.
60% affordability is the law, not my (or Cheryl's) personal idea. However, I do think the law is fair, and that every city should comply, including Pleasanton. We should do our usual great job of figuring out how to create an award winning, ground breaking solution to the workforce housing challenge.
As for Measure B1, any candidate who campaigns against it seriously jeopardizes Pleasanton's ability to get future funds for traffic mitigation. Sadly, Pleasanton is the ONLY city in Alameda County with any Councilmembers who voted against support for Measure B1. That means if it fails Pleasanton will get all the credit, and none of the dwindling supply of cash.
A new Measure B with a sunset, if it passed, would not have the the same half cent increase approved with special one-time state legislation, so money would be inadequate to make up for the looming permanent loss of Federal transportation dollars. Because of public campaign posturing by some current and aspiring Councilmembers, Pleasanton would also lose regional support for funding many of our own high priority transportation projects. And Pleasanton residents would still pay the sales tax. Ouch!
Everybody compromised to craft the B1 plan. See the pros and cons analysis by Transform, a Bayside transportation organization:
Web Link.
Not everyone thinks Tri-Valley transportation projects should have the priority funding Measure B1 provides!
Arguing against Measure B1 because it creates a permanent source of funding to address Alameda County's "perpetual" traffic congestion, which is linked to our economic growth, is just as silly as requiring a public vote on every residential development.
That's just one of the many reasons I support Cheryl Cook-Kallio for Mayor. She has always had the common good sense to think strategically about Pleasanton's best interests BEFORE she speaks or votes, no matter how it might affect her personal political prospects. Go Cheryl!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 6, 2012 at 1:41 pm
Guess I will be voting for Jerry then.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 7, 2012 at 12:47 pm
Measure B3 as proposed is a perpetual tax that gives no accountability to government. Members of over site committees come and go--some do a great job and some do a terrible job. The problem is once its passed there's no recourse to end it if the agency is not doing its job. There are many examples of problems with over site committees; PLS school district Bond over site committee, tri valley foundation & ACAP to name just a few. Its arrogance to me to propose a tax without a sunset clause and then talk about what a good agency this, etc. Things can change and the tax payer is stuck paying the bill!!
I would totally support this measure with a 10 to 20 year sunset clause. Supporting a perpetual tax just doesn't make sense!!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 7, 2012 at 1:10 pm
I may have to write in Bert Hughes for mayor....anyone for starting a grassroots "write in"? At least we'd have someone who listens to the resident taxpayers on council.
a resident of Foxborough Estates
on Sep 7, 2012 at 2:27 pm
Hi again, Curious -
No local sales tax is truly perpetual, in that voters can always place a measure on the ballot to repeal one they aren't happy with. According to the Howardn Jarvis Taxpayers Association:
"If local taxpayers are otherwise unhappy with a voter approved local sales tax, then a tax reduction or repeal initiative can be pursued under the provisions of Proposition 218."
It's pretty easy to get signatures and votes to repeal taxes if people even suspect that their trust has been abused! It's a lot easier than getting a tax passed!
If you support the expenditure plan in Measure B, as you say you do, you should vote/campaign for it, since there are many elements of the program that are good for Pleasanton businesses and residents, and these will not appear in subsequent measures if this one fails. An automatic sunset only makes funding of transportation projects more uncertain and expensive. It actually wastes your tax dollars. A repeal, if necessary, would be far less wasteful, and just as effective.
So far the Measure B oversite committee has done a great job. Should no good deed go unpunished?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 7, 2012 at 7:39 pm
This article and the accompanying pictures have done more harm than good for Ms. Cook-Kallio. Cheryl can and should do better.
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U.S. freight carload traffic for the week rose 17.4% measured against he comparable week in 2012, which was Thanksgiving week. U.S. intermodal volume was up 37.7% compared with the same week last year. Total combined U.S. weekly rail traffic was up 26.2%.
All 10 of the carload commodity groups tracked by AAR on a weekly basis posted increases compared with the same week in 2012, led by motor vehicles and parts , up 42.2%, and nonmetallic minerals and products, up 40.3%.
Canadian freight carload traffic did well enough without the "interference" of U.S. Thanksgiving, up 5.6% for the week ending Nov. 23 compared with a year ago. Canadian intermodal volume rose 7.9%. Mexican freight carload traffic advanced 3.3% for the week, but Mexican intermodal volume slumped 13.4%.
Combined North American freight carload volume for the 47 weeks of 2013 on 13 reporting U.S., Canadian, and Mexican railroads was up 0.6% measured against the comparable week of 2012. Combined intermodal volume was up 4.5%.


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Our Neighbors: Life on 'that old street'
BRATTLEBORO -- "I'd just like to see that street again."
Sitting in his living room on West Street in Brattleboro, his four cats sleeping or slinking through the yard, Carl Anderson waves his arm to the east, where West slopes up from Williams.
"You'd come up the street and this whole left side was huge old maple trees, and the branches curved over the street like an arbor. And on the other side ...."
Carl smiles. His voice comes to a hush.
"... Apple trees."
He leans back in his chair. He's lived in this house for almost all of his 86 years.
"There was one tree with big yellow eating apples, but the rest were mostly scrub crab apples. I'm sure the old Swedish women made something with them, nonetheless."
He smiles. "Those old Swedes." He nods. "I miss them, I do. And every one of them's gone but my sister and me."
In 1926, when Carl was born, Swedish families lived in every house in his neighborhood. The Vermont state government had begun recruiting immigrants from northern Europe, particularly Sweden, in the late 1800s, hoping the newcomers would work on abandoned farms and in factories.
Somehow, so many Swedish immigrants settled along the steep streets curving down from the south side of Western Avenue that the neighborhood came to be called Swedeville. There were even enough Swedes in town to fill two churches.
"There was the Congregational Church and the Lutheran Church," Carl says, pointing toward the left and the right. "The Congregational one decided to keep its services all in Swedish, so when the old Swedes started dying off, that pretty much meant the end of it. The building is a stained glass studio now."
He holds out a large black and white picture. "Here's the congregation at the Lutheran, which is up on Western Ave now. I don't know quite when it was taken, I figure 1910 maybe."
Four rows deep, the congregation is dressed in Sunday best, the women in formal hats, the men in clean black coats. Unlike many old photographs, though, the people don't look dour or spacey, like they don't entirely understand what a camera does. Instead, the Swedes look comfortable, sturdy, at home.
"That's my father in the front row." Carl points to a boy, 9 or so years old, kneeling with the other nicely dressed kids. "His name was Emil."
Carl's father grew up in the West Street house; his own father, having come from Sweden, bought it in 1893.
"A lot of the Swedes in Brattleboro worked at the Estey Organ factory," Carl explains, "but they mostly lived up around Estey Circle. Here most people did other work, carpenters and such. I guess there were so many single Swedish men that one of the ladies in town, well-to-do, I think, felt bad about it and organized a bunch of single Swedish women to come over as domestics."
He laughs. "Well, it didn't take long for the men and women to marry up. Honestly, though, I'm not sure what brought my grandfather here."
Whatever the inspiration, the first Anderson in Brattleboro came into a community that was hard-working and tightly knit.
"This was never an affluent neighborhood," Carl says emphatically. "It was working people, but people who helped each other. You asked for help when you needed it and you gave help when you could give it."
In the evenings, families would crowd on front porches, the Swedish flying. Carl remembers Sundays after church services, people standing in knots of two or three, more Swedish flying.
Sometimes the neighborhood was downright self-sufficient, like the time a group of men dealt with the occasional flooding from the swamp near the top of the hill. Rather than ask the town to fix the problem, the men dug a trench that stretched all the way down to the Whetstone Brook.
"The trench got plugged up years later and folks called the town to come fix it," says Carl. "The town didn't even know about it! It wasn't on any map. Those old Swedes ...."
Memories of long gone men and women keep Carl company these days. He can name every Swedish family who used to live in every house (including a staggering number of Johnsons), pointing to their old homes as if a housewife could step out with a broom and a pastry at any moment.
There was Herman Nilson, the postman who delivered the mail by horse and liked to drink a bit, requiring the horse to lead him back to the stable at the end of the day.
"I was awful tickled by him," remembers Carl. "Who knows -- maybe that's why I became a postman for 31 years."
There was Thor Linus Anderson, Carl's uncle.
"We called him Bab," he says. "He was my favorite, I think. Most evenings you could find me over on his and his wife Rosie's front porch, just talking neighborhood talk. He worked as a shipper for a printing company and he drove a 1929 Packard. That monstrous thing had solid wheels. It was a tank."
There was unmarried Anna Johnson, who lived with her four unmarried brothers, and who was a nurse and a baker and a kind of grandmother to Carl's own kids.
"Oh, I remember when the old Swedes were dying off and Anna was still there, she'd get on the phone with Greta Sprick over at Estey Circle, and you'd hear the Swedish flying," he laughs.
There was Old Carl Birkland, who went fishing on the Connecticut River and always invited young Carl to join him.
"We near about fed the neighborhood. One time we set out three buckets of good white perch on the front sidewalk and said, Help yourself!" He shakes his head "Everybody ate perch for three days."
There was pretty Berta Katrina. And there was the lead pipe that carried water from the spring up the hill down to the Anderson house. There was the swimming hole, which Carl would help ring with rocks each spring to raise the water level. There was the Swedish meatball suppers twice a year at the Lutheran church. There was the horse and V-shaped plow to clear sidewalks of snow. There was his whole childhood.
"I remember being 7 or 8, waking up in the morning and going out to play, and my mother didn't worry," Carl says. "It was, 'Oh, he'll be home when he's hungry.' And I was. It was safe. You had to look pretty hard for trouble if you wanted to get in it, really."
He sighs. "I miss those old Swedes. I miss knowing my neighbors like we used to. They were good people, good solid people. It's a different world now."
He lifts a hand in acceptance. "But I don't worry. If I can do something, I do it, and if not, I won't worry about it. Besides," he grins, "my cats keep things busy enough around here."
Carl looks to the east and the west, up and down the hill, which was long ago lined with maple and apple trees.
"I'd just like to see that old street again."
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Almost five decades following its release, the Jimi Hendrix Experience's 1967 album 'Axis: Bold as Love' has been banned in Malaysia. But unlike other Hendrix projects, the decision was not due to anything overtly sexual or drug-related in the material.
According to the Malay Mail, the Malaysian Home Ministry's Publication Control and Quranic Text unit has taken offense to the album's cover (left), claiming that it too closely resembles various forms of the Lord Vishnu.
"We don't care if Jimi Hendrix albums without cover art featuring Lord Vishnu come in," said an unnamed official. "But if it uses Lord Vishnu's image, then of course we won't allow it. We'll definitely take action against anything that violates religious sensitivities, whether it's Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism or Islam. We must respect each other."
The representative added that any attempts to import the compact disc with the offending cover would be prohibited and that any CDs found in Malaysia that bear the cover art in question would be seized.
The decision follows a controversy at a book fair back in March where sales of a poster of the record's cover ignited a protest from a Hindu group, resulting in their confiscation.The bookseller has issued an apology.
"There was never any intention to offend any racial or religious segment and for this, we are deeply sorry that the public was exposed to the offensive poster," said Andrew Yap. "Rest assured that we have taken every measured step to safeguard against this happening again. We will be more diligent in exercising good conscience taking into account cultural and religious sensitivities henceforth."


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I need help starting this program im required to do for class. I'm going to type up the requirements. All i need is someplace to start and some hints.
Write a program to produce two charts: one shwoing The Fahrenheit temperatures corresponfing to the Celsisu temperatures from 0 to 200 in increments of 5, and one showing the Celsius tmepratures corresponding to the Fahrenheit temperatures from 0 to 400 in increments of 10. The general formula relating Celsius (C) and Fahrenehit (F) is F=(9/5)C + 32.
You must write two functions:
1. int Celsius(int), which converts a Fahrenheit temperature to Celsius
2. int Fahrenheit(int), which converts a Celsius temperature to Fahrenheit
Neither function may do any output. You should use these functions in for loops to generate the two charts.
Each of the two fucntions takes an integer as its argument. So in the body of the function, change the number to a float, do the calculation, and then change it back to an integer. Do not use any coercions. Be sure to take care of any "rounding errors" in the calculations of the temperatures (consider adding .5 to a positive number and subtracting .5 from a negative number).
All constant values must be declared as consts.
All output must be to file ass3.run.
So far ive got For statements i can use but other than that i can not figure out how to start it.
Here are the For statements
for(int I=0; i<=200, i+=5) This for statement is for Celsius to fahrenheit.
For(int j=0; j<=400; i+=10) This one is for Fahrenheit to Celsius.
Thanks for any help.


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