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Despite bumps along the way, the new state redistricting system in effect for the 2012 elections succeeded in largely neutralizing political influences, according to a new study commissioned by the League of Women Voters of California.
The decennial task previously had been left to the state Legislature, where Democrats and Republicans typically cut backroom deals that would ensure Legislative and Congressional incumbents from both parties were given redrawn districts that were "safe" – that is, where the incumbent's party held a prohibitive advantage in voter registration.
Fed up with the system being gamed and the lack of competitive races, voters approved separate ballot measures in 2008 and 2010 that put the job of redistricting in the hands of an independent Citizens Redistricting Commission, which consisted of five Democrats, five Republicans and four unaffiliated voters.
Commission members, selected by the Bureau of State Audits from 30,000 applicants, could not have held elective office or a post with a political party. And the final lines drawn for Legislative and Congressional districts had to be approved by a majority of the commission's Democrats, a majority of its Republicans, and a majority of its non-major party members.
Nonetheless, complaints arose from Republicans that the results were politically driven, and from African Americans and Asian Americans that their voting influence was diluted.
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Democrats picked up seats in both Legislative houses, as well as in the state congressional delegation in the new districts during the 2012 election. The nonpartisan, nonprofit investigative news organization ProPublica wrote that Democrats sent operatives masquerading as average citizens to deliver public testimony that resulted in more districts favorable to Democrats.
But a closer look at the facts discounted allegations that the results inappropriately favored Democrats, according to report author Raphael Sonenshein, executive director of the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs at Cal State Los Angeles, who previously spent 29 years teaching political science at Cal State Fullerton.
"Undoubtedly, there were some Democrats and some Republicans who managed to win advantages in the process by using 'stand-ins' purporting to represent community sentiment but who in reality acted to protect their political interests," the report reads. "But the authors of the widely circulated article ignored substantial evidence that broader demographic and electoral trends explained much of the Democratic success in the 2012 elections."
In fact, as the report notes, many of those gains would have occurred in previous election cycles if Democratic officials had not agreed to the gerrymandering districts of 2002. By agreeing in 2002 to safe seats for both sides, Democrats eliminated competitive districts that would have become Democratic over the next decade.
The report also notes that legal efforts to overturn the commission's work were roundly rejected by the courts. This included a petition complaining that the 47th Congressional District, which extends from Long Beach to Little Saigon, diluted Asian American voter influence by not including heavily Asian areas that ended up in adjacent Congressional districts.
On the other hand, the new lines resulted in state's first Asian American majority electoral district, the 49th Assembly District in the West San Gabriel Valley. And there were more competitive races on both the Legislative and Congressional level than the state has seen in at least a decade.
Not to say that the 84-page report didn't find room for improvement.
The main shortcoming was time and the commission's rushed schedule. While the Bureau of State Audits had two years to prepare for and complete selection of commissioners, the commission had just eight months to get the lines drawn once they were selected. Additionally, delays in getting draft maps made it a challenge to solicit and incorporate public feedback.
With tweaks to address those issues, the report anticipates an even better process in the next redistricting cycle, which begins after the 2020 census.
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What worries me the most is that it will take a major "disaster" before
Honda steps up to plate on this. Should send out letters to everyone that
has purchased Honda Fit..from earliest one to current one and have them
take the Honda Fit in for a FREE inspection and having the tire/the balance/and all related issues fixed. My 2009 Honda Fit will be paid for next Feb 2013 and I will be looking for another car. There are others with better gas milage (and that also had not proved to be very good for many on this post) and comfort than the "Hondas" that we were used to being so reliable. I will never feel safe driving a long distance with my grandkids and I also will never buy another car that only has a 10 gallon gas tank.
I get nervous when there is long distance between gas stations when I am on interstate...plus always worrying when one of the wheels will go bad. I try and avoid every little crack in road, the curbs, and anything that might jolt too hard against the wheels. Never dreamed I would have all this to think abt when I should be out driving for pleasure.
A couple of thoughts:
First, unless the alignment is absolutely perfect, tires are going to wear unevenly. The further away from perfect the alignment is, the faster that occurs. There real problem here is that once a tire starts an uneven wear pattern, it is difficult to wear a different pattern into the tire. That's why the generalized 5K to 8K rotation.
Second, because most tire wear occurs in the cornering mode, even vehicles with perfect alignment COULD get uneven wear patterns. Again, the 5K to 8K rotation schedule prevents this.
I do keep my tires rotated and all, but if you look back on this forum, you will see that many of us had new tires and the problems started anyway. To have a new tire or tires and then the tire goes bad--that is our big issue and many of us have spent much money we never thought we would have to spend getting new tires.
If Honda makes the Fit without the provision for alignment (rear) than having the perfect alignment is "but a fleeting illusion". My beef is not only uneven wear, which may be masked by frequent rotations, but rapid wear, its evil twin. Uneven wear in the rear has a discrete cause, it is not caused by not rotating. Also, I do not accept your premise that uneven wear is practically unavoidable, especially on the rears. There are MANY cars on the road now which experience no uneven wear on the rears. Why do Fit owners have to put up with this? I just talked with a Ford engineer today who never rotates his Focus tires. He just replaces his fronts with his rears and buys 2 new ones for the rears. This is what I did for 40 years before I bought a Fit.
Well, it's been over 3000 miles since I've had my rears aligned to -1/4 degree of camber (essentially vertical) and I can report that there is no cupping/scalloping whatsoever. I am becoming more convinced that this problem (excessive negative camber), seen with many light hatchbacks or SUVs is just a titanic mistake by engineers from many manufacturers. Amazingly, their first remedy is to blame the owners for not rotating. When that fails, they blame the tires. In some cases they have found tires which seem to resist the wear--this would work best if the tires were actually made with the inner diameter smaller than the outer, but fine, whatever works. The easiest remedy however, is to buck up and find a mechanic who is willing to do away with the negative camber by inserting shims in the case of the Fit (from Napa). Good luck to all, if I end up with the problem down the road I will post it here. As for rotating, I am trying to be scientific, which means I have to change only one variable at a time. That means no rotating for me until I get to at least 20,000 on these tires. By then I will know for sure if the cupping problem is solved.
noone3 Posts: 1That don't sound very intelligent. All cars come with cheap tires and only good for about 25k when they are 36k warranty, only a moron would use that warranty to get the same cheap tires. Go spend $800 on a great set of all season all surface tires for the smoothest ride 80k warranty and the best traction even on icy snow covered roads. Done this with a 2003 eclipse, drove thru blizzards and snow storms for 4 consecutive days, rescued several people stranded in the ditch and lead many others to nearest town driving thru the night.
Distance between gas stations on the interstate, must be joking. I have never driven anywhere in this country I didn't see a gas stop along a interstate for more than 40 miles. That would be less than 1.5 gallons why worry. Have you ever driven thru Wyoming? that is probably the worst place for gas stops and still I seen one every 40 miles or less on their highways.
Hello, I went ahead and got rid of the factory original tires, & went with 1" wider Yokohama 205/50R-16 tires on my 2009 Honda Fit sport several days ago. It has made a very noticeable difference in the way the car feels. It just seems to hug the road better & the steering responds better. I would recommend these tires to anyone.
liquidfire Posts: 1I got a Fit this spring but have a set of one season old snow tires on steel wheels from my prior vehicle. I'm wondering if they are compatible or how I can find out if they are. I believe my Fit still has the factory wheels/ tires = 175/65 R15. My snow tires are already mounted and balanced on steel wheels = 185/65 R14. They both have 4 lug nuts.
Can anyone please help?
m1lp Posts: 1I just had my tires rotated at Walmart (not balanced) and was charged a $20.00 fee for resetting the TPMS. Is this necessary if the tires were not removed from the rims?
I'm not sure if the Fit's TMPS is a basic one that rests itself or not. If the light comes on in my Versa (like it did on an extremely cold morning the other day), after getting the tires back up to proper pressure, the light goes off on its own after a mile or so. Some makes and models DO require a "procedure"to reset the light. I have a friend who operates a tire shop/garage and some they are able to reset (combinations of key turns and things like that) but some need to go to the dealer.
If they simply rotated the tires and didn't mess with pressures, I don't think the system would need to be reset. (Whether a "procedure" is required or not) $20 seems steep from my perspective as my friend's shop resets the light (as long as it's not a silly one that needs to go to the dealer) if it stays on after a tire change or pressure at no charge, at least no charge that I've ever seen. I'll check with him tomorrow and ask about the Fit and what he thinks about the $20 fee too.
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You didn't say what year your Fit was, but I asked my buddy about the 2009 Fit. There's no procedure to reset the TPMS light after you refill tires, just drive for a bit and it goes off. If you check your owner's manual, you should be able to confirm this if your Fit isn't a 2009. Sometimes manufacturers change how these things work, but I'd bet the Fit is a pretty basic TPMS.
As far as the $20 goes, if they drove your car to get the light to go off (something that you would have done anyway) I suppose they could justify charging for their time, but it still seems steep. And consider this story they told me. A customer came in who was comparison shopping for tires, and they had a quote from Walmart and a charge for resetting the TPMS light was part of the quote. Given that a lot of TPMS lights simply reset themselves, that $20 is a nice little bonus and sure feels like a ripoff to me.
Like I said, check your manual and you'll know for sure.
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pinkmermaid5 Posts: 1With your new tires, did you lose any mpg's?
I would feel more comfortable driving through winter if my tires had a little more traction. If it was summer, I would just keep driving with my old ones, but in WI...
As far as mpg, I have not noticed any change. We recently had 3.5 inches of snow here & as any Fit owner knows a Fit does not do that whippy in the snow. The wider tires did make a improvement in traction. As far as hydroplaning, I have been in several rainstorms, & the Yokohamas channel the water better than any tire I have owned. I have no idea why Honda did NOT put the wider tires on a Fit, it makes I night and day difference in the way this car handles. I was reluctant at first as I do not have a lot of money, but people, I promise you it will really make your Fit come alive, & the steering will not act so squirrly & over responsive.
My Fit is a 2009 Sport model.
One other thing of mention, the wider Yokohama tires should last far longer than the junk Dunlop factory tires that I only got 40,000 miles out of. I had the Dunlop tires rotated on a regular basis, & most of those miles were highway.
Have these on my '06 Civic and the car handles very well though I would prefer a larger sidewall, something in a 60 or 65 series. Not going to change though since I just bought new sneakers in August and haven't even put 500 miles on them yet. Really like the 16" size but should have gone with the 60's...lesson learned for next time though I doubt I will be buying anymore tires for this car. At the rate I'm going, by it's 10th year, I won't even have 50k miles on her and by then, I'll probably be ready for a change anyways.
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Started a new part time job the last week of January and now have just over 40k on the clock...I drive 26 miles each way and though it's only a part time gig, the miles are starting to pile up on the Civic. But the 10 year plan is still in effect unless my son takes it which is a very real possibility! But any new vehicle I'd get would have to have 16" tires on it as tires any bigger than this get to be pretty expensive.
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kennybeeak Posts: 21We just bought a new 2013 Honda Fit Sport. Today, at 584 miles, my wife took the car in to the local Honda dealership to have the snow tires put on. They told her an alignment should be done with every tire change, and sold her a lifetime alignment plan for $170. A lifetime of alignments for $170 might not be so bad, mind you, except that we'll be moving out of the area next June. Now I know little about mechanics, but the idea that a car should be aligned with every tire change arouses my suspicion. I've been having tires changed for 35 years and never before have I been told such a thing. Is there something I've been missing?
Hello, unless your roads are filled with pot-holes I would not get the alignment. Our 2009 Honda Fit sport model has 54,000 miles on it, and has never had an alignment, & the tires all run true. I have always done what little maintenance there is (oil changes, air filter & cabin filter). I would keep on with the tire rotation. Ours has been a great car so far!
The idea is that mis-algnment can wearout a set of tires pretty rapidly. Getting an alignment every time a NEW set of tires is purchased is so that the tires get the lowest risk of wearing out before their time.
Yes, a pot hole or a curb could knock the alignment off at any time, but if you don't measure the alignment, you won't know if the alignment is good or not.
But it seems like the dealer really stretched a point. Not only should the vehicle have been aligned from the factory, but you aren't really putting "New" tires on.
So is it a good idea to get an alignment when purchasing tires? Depends on how much risk you are willing to take. Some folks don't want to accept any risk at all = and some are willing to accept a huge amount. Which one are you?
You could call me a "sensible risk" as I often take note of how tires are wearing, & keep inflations maintained & rotate my own tires often.
The dealer grade tires my Fit came with were junk, as I expected them to be. I only got about 39,000 miles out of them, before they needed replaced. If I could have found Michelin's that would have fit my Sport model when I purchased tires about 8 months ago, then it would have them on it now instead of Yokohama's.
On another note I have an old 90 Mazda pickup that is about to turn 300,000 miles. I have a set of Michelin's on it with 107,000 miles on the tires (honest to God), & never have had the wheels aligned since back when the previous set of tires were installed. I have had alignments done in years past where the alignment was better before it had been messed with, & I ended up taking the vehicle back to have it done over.
I am not against alignments, but one needs to use common sense & pay attention to any abnormal wear patterns.
As my buddy who owns a tire/shop garage says, there's no such thing as a perfect alignment. Once the alignment is to spec, regular rotation is definitely the way to go.
I'm with you on the tires that come with new cars. Generally they are NOT the best of the best. 25 - 30K is about all I ever get out of those, but I'll get 55-60K out of a set of anything I chose to replace them with. (Usually Coopers)
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jimmy61167 Posts: 1You are dead on. I thought how could the back tires wear out first. I thought I was losing my mind. Great job,
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OK, this is going to be a stupid question, but I need to see if I have a problem or not. I just got 4 new tires Guardsman Plus P175/65R14 81S put on my 2007 Fit. They seem to seat differently on the rims than the previous tires.
I am used to having the hubcap sit almost flush against the rubber tire, but now I can completely see the outer edge of the rim on all four tires.
Shouldn't the new tires fit the same as the previous tires if they are the same size? Do I have an installation issue that could potentially be dangerous? Or am I worrying over nothing?
I'm pretty sure you're worrying for no need. I suppose that it's possible that the design of the new tires is slightly different right at the bead of the tire than what you had on before and thus you are noticing more of hubcap/wheel rim. But I think that what's going on is that you're simply noticing something that you didn't before. It's also possible that the rims and hubcaps got cleaner around the edge when the new tires got put on and again, it's catching your eye.
The tires have to seat themselves properly on the rim to hold air. You can do a poor job of installing tires, like putting them on a corroded or dirty rim so that they'd leak, but I think it would be really hard to seat them on a rim incorrectly with the machines they use.
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Some tires have what is called a "rim protector" - a ridge of rubber near the rim edge that sticks out beyond the edge of the rim to protect it from curb damage. Not all tires have that feature - and not all tires that have the feature have it to the same degree (some are big and heavy, and some are shallow and light).
So, no, the important parts of the tire may sit the same on the rims, but they may look completely different.
Not to mention that wheel covers sometimes don't quite seat the same as they originally did. The plastic and retention ring can get a little softer from being removed and pressed back into the rim, and the wheel cover might not sit as snug to the rim as it used to.
My daughter's 2007 Versa lost all 4 original wheel covers at about 90,000 miles because they simply didn't fit as tight after all the tire rotations.
Good illustration of Tire/Rim Protectors at Tire Rack
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Obamacare was crafted with an eye to history. Social Security and Medicare were hugely controversial when first proposed and enacted. They now have become part of the fabric of American life, and for all the talk of entitlement reform which is necessary no one wants to kill either.
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For approximately the past 2 weeks, I have been getting bitten really badly. Ive always been prone to mosquito bites, and always suffer bad reactions from them. However my husband insists that you dont get mosquitoes in the UK in winter time, even though I think that you do. He will also argue that what Ive got all over my legs, feet and arms arent bites!! But they are of course! So anyway, I just assumed they were mosquito bites again, but then my husband mentioned the possibility of bedbugs. That got me thinking, and the pattern of my bites are in little clusters which seems characteristic of bed bugs? But Ive turned my bed upside down and cant find anything at all. So then I was just left utterly dumb founded and frustrated.
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The pictured fly is not a mosquito. I would have thought your bites are from another source. I don't think they are typical of bedbugs either, which tend to leave a number of bites in a line and your husband would be just as affected as you. With these bites being below the sockline I would consider flea bites as my first option. Fleas can be active all year round in our centrally heated world and t might also explain an absence of bites on your husband as some people do not get a reaction to their bites and belive that they don't get bitten.
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Thanks for the responses.
That is interesting that you think it could be fleas. We do have dogs, but havent noticed any signs of fleas on them or around the home. Its worth noting that the bites always occur at night, and I don't wear socks at night. I also have lots of bites on my legs and arms but no where else.


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Configure.pl was passing on every argument it didn't recognise to configure ponie. The upshot is that ponie would install all over the (say) 5.8.7 directories. This prompted 2 changes. Firstly removing all the explicit prefix setting [perl.org] and secondly stopping people installing as root [perl.org] without thinking about it first.
It seems it's caused by last night's huge refactoring of Makefile.PL in lib/ after I went to sleep, so the bug only stayed around for a few hours.
And yes, ironically it was me who hosed my Perl by installing ponie. Karmic cycle and all that.
I have everything up and running again, so no long-term harm done.


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SPRINGFIELD -- A Dalton man was being held without bail on Tuesday by federal authorities on child pornography charges following a law enforcement raid at his home on Monday.
Jared Sprague, 25, is being held at the Hampden County House of Correction pending a detention hearing scheduled for Thursday morning in U.S. District Court in Springfield, according to his attorney.
The home where Sprague resides was raided by federal agents on Monday after an investigation into the exchange, distribution and possession of child pornography through an online peer-to-peer file sharing program.
According to a federal complaint, law enforcement officers discovered a cache of child porn on a computer at Sprague's residence. Sprague allegedly admitted to downloading the files.
According to Sprague's attorney, Leonard H. Cohen, a complaint has been issued on the charge of distributing material involving the sexual exploitation of a minor, but his client hasn't yet been indicted on any charges.
Cohen said it was too early in the case for him to comment further.
Assistant United States Attorney Steven H. Breslow is prosecuting the case. On Monday, Breslow asked U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth P. Neiman for a pretrial detention hearing for the defendant citing his belief that there is a serious risk Sprague might flee prosecution as well as for the safety of the community, according to court documents.
If convicted, Sprague faces a mandatory minimum of five years and a maximum of 20 years in prison and up to lifetime supervised release. He can also be fined up to $250,000.
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The MODEL.DEPRPT program produces a report that lists the variables and dimension values on which each model equation depends. When a dependence is dimensional, the report gives the name of the dimension.
Example 17-18 Producing a Dependency Report
The MODEL.DEPRPT program produces a dependency report that lists the variables and dimension values that are the assignment target and data sources for each model equation. For each equation, the assignment target and each data source is listed on a separate line. When a target or data source is a dimension value, its line is marked by an asterisk enclosed in square brackets (
When a target or data source depends on a qualifier, the report specifies the dimension of the qualifier and indicates the type of dependence. The type of dependence can be any of the following:
LAG -- One-way dependence on previous dimension values
LEAD -- One-way dependence on later dimension values
BOTH -- Two-way dependence on both previous and later values
VARIABLE -- Dependence on either previous or later values, depending on the value of a variable when the model is run
QDR -- Qualified data reference
Assume that you want to produce a dependency report for the
income.budget model. The following statement and report illustrate this process.
MODEL.DEPRPT income.budget MODEL INCOME.BUDGET <LINE MONTH> 2 [*](LINE OPR.INCOME): [*](LINE GROSS.MARGIN) [*](LINE MARKETING) 3 [*](LINE GROSS.MARGIN): [*](LINE REVENUE) [*](LINE COGS) 4 [*](LINE REVENUE): [*](LINE REVENUE)(LAG <MONTH>) 5 [*](LINE COGS): [*](LINE COGS)(LAG <MONTH>) 6 [*](LINE MARKETING): [*](LINE OPR.INCOME)(LAG <MONTH>)
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St Andrews CC Merge Club and POA
Dear Fellow Member A few years ago our club voted to require each resident of St Andrews CC to be a member of the golf club within St Andrews. And if you were not a member at that point in time when your house was sold the next owner was required to join the golf club. This left the community with approx 60 homes without golf membership and the remaining homes, members of both the POA and the golf club. That being, most of the POA members are golf club members as well and pay for the upkeep of both entities aprox 650 homes Other communities such as Bocaire, Delaire and most closely related to us in size, Frenchmans Creek, as well as many others have merged the POA and the golf club to one organization and enjoy the benefits as follows A tax savings of aprox $ 1,000.00 per family per year based upon the presentation of our asset base of the golf club facilities One web site ( we now have 2 web sites at twice the cost to us) One phone system ( we now have 2 phones systems ) Overlapping staff for the following 1 Grounds maintenance 2 Accounting 3 General management And many other savings that would be shared with the non golf club members. These other clubs thru accounting have separated the just POA members and saved them operating costs based on the economies of scale accomplished by this merger So every one wins And just as important we eliminate the Them and Us aspects of the POA and the golf club We are one community !!!
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WOLFEBORO, N.H., July 6 (UPI) -- Mitt Romney said he has a plan that "calls for action that will get America working again," in the wake of the June unemployment report.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday unemployment in June was 8.2 percent, making June the 41st consecutive month that unemployment was above 8 percent.
"The president doesn't have a plan; hasn't proposed any new ideas to get the economy going, just the same old ideas of the past that have failed," the presumptive Republican nominee said from New Hampshire vacation home. "I have a plan. My plan calls for action that will get America working again and create good jobs both near term and long term."
Romney said his plan to boost the job sector involves "building the Keystone pipeline," "opening up new markets for American trade, particularly in Latin America," and "bringing our tax rates down."
Meanwhile, the Romney campaign is considering a five-country foreign policy tour for the end of the month, campaign officials told Politico.
The tour would begin with an address at the VFW convention later this month in Reno, Nev., an official said. Then, Romney would fly to London for the start of the Olympics, where he would give a speech on U.S. foreign policy.
Under the plan being considered, Romney would then travel to Israel for a series of meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials, the source said. Upon leaving Israel, Romney would head back to Europe for stops in Germany and Poland.
Romney officials said the plan is still being worked out and will be finalized within the next week.
Romney is also making plans to build up his communications team with seasoned operatives amid growing criticism from prominent U.S. conservatives, campaign advisers told The Washington Post.
Met Romney last week.Tough O Chicago pros will be hard to beat unless he drops old friends from team and hires some real pros. Doubtful.— Rupert Murdoch(@rupertmurdoch) July 1, 2012
The GOP candidate's inner circle will remain intact, the advisers said.
The campaign, based in Boston, plans to strengthen its rapid-response and general messaging team, and some Republicans previously only informally advising the campaign may take on more official duties, strategists close to the campaign told the Post.
The campaign is putting together a senior staff for Romney's eventual vice presidential running-mate, the strategists said.
Hope Mitt Romney is listening to Murdoch advice ont campaign staff..playing in league with Chicago pols..No room for amateurs— Jack Welch (@jack_welch) July 2, 2012
The moves could be announced as early as next week, they said.
The advisers strongly rejected a suggestion the campaign was making a course correction, the Post said.
The issue grew into an uproar last weekend when conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch and U.S. business executive and author Jack Welch called for a Romney campaign shake-up.
Murdoch wrote on Twitter Sunday Romney's presidential campaign team was outmatched by President Barack Obama's.
"Met Romney last week. Tough O[bama] Chicago pros will be hard to beat unless he drops old friends from team and hires some real pros. Doubtful," the News Corp. chief executive officer wrote.
Murdoch, 81, was among 50 people who met with the former Massachusetts governor at the Union League Club of New York, a private New York City social club, June 28.
Welch, 76, a former General Electric Co. CEO, later sent out a Twitter message in support of Murdoch's shake-up call.
"Hope Mitt Romney is listening to Murdoch advice ont campaign staff..playing in league with Chicago pols..No room for amateurs," the message said.
Murdoch's Wall Street Journal editorialized Thursday Romney's advisers were "slowly squandering an historic opportunity" to beat Obama.
Later in the day conservative political radio talk show host Laura Ingraham asked listeners if they felt the vacationing Romney should "get off the Jet Ski."
Romney is vacationing on his estate on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, N.H., and was photographed sitting behind his wife, Ann Romney, on a water scooter.


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Dumervil got a new agent and is going to visit Baltimore.
Honestly, as much as we say the Ravens f'd up and lost a bunch of players, Dumer in Baltimore is an upgrade from Kruger.
Baltimore always steps in **** and ends up reaping the luck from it in terms of players and talent.


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Thread: Who are these kids?!?!
If kids can budget a boat then go for it. I had a new Hobie Cat when I was 20 and had my sail bag going from one end of my dorm room to the other and I was out sailing almost everyday. At 56, I'm still doing much of what I did when I was younger and added some new toys. I see the end in the horizon and I'm going until I can go no longer.
You need to balance priorities and when you're young with no kids you can do those things and you can remember those days as they may go away for a while when they have a family but it comes back with the kids get older and time to get a boat again. Somehow we have all found it in our budget to have a boat and I don't think none of us have regretted get one. I'm holding off getting a new boat until I can no longer water ski and then probably get a V drive and join the other 80% of the group.1998 Mobius
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I'm 47 and have always had cars ,toys etc, just not a boat,till a few years ago that was actually mine. We are/ were a young married couple,who now have a couple of well rounded girls ,one nearly finished university and second finishing highschool and enrolled in Techinical institute for next year.BTW we are coming up on 25year anniversary.
We had different priorites as do most people,now we are slowly getting to OUR FUN carefree years??. My comments were not to chastise Young people in general,especially ones boating...
Here in Alberta ,particularily Calgary. There is a LOT of OIL and gas and Technology Money out there,and with it goes the Spoils to a lot of Kids. It is not uncommon to go to dealers and just Buy a boat outright,sometimes cash. I have seen it done... That is definetely not MY case. I worked hard for most of our boat and had a little inheritance help.
This was not saying there are exceptions and gladly there are many as many are testifying too.Good on you,weather buying or financing,is not the issue,my concern is the Spoiled rotten kids,that have no respect for there stuff,my stuff,etc. This just happens to be fairly common on a few close lakes to where we live.07 Outback DD
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I can also add .Its not always 100k boats but there are a lot of them. We have the Number 1 MC dealer in the world sales,# 1or2 Malibu dealer,Number 2,3 Tige dealer,Moomba dealer was # 3,4 . These are all based on volume sales. and these are all dealers local or very near by.07 Outback DD
Who are these kids?!?!
Also you have to remember those young people working in the oil and gas field up there. I have buddy from Canada who runs a cement crew on land and has been doing it for 5 years now. I don't know exactly what he makes but it's got to be close to 150,000 a year I so and he's only 25
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This thread took a different twist from what I was expecting. Surprisingly, the common theme was to enjoy all the fun and atmosphere that boating creates regardless of where each of us are in our lives. I wasn't looking to start a class war or finance debate for that matter.
I was thinking back to a little over a decade ago when I got out of college and was thrilled that I could afford a jet ski (don't tell my ski/wake buddies i had one) at the time and the thought of getting a gas guzzling boat never even crossed my mind at the time. I've always been ultra conservative and whether you take out a 15 year note or pay in cash and the burn the receipt doesn't matter to me!
I catch a flight every week and live for the weekends at the lake cabin and wouldn't trade it for all the Crown Royal in the world. As much as I can't wait to unwrap my new boat, I'm certain I won't have any more fun on the water this year than I would have with my old boat. I just hope the young guys don't burry themselves in new boat's. After all, we need someone to offload our used boats on!2013 Mobius LSV
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Personally, I don't care how others make or spend their money or how they came to be driving that nice new boat - only how they operate that nice new boat. With years has come the wisdom that I don't know jack sh!+ about other people and their finances. I don't presume to know if daddy or the recently departed grandma's insurance bought that boat, or if junior worked his a$$ off & paid cash or is mortgaged to the hilt - so I don't care. Just don't be a d!ck about it and think your money (or the appearance thereof) make you better than anybody else on the water. Of course, "you" and "your" are not directed at anyone particular (well except maybe those douches in the white sunglasses that pulled up in the "murdered" Supra at the TX Jam). You know what I mean if you were there...89 Supra Saltare Restoration Project
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My neigbour is an orth0pedist. Makes about 2 mil a year. His 15 yr old son put almost 400 hrs on there brand new 80k bu last summer including a new motor!
Does this piss me off, heck no...Joey is a good kid and his dad went to school for 14 yrs and works his butt off. Not all men and women are created equal and not all people have the drive or ability to be successful.
Don't tell me for one sec that if you made that kind of money you wouldn't do the same for your kids!
I don't want to get political and I must add I'm very right on polotics, but the fact of the matter is the haves have more and the rest are fighting over the scraps.
OK off my soap box, just enjoy the lake, I feel very lucky to have a house on a lake and have my front yard a pearl gem every morning, and quess what so do my kids. What are people going to say when my 13 yr old and my other neighbours 13 yr old are driving around in our Moomba's and MC's. Probably the same thing...but to heck with them, the lakes and rivers belong to all and toys like nice boats are just stuff.07 Outback, PP, Heaters, Custom 1/2 wrap, SeaDeK platform cover, Upgraded Stereo, Bimini, Apperance package
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I don't let my daughter or anyone else use my recreational toys. I don't buy stuff for them to wear out and my daughter is now 24 and she is pretty much on her own but she has asked a few times to use the boat. I give her support to get an education so she can get neat stuff. Besides, she wouldn't take care of the boat like I do and I like the boat to be ready the next time I go out.
If I ever get hit by Son of Daddy Bigbucks then it's Daddy who has to make things right and that may be a nice boat like they have.1998 Mobius
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Guess I am old fashioned if it is a toy and you cannot write a check for it you do not need it.1966 18' Chris Craft Super Sport, 2007 Supra Launch SSV


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Discussion in 'Star Trek Movies I-X' started by Gotham Central, Oct 7, 2013.
Probably in reference to her oath of celibacy.
The novelization clarifies that Kirk had instantly regretted adding, "And in you too, Lieutenant", in response to Decker's comment that Kirk had "the utmost confidence" in him. Kirk was irritated by Decker's words, and they were both trying to deflect Ilia from asking outright why Decker was no longer captain.
Thanks for mentioning that. I think this hypothetical warp drive should be referred to as A & P warp drive, considering that Mr. Alcubierre was not the first to describe the essential idea.
You're mistaken about what canon is... and what it isn't. All of the versions of the film and all the edits are canon.
I would however assume that, since Vulcan never appeared in it's theatrical TMP incarnation again (outside of the Spock: Reflections comic at night), that the 2001 Director's Cut is the version currently "in continuity". IIRC, the CG Vulcan landscape from TMP-DE cropped up again in ENT: "Home"?
RE: the ranks thing, I've always rationalized it as being another holdover from Phase II. I think the concept of Phase II was that Kirk had been an Admiral for a couple years, but his retaking command of the Enterprise was an actual reduction back to Captain (a specially arranged reduction) because he was fed up flying a desk and Admiral Nogura was sympathetic to Kirk's need to be "out there". Kirk being held up as this great hero following the return of the Enterprise from its five year mission was also probably a part of it; if Kirk doesn't want "rank" but rather wants a ship, then public opinion would likely sway towards giving him his damn ship back. So being reduced to Captain makes sense in that context. I can imagine Admiral Nogura sighing, raising his hands in the air, and saying "Okay Kirk, if you want her back badly enough..... you'll have to be demoted of course....."
Decker on the other hand is harder to rationalize. If he's the captain, then he's a captain. He can be temporarily assigned as first officer, but he'll always have the rank of captain and the sleeve stripes to prove it. But we never actually see Decker with captain's stripes, only commander. So what conclusions can we draw? I think Decker wasn't officially a captain yet. He was involved in Enterprise's refit, and he had basically been tapped to be captain following Kirk's recommendation of him to that role, but the papers hadn't quite gone through yet..... so when Kirk steps in and says, "They gave her back to me Will", Decker just has to accept that his promotion hasn't gone through. It also adds an extra dimension to the conflict between him and Kirk.
An interesting idea but not actually true. And the proof is in TMP itself. When Decker makes his first appearance, he's wearing one of the alternate jumpsuits that has the rank epaulets on the shoulders rather than at the wrists. He's still wearing this uniform when he meets Kirk in the corridor just after the transporter accident. Kirk wears a similar uniform near the film's end. Both uniforms clearly indicate the rank of captain. It's not clear when Decker was actually promoted, but he was clearly a captain by 2273.
^Now that I mention it, one thing that's always struck me as somewhat humorous is that we never see Decker sitting in the captain's chair at any point during the film. He's shown standing near it for a few seconds as Kirk and Spock leave the bridge to confront what turns out to be the Ilia probe. But he never sits there while on screen. I don't know if that was done intentionally, but it's yet another way of driving home the point that the Enterprise isn't his ship any longer.
That is quite funny. I had forgotten about the alternative uniforms. You're right, Decker was clearly visually identified as a captain when we first meet him, although I still think my theory is right that "the price" Kirk must pay for wanting his old ship back (and everything we know about in the Phase II series format documents assumes that Kirk is indeed a captain for the majority of the episodes, not an admiral-acting-as-captain) is a permanent reduction in rank and being stripped of the assumed privileges thereof. Basically, exactly what happens to him at the end of Star Trek IV, but self-inflicted rather than being as a result of an official hearing into his conduct.
Of course, we must further assume that if Kirk did command a second five year mission between TMP and TWOK, and the ending of TMP certainly implies this, then his 'permanent' reduction to captain for a further five years was in itself only temporary, and a loophole was used to bump him back to admiral upon his second return to Earth.
I agree with this and don't believe Kirk would've been allowed to command Enterprise again without making significant concessions. The conversation between Kirk and Nogura is something I've always wanted to see or read. If their meeting did last only three minutes, one wonders exactly what was said between the two if Kirk came out on top.
Several non-cannon sources suggest that the admiralty was reorganized in the years leading up to TWOK because of several mistakes by Starfleet Intelligence, including a botched mission in Klingon space. Nogura was asked to resign, with Morrow taking his place. Kirk was returned to the admiralty and placed in charge of Starfleet Academy. Eventually, Enterprise was placed under Spock's command and assigned to the Academy. Whether this was a move engineered by Kirk to keep the Enterprise within his jurisdiction or something Spock requested so that he could continue to serve under Kirk isn't known.
Regarding the Ilia character and Deltans in general, I'd like to propose an alternate explanation: Gene Roddenberry was a horndog. In the 1960's, he was restricted a bit by TV censors. In the late 1970's, he felt he would have much more freedom. So he created a species who's defining characteristic was that they have sex all the time. No doubt with the intention of depicting a wide variety of sexual encounters involving scantily clad women, many of whom would likely visit his personal casting couch to get the part. A harsh assessment? Yes. But backed up by what we know of Roddenberry's treatment of women in general.
In-universe, I'm not entirely sure how Deltan society manages to function, though. One description I read of them -- from the novelization perhaps -- says that to Deltans, sex was part of literally every interaction between people and as common as a handshake. Ok, how many people do you casually interact with in a day? How many people do you shake hands with? Imagine if literally every single one of those encounters involved you having sex with them. How would anything ever get done?
Look up bonobos (pygmy chimpanzees) on Wikipedia. They're pretty much proof of concept for this.
Not necessarily. In all of Richard Arnold's posts about "what is canon?" in "The Communicator", he never mentioned alternate takes and director's editions. He specified that canon was live-action, aired Trek, but this was before any director's editions came out on DVD. He did rule out extra info in novelizations, TAS, media tie-ins and live-action footage featured in tie-in computer games, "A Star Trek Adventure" at Universal, and "The Experience" rides.
But the point is that the answer to "What is canon?" is that canon is something mutable and often self-contradictory, something that can be changed and reinterpreted by its own creators. It's not some simplistic seal of approval that you can stick on something to declare it "real" once and for all so that there's no further need to think or wonder. There's always going to be a need for the audience to evaluate and choose for themselves.
In other words, what is canon is every official screen production, but what is "real" within the canon when it contradicts itself is up to the viewer's judgment. Canon is not the final, pre-emptive answer that many people want it to be.
Exactly. Canon simply is; it's not something which must be declared by a higher authority. All of the editions of TMP are part of Star Trek canon -- at least Star Trek movie canon. Which edition is to be regarded in the viewer's mind as part of a larger body of continuity is entirely up to the viewer. Not Richard Arnold.
Except when its delivered as a directive to the media tie-in licensees. When a higher authority tells the licensee what can and can't be used to inform the product being created.
For a time, DC Comics had to publish a comic that was meant to only adapt concepts presented in ST:TMP (although numerous TOS elements crept in).
For a time, the novels and comics had to ignore TAS (and each other), and concentrate mainly on the canonical backgrounds of the main casts of TOS and TNG.
I think what Hober meant is that it isn't imposed on the creators of the show itself by some higher authority; the show (or the original work in whatever medium) is automatically the canon by definition. What you're talking about, a licensing department that supervises tie-in creation, is not a higher authority in comparison to the creators of the canon, but a subordinate or parallel one. They're people hired by the studio to oversee the licensed merchandise. They have approval over the tie-ins, but they're following the lead of the canon. They are not defining the canon, merely keeping track of it and helping tie-ins stay consistent with it. Whatever authority they have is on behalf of the producers, or rather, the studio.
By analogy, if the producers are like a legislature laying down the laws, the licensing department is like a federal agency responsible for ensuring the laws are followed. They're subordinate to the lawmakers. And the licensees like Pocket and IDW would be akin to, say, government contractors.
One thing I've never understood about The Motion Picture is the use of Ilia's theme at the beginning of the movie, accompanied by a black screen for the duration of it. It's a beautiful piece of music, but the inclusion just seems to draw the film out even more.
The character certainly plays a pivotal part in the film, but to that extent?
In addition to the other explanations offered, it was stated that many of the people wearing those costumes were not really actors, but well-known fans (ie. Bjo Trimble) or authors such as David Gerrold. These people were given a small part in the movie as a "thank you" for their years of support.
As to why nobody else ever wore those costumes... maybe they were constructed to fit a particular person?
Not all sexual acts or encounters involve going to bed/having actual intercourse.
It's also possible that the costumes weren't up to snuff for any lengthy screen-time duration. From what little I've seen of those masks, they make the Antican And Selay masks from The Next Generation look life-like and flexible by comparison.
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text: This question came up recently in another thread. I thought it was interesting enough to get its own thread. The age of majority is very much a culturally-defined idea. It is not just a matter of getting through puberty or physically appearing like an adult. Although it does have a strong link to puberty and the associated physical development, it's really the mental development that matters. And not just generic mental development, but probably specifically development of one's mental picture of his/her place within the society and culture they live. Actual process of turning from child into adult is gradual, physically and culturally. And there are many different aspects of it that could be controlled separately. Different developmental clues or ages could be used for each different aspect. I think this has become more and more recognized over time in the complexities of our laws. Common US examples: driving (with test), alcohol, gun license, ability to marry, own property, trade stock, etc. Jury duty, voting, being tried as an adult. I am only going to focus on one important step, separate from all other possible signs of the "adulthood": the right to vote in a democratic society. (I am assuming that Federation societies are democratic, or at least a close approximation.) I would think that mental (specifically social) maturity is what matters, not so much physical maturity. At least, no more than physical maturity may affect mental growth and maturity. If you were going to test for "maturity" or "adulthood" as a precursor to gaining the right to vote, what would you test for if not the physical? My initial thoughts (ie: gut reaction) was that you couldn't test too much for any particular knowledge, like the ability to read and write or even a particular knowledge of how the government works because even ignorant bums (and I use the term loosely, not to point out any particular group) should have the right to vote in a democracy. Then I thought, maybe some kind of IQ test, but again that doesn't account for the ignorant bums. There are actually some people that are mentally deficient enough that they should not be allowed to vote. I'm talking about people with medically declared mental deficiencies that require life-time assistance, like people in mental institutions (permanently at least, maybe not just temporary visitors), or people like my uncle, who suffered a head injury at the age of 9 and never developed beyond that point (although he lived to be 64). But other than the actual medical cases, everyone else, no matter how ignorant or how low the IQ, should be allowed to vote once they grow out of their childhood dependency into adulthood. That's the initial gut reaction anyway. You certainly don't want to try and start secluding people on any basis, because there would be the urge by people in charge to corrupt the system to further weed out undesired people from the voting populace. It's the slippery slope idea. So we come back to the only real quality clearly linked to maturity and measurable enough to apply across the board equally: physical age. At some point in age we go through puberty and take on the physical characteristics of adulthood. The exact age differs depending on environmental and genetic factors. And at some point in age we have gained enough experience with the world to be considered "adults" by our cultural definitions. Again, the exact age differs. But it is the only good starting point for discussion, and each culture can define the appropriate age for them. Of course, in the Federation, the link between age and puberty is more complex because there exist different species. And it's possible that vastly different environmental factors could significantly change the onset of puberty, even for members of the same race. Say, for instance, that being raised on a low gravity environment (like the Moon) causes a measurable delay in puberty for the average human. That would have to be taken into account. But how do you deal with people coming and going, not living continuously in any one environment their entire lives (3 years on Earth, 6 years on the Moon, 2 years on a starship, 4 years in aquatic city miles deep in an ocean somewhere, etc, etc)? Maybe if we could accurately measure when puberty happens, then base the voting age on that somehow? But that would probably be exceedingly hard to do. Even within a given species (like humans) there are lots of variability in signs of puberty. What would you use as a measurable indicator? Girls getting their period? Not all of them do. Boys getting facial hair? Not all of them do. There are medical conditions which may remove one or more signs of puberty without reducing the over-arching reality that the person is an adult now and not a child, at least in the important aspect of mental capacity for abstract and social thought. And what about the estimated 5-9% of the human race that do not fall into the strict categories of man or woman? I think the only real fair way for the Federation to deal with this is to have a 2-tiered system: (1)There would be an agreed upon age for each species upon which normal adulthood is assumed. Some people could be withheld from this automatic age of majority by professional medical diagnosis. This is much like most modern societies on Earth today, except that you would have to take into account different possible environments. And the age would have to be different for each race. (As an aside, this age would have to be measured from the being's perspective. If they went forward or backward in time, or they spent any time at relativistic speeds, etc, then those things would have to be taken into account.) These normal ages would be defined by the people or the legislative bodies in a democratic way. (2)There would be a method available for beings to gain their right to vote prior to this "normal" age to account for the unusual person/event. (By the way, this is generally how I think current Earth cultures should deal with this problem even now; except for the points about different species.) So again, I come back to: what do you test for, if you were going to? And for this, I have to remind myself that the age of majority is a culturally-defined construct. So the real question is, what does our culture expect of an adult in relationship to voting. (Remember, this question can be asked with different answers for different things, but I am only going to focus on voting.) I think, in general, adults are expected to contribute positively to society. (You can say this is especially true in the idealized Federation, where apparently everyone does that without even having money to motivate them.) And in order to positively contribute with your new power to vote I would think one would need (and be able to pass a test to prove) a basic understanding of how to vote, what it does, probably even an understanding of the basic structure of the government and it's checks and balances, of which voting is a part. And most importantly, express an understanding that this voting right is your alone, not to be forced on you by others or shared with others. (The idea being to minimize the chance that somebody could "force" a bunch of young ignorant children into voting a certain way.) Basically, I would think this "early voting power" test would be similar to citizen tests given to people trying to gain citizenship in a new country. Only, this voting test would be more focused just on the government construct and the act of voting itself. No need to have detailed history tests. Or recite the pledge of allegiance, etc. Of course, this testing process would have to be available in many languages and methods to ensure that no particular language is required, not that ability to read and write. And any physical handicap would not prevent someone from passing. I got to thinking further about this idea that the age of majority was a cultural-defined construct. What about those societies that have a vastly different idea of what the age of majority is? In human history at least, the age of majority has tended to be older and older as the average lifespan of the people in the society goes up. In less technologically-advanced cultures where the average life expectancy is lower, the age of majority tends to often be associated directly with puberty itself. Well, what about those segments of Federation society that have maintained a less-technologically-advanced existence and therefore have a vastly younger age of majority? Like the descendants of the Rubber Tree People that Chakotay meet on Earth in the VGR episode "Tattoo". But would such people even want to get involved with Federation politics? It doesn't matter whether they do or not, really, they have the right and there needs to be an answer to how that would be addressed. Say a young 13-year-old human boy/man comes out from one of these sub-cultures and says "I'm an adult in my society, I know nothing about Federation politics, but I want the right to vote in Federation elections." Who is the Federation to deny that kid the right to vote just because he's not old enough by the pre-defined normal human standards in the Federation and he can't pass the "early voting" test? Well, that answer is: they are the Federation, a totally different culture than the one he grew up in. Because the age of majority is culturally defined, it can be different for different cultures and subcultures. You can see how there might be lots of different tiers of cultures in the Federation, each with their own different definitions of age of majority. Voting in Federation-level politics requires a certain age of majority (say 18), but local politics are very different and require a different age of majority (like 13 in the case of this young boy). I think it's OK for this to be different. There are differences in how local politics work versus large-level Federation politics. It's OK to recognize those differences. IDIC and all that. Plus, all that young boy would have to do to gain the right to vote in Federation elections would be to learn a little about the Federation government that he will be participating in. That's not too much to ask for is it? I think it's a good reason, as alluded to above, to have that second tier of gaining the right to vote in the Federation. Here's one more major challenge for Federation in relation to the age of majority and the right to vote: how do you handle mix-breed children. Every new hybrid child that is born is practically a new species entirely. There would be no pre-defined data to go one when you ask the question: "what's the normal age for this child to go through puberty?" What age do you use as the default age of majority for such a being? You would assume a hybrid child would mature at least as fast as slowest-maturing parent, but even that may not be the case. Especially if a lot of genetic help was required along the way in order to have the child in the first place (like when humans and Vulcans produce offspring). At least initially, you would think the new hybrids would have to test into adulthood because there would be no predefined "automatic" age of majority.


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Soto making progress, could join lineup soon
By T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Catcher Geovany Soto has caught live batting practice and is now running the bases at approximately 50 percent speed. Once he can do that at full speed without any problems, Soto should be ready to return to the lineup.
The Rangers' projected Opening Day catcher has been sidelined since Feb. 22 after undergoing surgery to remove a bone from his left ankle. He is hoping to return to the lineup by Saturday at the earliest.
"I feel great," Soto said. "There have been no issues. It has come around a lot better than I thought. I'm really pleased with the way things have come around. I'm almost there. I'm anxious to get back out there."
The Rangers signed Soto in the offseason with the idea he would be their No. 1 catcher. The surgery hasn't changed that. If Soto can get back on the field by Saturday, he would still have two weeks to get ready for Opening Day. If he needs extra at-bats, he can get them in Minor League games. Right now, the Rangers want to make sure he can run the bases without a problem and squat behind the plate for a durable length of time.
Choo out with sore elbow, hopes to play Wednesday
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Outfielder Shin-Soo Choo is the latest Rangers player to come down with one of those nagging Spring Training ailments.
Choo said he has been bothered by a sore left elbow and was out of the lineup Tuesday against the White Sox. He last played Saturday against the Dodgers and is hoping to be back in the lineup Wednesday, so the problem is not too serious.
"At the end of a season, when you stop throwing, your muscles shrink," Choo said. "When you start throwing again, your muscles get extended and I get a little inflammation. I don't want to play and make it worse. It's feeling better today."
Choo is 3-for-17 with four strikeouts and one walk in seven Cactus League games, but said the elbow hasn't been a problem when he has been hitting.
"In the first week, my timing was late," Choo said. "Now I'm starting to hit the ball on time. I'm hitting it hard, but right at people."
Alex Rios also remains sidelined with a strained intercostal muscle in his right rib cage. Rios has not played since March 4, but is taking batting practice.
"We're waiting for him to tell us when he is ready," assistant general manager Thad Levine said.
Shortstop Elvis Andrus, who missed time early in the Cactus League because of a sore shoulder, has been playing regularly, but is still not full strength yet as far as throwing.
"I'm getting the strength back," Andrus said. "It's not 100 percent. I'm probably 80-85 percent. It's coming along. It will get there pretty quick."
Harrison hurls scoreless inning in 'B' game
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Pitching in a "B" game with a bizarre format, Matt Harrison threw a scoreless inning Tuesday morning while pitching under game conditions for the first time in 11 months.
Harrison needed just 11 pitches to get through the Royals' loaded lineup, allowing just one hit. He was the first of five Rangers pitchers to hold the Royals' six-man lineup scoreless through seven innings.
"It went quicker than I thought," Harrison said. "I like quick innings. My back feels good, so hopefully we'll keep progressing. Everything felt great. The big thing is how I recover the next day, but I don't expect anything bad. I feel good and I expect to keep progressing."
Harrison made just two starts last season before suffering a herniated disk in his lower back. He needed two operations to correct the problem, missed the rest of the season and had some issues early in spring that have put him behind all other pitchers. The Rangers haven't announced when he'll pitch again, but it probably won't be more than one or two innings.
It's also likely that Harrison won't have pitched at least five innings in a start before the Rangers break camp on March 26. Harrison, if he doesn't have anymore setbacks, is expected to need at least two to three more starts after that in the Minor Leagues.
"I would like to be back before mid-April, but we'll see," Harrison said.
The Royals' lineup consisted of Major League hitters Alcides Escobar, Mike Moustakas, Eric Hosmer, Danny Valencia, Jarrod Dyson and Brayan Pena. All but Pena were used as "designated hitters." The Royals used Minor Leaguers to play the field when the Rangers were hitting.
Rangers pitchers still dominated the affair. Justin Germano threw three scoreless innings, while Shawn Tolleson and Miles Mikolas pitched one scoreless inning each. Tolleson, who has overcome a sore shoulder, and Mikolas, who had some soreness in his elbow, were pitching for the first time since the intrasquad games back in February. Minor Leaguer Martire Garcia also pitched a scoreless inning.
"They all threw the ball well," manager Ron Washington said.
Hanson makes statement with four strong innings
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Right-hander Tommy Hanson advanced his rotation candidacy by allowing just one run over four innings for the Rangers against the White Sox on Tuesday. He also showed why he could be an asset as a long reliever.
Hanson did not start the game. Instead, he entered in the fourth inning and allowed one run on two hits, a walk and two strikeouts. His biggest transgression was a walk to start the fourth that ended up scoring.
"He really maneuvered the baseball," manager Ron Washington said. "He changed speeds, he had a curveball working and his fastball was down. The more he gets the baseball, the better feel he'll have for what he is trying to do."
Hanson is one of eight candidates for two spots in the Rangers' rotation. They want two starters to emerge but they also will need a long man in the bullpen. If Colby Lewis and Joe Saunders win the two spots in the rotation, Hanson could fill the long-man role.
"With all these starters, somebody will emerge," Washington said. "It's very important, we've got to find somebody down there who can go long."
Hanson followed Saunders, who allowed four runs in three innings while dealing with a blister on the outside of his left foot. Saunders gave up two runs in the first, struck out the side in the second and allowed two more runs in the third. An error by third baseman Adrian Beltre extended the third inning and one of the runs was unearned.
"I kind of felt [the blister] after the first inning but pitched through it," Saunders said. "I had to get my pitches in. It was no big deal. It hurt, but you have to pitch through it."
Worth noting
• Outfielder Engel Beltre had to wear No. 85 during Tuesday's game against the White Sox because he forgot to bring his No. 43 jersey to Glendale.
• Infielder Brent Lillibridge, who got off to a strong start in the Cactus League before suffering a jammed thumb on his right hand, took over for Elvis Andrus at shortstop during Tuesday's game against the White Sox. He was 2-for-2 and is now 7-for-12 in Cactus League games.
• Country-Western singing legend Charley Pride will perform his annual concert in the Rangers' clubhouse Wednesday morning.
• Alexi Ogando, Jose Contreras, Jason Frasor, Neal Cotts and Ryan Feierabend pitch against the Angels on Wednesday in Surprise. Martin Perez pitches Thursday against the Giants in the first night game of the spring. That game will be on MLB.TV.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Personal Best
A collection of Personal Best columns published in The New York Times.
How Long Does It Take to Recover From a Marathon?
There's not much rigorous research on recovery after strenuous exercise, and this aspect of competition is rife with unsubstantiated dogma.
March 19, 2012, Monday
Workouts May Not Be the Best Time for a Snack
There is no end to the crazy foods people will eat at endurance events, but do they actually raise performance?
February 20, 2012, Monday
Personal Best: Workouts Have Their Limits, Recognized or Not
Physiologists are fretting over an increasing focus on extreme exercise among some recreational athletes.
January 16, 2012, Monday
GPS Watch Can Be an Unreliable Running Partner
Discrepancies in recording distances and pace can be frustrating for those training for races.
December 20, 2011, Tuesday
MORE ON: Running , Global Positioning System , Watches and Clocks
For Beginning Runners, Advice Can Be a Hurdle
It can be hard for someone to suddenly take up running, but all the advice offered makes it even more complicated.
November 15, 2011, Tuesday
MORE ON: Running , Sports Injuries , Sneakers , Medicine and Health
I'm Keeping My Coach, but You May Not Need One
How does someone qualify to be a coach? And why do so many athletes want a coach in the first place?
October 18, 2011, Tuesday
MORE ON: Running , Coaches and Managers , Athletics and Sports
A Little Deception Helps Push Athletes to the Limit
A look at why most people run or ride or swim faster in a race than they can ever manage to do in practice.
September 20, 2011, Tuesday
MORE ON: Bicycles and Bicycling , Brain , Medicine and Health , Exercise
Perks of Cross-Training May End Before Finish Line
If you want to improve your performance and avoid injury, cross-training is not the definitive scientific answer.
August 16, 2011, Tuesday
MORE ON: Exercise , Sports Injuries , Weight Lifting , Medicine and Health
For Runners, Soft Ground Can Be Hard on the Body
An exercise physiologist and other experts said that contrary to popular wisdom, they could find no scientific evidence that a softer surface is beneficial to runners.
July 19, 2011, Tuesday
MORE ON: Running , Sports Injuries , Asphalt , Shoes and Boots , Exercise
When Running Up Mileage, 10 Percent Isn't the Cap
One of the most widely known rules in running, the 10 percent rule, may not have any benefit, according to researchers.
June 21, 2011, Tuesday
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SST Teaching & Learning Focus Group
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In 2012, Provost Lon Kaufman and Vice-Chancellor for Administrative Services Mark Donovan initiated a Sustainability Strategic Thinking Process (SST) aimed at setting the stage for making sustainability the lens through which all of the university's activities—including teaching, research, processes, operations, and community work—will eventually operate. This process has approached sustainability as a holistic concept that resonates with the definition put forth by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), which includes "human and ecological health, social justice, secure livelihoods, and a better world for all generations." The latest Summary Document of the SST Process can be found here.
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text: This just happened today. Left the house on my 74 R90/6. Turned the key to turn on the headlight and the turn signal indicator on the instrument cluster came on and stayed on. Everything functions. The turn signals work normally. What causes this? The light is on in any key position that other lights are on. It does not blink with the turn signals, it's just on all the time.