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Dutch Parliamentary Election Panel Study, 1971-1979 (ICPSR 6743)
Principal Investigator(s): van der Eijk, C.; Niemoeller, B.
This panel study was conducted within the framework of the Dutch Parliamentary Election Studies. The survey was administered in six waves. The first two waves occurred in 1971, the third wave was conducted shortly after the elections on November 29, 1972, the fourth wave was conducted after the formation of the Den-Uyl cabinet on May 31, 1973, the fifth wave was conducted following the pre-1977 election, and the final wave occurred in 1979. The purpose of this study was to provide information on change and stability in electoral behavior and political orientation in the Netherlands. Topics covered in 1971 included respondents' exposure to mass media, opinions on leadership, evaluation of local and national government, opinions on most important local, national, and world problems, sense of political efficacy, political interest, attitudes toward democracy, attitudes towards NATO and foreign policy, and expectations of world war through conflicts and social problems. Many first-wave questions were repeated in the succeeding waves. Topics added to the 1972 wave included foreign policy issues, confidence and trust in prominent persons and groups, welfare, government, income, housing needs, inflation, and tolerance regarding daughter's choice of husband. In 1973, respondents were also surveyed about the role of the government in environmental policy making, their perception of society's control on commerce and industry, and attitudes about prosperity. New items added in the 1977 wave covered image of political parties, major problems in the country, causes of unemployment, evaluation of government policies, cabinet formation voting behavior, left-right political ratings, freedom and equality, abortion, and European integration. Additional topics in 1979 included respondents' coalition preferences, party-identification, sympathy scores for political parties, cabinet formation efficacy, attitudes about vote recall in 1971, 1972, and 1977, opinions of political parties in the last 10 years, and perceptions of prosperity in the Netherlands. Demographic variables include respondent's age, gender, education, marital status, number of children, household income, religion, and region.
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van der Eijk, C., and B. Niemoeller. Dutch Parliamentary Election Panel Study, 1971-1979. ICPSR06743-v1. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Steinmetz Archive/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributors], 1997. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06743.v1
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Subject Terms: domestic policy, Dutch Parliament, economic conditions, environment, foreign policy, government performance, housing, income, nationalization, parliamentary elections, political affiliation, political attitudes, political change, political issues, political leaders, political participation, political parties, prosperity, public approval, public opinion, tolerance, trust in government, voting behavior
Geographic Coverage: Europe, Global, Netherlands
- 1971--1979
Universe: Members of the Dutch electorate at the time of the 1971-1979 parliamentary elections.
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Sample: This panel study is based on a 1971 sample drawn from the electorate for the parliamentary elections of 1971. The sample was drawn from the mail-delivery register and consists of households.
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Wood's competitive fire impresses Braves
By Mark Bowman / MLB.com
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- As Braves bench coach Carlos Tosca served as the manager for a split-squad club that battled the Tigers to a scoreless 10-inning tie on Sunday afternoon at Champion Stadium, he watched Alex Wood cruise through his first start of the Grapefruit League season with the same determination that he showed during last year's successful rookie season.
"He's such a good competitor," Tosca said. "I don't care if it's the first game of Spring Training or a postseason game, he's going to give you everything he's got, and that is good to see."
Unlike last season, when he came to his first big league Spring Training less than a year removed from his successful career at the University of Georgia, Wood knows he's virtually assured to begin this season on Atlanta's roster.
But it certainly did not look like he was taking anything for granted as he recorded a pair of strikeouts and pumped a couple of fastballs that registered 94 mph on the stadium's radar gun.
"I'm coming in here trying to win a job, plain and simple," Wood said. "Nothing has been given to me, and they haven't told me anything."
While producing a 3.13 ERA in 31 appearances (11 starts) last year, Wood impressed the Braves with the kind of composure he showed on Sunday after putting two on with one out in both of the innings he pitched. After surrendering consecutive one-out singles in the first inning, Wood got Torii Hunter to ground into an inning-ending double play. The top of the second inning concluded with Bryan Holaday lining into a double play.
"It seems like he steps his game up, the tougher the situation he gets himself into," Tosca said. "He doesn't panic. He competes and his stuff is good enough to get them out."
Wood, who posted a 0.90 ERA in five August starts last year, is essentially competing with Freddy Garcia for the fifth spot in Atlanta's rotation.
The Braves have the option of putting Wood in the bullpen at the beginning of the season. This would help moderate his workload since he'll be limited to 170-180 innings during what will be his second full professional season.
But as things currently stand, it appears the Braves plan to begin the season with Wood in the starting rotation.
"I always try to be realistic with my goals," Wood said. "I think it's a pretty realistic goal for me to break camp in the rotation with this team."
Freeman getting in the spring groove
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- During one of the final workouts leading up to last week's Grapefruit League season opener, Freddie Freeman took a round of batting practice, and then somewhat playfully told Braves hitting coach Greg Walker, "I'm starting to feel really good."
The early results of the Grapefruit League season have verified Freeman's revelation. With two hits in three at-bats in Sunday afternoon's 10-inning scoreless tie against the Tigers, the Braves first baseman raised his batting average to .500 (5-for-10).
While the small sample size provides meaningless results, the sound that Freeman's bat has created the past few days has provided clear indication that he's feeling quite comfortable at the plate. During Friday night's game against the Astros, he laced a double into the right-center-field gap against Peter Moylan, and he also nearly dented Matt Albers' head with a sharp liner that glanced off the pitcher's glove.
Freeman added another double against the Nationals on Saturday and then made solid contact with both of the singles he recorded on Sunday.
"You'd almost like to put him in deep freeze and open him up in April," Braves bench coach Carlos Tosca said. "He's going to kill somebody out there."
Uptons satisfied with latest spring results
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Upton brothers had reason to be satisfied when they exited Sunday afternoon's split-squad game against the Astros at Osceola County Stadium.
Justin Upton drew a walk and flied out to center field in the only other plate appearance he recorded while playing four pain-free innings during the 7-4 loss to the Astros. This was the first spring game of the season for Upton, who was bothered by a sore right side last week.
B.J. Upton recorded his first hit of the spring with a double in the third inning off Astros left-hander Brett Oberholtzer, who was previously in the Braves organization. Upton's double cut through the windy conditions and nearly cleared the left-center-field wall.
Worth noting
• Jonny Venters will be cleared to begin throwing off a mound with limited effort on Wednesday. As he attempts to return from his second Tommy John surgery, Venters is hoping to join Atlanta's bullpen in late May or early June.
• After issuing 11 walks within a span of four innings during Saturday's 16-15 loss to the Nationals, the Braves saw the two split-squad teams they used in Sunday's games against the Astros and Tigers combine to issue just seven free passes.
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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Discussion in 'Doctor Who' started by StCoop, Feb 10, 2012.
Let's compromise and go with Farscape/Doctor Who/Star Trek
I wouldn't be able to buy that fast enough. I would die and go to heaven.
Farscape/Doctor Who would be awesome. I'd like to see the Tenth Doctor with John and the gang!
Oddly, despite The Third Doctor being my least favorite Doctor, I think he would be the best fit for John and company.
I'd be more excited if it didn't have Amy.
sorry, but you dont wnat to ass Amy in a Starfleet uniform, lets face it the only disappointment on this front is that its not set in the TOS era. Karen Gillian in a TOS outfit defines a very literal "fankwank"
As for the Cybermen on the Borg, im just not seeing the team up, what will the Cyberman offer the Borg, even if there is nothing left for the Borg to assimilate, they wont struggle to blow them up. Unless you work on the idea that the Borg believe they can learn how to be more robotic from the Cybermen.
I know that Cybermen existed first, but the Borg are way cooler and would destroy them in a heartbeat.
They could always put her in the season 1 "skant" uniform. Hell, they could have both Amy and Rory wearing skants...
"I'm wearing a skant now. Skants are cool, right?"
"Not on you, Rory."
they could, and it did cross my mind as I typed the post, but only if it involves Amy, and obviously only if its important to the plot
Well played. That deserves some fish sticks and gagh!
Actually I liked it a lot and I wish they'd gone through with the DVD release. Somewhere on my hard drive I have the vampire short story the BBC published too.
I was just meaning filed in terms of projects that are ignored in terms of being part of the canon. Technically speaking anything that is officially licensed is canon if you take letter of the law, but Dimensions in Time and Shalka and Fatal Death are the only items to be officially or universally "decanonized". Shalka was decanonized when Richard Grant's Ninth Doctor was replaced by Eccleston's Ninth Doctor. But I like Shalka just fine and was quite happy that Jacobi and Sophie O got their chance to do so-called "official" Who later on.
It is a standalone - not connected to either the ongoing DW or Trek titles - so they could do something like that. The "it's a dream" gambit has also crossed my mind.
Probably a good thing RTD's idea never came through! Oh well, it survived the damage by Eastenders...
Actually, that's the entire text. It's on the blog at dwin.org - the post consists of the Amy/Rory/Doctor on the Bridge image Bleeding Cool posted and, well... "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Heh.
To be fair, they're a good-humored bunch at DWIN so while the reaction has been generally negative, that particular post likely had a fair serving of tongue in cheek!
Here we go again ... A reminder - There is no such thing as "Doctor Who Canon." You're thinking Star Trek, where there is such a thing. DW re-writes its history all the time.
And yet there was a so-called 'canon-keeper' in the 1980s hired by John Nathan-Turner. He was called Ian Levine. How good he did his job, however, is another matter entirely...LOL
I think the last thing we need to worry about is canon in an IDW comic, a comic which is after all licensed only for America (as I understand it), there is no need what so ever to consider any IDW comic anything more than you want it to be, be it canon or not.
Of course I speak far to too soon as we do not know the plot and how the Whoverse and the Trekverse come to interact.
Lets wait and see what is printed before we start to flip about canon, for all we know, this is a story imagined by a character, not a real story at all, im not saying I think that is how it should be, but its possibility.
I concur with the esteemable wamdue!
I've seen similar sentiments at Gallifrey Base; because this isn't a Panini product, it can't possibly "count." Never mind that this crossover would have to go through the exact same approval process that Panini's own Doctor Who comics go through.
That said, indications are right now that this project will be the first IDW Doctor Who product available officially in the UK.
you can count it if you want to, but not counting this, is not the same as not counting a random episode which you didnt really like the plot of.
Personally I only really count the TV show, everything else is a bonus that doesn't need to be worried about. That said im still not sure what to do with the Torchwood Radio series, it is official BBC product after all.
Much the same from the Star Trek side of this, again its a IDW comic, not a TV episode.
Does anyone know if this will be available to download on iPhone?
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Mass Effect movie will be all about (male) Shepard
In completely unsurprising news, Legendary Pictures has confirmed that yes, the Mass Effect movie will be all about Commander Shepard. It's also (unfortunately) confirmed that the character in the starring role will be John, and not our beloved FemShep. That aside, it's still good to have some news about the film adaptation, right?
Starhawk gameplay footage out of Comic-Con
We're yet to see much direct-feed Starhawk gameplay, but this testimonial reel out of last month's San Diego Comic-Con goes some way to rectify that.
Batman: Arkham City Comic Con panel reveals playable Bane, more
In Batman: Arkham City, players can take control of the man who Broke the Bat – Bane. No word on whether bat-breaking will occur. It seems unlikely.
30 minutes of Street Fighter x Tekken gameplay
Capcom has released a half-hour direct feed video of Street Fighter x Tekken being played at the company's booth at Comic Con.
Soul Calibur V trailer drops story hints
If this Soul Calibur V trailer from Comic Con is anything to go by, CyberConnect2's work on storyboards for the game is pretty sterling.
Uncharted 3 panel at Comic-Con videoed
Sony has posted a highlight video of the Uncharted 3 panel from Comic-Con, and we've tossed it below the break for you. The panel, which was attended by Naughty Dog's Amy Hennig, also had Emily Rose (Elena Fisher), Richard McGonagle (Sully) and Nolan North tossing in a few bits of information here and there as […]
Twisted Metal gives up Teen rating ambitions
Debuting a violent live-action shot at Comic Con, Eat Sleep Play has abandoned plans to keep Twisted Metal's content in the Teen category, and is now shooting for Mature.
US News Wrap, July 23 - What Happened Today
Today was all about Comic-Con, and the occasional non-Comic-Con related stuff thrown in just to keep you on your toes. Hit up the break to get caught up on the day, while we head off for the weekend.
Saturday Shots: DCUO, Shiva, Minecraft, sales, Shatner
It's time for small things, funny things, and weird things. Get your fill below.
First screenshots from Telltale's The Walking Dead released
Telltale released three screenshots from its game version of The Walking Dead, and IGN has them posted. We haven't gotten them in the mail just yet, but when we do, we will re-post the lot. Telltale has said the game will take the developer to "the darkest place," it has ever been, and it will […]
Skyrim footage out of Comic-Con is lovely
Some footage of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has been released out of Comic-Con, and it seriously makes us wish November would get here already, no matter how damn cold it is that time of the year. The video, posted below the break courtesy of GameFront, shows all in-game footage. It's very nice. The game […]
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Comic-Con walkthrough demo released
Gamespot has posted a demo video for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, featuring commentary from THQ creative manager, Daniel Issac. In it, Issac talks about the Space Marine archetype, the Thunderhammer, and how there will be plenty of traversing, gunplay, and exploring the verticality of the game levels. Watch the demo below. Space Marine is due on PC, PS3 and […]
Latest El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron video focuses on story
Ignition released a new El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron trailer Comic-Con, which highlights the game's story and gorgeous graphics. It's posted below, courtesy of Gematsu. El Shaddai is out in the US on August 16, and September 9 in Europe on PS3 and Xbox 360.
Mass Effect 3: Producer describes sense of verticality, vistas, and talks DLC at Comic-Con
In the video interview posted below, Mass Effect 3 producer Jesse Houston discusses with GameFront a number things related to the game, including DLC, relationships, as well as all the normal ME stuff as well as information regarding mod support and the "console-to-PC porting process." It's worth the watch, though you may wish to turn […]
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The improvement in the current account deficit (CAD) is largely due to the narrowing of the trade deficit and the success of the FCNR deposit scheme, according to the financial services major.
The Reserve Bank of India had in September offered special concessional windows for swapping foreign currency non-resident (FCNR) deposits and for overseas borrowings by banks. The two swap windows mobilised USD 34 billion, the RBI said on December 2.
"Taking into account the sharper-than-expected fall in 'non-oil/non-gold' imports, we estimate the trade deficit narrowing to USD 144.9 billion vs USD 194 billion last year, Citigroup said. It added that in FY14 "we expect the CAD to come in at USD 36.8 billion or 2 per cent of GDP."
In the next financial year (2014-15), the trade deficit is expected to rise marginally to USD 156 billion and the CAD may reach USD 46.7 billion, or 2.3 per cent of GDP.
According to a finance ministry official, the CAD is expected at USD 45 billion in the current financial year. The Reserve Bank last month projected the CAD at less than USD 50 billion, or 2.5 per cent of GDP. The gap in 2012-13 was USD 88.2 billion, or 4.8 per cent of GDP.
Citigroup said the narrowing of the trade deficit in FY14 cannot be attributed only to restrictions on gold imports and that it is more "broad-based."
Exports have risen, led by petro products, textiles and transport equipment, while imports, apart from gold, have also declined due to lower inward shipments of capital goods, the report said.
Gold and silver imports declined 77 per cent to USD 1.72 billion in January, mainly due to curbs imposed by the government on inbound shipments of the precious metal, which are aimed at narrowing the current account deficit.
India's exports grew 3.79 per cent to USD 26.7 billion in January and the trade deficit narrowed sharply to USD 9.92 billion, the government said yesterday.
Citigroup said the Indian currency is likely to remain in the range of Rs 60-63 to the dollar. The rupee closed at 62.22 against the dollar yesterday.
Even after an improved CAD, the rupee may remain in the Rs 60-63 range due to emerging market risk aversion and a dip in forward-adjusted reserves, Citigroup said.


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Let's take a quick spin through the headlines from across the SEC:
New Georgia assistant coach Mike Ekeler wrote a letter thanking his many friends in the Nebraska program (among others) who helped him land a job on Mark Richt's staff.
Matt Hayes of the Sporting News writes that conspiracy theories related to Nick Saban's alleged fears over up-tempo offenses are ridiculous.
Auburn has several vacancies on its support staff after five analysts left for other jobs during the offseason.
Jeremy Darveau will join Florida's staff as assistant offensive line coach.
It appears as though Kentucky assistant Bradley Dale Peveto will return to LSU, where he was previously an assistant coach under Les Miles for four seasons.
Ole Miss' Denzel and Robert Nkemdiche are among the Ole Miss athletes being sued for $2 million in relation to a fight at a fraternity party last year.
Police dropped charges against Auburn signee Kalvaraz Bessent, but coach Gus Malzahn said he hasn't decided on how to proceed with Bessent.
Malzahn said Tuesday that the proposed NCAA rules change aimed at slowing down hurry-up offenses would "change the dynamics of football."
Arkansas senior associate head coach Randy Shannon received a big pay bump to $400,000 annually.
Watch the Tennessean's time lapse video as artist Michael Cooper paints over James Franklin's face on a mural near the Vanderbilt campus and replaces it with new Commodores coach Derek Mason.
Former Texas A&M punter Shane Lechler has been picked for induction into Texas' high school football hall of fame.
South Carolina's Kelcy Quarles is hoping to "blow people's minds" with an outstanding showing at the NFL combine.


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To read previous columns, go to utsandiego.com/staff/matthew-hall
I can count the number of Padres at-bats I've seen on TV this season on my son's southpaw.
The joke here isn't that my left-handed son can help the hometown nine. It's that I don't have a son.
It is absolutely ludicrous that I can't turn on my TV whenever the Padres play — a luxury after a long day, even with a losing team — and watch the game or just have it on in the background as I surf the web, talk to my wife (she would spy another joke there) or go to sleep.
A ton of criticism has been lobbed at Fox Sports San Diego, Time Warner Cable, AT&T U-Verse and Dish for the impasses that have kept about 40 percent of San Diego County residents from watching the Padres from home this year.
It's not nearly enough criticism. The fact that they can't get a deal done — and may not this season — is just ridiculous. If not now, when?
I don't care who it is, no new owner is going to ride into a town on a white Charger or sprinkle the team's bats with fairy dust and turn the Padres into winners overnight. It'll take time. It'll take talent. It'll take buy-in from the nine guys on the field at any given time and from that 10th player: the fans in the stadium. And the best way to get buy-in from fans (all of whom are long-suffering, whether by definition or in high-definition) is to get the games on TV.
There are more people to blame than television execs, of course.
Let's start at the top.
If and when a Padres sale happens, it looks like lame-duck (a lot of fans would now just say lame) team owner John Moores and his family will see about half of the $800 million in proceeds. That includes $200 million in upfront money the team got from a new, 20-year TV deal with Fox Sports.
Couldn't Moores and Jeff Moorad, whose group owns 49 percent of the team, have made sure Fox's deals with distributors got done? Couldn't Moores have pressured, even shamed, all sides so La Jolla viewers like me and others across the county could watch their team? Shouldn't that be a priority in this day and age?
Next to Moores on the Mount Rushmore of blame, I'm putting San Diego's mayor, Jerry Sanders, and its City Council president, Tony Young, who have been silent on the issue.
Can you imagine how fast the politicians in a city like Boston or New York would be lashing out at every TV executive in town to soothe the masses?
I'm from Massachusetts. If a team were blacked out on TV once, I can tell you that fans — a group that includes most New Englanders with a pulse and many without one — would take to the streets with bats of their own.
I can also tell you that New Yorkers faced just this circumstance this year. State and local pols there stepped up in February to end a standoff between the MSG Network and Time Warner Cable.
New York City Council speaker Christine Quinn threatened to hold a hearing that would bring executives from each company before an outraged public. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo even made phone calls to hasten a deal. Finally, TV executives restored MSG programming, which includes the Knicks, Rangers and Islanders sports teams, for 1.1 million households.
Admittedly, there was also the little matter of Linsanity that spurred that deal along. (Sadly, in San Diego, the only baseball player even remotely close to breakout basketball star Jeremy Lin is all-star Huston Street, and no one's really rushing to trademark: "Huston, we have a problem.")
New York pols stepped to the plate after seven weeks. In San Diego, we're at 13 and counting. And what do you hear from our politicians? Crickets.
So who's the fourth face deserving of mountainous criticism for this mess?
Padres fans should be up in arms, southpaw or otherwise. They should be writing letters to the newspaper, flooding the team and TV companies with emails and phone calls, protesting outside Petco Park with pitchforks.
And they aren't.
Who cares that the Padres were the fastest team to reach 50 losses this year. Or that every other team has scored more runs than them. Bottom line is they can't get much worse, and we're a baseball town. It's summer. We should be able to decide whether we watch (semi?) professional baseball or not.
And you know what? I finally found a politician who agrees with me.
He's congressional candidate and La Jolla resident Scott Peters.
Fed up at both my inability to watch the team and the fans' seeming indifference, I tweeted this Sunday: "Hey Time Warner cable customers: The Padres are 30-50. Now back to your regularly scheduled not caring about not seeing them."
Peters tweeted back: "Disagree! Think your Boston would tolerate this even in the down years? It's ridiculous."
"Sorry," longtime journalist and Los Angeles Dodgers fan David Ogul chimed in. "Padres are not worth watching."
Replied Peters, "I'd like to be able to decide that myself."
The conversation even spurred a tweet from top mayoral aide Gerry Braun.
"I also thought nothing could keep me from watching the Padres on TV," he wrote. "But then the Padres found a way. Funny town."
Braun's boss may have missed his tweet. I hope he doesn't miss this column.Copyright © 2018, The San Diego Union-Tribune


text: Ohio State was supposed to play Baylor today and 30 minutes prior to the match the OSU coach emailed Baylor's coach and the ITA officials that his team will not play because it was below 50 degrees outside. I had some friends who went to the match and they told me the weather felt great and most of the fans were wearing shorts and tshirts. They spoke to Baylor's coach and he said that his teammates text messaged some of the OSU players once they heard the news and their coach hadn't even informed them yet! The worst part was OSU had been in Waco for 3 days and their team actually practiced on the courts in the morning. Some info here: http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/022410aad.html


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Giants express sympathy for former teammate Ross
By Chris Haft / MLB.com
PHOENIX -- Visiting Chase Field and his Arizona Diamondbacks teammates Saturday for the first time since sustaining horrific right hip injuries Aug. 11, Cody Ross encountered one of his old Giants acquaintances: manager Bruce Bochy.
"Everybody who played with Cody likes him," Bochy said.
Said Ross, "He said he was going to call me and felt bad for me and was thinking about me."
Ross' best friends with the Giants during his 2010-11 tenure with the club, such as first baseman Aubrey Huff and left fielder Pat Burrell, no longer play organized baseball. But, echoing what Bochy said, one Giant conveyed the clubhouse-wide concern for Ross, who could be ready to resume baseball-related activites by the middle of Spring Training.
"Everybody in here, once they saw the injury [on televison replays], felt bad for him," said left-hander Javier Lopez, who was traded to the Giants one month before Ross arrived in a separate deal. Ross proceeded to win Most Valuable Player honors in the 2010 National League Championship Series, ensuring his place in franchise lore.
Speaking publicly for the first time since being injured -- which occurred when he slowed down as he ran out a grounder to third base -- Ross said he instantly sensed he had fractured and dislocated his hip, which proved to be the case. It wasn't too long before Ross' thoughts shifted to Bo Jackson, the multiple-sport star whose athletic career ended with a hip injury in January 1991 while playing running back for the Oakland Raiders.
"His injury happened 20 years ago. Technology's better," Ross said, explaining his optimism. "I don't play football. I don't have to worry about carrying 260 pounds of shredded muscle. I'm 190 pounds and playing baseball."
Ross, 32, entered the interview room on crutches, wearing a white cap backward and his typical wide grin.
"My spirits have been up," he said. "I know I'm going to come back from it and be ready to help next year."
Abreu to be lone initial September addition
PHOENIX -- The Giants announced that Sunday's roster expansion initially will involve only one player: infielder Tony Abreu, who will be reinstated from the 15-day disabled list.
The anticipated handful of players to be promoted for September from Triple-A Fresno won't officially be named until Monday or Tuesday. Fresno's season concludes Monday.
Abreu, who has weathered left knee problems all season, owns a .266 batting average in 34 games with San Francisco.
Prospect Arroyo opens eyes in Rookie ball
PHOENIX -- Shortstop Christian Arroyo, the Giants' No. 1 pick (25th overall) in June's First-Year Player Draft, made an immediate impression by being named Most Valuable Player of the Rookie-level Arizona League on Saturday.
Plucked from Hernando High School in Brooksville, Fla., Arroyo hit .326 in 45 games for the Giants' affiliate. His production included 25 extra-base hits -- 18 doubles, five triples and two home runs -- as well as 39 RBIs.
"Put it this way: I haven't seen anything that I don't like from this kid yet," said Jose Alguacil, the Giants' roving infield instructor, who estimated that he saw Arroyo play about 14 games.
Though Arroyo's offensive skills were touted the most when the Giants drafted him, Alguacil noticed positive results when he worked with the 18-year-old on his defense.
"He makes adjustments quickly, which is good," Alguacil said. "I like the kid a lot. There's still some stuff to adjust to. But as a young guy, he's very, very, very good. I was happy and pleased with the way he goes about his business."
Alguacil noted that Arroyo quite literally possesses growth potential.
"There's a lot of room to fill on that body," Alguacil said of the 6-foot-1, 180-pounder, who's ranked eighth on MLB.com's list of the organization's top 20 Minor League prospects.
Infielder Ryder Jones, San Francisco's second-round Draft selection, and left-hander Luis Ysla joined Arroyo on the league's season-ending All-Star team.
Worth noting
• Right-hander Matt Cain (bruised throwing arm) and left-hander Jeremy Affeldt (groin) both threw off bullpen mounds as they continued recovering from their respective injuries. Bochy said Cain remains on track to start next Saturday against Arizona at AT&T Park. Bochy wasn't sure whether Cain will simply reclaim his spot in the rotation, or if a starter will be skipped, or whether the Giants will switch to a six-man starting contingent. "That's least likely," Bochy said about expanding the rotation.
• According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Giants' 1-0 victory Friday marked the first time in more than 20 years that they won such a game by scoring in the top of the first inning. The previous occasion occurred at Atlanta on Sept. 30, 1992. Will Clark's sacrifice fly scored Darren Lewis before starter Jeff Brantley and relievers Bill Swift and Rod Beck combined on a five-hitter.
• Bochy acknowledged the irony of replacing third baseman Pablo Sandoval with Joaquin Arias for defensive purposes in Friday's ninth inning. Three innings earlier, Sandoval made a spectacular diving backhanded stop of A.J. Pollock's grounder with the bases loaded and two outs in the sixth inning, saving the game. Bochy explained that Sandoval still has been bothered by a sore back, prompting the late-game switches. "It allows him to get a little break and it keeps Arias involved," Bochy said. "If Pablo were 100 percent, I probably wouldn't have done it."
Chris Haft 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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Others have posted all the rationale needed, but sometimes I feel that 2 questions polls such as this one lack the required option of "Hell No".
Yes, I believe he could.
No, he never could/will.
Others have posted all the rationale needed, but sometimes I feel that 2 questions polls such as this one lack the required option of "Hell No".
Andruw Jones has a whole different thing going on. He appears to be done in MLB with 434 HRs. It's easy to forget now, but Jones was arguably the best defensive CFer in all of baseball at one point in his career. I don't think he's a hall of famer because he didn't keep in shape and was done as a full time player when he was 30.
Im of the opinion that the HOF should be reserved for great players. At no point in Dunns career would I consider him a great player. I think too many players get in the HOF as it is. A HOF should stick out so much that you know w/o thought if they are worthy.
I think a better discussion would be if kenny lofton is a HOFer. Id say no but just considered it when I saw his name on the ballot. Much more deserving than Dunn, even if he gets 600 HRs.
Dunn has a WAR >2 only twice in his career. And twice w/ a negative WAR.
DH's have a hard enough time getting in the HOF and this one is a wind factory with a .240 AVG
Code:Black Ink Batting - 4 (423), Average HOFer ≈ 27 Gray Ink Batting - 79 (306), Average HOFer ≈ 144 Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 73 (262), Likely HOFer ≈ 100 Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 30 (319), Average HOFer ≈ 50
[QUOTE=dkamberi25;2788189]Dunn was my favorite Red but I can't see him making the hall. He would have to do something insaine like get to 600 home runs to get considered.[/QUOTE
Ouch. Favorite Red? He was my least favorite player without a doubt. Him or Aaron Boone. Everyball hit to them was a good chance at an error. And if they didnt hit a home run it was either a pop out or strikeout
Dunn has 8 years of 38 HR or more and 8 Years of 100 or more Walks to act like he is some bum is comical just because he doesn't hit for BA or play defense. If he didn't put up amazing numbers he wouldn't have a shot to get over 100 on the Hall of Fame Monitor which is all based off stats.
The stat I can't get over is that he was never even considered one of the 20 best players in any given season (just in the NL btw) based on MVP balloting.
Yes, he will stack up a ton of HRs for his career and may even break the top 10 all time list for HRs one day; but if you aren't ever one of the best in one given season, you probably aren't one of the best of all time.
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September Swatting Of The Nats
Leading the NL East by 3 games, the Phillies started a very important home stand tonight. And while the Nationals are in last place, it seems that the Phillies, like the Braves last week, always struggle against this team. That was not the case tonight.
Roy Oswalt had a shaky start, allowing a run in the first inning. But after that, he got out his fly swatter and smacked the happy right out of the Nats. Over the next 5 innings, Oswalt did not allow another run. He struck out 7 and walked only one batter over 6 total innings.
Oswalt was even a threat with the bat tonight. In the bottom of the 1st, the Phillies went on a swatting spree, knocking Nats pitcher Jason Marquis all over the yard. Of 6 singles in the inning, one of them was from Oswalt who also collected his first RBI of the year on that hit. Later, Oswalt reached base again on a Nats error.
After 2 runs had scored in the first with one out, Wilson Valdez tried his best to hit into his 20th double play of the year. But his attempt was thwarted by the 2nd base umpire who got nicked with the ball, which then ricocheted away from the Nats fielder. One run scored before it was called a dead ball and the Phillies went on to score 6 runs in the inning. Who says umpires cannot be helpful?
Every starter in the game got a hit, except poor Chase Utley who had a hit stolen when first baseman Adam Dunn did a belly flop on a ball smacked up the 1st base line. It wasn't pretty, but it was an out. It was also one of the few bright spots for the Nats who must have had sore backsides after getting swatted all night.
Although Valdez, with his stellar defense, prefers the head shot for a quick kill:
Jayson Werth and Raul Ibanez led the offense with 2 hits and 2 RBI each; one of Werth's hits was a solo homer. Carlos Ruiz also had 2 RBI on a home run in the 8th that extended the Phillies lead to 9-1. The bullpen held down the lead so the Phillies will remain 3 games in front of the Braves.
Tomorrow night at 7:05pm, the Phillies will try to repeat tonight's performance with Kyle Kendrick on the mound.
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I am very sorry to read about your loss. The death of a loved one is always difficult for those who live on, but it is a much more confusing and emotional ordeal when the cause of death is suicide. Because it is planned and intentional, death by suicide tends to cut much deeper than death caused by accident or natural causes. I'm sure that you have spent many hours shaking your head wondering why she would take such drastic and final actions to address her worldly pains. I have always seen suicide as an inability to see past the present painful moment. When a person can no longer see any hope of improvement in their future, suicide can become a viable option for some. Anyone reading this today who is entertaining any thoughts of suicide, I implore you to reach out for help immediately.
I wrote an article a while back titled A Heartfelt Dedication that includes a suggestion about what to do after the loss of a loved one. I recommend you read it, Nancy, as it will provide you with some direction. Many people tend to feel guilt after a loved one commits suicide, thinking they should have or could have done more to stop it. Some even think that it was their fault, but in most cases, it has very little if anything to do with those left behind. If you feel such guilt, you should speak with someone from your church, or better yet, seek the guidance of a grief counselor. Your heartache provides evidence of the devastation and chaos left behind when one chooses suicide to end their life. Talk with someone today, Nancy, and begin working your way through this terrible loss.Wishing You Great Health,Dr. John H. Sklare


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a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Mar 13, 2013 at 11:21 am
I agree that the city needs to address these questions, and soon. These are procedural concerns, so the city should not be able to hide behind the excuse of "confidential personnel matters." Can the Almanac shed any light on who within the city is actually responsible for communicating to the public regarding these concerns? Is there any precedent for informing the public on process issues that are related to personnel matters, without treading into "confidential" territory? There is still a lot of public interest in resolving the problems within the gymnastics program, but no one knows who is ultimately responsible for any of this mess.
a resident of Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks
on Mar 14, 2013 at 6:29 pm
The Community deserves answers. Since the City Manager already stated that he was "satisfied" with the decision to fire Ms. Sutton. It would take a man with integrity to admit he was wrong and actually conduct a full investigation and make the necessary changes to the Community Services Department and put an end the hostile work environment.
a resident of Menlo Park: Fair Oaks
on Mar 14, 2013 at 7:20 pm
Do we really need a fifth (or is it sixth?) thread covering the exact same topic?
a resident of another community
on Mar 15, 2013 at 8:53 am
As a former gymnast, I can tell you that good teachers are the crux of any quality program. They are the ones doing the heavy lifting and have the knowledge and skills required to motivate and also prevent injuries in the gym. While it's not necessary for Administrators to have a background in the sport, they should at least have an understanding and respect for work that the teachers do. This does not appear to be the case at the City of Menlo Park. Students thrive under a dedicated and experienced staff, not a staff that is being bullied and harassed.
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SEATTLE --The LA Galaxy are heading back to Seattle after Sunday's difficult 4-0 defeat to the Seattle Sounders.
Just hours after facing off against Seattle, the Galaxy ran into the Sounders again--this time at the airport terminal. The Sounders were departing for Wednesday's U.S. Open Cup Final against Sporting Kansas City. In the photo above, see if you can spot any Sounders outfits.
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After Pat and I attended the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh I promised to write a blog post about our experience and here, a mere three weeks later, you have it.
Pittsburgh, LaRoche College. No disrespect to LaRoche, a place full of very pleasant and helpful people, but who knew it was there. Well, not only is LaRoche sitting there on the northern border of Pittsburgh, but once a year after massive amounts of hard work by many people, most notably Elissa Scalise Powell and Deborah Lichtner Deal, it draws some of the top talent from the genealogical world to the faculty, gifted professionals and amateurs to learn from them and each other, and people like us. I guess it's hard to keep the riff-raff out.
We both took Paula Stuart-Warren's Intermediate Genealogy course. Paula did a wonderful job shepherding a very diverse group of learners through topics including vital records and substitutes, probate records, WPA records, and much, much more. There were also guest lectures from Josh Taylor and Debbie Mieszala.
It is hard to know where to start, so I'll just hit a few of my personal favorites.
In addition to everything that happened in class and out I got to take home a course syllabus that is chock full of wonderful references. I know I will use it for years to come.
Paula added an optional half hour to the afternoon session where problems presented by the students in the class were discussed. This was enormous fun. Everyone was full of suggestions. I was lucky enough to have my problem with Sam and Gertrude Silver discussed and I could hardly manage to write down one good idea before being hit with another.
I particularly enjoyed Josh Taylor's lecture Going Digital. Sometime someone must explain to me why I had to go to Pittsburgh to learn the value of digital organization. It's not that I don't have digital files or that I can't use a spreadsheet, it's just…
Josh showed us his organizing system and I am excited to begin implementing something similar. What I love about it is that I can use the search capabilities of a digital format to file everything within my four basic families. No more looking in the file cabinet and wondering why there is a Woodward file, the spreadsheet will link it to the Coles and my family tree software will show me the connection.
Josh took a year off from research to implement his digital system. Josh is a lot younger than I am, so I'm not planning on a year off, but I do hope to put in a few hours each week and see how it goes.
If our brains weren't already full there were evening sessions as well. I particularly enjoyed Michael Hait's lecture in which he stressed the basic idea of figuring out what you need to know and then finding out how to get that information. Again, it sounds simple, but it isn't. I've wasted lots of time looking at what's available rather than zeroing in on what I need.
We spent hours in class and listening to lectures, but we also spent a lot of time talking to other people, people who don't run from the room when you begin a sentence with, "My third great-grandfather…"
When we tired of cafeteria food we found others who enjoy food and drink and a night off from genealogy. I recommend both Blue and Willow for good meals on the northern side of Pittsburgh. We tried to make it to the Carnegie museum one night, really, we tried, but the lure of cocktails was too great. So much for culture, maybe next time.
As I have already said, Josh Taylor gave a few guest lectures in our class. He put up a slide of information about his own family as an illustration of something or other. Suddenly my surprised tablemate said, "That's my family." And it was. Nan and Josh shared a fairly close connection. Josh, of course, has lots of information on this family, but not so much on this branch. Nan had a photo of her branch with parents and their twelve children. She found the photo on DeadFred. How much freaking genealogical ridiculousness is that? Seriously, many of us, including Josh and Nan had tears in our eyes.
Would I go back? Yes
Would I stay in the dorms again? Probably.
The air conditioning that couldn't be turned off, the paper thin mattress, and the Astroturf carpeting that appeared not to have been vacuumed in this decade were offset by being able to fall out of bed and into a cup of coffee in the morning, the fun of meals and talk with lots of great people, and the low cost. Money does matter.
My thanks to everyone who made it such a great week. I hope to see some old friends next year and make some new ones.


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Steve Mallet Jr. said Wednesday he is excited to be back in Russellville at the city's water utility. He had previously worked at the utility before taking a position in Hot Springs.
Mallet was the acting City Corp. chief operations officer until late December of last year. He transitioned into his new position at the beginning of January.
He is originally from Morrilton and attended Arkansas Tech University's engineering program, where he received his bachelor of science degree in 1993 with a focus on wastewater treatment.
During his academic career, he worked part-time for City Corp. He said the experience was beneficial, but looked forward to acquiring additional professional knowledge in his position with the city of Hot Springs.
In the Spa City, Mallet started as an engineer and worked his way up through the ranks and ultimately landed as the deputy city manager. His job included managing the public works and utilities departments, as well as parks and recreation, water, sewage and animal control. According to Mallet, the job began in public works and then grew to encompass the deputy manager position.
Mallet said he enjoyed working for City Corp. and is glad to be back. He liked Hot Springs because there was lots to do and he will miss the festivities and events like the Harley-Davidson parade.
Mallet said he is aware of the coming needs the city of Russellville will have for a larger water supply and he has working ideas for solutions to that need.
"I am very appreciative of the staff and board at City Corp. and am looking forward to working with the city of Russellville," he said.
Former City Corp. Board Chairman Tommy Richardson attended his last meeting as a board member on Tuesday.
"I started as a junior board member," Richardson said. "I spent the last five years moving up on the board. It was an enjoyable time, and I learned a lot, and I hope I did some good. We are extremely lucky to get Steve Mallet once we found out Noble was moving."
Richardson said Mallet is a perfect fit because he is familiar with City Corp. because of his past work history with the utility.
"He is a super nice young man and will have a good working relationship with the city," Richardson said.
According to Richardson, Mallet's starting annual pay is $110,000.
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Senior is in Sochi, Assisting NBC's Today with Winter Olympics Coverage
January 29, 2014
"I'm lucky. I feel like I saw a lot of shooting stars right in a row," says Brian Alkire. The DePauw University senior is in Sochi, Russia, where he'll assist NBC's Today with its coverage of the Winter Olympics. "There are so many people who would love to have the opportunity to do this," Alkire tells his hometown newspaper, the Daily Journal of Johnson County, Indiana. (top photo: Scott Roberson/Daily Journal)
"Alkire will be part of the production team for Today throughout this year's games," reports Ryan Trares. "He'll be a runner, meaning he'll be a go-to assistant in the creation of individual show segments and anything else that needs done. The DePauw University senior will work side-by-side with anchors Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie and Al Roker, while taking in one of the greatest spectacles in sports."
A communication major and Media Fellow at DePauw, Alkire will remain in Russia through February 24. He's currently working to "scout shooting locations, set up production facilities and prepare for when the competitions start. Other than that, he's unsure of what he'll be doing," according to the paper.
"I'm learning as I go," says Alkire, who previously interned with NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and CBS' 60 Minutes as well as with Discovery Communications, where he assisted on the hit show Shark Tank. "There's never been an internship or job in television where I've gone in and known what I'm doing," he states. "I'm going in with applicable skills in the field and confidence and go from there."
He tells Trares, "TV is such an interesting industry. Every day is different, and you never know what you'll be doing. I've been fortunate to have a good base of skills. I've thrown myself into unfamiliar situations, and I have the confidence now to do these kinds of things."
Alkire has also interned at DePauw for Jonathan Coffin '06, assistant to the president and director of strategic communications, creating videos for the University. "He's clearly talented, clearly has an eye for video work and is a pretty accomplished worker," Coffin says of Alkire. "This is a reflection of what Brian and what our students can accomplish. He's a very well-rounded, educated college student, but he's also developed an expertise that's specific to television. We're very proud of him."
The article points out that Alkire received assignments from his DePauw professors in advance and is keeping up with his classes while working in Sochi. He'll return to campus in a month's time, with an eye toward working full-time in the TV industry after he graduates in May.
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Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of icon Malcolm X, was killed in Mexico Thursday. The news was reported by New York's Amsterdam News and confirmed by Terrie M. Williams, a family friend via Twitter.
Several reports around the circumstances of his death are still unconfirmed.
"I'm confirming, per U.S. Embassy, on behalf of family, the tragic death of Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm X.Statement frm family 2 come," wrote close friend of the Shabazz family Terrie M. Williams on twitter.
The Journal News , a paper from White Plains, N.Y., did directly confirm Shabazz's death with Williams via phone.
"I mentored him and he did a lot of work with us in terms of speaking to young people," Williams told the Journal News. "He was a very, very powerful brother."
Juan Ruiz, a member of the California-based labor organization Rumec, told Talking Points Memo that Shabazz was in Mexico City with Miguel Suarez at the time of his murder. Ruiz asserted that the previous reports of a shooting were wrong and that Shabazz was beaten to death.
"He was murdered. He was in Mexico City and I believe they attempted to rob him and he didn't allow it, so they beat him to death and he died on his way to the hospital," said Ruiz. "This is all I can confirm, everything else is under investigation for the meantime."
Officials with the State Department would not confirm Shabazz's death, but did confirm the death of a U.S. citizen.
"We are aware of the death of a U.S. citizen in Mexico City. We have been in contact with the family members and at their request, there will be no further comment at this time," a State Department official said in response to an inquiry about Shabazz.
Family members have also confirmed his death and said that he was in Mexico, but have not confirmed the exact location or circumstances of how Shabazz died.
Speculation on Shabazz's murder being an assassination is intensifying.
On Tuesday, Shabazz posted to his Facebook page that "enemies" thought they could defeat him, but the "war" wasn't over. (Click 'Next' on the photo at the top of the article to see Shabazz's tweets.)
Shabazz is survived by his three-year-old daughter, Ilyasah, his mother, Qubilah, and his closest aunt, Ilyasah, among others. Shabazz was living with his grandmother Betty Shabazz, when he confessed to setting fire to her Yonkers, N.Y., home in 1997. Mrs. Shabazz died from severe burns caused by the fire. Shabazz was just 12-years-old at the time. He eventually pleaded guilty to manslaughter and arson and was sentenced to 18 months in a juvenile detention facility. Years later, he told the Amsterdam News that he had not set the fire.
Shabazz was in the process of writing two books, at least one of which was a manuscript. He was attending John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York.


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Should bosses bare all to staff?
Do you know how your employer performed this month, quarter or year, and do you care? Would it help if you and your colleagues received the same monthly information pack as your boss, and could see precisely how the business performed, without the corporate spin?
Would you like to know exactly how much everyone in the firm earns, and why, and how they performed that month relative to their salary? Maybe all employees should have their annual performance review, job description and any successful pay rise broadcast companywide.
You would sure know if your boss was shovelling corporate spin, or the truth.
The idea of open-book management, where a firm shares vital information with all staff, is gaining traction. The Economist recently described how more US firms, including private ones, were "disrobing" to publish to all staff, information that was previously for executive eyes only.
It's not as crazy as it sounds. In theory, better information can empower employees to take responsibility for the firm's performance and their own. Complete transparency also promises a huge cut in office politics, a more motivated workforce because staff can see the results of their efforts, and greater workforce flexibility because they know when they need to change.
What's your view?
- Would you like more information about your employer's ongoing financial performance?
- Would you like to know what others in the firm earn?
- Would you like to know how everyone in the firm performed that quarter?
- Does your manager hoard information and use it as power?
- Does a lack of information lead to excessive office politics and gossip?
I have reservations about open-book management. Apart from obvious complications for listed companies that must comply with exchange rules, providing too much information to staff potentially opens up a range of competitor, customer and talent risks.
Yet I also know some entrepreneurs who proudly display their firm's weekly sales results and performance scores for all staff, internally. I recall one plastering her firm's wall with butcher's paper that ranked each employee on their weekly sales results and other goals.
This tactic, while brutal, created a super-competitive environment where everyone knew where they stood each week. Compare that to a large company where a lack of information about individual and firm performance can force staff to second-guess, and leads to office politics and back-stabbing.
In my previous corporate life, I received a neat monthly management pack summarising the division's performance. It never went further than a dozen or so executives within the company. Yet distributing the report to a wider internal audience of staff (with sensitive, competitive information removed) would have given staff a truer sense of the business, removed any management spin about its performance, and helped staff better understand the product and its customers.
Providing more information would have also created a risk of it being leaked to competitors, damaging the brand and jeopardising the strategy. Too much information may have de-motivated some staff and perhaps encouraged others to join rivals if they feared for their job.
Right or wrong, information creates power, and power helps managers sell the strategy to staff. For example, a manager who implements a tricky turnaround strategy needs to motivate staff to believe in the new approach, when early figures may not support it. Disclosing too much information to staff unwittingly derails the firm's performance if staff stop believing sooner than they should.
Or what of a not-for-profit enterprise that desperately needs to raise funds from donors? Openly publishing monthly performance figures might show it is sailing close to insolvency (common for some charities) and deter the donor. An annual report that presents a truer picture of the charity's operating fluctuations is far more sensible.
As always, the answer is somewhere in the middle, as opposed to the extremes of corporate secrecy where managers jealously guard information to protect their patch, or in start-up ventures where everyone knows everything about the business – until it struggles and the books close.
I'm against staff knowing exactly what everyone earns and having their performance ruthlessly monitored and broadcast. I spent five years at a US investment bank where most people earned lower fixed salaries, and potentially huge bonuses based on their output. The result was that no one would give you a glass of water, let alone train someone, if it did not help their bonus. Like other investment banks, too much competition and incentives created a culture of excessive risk-taking.
Also, publishing detailed financial information to staff is risky. What if competitors get hold of the data, or customers realise the firm is creaming it at their expense? What if the information becomes fodder for mischievous whistle-blowers, or employees feed it to social media networks to embarrass the firm and make themselves feel better? What if publishing more information is costly and time-consuming for managers who have to deal with staff concerns?
Nevertheless, the theory of open-book management has it place, in moderation. Ask whether you should share more information with staff, so they can better understand the firm's performance and their own. Better still, ask staff what information they would like to receive about the firm each quarter or month (if feasible). Do they have a clear sense of their performance (beyond the usual tiresome annual reviews), and do they understand the firm's customers?
I suspect many employees are hungry for greater information about their firm, and that providing it would help the best staff feel more engaged, motivated and part of the place. And that guarding information in that old-fashioned command-and-control management style is simply misinformation at its worst.
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However, his success may have never occurred at all if it hadn't been for the influence of his father.
"I wasn't interested in sports when I was younger," Pehrson said. "My dad used to wrestle in college before he joined the military, and he told me a lot about it. I tried out my freshman year, and I turned out to be somewhat decent at it."
Since then, Pehrson has fallen in love with the sport and developed a drive to improve his skillset that goes beyond the average student athlete. Pehrson's work-out regime includes 10-mile runs, explosive, high-speed weight lifting, and lots of studying.
All of this while strictly watching his food intake. Wrestling isn't just about being strong, it's also about watching your weight.
"That scale is not the only thing," Russellville head coach Tye Roberts said. "You've got to get your heart in shape."
Pherson said he can sense when another person's cardio isn't quite as developed as his own.
"You can tell especially during the third period," he said. "You can tell the cardio difference. When you're scoring points over and over, they start to realize they can't do nothin' against this kid, and they just kind of give up during the match."
But what is it that makes Pehrson so lethal on the mat? According to Roberts, it's his passion, drive and humility.
"It's his love for the sport," he said. "He does a lot of research. He watches a lot of college wrestling. He's in love with it, and he's doing whatever he can to keep getting better.
"He doesn't miss a practice. He works on his own, and he doesn't gloat about it. He's just out there getting it."
Pherson was the No. 1 seed in the state meet as a junior but was unable to bring home the gold. Pherson fell to the No.4 seed, Zach Moore of Fort Smith Southside. Pherson said he expects to win it all this year, no matter the seed.
"I feel like all that expectation was a burden on me," he said. "This year I think I can handle it. I'm more mature this year, and I think I'm ready to take on that task."
Colleges have noticed and Pherson has received several letters of interest, but no schools have offered scholarships as of yet.
"They want to see how I do at state," Pherson explained. But there is only one choice for him: Central Baptist College in Conway.
"A lot of the other colleges that have wrestling programs are pretty expensive and I can't afford to go there, so I'd have to go to CBC."
If Roberts is right, the offers should come in before long.
"I've got every bit of confidence in him to win state," Roberts said. "Last year he was a good wrestler, he wasn't a great wrestler. He made too many mistakes. This year he is a great wrestler. He's way more knowledgeable."


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This dude clearly hates the knicks.TNT's Charles Barkley took issue with those going ga-ga over the Knicks.
"I get mad when people try to say they're back," Barkley said last night at the Garden, before the Knicks knocked off the Heat, 93-88. "They're not back. They're a lot more interesting. They're going to make the playoffs. But so is Philadelphia."
Amar'e Stoudemire's signature phrase when he signed was, "The Knicks are back" and it's caught on in all marketing slogans.
Barkley, the outspoken Hall of Famer turned broadcaster, also ripped Mike D'Antoni's speedball offense as he relaxed in the green room before the game with two writers.
Barkley was asked if D'Antoni's offense can win a title. The Phoenix resident who's seen a ton of Suns games across the decade laughed.
"I can already read the headline: Barkley bashes D'Antoni," Barkley said.
"I don't think they can win with this system," he said. "I saw it in Phoenix. They had a lot more talent in Phoenix. A lot more. The three most critical areas of the game are defense, rebounding and turnovers. That's the fundamental flaws of that system. It's not going to end pretty.
"I watched them every night during the last few years [under D'Antoni], and that system exaggerated how great a player you are. Go back to all the guys playing in Phoenix -- Barbosa, Diaw, Shawn Marion, Quentin Richardson. All those guys had inflated numbers. David Lee. They left that system and maybe those guys are not great players. As soon as you leave the system they kind of dropped off the face of the earth. One thing I'll say about Mike, he's made a lot of guys money."
Barkley said Stoudemire should not be the midpoint's MVP.
"He's in the conversation but [Chicago's] Derrick Rose is the MVP," Barkley said. "You can't have the MVP from the sixth seed."
Barkley sees Carmelo Anthony with the Knicks sooner or later.
"If he doesn't get dealt here by the trade deadline, he'll come play here next year," Barkley said. "I thought he should've taken the [Nets] deal. I like some of Jersey's pieces, Brook Lopez I like. They're going to Brooklyn in a couple of years. I thought he should've taken that deal."
Barkley said the Knicks aren't close to being a conference title contender.
"They're a long way away," Barkley said. "The four best teams in the East are head and shoulders above everybody else."


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Residents Against Raising Taxes For Schools
Original post made by Enough!, Old Mountain View, on Feb 29, 2008
Comments (12)
a resident of Monta Loma
on Feb 29, 2008 at 9:04 pm
it would be nice if they could offer more pre algebra and geometry and if they could actualy teach the kids to do experiments with gas and chemicals like we used to school
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Mar 1, 2008 at 7:23 am
It would be worth our tax dollars if the schools offered basics like biology, chemistry and physics, not just "science" as they call it.
Of course these would require greater attention to basic math and alegebra skills.
The problem is so much of the energy is focused on the low end of the student population.
a resident of Shoreline West
on Mar 1, 2008 at 7:20 pm
I'm fine with a parcel tax as along as the money it raises goes to improving teacher salaries and to science supplies in the classroon. The state and nation are falling behind in science.
a resident of Jackson Park
on Mar 1, 2008 at 8:24 pm
A charter school would be one way to focus on math and science and would be relatively easy to set up if we had enough interested families. There was an attempt to get one going here several years ago and I'm not sure what happened to it.
a resident of another community
on Mar 2, 2008 at 2:40 pm
finally people who make sense
demand accountability
a resident of Jackson Park
on Mar 2, 2008 at 3:08 pm
quoted from the palo alto paper
May 13, 2007
Residents seek gang solutions
Mountain View citizens ask for youth center
By Banks Albach / Daily News Staff Writer
A rise in gang-related crimes in Mountain View over the past five years has some residents calling for action beyond law enforcement: They want city officials to take preemptive measures such as providing a youth center and an array of educational and recreational services for at-risk children.
From 2002 to 2005, the number of gang-related crimes in the city almost tripled, from 25 to 71. Although the number dropped to 67 in 2006 and looks to be dropping this year, police say the numbers - the highest since the mid-1990s - are a serious problem.
Robberies, auto thefts, weapon assaults and drug possessions make up the bulk of the crimes, according to Mountain View police. One man was shot to death in 2004 and there have been several stabbings since, said Capt. Bruce Barsi, who oversees a gang response team with nine officers.
"We have Surenos and Nortenos," Barsi said, referring to the rival Hispanic gangs that have multiplied throughout the state. "We don't know what the trend is yet in 2007, but we have had some significant activity in the last few years."
He said it is unclear why gang activity is on the rise.
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Mar 2, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Thanks Eddie.
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Mar 6, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Maybe someone out there knows the answer to this but when have "youth centers and an array of educational and recreational services for at-risk children. " Ever solved a gang problem or lowered gang-related crime or crime in general?
How about this: If your kid is arrested and the parents are here illegally, deport the family.
I think that would have the right impact on the problem.
What say ye?
a resident of Martens-Carmelita
on Mar 8, 2008 at 2:05 pm
In response to the comment by
1. Zoe - "it would be nice if they could offer more pre algebra and geometry..."
Pre-algebra, algebra, and geometry ARE taught at Graham and Crittenden middle schools. In fact, the district would like every student to complete Algebra by 8th grade, as studies show that students who take Algebra are more likely to graduate from college.
2. Ted - "it would be worth our tax dollars if the schools offered basics like biology, chemistry and physics..."
Biology, Chemistry and Physics are taught at the high schools, which are part of the high school district (Mountain View-Los Altos School District). The elementary and middle schools make up the Mountain View Whisman School District). The high school district and the elementary school district are funded by different funding formulas that are far too complicated for me to even attempt to explain here. The bottom line is the high school district has a lot of money, and the elementary district does not. The parcel tax benefits the elementary school district.
3. Resident - "I'm fine with a parcel tax as along as the money it raises goes to improving teacher salaries and to science supplies in the classroon."
The parcel tax language specifies that one use of the funds is to "attract and retain" teachers. Salaries are the largest portion of every public school budget. The trustees of the MVWSD appreciate the outstanding teachers in our district. Is there anyone who would NOT like to pay teachers more? The district pays teachers as much as they can with the money that they have.
4. Katie - "A charter school would be one way to focus on math and science and would be relatively easy to set up..."
If you open another school, what would you like to cut at our existing schools to pay for the charter school? Shall we eliminate PE, music, art, field trips, science supplies, or after-school sports to pay for a charter school? Bubb, Castro, Huff, Landels, Monta Loma, Theuerkauf, Crittenden, and Graham are all outstanding schools and to open a charter school would siphon funding away from the high quality schools that we already have.
5. no name - "demand accountability"
Students spend nearly 2 weeks of the school year taking standardized tests as required by the state. Test scores and extensive "annual report cards" for each school are available at www.mvwsd.org
6. Enough! - "Not another cent should go to the schools in the form of a parcel tax until the board addresses the questions of gangs and drugs in schools on one hand, and how it is going to increase student performance in science and math on the other."
Gangs originate on "the streets" and are NOT a product of public or private schools. Drug use is minimal at the two middle schools and likely non-existent at the elementary schools.
I invite you to visit our school district website, www.mvwsd.org, to attend PTA, School Site Council, and School Board meetings, and to visit our schools during Open House or by appointment with a school principal. Instead of basing your opinions on rumor and hearsay, I invite you to come see for yourself, firsthand, the outstanding teaching, dedicated parents, and eager hardworking students that we have in the Mountain View Whisman School District.
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Mar 10, 2008 at 7:15 pm
As I originally stated, "Not another cent should go to the schools in the form of a parcel tax until the board addresses the questions of gangs and drugs in the schools on one hand, and how it is going to increase student performance in science and math on the other." Gangs and drugs are in the middle schools. Just read past articles where the police are quoted. To think they are not, is really naive and irresponsible. Why the campaign to deny it anyway? And... put again, increase student performance in science and math (this time with emphasis). I never said these subjects were never offered, however, this state and nation are falling behind in these areas. Any serious study on the subject will tell you this.
a resident of Sylvan Park
on Mar 10, 2008 at 8:34 pm
We got a 1% bonus for a raise. Technically it's not a raise. It comes to about $300 per teacher this year and next. Doesn't even begin to cover runaway gas prices. The district threatened the union with cutting into our benefits if we didn't accept it.
I suggest you try quoting some more facts on teacher raises since you're so good at towing the party line. Tell us all how teacher raises have kept up with the cost of living and inflation rate for this area. Go ahead. Research the last 5 years. Do your homework and you'll find out our salaries are being whittled away and our purchasing power has declined. Then research administrators salaries for the same period. What? Cat got your tongue?
a resident of Whisman Station
on Apr 3, 2008 at 2:33 pm
My husband and I haven't received raises -- not even 1% raises -- in several years--neither of us are teachers. Our health care costs keep increasing (probably more than teachers' out-of-pocket costs, since neither of us is in a union and are at the whim of our employers' choice of healthcare plans). I wish teachers could be paid more, but the reality is that teachers do not, never have, and sadly never will, make as much money as other professions. Surely you understood this before you entered the profession. I work for a nonprofit--I know I will never make much money (I don't make even as much as a first-year teacher--far from it, and I work almost a 40-hour week, with only 15 days off a year) but I do the work I do because I believe in it. I think the district is very fair in its compensation, and when they have the funds, they can give larger raises; but they have no control over their revenue stream. They cannot guarantee raises every year. Besides, is it not true that teachers still get their other raises--are they called "step and column"?-- even if they don't get cost of living raises? Many of us get NOTHING extra year after year.
The district spends almost 85% of its total budget on salaries. They could spend a larger percentage--but as a parent, I think I'd object to what they would have to cut from my kid's education to do so.
To Enough! The articles recently have, indeed, said that kids of middle school age and even as young as elementary school age are being recruited by gangs. They have also described the role the schools have played to try and keep kids from joining the gangs. But your interpretation that the police have said there are gang and drug activities AT THE SCHOOLS is taking another leap of logic. We had MV School Resource Officers come to a PTA meeting at Graham last year. Parents asked specifically about how much we had to worry about drugs on campus. They (the police officers, who are at school on a regular basis) said that drugs have not been a problem on the middle school campuses; but they are on the high school campuses. Not to say it's never happened; but you make it sound like it's rampant. My kids have never been exposed to drugs or to gang activity or even witnessed a fist fight after several years at Graham. A woman I know whose kid is at Blach told me the other day that she was trying to figure out how to ask her daughter about an incident where this woman was sure one of her daughter's 7th-grade friends was high on something before an event at school. I haven't had a Graham parent express that particular concern to me. So, does this make Blach a "bad" or "dangerous" school? Of course not, it just means that drugs, alcohol, gangs, etc. are a dangerous part of our culture and all schools and families need to be working hard at keeping kids safe from the various dangers that are out there.
At that PTA meeting I mentioned earlier, the cops said pretty much the same thing about gangs they had about drugs; the kids are exposed to this in the neighborhoods, but the schools, police, CHAC, etc. work at interventions in the schools to at least make school a gang-free place--as much as is in their control. You can't be the thought police and monitor every bathroom and schoolyard conversation--but you can ban gang signs, colors, etc., and dole out appropriate discipline for fighting or other inappropriate behavior on campus, as well as having someone like Mr. Garcia working actively to try and figure out which kids are getting involved in gangs and try to work with them to get them on the right track.
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