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New England Revolution head coach Jay Heaps
It was a draw at home, 0-0. It was just one of those games. It's another step for us. It's another shutout for us. We defended well at times. It got loose a little bit in the game, but overall we had some good chances and I thought their goalkeeper – literally – kept them in this game all night long.
This week, or two weeks, we had some good training. I think that there'll be a time when (Kelyn Rowe will) start; they'll be a time when he comes off the bench. I think that we just want to keep it fresh. Kelyn is a player we want to continue to get better. He's a rookie; he's only 20 years old and he's a good little player.
I thought [A.J. Soares and Stephen McCarthy] did well tonight. I thought Stephen McCarthy was sensational defensively. He made some great plays. In the second half, we really tried to push the game. If you noticed, we went man-on-man a lot of the times there, so it was A.J. and Stephen one-on-one with their forwards. We wanted to win this game, so unfortunately we hit the cross bar, we missed a couple of chances inside the six. But overall, I thought those two guys had a good game.
He came off at halftime. It looks like an ankle sprain and pretty good kick. It's a tough sub. And then [Stephen McCarthy] took a pretty hard kick to, well I think we all saw it. And so it kind of kept me handcuffed at the end there making a sub. I really wanted to bring Diego (Fagundez) on and add a third attacker. But at the same time, if [McCarthy] has to come out of the game, we don't have another sub. So I was stuck being a little bit probably smarter than I should have been.
We had some good chances, but we gave the ball away too easily – and that's what really cost us … if you think about, if we score the first play of the game when we almost score, (Benny) Feilhaber's through, it's a different game and the confidence [is there]. I don't want to say it wasn't our night, it's such a negative. But at the same time, we did not have our best game, for sure.
We tried to push it a little different (in the second half). We went more man-on-man to try to free up Benny (Feilhaber) a little higher. I thought their 37, Kevan George, had a pretty solid night. He's a rookie, he ate up space. They came in and pushed everyone in. They knew they were going to clog the middle because that's what we do, and when we had our chance to go wide with Lee (Nguyen). We had some chance, but the ideas ran out a bit.
New England Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis
It was a tough game, especially in the second half when it was back and forth and back and forth. I think we created some good chances in the first half, the first couple of minutes, too. But the key is that we fought hard and didn't give anything away. There are going to be games like that, but we've got an important stretch here in the next couple of games, and we've got to regroup and move on to the next one.
I don't think either team was really playing for a draw. I think it really opened up in the second half. They're a counter-attacking team, and they like to sit in and then break. They had a few chances, but I thought our back four did great, and Shalrie (Joseph) in front of them did great.
[A.J. Soares and Stephen McCarthy] both put their bodies on the line, and they did well. (Emilio) Renteria is pacey players and he can really cause a lot of damage. The three they had underneath him all popped in and caused us problems, but I think as a team we did well defensively. We just needed to get one in the goal.
It's always great to see Paul (Mariner). He's a great man, and he's going to have those guys fired up, and it's really important for them to turn their season around. They'll be at home, and it's definitely not going to be an easy game. We have to just keep up our battling spirit and hopefully we can get a result.
New England Revolution defender Stephen McCarthy
Yeah, it started tough I think. We weren't playing too well in the beginning. They had some chances, but I think we got the defense tighter as the half went on and the second half was pretty good defensively. And we had the chances to win.
Yeah I think that's exactly it. Chris (Tierney) likes to go, Kevin (Alston) likes to go, and when you're starting as a defender for the first time you're a little scared to let them go. But yeah I think I'm getting used to it. We had to make plays and we made them.
I'm not exactly sure (what changed after halftime). Maybe it's just one of those things, but we were really pressing at the end I think and it was kind of back and forth. So I think we had some chances at the end, too. But yeah, I'm not sure what was the difference.
It's huge (to get a shutout). The whole back four, that's what we are striving for. To put two back-to-back, that's huge. I think it's really something that we built on and we are trying to go forward with, so I'm excited about it.
We said we had to keep them in front of us and I think we did that better. But more importantly we were more compact as a four. We were trying to slide guys in a little bit and I think that helped.
Columbus Crew head coach Robert Warzycha
I think the first half was pretty sharp. I was pleased with the passing, especially when playing on the turf, something we don't really have in Columbus to play on. We gave them a couple, two chances in the beginning when we didn't go with their runners. They had really good chances but in the end we made some good saves. Other than that, to be honest with you, it was no worries. They played the long ball which we can defend well so it was just a matter of winning the second ball. Some crosses that they put on were good, as well … It was some fouls. The other thing is they really play long ball and we didn't have any rhythm. We were losing the ball when running with the ball instead of passing and that's what happened. So that's really what seemed to happen in the second half.
I'm happy with it. We are obviously away from home, playing on the turf here - a tough place to play - and they played a pretty good team. They're very big so they really set up some good pieces and I'm glad that we defended pretty well today.
It's the guys stepping up. They play the best they can and actually we look sharp. I'm happy because the fitness is good and we look sharp and we have an answer for everything. Sometimes you go through a stretch in the season, that whatever you do, is going to work for you, and sometimes whatever you do is not. It seems like in [this] stretch that the guys are gelling and working for each other and somebody always makes something good and positive so I'd be glad to continue to do that for the rest of the season.
(Andy Gruenebaum's ) a big part of the stretch we have right now. He's making one save a game. I told the guys a long time ago, "I don't want my goalkeeper to be the man of the match," but today he was the man of the match.
I think we have a very good group but obviously we told the fans we wanted to bring in a DP because that's what they're looking for and we're going to bring a guy that's going to score some goals for us and be [on the front] of the newspaper every weekend. So that's why we're looking for a DP all the time. We have some names, but you know how it is, sometimes he's too much money, sometimes there's an injury, sometimes the guy chooses a different team because somebody pays more. So we're still looking, but hopefully we'll bring somebody that's going to be well-known and score goals for us ... that's the whole thing: just get some results.
Columbus Crew goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum
Just try to make the saves that I should make and steal one if I can, just like any game. I was hoping we could steal one in the second half, and it was pretty even in the second half. I thought they had a little bit better play in the first half. I tried to just make some saves if I could and keep the team in it, and then hope to steal one. That's sort of been the recipe on the road.
I have a lot of confidence in myself and the guys have confidence in me, and I've been around a long time, so I'm sort of old. I'm not Matt Reis old. You make it that long and you've made it, so I haven't done anything yet. We've been doing well on the road, being able to steal a point here and there. I thought we had a chance to steal three tonight, but we'll take a 0-0 draw.
I think for us, especially, we've had a lot of games on the road lately and only one at home in the last long stretch that we've had. We know that we're going to have to build ourselves on the road and build that confidence on the road. I think we're going in with that mentality that if we can keep a zero on their end, then maybe we can steal one.
We've had a lot of changeover and different positions, but that's a huge win for us, especially with all the new faces we had in the starting lineup [in the Seattle] game. Any time we can get a good result on the road is a huge confidence builder.
We work hard for each other. It starts up front, and we defend as a team. I think we're a tough team to score against, so that is a good thing on the road especially.
I think we're more aggressive in our tactics. Possession-wise I think we could have done a better job, but I think we're more aggressive in the way we play, for sure.
I think we have a lot of depth in a lot of different positions. So when certain guys come in, they bring a lot of energy, and they're able to lift up the game and bring it to a new level. I think that's a big part of our success, offensively and defensively, but especially defensively.
Columbus Crew Defender Josh Williams
Being on turf, we focused a lot on being more direct instead of building, even though we ended up building a lot. So we didn't really follow the game plan, but it worked out. We knew they were going to be a physical team and going on the road, you always want to defend first. Make sure your defensively sound and then work your way up. I thought we did a good job defensively. Midfielders, forwards, everybody battled and I'll take a point on the road any day.
It took us a little while to get adjusted. I don't know what it was. Maybe it was the stadium, the turf or something like that. When we ended up figuring it out, I thought we did a good job of defending crosses and keeping our marks. That was one thing we focused on especially since (Kevin) Alston on the right side likes to come down and I thought Justin (Meram) and Bernardo (Anor) did a really good job of shutting him down.
We talked about staying high because they got in behind us a couple times. We really focused o, like I said before, playing direct and trying to get it to Emilio (Renteria) – playing it in to him and building from there, staying tight in the backfield, shifting side to side and keeping an eye on our guys.
We fought from the first to the 90th minute. I think we take pride in that. We call ourselves "Americas Hardest Working Team" and think we definitely came out and fought for the guy next to us. That was a key point we made and it ended up getting us the point.
We're fighting on the road and we'll take a point any day. I think were six games unbeaten now so were going to look to take that going into Chicago and continue that.


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Lockheed Martin will join Bell Helicopter to build a new tilt-rotor aircraft, officials said Monday.
Three of Lockheed Martin's business units will join Bell in developing the V-280 Valor, a "third-generation" tilt-rotor able to reach altitudes over 6,000 feet, company officials said. The company's larger V-22 Osprey flies at 13,000 feet and is designed for a different set of missions, Bell officials said.
Lockheed's part of the deal is to equip the Valor with a mission equipment package, officials said. The package will reflect many of the technological advancements that produced Lockheed Martin's F-35 joint strike fighter Lightning II, being built at its west side factory.
"We are very excited," Bell President and CEO John Garrison said in a statement Monday. Lockheed Martin's "experience and innovation ... will help us provide the highest levels of maturity and technical readiness required for future vertical lift missions."
Bell's V-280 Valor is expected to compete for an Army contract in a Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator program. The contract is expected to be awarded this month, according to Bell.

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Last month, Prince released 'FIXURLIFEUP,' a rockin' track and a tease to his new album, Plectrum Electrum. Now, the Purple One is fixing up a high school jazz band from Oregon with a trip to New York City.
According to The New York Post, Prince donated profits from his April 21st concert at the Roseland Theater in Portland to the American Music Program so the high school jazz group would be able to travel and compete in the Essentially Ellington competition at Jazz at Lincoln Center May 10-12.
In other Prince news, he has just posted another new song from his group, 3rd Eye Girl: check out "Boomstratus" below:
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It's possible to get CP3 folks.
I thought he would be gone even though I like Billups. Crazy's thread about the pro's and cons of keeping him or buying him out really was slanted towards keeping him.
I like the move. Chauncey Billups is good, but he needs to get his minutes cut down to 28-30 mpg. He's too old to be playing 35+ minutes.
Please provide details how we can sign CP3.
Remember, Bosh took $14.5 mil, Lebron took $14.5 mil and Wade took $14 mil. Their 3 salaries combined are only $3 mil less than Melo and Amare's 2 salaries combined. Do the math.
People also need to realize that N.O. will likely follow Denver and trade him before he becomes a free agent.
Please provide details of a realistic trade for us to acquire CP3. Keep in mind it cost us half our roster to get Melo when we were the only team Melo wanted.
I think we may be asking too much to have 3 superstars on one team. Its not even necessary IMO and I think the new CBA will prevent that from happening anyway. I'd rather have a balanced roster.
I surmise that Donnie came to the conclusion that even if we bought Billups out, we would not have had enough cap space or assets for a defensive big, such as D. Jordan or M. Gasol or a point guard with Chauncey's talents. If the MLE exception remains in a new CBA, it will help next year, but we could not make it more than a one year contract without eliminating any meager chance we would have for CP3. But Billups is a true professional and still a very good point guard.
I assume we want to sign Shawne Williams and I would expect him to look for more than a one year deal. There are trade possibilities with Fields, Douglas and Turiaf, but I have a feeling we will add J. Jordan and our 1st round pick and otherwise have about the same team we had at the end of this season. As I have indicated in at least one other post, I cannot see us getting CP3 when he becomes. available. As LJ4ptPlay notes, we just do not have either space or assets going forward.
As for a new CBA, although I do not expect a cap that will provide more room than the current cap, there are likely to be several adjustments that will prevent teams from automatically going over the cap with current contracts. For example, under the current CBA, a veteran player such as CP3 can not be paid more than 30% of the cap. If the cap goes down but the percentage for a max salary remains the same, then perhaps current contracts will be adjusted -- for cap purposes, but without changing amounts due the players -- so that they count as if they were equal to the lower max contracts under a new CBA. This gets complicated because max contracts given in one year are permitted under the current CBA to increase at rates of up to 10.5% of the first year's contract for each of the subsequent contract years. Thus by 2014/15 Amare' and Melo will be making more than $23M each.
Donnie may be expecting a new CBA that will ot kill our future.
I respect the both of you guys and your knowledge of the CBA, but I don't think your looking at this situation logically based on past and current events.
Let us remember Paul will control his destiny similarly to the way we saw Melo operate this season, weaseling and working his way to our squad. Let us also remember CP3 has the same people managing him.
Lets say the NOH front office wants to trade him to another team because what we'd have to offer isn't enough. Well Paul can simply say he won't sign a long term deal with anyone else the way Melo did. That should prevent NOH from being able to find a team that's willing to accept him as a rental. Remember they'd have to give up pieces to get him for only a portion of a season. No team worth their salt would do this IMO. So..... even if our deal isn't enough, NOH will still either have to take what we offer, or lose him as FA. And there will be no CBA to worry about in the summer 2012, no reason for Paul or Donnie not to wait if that's what's needed.
If they let him become a FA we will have the resources to sign him. How? Because Donnie said so. I trust Donnie.. You 2 should too by now.
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Walsh says Knicks have salary-cap room in 2012
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Last Updated: 11:22 AM, February 23, 2011
Posted: 2:50 AM, February 23, 2011
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Knicks team president Donnie Walsh said yesterday the team will have significant 2012 salary-cap space to potentially sign a third star player.
Walsh will be correct, unless a new NBA collective bargaining agreement foils the Knicks' plan of adding point guard Chris Paul or Deron Williams to the Carmelo Anthony/Amar'e Stoudemire show.
Walsh said Tuesday's 12-player blockbuster trade with the Nuggets gives the Knicks flexibility heading into the 2012 season.
"We retained room for the next summer, which is the summer we wanted to retain the room for," Walsh said.
Stoudemire, Anthony and Renaldo Balkman ($1.5 million) are signed for 2012. But the new labor agreement could put a franchise tag on stars to restrict movement to players such as Paul. Plus, the owners' recent proposal called for a salary cap of $45 million.
Walsh, asked if the Knicks will have enough room for a star in 2012, said, "If we choose to. You can divide it up and get two players. We'll have cap room. No matter what happens, we'll have cap room."
NBA commissioner David Stern's doomsday scenario would leave the Knicks $5 million under. But Walsh said if that happens "everybody's going to have to go down, and $5 million could be the biggest in the league."
According to a labor source, Knicks owner James Dolan is the most ardent supporter of a larger, softer cap — now more than ever.
Walsh said he will try to add a center to the decimated roster after the loss of Timofey Mozgov, either by trade or signing. Rumors had ex-Knick Jared Jeffries potentially being waived by Houston, but a league source said he likely will be traded — not to the Knicks.
They also have former Knicks Marcus Camby and Earl Barron, who is a free agent, on their radar. They would have to cut a player to open a roster spot for Barron — likely Balkman.
D'Antoni also raved about their 2010 second-round pick, Jerome Jordan, who is playing in Europe, saying he is destined for the club next season.
Of the new filler players, D'Antoni said he sees forward Shelden Williams and point guard Anthony Carter having a chance for the rotation.
Ok guys..? Barring a major set-back re: the new CBA, which I really don't see happening, we will be positioned to get a Paul. I see the league going to a hard cap of around 70 million. David Stern is not going to allow teams to be hand cuffed out of flexibility going forward IMO.
This is a bleacher report (so take it w a grain of salt) article I thought was pretty interesting.
With the sweep of the New York Knicks by the Boston Celtics in the first round of the playoffs, many fans are wondering: What should the team do next?
Donnie Walsh has done a very good job at clearing out cap space and getting two top-15 players on the team in Amar'e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony.
Any fan who saw Amar'e in Game 1 and Carmelo in Game 2 knows that these two players are special talents. The only real issue with this pairing is their long-term health.
The Knicks now go into the offseason with three major questions. First, do they keep Chauncey Billups? Second, can they improve the shooting guard and center positions? And third, should they keep Mike D'Antoni as coach?
The Knicks can justifiably be proud that the team made the playoffs and that New York is now a place where free agents will want to play.
Stoudemire showed real leadership skills all season long, particularly in Game 4 against the Celtics when he produced a double-double while barely able to move up and down the court. As long as Amar'e is healthy, the Knicks will be a tough out in the playoffs.
The long-term vision of the Knicks was established at Carmelo's wedding, when Chris Paul made a toast that Amar'e, Carmelo and himself should join forces in New York to create their own Big Three team.
So far, the Knicks are on a path to set that scenario up.
The Knicks have only two contracts of significance on the roster heading into the 2012 offseason: Amar'e and Carmelo.
That means that as long as the new collective bargaining agreement does not change the cap number too much, Chris Paul can join the Knicks and still get a large contract.
If Paul joins the roster, the Knicks will have a star point guard, wing scorer and post player. In light of how much trouble Chris Paul is giving the Lakers right now without David West, he is proving that he is an elite player.
Which brings us to Chauncey Billups. Chauncey is a very good player who will probably become a great coach one day. He is scheduled to make $14.3 million next year if the Knicks do not waive him by April 30.
The Knicks should keep him.
Without Billups at the point guard position, the team suffered in the playoffs. With Billups, the Knicks would have likely won at least one or two games .
Letting Billups start the season with the team will greatly enhance the team, and should put them on a path where they can contend for the No. 4 seed in the East.
There is another reason to keep him: If Chris Paul wants out of New Orleans early, Chauncey's contract will make that trade easier.
The next question is, how should the Knicks fill the shooting guard and center positions? Landry Fields and Ronny Turiaf will return next year. Turiaf is best suited for a backup role and the rookie Fields disappeared during the last two months.
The good news is that Fields should get better. Many rookies do poorly in the second half as their bodies are not used to the length of the season. However, Fields may also be better suited as a backup.
The Knicks also have Bill Walker, who can play both the shooting guard and small forward positions. Ideally, Walker would improve his ball-handling skills and supplant Fields.
If not, then the best player for the two position may be Toney Douglas. Douglas is a scorer in a point guard's body. Chauncey Billups, however, is big for a point guard and capable of defending big guards with his strength.
The reality is that the Knicks need their other guard to be able to hit open jump shots, play good defense and make good entry passes into the post.
The center position is more of a priority. Turiaf gets injured when he plays too many minutes, and he is more of a power forward than center in the NBA.
However, the Knicks do have an inexpensive option for next year in Jerome Jordan.
Jordan is a true seven-foot center with good athleticism. When he played for the Knicks' summer league team, he showed good skills on offense and the ability to block shots.
However, he needed to improve his strength and game experience, prompting the Knicks to arrange for him to play this year in Serbia. Now the Knicks can bring him back with the chance to start at a minimum salary.
He would only need to be a big body next year, with the hope that he could develop into a true rotation player.
The Knicks actually have their own draft pick this year which should be 17th overall. At that position, the Knicks should have an opportunity to draft one of the Morris brothers from Kansas.
Both are true post players who can improve the Knicks' depth up front. Both are athletic who should be immediate rotation players.
The Knicks should also keep Derrick Brown, the small forward the Knicks claimed on waivers from Charlotte. He showed superior athleticism and a decent enough jump shot that he should be given the chance to be Carmelo's backup next year.
If Shawne Williams wants to come back on a minimum salary contract, then he would be worth re-signing as well.
Shelden Williams should be allowed to sign elsewhere. He is too slow to get major minutes for D'Antoni and undersized for a center as well.
Anthony Carter should be brought back to be the backup point guard to Billups. Carter is a natural point guard and an excellent defender.
So far, it sounds like mostly the same team that just got swept. The reason is that the Knicks do not want any contracts that could interfere with their chance to sign Chris Paul.
So, the Knicks will need to find a cheap free-agent center who can rebound and is athletic enough to play for D'Antoni. There is one good candidate for the job.
Josh McRoberts is a 6'10", 240-pound power forward on the Indiana Pacers. He backs up both Tyler Hansbrough and Roy Hibbert. He will be a free agent and he is cheap. He should be the top free-agent target for the Knicks to fill the center role.
McRoberts averaged 7.4 points and 5.3 rebounds in 22 minutes per game this year. He shot 54.7 percent from the field and was 23 of 60 (38.3 percent) from three-point range.
Because he will likely never get a chance to start in Indiana, the Knicks would have a chance to get him to New York with the opportunity to win the starting center job.
He has shown good rebounding and shot-blocking instincts in the NBA. While he would have trouble guarding the elite centers, he is capable of providing solid defense against everyone else. And, he does not need the ball to get his points. He would be an ideal role player for the Knicks for next year.
The final question is whether or not the Knicks should keep Mike D'Antoni as the head coach.
Unless Phil Jackson or Doc Rivers are going to replace him, then the answer is yes. He is a good coach who deserves to have a full season of Carmelo and Amar'e to see if he can get the Knicks to the next level.
With a full year to develop chemistry on offense, the Knicks should be able to win a round next year.
The reality is that Doc Rivers is likely to take next year off to watch his son play basketball at Duke. After that, it is anticipated that he will want to return to the NBA.
The Knicks were once his home as a player and would be a great fit for his return to coaching in 2012.
So, for the long-term health of the Knicks, they should keep both Chauncey Billups and Mike D'Antoni for the 2011-2012 season and only do minor tinkering with the roster this offseason.
I know the tendency around here is to be pessimistic, but I am an optimist and I tend to look at things logically. That said, IT IS TOTALLY WITHIN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY THAT WE CAN ACQUIRE PAUL, via trade or signing.
Was gonna ask that question... If Stern decides to go to a hard cap, wont we actually be in better position to sign CP3 or any other max player? The line would jump up with no room above. If he stays with a soft cap, we may have to get creative with the numbers or we are up a creek.
Also, has anyone considered the possibility of Melo and Amare restructuring their current contracts, similar to the compromise Miami did, to bring in CP3? Not sure if this even possible, but they both seem committed to winning more than making $$.... this will also be a huge PR move and statues would be erected all over the city.
Just a thought, feel free to correct me if I am way off base.
Melo and STAT can't restructure their deals to increase cap space. They would have had to take "less" money up front (STAT as an FA, and Melo a non-max extension.)
From what I understand, NBA contracts can not be restructured downward. That only works in the NFL where guaranteed money vs overall contract value comes into play for the athlete redoing his deal. NBA players don't have that worry, and it doesn't seem like the NBA-PA allows it.
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53. Can existing contracts be renegotiated?
A contract for four or more seasons can be renegotiated after the third anniversary of its signing, extension, or renegotiation that increased any season's salary by more than 8%. Contracts for fewer than four seasons cannot be renegotiated. A contract cannot be renegotiated between March 1 and June 30 of any year. Only teams under the cap can renegotiate a contract, and the salary in the then-current season can be increased only to the extent that the team has room under the cap. Raises in subsequent years are limited to 10.5% of the salary in the first renegotiated season. The renegotiation may not contain a signing bonus. Contracts cannot be renegotiated downward (players can't take a "pay cut" in order to create salary cap room for the team) or to contain fewer seasons.
Again, a team over the salary cap cannot renegotiate a contract. An interesting case of this was Shawn Kemp with the Sonics. Kemp, who was unhappy with his contract and wanted to renegotiate, could not get a larger contract from the Sonics because they were over the cap. Kemp forced a trade to Cleveland, who was far enough under the cap at the time to give him the large contract he wanted. Kemp's contract was renegotiated soon after the trade.
Awwhhh.. You're mad. :fury: How unfortunate.
Notice the mysterious absence of a substantive rubuttal.
It's all good though..
And I said I'd considered this stuff. I didn't say I had it all figured, especially this CBA nonsense. It's not really my strength at all.
This was the right move. There are no better PG options available this summer & both our star players admire & respect Chauncey already. He is the defacto leader on this team & he's only been here 2 months, that just tells you how much this guy has everyone's ear & respect in the lockerroom. Plus this keeps the Knicks in solid standing if CP3 should ever decide he wants to be a Knick in 2012.
14+ mil for a 35 year old score first PG who can't stay on the court? ehhh. I understand this move if and only if we can trade his expiring for a star.


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I hosey the big tree near the beer garden for my tent..............
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I hosey the big tree near the beer garden for my tent..............
.............ahh never mind, the ground will be very damp near any tree
All the talk about reserving spaces made me remember one of my pet peeves.
Setting up tents with no regard for those who were set up earlier being able to get in or out with their machines. Being land locked is no fun.
In any event, what's wrong with parking by your tent in the middle of the field? It's not like there's not plenty of room in this venue. Nor is there much of a noise issue -- I've never been to a rally where the guy leaving at 6AM doesn't wake up most of the campers -- wherever on the field -- with starting/riding out.
FWIW, I'm also thinking: Why should I have to schlep all my gear from the edge of where you think I should park, out to the middle of the field (and then back at pack-out time)?
Sorry, I don't see the problem here.
Mark Neblett
Fairfax, VA
At my first MOA rally (TN) I arrived in the evening, rather tired. There was plenty of open space in the tent areas, although all the best spots were taken as well as locations near the road. So I rode to an open space where I unloaded, setup the tent, and soon thereafter went to sleep.
There were unmarked but obvious paths through the camping areas for both foot traffic and bike traffic to get into the camping areas and back to the farther reaches of those areas.
Later the next day I started riding back to my tent to gear up for a ride, but the path(s) through the tent areas were blocked -- typically by just one little tent or even just tent stakes. There was a path leading up to the tent, and a path leading away on the other side, but someone was oblivious enough to place their tent right into the roadway. Even though everyone else was able to see that paths had naturally been created by all the other campers, it only took just a couple people to effectively kill the system that been organically formed by everyone else. Had I still been parked on the *other* side of his tent I would have been land locked and unable to go on my ride.
So, do people NEED to respect the trails that are created? No, of course not. Its a free country.
But, if someone chooses to locate their tent in a way that screws up everyone else when there is still room to do otherwise, then I reserve the right to call them a douche-bag.
...in other news,
See you at the Rally!
(I'll be the one perfectly aligned with everyone else.)
I've found a little common courtesy goes a long way in both site selection and getting your bike to and from the tent. At the RA rally, we couldn't ride on the soccer field where tents were set up but it wasn't that far to walk either. I parked my bike a ways off because I knew I'd be taking an early morning ride and didn't want to wake up the whole population. It sounds like Sedalia will have a lot of tent room and if I'm lucky a bit of shade. I'm heading up tomorrow and will be doing some volunteering so maybe I'll get a good spot to set up. I'm sure it will be fine except the one or two who always think they are the only ones in existence. Let's all gather upwind at 5 am and smoke cigars by their tents.
IBA Number 49673
Moore OK
I don't smoke, but I'd be happy to make an exception and join you by the idiot(s) tents!
Mark Neblett
Fairfax, VA
The guy who sets up dead center in the middle of a square surrounded by "roads" should expect as the field fills with tents to no longer be able to get his bike directly to his tent.
Expecting this to happen is to me pretty rude. If you absolutely positively have to park at your tent then placement of the tent needs to include this, either by being near or along a "road" or off far enough away from the crowd that it doesn't matter.
EDIT: I'd also wager a cold barley beverage that the folks that have the biggest problem with this are the early arrivals. You know them, they are the ones who show up Tuesday or even Monday with no intention to volunteer or perhaps for an hour or two on Saturday if at all. Their major play is to arrive early and score the "best" spot even if it's just for them. Imagine the irony when the rally fills up and a ton of other people also want to be near the "best spot." Now they can't get their bike to their tent because "their" rode is blocked by a "douchebag."
Tempest in a beer cup.
Salty Fog Rally 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014 And DRAT! Missed the last one in 2015!
-Tom (KA1TOX)
We camped outside the fence at Bloomsburg as well. Had a great spot, were close to the BMW Motorad Octoberfest venue, and had great neighbors. In fact, VT Bob talked us into going up to the MOV Green Mtn Rally (he is the cook) and we had a great time seeing him there as well. If you go to a rally, you gotta camp!


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I wrote recently that Lawrence Wright had released what looks like an interesting and pretty thorough book on the Church of Scientology that is titled Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief. In an interview, he describes some of the weird things that he discovered. What they do to dissidents and young people is awful.
Q: Can you describe what you discovered about Scientology's secret work camps in the U.S.?
A: There are re-education camps in different locations for Sea Org members (Scientology's clergy) who have offended the leader or committed some infraction against the Church of Scientology. On one of them, Gold Base, there's a place called "the hole": two double-wide trailers married together, where people are sent, often without being told of their crimes.
In 2004, (church leader) David Miscavige cleared away all the furniture and sent top executives to stay there, some for years. An elderly man who was the president of the church (a nominal post) was in the hole for seven years.
Many of them joined as children, some were born into it. Many, if not all, of their friends and family are Scientologists. If you left, they would never talk to you again. They are only paid $50 a week, so they don't have any income or education to fall back on. Young Scientologists don't really get any formal education. Their knowledge of the outside world is very restricted and they are taught to distrust outsiders. From the very beginning, when you go into Scientology your world narrows down very quickly. You're also taught that your salvation is at stake and if you bring disgrace on Scientology nothing could be worse. To some extent, they are not being held against their will; it's their will that is holding them there.
He goes on to describe how the church woos celebrities and once they get people like Tom Cruise and John Travolta to join, offer them perks to keep them in and to ignore the abuses of the church. The interview reports that Miscavige "watches videos of Cruise's secret confessions at night with a glass of whiskey", which sounds downright creepy.


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Who the hell cares about BRaylon. And drop the ball again? They were right to not bring him back last season, he ended up having knee problems. Who knows how he is now, his games is entirely based on explosiveness. We don't need 2 idiot WRs. I think its easier for Mark to be a leader when he doesn't have a bunch of idiot receivers demanding the ball, he just has 1 right now.
Again, if the team didn't want him back, that's fine. It would be a dead issue for me too. The only reason I even give a damn about him going to Seattle was the "he was on our radar" line from the Jets camp. Gross negligence if there's any truth to that, especially when the Jets are lining up future UPS workers today to compete for a spot at wideout.
But we have Cro!The Jets Front Office Dropped The Ball On Braylon Edwards Again
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Jets may add a veteran WR for depth from roster cuts.
For better or worse...I think the Jets were more interested in accelerating the development of Hill and also Schilens. Perhaps Kerley and Jordan White too. Players that can be with the team far longer then a one year rental receiver. Braylon is a player that would get a lot of the reps.
So did 31other NFL teams. I've never seen a fanbase lust after a player that offers so little to a team. Bring back Justin McCariens while you are it, front office.
Wow, every day with this? The Braylon fanatics are no different from the Tebow fanatics.
The greatest players in the whole of the NFL every offseason are always former Jets signing elsewhere. You would think the road to the Super Bowl is for some other team to simply sign every player we cut.
Instant Super Bowl.
Best of luck to Braylon in the NFC and the Pacific Northwest. Hope for his sake he recovers from his horrificly unproductive 2011 season and his lingering injury, and can actually produce again for Seattle.
Braylon had some great moments with the Jets, and I would have been interested in giving him a second try. But let's not pretend like he's anything close to a sure thing right now.
Im all for bring Terrell Owens for a looksie. You can always cut him if he sucks or talks crap.
I wouldn't want to bring in a retread like Edwards to start, but I don't see how he hurts the team if he's brought in on a one-year deal as a reserve.
There hasn't been this much love for a receiver since the 2002 version of Laveranues Coles. My God. At least Coles put up over 1,000 yards.
It's not like they said "The Jets were planning on signing Edwards, but were busy entertaining ESPN and so couldn't fit in a meeting until next Tuesday."
Bottom line - would anyone rather have Edwards start than Hill? I certainly wouldn't. And for those of you saying that Edwards should be a reserve - you mean that veteran locker room leader? Huh? This is Edwards we're talking about, not Tony Richardson. Plus, it's quite likely that Edwards doesn't *want* to be a reserve - which might be exactly why he didn't sign with us.


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Chris Rosenbaum's Final Blog
Kernels catcher Chris Rosenbaum wrote a blog this year called
Looking Through the Mask which was an insight into the life of a minor league ballplayer.
His final entry is, in my opinion, his best.
Click Here to read his final blog. Be sure to post a reply with your thoughts.


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Janet Hu ranks as the No. 2 recruit out of the class of 2014 (some say she should be No. 1) and became the first swimmer of the group to make a commitment. Stanford has been her first choice all along.
Lindsey Engel, who will be a senior at Crean Lutheran South High in Irvine this fall, committed to Stanford a few days later. She's rated the No. 5 recruit by swimswam.com (No. 10 by Swimming World Magazine), and also one of the most versatile of the class.
Hu, out of Oakton High in Vienna, Va., swam lifetime bests in the 50-meter free (25.63), 50-meter fly (26.98) and the 100-meter fly (1:00.11) at the Phillips 66 National Championships in Indianapolis last month. She had three top-16 finishes. Her short course 100 fly mark would have been good enough to make the finals of the 2013 NCAA championships.
"I'm so excited to have made my decision to commit to swim for Stanford," Hu told Swimming World. "It has always been my dream school. Two years ago, I was there for Summer Juniors (2011) and I loved the campus and the pool. I've also gotten to know the coaches, Greg and Tracy, and I'm really looking forward to working with them."
Hu's top yard times are 52.07 (100 back), 52.03 (100 fly), 22.13 (50 free), 48.67 (100 free) and 1:46.74) (200 free). She set National Age Group records in the 50 free and 100 fly last December.
Hu brings plenty of versatility and potential big points to the nationals, especially on the relays.
Engel has recorded solid long-course times in the 50 free (26.25), 100 free (56.56) and 100 back (1:03.73). She's also looked strong in the 200 free (2:03.25) and 100 fly (2:00.93).
"Stanford University has an amazing swimming program as well as amazing academics," Engel said. "It felt like the perfect fit for me."
Engel made national headlines in May when she broke a 28-year-old CIF Southern Section Division III record in the 50 free (22.53) that had been held by the legendary Dara Torres (22.69 in 1985). That effort earned Engel a spot in Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd."
Engel has gone 22.24 in the 50 free, 48.96 in the 100 free along with 53.34 in the 100 fly and 53.27 in the 100 back.
Engel and Hu will join current Cardinal sprint standout Lia Neal, a 2012 Olympian, plus Maddy Schaefer to strengthen Stanford's sprint relays at the NCAAs for years to come.
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Parent GE's net income for the quarter actually dropped to $3.19 billion, or 31 cents a share, from $3.49 billion, or 33 cents per share, in the third quarter of 2012. Excluding one-time items earnings of 36 cents per share exceeded Street analyst consensus estimates of 35 cents. Revenue for the quarter dropped 1.5% from a year ago to $35.7 billion, short of projections of $36 billion.
But GE said earnings increased at six of its seven industrial business units, with Power & Water the laggard, declining 10%. And the company said its long-term outlook was strong. Wall Street bought that argument in early trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Friday.
Transportation equipment orders rose 65%, GE said.
"Our third-quarter results were very strong in an improving global business environment," said GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt. "Orders grew 19% with orders growth around the world. Total segment profit grew 12%, Industrial margins grew 120 basis points in the quarter, and we are on track for planned margin expansion of 70 basis points for the year."
Earlier this month GE Transportation unveiled its RailConnect 360 Monitoring and Diagnostics (M&D) and ShipperConnect software at the second annual Minds + Machines Conference in Chicago. Late last month at Railway Interchange 2013 in Indianapolis, GE Transportation showcased new technologies in the areas of EPA Tier 4 emissions compliance, LNG fuel, and web-based asset management.


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Norma after feeding and doubling, I re-measured using a measuring cup for liquids and got 186gm. My previous measure was 210 using the measuring cup for dry ingredients. Obvious to me that the 2nd time around (186gm) that starter was much more frothier/bubbly at time of measurement. So I would saw between 190 and 210, maybe 200gm for an average cup of active starter???
Nice work Norma. My experiment with the starter vs IDY today was a botch. At least you got pies out of your experiment. There were several reasons for the botched experiment, but I will spare you the details. chau
Jackie Tran,Can you just tell me what might have happened? I was anxious for to see you try out the starter. Thanks for saying the pie was nice work. I wish I could have baked this pie in my oven at market to see what difference it would have made. My home oven doesn't get to that high of temperatures. Even with the soapstone, there didn't seem to be much difference in how my oven bakes.Norma
Norma, without broiling, what temp were you able to get the stone to? How long did it take for the stone to get to the peak oven temp? What's the distance from the broiler element to the stone?
Norma,It's good that you have been able to see the flavor/texture progression from the standard straight Lehmann NY style to the preferment version with the commercial yeast and, finally, to the naturally leavened version. It will be interesting if you can make some 16"-ers in your deck oven at market.Peter
Well I have several theories of why the IDY ball was twice the size of the ischia doughball after 4-6 hours. 1st I don't think I used the ischia at it's peak activity as I mentioned before. The 2nd reason will surely give Peter a good laugh. I have recently switch from using ADY to IDY and have noticed that IDY works about 25% better than my ADY despite using the appropriate conversions. I quickly heard Peter's voice in the back of my head saying, "but Chau....you never rehydrate your ADY...coud this be the reason?" With this truth, I must agree. I had become so accustomed (read lazy) to using ADY un/partially rehydrated that I had naturally made adjustments by using a bit more. So my conversion presented earlier may very well be flawed and not accurate.3rdly, part of today's failure could have been due to the short ferment time of only 6 hours. After some thought I realized that my original experiment comparing Starter vs ADY spanned the course of 4 days. If memory serves me correctly they didn't rise equivalently the first day and only equalized after 2-3 days. Both doughballs in the original experiment were sour after 4 days. This tells me they were very fermented and that both yeast had ample time to work to their fullest potential. Had I cut that experiment down to 6 hours like today, I'm confident i wouldn't have gotten the same result. Just as todays experiment showed drastically different dough rise rates, had i let these balls go for 12+ hours at room temps, they may have equalized out, that I can't be sure. So my original conversion rate may not be accurate for several reasons. 1) I likely didn't rehydrate that ADY and 2) would likely only be accurate for long ferments (2-5 days) but not for same day doughs. Anyone using that conversion should keep this in mind and make adjustments accordingly. I did get to use the active ishcia starter today for tonight's pizzas for the inlaws and the flavor was good despite using only a small amount of it. Sadly b/c I'm not (currently) a huge fan of starters or cold ferments, I'm not sure when I will get around to finding an accurate conversion rate for same day emergency doughs. Chau
Norma,I plan to review the numbers tomorrow. In the meantime, can you tell me how much starter you used by volume?Peter
Noprma,Your numbers are correct. You may have weighed the starter rather than measuring it out volumetrically, but I estimate that you used a bit over 1 1/2 teaspoons of the starter. Does that sound right?Peter


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Frank Yallop, Chicago Fire Head Coach and Director of Soccer
On where the team needs to go from here
"Tough one. Déjà vu from the last home game we had. Should have four more points than we've got. The team kept going, fighting and that's good. It feels empty because of the way we have put a lot of effort into the games we've had and you don't get rewarded for it. I think we've played pretty well, created some good chances today, had another chance in the last dying seconds to win it and we didn't. We deserved to win. We had some good performances today. Overall, I can't fault the guys for effort."
On quality of penalty and Mike Magee not taking it
"It wasn't a good penalty kick. Mike missed his last one. Jeff scored a penalty this season. I'm 50 yards away, I can scream whatever I want, it's up to them to sort it out and who's taking it, and they decided Juan is taking it"
On the referee and Quincy Amarikwa's second yellow card
"Didn't touch him. It's maybe a foul on Quincy, he's not diving. He gets run into and he goes down. I can't comment on the referee, but he's wasn't good. He missed some plays that were important in this match."
On the morale of the team
"Nope, It's fine. We know we should have won two more games, maybe three, but we haven't. It's not like we have fumbled through the game. I thought we played well today. I thought we played well, we dominated. They had some spells, they're a good team. But you look at the chances and stuff that we did, it's just disappointing that we don't have a win."
On the missing piece to get over that hump
"The missing piece is ice-cold finishing in the last seconds of a game. Away from home it's difficult to win matches, but at home you got to win. That's how you get your points and do well on the year. We've had two games, and there is no time left on the clock, and we have a penalty kick. The players know that it is important to score that. It's just a shame we haven't gotten the points for the performances we've had. It's a long season, but you can't keep falling behind the guys ahead of you."
Jeff Larentowicz, Chicago Fire defender
On the result, missing two penalty kicks at the end of games:
"It was bizarre - to see that once is tough, but twice is even worse. It is tough to take."
On Anangono taking the penalty kick:
"Juan stepped up and grabbed the ball, and that's just what happened. As the captain and the one who's made a penalty this year I should have been the one to take the penalty but I didn't – that's on me, not on Juan."
On the second yellow on Amarikwa:
"I'm not going to comment on referee decisions. In the end, it's a red card and it's something we'll have to deal with. Quincy has been outstanding for us. It's going to be a shame to have to miss him the next game, but we'll move on."
On not getting a result:
"The last three games we've certainly been the better team – Philadelphia, Montreal and tonight. I don't think that tonight the other team really wanted to win from the start. They were slowing the game down in the first half and got fortunate on the penalty call. I think it was a penalty because Patrick [Nyarko] clipped him, they got the goal they wanted and they slowed down. In the run of play, outside the last couple of minutes when we were pushing forward, I'm not sure they get a shot on goal from open play. All-in-all it's more of the same, but if we can get wins going forward it will be ok."
On the string of draws:
"We feel like we're playing so well at the start of the year and the build-up of points we feel should have makes the draws tough to take. Again, the way the next game goes – up or down will say a lot. If we win we're unbeaten with a win. If not, things look a little differently. Everyone needs to stay positive and keep pushing. The good thing is that we've been the better team the last three games."
On the play of Harry Shipp:
"Harry has been outstanding. If I had to say two guys that have pulled us through the first seven games, it's definitely been Harry and Quincy. As soon I, and I'm sure the coaches, saw him we knew he was going to do something for us this year, and he has, and needs to continue."
Quincy Amarikwa, Chicago Fire forward
On foul that led to his second yellow card:
"Clearly I don't think it was a foul, but it's not my decision to make so what can you do?"
On his goal:
"The ball came back to Harry, I had space in the middle, pointed and he put the ball right where I wanted him to. I took my first touch into the box, put a bit of my body on Farrell, saw that the keeper's legs were open and put the ball between his legs and that was that."
On the result:
"It's disappointing to not come away with three points, but we're putting ourselves in a position to win games. Juan puts that PK in and it's a different outlook. As long as we're coming away with points we're carrying this confidence into future games and it's just a matter of time before we're coming away with some wins."
Patrick Nyarko, Chicago Fire forward
On his performance:
"Since I got suspended, I had a week to reevaluate my game, I was struggling physically and that red card at the game in Portland affected me mentally. I decided to get back to basics and just play my game. I think it's been ok so far during the past three weeks but I'm still not happy because we're not getting the wins. I hope to keep playing the same, getting better and that we get the win soon."
On draws at home:
"It's been extremely frustrating, especially since we're dominating teams, we're out playing teams and creating the best chances and we're not getting wins – that's the most frustrating part. I keep telling the guys that if we keep playing like this we're not going to lose a lot of games and the tide is not always going to go against us like this. We just need to keep pushing and sustain that until the end of the game. We need to buckle down, even though we're frustrated, and the wins will come."
On how this year's start compares to last year's start:
"It feels differently this year because we are dominating teams. The last three weeks we feel like we deserved victories, judging from the fact that we that we've had possession and have created more chances than the other team – that's been the most frustrating part. We know we can play the soccer, now it's just how to find the victories – that's the test for us right now."
On the bye next week:
"We wish we were still playing just because we need to build momentum. The week off breaks that up, but guys are experienced and we know what we're doing right and will continued that stride when we play again."
Quote Sheet: Chicago Fire vs. New England Revolution
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Needing surgery, Hanley out for two months
After dive in Classic final, MRI exam on right thumb reveals torn ligament
By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- After learning that Hanley Ramirez will be sidelined for two months with a torn right thumb ligament, Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti said Thursday that he won't seek a replacement in a trade, and he expects Ramirez to be the shortstop when he returns.
Dr. Steven Shin will perform surgery on Ramirez on Friday in Los Angeles. The thumb will be immobilized for three weeks, and Ramirez is expected to return to competition in eight weeks, according to the club.
An MRI exam taken on Wednesday night revealed the ligament tear, which Ramirez sustained on Tuesday night when diving for a ground ball while playing third base in the Dominican Republic's 3-0 victory over Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic final.
"It's bad; it's bad," said Ramirez. "It's something I can't control. It could happen anywhere. Unfortunately, it happened in the WBC. It's very disappointing."
Colletti said the Dodgers plan to use either Dee Gordon or Luis Cruz at shortstop in the interim, depending on what they show between now and Opening Day. If Cruz gets the call and vacates third base, a rotation of Juan Uribe, Nick Punto and Jerry Hairston would fill in there.
Justin Sellers, optioned out Tuesday, is probably the most pure defensive shortstop with big league experience, but he was hitting only .150. Then in Minor League camp is Miguel Rojas, a virtual unknown who was formerly in the Reds' organization. Dodgers veterans, seeing Rojas in a few Major League games this spring and during infield drills, have compared him to Omar Vizquel for his quick hands and slick defensive ability. But Rojas has never played in the Major Leagues and has a .240 career Minor League batting average.
"At least we've got some depth," said Colletti. "Things happen all the time. Injuries happen to teams all the time. We have to play without him for eight weeks. I think our offense is still good. I think we've got people that can play shortstop. There's nothing more we can do about it. We're covered. I know we have players who can play."
Colletti said he would have considered trading for a replacement if Ramirez would have been out all year.
Manager Don Mattingly was hesitant to anoint Gordon the replacement, because this was the season management hoped to get Gordon back on a developmental track after rushing him to the big leagues last year.
"Having an original plan where we're trying to develop a guy and get him back to where we think he can be," said Mattingly. "Then all of a sudden, you try to totally change gears on the spur of the moment. You should at least take a couple seconds, try to think about it and what's the best thing for everybody.
"I'm not comfortable with anything going on at shortstop right now. Am I going to be comfortable in eight weeks with a guy who hasn't played if it's a mess there? It depends what his work looks like I guess. Is he going to be able to get tons of work and make us say he looks great still? Then you play in rehab games and that looks great. But again we're in hypotheticals."
Ramirez explained that the injury occurred as he dove to his left for a ground ball, his right thumb sticking in the infield grass and bending backward away from his hand, tearing the ligament. Doctors told Ramirez that the surgery had a "99 percent" chance of success.
Ramirez said that immediately after the play, he didn't think it was this bad, "maybe because I was warm." He even batted and hit a single before coming out of the game as the pain increased.
Before hearing the results of the MRI exam, Ramirez was hopeful he could avoid surgery. He said he had never previously injured the thumb and that this would be the first Opening Day he's missed in eight Major League seasons.
"I was hoping to play through it," Ramirez said. "Sometimes, you play with pain. But not any chance I can do that."
The injury is similar to one sustained last year by Gordon, who tore ligaments and dislocated his right thumb after diving headfirst into third base. That injury also required surgery and a two-month rehab, and it created an opening that the Dodgers filled by trading for Ramirez.
"I got a chance to talk to Dee, and he told me everything would be fine," said Ramirez. "It'll feel a little weird after surgery, and [it'll be] hard beginning to throw the ball. After that, everything will be better."
Ramirez, as did Gordon, will be able to continue conditioning work after the operation. After three weeks, the cast will be removed and Ramirez will resume baseball activities such as throwing and hitting.
Ramirez answered complaints that his injury is an indictment on stars playing in the Classic.
"It could have happened anywhere," Ramirez said. "It could happen at Spring Training, in BP. Everything is not negative in life. You have to stay positive.
"This is my main thing, the Los Angeles Dodgers, even though I played in the WBC, represented my country. It was an honor. At the same time, this is my team. This is not easy. It's going to be tough, but what can we do? There are a lot of guys that can do a lot of damage on this team."
The Dodgers, planning to have Ramirez start at shortstop this year, had hoped he would not play third base in the tournament. A former All-Star shortstop, Ramirez was moved to third base by the Marlins, and the Dodgers have been determined to move him back to shortstop.
Ramirez, his hand and wrist in a black brace, said he had been taking pregame ground balls exclusively at shortstop throughout the tournament.
"I did too much work here before I left to not keep getting better and not go backward," Ramirez said.
Ramirez will earn $15.5 million this season, and there is separate insurance coverage on players who participated in the World Baseball Classic.
Ken Gurnick 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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Time to kiss off the PDA dismay?
We ran a poll recently. We asked, 'what's the grossest thing in Brisbane' because a new exhibition at the Queensland Museum featured a jar of human nail clippings. I'll let you cogitate on that for a moment.
Now, folks who ain't from 'round here mightn't understand the significance of some of the other things we included in our grossest list. You may also be somewhat baffled by the inclusion of said jar of human nail clippings in a major state museum exhibition. But hey. This is Queensland.
However you don't need to be as troppo to have an opinion about the winner most foul.
With 51 per cent of the vote, "public displays of affection from 'first couple' Campbell and Lisa Newman" beat "port-a-loos on the Valley Mall. On a Saturday morning. In summer", "food courts, any mall" and "said jar of human nail clippings" to be officially crowned Brisbane's Grossest Thing.
Funny, right?
Or not. Clearly we were having a bit of a laugh with the poll. And surely our readers were casting their vote tongues in cheek. Because we really, truly cannot, in this proud state of Queensland, be that upset about public displays of affection.
Or maybe we can. This is the state described as the "Australia's most conservative" by the lauded journalism team behind Jon Stewart's The Daily Show when they came Down Under to mourn the political death of our Bob Borbridge. Poor bastard was the victim of gun control policy, apparently.
This is also the state in which the Greens lost seats, despite gaining ground elsewhere in recent state elections. As votes flocked to Katter's Australia Party at the expense of the Greens, the progeny of Kennedy's King Bob Katter told me it was a victory for social conservatism.
Indeed, it's impossible to ignore the fact that Queensland is very likely looking at being licked with blue at all levels come September. If Tony Abbott swings to power the same way Campbell Newman did, conservatism will have conquered Australia's largest City Hall, as well as George Street and Canberra.
But will such a victory say more about the state's social values or the voting public's perception of which team might better manage the stupid economy? It's an important distinction – liberals who advocate small government for the sake of fiscal growth should abhor the idea of the state intervening in our personal lives. Love of the laissez-faire approach demands you Let Me Be.
Perhaps this contributes to Mr Newman's physical openness with his wife. He is clearly from the 'moderate' branch of the LNP's "broad church" – the same church that counts the clearly 'very socially conservative' brain-snapping Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie among its flock. Mr Newman has voiced his support for progressive social policy even if he's been unable to bring his party around to the idea of, y'know, equal rights for The Gays. That's sort of what happens though, when you're head of a whopping majority with a debt to pay to the bush and a fear of being too Brisbane-centric. A bush more likely, perhaps, to frown on PDAs as write off homosexuality as immoral (not that regressive social attitudes are isolated to areas outside the state's capital, or exclusively within the state of Queensland for that matter).
In any case, Lisa and Campbell like to smooch in public. And it seems the public doesn't like to see it.
Really, what's so bad about public displays of affection? I love a good snog with my lover, because I love him with all of my heart. And there's really so little love in this world – is putting evidence of its existence on display really such a bad and terrible and immoral thing?
Of course it's not. Gay, straight, whatever – if you're not hurting anyone else, the PDA is A-OK. Within reason.
Are you for or against PDAs, why, and what are your limits?
An earlier version of this blog incorrectly stated "other states moved left in state elections". It has been updated to more accurately point out that the Greens gained seats in other states.
Katherine Feeney is a journalist with the Nine Network Australia. She is also one of Australia's leading commentators on sex, love, dating and relationships via her popular blog CityKat.
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Hi, Gerbils. I've been tinkering with my month-old rig, trying to undervolt my CPU to see how much impact such a thing would have. My specs:
2 x 4GB G.Skill DDR3-1866
Powercolor HD7770 1GB
TP-Link TL-WN723N USB 2.0 Wifi Adapter
Hitachi 7K1000.C 1TB HDD
Cooler Master GX650 PSU
Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate
AMD Catalyst 13.1 + latest chipset drivers
In the BIOS there's an 'Auto' setting for the CPU voltage. I tested stability at the lower voltages using BurnInTest from Passmark and the lowest I could go without getting errors is 1.317v (at least that's what the BIOS says). I monitored voltages within Win7 using CPU-Z. At stock, the CPU voltage at idle is 0.920v, load at 1.4v. Set to 1.317 in the BIOS, CPU-Z reports idle voltage to be 0.864v, load volts at 1.28v. BurnInTest tests stability with all cores at 100%, so it's not gonna be pretty on my power bill. Tests run for 15 minutes. I did two runs, so that's 30 mins.
To test performance I haven't used any benchmarks, but rather, decided to find any perceived differences in actual gameplay between the 'Auto' voltage setting and 1.317v in the BIOS using UT2004. UT2004 generally runs very smoothly, and it's set to run at just 1280 x 1024, a resolution that I believe the HD7770 should be comfortable with. I specifically use the Osiris2 map because using diff. maps could make the test muddy; not all the maps are smooth. Osiris2 is somewhat between a silky smooth map and a difficult map; it's silky smooth but sometimes there are hiccups, specifically at 1.317v. I go around the map, no bots around, to see if there will be high latency frames, a 'hiccup', if you will.
What I found out is that at 1.317v, I seem to be having a hiccup or two than if the voltage is set to 'Auto'. At 'Auto', I can hardly see any hiccup, if at all. I know undervolting isn't supposed to impact performance at all. Plus, with the lower power consumption at 1.317v, Turbo Core should kick in more readily because there will supposedly be less heat. UT2004 is pretty much single threaded so it should invoke Turbo Core when it can and the benefits will be more useful than if a game is heavily threaded, I believe.
I'm not sure if something else is messing with UT2004 when CPU voltage is 1.317, but if true, they sure are a bunch of weird coincidences. I ran the map several times using stock voltage and 1.317. I don't know if this bit of testing on my part will prove to be useful to Vishera owners, or it's just me being too OC or something.
Any input would be appreciated. I think this deserves some investigation given how undervolting can benefit Vishera owners by decreasing power consumption especially at load.


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Last week the New Pittsburgh Courier received a package of documents regarding the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police from an anonymous source. The documents raise questions about everything from the unauthorized account opened at Greater Pittsburgh Police Federal Credit Union to moonlighting and implicates a slew of officers and the police administration.
While focus was originally placed on former Police Chief Nate Harper, and officers engaged in a side business with him, these documents suggest corruption at varying levels of the bureau. However, even though the spotlight has moved away from Harper, three police personnel originally linked to him, Officer Tonya Ford, her mother Kim Montgomery, and Tamara Davis remain on administrative leave.
"Right now we're glad that everything is quiet. There are a lot of other issues that are being uncovered. And we're glad my three clients are not the focus of any of those issues," said Warner Macklin, spokesperson for the three women. "We're still wondering why my clients are still off from work. We haven't received any information why any of them are off from work."
Some speculated the three women were suspended for their involvement in side businesses, but the documents provided to the Courier show evidence of several side businesses owned by other officers. According to the bureau, officers are not prohibited from having side businesses.


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Hi Sarah,
This is a lace weaver spider (Amaurobius species), a spider commonly found in & around houses. There are a few species (A. similis, A. fenestralis, etc.) it's not possible to tell exactly which this is by the photo.
They are the most common genus of spider I see in my home.
Regards, Mark.
Hi Remo,
This is not a false widow, it looks to be the very common & quite harmless missing sector orb weaver (Zygiella species), most windows probably have one or two at least.
It is certainly not a false widow, they don't typically have the dark "V" shaped marking running down the centre of the head.
Regards, Mark.
Thats great thanks Mark. I appreciate you taking the time to answer


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This guy is pathetic. Seems like he went out of his way to create this situation and touch up on his gun laws so he could 'show up' a cop.
I'm not the fondest of cops, but i also understand that overall, theyre just doing their job. This kid seems like a grade A dooshbag. That is definitely a crime I suspect him of.


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This is the last but not the least, Prince Harry has turned into a mass gossip doing another dashing job. Last weekend TMZ posted naked photos of this single British royal, 27, partying in a Las Vegas hotel room. TMZ published two photos of a naked Harry "during a raging party in a high rollers hotel suite" at the Wynn Las Vegas resort and casino.
"We're told Harry, along with a large entourage, went down to the hotel bar and met a bunch of hot chicks ... and invited them up to his VIP suite," the celebrity news Web site said. They eventually played strip billiards, a variation of traditional billiards in which players remove clothing when they lose a shot.
"Some of the partiers snapped photos of the madness," the site said of the Friday bash. In one photo, Harry cups his genitals while a seemingly topless woman in panties stands behind him. In the second, Harry bear-hugs an evidently nude woman from behind. The site did not identify the women.
Buckingham Palace confirmed the photos are of the 27-year-old younger son of Prince Charles and Diana, princess of Wales.
"Prince Harry has been on a private holiday before he resumes his military duties," a palace official told CNN, a sister news organization to TMZ. The British newspaper The Daily Telegraph said the incident "risks embarrassing Buckingham Palace and raises questions about the prince's security arrangements."
Harry, officially Prince Henry of Wales, has recently sought to distance himself from his early-20s image as a "playboy," the newspaper said. He stood in for Queen Elizabeth II at the London Olympics closing ceremony Aug. 12. He was in Washington in May to accept a humanitarian award from former Secretary of State Colin Powell for his work honoring wounded servicemen and women.


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Media, In Ted Turner's Misguided Dreams
Ted Turner distanced himself from the media business in 2006, when he stepped down as vice-chairman at Time Warner, which previously bought his eponymous broadcasting company. And now envisions a magical world in which he again calls the shots.
In addition to loving to see Time Warner under his control, Turner tells Bloomberg, he would specifically like to have CNN and Cartoon Network brass call him boss. The cause-drawn mogul has become increasingly critical of CNN's "tabloid" attitude and again says that he would like to see the channel, which he founded in 1980, increase its international news coverage. Or, at least, stop featuring so much "fluff." What, like the balloon boy?
As for Cartoon Network: Turner insists kids don't need Superman's silly sense of honor and heroics. No, they need important lessons, like those espoused by the environmentally-friendly Captain Planet, who, by the way, was really very awesome. But we digress.
Turner's never been one to keep things simple, so he also muses about those evil, wasteful newspapers: "You're chopping all these trees down and making paper out of them and trying to deal with all the waste paper. It's the biggest solid waste problem that we have." So, even though likes Murdoch's Wall Street Journal, we're assuming Turner would like to see all news online, which could, some may argue, only increase electrical consumption and a new type of waste.
This is all well and good, but Turner doesn't understand that even if we do cleanse the earth of pollution, war and all that nasty shit, then his preferred networks will have no programming. It's a classic 21st century media mogul's Catch-22.


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So, we're well into the preseason now and we're starting to get a sense of how teams are really stacking up, where their holes are, et cetera. Every expert out there predicts a Rudy Gay trade - I personally think it only happens if our first 20 games or so are bad, but if they're bad, then all bets are off. So, based on other teams' preseasons so far, who's potentially hungry for Rudy if Masai decides to trade him?
IMPORTANT: I am not advocating that we necessarily trade Rudy at this time. This thread is just about likely trade partners. Calm down.
Washington - This was a dark horse candidate for me a couple months ago but they're starting to look more and more like a potential trade partner. A couple months ago, my thinking was as follows: 1.) they don't want to trade Emeka Okafor - who has to be in the trade to make the money work - because Emeka is central to their defense, and 2.) they have Otto Porter, Trevor Ariza and Martell Webster, that's not a Rudy Gay combined but that's not a bad SF unit.
But now Okafor is injured and going to miss a chunk of the season, and Al Harrington is filling in reasonably capably at power forward alongside Nene. (I also think Washington probably considers signing Jason Collins as well since he's well-liked on the team and lockdown D is what Collins specializes in.) And looking at the Wizards' preseason so far - they're 1 and 4 - Ariza and Webster at SF are the gaping hole on this team; both are okay backups but neither one is a serious starting SF and the Wiz have been outplayed at small forward pretty much every single game.
As for Otto Porter, he had a bad summer league and apparently didn't impress at training camp, and that's not good considering everybody back at draft time was figuring "Otto Porter is a starting SF, maybe not a great one, but decent and he'll be ready day one." If Porter is a project the Wiz are in trouble. Unless, of course, they trade for Rudy Gay. The Wiz are in win-now mode; both the fans and management want playoffs this year, even if it's only one-round-and-done.
What can Washington offer for Rudy? Okafor, obviously. Probably one of either Glen Rice Jr. or Porter. And, of course, picks. Washington has all of theirs. In a Rudy trade they might look for an additional young big: Hansbrough or Acy would both be excellent trade sweeteners in this case.
Charlotte. If Charlotte decides to go for it - and they're much better than they were last year, although I still don't think they're a playoff team even if they're .500 in the preseason so far - they need a better answer at small forward than Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. Or, rather, 2013 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, who is the Michael Kidd-Gilchrist who can't shoot the ball worth a damn.
Unlike Washington, Charlotte doesn't have a two-way liability on the court at small forward - MKG is a terrific defender with potential to become elite and he has good floor sense. But he can't shoot, and until he finds a jumper or learns to be a better cutter he's a project. If Charlotte decides to go for it based on a strong start (and let's be honest, it's Charlotte, this is eminently possible), they need to fix the hole at SF, because the rest of their starting five is solid with flashes of greatness (Al Jefferson, Kemba Walker, Gerald Henderson and the Zeller/McRoberts unit at power forward). And I think they might, because Michael Jordan is not a patient man.
What can Charlotte offer for Rudy? Ben Gordon makes the money work so it becomes about what Charlotte adds to the trade. They have Detroit and Portland's first-round picks this year; they have Bismack Biyombo (whom they appear to be giving up on, and who may be reclaimable), and if they're looking to replace MKG they might as well consider him a trade chip. In a Rudy trade they'd probably look for another young shooting wing as well - Terrence Ross or Austin Daye might sweeten the pot here.
Cleveland. Starting out 3-2 in the preseason so far Cleveland sure looks exciting, but the one thing that has been constant is the lack of a starting small forward. Earl Clark is playing like a backup SF forced into a starter role because that's what he is. The team's been experimenting with Anthony Bennett as an oversized three and Sergey Karasev as an undersized three and neither of those experiments is quite panning out (Bennett and Karasev are both good players, but Bennett seems to be more naturally an undersized power forward and Karasev seems much more comfortable at shooting guard, and their best play in the preseason has been when they have played to their strengths). Alonzo Gee wasn't a starter last season or at least should not have been. And so forth.
Cleveland is even more seriously in win-now mode than Washington is: the Gilberts have declared war and laid out large for Jarrett Jack and Andrew Bynum, and Bynum is their big question mark of course. So is Anderson Varajao, really.
What can Cleveland offer for Rudy? Bynum, if he doesn't pan out for them (the $12M contract is only half-guaranteed so basically they would trade him and we would immediately waive him and only take a $6m cap hit). If Bynum pans out and Varajao is injured, then they trade Varajao. If both Bynum and Varajao are healthy and playing, then A) I'm gonna go buy some lotto tickets because the laws of probability are out of whack, and B) the answer is probably something along the lines of Clark and Gee to help with the money plus some other pieces.
In terms of "other pieces" - man, Cleveland has so many options for us it's kind of nuts. Bennett and Thompson are both very obvious trade targets for us - not just because they're Canadian (although that is a bonus) but because they're good. Karasev would be a nice bit of trade bait as well. The Cavs have all of their draft picks and a host of other picks to boot - a protected Sacramento first-rounder (meh), Memphis and Miami's first-rounders in 2015 (hmmm), Orlando's second-rounder this year (probably a 34th pick, not awful at all) and still more beyond those.
In terms of what sweetens the deal for Cleveland: if they're trading Bynum or Varajao they'll want a cheap quality big (Hansbrough or Acy - maybe even Aaron Gray). They might also want Steve Novak's shooting.
Milwaukee. I've consistently maintained that despite everybody saying Milwaukee is a natural trade partner for Rudy that they really aren't, and I maintain that position. Yes, Caron Butler is not a starting quality SF, but he wants to play in Milwaukee (how many people can say that?) and the Bucks don't want him to be their starting SF anyway, they want him to be their backup veteran grooming the kids; they want John Henson to develop into a starting power forward and then slot Ersan Ilyasova at SF to play big-ball, or they want Giannis Antetokounmpo to be ready faster than anybody expected and install him at SF, and the thing about these plans is that neither of them is totally far-fetched. It's far more likely that, if we trade anybody to Milwaukee, it's Kyle Lowry - Brandon Knight is not yet a starting PG in this league.
But let's say neither happens and the Bucks get their itchy trigger finger like they always do (man, Tobias Harris for two months of JJ Redick, that was a good idea). So...
What can Milwaukee offer for Rudy? Caron Butler plus Ekpe Udoh plus the Bucks' 2014 first-rounder is about it. Unless they go absolutely insane and offer us Giannis, which will not happen.


text: Health in the Later Years (3 cr.) As aging becomes a public health priority, an interdisciplinary consideration of the health issues of older adults is critical. This course reviews the biology of aging, health care, new research in aging, applications of integrative medicine for older adults, and physical activity and aging.


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Addressing a state Senate hearing in Silicon Valley Tuesday, Richard said, "I believe the number's coming down," and added, "Obviously the $98 billion was sticker shock for a lot of people."
Using shared rights-of-way with state rail operators, such as Caltrain, and speeding up the construction schedule would bring down the costs of the project, Richard said. Richard promised more timely upgrades to Bay Area and Los Angeles regional passenger rail that would share the track and upgrading the initial leg of track in the Central Valley.
Richard said the agency would spend roughly $750 million in state funds in the next few years to help electrify the Caltrain line and $1 billion for similar regional passenger rail upgrades in Southern California, laying the foundation for bullet trains in those regions in an incremental approach.
The authority is expected to issue a final business plan this month that will provide detailed updates of costs, ridership estimates, projected revenue, and other factors.
The state legislature will debate the plan in the months ahead before voting in June on whether to spend $2.7 billion to match $3.3 billion in federal funds to start building in the Central Valley early next year.


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Respecting others because of the higher authorities they represent.
Honor is the character quality that guides a persons proper relationship with authorities on all levels. Honor begins with the respect a person shows toward those in authority. A persons honor toward others in general is invariably related to his measure of respect for those in positions of authority over him.
It is honorable to remember and respect those who have led you in the past former teachers, employers, community leaders, and especially parents in their later years. President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation on May 8, 1914, declaring the second Sunday in May as Mothers Day in every state in the U.S. Many countries around the world have now set aside a day to honor mothers.
Mothers Day and Memorial Day have recently been celebrated and Fathers Day is on the horizon. Here are four ideas for honoring not only mothers and fathers, but all who have been leaders in your life:
Defer: A clear expression of honor is to defer to the preferences of an elder. Give way to and anticipate her preferences whenever possible. Be certain your deference is cheerful, or it loses all honor and becomes an empty gesture.
Visit: Parents often take great joy in following the welfare of their sons and daughters. Keeping parents abreast of your life is a way of honoring their investment.
Thank: Do not overlook the many blessings you have received from past authorities. Be sure to let parents know how you are continuing to apply the lessons they taught you.
Remember important days: birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, and days that commemorate personal events in the lives of your elders. Let them know you are thinking of them.
Honor your elders and the vision set by past generations, and be creative with the opportunities they have entrusted to you. Others have sacrificed to prepare you for the world, and others have labored to prepare the world for you. Discuss with your children a way to show love and honor to their grandparents. They could write a letter, send some current photos or even plan a special dinner with grandparents as the guests of honor. By speaking respectfully of your parents to your children, the children will learn to honor their grandparents and also be given a model of how they should treat you in the coming years.
Brought to you by the Four Corners Character Council. Character First! Definitions and information used by permission. Copyright Character Training Institute www.characterfirst.com.


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iPhone craze strikes Palo Alto
Original post made on Jun 29, 2007
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Comments (14)
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Jun 29, 2007 at 5:51 pm
Will the sit/lie ordinance be enforced?
9.48.025 Sitting or lying down on University Avenue public sidewalks prohibited.
(a)No person shall sit or lie down upon the public sidewalk, or upon a blanket, chair, stool, or any other object placed upon the public sidewalk adjacent to either side of University Avenue between the curbline of the eastern side of High Street and the curbline of the western side of Cowper Street during the hours between 11:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.
(b)The prohibition set forth above in this section shall not apply to:
(1)Any person sitting or lying down on the sidewalk due to a medical emergency;
(2)Any person who, as the result of a disability, utilizes a wheelchair or similar device to move about the public sidewalk;
(3)Any child accompanied by an adult who is seated in and using a stroller, or similar device, to move about the public sidewalk;
(4)Any person sitting or lying down upon a chair, bench or planter box wall located on the public sidewalk which is placed there by a public agency;
(5)Any person sitting or lying down upon a chair or bench located upon the public sidewalk which is placed there by an abutting private property owner or tenant pursuant to a commercial sidewalk encroachment permit, temporary lease, or temporary street closure permit;
(6)Any person sitting or lying down while conducting, attending, or participating in an activity or event which is authorized by a lawfully issued temporary street closure permit or
other permit issued by the city which permits use of the public sidewalk;
(c)No person shall be cited under this section unless the person engages in conduct prohibited by this section after having been notified by a law enforcement officer that he or she is in violation of the prohibition in this section.
(Ord. 4588 § 1, 1999: Ord. 4404 § 2, 1997)
a resident of Community Center
on Jun 29, 2007 at 6:06 pm
Of course not, iPhone buyers are "special". If any homeless people were to sit in the same line, I am sure Palo Alto police would be out in force.
a resident of Downtown North
on Jun 29, 2007 at 6:59 pm
For your info the Police were out there and they moved the line off of University onto Kipling early last night to allow pedestrian traffic. Again...more typical Palo Alto mentality...jumping to conclusions before getting the facts.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Jun 29, 2007 at 7:24 pm
I'm always surprised people group a city into one think-tank. "Typical Palo Alto mentality." Sorry folks -- Palo Alto doesn't have a mentality. It's just a city. It has streets and shops and a sit/lie ordinance. Its the people of Palo Alto who make up its "mentality." If you don't want a city to jump to conclusions, talk to your neighbors. It isn't the city jumping, its the citizens.
P.S. - The new iPhone looks cool.
a resident of Downtown North
on Jun 29, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Police was just observing!!! People were sitting and/or lying down on the sidewalk, and that was ok for the police. I totally agree with Steve that if that was a line of homeless or poor people, the results would be quite different. Also, they were pizza being distributed yesterday night to people they were on the line. The pizza place should feel ashamed for being distributing pizza to folks that do not need food instead of giving it to the people from Palo Alto that really needs the food - our homeless!!!
a resident of another community
on Jun 30, 2007 at 7:55 am
Oy! This is why people think Palo Alto people are.... @#&*%!
a resident of Downtown North
on Jun 30, 2007 at 7:59 am
If the homeless want to pay for the pizza, they should get it too. And for FYI, the ordinance only applies to University Ave, not Kipling St. Therefore, the police DID move people off University onto Kipling per the ordinance.
a resident of Community Center
on Jun 30, 2007 at 8:58 am
Looking at pictures on Flickr, people were still sitting on University Ave on Friday at 5:13 PM waiting for their iPhones.
See Web Link
a resident of Downtown North
on Jun 30, 2007 at 10:56 am
It's amazing that people are angry over a well-behaved line and companies trying to appeal to that line. When people are lining up to spend large amounts of money in your city, that's a good thing! When companies are giving out samples to potential customers, that is marketing whereas giving food to the homeless is charity. Both are good things, but the former is more appealing to business and clealy isn't shameful.
I have to sympathise with the "Palo Alto mentality" comment. Hopefully this spoiled child mentality that is angry at people for bringing in tax dollars, overeager to see bored Palo Alto police harass people in yet another way, and angry at any group that doesn't spend all of their time helping the homeless is limited to a few vocal hypocrites in town. Hopefully others realize that lively local businesses are a good thing, and it's better to have people lining up rather than no one at all.
I like my new iPhone and like living in Palo Alto despite these perpetually unhappy people. I'm sure that the surrounding businesses like Vino Locale that I frequent also like having lots of customers on a Friday afternoon. People should hope that this sort of thing happens more often instead of finding excuses to be angry with it.
So don't people have more important things to get angry with? Shouldn't you be organizing an "Impeach Bush and Cheney" march downtown that is useless and does clog up things?
a resident of Professorville
on Jun 30, 2007 at 1:54 pm
I agree with Bill, sheesh this is something fun, generates revenue for the city and is in a retail sense historical. This is far more constructive then trying to change mythical Goblal warming or attacking our good president. Let's be part of the solution for our city and country this is a good thing! :)
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Jun 30, 2007 at 3:36 pm
So, you're saying that the police should move people along during the summer parade and the fair? And you can't see the difference?
a resident of another community
on Jun 30, 2007 at 5:08 pm
I drove by the Apple store at 4 on Saturday afternoon. No line, no crowds, all gone.
People milling around inside, as usual.
The whole line thing is a media event, it makes easy copy for page 1 and for Apple. People with too much money need ways to spend it. Apple is helping them out.
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 2, 2007 at 10:35 am
For the price, iPhone should have included GPS.
Waiting to enter a place of business is not the same as loitering to mooch.
a resident of Mountain View
on Jul 2, 2007 at 10:57 am
I think that the homeless folks on University win the battle of the IQ over the "give me my overpriced bad cell phone" dingdongs.
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