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President — Gary Meis, 69555 One Mile Rd., Bruno, MN 55712
Vice President — Tim Bauer, 17290 155th Ave. N.E., Foley, MN 56329
Secretary — Liz Thom, 173 Prairie Lake Rd., Wright, MN 55798 e-mail:firstname.lastname@example.com
Treasurer — Tricia Coons, 403 Wood Ave., Bemidji, MN 56601 e-mail: email@example.com
Membership Coordinator — Kathy Peterson, 57124 Cty Rd., Northhome, MN 56661; e-mail:
Director of Trapper Education — Deb Offerdahl, 14788 Lynx Rd., Milaca, MN 56353;
Mandatory Trappers Education Director — Kenneth Olson, 353 Stearns Ave., Paynesville, MN 56362-1211; e-mail: email@example.com
Membership Options:
• Individual membership including subscription to The Trapper & Predator Caller — $20
• Junior (under 16) with subscription — $12
• Senior (over 65) with subscription — $12
• Lifetime membership with subscription — $350
Complete membership application on first page of
association section and send dues to:
MTA, Membership Coordinator
Kathy Peterson
57124 Cty Rd., Northhome, MN 56661
Greetings to my fellow MTA members as well as those reading this report. The cold winter temperatures sure seem to want to stick around. Here in Minnesota, we expect the cold weather, but this traditional 20 to 30 below zero temps that just won't go away sure gets old. No sense complaining about it as there are other places much colder.
Before I go any further in this report I want to make the membership aware of a mistake on the incentive letter you received with your 10 MTA raffle tickets. If you read the incentive gift for selling 50 raffle tickets, it says you will receive an MB-650 coyote/bobcat trap or a #330 bodygripper. It should read, you will receive a #3 Montana or a #330 bodygripper. I apologize for this error and take full blame for it. Four people including myself read the incentive letter before it went to print and all four of us missed that error. I'm the raffle chairman and it is my responsibility to make sure there are no errors. I apologize for this and hope it has caused no issues with any members selling tickets for incentive.
As long as I'm on the subject of the raffle, I would like to take some time to promote it. The raffle is the only fundraiser the MTA has. As you know the MTA is dedicated to our youth and 100 percent of the raffle proceeds are mandated by MN state law to be spent on our youth. To list all of the programs and benefits the MTA has for our youth would take up so much space. If you are unsure or in question of our youth programs, I ask that you contact your education directors Deb Offerdahl or Shawn Johnson. We are dedicated to our youth as they are the next generation of leaders for the trapping community. They might not wish to pursue trapping in their adult life, but I assure you they will always remember what we did for them when they were young. Remember also that today's youth is the next generation who will be voting.
Your MTA has and always will be here for you the trapper. Whether it is at the state or community level we represent you. Look at the two lawsuits your MTA fought in the past two years. It cost us just a little over $90,000 to win these lawsuits. What threats are around the corner? We never know. Your MTA is here for you, now I ask that you help your MTA. While it is fresh in your mind, go grab that book of 10 raffle tickets. Fill out the 10 stubs, write out a check to the MTA for $10 and mail them in to me right away. You might not only win one of the 30 great prizes, but you will feel better about yourself knowing you helped our future generation of trappers out and freed up other money to use on the many other issues your MTA faces on a daily basis.
On Jan. 3, your MTA held its mid-winter meeting in Isle. I thought for sure that the statewide snow storm would have attendance at an all-time low, but I'm pleased to say that I was wrong. Attendance might have been down a little but not by much. I know the Van Driel's were really pleased to see so many people jump in and help set up the school for the meeting as well as those who stayed around to help clean up. I think an all-time record number of people helped out. What was really refreshing was the many new faces. You MTA members continue to amaze me the way you always show your support. There are a lot of people to thank for pulling off this event and I suspect the Van Driel's will do so in their MTA newsletter report. As for the general membership meeting, you can read the minutes in the next MTA newsletter.
On the eve of the mid-winter meeting (Jan. 2), your MTA board of directors held a board meeting.
You will also be able to read these minutes in the upcoming MTA newsletter. When the opportunity arrives, I would encourage you to offer your board members a much deserved thank you for the many efforts they put forth to assure you that the MTA runs smoothly and efficiently. One item that was discussed at length was a rather large list of law changes that District 1 requested the board to vote on to be submitted to the MN State Legislature. Those that passed approval of the board will be listed in the upcoming MTA newsletter along with a brief description of the request. Following our MTA bylaws, these must be put into the newsletter and viewed by the membership and a vote will be taken on each law change at the next general membership meeting which will be at this summer's convention in Chisholm. If you have any questions pertaining to any of the potential law changes, please contact your district director for an update or explanation. Upon membership approval of any of the list, they will be submitted to the 2010 Legislative session.
Also at the meeting several requests for expenditures were talked about. One huge item was the amount of scholarships to be given out in 2009. Our traditional amount is $5,000 in scholarships. It was a tough decision for me as your president to make, but I had to ask that the dollar amount of scholarships be held off until we see how well the raffle and our general income go. It is no deep dark secret that the country is in a recession and times are hard. I know very well that trappers always come through in good times as well as bad times, but the MTA has to look long and hard at the financial situation of the times and we have to live within a budget. I will be attending the MTA education committee meeting in March and at that time I will have a better feeling as to where we stand with our finances.
Hopefully I will also be able to give the MTA board a better grasp on how things stand in our financial world. By no means is the MTA broke, we have enough money to continue our every day mode of operation, but the economy must be looked at before we commit expenditures. Just another reason to encourage you folks to purchase those raffle tickets and keep your dues up to date. There has been some concern that with the poor economy and the low fur prices that our membership will decline. I want to think that your MTA offers you the member way to much for anyone to allow their membership to lapse.
In last month's column, I spoke of the Wisconsin DNR live trapping pine marten here in MN for relocation to WI. Since that report, I have had a few phone calls with questions pertaining to the relocation program. I have also received several phone calls pertaining to the four tagged species and how their limits and dates are determined. To best answer these questions, I have asked MN DNR Wildlife biologist John Erb and the MN DNR Department of Wildlife to hold a separate seminar at the summer convention to better address these questions. They have agreed to do this and I'm shooting for a noon seminar on Saturday of the summer convention.
In closing, I ask that you keep in mind that this is the time of the year that our state Legislature meets. We have our watch dogs in force at the State Capital as well as many trapper friendly state Representatives and Senators. However, things have a way of slipping through the cracks or getting reworded. Should any of you members happen to hear of any unfriendly language coming down at the state level or even the town hall level I ask that you please contact your district director so we can be there to represent you. Until next time, be safe.
— Gary Meis
Hello fellow trappers,
I hope everyone has survived the sub-zero weather that our winter has bestowed upon us this year. I, myself, am ready for spring and the warmer weather to arrive.
I want to re-assure everyone that there will be scholarships available this year. The number and the amount of the scholarships has not been determined by the board of directors as of this writing. Our next board meeting is in March so look for the scholarship amounts in the June newsletter. All scholarship applications must be turned in to me NO LATER THAN JULY 1. The recipients of the scholarships will be announced at the general membership meeting at the summer convention.
I would like to remind everyone of the youth photo contest that the MTA offers. It is open to all youth ages 17 and under.They must be involved in some part of trapping. You may submit up to three photos per youth and no larger than 5×7 in size. All photos must be at the summer convention on Friday so the membership has enough time to view and vote on them. The winners of the photo contest are announced prior to the Saturday night auction at the convention.
The next certified instructor class will also be held on Friday, Aug. 14 in Chisolm. The class starts at 10 a.m. and usually runs two to three hours. I would like anyone interested in becoming an instructor to pre-register with me by Aug. 1.
I want to thank everyone who turned in skulls at the winter meeting. I am still looking for skulls so if you are going to spring beaver trap, please save the beaver skulls and I will arrange to pick them up.
Until next time, be safe and have a great spring season.
— Deb Offerdahl
Hello everyone,
In spite of the economy and fur market, attendance at the Winter Meeting in Isle was good.
Our next Board of Director's meeting is Saturday, March 21, in Chisholm. If you have any concerns or would like something brought up to the board, please call or e-mail me.
Remember the Tanned Fur Project. If you can't get your fur to Tim Caven or Mark Melby, please let me know and I will get it to them.
This is an election year, for President, Vice President, Directors and Co-Directors. I will be running for a Co-Director position again.
I am hoping to do another trappers education class this spring, no date set yet, possibly late April. Let me know if you are interested in helping or attending.
Take care.
— Pete Jonas
Hello fellow trappers. Jan. 3 was the MTA's Annual Winter Meeting. The weather wasn't the best, but it was a day full of activities going on. I was in charge of the pelt handling contest. This was the first year for me to be behind the table and not participating in the contest. It was a busy morning entering contestants and their pelts. After the contest was over, it was busy as people were looking at the pelts and finding out information on fur handling. Time went by fast, but we had a good time with the contest.
The deadline for this report is being written just before the District 7 Spring Meeting, on Saturday, Feb. 14 in Dovary, MN. I will have details of that meeting in the next issue.
You should have received your raffle tickets in the mail by now. Please make an effort to sell as many as you can. All the proceeds from this raffle will go to help out the educational fund. If you need more tickets, please contract me.
District 7 will be having a booth again at the Tracy Area Sportsmen's Show. The date of this is April 18 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on April 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you have some extra time, please consider helping out at the show. On Saturday, April 18, there will also be a Women's Expo and a Car Show. Please contract me if you are able to help.
April 25 and 26 there will be a gun show in Worthington at the Arena. I am thinking about having a table at that show. Please watch other publications for information on this. Please keep this weekend in mind if you have extra time to help out.
Once again this year, the MTA is having a contest for the Tanned Fur Project. The district that gets the most points for donating the most fur or monetary contributions receives credit for donating most expensive gun for the raffle the following year. Keep this in mind if you have any furs that you would like to donate. I will be going to the spring board meeting March 21. I would be able to deliver the furs at this time.
— Leon Windschitl


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Beam adds new cocktail to Sauza Tequila portfolio
Beam, the owner of Sauza Tequila brand, has added a new ready-to-serve cocktail - Sauza Sparkling Margarita - to Sauza Tequila portfolio.
The cocktail is launched in three flavors - Original Lime, Wild Berry and Mango Peach.
Each of the Sauza Sparkling Margarita flavor is a blend of Sauza Silver Tequila; Triple Sec, an orange-flavored liqueur made from the dried peels of bitter and sweet orange, and other flavors.
Sauza Original Lime Sparkling Margarita possesses agave and sweet and tart lime character along with effervescent bubbles, whereas Sauza Wild Berry Sparkling Margarita features notes of cherry and citrus with a hint of spice.
Sauza Mango Peach Sparkling Margarita carries a balance of sweetness from fresh mango and peach along with the tart taste of lime.
Beam tequilas senior marketing director Vanessa Jenkins said the cocktails are launched for the spring and summer celebration season.
"We've taken America's #1 cocktail and made it even more refreshing by adding a bit of effervescence to it," Jenkins added.
"It's fresh, bubbly, and ready-to-serve -- perfect for any ladies' evening with friends. Now, you can simply open and pour margaritas that will truly bring some sparkle to the party, of course always responsibly."
Available from April 2013, Sauza Sparkling Margarita is sold at suggested retail price of $12.99 per 750ml bottle and $7.99 per 375ml bottle for Sauza Original Lime, Wild Berry and Mango Peach flavors.

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reading now...
i recently got my copy of YOU ARE AWESOME. and what can i say? it is indeed AWESOME. it is one of the cutest books i've seen in a long while. if you read abbey's blog then you know she's darling. this book reflects her personality to a T.
AND. it uses florescent orange !!! seriously?!? YESSSSSSSS.
i love that there are quick and more complicated projects. and fresh takes on some traditional crafts. there is something for everyone - and good ideas for gifts galore - which with the holidaze approaching... ahem.
the little saw this and immediately said mama can you make me that. yes. yes. i can.
i've also been checking the cupboards to see how stocked i am in oils, baking soda, vinegar, etc. Action-pack's latest issue is all about apothecary. i've seen some similar recipes, but they are scattered all over the place so it's super nice to see them all together here in one place with easy to follow directions and pretty pics and illustrations.
it's kind of amazing how much of this stuff i already have - and the little is just about big enough to help me put things together. at the very least she can stand on the chair next to me and make her own concoctions of good smelling things.
i think the lip balm is first up for me. i'm just about out and would feel uber cool if i just made some myself [and i happen to have a block of beeswax collecting dust in the studio]. this magazine is also full of potential holidaze gifts.
going to actually try and post again in a day or two. i've got some BIG news to share !!


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Neighbours: Indigenous actor joins cast
Australian soap Neighbours has cast an indigenous actor in a leading role for the first time.
Meyne Wyatt, 24, will make his debut as Nate Kinski on 13 August. The episode will be shown on 27 August in the UK on Channel 5.
The soap has featured indigenous actors before but not in the main cast.
The show, based in a fictional suburb outside Melbourne, has been accused of not reflecting ethnic diversity during its 29-year history.
Previous indigenous actors who have appeared in the soap include Tony Briggs in the late 1980s.
He was the first Aboriginal actor to appear on the show.
In 2012, a South Asian family, called the Kapoors, moved into Ramsay Street, but they were written out of the soap a year later.
'Best people'
Actor Sachin Joab, who played Ajay Kapoor, told Digital Spy last year: "It was more of a shock to us knowing that it wasn't just one multicultural actor who was being written out, it was every single multicultural full-time actor on the show.
"All four of us were written out in the first year of our full-time contracts, which felt like a massive step backwards in terms of cultural diversity on the show.
"Australia is stuck in some sort of time capsule... For some reason when it's fiction over here, the industry chooses to exclude non-whites and include whites only. It's very unrealistic given that Australia is a very multicultural country," he added.
But speaking to the Guardian about casting Wyatt, Neighbours' series producer Jason Herbison said: "While cultural diversity is definitely important, in cases where we don't need a specific ethnic background, our brief to agents is to put forward their best people and that was the case for this character."
Born in the remote town of Kalgoolie in western Australia, Wyatt's passion for acting emerged when he attended boarding school in Perth.
He graduated from the country's National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA), and was named best newcomer in the 2011 Sydney theatre awards.
He recently completed the feature film Strangerland starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Guy Pearce, due for release in 2015.
His Neighbours character already has a connection with two of Ramsay Street's long-term residents, Susan and Karl Kennedy. Susan was previously married to Nate's uncle.


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Cell phone's calculator saves you from the 'per-unit shaft'
If you carry a cell phone, you also have a calculator. Pretty much every mobile phone on the market has one, so you have no excuse not to do some intelligent per-unit math while you're out shopping.
Companies love that their customers assume economy of scale, and they want you to assume that buying more stuff means you're getting a better deal for it. Too often, though, it's not true.
This summer, WalletPop made the papers when we wrote about the "great McNugget caper," which proved that McDonald's popular bird chunks can actually cost more if you buy them in bulk.
The photo above is another case of a store that actually gives the shaft to customers who buy more. We were at a Sports Authority and spotted these hand warmers sitting side-by-side at wildly different rates: $1.79 for two (or 90¢ each) or $14.99 for 10 (or $1.50 each -- 60 cents more per unit). The larger package has a seal screaming "Great Value!" but in fact, the great value is for the Sports Authority if you neglect to actually do the math.
Most supermarkets list a "per-unit" price along the shelf that gives you a clue to how much you're actually paying for quantity of product that you're buying. If you're like me, though, you don't completely trust numbers offered by someone with an interest in getting you to buy something.
That's where your cell phone comes in. Take it out and open its calculator. When you're comparing two sizes of the same product, divide the full price by the number of ounces or units in each package to find out the true rate you're paying.
You've had the tool in your pocket all the time.


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Looking down the valley towards the Rio Cauca during a great afternoon barbeque.
Hopefully there will be several more posts soon as I've just returned from a superb trip
to Pereira, Colombia, and just got my desktop computer up and running, after six
weeks of travel and no computer. Needless to say I'm WAY behind in processing.
Lens is actually the new Nikkor 70-200 f/4 VR and awesome lens!!


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Back on the 25th January Common said Auf Wiedersehen to the Friday night staple they called Freitags with a final party for us all to say cheerio to the DJs who had entertained us over some 200 Friday nights, the likes of Will Tramp!, ESqueezy, Benjamin Yourself, Craig Campbell and Now Wave, plus of course say a chance to say thank you to Sebastian Matthes for putting together and curating Freitags over the 4 years.
The departure of Freitags clearly leaves a massive gap in Common's entertainment schedule, so how to fill it? Well they've done it by focusing the new Fridays on those friends of theirs that they think are doing wonderful things in the big wide world; Tullis Rennie from The Electronic Exchange, Duncan from Dutch Uncles (aka Magic Legs), Alexander Tabor from meandyou and ex worriedaboutsatan Ghosting Season are amongst the first guests to grace Common's DJ booth.
The brand new night is entitled 'Well Future' and is "a tribute to every generic genre you can list on a club flyer", a kind of extension of Saturday's 'Friends In Common' and will take place every Friday in the month apart from the 2nd week when as usual the task of entertaining us is handed over to 'Pumping Iron'.
'Well Future' – "bringing you a whole host of harmonious guests, musical confidants, past, present and well future"
Well Future – March Schedule
Friday 1st ~ Tullis Rennie
Friday 15th ~ Alexander Taber (meandyou)
Friday 22nd ~ Magic Legs
Friday 29th ~ Ghosting Season


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Currently historic: Machado madness
Let us start right off by correcting a glaring omission. Manny Machado is going to break the doubles record. He currently has 34 and is on pace for 71. Now, you may be saying to yourself, "Linden's gone off his rocker. No one can know something like that for certain." But I do. Consider the following items:
1. Machado plays on the Orioles. Orioles are birds. Birds are fast. Fastness is good if you want to get to second base.
2. Machado plays on the same team as Chris Davis, who has also been out of his mind this year. Clearly, the Baltimore franchise has some kind of wizardry going on. You'll know this is legit when Matt Weiters starts hitting .350 next month.
3. The doubles record was set in 1931. That's 82 years ago, much too long for a record like that.
4. Lots of players have been making a run at this mark lately. Joey Votto did last year before his injury. There's been a real increase in seasons of 50-plus doubles in recent years.
5. Machado has averaged 53 doubles per 162 games over the course of his career,* so it's bound to happen eventually.
*128 games
So there you have it, Machado to break doubles record. Maybe we should start picking days to see who can guess when it happens. My money is on Sept. 16. Sure, the Orioles are off that day, but this Machado kid is special.
The Astros need to bring Rick Ankiel back. Suddenly, they are only on pace to strike out 1,521 times. That's not getting it done, kids. Time to put your bat to the grindstone and whittle it down so small you couldn't hit a beach ball with it. The record, I'll remind you, is 1,529, and belongs to the Rattlesnakes of 2010.
Miguel Cabrera is having a ridiculous seasons right now. He currently leads the AL in runs, hits, walks, RBI, batting average, and on-base percentage. He is currently on pace to reach base 335 times, which would be the 14th-highest total ever.
And yet, Cabrera continues to battle for supremacy with Davis, who leads the league in home runs, slugging, and OPS. He is second in doubles, RBI, and average, and is third in OBP. Cabrera is on pace for 56 home runs, which would tie him for the 16th-best total ever. Add to that his 50-double pace, and he is aiming at 106 extra-base hits, which would be the fifth-best total ever.
And then there's Votto, who emerged from a slump this week. He is leading the league in walks and is five off the pace in hits. He is on pace to reach base 316 times this season, which would be the 50th-best result ever. Votto also looks like a good bet to lead the league in OBP for the fourth consecutive time, which has previously been accomplished only by Barry Bonds, Wade Boggs, Ted Williams, and Lou Gehrig.
So, out of all those numbers, we need to separate the wheat from the chaff in terms of what is truly historic. I will track the following things:
-Cabrera's Triple Crown chase (though that's becoming less likely as Davis builds on his home run lead)
-Cabrera's/Davis' sabr-triple crown stats (AVG, OBP, SLG)
-Davis' home run total
-Davis' extra-base hits total
-Cabrera's and Votto's times on base (though Votto needs to continue his increased pace)
-Votto's and Cabrera's attempts to lead the league in walks and hits
-Votto's pursuit of a fourth consecutive OBP crown
But there are a lot of permutations with these guys. If you feel I should be tracking something else, let me know by e-mail or in the comments.
Yu Darvish turned it up a little this week and is now back over a 300-strikeout pace. Assuming he gets 33 starts, his current pace would have him finish with 301 whiffs. If the Rangers, who are in a genuine playoff race, shuffle things around to give him an extra start or two, the task becomes much easier.
Bartolo Colon's walk rate is no longer worth tracking, but Adam Wainwright's 0.771 BB/9 is currently good for ninth all-time. He also is still hanging around in the K/BB department, as his 10.6 would rank second all-time if the season ended today.
For the first time this year, we only have one player on pace to strikeout 200 times. However, several others are only an eyelash away.
Chris Carter, 105 Ks, 218-K pace: Carter really slowed down this week and is currently not on pace to break the record of 223. But fear not, it's early yet.
Adam Dunn, 89 Ks, 195-K pace: Dunn picked it up this week and played like he belonged in the majors. I still believe he'll get to 200 punchouts.
Mike Napoli, 97 Ks, 199-K pace: Napoli, I continue to be less certain of, but there's no reason to drop him yet.
Dan Uggla, 98 Ks, 199-K pace: Napoli's clone on this list. I'm not betting on it, but stranger things have happened.
In less exciting, but still interesting, numbers, Shin-Soo Choo keeps getting plunked. He's on pace to be hit 40 times, which would be the second-highest post-1900 total.
Matt Holliday is now on pace to ground into 42 double plays this year. The highest total ever is Jim Rice's 36 in 1984. Holliday is already more than halfway there.
The list…
Todd Helton did not double. He still has 574 and still needs four to get to 19th all-time.
Adrian Beltre whacked a couple of doubles and now needs 20 to get to 500. That seems very doable to me.
David Ortiz also had a couple and currently sits on 497.
Home runs:
Albert Pujols needs 12 to reach 500. He's been picking it up lately.
Torii Hunter has now hit 300 home runs. He has been around long enough to make me feel old. I mean, I was in college when he got his first real shot. Yikes.
Runs batted in:
Pujols now needs 19 to reach 1,500. I'm guessing that takes about a month.
Stolen bases:
Juan Pierre (609) still needs 10 steal to get to 17th. He's also still six caught-stealings away from fifth all time.
Michael Bourn needs 13 to reach 300.
Showing up:
Mariano Rivera (1,082) needs 37 more appearances to catch John Franco for third. I was skeptical, but this might actually happen. This is his last year, so there's no reason to coddle him, and he's always been good for 60-70 appearances a year.
CC Sabathia (399) and Colon (390) … you know the drill.
Sabathia needs only one win to get to 200. Also, I just realized that he's only six days older than me. It would be kind of neat if he won his 200th game in his 400th start.
Jonathan Papelbon had a really bad week, you may have heard. He needs 29 to get to 300. I feel like I should drop him, but saves are such odd things that I'll probably keep tracking this until it becomes impossible.
Thanks for reading. As always, stats are through Monday's games. Tell me if I'm missing anything.
"Cabrera is on pace for 56 home runs, which would tie him for the 16th-best total ever."
I think you mean Davis is on pace for 56 homers.
Also, Carl Crawford is only two triples away from cracking the top 100 all-time on that list.
Lastly, one that may be too unlikely to track here, but Pence is a perfect 13 for 13 on SB attempts this season. The record for perfection on the base paths is 21 which was done twice.
Manny Madness finally gets here!
oh and sadly, we can expect CC to hit Davis and sideline him in the next couple of months (check the history of HR leaders appearing in NY), so maybe Miggy gets it all again.
Papelbin needs 29 opportunities in the 80 or so games left, with the local press chewing on the team, seems doubtful.
You are forgiven for not knowing that Jason Giambi is still alive, but he hit his 400th double last night.
Just putting it out there:
CC Sabathia is on pace to have more career wins through his age 32 season than every single 300-game winner since…
WALTER JOHNSON, in 1920.
The only two 300-game winners to have more than 200 wins through their age 32 season are Greg Maddux (202) and Tom Seaver (203).
@Masternachos – While that's interesting, we have no way of knowing whether Sabathia will go on to be a 300-game winner, and we won't know that for at least six or seven more years, probably. It'll be awesome if he accomplishes that, but it's not necessarily something that makes sense to track here.
Oh, no, I wasn't suggesting tracking it; and I know we won't know for a long time if he'll do it or not, it's just that:
It's related to CC Sabathia having 199 wins,
and it's a fact that, when I found it out, blew my mind.
Whoops, messed that up. @Ian R. should've been in my message and not… my name.
I am still sorry that CC signed with the Yanks instead of in the NL where he could hit. It would be cool if he could hit a home run in his 200th like Hudson and way back when Bob Lemon. Nobody is ever going to beat those HR-by-pitcher season records, Wes Ferrell with 9 and Drysdale and Newcombe 7 each.


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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — While Scott Walker's fellow Republicans were grousing about his budget plan and part of his proposal to overhaul higher education, the governor was more than 1,000 miles away, gripping the wheel of the Mt. Washington cruise boat on New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee.
And when lawmakers met Monday night to reach a final deal on other elements of that budget, the likely presidential candidate was leading a trade mission to Canada, his fourth international trip in less than five months.
Absentee governors are part of the political landscape when a presidential campaign begins and some want to run. There's no getting around the need to raise money, make national appearances and organize early in important states. What may distinguish Walker, though, is the grief he's getting from his own party.
One GOP lawmaker has dissed his spending plan as a "crap budget," and it gets worse than merely a rhetorical slap. While Walker has been courting voters, party activists and donors in advance of his expected announcement that he's running for the 2016 party nomination, state GOP lawmakers, in concert with Democrats, have crushed some of his biggest ideas this year.
And that works against one clear advantage governors like Walker can bring to national politics — a record of achievement in public policy that many candidates coming from the Byzantine, often gridlocked chambers of Congress can't match.
Walker played into that theme last week in addressing a Utah retreat held by 2012 nominee Mitt Romney. Walker said flatly of senators in the presidential race: "They have yet to win anything and accomplish anything." That was a dig at Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida, Ted Cruz of Texas and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
In Wisconsin, however, lawmakers voted to restore money the governor wanted to cut for K-12 schools. They rejected his proposed changes to a popular prescription drug program for Medicaid recipients, scrapped a merger of state agencies Walker wanted but then pulled back from in the face of opposition and voted against the governor's plan to make the University of Wisconsin system independent of state laws and oversight.
Walker has benefited from a state Senate and Assembly controlled by Republicans his entire four-plus years as governor. When he won re-election in November, he predicted that decisive action on his budget by the enlarged Republican majorities in the Legislature would serve as a contrast to a dysfunctional Washington.
"We're going to be even more aggressive now because I think we have an even stronger ally in the Legislature," Walker told his Cabinet.
Now it's a struggle to find agreement on Walker's proposed $1.3 billion in borrowing for roads, likely to be reduced, and a financing plan for a new $500 million arena to keep the Milwaukee Bucks from leaving the state. "We may have a crap budget, but we're going to make it better," freshman Republican state Rep. Rob Brooks told fellow lawmakers in May.
Walker says he's as engaged as ever on the budget, and talks with his chief of staff more than a dozen times a day, no matter where he is. "The budget is a priority for us," Walker said this month.
But it's clear he will not get as much as he proposed back in February, or have it done faster than usual. Walker spokeswoman Laurel Patrick said it's all part of the "normal and collaborative budget process."
None of this has stopped Walker from making the rounds in early voting states such as Iowa, South Carolina and New Hampshire.
In late May, he courted party activists aboard a sunset dinner cruise as a legislative committee back home rejected his plan to give the University of Wisconsin more independence or cut state support for it by $300 million. But the panel did agree on $250 million in cuts to the 26 campuses, including the flagship in Madison.
"We are bowing to the pressure of a guy on a boat in New Hampshire," Democratic state Sen. Jon Erpenbach said during that debate. "He's not out there extolling the virtues of his idea of cutting $300 million from the university system because he'd probably be thrown off the boat. You don't brag about the cuts."
The committee also kept Walker's call to remove tenure protections from state law, a proposal that's garnering attention nationally from academics who fear weakening tenure protections will catch on elsewhere.
Even with delays and squabbling, Walker is likely to walk away with some big wins: on lifting an enrollment cap on statewide private school vouchers, on new drug screening for public aid recipients and on lowering property taxes below where they were when he took office. Those are all sure-fire crowd pleasers on the Republican presidential circuit.
At least in Walker's view, he's getting enough done so that he could tell his lake cruisers: "If we can do it in a blue state like Wisconsin, we can do it in the Granite State and all across America."
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The seven page document is titled "Salvage Program" was written less than a week ago, and allegedly leaked by Anonymous, and first made available through the Before Its News website which has a questionable reputation for releasing accurate information. So is the document genuine?
The Benenson Strategy Group website describes itself as a "strategic research consultancy that marries language expertise with innovative research to frame choices so that your brand is the only answer"
The document is headed by logos for both the Benenson Strategy Group and the Clinton Foundation. Benenson has worked with the Clinton Foundation in the past to conduct internal polling, as Fox News reported in an October 16 story about Wikileaks.
The Salvage Program document uses internal polling data from a survey of 2,021 adult Americans. It goes over the respective strengths and weaknesses of the Clinton and Trump Presidential Campaigns and paints a dire scenario for the Clinton campaign despite mainstream media fixation on allegations of Trump groping women.
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At this point Donald Trump has both momentum and enthusiasm. Distrust in the mainstream media is blunting the impact of the collective polling narrative. As Election Day approaches, Hillary Clinton's favorable ratings have crashed to historic lows (12%) in non-partisans and Donald Trump is consolidating support (97% of LV Republican-identifying respondents are either enthusiastic or very enthusiastic about voting for Trump).
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On a disturbing note, some 70% of Republican-leaning voters are aware bussed-in voting, false-face operations, and dead-man's-party registration drives. This may necessitate severe strategy changes for November.
This is supported by alternative media reports that Hillary's campaign rallies are poorly attended, and that its plausible that large numbers need to be bussed in order to provide the illusion of popular enthusiasm.
The document goes on to analyze a number of aspects of the internal polling data, most of which is bad news for the Clinton campaign. It concludes that "Trump Voters are Virtually Unstoppable," and that "The Public Has Lost Faith In Polling" which is viewed as a propaganda tool as the following extract shows:
The Benenson document further reveals that mainstream liberal media has lost much legitimacy and that people are increasingly turning to social media for their information as the following diagram reveals:
To remedy the situation the document analyses a number of "Salvage Options." It begins with a "non-recommended list" which contains a number of very alarming false flag scenarios involving a "Red Dawn" foreign invasion, a "Cobalt Rain" radiological attack, civil unrest, ZIKA virus, etc.
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Home, health departments mislead govt on pendency figures
Hiding their inept functioning, the field staff of the home as well as health departments has been giving brazenly misleading reports to the Punjab government about the delivery of services being provided to the people under the Right To Service (RTS) Act, the governance reforms department has detected.chandigarh Updated: Aug 05, 2014 08:09 IST
Hiding their inept functioning, the field staff of the home as well as health departments has been giving brazenly misleading reports to the Punjab government about the delivery of services being provided to the people under the Right To Service (RTS) Act, the governance reforms department has detected.
The governance reforms are high on the agenda of deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, who is also the home minister. But, the home department has told the government that just 105 applications for registration of marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act were pending, even as the actual pendency is 1,135 applications.
During a review meeting, the governance reforms authorities found that 15,496 applications — seeking copies of birth/death certificates — were pending for disposal in the health department. However, the latter claimed that the pendency till June 30 was 4,151 applications.
The transport and food, civil supplies and consumer affairs departments, too, gave wrong reports about their performance in disposing of applications under the RTS Act.
"The above matter was discussed in the meeting of the task force for governance reforms under the chairmanship of chief secretary Sarvesh Kaushal on July 23," reads the August 1 letter written by principal secretary (governance reforms) C Roul to the principal secretaries of home, health and family welfare, transport and food and civil supplies.
The Punjab Right To Service Act-2011 was enacted with the sole objective of delivering various notified services within the given time limit and in a hassle-free manner. Recently, to strengthen the commission, the Punjab government amended certain sections of the act and empowered it to impose penalty up to Rs 10,000 on a designated officer or any other official involved in the process of providing services under the act.
The task force, Roul's letter says, has taken a serious note of the significant under-reporting of pendency of citizen-centric services delivered under the RTS Act.
Peeved over the manner the departments are hiding their functioning, the task force has asked the principal secretaries to "look into the matter and take appropriate disciplinary as well as administrative action" against the erring officials. The governance reforms department has sought the action-taken report within 15 days.
The governance reforms department detected the cases in question as data supplied to the RTS Commission did not match with the automatically generated information through Web Suvidha, the software which provides the real-time data of pendency of applications. And, the monthly figures sent by the departments in question to the RTS Commission did not match with the Web Suvidha data. The Web Suvidha software generates reports automatically and its data cannot be manipulated. "This leads to the conclusion that the officers in the districts have deliberately under-reported the pendency of applications to put their performance in a brighter light," C Roul has stated in his communication.
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1000 buddhas of genius [electronic resource]. Rhys Davids LLD.
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"All living beings are Buddhas and have wisdom and virtue within them. (Buddha) Buddha ranks among the most often depicted holy figures of the world perhaps appearing more than Christ, a subject widely treated by Western artists. Venerated in all the nations of Asia, and even beyond, his image took form along the Silk Road, the birthplace of many schools of Buddhism. Indeed, the Buddhist religion recognises many Buddhas representing various traditions: such as Buddhism of "the Ancient Teaching‰ (Theravada), of "the Great Vehicle‰ (Mahayana) and Tantric Buddhism (Varjrayana). A figure adored by all, Buddha has been depicted in every art form: sculpture, often of monumental size, like the now destroyed Buddhas of Bamyan, painting, and above all in countless cave murals, such as those of Ajanta in India or Dunhuang in China. Perfect for all those passionate about Asian art, from neophytes to Buddhists, this fascinating work invites the reader to discover or rediscover Buddha, his...
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Last Friday I did a little experiment. I thought I'd take a series of pictures in my garden over 24 hours. You can see the all of these pictures on my other blog. In the end it was surprising what I found. I must have spent about 2 hours poking around outside at different times.
A few (well 3!) just about crawl into the sky category - so here they are.
You can find more images of the sky here at Skywatch Friday.
You can find my other blog by clicking on the link on the RHS or by looking at the My Other Blog tab at the top of the page.
Thursday, 7 July 2011
Garden Skies (Friday Skies)
8 comments:
- texwisgirl said...
love the shadows against the brick. really nice!
- 7 July 2011 at 22:08
- Gary said...
Great series!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
- 8 July 2011 at 05:18
- Sylvia K said...
Lovely captures, Stewart! I, too, love the shadows on the brick wall! Hope you have a great weekend! Enjoy!
- 8 July 2011 at 08:30
- Joyful said...
Very nice. It's nice to be experimentive. Happy SWF!
- 8 July 2011 at 13:16
- forgetmenot said...
Nice shots. I really like the brickwall with the shadows--very "arty". Mickie :)
- 8 July 2011 at 14:28
- chubskulit said...
My Sky Watch, have a happy weekend!
- 8 July 2011 at 14:31
Interesting light - the colors on the leaves of the trees glow in it.
Thanks for skywatching, and sharing your skies with us.
- 9 July 2011 at 10:12
- Imagebloke said...
Nice pictures. I like them all.
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For Barack Obama, a man renowned for confidence bordering on cockiness, it was a shocking wake-up call. "That was the moment he faced his own political mortality," said one close aide.
Mr Obama had just delivered a performance as shambling as his rival Mitt Romney's was poised in the first presidential debate in Denver.
It was Oct 3, and with barely a month remaining before election day, both sides knew that if there was going to be a turning point in the race for the White House, this was it.
Even before the two men left the stage, gleeful Romney strategists who had gathered in a room near the debate halls were planning new television advertisements running clips from the showdown.
"Boy, the president is off his game tonight," mused Stuart Stevens, Romney's chief strategist, according to others in the room. And down the corridor, the president's senior adviser, David Axelrod, was exchanging grimaces with other Team Obama insiders. They had already concluded that in the next two debates, their candidate was going to have to overcome his reluctance go on the offensive if his suddenly-faltering campaign was to be put back on track.
After watching a videotape of his Denver performance, Mr Obama agreed. "If I give up a couple of points of likeability and come across as snarky, so be it," he told aides.
It was almost too late. Within days, Mr Romney was surging in the opinion polls. He hit parity with the president in national surveys and more importantly was making up ground in several key swing states.
Indeed, Neil Newhouse, the Romney campaign pollster, was telling his boss that polls were over-estimating Democrat support because they were wrongly anticipating the same high turnout among young people and blacks as in 2008, when those groups voted in historically large numbers for Mr Obama.
But despite the dismay within Team Obama after the Denver debacle, there was no panic at his re-election headquarters in Chicago, a vast open-plan office that felt like a cross between a hi-tech computer start-up and an insurance business.
Their own polls never showed Mr Romney overtaking the president. And they also had the numbers from "the cave".
In an operation cloaked in such secrecy that codenames were used, the Obama campaign was deploying data wizardry unprecedented in its sophistication and intensity to raise funds and target potential voters.
Jim Messina, Obama's campaign manager, recruited a team of behavioural scientists and number crunchers to mine data and demographic information with the sort of precision used by state-of-the-art retail marketers. Asked what the mysterious team was doing in their secluded windowless room, campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt would only say cryptically that they had the "nuclear codes".
In terms of Election 2012, that was barely an exaggeration. The databases initially provided the basis for a money operation that raised $1 billion by election day.
And in recent months, they had provided the data for the most elaborate get-out-the-vote operation in political history, one that stunned the Romney team when results started to come in on Tuesday night.
After the Denver debate, they established that in all-important Ohio, for example, their poll numbers were slipping because voters who'd been lured away from supporting Mr Romney earlier in the campaign were now returning to the Republican challenger again.
But the crucial analysis for Team Obama was that the coalition it needed to win the state – car workers, African-Americans, young people, women and Latinos – remained solid. They could still win, so long as they could just turn them out to vote.
The polling and voter-contact data was re-processed in 66,000 computer simulations each night of election scenarios in swing states. "Every morning we got the spit-out – here are your chances of winning these states," a senior official told Time magazine, which first revealed details of the operation after the election last week.
"And that is how we allocated resources."
Data of course was not enough. The president had to play his part after his dismal performance in Denver. "The first debate turned a switch for him," said Dan Pfeiffer, a long-time adviser. "He came out of that very focused on ensuring it would never happen again."
But at the Romney headquarters in Boston, the candidate and his senior strategists believed that the tide had finally turned in their direction.
Until that moment their prospects had never looked rosy as they had consistently failed to close the gap with the Obama campaign. The choice of Paul Ryan, a budget hawk congressman, as vice-presidential running mate had done little to shift the dial.
And Mr Romney's showpiece speech at the Republican convention in Tampa in late August was overshadowed by Clint Eastwood's unscripted stunt with an empty chair that had several senior strategists shaking their heads in despair.
Worse was to come for Mr Romney in September with a leaked video recording of him at a meeting with wealthy donors in which he dismissed the 47 per cent of Americans who pay no federal income tax.
The Obama campaign had for months been blitzing swing states with television attack ads depicting the Republican as a private equity asset-stripper who stashed his millions in tax havens. Now here was Mr Romney sounding off like an uncaring plutocrat in his own words.
Denver appeared to have changed that trajectory. Mr Romney finally seemed relaxed and confident on the hustings, apparently enjoying himself for the first time. He was striking a more moderate stance on issues such as abortion and immigration – hot-button social topics on which he had adopted a hard line during the bruising Republican primary campaign to fend off challenges from the Right by conservatives such as Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich.
His wife Ann and oldest son Tagg had led behind-the-scenes calls for him to strike a more moderate tone and remind voters that he had reached across the aisle to work with Democrats when he was governor of Massachusetts.
And as crowd started to swell at rallies during the final month. Mr Romney and his team started to talk about how they had enthusiasm and intensity on their side. What did it matter that his foes were laying old charges of flip-flopping against him?
But the long campaign to defeat his Republican rivals in the primaries earlier in the year had not just taken a heavy toll on Mr Romney in terms of policy positions, they had also drained his financial resources. And since his defeat, Romney aides have revealed just how damaging that was to the candidate.
Despite being a rich man, Mr Romney was forced to spend months focused on fund-raising, often devoting more time to meetings with donors than to political rallies.
At the same time, driven by the demographic data delivered by its number-crunching team, the Obama campaign was already blitzing key voting blocs in swing states with advertisements blasting Mr Romney's record in business and politics.
"In the end, Romney raised the money he needed, but in the process lost the opportunity to define himself to the American people after the primaries," said a Republican strategist who spoke regularly to the Romney team. "That in retrospect cost him very dearly."
There were of course other mistakes as Mr Stevens, Mr Romney's one-man brains trust, insisted on a campaign focused relentlessly on the struggling US economy.
Early on, his team decided that the candidate's image was too wooden and not "likeable enough". So they reduced what they feared would be opportunities for him not to be liked by cutting down on press conferences, interviews and lengthy exchanges with voters.
Yet many who spent even a limited time in his company during the campaign were surprised to find him so likeable, funny – if in a cringe-making way at times – and unfailingly well-intentioned.
"The first time I met him, I thought, 'Who is this guy?' " said a member of the travelling media entourage. "If they had let that Romney out it might have been a different story."
Mr Romney did belatedly present a more personal face on the campaign, telling stories about his life as a family man and a Mormon minister and counsellor, after his wife pressured strategists to "let Mitt be Mitt".
But it was all too late. On election day, as Mr Romney and Mr Ryan took to their plane for one last tilt at two swing states, many low-level aides feared the worst.
At the top of the campaign, however, optimism reigned and the candidate prepared only one speech – for victory. Mr Newhouse, the in-house pollster, remained convinced that a wave of enthusiasm to dump Mr Obama would carry enough swing states.
"He kept saying the Democrats won't turn out like they did in 2008, so all these polls were wrong," said an insider. "But instead he was over-estimating the Republican turnout."
Indeed, it is not just that the widely-predicted "enthusiasm gap" failed to materialise among ethnic minorities, particular African-Americans, who backed the president so overwhelmingly four years ago.
Significantly many Obama supporters proved even more motivated than in 2008 and his key voting blocs turned out in similar numbers.
"In 2008, everything about Obama was very exciting and new," said Maria Wilson, 64, an African-American campaign volunteer who travelled to the swing states of Iowa and Wisconsin to canvas. "But in 2012, it was even more important for him to win. We had to defend and build on the progress we'd made.
"I could just about have lived with defeat four years ago. But now we all knew how much was at stake. Enthusiasm gap? We were even more enthusiastic this time around."
Early returns and exit polls signalled that Mr Romney was in deep trouble. And then swing state after swing state remained in Mr Obama's column. As Mr Romney called the president to concede, his wife Ann shed tears in their Boston hotel suite. Mr Ryan seemed in a state of shock and his wife Janna cried quietly.
"There's nothing worse than when you think you're going to win, and you don't," an adviser told CBS News. "It was like a sucker punch."
Mr Romney hurriedly composed a brief concession speech. "He was shell-shocked," said another adviser.
At Mr Obama's victory party in Chicago, exuberance was mixed with relief. They had always had the comfort of the numbers from the "cave". But only now was it confirmed that these really had been right.
Next day he returned to his campaign headquarters where, with tears in his eyes, he paid an emotional tribute to his staff, among them the number-crunchers who had made it all possible.
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FROM this impoverished industrial city in southwestern Connecticut, Gov. Lowell Weicker conducts his work from a modest first-floor suite in a downtown office building.
It is appropriately spare quarters for the grim urban landscape outside, but one that is a world away from his usual work place in the ornate Capitol building an hour north in Hartford.
``Very frankly, downtown Bridgeport has next to nothing,'' the governor says, very frankly, in a Monitor interview. ``There is a perception that downtown Bridgeport isn't a safe place to be. How do you rebuild?''
One of his answers is to maintain this ``satellite'' office, out of which he and his staff occasionally work. The theory is that, as he puts it, ``if you want to do business with the governor of the state of Connecticut, you'll have to come down here and do it.''
It is perhaps an unconventional way for a governor to try to spark an industrial renaissance, but characteristic of this longtime maverick politician.
Blunt, outspoken, independent, Governor Weicker has never had a problem doing things his way. In his three years as governor and three terms in the United States Senate, he has built a reputation as one of the country's most courageous, controversial, and unconventional politicians.
First he bucked the Republican Party to become an independent. Then he led the fight to impose Connecticut's first income tax, to name just two things. Earlier this month, he did another appropriately Weickeresque thing: he announced, abruptly, that he will not run again in 1994.
``I mean, what an adventure!'' he is saying of his three decades in politics. ``Granted, you have to go into it sort of being willing to roll the dice every day of the year for 30 years, which is my style, which is what I'm comfortable with. But it sure makes life interesting.''
Elected governor as an independent in 1990 under his own party, called ``A Connecticut Party,'' Weicker is leading the state through rocky economic times. One of his answers to the fiscal crisis, the 1991 income tax, prompted Time magazine to annoint him the ``gutsiest governor in America.''
Weicker felt he had to impose the levy to overcome a $2 billion deficit. But the move brought widespread protests - and still does - from anti-tax advocates.
``I expected it,'' he says simply of the criticism, blaming it on the anti-tax sentiment whipped up during the Reagan-Bush years.
Weicker was also never afraid to distance himself from the political mainstream during his days in Washington. A former liberal Republican, he gained national recognition in the Senate for his outspoken criticism of the Nixon administration during Watergate.
Dressed in a blue shirt, tan pants, tie, and suspenders, Weicker strikes a casual pose as he sits cross-legged on a sofa. Giving the appearance of a man at ease with himself, he speaks his mind on a range of subjects - including the party he left.
He calls the GOP today a ``narrow band of right-wing idealogues.'' Indeed, the party has changed under Presidents Reagan and Bush, he says.
Though he admires former Sen. Warren Rudman of New Hampshire and Sen. Mark Hatfield of Oregon, he is not as keen on Senate minority leader Bob Dole of Kansas, whom he calls a ``typical Republican.''
In his early years, Weicker himself may have fit the mold as a typical Republican. But given the party's shift to the right, he will be remembered as ``one of the last liberal Republicans,'' says William Schneider, political analyst at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington.
And though Weicker is an independent, he has never shunned the traditional political process. He's quick to distance himself from Ross Perot, whom he calls ``merely a commentator.''
``I might be independent of thought and ideas but very traditional in the sense that the way I bring [things] to pass is through this free political system that we have in this country, and I'm very proud of that,'' he asserts.
While Weicker is respected by many, he is not loved by everyone. In a recent Hartford Courant poll, 51 percent of those surveyed said they would rather have someone else governor.
Leo Donohue, a former state auditor, says the administration has favored its business-leader friends. ``It has been far from free of politics, although [Weicker] led us to believe that this would be a nonpartisan and nonpolitical administration,'' he says.
Partisan or not, Weicker is throwing himself into several big initiatives. He is leading an effort to lure the New England Patriots football team to Hartford. He also put forth a voluntary plan in January to end racial segregation in public schools.
Republican leaders aren't impressed. Phil Smith, political director of the state GOP, says the governor ``tended to float a few high-profile'' issues while neglecting day-to-day management.
Others, however, admire Weicker for his forthrightness.
``He's got a lot of resources he can draw upon ... and he's no-nonsense,'' says Speaker Thomas Ritter (D) of the state House of Representatives. ``He can go into a meeting and resolve something in five minutes that could take a couple of months under normal circumstances.''
So what's next for the political veteran? After one more year in the governor's seat, he will chair the 1995 International Special Olympics Summer Games to be held in New Haven, Conn.
As for his reason to not seek reelection, he says he wants to spend more time with his family, including seven sons. Also, he admits, the job of governing in shaky economic times demands full-time leadership, which is difficult to do while campaigning.
Weicker intends to be no lame duck in his final year. Children will top his political agenda, he says, because young people are the most often neglected constituency. He will be pushing more education, health care, and job-training programs for the young.


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-Caillou singing his song
Caillou is a main character of the program of the same name. He is inquisitive, adorable, curious and his interests include cars and dinosaurs. Interestingly, Caillou was 2 1/2 years old when his baby
sister Rosie was born, a 3 year old for the first 18 episodes of Season 1, but after the episode "Caillou's Birthday," he remains 4 for the rest of the series although it is likely he has turned 5 during Season 4 even though the theme song still states he is still 4. He lives in a 2 story blue house on 17 Pine St. (as mentioned in the episode "Where I Live") with his father Boris, his lovely mother Doris and his cute and very pretty 2 year old little sister, Rosie. Later installments show him attending playschool.
In the earliest episodes, he is normally seen wearing a red sweater with green pants held up by yellow suspenders in Big Brother Caillou he wears a red T-shirt and yellow overalls later episodes of Season 1 have him with a very dull grey T-shirt with a bright red collar, but for Season 2 and the remainder of the series he wears a yellow shirt with the same red collar. He wears blue longer shorts. Caillou wears yellow high socks and blue and red hi-top sneakers without laces.
Caillou appears in all 229 Calliou episodes and has been voiced by Bryn McAuley (1997-2000), Jaclyn Linetsky (2000-2003), Annie Bovaird (2003-present) and Matt Wilkinson in the UK Dub.
First Appearance
He first appeared in Keroppi Randomness 5 and is still going on in each episode.
Interactions with Other Characters
Keroppi - In Keroppi Randomness 8, he gets hit by Keroppi's pingas attack.


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After recording episode 20, the guys have more independent team discussion- we could fill volumes with this! We then talk a bit about our upcoming tournament (Sorry- we forgot the mics were on, we plan for a few minutes), the rapture, and general goofery!
Note: This used to be "After Hours Episode 4"
Steven, Jon, and Luke discuss movies, World of Tanks, Historicon, tournament road trips, and general tom foolery. Recorded after NFTF Episode 18.
Note: This was previously known as "After Hours Episode 3"
Steven, Luke, and Sean talk after NFTF Episode 17. Tournament lists, movies & TV shows, and other ridiculousness is on the table!
Previously Known as After Hours Episode 2
This is the episode that started it all!
Steven, Luke, and Jon talk after NFTF episode 16. hot girls, 'nam, and other silliness is up for discussion!
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A Partnership Journey
By Joe Jackson
It's again late September and our Aumentum community of government partners has convened for our annual SYNERGY Aumentum User Groups Conference. This year we're in hot and humid Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, a warm soft salty breeze wafting over the conference. Here in our conference hotel, the Westin, it's as if we're on a giant ship sailing along with the Atlantic current, similar to the chartered course our Thomson Reuters team has set with our many government customers sailing along a technology journey together.
Partnering and journey: these are the two themes covered today during our opening conference session. We understand very well that a technology implementation requires a strong partnership between the government and a technology solution provider. Additionally, we appreciate that an introduction of a new information system is really about a process and often times represents a cultural shift for our government partners.
In my address this morning, I used the Tarrant Appraisal District as an example of a partnership journey. Tarrant replaced a 30 year old COBOL system with Aumentum Valuation, and for a year have been live. This implementation included transforming their processes and procedures in radical ways. We appreciate that this change was not easy, and also recognize that the journey is far from over.
Tarrant's go-live is an important moment in not only their journey, but the journey of all of our customers. Using the ship metaphor, this represent a departure from the days of custom-configured applications. I spoke this morning, as I did last year, about our commitment to developing a single source code for the Aumentum technology platform. This effort – to streamline the underlying code base for all of our customers now and into the future – puts us all on a common technology course.
Benefits of a single source code will improve our ability to more quickly and efficiently implement Aumentum for our government partners. Importantly, it will navigate us to a point that allows our system to be even more stable, testable, focused, and manageable for all of our customers. Importantly, it will also mean we can continuously improve technology without having to go through new implementations.
Axel Threlfall, Reuters Editor-at-Large, was with us this morning and led a provocative discussion with Tajel Shah, Deputy Director for the City and County of San Francisco on stage with Dilraj Kahai, Managing Partner for 21 Tech –
a Aumentum Implementation Partner – and our own Sam Wilkins, Vice President for Professional Services. San Francisco had in a year implemented Aumentum to begin to phase out a payroll tax with a new gross business tax.
The crux of the discussion was how to jointly partner to successfully transform and implement a new technical system. Having a colleague in Axel Threlfall who is a journalist is great because he digs rights into the nitty-gritty: prodding and poking on what went well in the implementation; what didn't go well; how would you recommend your partner change; how could you change. It was a refreshing and honest conversation – something I believe is truly needed in any partnership. Because let's face it, every partnership, like every journey, will have sunny days but will encounter its own headwinds.
Tajel made a wise comment – a particularly important point, on the use of agile development in an implementation. The discussion had focused on how agile had been applied to incrementally roll out the new system. Such incremental improvements, she said, "Help people find positive change." This makes perfect sense – it gives people the confidence in a large project that progress is being made and that the journey is worth it.
Okay so enough with these sailing metaphors already. We're set for the real thing. We are all setting off on a real boat to take in some sun and some fun on the calm Florida waters. At the 2015 SYNERGY Aumentum user conference we both figuratively and quite literally together set sail.


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June 23, 2010, New York, NY -- The United State Senate has confirmed James Lynch, distinguished professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, as Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), U.S. Department of Justice. Professor Lynch was nominated to this position in fall of 2009.
"We congratulate Professor Lynch on his confirmation to such an important position in the Obama Administration. He brings a wealth of knowledge and practical experience that will be invaluable to the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the nation," said Jeremy Travis, President of John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
The Office of Justice Programs, U.S Department of Justice said of Lynch:
"Lynch, a distinguished professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at John Jay College in New York, was previously a professor in the Department of Justice, Law, and Society at American University, where he also served as chair of the Department. Throughout his career, Lynch has focused on measurement issues in criminal justice data and statistics. His work with Al Biderman on the nation's two crime measures—the Uniform Crime Report and the National Crime Victimization Survey—is the authoritative source comparing national crime statistics. He has published three books and numerous articles on crime statistics, victimization surveys, victimization risk, and the role of sanctions in social control.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), a component of the Office of Justice Programs, is the primary statistical agency of the Department of Justice. BJS collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, crime victims, and criminal justice operations. BJS annually publishes data on criminal victimization, populations under correctional supervision, and federal criminal offenders and case processing. BJS also provides financial and technical support to state, local, and tribal governments.
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Hobbits, dwarfs and elves are heading for the London stage in the first major musical staging of "The Lord of the Rings," its backers said Wednesday.
Producer Kevin Wallace said the reworking of British author J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy epic will cost $13 million. A cast of 50, lavish sets and a full orchestra will help re-create Middle-earth, the mystical setting for the swords and sorcery trilogy.
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Due to work, I found that windows 7 has a little bit difference from windows xp in one more area.
If you use the technique, using fscommand to run batch file to load files outside 'fscommand' folder, you work prefectly fine in windows xp.
However, in windows 7, they will say
"UNC is not supported, default location is windows" something like that
in this moment, you will wondering if this is path issue or windows 7 security issue.
This is probably everyone's favorite word of all times.
Okay, now go to read http://www.northcode.com/blog.php/2007/08/14/FSCommand-EXEC-is-Broken-in-Flash-CS3.
It will save you couple of hours figuring out by yourself. I will post a chinese verison later on. Enjoy


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If you're searching for history and scenic views, take a drive on S.C. 61, also known as "plantation row," and admire such gems as Middleton Place and Drayton Hall along the oak-lined, two-lane road. Continue driving seven miles northwest of Middleton Place's charms, and you'll find Shadowmoss Plantation – not a "plantation," but a hidden gem of a golf course in South Carolina.
J.P. Ringer, general manager and head professional since 2005, says it's not unusual for families to drop off their golfer(s) and then go visit nearby antebellum sites. And everyone has a great day.
Located close to Charleston and Kiawah, golfers love this course for its convenience, reasonable price, stunning views and so much more.
The rewards of finding Shadowmoss start with its Champions greens. Installed in 2003, the hybrid Bermuda putting surfaces rival the area's resort and private courses for smoothness and consistency. Indeed, tee-to-green conditioning is also excellent, for which Ringer credits superintendent Wayne Stonaker, a 30-year veteran.
"The strength of the course is definitely the greens," Ringer said. "There's maybe three weeks a year when they have any bumpiness, even in transition. Second is the playability for all golfers. We have few forced carries, so almost every green you can run the ball up."
Ringer's favorite holes are the par-4 13th – "it's reachable for most players with a good tee shot, but that's a demanding shot" – and the par-3 16th, which is guarded by water on the right and right-front approach. "The green at 16 looks large, but the water and bunkers front left and right make people keep the ball left. If you miss, you're down by the cart path, which is a difficult chip," Ringer said.
Shadowmoss Plantation was built by architect Russell Breeden in 1969-70, but a 2002 irrigation update and the Champions greens have kept it current. Not long at 6,701 yards from the tips, dense tree growth along the perimeters force players to be accurate.
"Depending on what length you play it, we have nice landing areas," Ringer said. "It's short enough that even from the back tees, the difficulty is the par-3s; the par-4s are playable for most, if they play the right distance."
Shadowmoss is especially popular with locals, and it gets enough tourist play to rack up 48,500 rounds a year on average. Upcoming plans are for renovations to the 1970s clubhouse and conditioning work on the tees, which "are kind of small for the traffic we get," Ringer said.
The course has changed little in its 45 years, mostly in wetlands that became lakes as the surrounding neighborhoods grew. "Nos. 2 and 13-16 look a lot different now," Ringer said. One thing hasn't changed: Shadowmoss Plantation remains a fun, reasonably priced alternative to resort golf – and worth the trip up S.C. 61 to play.
For information, visit www.shadowmossgolf.com, or call 800.338.4971.
For more information on golf courses in South Carolina, visit DiscoverSouthCarolina.com/golf