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GenesisCare Privacy Policy
The GenesisCare Group (GenesisCare, we, us – see below for details) consider the collection of relevant personal information as fundamental to the provision of individualised, quality care. Information is collected throughout each phase of health intervention, treatment, and health care and research initiatives that may extend beyond patient contact. Privacy and confidentiality are integral parts of GenesisCare's professional ethics and statutory obligations. We are committed to ensuring all personal information collected by GenesisCare is handled and protected in accordance with these requirements. GenesisCare aims to provide effective and efficient services, whilst respecting the confidentiality and privacy rights of individuals. This Privacy Policy relates to personal information we handle about our patients, their families, visitors, medical professionals and other members of the public. Our personnel and job applicants can contact our human resources team for more information about their privacy.
Collection of personal information
We collect personal information to provide health care services to our patients. This will often include collecting information about the patient's medical history, test results, family medical history, ethnic background, Medicare, health fund and insurance details, billing/account details, current lifestyle, activities, next of kin, emergency contact and other information that may be relevant to their diagnoses, treatment or health care. We may also collect information about individuals' interactions with us, including their responses to patient surveys relating to service improvement.
Health information is classified as 'sensitive information' for the purposes of the Australian Privacy Principles. Health information, which is often necessary to facilitate an accurate diagnosis, to provide appropriate treatment and to be proactive in patient health care, will only be collected with the consent of the patient or as otherwise permitted by law.
We may also collect personal information about other members of the public, including visitors, families and medical professionals. The types of personal information we may collect about these individuals includes their name, contact details, identification information, qualifications and any relationship they may have to a patient.
Where practicable, GenesisCare will collect personal information directly from the individual but may also collect information about its patients and other members of the public from third parties, including family members, health professionals and other health service provider organisations. We will only collect health information from a third party if the individual has consented or where we are otherwise permitted by law to do so, such as in a medical emergency. We may also operate video surveillance at our facilities.
Use and Disclosure
GenesisCare may collect, hold, use and disclose personal information in connection with purposes including the following:
Providing our health care services and other services;
Administrative purposes for running our medical practice, including maintaining and updating our records and training our people;
Exchanging information between GenesisCare Group entities;
Communicating with other specialists, general practitioners / referring doctors, and health service providers such as pathologists, radiologists, allied health professionals, pharmacists, in relation to the relevant individual's diagnostic service or treatment;
Quality assurance, practice accreditation and licensing, management, funding, service-monitoring, complaint handling, planning, evaluation and audit activities;
To comply with statutory and public health reporting requirements, such as mandatory reporting of child abuse or the notification of diagnosis of certain communicable diseases;
Communicating with medical defence organisations, insurers, medical experts or lawyers for medical indemnity purposes and anticipated or existing legal proceedings;
Disclosure to an individual's close relatives, close friends, and personal representatives, unless directed otherwise by the individual.
Disclosure to an individual's lawyers and insurance companies that have been authorised by the individual to obtain personal information from us;
Conducting patient surveys (e.g. for the purpose of improving services);
For research & development projects which may include undertaking research feasibility, benchmarking, clinical indicator reporting, guideline adherence & treatment evaluation/compliance. GenesisCare may enter into commercial relationships with external entities using de-identified, aggregated data where individuals cannot be identified.
Billing, payment processing and debt recovery;
Processing of clinical transcription files;
Reviewing the accuracy, upgrading and testing of patient medical record systems;
Where we engage service providers, such as providers of archival, auditing, accounting, legal, banking, payment, debt collection, delivery, data processing, document management, research, investigation, insurance, website or technology services;
Protecting our lawful interests;
In response to orders of a court or tribunal, such as producing records in relation to court proceedings; and
Purposes consented to by the individual.
GenesisCare may not be able to do these things without an individual's personal information. For example, GenesisCare may be unable to effectively provide health care services.
Data Security
GenesisCare holds personal information electronically and in hard copy form, both at our own premises and with the assistance of service providers who provide data storage, hosting and cloud computing services. In either case we implement a range of measures to protect the security of that personal information. It is necessary for GenesisCare to keep patient information for as long as is required by law or is prudent having regard to administrative and medical requirements.
Access and Correction
Individuals may request access to their personal information held by GenesisCare by contacting the Privacy Officer as set out below. Individuals may also request that personal information held about them be amended or updated. Patients wanting access to their medical records may apply in writing to the Privacy Officer and must be able to provide proof of identity.
There are some circumstances in which access is restricted, or where GenesisCare may decide not to amend personal information in the manner requested, and, in these cases, reasons for denying access or not amending the personal information will be explained. If we decide not to make an individual's requested amendment, they may ask us to make a note of their request with the information.
GenesisCare acknowledges the right of children to privacy of their health information. Based on the professional judgment of the treating doctor and consistent with the law, it might at times be necessary to restrict access to personal health information by parents or guardians.
Patients may also request that their health information held by GenesisCare be made available to other health service providers.
Our Websites
GenesisCare operates various websites including:
and other websites on which this Privacy Policy is posted with our authority, (collectively, our Websites).
If a user visits any of our Websites to read, browse or download information, our system may record information such as the user's IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by GenesisCare for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of our Websites.
GenesisCare encourages individuals to review the privacy statements of third party websites they choose to access via links from our Websites so that they can understand how those third party websites collect, use and share your information. GenesisCare is not responsible for the privacy statements on websites outside of our Websites.
Our Websites may use cookies to help identify and interact more effectively with users' devices. A cookie is a text file that is placed on a user's device by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. The cookie helps us to maintain the continuity of users' browsing sessions and remember their details and preferences for when they return.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of our Websites.
Our Websites may use Google services such as Google Analytics from time to time. For more about how Google collects and processes data, please see Google's privacy policy and their information at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.
If you are considering sending us any other personal information through our Website or other electronic means, please be aware that the information may be insecure in transit, particularly where no encryption is used (e.g. email, standard HTTP). We are subject to laws requiring us to protect the security of personal information once it comes into our possession.
All complaints related to the misuse of personal information or an alleged breach of the privacy legislation by GenesisCare should be directed to the Privacy Officer.
If the complaint is not satisfactorily resolved, the individual has the right to contact the appropriate regulatory authority, such as the Information Commissioner (in relation to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)):
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
1300 363992
GenesisCare Group
At the date of this Privacy Policy, the GenesisCare Group includes Genesis Care Ltd, Radiation Oncology Victoria, Adelaide Radiotherapy Centre, Genesis CancerCare NSW, Genesis CancerCare WA, Genesis CancerCare QLD, Adelaide Cardiology, HeartCare Partners, Heart Care Victoria, Heart Care Western Australia, Bundaberg Cardiology and Respiratory & Sleep Specialists. Contact our Privacy Officer for the most up-to-date details.
Privacy Officer
GenesisCare's Privacy Officer may be contacted as follows:
Building 1, The Mill
2 Huntley Street
Alexandria, NSW, 2015
Ph: +61 2 8236 3300
Last updated February, 2018


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Have you ever given your all for a teen program, only to feel less than spectacular about the end result? We've all been there. Maybe we don't attract the attendance numbers we hoped for or that our well thought out plan didn't go exactly as we expected it to go. It's got me thinking about life in the library beyond programs.
Programming is a great tool for libraries, but it can only get us so far. Real interactions, friendships, and something as simple as saying hello to our patrons is one of the best practices for a teen librarian to learn. I'm inclined to believe that librarians who spend more time interacting, building friendships, and communicating with their patrons have better results with the community that they serve.
How many teen craft programs can we host? Do teens even really like Star Wars/Harry Potter/Twilight themed events? Is gaming really one of the main solutions we have to keep turning towards?
We shouldn't abandon programming all together. Think of programming as the first step, the gateway towards something deeper. Plan ahead with teen programs, but don't spend a majority of your energy and focus on the programs themselves. Spend this time and energy on people. Take the time that you'd be taking to plan and implement an event like, say, teen after hours, and instead funnel that energy one day towards sitting down with your teens. Ask them about their day. Tell them about your life. Listen to their stories. Have a laugh.
Another idea, although slightly pricey, may be to think about investing in staff. Sure, employing even a part time staff member can even have a tremendous effect on your budget, but you can't think of it in business terms. An employee whose main priority is to interact with teen patrons and make them feel like part of the community can bring such a great positive energy to a library.
The next time you want to focus your energy and budget on a Twilight themed prom style event, think about your other options? Is it worth spending your energy sitting and chatting with the teens in your library instead?
-Post by Justin Hoenke, Tame the Web Contributor

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It makes sense on slashdot, as he's one of the admin over there.
Why it took off, I have no idea. I always preferred 'There are spiders in my hair! There are spiders in my hair!' response from The Asylum (at Georgia Tech, I think), unfortunately, that site closed shop in the 1990's, and most people these days never saw it. They had a poll archive, but I can't remember the exact URL to check if archive.org has a copy of it. (and searches for the above response or 'favorite features of Microsoft Bob' don't find anything)
The asylum had an interesting take on polls -- each response had [+] and [-] buttons next to it, and each poll could have 20 responses -- people would add responses 'til it filled up, and if a response was voted to -20, it was deleted, and someone could add a new response.
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In reply to Re^2: Should every poll have a "CowboyNeal" option?
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DOVE VALLEY — Though most of the buzz through the media ranks on Friday morning was about the player who WASN'T at the Broncos' Dove Valley headquarters, there was plenty of action going on with the players who were there.
Here's a couple of notes and observations:
– Your first-team base defense throughout Friday's workout: linemen Ryan McBean, Ronald Fields and Kenny Peterson; OLBs Tim Crowder and Robert Ayers; ILBs D.J. Williams and Andra Davis; DBs Champ Bailey, Andre Goodman, Brian Dawkins and Renaldo Hill. Second team: linemen Matthias Askew, Marcus Thomas and Nic Clemons; OLBs Darrell Reid and Elvis Dumervil; ILBs Mario Haggan and Louis Green; DBs Jack Williams, Alphonso Smith, Vernon Fox and Darcel McBath.
– The special teams units practiced onside kicks and pooch punts, and "gunners" on punt coverage, like Alphonso Smith and David Bruton, practiced downing the ball just short of the goal line. Kicker Matt Prater also hit two long field goals in a drill simulating the final seconds of a game.
– 2008 draft picks, corner Jack Williams and safety Josh Barrett, continue to practice with the first-team nickel defense. That package also included Dumervil at linebacker with Ayers, and Reid as a down lineman with Peterson. On one snap, Williams got to Kyle Orton on a corner blitz and swatted the ball out of the quarterback's hand. 2007 draft picks Jarvis Moss and Crowder each played with the second-team nickel, and Crowder — lined up as a down lineman in that package — snagged an interception off Chris Simms.
– The team lined up briefly in a traditional I-formation, with LaMont Jordan at tailback and Peyton Hillis at fullback. Good to know they can do that, though I would be it will be a rare sight come September.
– I heard "Sweet Child of Mine" by Guns and Roses coming from the practice field when I got out of my car an hour before practice started. Little did I know then it was a sign of things to come. In a welcome change (for me at least) from the previous regime, a full McDaniels practice includes plenty of music to simulate crowd noise. Friday's playlist included "Eye of the Tiger", "Crazy Train", "Beat It", "Born to Run", "Live Your Life" and even the old "Monday Night Football" theme music.
– Right guard Chris Kuper was excused from practice to get married, and rookie Seth Olsen took all the first-team repetitions in his place. Kuper is one of the toughest players on the team (remember last year, when he played all training camp with a broken hand?), so it only made sense that his absence had something to do with his personal life. Kuper, like Brandon Marshall and Jay Cutler, was part of the Broncos' 2006 draft class, and a television reporter joking asked McDaniels after practice if Kuper, too, was holding out. "He might be nervous, but he's not holding out," McDaniels said, laughing.
The team will hold its final two practices of the offseason Saturday and Sunday.


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The Scariest Horror Books of All Time
List Rules Scary / horror novels or other freaky works of fiction
The greatest horror books of all time are books that make the hair on the back of your neck stand up just from the rustle of turning the pages. These scary horror novels are books you don't want to read at night (or by yourself) because they're just a little too scary. Many of these scary books have been turned into the scariest movies ever made, while others are too frightening to be imagined in real life.
From Stephen King classics like "The Shining" and "It" to classic stories like Bram Stoker's "Dracula" and Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", these scary horror novels are known for their fright factor and smart writing that makes you believe the horrific events in the books are really possible. Even recent horror novels like NOS4A2 or Birdbox captured the terrified hearts of the public enough to become shows and movies.
What are the best horror novels? What is the scariest horror book? This list of the best horror novels is here to help you find a good scare on the written page. If you don't see your favorite horror book on the list of great scary novels, make sure to add it so other people can get the same fright you did.
If you're still looking for a good scare after peeking at this greatest horror books list, check out the scarefests in the best found footage films for a good scare, or see what new horror novels you can add to your collection.


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I thought this might be useful, 'cause we have a few state elections coming up in the not too distant future and it might be cool to have a thread to dig up should you have the odd observation to make about Aussie politics. The thread we had for the 2004 elections had some pretty good discussions.
Anyhow, to kick things off, I've been watching what's been going on in NSW in recent times, and it got me thinking. How rusted on, or fixed is your vote? Mine in general is fairly fixed - I'm a Labor voter for the most part, and haven't voted Liberal up to now, although it should be said I haven't voted for Labor since '98 either. But looking at NSW, and the incredible incompetence of state Labor under Iemma (as well as his own boorish and idiotic personality), I think I'd be severely tempted to not have my vote particularly advantage Labor at all (as in, I would likely vote for the Greens and preference the Libs over Labor) if I lived there.
Shocking, I know, but it just seems that bad. If I lived in that state, I'd be utterly fed up, and at some stage, unless the alternative is known to be manifestly worse, I think governments like this have earned being outed. Thoughts? I'm particularly interested in anybody who generally votes Labor.


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Son of Minn. Workplace Shooting Victim Skips School To Push For Gun Control
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Sami Rahamim has committed statistics about gun deaths to memory, folding them into sentences that make his case. He talks like a lawyer, not a 17-year-old high school senior -- no pauses or filler, no public trace of his pain.
On Sept. 27, Rahamim's father, Reuven Rahamim, was shot and killed along with five others at Accent Signage Systems in Minneapolis, the company he founded, by an ex-worker who recently had been fired. In the months since, Sami Rahamim has become a lobbyist for reducing gun violence.
Rahamim has been at the state Capitol nearly every day for a month, missing school to push for legislation that would boost background checks and tighten gun regulations in Minnesota. He's spoken at churches, synagogues and gun violence forums.
And Monday, Rahamim sat two chairs from President Barack Obama as part of a round-table discussion on how best to reduce gun violence, before the president took his push to tighten gun laws on national TV from Minneapolis. Rahamim shared his story and ideas with Obama -- not just as a victim, but as a committed advocate.
"Nobody would blame him if he were curled up in a corner crying even until this moment," Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison said. "But he's on his feet. He's talking to people about gun violence. He has truly harnessed his grief."
More:Workplace Homicides Up 50 Percent In One YearRahamim said that he's not sure if his work is an outlet for the pain of losing his father.
"I haven't totally broken down yet," he said. "Until that happens, I'm going to stick with this and see to it that we can pass the things we want to pass to make a real positive difference."
Rahamim traces his political activism to his father, who emigrated from Israel in the 1970s. Rahamim went to Washington, D.C., last summer to learn how to lobby with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. U.S. relations with his homeland were the only issue that mattered to his father, Rahamim said.
Rahamim said that he didn't think much about guns or violence.
He was on his way to visit colleges in Wisconsin on Sept. 27 when he heard about the shooting in Minneapolis, right in the neighborhood where his father built his business. He sent his dad a text: Be careful.
No reply.
More:Accent Signage Systems' 'Botched' Firing Led To Murderous Rampage, Lawsuit ClaimsRahamim said that he turned to religion after his dad's death. He started waking up at 7 a.m. to go to his synagogue, where he says the "Mourner's Kaddish" for his father every day.
He didn't wade into the gun control debate until after the Dec. 14 shooting in Newtown, Conn., that left 20 children and six teachers dead.
"It hadn't been enough time," Rahamim said.
That night, he went to a Protect Minnesota rally against gun violence in Minneapolis and asked Executive Director Heather Martens what he could do. Martens said it clicked when Rahamim told her his name.
"Some people never get involved because it's too painful. His way of dealing with this loss is to throw himself into the task of preventing this from happening to anyone else," Martens said.
She said Rahamim's intelligence, poise and maturity helped him understand the issues and memorize statistics quickly. They're second nature to him now: Gun owners are 22 times more likely to hurt themselves or a family member than an intruder, he says. Almost 40 percent of weapons bought in Minnesota weren't subject to a background check.
"I consume information. I was never athletic, so let's say I have something going for me," Rahamim joked.
More:Workplace Shooting Leaves 5 Dead In MinnesotaSince then, it's been nonstop work - speaking events, strategizing and meeting with state lawmakers - and very little school. Rahamim, who lives in the Minneapolis suburb of St. Louis Park with his mother and sister, is finishing his last two high school classes by meeting weekly at the family's home with a tutor. His mom and sister weren't crazy about him missing school until they realized "that this is something that is really my calling," Rahamim said.
He flew to New York last month to talk with Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a staunch gun control supporter. He'll be at the president's State of the Union address later this month with Ellison. Bloomberg's group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, covered travel costs for both trips with a special fund for victims of gun violence, Rahamim said.
The president's visit kicked off a very busy week for Rahamim. He'll spend much of the week at the Capitol, where lawmakers were starting three days of hearings Tuesday on several bills that he and Protect Minnesota support. They would ban ammunition magazines of more than 10 rounds; require universal background checks for all gun purchases; and give law enforcement more authority to deny applications for permits to carry weapons.
Rep. Michael Paymar, who wrote the background check bill, said he was surprised at how quickly Rahamim picked up on the issues.
"At 17 years old, he's figured the lobbying aspect out, which is not easy to do," he said. "He's right in there, talking strategy and sharing his ideas."
Those who have worked with Rahamim in the past month marvel at how he has approached gun violence as a national problem - not just a crusade for his father.
"Sometimes a personal tragedy makes somebody a champion," Paymar said. "At the end of the day, I hope he really sees a payoff."
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'Glee' star Chris Colfer shocked the world when he seemingly announced today, July 3, that he has been let go from the show due to "personal issues." But now, his rep is speaking out to say that it is not true — and his Twitter account has been hacked.
Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, Colfer's rep reportedly told the site that his account has been hacked and that he will indeed be back for the show's sixth and final season. Phew!
Colfer immediately sent fans into a frenzy just a short while ago when he seemingly tweeted:
Of course, fans were left stunned, considering they had been watching Colfer's character Kurt since the show's inception in 2009.
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If you took all of the extra bits and pieces off the fronts of these bags (and seriously, why is there so much stuff hanging from them?), what you're left with are largely simple shapes with flat, squared top handles that are only appropriate for hand-carrying, like the bag you see above. With its marbled finish (recalling both Prada Spring 2010 and last season's Balenciaga), Saffiano Lux Tote shape and the aforementioned flat handles, which Prada uses periodically, if seen out of context, I'd be hard-pressed to guess it were anything but Prada.
I don't necessarily mean any of that to sound like a criticism; in fact, the bags that were the most Miuccia-esque were the best of the collection, and the marbled version above is one of my favorite bags of the new season thus far. The small, boxy bags and miniature shoulder bags with straps too short for shoulder carry (why do designers keep trying to make those happen?) were interesting, but give me a wide, flat, printed version any day of the week. Lim has a knack for handbags, and those will be the big sellers when this collection hits stores, mark my words.
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UPDATE: Variety has added to the story saying that Viggo Mortensen is being looked at as the central villain while Casey Affleck, Garrett Hedlund, Taylor Kitsch and Channing Tatum are being targeted to play Bale's younger brother.
In August of last year speculation was running rampant about what where Oscar winner Christian Bale would go following the end of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy. Reports linked him to projects like Spike Lee's Oldboy remake, Darren Aronofsky's Noah, Clint Eastwood's A Star Is Born and Michael Mann's Gold. We already know that he won't be starring in a few of those titles - he turned down Oldboy, won't be doing Noah and A Star is Born has been delayed - but now the actor is indeed in talks for one of the movies mentioned last summer.
Bale is currently negotiating to star in Out Of The Furnace, the new film from Crazy Heart director Scott Cooper. According to THR, the project has actually been around for years, starting as a 2008 spec script by Brad Ingelsby and formally known as The Low Dweller. Should he sign on, Bale will play a man released from prison after four years in jail. Though his homecoming is welcomed and he has a desire to live a peaceful life, he has a score to settle, namely getting revenge against the man who killed his younger brother.
This is actually the second time that Bale has been close to the project - he originally signed on when Rupert Sanders was attached to direct - but he was forced to drop out due to scheduling. The trade also says that Robert Duvall, who played in Cooper's Crazy Heart, is also being looked at to play a role, though there's nothing official as of yet. Production on the project is hoping to start up in the fall so that Bale can be free to both promote The Dark Knight Rises and shoot Terence Malick's Knight of Cups.


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Cubs drop Feldman's debut to Braves
ATLANTA -- Scott Feldman was one pitch away from getting out of a jam on Friday, but he had already thrown too many pitches.
Justin Upton drove in two runs, including one on a solo homer in the first, and Juan Francisco hit a key two-run single in the fifth to lift the Braves to a 4-1 victory over the Cubs on Friday at Turner Field.
Cubs manager Dale Sveum admitted they were going to take a little different approach with Feldman (0-1), who gave up 25 runs over 20 innings in Cactus League action. The Cubs wanted the right-hander to be more efficient with his pitches, but he wasn't.
"He threw a lot of pitches that were uncompetitive pitches," Sveum said of Feldman's outing. "He was managing to get through a night where he didn't have much command of anything.
"He was basically one pitch away from getting out of that [in the fifth]," Sveum said. "We didn't want him to be at 100 pitches, but at that time, it was his game to win or lose. He could keep it at 2-1 or give it up. Unfortunately, Francisco had a good at-bat and ended up blooping one into left field and that was that."
The Braves loaded the bases with two outs in the fifth after Feldman walked two batters and hit another. That set up Francisco's hit, which made it 4-1, and Feldman exited, having thrown 102 pitches over 4 2/3 innings.
"That was the at-bat of the game for me," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "[Francisco] gets bases loaded there with a 3-2 count and battles and battles. He flared one in there to give us a [three-run] lead and a little wiggle room."
Feldman was making his first trip to Atlanta, but he had faced Upton before. Upton apparently remembered something. The right-hander fell behind 0-2 with two outs in the first, and then lined the next pitch over the left-field fence for his third home run.
"I had a little trouble with my command tonight and they got into some deep counts and made me throw a lot of pitches," Feldman said. "That's a tough lineup there. When you're behind in the count, you can't give in and they battled well and made me throw way too many pitches."
Andrelton Simmons walked to open the Braves' third and stole second, despite a perfect throw from catcher Welington Castillo. Simmons then advanced on a wild pitch before scoring on Upton's sacrifice fly.
Scott Hairston, starting in right field as part of the Cubs' lineup against left-handed pitchers, led off the fifth against Mike Minor (1-0) with his first home run to close the gap to 2-1.
"It wasn't really a pitch I was sitting on or looking for," Hairston said of the slider from Minor. "I was able to be aggressive and put a good swing on it. I wanted to give myself a chance, because early in the at-bat I was a little late on the fastball and I wanted to make sure I was ready for the next one. I think that was a mistake -- [one of the] the very few mistakes he made tonight was that one I hit out."
Minor admitted it was a bad pitch.
"It got more plate than I wanted," Minor said. "I knew I hung it. But I had to come back in and battle the rest of the game."
The Cubs were happy to no longer be shivering after opening the season in chilly Pittsburgh. But the warmer temps weren't enough to get the offense going. They began the day with the fewest hits in the National League and lowest team batting average and slugging percentage.
"Nobody's swinging the bat at all right now," Sveum said. "Somebody's going to have to step up and get hot and hopefully it's the whole team at one time. We don't have a whole lot going on offensively right now."
Leadoff man David DeJesus, who didn't start, but got a pinch-hit at-bat, doesn't have a hit yet. Anthony Rizzo has one, and that was his home run on the first pitch he saw on Opening Day.
After Hairston's homer, Castillo singled, which was the first time the Cubs had back-to-back hits since the first inning on Opening Day.
"It's too soon to call it struggling," Hairston said. "We as hitters need to go out and put together good at-bats and I think we're all capable of doing that."
Friday was the start of 19 consecutive games for the Cubs against teams that finished .500 or better last season.
"This first month, the schedule we have, and the teams we're playing, it's very important to keep your head above water and then get completely healthy and go from there," Sveum said.


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The Black and White will be back in the Charles River Basin for the second straight race day following a detour to the Powerhouse last Saturday (photo courtesy Jacquie Labatt).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The No. 4 Radcliffe lightweight crew faces top-ranked Princeton and No. 6 Bucknell with the Class of 1999 Cup on the line Saturday morning on the Charles River.
The Course
The 2,000-meter course for Harvard and Radcliffe's home races begins in the Charles River Basin, roughly 100 meters upstream from the Longfellow Bridge and continues upstream until to the finish line just downstream of the Hyatt Regency Cambridge. Popular spectator viewing areas include the finish line in front of the Hyatt and the Harvard Bridge (Massachusetts Avenue) at the course's midpoint.
Watch From Home
Free live video from all of the Harvard and Radcliffe crews' home races in 2011 is scheduled to be streamed on GoCrimson.com, weather permitting. Click here and then choose the "Live Events" tab to view the live feed once racing is underway.
Harvard/Radcliffe Racing Schedule
7:24 a.m. – Men's lightweight second varsity eight
7:36 a.m. – Women's heavyweight second varsity eight
7:48 a.m. – Men's lightweight varsity eight
8 a.m. – Women's heavyweight varsity eight
8:12 a.m. – Men's lightweight freshman eight
8:24 a.m. – Women's heavyweight varsity four
8:36 a.m. – Men's lightweight third varsity eight
8:48 a.m. – Women's heavyweight third varsity eight/fourth varsity eight
9 a.m. – Men's lightweight second freshman eight
9:24 a.m. – Women's lightweight varsity eight
9:48 a.m. – Women's lightweight second varsity eight
Probable Lineups
Varsity Eight
Cox: Maryana Vrubel, 8: Marissa Reichel, 7: Natalie Wong, 6: Emma Lukasiewicz, 5: Lizzy Bates, 4: Lillian Alexander, 3: Kelly McCarthy, 2: Erika McCormick, 1: Julia Mason
Second Varsity Eight
Cox: Jana Douglas, 8: Devi Lockwood, 7: Katherine Mallett, 6: Wynne Evans, 5: Elizabeth Hamilton, 4: Erin Flynn, 3: Emiko Zumbro, 2: Emily Boyd Walker, 1: Veronique Irwin
Last Weekend
The Radcliffe lightweight second varsity eight defeated Stanford by 4.8 seconds Saturday, but the No. 2 Cardinal varsity won to claim the Class of 2010 Invitational Cup. Both races were rowed in the Powerhouse stretch of the Charles after conditions forced them to be moved from the regular two-kilometer course.
A day later, both Black and White boats finished ahead of the No. 7 Buffalo varsity. The varsity eight (4-1) led throughout and defeated the Bulls by 27.2 seconds, while the second varsity came from behind and went on to finish 11.2 seconds ahead of Buffalo.
History Lesson
These three teams raced last year at Princeton, with the host Tigers defeating runner-up Radcliffe by 2.3 seconds and Bucknell finishing 14 seconds back of the Black and White. The win gave the Class of 1999 Cup back to Princeton after Radcliffe's 2009 win on the Charles and increased the Tigers' edge in the cup series to 9-2.
Including this weekend, both Radcliffe and Princeton have been ranked among the nation's top five in each of the last 10 dual meetings, with one crew coming in as No. 1 in six of those years. On three occasions, the Class of 1999 Cup race was between the No. 1 and No. 2 crews in the country.
Championship Rivalry
The Radcliffe and Princeton lightweight varsities have combined for 18 Eastern titles (Radcliffe 12, Princeton 6) and six national championships (Princeton 5, Radcliffe 1).
Scouting the Opposition
Bucknell (1-1) is racing against the Tigers for the second time this spring. The Bison varsity eight opened the season with a loss at Princeton but bounced back with third-place finish in the Knecht Cup grand final, ahead of the Wisconsin B entry, Buffalo and MIT. Last weekend, the Bison lightweight varsity finished before the Bucknell and Delaware heavyweight second varsities.
Princeton (5-0) enters Saturday's race on a layoff of nearly three weeks. Its regatta last weekend at Georgetown was postponed to April 30 due to poor racing conditions. In addition to their previous win against Bucknell, the Tigers have defeated Stanford, Wisconsin, MIT and Saint Mary's this season.


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• Aug. 6, 2004 | 9 p.m. ET
Primer on new planets: A new crop of distant planets is being revealed this weekend at a symposium on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI, presented at Harvard University.
This symposium is unusual because it brings together some of the top names in SETI research — including the SETI Institute's Frank Drake (of "Drake Equation" fame), Harvard's Paul Horowitz and SETI @ home project scientist Dan Werthimer — as well as one of the world's top planet-hunters, Geoffrey Marcy of the University of California at Berkeley.
Marcy will "announce some newly discovered worlds" at the event, according to its sponsor, the Planetary Society. Astronomers already have detected more than 100 planets around faraway stars. For now, almost all of those planets are gas giants that would not be hospitable to life as we know it, but the search could eventually turn up Earthlike worlds.
To learn more about the planet search, check out our "Other Worlds" interactive, review the latest theorizing about the existence of other Earths and get a glimpse of what's ahead for the extrasolar planet search. Our archives also offer a SETI status report ; an audio report on what SETI researchers are looking for; and a virtual tour of the Arecibo Observatory, the epicenter in the search for alien signals.
• Aug. 6, 2004 | 9 p.m. ET
Rocket-race remainders: The chatter over suborbital spaceflight is definitely rising as the $10 million Ansari X Prize heats up. NBC News space analyst James Oberg says the more established space programs could learn a thing or two from the private sector.
"The handful of serious competitors in this contest have developed a remarkably varied array of engineering approaches, and government space programs could benefit from paying some attention to many of these innovative — even half-baked — ideas," Oberg writes in an e-mail commentary.
"Far from ending the race, I anticipate the winning of the prize to be a signal for many other competitors — and potentially some entirely new players as well — that the psychological barrier has been broken. I'd be surprised if there weren't cash-paying passengers on a few such missions within a year or two."
Oberg's mention of "entirely new players" is a reminder that Virgin tycoon Richard Branson still hasn't revealed what space-tourism plans he has up his sleeve. There have been numerous hints that Branson has something in the works, but for now he appears to be focusing on his core business — plus the Virgin Global Flyer venture, in which X Prize competitor Burt Rutan also has a hand.
Thursday's announcement of the da Vinci Project's Oct. 2 bid for the X Prize is a clear indication that Rutan's SpaceShipOne will be getting some real competition. But Clark Lindsey, a longtime observer of the X Prize scene, says he's "flabbergasted" that the da Vinci Project seems to be rushing toward the crucial launch prior to full-scale flight testing.
I did ask team leader Brian Feeney about that on Thursday. Feeney seemed to leave the door open for more extensive pre-launch testing, but he told me he was trying to say as little as possible about his preparations, so as not to tip off the competition.
Yet another X Prize team, Space Transport Corp., is proceeding with plans for a partially fueled, unmanned test flight of its Rubicon rocket on Sunday, from private property on the coast of Washington state. If Sunday's test goes well, Space Transport co-founder Phillip Storm says that would help lay the technical groundwork for a prizeworthy launch. Unfortunately, his team would still be held back because of the required paperwork — including a launch license and 60-day advance launch notice.
Finally, X Prize News reports on one man's effort to turn the X Prize story into a fictional movie, with "First Flight" as the working title. It's not clear whether anything will ever come of filmmaker Joseph Conti's concept — let's just hope no one goes down in flames like the craft shown in his online video clip.
• Aug. 6, 2004 | 9 p.m. ET
Feedback Friday: Cosmic Log readers sent in some great feedback on matters ranging from the Mars Society's simulated Mars mission to, um, antimatter. Here's a selection from the week's e-mail:
Guy S. Newell, Niles, Mich: "Someone should point out to the Mars Society that robots have beat them to Mars already. Two of them, in fact. For less than $1 billion. Enough scientific data returned to generate dozens of Ph.D.'s for years to come. No lives were endangered during the project. We could have robot traffic jams on Mars for what the president has proposed spending to send just a couple of people there. I predict that university students will have robot competitions on Mars before the first humans set foot on that planet. All the good parking places will be gone long before that."
Wade Whitlock: "The equipment tests for Mars gear would be better done in drier and less temperate regions. If the dry valleys of Antarctica don't suit (arf!) then perhaps a plateau in the Andes with the advantage of lower air pressure (gravity is lower than the polar regions, too). Face it, Mars is dry and the atmospheric pressure is about zero compared to the internal pressure. What is the effect of zero humidity, low temperatures, high-pressure differential and dust all at the same time? If you are going to test, then let's test!"
Alan responds: Wade isn't the only one who's had that bright idea. Carnegie Mellon University has often tested its rovers in Chile's Atacama Desert and in Antarctica. Carnegie Mellon's robotics experts are currently working on a new autonomous rover named Zoë, which is being groomed "to seek and identify life in hostile environments" such as Mars. Later this year, Zoë will undergo nearly two months of testing in the Atacama as part of a $2 million project funded by NASA, but next Thursday the machine will be demonstrated at the former LTV industrial site in Pittsburgh. Is that environment hostile enough for you? (Just kidding, Pittsburghers!)
Tom Emmett Jr., Palm Desert, Calif.:
"I think the whole theory of the 'Big Bang' is a bunch of hogwash. The idea that a small particle explodes to create the universe is beyond absurd! Scientists say that a particle in nothingness explodes and, thus the universe is born. First, where did the particle that exploded come from? They say it started from nothingness ... so, answer me this, where did that one particle come from? How did that one particle get the energy necessary to explode? Furthermore, how could one particle explode to create all the stars, planets and gas giants in the universe? Please answer these questions for me ... if you can!"
Alan responds: Tom has hit upon one of the big unanswered — and perhaps unanswerable — questions in cosmology. What happened before the Big Bang? Everything that happened after the Big Bang appears to point to such a cosmic explosion giving rise to the universe as we know it, but the cosmic record doesn't reveal how the Big Bang itself arose. That hasn't stopped theoreticians from trying to work out more than one explanation . If this is the kind of question that intrigues you, you might enjoy "Origins," the PBS miniseries coming up next month, hosted by the Hayden Planetarium's Neil deGrasse Tyson. We also have an archived interactive, "Beyond the Big Bang," that might whet your appetite.
• Aug. 6, 2004 | 9 p.m. ET
Weekend field trips on the World Wide Web:
• Christian Science Monitor: Rules to govern the cosmos
• The Economist: Making the connection on autism
• Archaeology Magazine: The city in the clouds
• Earthfiles: The Aztec angle on English crop circles
• Aug. 5, 2004 | 5:20 p.m. ET
The road ahead for space tourists: Be prepared for a private-space letdown after the $10 million Ansari X Prize is won. That's the advice from the head of the company that helped send the first paying passengers to the international space station — and is lending support to X Prize contestants as well.
"Fortunately, I think the prize will be won in the next couple of months," said Eric Anderson, president and chief executive officer of Virginia-based Space Adventures. "Unfortunately, I think there may be a bit of a denouement for the next couple of years. ... We're going to have to wait around for a year or two to see what comes out."
In a wide-ranging interview, Anderson pointed out that the X Prize spaceships — including SpaceShipOne as well as the da Vinci Project's Wild Fire rocket — are demonstration vehicles rather than commercial craft. SpaceShipOne designer Burt Rutan and billionaire financial backer Paul Allen have both said they'd consider taking a ride on their rocket plane, but neither of them intend to sell tickets for such rides to the public.
In the longer run, Anderson hopes his company will play a big role in developing suborbital spaceflight services. "I think we could be funding the development of these services," he said.
Even at this early stage, Space Adventures has provided backing for suborbital space companies, including XCOR Aerospace in California, Suborbital Corp. in Russia and perhaps others he declined to name. "We've definitely provided some funds," he said.
Russian news reports have indicated that Suborbital was suspending its effort to develop a suborbital spaceflight system called Cosmopolis XXI, but Anderson said, "I think they found some money recently. I think they're moving along."
Could that support be coming from Dennis Tito , one of Space Adventures' millionaire clients, who went to the space station in 2001 and recently traveled to Russia with Anderson? "Potentially yes," Anderson said. "You'd have to ask Dennis ... [but] everybody's heard about his intent to help out."
He declined to be more specific about Olsen's health issue, but said there's a "significant chance that he'll be able to fly in the future. ... If there's a will, there's usually a way."
The next piloted Soyuz flight to the space station is scheduled in October, and the Russians may select military cosmonaut Yuri Shargin or millionaire Sergei Polonsky to fill the third seat in the Soyuz craft. Anderson said he considered Polonsky to be a "special case," since he's had significant military experience and has gone through almost all the required cosmonaut training over the past four years.
"I'm not even sure I would call him a tourist," Anderson said.
He said Space Adventures had some prospective passengers lined up for the Soyuz flight after the next one, in April 2005 — but as usual, he declined to name names until the arrangements were firmed up.
Over the longer term, Space Adventures hopes to establish its own passenger-flight spaceport — and Anderson confirmed earlier hints that Australia was a favored location. That could well determine which suborbital space companies will end up being allied with Space Adventures, due to U.S. export regulations. "There are two categories of suborbital space vehicles: those that are made in the United States and those that are made outside," he noted.
Anderson said he expected the spaceport location to be announced at the end of the year — but not before then. "I will take till the end of the year to make a decision," he said.
As usual, when it comes to the infant space passenger business, Anderson knows more than he's telling.
"We've got a lot of interesting things in the hopper," he said. "We're working hard. This is an exciting time for space."
• Aug. 5, 2004 | Updated 9:35 p.m. ET
Casino fuels rocket launch: The Canadian-based da Vinci Project is planning an Oct. 2 launch of its Wild Fire rocket from Saskatchewan, backed by GoldenPalace.com.
The Internet casino concern has committed to kicking in hundreds of thousands of dollars to fuel da Vinci's bid to win the $10 million Ansari X Prize — and it says da Vinci team leader Brian Feeney will be bringing a laptop along on the Wild Fire flight for casino games. GoldenPalace.com says it will also send along a "Beckham Ball" that figured in soccer great David Beckham's Euro 2004 match. Click here for the full story.
• Aug. 5, 2004 | 5:20 p.m. ET
More scientific stops on the World Wide Web:
• The Guardian: Body of evidence at the Olympics
• Wired.com: 'Onion routing' averts private eyes
• BBC: Women wanted for space-age tests
• Scientific American: Questions that plague physics
• Aug. 4, 2004 | 6:45 p.m. ET
Lessons from an Arctic Mars: Two groups of researchers are winding down their field season in the Canadian Arctic, after testing tools and techniques that could well come into play during future human missions to Mars. They're bringing back tips for those future explorers — ranging from practical feedback on spacesuits and drilling equipment for the Red Planet to new types of robotic helpers you might call "hoverbots."
Devon Island in the High Arctic, part of Canada's Nunavut territory, is one of the places on Earth judged to be most like Mars, due to its geology as well as its otherworldly isolation. Two camps are nestled within Devon Island's 12-mile-wide (20-kilometer-wide) Haughton Crater.
The Mars Society has already finished up its three-week-long simulated Mars mission at the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station. In one of the closing dispatches, simulation commander Jason Held noted that his seven-person crew covered 160 miles (257 kilometers) of off-road driving and 32 miles (51 kilometers) on foot.
"There is no way that current robotics technology can cover that distance, over Mars terrain, while receiving the level of data detail recorded by our crew," Held wrote. However, he noted that robots would be essential helpmates on Mars, even after humans arrived.
Hovering aerial robots would be useful as communication relays for wide-area radio traffic, particularly since Mars' scant ionosphere can't extend radio signal range as well as Earth's does. As a test for such a system, the Mars Society crew used a land-based radio repeater that was situated on a high point along the exploration route — a setup that Held said was "very effective."
Hoverbots also could serve as advance scouts, gathering aerial imagery in preparation for astronauts' excursions.
Meanwhile, the NASA-funded Haughton Mars Project is in its last week of operations, not far from the Mars Society's base. The Haughton Mars researchers have been going there every summer since 1997 — and this year, the team helped test Hamilton Sundstrand's next-generation spacesuit as well as an automated drilling system that is being developed by Honeybee Robotics for future Mars missions. (Honeybee is the company behind the rock abrasion tool, or RAT, on the Spirit and Opportunity rovers.)
The team is also building a new "core module" to supplement the camp's tent city and its Arthur Clarke Greenhouse. For more on the Haughton Mars Project, check out their "Mars on Earth" Web site.
You can find out much more about the Mars Society's exploits at the organization's annual conference, scheduled Aug. 19-22 in Chicago. And for the latest on real-life missions to the Red Planet, including the glitches affecting the rovers and a newly expanded image database, check in with NASA's Mars portal page as well as our own special report.
• Aug. 4, 2004 | 6:45 p.m. ET
Scientific smorgasbord on the World Wide Web:
• New Scientist: Robot guard will smoke out villains
• Defense Tech: Raising the dead
• Nature: Could astronauts sleep their way to the stars?
• Space.com: Machines as brain boosters
• Aug. 3, 2004 | 2:30 p.m. ET
Another boost for rocket race: The rollout of the da Vinci Project's made-in-Canada rocket won't be the only news coming out of Toronto's Downsview Park on Thursday, team leader Brian Feeney says. Only hours after describing the scramble for money to fuel a bid for the $10 million Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight, Feeney called back to say there would be an additional "major announcement."
"Something has happened — very positive, obviously," Feeney told me.
He wouldn't go into the details, but when you consider that Topic A for the da Vinci Project has been finding the sponsorship money for a launch this fall, you can't help but think that Feeney's "late-breaking news" relates to those issues. If the Wild Fire rocket gets the go-ahead for launches in early October, that could make for a real race with the SpaceShipOne team, which already has scheduled launch attempts on Sept. 29 as well as early October.
The $10 million would go to the first privately sponsored team to launch a piloted vehicle to an altitude of 62 miles (100 kilometers) twice in a two-week time frame. As many as 27 teams have registered for the space race, but over the past week the field has been trimmed back to 19 active participants.
X Prize News quotes Peter Diamandis, the founder and president of the X Prize Foundation, as saying several teams were "de-registered" because their prize efforts have gone inactive or they did not respond to inquiries. Those teams include Advent Launch Services, Discraft Corp., Flight Exploration, Kelly Space & Technology, Lone Star Space, Pan Aero and Suborbital Corp. Another team, Blue Ridge Nebula, had been delisted months ago.
That's not to say the teams have disbanded. For example, Pan Aero's Len Cormier said he's turning his attention to ventures he views as more potentially attractive to investors. "Time's running out for raising money for the X Prize," he observed.
"It only makes sense to shift priorities," he told me. "Our emphasis has always been on orbital [flight]. I view suborbital as a distraction."
For Cormier, that means raising money to develop his Space Van 2008 concept, which blends rocket power with high-tech kites.
• Aug. 3, 2004 | 2:30 p.m. ET
Your daily dose of science on the Web:
• The Space Review: Soyuz to the moon?
• NASA: When brains spin in space
• The Telegraph: Turning blood into a food additive
• Nat. Geographic: Cloning trees from Lewis and Clark's day
• Aug. 2, 2004 | 7:15 p.m. ET
New clue in antimatter mystery: An international research team says it has picked up new clues that could help solve one of physics' biggest mysteries: What happened to all the antimatter?
Today's report comes from the BaBar experiment at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in California, a collaboration that brings together about 600 scientists from around the world. The BaBar scientists smash subatomic particles in SLAC's PEP-II accelerator to create short-lived pairs of particles known as B mesons and anti-B mesons.
Such matter-antimatter pairs are the focus of intense study because their behavior reveals subtle differences that one day could explain why matter won out in its primordial match with antimatter.
Current theory contends that the two varieties were created in equal quantities during the Big Bang. However, as "Star Trek" fans know all too well, matter and antimatter annihilate each other when they come in contact, producing a flash of energy. So why didn't the primordial matter and antimatter cancel each other out? And if almost everything we see today in the natural world is made of matter, where did all the antimatter go?
Earlier findings from BaBar and the Belle experiment in Japan hinted that the decay rates for matter and antimatter are not the same — producing what is known in physics as "CP violation." The results announced today, which have been submitted to Physical Review Letters for publication, quantify the difference in decay and provide what researchers say is the "first observation of direct CP violation of B/anti-B mesons."
"We found 910 examples of the B meson decaying to a kaon and a pion, but only 696 examples for the anti-B mesons," said BaBar spokesman Marcello Giorgi, a physicist at Italy's National Institute of Nuclear Physics and the University of Pisa.
Princeton physicist James Olsen said the effect for B mesons is 100,000 times stronger than a similar effect that already had been observed with kaons. "The pattern of different types of matter-antimatter asymmetries is starting to come together into a coherent picture," he said.
It's too early to say exactly why it is that antimatter acts differently, but the latest findings serve as an important piece that helps fill out the matter-antimatter puzzle. To learn more about antimatter and the alphabet soup of CP violations and B mesons, check out Encarta's entry on antimatter, CERN's Web portal for antimatter, "CP News" at the University of Cincinnati and this archived Space.com report on the state of antimatter propulsion.
• Aug. 2, 2004 | 7:15 p.m. ET
X Prize update: With the rollout of the da Vinci Project's Wild Fire rocket scheduled for Thursday in Toronto, project leaders are scrambling to find the half-million dollars or so they need to make a serious play for the $10 million Ansari X Prize.
Da Vinci team leader Brian Feeney says the team definitely won't be making an announcement about a launch attempt before Thursday's rollout, but he's still hoping to give the favored SpaceShipOne team a run for its money this fall.
"Some things are happening," Feeney said Monday. "It's a matter of whether they can be concluded in time. ... Clearly we want to get our hat into the ring."
Meanwhile, Space Transport Corp.'s Eric Meier has told the Peninsula Daily News that he and his teammates will be testing their Rubicon X Prize rocket this weekend on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. The initial test flight will aim for an altitude of 18,000 feet (5.5 kilometers) — one not-so-small step toward what they hope eventually will be 100-kilometer heights.
• Aug. 2, 2004 | 7:15 p.m. ET
Your daily dose of science on the Web:
• Science News: Deception detection
• N.Y. Times (reg. req.): Inventing a way to walk on water
• Popular Science: How long will the oil age last?
• Discovery.com: Men and women see colors differently
• Slashdot: Top 100 papers in physics ranked
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This post originally appeared as a guest blog on A Chick Who Reads
In my book, So L.A., Magdalena, the protagonist, drives her convertible through the complicated L.A. streets and maze of intersecting freeways as though it were an incurable habit. "I like to drive," she states on more than one occasion, her oversized sunglasses a shield against the perpetual sunshine of the Southland. "Not to anywhere in particular, because I have no place in particular to go, but I'm addicted to freeways. The 405 to the 10 to the 110 to the 101. It's so L.A."
On this virtual literary tour of So L.A I invite you to join Magdalena and me "stop and go" across the pages of So L.A. and some of my favorite places in Los Angeles.
To visit Stop One: 730 N. Bedford Dr. you'll only have to take a peek in the rearview mirror as we back down Magdalena's driveway in Beverly Hills. When I was "shopping" for houses in which to place my novel and its main characters, 730 N. Bedford stood out to me, not only because it's a classic Beverly flats mansion, but because it is also the former residence of Lana Turner, one of old Hollywood's leading ladies and the site of "The Happening." Ask any of the kids who sell "Maps to the Stars" in Hollywood and they will tell you, "The Happening" at 730 N. Bedford is what happened when Lana Turner's 14-year-old daughter, Cheryl Crane, stabbed Turner's abusive boyfriend Johnny Stompanatoto death in 1958. Morbid as it seems, I needed Magdalena to live in a house that had not only experienced death (as death and tragedy are both reoccurring themes in So L.A.), but also a house inhabited by female solidarity and extraordinary bravery.
As we make our way from the neighborhoods of Beverly Hills to Stop Two, the bazillion dollar shopping districts of L.A. proper – just a few block over and a few blocks up, totally walkable not that anyone from Beverly Hills every would—I'm going to do the unthinkable and pass right by the iconic Rodeo Drive for the lesser-known, and oh-so-lovely, Robertson Boulevard. Less conspicuous than the infamous Rodeo, Robertson is still no stranger to over-the-top luxury boutiques and insane celebrity sightings. In fact, because most tourists are still in the dark about the very existence of the extremely high-end Robertson, many celebrities prefer shopping Chanel, Odd Molly, Kitson, and Dolce on this quiet side street. And when you're done shopping, you can indulge in a glass of wine and some warm cookies, as Magdalena frequently does in So L.A., at Stop Three: The Ivy.
Unlike the rest of Robertson, The Ivy is a place a girl goes when she wants to be seen. Often flanked by paparazzi and celebrities alike, The Ivy is an adorable restaurant with patio dining so those who can get "on the list" are seated in obvious sight of everyone walking the sidewalks that could not quite seem to manage an advanced reservation. A word of caution, however, when parking at The Ivy, be sure to use the valet so as to avoid colliding your car with a billboard, a rather unfortunate "Magdalena moment" that throws the darling of So L.A. into a spotlight almost too bright for her to handle. Good thing for lobster ravioli and Quentin, the man Magdalena meets crying on a Robertson curb who escorts her, not in a the chauffeured town car of which she is accustom, but rather in a bright yellow utility truck, to downtown L.A. where the bars are dim and the drinks are stiff.
Stop Four: Downtown Los Angeles. On a personal note, I was once told by a "well intentioned friend" never to go south of the 10 freeway or east of La Brea. Thankfully, I did not heed that advice because downtown Los Angeles (as well as south and east of downtown Los Angeles) is glorious! In So L.A. Magdalena frequents the meracdos, bars, museums, and even the public libraries of downtown L.A. In one of my favorite passages of So L.A. she actually walks from the MoCA to Japan Town (passing the courthouse and the old L.A. times building) while she counts trees that are not of the palm variety. And she does all this at dusk, in a pair of Yves Saint Laurent platform sandals! Does she blister? Absolutely. But she'd do it again in a heartbeat. (And if you're ever in the area, I'd encourage you to walk downtown L.A. as well.)
Because of the blisters, or maybe because of all the shopping and the walking and the brief cultural tourism at the Japanese American National Museum, Stop Five: The Beverly Hills Hotel
is about back where we began. In So L.A., Magdalena takes up temporary residence at the Beverly Hills Hotel—mostly because she admires the huge banana leaf wallpaper and the plush pink bathrobes—but also because she finds a certain (privileged) security in "homelessness so close to home." Like a child who runs away to the basement or a cardboard box in the garage, Magdalena really isn't seeking an escape from her marriage, rather she is yearning to be found by her husband, Ricky. So she seeks refuge in what she thinks is the closest and most easily found location: a hotel less than three miles from her house. Sadly, or perhaps central to the plot of most any discovery, neither Ricky nor Magdalena can see what is literally right under their noses. But they learn and they try and, in typical L.A. fashion, they drive onward into the sunset.
Thanks again to A Chick Who Reads for allowing me a guest spot on her fabulous blog!


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Errors taking their toll on pitching staff
TORONTO -- The Blue Jays' lack of execution on defense has become one of the early storylines in this young season.
Toronto entered Saturday afternoon's game against the Red Sox having already committed five errors on the season and was very close to receiving at least a few more.
Most of the troubles have been found at third base, where the club is clearly missing the presence of Brett Lawrie. Second base also has been an issue with Emilio Bonifacio struggling to find consistency.
"Defensively we haven't played particularly well this homestand. There's no question about that," manager John Gibbons said. "It doesn't always beat you, but it puts that extra pressure on the pitcher, and you always got your back against the wall. Everybody feels it."
Bonifacio committed two consecutive errors on a pair of ground balls during the fourth inning of Friday night's 6-4 loss to the Red Sox. The end result was an extended inning of work which likely cost right-hander Josh Johnson the ability to go past six frames.
Toronto's bullpen entered play on Saturday having already tossed 14 2/3 innings this year. That was the fourth highest number in the American League, and despite having an eight-man bullpen, the heavy workload has taken its toll.
"We needed some extra innings. The errors cost Josh Johnson maybe an extra inning of work," Gibbons said. "It just keeps adding on and adding on. That's why you'd love to get a blowout type of game and your starter goes six, seven innings and then everything can fall in line."


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Square-Enix's Tetusya Nomura has recently shed some light on the progress of the long-awaited Final Fantasy Versus XIII. While an impending demonstration is nearly ready to be shown, for some reason of which he has chosen not to disclose, it has been delayed.
Speaking to Japanese gaming outlet Famitsu, Nomura explained that the nearly completed demo won't be shown any time soon because of "totally unrelated" circumstances. While a delay like this has got to be frustrating for the development team that has been plugging away on this game for over five years, fans too are beginning to grow increasingly impatient.
The quality of the Final Fantasy franchise has been dwindling with each subsequent installment, which is incredibly unfortunate and certainly doesn't bode well for the eventual release of Versus XIII. At this point, I'm sure many fans – like myself – just want them to get this game out the door so that work can begin on the next Kingdom Hearts. Am I right?