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Microsoft denies Linux users refund
(IDG) -- Linux users came to Foster City, they saw a Microsoft spokesperson, but they did not get a refund for their unopened copies of Windows 98.
As a best-case scenario, the open source software community had hoped Windows Refund Day would unite a critical mass of people demanding compensation for having to swallow the cost of a Windows license with the purchase of every new PC and laptop.
Participants branded the grassroots event a success in terms of the media attention it garnered, but at the end of the day Microsoft showed no signs of taking any financial responsibility for the refunds, which it insists will be issued at the discretion of PC manufacturers.
Demonstrators see the problem differently, and believe Microsoft isn't living up to its own End User License agreement
"The point is not to start a lawsuit or say that Microsoft Windows sucks," said Nick Moffitt, a spokesperson for the quasi-official Linux group, Cabal, or Consortium of All Bay Area Linux. "We're just saying we're entitled to a refund. So here we are."
The ragtag band of roughly 100 programmers and system administrators made their demands atop a parking garage in Foster City, CA. Microsoft spokesman Rob Bennett told the protesters they were barking up the wrong tree, and that Microsoft couldn't resolve the issue even if it wanted to.
"The PC makers are going to have to make their own decision how they're going to handle this based on their own business needs," said Bennett, group product manager for Microsoft Windows. "It's not something that Microsoft can dictate."
PC manufacturers such as Dell, Gateway, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard and IBM were not immediately available for comment. But a call to Dell's customer service line yielded some information on Dell's policies: Because of its testing procedure, Dell does not ship any system without an operating system installed. It does not provide rebates on the operating system because it must be installed when the system ships. And it does not install any operating system but Windows 98 or Windows NT. If customers choose not to accept any part of the system hardware or software, they can return the entire system within 30 days for a refund.
All of these policies, Microsoft insists, have nothing to do with its financial and business arrangements with its hardware partners, agreements which are under nondisclosure. The software giant did not reveal whether it does now or will in the future reimburse its hardware partners for the cost of unused and unsold software licenses.
Microsoft's Bennett simply reiterated his previous statement that PC makers are free to ship any operating systems or software they wish on their systems, and that the license agreement for Windows software makes PC vendors, not Microsoft, responsible for providing refunds for sales of unused software.
Tired of the runaround
The issue won't end here, open source advocates say. And they're tired of getting the runaround from Microsoft and PC vendors alike.
"You're sending us to go talk to the PC manufacturers and the PC manufacturers say go talk to Microsoft," said Eric Raymond, open source advocate and author of the The Cathedral and the Bazaar, a paper that set out the framework for the open source movement. "How are we supposed to get our refund?"
Others termed yesterday's demonstration a "penguin Jihad," and hope that ongoing activities in the open source community, such as monthly installfests, will over time wear a chink in Microsoft's armor.
Optimists believe it may be months, not years, before Linux sees a growth spurt on the desktop to match its current success on the server.
"It'll be six months before Linux really hits the desktop," said Chris DiBona, director of Linux marketing at VA Research, a reseller and integrator of products that use open source software.
Since last November, DiBona has seen VA Research's business double and the demand for Linux-based servers skyrocket. Market segments that require stability and efficient file and print services -- ISPs hosting scalable Web applications and technical installations that run customized and compute-intensive programs -- are turning to Linux.
He says he expects desktop application vendors will soon show more enthusiasm for porting their software to Linux. Companies like Corel, with its WordPerfect Office suite, and financial packages sellers Baan, PeopleSoft, and Oracle, will give the Linux movement momentum on the desktop and a richer set of applications to lob at the Microsoft empire, he said.
To cap off the event, which ended uneventfully after two hours, the group stood in the courtyard of the Foster City office complex, pointed toward the Microsoft offices, and laughed.
This isn't their last laugh. Yet.
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"When there are thoughts, it is distraction;
when there are no thoughts, it is meditation."
Ramana Maharshi
I sit.
I listen.
I watch.
I feel the sun.
I feel the wind.
I feel the
sand. I hear the waves. I hear the laughter. I watch the horizon. I watch the children. I can't seem to think one thought. I try. Any thought would be distraction. And no thought even comes to distract. If I read, it is frivolity. No thinking required. Pure superficiality.
The beach is my meditation.
When I lived on the California coast, I jogged at the beach, I walked on beach; kept my chair and towel in my car to sit and read for a hour or two to unwind from my day. Drove to the beach in the predawn light to meditate on God's word and fellowship with Him. Many parties were held at the beach. Many glasses of wine savored watching the sunset over the ocean. Many romantic walks, fingers entwined. Many tears shed processing life while the sun melted behind the Channel islands. Many boat trips meditating on the rise and fall of the waves.
Surfers call it their religion.
They feel one with the ocean.
It is their meditation.
We suffer in our culture from information overload. Always receiving new and unsolicited information. (Like this blog.) Everything we want to know is at our fingertips. When do we let our minds sleep while keeping our eyes open? When do we meditate? When do we feel nothing but our breath moving our bellies in and out?
The liturgies of life are found in it's daily, monthly, seasonally, yearly, generational movement; in and out, over and around, up and down. The sun rises and sets, the cold turns to warm and back to cold again. The ocean pushes onto the shore and pulls out again. We celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, events. We worship once a week. Daily eat three squares, sleep, wake. These liturgies keep us sane, productive, in our places, submitting to God's providence and faithfulness.
No one can escape God's faithfulness.
He causes the sun to rise and set on the faithful and the faithless.
He is over all, through all and in all.
" For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature,
have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. "
Roman 1:20
My beach liturgy began as a baby. Going to the beach was part of my childhood. From my pre-memories of stuffing cigarette butts into my mouth as a 12-month old to my first experience riding a wave into shore merely body surfing, the beach has been my recreational liturgy. I can remember the exhilaration as a child of standing on the shore with the water moving the sand out from under my feet and sinking my heels deeper than sea level.
My great-grandparents' heritage began on Catalina Island where my great-great grandfather ran the first fleet of glass-bottom boats: row boats that took paying customers out to witness sea life through a window into the ocean. We spent many summers there. Sitting on the sand. Swimming. Paddleboarding. Hiking. Meditating.
Watching my own children jumping waves, riding them into shore, sitting in meditation as the water moves the sand out from under them until their legs and behind are buried under the current, fills me with contentment knowing this is a heritage I am passing on to them as my parents did to me, and their parents to them and their parents them.
My children don't articulate it, but they know God's power, God's faithfulness, God's creativity, God's joy simply by experiencing the liturgy of the ocean's and shore's rites. They don't articulate it, but they are walking through the scientific process as they dig, build, sit on the boogie board, sway with the waves. My children don't articulate it, but they are meditating too. Nothing filling their minds but the sand on their toes, shovel in their hands, spray on their faces.
The beach is my meditation.
My liturgy. My heritage.
God is on His throne.
All is well.

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Lamar coach Pat Knight takes different approach
Updated 9:35 pm, Monday, November 26, 2012
When the Lamar basketball team had a poor showing late last season, coach Pat Knight infamously put the onus directly on his players with a postgame rant that went viral.
They quickly improved, and Lamar reached the NCAA tournament.
After Sunday's 40-point loss at Arkansas State, Knight took another approach to prepare Lamar (1-5) for Tuesday night's game at Alabama (5-0).
"It's on me," Knight said Monday by phone.
How Knight handles the team this season compared to last season is a matter of experience. This team has five freshmen among seven scholarship newcomers who replaced six gritty seniors and an additional player who left.
"The difference between the two teams is last year is as a coach I was more of a motivator," Knight said. "They knew what to do. You've got to get it out of them.
"This group, they don't have it in them. ... You go from being a motivator to being a teacher. That's the difference. I've got to do a better job teaching."
Lamar coaches held off on reviewing the Alabama scouting report and conducted a full practice Monday at the Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
"It was sickening," Knight said of the 93-53 loss at Arkansas State.
The host Red Hawks outrebounded Lamar by 23, scored 20 second-chance points and 28 points off 18 turnovers.
"I understand we got to play these money games," Knight said. "But when you lose like that to a team that's just like a team you're going to play in your league, I've got a real problem with that. I've got to step in and be harder, stricter."
Knight said the team has "too much to work on" to review scouting reports. He planned to talk about Alabama with his team later Monday.
"We've got to take care of ourselves, especially mentally," Knight said. "It's all about inexperience. We're really taking a different approach. It doesn't matter what scouting reports say about any team with the way we turn the ball over. We're trying to focus on ourselves."
Lamar will play Tuesday without Amos Wilson (groin) and Osas Ebomwonyi (sternum). Neither played Sunday. Freshmen D.J. Muepo (hernia) has not played this season.
"We have a starter out, our best post defender out, and a freshmen we were counting on this season, all out," Knight said.
Travel might also be taking a toll. The Cardinals are six games into an 11-game stretch away from home. Lamar will travel more than 10,000 miles before its first home game, Dec. 29 against LIU-Brooklyn.
"The good thing from (Sunday) is I thought our bench started coming around," Knight said. "(Matt) Hancock and Sebastian (Norman) came off the bench and played with a lot of energy. That was good. Hondo (Webb) has been in a shooting slump, and he got going.
"I made sure those guys knew how good they did when I'm hammering the team. I don't want them to think they're included in that."
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Lamar last played Alabama in the first round of the 1983 NCAA tournament and won 73-50 at The Summit in Houston. Lamont Robinson scored 20 points and Tom Swell added 19. Lamar, coached then by Pat Foster, lost the second-round game against No. 13 Villanova 60-58. ... Junior guard Trevor Releford (18.6 points per game) is one of three Alabama players who average better than 10 points per game.
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Boston Red Sox Prospects Report: Short StopSeptember 18, 2008
The Boston Red Sox may have found their future short stop in Jed Lowrie, but he is still very unproven at the major league level and he needs to improve many skills. The Red Sox still have a lot of talent in the minors at short.
Casey Kelly, Position: 6, Age 18
Kelly is a very athletic player. He is a very fluid fielder. He has great range and makes strong accurate throws. Kelly could be an elite defensive short stop at the major league level. He has shown great potential to be a strong power hitter, but has struggled with making contact. His strikeouts have been a reason for concern, but the ball comes off the bat well. Although he has a strong defensive ability, he can also pitch and maybe converted to a full time pitcher. He was a major recruit for Tennessee University to play QB. His pitching skills are very good. He throws low 90's fast balls with a hard curve and mixes in a change up very well. He has great command of his pitches. As a short stop he is similar to JJ Hardy and as a pitcher he is similar to a young Kevin Brown.
Yamaico Navarro, Position: 6, Age 20
Athletic short stop with a big build for a short stop. He is a solid contact/ line drive hitter. He can be a little bit to antcy in the box, but has time to improve. He can play second and third as well. He has decent range and an average arm. His glove is exceptional for his level of play and good be a premier defensive short stop in the majors. He has shown similarities to an Ozzie Smith or even an Orlando Cabrera.
Argenis Diaz, Position: 6, Age 21
Diaz is an elite defensive short stop, who will rely on his glove to get him to the show. He has an exceptional arm with great range. His bulk of errors on from throws on very tough plays. Because of his great range he makes these errors. He gets to balls that he has no business getting to and makes bad throws off the play. He lacks speed and needs to work on hitting. He can get on base, but he is more of a slap hitter.
2009 Projected Rosters
Jed Lowrie, Starter, MLB
Casey Kelly, Starter, A (Intermediate): Pitching/Short Stop
Yamaico Navarro, Starter, A (Advanced)
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Weird because it's not weird...
Over the weekend, I met a woman online. We really hit it off. Per our rules, Hubbs came with last night to meet B (my GF ) in person. She turned out to be amazing. ABSOLUTELY everything I hoped for, but didn't expect.
Throughout the text flirting, emails & the mini-date meeting B, Hubbs was amazing... supportive, happy that I was happy, and an excellent wing-man to boot! When she & I started talking, she was dating someone, so a triad wasn't a consideration. They are no longer together tho. And she did make some comments & jokes that seemed like advances at the Hubbs, too. She made several comments about the 3 of us being "one big happy family" and some sexual jokes directed at the Hubbs. (Amazingly, I was totally ok with it.. I tend to be a bit jealous when it comes to him)
We're not really sure if we're reading her correctly, so we are just letting that happen naturally. The 3 of us got along great, as did our babies.
I've always been interested in women, but refused to admit it when I was younger, and then never had the opportunity to act on it as an adult. I feel like a kid again; nervous & excited about the whole situation. I expected there to be some awkwardness or even a little envy from the Hubbs with this, but it's all just flowing so naturally.
It almost makes me uneasy that it's going so smoothly. Trying not to get my hopes up, but that is proving quite difficult.
I spent last night trying to sleep, with little success & today I'll be nervously cleaning as we are hanging out at my place tonight.
I'm so glad I found this forum so Hubbs & I could really get some insight before taking that first step.
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Patrick: Husband, Straight, 23 year old dad to 1
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Weird because it's not weird
That sums up our lives right now very well. Our little triad is off to quite a giddy start, and we all go back and forth between Wow this is weird and Wow, for something so weird this feels so right and natural.
Aint it great?
But yes, even as it is now, it's awesome.
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How to proceed??
I posted earlier today about B, a woman I *just* became involved with. She and I have spoken a lot, but only met in person last night. The group meeting consisted of me, Hubbs, B, B's daughter R & My/Hubb's daughter L. Everyone got along great. B turned out to be basically a mix of me & Hubbs, personality-wise, with some other stuff thrown in too of course. B & I fell for each other while texting, but the meeting solidified it. Hubbs thought she seemed cool, but once he met her he fell too.
As mentioned in my previous post, she made some comments about us all being "one big happy family." At the end of the evening she asked what Hubbs was looking for in a woman so B could help look. He listed some attributes & her response to each was "That sounds like me" or "I do that" or the like. She also made some sexual remarks that seemed on the surface to be jokes, but at the same time made us pause. There was even mention (again, on the surface was a joke, but we're not really sure) of cohabitation. Without thinking, I popped off with "We'll need a bigger bed!" She laughed, and then just kind of stared at me for a minute. So either I was way out of line, or all 3 of us have the same idea but no one really knows it yet.
I'm inclined to drop hints, maybe, and kind of put the ball in her court. Hubbs wants to just tell her outright he's interested in B. B has said she's not opposed to having both a male & a female lover simultaneously, but I have no idea how she would feel about a true triad, as opposed to her being the hinge in her own Vee.
Since this is such a new relationship, I am reluctant to rock the boat too much. (Especially since we don't really know her feelings for him, or on a triad. She's made her feelings for me clear, but that's it.) Yet at the same time, I don't want to dismiss Hubb's feelings, or even have the appearance of such.
So how do we do this? What are the proper steps in this type of situation? I would love any advice, personal stories, whatever.
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Wow. Everything kind of worked itself out. She brought up the triad option, as she was in fact interested in it. Everything is just going so smoothly. It's almost scary. Like everyone is waiting for the other shoe to drop.
I'm very relieved on the one hand, but very nervous at the same time.
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Seven more days of digging up trade rumours makes one weak.
Next Monday you'll be glued to the ol' Twitter box, being extra careful to not retweet phony insiders (@FakeKypreos, @DevonDreger, @ChrisSwanston, @BoobMcGillicutty, @Fridge, et al.) as you scrounge for the latest real trades.
Until then, we still have a few days to look at the possible.
Don Cherry changes his tune on Steven Stamkos, the asking price for Montreal's Dale Weise leaks, and some implications of the Roman Polak trade… all rounded up in today's NHL Rumours.
This time of year is so stressful #Anxious
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Don Cherry changes tune on Stamkos, makes case to keep Reimer
"If I was betting, I'd say [Stamkos] signs in Tampa. He loves the weather. He seems to do good there, and he's playing a lot of hockey," Cherry told me in December.
Well, the Coach's Corner icon has changed his mind. Cherry now bets Stamkos does not re-sign, pointing to the Lightning captain's low-key reaction upon scoring the game-winner in a rare shootout appearance last week, his deployment on the wing, and his reduced minutes in the 2015 playoffs.
"How could you be happy? Here's your Rocket Richard guy. He's got 300 goals, and he doesn't even get to the shootout?" Cherry told Dean Blundell & Co. on Sportsnet 590 The Fan Monday. "Let him play goal if he wants. Just let him play."
LISTEN: Don Cherry on Stamkos, Kadri, Reimer, Subban
To be fair, Stamkos still leads all Lightning forwards in ice-time by nearly a minute and all Lightning players in power-play time by an average of 19 seconds per game.
"Why make the guy look bad? I just don't get it. Does [coach Jon Cooper] think he's going to be afraid to leave?" Cherry said. "I can never understand the way he's been treated the last two years.
"You never jerk around your superstar."
Cherry also offered up some deadline thoughts Monday on a pair of Toronto Maple Leafs on expiring contracts. Grapes is confident Nazem Kadri stays ("They won't trade him; he's got the magic hands") and feels strongly the Maple Leafs should also hang on to 27-year-old goaltender James Reimer, an impending UFA.
"The guy I hear they might trade is Reimer. If they trade him, they're nuts. I made a bet with John Shannon that they won't trade him. He thinks they're going to trade him. The only reason they're in the games is on account of Reimer," Cherry said. "He's young enough that he'll be in when they get better in two or three years… This is a No. 1 goaltender in the league."
Implications of Polak trade
Those who rush to award a winner immediately following a trade, didn't exactly sing the praises of San Jose Sharks GM Doug Wilson on Monday, when he bought Leafs rentals Nick Spaling and Roman Polak for second-round draft choices in 2017 and 2018.
"It gives us ample time to replenish those picks," Wilson explained on a conference call. "Our existing group of players has battled hard, and they have earned the right to have every chance to succeed this season."
San Jose has stepped on the gas, now holds a seven-point lead (plus a game in hand) over Arizona for the third seed in the Pacific Division and is on track for a first-round date versus an interstate rival, either Anaheim or Los Angeles (uh-oh).
The Sharks would like to upgrade their backup goaltending position from Alex Stalock, but Monday's deal leaves them with just $794,624 in cap space on deadline day.
That Wilson seemingly overpaid for Polak has made a few pundits wonder if the NHL's third-longest-tenured GM is on the hot seat. He cut ties with head coach Todd McLellan last summer and memorably butted heads with future Hall of Famer Joe Thornton. Seems like he started swinging for the fences July 1, when he got more aggressive than normal in hunting Joel Ward, Martin Jones and Paul Martin.
If San Jose can't get out of the first round this spring, it will be tough to blame coach Peter DeBoer. Will Wilson still be drafting for San Jose when Toronto uses his 2017 and '18 second-rounders?
Vancouver's Jim Benning and Calgary's Brad Treliving should send Lou Lamoriello thank-you telegrams. If Polak is worth at least a second-rounder, surely that ups the going rate for a Dan Hamhuis or Kris Russell.
What the Habs want for Dale Weise
With the blip of a P.K. Subban trade rumour already in the past, forward Dale Weise is realistically Montreal's most valuable trade chip.
How much does GM Marc Bergevin want for his 25-point winger? Citing one general manager, ESPN's Craig Custance reports the asking is a second-rounder plus a third-rounder. That should come down.
Flyers get realistic, give up the ghost (lowercase)
CSN Philly's Tim Panaccio reports that Philadelphia Flyers GM Ron Hextall is not dipping into the rental market. Smart move. The Flyers are five points out of the race and their captain, Claude Giroux, is injured.
Panthers waiting on Jagr
One impending UFA who won't be dealt at this year's deadline is 44-year-old Jaromir Jagr.
Panthers GM Dale Tallon told The Canadian Press he'd happily welcome Jagr back for 2016-17, but the sides have not opened negotiations.
"Jaromir will let me know. He's a proud guy and he knows [what he wants]. We don't have to worry about that [yet]," Tallon said. "He'll come to me and say 'I want to stay here' or 'I want to talk about a new deal.' He'll let us know."
New Jersey not shopping Stempniak, Schlemko
New Jersey Devils general manager Ray Shero is reportedly not shopping impending UFAs Lee Stempniak and David Schlemko, two players who are overachieving based on their modest salaries. Shero did say he would listen to offers on those value players, though, as the Devils sit three points out of a wild card spot.
"Obviously, I'd love to stay here," Schlemko said. "I think if we stay in the hunt here and we're a playoff team, hopefully, we won't see anybody go. That's the goal."
Ducks hunting for winger
Eric Stephens of the Orange County Register reports that the Anaheim Ducks placed key scouts at the Buffalo-Columbus and Tampa Bay-Pittsburgh games this weekend.
Anaheim is said to be looking for a winger with Chris Stewart sidelined.
"Tampa Bay winger Alex Killorn is an upcoming restricted free agent and the Lightning need to sign star Steven Stamkos and scoring winger Nikita Kucherov," notes Stephens. Killorn, a natural centre, found another level to his game in the Bolts' long playoff run last spring, putting up 18 points in 26 games.
Clubs calling on Kreider?
Larry Brooks of the New York Post reports that RFA-in-waiting Chris Kreider's name has come up in trade discussing, though he expects it's rival GMs bringing up the power forward.
The 24-year-old left winger is having an underwhelming season — 11 goals and 17 assists in 56 games — when he was expected to take another step forward. Still, we'd be surprised to see the New York Rangers deal him away, even if his trade value is high.


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I love to window shop since my kitchen is small and I truly have to justify when I purchase something bigger than a vintage measuring cup or new cookie sheet. Always trying to keep Alton Brown's rule of there being no 'uni-tasker' in the kitchen, I try to remain restrained. A good rule, but impossible to follow.
So, I tend to do this gazing in stores such as Bed, Bath and Beyond, a local branch of The Restaurant Store and even find myself in Walmart and KMart perusing the shelves for some little gadget I've been wanting to try.
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Project 7: Whole of Government Information Publication Scheme
E-Knowledge Structures provided a framework for a whole of government information publication scheme to encourage greater disclosure of public sector information based on anticipated changes to FOI legislation in Australia and international best practice (particularly the UK and Queensland). The report recommended that the proposed new Office of the Information Commission develop and implement an Information Publication scheme that would provide guidance and support to agencies (particularly in relation to licensing and copyright), and monitor/report on their progress against the scheme's objectives. The report also identified the need for a whole of government search strategy to support improved discoverability and use of all agency information available to the public under the scheme.
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A project entitled 'Whole-of-government Information Publication Scheme' rarely stirs the imagination, even perhaps of those of us engaged to conduct the project! We expected that the Government 2.0 Taskforce process would focus on the promise of the Web2.0 technologies, and how their potential might best be harnessed by government. The interactions on the Taskforce website have tended to confirm our expectations.
But good processes are important for government, if policy objectives are to be achieved in practice. And agencies worry constantly about resource limitations. In our experience, agencies often respond slowly to the opportunities of new technologies. Of necessity, they respond with some alacrity to obligations imposed by new legislation. Information Publication Schemes will be mandatory for agencies subject to the new Freedom of Information and Information Commissioner Bills.
But agencies' main concerns are with improved service delivery and policy outcomes. In our report, we have tried to think through how the new Schemes might best support agencies and their clients. Information Publication Schemes have a potential to change the way agencies interact with the public and other government bodies. But they need to be integrated into agencies' ongoing planning for service improvement, otherwise they will be seen as just another compliance obligation to which lip-service is paid. This will require some real champions at both agency and political levels.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. — Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton had nine extra-base hits and nine RBIs in 45 plate appearances against the Red Sox last season.
Fellow lefthanded hitters Robinson Cano, Nick Markakis, and Luke Scott weren't quite that frightening. But each had an OPS over .900 against the Sox.
So arriving at camp 13 days late because of a visa issue in his native Mexico is not something Dennys Reyes should worry too much about. If the 33-year-old lefthanded reliever shows he still can pitch effectively to lefties, the Sox will find a spot for him on the roster.
Reyes looked tired when he finally arrived yesterday, having landed in Florida only a few hours earlier. He started his journey in Mexico City and connected through Houston, where there was a delay.
Reyes took his physical, played catch, and was sent home to rest before the Sox beat Boston College, 6-0, in the first game of a doubleheader. The coaches will get a better look at him today.
"We'll just kind of gauge where he is,'' said manager Terry Francona. "I think he looks good.
"But he's beat, he had a couple of long days. As soon as he gets ready, and not before, we'll throw him right into the mix.''
Reyes is one of six lefthanded relievers in camp competing for what is likely to be one spot in the bullpen. Barring injury, the Sox have a good idea who 24 of their 25 players will be on Opening Day. The only need, and it's a significant one, is an effective lefty reliever.
Felix Doubront, who impressed the Sox in his 12 appearances last season, has been shut down with a tight elbow and will not pitch for at least two weeks.
Doubront also sat out the final month of last season with muscle tightness near his shoulder, meaning the team will be cautious with him.
That leaves Reyes, Hideki Okajima, Rich Hill, Andrew Miller, and Randy Williams. Only Okajima has a major league deal, but he is coming off the worst season of his career.
Reyes was an unexpected addition. He was close to a major league contract with Philadelphia in December but negotiations broke off. Reyes said it was more a matter of contract language than money.
Reyes settled for a lesser deal with the Sox just before the start of spring training. He expressed no regrets.
"Over the last four or five years, I've been looking for a team that's always in contention, and I had the opportunity to join the Boston Red Sox,'' he said. "I had a chance to make the team and had a chance to go to the postseason. You kind of get excited for it, and I can't wait.''
Reyes is in camp on a minor league deal that includes an out on March 25. So the Sox will have to give him some kind of indication of his status by then.
"It's going to be a great competition,'' he said. "I know most of the guys. I respect them. It's not going to be our decision. It's going to be their decision. You just have to do the best you can.''
Reyes said he used his time in Mexico well. He started throwing in December and got in some simulated games near the end of January, pitching to players from a semi-pro team close to his hometown of Higuera de Zaragoza.
"I'm close,'' Reyes said. "I think it's going to take a bullpen or two, batting practice, or something to be in the game. So it won't take too much. I don't have the time, anyway.''
Reyes has been one of the game's better specialists in recent years, shifting from team to team before settling in for three years with the Twins (2006-08), followed by a two-year stint with the Cardinals.
Last year was an odd one for him as lefties hit .307 against him and righthanders .177.
Reyes explained that he lost command of his sinker, a pitch he developed a few years ago while playing for the Twins. The pitch cut instead of dropping down and in, leaving it over the plate for lefty hitters.
"I had problems from the middle of the year,'' he said. "It's hard to recover because you pitch only so many innings.''
Reyes was sharper the final month of the season once he regained control of his sinker.
"You don't see many lefties throwing in against lefties,'' he said. "It's hard to do. It's my main pitch. When you lose your main strength, it's kind of hard. But now I think I'm ready. I want to stay here.''
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Shaun Wright-Phillips Transfer to Queens Park Rangers Was a Great Move for BothSeptember 15, 2011
While I am a long time Arsenal fan, I have always had a soft spot for Queens Park Rangers. Several years back I attended an FA Cup third-round match versus Huddersfield at Loftus Road and adopted them as my secondary team. Therefore I was thrilled to see them win the Championship last season and get promoted to the Premier League.
At the same time, I have always been a fan of Shaun Wright-Phillips. First, he is the adopted son of Arsenal legend Ian Wright which gives him instant credibility with any Arsenal fan. Second, when given the chance to play, he is a dynamic and exciting player. His move to QPR during the recent transfer window should prove to be a great move for both QPR and Wright-Phillips himself.
During his first tenure with Manchester City, Wright Phillips was a regular first team player, making 153 appearances and scoring 26 goals. His importance to the team was highlighted by the fact that he was honored as Manchester City's Young Player of the Year each season from 2000-2003.
Wright-Phillips' success led Chelsea to make a £21 million bid for the winger in the summer of 2005, and he moved to the Blues, signing a five-year contract. In my opinion, while the transfer seemed like a major step up at the time, it may in retrospect have been a bad move for Wright-Phillips' career overall. That's because over the course of his Chelsea tenure, his playing time was limited for a variety of reasons.
During his time at Chelsea, Wright-Phillips played under three different managers and could never be sure of what his status was within the squad. Additionally, with Roman Abramovich pouring money in to the club, Chelsea was continually signing and unveiling new shiny superstars. This in turn led to some established players having to take a back seat and ultimately becoming expendable.
Unfortunately for Wright-Phillips, his lack of playing time in his first season at Stamford Bridge, along with a dip in form when he did get the chance to play, led to his being left out of the England squad for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
Under Jose Mourinho and then Avram Grant, Wright-Phillips was not guaranteed a regular place in Chelsea's starting lineup. With the arrival of Luiz Felipe Scolari for the start of the 2008-2009 season, he soon found himself even further down the pecking order and eventually he was allowed to leave the club.
Wright-Phillips returned to Manchester City, where he had achieved his initial success, signing a four-year contract. He played regularly during his first season back in Manchester, but once Sheikh Mansour purchased the team in 2008, the writing was on the wall once again for Wright-Phillips.
Mansour's spending would soon make Roman Abramovich look like an amateur. For a second time, Wright-Phillips found himself expendable as City snapped up players like a child opening presents on Christmas morning.
This led to Wright-Phillips deadline day transfer to Queens Park Rangers where he will finally get the chance that has eluded him since his initial move away from Manchester City. With Rangers looking to retain their Premiership status, Neil Warnock was astute in signing veteran talent such as Wright-Phillips, Anton Ferdinand and even bad boy Joey Barton. They all possess top flight experience and have played first-team football throughout their careers at other clubs.
While time will tell what Wright-Phillips still has left in the tank, at the age of 29 and a past history of success, this move was perfect for him to finally get out of the shadows and back on the front line where he can get back to what he does best and finally do some damage on the pitch.


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The final matchday in Round Three of the Asian qualifying competition for the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014™ takes place next Wednesday, and one of the games of the day is Saudi Arabia's daunting trip to Melbourne to take on Australia.
The Aussies have already secured top spot in Group D, making sure of their place in the final qualifying round. The question is: can the second-placed Saudis secure the win they need to make sure of joining them, or will they leave the door open for Oman – just a point behind in third – or even Thailand in fourth to sneak through?
Nerves on edge
This is not a situation the Green Falcons are accustomed to. Having qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals for the first time at USA 1994, they followed that up with appearances at France 1998, Korea/Japan 2002 and Germany 2006, before missing out on a place at South Africa 2010. Even on that occasion, however, they managed to reach the last qualifying round before losing to Bahrain, passing up the chance to face off with New Zealand for a world finals place.
Failure to reach the same stage this time would represent a backward step for Frank Rijkaard's side, and even though their fate remains in their own hands, Saudi nerves are understandably on edge as they prepare for a daunting duel with the combative Socceroos. Any result other than victory will leave them hanging on news from Muscat, where the Omanis will entertain Thailand, themselves only two points adrift of the Saudis.
Appointed only last July, the Dutchman is determined not to have to rely on results elsewhere: "We'll be setting our sights on victory and that second place when we go to Australia, and we'll be preparing like warriors. Everyone's dreaming of making it to the World Cup and it's our biggest challenge. I hope to go down in the history of Saudi football by taking this team through."
Everyone's dreaming of making it to the World Cup and it's our biggest challenge. I hope to go down in the history of Saudi football by taking this team through.
The Green Falcons have been anything but consistent in the qualifiers to date. After making short work of Hong Kong in the second preliminary round, the four-time world finalists made an unimpressive start to Group D, kicking off with a goalless draw away to Oman and then slumping to a 3-1 home defeat to the Australians. Another loss was then narrowly averted in a goalless stalemate in Bangkok, leaving Rijkaard's charges with just two points from three games and plenty of work to do to get themselves back in contention.
A 3-0 win over Thailand in Riyadh brought immediate relief, and though the Omanis stayed well in the frame with a shock victory against the Australians that same day, the Saudis were confident they had gained the momentum that would carry them through. A home win over Oman in November would have settled the issue, but the Saudis spluttered again in a 0-0 draw that left the race for second place wide open with just one round of games to go.
"We didn't expect that at all and things have taken a turn for the worse," said a rueful Rijkaard in reference to their third goalless stalemate in the section. "We've tried to dictate the play, create chances and score goals in every game we've played, and we've perhaps lacked a little bit of luck. Even so, we can still go through and it's still in our hands."
High hopes
The Dutch legend's appointment as coach raised great expectations in Saudi Arabia. Widely admired for his exploits with the Netherlands, Ajax and AC Milan as a player and his achievements with Barcelona as a coach, Rijkaard was given the brief of restoring the fortunes of a side that had not only failed to reach South Africa 2010 but had flopped at last year's AFC Asian Cup in Qatar.
Blessed with a find blend of exciting youngsters and more experienced hands, the Saudis unquestionably have the potential to kick on and reach Brazil 2014, assuming they can clear this next hurdle. Reflecting on the playing resources at his disposal, Rijkaard said: "I've been following the players closely since my arrival here and trying to identify the best ones.
"We also tried to change the way we play, but then decided to leave things the way they were," he continued. "It's hard to reshape a team during a qualifying competition, and all I've been looking to do is rebuild the players' confidence and get the best out of them. I feel that as long as they train hard and keep learning things as they go along, then they can definitely play at the highest level."
The current generation have much to live up to, with those four consecutive FIFA World Cup finals appearances providing a lofty benchmark. Victory in next week's make-or-break mission in Melbourne would go a long way to helping them reach it, and would rank alongside any of their predecessors' achievements. That in itself should be motivation enough for Rijkaard's hopefuls.


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Letters to the Editor
I like LJ, especially the articles on "real world" applications of Linux, as well as those on how some of the software works (e.g., majordomo, Tcl/Tk, RCS) and on how to do things (connect to the Internet).
I don't actually have Linux yet. Truth is, I don't have a computer yet, but I am putting a plan for getting one before the Household Steering Committee soon. Wish me luck.
I do have a major question about Linux. I know that, with Unix, and unlike DOS, you just don't unplug your computer or switch it off. I believe the procedure is to do a "sync" before shutting it down. I presume Linux is the same. What happens when we have a power out(r)age? What kind of a mess will I have to clean up, what data could I lose, and how can I protect myself? Is tape backup the only way? How about a power-failure detection system? A daemon to do periodic syncs? Perhaps LJ could run an article on cost- and time-effective ways to ensure maximum up-time and minimum disaster potential.
—Charles L. Hethcoat III
We do wish you luck in your hearings before the Household Steering Committee.
What is missing from your question is what happens to MS-DOS machines if they are in the middle of disk access during a power outage. It turns out that the standard "ext2fs" filesystem under Linux is more stable in the face of disaster than the DOS filesystem. Given the same usage patterns, a Linux machine is much less likely to loose files and data than a DOS machine.
If properly configured, a Linux machine automatically checks when it boots to see if it was cleanly shut down. If it was not, it automatically checks the filesystems to make sure that they are not damaged, and fixes them if they are damaged.
Those who use DOS's SMARTDRV write-caching also have to do the equivalent of a sync before shutting off their computers.
Unix has always had a daemon, called update, to do periodic syncs. Linux also has it.
The one thing (besides backing up, which is always the first point of defense) that will almost entirely prevent any filesystem damage is a quality uninteruptable power supply (UPS). In the 9 months that I have had my computer connected to a UPS, I have not lost a single file due to any of the frequent power failures in my area. To be fair to the Linux filesystem, I had only ever lost one file to a power loss—and even that may have been user error.
UPSs range in price from around US$100 to US$1000 for reasonable choices for home and small business use, and will save you from almost anything save a direct lightning strike, from which only off-site backups will protect you. Most UPSs have a connector (usually at extra cost; some connectors you can make yourself if you are technically inclined) that can report power loss to a program running on the computer. We do intend to have an article on that, written by someone who has significantly enhanced the Linux powerd daemon.
I wish to thank you for the coverage you gave to our Linux sessions in DECUS at Washington D.C.
About the only change that I would make to the article is to publicly recognize the efforts of Kurt Reisler, Chairman of the Unix Special Interest Group of the U.S. Chapter of DECUS.
Kurt first pointed out the interest in Linux to me and suggested that Linus come to New Orleans DECUS. Kurt's efforts "inspired" me to fund Linus' first trip to DECUS, which consequently drove the funding of the Alpha system for Linus to start his port. Kurt directed the schedule for DECUS in D.C. as well as hosting most of the Linux activities. Kurt has been a tireless advocate of Unix for as long as I have known him, which is over ten years.
I ask that you print this letter, as I believe very strongly in credit where credit is due.
Jon "maddog" Hall, Senior LeaderUNIX Software Group, Digital Equipment Corporation
Mea Culpa! Kurt's efforts certainly deserve recognition and respect, and I was amazed to re-read my article and find that I had left out any mention of him. Thank you very much for bring this mistake to my attention. I apologize profusely.
I just received the July issue of LJ. My only complaint is that it's so good, I rip through it as fast as I can! The reviews of X servers are well-timed. Also, (I work in a virtual reality lab) I think you need some reviews of the OpenGL ports available. Perhaps an explanation of them, and some of the other (free) 3-D renderers out there (Mesa, etc). Maybe even an article on writing 3-D applications under one of the packages...
Also, Greg's article on X setup is beneficial to say the least! Every time I help set up someone's X windows, they ask me how I learned all that; I reply, "The hard way!" The interview with Mr. Zborowski is good; not too many people know the roots and beginnings of the software packages they're using.
Good work!
Trent Tuggle, email@example.com
I'm glad you find LJ useful. We do plan to have reviews of the OpenGL ports, and we have a standing request for a Mesa developer to write an article on Mesa, which already looks very good and shows a lot of potential for further development.


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Officer who shot gunman placed on leave
PRESS RELEASE Shreveport Police Department
A Shreveport police officer who shot a man who allegedly fired numerous shots at a group of people in west Shreveport last weekend has been placed on administrative leave.
Officer Steve Desselle was placed on administrative leave by Shreveport Police Chief Willie Shaw in accordance with departmental policy.
Just minutes before 3 a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 18, Officer Desselle was checking on a business in the 5200 block of Monkhouse Drive when he heard numerous shots being fired.
As the officer initiated an investigation, he saw a male sus pect firing a semi-automatic rifle at a crowd of people gathered on a parking lot there.
The uniformed patrolman approached the gunman and ordered him to drop the weapon.
The suspect refused to comply and continued to discharge the firearm.
At that point, Officer Desselle fired shots at the armed suspect, who subsequently fled the scene of the crime in a vehicle.
Moments later, as other officers responded to assist, authorities received a call about a man in a vehicle at Hearne Avenue and Midway Street who had been shot.
Upon further investigation, police found 26-year-old Ronald Hill there suffering from several gunshot wounds.
Hill was transported to University Health Center by Shreveport Fire Department personnel with what were described as serious injuries. He is expected to recover.
Based on information and evidence gathered during their ongoing inquiry, detectives believe Hill was firing a rifle at the crowd on Monkhouse Drive when he was confronted by Officer Desselle.
Hill has been charged with one count of illegal use of a weapon and may face other charges. Investigators have seized at least three weapons in connection with this shooting, including the rifle they believe that Hill was shooting.
Police then responded to Willis-Knighton Hospital in the 2600 block of Greenwood Road in reference to an adult male in the emergency room receiving treatment for wounds he allegedly received on Monkhouse Drive. The victim apparently had shrapnel wounds to his lower extremities that investigators believe occurred as a result of Hill firing the rifle.
Officer Desselle, who was hired by the Shreveport Police Department in August 2009, was not injured.
The investigation into this shooting is continuing. Anyone with any information is asked to contact Shreveport-Caddo Parish Crime Stoppers at 673-7373 or online at www.lockemup.org.


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I am presently looking at the issue of human rights, with a particular focus on the insights that might be gained about the extant human rights system(s) through the lens of complexity theory. I retain an interest in the idea of democratic authority within and beyond the state and the idea of authority when applied to other minority communities, including ethno-cultural groups and indigenous peoples.
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Before coming to Lancaster, I was Professor of International Law at the University of Leeds. I have also worked at the Universities of Liverpool, UWE, Bristol, and Central Lancashire.
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Reading: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
by George R.R. MartinLong ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom's protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to.
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Saturday, February 17, 2007
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- dougjnn said...
I don't think you used a very good proxy for "criminality".
I would expect that many of the higher IQ persons who answered yes were arrested for some political protest related activity, or for shoplifting as a kid and such. Minor things.
I think if you did a regression on say served a total of 1 year or more jail time you'd get a FAR higher inverse correlation.
As well much other data contradicts the general conclusion you're drawing. I really doubt to the point of near certainty that a literature survey would corroborate your finding of little correlation, other than to a spurious measure of "criminality".
- Dennis Mangan said...
In The Bell Curve, the authors state that the average IQ of those who have been interviewed in jail was 90.
- agnostic said...
Pp. 296-8 of Jensen's _The g Factor_ briefly review the IQ-crime lit. In his Table 9.1 is data from _The Bell Curve_ -- it shows that the percentage of those "ever interviewed in corretional facility (males)" is less than 1%, 1%, 3%, 6%, and 13% for those of IQ above 125, 110-125, 90-110, 75-90, and below 75, respectively.
He also notes that, "Among 1780 enlisted men in the Army, delinquent behavior serious enough for court-martial conviction showed a (biserial) correlation of .31 with the AFQT, a highly g-loaded test. Other studies conducted in the armed forces show a similar relationship between mental test scores and delinquency."
But I think you're right to point to flaws in Plato's reasoning, and the modern version that views the IQ-crime correlation as driven by defects in abstract reasoning per se. I haven't read a lot of this lit, but another (not mutually exclusive) hypothesis is that low IQ results in greater "misfit" status in modern societies, and through repeated failures as well as perhaps envy of those who are smart enough to succeed, lower-IQ people become more likely to say "nuts to the rules" and gain status by illicit means.
For example, Eskimos / Arctic people have a mean IQ of 91, which is about what it is for non-white Hispanics -- except the Eskimos live outside of the modern US society, and thus don't need to complete high school / go to college in order to gain high status, nor are they constantly reminded of their below-Euro-average IQ, since they live in a homogenous area.
And the Amerindians' mean is 86 -- just 1 point above the Af-Am mean, but again they largely live in a separate sphere from the modern US. Australian Aborigenes have the lowest mean IQ at 62, but as I understand, they also live separated from modern Australian society.
I think it's only when low-IQ groups are forced to compete for status in a society that places high demands on intelligence, in particular a society that has a multi-modal IQ distribution so that the lower-mean groups are painfully aware of their disadvantages, that IQ and crime really start to correlate strongly.
- Ron Guhname said...
dougjnn: I imagine you are right that IQ is more strongly related to serious, chronic offending, but criminologists do not consider arrest a measure of minor offending since police usually don't haul people in for petty crimes.
I am somewhat familiar with the research literature, and it shows a consistent but small effect. Researchers often make a big deal about their pet risk factor. The study that Agnostic cites reports a bit larger correlation than what I have usually seen, but even that finding explains less than 10% of the variation in court-martial convictions. The findings I report here are lower than usual, and you might have a point, but keep in mind that speculations can run in the opposite direction too: the correlation might be inflated because smart people are more likely to avoid detection.
For example, when Malcolm X had just burgled a house and was seen by cops on the street, he didn't run. He approached them and asked them a question about directions. Clever.
Don't buy this at all. Racial statistics, though general, point to blacks being the most criminal and asians the least with about a 20 point difference in IQ seperating them.
- Ron Guhname said...
vic: Of course you are right about racial differences in crime and in IQ, but that does not prove that low IQ is a major determinant of crime. Racial groups differ in many other ways as well (e.g., impulsivity, extraversion, aggressiveness, psychopathy) that might better explain the crime gap.
The relationship between incarceration and IQ is curvilinear. There are very few retards and MENSA members in jail. A consistent finding is that the average inmate has an IQ of ~92.
"A small amount of evidence, as well as common sense, suggests that despite the lower average IQ, the offender population contains relatively few very low IQs. In a search of police records for California county, Hirschi and Hindeland, for example, found a higher frequency of delinquency (defined as two or more officially recorded incidents) among white males in the next-to-the-bottom quintile of IQ scores (scores from the 20th to the 39th percentile) than in the bottom quintile. At each successively higher quintile above the next to the bottom, the delinquency level declined. Below some degree of intellectual deficiency, even the requirements of the most unplanned crime will be to great. The population of nonoffenders therefore extends farther down into the range of subnormal scores than that of offenders, yet still averages ten points higher, if not more. The relationship between intelligence and crime is curvilinear, with the most offenders falling in the low normal or borderline subnormal range, approximately from IQ 60 to 100; their relative frequencies decline on either side of this range."
Wilson and Herrnstein, CRIME AND HUMAN NATURE (1985) pp.154-5
Let us assume arguendo that crime rates are evenly distributed across each and every percentile on the scale on intelligence; that people with the lowest IQ are as likely to commit a crime as people with the highest; that inmates have a lower average IQ than non-inmates solely because people with higher IQs are more likely to elude incarceration; that "the system" is to blame for sorting by IQ. Were that the case, we would expect to see a lock-step, monotonicly inverse relationship between IQ and incarceration. We don't. Relationship is not monotonic, it is curvilinear.
There is some evidence that people who are more intelligent are less likely to be incarcerated for their crimes.
"In self-reports, there is less correlation between IQ and criminal behavior than official records [...]."
Wilson and Herrnstein, CRIME AND HUMAN NATURE (1985) p.159
Furthermore, different categories of crime are associated with different levels of IQ. On average, people incarcerated for embezzlement or counterfeiting have higher IQs than people who are incarcerated for rape or murder. And the clearance rates for embezzlement and counterfeiting are lower than the rates for rape and murder. The police are less likely to nab a guy for making funny money than they are for raping a college co-ed. But here again is an illustration of how personality shapes how people choose their perfered mode of crime as much as the criminal justice system sorts by IQ.
- dougjnn said...
Agnostic said--
I think it's only when low-IQ groups are forced to compete for status in a society that places high demands on intelligence, in particular a society that has a multi-modal IQ distribution so that the lower-mean groups are painfully aware of their disadvantages, that IQ and crime really start to correlate strongly.
That theory makes a great deal of sense.
It's not so different from a pet theory of my own. Which is that there's a tendency for people who's ambition and aggression and need to assert dominance exceeds their intelligence and ability to do WELL in society legally, to become criminals. That "exceeds" is of course a very fuzzy idea.
As well there's the factor that we've been incessantly telling everyone (and blacks are watching) in movies, tv entertainment and network news since the 1960s that most of black problems are traceable to pervasive and still continuing (if ok a little better but nowhere near good enough), white racism. Or it all goes back to slavery and Jim Crow. But anyway it's up to whites to do more to make things better and easier, and it's not the black "victim's" fault.
Black crime like out of wedlock childbearing first exploded in the 1960s and kept going until the 1990s, when much higher incarceration rates set in. Do blacks watch TV and say, hey, it's OK if I want to be a playa? Well, yeah, sometimes, MTV and other shows give that message. But it also works in more indirect ways as well I think. "This game is rigged so I'm gonna make my own rules" or rather "I'm gonna follow the brothas rules – pulls in the honnies fast with the bling bling and all" kind of thing.
great article. I would love to follow you on twitter.


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Discussion in 'Fly Fishing Forum' started by Eric Denny, Apr 18, 2013.
It seems most of us still remember are first fly.lol
Old school Muddler
just Brown good ol brown did not even know the size
I just want to thank everyone who could remember.lol Seems you can forget or some of us can. I just remember my hole trip of it. I was 11-12 and went to stay in idaho, my uncle helped supply steel for the dams they where building on the snake and we went camping buy one of them. I was fishing with a worm and didn't catch nothing I seen this other guy pulling them in every few min so my grand pa did what any fisher man did back then sent me down to find out what he was using,lol I came back and told my grand pa and he looked at me kind of funny.lol But the guy had offered to show me how so I went he wasn't fly fishing but using a fly behind a clear bubble. Well I went home thinking I had learned to fly fish. So I told the guy across my from my grandpa and he looked at me and kind of chuckled and said let me teach you the right way to fly fish, and it started. He showed me the 10-2 stuff and then I went and got a rod combo kit the cheap kind, he tied his own flies and gave more then enough. which now that I am older I know what it means to give up your flies, I tried a couple times with no luck then one day on some little river in idaho, I landed that one. I was so happy. I keep with fly fishing for the next3-4 years then chasing girls and playing sports took over for a while but I'm back and I will never leaver her again for more than a couple months and I don't know if I can stay away that long to tell you the truth!!!!
Carey Special fishing lakes with my father.
Elk Hair Caddis, size 14, green. Still my favorite fly whenever I chase trout but now I use a size 16.
For those of us who have read Mingo's posts on tropical saltwater fly fishing, this is huge insight ... I think it might take a coupla shrinks to fully understand all of it ... nevertheless, huge insight ...
A size 12 wooly worm , which also happened to be the very first fly I ever tied . It was a rainbow of about 12 inches that was caught from a forgotten a creek in Ontario a lifetime ago . The fish was carefully released , which was also a first for me .
Size 14 Royal Coachmen, South Fork of the Eel River, California. I was 8 years old and will never forget that day.
Prince Nymph. North Fork Stilly.
Its funny how many of the people got there first fish on the same fly!!!lol
The first fly I caught a fish (trout) on was a White Miller.
We fished worms (is it ok to use the "W" word here?) with spinning gear in streams. We used a size 14 White Miller fly on a dropper as a depth/strike indicator and very often would catch a fish on the fly. Even doubled once in a while.
I guess that counts jack I was more meaning fly fishing but you did such a good job with the drawing.
There is a bit of a story behind that rig and my early days of trout fishing but you will all have to wait for the book.
I have often said, "if you can remember the sixties, you probably were not with me." I do remember first fish/fly. It was on the Ausable in Michigan. Fly was a light Cahill - size 16. I cast up current and let it drift by a log jam on the far bank - nothing. As it kept going and was nearing where it would drag, I saw a white circle shape appear behind it, and (wait for it) it disappeared. Good thing the 14" brown hooked himself because I was thinking far too much to react!
First trout- 22" rainbow on what, in retrospect, was a red zebra midge that was probably size 20. San Juan River, NM. A guide named Deward Yocum took pity on me and showed me the ropes right away. I owe that man, I hope I can meet him again.
First Steelhead- Moldy stanky 24" runback I caugt on a #12 tungsten headed copper john on the Trinity River.


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I, for some unknown reason, decided to read "Letters to the Editor" in the Clarion this morning. I say some unknown reason because I haven't read that section of the paper for probably six months. To get to the point, I guess you could say I am writing to defend the governor. I've never been a real big fan of Gov. Frank Murkowski or his politics.
But I have to give him credit; he is trying to get the state back on track as far as trying to cut the budget. I think he could have cut a lot more,
education in particular. I don't think the longevity bonus program should have existed to start with. Granted, there are seniors who can use the
money, but remember every war has its casualties. If the longevity bonus or pension, if you will, is as valid as our Social Security program, then it isn't valid at all. If one knows anything about the Social Security program, one doesn't have to wonder why the state government workers elect not to pay into it.
I know some are thinking I can easily hand over the longevity bonus program, because I am not eligible to collect it, but I am just trying to use my common sense. Common sense tells me that we don't have enough tax payers to support the inflated state government. Yes, it will hurt all of us at some point to get our government spending back in line, but we have to start somewhere. I, for one would like to start at my home, more of my take-home pay, if you get my drift.
Another place that the governor can use his almighty scissors would be the Child Support Enforcement Division. That is the most disorganized organization, which in itself is a misnomer, because you have to be organized to be an organization. Speaking for a business, and having dealt with that non-organization, I think they think they are above the law! Supposedly, a few years ago that office was revamped; I haven't seen any sign of it. The only dealings that I have ever had with that non-organization was to collect monies for it. If I were on their list as owing money, I would watch my back and their front.
To sum up, I think Gov. Murkowski should add to his scissor collection and cut, cut, cut.
Durainey Rawls , Nikiski
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Seventy-one percent of workers without access to an employer-based retirement plan believe that employers should be required by law to offer workplace access to an individual retirement account, according to a study released today. The study, from AARP, found that 79 percent of workers without workplace access to savings said they would participate in a plan that regularly deducted savings from their paycheck.
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Barack Obama, bidding to strengthen his appeal among working families, outlined new proposals Wednesday designed to…encourage retirement savings, and help people balance the competing demands of work and family.