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I've Got my 70s Costume…Do You?!
I've always loved a good excuse to dress up in costume. That's why for
me, throwback day at the ballpark is one of the highlights in the
81-game calendar. Last year, the theme was 1929 in honor of the 80th
anniversary of the Philadelphia Athletics' 1929 World Series win. We're talking flapper
costumes for the girls, Model A Fords and a black and white big screen.
On top last year's fantastic costumes and clever details (for example, PA announcer Dick Callahan doing his broadcast from the field — just like teams used to do back in the day!), the team won on a walk-off hit from Mark Ellis. If you don't recognize those players walking off the field (center photo, above), it's because they too were wearing throwback uniforms to look like the white and blue of the Philadelphia Athletics.
This Sunday, the A's are rolling back the clock once again. This time,
the theme is 70s day to commemorate the three World Championship titles the
team earned in 1972, 1973 and 1974. The cool thing about honoring the
70s is that a lot of fans have vivid memories of the "Swingin' A's" and
the players from that decade are still alive and healthy. Expect to see a handful of favorite names parading around the stadium and in the stands that night!
Both the A's and the Pirates will be wearing throwback uniforms from that decade, but for me, finding the perfect outfit for 70s day has not been as simple as picking up a flapper dress for last year. For one thing, there's a wide range of 70s costumes: disco 70s, sporty 70s, glamorous 70s and of course, hippie 70s. These photos document a recent shopping trip I took to the used and vintage stores along Berkeley's Telegraph Avenue. Which will I choose? You're going to have to show up on Saturday to see for yourself. And remember, please come in costume!!
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Go for all of them. Change between innings!
Now Kara, your costume historian seems to have forgotten all about the women's attire craze of "hot pants." A's owner Charles O. Finley was so captivated by this fashion statement that he not only had his two 1970's ball girls (Mary and Debbie) wear hot pants during day games but also held a "Hot Pants Day" at the Coliseum. It was a one-time event which packed the stadium. The A's had to push back game time in order to clear the field of all the women participating in the festivities — which included a multi-category "Hot Pants Contest." I am sure that Mr. Finley, were he still the owner of the A's, would insist on the hot pants look for June 26th. True to the Finley legacy — which gave Oakland those championship teams in the '70's — I cast my vote for green hot pants with a yellow top and, of course, white foot ware. You'd look marvelous!
I wouldn't "throwback" any of them. I agree with hotra, fashion show!


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Sports juggernaut ESPN announced plans on Thursday to scrap the international version of its extreme sports X Games due to difficult economic realities.
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The international format began in 2011 and featured events in Spain, Germany, Brazil and France.
"We are proud to have run world-class competitions for both the athletes and spectators," ESPN, which is owned by Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS), said in a statement. "However the overall economics of these events do not provide a sustainable future path."
The games had been broadcast on the network's flagship channel as well as on ESPN 2. ESPN said it remains "fully committed to the X Games brand" and the remaining two-event format that features competitions in Aspen and Austin.
According to Reuters, ESPN said the decision to abandon the international format will cause the "elimination of some roles" as the two-event model will "require a smaller workforce to stage and support the events."
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Why did I it take me getting not-dumped to hear about the Scissor Sisters? Seriously, I have got to get out more. And get not-dumped less.
You're welcome.
I have a feeling my life would be very, very different if I could bust a move like the guy in the purple PVC.


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Scotty McCreery Blackmailed by Cousin With Video Footage
It was bound to happen. A young man tastes success, and his family tries to bring him down. Scotty McCreery is apparently being blackmailed by his cousin 'Jimmy Dale' until the singer returns the "50 large" he borrowed. In the video below, the Larry the Cable Guy lookalike reveals three truths about his 18-year-old cousin.
"I've been blackmailed by my own kin," McCreery tweeted along with a link to the video seen below.
First, cousin Jimmy Dale claims that Scotty McCreery doesn't really like fried chicken (gasp!). Second, he says that baseball is not really his favorite sport (get out!). Third, he insists the country singer is faking his famously deep voice. Jimmy Dale has video evidence to support all three claims, and he shares it before McCreery walks in on his taping and repays the 50 cents he borrowed earlier in the day.
We're not sure (wink, wink), but it's likely the video is just a way to remind fans to vote for McCreery as an ACM New Artist of the Year nominee. Justin Moore, Brantley Gilbert, Thompson Square, Hunter Hayes, JT Hodges, David Nail and Jerrod Niemann are the other artists up for the award. Voting ends next Monday (Jan. 30) at 12PM ET.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg 1718-1795
Marpurg began his public career as a private secretary in Paris where he associated with such eminences as Voltaire and
. In 1763 Marpurg became director of the lottery in Berlin, a position he maintained until his death. Marpurg's avocation was music criticism, composition, theory, and history. He wrote the preface to the first edition of Bach's
Art of Fugue
(1751/52). Marpurg's subsequent work
Abhandlung von der Fuge
(1753) presented one of the first theories of Bach's fugal style. His
Handbuch bey dem Generalbasse und der Composition
(1755) amplified upon Rameau's theory of the fundamental bass, while in a celebrated pamphlet of 1776 he criticized
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royalbrickcustoms wrote:Hey guys here is the LCC- Map of Outlaw Clans in Roawia:
Link to Flickr Image:
If you would like me to add your clan or band of Outlaws just PM me with the name of your clan/band and an emblem for them.
Great stuff, Jake!
I do find it slightly scary to see enimes all about the kingdom... "Move out, men!"
Thomas Arrowford wrote:I have a question about money.
Does Loreos or Roawia have an official currency?
If not, and assuming we decide we need one, could I propose a local Loressi currency of Loreans?
Named after our Prince, because his head is on them, I'm thinking one Lorean would typically buy you a loaf of bread. They would be surpisingly like a Lego gold coin in appearance
It's adoption would not exclude a general Roawian currency in use throughout the land, or other currencies from other factions, or even simple barter. It's just I'd like some sort of currency for Thomas to work with.
Lorean sounds like a good name for Loreesi currency.
We've never discussed this before but I think it's a very good idea.


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Villa Borghese, Rome's largest park, is the perfect place to escape the busy city. Between the footpaths and flowerbeds you'll find sculptures, fountains and temples. Most people visit the park for its 3 museums: the Galleria Borghese, the Museo Nazionale Etrusco and the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna. No wonder it is also known as museum park!
It is difficult to imagine but this area once housed a huge vineyard. In 1605 it was transformed into a park for Cardinal Scipione Borghese. His extensive art collection was housed in the Villa Borghese, which he designed and after which the park was named. The mansion was intended to reflect a classic Roman villa, and the surrounding park was divided into 3 sections: a forest, an artistic segment and a wild and natural area.
This is undoubtedly one of the most impressive museums in Rome. The stately 17th- century villa is home to Cardinal Scipione Borghese's extensive collection of art, and includes works by masters such as Caravaggio, Bernini and Botticelli. It is the perfect introduction to Renaissance art and the beginnings of the Baroque period. The Cardinal mainly preferred classic and contemporary art as well as antique sculptures.
Although the villa has 20 rooms it is a manageable size. The ground floor mainly features sculptures as well as frescos and Roman mosaic floors, including the famous 'David' by Bernini. The second floor comprises Galleria Borghese, with Renaissance art from European masters. This includes the renowned La Deposizione di Cristo by the painter Sanzio Raphael. Due to its massive popularity, only a maximum number of people are allowed in each day so booking in advance is recommended.
The other two museums in the park are also well worth a visit. Contemporary art enthusiasts will love the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna. It mainly features art from the 19th and 20th centuries, with an emphasis on Italian artists as well as famous names such as Kandinsky, Mondrian and Pollock. The fabulous Museo Nazionale Etrusco exhibits art from the pre-Roman era, such as a variety of Etruscan vases. It is situated in Villa Giulia, which dates back to 1553 and was once used as the summer home of Pope Julius II.
A typical feature in many Italian parks and gardens from the Renaissance and Baroque eras are the giardini segreti, or secret gardens. These hidden spots, often near the home of the owner, radiate romance and serenity. The gardens were secret because they were only accessible to the owner and not the general public. Villa Borghese has two of these hidden gardens: the Giardino dei Melangoli and the Giardino dei Fiori. The gardens are adjacent to the villa but are not always open to visitors. You can, however, catch a glimpse of these retreats through the fences.


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Investment company Leucadia National Corp said it will buy Jefferies Group Inc in a deal that values the investment bank at $3.6 billion.
Leucadia, which has been called a mini Berkshire Hathaway for its holdings ranging from real estate to mining, already owns about 29 percent of Jefferies.
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The deal will provide Jefferies with "greater balance sheet resilience" and allow it to better handle volatile markets, the companies said in press release Monday morning.
The deal will also result in lower taxes on Jefferies profits by using income tax benefits Leucadia holds from past operating losses, they said.
Jefferies' credit rating was cut on Oct. 16 to Baa3, one notch above junk, or speculative grade, by Moody's Investors Service. Moody's cited the investment bank's aggressive growth strategy and increased challenges of operating an investment bank in the face of capital market risk.
Jefferies shares were at $17.00 in premarket trading Monday, up 19 percent from their Friday close.
Jefferies Chief Executive Richard Handler will lead the combined company. Leucadia Chairman and Chief Executive Ian Cumming will retire.
The deal, expected to close during the first quarter of 2013, will leave Jefferies shareholders owning about 35 percent of Leucadia's common stock.
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text: In this photo taken in April 1972 and released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Zhuang Zedong, right, shakes hands with U.S. table tennis player Glenn Cowan during a visit to the U.S. Zhuang, a key figure in 1971's groundbreaking "pingpong diplomacy" between China and the U.S., died in Beijing on Sunday. He was 72. Xu Bihua/AP hide caption toggle caption Xu Bihua/AP The Two-Way Chinese 'Pingpong Diplomacy' Player Dies February 10, 2013 Zhuang Zedong's gift to an American table tennis player paved the way for President Nixon's groundbreaking visit to China. Zhuang was 73.


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The Return Of The CrazinessLabels: csb cover specials 4 comments
Yes, I'm back! Yay!! Forget everything that happened here during the past few weeks, I apologize if I caused you any confusion as a result of the drama. But it's heartening to see some of you so attached to CSB. I'm especially grateful to those who posted comments, sent emails and chat messages trying to show me that CSB is one of a kind and it should not be ceased or worse, get deleted.
I'm sure all of you remember our Phunk Factor. Finally, he came to his senses and now he has a blog!! Called Go Phunk Yourself!!, his blog can be reached at http://gophunkyourself.blogspot.com/. Phunk Factor had posted two entries here almost two months ago and you can read the further updates on his blog.
CSB Bags 4 Nominations For AGB Awards 2009
In 2008, Poonam of Visceral Observations came up with the concept of Avant Garde Bloggies Awards to recognize and honour Indian bloggers for their contribution to the blogosphere. CSB was nominated for five categories then and awared the first runner-up for Best Courageous Post. The second season of AGB Awards is now live and after tedious elimination processes by Poonam and team, the jury has announced this year's finalists. Out of the finalists, the best gets chosen by a public poll. This year CSB is nominated for four categories:
You can click on the above categories to directly reach the poll-site of the respective categories and caste your vote (for me :P). If you like to check out other categories, the finalists and the link to their posts are put up here. And to vote for them, the polls are currently live at http://avantgardebloggies.wordpress.com/. The deadline is 28th March midnight IST (i.e., coming Sunday.) So hurry up and act fast if you want to be an influence in the search for the absolute best posts of 2009.
This is the return of Crazy Sam.
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Model: Jessie Pavelka
Photographer: Bradford Rogne
Original Image Copyrighted To: Bradford RogneCSB Mock-up Magazine Cover Done By: Crazy Sam
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Update - Monday, April 05, 2010:
'Yuva Dares to Bring Open Closet' gets runner up for 'Best Off-Beat Post' at AGB Awards 09. Thanks to all who voted for me. :-)
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text: On Thu, 27 May 2004, Gerry Creager N5JXS wrote: > This is really a first-cut response, with 2 visible possibilities... > > 1. Use 2 license servers, one with 'i' licenses available for short > jobs, and one with 'j' licenses available for longer jobs. For i < j, > starvation of the short jobs shouldn't occur too often, save when > there's too many masters' students trying to get their projects done in > time to graduate and the deadline's tomorrow. > > 2. Priority queuing where short jobs have the nod, and longer jobs are > put aside and required to temporarily relinquish licenses. Liketo to > require programming resources to accomplish this one. > > Good question. Thanks for the suggestions. The lack of even coarse grained kernel-style job control for a cluster continues to be a source of frustration. load balancing queueing systems are getting to be pretty good, but this isn't a problem in load balanced queueing, and a kernel that used load balanced queueing as a scheduler algorithm would be terrible. No, wait! It would be DOS (for a single CPU). With xmlsysd I have access to the data required to implement a queueing system WITH a crude scheduler algorithm with a granularity of (say) order minutes. I've actually hacked out a couple of tries at a simple script-level control system in perl (before per got threads). One would expect that with threads it would be pretty easy to write a script based scheduler that issues STOP and CONT signals to tasks on some sort of RR/priority basis every minute. It wouldn't deal with license starvation, since I don't know how a running matlab task can "temporarily relinquish a license" while it is stopped, but it would manage the problem of being able to use a cluster for a mix of prioritized long and short running jobs without resource-starving the short ones. I have a personal interest in this outside of econ because I am, after all, a bottom feeder in the cluster world. If I could ever arrange it so that my jobs just "got out of the way" when competing jobs were queued on a cluster according to policy, priority, ownership etc. I might be able to wheedle more cycles out of my friends...;-) rgb > > Gerry > > Robert G. Brown wrote: > > Dear Perfect Masters of Grid Computing: > > > > Economics is preparing to set up a small pilot cluster at Duke and the > > following question has come up. > > > > Primary tasks: matlab and stata jobs, run either interactively/remote > > or (more likely) in batch mode. Jobs include both "short" jobs that > > might take 10-30 minutes run by e.g. 1-2nd year graduate students as > > part of their coursework and "long" jobs that might take hours to days > > run by more advanced students, postdocs, faculty. > > > > Constraint: matlab requires a license managed by a license manager. > > There are a finite number of licenses (currently less than the number of > > CPUs) spread out across the pool of CPUs. > > > > Concern: That long running jobs will get into the queue (probably SGE > > managed queue) and starve the short running jobs for either licenses or > > CPUs or both. Students won't be able to finish their homework in a > > timely way because long running jobs de facto hog the resource once they > > are given a license/CPU. > > > > I am NOT an SGE expert, although I've played with it a bit and read a > > fair bit of the documention. SGE appears to run in FIFO mode, which of > > course would lead to precisely the sort of resource starvation feared or > > equal share mode. Equal share mode appears to solve a different > > resource starvation problem -- that produced by a single user or group > > saturating the queue with lots of jobs, little or big, so that others > > submitting after they've loaded the queue have to wait days or weeks to > > get on. However, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with job > > > >>>control<< according to a policy -- stopping a long running job so that > > > > a short running job can pass through. > > > > It seems like this would be a common problem in shared environments with > > a highly mixed workload and lots of users (and indeed is the problem > > addressed by e.g. the kernel scheduler in almost precisely the same > > context on SMP or UP machines). Recognizing that the license management > > problem will almost certainly be beyond the scope of any solution > > without some hacking and human-level policy, are there any well known > > solutions to this well known problem? Can SGE actually automagically > > control jobs (stopping and starting jobs as a sort of coarse-grained > > scheduler to permit high priority jobs to pass through long running low > > priority jobs)? Is there a way to solve this with job classes or > > wrapper scripts that is in common use? > > > > At your feet, your humble student waits, oh masters of SGE and Grids... > > > > rgb > > > > -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu


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Indiana Sunday alcohol sales ban likely to remain
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's ban on Sunday retail alcohol
sales will likely continue for at least another year after a legislative
committee leader said Wednesday he didn't plan on holding a vote on a bill
lifting the prohibition.
Bills seeking
to end the ban have been filed by legislators for the past several years,
but a House Public Policy Committee hearing last week marked the first
time lawmakers had taken up the proposal.
Chairman Bill Davis, R-Portland, said the hearing gave both sides a chance
to make their arguments, but that he heard nothing new to change his
position against lifting the Sunday sales ban.
Tuesday is the
House deadline for bills to be approved by a committee, and Davis said he
didn't plan on having another committee meeting before then.
"We've got a
number of issues sitting on the docket that we're not going to hear — it's
not just this bill," Davis said. "I didn't see any compelling reason to
have another hearing."
Indiana is the
only state that prohibits retail carryout sales of beer, wine and liquor
on Sundays, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United
States. Indiana is among 12 states with limits on Sunday sales of liquor.
Liquor store
owners oppose lifting the Sunday ban, arguing the change would benefit
large chain grocery and convenience stores that don't face age
restrictions on who can enter and don't have the same requirement of
hiring clerks with state liquor licenses.
Supporters of
allowing Sunday sales said it would be more convenient for customers and
would eliminate an outdated law.
Rep. Sean
Eberhart, R-Shelbyville, said he sponsored the bill ending the Sunday
sales ban because he thought it was inconsistent with state laws allowing
alcohol sales at restaurants, bars, concerts and sporting events.
"I think it's
an issue I think needs to come out of committee, that needs to have a
debate on the House floor for all of us to decide what's good public
policy for the state," Eberhart said.
Davis said it
was unlikely that the proposal would be revived later in the legislative
session that is scheduled to end in late April.
Supporters of
ending the ban will continue their efforts, Indiana Retail Council
President Grant Monahan said.
"We are very
disappointed that chairman Davis has apparently refused to listen to
Hoosiers who want greater shopping convenience, expanded buying choices
and more competitive pricing," Monahan said in an email comment.
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|Entrance to Union Hill Cemetery taken by Bert Schuster, 2008
The first cemetery, I ever visited as a genealogist, was in
, Union Township about four years ago when I still thought I was a Spears. The story is worth telling because of several lessons that I learned. Lawrence County, OH
Union Hill, like a lot of old cemeteries that you might visit in search of your ancestors, is very hard to find if you are not a local. I was lucky that I had been working with Ellen Gammon, a professional genealogist in
, for several months before my trip. I introduced Ellen in my blog post of Lawrence County Oct 19, 2011. Before my husband, Bert, and I even left , Ellen sent us a detailed topographic map showing the location of Georgia . Because this cemetery, like so many others in rural parts of Union Hill Cemetery , is so far off the beaten track, we could never have found it without this map. America
So, Cemetery Lesson # 1 -- to prevent frustrating and disappointing efforts to find remote family cemeteries, always try to find out as much as possible about the exact location before you begin your trip. Contact local libraries and county offices to inquire about maps. If you can find a US Geological Survey (USGS) map/webpage with longitude and latitude, you can use a Global Positioning System (GPS) device to help guide you. An example of this type of tool is the Union Hill USGS information webpage.
At-home preparation before your visit will pay off 1000%! You can do a Google search on the name of your cemetery. This may turn up maps, historical information, phone numbers, websites, and even, if you are very lucky, a list of people in the graveyeard. Findagrave and Interment.net are two websites that allow you to search for cemeteries across the US.
|A hill view in Union Hill Cemetery taken by Bert Schuster, 2008
After trip preparations were complete, Bert and I hit the road. When we arrived at Union Hill, we found that we were the only ones there. The cemetery is located on several hills and is about 10 acres. There was no office. We had no map of the cemetery itself so we started walking up and down the hills, peering at gravestones.
|Spears Plot taken by Bert Schuster, 2008
We hadn't yet found any Spears graves when we saw a car drive up. I went up to say hello and the driver told me that there was a sexton living down the road who had a map of the cemetery! She even knew the man. When we said that we didn't want to bother him, she said he was just sitting at home and would be glad to help us. Then she told my husband to follow her to the sexton's house. Meanwhile I stayed behind to continue searching. By the time Bert returned with the map, I still hadn't found the Spears plot. But sure enough, the map showed us right where it was!!
Cemetery Lesson #2 – always talk to people you meet in a cemetery; especially in small, rural graveyards where the people who are visiting their loved ones are often locals who may have a wealth of information to share with you. They could even be related!
The third lesson came when Bert tried to take a picture of the Spears family plot. Our digital camera wouldn't work! No problem, we thought. Bert would find a camera store in Ironton or a WalMart and pick up a new battery while I continued looking at the grave stones. What we didn't count on was this is a small, non-urban area. No camera stores. WalMart carried regular batteries but not the special camera battery that we needed.
Cemetery Lesson #3 – always bring more than one camera with you. Disposable cameras cost very little and can mean that you actually bring home some photos if your real camera stops working. An extra memory card is also worth tucking in your camera case.
Once you are in the cemetery and actually locate an ancestor's grave, new challenges may arise. You walk up to the grave with great anticipation. Is there a marker or stone? And, if you find a grave marker, what condition is it in? What material is it made from and if there are symbols carved on the stone, what do they mean? A brief, easy-to-follow guide to tombstone identification and cleaning is available from Everlife Memorials.
|Grave of David Spears, taken by Bert Schuster, 2008
An in-depth discussion of how to determine the type of stone and how to clean that stone is at The Association for GraveStone Studies. I wish that I had known about these information sites before I went to Union Hill Cemetery. I brought no cleaning supplies with me. My ancestor, David Spears' tombstone, was in poor condition.
Cemetery Lesson #4 – although you may want very much to "clean" a tombstone of the moss, lichen, dirt, and other materials that might be obstructing your view of the lettering beneath, remember to check to see the composition of the stone before you begin any debris removal procedure. And be sure to use the recommended cleaning substances and tools so as to minimize any damage to the stone.
|Taken by Bert Schuster, 2008
Many of us have ancestors who lived in states far from where we live now. This makes regular maintanence visits difficult if not impossible. A tip that I learned from Union Hill Cemetery is to look for any signage that might be in the graveyard. Also don't forget to look at the target cemetery on-line for contact information.
You can send in a donation for cemetery upkeep.
You can send in a donation for cemetery upkeep.
Perhaps the most important lesson to learn when planning a cemetery visit is to be sure that you bring along a friend. Another person is good for safety purposes (in rural and in urban cemeteries) and as another pair of eyes/hands to help you as you travel the grounds searching for the graves of your ancestors.
Using a little cemetery savvy when you set out to find your ancestors' graves will go a long way in helping you reach your goals and making sure that you leave the graveyard in the same or better condition than you found it.
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The 2012 GEM4 Summer School program consists of lectures in the mornings by experts in cellular and molecular mechanics and developmental biology, and hands-on labs in the afternoons on various experimental techniques in biology and engineering.
The objectives of the GEM4 Summer School are to educate researchers and graduate students about the fundamentals of cell and molecular biomechanics, and to provide an intense learning experience, and to facilitate interactions among engineers, biologists and clinicians. The goals are to help train a new generation of researchers with in-depth knowledge of mechanics and biology and to help engineers and biologists apply biomechanical approaches in biomolecular, cellular, tissue-level, animal model studies.
Doug Lauffenburger is the Ford Professor of Biological Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Biology and Head of the Department of Biological Engineering at MIT. His research group at the school focuses on molecular cell bioengineering.
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Molecular cell bioengineering: the application of engineering approaches to develop quantitative understanding of cell function in terms of fundamental molecular properties, and to apply this understanding for improved design of cell-based technologies. Our group focuses on elucidating important aspects of receptor-mediated regulation of mammalian blood and tissue cell behavioral functions such as proliferation, adhesion, migration, and macromolecular transport. A central paradigm of our work is development and testing of mechanistic models-- based on principles from engineering analysis and synthesis -- for receptor regulation of cell function by exploiting techniques of molecular biology to alter parameters characterizing receptor or ligand properties in well-characterized cell systems. Quantitative experimental assays are used to measure cell function and receptor/ligand interaction parameters. Problems are motivated by health care technologies of interest to pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies.
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|Delicious bowl of Ramen, love the chicken feet touch!
It's almost inevitable that the Japanese person will ask you what you want to eat and you should answer "I'd love some Ramen noodles!". With almost 100% guarantee the person will enthusiastically agree to your suggestion as I've after ten years in Japan have yet to meet a Japanese person who straight up dislike Ramen. You might get dragged into a conversation about which soup base you prefer but just try to stay out of it with a general comment like "I like them all so you pick one in a place close from here".
The geniality with this strategy is that when a bowl of Ramen is put in front of a Japanese person he/she/it will inevitably cease all conversation and focus on eating the Ramen soup, fast and methodically, without talking until the bowl is finished. If it's a popular place there might even be people waiting for a seat allowing you to eat yours more slowly as your lunch partner would be forced to leave the seat for another hungry patron as soon as he/she/it finishes up. If there is no line of people waiting you have two options.
After being seated and ordering a regular Ramen bowl you should have it in front of you within minutes, minimizing any longer unwanted pre-food arrival conversation. However it is of utmost importance that you refrain from ordering anything from the side-dish menu apart from the regular Ramen (gyoza, fried rice etc.) as the rules of Ramen eating would no longer apply as strictly and conversation tries might be initiated.
As this strategy should minimize any conversation to the absolute minimum you could even feel generous and say "Hey, this was really great, we should come back here again for lunch again sometime!". On the opposite side of the coin, if you're going for lunch with a Japanese person you want to have a conversation with, you should avoid a Ramen place and if your partner suggest it, well, the reason might be that he/she/it just don't want to talk with YOU...
Note: This does not work with Udon noodles or Soba noodles so do do not felt tempted to try!


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SOOOOOOO as I have said before, we have been trying to slowly introduce Degan to more dogs. We thought Degan was DA, but came to the conclusion that more than likely he just really had NO idea what to do around dogs. WELL, our friends have a boxer named Rockford that is practically identical in size to Degan. He is very very submissive, and I'm quite confident there is not an angry bone in his body (he's a typical boxer!) We took Rockford and Harlow over to a friend's house so they could be on neutral ground and they played great with each other. We were coming back over to our house to swim and decided they should bring Rockford, and Degan can stay in his crate if things don't go well.
First, Rockford's dad and Tanner (my boyfriend) took the boys for about a 30 minute walk together, so they could burn some energy and also 'work' together. When they came back-- to my sheer surprise they LOVED each other! They walked together perfectly. They swam and played and we eventually had all three dogs outside off leash and they are honestly the best of friends. They were obviously VERY supervised, there were nine of us here so if anything were to happen it would have ended quickly, but luckily there wasn't even a minor spat!
I know this is not really a huge feat for most people but I am so overwhelmed with joy and pride that I HAD to share!


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Delivered on May 30, 1997 at Marymount University.
Thank you Sister Gallagher for your gracious introduction, for your friendship, for your leadership of this great institution. And I want to thank all of you--academics, business people, trade unionists, community activists, and students--for being here today and for inviting me to join you.
I feel very much at home here at Marymount today. For me, the road to public service began as part of my Catholic education. At home, in church, in school, later in college classrooms, I learned the lessons of Catholic social teachings. I came to understand that, next to family and faith, the most sacred thing in our lives is the work that we do. Work enables us to support ourselves and our families, our work affirms our humanity, and allows us to make our own unique contribution to the world.
That is why every worker is entitled to a fair wage, safe working conditions, and a sense of dignity and respect. And that is why sweatshops have no place on the American landscape . . . because they rob working people not only of the decent wages and working conditions they deserve, but because they deny the simple human dignity that is the birthright of all of us.
Of course, I know and appreciate that the values I've just expressed are shared by people of goodwill from all walks of life, and every faith, and viewpoint.
It is appropriate that we are holding this symposium here at Marymount. It is a natural fit for an institution whose fashion program is one of the best-- producing young professionals with an eye for the exquisite and a talent to make it real. Coupled with that, is your Center for Ethical Concerns, the cornerstone of your commitment to a values-based education.
But there is something else: the faculty and students here are committed to ending sweatshop labor because intelligent activism is the legacy of this school's founders. For more than 150 years, the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary have combined educational excellence with service to others. You are indeed providing the type of education that Pope Pius XI once said, "takes in the whole aggregate of human life, physical and spiritual, intellectual and moral, not with a view to reducing it -- but to elevate, and perfect it."
I appreciate everything that the Marymount community is doing in the struggle against sweatshops--from hosting the Fashion Industry Forum last summer, to conducting ground-breaking consumer polls, which have shown that Americans do care about who makes their clothes and how they are made--and will exercise that concern when they shop.
Just as Marymount and everyone here is doing their part in the struggle against sweatshops, we at the Department of Labor are making every effort to do ours.
As Labor Secretary, I have set five goals for the department: First, to equip every worker with the skills to find and hold a good job; second, to move people from the welfare rolls to payrolls; third, to assure that all workers are economically secure when they retire; fourth, to help workers balance the demands of work and family; and, finally, to guarantee every worker a safe, healthy and fair workplace.
The fight against sweatshops is intrinsic to every one of these goals -- it is not enough simply, however, to guarantee that workplaces are safe and fair. In order to increase incomes; to make work more attractive than welfare; to protect pensions; and to allow every worker to succeed at home as well as on the job--we must relegate sweatshops to the history books, once and for all, now and forever.
So I hope that in the history books our children will read, new chapters, will herald that we did it . . . and we did it together. . . and we did it together through new partnerships . . . and that we created a new American workplace, and a part of that new beginning was started here at Marymount.
During the past four years, the Clinton administration--along with the garment industry, their unions, and others--has worked hard to do just that, to build new partnerships for the future. Our efforts have not gone unnoticed.
In December, our "Eradicating Sweatshops" campaign was recognized by Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and the Ford Foundation with an Innovations in American Government Award--the highest honor given to government programs that exemplify state-of-the-art public service.
Since then, we have made great strides--and more than a bit of history. Last month, the President accepted the first report from the Apparel Industry Partnership, an unprecedented coalition that has developed an industry code of conduct, company obligations, and principles of independent external monitoring that the participants have committed to implement.
The group is made up of some of the companies that are sponsoring today's event . . . Liz Claiborne, Nicole Miller, Phillips-Van Heusen, Reebok, UNITE. . . as well as others, like Nike, Business for Social Responsibility, the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, the National Consumers League, and many more.
The Apparel Industry Partnership is continuing its historic effort by establishing an association that will ensure that their codes and monitoring systems become a reality. This is a broad-based group that supports the position that businesses are in business to make a profit. But also that human rights and labor rights must be a part of the basic framework within which all businesses compete.
The Apparel Industry Partnership will significantly reduce the use of sweatshop labor around the world. It will do something equally remarkable as well--give consumers greater confidence in the garments they buy.
This was a giant step. We've made others.
When companies work with and monitor their factories and their contractors, there is greater compliance with law. Today, I am delighted to announce that we have the proof of that. The results of our 1997 San Francisco Garment Industry Survey--jointly conducted by the Department of Labor and the State of California--has found that when companies monitor, overall compliance with minimum wage and overtime laws is 87 percent. That is in marked comparison--a full 20 percent--to only 68 percent for firms that do not monitor their operations and their contractors. The message is clear: monitoring works-- and it works especially well on behalf of American garment workers.
It has been 86 years since the Triangle Shirtwaist fire took the lives of 145 garment workers . . . and nearly 65 years since my predecessor, Frances Perkins, warned that the red bargain dress in the shop window was a sign that sweatshops were back.
Since then, most of us assumed that sweatshops were a relic of a bygone era. But two years ago, we were all shocked when news reports showed, slave-like conditions at a garment factory in El Monte, California. Months later, the spotlight turned to celebrities, who had little idea about how the clothing they designed and sold, was made . . . and by whom.
In this era of concern for civility, decency and family values, sweatshops are repugnant to our moral core. It is wrong to value fashion when we do not value the people who make fashion real. The loveliest dress goes quickly out of style when we are reminded that the woman who made it might not be able to feed herself or her children. Sweatshops reflect too vividly how we as a nation feel about the weakest among us. And it is such an "underground" problem that there is no definitive source on how many sweatshops operate in this country. But we know this: One is one too many.
The American labor movement has known this for more than a century, and I applaud them for their commitment to ending sweatshop labor.
We know that the majority of the business leaders in the garment industry are doing the right thing when it comes to sweatshops. But the bad actions of a few, are tarnishing the good reputations of the others, and undercutting the competitive field of the industry.
As Sister said, I began my career in the South, helping young men who did not understand the nature or culture of work. They could have easily been exploited and their dignity could have easily been diminished in their efforts to find meaningful employment. Years later, I built my own business, so I understand what it means to be competitive in a global market. I know and understand that being fair and being competitive is not mutually exclusive. There isn't a business textbook in the world that supports the idea that sweatshops are a pathway to business prosperity . . . but I can find dozens of textbooks in this very library that supports the theory that the best way to an impressive bottom line is through a solid investment in workers.
In the fight against sweatshops, it is time for all of us . . . businesses and unions from every sector of the garment industry, as well as public officials from both parties, and consumers, religious groups, and every concerned American . . . to move in a new direction and to move forward together. This administration will continue to serve as the catalyst for our collective action.
The Apparel Industry Partnership will only succeed if more manufacturers and retailers join the effort and actively participate. I will work with the Partnership's co-chairs and members to make sure that happens.
In my first month on the job, I have already begun a dialogue with the National Retail Federation and with individual apparel and footwear retailers. I want to work with them so that they can offer consumers garments that can be worn with moral confidence and real pride.
We will explore ways to better engage the retail community in this important effort. And it is my hope that together, we will forge remarkable progress.
I have been impressed with the energy, commitment, creativity and leadership that so many are contributing. They are offering all concerned citizens and groups models to emulate and make their own.
A clear example of this is Archbishop Theodore McCarrick, the chair of the International Policy Committee of the U.S. Catholic Conference. He has created a "No Sweat" Archdiocese at his home base in Newark, New Jersey. In September--just in time for back-to-school--he will launch an "anti-sweatshop" classroom instruction effort for every one of the 188 elementary and high schools in the diocese. The program will go even further and develop criteria and safeguards against the purchase of school uniforms made under sweatshop conditions. Their goal is one that we all share: No child should wear clothes made by workers robbed of their own childhood.
I will be with Archbishop McCarrick when he announces this initiative in Newark, and will work closely with him over the summer, to enlist other religious leaders in replicating this effort.
Another model, the City of Olmstead, Ohio--which passed the first-of-its- kind resolution against the procurement of sweatshop-made uniforms for their police, fire and sanitation departments. This is an excellent example of community innovation that can make a significant impact. I am pleased that the U.S. Conference of Mayors will use the Olmstead resolution, as a model at their convention next month, and I look forward to working with other mayors across the country on similar efforts.
And I will continue to seek out innovative ideas and programs to replicate, and new partnerships to build on. One of the very best is the Garment 2000 learning factory in San Francisco. The commitment--by industry, unions, workers, the educational community, and local governments--to this facility, which provides new opportunities for garment workers through training and education, is exactly the kind of cooperative action we need to combat sweatshops. That is why I am taking the opportunity today to announce a Department of Labor grant of $200,000 to Garment 2000, so that this coalition can continue and expand its training and technical assistance programs. I call on other garment industry centers and facilities to develop the same type of innovative strategy.
My desire to build strong partnerships in this effort is not limited to our own borders, because as we all know, this problem is not limited to our own borders.
We must build a truly international partnership. Fifty percent of the garments we buy are imported, so we must have all the nations of the world actively involved. There are a few important steps I will take--with your help--to achieve global change:
At the President's request, I will host a meeting this year with the Central American labor ministers, to discuss how we can support the effort to safeguard working conditions, including through the Apparel Industry Partnership.
Last week, my European Union counterpart and I agreed on the importance of a meeting involving members of the Apparel Industry Partnership, employers, unions and other organizations from Europe.
And just a few days ago, President Clinton raised the importance of the Apparel Industry Partnership with leaders from the European Union--citing it as a model for progress.
In addition, we will continue our efforts to report on international child labor issues. We have made extraordinary progress together in placing the outrage of child exploitation onto the international agenda. We are beginning to make tremendous headway.
This summer, we will publish a report on child labor and codes of conduct in the footwear industry. The report will also include information and analysis on the use of consumer labels to end child labor around the world.
I have always believed that nothing is impossible if you recall all of your past impossibilities. I feel that way today. Putting an end to sweatshops, finally and completely, will not be easy--but it will not be impossible. Your workshops and discussions this morning--and the one you will continue this afternoon--move us even closer to a solution.
As your Secretary of Labor, it is my honor and my obligation to work for an America where everyone can find useful, decent and honest work with fair wages. An America that offers opportunity for our youngest people and security for our older people. An America where work is honored and justice is done.
Together, we can make sure that this vision of an America that works for all working people--including garment workers--will not be a dream deferred.
Thank you for all the good work that you do. And thank you for allowing me to be a part of this very special historic day.
Source: A copy of this speech is located at <http://www.marymount.edu/ethics/sweatshopproceedings.pdf> on pages 7-9 of the document.


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It was another long and ugly day for the Jacksonville Jaguars, but they'll come back next week with Blaine Gabbert as their starting quarterback.
Coach Gus Bradley said after the game on Sunday that he is "standing strong" with Gabbert after the quarterback went 17-of-32 for 179 yards with three interceptions in the 37-3 loss to the Colts. Bradley said that he still thought Gabbert has strengths as a quarterback, but that the team and the player may have to try harder to bring them to the surface.
"Maybe what we thought were his strengths, maybe we have to dig deeper and find out what they are," Bradley said, via Vito Stellino of the Florida Times Union. "Hopefully, we can find out very soon."
While it's all well and good to say that Gabbert's not playing well enough, even if his receivers offered him no help on Sunday by dropping passes, it's not like there's a great option to replace him. The Jags looked no better when Chad Henne was playing and there's little doubt that the Jaguars will be drafting a quarterback early in next year's draft to build their team around so there's not much point surrendering draft picks for a temporary patch like Josh Freeman.
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Brian Butterfield has received a lot of attention for his tremendous work with the Red Sox. At some point — and it's probably already happened — he'll get sick of being typecast as a coach.
Butterfield wants to manage. In the meantime, his impact as a coach makes you wonder, just who are the best coaches in baseball?
Every general manager will likely tell you his guys are. As a staff, it would difficult to top the Red Sox. While we asked a few GMs, we also asked players, writers, scouts, and other coaches, and here are the names we heard most often. We're not saying these are the best, but certainly they have the respect of the people we asked.
Bench coaches/managers in waiting
1. Brad Mills, Indians — Terry Francona swears by him. Mills was Francona's bench coach in Boston and third base coach in Cleveland, though Mills will shift to the bench this season. Mills is one of those guys who takes care of the dirty work, relays messages to the players, and usually sets up camp.
2. Torey Lovullo, Red Sox — He has received a lot of attention as John Farrell's righthand man, and the results are obvious. Lovullo should get a managing job soon.
3. Larry Bowa, Phillies — He's back to coaching in Philadelphia, and he has the reputation of being an outstanding lieutenant, strategist, and motivator.
4. Tim Flannery, Giants — People love Flannery's style and approach to players.
5. Jerry Narron, Brewers — The former Red Sox bench coach is considered one of the best. His experience definitely helps the manager make tough in-game decisions. Like Mills, he does the grunt work for the manager.
Pitching coaches
1. Jim Hickey, Rays — Got a lot of mentions. Hickey is an imposing figure who commands the respect of his young pitchers. He's turned prospects into bona fide major leaguers.
2. Mike Maddux, Rangers — Maddux gets the most out of what he's got. He's turned pitchers with varying degrees of talent into pretty good pitchers. He's converted relievers into starters and vice versa, and many credit him with Yu Darvish's successful transition to major league baseball.
3. Dave Righetti, Giants — Battle-tested with methods that work. Just look at his body of work with the Giants and the adjustments pitchers have made to go from troubled to successful. GM Brian Sabean always has thought Righetti is managerial material.
4. Don Cooper, White Sox — Pretty simple approach, pound the strike zone, be aggressive. He's gotten his pitchers to buy into it. He's also mentored Juan Nieves, one of the risers in the pitching coach ranks.
5. Roger McDowell, Braves — Many pitchers and coaches swear he's one of the best. His pitching staffs have produced.
Hitting coaches
1. Dave Magadan, Rangers — He has reached the top respect level of his profession. Produced dramatic results in Boston and now in Texas.
2. Don Baylor, Angels — Love the fact he hates strikeouts and gets on hitters who shrug it off. He'll have a tough task this year trying to turn Josh Hamilton around and getting Albert Pujols untracked.
3. Kevin Long, Yankees — Long is well-respected. Yankees hitters have gotten better under his tutelage.
4. Gregg Colbrunn, Red Sox — His grind-it-out approach worked famously, actually better than any team in baseball.
5. Chili Davis, Athletics — Hitters swear by him. The Red Sox had him at Pawtucket and let him get away.
Specialized coaches
1. Perry Hill, Marlins — Generally regarded as the best infield guy, using metrics and other new-age methods to get what many consider the best results in baseball.
2. Butterfield, Red Sox — Probably the hardest-working coach in the game. Constant positive reinforcement and instruction is off the charts.
3. Bobby Knoop, Angels — A long, proven approach to coaching infielders.
4. Luis Rivera, Blue Jays — Has been an excellent replacement for Butterfield.
5. Bobby Dickerson, Orioles — Taught Manny Machado to play third. Improved Chris Davis at first.
Outfield/base running
1. Rusty Kuntz, Royals — Kuntz's outfielders are fundamentally sound and get great jumps on balls. Kuntz has been able to improve arm accuracy.
2. Arnie Beyeler, Red Sox — The Sox' outfield was pretty sound defensively. Shane Victorino won the Gold Glove in right. Even Jonny Gomes, not noted for his defense, got better, as did Daniel Nava.
3. Dave McKay, Diamondbacks — Tony La Russa's old coach did a great job with Alfonso Soriano when he was with the Cubs.
4. Davey Lopes, Dodgers — Considered one of the best base running coaches ever.
5. Dave Roberts, Padres — Quickly rising in the Padres' organization.
1. Gary Tuck, Yankees — Tuck is back coaching and he automatically takes the top spot in this category.
2. Dana LeVangie, Red Sox — Just look at the progress Jarrod Saltalamacchia made from one year to the next. LeVangie, a longtime bullpen catcher and advance scout, made his first year on the coaching staff impactful.
3. Kevin Cash, Indians — Yan Gomes has become a pretty good catcher under Cash's guidance.
4. Terry Steinbach, Twins — Strong on fundamentals. Has respect of players.
5. Bengie Molina, Rangers – He's a Molina. 'Nuff said.
Harvey encouraged by direction of team
Poise, confidence, and with a bright future? Matt Harvey is all of that. The Mets righthander, who is supposed to miss most of 2014 after Tommy John surgery, is hopeful of being able to pitch in September, but he'll leave that up to the medical staff.
Harvey is encouraged by the direction of the Mets, feeling the team has made good moves for the present and the future.
"I'm looking forward to just getting to camp and being around the guys," he said.
Harvey went 9-5 with a 2.27 ERA in 26 starts last season. He had a 0.93 WHIP and started the All-Star Game in New York. Harvey, who hails from New London, Conn., and went to the University of North Carolina, said at the Boston Baseball Writers' dinner how difficult it was trying to make it while growing up in a cold-weather climate. Harvey was in awe of new Hall of Famer Tom Glavine, who was honored at the dinner with the Judge Emil Fuchs Award for long and meritorious service to baseball.
"When I checked into the hotel, Tom was in front of me," said Harvey. "I knew he had over 300 wins but I re-Googled him just to take a look. You see he's a 10-time All-Star and hundreds of millions of dollars later. When you're a kid growing up you see those teams with Glavine, Greg Maddux, and John Smoltz, and you want to be like them. As a kid from New England, it's a huge honor to be along side a guy like that and what he accomplished.
"Growing up here, you get to play about 20 games a year. We don't have the luxury of living in Southern California, Texas, or Florida where you can play year-round. So, we like to think we're a little tougher coming from here and more adversity to overcome."
Harvey had the surgery though nothing in the elbow was torn. He said there was stretching of the ligament, and the feeling was at some point he would have to have the surgery. Harvey decided he might as well have it done early in his career.
"It could have been two years, 10 years before it tore," he said. "Having to watch this year is going to be a new experience. I just want to stay healthy and prepare to the best of my ability."
Apropos of nothing
1. Here's the way one GM handicapped the Masahiro Tanaka sweepstakes: Yankees $155 million, Cubs $120 million, Diamondbacks $120 million, Dodgers $119 million, White Sox $100 million, Astros $100 million.
2. When finalized, Matt Garza will have settled for $13 million a year from the Brewers on a surprising four-year deal. Many teams were leery of Garza's medicals, but the average annual value of the deal made it attractive for the Brewers to make the commitment. The Brewers are building a very good rotation, which also includes Kyle Lohse, Yovani Gallardo, Wily Peralta, Marco Estrada, and Tyler Thornburg.
3. Arizona GM Kevin Towers indicated he and his staff were going to step back and give their young pitching a chance rather than go after free agents. The Diamondbacks went all out in their pursuit of Tanaka. Former Red Sox pitcher Mike Brown spent a lot of time in Japan scouting Tanaka for the Diamondbacks. Brown, who pitched in Japan, has a very good understanding of Japanese pitchers and their mind-set. The Diamondbacks came away convinced that Tanaka would be their ace if they could acquire him. But working against them was the fact they weren't on one of the coasts and they were in a smaller media market.
4. The Blue Jays claimed the bidding for Tanaka was too high. This is a team owned by media mogul Rogers, which seems to have an endless flow of money, and yet it can't afford to get into the bidding? As of this writing, the Blue Jays are still in need of two starting pitchers. With Garza off the board, now what? Bronson Arroyo remains the non-compensation alternative, but would the Jays take the plunge on Ervin Santana or Ubaldo Jimenez?
5. Stephen Drew makes so much sense for the Athletics with Jed Lowrie a better fit at second base.
6. If the Yankees acquired Drew, could they work a shortstop/DH platoon with Derek Jeter?
Updates on nine
1. Grady Sizemore, OF, Red Sox — Nobody knows how he will perform, but the Red Sox were very impressed with his explosive movements. Sizemore looks much like he did when he was healthy. How long will he hold up? How good is he after missing two years of baseball? Those are the questions Sizemore will have to answer in spring training. Sizemore also had a major league invitation from the Reds, but decided the Red Sox afforded him the best opportunity to win a starting job with Jackie Bradley Jr. the competition.
2. Yenier Bello, C, Cuba — Bello, who has been cleared by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, could become the next big Cuban to come to the majors. With the Red Sox pleased with their young catchers, it's likely Bello will sign elsewhere. He can hit for power and is a decent overall hitter. The Dodgers, Cubs, and Athletics always seem to be in the mix for Cuban players.
3. Grant Balfour, RHP, Rays — The Rays made yet another smart signing when they got Balfour back after the rival Orioles backed out of a deal because of medical concerns. Balfour had an excellent season as Oakland's closer and returns to Tampa Bay on a two-year, $12 million deal. Balfour is AL battle-tested and should provide the Rays with a dramatic upgrade at the back of their bullpen.
4. David Ortiz, DH, Red Sox — Ortiz has a great fan in agent Scott Boras, even though Boras doesn't represent him. Boras feels Ortiz has been underpaid considering his production. Boras represents Kendrys Morales, who hasn't been able to find a job. Morales is being promoted as a first baseman, but most teams see him as a DH. Boras notes that Ortiz continues to be Boston's featured power hitter as a DH. His message is Morales can also be a valuable hitter as a DH in a top lineup.
5. Daisuke Matsuzaka, RHP, Mets — The Mets liked what they saw from Matsuzaka late in the season and they have invited him back on a minor league deal with an invitation to major league camp. Matsuzaka is 33, and there had been some talk that he might go back to Japan to pitch. But the possibility of breaking into the Mets' rotation with Matt Harvey out intrigued Matsuzaka enough to fight for a spot. Matsuzaka (3-3 with a 4.42 ERA in seven starts for the Mets) upped his tempo quite a bit late in the year to where he was no longer a human rain delay. Those who know him say he's determined to show the form of his first two seasons with the Red Sox.
6. Stephen Drew, SS, free agent — Drew remains one of the best players out there in free agency. Hard to believe a good shortstop isn't in demand. The Red Sox are publicly saying they're fine going with Xander Bogaerts at shortstop, but they would love to get Drew back. The Yankees, Mets, Athletics, and Red Sox are possible fits. With spring training around the corner, there could be a team or two that changes its mind if Drew can be had on a one-year pillow deal.
7. David Price, LHP, Rays — What we don't know is whether the Rays have had a change of heart about dealing Price, but it sure sounds like it if you listened to manager Joe Maddon last week. "Right now, David's a Ray, and I hope he stays a Ray, quite frankly," said Maddon. "Love him, love having him. We keep talking about all of these different components within the clubhouse that make a difference. Who makes more of a difference than he does?" The Rays could very well stay with Price, see where they are at the trading deadline, and either go for it with him or deal him then. The Rays have spent a bit more money than usual this offseason.
8. A.J. Burnett, RHP, free agent — Burnett has yet to decide whether he's returning to Pittsburgh or retiring. The Pirates probably won't go after a pitcher if he does retire. Right now, the Pirates are looking for a full-time first baseman and would use the Burnett resources toward that end. The other wild card is the Orioles. Burnett lives in Baltimore.
9. Pablo Sandoval, 3B, Giants — As GM Brian Sabean said, "Perhaps his pending free agency might be his best medicine" for losing 42 pounds this offseason. Sandoval is showing off his new body in the Venezuelan Winter League. The Giants have been through a lot with Sandoval concerning his weight. Even if he has a good season, this may be his last with the Giants.
From the Bill Chuck files — "Last season, B.J. Upton had 5.8 times as many strikeouts as RBIs (151 Ks/26 RBIs). He is one of three players in baseball history who played at least 125 games in a season with a ratio that bad. The other two were Gary Pettis (124/17 in 1987) and Tommie Agee (103/17 in 1968)." Tomorrow, wish Ken Huckaby (43), Phil Plantier (45), and Eric Wedge (46) a happy birthday.Nick Cafardo can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @nickcafardo. Material from interviews, wire services, other beat writers, and league and team sources was used in this report.


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Bill of Attainder
No Bill of Attainder...shall be passed.Article I, Section 9, Clause 3
The Constitution prohibits both the federal government (in this clause) and the states (in Article I, Section 10, Clause 1) from passing either bills of attainder or ex post facto laws. The Framers considered freedom from bills of attainder and ex post facto laws so important that these are the only two individual liberties that the original Constitution protects from both federal and state intrusion. As James Madison said in The Federalist No. 44, "Bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, and laws impairing the obligation of contracts, are contrary to the first principles of the social compact, and to every principle of sound legislation."
In common law, bills of attainder were legislative acts that, without trial, condemned specifically designated persons or groups to death. Bills of attainder also required the "corruption of blood"; that is, they denied to the condemned's heirs the right to inherit his estate. Bills of pains and penalties, in contrast, singled out designated persons or groups for punishment less than death, such as banishment or disenfranchisement. Many states had enacted both kinds of statutes after the Revolution.
The Framers forbade bills of attainder as part of their strategy of undoing the English law of treason, and to contend with what they regarded as the most serious historical instances of legislative tyranny by state or national legislatures. Professor Raoul Berger argues that the bill of attainder clauses (see also Article I, Section 10, Clause 1) protect only against legislative actions that affect the life of the individual, not his property, which was the province of bills of pains and penalties. Beginning with Chief Justice John Marshall, however, the Supreme Court has insisted that "a Bill of Attainder may affect the life of an individual, or may confiscate his property, or may do both." Fletcher v. Peck (1810).
Marshall and his successors saw the Bill of Attainder Clause as an element of the separation of powers. As the decisions of the Court in Marbury v. Madison (1803) and United States v. Klein (1871) made clear, only a court can hold a trial, evaluate the evidence, and determine the merits of the claim or accusation. The Constitution forbade the Congress from "exercis[ing] the power and office of judge." Cummings v. Missouri (1867). In United States v. Brown (1965), the Court specifically rejected a "narrow historical approach" to the clauses and characterized the Framers' purpose as to prohibit "legislative punishment, of any form or severity, of specifically designated persons or groups."
Even with an expansive definition, the Bill of Attainder Clause provides only limited protection against retroactive civil legislation. The modern Court rarely invokes the clause's protection; it has not invalidated legislation on bill-of-attainder grounds since 1965. Moreover, the only laws that the Court has invalidated as bills of attainder have been bars on the employment of specific individuals or groups of individuals.
The Court devised a three-part test to determine when a piece of legislation violates the Bill of Attainder Clause: such legislation specifies the affected persons (even if not done in terms within the statute), includes punishment, and lacks a judicial trial. Because of the Court's relatively narrow definition of punishment, however, it rarely, if ever, invalidates legislation on this basis. For example, the Court has held that the denial of noncontractual government benefits such as financial aid was not punishment, Selective Service System v. Minnesota Public Interest Research Group (1984), nor did an act requisitioning the recordings and material of President Richard M. Nixon and several of his aides constitute punishment. Nixon v. Administrator of General Services (1977). Exclusion from employment, however, is a form of punishment. United States v. Brown (1965).
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Bloody Beaumont shootout kills three
Police are searching for the culprits in a bloody shootout Thursday night, June 27.
According to a Beaumont Police Department press release, officers responded to the 1000 block of Prairie Ave. about 9:27 p.m. to find five gunshot victims. Three of the five men were dead minutes after police arrived on the scene, and the other two were rushed to St. Elizabeth Hospital.
One of the survivors was released shortly afterward and the other flown to UTMB Galveston with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper and lower body, according to BPD.
Witnesses on the scene told police several men were playing dominoes when a group of men arrived in a dark-colored SUV and confronted them. Shortly after their arrival, multiple gunshots were fired at the men playing dominoes. At least three children were inside the residence when the firing started, but they weren't injured, according to the press release.
Police were still processing the crime scene into Friday morning, June 28, and were interviewing witnesses and the victim released from the hospital to try and identify suspects and motive in the case.
The crime scene is near where Park Street meets Washington Boulevard.
Police later identified those killed in the attack as Macgarrett Jack, 28, of Beaumont, Preston Wilson, 62, of Beaumont, and Joshua Ceasar, 29, of Beaumont.
"Police are searching for a dark colored SUV that fled the scene immediately after the shooting," said Sgt. Rob Flores in the press release. "Witnesses saw several males leave in the vehicle, and as it was driving west on Prairie, it sideswiped a parked vehicle. This SUV may have extensive damage to the front left and driver's side."
At about 10:30 a.m. Friday, police identified a person of interest in the shooting. Police said the 25-year-old Beaumont resident might have had key facts as to the details of the shooting, and the man came forward to speak with detectives. In a press release Saturday, June 29, BPD said detectives had determined after an interview that he was no longer a person of interest.
Anyone with information about the shooting is encouraged to call Beaumont Crime Stoppers at (409) 833-TIPS to make an anonymous tip.
Stay tuned to The Examiner for more updates as they become available.


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