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Top 25 Cities for Firefighters
Tania Khadder, Anna Hennings, Adam Starr, Alice Handley | FireLink
May 13, 2011
#20. St. Louis, MO
Population: 354,361
Average Salary: $40,630
Firefighter Salary: $43,000
Cost of Living Rank (in a 1-100 list): 23
Average Commute Time: 21.5 minutes
Job Growth Rank (in a list of 372 Highest Growth Cities): 179
Unemployment Rate: 9.2
The St. Louis Fire Department protects a city that covers more than 60 square miles. Two years ago, the St. Louis Fire Department had a total of 101,844 responses, of which: 41,856 were fire suppression responses and 59,988 were emergency medical services responses. Known as the city that marks the divide between the Eastern and Western United States, St. Louis is often called the "Gateway City." It's home to some of our nation's largest public and privately held corporations —Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Scottrade, Energizer and Anheuser-Busch Breweries are just a few of its best known local companies. And it didn't just make our own short list of great cities — this charming city ranks among the whole world's top 100 cities in terms of quality of life.
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Daniel Burns, manager of San Juan Ranch, Dos Palos, Calif., sees a long, uncertain road ahead for California cotton producers.
Having just returned from the National Cotton Council (NCC) annual meeting, Burns told growers and Pest Control Advisers at the recent Bayer CropScience cotton technology seminar that "government (farm) programs are going away. There are a lot of changes ahead." That is not the official industry line as the NCC and others lobby to preserve as much of the current farm bill as possible. However, many producers are convinced support for farm programs in Congress and the Bush Administration is waning under the weight of a huge federal deficit. Federal farm programs as growers now know them are targeted for cuts or major changes as never before.
Bottom line for Burns is if he is to continue producing 2,000 acres of cotton each year in the northern San Joaquin Valley, he must find a way to farm cheaper.
He has. He has reduced conventional tillage cost by at least 50 percent using minimum tillage producing cotton in 15-inch rows. However, he finds himself unable to capture that savings at least this season because of problems he encountered spindle harvesting it last season.
Compare systems
San Juan Ranch, John Deere and the University California teamed up to launch a research project comparing three production systems at the Merced County, Calif., farm. Last year cotton planted in conventional 30-inch single rows; two rows on a 30-inch bed and in rows spaced just 15 inches apart were compared.
The focal point of the test was reduced tillage cost, and Burns achieved that. It cost about $51 per acre less to grow twin-row 30-inch cotton versus conventional single row 30s and about $80 less for tillage on 15-inch cotton versus since row cotton rows spaced 30 inches apart.
"It is all about saving labor, fuel, and equipment costs," said Burns. "Every farmer knows where the costs of fuel and fertilizers are going."
San Juan is a diversified farming operation producing alfalfa, processing tomatoes and peppers as well as cotton, and Burns is focusing on reducing tillage cost in all crops.
One way he is doing that is with a multiple-tasking tillage tool called an Eliminator. It is a $55,000 implement that takes a 450-horsepower tractor to pull, but it is quickly paying for itself replacing five or six passes through the field with small implements with one or two passes.
Burns makes one pass with the Eliminator after harvest; chisels and comes back again with the Eliminator. He also applies a pre-plant herbicide with the second pass. That's it.
He also uses a conservation tillage implement called a Performer on his processing tomato fields. "When we finish a tomato crop, it is shredded, and we run a tool called a Performer 2 and that is it. We are ready to plant." He can leave 60-inch tomato beds or can split the tomato beds for 30-inch cotton with the Performer. He has run the Performer on drip irrigated tomato fields without damaging the buried irrigation tape.
Lacked GPS
Obviously Burns has moved forward to reduce tillage costs in many areas, but he is stymied at this point enfolding the 15-inch cotton into the farm's cotton mix because the large 12-row Deere cotton picker brought to the farm as part of the comparison research would not gather the cotton at night. It was not equipped with GPS technology while on Burns' cotton.
"It was like trying to drive in a straight line down a white table clothe," he said. Burn's best picker driver could not see to harvest at night and that unacceptability reduced harvesting efficiency.
"John Deere said they would not come back so I will not plant any 15-inch cotton this year," he said. The harvester was reportedly sold to J.G. Boswell in Corcoran, Calif., which has also tested the machine to gather Pima cotton.
All of Burns' cotton is Acala.
Burns is disappointed. "We have got to do more things to cut costs to stay in the cotton business. We try a lot of different things at San Juan and I probably get myself in trouble with some things, but we have no choice but to keep looking for ways to be more efficient," he said.

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Gov. Jerry Brown showed up in Mountain View Tuesday morning in a driverless Prius and signed a bill allowing Californians to sit behind the wheel of a vehicle and allow an automated robotic system do all the work.
The governor held the event at Google, and was met by Google's co-founder, Sergey Brin, since the Silicon Valley search engine company lobbied for the bill after the high-profile launch of its automated hybrid car.
"This is the essence of Google," Brown told the audience. "Being able to imagine what isn't, and bring it into reality."
At the event, which was closed to the public, Brin said the cars would be good for the "blind," the "elderly" and those who are "too intoxicated."
On a more serious note, Brin said he believed the cars would be safer than humans driving, and then he just couldn't resist one more quip. "Self driving cars don't run red lights!"
The bill, which passed in August, requires the California Department of Motor Vehicles to set up rules for driverless cars by 2015. Drivers will need to obtain special permits to sit behind the wheel of these robotic cars and be ready to take control if the vehicle crashes. The bill was authored by Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Los Angeles.
Some companies, such as BMW, have automated cars in the works, and for now, Google's robot car is a prototype. The company has a fleet of about a dozen of the science fiction-y vehicles - mostly Toyota Priuses equipped with self-driving technology - all without an accident.


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Texas Parks and Wildlife Commissioners approved a new federal rule this week that outlines changes in animal health regulations that will affect protocols for handling and testing for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the Texas cervid population. The new rule will be published in the next issue of the Texas Register and allows for a 20-day period for public comment before the rule takes affect.
State wildlife and animal health officials say the new rule is "timely" after Texas experienced its first case of CWD in June this year when two male mule deer near the New Mexico border in Far West Texas tested positive for the disease.
CWD is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder that affects cervid species such as white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, and others susceptible species. It is classified as a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, a family of diseases that includes scrapie (found in sheep) and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE, found in cattle and commonly known as Mad Cow Disease).
TPWD closed the Texas border in 2005 to the entry of out-of-state captive white-tailed and mule deer over fears of CWD and has increased regulatory requirements regarding disease monitoring and recordkeeping. Since 2002, the department has tested more than 26,500 wild deer in Texas for CWD, and cervid producers have submitted more than 7,400 test results to the department.
The new rule represents the second attempt by TPWD to put the issue before the public. The first set of proposed rules was withdrawn by Commissioners when additional study indicated parts of the proposed rules required amendments. The new federal rules address not only monitoring and movement of cervid populations in the wild but also those at breeding facilities across the state.
Karl Kinsel, a Texas breeder and livestock producer, serves as executive director for the Texas Deer Association (TDA), the non-profit group that has long advocated cervid health issues and serves as a trade association for member breeders across the state. Along with a group of individual ranch owners and state officials, Kinsel served on the Cervid Health Working Group in reviewing and discussing TAHC's monitored herd program, proposed intrastate and interstate movement rules, surveillance programs and monitoring efforts of wild and farm-raised deer.
Kinsel says TDA members were interested in how current industry practices and regulations compared to the proposed new rules.
"The hearing in Austin went rather well as far as (the) information we had to work with. We discussed how the rules would establish containment areas as needed and talked about the movement of deer. We reviewed the state's proposed emergency response plan when chronic wasting disease is discovered," Kinsel said.
"We are fortunate to have good people over at Parks and Wildlife and at the Texas Animal Health Commission. Many states have overreacted to the threat and we wanted to make certain we took a scientific approach to the problem and separated the facts from the myths when it comes to CWD."
Kinsel says the TDA was formed in part to help members deal with animal health issues and to make certain breeders are using the best methods possible to ensure the best pen-to- pasture practices.
Breeder participation
Most of the 1,000-plus Texas breeders participate in two programs related to CWD. The first is a TPWD testing program initiated in 2002 that requires all cervid breeders in the state to test at least 20 percent of animal deaths each year, a procedure that must be paid by the breeder. Secondly, most breeders in the state voluntarily participate in a Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) CWD Monitored Herd program, which requires testing of 100 percent of all eligible deaths each year.
Out of approximately 848,706 free-ranging (non-breeder) cervids tested across the nation since 1998, approximately 3,600 free-ranging cervids were found to be CWD positive. TPWD reports that from 2002 through 2010, a total of 33,900 breeder and wild cervids have been tested for CWD, but CWD has never been found in Texas in white-tailed deer, a number that TDA members say speaks well to the commitment of Texas breeders to prevent the spread of the disease.
Texas breeders say selecting the right rules is important for the viability of the breeding industry. For example, attempts to eradicate CWD in other states, such as Wisconsin, have proven generally ineffective and have had disastrous effects on local economies dependent on goods and services related to hunting.
Kinsel says Texas deer breeders support monitoring and testing programs designed to limit the movement of animal diseases among free-range wildlife and breeding stock at hundreds of facilities across the state.
"One of our primary goals is to make certain we keep Texas a top destination for hunters. It's an $8 billion industry that adds a great deal to our economy, and the efforts of the TDA are designed not only to protect the animals we breed but (also) to manage them properly, and this includes good animal health practices," he adds.
Kinsel says the state's cervid breeding industry adds another $700 million to the state's economy, according to a Texas A&M study, and that adopting rules that are based on science is the best way to ensure the industry remains a viable alternative for rural property owners who often supplement their agriculture operations with breeding programs.
Once published in the Texas Register, the public will have 20-days to submit comments before the rule takes affect.


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1. Lay 16 feet of ribbon on flat surface. Stand wine bottle upright on top and in the middle of the ribbon.
2. Bring several inches of ribbon up flat along both sides of the bottle, and secure to neck of bottle with a bead of hot glue. Keeping ribbon flat to the bottle, wrap one side of ribbon around the bottle, starting at the top, moving down the bottle with a few loose wraps then back up again with tighter, overlapping wraps and finishing near top of bottle.
3. Repeat with ribbon from other side, making sure to completely cover the bottle.
4. Tie both ends of ribbon in a knot at top of bottle. Use a 30-inch strip of ribbon to tie a bow at top of bottle.
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1. Paint a wood frame using interior latex paint; let dry.
2. Dip the end of a pencil eraser in a second latex paint color, and dot the frame with random polka dots; let dry.
3. Using a toothpick, apply epoxy to the back of rhinestones, then stick each in the middle of a polka dot.
1. Tinsel your table with a string of holiday lights folded inside a sheer table runner or strip of fabric.
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4. For safety's sake, be sure the electrical cord is tucked safely out of the way, and unplug the lights when the table is not attended.
1. Hot-glue black buttons to the top of the lid to create the eyes and mouth.
2. Cut a carrot shape from orange felt, and add detail using a red paint pen; glue to tin as the nose. Wrap baby blue felt and tie in a knot around the front of the tin as a scarf.
3. For stripes, cut fifteen 1/2-inch orange strips from orange felt. Hot-glue orange strips 1 inch apart onto the tied scarf. For scarf ends, cut two 2-1/2-inch lengths of orange felt. Hot-glue one piece to each end of scarf, then cut 2-inch splices every 1/4 inch to create a fringed look.
4. For the rectangular tin, use a pencil to draw a grid of 1-inch to 1-1/2-inch squares on the surface. Paint squares using a checkerboard design and your choice of glossy latex paints. When dry, add stars using a white paint pen.
1. Use art markers to color white polka-dot stickers. For snowflake stickers, spray the sheet of stickers with spray glue, and sprinkle on glitter.
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1. Cover entire mat with painter's tape, leaving a 2-inch border. Using a crafts knife, carefully cut and remove triangles from the tape to create treetop shapes. Spray mat with three coats of green paint, letting mat dry between coats. When last coat is dry, remove tape.
2. Tape over green border and treetops, then add a strip of tape where the tree trunks will be. Spray mat with three coats of blue paint, letting mat dry between coats. When last coat is dry, remove tape.
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Paola Plus
Added Nov 23, 2009
By burdastyle
New York, New Yo...
The Paola wrap dress is fit for many occasions: the office, Holiday parties or Sunday brunch- and looks lovely in this gorgeous feather print gabardine.
Material Notes
Feather print gabardine, self-made piping, fabric-covered buttons, snaps
- For
- Women
- Garment Type
- Dress
- Style
- Business, Casual, Classic, Preppy
- Material
- Cotton, Blends, Silk, Wool
- Photographer
Danielle St. Laurent
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Mar 15, 2012, 08.59 PMby dinuska
Very, very nice! :)
Mar 14, 2012, 02.28 AMby stitchikles
Wow, a wrap dress my curves might actually be able to wear!! I really like the structure this gets from the garberdine – so many wrap dresses are in flowy clingy fabrics that just don't suit me. Not sure if I could wear feathers but this would definitely look good in a print.
Mar 13, 2012, 05.01 PMby Cheryl Scott
Endless possibilities! Dress, Jacket, Coat. . .love it! (I agree that the fabric isn't my favorite :)
Dec 27, 2009, 03.08 AMby diha
its very elegnt and i love the feathery faBRIC weel done
Dec 1, 2009, 12.51 AMby thrums
I'd like to see this on a plus size model(s).
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Mar 16, 2012, 11.30 PMby blueartisan
I agree, there is no was she is plus size!
Nov 30, 2009, 01.36 PMby barbaraagatha
I think the dress is lovely. Only one problem: in the plus size it looks a little boxy on the top/shoulders. It didn't seem to have the same issue in the smaller size. How come? Maybe it's just the different fabric (the orange silk was better suited, I think).
Nov 28, 2009, 09.01 PMby nuiwida23
Absolutely fabulous! The fabric print is gorgeous, and that chain necklace goes with it perfectly.
Nov 28, 2009, 08.29 PMby melanee
I really like this style. I think the color and print of the material gives it a soft feminine look. After seeing it here, I would like to make it, from one of my older Burda magazines.
Nov 26, 2009, 12.35 PMby judygafl36
I am a size 16 in pants and a 14 on the top; how does this compare to the sizing for this pattern?
Nov 25, 2009, 03.05 PMby fergilan
I agree with many of the other members who say we need more size UK22+ patterns thanks for this one it looks great – not keen on the fabric it detracts from the lovely styling
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Mar 17, 2010, 07.23 PMby cowlady1990
I agree. I think this would look stunning in Black, or even a sunshine yellow, or bright lipstick red. Anything vibrant and solid, to show off the beautiful lines.
Nov 24, 2009, 10.02 PMby chrisjalys
I love this style, it may be a little 'old fashioned' but it has shape and a flattering one at that! I'm not so sure about the fabric though. I am confused by the sizes – I am an English size 26 – what is that on your size chart?
Nov 24, 2009, 09.20 PMby sade-
Thanks for making the plus sized pattern.
I still don't get why the 4X sizes are considered plus, when so many women are actually in that range. I'd love to see the plus patterns modeled in sizes 50 and above!
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Nov 24, 2009, 09.27 PMby chesswidow
Being that I am a size 50, I agree with you. I'm also a little shorter so just seeing this on another size 48, 50 & up would be helpful.
Nov 24, 2009, 06.32 PMby juliezee
I love the fabric. Where did you get it?
Nov 24, 2009, 05.33 PMby alden
Thanks Everyone! I love this dress and have borrowed it from the office on many an occasion!
Nov 24, 2009, 12.33 PMby nenasew
I think this is such a nice pattern. Looks so figure flattering for many figure issues. Love, love the fabric. Alden looks fantastic. Thanks Burdastyle.
Nov 24, 2009, 11.13 AMby anajan
I loved the first Paola dress, but I love the plus size version even more. Alden you look terrific! And, I actually like your fabric choice :)
Nov 24, 2009, 07.33 AMby irmchen
That's too bad – I would start with the Paola this weekend but I am a 42… may be an other time!?
Nov 24, 2009, 02.31 AMby camilaustral
noooo!!! by old lady i mean like…. 80 year old granny "stereotype"…
i would never think of you as "old ladies"!!!
Nov 24, 2009, 02.19 AMby ed2122
I am SO happy you guys came out with a plus version! I loved the original pattern and was so sad it wasn't in my size (or one close enough to grade up). I can't wait to make this now!
Nov 23, 2009, 10.55 PMby nehmah
Watch that "old lady" stuff, or I shall have to hobble out into the world and smack you smart aleck youngsters smartly with my cane! ;-( Thank you for an attractive style. I didn't care for this in the original photos/reg sizes. However, this looks great. As for the fabric, I do like that. In the 70s my favorite prints were cottons from France; all were black & grey on a white or cream background. Cordially, Nehmah
Nov 23, 2009, 10.43 PMby wzrdreams
No size 42? Disappointment, party of 4? :(
Alden, you are so beautfiul. I wish we could all be so photogenic.
Nov 23, 2009, 10.18 PMby susanne2011
Wooohooo, I can post comments again! WOOT WOOT!
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Nov 23, 2009, 11.06 PMby alden
Nov 23, 2009, 10.17 PMby susanne2011
Awesome! Alden, you look so sophisticated!
Nov 23, 2009, 09.12 PMby kosmika
No size 42? really? :( i was waiting for the plus version just to get my size without grading (in which i'm not good at all) please… make us 42ers happy! :(
Nov 23, 2009, 09.10 PMby strickmeise
oh, I waited for that plus pattern, I love it. I wanted to alter the smaller pattern but the difference between 40 and 44 is too big. The fabric isn't my favorite either (although I am somewhat like an old lady) ;) but I think I'll find the right one.
Nov 23, 2009, 08.59 PMby annevinkel
So we can't have it in a size 42 :-(
Which is easier, grading down from the 44 or up from the 40?
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Nov 23, 2009, 09.14 PMby ncn6
I was thinking the same thing :) I think it depends on your shape and what your fit issues are… I used to go for the larger size, but now I prefer to get a smaller size and do a FBA (since I am a short and busty person!). Especially with a neckline like this, the 44 would probably be pretty big shoulder wise on me (although the neckline does look somewhat higher on the plus version?). Even though I will probably end up getting the "regular" size of this, I just want to say that I LOVE seeing Alden model the plus patterns! It totally inspires me to see someone with cleavage in these designs… <3 from upstate NY, Alden!
Nov 23, 2009, 08.19 PMby ncn6
Thanks for a cute plus pattern! I can see this as a great suit dress for work in a wool or something. Quick question about the sizes, though: It looks like the original pattern only goes up to a 40, but this one starts at a 46? Is that a misprint, or is there really no 42/44?
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Nov 23, 2009, 08.24 PMby alisondahl
Yes, that was a misprint thank you, this pattern starts at size 44.
Nov 23, 2009, 08.10 PMby camilaustral
looks nice, but the fabric isn't my favorite, looks a little like a curtain… or an old lady dress
but i think it's a great shape for plus girls ;)
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Gallery - Asia Creative Collective
A San Francisco Meets Shanghai Sister City Trunk Show Presented by Asia Society Northern California Young Professionals Group
On December 12, over 90 shoppers gathered at the B. Mori showroom in the Design District of San Francisco to browse hundreds of unique items from San Francisco and Shanghai-based independent designers. The trunk show, organized by Asia Society Northern California's Young Professionals Group and co-organized by designer Kaileeni, was conceived to bring designers from the two sister cities together to unite around a common theme: inspired and innovative independent design.
Vendors from San Francisco and Shanghai included Kaileeni, LuRu Home, Finch, Lawless, Abandon, Madame Pure, Cukimber, Unique Indie, Peony Rice, NuoMi, Cicada, Victor Tung Couture and Orange Caterpillar.
The Asia Society Northern California Young Professionals Group was thrilled to collaborate with the San Francisco Shanghai Sister City Committee as well as ChinaSF to make this event a success.
A portion of proceeds from the event will be donated to The Pentok Institute, which provides training in leadership development and English literacy for women from Tibetan nomadic villages in Qinghai, Western China.
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Five Things the Sleep-Aid Industry Won't Say
More than 40 million Americans don't get enough sleep, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And what they're doing about it might not be so helpful either. MarketWatch's Jim Jelter discusses five things the sleep-aid industry won't say. (Photo: Getty Images)
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My motivation for research into the Titus family stemmed initially from the fact that my mother, Vera (nee Titus), was part of the lineage. However, once I became more involved in the research, and the various historical, political and social elements began to unfold over the 350-plus years of living history covered in my search, I became more and more fascinated, more and more involved with the numerous and varied cast of characters.
These people, particularly the descendants of Robert Titus, are my relatives and my ancestors. They are, and were, simple, hard-working and God-fearing folk. They are mainly farmers and labourers, with a sprinkling of shopkeepers, school teachers and clergymen. They have remained in that humble social status for much of the 350 years that they have contributed to and woven the fabric of North America. Only in the past 70 or 80 years do we find significant representation in the sciences, the arts or the senior ranks of the military. In religion, they are mostly Protestants, with the Baptist, Quaker and Methodist Churches being their preferred houses of worship.
The following is a brief guide to the contents of this website:


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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Senior Alyssa Thomas was voted to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference First Team for the third straight year and Lexie Brown was voted to the All-ACC Freshman Team by the league's 15 head coaches Monday.
Starting in 2013, the league separated the coaches and Blue Ribbon Panels votes into separate awards. The Blue Ribbon Panel is made up of school representatives and national and local media. The awards from the Blue Ribbon Panel were released last week.
Thomas is the third player in Maryland history to earn All-ACC honors in each of her four years, following Crystal Langhorne and Marissa Coleman. She made the Second Team as the league's Freshman of the Year in 2010 and has been on the First Team ever since as the league's Player of the Year as a sophomore and junior.
This year, Thomas led the Terrapins in scoring with 18.7 point per game, in rebounding with 10.8 rebounds per game and averaged 4.3 assists per game along with Brown. She broke Langhorne's program record of 2,247 career points with her 24 Friday night vs. North Carolina. She is 12 points from passing Juan Dixon's school record of 2,269 points.
Thomas picked up an ACC-best 24 double-doubles this year and led the nation with four triple-doubles. She is one of just three players in NCAA history with six or more triple-doubles in her career.
Brown started in 25 of 29 games played for the Terrapins, leading one of the nation's top offenses. She averaged 9.8 points per game on the year and 10.6 points per game in conference play, as well as 4.3 assists. She finished second among all league players in assist/turnover ratio (2.1). She was named to the Nancy Lieberman Award Watch list for the honor that goes to the nation's top point guard.
Brown is the 14th player in head coach Brenda Frese's 12 seasons to make the All-ACC Freshman Team.
The Terrapins are ranked No. 8 in the latest Associated Press poll and No. 5 in the USA Today Coaches poll.
Next, Maryland, who has won eight of its last 10 games, will await its NCAA Tournament berth with the Selection Show Monday, March 17 at 7 p.m. on ESPN.


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As a designee of the Academic Senate, the committee will:
a. review those recommendations that come from the Curriculum Review Committee representatives from each Division or Service Unit.
b. review program changes, additions, and deletions to determine the impact on the total curriculum and make recommendations to the Senate.
c. check the accuracy and completeness of submitted data and its compliance with institutional procedures.
d. monitor curriculum evaluation and assume responsibility for dissemination of accurate and up-to-date information on curriculum matters, state-wide, and locally.
e. review and make recommendations to the Senate concerning the general education requirements, certificate and degree program requirements, and requirements for graduation from the college.
f. conduct a regular review of the entire college curriculum approval process and make recommendations to the Senate.


text: When creating a new shell user, it bypasses my sshd_config file for requiring an ssh key to login if I have the authorized_keys file in /var/www/sitename.com/home/sshuser/.ssh/ . They can simply login with no password and no key file. How can I configure it so that they too need an SSH key to access the server?


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Perry sees windfall in rainy day
AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry's proposal to tap into the rainy day fund for tax relief could affect revenue long into the future and is a marked change from his repeated insistence that the state savings account shouldn't be used for ongoing expenses.
Perry's recent tax-relief proposal is not fully defined, although he would like it to total $1.8 billion over two years. Of the cost, $840 million would come from the rainy day fund and $960 million from state general revenue.
He has asked lawmakers to amend the state constitution and allow money to be given directly back to taxpayers, saying that would allow a rebate.
While that idea would allow the tax relief to be a one-time expense, it first would require approval of two-thirds of lawmakers and of Texans on a statewide ballot.
The other possibilities Perry has outlined in his budget plan include lowering the state sales tax rate, adjusting the business tax, creating an additional sales tax holiday weekend or increasing the homestead property tax exemption. He's seeking Texans' feedback.
Lawmakers wouldn't find it easy to raise these taxes when they next meet in two years if they cut them this time.
"Probably not," Senate Finance Committee Chairman Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, said when asked Wednesday if lawmakers would be likely to raise taxes they'd previously trimmed.
Williams said he generally supports some additional tax relief, saying: "They need a place at the table, taxpayers do, just like every other group who has lined up in Senate Finance right now."
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said he hadn't examined the details of Perry's plan but that he also wants to see tax relief for Texans on top of what has been approved in past legislative sessions.
Asked about whether it could be a temporary reduction, he said: "I don't have any intention, and I don't think the Legislature has any intention, to reduce taxes and then come back and raise them again."
Perry, asked about the notion that lawmakers would be unlikely to raise tax rates once they are lowered, said: "Good. That's a good way to keep spending under control."
The governor brushed aside the idea that tapping into the rainy day fund would be a departure from using it for the one-time investments he has suggested are its proper use, such as his proposal to take $3.7 billion from the fund for water and transportation infrastructure.
"I think there's enough to do both. You've got $12 billion in that fund, and the state's going to continue to grow. I think it's a really important message to send out across not just the state but across the country that this is a state that is not going to spend all that it brings in, that it actually is going to do some tax relief," Perry said.
Cutting taxes, however, affects the money available to the state budget at a time when outnumbered Democrats are urging full restoration of funding cut from areas like education two years ago, when lawmakers confronted a projected revenue shortfall.
"I would prefer that we use money from the rainy day fund to replenish and put back the funds that were cut ... I believe that that is a wise investment into the human infrastructure of Texas," said Rep. Philip Cortez, D-San Antonio.
Rep. Jessica Farrar, D-Houston, said Perry could help local taxpayers by reversing his stand against expanding Medicaid, allowing that program to pick up more health care costs at public hospitals.
Rep. Mike Villarreal, D-San Antonio, said Perry's proposal to use rainy day fund money for tax cuts "certainly does not fit the original intent of the economic stabilization fund. ... The Legislature intended for it to help stabilize the provision of basic essential state services when there is a downturn in the economy.
"The governor is attempting to redefine the purpose of this fund not just from the original intent. He's trying to redefine it from his new definition just last session," Villarreal said. "His own definition was we only use it to pay past-due bills. Well guess what, we have past due bills and ... he's not proposing that we use it to cover those expenses."
Rep. Lyle Larson, R-San Antonio, said the House is focused on responsibilities including education, health care and infrastructure demands, applauding Perry for highlighting transportation and water.
Larson said outside of a long-standing discussion about how to change or perhaps eliminate the business tax, which has met criticism from smaller businesses and others since it was overhauled in 2006, "I really don't see any traction in the House" for tax relief measures.
Larson said there's a concern over how tax relief could be individually parceled out to Texans in a fair manner, if a rebate were used.
He said he asked some of the budget-writing lawmakers.
"One of the members said, 'I guess you stand in front of the Capitol, you turn a fan on, and you throw a lot of money in the air,'" he said.
House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, said Perry hit the mark in this State of the State speech on education, water and transportation. He said he wants lawmakers serving on budget and tax committees to have a chance to discuss the issue.
"I haven't taken a position on rainy day fund use for anything other than the infrastructure items that we've talked about," Straus said. "This is the time of the session to have an open mind."


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Is Google Required To Carry Anyone's Advertising? French Regulators Seem To Think So
from the huh? dept
The regulators seem to think that Google is somehow required to help Navx's business:
"Google's practices have suddenly and significantly affected Navx's income, but also and essentially its growth potential," it said as it granted Navx's request for interim measures.Well, gee, Google doesn't display Techdirt as the top result for stuff we write about. That seems to significantly affect our income as well as our growth potential. But you don't see us running to the government to force Google to do so.
The key part of the complaint appears to be that Google's algorithm and policies are not publicly available, but again it's not clear why it needs to be. I actually do agree that Google's policies probably should be a lot more open and transparent, but that doesn't mean the government should force them to be. Instead, if anything, this actually seems like a potential opening for a competitor to come in and hit Google. I've always felt that certain aspects of Google's closed nature are an achilles heel for the company that no one has yet exploited.
Just because Google made a business decision to keep that information closed, and one company relied too much on Google for its business model, doesn't mean that a government should step in and force Google to change how it does business.


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Two German tourists and an Australian have been rescued following two days in the sea in the central Philippines after their boat capsized while they were island hopping.
Ralf Harald Auer, 54, his son Thomas Auer, 20, and Australian family friend, Joshua Marsh, were taken to hospital and treated for bruises and dehydration before being released, said coast guard Chief Petty Officer Venerando Celis.
All three of the men were based in Australia, he said.
The Filipino who was piloting the small boat - the sole crew member - was missing after he attempted to swim ashore to seek help when the vessel was knocked over by huge waves in the Sibuyan Sea on Tuesday, he said.
The Germans and Australian were rescued on Thursday by a passing freighter which found the men clinging to the outrigger of their capsized boat and took them to the central port of Iloilo, Celis said.
"They were weakened by lack of food and having been in the water for two days and two nights," the officer said, adding that a notice had been issued for boats to be on the lookout for the missing Filipino.
The accident occurred as the boat attempted a 40-kilometre crossing to Marinduque island, where Ralf Harald Auer's Philippine wife comes from, said Celis.


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Hey guys, finally got around to taking pictures of these guys.
I've got 9 guys in total, 10 if you count the hardsuit. 4 chainsword guys and 5 ranged guys.
The hardsuit is a modified version of the standard marine suit, this version includes a jump pack, and a sword wielding arm.
The jump pack was fun to make.
The ORANGE TRANSPARENT CHAINSWORD was fun to make too.
The jump pack is equipped with a radio.
Assault Marine without his jump pack.
The ranged Assault Marines are still equipped with close range and melee weapons. The rifles have bayonetts and the shotguns are, well shotguns.
The Assault Marines are led by an Iceworld chieftan. Only the Iceworldian Marines can wield the mighty ORANGE TRANSPARENT CHAINSWORD
What do you guys think?


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Country of Origin: Denmark
Designers: Norm Architects
Material: 100% Cotton Canvas, Leather
Dimensions: 15"l x 15"w x 20"h
Care Instructions: Hand-wash with damp cloth, do not wash leather straps
Why is it Special?
'Stand up bag' for smart storage and swift transportation. Use as a flexible hamper or laundry basket.
"Nepal Projects grew from our desire to use Menu as a platform for making a positive difference. Many young Nepali women from poor families risk being lured into prostitution. Through education of children and employment of young women we offer a sound and viable alternative. The Nepal Projects is our way to celebrate great craftsmanship, while helping vulnerable workers secure a better future for themselves and their families."
- Bjarne Hansen, owner & founder, Menu A/S
Menu has launched a new trade initiative, Nepal Projects. Developed in collaboration with aid organization Danida, Nepal Projects provides much-needed fair employment and future opportunities in one of the world's poorest countries by combining traditional fabric working skills with a contemporary Scandinavian design aesthetic. The result makes up part of our new collection of home accessories: Exquisite hand-weaved scarves and blankets, puffy pillows, practical desktop containers, roomy laundry bags, and cool teddy bears for kids and grown-ups alike. Himalayan cashmere, merino wool, leather and cotton of the finest quality are the main ingredients in the collection. Bridging traditions of East and West, the carefully crafted items are finished in muted grey, blue, green and red tones to suit a minimalistic Scandinavian home decoration style.
While production of the collection takes place in the Kathmandu area, where it employs hundreds of weavers, tailors and other local craftspeople, the design process happens in collaboration with Kasper Rønn and Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen of Norm Architects; Kristine Engelbrecht's A Hint of Neon, both in Copenhagen; as well as the Stockholm-based Taiwanese design duo Hung-Ming Chen and Chen-Yen Wei at Afteroom - and the seven-strong team at Note Design Studio.


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The French rating downgrade reminds investors about the still unresolved Euro-zone situation and will likely take the sheen off the market's optimistic view of the 'Fiscal Cliff' situation over the last two trading sessions. Offsetting the French overhang today is the very strong October Housing Starts report, providing another reassuring look at the improving housing scene.
In corporate news, Hewlett-Packard's (HPQ) reference to accounting 'improprieties' related to its Autonomy acquisition drown out everything else in its quarterly report. The PC maker's earnings numbers are not that bad. But the mere mention of accounting issues prompts investors to flee. Best Buy (BBY) also came short of expectations in its earnings report.
The October Housing Starts data came in better than expected, up 3.6% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 894K (872K). The prior month's Starts tally was modestly revised down to 863K from 872K. Permits were roughly in-line with expectations, coming in at 866K vs. permits level of 890K in September (revised lower from 894K originally reported). Single-family permits increased to the highest level since July 2008, while multi-family permits dropped. On the Starts front, single-family starts modestly declined from the preceding month's pace, while multi-family starts increased 11.9%. Two of the four regions showed gains, with the West showing a 17% jump and the Midwest increasing by 8.9%. Starts were down 6.5% in the Northeast and 2.5% in the South. Sandy reportedly had minimal impact on the data.
Monday's homebuilder sentiment report for November and the Existing Home sales report for October showed similar strength, with sales reaching their highest level of the year to the seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.79 million. This was the 16th consecutive monthly gain in sales, with the October tally up 2.1% from the preceding month and 10.9% from the year before. The gains have started to show up in positive momentum in median home prices and a drop in available-for-sale inventories. About a third of the October sales represented homes that had been on the market for a month or less, while current inventories are the lowest since February 2006.
The level of the homebuilder sentiment index has historically showed a strong correlation with Housing Starts data. Some analysts estimate that the current level of the index is consistent with housing starts that are double the current pace. This implies significant upside potential to construction activities even if the sentiment indicator levels off in the coming months. This bodes well for the contribution of residential construction activities to economic growth in the coming quarters, partly offsetting the slowdown in manufacturing and exports. Bottom line, housing has emerged as a bright spot for the U.S. economy.
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Super Street Fighter IV (Valentine's Day Femme Fatale Version) [Video Game Trailer]
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|2004-01-03, 20:57
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grumpiest when sleepy
Join Date: Dec 2003
I'm not sure what this is, and it doesn't really affect how my computer is operating, but everytime I restart my computer, I get the warning/error screen saying it's got erorrs and is forced to shut down. Since I DLed some unidentified stuff later was told that was a trojan, I was just worrying if it's gonna do damage to my PC, if anyone has any idea, please share your thoughts. THANKS if advance.
EDIT: It's actually winchost32.exe, and every time i uncheck it under msconfig from the startup section...it's miraculously rechecks itself again then give me the error message anyways.
|2004-01-04, 00:10
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Afflicted by the vanities
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fish-shape Paumanok
Age: 31
I was unable to find "winchost32", however I could find "winhost32".
If you can't delete it due to permissions problems, reboot into Safe Mode and try removing it then.
There is also the slight possibility that it is a modified trojan. Search for "winhost32" yourself on Google and see if you can find some of the other listed virus files. If so, quarantine your computer and delete them all.
|2004-01-04, 01:34
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grumpiest when sleepy
Join Date: Dec 2003
i checked again, it is winchost32.exe...and now there are two of them. and i couldnt find anything on it, i tried DLing a couple of anti-trojan softwares to scan my registry and hds, and found nothing, i also tried the safemode thing, but it still autoruns itself at startup no matter how many time i tried to get rid of it....i may have to format harddrive...again. thanks!
|2004-01-04, 01:45
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Sounds like a trojan.. do you have a firewall like Zonealarm? See if it asks for internet permission. If not, I wouldn't format over something like that. It could also be something sneaky like spyware that reinstalls itself on reboot (like gator)
I searched my comp and was unable to find a winchost.
Try this. http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10...ml?tag=lst-0-1
|2004-01-04, 01:56
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grumpiest when sleepy
Join Date: Dec 2003
i don't have firewall, and i doubt it's a spyware since i use ad-aware on start-up every time, i just ran the program you said, it didn't spot anything winchost related, just a bunch of errors generated from WinM player. i wonder what it is...they're multiplying.
|2004-01-04, 06:38
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Junior Member
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Have you done a scan for viruses (and by this I mean a full system scan using something like Norton Anti-Virus)? A startup program magically re-enabling itself and the location of the winchost32.exe file in your registry are signs that you're probably infected. Winchost32.exe may not mean anything in itself - it's probably just a random file name created by the virus.
|2004-01-05, 03:55
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|2004-01-06, 12:33
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alternative answer?
hmm.. if u cant use msconfig to kill the file from starting up... i think i might have another way of killing it.... if you look at the location of the file in your msconfig, that is actually the location of the file in your registry... now if ur willing to go into ur registry i can help maybe.. and maybe kill anything else you got booting up in hiding.... run "regedit" and go into "hkey_local_machine", then go to subfolder "microsoft"
then subfolder "windows", then to subfolder "currentversion", then subfolder "run" in this folder lies all the commands that windows runs when u log in. you should find your winchost32.exe file under the name catagory. otherwise search through the data and find the winchost21.exe. end the task first in your task manager, then delete it from your registry and your msconfig. then reboot and that should solve your problem. this will also solve any other programs "hiding within your boot up and log in... not guaranteeing anything.. just an alternative i use sometimes...
hope this helps you and gL trying it out.. if u have any problems gettin this to work right or if i didnt explain it clearly enough just PM me here and i'll give more details or something...
|2004-01-06, 15:55
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Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2003
try spybots
Try installing spybots and run it. Go to http://www.download.com and search for spybots. Hope it works.
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Just as love knows no borders, our dedication to justice reaches across boundaries and walls. We stand on the side of love with all families, regardless of citizenship status, and strive to create welcoming communities and congregations. We organize and advocate for immigration reform, for an end to detentions and deportations, and for a world where hands are extended in peace and care across borders and no one feels forced to leave home or risk death in pursuit of a decent life for their family.
What We Are Doing
- Witnessing for Justice
We take public stances and engage in action, including civil disobedience, in solidarity with our undocumented siblings and others who are suffering because of the United States' broken immigration system.
- #Not One More Deportation
We are partnering with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and the Interfaith Immigration Coalition in their efforts to end deportations. Together we supported presidential executive action to provide relief from deportation and separation for migrant families.
- New Sanctuary Movement
We are providing sanctuary to people appealing deportation orders, refugee children, and families fleeing violence. We are part of the movement to create "Sanctuary Cities" across the country that have welcoming policies towards immigrants.
- Social Justice Trips to the U.S./Mexico Border
The Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice offers service learning trips to the border. Journeys are grounded in theological reflection and help individuals, groups, and congregations understand the issues and discern a path toward effective action.
Worship, Learn, and Live Your Faith
Worship and Reflection
- Worship resources, including readings, hymns, and prayers, for immigration justice services, vigils, and rallies
- Theological reflection resources, including sermons and discussion guides, on immigration justice as a moral issue
- Immigration Justice study guides from the Unitarian Universalist (UU) College of Social Justice
- Immigration as a Moral Issue Study Guide: a curriculum for congregations
- Welcoming Our Neighbors (PDF, 32 pages)
- Multigenerational resources for congregational worship, reflection, and action on immigration
- More religious educational resources on immigration justice, including suggested videos, books, and study materials
Stories and Connection
- Subscribe to Immigrant Justice News or read past issues
- Read stories of immigration justice state by state throughout our faith movement
- Check out stories of how we are Standing on the Side of Love for immigrant rights
Who We Partner With
Effective justice ministry depends on partnership. UU partners for immigrant justice work, beyond the Unitarian Universalist Association, include UU State Action Networks, congregation-based community organizations, the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, the UU College of Social Justice, and UU Refugee and Immigrant Services and Education (UURISE). UUs also form interfaith and advocacy partnerships, such as with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, the Interfaith Immigration Coalition, No More Deaths, and Puente Human Rights Movement.


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NEW YORK -- U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Gerber approved Crunch's request to fund operations with $1 million on an interim basis after the New York-based chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Wednesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan.
Crunch had requested a $6 million debtor-in-possession loan while it carries through its bankruptcy and sale plans to New Evolution Fitness Company (NEFC) and certain investing affiliates of Angelo, Gordon & Co.
Crunch, which has more than 20 gyms in six U.S. cities and 73,000 members, is seeking to sell its assets through an auction under court protection to the two companies, who are its senior secured lenders. NEFC was founded by Mark Mastrov and Jim Rowley. Angelo, Gordon & Co. is the private equity firm that bought Crunch in 2005.
Upon completion of the sale, Mastrov, the founder of 24 Hour Fitness, and Rowley, a former 24 Hour co-president, will serve as chairman and vice chairman of the board of directors of Crunch, respectively, overseeing the existing senior management team of Crunch, which will remain with the company.
The sale permits other interested parties to make competing offers. Subject to the approval of the bankruptcy court and other customary conditions, the sale is expected to close in approximately 60 days.
"This process of reorganization, along with the ongoing involvement of NEFC, will allow Crunch to emerge as a strong player focused on what we have become famous for: being the place where entertainment meets fitness," Tim Miller, CEO of Crunch, said in a statement. "This transaction will allow us to restructure our balance sheet and close several unprofitable locations. Mark Mastrov and Jim Rowley strongly believe in Crunch, and I am confident their industry expertise, vision and leadership will prove to be invaluable as we execute our business plan going forward."
Crunch, which has 1,716 employees, listed $102.4 million in both assets and debts on its March 31 balance sheet, Bloomberg.com reported. In a court filing, Crunch listed 2008 sales of $84.5 million with operating losses of $11.2 million. Crunch also listed $2.8 million in losses since the beginning of the year.
Crunch Chief Financial Officer Michael Jacobs blamed the losses on "deficient membership sales and the inability of the debtors to divest themselves of certain unprofitable club locations that are saddled with overpriced long-term leases," according to court documents.
CH Fitness, a joint venture of entities formed by Angelo, Gordon, bought out all of Crunch's first lien debt from Goldman Sachs Credit Partners for $46.2 million in December and committed to fund up to an additional $17 million for working capital, according to court documents. Crunch owes money to more than 50,000 creditors, Crain's New York Business reported.
Crunch said each of its locations will remain open, other than two Manhattan clubs that closed immediately. The company said it has secured sufficient capital to fund operations through its reorganization.
In addition to New York, Crunch has clubs in Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta and San Francisco.
"The NEFC team is excited to be part of the new ownership group of Crunch," Mastrov said in a statement. "I have always considered Crunch to be one of the most innovative and cutting edge brands in the health and fitness industry since its inception in 1989. I look forward to working with Tim Miller and the entire Crunch management team in growing the Crunch brand, while continuing to deliver the fitness industry's most unique offerings to our members."
In January, NEFC announced a partnership with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts organization, to launch a network of UFC gyms.Angelo, Gordon bought Crunch from Bally Total Fitness for $45 million in 2005, much less than the $90 million that Bally had purchased Crunch for in 2001.


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MAX - Selecting a Maximum Number in SQL
SQL provides an easy to use method of determining the largest, or maximum, number in a database. This can get you the largest salary, next available ID number, and much more.
The function is called MAX and it can be used on any numeric field. Let's say you have a table that has one column called writer_id and another column called writer_name. You want to insert a new writer into that table, but you need to get a new ID # for this new writer. So you first need to know the current highest writer's ID number and increment that by one. You would do a SQL query saying
select max(writer_id) as maxid from writers;
The reason that you use the "as maxid" in your SQL syntax is that when you then go to do something with the result, you need a name by which to refer to this value. If you had just said
select writer_id from writers;
you could then say
WriterID = objRec3("writer_id")
but if you're using a function, it's not so easy. You don't have just a column name you want to do something with - you have a result of a function. So you have to give it a name.
So in our above case, using
select max(writer_id) as maxid from writers;
you would then say
WriterID = objRec3("maxid")
and then you'd say
NewID = WriterID + 1
and voila! You would have the next ID to do your new insert with.
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The Quizzard Of Oz®
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How to Play The Quizzard Of Oz®Answer ten multiple-choice Australian trivia questions.
Click on the answer (A, B, C or D) you think is correct to proceed to the next trivia question. Each question must be answered correctly before you can continue.
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U.S. experts may have concerns about the extent to which TPP accurately reflects U.S. law, and — assuming it does — whether locking in some provisions (and not others) via agreement is sound policy. Similarly, experts from other TPP countries may question whether adopting various provisions of U.S. law is desirable in their national legal system. Several already have. This is a question more complex than "is this SOPA 2?", however, and it requires careful study of various provisions.
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Just some tidbits, facts and factoids about the season. Discuss as you will:
Sox finished 85 - 77 .524 (High mark +16 over .500 on August 26.) Sox went 14-22 after that. Sox went 4-11 in last 15 games costing them the division.
Under current G.M. Kenny Williams this is the eighth winning season out of 12 years. (Eight winning seasons, three losing seasons, one .500 season) Two post season appearances, one World Series championship. Average Sox record under Kenny: 84.50 wins, 77.58 losses.
Sox finished with a home attendance of 1,965,955 fans. That is the 6th consecutive season the Sox lost fans from the previous year. (3rd time in franchise history this has happened. 1927-1932 and 1965-1970) Here are the final totals from the past six years:
2006- 2,957,414
2007- 2,684,395
2008- 2,500,648
2009- 2,284,163
2010- 2,194,378
2011- 2,001,262
2012- 1,965,955
Total loss from the end of 2006 to the end of 2012: 991,459 fans.
First Half Record (Games 1-81) 44-37 .543
Second Half Record (Games 82-162) 41-40 .506
Before All Star Break: 47-38 .552
After All Star Break: 38-39 .493
Games where the Sox scored three runs or less in 2012: 67 out of 162 (41.3% of season)
Sox lost 17 games when they allowed three runs or less
Sox won 13 games when they scored three runs or less:
Sox were shutout 11 times
Sox threw 11 shutouts
Sox won 11 games when they trailed going into the 7th inning or later.
(6 times in the 7th, 1 time in the 8th, 4 times in the 9th they either tied or took the lead and won)
Sox lost 11 games where they led going into the 7th inning or later.
(2 times in the 7th, 3 times in the 8th, 5 times in the 9th, 1 time in the 14th they gave up the lead and eventually lost)
Heres the break down of the pitchers who broke down and cost the Sox those games:
Thornton 3 times, Peavy 2 times, Reed 2 times, Santiago 2 times, Crain 1 time, Myers 1 time.
Sox were 26-21 in one run games.
Sox were 14-23 in two run games.
Sox were 5-9 in extra inning games.
Sox were 6-12 vs. Detroit
Sox were 6-12 vs. Kansas City (finished with a losing record)
Six were 2-6 vs. Baltimore
Sox were 2-6 vs. Boston (finished with a losing record)
Seven games the Sox wished they could have back:
April 25: Oakland 5, Sox 4 (14 innings) Santiago gave up three runs in the last of the 14th inning to lose the game. Was the second of five losses in a row. Sox scored three runs or less in four of those games
May 4: Detroit 5, Sox 4 Thornton gave up a two run home run in the 9th inning as Detroit scored three times in the final two frames for the win.
May 15: Detroit 10, Sox 8 Peavy was cruising with a 6-0 lead in the 6th inning, and then completely lost it. Tigers scored 10 unanswered runs for the win. Gave them the confidence that they could beat the Sox anytime they needed to.
July 19: Boston 3, Sox 1- Reed gives up a three run home run in the 9th to lose the game. Second of five straight losses where the Sox scored a total of nine runs.
August 27: Baltimore 4, Sox 3 - Myers gives up what turned out to be the game winning home run to the all powerful Nate McLouth in the 8th inning. Sox would lose 10 of their next 15 games.
September 19: K.C. 4, Sox 3 - Sox take early 3-0 lead against Catfish Guthrie then Rios hesitates trying to score on a wild pitch then Ramirez falls asleep and gets picked off 3rd base. Instead of being up four or five runs, lead remains at three. Royals come back to win, Detroit had already lost and the Sox blew a chance to increase the lead to three games.
September 25: Cleveland 4, Sox 3 Sox had a stirring comeback win the night before, took a 3-1 lead in the 1st inning then did nothing the rest of the night. Fell out of first place to Detroit and never got closer than a game the rest of the way.
Thanks for the numbers, Lip. (I know they took a lot of time to put together.)
I'd like to see the team put more of an emphasis on putting the hammer down and doing what it takes to win close games early in the season. Those games count as much as those in September. Too many times this season, and you documented some of them, we threw away games by taking out starters who were pitching great. We need to bank those games as wins and worry about our closer's confidence later.
Our mental approach from the players to the coaches needs to improve. It was ridiculous how we continued to pitch to Billy Butler as he burned us in game after game after game. It's no wonder why we struggled so much with Kansas City. I don't know if it was due to some misguided macho attitude, but I remain dumbfounded why we kept pitching to the one big-time hitter in the Royals lineup. It would have been so easy, and smart, to pitch around him, but we chose not to for reasons unknown and we paid a heavy price for it.
Our starting lineup needs more speed and energy. I think that would help avoid our annual second-half fade. The two positions that are open to be improved are second and third base.
The Sox need to clean house in the marketing department. The steady attendance decline speaks for itself. Having said that, I have no confidence that the Sox will clean house in the marketing department. Such thinking, if it plays out like that, would be an example of why the same problems seem to repeat themselves in the organization.
I'll add June 17th at Dodgers to that list of games.
losing 4 of 6 to Houston and the Cubs at home stings.
Thanks for the analysis, Lip. How is it possible to be as competitive as this team was over the entire course of the year - and frankly entertaining to watch, IMO - and still lose fans.
Hell, even when we were taking on water in the last month of the season, we were still in the race!
I don't understand. What do people want to see?
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"I have the ultimate respect for White Sox fans. They were as miserable as the Cubs and Red Sox fans ever were but always had the good decency to keep it to themselves. And when they finally won the World Series, they celebrated without annoying every other fan in the country." Jim Caple, ESPN (January 12, 2011)
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That Sept. 19 game in KC, I look at that loss as the turning point. After that game, I posted that team I saw on the field that night was not the White Sox team I had enjoyed watching all summer.
They played horrible, horrible baseball that night. Worst game of the year in my book. It put them in a funk they never escaped.
JB's attendance record:
2004: 14-5; 2005: 16-8; 2006: 19-10; 2007: 8-12; 2008: 15-7; 2009: 6-13; 2010: 12-11; 2011: 9-8; 2012: 11-7; 2013: 8-9; 2014: 7-9; 2015: 10-10; 2016: 13-10; 2017: 8-5; 2018: 3-10; Total: 159-134.
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This one sticks out to me. Robin and Coop really blew that one. Quintana started to slide after that also...he was pitching spectacular for a stretch,and the Sox could not score for him...this was the capper.
Looking at this team it was missing what I call the "Magic" needed that puts most teams in the winning / championship catagory. Those Magic teams win 1 run games 60-70% of the time.. They win 60-70% of their extra inning games. They shut out other teams at a 2 to 1 clip. They are the antithesis of mediocrity. Sure, you have to be a good team to compete, but also catching a little lightning in a bottle helps as well. Look at Baltimore this year. They were a pain in the Yankees ass because they always found a way to pull em out. Sure, they didnt win the division, but in this day and age they are atleast going to the dance..
I as alot of old farts on this board know the Sox drill.. .500 ball going in and hoping they catch the "magic" somewhere along the season. Only problem is, alot of rabbits have been AWOL when extracted from hats.
Great work LIP. Nothing tells the true story untill its laid out for all to see. We can all come up with reasons for this or that, but as you say, "The Numbers" dont lie. You have to go by the numbers because a number to the right of the W/L column is what tells you where you eventually end up when all is said and done..
Big Klu says... "When you step in the box you go to war"..
Batting in the second position for the White Sox, number 2, the second baseman Nelson Fox.
All games count the same in the standings, but these 2 really stand out to me as the ones where the season was lost. That Detroit loss meant a 2 game swing in the standings. 6 run lead with a $17M pitcher on the mound and we lose. Wow.
The 9/19 game was another one where the Sox blew it. Mental errors like getting picked off 3rd are inexcusable. There's 3 games in the standings right there in a season where the Sox ended 3 games back.
IMO, I feel that KW was sort of conceding the 2012 season at the start. Perhaps he was surprised himself at how the Sox were in the race early on and how he was able to boost this lineup with Youkilis.
But, instead of hiring a more seasoned manager while teaching RV the ropes by managing in the minors or by starting off as a bench coach, KW went with on-the-job training. This to me was inexcusable. It was a signal to me that the Sox weren't going for it this year.
Agree, Expectations were minimal in the beginning. Hung tough till the wheels came off and the jeep ended up in a ditch a 1/4 mile from
the post. Final analysis is they didnt beat the favorite, nor flotsum to achieve to top spot..
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Taylor Swift appears to have rebounded from her summer fling with Conor Kennedy.
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The new romance rumors spread on Friday morning after "The X Factor" co-host Mario Lopez revealed all about his encounter with the One Direction singer backstage on his radio show.
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Once upon a time, there was the advertising business. It was the business for go-getters and quick-thinkers, the man (they were largely men) of the future. The number of movies and television shows involving ad agencies was larger that you might expect.
And once upon that time, one of the centers for this industry was Chicago. A lot of the giants have passed on now, or moved to greener pastures. The Book Fair still gets Leo Burnett's autobiography/motivational book, autographed always in green ink, and once a huge portion of the company library of Foote, Cone, and Belding came to us. But we are not here to reminisce about the dear dead days beyond recall.
Because during that onceupona time, because of the proximity of these advertising giants, AND the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago was a hotbed of forward-thinking graphic artists and designers. In the 1930s, 27 of the best and brightest banded to form the "27 Chicago Designers". The fame of this outfit still resounds through the history of modern design. But I don't even want to talk about THAT. (I shall leave that history to somebody who actually knows something. I'm just a blogger.)
Beginning in 1935 and continuing for half a century or so, each of the 27 Chicago Designers would contribute pages showing samples of their work to a book called, simply, 27. Sent to prospective clients, the books showed what they'd done, and what they could do. Each book is filled with pictures of things you never realized HAD designers: textbooks, catalogs, yearbooks, and encyclopedias. Members of the 27 designed sewing machines, typefaces, chairs, pens, menus, bread bags, board games, and bars of soap, NAPA cans and Pabst Blue Ribbon bottles. The first On-Cor Family Pack frozen dinners.are here, and when 7-Up decided it wanted not just a new logo and new label, but a new kind of bottle for its Uncola campaign, a member of the 27 produced these. Ever pick up one of the 24 individual paperback volumes of the Encyclopedia of Cooking at a garage sale? (If not, I can sell you plenty.) A member of the 27 designed that set
The books are catalogs of contemporary culture. These were the men and women assigned to come up with the "look" for a product or line of products. Sometimes, accidentally, they came up with a look that became standard, that immediately makes you think "Fifties" or "Sixties". (Only they turn up in the 27 books from the Forties and Fifties. First they came up with the style, then they had to sell it, then it had to get printed, then it had to be imitated by other designers: it takes time to become a cliche).
And if that isn't enough to entertain you, they designed things now forgotten, products that we in our homogenized modern age no longer see. We do not enjoy the variety of groceries, for example: they got to design packages for canned tripe in whole milk, canned pork sausage, canned calves' liver. When was the last time you purchased Duncan Hines Salad Dressing, Chief Oshkosh Beer, Crest Cooked Pork Brains, or Swift's Select Beef Brains? I haven't checked on it, but does anyone still sell canned maple syrup these days, or canned grapefruit juice? Does Smucker's still sell cherry preserves, or Fannie May their Sunset Collection? Not only did these things once exist, but somebody was paid to pick the shape of the box, the color of the label, and the style of the lettering thereupon.
It's just one of the things a good Book Fair can do for you, make you nostalgic for things you've never seen before.