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IT'S a word that nowadays seems to appear only in reviews of Broadway shows followed by four to eight exclamation points. It's the sort of word that, if you hear it spoken at all, is often uttered with resigned sarcasm. Maybe it's hokey and a bit archaic, but the word terrific perfectly describes the Subaru BRZ and Scion FR-S, twin sports cars only recently delivered and then sent to live with separate families.
The exclamation points follow.
The BRZ and FR-S are essentially the same small, rear-drive, almost affordable sports car. Sure the badges are different, and there are slight variances in the noses and the taillights, but everything that matters — and most of what doesn't — is identical.
The cars were codeveloped by Subaru and Toyota and are built by Subaru's parent, Fuji Heavy Industries, at a plant in Ota, Japan. To further confuse things, the BRZ/FR-S is also sold in Japan as the Toyota 86 and in Europe as the Toyota GT86.
If you like, you can mash the American-market names together and call it the Febreze.
Subaru offers the BRZ in two trim levels: a well-equipped Premium at $26,265 that includes a navigation system, and the more lavish Limited at $28,265. The BRZ Limited that I tested had leather upholstery, a dual-zone climate control, a voice-activated navigation system and the only available option, a 6-speed automatic transmission for $1,100 more.
Scion sells the FR-S in only one trim level, which is slightly less luxe than either BRZ — with cloth upholstery, a simpler ventilation system and a Pioneer audio system. It is $24,955 with a 6-speed manual transmission. A full $15 of the price difference between the FR-S and BRZ reflects the fact that the Scion carries a $755 delivery charge while Subaru's fee for the same extortion is $770.Continue reading the main story
If Ferdinand Porsche were alive and had access to the Subaru parts bin, he'd come up with something like these cars. The 2-liter 200-horsepower engine is a new, more compact version of Subaru's venerable flat 4. As in an old air-cooled Volkswagen, the cylinders are arranged in two banks opposite each other across a horizontal plane. That effectively spreads out the engine's mass and keeps it low in the engine compartment.
Flat engines are inherently well balanced, but the BRZ/FR-S power plant has advantages beyond that. Though it is neither turbocharged nor supercharged, it has direct fuel injection as well as supplementary fuel injectors in the intake manifold. This facilitates a sky-high 12.5-to-1 compression ratio in the combustion chambers. Throw in equal 86-millimeter bore and stroke dimensions for the pistons, as well as variable valve timing, and you get a smooth-running engine that eagerly leaps to its 7,400 redline — the upper limit of safe operation.
Exploiting the engine's low-slung weight-distribution advantages guided the cars' design. The lower a car carries its weight, the less body roll there is on the corners, keeping the tires more securely planted on the pavement. Since these cars have no all-wheel-drive system (unlike other Subarus) the engine is placed farther back and lower in the engine bay. The front suspension's struts are relatively short, and that further helps to lower the hood line. Stand next to a BRZ/FR-S and the base of the windshield is at your hip.
This is a startling contrast to most cars, even Hondas and Porsches, whose cowls have steadily inched upward. At the end of the short 101.2-inch wheelbase there's a double-wishbone rear suspension system that is also designed to keep weight low in the chassis.
Subaru says the BRZ's center of gravity is a low 18.1 inches, which is fully 6.6 inches below the top of the 215/45R17 Michelin tires worn by both of the sporty twins. And according to the scales at InsideLine.com, the BRZ Limited with the automatic gearbox carries 56 percent of its 2,800 pounds on its nose.
You lower yourself into the BRZ/FR-S as if it were a loafer and your body were a big foot. The seat feels as if it snap-fits to your body like a toy model-car part. Your legs stretch forward to find the drilled aluminum pedals, and your hands grip a small-diameter, thick-rimmed, leather-covered steering wheel. And except for the horn button, there are no switches or controls on that wheel to distract you from doing anything but steering.
The hooded instrument panel is a no-nonsense presentation of a centered tachometer, a speedometer to its left and fuel and temperature gauges on the right, all reporting with orange needles. In the BRZ, the tachometer has white numerals on a black background, while the FR-S has black numerals against white (which reverses when lighted at night). In both cars, the analog speedometer is vestigial, given that there's a digital speedo embedded in the tachometer.
The shifter in the BRZ and FR-S is short and direct whether it's stirring the manual or automatic transmissions. With the manual, the shifts are quick and positive. The automatic can be manually controlled by using either the shift lever or paddles behind the steering wheel.
These are sports cars, not GT versions of a commuter-grade front-drive hatchback. Except for two cup holders in the center console and bottle holders molded into the door panels, there are few concessions to practicality. The back seat is more like an ironic comment on sitting than an actual place to sit, and you may have to take your golf clubs out of the bag to fit them into the small trunk.
There isn't a lot of power, but that means the driver can mash the throttle like Brad Keselowski coming out of the pits, and without going so fast as to attract a missile strike from a highway patrol drone. The engine makes a distinct noise that's one part old VW to three parts rowdy raccoon. In testing by InsideLine.com, the FR-S with a manual transmission skipped to 60 m.p.h. in a modest 7 seconds and the BRZ Limited with an automatic did the deed in 7.6 seconds.
Drag racing isn't what these cars are about. Corners are what they're into.
Dive into a decreasing radius, off-camber bend and the BRZ/FR-S produce instantaneous glee. The electric power rack-and-pinion steering is perfectly weighted, and the modestly sized tires are absolutely communicative. There's a bite to the steering response that's intoxicating, and there's hardly any perceptible body roll. Add enough throttle in the corner and the rear end gently breaks free in a controllable power slide.
These cars aren't tail happy in the "Hardcastle and McCormick" tradition, but they're precise and tossable in a Mario Andretti and Fred Astaire sort of way. They're 80 percent as entertaining as a Porsche 911 for about 20 percent of the price.
It's easier to get the most out of the BRZ/FR-S using the manual transmission, but the automatic is satisfying too. Quick paddle shifts are particularly surprising because the transmission is a conventional automatic and not some sort of exotic dual-clutch automated manual. And the automatic's fuel economy ratings, 25 m.p.g. in the city and 34 on the highway, beat the manual's 22/30.
The BRZ/FR-S falls in the sweet spot that was filled in the 1960s and '70s by cars like the BMW 2002 and Alfa Romeo GTV — small, rear-drive two-doors powered by 4-cylinder engines of about 2 liters that, thanks to well-tuned suspensions, nearly perfect steering and unpretentious designs, were more rewarding to drive than most cars with double or triple the horsepower. It's a sweet spot that BMW abandoned and that Alfa couldn't sustain.
The most trenchant criticism aimed at these impractical little cars concerns what they don't have: much torque, the pulling power that you feel in your gut when you mash the accelerator. The puny 151 pound-feet of peak torque at a screaming 6,400 r.p.m. keeps the cars from being forgiving when driven hard or easygoing when driven around town. But such complaints miss the point.
It boils down to a lesson I was taught by my little sister, Cady Huffman, who played Ulla in "The Producers" on Broadway. In 2001, after I first saw the show in previews, I said to her that the romance between her character and Leo Bloom, the accountant played by Matthew Broderick, seemed arbitrary and underwritten. "Yeah," she explained to me, "but no one cares about what isn't there. Because what's there is terrific."
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G.Skill Ripjaws X F3 2133C9Q-32GXH Review
Having recently looked at a set of G.SkillsRipjaws Z 16GB 2133MHz rated Quad channel memory kit, which showed excellent overclocking potential, I was excited to see how their latest quad channel kit (Dual Channel for Intel 6 series boards) would perform. This kit features higher density modules that drives the capacity up to 32GB using four 8GB modules. Rated at 2133Mhz Cas 9 using 1.6V, this kit at 32GB has the tightest latencies out of G.Skills catalogue for 8GB modules at 9-11-11-31, again only using 1.6v to get there. Designed for use with Intel's "Second Generation" Core series processors, this kit is targeted at the dual channel socket 1155 6 series motherboards as shown by the qualified motherboard listing on the product page for this set of memory. There are no X79 motherboards on this listing, strangely enough. Even so, operation with Intel's Sandy Bridge Extreme socket 2011 motherboards seems like the natural choice based on the ability to use these modules in a quad channel configuration, to take advantage of the capacity and bandwidth offered by the X79 platform and this set of G.Skill Ripjaws X series modules. After seeing the overclocking potential of the Ripjaws Z 16GB 2133Mhz rated kit was capable of, I am looking forward to putting the screws to this kit to find the limits. Thankfully G.Skill looks after the enthusiast crowd with a lifetime warranty on these modules so pushing them harder than intended comes with a backup plan. Let's see what the Ripjaws X F3 2133C9Q-32GXH modules have to offer.
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Packed into the standard retail clam shell packaging, this high density set of modules offers the same view from the front and rear face of the packaging. Information on the front side of the advertising card inside the shell states that the Ripjaws X F3 2133C9Q-32GXH kit is designed for use with Intel Second Generation Core series processors and motherboards using the Intel P67 or Z68 chipest. Again strangely the X79 chipset is not mentioned. The back side has a sticker with the pertinent information for this kit. PC3 17000 or DDR3 2133MHz speeds with latencies of 9-11-11-31 using 1.6v. Packed inside is a small case badge that can be used to show your brand loyalty.
Ripjaws X part number F3 2133C9Q-32GXH is a four DIMM set of modules designed for use with Intel P67 and Z68 motherboard running in dual channel mode. This kit features four 8GB modules rated to run at DDR3 2133Mhz speeds using a Cas latency of 9 (9-11-11-31) with a low 1.6v applied. All this is stretched over an 8 layer PCB for improved reliability and voltage tolerance. The front side of the DIMMs shows the G.Skill Ripjaws X branding against a backdrop of lightning bolts. The opposite side has a sticker with the specifications of the modules and that the 6GB modules are indeed Intel XMP certified for operation at this high level. The black-on-black theme is attractive and would look good in just about any build. Peeking out from under the heat shields is a sticker that states G.Skill Warranty and is in a spot normally not seen. The label on the side identifies the modules and the rated timing and speed bin as well as the voltage that should be applied to these modules to allow them to run the rated speeds.
The Ripjaws X modules use the X series heat shields to manage the thermal load form these modules. Pushing 1.6v you would be hard pressed to overwhelm the cooling of these modules unless the chassis you are working with just no airflow to keep the modules cool. Stacked in a four DIMM configuration on a P67 or Z68 motherboard and in the four DIMM slots heat can build up a bit but the X series of modules should handle the thermal load up to 1.7v. The heat sink design uses large fins and convective cooling to keep the modules cool under load.
32GB of memory is just a massive quantity of memory for use in a system, but there are added things you can do with it, such as putting together a RAM disk to increase the performance of the system. Let's see if this 32GB kit can deliver excellent performance to go with the added capacity above that of the 16GB and 32GB kits I have looked at so far.


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Welcome to the inaugural Pink Pony Scouts Chat.
Here, major league scouts who've spent the last five weeks at spring training share gleanings about the Padres and other Western teams. Thank you, gentlemen.
The Pink Pony, a steakhouse in Scottsdale, was a Cactus League fixture for decades and is attempting a comeback, so I'm honoring it with no strings attached. Special mention goes to the late Phil Collier, a Pony regular in his days as a Padres beat writer. Phantom, as Phil was known, couldn't have been nicer to me when I was a cub reporter.
A few words about the scouts and their comments below. These men are pro's pros, baseball lifers who appreciate how brutally hard the sport is. They don't mince words, but nor do they take potshots. Harsh opinions are backed up, sometimes off the record. They also admit it when they miss on a player, which they inevitably do. Save two pithy comments here that reinforced what an outside scout said, scouts didn't talk about their own clubs. Be advised, a few salty words pepper their remarks although this is a G-rated site.
"Anthony Rizzo has a chance. His swing works."
"Rizzo is a really, really good-looking young player. He's got a lot of ingredients to be a middle of the lineup guy. He can really play first base. Good get."
"I really like Anthony Rizzo. I think he's going to be a guy and I think he's going to be a guy soon. He didn't play like a kid. He wasn't afraid at all. He swung at strikes. He can run some. He's a good fielder. He was impressive, really impressive."
"I'm not sold on Rizzo. I think he's going to be a decent big leaguer. His swing is kind of long, kind of reminds me of Adam LaRoche's swing. He's got a good eye, which helps him. He'll be able to hit them out at Petco. Right now, I don't see a short or consistent swing."
"Cameron Maybin, there's no doubt he can play center field in Petco. He handles the fastball. But you just have to wait and see how much he's going to hit against the breaking ball."
"Maybin, I saw a little more confidence in him. I think he knows the spot is his and he's going to get his 500 at-bats. He looked a little more confident in his jumps. He's good east-west. But he really has trouble breaking back and in. At the plate, he doesn't recognize spin. But, you never know how he's going to be until he gets a chance to play every day."
"(Mike) Adams threw the best of their relievers. (Luke) Gregerson was ordinary."
"Casey Kelly has a good arm, no doubting that. I saw Mat Latos twice. I'd be concerned, man."
"Simon Castro is overhyped. He's got no feel." ( For what it's worth, Castro was dominant in a minor league game on March 26, striking out five batters to start and clocking up to 97. --Tom Krasovic).
"I don't understand why Wade LeBlanc would be over Cory Luebke unless the Padres are trying to keep Luebke's service time down. It's not even close. Aaron Harang's stuff is just fine. He got hit around, but I like him."
"I was impressed by Casey Kelly. I liked his poise, I like the fact that he attacked the zone. He had a clean delivery, strike one, good downhill plane, three pitches for strikes. I think he should be a nice middle of the rotation guy."
"Cameron Maybin is not much of a hitter. You'd take (Blake) Tekotte over Maybin if you're just looking at them swing the bat and didn't know anything about them."
"James Darnell is healthy and pounding the ball, has big power. (Donavan) Tate has a lot of talent. (Jaff) Decker is in outstanding shape. He can really, really hit, just natural, generates serious batspeed."
"(Brad) Hawpe's swing looks pretty good. His at-bats are really good actually. He's a little shaky on some groundballs. (Ernesto) Frieri looks OK, not great. (Chad) Qualls looks good, fastball down and has good sink, 92 (mph)."
"Latos, I've never seen him so bad. But you don't know how he'll do. He supposedly didn't feel any (shoulder soreness) after the outing, then felt it two days later. If he gets pissed off, he'll throw 95 (mph). He's been missing east, west, up and down. His front side is opening up. He's battling his mechanics. Maybe the sore shoulder takes some pressure of him to be the No. 1 guy."
"Latos is a No. 1. He's a stud. He'll be fine. He's ornery. He has good enough stuff that he's fine. They've got great pitching coaches. They'll keep him straight ahead. That's a premium guy."
"Harang threw a lot better than I'd seen him in the last three years."
"Casey Kelly was OK. He's got a nice curveball. Nice, easy motion. Fluid. Has a chance to be a nice No. 3."
"I think the Padres are in trouble. I like (Orlando) Hudson and (Jason) Bartlett up the middle. The Padres, I think offensively they're going to really struggle. Without that stud (Adrian Gonzalez) in the middle, it can really wear on everybody else. They have to have stellar pitching. They might need Luebke or Castro to step up."
"I think the Giants and Rockies are the class of the division. I think the Padres have a chance to finish ahead of the Dodgers in third."
"The Padres, the way they do things, this team fits their mold. They're not going to hit a bunch of home runs and they know it. They got away from that maybe when they got (Miguel) Tejada and (Ryan) Ludwick, and maybe got away from their style, scratching and biting. They scratch. They hit and run. They do the things that they need to do. And I think they'll be a better defensive team than they were."
"(Adam) Russell and (Edward) Mujica aren't throwing good. Mujica's velocity is a little down, hasn't been throwing the splitty. He's a veteran, maybe he's just building for the season. Chris Young (who will start for the Mets) actually looked OK. Velocity wasn't what it was a few years ago, but he actually pitched pretty good. It's still enough with the deception."
"Leo Nunez is the Florida closer. He should be the Florida setup guy. Because Ryan Webb is going to be the closer. Not to start with. Webb pounds the strike zone. And that bowling ball he throws up there is heavy and shattering bats. Chris Young needs to get his arm strength back but his mechanics are OK. It's 85-88 but the deception is still there and the late life is still there. His breaking ball got better each time."
"I'm all about trading relievers for everyday position players, but I think the Padres are going to regret trading Ryan Webb."
"Let's see how those relievers (Webb, Mujica) do now that they're out of Petco."
"Ryan Webb, the only thing with him is a matter of confidence. He doesn't believe in himself yet. He will, because the stuff is so good. Is he a closer? Doesn't have a strikeout pitch, really. But he's going to pitch in the back of the 'pen."
"The Dodgers have become old and slow. They have some pitching depth."
"I think they're going to be offensively challenged, and defensively challenged. The other day, (shortstop Rafael) Furcal was 4.9 running down the line, third baseman bobbles the ball and he's still out in plenty of time. Saw (Matt) Kemp misplay two balls in the same game recently. He looks terrible in center field. Kenley Jansen is pretty damn impressive."
"They should move Kemp out of center."
"Furcal is not the athlete he once was. There's no question about that. As a runner, he's not anything like he was. He's a decent shortstop. I think Kemp will have a good year as far as home runs and run production. He's not a great center fielder. His attitude was better than last year."
"(Jonathan) Broxton does not throw 99 anymore. He throws 94, 95. He's plenty good. If Broxton comes back, the bullpen can be very good."
"(Rubby) De La Rosa, I don't know whether he's going to be a starter or reliever. The arm is about as good as anybody's in Arizona. He doesn't get good arm extension, but his arm is good. If this guy stays healthy, in a year or so he should be a big help for the Dodgers."
"De La Rosa has a huge arm and a plus changeup. The only thing he doesn't have is an average breaking ball, so as a right-hander does he end up in the bullpen?"
"De La Rosa is going to be outstanding."
"I think De La Rosa can pitch there right now and he'd be fine. He was up to 97 and good angle to plate, good feel for changeup, and I think the breaking ball will come. I think this guy's a starter, and I don't think he's far away."
"Dee Gordon is still young and skinny. He has all kinds of ability. Athletically, he's like Cameron Maybin. Very good athlete. (Jerry) Sands, I never saw him pull the ball. His balls were all to right center and center, the deepest part of the park. But he's strong. There ain't no doubt about that."
"I like Xavier Paul more than the Dodgers do and would keep him over (Jay) Gibbons or (Tony) Gwynn Jr. Paul needs a change of scenery. His bat is OK. He has a good swing and can run the ball down. Hector Gimenez is a just a good-looking hitter. I'd take him as a backup. Ivan DeJesus, he's stayed inside the ball well. Sands, I like his bat. He has a really nice swing. He looks OK in left field."
"Rod Barajas is a backup catcher and he's going to have to start. He''ll hit a home run, but he moves in slow motion."
"(Juan) Uribe is heavy and his legs are bothering him. He looks more comfortable on the left side of the field than at second."
"I think they're going to be battling it out for third place with the Padres, and the Padres know how to play better."
"They could be a disaster with all of the ifs."
"The lefty (Tyler) Skaggs -- outstanding. Really good. Right now, today, Skaggs is better than (Jarrod) Parker. He has some power to his pitches. Good tempo. Confident. Power curveball."
"They're blocking too many young guys with old guys. (Xavier) Nady looks bad. Still can't get his foot down. Swing is long, slow."
"Skaggs--very good makeup. Had two really impressive outings for me. He's probably ahead of Parker now, but so much of this game is what have you done lately."
"Skaggs is Arizona's best pitching prospect. Has a chance to be a No. 1 or 2. Up to 93. Plus curve, plus changeup."
"Joe Saunders has been awful. So that trade with the Angels could come down to (Dan) Haren for Skaggs and the money (Haren's salaries)."
"I actually think Ian Kennedy is under-rated. Solid No. 3 starter."
"(Justin) Upton is healthy. He's going to see a lot of crappy pitches. Will he walk? I don't know."
"Diamondbacks look terrible. Absolutely awful. Not only are they not talented, they're playing very poorly. They're bad, they're so bad."
"(Brandon) Belt, he's not afraid to hit with two strikes. He stays back real good. He doesn't lunge. He has pretty good strike zone recognition."
"In high school Brandon Belt was blocked off as a hitter, closed up. Not now. Great hitter's hands."
"Belt is really going to be a player. He swung the bat great the days I was there. He hit the ball hard all over the park. Hits the ball really hard to left center. I think he's a 20-plus home run guy and should hit for a good average. Keep him at first base."
"(Second baseman Charlie) Culberson is going to be a solid big league player in a few years."
"Francisco Pegeuro looks like a young Sammy Sosa. Big swing but has got power and can run and throw."
"Kung Fu Panda looked great. Lost a lot of weight and has some range now."
"Shortstop looks like it could be a problem with (Miguel) Tejada. Brandon Crawford is not the answer for me, I think he's more of a second baseman. (Ehire) Adrianza can play short. You hit the ball to him and you're out. It happens easy. When he dives, he catches the ball. The hands are like Omar Vizquel's."
"I think they've got to hold on to Nate Schierholtz. He's OK. I'd take him over (Pat) Burrell. I'm not a big (Mark) DeRosa guy. He just looked sluggish."
"(Aaron) Rowand, everyone knows, has really slowed down in the field and with the bat."
"Funny, the Giants are built better for the short run than the long run. I think it'll be harder for them to win the division than to make a run in the playoffs. It's going to be a struggle to score runs."
"I saw a team that had a swagger to them and looked lot more confident than last year, like they were out to prove they weren't a fluke last year."
"The Rockies are good. I think they're the best team in the division."
"(Lefty) Rex Brothers has the big arm. Throws good strikes. Just a reliever but 95-96 on the gun with good plane."
"Ian Stewart looks healthy. (Dexter) Fowler is working on his bunting, which is good, but it still looks like he can be easily attacked."
"I think they have problems at closer."
"(Catcher Wilin) Rosario, I guess he hurt is knee, but he can really throw. He's kind of a wild swinger. He's got tools along the lines of Miguel Olivo."
"The most interesting thing I saw all spring was the rebirth of Erik Bedard. His curveball, it's a bastard. Sometimes an 80 (on the 20-80 scouting scale)."
"Bedard pitched good. He's not as good as he once was. His stuff is plenty good to win games. His arm's not quite as high. The curve doesn't have the quickness at times that it used to have. But he's plenty good. He should keep them in games."
"Justin Smoak, there's not a lot of click in there. I see a guy whose development curve got retarded, both in Texas and Seattle now. There was a rush to judgment."
"Smoak did not do much for me. Smoak did not make good contact at all. I'm sure if he hits the ball, he's got power."
"Dustin Ackley, he's got a magic wand. He can hit."
"Ackley, he hits like he wants to be a leadoff hitter. He's not aggressive. He will be a good offensive player. But Ackley, the attitude he gave off was, I'm not going to make the club, why should I bust my ass? I don't know if that's how he felt, but that's how he played. He's so-so at second, he needs a lot of work there."
"Milton Bradley looks good."
With Franklin Gutierrez a DL candidate, Michael Saunders might open the season on the roster. Mariners hitting coach Chris Chambliss (Oceanside High) and manager Eric Wedge worked with Saunders to retool his preswing, which now resembles that of Adrian Gonzalez, an adjustment that the Padres' Will Venable also made in spring training.
"Saunders looks good in a uniform," a scout said. "And he hit the ball at the end against mediocre ptiching. I wouldn't go out on a limb and say he's a regular."
"Their team should be a little better than last year."
"Peter Bourjos played really well. Amazing in center field. An 80 runner, 80 center fielder."
"(Bourjos) was more confident at the plate than any time with the Angels last year."
"Brandon Wood needs a change of scenery but it sounds like they're going to keep him because of the injuries. If they put him on waivers, I have little doubt that the Pirates would claim him. He still can play third, and he can play shortstop."
"Howie Kendrick kept hitting rockets to right field. I think he's going to hit .300 this year."
"Mark Trumbo had an unbelievable camp. Erick Aybar was inconsistent with the bat and the glove."
"The Royals have some young talent. (Lefty pitcher Mike) Montgomery and (first baseman Eric) Hosmer -- the two best young guys I saw this spring. They could be the real deal."
"The Royals' Montgomery has Cole Hamels written all over him."
"The Washington club, oh, they have really good athletes. And, they have really good young arms.They're going to take their lumps early, but I think after the All-Star break they're going to be really good."
"Jim Riggleman (a former Padres manager) is the absolutely perfect guy for that Washington club. He's a teacher. Rigs came up in the St. Louis organization and he learned from Mr. George Kissell, and you don't say George Kissell. You say Mr. George Kissell, he was the architect of the Cardinal Way."
"(Marlins outfielder) Mike Stanton is a beast. He hit one like 30 feet farther than (Mark) McGwire ever hit one in Jupiter."
"(Second baseman) Danny Espinosa (Orange County's Mater Dei High) of the Nationals is going to be a good player."
"Manny Banuelos of the Yankees is outstanding. He is really, really good, 82-93, and a changeup from hell. And, he looks like he's been pitching 10 years in the big leagues."
"I'm apalled by some of the non-roster pitching that kept getting to the mound this spring. But, that's where the game is right now."
"Watching the split-squad games, it just shows the lack of pure major league players there really are."
"Spring training is about information gathering, it's not about evaluation. When in doubt, you'd better consult the back of the baseball card."
Sunday, March 27, 2011
What scouts are saying
Posted by Tom Krasovic at 5:49 PM
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Thanks, always love hearing what the scouts have to say.ReplyDelete
The scouts who watched the Giants' spring were obviously smoking crack.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 28, 2011 at 9:10 PM
Excellent stuff. Love the candor. Wish more like this was published.ReplyDelete
People still don't get it: you don't have to have a great offense when your defense - pithcing and fielding - is the 2nd best in the majors.ReplyDelete
In any case, don't know what the guy was seeing, but this Giants team is a much better offensive team than it was last season, which was much better than the team it was in 2009. 2009, now that was an offensively challenged team. I wouldn't trust anything the scout said, based on this one comment.
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The 2012-D Native American Dollars were offered by the U.S. Mint on April 26, 2012. The Mint offered the coins in 25 coin rolls, 250 coin boxes or in 500 coin boxes.
Obverse: The obverse has the same Sacagawea design that has been used since the year 2000.
Reverse: The reverse features a profile of a Native American next to his horse. In the background there are other horses running in the wild. The reverse has the inscriptions, "United States of America" and "$1."
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With the takeover of NYSE Euronext poised to close, buyers seeking the next exchange purchase will find no cheaper target than Nasdaq OMX Group Inc.
For potential acquirers, Nasdaq OMX has the lowest price- earnings ratio among exchanges valued at more than $5 billion even after surging 33% in 2013, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The New York-based operator of U.S. and European bourses recently made it easier for suitors by cutting the shareholder approval threshold for removing directors to a simple majority from a two-thirds vote.
"Anyone who has a good calculator and a checkbook ought to be looking," C.T. Fitzpatrick, who oversees about $2.5 billion as chief investment officer of Vulcan Value Partners LLC in Birmingham, Alabama, said in a phone interview. "Particularly when you look at the multiples being paid for other exchanges, Nasdaq looks very attractive."
The industry would benefit from more consolidation, even after IntercontinentalExchange Inc. buys NYSE Euronext, as firms wrestle with tougher securities regulations, according to Vulcan Value, a Nasdaq OMX shareholder that also said the company's valuation makes it a potential target. Aite Group LLC said Nasdaq OMX has made itself more attractive to suitors by diversifying its business, even though it lags behind some peers in futures. Impediments to a deal could include opposition by politicians concerned about foreign ownership of a U.S. bourse.
Robert Madden, a spokesman for Nasdaq OMX, declined to comment when asked whether the company would be open to selling itself.
ESpeed Purchase
Nasdaq OMX, which has a market value of $5.5 billion, has struck its own deals over the years amid Chief Executive Officer Robert Greifeld's strategy of diversifying the company.
In 2013, it agreed to purchase eSpeed, a platform for trading U.S. Treasuries, for $750 million in cash plus stock, and it spent $390 million to buy an investor-relations service from Thomson Reuters Corp. The company became a trans-Atlantic corporation by acquiring OMX AB in 2008.
"They are highly acquisitive," Howard Chen, a New York- based analyst at Credit Suisse Group AG, said in a phone interview. "I don't anticipate that will change."
As exchanges seek to enter new markets and introduce different products to weather lower trading volume, many operators including Nasdaq OMX could be takeover targets, said Sang Lee, managing partner and co-founder of Boston-based Aite.
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One of the things I am accustomed to, living in downtown is people being different - as in oddballs, characters. I think it goes with the territory. The turf. The way things are.
Personally, I think there is a big magnet underneath downtown that sucks eccentrics in. Yes, one big sucking machine - that attracts all faiths. All colors. All ethnic backgrounds. Genders. The works.
That is how I believe, the guy with the fishnet stockings and high heels came to live here. At first, I thought he was just an illusion. One six-foot tall man, walking down Broadway, carrying a pink purse, wearing bright red lipstick, long hair with ribbons in it, wearing a mini-pair of hot pink shorts on top of black fishnets, walking in white three inch heels.
But then I saw him on several occasions in the same get-up.
And I realized he was very real. And I must tell you right now, he stopped me in my tracks. Which is really hard to do. The first time I saw him, I literally stopped walking so I could observe him, or her, or him-her.
He was whistling as if he didn't have a care in the world. He was also very tan, and when he opened his purse to take out his pack of cigarettes to light up - he just looked so odd and strange, I simply did not know what to do.
It was clear that he was homeless. Someone who probably lived in the crevices between the buildings. Yet, he had a sense of style and wanderlust and other-worldliness, that I found fascinating.
As a writer, he spoke to me. With a story all his own. One that I was dying to make up. Was he a fashion designer who flipped out? A drug addict who snorted too much cocaine? A father who fled the nest of his eight children? Who was him-her?
Yet, as I stood there, I knew, that I would never, ever find out. His story would be in my mind only, a chapter next to the Grand Central Market, where he stood.
Without me behind him, him-her would walk on into the sunset of downtown's light, and fade into its rich tapestry of colors.
Hopefully, without his heels getting stuck in the sidewalk's cracks, and with his smile intact.


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Pictured: Andre Akpan scored 47 goals and handed out 33
assists during his career with the Crimson.
Photo courtesy: David Silverman Photography
Complete New England Soccer News Release
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Two days after being named to the College Soccer News Team of the Decade, senior Andre Akpan of the Harvard men's soccer team was tabbed the New England Soccer News Player of the Year. Akpan is also a finalist for the Soccer News Network National Player of the Year, which will be announced next week.
Harvard's first finalist for the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy, presented to the nation's top collegiate player, Akpan, a forward, concluded his career as a three-time National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-America selection. The Ivy League Player of the Year this fall and the conference Rookie of the Year in 2006, Akpan garnered four unanimous nods to the All-Ivy League first team during his career with the Crimson.
Akpan led Harvard and the Ivy League with 30 points and 12 goals in 2009, as he helped the Crimson finish 14-4-1 overall and 5-1-1 in the Ivy League, en route to the conference title. Akpan and the Crimson reached the NCAA tournament for the fourth straight season, advancing to the third round. During the season, Harvard was ranked as high as No. 6 in the national polls and finished the year ranked ninth in both the College Soccer News and NSCAA national polls.
Akpan, who is expected to be selected in the 2010 Major League Soccer SuperDraft Jan. 14, is Harvard's all-time leading scorer with 127 points. He also ranks first in school history with 33 assists and stands tied with Chris Ohiri '64 for first with 47 goals.
A native of Grand Prairie, Texas, Akpan, a four-time NSCAA All-Northeast Region choice, was honored on the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Year, as well as the Soccer America MVPs first team this season. Akpan also succeeded off the field, having earned a spot on the prestigous Academic All-Ivy League team in 2009.
Akpan Honored as New England Soccer News Player of the Year
Pictured: Andre Akpan scored 47 goals and handed out 33
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In the first quarter of 2013, Nokia sold a total of 6.1 million smart devices. Of those, 0.5 million were Symbian devices (fist-bump), leaving a total of 5.6 million Lumias. While that's considerably more than the 2 million Lumias Nokia sold in the same quarter in 2012, Nokia still saw a 49% drop in total smartphone sales compared the year-ago quarter, because Symbian sales dropped considerably. Nokia sold 11.9 smartphones in Q1 2012, but only 6.1 million in Q1 2013.
Symbian sales dropped from around 10 million to 0.5 million in a year, while Lumia sales only grew from 2 million to 5.6 million in the same timeframe. Nokia is bleeding market share in smartphones, and there's no end in sight. It's even worse in the US - Nokia sold 700,000 devices in North America in Q1 2012, but only 400,000 in Q1 2013. Since virtually all of those sales are Lumias (Symbian never played much of a role in North America), we can conclude that Windows Phone 8 is, so far, a total dud in the US.
If we dive into the fine print, there's more bad news for Nokia, Microsoft. Nokia reveals that only 66 percent of its Lumia sales are Windows Phone 8 devices, meaning Nokia only sold about 3.7 million Windows Phone 8 Lumias. Since I doubt HTC sold more than 0.5-1 million WP8 devices, we're looking at 4.7 million Windows Phone 8 devices sold last quarter, tops - in addition to several million Windows Phone 7 devices. In other words, Nokia is propping up its sales with outdated, non-upgradeable devices - terrible news for Windows Phone developers.
People, Nokia isn't doing well. As much as I like Windows Phone, Nokia made the wrong choice by going into bed with Microsoft; the below chart by Asymco illustrates this perfectly. The gap is the moment Nokia announced the switch to Windows Phone. No explanation necessary.
Feature phones aren't doing well, either. Year over year, sales of Nokia's feature phones dropped 21% from 70.8 million to 55.8 million. "On a year-on-year basis, our Mobile Phones volumes in the first quarter 2013 were negatively affected by competitive industry dynamics, including intense smartphone competition at increasingly lower price points and intense competition at the low end of our product portfolio as well as an estimated higher than normal seasonal decline in the market addressable by Mobile Phones", Nokia explains.
The only positive point among all this dreariness is the Nokia Siemens Networks division, which turned a €1 billion loss into a €3 million profit - so basically, they managed to stop the bleeding there. Lastly, the HERE maps division posted a €42 million loss. Add all this up, and Nokia lost €150 million in revenue in Q1 2013 (on €5.85 billion). And remember, Nokia still gets $250 million from Microsoft.
While there's some positive points here and there, the overall picture is pretty grim, specifically for the consumer-facing side of Nokia. Feature phones sales are decreasing rapidly, smartphone sales have collapsed, and Windows Phone has - so far - proven to be the wrong bet. Ponder on this figure: in total WP7 and WP8 combined, Nokia only sold 19.9 million Lumia phones. That's it. To put this into perspective: in the first quarter Nokia sold Lumia devices (Q3 2011), Nokia still sold close to 20 million Symbian devices. In other words, Nokia was pumping out more Symbian phones per quarter in 2011 than it has sold Lumia phones in total to date.
There is simply no way to spin this.
This is also terrible news for Microsoft. If Nokia only sold 19.9 million WP7/8 devices in total, that means the total sales for Windows Phone will be round and about 25 million tops, and even in the last quarter, 1/3 of WP sales were old, outdated and non-upgradeable Windows Phone 7 devices. As much as I like Windows Phone, we simply have to face the music, be honest, and just come out and say it: Windows Phone is a dud.


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CORE Club applications now being accepted for Septmember 2018
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Founded in 2011 with a generous bequest from an anonymous donor, CORE is dedicated to providing:
- Direct educational services for children and youth with a range of needs
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In honor of my recent inability to write anything of length, I felt I had to post something for my own sake. So I think I will take a cue from my friend Britt Julious and her Sunday column idea…Though with this blog, it will just be a collection of my recent tweets on Twitter that happen to be media-related. (Note: Hopefully, on another day, some of these tweet-sized bites will grow into essays or articles.)
First impressions of a commercial for Sex and the City 2.
'Sex and the City 2' looks like a hackneyed, slightly racist mess. #SATC 8:44 PM May 6th
Update: Solange is still cooler than you, even while singing on one of those LSD-induced kids' shows.
Dear @solangeknowles: Will you please make a full-length song of this Yo Gabba Gabba! thing? It's damn catchy. http://bit.ly/cHDOR6 3:45 PM May 8th
A film I revisited and found it's still one of my all-time favorites: Wim Wenders' Paris, Texas.
"I walked around for months talking to you. Now I don't know what to say. It was easier when I just imagined you." Damn good film, Paris, TX 5:31 PM May 8th
Betty White hosting SNL Mother's Day Episode. I basically live-tweeted the Betty White-hosted SNL episode…along with dozens of my friends. In a nutshell? It was glorious. Undoubtedly one of the best episodes SNL has had in a lonnnnnnng time. Because of Betty White AND the fact that they brought back a lot of the former female favorites for the Mother's Day episode. They have to know that they can't really make it any better than that ever again…But we'll see with the Alec Baldwin episode tonight. (Which, in the promos for, they've already made fun of themselves and their one-time success with Betty White.) Key tweets include…
Betty White on #SNL! Awesome already. Just to hear her say, 'Jay-Z is here!' 10:40 PM May 8th
NPR ladies!! Muffin!! Betty White!! #SNL 10:49 PM May 8th
TINA!!!! #SNL 11:00 PM May 8th
Jay-Z medley!!! This is the best #SNL episode ever. 11:12 PM May 8th
Omg. Maya's Whitney impression is always gold. #SNL 11:21 PM May 8th
Cannes Film Festival 2010 starts; French New Wave pioneer Jean-Luc Godard's new film Socialisme.
The trailers for #Godard's new #film just speed up the whole movie in its entirety, instead of highlighting scenes http://bit.ly/9fSymX 10:27 AM May 10th
RT: Racialicious explores Lady Gaga and white privilege.
Great read, fascinating. RT @britticisms Racialicious on how Lady Gaga's white privilege makes her transgressive: http://bit.ly/gagawoc 2:35 PM May 10th
RT: Salon.com on the 90s MTV show Daria finally being released on DVD.
SalonMedia Remember the old MTV? "Daria" comes out on DVD http://bit.ly/a2ruwh 8:57 AM May 12th
"'Daria' could have only happened at that time, during that strange, transitional period after the grunge and gangsta rap of the early '90s" 9:11 AM May 12th
RT: A friend lets me know about a development in the Polanski case.
DrMcButtcheeks @colleenclaes http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/14/polanski.second.accuser/index.html Honestly. Who saw this coming? about 22 hours ago
@DrMcButtcheeks But this just reminds me how I don't even WANNA know how many old pervo Polanski did this to… about 22 hours ago
And that's all for now. If you see anything you'd like me to elaborate on, please let me know! (Unfortunately, I don't think my heart/anxiety can bear doing another lengthy post on Polanski…)


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Williams-Sonoma the San Francisco-based seller of cookware and home furnishings, plunged almost 12 percent in after-hours trading after its third-quarter forecast missed analysts' estimates.
Earnings will be 58 cents to 63 cents a share in the period, the company said Wednesday in a statement. Analysts had predicted 66 cents on average, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The forecast raised concerns that Williams-Sonoma isn't coping with a broader retail slump as well as expected. The company's same-store sales had exceeded projections in the first quarter, benefiting from a rising housing market. In the most recent period, they grew 5.7 percent, missing the Consensus Metrix estimate of 6.2 percent.
The stock fell as low as $65.54 in extended trading after closing at $74.89. The shares had gained almost 29 percent this year.
Williams-Sonoma isn't the only retailer offering a disappointing outlook. Guess?, the Los Angeles-based clothing chain, cut its annual profit forecast today to $1.05 to $1.20 a share. That was down from as much as $1.60. The shares tumbled as much as 12 percent to $22.60 in late trading.
The company blamed slow traffic in North America and reliance on promotions to drive sales. That's "continued to put our brick and mortar stores under pressure," Guess Chief Executive Officer Paul Marciano said in a statement.


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Gun-free State House: As safe as schools?EDITORIAL
December 25. 2012 9:57PM
Last Thursday, the Rules Committee of the New Hampshire House voted 6-4 to ban firearms in every area of the State House controlled by the House of Representatives. How naive.
Almost exactly three years before, the Democratic-controlled Legislative Facilities Committee voted to ban guns from the State House. House Majority Leader Rep. Mary Jane Waller noted that children tour the state capitol. She said, "We have a responsibility to be sure this building is as safe as their schools."
That is not how anyone would put it now. But the sentiment is the same: Banning guns makes buildings and the people in them safer. It is demonstrably untrue, and yet unthinking politicians continue to make it policy.
At the start of the last legislative session, newly elected Republican House members voted to allow guns in and around the House. They did so in exactly the same fashion as the Democrats did last week. The House gun policy is established by the House rules. Those rules are set before the legislative session begins. Therefore, the rules on guns, whatever they are, must come before any legislation.
When Republicans voted to allow guns in the House, Democrats claimed they were radicals who put the issue of guns before the more important issue of passing legislation to improve the economy. They knew the charge was a fraud. They made it for the sole purpose of creating a false impression among the electorate. It worked.
Democrats are now tackling gun policy first for the same reason Republicans did - the rules have to be set before the start of the session. Does that make them radicals who don't care about the economy? Of course not. It just exposes the cynicism and dishonesty in their attack on Republicans two years before.
The worst that came of allowing guns in the House was that a legislator dropped a handgun, which did not go off. But irrational fear is a powerful motivator. The fear of guns, as opposed to guns in the wrong hands, drives this reactionary policy. God forbid that a deranged killer walks into the State House after this ban passes the full House. Unless a state police officer just happens to be nearby, who will stop him?
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To commemorate the passing of the great Howard Zinn and the major impact he's had on so many thinkers and activists, The Nation asked friends of the magazine and of Zinn to offer remembrances of the man and his work. "Somehow, Howard Zinn was one of those people I just thought was immortal," wrote Nation columnist Patricia Williams. Anthony Arnove, Marian Wright Edelman, Tom Hayden, Steve Cobble, Kaveh Afrasiabi, Frances Fox Piven, John Cavanagh and others share their memories of Zinn, and the effect he had on their writing, lives and activism, below. If you, too, would like to contribute a recollection, please send us a web letter here. We'll publish additional contributions as they arrive.
| Anthony Arnove
John Cavanagh
Marian Wright Edelman
Steve Cobble
Frances Piven
Kaveh L. Afrasiabi
Tom Hayden
Anthony Arnove
Co-director with Zinn of The People Speak
When a New York Times obituary writer contacted Howard Zinn a few months ago, explaining that he wanted to interview him for their files, Howard didn't miss a beat. "What's your deadline?" he asked. Sharing that story recently, a few of us out for dinner with Howard after a reading of Voices of a People's History of the United States with Harry Belafonte, who Howard had met that evening for the first time, could all laugh easily at the joke because we all felt that his obituary would not be written for many years to come. He had such a life force, such an energy, it seemed unthinkable we could all lose him when we did. Though Howard could easily have slowed down in recent years, especially after the loss of his remarkable life-partner, Roz, he didn't. Working with him on our documentary The People Speak, which aired on History in December and is out this month on DVD, I was constantly running to catch up. Having the privilege of working with Howard for much of the last decade of his remarkable life, I was able to observe his artful approach to politics. He made the most radical ideas seem commonsensical and gave people a sense that a life in struggle is the most meaningful and rewarding one imaginable. He gave us an idea of the kind of world we want, and why it's worth fighting for. Howard has left us a remarkable legacy and example, and through his work has also given us, to borrow a phrase from the socialist Raymond Williams, resources of hope. La lutta continua.


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Friday, June 03, 2011 - Jirka Bohaty
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Pavel Pek and Pavel Sokolik are two new models who both needed some money, so we set up the Broke Czech Guys shoot for them to see how far we could get them to go, for their money. They both did very well indeed. Firstly the guys start kissing and then move on to licking the nipples, while they feel each other up. Then it is time to really get them doing some guy on guy stuff, so they get naked and start to jack each other. Pavel Pek is the first to get hard so Pavel Sokolik sucks his for a while, before he returns the favor. Then with both guys rock hard they 69. After that it is time for some ass play and they take turns in using a vibrator on each other, with Pavel Pek going a little further, by fingering his companion. Finally he is rewarded by a very nice facial from Pavel Sokolik. The guys earned the much needed money and demonstrated that they would be good in further duos.
Jirka Bohaty is 18 years old and lives in Prague. He works as a decorator and in his spare time he enjoys football and hockey. Jirka looks very good in this erotic video, with his long hair, in emo style. As the video starts we see Jirka dressed and caressing his body, have a feel inside his pants as well. Then he removes his shirt and continues the caresses. At that point a helping hand appears and very soon unzips Jirka's pants and reveals his dick, which he starts to wank, before removing the pants. Then after some more cock play the helping hands migrate to Jirka's ass, and one, then two fingers slip inside his sweet hole. We can see from Jirka's expression that he feels it, but he takes it very well. The final act, before the pop shot, is a vibrator in his ass, which also goes in quite easily. Jirka gives us a good money shoot too, before going off to the shower.
Albert Sin is aged 19 and is from Ceske Budejovice. He is a worker and likes to play football in his free time. Albert is a great looking guy, tall and slim, but well built. He also has some deliciously low hung nuts, which bunch beautifully when he is hard. He looks wonderful in this stills shoot, with a rock hard dick and a beautiful ass. I like him very much indeed and was pleased to see him smiling toward the end of the shoot, which indicates that he was feeling quite at ease with everything. I will look forward to seeing how he gets on in his video shoot.


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Wed 29th May 2013 17:11 UTC
"Finland is Nokia. Nokia is Finland. I've traveled to quite a few number of countries this year, and the only place where I see Lumia phones is this chunk of ice that I call home. According to the Finnish business publication Taloussanomat, who references data from IDC, Q1 2013 was the first quarter where mobile phones from the South Korean handset maker Samsung outsold those designed in Espoo. If that's not alarming, I don't know what is." Ouch.


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ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana's opposition party said Tuesday that they plan to contest the results of the recent presidential election, ignoring the appeals of the international community, which fears that a protracted political fight could destabilize one of the only established democracies in the region.
Jake Obetsebi Lamptey, the chairman of the New Patriotic Party, whose candidate lost last Friday's election, said that the party has widespread evidence of fraud. The results published by the election commission handed victory to incumbent President John Dramani Mahama with 50.7 percent of the vote.
"With the abundant evidence we have gathered, the (party) cannot therefore accept the declared results of the election," said Lamptey. "The party has instructed its legal team to file a petition in the supreme court."
The opposition said the widespread technical glitches that occurred with the biometric machines used to identify voters through their fingerprints created an opportunity for the ruling party to rig the vote. Officials were forced to extend voting into a second day in scores of polling stations due to the malfunctioning equipment, but despite the disorder caused by the delay, international observers say the vote was transparent overall.
Opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo came in second with 47.7 percent of the vote. He lost the 2008 presidential election by less than 1 percent, making his loss in this month's election ever more painful. Analysts say that this was the last chance for the 68-year-old career politician, the son of a former president of Ghana.
On Monday, the president of the African Union, Yayi Boni, made a point of stopping by Akufo-Addo's house to convince him to concede defeat in the interest of safeguarding Ghana's reputation for peace. Ghana, a nation of 25 million on Africa's western seaboard, remains one of the few established and stable democracies in the region, following the unexpected devolution of the Malian state, which until a coup eight months ago was also considered a model democracy.
The opposition held a rally attended by thousands of people in a roundabout in Accra. Party General-Secretary Kwadwo Owusi-Afriyie said: "We shall continue to protest on this ground until the results are changed."
He added that they had heard that the government plans to arrest party leaders and warned that "we would make the country ungovernable if they dared."
Akufo-Addo told The Associated Press in an interview on Monday that his party has compiled data from polling stations which they are comparing with the published results.
"All of the information we have, the primary data, the results of the polling stations are consistently not tallying with many of the declared results," said Akufo-Addo. "It would seem to be a serious case for saying that something has gone wrong," he said.
International observers from the African Union and the regional body, the Economic Community of West African States, have endorsed the election as free and fair.
"There were hiccups but not such that would grossly undermine the result of the election," said Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigerian president and head of both observer missions.
Akufo-Addo countered that there were only 2,500 observers in the country for 26,000 polling stations and they could not check all stations for discrepancies.
Observers are concerned that Ghana's status as a model of democracy in West Africa could be compromised if the opposition challenges the results and calls for street protests. Thousands of riot police fanned out across the capital and the country ahead of Tuesday's announcement by the opposition, but despite the heightened security presence, the streets remained calm.
Ghana's former President Jerry John Rawlings said there is a need to look into the opposition's accusations of rigging. "Much as l am happy that President Mahama has won, the complaints that have been made must be taken seriously to make sure that everything is investigated," he said.


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Skittles and her can
Skittles is such an intense little cat. When she decides she likes some particular place to sleep, she sleeps there fervently and often. Some of the places she favors are a little odd. For example, she's always been fond of sleeping in the trash can.
Recently, she took a liking to the little rug in front of the kitchen range. That didn't work out too well because people stepped on her all the time. One night, as I tried to stop stepping on her and she screeched in protest, I almost fell into a pot of hot soup.
Something had to be done. I had a big, empty, popcorn tin so I put an old towel in the bottom of it and set it in front of the range. She jumped right in, curled up, and took a long nap. I guess it reminded her of the trash can.
Since then, Skittles has been spending a lot of time sleeping in her popcorn can. She loves it, and it amuses me to have her there now that I don't have to worry about stepping on her.
Today, after I broke a glass in the kitchen, I vacuumed to clean up any splinters I might have missed with the broom. Usually, Skittles would have to leave the room while the vacuum was running. She's always very careful not to get caught in close quarters with that noisy monster.
But today, she felt so secure in her popcorn can that she didn't have to leave, not even when I vacuumed her rug. After several minutes of noisy vacuuming, I passed her can again, and she was half-asleep.
As I put up the vacuum cleaner, words from an old hymn came to mind -- "Safe and secure from all alarms." That's a phrase from the chorus of "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms," a hymn we sang in the country churches I attended as a child. If you're not familiar with it, you can read and hear it at Cyberhymnal.
Another midi of this hymn
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Mozilla Thunderbird is a redesign of the Mozilla mail component. The goal is to produce a cross platform stand alone mail application using the XUL user interface language. The intended customer is someone who uses Mozilla Firefox (or another stand alone browser) as their primary browser and wants a mail client based on mozilla that "plays nice" with the browser.Features-Keep Your Vital Information OrganizedThunderbird 2 features many new enhancements to help you better manage your unruly inbox, and stay informed. Thunderbird 2 scales to the most sophisticated organizational needs while making it easy to find what you need.-Advanced Folder ViewsThunderbird 2 offers a variety of ways for you to organize and display your folders, whether by favorites, recently viewed or folders containing unread messages. As always, you can also set up RSS and newsgroup folders to stay on top of news and your interests. Thunderbird 2 also allows you to maximize your message view pane by opting for a folder drop down menu instead of the traditional sidebar.-Message TaggingThunderbird 2 allows you to otago messages with descriptors such as oTo Doo or oDoneo or even create your own tags that are specific to your needs. Tags can be combined with saved searches and mail views to make it easier to organize email.-Message History NavigationThunderbird 2 offers message history navigation that allows you to click oforwardo and obacko much like in your Web browser. You can now quickly toggle between messages and folder views.-Improved SearchThunderbird 2 features a find as you type pane that speeds up searches within displayed messages. Thunderbird also offers quick search, which starts showing search results as soon as you start typing in search terms.-Saved SearchesDo you find yourself searching for the same subject or message content over and over? 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If you thought Samsung was done making new tablets for a while, you were dead wrong. We can't necessarily blame you, as Samsung now has manufactured tablets in nearly every size (and 2 at the 7.0″ screen size). Though we were originally told that Samsung would not make a big splash at Mobile World Congress later this month, Samsung will almost assuredly announce yet another tablet at the show.
In an invitation to Samsung's Developer Day at Mobile World Congress 2012 posted on Samsung's website, Samsung may have incidentally announced the Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet. The invitation suggests that attendees will be treated to a demonstration of the S Pen SDK and bada 2.0 SDK platforms as well as the Galaxy Note (5.3), Galaxy Note 10.1, and Wave 3/Wave Y devices. The Verge did a bit more digging onto Samsung's site, and found a casting call for a teenage student to be in a commercial showing off the Galaxy Note 10.1, further lending to the evidence for the tablets existence. The casting call has since been taken down, meaning the commercial could be making it's way to Samsung's Youtube account shortly.
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I'm genuinely excited to see what the Galaxy Note 10.1 has to offer, as a 10.1″ tablet device with a stylus (sorry, S Pen) implementation that actually works well is at the top of my must-have list. For certain tasks such as drawing or note-taking, a stylus simply can't be beat.
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Trevor Releford had 21 points and Alabama used a strong second half to win a rematch with rival Auburn 61-43.
TUSCALOOSA — Trevor Releford had 21 points and Alabama used a strong second half to win a rematch with rival Auburn 61-43 Tuesday night.
The Crimson Tide (19-9, 11-4 Southeastern Conference) held the Tigers (9-19, 3-12) to 30 percent shooting — 15 of 50 — and a season-low in points.
Alabama scored 38 points in the second half, 24 more than the team managed in the first meeting — a 49-37 loss 20 days earlier that remains Auburn's lone win during a 1-12 stretch.
Releford turned in a nice follow-up to a career-best 36 points in a triple-overtime loss at LSU. He made 4 of 9 3-pointers.
Trevor Lacey added 12 points while Nick Jacobs had 10 points and 10 rebounds for his second double-double. Retin Obasohan also had 10 points for the Tide, which visits No. 8 Florida on Saturday and is hoping to salvage its NCAA tournament hopes with a strong finish.
Rob Chubb led Auburn with 13 points on 6 of 11 shooting. Leading scorer Frankie Sullivan was 1 of 9 shooting for six points and made just one of 22 shots in the two meetings between the teams.
Chris Denson, who came in averaging 11.3 points, missed all five of his attempts for two points.
Alabama outrebounded the Tigers 40-29.
The first half closely resembled the first meeting, when Alabama led 23-13 before making just six field goals after halftime for its lowest scoring output in 146 meetings.
This time the Tide was up 23-16 despite managing just two points in a 12-minute span of the first half.
Releford ended that cold spell with a 3-pointer with 2:39 left to start an 8-3 closing run that carried over.
The Tide opened the second half on a 16-7 spurt to build a 39-23 cushion that Auburn never challenged. Alabama shot 46 percent (13 of 28) in the second half.
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Releford's biggest highlight came in the final minute of a game long since decided. He nearly lost control of the ball and somehow scooped the ball up to Levi Randolph for an alley-oop.
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About Kristin M.Close
We will work from the bottom up, starting with proper breathing and warm up exercises.
Scale work and technical drills are made fun through games and other means to keep things interesting :)
Repertoire work will be chosen according to experience level after basic assessment, we can work together to find something you enjoy playing.
Basic theory and music history will be addressed naturally as we work through new pieces!
I am more than happy to work on any other music you are currently playing for school or other ensembles.
Let's have fun and work hard!
About Kristin
I received a Bachelor's in Music Education and Performance from Drake University in Flute and Piano. Currently pursuing a Master's in Music Therapy.
At Drake, I received a musical scholarship covering 80% of my tuition costs.
I was also honored to sit as Principal Flute in both the Drake Symphony Orchestra and the Drake Wind Symphony, the top performing groups at the University.
I started to play the flute and piano in second grade, and
my love and passion for music have only grown and matured since then.
I enjoy sharing what I've learned, and learning from my students as well.
I am excited and thrilled by the opportunity to work with you!
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I have been playing various woodwind instruments for almost my entire life. I focus on tone, intonation (staying in tune), and the confidence needed to be a strong melodic player.
About Frankie
Education from Boston University, I have been playing for almost 30
years and teaching private lessons for 15+, I am a Professional
Instructor that has the ability and resources to teach several styles
ranging from Rock to Classical to Jazz to Country to Metal. In other
words, anything you want to learn I can teach you or your child using the songs and exercises necessary to help you become a real musician.
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I have a lot of guitars, amps, pedals, woodwind instruments, keyboards, and recording equipment. Instruments everywhere!
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The students should have their own instrument and method book. Other that that, I provide all other handouts and supplemental material and handouts.
*** Specialties ***
I work the most in rock, bluegrass, country, contemporary, and jazz styles.
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· Guitar · In studio
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Frankie P.
Frankie P.
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Instruction for fundamentals and techniques of flute as a primary instrument (or doubling instrument) in both classical and jazz styles.
About Stephanie
My name is Stephanie, I am a teaching-artist from El Paso, Texas. I currently reside, perform and teach in the Boston and greater Boston area.
I am a recent graduate of The New England Conservatory of Music with a Masters and Graduate Diploma in Saxophone Performance. I received my Bacherlors in Music Education from New Mexico State University.
"A teaching artist, by definition, is a two-career professional: a working artist and a working educator. As a working artist is they are involved in an ongoing process of discovery, problem solving, discipline and refinement of skills in their discipline. As a working educator, it is essential that the artist is also developing a knowledge base and skills to be an effective partner in education. Achieving a meaningful balance between these two prof
I am devoted and dedicated to helping find each of my students' strengths, weaknesses and style of learning. Once I have identified these traits, I am able to develop lessons and repertoire that helps each students become the most efficient learner and best musician they can be.
I pride myself in creating a fun and safe learning environment in which I establish a firm musical foundation for my students. Lessons include: scales, etudes, articulation, dynamic and sight reading exercises, standard repertoire, recording and analyzing performances, music history lessons, and exploration of the sounds, genres and artists of saxophone/flute/clarinet/piano.
Simultaneously, my students cultivate many other skills while learning how to play their instrument. Students enhance their fine motor skills and ability to memorize, students increase their overall self-confidence and become self-sufficient and creative problem solvers. I am passionate about educating and empowering my students and I enjoy connecting with a wide array of musicians of all ages, playing levels and backgrounds.
Feel free to contact me to inquire about lessons, I hope to hear from you soon!
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· Saxophone · Online
Stephanie is very personable and patient! Can't wait until next week!
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Stephanie M.
Stephanie M.
About Jessica S.Close
Flute lessons from a kind, encouraging, and dedicated teacher. All ages and abilities welcome!
About Jessica
Jessica is an active flutist residing in Somerville, MA. She holds a master's degree in flute performance from Ithaca College and a bachelor's degree in flute performance from Eastern Michigan University.
Throughout her career, Jessica has been honored with music recognitions including: 2015 grant recipient from the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County, winner of the 2010 Willi
When not making music and teaching, Jessica enjoys spending time with her husband and her small pups, Lyla and Luna. She enjoys crafting, hiking, reading, and discovering.
With over ten years of experience, teaching is one of Jessica's greatest passions as a musician. She believes that private lessons are one of the best ways to enrich the learning of music. Her lessons provide a completely individualized session focused on expression, confidence, technique, and an overall love of music.
Jessica offers lessons for all ages and abilities in 30-min, 45-min, or 60-min lessons. Please contact Jessica for rates and scheduling.
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· Flute · In home
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Jessica S.
Jessica S.
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Must provide own flute -- I am willing to help find a beginner instrument.
Beginner flutists will learn to read music, and begin by learning the parts of the instrument, and the fundamentals of breathing and posture, with simple songs soon to follow.
Intermediate flutists will expand their repertoire and technique, and begin work on important orchestral excerpts and solos, with an eye towards competition. Piccolo may be explored at this point, if the player is interested.
Advanced flutists will continue to polish technique and expanding their repertoire, with a focus towards audition preparation and competition. Further piccolo work or alto/bass flute may be explored at this point.
About Tegan
For information regarding my approach to instruction of a specific subject, please click on the name of the subject listed above for a full description.
N.B. I own a dog, so for those with allergies, it might be best to meet in your own home.
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Tegan S.
Tegan S.
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Hi! My name is Perry and I am a recently-graduated flutist from the Eastman School of Music where I was trained in orchestra, wind ensemble, chamber music, and solo repertoire. I believe in a goal-based approach to studying music and the flute. Students of all ages and experience levels can expect that I will guide them to their individual goals at their own pace. I really love to teach and help students find their own journey through music and enrich all parts of their lives!
About Perry
My name is Perry and I have been playing flute for over twelve years. I recently graduated from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York studying Flute Performance under the tutelage of Bonita Boyd. I have recently moved to Boston to begin my career freelancing and teaching before eventually pursuing Graduate studies. While at Eastman, I performed eight full solo recitals, demonstrating an eclectic range of repertoire from solo works, to unusual chamber pieces with interesting instrumentations, and concerti with full orchestral accompaniment.
From very early on in my time playing the flute, I pushed myself to compete festival auditions, competitions, and recitals. These experiences give me great insight for teaching younger students wishing to pursue flute competitively or more casu
Over the course of my playing career, I have experienced a variety of performance injuries involving my hands, arms, and torso. Through these experiences, I have gained experience in injury prevention and recovery relevant to flutists at all ages and levels. This has helped me develop more efficient and healthy approach to my own playing and greatly informed my teaching methods in the process.
My musical experiences make me well suited for teaching students of all ages to achieve individual goals. I loved the teaching I did as a part of the Eastman Community Music School and I love sharing all that I have learned with others! Being a very organized and structured person, I generally propose a steady practice regimen based on both long term goals and short term achievements! I also believe in letting students go at their own pace and constantly adjusting those milestones as required. I believe that the ultimate goal of any teacher is to give the student the means to teach themselves. This philosophy places great emphasis on practicing techniques to make students more self-aware and able to trust themselves in the practice room.
Thank you so much for reading and feel free to contact me with any questions!
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I offer flute lessons for the beginner-intermediate student, where together we'll work on scales, breath support, basic theory, and repertoire. Lessons should always be fun, so we forget that we're secretly working so hard!
About Alyssa
I am a supportive and encouraging teacher willing to teach all ages and abilities. It is my firm belief that music is for everyone.
I am currently pursuing my M.M. from Longy School of Music. I completed my undergraduate work at Rhode Island College, where I studied oboe and bassoon privately. I am currently on the private lesson roster for two public schools in the area, and teach both double-reeded instruments. I have successfully helped young students prepare for and audition into district level ensembles.
I have reed-making experience and can assist students with finicky reeds, to help ease the most frustrating part about playing oboe & bassoon.
I'm looking forward to working with you!
· Oboe · Online
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Alyssa W.
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Hi, my name is Emma. I am a current Master's flute performance student at the Boston Conservatory. I have been teaching flute students for 5 years, and it is such a joy to watch my students learn while their love for music grows! I am full of energy and am excited to be your teacher!
About Emma
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Emma M.
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I am a motivated flutist looking to meet new students to share my passion for music and flute playing! I studied Flute Pedagogy in Switzerland, where I acquired diverse tools and methods to better understand the learning process and to provide a motivating lesson with different music styles: from the Classical Flute repertoire, to diverse rythms from Latin-American countries such as Venezuelan Joropos, Brazilian choros or a nostalgic tango. The focus of my lessons is to discover new ways to express yourself through the flute!
About Ana Laura
My passion for music took me to Europe where I completed my post graduate studies with a Masters in Flute Performance (2012-2014) and a Masters in Flute Pedagogy (2014-2017) both from the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (Zurich University of the Arts), in Switzerland.
I started teaching flute in 2009 in a national program inspired in "El Sistema" which provides music lessons for kids all over the country. Since then I have taught privately in Spanish, English and German to people of all ages, levels and from diverse cultural and social backgrounds.
As a musician I take part in orchestral and chamber music projects in Argentina, Switzerland and since last summer in Boston as well.
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Coming from a talent hotbed of success, I have learned a recipe for success.
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We will learn a lot, laugh a lot, and discover exciting things about music and the world.
I have been trained by a world leading teacher on the art of teaching, and cannot wait to share this experience with you!
About Roel
My years of experience and training, I know the value of fun, and how much we can learn together.
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As a graduate student back in the 1970s, the Health Science Library at the Ohio State University offered a service they called SDI, or Selective Dissemination of Information. Registration of the words or phrases you were looking for earned a stack of cards on a regular basis, each identifying a journal article corresponding to one of your search terms. Nice for scanning, nice for filing. It was pretty hot stuff at the time, a huge time saver compared with laborious thumbing of the latest Current Contents which was likely to have already been through a lot of hands before it got to you. The subscription (I almost wrote prescription!) was pretty pricey and it was the rare graduate student so profligate as to have his or her own.
One perused these cards with an admixture of gratitude, fear and guilt... So much easier, but is everything there? Shouldn't I spend Friday nights chained to Index Medicus to be sure? Well, all that is in the past now... or is it? Of course not. I signed up for Google Alerts some months ago to try to catch stuff I miss on various topics, and to further assure that no part of my life is left untouched by Google. Seems to work reasonably well for things like news, but once again, the opacity of the operational model leaves one feeling uneasy. This unease is amplified when one gets, as I did today, retrievals for one's vanity search (yes yes, I confess) of email posted to a listserv from two years ago.
Its not that I've been waiting for this one to show up, but why now, months after initiating the search? The Web is perhaps bigger than we fully appreciate.
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cheekymunkee wrote:luvmyangels wrote:I am so sorry that my post has caused conflict. As Martin Lawrence (I think he was the one to say that) would say, "Can we all just get along?"
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Location: Astronaut Memorial Planetarium & Observatory, Cocoa, Florida
Date: October 5, 1997 09:21 UT
30 separate 30 second images of Hale Bopp have been flat fielded and combined to create this image. The image was obtained using a 12 inch Maksutov with 1524mm focal length and no filter. Image is 31.1 by 20.7 arc minutes. This is an integrated white light image. First image started at 05:21 EST with the last image started at 05:42. Stars look trailed in this composite image, since it was effectively guided on the comet's motion.
Ian Griffin
Comet Hale-Bopp Home Page


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When propmen are asked to "go and grab some notebooks for the set", they usually choose Moleskine notebooks. For us it is always a pleasant surprise to see our notebooks featured on film. It is not product placement, it just happens organically. We try and keep trace of all these sightings in a special section of moleskine.com. Among them: Mamma mia! (2008 - image in homepage), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Shall we dance (2004), The motorcycle diaries (2004), and Amélie (2001) (image here below).
(above, Amélie and The Devil wears Prada)
Moleskine notebooks also appeared in TV series such as Lost (2009), C.S.I. (2009) and Grey's Anatomy (2009).
To report your own sightings, go here.