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Stonebrook Manor Event Center and Garden...
Thornton, CO
Park/Garden, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Event Center, Ballrooms, Outdoor, Modern
Starting from $4,273 to $10,998 for 50 guests
Stonebrook Manor and the surrounding gardens are an oasis in Metro Denver. The excellent landscaping cuts off the world, creating an island of peace, making your ceremony and reception timeless and apart, the perfect setting for the perfect wedding. There are outdoor settings for ceremonies and indo...
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Hotel Elegante Conference & Event Center
Colorado Springs, CO
Hotel/Resort, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Event Center, City/Skyline View, Ballrooms, Mountain
Starting from $7,057 to $10,152 for 50 guests
With stunning landscapes and renowned legacy in sports and history, Colorado Springs sets an impressive backdrop for a wedding weekend. Hotel Eleganté makes it easy for you to gather friends and family for a momentous celebration. Their Garden Atrium, flooded with sunlight, makes for a splendid cere...
Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort & Spa
Beaver Creek, CO
Vintage, Hotel/Resort, Ballrooms, Mountain, Outdoor
Starting from $10,760 to $14,053 for 50 guests
Begin your journey of lifelong memories in a destination that celebrates the finer things of life. Situated in scenic Vail Valley, Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort & Spa includes an array of flexible indoor and outdoor venues for the wedding celebration of your dreams! From the rustic charm of a newly...
Copper Leaf Gardens & Event Center
Broomfield, CO
Vintage, Event Center, Park/Garden, Ballrooms, Outdoor, Modern
Starting from $4,867 to $9,193 for 50 guests
At Copper Leaf Garden & Event Center our promise is to create a fun, fresh, stress-free, vibrant wedding that goes seamlessly from start to finish. We stand out from other venues by being there for you from the moment you book and beyond. Our wedding packages are all inclusive and customizable, so y...
Fall River Village
Estes Park, CO
Mountain, Hotel/Resort, Event Center, Loft, Outdoor, Modern
Starting from $7,950 to $19,049 for 50 guests
For an absolutely majestic wedding weekend, head over to Fall River Village Resort in Estes Park, Colorado. Sitting on the banks of the Fall River, the resort is just eight minutes from Rocky Mountain National Park, which means that sweeping, show-stopping views are guaranteed. The resort is woodsy ...
Wild Basin Lodge
Allenspark, CO
Vintage, Event Center, Rustic & Barn, Park/Garden, Mountain, Outdoor
Starting from $15,000 to $36,200 for 50 guests
Nestled within a valley carved by glaciers, the Wild Basin Lodge lies at the entrance of the Rocky Mountain National Park. The lodge affords the quintessential mountain experience for your wedding celebration. Pledge your love for one another in a romantic riverfront ceremony by the rushing banks o...
Deer Creek Valley Ranch
Bailey, CO
Rustic & Barn, Historic/Landmark Building, Bed & Breakfast/Inn, Mountain, Vintage, Outdoor
Starting from $6,950 to $10,450 for 50 guests
At Deer Creek Valley Ranch, get the personal attention that you deserve. This privately owned 165-acre ranch, nestled in the mountains just 45 minutes from Denver, is sure to wow your guests. DCVR offers several stunning outdoor ceremony sites to choose from. Whether it is a majestic mountain b...
Spruce Mountain Ranch
Larkspur, CO
Rustic & Barn, Mountain, Vintage, Outdoor
Starting from $9,593 to $17,013 for 50 guests
**NOW BOOKING WEDDING DATES FOR 2021 AND 2022** Have the mountain wedding of your dreams with sky-high views at this private mountain estate, tucked just outside of the city. Spruce Mountain Ranch boasts eight different venues, with indoor and outdoor options, allowing couples to create the perfe...
The Grant-Humphreys Mansion
Denver, CO
Mansion, Historic/Landmark Building, Park/Garden, Ballrooms, Outdoor
Starting from $4,711 to $7,653 for 50 guests
Tucked along scenic Pennsylvania Street overlooking Governors park the historic Grant Humphreys Mansion offers blissful couples a cozy and historic estate as the perfect setting to share your vows with family and friends. Positioned just minutes from the heart of Downtown Denver, yet hidden from pub...
Kevin Taylor's at the Opera House
Denver, CO
Park/Garden, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Historic/Landmark Building, Event Center, Loft, City/Skyline V...
Starting from $4,491 to $12,446 for 50 guests
Host an awe-inspired wedding with a sophisticated, yet affordable reception wowing your guests (and yourself) with the delicious artistic creations by Kevin Taylor's at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. With an on-site kitchen, KTRG provides catering to all Opera's House venues such as the Studio Lof...
Steamboat Ski Area and Resort
Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Event Center, Golf Course, Ballrooms, Mountain, Vintage
Starting from $7,948 to $9,935 for 50 guests
From the vivid colors of summer flowers to the powdery snow of winter, Steamboat in northern Colorado offers an unparalleled once-in-a-lifetime wedding backdrop for all seasons! Surrounded by endless natural beauty of the mountains, every event space at Steamboat features no shortage of romantic, br...
Colorado Wine Country Inn
Palisade, CO
Winery/Vineyard/Brewery, Ballrooms, Bed & Breakfast/Inn, Outdoor
Starting from $1,619 to $4,983 for 50 guests
Enjoy an authentic vineyard experience in the heart of Colorado wine country at Colorado Wine Country Inn. The charming Victorian style hotel sits in the middle of 21 acres of vines that produce grapes in the foothills of Mt. Lincoln and Mt. Garfield. Adjacent to two wineries and a short drive or ...
Downtown Aquarium Denver
Denver, CO
Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Event Center, Ballrooms
Starting from $7,383 to $12,053 for 50 guests
Wow your wedding guests with a venue as unique as your love and host your wedding celebration at Denver's Downtown Aquarium. The public aquarium is more than an aquatic exhibit featuring over 500 species of underwater animals, it is also an entertainment and dining complex, perfectly equipped to acc...
Christies of Genesee
Golden, CO
Vintage, Event Center, Park/Garden, City/Skyline View, Mountain, Outdoor
Starting from $3,440 to $5,946 for 50 guests
Christies of Genesee has everything you need for the ultimate "Mountain-Scenic" wedding celebration, and all at an affordable price. Located just 20 minutes west of Denver, next to beautiful Genesee Park, Christies of Genesee can accommodate both ceremony and reception. Christies of Genesee speciali...
Lion Square Lodge at the Gondola
Vail, CO
Vintage, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Hotel/Resort, Mountain, Outdoor
Starting from $5,898 to $8,762 for 50 guests
Nestled in the Rocky Mountains by Gore Creek at the base of Vail Mountain, Lion Square Lodge is a perfect spot for friends and family to celebrate your special occasion. Located in Lionshead Village right next to the Eagle Bahn Gondola, Lion Square Lodge provides a convenient location for many of Va...
Grand Hyatt Vail
Vail, CO
Mountain, Hotel/Resort, Event Center, Ballrooms, Outdoor, Modern
Starting from $15,381 to $15,381 for 50 guests
Add an element of magic to your wedding when you celebrate at Grand Hyatt Vail! A luxurious wedding venue tucked in the majestic mountain landscape of Vail, Colorado, it features a variety of both indoor and outdoor spaces for all of your festivities. Whether you decide to exchange your vows with th...
Longmeadow Event Center
Wiggins, CO
Rustic & Barn, Hotel/Resort, Event Center, Ballrooms, Vintage, Outdoor
Starting from $3,000 to $3,750 for 50 guests
**Coronavirus Wedding Cancellation Special** We know many of you have had your weddings cancelled or postponed by other venues due to the coronavirus pandemic. In many cases, these venues are unable or unwilling to return your deposits which, more than likely, has pushed your wedding out to 2021 o...
Boettcher Mansion
Golden, CO
Mansion, Historic/Landmark Building, Event Center, Mountain, Vintage, Outdoor
Starting from $5,994 to $12,734 for 50 guests
The Boettcher Mansion, a historic and elegantly rustic setting, is located just 30 minutes outside Denver in Golden, CO inside the beautiful Lookout Mountain Nature Preserve. The mansion once served as a seasonal hunting lodge for Charles Boettcher, but was then donated to the county for public use....
Lionscrest Manor
Lyons, CO
Mansion, Event Center, Private Estate, Park/Garden, Mountain, Outdoor
Starting from $1,950 to $2,565 for 50 guests
We hope you can join us for the Lionscrest Manor Spring Bridal Show - March 22, 2020 from Noon to 3 pm. To learn more about the show and to RSVP please visit our website. Lionscrest Manor is a luxurious private 50-acre estate located in the foothills of Lyons, Colorado. At the Manor, the mountai...
Ken Caryl Vista by Wedgewood Weddings
Littleton, CO
Vintage, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Event Center, Park/Garden, Ballrooms, Modern
Starting from $0 to $3,817 for 50 guests
Due to the coronavirus crisis, Wedgewood Weddings is now offering phone and virtual tours of all our venues. To comply with CDC and local ordinance recommendations, they have closed their venue offices for in-person meetings. The current group gathering restrictions are tough for everyone planning a...
Cheyenne Mountain Resort
Colorado Springs, CO
Mountain, Hotel/Resort, Golf Course, Beach, Ballrooms, Outdoor
Cheyenne Mountain Resort combines beauty and elegance with the powerful and commanding view of the Rocky Mountains for a dramatic and utterly romantic wedding. Recipient of the AAA Four-Diamond Award and TripAdvisor's Certificate of Excellence, Cheyenne Mountain Resort's trained staff will curate yo...
Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museu...
Englewood, CO
Event Center, Historic/Landmark Building, Museum/Gallery, Vintage, Outdoor, Modern
Starting from $3,550 to $5,100 for 50 guests
Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum can offer your guests a memorable experience at one of our premier locations. Wings Over the Rockies is a WWII-era hangar, built in 1939, that sits in the heart of Denver's historic Lowry neighborhood. In addition, our Wings Over the Rockies Boeing B...
Willow Ridge Manor
Morrison, CO
Private Estate, Historic/Landmark Building, Mountain, Vintage, Outdoor
Starting from $3,767 to $7,657 for 50 guests
Experience breathtaking beauty and rolling mountains at Willow Ridge Manor. Built in 1911, this Colonial Revival mansion once sat on a farm, and is now a beloved wedding venue. The details will take you back in time to an elegant past filled with dainty accents. Elaborate doors, crown pediments and ...
Main Street Station
Breckenridge, CO
Ocean/Waterfront View, Historic/Landmark Building, Hotel/Resort, Ballrooms, Mountain, Outdoor
Starting from $2,725 to $3,252 for 50 guests
Located steps from the base of Peak 9 in beautiful Breckenridge, Main Street Station has the incredible mountain views as a backdrop to your ceremony. Conveniently located at the south end of Breckenridge's historic Main Street, guests have ample amounts of activities, dining and shopping. Able ...
Black Forest by Wedgewood Weddings
Colorado Springs, CO
Vintage, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Event Center, Outdoor
Starting from $4,556 to $10,288 for 50 guests
Only minutes from the Briargate area in Colorado Springs, Black Forest by Wedgewood Weddings offers a serene, secluded feel. With gorgeous styling and the dense forest as the backdrop to your wedding, this rustic yet elegant wedding venue is a favorite for couples in Colorado Springs. You'll ...
The Lobby
Denver, CO
Vintage, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Outdoor
Starting from $1,722 to $3,998 for 50 guests
Gather. Feast. Imbibe. Old world charm meets urban convenience! Located in the heart of Downtown Denver, The Lobby is an award-winning venue nestled within a historic building, featuring a European-style courtyard which blossoms into a secret garden in the city. Original exposed brick walls, a gran...
The Mining Exchange
Colorado Springs, CO
Outdoor, Historic/Landmark Building, Hotel/Resort, City/Skyline View, Ballrooms
Starting from $3,015 to $6,003 for 50 guests
Framed in European style and housed in an exquisitely restored historic edifice in the heart of downtown Colorado Springs, The Mining Exchange, A Wyndham Grand Hotel & Spa elegantly fuses old world charm with modern amenities and exceptional service to create a world-class hotel and wedding experien...
The Hills Basalt
Basalt, CO
Rustic & Barn, Event Center, Park/Garden, Mountain, Vintage, Outdoor
Starting from $7,221 to $10,407 for 50 guests
*Please note, we can accommodate a guest list of up to 50* Let The Hills in Basalt set the idyllic rustic chic backdrop for your big day! Previously a small farm, we have converted the acre of woods and fields into a contemporary space with gardens, pond and greenhouse set against the serenity o...
The Ritz-Carlton, Denver
Denver, CO
Hotel/Resort, Event Center, Ballrooms, Modern
Starting from $13,432 to $16,409 for 50 guests
For the bride who craves a modern, understated elegance, The Ritz-Carlton, Denver is a polished and sophisticated setting for a fairytale day. You'll enjoy sparkling views of the city, framed by the Rocky Mountains in the distance. Wedding planners are available to support and guide you through the ...
Tapestry House by Wedgewood Weddings
Fort Collins, CO
Vintage, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Historic/Landmark Building, Park/Garden, Mountain, Outdoor
Starting from $4,527 to $10,877 for 50 guests
Due to the coronavirus crisis, Wedgewood Weddings is now offering phone and virtual tours of all our venues. To comply with CDC and local ordinance recommendations, they have closed their venue offices for in-person meetings. The current group gathering restrictions are tough for everyone planning a...
El Rancho Brewing Company
Evergreen, CO
Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Winery/Vineyard/Brewery, Historic/Landmark Building, Event Center, Mountain...
Starting from $2,004 to $4,825 for 50 guests
For a wedding reception or rehearsal dinner with beautiful scenery and food to match, the El Rancho Brewing Company checks both boxes. With sun almost year round, guests can enjoy stunning views of the Continental Divide from the expansive patio, or cozy up indoors on the rarer, chillier days, takin...
Smith Fork Ranch
Crawford, CO
Hotel/Resort, Event Center, Rustic & Barn, Park/Garden, Mountain, Outdoor
The towering beauty of the Rocky Mountains, the exhilaration of outdoor life and activities in our rustic elegance of a private western retreat. Smith Fork Ranch is a beautiful, historic, private family owned 250 acre estate that straddles the Smith Fork River Valley between Aspen and Telluride, 8 m...
Sunlight Mountain Resort
Glenwood Springs, CO
Vintage, Hotel/Resort, Bed & Breakfast/Inn, Mountain, Outdoor
Starting from $5,394 to $6,517 for 50 guests
Embrace the great outdoors with a wedding at Sunlight Mountain Resort. Considered one of the area's best kept secrets that continues to impress, Sunlight Mountain Resort offers gorgeous spaces to exchange your vows. Imagine saying your "I do's" in a meadow filled with wildflowers with the towering m...
Rist Canyon Inn
Fort Collins, CO
Rustic & Barn, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Event Center, Bed & Breakfast/Inn, Vintage, Outdoor
Starting from $10,045 to $13,025 for 50 guests
**UPDATE: Wedding dates still available for 2020. Please contact venue now for specific date availability.** Rist Canyon Inn is a quaint, historic property featuring a 120-year-old farmhouse, old growth trees, and a sparkling creek. It's the epitome of rustic elegance and grace, perfect for a lov...
Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park
Lakewood, CO
Museum/Gallery, Rustic & Barn, Park/Garden, Vintage, Outdoor
Starting from $1,884 to $5,831 for 50 guests
Located in historic Belmar Park, Lakewood Heritage Center offers a beautiful and unique setting for your dream wedding. In addition to the natural beauty of the spacious park you will also find historic landmark buildings of the 20th century. There are several different indoor and outdoor venue opti...


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Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon is the author of "Black Swan" (University of Pittsburgh Press), winner of the 2001 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared in journals such as African American Review, Callaloo, Crab Orchard Review, Gulf Coast and Shenandoah, as well as the anthologies "Bum Rush the Page," "Role Call," "Common Wealth," "Gathering Ground" and "The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South." She teaches at Cornell University and is currently at work on a second collection, "Open Interval."
The event is part of the Creative Writing Program's spring 2008 Reading Series, which features established and emerging artists.

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Roberto Martinez to decide his Wigan future next week
Wigan boss Roberto Martinez will make a decision on his future after holding talks with chairman Dave Whelan next week.
Last Updated: 23/05/13 3:47pm
The Spaniard has been tipped to succeed David Moyes at Everton with the Latics' relegation from the Premier League heightening speculation that we will leave.
Whelan still hopes to hold onto Martinez after he guided the club to FA Cup glory, but the manager refused to be drawn on his plans after the 2-2 draw with Aston Villa on the final day.
The 39-year-old attended the club's open top bus parade and did confirm he will make up his mind next week.
The squad and the backroom staff boarded an open-top bus at their Christopher Park training ground before making their way into the Market Place, where thousands of supporters were waiting to welcome them.
"Over the next week we'll sit down with the chairman and we'll decide," he told Sky Sports News. "But it's just a time to be proud of the achievement of the last eight years at this level, making sure we can bounce back.
"But the football club financially and in terms of history, we're ready to break even more ground, playing in the Europa League in the group stages, and carry on making that belief and pride of Wigan very strong."
When asked about the date of his meeting with Whelan, he replied: "Well it will be a week on Monday, a week today."
Relegation from the Premier League certainly had not dampened the spirits of Latics fans as they once again revelled in the shock 1-0 victory over Manchester City nine days ago that earned Wigan the first major trophy in the club's history.
So many people crowded into the Market Place that the bus had trouble getting through, but when the squad finally did make it on to the stage, there was only one message the fans wanted to get across.
As Martinez took the microphone, he had to ask the crowd to quieten down as the chant of, 'Roberto Martinez, we want you to stay', filled the air.
The Spaniard, who first joined the club in 1995 as player and has been manager for the last four years, is the favourite to take over from David Moyes at Everton, while he has also been linked with the Malaga post in his home country.
When he was able to speak, he said to the crowd: "Let me tell you two things. One - we are the FA Cup winners. Two - we've got a special group of players and backroom staff that make Wigan Athletic proud.
"And without your support that would never happen, so we want to thank you from the heart."
There will be significant changes to the playing squad as well, but winning the FA Cup is likely to remain the pinnacle for many of them.
Club captain Gary Caldwell said: "It's incredible to see so many people come out. For the town it's a great day and the boys will remember this for the rest of their lives."


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1 in 5 tree farms sustain drought damage
Tens of thousands of trees lost
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Christmas tree farms lost tens of thousands of trees to drought conditions this year.
New figures from state agriculture officials show more than 1 in 5 tree farms sustained drought damage.
Nearly a million Christmas trees are harvested on Wisconsin's 1,100 farms each year. The drought hit growers in southern Wisconsin especially hard, as well as those in the central sands region, including Waushara, Marquette, Adams and Waupaca counties. In those counties, state inspectors found 40 percent of more trees died.
At Ottman Family Christmas Tree Farm in Pewaukee, all of the 5,000 seedlings planted by Ken Ottman this year have died. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Ottman bought trees from northern Wisconsin wholesalers to sell at his lot.


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On the day that Frank Thomas announced his retirement from baseball, he almost overshadowed himself by disclosing the stunning news of another former White Sox player who might retire right behind him.
Jermaine Dye.
Thomas spent time with Dye last week in Las Vegas, and during our interview following his retirement press conference, Thomas revealed to Comcast SportsNet that Dye is "pretty sad" about still being unsigned, and said Jermaine is prepared to retire if the right opportunity doesn't present itself. …
There's a video (8:09) of Frank's interview in the same link.


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UV-A's: It's easy acing every class
Norfolk's Virginian-Pilot made eyes pop all over the state with its special report last week on grade inflation at Virginia universities. An analysis of grading at four schools reveals that William and Mary leads the pack– A's and A-minuses made up 43 percent of all undergraduate grades there last year. UVA follows closely with 41 percent; Old Dominion, 33 percent; and Norfolk State, 26 percent.
Such glowing report cards raise the question: Are professors dishing out grades that students don't deserve?
"The reason that commerce students get so many A's is that the commerce school has harder admissions requirements in the first place," claims fourth year com student Tim Oeljeschlager.
"I think we should take a look at some of the Ivy League schools before criticizing UVA," he says of charges of general grade inflation at UVA. "Unless there's a nationwide effort to end grade inflation, UVA shouldn't go out of its way to change things here. Otherwise, it will make it much harder for us to compete for grad schools."
Fourth year UVA medical student Andrew Matisoff sees it differently. "If grade inflation continues," he says, "graduate schools will be forced to look only at test scores."


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...Dolce & Gabbana have decided to launch a unisex perfume for the newborn in your life.
Worse still, Dolce & Gabbana is not the only fashion house to dabble in this particular brand of ridiculousness. Bulgari's Petits et Mamans perfume features Sicilian orange, bergamot and Brazilian rosewood. Hmm, the sweet smell of infants! At £35, Burberry's Baby Touch will cost you significantly more than your weekly child benefit (if you're still entitled to it), but it does promise "warm floral notes of cyclamen, orange blossom, lily of the valley and jasmine".
Speaking about the company's latest offering, which will go on sale later this year at the relatively modest sum of £28 for a 50ml bottle, the designer Stefano Gabbana said: "That familiar smell associated with babies will only be accentuated by this fragrance." It will contain notes of citrus, melon and honey, all famously evocative of newborns, and will "pamper every little boy and girl". The scent, which is alcohol-free, has been inspired by the "softness of baby skin" and the "freshness of baby breath".
30 January 2013
If your baby stinks...
... it's probably not for lack of perfume. But you can now purchase expensive perfumes designed with your baby in mind:
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baby perfume is common in some Hispanic communities. I remember from my younger siblings being babies that there was always violet water baby perfume or orange water baby perfume around changing tables.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 30, 2013 at 4:23 PM
the cosmetics industry is largely unregulated. but go ahead, take a chance with that precious little newborn.ReplyDelete
Meanwhile adults are probably wearing "Baby Smell" perfume.ReplyDelete
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Using Baseball Reference's Play Index, Firstman has been searching for rare batting lines from 1918-2011 that might look something like this: 0-1-0-3: 0 official at-bats, 1 run scored, 0 hits, 3 runs batted in. Her only criteria is that the player must have started and finished the game.
So far, she has posted The Zero ABs, The One ABs, and The Two ABs.
As a linescore addict, I love this kind of stuff. Here are some box score lines that have happened only once in major league history:
AB R H RBI Player Date 0 1 0 3 Clyde Barnhart September 13, 1923 (G2) 1 0 1 4 Doc Lavan June 7, 1918 1 1 0 3 Nick Punto August 5, 2006 1 2 0 3 Glenn Wright August 13, 1930 2 1 2 6 Chris Gomez May 17, 1994 2 4 0 2 Frank O'Rourke May 30, 1929 (G2) 2 5 0 0 Joe Morgan June 30, 1977 2 5 1 5 Roy Cullenbine July 31, 1941 (G1) 2 6 2 1 Mel Ott April 30, 1944 (G1)***
Here are some articles about the growing use of shifts and the radical stuff going on in Tampa Bay.
Dave Hruska, Joe Maddon, Spray Charts, and Defensive Shifts: Part I, The Cutoff Man, May 2, 2012We are often told how pitchers "reach back" for extra velocity when they are in trouble. Is it true? Baseball Prospectus' Max Marchi took a look: Reaching Back for a Little Extra.
Dave Hruska, Defensive Shifts Part II: New York at Kansas City, The Cutoff Man, May 8, 2012
Dave Hruska, Defensive Shifts Part III: The Blue Jays Use of Brett Lawrie, The Cutoff Man, July 2, 2012
Hunter Atkins, Rays' Joe Maddon is the King of Shifts, New York Times, May 8, 2012
Rob Neyer, How Many Runs Are Joe Maddon's Shifts Really Saving?, SB Nation, May 8, 2012
Colin Wyers, Who Gives A Shift?, Baseball Prospectus, May 30, 2012
John Thorn, Whitman, Melville and Baseball, Our Game, June 15, 2012
Larry Granillo, The 1930 Cardinals Telegram Mystery, Baseball Prospectus, July 18, 2012:
On September 9, 1930, the St. Louis Cardinals, helmed by skipper Gabby Street, found themselves tied for second place, 2.5 games behind the Chicago Cubs. That morning, Street received a telegram that read:And, finally, a quote:
Do not worry, you will lose today, regardless of your pitching choice; you will win the next three.That afternoon, the Cards lost to the Giants 2-1 before winning the next three. The next day, at the start of St. Louis' series against the Boston Braves, Street received another telegram:
Everything O.K. You will win two and lose one.Over the next two days, the Cardinals won two and lost one, just as the telegram predicted. For the remainder of the month, as St. Louis fought its way towards the pennant, the telegrams continued. According to all published reports, the telegrams were never wrong. Cardinals players began to "accept as gospel" the mystery telegrams.
"The day it becomes uncool to boo the Yankees is the day we need to reevaluate what the national pastime is all about."
Joe Posnanski, July 10, 2012


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Results of a uSamp survey of AT&T and Verizon customers conducted last week reveals that 54 percent of current Android and BlackBerry users on Verizon's network are likely to switch to a Verizon-compatible iPhone 4 by the time the device launches next week on February 10. That same survey suggested that as many as 26 percent of current AT&T iPhone users could switch to Verizon next week as well. The news comes just as Verizon reported blowing well past previous records set for first-day handset sales in less than a day of preorder availability.
uSamp's data is derived from a "highly profiled panel" of over 700 smartphone users currently on AT&T or Verizon conducted between January 28 and January 31 (before current Verizon customers were allowed to preorder online February 3). Among Verizon customers with an Android or BlackBerry device, one quarter are "very likely" to switch to the iPhone 4 on launch, while another 29 percent are "somewhat likely." In particular, two-thirds of BlackBerry users were either very or somewhat likely to switch, according to survey respondents.
Those looking to switch cited the iPhone's unique user interface, Mobile Safari Web browser, and media-handling capabilities as top reasons for ditching their other devices.
The survey also revealed that 8 percent of current AT&T iPhone users were very likely to switch to Verizon come next Thursday, while another 18 percent were somewhat likely to switch. (An earlier ChangeWave survey pegged AT&T switchers at about 16 percent.) Top reasons for switching include dropped calls and coverage area, while those sticking to AT&T cited ETFs and other conversion costs, network speed, and possible degradation to Verizon's network as reasons to stay put.
uSamp's numbers may seem overly optimistic, but according to Verizon, the iPhone 4 has already exceeded sales expectations. The Verizon-compatible iPhone 4 was available to preorder online for current Verizon customers beginning at 3am ET Thursday morning, and continued throughout the day, before Apple and Verizon had stopped taking orders at approximately 8pm.
"Yesterday's launch set the pace for next week when we open up sales to everyone across America," Verizon Wireless president and CEO Dan Mead said in a statement.
Neither Apple nor Verizon responded to our questions about how many preorders they accepted yesterday, though one rumor pegs it at a quarter million iPhones. However, Apple spokesperson Natalie Harrison did tell Ars that Apple is "thrilled" with the response so far, and is looking forward to "getting the iPhone 4 into the hands of even more customers next Thursday."
Though Apple and Verizon will open online ordering again at 3am ET on February 9, uSamp suggests that plenty of people will be waiting in line at local Verizon Wireless, Best Buy, and Apple retail locations to pick one up. Among those surveyed who plan to get an iPhone 4, about a quarter said they were willing to wait in the often blocks-long lines to pick one up on launch day.
Analysts had predicted that opening up Verizon to a compatible iPhone could have a significant impact on Android's explosive growth over the past year. uSamp's survey results, along with early record handset preorders, suggest those analysts may be right.


text: The idea of stagnation has always given Stefan Kjartansson anxiety. Born in Iceland, he got his BA in graphic design from Iceland Arts in 1993. After illustrating two best-selling children's books, he moved on to graphic design. Too poor to purchase typefaces, he started making his own and released a deconstructive slab serif with Garagefonts.


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I was wondering if anyone else out there is having problems with the WoW installer, I recently signed up for an account so I could take advantage of this play the first 20 levels for free promotion.
I've registered fine but I now have the downloader client up and it just doesn't seem to want to download the files (and when it does we are talking speeds between 5-15kb/s). I've got a decent 10MB connection from Virgin media and all other net related activity flies by so i very much doubt its that; I've also DMZ'd myself on my router to help with any connection problems that might be occurring. Finally i've also tried adding the TCP and UDP exceptions to my firewall to allow the downloader through Windows firewall.
Does anyone have any ideas as i'm completely stumped?


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House votes to extend Bush cuts
The House proved on Wednesday, if there was any doubt, that the Bush-era tax cuts are as politically polarizing as ever.
The Republican-controlled House passed legislation on a 256 to 171 vote that would extend the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts on income, capital gains and dividends through 2013.
Republicans were joined by 20 Democrats in voting for the proposal, which would extend the tax cuts for all income levels.
The bill has no chance of advancing in the Senate, which is controlled by Democrats who passed their own bill last week that would only extend the breaks for individuals earning less than $200,000 and married couples making less than $250,000.
The House vote, which was cast as lawmakers prepare to return to their home districts for five weeks, was the latest effort by leaders of both parties to score political points on a key election-year issue. While the House and Senate votes have been derided as little more than theater, lawmakers said they will demonstrate to voters where each party stands.
"It means a lot," Representative Sander Levin (D-Mich.), the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, said of the votes. "It means that there are clear lines of difference."
For all the votes over the past few weeks, Congress is in the same place it has been all year. Unless lawmakers act, the Bush tax cuts – which President Barack Obama extended in 2010 – will expire on Dec. 31. At the same time, a two percentage point payroll tax cut will lapse and the estate tax will hit a broader range of families at a higher tax rate.
There are signs that some compromise is possible this year on smaller tax and spending issues but scant evidence big deals are on the horizon.
On Wednesday, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and the panel's top Republican, Orrin Hatch of Utah, reached an agreement on extending billions of dollars in lapsed or soon-to-expire tax breaks through 2013. That agreement came on the heels of a six-month spending deal Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) reached on Tuesday.
It remains to be seen how lawmakers will come together on the bigger tax questions.
The House will hold another vote this week on a process that would lead to a comprehensive tax code overhaul in 2013. House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) said he plans to use the coming months to hold more hearings on how a tax code rewrite might work.
"We're going to continue to have hearings right through the end of the year and we're hoping to do a joint hearing with the Senate again in the fall," he told POLITICO. "Hopefully next year we'll begin a process where we can extend all of current law and have a year on comprehensive and fundamental tax reform."


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Naomi Duguid's Banana Flower Salad, Rakhine Style
I had never eaten banana flowers until this week, let alone carry one home and prepare it myself. But after making the Banana Flower Salad from Naomi Duguid's Burma, I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for the purple buds from now on.
A blend of boiled and chopped banana flower, peanuts, fried shallots (with some of their oil), sesame seeds, and fish sauce, this salad's boldness belies its simplicity. Anyone familiar with banana flowers knows that the plant's similarity to artichokes: astringent when raw but it turns more and earthy once cooked. The richness of the nuts and oil magically tempers the bitterness of the flower, and the fish sauce adds brightness and addictive salinity. Duguid is right, however, to suggest eating the salad alongside other milder dishes, as more than a few bites in a row can turn intense.
Why I picked this recipe: Many of the salad recipes in Burma contain familiar vegetable bases; I wanted to try my hand at something totally foreign.
What worked: The short ingredient list balanced the slightly bitter flavor of the banana flour surprisingly well.
What didn't: My banana flower took about 30 minutes to turn tender and I ended up adding a bit more fish sauce, shallot oil, and nuts than directed. Still, even without these additions, this salad was shockingly flavorful.
Suggested Tweaks: I liked the salad best after it had been sitting for a couple hours; at this point, the flavors had fully melded and mellowed. Unfortunately, by that time, the crisp shallots had lost all of their crunch. Next time, I'd mix together everything but the fried shallots, let the mixture sit for 2-3 hours, and then scatter the shallots over right before serving. If you can't find banana flowers, don't totally despair. I'd bet that the salad tastes equally good with steamed artichokes.
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- 1 small banana flower (about 3/4 pound)
- 1 tablespoon Chopped Roasted Peanuts
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, lightly toasted
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 2 tablespoons Shallot Oil
- 3 tablespoons Fried Shallots
Bring a medium pot of water to a vigorous boil. Put in the banana flower, cover, and cook at a strong boil until cooked through, about 15 minutes. Test by piercing it with a knife: if the knife slides easily into the center, it's done. Lift out of the water and set aside to cool for a few minutes.
Peel off 2 or 3 of the outer leaves of the banana flower and discard. Cut the banana flower into 5 or 6 chunks, place in a food processor, and pulse several times, just until you have a coarsely chopped mass. Turn out into a bowl, add the peanuts, sesame seeds, fish sauce, salt, and shallot oil and toss. Taste for salt and adjust if necessary, then add the fried shallots and toss again. Serve at room temperature.
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American workers who complain about race or age discrimination on the job can sue their bosses for any subsequent retaliation.
In two decisions announced on Tuesday, the US Supreme Court embraced an expansive view of certain civil rights laws that do not explicitly outlaw acts of retaliation.
Nonetheless, the majority justices said the overall purpose of the laws suggests an intent by Congress to prevent discrimination – including retaliation aimed at punishing those who file age- or race-discrimination complaints.
At issue in both cases was whether Congress had created a cause of action in the law to permit retaliation lawsuits.
While some laws, such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, ban retaliation in response to any discrimination complaint, other important civil rights laws make no mention of retaliation.
The majority justices ruled that employees can claim legal protections against retaliation even if the law does not specifically bar acts of retaliation.
Writing for the majority in one of the cases, Justice Stephen Breyer cited two prior decisions of the high court in 1969 and 2005 as supporting an expansive view of such laws. "We believe it is too late in the day in effect to overturn the holding in that [1969] case," Justice Breyer writes for the seven-justice majority in CBOCS West, Inc. v. Humphries.
In a dissent, Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia said if Congress intended for a law to cover retaliation it would have said so in the statute. "The court does not even purport to identify any basis in the statutory text for the 'well-embedded interpretation [of the law]' it adopts for the first time today," Justice Thomas writes. Unlike the court, he said he found the statute's text conclusive.
Court declines to take more restricted approach
Both decisions are important because they affirm a trend at the high court embracing an expansive reading of civil rights laws. Some analysts had suggested that the court might adopt a more restrictive approach to such laws – making it harder for victims of discrimination to sue – after the 2006 retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor and the arrival on the court of her replacement, Justice Samuel Alito.
But that question was answered with today's decision. Justice Alito voted with the majority in both cases and authored the majority opinion in the second case, Gomez-Perez v. Potter.
In both cases, employees sued their supervisors for alleged acts of retaliation in the workplace after the workers had made initial complaints about discriminatory conduct by managers. One suit was filed under Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866. The other was filed under the public employee section of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967. Neither law mentions retaliation.
The decision in the Humphries case involves a former assistant manager at a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Bradley, Ill., who was allegedly fired in retaliation for his repeated complaints about racial prejudice by his supervisor.
Hedrick Humphries, who is African-American, had worked for three years at the Cracker Barrel. In 2001, he complained to a district manager that the general manager at the Bradley restaurant made racially offensive remarks and that the general manager's termination of a black employee had been racially motivated.
The district manager took no action against the general manager. Instead, he fired Mr. Humphries based on a report that Humphries had left the store safe open overnight. Humphries denies the allegation.
Humphries filed discrimination charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under both Title VII and Section 1981. The EEOC verified his complaint and issued a letter authorizing him to file suit in federal court.
By the time Humphries filed his lawsuit, the Title VII complaint was dismissed because he missed a deadline to pay his filing fee. No such deadline exists for Section 1981 suits, so that portion of the suit survived the first challenge. But the Section 1981 complaint was later thrown out because the judge found there was insufficient evidence to support a suit.
Section 1981 is one of the oldest civil rights statutes in the nation, passed after the Civil War to force southern employers to honor employment and other contracts with newly freed slaves. Humphries argued that such a broad prohibition of discrimination would surely also outlaw acts of retaliation related to discrimination.
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago agreed, reversing the previous ruling and finding that Humphries was entitled to file a retaliation suit.
Age-discrimination case
The second case involves a US Postal Service employee in Puerto Rico, Myrna Gomez-Perez, who says her supervisor retaliated against her after she filed an age-discrimination complaint against him.
Ms. Gomez-Perez says that after filing her complaint she was harassed and mocked and accused of sexual harassment. She claims her work hours were substantially reduced.
She filed suit under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), claiming her supervisors had engaged in retaliation and discrimination. Both a federal judge and the Boston-based First Circuit Court of Appeals threw the suit out. The appeals court ruled that the ADEA does not cover acts of retaliation since the word "retaliation" does not appear in the statute.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court reversed that decision by a vote of 6 to 3.
The high court also affirmed the Seventh Circuit decision in the Humphries case by a vote of 7 to 2. Chief Justice John Roberts dissented in the Gomez-Perez case but joined the majority in the Humphries case.
Chief Justice Roberts explained his dissent in the Gomez-Perez case in part because "Congress has always protected federal employees from retaliation through the established civil service process."
In upholding the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday, the majority justices said there was no need for Congress to include explicit language about retaliation. Congress's intent to facilitate expansive civil rights enforcement was clear from subsequent congressional amendments to the laws, Justice Breyer writes.
In his dissent, Thomas criticized the majority for retreating behind "the fig leaf of ersatz stare decisis." He accused the majority of misreading prior legal precedents.
Thomas says the high court's decision "creates an entirely new cause of action" unrelated to race discrimination.
"By crafting its own additional enforcement mechanism, the majority returns this Court to the days in which it created remedies out of whole cloth to effectuate its vision of congressional purpose," writes Thomas. "That the court does so under the guise of stare decisis does not make its decision any more justifiable."
Alito, writing for the majority in the Gomez-Perez case, presents the same core legal analysis as Justice Breyer does in the Humphries case. Both decisions cite the 1969 opinion Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park and the 2005 decision Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education.
Alito says Congress meant the ADEA to be a broad, general ban on age discrimination. "Congress was presumably familiar with Sullivan and had reason to expect that this ban would be interpreted in conformity with that precedent," Alito writes.
Tuesday's decisions add momentum to an important trend at the high court toward embracing an expansive approach to the interpretation of civil rights statutes.
In 2005, the Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 in the Jackson case that a girl's high school basketball coach could sue the school board for alleged retaliation against him after he complained that his female players were not receiving equal access to sports equipment and facilities.
He sued under Title IX, which bars gender discrimination in education. Like Section 1981, Title IX does not specifically mention a cause of action for retaliation. Nonetheless, the majority justices found that retaliation was a form of discrimination outlawed under the statute.
The decision was written by then Justice O'Connor. Now, with O'Connor no longer on the court, the justices affirmed the same principle, but this time instead of 5 to 4, the votes were 6 to 3 and 7 to 2.


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Sportscaster Jon Miller Plays Not My Job
And now, the game where great men answer some pretty okay questions. If the sport of baseball could talk, it would sound like Jon Miller. He's a Hall of Fame broadcaster who did the play-by-play on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball for 20 years and was, and still is, the voice of the San Francisco Giants. Jon Miller, welcome to WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME!
JON MILLER: Glad to be here.
SAGAL: So, Jon, you've been calling baseball games for a while right?
MILLER: My first year doing Major League Baseball was 1974, which is, you know, more than 20 years ago.
SAGAL: A little bit more, yeah.
SAGAL: And how did you learn to do it, because I know it's a lot harder than it might seem?
MILLER: I really always wanted to do it, because I was a big baseball fan but not a great baseball player. So I bought a tabletop baseball game called Strat-O-Matic.
SAGAL: Oh yeah.
MILLER: And I used to wile away the hours all summer long, growing up near San Francisco, rolling these dice and playing these games and broadcasting the games. And not just broadcasting the games, but I would do the crowd noise. I would be the public address announcer, the ballpark organist; I'd be the whole show.
MO ROCCA: Oh, my god. Did you also have an imaginary girlfriend?
MILLER: It was odd if you walked in on me. I always felt bad for my kid brother, who'd - he'd come home with one of his friends and walk into the room and there'd be his big brother, you know, going "there's a base hit to left field."
MILLER: "Right fielder. Roger Maris - Maris - top of nine - nine."
MILLER: This was how I spent my youth. And the great thing is I still do the same thing, I just don't have to do the crowd noise now.
SAGAL: I appreciate that.
ROCCA: That's excellent.
SAGAL: When you were doing that, did you do the occasional sort of heckling of the players that the mikes in the crowd would have hit? I love that when that happens, when you hear people screaming at the players and it gets picked up on the broadcast.
SAGAL: Did you do that too?
MILLER: Actually, when I was first starting out as a Major League broadcaster in 1974, I did the Oakland A's games and it was an incredible lucky break for me. But the A's were the best team in baseball, but nobody went to see them.
The paid attendance that year, after they'd won two straight World Series, and were in the process of winning a third in a row, the attendance was 840,000. And we used to have people shout at us while we were broadcasting, from down in the stands, say "keep it quiet up there will you, for god's sakes."
SAGAL: We're trying to watch a game.
Your most famous, or at least you'll probably go down in history, for among other things, you're in the Hall of Fame, that helps, but for your call of Barry Bonds' record breaking homerun.
MILLER: I don't know if I'm famous or infamous for that. But I've been fortunate to do a lot of World Series and historic events. I broadcast the night that Cal Ripken broke Lou Gehrig's record, which...
SAGAL: Oh yeah, you were, of course, the Oriole's announcer.
MILLER: And I remember the "David Letterman Show" asked me to come on before the game that night because they were taping that night's show, and tell us what you're going to say when he breaks the record.
SAGAL: Yeah.
MILLER: And I said okay, Dave. And now, the game begins, the Orioles take the field, and there goes Cal Ripken out to shortstop. He's there now and that's the record.
MILLER: Because that was - he didn't have to hit a homerun or get a base hit or do - all he had to do was show up and he had the record.
SAGAL: We heard that in addition to your skills as a baseball announcer that you're known for your impressions. Is that true?
MILLER: You know, everybody does an impression of somebody. And for me, it was certain baseball broadcasters who were very distinctive, or even public address announcers. And probably my all-time favorite, and he's passed away now, so there goes my act.
SAGAL: Yeah.
MILLER: But, when you would go to Yankee Stadium...
SAGAL: Oh, sure.
MILLER: It not only was the great historic ballpark where the Babe and Lou Gehrig played and Mantle and Maris and all those great players and championships, but then the public address announcer would welcome you to the ballpark and you really knew you were someplace special. Bob Sheppard was his name.
SAGAL: Yes, of course.
MILLER: And he'd come on and he'd say, good afternoon - noon - ladies and gentlemen - gentlemen - welcome - welcome - to Yankee Stadium - stadium.
MILLER: For today's game - game - between - between. And the only thing was is that Bob spoke so slowly...
SAGAL: Yeah.
MILLER: Elegantly but slowly that when he'd give the starting lineups before the game, it would be the fifth inning before he'd...
SAGAL: I know.
SAGAL: Now, one of the things about calling a baseball game, you have to make it interesting even when nothing is happening, which happens a lot in a baseball game. So we wanted to test you. Do you think you could do a play-by-play on me, say, making a ham sandwich, if you could narrate that in such a...
MILLER: Now, at the deli section in the supermarket that he frequents, there are maybe 12 different qualities of ham, and that alone could be a very daunting sort of a project. I know that he gave it a lot of thought ahead of time, so he's got excellent, excellent ham. That's no problem.
MILLER: The question is what kind of cheese to match it with. It'll be interesting to see what he's going to pull out next because a lot of people, you know, they just put that American cheese and...
MILLER: But if I know him, no, this is going to be some beautiful French aged cheese. Oh, there it is.
SAGAL: Jon, we are delighted to talk to you, but we've asked you here today to play a game we're calling?
BILL KURTIS: You gonna eat that?
SAGAL: Science writer Mary Roach, having covered sex and death already, has a new book out called "Gulp: Adventures in the Alimentary Canal." It's coming soon. We're going to ask you three questions based on her remarkable book, and if you get two right, you'll win our prize, Carl Kasell's voice on your home answering machine. Bill, who is Jon Miller playing for?
KURTIS: Elliott Liebsen of St Louis, Missouri.
SAGAL: Here, Jon, is your first question. For centuries, scientists have been trying to figure out how to get nutrition out of things that are, well, not food. So, in the 19th Century, you could try a nutritional supplement made from what? A: Peruvian seabird guano? B: Tiny pebbles? Or C: Ground up scrap iron?
MILLER: This is a real question?
SAGAL: It's a real question, based on an actual fact.
MILLER: All right, well I'm going to go with A.
SAGAL: You're going to go with Peruvian seabird guano. You're right, that's what they did.
SAGAL: Back in the 19th century, there was this theory that certain animals did not digest their food completely, so you get some use out of it after they were done with it, as it were. This turned out not to be true.
SAGAL: Next question. Rabbis spend a lot of time deciding what's kosher and what is not. They recently decided that what is Kosher? A: Bacon? B: Zima clear malt? Or C: Human hair?
MILLER: These questions are just so obvious, you know.
SAGAL: Yes.
MILLER: All right, we'll I'm going to go with B.
SAGAL: You're going to go with B: Zima clear malt, the now discontinued horror beverage. Now, I'm afraid it was actually C: human hair. And you my ask, who eats human hair? And the answer is you do, because food processors extract a particular kind of protein from human hair that is then used in food processing.
MILLER: Wow.
SAGAL: So isn't that amazing?
MILLER: I'm amazed.
SAGAL: All right, now this is exciting, Jon. This is an exciting game, as you might say. In fact, I wish you were announcing this game, because it's tense, because you've got one for two, with one to go. If you get this last question, you will win it all.
Until they reach a certain age, it turns out kids will pretty much eat anything. It turns out that cultural food preferences are not innate; they're learned. So one study found 55 percent of kids under 29 months happily ate which of these disgusting choices?
A: A coil of peanut butter scented with Limburger cheese and presented as "dog doo?" B: A piping hot bowl of something they called Quaker's Goatmeal? Or C: A McRib sandwich?
MILLER: Okay, I'm going to go with B.
SAGAL: You're going to go with B, Quaker's Goatmeal?
MILLER: Yeah.
SAGAL: What would Quaker's Goatmeal be?
MILLER: I don't know. If I was 2-years-old, I'd eat it.
SAGAL: All right, your choice then is a piping hot bowl of something they call Quaker's Goatmeal. It was A. It was the coil of peanut butter. And the whole point was that you could give a little kid something called dog doo and he'd go "okay." That they don't learn to be disgusted by it until later.
MILLER: All right, I should have had that one. I don't know what I was thinking.
SAGAL: I don't know.
SAGAL: Bill, how did Jon do on our quiz?
KURTIS: He did, well he didn't do very well.
KURTIS: But Jon, you know, all these tidbits are going to come in handy during the seventh inning for you.
SAGAL: Yes. I actually wanted to see if you could do something. Your team has just lost. You have just lost. So if you were announcing this game that you just played and you knew that the Jon Miller fans at home, of whom there are many, were sad that the Jon Miller team did not come out with a win, what would you say?
MILLER: I'd have to go with the Harry Caray idea in that scenario.
SAGAL: Yeah.
MILLER: Oh, what was he thinking of?
MILLER: I can't believe it. Ten million a year and he only gets one right. Holy cow.
SAGAL: Jon Miller is the play-by-play announcer for the San Francisco Giants. Jon Miller, thank you so much for joining us on WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME!
KURTIS: Thank you, Jon.
SAGAL: What a pleasure to talk to you.
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The state of education in America is pretty appalling. Our high school graduation rate hovers around 70%. Out of 34 OECD countries, we rank 14th in reading, 17th in science and 25th in mathematics. One third of all college students are unprepared for introductory-level college courses and need to take at least one remedial class. Meanwhile, half of the students who go to college fail to graduate.
Many public school advocates (especially teachers unions and the politicians they control) argue that our problems could be solved if only we spent more on education. However, that argument doesn't hold water as we spend the second most per student on education in the world. If money were the solution we'd be the envy of the world. On the other hand, free market advocates believe the district school monopoly system prevents innovation and progress in public education by inhibiting competition. Unfortunately, those free market advocates don't have the political clout of the teachers unions and other special interests that are quick to attack various school choice initiatives, whether they be public charters, voucher programs, or increased freedom for homeschool families.
Another potential solution that gets a lot of attention is the idea of more schooling. President Obama has proposed both longer school days and shorter summer vacations as ways to improve educational outcomes for our children. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan has gone even further, making a case for 12-hour school days and year round schooling. The average school year in America is about 180 days long, shorter than the school years of most of the nations that outperform the US (Sweden is on the low end with only 170 school days per year). Even though American students spend fewer days per year in school, they actually spend more cumulative hours in school per year than do students in many countries that outperform the US including Finland and South Korea, which between them garnered two of the top three spots in each category- reading, science and mathematics. While the argument for increased schooling sounds like a good remedy on its face, the problems of the public education system clearly run deeper than class time alone.
For most families, homeschooling is the superior education option. Homeschooling allows children to escape the many negative aspects of public schooling such as bullying, factory style mass instruction, special interest driven curriculum, and teaching to the test. Homeschooling is superior when it comes to class time as well. According to Chris Borgmeier and Amanda Sanford of Portland State University, public school students are only learning ~32% of the time they are in school ("Academic Learning Time"), or slightly more than 2 hours a day on average. Since homeschooled students aren't expected to switch their learning off and on when they walk through the doors of a large concrete building, or at the ring of a bell, they are able to enjoy a deeper and broader educational experience than their public school peers. Homeschool students don't turn it off on the weekends or over the summer, either. To homeschoolers, every minute of the day is learning. Hopefully, President Obama is aware of this and is pleased that these children get far more learning accomplished during the year than their public school peers. Hopefully Secretary Duncan appreciates that homeschooled children aren't limited to only 12-hours of learning a day.


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Herby salmon & couscous parcels
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- Easily doubled
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal504
- fat24g
- saturates5g
- carbs39g
- sugars5g
- fibre1g
- protein36g
- salt2.71g
- 110g pack lemon and garlic couscous
Consisting of many tiny granules made from steamed and dried durum wheat, couscous has become a…
- 200ml hot vegetable stock
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
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- handful chopped fresh herbs (parsley, plus thyme, tarragon or rosemary is good)
- 4 spring onions, thinly sliced
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- 4 Sun-blush or sundried tomatoes, chopped
- 2 salmon fillets, approx 140g/5oz each
Put the couscous into a bowl and stir in the stock and oil. Cover with cling film and leave to stand 10 mins, then uncover and fluff up with a fork. Keeping back some herbs, add the rest of the ingredients, except the salmon. Season to taste.
Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Cut two large sheets of non-stick baking paper, then divide the couscous between them. Sit each fillet on the couscous, top with the remaining herbs and season. Fold the paper over, then twist the edges to seal – like a Cornish pasty. Pop the parcels onto a baking sheet and bake for 15 mins or until the fish feels firm through the paper. Serve in the bag.
Recipe Tip
Making in the microwaveCook each parcel separately for 3 mins on High, then leave to stand for 2 mins.
Recipe Tip
Making it with chickenUse 2 sliced skinless chicken breasts instead of salmon. Bake for 15-20 mins until cooked or microwave on High for 4 mins, then stand for 2 mins.


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Hi Menghins,
You can think of a conceptual model as a set of facts with associated constraints.So what you need to do is to state the facts.For example:Cinema 1 is showing the movie "Top Gun" on 15 October.Cinema 2 is showing the movie "The Battle of Britain" on 15 October.Cinema 3 is showing the movie ""Roman Holiday" on 15 October
You analyze facts like these into what we call a "Fact Type":e.g. Cinema(.nr) will show Movie(.title) on Date()
You can use an ORM tool such as NORMA to do this.
After you have built the conceptual model, you can use NORMA to automatically generate a logical model such as an entity-relationship model or a class model.The logical model can then be used to generate a database (e.g. in SQL Server).
After that you can write your web pages to maintain and report on the data in the database.
You can download NORMA and related tutorials from the Library.
From the way that you are phrasing your questions, I infer that you are using the object-oriented paradigm to create "data stores" by just inventing a new object(class) when you see a need to store some more data.
Whilst I know that this approach is very popular and widely used, I think that it is a poor and ineffective way to create data structures. For example the approach leads to data duplication and lots of confusion.(such as that which you seem to be experiencing right now).
The approach that we recommend is to begin by deciding what data you need and then to design user interface code such as a web page to maintain the data. The procedure is defined in the Conceptual Schema Design Procedure (CSDP) that is described in some of the papers in the library. (For example this one: http://www.ormfoundation.org/files/folders/orm_overview/entry73.aspx)
With our fact-based approach you begin by defining facts and storing them in an object-role model. This defines your universe of discourse.An object-role model is a semantic model. It is not related to the popular "Object-Oriented" methods which are about creating coding artefacts (objects).
If you want to look at some examples, I suggest that you download the examples stored in Library>Open Source models.
Hi Clifford,
Thanks, that's a lot of help - especially for those of us that understand ORM2 notation and it is trhe right place to start.
However, I suspect that Menghins (and others with an OO background) would also find it helpful to see the logical model that is generated from your object-role model. So perhaps you could post the table structure and class model that NORMA generates from your model.
Menghins was asking about the wisdom of adding another class or not. As you and I know, it is much easier to change an ORM2 model and then use NORMA to generate the ER or class model than it is to try to "manually" figure out the new ER or class structure directly.
Ken Evans:Menghins was asking about the wisdom of adding another class or not. As you and I know, it is much easier to change an ORM2 model and then use NORMA to generate the ER or class model than it is to try to "manually" figure out the new ER or class structure directly.
You're right - he seems to be imagining functional areas of code and trying to partition them into categories, with the thought of implementing a class for each category. This is almost always the wrong approach, and it's not even a correct O-O approach, it's just functional decomposition in object terminology.
It's necessary to first determine what are the facts which describe a situation, then decide how to create/update (populate), index, search and manage those facts afterwards. I should have pointed this out. However, it never hurts to show the conceptual structure of the facts first, it always gets the brain-cells tingling :). I find when people see the conceptual structure of the facts simply presented, they visualise a different approach to implementing the program's functions also.


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ESA celebrates 50 years of Europe
As part of Europe-wide festivities to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties of Rome, a special event held in the Italian capital city celebrated the contribution of space to a united Europe.
The event 'One night in space: meet the European astronauts', held at University of Rome 'Sapienza' reflected on how space is one of the success stories of European integration.
The event was jointly organised by the European Commission Representation in Italy, the French Embassy in Italy, the University of Rome 'Sapienza', the Italian space agency ASI, and ESA.
Like Europe, space exploration also turns fifty this year – on 4 October 2007 it will be half a century since the Russians launched Sputnik into Earth orbit – providing a further reason to celebrate.
In the presence of invited dignitaries, including Italian Minister for University and Research Fabio Mussi, an audience of nearly 600 composed of institutional representatives, general public, university students and media was taken on an adventure in space exploration by members of the European Astronaut Corps.
Prof. Renato Guarini, Dean of Sapienza University warmly welcomed the audience, congratulated in particular the astronauts for transforming for one night the amphitheatre in a virtual cosmodrome and recalled the recent celebration of the 80 years of aerospace activities within Sapienza.
Italian Research Minister Fabio Mussi told the audience that he had always had a passion for space, since he was a child, and stressing the importance of space in the daily life of European citizens, he reiterated the commitment of Italy to reinforce investments in space research and its applications.
Former ESA astronaut Claudie Haigneré, the first European woman to visit the ISS in October 2001, said: "With the Rome Treaty signed in 1957, we became Europeans. With Sputnik and the space conquest, we saw ourselves as Earthlings. These two moments of awakening stay at the heart of our actions today, 50 years later. We can look at the past with pride, but must look at the future with determination."
Daniel Sacotte, ESA's Director of Human Spaceflight, Microgravity and Exploration, introduced the five astronauts who are nationals of five different European countries. "Even though the astronauts retain, with pride, their nationality they all fly under a single European identity and are the strongest ambassadors of a united Europe," he said. "Many more men and women have contributed, as engineers, doctors, scientists, technicians, to the success of human spaceflight missions."
Senior astronauts Michel Tognini and Gerhard Thiele introduced the audience to the European Astronaut Corps and the International Space Station, as well as future plans for exploration. Roberto Vittori, André Kuipers and Christer Fuglesang then presented their own recent space missions, sharing personal anecdotes and showing videos and images.
The common values shared by ESA and the European Union as well as their joint cooperation are essential to the success of Europe, concluded Umberto Guidoni, European Member of Parliament and former ESA astronaut, who became the first European to visit the International Space Station during his 12-day Space Shuttle mission in 2001.


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One of few avidly read living poets, Oliver revels in the beauty of the living world, and takes to heart its lessons in patience and pleasure, cessation and renewal. As piercingly observant as ever in this substantial and forthright collection, Oliver is rhapsodic.—Donna Seaman, Booklist
"Her poems pop up at many of life's turning points, including death. Readers go to her for solace, regeneration and inspiration . . . After a few hours in her quiet, exuberant presence, one feels as though the raw sunlight in the room, the brightness of the water, the white wood and flashing wings outside the window are bleaching unimportant details from the day."—Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times
"A collection of poems that is moving, intense and evocative in its engagement of the natural world."—Angela O'Donnell, America
"Mary Oliver ranks among the finest poets the English language has ever produced. Whether she's describing a caterpillar's transformation . . . or describing her own mystical connection to birdsong . . . she almost always can come up with striking, resonant images. . . . Oliver observes with great sensitivity, and puts her impressions in verse in a way that few can match. . . . Her poetry is rigorous, beautiful, well written, and offers genuine insights into the natural world."—Eli Lehrer, The Weekly Standard


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Rays and Red Sox postponed due to rain
BOSTON (AP) — David Ortiz held his hands up, as if to the heavens, wondering about the cold weather and his cool bat.
"Man, Mother Nature, what's going on?" Ortiz said after Wednesday night's game between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays was postponed because of inclement weather.
With rain in the forecast, the game was postponed about three hours before its scheduled start and rescheduled as part of a day-night doubleheader Thursday. Tampa Bay planned to send Chris Archer (2-1) to the mound in the opener against Jake Peavy (1-0). In the nightcap, the Rays are slated to use Cesar Ramos (1-1) against Felix Doubront (1-3).
Like the weather, Ortiz has yet to heat up this season. He is hitting just .250, well below his .309 mark last season and his .286 career batting average. He has five home runs and 14 RBIs in 25 games.
"I hit a ball last night that (made me) want to cry, it was so cold," he said. "You don't want to use the weather as an excuse, but it is an excuse because you definitely don't play the same way when it's 70, 80 degrees."
His team mirrors his production. Last season's World Series champions are 13-14, 2½ games behind the AL East-leading New York Yankees.
"It could be worse," Ortiz said. "If you look at this division, everybody's pretty much in the same boat. ... April is always a tough month. You've got to deal with a lot of things. You've got to deal with the new faces, the weather.
"You've got to deal with new players coming from other leagues," he said. "So I always call April the month of adjustments that you've got to do to continue to be successful through the year."
Rightfielder Shane Victorino, who began the season on the disabled list after straining his right hamstring in the last spring training game, was activated Thursday.Third baseman Will Middlebrooks, who had been on the DL since April 5 with a right calf strain, was activated the following day, giving manager John Farrell his full projected lineup for the first time this year.
"Moving in the right direction, finishing off the month in a positive way," Farrell said. "More consistent offensive approach. We've gone through a number of challenges both performance-wise and with health that kept us from being full strength for most of the month. While the win-loss record is less than we had hoped for, we're moving in the right direction.
Victorino entered Tuesday's game against the Rays at 2 for 15 with five strikeouts in his first three games. On Tuesday, he went 4 for 4 with a double and two RBIs.
Since getting Victorino and Middlebrooks back, the Red Sox are 3-1 against AL East foes Toronto and Tampa Bay.
"Our view in our division is in line with what we thought this offseason that it was going to be: good teams that are going to beat up on one another, bunched up," Farrell said.
Farrell is seeking consistency from his starters, who are eighth in the AL with a 4.23 ERA.
Ortiz isn't satisfied with the team's performance but sees reason for optimism.
"We've still got five months left," he said.