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DoSomething, headed by Fast Company columnist Nancy Lublin, has recognized five young social entrepreneurs with $10,000 grants–and one with a prize of $100,000. Fast Company will profile one of these enterprising youth each day this week.
In 1994, the year Jacqueline Murekatete turned 9, her parents, her six
siblings, nearly all her aunts, uncles, cousins, and extended family were
murdered. All of them Tutsi, they died in the massive genocide led by the Hutu government that took
some 1 million lives in a matter of weeks. "One day everything seemed normal
and then we were being called cockroaches and snakes," she recalls, still
with some disbelief. "The plan for extermination was set."
Murekatete was one of the lucky ones. She lived. She was granted political
asylum and came to the United States to stay with her uncle. You might have
expected Murekatete to keep her horrific ordeal a secret, but when she was
16, Murekatete began to tell her story. "A lot of students had a sense of
outrage and a determination to contribute towards the future of this country
and the world," she says. "I suffered through things that no human being
should have to experience and people need to know what happened."
In 2007, she started Jacqueline's Human Rights Corner through Miracle
Corners of the World, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to molding
young people to become leaders of change. She wanted to establish a community center in Rwanda where survivors would receive help and citizens could learn about the genocide. As a recent New
York University political science graduate, Murekatete had high hopes
for the center. She helped raise nearly half of the $200,000 needed for the center by 2008 but ran into some roadblocks. "Part of the challenge was to find people that had a shared mission and starting my
own nonprofit would have been so difficult with my schedule," she says.
"There was also the challenge of getting funding during a recession, but I'm
grateful that people have been so receptive."
Now a rising second-year student at the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law at
Yeshiva University, Murekatete wants to ensure that the center provides
beneficial educational programs that teach employable skills for citizens to find jobs. She also wants to make sure the center can be a resource for survivors rebuilding their lives since many lack permanent
shelter and are still psychologically traumatized. Medical services remain scarce, especially for mental health.
Murekatete is resolute when describing how the center will help the
generation that wasn¹t alive in 1994. "I want to educate young people about
genocide, hate, racism, and anti-Semitism through workshops and how they can
prevent it from happening again," she says. "A lot of people think that what
occurred in Rwanda was a war, and it wasn't. It was genocide. Over 1
million people were killed. Civilians were taken from their homes and
murdered because of something that they couldn't change."
Thanks to her efforts so far to address something that can change–the
mindsets of people in Rwanda today–Murekatete was a finalist for the 2010 Do Something Award,
winning $10,000. She will use her grant to further the center's mission of helping survivors and developing genocide prevention kits for high school students worldwide.
In December she will do something that she hasn't done in 16 years–she will
return to Rwanda for the first time since 1994. She will see the community
center for the first time, too, and observe the ways in which her hometown
has changed. "It will obviously be very difficult, particularly going back
to my village and knowing some things will be the same but also realizing
that your relatives won't be there," she says. "I'm hoping to document the
experience because it's important for survivors that have lots of stories to
Murekatete also now has an amazing platform from which to tell them. Last week
at a glittering awards ceremony in Hollywood, she got her Do Something trophy from
Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino and proudly lifted it in the air. Murekatete's
beaming smile was a visible testament of her remarkable journey: She survived,
and she has thrived.
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Somalia and the Reality of Radical Islam
By Lee Jay Walker
Tokyo Correspondent – THE SEOUL TIMES
|Somali pirates arrested by French Army soldiers in Gulf of Aden
The current crisis in Somalia and the ongoing barbarity of radical Sunni Islam is clear for all to see. However, very little is being done to contain this barbarity and the outside world is mainly silent or in political correct mode? Therefore, even when details are given about the ongoing brutality in Somalia, the real reasons are being glossed over or ignored.
Given this, it is essential to look at the real reasons behind stoning people to death for adultery, killing Muslims who have converted to Christianity, chopping hands and feet off for stealing, and so forth.
The truth is rather simple, however, the political correct brigade, radical Islamists, anti-Westerners, apologists, and others; desire to cover up the obvious reason. Yes, stoning people to death for adultery, killing Muslim converts to Christianity, and other draconian measures, are all based on the teachings of Islam itself.
Of course, for the politically astute or because of the reality on the ground, it is abundantly clear that my findings are not so enlightening because it is obvious and many people have stated this before. Yet mainstream media, on the whole, does dilute the real factors and invalid excuses are often given or the dreaded political correct brigade wins out again and the same applies to apologists who always like to gloss over reality.
Therefore, let us look at the ongoing reality of Somalia and then equate this with the reality of modern day Saudi Arabia. After all, it is abundantly clear that people are being stoned to death in Somalia and converts to Christianity are being killed in the name of Islam.
Mohammed stated the following:
"O Prophet! Make war against the unbelievers [all non-Muslims] and the hypocrites and be merciless against them. Their home is hell, an evil refuge indeed." (Koran, 9:73)
"As for the thief, both male and female, cut off their hands. It is the reward of their own deeds, an exemplary punishment from Allah. Allah is Mighty, Wise." (Koran 5:38)
While the Hadith 9:4 says "Wherever you find infidels kill them; for whoever kills them shall have reward on the Day of Resurrection."
Therefore, in 2009 Christians have been burnt alive in Pakistan and persecution is ongoing; in Somalia converts from Islam have been beheaded and all Christians face the brutality of Al-Shabab which is yet another militant Sunni Islamic organization; while in Nigeria radical Sunni Islamists have beheaded Christian pastors for refusing to convert to Islam; and of course Christians in Iraq face persecution and death and the same applies to other non-Muslim minorities in this nation.
Al-Shabab, a radical Sunni Islamic organization in Somalia, wants to go back to "year Mohammed" and because of this they are implementing barbaric laws which are based on the Koran, the Hadiths, and Islamic Sharia law.
Therefore, in modern day Somalia it is open season for killing Christians, killing Muslim apostates, and stoning people to death for adultery. Other draconian measures have also been implemented and chopping the hands off small time criminals is deemed to be a religious duty. Also, strict dress codes are getting even stricter and women have to remain in the shadows.
If we turn to the land of Saudi Arabia it is abundantly clear that Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, and all other faiths, are forbidden in the land of Mecca and Medina. At the same time, apostates face the death penalty and women have severe restrictions put on them. Even Shia Muslims are deemed to be un-Islamic and countless numbers of terrorists have left this nation in order to spread terrorism and persecution, and of course many internal organizations or individuals have funded terrorist projects or built schools of hate.
If you want to find the reasons for killing converts from Islam, stoning people to death for adultery, killing homosexuals, chopping hands off, and other brutal Islamic methods; then just focus on the teachings of Mohammed.
After all, Islamists follow the sayings of Mohammed and in Hadith 9:4 Mohammed stated "Wherever you find infidels kill them; for whoever kills them shall have reward on the Day of Resurrection." Mohammed also stated in Hadith 9:50, 57 that "No umma (a member of the Muslim community) should be killed for killing a kafir (an infidel) … Whoever changes his Islamic religion, kill him."
The 7th century Islamic jihad against diversity is ongoing and the rule of terror can be seen by the recent stoning to death of a female in Somalia on the grounds of adultery, and of course this was done by people who follow the teachings of Mohammed.

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The situation is worse than you think.
When my office researched the question of how New Yorkers were doing in terms of college degrees, we were shocked by what we found: Four out of five New York City public high-school students don't graduate from college with any kind of degree. Moreover, New York is only in the middle of the pack of American cities in terms of the educational attainment of its population, lagging behind Seattle, Boston, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and Minneapolis.
So we devised a plan to put New York at the top of the pack. Our goal is to raise the proportion of New Yorkers with college degrees to 60 percent by the year 2025, from about 42 percent citywide now.
Our "Beyond High School NYC" initiative has published research, proposed educational reforms, and identified strategic investments in public education designed to boost the number of New Yorkers with post-secondary degrees.
Our key report, "The Power of Guidance," proposed to more than double the number of school counselors. That would reduce the counselor-to-student ratio to 1:100, from an average of 1:259 today.
We also propose using early-intervention systems to help students stay on-track for college, by expanding collaborative programs with colleges and college students and investing more in summer programs that help college-bound high-school graduates matriculate.
New York City must create a college-going culture in our public schools and give students the support they need. By investing in the hands-on efforts we've outlined, we can ensure that more students enroll in the right college and have the tools they need to graduate.
We can find the money. By diverting funds from what is now spent on wasteful high-tech contracts, we can invest more in college counseling and support, so city schools could get more bang for their buck in terms of increasing college enrollment and graduation.
Failing to properly invest in public education deprives the next generation of a chance for prosperous and fulfilling lives – and it weakens New York City's ability to compete in the global economy.
It's time we reverse our city's education gap and make sure every public high-school graduate has a shot at succeeding in college.
John C. Liu is New York City Comptroller.


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EVERYONE IS SMILING! How in the world did you make that happen? GREAT PICTURE:)
WOW! Everyone is smiling. I do not have a picture with all my kids smiling together... I wouldn't even try with me in the mix. It must have been a mother's day miracle. Your kids are SO amazing. What a beautiful family.
This is the PERFECT picture. Is it dad on the other end?
Now if we could just photoshop him in it'd be a nice happy family pic.
This is the kind of picture you make small and put in one of those necklaces. Or a great wallet pic.
The list is endless.
What a beautiful family! And it truly is amazing that ALL 5 kids are smiling! That never happens at my house.
You are truly blessed with a gorgeous family! What a great picture. That is one that needs blown up and framed.
All smiling and no nose picking! Truly a feat to be proud of!! Your family is gorgeous. But you knew that...:)
♡ What a cute picture! And they're ALL smiling at the SAME time!!! So sweet!
Yes you are!
That is a wonderful picture. You and your kids are so beautiful.
Beautiful kids Angie! I do believe you are a very blessed lady.
I love the picture! Such a beautiful family!
This is a treasure. Everyone looking and smiling. Your kids are so cute. We are now in the stage that it is great if we can just get everyone to look.
Amen! Gorgeous picture!
so cute. And they all look like they have red hair...except Garrett.
Such a wonderful photo Angie...your family is beautiful!!
Beautiful! The twins are looking so grown up! What happened to the baby fat?
You really are...lucky, that is. It looks like you had a great Mother's Day. It is so nice when your kids can actually begin to express appreciation (rather than "Dad" getting the card/gift). Their simple gifts are so heartfelt.


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ACT Today!'s (Autism Care and Treatment Today!) 7th Annual Denim & Diamonds for Autism fundraiser raised over $260,000 on Saturday, November 3, 2012 at the Calamigos Ranch in Malibu, California. Net proceeds from the star-studded event will help provide resources and grants to children with autism whose families cannot afford or access the necessary tools their children need to reach their highest potential, including grants for therapy, medical care, assistance dogs, assistive technology, basic safety equipment, tuition for special needs schools and social skills programs. More than 500 guests attended the fundraiser.
Actor Joe Mantegna ("Criminal Minds"), television executive Steve Mauldin (KCBS 2/KCAL 9) received the 2012 ACTivist awards and community activist Kathleen Sternbach received the 2012 Golden Cowgirl award for their tireless efforts raising autism awareness.
The evening began with star-studded red carpet arrivals which included actor Joe Mantegna ("Criminal Minds"), television executive Steve Mauldin (President/GM of KCBS 2/ KCAL 9), award-winning singer/songwriter Brian McKnight, actor Shemar Moore ("Criminal Minds"), actress Jean Smart ("Hope Springs"), actor Richard Gilliland ("Torchwood"), actress Bonnie Hunt ("Cheaper By the Dozen", "Jerry Maguire"), actress AJ Cook ("Criminal Minds"), actor Mark Christopher Lawrence ("Chuck"), television executive Vin Di Bona (Vin Di Bona Productions), actor Erik Fellows ("Days of Our Lives"), actress Hunter King ("The Young and The Restless"), actor Don Diamont ("The Bold and the Beautiful"), actress Katherine Kelly Lang ("The Bold and the Beautiful"), actor Lou Diamond Phillips ("Longmire"), martial artist/actor Don "The Dragon" Wilson and actor Kyle Massey.
The reception was hosted by Maddy's Market and sponsored by Natrol, Inc. Guests mingled and bid on 85 silent auction items before being seated for the dinner buffet program. ACT Today! grant recipient Dora Perez joined actor Mark Christopher Lawrence on stage and told the audience how her son Dustin was once nonverbal and low functioning and with the help of an ACT Today! grant for an iPad, Dustin has learned to speak and make friends. Dustin joined his mother on stage and said an emotional "Thank you, ACT Today!" using his iPad to help communicate the words. Guests bid on 17 live auction items including a lavish trip to Las Vegas with a stay at Caesars Palace, a 2-year prepaid Nissan LEAF 100% electric car provided by Universal City Nissan and a national champion reserve half Arabian horse provided by Hoffman International Properties. Musical entertainment was provided by tenor George Komsky who sang "Dare to Live," twins 2-U-NEEK performed "Hero" and multiple award-winning singer Brian McKnight performed a mini-concert to the guests' delight. At the end of the dinner program, guests were treated to a post party with BOSS in the USA; a Bruce Springsteen tribute band.
Major corporate sponsors of this year's event include: CBS Corporation, Vin Di Bona Productions, Universal City Nissan, TWIW Insurance Services LLC, Reaction Audio Visual, Natrol, William Henry, Maddy's Market, Wells Fargo, Judy and Jay Hearst along with Pressure Tech, Puritas, Sandy and David Stone, Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Inc., Burbank Printing, Hoffman International Properties, City National Bank, The Hollywood Reporter, Latham & Watkins, The Shape of Behavior, United Healthcare, CodeMetro, Valley Economic Development Center, Double Helix Water, Lineagen, Isabella Emporium, GLO Hair Salon, Passageway School, Planet Beauty, Rage Models and Westlake Magazine.
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The US started kicking the Swiss banks in the head over US citizens evading US taxes via Swiss banks. Will the US "tighten the screws" on the likes of MS, and will S'pore get caught in the row? Watch and wait.
The hearing featured a case study involving Microsoft's shifting of IP rights for software developed in America, and the earnings that flow from them, to divisions in lower-tax Puerto Rico, Ireland and Singapore. One witness, Professor Stephen Shay of Harvard Law School, pointed out that in 2011 these three units enjoyed an average effective tax rate of just 4% and managed to book $15.4 billion of pre-tax profit—55% of Microsoft's worldwide total. Their 1,914 employees generated an eyebrow-raising $8m of profit each, compared with $312,000 each for the 88,000 working in the rest of Microsoft. Whether or not this apportionment of profits complies with transfer-pricing rules, it is "not consistent with a commonsense understanding of where the locus of Microsoft's economic activity…is occurring," said Mr Shay. The claim that fair transfer prices were paid is "just not credible given the bottom-line outcome," he added.
In 2011, the Senate investigators asserted, Microsoft's parent company was paid $4 billion by Ireland and Singapore for rights that the two subsidiaries used to generate three times that amount in royalty payments from other bits of the group … A Microsoft man who was grilled at the hearing said the staffers' sums ignored hefty, regular "buy-in" payments that the foreign subsidiaries have to make to the parent.


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Lindenwood University, a 2014 St. Louis Business Journal Best Places to Work finalist, has been selected by Quantum Workplace as one of three locations nationwide to host a seminar detailing how great corporate cultures are built. The event, Winning with Culture: Learning from America's "Best Places to Work," will take place from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 23, in Harmon Hall's Dunseth Auditorium on the St. Charles campus.
The seminar will be hosted by Quantum Workplace presenters Jason Lauritsen, director of the Best Places to Work program, and David Weisser, director of research and advisory services. The duo will discuss what it means to become a Best Place to Work in the eyes of employees and how the goal is beneficial to a company's bottom line.
Detailed case studies will be examined to help attendees learn the most important components of creating an engaging workplace. Insights into how to apply those components will also be covered.
Quantum Workplace manages more than 40 Best Places to Work programs across the United States. The organization annually collects and analyzes nearly two million employee engagement survey responses from more than 5,000 companies each year.
The cost to attend the Best Places to Work seminar is $199 before Friday, April 18, and $299 after April 18. To register or for more information, visit www.Eventbrite.com and search for Quantum Workplace.


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Ga. town moves to require gun ownership
Official hopes law keeps criminals away from Nelson
A town in Georgia could require residents to own a gun under an ordinance under consideration by elected officials.
The Nelson City Council gave preliminary approval to the "Family Protection Act," reported WSBTV.com.
The ordinance would require the head of every household to "to maintain a firearm, together with ammunition," the station reported.
Councilman Duane Cronic told WSB that he hoped the law will make criminals think twice about entering the town.
The station reported that only one police officer patrols Nelson, which is about 50 miles north of Atlanta, and for just eight hours a day, leaving the town to rely on county sheriffs for about 16 hours overnight.
The Nelson ordinance is modeled after a 1982 law passed in nearby Kennesaw. That city's ordinance requires gun ownership, but residents are exempt if they're mentally or physically unable to handle a firearm, and felons or conscientious objectors may also opt out.
City council member Edith Portillo admitted to WXIA that the law probably wouldn't be enforced if it's passed. Portillo said the ordinance was intended as a symbolic message to Washington lawmakers who want to restrict gun ownership.
The ordinance could be passed as soon as April 1, which is the next City Council meeting.


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What do you look for in a water filter pitcher? Sleek design? Advanced technology? Affordability?
Manufacturers of water pitcher filters take these factors into consideration when marketing their products. Perhaps the most well-known pitcher filter on the market today is the Brita brand, with $5 billion in sales. Seven out of ten pitchers sold to consumers bear the Brita name. With so many alternate brands on the market, it's only natural to wonder why.
In 2000, Brita sold sole rights to its brand to the Clorox Company. Seven years later, the MAVEA brand was launched by former Brita CEO Markus Hankammer. With a newer, contemporary, stylish design, the MAVEA Elemaris pitchers are priced at $32 to $40. Clorox-owned Brita carafes range from $11 to $32, with its latest, comparable upscale design priced at $23. (Is it safe to assume that the top priority for consumers is affordability?)
Nick Vlahos, vice president of Clorox's Brita division thinks so. However, Hankammer argues that as these pitchers become less trendy over time, good design becomes more and more of a necessity. MAVEA pitchers have a rubber base and soft-grip handle, with a sleek design that looks great on any dinner table. MAVEA also claims to be ahead of the game in filtration technology, with a unique oval-shaped micromesh filter that prevents carbon fragments from escaping into the water. (I'm sure we're all familiar with those tiny black dots…).
Brita and MAVEA are not the only water filtration pitchers on the market today. Many companies that manufacture water filters have pitchers somewhere in their product lines, including GE, Culligan and PUR. Each of these brands has something unique to offer. With so many options, how do you go about choosing the best one?
- Find out what's in your water. The reduction of chlorine taste and odor, along with chlorination byproducts, is a given with most water filter pitcher brands. Some pitchers also reduce microbiological cysts, heavy metals, pharmaceutical traces, and agricultural and industrial pollutants.
- Pick a price point. Obviously, affordability is a major priority for most consumers. How much are you willing to spend?
- Look for the design that best suits your needs. How much space in your refrigerator are you willing to sacrifice for a water filter pitcher? Will you use your pitcher while entertaining guests? If so, how important is appearance? Some pitchers have an opening in the lid to allow for convenient, one-handed refills under the faucet.
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Phrenology confirms this; for her amative developments are singularly prominent.
The amative function is regarded merely as a bait to the propagative, and is merged in it.
It was a surprise to see these leisurely and luxurious animals spattering the water in such an ecstasy of amative rage.
Nor are many persons sufficiently aware of the ruinous extent to which the amative propensity is indulged by married persons.
He was amative or constructive, and at the same time he not only possessed but liked to exercise lucidity of thought.
The waiting was tedious, and having been long denied, the amative element could not brook further delay.
The natures of both are alike, and any—the least—exercise of the amative function is an injury to one as to the other.
Bending low until his mouth touched hers, he kissed her until her face glowed under the ardor of his amative caress.
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Why is SUSE Studio so Addictive?
However, you will never truly appreciate it until you log in and try to create your first software appliance. As a famous chain of Indian restaurants here in Singapore says: "The proof is in the eating..."
This is my personal take on why I keep going back to SUSE Studio and leveraging its many features. A portion of time spent in my work goes into the creation and setting up of relevant product demos. This is both a repetitive and iterative process. Repetitive because I have to go and show this to multiple business partners and customers. Iterative because with each demonstration, with constructive feedback from my audience, I will enhance the demo (customization). Further, I have regional responsibilities across a few countries (across 5 timezones and many more languages).
Before SUSE Studio, we have tried a few strategies to varying degrees of success:
1. We could create a document that describes how to setup and showcase the demo, emailed it to all the local engineers to replicate.
2. Alternatively, if time is short, we create demos on hard disks and shipped them out.
3. We also tried creating demos in a virtual machine and either ship it or host it on an FTP site for download.
With method (1), there is a lot of duplication of work as each engineer in every country will spend time setting up the demo which consists of hardware, operating system, application and sample data. With method (2), it is slightly more productive because we create the demo once and clone it across 5-10 hard disks and ship them out. However, it is not cost-effective due to the need to purchase hard disk and courier charges... for the next iterative demo, we need the field engineers to ship the hard disk back for updates, and then shipping them off again...
With virtualization as described in method (3), we are able to create portable demos across a variety of hardware (laptop to servers). We overcome the time consuming & duplication of work in (1) and the resource & shipping costs in (2). The only challenge is the network download bandwidth available in different countries.
SUSE Studio is the next step in productivity in this direction, here are the key advantages:
a) We create/design the demo workload (software appliance) within a web browser! There are a decent amount of templates, online repositories with latest versions of software and Web 2.0 wizards that progressively advises you on software version compatibility and related hints.
b) We can simultaneously target different output formats (ie VMware, VirtualBox, Xen, Disk Image/USB key and live CD/DVD iso), all generated online on someone else's infrastructure.
c) We can "testdrive" the generated demo online via a web browser and eliminate the need to download the images until we are happy with our creation.
d) We can share these demos (software appliance) to a wider audience*
I do not need the constant availability of powerful machines with virtualization capabilities and loads of hard disk space for creating many different demos with even more snapshots. As long as I got a web browser and Internet access, I can use SUSE Studio to create new demos or improve on existing ones. Once I reach a milestone in my demo, I version it and make the link to download the image available to our engineers.
For (d), while not officially available at this time, I am fortunate to be eligible to beta-test the "marketplace" feature where you can share your appliance to all members (beta testers) of SUSE Studio. I can browse or search for software appliances, try them out, clone their configuration as a base template for additional work/customizations, rate them (5 star system) etc.
All these little things add up in improving productivity and giving me more time to engage my brain for creativity in designing the next iteration or new demo.
That is why SUSE Studio is so Addictive for me.
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Yesterday I posted two polls. The first one was about whether or not you thought the Cubs should extend Starlin Castro and the second one was for how much. Before we get to the results, I wanted to run the numbers using projections. (click the link below to read more)
Starlin Castro is more than likely going to be eligible for arbitration for the first time after the 2012 season. He'll almost certainly qualify as a super-2 and therefore have 4 years of arbitration. We were looking at a 5-year contract since we'd like to buy out one year of free agency. However, the 5-year contract just buys out his years of club control. My mistake on that one. After this year he'll have slightly under 2 years of service time and you need 6 before you can file for free agency. He has 1 more year of league minimum and 4 arbitration years.
ZiPS currently projects Castro to have a .328 wOBA the rest of the season. If we use -5 defense, +1 baserunning and 600 plate appearances we get 2.9 WAR for Castro. That's what we'll use for his 2012 projection. We should probably factor in aging just a little, but I'm not trying to get a perfect projection. I'm just looking for a ballpark figure so 2.9 will do. Over the next 5 years this is what we get for Castro.
The current value of the win is roughly $4.5 million so if we add 5% inflation for each year we get win values over the next 5 years of $4.7, $5.0, $5.2, $5.5 and $5.7 million. The typical arbitration player makes 40% of his free agent value in his first year of arbitration and then 60% and 80% the next 2 years. Castro will be a super 2 so we'll use 40/40/60/80.
Factoring that in, we end up with this pay schedule for Castro over the next 5 years.
2012: $.425
2013: $6.5
2014: $7.9
2015: $13.1
2016: $18.4
Total: $46.4
There would be no reason to sign him to that contract since there would be no savings for the Cubs. A typical contract 3 years or longer gives the team 10% off the free agent value. Castro isn't yet a free agent so we're going to go with 15%. That is $39.4 million.
Based on expected levels of production using UZR to estimate defense. If we instead use Total Zone, we'd get at least -10, which would lower the overall value (including 15% bonus to the team) of $28.4 million. So let's split the difference and say 5 years and $28.9 million.
The reality with arbitration is that they base the player's value on what similar players got in arbitration. The first player I thought of was Jose Reyes. After the 2006 season, Reyes was going to be eligible for arbitration for the first time. The Mets signed him to a 4-year deal worth $23.5 million. During his league minimum years, Reyes batted .285/.321/.427. That was a .332 wOBA or exatly league average over those years (100 wRC+). He was worth 11.3 fWAR. Reyes was also coming off a season in which he hit 19 home runs, which is a big factor in arbitration. Stolen bases, RBI and other traditional metrics are important. Reyes had over 150 stolen bases. Over the previous 2 years, he had 139 RBI, scored 221 times, led the league in triples with 34 (17 each season), stole over 120 bases, and was coming off a season in which he was worth 5.9 rWAR.
Castro won't touch many of those accomplishments, but it is several years after Reyes signed the extension. However, the value of the win has remained the same since 2007 so the contract Reyes received doesn't have to be increased. Including the option the Mets had on Reyes, his total deal was worth 5 years and $33.25 million.
Rafael Furcal and Jimmy Rollins also come to mind. Like Reyes and Castro, both got an early start and settled into starting roles. It's kind of interesting to see how much money each of them made over the same period we're looking at Castro (final league minimum, 4 additional years).
Rafael Furcal: $.4, $2.2, $3.7, $5.6, $8.7 ($20.65 million total)
Jimmy Rollins: $.45, $2.4, $3.9, $5.0, $8.0 ($19.75 million total)
Jose Reyes: $.4, $2.9, $4.4, $6.1, $9.3 ($23.1 million total)
Not even $3.5 million difference from the highest (Reyes) and Rollins (the lowest). The average of the 3 is $21.2 million. Castro's wRC+ is 100 so far, which was equal to Reyes and Furcal's was 99. Jimmy Rollins was 89. Below is the WAR Graph showing where the players rank with one another at the same age.
If we use WAR, Castro has been better in the first two seasons than any of the other three. He's just barely better than Jose Reyes, but remember the traditional stat edge that Reyes has over Castro.
If I'm the Cubs and I want to lock Castro up for 5 more years, then I want to pay him what the average of those 3 got, which was 5 years and $21.2 million. I'd go as high as 5 years, $25 million, which is just a bit higher than Reyes got. Using traditional stats, I'd probably go no more than what Reyes got.
Using the projections methodology we get 5 years and $29 million and using a more realistic approach we get 5 years and $21-25 million.
Using the wisdom of the crowds approach, we get 5 years and $29.7 million. So you guys were right on with regards to projections and a bit off compared to similar players. That surprises me. I was expecting the exact opposite. Maybe that's because I went into this thinking about similar players whereas you guys went into thinking about projections.
I'm not sure if I would extend him, but I voted yes because I wanted to vote for how much I'd pay him. I struggled between $15 million and $20 million and settled on $20 million. Aisle424 basically said what I was thinking.
I said no because I don't know if he's valuable enough to lessen his value to cost ratio to "save" money when he gets enough service time to go free agent.
This isn't a Hall of Fame player they need to lock up. Just because he's the best the Cubs have doesn't mean they should treat him like he's among the best in baseball.
I tend to agree with this. The amount the Cubs could save by locking him doesn't justify taking the risk in my opinion. If Castro ended up being a lot better than expected it would obviously be worth it, but at the same time, he's as likely to end up a lot worse than we expect. I wouldn't lock him up right now. Take another look at this after next season and see how much he's improved between now and the end of next year. Maybe it costs you a couple million more, but you're that much more certain about what to expect from him in the future. Like 424 said, this isn't a hall of fame player, or even a great player for that matter, so there's no reason to take unnecessary risks with him.


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Thread: Is Texas A Terror State?
#1 Is Texas A Terror State?04-15-2009, 10:33 AM
According to the latest DHS directives they probably are, and anyone not a socialist is probably included in these new guidelines. However, Islamic terrorists are not!
read the rest here.
By Jim Byrd
According to the Department of Homeland Security, Texas fits the Department's profile of potential domestic terrorism described in their newly released report titled, " Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment".
Islamic extremists' acts of domestic terrorism were recently given the dignity, by Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano and President Obama, of being classified as man-made disasters, and abroad, the "war on terror" has been reclassified as an "overseas contingency plan". But an entire non-Islamic class, or perhaps by extension entire states, according to the report, are not afforded such considerate and cordial titles if they are anti-abortion, tend to harbor returning soldiers stationed in the Middle East, aid and abet the reintegration of military personnel into civilian life within their borders, are anti-illegal immigration, are anti-gun control, possess Christian views, are against high taxes, and are opposed to the overreaching power of the federal government. They fit the assessment of "extremists" that was
"provided to federal, state, local, and tribal counterterrorism and law enforcement officials so they may effectively deter, prevent, preempt, or respond to terrorist attacks"
It is the opposition of the "overreaching power of the federal government" that may have sealed Texas's fate as a terror state. Rick Perry's statement on the Governor's website, may have doomed the state of Texas by supporting HCR 50, which supports states' rights under the 10th Amendment. You know the 10th Amendment--the one that expounds on Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution and spells out explicitly the limits of the federal government, just in case the federal government became confused of their limits. Perry stated,
"I believe that our federal government has become oppressive in its size, its intrusion into the lives of our citizens, and its interference with the affairs of our state. That is why I am here today to express my unwavering support for efforts all across our country to reaffirm the states' rights affirmed by the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. I believe that returning to the letter and spirit of the U.S. Constitution and its essential 10th Amendment will free our state from undue regulations, and ultimately strengthen our Union....Millions of Texans are tired of Washington, DC trying to come down here to tell us how to run Texas.""If every poor man is to come here and start requesting money for all his children, the applicants will never be satisfied and the nation's finances will collapse." Emperor Tiberius: Tacitus:Annals
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I'll move there.
Ms. Napolitano considers anyone opposed to abortion or immigration (I assume she means ILLEGAL) a right wing extremist, as opposed to left wing extremists that want to topple the country. The socialists have been in control less than 90 days and that have completely polarized this country in a way President Bush never did. We(conservatives) are being classified and treated as terrorists because we oppose the socialist bend of this regime, states are talking about seceding, tax protests everywhere, companies being controlled by the facists in D.C., and that's just the start. Give them another 90 days and there is no telling what those lunatics will come up with to further piss off the population. :mad:"If every poor man is to come here and start requesting money for all his children, the applicants will never be satisfied and the nation's finances will collapse." Emperor Tiberius: Tacitus:Annals
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Bristol Palin is apparently ready to see if she can join her mom on the New York Times bestseller list.
The former Dancing With the Stars cast member is reportedly planning on releasing her memoir later this year, reports Entertainment Weekly.
The book was unofficially announced on Amazon.com, where an entry for a 304-page "Untitled Bristol Palin Memoir" appeared on February 7. The book is set for publication in June.
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News from around the country and around the globe
Last fall, friends of the 20-year-old hinted that a book deal might be in the offing. No details of the book, which will be published by Harper Collins' William Morrow & Co. imprint, have been released as of now, but expect her mother's vice-presidential run, the birth of her son Tripp, and her relationship with ex-boyfriend Levi Johnston to get a lot of ink.
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If you're going to automate the generation of an Excel worksheet, you might as well make it look good. There are a near-infinite number of methods that can be called upon to format rows, columns, ranges, and cells. Let's take a look at some of the most common.
To format the first row of a worksheet as bold-font, set the Font.Bold value:
worksheet.Rows(1).Font.Bold = true
To format numbers in a range, set the NumberFormat value.
To format column D as Currency:
worksheet.Columns(4).NumberFormat = "$###,##0.00"
To format column A as a date (mm/dd/yy):
worksheet.Column("A").NumberFormat = "mm/dd/yy"
Alternatively, you can set the Style value:
worksheet.Column("A").Style = "Currency"
worksheet.Column("B").Style = "Percent"
To set the alignment on a range, set its HorizontalAlignment value:
worksheet.Rows(1).HorizontalAlignment = 2 # Left
worksheet.Columns("A:F").HorizontalAlignment = 4 # Right
worksheet.Cells(3, 5).HorizontalAlignment = -4108 # Center
To auto-fit the width of a column, or the height of a row, call its AutoFit method:
To set the width of a column, set its ColumnWidth value:
worksheet.Columns(4).ColumnWidth = 25.0
To set the height of a row, set its RowHeight value:
worksheet.Rows.RowHeight = 15.0
To apply highlighting to a range, set its Interior.ColorIndex value:
worksheet.Rows(10).Interior.ColorIndex = 6 # Yellow
That's all for now, but feel free to post a comment here or send me email with questions, comments, or suggested topics.
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Unanimous Supreme Court Vindicates Market‐Based Fees for Civil Rights Claims
It hasn't happened that much under my watch, but it's gratifying when the Supreme Court overwhelmingly endorses Cato's position in a given case. Not a 5–4 split dependent on what Justice Kennedy had for breakfast or some narrow "win" that doesn't reach the issues we care most about, but a solid across‐the‐board victory for our first principles.
But such was the case in Justice Kagan's (!) opinion for a unanimous Court in Fox v. Vice, in which Cato filed a brief last December that I discussed here:
Private lawsuits challenging government violation of civil rights are notoriously difficult and expensive to bring and win. To address such impediments to the vindication of civil rights, Congress passed a law that, among other things, awards attorneys' fees to the prevailing parties in certain cases. As noted by the House Judiciary Committee, this was necessary because "a vast majority of the victims of civil rights violations cannot afford legal counsel, they are unable to present their cases to the courts …. [the law at issue, 42 U.S.C. § 1988] is designed to give such persons effective access to the judicial process." Congress thus harnessed market principles, creating an economic incentive for citizens to vindicate their civil rights directly rather than relying exclusively on enforcement actions by the federal government itself.
In the case of Fox v. Vice, however, the Fifth Circuit ruled that an unsuccessful result on a threshold or procedural matter relating to part of a lawsuit could justify a court order requiring the plaintiff to pay all of the defendants' attorney's fees — even those expended to address other, meritorious claims. Such a rule departs from the market‐oriented legal structure Congress designed and, if allowed to stand, would significantly harm the ability of plaintiffs to bring private civil rights claims.
Today the Supreme Court essentially agreed 9–0 with our view that (1) the Fifth Circuit's decision imposes prohibitive costs on civil rights enforcement of civil rights; (2) by prematurely deeming a suit frivolous and ordering the plaintiff to pay the defendant's fees, the lower court imposed penalties that would shut down legitimate lawsuits midstream; and (3) the Court should not permit fee awards in situations where a plaintiff dismisses a federal claim in order to secure a remand of related state‐law claims to state court, contrary to the law's purpose here.
In short, when a plaintiff's lawsuit is for both frivolous and non‐frivolous claims, a court may grant reasonable fees but only for the costs that a defendant would not have incurred but for the frivolous claims — so no fee awards even for work that goes towards both frivolous and non‐frivolous claims. You can read the opinion here.
Thanks to our pro bono counsel at WilmerHale and to the organizations who joined us on our brief: the Liberty Institute, the Independence Law Center, the Institute for Justice, and the James Madison Center for Free Speech.


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Do you believe someone can be a spiritual atheist?
When someone asks my religion I always say "I'm a spiritual atheist", most of the time the person who asked looks at me confused and says there can be no such thing. I explain to them that I don't believe in god, which is my definition of atheist, but I do believe everyone has a soul and that there is more to life than just chemicals in the brain. If they understand they tend to ask more about what I believe in, but plenty of times they just shake their head and move on, still puzzled.
What do you think? Can there be someone who is, by definition, a spiritual atheist or do they count as some other religion?
To get your brain churning, here are a few questions:
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If you are going to call yourself spiritual, then it is up to you to define what "spiritual" means, not us.
I'm not sure I agree that atheist = anti-theist. One of those makes a claim (anti-theist "there is no god") whereas the other simply rejects the claims of others (atheist "I don't believe in any of your gods").
But maybe I'm wrong on my definitions.
I believe you are correct, Forrest. Further, I would say that in the most pure sense, "Atheist" is simply that absence of theistic belief - there doesn't even need to be a pro-active rejection.
Ah, yes. I agree with you. The confusion comes from the fact that we have created a name for it. I think Sam Harris has a bit about how we don't have a-astrologists or other descriptions for people who lack a certain attribute. Generally we don't describe things by what they aren't.
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Well, we do have apolitical, amoral, and asexual. These are things that are more of an 'outlook' or 'perspective' than simple body of knowledge. I suppose I could try to persuade someone to a position of 'agravity' but that wouldn't cause them to float away.
Ha. That makes me think of Tim Minchin and his skit on gravity.
I'm curious as to how you can say that spirituality infers a higher power?
You know, technically a deist might be considered an Atheist, since theism involves not just a belief in a god, but some rituals and doctrines combined to form a 'religion' or theology. So, in that sense, one might be an Atheist yet hold to the notion of mind/brain duality even though there is no evidence for it (and plenty of evidence against it). I'm sure many Atheists would disagree.
There are no prerequisites in Atheism for rationality, logic, evidentiary epistemology, or skepticism. One could be Atheist yet believe the Great Gazoo acts as their extra-terrestrial guardian angel. I've even run across Atheists who believe in holistic medicine. Bleh.
As for myself, I've become more of an anti-supernaturalist than Atheist. Of course I'm still an Atheist because I am without theological ritual/doctrine or god-belief, but for me that is just a byproduct of anti-supernaturalism.
Thats how I am too. My atheism came from a more general rejection of the supernatural.
I can certainly see how someone might believe in more general supernatural ideas, and still reject the idea of gods. To me though, the distinction between a supernatural intelligence and anything else supernatural is pretty much non existent. If you think there is supernatural 'stuff', what makes you think that there are not also supernatural 'beings'?
Exactly. :D
I wouldn't consider a deist to be an atheist. I suspect our definitions may be different... but that would make us adeist atheists.
Yeah OK, deists are technically atheists in that they are non-theists.
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I already knew, and maybe you did too, that mourning doves will sometimes hang around our cold, snowy Northeast winters rather than migrate, if there is food—that is, if we keep our birdfeeders stocked. My thoughts turned to this as I watched from the window as a pair of them scooped up some spillage off the ground below one of our backyard feeders. They're still here, and I resolved to help them stay around, to keep it full. Though most people think their cooing call sounds sad, I actually find the sound of it somehow comforting.
Here are some things that I didn't know about these very familiar birds, which may enhance your appreciation of them, too.
1- When they grab seeds off the ground, they are not necessarily eating them. Instead, they are stockpiling for digesting later. The seeds collect in the "crop," which is simply an enlarged part of their esophagus.
2- They are primarily seed-eaters, not insect-eaters. They can and do eat weed seeds, which is certainly valuable to gardeners as well as farmers, or anyone living near overgrown vacant lots. (They do like corn, though.)
3- The cooooOOOOO-woo-woo-woo call is almost always uttered by the male bird, not the female, and is—wait for it—a wooing call, an enticement to a mate or potential mate.
4- When they sleep, their head rests between their shoulders, close to the body (they do not tuck their little heads under their shoulder feathers, like a lot of other birds do).
5- Their long, pointed wings are almost falcon-like in appearance, while their pointed tails are longer than those of any other doves. These "design features" enable the birds to fly fast. Mourning doves have been clocked at 55 mph!
6- When they lay eggs, it is almost always just two. (Singletons are rare, as are bigger clutches.) Incubation takes just two weeks.
7- Males and females work together to feed their new babies something called "crop milk" or "pigeon milk" for the first few days of their life. Rich in protein and fat, it resembles cottage cheese, is secreted by the adults' crop lining, and is regurgitated to the little ones. Weaning is fast, though—by the fourth day of life, the diet starts to segue to seeds, and by two weeks, the youngsters are nearly fledged.
8- Mourning doves are considered closely related to the late, lamented passenger pigeons.
9- These doves are still hunted in many areas. However, I haven't read any concerns about population decline.
10- Pairs tend to mate for life. Another name for them is "turtle doves." So, small wonder that the author of the favorite Christmas song kept them as a pair. (Besides, "a mourning dove in a pear tree" just doesn't sound right!)


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Q You don't work in foreclosures?
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Q You don't sign notices of default starting
A I sign notices of default, yes.
Q And what do you understand the effect of a
notice of default is?
A It starts the clock ticking on the
formal foreclosure period.
Q But that is not working in foreclosures is your
testimony under oath here today on this video?
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Q Does a notice of default put the property in
A It starts the formal process of the foreclosure
time frames.
Q What documents do you review prior to signing a
notice of default?
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Q What documents are provided to you in
connection with a loan where a notice of default t is
presented to you for your signature?
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Q Let's look at the second sentence there. It
says the amount is $9,751.03 as of 10/17/2007 and will
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At the time you signed this document you had
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You don't know whether that was ever true, do
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Ticor Title does not have an agency relationship with directly?
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Olympus D-540 Zoom Review
Features and Controls
Olympus 3x zoom lens (5.8 - 17.4mm), F3.1/5.2 (equivalent to 38-114mm on a 35mm camera). Stepless 4x digital zoom when combined with the optical zoom gives a 12x seamless zoom.
TTL system auto focus (contrast detection system) with a focusing range: 20" ~ infinity (0.5m- infinity) in Normal mode, 8 to 20" (0.2m-0.5m) in Macro mode, and 0.8" - 8" (0.02m - 0.2m) in Super Macro mode. Depressing the Macro button (the up arrow on the 4-way navigation control) toggles between macro mode and standard AF. Super MAcro mode is activated and deactivated by a menu option.
The lens retracts inside the camera when powered down and a shutter closes to protect it;
no lens cap required.
Built-in multimode intelligent speedlight; Auto (automatic flash activation in low light and backlight), red-eye reduction, fill-in (forced activation), and off (no flash).
Working flash range: Wideangle 8" - 11.2' (0.2m - 3.4m), Tele: 8" - 6.6' (0.2m - 2.0m)
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As Americans, we put quite a bit of stock in happiness. Our founding fathers even name its pursuit as an inalienable right–up there with life and liberty. And I challenge you to find a person who'd answer the question "Do you want to be happy?" with an "Eh, I could take it or leave it."
But a recent post by Penelope Trunk on her Brazen Careerist blog suggests that, not only is happiness not so admirable a pursuit–in fact, she uses the word "vacuous"–but that, in choosing to chase a life defined by happiness, we are necessarily opting out of an interesting one. Why's that? Choices. In her post "Do you overemphasize happiness?" she writes:
I think choosing a life that is interesting to us and choosing a life that makes us feel happy are probably very different choices.
For one thing, people who are happy do not look for a lot of choices, according to Barry Schwartz, in his book, The Paradox of Choice. People who want to have an interesting life are always looking for more choices and better choices, and they make decisions for their life based on maximizing choices.
She then riffs on her different experiences living in New York City and Madison, Wisconsin, where she currently resides, letting the judgments fly. (New York offers choices and opportunities, the promise of access to the best of everything. Madison offers cheese, football, and PETA-inflaming bioscience departments.) She explains her need to go there thus:
The fact that I feel compelled to have a tirade about Wisconsin in the middle of this post is interetsting to me. People who value choices over happiness never argue about it. They are proud of it. People who value happiness over having a life full of interesting opportunities get indignant over being accused that they made that choice…
What this illustrates, though, is how different the world of lots of choices is. People will pay a ton of money to have a lot of choices, which is what they perceive as an interesting life. (See the average rent per square foot in NYC) but people will not pay a ton of money for a life with relatively few choices. (See the average rent per square foot in Madison.) This makes me think that people put a higher premium on choices, because choices make life more interesting.
That they do. After all, a life of PB&J for lunch every day is a reliable snooze. No sushi? No ceviche? No curry? No thank you. But that it's interesting or happy, one or the other–much as it pains me to say it, I think maybe she has a point. But, as always, I think we'd be missing something if we didn't look a little harder at what she means when she says happiness–and it seems that, in this post, what she's really talking about is ease. While one might argue that it's a given that choices make life more interesting, the women we've spoken to for our book seem to all agree: choices make life hard. But do difficulty and challenge necessarily equate to unhappiness? And does seeking them out make us gluttons for punishment? I'm not so sure.
And, to her point that, as opposed to those who choose a "happy life", those who opt for a life filled with options don't feel the need to defend themselves, I'd argue: probably not. As we've said time and again, when it comes to women who've been told how lucky they are that they can be anything they want — well, to suggest that there's something wrong with seeking out options, hoping for that access to the best of everything, that'd be right up there with suggesting that the earth is flat. As hard as dealing with all the choices afforded to women today can be, very few of us would trade all those opportunities–even if, as Trunk suggests, doing so might offer a shortcut to happiness. Maybe that's because happiness is in the definition, and if an interesting life is what one is after, creating and living one brings its own variety of happiness.


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A couple of broken toes weren't going to stop Evan Lysacek from hitting the "Dancing with the Stars" ballroom hard on Monday night.
Instead, the Olympic champ was ready to aim for the top of the rankings.
"[Partner] Anna [Trebunskaya] and I have been in second place two weeks in a row," he said in rehearsal. "Hopefully our quick step will give us an edge."
"I totally got the story," judge Len Goodman told Evan and Anna. "It cheered me up. You've got to work on your feet – that's my only negative."
Evan told co-host Brooke Burke after the performance that not even his toe injury, which occurred last week, was going to stop him from performing.
"Nothing was going to keep me from dancing with Anna tonight," Evan told co-host Brooke Burke after their performance, which earned a 26/30 from the judges – the week's highest score.
Kate Gosselin and partner Tony Dovolani danced the paso doble to Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" – a song the reality mom took personally.
"That song speaks directly to me because every day I walk outside my door and the paparazzi follow me," Kate said in rehearsal footage, which also showed Tony bringing in an acting coach to help Kate bring out her emotions.
"You are free to let it out," the coach told her.
"I'm not allowed," Kate said, tearing up, later telling the cameras, "It's not only survival for me, it's survival for my kids."
The two hit the dance floor with Kate playing the star and Tony playing the photographer in matching red-and-black outfits – but the judges didn't feel the heat.
"That was odd," judge Carrie Ann Inaba said. "It was very hard to watch."
"You look as if you overcame your nerves to a certain degree," Len told them, adding, "It wasn't very good, and I'm sorry."
"To bring it out here is a lot harder than I ever imagined," Kate told Brooke after hearing from the judges. The two scored 15/30.
Here's how the rest of the stars did:
Buzz Aldrin and his partner, Ashly Costa, danced to "What a Wonderful World" with the story of a father returning to his daughter from war.
"It was royal, dignified," judge Bruno Tonioli told the pair. "[But] it didn't really flow."
They earned a total of 13/30, the night's lowest score.
Jake Pavelka and partner Chelsea Hightower took the floor with a quick step set to "Walk Like an Egyptian" – but in rehearsals, Jake was quick to walk out on his partner during a tense moment.
"You're not focusing enough," she told him. "It's not improving. I need to see some will power – don't just shut down."
"There are points with Chelsea where I just need to walk away and calm down," Jake told the cameras, though the two soon hugged it out.
The pair earned 21/30 for their performance, which concluded with Jake landing in a sarcophagus.
Niecy Nash broke down during rehearsals with partner Louis van Amstel, crying over the story the pair were trying to tell with their dance – that of a couple falling in love against all odds.
"If I couldn't be with my boyfriend, I would be devastated," she told Louis, who responded, "We've come a long way… but I'm still fighting my battle [for same-sex marriage]."
Once they hit the floor, the passion was contagious.
"Niecy, you are one emotional dancer," judge Carrie Ann Inaba told the star, though the judges criticized her footwork when she stumbled during a twirl.
"I feel strongly that people should have the right to choose. I stumbled a bit tonight because I'm not used to having people see me cry," Niecy told Brooke after the performance, which earned 21/30.
Chad Ochocino and partner Cheryl Burke danced a paso doble, which earned their strongest praise to date from the judges.
"Chad, you released the kraken!" Bruno told the two, referencing "Clash of the Titans." "But at times, you still danced like a kraken."
"You were focused out here like a laser!" Carrie told Chad.
The two earned 20/30, their best score yet.
Pamela Anderson and partner Damian Whitewood also took on the paso doble.
"You have this certain artistry to all your movements," Carrie Ann said. "I think this time though, you threw a little too much into it."
"You were completely focused between each other, you need refinement in the dance, that's all," Len told them.
The two also earned a 21/30 after landing in the bottom two the previous week.
Aiden Turner and Edyta Sliwinska did the quick step, which the Irish actor found strenuous.
"It's killing me!" he said during rehearsals.
The star lost his mic during one quick move, but still earned praise from the judge's table.
"Your confidence is growing," Carrie Ann told him, with the pair earning 20/30.
Erin Andrews and partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy danced the waltz, with Maks blindfolding Erin during rehearsals to help her trust the pro.
On the floor, Maks blindfolded her mid-performance – drawing huge applause from the crowd.
"Erin, you kinky thing," Bruno began. "It starts with a blindfold and you end up in handcuffs!" The duo earned 23/30.
After notching the first 10s of the season last week, Nicole Scherzinger and partner Derek Hough started their quick step rehearsals on a boat and dove into their nautical-themed performance in sailor suits.
"That was not a quick step, it was a load of vaudeville," Len told the surprised pair, who still earned 23/30, a bit of stumble for the former frontrunners.
Host Tom Bergeron also added that next week, contestants will be judged on both dance and overall performance.
Tomorrow night, the second pair will be kicked off of season ten.
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Sixty-eight-year-old UNC Chapel Hill physics professor Paul Frampton tells The News & Observer of Raleigh he unknowingly carried 4 pounds of cocaine hidden in a suitcase from Bolivia while on a quest to meet a famous bikini model.
The Oxford-educated professor was sentenced to four years and eight months of confinement this week. He expects to serve the time under house arrest at a friend's apartment in Buenos Aires.
Frampton also is fighting a decision by university officials to stop paying his $107,000 salary for failing to fulfill teaching and other duties. Frampton says he's now worried the university will fire him.
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ORGY recently canceled the last five shows of its "Bad Blood Tour 2012" "due to high demand for new music."
Fan-filmed video footage of ORGY's March 6 concert at Irving Plaza in New York City can be seen below.
Joining vocalist and sole remaining original member Jay Gordon in ORGY's new lineup are Carlton Bost (DEADSY, THE DREAMING, LUNARCLICK) on guitar, Ashburn Miller (DEADSY) on guitar, Nic Speck (RUN RUN RUN) on bass and Jamie Miller (SNOT, THE START) on drums.
In a recent interview with Icon Vs. Icon, Gordon was asked what the catalyst was for rebooting and moving forward with the project. "Ya know, it had just been too long," he said. "I was really interested in getting back out on the road. That was the first thing I wanted to do. It had been so long, I just wanted to get out there, brush the rust off and roll with it to see what happens. To do that you have to have a band and start playing gigs right away and that is exactly what I did."
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Catherine Hardwicke's gothic Red Riding Hood feature is busy filming in Toronto, and someone snapped these shots of the star, Amanda Seyfried, sporting an interesting set of horns. Is this werewolf fighting Red Riding Hood magically inclined?
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Keeneland's marquee Kentucky Derby 2012 prep was run on Saturday and Dullahan beat juvenile champ Hansen in the Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes.
G1 Blue Grass (4-14-12): 98 BSF (Dullahan)
Hansen relaxed from an outer post in the G3 Gotham but went straight to the front from post 4 on Saturday, carving out solid fractions of :23.10, :46.64, and 1:11.32. Outsiders Politicallycorrect, Midnight Crooner, and Hero of Order gave futile chase.
The 2-year-old champion opened up a commanding 2-1/2 length lead in the stretch but Dullahan was slowly creeping up from 11th after a 1/4, 10th, after a 1/2, and 9th after six panels. The son of Even The Score made a sustained three furlong run under Kent Desormeaux and had dead aim on Hansen in the lane.
Dullahan had the momentum and swept past Hansen to win by 1-1/4 lengths for trainer Dale Romans. He completed his nine furlong trip in 1:47.94 and paid $8.40 as the second betting choice. Hansen was clearly second best, followed by longshot stablemate Gung Ho and late runner Holy Candy.
Howe Great was an even 5th for Graham Motion, followed by Tampa Bay Derby hero Prospective, Heavy Breathing, Midnight Crooner, Scatman, Ever So Lucky, Russian Greek, Politicallycorrect, and Hero of Order.
Dullahan seems as though he can run all day and continues to improve for Romans. He has two solid nine furlong preps under his belt this year and looms a late running threat on the first Saturday in May. Both of his career wins occurred in Grade 1 races at Keeneland and his 0-for-3 conventional dirt record under the Twin Spires does not seem to bode well for his Kentucky Derby chances.
Hansen dropped two of his three Derby preps this year after going 3-f0r-3 as a juvenile. He surprisingly seemed willing to relax a bit in the G3 Gotham but was back to aggressive early tactics in Lexington on Saturday. The Derby pace could be on the quick side with the likes of Bodemeister, Hansen, I'll Have Another, Secret Circle, and Take Charge Indy mixing it up early.
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A bevy of big-name marketers are banking that the way to Super Bowl fans' hearts—and wallets—is through their stomachs.
Companies such as Pizza Hut, Papa John's, Dannon Oikos, Campbell Soup and PepsiCo will descend upon Super Bowl-related events in New York and New Jersey this week to hand out free pizza, yogurt, soup—and even wacky food concoctions such as Cherry Pepsi BBQ wings and cupcakes with Mountain Dew and Doritos frosting.
They're all trying to tie-in to the Feb. 2 Big Game, which will be played at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ.
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Some marketers will serve their fare on New York City's Super Bowl Boulevard, which will be a football-themed stretch that cuts through Times Square and down Broadway. There will also be food giveaways at Manhattan's Bryant Park and at the Super Bowl stadium.
The hope is to whet consumer appetite for their products and to build overall brand awareness.
"It's a massive opportunity to sample our new product," says Doug Terfehr, a spokesman for Pizza Hut, which plans to give out about 10,000 slicesof its "hand-tossed pizza" on Wednesday and Thursday.
The fast food chain will take over a 60-foot by 55-foot parking lot in midtown Manhattan for the promotion and will have appearances by guests such as National Football League Quarterback Cam Newton and ESPN commentator Trey Wingo.
Just blocks from there, PepsiCo. will set up a tented entertainment space that will have unique fare made from its myriad products. In addition to the Cherry Pepsi BBQ wings and Mountain Dew and Doritos-flavored cupcakes, there will be Cheetos-and truffle-flavored popcorn and chicken wings made with a Mountain Dew glaze.
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Pepsi didn't have an estimate on how many people will partake in its public offering, but "we're prepared for well into the thousands to go through the tent every day," says Stephen Kalil, PepsiCo. corporate executive research chef. Its #PEPCITY-themed venue will be open Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Setting up elaborate sampling events can be labor intensive, but it's typically worth the payoff, says Dennis Lombardi,executive vice president of food service strategies at WD Partners, which is a design and development firm that specializes in food and retail.
These promotions give marketers the opportunity to showcase their fare and also provide companies with the chance to closely interact with consumers who stop by to try the food.
"Sampling is a really, really effective marketing technique," he says.
The Pepsi event will provide consumers with "really fulfilling and engaging experiences" with its many brands, says spokesman Jeff Dahncke.
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That helps to build "good will" with customers, says Pepsi chef Kalil.
Pepsi will encourage those who stop by to share their thoughts via the Twitter hashtag #PEPCITY. Pizza Hut is using the hashtag #GoForGreatness to hype its pizza giveaway and other Super Bowl activities.
By encouraging social media use , these marketers and others "can exponentially increase the power of their sampling," says Domenick Celentano, a food and beverage expert and co-founder of The Foodpreneur website.
"Mega sampling events generate great publicity," he says.
This Super Bowl will be played in an area that is susceptible to extremely cold weather. That fact isn't lost on marketers who want to warm up to consumers by providing hot fare.
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Campbell's Chunky Soup—the "official soup sponsor" of Super Bowl XLVIII—will give out samples of its Chunky line to ticketholders who gather in the MetLife Stadium's Game Day Fan Plaza on Super Sunday.
From Wednesday through Saturday, McDonald's will hand out its Premium Roast Coffee to folks on Super Bowl Boulevard. It expects to give away more than 10,000 cups of coffee.
(Read more: Bud Light gets a Super Bowl makeover)
And even a non-food maker is getting into the sampling action. Apparel company New Era—which will play up the tagline "embrace the cold"—will hand out vanilla soft serve ice cream with sprinkles.
The company plans to distribute about 1,000 ice cream servings daily from Wednesday through Saturday. It will have NFL player Chad "OchoCinco" Johnson and New York Jets coach Rex Ryan hanging out at its ice cream truck on Super Bowl Boulevard.
And for consumers seeking some warmth after downing their ice cream, New Era will hand out free caps and handwarmers as well.
--By Laura Petrecca, USAToday.