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Beat the Streak Report: Weekend, July 29-31
Another week down, Streakers. Trade Deadline action is heating up, pennant races are shaking out and you still have a few more days to start a new Streak with the $5.6 million grand prize in play.
Current pace-setter mimiziemann advanced to 33 games courtesy of Adrian Gonzalez last night, which puts her squarely in line for a move up the season leaderboard if she can survive the weekend. Just to help out, we've provided the answer key to your Friday-Sunday test below.
Friday's picks:
(Make a BTS pick)
Oh, hello there …
• Jimmy Rollins: .667 AVG (6-for-9) since '06 vs. Pirates starter Charlie Morton
• Michael Cuddyer: .571 AVG (4-for-7) since '06 vs. A's starter Gio Gonzalez
• Billy Butler: .455 AVG (5-for-11) since '06 vs. Indians starter Carlos Carrasco
Feeling kinda spicy?
• Marco Scutaro: .583 AVG (7-for-12) since '06 vs. White Sox starter Gavin Floyd
You'll thank me later …
• Justin Upton: .125 AVG (2-for-16) since '06 vs. Dodgers starter Ted Lilly
• Michael Bourn: .077 AVG (1-for-11) since '06 vs. Brewers starter Randy Wolf
Home Run BTS pick:
(Make a BTS pick)
Oh, hello there …
• David Wright: .478 AVG (11-for-23) since '06 vs. Nationals starter Jason Marquis
• Melky Cabrera: .545 AVG (6-for-11) since '06 vs. Indians starter Justin Masterson
• Aramis Ramirez: .467 AVG (7-for-15) since '06 vs. Cardinals starter Kyle Lohse
Feeling kinda spicy?
• David DeJesus: .444 AVG (12-for-27) since '06 vs. Twins starter Nick Blackburn
You'll thank me later …
• Gaby Sanchez: .188 AVG (3-for-16) since '06 vs. Braves starter Tim Hudson
• Albert Pujols: .077 AVG (1-for-13) since '06 vs. Cubs starter Rodrigo Lopez
Home Run BTS pick:
• Ryan Braun: (21HR this season) vs. Astros starter J.A. Happ
Sunday's picks:
(Make a BTS pick)
Oh, hello there …
• Alex Gordon: .462 AVG (12-for-26) since '06 vs. Indians starter Fausto Carmona
• Carlos Guillen: .529 AVG (9-for-17) since '06 vs. Angels starter Jered Weaver
• Maicer Izturis: .455 AVG (10-for-22) since '06 vs. Tigers starter Justin Verlander
Feeling kinda spicy?
• Skip Schumaker: .425 AVG (17-for-40) since '06 vs. Cubs starter Ryan Dempster
You'll thank me later …
• Lance Berkman: .194 AVG (6-for-31) since '06 vs. Cubs starter Ryan Dempster
• David Wright: .154 AVG (2-for-13) since '06 vs. Nationals starter Jordan Zimmermann
Home Run BTS pick:
• Paul Konerko: 24 career HR vs. Red Sox starter Andrew Miller
Top MLB streakers
Emilio Bonifacio: 26 games
Dustin Pedroia: 25 games
Dan Uggla: 19 games
Michael Bourn: 13 games
Freddie Freeman: 12 games
Cliff Pennington: 12 games
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Careful on the Rangers in Toronto tonite. the late night flight and getting through customs might have gotten them to the hotel about 4-5 AM or later, in the past this affected them in the first game of the series coming from so far away
Interesting. I already picked M. Young in a bid for my second 12-streak of the year. But I'd really be pissed if I wrongly changed my pick at this point.
I have him picked too. Decisions, decisions.
Hosmer has a 9-gamer going and so do I. Kismet? I think so 😉
I'm going with Daniel Murphy again. Hope I don't end up regretting it.
Don't think you're regretting it
Nope! LOL!
Figured I'd post something here now that I have a pretty good streak going and say what's up. Been following for about a year now and enjoy all the facts and figures the blog has to offer.
I've been sticking with Pedey for most of the current streak but I think it ends today or tomorrow night. Going with Jacoby instead for a 15 gamer
If it does end, hoping it waits til Sunday. He has good numbers vs. Buehrle which could entice a bunch of 20-something streakers. Selfish? Yep, but honest.
Your gut was right about Pedroia, but unfortunately, not correct about Ellsbury
LaV's List
Friday's Top Picks of the current Top2500,
143 Batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Adrian Gonzalez 341 13.78(2ND)
Michael Young 284 11.47(1RST)(4TH)
Dustin Pedroia 211 8.53
Jacoby Ellsbury 151 6.10
Jose Reyes 136 5.49
Ryan Braun 118 4.77
Robinson Cano 105 4.24
Jimmy Rollins 91 3.68
Nick Punto 63 2.55
David Ortiz 58 2.34
Asdrubal Cabrra 43 1.74
No Selection 25 1.01
Elvis Andrus 12 0.48(2ND)
Nick Markakis 3 0.12(4TH)
Highest "No Selection" 😛 pg# 8 with streak of 15 back to zero.
Yesterday's Top2500 Reset rate was 15.96% with CARL CRAWFORD reseting the most.
There was also 16.8% PPD due to players not playing, These streakers do not reset, but did not increase either,
8.96% —> 224 picks of these were intentional DL/inj picks.
Got Pinched OR 1/2 AB Wonders
TOP2500 saved or reset by PHA (going to include any pinch hitters and/or double switch, 2 AB or Less)
C Crawford BOS, RESET 159, HIGHEST WAS 24 GAMER
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick, (Times picked in top2500)
Mdrossi(nymets1979), 15, pg 10, 181, DANIEL MURPHY (PICKED 5X) GOOD
peterkevinperkins, 15, pg 10, 181, A-GONE (PICKED 341X)
Sawx87, 14, pg 11, 257, JACOBY (PICKED 151X)
Vinny1979, 12, pg 34, 519, ROBBIE CANO (PICKED 105X)
gpearson17, 11, pg 39, 848, MIKE YOUNG (PICKED 284X)
jonhilliard, 11, pg 49, 848, A-GONE (PICKED 341X)
J_St33z, 10, pg 65, 1427, MACIER IZTURIS (PICKED 5X) GOOD
LaVolpe, 9, pg 91, 1969, ERIC HOSMER (PICKED 9X) GOOD
mreck13, 9, pg 100+, 1969, MIKE YOUNG (PICKED 284X)
Bloggers Reset Yesterday
smoron015, 10, RESET by MAGS
GL to all
Just read that A-Gone is sitting with a stiff neck for tonight's game. PH still a possibity.
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won't let me post the link.
via Yahoo sports
Maybe NOT. just opened the box and there's #28 batting in the 3 hole.
Final answer. YOI !!!
Hunter Pence pulled from the game. 0-1 with a walk. Headed to Philly.
Looks like tonite turning out to be quite an upset for streakers
Boston giveth for 3+ days and taketh away today
Going into today there are 62 days remaining. Gardner is O for 3 and will leadoff the bottom of the 8th.
Strikeout leading off the 8th, and another strikeout to end the game.
O fer 5 has given me my 11th O fer of July. I think this is definitely my worst month playing Beat the Streak. 61 is now the number of days left for me.
Vinny: Last chance most likely unless extras. Keep those fingers crossed
Double for Cano.
Hunter Pence acquired by Phils.
I currently have David Wright, but my concern is if Marquis gets traded before the game, all stats get thrown out.
I've got a Met for my pick right now also. I'm not concerned about WSH pen vs. Mets hitters. If they throw tomorrow's pitcher in though, similar numbers. My alternate is in CLE. Unfortunately NYM game is 7 hours after games lock. Will be mulling this over for a bit myself
Note that if you are feeling really uncomfortable with the prospect that Mets will face a new pitcher every 2-3 innings, you may want to sit today out. Don't know of any players going on DL today, but rotoworld reported: Cruz (quad), Hamilton, Andrus have day off today
rotoworld update: PHI Dominic Brown begin sent to AAA
**being not begin
There was no confirmation that Brown was actually being sent down though.
It is possible Juan Uribe will be moved to the disabled list today, but that is not official either.
I went with Ryan Braun today, though I do not feel great about the pick.
Probably gonna stick with Wright.
Me too. Reyes reset my last 10-gamer & it was against WSH also. Gambling it won't happen twice
Rangers have a strange lineup today, no hamilton or cruz.
I think Cruz is hurt. May be wrong though.
A 22-gamer picked Adam Jones today (doubleheader). Will he/she pay for that?
Screen door installed. I'll post top2500 within the hour. I ran it right after lock so it'll include the early games.
Robinson Cano is in the Top 15 overall list despite being in a DH and he is O fer in the 1st game.
LaV's List
Saturday's Top Picks of the current Top2500,
145 Batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Jose Reyes 349 14.1 (1RST)
Matt Holliday 177 7.15 (4TH)
Ryan Braun 155 6.26 (4TH)
Michael Young 149 6.02 (3RD) 0-FER
Adrian Gonzalez 131 5.29
Jacoby Ellsbury 107 4.32
David Wright 74 2.99
Dustin Pedroia 65 2.63
Melky Cabrera 60 2.42
Yunel Escobar 57 2.30 0-FER
Michael Bourn 57 2.30
Chase Utley 56 2.26
No Selection 54 2.18
Brandn Phillips 10 0.40 (2ND)
Highest "No Selection" 😛 pg# 7 with streak of 15 back to zero.
Yesterday's Top2500 Reset rate was 33.88% with PEDROIA reseting the most.
There was also 23.95% PPD due to players not playing, These streakers do not reset, but did not increase either,
8.77% —> 217 picks of these were intentional DL/inj picks.
Got Pinched OR 1/2 AB Wonders
TOP2500 saved or reset by PHA (going to include any pinch hitters and/or double switch, 2 AB or Less)
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick, (Times picked in top2500)
Mdrossi(nymets1979), 16, pg 5, 106, DAVID WRIGHT (PICKED 74X)
peterkevinperkins, 15, pg 8, 150, MIKE YOUNG (PICKED 149X) 0-FER
Vinny1979, 13, pg 20, 306, MIKE BRANTLEY (PICKED 6X)
gpearson17, 12, pg 26, 482, DANIEL MURPHY (PICKED 26X)
J_St33z, 11, pg 35, 782, DAVID WRIGHT (PICKED 74X)
jonhilliard, 11, pg 40, 782, DANIEL MURPHY (PICKED 26X)
LaVolpe, 10, pg 53, 1116, JOSE REYES (PICKED 349X)
mreck13, 10, pg 63, 1116, YUNEAL ESCOBAR (PICKED 57X) 0-FER
Bloggers Reset Yesterday
Sawx87, 14 RESET by JACOBY
GL to all
Definitely tough last nite for Top2500. In the standings, I jumped nearly 40 pages, from 91 to 53, in just 1 day!
Ya man but imagine what it would've been had gonzo ph. Congrats and GL with Reyes tonight.
Mark R, MLB network just reported Marquis traded
Thanks. It's Maya pitching in his place. 0-1, 6.86 ERA.
Some stats courtesy of ESPN. Maya is starting for WSH tonite
Opposing BA: 458 (righties), 316 (lefties)
Last pitched 14 June: 24 batters faced, 9 hits
Wright 0-3, Reyes/Murphy hasn't faced
At least Wright got a hit.
Reyes left on deck 0-4. Funny/sad thing is that he killed both of my 10-gamers while opposing the same team — what are those odds?
As I go cursing/tumbling back down to the cellar, I can only take a little solace knowing I'll be tripping over the leader on my way down. Hope not to see some of you down there anytime soon.
Well, time for one last streak attempt. First reset in August & you'll have to find me at SFTC, as I'll be done with BTS till 2012.
I totally forgot about SFTC. BTS is taking all of my attention now.
I am not going back to SFTC til August to start fresh.
SFTC payout is gonna be 400k next month. GL.
Oh wow, I could have sworn I had checked that at the beginning of the season, saw a $2,000 Grand Prize, and immediately closed the screen.
That sure went up fast!
Increases 50K per month until won. 350K for July & won't be won this month
If no one wins by the end of the year, is that jackpot going to carry over next season or start over at $50,000 again?
Also, do you know of any other BTS-themed fantasy contests out there? (essentially, any other fantasy baseball contests that are not the normal fantasy baseball leagues)
Not sure about carry over into new year, but min monthly prize is 50k for longest streak of the month. The 2k is kinda like a consolation prize for most overall wins in a month.
2500 will b up later this afternoon, had a stag last night so I'm a little slow going today. Stats already pulled.
Mark R, BTS gods favored you today. Stay lucky.
Vinny, sorry to see you down here in the cellar
I saw that. Made me sooooooooo nervous. Was gonna pick Uggla and it would have been over quicker.
Tulo gets me up to 14 with a single in his first at-bat. A lot better than Murphy's late hit when I picked him yesterday…
SFTC monthly 50k prize is gonna come down to the wire. Currently 2 tied at 19 but there's also another at 18 right now with a soccer pick that's close to being correct. Should be a good finish tonight.
Lav, I had a nice run and why did I go with Cano against Arrieta. I was thinking of Zimmerman and should of pulled the plug and went with him. Oh well. This won't be my last run of the year.
> LaV's List
Sunday's Top Picks of the current Top2500,
Batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Asdrubl Cabrera 259 10.46 (1RST) GOOD
Dustin Pedroia 214 8.65 GOOD
Alex Gordon 168 6.79 GOOD
Jacoby Ellsbury 124 5.01 GOOD
Robinson Cano 117 4.73 0-FER
Albert Pujols 114 4.61 (2ND)
Adrian Gonzalez 94 3.80 (4TH) GOOD
Jose Reyes 76 3.07 (4TH) GOOD
Derek Jeter 55 2.22 0-FER
Ryan Braun 53 2.14 GOOD
Michael Young 52 2.10 GOOD
Prince Fielder 47 1.90 GOOD
No Selection 47 1.90
Rickie Weeks 27 1.09 (4TH) DL
Highest "No Selection" 😛 pg# 4 with streak of 16 back to zero.
Yesterday's Top2500 Reset rate was 38.26% with JOSE REYES reseting the most.
There was also 12.09% PPD due to players not playing, These streakers do not reset, but did not increase either,
9.32% —> 231 picks of these were intentional DL/inj picks.
Got Pinched OR 1/2 AB Wonders
TOP2500 saved or reset by PHA (going to include any pinch hitters and/or double switch, 2 AB or Less)
A Huff SF, RESET 1, WAS 13 GAMER
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick, (Times picked in top2500)
Mdrossi(nymets1979), 17, pg 3, 52, FREDDIE FREEMAN (PICKED 33X) GOOD
Vinny1979, 14, pg 11, 163, ROBBIE CANO (PICKED 117X) 0-FER
gpearson17, 13, pg 14, 272, TULO (PICKED 36X) GOOD
J_St33z, 12, pg 20, 456, TODD HELTON (PICKED 19X) GOOD
jonhilliard, 12, pg 23, 456, TULO (PICKED 36X) GOOD
Bloggers Reset Yesterday
peterkevinperkins, 15 RESET by MIKE YOUNG
LaVolpe, 10, RESET by JOSE REYES
mreck13, 10 RESET by YUNEAL ESCOBAR
GL to all
153 batters picked today.
Well based on how July has gone I'm not surprised for it to end on another O fer which makes 12. Three of these were 0 for 1s Joe Mauer on 7/15 with 3 walks, Carl Crawford PH on 7/28 and today Derek Jeter goes 0 for 1 and then gets hit by a pitch in his 2nd PA and removed from the game. There are only 59 game-days left.
I'm so happy that July is over. My luck was horrible! 😦
How about these two grumpy old vets throwing gems thusfar. One's got a 1 hitter going, the other is "so far" PERFECT. cmon Cubbies.
Not perfect anymore.


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Allow me to submit a PR to your list...lol. While I am honored that you gave us our own category(at the top no less, woot), I just wanted to say I wouldn't be offended if you included the repo link in any 'good old' category. Perhaps the main resources repo link in the collections group? It isn't much of a 'collection' just yet, although I do expect it to grow at a reasonable rate(at least leading into and early October).
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Most people in the world grow up with prejudices and preset notions ingrained into them by the schools, parents and the media. This is no different for people of India. For example, an Indian talking to Pakistani is confronted with 'gross distortion' of history- it baffles him that what they learn is completely 'untrue'. That's because we are taught history in different ways.
Most Indians grow up knowing the map of India to be such (which includes the beautiful head shape of Jammu and Kashmir). We do not question its authenticity. Therefore, when someone depicts the reality (which shows PoK, Northern regions and Aksai Chin outside India), we become very angry and resort to protest.
Most Indians do not know their constitution either- hence an unnecessary debate arises when some groups resist mandatory singing of a 'patriotic' song. The state, the media and the system participate in irresponsible mass education and after awhile it becomes unchallenged – even blatant lies pass on as absolute truths.
In countries like India where people lean more towards authoritarian setup compared to libertarian, questioning authority is tantamount to being traitorous or unpatriotic, and therefore all kinds of critical introspection is condemned as sacrilegious. This unquestioning faith and loyalty in the system is extreme in matters of nation (all army actions are absolved) and its enemies (targeting certain alien religions within), but is completely renounced when it comes to matter of adhering to law and order (here it becomes very subjective).
For example, the incidents and events of Kashmir, a matter of patriotic importance, are portrayed to Indian masses in a deliberate and intended light. Most Indians grow up knowing 'Indianized' history; they know only the atrocities committed by Muslims against Hindu Pandits; they are aware of mass killings carried out by terrorists, who happen to be 'foreign mercenaries enjoying Pakistan support', but are unaware of all other popular movements in that region. Most Indians do not get the same exposure to the role of Indian politics in Kashmir, role of Indian Army, and the nature of local and indigenous freedom movements. Even if they hear it, they dismiss it as mass propaganda of Pakistan, Islamists, or of vested interests that want to see India fail.
Such continued prejudices, misinformation campaigns and selected hearing result in a mass hypnosis and soon the actual facts and data are out of the door to be replaced with ideology. We soon have a breed of young fanatic Indians who believe they can lay down their life to defend Kashmir. Against whom?
Every nation that has to hide its mistakes has to create a bogeyman, someone who can take blame for all the incidents and events that seem to question the legitimacy of the nation's mistakes and misadventures. Pakistan has always been our bogeyman and now the new entrant is Islamic fundamentalism.
You can explain away almost every incident and event that takes place in Kashmir by blaming these two culprits. A terrorist action against Army barracks: it was done by Pakistani infiltrators. A mass protest against Indian rule: it was instigated and funded by Pakistan. A suicide killer blew up a bridge: the innocent Kashmiri youth are brainwashed by Islamic groups in Pakistan. Kashmiris do not turn up to vote for local elections: they were threatened by Pakistani and Islamic terrorists. So on so forth. This argument is used again and again, so much so that nobody questions it anymore, because the lie has been repeated so many times it has now become truth.
"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it"- Adolf Hitler
Questioning our government's stance and oneself is only the first step towards rational thought. Most of us, the critics, want you to ask questions. You don't have to believe what we say. But you may want to listen to what we say because it presents the other side of the story. You may already know THE truth but what we present is the OTHER truth. In our attempt to present the other side of the story, we may not repeat certain true stories that you have already heard.
Most of us who criticize Indian rule in Kashmir, American aggression, Israel occupation, are not Islamists nor do we believe in radical Islam as practiced in certain nations or as promoted by some terrorist outfits. Even if we were given a choice we would not go live in those theocratic nations. That's why you find Noam Chomsky and Michael Moore living in US although they are its biggest critics.
Most of us who criticize our nations are ensconced in democratic and free institutions in which we take pride. The reason why we take pride in our nations is because it allows and accepts that criticism, our voice and expression, however bizarre it may sound. We believe this criticism is necessary to provide the necessary checks and balances to otherwise a strong and autocratic government that feeds on fascistic, nationalistic or religious jingoistic majorities.
We believe these nations are great because of this very reason- that it allows people to speak their opinion and criticize their nations- each of its actions and symbols. Many people who do not like my writings berate me and tell me to shut up. They say, "How can you criticize your own nation and talk against it? How can you be not proud of the very nation that gave you shelter, food, etc? Aren't you grateful to the nation which has given you this freedom? You must be an Islamist or a communist!"
We run into a paradox when we encounter such people- these first-generation immigrants and those redneck Americans who have never understood the greatness of their own nation; these urban educated Indians who have not understood the greatness of their own nation. Why do they want me to stop criticizing my nation that I take pride in, when the very reason I take pride in it is because it allows that criticism?
Most overzealous people in an obsessive effort to combat their enemy become just like their enemy, but on the other side of the coin. The Hindus who fight Islam want to portray Hinduism as monotheistic and rigid just like Islam but on the opposite side (which according to them is a good side). The Indians who fight Pakistan want to curb all voices of dissidence within its nations just the way Pakistan does. The Americans who fight terrorism want their citizens to be grateful of their nations to become just like their enemies they fight- dogmatic and authoritarian, curbing people's freedom on the name of Patriotic Act. The biggest success of terrorists of 9/11 and the biggest defeat of US is the loss of that American freedom. The Indian side of the story has TADA, POTA, Section 144, Emergency, banning of books, movies, and art shows.
We, the miniscule few critics of India, consider ourselves different kind of champions of India and its institutions. For us, the greatness is not found in ancient texts or Akhand Bharat. We don't see glory in the remote past nor expansion of our boundaries. Even if a Danish jail cell provides much better living conditions and amenities, we would not recommend it to someone living in slums of Delhi since he is free. We are not proud of our nation when it rules certain people at the point of a gun with a belief that it is actually giving it better facilities and freedom while those people reject all our gestures.
We believe the greatness of this nation is its institutions, though half-built, but still working- which promote modern and universal values. We believe the greatness comes when minorities, backward classes, the poor and downtrodden of this country get the same opportunities, enjoy access to basic amenities (like education, food, water, shelter) and avail the same values which we take pride in. We believe in looking inward to build institutions that give fair trial, equal opportunity, and guarantee for fundamental rights. However, we do not believe in forcing those values down the throats of others- because then it becomes an ideology.
Though India has quickly embraced tools of modernity (like cell phones, cars, internet, etc) it has not completely embraced the values of modernity- equality, tolerance, liberty, and modern science. In an effort to combat its enemies, it is fast eroding all its half-built institutions, to become exactly like its enemies- intolerant of diversity, shunning of modern science, curbing of people's freedom and aspirations. India, which has been the champion of independence and freedom movements elsewhere has now become the same aggressor it abhorred. It is slowly becoming exactly like its enemy. And we critics do not want that to happen.


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The end of the Troubles in Northern Ireland has led to spiralling suicide figures according to a new report.
Researchers at Queen's University in Belfast have published their findings that suicides have doubled since the Good Friday agreement was signed in 1998.
They found that suicide levels have soared since the end of the Troubles, with most of the deaths amongst those who grew up during the worst years of violence.
Their report states: "The social upheaval caused mass medication through anti-depressants, alcohol and illegal drug use.
"Aggression that was once widespread in the divided society has become more internalised."
The report highlights that the overall rate of suicide in Northern Ireland doubled in the decade following the Good Friday agreement.
It rose from 8.6 per 100,000 of the population in 1998 to 16 per 100,000 by 2010.
Levels of self-harm in Derry far exceeded the rates detected in other major cities in Britain and the Irish Republic.
Professor Mike Tomlinson told the Irish Independent that suicide prevention strategies in Northern Ireland are failing to combat the rise and could be targeting the wrong age groups.
He said: "The rise in suicide rates in the decade from 1998 to 2008 coincide with the move from conflict to peace in Northern Ireland.
"The increase in suicide rates can be attributed to a complex range of social and psychological factors. These include the growth in social isolation, poor mental health arising from the experience of conflict, and the greater political stability of the past decade.
"The transition to peace means that cultures of externalised aggression are no longer socially approved or politically acceptable. Violence and aggression have become more internalised instead.
"We seem to have adjusted to peace by means of mass medication with anti-depressants, alcohol and non-prescription drugs, the consumption of which has risen dramatically in the period of peace."
Professor Tomlinson's research examined death registration data over the last 40 years and found that the highest suicide rate is for men aged 35-44 (41 per 100,000 by 2010), followed closely by the 25-34 and 45-54 age groups.
His findings also showed that children who grew up in the worst years of violence between 1969 and 1977-78 are the group which now has the highest suicide rates and the most rapidly increasing rates of all age groups.


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The university said coaches made the move after Bradley Patterson described Obama with a racial slur while complaining that the president's speech about the Connecticut school massacre pre-empted an NFL game Sunday night.
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Smith is a speedy left winger who is at his best when he can get out wide and serve balls into the box. The Crew could always use more weapons in the attack, but with Dilly Duka, Justin Meram, Ethan Finlay and Ben Speas providing dangerous options on the wing, the Black & Gold could choose to pass on highly-touted prospect like Smith.
"Blake is a flank midfielder that is well-known by most MLS teams. He played in a decent conference, the Mountain Pacific. He's a speedy, fast guy who can get balls in from the flank. He's more of a wide guy who tends to go endline and cross balls as opposed to a wide guy who wants to be a playmaker and come inside. I think his stock will go up if he has a good combine, just because I think a lot of people are aware of him. He should rise to the top if he has a good combine. "
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On Graham Greene
As one grows older one notes the deaths of great figures with a mixture of pleasure and complacency. But Graham Greene's death is more like the death of a member of one's family or the loss of a rooted expectation, even like the loss of a skill or a habit. On the day I heard of his death the thought of him rarely left me, and this feeling of loss persists and hasn't yet taken its place in the established order of the past. I was born in 1910 and was thus almost Greene's contemporary. He was a member of my college at Oxford. I was like him in being a convert to Catholicism; and my recollections of treacherous and cruel schoolboys, prefiguring in character the men who ran the death camps, and of adults, schoolmasters and others, who seemed habitually beside themselves, are like his. Like him I admired and was haunted by such novels as The Viper of Milan, King Solomon's Mines, the Conan Doyle stories (not just Sherlock Holmes); and I came to admire Conrad and Henry James and learned more than I can remember from Greene's comments on these masters.
It is right that Greene was an Oxford man. The peculiar Cambridge combination of left-wing politics with homosexuality in the style of Lytton Strachey and Keynes and Forster was not in the least Greene's style: for one thing, they were too rich and successful. Greene's election of poverty and failure as marks of divine favor are early established. He might have got on with the traitors, for he seems to have thought treachery to one's country a small affair, though it's worth noticing that when he became friendly with a traitor it wasn't with one of the dandies. One could scarcely imagine Greene as an Apostle, though stranger things have happened. Wittgenstein was an Apostle.
As for his work, there has been nothing like it since Dickens: I mean the combination of literary success, popularity, critical esteem, with a deep concern for social causes; and all resoundingly successful with the reading public. Even those who were not plainly captivated by Greene's ethos, tastes, religious concerns, found the giddy sensation of living on the edges of things, as policeman, criminal, terrorist, secret agent, voyeur of corruption, full of interest. I suppose for some the presence of religion and of tortured believers, even the intrusion of the phenomenon of sanctity, set beside the tousled bed of illicit love or the cold feel of an automatic pistol, accounts for part of the fascination, almost entirely pleasure-producing, of such come-on headlines as "Marquis gassed in luxury flat" or "Well-known clergyman on serious charge."
Greene was both a Catholic novelist and a novelist who happened to be a Catholic. The Catholic novelist is represented by Brighton Rock, The Power and the Glory, and The Heart of the Matter. In such novels the Catholic ethos is not just the flavor of the dish; it is pervasive and argumentative, setting the moral…
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First published in 2006, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) B31Q Pipeline Personnel Qualification Standard outlines the requirements for the development and implementation of a Pipeline Personnel Qualification Program.
The goal for implementing B31Q is to minimize pipeline failures caused by human error. To this end, B31Q provides both general and specific requirements for three main areas:
- Identifying covered tasks that impact the safety or integrity of pipelines
- Qualifying workers to perform such tasks
- Managing the qualifications of pipeline personnel
When combined with ASME's other B31 piping system codes, this standard becomes part of an overarching system of references that have become essential to those working on or around pipelines. The B31 codes detail industry best practices that help optimize costs, streamline operations and greatly improve safety standards. In addition, careful adherence to the codes will help workers and operations remain compliant with industry and jurisdictional regulations.
The third edition of the B31Q standard will be published this year. Discussions are underway to update the task standards in the future but it is not definite those updates will be finished in time for this publication. According to ASME, the key changes to the revision include the following:
- Clarification of qualification exemptions
- Inclusion of a reference on new technology and construction
- Addition of new tasks including on purging of hazardous liquids and flammable or inert gas
- Inserting and removing internal cleaning devices for pipeline systems.
The Pipeline Safety Act of 2012 established that new Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations can only be incorporated by reference if they are made publicly viewable and free of charge on a website. Today, ASME charges a fee for viewing their standards. While ASME is actively working to address this issue, the result of the conflict is that B31Q is not recognized as an official DOT regulation.
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The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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And anyone that eats can attest to the utter confusion that our food supply has become. As headlines swirl about beef recalls large enough to feed every American two hamburgers, baby formula laced with melamine, and controversial additives used to preserve processed foods, eaters can't help but yearn for the days when all we had to worry about was contaminated spinach.
To be candid, I was never much of a foodie. When I heard about Michael Pollan's PBS Interview with Bill Moyers, I couldn't relate when he said that his "path was through the garden". My path was through the aisles at Costco and the tubes of blue yogurt, since I saw the organic thing as a lifestyle choice that I couldn't afford.
But as 2008 headlines exposed our tainted financial system, stories followed about our tainted food supply. As I read about baby formulas and jars of salsa laced with who-knows-what, I was left slack-jawed as I learned that the financial industry wasn't the only industry that had experienced deregulation, lack of transparency and failed oversight.
But if you want to learn more, you'll have to check back in with me tomorrow here on www.drgreene.com. See you soon!


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In his latest entry, Clay shares a few doubts that he has about the numbers given by the Ohloh tool when it comes to what it can report.
Through no fault of the Ohloh tool itself — it can only report on what it's told, after all — the reports that Ohloh generates should not be considered The Gospel.
He gives the example of the PHPSurveyor project (a lesser known project, at least to him) and ran the numbers. They came out with a surprising "731,822 lines of code, and would cost approximately $11 million dollars to reproduce".
Digging down a bit further, it looks like Ohloh is looking at the complete SVN repository for the project (both stable and development). Clay compares the two sides and finds only around 195,000 lines of code to Ohloh's findings of 731,822.


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Future Kings owners to buy Downtown Plaza
Ranadive group will 'undoubtedly' exercise puchase option
One of the future owners of the Sacramento Kings said Tuesday that the ownership group is planning another major purchase.
Mark Friedman of Fulcrum Property Group told KCRA 3 the group has an option to purchase the Downtown Plaza, the site of a planned entertainment and sports arena.
"We will undoubtedly do so," Friedman said.
JMA Ventures of San Francisco purchased the mall last year from the Westfield Group.
Friedman said JMA will continue to play a role in developing the properties surrounding the arena.
"The idea is to create a revitalized shopping center that is anchored by Macy's," Friedman said.
Friedman said the Ranadive group's option to purchase the mall site extends to October 2014.
Meanwhile, the NBA said Tuesday that the league's Advisory Finance Committee will issue a recommendation this week on the agreement reached between the Ranadive group and the Maloof family to purchase the Kings.
An NBA spokesman said the league's Board of Governors, made up of all 30 team owners, will vote on the transfer by the end of the month.


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The PlayStation Network has been giving readers a bit of trouble today, so we dropped a line to Sony to get the down low on the down time, most of which should be behind us.
Both North America and Europe seem to have been affected by the PlayStation Network outage, though only Europe received any sort of official acknowledgement of network issues via the official forums.
The PlayStation Network is currently undergoing maintenance, which should last until 19:25 tonight. You will not be able to sign into the PlayStation Network during this time. However, if you are already signed into the PSN, either on any of our sites or on your PlayStation 3, you should remain signed in until you choose to sign out.
So the European issues should be cleared up momentarily, if they aren't already. As for North America, the PlayStation Network should be up and functioning now with the exception of the PlayStation Store itself, which Sony informed us is currently undergoing maintenance and will return shortly.
The PlayStation Store is down momentarily for maintenance. The rest of PlayStation Network (PlayStation Home, Friends Lists, Life With PlayStation, trophies, online gaming, etc) are up and running.
North American PlayStation 3 owners can always check the official website to check on the status of PSN. As of a few minutes ago the Network Status indicator was flashing between red and green with every page refresh I would initiate, but it now seems to have settled on green, the preferred color of network users everywhere.
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With some old shows retuning to eligibility and some new shows grabbing all manner of headlines and eyeballs, this year's Emmy races feel a little more wide open than usual.
"Scandal" star Kerry Washington and Nick Offerman of "Parks & Recreation" will announce the nominees for 64th Annual Emmy Awards at 8:40 am ET Thursday, which will be streamed live at Emmys.com.
"Mad Men," AMC's hit series set in the '60s, hopes this year to become the first series win a fifth Best Drama award, breaking its tie with erstwhile NBC series "Hill Street Blues," "L.A. Law," and "The West Wing." Standing in its path could be Showtime's "Homeland," the spy thriller that won Best Drama at the Golden Globes earlier this year, where series star Claire Danes also took Best Actress in a Drama.
After a year in which "Breaking Bad" was ineligible because of its scheduling, you can expect the show and star Bryan Cranston back in the awards mix. This news has to be disheartening for "Mad Men" star Jon Hamm. Having lost to Cranston three years in a row, Hamm looked like a lock to win his first Best Actor Emmy last year, only to have "Friday Night Lights" star Kyle Chandler swoop in to take the prize. Will Hamm finally overcome Cranston?
Beyond those three likely Drama nominees, things get a little hazy. "Game of Thrones" seems like a slam-dunk, as do "Boardwalk Empire" and "The Good Wife". But what of old favorites like "Dexter," "Justified" and "House," just to name a few? That's nine shows and there are only six slots—someone's gonna be disappointed.
"Boardwalk Empire" won eight Emmys last year, more than any other Drama, but seems unlikely to repeat that haul, as six of its wins from 2011 were for the pilot, which was directed by Martin Scorsese.
On the comedy side of the aisle, "Modern Family" is a lock to get a chance to defend its back-to-back titles, while "30 Rock," "The Big Bang Theory" and "Parks & Recreation" will all likely hear their names called. Also back in the running after a year of ineligibility is "Curb Your Enthusiasm," which has previously gotten six nods without a win.
Among the individual awards, Melissa McCarthy looks to defend last year's surprise Best Actress in a Comedy win for "Mike and Molly," Jim Parsons will seek a three-peat for Best Actor, and Ed O'Neill hopes to get some love after last year, when seemingly all of his "Modern Family" co-stars were nominated and he wasn't.
The most interesting name to listen for will be HBO's "Girls," the most talked about new comedy in a very long time. Creator-writer-director-producer-star Lena Dunham's raw, frank, absurd and often bleak portrait of four 20-something women trying to make their way in New York City was loved or hated by all who saw it—nobody walked away with a shrug.
Also hoping to get the call will be "Louie," another NYC-based series driven by a singular vision, that of comedian Louis CK. And this is to say nothing of Emmy stalwart Julia Louise Dreyfuss' new series "Veep," the Fox hit "New Girl," starring Zooey Deschanel, and the first season of "The Office" in the post Steve Carell era.
Last year "Downton Abbey" took home six Emmys, and is sure to receive another bushel of nominations. Though the Dowager and friends don't seem to have any one opponent in the miniseries/TV movie category as daunting as last year's "Mildred Pierce" (21 nominations) there's still no shortage of contenders.
"Glee" creator Ryan Murphy's modern Gothic mind warp "American Horror Story," HBO's "Game Change," about the McCain/Palin run for the White House, and the ratings blockbuster "Hatfields and McCoys," starring Kevin Costner, will all receive nods, as will "Hemingway and Gellhorn," starring Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman, "Luther," starring Idris Elba, and two newspaper dramas, "Page Eight" and "The Hour."
The 64th Emmy Awards will air Sunday, Sept. 23, on ABC, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel live from the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles.


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Hi again….. i've just got back from a holiday in Rhodes, and i'm still adjusting from the heat difference. From one extreme to the other (the last 2 days in Lindos 41 degrees -too hot, and now back in rainy England and maximum of 19 degrees -too cold….).
Be warned i might download some piccies from my adventures later in the week…although most were on film so need developing.
So where to start….as i've missed 2 1/2 weeks of news.
The Scotsman.com has news on Bonnybridge (26th july 2007)…. the UK equivalent of Roswell.
United Press International got my attention with "saucer shaped drone makes first flight" (26th july, 2007)… see here for article… It mentions that "[.]……….The flight was announced by Boeing Thursday. It marked what could become a major step forward in aircraft design. The aircraft has a tailless design and wings that blend seamlessly into a wide and flat fuselage. The result is a futuristic flying machine with the classic UFO look". It sure is going to get crowded up there soon?
Another interesting event happened "Costa Rican man captures ufo image on cellphone" (event happened on 24th june 2007)…..see here (link translated via google language link).
Article came out on 25th july, 2007……tests needed to evaluate these images though. video is running in spanish, on the website link….but shows images…although images are small..need to check if on google or you tube..if so will post on here.
There seems to be a whole series of "uk sightings" but from only going on the videos, (without any real additional evidence, which is needed), and following my own gut instinct, and what they look like…. i'm afraid alot look like lanterns/ufo ballons too me…
For my article on UFO balloons see here and see what effects they can have (via video)…..
There are several incidents, such as reported by Newbury today (10th july, 2007)…it mentions several sightings of orange lights in the sky. The most telling one is the first quote in the article, "Taxi driver spots orange shapes in sky over Hungerford and man sees UFO the size of four football pitches above Thatcham".. it later goes on to say he say it for 5 minutes.
In the same article a swindon taxi driver say a ufo "…..Drifting silently across the sky at what he believed was a fairly low altitude, the lights began to flicker before suddenly disappearing"…. that to me suggests a lantern/ufo balloon to me? could be wrong though.
It later goes on to mention past sightings around the area.
On the 20th july, 2007 "orange lights spark big ufo mystery" from Herts-Essex news even though i believe as is mentioned in the article, they are lanterns, the article is fairly sadly written, with all the usual cliches….
The daily mail got in on the act on 26th july 2007, with "UFO sightings bring town to a standstill" at Stratford-upon-avon… the video link at the daily mail looks again like lanterns/ballons …..i'm afraid(although how you can bring a town to a standstill, at 10.30 at night is interesting..mmm). Stratford-upon-avon video below…..
There were also other sightings at Wrexham, and probably others too. (like ufo orbs over southampton)… see below for video …29th june,2007)
On 13th july 2007, the Larry King show was on UFO's and the transcript can be found here …… i also found an earlier similar show (see below)
larry king (july 6th, 2005) 5mins 12 secs.
Also of much interest is the article on frank warren's site with new revelations on Haut affidavit (also touched on in earlier article on this blog).


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Randolph Carter dreams three times of a majestic sunset city, but each time he is abruptly snatched away before he can see it up close. When he prays to the gods of dream to reveal the whereabouts of the phantasmal city, they do not answer, and his dreams of the city stop altogether. Undaunted, Carter resolves to go to Kadath, where the gods live, to beseech them in person. However, no one has ever been to Kadath and none even knows how to get there. In dream, Randolph… (more)
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A Buffalo-area industrial plant and its environmental control manager have been convicted of violating federal clean air laws and other environmental regulations.
The U.S. Attorney's Office says a federal jury Thursday found the Tonawanda Coke Corp. guilty of 11 counts of violating the Clean Air Act and three counts of violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery act.
Prosecutors say the jury also convicted the plant's environmental control manager, 65-year-old Mark Kamholz of West Seneca, on 15 counts, most of them for violating clean air laws.
A 20-count indictment unsealed in August 2010 charged the company and Kamholz with allowing the release of toxic gases from the plant along the Niagara River north of Buffalo from 2005 through 2009 and operating the plant during that time without required pollution-controlling baffles.


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Buttercrunch Lettuce Seeds
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- Package contains 5 grams, approximately 2,850 Buttercrunch Lettuce Seeds.
- Germination: 6 to 10 days at 50 to 70 F.
- Plant seeds 1/2 of an inch deep with 12 inches between rows
This lettuce has a wonderfully buttery texture and mild taste. The leaves of this butterhead type lettuce form a loose head. Buttercrunch Lettuce is heat tolerant and is slow to bolt. The taste and texture of this lettuce makes it a great addition to salads.
Lettuce is one of the best and most versatile things you can grow in your garden. It is a cool-season veggie that grows fairly quickly and offers some of the first tastes of your garden's bounty during the growing season. You can create wonderful gourmet salads that include lettuces of various sizes, shapes, colors, textures, and tastes.
Planting, Growing, and Harvesting:
Plant lettuce during cool weather, as soon as the ground can be worked in the spring. Lettuce does well in early spring and fall weather and the seedlings can tolerate a light frost. Lettuce is fine with a wide variety of soils but prefers loose soil rich with organic matter. Plant lettuce in a well-drained area with a pH around 6.0-6.8. Keep soil evenly moist.
You can start harvesting leaf lettuce when it is young, or wait for larger leaves to develop. You can even eat the thinnings that you pull up in the garden. Trim the outer leaves from the plant and use if you want the lettuce to keep growing, or harvest the entire lettuce plant by pulling or cutting it out of the ground. It is best to harvest before lettuce is overly mature since the taste can become bitter. Head lettuce is ready to harvest once the head has started to form and is large and tightly packed. Use a knife to cut off the lettuce head.
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Use lettuce leaves in salads, in sandwiches, or as wraps.
Salad with Sprouts
2 C. mixed salad greens
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1-2. carrots, thinly sliced
1 cucumber, sliced
1 celery stalk, chopped
Toss ingredients together and serve with your favorite salad dressing.
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The week in review
Worst commute: An overturned tractor-trailer on I-64 east of Charlottesville April 12 grinds the morning traffic to a standstill.
Speediest way over Afton Mountain: A VDOT study proposes $51-million truck climbing lanes to get over the mountain as one of 49 road projects totaling $11.2 billion. The same study suggests a bypass around Charlottesville.
Speediest new hire: One month after longtime Virginia women's basketball coach Debbie Ryan is edged toward the door, UC-Berkeley coach Joanne Boyle, 47, is hired to replace her.
Best predictor of a campaign issue for Tim Kaine's U.S. Senate race: His decision during his last week as governor to send convicted murderer Jens Soering back to Germany–- revoked by incoming Governor Bob McDonnell–- comes up at Kaine's first press conference since announcing his run for the Senate, the Lynchburg News & Advance reports. Kaine "explains" that he felt Germany should pay for its native son who is serving two life sentences, even though critics of the decision noted that Soering would probably be paroled within two years if sent back.
Best Muzzle candidate for 2012? Liberty University blocks the News & Advance website for at least one day last week, has done so before, and has blocked other site as well, says Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr.
Best reason for censorship: "We're a private organization, and we don't have to give a reason and we're not," Falwell tells the News & Advance.
Best news for hikers, bikers, and horseback riders: Albemarle County opens the 571-acre Preddy Creek Trails Park in the northwestern part of the county, Brandon Shulleeta reports in the DP.
Latest guilty plea in Mountain View Trailer Court murder: Carlos Turner Jr., 22, admits April 11 to being the driver in the January 22, 2010, robbery attempt that left Miguel Lugo Salazar dead and Rafael Valina Ayala with a bullet lodged in his heart. Turner faces up to 20 years in prison. Antonia Jha-Mhal Grooms pleaded guilty to second-degree murder April 4 and was sentenced to 29 years. Tasha Kates has the story in the Progress.
Latest City Council candidate: Independent Bob Fenwick throws his hat into the race again April 11. Fenwick ran in 2009 as a pro-dredging member of Citizens for a Sustainable Water Supply Plan and as a Meadow Creek Parkway opponent.
Newest WTJU general manager: Nathan Moore, 30, comes from Free Speech Radio News in Madison, Wisconsin, following the brief tenure of Burr Beard, who caused an uproar at the eclectically programmed station last year when he suggested play lists.
Most disturbing trend, part 1: Albemarle police report a second home invasion in the past week, this one April 6 in a Wilton Farm apartment by a 5'5"-5'6" Hispanic male through a rear window. A juvenile in the residence struggles with the invader and suffers minor injuries. Police say this is unrelated to the April 1 incident in Keswick.
Most disturbing trend, part 2: Median home prices in Central Virginia drop $19,000 between first quarter 2011 and 2010, Bryan McKenzie reports in the Progress.
Biggest city/county employee envy: April 13, when local government employees get the day off to commemorate Thomas Jefferson's birthday.
Worst time to exceed the speed limit: When carrying 36 pounds of marijuana on top of your car from California, as police say Riad Hassan Rayess was when pulled on I-64 in Alleghany County April 5. In a search of his Bumpass house, police find another 92 plants.
Oddest place to complain about a bad pot deal: Staunton man Jordan Salerno, 28, calls police to complain he was shorted in a $60 bag of marijuana, the News Leader reports. Salerno and his neighbors, Elizabeth Hayman, 55, and her son, John-Michael Hayman II, 24, are all charged with misdemeanor possession.
Oddest couple: C-Ville and the Hook, together under the new Charlottesville Publishing Group LLC, will continue as two newspapers, according to owners.
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I am a bit surprised that there has been no article from either paper about the new ownership and how it will and or will not change this going forward. My understanding from the limited amount of information is that the papers will keep separate editorial departments, but that everything else will merge in an effort to achieve economies of scale.
This seems to imply that the papers will keep their own distinct voices, but what about the art departments? Will they be merged into a single department? Will the release schedule stay the same as they are now, or will both papers begin releasing on the same day?
Is the C'ville Weekly still being published? Who knew?
This seems really stupid. you're broke, you lose, so just let it go. As an advertiser why would I advertise in both papers? BTW, when is that office space going to be for rent.


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China: Who cast the single 'no' vote against Xi Jinping?
HONG KONG -- Xi Jinping was elected president of China on Thursday with 99.86 percent of the vote. Delegates at the annual meeting of China's parliament, the National People's Congress, pick the president, and only one person voted against him, the Wall Street Journal reported.
That begs the question: Who's the lone wolf who cast the "no" vote?
Citizens on Chinese social media were immediately consumed with speculation, so much so that the word "no vote" was censored by the authorities on sites like Sina Weibo, the South China Morning Post reported.
GlobalPost senior correspondent Benjamin Carlson was monitoring the Chinese internet from Hong Kong on Friday.
"The hunt is on for the one 'no' vote against Xi's highly choreographed and pre-ordained 'election' yesterday," Carlson reported:
"On Weibo, everybody's wondering whether a.) the person will be punished horribly, as happened to the one "nay" vote against Mao Zedong. Or b.), whether this is a good sign for democracy that at least SOMEone voted his or her conscience, and didn't follow orders. There's also theory c.) which is that Xi voted against himself as a show of humility."
By certain historical accounts, Zhang Dongsun, the CPPCC delegate believed to have cast the single "no" vote against Mao Zedong becoming head of China's communist government in 1949, paid a heavy price for his ballot, the South China Morning Post reported.
He was arrested at age 82, two years into the Cultural Revolution, and later died in Beijing's Qincheng prison, according to the South China Morning Post.
One microblogger guessed the "no" voter was Li Yuanchao, the new vice president, who was shut out of the Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee last October, the Wall Street Journal reported. Others thought it could be a politician who misses the lavish banquets and airport greeting ceremonies that Xi has banned in an effort to improve the Communist party's image.
It's possible that the one "no" vote was tacitly arranged by the Communist party, the Wall Street Journal reported.
According to the Wall Street Journal:
"The production of slightly blemished vote tallies serves as a small way for the party to present the selection of new leaders as the product of "intraparty democracy," rather than as a process dependent on the back-room horse trading among current and retired officials."
But many netizens maintain the one dissenting vote was cast by Xi himself.
"He definitely was the one who voted against himself," one Weibo user wrote. "It's a sign of his genuine humility."


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BT failed to increase profits this year, although turnover was up very slightly in the fourth quarter ended 31 March.
For the full year BT turned over £20.7bn, a two per cent increase on 2007. But profit before taxation and specific items was £2.5bn - no improvement on last year. BT did raise its EBITDA some three per cent to £5.8bn. Earnings per share grew five per cent to 23.9 pence and BT will pay a dividend for the year of 15.8 pence per share, also up five per cent.
New wave revenue - from broadband and IT services - grew nine per cent to £8,043m and traditional fixed line revenues fell by one per cent.
Restructuring and redundancy payments cost BT £110m in the year.
The company also said it was changing the way it will introduce its next generation network 21CN. It was originally seen as a mass migration of customers which would later deliver new services, but BT now expects to provide new services from the outset. It said the programme had been expanded to focus more on software-driven services and extra demand for enterprise customers.
Later this year BT will introduce an "innovation platform" so that the telco and outside developers can develop new applications and services for the network.
BT Wholesale saw revenues for the year shrink 12 per cent to £1.18bn. It blamed this loss on a £97m decline in low margin transit and premium rate services revenues and a £54m dip in broadband revenues caused by price cuts. The telco expects more ISPs to connect directly so low margin transit revenues will continue to fall.
BT shares were up very slightly - half a per cent - this morning but are down 28 per cent on the year.
Chairman Sir Michael Rake credited outgoing CEO Ben Verwaayen with transforming BT's business. He will be replaced by current retail chief Ian Livingstone.
BT remains confident looking forward and expects to increase dividends in 2008/2009. ®


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This team is a joke hate to vent and bad mouth them but when you can't beat the Titans you suck plain and simple. Horrible horrible call to attempt a fg at the end of the game. That is all have a great night fellas.
This team is a joke hate to vent and bad mouth them but when you can't beat the Titans you suck plain and simple. Horrible horrible call to attempt a fg at the end of the game. That is all have a great night fellas.
The Steelers are no longer an elite team. Yes, they have former great players. Ben is an elite quarterback with very good receivers, but that's about it. On paper, the Steelers are one of the best teams in the league. The Steelers don't field their best players. They are on the sidelines healing from some injury. Week after week, key players are hurt. Their substitutes are way below the standard. That is the reason they are losing. If the steelers can't get their starters on the field, they are looking at a 9-7 season and not making the playoffs.
Can't say I disagree. I think it's time we face up that we just don't have the quality of players across the board as 3 or so years ago. Injury upon injury doesn't help out as well.
I wasn't willing to say it after the Raiders game, but now I will. This team is pathetic. Just embarrassing. This is the most I've been ashamed of the Steelers in a long time.
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Don't be sorry for speaking the truth. And don't let the delusional pom-pom fans shut you up. This team is f#%king disgusting. Take Roethlisberger off the team and Tomlin wouldn't be able to beat the Browns one time out of ten.
i dont agree w/ it being a bad call... it was only 2 yds outside his range, not 10. Not Shawns fault either... We as a team did not execute when needed... Thats a coaching thing
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Agree, Tomin's team is in shambles. What needs to change? Because something isn't working with this staff.
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Well...can't really pin this on Suisham. Anything over 40 yds is shaky usually,he just didn't
have the strength. You can pin this on a rag tag O Line that just looks completely lost at times,
no running game and a D that is depleted and can't pressure Matt FOCKIN Hasselback of all people! LMAO!
Ah,****....what the hell. I gotta go to bed and get up in 5 hours and have a migraine thanks to this debacle!
This is probably another thread…but, and you saw this coming last year. Makes you wonder by the time we get a legit defense and offensive (no pun intended) line back, Roethlisberger my be in his twilight years with the team. This isn't just because of today's outcome. You've seen this coming.
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