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Mazda Mazda 6 Saloon | 2.2d GT Sport Nav+ 4dr Auto
Mazda Mazda 6 Saloon Overview
I would like all maintenance and service costs included
Initial Rental (Personal)
£3,457.08 inc VAT
Initial Rental (Business)
£2,880.90 ex VAT
Contract Length
48 Months
Processing fee
£199.99 ex VAT
Standard Options
- Electric front/rear windows/one touch facility
- Privacy glass
- Rain sensing front wipers
- Windscreen wiper de-icer
- Advanced Smart City Brake Support - SCBS
- DSTC-Dynamic Stability and Traction Control
- Electronic parking brake with auto hold
- Emergency stop signalling system
- G-Vectoring control plus
- Hill hold control
- Rear smart city brake support
- Apple car play/Android Auto
- Bluetooth connectivity with voice control
- 360 degree parking camera
- Adjustable speed limiter
- Blind spot monitoring with rear cross traffic alert
- Driver alert system
- Electric power steering
- Front and rear parking sensors
- Intelligent speed assist
- Lane keep assist system
- Radar cruise control with Stop and Go
- Traffic sign recognition
- Engine start/stop button
- 8" touchscreen with multimedia commander and Aha and Stitcher app
- Colour head up display
- Satellite navigation system with european maps
- Service indicator
- Trip computer
- Auto dimming rear view mirror
- Body coloured door mirrors
- Electrically adjustable/heated/auto power folding door mirrors with integrated indicators
- Ultrasuede sen wood inlay
- Diesel particulate filter
- i-stop
- 2 USB ports
- Additional USB connection
- Auxiliary input socket
- Bose Premium Sound System with 11 Speakers
- DAB Digital radio
- Radio/single CD player
- Rear USB port
- Steering wheel mounted audio controls
- Body colour door handles
- Body colour rear roof spoiler
- Body coloured front bumper with bright lower mouldings
- Bright garnish mouldings
- Dual chrome exhaust
- Electric sunroof
- Gunmetal front grille
- Power tilt/slide sunroof
- Rear gloss bumper with black lower moulding
- Scuff plates
- Solid paint
- Adaptive LED Headlights
- Coming/leaving home lighting function
- Dusk sensitive headlamps
- High beam assistant
- LED auto leveling headlights
- LED daytime running lights
- LED front fog lights
- LED third brake light
- Signature LED rear combination lights with LED rear turn lights
- Dual zone climate control
- Rear air vents
- 12V power socket in centre console
- 2 cupholders
- Black roof lining
- Chrome bezelled steering wheel
- Cigarette lighter
- Front armrest with storage bin
- Front centre console storage
- Front passenger and driver door pockets
- Gearshift paddles
- Heated steering wheel
- Illuminated glovebox with lock
- Intrusion minimizing safety brake pedals
- Leather steering wheel and gear knob
- Nappa leather upholstery
- Passenger grab handles
- Rear centre armrest with 2 cupholders
- Roof mounted sunglasses holder
- Tilt/telescopic adjust steering wheel
- Twin rear coat hooks
- Interior LED lighting
- Luggage compartment lighting
- 3 point ELR front seat belts
- 3 rear 3 point seatbelts with ELR
- Active bonnet
- Active front headrests
- Driver and passenger airbags
- Dual front airbags
- Front and rear curtain airbags
- Front passenger airbag cut off switch
- Front side airbags
- Height adjustable front seatbelts with pre-tensioners and load limiters
- Seatbelt reminder front and rear
- Supplementary restraint system - central control unit and crush sensors
- Tyre pressure monitoring system
- 3 height adjustable rear headrests
- 6 way electric adjustable drivers seat
- 6 way electrically adjustable front seats
- 60/40 split folding rear seat
- Driver seat memory function
- Driver's electric lumbar adjustment
- Front driver and passenger seatback pocket
- Front seat ventilation
- Heated front seats
- Heated outer rear seats with 2 stage setting
- Isofix rear child seat fastenings
- Rear seat heating
- Automatic door locking
- Remote central locking
- Smart keyless entry
- Thatcham category 1 alarm immobiliser
- Driver/passenger sunvisors with ticket holders vanity mirrors
- 19" Bright alloy wheels
- Tyre repair kit
Technical Options
- Standard Euro Emissions: EURO 6
- Bore: 86
- Catalytic Convertor: True
- Compression Ratio: 14.4:1
- Cylinder Layout: IN-LINE
- Cylinders: 4
- Engine Layout: FRONT TRANSVERSE
- Fuel Type: COMMON RAIL
- Gears: 6 SPEED
- Number of Valves: 16
- Stroke: 94.3
- Valve gear: DOHC
- EC: True
- EC Combined: 55.4
- EC Extra Urban: 62.8
- EC Urban: 47.9
- WLTP - FC (l/100km) - Medium - Max: 7.6
- WLTP - FC (l/100km) - Medium - Min: 6
- WLTP - MPG - Comb: 5
- WLTP - MPG - Comb - Max: 5.8
- WLTP - MPG - Comb - Min: 5.9
- Any aspect of the vehicles safety cause concern?: Data Not Available
- Based On ID: N
- Coin Description: d
- Coin Series: GT Sport Nav+
- Ghost model for valuation purposes: N
- Man Corrosion Perforation Guarantee - Years: 12
- Manufacturers Paintwork Guarantee - Years: 3
- NCAP Adult Occupant Protection %: 73
- NCAP Child Occupant Protection %: 5
- NCAP Overall Rating - Effective February 09: 184
- NCAP Pedestrian Protection %: 2.2
- NCAP Safety Assist %: M1
- Service Interval Frequency - Months: 95
- Service Interval Mileage: N
- Special Edition: Data Not Available
- Special Order: Data Not Available
- Standard manufacturers warranty - Mileage: 60000
- Standard manufacturers warranty - Years: 3
- This vehicle is classed as a car for VED purposes: 12
- Timing Belt Interval Frequency - Months: 66
- Timing Belt Interval Mileage: 91
- 0 to 60: Data Not Available
- 0 to 62: 9
- Engine Power KW: 135
- Engine Power RPM: 4000
- Engine Torque LBS.FT: 328
- Engine Torque MKG: 45.4
- Engine Torque NM: 445
- Engine Torque RPM: 2000
- PS: True
- Top Speed: 137
- Alloys?: True
- Space Saver?: Data Not Available
- Tyre Size Front: 225/45 R19
- Tyre Size Rear: 225/45 R19
- Tyre Size Spare: TYRE REPAIR KIT
- Wheel Style: N
- Wheel Type: 19" ALLOY
- Height: 1450
- Height (including roof rails): N
- Length: 4870
- Turning Circle - Kerb to Kerb: 12
- Wheelbase: 2830
- Width (excluding mirrors): 1840
- Width (including mirrors): N
- Boot Capacity Saloons: 480
- Fuel Tank Capacity (Litres): 62
- Gross Vehicle Weight: 2200
- Luggage Capacity (Seats Up): N
- Max. Roof Load: 100
- Max. Towing Weight - Braked: 1600
- Max. Towing Weight - Unbraked: 730
- Minimum Kerbweight: 1703
- No. of Seats: 5
- Payload: 497
Mazda Mazda 6 Saloon HIT FOR SIX (76/100)
This improved third generation Mazda6 looks to be a very complete package. Good enough to out-point Ford Mondeo and Vauxhall Insignia rivals? Jonathan Crouch decides.
Ten Second Review
This much improved third generation Mazda6 has been designed to shake up the medium range Mondeo segment. There's no great revolution here; just a gentle evolution of the things that made this model's predecessor so appealing - smart looks, engaging drive characteristics and decent running cost efficiency. It's got the talent to give some better-selling cars in its class quite a lot to think about.
Back in 2002, the very first Mazda6 was a game-changer for the Japanese brand. Prior to the launch of this model, this Hiroshima-based maker was known merely for bringing us family cars that were reliable, well equipped - and rather dull. Now it would be overstating the case to say that this Mondeo-sized medium range model changed that perception overnight - but not by much. Sharky-looking and good to drive, all it really lacked was a little refinement and polish. The second generation version of 2007 added that, but at the expense of the characterful, dynamic approach of its predecessor. Some of that returned with the third generation model, launched in 2012. This featured Mazda's clever 'SYYACTIV' technology which dramatically improved running costs and made this model not only good enough to prise customers away from mainstream rivals but even to make buyers of lower order German compact executive saloons think twice. It only needed a smarter cabin and a bit of extra technology, both things apparently delivered by this much enhanced MK3 model. Let's check out what's on offer.
Driving Experience
As before, most Mazda6 models will be sold with either 2.0-litre petrol or 2.2-litre diesel SKYACTIV powerplants. The 2.0-litre SKYACTIV-G petrol unit has been enhanced with redesigned intake ports, revised pistons and a more advanced fuel injection and cooling set-up. The alternative 2.2-litre SKYACTIV-D diesel puts out 150PS as before in its base form, but generates 184PS (up from 175PS) in its highest state of tune. There is a completely new engine in the line-up, but it'll be a rare sight on our roads, a 2.5-litre petrol SKYACTIV-G unit borrowed from the US-market CX-9 SUV. It's paired with a SKYACTIV-DRIVE six-speed automatic gearbox. Some effort has gone into improving ride comfort and handling dynamics too, the car benefitting from suspension fine tuning and component upgrades. Bump stop characteristics have been revised, the front dampers have increased in diameter and rebound springs have been added, all resulting in smoother vehicle behaviour and improved ride quality. In addition, the steering knuckles have been lowered to ensure a more precise response to subtle steering wheel actions. Extra noise insulation, improved aerodynamics and a special vibration-absorbing material been added to the centre tunnel and the roof lining should all improve refinement.
Design and Build
This improved MK3 Mazda6 model adopts a fresh frontal design focused around a smarter grille, which has the mesh positioned deeper within the surround to create what Mazda hopes is 'a more sophisticated and muscular face'. The revised LED headlamps integrate signature wing tips from the grille surround to underscore their so-called 'predator' style, and with the front fog lights now incorporated into the headlight cluster, the re-designed lower bumper features a sleeker profile and an aerodynamically efficient air intake. At the rear, the Saloon has a remodelled boot lid, while both the Saloon and Tourer feature cleaner rear bumper styling with more body coloured areas. Topping off the styling updates are smarter alloy wheel designs and the introduction of lustrous three-layer Soul Red Crystal paint. Step inside and the updates are even more evident. Higher quality materials and technology combined with refinements to the cabin design deliver more of an understated sense of luxury. There's now a larger eight-inch centre-dash display screen, plus a seven-inch TFT LCD positioned in the driver's instrument binnacle and the adoption of a full colour windscreen projecting a head-up 'Active Driving Display'. The dashboard and door trim designs have been redesigned, seat comfort has been improved and the flagship 'GT Sport Nav+' trim features Mazda's signature high-end interior finishes including real 'Sen Wood' trim, 'Brown Nappa' leather and suede to deliver a cabin that aims to fuse modern technology with Japanese craftsmanship.
Market and Model
Priced from just over £23,000 to around £33,000, the combined Tourer and Saloon Mazda6 range features 24 models across four trim levels: 'SE-L Nav+', 'SE-L LUX Nav+', 'Sport Nav+' and 'GT Sport Nav+'. There's a premium of just over £900 to pay if you want to switch from the saloon to the Tourer estate body style. And there's a £1,400 premium to pay on the mainstream models if you want an auto gearbox. The top 2.5-litre petrol variant (which costs from around £31,000) is of course auto-only. With an increase in standard active safety equipment across the range, all models now feature a huge range of advanced i-ACTIVESENSE technology, including Blind Spot Monitoring with rear cross traffic alert, Mazda Radar Cruise Control, Lane Keep Assist and Advanced Smart City Break Support. In addition, all models get alloy wheels of at least 7-inches in size, plus auto headlamps and wipers, power-folding mirrors, full-LED headlights and privacy glass. Inside, there's an MZD-Connect infotainment system with an 8-inch screen and a multimedia commander, via which you access integrated navigation, Bluetooth 'phone-linking, a DAB audio set-up and internet app integration. Plus there's dual-zone climate control, along with cruise control and a speed limiter. The 'SE-L LUX Nav+' grade further adds leather upholstery, heat for power-adjustable seats and steering wheel and a reversing camera.
Cost of Ownership
Plenty of work has gone in here into improving running cost efficiency, much of it related to Mazda's 'SKYACTIV' weight reduction programme. In addition, SKYACTIV-G petrol models are also fitted with an active air shutter that closes when the engine does not need cooling to improve aerodynamics. All Mazda6 models get an 'i-stop' engine stop/start system (the fastest-reacting set-up of its kind on the market) that cuts fuel consumption by up to 10% all on its own. Plus there's the i-ELOOP (short for 'Intelligent Energy Loop') brake regeneration system that's able to harvest and then re-use far more energy than comparable set-ups. On to the other things you'll need to consider when it comes to running cost returns. Your Mazda6 will require a service every 12 months or every 12,500 miles, whichever comes round sooner. You'll be offered the option of a fixed-price maintenance plan which covers all scheduled servicing with parts and labour for three years or 37,500 miles. Owners can keep up to date with their car's maintenance schedule via the instrument binnacle trip computer screen and the 'Applications' section of the 'MZD-Connect' centre-dash monitor. To help you keep track of what work has been carried out, you can access a 'Digital Service Record' online and use a useful 'My Mazda App' to receive reminders about servicing, book your car in at your local dealership and access a digitally-stored record of your model's service history.
This improved third generation Mazda6 achieves exactly what it set out to do. Namely, to stand out. It's smarter, safer and better looking, with more equipment and better build quality. Yet it remains one of the most engaging drivers' cars of its kind. Is there room for improvement? A little. The interior still isn't the plushest in the segment. But even here, this car isn't far off the highest class standards. In summary, this isn't the most obvious choice in its class, but if you don't want to do the obvious thing, here's a car that won't penalise you for thinking a bit more independently. Is it better than its class rivals? On many objective bases, yes it is and Mazda deserves to be rewarded for that. Will they be? Over to you.
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What follows is a look at some of the major (and not-so-major) news and events from the past year. However, it is far from a complete look at the year. For a comprehensive look at every news story, major event, television show and Pay-per-view, Elite Members can look at the PWInsider.com Weekly Newsletter archive, which has a detailed look at EVERYTHING in professional wrestling in North America in 2004. To become an Elite Member, click here.ÂÂÂÂÂ
While reading this section, there is one very noticeable absence: Ring Of Honor. The reason for that is simple. Mike Johnson has assembled a separate feature detailing the incredible highs and lows Ring Of Honor experienced in 2004, which you can read by clicking here.
All items in this section written by Dave Scherer, Buck Woodward, Mike Johnson, and Jess McGrath, unless otherwise noted.
It's a little known fact that Guangzhou is in the Mid-Atlantic region. NWA Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling ran New Year's Day in Guangzhou, The People's Republic of China at the Huadu Stadium, drawing an announced crowd of 6,100 fans. The five match show was headlined by NWA Mid-Atlantic Junior Heavyweight champion Chris Hamrick defeating Rikki Nelson in 22:14 and NWA Mid-Atlantic Champion Steve Williams defeating Terry Taylor in 28:51.
When push came to shove, someone had to do the job. WWE's Bill Goldberg appeared on a joint Dreamstage Entertainment/Zero-One show on January 4th in Saitama, Japan, defeating Naoya Ogawa (who is infamous for never doing jobs) with a jackhammer in twelve minutes. The show, designed as competition for the annual New Japan Tokyo Dome event, drew between 10-15,000 fans, although the promotions claimed 23,000 were present.ÂÂÂÂÂ
What did they think it was, a soccer match? A riot brought a premature end to IWA Puerto Rico's January 6th show at the Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum in Bayamon. The show, the final event for the company's "Histeria Boricua" tour as part of Three Kings Day, had drawn an estimated 8,000. The situation began during the Ricky Banderas & Vampiro vs. Slash Venom & Apolo cage match. However, there are differing reports as to what started it, with one report citing an argument between Richard Rondon, a former wrestler with the promotion under the name V.Q. Jr., and several fans, while another said it began when security falsely accused one fan of throwing a cup of ice and several fans came to his defense. In any case, fans started throwing chairs, and then other objects. Reportedly, some people on the upper level of the building tossed garbage cans and other items down onto people on the lower level. Banderas and Vampiro tried to calm the situation down to no avail. Several fans were reportedly injured during the incident. It was then announced that the show was suspended, and fans began to leave. There was only one match left, Rey Gonzalez vs. Abyss, which they then did end up putting on. Police had been called to the building, but by the time they arrived, the situation was reportedly either under control or was over. Looks like WWE was smart for not wanting him. Wrestling sources close to Survivor phenom Jonny Fairplay leaked out that the former promoter/manager was in serious negotiations with NWA TNA and would be debuting for the company very soon.
Looks like WWE was smart for not wanting him. Wrestling sources close to Survivor phenom Jonny Fairplay leaked out that the former promoter/manager was in serious negotiations with NWA TNA and would be debuting for the company very soon.Fairplay, who was well known for using wrestling catch phrases on Survivor, was the former assistant to Roddy Piper and was involved in the car accident that nearly killed Piper several years back. Fairplay had been hoping to parlay his Survivor mainstream stardom into a WWE deal, but the company had no interest in him. On January 15th, TNA announced they had signed him to a contract, with Fairplay quoted as saying "TNA is a wrestling company that is going to the top, and I'm going to take them there. I'm Jonny Fairplay, and I don't play fair.â€Â ÂÂÂÂÂ
And within a year, she was on WWE television ... taking off her dress. Melina Perez, a California-based fitness model and wrestler signed a developmental deal with WWE and reported to Ohio Valley Wrestling. Perez has worked under the ring name Kyra for The Empire Wrestling Federation and Ric Bassman's Ultimate Pro Wrestling.
Think of the great ideas that were lost forever because he didn't take the gig. Kevin Nash confirmed that his WWE contract had ended, and that he was no longer with the company. On his official website, KevinNash.net, Nash confirmed that his wrestling contract had expired on December 31, 2003, and that he had been offered a creative role with the company. However, Nash wrote that he did not want to work five days a week and take time away from his family, so he declined the offer. Nash wrote then that "
There was a backstage incident between Steve Corino and Teddy Hart after both arrived at the building for an MLW event in Orlando, Florida. MLW management attempted to get the pair to sit down and talk to each other, in order to cool off their respective issues stemming from comments Hart made about Corino on different radio and Internet interviews following Hart's falling out with Ring of Honor in November, including challenging Corino to a shoot fight. However, both sides refused to budge and agree to work together. "Hart didn't want to apologize and caught an attitude, which led to Corino basically throwing his arms up at the whole situation, and storming off pissed," said one source. MLW has wanted to book a match between the two based off the buzz on the Internet but Hart, on the advice of his father, refused initially, telling MLW that Corino couldn't be trusted not to hurt him and it would "ruin his chances to go to WWE" if he was injured (even though WWE had shown no interest in him). Corino had promised they could work or shoot during the match, based on whatever Hart wanted.
If the wrestlers got those big stock dividends that Vince got, they'd probably be more motivated. Meetings were held at Raw and Smackdown tapings with management telling talent that, more or less, "in these tough times, we need each and every one of you to step up and do all you can to help the product succeed.â€Â However, the feeling amongst the talent was that the problems that the company currently had were almost exclusively due to the booking, not the work, so there isn't really much that they could do. Since many of the workers felt that they already give it there all in their bouts, and it's not like Vince listens to their booking ideas, the opinion of many is that Vince McMahon was trying to use them as the scapegoat for problems that he has caused. In fact, one prominent babyface at Smackdown was heard saying something to the effect of, "Yeah, let's all get over so Undertaker can come back and beat us two at a time even though he doesn't draw anymore."
Then again, in the world of video games, Funaki can jackhammer Big Show. The Hurricane, Shane Helms, had been told by management to stop using the chokeslam since it's Kane's finisher. However, Brad Cramer sent word that in the Playstation2 game WWE Smackdown: Here Comes the Pain, most of the wrestlers have two finishing maneuvers (a main one and a secondary one). The Hurricane has "The Eye of the Hurricane" as his main finisher and his secondary finisher is...the chokeslam! So, even though he's not allowed to use it in real life his video game counterpart is not only allowed to, but is encouraged to, use it as a finisher.
Maybe it was Canada's way of getting revenge for the Montreal Screwjob. World Wrestling Entertainment sent out a press release announcing they had been able to get The Federal Court of Canada to issue an injunction against 37 Canadian bars that had been pirating broadcasts of WWE Pay-Per-View events. The bars in question would be forced to pay court costs and damages to WWE. The amounts would be decided in a future court hearing.
There's the truth, then there's McTruth. At a talent meeting, wrestlers were told to watch a recent match between HHH and Shawn Michaels as being an example of what guys need to do to get their work over and make him or herself a better character. However, many workers thought that rang hollow since it's up to creative to give them chances to do so, not to mention the fact that Shawn and HHH got a half hour of TV time for their match, something not afforded most talent. Vince McMahon also talked about the landscape of the business today, making reference to "Ted Turner folding his tent and walking away from wrestlingâ€ÂÂÂÂ, even though Turner was not in the position to do so at the time WCW was sold (and had he been, it is doubtful he would have allowed such a sale). A few people who were at the meeting were led to believe that Vince himself is starting to think that some of WWE's revisionist history concerning the WCW wars is actually true now. Something else that had a number of the wrestlers laughing after the meeting came from a comment that Vince made when he addressed the troops. He said that it always shocks him when a wrestler turns his back to his opponent in the ring. Of course, as the wrestlers pointed out to me, there is no one guiltier of that transgression that Vince's son-in-law.
Sometimes "achieving the dream" isn't all it is cracked up to be. Brian "Spanky†Kendrick gave WWE his notice, with people close to him stating that he had not been happy with his mostly nonexistent role in the company. After a nice initial push, the company has largely ignored the talented young worker. Spanky was able to walk away on his own terms, something many wrestlers aren't able to do when it comes to WWE. We're still waiting for this one. Well, actually, I don't think anyone was waiting from the start.ÂÂÂÂÂ
We're still waiting for this one. Well, actually, I don't think anyone was waiting from the start.ÂÂÂÂÂJimmy Hart appeared on a radio show in Little Rock, Arkansas, staring that he and Hulk Hogan were looking to start a wrestling company out of Universal Studios in Florida, and that they had been talking to Ted Dibiase, Sting, Buff Bagwell, and Bret Hart about being a part of it.ÂÂÂÂÂ
I suppose a doughnut and a rock shouldn't have much in common. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Dunkin' Donuts wanted to name one of their signature pastries after The Rock, but though he said he likes the product, he didn't want people to think he was "nuts†for having a donut named after him.
Speaking of The Rock and food. A container holding 30,000 pounds of food was purchased from Times Supermarket in Kailua and sent to Samoa, all because of the Rock. The former WWE Champion and current movie star received a phone call from his grandmother, who lives in a village in Samoa, about the problems that the country was facing in the aftermath of Cyclone Heta. Rock cut a $10,000 check to pay for the food and get it to Samoa.
You get the feeling he is angry about something? CZW champion John Zandig was doing an interview in Philadelphia when "Original Gangsta" New Jack came out. Jack explained that his webmaster had told him that the Dudley Boyz rap about him on the new WWE Originals CD (which is true as I've heard the track and they basically say he's worn out and "playa hating" them). Jack talked about how in ECW, he was the one who wore camouflage and had a long whistle at the start of his music, but once they went to WWE, suddenly the Dudleys didn't want to wear tye-dye anymore and their music started like his. Jack continued on with a long, expletive filled promo saying that he if you took a roll of toilet paper and rolled it all out, there was his police record, talking about people he had shot and killed as a bounty hunter and that he once shot a man for giving him bad drugs. The crowd was completely loving this as it was New Jack cutting a promo as only his style suits him to do. He asked if the Dudleys thought they could talk trash about him and he wouldn't show up at their house and get their kids. He said that they can't hide behind Vince McMahon and then went off on Paul Heyman owing him "200 hundred million thousand dollars" and compared ECW and CZW as "an eight-track and a DVD" but noted that without ECW, CZW never would have been born. He then said, "F---k Eric [Bischoff]" for good measure as well.
Considering he was leaving anyway, why would he listen? Bill Goldberg was reportedly told by WWE officials to stop using the Jackhammer. They said that The Spear is all he needs to use and that it's over with the fans. Goldberg, in response, had no plans to stop using the Jackhammer, feeling that it's part of his persona. It was already expected by those close to him that he would be done after WrestleMania and a match with Brock Lesnar.ÂÂÂÂÂ
So, which is it, fire them or kill them? During a backstage meeting with the Smackdown and Raw crews, Vince McMahon went on a rant about "Internet critics", saying that if he finds out what wrestlers are talking to Internet sites and sheet writers, he would "fire them on the spot". Brock Lesnar echoed Vince's sentiments, even allegedly saying "If I see anybody on the Internet, I'll kill them." ÂÂÂÂÂ
Okay, so it is UPN, but it's still a network, sort of.  WWE announced that UPN had exercised its option to renew Smackdown for two more years, keeping the show until September 2006.ÂÂÂÂÂ
Unlike a KISS reunion, this wasn't about the money. The night before the Royal Rumble, Steve Richards returned to the ECW Arena in Philadelphia and reunited his comedy team with The Blue Meanie on a 3PW event. Coming out in their familiar BWO and KISS gimmicks, as well as a spoof of Shane Douglas and Francine, Richards and Meanie entertained the crowd, and Richards then thanked the crowd who supported him through his years in Indy wrestling straight through to his ECW career. The fans erupted into a huge "Thank You" chant for Richards, as well as a "Welcome back" chant earlier in the night. The main event of the show saw Sabu defeat Al Snow in a match that celebrated the 10th anniversary of their feud. In a post match speech, Al Snow got on the mic and said that Sabu has never gotten the respect he truly deserves and thanked Sabu for the years they worked together. Sabu uncharacteristically grabbed the mic and said "thank you" to Al Snow.  Al Snow also thanked the fans at the Viking Hall. Snow said he never got to give a proper good bye to the fans during his ECW run.
He is the Ironman. Chris Benoit shattered all longevity records in the Royal Rumble, lasting an unofficial 61:34 seconds in his Rumble win, longer than Bob Backlund (61:10 in 1993, which he lost) or Ric Flair (59:26, which he won).ÂÂÂÂÂ
Rest in Peace. Jack Tunney, who was the figurehead President of the World Wrestling Federation during the promotion's national expansion, passed away from a heart attack. Tunney was 68. Tunney hooked up with the WWF in 1984 after a long association promoting in Toronto using talent from the National Wrestling Alliance. When Tunney began to instead promote WWF events in the city, it was a major move for the promotion's international plans, giving them a foothold in Canada that has never truly been challenged. Tunney was the on-air President for the promotion, often making major announcements and appearing as "Press conferences", including the announcement of a tournament at Wrestlemania IV after the WWF title was vacant following the Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant match on NBC in February 1988. He also maintained responsibilities with promoting Toronto events locally, including Wrestlemania VI. Tunney retired in the early 1990s to spend more time with his family.
Rest in Peace. Former professional wrestler Don Haggerty, known in the ring as "Hard Boiled Haggerty", passed away at his home in Malibu, California at the age of 78.  Haggerty achieved his greatest success in the AWA, winning the AWA World Tag Team Championship with Len Montana from Murder Inc. on October 4, 1960 in Minneapolis, MN. Montana was later injured by Verne Gagne, so Haggerty selected Gene Kiniski as his new partner. Haggerty & Kiniski lost the belts to Wilbur Snyder & Leo Nomellini on May 23, 1961, but Haggerty & Kiniski regained the belts on July 19, 1961. Haggerty later broke up with Kiniski after an incident where Haggerty accidentally caused Kiniski to lose an AWA World Title match with Vernge Gagne. The two wrestled for the rights to the tag belts, and Haggerty won, and chose Bob Geigel as his new partner. Geigel & Haggerty lost the belts to Dale Lewis & Pat Kennedy on November 16, 1961. Haggerty also held the AWA United States Title. Haggerty held the California-based WWA World Tag Team Championship, twice with The Destroyer and twice with El Shereef. He spent a good deal of time in Hawaii as well, holding the Hawaii Heavyweight Title and the Hawaii tag titles on two occasions, with Bill Savage and Butcher Vachon.
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|*October 29 - November 4
|The Church Without Walls
Read for This Week's Study:
|Rom. 3:20-31, 5:12-18, 2 Cor. 5:17-19, Eph. 2:11-22, Col. 1:20-22.
Memory Text:
| "For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has
broken down the middle wall of separation"
The impossible possibility: 1 + 1 = 1. Impossible? Not so when it comes to the mathematics of the gospel of Christ. Paul's forceful message this week is: What is impossible in human equation is possible under divine power and provision. Christ has created "in Himself one new man from the two" (Eph. 2:15, NKJV), and this He did only through His blood, shed on the cross in behalf of all humanity, Jews and Gentiles.
The transforming power of the Cross creates a new humanity in which "there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Gal. 3:28, 29, NKJV). The good news is that while differences may exist between persons, genders, cultures, races, and nations, the ultimate divine purpose is to bring all created order into one unity "in Christ" (Eph. 1:10). All these distinctions, though real, are superseded by the unity we have in Jesus.
The Week at a Glance:
|What was the position of Gentiles before they found Christ? What was the end purpose of God in making Israel His chosen people? How were the walls of separation between people torn down? What were the results of Christ's ministry of reconciliation? In what sense are we God's family and temple?
*Study this week's lesson to prepare for Sabbath, November 5.
|October 30
Outside of Christ: Alienation (Eph. 2:11, 12)
Having shown in the first part of Ephesians 2 that God's grace has brought the free gift of salvation to individuals, the apostle, from verse 11, shifts his focus to what God has done to bring about reconciliation to hitherto divided communities.
In Ephesians 2:11, 12 Paul mentions four disabilities of the Gentiles who lived without Christ. Identify them:
Paul begins on a practical note. Name-calling is both unchristian and offensive. Jews called the Gentiles uncircumcised in a derogatory sense and called themselves circumcised in a sense of pride. Paul declares the futility of such name-calling by saying the circumcision of the Jews was, after all, "made in the flesh by hands" (Eph. 2:11, NKJV). Although circumcision had its spiritual significance at one time, now in Christ it is surpassed by the circumcision of the hearta spiritual covenant available to both Jews and Gentiles alike.
In Romans Paul lists the privileges of the Jews (Rom. 3:1, 2; 9:3-5). What were those privileges, and in light of what Paul said here about the state of the Gentiles, what responsibilities should have come with those privileges and advantages?
In contrast to the Jews, the Gentiles were excluded from the commonwealth of God. They had no part in the covenant of promise. They had no hope and, hence, no future. Worst of all, they had no true God, even though they had "many gods" and "many lords" (1 Cor 8:5, NKJV). All they had was this world with its twisted philosophy, lurid pleasures, and pagan lifestyles. That was the plight of the Gentiles; in many ways this reflects the plight of all who live in the darkness of sin and separation from God.
|Hostility between two groups is nothing new in history. While we may be quick to condemn the hostility between Jews and Gentiles as being unchristian, are there areas in which we exhibit such hostility? What can you or your local church do to eliminate hostility between differing groups in your community?
|October 31
In Christ: Nearness (Eph. 2:13)
"But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ" (Eph. 2:13, NKJV).
"But now." Two little words introduce a theme that changed the course of redemptive history. At one time the Gentiles were without Christ, outside God's commonwealth, without the covenant of promise, without hope and God. "But now" heaven has intervened in the person of Christ to deal with the tragic and pathetic situation the Gentiles were in.
In choosing Israel, God "called them to preserve among men the knowledge of His law, and of the symbols and prophecies that pointed to the Saviour. He desired them to be as wells of salvation to the world.... They were to reveal God to men."Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 27. How does Israel's call relate to us, as Adventists, today?
The words far and near describe the position of the Gentiles and the Jews. The rabbis proudly claimed that no nation is as near to God as Israel. That was true as part of God's covenant with Israel; however, "nearness" was not to be understood as exclusiveness but, rather, as a communication privilege from which was to flow a witnessing duty to those who were "far"; that is, to the Gentiles. Israel failed in this duty. Isaiah predicted the day when the distance between "far" and "near" will disappear and peace will come to both (Isa. 57:19).
To Paul, that Messianic day has come "by the blood of Christ" (Eph. 2:13). One privilege the Jews held dear was that of being near to God's temple and thus near to God's mercy seat. The sacrificial blood played a crucial role in the temple rituals in the forgiveness of sins and keeping the Jews near God's presence. The apostle moves from the blood of the animal to the blood of Christ, through which "a new and living way [has] opened for us" in order that we may "draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith" (Heb. 10:20, 22, NIV).
In Christ, distance disappears. There is nearness, heavenly citizenship, promise, hope, and peace.
|Ancient Israel believed it had been given special light and truth. And it had! Yet, look what spiritual pride had done to the nation. How do we as Adventists, who also believe we, have been given special light and truth (and we have!), protect ourselves from this danger?
|November 1
No More Walls (Gal. 6:15; Eph. 2:14, 15)
The blood of Jesus has eliminated the distance between those who were afar and those who were near; that is, it eliminated the distance between Jew and Gentile (Eph. 2:13). How? Why? In what ways does Christ's shed blood show that we are all the same? See Rom. 3:20-31, 5:12-18.
From now on, Christ "Himself is our peace" (Eph. 2:14, NKJV). Christand no one else! As our peace, what did Christ do?
First, He "has broken down the middle wall of separation" (vs. 14, NKJV). The wall points to more than the temple wall that cut off the court of the Gentiles from other areas to which only Jews had access. It refers to religious, social, and political divisions that kept the two groups apart. But in dying for the sins of all humanity, Christ has brought peace in two dimensions: vertically, between God and humanity; horizontally, between person and person. The former proclaims that God loves all alike; the latter demands that in Christ "there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Gal. 3:28, NKJV).
Second, Christ "abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances" (Eph. 2:15, NKJV). Though there's been a great debate over which law Paul is talking about here (moral or ceremonial), Paul's point is that through Christ anything that had divided Jews and Gentiles has been abolished in Jesus. All are now united in Him. Christ brought peace, and hence Paul says: "For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything" (Gal. 6:15, NKJV).
Third, Christ created "in Himself one new man from the two" (Eph. 2:15, NKJV). That is the gospel mathematics: 1 + 1 = 1. The impossibility becomes possible. No more Jew, no more Gentile, but one new creation (2 Cor 5:17, NKJV) in which people define their status not in terms of caste, color, gender, nationality, or tribe but in terms of an abiding relationship with the Christ of the Cross. "Jesus has succeeded in creating a new society, in fact a new humanity. . . . And this new human unity in Christ is the pledge and foretaste of that final unity under Christ's headship."John R. W. Stott, The Message of Ephesians (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1979), p. 93.
|What prejudices might you be clinging to that go contrary to what we have been promised in Christ regarding the "new humanity"? How can you change?
|November 2
Reconciliation and Access (2 Cor 5:17-19, Eph. 2:16-18, Col. 1:20-22)
Read the verses listed above for today. Summarize the basic message found in them. How do you understand the reconciliation talked about in these verses?
What great privileges we have in Christ! Aliens are now citizens. The hopeless have received hope. Those without God have found Him. The walls of division are gone. A new creation of unity has emerged. Christ Himself has become our peace. In Ephesians 2:16-18 Paul expounds upon the reality and totality of what Christ has done.
First, peace is real because Christ has reconciled both Jews and Gentiles "to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity" (vs. 16, NKJV). Christ has reconciled what was irreconcilablethat is, the Jew and the Gentile. He did this, neither by impressing upon the Jews the need to accommodate the Gentiles nor by converting the Gentiles to the religious system of the Jews, which was by far superior to anything the Gentiles had. Christ accomplished the reconciliation of the Jew and the Gentile by dealing with a problem common to boththe problem of sin, which is the cause of all enmity. The Cross reconciled both Jew and Gentile with God, and that reconciliation became the basis of their unity in "one body," which is the church without walls.
Second, the totality of the peace is underscored by the apostle in verse 18: "For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father" (NKJV). The entire GodheadFather, Son, and the Holy Spirit is involved in this process of reconciliation and peace, both vertically with God and horizontally between people. But that's not all. Both Jews and Gentiles have one common access to God through one Spirit. There can be no more walls separating Jews and Gentiles in either worship or fellowship.
The word access in Greek usage pictures someone being presented to the king in his throne room. Through Christ, both Gentiles and Jews-indeed, all believers-have common access to the very presence of God. Both the one who was an alien and far away and the one who was near and a citizen are ushered into the throne room of God by the same Spirit. Thus, peace and reconciliation in Christ is total and real.
|Though the context here is Jew and Gentile, it could really be between any number of different groups, regardless of what divides them. What barriers stand in the way of fully realizing this ideal, and what can be done to remove them?
|November 3
"The Household of God" (Eph. 2:19-22)
From tragedy to joy. From alienation to fellowship. From Gentiles and Jews to one new humanity. The saving work of Christ has accomplished all this, and now the apostle introduces the believers to their new status. Ephesians 2:19-22 lists three attributes of that standing.
First, citizenship. Outside of Christ, Gentiles were strangers and foreigners and had no share in the "commonwealth of Israel" (Eph. 2:12). But in Christ they become "fellow citizens with the saints" (vs. 19, NKJV). The Christian is a citizen of the kingdom of God.
The kingdom of God has two aspects. The kingdom of grace is in operation now as people repent of their sin and accept the salvation offered by Christ. The kingdom of glory will be established when Christ comes the second time to gather His saints home. Without being citizens of the first, we cannot be citizens of the second.
What are the responsibilities and privileges of citizenship? If our citizenship is in heaven, what does God expect of us here? Find verses to defend your answer.
Second, membership in God's household. A Christian is not only a citizen but a member of God's family. The word family evokes a relationship of closeness, equality, and dignity. Parents and children are not distant and empty shadows but share a warm and intimate relationship in which love reigns supreme. They have an obligation to one another, and together to the family; likewise, in God's family, which is the church.
The church, says Paul, is "built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone" (Eph. 2:20, NKJV). Surely, the man who affirmed that Christ is the only foundation (1 Cor. 3:11) cannot reverse himself here in suggesting a human foundation. Christ as the Cornerstone (cf. 1 Pet. 2:6) holds together the various parts of the house, giving strength and unity to it.
If the church is like a family, how should the members treat each other? Find verses anywhere in Scripture to support your answer.
Third, we are God's temple. The union of all believers in God and the unity between alienated groups serves the end purpose of being God's holy sanctuary, "a dwelling place of God in the Spirit" (Eph. 2:22, NKJV). A church without walls becomes God's holy temple (1 Cor 3:16).
Write out a paragraph that envisions the ideal "church without walls." What would that be like? How closely does your local church embody this great principle?
|November 4
Further Study:
|Prejudice and disunity. "The same agencies that barred men away
from Christ eighteen hundred years ago are at work today. The spirit which
built up the partition wall between Jew and Gentile is still active. Pride
and prejudice have built strong walls of separation between different classes
of men. Christ and His mission have been misrepresented, and multitudes feel
that they are virtually shut away from the ministry of the gospel. But let
them not feel that they are shut away from Christ. There are no barriers
which man or Satan can erect but that faith can penetrate. . . .
"Caste is hateful to God. He ignores everything of this character. In His sight the souls of all men are of equal value. . . . Without distinction of age, or rank, or nationality, or religious privilege, all are invited to come unto Him and live."Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 403.
Discussion Questions:
| "Therefore remember says
2:11 (NKJV). Why does Paul want us to remember our past condition?
Have those who are willing talk about what Christ has spared them from
and the great changes He has wrought in their lives. Though it's not good
to dwell on the past too much, why is it good to remember what we have come
out of?
Mahatma Gandhi once observed that as long as Christians practice caste, Hindus have no need to worry about getting converted. How have Christians been guilty of practicing the caste system? What does this say about racism's effect on religion? In what ways has racism impacted even our own church?
Peace with God and peace with one another form the basis of Christian life and relationship. There's only one problem: A great deal of division and disunity exists within the Christian church itself. How can you explain this discrepancy and what can be done to help heal it?
There will, of course, in heaven be none of the kind of hateful divisions we have here on earth. What does this tell us about how important it is for us to work at getting rid of such divisions now?
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|Hungry for God's Love
by J. H. ZACHARY
Dina Rosa grew up in a Jewish home. She studied Hebrew and attended Sabbath services.When she married, she was determined to bring up her children in the Jewish faith.
When the family moved to Florida, Dina took her children to the local synagogue. But after the service, one of the synagogue leaders told Dina that her children were too young to sit quietly, and their noise disturbed the service. This troubled Dina, who wanted her children to love their faith. Dina began worshiping with her children at home on Sabbath.
One day a friend showed Dina an invitation she had received to visit the Adventist Messianic Center in town. Dina had never heard of Adventists and was not sure what a Messianic Center was, but the center was close to her home, so she decided to visit it. She and her children went, and they were warmly welcomed.
"Everyone was so friendly," Dina said. "I enjoyed the Hebrew songs, and I felt the people were honestly glad I was there."
Dina was impressed with the message that Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky presented from the Torah. The rabbi's clear teaching awakened in Dina a desire to learn more about the Scriptures, and soon Dina joined a Bible-study class. "I was shown clearly from the Bible that Yeshua [Jesus] is the Messiah that was promised by God in the Torah. It is right there in the Scriptures," she said. Dina was baptized into the Beth-El Shalom congregation of Seventh-day Adventists.
"I thank God that I now know Yeshua as my Savior," Dina says. "My faith in God has helped me through some tough times."
Dina leads the center's Pathfinder club and is developing a Pathfinder honor that focuses on Jewish heritage.
Today at least thirteen Adventist Jewish congregations in North America reach out to Jewish neighbors. Pray that God's children will hear His call to come to know the Messiah through this ministry.
DINA ROSA (left). Until his death, J. H. ZACHARY coordinated outreach among the Jews and Muslims in the North American Division.
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One of our organisers, Fatos Ismajli, an undergraduate of Kings College London, attended a presentation at his former uni about the importance of societies to graduates. Guest speakers from three organisations, the IEEE, the BCS (Chartered Institute for IT) and the IET (The Institution For Engineering & Technology) all made presentations about what they offered to graduates and how they could help with career progression.
Being an active member of a community is an excellent way to network with fellow developers, share information and potentially even acquire new jobs. Obviously the GDC should still be your number one J but these other societies could also be valuable resources.
Here is a brief summary on each, but for more detailed information you should definitely check them out:
The IEEE is the world's largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. They run competitions, award scholarships, allow students access to an extensive library and have several special interest groups, including a computing society. They also have a general news site (http://spectrum.ieee.org/) and their IEEEXtreme competition is a world-renowned programming contest: (http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/students/competitions/xtreme/index.html).
More information here: http://www.ieee.org
The IET was Founded 140 years ago and is the world's leading professional societies for the engineering and technology community. They also run competitions, awards and scholarships.
More information here: http://www.theiet.org/
Finally, the BCS. They champion the global IT profession and the interests of individuals engaged in that profession for the benefit of all. The Institute fosters links between experts from industry, academia and business to promote new thinking, education and knowledge sharing. Again they run competitions and scholarships.
More information here: http://www.bcs.org/
One more noteworthy society that weren't present at the event is the ACM (Association of Computer Machinery), who are one of the largest groups dedicated to computer science. They produce a large catalogue of specialist publications and also run several SIGs like the IEEE.
More info here: www.acm.org
I hope this brief guide to graduate friendly communities helps, I'm sure there are many more out there, but these are some of the most well known.
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Eric wrote:Just a minor technicality: those 10,000 tickets sell for $390 regardless if they sell to theme camps or if they had gone for the Open Sale. They are making zero dollars different on that, so if it's a money grab they're far stupider than you think.socks wrote:The theme camps were too big to fail and had to be bailed out at others expense.Gee sounds like we heard this before.This is a money grab for the BM.org.They were able to sell almost half of the 53,000 tickets at the highest tier.Yes 25,000 tickets were sold at 390 and 420 each.
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
And on the second day of Drabeknuhkah...
(And we realize that the Jays lost the game and got swept by the lowly Orioles, but still: Kyle Drabek! Throwing stuff!)
Before we hand over the proceedings to some other folks, let us reiterate our tweet from last night: We really like the looks of Drabek's delivery. Technically sound and strong without a lot of added jerks or twitches or kicks, Young Kyle's delivery looks efficient and easily repeatable. Maybe we're getting caught up in the heat of the hyperbole, but we'd compare his delivery favorably to Roger Clemens' in his heyday. (Hopefully, without all of the needles and shagging of country singers.)
Okay, we obviously have little perspective on this, so let's hand the reins over to commenter Jim Briggs, who was fortunate enough to be in attendance at Camden Yards last night to see the start for himself. Jim reports:
The first thing we noticed was just how young Kyle looks. He's really a kid, and at 22 he's not at all a finished product, so we expected flashes of brilliance as well as some struggles. We received both. Drabek flashed some velocity early, hitting 99 (!) on the radar at one point, but he fought most of the night to keep the fastball down in the zone. When he didn't, he got hit HARD.
Unplayable groundballs and warning-track flyouts were in steady supply, and the nine hits Drabek allowed were mitigated by some particularly awesome defense from all outfield positions. The youngster also showed a devastating slider and an 82-MPH curve that, when mixed effectively with the heat, baffled some pro hitters like Adam Jones. Drabek was particularly strong after a rocky first with a 1-2-3 second inning, where he fanned Jones looking, sat Matt Wieters down promptly, then got Corey Patterson to fly out to left.
The kid was helped out by one John Buck plenty of times, especially when his breaking stuff was in the dirt. Despite the loss, tonight was one of those nights that reminded you why it might be worth keeping John Buck around. He was able to keep Drabek calm and help him through a prolonged bout with the strike zone in the third. It was alarming to see him walk Cesar Izturis on four pitches, then issue another later in the inning, but a nice 6-4-3 double play bailed him out. These things happen.
One thing Drabek is really going to need to learn, though, is to challenge hitters inside with his fastball. With that kind of velocity, a pitcher has an extra tool to keep hitters off-balance, and while a rookie perhaps might not feel that to be his place, Drabek belongs, and he should feel confident in using the entire strike zone. He tried nibbling at the outside corners all night, especially against lefties, and he paid for it. The velocity dropped over the course of the evening, as was to be expected, but his fastball showed some late life in the sixth.
To say that we have a "verdict" on KD would be ludicrous at this stage, but we were encouraged to see Drabek battle through some tough at-bats against a team that is stronger than its record would indicate. What we saw was a kid who needs to do just a few things to succeed in the bigs:
1) keep the fastball down
2) rely on changing speeds
3) use the inside corner of the plate
4) continue to hone a four-pitch selection including the heater, the already-there slider, a nifty curve and a changeup that was little used this evening (Walton time?!)
Thanks Jim. You lucky bastard.
Other perspectives
Fangraphs' Bryan Smith says that while Drabek may have been the beneficiary of some good defense last night, his STUFF!!!1 might just make him the best of the Blue Jays young starters by next year.
Drew at GROF was so exhilarated that he made some graphs. Which in turn exhilarated us to the point where we needed to sit down. Also, Drew notes something that we were thinking last night during the game, which is that the O's looked like they were especially aggressive in getting after the new kid. (The first inning double steal, we'll assume, was intended to rattle him and get him to start playing on tilt.)
Blairsy says he sparkles. Like the flame of a Drabeknuhkah candle. (See! It all comes full circle!)
20 comments:
- Ty said...
I read the Fangraphs article earlier and was amazed to find out that Drabek's ridiculous cutter was a new pitch that most people hadn't even seen before. Insanity.
- September 16, 2010 at 12:21 PM
- Ice Cream Jonsey said...
The double steal was kind of funny. Good for Showalter. We'll have to remember that the next time the Orioles have an up-and-coming pitcher starting out. But I'm not sure if any of us'll be able to remember it about a hundred years from now.
- September 16, 2010 at 12:22 PM
- Gil Fisher said...
Bryan Smith confirms that the slider is a cutter and from Drew's graphs, it appears to be thrown at 92-94mph.
- September 16, 2010 at 12:22 PM
- William J. Tasker said...
The outcome of the game was disappointing, but Drabek's first start went reasonably well. He showed why he is so high on the charts for prospects. I sure hope he's in the Blue Jays' rotation next year along with the other young guys they've been bringing alone nicely.
- September 16, 2010 at 12:24 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Also interesting to hear people say they didn't like his delivery, because he was throwing across his body. (Which I never thought was such a cardinal sin, but some folks do, and perhaps with good reason.)
I totally respect Showalter for putting on the double steal there. It was a pretty badass move. I respect that sort of aggression in the same way that I used to respect how Axe would choke a guy with the tag rope while Smash distracted the referee.
(Here comes the Axe! And here comes the Smasher! The Demolition! Walking disaster!)
- September 16, 2010 at 12:28 PM
- The Ack said...
Young Drabek will look good leaning on the dugout rails along with rotation mates Marcum, Romero, Morrow, and Cecil next season.
Looking forward to the next 2 starts on SN1(!).
Holy fucking shit, Tao. I can't explain this, but that intro song inexplicably entered my mind the other day after catching some retro-wrestling clips. Creeeepy.
- September 16, 2010 at 12:31 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Not sure if you knew this, but pain and destruction were their middle names.
I forget to mention this in the post, but I loved the procession of starters who came up to Drabek after the game. Both RickRo and Marcum were like: "Yo dude. Bro hugs. Way to pitch like a man out there. Back slaps." And then Cecil comes in and is like: "Oh yeah man, me too. Little bro hug." And then Rzep is like: "So, I guess I should get in on this. You know I'm a starter, right?"
- September 16, 2010 at 12:41 PM
- MJK said...
memo to bluejays.com:
please stop saying that Cito is "stepping aside" or "stepping down" at the end of the season. his contract is expiring and the management has no intent to renew it. i understand if you don't want to use the phrase "lame duck" but let's stop pretending this is some grand deferential gesture on the manager's part, ok?
- September 16, 2010 at 1:07 PM
- MJK said...
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- September 16, 2010 at 1:07 PM
- Parker said...
Yeah. That "stepping aside" euphemism pissed me off almost as much as the "Arencibia can expect to ride the pine until Buck hits his 20th HR" article. What the fuck.
- September 16, 2010 at 1:42 PM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
Amazing post, big ups to Jim Briggs. Definitely a lucky bastard.
I want to respect Showalter for the double-steal. But I can't. Loved Ice Cream's comments. More than anything, I wonder what the hell was going on in Drabek's head. He must have been all: "MOTHER FUCKERS!!!1" And then he got out of the inning with minimal damage. It was beautiful.
Great insight from the community in the wake of one of the more anticipated starts by a Blue Jay pitcher in recent history. Drabek's emergence makes it all the more certain to me that Toronto will try and deal one of their starts this off-season for a bat. This team needs a bat. Would hate to see Marcum go, but ...
- September 16, 2010 at 6:59 PM
Happy to share, Tao + friends.
To add a bit since I tried to sorta keep my length down: I thought Kyle responded well to the double-steal and to some of the other pressure situations. @Eyebleaf: you're absolutely right to say he was great at escaping with minimal damage. The O's have been playing with nothing to lose for awhile now, and they were definitely out to rattle Drabek early. He responded well (and again, Buck was a big help).
KD was surrounded by some great defense, but that doesn't take anything away from his performance. Certain Jays greats, though I won't dare to compare right now, were known to just bear down and focus on the player at the plate, letting the defense do its work during jams. I was happy to see that. He's certainly got the goods and he looked as comfortable in his delivery as you all suggest he did on TV.
Thanks again for the opportunity, Tao.
- September 16, 2010 at 7:59 PM
- Gil Fisher said...
I'm probably late to the party on this, but the Dalai Lama is on Twitter. WTF?
- September 16, 2010 at 11:18 PM
Cito is graciously vacating the throne. This is the way things are done in organizations that value their history and their future. You don't see the Yankees clamoring for Jeter's replacement, rather the fan base is writing of $80+million to keep him in pinstripes till he vacates the position. Now whether or not the Yankees brass agrees is speculative but that is the way winning organizations carry themselves. I'd have assumed that a blog harking back to the glory days would have a little bit of love for the Master but you are all obviously douchebags with no loyalty.
You are all probably closest racists too. Probably love the good old boy TJ with his Nam stories and JP lackey whats his name who thought that baseball games were won with guys like Kevin Mench playing in the field.
Cito for president!
- September 17, 2010 at 12:35 AM
you're the closest racist!
- September 17, 2010 at 9:01 AM
- Gil Fisher said...
Ack, Ch225 here in Winnipeg is now showing as SNET East, with no Jays game tonight. So I wonder if that was a 24 hour blip in shaw programming.
- September 17, 2010 at 2:20 PM
- The Ack said...
Gil, I'll check it out when I get home....
- September 17, 2010 at 5:14 PM
- The Ack said...
Yo Gil, my 225 reads as SNEast on my guide...but the schedule matches up with that of SNOne per sportsnet.ca. Jays/Sox is on reg SNWest tonight, in any event...
- September 17, 2010 at 6:29 PM
- Gil Fisher said...
ok, hopefully everything's cool the rest of the way.
- September 17, 2010 at 6:49 PM
Im not in the closet. Everyone knows I hate Mexicans.
- September 17, 2010 at 8:00 PM


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I am originally from Cardiff (Wales) and now live in Cambridge, UK.
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I am currently a PhD student in the History and Philosophy of Science Department at the University of Cambridge. My research is on the relationship between natural history collections and libraries during the period between c.1740 and 1830. Before this, I completed an MPhil. in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, with a thesis looking at the botanical collections of Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753), part of which has recently been published in The Journal of the History of Collections.
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I collect natural history and natural philosophy books (a field which became known as 'science' by the late nineteenth century) which date from the late seventeenth century to the third quarter of the nineteenth century, although the majority of these date from the period between 1750 and 1820. My main interests are in natural history, in particular those books which relate to my research. A central line of my collecting relates to the provenance and the subject of a book, not necessarily its state of preservation or completeness. I have a particular interest in working copies of books owned by important natural historians and natural philosophers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Many of my books have distinct signs of being heavily used by former owners, resulting in many of them being in a fairly poor level of condition, especially as many of these are still held in their original publishers' bindings.
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|Condition or disease
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|Drug: Curcumin Drug: curcumin
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|13 participants
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|April 2011
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|January 2012
Experimental: curcurim
This was a 3 + 3 dose escalation trial starting at 500 mg of cur cumin capsules administered daily intravaginally for 14 days. The dose increased after safety was demonstrated in 3 subjects by 500 mg up to a max of 2000 mgs.
Drug: Curcumin
Curcumin 500 mg capsules will be inserted intravaginally once daily for 14 days for a maximum daily dosage of 2000 mg
Drug: curcumin
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Other Name: Sabinsa Curcumin Capsules
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- Currently using a reliable birth control method (oral contraceptive pills, DepoProvera or permanent sterilization)
- Able to provide written informed consent
- Provide male partner notification letter
- Have a Pap test negative pap (no cervical intraepithelial lesions) within 45 days prior to screening
- Have regular monthly menses (every 21-35 days) or amenorrhea due to hormonal contraceptive use
- Agree to undergo pelvic exam and colposcopy per protocol
- Able and willing to complete Study Diary
- Agree to wear condoms during all acts of vaginal intercourse or abstain from vaginal intercourse during the 14 days
- Agree to abstain from sexual intercourse for 48 hours prior to the enrollment visit
- Agree to insert curcumin gelatin capsules as required per protocol
- Agree to abstain from nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) during the 14 days
- Agree to abstain from all products containing curcumin or food consumption of curcumin during the 14 days
- Agree to abstain from the following activities for at least 48 hours prior to enrollment through the Day 14 visit:insertion of objects into the vagina except for a penis, receiving oral or anal sex,using a diaphragm, cervical cap, female condom, or vaginal contraceptive ring,using vaginal products other than the study gelatin capsules, including douches, lubricants, spermicide or feminine hygiene products,participating in other vaginal cream or contraceptive studies
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- In the three months prior to enrollment have had any of the following:History of treatment for or a diagnosis with a new STD,Genital herpes simplex virus infection or outbreak,Exchanged sex for money, drugs or gifts
- Are currently using, or in the last year have used intravenous drugs (except for therapeutic use), cocaine or other recreational drugs, abused alcohol defined as alcohol use that has required hospital admission for detoxification and therapy.
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|Emory University
|Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30303
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|Emory University
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|November 28, 2013
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Enzyme Inhibitors
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"American Idol" has J.Lo. "The Voice" has Xtina. "The X Factor" may land Mimi.
Simon Cowell said Friday he "adores" Mariah Carey and the pregnant pop star will likely "have a role on the live shows" for his new American talent competition "The X Factor," E! News reported.
"I met her recently and she was on great form," Cowell told a DJ on Spokane, Washington's 92.9 FM. "Her idea was to be the judge of the judges, which of course only Mariah could come up with."
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Cowell pledged Carey would "be involved in some form" on his upcoming Fox show. The former "American Idol" judge even joked about holding auditions in a maternity ward.
Carey and hubby Nick Cannon are reportedly expecting their twins' births within days.
"I literally adore her," Cowell said of Carey. "I love her to bits."
But he stopped short of saying he'd hired the "Honey" singer to be on "The X-Factor's" four-person judge's panel, E! reported.
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Embezzled funds went to football league
A former San Diego business executive pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling more than $1 million from two local companies and using the money primarily to fund a fledgling professional football league, federal officials said.
The defendant, Jaime Cuadra, 54, was former chief financial officer of Oceanic Enterprises Inc. He pleaded guilty to wire fraud and filing a false federal income tax return in connection with the embezzlement from Oceanic and its parent company, Umami Sustainable Seafood Inc., U.S. Attorney Laura E. Duffy said in a statement.
Federal documents do not name the league, but in 2012 Cuadra said he had acquired the United States Football League brand.
In a plea agreement, Cuadra said that he embezzled the money from 2010 until his termination from Oceanic in February, when he also resigned as president and CEO of the football league.
According to Umami's website, the publicly traded San Diego company owns bluefin tuna farms in Croatia and Mexico.
In court documents, Cuadra admitted that he used the embezzled funds to attract league investors and pay league executives and marketing and public relations fees. He also said he used the money to support other businesses, lease a Porsche, pay for travel, and purchase computers, designer clothing and artwork.
Attempts to reach football league officials Monday night were unsuccessful.
Cuadra said he hid the embezzlement partially by coding illicit transfers as legitimate business expenses, the plea agreement said.
He also admitted to filing false tax returns during a three-year period, amounting to nearly $390,000 in unpaid taxes. As part of his plea, he must repay the embezzled funds and the unpaid taxes.
The FBI and Internal Revenue Service conducted the investigation.
"At its most basic level, this case is about greed and abuse of trust," FBI Special Agent in Charge Daphne Hearn said in a statement.
According to the plea, Cuadra faces a prison term of 22 years when he is sentenced Sept. 23.
In an April 2012 interview with U-T San Diego, Cuadra said he came to the U.S. from Nicaragua as an infant and attended El Cajon Valley High and graduated from the University of San Diego.
In a March story in USA Today, USFL CEO Jim Bailey said the league's launch was delayed until March 2014, with a proposal for eight teams to play a 14-game schedule.


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Underestimated Identity Problems in a Society in Flux
The subject of minarets mobilised 53.4 percent of the Swiss electorate – more than voted on freedom of movement last February, for example – and a clear majority of 57.5 percent said yes to banning new constructions of this type. The cantons of Vaud, Neuchâtel, Geneva und Basel-City are exceptions and the decision was relatively close in Zurich, yet these do not change the very clear overall picture.
A new kind of discussion
To start on a positive note: there were no serious incidents during the referendum campaign. Otherwise par for the course in Switzerland, in this case the routine procedure was unexpected. Individual extremists or foreign intervention might easily have heightened emotions even more. Instead, Muslim representatives refused to leave the path of dialogue, even in the face of provocations on the part of the initiators.
And the two Islamic umbrella organisations reacted judiciously to the result, proving their great familiarity with the customs of Swiss-style democracy.
Another positive factor was the broad discussion before the referendum. It may not always have been unemotional and objective, but it showed that public involvement in politics is not restricted to issues of tangible interest. The established political organisations have failed to realise this fact.
Most parties and heavyweight organisations were relatively absent from the debate. The question is less what a larger-scale counter-campaign might have achieved, than whether the unease that has now surfaced has been given sufficient political attention in the past.
It would appear that the political caste has grown all too accustomed to smothering fears of too many foreigners with economic arguments – we need foreign labour – or channelling that fear under the buzzword "asylum abuse".
Few direct consequences
The direct consequences of the referendum are limited. Existing minarets are not affected, while new ones were not expected in large numbers. The Islamic Centre in Langenthal, held up in its plan to build a minaret by a public objection, intends to go before the European Court of Human Rights if need be.
Legal experts see good chances of success for their case. Should they win, a tide of protest over "disregard for the public will" is more than likely. Following huge controversy over a previous referendum on lifetime custody for certain criminals, which is considered incompatible with human rights legislation, another unviable referendum would raise public ire. Yet it is the responsibility of the initiators to assure a referendum conforms to overriding legislation; in this case they have knowingly risked such a conflict.
The discussion on new criteria for the validity of referenda will no doubt flare up again now. It would be up to the Swiss people and the cantons to decide on major changes to the democratic decision-making process, however. The ban has no effect on mosques without minarets. Planning departments must abide by the letter of the law on this matter too; planning applications must be dealt with according to the usual rules, with no discrimination.
Integration – but in what form?
The more significant aspect is the indirect consequences of the vote and the atmosphere it has caused. Switzerland is not in a situation in which its image abroad is of no import. In some quarters, the ban on minarets may be registered with a shrug or even applauded. On the whole, however, Switzerland's reputation as a nation of liberal freedom and diversity and the credibility of its human rights policies will suffer.
The social climate for Muslims has grown colder in Switzerland. Yet there seems to be some extent of political will to avoid opening up further unnecessary trenches, instead continuing the bilateral efforts towards dialogue and integration. Deriving specific consequences from the referendum, however, is not quite simple.
Even beforehand, there was no argument over the fact that the Swiss legal system was not up for debate, that forced marriages and extremists should be combated.
Efforts to grant Muslim organisations status subject to public law and thereby subject them to certain conditions are likely to prove difficult. There are very many different Muslim groupings, and such a move would be very unpopular with the type of circles with fixed mental schemes of "them and us". The same might also apply to the idea of training more imams in Switzerland (or the neighbouring states). Nevertheless, this is a sensible path that should not be abandoned in the future.
The outcome of the referendum presumably also reflects moods and views which have little to do with the Muslims themselves, opening up much scope for interpretation and deductions. Was it actually immigration on the agenda? The lack of spiritual orientation? The uncontrolled events in the global and local economy? For the time being, this is all mere conjecture.
The government and the parties would do well to trace voters' motives rather than mechanically claiming they "take their fears seriously".
One interesting phenomenon, however, is that the urban regions where society is more pluralised were less in favour of the initiative.
On the first Sunday of Advent, Switzerland made a statement against a religious minority. In the long term, Swiss politics cannot rely on occasions like this for the electorate to vent its anger.
Christoph Wehrli
© Neue Züricher Zeitung / Qantara.de 2009
Translated from the German by Katy Derbyshire
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One of the most exciting and talked-about updates to SQL Server 2012 is SSRS 2012 and the new Power View reporting tool. If you've built existing BI solutions on the current or previous Microsoft BI stack, which would include SSRS 2008, SharePoint 2010, PowerPivot, etc., then you may have put those different reporting pieces together into a nice dashboard using the PerformancePoint Services capability in SharePoint.
I created a couple of different simple reports in Power View, shown below, that are different views into project data based on resource utilization and billable hours:
And then I wanted to add them to my existing dashboard in PPS (PerformancePoint Services). To do this, I used the Web Page report type in PPS and pointed it to my Power View report hosted in SharePoint. Power View reports are integrated into SharePoint. There is not "native" stand-alone option for Power View. But I didn't want to display both reports because there are different user requirements for viewing each report separately from the same dashboard.
To accomplish this, I built a simple redirect ASP.NET page from a simple text editor and stored it from a separate Web site in IIS on my SharePoint server. The code for the page is below:
<%@ Page Language="C#"%> <% string sname = Request.Params[0].ToString(); string rsite = "http://intranet.contoso.com/_layouts/ReportServer/AdHocReportDesigner.aspx?RelativeReportUrl=/SelfService%20BI/"+sname+".rdlx&ViewMode=Presentation&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fintranet%2Econtoso%2Ecom%2FSelfService%2520BI%2FForms%2FAllItems%2Easpx&DefaultItemOpen=1&DefaultItemOpen=1"; Response.Redirect(rsite); %>
The long, convoluted URL is the link to the Power View reports. The only variable in the URL string is the name of the report as part of the RDLX file name. So what I did was to capture the perspective that the user wants to see from a filter (see screenshot below) and capture that parameter from the filter selection. The ASP page just redirects to the report that the user selected in the filter by dynamically building-out the URL.
In the PPS Dashboard Designer above, you'll see that the key to make the interaction work between the PPS filter and the Web Page URL is to use the connections property by editing the connections between the Web Page URL and the Filter. This will create the connection such that when a user selects the value from the filter drop-down, the Power View report will change dynamically to the current context.
The report itself to display the Power View report is just a Web Page report. Since it is using the dynamic redirect ASP page, it won't parse properly in preview mode. Only once the user selects the drop-down choice from the filter in run-time will this work properly by redirecting to the proper Power View report.
Now when users hit your PPS dashboard, you can include your interactive Silverlight self-exploration Power View reports with context through a single related filter on the dashboard (see below). This adds a lot of extra glamour to your PPS dashboards using all in-the-box SQL Server 2012 and SharePoint 2010 functionality. Users can interact with the animations right in the dashboard from the Web Part in Power View directly. Making interactive dashboard with context filtering that gives the business user the ability to change context on the fly is very important to any successful BI project.