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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said on Thursday he accepted an apology from the president of MSNBC over a tweet from the network that said "the rightwing" might disapprove of a Cheerios television ad featuring a biracial family.
MSNBC President Phil Griffin issued a statement saying the staffer responsible for the Wednesday night tweet had been fired.
"The tweet last night was outrageous and unacceptable," Griffin said. "We immediately acknowledged that it was offensive and wrong, apologized, and deleted it ... I personally apologize to Mr. Priebus and to everyone offended."
Priebus had banned RNC staffers from appearing on MSNBC, urged other Republicans to follow suit and demanded an apology because of the Twitter posting.
The cable news network's tweet said: "Maybe the rightwing will hate it, but everyone else will go awww: the adorable new #Cheerios ad w/ biracial family." The tweet was sent to promote an MSNBC story on the breakfast cereal commercial, which will be broadcast during Sunday's Super Bowl.
The ad stars Grace Colbert, 6, as the daughter of a fictional biracial couple. Last year, she was in a similar Cheerios commercial, which triggered racist comments when it was posted on YouTube, Google Inc's video-sharing site.
An RNC statement said Priebus and Griffin spoke by phone on Thursday and that the party would continue to monitor the network, which is seen as having a liberal bent.
"We don't expect their liberal bias to change but we will call them out when political commentary devolves into personal and belittling attacks," the statement said.
In a letter to Griffin, Priebus had said the Cheerios tweet showed that MSNBC "is poisoned by this pattern of behavior."
"Sadly, such petty and demeaning attacks have become a pattern at your network," Priebus said. "With increasing frequency many of your hosts have personally denigrated Americans - especially conservative and Republican Americans - without even attempting further meaningful political dialogue."
Earlier this month, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry apologized on the air for a segment that joked about the adopted black grandson of Mitt Romney, the Republicans' unsuccessful 2012 presidential candidate.
The segment featured a photo of Romney and his wife with their grandchildren and members of a panel were asked to suggest captions.
Actress Pia Glenn sang that "one of these things is not like the others," while comedian Dean Obeidallah joked that the photo "really sums up the diversity of the Republican Party." Romney later accepted Harris-Perry's apology.
In December, correspondent Martin Bashir apologized and resigned from MSNBC because of graphic on-air comments he made about former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. In November, actor Alec Baldwin was suspended from his MSNBC show after he used a homophobic term in a confrontation with a photographer on a New York street. Baldwin's show was later canceled.
MSNBC is owned by Comcast Corp.
(Reporting and writing by Bill Trott; Editing by Peter Cooney, G Crosse and Mohammad Zargham)


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Although Fort Mason was originally established as a coastal fortification in the 1860s, it is best remembered as headquarters of the San Francisco Port of Embarkation between 1910 and 1963. During World War II, Liberty ships built in Bay Area shipyards were constantly ferrying troops to the immense pier and dock system at Lower Fort Mason, ultimately transporting 1.6 million troops and 23 million tons of cargo to the Pacific theater through the port administered facilities. New York Times Magazine commented at the time that, "This port has one main commodity to send abroad. It is exporting war." "From the early days of the campaigns in the Southwest Pacific, when men and supplies available to reinforce our position were but a trickle, to the time when with added resources we were enabled to mount offensive operations with increasing violence," wrote General Douglas MacArthur, the U.S. Army's San Francisco Port of Embarkation and its subsidiary Oakland Army Terminal, "gave magnificently of their full support--support which in no small measure contributed to the victorious march which carried our arms to the heart of the Japanese Empire."
Lower Fort Mason is a large complex of warehouses and piers, built
between 1910 and 1914 to supply Army bases across the Pacific. Their
red-tiled roofs and white stucco facades evoke Spanish Colonial architecture
on a grand scale. Lower Fort Mason is now the Fort
Mason Center, serving the community as a cultural center and office
space for non-profit organizations ranging from theaters and ethnic
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section of Fort Mason , know as San Francisco Port of Embarkation, U.S.
Army, that has been designated a National
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By contrast, Upper Fort Mason features dozens of smaller-scale historic buildings, among them the former Port of Embarkation Headquarters (1902), now Golden Gate National Recreation Area Park Headquarters; the Mission Revival-style Chapel; Civil War-era barracks now occupied by the San Francisco International Youth Hostel; and McDowell Hall (1855), once home to commanding officers and, until very recently, the Officers' Club (1943-2003). The Construction Quartermaster's Office and the Post Headquarters building (FM101) was constructed on the eve of America's entry into World War II, and amidst other changes, an additional group of seven sets of officers' quarters was added to the southern portion of Fort Mason around 1941.
Fort Mason is located between Fisherman's Wharf and the Golden Gate Bridge on San Francisco Bay, in San Francisco's Marina district. The entrance to Fort Mason Center is at the intersection of Marina Blvd. and Buchanan St.; parking is found immediately to your right after entering. The main office is open Monday-Friday, 9:00am to 5:30pm, and Saturday and Sunday 9:00am to 5:00pm. For further information please visit the Fort Mason Center's website or call 415-441-3400. Fort Mason has also been documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey.
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The Fall of Theramore - Horde Side - A Navimie perspective
Twitter and my blogroll are full of tales of disappointment. But I saw one positive tweet:
So my impression... it wasn't mindblowing but it wasn't meant to be a world event, apparently. I had low expectations because I didn't know what I was doing. I just followed Lushnek around and killed things and I didn't really understand what I was doing.
I ran to the ships and we killed the people and rigged the barrels to blow, then we talked to a goblin and then we had to kill someone on a gryphon and then we had to go and kill a tank and then we had to kill someone else and get a key from him and free a blood elf prisoner.
And at the end of it we got a shiny purple and I got a mana bomb in the mail. Everyone keeps saying how that is in bad taste, and maybe it is. But I think all of us, even the pacifists like me, are supposed to revel in the anti-alliance sentiment that is Horde.
One of the mini bosses was doing a love heart thing. I didn't get a picture of him. He was pretty cool. I thought Catwynn would find all these humans rather sexy, though her perspective of the battle (Alliance side) would be totally different.
|I snuck in to see Jaina. Wow she has a lot of health. She turned and looked at me, I think she semi spotted me. Thank god she didn't see me or I would be one dead cat.
|Well that was the Scenario and Feat of Strength done. And then on to the cut scene...
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|Owww, my eyes...
Because I went in with low expectations, I don't think I was as disappointed as everyone else. I just thought it was an interesting by-scene. It doesn't really tell me much about why we are doing it, but at least now after doing it, I know what happened to Theramore - we dropped a bomb on it. Perhaps I need to go read Tides of War like everyone else to find out more about what happened.


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Today's jocks are selfish, cocky, coddled, showboating, trash-talking, look-and-me brats. If only somebody would put them in their place. Wait! There's hope! I mean, did you see what Mike Singletary did in his first game as San Francisco 49ers coach?
Today's jocks are selfish, cocky, coddled, showboating, trash-talking, look-and-me brats. If only somebody would put them in their place. Wait! There's hope! I mean, did you see what Mike Singletary did in his first game as San Francisco 49ers coach?
From coast to coast, sports fans are still talking about Singletary's smackdown of Vernon Davis after the Niners tight end received a questionable personal-foul penalty last Sunday.
On a 1-to-10 scale of outrageous behavior in sports, Davis' post-play tap on an opponent's facemask would hover barely above zero. On a 1-to-10 scale of disciplinary measures, Singletary's moves - first benching Davis, then sending him to the showers, then ripping Davis during his post-game press conference - would rate at least a 12.
Singletary, the famously intense former Bears linebacker who became 49ers interim coach after Mike Nolan was fired, seemed more upset with Davis' indifferent reaction to the benching than he was with the penalty-drawing infraction.
"I will not tolerate players that think it's about them when it's about the team," an emotional Singletary said after the lopsided loss to Seattle.
"We cannot make decisions that cost the team, and then come off the sideline and it's nonchalant. No. I'm from the old school. I would rather play with 10 people and just get penalized all the way until we've got to do something else than play with 11 when I know that person is not sold out to be a part of this team.
"It is more about them than it is about the team. Cannot play with them. Cannot win with them. Cannot coach with them. Can't do it. I want winners!"
Singletary also dropped his pants during a fiery halftime speech, switched quarterbacks and apologized to fans on his way off the field, but it was his handling of Davis that grabbed headlines.
"I didn't expect him to come at me the way he did," Davis told San Francisco reporters Monday. "I guess that's his way of coaching."
Is it the right way? In an ideal world, yes.
The behavior of athletes is a familiar theme in letters I've received over the years. While the opening paragraph of this column was intentionally over the top - hundreds of athletes are decent folks who don't fit that description - fans are sick of those who commit crimes away from the arena, those who celebrate every play and those who taunt opponents.
It's cool that the World Series was won by Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel, who during the season benched All-Star Jimmy Rollins for lack of hustle. The opposing skipper, Tampa Bay's Joe Maddon, had benched B.J. Upton on multiple occasions.
Why are those the exceptions? Because coaches want to win.
When I heard Singletary's rant, I thought about all the times Phil Jackson ignored Dennis Rodman's antics - as well as when the former Bulls coach didn't punish Scottie Pippen for quitting during a playoff game. I thought about the way Lovie Smith has enabled the Bears' miscreants in recent years. I even thought about some of the things Mike Ditka let Singletary's Bears teammates get away with in the 1980s.
See, there are far more athletes than coaches. When a team loses, it's the upstanding coach who gets fired, not the jerk players. Jackson has looked the other way and has won nine NBA titles with two teams. Meanwhile, tough-guy NHL coach Brian Sutter has won nothing, bouncing from job to job because players quickly tuned him out.
While a few disciplinarians have found success, most men running pro sports teams are "players' coaches" and "players' managers."
Singletary is already 0-1. His hopeless team is 2-6. He must win to keep what might be the only head-coaching job he'll ever have. Davis has fewer worries. He's a talented player who likely will reap millions for years.
Also, Singletary has set quite a precedent. Will he bench everyone who commits a stupid penalty? How about every player who does a sack dance, thereby putting self ahead of team? Where does the coach draw the line?
Most people are in Singletary's corner, lavishing him with good-for-yous. I'm there, too; it's nice to see a coach stand up for a noble, team-first principle.
Unfortunately, plenty of principled coaches and managers find themselves unemployed while the petulant punks get to keep playing.
Look who's back
The Bears' defense hasn't been the same since Lovie Smith hired buddy Bob Babich as defensive coordinator after unceremoniously canning Ron Rivera, who merely had helped the team reach the Super Bowl.
Rivera is coordinating an NFL defense again, having been promoted by San Diego to replace the fired Ted Cottrell.
Expected to be championship contenders, the Chargers are 3-5. Though they've suffered injuries - most notably to star pass-rusher Shawne Merriman - they are too talented to rank 28th defensively. It will be interesting to see if Rivera can coax excellence out of them again.
First Singletary, then Rivera. The NFL is ruled by linebackers from the '85 Bears!
Isn't it only a matter of time before Otis Wilson replaces Roger Goodell as NFL commissioner?
Cautionary tale
Quarterbacked by Rick Mirer, overseen by mama's boy Mike McCaskey and coached by Dave Wannstedt, no wonder the 1997 Bears started the season 0-7. For their next game, they traveled to Miami to play the 5-2 Dolphins of Dan Marino, Jason Taylor and Jimmy Johnson.
The question wasn't if the Bears would lose or even how much they'd lose by. It was: Will the league cancel the second half of Chicago's season in a mercy killing?
Then, game day arrived: Bears 36, Dolphins 33.
Why the trip down memory lane? Well, the Bears play the Detroit Lions at Soldier Field this Sunday.
The Bears, like the 1997 Dolphins, are tied for first place. And the Lions, like the '97 Bears, are 0-7 knuckleheads facing a superior team on the road.
"We'll have to play our best ball," Lovie Smith said, unconvincingly.
Even if the Bears play far less than their best, they'll win. I'm saying 40-16, and I wouldn't be surprised if the NFL announces afterward that it's canceling the second half of Detroit's season in a mercy killing.
You know, that sounds vaguely familiar.
Mike Nadel (email@example.com) is the Chicago sports columnist for GateHouse News Service. Read his blog at TheBaldestTruth.com.


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Gabriela Martínez, Assoc. Professor in the Dept. of Journalism and Cinema Studies at the University of Oregon, will present her documentary which tells the story of Guatemala's National Police Archive (Archivo Histórico de la Policia Nacional [AHPN]) intertwined with narratives of past human rights abuses and the dramatic effects they had on specific individuals and the nation as a whole. In addition, it highlights present-day efforts to preserve collective memories and bring justice and reconciliation ot the country.
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Martínez is an scholar in international communications and an international award-winning documentary filmmaker. She has produced, directed or edited more than fourteen ethnographic and socio-political documentaries. Qoyllur Rit'i: A Woman's Journey (1999); Women, Media, and Rebellion in Oaxaca (2008); and most recently Keep Your Eyes On Guatemala (2013) and Agents of Change: A Legacy of Feminist Research, Teaching, and Activism at the University of Oregon (2013). Martínez combines her scholarship and her creative work focusing on the culture and histories of the peoples of Latin America and that of Latinos in the United States. She is the co-creator of the Latino Roots in Oregon Project, a multiplatform and transmedia project that is building from the ground up the trans-border history of the diverse Latino/Latin American population living in the state of Oregon, including all those of indigenous descent.
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Cerberus Capital Management is not second-guessing its 2007 purchase of Chrysler from Daimler, and the the business is "on track," Chrysler LLC CEO Robert Nardelli said Tuesday at a Wall Street Journal press conference. Nardelli has been facing speculation that Cerberus got in over its head with the Chrysler purchase, particularly in light of U.S. sales that are down 25.4 percent in May and 19.3 percent for the year to-date compared with the same period a year ago. We suspect Cerberus is speculating that Nardelli got in over his head when he took the top spot.
Not surprisingly, Nardelli said that Chrysler might have to "go back and resize" production plans. He also reiterated his expectation that Chrysler would remain a private company, explaining that there were clear advantages to running Chrysler under private equity ownership rather than as a public company. For example, not having to tell reporters a damn thing except, "we are guarded but optimistic. We are very encouraged in what we have accomplished." Which would be what, exactly?
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Issa Asad, the CEO of Dania, Florida's Q Link Wireless, is one of the many advocates for the Federal Lifeline Assistance Program. "Lifeline has been assisting low-income households for the past 30 years, and it will continue to do so for the foreseeable future," said Asad. Q Link Wireless is one United States' leading Lifeline service providers.
Asad, along with many other advocates for the Lifeline program, believes that the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) 2012 Reform Order will help ensure that the program stays active for years to come. While the basic purpose of the Lifeline program has remained the same, it is expected to undergo some changes under the FCC 2012 Reform Order. Some of these changes could end up providing low-income individuals in need with even more assistance.
The changes outlined the FCC 2012 Reform Order, and other information about the future of the Lifeline program will be covered in this final segment.
Broadband Pilot Program
The FCC has talked about adding broadband services to the Lifeline program in the future. In fact, making broadband available to all eligible low-income Americans is one of the goals listed on the 2012 Reform Order. With access to the Internet being crucial for those looking for jobs or for those pursuing an education, having affordable broadband service to rely on would be a considerable benefit for low-income households.
In order to determine the best way to handle this, the FCC set up the Broadband Pilot Program. This program will collect high-quality information to help the FCC come up with effective ways to encourage more low-income individuals to adopt broadband services and retain them.
Bundled Services
One of the modernization goals listed in the 2012 Reform Order is support for bundled service plans through Lifeline. These service plans would include voice and broadband packages, as well as additional calling features. Consumers are able to save a considerable amount of money on bundled services through non-Lifeline cellular service providers, and the FCC is interested in extending these additional savings opportunities to low-income households who are enrolled in Lifeline. This would allow those who are enrolled in Lifeline to have affordable access to phone service, broadband service and additional calling features.
Program Cost Savings
Criticism of the Lifeline program in the past few years has focused on the costs of providing wireless service discounts. The FCC included several goals for reducing the money spent on Lifeline in the 2012 Reform Order. These goals aim to eliminate excess spending, leading to more savings on the overall amount spent on Lifeline. Some of the goals include:
- Ensuring only one Lifeline benefit service is allowed per household, at one time
- Creating an automated eligibility database to ensure only qualified applicants are receiving Lifeline benefits
- Establishing a national Lifeline subscriber database to reduce duplicate benefits
"In order to continue helping those who rely on Lifeline and those who need the program's help in the future, we must make sure the Lifeline program stays," said Asad. "This is why the 2012 reforms are so important." The Q Link Wireless CEO has high hopes for the program's future, especially with the potential addition of broadband service and bundled services.
While the addition of broadband service discounts is still expected to take a while, it could open up several new doors for Lifeline subscribers. It's one example of how beneficial the program continues to be for low-income households. Even after 30 years, Lifeline is still going strong and ensuring that those in need have an affordable means to stay connected, whether they need to chat with family members or friends, speak with their children's teachers, seek emergency help, talk to potential employers or call their doctor's office. Especially with the recent reforms, the program will stay up and running well into the future.
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The most important part of the Lifeline program, to me, is the Broadband Pilot Program. Today, 5 million children in the United States received homework that is online when they do not have access to internet at home. That is a tragedy and I hope the Lifeline program can fix that.
This is awesome program i dont think there will be any complains
It is good to see people doing good out there in the world!
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It is really important to help for those who just arrived ti US. Low-cost communication will save their money for more basic needs.
I think this lifeline is a very relevant step for those who very new to USA and Definitely it will help them.
This is such a great idea!
I think that every household in Americas should have WiFi and lifeline seems like it should get that done.
I'm glad that Lifeline has been around so long and will continue to be around to provide phone services to low income people which will improve so many lives.
This is very informative and well described. It's easy to understand all the points being made about Issa Asad. I enjoyed it a lot and will share what I learned with all my friends.
The issue of more affordable broadband is almost a necessity these days. As the article pointed out, it is so important in basic day to day tasks now a days!
In this day and age, internet access is a necessity. Good on Lifeline for providing low income families the ability to have home internet access.
I think that every household in Americas should have WiFi and lifeline seems like it should get that done.
It is always challenging to ensure broadband access for low-income individuals. I look forward to seeing how things go!
Everyone should have a opportunity to be online. Good topic. I hope this program helps people in need.
The less fortunate need to communicate as much as everyone else. This is also an opportunity to help others improve their situation.
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I have visited many web site. None one is it. "Program Cost Savings" is nice program.
I think that every household in Americas should have WiFi and 5 million children in the United States received homework that is online .I hope this program helps people in need.
I think the Lifeline Program is extremely important to this country. The Broadband Pilot Program sounds like something we desperately need and I'm onboard with it.
Having the program goals to detect fraudulent activity will help to allow program to remain in business and possibly obtaining new services.
The world is run by the rich, so the poor are often overlooked (unfortunately). They need all the help they can get through projects like this!
1) This is well described therefore it is essay to understand all points one by one. In my concern regarding this it is very important to people who just arrived in USA. Hope they can save their money from Low-cost communication . I enjoyed it a lot .
Some people cannot afford phones sadly, I used to be one of them, I'm glad something is being done to address that.
Issa Asad is doing great things for people without phones. They are making sure low income families are keeping up with the times, which is very important.
This is a very good thing to do ! I really hope this program stays!
I'm glad something is being done to ensure the low income have connectivity since it is much needed.
Lifeline is a very strong step to atractive visitor.I choose it
This is sad that there is a lot of inequality in this world.
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Land of the free, home of the brave, is how the Star Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the US, describes the country it sings over. After travelling for four weeks through its north-eastern cities it is clear that while some may be brave, many are a long financial way from being free.
Pittsburgh is a picturesque city set at the fork of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers and is a fitting place to get a feel for the American dream. It boasts clean cities, beautiful suburbs, high-rise buildings plated in glass and world-class conference facilities.
But even here I am surprised to have to walk through the sleeping bags of the homeless on the pavement outside a church. In Chicago a kind elderly gentleman asks me the time as a way of opening conversation before asking if I might have a dollar to help him get into the night shelter.
While in New York a subway station that I used daily echoed with the words of a man seated at the end of the platform; "God bless, please help, I'm hungry".
His image of hunger was very different to the one we are accustomed to in South Africa. He was severely overweight and needed help to stand as his begging shift came to an end.
Thirty-five percent of Americans are obese and for most it is not a sign of opulence but rather of poverty. A 1.3kg bag of apples costs between $3 (R26.30) and $4 and a 900g bag of carrots sells for about $1.50. A McDonald's burger however, can be picked up immediately for just $1 plus tax.
In the Bronx a Grade 1 teacher sits and talks about the challenges of her job. Her main concern is that two-thirds of her students spend the night in shelters. They are forced to exit by 6am and frequently arrive at school having not had enough rest to function properly throughout the day.
It is no surprise that job creation formed such a pivotal part of the $6 billion (R53bn) 2012 election campaign. Unemployment this year has been reported at 7.9 percent, double what it was in 2007.
Studies have shown the longer a person is unemployed the harder it becomes for them to get a job with a significant decrease in opportunity occurring after 27 weeks of unemployment. The US Department of Labour reports that the median average for duration of unemployment is 19.7 weeks and more than 5 million people have not had jobs in more than 27 weeks.
Sunday was Veteran's Day in the US. The National Football League designated 32 of their Sunday games as a salute to those who had served in the military and for every point scored they donated $100 to non-profit organisations that support veterans. These organisations are funded through charity and help returning soldiers to reintegrate into society, often with a focus on education and job-seeking.
While private donors rally support to help veterans, the US government designated $711bn of their 2012 budget to the military. Only $313bn more and it would equate to the military spend of the rest of the world combined.
The US suffers from perverse misallocation of spending. People speak gleefully abut "the Clinton years" as a time when they could spend recklessly and indeed it was a period when the US could look beyond their borders.
But the tables have turned. With poverty reported at 15 percent, and visible in the streets, President Barack Obama's administration will need to change its strategies to support the nation from within, or watch as it slowly implodes.
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What's not confirmed but rumored is that the show will have comic character Quinlan Vos make an appearance. Jedi Master Vos was spared a grisly death in "Revenge of the Sith." Lucas had a scene depicting his death on Kashyyyk storyboarded, but he spared the character at the last minute. (The comics show him escaping the clonetroopers and later having a newborn son while in hiding.) Will he play a prominent role in the TV series or is it a fan's hope? Expect more news to trickle out from Lucasfilm's presentation at the San Diego Comic Con in July.
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Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library Board of Trustees Virtual Meeting
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CANCELED: The 2020 Altamont Fair
Tuesday, Aug 18, 2020 until Sunday, Aug 23, 2020Due to the evolving COVID-19 situation, the Altamont Fair organizers have made the incredibly difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Altamont Fair.
Insects & Your Yard
Tuesday, Aug 18, 2020A program on common insect and disease problems found throughout the home grounds. Presented by the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County. This online program uses the Zoom live streaming...
Mocha Lisa's Cafe - Sunflower Wine Glasses - Not Your Average Paint n Sip - Artist Jennfier Claire
Tuesday, Aug 18, 2020Discover your inner artist! Relax and enjoy a drink as local artist Jennifer Claire Hockford gives step by step instructions! All supplies are provided; just bring your creative spirit.
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March 12th, 2020
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Kick Off March With Capital Region Expos, Family-Friendly Events & More
March 5th, 2020
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February 26th, 2020
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February 19th, 2020
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The number of illegal immigrants in the United States has declined during the great recession, and the trend has been fueled by an exodus from erstwhile boom states like Arizona and Florida.
That's the message from an analysis released Wednesday by the Pew Hispanic Center, a nonpartisan research organization.
According to the report, the number of unauthorized immigrants living in the US stood at about 11.1 million in March 2009, down from 12 million in March 2007, shortly before the recession began. Although the report doesn't claim to have precise numbers, it estimates that most of the declines have occurred in a relative handful of states: Florida, New York, Arizona, New Jersey, and California.
Several of those are Sun Belt locales where a housing boom went bust, affecting the availability of jobs in construction and related fields. For example, the study suggests that the illegal immigrant population in Arizona fell by perhaps 20 percent, even before the governor signed a controversial law on the issue this year.
The Pew researchers estimate these states to have seen the largest declines in unauthorized immigrant population in 2008 and 2009:
- Florida: 675,000 illegal residents, down by 375,000.
- New York: 650,000 illegal residents, down by 150,000.
- Arizona: 375,000 illegal residents, down by 100,000.
- New Jersey: 475,000 illegal residents, down by 100,000.
- California: 2,550,000 illegal residents, down by 100,000.
Several states next on the list are also fast-growing Southern or mountain states that were hit hard by the real estate slowdown: Nevada, North Carolina, Georgia, Colorado.
In Texas, a state with many unauthorized immigrants that was not so hard hit by the downturn, the total number of illegal residents has not declined, Pew estimates.
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The Pew report merely represents an estimate, not a definitive count for the nation or any one state. But its nationwide conclusion is similar to estimates by other groups.
On Thursday, Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) wrote that the Department of Homeland Security has put the total number of illegal immigrants at 10.8 million as of early 2009. And the CIS has also calculated a decline in the number of illegal immigrants to 10.8 million.
"The decline started before the recession, in response to the stirrings of enforcement activity at the tail-end of the Bush administration, and then was accelerated by the economic downturn," writes Mr. Krikorian.
To advocates of stronger enforcement, including the CIS, the decline since 2007 is a sign that better border patrol and other measures can result in progress on what has seemed to many Americans to be an intractable problem. At the same time, to the degree that the reduction relates to a poor economy, pressure on America's borders could quickly reverse if and when the job market improves.
Even if the overall number of illegal immigrants in the US has declined by 1 million or more since 2007, illegal immigrants remain a significant presence as a share of both the overall US population (3.7 percent) and the labor force (5.1 percent).
The states with the largest shares of illegal immigrants in the labor force are Nevada (9.4 percent of the work force), California (9.3 percent), Texas (8.7 percent), and New Jersey (8.7 percent).
[Editor's note: The original version of this sentence left out the word "illegal."]
In any given year, many unauthorized immigrants leave the US and many arrive. Nearly half the illegal immigrants living in the country in 2009 arrived in 2000 or later.
A campaign issue
Although jobs and unemployment have center stage in the fall congressional campaigns, immigration is as hot a political issue as ever. President Obama is working on an immigration reform proposal, while California Senate candidates Carly Fiorina (R) and incumbent Barbara Boxer (D) sparred over the issue in a debate this week.
In an August CBS News poll, 61 percent of Americans rated illegal immigration as a "very serious" issue.
Some public opinion polls have found a majority of Americans support the idea of Arizona's get-tough law, which requires people to provide documents verifying their status if asked by police. Yet polls have also found the public split over whether to focus on deportation or providing pathways toward legal residency for people in the country illegally.
The Pew Hispanic Center website offers an interactive map of the US, with data on illegal immigration in each state.


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If you are looking for a quiet place to spend a dream holiday as a couple or family, Eden Beach Bungalows is the place to be. The resort offers 20 bungalows which are equipped with air-condition, TV, Mini-Bar, safety box, hot water shower and a private balcony. Free WiFi Internet is available throughout the premises. The facilities and services include, among others, a restaurant, swimming pool with Jacuzzi and children's pool, library and a tour counter. The french owners will welcome you in this haven of peace where they keep the family friendly spirit of Eden Bungalows in the village of Bophut.
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The Eden Beach Bungalows is a quiet little resort with just 20 bungalows, right on the beach. There´s a small pool and a separate pool for children. The restaurant doesn´t have a breakfast buffet, but they do have a breakfast menu. The restaurant is absolutely wonderful and can be highly recommended. The staff is wonderful and does their best to attend your every need and always with that ´touch of thai´ smile.. The area is kept clean al the time. It is definitely a hotel that is highly recommended.
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We werw very happy to stay with yoy :-) the bungalow is an old one, so it could need a Little paint and so. But the place is wonderful and the people too.
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l hôtel et ses prestations sont parfaites il est beau et bien décoré bien entretenu ,avec une équipe efficace . Les repas sont très bon et copieux petit dej compris. Petit bémol sur les bungalows qui manque un peu d insonorisation, mais qui sont très beau, belle décoration très bonne literie. Le petit plus ont vous propose des places transats sur la plage gratuitement la plage est bien et relativement propre, la mer est profonde pour se baigné. l hôtel et situé aux environs du centre de la baie, il est facile d aller au fisherman village 10 mm à pied,incontournable les soirs de marché de nuit ou autre je ne peux que conseillé un endroit comme cet hôtel j encourage toute l équipe compris les dirigeants à continuez comme cela car c est vraiment très bien, je vous dis bravo!!
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Looking for a quiet place to spend a dream holiday as a couple or family
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Ideally located on Bophut Beach with 35 m beachfront, nestles in a green setting, a path bordered by trees venerated in Thailand (Buddha trees) will guide you to the pool of 80 sq.m., the Jacuzzi and children's pool all with amazing views of the turquoise waters of the South China Sea and surrounding islands.
The unique location of the hotel you will quickly reach the fisherman's village of Bophut (10 minutes walk from the beach) and the tourist and festive places on the island (Chaweng, Lamai). Owners Lydia, Gerald and their son Ugo will welcome you in this haven of peace where they keep the family friendly spirit of Eden Bungalows in the village of Bophut.
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Balinese inspired offers quality service throughout the day. You can taste a wide range of delicious food and sip great cocktails while admiring the island of Koh Phangan and Big Buddha in the shade of cascading terraces.
It's holiday's time make you happy... trip around the island, sea's excursion at Marine Park-Koh Tao - Koh Tan, fishing, diving with a professional team, a variety of activities (Water park-cable ride-zoo & aquarium, elephant ride, waterfalls, mountain trekking, etc.) We are here to advise you and help you.
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In the good old days — five years ago — the leaders of financial services firms thought their hardest risk management issues were such things as regulatory compliance, bad debt and liquidity risk.
Looking ahead to 2014, board members, CIOs, chief risk officers and chief information security officers at big and small firms are acutely worried about cybersecurity risk management, calling it the "new normal" of persistent threats, according to Booz Allen, a provider of management consulting, technology and engineering services.
Increasingly, wealth managers, hedge funds and midlevel banks are on attackers' radar, Booz Allen says.
In recent years, executives have seen how distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks from the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters had the potential to destroy data as well as reputations.
Cyberattacks, they learned, threaten a bank wherever it does business, not just where it is headquartered. And they witnessed the critical benefits of public-private information sharing.
"As financial institutions increasingly deploy mobile and cloud technologies and integrate their partners, suppliers and customers, their data perimeters are becoming much harder to define," said Bill Stewart, senior vice president and head of Booz Allen's commercial finance program, in a statement.
"As a result, some are essentially redefining the concept of a network perimeter. They do this by developing a much more dynamic cybersecurity approach that includes actionable threat intelligence, advanced adversary hunting as well as data protection and access controls developed at a much greater degree of granularity."
Here are the top financial services cybersecurity trends for 2014, accoring to Booz Allen's annual list.
1. Identifying Actionable Intelligence
Major financial institutions process enormous volumes of potentially relevant information, but find actionable intelligence harder to identify. Fusing threat intelligence with other disciplines, such as incident response and fraud prevention, is a proven method for connecting data elements to create actionable intelligence, according to Booz Allen. Although total accuracy can only be a goal, an active defense is critical to protecting against offenders that become exponentially smarter with each attack.
2. Mobile Security Platform Weaknesses
Cross-platform malware, such as the crimeware kit Perkele Trojan, has identified large gaps in mobile device security. These threats take advantage of weaknesses in mobile device platforms when information is sent to a hacker who then "owns" the device. Although still a local Middle East phenomenon, Perkele is expected to lengthen its reach during the holiday season as consumers increase their online purchases.
3. Criminals Follow the Money
Countries across the Middle East, Latin America and Asia Pacific are making rapid progress in modernizing their economic infrastructures. This puts them on sophisticated attackers' radar. The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, for instance, reports that fraudulent operations target Saudi and Gulf Cooperation Council banks once every 14 seconds.
4. Mid-Tier Opportunity for Attacks
Attackers are moving down the food chain to mid-tier and regional banks, wealth management organizations, hedge funds and the like, which often lack the financial and technology resources and manpower to introduce widespread cybersecurity protections. When grouped together, these organizations are like a row of dominos that, when attacked, can create a cascade of systemic risks that could affect banks of any size.
5. Firmwide Approach to Security
Today's cyber "hygiene" challenges can no longer be a responsibility solely of IT. Booz Allen says banks need to develop multidisciplinary teams that include IT, human resources, internal communications, marketing and legal to communicate to all staffers the importance of being cyber-risk aware and knowing what to do when a concern arises.
6. Opportunity for Cybersecurity Insurance
The National Institute of Standards and Technology cybersecurity framework moves financial services firms closer to a set of voluntary guidelines that would create a de facto "standard of care." This would then make private sector enterprises liable in the event of cyber breaches in which personally identifiable information or other valuable data are destroyed or taken over by attackers. Although this creates liability risk for banks, it also opens the window for the insurance industry to offer policies that help firms offset this liability.
7. Data-Level Security Requirement
As banks' operational data are moved to the cloud, proper security controls are necessary to ensure banks not only avoid sharing sensitive data, but also defend against adversaries moving laterally across their data sets. As part of this transition, financial institutions can upgrade security architectures and integrate improved controls. The new architecture would allow for the deployment of advanced analytics to deal with enormous volumes of security data to better identify trends of malicious behavior.
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Deconstructing Peter Lorimer
Posted by John Beech on May 15, 2012
Peter Lorimer's thoughts on fans being on the boards of football clubs (1) were, at least as reported by the BBC, somewhat confusing and even confused.
Certainly his assertion that he does not envisage a member of the Supporters Trust having a place on the Leeds United board is hardly a surprise given the way that Chairman Bates views fans (2). In fact, it's no more 'news' than would be David Cameron announcing that he could not envisage an Argentinean having a place on the Port Stanley Parish Council.
As Lorimer said, "People put a lot of money in and they're entitled to run the club as they want." I was reminded of the Ingram brothers and their long-running confrontation with the Yeltz Supporters Trust (3). To many on the owners' side of football's divide, legal ownership is simply about the right to control, and there is no recognition of the fans' perspective of psychological ownership. There are exceptions – most notably that at Arsenal, where the notion of being 'custodian' rather than 'owner' has a long history – but their numbers are few.
In other words, Lorimer simply pointed out that current owners, be they 'benefactors' or investors, see Supporters Trusts as the natural enemy, because they want to take over the company running the club. As Basil Fawlty once put it, a 'statement of the bleeding obvious'.
What was confused and confusing with his comments were his attempts to add a rationale to the argument – one that doesn't need to be there, and, in the case of his comments, is a flawed rationale.
He was quoted as saying with respect to having members of the Supporters Trust on the board of a club "For me it's never worked at any club" and "I just don't think it works on a whole scale. I've seen a number of occasions where fans have ended up running a club and it's ended in disaster.".
I can only think of one case that I would consider to have ended in disaster, which was that of Notts County, where the Supporters Trust was all but conned out of ownership (4 and postings passim). Another case that was not an unmitigated success was that at Bournemouth, with the Supporters Trust having to give up control of the club as it continued to struggle financially (5).
Incidentally, while digging the last link out of my files, I came across the following snippet for The Independent of 12 January 1993. I reproduce it without comment as it may be of interest to those who followed a recent unsuccessful prosecution:
A PAYMENT of £100,000 made to Harry Redknapp, West Ham's assistant manager, when he left Bournemouth last summer was paid personally by the chairman of the south coast club. Norman Hayward gave Redknapp the gift when he left the club after nine years in charge. Bournemouth had been swamped with angry calls and letters from fans who threatened a boycott when it was made known how much Redknapp was receiving at a time when the club was fighting for survival with debts of £2.6m. Hayward said yesterday the payment came from his own "personal funds".
But I digress.
The Bournemouth case, at least in wider context, is typical of clubs when Supporters Trusts take over – they almost invariably do so in the direst of circumstances. 'Benefactors' and investors take over in a variety of financial circumstances, so any comparison is automatically weighted against the Supporters Trusts being successful.
To be clear though, there are numerous examples of Supporters Trusts turning a club round. It is easy to fail to appreciate the numbers involved, especially as many cases are further down the pyramid. Recent data from Supporters Direct shows the following clubs with Supporters Trust shareholdings (%):
|AFC Telford United
|Chester FC
|Enfield Town
|FC United of Manchester
|Merthyr Town FC
|Fisher FC
|Inverness Clachnacuddin
|AFC Wimbledon
|Exeter City
|Newport (IOW)
|Chesham United
|Aylesbury United
|Carlisle United
|Dover Athletic
|Lincoln City
|York City
etc. etc., including Swansea City. In total, 95 English and Scottish football clubs are run by companies with Supporters Trust shareholders. 68 clubs have a Supporters' Trust director on the board. The following are fully supporter-owned: AFC Telford United; AFC Wimbledon; Brentford; Chesham United; Chester FC; Clyde; Clydebank; Crusaders (Northern Ireland); Enfield Town; Exeter City; FC United of Manchester; Fisher FC; Gretna; Hendon; Merthyr Town FC; Newark Town; Prescott Cables; Runcorn; Scarborough; Stenhousemuir; Stirling Albion; and most recently, Lewes and AFC Rushden and Diamonds. There may well be more – please comment if I've missed any from these lists.
This hardly squares with Lorimer's claim that "it's never worked at any club". More to the point, I wonder whether he really believes that 'benefactors' or investors are more likely to make a success of running a club. My list of clubs that have suffered events is littered with the failures of clubs that were NOT run by Supporters Trusts.
If Peter Lorimer really thinks that traditional owners make a better fist of running clubs than Supporters Trusts, I can only recommend that he starts reading a fascinating new series of postings by Ian King on the twohundredpercent website – The 100 Most Controversial Football Club Owners of All-Time. It will open his eyes.
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May 15, 2012 at 18:40
While quite rightly not on your list of clubs with Supporters Trust shareholdings, Crystal Palace is also 100% owned by fans, albeit only four of them. And I think it would be accurate to say that the rest of the fans are now more content with the ownership than at any time in the past forty years at least.
May 16, 2012 at 07:50
Don't forget our friends at Wrexham John. 100% owners of the Club


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DeKalb library leaders asked the DeKalb City Council on Monday if it would consider borrowing $7.5 million for the $24 million construction project, which would add 47,000 square feet to the 19,000-square-foot building at 309 Oak St. Library leaders need to secure $15.5 million by June 1 to qualify for an $8.5 million state construction grant they were offered last month.
Second Ward Alderman Tom Teresinski compared the library expansion to the police station, for which the city also borrowed.
"We spent an enormous amount of time and effort trying to find a way to finance a police station with little to no impact to the community," Teresinski said. "Working together, hopefully we can find a way to minimize this potential tax increase and still get the job done."
If the library plan ultimately is approved, the city would borrow $7.5 million, which would be repaid by adding 8 cents per $100 of assessed value to residents' property tax bills for 20 years. City officials have equated this increase to an additional $40 a year on someone who owns a home with an assessed value of $150,000.
Aside from the bond sale, library leaders also want to use $1 million in library reserves, raise $6 million from private donors, and use $1 million in tax increment financing funds. The library building is in a TIF district.
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"I sit here and hear about a sick building year after year, and I believe we will become that without this," Coover said.
Don McKay of Nagle Hartray Architecture, on the other hand, gave those present an idea of what the library would look like after the expansion. Using an animation, he showed how the 47,000-square foot addition would sit west of the current building, engulfing that part of Third Street and part of the parking lot.
"With this addition, we've really taken our cues from the existing building," McKay said.
Library board President Clark Neher said library board members did everything they could to minimize the financial impact on the taxpayers.
"We need City Council approval to show our donors that the financial plan is in place," Neher said. "They ask, 'Is the city going to be involved? Will you have support?' … We need your support."
A number of aldermen, and DeKalb Mayor Kris Povlsen, said the city would be foolish to not take advantage of the state grant.
"A two-thirds-off sale is the way I am looking at it," Povlsen said.
He added that if the library is unable to raise the money, the city would not issue the bonds.
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Found this one of me as a tike ...
Sorry it's not 70's
Dated Christmas 1967
Found this one of me as a tike ...
Sorry it's not 70's
Dated Christmas 1967
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i got some ill dig out
no mego in there... to poor to have any
but im happy to share if helpfull
That Lost in Space Robot looks cool, Mike.
My family really didn't do big gifts on Christmas or Hanukkah. Birthdays was the big thing, but my mom always believed why wait to reward a kid. So I got stuff through the year every once in a while. It wasn't until the 90's and I met my wife that I got to do a Christmas morning with gifts.
Wow Mike, for a kid who just scored all those toys, you sure didn't look very happy. That LIS Robot is way cool, and is that a See and Say on the television set? (you have that call that cool piece of vintage a "television set".)
"Do you believe, you believe in magic?
'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
If your mission is magic your love will shine true."
I love these pics...I know there is a photo somewhere of me tearing into my (1978?) Star Wars (12-backs) and y-wing fighter on Christmas Morning but due to my parents divorce I am having trouble locating them.
Wanted: Slime Sticker PLEASE!
I have some from two christmases. One was a Fisher Price Christmas, the other a Battlestar Galatica. Im holding my foam viper launching gun ship thingie.
I MIGHT Have a picture of my brother and his friend and in the background is our tree decorated with wrapped boxed megos! All Superheroes.
Mike, that looks like a GI joe on the right
I have to get my mother to dig out the old pictures, she packed them away somewhere in her attic and let me tell you, that attic is a very scary place....Hoffa might be buried up there for all I know. I still find vintage goodies up there every time I go up....just bits and pieces but it all adds up.
I don't have any pics of Christmas in the 70s, but I do have some of myself with Sinterklaas and his Black Petes in the 70s, in case you wanted to devote a chapter on the "European Santa Clause" who brings presents on Dec 6th, even tho we also have the other Santa Clause.
"...The agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair..." - Edgar Allan Poe
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Beat the Streak Report: Weekend, April 8-10
Don't call it a comeback — because we were always here.
Don't say we still got it — because we never lost it.
And don't claim we're having a bad hair day, because it's the Richard Blais look and that's what we were going for.
Yes, the Report's top picks did go 5-for-5 yesterday. But more importantly, over 23 percent of you drank the Hawaiian Punch on those big dogs, and another 4.4 percent converted with Alex Rios.
You're the best! No, you are! Really!
The mutual appreciation is flowing. Now we're going to pass the hat around so you guys can get our mutual fund appreciation flowing.
And just because you're so special to us, we're giving you three days' worth of picks in one post. It's the first time ever — since last Friday.
Friday's picks:
(Make a BTS pick)
Oh, hello there …
• Jorge Posada: .556 AVG (10-for-18) since '06 vs. Red Sox starter John Lackey
• David DeJesus: .524 AVG (11-for-21) since '06 vs. Twins starter Nick Blackburn
• Hanley Ramirez: .500 AVG (7-for-14) since '06 vs. Astros starter Wandy Rodriguez
Feeling kinda spicy?
• Juan Uribe: .476 AVG (7-for-15) since '06 vs. Padres starter Clayton Richard
You'll thank me later …
• Alex Rodriguez: .071 AVG (2-for-28) since '06 vs. Red Sox starter John Lackey
• Dustin Pedroia: .077 AVG (1-for-13) since '06 vs. Yankees starter Phil Hughes
Saturday's picks:
(Make a BTS pick)
Oh, hello there …
• Albert Pujols: .667 AVG (8-for-12) since '06 vs. Giants starter Matt Cain
• Miguel Cabrera: .571 AVG (8-for-14) since '06 vs. Royals starter Bruce Chen
• Robinson Cano: .467 AVG (7-for-15) since '06 vs. Red Sox starter Clay Buchholz
Feeling kinda spicy?
• Will Venable: .438 AVG (7-for-16) since '06 vs. Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda
He's Will Venable's mom's kid.
(Everyone tosses out a "Max Venable's kid" shoutout when they mention Will Venable. How about some props for mom, guys?)
You'll thank me later …
• Chone Figgins: .000 AVG (0-for-11) since '06 vs. Indians starter Justin Masterson
• Justin Upton: .125 AVG (2-for-16) since '06 vs. Reds starter Bronson Arroyo
Sunday's picks:
Oh, hello there …
• Johnny Damon: .667AVG (10-for-15) since '06 vs. White Sox starter Gavin Floyd
• Rafael Furcal: .615 AVG (8-for-13) since '06 vs. Padres starter Aaron Harang
• Miguel Cabrera: .529 AVG (9-for-17) since '06 vs. Royals starter Luke Hochevar
• David Wright: .476 AVG (10-for-21) since '06 vs. Nationals starter Jason Marquis
Yes, we realized Miggy was also a top pick for Friday. That's why you get a bonus Rafael Furcal today!
Feeling kinda spicy?
• Ramon Hernandez: .417 AVG (7-for-17) since '06 vs. Diamondbacks starter Joe Saunders
You'll thank me later …
• Dustin Pedroia: .045 AVG (1-for-22) since '06 vs. Yankees starter CC Sabathia
• Shane Victorino: .083AVG (2-for-24) since '06 vs. Braves starter Derek Lowe
• Jacoby Ellsbury: .077 AVG (1-for-13) since '06 vs. Yankees starter CC Sabathia
Leaderboard time!
First chance to crack double-digits this weekend. Yup, we finally got that cast removed and can now pop two knuckles at the same time.
Top MLB streakers
• Jose Tabata: 7 games
• A bunch of guys: 6 games
Take a bow, Jose. Like a giant squid among a sea of calamari, you're both the largest and the most mysterious.
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Will it be an runaway weekend or a train wreck? Inclination may be to pick NYY vs. BOS, CWS vs. TB, NYM vs. WSH, or maybe COL vs. PIT. We'll see. Problem with weekends are the players that rest that could effect your streak. Keep up with the projected lineups if possible. Rotoworld.com is a good source for that.
Hoping to extend my 8-streak with a couple unorthodox picks: Friday–Marlon Byrd; Saturday–Miguel Montero; Sunday–Miguel Cabrera.
I had Byrd but decided to switch, lest the erratic Wolf have a decent outing. Going with Freddy Sanchez, Miguel Cabrera and Kendrick.
Well Crawford is leading off today for the Sox. They are changing their lineup since they are 0-6. Ellsbury is batting 8th.
Going with Miggy to restart me.
Hey guys, here's hoping to a good weekend. I have Castro (at Milwaukee today). I know he hits better at home but he also hits second in the line-up and they are on the road, he will probably get 5 PA's and at least 3 vs Wolf. Then I have Miggy and Kendrick to finish out the weekend, though nothing is set in stone, those picks could definitely change. GL to everyone today and this weekend.
@gpearson-I'll be watching the Cubs games today for me and you, I'll be pulling for Byrd to get you to 9!
@baseballgirlie. Just 5 PAs? Try 7. Go Cubs!!!
Out of the 405 left perfect only 2 had no selections.
Good luck Vinny with your pick I hope you get a nice streak rolling.
I've got Mark Teixeira picked for today, and I've got Robinson Cano for both Saturday and Sunday.
Why the hell did 6.7% pick Jorge Posada?
He is hitting .174 and hits 7th in the order!
Thank you YanksGiants. I like the numbers for Drew against Hughes.
I went with Alberto Callaspo today to try to get to 2.
@Champ88. I can guess why Posada: 500+ AVG, BOS pitching very suspect, and probably a 'pick of the day'? He may see 5 PAs. I picked Jeter due to his AVG vs. Lackey, hitting high in order, and BOS/NYY games are rarely a 4 hit occurrence. Looking for minimum 4-5 PA. Only concern I have with Jeter is that he has been removed from game in late innings last year. With 2 ABs and 0-fer, hoping he gets at least 2 more.
@lav-haha, that would be nice. The more at bats the better.
@Vinny-you must be loving the 0-6 start the red sox are having, haha. Unfortunately, they are down 6-3 but only the third inning. GL with Drew!
I love that they are 0-6. I was born and raised in the BX but am now living in Jersey and they will be 0-7 after today. Yanks are losing but my pick already hit.
@baseballgirlie, I also had Drew as my sleeper on my blog. Check it out here.
@vinny-congrats, glad Drew came through for you. I am from Seattle so I am a Mariners fan I know they aren't very good but every year us fans have hope, haha. Needless to say I am not too fond of the Yankees, especially after our 116 win season in 2001 when we lost to you guys in the ALCS. I do have to admit, I don't hate them like most non-yankee fans do. I like Jeter, Cano, and Tex but was disappointed to see A-Rod win a ring. Anyway, hopefully they will win for you today! I like the blog by the way, keep it up!
I just spent way too much time investigating who the 405 8-streakers picked today:
C. Gonzalez: 85 picks
Suzuki: 48
Votto: 25
M. Cabrera: 15
H. Ramirez: 15
R. Howard: 14
A. Gonzalez: 11
Byrd: 11 (my pick)
Posada: 10
A total of 83 PLAYERS (and 2 No Selections) were picked at least once by the top 405! I'm really surprised at how spread out this was.
gpearson: I'm not. I think you will find that most of those picks have overly large AVG vs. the opposing pitcher, Ichiro an exception in this case. I think majority are playing the odds, simple as that. Regarding Ichiro, who has never seen his opposing pitcher (if I recall correctly), it's a pick of faith.
@Lav, you are correct my good man. Ichiro hasn't seen Carrasco yet but I think he won't get a hit though.
@baseballgirlie, can I have your email as I update the blog every day but this weekend and I email it to certain people only. Thank you very much for the kind words too.
10 people are no longer perfect picking Posada and 26 remain perfect with Adrian and Miggy.
@vinny-I posted my email on your blog page. Thanks for adding me to your email list!
@Vinny: lol, so weekend blog entries are secret?
If not, what is on the secret e-mail chain?
@champion_88. You have posted it already. You know the link but in case you forgot here you go. http://vinny1979.mlblogs.com/archives/2011/04/i-screwed-up.html
@baseballgirlie, your welcome and thanks again.
Once the streaks get a little higher I have a program that does all that calculating for you. It will be a daily post. I think that ill start Monday when streaks will be at 11.
BTW Byrd just doubled in the 1rst. Congrats.
the program calculates the top 2500 and their picks.
Very cool, 00liber. Thanks. I've played BTS for several years, but I haven't spent much time on the blog at all until this year. Lots of very useful info.
Byrd for a 9-streak! This Reds fan is temporarily happy about this contribution from an Evil Cub! :p
@Vinny. You were right! None of the Rangers are going to get any hits tonight as the game has been rained out. LOL
I had Kinsler for tomorrow but since that is now a DH thanks to the rainout tonight. I am now going with Cano.
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Hanley Ramirez helped off the field after taking a hard slide at second. He finishes with an 0-3 — and another 15 8-streakers bite the dust.
Double check your weekend picks. Appears Hanley shaken up good; pulled in 7th, 0-fer, injury.
Col/PIt goes extras and CarGo lines out and Tulo gets a free pass. Not looking good for streakland.
Streakland may have another breath of life. If PIT doesn't score in bottom 10th, likely CarGon comes up again next inning.
^^ going to have to go one more for CarGo and Tulo pickers.
2nd extra inning AB for CarGo and he flies out to left now 0-6. Tulo follows him up with a pop out to 2nd now 0-4.
Hard to imagine with 6 plate appearances for each CarGon & Tulo and they are both 0-fer. Can PIT win it? Maybe with a long ball, but removed Walker in a double switch. I wouldn't be surprised to see those 2 get another AB each. CarGon pickers must be feeling destiny. But which destiny is it… streak+1 or back to zero? We'll eventually find out 😉
Wow. If Pit doesnt score in the bottom half of the 13th, then Cargo is due up 4th and Tulo 5th next inning.
And heres AB number 7 for Cargo… STRIKEOUT!!!
Number 7 for Tulo… gets ANOTHER free pass!!
Im off to bed, talk to you guys tomorrow.
And its over.
CarGon & Tulo pickers didn't just get slapped in the face, they got sucker punched. Combined took out 13% of the field & over 3 pages of perfect streakers. CarGon entered the day with a 350 avg down to 269 in just one day! Oh BTW, McCutcheon no hits in 6 PA also
As of 12:30AM ET:
Out of 405 people who started the day with 8-streaks…
223 got a hit (9-streak)
168 got an 0fer
8 got a DNP (8-streak)
6 still in play with 6 different west-coast picks
No better than 229 players will have a 9-streak heading into Saturday. I've picked Miguel Montero for a chance at a 10-streak.
I was O fered by Mark Teixeira, I'm taking Miguel Cabrera today.
I'm also owing with Miggy on Sat.
Heads up for all… Texas/Baltimore will play a doubledip so if you're gonna tale someone there they have to hit in BOTH games for your streak to continue 1 game.
*going. Stupid autocorrect for iPhone.
gpearson: GL at getting to double digits. But the higher you climb the harder the fall — same for all of us.
Anyone know what the perfect picks are for the Dodgers/Padres game?
This game might go on until 400 AM, so I would like to know if there are any picks to root for?
Those freaking BUMS!
I didn't stay up until 440 AM to see a freaking suspended game.
THANKS Padres' officials!
Way to get my hopes up that we were going to break the record tonight for latest finish, only to destroy them 38 minutes before the record.
I was actually gonna root for the Padres all season if they had finished the game tonight to reward them for their perserverance, but now they can rot in the NL West cellar for all I care.
So the LAD/SD game was suspended, and I just read the rules. I see that people who picked Matt Kemp were credited with a hit. But suppose you picked Headley (0-2 thru 8 innings); that pick is still valid for the continued game tonight, right? And you could have a simultaneous pick for the Saturday games too, right?
@gperarson: Correct. Though the picks are not really simultaneous. One is for yesterday and one for today. If Headley gets a hit and today's pick does not, reset to zero. If Headley fails and today's pick gets a hit, streak of one.
^^ I think Headley pickers were credited with a reset too. Just the way the system works. But if he does get a hit and their picks for today also hits. The system will tally the correct streak (i.e., still perfect, though showing reset as of right now).
Ok, one more test post. Ignore. If it doesn't work I'm done trying for now
I went with Pablo Sandoval today.
Champ88: I see you in the rearview ;). Get back on the board today.
Others: Hmmm, Hanley well-picked today. I doubt he'll be playing. 3rd most picked Pujols vs. M.Cain? That may end up being regrettable
To all: FYI. Notice I changed my avatar. Not sure if it always shows up in all browsers, but if you wish to do something similar, go to gravatar.com, create an account and add your own avatar/image. Nice touch for this year's blog IMO
I stayed up for most of the Padres/Dodgers game as well but went to bed about an hour before they suspended it. That does suck that they waited so long and then chose to suspend it instead of doing it earlier, I didn't think the game would get played but they kept coming back after each delay. Anyway, hoping Miggy will get me to 4. GL everyone!
Among the 223 "perfect" pickers (not including two players with pending picks in the suspended game):
38: M. Cabrera
31: I. Suzuki
15: R. Cano (already has a hit)
13: J. Votto
7: A. Pujols!
Four pickers, including me, went with M. Montero, and we'll have to wait a long time to see the result!
A total of 72 players were selected among the 9-streakers, and this time there aren't any No Selections.
And to piggyback on gpearson's post. Here are the fields top picks. I know its early for the Top2500 & 00Liber will be posting it starting Monday, but there seems to be some interest, so here it is for today. Not sure about the formatting
Pick, Times Picked, Percentage
Miguel Cabrera, 422, 17.05
Robinson Cano, 193, 7.8
Ichiro Suzuki, 119, 4.81
Albert Pujols, 106, 4.28
Joey Votto, 75, 3.03
Carlos Gonzalez, 71, 2.87
Ryan Zimmerman, 59, 2.38
Hanley Ramirez, 55, 2.22
Ryan Howard, 52, 2.1
Rajai Davis, 51, 2.06
No Selection, 45, 1.82
FYI> Perfect streakers that picked in the Tex/Bal double header. Today they may learn BTS rules the hard way?
I.Kinsler x1
J.Hamilton x4
M.Young x1
N.Cruz x2
N.Markakis x1
Thx LaV. I'm out of town for the weekend, otherwise I would've started today with the interest.
Re: doubleheader, I'm hoping both Kins and Josh come thru big as I have them both on my fantasy team but knowing that ppl picked them I'm sure at least one of the guys picked will fall.
Hey everybody. I am still in PA and so glad that Cano came through. Tomorrow I have Cabrera. Good luck to all and see u Monday.
That is Miggy who I am picking. There are a few Cabreras in the league.
Safety in numbers? Nope. Miguel Cabrerra takes down a chunk of streakers. For the past 9 days, 5 of the 9 top picks have gone 0-fer.
Well Miggy does it to me again. He was my biggest disappointment last year and it looks like that will continue this year. Starting fresh tomorrow and not sure who to go with.
Between Robinson Cano and Miguel Cabrera I took the wrong one. Miguel Cabrera goes O fer against Bruce Chen……. Bruce Chen, I must get warmed up! I'm taking Cano tomorrow.
And the more obscure pick of Miguel Montero gets me to ten! I know ten wouldn't be a big deal mid-season, but it feels good to start the season this way.
@gpearson-congrats on getting to 10. Actually that is no small feat. Getting to double digits is hard to do. I mean, think about it, you have to do that four more times plus another week on top of that to win so you should be happy. I'm pulling for you to keep it up. Who are you thinking of for tomorrow if you don't mind me asking? Anyway, GL though and hopefully you can keep it going ;)!
I know there's still a long way to go. Back in 2009, I had a 20+ streak, IIRC, and that seemed like forever.
But I typically stall out somewhere around 3 to 5 in a row. I'm sure I'll be back in that mode pretty soon. 😦
I just did something that I know will come back to haunt me: I changed tomorrow's pick. I originally had Cabrera, but his numbers for Sunday are SO good they're scary. But I tend to shy away from the really obvious pick in favor of a simply solid pick. So I'm switching to Billy Butler. I know I shouldn't second guess myself like this — but here I am…
gpearson: Once you start 2nd guessing, it doesn't stop. Wonder how many times you'll change your pick again b4 tomorrow's lock? 🙂
Pujols with another 0-fer. By my count, there will be no more than 130 10-streakers after tonight.
Very 1st post above made on Friday morning, I asked will this weekend be a runaway or train wreck. Looks like the train has jumped the tracks. Field resets Friday: 26.6% Saturday: 29.1%. And today's Top2500 had over 1,000 reset! These numbers are not necessarily uncommon at beginning of the season, but quite large nonetheless.
Will Sunday return to 'normal' or be another slaughter…
And to drive the weekend reset numbers home. We started with 405 perfect streakers entering Friday. Sunday morning, 126 remain; nearly a 70% kill-off in just 2 days.
Also we now have a 5-game separation between 1st page (10 gamers) and Top2500 last page (5 gamers).
Crystal ball says today will be much better as long as Mi.Cabrerra, Cano & Ichiro don't go 0-fer. I think they will be heavily picked today.
I went with Matt Kemp of the Dodgers today.
I will be out most of the day today at a little monster's birthday party, but I will check the blog tonight.
Per rotoworld.com, notables sitting today for various reasons: Zimmerman, Maggs, Helton, Hanley, C.Gonzalez,
Sunday's Top Picks of the current Top2500, 196 batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Miguel Cabrera, 181, 7.24
Ichiro Suzuki, 155, 6.2
No Selection, 125, 5 (5x by perfect streakers!)
Robinson Cano, 119, 4.76
Howard Kendrick, 111, 4.44
David Wright, 104, 4.16
Albert Pujols, 98, 3.92
Ryan Braun, 90, 3.6
Troy Tulowitzki, 48, 1.92
Placido Polanco, 46, 1.84
Alex Rodriguez, 42, 1.68
Billy Butler, 42, 1.68
Andres Torres, 41, 1.64 (pinch hitter?)
Carlos Gonzalez, 41, 1.64 (pinch hitter?)
Joey Votto, 41, 1.64
Highest "No Selection": Pg#1 with streak of 10 back to zero.
Saturday was horrific: 41% reset
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Pick
gpearson17, 10, pg2, B.Butler
Jagx, 5, pg81, I.Suzuki
LaVolpe, 5, pg82, J.Hamilton
Nyy4life42, 5, pg83, R.Cano
darwri, 5, pg100+, I.Suzuki
gurpsing, 5, pg100+, B.Butler
^^ For those new to the Top2500 listing, it crunches stats for top picks of just the 100 standings pages, 25 players per page. Afterall, we don't care about the entire field do we? It also includes the bloggers group members whose streaks are same as, or better than, the last streak on page 100. FYI, to quickly jump to any page in the Top2500 standings, simply change the 'pg' number in the URL shown by your browser.
Woo-hoo! Got my 11-streak with a Butler double. It's funny, because I went to Butler U. and I'm a big Butler Bulldogs fan. So I've had a lot of Butlers to root for lately.
Out of the 126 perfect pickers (10-streakers), here are the top five picks:
Suzuki: 20
Mi. Cabrera: 16
Kendrick: 8
Cano: 6
No Selection: 5
No Selection is the fifth most popular pick! How does that happen?!
Congrats gpearson on getting to 11, that is awesome. Keep it up!!
And Miggy just homered. Back on the board for me.
Congrats @GPearson.
Well Tulo got me a hit so I am back on the board with 1. I need to get past 3. This is already frustrating, haha!
A bit interesting this year so far. Every day but that day we had just 6 games played, at least one extra inning game. Those probably saved a bunch of streakers by giving batters extra ABs.
Through everything except the late game, only 61 out of 126 streakers have advanced to an 11-streak. Another 13 have a player in tonight's game. Cano has the most with six picks, but four of them have picked A-Rod, who isn't even starting.
Cano better get his hit early. With Granderson protecting him, BOS may pitch around Cano at crunch time. FYI> A-Rod out due to flu-like symptoms.
@00Liber. Here's Sunday's Top2500 results should you want to include with your posting tomorrow: 36.92% resets
Wow, Congrats to Cano pickers today. He got one of the Yankees 2 hits. A little of people will sleep better tonight, haha. Going with Byrd tomorrow as I think the Cubs will get a lot of hits.
@LaV thx. I hopefully will have a couple minutes to run the top2500 at lunchtime that way I get the early game. Post will be up at approx 630pm est. ( we're busier at work today then I originally thought we were going to be)
I'm going with Josh today.


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Liberty University's racquetball team hosted the fourth and final Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Racquetball Conference (MACRC) Tournament of the season, rescheduled after last month's snowstorm, Saturday at The Sports Racket in Lynchburg.
Due to a conflict with another major tournament in Charlotte, N.C., two of the conference's top teams, Duke University and North Carolina State University, did not show up, leaving the door open for the Flames to move up in the final MACRC regular-season standings.
"Every match we play, there's a point system and this tournament's going to make a difference," Liberty Head Coach Danny Rodriguez said. "I'm hoping we move into first as a team."
Liberty's six women's players were the only females in the tournament and wrapped up their conference title without contention.
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Lady Flames senior Brooke Morley teamed up with freshman Abigail Lindsey to win the Gold Divisions I-IV doubles title. They scored a 15-9, 15-3 win over the freshmen tandem of Kathryn Aylett and Monica Elder before sweeping sophomore Meredith Blake and senior Courtney Sharp, 15-8, 15-5.
"We went from playing against each other, our first (tournament), to playing together and it really solidified our season," said Morley, who is left-handed and complements the right-handed Lindsey perfectly. "Abby has been my best doubles partner that I've competed with and I can always depend on her to get those shots on the other side of the court."
In the women's Gold Divisions I-IV singles bracket, Morley defeated Elder 15-6, 15-4, before edging Lindsey, her doubles partner, 15-12, 15-14 in the final.
The Flames' men, meanwhile, turned in strong performances with the doubles tandem of seniors Joel Denney and Ryan Evans defeating Liberty junior David Schreck and sophomore Eric Piering for second place in Division I of the Gold bracket.
"We're a pretty good team because having the left-handed guy (Denney) on the backhand side and the right-handed guy (Evans) on the forehand side it's a good combination and it fools a lot of teams," Evans said.
Evans swept Denney in the Division II Silver bracket singles final, 15-7, 15-11.
Since he is not a full-time student, Evans is not eligible to compete at the March 10-14 USA Racquetball Collegiate National Championships hosted by N.C. State in Raleigh, N.C. Denney and Schreck, who defeated Piering in the Red DI-II singles final, are likely to team up there.
"We're still working on getting to nationals," Rodriguez said. "Last year, and for decades, it's been held in Arizona. This year, it's over our spring break at N.C. State and there will be up to 60 teams there."
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