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China's first aircraft carrier recently set sail in full military regalia. Its second aircraft carrier will serve a more humble purpose as a floating hotel.
The retired Soviet ship is stationed at the Tianjin Binhai Aircraft Carrier Theme Park. It's too old to serve as a military vessel so the owners turned the ship into a luxury hotel.
There's two presidential rooms stocked with ice-cold champagne, a king-sized bed and big screen TV. It was designed with an internal decadence that offers a stark contrast from its steel grey exterior. This disparity will let visitors learn more about this military vessel without sacrificing any creature comforts. [Xinhua via MIC Gadget]
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NEW ORLEANS, March 4 (UPI) -- Arron Afflalo scored the go-ahead basket with 38 seconds left Monday, finishing with 26 points to help the Orlando Magic rally for a 105-102 victory.
The Magic, who trailed by as many as 17 points in the third quarter, staged a 15-3 run down the stretch to pull out their first victory in four games.
Jameer Nelson returned from a six-game injury absence to contribute 15 points and seven assists.
Tobias Harris (15 points) and Maurice Harkless (13) also reached double figures in the victory.
The Hornets, meanwhile, lost for the third time in four games despite 17 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks from Anthony Davis, who was making his first appearance in three games.
Greivis Vasquez and Eric Gordon each provided 17 points in the loss.

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The Flames Sports Hotline, a weekly radio call-in show, returns to the airwaves this evening at 7 p.m. at Doc's Diner.
New this year, the Flames Sports Hotline will air weekly on the ESPNinVA network, which includes the following ESPN Radio stations in the Central Virginia area: 93.3 FM (Lynchburg), 106.3 FM (Danville), 1240 AM (Roanoke), 1320 AM (Lynchburg) and 1350 AM (Bedford).
Alan York, the radio "Voice of the Flames," hosts the call-in show, which will feature head men's basketball coach Dale Layer, senior guard Davon Marshall and head women's basketball coach Carey Green live at Doc's Diner.
Coming off a 65-53 win over Presbyterian College, Layer and the Flames head to Conway, S.C., for a clash with Coastal Carolina. Liberty looks to add to its current four-game win streak inside The HTC Center, the site where it captured its third Big South Championship, last season. Game time is scheduled for 7 p.m., with the contest streaming live on the Big South Network.
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For centuries, inverted yoga postures have been considered the fountain of youth. Discover the benefits of incorporating them into your practice, as well as how to progress your skills on Thursday from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Frisco Day Lodge, located at 621 Recreation Way. Dress comfortably and in layers. Bring a yoga mat if you have one, water and your sense of adventure. This workshop is presented by Lauren Brand. Cost: $15 if you register by Tuesday; $25 at the door.
January is National Mentoring Month, and Summit County Mountain Mentors is once again honoring the great work of their incredible mentors. What is mentoring? It is a trusting relationship that brings young people together with caring adults who offer guidance, support and encouragement aimed at developing the competence and character of the mentee. Mountain Mentors is seeking adult volunteers to apply to become a Mentor to one of the 40+ youth in Summit County on the waitlist. Together, we can make a difference not only in the lives of children, but in the overall welfare of our community. So, thank your mentor, or better yet, become one. Summit County Mountain Mentor's mission is "to positively influence the youth of Summit County to lead healthy lifestyles, through a consistent one-on-one relationship with an adult." For more info about Mentors, call Sarah (970) 668-9184.
Effective Jan. 1, the fixed interest rate on all new loans through the Division of Housing downpayment assistance program fell to 2 percent. The Summit Combined Housing Authority (SCHA) generates these loans in conjunction with a first mortgage provider, assisting locals with the purchase of a primary home within Summit County. The maximum loan amount will be equal to half of the borrowers required down payment, and cannot exceed 100 percent loan-to-value; Loan amount cannot exceed $25,000. All borrowers must owner-occupy the residence, work a minimum of 30 hours/week year-round, and meet income eligibility requirements of HUD-low income per household size. More info on this program can be obtained at http://bit.ly/VG0qHL calling (970) 423-7041 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
The CMC Summer Technology Institute is accepting applications for the Summer 2013 Institute, running July 22-26. The institute is a weeklong, technology-packed learning adventure for students who will be entering the sixth, seventh or eighth grades this September. Working in the new CMC Computer Lab, students will learn about the technical, creative and business aspects of technology. Subjects include website development, digital photography, Photoshop, digital video production, e-commerce shopping carts and more. All subjects are taught by experienced instructors and professionals. Students must have a GPA of 3.0, Summit School District average of 4 or better. Tuition: $495 includes daily breakfast and lunch. More info and applications are available at summertechnologyinstitute.com, or contact Robert Cartelli at firstname.lastname@example.com or (970) 970-453-6757 x2629. Application deadline is May 31. Enrollment is limited to the first 15 qualified students.
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It shouldn't be difficult to spot any ESPN employees walking down the street tomorrow: Look for the guy/lady with the Arena Football shirt and that "sweet God someone please shoot me" look on their face.
According to a post at Jim Romenesko's Media News, tomorrow is Arena Football T-shirt Day in Bristol! From a memo sent by our pal John Skipper last week:
Wednesday, May 16
11:30am - 1:30p.m.
Connecticut based employees will be receiving Arena Football team t-shirts compliments of Russell Athletic. If you are comfortable, please wear it to work on Wednesday, May 16th, as a symbol of welcome to our Arena Football guests.
* Tailgate party at the Bristol cafeteria compliments of the Arena Football League.
* Commissioner David Baker, AFL Staff, & Ownership, as well as "Special Guests" will be in attendance.
* Hamburgers and Hotdogs will be served.
The person who sent Romenesko the memo — hey, those are supposed to go to us! — writes "as a member of the newsroom, I find it increasingly difficult to square such promotional stunts with my journalistic ethics and principles. We're supposed to objectively cover the AFL, and yet we're being asked to wear an AFL t-shirt to show our support when the league's bosses walk through the newsroom?" Which is hilarious, considering this person must have just discovered he/she works for ESPN.
Seriously, though, there will be hamburgers and hotdogs.
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This is the original hilarious take on the classic memory game Simon Says
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This is the original hilarious take on the classic memory game Simon Says.
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This is the original hilarious take on the classic memory game Simon Says.
Try to hold back the tears of laughter as you listen to and echo back a sequence of flatulence. Each round the sequence is followed by one more brown note which the player repeats back from memory on the virtual whoopie cushion. The game ends when your memory fails and you toot a wrong note in the sequence.
Innovative free-play mode lets you break wind whenever you want for side-splitting bathroom humor and pranks using the whoopee cushion soundboard.
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The tradition behind the game may trace back to the year 1264, when Simon de Montfort captured King Henry III at the English town of Lewes. For the next year, any order Henry III gave could have been countermanded by de Montfort. The situation came to an end the following year when Henry's son Prince Edward took Simon's castle by force and used his flags as a means to surprise Simon's forces in 1265
The game exists in a number of non-English speaking countries. While some also use the name Simon (such as the Spanish "Simón dice", "Símon segir" in Icelandic, "Szymon mówi" in Polish, "시몬 가라사대" ("Simon says") in Korean, In Arabia: for example, "الجنرال عمل كده" (General commanded - Egypt version) or "قال المعلّم" (the teacher says - Lebanon version) in Arabic, "Kommando Pimperle" (or with similar rules "Alle Vögel fliegen hoch") in German, "Jacques a dit" ("James said") in French, "Jean dit" (John says) in Québec, "Commando" (the Dutch noun for "command") or "Jantje zegt" in Flemish parts of Belgium, in Dutch, "הרצל אמר" ("Herzl said") in Hebrew, "Deir Ó Grádaigh" ("O'Grady says") in Irish, "Razvan spune" (Razvan says) in Romanian, in Turkish, "Yakup der ki" "船長さんの命令" ('Senchosan no meirei' "Captain's orders") in Japanese, "Kongen befaler" ("the king commands") in Norwegian, "Kapteeni käskee" ("the captain commands") in Finnish, "老師話" ("the teacher says") in Cantonese, and "O mestre mandou" ("The master ordered") in Brazilian Portuguese.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A law firm sued by Rhode Island's economic development agency over the failed $75 million deal with former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company has agreed to settle for $4.4 million, the sides said in a court filing Friday.
If approved by a judge, it would be the first settlement in the high-profile lawsuit over 38 Studios.
The deal has cast a shadow over Rhode Island politics ever since the company went bankrupt two years ago, leaving taxpayers on the hook for as much as $100 million. The lawsuit was filed in 2012 against Schilling and others as an attempt to recover some of that money.
"The proposed settlement is a step in the right direction, and I hope this is the beginning of a positive resolution to the 38 Studios saga," Gov. Lincoln Chafee said in a written statement.
The settlement agreement between the agency formerly known as the Economic Development Corp. and lawyer Antonio Afonso and his firm Moses Afonso Ryan was filed with Superior Court Judge Michael Silverstein. Court spokesman Craig Berke said the judge will have a hearing on it July 7.
The law firm said in the filing that it continues to deny any liability but wants to put the matter behind it, as well as avoid the risk of a larger judgment at trial. The state agency's lawyer said the agency is worried there could be little left in the firm's insurance policy if the case goes to trial.
38 Studios moved to Rhode Island from Massachusetts in 2010 with the promise of a $75 million state loan guarantee. But it was never able to raise the money it needed to survive and declared bankruptcy in 2012, leaving taxpayers on the hook to repay bonds that had been issued to fund the venture.
The lawsuit alleges defendants including two former agency employees, investment banks and others misled the state into approving the loan guarantee. Moses Afonso worked on the bond sale and was accused of breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, malpractice, negligence and other wrongdoing.
A number of high profile people have been deposed or subpoenaed in the case, including former Gov. Don Carcieri, who pushed for the deal, and former House Speaker Gordon Fox, who supported it and stepped down in March after the FBI and IRS raided the Statehouse and his home for still-unexplained reasons.
The lawsuit does not ask for a specific dollar amount but for the defendants to repay the bonds. The suit seeks triple damages.
38 Studios dominated debate at the General Assembly in the session that ended this month, with some lawmakers arguing that the state should not repay bondholders, but instead default on the moral obligation bonds. Chafee and others argued that not repaying the bonds could jeopardize the lawsuit. Ultimately, lawmakers approved $12.3 million for the next payment.
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2013 North American Biochar Symposium NESFI Events:
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Sunday, October 13th, 1–4pm
Join fellow farmers and gardeners in a highly stimulating presentation/workshop about what biochar is (and is not) along withdetails about how and why biochar can help you achieve your growing goals. Learn about the benefits of soil conditioning with biochar, application techniques and amounts, carbon stability, and other practical advice. Rachel Hestrin from Cornell University will deliver a hands on technical presentation and field expert David Yarrow will review his extensive SARE grant trials.
LOCATION: NESFI, 275 Jackson Street, Belchertown, MA
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Thursday, October 17th, 9am–4pm
From small camp stoves to large combined heat and biochar units, there will be a variety of technologies for making biochar. Learn about the art of pyrolysis and biochar production from many industry experts. This might be the most exciting thing you've learned about in a long time! For questions or more details about attending or exhibiting, contact Christoph Pollatos, co-founder of Biochar Central, at
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The following elections will take place in January 2014:
- Fedora Project Board (two seats)
- FESCo (Engineering) (four seats)
- FAmSCo (Ambassadors) (three seats)
All dates and times noted are UTC time.
- 1 FAmSCo elections January 2014
- 2 Candidates
FAmSCo elections January 2014
Current members of FamSCo are:
- Jiri Eischmann (sesivany)
- Christoph Wickert (cwickert)
- Luis Enrique Bazán De León (LoKoMurdoK)
- Robert Mayr (robyduck)
- Alejandro Perez (aeperezt)
- Buddhika Chandradeepa Kurera (bckurera)
- Truong Anh Tuan (tuanta)
As per the FAmSCo election rules, these members finish their term and their seats are up for re-election:
- Alejandro Perez (aeperezt)
- Buddhika Chandradeepa Kurera (bckurera)
- Truong Anh Tuan (tuanta)
For the last election, please see FAmSCo NominationsMayJune2013
Candidates must be a member of the Ambassadors group in the Fedora Accounts System. This helps ensure that FAmSCo members have some experience with the processes of Fedora Ambassadors, but still allows relatively new contributors to sit on FAmSCo and bring fresh ideas to the table.
Ambassadors will be following the Fedora election timeline.
You may self-nominate. If you wish to nominate someone else, please consult with that person ahead of time.
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- Please briefly describe your history with Fedora.
- What are your particular goals related to FAmSCo?
- How can we improve the management of budgets in all regions?
- How can we encourage ambassadors from all regions and maintain that strong bond with the community?
- Could you give us your ideas you have to improve the community?
- Are you going to work on any plans that make budget transactions handling more transparent? What could be those plans?
Neville A. Cross - YN1V
Nicaraguan, using fedora since FC4, contributor since 2008, power user, zero programming skills, major in business administration, Amateur Radio.
- History with Fedora: I am ambassador since 2008, inactive mentor for ambassadors, freemedia coordinator, Fedora Community Credit Card holder, member of FAmSCo twice in the past, organizing release party in Managua since Fedora 11
- Goals related to FAmSCo: I will like to promote a LATAM way of doing things. More small events to build skills to contribute. Help LATAM to mature so we can participate in meaningful way in events like FLOCK. I like to help bring some success indicators in the use of our budget, beyond blog posts. Find collaborators that are not ambassadors who can share skills and sponsor them to foster grow in our community.
Truong Anh Tuan (tuanta)
- History with Fedora:
- Fedora User since the first Fedora Core released (Red Hat Linux user, before that).
- Fedora Contributor since 2009.
- Current FAmSCo member, representative and budget wrangler for APAC.
- Current Fedora Server Working Group member.
- Current Community Working Group member.
- Initialized and maintained the first Fedora mirror in Vietnam: http://virror.hanoilug.org/#fedora since 2009.
- Organized a lot of Fedora Release Parties around the country since Fedora 11.
- Founded Fedora Vietnam community with dedicated community website and mailing list since 2010.
- Fedora package maintainer for three years.
- Representing Fedora at a lot of FOSS and Tech events.
- Particular goals related to FAmSCo?
- Connecting ambassadors among countries and regions and support them to make annual plan and budget more effective.
- Support local ambassadors to organize and attend Fedora and FOSS events/activities.
- Growing both the quantity as well as quality of ambassadors an ambassadors work.
Marcel Ribeiro Dantas (mribeirodantas)
History with Fedora
My first contact with Fedora happened many years ago, back in 2007 when as a speaker I met someone who used to promote Fedora. I have used Fedora on and off ever since but only at the beginning of 2012 I started officially as a contributor. At first, I became an ambassador which led me to organize four F19 Release Parties not only in my city but in other places too. I have been ever since an invited speaker at several events allowing me to have talks about Fedora in 13 events only in the second semester of 2012, in all sort of places in Brazil (plus outside Brazil, remotely).
Apart from my contributions as an ambassador I have also done my best in the localization team, translating Yum and Fedora. Wherever I go, I always try to bring new contributors to Fedora and having watched closely several teams like L10n, Marketing, Ambassadors and Freemedia allowed me to have a good idea of where people may fit in better and contribute the best they can.
Goals related to FAmSCo
- Supporting the communication of ambassadors worldwide.
LATAM meetings are excellent to make sure people will eventually have to handle with contributors from other countries in LATAM. However, not only language but other aspects limit some contributors from getting in touch with people outside their countries and outside LATAM. People everywhere have lots to learn and lots to teach. Therefore, I believe contributors have much to gain from the experience of meeting new contributors from other locations, sharing experiences and I want to support that not only in LATAM but everywhere.
- Supporting the presence of Fedora in events/activities
As ambassadors, we're the face of Fedora. Consequently, the presence of not only ambassadors but contributors in FOSS events are essential. Supporting this, I will try to assist contributors to make their budget so that the best can be done with the money, assuring Fedora is efficiently present in as much essential places as it is possible.
- Fedora Join SIG
New ways to attract contributors to Fedora should always be something to consider. Bringing new contributors is one of the main goals of an ambassador, thus we should always consider thinking of strategies that would make this task more efficient.
- Support the organization of Fedora events
I have more than 10 years of experience in the organization of national and international events. Release Parties are a great idea and I'd like to work with other ambassadors to create new small Fedora events (or to promote FADs) that would make clear the local presence of Fedora and work as another way to both introduce new people to Fedora and bring new contributors into the project.
Jon Disnard (masta)
History with Fedora:
- Have been using Fedora as my primary OS since ~ 2006, prior to this I was a FreeBSD user and contributor for ~ 10'ish years. In 2012, I decided to come out of the shadows to become active in the Fedora community. Joined the Ambassador group for the North America region, Have been chairing regional NA ambassador meetings, attending tech conferences working booths mostly, and speaking at small local events (LUGs, etc) in and around the Dallas, Texas area. Personally distribute no less than 500 DVD per cycle, usually much much more. Love talking to people and representing Fedora project.
- Active in the Fedora-arm team. Very passionate about embedded computers of all kinds, and want to see that Fedora has a good future with the emerging Maker/Hacker culture, as well as the mobile stuff, and emerging enterprise hyperscale stuff. This is pretty much my main focus within the project, and I have no problem revealing that my original intent and participation in the ambassadors program was a scheme to go around demonstrating Fedora on ARM.
- Very proud to say that I was recently selected to join the Fedora release engineering team. Still in training wheels, learning how the Fedora sausage is made so to speak.
- Also worth mentioning that I was recently selected to join the Fedora.NEXT Base working group as a voting member. My main agenda here is to have closeness to the community and represent all of you in BIG decisions.
- Lastly I can claim to be a packager, because I own a few, but I'm not very uber in this regard. It was barely worth mentioning, but worth another bullet point. I am planning to accelerate my package ownership, and eventually get into reviewing and helping others get started.
- This last cycle there was nobody representing the North America region in FAmSCo, and that made me sad. So I've decided to nominate myself in the hopes of representing my region. Given the autonomy of the regions, I'm not sure the purpose of FAmSCo anymore, but regardless I'd like to join and be helpful.
- So I can say that one of my biggest and most heartfelt agendas for myself in the ambassador program is to promote women in computer science, and engineering in general. I'd love to find way to get Fedora more actively involved in these kind of things in my region and around the world. As I've said before, I like to demonstrate Fedora on ARM, but I love to do those things toward an audiences of young women and have them come away with happy technical experiences. Anything that engages women in a positive technical way is a huge plus.
- I'm always looking for ways to introduce Linux to new audiences, with an eye towards capturing future users and hopefully contributors. This means going outside the normal tech conferences, possibly into high schools or universities, or into conferences that are likely to have technical folks, or linux-curious open minds.
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PASADENA, Calif. - On his upcoming NBC TV comedy, Michael J. Fox will play a newscaster who quits his job because of Parkinson's Disease but returns to work in the show's first episode because a new medical regimen has helped him control many of the disease's symptoms.
NBC said Sunday the comedy closely tracks many aspects of Fox's personal life and tries to have fun with an image that has left him an object of pity-fueled admiration.
The show doesn't have a title yet. NBC Entertainment President Jennifer Salke said it will premiere in September. Although the schedule isn't set yet, NBC is aiming to put it on Thursday night, where "30 Rock" and "The Office" are leaving in the next few months.
Salke said Fox is meeting this week with actresses who could potentially play his wife on the show.


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PRESS RELEASE: Native Instruments today announced TRAKTOR KONTROL X1, a highly functional performance controller that gives DJs immediate hands-on control over vital aspects of their performance.
Designed by the team behind the groundbreaking TRAKTOR DJ platform, the compact KONTROL X1 offers an unprecedented level of integration with the latest TRAKTOR generation for maximum performance and ease-of-use, and can also efficiently control any MIDI-compatible DJ software on the market.
TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 provides DJs of all styles and genres with a highly efficient and intuitive way to control loop, cue, effect, track selection and transport functions of their system. The unit accommodates the two most common digital DJing paradigms - it ideally complements a typical timecode-controlled TRAKTOR SCRATCH setup consisting of a hardware mixer, turntables or CD decks, and also excels as a self-contained controller for DJs who play beat-gridded tracks with the TRAKTOR software and mix externally.
Two X1 units can also easily be combined into a four-deck setup that controls all decks and effect units of TRAKTOR PRO or TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO simultaneously.
The functionality and layout of TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 was carefully engineered and fine-tuned based on extensive artist feedback and usability testing in order to combine a versatile feature set with maximum ease of use. The unit is equipped with precise and durable high-quality buttons, knobs and encoders, complemented by dynamic colored backlighting for additional visual feedback.
The X1 integrates with the TRAKTOR software through a dedicated high-resolution protocol, resulting in a level of precision and responsiveness beyond what regular MIDI-based controllers can provide, and allowing for true plug-and-play operation with no setup or specific configuration required.
TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 has been specifically designed for heavy-duty usage in performance environments. Its compact casing is both robust and lightweight for high portability, and the special vertical form factor makes the unit fit seamlessly within a typical club setup.
The optional high-quality carrying bag for the X1 doubles as a versatile stand that conveniently raises the controller surface to match the height of typical DJ mixers.
Beyond TRAKTOR, the KONTROL X1 can be used to efficiently control any MIDI-compatible DVS, DJ software or music performance application. The optional MIDI mode of the controller can be engaged on the fly via a dedicated button on the unit.
The X1 also comes with a carefully designed set of parameter assignments for the Serato Scratch Live™ system, matching the relevant features of the software to the controller in an ideal way without any individual setup effort. A special Serato Scratch Live™ overlay for the X1 is also available.
TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 also ships with TRAKTOR LE, a basic version of the TRAKTOR PRO software that provides two decks with essential looping, effects and mixing features, turning X1 into a complete entry-level solution for digital DJing. Owners of TRAKTOR LE can upgrade to the full-featured TRAKTOR PRO software for a special discounted price at any time.
TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 will be available in February 2010 for a suggested price of $229 / 199 EUR. The carrying bag / stand for TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 will be available for $49 / 39 EUR.
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Right now, three major telescopes are focused on a huge, sustained burst of energy coming from the center of a galaxy 3.8 billion light years away. Astronomers are speculating on what it could be.
On March 28th, Nasa's Swift Telescope recorded a massive burst of X-ray and Gamma Ray enerty coming from the constellation Draco. Large bursts of energy are par for the course in the Universe. They're even fairly common in our own galaxy. This burst was something special. Not only were the bursts around a million times less powerful that was was being observed, they faded away after a few hours. These energy eruptions have kept coming for over a week, as the Hubble telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory re-positioned to take a gander at the strange energy.
At last scientists pin-pointed the source of the explosive bursts of energy as coming from a galaxy about 3.8 billion light years away. Specifically, it looks like the energy is coming from the center of the galaxy. Most galaxies, including The Milky Way, harbor a black hole in their center. Scientists believe that a star in the distant galaxy was drawn too close to that galaxy's black hole. The star is being torn apart. As material from the star is being pulled into the black hole, the black hole itself is spinning, and outflowing jets of energy flow from its rotational axis. Whenever the jet turns toward our galaxy, we're met with huge blasts of warm leftover star guts.
When faced with this humbling display of cosmic power, most people have one question; Are we all going to die? Nasa officials are quick to point out that the black hole at the center of the Milky Way is a quiet fellow. Even if it weren't, and sucked a star into itself tomorrow, the jets most likely would not harm anyone on earth. Our planet is far away from the center of the galaxy, and even if it weren't the jets are directed out perpendicularly from the plane of the galaxy itself. Lying, as we do, in the plane of the galaxy, we'd be out of the spray zone.
Image: NASA/Swift/Penn State/J. Kennea
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Ann Arbor, Mich. - Costs of care differ significantly across hospitals for children born with heart defects, according to new research led by a University of Michigan researcher. Congenital heart defects are known to be the most common birth defects, impacting nearly 1 in every 100 births.
The cost of care for children with congenital heart disease undergoing surgical repair varied as much as nine times across a large group of U.S. children's hospitals, says lead author Sara K. Pasquali, M.D., M.H.S., associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Michigan Medical School and C.S. Mott Children's Hospital Congenital Heart Center.
"Before we conducted this study study, there was limited information on the costs associated with caring for these children, even though this is one of the most common and expensive conditions treated across children's hospitals," says Pasquali about the research published today in the journal Pediatrics.
Pasquali and her co-authors studied 12,718 patients from 27 U.S. children's hospitals and found wide variation between hospitals in costs associated with congenital heart surgery for nearly every operation examined. These differences were apparent even after accounting for differences in patient characteristics across hospitals, and for regional differences in cost.
The investigators also evaluated potential reasons for this wide variation across hospitals. They found that hospitals with higher case volumes had significantly lower costs for the most complex operations.
In addition, the researchers also found that the highest cost hospitals had higher rates of post-operative complications, and their patients tended to stay in the hospital for a longer period of time after surgery.
For example, the study found that hospitals with the highest costs after the Norwood operation had double the rate of major complications compared with hospitals with the lowest costs. In addition, the higher cost hospitals had an average length of stay after the Norwood operation nearly twice as long as the low cost hospitals. Norwood operations are performed on patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome - a birth defect that ranks at the top of the list for highest health care resource utilization.
"In this era of rising health care costs, there is an increasing need to provide care more efficiently and reduce costs." says Pasquali. "The cost variations we found in this study suggest there is ample room for improvement, and also suggest a link between high quality care and lower cost. For example, initiatives aimed at reducing length of stay and complication rates have the potential to both improve quality and also lower costs."
"More research is needed in order to better understand how hospitals may achieve improvements in this area," says Pasquali. "Data from our institution and others suggest that standardization of practice may be important."
For example a recent study conducted by the Michigan Congenital Heart Center showed that standardizing care for children who develop a chylothorax (fluid accumulation) after surgery led to earlier diagnosis, significantly reduced time on the ventilator, and decreased length of hospital stay.
"Better ways to share these best practices among hospitals is needed, Pasquali says. " We hope that this research is a catalyst to engage hospitals in working together to both improve quality and lower costs of care for these patients."
Journal reference: doi:10.1542/peds.2013-2870
Additional authors: Xia He, M.S., Eric D. Peterson, M.D., M.P.H., Kevin D. Hill, M.D., M.S., and Jennifer S. Li, M.D., M.H.S., all of Duke University School of Medicine; Samir S. Shah, Cincinnati Children's Hospital; Matthew Hall, Ph.D., Children's Hospital Association; J. William Gaynor, M.D., Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Marshall L. Jacobs, M.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; John E. Mayer, M.D., Children's Hospital Boston; and Jeffrey P. Jacobs, M.D., All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Fla.
About congenital heart services at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital: The specialists at the Congenital Heart Center at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital are skilled at treating the full spectrum of congenital heart conditions. We perform more than 900 procedures a year with a success rate consistently above 95%. U.S. News and World Report ranked our program in the top 10 in the country for cardiology and heart surgery. More information is available at http://www.
Disclosures: None
Funding: Supported in part by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (1K08HL103631, Principal Investigator, Pasquali; 1RC1HL099941, co-Principal Investigators, J. Jacobs and Li). Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).


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"A full year's energy savings – 920,000 kWh – is nothing compared to the production being at a standstill for just a single day."
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This multinational pharmaceutical company employs approximately 15,000 people in 61 countries.
The cooling system at the company used to be equipped with nine pumps operating at full power around the clock. The only way of regulating the supply was by using the manual on/off control. The lack of control led to a disproportionate consumption of energy in order to maintain the supply.
The company had an energy survey carried to analyse the scope for energy savings. The consultants recommended the installation of an energy-efficient dual pump system at the cooling water plant.
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The outcome
Prior to this project, energy consumption was determined at 2,365,000 kWh/year.
After the conversion, the energy consultants expected savings of 920,000 kWh/year – 40% – in future. "A full year's energy savings is nothing compared to the production being at a standstill for just a single day".
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(Age-related wear and tear of the spine)
Cervical spondylosis is a type of degenerative disease that affects your neck. Normally, soft disks between the bones in your spine (called vertebrae) provide cushioning. With cervical spondylosis, these disks become squeezed (compressed). Also the facet joints and ligaments of your spine become larger and thicker. As a result, your neck becomes more rigid over time.
When this happens, the connective tissue (cartilage) that lines the vertebrae on each side of the disc, where they touch, can wear away. Once this protective cartilage is gone, bone spurs may develop on your vertebrae where they rub together. Nerves attached to your spinal cord may have less room to pass between the vertebrae on their way out of the spine.
This condition becomes more common with age. But many people don't have symptoms. You may not even be aware that these changes are going on in your neck.
Cervical spondylosis usually doesn't lead to disability. But sometimes these changes in the spine can cause the spinal cord or nerve roots attached to it to become compressed. This can cause your legs or hands to feel weak or clumsy.
Symptoms of cervical spondylosis can include:
Pain in the neck that may travel to your arms or shoulders
A grinding feeling when you move your neck
Weakness in your arms and legs
Numbness in your shoulders, arms, or hands
Stiffness in the neck
Trouble keeping your balance, especially when walking
Trouble controlling your bladder or bowels
Your healthcare provider will give you a physical examination to see if you have this condition. You will probably discuss any neck injuries you've had and describe your symptoms. The healthcare provider will probably check your neck, shoulders, arms, and legs to see how well they're working. Other tests that may help make a diagnosis include:
Imaging tests. X-rays, MRIs, and CT scans all provide images of the structures in your spine for the healthcare provider to see. These can show the bones, disks, muscles, and nerves in and around your neck, as well as your spinal cord.
Myelography. During this test, the healthcare provider injects a dye into the fluid around your spinal cord and then does a CT scan to see how the bone spurs and disks are interacting with the individual nerves.
Electromyography. This test shows how well your nerves are passing along signals from your spinal cord to your muscles.
DEXA scan. This is done to determine your bone density.
Your healthcare provider can recommend a variety of treatments for pain relief from this condition, depending on your needs. These may include:
Medicines. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicines, such as ibuprofen or aspirin, opioid pain relievers, and muscle relaxants may help.
Physical therapy. A physical therapist can teach you stretching and strengthening exercises that may ease symptoms.
Ice or heat. Cool your neck with an ice pack or heat it with a warming pad as directed by your healthcare provider or physical therapist.
Collar. Wearing a soft collar around your neck for short periods may help your symptoms. It can cause your neck to weaken, however, if you wear it too long.
Shots. A healthcare provider can inject steroid medicine and pain-relieving medicines into the painful joint in your neck or into the space next to your spinal cord.
Surgery. In most cases, surgery is not needed. But surgeons can do different procedures to relieve pressure on the spinal cord or the nerves leaving your spine, if needed. A surgeon can remove bone from around the opening that allows the nerve to exit the spine or bone from other parts of the vertebrae. He or she may also fuse bones in the spine after 1 of these procedures. If you have surgery, an anesthesia provider will put you to sleep beforehand so you don't feel it.
You may not be able to prevent cervical spondylosis, but these steps may reduce your risk:
Stay physically active.
Use good posture.
Prevent neck injuries by always using the right equipment and the right form when exercising or playing sports.
Avoid injury (trauma) to your neck
Talk with your healthcare provider about the best nonsurgical ways to help relieve your symptoms. The best option may be a combination approach of medicine and physical therapy.
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VAIL Fewer people in Eagle County started the foreclosure process in 2012 than in 2011. Still, more than 300 people lost their homes last year.
The latest figures from the Eagle County Public Trustees Office shows a significant drop nearly 28 percent in initial filings from 2011 to 2012. But there wasnt a corresponding decrease in foreclosure sales, the final chapter in the process.
What those numbers say about the health of the local real estate market isnt entirely clear. It can take months sometimes a year or more for a foreclosure case to run the gamut from initial filing, so many of the sales in 2012 actually started in 2011. Some, early in the year, could have started with initial filings in 2010.
But Laurie Slaughter, an area broker with Prudential Colorado Properties, said there could be a few reasons for the reduction in filings. The economy has stabilized a bit, a lot of people already have gone through foreclosures and others have decided to pursue short sales that is, selling a home for less than is owed on the mortgage, with the permission of the lender.
While short sales have become more common, Slaughter said its still a tricky process to navigate. Its also time-consuming.
Most are getting approved, but you hear horror stories, Slaughter said. Ive had some (sales) take up to seven months to get approved. I just had one approved within 30 days, but thats rare.
With the drop in property values in the Eagle Countys western valley, Slaughter said most of the transactions shes handled have been either short sales or sales of bank-owned property.
But depending on the price, those units can move quickly.
Michael Routh is a broker with Keller Wlliams Realtys Edwards office. He said units selling for $300,000 or less often receive multiple offers. Move up on the price scale, though, and its still a buyers market, Routh said.
But there are buyers out there.
Bob West of Hoffman - West Real Estate said some distressed property at the high end of the market has moved recently. And, West said, that part of the market may help the market as a whole.
The big indicator is the high end, West said. Are (those buyers) confident in the market?
While there were positive signs in the local market in 2012, the brokers interviewed agreed that its going to take some time for property values to start a real recovery.
Slaughter said theres still a good amount of shadow inventory, homes that have been reclaimed by lenders, but arent yet on the market. Slaughter said she hears frequently from potential buyers who want to know if a particular property has been listed yet.
While home prices are starting to rise in Denver and other metropolitan areas, the Vail Valley has traditionally lagged behind trends in the rest of the country. Routh said the local real estate bubble burst long after the national crash came. The return to health may see a similar lag, he said.
Id expect us to be at least 18 months behind, a national recovery, Routh said.
The shaky state of the economy, locally and nationally, may mean it may also take some time before the number of foreclosure sales falls significantly.
It could be 2014 before we see a real drop, Routh said.


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Matthew Berry to appear on 'League' Thursday
"Whatever you do, don't try to be funny!"
I was on the phone with my younger brother. He's one of those high-powered Hollywood managers who understands everything about show business -- and about me. All the negatives about me and whatever positives there might be. He is also, like me, a huge fan of "The League," the comedy about fantasy football that airs on FX on Thursday nights at 10:30 ET.
Episode 3 of Season 3 airs tonight, and I'm in it, playing a (hopefully!) slightly less awkward version of myself. It was filmed in August, and, as I was getting ready to leave my hotel room to go to the set, I was talking with my brother about it. And he had some advice.
"Look, these are some of the best comedians and improv actors in the business. They are all hilarious. Truly brilliant. You won't be able to keep up with them. I've seen you act. You're not a good actor. So just promise me, whatever you do, don't try to be funny!"
The reason he was saying that, other than, ahem, the obvious, was that the show is not scripted. The creators of the show are Jeff and Jackie Schaffer. The spouses have many famous credits, but among them, Jeff was a writer on "Seinfeld" for many seasons and an executive producer on the final two seasons. He's also an executive producer on "Curb Your Enthusiasm," and this show is shot in much the same way.
The Talented Mr. Roto: Trading on up
I wasn't going to read it.
As I skimmed the cover of the July 4 edition of Us Magazine, I looked at the headlines, figuring nothing in the issue appealed to me. "How Khloe lost 10 lbs!" (Uh, I assume it's from not having to eat arena food anymore since her husband, inconsistent Lamar, decided not to show up against the Mavericks, helping my Lakers get swept in the conference semis instead of playing in the NBA Finals despite having the best team in the league, talent-wise, as Kobe got a year older. But I'm totally over it, why do you ask?)
"Bachelorette shocker -- Bentley's Cruel Return" (I have no idea what this means). And "Hef's Heartache -- Dumped at the Altar" (I think Hef's gonna be OK).
Then I see the main headline.
"How Jen Stole Her Man."
Stop it. Seriously? I look again. Yes, seriously.
For those who are behind on their celebrity gossip -- and in fairness, this story has been fairly quiet -- actress Jennifer Aniston has been single for a while. As Kevin O'Leary breathlessly writes, "In the two years since her tortured love affair with John Mayer ended, her dating life had consisted of false starts with everyone from Bradley Cooper to Cougar Town's Josh Hopkins, so who could blame her for jumping in?"
Who indeed?
I figured it was obvious, but who knows, maybe I was missing something. So I read on. Here are the details:
A requiem for the genius of Leslie Nielsen
Lots and lots of people are funny. But very few are funny the way Leslie Nielsen was. Nielsen, best known for his roles in movies like "Airplane!" and the "Naked Gun" series, passed away Sunday at age 84.
Like many of you, I loved those movies and was a big fan of Leslie's work. When I heard the news of his passing, I reflected on his many great lines and moments. Always with great timing and impeccable deadpan delivery, the way Nielsen was funny was not only unique, it reminded me a lot of a fantasy football owner this season.
Go with me here for a sec. As insanity and ridiculousness swept around Nielsen, he always kept a straight face and stoic demeanor. His matter-of-fact reactions in the face of chaos were not only hilarious, but also exactly what fantasy owners need to do in a year in which Chris Johnson gets a zero in a Week 12 game in which he played the entire time, among a billion other crazy things that have happened.
There's just one week left in the regular season for fantasy football. So, in honor of the memory of the man who played Dr. Rumack in "Airplane!" and Lt. Frank Drebin of "Police Squad!" and "The Naked Gun" series -- plus for all of us who have survived this crazy, up-and-down year -- here's a reflection on both my favorite Nielsen quotes and the fantasy football storylines they invoke.
Matthew Berry's own 'Jersey Shore' drinking game
Season 2 of "Jersey Shore" on MTV starts Thursday, so if you are of legal drinking age, I say you do a shot every time
1. The Situation shows the abs. References the abs. Tries to use the abs to get girls and fails. Or succeeds. Look, bottom line, you see the abs? Glug, glug.
2. When Ronnie throws a punch, you drink some.
3. JWoww stars in another Cleavage Cabaret.
4. DJ Pauly D refers to himself in the third person, like so: Yo, I can't help it if chicks want to go home with DJ Pauly D. That's the power of playing music in a club. No one can do that like DJ Pauly D. I mean, DJ Pauly D picks the song all by himself and everything.
5. Any of them pump their fist. (Hint: The thing on top of Snooki's neck is not a fist.)
6. Three letters: GTL.
7. Snooki throws herself at a breathing mammal.
8. Reference is made to any of these relationships: Ronnie and Sammi's, JWoww and the dude back home, The Situation and a mirror.
9. When Ronnie drinks, you drink with the man.
10. Anyone in your group remembers that Vinny is on the show.
Can. Not. Wait.
Here's breakdown of 100 columns I write a year
Every year, I write about 100 columns. Here's how they usually break down, with a special nod to the most recent 100.
• 70 are about football.
• 2 are random, miscellaneous things I've been asked to write.
• No basketball columns. I'm sad about it, but I have no time left for fantasy hoops.
• 77 of them are funny or at least have attempted to be.
• 94 of them use lots of statistics and facts at their core.
• 85 of the 94 use jokes, slang and pop culture to disguise that fact.
• 6 of them involve crazy dating/girlfriend stories. I'm trying to cut down on those, both as a crutch and in my personal life.
• 23 of them involve my Twitter followers. You can follow me at @MatthewBerryTMR.
• 46 of them have a reference to me promoting something, usually ESPN-related. I'm a company man.
• 2 of them discuss my ex-father-in-law.
• 3 of them mention the ex-Mrs. Roto, but only in passing. I'll never say anything bad about her.
• 7 mention my dog, Macy. What can I say? Lost the wife, still have the dog. Dog gets more ink.
• 26 involve rankings of some sort.
My prediction for 10 top-grossing summer movies
I'm in a ranking mood. Just finished my new football ranks (which will be up Friday). Did a column two weeks ago in which I ranked my top 300 for the rest of the year. I also reviewed the ranks of the Maxim "Hot 100" and recently ranked what I thought would be the 10 top-grossing movies of the summer from Memorial Day until September for my friend's annual summer movie pool.
And so, as May flowers turn to I don't know, June powers? Sours? Cowhers? It's clearly time for another ten lists of 10. I asked the folks that follow me on Twitter (as @MatthewBerryTMR) for some suggestions, added a few of my own and here we are. At any point, if you see a number in parentheses, that's the player's ownership percentage in ESPN standard leagues and is, you know, a hint as to what you should be checking next.
Every year, I do this movie pool. The goal is simple. Pick the ten highest-grossing movies of the summer with movies that open Memorial Day weekend or after (so "Shrek Forever After," "Iron Man 2," Sex and the City 2," etc. are ineligible) until Labor Day. Most box-office wins, and you get a $5 million bonus added to your box-office total for every movie you pick in the correct order. To win, you gotta take a few gambles, which I've done. Anyway, here's my list, with predicted highest-grossing at top.
1. "Toy Story 3"
2. "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"
3. "Knight and Day"
4. "Inception"
5. "The A-Team"
6. "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time"
7. "Grown Ups"
8. "The Other Guys"
9. "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"
10. "The Karate Kid"
Matthew Berry gives 50 facts -- mostly on baseball
It's all a crock.
And anyone who tells you different is trying to sell you something.
Whether it's a fantasy baseball sleeper or a political agenda or just why Olivia Wilde is hotter than Joanna Krupa, it's all bunk and hooey, especially since Olivia went brunette. Look, you wanna go back to Olivia in blond hair making out with Mischa Barton on "The O.C."? Then we can talk. But right now, it's The Krupa and it's not close.
The point, and I'm pretty sure there is one, is that every single day, on blogs, cable networks, Web sites, podcasts, Twitter, talk radio and more -- in coffee shops, bars, dorms, office break rooms and everywhere else -- people spout numbers and facts, research and statistics, poll numbers and pie charts to convince you that their point, their analysis, their opinion is the correct one.
More specific to our little fantasy world, you have already read and heard many stats, numbers and research. Tons of analysis and opinion, sleepers and busts, rankings defended and mock drafts explained, all delivered with certainty because of the facts supporting it.
So not only is there a point, there's only one point and it's this: It's all a crock.
Everything that follows is absolutely true. They all are facts. Some are about baseball players and teams; some are just for fun; and not one of them tells the whole story. There are 50 in all. What you do with them is up to you.
Guys I Love, Guys I Hate: 2010 baseball edition
It was a question I had never been asked.
Before I gave a recent talk at Boston College, my introduction ended with "Matthew's publicly talked about how much he hates the Yankees, so he expects a warm Boston welcome. " I am nothing if not a panderer to my audience (by the way, you look great today!), and the response was enthusiastic if not expected.
After I gave my talk, during the Q-and-A session a young man asked me, very simply, why I hated the Yankees.
It occurred to me that I had never been asked that question before. Yankees hatred is so commonplace that it is taken for granted. If they are not your beloved team, chances are you hate them.
But why, specifically, do I?
I gave a quick answer about their arrogance and how, unlike most major league teams, they have an unlimited payroll and can afford to make mistakes. Contracts such as those given to Kei Igawa, Jaret Wright, Jason Giambi and Carl Pavano (not to mention renting Roger Clemens for half a season) would cripple most other teams, not allow them to shrug it off and sign CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Mark Teixeira to a team already paying crazy money to Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera. Although I acknowledge it's not the Yankees' fault that baseball refuses to have a salary cap, they are an example of all the things that are wrong with baseball.
But the real reason I hate the Yankees is a long story, I continued.
TRUM: Six degrees of ... Matthew Berry?
So in between fantasy darlings Grady Sizemore and Matt Holliday swinging bats, just after the great Buster Olney says his Clio Award-worthy line "This is Buster" and before we get to the much-more-attractive-than-me Alyssa Milano, there is a one-second shot of me in the latest ESPN.com fantasy baseball commercial.
(Let's see, so I was in the commercial with Alyssa (1), Alyssa was in "Hugo Pool" with Sean Penn (2), Sean Penn was in "Mystic River" with Kevin Bacon (3), Bacon was in "Frost/Nixon" with Frank Langella (4) and Langella was in "Dracula" with Olivier (5). Not bad, and I even used Bacon. So cool.)
Anyway, "Mr. Roto's Mailbag" is the theme of my one second of fame, and it has been way too long since I've done one. That's changing right now as I dig through lots of e-mails that have collected over the past month. Here we go:
Jon (St. Cloud, Minn.): "The words were barely out of your mouth, lecturing us to always watch WHIP and ERA, not to draft any pitcher with a bad WHIP and ERA regardless of wins and losses and saves when you put up the graphic of Jonathan Papelbon, telling us to ignore his 0.95 WHIP and a 2.34 ERA, and instead draft the guy with a 1.50 WHIP and a 4.50 ERA. Which is it, genius????? Do you just talk for the sake of talking, or do you actually think about this double-talk bull, contradicting yourself before you spew it?????"
TMR: I think you mean genius sarcastically, but since you are using five question marks, you must clearly be wondering. You must be talking about the "blind résumé" that I did on the Baseball Tonight fantasy baseball draft special, in which I pointed out that Brian Wilson and Jonathan Papelbon had the same number of saves last year. I don't think I'm the only guy saying not to draft bad ERA and WHIP; that should pretty much be a given, right? The greater point is that you shouldn't "pay for saves." Papelbon is currently being drafted, on average, almost 130 picks ahead of Brian Wilson. The point is not specifically about those two players, but the theory itself. Obviously, Paps will have better ERA and WHIP numbers. But he'll also pitch only 70 innings. Considering your team likely will finish with somewhere between 1,500 and 2,000 innings (depending on strategy, league rules, etc.), the difference between Papelbon and Wilson's ERA and WHIP is nothing considering the difference in value between wasting a 5th-round pick on a closer rather than a 17th-round pick on saves. But thanks for watching ESPN!
Jimmy (Saskatoon): "I think many of us could use some clarification on Pablo Sandoval? Everyone is predicting this guy will break out, and they point to his catcher eligibility as the source of his value. But will he get catcher eligibility? He is listed only as a first baseman right now, and I can't find anywhere that says the Giants expect him to play 10 games at catcher quick enough to qualify him in time to be helpful. Any thoughts? Go Norsemen."
TMR: Go Norsemen indeed. They love me in Saskatoon. Anyway, the short answer is, barring injury, I don't think Sandoval gets 10 games at catcher this year. Bengie Molina played 145 games last year and is pretty durable, and Steve Holm is backing up "my favorite Molina."
John (NYC): "Matthew, what are the chances that your [recommendations] this spring to get 'Sexei Alexei' [work out like they did] this past fall with Joseph Addai? I'm going to say pretty good, because like with Addai, I drafted 'The Sexei' every chance I got. The real question is, who will be this baseball season's Frank Gore? I think you know what I'm talking about."
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Owen (NYC): "Only three teams in baseball scored more runs last year than the Minnesota Twins, yet only two stadiums yielded fewer runs per game last year than the Metrodome. Interesting pair of statistics. Play your Twins hitters on the road?"
TMR: No, what it means to me is that you start your Twins pitchers at home. Always. All of them.
TMR: I'm not worried about Ryan's decreased velocity this spring. From what I understand, he's working out some mechanical issues, and that's the reason. I've seen his stock decrease dramatically as a result, but I expect him to be fine. And no, I didn't get Downs. I wanted him, but he went for more than I wanted to pay. I agree, though, that Downs is the handcuff you want.
Ed (Raleigh, N.C.): "It's about 9:45 pm ET, and I see that you're pulling away from Sports Guy for the 'PodBlockers' championship. Well done, sir. I trust you'll be posting a photo of Fu Manchu Bill Simmons for the viewing pleasure of your loyal [fans] in short order."
TMR: We discuss Bill's impending facial hair on the most recent B.S. Report Check it out.
Tim (Boston): "Just had to give credit where credit is due. Me and my friends started playing fantasy basketball for the first time this year, and while I watch a decent number of NBA games, I had no idea which direction to turn when drafting a fantasy team. After reading your draft-day strategy of concentrating on point guards and power forwards, I decided that I would do my best to follow that advice and see how things ended up. Now, I will say, there were many trades during the season, including me turning Dwyane Wade and All Iverson into Dwight Howard and Brandon Roy, and then turning Howard into Lebron. But your advice led me to jump on guys such as Rajon Rondo and Antawn Jamison, and I ended up toppling the No. 1 seed and winning the whole league. Just want to throw some kudos your way. You hear it a lot when you lead people down the wrong path, so here's a TMR-influenced success story!"
TMR: Thanks, and congrats! You did it, not me, but glad to hear. You know, it's always great to get a note when I've helped someone out. Like Tom here:
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Jeff (Pittsburgh): "I am in a 12-team Roto keeper league. For our keepers, we get to keep them in the round we drafted them the previous year. With this in mind, would you draft A-Rod as high as the fourth round, thinking of next year and getting a potential MVP in the fourth round?"
TMR: Yeah, I have no problem with that. I've said he should be going in the fifth round in ESPN standard leagues, so the fourth round makes total sense for a keeper league. I'd pay up to $30 for him in a keeper auction league, but you should be able to get him for $20 to $25. All that said, I'm not touching him this year in non-keeper leagues. Way too many question marks for someone you'd have to use a high draft pick on.
Jeff (Palo Alto, Calif.): "Regarding your 50 facts and 25 things column, No. 3 compares Evan Longoria to Aramis Ramirez, and it sounds like you're suggesting that if you're considering Longoria [the higher draft pick], wait and take Ramirez instead. No. 62 compares Ramirez to Adrian Beltre, with what sounds like a similar suggestion. My question is this: By extension, does that mean that if I'm considering taking Longoria, I should just wait a few rounds and take Beltre instead? Some of the numbers you put up for Beltre look awfully similar to Longoria's full-season-projected numbers from last year."
TMR: Depends on who else you have the option to grab. I was using stats in both cases to illustrate that I think Longoria is a bit overvalued this year and that both Aramis and Beltre are undervalued. It's a contract year for Beltre, which is nice, but Ramirez is going to hit at least 20 points higher and that is significant over 500-plus at bats. Their power numbers are closer than folks realize, which was the primary point, but yeah, we play with numbers, not names. Make sure you pay attention to the numbers.
Speros Zanetos (Clearwater, Fla.): "Mr. Berry, we recently had our fantasy draft on [a competitor's site], and if you had a moment, could you go to the league and provide us with a power ranking of who has the strongest team to the weakest. We would greatly appreciate your opinion. Here is the link to our site "
TMR: Yeah, I'm gonna get right on that.
Matthew Berry -- The Talented Mr. Roto -- hopes Megan Joy uses her free time from no longer being on "American Idol" to remove that ugly tattoo. He is a five-time award winner from the Fantasy Sports Writers Association, including a Writer of the Year award. He is also the creator of RotoPass.com, a Web site that combines a bunch of well-known fantasy sites, including ESPN Insider, for one low price. Use promo code ESPN for 10 percent off. Cyberstalk the TMR | Be his Cyberfriend
TRUM: A perfect capper to a crazy season
I get a lot of questions about the name of this blog. TRUM, in case you skipped the lead-in above, stands for "thoughts, ramblings, useless information and musings," and that description has probably never been more accurate than today, with a perfectly nutty Week 17 finishing off an insane year.
So here are a bunch of random thoughts as I watched today's games and, as a treat to you readers, I'll finish with what I believe is the first set of fantasy football rankings for next year.
So let's go back to one of my favorite catchphrases with a little
Just Saying
That Week 17 tends to be like a high school reunion. Or being on Facebook. There are a lot of old, familiar names you haven't thought about in years. Oh wow, you think, Michael Clayton is still alive?! He had 87 yards receiving, and I'm as surprised as you to report it was not in an Arena Football League (RIP) game.
Also, DeShawn Wynn, who was a trendy pickup for one week last season, had 122 total yards and a score for the Packers. Thanks to Pierre Thomas being scratched, Deuce McAllister had one last day of fantasy relevance, with 81 total yards. There was a Ryan Moats sighting; he had more than 50 total yards and a score. Moats plays for Houston these days, in case you were wondering. Or didn't know. Or, more than likely, didn't care. Najeh Davenport, a member of the Colts these days, had 80 total yards, and midseason darling Donnie Avery had 40 yards and a score while sitting on waiver wires.
That in a week in which a lot of studs didn't play much (both Mannings, Pierre Thomas, Marshawn Lynch, Chris Johnson, Brandon Jacobs, Anquan Boldin, Frank Gore) or didn't show up even though they did play (the Patriots' passing game, Larry Johnson, Matt Ryan, Tony Romo, Jason Witten, Tashard Choice, Brian Westbrook), we should applaud the studs who did show up, including: Andre Johnson, Adrian Peterson, Le'Ron McClain, Steve Smith, DeAngelo Williams, Drew Brees, Marques Colston, Aaron Rodgers, Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald, Michael Turner, Clinton Portis, Greg Jennings and Calvin Johnson.
That Pacman Jones made it rain for the Eagles.
That I said on Fantasy Football Now this morning that Brett Favre is an overrated choke artist.
That Tony Romo is the new Brett Favre.
That I saw my first previews of the "new" "American Idol." You know how we have that "countdown to kickoff" clock on "Sunday NFL Countdown" and Fantasy Football Now? Well, having seen what the new female judge looks like, can we go ahead and start that clock on "Idol"? The countdown to Paula's last show, that is.
That the most surprising performance in an already-shocking day was Michael Bush's. The third-string running back, on the road against a Tampa Bay team that had yet to give up a rushing touchdown at home all year, ran for 177 yards and scored twice. He was started in 0.6 percent of ESPN.com leagues.
That for the third straight week, Michael Jenkins had more yards than Roddy White. White, however, got the score. Jenkins finishes the regular season with at least 50 yards in nine of his last 11 games.
That Bill Simmons wrote the following in his mailbag column Friday: " the Celtics' 19-game winning streak came to a screeching halt on Christmas Day, thanks to Kobe Bryant and a gritty 15-man Lakers team (I'm including the refs)."
That Bill and every other Celtics fan should note that after Game 2 of last year's NBA Finals, in which the Celtics had 38 free throws to the Lakers' 10 -- backup center Leon Powe had three free throws more than the entire Lakers team -- and the Celtics won by just six points, you are all banned from whining about ref calls in any Lakers-Celtics game from here 'til the end of time. And you're certainly banned from whining about the refs following a regular-season game in which Tony Allen and Rajon Rondo shot a combined 6-for-20 from the field. Seriously. The Lakers shot seven more free throws than the Celtics. Not something crazy like 28 -- in a Finals game.
That you should consider these numbers from the past three weeks:
Running back A: 462 total yards
Running back B: 360 total yards
Running back C: 377 total yards
Running back C is DeAngelo Williams. Running back B is Adrian Peterson. And running back A is Cedric Benson. This doesn't include touchdowns, but still
That Detroit's Kevin Smith scored in his last three games, and on Sunday, he finished 1 yard short of posting his third straight 100-yard game. Nice sleeper for next season.
And three other "under-the-radar" guys who finished the season strong: Deion Branch, Mark Clayton and Anthony Fasano.
That JaMarcus Russell finishes the year with two touchdown passes in each of the last three games, the last one coming on the road at Tampa Bay.
That second only to Michael Bush's performance in weirdness was Jamal Lewis'. On the road at Pittsburgh, he managed to run for 94 yards.
That I love that fantasy commercial with all the sad fantasy teams, promoting postseason fantasy football -- which we have for free right here on ESPN.com. Compete with me and all the other ESPN fantasy analysts in Gridiron Playoff Challenge. You can sign up to play here.
That it was a week too late for Donald Driver, DeShaun Foster, Lance Moore and Dwayne Bowe, among others, to help us. They had nice games, but we really could have used those last week. A lot of people got burned by Foster, especially, last week.
That it was nice to see Carnell Williams get two scores. Not as nice, though, was seeing him clutch his knee in pain. Again.
That despite all the crap I took when I called Frank Gore a second-rounder before the season, he will finish the year as no better than the 14th-best fantasy running back. And he once again killed owners down the stretch, with two goose eggs and three single-digit-fantasy-point games in his final six games.
That I'm sick of the commercial in which the crazy-hot blond bartender says, "Let's talk about commitment," and the guys freak out until she says something like, "Relax, I'm talking about the beer's commitment to excellence." And she proceeds to lecture them on how great the beer is. First off, I've never been lectured by a bartender in my life, at least not about how good a beer I've just ordered is. The guys just ordered it -- they're convinced it's good. Plus, not one guy in America would freak out if that girl started talking about commitment. These guys have "tool" written all over them. Trust me, they'd be thrilled to get attention from a girl like that.
That those who want to hear my preseason predictions -- what I nailed and what I whiffed on -- should tune in to an upcoming Fantasy Focus podcast Nate and I will do. Be sure to look for it.
That it has been a blast, a privilege and occasionally a pain in the butt (not gonna lie) to write for you every week. I appreciate all of you taking the time to read. Even the haters; your page clicks count the exact same as the nice folks! I'm taking a good long break and will see you back around these parts for baseball season.
But I will leave you with my top 10 at quarterback, running back and wide receiver for next season, just off the top of my head. It's never too soon to think about it:
2. Tom Brady (if healthy at the start of camp)
3. Kurt Warner
4. Peyton Manning
5. Tony Romo
6. Aaron Rodgers
7. Jay Cutler
8. Philip Rivers
9. Donovan McNabb
10. Tyler Thigpen (if he plays all 16 games, he'll run for 700-plus yards)
Running back
1. Michael Turner
2. Adrian Peterson
3. Matt Forte
4. Brian Westbrook
5. Clinton Portis
6. Chris Johnson
7. Steven Jackson
8. Brandon Jacobs
9. Maurice Jones-Drew
10. LaDainian Tomlinson
(Sorry, I just don't think DeAngelo Williams or Thomas Jones will score the way they did this year, and I think LT gets healthy and gets a true fullback and offensive line in the offseason.)
Wide receiver
1. Randy Moss
2. Calvin Johnson
3. Anquan Boldin
4. Andre Johnson
5. Steve Smith
6. Roddy White
7. Larry Fitzgerald
8. Marques Colston
9. Reggie Wayne
10. Greg Jennings
Matthew Berry -- The Talented Mr. Roto -- has a birthday on Monday the 29th. He has always hated having a birthday this close to the holidays. He is the creator of RotoPass.com, a Web site that combines a bunch of well-known fantasy sites, including ESPN Insider, for one low price. Use promo code ESPN for 10 percent off. Cyberstalk the TMR | Be his Cyberfriend


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MIAMI -- Rockies manager Walt Weiss said before Sunday's game against the Marlins that Troy Tulowitzki was being given the day off after experiencing soreness in his left side late in Saturday night's 3-0 loss to Miami.
"He's OK. He's a little sore," Weiss said of the Rockies' shortstop. "He felt something in his side last night. He talked me into letting him hit that last time up. I was planning on pinch-hitting for him there. He's a little sore today, so we're going to keep him down today. I wouldn't say it's an oblique, but it's in that area."
Weiss also said he does not think catcher Yorvit Torrealba will be activated when he's eligible to come off the 7-day concussion DL on Monday.
"I'm not sure if he's quite ready to be active yet," Weiss said. "I don't think it will be much longer, but I'm not expecting him to be active tomorrow."
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