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CHICAGO -- Terry Collins would prefer that his daily lineup decisions weren't decisions at all. The Mets' manager would love to have eight names penciled into the same eight spots just about every day.
But until the Mets start scoring runs with any consistency, Collins will continue to reshuffle the names on the board, hoping to find the right combination.
And for one day, at least, it worked.
Hitting in the leadoff spot for the first time all season Sunday, second baseman Daniel Murphy lined a solo homer in the eighth inning to help the Mets rally past the Cubs, 4-3.
"That's probably one of the bigger home runs I've ever hit, just because it's a tie ballgame," said Murphy, who owns a .357 average with four homers in 11 career games at Wrigley Field.
Mets righthander Dillon Gee allowed three runs -- including a two-run homer by Cubs counterpart Travis Wood -- in five-plus innings.
Mets rookie outfielder Juan Lagares slammed his first career homer in the seventh inning, a two-run shot that tied the score at 3-3. Lefty Scott Rice tossed two scoreless innings in relief, part of four shutout innings provided by the Mets' bullpen.
But the biggest blow came from Murphy, who has broken out of his slump by hitting .469 in his last eight games. The Mets have won three of their last four games, salvaging a road trip that began with three straight defeats.
"I feel better with my swing but I'm also getting better pitches to hit," Murphy said. "When the swing's really good and you feel comfortable at the plate, you just don't miss them. I feel like that's kind of where I'm at right now."
And for the moment, he might continue on as the Mets' leadoff hitter. As far back as spring training, Collins said he considered moving Murphy into the top spot, even though he hadn't hit there since 2009.
"It's still always about quality at-bats," Murphy said about leading off.
It's possible that all of Collins' changes will be meaningless in the long term, as some estimates suggest that teams can gain or lose only a handful of runs over the course of a season. Barring extreme and unrealistic situations -- such as batting the pitcher third and all-star third baseman David Wright ninth -- the difference would rarely impact the win-loss column.
But in the case of the Mets, who have struggled to score runs, it seems that the lineup changes can't hurt.
Collins has been desperate to find hitters to get on base ahead of David Wright.
"When we are seeing what we're seeing right now, certainly we're not hitting, we're not getting guys on, certainly you've got to pick and choose," Collins said. "You've got to go with guys who are getting the job done."
For Collins, the challenge should feel familiar. Last season, the Mets used 141 different lineup combinations, more than any other team in the National League except for the lowly Houston Astros. The Mets have used 33 different batting orders this season. That's only slightly above the NL average, but lately, that number has been growing by the day.
It's likely that Collins will turn in lineup combination No. 34 Monday when the Mets begin a three-game set against the Reds. Though he sounded bullish about giving Murphy another crack at the leadoff spot, he seemed far less enthusiastic about whether he will let the slumping Ike Davis hit in the cleanup spot, even with the Reds slated to start three consecutive righties.
"The ideal thing is to have a lineup that you put up every day and it's the same," said Collins, whose situation is far from ideal.


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|Gallery II will feature a group photography exhibition comprised of 23 artists entitled Spinning Yarns. As visual storytellers, the artists utilize aspects of open narrative to address their personal experiences, beliefs, and imagination to the viewer. By layering visual information within their art, the artists build a sense of anticipation for the audience. The beauty of storytelling is that the photograph often becomes what the viewer wants it to become. The museum will host a gallery talk on February 21, 5:30 7:00pm.
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The Good Ol' Boy Network (GOBN) of the car business limits us in how we apply experienced and/or capable people, how we run our dealership's business, and in how we approach women in this business for everything from ownership, to manager spots, to sales positions. And, by doing all that, limits our success. And our profitability. Let me tell you my own experience with the car business GOBN, and then I'll address the point I'm making on limits.
I came to the car business in my 40's (I'm now 52) with experience ranging from owning my own business, to Fortune 100 Consulting, to several years at Microsoft. I entered the sales floor, as perhaps many do, because I had a financial issue—I had a cash flow problem with my business, and so I was making an effort to offset that slowdown.
I was privileged to work with several great salespeople who were happy with me until I started selling #1 consistently. Eventually, they came back to liking me, but what really happened next was inevitable: I knew so much about sales and marketing, and the dealership group's attention to marketing and the Internet was severely lagging. They couldn't run a marketing program in any coordinated fashion to save their lives. I tried to help, but I ran right smack into the GOBN: I couldn't possibly understand the car business! And the people they had running all the marketing and Internet were just fine. Really. They knew them all very well, how could it be otherwise??
And so I sold lots of cars and left when my cash was right again. The main store's GM called me very shortly after that, though, and he said "I get it even if other's don't. I need your help in a BDC with phones and Internet, can you come back and help me?" And so I did. And a shout-out to my old GM, Mike, by the way: Thanks very much for that!
He and I worked together and took the BDC—even back then—to running 40% of the dealer's vehicle retail business. I eventually moved on to an eCommerce position at a large group, and for me the rest is history as they say—I'm now an independent consultant (www.keithshetterly.com), but I still have all that experience, both outside and inside the car business. Plus I qualify now for some entry into that GOBN. Who knew?
Though that's still not true with everyone who considers me, because I'm not twenty years in this business making all the same mistakes they are making (if not direct business mistakes, then business-limiting mistakes because they are still GOBN-oriented).
So, what are a few of the most common GOBN limits? First, that experience outside the car business isn't any strong help to a dealership; second, that running the dealership AS a business, instead of by GOBN "relationship decisions", is not possible nor profitable; and, third, that women are never, ever part of the GOBN.
Yeah. I said it. Women are limited by the GOBN in the car business. Still. I'll write more on that in a minute.
I already covered the GOBN's reaction to experienced and capable people when I wrote about my own entry into the car business. What I see for GOBN for relationships that hold back their business success is perhaps best given in questions: Who knows a GM who buys a random direct mail piece because his buddy at another dealership "killed it" and sold "fifty cars" from it last month? Or has seen the management clearing-out that happens with some GM regime changes? Or still sees print advertising spend over digital because the GM has a long-standing relationship with the local newspaper? And so on. Exactly.
And back to women, then, to wrap up, and I'll ask some more questions: How many women GMs and managers are there? Would a successful woman ever get online as a dealership Marketing Director and write on an automotive professional blog site (using both their personal name and their dealer's name) in angry posts, some containing profanity (see the thread here)? Would even my actions there be done differently? Why do lots of capable women leave the sales floor? Why do the ones who stay do so well and yet cause such jealousy?
GOBN, that's why. For all of that and more.
We need experienced, capable people with new ideas; we need to run our dealerships as businesses, not as clubs; and we need more women in sales, management, and ownership.
And we lag on all these because of the limit of the GOBN, both in business practice and in attitude. Removing that limit will do more for long-term dealership success than any new efforts on Internet, Social Media, Reputation Management, etc. ever will alone—simply because those are all really most successful when change for business success is really embraced.
And the car-business GOBN hates change. Have you noticed? So did the dinosaurs, perhaps, and they are now encased in rock. Don't be a GOBN fossil and miss modern success and profit.
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Criss, being in the GOBN isn't wnat I want for you, either. I simply want to call out the practice that can, and does, limit dealership success. Thanks!
@Criss nailed that! I 100% feel the same.
And another thought, I know there are some women who want break into the "man world", but I'd say most of us are making our own way as women.
A woman who is doing a good job being a woman doesn't ever really need to raise voice or "be a bitch".
I work in a dealership (like I said before) full of women. We are busy getting stuff done, wearing heels & taking care of business.
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Alexander, for what it's worth, I've lived long enough to see exactly what's happening here in our business happen many times in other verticals. It's not theoretical. It's very, very real.
Tom, does make a very good point, look at Hillary Clinton. Labeling of 'bitch' also tends to come from other women, the hypocrisy of it all, eh...? My wife does it all the time.
Yes, job placement by nepotism, but what about ownership by nepotism. IMO, that's the bigger problem of the two.
Again, why would a successful dealership change the culture if it's already working...? Depends on the dealership, you can't just make blanket statements on "change" and expect it to fly universally. The 'Law of Uniformitarianism' doesn't hold true in the business world, to use another geologic science reference.
Thanks Tom!!
LOVE THIS, Keith - I worked for many years in the military with women and now in the car biz, and my significant is a bank manager. I think it is EXTREMELY DIFFICULT for women to navigate ANY INDUSTRY with a strong leadership personality, lest they be labeled in very unkind terms. If you or I are enthusiastic and strong-willed about policies and procedures, we are 'stern' or 'strict'. Possibly an ass, but generally not if diplomacy is used. However, a woman with the same strength of personality as I will get labeled 'bitch' (or worse) within minutes of making a request.
I also have the deadly accuracy of your point about GOBN being harmful to business. I think all industries have their NIH(not invented here) mentalities, but do dealers and even dealer group execs have any idea how job placement by nepotism or GOBN hold back their businesses?
Then they wonder why it is so hard to change culture...
Lack of diversity limits growth.
Many of my colleagues have heard me say many times "The things that go in this industry would never be tolerated in other industries..."
Obviously, and good point, it's probably '1.4 dealerships visited' because most dealership websites offer enough information on vehicles, promotions, etc. to satisfy the average consumer. Or within measured demographics one dealership has their digital marketing and website sh*t together much better than their competition and dominate the field. Or your average consumer is too lazy to get off their @sses to shop around on various lots (look at obesity levels).
I'm guesstimating, but I'm sure plenty of these variables come into play.
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch group Philips has developed an "intelligent pill" that contains a microprocessor, battery, wireless radio, pump and a drug reservoir to release medication in a specific area in the body.
Philips, one of the world's biggest hospital equipment makers, said Tuesday that the "iPill" capsule, measures acidity with a sensor to determine its location in the gut, and can then release drugs where they are needed.
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The Village Voice's intrepid Robert Sietsema taste-tested the 3.3-pound Tebow Sandwich at the Carnegie Deli. It's roast beef, corned beef, pastrami, American cheese, lettuce, tomato, and mayo on white bread. Wrote Sietsema, "What a way to ruin good pastrami and corned beef. They were warm, but the roast beef was stone cold." If this sandwich has failed the Carnegie Deli—and things appear to be headed that way—we have six better sandwiches for the meat-slingers.
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So we had an obscene amount of left overs this year for Thanksgiving. Which was awesome! But it got me thinking–how can I get creative with these leftovers? aka– how can I serve the same meal to my family for a week without them complaining? Here are some of the ways I used my leftovers! All of my Thanksgiving recipes will be posted soon…so keep an eye out for them!
Thanksgiving pie
Layer your Thanksgiving side dishes and turkey into a delicious pie! Here is how I layered mine.
Grease pie dish and preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread an even layer of mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole and stuffing. Spoon pieces of scalloped corn casserole sporadically over the top. Then scatter pieces of turkey over that. Bake for 20 minutes and drizzle with warm gravy, serve warm.
Save one 9×13 pan with a row of all your leftovers in it so you can easily throw it in the oven to warm up. It totally beats warming up one dish at a time and then you don't have to use the dreadful microwave.
- 1 lb ground sirloin
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 tablespoon TS merlot sauce
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup Panko bread crumbs
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 tablespoon TS garlic garlic
- 1 cup dry stuffing mix (any kind)
Combine raw sirloin, celery, onion, merlot sauce, eggs and garlic garlic in a bowl. Mash it real good with your (clean) hands. {And yes. It has to be done with your hands. No spoon will ever be good enough!} Press into a lightly greased loaf pan. Sprinkle with bread crumbs and drizzle melted butter over the top.
Bake at 350 degrees for an hour.


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In FASA's Circus Imperium, are you allowed to turn your chariot around on an oval track?
One of the tactics suggested during a previous game was for a player who has no chance of winning to turn around and kamikaze the lead player with a head on crash. The logic being, is your loss is worth my death.
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I think she ate Jon Snow.
"NoB's acquisitiveness is Zanshin like" - Dougie
"USA is 50 separate countries" - doof (tadpole farmer extraordinaire)
"I actually believe, nay, know that NoB's ass and innards are spotless." - Lilith
Dont say, Its been a good day till sundown.
Dont say, Shes a good wife till shes buried.
Dont say, Its a good sword till youve tested it.
Dont say, Shes a good girl till shes married off.
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After 10 years of intensive archival research, author and Harvard scholar Ben Urwand is tearing down the popular impression that the 1930s Hollywood community stood united in efforts to combat the Nazi regime with his new book "The Collaboration."
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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In the past, decennial Census participation rates have often correlated strongly with state levels of civic participation. In fact in 2000, a study by Nance Bates and Sara Buckley found that civic participation was a better driver of census participation than state by state levels of Census advertising, asking participants to fill out the forms.
So in 2010 we can watch a competition with a stronger economic payoff for states than the NCAA March Madness tournament.
Census provides a tool to track rates of Census participation by state or even to drill down for your community. Nationwide, as of the end of March, 46% of households have returned their forms. This is far lower than the 67% nationwide mail participation rates when the dust finally settled in 2000.
For the moment, the southern states of Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana are participating at rates higher than I would have expected, although some of them are not doing great. (For example, New Orleans had only a 24% return rates Jackson, MS was at 31% and Birmingham, AL at 35%.) And rates of return in Laredo, TX and Brownsville are only around one-quarter.
As expected, Iowa, North and South Dakota, Nebraska and Wisconsin are leading the pack (although look to see Minnesota moving up the Census charts). [To see all the states' participation rates you have to click "View Participation Rates" and then close out the pop-up box.]
If I were constructing state brackets, my number 1 seeds would be: Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Minnesota with the Dakotas with the strong possibility to be spoilers. Let's hope I get proven wrong and other states take the title from one of these six. Maybe with the Census short-form being shorter and easier to fill out than ever, participation will finally rise. Stay tuned.
BTW: April 1 is National Census Day (this is not an April Fool's joke).


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Region 10 School Superintendent Alan Beitmann has stated that Region 10 should have a relatively small increase unless funding from Hartford is cut for magnet programs. Region 10 participates in Project CHOICE (remember Sheff vs. O'Neill?), which entitles Hartford parents to choose a school in a participating suburban district to send their child. This was set up in 2008 to increase integration in predominantly white school districts. Tuition can either be charged (paid for by the sending district) or waived. I would suggest, if funding is cut, that Mr. Beitmann look out for the best interests of the taxpayers in Region 10 and either demand tuition or drop out of the program. I would hope that our school board and First Selectmen of Harwinton and Burlington, along with the Boards of finance recognize that taxpayers are hit with increases every which way and are unwilling to pay for yet another "entitlement."
Oh how the Republicans are whining about the cuts that are about to take place. These are the same people who would cut your mothers food stamps to protect their rich corporate buddies. So what if we do not have seven times the military as the next biggest army. So what if the rich slobs don't get to fly their Gulfstreams on vacations every other week. So what if the CEO's have to pay a few more dollars in taxes.
I say let the sequester happen I do not have any money and I do not have any skin in the game. The Republicans cried and cried that they want to cut government as long as it is not their pet projects.be careful what you wish for boys and girls. I say it's about time.
Frederick Acker, SPCA (NO affiliation with the respected ASPCA) has decided to appeal the decision splitting custody of the 62 dogs seized. Acker made a statement to the press that needs to be corrected. That the dogs are spread out in "some of the worst high kill shelters in the state." The dogs are not in high kill shelters, Connecticut does not have high kill shelters. Yes, dogs are euthanized in shelters. The sick, the dogs that cannot be retrained and are a danger to other dogs and humans. It is never an easy decision to euthanize, and Acker should be ashamed of himself as he knows the criteria. They are warm, well taken care of.
This appeal will give the prosecution another chance to seize the dogs that judge Trombley felt should be returned to Acker. Trombley stated that the larger dogs were less susceptible to the cold. This should be unacceptable in the appeal process. The Agricultural Department, Animal Control Division which supervises Animal Control Officers in all municipalities needs to step up and support Bethlehem's Animal Control Officer who did her job. State law requires kennels, pet stores, shelters, to have a temperature of at least 55 degrees. Not a degree under that Acker kept his animals in. Frederick Acker is no stranger to court proceedings nor to animal cruelty charges. In 2005 he was charged with 84 counts of animal cruelty. Somehow the press has failed to give the public all of the history on Mr. Acker. In 2005 a South Carolina shelter halted further shipments of dogs to Acker due to the arrest details.
Let's see some investigative reporting on Mr. Acker and a bit less sympathy for him until facts are presented.
I think it is a shame to see this fellow that is walking from FISH past the north end carrying a cross. People can hardly walk on the sidewalks. Torrington is not like it used to be. The cops should do something about it. This should not be allowed in Torrington.


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Anyone who thinks that Michael Phelps' career is somehow over because of one little indiscretion, need look no further than the current hero of the moment, Super Bowl MVP Santonio Holmes.
Santonio doesn't smoke pot—he used to sell it. (Also, he probably smokes pot.) Everyone knows that pushing is way worse than using, but that's what you do to get by when you grow up in a poor, violent town in the middle of Florida. Also, you club rabbits in the head and sell them for $3 a pop. But don't tell PETA that or they'll want his head examined.
By the way, this is all stuff that he openly admitted to, just days before the Super Bowl. He was arrested in the middle of the current season. Then there was this unpleasantness. Let's face it—the guy has led a crazy life. Hell, he's had a crazy last six months. But no one really cares about any of that today. All they want to know about now is the extraneous toe on his right foot that allows him to stretch his body great distances without ever leaving the field. (Did everyone forget about this too? I don't think his legs even bend.)
So he's not going to be licking Oreo Double Stuffs with his long-lost brother or anything, but I think Americans—and the advertisers who love them—are nothing if not selectively forgetful. Take another look back at Santonio's greatest Deadspin hits....
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• His 2006 arrest only hinted at greatness
• The man parties with McLovin. 'Nuff said.
• A courteous and professional drug bust
• He also occasionally plays football
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
Guest Entry by CCA: Being Followed
At the end of the day today, I was delayed inside the courtroom a few minutes, so by the time I did get down to the first floor I was rushing to catch the Red Line. Only then did I realize a tall white-haired man carrying a back-pack I have seen in the courtroom hugging Phil Spector, had been watching me much of the afternoon. He came down to the subway platform at Civic Center and appeared to be checking out the other people, as if looking for someone in particular. I think it's possible he did not see me behind two men also wearing suits.
I got on my subway car near the back end, so I could see the others getting on my car. The whited haired man was not there.
When I got off my car at Hollywood and Highland, as I walked back a few feet to get on the up escalator, I noticed the man rushing toward me. He pushed past several folks behind me, until he was touching me. It was just noisy enough on the lower escalator that I was not sure what he said. Since I am recovering from a recent surgery, I walked as fast as I could toward the next up escalator, and this man followed. Now it was quiet enough I could hear him asking me why I attend the trial.
Not knowing for sure who he is or what his interest is in the outcome, I only told him I follow the science and provide my impressions to people who want it. Up on the Hollywood Boulevard sidewalk, as I waited for the westbound 312/212 bus, he told me his name and asked mine.
The funny thing is this afternoon another trial watcher seemed to follow me to the Red Line, too. This person did get on the same subway car, but continued past Hollywood and Highland. While we were waiting for the correct train they keep looking at me, but said very little. Maybe they actually do routinely take the North Hollywood Red Line, and had, up to now, just been on a different one than me.
What a frightening situation CCA! Sounds like the Zodiac Singer to me.
P.S. And Kim of The Darwin Exception has a new entry up. It's rip-roaring hysterical!
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- Unknown said...
OMG CCA, this reminds me so much of the movie, "Runaway Jury."
If this white-haired Phil hugger actually took your train, and ran after you to inquire why you're there, then, I shudder to think of who is on the payroll, hired to flesh out the jurors' most private lives...
- August 23, 2007 at 10:08 PM
- Anakerie said...
Ohhh... CCA, that sounds absolutely bizarre! That fellow sounds like someone to watch out for! Write his name down!! Not here of course.. lol.. But it wouldn't hurt to have the information written down and placed in a somewhat prominent place in your home.
- August 23, 2007 at 11:03 PM
- houdini said...
wow...the male equivalent of anita talbert follows trial watchers. wonder why he didn't just talk to you in court? pretty odd behavior from a macrobiotic, astrological singer.
- August 24, 2007 at 2:03 AM
- Unknown said...
Oh my!
Please, please be careful CCA!
This is so sinister. Really, who could make this stuff up? Your posts are so very much appreciated. I always enjoy reading your insights. Take care of yourself!
Anna a/k/a bluwater
- August 24, 2007 at 4:31 AM
- Carol Nickell said...
Dear CCA
Sounds like time to report harrassment. This isn't done for someone coming to watch a trial. Trials are open to the public to watch w/o being harrassed. Of course asking why are you attending so bogus and gathering information for someone.
I feel so bad for Sproket to what happen to her thoroughly understanding her decision. However, just discussing the issue someone is violating your right to attend the trial and write about the trial. I have no idea what having a press pass having anything to do with sitting in the back row.
The defendent is entitled to all his constitutional rights for a judicious trial; however, his rights does not entitle him, those he hires or family and friends to deny the rights of others attending a public trial and writing about the trial.
Hang tough, don't let these type of attorneys to ever let you rights be denied. They remind me over and over why rape victims are afraid to go to trial because of the extend they will go to dessecrate and mutilate the victim.
May your journey be full of grace and spirit cloaked in the light of protection in a perfect way.
- August 24, 2007 at 5:31 AM
- BJChand said...
I would definitely snap a picture of both of this people. Just for future reference.
I know you can't have cells phones on in court, but afterwards, I'd use mine to get their photos.
- August 24, 2007 at 10:37 AM
- Anonymous said...
CCA this seems to be very strange behavior to me. If this man was just curious & asking questions to satisfy his own curiosity then he would have done it @ or near the courthouse. There was no need for him to follow (stalk?) you. I would notify either LE or the court or both of this incident. Please be very alert & careful. I really enjoy your observations.
- August 24, 2007 at 10:55 AM
- lucky said...
I was in the hallway yesterday and saw the "tall, white-haired man with a back-pack".
I, too, thought he was acting a little strange. I remember him because he walked by in a hurried fashion as if "on a mission". I wondered who he was and where he was going. He was not the "Zodiac Singer" who has been in court many times.
- August 24, 2007 at 7:32 PM


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Yale has captured 15 Ivy titles, has twice finished among the country's top-10 teams and has sent numerous gymnasts to the NCAA Championships. The team has won two ECAC Team Titles as well as accumluated 2017 ECAC Head Coach of the Year, 2018 ECAC Assistant Coach of the Year and 2018 USA Gymnastics National Head Coach of the Year.
Twelve Yale gymnasts have won all-around Ivy titles -- Gail Rothschild (1977), Caren Silver (1979), Mindy Rosenbaum (1983, 1985), Jen Spiegel (1986), Tracy Lassin (1987-89), Tasha Taylor (1992), Erin Murphy (1993), Anna Mitescu (1995), Jamie Green (2001), Kathryn Fong (2003), Anne McPherson (2005), Alina Liao (2006, 2008-09), and Brigitte Kivisto (2011) -- while Lisa Hamlin (1978) earned All-America recognition after finishing second in the balance beam at the 1978 national meet. In 1999 Taylor and Rosenbaum were selected to the Ivy League Silver Anniversary Honor Roll.
Yale gymnasts also excel in the classroom. The team was named National Academic Champion by the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches for having the highest grade point average for the 1992-93 season. Yale had a combined 3.53 GPA. In addition, Rosenbaum became the first woman ever at Yale to win the Francis Gordon Brown Prize for excellence in academics and athletics, and in 1993, Tasha Taylor was named to the GTE/CoSIDA District I Academic All-America team. Taylor also was presented with Nellie Eliott Award as the outstanding senior athlete at Yale. In 1996, Anna Mitescu, the 1995 Gordon Brown recipient, won an NCAA post graduate scholarship and was an academic All-America selection. Courtney McIlduff was awarded a graduate scholarship to study in Scotland, and Melanie Sanford '96 was a 2011 MacArthur Fellow.


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Very interesting but long Presentation by Eric Rosenfeld of MIT to an MIT classroom regarding the history, risk, and outcome of the LTCM (Long Term Capital Management) debacle… If you are already familiar with the history of what happened at LTCM, Rosenfeld's lecture will be of great interest and if you're not familiar, this is a great lesson in the risks involved with leverage and what the insiders of a risk taking firm where thinking.
Here is a link to a Wiki description of LTCM to give you a little overview as you view or just listen to Rosenfeld… Long Term Capital Management.
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Normally I support real infrastructure building, when it is appropriate. And America has not been building airports or runways at anywhere near the rate of traffic growth. However, this is a great example of politicians grabbing money and spending it inappropriately.
These wasteful misallocations are nothing new, of course, but they add up, and add up, building our exponential debts upon one another. Creating infrastructure that builds commerce is one thing, but building infrastructure that does not simply adds to future carrying costs as that infrastructure must be manned and maintained (ht Don).
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Judge: Tsarnaev can view autopsy photos of bombing victims
A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday largely rebuffed prosecutors' efforts to keep tabs on Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev during prison visits with his family, suggesting the conversations don't have to be monitored by an FBI agent.
Defense attorneys argued in court that Tsarnaev's family should be able to speak freely during the visits so attorneys could see the "story" of the Tsarnaev family, the Boston Globe reported.
"I don't think the safety, security issue looms very large," U.S. District Judge George O'Toole Jr. said during a motions hearing in federal court. O'Toole said the government could remove the FBI agent or assign an agent who is not working on the Tsarnaev case, the Globe reported. He said he would wait two weeks before making a final ruling.
Attorneys for the 20-year-old are attempting to build a case on the complexity of Tsarnaev's fraught and allegedly violent family relationships. "This case is very much a story about a family and the relationships between them," defense attorney David Bruck told the judge.
Tsarnaev was not present at the hearing, the Globe reported. The judge also ruled that Tsarnaev could see autopsy photos of bombing victims despite prosecutors' arguments that allowing him to see them would violate the victims' privacy and subject their families to needless suffering. O'Toole set another hearing for June 18.
The judge also said he'd consider another defense request to admit a suspect's statement to police that implicated Tsarnaev's older brother, Tamerlan, in a 2011 triple homicide in Waltham, Mass. The statement, from one of the older brother's friends, Ibragim Todashev, allegedly implicated Todashev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev in the drug-related killings of three men. Law enforcement agents killed Todashev during a struggle as they questioned him in his Orlando apartment after the marathon bombings.
Attorneys with the federal public defender's office in Boston are defending the younger Tsarnaev, who was 19 at the time of the April 15, 2013, bombings. They have indicated that they plan to suggest he was under the influence of his 26-year-old brother when they allegedly committed the attack that killed three people and injured more than 260. Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed in a shootout with police four days after the explosions.
Defense attorneys have said in court filings that Tamerlan "supplied the motivation, planning, and ideology" behind the attack and that Dzhokar's awareness of the 2011 triple homicide could suggest that he "experienced his older brother as an all-powerful force who could not be ignored or disobeyed."
The push to include Todashev's statement is likely an attempt to avoid the death penalty. Of the 30 counts in the younger Tsarnaev's June 27, 2013, federal indictment, 17 carry the possibility that he could be put to death if convicted.
Attorney General Eric Holder last year called for restrictions on Tsarnaev's contact with others, saying there was "a substantial risk" that his "communications or contacts with persons could result in death or serious bodily injury" to others.
Wednesday's hearing came hours after Boston police arrested a 25-year-old man near the marathon finish line who was carrying a backpack containing a rice cooker. The man's mother told the Associated Press on Wednesday that her son, Kevin "Kayvon" Edson, has bipolar disorder. He was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on a charge of possession of a hoax device, but authorities say more charges may be added.
Edson was stopped late Tuesday by an officer who saw him acting suspiciously, including walking barefoot down the middle of a street, veiled in black, in pouring rain, police Superintendent Randall Halstead said. The man dropped the backpack and told the officer it contained a rice cooker, he said. The backpack was destroyed.
The arrest came hours after ceremonies to mark the one-year anniversary of the bombings.


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Apple's opaque review process has long been an issue for iPhone developers. With unclear guidelines and fortune-cookie-like rejection notices, developers often have to guess as to what they did wrong in order to remedy their submissions. Bolt Creative, the maker of the wildly successful Pocket God recently found itself at the receiving end of a cryptic rejection.
The $0.99 Pocket God has sold hundreds of thousands of copies. It's a simulated tiny island that invites iPhone users to interact with its inhabitants in a hilariously sadistic fashion. Bolt has attempted to update the game with a new feature about once a week, depending on Apple to approve its changes and push that update out to the iTunes store to satisfy customer demand. Previous weekly features included user-generated hurricanes and hungry sharks to threaten and eat the islanders.
Attempting to push out a special April Fool's edition, Bolt received its first rejection from the App Store reviewers. The rejection specified that Bolt was using a copyrighted image, leaving the developers mystified. None of the updated art contained anything that might match that complaint. All previous art had been in place through a series of prior reviews. As a result of the rejection, Bolt missed its April 1st target. It essentially lost all the value from the work that had gone into getting that special update prepared, both in man-hours and potential customer goodwill.
Bolt had to guess what the rejection meant. In a post at the Touch Arcade forums Dave Castelnuovo wrote, "[O]ur latest update got rejected, we don't have a definitive answer as to why but they said it was due to us using a copyrighted image and we are guessing that its because of a option icon that looks like an iPhone. We changed it to look like a generic screen as well as changed a iphone that we had in the help pages since update 4 that looks like an iphone as well. Not sure why they chose this week to be picky but hopefully this update goes through."
Complaints like "choosing a week to be picky" are all too common when it comes to App Store rejections. Apps that were given the green light through several updates can be hit like this with an issue that was acceptable during previous reviews. Having been approved three or four times before, developers may assume their updates have already met Apple's criteria. Learning otherwise can introduce expensive delays where products are kept from reaching iTunes.
In Bolt Creative's case, it was able to get a confirmation from Apple as to the problem, "We've confirmed the cause for the rejection. It was the iPhone icon in the menu. Ugh." Bolt was lucky, though, as most developer e-mails requesting rejection clarification and/or challenges to the ruling receive no response.
As Ars has pointed out in the past, Apple has no open ticketing system for developers. Devs cannot see where their apps are in the review process and when their programs are rejected, they cannot access reviewer notes to get a better sense of why that rejection occurred. Receiving an e-mail with an agreement citation rather than an explanation often leads to a game of "what does this rejection have to do with my program?" In this case, Bolt Creative was eventually able to confirm their guesswork with Apple. For most devs, that isn't an option.


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Movie: Discovering Your Husband of 9 Years Is Gay
American-born, Taipei-based filmmaker Arvin Chen's "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" is the latest in a string of Taiwanese comedy-dramas featuring gay characters. The WSJ's Dean Napolitano was at the Asia premiere and tells Lara Day how the film was received.
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... the ... this all season Saints ... will keep the nice together is difficult enough ... but what he did we find out that your husband of nine years is gay ... that is the Oakwood promise of a Taiwanese American director Ivan Shannon's new movie please to love me tomorrow I might say I'm joined here by Senior Editor Dean of platonic ... so ... D what a stupendous and this may be exactly and and ... money is a visitor from comedy to tragedy what is that this sounds like a tragedy it's it's it's really a romantic comedy with some some dramatic elements as you mention the director of art in Cheyenne ... this is the second film ... but has his first film was was a fairly big that the few years ago award and a ... romantic comedy ... um so he's gone back to the genre ... this time the stories you mentioned is about a man approaching middle age ... who ... it is a closeted gay man and his thinking that maybe he took the wrong path getting married and having a child ... so ... a nice older lady at the of Hungary's national folk gospel has ever seen ... the movie was that it had its premier but two nights ago this week and it was a huge hit Arvind Chen was was there along with this cast members they all got huge reception ... the film opens up in Taiwan next week ... in Hong Kong to recapture that and it plays into ... some ... later in April of that right but the film festival in New York City maybe you you mention to me yet that has millions of women see that as a minute was this a common thing in addition semis something you see in movies in the last is well I'd say this is fairly common knowledge and Arvind shuns films as first don't have a lot of ... somewhat fantastical ... elements and this was ... this does do I won't reveal much ... believe the surprises for the audience when they see the film ... but dead that you you mention only of course one of his early films in Taiwan was the wedding banquet ... about a gay man who marries a woman to satisfy his ... his parents' desires any of the family ... but he also has a boyfriend ... the thing is it's a recurring theme apparently in Taiwan phonetic is back ... two decades one third the wedding banquet came out ... why is it something that seems to captivate the imagination of a higher high twenties that Santa Monica exactly I was talking to our urban about debt to the other day and ... he said that Taiwan just it is very open and liberal ... about these issues and are welcoming to ... films about of the day's coming out of the closet also coming of age movies he he sees a parallel in stories about self awareness self ... discovery ... he likes to find the humor ... speaking on the obviously at the world's attention was going to trial in a cinema ... that drink this year's Oscars I like the pie in an ... entry of ... a number of Oscars ... at Oscar winning ... twenty fifty from Taiwanese Sendai in the coming years due to a survey has seen more Taiwanese phone maker is rising to the global stage but when you when your at ... your addictions I think there are mentioned himself is on the was on the ... cusp of getting wider recognition outside of Taiwan ... and Indonesia that would of been a for instance this film ... we still love me tomorrow had its premiere at the Berlin film Festival last month ... mention it's going to tread back to ... I'm it's also been picked up for release in the US so ... audiences in North American expect to see its him to thank you for joining us on our day for the Wall Street John all


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Greetings GuysLet us discuss best times for a meet up.I propose a monthly one, and say over a weekend where people aren't working.What do you guys think? :)Continue
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Sigh* oh Benjamin...wait till I tell ur wife. Anyhow moving on....Can I suggest maybe a meet up some time in feb then? If ppl are interested that is? - the Looch ness monster
Oh fine guess i can't say no if you're all making effort as well.
Nope Stuart, missed you out (sorry)! I even know another Huddersfieldian who has yet to join TA, so we might get quite a group going now the numbers are building. No point being a bunch of miserable c*nts, after all :)
Thing is Jwan, on the plus side, I suppose that your story shows just how secular xmas is now...the guy wasn't concerned about lack of seasonal worship, and he didn't even entertain that you might not even have been a Christian. He was just thinking about boozing it up and presumably presents and food and the like. I suppose it's good sign of attitude change when you see cases like that. We're getting there slowly...
I like the lights (my parent's neighbour put up really good lights, the whole house glows !) and the holiday break, but my guess would be cause I was raised in a Muslim culture, where Christmas was not celebrated.
I can relate more to New Year celebrations, because that was celebrated in a way, but even for that, I don't *think* I personally celebrate. There are no memes that I do on New Year. Each year is different, sometimes a meal out, sometimes a pizza order, sometimes a movie ... etc :)
Maybe I really am a miserable cu*t lol
But one that loves the Truth. ;)
Jwan, you miserable c***. Why don't you celebrate Christmas?! I hope I was counted in the 4 Huddersfieldians :)
True but funny story.
I work part time in a shop in Marsh, and two days before Christmas one of our regular customers walks in, grabs his beers and said to me: " Are you ready for Christmas then? "
I smiled and said: " I do not celebrate Christmas :) "
He stood back a bit, did this weird thing with his eye brows and said " You're a miserable cu*t aren't you ! "
I was shocked lol but said " Erm .. thanks ! " :D


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Microsoft has bought Caligari, a developer of 3D modeling software, in a move that could help enrich the graphics experience in Microsoft's Virtual Earth mapping system.
Caligari started making 3D modeling and animation software for the Amiga computer in the mid-1980s. Its signature tool, called trueSpace, has a user interface that makes it easy to build complex 3D animations, according to an entry on the Virtual Earth blog on Wednesday announcing the acquisition.
Caligari has offices in California and Slovakia. Its development team will work with the Virtual Earth group, and Caligari's "tightly knit community of beta testers" will stay the same, said Roman Ormandy, founder and CEO of Caligari, in a blog posting. He said the company will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft.
"Now we will have more resources to rely on, larger market to consider and I hope more fun doing that," he wrote.
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In December, Microsoft bought Multimap, which also became a wholly owned subsidiary and works with the Virtual Earth and Search groups. Multimap develops online mapping services. At the time of that acquisition, Microsoft said the buy would help it expand its online services offerings to consumers and businesses.
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"NEW YORK, April 18 (Reuters) - The nation's top military officer said on Sunday that a U.S. strike against Iran would go "a long way" to delaying its nuclear program but that he considered doing so his "last option" right now.
""Military options would go a long way to delaying it," Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters after speaking at a forum at Columbia University in New York.
""That's not my call. That's going to be the president's call," he added. "But from my perspective ... the last option is to strike right now." (Reporting by Adam Entous; Editing by Jackie Frank)"
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One of my very favourite places to go bike riding is Waterton Canyon. There are just so many reasons to love riding there!
First of all, it is a private road. It is wide and the only traffic on it is walkers, runners, fisherman, and bicycles- except for the odd truck driven by someone who works there (maintaining water stuff). So there is plenty of room for Rich and I to ride beside each other and chat a bit if we want.
Second, the road is pretty good. A little rocky or soft in a couple of places, but relatively decent riding the whole way.
Third, it is just over six miles to reach the dam. At that point you have to turn around and go back unless you have mountain bikes (which we don't, our bikes are hybrids) to continue up the Colorado Trail. The road up to the dam is at a slight incline which means a good workout. And the way back is at a slight decline which means a bit of an easier ride when you are tired. And all in all, we get in a guaranteed 12+ miles which is a fine workout for the two of us.
Lastly, and best of all, it is a BEAUTIFUL place to ride. The road follows a portion of the South Platte River and there is often wildlife along the trail. We have seen bighorn sheep, deer, and last week we saw a Great Blue Heron come in for a landing on a rock quite close to us. Didn't have the camera though, darn it!
I guess when we are in better shape, we could ride our bikes TO the canyon, do the trail and then bike home- but we are far from there yet...that would add an additional 16 miles to the trip! For now, I am happy to strap the bikes to Rich's car and go from there!
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Fighting street harassment with smartphones
WASHINGTON - I wasn't the only one who saw it. There were dozens of people walking along the same sidewalk, seeing the same thing, hearing the same words. None of them stopped to intervene - and neither did I.
This is what happened: Three men in business casual attire were walking past a young woman in Adams Morgan, a trendy neighborhood in Washington, D.C. As they approached, the men began to call out to the woman.
"Hey, sexy," said one of them. "What are you up to tonight?"
"Look at those legs," said another, "and that face. Hope you're not going home alone."
The woman's face contorted into a pained smile as she kept walking. For an instant, the men paused on the street, and it looked like they might pursue her. But the moment passed, and both parties went on their way.
I went on my own way, shaken and startled. While describing the incident to my boyfriend over dinner the next night, our server overheard our conversation and joined in.
"That actually happens to me all the time," she said. And what did "all the time" mean? "At least a few times a week." I asked what she meant by harassment. "Oh, catcalls, unsolicited compliments, comments about my body . . . and, of course, men exposing themselves to me."
One final question: What do you do to fight back?
"Nothing, really," our server said. "There's nothing I can do."
Some studies suggest that it affects at least two-thirds of women in New York City, Chicago and the California Bay Area. In fact, it's "a very old problem" that has only been recognized recently, says Holly Kearl, founder of Stop Street Harassment and International Anti-Street Harassment Week, which began April 7.
Historically, victims have had no means of identifying their harassers, of broadcasting their stories, or of documenting what occurred. Through smartphones, blogs and social media, however, victims can share their stories and educate their communities - and fight back.
Empowerment is a key goal of anti-street harassment groups like Hollaback, which has activists in 62 cities throughout 25 different countries. "There's something very different about making your story public versus just trying to pretend like your stories aren't happening," says Emily May, co-founder of Hollaback. "Just telling your story catalyzes so much, emotionally and externally. A public response actually decreases [a victim's] experience of trauma and lessens her risk of facing anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder."
Hollaback's goal is to make more responses public. In 2005, the organization created a website on which women were encouraged to share their street harassment stories. Since then, the group has launched a smartphone app that allows women to report their harassment in real time. The app notes location, and its data helped Hollaback - in partnership with Cornell University - track patterns of harassment and analyze the effects of harassment on women. Intriguingly, the app revealed that street harassment levels correlate to nothing but population levels; socioeconomic factors played no role. Where there are more men, there will be more street harassment. It doesn't matter if the men are black or white, wealthy or poor.
These smartphone reports also help Hollaback work with legislators to end street harassment. Hollaback's location-targeting apps have revealed which districts have the highest incident of harassment, information that might encourage legislators to sponsor anti-harassment education. Each app report, moreover, can be relayed to the New York City Council, which is working with Hollaback to provide stronger preventive resources to communities. While much street harassment does qualify as a misdemeanor or even felony offense, Hollaback's focus is prevention, not criminalization.


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Hey girl... As far as I know nothing serious is going on with her... she's just a free spirit, she comes and goes... Hopefully we'll see more of her in the future
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