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Beat the Streak Report: Tuesday, July 27
Let's just pretend Monday never happened, k?
Here's the plan:
Create a diversion with our MLB.com fantasy tech team (Hey, guys! Target is having a sale on all Texas Instrument calculators!!),
while I MacGruber around with their computers and flip yesterday's
results from the system database with the NBA Jam cheatcode for big
head. Sound good?
Hey, desperate times call for desperate measures, and after Monday's
three most popular selections (Robinson Cano, Alex Rodriguez, Joey
Votto) each went hitless to zap the streak of an astounding 36.4 percent
of all of Streakland, it's officially Desperation Tuesday.
Time for Tuesday's picks
Oh, hello there …
? Derrek Lee: .500 AVG (17-for-34) lifetime vs. Astros starter Brett Myers
? Ichiro Suzuki: .409 AVG (9-for-22) lifetime vs. White Sox starter Gavin Floyd
? Billy Butler: .400 AVG (12-for-30) lifetime vs. Twins starter Carl Pavano
? Brian Roberts: .500 AVG (5-for-10) lifetime vs. Blue Jays starter Ricky Romero
? Ryan Braun: .500 AVG (5-for-10) lifetime vs. Reds starter Edinson Volquez
? Hanley Ramirez: .400 AVG (6-for-15) lifetime vs. Giants starter Matt Cain
? David Ortiz: .350 AVG (7-for-20) lifetime vs. Angels starter Jered Weaver
Feeling kinda spicy?
? John Buck: .381 AVG (8-for-21) lifetime vs. Orioles starter Kevin Millwood
You'll thank me later ...
? Ben Zobrist: .083 AVG (1-for-12) lifetime vs. Tigers starter Justin Verlander
? Torii Hunter: .136 AVG (3-for-22) lifetime vs. Red Sox starter John Lackey
? Hunter Pence: .192 AVG (5-for-26) lifetime vs. Cubs starter Ted Lilly
Leaderboard time!
"richard.jucksch" escaped the Cano/Jeter/Votto deathtrap by picking Joe
Mauer, who went 5-for-5 last night with a homer and seven RBIs. Way to
get the fans on your side and show off, Jucksch. What next, you gonna
add another consonant to the end of your last name?
Anyway, with Mauer's hit fiesta, Jucksch is now cruising with a 36-game streak. You'll be hearing from me today, Richard.
MLB.com's Ian Kay wrote a great piece
this morning on Florida's top prospect Logan Morrison, who just got
called up to take Chris Coghlan's starting spot after a shaving cream
incident gone horribly wrong.
I hate when that happens.
Oh, Kay also rode Derrek Lee to up his streak to 29 games. Rumor has it
that if Kay reaches 30, he'll be guest blogging tomorrow. And by rumor, I
mean he just told me that.
Top MLB streakers
? Buster Posey: 19 games
? Nelson Cruz: 14 games
? Scott Podsednik: 13 games
? Justin Upton: 12 games
? Michael Cuddyer: 11 games
? Matt Holliday: 11 games
? Luke Scott: 11 games
54 Comments
I still have time to get to 57 so I'm going to take my time and take it day by day. Josh Hamilton for me today. He is hitting awesome at home and he may not hit Gonzalez great but he is hitting awesome in July and at home. Ryan Howard in HR BTS and Marlins and Josh Johnson in Survivor.
I have had 17 straight homer-less picks in home run beat the streak. Has anyone had a longer streak of ineptness in that game?
After Vladimir Guerrero hit a home run against Oakland on May 12, Robinson Cano did not homer on May 13 and then I did not play from May 14 – July 6. From July 6-26 I have had 16 non homer picks and 1 did not play. My longest streak of the year should be 2 as Justin Morneau homered on May 8 and A-Rod on May 9. However I looked at the 5/8 Morneau pick and a double header trick was done to me. It's hard enough to get a pick that homers and even worse when a DH keeps you at 0 despite getting a home run and their was no warning of that DH. Morneau homered in his first AB of the first game which would have been a good pick if that had been a single game. As a result my longest streak is in a 7 way tie at 1. As for my streak of futility, my last 17 picks that I've made have been homer-less counting the 5/13 Cano pick but not counting 7/21 did not play Morneau pick. Anyone thinks this will reach 30?
Streak of negative 17? I can only say I've beat that when I haven't picked for more than 17 days in a row.
Tip to start HR streak: Pick game in small ballpark, now pick just 1 HR hitter (home or away) for the entire series. If you fail, try again. Unlikely to go more than 1,2,3 series without a HR unless very unlucky. For example, last CHC-STL series, I picked Pujols who homered in last game of series. Before that I focused on Howard. This system seems to work for me. But remember once you get the HR streak started, go back and pick a better option (if necessary) for the next day or two.
@vinny1979. Joined your group last night. Hoping that "competing" against a group who seems to have a large number of people in the top2500 list lately gets my logic back on track — couldn't be worse though.
Solid strategy for HR BTS via ponyforkeana.
Be careful of Wrigley Field – Plays as a small ball park when wind blows from S – SW. Plays as a large ball park when wind blows N – NE.
Check the web site that give daily weather and wind conditions at all ballparks. This is a great source of info for HR BTS
for BTS HR, picking someone playing at Minute Maid Park is not a bad idea. The crawford boxes are only 315 feet away!
Had my best BTS day ever yesterday. Mauer went 5 for 5, had David Ortiz for 2 HR, and the Jays won. Todays picks:
BTS: Ryan Braun
HR: Kevin Youkilis
Surv: Marlins
Who to pick against Millwood? My gut tells me VW but for some inexplicable reason he has awful #s against him. My guess is the #s are from when Millwood used to be a top dog. Also, looking @ Overbay. Definitely not Hill as MLB suggests.
I still have a bad taste after yesterday, especially after Cano's 9th inning intentional walk. Going with Mig. Don't see him going hitless two days in a row. Good luck all!!
I didn't even notice Youklis has been smoking everyone this month. I think it maybe too late to jump on his wagon. Darn it.
I've read ponyforkeana's and dragbunt104's posts and I'm taking Ryan Howard for Home run beat the streak and this is the forcast for Citizen's Bank Park. http://www.weather.com/outlook/events/sports/hourbyhour/38887:20 The wind is coming from the WSW/SW/SSW from 7-10 pm going down from 7 to 5 mph.
I've got Placido Polanco on beat the streak (at 0) and the Blue Jays on survivor (at 2).
Great site for ballpark weather and wind conditions.
BTS-Alexi Ramirez of ChiSox – he is batting 2nd tonight and had 3 hits last night v. M's best pitcher. Should be able to get a hit or 2 v. M's Rowland-Smith. He is streaky but seems to be on a streak.
HR- Paul Konerko
Survivor – Phils as Hammels is super hot.
Good luck to all………………..
Professor Pete's Silver Bullet, Lock-of-a-Lifetime, Six-Inch-Putt Special for Tuesday, July 27: Texas right fielder Nelson Cruz vs. Oakland left-hander Gio Gonzalez. …Cruz has hit .414 during his current 14-game hitting streak, with an average of 4.14 plate appearances a game. He has hit .349 this month, and is .377 against left-handers, .355 at home, and .337 at night. He has hit in every start after a day off (5 for 5). Gonzalez, in four starts this month, has given up 27 hits in 23 2/3 innings, and 22 hits in 17 innings over his last three starts. His ERA against right-handers is 4.35, 4.29 on the road, and 4.65 at night. They have not faced each other, and whereas that does offer room for debate, in my experience with BTS, that's a push. Cruz is 0-2 in pinch-hit attempts; that's not good, but it does mean he is rarely used as a pinch-hitter. I have entered Cruz for tonight with utmost confidence.*
*someone would have to check, but I believe I am 4-4 on these Lock-of-a-Lifetime selections
Good day all. Congrats to those that survived last night and condolences to those that didn't.
I'm going with Miggy tonight. Top2500 will be posted at about 830-9est. GL to all.
"Solid strategy for HR BTS via ponyforkeana.
Be careful of Wrigley Field – Plays as a small ball park when wind blows from S – SW. Plays as a large ball park when wind blows N – NE.
Check the web site that give daily weather and wind conditions at all ballparks. This is a great source of info for HR BTS"
That might not be as good a strategy as you think.
First of all, how many extra feet does a 10 MPH constant wind add to a normal HR ball arc?
Secondly, how many of a player's 2010 and career HR totals fall within this distance from the fence?
I'm going to try my luck with Ryan Howard today to reach my high mark of 10 games for the second time this season. He was hitless yesterday, but he's been hot lately so I have as much faith in him rebounding as Miguel Cabrera. I worry about Cabrera, though, because he's losing the protection around him with Ordonez out and Boesch in a big slump. Good hitters hit, though.
Locked in with Konerko. I wanted to go with Herrera but I wasn't sure if he was in the lineup. I couldn't find anyone that that I felt could beat up Millwood. I would be so upset if Herrera is in the lineup and gets a hit while Konerko goes O-fer.
What is going on with Bautista this year? This is unreal. Why wasn't he hitting them before?
1. Professor Pete – Rocks!
2. The commentary posted about Wrigley Field and it's "quirks"comes from very long time Cub fan who has been to many games at Wrigley Field. Please take the information as solid advice/ book it and take it to the bank as true. The winds that blow at Wrigley Field make it a crazy place to play; you can not take a laboratory physics approach to what happens there. I've seen lazy fly balls get caught in the wind and carry onto Waveland Ave. for HR's when wind blows out. I've seen crushed balls be flatted out by the wind and become routine flyouts outs.
3.Watching ChiSox v. Mariners – "Hyphen" Rowland-Smith is being manhandled by ChiSox. Rowland-Smith is the equilavent of the guy who bring s knife to a gun battle.
Thank you Ryan Howard for bringing me to 10. Good luck to everyone else tonight!
At least leader's pick is making tonight somewhat interesting thus far: Cano is 0-2 & possibly just 3 ABs if Tomlin remains dominant.
LaV's List
Tuesday's Top Picks of the current Top2500, 170 Batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Ichiro Suzuki, 222, 8.88
Miguel Cabrera, 212, 8.48(4th)(GOOD)
Robinson Cano, 144, 5.76(1rst)
Delmon Young, 138, 5.52
Alex Rios, 98, 3.92(3rd)
Ryan Howard, 98, 3.92(GOOD)
Carlos Gonzalez, 69, 2.76(5th)(MLB.com's Ian Kay)
Josh Hamilton, 61, 2.44(GOOD)
Paul Konerko, 59, 2.36
Derrek Lee, 50, 2
Jose Bautista, 48, 1.92(GOOD)
Kevin Youkilis, 47, 1.88
Joe Mauer, 45, 1.8(GOOD)
No Selection, 45, 1.8
Placido Polanco, 44, 1.76(GOOD)
Ryan Braun 44 1.76
Ian Kinsler 43 1.72(2nd)
Yesterday's Top2500 Reset was a brutal 54.2%
Highest "No Selection":Pg# 9 with a streak of 14 back to zero.
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Pick
ChiSox07, 9, pg 39, R. Howard(GOOD)
PeterKevinPerkins, 8, pg 61, N. Cruz (picked 7 times in top2500)
Champion88, 8, pg 53, A. Jackson (picked 6 times in top2500)
00LIber, 6, pg 91, M. Cabrera (GOOD)
patnick98, 6, pg 100+, J. Buck (picked 20 in top2500)
_Em_, 18, reset by R. Cano
bmoccabee, 14, reset by J. Votto
forcook, 13, reset by R. Cano
GL to all
FYI – The outfield barrier at Wrigley Field is a solid brick wall from foul pole to foul pole. It is not a fence. PLEASE – This is a fact. NO COMMENTARY IS NEEDED ON THIS POST.
They reversed the call on Ichiro's first inning cheap grounder. Now its ruled a error on Konerko. A lot of people won't be happy with this.
Leader moves on, 3rd place drops, Ichiro 0-fer and losing by 11 runs — will manager sit him before next at bat?
Rios taken out so #3 zwreed is out. Rios should wear sunglasses at night.
As I said the last time he pitched and I will post again.
Watch the next time Gavin Floyd pitches ( Monday 8/2).
He is painting a masterpiece tonight v. M's and has and ERA of about 1.10 over his last 10 starts. Don't go against him.
"He is painting a masterpiece tonight v. M's"
But you also have to remember pitching a dandy against SEA happens almost everyday now. With slumping Ichiro, they have nobody in their lineup who is a threat.
FYI – Buehrle starts for ChiSox on Wed. He has been doing well and the game is in Chicago where he dominates.
btsplayer – You are correct – M's are awful and it was painful to watch the game. Just ended 11-0 ChiSox. Would the M's trade Ichiro before the deadline or does he have a no-trade contract? Gavin Floyd has a 1.04 ERA in his last 10 starts – those are Bob Gibson kind of numbers.
"Gonzalez, in four starts this month, has given up 27 hits in 23 2/3 innings, and 22 hits in 17 innings over his last three starts. His ERA against right-handers is 4.35, 4.29 on the road, and 4.65 at night."
I wasn't touching this lefty with a lefty bat. He always pitched well to lefty bats. Another thing that screwed me TX picks are there are too many candidates who can hit. Sometimes one guy steals all the thunder batting in front of your pick. Cruz has Vlad & JHamil ahead of him.
Sorry. I thought Cruz was a lefty. I can't believe it. All this I thought he was a lefty bat. I think I made that mistake because I made a mental note a long time before his injury that he kills lefty pitchers.
Well Cruz singled off reliever, but Kinsler (2nd place) still 0-fer and extras likely.
"Would the M's trade Ichiro before the deadline or does he have a no-trade contract?"
I think he gotta super cushy contract where he dictates everything. He even gets to like fly in his family like twice a year for all paid super bonanza trip. But isn't making like $17 mil/yr enough? Last week, there was an article about him being depressed about the team. You know nobody hitting on that is not helping our BTS champ. His slump is making it really tough for all of us this year. I guess to some extent JHamil is the new Ichiro for now.
How many times does this happen? Now, almost everyone except Kinsler has a hit. This happened to me so many times I recall. And it happened to me a couple of times w/ Mauer. He came in with best #s and it was a rout. Everyone including their #9 hitter is throwing a hit-pot parade.
Man. Tough picking again tomorrow. Its like this everyday now. And everyday there is some almost no hitter going. This is ridiculous. Bring back the juice & hormones. Served them @ local Jamba juice!
I think I'll go with Joe Mauer tomorrow. Scott Podsednik lights it up during the day, but Minnesota's Brian Duensing shuts lefties right back down and has been doing pretty well since he has begun starting for the Twins. I just wonder if the Twins have any hits left in the tank after the past two days. With Bannister on the mound, you'd think so, but he's pretty good during the day. 3.05 ERA opposed to 7.47 at night.
ignaciometcalf is working the leader board. He had a 30-game streak earlier his year and is now back up to 20.
A blogger group member is the current leader in Survivor, with a 19-gamer. See how far he/she can take it.
Be careful about Mauer tommorow. He might not play. Day game after a night game. Saving grace might be that he DH'd tuesday. Several times this year Garderhire has sat him only to use him as a pinch hitter and he has come up empty. You have been warned.
@00liber: I understand and appreciate the warning. I guess I was looking at it as that the Twins need him in the lineup everyday, even as the DH, until Morneau comes back at least. Eh, maybe you're right. Why take the risk?
Wednesday 7/28
Going again with White Hot – White Sox Alexi Ramirez to get a hit v. Vargas of M's who has been doing well lately. Going with Ramirez as it is a ChiSox home game and M's have entered the neighborhood of O's and Pirates.
Also – take a look at the Cubs new one -two batting punch
Tyler Colvin and Super Rookie Starlin Castro if M's Vargas scares you.
HR – Granderson
Survivor – ChiSox, Phils/Halladay, TB(Tigers are in a free fall due to injuries.)
FYI – The outfield barrier at Wrigley Field is a solid brick wall from foul pole to foul pole. It is not a fence. PLEASE – This is a fact. NO COMMENTARY IS NEEDED ON THIS POST.
@dragbunt104 I'll throw in some not so welcome commentary… This is why everyone hates Cubs fan… Go piss in a bathtub with 20 other dudes in the worlds biggest gay bar while watching a team that hasn't been good enough to win in over 100 years.
rampantredsfan: "… watching a team that hasn't been good enough to win in over 100 years"
Give it some more time. Your Reds may be in the same boat (or worse) meanwhile the Cubs have won a couple WS in the next several decades. At least Cubs are willing to spend some money & since spending is a novel idea for them, they haven't quite got the hang of it yet.
P.S. Why are you pissing in your bath water? That's just wrong.
Anyone else unable to make a pick for today? None of the games or player info loads when I click on pick player. I am logged in because I see my current streak in the standings. I don't want to lose this ******** 10 gamer I have going!
@rampantredsfan: Oh please. Why are you attacking a baseball fan through an internet blog after never posting on here before? This is for BTS related topics only. If you want to be biased and attack other fans for specifying a detail about their parks, then go to a bar because at least there you'll have to say it to their faces. What a coward.
"The winds that blow at Wrigley Field make it a crazy place to play; you can not take a laboratory physics approach to what happens there."
Why not?
You could hit 100 balls into a steady 20 MPH wind blowing in and 100 balls into a steady 20 MPH wind blowing out, take the average of both tests, and then look at the difference between the 2 averages.
You could then add that difference to a player's 2009-2010 fly-ball counts to see how much it would bump up its respective HR totals to see how important those stats are.
"The winds that blow at Wrigley Field make it a crazy place to play; you can not take a laboratory physics approach to what happens there."
Why not?
You could hit 100 balls into a steady 20 MPH wind blowing in and 100 balls into a steady 20 MPH wind blowing out, take the average of both tests, and then look at the difference between the 2 averages.
You could then add that difference to a player's 2009-2010 fly-ball counts to see how much it would bump up its respective HR totals to see how important those stats are.
"But you also have to remember pitching a dandy against SEA happens almost everyday now. With slumping Ichiro, they have nobody in their lineup who is a threat."
That still wouldn't explain the 1.20 ERA over the other 9 starts though.
"Another thing that screwed me TX picks are there are too many candidates who can hit."
This is a good thing. Don't overthink it.
You have a better chance of getting 5 AB's with so many good hitters.
"Sorry. I thought Cruz was a lefty. I can't believe it. All this I thought he was a lefty bat."
I did the same thing with Jason Kubel.
I always thought he was a righty until about 2 months ago.
And I always thought Mark Mulder was a lefty too for some reason.
"I think I'll go with Joe Mauer tomorrow. "
You used a catcher in a day game after a night game?
"Anyone else unable to make a pick for today? None of the games or player info loads when I click on pick player. I am logged in because I see my current streak in the standings. I don't want to lose this ******** 10 gamer I have going!"
That happens occasionally, but if you close your browsers completely and reopen it, that usually fixes the problem.
Once or twice in the history of the contest, they cancelled all scoring for that day's picks, due to server problems.
"You used a catcher in a day game after a night game?"
Yes, because Mauer DH'ed the night before and has shown no pity against the Royals this series. I also really doubted that Bannister would be able to hold him hitless during his terror lately. I did, however, make sure he was in the starting lineup today before picks locked.


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The company Sunday posted a visual timeline of its growth, complete with early notes on the network's direction, photos of its first offices (check out those sweet iMacs), and recaps of various milestones over the years.
LinkedIn's growth has been slow and steady, flying under the radar while, in the same time frame, other social networks have reached stratospheric heights and toppled spectacularly.
MySpace also launched in 2003, quickly dominating the social space before flaming out in just a few years. Facebook started signing on college students the year after LinkedIn launched and is now a global advertising company. In 2003, LinkedIn's only advertisements were on Friendster, which doesn't exist anymore.
Rapid growth
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LinkedIn's look has also improved over the years. Deep Nishar, the company's senior vice president of products and user experience, posted a slideshow Monday of the site's designs in the last 10 years—let's just say LinkedIn has definitely gotten better looking with age.
This story, "LinkedIn looks back at 10 years of growth" was originally published by TechHive.


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Each day this month, I'll be spotlighting a song that seems particularly appropriate to the season.
With its playful "bop bop bop bop" scat singing and dance club-ready synthesized beats, it's easy to think of Ministry's "Everyday Is Halloween" as a happy party song. Even the opening lines, "Well I live with snakes and lizards/And other things that go bump in the night" seem to promise dark fun in a Danny Elfman/Tim Burton kind of way. But lead vocalist/founding member Al Jourgensen has actually fashioned a defiant anthem for individuals who are rejected by society for looking or acting differently from everyone else. "People seem to stop and stare they say/Why are you dressed like it's Halloween/You look so absurd, you look so obscene." The lyrics later ask, "Why can't I live a life for me?/Why should I take the abuse that's served?" The song acts as a sort of mist-shrouded bridge from Ministry's early Cold Life and With Sympathy techno days to its later incarnation as an aggressive death metal band. "Everyday Is Halloween" keeps people moving on the dance floor with over six minutes of melodic keyboards and dj scratching, but it would be nice if they also absorbed Jourgensen's plea to be more tolerant.


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The children were divided according to their ages followed lessons from a work book. They memorized Bible verses. And had fun activities,games and a Friday evening picnic.
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John McWhorter today writes an interesting response to the attack made upon him at TPM Café by writer Jim Sleeper, who accused McWhorter and David Horowitz of both joining Glenn Beck in attacking Frances Fox Piven and thus endangering her life. As Sleeper puts it, "When Beck started in on Piven last year, the clever, sad writer John McWhorter did, too, as did right-wing provocateur David Horowitz."
First, note Sleeper's disingenuous style. He says Beck attacked Piven, the brilliant McWhorter whom he insults by calling him a "sad writer" then supposedly follows suit, and of course, so does Horowitz, whom Sleeper identifies as a "right-wing provocateur." For the liberals who read Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo (TPM), these are code words so they know who the bad guys are.
Sleeper then says what he thinks of McWhorter. Because McWhorter criticizes Piven, he calls him "a young black linguist-turned-conservative racial bargainer." This, of course, makes little sense, since Sleeper himself is a critic of Piven. But Sleeper thinks he has a right to do that, since by his own account, he is a bona fide left-liberal. But McWhorter is an African-American. To Sleeper, that means if McWhorter is a critic of Piven, he obviously is a conservative.
Of course, Sleeper thinks he is beyond criticism, since his self-definition is that he is "scathing of both left and right, not because both sides are equally bad but because Piven's left plays inexorably into the hands of the more-powerful right. They do it every time, and they know not what they do." Get it? He only attacks the left when the left inadvertently helps the right; therefore, only he- Jim Sleeper- has the credentials to criticize someone like Fox Piven.
Anyone who thinks Sleeper might have had the last word has to turn next to John McWhorter, who knows how to take care of himself. The first point is that McWhorter stands by what he wrote earlier about Piven, and indeed, reprints the essence of his harsh characterization of the theory she and her late husband, Richard Cloward, unveiled in the mid 1960's. He writes:
I have written, often, that Columbia social work professors Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward (who were married) wreaked havoc on poor black communities in the sixties by openly calling on poor blacks to seek welfare payments rather than work. The story is simple and sad. Early last year I told it thusly in these pages, and see no reason not to simply present exactly what I wrote then. To wit, Piven and Cloward hoped that this would bankrupt the government and force a complete overhaul of our distribution of income. It wasn't that they thought there was no work for blacks—just that it was beneath blacks' dignity to do it. By 1968, the organization was staging more than two hundred protests a month, sometimes assisted by the Panthers.
….For three decades, welfare was an open-ended program, unconcerned with whether people got jobs or whether children's fathers were present or able to work. The government never fell, and meanwhile black neighborhoods started falling to pieces. The near-fatherless tracts now thought of as normal would have sounded like science fiction in even the poorest black districts before the '70s. Rarely in American history have people with such a destructive agenda had such power over the lives of the innocent. I wish Piven and Cloward had stayed obscure teachers instead of helping to ruin the lives of, for example, some of my relatives.
McWhorter not only does not back down, but notes how angry he is that Piven continues to argue that what she advocated was good and correct, which to McWhorter seems "callous." But turning to Glenn Beck's current attacks on Piven, McWhorter suddenly loses his own argument. Rather than acknowledge that Beck both accurately quotes Piven and says essentially the same thing as McWhorter is saying, he argues that the death threats against her "chills and disgusts me."
I agree. I wrote previously that Beck should have taken them all off The Blaze.com, and should fire those who allowed them to appear there while he was on vacation. (Despite this, Piven on TV the other day listed me in particular, along with Fred Siegel and Stanley Kurtz, and Beck of course, as being responsible for the death threats.)
McWhorter continues to say he never is in favor of waging "witch-hunts… against anyone whose views I disagree with," nor does he wish to paint Piven's ideas as "inherently 'un-American,'" and favors her right to express her views. But what he is really angry about is that Sleeper accuses him of "taking a page from Beck," when as he points out, he was criticizing Piven and Cloward when Beck never had heard of her.
Unlike Beck, John McWhorter is a certified intellectual, a man with advanced degrees who writes carefully and seriously. I can understand how furious he is to be identified by Jim Sleeper as someone who has chimed in to Beck's campaign, thus as he writes, "banging out a screed designed to shore up the base that Beck and his ilk preach to."
So McWhorter is furious that he is subject to "constant misinterpretation," and people think that he is a "right-wing Republican because I disagree sustainedly with many of the tenets of the Civil Rights orthodoxy and worked for a conservative think tank."
I ask simply: why is John McWhorter so surprised at this charge? Welcome to the club! All of us who have moved away from the old liberal shibboleths have faced the same charge. If you break ranks—you are a right-winger, a member of the lunatic fringe, a fanatic rabid rightist, etc. etc. etc. You are no longer a heretic, as the old neo-Trotskyist Isaac Deutscher once put it, but a "renegade," one beyond redemption. How dare you whom we used to respect now make the same argument as a hated figure on the political right? If you are, you too must be a rightist yourself.
McWhorter is easily able to show that he has written critically about Piven and Cloward since the year 2000, and as he says, "I do not need Glenn Beck to teach me my social history." (In fact, I wish Beck would take some time out to read John McWhorter.) Yet Sleeper blasts him as a "conservative movement water-carrier." He is deeply angry, since as McWhorter writes, "I am a cranky liberal Democrat."
In making that known—McWhorter is ironically engaging in precisely the same tactic used by Jim Sleeper—who as we have seen, already has written that when he criticizes Piven and Cloward, it is because he wants to save the left, not reinforce the right. McWhorter's saying that he too is a liberal, however, will not serve to soften the truth that his own critique of Piven and Cloward is more damning than anything Glenn Beck has written.
Not content with making his political allegiance known, McWhorter continues to specify that he "supports Barack Obama, reviles the War on Drugs, supports gay marriage, never voted for George Bush" and so forth. All of these make McWhorter a traditional liberal, not a black conservative. And he has a right to be angry that Sleeper writes that he has been "co-opted by the riches and fame offered him by the right wingers." This too is an old charge. Piven said I had shifted from Left to Right because "the pay is better on the other side." We all should be used to that canard by now. (How I wish it were so.)
Ok, so we now have learned John McWhorter is a liberal, not a conservative. Fine. That is his choice. But why is he so surprised that so many people think he is one? The answer is rather clear. Many of his arguments on black culture and the black experience echo that of those few black conservatives who proudly proclaim themselves conservative, like Shelby Steele.
I must add that when I met McWhorter years ago, I was already familiar with his work, and had profitably read one of his books. But I met him as a fellow speaker at David Horowitz's Restoration Weekend, which as everyone knows, is a conservative event sponsored by a very conservative organization, now called the David Horowitz Freedom Center.
At that particular event, other speakers included Ann Coulter and Christopher Hitchens—the first a hard conservative; the second an iconoclastic contrarian who was and is an enemy of radical Islam. I did not assume that because McWhorter was there he considered himself a conservative. But we talked in particular about the Black Panther Party, and his own personal knowledge of the evil effect that group had on his own family. Much of what he said was in fact similar to the criticism of the Panthers made by Horowitz. McWhorter's views were his own; he did not need Horowitz to instruct him about the Panthers. But he should not be surprised to find that his appearance at this event and the similarity of his critique to that of a white conservative would lead some to charge that he was a water-carrier for David Horowitz.
So I take McWhorter at his word when he writes that he has "disappointed countless right-wingers" who think he is another Shelby Steele or Ward Connerly. Fine. But does he really have to point this out, and condemn them in order to get people to listen to him? Can't we assess the views of Steele or Connerly without branding them first, so that people will evaluate their arguments on the merits, and not on where they put themselves in the political spectrum?
And yes, as long as Glenn Beck is accurately quoting Frances Fox Piven, and I believe that he is, can't we evaluate the truth or falsity of what he says even though he is on the right? If it is similar to the argument made by McWhorter, is Beck's conclusion wrong because he said it, while McWhorter's is correct because he is a liberal?
The truth is, a liberal and a conservative can both be right. And in the case of Frances Fox Piven, they both are.


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As the weather cooled over the weekend, audiences chose the warm familiarity of Liam Neeson losing his family and punching his way through foreign nations, a guaranteed delivery of goods that justified the hassle of pulling on a sweater. Taken 2 took in around $50 million—more than double the first film's haul, making it one of the best October debuts ever. It also likely all but ensures a third edition, where Neeson insists that his family just stay home and barbecue or something, and they enjoy a pleasant if tense meal. "I have a particular set of skills—and washing dishes isn't one of them," Neeson will joke, and everyone will laugh at this sardonic reference to darker times.
Familiarity seemed to breed contempt for the weekend's other big debut, however, as Tim Burton's Frankenweenie pulled in a mere $11.5 million to land at fifth place, a dismal opening that represents Burton's worst wide release since Mars Attacks!. You could attribute this to a number of factors—a lack of Johnny Depp, the fact that black-and-white convinced the populace it was one of them fancy French movies, general Tim Burton fatigue—but the most likely seems to be the strange glut of horror-themed stop-motion animation films lately, with Frankenweenie scoring less than even the $14.1 million raked in by ParaNorman in August, and well below last week's Hotel Transylvania (which remains at second place). That Disney chose to release Frankenweenie a mere seven days after Adam Sandler and Co. put on their own monster puppet show suggests just how much they overestimated the "prestige" factor when it comes to movie-going kids.
Elsewhere, Pitch Perfect continued to benefit from being the only film women are biologically capable of watching when not being dragged along on dates to Taken 2, with its 81-percent female audience boosting the Anna Kendrick musical to third place in its new expanded release. Meanwhile, Looper's similar word of mouth helped sustain it at fourth place despite a more than 40-percent drop (though it's already doing better than its most comparable recent sci-fi film, Source Code).
Finally, Lawdy Lawdy, Nicole Kidman Done Peed On Zac Efron eked out a decent $10,000-per-theater haul in extremely limited release—foretelling the day when it will be a successful midnight movie hosted by drag queens dressed as Kidman's heat-crazed Southern sexpot—while similarly small debuts The Oranges ($180,000 / $1,636 per theater), V/H/S ($40,000 / $2,667 per theater), and Wuthering Heights ($8,800 in one theater) did the best they could without the promise of Nicole Kidman peeing on something.
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I don't expect a great picture from a $300 TV, but it can be better than this. Panasonic's TC-L32C5 is the company's least expensive 2012 television, and on paper it looks just like the competition's cheap 32-inchers. In person, however, it's just as disappointing as the company's other, more expensive 2012 LCD and LED televisions, and nowhere near as worth recommending as its plasmas.
The picture is hampered by murky shadows and unnatural color that the meagre controls can do little to improve. Yes, the TC-L32C5 does cost less than some other major-name 32-inch TVs, but it performs worse than almost all of them, making it a questionable value despite the low price.
If you've seen one thick-framed glossy black TV, you've seen them all. If I had to choose on looks alone I'd pick this Panasonic over the Toshiba 32C120U by virtue of the Panny's squared-off stand base and angled and otherwise unaccented bottom strip, but the two look basically the same. Neither can hang with the Samsung EH4000 in terms of style.
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Panasonic's remote is a step up from Toshiba's, with better use of spacing, shape, and size to differentiate the keys. I also prefer it to Samsung's packed-in grid, but Samsung's clicker has a trump card nearly unheard-of at this level: full backlighting.
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Picture settings: This entry-level Panasonic won't satisfy discerning picture-tweakers. The ability to adjust all four picture modes beyond the default settings is a nice plus, but on the other hand, it doesn't have the advanced controls found on a few other entry-level sets, like the Toshiba and Samsung mentioned above. The Game mode is just another picture setting with presets for contrast, color, and so on; Panasonic makes no claims that it affects input lag delay (we don't test for such lag).
Connectivity: You get two HDMI ports, one each component- and composite-video, an RGB-style PC input, and a USB port. That's standard for a cheap TV.


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I tried to reset all the ratings -just the ratings- like this way:
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but nothing has changed.
And this way:
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Can you tell me why you want to reset the ratings when you don't even have the ratings enabled?
Do I have your permission to reset your list? The hits in and hits out will go to 0.
I disabled the ratings because the problem.. I don't want to showing them before i can reset them to 0.
There is no option, to keep the in and out hits, isn't it? If no, then I don't want to reset, thanks
If you have it set so that only ratings will reset, then it shouldn't affect in and out, but if something isn't working then I can't guarantee that the hits in / out won't get reset.
You mentioned that you already tried to reset, right? But nothing changed?
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A highlight of a recent adventure to Bernal Heights with my friend Rachel and our little ones, was one of the best sandwiches in recent memory at Sandbox Bakery. Check out this beauty: whole wheat roll with toasted hazelnuts, thick cut smokey bacon, roasted tomatoes and arugula. Can you say yum? In addition to this epic BLT we sampled a chili dog (one of their other sandwiches du jour), and of course some sweet treats including a cupcake with passionfruit buttercream. Big thumbs up from us moms for their excellent coffee and espresso drinks as well. The shop is tiny making it a little challenging as a sit-down lunch stop with kids. There are just a few stools inside and strollers definitely get in the way. If you get lucky, there might be a spot on one of the benches out front. For a good nearby picnicking option, try St Mary's Park, one of Luca's favorite playgrounds in the city.
There are a lot of other great reasons to make the trek to Bernal Heights besides amazing sandwiches. It's a fabulous place for a stroll, a bite and a little shopping. Here are some of our other neighborhood favorites:
- Avedano's Holly Park Market — (235 Cortland) A premium meat market where you can find grass-fed beef and lamb, wild and sustainably farmed seafood, free range chicken, artisan cheese, pastured eggs, panini and take out dinners.
- Bernal Cutlery — (331 Cortland) These guys know knives. Expert knife sharpening. They also can help you with your garden tools.
- Progressive Grounds — (400 Cortland) Your earthy, ultra laid back brand of coffee shop with a great patio out back which is perfect with kids. Middle Eastern menu, bagels and Mitchell's ice cream.
- Liberty Cafe — (410 Cortland) This is the place that brought back the pot pie. In adddition to their restaurant, they have a nice little bakery with indoor and outdoor seating.
- Heartfelt — (426 Cortland) Stop in and browse this cute shop for toys, accessories, kitschy doo-dads and gift items. Grab wrapping paper and cards, too. Our big purchase was a yodeling pickle.
- Good Life Grocery — (448 Cortland) A well-appointed neighborhood grocery store with a good selection of organic and specialty items.
- Bernal Heights Branch Library — (500 Cortland) Always a great option with kids, especially on rainy or cold days.
- Sandbox Bakery — (833 Cortland) Great coffee and beautiful baked goods. Try the sandwiches du jour. Not much seating, so this is pretty much a "to-go" option especially with kids in tow.
- St Mary's Playground — (Justin Drive and Murray Street) This is one of our favorite parks in the city with basketball and tennis courts; baseball diamond; huge, state-of-the art, handicap-accessible play structure good for smaller and bigger kids; climbing wall; picnic tables and a separate rec center and dog park area. We usually come here after the Alemany Famrner's market, but it's also reasonably close to all the good stuff on Cortland.


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Philosophically Thinking Through Nihilism
The crucial question for those concerned with nihilism thus becomes: Is there still left in our practices some remnant of the nonobjectifying practices that were presumably extant in fifth-century Athens before the cultural collapse that is expressed and furthered by Socrates and Plato?" ~ Dreyfus
In response to this pressing question I now attempt to explicate what Dreyfus terms "nonobjectifying" practices as an active response to the nihilistic condition within which now find ourselves. This final section focuses on two aspects of our lived world and the values, which are inextricably bound up within our worldly existence: (1) the practices and "forms of life" we share that demand the rethinking of our privileged modes of epistemological links to the earth and others, which includes rethinking philosophy's role in elucidating and contributing to the development and sustaining of our cultural practices, and (2) the attitude we adopt in relation to science and technology that is the crux of nihilism, and how that relationship might, and indeed, needs to be rethought and recast in terms other than a relationship of divine reverence and servitude. According to Dreyfus, as long as we continue to think in terms of explicit views of truth and objectifying models for values over implicit shared concerns, we will not "find anything that has authority for us and elicits our commitment" (512).


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This year, for the State of the Union address, Democrats and Republicans (those who can find "dates," anyway) will be sitting together. It is supposed to be a signal to the nation of bipartisanship — at least the kind that allows people from opposite parties, as we used to do decades ago, to put their differences aside at the end of the day.
Don't believe it.
This congressional date night is not the beginning of a long-term relationship. It's a one-night stand.
All it means is that when there is partisan applause (and there will be), it won't come just from one side of the room.
This is the third year in which the two parties are "dating" for the State of the Union. I don't know anyone of either party who would suggest that the past two years have seen a rise in bipartisanship.
That doesn't mean that individual Democrats and Republicans aren't working together. They are, in critical respects. Democrats in the Senate need a handful of Republicans to avoid a filibuster. Democrats in the House need a few dozen Republicans to comfortably pass whatever the Democrats plus a handful pass in the Senate.
So, yes, there are individuals crossing the aisle and creating majorities, but it is precisely because the two parties are not working together that we have this new kind of individual bipartisanship.
As a Democrat, I can say it's fine with me.
As a firm believer in the two-party system, in civil discourse and political respect, in moderation over extremism, it might not be so fine.
On Fox News last weekend, I was asked about the split in the Republican Party, between ideological true believers and moderate pragmatists — or, if you prefer, between "true Republicans" and _"Republicans in Name Only" (a.k.a. RINOs).
When I spent every waking hour in politics, I was definitely a "true Democrat," and I know all the lines about if you have two Democratic (or Republican) Parties, why wouldn't people want to vote for the real one. I understand the frustration of ideological activists who are asked to support policies they disagree with and people who have given them the back of their hand on the grounds that winning is all that matters. When you're in the trenches, principles matter — sometimes more than a "victory" for someone who shares only your party affiliation.
But losing is even less fun. What changed on the Democratic side was that even people like me got tired of losing and became more ready to accept a candidate we disagreed with but who could win. It certainly helped that, in cultural terms, Bill and Hillary Clinton — educated on the East Coast, tested on the George McGovern campaign, public interest lawyer-types — seemed far more like the ideologues, at least socially speaking, than most Southern moderates.
But make no mistake: Bill Clinton was one of the founders of the Democratic Leadership Council, which we used to disparagingly call the "White Boys Caucus" because of its stated intent to counter the power of all those other caucuses inside the Democratic Party. And by the time Barack Obama came along, demographics had changed in this country to the point that the middle, which had been moving rightward, was moving leftward again.
Believe me, Mitt Romney would have won in Reagan's America. But it's not Reagan's America anymore.
I got one or two nasty emails last week when I made those points on Fox and suggested that the only way Republicans are going to achieve power (and win more elections) is if they stop making that circle and firing inward, and recognize that the country has changed. If they don't, they won't win.
"Who are you to give advice to Republicans?" one woman demanded. The answer is just this: Been there. Done that. You have to kiss a lot of frogs on your way to the altar. And maybe what Republicans really need right now is not Democratic "dates" but Republican ones.


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- Mohamed Echaabi allegedly had tried to acquire firearms and explosives
- He was allegedly planning killings in Spain and elsewhere in Europe
- Echaabi had been under surveillance prior to Thursday's arrest
- Echaabi is considered a "lone wolf"
A man suspected of being an Islamic terrorist has been arrested by Spanish police in Valencia, the Interior Ministry said Friday.
The Moroccan suspect, Mohamed Echaabi, is considered a "lone wolf" who was planning targeted killings and other attacks in Spain and elsewhere in Europe, the ministry said.
Echaabi is considered by police to have a profile similar to that of Mohammed Merah, the self-styled al Qaeda jihadist who authorities said killed seven people in Toulouse, France, in March 2012. After a 32-hour standoff, Merah was killed by police in his home.
Echaabi, arrested Thursday, had been under surveillance for some time, the ministry said in a statement. He was recruited by terrorist networks and educated himself via the Internet, it said.
He is alleged to have planned "to commit terrorist actions against relevant personalities or other objectives in agreement with the doctrine of global jihad, as much in Spain as in other European countries.
The ministry said that the man had attempted to acquire firearms and explosives.
"Echaabi underwent a process of radicalization in which he acquired firm, extreme convictions that led him to leave Spain and travel to Gaza in 2011 with the goal of carrying out an action of suicidal character against Israeli interests," it said.
In an effort to hide their radical ideology and blend in with others, such individuals may not follow the precepts of Islam, "which is why it is common that they wear Western clothes, don't have beards, drink alcohol, smoke or eat pork -- all with the goal of passing unnoticed and integrating in the society they want to attack."
That formula for carrying out terrorist attacks requires sophisticated intelligence efforts by international police services to uncover and is espoused by al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri, the ministry said.


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TestimonialsBelow are testimonials for Multicultural Marketing Resources, Inc. and its services and publications.
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Lisa Skriloff is without question the premier visionary trailblazer who has succeeded in galvanizing the focus on the business case of valuing racial, ethnic and linguistic diversity in America. Thanks to her tenacity and expertise, MMR provides an organized, unique, consistent, and quality platform to showcase industry experts who fuel and sustain the growing multicultural movement in America as U.S. demographics continue to shift. MMR is the quintessential, must-have resource for anyone who wants to find the leading experts in marketing to diverse audiences. ... All true and my pleasure to contribute, Lisa. You've done so much for all of us in the choir on this multicultural journey. We need you and MMR, as the struggles continue.
Sheila L. Thorne, President & CEO, Multicultural Healthcare Marketing Group, LLC
Thank you! Great working with you! You are great at what you do.
Christine Lehtonen, President, asterixGROUP
Speakers Showcase
Dear Lisa, I am writing to express my satisfaction with the Multicultural Marketing Resources, Inc. Multicultural Speakers Showcase. In addition to the leads that I regularly receive from MMR; I have also had a variety of conversations with individuals who have contacted me directly, via the website link, to extend conference speaking invitations. Specifically, Yartish at MMR recommended me to ECRM as a competent candidate to speak on the topic of Hispanic and Specialty Foods Marketing. Thank you for extending to me an opportunity to participate in your Speaker's Bureau. I look forward to renewing my commitment with you next year!
Laura Sonderup, Managing Director and Senior Strategist, Heinrich Hispanidad
This is a short note to let you know how pleased we were with Multicultural Marketing Resources' speaker showcase service. The service generated several speaking engagements which ended up putting us in front of key industry executives that we may not have otherwise been able to meet. It's a service I would recommend to anyone interested in being featured at key industry conferences and functions.
Robert G. Rose, CEO / Executive Producer, AIM Tell-A-Vision Group / American Latino TV
Source Book of Multicultural Experts
LOVE the Source Book and love all of you!
Rick Aguilar, President, Aguilar Productions, Inc
Thank you! That's the best value you guys can bring to small biz like mine!!! That's why I religiously renew every year!!!
Arminda (Mindy)Figueroa, President, Latin2Latin Marketing + Communications, LLC
We've gotten more leads for new business with our listing in the MMR Source Book than from any other advertising vehicle. We consider it a must in our advertising mix! It performs better and better every year. Plus the MMR staff is great to work with!
Pamela Kimmerling-Hoveling, Partner, RK Hispánica Direct
We received an inquiry based on our placement in your Multicultural Source Book. Thanks, Lisa
Esther Misa Chavez, U.S. Sales Director, INQ7 Marketing USA, Inc.
The Source Book of Multicultural Experts is certainly a must-have tool for anyone in the multicultural/diversity field.
Marcela Álvarez, Sunday and Features Editor, Hispanic Press
Reporter testimonials for the Source Book of Multicultural Experts
Hello Lisa, I would like to thank you once again for your help and support on my story about immigration. I am enclosing a copy of an article with some quotes of interviews with Dr. Andy Erlich, Victoria Negrete, and other professionals, and immigrants. You created a whole network to do this project in a very professional manner. I hope we keep in touch in the future. And if I could be of any help don't hesitate to call me. The story was published in several Spanish newspapers in the US, Mexico and South America. I am enclosing a couple of links, from the US and Argentina.
Associated Press
Hi Lisa, Your firm sent me a copy of the Source Book of Multicultural Experts a while back which I've misplaced. Could I get another copy? I've always found it to be helpful, and I'll need it even more now since I am joining the team that covers marketing and advertising for our paper.
USA Today
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Eblast Open Rate Report, Press Release Distribution via MMRNews
This is a great showing! I just discussed your reporting. We've executed opt-in eblasts previously and the effort we did last year generated 12.88% and 12.97% opens on two deployments. And those numbers we're considered very, very good. This 16% open rate is excellent!!! Speaking of recipients, the open list is a stellar round-up of really top-tier brands -- many of whom are Nielsen clients, so the information in the release and report should definitely resonate with them.
Regarding the media and ethnic press...we have identified a number of reporters and writers at many of the outlets listed.
Thanks in advance. Very pleased with the outcome thus far!
The professionalism and partnership experience I had with MMR's team has been outstanding. In putting together and distributing The Forum's eblast promoting our annual conference, MMR's team reminded me of deadlines, followed up and monitored our campaign's progress. A great collaborative and value adding promo spend. Rocky Buencamino, Marketing Communications Manager for The Forum on Workplace Inclusion
Eblast topic: Multicultural Marketers Needed for U.S. Multicultural Marketing Academic Study Thanks! I already go 12 enthusiastic responses in the last hour! I'll look out for the links. A great tool for my study! Thanks again! J.P. James, Rutgers Business School
Eblast topic: NAMIC's Excellence in Multicultural Marketing Awards (EMMA) - Call for entries deadline June 13th Wow, this is great information. Thank you so much for sharing. I was so pleased to receive a call from Western Union inquiring about the EMMAs and they mentioned they saw the eblast from MMR. So great to see results! Susan Waldman, Senior Manager, Research and Publications, National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications
I have to tell you that you guys really have a great reach. The success we have had with this release is just proof we made a good decision to work with MMR. I get so many of the large corporations saying that they get your eblasts, very rewarding.
Eric Lipp, Open Doors Organization; Eblast topic: Disability Travel On The Rise Despite Barriers To Access
We distributed an eblast press release/announcement promoting our Multicultural Social Communications Leadership Forum via MMRNews newsletter. The response was immediate and we were very pleased with the number of people who then signed up for the conference. We are still getting emails from your list with requests about our next events! This is a great tool and I plan to include MMRNews distribution to your multicultural industry list again in future conference marketing plans.
Steven Etzler, CEO & Founder, Business Development Institute
We've gotten such a tremendous response from the executive list that the feeling is we don't need to go out to the journalists at this time. However, that could change! If so, I'll keep you posted. Thanks again for everything! Multicultural Marketing News really delivered!
Vice President, Marketing, Top 10 Global Research Firm
I look to the MMRNews updates to keep current on multicultural events in my area. I recently attended the Fourth Annual Hispanic Digital And Print Media Conference, which I never would have found had it not been for MMR. The event was a success, and will certainly have a positive impact on my business.
Matthew Grotenstein, Director US Business Development, CLS Communication
I have used your service and have received terrific results.
Billy Scheiner, New Business Manager, Competitrack.com
I've been meaning to contact you to thank you for your assistance in servicing our release. The results have been great. I'm attaching a pdf file of the stories that have broken so far and we are working hard on managing other requests, including Newsday. We will keep you posted. FYI -- we made the Sunday New York Times yesterday!!!
Listen, we were so pleased with the results of the co-op e-blast, we are interested in the solo e-blast. When would be the earliest opportunity that we could get one out?
This was a great tool to get information out. I received more calls and inquiries from people who said they just got the e-mail than from any other source!
Just to give to a heads up that Fox News – Good Day New York just called to see if I can sit for an interview tomorrow am. They found my name through MMR News!
Been getting calls and emails all day.
The responses are overwhelming.
We find the e-blasts to be extraordinarily effective, so we will continue to use them. We'll definitely get back to you when we have news to broadcast. You guys do that better than anyone.
Press ReferralsThanks to MMR's partnership and credibility with the media community, our YouTube channel "Moments to CultuRise" was featured in the Your Money section of the New York Daily News as an innovation in social media. Their support of our efforts and proactive approach to connecting the dots gave not only our company great visibility; but also put a Hispanic marketing asset on a mass media outlet. Thank you for your support MMR! Liliana Gil, Managing Partner, AG-XL Alliance
NYU Class: Ethnic Marketing: How to Target the Multicultural Consumer
"I found Lisa Skriloff's class, Ethnic Marketing: How to Target the Multicultural Consumer to be extremely analytical, diagnostic and informative. The inclusion of real world practitioners covering each diverse segment was fantastic and very affective. Mixing these strong POVs with the corporate point of view made the business case clear for multicultural marketing. Lisa's teachings and insights throughout the class were confirmed by all of the guest lecturers."
Andrew G. Levy, VP, Business Development, Global Diversity Marketing
"This class gave me the foundation I needed to go forth in creating a multicultural marketing program worthy of my organizational goals with the ability to serve our changing population. I was impressed with the quality of speakers and the overall wealth of information presented. This is definitely a program that I will refer to my colleagues."
Dorian Harriston, Program Director Communications & Marketing, Ohio State University Medical Center
"Lisa Skriloff's Multicultural Marketing class is phenomenal and should be required learning for anyone who is interested in multicultural marketing, works in multicultural marketing, or seeking a career in this area. Providing a wealth of information from a variety of experts in the multi- culti field, Lisa's class is engaging, eye-opening and relevant to re-thinking marketing and advertising strategies as they apply to targeting today's new multi-culti mainstream."
Elaine Meryl Brown, Emmy Award winning Media Executive and Co-Author, "The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women"
"I wanted to let you know that yesterday at a brand strategy meeting we were discussing the addition of a strategy around ethnic marketing for our brand specific to Hispanics. The discussion sort of started and ended with the translation of brochures into Spanish. Thanks to your class, I was able to effectively participate in the discussion and bring value by bringing to light the complexities of marketing to this community and the need to go further than just a piece being translated. We discussed the need to not only target the patient, but those that influence the patient, the different cultures represented within this community, and the need to reach out to an agency that has demonstrated effectiveness in marketing to Hispanics within our industry. I think I knew more than most in the room and it felt kind of nice given that I am still fairly new. Thought you would want to know the positive impact of this course in someone's day to day. Thanks again!" Student, NYU course
Corporate Training and Presentations
When the ANA School of Marketing was faced with the challenge of delivering a customized multicultural training program for one of our clients, we partnered with Lisa Skriloff for help. Lisa was instrumental in identifying three subject matter experts who worked with us to develop an engaging and insightful workshop. In doing this, not only did Lisa vet numerous potential resources but she also dedicated many hours to working with the subject matter experts to harmonize and refine the content, producing a seamless lesson plan. The workshop was a success which could not have been achieved were it not for Lisa's work ethic, resourcefulness, and expertise.
ANA School of Marketing
Public Relations
It is not very often that I feel compelled to write an unsolicited testimonial about someone whose excellence is truly outstanding. This is one of those rare moments. Lisa Skriloff of Multicultural.com is a consummate professional whose expertise in public relations has literally blown me away. While I have personally known Lisa for more than fifteen years and can vouch for her intellect and integrity, it is only recently that I have come to understand what she does professionally and appreciate how well she does it. A little more than a year ago and after 28 years of clinical practice, I launched a web-site for my dental practice. (better late than never). The site was designed by an expert with knowledge of search engine optimization and the ways of the web, but visibility was slow in coming. I started to write a blog and developed a presence,albeit small, on Twitter and Facebook. With a sense of accomplishment that I had entered the 21st century, I showed Lisa what I had been doing and that's when she rocked my world. In a very clear informative manner, Lisa suggested that she could help me "get noticed." And just like that (snap of the fingers), I was being interviewed for various publications. I've appeared in articles on MSNBC.com, Wall Street Journal.com, Inc.com and will be "featured" in a book about businesses that use social media. All of this activity took place within a span of about six months from the time Lisa and Multicultural took me on. The piece de la resistance was seeing myself in The New York Daily News on November 1st......nearly a full page color photo on page one of the Finance Section with an accompanying article. Talk about visibility! Lisa and her team are fantastic! They are a pleasure to speak with, they regale in our success and they make it fun. Most importantly, as public relations professionals, they get results! I'm very thankful.
Michael Sinkin DDS
Event Planning Services
Thank you for the outstanding job you and your staff did on The Daily News Multicultural Small Business conference. This event, which took place on June 21, 2011, was a huge success with over 700 small business owners attending. You help in identifying and recruiting speakers, promoting the event on your e-newsletter, and organizing our speakers thoughts prior to the conference was invaluable and guaranteed us the success we enjoyed. I especially appreciated the opportunity to have you moderate a panel which was extremely well received. In addition, having MMR representatives on-site at the conference really gave me the extra help I sorely needed to make everything run smoothly. I look forward to working with you on future projects of this type and thank you again for your time and efforts in contributing to the successful event we hosted.
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Study Shows Brain Function Differences in Women with Anorexia
A new study published in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience by researchers at the Center for BrainHealth at UT Dallas and UT Southwestern found brain-based differences in how women with and without anorexia perceive themselves. The findings shed light on how brain pathways function in ill and fully recovered individuals who have had anorexia nervosa.
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Dr. Dan Krawczyk, associate professor at the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and psychiatry at UT Southwestern, and Dr. Carrie McAdams, assistant psychiatry professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center, used functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI. Then they asked women to evaluate their own characteristics in comparison to a friend.
Tasks consisted of reading and responding to statements with three different appraisals:
- Self (evaluation of an attribute about one's own identity based on one's own opinion).
- Friend (evaluation of an attribute about a close female friend).
- Reflected (evaluation of an attribute about one's self as believed by one's friend).
When making judgments about themselves, women with anorexia showed different types of brain activation than women without anorexia.
"This data provides biological evidence that self-identity is processed differently in women with anorexia nervosa," said Dr. Krawczyk. "These differences in understandings of oneself may lead to and perpetuate the problematic eating behaviors of those with anorexia. This is important because it further validates the idea that anorexia is not just about food behaviors, but rather it is about how individuals see themselves and link it to social perception."
Researchers observed differences in fMRI activation related to self-knowledge ("I am," "I look") and perspective-taking ("I believe," "a friend believes") in the brain's precuneus, two areas with the dorsal anterior cingulate and the left middle frontal gyrus. This study further validates that the precuneus is linked to self-consciousness and reflective self-awareness, both of which involve rating one's own personality traits as opposed to making judgments of other people.
Researchers found different parts of the brain were activated during different appraisals of self.
According to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, more than 24 million people of all ages and genders stuffer from an eating disorder in the United States. Women are much more likely than men to develop eating disorders, and research suggests that up to 4 percent of women suffer from anorexia nervosa in their lifetimes.
"Anorexia nervosa is the psychiatric illness with the highest mortality rate, with nearly 10 peercent of its sufferers dying from the disorder," said Dr. McAdams. "Treatments for anorexia attempt to change the eating habits of the individual so that they begin to eat a nutritionally balanced diet. However, this disorder is rarely cured by dietary changes alone."
The hope of Dr. Krawczyk's and Dr. McAdams' research is to show how the latest advancements in neuroimaging can characterize brain-based changes in those with anorexia to facilitate timely and efficacious prevention and treatment.
"We are now working to compare how these brain pathways function in both currently ill and fully recovered individuals who have had anorexia nervosa, with the hope of observing whether changes in these brain regions can be associated with recovery," said Dr. Krawczyk.
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Portugal's electricity network operator announced that renewable energy supplied 70 percent of total consumption in the first quarter of this year. This increase was largely due to favorable weather conditions resulting in increased wind and water flow, as well as lower demand. Portuguese citizens are using less energy and using sources that never run out for the vast majority of what they do use.
- Hydropower supplied most: Hydroelectric power supplied 37 percent of total electricity — a 312 percent increase compared to last year.
- Wind turbines broke a record: Wind energy represented 27 percent of the total share, which is 60 percent higher than last year. This is 37 percent above average and good for the highest amount generated by wind in Portugal, ever.
- 2.3 percent less energy used: Energy consumption has fallen every year since 2010 and is now at 2006 levels. Some of the drop this quarter was due to fewer working days and a warmer winter, but even controlling for those factors, there was still a drop of .4 percent.
- Not so much solar: Solar energy supplies only .7 percent of total energy demand, according to 2012 figures (Q1 2013 figures were not available for solar). This constitutes 225.5 MW in total photovoltaic capacity.
- Dropping the fossil fuel habit: Portugal's electricity had 29 percent less coal and 44 percent less gas in it from 2012 figures. The country must import the fossil fuels it burns.
- For sale: Portugal exported what would have been 6 percent of total electricity consumption to other countries. It will also be able to sell a chunk of its allotted carbon credits offered by the EU's carbon trading system.
Actually 70 percent isn't unheard of for Portugal. For a few hours in 2011, Portugal was entirely run on renewable power. Yet this was the first time so much was sustained for a quarter.
Portugal's investment in modernizing its electricity grid in 2000 has come in handy. Like in many countries, power companies owned their own transmission lines. What the government did in 2000 was to buy all the lines, creating a publicly owned and traded company to operate them. This was used to create a smart grid that renewable energy producers could connect to (encouraged by government-organized auctions to build new wind and hydro plants). In 2010, the New York Times reported on Portugal's renewable energy push that started in earnest in 2005:
Five years ago, the leaders of this sun-scorched, wind-swept nation made a bet: To reduce Portugal's dependence on imported fossil fuels, they embarked on an array of ambitious renewable energy projects — primarily harnessing the country's wind and hydropower, but also its sunlight and ocean waves…. Nearly 45 percent of the electricity in Portugal's grid will come from renewable sources this year, up from 17 percent just five years ago.
There was a massive amount of skepticism over the plan at the time. The Prime Minister at the time, José Sócrates, noted that the nation's network of electric car charging stations elicited ridicule — including former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Burlusconi who jokingly offered to build him an electric Ferrari. While a totally electric version isn't available, the fastest Ferrari ever wasunveiled last month, and it's a hybrid.
Some locals complained about higher utility bills or the green economy bypassing them, while others were thrilled. The Mayor of Moura explained that the reason his town got the nation's largest solar plant was because it "gets the most sun of anywhere in Europe and has lots of useless space."
So now that it demonstrated the ability to generate 70 percent renewable energy for 3 months, where does Portugal go from here? Oddly enough, it does not have much in the way of offshore wind capacity — only 2 MW. The recent economic situation and austerity programs have endangered not only jobs and commerce, but continued investment in renewable energy and electric vehicles. Yet saving on the cost of having to import fossil fuels will be helpful for decades to come, and as its economy improves, it will have a strong renewable electricity grid to rely upon.
Other countries have been making steps of their own on renewable power production. The U.S. had a record-breaking year for wind energy in 2012, growing by 28 percent. Sweden is looking to have no dependence on oil by 2020. Australia could be looking at 100 percent renewable energy by 2030. Global solar power world will soon be a net-positive energy source.
This article was first published in Climate Progress. Reproduced with permission.


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With Valentine's Day approaching, THELAW.TV asked Rocket Lawyer to answer the age old question: do love and business mix?
In light of Valentine's Day, Rocket Lawyer would like to send love to small businesses owners on how to balance love and business. Below are a few tips that could help entrepreneurs and CEOs ensure that their business and assets don't disappear with their dissolved marriage.
1. Be rational and consider compromise.
A personal break-up does not have to signal the end of your business. First and foremost, both involved parties need to separate discussions concerning the business from any private and personal property squabbles. Protecting the business — its worth and integrity — should be a top priority. What this means is removing emotional involvement from the situation (as much as possible) and trying to think and act objectively as possible.
2. Hire an independent business appraiser.
As part of the divorce proceedings, one of the first steps is to have you business valued. Remember that it is always worthwhile to hire an independent professional. When you and your partner are not joint owners, agreeing on a value can prove problematic. With the owning partner looking for a low value, and the non-owning partner looking for a high one, the valuation method that is used, whether asset-based, income-based, or market-comparables-based, as well as the discounts taken, can all be a matter of dispute.
3. Know the local law.
Knowing local law is critical. While most jurisdictions will include the value of "enterprise goodwill" in a business appraisal, many will exclude "personal goodwill." Some states will not even distinguish between the two types of "goodwill" and allow for valuation of both. To maximize your results, your attorney and your business appraiser should agree on strategy and valuation methods, while keeping an eye on current cases, evidentiary rules, and statutes that could affect the outcome.
4. Think about role transition.
If the spouses will continue to work together in the business, the divorce will probably require a change in roles. For example, a spouse may no longer work in the enterprise, as a partner, executive, or board member. In that case, the replacement of the spouse's skills and working out a transition of the business role may be part of the divorce process. If the spouse has a new role, it's essential to clearly define (and potentially limit) the spouse's decision making powers in the company, in order to prevent future disputes. Whatever you do, be realistic about the ability to work together in the business. Often, one spouse will need to step away for the business to continue operating.
5. Be transparent.
Don't make any big changes to your business during the divorce proceedings, like changing the business model to decrease revenue or appointing a new love interest to your board of directors. You're more likely to send a big red flag in court, and you could jeopardize your business (and face steep fines if you're hiding assets). It's better to be honest and use legal strategies to reach a solution.


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當which可作為"哪個" 和" 哪些", 當 which作為 (哪些), 後面不加名詞, 作疑問代名詞時, 這樣which是否可以作為"複數名詞",然後which+(複數形)動詞?
For example:
*A: I read many books. B: Which "make" you want to read again?
*A: There are many defective piece of the item in the batch.
But It can't be sure which "have" been sold out?
*A: I got some tools. B: Which "are" more useful?
*Which "contain" more vitamin C, oranges or lemons?
這裡的which我都將其視為複數的, 而後面的動詞也都是複數形, 請問這樣文法對嗎?


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If you thought the "Clash of the Titans" remake was going to be kick ass, now you can see it in 3D. Sure it wasn't filmed for 3D and will most likely just give you a headache but who are you to judge. You're such a downer sometimes.
Jay Mohr has joined the cast of Clint Eastwood's new thriller "Hereafter". I have nothing bad to say about Jay Mohr, he's funny and adorable. But his co-star Matt Damon! Oh who am I kidding he's adorable too.
A two minute clip of the high seas thriller "Triangle" is now online for your viewing pleasure. The film is by "Severance" director Chris Smith and stars the most frightening set of clouds you've ever seen.
Love Rob Zombie but think his movies lack the excitement of a forensic investigation? You're in luck! He's directed an episode of "CSI: Miami" that will air on March 1st titled "LA". And yes of course Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top makes an appearance.
This week we take on "Severance" on a skeleton crew, and Joe recalls awkward memories of a young Mark. Not to be missed.