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A large chunk of Joe Mauers offense value is positional scarcity.
Has a catcher of his best 5 comps 4 are Hall of Famers or certain hall of famers. His last 3 best by age comps are hall of famers. If he catches regularly through age 32 or 33 he will almost certainly be in the discussion. If he doesnt he probably wont unless his offensive numbers rise significantly
In other words, has a catcher he is probably underpaid, has a 1b or DH he is kinda ho hum.
One more time: I have seen no evidence--none, zilch, nada--that WAR measures anything. I haven't even seen an attempt by the proponants of war (visit Fangraphs! Please!) to validate their theory. It is a mathematical formula that generates a number. That's all you, or anyone else as far as I've seen, can claim with certainty. It may be a perfect measure of how many wins Joe Mauer is responsible for over a mythical "replacement player," but then again, it may be complete garbage. The point is, how would you, or WAR's proponants, know that?
Furthermore, a reasonable person looking into WAR would have to at least question the following:
1. The formula itself is pretty questionable. For example, position player WAR uses three disparate measures (wRAA, UZR, UBR), and then mashes them together into a single number. Even if we accept the validity of those three numbers, they measure separate things using separate formulas. Meshing them together is like adding body temperature, blood pressure, and age and saying you're a 289/120. It makes no sense. And that's even IF we accept the validity of the three numbers themselves, which is questionable at best. Even the inventor of UZR, for example, says UZR is unreliable over a sample size of a single season. Yet that number is used in calculating WAR.
2. The number from the formula above is then "position adjusted." WAR would tell you if Brett Gardner played CF for the Yankees, while Granderson moved to left, their WAR would be different. Same players. Same team. Same spot in the batting order. Same offensive numbers. Same mythical "replacement players." Yet by swapping positions, both of their WAR changes. WAR would tell you if Joe Mauer plays 1b, he's worth 25 less runs than if he plays C. Ignoring the questionable logic of this premise itself...where did they come up with these numbers? I'll tell you...they pretty much took the "defensive spectrum," and assigned random numbers to it. That's pretty much the story. I understand it's easier to find a 1B that puts up a .300/.400/.500 line that to find a SS that puts up identical numbers, but that doesn't mean those numbers generate more team runs simply because the player moves across the diamond.
I could go on. You are of course free to believe what you wish. If you think WAR is an accurate measure of anything, good for you. I am skeptical at best, and it's not because I haven't done the research to form my own opinion. Frankly, I'm surprised anyone who puts some thought and effort into looking into WAR pays it much attention. I suspect within a few years, few people will.
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Coming off the year he had. Signing the contract was a no brainer. I also was heartened that the Twins reached into the wallet and paid. That was a huge moment in Twins history because I still remember Calvin Griffith. This aint your Daddy's Twins anymore.
It completely sucks that Mauer has become this injury thing but the swing is still sweet.
I also get the impression that some posters over value the long ball. For those who over value the power part. Mauer can get it back, it's a slight swing adjustment. Will he... That's a good question.
If Mauer is hitting over .300 at the trade deadline and looking healthy and if the Twins decided to start the rebuild and put Joe on the block looking for prospects. Both the Yankees and Red Sox would pick up the phone and take a large portion of the contract And send a decent player or two over. (the twins probably won't do this).
If he gets Hurt again. He will play be in a Twins uniform for the duration of said contract.
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I am not clear on what you don't understand about the position adjustment? Mauer catching, for instance, means that some scrub isn't catching and taking up a spot in the lineup (Butera) while 1B or DH is occupied by someone much better, in theory, than Butera. There is nothing difficult to understand about that. WAR isn't perfect (defense, stolen bases and speed in general), but it is pretty good. It's better than simple seeing-eye scouting and merely looking at homers or rbi or batting average. OBP is the number one statistic that requires little math.
USAFChief nailed why I think WAR is basically useless. It's "overanalytical" (too complex of a formula with inconsistent methodology) and "lazy" (attempting to explain everything about a player with one useful number) at the same time. But we're a bit off track with all the WAR talk...
I understand that we are "overemphasizing the long ball", but as Game 163 of the 2008 season showed (the Thome HR for the White Sox), hitting the ball over the wall is the one place the defense can't catch it. Also, if you hit a lot of balls to the warning track and beyond, you may end up with a lot of doubles even if a lot of those balls don't leave the yard. You will almost never end up with a double trying to but the ball on the ground or hitting a lazy liner with runners on base.
WAR may not be a good stat, but I do believe in OPS. OPS even figures in walks, which should benefit Mauer because selectiveness at the plate is supposedly one of his strong points. And .729 last year is not going to cut it. (Bill James defines "average" as .700 to .766). But in years where his HR total has been below 10, he has managed OPS's in the .860 to .880 range, such as 2008 and 2010. I think those the seasons are the "real Mauer". But that is not the Mauer we paid for. We'd have to be crazy to expect .365/.444/.587 every year, but I don't think it was unreasonable to pay him $184 million on the assumption that (a) He could be a .300 hitter with 20 HR's or so for several seasons to come; and (b) that keeping him with the new ballpark was absolutely necessary for marketing reasons.
I'm not going to overreact too much to 2011, and I'll give him a chance to get back to that "2010" type level. But I'm afraid that 2009 Mauer is much like 2006 Liriano - an amazing anomaly that we hope for, but will never see again.
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WAR isn't useless, but it isn't an end all be all stat either. It should never be used alone as a way to judge a player on his "value" to a team.
Of course it is far from perfect, though I think it can be useful when you are looking at alongside numerous other stats to sort of paint the piture on a players overall value: Including OPS, OPS+, BABIP, Range Factor, UZR, wRC+, wOBA, K rates, BB rates, GB/FB/LD rates etc
Assuming he is healthy, Mauer will be fine, I don't think he will be some 1.000 OPS guy consistently ever, but if he sticks in the .850-.890 OPS range while playing C he provides plenty of value.
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All stats have value but they ALL lose their value when they are used exclusively.
For example... Same player... Different WAR every year sometimes very large swings. As long as you have that kind of margin of error. You better understand the margin of error. I don't and I'm very sure that very few on this board understand it either and yet they post all kinds of stats and quote them like pros.
There is so much more to this game.
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Not understanding positional scarcity is to not understand baseball. That is kind of a basic principal that is both old school and new school. No matter how you measure it, a 2nd baseman who hits 30 homeruns is rarer and thus more valuable then a 1st baseman who hits 30 homeruns. Mauer to be a 23 million a year player has to catch a significant number of games. Catchers with Mauers offensive numbers are rare, a couple per era rare, thus have the high positional multiplier and the higher value
WAR isnt mythical. Its completely objective. You cant cheat the formula. Replacement level players are not arbitrary. They are -2.5 Wins in the AL
OPS is a nice quick dirty way to figure offensive value. It has its uses but it undervalues OBP which in turn overvalues slugging.
A short aside on your comments on WAR since this isn't the place (but yet this is the thread where it exists): I've been to fangraphs plenty. No need for you to encourage me to visit their site. And the information there is quite clear to me as far as what it means and how it's calculated. Your follow-up comments indicate that it's not clear to you. That seems to be the end of that road, so I don't know what reason we have to be upset with anyone.
I'm not attempting to make you believe in the value of a statistic. If there were a thread on that topic, maybe I would. This was about Mauer. I used facts to make a point, you (and the original claimant) didn't like the facts I picked, so I picked others. I don't see what's not civil about that.
I was the one who threw the V-Mart comparison up there, and then seconded the criticism of WAR. You are right that this is a discussion about Mauer, not WAR, but you missed my point...
I went back and read what you said. Your argument that my stats didn't support my argument (about V-Mart being a better hitter thus far) referenced his WAR stats on Baseball Reference. But I don't believe in WAR, and neither does USAFChief. Therefore, an argument that V-Mart is better than Mauer because of WAR, while not necessarily false, isn't going to have any impact on my opinion. That was the whole point of discussing the merits of WAR in the first place.
I linked Baseball Reference because that's where I usually go for quick information and statistics. I was not relying on sabermetrics in my argument, and certainly not WAR. My basic argument was that Mauer and V-Mart have had similar career paths in many ways:
- Both are catchers who broke into the league in the early 2000's (though V-Mart got a later start and is a couple of years older).
- Both of them are rarities at their position - middle-of-the-order catchers frequently discussed as "elite" hitters
- Both of their promising careers have been marred by recurring injury problems
- Both of them have transitioned to 1B and DH as they approached 30 years old to keep their bats in the lineup, and avoid the daily rigors of catching
And discussing the two of these similar careers as hitters, I felt that V-Mart's career average of .303 and an average of 20.16 HR per 162-game season is as valuable or more valuable than Mauer's averages of .323 and 14.76 HR's per full season. Which is also not to mention that Mauer's numbers are skewed heavily by a single year that he will almost certainly never replicate. Meanwhile, V-Mart has had five 20-HR seasons, despite all of his injury problems.
Yes, Mauer has a higher career OPS (again, smaller sample and skewed by '09). And yes, I'm leaving out defense, which was a strong point of Mauer's game, and an advantage in his favor. However, I feel that there was a point around the 2010 All-Star game (where he missed 2B with a throw by about 20 feet) after which his defense has been very average. Also, of course, Mauer's contract did not start until 2011, and he's not going to be a full-time catcher pretty much from now on.
My point is not that Mauer is not a very good player...he certainly is. But when you ask questions like "is he worth $184 million", or is he truly an "elite" hitter in today's game, those questions require a much higher degree of scrutiny. And unless you expect everything about Mauer's health, production, and approach to change in his 30's, I don't believe he will be have been statistically more valuable as a hitter than someone like V-Mart, looking back on their careers.
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3 points to make. And since maybe nobody is going to care enough to read down to the bottom, I'll put my close up here: I love this site and I love the discussions. I think the audience here is perhaps slanted a bit far toward the uber-analytical crowd - which gets me into trouble when trying to make a point because I'm over my head - but I'd prefer that slant over the opposite, which would be people making indefensible, general statements. Well done to all, including whoever put this site together and everyone who contributes. Think about how far the activity of discussing/arguing our favorite team has come in the last five years.
1) I'm reasonably intelligent, despite what my daughter thinks. Or wife. Or boss. I'll stop now. And in general, I much prefer advanced stats when evaluating a player over BA and HR (I recognize that these were the two stats I cited originally, and regret that). My problem is that I don't have the time or the interest to dive really, really deep into their origins and meaning. All of this leaves me with enough knowledge about them to be dumb enough to try to use them in an argument. Having said all that, I do get annoyed when SOME (not all) people use WAR like a bible and don't cite any other stat. It reminds me of when ... well, it reminds me of when people used to measure hitters based solely on their BA. I understand that it attempts to measure in one stat a player's value, and I think it does very well. I don't understand it's intricacies, particularly how the replacement player performance is calculated, but that's fine. I trust that it generally works. But it's proponents would do well to not just say [paraphrasing here, this isn't a literal quote] 'his WAR is great so that really should be the end of the discussion.' Some collateral discussions beyond WAR would improve your arguments.
2) I need to go away from stats here. And I will likely lose many of you by doing so. I'd like to be able to talk just about how it is to WATCH Mauer. Not track every nuance of his performance. And I think that it's not as much fun or awesome to watch him anymore. He used to be MUST SEE. If he was coming to the plate, you had to pay close attention. He was going to get a hit. I never thought of him with power, so I don't much care that he doesn't have any. But he used to be exciting to watch. You used to expect something good. Now, I have to say, I expect a GIDP or a soft liner to the short outfield. It's sad. Maybe the pure stats don't back up this impression. But when I'm watching a game, and I see him hit another grounder to short, I don't console myself by saying "well, that at bat sucked, but his WAR is ok this season." Sorry, I just don't. If you can, more power to you. But I think there's a bunch of us who just miss seeing him be dominant.
3) The Contract. I understand completely all the arguments that the Twins had to sign him. Had to. I generally agree. Certainly agree as a fan. I think for the vast majority of us to talk about how the front office had to do it from a business and baseball perspective ... well, I'm not sure we're qualified. We don't know the inner numbers of the business, of the ballpark, of a lot of things on the commercial side. I'm a financial analyst in the electric utility industry. I'm VERY quantitative every day. But since I don't have the raw data that Pohlad, Ryan, and Smith do, I can't analyze. And I don't mean the big round numbers that get in the press.
I didn't say I thought it was a bad contract. I said I'm fearful for the future of the contract. It's quite reasonable to say that it was a necessary contract at the time, but now two years later it's starting to have an odor. I think we all thought it would stink at some point. We just didn't expect that point to come soon. Maybe it's not here yet. I hope not. GO TWINS.
1) I feel like I'm largely the one (in this thread) carrying the torch for the advanced stats. I should say that I think they have limitations, too. In my original post (in this thread) mentioning WAR, I used only that. The reason for that was I was disputing a claim that on the page given by the link there was evidence of a far superior career to Mauer's. For a variety of reasons, in that particular case and that particular claim, I'd say that it's not such a bad place to use a summary stat that's WAY in one player's favor as enough evidence that he's not FAR inferior. But since folks didn't like that, I should point out again that I then went back and found a bunch of other stats, too. As to your comments about the intricacies of the calculations. I think for those that are new to them, the basics are not all that imposing. Wins are based on runs. Runs are based on hitting the ball, running the bases, and preventing the other team from doing that. All the advanced stats do is measure those abilities to create and prevent runs (and thus win games).
2) I know what you mean and I at least partially agree. When I would talk to people about Mauer (or having the inner dialogue with myelf....we all do that...right? right?), I always said or thought or noticed how often he hit the ball right on the button. It felt like every time. He squared up the ball over and over and over, and hardly anybody can do that. The first time I felt like that wasn't the case was the start of last year. There were some stretches where it was back last year, but for the most part it stayed gone. In the bit of Spring Training I got to see (on TV), it looked like it was mostly there again. In four games since Friday, it hasn't been always like it once was. But....it's four games. I'll be shocked and disappointed if he doesn't get back to that where "every" at bat ends with him whislting the ball somewhere after blistering it right on the screws. And just to keep being "that guy"...I'll point out that most of his groundouts go to 2nd, not short. Hehe.


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Every week, Aaron Cohen (@UnlikelyWords) writes a recap of Mad Men for his blog Unlikely Words, and I illustrate something from the episode to go with it. Here's Aaron's recap for season 7 episode 1:
Episode Title: "Time Zones" obviously refers to Ted, Pete, and Megan in California, Bob in Detroit, and everyone else in New York. But also, different times in their life, relationships, work.
Timing of the episode: January, 1969 as evidenced by Richard Nixon's inauguration. The Super Bowl Freddy mentioned was Super Bowl III. It featured Joe Namath and the Jets, and was played a week earlier.
Overall, everyone seemed unhappy. Roger's unhappy, Don's unhappy, Megan's unhappy, Pete seems happier than we've ever seen him (but Ted says he's unhappy), Peggy's unhappy, Ken's unhappy, Joan's unhappy, and nobody else cares about anything.
Considering how often the opening scene of last season was referenced during the season, we should pay special attention to Freddy's opener. "It's not a time piece, it's a conversation piece." We've heard, "If you don't like what's being said, change the conversation" a couple times on the show, and the two quotes are stuck together in my head right now. Maybe the passage of time will be a key theme this season, maybe I'm too tired to make sense of anything? It was 8 minutes until Don's first scene (a musical montage!), which likely didn't mean anything thematically.
I kept trying to count the number of the passed out women in Roger's first scene. At least 5.
Don's replacement, Lou, is like the kindly, but surly, grandpa of SC&P. He says such shitty, mean stuff, but without any emotion behind it. "I think you're trying to put me in a position of saying 'I don't care what you think'." Peggy is bristling at the new dynamic, and, as it turns out the work being produced. I loved this, "Well, I'm tired of fighting for everything to be better. You're all a bunch of hacks who are perfectly happy with shit. Nobody cares about anything. No one wants things to be better? I got it, I'll just stand out here all by myself." That's a very, very, Don Draper thing to say. Peggy breaking down at the end was her feeling totally alone, probably about as much on a personal level as a professional level. Ted was professional and personal and he left, and Don was professional and he's not around.
It's been two months since the end of last season, and Don hasn't told Megan about getting the boot from SC&P. He's going to have to work on that relationship. The morning after Don gets to California, Megan drops a Playboy on his chest. I wondered if she was sending a hint she didn't want to be intimate.
Ken pulls Joan into a meeting with a 14 year-old shoe executive who wants to fire SC&P. Joan goes to speak with a business school professor for ammunition on how to respond. I got the sense she's done this before, but not with this professor. I wonder if Joan will step more into an account executive role. Remember last season when Joan was managing a client a bit?
Pete Campbell is going bananas in California. "The city's flat and ugly, and the air is brown, but I love the vibrations." This should be a lot of fun.
Both Roger and his daughter appear to be going on the same journey of exploration, but they're taking different paths. The scene with Roger coming home drunk to his new lover felt very important. He's tired, exhausted of this life. I wasn't sure if he was tired of the bohemian lifestyle, or of life in general.
"Blame Madison Avenue for that." This was the second or third subtle to not-so-subtle dig at advertising in the episode.
"She knows I'm a terrible husband." "Well if she doesn't know, you should keep it that way. That's what people do." "Have I broken the vessel?" "What can you do about it, it's done." Don flew home from California with the ghost of Don Drapers past. It looked like Don was going to go home with the mysterious airplane beauty, but he had to work.
At first you think Don's lying to himself AND Megan, until Freddy comes over with sandwiches and it becomes clear Don's been sending Freddy around with Don's pitches. For me, it completely changed how I saw Don in this episode. Less pathetic, more driven, producing work again, good work. I wonder how long he'll be in the shadows for. "I been there, you don't want to be damaged goods." Maybe he's less unhappy than I thought.
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Yes, any carbon tax we end up generating needs to go to those people who are critical to saving our lives, now and into the future. The latest word on global warming came out of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change last week and its conclusions are even stronger than the last one in 2007 (IPCC draft report):
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Yes, increases in CO2 emissions will continue and will cause great changes. Yes, droughts will get worse, flooding will get worse, pestilence will get worse, etc., etc., etc.
There are many suggestions in President Obama's Climate Action Plan for actions to address the general issues of climate change, and many involve curbing carbon emissions from the many sources we as humans produce.
Implementing a better mix of sources like renewables, gas and nuclear help, but let's face it, we're not going to cut emissions enough to make a significant difference in the response of the planet over our lifetimes, or even those of our great, great grandchildren. We just don't care enough as a species, and not enough people are dying directly.
We're unlikely to reduce the 6+ billion tons of CO2 emitted per year by the U.S. by very much in the next few decades, and we are even more unlikely to reduce the 30+ billion tons per year worldwide by mid-century enough to make a difference (CO2 emissions by country). The best we can hope for is a reduction in the rate of increase.
If this sounds like a discussion of the deficit and economics, it kind-of is. All of these issues are linked to global economics and the generation of massive amounts of energy to maintain our global society and global trade. It gets worse if we want to accomplish huge good things like eradicating global poverty, since those things require even more energy, like doubling our present total energy usage (Our Energy Future).
So we need to harness the economic force that humans have developed to cause radical change – taxes!
There have been all kinds of suggestions for a market-based solution involving a carbon tax, or its less-effective cousin Cap&Trade, all supposedly revenue-neutral. The revenue-neutral thing I don't really care about. Nothing about destroying the planet is neutral and trying to correct for it doesn't have to be neutral either.
But the rule of thumb is – you tax what you want to get rid of. And a carbon tax is pretty fair, if you assume carbon is the problem, as long as you make sure the rest of the world goes along with it. Or you impose sufficient border-adjustment tariffs on imports that reflect equivalent carbon pricing so you don't hurt American businesses and consumers, but which encourage the rest of the world to follow suit if they want access to our markets.
Besides, carbon taxes have actually worked where they've been implemented, like in Sweden. Sweden has a whopping $150/ton carbon tax, implemented 20 years ago (Obama and Reinfeldt) that has not hurt businesses. Their economy has been booming and their fossil fuel use is one of the lowest in the world.
Discussion of carbon tax levels in the U.S. often begin at about $15/ton of CO2 emitted, and increase by some amount each year, like $10/ton, until they reach some tax rate that is effective at curbing emissions, such as $50 to $100/ton. Since we emit billions of tons of carbon per year, this amounts to a tidy sum of money – upwards of $500 billion per year when in force.
While this tax level sounds ridiculous to those who hate taxes, it is at the level required to actually accomplish something, like implementing a smart grid across the entire country, replacing crumbling infrastructure nationwide, or any of a host of necessary changes we need to survive and grow as a nation on a moody planet.
Just the effects of Hurricane Sandy and persistent drought in the U.S. cost us over $100 billion last year. Someone has to pay it sometime. It's better to be proactive.
So how should we use those taxes? Probably the most effective use of a carbon tax is for developing climate preparedness. Strengthening those agencies and infrastructure that can best help us withstand, and recover from, the worst effects of a changing climate is the first and best use of such a tax. Agencies such as FEMA, NOAA, NASA, CDC, NIH, EPA, FDA and the U.S. Coast Guard should have their budgets dramatically increased. FEMA's budget could go from $13 billion to $50 billion. NOAA's could quadruple to $20 billion. All of these agencies could increase significantly without other appropriations if we had even a minimal carbon tax.
These are all of the people you suddenly need right after something like Hurricane Sandy makes landfall. And these are not big numbers. These budgets are easily covered by any reasonable carbon tax. In fact, a tax of this magnitude could also provide most of the research dollars needed to develop:
• specific agricultural crops that are hardier in the face of all climate changes,
• secured and newly developed water resources,
• better city planning to address regional climate risks,
• emplacement of dykes and barriers that work (see Rhode Island's Hurricane Barrier that protects that State's capitol city),
• back-up power systems to critical infrastructure that are hardened, redundant or sited to withstand climate risks, particularly flooding,
• building sustainable and disaster-resilient hospitals, energy systems and schools, and
• steady, long-term movement of human settlements to higher ground.
Some of this revenue could go to increasing loan guarantee funds to low-carbon energy systems. Not as tax breaks. Loan guarantees work best if the technology is sound and cost-effective but just need a little up-front capital to get started or some time to work out kinks. If tax credits exist, they are given even if the technologies are not cost-effective.
One very bad idea is to use these tax revenues to reimburse rate payers so they don't feel the pain as much. Feeling the pain is what this is all about. No one makes radical changes in lifestyle or society without feeling some pain. But if the solutions are truly market-based, then the consumer is well-represented. If it's just mandates and tax credits, the consumer suffers and ideology and trendy technologies dictate our future.
In the end, carbon-tax revenue and its impact on our ability to respond to crises in our environment and on our planet should rival our Department of Defense and National Security Agencies. That's only logical, since this is going to be a very long war.
Green energy and subsequent measures helps to cut down excess CO2 which leads to global warming.
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I'm not sure what qualifies as green energy to you but the majority of people studying this challenge, including James Hansen, have made it clear that wind power and solar power can't be done at a scale that would make enough of a difference on a worldwide basis. There are also scientists suggesting that even if we went to zero emissions tomorrow, it wouldn't be enough to avoid further warming. There is a group out of Princeton working on CO2 removal from the atmosphere as well as a group at JPL who are extracting CO2 from the air and converting it to gasoline for a net impact of zero CO2. If we develop the means to control atmospheric CO2 content after emissions then the emissions don't matter. Atmospheric CO2 extraction and the fusion breakthrough at Lawrence Livermore are the biggest potential game changers.
The issue is; do the vast majority of the world's scientists agree with a consensus that a climate crisis could happen? The answer is yes, but they have NEVER said or agreed on anything beyond "could be" and have never said or agreed that this deadly threat to the planet that condemns our children is; "eventual" or "inevitable" or "unavoidable" or WILL happen. Find us one single IPCC warning that says anything more than "could be". SO WHY ARE YOU saying a crisis WILL happen when science has not?
The ultimate crisis needs the ultimate proof with a real warning for a real crisis and science could end this costly battle to "save the planet" if they just agreed it WILL happen because 30 more years of "maybe" dooms their children as well as ours. Climate blame was a tragic exaggeration and real planet lovers welcome the good news, the rest of you remaining believers just hate humanity itself. Did Bush fear monger billions of helpless children?
So put your down put your purses, PalmPilots, fanny packs, pagers and bag-phones and get up to date like a real progressive would: Occupywallstreet now does not even mention CO2 in its list of demands because of the bank-funded and corporate run carbon trading stock markets ruled by politicians.
Or at least stop threatening our children like a neocon with a crisis only you say will happen because science has not. Deny that.
@ – "Yes, increases in CO2 emissions will continue and will cause great changes. Yes, droughts will get worse, flooding will get worse, pestilence will get worse, etc., etc., etc."
Here are direct quotes from IPCC AR5 Working Group I, Chapter 2, and the science findings do not support the above sentences.
"Current datasets indicate no significant observed trends in global tropical cyclone frequency over the past century … No robust trends in annual numbers of tropical storms, hurricanes and major hurricanes counts have been identified over the past 100 years in the North Atlantic basin"
"In summary, there continues to be a lack of evidence and thus low confidence regarding the sign of trend in the magnitude and/or frequency of floods on a global scale"
"In summary, there is low confidence in observed trends in small-scale severe weather phenomena such as hail and thunderstorms because of historical data inhomogeneities and inadequacies in monitoring systems"
"In summary, the current assessment concludes that there is not enough evidence at present to suggest more than low confidence in a global-scale observed trend in drought or dryness (lack of rainfall) since the middle of the 20th century due to lack of direct observations, geographical inconsistencies in the trends, and dependencies of inferred trends on the index choice. Based on updated studies, AR4 conclusions regarding global increasing trends in drought since the 1970s were probably overstated. However, it is likely that the frequency and intensity of drought has increased in the Mediterranean and West Africa and decreased in central North America and north-west Australia since 1950"
"In summary, confidence in large scale changes in the intensity of extreme extratropical cyclones since 1900 is low"
The IPCC has dialed back on sea level rise too as they find no mechanism for the threat of ice mass balance collapse for either Antarctica or Greenland. Also keep in mind that much of the problem is that shore land is subsiding from population growth that sucks water from underground causing subsidence. That has nothing to do with anyone living in the Midwest. Therefore the only taxes that should be incurred are by those who have chosen to take the risk of living on a seashore flood plain, or area that is sinking. To do otherwise is to subsidize the rich for building mansions in vulnerable areas and subsidizing the stupid for building in known flood plains. The states can work out their own sea wall protection needs to protect their sinking shores.
I would only support a carbon tax if 100% is given back to the public.
Forbes used to be a decent publication.
Since the President comes from Chicago, and there the Chicago Carbon Exchange was founded to trade in emmissions credits. In 2010 ICE(IntercontenentalExchange) bought CCX and due to the failure of Cap & Trade to pass Congress, wound up ceasing trading by the end of 2012. I bring up the President because of his intimate knowledge of how the "Chicago Way" works. Anyone that believes Cap & Trade was anything more than a way for rapacious companies and traders to make tons of money at the expense of the economies of the countries involved is either terribly naive or a fool.
Cap & Trade and global warming and organizations like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and their UNDOCUMENTED charges that Climate Change is an ongoing threat and mostly caused by human intervention is pure poppy-cock.
They totally disregarded the findings of a group of international climatologists less than a month old, that showed the planet's cyclical temperature and climate and atmospheric conditions are the cause.
Write this on your palm Al Gore, there is no bogeyman of climate damage OR improvement, other than Mother Nature. This country has way more important battles to fight than those that only benefit people, who in reality deserve no benefits.


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C. S. Lewis's Lost Aeneid: Arms and the Exile
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Publication Date:2011
C. S. Lewis (1898–1963) is best remembered as a literary critic, essayist, theologian, and novelist, and his famed tales The Chronicles of Narnia and The Screwtape Letters have been read by millions. Now, A. T. Reyes reveals a different side of this diverse man of letters: translator.
Reyes introduces the surviving fragments of Lewis's translation of Virgil's epic poem, which were rescued from a bonfire. They are presented in parallel with the Latin text, and are accompanied by synopses of missing sections, and an informative glossary, making them accessible to the general reader. Writes Lewis in A Preface to Paradise Lost, "Virgil uses something more subtle than mere length of time…. It is this which gives the reader of the Aeneid the sense of having lived through so much. No man who has read it with full perception remains an adolescent." Lewis's admiration for the Aeneid, written in the 1st century BC and unfolding the adventures of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy and became the ancestor of the Romans, is evident in his remarkably lyrical translation.
C. S. Lewis's Lost Aeneid is part detective story, as Reyes recounts the dramatic rescue of the fragments and his efforts to collect and organize them, and part illuminating look at a lesser-known and intriguing aspect of Lewis's work.
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McALESTER —
Bid to become the Wayman Tisdale's back-to-back state champions comes up one game short for McAlester's Team Crush. In a memorable season filled with emotion and excitement, the 4th grade girls Team Crush's hopes came to a disappointing end. The team had reason to believe they would again be the states number one team going undefeated throughout the regular season at the McAlester Boys and Girls Club. They handled everything a well-coached Future Stars team had to offer as well as teams from Stuart and the surrounding area. However, fighting a triple battle between players having the flu, pneumonia and a very tough team from Weatherford proved to be too much for their immune system to overcome. As disappointing as it was not to repeat as the state champs, the young ladies added some memorable moments in a short amount of time to look back on. First, considering they were the defending champs, making it to the finals with a target on their backs in a tournament against some of the state's finest 4th grade girls' teams isn't an easy feat. Second, a week after winning the regional championship from a formidable Future Stars team, the team was awarded a trip to OKC to perform an exhibition game against one of Missouri's top teams on the Oklahoma Thunder's very own basketball court courtesy of the Boys and Girls Club of McAlester. Third, later that evening, Team Crush was honored with greeting the Thunder players as they exited the tunnel to face off against the Chicago Bulls. And finally, one week later the team's efforts landed them in the state tournament with eight of Oklahoma's toughest league teams to do battle with. In the first meeting, Team Crush faced the mighty Lindsey Bombers which proved to be more than a battered Crush team wanted. Narrowly pulling out a victory, the girls reinvented themselves just in time before facing a very athletic OKC Rattlesnakes team. The team's performance was as grand a performance a coach could ask for. Crush's defensive strategy was one the Spartans of Sparta would've been proud to call their own. The girls were so smothering that the director of the tournament asked that they show mercy for their opponent. The girls were on such a high that they became their own worst enemy. By the time they had made it to the finals, they had nothing left in the tank. Having battled the flu for three weeks and riding an emotional roller-coaster ride, pressure mounted and put the team in unchartered territory. Team Crush girls dug deep as they always have in the past but, this time was different – they returned empty handed. The lack of practice and team concept, combined with travel and excitement had taken its toll. The little team from the McAlester area schools settled for second best this season. Overall, it was a satisfying experience and the kids have aspirations of returning the championship back to McAlester.


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Grimlock and The Dinobots return this May!
San Diego, CA (February 28, 2013) -TRANSFORMERS fans hungering for more thrilling adventures with GRIMLOCK and his fierce DINOBOTS cohorts are in luck this May, when IDW Publishing presents TRANSFORMERS PRIME: BEAST HUNTERS! In this tie-in series to the upcoming season of "Transformers Prime" television show featuring the new BEAST HUNTERS saga, fans will get to experience a brand-new set of cyberfang-gnashing adventures based on the iconic brand from Hasbro!
For the thousands of years since the fall of CYBERTRON, the DINOBOTS haven't been twiddling their claws! GRIMLOCK, SLUG. SLUDGE, SNARL and SWOOP have been martialing their forces and fighting the good fight against a slew of mysterious new villains.
The lauded creative team from TRANSFORMERS PRIME: RAGE OF THE DINOBOTS returns as writers Mairghread Scott and Mike Johnson team up with artist Agustin Padilla to chronicle the fierce AUTOBOT warriors' resistance efforts. "There was a special kind of magic in that last TRANSFORMERS PRIME series," said IDW Senior Editor John Barber. "The fans really responded to the thrill-a-minute storytelling, and I can't be more excited to work with Mairghread, Mike, and Agustin again! And with our writers' heavily involved in the "Transformers Prime" television series, we're in a unique place to tell stories that matter!"
That story picks up miles beneath the charred remains of the TRANSFORMERS race's smoldering home, CYBERTRON. As the survivors of CYBERTRON's fall cling to the last bit of Energon left in its core, the DINOBOTS begin forging an unlikely network of hope underground, standing as beacons of resistance under constant attack, while they wait for the AUTOBOTS' leader, OPTIMUS PRIME, to save them. While their efforts are nothing short of Herculean, can they hold off their shadowy assailants long enough for CYBERTRON to be saved? There's only one way to find out!
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As jitters continue about security at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, at least two American athletes have publicly said they want their families to stay home.
A series of suicide bombings in
southern Russia, likely set off by Chechen rebels who have previously
threatened the Games, have raised concerns about the potential for a terrorist
attack either in or around Sochi, reports USA
Today. Reports surfaced this week that authorities are looking for three
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Hockey stars Ryan Sutor and Zach Parise are heading to Sochi to compete for Team USA, but they've asked their families to stay home, reports CBS Baltimore.
It's a feeling that Towson native and Olympic medalist Michael Phelps -- the winningest and most decorated athlete in Olympic history – says he understands.
"You know, we're there to represent our country," Phelps told CBS, but he said he knows Sochi may present a different challenge.
"When I was talking to my mother the other night, she was saying how nervous she was to go over because she didn't know what was going to happen," Phelps said.
Concerns were first raised among international travelers after last month's terrorist attacks in Volgograd, Russia, a transit hub 400 miles way from Sochi, reports CNN. Then, a U.S. State Department travel alert earlier this month upped the ante.


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Whether we realize it or not, our bathrooms are very personal—which means if there are two of you using that bathroom, there's a potential for misunderstanding and conflict.
Take the vanity and sinks. Years ago designers recognized the preference for his and her sinks in the master bath. That alleviated some of the schedule conflicts over who used the sink and when, but also led to more countertop clutter. His mouthwash…her make-up…sometimes it's so crowded you can hardly tell what the countertops look like!
Splitting a single vanity with two sinks into two separate vanities, each with their own sink, is desirable.
Last time we discussed how having two separate vanities provides highly prized personal space in the owner's bathroom, particularly eliminating conflict over countertop clutter. But what's the most desirable layout for the two vanities? We show four options below.
Plan 50020illustrates the two vanities in-line, separated by a built-in dresser or linen cabinet.
Plan 50001 has the sinks positioned opposite each other. Some people really like the fact that when the two mirrors face each other, you can easily see how the back of your hair looks in the opposite mirror!
Plan 42158 staggers the two opposite-facing sinks, eliminating the likelihood of brushing up "cheek-to-cheek".
And plan 50031 has the two sinks back-to-back, providing a true sense of "me" space.
Which is best? Only you can decide that!
Bathroom Design | Design Trends | Destressing | Plannng
All square feet are not created equal!
It may come as a surprise to you that there is no universal method for calculating a home's square footage. Discrepancies occur when including (or omitting) porches and screened-in decks, lower levels, attic spaces and garages. Should the square footage occupied by a staircase be counted once or twice, since it occupies space on both levels?
Then there's the question of where the measurement is taken from. Some homes may only include the space inside the walls. More often, the calculation is based on taking measurements from outside of the exterior wall framing (which adds the square footage represented in the wall thickness.) Further increasing square footage calculations, some homes are measured from outside of exterior finish materials. If the home has brick siding, for example, measuring to the outside of the brick may add 50 or even 100 square feet to the home's overall size.
This is one reason homes should not be compared solely on the basis of cost-per-square-foot.
Different builders calculate square footage differently. Home site costs differ. The quality of materials used differs by builder, as does the costs charged by the builders' sub-contractors such as electricians, plumbers and painters.
Design also has a huge bearing on cost. These 2 homes have exactly the same floor plan, and square footage, but the cost to build is very different.
1755 sq. ft., 3-bedroom
Finally, what's included in one builder's bid will vary from what's included in another builder's bid. It's virtually impossible to get an "apples for apples" comparison between two builders, and even if you could control most variables by having the home design finalized and all products selected, there's still differences in quality and customer service to be considered.
Beware of comparing two homes solely on the basis of cost per square foot!
Example Plans
Part I - 1752 the Lancaster
Part II - 43016 the Bay Hill and 43017 the Saugatuck
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2002 - 2012 the Decade of Change! Part II
In the last decade, home design has undergone amazing change and innovation. Just as you wouldn't get too excited over going to purchase a brand new car and being shown a new 2002 Pontiac Aztek, how excited should prospective buyers be touring a model home from a design that's 10 years old?
So what's different in home design today?
Example--Rear Foyers! As the most often used entrance into the home, coming in from the garage can no longer be viewed primarily as "utilitarian". The front entry foyer is designed to be something special, as much (or more!) attention should be paid to the rear foyer.
See examples of drop zones, pet centers, and rear entry foyers. No longer should you bring people through the laundry room to get to your kitchen. The rear entry foyer changes the experience when you bring family and friends in from the garage!
Design Trends | Destressing | Plannng | Rear entry foyer | Storage
Making the decision to build a new home is a thrilling prospect. For many, it is the realization of a dream. But many potential new home owners don't realize that some of the decisions made after signing a contract would be less expensive and better negotiated if they researched their needs before inking the deal. We spoke to one woman who, in the process of considering her building project, took extra steps to research what she wanted. She ultimately saved thousands of dollars in "up charges" – changes or additions made by the builder once a contract is signed. Here are the ten items she considered before signing, and what she learned in the process:
Pre-qualify for a mortgage. Get credit information in order. Check out several lenders. Review needs for a construction loan or a bridge loan. Understand mortgage products. Review your present home and situation. Are room sizes adequate? What special needs do you have, such as a blended family or the need for a workshop? What furniture will you keep?
Find a lot. Is it close to schools, church, shopping, health care, pizza delivery? What direction does the lot face? Do you want morning sun? A special view? Do you want a sloping lot for a walkout basement? Study covenant and community restrictions. What is the tax levy? Look around the neighborhood. What do you like? What bothers you?
Find a home plan by asking the following questions:
How do I want to entertain?
How much storage will I need? What kind?
Does the plan have flexibility for special rooms or situations (exercise room, craft area, etc.)?
How does the home help me de-stress? A quiet area for me? Built-in organization like drop zones? Whirpool bath? Sunroom? Porches?
Where do I want the master bedroom?
Is a healthy home important to me?
Select a builder. Is there a builder attached to the lot you want? If so, interview him/her extensively. If not, interview several builders. Try to find someone with whom you'll have good chemistry. Check references of the builder's former home buyers, subcontractors and vendors.
Consult with an interior designer for a couple of hours. Make sure everything flows; coordinate colors, flooring and countertops; and plan placement of outlets.
Meet with an electrician and electronic specialists to pre-wire the house properly. Consider Christmas lights, other outdoor lighting, accent lighting, security, stereo surround sound, telephones, ample outlets and their placements, Internet and media rooms.
Talk to people. Talk to as many people as you can who have been through the building process. Be sure to ask what they would do differently.
Customize your home plan. Make sure the working drawings are clear and exactly how you want them.
Pack Your Survival Kit.
Bring a sense of humor
A 12-pack of patience
Drawers of chocolate
Bottles of aspirin
A jump rope for de-stressing
After considering these items you should be ready to sign on the bottom line and get started!
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Kemptville, Nova Scotia Hotels & Resorts - Savor Nova Scotia river county at Trout Point Lodge, an elegant nature retreat offering superb outdoor recreation, gourmet dining, and award-winning accommodations. "Everything is at hand for a great North American wilderness experience." Sawdays
Baddeck, Nova Scotia Hotels & Resorts - Lynwood Inn offers comfort & charm in the heart of Baddeck. Four Star accommodations with Queen beds, en suites with whirlpool tubs, a/c, cable, highspeed internet and licensed family restaurant on site. Many rooms have a view of the Bras d'Or Lakes
Guysborough, Nova Scotia Hotels & Resorts - DesBarres Manor is a luxury bed & breakfast inn with award winning gourmet dining. This restored 1837 manor home has 10 luxurious guest rooms, elegant common rooms, fireside dining, Wine Spectator award winning wine list and warm Maritime hospitality
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iRVING, Texas (AP) _ New York Giants linebacker LaVar Arrington is out for the season after tearing his left Achilles tendon in the second quarter against the Dallas Cowboys.
Arrington was hurt chasing down Dallas' Julius Jones on a running play. Arrington ended up on the turf in obvious pain. He was carted to the locker room. He had a safety before getting hurt by tackling Drew Bledsoe in the end zone.
Arrington said after the game doctors told him he could return from the injury and be the same player. The linebacker could be out of action for six months.
Arrington is in his first season with New York after playing six years for Washington.


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We at Shadowline would like to take a moment to congratulate Josh Ross (artist of our twice-weekly online comic TALES OF MR. RHEE and numerous NIGHTMARE WORLD stories) to Karen Borgerding-Ross this past Friday, July 15th in a beautiful outdoor ceremony that included much merriment, stylish hats, and the arrival of a giant dancing robot at the reception. Congratulations to the new bride and groom! (Photo courtesy of Dirk Manning. Robot courtesy of somewhere far, far away)
Xenoholics Will Get Fans Addicted to Out-of-This-World New Series
For all your addictions of the extraterrestrial variety, from wild conspiracy theories to late night encounters with probes, the XENOHOLICS are here to help! In October, writer Joshua Williamson (DEAR DRACULA) and artist Seth Damoose (I HATE GALLANT GIRL) will offer their tongue-in-cheek support group to the masses by way of a new series from Image Comics and Shadowline.
SDCC is THIS WEEK and Image is There!
10 Questions with... Brendan McGinley
Brendan McGinley's Hannibal Goes to Rome is one of the first Webcomics to have been a part of the ShadowlineOnline stable. And McGinley himself has been immersed in comics and writing for most of his life, working with almost every single publisher that a fanboy/girl could care to dream. He took a few moments from conquering the world to answer 10 Questions for ShadowlineOnline.
1. What got you into doing an historical-based webcomic such as Hannibal Goes to Rome?
Soule and Podesta Return To the Stage With 27 Backup Story & Second Miniseries
Image Comics and Shadowline recently announced that 27, the first story arc of the sell out miniseries by writer Charles Soule (Strongman) and artist Renzo Podesta, will be followed by a second story arc. The second arc, 27: SECOND SET, will include more mysteries of rock and roll history, more of those talented and famous musicians that become legend, and more untimely deaths!
New This Week: Red, White & Blue..and GREEN for the 4th of July!
It's almost Un-American to think that some people out there aren't reading what WeeklyCrisis.com calls the Best Book of 2011, especially since Green Wake has received one outstanding review after another, but clearly we need to spread the word. Out this week is the 4th issue of Green Wake and if you can't trust Fangoria's "Four Skulls out of Four" for the recent issue, who can you trust?
10 Questions With... Dirk Manning
His name is a familiar one at Shadowline for a few years now, but Dirk Manning has had a presence in comics and online for quite a while. Manning is the longest running webcomic writer in Shadowline's history and has been a a workhorse in spreading the word on not just his work but that of his other fellow Shadowliners. He may have done plenty of interviews but none have been exactly like this one.
1. How did you get started with writing comics?
New This Week: First Set Gets Star Treatment
If you missed out on the critically acclaimed "27" the first time out, you don't have to sell your soul to the devil to find the back issues. The TPB collection of 27 First Set will be released this Wednesday at finer comic shops (well, all comic shops actually) and bookstores. Be sure to read the series that Newsarama calls "wholly original" and "spooky, dark and subtly stylized."
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10 Questions With... Charles Soule
When comic writer Charles Soule released 27 last year, the comic shot up the charts like a hit on the Billboard 100. Soule found success in part because the subject matter was a personal one. Dare we say it? He has music in his Soule. Now he answers 10 Questions for Shadowline and gives a sneak peak into the encore performance of 27: Second Set.
1. 27 is so deeply rooted in music, it makes one wonder: Who are your biggest musical influences?
10 Questions With... Jimmie Robinson
This week we were lucky enough to break BOMB QUEEN creator Jimmie Robinson away from his ridiculously hectic lifestyle to answer 10 Questions. While finishing up on his latest issue of Bomb Queen, here is what Robinson had to say:
1. Bomb Queen is quite possibly one of the most evil characters to ever have his or her own regular series (or series of series) and she has done some pretty incredibly horrifying things. But is there anything that even you wouldn't have her do?


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NORTON, Mass., February 25, 2007 - The Springfield College men's swimming and diving team finished with a score of 724.5 total points in the 2007 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championships at Wheaton College, putting the Pride in third place and making this the ninth straight year that SC has finished among the top three in the conference championships.
The event was won by the Coast Guard Academy, as it successfully defended its 2006 crown with a score of 990.5 total team points at Balfour Natatorium. MIT finished second with a final score of 856 points.
The three top teams separated themselves from the pack early and essentially turned the championship weekend into a three-horse race. The next highest total score came from WPI (406), making them the fourth-place finisher. The rest of the point totals went as follows: Babson 298, Clark 273, and Wheaton 231.
A solid SC performance was headed by junior Roy Burch (Warwick, Bermuda), who placed in the top three on four separate occasions. The highlight of the weekend for Burch was his victory in the 100 free, which he won with a time of 46.05 second. Burch's win in the event qualified him for the Division III National Championships which will be held in Houston, Texas, from March 15-18. Burch also finished second in the 50 free (20.96), and was a leg on the 400 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay teams which finished second and third, respectively.
Also on both relay teams was freshman Matt Manoni and sophomore Greg Pearsall (Litchfield, Conn.). Senior captains Ryan Mahoney (Westford, Mass.) and Paul McCloskey (Brookfield, Conn.) also contributed to the successes in the relay events, with Mahoney swimming on the third-place medley team and McCloskey on the freestyle team which finished second.
In the 800 freestyle relay, the Pride took third with a group that included Paul McCloskey, Greg Pearsall, Anthony Bruno (Southbury, Conn.), and Chris LeCompte (Londonderry, N.H.). A busy weekend for McCloskey also included a second-place finish in the 200 free (25.98), and a time of 16:34.69 in the 1,650 free earned him third in the event.
SC's top diver was freshman Jonathon Alberghini (Cumberland, Me.) who placed in the top three in both of his events. Alberghini took second in the one-meter dive with a final score of 424.10 and third in the three-meter dive with a tally of 413.95.


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July 31, 2014
Both the Western Albemarle Boys and Girls Lacrosse teams advance in the Region II Playoffs. The Albemarle Baseball team moved on as well in the Commonwealth District Playoffs.
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Heritage 10
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With or without Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart refuses to be anyone except her own inimitable, determinedly eccentric self. Good for her. In a recent interview with French Glamour Magazine, Pattinson's recently reconciled lady revealed some odd aspects of her admittedly quirky personality. She dished on a variety of subjects including beauty, weight issues, pimple remedies, and the woman she calls her "number one American beauty icon." Interestingly, the form of the interview resembles many given by Pattinson who is known for throwing out odd tidbits of personal information about himself.
Six of Stewart's weirder revelations appear below.
KStew has some interesting ideas about hair care. She seldom goes to the hairdresser, and she washes her hair only once or twice a week. Eeww. However, she "often refreshes" her raven tresses with dry shampoo. Furthermore, she "rarely" brushes her hair. She prefers the "L.A...beach look...surfer style of Santa Monica." Whatever that means.
She's never consulted a skin care specialist. She gets rid of pesky "spots" if and when they occur, with Pro-active."
Her interesting nutritional regimen seems to consist mostly of drinking a lot of milk and chugging back vitamin cocktails. Unlike many of her female Hollywood peers, she doesn't try to stay thin. She hates "being rachitic" because it makes her "feel like a guy, losing all femininity."
KStew considers herself "a cool Californian" as opposed to the other uncool kind that she rather contemptuously describes as the "siliconed, discolored creatures of L.A." Ouch.
She loves "living without socks." Whatever that means. Apparently, it's an integral part of being a cool, non-siliconed Californian.
She also loves her good friend and staunch supporter, Jodie Foster, whom she's known since she played the Oscar-winning actress/director's daughter in Panic Room in 2002.
"She is my number one American beauty icon!" Kristen raved. "Her style has not changed since her début... And she is always adorable when I see her."
Well, Kristen has certainly chosen in Jodie Foster a great heroine. The Silence of the Lambs star is a great actress/director and a paradigm of an intelligent, successful, and independent woman. An American beauty icon, maybe not so much. but KStew's entitled to her opinion.
Anyway, there you have them--6 recently revealed weird facts about Kristen Stewart. Robert Pattinson would be proud.
Photo source: Zimbio
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Hope Carson is the author of 2 books: A Roaring Girl: An Interview with the Thinking Man's Hooker and A Thousand and One Night Stands: The Life of Jon Vincent. You can follow her on Twitter.


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3D printing is reaching mainstreamSunday, June 12th, 2011 by Roberto Saracco
I have been posting a number of news about 3D printing evolution. They were always pointing to the future, having found, at best, practical application in fast prototyping.
Now time has come to talk about it in the present.
GE has just announced a 3D printing that can be used in the manufacturing of airplanes parts.
3D technology has matured to the point where it is overtaking classical production technologies and it is producing better parts at a lower cost, even when we deal with large scale production.
On the left the photo of two hinges, used by airplanes. The one to the left has been manufactured using normal technology, the one to the right has been 3D printed. You can notice how much more complex it is the structure of the one on the right. This more complex structure, that would have been impossible using normal production techniques, result in more strength and a lighter piece. That is just what we need in airplane manufacturing.
This is important for many fields since once you have a technology finding a way in the large production you can expect it to get better rapidly and being used in a wider variety of fields, including the mass market.
The conversion of bits into atoms will change significantly well established value chain and will multiply the number of "manufacturing" players, thus creating ecosystems.
Today we have already seen the multiplication of players in the apps development, (the latest announce from Apple indicated 425,000 apps that have created a revenue to tens of thousands of developer in the order of 2,500,000,000 $). Get ready to see something similar in the atoms department soon.
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Best Latex Mattress
When someone sets out to go shopping for a latex mattress, they unquestionably would like to discover the best latex mattress. Finding the best latex mattress may be a little difficult because just like anything else, each latex mattress company is vying for your attention (along with the money in your wallet) and wants you to believe they have the very best latex mattress.
So what exactly is the best latex mattress? While I can outline some things to look for in a latex mattress, some details are very best left for you to decide based upon user preference, and as in everything else in life, there are advantages and disadvantages, pros and cons.
The best latex mattress is going to be one that feels the most comfortable to you. Of course you need to factor your sleeping partner into the mix, so if he or she likes firm and you like soft, you will go with an ILD (measure of the firmness) that is somewhere in the mid range as to keep the peace between you lovebirds.
The best latex mattress is going to be one that is not a blend, but instead natural/organic latex. How is it that you would be willing to spend an amount that is nothing to sniff at, and then go for blended (like most latex mattresses are), which is mostly synthetic with a small percentage of natural latex? And when has man-made material ever been superior to what Mother Nature provides?
The best latex mattress is going to last a long time. Make sure you have a warranty. The best latex mattress companies will warranty their latex mattresses for in excess of 20 years! They must really believe in their product, don't you agree?
The best latex mattress is most likely to be found with a latex mattress company that gives good customer service. See, when someone has a good product that they stand behind and believe in, they are consciously striving to serve their customers and they know that they will be around far into the future because they have something that their customers will love and spread the word about. They are happier to oblige because they have very few problems in the first place. They have excellent quality assurance measures set in place and monitor them closely. It is mirrored by their customer service, guaranteed!
The best latex mattress boils down to quality. Just as with all of your purchases of big ticket items, ask questions of the manufacturer. Find one that isn't giving you old latex, but rather fresh latex, like one that has a "born on date". Know when the latex was produced, and make sure that your latex mattress company can make it to order. Customized. That's the best latex mattress right there.
Plushbeds.com continues throughout the years to meat the above criteria for the best latex mattress. And they guarantee all their mattresses. Besides that you get free shipping and no taxes when you order from their website.
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Kathrine Switzer will be the keynote speaker for the Speaker Series Oct. 19. The title of her speech is "Men, Women and the Marathon; Running Away Together".
People who attend Switzer's speech can expect a humorous, inspiring and informative talk. In 1967, Switzer was the first woman who officially ran the Boston Marathon. She was nearly removed from the race by a director reacting in an era when the marathon was a men-only event. Switzer's run and her subsequent work as an advocate, organizer, author and broadcaster changed history.
Switzer remains a strong force in the running world. Switzer is not only an iconic athlete who has run 39 marathons including her win at the New York City Marathon in 1974, she is also an advocate for sports equality for women. Switzer created the Avon International Running Circuit of women's only races in 27 countries beginning in 1978. The global impact of this series was influential on the inclusion of the first women's marathon in the 1984 Olympics. Switzer is also an Emmy award-winning TV commentator, a dynamic public speaker, a journalist and an author of three books including her memoir, "Marathon Woman".
The Speaker Series will be held at Myers Field House on the Minnesota State University Mankato Campus from 3 to 7 p.m. Oct. 19.


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Availability: Mercure London Watford Hotel
Standard Double RoomMax Occupancy: 2 guests
Classic RoomMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 1 child)
Privilege, Room, 1 Double BedMax Occupancy: 2 guests
Standard Twin Room, 2 Single BedsMax Occupancy: 2 guests
4-star eco-friendly hotel in Watford with an indoor pool
Situated in Watford, this spa hotel is close to Bushey Museum and Art Gallery, Aldenham Country Park, and Watford Market. Local attractions also include Vicarage Road.
Hotel Features
In addition to a restaurant, Mercure London Watford Hotel features an indoor pool. Other amenities include a bar/lounge and 24-hour room service.
Room Amenities
Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature wireless Internet access (surcharge), coffee/tea makers, and desks.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Mercure London Watford Hotel Amenities
- General
In addition to an indoor pool, Mercure London Watford Hotel provides a health club, a sauna, and a steam room. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge.
Event facilities include conference/meeting rooms and small meeting rooms. This eco-friendly hotel also offers a terrace, multilingual staff, and a garden. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Number of meeting rooms - 11
- Number of floors - 5
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Room service (24 hours)
- Meeting rooms
- 24-hour front desk
- Bar/lounge
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-out
- Health club
- Wireless Internet access - surcharge
- Express check-in
- Luggage storage
- Garden
- Total number of rooms - 218
- Laundry facilities
- Multilingual staff
- Terrace
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Sauna
- Steam room
- Indoor pool
- Internet
Available in all rooms: Wireless Internet access (surcharge)
Available in some public areas: Wireless Internet access - surcharge
- Parking
Free self parking
- Room Amenities
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Complimentary bottled water
- Pay movies
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Daily housekeeping
- Satellite TV service
- Coffee/tea maker
- Wireless Internet access (surcharge)
- Private bathroom
- Complimentary toiletries
- Desk
- Flat-panel TV
- Dining
English breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 8:30 AM and 10 AM.
The Brasserie - This brasserie serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and light fare.
Onsite dining venue #2 - This bar serves light fare only.
24-hour room service is available.
- Recreation
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool, a health club, a sauna, and a steam room.
- Spa
- Hot stone massage
- Steam room in spa
- Manicures and pedicures
- Thalassotherapy treatments
- Sauna in spa
- Massages
- Body treatments
Mercure London Watford Hotel Policies & Fees
- Check-in
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
- Check-out
Check-out time is noon
- Payment types
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard, Visa
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Fees
- The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Breakfast fee: GBP 13.95 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room high-speed Internet (wired): GBP 11.99 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
Awards & Affiliations
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- A Green / Sustainable Property - Third Party CertifiedThis property participates in Green Tourism Business Scheme (GTBS), a third-party certification program that has been independently certified. Third-party certification measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy. An objective assessment of a company's sustainable tourism practices has been performed at this property by an auditor who is independent of the third-party certification program.


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This program provides students with the necessary skill and knowledge to plan, install, and provide routine control over and manage exceptional situations in relation to quality communications network services in an information system.
It provides in-depth knowledge on evaluating communications hardware, software and transmission service alternatives against changing business requirements; maintaining links with network suppliers; monitoring network performance; providing support for systems; localizing and rectifying faults in networks and handling non-routine user/customer problems; and providing expertise and practical assistance in delivering service that complies with statutory and other standards, as well as strategic and tactical plans.
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Standard Admission
Students must meet ONE of the following criteria:
1. Alberta High School Diploma, verified by transcript, or non-Alberta equivalent.
2. General Equivalency Diploma (G.E.D.).
Mature Admission
Students must meet ALL of the following criteria:
- Out of school for two years.
- Successful result on the Academy of Learning College entrance evaluation.
- Fifty credits towards an Alberta High School Diploma, verified by transcript, with 50% or better in a Grade 10 English and a Grade 10 Mathematics, or non — Alberta equivalent.
- Out of school for two years.
- Successful result on the Academy of Learning College entrance evaluation.
- Successfully complete the CAST Level 3 with Alberta Grade 12 equivalency.
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