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Climbing to the top of Pico is mandatory. It is the highest mountain in Portugal, but should only be visited in the company of a guide. Adventure, challenge and courage are the secrets for anyone get to the top. The same might apply to those who set out tin discover of the many hiking trails. Quieter, are the whale watching trips.
Unavoidable is to climb to the peak, even for those that from far see the mountain top (also from other islands), with or without clouds. The help of a guide during the trip is advisable, it helps to understand the history and secrets of the places you pass through. The climb to 2351 meters requires some effort. At the end, take a deep breath and enjoy the wonderful view that reaches all the other islands of the Central Group, Terceira, Graciosa, Sao Jorge and Faial. You should not miss the unforgettable sunrise that can be seen from the top of Pico Pequeno. The hiking trails on the island of Pico are duly marked and set in the primitive accesses located between the sea and mountains, also helping to understand the natural heritage of Pico. In São Roque do Pico, the trail of Santana in Lagido, starts by a path that leads to Vigia da Baleia, from where you can enjoy a privileged view over the canal, or the Ladeira of the Moinhos, whose courses pass through six water mills and old stone "eira". Another activity not to be missed is the observation of whales and dolphins. There are several trips out to sea (morning and afternoon) and the trip takes approximately three hours.


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quote:Geddy Lee was at the Hornets-Lakers game last night
quote:Unfortunately, most of the folks I knew said, "What's 2112?"
quote:I love 2112, but Hemispheres is the one that doesn't get enough credit imo.
quote:I'm not sure what any of you mean that it doesn't get enough credit
quote:Unfortunately, most of the folks I knew said, "What's 2112?" Really? Kilroy came out in 83, Rush was pretty much at the peak of their popularity during the mid 80's.
quote:Still that's kind of sad. I'd heard of 2112 before i listened to it or liked Rush.
quote:They got all into hair metal and didn't get why I always said Rush was NOT in that category
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The address Marcantilaan 33 is only the office and mail address. The boat is docked at the Oosterdok, jetty 5.
* Walking from the Central Station, it takes about 10 to 15 minutes to get to the Maria Alberta. Leaving the Station at the front, you cross the large bridge and turn left. You walk along the Prins Hendrikkade towards the IJ-Tunnel. Just before the tunnel you will find the Oosterdok on your left.
A well recognisable �neighbour� is Nemo, a large green building that looks like a ship. It is built right on top of the IJ-Tunnel.
* By car, the thing to do is get to the circular highway (Ring A10) of Amsterdam. From the North side of the A10 you take the exit S116 (Centrum) and go through the IJ-Tunnel. At the end of the tunnel you turn right at the traffic lights, onto the Prins Hendrikkade. Directly after the lights there is a bus stop. Turn right immediately after the bus stop (before the bridge) and you will go round the corner, down to the jetties of the Oosterdok.
* Parking space directly next to the jetties is limited and expensive (� 3,40 per hour!). It is possible to use these spaces shortly to unload and then park in a different part of town, where parking is cheaper or even free. Free parking is a few bus stops from the Oosterdok.


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Countdown to immortality
By Craig Muder
With his career's ultimate moment a mere 48 hours away, Andre Dawson showed he is still one of the game's top clutch performers.
"Come Monday, I'm going to look in the mirror and know I'm a Hall of Famer," Dawson said on Friday and he prepared for Sunday's Induction Ceremony and celebrated with family and friends in Cooperstown. "I'm very excited, and my family is very excited."
Fighting off a cold but looking like he could still throw runners out at third base from the right field corner at Wrigley Field, the ever-relaxed Dawson put the finishing touches on his Induction Speech on Friday in preparation for Sunday's Class of 2010 Induction Ceremony. Dawson will join Whitey Herzog and Doug Harvey as members of the Class of 2010 when they are inducted at 1:30 pm EDT on Sunday in Cooperstown. The ceremony is free and open to the public and will be broadcast live on MLB Network.
On Saturday, Dawson will participate in the annual Hall of Famers golf tournament in Cooperstown – with former Expos teammate Tim Raines as his guest on the links.
On Sunday, another former teammate – Warren Cromartie – will come to Cooperstown with busloads of Montreal fans to celebrate Dawson's induction.
Yet with all the commotion, Dawson remains rock-solid and ready to roll.
"Lot of Expos fans in town, lot of Cubs fans in town," said Dawson, who played for Montreal and Chicago as well as Boston and Florida. "It's amazing to look down Main Street and see all those fans."
Craig Muder is director of communications for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.


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quote:Phan takes Cody Thomas, QB, Oklahoma.
quote:Pasty,I noticed you listed my guy as a DE I have him as a LB
quote:My initial hope for this pick was Gilmore, but diesel screwed that up for me as I was attempting to coach U4 soccer,lol.
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Because I am cliché and unfunny.Male Brooks wrote:What music should I blast for the final day
Whatis6times9 wrote:At most I think it will become a self fulfilling prophecy, over reaction to a rare occurrence on a date that has people amped.
Riz wrote:okay, show of hands, who here actually believes the world is going to end?
lemme tell you something
that Mayan calendar? it was made before the modern calender was implemented. the December 21st on that calendar is LONG past now. so if you want to ignore any other form of blinding logic and think the world is going to end, at least remember that the "end of the world" has already passed.
Mir@k wrote:youd do well in focusing that imagination into more positive endeavors
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Nick's Friday Round-Up
Once again, we have awesome LEGO things. First off, we have a Bioshock Big Daddy LEGO sculpture. [geekologie]
Secondly we have Fhloston Paradise from the Fifth Element, recreated in LEGO. [howtogeek]
Do you miss your most favorite Hostess snack that could survive an apocalypse but not a cooperation shutdown? Well to fill that void, Little Debbie has taken it upon themselves to give you, what they call, Cloud Cakes. "But it's not the same!", you say? WELL SUCK IT UP AND DEAL WITH IT, BECAUSE IT'S THE BEST YOU'RE GONNA GET! [geekologie]
If the Legend of Zelda video game franchise isn't awesome enough, we now have a fan-made series as if the Legend of Zelda were a modern-day cartoon, and it's actually pretty awesome. [blastr]
If you're a Batman fan, and honestly, who isn't? You're most defs gonna want these Batman bookshelves. Even if you don't read those things called books, it's still pretty awesome to just have on your wall. [geekologie]
So a guy decided to eat the entire Hobbit menu from Denny's, in 20 minutes. Well there goes his New Year's resolution to lose weight. [blastr]
Here are the 12 greatest launch games of all time. Did you buy any of them at launch? Which one's your favorite? ANSWER MY QUESTIONS, PEOPLE!! [dorkly]
In a previous Round-Up, I introduced you to a video called Mario Warfare. Well folks... here's episode 2. [geekosystem]
Speaking of new episodes. If you're savvy to the internets past, you may have heard of a cartoon called Charlie the Unicorn. It has since spawned episodes, 2 and 3. Well, for your viewing pleasure, they now have episode 4. Have fun Charliiiiiiiieeeee..... [geekosystem]
In all of videogame history, we currently live in the greatest era for gaming, ever, and here's 7 reasons why. [dorkly]
If you've ever wanted to know exactly how to build your favorite Star Wars space ship, but didn't know the exact specs, then here's your chance, with blueprints. [blastr]
The old school video game, Dune 2, is now a browser game. So go forth and waste all your free time. Don't forget to have that extra google tab open in your browser for when you feel like playing it at work. [gammasquad]
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greeney2 wrote:Why is it man is so driven to find the end of the universe, but seems to care less about the one place we live in? Our Earth! The matter that matters the most is what we can touch right here. Seems rather ludicrous we search for life in other galaxies, and do nothing about the lives going extinct on this planet everyday.
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quote:Chase Daniel should be getting more carries.
quote:trust me i know the fact that SP isn't there has a lot, if not everything to do with this up and down disappointing season. One week we look great and have it all together, then the next week, the guys that made the big plays the week/weeks before are barely played. Makes absolutely no sense. I don't think you have to be a professional coach to see this. And as far as the play action %, that can easily be just a coincidence or the fact Ingram is in the game more esp for play action.
quote:Drew has a higher play action comp% with MI than PT. Just another factor in the coaches game planning.
quote:He is a great running back in his prime and isn't being given the opportunity he deserves.


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Director, District 1
- Description of Office
- Javier Vela
School Districts
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Board members are elected in a nonpartisan general election by all voters within the school district. They receive no salary. Board members are partners in a management team and share in a variety of management decisions from fiscal accounting, employment of teachers, educational materials, and facilities to transportation services.
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National Dementia Plans
- Launch of the Working Group
- Interview with Chair of the Strategy Group
- Feb 2014: Malta releases consultation paper for dementia strategy
There is a draft National Dementia Strategy in Malta. It is hoped that implementation will start in 2012 and continue to 2020. This draft is based on previous work done by the Dementia Strategy Group (DSG) which was launched in May 2009 by the Parliamentary Secretary for the Elderly and Community Care. It is a comprehensive strategy, which provides direction in the various areas of dementia care from increasing awareness, to improving early diagnosis, to increasing support to dementia patients and their families and providing end of life and palliative care.
Dr. Charles Scerri, Chair of the National Dementia Strategy Group in Malta and General Secretary of the Malta Dementia Society, talks with Alzheimer Europe about the need for a national dementia strategy and the aims of the Strategy Group. (April 2010)
Alzheimer Europe: Dr. Scerri, as Chair of the National Dementia Strategy Group, could you explain why the Strategy Group was set up in May 2009 and what it was tasked to do?
Charles Scerri: One of the most important challenges facing the Maltese society is the ever-increasing number in the elderly population. Individuals above the age of 65 years will double by the year 2050. As a result, neurodegenerative diseases normally associated with old age, such as many forms of dementia, will also rise proportionately. This was highlighted by a recent research study indicating that two percent of the general population in Malta will have dementia in the next 40 years, double the current data. This will bring about a significant demand not only on healthcare services but also on the society in general as most of the care is provided in the community. Therefore, the need of having an appropriate dementia strategy in place was a tangible reality. The setting up the National Dementia Strategy Group in May 2009 was the idea of the Maltese Parliamentary Secretary for the Elderly and Community Care following the Paris Conference 'The Fight Against Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders' in October 2008. President Nicolas Sarkozy's closing speech provided us with the impetus to embark on such an ambitious project. Furthermore, other European countries are already working on their national plans and Malta needs to follow in the same direction. The task of this Group was to design a strategy that would provide a clear pathway for improving dementia services in Malta.
AE: What do you believe the aims of a National Dementia Strategy should be?
CS: The aim of the National Dementia Strategy is to map out the strategic direction for improving services for people with dementia and their care-givers in the Maltese islands. This will be a challenging task and will necessitate considerable financial investment and the participation of various stakeholders. The latter is of utmost importance during the implementation phase and in fact during the consultation process, the National Dementia Strategy Group carried out a series of meetings with the many stakeholders involved. Moreover the general public was also invited to contribute through a specifically-designed questionnaire and the results of this exercise were incorporated in the final report.
AE: The Strategy Group's recommendations were presented to the national health authorities in January 2010. Which do you consider to be the key recommendations which were made?
CS: The report 'Inspiring New Frontiers – The Malta Dementia Strategy' highlights ten key recommendations. The latter recognize the need to increase dementia awareness at all levels by providing good-quality information, improving early diagnosis and intervention, improving the quality of acute and long-term dementia care, develop appropriate community support and improving end-of-life services together with strengthening legal and ethical issues regarding individuals with dementia and their care-givers. Each recommendation is supported by suggestions aimed at achieving these outcomes.
AE: What reaction to the recommendations do you hope for from policy makers?
CS: The report was presented to the Parliamentary Secretary for the Elderly and Community Care at the end of January 2010. Therefore, it is still early to get a formal reaction from the government authorities. The recommendations put forward will entail significant amount of work spread over a number of years. The report recognizes the need for training and improvement of services, all of which requires planning and financial investment. It also makes an emphasis on moving away from the disease model thus favouring a patient-centred approach. Consultation with stakeholders emphasized on the need to start addressing dementia at a national level and thus the gradual implementation of these recommendations at the earliest. Establishing a National Dementia Strategy Board that will coordinate the implementation process would be a step in the right direction in ensuring that the targets are effectively met.
AE: Thank you for this interview and we wish you every success in ensuring a National Dementia Strategy becomes a reality in Malta.
20 February 2014: Malta releases consultation paper for dementia strategy
On 20 February, a consultation document for Malta's national dementia strategy was released for comments. The consultation process is open until the end of May 2014 and aims to elicit feedback, comments and opinions. These will be collated, analysed and added to the final strategy document that will be published in October 2014.
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The U.S. already spends twice per person on health care than any other industrialized nation. Yet our life expectancy ranks 30th; Costa Ricans live longer. Infant mortality? We're tied with Hungary, Poland and Slovakia for next to last among industrialized nations. Illnesses cost American business more than a trillion dollars a year in lost productivity.
Further, research has revealed a gradient to health. At each step down the socio-economic ladder — from the rich to the middle class to the poor — people tend to be sicker and die sooner.
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Taking it home to Connecticut, listen to WNPR's Where We Live interview with producer Llew Smith. He addressed solutions for local health departments and individuals.
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Episode 1 In Sickness and in Wealth
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This is a story about health, but it's not about doctors or drugs. Set mostly in Louisville, Kentucky, it's a detective story out to solve the mystery of what's stalking and killing so many Americans before their time. The program uncovers the connections between healthy bodies and healthy bank accounts — and why residents of so many other nations, including many poorer countries, live longer and healthier lives. Solutions, evidence suggests, may lie not in more pills but in more equality.
Episode 2 When the Bough Breaks/Becoming American
Aired Thursday, April 3, at 10:00 p.m. on CPTV
When the Bough Breaks – African-American infant mortality rates remain twice as high as white Americans. In fact, African-American mothers with graduate degrees face a greater risk of having pre-term, low birth-weight babies than white mothers who haven't finished high school. Investigators are circling in on how the chronic stress of racism throughout a life can become a risk factor embedded in the body.Becoming American – Recent Mexican immigrants, on the other hand, though poorer, tend to be healthier than the average American. But the longer they're here, the worse their relative health becomes. This is known as the "Hispanic Paradox.†Is there something about life in America that is harming their health? Conversely, what is protective about new immigrant communities that we can learn from?
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Collateral Damage – Mainlanders view the Pacific Islands as a paradise. But diabetes, cardiovascular and kidney diseases and tuberculosis are taking a toll on the Pacific Islander population. In the Marshall Islands and in the unlikely spot of Springdale, Arkansas, this program shows how globalization is affecting health — often in unanticipated ways.Not Just a Paycheck – How does job insecurity and unemployment affect health? In rural western Michigan, residents struggle against depression, domestic violence, heart disease and diabetes when the largest refrigerator factory in the country shuts down. Ironically, the plant is owned by a Swedish company. In Sweden, shutdowns are relatively benign events and, for some people, even create opportunities thanks to Swedish government policies.


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Number of Floors: 18
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The Caribbean Resort is located directly on the Gulf of Mexico on Navarre Beach, a startling white expanse located between Pensacola and Fort Walton Beach. Sporting spectacular views and easy access to pristine beaches and bountiful water activities, this Emerald Coast gem is the perfect landing spot for a beach vacation to Northwest Florida.
This 19-story condominium development features a pool (heated seasonally), a hot tub, a boardwalk and charcoal grills. Nature lovers will love the pristine Gulf Island National Seashore just minutes west along Gulf Blvd., and history buffs will love the Civil War era Fort Pickens at the end of the peninsula. A bridge across Santa Rosa Sound takes you direct to U.S. Hwy 98 and nearby restaurants and shopping venues.
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quote:So, essentially, the people of New York are complete self indulged a-holes
quote:Abbassi said that he had 22 seconds from the time the guy landed on the tracks to the time the train hit him. 22 seconds seems like a sufficient amount of time to offer a hand. Also, Abbassi said that his camera wasn't zoomed in, meaning that Abbassi actually was as close to the victim as the victim appears to the infamous photograph. Notwithstanding, Abbassi also said that many more people were closer to the victim and never offered help during the 22 seconds that he was on the tracks. So, essentially, the people of New York are complete self indulged a-holes...with exception being the victim who was confronting a known thug that was harrassing passerbys in the subway just before the thug pushed him to his death. He's the tragic hero.
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quote:a whole lotta self-righteousness to pick that 22 seconds apart.
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Samet JM. Occupational pulmonary disorders. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 93.
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"I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt."
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"I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt."
Thomas Jefferson
The radical Republicans who now rule Kansas often hail Jefferson as an icon of their small government dogma but have not heeded his warning.
In their struggle to clean up the financial mess they created one year ago, Gov. Sam Brownback and his political allies focused on taxes and spending and gave little attention to the effect of their actions on state borrowing. Their inattention could damage the state's credit ratings for the long-term.
Kansans might not be aware that during the past 25 years, their state government aggressively has issued debt to address its obligations. As of July 2012, the state had $3.2 billion in tax-supported debt on its balance sheets, an amount more than twice that of our surrounding states, both in terms of per capita debt and debt as a percentage of state personal income.
Brownback has continued along this path. During his governorship, he has signed off on $660 million in new tax-supported debt and plans to issue another $360 million this year and next. In addition, he has supported $580 million in new borrowing financed by other state revenues.
Kansas historically has managed its debt professionally and maintained rock-solid credit ratings. However, Brownback's perilous tax experiment has placed state finance on an unsustainable course, with state government now projected to spend more than it takes in this year and each of the next four years until it goes underwater in a sea of red ink. And shaky finances assuredly will weaken the state's borrowing capacity -- eroding credit ratings and raising the cost of borrowing.
Moody's, one of the nation's most reputable credit rating agencies, issued state lawmakers a shot across the bow last week with an unprecedented three-step downgrade of $200 million in economic development bonds that are secured by state income taxes. The value of those Kansas securities plummeted immediately, and any investor holding the bonds will face huge losses in trying to sell them.
Another canary-in-the-mine alert came a few weeks earlier when Moody's gave investors a "negative outlook" on $14 million in state bonds issued in 2010 to finance student union improvements at Emporia State University. Moody's cited "flat state funding" as one of the factors in its warning, likely unaware just days earlier state lawmakers had cut the university's tax support by $1.5 million, or nearly 5 percent in the current year.
The budget cuts required to finance Brownback's income tax cuts will increasingly draw the scrutiny of credit rating agencies and inevitably diminish the state's credit. Investors will become more wary of Kansas state debt, and borrowing costs will edge upward.
State lawmakers also have embarked on a slippery slope by applying bond proceeds from long-term debt to pay for current-year obligations. This egregious practice was begun in 2009 to deal with the economic downturn but has been continued by Brownback for his purposes. For example, in December, the state issued $200 million in highway bonds. One month later, Brownback applied those and prior bond proceeds to pay for an array of operational expenses in his two-year budget, including $248 million for school finance and $10 million for mental health. Republican legislators gave their approval.
In essence, the state highway fund has become a finance play pen for lawmakers. They could apply excess highway funds to improve roads or pay off existing debt. Instead, Kansans will be paying sales taxes, gas taxes and vehicle registration fees into the highway fund for the next 20 years in order to pay for income tax cuts in the current fiscal year and next. Even with this perversion of state finance, Brownback's risky tax experiment continues on an unsustainable course.
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Ross Detwiler makes his season debut tonight at Citi Field.
They won two nailbiters, and now they've lost two nailbiters. Eventually, the Nationals will play a game that doesn't come down to the ninth inning, right? Right?
Perhaps that will happen tonight in the second of a three-game series against the Mets. Ross Detwiler becomes the final member of the rotation to make his season debut, and this will be the left-hander's first opportunity to justify the Nationals' last-minute decision to hand him the job over John Lannan. If he pitches the way he did last September and this spring, Detwiler should be just fine.
A couple of changes to Davey Johnson's lineup: Steve Lombardozzi and Xavier Nady each get the start. Lombardozzi, who has seen a little bit of time in left field so far, will start at second base. (Danny Espinosa, who got elbowed in the head in the ninth inning last night, gets the day off.) Nady, meanwhile, starts in left field, with Mark DeRosa (0-for-the-season) taking a seat.
As you know, I'm not in New York for this series. Enjoy the game and the conversation as always…
WASHINGTON NATIONALS at NEW YORK METS
Where: Citi Field
Gametime: 7:10 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN2, MLB.tv
Radio: WFED (1500 AM), WHFS (1580 AM), XM 183
Weather: Mostly cloudy, 58 degrees, Wind 13 mph out to RF
SS Ian Desmond
2B Steve Lombardozzi
3B Ryan Zimmerman
1B Adam LaRoche
- Wally - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:16 AM
Nice recovery by Clip. I was going to wade in with 'Brie' for a minute there.I don't think the Mets are as bad as most media types are saying. Their line up is a bunch of no names but they can handle the stick ok. Starting pitching has lots of Ifs, but could be ok. Defense and bullpen seem weak, though. We saw the defense hurt them tonight several times.
- Wally - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:18 AM
Crap, I put us over the dreaded 200 post threshold. Sorry.
- Anonymous - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:24 AM
Speaking of "cheese" there is a school of thought that says that its a good thing if HRod is really wild periodically. Pitchers are even more intimidated by his 3 digit heater wondering if today is the day he loses control of it. Then he flips them the dirty slider instead and its a K looking.
- sjm308 - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:24 AM
The more I think about it, the more I get excited about the kids in the minors and what they just might bring this year. Certainly all (except Harper) are plus fielders with better than ave. speed. If Morse is seriously hurt I say go young and option Nady. Did not post early as I am just a tad superstitious but I figure 3 outs and a 4 run lead will hold up.I hope our anonblache boo bird can at least make an appearance to let us know how he felt Jason did tonight. Maybe he is pouring beer over his head?
- UnkyD - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:24 AM
I'm gonna miss ol' JayB, once this team starts winning most of their series… D'ya think he likes basketball? There's still plenty to complain about, over there…
- Anonymous - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:24 AM
Time for a new post …
- Section 3, My PFB Sofa - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:27 AM
Speaking of "cheese" there is a school of thought that says that its a good thing if HRod is really wild periodically.Known as "I want you to hit the mascot."
- Steady Eddie - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:30 AM
Jeez, Lidge has some downright evil stuff when he's on.Now, c'mon, Brad, stay on against Baxter and keep the win for Det.
- Section 3, My PFB Sofa - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:33 AM
Time for a new post …Mark's Instant Analysis in 3 … 2 … 1 …
- Steady Eddie - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:34 AM
Sec. 3 –Yup. "I have no idea where it's going, honest to God."And Lidge closes it out, Det is our first starter to notch a curly W!
- sm13 - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:34 AM
Kid Sheleen Lidge mows 'em down!
- sjm308 - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:34 AM
3-2 on the road, one win out of first, not too shabby. I realize we did not play the 1927 Yankees but you need to beat the teams that are not as good and so far, that is what we are doing. Win tomorrow gives us two for two in series and that is a key.Go Nats!!
- UnkyD - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:36 AM
I don't think we get insta unless he's there…
- A DC Wonk - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:37 AM
I tell ya', I know it's a small sample size, but with the way Lidge "closed out" last year, and his two appearances this year — he's potentially an awesome acquisition, and perhaps a sleeper to be a real star this year. He throws 70% off speed stuff, so with his fastball in the 90's, he'll be fine.Pass me some more kookaid!
- Steady Eddie - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:40 AM
sjm 308–"Not the 1927 Yankees…"True dat, but this was the Mets' first loss of the year, AND we pinned the loss on Dillon Gee who totally had our number before tonight (this was OEI's first loss against us).
- UnkyD - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:41 AM
GO STRAS!!!!!!! Johan Who?
- realdealnats - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:43 AM
It's great not playing or managing scared, whenever you can pull it off. Allows openings for happy accidents to happen. Maybe a couple of these guys we go to early out of need like Corey Brown will come up and make us smile. For more than a few games.
- Steady Eddie - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:43 AM
"Gee"=OEI??And iOS autocorrect reaches new heights of weirdness.
- SFNats - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:43 AM
7 runs Saturday. 4 runs Sunday. 4 runs yesterday. 6 runs today. This isn't looking like a team that's having a whole lot of trouble scoring, although they do leave too many men on base (but doesn't everyone).
- Section 3, My PFB Sofa - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:46 AM
Game in a nutshell: Ross Detwiler throws 71 pitches, 50 for strikes, and gets the first Win for a starter. Werth goes 4 for 5, the defense holds up, the bullpen mostly does, too; Nats win 6-2.Hitting highlight: Ian Desmond's leadoff home run. I know, Jayson Werth was 4 for 5, and that's big, sure, but that start is tough to beat. I love leadoff home runs. Sue me.Pitching highlight: Bottom of the first, two on, nobody out, and Detwiler gets K-foul pop out-K. "Sit down, Cat, I got this."Defensive highlight: Desmond's throw from deep in the hole and up in the air to get Dillon Gee.Key moment: Bernadina hits what probably should have been a 4-6-3, but Murphy kicked it into center field, Werth scored, and then the rally got rolling. Up next: Stephen Strasburg, day game tomorrow afternoon in the series finale, then home.
- waddu eye no - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:53 AM
jeffwx – go do that fondue that you do so well.pfb
- JaneB - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:53 AM
I'm so glad for Det and Werth. And I join some others here in wishing that the ugly pun on his name would stop showing up here. It's just uncalled for.Thanks for the back up instant analysis, PFB Sofa.Tomorrow, What a pitching match up! Can't wait.
- kgwcoach - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:53 AM
For those of you that saw the game, the take out slide at second by Werth in the ninth is just one of hundreds of little things that over the course of a 160 game season makes the difference between a winning record and a losing one.Werth brought that style of play and a never give up attitude to the Nats last year, which IMHO changed the whole culture of the team and probably puts the Nats in the playoff hunt this year.For me, that culture change makes every dime spent on him by the Nats a bargain.
- Section 3, My PFB Sofa - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:55 AM
Next time I gotta do that in advance. I left out Johan Santana, for instance. Fortunately, it's past 200, so nobody's reading this.
- FS - Apr 11, 2012 at 2:57 AM
isn't Gee a knuckleballer, famous for varying degree of control?anyways glad to see Nats win.
- sjm308 - Apr 11, 2012 at 3:05 AM
kgwcoach – where have you been? I have talked about what Werth does in the dugout and clubhouse for a year but it won't shut the anons up. He is the reason they let Nyjer go for a bag of balls but that in itself turned the attitudes around.FS – the knuckleballer on the Mets is Dickey and he has a new book out with a sad story but it looks to be a happy ending. I believe Dickey is the only knuckler left in the majors.
- NatsLady - Apr 11, 2012 at 3:12 AM
Hard to believe the Astros/Colts really wore those uniforms–and those socks.
- NatsLady - Apr 11, 2012 at 3:17 AM
Also, Davey is going to drive the fantasy guys crazy if he keeps using the bullpen this way.
- FS - Apr 11, 2012 at 3:17 AM
ah, you are right sjm308.
- A DC Wonk - Apr 11, 2012 at 3:24 AM
While we're at it — how about a shout-out to Burnett? He faced two batters, threw five pitches, all of them strikes, and got a strike out. Earned his first "hold".
- A DC Wonk - Apr 11, 2012 at 3:27 AM
(updated the way I meant to write it:)While we're at it — how about a shout-out to Burnett? He came in with one out and two on, faced two batters, threw five pitches, all of them strikes, and got a strike out. Earned his first "hold".
- baseballswami - Apr 11, 2012 at 3:31 AM
So — my power went out at 9:15 – just came back on and I am trying to catch up. So mad I missed some good stuff. And after I predicted the Detweiler/Stammen partnership and all! So glad the guys won and had some offense – especially Jayson! I could get used to Desi with the lead-off fireworks, too. Our fifth starter with a curly W, finally. Catching up on all of your in-game comments is helping to ease my pain. Now I get to go re-set all the digital clocks…..
- Tim - Apr 11, 2012 at 3:35 AM
I don't understand blaming management when players get hurt.
- Section 222 - Apr 11, 2012 at 3:45 AM
NatsNut said…I would give a kajillion dollars for a moratorium on the way-overused and tired pun on Werth's name.I'll add a 5-spot to that. Here here! Of course, if he keeps gettings 4 hits a game, or even 2, there will be little reason for it to be used.
- Anonymous - Apr 11, 2012 at 3:48 AM
- NatsJack in Florida - Apr 11, 2012 at 9:21 AM
Dillon Gee = solid sinker, nasty change up….R.A. Dickey = knuckleballer.
- Cwj - Apr 11, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Ugh, I can't believe I missed this game.I did DVR it though, so I'll watch it this morning.Sounds like a great win. Glad Werth, Detwiler and Desmond (his throw was play of the day on MLB network, and what a play it was!) all had a great game.Go Nats!
- NatsJack in Florida - Apr 11, 2012 at 10:36 AM
Cwj… according to JayB, with Desmond Web Gems mean nothing. Only botched plays made last week count for anything. If he had thrown the ball into the stands, then that would mean something.
- Section 3, My PFB Sofa - Apr 11, 2012 at 12:41 PM
A little late, but Gee's "forkball" is basically a hard knuckleball. I believe it was Dickey who first pointed that out to him. I'd look it up and link, but nobody is still reading this.
- NatsJack in Florida - Apr 11, 2012 at 12:52 PM
Section 3…. no… I always go back and check. The "forkball" you speak off is the "split fingered" pitch of today. Dempster used it to great advantage against Laroche opening day and Gee as well yesterday. It comes out like a fastball and dies the last 15 – 20 feet to the plate and is generally 8 – 10 mph slower than a normal fastball. Hence most baseball people enliken it to a change up with downward movement as opposed to the side movement of a "circle change".It's definitely nothing like a knuckle ball.


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by Vikki Bynum
Excerpt from Introduction: An unlikely defender of the rights of the common people during the Civil War was North Carolina physician Samuel L. Holt, first cousin to textile mill owner Edwin M. Holt. Moved by his conversation with a poor man of Randolph County, whose only plow horse had been seized by a Confederate "press gang," Holt fired off a letter to Governor Vance on May 24, 1863, charging that "this county has sent many & true men to this piratical war," while the "coxcombs, cowards, & puppies," of the planter class manage "to screen their own carcasses from yankee bullets."
The ordinary people defended by Samuel Holt are a major subject of the essays featured in The Long Shadow of the Civil War.* So also are their multiracial neighbors and kinfolk, some of whom were slaves, others free, before the war. Three central questions run throughout: 1) how prevalent was support for the Union among ordinary southerners during the Civil War, and how was it expressed? 2) How did southern Unionists and freed people experience the Union's victory and emancipation of slaves during the era of Reconstruction and beyond? 3) What were the legacies of the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the South's white supremacist counter-revolution in regard to race relations, class relations, and New South Politics?
To answer these questions and more, each essay examines a unique aspect of the Southern home front during the Civil War, but also covers events that occurred long after the fighting had ended and the nation was "reconciled." Several essays tell stories that extend well into the twentieth century. The incredibly long shadow of the American Civil War reminds us that the past, truly, is prologue.
*For more information on this book as well as all my publications, including where to purchase, see Publications.


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This is not a racist post but is based on physics ,chemistry,biology and especially geometry.
Happy New Year To You All.
As I was watching a documentary about starving blacks ,it started a train of thought.
As you all know already that Blacks and Asians races are at the bottom of the heap when it comes to technological advancement and scientific understanding,the reason being that since necessity is the mother of all invention,therefore since the trees used to have free fruit hanging on it there is is no need to advance but just sit on your hands and devour the free food ,hence explaining why Asians and Blacks are always behind since they breed in a warm temperate climate with free food as the planet is round and the temperature is always higher in the tropical regions.
Since whites live in cold region with little free food on trees they had to use their brains and ingenuity to feed and survive and flourish and advanced enormously because necessity is the mother of all invention
, this explains why whites are always ahead and lead the world in science and inventiveness.
This brings up a disturbing implication.
A universal truth.
Planets are round and spherical.
Whites races always exist in the cold regions.Requiring advancement to survive.
Blacks always exist in the tropical zones.
Tropical zones have free food.Thus requiring no advancement to survive.
The implication is that every where in the Universe whites will always be more advanced then blacks since planets are round and spherical.
This means whites will alway be at the top and be more advanced and this will always be true in the whole Universe since planets are nearly alway round and spherical with whites in the colder areas with every incentive to use their brains to survive and blacks in the tropical areas with free food and thus no incentive to use their brains to advance, and thus be always behind.
This implies a Universal Truth.Whites will always be more advanced on nearly any planet.
It occurred to me also that since no no one has thought of this before then this could be called "Ese Callum's Law" or "Ese Callum's Syndrome" or Ese Callum's Corollory in my honour as no one else before me has thought of this profound impliction
You may feel free to discuss this and help me to further improve my evidential arguments or show if there are any flaws in this SCIENTIFIC discussion.


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The new CMO and the science of giving people what they want
With technology now infused into every aspect of commerce, the entire craft of marketing becomes more instrumented, interconnected and intelligent. This leads to profound changes in ways the discipline is understood, led and practiced.
To understand what marketing will look like in the future, it's useful to consider its fundamental nature. At its core, marketing has always been based on basic principles: understanding customers, meeting their needs and doing so in a way that builds trust. Although marketers face the same questions now, they are answering them in new ways.
In this highly connected world of commerce and communication, you can no longer market broadly to a demographic. A consumer doesn't want to be a "segment." She's an individual. To capture and keep her business, she must be treated as one.
The onus of this evolution has landed on the doorstep of the Chief Marketing Officer. And that means that the mind-set, as well as the skill set, of a CMO has to evolve right along with it. IBM has identified the three mandates for the new CMO.
From millions to one
Today's abundance of data helps companies understand each customer in multiple dimensions. This leads to insights which, when combined, help build a clearer understanding of each customer as an individual. With that, marketers can make better decisions about the mix that will serve customers more completely—based on needs, desire, likely next action, opinions. Today's marketing practice requires building this capability of understanding customers as individuals across millions of interactions. And sets the conditions for marketing to play new roles in driving business success.
The data of desire
CMOs have always been responsible for shaping what to market and how to market it. Because they know the customer as an individual, they can engage each as an individual. To do so, marketers face two distinct questions: First, if a deeper understanding of each customer creates more opportunities for value creation, what can marketing best offer that the customer will actually value? Second, what kind of "system of engagement" must be built to deliver it? This is about systematically selecting whom to market to, what to offer them, and how to serve them best. By individually tailoring content, solutions, promotions and delightful experiences at each touch, marketing becomes a service.
The branding of culture
Your brand is tested in every interaction. Today, the same transparency that allows you to understand each customer as an individual; conversely allows each customer to understand everything about your company. And gaps between what the brand promises and what it delivers are known―not just by those who experience them, but by others in their social network. Thus how authentically a culture lives its brand becomes the measure of success. This is the heart of becoming a social business. Marketing's role is to close the gaps by building a system so that in every interaction brand and culture are one.
The new marketing profession creates a culture of customer obsession:
- Instruments all key touch points to gather the right data about each customer.
- Connects social media data, transaction data and other information to paint a more vivid picture of each customer.
- Runs the right analytics at the right time on the right customer to generate new ideas about whom to serve and how to best serve that person.
- Generates insights that are predictive, not just historical.
- Builds capabilities to do this on a massive scale.
The new profession designs the full customer journey, creating value at every touch point:
- Designs tailored experiences that connect the company, the channels and like-minded customers.
- Creates and automates a system of engagement to deliver these personal interactions—at a massive scale.
- Uses analytics to guide the development of tomorrow's portfolio.
The new profession defines a promise—then builds the system to live it authentically:
- Develops an acute understanding of its reputation by actively listening and engaging in social media.
- Systematically closes the gaps between a company's unique character and its reality—in all critical interactions.
- Champions tools that connect the organization, and platforms that enable employees to delight customers.
- Ensures that systems are in place to manage the risks of being a social business.
By radically rethinking their profession, marketers can understand customers as individuals, use predictive tools to get ahead of demand and design truly social businesses—to ensure that the brand and culture are one. These CMOs are proving that marketing can be less obtrusive and more personal, less of a pitch and more of a service to people than ever before.
What if everything you knew about marketing changed?
What if everything you knew about marketing changed? See what today's CMO say about the data explosion and their day-to-day jobs. Watch the video (00:02:37)
Papers on the art and science of marketing
1. CMO Council 2011: State of Marketing. Amounts shown in US dollars.
2. Maverick Research: Marketing Is the New IT-Buying Powerhouse. Gartner, October 2011.
3. IBM Management Development Institute
4. Christine Moorman, "Spending on marketing analytics." CMO Insights. March 2012.


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First I'd like to say that I am not sure where the correct place would be to post this thread. So if it needs to be moved....be my guest.
I also tried searching on the BV to see if anyone posted this info and I couldn't find anything. So i hope this isn't a double post.
A few weeks ago I accidentally bumped into a video reporting strange sounds coming from the sky across the globe. Russia, South America, Canada, the US, Germany etc. At first I was really cautious thinking this is bogus, fake and made up. The sound reminds me a lot of the sound in the remake of the War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise. But I kept on listening to more and more youtube videos. My curiosity got the better of me.
This is a 44 min video that starts out with the sounds and than talks about some of theories to explain the sounds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Syza3wS ... re=related
Eventually I started to bump into videos where several news broadcasts where airing the information. So I decided maybe there is more to this after all and not a hoax. I am fairly certain that there is a possibility that in the meantime some of the videos are hoaxes but am not really certain if all of them are.
In a way if true all kinds of things of course come to mind...one of course being the trumpets from heaven are being heard which of course would be bible related. HAARP of course comes to mind, earth crust displacement and possibly this could have to do with the solar flares that are heavily occurring for the last few years and worth mentioning they are all fake.
There is one scientist who has a theory of why the sounds are being heard....one that it is coming from the sky, the second it is coming from the earth's core. Most people on the videos believe it is coming from the sky.
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/24086 ... Scientists
The Sott Report (which I only recently discovered) is interesting to listen to.
I am wondering if any of you have been following this or have your own theory or just consider it to be bunk.


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It's unfair to classify players whose careers were cut short by injury as "busts". When they could play, they played well - I'm referring to Bowie and Oden. Even Kwame Brown has not been a total bust (it's not his fault he was chosen way too high in the draft or has small hands) as he can play some D and rebound. The word bust should be reserved for those who can barely play at all..such as Olowokandi.
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02 October 2010
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Coimbra. Show day.
Unbeknownst to me, the evening maid at the Hotel Fabulous had wound down my bedroom window shutters to Black Hole level. I woke up on several occasions this morning and, still finding myself in a pitch black room, rolled over and went back to sleep again. Consequently I think I must have had more sleep last night than in the previous week, eventually getting out of bed around 11am.
I wandered out and found myself a café then went shopping for port wine. Today is the birthday of Nick, lighting crew chief, to whom I am deeply indebted as it is his patience and talent that contribute enormously to the efficiency of the daily load-in and tear-down of the show system. Post-brekky I found that all the shops were closed. Retail hours in Mediterranean countries have always been a bit of a mystery to me (and very rarely appearing to coincide with any moment at which I€™m conscious.) The hotel concierge recommended that I take a leisurely lunch, go for a siesta then try again when the sun had gone down, but after my insistence that this wouldn€™t work with my day€™s schedule, he did point me towards a place he thought might be doing business. It was a €˜tidy walk€™ (as they say where I come from) to the one port vendor currently open, but this did at least give me an excuse to see a little more of the town. Said vendor managed to come up with the goods in spectacular fashion and found me what I€™d been hoping for, a good bottle of port from 1966, the year Nick was born. Mission accomplished, my driver picked me up from the Hotel Fabulous and we took the hour and a half€™s drive back to Coimbra. Beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky...
It was a perfect, warm night with the band serving up yet another killer show to an incredible audience. Maybe we really have woken up on the Joshua Tree tour, where we rather took it for granted that entire stadiums-full of people would jump up and down in unison for hours on end. A man could get complacent.
I joined the after-show €œrunner€, fighting my way through the crowd during Moment of Surrender and to the designated spot outside the venue. Several vans awaited as usual and I was instructed which one to get into. On leaving, the convoy divided, with just my vehicle and two others heading in a different direction to the rest. Shortly after this, I was surprised to find myself pulling up to a helipad. I was dimly aware that the band had choppered in, but apparently Bono had decided he would rather go back to Porto on a bus with our opening band, Interpol, leaving a spare seat in the helicopter that had been given to me. I can€™t swear that boarding a Portuguese helicopter in the dead of night would have been top of my to-do list but, let€™s be honest, the prospect of a moment of such extreme celebrity lifestyle is hard to turn down. Besides which, I didn€™t have any choice, short of walking back to Porto.
The journey was longer than I expected €" half an hour, maybe €" taken at low altitude, mostly up the night-lit coastline of Portugal. My thoughts wandered from how much more populated the area was than I€™d have imagined to wondering how a boy from Sheffield ends up in a rockstar€™s helicopter buzzing the nocturnal Portuguese coastline, to musing on how I was probably closer to potential sudden death than I had been for quite some time. Nobody in the helicopter spoke much, probably all going through a similar series of thoughts.
We landed at Porto airport, transferred to yet more vans then drove into the old town, arriving at the Hotel Fabulous only shortly after our colleagues€™ vans that had left us during the €œrunner€ and driven the whole way from the venue. The mystery of the chin-high barricade was answered too. They weren€™t expecting an angry mob, this is how they secure parking places in the tiny streets of the old town.
I was a little weary after all of the above but summoned the energy to venture to €˜hospitality€™, our post-show ritual where we gather together to drink and eat fried food in the middle of the night.
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12 October, 2010
Awesome crowd!
I was fortunate to travel from the States for both the Seville and Coimbra shows, which were fantastic. Spain and Portugal have the best, most enthusiastic audiences... Being surrounded by such positive energy was truly unforgettable. Thank you for sharing with us fans your experiences on the road, Willie! Looking forward to the US leg in 2011!
12 October, 2010
Funny how . . .
Opportunity knocks, you take it wide eyed and find that the pragmatsim of your decision is irrelevant next to the experience. Willie, how am I going to cope without your preambulations and reporting back when this is all over? I know, have a beer and crisps in you favour
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