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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Wednesday's session are Boeing Co., Apple Inc., and Facebook Inc.
Boeing /quotes/zigman/220026/delayed/quotes/nls/ba BA -0.11% is projected to report first-quarter earnings of $1.56 a share, according to a consensus survey by FactSet.
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Apple /quotes/zigman/68270/delayed/quotes/nls/aapl AAPL -0.11% is expected to post second-quarter earnings of $10.19 a share when it reports after the bell. "In our view, the ramp of the iPhone 6 (4.7-inch and 5.5-inch "iPhad"-like device) and iWatch in the second-half of calendar year 2014 are more important than Apple's fiscal second quarter 2014 performance and potentially soft fiscal third-quarter 2014 outlook. We also expect Apple to increase its return of cash to shareholders," said analyst Brian White at Cantor Fitzgerald in a note.
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Northrop Grumman Corp. /quotes/zigman/236055/delayed/quotes/nls/noc NOC -0.32% is forecast to post first-quarter earnings of $2.15 a share.
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Qualcomm Inc. /quotes/zigman/77257/delayed/quotes/nls/qcom QCOM +0.98% is expected to post second-quarter earnings of $1.22 a share.
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Lockport Union-Sun & Journal — And then there's Joyce. Joyce is a delightful person and a good friend who, last week, suggested that since I was writing columns about how bored I was, I should read a book.
Nice try, Joycie. But for her information, I am in the process of reading one now. Well … I'm trying to read one.
I've said it before: I'm not proud of the fact that I don't read a lot (of books). I wish I did. I envy those who do. My family, thankfully, are all readers. But I'm just not that type of person. I always have the feeling that I'm wasting valuable time. Why should I be reading something good when I could be sitting there doing absolutely nothing?
But for Christmas, a friend gave me a book. An almost 800-page volume about World War II. It's a great book, I'm sure. After staring at it for an hour or two and fantasizing how I could use it to prop up the three-legged sofa I have in my workshop, I decided to try and read it. After all, it is a book.
Now, this may sound infantile, but after I start reading something this large – and as rare as that is – I tend to grab the pages I've read with my fingers and stare at the thickness in a self-congratulatory 'look-what-I've-done" testimonial. I'm always so proud of inane accomplishments.
But with this book, there's a chance I've bitten off more than I can chew. I've been reading it since Christmas and thought I was making headway. I was really getting into it. But I was made aware of just how much progress I'd made, this morning, when I turned the page and read the caption on what was to come next. It said "Chapter 1."
"Chapter 1?" I yelled to my wife. "I thought I was half way through the book and I'm only up to chapter one."
"Well," she asked, "what page number did you read just before that?"
"Hmmm, let's see," I said, curiously turning back to the previous page. "I just finished page XIV."
So I did my little grab-the-pages-I've-read-so-far trick and realized I had a long way to go. A v-e-r-y long way to go.
In fact, I've a strange feeling several more wars will be fought and books written about them before I finish reading this one.
I think the last book I read had two brothers in it: The Hardy boys. I did the same book report on that sucker all through grade school and college.
In fact, one of my professors thought it was excellent.
"That's the funniest thing I've ever read. Handing in such a juvenile paper as a serious project-report is nothing short of genius. It made my day. You're lucky I have a sense of humor. Thanks. Now give me the real one."
For someone like myself, who writes a weekly newspaper column, I'm a disgrace.
Ironically, I'm actually in the process of writing a book. It's based on an Italian Renaissance artist whose heavy drinking leads to bizarre symbols in his art. Unfortunately, when he sobers up he has no idea what they mean. I'm going to call the book: "The Da Vinci Load." Thank you.
Maybe Joyce is right. I should probably just read a book.
The bottom line is: I don't see myself finishing the one I started. But the good news is: the three-legged sofa in the workshop is level.
And that's the way it looks from the Valley.
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Mint coming out my ears!!!!
I use it in 2 chicken marinades: Cook's Illustrated Peruvian Roasted Chicken with garlic and lime (I just roast it like I would any other chicken as the instructions are too fussy for me) and Epicurious' chicken with cumin and mint (I think that's what it is called) You can find both through a google search
The CI marinade works well on chicken pieces as well.
I make a cold noodle salad with cilantro, mint and lime juice that is delicious.
Toss a bunch of mint and cilantro in a blender or processor add fresh lime juice, a dash of fish sauce, a dash of sesame oil and a bit of sugar to taste (sorry, I don't have measurements -- I just keep tasting until it's balanced the way I like it), some hot pepper flakes if you like spicy things. It should have the consistency of a thin pesto, so you may need to add a bit of water to thin it out. Toss with cold noodles and thin strips of carrots and cucumber and top with chopped peanuts and shredded unsweetened coconut.
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You can make chutney & use it as a spread for sandwiches (grind mint, bit of water, garlic, green chili, salt & lemon juice to taste- sometimes use few walnuts or peanuts to give consistency)
Also, my family loves this salad...
I saw a recipe for an interesting potato salad recently:
I make an Italian green bean salad which is served at room temperature. Blanch and dry green beans. Drizzle with a good olive oil. Toss with lots of chopped mint leaves and minced garlic. I got this recipe from an ex-Moosewood chef and it is really good! Plus it is nice to have a salad for pic-nics that you don't have to worry about sitting out.
Gardeners divide between considering it a weed and a prized herb. It can be really hard to stop mint from taking over a garden.
The thing to do is to hang it up in bunches and dry the leaves for tea next winter. You could put the dried leaves in pretty bags or boxes as loose tea and use it for gifts. Most hostesses (most people) will appreciate a gift of caffeine-free mint tea.
Larb - the Lao / Thai dish also spelled laap and laab. Here's several recipes from a quick search:
I prefer grilled beef or ground turkey with mint, cilantro and minced hot green chile. Very tasty and refreshing for a meat dish.
If you like south Asian cuisine, make some mint relish (minced mint + cilantro + hot green chile). Here's a representative one:
Perhaps paulj has a better recipe.
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Since the blizzard hit Connecticut on Friday, Anthony Candelora has been a busy man. As North Branford's mayor, he has been working with town officials; as a resident with a plow, he has been helping those in need dig out; and as a business owner, he has been dealing with the insane amounts of snow.
As the blizzard blew into town on Friday, Candelora and his family were taking the preventative measure of taking down the "bubble" at the Connecticut Sportsplex. If you've ever been up to the Sportsplex, you'll notice it sure does look different without the big white dome inflated (see photo).
"We just shut off the blower, open the doors and let it come down," he said, noting there's a backup natural gas generator in case of power outages. "It came down pretty quick with all the weight on it."
This is only the third time in 16 years they have had to deflate the dome. However, with taking down the bubble comes putting it back up – and of course, a thick layer of snow is getting in the way.
"We'd love to get some volunteers to come down with plastic shovels to help us clear it off so we can get it back up," said Candelora.
Candelora said he hopes to have the bubble back up by Thursday at the latest in order to resume activities as soon as possible, but it all depends on how fast the snow can be removed.
"Any help we could get get would be appreciated," he said. "Once we're back in order, we'll announce a thank you party on Patch with laser tag or Cybersport to show our appreciation."
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*** UPDATE 10-8-2010 at 11:01 PM ***
Lowndes makes it seven wins in a row over cross-town rival Valdosta with the 24-17 win on Friday night.
*** UPDATE 10-8-2010 at 10:24 PM ***
Lowndes leads Valdosta 24-14 in the 4th quarter of play in the Winnersville Classic.
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Lowndes leads Valdosta 21-14 in the 4th quarter of play in the Winnersville Classic.
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After one half of play, the Valdosta Wildcats lead the Lowndes Vikings 14-7 in the Winnersville Classic.
Valdosta,GA - The Winnersville Classic is shaping up as just that as Lowndes and Valdosta are all tied at 7-7 after one quarter of play. Lowndes enters the game having beat Valdosta six straight times. The Vikings are 5-1 on the season and are hoping to pin the first loss to the Wildcats. Valdosta is a perfect 6-0 on the season.


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On attendance, temperatures and April gamesBy
As I sat in the Terrace section of Yankee Stadium three weeks ago, I pondered the scene around me. For the second year in a row, I nabbed some tickets to the home opener, and while last year's crowd celebrated the World Series ring ceremony on a sunny day in early spring, this year's sparse crowd seemed more focused on huddling together to stay warm. With rain falling and highs reaching only 43 degrees, the weather seemed better suited to football than Opening Day.
Now, over the years, I've spent many a cold night at Yankee Stadium. I've sat through blistering winds in early May and chilly but crisp nights in late October. I've seen snow fall early in the season and have worn more layers than I care to count to the stadium. But on Opening Day, sitting there in three shirts, a sweater, a winter jacket and with a wool hat and gloves on, I said to myself, "No more." Unless it's Opening Day, I'd rather just wait until the weather is warmer.
Yet, last Friday and Saturday, when game-time temperatures were in the upper 40s, I again found myself at Yankee Stadium, bundled up to brave the cold. By the time the Yanks had won Saturday afternoon's affair against the Rangers, I had spent around seven of the previous 22 hours in the cold at Yankee Stadium. I realize that was my choice, but it was a tough one. By the end of the second game, my friend Jay who also went to both games said he wasn't sure he could keep going to these freezing games. It's impossible to deny that the dog days of summer are much, much better for baseball than the rainy days of early April.
Somehow, though, the Yankees were scheduled for home games throughout April. Already, they've had 13 home games scheduled. Two have been rained out, and for two others, the team has offered to give fans make-goods for a future date because the weather was just that miserable. They end the month with six month home games, and luckily, temperatures may actually be in the upper 50s or low 60s then.
Meanwhile, baseball has been wringing its collective hands over attendance woes. CNBC's Darren Rovell noted this week that attendance was down slightly across the board, but that a few teams — including the Yankees — had seen steep declines. Even though the Yanks are third in home attendance in the Majors right now, the current average — 41,685 — is nine percent lower than 2010′s per-game average.
The Yankees are blaming the weather, and I'm inclined to agree, at least in part. "The fact that we've had this early April schedule has hurt us," Randy Levine said to ESPN New York. "Over the course of the season, we expect everything to equalize. But early on, the fact that the weather has been so bad [and] we've had so many games in April has hurt."
On the other hand, though, a good number of partial season ticket holders have dropped their plans. The Yankees either cut benefits and postseason access from the plans or the costs became too high. The attendance issues too are reflected on the secondary market. It's now possible to buy reasonably good seasons for well under $10 a pop. With markdowns so far below face value, supply is outstripping demand.
As we can't yet draw too many statistical conclusions from the Yanks' play, it's also early to condemn the attendance numbers. But I'm comfortable saying the Yanks shouldn't have 19 home games — or nearly 25 percent of their home slate scheduled — for before May 1. It's not a secret that spring is a cold, wet time in the northeast, and baseball has plenty of warm-weather teams and domed stadiums to play host to most April games.
Despite my promises to myself, I'll keep going to games, and I'll keep bringing layers and gloves. I know we'll be complaining about the heat in New York come mid-July, but these early April home games are a bit brutal. I don't blame anyone for staying home. It's much warmer on my couch, after all.
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Other things I think have attributed to the lack of attendance:
- Lack of a big off-season acquisition (which, ironically, is probably why FO people wanted Soriano – too bad a reliever doesn't really draw fans)
-No premium games; the Red Sox and Rays haven't been to NY yet.
-Parking rate hike, it's very unfriendly to NJ/upstate NY fans.
-HD/3DTV becoming main stream, more incentive to stay home.
Combine that with cruddy weather and I think this is what you get.
I think the economy is a lot worse than whatever the numbers / reports are saying, too.
I agree with Ben on heavily discounting the weather factor. As a season ticketholder I have seen an incredible decrease in demand for April / early May tickets regardless of long tail weather conditions. Certain games weren't worth going to (and my seats are covered) but the issue is also very expensive transportation costs for early baseball (little momentum gained) and lack of "newness" to the team or stadium at this point. I have had games I basically can't even give away because there is no "juice" to the game and no one wants to go 40 mins on the 4/B/D ea way to sit in the cold, even if it's nice, to spend a lot on concessions, to see the Orioles play in game 12 of a 162 game season.
I see Ross got a lot of the points first.
Let me know if you won't be able to make the games on the 27th or 30th. Especially if you feel you mihgt not be able to "gove" the tickest away. Covered seeting might be just the thing for next Wednesday's game.
I'll be in NY for college visits with my daughter and promised her a game.
If attendance ratings and television ratings were declining at the same time would be cause for worry. With less people at the ballpark, I would guess that TV ratings are at least the same if not higher than last year.
Last summer was brutally hot. I saw several games sitting in the bleachers where I almost died of heat stroke. For me coming from Long Island, it's a big deal to go see agame in person. Factoring the costs and commute I'd rather be at home watching the game in HD.
Yeah I've sat through 2 rainouts so far, and the weather has been utterly miserable thus far but I'm still there. Curse my love for baseball and Section 200 tickets for $6. Asides from premium games, it's conceivable that you can go to almost every game and get great seats for under $15. I still have my 20 game season ticket package, but Stubhub tells me I can sit closer for half the price of what I'm for my season tickets I can't pass that up, even if there's shitty weather.
Way to man up and go to the games. A couple of hours of cold to get to see the Yankees is a pretty easy call. Who knows what you might see at the ballpark on any given day? My dad and 3 of his friends went to Chicago to see the Bulls in the playoffs in 98. On an off day my dad tried to talk his friends into going to see the Cubs play but it was kind of rainy so they decided to just go to a bar. Kerry Wood struck out 20 batters that day.
I have to believe weather does play a role. I can't say how much, but for me it matters going to any outside sport. I know when I was still buying season tickets for football, I always sold any games in December unless they were particularly interesting games with meaning. I can't stand sitting in the cold or rain when I can sit warm on my couch.
If I lived closer to NYC, I'd go to more games for sure. The closest games I have are Buffalo AAA games and unless SWB is in town, the weather has to be nice to go.
Weather, and the honeymoon period for the new stadium ending, are way up there, but I still think cost is the single biggest culprit.
You said in one sentence what took me two paragraphs. I should have just read the comments and agreed with you, ha. It would have been easier.
I think some may be attributable to the fact that NY's winter sports teams (Knicks and Rangers) are in the playoffs, which, in combination with the shitty weather we've had, has not put people in the mood for baseball yet.
Good point. The excitement that is still surrounding the Knicks has definitely prevented me and I'm sure many others from putting their sole sports focus on the Yanks. And the last couple of years, er, decade, the Knicks have been meaningless.
Weather is a factor, but part of the problem is there is no perceived scarcity of tickets – hence for the average fan, the idea that they can pick and choose when they can go. If ticket price is not the main cost of going – is the average person going to go to what he or she perceives as a non-desirable product with an abundance of supply? As Drew stated, the level of ticket dumping for non-premium games is incredible and folks aren't going to make the trip, shell out for public transit and parking + food and beers for early season games that seem unimportant (note I'm saying this is perception). I think this trend will continue, to some degree until the weather gets a lot nicer and the season matures (obviously those events coincide).
I'm sure there are many factors, but I think the most important factor was the exorbitant price hike when the new stadium opened. It was ok year one because everyone wanted to get to the new stadium regardless of price. But after that, it has been all downhill.
Even if in reality prices have come down a bit and it is possible to find a good seat at a fair price, the perception among many fans is that the games are just getting too expensive, and it is no longer worth it. Add in travel, paying for parking and the expensive food and drinks, and people are just showing up less and less.
You're on to something. In 2009 everyone wanted to go to the new stadium so even with high ticket prices you had very good attendance (aside form the $1000+ seats). In 2010 you had the championship effect working to help attendance. it might be that this year we will come closer to the "equilibrium" attendance levels for the new stadium with the new price levels. With the prices they're charging and the lower number of cheap seats I don't think they could sell 50k seats a game like they did in the old building.
Of course, as with everything be wary of small sample sizes. We'll have a better read on things come the end of the season.
It was ok year one because everyone wanted to get to the new stadium regardless of price. But after that, it has been all downhill.
Good point
So what accounts for the decline in attendance in warm areas?
Since most of the posts have insinuated weather isn't the sole factor, I'd assume a combination of price and other entertainment options. Also, the stadiums of the 90s/00s ballpark Renaissance are starting to age and are not an attraction in and of themselves anymore.
yeah, but why this year and not last year
Curious how many home games the draws (e.g. the Yankees/Cubs/Cardinals) have played versus road vs previous years during the same period. I do think there is a downward trend in general and you also have some BAD situations right now in terms of fan turn out like the Mets and Indians.
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I think a lot of season ticket holders took a beating on Stubhub last season and just said no to 2011.
I wish I did.
Im also very tired of dealing with the security staff at the stadium. They don't show an ounce of common sense.
I wish I did.
Why, are you taking a beating on stubhub this year, as well?
You get killed if you try and sell your tix and get anything of value for them. Tix are ~80% off quite often. Not that the objective is to make money, but there is literally no demand to go, never mind pay for, early season tickets.
really? seriously? 80% off?
you mean if you sell a ticket with a $100 face value, the best you can hope for is $20 bucks online?
Not the best, but for games like BAL and MIN early April plus the factors we mentioned games are literally selling for $8 ($50 face) – not taking into account SH's 15% commission. I don't bother listing at that point because I'd rather give them to a family member, friend, colleague etc and eat the cost.
I just clicked on stubhub and I see what the problem is: supply is too high. there are 8600 tickets for sale for next weeks game versus the white sox. That's approx 20% of average game attendance. If you got a glut of supply then prices will fall.
Yeah this is what I was alluding to earlier, that there is no scarcity – perceived or otherwise. They actually have a good amount of season and partial season subscribers – but no one can go to every game and if you're a season subscriber you'd rather save your bullets for nicer days, games against premium teams, etc. In theory there should be a market for tickets, even at 50% off because a lot of families can't go to games for regular price, but the added cost of parking + concessions + the time commitment makes the ticket price a secondary concern and everyone knows there will be availability all year, even if it's a little less availability.
I have been to 4 Yankee games and one Met game (free tix) so far this season. It's been raining, freezing or both for all of the games. I said after the 3rd freezing night, that next year, other than opening day, I will wait till May or June to start going to games. While I love being there, I can't enjoy it as much when Im uncomfortable and find myself caring more about it being a quick game than the actual game itself. I go to between 20-30 games a year, I can wait a month…
There is never an excuse to go to a Mets game, ever.
I'm surprised MLB took over the Dodgers and not them.
I'm thinking the Mets manager gets replaced by June 1st
Eh Citi's about 20 minutes walking from my house and super cheap games, I could be convinced to go. BUT, I still haven't been to Citi.
CNBC's Darren Rovell noted this week that attendance was down slightly across the board,
these numbers are inaccurate. I don't blame CNBC, they're only working with data they're given, but teams are announcing the amount of tickets sold as "attendance", but not announcing the amount of "no-shows" like they do in football. "Attendance" in this context is an obvious misnomer: buying a ticket and not showing up does not meet the definition of attending a game.
I got yo money, I don't care.
It's the economy, stupid!
No offense.
if it was the economy, then attendance would have suffered the last two years.
I think the problem is more than the weather. I was at the Oriole game last week on a fairly warm night. My seats are in section 420. The entire upper deck wseemed flled as well as the bleachers and most sections where the price point was $75 or under. All $100 and up sections seemed bare. The conclusion
I draw is that there is a limite amount of people who want to pay $100 and up to see a baseball game.
I was there that night, it was awesome weather, the Knicks were playing their final game at home, which was totally meaningless against CHI and my section was pretty sparse. My tix are $50 ea.
Not in new york. Most of those seats are bought up by multinationals and financial firms who use them to entertain fat cat clients.
I actually disagree with this – in my experience people don't buy $100 or so tickets for client entertainment. Legends seats, champions seats, H&R block level, delta and right behind the plate / bw the bases are all client entertainment level and they are min $250. I think there is actually a void in the $150 or so range for individual fans, but if the team starts discounting the $125/175 tickets, it will have a trickle down on the rest of the pricing structure.
The Yankee ticket pricing is really awful, not just because it's expensive, but because of the seemingly random nature of price breaks, etc. Seats 5 to the left of me in the next section are $65 per seat, where as mine are $50 per seat. A 30% increase.
I've got a friend who wanted to buy a 41 game plan in the Terrace 316. On their web site Yankees list these as available for the 41 game plan but they would only sell it to him as a full season plan. They would rather sell them for individual games then as a 41 game plan?
Tickets are expensive and this certainly contributes to lack of attendance. Tickets need to be made more affordable for families and the ballpark will fill up.
Bad weather, expensive tickets, and the three headed monster of Colon, Garcia, and Nova are not very enticing. Though I personally like developing players rather than acquiring them, the way the pricing structure is set up means the Yanks will always need to go after big names. The real hard core fans are being priced out while the wishy washy fans need an impetus to go. The stadium is a morgue. People in the good seats doing nothing but playing on their phones.
Only a matter of time before they trade for a big name starter. Hopefully it's at least someone real good like Felix or Josh Johnson.
Also, the people in the good seats are probably with corporations who don't give a shit about the team. They spend their time playing on their phones or walking around or most likely…don't show up at all. It looks terrible on TV. That's what happens when you fuck your fans for some extra cash.
Does 'crappy weather' keep Sox fans at home?
but they're drunk, so they don't notice the weather.
plus, when they're not robbing banks there's nothing for the townies to do but attend a game.
Sox comparison is awful. Fenway is in the middle of a beer garden, Yankee Stadium is in the So Bronx. If you put YS in TriBeCa or something equally implausible surrounded by a ton of bars you'd have insane demand
…. and if you took away Broadway shows, and if you took away all the restaurants, and if you took away all the music venues, and if there was only one baseball team in the city…. etc., etc., so that there was only one major entertainment attraction in the the whole town (like Boston)….
Yeah exactly – it's apples and oranges. And if you made the tickets cheaper. And if everyone talked like a jerk
no way I sit thru a cold day. If I have to wear more than a t-shirt – I'm staying home & watching from the warm home on HD.


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If eligible, the Traffic Diversion Program (for both adults and juveniles) is available to those who have received a misdemeanor level or higher level traffic ticket. After making an initial appearance in court, and after the County Attorney's Office has determined their eligibility, the defendant and prosecutor enter into an agreement to dismiss the court case once the individual has completed an Accident Avoidance & Safe Driving course. The defendant is responsible for registering and paying for the course, completing the course in the required time frame, and sending the certificate of completion to the court. Only then is the case dismissed. Once the case is dismissed, it will not appear on the person's traffic record.
This year, a Pre-Charging Diversion Program was developed, (to be implemented in 2013) resulting in increased public safety, increased restitution, lower recidivism rates and reductions in criminal case numbers.
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ANAHEIM—Jim Thome took a big load off his White Sox teammates and himself Thursday night.
Thome snapped an 0-for-13 slump by hitting a two-out RBI single off Los Angeles Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez in the ninth inning to give the Sox a 4-3 victory.
Bobby Jenks retired Vladimir Guerrero on a grounder back to the mound to earn his eighth save and his first since May 9 at Seattle.
The Sox had former teammate Jon Garland on the ropes but let him get away without a loss. Their inability to capitalize off Garland caught up with them in the seventh when an error by third baseman Joe Crede allowed the Angels to tie the game at 3-3 and cost Javier Vazquez a shot at a victory.
After allowing two runs in the first, Vazquez was one out away from danger until allowing a double to Maicer Izturis that led to Crede's error.
The Sox scored three runs in the second inning off Garland to take a 3-2 lead. But the damage could have been greater. They had eight base runners in the first two innings and had at least one runner on base in every inning against Garland but his last inning, the sixth.
Pierzynski, batting second for the second straight game, finished 3-for-5 and had an RBI double in the second. Carlos Quentin batted third for the second game and reached base in three of his four plate appearances but didn't score.
Second baseman Juan Uribe left because of a leg injury after grounding out in the sixth.
Alexei Ramirez took over at second.
No announcement was made as to whether Uribe would be available to play this weekend against San Francisco and former teammate and Sox fan favorite Aaron Rowand.
As the lineup goes through scrutiny, so will Crede this weekend. Crede can become a free agent at the end of this season, and San Francisco could make a push for him after settling this season for Jose Castillo, who was waived by Pittsburgh in spring training.
The Giants scouted Crede this spring, but the two sides were far apart on compensation. The Sox, according to a source, were interested in left-hander Jonathan Sanchez and a top minor-league prospect. But the Giants offered players with large contracts or players whom they eventually demoted to the minors.
"It's funny how this game works out, whether you end up there or here or anywhere else," Crede said before the game. "It's an honor sometimes when you have other teams looking at you, and they recognize your play. The bottom line is you can't control it, so why worry about it?"
This weekend will give the Sox a chance to reminisce in person with Rowand, who pushed hard for the Giants to trade for Crede shortly after signing with the Giants in December.
"It's always good to see former teammates," Crede said.


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Money for Nothing (song)
|"Money for Nothing"
|Single by Dire Straits
|from the album Brothers in Arms
|"Love over Gold" (live)
|24 June 1985
|Gramophone record
|December, 1984
|New wave, hard rock, blues rock
|8:25 (Album version)
7:04 (vinyl LP edit)
4:38 (official single edit)
4:06 (promo single edit)
|Vertigo (UK)
Warner Bros (US)
|Mark Knopfler, Sting
|Mark Knopfler, Neil Dorfsman
|Dire Straits singles chronology
"Money for Nothing" is a single by British rock band Dire Straits, taken from their 1985 album Brothers in Arms. It was one of Dire Straits' most successful singles, peaking at number one for three weeks in the United States, and it also reached number one for three weeks on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart. In the band's native UK, the song peaked at number four. The recording was notable for its controversial lyrics, groundbreaking music video and cameo appearance by Sting singing the song's falsetto introduction and backing chorus, "I want my MTV." The video was also the first to be aired on MTV Europe when the network started on 1 August 1987.[1]
"Money for Nothing" won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1986 at the 28th Grammy Awards.[2]
Musical and lyrical themes[edit]
The recording contains a very recognizable hook, in the form of the guitar riff that begins the song proper. (The song is also notable for its extended overture, which was shortened for radio and music video.) The guitar riff continues throughout the song, played in permutation during the verses, and played in full after each chorus.
The song's lyrics are written from the point of view of a working-class man watching music videos and commenting on what he sees.
Mark Knopfler described the writing of the song in a 1984 interview with critic Bill Flanagan:
The lead character in "Money for Nothing" is a guy who works in the hardware department in a television/custom kitchen/refrigerator/microwave appliance store. He's singing the song. I wrote the song when I was actually in the store. I borrowed a bit of paper and started to write the song down in the store. I wanted to use a lot of the language that the real guy actually used when I heard him, because it was more real....
In 2000, Knopfler appeared on Michael Parkinson's interview program and explained again where the lyrics originated. According to Knopfler, he was in New York and stopped by an appliance store. At the back of the store, they had a wall of TVs which were all tuned to MTV. Knopfler said there was a man working there dressed in a baseball cap, work boots, and a checkered shirt delivering boxes who was standing next to him watching. As they were standing there watching MTV, Knopfler remembers the man coming up with lines such as "what are those, Hawaiian noises?...that ain't workin'," etc. Knopfler asked for a pen to write some of these lines down and then eventually put those words to music.
Writing credits[edit]
The songwriting credits are shared between Mark Knopfler and Sting. Sting was visiting Montserrat during the recording of the song, and was invited to add some background vocals. Sting has stated that his only compositional contribution was the "I want my MTV" line, which followed the melody from his song "Don't Stand So Close to Me".
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The first-person narrating character in the lyrics refers to a musician "banging on the bongos like a chimpanzee" and another female musician "stickin' in the camera, man we could have some fun". He describes a singer as "that little faggot with the earring and the make-up", and bemoans that these artists get "money for nothing and chicks for free".[3] These lyrics were criticised as being sexist, racist, and homophobic.
In a late 1984 interview in Rolling Stone magazine, Knopfler expressed mixed feelings on the controversy:
I got an objection from the editor of a gay newspaper in London – he actually said it was below the belt. Apart from the fact that there are stupid gay people as well as stupid other people, it suggests that maybe you can't let it have so many meanings – you have to be direct. In fact, I'm still in two minds as to whether it's a good idea to write songs that aren't in the first person, to take on other characters. The singer in "Money for Nothing" is a real ignoramus, hard hat mentality – somebody who sees everything in financial terms. I mean, this guy has a grudging respect for rock stars. He sees it in terms of, well, that's not working and yet the guy's rich: that's a good scam. He isn't sneering.[4]
Dire Straits often performed the song in live concerts and when on tour, where the second verse was included but usually altered slightly. For the band's 10 July 1985 concert (televised in the United Kingdom on The Tube on Channel 4 in January 1986[5]), Knopfler replaced the word "faggot" with "Queenie" (in this context also a term that implies homosexuality):
"See the little Queenie got the earring and the make-up" and "That little Queenie got his own jet airplane, he's got a helicopter, he's a millionaire."
Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx, in an interview with Blender magazine, claimed that the song is actually about his band's excessive lifestyle, and that Knopfler heard clerks in a store commenting on Mötley Crüe videos shown on the in-store television sets.[6]
In January 2011, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) ruled that the unedited version of the song was unacceptable for air play on private Canadian radio stations, as it breached the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' (CAB) Code of Ethics and their Equitable Portrayal Code.[7][8] The CBSC concluded that "like other racially driven words in the English language, 'faggot' is one that, even if entirely or marginally acceptable in earlier days, is no longer so."[7] The CBSC's proceedings came in response to a radio listener's Ruling Request stemming from a playing of the song by CHOZ-FM in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, which in turn followed the radio listener's dissatisfaction with the radio station's reply to their complaint about a gay slur in the lyrics.[7][9]
Not all stations abided by this ruling; at least two stations, CIRK-FM in Edmonton[10] and CFRQ-FM in Halifax,[11] played the unedited version of "Money for Nothing" repeatedly for one hour out of protest. Galaxie, which was owned by the CBC at the time of the controversy, also continues to play the song.[12][13] On 21 January 2011, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) asked the CBSC for a review on the ban, in response to the public outcry against the CBSC's actions; the CRTC reportedly received over 250 complaints erroneously sent to them, instead of the CBSC. The regulator requested the CBSC to appoint a nationwide panel to review the case, as the decision on the ban was reviewed by a regional panel for the Maritimes and Newfoundland.[14]
On 31 August, the CBSC reiterated that it found the slur to be inappropriate; however, because of considerations in regard to its use in context, the CBSC has left it up to the stations to decide whether to play the original or edited versions of the song. Most of the CBSC panelists thought the slur was inappropriate, but it was used only in a satirical, non-hateful manner.[15]
Music video[edit]
The music video for the song featured early computer animation illustrating the lyrics. The video was one of the first uses of computer-animated human characters and was considered ground-breaking at the time of its release.
Originally, Mark Knopfler was not at all enthusiastic about the concept of the music video. MTV, however, was insistent on it. Director Steve Barron, of Rushes Postproduction in London, was contacted by Warner Bros. to persuade Knopfler to relent. Describing the contrasting attitudes of Knopfler and MTV, he said:
The problem was that Mark Knopfler was very anti-videos. All he wanted to do was perform, and he thought that videos would destroy the purity of songwriters and performers. They said, "Can you convince him that this is the right thing to do, because we've played this song to MTV and they think it's fantastic but they won't play it if it's him standing there playing guitar. They need a concept."[16]
Barron then flew to Budapest to convince Knopfler of their concept. Meeting together after a gig, Knopfler was reportedly still unimpressed, but this time his girlfriend was present and took a hand. According to Barron:
Luckily, his girlfriend said, "He's absolutely right. There aren't enough interesting videos on MTV, and that sounds like a brilliant idea." Mark didn't say anything but he didn't make the call to get me out of Budapest. We just went ahead and did it.[17]
Ian Pearson and Gavin Blair created the animation, using a Bosch FGS-4000 CGI system[18] and a Quantel Paintbox system.[19] The animators went on to found computer animation studio Mainframe Entertainment (today Rainmaker Animation), and referenced the "Money for Nothing" video in an episode of their ReBoot series. The video also included stage footage of Dire Straits performing, with partially rotoscoped-animation in bright neon colours, as seen on the record sleeve.
The video was awarded "Video of the Year" (among many other nominations) at the third annual MTV Video Music Awards in 1986.[18][20]
Knopfler modelled his guitar sound for the recorded track after ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons' trademark guitar tone, as ZZ Top's music videos were already a staple of early MTV. Gibbons later told a Musician magazine interviewer in 1986 that Knopfler had solicited Gibbons on how to replicate the tone, adding, "He didn't do a half-bad job, considering that I didn't tell him a thing!" Knopfler's "not a half-bad job" included his duplication of Gibbons' use of a Gibson Les Paul guitar (rather than a Fender Stratocaster), which he plugged into a Marshall amplifier. Another factor in trying to recreate the sound was a Wah-wah pedal that was turned on, but only rocked to a certain position.[21][not in citation given] The specific guitar sound in the song was made with a Gibson Les Paul going through a Laney amplifier, with the sound coloured by the accidental position of two Shure SM57 microphones without any processing during the mix. Following the initial sessions in Montserrat, at which that particular guitar part was recorded, Neil Dorfsman attempted to recreate the sound during subsequent sessions the Power Station in New York but was unsuccessful in doing so.[22] (Knopfler also chose to use the Les Paul on a couple of other Brothers in Arms tracks.)
- Mark Knopfler: guitars, lead vocals
- John Illsley: bass, backing vocals
- Alan Clark: keyboards
- Guy Fletcher: synthesizers, backing vocals
- Terry Williams: drums
- Omar Hakim: drums
- Sting: backing vocals
Rolling Stone magazine listed it the 94th greatest guitar song of all time, noting how Mark Knopfler "traded his pristine, rootsy tone for a dry, over-processed sound achieved by running a Les Paul through a wah-wah pedal on a track that became one of the [MTV] network's earliest hits."[23]
Notable performances[edit]
When Dire Straits performed "Money for Nothing" at the 1985 Live Aid Concert at Wembley Stadium, the performance featured a guest appearance by Sting.
Knopfler performed "Money for Nothing" using his Pensa-Suhr signature MK-1 model guitar with a pair of Soldano SLO-100 tube/valve amplifier heads and Marshall speaker cabinets during the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute and Prince's Trust concerts in 1988, as well as the Nordoff-Robbins charity show at Knebworth in 1990 and the On Every Street world tours in 1991/1992. These versions featured extended guitar solos by Knopfler, backed by Eric Clapton and Phil Palmer.
"Money for Nothing" and "Brothers in Arms" were performed at the 1997 Music for Montserrat concert, with Clapton on rhythm guitar, Sting performing background vocals and Phil Collins on drums.
"Weird Al" Yankovic wrote a parody titled "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*" for his 1989 film UHF. As the title implies, this song merges the lyrics from The Beverly Hillbillies theme song ("The Ballad of Jed Clampett") with the tune of "Money For Nothing". Dire Straits members Mark Knopfler and Guy Fletcher perform guitar and keyboards respectively on the track.[24]
|Chart (1985)
|Australia (Kent Music Report)
|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[25]
|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[26]
|Canada (RPM)[27]
|France (SNEP)[28]
|Germany (Media Control Charts)[29]
|Ireland (IRMA)[30]
|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[31]
|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[32]
|Spain (AFYVE)[33]
|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[34]
|UK (The Official Charts Company)[35]
|US Billboard Hot 100[36]
|US Top Rock Tracks[36]
End of year charts[edit]
|Chart (1985)
|U.S. Billboard Hot 100[37]
- ^ "MTV ready to rock Russia". BBC news. 1998-09-25. Retrieved 1 April 2007. "But the channel's continental incarnation- MTV Europe-...was launched in 1987 with the first video- beamed into 1.6 million paying households- being Dire Straits' Money for Nothing."
- ^ GRAMMY Winners Search Retrieved on 11 May 2007.
- ^ Lasar, Matthew (24 January 2011). "Canada wants unedited "Money for Nothing" back on the radio". Ars Technica. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ^ Tucker, K.; Fricke, D. "Fearless Leader". Archived from the original on 2012-07-21., Rolling Stone, 21 November 1984.[dead link]
- ^ BFI | Film & TV Database | Dire Straits Live In `85 At Wembley Arena (1986)
- ^ Higginbotham, A. Dear Superstar: Nikki Sixx, Blender, September 2007.
- ^ a b c "CHOZ-FM re the song "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits". CBSC Decision 09/10-0818. Canadian Broadcast Standards Council. 14 October 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
- ^ Edmonton radio fights Dire Straits ban. Toronto Sun, 13 January 2010.
- ^ "'Faggot' lyric disqualifies Dire Straits hit from Canadian radio play". The Globe and Mail (Toronto: Canadian Press). 12 January 2011.
- ^ Piazza, Jo (14 January 2011). "No Way, Eh! Canadian Station Defies 'Money For Nothing' Ban". Fox News Channel. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
- ^ "What you can and can't say on the radio". CKWX, 14 January 2011.
- ^ "Ma Galaxie". Galaxie.ca. 2011-02-22.
- ^ Dire Straits keyboardist calls song ruling 'unbelievable'. CTV News, 14 January 2011.
- ^ CTV: "CRTC seeks review of 'Money for Nothing' ban," 21 January 2011.
- ^ "'Money for Nothing' slur inappropriate, council says". CTV News, 31 August 2011.
- ^ Knight, D. Money For Nothing: The Beginnings of CGI, Promo Magazine, September 2006.
- ^ Filler text
- ^ a b mvdbase.com – Dire Straits – "Money for nothing [version 2]"
- ^ Liam Allen (29 November 2010). "Adam Ant to Michael Jackson: Shaping the MTV landscape". BBC News.
- ^ MTV Video Music Awards | 1986 Retrieved on 10 October 2008.
- ^ Bacon, Tony Mark Knopfler: On '58 Les Paul and hearing 'voicings', Gibson.com, August 2002.
- ^ CLASSIC TRACKS: Dire Straits 'Money For Nothing' – Interview with Neil Dorfsman in SoundOnSound
- ^ Rolling Stone – The Greatest Songs of All Time at the Wayback Machine (archived May 30, 2008). Retrieved 2011-01-24
- ^ liner notes for Yankovic's album UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff. Retrieved on 25 September 2009.
- ^ "Dire Straits – Money For Nothing – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Dire Straits – Money For Nothing" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
- ^ "Money for nothing in Canadian Singles Chart". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Dire Straits – Money For Nothing" (in French). Les classement single.
- ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
- ^ "Money for nothing in Irish Chart". IRMA. Retrieved 1 June 2013. Only one result when searching "Money for nothing"
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Dire Straits search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
- ^ "Charts.org.nz – Dire Straits – Money For Nothing". Top 40 Singles.
- ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
- ^ "Dire Straits – Money For Nothing – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart.
- ^ "1985 Top 40 Official UK Singles Archive - 10th August 1985". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ^ a b "Brothers in Arms awards on Allmusic". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1985". Retrieved 2010-08-28.
External links[edit]
- Mix Online Classic Tracks: Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing"
- Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
|Preceded by
"St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" by John Parr
|Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
21 September 1985 – 5 October 1985
|Succeeded by
"Oh Sheila" by Ready for the World
|Preceded by
"Cherish" by Kool & the Gang
|Canadian RPM Singles Chart number-one single
26 October 1985
|Succeeded by
"Part-Time Lover" by Stevie Wonder
- 1985 singles
- Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
- Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one singles
- Dire Straits songs
- MTV Video of the Year Award
- Music videos directed by Steve Barron
- New wave songs
- RPM Top Singles number-one singles
- Song recordings produced by Mark Knopfler
- Songs written by Mark Knopfler
- Songs written by Sting (musician)


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