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London Keeps me moving #SMWMyRun
For my entry to the Social Media Week London Marathon competition, I took GPS data from my Garmin forerunner watch on the routes that I most regularly run. I mapped this data into visuals and created an artistic impression of what keeps me moving when I go running – the streets and parks of London (can you guess where I like to run, some of the shapes are dead giveaways). The shapes are generated by the GPS tracking of where I run, the colour represents the change in speed as I run and the repetition of different shapes how often I return to the same paths.
Like everyone, I have my favourite running routes, the places that I pass through regularly. When I moved to London I had never run more than 3KM without stopping. That soon changed. I invested in a GPS watch to track where I was going, and how fast. Running quickly became a big part of my life. I am now training for the Dublin marathon in October and hope to gain entry to the London marathon next year ;).
I'm not sure that I would have unearthed my love of running if I hadn't have emigrated to London, and that is why I am saying that it is London that keeps me moving.
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Ireland has seen a wide debate on abortion and its place within Irish society. The UK Department of Health has recently published data on abortion statistics in England and Wales for 2012. This publication is quite comprehensive and offers a section on non-residents. The data includes a detailed breakdown of where individuals are travelling from within the Republic of Ireland. This data offers a unique look at how this is an issue that affects Ireland quite broadly, along lines that seem to reflect geographic population numbers.
It is important to note that there is a total of 889 individuals who did not state where they reside, so this data set does remain incomplete.
The first fusion map featured here breaks down, into counties, the geographic residence of Irish citizens who avail of abortion in England & Wales. The second fusion map is a geographic breakdown of the Irish population into counties.
Any thoughts or criticisms, please do leave a comment or contact me directly.
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Geographic Breakdown of Irish Citizens availing of abortion in England & Wales – 2012.
Geographic breakdown of Irish Population – 2011
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Abortion Statistics in England & Wales 2012 – UK DofH
Irish Population 2011 – CSO
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WESTON, Fla. – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents and local police swept across South Florida on Wednesday making arrests as part of a lengthy undercover operation into illegal pill mills that dispense huge amounts of powerful prescription drugs across the nation.
Federal law enforcement officials said the yearlong probe resulted in initial arrests of 20 people, including at least five doctors, in an operation in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties that involved about 400 law enforcement officers. Six people were charged in a federal indictment and others face state charges, including the physician son of Broward County's medical examiner.
Mark R. Trouville, chief of the Miami DEA field office, said more arrests are coming, noting that undercover agents made at least 340 purchases of oxycodone and other painkillers at 40 clinics over the past year.
Speaking at a news conference directly to doctors and clinic owners, Trouville said: "We have probably bought dope from you — and we're coming to see you soon."
The federal indictment unsealed Wednesday against six people who operated a network of South Florida pain clinics asserts that they trolled the Internet for prospective patients using some 1,600 domain names that captured searches for painmedication They charged clinic visit fees of between $200 and $350 per patient, and patients could pay additional "VIP" fees to jump ahead in line.
Court documents show this one network dispensed some 660,000 units of oxycodone through five clinics between Jan. 1, 2009, and Dec. 31, 2010. The six operators are charged with oxycodone distribution conspiracy and some with money laundering as well.
Prosecutors in that case seek forfeiture of more than $22 million in cash, real estate and a list of 49 vehicles and boats including exotic Lamborghini sports cars, a Bentley convertible and several Mercedes-Benzes.
U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer said the raids targeted "drug dealers who are hiding behind medical prescriptions."
A total of 172 state charges were brought in Palm Beach County against clinic operators and employees and doctors, including racketeering and oxycodone trafficking. The potential maximum sentences for some of those defendants top 500 years.
Affidavits filed by undercover agents show how easy it is to get prescriptions for massive amounts of pills despite complaining only of a stiff neck. In one buy, an agent is warned to stay away from chain drugstores because suspicious prescriptions are easier to track.
"I can't say this enough," a clinic employee is quoting as saying in a recorded visit. "They are not your friend, they are your enemy."
Later, according to the affidavit, the employee adds: "All right. Any questions? All right. Let's get this party started!"
South Florida is the national epicenter for illegal dispensing of prescription drugs such as the highly addictive painkiller oxycodone. State officials said recently that 85 percent of all oxycodone pills sold in the U.S. come from Florida and that the nation's top 50 medical prescribers of such drugs are located in the state.
Federal officials say 27,000 people died of drug overdoses in 2007, nearly half from prescription drugs. The data is the most recent available. Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said prescription drug abuse has become law enforcement's top drug problem.
"Every 27 hours in Palm Beach County, we handle a drug overdose. It's not from heroin, it's not from cocaine, it's from prescription drugs," Bradshaw said.
As law enforcement officials struggle to keep up with the problem, Florida Gov. Rick Scott has recently faced criticism both inside and outside Florida for his proposal to scrap a planned state database for tracking prescription drugs. Scott said Tuesday he will not back down, contending that the program is a waste of money and an invasion of privacy.
Attorney General Pam Bondi, like Scott a Republican, said she supports the database but is focused on boosting penalties and enforcement against illicit pill mill operations.
Several U.S. senators, including Democrats Charles Schumer of New York and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, have written Scott to urge that Florida's tracking system be put in place because the lack of it has "serious ramifications" for drug abuse nationwide.
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Boing Boing is proud to present an exclusive debut: the video for Björk's "Thunderbolt," from her new album, Biophilia.
Björk tells us:
Am playing live shows in reykjavik at the moment. Here comes a recording of thunderbolt live. Please please, do me a favour and use headphones or proper speakers when you listen.
You can buy the new record here. Tour dates here.
VIDEO CREDITS: Director: thirtytwo. Producer: Dan Bowen. Production Company: Pulse Films.
(Editor's Note: The record label has geo-blocked the video. They explain that this is because they do not have worldwide rights to the content. This is a bummer. Depending on where you are in the world, you may have problems viewing. We apologize. There are crafty workarounds.—XJ) Discuss
69 Responses to "Björk - Thunderbolt (music video)"
chris arkenberg says:
Love it! Especially the beat-driven tesla coil. And the fro, of course.
jeligula says:
Bjork is the most wonderful weirdo our planet has to offer. And very brave, wearing that hair that close to electrical discharges. I have the Logitech Z313 speaker system with a subwoofer and Realtek digital audio drivers. I hope that will satisfy her.
elevatedprimate says:
It looks like that Tesla coil is inside a Faraday cage. Otherwise, it might have electrocuted Bjork and the entire choir along with her.
Jamie Sue says:
It's got a nice sci-fi feel to it.
nosehat says:
The record label has geo-blocked the video. This is a bummer.
Perhaps this is a naive question, but why can't Boing Boing make "not geo-blocked" a requirement for the music videos that you negotiate to promote?
PS: Thanks for bringing us this one!
Aaron Swain says:
I heard she was using a Tesla coil in conjunction with the arpeggios in live performance. I was just expecting one a bit…..bigger.
SSKomik says:
Kinda dumb to have a video aimed at promoting something international, then not letting most of the world see it.
I guess Bjork wasn't planning on selling anything in Canada, then.
media_lush says:
and the UK…… a bit of a Boing Boing fail!
digithed says:
"THE VIDEO YOU ARE TRYING TO WATCH CANNOT BE VIEWED FROM YOUR CURRENT COUNTRY OR LOCATION" – Lame!
johngoad says:
Great Song … I like it even better that it is an exclusive at my favorite blog thingy.
Aaron Swain says:
Leave it to Björk to bring back the disco wedge.
Take that, Diana Ross!
Blinde Schildpad says:
The video you are trying to watch cannot be viewed from your current country or location.
But I am on the internet, goddammit.
awjt says:
You know Bjork personally??? Christ, that's just plain awesome.
Dale says:
Still operating on the outer edges of the musical frontier….thankfully……
Tedhealey says:
Yet utterly backwards with distribution!
mattxblack says:
By the time they've un-geoblocked the video I'll have doubtless forgotten about this it and will never get to see it.
Nathan Hornby says:
I agree with a poster above, it would be nice if BoingBoing would only host non geo-locked content (at least music videos, it's more understandable for some video content).
At least tell us where it isn't geolocked so we can circumvent it with minimal effort.
Although I don't like Bjork, so this is a bit of an unjustified rant…
manicbassman says:
ah yes… Geo-Blocking… that is so last century thinking from these dinosaurs…
They just don't get it do they…
benher says:
Geo-cock-blocked. Again. Boo!
wildemar says:
How is this rant unjustified because you don't like Björk? Surely you're not trying to say that region blocking of content is OK for things you don't like. ;)
Also: Boo! Most uncool. This might have been the video that made me buy the album. Too bad I couldn't watch it (Germany), so we'll never know.
edit: This was meant to be a reply to Nathan Hornby above. Not sure why that didn't take.
Neil Bruder says:
While I completely agree it's incredibly lame to geo-block it's also trivial to circumvent so there's no reason anyone should miss seeing this just because they're not in the US.
Michael Valera says:
Bjork gets a lot of grief for being weird (when is that ever really a bad thing as an artist?), and i find her songs to be beautiful, unique and meaningful. There are a lot of amazing artists from her side of the world that share a lot of these same qualities, whenever i'm having a tough day i listen to Bjork and the like (:
gunblade_09 says:
who cares about the block just watch the vid somewhere else !STFU this about the song not the blocking ! the artist not the label!
MrWednesday7 says:
So you're in the US then.
Aeryche says:
For those that don't mind bending the rules, Tunnelbear will get you access to the video. just download it and click the "i'm in the US" slider. your web browser will think you're in the US and can see this video. http://www.tunnelbear.com
Susan Carley Oliver says:
I'm glad BoingBoing made the decision they did. This way at least some of us can experience bjork's latest efforts.
Craving miracles over here.
Marc Wirbeleit says:
Geoblocking happens on different levels. Just one example: If you're in Germany, you can't watch Garbage's videos on their own YouTube channel, not because the band or the record company don't want you to watch the videos but because Gema, a German publishing rights organization, has blocked them after YouTube refused to pay Gema 1 cent per playback AND hand over a detailed list of every playback of every song played back to a German IP.
Had to go back and listen to Sugar Cubes "Birthday". A couple of times. Icelandic version too.
Donald Petersen says:
Is that an Icelandic thing, to offer "warmth" as a salutation? It's nice and all, but it seemed especially poignant coming from, y'know, an Icelander. Kinda like hearing "stay cool" from a Phoenician.
Teller says:
Not her best effort. But she continues to have a stunning voice.
Guido says:
Greetings from Chile, where I can't see the video either.
Hirsty says:
spejic says:
In protest, I am purposefully listening to the song on improper speakers.
Daniel says:
The costumes, beats, and stage dressings change, but the melodies stay the same.
Björk: rehashing since 1989.
freemoore says:
Everyone creative ever: rehashing everything that went before all of them since forever. I'm sure I've read your comment before somewhere.
Terry Border says:
Waited patiently for everyone to pull off the skin that covered their heads like in "Beneath the Planet of the Apes". Didn't happen. :(
Still like her though.
Improbus Liber says:
Is she a vampire? She doesn't seem to have aged in 20 years.
millie fink says:
Good stuff, but maybe she spent too much time with Matthew Ritchie?
I'd love to see Bjork get back in touch with her growling howling sensuality.
anwaya says:
Sure it would – but there has to have come a point where her wish to keep performing for another 20 years or more overcame her desire and ability to keep shredding her vocal cords.
frankieboy says:
growling howling sensuality is good, but howling with laughter is OK too
10xor01 says:
I'm convinced Bjork is part Fairy. Iceland is still remote enough that there may be a few of the fair folk hanging on.
Mike Marlett says:
What? Rosanna Rosanna Danna can sing?
James C. says:
There are no words! Here's to Bjork and her message of love! I can't wait to see her around CA, USA! No! I really can't! Really!!! :)
digideth says:
WOW I can not wait till she comes to St. Louis and performs this live in front my two eyes. WOW!
bombastinator says:
I would like to caption this photo "HELP! I'm trapped in the ass of a musk ox!"
Amelia_G says:
THANK YOU! One of the great benefits of the internet is that you can watch Björk videos now. Well I remember listening to my bright green Sugar Cubes cassette over and over, wondering.
JhmL says:
Music of the Universe – but not in Finland, among other places on Earth, I see. *snicker*
Guest says:
This one works for me:
Tribune says:
"Björk – Thunderbo…"
This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Warner Music Group.Sorry about that.
kongcarlos says:
Why does this have to be blocked in Scandinavia…
scotchmi_st says:
Hey kids! Don't stress out about the geo-blocking. Just use a proxy or a vpn. The internet views censorship as damage, and routes around it.
I was at one of the Manchester concerts where (I'm guessing) this was recorded. It was utterly magical. Thunderbolt is a beautiful song. One of my favourate of her's.
cassandra says:
Beautifle as always.
ndrake says:
Is there a way to watch this fullscreen?
Lobster says:
Bjork has assimilated Carrot Top!
serpent says:
benher says:
I see wut u did thar!
Marina says:
Cannot be watched from France …… :-(
Carlos Ayala says:
Not available for my country. =(
While I've been on a BJORK, YOUR RECENT CATALOG IS NOT FUN OR ENTERTAINING I WANT HAPPY POPPY TRACKS kinda tirade lately, THIS IS an amazing adventure in Audiophilia!!!!! I'm an Audiophile on a low budget, and this sounded BRILLZ on my Koss Port-a-pro headphones! <3
hogan says:
i like bjork… have for many years.
would have liked seeing the boingboing exclusive debut!
but i'm in canada.
i think boingboing shouldn't post stuff like this. if we all can't access it then no one should.
there. i said it. off my soapbox.
dculberson says:
I have to admit that I disrespected her wishes at first and listened to it on my laptop. It was enjoyable. Then I realized my mistake and hooked it to my Klipsch system with 15″ subwoofer. Holy hell that is amazing. Thank you Björk!
arteyephoto says:
First requirement of The Enlightened Boing Boing Reader's Code of Useful Things / Easy Hacks to Know: just spoof your ISP using FoxyProxy to pretend you're where you're needed to be, in order to view whatever you wish to see. Love this vid. Signed, Canadian Guy whom the Internet Thinks He's in Burbank, CA, via 22.214.171.124, port 80.
illicitizen says:
Holding out for a SugarCubes reunion tour.
gardenburger says:
Interesting. Can't view it in Canada. *Sigh*… tired of these virtual borders.
flyingmonkey says:
I love Bjork. However, given BB's politics and vehement opposition to digital locks, geoblocks and other restraints to the sharing of work like this, BB really should no endorse geoblocked products. And neither should Bjork for that matter. I am pretty sure she is not in favour.
paulj says:
This has been up for three days, and no love for the Biophilia iPhone app? You should use good headphones for that too. It's the full album, plus lyrics, scores and games that go along with the songs. The game that comes with Thunderbolt is really cool. You can play along with the song by adding your own arpeggiated thunderbolts and electrical static percussion. Time it right, and you're playing in a Bjorkian version of Rock Band. If that doesn't seal the deal for you, the introduction to the album is narrated by David Attenborough.
oswarez says:
Come on! I'm from Iceland and I can't watch an Icelandic artist? FIALZ!


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Orlando and its theme parks have become increasingly popular shower, wedding, and honeymoon destinations. The area appeals to starry-eyed Gen Y couples and, more and more, older couples, some marrying for the second time and many bringing family and friends in for the wedding-vacation-reunion of a lifetime. They come from across the United States and throughout the world, and their ideas of the perfect wedding vary greatly.
One bride made an entrance in Cinderella's glass coach; her groom rode in on a white horse. A thrill-seeking couple took the freefall plunge on the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Two couples, on separate occasions, tied the knot in the middle of their Walt Disney World Marathon run, exchanging vows in front of Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom. Moonlight on the Ritz-Carlton lawn set the scene for another couple's romantic vow exchange, and a rooftop Orlando wedding wowed yet another couple's guests with a 360-degree view of the Downtown skyline and scenic Lake Eola Park.
Prewedding Events
Showers and bachelor and bachelorette parties are easy to arrange in a city where there's so much to do. At Disney, the Mad Hatter can show up for a bridesmaids' tea event at the Grand Floridian. Parties can begin with dinner and a wine tasting at Hannibal's wine cellar in Winter Park before moving on to a local nightclub. Grooms who stay at Portofino Bay like to party at Universal CityWalk because no driving is required—a ferry will shuttle them back to the hotel.
For rehearsal dinners (or wedding receptions), Disney pulls out the stops to stage events ranging from an after-hours reception at the Lion King Theater in Animal Kingdom to an internationally themed event at one of the World Showcase countries in Epcot.
You can opt for a traditional ceremony at Disney's Wedding Pavilion on the Seven Seas Lagoon by the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. Designed with the charming features of a Victorian summerhouse, the pavilion is an airy room with a view of Cinderella Castle just across the lagoon. Alternatively, you can plan an informal beachside vow exchange at a lakeside Disney resort; a garden or gazebo ceremony; an over-the-top, Cinderella-style wedding; or a Broadway-themed blowout.
Downtown Orlando and historic Winter Park are popular wedding destinations, as well, says Lisa Stoner, owner of E Events (www.eeventsdesign.com). The Grand Bohemian Hotel stages amazing rooftop ceremonies. Stoner and her team have planned rooftop weddings and receptions at other Downtown buildings, including one with a panoramic view of the skyline and Lake Eola.
Other top wedding spots are Downtown's Orange County Regional History Center; the City Arts Factory in the arts district, where exhibits constantly change; the Mennello Museum of American Art in the city's Loch Haven area; and Casa Feliz, a historic Spanish home–museum in Winter Park.
According to Stoner, couples who hire E Events tend to be a bit older and are sophisticated. They also like to hold the wedding ceremony and reception in one location, making Orlando the perfect choice. The area is rife with professional entertainers who are available for receptions. Theme-park musicians and other performers often contract out at reasonable prices, and there's a lot of diversity, from zydeco and salsa bands to groups that specialize in swing music.
Heather Snively, owner of Weddings Unique (www.weddingsunique.com), says Orlando attracts a lot of couples planning second marriages, couples with children, and those seeking a wedding reunion–minivacation. Resort hotels like the Ritz, Waldorf Astoria, and Portofino Bay at Universal feature romantic backdrops for the ceremony, plus smaller ballrooms ideal for receptions.
The hotels can also support activities ranging from spa parties to golf outings for those in the wedding party. Snively and her team plan up to 40 weddings a year from soup to nuts, working closely with in-house resort coordinators to smooth out every detail and with travel agents to make arrangements for guest travel.
Central Florida resorts cater to honeymooners with special packages. Honeymoon suites with whirlpools and other amenities create the backdrop for romance that's enhanced with extras like champagne and chocolate-covered strawberries. Resort pools with cabanas, beaches, waterfalls, swaying palms, and poolside margarita delivery make the subtropical setting seem as exotic as a tropical island.
Disney's Fairy Tale Honeymoons division helps you customize a vacation package and even offers a Honeymoon Registry if your guests wish to contribute to your postwedding getaway rather than give a traditional gift. There are package deals to be had at Walt Disney World resorts and at Disney's Vero Beach Resort. Some couples make their wedding dreams or vow renewals come true at sea, where the honeymoon follows immediately.
Planning Tips
If you're dreaming about a Central Florida wedding, keep these tips from the experts in mind:
If your budget can handle the expense, hire a reputable planner long before the big date. Though you'll pay a fee for your planner, he or she will be an advocate with barter power when dealing with vendors.
For a destination wedding, build in plenty of time to book travel arrangements and accommodations for all who plan to attend.
If your budget is tight, plan your Orlando wedding between Monday and Thursday during nonpeak season for the lowest hotel rates.
Split the wedding-planning tasks with your partner. If the groom is focused more on the reception's music, food, and beverages, the bride can focus on, say, wedding flowers and photography.
Let your wedding planner arrange romantic escapes from your guests, especially if you plan to wed and honeymoon in Orlando. If everyone's staying at the Gaylord Palms Resort or the Hard Rock Hotel, have your wedding planner book you a spa package at the Waldorf Astoria or Ritz-Carlton.
Start your research by visiting several Orlando-area wedding-planner websites; Visit Orlando at www.visitorlando.com/weddings; and Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings & Honeymoons at www.disneyweddings.disney.go.com.
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Find out what you need to go to and from the Louis Armstrong New Orleans Airport including flight status, security alerts, parking and cab rates, and more. It's the airport transportation basics whether you are flying, dropping off, picking up, parking long or short term or free "cell-phone", take a bus, hopping on a shuttle, taking a cab downtown or renting a car.
Flight Information from the New Orleans AirportClick to find out the real-time status of current flights in and out of the New Orleans Louis Armstrong Airport.
Cab, Shuttle, Bus or Rental Car - New Orleans Airport TransportationTAXI CABS:
How much does it cost to take a taxi cab to the New Orleans Airport? Cabs from the Louis Armstrong Airport to the New Orleans Central Business District (CBD) cost $33 for one or two people. It's an addition $14 for each additional person for three or more passengers. Sometimes there's an additional charges for extra baggage.
New Orleans Airport cabs are required to have a credit card option for passengers. That's soon to be required of all New Orleans cabs, along with other new upgrade requirements before the 2013 Super Bowl in New Orleans.
Bus shuttles run from the New Orleans Louis Armstrong Airport to New Orleans hotels for $20 per person. A round trip ticket costs $38. Three bags are allowed per person. For information or reservations call 504.522.3500.
BATON ROUGE SHUTTLE: Tiger Airport Shuttle goes from Baton Rouge homes and offices to the New Orleans Airport. Visit www.tigerairportshuttle.com
Airport Limousines, which is the official New Orleans airport limo service, has airport rates that start at $58.
At last count, nine car rental agencies are located on the lower level of the New Orleans Airport.
The New Orleans Airport Downtown Express Bus (No. E2) picks up passengers at the airport's outside entrance number 7 on the second level. The fare is $2. The bus goes down Airline Drive through Jefferson Parish into New Orleans.
There is NO GREYHOUND BUS or AMTRAK TRAIN service to the New Orleans Airport. The train and bus station is in downtown New Orleans at 1001 Loyola Ave.
For more about transportation or other New Orleans Airport issues, call the general information number: 504.303.7500
Your Car at the Airport: Park, Pick-Up, Drop-OffFree Cell Phone Car Lot:
If you are picking up passengers from the New Orleans airport, you can wait in your car for up to an hour until your get the call that they are ready for pick-up, at the Cell Phone Lot, located at the corner of Airline Drive and Hollandey Street.
Short and Long Term Parking Garages:
The New Orleans Airport Parking Garages are an affordable option for picking up a passenger as well as for parking long-term. There are 3000 short-term parking spots and 2,500 long-term spots in the on-site garages. (FYI-Vehicles entering the garages are subject to security search.)
The first hour for both garages is jut $2; then it's $2 for each addition half-hour. The only price difference between long and short term parking is the maximum 24-hour charge, which is just a few dollar difference. In the Long Term Garage, the maximum is $13 (going up to $14 on Jan 1, 2013). In the Short Term Parking Garage its $16 ($17 as of Jan. 1, 2013).
Ticketless Parking:
To avoid the cashier lines, go "ticketless" by inserting your credit card as designated when you enter. Your license plate will be recorded and the credit card returned. Then when you leave, use the same credit card at an XPress Pay Lane for a faster exit. (You can also pay with cash or major credit card at the cashier lanes.)
Call New South Parking at (504) 464-0204 for more information and ceck out the New Orleans Airport parking lot map and driving directions at the website link above.
Off-Site Parking:
There are also continuous shuttles to off-site parking lots at the Airport's Ground Transportation Center.


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Balloon Bouquet
1. Back Alley at the Balloon Fiesta, 2. Untitled, 3. smokey, 4. Pick one, or more, 5. 19, 6. Untitled, 7. balloonsgreen2, 8. Red balloons, 9. Floating girl
"Imagination is like a lofty building reared to meet the sky – fancy is a balloon that soars at the wind's will" -Frank Gelett Burgess
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I Love Yarn Day
What will you do on October 14th? This is the day for first annual I Love Yarn Day and you could do anything that involves yarn. Celebrate in big and little ways with all your friends.
For example, our crochet designers, the Double Stitch Twins have created two patterns for I Love Yarn Day, and are going to put out the word to put a group together for a Crocheting in Public event (call it CIP). There will be special events in stores.
Check with your favorite yarn shopping place to see if they have anything planned. If not, go anyway – you can never have too much yarn!
You could simply wear your favorite knit or crocheted sweater or scarf to show your needlecrafting spirit.
Bring your knitting or crocheting to work. Share your love of yarn with all your co-workers and friends.
Best idea yet – check out the I Love Yarn Day web site. They'll be offering lots of excitement, including a bunch of free patterns from celeb knit and crochet designers around the country.
Celebratiing Yarn Day
I love the idea of a yarn day and suggest this to celebrate it. My sister recently joined a group at her church making lapghans for nursing home residents and other elderly in the church. My idea is for her to host a yarn trade party for this day. Invite the women from the group to bring a bag of yarns they no longer need to trade with the other members. This will liven up eveyrone's stash and inspire new ideas. Patterns for their favorite stitches can also be shared.
For refreshments she will be serving hot and iced coffee and tea with either sandwiches or donuts. And decorate the table with crocheted doilies and coasters, using a crochetd tablecloth or runner would add to the decor too.
I love yarn day
I have to work that day, however, I will crochet same. I will have a project with me at work, in my cubicle I'll answering the phones, and crocheting. If anyone says anything, I 'll tell them it is national I Love Yarn Day.
I Love Yarn Day
Finally a day for public acknowledgement! And it has a web site too-I'll be there!I do believe I will spend the day crocheting various projects I have going on,Hats for kids on chemo and my annual donation to our local mitten tree drive.Perhaps I will use part of that day to put together the motifs of a scrap afghan I'm making for a friends little one. I do believe I will go buy more yarn too-there's no way to ever have enough yarn let alone too much. Love the new varigated shown made into the scarf.One of the prettiest afghans I ever made was motifs out of almost all your varigated yarns edged in black. Looked like stained glass and to this day the receipients love it and display it on the back of an antique rocker. Yarn has its very own day-about time!!


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Niagara Gazette — The Town of Lockport Industrial Development Agency can continue the process of taking a piece of General Motors Corp. property via eminent domain in order to enlarge its industrial park, the State Supreme Court has ruled.
In a three-page decision released Dec. 27, the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court said GM failed to prove that the IDA's attempt was "without foundation and baseless." The auto giant claimed the agency's seizure of the land wasn't in the public's best interest, calling such an idea "illusory because potential developers have the option to purchase the property from GM," court documents said.
The IDA Board of Directors voted in April to use the town's power of eminent domain to take 91 acres off Junction Road, which borders the industrial park. The plan was to expand the park, so to draw more business and development, the IDA said.
Since the creation of the 201-acre IDA Park, 30 businesses have been assisted, leading to $399 million in investment and the employment of 491 residents, according to the decision. Only 56 acres of vacant land were still available, with just 33 of that suitable for sale and development.
So town officials said under the provisions of General Municipal Law Section 858, subdivision 4, local industrial development agencies can acquire real property for economic development purposes through eminent domain. GM objected, filing the suit in May.
The court's decision should end the court battles, said Morgan L. Jones Jr., the Lockport attorney representing the town IDA in the litigation. It's highly unlikely GM has the grounds to appeal, Jones said.
And the next step is to negotiate a purchase price for the property, said David R. Kinyon, the IDA executive director. An appraisal of the land is expected soon.
In its suit, GM had claimed the IDA did not comply with state environmental review standards because the SEQRA study did not take into consideration the future development of the land. The court ruled that doesn't matter, because there wasn't a buyer or a specific plan in place when the review was done.


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Thank God for Sharron Angle. Sharron Angle? You know, the GOP Senate candidate in Nevada running against Harry Reid. Because of her ridiculous gaffes, ideas and missteps, she is doing a great job diverting national attention away from our own GOP Senate candidate, Rand Paul. So, I say Thank God for Sharron Angle. At least for a little while Kentucky is spared the humiliation of having the national spotlight on some of the ridiculous statements and ideas of our GOP candidate.
We are less than 100 days from the election so let's take a look at some of Rand Paul's positions. First of all, let's just forget that he is clueless about some of the areas of the state he wants to represent, as evidenced by his recent statements to a reporter travelling with him to an event in Harlan.
When asked by the reporter what Harlan is famous for, he answered, "I don't know." He noted that the town of Hazard was nearby, "It's famous for, like, The Dukes of Hazzard." Well, not only did the TV show not have a thing to do with Hazard, Kentucky, but apparently Dr. Paul is totally unaware that Harlan is famous for its coal wars, which was the impetus for the creation of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. A pretty major piece of history, really-one that still has an effect on Americans today and especially many in Eastern Kentucky. But never mind that. Oh, and let's disregard the fact that his lack of knowledge also extends to matters of policy. As he continued to attack federal farm subsidies when he spoke to an audience in Louisville recently, he claimed that three agriculture companies have received $3 billion in aid. "It is really galling to people that three companies in the US. got a billion dollars," he said. Actually, the "companies" are all cooperatives owned by thousands of farmers and the $3 billion was paid out over a 15-year period.
Now, let's get to Rand Paul's platform. But wait; let's also set aside his stand on the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In at least three different interviews, first with the Courier Journal then NPR and finally on the Rachel Maddow Show less than 24 hours after he won the primary, he made clear that he doesn't believe the federal government should play a role in prohibiting discrimination in private enterprise.
"If you decide that restaurants are publicly owned and not privately owned, then do you say that you should have the right to bring your gun into a restaurant even though the owner of the restaurant says, 'Well, no, we don't want to have guns in here... because people might drink & start fighting and shoot each other'? Does the owner of his restaurant own his restaurant? Or does the government own his restaurant?"
Following this logic, he must oppose the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well.
(Isn't it odd that Jeb Bush, son of the man who signed that bill into law presided over a fundraiser for Rand Paul on the 20th anniversary of said bill? But I digress...) Based upon his principles, then he must necessarily oppose the minimum wage, the Clean Air & Clean Water Act, Childlabor laws, Workplace Safety Regulations and OSHA because of the undue burdens they place on private industry, and, don't forget Social Security- that would most definitely have to go. But, we are going to overlook all this because, after all, he did proclaim (after a thorough spanking by the Republican Powers-That- Be, they were nearly trampling each other in their haste to distance themselves from him) that he would not support the repeal of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. And, by golly, that's good enough for me.
Now, let's get to his positions... but wait, is there really anything left if we forget all that? No problem, let's just see what Sharron Angle is up to today.


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New Music: Timbaland f/ Brandy – '808'
Timbaland reunites with Brandy on "808," the fourth giveaway from Timbaland Thursdays, which he dedicates to the fans. "When the music's gone, there'll be no more songs/ When the violin's broke, I'll still live on," sings an Auto-Tuned Timbo, while Brandy glides over the pulsing rhythm with her smooth vocals. Step to the beat below.
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An appreciation of Jeter's return to MVP formBy
Like I'm sure many of you, I thought Derek Jeter was getting dangerously close to being done last summer. He had not hit much since the start of 2010 and it was obvious watching him everyday that his hitting skills had deteriorated. Jeter was taking ugly swings at breaking balls, indicating that he was starting his bat early to catch up to the fastball. He wasn't working the count like he had in the past; it just wasn't the same guy. At his age, decline is normal. Boy was I wrong though.
Jeter has been, by far, the Yankees' best player this season and one of their three or four best hitters since coming off the DL last Independence Day. He worked with Gary Denbo — currently a scout for the Yankees after spending years coaching in the minor league system and even one year of service as the big league hitting coach — to correct some mechanical flaws while away from the team. Denbo and Jeter go way back, and he was able to get the Cap'n to just stay back on the ball a bit better. Just wait a bit more before swinging. The adjustment brought that sweet inside-out swing back as well as Jeter's historically great offensive production (relative to position).
Everyone loves to use the 3,000th hit game as a starting point for Jeter's turn-around because it makes for a great story, but his resurgence started right when he came off the DL last summer. He had doubles in three straight games leading up the 3,000th hit game after hitting just nine doubles in his first 63 games of the season, and overall he's hit .347/.394/.487 in 393 PA since coming off the DL. That isn't too far off from his .334/.406/.465 effort in 2009, when he finished third in the MVP voting and was the team's best player. The Jeter of old is back, it's not just old Jeter.
Despite his struggles in 2010 and early-2011, Derek never did stop mashing left-handers. He tagged them for a .315/.396/.462 batting line in 318 PA during that time compared to just .246/.309/.311 in 714 PA against righties. The dominance of left-handers hasn't stopped, so most of his improvement has come against same-side pitchers. Since coming off the DL, Jeter has hit .302/.358/.396 in 276 PA against righties. The power output hasn't really been there, but that was never his forte anyway. With some help from Texas Leaguers, let's compare Jeter's spray charts against right-handers leading up to the DL stint and since the DL stint. Here's Derek against righties in the year and half leading up to the calf problem…
Most of Jeter's damage was done the other way with lots of dinky little ground balls hit to the left side of the infield. Depending on your definition of deep, there's anywhere from 8-12 balls hit deep to left and center fields. That's out of 548 balls in play against righties. Now let's look at Jeter's spray chart against right-handers since coming off the DL last June…
Again, depending on what you consider a ball hit deep to the outfield, there are something like 6-10 balls hit to deep left and center fields out of 254 balls in play. The exact number doesn't matter, just the fact that Jeter has been driving the ball with authority to left side of the field more than he had before getting hurt. That's because he's waiting just a tiny bit longer before swinging thanks to Denbo. Compared to the previous chart where most hits went to shallow center and shallow right, the hits here look a little more uniformly distributed to all fields as well. Jeter always has been and will continue to be an opposite field hitter, but that doesn't mean pulling the ball is a bad thing.
Anyway, Jeter's biggest problem before going on the DL was his extreme ground ball rate. I'm talking 66.5% grounders against righties from the start of 2010 until he hit the shelf. It's impossible to hit for any kind of power when you're beating the ball into the ground like that. Derek still hits the ball on the ground a ton, he always has, but since coming off the DL he's done a better job of getting the ball in the air and hitting it on a line…
Jeter's ground ball rate was literally off the charts for a while. It was pretty bad. He calls last year's DL trip a "blessing in disguise" and it absolutely was. Maybe it's hyperbole, but the work he did with Denbo in Tampa while coming back from the calf problem probably saved his career, at least in terms of being a well above average offensive player. The Yankees have an MLB-best 132 wRC+ this year thanks in large part to their captain and leadoff hitter. Jeter has been setting the stage since last July and at age-37, he looks to be nowhere close to done.
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I've been a huge Jeter fan since '96 when he took over full time for Tony Fernandez. After a couple of seasons, it was really nice to have a consistently productive shortstop in the lineup. I've always believed in him, but as 2011 unfolded, I had to admit that he looked like toast. So glad he took the time to correct his swing (and perhaps let some nagging injuries heal) and that he's returned to the form of his great past years. We can live with his defense as long as he keeps hitting. I hope he does so for the remainder of his contract. This year has been absolutely unbelievable to watch.
When I suggested last night that Jeter could win MVP this season people laughed so I'm glad to see you agree. This is a different Jeter. He has power to go along with his average. He will hit over .300. He's 37 and if he plays a decent SS he'll be right there for MVP. Everytime Nunez makes an error it just goes to show how important Jete is to this team. I know he made a throwing error last night, but that's rare. He's carrying the club right now and will be in the MVP race at the end of the year.
I think that people were "laughing" because you're suggesting that this small sample size thus far is indicative of Jeter having an MVP season. You're making assumptions ("He will hit over .300″), and this isn't something we as baseball fans should be doing considering the length of a full season.
I'm a huge Jeter fan, been one since I first started rooting for the Yankees as a kid, but even then, I'm well aware that he's getting older, and there are cold streaks to match hot streaks, such as the one Jeter is on now.
While there is a possibility of Jeter being in the MVP conversation by the end of the season, we should still keep these things in mind. For now however, let's enjoy what he's doing, and hope that it lasts.
You are not assuming that Jeter is going to hit hit over .300 this year?
Teixeira should have had that one-hopper, being he's a great defensive 1B 'n sh*t.
The increasing influence of sabrmetrically inclined voters in the last few years is not going to help Jeter. He is a downright abysmal defender by any and all advanced metrics, and that is certainly going to hurt his candidacy more than it would have in the past.
In a world where Matt Kemp doesn't win the MVP, I think it's safe to say that the voters are still not looking at all that many advanced stats, and a significant number of them are still going with their guts/tradition. The team one plays for is still a big deal, and that could only help Jeter.
Although 10% of the season certainly isn't enough time to make any claims about anyone, regardless.
Matt Kemp's advanced defensive statistics have been below average his entire career, last year wasn't an exception.
Sabrmetrically inclined voters didn't have to vote for Kemp last year. Ellsbury and Bautista were fine choices too(non-pitcher division).
Best SS since Honus Wagner…..sorry Cal.
Too bad he is no Michael Young, who everyone in the clubhouse goes to; if they need a pat on the back or a kick in the behind. You know, a real team leader who makes everything work.
Rick Sutcliffe
*Insert Jose Iglesias joke here*
If you ignore defense maybe…
Ernie Banks says hello.
I believe Ernie, Honus & Cal were removed from SS at/before they hit 35.
No way he keeps up this pace, but I'm enjoing it while it is happening. Do believe in that a .350 year can happen and it is possible he plays past 40 while adding value.
Highly unlikely, but so has his career been.
He said best SS. Not "best hitter who played less than half of his career at SS"
But tell him we said hi back, he seems like a great guy.
Ernie Banks promised my father-in-law a championship in, like. '58, and he's never forgiven him for that.
It's funny how Banks seems to have gotten lost in the conversation of best-ever SS's. He was always right up near the top, but sometime after Cal Ripken and the Holy Trinity showed up, Banks sunk in the conversation. Probably one thing working against him is he played more games at first base than SS.
Also funny about how we are talking about guys who were moved off SS and no one has mentioned the best one of all, especially considering he plays only a few feet away from Jeter…
His ground ball to the opposite field rate seemed so large last year I was waiting for Joe Madden to overshift Jeter to the right side of the infield daring him to pull.
It never been said, but I wonder if somewhere along the way he had lasic surgery or new contacts et al, he doesn't look fooled on breaking balls like he did this time last year.
he also says "I played 1B half my career". If you're going with someone who just played SS for a few years then Arod is the best ever.
Steve Ernie Banks was a tremendous ss with tremendous range. Not taking anything away from one of my favorite players of all time but Banks was insanely good.
Banks moved to first base not because of defensive shortcomings but bad knees in 1962.
Wouldn't bad knees lead to fielding problems?
And no matter what the reason, he was still moved off the position. Like A-Rod, who was moved off of SS to 3B not because of poor defense but because the Yankees already had a SS.
If Phil Rizzuto says this kid is the real thing, who am I to argue?
Banks actually played more games at 1B (1240) than he he at SS (1036).
Jeter has played over 2,400 games at SS and even has a higher career OPS than Banks……maybe Banks had a better peak….Jeter has had a much better career as a SS
seriously, I don't think it will happen, but, jeter's career has seemed ot have been so storybook and so everything going right at the right time that, if someone told me jeter will hit .400 this year I would most certainly say no way dude, but the doubt would be there. the, there's no way he can pull it off and add another chapter to his story…could he? he has so far created the narrative..can he really do it again? naaaah………right?
I bet a friend like 4-5 years ago that Jeter would break the all time hits record. It is a long shot, but I love betting on and rooting for Jeter.
It could get interesting in the next few years if Jeter continues to play after his current contract expires. I see him somewhere between Wagner and Musial in career hits.
I meant Tris Speaker not Honus Wagner.
A big part of it may come down to if he can find someone to keep running him out there if he has to move off shortstop. He's still hanging on as a playable shortstop defensively, and really his lack of deterioration in that area is the most remarkable thing to me. But he's still over 1000 hits short. Even at an unreal pace for a player his age, that would be five years. More realistically we're talking about six years beyond this one.
At some point in that time period he will become unplayable at shortstop, and if he reverts back to something even between 2011 and 2012 offensively he's not going to have much (probably any) value at first base, or as a DH, or even in left field (big assumption that he could become a passable left fielder). Pete Rose from 1980 on was worth -1.4 WAR, but racked up almost 900 hits. Probably his only chance is to find teams to give him 500 plate appearances as a light hitting DH/1B those last few years, and I think it will be a lot harder to do in this day and age than it was for Rose in the 80s.
He's 1138 hits short to be exact. He's not even 3/4′s of the way there. It would realistically take 6+ very good seasons or 7-8 good seasons to get close. We'd all love to see him get there, but it's probably not going to happen.
I've noticed the romanticizing about DJ breaking that record, but I'm still skeptical. I'm still not convinced that he can keep the .400 average. The season is too young and there's too much baseball to play. However, I will be a believer if he's still hitting at this clip at the end of June.
Was it K-Long who 'worked' with Jeter to reduce/eliminate his leg kick… which did not help at all, and Jeter abandoned? And then Dendo comes along and turns a horrible hitter into an excellent hitter?
We could all see Jeter lunging at balls during his 'dark days' and not squaring up the ball. Is there that much difference between the talents of K-Long and Denbo, and what each saw as the defect in Jeter's swing?
Most hitting coaches have a single 'schtick' that works with some hitters but not all hitters. Kevin Long is a big part of Cano's improvements over the past few years and Granderson's resurgence in late 2010-present, but his fixes can't work on everyone.
He helped Swisher hit for more contact too.
He has been working with Tex since he got here, with mixed results.
See the bat cast comment below (think unhinging your wrists early in a golf swing)… but also I think Jeter's swing is so unlike most swings, inside outting almost everything, his ability to go the other way and move a runner over to me just screams 2 hole, anyway, Longs approach works with power guys, Cano, Tex (somewhat), Grandy, Swish,… not so much with contact guys, Jeter, Gardner
I think its more that Long just isn't for everybody…..Jeter is a pretty unconventional hitter and Long's MO is to simplify things with less moving part……etc….Jeter just wasn't comfortable with it.
For most of 2010 when Jeter's problems surfaced, he wasn't working with Long. Jeter really has never worked that much with the hitting coaches since making the Majors. There never was a need. He was a metronome when it came to hitting, ticking off very good and very similar seasons for fifteen years.
He went to Long toward the end of the 2010 season and they made some changes that carried into the early part of 2011, although Jeter abandonded them pretty quickly. While the results didn't show, he seemed to be driving the ball better in May of 2011, but then got injured. Perhaps it took Denbo to remind Jeter of that final step to get back to doing what he had always done. Perhaps not seeing Jeter every day made it easier for Denbo to recognize what Jeter was doing wrong. Or maybe it's all a mirage.
No one predicted this. Unreal. Every game I think, this is it, and he just keeps hitting. Those weak grounders to short and second drove us nuts but he is driving the ball like its 1999.
Thank you for this thread, Mike!
Jeter took a lot of criticism from every NY media outlet, including RAB, and i am just glad to see that I am not the only one who appreciates the old man.
It was definitely getting bad there for a short stretch, but I never had a doubt he would get back to form (or so I keep telling myself, ha)
I noticed for years, Jeter would cast his bat (uncock his wrists) and point the bat back then drag the bat through the swing- which reduced bat speed and power. After coming back from rehab and working with Denbo, I noticed that he no longer casts the bat and he thus gets the bat to the ball much quicker with great speed and power. Thank you Mr. Denbo !!
"At his age, decline is normal. Boy was I wrong though."
As we all were. This is a time we are all happy we were wrong, though.
I love how hit no 3,000 is obvious in the spray chart.
I'm a huge fan of Derek Jeter and he's one of very, very few players that i've always been comfortable are clean, but 2012 so far is so unreal I keep having nightmares of headlines to the contrary.
Lots of people I know have said the same thing myself included its hard not to think it at least a bit.
Don't know if it came up in the broadcast, but his RBI last night tied him with Bill Dickey for #7 all-time for the Yankees. I know the stat has little value, but the amazing thing is the list of names he is passing by in all of these offensive categories.
It did. I noticed because Bernie is next up for Jeter on RBIs and they showed A-Rod's HRs too, and Bernie was getting passed there as well.
Arod's actually been a Yankee for most of his career now. Amazing how time flies. He'll also continue to set Yankee records over the upcoming seasons.
In career hits he´ll probably pass 7 HOF players this season, in runs scored 7 or 8 players, and in career doubles 15 to 20 players.
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DJ has been the second coming of Jesus. I am riding that train for as long as it lasts!
Glad your back with the mainstream.
If I recall correctly, you referred to him as "Derek 4-3ter" or something like? I do enjoy your Montero & Golson Man-crush but couldn't understand the Jeet stuff until about May, 2011 (when I started to wonder if i was looking at him with rose color glasses).
Bottom line is, if Winfield can play 22 years on that large frame (& numerous other guys like that)…can't a guy who is dedicated to only two things, play that long?
I approve.
It's been fun watching Derek this year. He sure has found the fountain of youth so far and I hope he keeps it up all season. With that said, I hope Jeter (and the rest of the Yankees line-up) "Hi-Rok Yu Like A Hurricane" tonight!
(Yes, I've been dying to use that line all morning)
The way he's playing now, he has an outside shot of breaking the all-time hits record. Jeet is the man!
On another topic – is it me or does that eunich over at ESPHewww – John Kruk-of– come of as a proud Yankee hater? This guy needs to shut his pie-hole!
What did he say now? Gotta give him some credit though. He did predict that Jeter would hit …. (not gonna say it. Don't want to jinx it. Biting my tongue ….)
He got all over Swisher for banging his chest after the go ahead double in the 15-9 win on Sat.
Such a hater. He only thinks Jeter is going to hit .400 not .450!
I came into 2012 I think a little more optimistic than most with Jeter since he did seem to be hitting the ball with greater authority the second half of 2011, but I was targeting a .290/.350/.400 season. I think we'd all have signed up for that for his age-38 season. I'm still sticking with those numbers, even though many now would be dissapointed with that after his blistering start. He is still turning 38 and plays a demanding position. There will be speed bumps along the way, but yeah, I'm hoping my numbers turn out to be conservative instead of aggressive.
I have no idea what caused Jeter to seemingly lose it from May 2010 to June 2011, and I have no idea what caused him to regain it from June 2011 to now. I am going to remain a little bit cautious though since he may just lose it again.
He is certainly padding his numbers with an insane stats against lefties, yet his numbers against righties are still solid. He will not maintain a .600 BABIP against lefties, yet his .282 BABIP against righties will also rise. That's very low for him, so it should all balance out.
" At his age, decline is normal. Boy was I wrong though."
" Jeter has been setting the stage since last July and at age-37, he looks to be nowhere close to done."
A giant smile on face and a tear running down it. What the predictions and projections can't tell is when a guy is special. Like his friend who is the greatest closer in the history of game using 1 pitch even in his 40′s.
In a world where people think they can predict everything its cool to see someone break the odds especially when they are doing it on the team you love.
Still a long way to go but I'm loving 37 and declining even without the range.
Thanks for this post. Great explanation, and respect is paid. What Jeet and Mo have accomplished is just so exceptional. It's nice to take a minute, sit back, and appreciate the hell out of it.
No chance he wins MVP. The voters simply hate acknowledging Yankees for anything. He'd have to hit .330, with 25 HR's, and 120+ RBI's to even get noticed by the voters. And we all know that won't happen.


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Derald Young, pilot for Damn Yankee Balloons, said the flight was going according to plan along the Androscoggin River when an unexpected breeze kicked in around sunset.
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Timothy A. Allain, 35, of 16 Cedar Crest Ave., Salem, was arrested yesterday on charges of larceny of property under $250, possession of burglarious tools, two counts of breaking into a depository, receiving stolen property over $250, illegal possession of a class A substance and a violation of the city's knife ordinance, according to the incident log.
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Police say the investigation that led to Allain's arrest began on August 14, when the parking clerk reported that meters were being broken into.
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Yesterday, numerous officers spread out through the downtown area, both on foot and in unmarked vehicles. Two white males were observed in the area of 116 Lafayette St.
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While on Washington Street, the detective observed one of the men — Allain — enter a meter and empty the coin cup into his pocket, while the other served as a lookout, according to the log.
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Popular culture tends to extol our accounts of blackouts, broken bottles, and bro-cially acceptable exploits. As 2009 as it is, Texts From Last Night is a perfect example of that norm. What often gets lost in the fray of snapped high heels and Sharpie forehead penises is the work of student-operated volunteer ambulance corps.
At Columbia, the Columbia University Emergency Medical Service, CU-EMS (formerly known as CAVA) is in charge of keeping you safe after you play a casual game of Edward Fortyhands. Alone. On a Tuesday.
We sat down with Dan Lynn CC '13, a crew chief with CU-EMS, to talk about the daily responsibilities he and his staff assume. As a crew chief, Dan is on call for over 40 hours per week. That's pretty much two full REM cycles per night he's missing out on, Dan notes, as he cracks open his third Red Bull of the conversation. From time to time, Dan and CU-EMS respond to serious cases such as respiratory and cardiac arrests, critical fevers, and strokes. Sometimes all at the same time. That's what's known as "The Bacchanal Weekend."
CU-EMS is run entirely by Columbia University students, many of whom are juggling demanding pre-med schedules. To apply for a position with CU-EMS, students must be EMT-certified, or they must excel in a semester-long course offered by the organization.
Once part of CU-EMS, volunteers like Dan become part of a well-oiled machine that answers emergency calls 24-hours per day, seven days per week. Often, these students have to respond to calls in the middle of lectures, naps, and first dates. This is the fifth time we've tried to sit down with Dan. The first four were thwarted by his always-present two-way radio pulling him away to respond to emergencies. Or maybe he just doesn't like us.
So next time you play the drinking game where you take a shot every time the current day ends in the letter "y," or the next time you eat at Roti-Roll and Koronet's in the same night, keep in mind that these Spartan-like pre-med students deal with more than alcohol and food poisoning. If you ever need them, they'll be there. Like Batman, but without that dumb growl Christian Bale does in The Dark Knight. To contact CU-EMS, dial 99 from any campus phone or (212) 854-5555 from your cell phone.
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A 2003 Premortem, of Sorts
by Gregg Pearlman
I'm pretty sure that we, as Giants fans, will feel the effects of Dusty Baker's departure for at least a few years.
The 2002 San Francisco Giants were a team on the brink of a World Championship -- before they realized they were the San Francisco Giants.
The 2003 San Francisco Giants, at the moment, are a barnyard full of headless chickens. The chickens can't squawk; that's what I'm here for.
Somewhere in his mind, preferably in the front somewhere, Brian Sabean is saying, "Man, those fans... they think I've got no plan in mind, no direction mapped out for this team. I'm not finished. Wait till they see what I'm gonna do between now and April. It's gonna knock their socks off."
At least, I hope this is true.
But I know you: you're asking me, "How can you complain?" I can't hear you, but you press on, undeterred: What more do you want out of this guy? He's replaced a popular manager with someone who's pretty much just like him. He's gotten us Alfonzo and Durham! And Grissom! He's even snapped up Neifi -- a Gold Glover! He's picked up Moss and retained Eyre! Sure, Kent's gone, but that was a given. I'd say Sabean did awfully damn well, all things considered."
I still can't hear you. And you talk too much.
But indeed we knew, all hopes aside, that Kent would be taking a hike. Did he wear out his welcome, or did he just get sick of being here? Was there any reason to believe Kent's radio protestations to the effect that he wanted to stay in San Francisco? What was he supposed to say, especially during the season? Either way, he's gone; how do we replace that bat? Credit Bonds all you want -- I certainly would -- but Kent drove in runs. Upon bolting for Houston, Kent himself expressed amazement at the production of the tandem of himself and Bonds -- and rightly so. From Bonds and Williams, people might have expected that kind of production; from Bonds and Kent, who could have? For all the Sabean-bashing I and others in the Giants newsgroup did after the Giants acquired Kent for the popular Matt Williams (In the November 1996 article, "The You-Know What Hits the Fans," I described Kent as "a former top prospect who has never quite panned out -- kind of the poor man's Todd Zeile"), Sabean came up smelling like a rose on that deal -- and not just that deal.
Let's just look at the Sabean era, shall we? From the beginning, he's played shorthanded. For one thing, the Giants do not have unlimited cash to spend on players. (Nobody does; it just looks like other teams do, sometimes.) In itself, that's not exactly a handicap. The Giants are described as a midlevel team in terms of player salaries, doling out something in the neighborhood of $75 million (or $75,000,000.00, for those of you who are scoring at home). A humongous portion of that goes to Barry Bonds; a pretty good chunk of the remainder has gone, traditionally, to players such as Kent, Shawn Estes, Russ Ortiz, J.T. Snow, Marvin Benard, and Livan Hernandez. That doesn't leave much for the rest of the team. However, again, other teams have to deal with this set of circumstances too.
Now Kent and Ortiz are gone -- the latter in an almost explicitly stated salary dump -- and Estes and his salary are long gone. Benard, when healthy and used properly, has been a valuable player, but almost certainly too expensive. For their contributions, Snow and Hernandez are definitely too expensive. And the Giants drop a million here and a million there on guys like Shawon Dunston or Marquis Grissom, and they traditionally overpay for the services of, say, a Reggie Sanders, a Russ Davis, a Mark Lewis, or a Glenallen Hill; meanwhile, they can't find a way to keep -- or replace -- an important piece of the puzzle: an Ellis Burks, say, or a Bill Mueller.
Sabean is also handcuffed somewhat by Pacific Bell Park itself, as he was by Candlestick Park previously. Both traditionally have favored pitchers, but that bias is becoming more pronounced as more new ballparks come on the scene, small yards that favor hitters. The trend is such that we no longer think of time-honored hitter's yards, such as Wrigley Field, as hitter's yards.
Candlestick was very much a pitcher's park -- sad, that, because of the organization's established indifference to obtaining or developing quality pitchers, hoping instead, usually, that a team full of sluggers would bring rings to San Francisco. Hitters didn't like hitting there because of the wind, the poor visibility, the arctic temperatures, and the negative effect the place had on offense, so it couldn't have been too easy to lure outstanding free-agent hitters to the team. The obvious exception is Bonds; Kent, Burks, Rich Aurilia, and Kevin Mitchell, for instance, all arrived via trades, and Williams and Will Clark were home grown. You didn't routinely see a Larry Walker, a Jeff Bagwell, a Roberto Alomar, even a Moises Alou champing at the bit to come to San Francisco.
On the other hand, you also didn't see Kevin Brown, Randy Johnson, or Greg Maddux fighting to become Giants, either.
The Giants must have hoped that their Beautiful New Ballpark would -- especially after 40 years of hell for players and fans alike -- be something of a draw to free-agent studs. After all, look at those dimensions... what is it, 237 feet down the right-field line? This place was gonna be a bandbox.
Well, not. Pac Bell has proven to be even more of an extreme pitcher's park than Candlestick was, and great hitters -- Walker and teammate Todd Helton, to name two -- have stated for the record that they hate hitting there. J.T. Snow has expressed a lack of fondness for Pac Bell, and the place clearly messed with Armando Rios' mind.
All those guys are lefthanded hitters, though, which might be the key: Three years of statistics show that Pacific Bell Park is murder on lefthanded hitters. That very fact is what made me shift my fond gaze from Pittsburgh's Brian Giles to Montreal's Vladimir Guerrero in the category of Stud Hitter We Need But Will Never Get.
The only lefty hitter Pac Bell doesn't seem to hurt is Bonds. His critics seem to feel that the Giants play in The House that Bonds Built, but that would only be true if he hit boatloads of cheap homers down the right-field line; for whatever reason, he's just plain figured out how to hit at home. He and nobody else.
So we don't lure the hitters, but we don't seem to lure the pitchers, either. Granted, one chief reason has to be the knowledge that they can get more money elsewhere. You ever see the Star Trek episode titled "Journey to Babel"? All sorts of troubles come about at the hands of an assassin, whose homies have beefed up their very ordinary ship with incredible weapons capabilities, the understanding being that it was a suicide mission in which they'd cause maximal damage. (I suspect we could find some real-life examples of similar behavior, if we tried real hard.) Well, that's what teams like the Phillies seem to be doing this year, as did the Marlins in 1997: They're throwing amazingly bulky stacks of cash at several good players, evidently in the hopes of winning it all right now, and damn the future. (Then again, that's what I thought the Diamondbacks were doing in 1999.)
Other reasons the Giants can't bring in bona fide Cy Young candidates? I don't know. Maybe the pitchers don't like the cold, the wind, or the visibility either -- all of which are factors at Pac Bell, but not to the extent of the 'Stick. Maybe the pitchers don't see the Giants as an organization with a palpable (or palpably positive) direction. I really don't know.
What I'm pretty sure about, though, is that we, as Giants fans, will feel the effects of Dusty Baker's departure for at least a few years. David Bell, for instance, signed with the Phillies, claiming that he wanted to play for Larry Bowa -- and would feel that way even if Baker had stayed, which is a sentiment routinely dismissed in the press. Jeff Kent, I believe, was looking for any way out anyway, but Baker's absence, I'm sure, was a contributing factor to his own departure.
Players used to come to the Giants -- and pay for less to stay with them -- because of Dusty Baker. Will Felipe Alou have that kind of drawing power? Granted, the Expos had no money anyway, but I don't remember a huge influx of great players to Montreal for any reason, much less just to play for Alou.
It's an understatement to say that the Giants are in a major transitional period. There was one of these starting in 1993, when Bonds, Baker, and Peter Magowan were in and Roger Craig, Al Rosen, and Bob Lurie were out. But that was an almost immediate bad-to-good transition -- the Giants won 31 more games in 1993 than the year before. This time I'm not confident that we'll see a similar surge, mainly because the outgoing team was already good enough to win a pennant.
Let's look at this thing, position by position:
To be honest, the 2002 Giants weren't that great a team. Yes, they made the World Series, and yes, they almost won it, but they got that far with a terrible bench, at least one very iffy starter, and major question marks in the starting lineup. I know it sounds like sour grapes, but I've really come to understand that postseason success doesn't have much to do with how good a team actually is. It's more about who gets hot and who gets lucky. The 2002 Angels deserved their championship, no question -- they took it away from the Giants -- but I don't know that they were a better team than the Giants. (Well, yeah, they probably were, especially in their patient approach to hitting.) However, I would not count either of the 2002 World Series participants among the top two major league teams. I don't know where I'd rank them, but not way up there. (Ditto the 1988 Dodgers, as I've said many times: They weren't even the best team in their division, by about three teams. However, they got hot, and they played lucky all season.)
As things stand now, I'm convinced that the 2003 Giants are a worse team than they were last season. I don't know that the rest of the NL West has exactly moved forward, so I think the Giants could contend, but I'd like to think that if they "play lucky," they could be successful in the postseason again.
I'm not confident, though. I think, for instance, that Livan has to be replaced by a good starter, and that the lineup needs one more outstanding bat and, probably, another good one. I'm not saying that these would be the last pieces of the puzzle, though -- just that if they can't be more fully loaded at the starting gate, they won't go anywhere. Indeed, I think this team could be terrible.
As a fan, though, I'm not sure what to be afraid of: being brought to the brink of sports-fan ecstasy again, only to have the rug yanked out from under me; watching my team fall out of the race by June and play out the string, horribly; or having the team stay in the race until the last day or two, with all the expected tension. I do know, though, that since we're talking about the Giants here, it could be even worse.
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