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March 13, 2013
Dell rejects request from shareholder rights group for info, AP reports
Dell (DELL) has rejected a request from the Shareholder Forum, acting on behalf of an unidentified Dell shareholder, which is seeking to review the internal information that led to a proposed $24.4B buyout of the PC maker, the Associated Press reports. Dell says the Shareholder Forum did not meet the legal standard needed to gain access to the confidential information.
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May 24, 2013
Icahn hired Jefferies to help fund Dell deal, NY Post reports
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May 23, 2013
Icahn, Southeastern engage banks on financing for Dell deal, Reuters says
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May 22, 2013
NetEvents International to host a summit
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May 20, 2013
S&P lowers Dell ratings to 'BBB' from 'A-', remains on watch negative
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit and senior unsecured debt ratings on Dell to 'BBB' from 'A-', and its commercial paper rating to 'A-2' from 'A-1'. All ratings remain on CreditWatch, where they were placed with negative implications on Feb. 5. The initial CreditWatch listing reflected S&P's assessment that the $24.4B going private transaction, which includes a substantial portion of debt financing, will materially degrade Dell's financial risk profile, which S&P currently view as modest. Although Carl Icahn submitted a non-binding alternative acquisition proposal, the Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners LBO proposal remains the only transaction that has been approved by Dell's board of directors. S&P's review of the LBO transaction terms and the company's ownership, business and financial strategy may also result in a downward revision of its assessment of Dell's business risk profile.
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Dell committee says cannot evaluate Icahn proposal without more information
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May 17, 2013
Market set to finish week with gains after Cisco results, comments
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Dell results could increase votes for Silver Lake offer, says Wells Fargo
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May 16, 2013
Dell continues to expect 'relatively weak' demand in end-user PC business
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Dell reports Q1 enterprise solutions, services, software revenue up 12% to $5.5B
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Dell not providing guidance for Q2
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Dell reports Q1 adjusted EPS 21c, consensus 35c
Reports Q1 revenue $14.1B, consensus $13.52B.
Notable companies reporting after market close
Notable companies reporting after the market close, with earnings consensus, include Dell (DELL), consensus 35c; Applied Materials (AMAT), consensus 13c; Nordstrom (JWN), consensus 76c; Autodesk (ADSK), consensus 45c; J. C. Penney (JCP), consensus (86c); SINA (SINA), consensus (3c); ViaSat (VSAT), consensus 2c; Brocade Communications (BRCD), consensus 15c; Aruba Networks (ARUN), consensus 15c.
Earnings Preview: Dell facing uncertainty about going private ahead of Q1 report
Dell (DELL) is set to report Q1 earnings after the market close on Thursday, May 16, with a conference call scheduled for 4:45 pm ET. Dell is a global IT company that operates enterprise, business, and consumer segments. EXPECTATIONS: Analysts are looking for EPS of 35c on revenue of $13.52B, according to First Call. The consensus range for EPS is 28c-42c on revenue of $12.6B-$14.22B. A report by Dow Jones earlier this week said Dell will report non-GAAP EPS of 20c on revenue of about $14B. LAST QUARTER: Dell reported Q4 adjusted EPS of 40c against consensus for 39c on revenue of $14.3B against estimates for $14.12B. On its Q4 earnings conference call, the company said it expects continued margin pressure and market competitiveness in 2013. GO-PRIVATE NEWS: On February 5, Dell officially announced that it had agreed to be taken private for $13.65 per share by a consortium lead by Silver Lake. On March 25, Dell announced it had received two alternative proposals during its go-shop process, which began following its February 5 announcement. These proposals included a $14.25 per share offer from Blackstone (BX), and a $15 per share offer from Carl Icahn and affiliated funds, including Icahn Enterprises (IEP). On April 19, Dell announced that Blackstone decided not to submit a bid for the company. Last Friday, Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management, which collectively hold about a 13% stake in Dell, submitted an alternative proposal to Dell's board. The Icahn and Southeastern proposal would allow Dell shareholders to receive a $12 per share cash distribution or $12 of additional shares valued at $1.65 per share. On Monday, the special committee of Dell's board asked Icahn and Southeastern for more information related to proposal, while Icahn and Southeastern proposed a slate of directors to the company's board that same day. COMPANY NEWS: In addition to news surrounding the company's go-private proposal, data regarding global PC demand has also weighed on Dell. On April 10, data from IDC said worldwide PC shipments totaled 76.3M in Q1, a 13.9% decline from the prior year period, which was worse than the expected decline of 7.7%. IDC also added that this year-over-year decline was the worst since the firm began its quarterly tracking of the PC market in 1994. On March 28, data released by Gartner said worldwide IT spending is projected to increase 4.1% in 2013 to $3.8T. PRICE ACTION: Shares of Dell have slid more than 2.5% since the first day of trading following its Q4 report. Following the March announcement that Dell received alternative proposals from Blackstone and Icahn, shares closed as high as $14.51 per share. Through April, however, shares of Dell slipped, including a sharp decline after disclosing Blackstone withdrew its offer, with shares closing as low as $13.09 per share. In afternoon trading ahead of its Q1 report, shares of Dell are down 0.2%, to about $13.42.
Dell May 13 straddle priced for 1.7% move into Q1
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May 15, 2013
Icahn gives quarterly update on stakes
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PC sales decline in Western Europe, Economic Times reports
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May 14, 2013
On The Fly: Closing Wrap
Stocks on Wall Street were higher on a Tuesday again, keeping the strange "Tuesday in 2013" streak alive. Some positive domestic economic data and bullish commentary from Appaloosa Management's David Tepper set the tone early and the averages traded with an upward bias for almost the entire trading day. Today's advance means that every Tuesday this year has seen the market log gains, and investors will have to wait another week to see if the pattern continues. ECONOMIC EVENTS: The NFIB small business optimism index for April rose to 92.1, versus expectations for it to climb to 90.3 from its prior 89.5 reading. Import prices were reported to have declined 0.5% in April, which was in-line with expectations. Export prices declined 0.7%, versus a forecast for a 0.1% drop in the month. COMPANY NEWS: Dell (DELL) shares lost 6c, or 0.44%, to $13.46 after Dow Jones said the company will report first quarter non-GAAP earnings of 20c per share, 15c below current consensus estimates. That followed an earlier report from CNBC's David Faber, who also said the company will report earnings that miss expectations and accurately called that Dell has moved its report to Thursday, which is earlier than had been expected... Sony (SNE) shares added $1.87, or 9.9%, but closed off their best levels at $20.76 after the New York Times reported that Dan Loeb of Third Point has built a 6.5% stake and proposes that the company take its entertainment unit public. MAJOR MOVERS: Among notable gainers was InterOil (IOC), up $7.46, or 9.57%, to $85.39 after reporting its earnings and saying its talks with "major oil companies and a national oil company" about a potential LNG partnership are in the final stages. Also higher was SodaStream (SODA), up $6.79, or 11.85%, to $64.08 after at least two analyst firms raised their price target on shares following yesterday's analyst day presentations. Among noteworthy losers was Solar City (SCTY), down $4.44, or 12.37%, to $31.44 after the company's first quarter earnings missed expectations and the stock was downgraded by at least two firms. Also lower was Velti (VELT), down 29c, or 14.5%, to $1.71 after its revenue outlook fell below estimates. INDICES: The Dow was up 123.57, or 0.82%, to 15,215.25; the Nasdaq was up 23.82, or 0.69%, to 3,462.61; and the S&P 500 was up 16.57, or 1.01%, to 1,650.34.
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Alright, so basically id like to talk about how we know the age of the earth. This actually may take a bit of explaining because there are...many many lines of evidence, and many details. But, perhaps i can summarize it fairly quickly, and if anyone has questions, then i can respond with more depth.
Ok so, the age of the earth is roughly 4.56 billion years old. Which may sound old, and sometimes its hard to comprehend. But once you break it down into segments with names, and you become familiar with the events that occurred throughout time, it actually becomes quite understandable.
Ok so, the earth, first off is like a cake. It has layers.
Right, so...layers of rock develop on the surface of the earth by depositional processes. You know, rivers depositing sediment and lake deposits and sediments eroding from other regions and being transported. And layers also develop from volcanism and various volcanic events. So, if i look at a layer in the earth, it may hold traits of a lake deposit. And therefore i can tell if a lake was in a certain place in the past.
If we look at the diagram above, we can use simple principals to determine ages of rocks relative to each other. For example, A is younger than C because A could not be on top of C if C were not already under it.
or, G must be younger than B, because if B did not exist, then G could not go through it. E must be younger than G because G does not cross cut E, and therefore, G must have been eroded and overlayn by E. I must be older than C, because C contains bits of I within it. C couldnt hold pieces of I if I didnt already exist. Logically, all of this seems like common sense, but it still needs to be said.
There is also the fuanal succession. Which i made another topic on transitional fossils, so this holds a bit of relation to that.
If you examine the picture above. You wont find a leaf or T rex skull in rock unit B (Blue). Nor will you find a trilobite in rock unit A (red). So over the vast earth, you can find very specific fossils that exist in very specific times, and you can use them to correlate layers and other dating methods.
Ok, so these are basic relative dating principals. Theyre considered relative because, theyre relative to eachother. They dont tell us the actual age of the planet, but they do tell us that, A is older than B is older than C. If A takes X years to form, and B takes Y years to form, A + B can give us a generalized idea of how old the earth is.
With relative methods alone, anyone and everyone, given that they examine the earth, can intuitively see that the planet is really really really old. There are very complex structural features in the earth as well, that it would take me more time to explain, ill give a single example.
Lets say i have a Rock layed on the ground. Then due to plate tectonics, the rock is flipped vertically. Ok well, We all know how fast the continents drift around the planet. It takes a long time for a rock to be flipped 90 degrees. You dont need to be a highly educated scientist to deduce the idea that the planet is really really really old. You just have to see some of this stuff, and you will automatically know.
Ok, so now, ill move on to absolute dating methods. Now, there are, So many dating methods, its honestly mind boggling trying to consider them all. There are, tree cores, ice cores, varves, luminescence, fission track, there has to be atleast 15 radioactive methods. I mean, the list goes on and on.
But, for the sake of keeping this post fairly simple, i will simply put our radiometric dating as a whole. And, ive considered alternative explanations to how these methods could be flawed, and how they could be mistaking an old planet for a young one, and there really are none.
Basically, the way radiometric dating works is, you have elements that are radioactive. Radioactive elements blow out particles to stabilize themselves. And in doing so, an unstable parent nucleus can stabilize into a daughter nucleus. As seen above.
And what we find is this transition. Like, lets say we have parent and daughter isotopes in a rock. The element takes 23 years for half of its parent isotopes to decay into daughter isotopes. We call this a half life. So, we have a half life of 23 years. Ok so, If i look at my rock, and 50% of its atoms are parent and 50% are daughter, i know that it has undergone 1 halflife, and is 23 years old.
Right, and if i see that 75% of the rock is daughter and 25% are parent, then i know that the rock has undergone 2 half lives. 50% of 50% is 25%. Right. So i know that it is roughly 46 years old.
So, lets say in real life, i find a rock that has a billion year half life. and its undergone 2 half lives. Ok, the rock is 2 billion years old.
Thats basically how it works. There are many many elements that decay in this way, all with varying half lives that we can cross correlate.
Like, i made a topic about the k-t extinction. Well, the iridium layer has been dating by if im not mistaken, 4 or 5 different radiometric dating methods. That is to say, 5 different elements with varying decay rates, all gave the same age of the rock.
Its like, if i took 4 hour glasses, all of varying sizes with different amounts of sand and different rates of sandfall, all of the hour glasses yielded the same age.
All giving the same age.
All correlating also with relative methods.
So, you may ask, what if theyre all wrong? Well, that logically doesnt make any sense. How could their rates of change all be independently manipulated and matched? And on top of that, when radioactive elements decay, they release heat. Mathematically, if these guys decayed too fast, they would turn the surface of the earth into multen lava. So we know, that they arent decaying superfast or anything tricky.
In some cases you actually have a particular radioactive element, trapped within the crystal lattice of another. Its like, making a box out of green legos and having the middle of the lego box be made of red legos. If the red legos decay and turn into playdoe, what you will have is a box of green legos with red plado inside.
With examples like this, you know the original amount of parent isotopes (red blocks), because you can see the exact space they once filled within the lattice of green blocks. So, in many cases, we know exactly what the starting proportions of the elements were prior to decay.
I could go on and on, but odds are ive lost most people at this point, so i will stop now.
Ive given a rough overview of relative methods which are intuitively common sense to anyone and everyone. And they correlate to absolute methods, which correlate to themselves, which correlate to other methods etc.
I hope everyone has enjoyed, and if anyone has any question, please ask. And i hope people come here to challange me first before they go around calling scientists fools. The people who discovered the age of the earth, or geologists in general. Scientists in general. We arent stupid. We understand what were doing, we understand where there may be flaws in initial research and we make sure that we establish our material and we find ways to answer to those flaws before we go around claiming it as truth.
In this case, i will say that there is a very very very high probability, were talking 99% chance, the earth is really old, presumably 4.56 billion years old, and if the experts agree on this, then the laymen should too, or u should atleast believe it is plausible.
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One episode in, Bristol Palin is already delivering the drama.
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On the 75th anniversary of its publication, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before. Cloning, feel-good drugs, anti-aging programs, and total social control through politics, programming, and media: has Aldous Huxley accurately predicted our future? With a storyteller's genius, he weaves these ethical controversies in a compelling narrative that dawns in the year 632 A.F. (After Ford, the deity). When Lenina and Bernard visit a savage reservation, we experience how Utopia can destroy humanity.
©1932 Aldous Huxley; ©1998 BBC Audiobooks America; (P)2003 BBC Audiobooks America
"British actor Michael York's refined and dramatic reading captures both the tone and the spirit of Huxley's masterpiece." (AudioFile)
I love listening to or reading books--especially fantasy, science fiction, children's, classics, & historical.
""Oh, Ford, Ford Ford, I Wish I Had My Soma!""
Brave New World is a bitterly funny and humorously tragic dystopian novel in which Aldous Huxley satirizes modern civilization's obsession with consumerism, sensual pleasure, popular culture entertainment, mass production, and eugenics. His far future world limits individual freedom in exchange for communal happiness via mass culture arts like "feelies" (movies with sensual immersion), the state-produced feel-good drug soma, sex-hormone gum, popular sports like "obstacle golf," and the assembly line chemical manipulation of ova and fetuses so as to decant from their bottles babies perfectly suited for their destined castes and jobs, babies who are then mentally conditioned to become satisfied workers and consumers who believe that everyone belongs to everyone. In a way it's more horrible than the more obviously brutal and violent repression of individuals by totalitarian systems in dystopias like George Orwell's 1984, because Huxley's novel implies that people are happy being mindless cogs in the wheels of economic production as long as they get their entertainments and new goods.
Michael York does a great job reading the novel, his voice oozing satire for the long opening tour of the Hatchery and Conditioning Centre, and then modifying in timbre and dialect for the various characters, among them the self-centered brooder Bernard Marx, the budding intellectual poet Helmholtz Howard, the sexy, sensitive, and increasingly confused Lenina Crowne, the spookily understanding Resident World Controller of Western Europe Mustapha Mond, and especially the good-natured, sad, and conflicted Shakespearean quoting "savage" John.
I had never read this classic of dystopian science fiction, so I'm glad to have listened to this excellent audiobook, because it is entertaining and devastating in its depiction of human nature and modern civilization, especially timely in our own brave new Facebook world.
As an Audible Editor I listen for a living! British classics, YA novels, speculative fiction, and anything quirky, fascinating, or heart-wrenching.
"Nightmare-Inducing (in a Good Way)"
When I first read Brave New World it gave me nightmares. I was hooked. It might be strange to say that a book that gave me bad dreams is a good thing, but I was intrigued that a story could worm its way so powerfully into my psyche. It was really my first encounter with dystopian speculative fiction and I ultimately credit Huxley with sending me on my recent nosedive into YA lit. He probably wouldn't appreciate this association, or the one I'm about to make, which is that I think this book is one of the most powerful and accessible works of dystopia ever created, and can be seen as a forebear to much of today's hottest literature.
Sometimes when I'm not sure what I want to listen to next I'll return to a book that I loved fervently in print and check it out in audio, and that's what I did with Brave New World. I'm so glad that I did. Michael York is an excellent narrator and he captures the different characters admirably. But what I found most impressive is how he handles dialogue. Brave New World is more than dystopian sci-fi; it's a novel of ideas and discussion. There's a lengthy rapid-fire debate that takes place between John the Savage and Mustapha Mond near the end of the book that is generously peppered with obscure Shakespearian references. When reading you can gloss over anything you do not get immediately because you understand the merit of their discussion: is it better to be happy and controlled, or is the freedom to be unhappy the greatest of human liberties? But I found while listening that Michael York carried me along through their debate and the individual Shakespearian references sang clearly. Just as seeing a play acted out on stage is easier than reading it, I really feel that listening to this book was a heightened experience, and an improvement on the print version. Now when I recommend Brave New World to people I suggest they listen to it first.
And I'm going to recommend it again now: There's a reason this is a classic, and read by most freshman English students. If somehow you've missed it, now is the time to pick this one up.
"still frightening all these years later"
i found "brave new world" to be...interesting, interesting in a "make your skin crawl at the reality of how close to home this story hits" kind of way. a disturbing tale, written many years ago, it's tempting to dismiss the possibilites for a future like this as unthinkable, impossible, improbable...an alarmist's view of the future from so far in the past as to be almost laughable. in truth, laughing will be the last thing on the listener's mind. "brave new world" is presented in such a way as to make the listener think long and hard about our own current events and where they could potentially go in the not so distant future. a bit of a stuffy read at times, it may be a bit hard for many to understand due to both the english accent and the multisyllabic words used nearly constantly. find yourself a dictionary and settle in, just don't be surprised at the disturbing bent your dreams may take. use it as an entertaining listen, but be certain to take away the startling glimpses of what could so easily be our own "brave new world" in the not so distant future.
Hobby: Jumping on his bed while licking the bottom of one foot. Has persisted in this life affirming act despite interference from the head nurse.
"A "Have to Read" Book"
There are some books which, sooner or later, one must read. Here is one of them. Although quite famous, most of its worth lies in its insight than in its uneven prose. In fact, there are times when Huxley cannot write his way out of a paper bag, contrasted with other moments when, for some reason, he does better. He is best when describing objects and surroundings rather than conversation and human interactions. In any event, his writing is mediocre rather than great. Ideas and images buoy the text up: human embryos raised in bottles, then "decanted" (as the book's society calls it) into faux placentas until birth; humans given all the sexual thrills they can handle from childhood, and all the emotion-draining hallucinogenic drugs they want, in order to maintain social order. Michael York as narrator is superior, with my only complaint being that his voice gets strident at times.
"Stick with it!"
After only a few chapters into Brave New World, you will be so shocked and appalled that you may feel inclined to emphatically put it down and disconnect yourself from it for the fear that someone else will overhear the spill of your headphones. I challenge you to keep reading; although it never explains itself in a way that eases our consciences, it categorically forces you to reconsider every quantum of morality and ethics you possess. Once done, you will certainly not agree with the hypothetical future set forth by Aldous Huxley, but you will understand why not, and thus have a far more solid foundation for why you believe what you believe.
"Keep in mind, it's a classic."
To be honest, I had never heard of the book before in my life. With my interest in dystopian worlds and lives, this book seemed like a good on to read. And it was. The narrator's performance was good and the storyline, as eccentric as it turned out to be, was very strong. This is no run-of-the-mill story, you will need to immerse yourself in the world and the style that it is written in, but when you do, be prepared for a mind-bending dystopia!
"Orgy Porgy!"
How did I not read this before? Michael York is great! The book is a little dated (some cringe-inducing racial slurs & oh the rampant sexism) but really is a hoot. (Where are our
personal helicopters, anyway?!? Isn't it about time?}
It did bother me how messed up John Savage is. That point of Huxley's I honestly don't understand.
But I now know what soma means.
"i did not enjoy this presentation at all"
as a matter of fact, i couldn't even finish the book. having read the book in my youth, i was looking forward to experiencing it again, but the manner in which the book was read grated on me. as much as i tried to look past the annoying presentation, i found myself becoming more and more annoyed. to say he least, it was an utter disappointment.
"A Great Listen"
Michael York does an excellent job of reading. I highly recommend this audio. Better than a half-gram of soma :-)
"Reading can kill writing"
This CD could put you right off this fundamental book.
Personalized accents, hysterical shoutings, whinings, singings, supposedly used to bring life, don't bring anything, just make the book unbearable after a few minutes.
Advice : (1) if you want to avoid irritation and reach the end, you should plan short listening sequences ; (2) never buy an audiobook without prior listening and comparing.


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Ann Waters, this month's featured artist of the month at the Douglas Art Gallery, held her art reception on March 9.
A lifelong artist who has worked in many different art mediums, she found that creating three dimensional portraits in leather enabled her to use her skills from almost every medium that she has worked in, drawing, painting, sculpting, silver and goldsmithing, and of course, leather.
Waters' love of house and her passion for leather and art melded together.
Horse lovers from all over the world have commissioned me to create three dimensional leather portraits of their horses that have become treasured family heirlooms, she said
Her unique way of using leather starts as a drawing, then is transferred to vegetable tanned cowhide and then hand sculpted. The portrait is then painted in either acrylics or leather dye.
She also creates one of a kind leather accessory, such as address books, barn books, photo albums, purses, guitar straps, and even Christmas ornaments.
Her work has been shown in Europe, Japan and across the United States. She has won first place in world competition for her work.
Waters works out of her studio on her McNeal ranch.
I love working with people to create special family heirlooms, she said.
Custom orders are accepted by appointment at her McNeal studio, call (520) 642-1594 for an appointment.
The exhibit will be on display until the end of March.
Maria J. Coleman, a Holocaust survivor, will be April's featured artist.
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Touch 'Em All: D-backs lose series to Nationals
Originally published: May 4, 2012 - 3:13 am
When tanking comes to fruition: The story of the Washington Nationals.
The Nationals came into this series with the D-backs on a four-game losing streak, which was extended to five when the Snakes won game one behind Trevor Cahill's great outing.
But something happened in that D-backs win� Bryce Harper energized the crowd, and the team, with an electrifying throw from left field to the plate that realistically should have resulted in John McDonald being out at the plate.
He was called safe, but after that display from Harper, the Nationals seemed like a different team. It wasn't just the hitters, but the pitchers that had been struggling the past week, returned to their "best in the majors" form (yeah, I still can't believe that either).
Was it that Bryce Harper throw that propelled the nationals to take this series from the D-backs? Maybe not, but it certainly seemed like the turning point.
As for the D-backs, there was a lot to take away from this series, whether it be the offenses periodic struggles or the bullpen's somewhat consistent struggles.
I'm going to be very interested to see how this offense plays once Chris Young returns. The Diamondbacks are 18th in the Majors, hitting .240 with runners in scoring position, and are 3rd-worst in the Majors with 205 strikeouts this season.
The D-backs' offense needs to get things going once it's finally healthy, otherwise I think they may need to make a move before the trade deadline. A move more specifically at 3rd base, where Ryan Roberts is struggling mightily so far this season.
I've been wondering lately how David Wright would look in a D-backs uniform�
Series Report Card
Record: C
The Nationals, who started very hot, came into this series reeling, on a four-game losing streak. The Diamondbacks capitalized on that in game one, but dropped the next two. If J.J. Putz would've gotten the job done on Wednesday, the D-backs would have won the series. But since he didn't, they didn't, and the grade reflects that.
Offense: B
The Nationals pitching has been very good to this point in the season, and the D-backs offense looked pretty good against that pitching in games one and two. However, the offense struggled in Thursday's game, and it is evident that this team can't wait for Chris Young to return from his injury.
Defense: B+
Besides two errors on Wednesday, the D-backs continued their good defensive play of late in this series. They're turning double plays much more effectively now than they were earlier in the season.
Pitching: B
The D-backs' starters were pretty solid during this series; however, the struggles of the bullpen are starting to concern me. J.J. Putz has given up 3 home runs this season� he gave up 4 all of last year. This is more than a slump for him, something isn't right.
Managing: A
Kirk Gibson can't be held at fault for the lack of hitting his team has right now. He's putting the best lineup in every night and he is trying different combinations to try and jump start his offense, which has struggled at times during this season, they are currently 14th in the Majors in batting average.
Series Awards
Play of the Series:
The play of this series was Justin Upton's solo home run in the fourth inning on Wednesday. Not necessary because of its significance for that game, but because it was his third home run in 10 games, and perhaps a sign that he is finally getting into a groove, something that would be great for his team and D-backs fans everywhere.
Villain of the Series:
This series' villain award, almost by default, goes to Bryce Harper. I don't think there has been that much excitement in Washington since Strasburg's debut. His double won the game on Thursday, and in so doing gave the Nationals the series win over the D- backs.
Kirk Gibson Quote of the Series:
"It won't be the last time it happens to us this year, we're playing good baseball. We just have to shake this one off and come back tomorrow." - Kirk Gibson, on the D-backs' walk-off loss on Wednesday.
Player of the Series:
I'm going to give the POTS award this series to Paul Goldschmidt. He had been struggling lately coming into this series, but he played well, hitting .500 with 2 runs and an RBI in the three- game set. The D-backs really need their first baseman to step up in the remaining time before Chris Young returns.
The "Dikembe Mutombo Finger Wag" Award:
This award goes, for the second time this season, to Justin Upton. More specifically, to Justin Upton when he is at the plate with runners in scoring position. He is currently hitting .143 with just one home run and six RBIs with RISP. The D-backs really need his bat to wake up, if he's hitting, it takes a lot of pressure off of everyone else in the lineup.
The Road Ahead:
The Diamondbacks finish their NL East road trip in New York with a three game series against the Mets. Watch for Saturday's game, as Patrick Corbin gets his second Major League start against Johan Santana, should be an exciting game to watch, and it could be a coming out party for Corbin. That is if he can beat the Met's ace.


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Tuesday, 28 July 2009
My Friend's Family Disowned Her Because She Had Surgery
When I was in high school, I was hospitalized in the neurology unit for severe muscle spasms. I spent nearly a month there, and in that time got to know a few of the people. This is the story of one of them.
A girl who I will call Jessica had been playing at her friend's house when she fell down with a seizure. The friend's family, of course, took her to the hospital, where they discovered she had an operable brain tumor. Without the operation she was given a prognosis of about six months to live, but they could get her the surgery within the week. Great news, right? Wrong. Jessica's family were all devout, fundamentalist Christian Scientists.
Jessica's family came to visit her in the hospital once they found out, but before asking her if she was alright or reassuring a scared 15 year old girl, they began by chastising her for going to a hospital in the first place. Though not representative of all Christian Scientists, this family believed that faith and prayer are all one needs to cure ailments. Obviously, Jessica wasn't praying hard enough, or her faith had faltered, causing this tumor. They expressly forbade her from getting the surgery, trying to get her to leave the hospital and go to their pastor for extensive prayer.
To make a long story short, Jessica sided with the doctors. I met her about a week after her surgery, which was a complete success. Despite all this, Jessica was horribly depressed. I discovered this was because her family completely disowned her for getting this surgery. She had gained the rest of her life, but lost the life she knew.
What do you think about the idea of healing through prayer versus healing through operations and medicine? If you were in my friend's situation, would you go against your family and get the surgery done?
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Falcon offense syncs too late against fierce Wolverines
By BEN WATANABE
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December 4, 2012 · Updated 2:55 PM
LANGLEY — Coming back from a double-digit deficit takes a lot of work.
Just ask the South Whidbey boys basketball team. Eventually, the Falcons ran out of energy and the Friday Harbor Wolverines left with a 54-47 win.
"There was definitely some fatigue and some sloppy passes," said Falcon senior Mitchell Hughes.
South Whidbey pushed the tempo from the tipoff. The early frenetic pace favored the Falcons, but the Wolverines stood their ground and pounded the post.
Friday Harbor's first point came on a free throw by starting junior forward Otis Copper-West, who finished with 6 points. The Wolverines jumped to a double-digit lead on a layup by senior forward Collin Williamson, who tallied a game-high 16 points, early in the second quarter. An uncontested backdoor layup by sophomore Dylan DeMaris extended the Wolverines' lead to 24-12 and looked like it would put the Falcons away.
"We were pretty lazy getting back. There was so much confusion," said Hughes, who led the Falcons with 13 points.
"We were just throwing up crappy shots, they wouldn't go in and we'd all fall back. That's why we didn't score very much."
As the Wolverines made their baskets, the Falcons' shots rolled off the rim — if there was a shot at all. South Whidbey's offense lost the ball on consecutive trips before senior Taylor Simmons hit a floater in the lane that cut the lead back to 12 points.
The shot sparked South Whidbey. Friday Harbor lost the ball to a steal by Falcon senior guard Sam Turpin who found Simmons behind the arc for a three pointer.
"My mom actually talked to me about being more aggressive," said Simmons, who averaged .5 points per game in the two previous contests. "I guess I took it to heart and focused on taking the ball to the hole."
South Whidbey kept the lead to single digits on a pair of free throws — the only ones taken by the Falcons in the first half — by sophomore forward Mo Hamsa.
Steadily, the Falcons worked their way back into contention in the third quarter. Simmons finished the period with a jumpshot as the buzzer sounded, cutting Friday Harbor's lead to 36-33.
South Whidbey's hot handed was still burning when the fourth quarter opened. Simmons hit a pull-up shot that put South Whidbey down by only one point. On the other end, Friday Harbor's leading scorer and biggest body was sidelined with an ankle injury that opened the court for South Whidbey.
Hamsa dropped a layup that tied the game 37-37 with six minutes remaining. After a pair of missed free throws by the Wolverines and a blocked shot by junior forward Nick French, the Falcons finally took control on a shot by French.
That was all the motivation Friday Harbor needed. The Wolverines closed the gap on their next possession, then secured the lead on a steal that led to a quick transition layup.
"Just a mixture of bad, bad things," Simmons said. "You can get away with maybe one of those things, but not all of them.
"We play defense as a team, if a guy scores, that's everybody's fault."
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Fordham Assistant Track & Field Coach Ed Joyce Passes Away
Jan. 13, 2013 Bronx, N.Y. - Fordham Athletics mourned the loss of assistant cross country/track & field coach Ed Joyce on Sunday, as he passed away early Sunday morning at Calvary Hospice in the Bronx, after a long bout with cancer. Coach Joyce was honored with a moment of silence prior to the start of Sunday's men's basketball game between Fordham and Massachusetts. Joyce, the former head coach of girl's track and field and cross country at St. Francis High School, was in his eighth season as a member of the Fordham Track and Field Coaching staff, working with the horizontal jumpers and the throwers. In the late 1970's and early 1980's, Joyce led the St. Francis girl's track and field and cross country teams to eight city championships.
A 1970 graduate of St. John's University, Joyce was a member of the track and field squads while an undergraduate, winning various Metropolitan Championships. Joyce was a certified USA Track and Field official who served as the track and field coordinator for the Empire State Games. He retired recently as an Assistant Principal with the New York City Board of Education, after serving with the Board of Education for 33 years. Joyce's wake will take place at Frederick's Funeral Home in Flushing, New York on Tuesday (7-9 PM) and Wednesday (2-5 PM, 7-9 PM) with his funeral on Thursday at 9:45 AM at St. Kevin's RC Church. Further details are listed below.
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i'm doing a thing in my class about illegal downloading on the enternet/freinds. my class mates have said all different thing about it and i would like to know what you think of it? one of my friends said " why make the programe to download music/other and put it on the internet, the program makes you sign a contract/agrremant, so why make it illegal."of couse the teacher couldn't answer now i wont to know what other people think of illegal Downloading
There are always gonna be people illgaly downloading stuff, no matter what action is taken to stop it. In my opion though is that most of the victims (popular bands for example) make enough money as is so it's not as big a deal when its them. But yes there are others who are in need of the money. But the really, the people who are downloading aren't the true fans. The true fans would go out and buy that cd or dvd and show their actual support.
Just cause fans download their songs, doesn't mean they aren't real fans. I'm saying this because I download and buy albums from bands. If I like a song, I'll download it. If they continue to come out with hot stuff, then I'll consider buying their album.
I agree that downloading will never go away. The vast majority of people who download stuff are looking for something new. Maybe a friend told them about some band, download a song or two to check them out before spending some of their hard earned cash so they don't waste their money, I see no problem with it. Some of the stuff I have downloaded is stuff that is really hard to find, or prohibitively expensive to purchase. I have one band from the 70's that I love, but their cd's are almost $50 each because they are so hard to find. People fear the strange and unusual. I AM the strange and unusual.
i wont lie, i download a LOT lol, but its usually because iTunes/rhapsody/etc. doesnt have em, like Maximum the Hormone, iTunes doesnt have em so what other way would i get it? lol if i have a bsnd i like i will almost always spend at least $10 or so on iTunes if its there. "Don't doubt the darkness, it can be your enemy as well as your friend."


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I am an alcoholic. I am not the least bit ashamed to say so. My father and uncle also have a long history of loving the bottle. I have attended some AA meetings through the years. I have read their "big book" front to cover and despite their claims to be non religious I have found the organization to be very religious. Scary religious. Many of the beliefs and messages expressed at meetings do more harm than good to their members. For me the attraction to AA has nothing to do with searching for an answer or a cure for alcoholism. I know addiction is a physical disease. Instead of the genetic code for diabetes, breast cancer, or multiple sclerosis the roll of the DNA dice predisposed me to drink in excess. In order for diabetics to maintain good health they either limit or exclude sweets and other carbohydrates from their diet, likewise, if I want to be healthy I can not drink. My attraction to AA has been based on a desire to associate with other people who are also alcoholics. The same reason I seek out atheist groups, I like to associate with people who share the same beliefs, goals, and life experiences that I have experienced. The problem is the ONLY group of recovering alcoholics is Alcoholics Anonymous.In the Northern United States agnostic groups exist, however, the AA central office and many of their members refuse to acknowledge these groups as apart of AA. In Canada several agnostic groups where criticized and removed from the meeting schedules they distributed. I live in the deep south, rural Georgia. (No I do not like country music, yes I have all my teeth) The message from AA seems to be "we are here only to help the religious or those willing to become religious". Atheist alcoholics seeking support are out of luck, especially in the southern states. For several months I have searched for a true non religious group of recovering alcoholics and have come up empty handed. So I have decided to be honest about my atheism within the rooms of AA. What I realized is my presence and continued success at not drinking will disprove the popular belief in AA that only "God" can keep you sober. I can not be the only atheist alcoholic on the planet! If no place in Georgia exists to offer peer support for the recovering alcoholic who is also an agnostic/atheist then I will just create a place. Wish me luck!
Ha Ha Ha korsan thats fantastic! I love it..... thanks! Oh my Darwin.. I have not heard this clip of his before and I had the same thought about higher power....I thought along the same lines well if I am powerless over alcohol and i need a power greater than myself....alcohol is a power greater than me per the first step....ummm...the gwinnet county judicial system is a power greater than me (especially when i was hand cuffed).....ha ha ha
Skeptical regress.
1st) "man Jared 11 years they did a number on you, argumentative and you sound very angry"
The first part is abusive slant. This means you have no actual reason for your evaluation. You are trying to pass this part off as to not draw attention to the hard part. You are papering over cracks to hide the weakness of your argument.The second part "argumentative" is correct because I have disagreed with you however stating that I "sound angry" doesn't make it so. In fact it is false.
We argue for 3 reasons: Persuasion, explanation and justification. You have given none of the 3. Only your opinion. Even after we both agreed on the assumption (that AA is unnecessary). So in reality you are the combative one and only because I disagreed. Perhaps the south has done a number on you. ;)
There are a bunch of "studies" that are getting "closer" to things we'd like to believe as well. That is not passable as truth. Like I said before "I am a seeker of truth" but perhaps you didn't read that part. I have only spoke facts and you give opinion. Maybe you are use to being babied but I don't even baby babies when it comes to the truth. I look for the flaws in my own arguments. Do you?
"good old science is getting closer" I can tell by comments like this that you argue for show. What does the word "good" mean here? Does it mean Beneficial? If so it is not beneficial until that science is proven accurate and apparently it has not. Therefore you have twisted it, It seems like you are talking to a crowd. Lets face it as George Carlin said "two people in the elevator, one of them farts they both know who did it." There is no lying or twisting it. You added your own connotation to the science that you sited and it is not yet "good" science.
Hi I have been in your spot I got sober and became an Atheist at about the same time in fact getting sober really led to my Atheist awakening. I left religion at 15 after get caught drinking a clear violation of my father's church he asked if I wanted to continue going and I said no and I never looked back. I spent the next several years partying and not even thinking about what I believed about god and religion until I entered rehab at 22. I was told all about AA and the belief in a Higher Power and I had a real problem from day one after the life I had lived and the things I had seen and done there was no way I could believe in the god of my childhood. I did what I felt I had to at the time and kept my mouth shut I said the prayers read the book and tried to work the steps and it worked at first. About two years in I started to really identify myself as a Atheist but only to a few close friends we did not have the worldwide presence we do today. There is a phrase in the rooms "Take what you need and leave the rest " this really captures the spirit of what I did I took just what I needed from AA and left the other BS behind. AA has great fundamentals for the newly sober to learn so do that but keep your wits about you there is a cult like atmosphere in AA and it can be hard to avoid. I stopped going to AA after about six years they taught me what I needed to know and I thank them for that but it is not the only way by a long shot. I have been sober for 18 years now and I have only attended one meeting in the last 10 years to help a friend who needed to go. Any way I have a happy rich life today I am by no means a dry drunk I have balance and serenity and I deal with my problems as they come. My point is that you are not alone and you do have valid concerns about the program and their blatant abuses of people's weekend state to push religious belief just know you don't have to take it all you can leave what you don't want. Oh and feel free to contact me if you have any questions or just need a sober Atheist to talk to.
Denise: Easy does it. What ever works right?
My first six years in the program were doable because of my false belief in god. I really could not do it alone. I look back on it today and call it my very own personal mind fuck. It was! I convinced myself that the mental aspect of my disease was best left to a "Higher Power". The first six years were spent identifying with others in the rooms and not really getting much work done on myself.
I've been off the hooch for 22 years now. Haven't had a taste since April 10, 1990. I do it one day at a time. I stay close to my wife and children. I heed "People, places, and things". That's a biggy right there! Someone once told me, "you don't go to the dentist to get your eye's checked so why would you go to a bar to have a coke?"…..
Coming out of rehab I had nowhere to go. My first wife had kicked me out of the house and, for the first time in my life, I found myself alone. I spoke to a roommate at the rehab and he said: "You got the world by the balls. You don't have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of but you can start over!"…… He was so right. My life is so much better today….
I get that we don't believe in the whole higher power aspect of AA. But most people that attend those meetings do. And it's what get's them through their Ism's and addictions. I can identify with you and our atheism when it comes to dealing with our disease with out the crutch of a higher power. They feel that they can't do it without their higher powers help. What ever works...
If you can't find any secular groups to stay sober in, my advice is to continue making AA meetings and make allowances for the whole religious part of the meetings. It's like an article I read where more and more well off Islamist, in the middle east, send their children to Catholic university's because, despite the difference in religions, these universities offer the same strict adherence to issues of behavior that their own islamic religion's dictate. If attending AA meetings helps you to stay sober, one day at a time, then, right now, that's the most important thing. One other alcoholic told me once, "chase your sobriety like you chased your addiction. This is how bad I want to stay sober; I'll jump out that window and I don't know what floor I'm on…."
Good luck. Keep it simple….
Thank you Bill and Noel! I appreciate the suggestion!!!
Jared I am not trying to argue...I am looking for suggestions and feedback. If you do not like what I posted in my blog do not comment. The proof that you are angry is in the way you write. The proof that you want to control the conversation is in the amount you post. You filled up page two of my blog posts. I am getting a lot of good information from other people and would prefer Jared if you share to please keep it short I do not want to miss a post that I find beneficial because of your "give me attention" rantings. Some of my content may be my opinion, its my damn blog if I want to post my opinion I will, do not like it or agree move on....no one else that has posted has shared your same opinion...
Thanks for the Information Reg....I am defiantly respectful of the beliefs of the members who attend AA....there faith is important to them..I am trying to have an open mind .I would be more inclined to be more open minded to AA if the success rate was higher according to EVERY statistical source I have read (AA included) it does not work....period...people do not stay sober going to AA...I wish it worked....I want it to work and I want to attend a peer group of people who are also in my situation....I do not believe that this is necessary in order for me to not drink again but it would be helpful....From what I read 95% of people who attend AA leave within the first month and less than 5% that do stick around stay sober for a full year (AA even verifies these stats)....I need to look up the stats for Secular recovery I have not done so yet....maybe the high relapse rate is not due to AA maybe the disease of addiction itself has a high relapse rate and that is just the nature of the disease....yes i think addiction is a physical disease....I really appreciate the people who have posted that have shared their own struggles with addiction...very helpful!!!!
i am an alcoholic with a little more that 2 years of sobriety and I also am an atheist. i agree with you there are not very many of us in AA. However, I have not found my open atheism to be a problem in the meetings I attend. If necessary when i share on a topic, I work my lack of a belief in supernatural beings or forces, whether called God, Allah, Buddha, into a discussion of how the steps and attending meetings has helped me stay sober and generally have a better quality of life than did when I was drinking. Often, I am approached after the meetings by people who thank me for sharing about the way an atheist can get benefits from the program. All of them think that I am sober because of god, of course, but none of them make any effort to proselytize for their god. I don't tell them that their god is imaginary and its their belief in god, and not god, that is the source of their strength. So we get along just fine.
I doubt I will stay in AA forever, because being around a group of people who believe in fairy tales and live their live accordingly is frustrating, but when we talk about alcoholism and how it affects us I find a lot of common ground and support and its what I need at this point.
The AA Third Tradition says 'The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking" and most groups follow that tradition to the letter. I looked for an atheist/agnostic group when I first started and couldn't find one. Part of the reason is there are so few atheists in AA, but the other reason ( I think) is that AA doesn't recognize groups that are exclusive. A group has to be open to all who desire to stop drinking to be associated with AA.
I hope you get some benefit from AA, or that you find an alternative support group. If your sponsor presses you about god, remind her that its the god of your understanding, which can be a Group Of Drunks. Above all, don't let god get in the way of your sobriety. Good Luck.
OK. Short and simple. Logic and reason is more beneficial than opinion.
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