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SAN FRANCISCO -- Before their final exhibition game against the Giants, the Rangers announced their 25-man roster for Opening Day, and the list contained one unexpected move.
Outfielder Laynce Nix will not be with Texas for Tuesday's opener in Anaheim, as the Rangers instead tabbed Chad Allen as their fifth outfielder.
Nix, a 24-year-old left-handed hitter, started a team-high 99 games in center for the Rangers last year, and his .996 fielding average was third among AL outfielders. He hit .248 with 14 homers and 46 RBIs in 371 at-bats in 2004, but this spring hit just .197 (14-for-71) with two homers and six RBIs.
Manager Buck Showalter said a number of factors went into the decision, including the belief that the switch-hitting Gary Matthews Jr. has earned the right to be the everyday center fielder and the desire of the team to stay away from a platoon situation in the outfield.
"We just felt like it was best for Laynce at this point to go down and get some consistent at-bats," Showalter said. "We didn't feel like it was in his best interest to platoon him up here right now."
Showalter also suggested Nix might not stay in Triple-A too long.
"He did some good things this spring and struggled in some others," Showalter said. "We think he's a big part of our future and we think it was in his best interest and in the best interest of the organization to have him start April down."
Allen, a right-handed 30-year-old, hit .344 (11-for-32) in Cactus League play this year with one homer and six RBIs. He spent most of last season in Triple-A, but appeared in 20 games in three different stints for Texas, hitting .241 (14-for-58).
"This guy did have heck of a year in Triple-A (.358, 7 HR, 70 RBIs)," Showalter said. "He earned the right to be here this year, and he gives some coverage against left-handed pitchers."
Nix was optioned to Oklahoma City, along with catcher Gerald Laird and right-hander Nick Regilio.
Texas also assigned infielders Cody Ransom and Ian Kinsler, outfielder Andres Torres, and RHPs Vlad Nunez and Keith Stamler to their minor league camp, and designated right-handers Travis Hughes and Agustin Montero for assignment.
"They're all tough," Showalter said of making the final cuts. "You're dealing with people's lives, and I think, unfortunately, people look at it as some finality, but what's best for our organization at the start of the year changes as the season goes on."
Five Rangers begin the year on the disabled list: RHP Pedro Astacio (groin); RHP Joaquin Benoit (shoulder); RHP Frank Francisco (elbow); LHP Erasmo Ramirez (finger); and INF Greg Colbrunn (right wrist). The pitchers' DL stays are retroactive to March 25; Colbrunn's to March 29.
Bereavement leave: Carlos Almanzar learned late Saturday night his mother had died, and Sunday left the team to join his grieving family in the Dominican Republic.
"I talked to Carlos this morning a couple of times and he is obviously pretty distraught," Showalter said.
Almanzar, a right-handed reliever, was placed on the bereavement list, where the Rangers can replace him on the 25-man roster for three to seven days. Showalter said Almanzar will be out an undetermined amount of time, but definitely will miss Opening Day.
The Rangers recalled Regilio from Triple-A Oklahoma to fill the roster spot.
The new DH: One of the players who survived the final cut is Adrian Gonzalez, a former No. 1 draft choice of the Florida Marlins who came to the Rangers in a 2003 trade.
Gonzalez, 22, is a left-handed hitter who hit .392 (31-for-79) this spring, with two homers and 22 RBIs, including one on a run-scoring double Sunday.
"I'm pretty happy with what I did this spring," Gonzalez said. "The things we worked on I felt like I accomplished and I've gotten a lot out of it. I had really good at-bats and I feel pretty good."
Gonzalez's gain may be David Dellucci's loss. Showalter said Gonzalez will be the DH on Opening Day, and hinted that although Dellucci, Allen, Sandy Alomar Jr. and Mark DeRosa will get their at-bats, the rookie may get the lion's share.
"I'm just prepared for anything," said Dellucci, a seven-year veteran. "During the course of my years in the big leagues I've been able to do well in different roles so I feel very confident whatever role that I'm in I will work my hardest and do my best."
They did play a game: The Rangers lost, 7-4, to the Giants to finish this preseason with a record of 13-19.
Chan Ho Park, who gave up 10 runs in 10 2/3 innings over his previous two starts, regained his form and left Sunday's game after five innings with a 3-2 lead. He scattered five hits with no walks and no strikeouts.
"I felt pretty good," Park said. "I was keeping the ball down better and working inside to right-handers."
Park lost his chance for a win in the sixth, when the Giants scored four runs off Francisco Cordero and another off Doug Brocail.
The Rangers got their first three runs off Giants starter Jerome Williams, scoring on a pair on RBI doubles in the second by Rod Barajas and Alfonso Soriano and another when Michael Young led off the third with his only preseason home run.
Tony Kuttner is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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SkillsUSA salutes the 2007-2008 participants in our Chapter Standards program, which helps teachers track student growth and meet local and state requirements. The program is free to SkillsUSA members, and it's online here.
Alabama: Sophia Taylor, Central High School, Phenix City
Alaska: Ray Jensen, Wasilla High School
Arkansas: Lyndsey Skarda, Benton High School; Melissa Tune, Armorel High School; Tarji Anderson Russell, Dumas High School
California: David: Bayne, Pioneer High School, Woodland
Florida: Nicole Monsees, Okaloosa Applied Technology Center, Fort Walton Beach
Georgia: Glenda Bonds and Calvin Gray, Dekalb High School of Technology, North Dunwoody; Walter Harrell, Woodland High School, Cartersville; Linda Jackson Monroe High School, Albany; Cheryl Rees, Kendrick High School, Columbus; Sylvia Sims, Dekalb High School of Technology North, Lithonia; Tarsha Wynn, Osborne High School, Smyrna
Iowa: Elaine Cook, Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency, Havelock
Idaho: Darrell Muck, Jerome High School
Kentucky: Jody Compton, Breckinridge County Area Technology Center, Harned; Dan Johnson and David Schaefer, Chapman Vocational Education Center, Covington
Maine: Harold Casey Jr., Hancock County Technical Center, Surry
Maryland: Gary Chapman and Donald Cherry, Calvert Career Center, Prince Frederick
Massachusetts: Pam Daoust, Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School, Charlton
Missouri: Marvin Schildknecht, Northland Career Center, Platte City; Donald White, Franklin Technology Center, Joplin; Katherine Douglas, Herndon Career Center, Raytown
Nebraska: Marty Slaughter, South Sioux High School
Nevada: Cedric Reed, Mineral County High School, Hawthorne
New Jersey: Kim Harvey, Irvington High School
New Mexico: Mary Anderson, Deming High School Hofacket Campus, Deming; Ryan Masten, Career Prep High School, Farmington; Jerry Morris, Hobbs High School
New York: Margaret McCloskey, WE-MO-CO Career and Technical Education Center, Spencerport; Mary Falcone, Genesee Valley Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Batavia; Olimpia Nicholls, Sewanhaka High School, Floral Park
North Carolina: Greg Evans, Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology, Charlotte; Chad Rorie, Providence High School, Charlotte
Ohio: Kristin Lucius, Nichole England and Scott Gilbert, Sentinel Career Center, Tiffin; Robin Schoonover, Buckeye Hills Career Center, Bidwell; Richard Lenhart, Upper Valley Joint Vocational School, Piqua
Pennsylvania: Jennifer Hain, Columbia Montour Area Vocational Technical School, Bloomsburg; Kimberly Kucas, Upper Bucks County Area Vocational Technical School, Perkasie; Connie Muschko, Bethlehem Area Vocational Technical School; Patricia Rhodenizer, Reading Muhlenberg Career and Technology Center, Reading; Tony Sandutch, Hazleton Area Career Center
South Carolina: James Crocker, Greenville Technical College; Ryan Gambrell, Anderson Career and Technology Center, Honea Path; Roxann Phillips, Garrett Academy of Technology, North Charleston
Tennessee: Kim Davis, McGavock High School, Nashville; Paul Kersey, Lawrence County High School, Lawrenceburg; Chris Perkins, Richland High School, Lynnville
Texas: Ricky Chamness, Mount Pleasant High School; Orlando Lizcano, Sidney Lanier High School, San Antonio; Wendy Watson, James Ratteree Career Development Center, Irving
Utah: Scott Chalmers, Granite Technical Institute, Orem
Virginia: Scott Milstead, Norfolk Technical Center
Washington: Will Jones, Bremerton High School; Patrick McCue, Bothell High School; Keith Kuniyasu, River Ridge High School, Lacey
West Virginia: Karen Newhouse, Putnam Career and Technical Center, St. Albans
SkillsUSA members from the University of Arkansas' Western Arkansas Technical Center spent an afternoon at the Fort Smith Crisis Center for Women. They prepared labels, made phone calls and placed signs in various locations around the city to aid the center with its annual fundraising event, "Dinner in the Vineyards."
Jennifer Canada, crisis center director, said there was plenty for the students to do. "We are always in need of short- and long-term volunteers."
The Crisis Center for Women provides services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Teaching what they've learned
When Wayne (W.Va.) High School's SkillsUSA members met with Gov. Joe Manchin III, they were impressed that he asked for their opinions.
According to junior Ashley Herrald, Manchin discussed legislation requiring state scholarship recipients to remain in West Virginia for two years after they graduate. He also talked about a bill that would allow only students who maintain a "C" average or better to receive driver's licenses.
Herrald has mixed feelings about the scholarship legislation but thinks the license restriction is a good idea. Junior Kristen Stephens agrees with the scholarship bill.
The automotive students at Brighton (Colo.) High School have been building a 1967 Cobra 427 from a kit. Donated by a local woman who inherited the kit from her brother, the car will be sold as a fundraiser.
The woman's brother, an auto mechanic, spent a lot of his free time working on cars. Advisor Phill Kehl says the car could bring in $25,000 to $60,000, depending on the extras added.
Students including Ryan Krizmanic (at left in the photo) and Derin Wood volunteer their time to work on the car before and after school. Once finished, another kit will be purchased for the same purpose.
Students from Grayson County Technology Center, Leitchfield, Ky., have built birdhouses and bird feeders for the residents of nearby Grayson Manor Nursing home.
Woodworking and metalworking students built 18 birdhouses, plus six bird feeders and shepherd's hooks to hold them. Chapter secretary Jordan Wilkerson and Kellie Gibson, president, cut and fabricated the metal shepherd's hooks.
Welding instructor Larry Baker says he got the idea for the project from his daughter, who works at the facility. When she told him the residents loved birds, he had students begin construction. They finished in two weeks.
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Police: Philpott allegations made during fire inquiry
– Derbyshire Police Assistant Chief Constable Steve Cotterill
We can confirm that officers from Derbyshire Constabulary are making inquiries into allegations of further offences committed by Mick Philpott.
These allegations came to light during the investigation into the fire in May last year in which his children died. He, his wife and their friend were later convicted of the manslaughter of six children.
Investigations are continuing and it would be inappropriate to make any further comment at this time.


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I will be speaking at the Brooklyn Food Coalition on Tuesday. Order tickets here. Proceeds from ticket sales go to benefit the Brooklyn Food Coalition–working toward a healthy, just and sustainable food system for all!
Check Out My Brand New How to Cook Everything iPad App: Cooking Basics
I'm thrilled to have just released my new How to Cook Everything iPad app, Cooking Basics. It includes 1,000 photos, 185 recipes, tons of kitchen tips, audio and video clips, and a whole lot more. For a full rundown of all of the content and features (plus more pretty screenshots), continue reading below. To purchase the app, click here.
Not My Job: Food Writer Mark Bittman Takes A Quiz About Batman
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Healthy, Meet Delicious
There was a time when few of us thought about what we ate, but that's been turned upside down since the reigning wisdom first decried salt, then cholesterol, then saturated fat, then almost all fat, then red meat, then carbohydrates and so on. Recent culprits include so many foods and foodlike substances that at least twice a week someone asks me: "What's left to eat? I feel like nothing is safe."
Before the end of innocence, when hyperprocessed food dominated the diet, we might eat a breakfast of Pop-Tarts or another sugary pastry, followed by a lunch of burgers, fries and a shake, and a dinner of meat-laden pizza, and feel not even a twinge of guilt. Now, almost nothing can be eaten without thinking twice.
Read the rest of this article here.
Strolling in Paris, With Menus in Mind
Paris is, of course, a walker's city. But which direction to take? And to what destinations? With previously unknown (to me, at least) restaurants as my end points, I started at Notre Dame (essentially the center of town; all time allotments below are from there) and headed in different directions for different lengths of time.
After a few attempts, I found myself drawn toward the Marais and the 11th Arrondissement, where I was eating best. When I walked west, I was disappointed. With one exception, I had to walk north (and usually east) in order to find food that thrilled me.
Here, then, are the four winners.
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I Heart Artichokes
True story, from the wedding of two friends, circa 1977: The bride's father, a louche sophisticate, and perhaps needless to say an alcoholic, asked of the groom's grandmother, a Russian immigrant of peasant stock, "Isn't eating an artichoke just like sex?" There was, as you can imagine, no reply.
The artichoke has always inspired such lyrical flights. Is it not the most versatile of vegetables as well as the most miraculous? Is it not incredible that this thistle keeps its treasure so well hidden and protected that people can spend their lives blissfully eating only the outer leaves, never getting past the choke to the heart?
Rhetorical questions, I recognize. But once you know how to handle an artichoke, it will pretty much do your bidding, providing you with salads, sautés and remarkable centerpieces that are unique in just about every respect.
Pollan Cooks!
The seven most famous words in the movement for good food are: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." They were written, of course, by Michael Pollan, in "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto," the follow-up to "The Omnivore's Dilemma."
Now Pollan might add three more words to the slogan: "And cook them." Because the man who so cogently analyzed production and nutrition in his best-known books has tackled what he calls "the middle link in the food chain: cooking."
But Pollan isn't about to become a cookbook writer, at least not yet. In "Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation," out Tuesday, he offers four detailed recipes, used as examples to explore how food is transformed: for Bolognese, pork shoulder, sauerkraut and bread, each an illustration, he says, of the fundamental principles of cooking.
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Humble Paella
I was once accused by Catalans near Valencia — which is the home of paella — of knowing nothing whatsoever about paella, and of making at best what they called "arroz con cosas": rice with things.
Fine. My culinary heritage is so limited that almost everything I make is an adaptation. But my rice with things is better than just about any other I've had in the United States. And to make real paella, you probably should start with a wood fire; anything else is a compromise.
Anyway, paella really is just rice with things — as is risotto, as is pilaf. There's a technique to it, and it's pretty straightforward, and by applying that technique to a variety of ingredients in a variety of ways, you can make something that really approaches great paella, even if a Catalan might scoff at it.
Read the rest of this article here, and get the master recipe here.
Mark Bittman: Two-thirds Vegan and a Handful of Other
by Andrea Grossman for The Huffington Post
Okay, I'm shallow. Nothing excites me more than when someone tosses a new idea for chicken at me that sounds easy, healthy and quick. New ideas for vegetables make we weep — in a good way. Cooking is about much more than throwing stuff in the oven and waiting for dinner to emerge. It's about lifestyle. Culture. Fun. Creativity. Time.
Mark Bittman makes everything seem not only acccessbile, but easy. He uses ingredients that we actually have, or that are at least available within a few miles of most urban or suburban cooks. Nothing obscure, nothing fussy that you need to order online because it's simply unavailable in a major metropolis. Bittman understands that many home cooks are distracted, can barely tell the difference between a tablespoon and a teaspoon (if they have the measuring spoons at all), and crave simplicity. At the same time, he knows that we want something new, a twist on what is familiar, but with a flash of Different.
Read the rest of the article here.
Lost in the Supermarket
Last year, it seemed, every book about food that crossed my desk — other than those about cooking, of course — seemed to have one of two titles: "How I Moved to Brooklyn and Became a Roof-Gardening Butcher" or "The Gluten-Free Diet Saved My Life, and It Can Save Yours."
This year is different; the books are variations on the title "How Big Food Is Trying to Kill You." We have "Salt Sugar Fat," my Times colleague Michael Moss's epic description of the manipulation of processed food to make it even more palatable and addictive tomorrow than it was yesterday, and how the industry is well aware of how destructive of public health this manipulation truly is. We have the excellent "Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America" by Wenonah Hauter, the executive director of Food and Water Watch, which details the takeover of our food system by that same crew of corporate cynics.
And we have the cleverly titled "Pandora's Lunchbox," by Melanie Warner, a freelance (and former Times) reporter, which is so much fun that you might forget how depressing it all is. This is in part thanks to Warner's measured, almost dry but deceptively alluring reportorial style, but it's also because the extent to which food is manipulated – and therefore, consumers as well — is downright absurd . There are more Holy Cow! moments here than even someone who thinks he or she knows what's going on in food production could predict.
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text: Amarillo, Texas - E-cigarettes are marketed as a safer alternative to smoking. But now, teens are using them for a different purpose that could be dangerous that parents should be aware of.The CDC reports more than 2 million middle and high schoolers have tried e-cigarettes. But now they are using them in other ways than just smokeless tobacco."It's not regulated at all. You're 13 or 14 years old, you can buy the battery powered e-cigarette. And that's scary," LaViza Matthews, Impact Futures project director said. What's even more scary is how teens are now using e-cigarettes, to get high. Oils containing the ingredient THC from marijuana and synthetic drugs are being used in these devices. This trend is making it's way into area schools. "His friend lit up his e-cigarette, and he was like that smells different. And usually the vapor doesn't smell like anything. It's just a humectante they put in there, but he said it smells different. He goes now when a cop passes me all he sees is the e-cigarette. Then my kid's friend knew. He was like yeah he was probably smoking weed in there," Matthews said.Teens are saying it is a more discrete way of getting high. But inhaling the vapor form is actually more dangerous."When you inhale something there is so much contact between vapors and your lungs. There is so much area to absorb these substances and it just goes directly into the blood stream," Roger Smalligan, MD, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center said. We've already had many children sent to the hospital locally for smoking synthetic drugs. Dr. Smalligan says this has the potential to be worse."We've seen young people in our emergency room having all kinds of bad side effects of seizures, just reoccurring nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain. All kinds of really bad side effects from K2 and spice. If you think about getting that into your bloodstream so quickly when it's made into a pure vapor. That's very very dangerous," Smalligan said.Legislation to regulate e-cigarettes like other tobacco products has been introduced to help keep these out of kids hands.


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The single most violently televised episode in the struggle of American Civil Right's history put the issue over the right to vote into millions of homes.
March 7th, 1965 is known as Bloody Sunday, and what happened in Selma, Alabama is largely credited for President Lyndon Johnson signing the voting rights act later that year.
Charlotte civil rights attorney James Ferguson is among those tracking today's Supreme Court case.
"We have seen over the last decade more and more effort's to limit people's ability to exercise one of the most important rights we have," Ferguson said.
Arguments heard by the nine justices is out of Shelby County Alabama where plaintiffs say the south has changed enough that federal protections insured by the voting rights act are no longer needed.
"The South is no longer the same south it was in 1964. The whole country has changed. We're a dynamic society."
Outside the high court voting rights activists and congressional democrats took their argument to the court of public opinion.
Among those making the point was Georgia Congressman John Lewis who was beaten by Alabama Lawmen on the Edmund Pettus Bridge nearly 48 years ago.
He said, "The effort to undermine the voting power of minorities did not end in 1965."
Attorney Ferguson said time has not erased the need for legal guarantees.
"It comes down to whether the court will be moved by politics, "he said.
"There has to be some protections and that indicates there is a need for protection now just as there's been a need since 1965."
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'Murder-suicide' family pictured
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An apparent murder-suicide involving a family of three in Spain may be linked to the daughter's disability.
It is understood that a note left at a home where a man and a mother and her daughter were found dead, said the daughter's disability had become too much and had pushed them to the edge.
It is thought the note was written by the man, who is believed to be British, and has been named locally as Philip Wood.
Last night, a Guardia Civil spokeswoman said she could not confirm reports that the daughter had Down's Syndrome.
A family believed to have been part of a murder-suicide have been named locally as Philip Wood, his wife Sheila, and their daughter, Sophie.
Sophie and Mrs Wood have been confirmed as being Irish, although officials have so far been unable to confirm where in Ireland Mrs Wood comes from.
Police said they are working on the theory that the deaths, at a property on the Costa Del Sol, were a murder-suicide.
Officials are attempting to contact their next of kin.
Authorities have confirmed that a mother and daughter found dead in a Spanish apartment were Irish. The body of a man, who is believed to be British, was also found at the property on the Costa Del Sol.
Police said they are working on the theory that the deaths were a murder-suicide. It is thought the three died from gunshot wounds inflicted by one of the adults.
– Foreign Office spokesperson
We are aware of the tragic incident involving three British people in Spain, we are liaising closely with the local police and ready to provide contra assistance. We are waiting to reach the next of kin.
A police cordon sealed off the apartment in Spain where three members of a British family were found dead.
A man, a woman and a young woman, believed to be their daughter, were discovered in the property in Mijas, Fuengirola, by their landlord.
Three members of a British family have been found dead in a Spanish apartment in what police believe is a murder-suicide.
– Guardia Civil spokeswoman
The latest information we have is that the owner of the house had not heard from the family for a few days and had not been paid.
He went to the house today and when there was no reply at the door, he went inside. Inside he saw the man dead on the sofa and immediately called the Guardia Civil.
When officers inspected the house they found the wife and the daughter dead in a bedroom. The initial hypothesis at this early stage of the investigation is that this was a murder-suicide.
The Spanish website sur.es claims sources said the three found dead were a couple and their daughter, aged about 20-years-old.
ITV News cannot independently verify this information.
The Guardia Civil spokesman in Madrid has said police were awaiting more information from investigators before releasing further details after reports that three Britons have been found shot in southern Spain.
The spokesman said:
We have found three deceased and we are almost sure they are British.
We are waiting for information from the judicial police at the scene.
We are led to believe there were two adults and one younger person.


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Specific changes for this update include:
|Internet Explorer
|Latest stable
|iOS 3.
|iOS 4.
|Android 2.
This edition of the GBS update represents a departure from our previous updates in that we are moving away from mapping browsers directly to experience grades (e.g. "A-grade" and "C-grade"). Rather than prescribe what user experience is appropriate for which browsers, we'll focus on defining an efficient baseline test strategy that maximizes test coverage and minimizes the testing surface. For example, IE6′s still-significant global marketshare warrants continued testing; however today's GBS allows for the IE6 user experience to be different from the IE9 experience.
In order to streamline testing and minimize resource requirements, we no longer specify which operating system should be tested on. The only exception is when the browser is tightly coupled with the OS version, in which case we refer to the OS version rather than the browser version (e.g. "Safari iOS 4″). This allows us to focus test coverage on browser versions, and minimize redudant testing across platforms. Issues with the same browser across versions are negligible, and generally related to higher-level OS differences, such as key handling and available fonts. Code that is known to touch upon cross-platform issues should be tested on as many platforms as possible, but this testing generally can be isolated to the specific issues rather than running a full regression test of all features. We recommend aligning operating system testing priority with your user base.
IE6 still has a significant enough global market share to warrant a verified acceptable user experience. One common misconception with the Progressive Enhancement strategy has been that once a browser enters "C-grade" that it becomes "unsupported", when in fact it really means that it should be delivered the HTML-only experience. Now that we no longer prescribe which browsers receive what experience, this is left for projects to decide based on their users and resources. The GBS focuses on specifying which browsers need a verified usable experience based on factors such as market share and influence. Defining what is "usable" and specifiying acceptable levels of degradation are left for teams to decide. We still promote a simple Progressive Enhancement model, and discourage projects from creating new tiers without accounting for the additional costs in development, testing, and maintenance resources.
We expect to make the following changes in the next update:
Are you all mad or what? Google doesn't even support IE7 anymore let alone IE6. Stop supporting outdated browsers.
IE6 still has a significant enough global market share
How do you define significant? According to StatCounter, IE6 had 3.54% of the market during the last 7 days:
I appreciate that you want to cover a broad spectrum, but it's time to let go of IE6. Enterprise applications that require IE6 will still have older versions of YUI available to work with… if those apps are not going to be updated to work with newer browsers, then it's very unlikely they will be updated to use new YUI features either.
I was wondering if Opera could enter in the grid now. I'm not sure how you create the tests. But with Opera Watir and the WebDriver it becomes a lot easier to do automation. Selenium has included it.
"Defining what is 'usable' and specifiying acceptable levels of degradation are left for teams to decide."
See ya later IE6!
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This does not mean that all features need to be supported. If the user stats suggest to you that serving a C-grade experience for any of the listed browsers is appropriate, then that is perfectly acceptable.
If your project subscribes to Graded Browser Support, its up to you to decide which of the listed browsers receive the A-grade and which receive the C-grade experience. If you are doing something other than Graded Browser Support, you can continue to define, test, and maintain your own experience tiers.
See http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/articles/gbs/index.html#define-support for more about our definition of "support" and to learn about progressive enhancement.
According to our statistics, IE6 & 7 market share still warrant a verified user-experience. This does not mean that they will get the "A-grade" experience.
The main goal of this update is to decouple testing from the development strategy. Its up to you and your team to decide what the experience should be for your product. We by no means recommend trying to support all features for all of the listed browsers, however we suggest you not deliver a broken experience either.
[Browser support] "is left for projects to decide".
That guidance is exactly why I have been following the YUI GBS. Why should I bother considering what the GBS says now that I have to decide support for myself? Basically now all it says "Here is a list or browsers. Go figure out how to support them." I was already doing that before GBS.
I agree with Jeff – this seems like YUI is backing away from any guidance. Roughly 3 months since IE9 came out, and the only update here is "don't ask us what to support anymore" and a list of all active browser versions.
So much for any guidance.
The Developer Network page @ http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/articles/gbs/ needs to be updated. With the move away from assigning experience grades (A, B, C), should that still be referenced on the page? Should it be noted that it is only applicable to earlier versions of the GBS?
@Jenny Thanks for the explanation. I look forward to seeing where you guys take this.
I too have to question the ongoing usefulness of this chart in it's current format… it would help guide us if we at least knew what market share each browser has, and if that's up or down on the last GBS report. Currently I'm to assume I need to support IE6 as thoroughly as FireFox 5!
One of the advantages of the old GBS was preventing (recurring) long discussions with co-workers and possibly your boss. Which browser needs how much support? Maybe this was the biggest or even the only advantage of GBS.
With the new GBS, this advantage is (almost) completely gone. We're back to our time consuming discussions. Too bad.
Thanks for clarifying the difference.
That helps quite a lot.
I'm surprised the section on operating systems and font rendering doesn't single out the importance of testing IE8 on Windows XP, and Safari on Mac OS X.
(Later versions of Windows render fonts differently to XP, and of course IE8 is the last version of IE that will run on it. For most websites Safari is probably the most popular Mac web browser, plus it is used on the Mac more than on Windows.)
Just noticed this page isn't linked onto the main GBS page like previous Quarters, so this discussion is easily accessible to visitors who haven't come from the original Blog post
"is not easily accessible" I mean :-(
Dear YUI folks,
When is the next update to be expected ?
I get lots of question regarding YUI3 with iOS 5,
Is it going to be before the release of iOS 5 ?
For example,w e have seen that the scrollview is not working anymore in the new safari (on iOS 5 beta)
Thanks a lot for your answer :-) cheers!
Loic Schulé
Hey Loic,
Re: ScrollView:
Please file a bug with a test case. We've been testing the library on the iOS 5 betas as they come out (iOS5b6 being the last one we tested on), and we haven't seen any issues, so we'd need a test case to see what's going on.
Please please update the GBS homepage to a) include a link to this page and b) deprecate the advice it gives on browser grading.
I just spent several days working up a proposal on browser support, using much of the advice on those pages and now I'm having to review it all :(
The fact that this is a) not linked from the home page (as has been frequently pointed out) and b) includes IE6 (a risible contender for any baseline and made even more so by the statement that it still has a "still significant global marketshare") undermines the credibility of this entire program.
Yahoo forecast a removal of IE6 from A grade *more that a year ago* and even that was way too late. Including it now because you are no longer assigning experience grades just confuses the issue. IE6 was released in 1999 for goodness sake! If you are still using it you deserrve to be beaten like a red-headed step child.
When is the next update to the GBS planned? Obviously, Firefox have gone through versions like crazy (are they even using major/minor versions anymore?) and IE6′s market share has fallen beneath Opera's which is not in the GBS list.
I think a new version now would help clear all those out.
Updates seems to happen every 8-9 months, which mean that we are almost there to get a new update of the GBS list.
Is this the most up to date list? Most firefox users are now using Firefox 9 or 10. Should we be realy only testing 3 to 5? I need to create an accurate guidlines based on this. Should I look else where for an accurate standard?
Surely this is well out of date. Whos still using Firefox 3 and 4. And same with Safari, most users are on 5.xx by now!
Please update this list using stats from the latest 12 months at least!


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Surely something so calculated can't be good, right? Wrong. In a nutshell: The Hunger Games isn't a sublime opus by any stretch of the imagination, but there is an intangible quality to the movie that makes you want to root for it; a wholesomeness, a realness that sucks you in. I refuse to succumb to snark, since there are so many things to love about the movie. [Warning: Potential Spoilers!]
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The snowfall created slick, wet roads causing several car accidents and traffic delays across Northwest Ohio.
Snow plows had a busy day clearing major routes after Friday morning's snow fall dumped a fresh coating across the region.
"I'm not a fan of it. Ready for some warm weather," says Matt Mellott of Seneca County which was placed under a level one snow emergency.
In Toledo folks quickly got to work tackling the sidewalks.
The roads in the city were wet. The slippery conditions played a role in several fender benders.
Just after noon, the northbound lanes of I-75 near the DiSalle bridge were backed up due to several spin outs.
About an hour earlier, an accident at Detroit and South sent one person to the hospital. That person is expected to be OK. Toledo police say one vehicle made a left hand turn when it wasn't supposed to. The second vehicle couldn't stop to avoid the crash.
In Seneca County, the Sheriff's Department issued a level one snow emergency.
That's because roads were icy.
"Depending on if you're on the state or county road. State puts a lot more salt down than the county does, but township roads are kind of horrible," says Mellott.
Chuck Wilbert lives in Old Fort and enjoys the opportunity to jump on his tractor outfitted with a snow-thrower, considering last winter he didn't need it at all.
"It's got 16 horse and it can chew through a pretty good drift with it," says Wilbert. "I'm out here for six hours at a time because I go from the railroad tracks up to the school on the sidewalk and I do the neighbors. A lot of times it takes me an hour to do my own here. I have a lot of fun doing it though."


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Rapper and reality television star Flavor Flav will welcome diners with his trademark "Yeah, Boy!" at Thursday's opening of his new Las Vegas restaurant.
House of Flavor Take Out, on Maryland Parkway near Desert Inn Road, is described as a "celebrity-centric Las Vegas take out restaurant" specializing in soul food, with a menu that features assorted fried dishes and "Flavor Flav's signature red velvet waffle."
A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held 6:30 p.m.
Flav, whose real name is William Drayton Jr., opened the ill-fated Flavor Flav's Fried Chicken in Iowa last year, but disagreements between the rapper and his partner, Nick Cimino, led to the restaurant's closing after 13 weeks.
A spokesperson for House of Flavor said the new venture is entirely owned and operated by Flav.
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MSU-Moorhead went into lockdown after Moorhead police were checking on a call of a man believed to be carrying a gun.
Two people walking on campus early this morning called police after passing by a man they thought to be armed.
As police looked into the call, MSUM decided to put the campus into lockdown.
Sergeant Baetsch with MSUM security says the lockdown went into effect at 1:55 a.m. and was called off at 2:09 a.m. It lasted about 14 minutes.
On the universities twitter they posted: "Campus is in full lockdown. An armed suspect is in Hagen Hall. If you are on or near campus stay where you are and await further instruction."
Once police found the suspect it turned out to be the janitor coming to work.
Moorhead Police Sergeant Clint Stephenson says the janitor was carrying a bottle of cleaning fluid and his tool belt which the callers could have confused for being a weapon.
The lockdown was cleared by MSUM, they sent out this tweet:
"The all-clear has been given. Suspect was located and was unarmed."


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A 120-pound mountain lion was spotted in the Glendale-La
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fire officials and fish and game officers.
The large feline was eventually tranquilized and corralled
underneath a backyard deck of a home near the corner of Thelma Street and New
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A neighborhood resident told Fox 11 he spotted the mountain
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around 7, Thursday morning.
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(FOX 11/ CNS) A mountain lion was spotted, tracked and tranquilized Thursday afternoon in the backyard of a home in the foothills of Glendale.
The big cat was first seen about 1:45 p.m. and was tranquilized about 3:30 p.m. by Fish and Game agents, agency officials said.
It had moved freely in an area north of Foothill Boulevard and east of New York Avenue, entering various yards and easily scaling a number of roofs and fences, according to a broadcast report.
A resident aid he and his dog came face to face with the creature in the backyard of his property, and it fled.
Fish and Game agents said they believed the mountain lion -- described as a male weighing about 120 pounds -- came down out of a wash looking for water because the hills are dry.
He has been hit with two tranquilizer darts and likely will receive a third to ensure that he is immobilized before removing him from the scene and bringing him back to his natural habitat, according to ABC7. Local residents have been advised to remain in their homes until the animal is taken away.
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OCONEE COUNTY, SC (WYFF) The two teenagers charged with murder after a man died during a home invasion are facing more charges, according to the Oconee County Sheriff's Office.
James Toward, 18, and 16-year-old Donte Robert Bacon, of Seneca have both been charged with murder, first-degree burglary, kidnapping, possession of a weapon during a commission of a violent crime, and grand larceny, according to deputies.
On Friday morning, bond was denied for both teens.
According to warrants, Toward and Bacon "caused the death of Scott Johnston."
The two also entered the dwelling "without consent and with intent to commit a crime therein and entered the dwelling at night and/or armed with a deadly weapon," said deputies.
According to deputies, Toward and Bacon also "did unlawfully seize, confine, kidnap or abduct Jody Corley." The two are also accused of "knowingly and willfully" possessing and displaying "a firearm during the commission of a violent crime."
Toward and Bacon also reportedly stole three electric guitars from the scene of the homicide, said deputies.
The Oconee County Sheriff's Office is continuing their investigation and more charges in unrelated crimes are pending, said deputies.
According to investigators, dispatchers received a phone call around 7:36 a.m. from a woman at 24 Ames St. who said that two men had broken into her home and had shot a male inside the home.
The woman was identified as Jody Corley and the shooting victim as Scott Johnston, said deputies.
Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis said Johnston was shot once in the chest and once in the back and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Corley was shot in the foot, said deputies.
According to deputies, Toward and Bacon left the scene after the woman called the Sheriff's Office.
During the course of the investigation into the homicide, officers were able to determine that Toward and Bacon were involved in a string of burglaries that had occurred over the past several weeks, said deputies.
According to deputies, many of the items taken in those burglaries were recovered during the execution of a search warrant at 23 Ames St. during the investigation of the homicide.
Toward and Bacon have each been charged with first-degree burglary and petit larceny in regards to break-in that occurred on Nov. 10 at 28 Ames St. The two are also charged with malicious injury to a place of worship, grand larceny, and second-degree burglary for the Nov. 23 break-in at Ann Hope United Methodist Church at 702 Goddard Ave., said deputies.
According to deputies, Bacon and Toward have also been charged with first-degree burglary and petit larceny regarding the Nov. 25 break-in at 1205 Goddard Ave. The two have been charged as well with first-degree burglary, grand larceny, explosive charges, and third degree arson in regards to an incident which occurred Thanksgiving morning at 27 Ames St., as well as first-degree burglary and third-degree arson for a separate incident that occurred at the same address on Dec. 8.
Bacon and Toward have been charged with first-degree burglary and g rand larceny in an incident that occurred on Jan. 1 of this year at 30 Ames St, said deputies.
According to deputies, 42-year-old Donna Bretz, the mother of Toward, has been charged on three counts of accessory after the fact in regards to three of the burglaries that occurred in November. Those burglaries would be the ones that took place at 28 Ames St.
The charges are not related to the homicide that happened Thursday.
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The Rams defense provided a pair of critical stops late in a 35-29 win over Mt. Carmel.
Mt. Vernon's C.J. Lloyd rammed in a one-yard touchdown run that put the Rams up 35-29 with 1:44 left in Friday's game.
Mt. Vernon turned to its defense in the final moments. The Golden Aces raced back up the field on the ensuing kickoff, inside the red zone. Mt. Carmel took over possession at the Rams 17-yard line.
Two plays later Mt. Carmel quarterback Reece Metcalf rolled out of the pocket and ran with the ball. Mt. Vernon's Tyler Knutson punched the ball out, and teammate Brytan Bowers pounced on the loose ball.
Mt. Vernon took the ball back but couldn't advance it and punted back to the Golden Aces. Again, the Rams defense rose up and stonewalled Mt. Carmel.
"Offense had a couple opportunities to seal it and couldn't get it done, couldn't get a first down …. just (defense) kids did a nice job," Mt. Vernon coach Jared Shaner said.
Mt. Vernon trailed 15-0 after the opening quarter.
"They came out and just shredded us the first couple series defensively," Shaner said.
Robert Grider kickstarted Mt. Vernon with a fumble recovery he raced into the end zone 77 yards. Mt. Vernon seized the momentum and took more on the next possession after the Rams recovered the kickoff. The ensuing drive ended with a 14-yard touchdown from C.J. Lloyd.
"We've talked about it before," Shaner said. "This game's all about momentum, and you could just feel it going back and forth in that first half. We took it when Grider had the big defensive return for a touchdown. They got it back late with the muffed punt. It went back and forth in the second half."
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Davis needs to drop out
EDITORIAL Kay Vasilyeva, a member of the San Francisco Women's Political Caucus, has come forward with the allegation that District Five candidate Julian Davis grabbed her and put his hand down her pants at a political bar crawl in 2006. That was six years ago, but it's still important — and more than the incident itself, the response we've seen from Davis is highly disturbing. He's utterly denying that it ever happened, and retained a lawyer to send Vasilyeva a letter threatening her with legal action if she continues to talk.
While we endorsed Davis for supervisor, we take these charges very, very seriously — particularly coming at a time when relations between men and women in the progressive movement are badly strained.
Since the SF Weekly, which broke the story, suggested that we knew something about Davis's behavior, we need to state, for the record: When we endorsed Davis, we had heard nothing even remotely close to this type of allegation. Yes, we knew that in his 20s he was a bit of an arrogant ass. We knew that at one point, he actually got into a tugging match with another person over the ridiculous question of who got to hold a campaign sign. We'd heard that, in the past, at somewhat debauched parties, he'd made advances toward women who weren't interested in his affections.
Those could be the acts of an immature man who has since grown up. And since, on a level of policy, knowledge, and positions, he was by far the best and strongest progressive in the race in District 5, we — along with much of the local progressive leadership — thought he was demonstrating enough maturity that he was worthy of our support.
But this new information, and his response to it, is alarming.
We don't take last-minute allegations about a front-running candidate lightly; people have been known to dump all sorts of charges into heated races. When we learned about Vasilyeva's allegations on Oct. 13, we did our own research. We spent two hours with Davis and his supporter and advisor, former D5 Supervisor Matt Gonzalez. We realized that allegations without corroboration are just charges, so we tracked down everyone we could find who might know anything about this incident — and, as we discovered, other similar events. And we have to say: Vasilyeva's account rings true. Davis's categorical denial does not.
More than that, we were offended that he in effect threatened with a lawsuit a woman who, at some peril to herself, came forward to tell the public information about someone who is running for elected office. What was the point of that, if not to intimidate her? It's highly unlikely he's going to sue (and drag this whole mess into court). He says he was just trying to send a message that he has a legal right to respond to defamation, but this is a political campaign; if he didn't want to deal publicly with what he must have known were these sorts of potential allegations, he shouldn't have run for office.
This is a bad time for progressives in San Francisco. The Mirkarimi case has brought to the fore some deep and painful rifts; a lot of women feel that (mostly male) progressive leaders have pushed their issues to the side. For the future of the movement and the city, the left has to come together and try to heal. This situation isn't helping a bit.
Davis needs to face facts: Supervisors John Avalos and David Campos have withdrawn their endorsements. Assembly member Tom Ammiano is almost certain to do the same. With his inability to handle the very credible charge that he not only groped a woman but lied about it, Davis no longer has a viable campaign in the most progressive district in the city, and we can't continue to support him.
We have said it many times before: People on the left need to be able to put their own ambitions aside sometimes and do what's right for the cause. Davis can't win. He's embarrassing his former allies. He needs to focus on coming to terms with his past and rebuilding his life. And for the good of the progressive movement, he needs to announce that he's ending his campaign, withdrawing from the race, and urging his supporters to vote for another candidate.
Not sure where you are getting your information from, but a reporter has to disclose its source, eg. Bill Blogs said............, otherwise the published article becomes unsubstantiated and has little to no value.
Then why bother commenting? Regardless, I'm not talking about the article, I'm talking about the decision about the endorsement... which is what the article is about. Please see response below.
Troll 11, you may have missed the LONG HISTORY of reporters NOT disclosing confidential sources. God, are people really this dumb?
They are not objective. The ridiculous and predictable screeching for "proof," as if this were a criminal trial and not an election endorsement, is patently absurd. No one has to "justify" an endorsement beyond stating why they believe the endorsee is the better candidate. Period.
Don't like it? Don't follow the endorsement.
Exactly. In the opinion of this reporter and obviously the Bay Guardian, the evidence they've seen is enough to pull endorsement. End of story. They don't need to provide "proof" or disclose this evidence in order to pull endorsement of a candidate. You can either choose to believe the evidence is there or not, but in this case, logic and common sense say it is.
...and ignoring endorsements is often a good plan. However, the Guardian is essentially the official organ of something called the "progressive" movement, so for many there's more at stake than just any old newspaper's endorsements.
Is there any proof that Julian touched this woman?
It is a he-said-she-said.
Don't cave in to the Lee/Brown machines' hench-woman. She may have lied.
That's rich, exactly what proof do you have that this person is a "Lee/Brown machines' hench-woman"? See the irony here?
"Lee/Brown machines' hench-woman"??? Even Chris Daly said: "Kay Vasilyeva is not a political opponent or saboteur -- she is one of us, and her voice should not be silenced."
Why has the Guardian deleted from its website its original endorsement? I no longer trust any of your endorsements.
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we wanted to make sure there was no confusion.
This is all about personal jealousy and vendettas. It pains me to see progressives goaded into attacking other progressives based on allegations from sources who may well be paid by the likes of enemies of progessives. It is a known fact that one of Davis' accusers mentioned in the story above has been a paid lobbyist for Chase Bank.
Did you know he's in the Gangnam Style video? Check the video at 1:55 and tell me that's not him.
He can always squeak in to the DCCC or one of the other myriad of places progressives like to stick bothersome blacks and other minorities in this town, where they feel part of the power structure but in reality are politically neutered. There's a myriad of commissions, task forces etc... where he can bide his time, do "public service" and wait for another election where he'll make a magical reappearance as a "changed man."
uh, yeah. good luck with that.
It's interesting. A politician can do what Julian is being accused of having done and it can be the end of the politician's career. Then you have other politicians who drone innocent people and kill them on a daily basis in various parts of the world (along with a long list of other despicable actions by the same politician) and that's NOT the end of that politician's career. In fact, those politicians are celebrated, propped up and the sheep cheerlead for them as their nominee for president. It's amazing what one can get away with being a corporatist politician.
What are the actual allegations against Julian? I have only seen a few quotes here and there. Has either Kay or Julian put out a public statement?
I heard he gave her a purple nurple.
Bye Bye Julian
Reading the article and the comments has left me even more discouraged and depressed.
Everyone with a brain knows that sexism is alive and well. But to see these high profile progressives throwing women under the bus - literally and figuratively - is indeed sickening. First the flip on Ross - at first he was radioactive, and rightly so, for his behavior. But then the Good Old Progressive Boy network got active, and started ACTIVELY recruiting - guess who - WOMEN - to stand by him, claiming it was some vast right wing conspiracy to take back the Sheriff's office. Wow, that is some conspiracy, getting Ross to walk RIGHT INTO THEIR TRAP by abusing his wife and pleading guilty to same.
Now this. Can hardly believe Matt Gonzalez is defending Julian Davis - acting as his advisor? Did he advise him to send this woman a letter threatening her to shut up or face defamation suit? I really hope that is not the case. Hadn't heard the alleged rumors about everyone named in the article, and don't put much stock in rumors, but... maybe where there is smoke, there's fire... all so awfully disappointing.
Expected better in the City of St. Francis - but St Francis was a guy too, and was more concerned with the fluffy animals than the other half of the human race, perhaps.
Well, now we know that neither JFK, Ted Kennedy, nor Martin Luther King would have been worthy to be the D5 Supervisor!
Fortunately, being convicted for false imprisonment is still OK, however...
to something, or become a genuine leader of the movement, or joined a band. He groped to soon.
Yes! Let's condone away sexual harassment and nonconsensual physical advances by quoting the names of some famous leaders from the past everyone likes who lived in a time when sexism was even more alive and well than it is today! Genius argument.
I don't know where you're getting this idea that men and women divided over th Mirkarimi struggle. Tami Bryant led the organizing effort to reinstate Ross. Myrna Melgar's article about how paternally Eliana Lopez had been treated was a major turning point for both Ross and Eliana. Krissy Keefer, Debra Walker, Vivian Imperiale, Christine Craft, and many more women spoke out for him.
Two of four women Supervisors voted to reinstate Ross. Five of seven male Supervisors did not.
The Domestic Violence Consortium and the Commission on the Status of Women - with at least one dissenter who came to speak out for Ross last Tuesday - called for Ross's resignation. "Women on the left" were not alienated from "men on the left" over this. PEOPLE, both male and female, and organizations, disagreed.
are disgusted by both of them.
Could it be it's their politics that makes you and a handful of exceptions (mostly sock puppets of chrisCraft anyway, which you probably are too) give them a pass?
If Lee had done this stuff, you'd be all over him like a syphilitic rash.
In julian's case a "handful" couldn't be a better wat to put it
Check your facts; those who began gathering "progressive" support initially for Murky were men. The fact was that they needed it to look like women were pushing for him, or it would not have worked from a PR standpoint.
What you allege is simply not true. Women have been at the forefront of the battle to protect our vote and our sheriff right from the start... starting with um, Eliana herself. Even the crap push poll strangely found that more men wanted him removed than women, but that was a crap poll, so who the hell knows what the real numbers are. What's been clear from the get-go is that the ones prosecuting this disgusting coup were men -Ed Lee and George Gascon.
Like other commentators, I found Tim's divisive comment annoying as well. This never was a division between women and men, but between progressives and other clean government advocates, and those who see politics as a blood sport where anything goes in the interests of destroying your opponents.
Not only that, but note the disgusting sexism of the men who constantly attack women who disagree with them -alleging that they're "sock puppets" and even calling them "skanks." These aren't trolls imping other posters to make them look bad. These are "real trolls" who are making these comments in all sincerity about the multitudes of different women who've posted here, for the purpose of shutting them up. It speaks very badly of the character of people on your side, and supports the notion that they'll do anything to get their way.
She didn't speak up for Ross for months and only when she saw his paycheck was under threat.
As for most of the chicks posting here - they are just ChrisCraft posting under various names - she has admitted using sock puppets here to engineer the appearance of false support for Ross among chicks.
Once again, sexism rears its ugly head, revealing the true nature of the Ross-haters.
For the record, I know many of these women, and they are not Christine Craft. Again, this is yet another sexist tactic to silence women who disagree with your side.
so the term seems valid here, if not elsewhere. First we have Ross thinking he can slap down his wife if she demurs. Then we have Julian who sees female fringe political figures as gropable fodder.
I'm not the one making this stuff up.
Oh, and ChrisCraft has already admitted using multiple handles here, so we're not debating the truth of that, only which women here might actually be real.
Ross Mirkarimi is well known for mistreating people, but Eliana immediately began to speak up for her him and her family, as soon as she realized the whole matter was out of her hands. She did go to Venezuela, which is what she had wanted in the first place, but she is back now. My respect for her has grown, but I fear for their son if Mirkarimi begins to treat him the way he has treated others.
Both men and women. Ever heard of Carole Migden? Horrible to her staff. Ross is a saint compared to her.
In fact, not just politicians, but people in business too. Jack Welch... Carly Fiorina... the women are every bit as bad as the men. I think it's something about the kinds of people who claw their way to the top -you have to be a certain kind of person to do that in the first place, and once you have that kind of power, it goes to some people's heads even more.
BUT... just because Ross has been a slave driver to his staff, doesn't mean he goes home and beats his wife or child. There has been no pattern of that whatsoever.
And... I think this whole affair will likely make him a better person... and a better sheriff.
No, I am disgusted by people minimizing this issue and the Julian camp screaming "conspiracy". If a candidate had accusations they were "anti-gay" or racist, people would not be running to his or her defense as quickly.
"Oh, but it has to do with a woman? Who cares?" It is ridiculous. It just shows how engrained sexism is in our society and makes the oh-so-high-and-mighty "progressives" of San Francisco look like a joke.
I was also appalled by the attempted belittling of the woman who made the accusations... someone sited her Facebook pictures as some sort of justification of Julian's behavior? "Oh, she had it coming." Um, slut shaming much?
What a disgrace and a sad state of politics in a city that is supposed to be a beacon of fairness, inclusion, hope and tolerance for the nation.
Couldn't agree more. As a friend of Julian the response to this episode has disappointed me greatly.
Most people, including women, queers and people of color could care less if a candidate or elected official did not toe the PC line with respect to sexism, homophobia or racism so long as they delivered on substantive issues.
Only a few lefties value the PC culture to that extent. Liberals use PC as a way to assuage their guilt for supporting the crimes of the Democrats, as they are able to demonstrate dominance over the offender on a micro scale while allowing unspeakable crimes to pass without comment.
Of course those stoking the outrage at violations of the PC code could give a flying fuck about any of it, as their policies are dangerous to the identities, women, people of color and queers. They are just playing to the smallness of liberals and progressives who are more than eager to take the bait and commit political suicide.
Tim's analysis is correct. Thanks for that.
Progressives. Even with no opposition they still manage to screw things up.
Man, years ago Arthur would go on those kooky rants about the Progressive SF "Boys Club", and how it was a male dominated clique with misogyny right under the surface. I think people kind of brushed it off, but holy shit the man was on to something! I mean, there's no denying what's bringing Progressive SF down these days.
The man was prophetic. He was like Tupac... except, you know, old and gay and white and a crappy dresser.
Anyhoos, guys like Avalos, Campos and Redmond don't withdraw their endorsements over a rumor. There's more to this. Avalos is a professional, Campos is a super decent guy, and even though I think he's utterly batshit I think Tim has integrity as well. Steven Jones can eat a dick, but that's beside the point. Point is, there's some shit here, and it isn't good.
Funny you should mention Uncle Arthur. Remember back when David Campos overrode Newsom's veto (they really, really hate it when that happens) on SFPD policy towards undocumented kids?
Campos held a press conference on the mid landing of the City Hall staircase that leads to the BofS chambers. I stood watching and it turned out that Arthur Evans was standing next to me.
All of a sudden I feel a hand creep up my back, under my jacket and begin to massage my back muscles over my shirt. It turns out that Uncle Arthur was copping a feel. Campos was on TV and Evans knew that I could not do or say anything.
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Hey, Everyone, please come down to Moby Dick's in the Castro this Saturday night for a special Julian Davis Fund-Raiser hosted by San Francisco's own Marc S/marcos. That's right, for a mere $5 donation, you can grope marcos for up to 30 seconds! For a $20 donation, you can follow him into the men's room and hold his wiener while he takes a leak! I know what you're thinking - "But can't I grope marcos for free nearly any time I see him? Why would I pay for the privilege?" Because it's for a progressive cause, that's why! See you there!
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Kay Vasilyeva is a very well-connected well-paid city hall insider. To some how paint her as a fainting, poor, downtrodden, uneducated, young woman, is just silly.
6 years ago she was allegedly groped and she waits until 3 weeks before the election to announce this. puh-leeeeeze. spare us.
I hear you, Larry, and allegations remain just allegations and all, except that it's not exactly the way you describe. She didn't rush out and make a federal case of it, but she did tell people about it, for quite some time as I understand it. She was warning progressive leaders not to endorse him, and she only went public when he threatened to sue her. Something tells me that had he told her the next day, "Hey, I'm sorry, I was drunk and totally out of line," this probably wouldn't have gone any further.
fact that he finds the "not too attractive" Kay worth a fumble with.
Of course, it was Ross's arrogance that sunk him. These powerful men never learn the limits to their power until it is forced upon them, sadly.
Ross made one mistake. It wasn't a pattern. And the alleged victim never asked for powerful men to intervene on her behalf to protect her. Those men -Ed Lee and George Gascon - undertook this crusade not for her sake, but because of their own arrogance and the belief that they're powerful enough that they can bend the law to advance their own personal ends.
In Julian's case, it does *appear* to be a pattern. That's why I don't hold it against the Guardian and others to withdraw their endorsements over what they believe is a pattern of malfeasance. Like even the troll said, endorsements are subjective. They require no proof of anything, unlike a court of law or an official removal proceeding.
That said, I'm not going so far as to say Julian "should" do this or do that. The only two people who really know what happened six years ago are Kay and Julian. If Julian knows in his heart of hearts that he is being unfairly maligned, and he stays in, and if after all this, somehow voters of D5 still elect him, then nobody has any business removing him for something that he didn't do in office.
the unlikely event that he wins. If Ross techncially got off because the bruising was done a few days before he took office, then six years is a slam dunk.
I'm not sure I'd agree with your categorization that Ross's arrogance was an isolated incident rather than a pattern - his work colleagues might not agree also, nor Eliana in her original video before she started getting coached.
But then again, if Ross's bruising had happened before the election AND the voters had known about it, Ross would have lost. And that is Julian's problem now.
It's true that Ross Mirkarimi had a reputation for verbally abusing his staff at city hall before the whole brouhaha with his wife became public knowledge, but I really don't think that Eliana was being coached. She is a person in her own right, and she fought back when the matter was swept out of her control and became a law enforcement issue.
Ross was convicted for a misdemeanor over his turning the van around. The failure of the mayor's gambit to depose him over the event failed -- or, no matter the outcome of the board vote, *would* *have* *failed* upon being overturned by the courts -- because the charter does not allow removal for conduct not directly related to the official position except in cases of felony crimes involving moral turpitude.
The remainder of your comment is BS too, of course.
First there was his backslapping summary of the Mirk case. Now he throws Julian under a bus based on a six year old allegation.
Could it be that Tim has a new position? And perhaps knows that SFBG is a dead-end career? My feeling is that he is reaching out to all parties here to build bridges.
Of course, I could be wrong, but my instincts are usually pretty good about these matters . .
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Forty-two thousand fewer troops and civilians. Around a third of all tanks, artillery and fast jets axed. A quarter of naval power, by tonnage, decommissioned early. The U.K. Ministry of Defense on October 19 announced an 8-percent budget reduction meant to help Great Britain erase a roughly 100-billion GBP budget deficit. The navy suffered perhaps the biggest hit. "The role of a Navy is often described as winning wars, deterring aggression and maintaining freedom of the seas," naval analyst Eric Wertheim said. "These cuts will have a negative impact on each of these areas."
Prior to the cuts, the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary boasted around 110 vessels and more than 200 aircraft, by tonnage the second-largest navy in the world, including:
* The small aircraft carriers Ark Royal and Illustrious
* Large, aviation-capable assault ship Ocean
* Six smaller assault ships
* Twenty-three Type 22 and Type 23 frigates and Type 42 destroyers
* Twenty minesweepers and patrol ships
* Seven attack submarines (plus four ballistic-missile subs that are outside this discussion)
* Fifty Harrier jump jets plus helicopters
Under previous plans, the future fleet, c. 2020, would have maintained its overall size, with:
* Two 65,000-ton Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers, replacing Ark Royal and Illustrious
* Six Type 45 destroyers plus up to 18 Type 26 frigates in place of the current escort force
* Seven new Astute-class subs, supplanting existing vessels
* Up to 138 F-35B jump jets, replacing the Harriers
But the October cuts eliminated:
* Ark Royal
* Illustrious or Ocean
* Two assault ships
* Four frigates
* Probably one of the new, large carriers
* At least one, and possibly several, minesweepers or patrol vessels
* All the Harriers
* All the F-35Bs (around 50 conventional-takeoff F-35Cs would be bought instead)
So the new 2020 Royal Navy will possess:
* Probably one large aircraft carrier
* No large assault ship
* Just four other assault ships
* Nineteen escorts
* Fourteen minesweepers plus maybe some patrol vessels
* Seven submarines
* A total of fewer than 100 ships
This is, I noted last year, a "fleet optimized for nothing."
Under current plans, the Royal Navy circa 2020 will be a very strange force. There will be just six high-end warships to protect two [or one] 65,000-ton super-carrier[s], plus a mixed flotilla [of frigates] numbering just over a dozen. It'll be a top-heavy force with too few destroyers to escort the carriers into a shooting war, and too few frigates to perform day-to-day patrolling during peacetime.
Nearly two years ago, I asked War Is Boring readers to design their own U.S. Navy under realistic projected budgets. Now I'd like to do the same for the new, "austere" Royal Navy. Assuming you must cut around 8 percent of the fleet — by some measure, whether hulls, tonnage or cost — what would you lose? Would you wind up with a top-heavy force, as currently planned?
Here's what I'd want, c. 2020:
* Ocean plus an identical sister ship in place of all aircraft carriers
* Six smaller assault ships
* Seven Type 45 destroyers plus 19 Type 26 frigates
* Eight Astutes
* Twenty minesweepers and patrol ships
* More helicopters in place of fixed-wing jets
And here's why: Rather than one carrier group that's battle-ready just half the time, I want two powerful amphibious groups so that one is always on call. Hence two Oceans and extra escorts. Plus, I want plenty of frigates for counter-piracy and anti-submarine warfare. My surface fleet is optimized for low-intensity warfare, partnership-building and disaster relief. I don't expect major, state-on-state warfare, but if it happens, I have an extra submarine because submarines win shooting wars. I don't have jets because the Type 45s provide my air defense (and missile defense, to boot) and because I don't plan on conducting bombing campaigns. Cruise missiles on my submarines suffice for land strike.
My plan is theoretically affordable, as it forgoes large, expensive carriers. But I realize it is not actually legal. The previous U.K. government signed contracts for the big carriers that made cancellation as expensive as construction. After all, the new carriers are mostly just jobs programs. In truth, there's no easy, legal way out of the top-heavy fleet.
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Dennis Bodine, 62, a Foley resident, surrendered at the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office where he was processed and released on bond. Bodine's arrest stems from an indictment by a Baldwin County grand jury on April 10.
The Attorney General's office says Bodine faces 19 counts of willfully and unlawfully accessing the Alabama Law Enforcement Tactical System (LETS) to look at confidential private information.
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