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6Lindsay Basically Gets Paid for Dumb F-ckery Now
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Now we know why Lindsay Lohan broke her promise to stay in for a quiet New Year's Eve and instead — with her mom in tow — went partying in London. Cold hard cash.
She collected at least $100,000 to celebrate with Brunei's Haji Abdul Azim. Known worldwide as Prince Azim, he throws some of the wildest, most lavish bashes ever, topped off with gift bags stuffed with expensive party favors like iPads and jewelry dripping with diamonds.
Lohan, who claimed to be planning a dinner at home on Monday night, had the party on her schedule for a while, says an insider.
"Prince Azim not only flew her out; he put her up in a beautiful suite in the Dorchester for the weekend and following the party. Her mom, Dina, is also in London with her at the hotel and attended the party," says the source.
Azim, son of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei, is third in line to throne of the small, Southeast Asian nation.
The insider tells us the 30-year-old, celebrity-obsessed prince also paid Lionel Ritchie a whopping $250,000 to come sing for him and Pamela Anderson, a favorite, to come show herself off for $75,000 at the crazy bash, which he holds annually in the 10,300-square-foot ballroom at the five-star Dorchester in Mayfair. Azim's sister, the gorgeous Princess Fadzilah, also buddied up to Lohan at the party.
"He rents the ballroom and does this for his amusement," says our source. "He rents the ballroom and pays stars to show up. Lindsay went because she's that desperate for a paycheck."
In June, Azim threw himself a massive 30th birthday bash at the Dorchester. That time, he flew in his celeb flavors of the month, including Mariah Carey, Chace Crawford, Raquel Welch, Marisa Tomei and Dionne Warwick, who performed a few songs. In 2009, the billionaire prince's holiday gathering was proclaimed party of the year by the British press.
Lohan's father, Michael, told Confidenti@l that he didn't think his daughter's appearance for money was a good idea: "Now she's getting paid for dates?"
100k a pop to just show up at events and pretend like you're still relevant? Gosh, sign me up.
Ha! And you thought your job was easy/awesome/ridiculous/dumb/depressing.
January 4, 2013 at 5:30 pm by Sarah
18LeAnn Rimes in a Bikini, Because Why Not?
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Dum de dum, LeAnn Rimes getting back to her roots of frolicking on the beach sans most of her clothes. Isn't life grand, guys?
Also, here's LeAnn and the ever-present (and more noticeable than ever) Lizzy:
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Lizzy and LeAnn. LeAnn and Lizzy. I guess they're quite the package after all, huh?
January 4, 2013 at 4:30 pm by Sarah
3Jessica Chastain Won't Date Actors, OK? She Won't Do It.
Hey, look! This is the third time in life that we've ever talked about Jessica Chastain—isn't that great? Before you know it, we'll have upskirts and boobslips galore, and aren't you lucky that you got your stuff here first before all of the f-ckery hit the fan*?
In a recent interview with InStyle UK, Jessica talks about dating—and who she won't date.
Here's girlfriend on what it's like to date in Hollywood:
"I have a rule. No actors. I realized I wanted just to be able to hang out with someone… And I didn't want to talk about the business, first of all. I love movies. But I love talking about them like when I was 15 years old. I'm a film fan, but I don't want to talk about auditions or what movie I'm gonna do. I find that so boring."
On her trademark ginger hair:
"There were a couple of times when I thought, 'Maybe I should dye my hair blonde?' Being a redhead and not having very conventionally modern looks, it was confusing for people and they didn't know exactly where to put me."
And finally, Jessica Chastain on how she ended up famous, crazily enough:
"Fame and money have not been my goals. This all happened from independent films. Not big pay cheques."
*I highly doubt that the f-ckery is going to hit the fan with this one, guys. Jess C seems far too classy to be showing us her ladybits in public, you know?
January 4, 2013 at 11:30 am by Sarah
9Miley's Got Another New Small Dog!
From Twitter:
Bean is a little girl. She is a chihuahua mix of some type :) she brought so much sunshine!!! I love my little bean so much.
So, OK. Miley's got a new pet, which is unsurprising, because Miley loves her pets and maybe—maybe—tries to keep a quota on how many she has at a given time. Needless to say, she's recently had an unfortunate opening occur in her canine family, so she's got Bean, now, and gosh, isn't that little doggie cute? Maybe, you know, the cutest little doggie ever?
Congrats to the newly-expanded family!
January 4, 2013 at 10:30 am by Sarah
8Naomi Campbell Got Her Ass Kicked, is in a Wheelchair
From TMZ:
Naomi Campbell reportedly suffered a torn ligament in her leg when she was mugged on a street in Paris.
The supermodel was hailing a cab when she was attacked and robbed by multiple assailants reports the NY Post. The attack — which occurred more than a month ago — left Campbell in a wheelchair and crutches.
The Post says Campbell's boyfriend, Vladimir Doronin, has upped her security since the incident.
When called for comment about the incident, Campbell told the paper, "I am sorry, I do not talk to press, but I am fine."
So I'm not going to make any crass comments about karma and phone-throwing and staff-abusing, because it's never cool when anyone hurts or maims anyone for any reason, but wow. Naomi Campbell, "brutally mugged"? Yikes. Is no one safe these days?
But hey— here's a note of interest: when French police were asked about the incident, they claimed that they had no knowledge whatsoever about an attack on Naomi Campbell or any other non-French traveler in recent weeks. A law enforcement source said, "A high profile celebrity being attacked in Paris would be something everybody remembers. If such a serious crime had taken place then a criminal enquiry would have started by now – especially if the victim ended up in a wheelchair." Naomi, as you can see in the photo above, is indeed in a wheelchair (and not just a wheelchair—a Jazzy).
Naomi, however, was brief in her description of the attack, as noted by TMZ. Despite her brevity, a "friend" tells the New York Post that there was way more to it than just being knocked down and ending up OK—the source said, "It was terrifying [for her]. Naomi believes the assailant had been watching her, casing her out, and waited for a moment to strike when she was alone. She was attacked in the street as she hailed a cab, and robbed. Her leg was injured as she was violently pushed to the ground. She was understandably very upset and shaken up."
Even further bizarre is the fact that other sources are also saying that it would be completely out of character for Naomi to hail a cab—alone—when she's more of a higher-maintenance traveler than that. An employee at a limousine service that Naomi utilized in the past had this to say about his former client's taxi-shunning ways:
"The thought of Naomi Campbell hailing a taxi in the street is laughable, let alone the idea that a gang would attack her. It all sounds absolutely bizarre. Naomi is quite a demanding lady, and always has lots of assistants around her too. She's seldom alone!"
What a weird thing, huh? Get well soon, Naomi!
January 4, 2013 at 9:30 am by Sarah
Kim Kardashian's Ass Wars. [The Superficial]
Kate Bosworth at thirty. Eek. [Lainey Gossip]
Helen Mirren finally receives a star. [Splash]
George Lucas is getting married. [Starpulse]
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson didn't spend the holidays together—dun dun dun. [Cele|bitchy]
Rappers "epic" Twitter fight ends in song. [Huff Po]
Kathy Griffin: you're gross. [The Frisky]
A trailer for Tina Fey's new movie. [I'm Not Obsessed]
A baby's growing in Kim Kardashian's ass. LOL. [Amy Grindhouse]
Space swimwear, huh? [G Celeb]
The young and wild Johnny Depp. [theBERRY]
Gwyneth Paltrow crumps or something. [Yeeeah]
Lindsay Lohan f-cks for plane tickets. [Lainey Gossip]
Julianne Hough says she was abused as a child. [The Superficial]
Kate Moss shows it all again. [Bohomoth]
Selena Gomez: single again. [IDLYITW]
Robin Wright's new boyfriend. [Hollywood PQ]
Kim and Kayne cruise around looking for a new house. [Moe Jackson]
Rihanna's ditching her family and friends for Chris Brown now. [Bossip]


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This is a nice, handmade, all natural, tin balm that feels great and smells good too. I tried the flavor cinnamon citron, which is an interesting mix of mango butter, cinnamon oil, and grapefruit oil. I really like the combination. The flavor and scent are fairly light, so it isn't overwhelming. Made with beeswax and shea butter, the balm manages to be both nicely moisturizing and fairly long lasting. Plus the tin is darn cute!


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Moorhen rescued after tangle with fishing line (From Gazette)
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Moorhen rescued after tangle with fishing line
5:30pm Tuesday 22nd January 2013 in News By Will Lodge, Senior reporter
A WILD bird was rescued after getting tangled in fishing line.
Firefighters and RSPCA officers combined to save the moorhen from a fishing lake in Greenstead.
Fishermen raised the alarm after spotting the distressed bird to free itself from fishing line on an island in the middle of the lake.
The fire brigade sent their technical rescue squad based in Lexden and armed with a boat they quickly managed to free the bird.
It was checked up at a wildlife centre and was found to be unhurt.
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Justice79 wrote:I assume the "technical rescue squad" was USAR who no doubt looked upon it as very useful training.
What a ludicrous waste of time and resources.
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Folks wanting to relive the magic of Star Wars will no longer have to go to a galaxy far, far away.
They'll just have to go to Winter Haven.
Legoland Florida officially opened its new "Star Wars" display Friday morning, and the force was strong at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, which featured an appearance from the Sith Lord himself.
"Come to Legoland and join the dark side," a heavy-breathing Darth Vader said Friday.
Park officials even cut the ribbon with a lightsaber.
The display, which took 2 million Legos to build, will feature scenes from the six "Star Wars" films. Favorites like stormtroopers, the Millennium Falcon, and foreign planets Hoth and Tatooine are included in the display.
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Karen L. Miller, RN, PhD, FAAN, was appointed Dean of the KU School of Health Professions in 1998. She has also served as Dean of the KU School of Nursing since 1996, providing for a unique dual leadership role which continues a decade later. Most recently, she assumed the additional role of Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Dr. Miller has over thirty years experience in health care education and administration.
Dr. Miller completed her baccalaureate degree in nursing at Case Western Reserve University and her Master's and Doctoral degrees from the University of Colorado. Her research has been in the areas of health systems, finance and patient care outcomes. She has published on the organizational context of patient care, financial management of clinical services and healthcare workforce issues. She is President of KU HealthPartners, Inc., a direct clinical services corporation for allied health and nursing professionals. SOURCE: http://healthprofessions.kumc.edu/school/deansbio.htm
Dr. Marjorie Spurrier Sirridge is a distinguished KU School of Medicine alumnus, who graduated first in her medical class in 1944. She specialized in Internal Medicine-Hematology and was subsequently active in teaching and administration at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, where she was one of the founding faculty members. She helped develop the docent system and later became Dean. She was an active mentor and role model for men and women. In addition to her many accomplishments, Dr. Sirridge placed a high value on family life and believed women could achieve great things without sacrificing their personal or family life.
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At the WIMS Annual Dinner on August 18, 2011, Dr. Sirridge was presented with a crystal bowl to commemorate the award in her honor. Drs. Brenda Rongish and Julie Wei made the presentation. The inscription reads, "The Marjorie S. Sirridge, MD Excellence in Medicine and Science Award was established in 2011 by the University of Kansas School of Medicine Women in Medicine and Science Organization, in order to honor and recognize Dr. Sirridge's extraordinary leadership, vision, and years spent serving as a role model and mentor for faculty and students."
To acknowledge the contributions and accomplishments of women faculty in the KU School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and the School of Health Professions. The Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS) organization honors Dr. Sirridge each year by presenting this award to deserving women who manifest Dr. Sirridge's ideals. The award was established March 15, 2011.
Female faculty member in the KU School of Medicine, School of Nursing, or School of Health Professions
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Lions WR Young sent home from facility; inactive for Week 12
Lions head coach Jim Schwartz announced Monday that WR Titus Young will be inactive for the Week 12 game against the Texans.
Packers rally for 24-20 win over Lions
Aaron Rodgers threw two touchdown passes and the Packers came through with a 24-20 win over the Lions on Sunday.
Lions' Suh can impact game outside of statistics
Even if it doesn't show up in his numbers, drawing double-teams is one way in which Lions DT Ndamukong Suh can impact games.
Key matchup: Lions WR Calvin Johnson vs. Packers secondary
PFW's Dan Arkush focuses on Lions WR Calvin Johnson vs. the Packers' secondary in their Week 11 matchup Sunday in Detroit.
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PFW publisher Hub Arkush discusses PFW's weekly "Audibles" feature, which was the source of great controversy leading up to Week 10.
Lions release CB Smith
The Lions released CB Alphonso Smith on Monday, creating room to activate CB Drayton Florence from the short-term injured-reserve list.
NFC North Spin cycle: Bears' QBs come up short
The NFC North race took an interesting turn Sunday with the division-leading Bears falling in a sloppy game and the Vikings beating the Lions.
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How a team motivates itself can go a long way in determining whether it will achieve success or suffer failure in today's NFL, Eric Edholm writes.
Peterson, Vikings race past Lions
Adrian Peterson rushed for 171 yards on 27 carries for the Vikings in a 34-24 victory over the Lions on Sunday afternoon.
Key matchup: Vikings RB Adrian Peterson vs. Lions front seven
Adrian Peterson ran well against the Lions in the teams' first meeting. Now, without Percy Harvin, can Peterson carry the load vs. Detroit?
NFC North Spin cycle: Bears, Packers, Lions surging
The Vikings were the only NFC North team in the loss column in Week Nine as the Bears, Packers and Lions cruised to double-digit wins.
Leshoure paces Lions with three TDs in win
Mikel Leshoure ran for three touchdowns, and the Lions turned in their most complete victory of the season, 31-14 over the Jaguars.
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Sources told Pro Football Weekly that Lions WR Calvin Johnson will be a game-time decision Sunday against the Jaguars.
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The Lions will keep RB Jahvid Best on the reserve/physically-unable-to-perform list, ending his season, the team announced Friday.
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Two of the forks converge in northwest Dallas County. The West Fork flows through Wise and Tarrant Counties into northwest Dallas County. The Elm Fork begins in Montague County and flows south into western Dallas County. The Elm and West Forks merge northwest of downtown Dallas forming the Trinity River.
The City of Irving was founded between the West and Elm Forks of the Trinity and just west of their convergence. Pioneers referred to this region as "between the forks."
Settlers began moving in to the area between the forks of the Trinity River during the 1850s. Throughout the second half of the century, as more people arrived, small farming communities grew up throughout the area. Kit, Union Bower, Twin Wells, Sowers, Bear Creek, Elm, and Estelle were some of the prominent communities.
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The Research Triangle Foundation, which manages the Research Triangle Park, plans to unveil its new master plan at an event on Nov. 9.
The foundation also will announce the selection of a private partner to support redevelopment efforts in the 7,000-acre park. And later this month the park will launch a bus tour across the state that is designed to raise awareness about RTP's role as an economic engine for the state.
"We want to reaffirm the park's founding mission, which is to serve all of North Carolina," said Bob Geolas, the foundation's president and CEO, in a statement. "We should begin that process by getting around the state, meeting with people and hearing about the challenges and opportunities they face."
The bus tour will begin after a kickoff luncheon at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh on Nov. 13.
The relaunching of the park has been a long time coming.
It's been more than two years since the foundation hired a New York urban design firm to update its master plan. It's the first update to the park's master plan since North Carolina legislators created RTP in 1959.
The reimagined RTP will include "Urban Research Service Districts" that are expected to include a mix of retail, restaurants and residential developments. Adding such amenities to the park is a key component of the plan, which seeks to transform RTP from a suburban, isolated campus environment into a place where workers and visitors alike can eat, shop, stay overnight at a hotel and even live.
Although many tenants have continued to invest heavily in their RTP facilities in recent years, the park's leaders have been criticized by some for being too slow to adapt to changing conditions. Many companies today are seeking more collaborative work environments as opposed to the isolated suburban campuses that dot RTP's landscape.
The park is facing increased competition from other high-tech and science clusters that feature more urban settings.
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on Sep 5, 2013 at 10:27 am
Architecturally, the new building looks better than what is there now, which is pretty much a big bland nothing. This definitely isn't another cheesecake.
But, I can't help look at it and wonder where the parking is, and how another large building will affect traffic..
on Sep 5, 2013 at 10:30 am
"City planners, in their analysis, had found the project both compatible with the downtown area and consistent with the Comprehensive Plan"
As far as what the City Planners "found", that goes without saying. It also goes without saying that it isn't.
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It is possible to blend the new and the vintage... San Francisco did it brilliantly around MOMA and the Metro which play so well with the older churches, etc.
Palo Alto is doing a full-on "FAIL" in that respect.
And "better than what's there now" is hardly an endorsement of something we'll have to live with for a very long time. I can see that pitch if it's anything less permanent than a building that costs millions to build.


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Non-Student Tickets Sold Out for FGCU's Clash with No. 1 Alabama
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Non-student tickets are no longer available for the February 15 LaQuinta Inn at the Airport Tournament game between the FGCU softball team and No. 1 Alabama, the athletic department announced Friday.
The matchup between the 2012 A-Sun Champions and the 2012 SEC and National Champions is set to get underway on Friday, Feb. 15 at 8:15 p.m. and is expected to set an attendance record for the FGCU Softball Complex with extra seating being brought in to accommodate the anticipated crowd of 1,000-plus. Seats still remain for current FGCU students who arrive on game day with valid Eagle ID.
FGCU is coming off a 2012 season that ranks as one of the best in program history as they picked up Atlantic Sun regular season and tournament championships on its way to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in Division I. The Eagles were selected to the Gainesville Regional site for the tournament to take on No. 5 Florida and defeated the Gators, 2-1, in the tournament opener to give FGCU its first-ever Division I NCAA Tournament victory.
The Crimson Tide enter the season after a 2012 campaign in which they captured 60 wins and a national championship. Returning for Alabama is junior pitcher and Naples native Jackie Traina who went 42-3 last season with a 1.87 ERA and was named an NFCA All-American for the second straight season.
FGCU's own pitching stud, sophomore Shelby Morgan (High Springs, Fla./Santa Fe HS), was named the 2012 A-Sun Pitcher of the Year after recording 23 wins and a 1.55 ERA in 203.1 innings pitched. Morgan has collected numerous preseason accolades heading into 2013, including A-Sun Preseason Pitcher of the Year and A-Sun Preseason All-Conference first team honors, along with being named College Sports Madness A-Sun Preseason Pitcher of the Year.
The Green and Blue are set to begin their season on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at FIU and will return home just two days later to begin a 10-game homestand that will begin with a 6:00 p.m. first pitch against Wichita State on Friday, February 15. The contest will be followed by the sold out matchup between the Eagles and the Tide.
The FGCU/LaQuinta Inn at the Airport Tournament will get underway at 9 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 15 with Southern Illinois taking on Appalachian State. The tournament will come to a close on Sunday, Feb. 17 with a total of 15 games to be played during the course of the weekend. All-day passes are still available for Saturday and Sunday with tickets costing $6 for adults and $3 for children ages 3 to 12.
For information on the LaQuinta Inn at the Airport Tournament, including game times and participating teams, visit the Tournament Central page. To purchase tickets for Saturday and Sunday of the LaQuinta Inn at the Airport Tournament, visit the FGCU Ticket Office Monday-Friday from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. or call 239-590-7145 for more information.
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It's time to talk music! If there's one gal in the biz who knows how to force us into our dancing shoes, it's Liz Gillies. She's a total rock star. And boy, can she belt! We heart her vocal chops so much, in fact, that we decided to dig up a little throw back clip to give her some extra props. Check out this Victorious music video of Liz singing 'You Don't Know Me!'
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Several people have approached me during recent fundraisers to ask about a rumored list of city and agency official salaries.
The state Supreme Court ruled in August that California cities and agencies must release salaries of those being paid with taxpayers' money. A number of cities had refused to release that information in past years, in particular Union City.
As space and time permitted, we began running stories about those salaries, and finally posted online the list of those making at least $100,000 a year.
The last story we ran looked at Washington Hospital, which turned out to have nine out of the top 10 highest paid public employees in the Tri-City area.
Unfortunately, a number of people missed that story, which ran on Thanksgiving Day, by coincidence.
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On January 8, 2013, the second pickup date, 57 schools released their harvests totaling over 540 sacks! Andre and Derrick continued their work at the docks, alongside the drivers and staff of Perfect Courier.
The pickup season is here! We've coordinated Penny Pickup for 571 schools throughout New York City, the remaining coaches from 56 schools have opted to mail in the collections and some will join their student leaders in personally delivering sacks to the Common Cents' office!
On January 7, 2013, the first pickup date, 54 schools released their harvests totaling 685 sacks! School Support Fellow Shari McDonald, Administration and Data Associate Jordan Conan and Pickup Interns Andre and Derrick verified all Pickup Receipts and packaged the sacks for our counting house near the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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Welcome to the Box Office Report, where being on the ground is perfectly fine with us. The rest of you can enjoy space when everyone moves to the moon because we've ruined the earth beyond repair. Somehow space doesn't seem appealing right now.
1. Gravity (Warner): $55 million in 3,571 theaters
Everyone took The Atlantic Wire's Richard Lawson's advice and saw Gravity this weekend. The Sandra Bullock-led film posted the biggest October debut ever, besting 2011's Paranormal Activity 3 ($52.6 million). Besides Gravity earning nearly universal critical praise, the massive first weekend take can also be attributed to inflated 3D ticket prices: roughly 80 percent of people saw Gravity in 3D.
2. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (Sony): $21 million in 4,001 theaters [Week 2]
The only other big earner was Cloudy, thanks to the film's big debut weekend and a lack in alternatives for kids at the movies right now. If meatballs is the only thing on the menu then it's the only things kids will eat.
3. Runner Runner (Fox): $7.6 million in 3,026 theaters
The world was not impressed with another Justin Timberlake appearance on the big screen. Even pairing him with Batman couldn't convince people to see his latest movie. That means the N*sync revival at the VMAs was probably his best reviewed work this year.
4. Prisoners (Warner): $5.7 million in 3,236 theaters [Week 3]
Jake Gyllenhaal's got a thing for cops, apparently. His performances in last year's End of Watch and Prisoners earned him some of his best praise in years. Perhaps, if he doesn't get any award buzz this year, picking up another roll as a cop will finally put him over the top. The third time's the charm, right?
5. Rush (Universal): $4.4 million in 2,308 theaters [Week 2]
It seems F1 racing can never carry a movie in American theaters. By all accounts Rush is the best racing movie, no matter the vehicle, since Days of Thunder and yet no one wants to watch it.


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The cruise itinerary was ,Genoa,Barcelona,Tunis,Valletta,Messina,Rome(Civitavecchia).As we booked direct we bought or flights separate,going to Rome (CIA).Easy Bus/Train to Rome Termini(10 Euros)all of us.and then train to Civitavecchia,(16Euros )then short walk to port to catch coach.On arrival very busy,drinks soft drinks laid on, took a bit of time boarding.on first impressions looks impressive,Rooms were very nice couldn't fault them. hairdryer,minibar nice king size bed 2 fold up beds for kids which came down when we went to dinner.That was my first complaint,As we had kids with us it seemed the cabin porter was just waiting around outside every night for us to leave.it seemed to put you in a bit of a rush,instead of relaxing,after all I'm on holiday,was a bit regimented like being in the Army.We had the All inclusive package (Allegrissimo).Which was needed with 2 kids.Cocktails,beers.spirits,wine by the glass, were included,Ice cream,cakes,smoothies for kids.
This was £38 adults £19 Kids,If you don't drink or may have 1 or 2 on night then i wouldn't bother,but it is expensive for alcohol.The package was sometimes not known by the staff as it just got revamped.You can only have wine by the glass and is a bit limited,Dearest was about 6 euros a glass mostly Italian wine,Beers,bottles of Beck, Corona,Heineken,Bulmers cider ,Stella ,Draught lager as well.all about 5,50 euros a bottle.and most premium spirits ,with mixers about 7,50 euros about the same as cocktails.But you can get Malt whiskeys and Remy Martin XO cognac on this which was 12 euros a shot! Just have 3 of those you've got your money back!.Ice creams and cakes were included in the cafe bar.Also room service (not Drinks)just food sandwiches,and all mini bar drinks,If you dont get this package dont forget theres 15% added on the bill.Personally if you like a few drinks then get this package.This starts as soon as you get on to you leave.Make the most of it!..


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CATEGORIES Movies, Coming Soon, HorrorTwo days ago, Bruce Campbell confirmed via Twitter that a remake of 'The Evil Dead' is most definitely happening. Today, we have the unfortunate privilege of informing you that, while he'll most likely still be involved in some way, Sam Raimi will not be directing the remake. Now that he's already got his hands full with 'Oz: The Great and Powerful,' it looks like the honor of revamping one of the best horror movies ever made is going to newcomer Fede Alvarez.
Disappointing news, considering how great 'Drag Me to Hell' was, but then again, 'Evil Dead 2' was as much a loose remake of the original as it was a sequel, so we don't think Raimi is too torn about passing the torch on the franchise that gave him his big break. Nevertheless, Alvarez has his work cut out for him, especially since he's never made a feature film before.
Hit the jump to see Alvarez's short film, 'Panic Attack!' and judge for yourself whether he's got he chops to do the original justice.
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Habitat for Humanity International marks its 800th Campus Chapter
MANILA, Philippines, March 8, 2004 – Students working to help low-income families realize the dream of homeownership will come together at the International School-Manila to celebrate the 800th Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter worldwide.
As part of the day's events on March 13, students will raise walls and pound nails in the community of San Pedro, Laguna, building houses with families currently living in shacks. Millard and Linda Fuller, who founded Habitat for Humanity, also will join the students in their celebration.
"The future of Habitat for Humanity's movement lies with young people," said Millard Fuller. "I am thankful to the many dedicated students who are working hard to make a difference in people's lives by helping to raise money or build Habitat homes. It is a remarkable achievement that students and faculty around the world have come together to create 800 campus chapters."
The first campus chapter was founded in 1987 at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. A year later, the first high school campus chapter formed at Marist School in Atlanta. In 1990, the first international campus chapter began at the University of Technology in Lae, Papua New Guinea. Today, campus chapters exist in 47 U.S. states and throughout the world on six continents and in 28 countries.
"The growing number of students involved with Habitat for Humanity bring their energy and enthusiasm to help people in need," said Kathy Saad, manager, Habitat for Humanity International's Campus Chapters and Youth Programs department. "Campus chapters give students a chance to get involved in their local communities and to further Habitat's mission."
Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapters are independent, student-led organizations that work to eliminate substandard housing. Working in partnership with local Habitat affiliates, campus chapters build houses and raise funds and awareness. Campus chapters also are actively involved with national programs such as Collegiate Challenge Spring Break, HabiFest and Youth United. Habitat's Campus Chapters and Youth Programs has raised more than seven million dollars to build simple, decent homes.
Habitat for Humanity International is a Christian ministry dedicated to eliminating poverty housing. Founded by Millard Fuller, along with his wife, Linda, Habitat for Humanity International and its affiliates in more than 3,000 communities in 92 nations have built and sold more than 150,000 homes to partner families with no-profit, zero-interest mortgages. www.habitat.org [1].


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Berea, OH (SportsNetwork.com) - The Cleveland Browns announced Tuesday that the team has activated guard Jason Pinkston from the injured reserve list.
Pinkston, a 16-game starter as a rookie in 2011, was tabbed as Cleveland's designated to return player after sustaining a significant ankle sprain during the preseason. He also battled medical issues a year ago, as a blood clot in his lung limited him to just six games in 2012.
The 26-year-old had been slated to begin the season as the Browns' starting right guard prior to his ankle injury.
Cleveland waived offensive tackle Rashad Butler in a corresponding move. The eight-year veteran had seen action in all nine games this season as a backup.
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Police are investigating a late night robbery that has a man in critical condition.
It happened just before midnight on the 2600 block of West Lehigh Street.
Police say the 23-year-old man was shot in the chest after chasing a man that snatched his girlfriend's purse. Investigators believe the gunman got away on foot with about 300 dollars in cash. The suspect is described as a thin male with tattoos on his face.
Police say that the purse snatching was random, and the couple was not threatened before the purse was snatched.
The victim was transferred to Temple University hospital.
There are several businesses in the area that have surveillance, so Northwest detectives are actively trying to find any footage captured of the suspect. This robbery shooting comes a week after the deadly robbery in Northern Liberties. It's not clear if there's any connection
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As director Eric Schaeffer sat down to read a new version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's first less-than-fabulously-successful show, Allegro, he found "So many places. So many times. So many scenes. The only way to tell the story was to go with projections."
To that end, he brought in Michael Clark, who had designed projections for Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Schaeffer's small (136-seat) Signature Theatre in the Washington DC suburb of Arlington, VA. Clark saw that projections were essential to tell this story of the life of a man from birth to divorce and career crises. He points out that "the show was originally conceived as a projection show but they were constrained by the technology of the day. We've come a long way since then and now we can do a lot of things either easier or better or cheaper or more reliably."
Allegro opened on Broadway in 1947 following the phenomenal success of Rodgers and Hammerstein's first two shows, Oklahoma! and Carousel which averaged runs of over 1,500 performances. Allegro ran 315 performances and closed in the red. Some saw it as way ahead of its time, others thought it a flawed effort to expand theatrical boundaries. It is rarely revived, perhaps because it required vast resources to mount. The original run had a cast of 18 principals, 22 dancers, 38 singers, 35 musicians and 40 stagehands!
With the encouragement of Dena Hammerstein, widow of Oscar's son James, Joe DiPietro adapted Hammerstein's book in a way that requires far fewer resources and seems to be meeting with audience approval. In his version the small town where the hero is raised is in Kansas and then he practices medicine in New York. This gave Clark a head start in the selection of suitable projections as he delved into photo collections for shots of small Midwestern towns, ivey-covered colleges and New York.
The original design by Jo Mielziner had been innovative in a number of ways, not the least of which was the use of projections. Clark says "I had a fairly complete book of press photos of the original production and, of course, I was very aware that Mielziner's original was a projection intensive design. But, just like the play had been reinvented and reworked, so was the design. It is still in the spirit of the original. But where that production had roll-on/roll-off furniture with such a massive cast, we had a minimalist set and smaller cast. Our design is evocative of and pays homage to the original production but I think the new book gave us license to use the technology of today to tell the story."
For the set, Schaeffer selected Eric Grims who designed last season's 110 In The Shade. Grims envisioned a number of platforms in a horseshoe shaped structure with furniture pallets sliding on and off. But Grims says, "Schaeffer's approach was simplify, simplify, simplify (or simply cut, cut, cut.) Soon, there wasn't a single piece of furniture."
Sightlines required the side walls of the "horseshoe" to close in at the back. The final configuration had the downstage opening at 32 feet but the back wall only 20 feet from side to side. Grims said that "purely by accident, the result is fantastically acoustic" with the ten-piece orchestra on a raised platform behind and above the rear wall.
Schaeffer suggested glass bricks as a possible visual element but the use of projections on the rear wall dictated a different surface. The front risers of the platforms presented an opportunity to go with the glass brick look. Since glass bricks don't come in the size needed, Grims built the risers out of clear Plexiglas covered with painted scrim. They look solid until lit from behind by three strands of white and amber Christmas tree lights. Grims said he had to buy out the entire after-Christmas sale stock of three Kmarts, two Targets and a Wal-Mart to get as many lights as he needed.
The image of Grims heading off to Kmart is a good metaphor for the budget challenge of the project. Clark says that budget may have dictated a single projection device but that it wasn't the reason for front instead of rear projection. "I like projections washing over the actors and — if there had been any — the furniture. Yes, it requires a great amount of control. But we can now control where a projection is and, even more importantly, where it isn't. Properly done, it adds depth and interest to the look."
Clark is proud of the fact that all of the photos used are time-appropriate. He loaded black and white originals into Photoshop and digitally tinted them to create appropriate looks — warm yellows and ambers for Kansas, greenery for the college campus scenes (including the image accompanying the brief musical snippet from Rodgers and Hart's "Mountain Greenery"), black and white tinged with a subtle steel-like blue for New York.
Motion was important as well. Clark not only had projections sliding right and left, he had sequences with images that built on each other. To subtly reinforce a line in the script that read "a lot of life can happen in two years," he created a montage of the Empire State Building rising. In his research he had been struck by the fact that the highest building in the world of its time had gone up in just two years, 1930-31. He used a period photo of the building, erased more and more of the upper floors and projected it in reverse in a simple match dissolve.
All of the effects are projected by Sanyo's 45-pound PLC-XF30 5200 lumen projector using Dataton's Watchout software. The show's entire set of projections is contained in a 3.2 gigabyte file.
Veteran lighting designer Ken Billington joined the project in his first Signature production. He found it a "bizarre space," a black-box theatre with no flies in a converted chrome-plating foundry. Billington did his original design work without actually seeing the house. "I first got into the space about a week before tech," he says. They rented an ETC, Inc. Obsession 600 console but used the house lighting sets.
Billington has done a lot of projection shows in his career and says he has learned to reject the notion that, "if it's a projection show it doesn't need light." Actually, he says, "washing the surfaces (with light) helps the projections," giving the surfaces depth. "The key is that you need to work with the projection designer, talking things through and making sure everyone is working toward the same thing."
Collaboration between all designers was essential. An example is the development of an idea that struck Schaeffer the first time he read the script. Since the central character's mother, father, and grandmother all die but remain in the show as observers of his life, Schaeffer wanted some effect that symbolized the release of their spirits. He described it as a "whoosh" in his conversations with frequent collaborator, sound designer Tony Angelini.
Angelini built a sound/cue from wind and other elements and Billington worked in a light cue that synchronized with the "spirit's release." Then Clark came up with the idea of reversing the projections' polarity. At the first preview they were surprised to see that the audience didn't seem to quite "get it." Angelini stretched the sound 0.8 seconds and Schaeffer worked with the actors to create responses that, in Billington's phrase, "didn't look like someone just hit the wrong button on the light board." Finally audiences not only "got it," the meaning of those moments is a frequently heard topic of conversation in the lobby at intermission and after the show.
As with most musicals mounted at Signature, Allegro doesn't use mikes for the singers. Angelini likens a Signature musical to a continuation of the dialogue between orchestra and singers that begins with the sitzprobe. As to soundscape, Allegro uses "maybe nine or ten different effects" said Angelini, listing such things as a doppler-shifted train for the entrance to New York, boat whistles and fog horns behind a reference to a cruise and bird songs to reinforce the father's plea for the son to come home to Kansas where the birds sing.
Schaeffer says that "since the set would be so plain in order to be a screen for the projection, we wanted to make the costumes carry more of the storytelling weight — they had to help establish who these people are, where they are and in what time. They also had to provide texture and a feeling of life to the production." Gregg Barnes, who worked with Schaeffer on Signature's premiere of The Rhythm Club, was given the assignment. He concentrated his research on the clothing of the times and places, using group photos from the Midwest and street scenes of New York. "I tried to make it look like life did in those photos rather than go with a traditional musical theatre look" he says, adding "the Big City costumes are richer and classier than reality — I wanted the audience to say, 'I wish I dressed like that.'"
Very few of the costumes were made from scratch. Instead, Barnes drew from stocks from his years at Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey and some of the remnants in his own collection including costumes from Side Show, which he designed on Broadway. Another major source was the Metropolitan Vintage Clothing Shows in New York. "We used lots of vintage stuff altered by the crew and only about six costumes from scratch — mostly things that had to be multiples like the bridesmaids' dresses," he says.
"I brought Sky Switzer down with me [to assist] but the rest of the work was done on site by costume shop manager Jenn Miller's marvelous crew. Not only are the audiences tremendously loyal at Signature, so are the volunteers," says Barnes. Miller says she hired Gabriele Vincent and Holly Petty for the project to augment her two volunteers, Barbara Travis and June Nagler. Cooperation within the Washington DC theatre community is legendary and the scarves for the production are a case in point — they were knitted by E. Brooke Marshall, a production assistant at the Shakespeare Theatre across the Potomac River from Signature.
They even enlisted the help of cast members from earlier Signature productions. "Actors from previous shows often come by to see friends, talk shop, share some coffee and sew on some buttons or beads," says Miller. Steven Cupo, who won the Helen Hayes Award for his Emcee in Cabaret at Signature, volunteered to remove a beaded up velvet collar from a vintage cape, make a pattern and create a replacement.
Just another example of how theatre — especially musical theatre — is a collaborative endeavor.
Brad Hathaway is the editor/reviewer of Potomac Stages (www.PotomacStages.com) covering theatre in Washington DC and its Maryland and Virginia suburbs. He can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Birth Defects Associated With Antidepressants
Since September 2005, information has been emerging that certain antidepressants may cause birth defects, including cardiac (heart), pulmonary (lung), neural-tube defects (brain and spinal cord), craniosynostosis (skull defect), infant omphalocele (abdominal wall defects), club foot (one or both feet turn downward and inward), and anal atresia (complete or partial closure of the anus), among others. We are currently investigating whether or not the following antidepressants also cause such birth defects:
Our legal birth defects team consists of 10 attorneys from two prestigious law firms that have more experience handling antidepressant birth defect cases than any other firm in the country. Through our litigation and consultation with medical experts, we are establishing the link between antidepressants and the following congenital defects:
PPHN: Persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN) is a serious and life-threatening lung condition that occurs soon after birth of the newborn. Babies with PPHN have high pressure in their lung blood vessels and are not able to get enough oxygen into their bloodstream. About 1 to 2 babies per 1000 babies born in the U.S. develop PPHN shortly after birth, and often they need intensive medical care.
On July 19, 2006, the FDA issued a Public Health Advisory for SSRIs, including Celexa (citalopram), Fluvoxamine, Lexapro (escitalopram), Symbyax (olanzapine and fluoxetine) and Zoloft (sertraline) based on a study that suggests there may be additional risks of SSRI medications during pregnancy. In this study, PPHN (Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn) was six times more common in babies whose mothers took an SSRI antidepressant after the 20th week of the pregnancy compared to babies whose mothers did not take an antidepressant.
Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman and Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc. (RCRSD) are working together to prosecute the firms' antidepressant birth defects and PPHN cases. Both law firms are recognized preeminent plaintiff firms in the forefront of antidepressant litigation. Our attorneys have successfully handled over 3,000 SSRI-antidepressant cases in the past two decades.
Both firms have many years of experience handling pharmaceutical product liability, mass tort litigation and consumer class actions against major drug companies. They have been representing families in antidepressant birth defect cases since 2006. Anyone in need of an antidepressant birth defect lawyer should contact us for a free, no obligation consultation.


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Mystinus is derived from the Greek word for "priest" in reference to the species dark color. Blue rockfish were known as peche pretre (priest fish) to nineteenth-century Portuguese fishermen in Monterey (central California), while Puget Sound fishermen of the period called them black bass. The blue rockfish is a medium-sized, midwater rockfish important in both the recreational and commercial catches in California, and it is the most abundant rockfish in central California kelp beds.
Distribution, Stock Structure and Migration
Blue rockfish range from the Sitka Straight, Alaska to Punta Banda, Baja California, and from surface waters to a maximum depth of 1800 feet. They are less common south of the northern Channel Islands and north of Eureka, California.
It is believed that the last exceptionally strong year class of blue rockfish in central California occurred in 1993 and 1998. The late 1970s showed all time low recruitment, with 2006 among the three lowest recruitment years estimated.
No information is available regarding genetically discernable substocks of blue rockfish. However, genetic preliminary evidence has suggested two species of blue rockfish may exist in California.
Movement and migration studies of blue rockfish have determined them to be residential. Most authors report movement of less than 6 miles. In addition, tagging studies of adult blue rockfish indicate they rarely migrate laterally along the coast. While studies show adult blue rockfish populations are more or less discreet at each fishing port, it is not known how much larval drift occurs between fishing areas.
Age and Growth
Blue rockfish, sex unspecified, have been aged to a maximum of 44 yr using scales or otoliths. Rockfishes in general are considered to be slow-growing fishes. However, blue rockfish are among the faster growing rockfishes. First year growth may vary from 3.0 to 4.5 in., and after 2 yr blues may reach 6 inches. Anglers may catch an occasional 2- or 3-yr old blue rockfish, but most do not recruit to the sport and commercial fisheries until 4 to 7 yr of age when they range from 8 to 10 inches. Females grow at a slightly faster rate than males.
Reproduction, Fecundity and Seasonality
Age at first maturity for males has been found to vary between 3 yr (7.5 in. TL) and 4 yr (9.0 in. TL). For females, age at first maturity has been found to vary between 2 yr and 5 yr (10 in. TL). Age at 50% maturity for males has been found to vary between 3 yr and 7 yr (10.2 in. TL). For females, age at 50% maturity has varied from 4 yr to 6 yr (11.4 in. TL).
Studies in central California have shown that in males the gonads increase in size from May to July, but in females the eggs begin maturing from July to October. Mating takes place in October, but the embryos do not begin to develop until December when the eggs are fertilized by the stored sperm. Embryos develop within the female and hatch immediately upon being released into water; larval release usually peaks in mid-January.
Blue rockfish are thought to spawn once a year. Larvae are planktonic for four to five months, where they may be carried many miles by ocean currents. Young-of-the-year blue rockfish begin to appear in the kelp canopy and shallow rocky areas by late April or early May when they are about 1.2 to 1.4 in. in length.
Predator/Prey Relationships
Feeding habits vary considerably depending upon life history stage, depth, and locality. As larvae, blue rockfish are planktivorous and are known to feed on nauplii and invertebrate eggs as well as copepods. As adults they remain primarily planktivorous and are considered to be omnivorous/zooplanktivorous. They feed on jellyfish, tunicates, thaliaceans, algae, small crustaceans, and small fish.
Adults are subject to predation by other rockfish, lingcod, sharks, dolphins, seals, sea lions, and possibly river otters. Juveniles fall prey to other rockfishes, lingcod, cabezon, salmon, marine birds and porpoises.
Blue rockfish are commonly associated with other nearshore fish species, particularly other rockfishes. In a broad area along the entire Monterey Peninsula extending out to 240 feet deep, blue rockfish were the predominant species and were in close association with olive, yellowtail, and blacks.
Critical Habitat
Larval blue rockfish are pelagic. In the spring, YOY begin to appear in the kelp canopy, shallow rocky areas and nearshore sand-rock interface. Adults inhabit the midwater and pelagic areas around high-relief rocky reefs, within and around the kelp canopy and around artificial reefs. They are common in kelp beds, where food is plentiful and protection from predators is provided. In the kelp beds, they form both loose and compact aggregations.
Status of Stocks
In 2007, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife completed a stock assessment for blue rockfish in California waters, north of Point Conception. The assessment indicated the blue rockfish population is at 29.9% of the virgin biomass. They are one of the most important recreational species in California for anglers fishing from skiffs and Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessels, and is usually the most frequently caught rockfish north of Point Conception. This species truly has been the bread and butter of the nearshore recreational angler in central California.
Information on this page was originally presented in the Nearshore Fishery Management Plan (these profiles updated July, 2010).


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Color Coded Lyrics for Dal★Shabet's "B.B.B. (Big Baby Baby)"
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She got that Something. You're not enough for me, stop baby. You may seem chic but your eyes are shaking as you look at me. You need to work on it some more (TVXQ-Something)
Color Coded Lyrics for TVXQ's "Something".
Maybe you felt guilty at my guess. I caught you off guard and you're so out of it. Why, are you scared all of a sudden? Let go of my hand, don't lie to me! (Girl's Day-Something)
Color Coded Lyrics for Girl's Day's "Something".
Look carefully at what I'm going to do now. If it's you, I don't care about saving my body. Just say the name, whoever it is. I will bring them all here. Tick tock tick tock, may it all be fulfilled (VIXX-Voodoo Doll)
Color Coded Lyrics for VIXX's "Voodoo Doll".
Still hating you, who has let me go. My frigidly cooled heart is still. Missing You, Missing You, Missing You, Missing you, Missing You (2NE1-Missing You)
Color Coded Lyrics for 2NE1's "Missing You".
Put your hands up like the country's been liberated. Run like you'll twist your ankles. Shake it like you have a spasm. Everyone sing along, Ringa-Linga-Ring, Ringa-Linga-Ring (TaeYang-Ringa Linga)
Color coded lyrics for TaeYang's "Ringa Linga".
I hear the breathing. My body is melting down. I can't take it I can't hold it in. I'm running out of breath. I can't think straight. I can't control it. I'm losing control. What's wrong with me? Hurry hurry boy. I want you (miss A-Hush)
Color Coded Lyrics for miss A's "Hush".
My Oh My Oh My Oh My~ Trouble is promised when I'm with you. Liar Liar Liar Liar. There's no home for you here anymore. My Oh My Oh My Oh My (Girls' Generation/SNSD-My Oh My)
Color Coded Lyrics for Girls' Generation/SNSD's "My Oh My".
WIN: Who is Next? – WINNER
The competition is over, and the viewers have voted: Team A has won and will be YG's newest boy group since 2006 with BIGBANG!
But though the show is over, that doesn't mean we fans can't enjoy what both teams have to offer! YG released an album of the recorded tracks the teams performed live on the show.
Team A
Go Up
Just Another Boy
Team B
Just Another Boy
FUN FACT: The "Just Another Boy" song appeared 3 years ago on 2NE1 TV Season 2 when BIGBANG was on. It sounds like it was originally going to be apart of their "Tonight" mini album, but it must not have made the cut.
Starts at 20:56 (You can even hear T.O.P rap "You say I'm Just Another Boy")
She's mine, don't touch her. Don't you know what I'm saying? No matter who you are, I can't give her up. She's mine, don't talk to her. Don't you know what I'm saying? She's my one and only girl. She's Mine (UKISS-She's Mine)
Color Coded Lyrics for UKISS's "She's Mine".


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Last weekend over dinner, I engaged in a spirited discussion with Mickey Lichtman and Jon Sciambi about a singularly vexing question: What's happened to the hitters?
Hitting went way up in 2006 and stayed (almost) there in 2007.
Hitting was down a bunch in 2008 and stayed there in 2009.
Hitting was really down a bunch in 2010 and dropped a bit more in 2011.
Now, there's an easy and obvious explanation: STEROIDS.
The problem with that explanation is-- well, actually, there are a couple of problems.
One is that the current drug policy was instituted in 2006; that season, three players were suspended for 50 games. But offense was (again) up that season and held steady the next. Why the dramatic decline in 2008, and again in 2010? Do the numbers support the notion that
The other problem is that nobody's yet found a clear relationship between hitting statistics and steroid use. Yes, I know. Mark McGwire. Sammy Sosa. Et cetera, & ad infinitum. I'm just saying that if you actually try to nail down the actual impact of steroids on hitting statistics, it's a slippery thing. Especially when you consider the fact that pitchers were using drugs, too.
Anyway, my personal opinion is that the drug policy has made a difference, but perhaps not in the obvious ways that would precisely explain what's happened to hitting stats these last few years. Other factors might include weather, a conspiracy to deaden the baseballs, new pitcher-friendly ballparks, just your usual random variation, etc.
Those are the things we talked about last week, over dinner. Without coming to a satisfactory conclusion.
And then, as if magically summoned by our little troika of baseballites last Friday night, here comes Dave Golebiewski at BaseballAnalytics.org, with some stunning data that somehow I had never seen. Here, for the last four seasons, are the percentages of taken pitches in the strike zone -- as measured by PITCHf/x -- that were actually called for strikes by the umpire:
2008 74.5
2009 76.3
2010 78.9
2011 79.1
That's a massive increase.
Nut graf from Golebiewski:
Those extra strikes have massive effect over the course of a full season. The difference between 2008's called strike rate on in-zone pitches taken and 2011's rate amounted to an extra 5,732 called strikes on hitters. The difference between a called ball and a called strike is about 0.15 runs. Multiply that by 5,732 and you have a nearly 860 run decrease compared to 2008's rate. That's 0.35 runs per game, or nearly the entire difference between 2008 and 2011 run scoring.
And there are some nifty graphics with heat maps showing precisely where all those extra strikes have been getting called: just above the knees. What's more, the umpires are still missing a bunch of them down there.
Or maybe they're not. The PITCHf/x strike zone can't be perfect, due to what defines the batter's natural stance. But it's pretty damned close. And this strongly suggests something that I've suspected for a few years: As much as we piss and moan about the umpires, they have been improving, presumably because a) PITCHf/x gives MLB a great teaching tool, and b) PITCHf/x exposes the umpires' missed calls, so they're trying harder to miss fewer calls.
I'm not saying this explains everything. But it sure goes a long way, doesn't it? Maybe it's really as simple as the umpires calling the strike zone that's in the freaking rule book. More often, anyway.
Update/Corrections: Via the comments at The Book Blog, we find that a) it's actually 0.17 runs per game rather than 0.35, and b) there's a lot of play in the measured strike zone, as defined by Golebiewski. So it's hard to say exactly what impact, if any, the umpires have had on scoring. As always, the search continues...