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So far, sabermetrically speaking, the Cardinals are the best team in baseball. Their offensive wins above replacement level far outpaces even the Yankees, 11.3 to 8.5. Although both teams are in 2nd place in their respective divisions, so far this year they seem to be the powerhouses of MLB. The Reds come in 3rd in offensive WAR, not too far behind the Yanks. The Rays (the other first place team) are tied with the Royals (!)...
Looking at weighted on base average, the Cards and Yankees are still on top, and the Reds are close. The Rays fall to the middle of the pack in offense. However, the 1st place Rays are also first in the majors in defensive value. The Padres, Cardinals (tied) and Yankees are 6th and 7th in defense, so perhaps the Cardinals have not been as bad as the perception has been to start the season (Reds and Brewers are 10th and 11th in defense).
The biggest surprise of the season, the Cleveland Indians, are 6th in the majors in offense (wOBA-speaking), top 10 in ERA, and 11th in FIP, and middle of the pack in fielding. Their relief corps have been a bit better than their starters, stabilizing their gameplan. To compare, the Cards are middle of the pack in relief, but so far they have had great success with their starters. Overall the Cardinals are 7th in FIP and 10th in ERA. Interestingly, the team's ERA and FIP are nearly identical (3.54 and 3.56).
A question that may be interesting to ask about the Indians, is are they getting lucky? Pitching-wise, teams have only had a .275 BABIP against them. The lowest BABIP by a staff is the Rays', so their pitching success has probably been a bit of an illusion. But the Indians should be able to somewhat continue that success. offensively, the Indians' BABIP is just a tad over .300, so they haven't been especially lucky there either. The Cardinals (and Cubs), however, have both been really lucky offensively with BABIPs over .325. The Yankees have been actually pretty unlucky, despite the offensive rates they have accomplished.
To switch gears, I'm not really sure how the Tigers are 22-18. They are in the middle of the pack in pitching, offense, and fielding. Chalk it up to being in the AL Central, who have only had one dominant team. The Angels have been off to a great start, but also due to being in a weak division. Their fielding is superb, and top 10 in offense. Their primary area of weakness is their bullpen, which I'm sure has caused their fanbase some pause. Their bullpen ERA is passable, but not impressive. Their FIP is pretty bad though, so going forward there may be some nail biting. To put it bluntly, the Angels bullpen have been getting pretty lucky. But good enough for first place in the AL West.
To probably no one's surprise, the Phillies have been the team to beat so far. While their offense has only been adequate, they have the best pitching staff in the majors. While their bullpen has been really lucky, I don't know that it will come close to offsetting the production of their devastating starting pitching (rocking a 2.39 FIP right now!!). One area of concern going forward for the Phillies is their defense, which is not all that great. But who could challenge the Phillies in the NL East? Turns out the Marlins and Braves are pretty damn good too.
The Marlins have an impressively good fielding team so far. They are top 10 in pitching, but with a .270 BABIP against, so likely they are not quite this good. However, their offense is more middle of the pack, so they will probably drop off before too long. But who knows... The Braves are worse at defense, but have been more unlucky by BABIP. So they have more room for improvement and could swap places with the Marlins offensively, going forward. The spot where the Braves could match up well with the Phillies is in pitching. They have the 2nd best pitching staff in the majors, but have a far superior bullpen to the Phillies (their starters are 4th in MLB). The Braves weakness so far has been in fielding though, so this could hurt their pitching.
So what of the Brewers? Their pitching has been quite nice so far, and that has been without their ace for most of the season. So far in 2 starts, Greinke is 1-1 and has the weird stats of 5.40 ERA and a 1.56 FIP. This is of course a small sample size distortion. But I think his 13.5 K:9 and .9 BB:9 is pretty impressive so far. Their bullpen has been pretty decent too. Fielding-wise, Milwaukee is actually one spot ahead of the Cardinals so far, good for 8th in MLB. Despite this, they are tied with the Pirates so far in the season.
What's left? The NL West... The Giants are in first out there, with a very impressive bullpen and great starters. Their fielding is not going to save them many runs, but with great pitching across the board, do they need it that much? Offensively, they have been the victim of a .280 BABIP, but maybe they are just not very good at hitting. Their .297 team wOBA seems to agree with that sentiment. The 2nd place Rockies have been a little better offensively with a .313 wOBA (.275 BABIP). They are also much better at fielding.... BUT, their pitching is pretty weak thus far. They are rocking a .269 BABIP, but are still only ahead of 7 teams in the majors in pitching.
Back to the Royals... I mentioned them briefly, but you look at their 7.5 team WAR and it is good for 6th in the majors on offense. However, their pitching has been even more impressive, but in a bad way. 2nd worst pitching in the majors by WAR. Their fielding is average, so this team will probably just finish in 3rd place at best I'd guess. The last place team in the AL Central is suprisingly the Twins, the worst hitting team in MLB. They have been pretty unlucky in BABIP though at .264. Here are the most unfortunate teams in MLB offensively.
And the most fortunate pitching staffs. (all stats courtesy of fangraphs.com)


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After the Gulf War, President George H. W. Bush was riding high. In March, 1991, some 89 percent of Americans approved of his job performance. By August of the following year, his approval rating had toppled to 29 percent.
What happened? Recession.
Political strategist James Carville capitalized on the downturn, and he kept Bill Clinton's election workers on track by hanging a sign in campaign headquarters with three key messages on it. It read:
Change vs. more of the same
The economy, Stupid
Don't forget health care
Although originally intended for campaign insiders, "It's the economy, Stupid" became an important slogan during Clinton's first presidential run. That's not surprising. Several studies have shown that, indeed, voters are sensitive to prosperity and, especially, to economic setbacks when they're picking a president.
But, are some voters more sensitive than others? Does the local economy matter more to voters than the national one? How far back do voters' memories go when looking at economic data? One year? Two? All the way back to the beginning of an incumbent party's administration?
These are some of the questions behind research conducted by Jonathan Ketcham, an assistant professor and economist at the W. P. Carey School of Business, who teamed up with Daniel Eisenberg of the University of Michigan to conduct his investigation. Although Ketcham notes that "many factors go into determining people's votes," he also says his findings confirm conventional political wisdom: The economy does matter.
"Part of what triggered this analysis is the fact that there were county-level voting data available for the first time," Ketcham explains. Up until that point, he says, data sets only presented information on a state or national level. County-level data offered opportunities to link voter behavior back to local economic conditions and demographics.
Study results suggest that what matters most to voters is the national economy, not state or local ones. The researchers also found voters hold incumbent parties responsible for what happened in the year directly preceding a presidential election.
In local news …
To perform their investigation, Ketcham and Eisenberg examined nationwide, county-by-county data on voting between 1972 and 2000 and national data from 1932 to 2000. The two also tapped data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Consumer Price Index, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis to see if and how the economy filters into the voting booth.
That local snapshot provided Ketcham with a few surprising pictures. One was that counties with larger black populations appeared more sensitive to economic conditions. "The conventional wisdom is that black voters are strongly affiliated with the Democratic party," Ketcham says.
Had that been true, those voters would have voted along party lines, not in response to economic troubles or triumph, "But, that isn't what we found at all," Ketcham notes. Other research has shown that economic downturns hit people with low socioeconomic status harder, and these results suggest that it makes a difference in how black voters cast their ballots.
Elderly voters were less sensitive to unemployment statistics than others, the researchers found. "That makes sense," Ketcham says. "They're retired and not in the workforce."
Different economic factors have differing impact, too. For example, if national income grows by 1 percent during the two years prior to an election, county vote share for the incumbent party grows 1.6 percent. If that growth is on a state level, it only results in a 1.1 percent bump in vote share for the incumbent party. At a county level, the impact is even more minimal: A .08-percent increase in vote share rewards that 1 percent of income growth.
Unemployment figures have a more dramatic effect, but only on a national level. With each 1 percent year-over-year increase in unemployment, voter support for the incumbent party declines by 9.2 percent.
The national scene
According to the research results, county-level economic conditions have little impact on voter behavior, and state-level ones have only a slightly stronger punch. In a paper covering their research, Ketcham and Eisenberg state: "Voters believe the president has little effect on their local economy." Ketcham finds this a reasonable stance on the part of voters. It makes some sense, he says, "because there are other layers of government in place that could share credit or blame" for how the local economy stands at election time.
Apparently Truman was right when he said, "The buck stops here." The researchers found that economic voting was not more pronounced for incumbent candidates than for incumbent parties running a new candidate. And, economic voting wasn't affected by whether the incumbent president's party also controlled Congress.
Timing of economic news is important, too. "We found that the most recent economic factors are the most important in terms of influencing people's voting patterns."
In fact, the research suggests that voters discount the first three years of an administration, and vote in accordance with economic circumstances in the last year before an election. "It's quite possible that voters ignore the first three years at their own peril," Ketcham says. "It could create bad incentives for politicians." For instance, it could prompt incumbents to resort to short-term problem solving, such as beefing up law enforcement in an attempt to lower crime rates or providing a one-time tax rebate to boost sickly consumer spending.
On the other hand, Ketcham does see some logic in ignoring early years in an administration. "If you think that the economy doesn't turn sharp corners but rather goes around a gradual curve, this may be a rational way to look at what presidents are responsible for," he says.
Then and now
Given Ketcham's findings, how might voters respond to this year's circumstances? As of August 31, 46 percent of survey respondents fingered the economy as the most important issue in this year's presidential election, according to a Diageo/Hotline Poll conducted by Financial Dynamics. Next in importance: America's energy policies. Some 19 percent of voters found energy of concern.
A week earlier, 43 percent of those who participated in a USA Today/Gallup poll called the economy issue number one. Another 15 percent called the situation in Iraq the most important issue voters face.
Such figures suggest that the economy may be even more important this year than it has been in the past, Ketcham says.
As this story was being written, U.S. stocks were tumbling downward in response to a spike in the national unemployment rate, which reached a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August.
How might these factors play out in battleground states? On August 25, The Wall Street Journal ran an article headlined, "Obama Targets Swing States like Colorado to Tilt Election." In the story, Jefferson County, an area south and west of Denver, was offered as one of the key counties candidates will woo.
There, the county's 350,000 or so voters are almost evenly split among Republican, Democratic and Unaffiliated designations, although an extra percentage point or two has, for years, gone to the group belonging to the GOP. For decades, Republican candidates had an advantage.
But, as The Wall Street Journal noted, that's changing.
Dick Barkey, head of the Jefferson County Democratic Party, recent crunched the numbers on new-voter registrations in his area. "Jeffco" has seen a net gain of 8,563 voters since March, he says. Of those, 78.5 percent registered as Democrats, while 19.2 percent registered as "unaffiliated" to a party. The Republican Party gained one lone Jeffco voter in that six-month time period, Barkey reports. "If I were a Republican, I'd be feeling a little sick to my stomach right about now," he says.
Paired with these kinds of numbers, Ketcham's findings don't bode well for the incumbent party. "The economic performance announced over the next eight weeks could very well make the difference," he says. Yet, he still sees his investigations as delivering bottom-line good news.
"People respond to the economy and hold the president responsible for it," he says. "This means the president's interests are aligned with the peoples'. If the economy tanked and it made no difference in voter behavior, elected officials would have no incentive to represent voter interests."Bottom Line:
- The economy matters in presidential elections.
- Voters hold incumbents and their parties responsible for economic conditions in the year prior to an election.
- National economic conditions are more likely to sway voters than state or local ones.
- Unemployment figures have more impact than those concerning income growth.

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(CNS) At audience, Pope prays G-20 summit will help world's poor
Pope Benedict XVI prayed that a summit of the leaders of countries with the world's largest economies would find ways to overcome the current economic crisis and promote real development.
At the end of his weekly general audience Nov. 2, the pope issued a special appeal to the leaders of the G-20 nations scheduled to meet Nov. 3-4 in Cannes, France.
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UCLA Faculty Elected to Honorary Society
The Imperial Valley News reported Sunday that five UCLA faculty were elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The Imperial Valley News reported Sunday that five UCLA faculty were elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
No More Classroom Breakfast?
William McCarthy, adjunct professor of psychology and of health services at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was interviewed Monday on KPCC-89.3 FM's "AirTalk" about the possibility of the Los Angeles Unified School District eliminating a classroom breakfast program.
Jane Austen, Founder of Game Theory?
The website of New Hampshire Public Radio reports today, and the Imperial Valley News reported Sunday, on "Jane Austen, Game Theorist," a book by UCLA associate professor of political science Michael Suk-Young Chwe that argues that 19th-century author Jane Austen's novels explored in detail the strategic actions and manipulations that would become codified as "game theory" some 150 years later.
Legalize Undocumented Immigrants, Boost Economy
An Associated Press article published April 17 about businesses that hire undocumented immigrants in order to save money cites a report by Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda, UCLA associate professor of Chicano studies, asserting that reforms to legalize undocumented immigrants in the U.S. would help create jobs, increase wages and generate more tax revenue. Hinojosa-Ojeda was quoted.
Zapping Zits With 'Friendly' Bacteria
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Monday on research led by Huiying Li, assistant professor of molecular and medical pharmacology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a member of UCLA's Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging, showing that acne bacteria contain "bad" strains associated with pimples and "good" strains that may actually protect the skin against blemishes. Li was quoted.
Blood Test to ID Autism
An article in Monday's Headlines and Global News about a possible blood test for autism spectrum disorders cited research led by Dr. Daniel Geschwind, UCLA's Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and a professor of neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, on biomarkers for autism.
Stroke Care and Ambulances
USA Today reported today on a study by Dr. Jeffrey Saver, clinical professor of neurology and a director of the UCLA Stroke Center, showing that stroke patients who arrived at the hospital by ambulance instead of driving themselves are more likely to get there within the most critical time for receiving the care they need. Saver was quoted.
The Rise of the Neurotics
Fox Business News reported today on research by Corinne Bendersky, associate professor of human resources and organizational behavior at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and colleagues examining the ways in which extroverts and introverts perform on team tasks.
Terry Rhodes
Rhodes, a researcher in the UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy, was quoted Monday in a PhysOrg article about the challenges associated with self-sustaining fusion reactions.


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There are over 60 state parks and historical sites in Georgia. These peaceful settings give no indication of the problems park workers are facing in light of the state-wide budget cuts. Parks have made cut back in many ways.
Josh Hart, Assistant Park Manager at Reed Bingham State Park, tells us their staff has taken several steps to conserve gas. "Instead of mowing once a week or three or four times a month, we're just mowing once every three weeks just to keep the grass looking good. But that's knocked off a tremendous amount of money we've been using here with gas," says Hart.
Some parks are resorting to occasional controlled burnings as a cost-effective way to keep grass low. Workers at Reed Bingham purchased bikes and golf carts to use as cheaper, alternative transportation.
Several locations have had to cut back on hours of operation. Reed Bingham Park Manager Chet Powell says, "Jefferson Davis Historical Site, which is not too far from here, is still open to the public. Their hours have been changed a little bit, but the experience is still there and that's the main thing. It's still open so I encourage people to go support it."
Georgia's parks have also received a mandatory freeze on new hires. This has left several parks short on necessary staff members. Other negative affects include a freeze on equipment purchases, and the possibility of out-sourcing certain parks.
While there have been changes, park workers affirm that visitors will not be disappointed. "I challenge anyone to see where it's affected us superficially," says Powell.
Georgia's parks still offer an escape that life in the city just can't offer.
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Research on growing tissue and organs in the laboratory has been on for a long time. Five Fraunhofer institutes, joined hands in 2009 to come up with biocompatible artificial blood vessels. The results and latest on the issue shall be exhibited at the Biotechnica Fair at Hannover, Germany on October 11-13.
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Originally Posted by Richard Smith of the UK's Mirror newspaper11 October 2005
Inferno destroys 30 years' film history
The entire history of the Wallace and Gromit film empire was destroyed yesterday in a huge warehouse blaze.
All the plasticine models, props and sets used in the duo's films and the hit movie Chicken Run went up in flames at Aardman Animation's Bristol depot.
The fire came on the day the British production company's latest movie, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit topped the US box office chart.
The eagerly-anticipated film made £9.1million at the weekend.
Treasured sets from the past, including those used in A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave were lost along with models of kids' TV icon Morph - TV artist Tony Hart's sidekick.
The alarm was raised at 5.30am yesterday when flames were seen leaping 100ft in the air from the Victorian depot near the city's Temple Meads station.
More than 50 firefighters were unable to prevent the roof caving in and upper storeys collapsing.
Fire investigators were last night still probing the cause. Arson has not been ruled out.
Aardman spokesman Arthur Sheriff said: "Today was supposed to be a day of celebration, with the news that Wallace and Gromit had gone in at No1 but instead our whole history has been wiped out."
But Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park, 46, was philosophical about the loss in comparison to the Pakistan earthquake. "Even though it's precious stuff and nostalgic - and dreadful for the company, in light of other tragedies it's not a big deal," he said.
Last Of The Summer Wine star Peter Sallis - the voice of Wallace - expressed his sadness at the news.
The 84-year-old actor said: "I'm shocked and terribly sorry. I hope they were insured - some of those things are beyond value in a way."
Nick Park started making animations in his parents' attic in Preston, Lancs, when he was 13, and he was just 15 when the BBC showed his work Archie's Concrete Nightmare - a cartoon made with tracing paper drawings.
The first Wallace and Gromit film, A Grand Day Out, took Park six years to complete and every two-second segment took a day to film. It was first shown in 1989.
Sets from the latest film survived the blaze because they had not yet been moved to the depot.
Smoke was still rising from the blackened structure at lunchtime as 10 fire crews poured water on to the site from aerial platforms.
Assistant Chief Officer Bill Feeley said: "The inside of the building is a large pile of debris.
"However, the roof and two floors came in which means there may be part of the ground floor still intact under the rubble."
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I saw one other post about this in another forum, but that could be because I'm too late - don't think so, though.
Originally Posted by Richard Smith of the UK's Mirror newspaper--jay.
SteveDude reported this HERE...
Wallace & Gromit were saved because Nick Park had locked them away from the rest of the collection in a steel box.
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Father Andres Mendoza first came into the United States in 1987 from Chiuahau, Mexico. He went from washing dishes at a restaurant in California, to hearing confessions of sin.
Father Mendoza wants lawmakers to make immigrants permanent citizens of the U.S. "My second time I came here was in 1993. I came as a seminarian to study in the U.S. at St. Mary University in Houston in order to become priest," said Father Mendoza.
He is a priest at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. He says the transition was not easy. He went from being a boy, raised in a poor family in Chiuahua, Mexico, to fighting for what he wanted out of life. He wanted to be an influence in America. "I feel so happy. I know we can make a difference in this country and give a lot to the United States," said Father Mendoza.
"I'm very proud to participate (Monday) in this rally and this march because I consider myself an immigrant," he said. "These are my people. I have the same feelings because I know the suffering. I know the struggles we go through. Now, I consider the U.S. to be my home," he said.
Father Mendoza says seven of his brothers are now U.S.citizens. Even his parents are living in Lubbock. "I am already a permanent resident. In a few months, I am going to be a citizen of the U.S."
Mendoza was once considered an illegal immigrant. It took at least seven years to become a resident and he's expected to get his citizenship status in a few months. Father Mendoza says there are approximately 150,000 immigrants in the surrounding Lubbock area.
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Figutto's have better sculpts than figmas sure, but they also have that weird look to them that just about every other Griffon Touhou product has. Mainly on the face.
But hey, this one is still in print and won't cost you a few organs.
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I pre-ordred this figure over two years ago. Its release kept getting delayed and I was tempted to look into canceling her, but amiami has a strict policy against that. I wanted her to act as a "model" on a trip I was taking and the trip has long since gone. (Emperor Pilaf and Shu ended up taking her place.)
I don't know too much about Touhou Project, so I can't comment on how faithful she is to the game version, but I agree that the ruffles and frills are adorable. I also love the magnetic face and hat. I would love to see all figure companies follow suit. I get really nervous swapping out faces on some of my other figures, like Figuarts. It feels like something will break.
Speaking of breaking, I also have had a huge issue with her arms and legs popping out. They're easy to snap back in, but it sure makes me wary. Another flaw is that her legs have limited mobility because of the dress. I don't know how Figutto could have gotten around that issue though. But between the limited movement and the way her legs keep snapping off, she isn't a fun doll to pose. The stand is crap too.
Marisa was a fun Halloween decoration and I do like the details in her uniform. She wasn't worth the two year wait, but she doesn't belong in my "hall of regrets" either.
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It'll probably come as a surprise to some, but I don't own a single Touhou figure. It's not that I dislike them, but it's strange to see so many figures from this... and some are definitely better than others.
I'm glad David took the time to focus on the style, because I've also noticed many liberties taken between manufactured lines. One thing's for sure: if I do delve into the Touhou line, it's going to be strictly scaled.
I laughed at the comment about waiting for a sale for GSC's acsta line. I suppose we can give them kudos for being the first company to merge together a scaled figure and posing. The only figures out currently are Fate and Nanoha, which are so common, they're boring.
Now, GSC is rumored to be coming out with a "Real Action Heroes" line starting off with Black Rock Shooter. Based on the images, it looks identical to its acsta line in that it's a scaled figure with posing joints.
Should there be a sale, get this one if it's possible please.
Reviewed or not, it's going into my collection once pre-orders are announced. Rarely does something like this not turn production.
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I enjoy Touhou. I've only played EotSD, but the second I beat it I will play the rest (I'm so close to finishing it! On normal of course) :3 I do have to say though, ZUN certainly cannot draw himself.
Those joints really do stick out. When I start getting figures I'm pretty sure I will just go for Nendoroids when I want something posable, and otherwise just a straight sculpt that can't pose but looks good.
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RACS is currently having a sale on figures and the GSC Fate acsta figure is $85. An additional 10% off can be taken using the coupon. Shipping will be free. TODAY ONLY is the catch.
I doubt we'll ever see a price like this again. It retails above $100 on a good day, even in Japan.
Hope it works out for you.
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While the quality of the material and the paintjob definetly seems superior to most of figmas (not all of them though); I cannot agree that the overall quality is better: the sculpt is worse regarding the really awkward and noticeable joints, the face being too-doll like and the fact that every photo in this review looks stiff and unnatural.
One would have to compare the figutto Senjougahara and the figma one to acknowledge how good smile company, while making their figmas look cheaper in some aspects, are much more experienced and have better scupltors working for them (or with more experience).
Considering it's much more expensive, I'd say this line still has a long way to go. For something similar regarding quality of paintjob and materials, I'd say the S.A.S. of Jo Jo Bizarre is doing a great job.
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Heroine is misspelled "Heronie" in the preview summary
I don't know what it is about this figure, but the scale of the hat and the head seems off to me. It's probably because the hat is removable, but it still seems off to me. I'd have preferred a separate head, if I were interested enough here.
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SAS is absolutely the best figure line in its price range by a mile. No contest. I would review more of them, but it'd be redundant.
Unfortunately, I usually buy my items so far in advance that I rarely get the chance to capitalize on any sudden sales. I'm in no hurry, because I think we're going to start seeing more things like actsta pop up soon. And of course, I'm always on the lookout for new action figure lines...
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It's been discussed here, on ESPN, on blogs, everywhere.
Something is grossly wrong with the state of Pac-10 football. The big question is "why is this happening"?
Lost in all of this Pac-10 hatred, of course, is the fact that other leagues are still doing worse. The ACC has had some terrible losses and has one undefeated team (Wake Forest). The Big East in 2006 had three big teams - WVU, Louisville, and Rutgers, all of which now are struggling. The Big Ten has OSU and Michigan, their two flag wavers, slacking.
But things in the Pac-10 are horrid. Outside of USC and Oregon, no team is carrying the banner properly (I'm willing to excuse Oregon's loss to Boise State because they were down to their fifth-string, no joke, QB). Arizona State had big expectations, but lost to UNLV and got throttled by Georgia. The rest of the teams in the Pac-10 have no realistic aspirations, except ours truly - CFN, for instance, is willing to rank Cal in the top 25 and excuse that loss to Maryland on time zone adjustments and humidity.
There is, however, no question that the Pac-10 needs to step up to avoid being the Pac-1. Most of the Pac-10 teams are done with their non-conference slates, so this means that, in order to gain national respect, the Pac-10 has to be dominated by two or three teams - USC, Oregon, Cal. ASU winning the conference or even placing in the top three would reflect horribly.
The prime reasons in my mind for the Pac-10's poor showing OOC is two-fold: willingness to schedule tough BCS and non-BCS games and the fact that non-BCS leagues are "catching up" with BCS teams. Hell, look at the AP rankings - there are six, count them, six non-BCS teams: one from C-USA, two from the WAC, and and astonishing three from MWC (more than the number of teams from the Big East and Pac-10 - combined!).
The Pac-10 is clearly in rebuilding mode, though. This national perception may linger around all year. Maybe next year.
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Because, face it--it's a hard task. Is Eddy worth the premium, especially now that he's given up the yellow shoes? Does a victory in Qatar prove Boonen is back to his winning ways, or are early-season SSR results meaningless? How's Renshaw going to do now that he's not towing Cav to the front? How many freaking points can Bert rack up after August 6th, anyway?
Take the anxiety out of it and ask the unicorns instead! Go to the links below, enter a name in the box, and see what they have to say. There. Now you have time to obsess over your women's team properly.
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Somewhere in between? Try 'em both, and average the two! It's still better than spending hours hunched over a spreadsheet. And, sadly, in my experience has at least as much predictive value.
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A student at Lubbock High faces criminal charges for causing a cyber attack that took down the district's Internet service.
LISD Representative Nancy Sharp says it happened in September.
The district is not identifying the student, but Sharp says they probably thought it was a prank, only affecting one campus, but, it actually kept all campuses from getting online for a few days.
According to Sharp, the student paid someone to jam the district's system with "junk" information, making their Internet unusable.
"This is not something that someone just sitting at a home computer could do. It takes networks and lots and lots of megabytes of information to be able to jam a pipe as big as ours."
Sharp says the district spent $41,000 on a new service to protect them from this type of attack in the future.
The investigation continues, and Sharp says the FBI has been notified.
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DANE COUNTY (WKOW) -- Following a fatal crash in Dane County on Monday, The Dane County Medical Examiner's Office has released the name of the victim.
Officials say, 32 year of Jessica Frank of Evansville died in a two vehicle crash in the Town of Rutland yesterday. The crash that occurred on USH 14 north of West Rutland road was reported just after 7:00 a.m.
Frank was originally transported to a local Madison Hospital where she later died a short time later. Frank's death is the result of blunt force injuries she sustained in the crash. Additional toxicology testing is underway at this time.
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Pleasant Garden woman arrested for First Degree Murder
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Sheriff BJ Barnes reports that on August 26, 2010 Guilford County Sheriff's deputies responded to 496 NC 62 East, Pleasant Garden, NC, in reference to a 911 call reporting there was a man down in the parking lot. When Deputies arrived on the scene, they found Clifford Darrel Wright, 998 Bantam Road, Pleasant Garden, NC, lying in the parking lot at 496 NC 62 E with multiple injuries that were consistent with being struck and run over by a vehicle. They also located the victim's girlfriend, Helen Kay Sperry, also of 998 Bantam Road, Pleasant Garden NC, at the scene.
While investigating the incident, Deputies discovered a 2010 silver Toyota Corolla driven by Helen Kay Sperry that contained physical evidence consisting of blood, hair and impressions. Clifford Darrel Wright, W/M, DOB 2/18/1966, was taken to Moses Cone Hospital with critical injuries where he remained until September 15, 2010 when he passed away from his injuries. Detectives have arrested Helen Kay Sperry for First Degree Murder and she is currently in the Guilford County Jail with no bond.
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HOPEWELL (WRIC) - The 911 calls from a hit and run that injured a 4-year-old and five other people the day after Christmas have been released.
Several people witnessed the hit-and-run in the Canterbury area of Hopewell. Police arrived within minutes, but before they got there, many frantic calls for help were made to 911.
"Hello we have an emergency. Somebody just came by and hit two kids."
One chilling call after another.
"There's a girl laying in my backyard. Can't move."
"There's three people on the ground. The child is on the ground. Her mother's holding her. She can't move."
Everyone on the line begging for help.
"She hit the baby! She hit the baby!"
"Is the vehicle still there?" "Yes the vehicle riding up and down the street but the people still laying out here in my yard."
After seeing six people run down near Gloucester and Bolling Drive in Hopewell.
It happened in Antonio Stanford's backyard the day after Christmas.
Police say 24-year-old Satesha Linton got behind the wheel of her car and drove into the crowd of people. The youngest was just four years old.
"I think she panicked and hysterically just kept driving back and forth up and down and I kept telling her 'hand me the keys' 'hand me the keys and get out of the car,'" Stanford says.
Police say before the wreck, Linton, the driver of the car, had been involved in some sort of altercation with the people she was trying to run down.
She's being charged with driving without a license and six felony counts of hit and run.
Linton was taken into custody when officers arrived and no one was seriously injured.
"I just thank God that it wasn't severe and it's a blessing that nobody got hurt severely," Stanford says.
This isn't Linton's first run-in with the law. She has several convictions on her driving record including driving without a license.
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It has been five months, six days, and around 19 hours since HBO aired "One Man's Trash," a.k.a. "that episode of Girls where Patrick Wilson and Lena Dunham have all the sex" — yet somehow, we're still talking about it.
To be more accurate: Patrick Wilson himself discussed the episode on Chelsea Lately last night, saying that he found all the chatter about "One Man's Trash" — specifically, the chorus of people incensed by the idea that someone who looks like Wilson would hook up with someone who looks like Dunham — both "awful" and "ridiculous."
After joking that he and the Girls multihyphenate had had "actual sex" on camera, Wilson got down to business: "It's one thing for someone to talk about, 'I would never believe a character like yours would do that,'" he told Handler. "But all of a sudden, people were tweeting, 'Patrick Wilson would never have sex with this kind of woman.' I mean, it was brutal."
That, of course, is why Wilson's own wife bit back at the episode's critics with this tweet:
@IreneDavies funny, his wife is a size 10, muffin top & all, & he does her just fine.Least that's what I hear ;) rule # 1 – never say never—
Dagmara Dominczyk (@DagDom17) February 12, 2013
And before you ask — no, the actor would not confirm or deny the presence or absence of Dominczyk's muffin top on Chelsea Lately. Chivalry isn't dead after all!


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It is being reported by Jon Heyman of CBS that the Athletics have signed SS Hiroyuki Nakajima to a 2 year, $13 Million deal with an option for a 3rd year.
It looks like this will fill the hole at shortstop left by the departing Stephen Drew who signed a one year deal with the Red Sox.
I did not see this reported yet, so I figure id throw it out there. My apologizes if this is being covered elsewhere on AN...
Nakajima hit .311/.383 with 13 HR 74 RBI last year in the Japan Pacific League (sorry for the old school numbers, maybe the SABR crowd can enlighten us further on the man's offensive prowess)
Upgrade/Downgrade to Drew? Better arm then Penny? Discuss!


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A partial hydatidiform mole is one of two types of molar pregnancy. In a partial hydatidiform mole, the pregnancy has chromosomal abnormalities that result from two sperm having fertilized a single egg. In the resulting molar pregnancy, a baby may develop in the uterus, but with an abnormal, overgrown placenta. These pregnancies are not viable; the chromosomal abnormalities are not compatible with life.
A partial hydatidiform mole is less likely than a complete molar pregnancy to result in persistent gestational trophoblastic disease after treatment, but 2% to 4% of women with partial molar pregnancies may develop complications like an invasive mole or choriocarcinoma.


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In Plaxico Burress, the New York Jets have a big, physical receiver on the outside, giving Mark Sanchez a bit of a safety valve. It's not as though Burress is stretching the field, but having that big target proved effective in the red zone on Sunday as the Jets battled the Dallas Cowboys. And in his return to the NFL after a prison stint, Burress immediately made his presence felt as the Jets downed the Cowboys on Sunday Night Football, 27-24.
Burress picked up 72 yards on four catches for the Jets while also turning the tides in the fourth quarter. With the Jets down by 14, Sanchez looked Burress' way, firing a back-shoulder throw to the receiver on the sideline for a 26-yard touchdown.
And, of course, he peeled off and blew up a cornerback on a run at one point, just for good measure.
Burress' return went about as well as could be expected. After dealing with an ankle injury early in training camp and finally getting up to speed, he was able to impact the game while proving to be a valuable weapon in the Jets' passing attack. It wasn't a performance that lit up the stat sheet, but it was solid, and perhaps a positive sign of things to come for Sanchez and the Jets.
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Led by a volunteer board of vusiness and community leaders, the ACC Foundation creates opportunities to connect interested donors with college initiatives.
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The Albany King Day Celebration Committee says their event next Monday is to ensure that Dr. King's dream is being kept alive.
The 2014 King Day Celebration will be held at the Albany Civic Center next Monday January 20th. Members on the committee are expecting more than 300 people to be in attendance. The Civic Center will sell $20 tickets until Tuesday January 14th. Civil Rights Leader Xernona Clayton will be the guest speaker for the event.
"To hear life experiences of what they went through at the time with her and Dr. King and the rest of the individuals who worked during the Civil Rights era, I think it's just an awesome event not to miss," said Sheriff Kevin Sproule.
"I think the message that Ms. Clayton is going to bring is reinforcing Dr. King's dream," said Billie Robinson.
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State prosecutors have announced the arrests of three people accused of trafficking heroin in Lancaster County.
Attorney General Kathleen Kane identified the suspects as Jennifer Galarza, 35, and Elber Quinones, 36, both of Lancaster, and Joel Guisbert, 33, of Strasburg.
Kane said Galarza was a significant source of the heroin
sold in Lancaster County, and during the investigation sold more than 55 grams of heroin with an estimated street value of $30,000 to undercover agents.
allegedly traveled to Reading and Philadelphia with Galarza in order to buy
heroin that was later sold in Lancaster County, Kane said in a news release Tuesday.
Galarza, Quinones and Guisbert were each charged with delivery of heroin and criminal
The attorney general's office said the investigation is continuing and more arrests are anticipated.
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In an effort to save money and reduce road congestion, Governor Tim Kaine is outlawing a neighborhood staple: the cul-de-sac. The regulation is just one of a handful of new land-use policies that start this summer.
Subdivisions that have been around for years, like Albemarle's Forest Lakes, are chock full of them. But from now on if a new neighborhood wants the state to pay for road maintenance, the rule is no cul-de-sacs.
"We'll take over the maintenance responsibilities if the roads are designed to minimize congestion rather than maximize congestion," Kaine said.
Kaine says the policy would make for quicker response times for emergency vehicles and lower road maintenance costs. It's a model that Albemarle County is familiar with.
"The state requirements that are now going into effect in many ways reflect what we had put in policy and did with our subdivision ordinance in 2005," said Wayne Cilimberg, Albemarle Planning Director.
Even neighborhoods that don't exist yet are making "connectivity" a priority, like the potential Biscuit Run development.
"We want to have neighborhoods that are connected to other neighborhoods, we want to make it easy for people who live in the community to get from one part of the community to the other," said Steven Blaine, attorney for the Biscuit Run developer.
"Well the idea is that you're getting away from pushing all the traffic towards one major road," Cilimberg said.
Virginia families that live on cul-de-sacs now are lucky, because they're about to become history.
"Folks can still build roads and localities can approve roads as they want but if they want the state to maintain them forever, they have to build them in a way to minimize congestion," said Kaine.
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This afternoon, HRC proudly presents the release of The Road to Safety: Strengthening Protection of LGBTI Refugees in Uganda and Kenya by Human Rights First to commemorate International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
This is the second event in HRC's Equality Talks speaker series. We hope you can join us today at 3:30 p.m. EST, here in HRC's DC headquarters or live online.
The event will feature remarks from special guests, including the Honorable Anne Richard, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration. The panel that follows will feature distinguished guests from Human Rights First, the UN Refugee Agency and the Council for Global Equality.
A full list of speakers and details about the location are available here. HRC is thrilled to help bring together such an impressive line-up of refugee advocates and experts. If you can't make the talk, a live broadcast will be available at www.hrc.org/equalitytalks. Video will remain available in the weeks to come.
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Nintendo's Wii Mario 25th Anniversary Edition Super Mario All-Stars is said to be re-released back on shelves in March 13. This is a warning to all collectors who are willing to risk $29.99 on something that I feel is a waste.
Nintendo's Wii Mario 25th Anniversary Edition Super Mario All-Stars is said to be re-released back on shelves in March 13. This is a warning to all collectors who are willing to risk $29.99 on something that I feel is a waste.
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I have all stars on the snes, so it has mario world on it too.
I think its a good buy if you intend to keep it sealed, and hand it down as I collectors item. It could be with a few if left long enough, and if mario and Nintendo go bust...... big IF.
I'll make any gfx request via PM
Signatures that i've made previously, they are about 150px in height, so I've spoilered them.
Spoiler Alert!
This might seem silly to some people, but this was 1 of the MAIN reasons I purchased the Wii.
You bought a Wii to pay $29.99 when you could have payed for those games seperatly for $5 via Wii Shop Channel? Can you connect you Wii to the internet? If not, that should be your only excuse?
I bought it for the collectible packaging, plus the cd.
though I'm not bashin on those who bought the "new" all-stars edition
I have to laugh at you and very good
because not only was this game just a rehash BUUUUT
on the japanese wii shop channel you can basically buy the same thing
its just the original all-stars for the SNES for 10bucks AND it includes super mario world for the SNES which
the "new" all-stars limited edition DID NOT include
Hey, be nice, that things may seem little, but there will be always someone who likes it, plus We don´t have the Japanese Wii Shop Channel.
P.D, Maybe Digital Distribution will be the future... But never understimate the Thrill of enjoying opening a brand new case... and that´s priceless
Spoiler Alert!
In case you couldnt tell, I hate downloading.I like having a "hard copy in my hand of everything.
I was born Greek, spent my life savings for a plastic surgery, too look Asian. Im much prettier now.
Well there you go, thats the only excuse I'll except when buying Mario All-Stars Wii version. People that are buying it even though they can download, HAVE done it before, and have already half the games from the disc on their system are just wasting there money. Plus Nintendo will get the impression that they can continue to resell old s*** while jumping up the price, and continue to make small high priced games.


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A school record six different players scored in double figures, as the James Madison women's basketball team beat Maine 88-34 at the Convocation Center.
The Dukes outscored the Bears 48-10 in the 2nd half.
JMU's 54-point margin of victory ties the fifth-largest margin of victory in school history, and was the largest margin since a 55-point (86-31) home victory over Charleston Southern in 2005.
Senior Tarik Hislop scored a game-high 14 points.
James Madison (5-6) will wrap up a three game homestand Monday, as the Dukes host Georgia Southern at 2pm.
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CHAPEL HILL, NC -- Swapping a soda for water or diet cola can help dieters lose up to five pounds.
Researchers at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill studied over three hundred overweight adults. In the study, they were assigned to one of three groups: the first group switched calorie-laden drinks for water, the second for diet soft drinks, and the third group had no counseling at all.
The study found those who tried water or diet soda were two times more likely to lose five percent of their body weight.
There were some differences between the diet soda and water groups. Soda drinkers who like the taste of sweet drinks or carbonation were more likely to stick with the switch while water drinkers had lower blood sugar levels.
This study was published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and was funded by Nestle Waters, USA, though they had no involvement in the study's design or review.


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June 17, 2003
Colquitt County-- Cotton and peanuts are two major crops in our area. Some farmers in southwest Georgia say this years cotton crop is expected to be the best in the past five to six years.
So, what's the latest trend in the fields?
Planting seeds is like rolling a dice. "Farmers all farmers are gamblers because anytime you grow something outdoors, you have weather to contend with so it's a gamble," said Mark Mobley, President of Mobley Gin Co.
Although cotton farmers had it rough last year, with heavy rains during picking season, experts say the white fluffy crop has been steady in southwest Georgia since 1995.
"Cotton has been very good to the economy of southwest Georgia, I don't know what we would have done had we not had cotton," said Mobley.
Mobley says the two gin companies in Doerun have gotten the luck of the draw. "Between the both of us we're ginning over 100,000 bales of cotton right here in Doerun, Georgia."
Driving on southwest Georgia roads, you may think there's more cotton being planted, but that's because farmers rotate crops between cotton, peanuts and corn. "We don't have a lot of corn. More corn this year than the last four or five years," said Mobley.
Farmers are also growing vegetables to make extra money. "Other than that, haven't seen much crop flucuation in the last four or five years," said Mobley.
Overall, agriculture experts in Tifton say cotton is steady. But, because of changes in goverment farm programs, peanuts have had a slight decline and tobacco has had a significant decrease over the past few years.
Cotton and tobacco farmers in Colquitt County are excited about recent rains and both expect a good year.
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