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Small-cap stocks fared far better than the broader market Wednesday, generally staying positive as the major indices slumped into negative territory. The Russell 2000 was up 0.5% at 739.25, and the S&P SmallCap 600 was likewise up 0.5% at 391.00.
Shares of U.S. Geothermal (HTM), a Boise, Idaho, company that develops geothermal properties, soared 13% to $2.69. RBC Capital Markets initiated coverage of the stock with an outperform rating. U.S. Geothermal also announced a joint venture with Gerlach Green Energy to explore the Gerlach geothermal system located in northwestern Nevada.
Oil and gas company Endeavour (END) jumped 12.6% to $1.79. The Houston-based company announced a natural gas discovery in the Norwegian North Sea. It said it will participate in the drilling of eight wells overall in 2008.
Willow Financial Bancorp (WFBC) added 22% to $9.42. The Wayne, Pa., provider of commercial banking services announced Harleysville National (HNBC) would buy it in an all-stock deal. Each share of Willow Financial stock will be exchanged for 0.73 shares of Harleysville stock. Harleysville National shares shed 4% to $13.54 on the news.Also on the losing side, Westborough, Mass., information technology services company Virtusa (VRTU) stumbled 9% to $10.86 after offering weak guidance. The firm predicted earnings between 70 cents and 79 cents a share for the fiscal year ending in March 2009. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters are expecting EPS of 90 cents. Finally, Guaranty Financial (GFG), an Austin, Texas commercial and retail banking services provider, slipped 11% to $5.34. The company announced a stock offering of up to $350 million.
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Miller Family Papers
Manuscript Collection: MsC-66
Miller Family Papers, 1882-1977. 2.5 linear feet.
Earl A. Miller
Earl A. Miller was born February 21, 1903, in Black Hawk County. He was the son of Henry and Anna Behrens Miller. He attended Cedar Falls public schools. He received his bachelor's degree from the Iowa State Teachers College in 1925 and his master's degree from the University of Iowa in 1931. He married Vera Mae Hood on August 7, 1929. Mr. and Mrs. Miller had two children, a son John and a daughter Marianne.
Earl Miller taught in schools in Independence and Dubuque, Iowa, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, for nine years before returning to farm in Black Hawk County. He served in the House of Representatives of the Iowa General Assembly for four terms (1949-1957). He was best known for his distinguished work in matters relating to public education in Iowa, especially school district consolidation. Mr. Miller was a member of the University of Northern Iowa Alumni Association Board of Directors and served as vice president of the University of Northern Iowa Foundation. He received an Alumni Service Award as well as the Phi Delta Kappa Service Key in 1956.
Earl Miller died April 5, 1968.
In the fall of 2006, John Miller, son of Earl A. Miller, contacted Archivist Gerald Peterson to see if the University Archives would be interested in papers relating to his father's papers. Subsequently, in June 2007, John Miller brought several boxes of material to the University Archives. This material relates to Earl Miller; Earl Miller's aunt, Alvena Louise Miller; and Miller family farming operations.
The collection consists of scrapbooks, files relating to farm operations, certificates, newsclippings, and legal documents relating to land ownership in the Miller family. These legal documents, including deeds, wills, mortgages, and other agreements, offer an interesting look at the way that Iowa farmland passed from generation to generation from original patent grants down through the 1930s. The collection is also a good source of information on the wave of school district consolidation that took place in Iowa in the early and middle 1950s. This was a matter that raised significant controversy and debate in the state. As head of the Committee on Schools, Earl Miller was a recognized legislative leader in the consolidation movement of that era.
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Box 1
- Biographical information about Earl Miller and his family
- "People on the Farm" booklet series from the United States Department of Agriculture, including the issue on corn and hog farming from 1977 that features John Miller and his family
- Earl Miller--teaching contracts and certificates
- Earl Miller--Iowa State Teachers College Commencement booklets, 1924 and 1925
- Earl Miller--Master of Arts diploma and thesis, University of Iowa, 1931
- Earl Miller--correspondence, talks, awards, and articles
- Earl Miller--election expenses, 1948 and 1950 campaigns
- Earl Miller--Iowa State Education Association contract, 1959
- Earl Miller--correspondence relating to the University of Northern Iowa
- Earl Miller--documents relating to the Council of State Governments regional conference, Mackinac, Michigan, 1955
Box 2
- Documents relating to land ownership
- Deeds to Ella Behrens from her father, William Behrens
- William Behrens--deeds and other land ownership documents
- Settlement of Behrens estate, 1933-1934
- Ella Behrens estate, 1933
- Farm lease agreements
- Alvena Miller--country school work
- Alvena Miller--high school programs
- Rural school examinations, 1915
- Alvena Miller--teaching certificate and school credentials
- Alvena Miller--insurance records
- Anna Miller--furniture receipts
- Anna Miller--will, 1945
- Farm conservation plan, 1949
- Cedar Falls Record, March 30-31, 1942
Boxes 3-5
Included in Box 5 are the following:
- Scrapbooks of newsclippings, correspondence, and other material relating to Earl and Vera Miller; most of the material relates to Earl Miller's service in the Iowa General Assembly
- Earl Miller--perfect attendance certificate, Black Hawk Township, School No. 7, 1910
- Vera Mae Hood--Bachelor of Arts diploma, Iowa State University, 1927
- Earl Miller--Bachelor of Arts diploma, Iowa State Teachers College, 1925
Papers processed by Gerald L. Peterson, Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist; finding aid prepared by Gerald L. Peterson, June 2007.
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Minor League Mascot Wipes Out on ATV
There are few things funnier than sports mascots screwing up. Add an all-terrain vehicle to the equation, and a classic video is bound to happen.
There are few things funnier than sports mascots screwing up. Add an all-terrain vehicle to the equation, and a classic video is bound to happen.
There are two things you should know about cheerleaders. One, they are serious athletes. And, two, is that cheerleading is by far the most dangerous sport for high school and college girls in terms of injuries suffered.
Planking is that lame new fad that kids today will make fun of when their older much like how we thought the 'mullet' hairstyle was cool back then, but not now. These kinds of videos are the only planking videos I can stand to watch - the ones where they plank and karma slaps them around for trying to be cool
Asking the woman he loves to marry him may be one of the scariest things a man will do in his lifetime. Not only is there a lot of pressure on a guy to make that magic moment a memorable one but the fear of rejection must be nerve-racking.
Creativity is key in securing a 'yes' from that special someone.
Who said gas prices are out of control?
The Torrance Daily Breeze reports a service station in Wilmington, California sold premium gas for the rock-bottom-it-must-be-1992 price of $1.10 a gallon for a four-hour period last Sunday. The gas was supposed to b
Snowmobiles are among the most dangerous vehicles out there, and you can see why in this video shot from the helmet cam of a French adventurer.
After losing control of the snowmobile, the man tumbles down the steep incline he was attempting to navigate. Finally, he is able to control his fall in a way that reunites him with his vehicle - although that doesn't make anything any better.
Any type of surgery can leave you dealing with some serious side effects, but 56-year-old Karen Butler has experienced something especially peculiar. Since her oral surgery a year and a half ago, the Oregon woman has spoken with a bizarre English-meets-Irish-meets-Russian accent.
When breaking news occurs, mistakes are bound to happen.
Unfortunately, one local news anchor for Washington, D.C., Fox affiliate WTTG learned this the hard way last night while reporting on the killing of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden.
Unless you have formal training in punching things, an arcade boxing machine is not something you should try out in front of other people, as the chance of embarrassment is quite high.
That goes double for taking a video of your first attempt at the game, as the two young men in this video so unfortunately learned. (At least we think it's their first time. It has to be.)
The Boston Celtic faithful were none too pleased when the team traded for forward Jeff Green earlier this season.
This wasn't so much of a reflection on Green; he's a perfectly adequate NBA role player. Instead, Celtic nation was bummed that the price for acquiring Green included popular center Kendrick Perkins.
It's April Fool's Day today (no, seriously!), which in recent years has morphed into God's gift to the Internet.
Today, sites everywhere are doing their best to prank unsuspecting users, and we'll be the first to admit that we've fallen for a few of them. (Thanks, Google!)
As such, we've pulled together the best jokes and gags across the web that will have you laughing all the way to April 2.
Etiquette dictates that tennis fans remain silent during live play, reserving their cheers for before and after the rallies.
However, a baby in attendance of the Sony Ericsson quarterfinal between David Ferrer and Mardy Fish was too young to get that message, and did the loud crying thing babies often do, unsettling Ferrer.
In fact, the Spaniard become so frustrated with the baby's bawling, he lobbed a shot toward where the toddler was situated in the stands.
Luckily for Ferrer, the ball didn't land very close to the baby; and, in fact, the baby stopped crying after Ferrer's gesture of protest.
Fish ended up winning the match in straight sets. Ultimately, Ferrer blamed his poor performance on indigestion, not the crying tot. Read on to see the crowd boo Ferrer's controversial move.


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I recently attended an event in London where Telefonica shed more light on its Digital division. Digital is the central division driving innovation at Telefonica group and was formed in September 2011. However, Telefonica, despite the creation of Digital, still is somewhat in the old telco mold of inside-out innovation.
Digitization is undoubtedly a major theme affecting both society and the economy, bringing huge implications for communication, collaboration, consumption, and production. The big focus areas for Digital are e-health, digital content distribution, security, cloud, M2M, OTT comms, financial services, and advertising. In this respect, Digital is the right answer. My main observations from the event are:
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A year ago, Forrester stated that mobile payments were entering a disruptive phase. More recently, my colleague Benjamin Ensor elaborated on the battle for the digital wallet.
Mobile digital wallets are emerging and going beyond payment. New technologies, mixing QR codes, apps, personal financial management software, NFC, and many more, are combining to convert mobile handsets into digital wallets that combine not just payments but also receipts, vouchers, and loyalty. Beyond the convenience of using the phone for payment, consumers will benefit from post-transaction elements such as location-based coupons or enhanced product information at the point of sale (POS).
We've not seen a single day without a new product launch, start-up creation, or acquisition — or a new strategic alliance between banks, payment networks, Internet firms, or mobile operators.
So what's new today? Telefonica 02 just announced the launch of O2 Wallet in the UK.
We believe that the O2 Wallet is, for now, the most comprehensive mobile payment solution in the UK – available to a majority of smartphone owners, whether they are O2 customers or not. The new product combines the following functions:


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Recently the company has announced its partnership with VMware in providing a cost-effective way for companies to gain insight from any source of Big Data in hybrid cloud environments, by deploying seamless, dynamic and accessible business information solutions.BIRT (Business Intelligence Reporting Tools) is an open source Eclipse-based set of reporting and data visualization tools and technologies used to build rich information applications, in particular, web applications based on Java and J2EE. ActuateOne fulfills the vision that Actuate has had since the inception of BIRT: to redefine the Business Intelligence category by moving away from a set of disparate tools to a suite of integrated capabilities within a single environment. ActuateOne is recognition of a single common architecture for development and deployment, utilizing one design, one server and a seamless unified end-user experience that meets the dynamically changing needs of information consumers.
The architecture of ActuateOne deployment contains four tiers. Application Server Tier is the ActuateOne Information Console, running on an application server and relays requests to the Actuate BIRT iServer. iServer Tier is for BI content generation requests and the Actuate iServer retrieves data from a database. Encyclopedia Tier is for BI content viewing requests; the Actuate iServer retrieves the report document from the iServer Encyclopedia and renders it in HTML. The Information Console then presents the results to the end user on the Internet. Storage Tier (SAN or shared disk arrays) can be used to house the iServer Encyclopedia with 24x7 reliability.
ActuateOne continues to evolve, adding new features and options to previous releases. Improved mobile experience with HTML5 support includes animated graphics, available on ANY mobile device, including iOS devices, charting and graphing enhancements with new HTML5 charting library that augments Adobe Flash objects for rich visualizations, browser access from any mobile device, multiple ways to deliver analysis capability to users and more interactive capabilities for users are some of the features.
Private, public and SaaS (software as a service) cloud deployments are suppoted ActuateOne by eliminating the need for hard-coded configuration, thereby enabling fast and easy deployment with VMware solutions. VMware solutions provide multiple benefits to IT administrators and users. VMware virtualization creates a layer of abstraction between the resources required by an application and operating system, and the underlying hardware that provides those resources. The product offers flexibility to VMWare's vFabric Data Director, vFabric Postgres database by provisioning and managing the data sources visualized in its dashboard. This multi-layered coupling of ActuateOne upon VMware simplifies IT management tasks, while ensuring the highest levels of mission-critical availability, security and scalability for any Actuate / VMware deployment.
As part of the partnership, Actuate and VMware demonstrated linear scalability of ActuateOne in conjunction with VMware vSphere, vFabric Data Director, and VMware vFabric Postgres. Together, the solution delivers three unique capabilities:
- An efficient and secure approach to using shared infrastructure for servicing highly frequent requests
- A standardized, portable, and extensible approach to enable workloads to be deployed across multiple clouds without manual configuration
- Agile access to shared infrastructure for provisioning workloads in demand
"We are pleased to be working with Actuate to provide our customers with a solution for analyzing and visualizing large data sets that reside in hybrid cloud environments," said Fausto Ibarra, Senior Director, Product Management, VMware. "With VMware vFabric Data Director, VMware vFabric Postgres and ActuateOne, organizations can securely and efficiently extract actionable insights from their data to make informative business decisions."


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Whitsun is often celebrated during the second May Bank Holiday, although it is apparently supposed to be the seventh Sunday after Easter (which would make it June 11th this year). Anyway, for us, it was the weekend. According to 'Festivals, Family and Food' by Judy Large and Diana Carey (Hawthorn Press) - my child-rearing bible - Whitsun is all about the white of Spring: May blossom in the trees, daisies, cow parsley. You should make macaroons and tie white ribbons in your childrens' hair... But if that all just seems like a step too far, you could opt for these pretty white doves. This activity is taken and adapted from this amazing (if a little old-fashioned) book.
NB: This is really an activity for older children, but toddlers will enjoy sticking the glitter on the bodies of the birds.
You will need:
- White card/stiff white paper
- Glitter
- Silver stars
- PVA glue
- Scissors
- Glue Stick
- White tissue or wrapping paper
- White cotton
- Draw a bird shape on a piece of white card, fold it in half and cut out so that you have two of the same shape. Repeat a couple of times.
- Pierce the double cut-out in the middle and cut out a thin strip for the wings (see picture).
- Turn the cut-outs out beak-to-beak. This is so they will fit together exactly when you have decorated them.
- With your child, put PVA glue on the cut-outs and stick on silver glitter and stars (or whatever you want) to decorate the body of the birds.
- When dry, stick the birds back together.
- Cut out a fairly large rectangle of tissue or wrapping paper (the longer the long side, the wider the wings will be).
- Show your child how to fold the paper into a concertina (this is not for a toddler, but older children should be able to do it once shown).
- Push the end of the folded paper through the hole in the body.
- Spread out the wings, so the inside ends of the concertina meet in the middle to make a fan shape.
- Stick the two ends together using a glue stick.
- Using a needle and thread, pierce the head of the bird and then the tail and tie the ends of the cotton at both points.
- Make a loop in the middle of the thread (above the head) and knot.
- Hang your birds in a tree or outside a window and let the glitter and stars catch the Spring sun...
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- Adapt these birds for Christmas decorations by using lots of different coloured papers and glitters.
- Make smaller birds and hang them from wire to make a mobile.


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Stay far away from, avoid completely, as in Ronald wouldn't touch raw oysters with a ten-foot pole. This expression dates from the mid-1700s, when it began to replace the earlier not to be handled with a pair of tongs. In the 1800s barge-pole was sometimes substituted for ten-foot pole, but that variant has died out.
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Exhibit 48
Texas' Twelve Economic Regions
Exhibit 48 is a map that identifies the location of twelve economic regions in Texas.
These are High Plains, Northwest Texas, Metroplex, Upper East Texas, Southeast Texas, Gulf Coast, Central Texas, Capital, Alamo, South Texas, West Texas and Upper Rio Grande.
For more information on this exhibit, please contact the Comptroller's Data Services Division at 512-463-4900 or at P.O. Box 13528, Austin, Texas 78711-3528.


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Bike Rental in Criccieth, Gwynedd
We have teamed up with a local business to offer Bike Rental from £15/day. You can rent anything from Road Bikes and Racing Bikes to Mountain Bikes and Hybrids, Children's Bikes are also available. A great way for avoiding the inconvenience of travelling over with bikes hanging off your car.
- Full carbon racing Bikes are also available!
- All bikes supplied with helmet, pump, multi tool & spare tube.
- Full Day, Half Day and Multiple Day Hire.
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Cycling is arguably the best way to get out and take advantage of the beautiful scenery Snowdonia and the Llyn Peninsula has to offer, so if you haven't considered biking, give it ago!
Once you've selected your bike, you will be left with the impossible decision of choosing where to ride, so to give you some help we've listed some of the more popular routes on our cycling page: Glyn y Coed | Cycling in Holidays in Criccieth
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A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Drew Lachey is a past winner of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars." He and his dance partner, Cheryl Burke, took home first place, beating out 10 other dance couples in 2006. Lachey also served as co-host of "Dancing with the Stars" last season, and will now be seen in January 2008 as the host of "Dance Wars: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann," a live, one-hour series that features teams created by Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli battling it out on the dance floor.
Lachey is best known for his pop group 98 Degrees, which he joined with his brother, Nick, in 1995. After four successful albums, the band decided to take a break. Since then Lachey has appeared on several TV shows, including "As the World Turns," "Sabrina the Teenage Witch," "Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica" and also in the Broadway musical "Rent."
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Australia's prime minister has called on China to allow its diplomats to have full access to the trial of four mining company executives charged with industrial espionage.
Stern Hu, an Australian executive with Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto, and three Chinese employees, Wang Yong, Ge Minqiang, and Liu Caikui, were arrested last July and are due to stand trial in Shanghai next week.
They were arrested last year in Shanghai during contentious iron ore price talks with a Chinese steel industry group, accused of stealing commercial secrets and taking bribes.
A spokeswoman for Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) said the four would face charges of "receiving bribes and infringing commercial secrets" - essentially an industrial espionage charge.
The trial will be open for the hearing of the bribery charges but will be closed to deal with charges of stealing commercial secrets.
Speaking to reporters in Canberra on Thursday, Kevin Rudd, the Australian prime minister, said his government would do all it could to support the interests of the Rio employees.
"The world is watching how this particular court case is conducted," he said.
Trial access
Stephen Smith, the Australian foreign minister said diplomats should have full access to the trial under a consular agreement with Beijing.
"I was disappointed that there was an indication from Chinese officials and the court that Australian officials would not be present, or be able to be present, for the commercial information charge," he told reporters.
Under the commercial secrets charge, courts can jail people for up to three years, or up to seven years in serious cases. The bribery charge could draw jail terms of up to 20 years.
Rio Tinto has said the four did nothing wrong. If convicted, the men can appeal.
It is unclear how long the trial will last, but Chinese trials are usually short, with a wait of days or weeks before a verdict is announced at a separate hearing.
China's courts come under the heavy influence of the ruling Communist Party and rarely reject prosecution arguments.
Iron ore negotiations
The case comes amid already strained relations between Australia and China and it threatens to further cast a pall over trade ties.
China is Australia's second-largest export customer behind Japan, and more than half of China's imports from Australia last year were of iron ore.
Rio Tinto, based in London and Australia, is the world's third-largest mining company and one of China's biggest suppliers of Iron ore, one of the main ingredients for making steel.
In June last year, it ditched a planned $19.5bn investment by state-owned Chinese metals firm Chinalco, and there was speculation in Australia that the arrests may have been in reprisal for the collapsed deal
The deal with Chinalco would have been one of the largest ever foreign investments by a Chinese company.
But Rio Tinto executives changed their mind and instead launched a tie-up with fellow Anglo-Australian miner BHP Billiton amid concern that the deal would have given China too much control over Australia's natural resources.
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As much as my mom tried, I grew up a tomboy.
I took ballet class, was in the Girl Scouts, and wore anything pink. I danced in The Nutcracker and played Barbies, but I was a tomboy at heart.
I'd rather play Legos with my brothers and pretend we were the Power Rangers (I was the pink one, duh!). I learned to read a boxscore by the time I was seven and kept the scorecard by the time I was eight.
I even played Little League for a year. The highlight of my short career was a base hit down the third base line. I played for the Diamondbacks; I vividly remember wanting to be on the Mets.
My dad would take my brothers and I to Shea and we would sit in the Upper Deck in the last row behind home plate. He did that so my brothers could run around without distracting anybody and I could watch the game.
Now that we are grown up, my room is the equivalent of Jimmy Fallon's apartment in Fever Pitch. I wear Mets shirts on a regular basis. But hey, my prom dress was pink. And sparkly.
According to my mom, I need to read a fashion magazine because I didn't think Jennifer Lawerence's Golden Globes dress was that bad. And a lot of the clothes I pick out for myself look better on the rack than they do on me. But it's not her fault I'd rather read Sports Illustrated.
There have been times in my life where I wished I was more of a girl. I wished that I could walk in heels without falling over. I wish I had the patience to endure a mani/pedi, or even that I was more inclined to wear a dress once in a while.
But I realized that I'm not a girly-girl. I watch sports and listen to Led Zeppelin on a regular basis. I play fantasy baseball, even though the only thing I have going for me is that Mike Trout is my keeper. And I'm glad I've lived for the Mets since the time I was four.
Lucas Duda actually answered my question when he did a Mets Twitter Q&A.
As did David Wright when he stopped by the Edward Jones Chatting Cage. And I reacted appropriately.
I was on ESPN when the Red Sox played the Yankees.
And perhaps most importantly, whether he knows it or not, I was on TV with David Wright. It was my first time at Citi Field. I have pretty awesome luck.
So yes, I'm out of touch as a girl. I'm as pale as Casper, but I love the Mets. I'm a tomboy at heart…not that there's anything wrong with that.
Mike Piazza and the Hall of Fame
Someone is getting inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame this year.
After players were shut out of the 2013 class, the 2014 class has some big names including Mike Piazza.
With 21.6% of the vote in, Piazza still falls short, appearing on 71.5% of the ballots. A player needs 75% of the vote to be elected to the Hall of Fame. In 2013's shutout, Piazza had garnered 57.8% of the vote. Whoever voted for Aaron Sele remains my baseball hero to this day.
I think Mets fans, in particular, are anxious to see Piazza get elected; Tom Seaver remains the only Mets representative in the Hall of Fame. Piazza has openly desired in numerous interviews and his book, Longshot, his desire to be inducted in the Hall of Fame as a Met.
And why shouldn't he be? He holds the record for most home runs hit by a catcher. He's a 10-time Silver Slugger winer and appeared in 12 All Star games. From 1998-2005, Mike Piazza was the Mets.
I think the only thing that might prevent Piazza from being a Hall of Famer this year is a heavily loaded 2014 class. So far, Greg Maddux appears on every ballot reported and Tom Glavine appeared on 91.7% of the ballots reported. I'm looking forward to seeing the results of this particular ballot, because the players on this ballot are the ones that came out of the steroid era mostly unscathed. The last few ballots have always intrigued me because of that.
Whether it be this year, next year, or the year after that, I look forward to seeing Mike Piazza inducted into the Hall of Fame. And I look forward to seeing him inducted as a Met.
There's No Crying in Baseball
Last night, the Mets completed their second six game losing streak in as many weeks.
Just to quickly summarize how bad things have gotten for the Mets: Justin Turner is your only .300 hitter, Shaun Marcum and Jeremy Hefner can't win, even on a good day, and there is even a Twitter feed dedicated to telling fans whether or not Ike Davis struck out. The drama over Jordany Valdespin's showboating and subsequent plunking against the Pirates isn't exactly helping things either.
The breaking point had to be when my dad texted me last night to apologize for making me a Mets fan. Anybody that knows me knows that I live for the Mets, and have since I was four years old. Baseball is my sport; I can't exactly call myself a football fan or a hockey fan since I only casually follow the Jets and the Islanders. When baseball season is over, I count down the days until pitchers and catchers report and Opening Day is my Christmas morning.
The last six seasons have been bad, each in their own unique way, but this season has been atrocious. In their last 26 games, the Mets are 7-19. Despite this, the Mets are still a safe 4.5 games ahead of the Marlins for The Battle for Fourth. The only days I look forward to are the days that Matt Harvey pitches, and even those aren't guaranteed wins anymore. Harvey is easily the best thing about the Mets this season and should stand with an 8-0 record right now, but doesn't due to lack of run support.
There is no set every day outfield; even our newest Met, Rick Ankiel, is platooned in center with Juan Lagares, who should be playing every day based on defense alone. If the outfield doesn't produce anything offensively, then they should at least play defense. The bullpen is worn out because aside from Harvey, none of the starters have been going seven innings. It's the same recipe for disaster that we had in 2012, except the 2013 Mets have imploded quicker than expected.
Through all of this, I can't help but laugh. I have to make sarcastic remarks on Twitter (if you don't already follow me, follow me here) otherwise I'll go insane. There's no point in getting depressed about the Mets because you have to expect it from them by now. I still plan on going to Citi Field in July and enjoying all the stadium has to offer me because it's a beautiful ballpark that I haven't visited in over two years. I still listen to Howie and Josh on the FAN religiously because I enjoy the banter. Maybe the Mets will win a game or two and I will find a reason to be slightly more optimistic, but for right now, there's no crying in baseball because you'll miss it when it's gone in October.
You Gotta Like Their Chances
There's an episode of Seinfeld entitled "The Subway" where Jerry gets stuck on the train to Coney Island with a naked man. At first, Jerry, for obvious reasons, is apprehensive about sitting across the aisle from the naked man but then they get to talking about my favorite topic, New York Mets baseball. Jerry and the naked man go back and forth about pitching, offense, speed, a bullpen, leadership, and the front office. After this exchange, Jerry says to the naked man, "But you gotta like their chances!"
It's a classic exchange. Every time my brother and I get on the phone or my dad and I get on the phone, it's a discussion we have. They have no pitching? They have Santana, Niese, Gee, Harvey, and Marcum with Wheeler waiting in the wings, projected to arrive to the big club by the All Star break. Our starting rotation, even without R.A. Dickey, continues to be our biggest strength. There is no "weakest link." All of these guys pitch to keep the team in games. A lot of their records should reflect better.
It's very easy to look at the projected Opening Day roster and say that the Mets have no hitting, especially when two of the three starting outfield positions need to be filled. I may have joked that Sandy Alderson signed a lot of players to minor league contracts, but what he did was sign his outfielders and his reserves on the cheap. Andrew Brown and Collin Cowgill could very easily make the team out of camp, along with Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Jordany Valdespin, and even Matt den Dekker. Last season, the Mets outfield was arguably the least productive one in baseball. I'm not asking for major outfield production, but anything has to be better for the team than playing Jason Bay because they're overpaying him by a lot of dollar signs.
The Mets do have their power hitters in David Wright, Ike Davis and Lucas Duda. David Wright always gives it his all, and I hope they do put a "C" on his jersey because he deserves it. He gets mad at himself when he's struggling and works that much harder to break out of it. I'm not worried about David. Last year, Ike Davis came back from a first half of nothing-ness to hit 31 home runs. Imagine if he had started off the year hitting .275? I really think he could hit 40 home runs and drive in 100 runs. I really, really do, especially now that his ankle is back to where it was pre-freak collision with David Wright. Lucas Duda has been working on his swing this spring with hitting coach Dave Hudgens to eliminate movement in the batter's box, and his pre-swing hitch is now gone.
The biggest question mark, in my eye, remains the bullpen. Sure, signing Brandon Lyon helps but we lost Jon Rauch, who had one of the better 2012 bullpen campaigns. As of 1:30 this afternoon, it appears that Bobby Parnell is going to be the closer going into exhibition games. Sure, on the outside, Parnell had a decent year going 5-4 with a 2.49 ERA in 68.2 innings pitched. But, in 12 save opportunities, he blew five of them. Five. I don't know how much longer The Bobby Parnell Experiment is going to continue, but it sounds like an awesome name for a fantasy baseball team.
So, the Mets might not have an Albert Pujols, or a Justin Verlander or a Jose Valverde but that does not mean we're any worse than other teams in the National League. We have what it takes to make a decent team. Baseball Prospectus even has us winning 80 games this year. Go figure.
If you had asked me last month if I thought the Mets were going to win 70 games, I would have told you no. But, now, I'm agreeing with the naked man from Seinfeld: "I LOVE their chances."
The Mets Played Spoilers Last Night
It's not a sentence that's typed very often, so I'm going to type it again: the Mets played spoilers last night.
Sure, the Braves have already clinched a playoff berth and are trying to top the Nationals in the NL East, but I think Jon Niese wanted to win this one more than the Braves did.
For Niese, it meant ending the season on a high note, finishing with career highs in wins and innings pitched and a career low 3.40 ERA. Niese also struck out a career high 155 batters this season. After last night's performance, Jon Niese can feel good about the way his season has gone.
For the Mets, it means ending their season on a high note. It means giving their fans something to talk about besides the annual second half collaspe. The Mets have nothing left to play for…except for ruining Chipper's night.
Emotions were high last night; this weekend marks the beginning of Chipper Jones' final homestand as an Atlanta Braves player. Yesterday, the Braves had a ceremony paying tribute to Jones' career and what better opponent than the Mets? Over the course of his career, Jones is someone the Mets and their fans have loved to hate. Why not make one last dig and become the party crashers?
Earlier this month, the Mets paid tribute to Chipper in their own way, by presenting him with a painting of Shea Stadium, a place where he performed so well that he named his son Shea. Of course, fans attending that Sunday's game were denied one last LARRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYY chant.
This weekend's trip to Atlanta marks the last chance for the Mets to be spoilers; our final series against the Marlins is only a factor in that it's not a factor. If the Mets can win two out of three or even sweep Atlanta, they certainly will have ruined the Braves' divisional chances, after their elimination number fell to two.
Finishing in first has suddenly become more important than it was in the past, and the Mets intend to teach the Braves that lesson the hard way.
Milestones Keep It Interesting
In a season that has disappointed Mets fans aplenty, the last couple of weeks of the season saw some September milestones that kept fans sitting on the edge of their seats, whether they were at home or at Citi Field.
R.A. Dickey became the first pitcher in 22 years to win 20 games for the Mets. As we all know, Frank Viola was the last to accomplish the feat in 1990. Dickey joins a list that includes Viola, Dwight Gooden, David Cone, Jerry Koosman, and some guy named Tom Seaver who accomplished the feat four times (not including 1977-he won 21 games combined for the Mets & Reds).
Dickey remains on the shortlist of Cy Young Award contenders, as he now leads the NL in strikeouts and innings pitched. He is second in the wins category as Gio Gonzalez got his 21st win against the Phillies. He is also second in ERA to Clayton Kershaw by 1/100th of a point.
Dickey's 20 wins makes him responsible for almost 28% of all the Mets victories this season. If you include no-decisions, Dickey has been the starting pitcher in nearly a third of all the Mets' victories this season. I think it's amazing that Dickey has been able to earn as many victories as he has on a team that remains subpar. Seeing the pitching performances from Dickey, Matt Harvey, and even Jon Niese make me optimistic that starting pitching will continue to be a strength in 2013.
I would be remiss if I didn't mention the fact that David Wright got is 1,419th career hit on Wednesday night. The little infield single that could puts him past Ed "The Original Met" Kranepool as the franchise leader in the hits category.
It seems like the only record left for David Wright to break is Darryl Strawberry's home run record. Strawberry has 252 home runs, but perhaps the closer goal for Wright is passing Mike Piazza's 220, which could happen by the middle of next year.
Wright would have to have a monster year in 2013, where he would break the franchise record for home runs in a season (41, by Todd Hundley and Carlos Beltran) to get himself in the Strawberry Stratosphere. Or the Strawberry Fields if you're a fan of The Beatles.
I have to give these guys credit where credit is due. After going on the slide that they went on after the All Star break, they kept us watching. As a Mets fan, I looked forward to the days where Dickey pitched and enjoyed counting down until David Wright broke the Kranepool record. Even though they weren't playing for anything, Wright and Dickey continue to soldier forward and be leaders in the clubhouse. Let's bring these guys back long term, pretty please?
It's All About How You Finish
I don't know what has been more astonishing this weekend: the fact that the Mets have won four games in a row, or the fact that the Mets have won four games in a row at home.
The Mets are in the midst of their final homestand of the season. Since a humiliating loss to the Phillies on Thursday, it looks like the Mets are back in shape. R.A. Dickey got his 19th victory, Ike Davis hit his 29th and 30th home runs of the season, and David Wright is only two hits away from breaking Ed Kranepool's all time franchise record for hits.
Over the past five or six seasons, the Mets have perfected the art of starting great and ending sloppily. This year, the Mets have the chance to finish strongly, even though they dug themselves their own grave in July.
They already proved their skeptics wrong; they won 70 games when nobody said they could. They've stayed out of last place when every sports media outlet in the country picked them to finish in last place. If you take a second to really look back at the 2012 Mets campaign, they've exceeded everybody's expectations.
The only people who seem to be unsatisfied are tortured Mets fans everywhere, who now spend their days discussing whether or not David Wright is coming back or even if he wants to come back. Conversations of 2013 started far too soon for Mets fans, who watched their team plummet from second to fourth place in a matter of weeks. With Matt Harvey spending his full season with the Mets next year, I'm already optimistic that next year will be a little turnaround; maybe they won't crash as suddenly next year.
What the 2012 Mets have to do in the final days of their season is prove to their supporters that they are fully committed to turning things around in 2013. Sandy Alderson looks to spend a little bit more money to (hopefully) lock up Wright and Dickey, Terry Collins will certainly be spending his offseason mulling over why the second half went the way it did, and the Mets players will continue with their offseason workouts and hopefully watch video of themselves in the first half versus the second half.
These Mets have to prove to themselves that they want to win. Their fans already know that they want to win; we want them to win. The only people keeping the New York Mets from winning are the New York Mets. Yogi said it wasn't over until it was over, which means there's still time for these guys to prove that they can win and want to win.
It's not about how you start; it's all about how you finish.
Can R.A. Dickey win the NL Cy Young?
R.A. Dickey is going for his 19th win of the season against the Phillies at Citi Field.
There's no question he's good; he's 18-5 with an NL-leading 2.68 ERA and a 1.044 WHIP (2nd in NL) going into tonight. In 205 innings pitched, he's accumulated 197 strikeouts (2nd in NL) against 48 walks.
The question for R.A. Dickey all season has been: can a knuckleballer win the Cy Young award? After all, a knuckleballer has never been honored with the prestigious award. The Braves' Phil Niekro finished second in the voting in 1969 to some guy named Tom Seaver. Wilbur Wood of the Chicago White Sox also finished second in the voting in 1972, losing out to Gaylord Perry.
The Cy Young award appears to be a four-man field between Dickey, Johnny Cueto, Gio Gonzalez, and Clayton Kershaw, all of whom sit atop the NL leaderboards in most categories. The difference between Dickey and Cueto/Gonzalez/Kershaw is that the Reds and Nationals are both poised to win their divisions, with the Dodgers still in contention for one of two Wild Cards spots and R.A. Dickey isn't pitching for anything.
I don't need to remind anybody that the Mets sit 4th in the NL East with a 66-80 record going into play tonight. We're not even playing to finish with a .500 record; we're playing because we have to play 162 games and to avoid the cellar. The only accomplishments R.A. Dickey has left to play for are his own personal ones, such as a 20 win season and the NL Cy Young award.
But will the voters go for a pitcher on a 4th (or potentially 5th) place team? Tim Lincecum won the award in 2008 & 2009 despite the Giants finishing 4th and 3rd in those respective years. Felix Hernandez won the AL Cy Young award in 2011 despite the Mariners finishing with one of the worst records in the American League. Zach Greinke won the 2009 AL Cy Young award despite the Royals' 65-97 record and last place finish in the AL Central.
But what does that all mean for the Mets, who haven't seen a Cy Young winner since Dwight Gooden won the award in 1985? It means that the voters, the Baseball Writers Association of America will simply have to ignore the horrendous second half of the Mets and remember the R.A. Dickey that pitched two consecutive one-hitters during the month of June while not allowing a run for 32 2/3 straight innings.
The last three weeks of the season are not only crucial for Johnny Cueto, Gio Gonzalez, and Clayton Kershaw, but they are crucial for R.A. Dickey because he's about the only good thing the Mets have left.
It's Getting Closer
With today's 3-0 loss to the Brewers, the elimination number on the Mets went down to six. That means any combination of six wins from the top two Wild Card teams and six Mets losses and the season will finally be mathematically over.
The lives of tormented fans across the country will be made abundantly easier as the load from their shoulders gets lighter. No longer will we have to walk around with the "mathematically alive" chip. I don't know about anybody else, but I'm tired of walking around saying, "We're technically still in it, but the season's over."
At this point in the season, every loss helps us get a higher draft pick. Every game where we use Jeurys Familia or Jenrry Mejia instead of Jon Rauch or Frank Francisco gets the younger guys some major league experience.
I was asked by one of my Twitter followers the other day if I wished I had more answers about the state of the Mets going into the offseason. I responded, "It's the Mets; we'll never have the answers that we want." Of course, my response had to be 140 characters or less.
With the Mets, if one offseason question is answered, another one arises. You can ask if the Mets plan on signing David Wright to a long-term deal, get that answer and then ask, "But what about R.A. Dickey?"
I have to commend Sandy Alderson for being very collected when dealing with questions of this nature. I'm sure he understands that he can't make everybody happy at the end of the day; I'm sure fans still ask him why we didn't re-sign Jose Reyes. At the end of the day, he has to do what he feels is best for the organization.
Once October 3 is over and done, I'm sure questions about the long term future of David Wright & R.A. Dickey will come into question. We'll get news that Dickey was robbed of the Cy Young award (or that he won), we'll ballyhoo about for two or three days and then we will move on with our offseason.
I can't think a month into the organzation's future. Heck, I can't think about tomorrow's game. I know Dickey is pitching, but we're at home..and we are atrocious at home. Think about today and worry about tomorrow, well, tomorrow.
Don't Let September Get You Down
Yeah, it's September. The elimination number on the Mets is nine. On October 3, Mets baseball will become dormant for the winter as the Wilpon family and Sandy Alderson try to re-sign David Wright and R.A. Dickey to long-term contracts. Or at least that's what I hope they'll do.
No, the Mets won't be a .500 team this year, but that plan went moot after the Mets had horrendous homestand after horrendous homestand. They believe in homefield advantage about as much as they believe in comebacks (remember that slogan?). Sandy Alderson has recently expressed confidence in Terry Collins and his coaching staff as the season winds down, but the future of the coaching staff will be discussed in the next seven to ten days.
Most Met fans I talk to on Twitter have moved on to football season, either rooting for Big Blue or Gang Green, with a few Cowboys fans thrown into the mix. While I go for Gang Green myself, I remain a baseball purist, loyal until the last out. I still listen to Howie Rose and Josh Lewin on WFAN, thanks to advances in modern technology.
People wonder why I even still bother with the Mets. They have the worst bullpen in baseball and can't win a game at Citi Field if it was handed to them on a silver platter. As Robin Ventura once said, "Mets fans are born, not made."
My dad, brothers and I still have conversations about the Mets. Whenever I need to complain about them possibly shutting down Matt Harvey or about how Jason Bay can't hit his way out of a paper bag, I call one of them. We even talk about the deals the Mets are (or aren't) making in the offseason. We see eye to eye on most things, but if you bring up trading David Wright, I will shut you down.
The Mets bring my family together. Whether we are in Florida, New York, Hawaii, or Alaska, the Mets provide a common discussion piece amongst the DeMattia's. It's not over until it's over for the DeMattia family. And then we start talking about 2013.
Being a Mets fan is a birth right I am grateful that my dad passed down onto me. I can't let September get me down; it's just like any other September in franchise history.


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I was excited about the book way in advance.And my wife pre-ordered the book for me for Xmas. (and she even made me a very nice card to open with the cover of the book on it) I am glad that the book is selling better. I admit that I do 99% of my book buying online. I may use a bookstore to look at books in real life. It reminds me of when the CEO of Best Buy said that they were a "Showroom for Amazon".
I have not finished the book yet but it is a great read.
I think the problem lies in that most people don't want to admit the truth:That the world is not the image projected to us. They want it to all add up at the end of the day even though they absolutely know that it doesn't. And books like this challenge that paradygm.
It also requires people to actually think differently, which again they don't like to do.
Whitley....thank you for this and all of your work!
This old lady has experienced, studied, run from, been taken by and taught, through some 60-plus years by a process that ... surprising to me ... seemed most similar to that which you detail in your latest book. Reading your words brought a few tears to my eyes, as I immediately could emphasize with both you and Ann. After a lull of several years, phenomena have begun again for me, in loud and visible ways. My first reaction was, "Oh for Pete's sake, now NOW!" But a plateau has been reached, and as soon as I consciously decided to live in Humility before all of this, communication became, not the historical struggle, but a gentle and grateful joy. Certainly there are rough spots and the ocassional nightmarish happening...but it all fits.
Part of my own life was spent in the public arena, so I understand explicitly what it is like to watch your "friends" close their doors to you. And I have lost much, like you, materially. I feel there are many people like you.. in varying levels of this "school"...all around the world, who were born to do this. But just go quietly, honestly, and you will find the stuff you lost and more. Besides, you and Ann have each other "real good", as they used to say in my old hilltop home.
Blessings on you both!
Isn't it amazing how foolish highly-regarded scientists can be when they stray away from their areas of expertise?
Is there any way those of us with scientific backgrounds and graduate degrees can start a discussion? I, for one, marginalize myself because I find it difficult to wade through all the irrelevant information when I want to explore the core of the visitor phenomenon. There's a lot of excitement associated with visitor experiences, and rightly so, but it creates a lot of distracting background noise. The fundamental question is how do they materialize so effortlessly? Understanding this would change our entire relationship with matter.
A visitor once told me that we can learn to surgically access internal organs by dematerializing the surrounding tissues. It's downright irritating that they dangle such a huge carrot that seems impossible for me to access, but it definitely has my attention. I know it can be done, I watch them come and go and manipulate my environment. But I don't know what to do with it. Can we form a focus group to discuss, and maybe even meet and experiment with, the manipulation of matter?
What I find encouraging is that as opposed to others of Whitley's books that I've had to track down, order online, or order in bookstores, 'Solving' was readily available on the bookshelf (2--faced out) in my local Palm Desert, CA Barnes and Noble. I just felt that it was too bad that it was filed away in the remote New Age section. It should have been prominently placed in the "New Non-fiction" section near the front door.
I can't understand why YOU are not selling YOUR book on YOUR own website!? That makes no sense to me. Are you prevented by some contract with your publisher? Pity. What better way to get to many of your fan base than from your website.


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Michael Muhney: Fired from The Young and the Restless!by Matt Richenthal at . Comments
The Young and the Restless just placed casting coal in the stockings of many fans this holiday season.
Michael Muhney, who has starred on the CBS soap opera for almost six years as Adam Newman, Tweeted yesterday that he's been fired from the daytime drama.
"It breaks my heart to say this, but I was just let go from Y&R," the actor wrote. "My last day on the set is this Thursday."
Muhney, whose final installment will air January 30, added:
"I'm going to take some private time with my wife & kids, as I am most concerned for their well-being… I have 3 final episodes to film, and because they are my last, I will be giving it everything I have."
CBS is yet to comment on the dismissal.
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I wonder if they want to get rid of the actor? Are they going to have Adam confess to killing Delia and go off to prison. I will miss him. He is a great actor.
This show is truly going no where! With out Adam and Billy's charters this show would just be the same ole. This make no since and I watch for so long but I will not longer watch. These are 2 of the best actors this show has ever had. Goodbye!
I am extremely shocked to read of both Adam and Billie are being fired. Adam and Billy deserve an academy awards for their acting. They are both so exciting playing their parts that I will not miss watching the next episode. Y&R will not be the same. PLEASE RECONSIDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Adam will be leaving the show? What a terrible mistake. What's going on? He will be miss very much. It won't be the same without him.
Big mistake!!!! Adam makes the show.
Lately the Y & R has been so boring and tedious to watch. I look forward to seeing Adam every single day. Michael, I wish you all the best. You will be missed :(
It's a big mistake to let Michael go. He is a
Wonderful actor.
The newer actors that have joined the cast are doing nothing for Y&R.
CBS you need to wake up.
What a mistake Y&R has made. The show will go downhill without him. There is no one that can take his place. I would sincerely think this over. You are going to lose many fans of the show. You are letting the wrong people go. This goes for Billy's character. I have watched this soap for many years and want to continue but am now having seconds thoughts. Wake up CBS
I have been watching this show for years they are my family but with every body leaving I know they are trying to loose all their viewers so they can phase out the show
No Adam no The Young and the Restless.
I've been watching Y & R since the first day it aired. Not only are they bringing back the former Billy, they are getting rid of Adam. These are horrible choices for this long standing fan. I am thinking it's time for me to stop watching.


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A New Incubator Model Pairs Startups With Established Companies, With Investors in the Middle [WHITE PAPER]
"Trying to innovate within a big company sucks," TechStars director David Tisch said once, expressing a sentiment held widely throughout the tech startup world (cf. Google and Dodgeball, Yahoo and Delicious). But at the same time, large, stable companies must innovate, or they'll fall behind.
In a new white paper, Howard Yu, professor at the IMD Business School, Switzerland, and Ben Lin, a partner at early-stage venture fund Great Oaks Venture Capital, argue for a twist on the tech accelerator that marries established companies with entrepreneurs and third party investors: Read More


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Warrant issued for David Flores' arrest
Police have issued an arrest warrant for David Flores after he allegedly beat an ex-girlfriend earlier this week. Flores has been arrested three times since agreeing to a plea deal in July that allowed him walk away a free man after being given a new trial for a 1997 murder conviction. Des ...
Garage sale planned to benefit carjacking victim Mike Wasike
A garage sale to benefit carjacking victim Mike Wasike is planned for next month. The sale will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 4 at Zion Lutheran Church, 4300 Beaver Avenue. All proceeds will go to Wasike's family. Gently used items for the garage sale can be dropped off at ...