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So it was starcraft... hehe, I knew I know this alien from somewhere. :P Anyway - you can change that image by simply editing this file in your forum: /styles/StarCraft/theme/images/banner.jpg <- just put some Homeworld thing on right and make gradient transparent->black from right to left so that it would be similar to the current image :) SkywalkerPL 17:27, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
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I currently don't run any forums as I don't have time for them anymore.
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i saw your latest amendment in the articles, i like most of the way and hint in the articles, but just drop by to share my plan C, in true there are only 2 way around the mission, which you mention in plan A and B, but mine is while doing plan A i plus the plan B in the middle of my plan (basically i do the mission before i read the articles) so my plan C is a plan that i retry few times to created it myself. if interest feel free to drop by into my page Balcon28
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- You can add your own content to the pages, either myself or Zeta will make any corrections :)
- speysider 16:00, February 21, 2011 (UTC)
- That we will. Zeta1127 of the 89th Legion (talk) 00:33, March 24, 2011 (UTC)
Homeworld 3 Facebook Page Edit
Unfortunately, I can't do anything about the Homeworld 3 Facebook Page, because I am not an admin, but I like to think I should be. Zeta1127 of the 89th Legion (talk) 02:06, October 7, 2011 (UTC)
Deletion Edit
Why are Parsec and Lightyears up for deletion when they where red links?
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- Oh Ok. Chance.purvis-Message Me - Blog 18:08, March 12, 2012 (UTC)
RE:Backgrounds Edit
Yes I can, can you give me maybe 3-4 hours? I'm in the middle of building a clan site. Erex Malren-Message Me - Admin Blog 15:07, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
- I'm uploading them now I finished the site. Erex Malren-Message Me - Admin Blog 15:26, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
- Glad you enjoyed them. :) Erex Malren-Message Me - Admin Blog 15:41, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
- I don't have the Homeworld or Homeworld:Cataclysm. I found the image on relicnews forum. :) Erex Malren-Message Me - Admin Blog 15:45, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
Website Edit
Hey I saw your website, you need help with it? I build sites for fun/living. Erex Malren-Message Me - Admin Blog 15:46, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
- Alright. Just trying to help. :) Once you get forum up I'll be joining site if you put a forum on it. :) Erex Malren-Message Me - Admin Blog 15:50, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
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I just suscribed to you. :) Hey are good with modding? Cause I want to make a Star Wars Empire at war mod with Homeworld 2 elements, you play as the Sobani, and the vaygr/progenitors are your enemies.
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Oh ok. Well I hope you play it more often, its such a good game despite the rank thing.
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Im loving all the work that was put into this wiki. I especially love the mission background banners in the hw2 campaign articles, that leaves me wondering where or how you came across these images. ive been looking for a way to extract them out of the game files if that is what youve done.
Any input or advice would be greatly appreciated.
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My semi-returnEdit
Yeah, it has been. I was just poring through the old Homeworld materials both in print and online when I noticed I'd made a rather grievous error in the spelling of Naabal (which I wrote as "Nabaal"), a spelling error which has proliferated throughout the wiki since then. So I thought I'd go ahead and correct it.
My wiki account hasn't been entirely unactive - my edits have been seen on the Forgotten Realms Wiki, Xenopedia, and Wookieepedia, but it's true that I haven't been around here for years. Mostly, due to some bad fallout a way's back when I was working with others on some related creative projects that got derailed. I also saw how others were handling the wiki and thought I'd just be getting in the way at the time.
In any case, I'm glad to see Encyclopedia Hiigara's still up and running and in good shape. There's some rough spots here and there, but all in all I'm pleased with how all of you have taken care of the place and will presumably continue to do so. You may see some more of me around here now and then, although I do have my own projects I'm working on now that take priority. Anyhow, it's nice to be welcomed back. Niirfa-sa 20:34, June 25, 2012 (UTC)
New templatesEdit
Looks great! Thanks for making them. Niirfa-sa 10:21, June 29, 2012 (UTC)
HD ImagesEdit
That would be great! My main computer (a laptop) doesn't have great resolution so I probably won't be able to acquire too many, but I am totally down for some 1080p images if you can get them. Niirfa-sa 19:59, July 1, 2012 (UTC)
- Any images are fine, really, though priority should probably be given to ships (since they're the most easily scalable in-game). Cutscene shots would be nice, but since they're pre-rendered they probably have a pretty solid cap on their resolution.
- If you meant which ships to prioritize, I'd go with Kushan/Taiidan > Hiigaran/Vaygr > Somtaaw/Beast > everyone else. Niirfa-sa 21:31, July 1, 2012 (UTC)
sorry couldnt get that picture to move over to the right. cheers for that.
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A dinner game where "dinner" is the game. There is a menu and everything needed has a odd name. No one knows what the spoon/fork is or the soup, salad is, unless they are good guessers at what the unfamiliar names on the menu are. Nothing is in order, it is real food.
You might get a knife to eat your soup, a spoon to cut your meat, a bun but no meat, et. all. I have never done it, but have heard of them and they are great fun with the right crowd. A fun church dinner. Now, a progressive or traveling dinner I have instigated and done. We did appetizers, next soup/salad, then main course, with desert/entertainment at the 4 the home.. Lots of fun. Was looking for something fun for New Years Eve or later w/ group of friends. Vangy likes to cook as well as play in the dirt. |
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I get it....you provide a menu ande veryone has to choose....you list things like: A huckenpokey and a frazzlemazoo, and a green blazer and a clappertrapper.... Then you assign those names to things like salad, or a fork or a class of water or salad dressing.....and tell everyone that for course 1 they need to place their order for 6 things from the menu....and if they don't choose well, they may end upo with a class fo water a fork, a knife and a bowl of lettuce....while someone else gets a spoon, some dressing and catsup. I remember doing that in highschool. Be very sure of your crowd before planning it....or be sure to have lots of booze! Linda C |
Sounds like fun! Although I certainly wouldn't be able to keep up - LoL. Sorry that I can't help you with ideas; I'm not that creative. But have fun! |
Hi, my sister did one of these for Halloween one year. We all sat in the dinning room and she and her MIL were the waitresses. They had pads, and each guest ordered 3 items at a time. They had each item on the menu numbered so we ordered by number and they had the correspoding items lined up in the kitchen (out of our sight) labeled with postit notes by number. Here is her menu - I saved it because it was so fun I thought I would copy it some day - I hope it gets your creative juices flowing... Halloween Mystery Menu |
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I don't usually post on this forum so you all can tell me to go away.:0) I would hate such a party. I once went to a restaurant that was medieval in theme and you had to beg on your knees for salt etc. I was furious. I hate this kind of stuff. I am hidebound. LOL |
Wel, I think it sounds like fun. I assume that guests EVENTUALLY get the complete meal -- maybe by trading? I mean, the food, utensils, etc. are all there in the kitchen anyway. If I did this party, I would serve what was ordered by each guest, and then once everyone had a big laugh and decoded the menu, I'd just bring everything out. Is that how it's usually done? |
I went to a party like that when I was in highschool....and even then I thought it was dumb and childish...and no....the "real" meal never came out....you got what you ordered when you ordered it. It was supposed to be funny being served your dessert first if that's the way you ordered it and watching some poor sap trying to eat icecream with a toothpick. Linda C |
- Posted by craftfetish (My Page) on Thu, Jan 11, 07 at 16:32
Hmm...perhaps some tweaking to the original concept is in order. I definitely wouldn't want to go to a party like the one Linda C described. |
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The party my sister hosted was actually fun. About 5 minutes after the first round was brought out, we ordered again and this time we started "solving" the menu. Since my uncle Bill had ordered table tines and got a fork, the rest of us ordered that on the next round. We enjoyed ourselves, but keep in mind that this was a family Halloween party and the nieces and nephews were all under 6 years so anything that makes them laugh got the rest of us aunts and uncles rolling. I would not do this for an adult party. |
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I got my one and only Helle. 3 years ago at the end of the season. It was a poor pitiful little thing with no name on it. I think I got it for $1. Well, for three years it did ver little. One blossom, foilage tatty and very little. This year it took off. It is now over a foot tall and wide. It still has flowers on it from March. They started out a pale dusty rose green. The leaves are really cool. I know I have just a basic common one, but it sure is nice. Maybe I will have to devote less space to hostas so I can get a few more (don't tell the people on the hosta forum!) |
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Coincidence or Corruption?
The Smith Institute, a charity widely seen as a front for Gordon Brown, who seemed to be the only beneficiary of the charity, acted as an integral part of his long campaign to become PM. By law it was supposedly a non-partisan, non-political organisation, yet it hosted a "how to beat Cameron" event to which the Conservatives formally objected.
Wilf Stevenson, the director of the institute claimed, somewhat implausibly, that there was no direct link to Gordon Brown. Guido revealed that Sarah Brown got Konrad Caulkett the job at the Smith Institute. Despite Konrad being at the centre of allegations that the Smith Institute broke the law, Sarah Brown has once again stepped in to help him get a job, this time as her SpAd. So despite him being suspected of various breaches of the Charity laws, despite denials of links to Gordon, he has been brought onto the No. 10 payroll. Downing Street sleaze clearly didn't end with Blair.
See also Sith attempt to cover-up use of No. 11, Mrs Brown recruits Konrad as the Sith apprentice, The back story to the Sith's Konrad, The public charity which refuses to talk to the public, Non-political charity does policy at No. 11, Sith's Konrad paid by charity to campaign for Balls' election, The Charity Commission announcement, The Sith and the Statesman.
Ed Miliband, the Cabinet Office minister and frequent attendee of Smith Institute events at 11 Downing Street in the past, now reckons "Charities should be free to participate in appropriate ways in political activities. There are clear benefits to society from allowing charities to do so."
Guido is in favour of such a change in the law, but the Charity Commission's Smith Institute investigation should still reach a prompt conclusion. Gordon Brown was the sole beneficiary of a charity which broke the law continuously for five years and acted as a campaign slush fund for him. Nobody is above the law.
The Charity Commission needs to ascertain, in good time, whether or not taxpayers money was diverted to furthering Gordon Brown's private interests.
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168. …it is important to ensure that the regulatory framework for the third sector, together with the Government's consultation mechanisms and investments in strengthening the organisational capacity of the sector, help it to foster and harness community voices on important issues of public policy. The Government will therefore work with the Charity Commission, Capacitybuilders and sector leaders to explore the options for enabling charities and other sector organisations to better campaign on issues that are likely to advance the cause of the purposes for which they have been established. As part of this process, the Government will consider the recommendations of the recent report of the independent Advisory Group on Campaigning and the Voluntary Sector, chaired by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC (23 May 2007).
So it is a bit of a coincidence that Lord Haskell, chairman of the Board of Trustees gave a five grand donation to Gordon's leadership campaign. Even more of a coincidence that another board member, Mr Paul Myners, gave twelve grand. Surely he can't remain mere "mister" Myners for much longer. It was Myners of course who provided the implausible story to cover-up the Treasury's direct payment to the Smith Institute.
You won't read about this in the Guardian, because although it likes to advertise that it has no press baron owner, Myners is chairman of the Guardian Media Group as well as being a Sith board member. Another fortunate coincidence…
"the registered charity that appears to have virtually set up headquarters in 11 Downing Street… Surprisingly – or not, whichever way you care to look at it – Gordon didn't answer himself. He left it to his deputy, Stephen Timms, Financial Secretary to the Treasury. I suggested that it was odd that No. 11's householder was apparently unwilling to answer to the House over his domestic arrangements. Timms is a nice, straightforward man and seemed uncomfortable to be asked the question, so he simply didn't answer it. And so we say farewell to Chancellor Brown. Next time he is at the despatch box he will be Prime Minister. But I doubt that he has heard the last of the Smith affair."
You can bet on that…
Classic stonewalling, but this is not going to go away just because the Sith refuse to answer questions. The Guido initiated Charity Commission investigation is a statutory process, subject to judicial review. It won't be easy to sweep things under the carpet.
Well apart from Jamie Oliver and everyone's mother, they could have gone to one of the various centres of excellence in the academic world; The Human Nutrition Research Centre at Newcastle University, the Nutrition Research Review team from the department of biochemistry at UCL, the Centre for Public Health Nutrition Research at the University of Dundee would have been particularly appropriate. Maybe the Medical Research Council's Collaborative Centre for Human Nutrition Research at Cambridge University. These are well known and authoritative centres.
What did the highly politicised Food Standards Agency quango do instead in the aftermath of the Turkey Twizzler scandal? They called those well known experts in child nutrition, Konrad Caulkett and Wilf Stevenson at the Smith Institute. The Sith got Jon Snow in to chair the event, with Dame Deidre Hutton from the Food Standards Agency presiding.
Other seminar contributors included New Labour's favourite headmaster Gary Philips (Lillian Baylis Technology School), Dame Suzi Leather – who was at the time at the Schools Food Trust. Paul Kelly from the contract caterers Compass Group chipped in – Compass are the firm which shoves chips down the throats of kids.
Funnily enough one of the conclusions they came to was that Mum's packed lunch was not nutritious and the kids would be better off scoffing Compass Group's nosh. For this conclusion to the gathering the Smith Institute was paid £10,000 of the taxpayer's money. The actual benefit to child nutrition was zero. Subsidy value to Gordon's charitable think tank – £10,000. Isn't it amazing that once again it costs the taxpayer £10,000 for the Smith Institute to organise one seminar for a government quango, yet costs the Sith nothing to hold nearly 200 hundred seminars on government property at No. 11? The discovery of this latest bung follows last week's revelation of a last-minute cover-up of another £11,750 bung to the Smith Institute direct from the Treasury. The whole thing stinks.
Even more disturbing is that Dame Suzi Leather, who attended this seminar, is a long-time Labour Party activist who now heads up the Charity Commission, which is conducting the investigation into the Smith Institute for breaches of the Charities Act. No conclusion has been reached in that investigation yet, which is in itself very worrying…
Guido made a formal complaint under Section 8 of the Charities Act. The Charity Commission indicated that it would consider taking action. It leaked out before the official announcement was made that they would commence a formal inquiry. This led to a flurry of activity at the Smith Institute and HM Treasury. Their response was transparently choreographed in the knowledge that a statutory inquiry under the Charities Act would bring previously suppressed documents and information into the public domain.
After months of pressure it was suddenly revealed that nearly two hundred meetings had been held by the Smith Institute (free of charge) at No. 11 Downing Street with the permission of the Chancellor. Guido had been alleging that the use of the building effectively amounted to a subsidy of the Smith Institute's activities by HM Treasury. It was literally an abuse of office in all senses of the word.
In those circumstances if it were to be revealed that the Treasury had made direct payments to the Smith Institute, Gordon Brown's political front group, it would have been extremely damaging. The charge against Brown that he was corruptly financing his political ambitions would be hard to defend.
Amazingly a letter dated February 1, 2007, and written by Paul Myners was produced to explain away just such a payment. Myners is a Smith Institute trustee, a Treasury appointed veteran of various Gordon created quangos, who is considered a safe pair of hands by Brownites. He is also a wealthy donor to Gordon's leadership campaign.
It explained that two years previously the Treasury had paid the Smith Institute £11,750 to hold two seminars on behalf of the Myners Review into the financial sector for Gordon. It went on to claim (without explanation) that the Treasury had paid the money by mistake. That it was always Myners' intention to pay the cost himself. That he had now, over two years later, paid the sum personally.
If the Charity Commission investigation was not going to bring knowledge of this payment into the public domain, there is no doubt that the Treasury payment to the Smith Institute would have been kept well hidden with no danger of it being discovered or repaid.
The Myners letter is here. The explanations given by Myners are frankly incredible. He is expecting us to believe that the Smith Institute accidentally invoiced HM Treasury and that HM Treasury accidentally paid the invoice. We are asked to believe that suddenly two years later he decided to pay the bill having told his "team that I would be happy to personally contribute some or all of the costs of the seminars". But he didn't actually do it at the time, did he?
Could it be that the imminent and inevitable exposure of the payment by HM Treasury to the Smith Institute during the course of the Charity Commission's investigation was the real and only reason the payment was now refunded by Myners to the Treasury? It was a plain and simple cover up – long after the event – by Myners to help his friend Gordon Brown out of a politically difficult situation.
Full story this evening.
So when the SNP listed 100 leading businessmen who were supporting them, Gordon was not amused. A counter list of 100 businessman opposed to Scottish independence was hastily assembled. An advert was placed in The Scotsman by these "non-partisan" business leaders. Guido understands that it was financed by John Milligan, who is also a trustee of the Smith Institute…
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I am a new nurse and am fortunate enough to have been offered a positions, an option of two actually. The two positions available are a 32 hr Night (11-7 4 nights per week) or 32 hr Evening (3-11 4... Read More
0Dec 10, '11 by Roxyann57, LPNI work 3-11. It's my favorite shift. I am young, single, and have no children. I can see my family on my days off/weekends off. I can sleep in or have the ability to wake up early and do things during the day and still go out after work. I know a lot of nurses I work with complain because they never see their kids or families. The evenings have a lot more families and I like it best. I've worked 11-7 and it just messes with your sleep and life. I'll only do it to cover when they need me.
0Dec 10, '11 by brandy1017If you are able to work on nights that would be the better choice socially. Get blackout shades or eye mask so you can sleep during the day, try melatonin.
I've worked all three shifts and I love the nights the best, days is so hectic and your being pulled and interrupted by everyone. PM's is so antisocial because you work when most are off, get home and most are sleeping and in the morning most are at work. Noc's you can go to sleep in the morning and see people in the afternoon. You can even go shopping after work or talk to someone if you want before you go to bed.
Some night people sleep a few hours in the morning then a few hours in the evening before work. I couldn't function like that! I need a good solid block of time, I prefer 8 hours but can get by on 5 for a short time.
In my experience when I did PM's I'd be wide awake and full of adrenalin and not able to sleep until the middle of the night, then sleep in and next thing you know its time to go to work.
If you go out with friends to the bars a lot at night, then maybe PM's would work ok for you. Where I work most of the PM nurses switch to a different shift as soon as they are able, the majority switch to days or 12 hr days and occasionally someone will choose 12 hour nights.
I had a choice of any shift or FTE back when I made the switch to 12 hr nights and I am the most happy with that. I like having 4 days off, the only downside is the 12 hr weekends and holidays so 32hr Nocs would be even better for that reason. Unfortunately they don't offer 8 hr Nocs where I work anymore, its mostly 12hr days/nights and occasionally PM's.
Also PM's tends to get mandated a lot as nocs are always short so keep that in mind as well. If you want to try PM's I'm sure you could always switch to another shift later on if you don't think nights wouldn't work for you sleep wise.
Some people don't function well on nights, tired, nauseated and also shift work, esp nights has been associated with increased risk of cancer, so you have to do what's right for you. -
2Dec 10, '11 by joanna73 GuideI love nights and I hate days. Even when I worked days, I wanted to stay up at night. There is something inhuman about getting up at 0530a. For the people who don't like the dark....well even on days its dark when you wake up and dark when you leave work. I don't see the difference.
The only thing that works for me is maintaining a night schedule on nights off. Switching to days is pointless and that is ultimately what hurts people. I also eat healthy, exercise and take melatonin.KelRN215 and Cindyrella like this. -
0Dec 10, '11 by NoviceRN10I'm real confused by all the different terms used by everyone here . At my hospital you work days (7a-3p or 7a-7p), afternoons (3p-11p), or nights (11p-7a). I orientated on days (7-3) and it was okay, but I was always tired by 10p and had to get up at 5a, so it felt like a drag. I then worked 7p-7a and that is fine, but I would miss some of my kid's sports or school activities. Now I work 11p-7a, contingent status. I like being able to attend all of my kids' activities, but I do feel pretty crappy most of the time, even with a good stretch of days off (I'm 40). The ideal shift for me doesn't exist right now (9-3!) so I am just dealing with it for a while. Afternoons is a hard shift, they get all the admits and discharges. Where I work the afternoon shift is hard to staff, and the staff we have seem to be our weakest nurses so the night shift has to play catch up with stuff they leave for us and then do our own tasks as well, it has to be the shift that passes on the most stuff! I think afternoons would just eat up most of your day.
0Dec 10, '11 by dudette10Hated 3-11 with a family (husband and kids). I never saw them.
Now I'm part-time 11-7, and it works out well for me. I have no issues at all switching back to days after working a few nights in a row. I do have difficulty switching back to nights, though. I have to force myself to bed, and I don't sleep well at all the first evening before a shift back on. (Almost like a six-hour doze...) While I like nights, I don't think I could do this shift full-time. -
1Dec 10, '11 by AZMOMO2, ASNI have worked both. I felt like I was missing so much more of life when I was working evenings. By the time I got home it was sometimes after midnight, it would take at least an hour or two to wind down and get to bed around 2am. Then I would sleep until about 10 or 11. Have to get ready for work and head out the door by 2 to get to work. So the times I was home, people we either sleeping or still at work/school. If I was lucky and didn't have to work a weekend I would get to see the family on weekends. I also missed alot of functions because of this shift.
I work NOC right now. I work 8p-6a. I sleep while everyone is at work/school, I am up when they are home and can have dinner and even go out somewhere with them at least for a few hours before work. Not having to go in until 11 you would be better off.
It just takes some time to get used to the being awake all night thing. But after 8 months, I have it licked!noyesno likes this. -
0Dec 10, '11 by applewhiternI work 3-11 and love it. I can sleep all I want to, stay up when I get off if I want to. Have the mornings free for other things. If you have kids at home, you would miss a lot, but my kid is grown and gone, so it is a great shift for me. We get a lot of admissions, especially direct admits, but at least most of the procedures/surgeries are already done by the time we come in. Most of the docs have already rounded, too.
0Dec 10, '11 by noyesno, BSN, RNI prefer 3-11 to 11-7 but it's definitely put a damper on my social life. As AZMOMO2 said above, you miss out on so many social things. It's hard to go to bed right after work because it takes a while to wind down. I usually end up staying up until 3 am and waking up around noon (I require 9-10 hours of sleep like a high schooler). I've started hanging out with my coworkers after work so I don't become a complete loner but I miss my non-nursing friends very much.
0Dec 10, '11 by DreamyEyesI'm torn. If you asked me a year ago, I would have said 11-7 shift is better, hands down. I work 11-7 part time (I'm in nursing school) and I hate not being able to sleep at night. I'm definitely more of a day person. When I had the summer off from school, I would sleep during the day until about 3 or 4 pm. It was nice to have evenings off with my fiance and family/friends, but I was tired ALL the time, even after sleeping 7 or 8 hours during the day. It really started to affect my mood, too.
When I worked 3-11, I would have a hard time falling asleep as soon as I got home, so I would stay up until 1 or 2, and gradually it became 3 am, and I would get up at 10 or 11 the next day. I felt like I had no life.. I was just sleeping and working.
Sorry, I'm probably no help but I feel they both have pros and cons and neither is better than the other. I think if you can sleep during the day though, 11-7 will be better for your social and family life.


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D'Backs Exercise Options On Hudson, Reynolds
The Diamondbacks announced that they have exercised their 2015 club options on right-hander Daniel Hudson and left-hander Matt Reynolds. Hudson's option guarantees him $800K next season, while Reynolds will earn $600K.
Hudson, 27, hasn't seen regular MLB action since 2012 season due to not one, but two Tommy John surgeries. He looked to have recovered from his first Tommy John operation before re-injuring the elbow early in a rehab stint and requiring a second procedure. Hudson remained determined and worked his way through the rehab process once again, this time reaching the Majors at the tail end of the 2014 season and making three relief appearances. The D'Backs appear likely to use him as a reliever in 2015, and Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic tweets that he can earn an additional $300K in roster bonuses.
Originally acquired from the White Sox along with lefty David Holmberg in exchange for Edwin Jackson, Hudson looked to be a key cog for the Diamondbacks' rotation after a brilliant debut for Arizona. He posted a 1.69 ERA in 11 starts for the D'Backs in 2010 and followed that up with a 3.49 mark in 222 innings the following year before injuring his UCL in 2012.
Reynolds, 30, was acquired from the Rockies in a rare intra-division trade that sent Ryan Wheeler to Colorado. Reynolds was enjoying an excellent first season with the D'Backs in 2013, having pitched to a 1.98 ERA with 23 strikeouts against five walks in 27 1/3 innings before his injury. He spent the 2014 season rehabbing and did not take the mound in either the Majors or Minors, though at just $100K over the league minimum, there's little risk for the Diamondbacks in exercising their option.
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40-Man Roster Moves: Fernandez, Beckham
Here's the recap of some notable players who saw their roster status changed over the weekend…
- The Marlins moved Jose Fernandez to the 60-day disabled list, opening up roster space for newly-acquired reliever Bryan Morris. Fernandez, of course, will be sidelined for roughly the next year as he recovers from Tommy John surgery.
- The Rays moved infielder Tim Beckham to the 60-day DL and filled his 40-man roster spot by purchasing the contract of outfielder Jerry Sands from Triple-A. Sands will help fill in for Wil Myers, who went on the 15-day DL yesterday. Beckham, the first overall pick of the 2008 draft, tore his right ACL during the offseason.
- The Diamondbacks moved left-hander Matt Reynolds to the 60-day DL in order to create a 40-man roster spot for outfielder David Peralta, who had his contract purchased from Double-A. (A.J. Pollock was placed on the 15-day DL in a corresponding move.) Reynolds posted an impressive 1.98 ERA, 7.6 K/9 and 4.60 K/BB rate in 27 1/3 IP out of the Arizona bullpen last season before undergoing Tommy John surgery in September.
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Diamondbacks Avoid Arbitration With Matt Reynolds
3:02pm: Reynolds will earn $550K in 2014 and there's a club option for the following year worth $600K, according to Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic (on Twitter).
11:42am: The Diamondbacks announced that they have avoided arbitration with left-hander Matt Reynolds by agreeing to a one-year contract with a club option for the 2015 season.
Reynolds, 29, was enjoying an outstanding season in his first year with the Snakes before going down with a left elbow strain. That injury resulted in the worst possible outcome for team and player, as Reynolds ultimately underwent Tommy John surgery on Sept. 24.
In 27 1/3 innings for the D-Backs this season, Reynolds had a pristine 1.98 ERA with 7.6 K/9 and 1.6 BB/9. By locking him up for 2014 and securing a club option for 2015, the Diamondbacks gain some cost certainty over an asset who is controlled through the 2016 season. Arizona acquired Reynolds last November in a rare intra-division trade that sent third baseman Ryan Wheeler to the Rockies.
NL West Notes: Balentien, Giants, Tanaka, D'Backs
Wladimir Balentien smashed his 56th home run for the Yakult Swallows on Sunday to break Sadaharu Oh's Japanese single-season record and some within the Giants organization have wondered if they could find a way to acquire him, writes Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle. There's one problem, however - Balentien signed a three-year deal with the Swallows before this season, which means he will not be a free agent until the end of 2015. "He wants to come back. That's what he told me two or three weeks ago. His dream is to come back and play in the major leagues," said Giants hitting coach Hensley Meulens. "We've talked about him, but nobody knows how to go about it, to get out of the contract." While the idea has been batted around, Schulman cautions that the conversations have been theoretical and have not involved GM Brian Sabean. Here's more out of the NL West..
- The Dodgers have scouted Japanese right-handed pitcher Masahiro Tanaka, a source tells Mark Saxon of ESPNLosAngeles.com. Earlier today we learned that the rival Angels are also looking at the Rakuten Golden Eagles standout.
- Diamondbacks left-hander Matt Reynolds learned that he'll require Tommy John surgery after his MRI was reviewed, according to Jack Magruder of FOX Sports Arizona (via Twitter). The 28-year-old, who posted a 1.98 ERA with 7.6 K/9 and 1.6 BB/9 in 30 relief outings this season, will probably go under the knife with Dr. James Andrews next week.
- Keith Law of ESPN.com (Insider sub. req'd) runs down the players that have exceeded his expectations this season, highlighted by the MVP-caliber play of Diamondbacks standout Paul Goldschmidt.
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Rockies, Diamondbacks Swap Reynolds, Wheeler
The Diamondbacks and Rockies announced that they've agreed to a trade that sends left-handed reliever Matt Reynolds to Arizona for infielder Ryan Wheeler.
Reynolds, 28, appeared in 71 games for the Rockies in 2012. He posted a 4.40 ERA with 8.0 K/9 and 2.7 BB/9 in 57 1.3 innings. He's not yet arbitration eligible. Wheeler, 24, made his MLB debut in 2012. He appeared in 50 games, posting a .239/.294/.339 batting line in 119 plate appearances. He also posted a .351/.388/.572 batting line in 399 plate appearances at Triple-A this past season.
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Rafael Betancourt, Matt Reynolds Drawing Interest
6:26pm: Matt Reynolds is also drawing trade interest, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. Reynolds, 27, has a 3.61 ERA, 8.9 K/9, 2.1 BB/9 and 46.3 percent ground-ball rate in 42 1/3 innings of work this season.
6:15pm: Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports reports that the Rangers, Braves, Red Sox and Blue Jays are all inquiring on Betancourt (Twitter link).
Sunday, 6:02pm: Betancourt continues drawing trade interest but nothing is imminent, according to Renck (Twitter link). It's probably fair to assume that several of the teams who are currently discussing Brandon League with the Mariners are also intrigued by Betancourt, though that's my own speculation. – Steve Adams
Saturday: The Orioles, Yankees, and Athletics are among the teams with interest in Rockies reliever Rafael Betancourt according to Troy Renck of The Denver Post. The Red Sox had interest earlier this month and both the White Sox and Angels are digging around for bullpen help.
Betancourt, 37, has pitched to a 3.00 ERA and gone 17-for-21 in save chances. His strikeout (9.3 K/9) and walk (2.5 BB/9) rates are superb as usual. Betancourt is owned approximately $1.5M for the rest of the season and is under contract for $4.25MM next year. His deal includes a $4.25MM mutual option ($250K buyout) for 2014 as well.
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Rockies Notes: Scutaro, Betancourt, Reynolds
The Rockies have been scouting the Giants' minor league teams, so a deal could be developing, Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle writes (Twitter links). The Giants asked about acquiring Marco Scutaro for bench help a couple of weeks ago and relievers Rafael Betancourt and Matt Belisle could also interest San Francisco, Schulman writes. Here are more notes on the 37-60 Rockies…
- The Rockies don't want to move Michael Cuddyer and are determined to keep Belisle, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com writes.
- Scutaro, Jason Giambi, Betancourt, Matt Reynolds and Jonathan Herrera are the most likely Rockies to be traded in that order, Heyman writes.
- The Rays, Nationals, Rangers and A's appear to have interest in Scutaro, along with the Giants. Heyman reports that the Rockies could either seek a highly-regarded prospect for Scutaro or accept salary relief and a fringy prospect.
- Several teams have called about Reynolds, Heyman reports.
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Stark On Rays, Volquez, Butler, Phillies
The chances of Cole Hamels getting traded are diminishing, but they haven't disappeared, Jayson Stark of ESPN.com reports. The Phillies are trying to sign the left-hander to a long-term deal, but will weigh trade offers if they can't agree on an extension. Here are Stark's latest rumors…
- The Rays would be looking for a combination of high-end young pitchers, a young catcher and a controllable hitter if they discuss trades involving James Shields and Jeremy Hellickson. Wade Davis is drawing as much interest as Shields, now that he's pitching well out of the Tampa Bay bullpen, Stark reports.
- The Astros have told rival teams that they'd absorb a substantial percentage of Wandy Rodriguez's salary in a trade if it allows them to get "the best value back."
- The Padres aren't shopping Edinson Volquez, but they haven't made him untouchable.
- Teams don't expect the Marlins will trade Josh Johnson, who's under contract for 2013.
- Brandon McCarthy's history of shoulder problems diminishes his trade value. "He's not going anywhere," one executive predicted to Stark.
- The Nationals haven't been focused on finding a center fielder.
- Hunter Pence is attracting as much interest as anyone on the Phillies, including Hamels. However, the Phillies have downplayed their interest in trading the right fielder. Shane Victorino, Jimmy Rollins, Joe Blanton, Placido Polanco and Kyle Kendrick would be available if the Phillies decide to sell this month, Stark reports. Rollins can veto any trade and would only accept deals to West Coast contenders.
- The Pirates have asked about tons of hitters, including Billy Butler, but they're still in a "buy-low frame of mind." The Royals have told clubs they'd have to be overwhelmed to part with Butler, Stark reports.
- The Rockies are trying to move Marco Scutaro and Jason Giambi, but they'd have to be "bowled over" to deal relievers such as Rafael Betancourt, Matt Belisle and Matt Reynolds.
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The Mets are interested in Rockies catcher Ramon Hernandez, but New York officials aren't willing to offer significant prospects to complete a trade, the New York Post reported yesterday. The Mets have shown a willingness to take on most, but not all, of Hernandez's annual $3.2MM salary for 2012 and 2013 once the catcher comes off of the disabled list, Joel Sherman of the Post reports today.
"We are not talking about acquiring Gary Carter in 1985 here," one Mets person told Sherman.
The Rockies really like Mets minor leaguers Matt Den Dekker and Josh Edgin and they also have interest in prospects Wilfredo Tovar, Jacob deGrom and Domingo Tapia, Sherman writes. The Rockies have suggested the Mets might want to expand discussions to include left-handed reliever Matt Reynolds, but the Mets aren't interested, according to Sherman.
Joel Sherman noted yesterday that the Mets also have interest in Kelly Shoppach of the Red Sox and Miguel Olivo of the Mariners. For an expanded look at potentially available catchers click here.
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Mets Interested In Ramon Hernandez
1:35pm: The Mets see the Rockies' desire to trade Hernandez as a salary dump and are unwilling to offer much of a prospect in return, writes Sherman.
1:10pm: Mike Puma of the New York Post tweets the asking price for Hernandez is still high, so it's doubtful anything will happen in the next two weeks.
11:20am: Nothing is imminent between the Mets and Rockies but talks could accelerate when Hernandez comes off of the disabled list this week, tweets Troy Renck of The Denver Post.
10:22am: The Mets are very interested in Rockies catcher Ramon Hernandez, a source tells Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Other backstops that interest GM Sandy Alderson & Co. include Kelly Shoppach of the Red Sox and the Mariners' Miguel Olivo.
One source told Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork.com that the discussions are serious enough that he believes that Hernandez will wind up as a Met, though he stopped short of offering a guarantee. The source added that Alderson was trying to expand the deal to include left-handed reliever Matt Reynolds.
Rubin notes that Rockies like Mets infielder Justin Turner and tried to acquire him last offseason before obtaining Marco Scutaro. He suggests that the Mets could get a deal done without losing key minor leaguers and instead draw from the likes of shortstop Wilfredo Tovar, right-hander Domingo Tapia, outfielder Matt Den Dekker, and left-hander Josh Edgin.
Hernandez is nearly ready to return to action after suffering a hand injury, but Wilin Rosario has since taken over as Colorado's starting catcher. The 36-year-old is in the first season of a two-year, $6.4MM pact.
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- danz
- April 29, 2012 - 20:48
Although the telegrams coverage of this tragedy is respectful some of the national newspaper ..globe and mail in particular , disgusted me with thier gross and unsympathetic coverage not showing any respect for the families and friends...I am so sad for these poor families.
- April 28, 2012 - 19:00
Inspired by 2 Timothy 16-18, I will pray for the family AND the repose of the soul of the Pastor. "May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorusn because he often gave me new heart and was not ashamed of my chains. But when he came to Rome, he promptly searched for me and found me. May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day. And you know very well the services he rendered in Ephesus."
- Lisa
- April 28, 2012 - 18:06
So unfortunate, his wife and child were also lost in this accident. RIP.


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Tulsa writer to see his book played out on the big screen
TULSA - In Major League Baseball's 135 year history, there have been more than 30 million pitches thrown across the plate. Only one delivered a fatal blow to the man at bat. The man at bat was Ray Chapman, and the pitcher was Carl Mays.
PHOTOS: Writer gets to see book made into movie
Oklahoma State University professor and sports writer Mike Sowell wrote a book about that fateful day in 1920, called The Pitch That Killed.
"It's really amazing to me that only one man has been hit and killed by a pitch," said Sowell.
Now, more than 20 years later, Sowell's book has been turned into a screenplay written by Pamela Lynn Sullivan and Jeffrey David Anderson. The movie is scheduled to be titled Deadball.
"I'm excited to reintroduce [Chapman and Mays] to fans who didn't realize how great they were," said Sowell. "Mays lost his reputation, Chapman lost his life and both lost their place in the hall of fame."
Sowell says the two men grew up less than fifty miles apart in Kentucky, both came from poor backgrounds, and both became baseball greats. Chapman was a shortstop for the Cleveland Indians, and Mays was a pitcher for the New York Yankees.
Chapman's death came at a very pivotal time for baseball, and resulted in many changes in the way the game was played.
The Los Angeles based production company behind the film also plans a grassroots effort to have Chapman inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame.
Pre-production on the film is currently underway. It is expected to be released in 2014.


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This product is great! My skin is normally clear of pimples but I get a lot of black heads. After using this for two weeks my skin is softer and there are noticeably less black heads. The gentle exfoliating pads are also good if you want to get a lot dead skin off.
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I have been using this for a few weeks now, I brought it at a discount store I shop at it cost me $9.99 and included a 2 wks supply of the cleansing foaming pads and the 2 AA batteries needed to power the device. I have oily skin and wear a full face of makeup on a regular basis as well as problems with Hyperpigmentation, so I need something that deep cleans and expholiates, the Wave Sonic fits my needs perfectly :) I have used this both with makeup on my face/to remove and without. For foundation I use Revlon Colorstay 24 hr and the Wave Sonic cuts right through my foundation,concealer,powder, and whatever else with no problems. When I am wearing makeup I like to use the cleansing pads to clean and remove everything from my skin (If I'm using in the shower I like to flip the pad after I've cleaned my face, go over everything once again and then take it down to my neck and chest, I blend my foundation down my neck so I cleanse there as well) on makeup free days or when I notice my skin is a little dry/flaky and needs to be expholiated I use a cotton round with my own cleanser, which works just as well as the pads. I also love the way that my moustirizer just sinks into my skin after using the Wave sonic :) I have noticed a difference in my skin, its a lot softer,smoother, clear/less breakouts, and brighter, also my dark spots are fading(Also using Garnier Dark Spot Corrector daily). I have noticed that sometimes after i have used this I do end up with a few whiteheads (This usually happen a few hrs after use or I notice them the next morning) Im not too freaked out about it though it doesn't cause anymore damage to my skin and clears up quick, I heard it was just someting called "Purging" which happens to Clarisonic users as well, people say its just all the dirt,oil, and makeup that was trapped in the skin being draw out, at least that's what I heard, and at least I know its working :) Overall I am very happy with the performance of this product and in my case every claim on the box was true ;)
This is awful... I mean, awful... It was so bad that I decided to make a MakeupAlley acount just to tell people not to buy this. I saw this at Kmart and it looked like it would work! It had a good price and the packaging was attractive. I tried it last night for the first time and i woke up today with SIX zits!!! Ugh!! My skin didn't feel clean at all, it actually felt less clean than when i just use face wassh Very frustrating because i have a date tonight and i dont even know if i wanna go now.. -_- thanks neutrogena
This product is wonderful. Compared to other power cleaners, this one seems to work just right for me. I refuse to spend $40-$200 on a system like this, when neutregena works for me just fine. I use it once a day, whether in the shower or just washing my face. When I am in the shower, i add an apricot scrub to my face- clean away for a total of 5minutes. Afterwards, i use another face cleaner and wash with the wave for another 5minutes. After I am done cleaning my face, I take a rough body scrub and apply it to my arms and my elbows. I run the qave up and down the upper part of my arms (where i have a mild form of roseasea and some small red bumps on my arms) and my elbows. I do this for quite a while- keep working that exfoliator up and down my whole arms and on my elbows (which sometimes dry out, the exfoliant makes it soft and hydrated). On the days that i am not in the shower, I will still exfoliate and clean, put a deep cleaner on an my face and clean and then add an acne treatment and clean. I clean for 5minutes for each step, making sure my whole face is taken care of, my jawline and my neck, and sometimes on my chest if there is a blemish or two (which i sometimes get in the summer time). My face is left smoothe, clean... My arms are left smoothe and really taken care of. From here I will add my vitamin C, my creams and serums- leaving my face feel so healthy and taken care of. I also take the honey and oatmeal baby lotion, and lather it all over my arms, elbows, shoulders, chest. After this, the red bumps are nearly gone, my skin is hydrated, exfoliated and so healthy... All thanks to the wave <3 A small piece of advice for those who do not have a rechargeable kit for AA batteries- spend the money and get one. I have 6to rechargeables, so while one is in my wave, the other set is charging and I can go back and forth without having to spend an arm and a leg on batteries. I use my wave so oftem, i find myself going through batteries every 3 days or so... I know I use mine a lot more than others may, but i promise you it will pay itself off after a couple weeks if you buy the rechargeable kit- this wave eats through batteries like nobodies business. One other complaint I have, is how expensive the refill pads are. I really wish target or wal mart would come up with a generic brand of exfoliator pads, so i could save a liitle bit. One user said that she reuses her pads and only changes them out once a week. That is bad news. Leaving that dirty wet pad and using it over and over again is just asking for your skin to break out. Nobody takes a bath, and then saves the water to bathe in for the next week- so its not a good idea to do that with the pads. I know they are pricey, but its not worth spinning a filthy pad around your face. Just my opinion <3 Man, I kept rambling on and on... i hope that I was able to inform you a bit about this product and how wonderful it is!
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I've never been too concerned w washing my face bc I generally have good skin, but this interested me so I bought it. My skin was visibly fine before, but it's even cleaner now. I can see less blackheads and notice more smoothness on my face. I give it a 4 bc I have nothing to compare it to- besides soap, water, and wash cloths :-p. I do think it's great and I don't currently feel the need to invest in anything expensive (clarsonic, for example). I use it in the shower each morning and before I go to bed I use Ponds luminous towelettes to remove make up. I probably should use this before bed, but to each their own. I only use the exfoliator pads 1-2 times weekly(that's as much as your skin needs to be exfoliated, not daily); any more and I'm messing my face up. So I recommend buying the cleansing pads and exfoliating pads and changing it up.
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Useless if you are accustomed to other facial clothes.
This is not supposed to be a dupe of clarisonic btw. It spins a cloth pad over your face. Clarisomic vibrates up and down.
- feels massaging as i use it
- buffs away dead skin cells
- deep cleaning pads feel refreshing
-Requires batteries
-doesn't feel very powerful when spinning
- cant reach hard to reach places
- not ery economic considering you need to replenish batteries and pads. Just buy facial clothes!
Good for: ppl who want a electonic tool to help exfoliate
Not for: ppl who think this is better than facial clothes. Not for ppl who are looking for a clarisomic dupe.
Technically, I won't buy this product again as it is battery-powered, but I will be buying refills sooo...
I'm a swimmer. I spend my entire life in chlorine pools, which are drying enough, but coupled with winter air leave my skin looking haggard. Recently, my issue has been tiny little bumps completely covering my face. It feels like chicken skin. A friend recommended this product for me so I bought it. After using it every day since Saturday (it is now Tuesday) my skin is slowly but surely smoothing out and becoming softer. The formula feels a little drying as I'm washing, but with moisturizer my skin feels soft and healthy, and the bumps are fading away.
I do wish it was more exfoliating so I might buy the microdermabrasion pads to refill. It does exfoliate, don't get me wrong -- I just wish it did more.
I would not buy this product again because it is battery operated. I really like how this massages your face when it exfoliates but it does not exfoliate enough but it cleared my skin mostly in one use. I love this I use the deep cleansing pads. I use it how you are supposed to use it but I might put some extra exfoliating stuff in it. It does not dry out my skin like other people say but I have normal skin. I have hormonal skin because I am a teen because of puberty. I recommend this for hormonal skin that was clear before. I really love Neutrogena. It helps my skin in so many ways. This is my favorite brand (I only use two brands Neutrogena and Maybelline). I really recommend this.
Okay so I won't REALLY buy this again, because it's one of those "one time buys". You buy the battery operated cleanser once, and you're done. You only have to buy the cleansing pads once in a while (for me every six months). Anyway, can I say that I LOVE this product? Since I have dry skin, I can only use it once a week (on Saturdays), but goes down waaayyy deep into your skin to cleanse! My skin is smooth and even toned every time I use this product! It can be used on any skin type, as long as you know how often to use it for your type. Overall worth it!
The Wave Sonic gets my face squeaky clean. I like that it spins; although I've never used the original Wave, I think that spinning and vibrating would work better than just vibrating. I like that it's waterproof, because let's face it... you're gonna get water all over it. The only thing I have a problem with is the cleanser used in the attachment pads. It seems to dry out my skin if I use it too much (so I only use it a few times a week). I've tried the exfoliating pads, and they didn't exfoliate as well as a facial scrub product. Since I don't like the cleanser in the regular attachement pads, I created an alternative: I used all the pads provided with Wave Sonic device, rinsed them out thoroughly and let them dry, then rubbed some of my personal favorite cleanser on them, and stored them for later use... works PERFECTLY! The reason I said I wouldn't buy this again is because I don't think I will need to; you just change the batteries when the old ones die, so I shouldn't need to purchase a new device for a very long time.
Side note: I was interested in purchasing the Neutrogena Microdermabrasion kit to get some extra exfoliation, but didn't want to pay the money when I already had the Wave Sonic... so I decided to just buy the microdermabrasion refill puffs and use them with my Wave Sonic. I want to let others know that the microdermabrasion refill puffs fit perfectly on the Wave Sonic. It's a cheaper alternative if you need one.
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Conservative radio host Sean Hannity on Wednesday said the "god-awful" fiscal cliff deal illustrates how the media is "dysfunctional and illiterate."
AND corrupt! He is absolutely right for once.
It is time we all stopped buying newspapers completely, I dont buy the Los Angeles Times or he Daily News anymore, EVER, and I get plenty of information from the web and radio.Put these arrogan Marxistrs out of work, lets see how they like the welfare State


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The President's remarks on immigration reform, delivered last hour from El Paso, Texas, reflect a return to promises made during the 2008 campaign, with the experience of a Presidency that has focused on border and workplace enforcement and deportations more than building the coalition for reform.
Obama Speaks on Immigration Reform in El Paso |
By: David Dayen Tuesday May 10, 2011 1:31 pm |
Obama's Immigration Speech Assigns Blame to GOP |
By: David Dayen Thursday July 1, 2010 2:15 pm |
Republicans walked away from their own program, Obama said, and that led to a wild west show where states impose their own draconian laws and sanctions. The audience for that passage is the Hispanic community, and it's a message designed for them to put pressure on Republicans to come back to the fold.


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Rideshare companies Uber and Lyft are facing predictable complaints as they continue to grow. Many of these complaints concern safety, with some in the taxi industry claiming that ridesharing is less safe than taking a traditional taxicab. In a new study, Cato scholar Matthew Feeney says there is little evidence that the sharing economy services are more dangerous than traditional taxis, and argues that concerns about the safety risks of ridesharing are overblown.
- "Is Ridesharing Safe?," by Matthew Feeney


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Listeners to Radio Radio were the first to catch wind that something might be up. Shortly before 10pm local time, Andrea Stramaccioni had been mid-interview with the Italian talk radio station when he cut things short and left. "I have to take a very important phone call," explained the man who had one day earlier coached Inter's youth team to victory in the final of the inaugural NextGen Series, an unofficial Champions League for Under-19s.
The call was from Massimo Moratti, the club's owner, asking Stramaccioni if he would consider taking charge of the first team for the remainder of the season. Just a few minutes earlier Moratti had concluded a phone call with Claudio Ranieri, in which the incumbent manager was informed that his services were no longer required. Defeat to Juventus on Sunday night, Inter's eighth loss in 12 games, had proved to be the final straw.
Ranieri's disappointment may have been heightened by the knowledge that his team's performance against Juventus had been their best in some months; only a string of startling saves from Gigi Buffon denying Inter a healthy half-time lead. But he cannot have been too surprised at his fate. With nine games remaining in the Serie A season, Inter sit eighth in Serie A, 22 points behind their league-leading city rivals Milan.
Changing managers, furthermore, is what Moratti does. Ranieri was already the owner's 17th manager in as many years since he took charge of the club, and his fourth in two seasons since the departure of José Mourinho to Madrid. The Tinkerman's predecessor, Gian Piero Gasperini, had been appointed just last summer on a two-year deal but sacked after a grand total of five games, one of them the preseason SuperCup.
Had Ranieri flicked on the news yesterday afternoon he might have been reassured by the statements left by Moratti as the owner headed into a meeting with directors Stefano Filucchi, Marco Branca and Piero Ausilio: he responded to a reporter's question over whether the manager would still be in charge at the end of the season with an "I think so". When Moratti left that meeting a few hours later, he told journalists: "I have nothing to add to what I said before".
That turned out to be a lie, though you could understand Moratti preferring to give the news to Ranieri directly rather than via the press. The latter would only receive confirmation of the moves much later in the evening via a statement posted on the club's website, which thanked Ranieri and his staff before offering an "affectionate 'break a leg'" to Stramaccioni.
The new man will be formally unveiled at a press conference to be held at 5pm local time (11:00 AM EST), though at this stage journalists might have more questions for Moratti than Stramaccioni himself. It is not so surprising, after all, that a club's youth team coach might leap at the chance of working with the first-team. It is rather more bold for the owner of one of the biggest clubs in Europe to hand the reins to a man with no previous experience of coaching a senior side.
Stramaccioni will in fact need to have Giuseppe Baresi alongside him on the bench, as he does not yet have the licence required to coach at this level. Nor has he played at it. Considered a promising young centre-back in his teenage years, Stramaccioni was on the books at Bologna but suffered a career-ending knee injury before he ever made it up to the senior side.
Instead he threw himself into coaching, winning a provincial title with the Under-16 side Zeta Sport (a local team based on the outskirts of Rome) then a national one, as well as a pair of regional championships, with the Under-14s at Romulea. That brought him to the attention of Roma, the team he had always supported. There he won further national titles with the Under-14s in 2007 and the Under-16s in 2010.
Likened to a José Mourinho of youth football in the press, it is little wonder that Inter should want him to take over their Under-20 side when Claudio Pea departed to become manager of Sassuolo's first-team the following summer. By that point they had been pursuing him for more than a year, and faced significant competition from Arrigo Sacchi, who wanted Stramaccioni for Italy's Under-17s. Roma did not want him to leave, but could not promote him to their own Under-20 side as that job was already held by Daniele De Rossi's father, Alberto.
There is no doubting that he is a talented coach. The Mourinho comparison extends beyond mere victories to a similarly obsessive nature, preparing matches with a meticulousness that La Repubblica have described as "maniacal". With the youth team he would have comprehensive dossiers compiled on every opponent, sending out scouts armed with hidden video cameras to their matches and using the footage to compile precise instructions on each player's tendencies in myriad different situations, as well as providing notes on how each is best countered.
He is also renowned for his training ground routines at set-pieces—he devised more than 30 different 'plays' that can be deployed at free-kicks and corners—as well as an ability to spot talents in players that had hitherto gone unnoticed. Unafraid to have players try out in unfamiliar positions, he has had great success at Inter converting Simone Pecorini from a midfielder into a right-back, just as he did at Roma switching Federico Viviani from trequartista into a deep-lying playmaker.
Despite it all, though, no-one would have expected him to end up in situation like this so quickly. At 36, Stramaccioni will be the youngest manager in Serie A at the helm of the division's oldest side. He is two years younger than the club's captain, Javier Zanetti. The newspaper La Stampa likened him to a rookie gymnast who had "launched into a triple pike" which nobody knows if he will be able to land.
The optimists don't care, pointing out that this season has already been a disaster for Inter and that his appointment at least sends out a positive message. "More than a manager, Andrea Stramaccioni is an idea," writes Andrea Monti in Gazzetta dello Sport. "The idea is that Inter are a next generation side and that should be a starting point. At this moment, and given the recent results, it isn't such a bad message."
But how long will Stramaccioni really be given to instil such ideas? Already the papers are thick with speculation about who will replace him in the summer with familiar names such as Marcelo Bielsa and André Villas-Boas at the fore. There is no real sense that this is the beginning of something long-term for Inter, that Moratti has turned over a new leaf.
We may hear in the coming hours or days that this time things are different, that this is more than a temporary appointment, but Moratti himself has acknowledged his own lack of patience. Just this month he told reporters that: "One sensible idea might be to start thinking about the future and not just in immediate terms, building a young team. The problem is that if things aren't going well after three games you begin to regret it…"
And when Moratti has regrets, it is always the manager who pays. Albert Einstein defined stupidity as "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results", yet the decision to make this change is exactly that—just the latest manifestation of the owner's unending belief that he is only ever one managerial change away from getting it right, despite the fact that Inter's problems in reality run a whole lot deeper.
Were he to truly stick his neck out and commit to a long-term rebuilding project under Stramaccioni that might be a different matter, an extremely bold move given the manager's inexperience, but at least an attempt to instil change. That cannot be achieved simply by jamming him into the hotseat for nine games.
"Stramaccioni is coming in because he is readily available, because they needed to get Ranieri out immediately, because Juventus just landed two punches which hurt," writes Fabrizio Bocca in his blog for La Repubblica. "Inter are the poster-child for an Italian football which considers managers to be an optional item, an accessory that you can change as easily as the battery of a dead mobile phone."
While the appointment is certainly an intriguing one, and undoubtedly smarter than committing this late in the season to a big contract to a Villas-Boas or similar, Inter have reached the point where a new battery will no longer suffice. For real progress to be made, they need to think about formatting the whole device.


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The Saturn Admin Hell Support Group
oh how i have longed to stride into a call centre the last week and just fang someone.
YES in a studded jacket and subdued chic make-up, fuq scruples.
Yes i am having a Saturn transit and so is this site!
All of the language i have had to use these last seven days is in the lingo of Saturn Admin Hell: "You are being limited" – "Your site is being throttled"
It is being resolved. The site will be speedy again. It's because there are more people using it, commenting etc and as i apparently post a lot, compared to some. So, to avoid being throttled for having Mercury in Aries basically, i am switching to a new host.
In the meantime, if ANY OF THE PASSWORDS DON'T WORK, PLEASE EMPTY THE CACHE & HIT RELOAD.
Going forward, this is all being fixed asap. Thank you for your patience.
Astrologically, the Saturn transit is Saturn quincunx my Saturn and opposite my Mercury. YICK. So just as i have 1000 ideas to post, i am being punished ('throttled' w.t.f?!) by the very company i pay to host my genius and your genius comments. So insanely maddening, you have no idea.
However, as with all such Saturn transits, there is always some sort of a useful and pragmatic take-home message. I now have a better relationship with my site developers (through stalking them) and i am going to be switching hosts as the one i am on is apparently more suited to peeps who want to bung up the occasional recipe or picture of their cats from time to time.
Saturn – the planet of worldly lessons, let's not go into any karmic implications on a Monday morning – is stuck on 10-11 degrees till the end of July. It's like a drill down on that area of your chart.
So let's make this the Saturn Admin Hell Support Group.
Vent your venom here. Share your Sanity Maintenance Tips here.


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March 19, 2014
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