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I work with some pretty incredible people at Classical Conversations. I often find myself entangled in a conversation where I am seriously outmatched, yet I covet these interactions as they help me to grow in my own understanding. Many times, I find that they have a way of describing something that is a vast improvement on my own thoughts and words.
Lately, we've been discussing forms. One co-worker, Denise, reminded us of Wendell Berry's words, from his essay, "The Specialization of Poetry" in Standing by Words.
Formlessness is, after all, neither civilized nor natural. It is a peculiarly human evil, without analogue in nature, caused by the failures of civilization: inattention, irresponsibility, carelessness, ignorance of consequence. It is the result of the misuse of power. It is neither house nor field nor forest, but rather a war or a strip mine, where the balance between stability and change has been overthrown. The reason we need to have our false certainties shaken is so that we may see the the possibility of better orders than we have.
Berry, of course, has his own way with words, and makes an interesting point here. Shelly, another co-worker, asked the question. The good of forms, or boundaries is self-evident. For example, "When we choose to stay within the boundaries of mathematical laws to solve problems, we get answers that are true and right. Often there are multiple ways (choices) to solve or approch a problem within those governing laws. Do you think God is revealing to us something about His character when He shows us that boundaries do not limit freedom, but enhance it?"
So why do we reject forms and boundaries? Jennifer C., another co-worker, thinks we reject them because of false notions about creativity. She points out:
In contemporary society, we think of creativity as a mysterious gift that descends from on high to specially gifted people. Because it is a mysterious gift with no rules, there is no way to teach it. You've either got it or you don't. This is a very new way of viewing creativity. In the past, artists, composers, authors, and dancers understood that they must learn from those who went before them. Composers mastered the styles and forms of those who went before them. Then, and only then, could they break forth with something new. Authors read and copied the style of great writers of previous generations and then wrote the great novel of their own time.
My own notion is that forms provide us with the security, confidence, and courage to strike out into new, uncharted territories. They give us enough information to know what to do to be successful, or to strive for excellence. If we teach our sons the protocol of fine dining and formal events, they will be confident enough to willingly participate in them. If we teach our children the tools of rhetoric, the meter and forms of poetry, the forms of musical composition, or the forms that make baseball baseball, we give them the confidence to step out into life and tackle any of these tasks. Not just one of these tasks, but a willingness to take on any and all of them. Without the knowledge of forms, we find that they will limit themselves to only that task which interests them enough to face it without the form. With the knowledge of forms, we will find that they can see enough interest in all of them to take them on.
Forms, then, provide freedom to my children precisely because my child is not enslaved to the fear that prevents him from dabbling in art, poetry, writing, music, athletics, or formal dinners. As he matures, he learns when to break and when not to break the forms, and his own creativity may lead to new forms. Form is freedom, formlessness is void, is chaos, is slavery.


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Pardon my language, but I have an honest question regarding acceptable etiquette. I'm in a quandary. It's not like it's a "new" development that's causing the quandary, but there are recent events that have definitely exacerbated the situation.
Mitt Romney has never been one to, well, worry about the truth. As his own campaign has stated "We won't let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers!" Of course not! Why let a campaign for the most important job on the planet be dictated by something as silly as "fact"? Mr. Romney has certainly shown that he takes his campaign slogan seriously, as there have been countless instances where "fact" has been, well, distorted a wee bit.
With a week to go in the election, Romney is getting increasingly desperate though, a fact bourne out by his increasingly desperate campaign tactics in the pivotal state of Ohio. A few days ago, Romney put out an ad implying that because of Obama, Jeep was shipping Ohio auto manufacturing jobs out to China. The claim is rather curious, given that Obama saved the auto industry, and thus, 1 in 8 jobs in the state of Ohio. Chrysler, the company that manufactures Jeeps, immediately put out a rebuttal to Romney's bullshit, with a website statement refuting all parts of Romney's claim. As Chrysler stated, not only are they not moving American jobs oversees, but Chrysler is investing over $500 million in a Jeep factory in Ohio, and are looking to EXPAND hiring by 1,100 workers.
The Romney campaign, NEVER one to admit how completely full of shit they are, doubled-down on the ad campaign today, releasing radio ads in which they continue the claim that Obama policies are resulting in Jeep shipping manufacturing capabilities to China. This, despite Chrysler itself just rebutting the claim, and talking about expanding operations in America. This, despite a host of fact-checkers bashing Romney for the blatant lie.
THIS is how far the Republican party has sunk. Not only does the Romney campaign think you, the voting public, are a bunch of complete imbeciles who will believe this crap, but the Republican operation backing Romney claims their own "fact checking" proves the Jeep commercials are kosher. The Wall Street Journal and other "unbiased" entities have backed Romney's ad campaign, claiming they are "correct".
Romney knows he's losing this race. He knows he's losing Ohio. So, as he's done throughout this race, he once again is proving that he will say ANYTHING, take ANY position, or contradict his own previous positions, to try to fool people into voting for him.
Therefore, my quandary. Is it acceptable to call a man who could possibly be your President a LYING PIECE OF SHIT???
I thank God that with one week to go, it's looking like I won't have to deal with a Romney presidency. I won't have to deal with a LYING PIECE OF SHIT as my president. If something should happen a week from today, where Americans choose to vote THIS type of person to the most powerful position in the world?
Then I'll know it's not just Romney who is morally bankrupt. It's been QUITE obvious in this election that Republicans and Obama haters will stop at nothing in their quest to defeat him. t's been quite obvious that it's not just Romney who has sold his soul, but so have one hell of a lot of "good" American citizens, who seem to believe that Republican tactics are perfectly acceptable.


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Each year the Celebrity meet and greets has ended up being one of the highlights of the Star Wars Weekends experience for my family. Like most of the other things at Star Wars Weekends, this takes some planning and is one of the more difficult tasks to complete if you are looking for all of the celebrity autographs for one weekend. In the past few years there have been at least three autographs available. This year is no different with Warwick Davis being available all four weekends.
To ensure that you get Celebrity autographs you must be at the Park when it opens in the morning. I suggest about 60 minutes before the front gates open. If waiting in the lines an hour before the park opens is a concern for you, there is some help to pass the time. Between 20-30 minutes before the park opens a Legion of Storm Troopers appear on roof top of the Gate. While vision is obstructed some, they will pace back and forth so that most everyone can see this first bit of entertainment for the day. Over the audio system you will hear their funny morning dialogue as they take in the scenery. So in effect your weekend has started.
When the gates open Celebrity Autograph seekers must head straight for the Autograph FAST PASS area. For the past several years the line for this has started on the left side of Hollywood Boulevard around the corner from Mickey's of Hollywood. There is a roped off area there where you must make your first decision of the day as to who's autograph you want to get first. If you intend on coming to the Studios each and every morning of Weekends, you can approach this with a little more patience, but if you hope to avoid having to do that you run the risk of not meeting each celebrity, so you want to shoot for the one that most interests your group. There is hope on the busy weekends that if you have the patience of Yoda, you can attempt to use standbye passes to get the other autographs. I used this last year with great success. Most of the celebrities really want to accommodate everyone, so a great deal of patience and politeness will help carry you the rest of the way in most cases.
Everyone in your party who wants to meet the Celebrity must be present in the line to get the fast pass, you can't be holding your groups tickets for Fast Passes while they go do something else. If you are extremely lucky and you get in the line of the most popular celebrity of the Weekend early, you might have a shot at getting back in line and getting both Celebrities on the same day, but don't count on that. Again, you may have to break the celebrities up into two days. When you receive your fast pass it will tell you what time frame your party is to be back for to meet that Celebrity. Make sure you are there prior to your earliest time period by about 10 minutes.There are two other things to consider now, before you start packing. The first is what are you going to have signed? For the first few years I would have all of the celebrities sign the event poster. It was a neat way to celebrate that years event. The problem for me became that I kept going back the next year, so there are only so many posters that can be displayed in my home… according to my wife. So we have been getting more creative. I have a SWW Watch box signed by Peter Mayhew, we've used the celebrity photos before, had books signed and even used the photos from the airport advertising last year. The one with Boba Fett going through bagage claim was great and Daniel Logan loved it. (I'm thinking that I'm going to have Jeremy Bulloch sign the same one with Daniel's signature this year.) Ray Parks, Darth Maul runway Traffic contol photo was no less interesting and actually was quite the conversation piece while visiting with him and waiting in line.
The best piece of advice I can give you is to have fun with this, be creative, but pick something that makes sense for you. Too often we choose something that gets signed and then burried away where no one can see it. Pick something your going to like. I've seen action figures signed, trading cards, lightsabers, helmets, you name it, people bring it to be signed. I can only imagine what people will be bringing out for David Prowse this year! And one last word to the wise on this subject, remember that whatever you bring, your going to have to tote around from line to line in the Mustafar like heat, so choose wisely!
The other thing to consider where the celebrities are concerned is what you might ask them when you meet up with them? Over the years I've had some very interesting conversations with the celebs based on questions that I have on their characters, costuming or other past works. In the times I've met with Daniel Logan we have discussed his possible future with the upcoming TV series. I'm hoping this year he has something he can share with everyone. Warwick Davis will be at the mid point between filming the last two Harry Potter movies, and he has played so many characters for George Lucas that you could spend a day just going over those with him. I had such a good time with Rick McCallum a few years ago that the staff was working double time to get him back on task with the line of waiting guests. He was a fantastic guest because he went out of his way to speak with everyone and was thrilled to be a part of it all. So take a minute and pull up a Bio or two on the celebrities for your weekend. A little information can go a long way towards making your meet and greet experience worth while.
One other thing to consider is that when you meet with the characters throughout the SWW area, they will sign autographs too. So consider cool ways to combine a signature with those photos your taking so that the Padawans and Jedi in your family can enjoy these moments for years to come. I think you'll find this helps make the event even more interesting and fun.
The time is close, so now is the time to begin laying out your plans. If only we had that merchandise information now… if only I had the info on those FIG's!!!


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So how much do you charge per foot to install hardwood flooring? Both glue down and nail.
How many feet do you typically get done in a day. One man or two? |
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We charge 3.50 to 3.99 per ft. We pay 1.50 to 2.25 per sq ft normally. 2 Men normally. Amount depends on a lot of factors. Average I would say 300 - 400 ft a day. Board width has a huge bearing also. Adhesive is close to 100 bucks a pail wholesale. |
- Posted by Samantha111 (My Page) on Tue, Nov 29, 11 at 1:09
Sorry, I should have stated the flooring size. It's 2-1/4" 3/8". Glue or nail is the same rate? Is gluing faster or slower? All boards are about a 40" length. They cut starters to stagger them. Calculating to keep the joints no less than 6" apart across neighboring four rows as is typical. They also pay good attention to blending although I don't know how much that would add if others don't. |
- Posted by floorman67 (My Page) on Thu, Dec 1, 11 at 13:17
The main criteria is the geographic area you live in and its proximity to major cities. For instance, if its close to a class 1, olympic, or global city, you can pay MUCH more than you would in rural areas. Sometimes 2,3, and 4 times as much, because of the higher costs of living and any collective bargaining of labor and benefits. Other considerations are accessibility to the installation area, condition of the installation area and its other finishes, installation complexity, number of doorways, transitions, stairs (install and material delivery), small cut-up areas like closets, pantries, baths, mnudrooms, etc. It trim installed? If so, how many do we need to undercut? Do we install the finish trim? Is there a fireplace stone or brick? The shape of the isntall area (radius, weird shapes and angles). Is the area cut up with cabinetry or verticle obstructions we need to fit to or go around? Lots to consider because when it comes down to it we need to approximate time to pay our installers and a profit margin. The more complex the installation, the longer it takes, thus cost more. |
- Posted by Samantha111 (My Page) on Thu, Dec 1, 11 at 20:41
Thanks. That's interesting floorman. I've only been hearing standard per foot amounts advertised. Usually it's $2. Where I bought the flooring it is $4. |
- Posted by woodfloorpro (My Page) on Fri, Dec 2, 11 at 10:50
Glue down is more for us. The glue often costs .75/ft. If the subfloor is concrete, sealer (2 coats) adds another .50/ft. Then you add $3/ft. minimum for the install itself. Nail downs start at $3/ft. Wood floors are all we do and we are very conscious of doing our jobs to the best of our ability. You pay more for trained labor than for the slap it down guys. It's your home and your choice. |
Hi Everyone, we are contemplating traditional red oak hardwoods to be finished on site, vs Bruce Natural Choice pre finished hardwood. The cost isn't so much of a factor as it is about .50 more for the Bruce. It is more about the hassle factor--not having as much prep work and "pain" during the on site finishing. My main concern is will we like the prefinished as well. Does anyone have the Bruce Natural Choice? What can you tell us? Thank you all. |
- Posted by woodfloorpro (My Page) on Fri, Dec 2, 11 at 16:34
Unless you have door etc. height issues solid 3/4" is preferable to solid 5/16". We've repaired a lot of 5/16" floors for what were small refrigerator water leaks. They lift off the floor leaving the staples behind. Most would have easily survived if they were 3/4". |
- Posted by Samantha111 (My Page) on Sun, Dec 4, 11 at 13:00
We are paying through the nose at an hourly rate which includes 4 manhours a day in travel and breaks. All materials were purchased by me, including the expensive glue that includes a sealer. So labor only which works out to $7 SF with the hourly arrangement. 5 hours day work time. They do more than flooring coming from general construction. It's being put down with a hand held finishing gun and compressor which I think might be slower if the floor pros generally have a rolling gun that moves along the floor faster. |
- Posted by woodfloorpro (My Page) on Sun, Dec 4, 11 at 22:52
We'll take all those jobs you wish to offer! |
- Posted by Samantha111 (My Page) on Mon, Dec 5, 11 at 10:59
Believe me, this was an accident involving family. You would not believe. I'd have had them out of here a long time ago. I feel sorry for the hiring party. They are very fond of this person. He may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer but is dumb as a fox, imo. Some of these contractors must think people are really dumb. It's harder to deal with when it involves personal relationships. |
Woodfloorpro, where are you from? How do I find a good installer in the Detroit area? |
- Posted by woodfloorpro (My Page) on Mon, Dec 5, 11 at 21:40
Call the good people here "Erickson's Flooring & Supply 1013 Orchard Street, Ferndale, MI 48220 Ph: 866-541-9663" I do not have any stake in them as I'm from Illinois but I have been there for a seminar and know they are a reputable firm that should be willing to offer the names of a few good installers. |
Thanks, woodfloorpro. I appreciate the info. |
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Hello everyone...hope all had a great thanks giving. Anyways, id like to thank you for your time in reading this. I am planning on growing impatiens this winter. Im currently putting up a 18 x 24 greenhouse . Now I understand i am in growing zone 7. I have a few questions regarding growing impatiens. When exactly should i start them if i need to start planting them in May(i work with my family landscape business)? Also, what temperature should I keep my green house at through out the winter? Any other tips for my green house? I would really appreciate any help ..O yea and i plan on buying my seeds through Burpee.
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13en007- I've never grown imps in a greenhouse - but successfully started them in my house for many years now. I grow them under lights, I don't cover the seed and start them approximately 12 weeks before I want to plant them (I do cuttings if they get too big), and I literally start several hundred (1,500 this year) - and I use domes to keep them moist. But found this: GREENHOUSE: Sow in seedling mix from Jan. 25th - Mar. 15th. Although light aids germination, you should cover seed lightly with coarse vermiculite unless frequent misting can be done daily. A pH of more than 7.5 or less than 5.9 will prevent germination. To conserve moisture and heat, cover seed flats with clear glass or plastic, 8 in/20 cm above the seed. Soil temp. must be maintained @ 72- 74°F /22 - 24°C at all times. Seed germinates irregularly and slowly @ 60% - 80% in 20 days. Intense direct or artificial light, which is high in the "red" part of the spectrum of light - will limit germination of some colors. We suggest that you start Impatiens on the north side of the greenhouse or shade, flats lightly with blue plastic or cheese cloth. After and during germination, remove plastic or glass, during the heat of the day. Keep medium moist to the touch, but not saturated. Shade seedlings at all times. Never check the plant growth. Using soil that has a neutral pH reading, transplant seedlings at the same depth as they were in the seedling flat - this reduces stem rot at the base of the plant. Grow plants at 60°F/16°C, keep them on the dry side and do not fertilize. Keep transplants well ventilated, and out of cold drafts - which weaken the plants. Allow the plants to cycle through wet/dry periods. Excessive moisture will result in tall, lush growth. Treat with Captan every 10 days to control damping off. I would suggest ordering from a supplier where you can chose your colors and varieties - there are many colors and varieties that Burpee does not offer. This year I'm ordering from: http://www.hazzardsgreenhouse.com But have ordered VERY happily from Stokes (link attached) in the past. I like their ENVOY. Mine grew over 24" tall - and were awesome. I have pictures if you are interested. Good luck! Tom- |
Here is a link that might be useful: Stokes
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Folks this is my first year at a vegetable garden and I want to grow the heirlooms. I have a lot of questions, but I want to say that my very first concern is planting things that taste GOOD. I want it to be tender, sweet and just plain tasty. The second thing for me is varieties that are bug proof. Can you suggest squash summer and winter and melons that fit the bill? I appreciate your experinces with these plants. |
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I have been finding some amazing squash this year, of all places, at my favorite grocery store, Whole Foods. The varieties I have are Melon Charentais, Squash Summer Zuchetta, Squash Flying Saucer, Squash Summer Bennings Green Scallop, Pumpkin Musque de Provence & Pumpkin Baby Pam. You can find seeds online. None are bug proof, but plant lots of flowers and herbs that attract beneficial insects. Use Sluggo to take care of snails and slugs. Here are a few links: http://www.gourmetgardener.com/ http://www.reneesgarden.com/ http://www.victoryseeds.com/ |
Goatster, there is, alas, no such thing as a bug-proof veggie. They're all subject to invasion by some pests and diseases. In some cases, heirlooms are more suseptible. But they more than make up for this by their incredible flavor. What you have to do is first decide whether you're going to control pests chemically or organically. The trade off is that chemical use is easier, but has a lot of downsides in terms of their effects on the land and your own health. Organic controls take more work, but contribute to the land's and your own overall well-being. Where you are, the primary insect pests will be squash bugs and squash vine borers. The plants will also be suseptible to a disease called powdering mildew. Being as this is your first veggie garden, I would stick to some of the tried-and-true standbys. A zucchini variety and/or yellow crookneck for the summer squash and either an acorn, one of the delicata styles, or butternut for the winter squash. What else are you planning in addition to the squashes? |
Thanks for the advice. I am also growing cucumbers, onions, corn, okra, eggplant, bellpepper, tomatoes, sunflowers and many other flowers and herbs in the garden. It really isn't a large plot so I take my 6 year old daughter out with me and we do "bug patrol" she is really a good helper so we are trying to stay on top of it. I know what to look for now and I also realize that the SVB comes out around mid June, so I am going to be ready! I will plant squash again one month later when they go dormant again. I guess you must work around the bugs. I will be planting melons later in the season. I hope to have a "mostly" heirloom garden. Right now my worst bug of all is Colorado Potato Beetle. |
- Posted by Carolyn137 z4/5 NY (My Page) on Fri, May 27, 05 at 8:32
Right now my worst bug of all is Colorado Potato Beetle. And those can be controlled initially, if you don't have too many tomato, potato or eggplant plants by crushing the orange egg clusters on the undersides of the leaves. Next step up is to spray with BT San Diego, in other words make sure the BT prep you use says CPB's on the label for there are several different kinds of BT. BT should control the larvae. For the adults you need 5% Rotenone. Most preps are 2% so you'll have to look around for the 5%. Carolyn |
Well, you're in North Georgia so maybe your bug and disease pressure won't be the same as mine but here in North/Central Florida where I am I'd have to suggest Seminole Pumpkin and Waltham Butternut as being about as bullet proof as squash gets. They both taste pretty good to me, bear well, and so long as they are well mulched and kept watered when they need it they don't need much attention. They're both C. moschata so if you want to save seed you'll either have to isolate or grow one variety at a time. I'm growing Green Striped Cushaw as well. My first time with them, but they're supposed to be very reliable in the Deep South. The potential drawback will be taste and texture as I've read good and bad about that, but thus far they are going strong. Nothing much you can do for summer squash as borers and powdery mildew are going to be a problem. There are ways to slowing down or deterring both but sooner or later one or the other is going to do them in. Chances are though you'll get a good bit of squash before they do. I'm going to succession planting on squash myself. In another week to two weeks I'll put the second row in as my first are just about ready to bloom now. .....Alan. |
- Posted by kevin_bartoy (My Page) on Fri, Jun 29, 07 at 23:07
We are having quite good luck with both summer and winter heirlooms. Here are some winter squash: http://bartoy.blogspot.com/2007/06/our-secret-garden.html And, here are our summer: http://bartoy.blogspot.com/2007/06/thats-not-squash.html http://bartoy.blogspot.com/2007/06/squash-part-deux.html |
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- Posted by new_garden_convert Australia (My Page) on Sat, Jun 30, 07 at 11:42
Hi There, I am having a hard time trying to find seeds for the giant banana squash.(either colour please) The ones I mean are as round as a small dinner plate and almost eighteen inches long they originate in the USA and Mexico. Someone gave me some seeds when I lived in New Zealand, and they were great to eat but I have long since lost those seeds. Would someone help and tell me where I can buy them in good old Aussie? Thank you kindly. Cheers |
New garden convert from down under. Glenn Drowns and Sandhill Preservation center has the squash your looking for and he ships seeds internationally. Check out his web site and get your order in. He works full time as a Biology teacher and it sometimes can take a few weeks to get an order. He does not do Credit cards or on line purchases so the postal service is the only way to pay and get seed. Rodger |
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Niagara Purple Eagles (14-19)
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Springfield, MA (Sports Network) - Led by 23 points from Dylon Cormier, the Loyola-Maryland Greyhounds took down the Niagara Purple Eagles, 86-73, in the quarterfinals of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament at the MassMutual Center.
Erik Etherly added 21 points for the second-seeded Greyhounds (22-8), while Shane Walker posted a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds.
The seventh-seeded Purple Eagles (14-19) were led by Juan'ya Green with 22 points and eight assists, while Malcolm Lemmons and Antoine Mason each chipped in 11 points.
Loyola shot well out of the gate, connecting on 55.0 percent of its field goals, but missed all three of its three-point attempts in the first half. Niagara shot only 42.9 percent, but connected on 4-of-7 from beyond to arc to keep pace, as the teams entered halftime knotted at 37-37.
After the break, the Purple Eagles struggled from the floor, making only 37.9 percent of their field goals, but still shot well from long range, hitting on 6-of-14 from beyond the arc. The Greyhounds continued their strong shooting in the second half, knocking down a scorching 69.2 percent from the field, including 5-of-7 from three-point range.
Loyola pushed its lead to double digits with a 17-6 run midway through the second half. After Niagara cut the deficit to five with 2:46 remaining, the Greyhounds scored 12 of the final 16 points to get the win and advance to the conference semifinal for the first time since 2007-08.
Loyola dominated the scoring in the paint, doubling up Niagara 44-22. Loyola also won the battle of their boards, grabbing a 33-25 rebounding advantage.
The Greyhounds will play Siena in the tournament semifinals on Sunday.
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The implications of the Rose Bowl renovation funding gap
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The 2010 proposed renovations to the Rose Bowl have ballooned in costs to $177-million dollars, $25 million more than the original price tag. Facing a current funding gap of over $37 million, published reports say Rose Bowl officials are considering postponing $14 million worth of the planned remodel until more funding can be secured.
With private donations, public bond interest, and BCS championship revenues all being funneled into the project, is the Rose Bowl remodel turning into a murky black hole where monies public and private are sunk, never to be seen again?
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I know how horribly cliché it's become to write about the impact that Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie has made since being called up only nine games ago. As much as I wince whenever I read terms like "bringing an energy" or "putting forth a contagious effort," Lawrie seems to do all these things.
Unlike so many of the best players who use their natural physical gifts to make their movements on the field seem free flowing and easy, there is nothing graceful about Lawrie's play. Whether he's fielding a grounder, swinging at a pitch or running the base paths, he's going full tilt and it looks like he's going full tilt. For a player who was born in Canada and playing on Canada's only baseball team, putting forth what appears to be an effort on par with a hockey grinder, well, it's getting Canadian baseball fans excited, and rightly so.
In addition to his appearance, Lawrie is also putting up the numbers that excite creatures like me who believe the height of hilarity is typing "80085″ or an upside down "01134″ on a calculator. Of course, these numbers are after only 33 plate appearances and have all the predictive qualities of a broken magic eight ball, but that doesn't mean we can't have a little bit of fun manipulating parameters to compare the start Lawrie's MLB career to other players who have had long and successful lives as Major League Baseball players.
For instance, as Sam Miller pointed out to me, Brett Lawrie has the highest slugging percentage (.710) in the history of baseball for players with 30 or more plate appearances. Second on that list? Some guy named Babe Ruth. The rest of the top five are Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig and Albert Pujols.
Here's a list of other notable stats for Lawrie's carrer that benefit from a minuscule sample size (all with a minimum of 30 PAs):
- The highest ISO (isolated power) of all time (.355);
- The second highest OPS+ of all time (194);
- The third highest OPS of all time (1.104); and
- The seventh highest batting average of all time (.355).
And of course, it's not just career numbers, here's more comparisons from this year against the rest of the league (again, with a minimum of 30 PAs):
- The highest wOBA (.476);
- The highest SLG (.710);
- The highest wRC+ (208);
- The fewest amount of first pitch strikes from pitchers (39.4%);
- The second highest AVG (.355);
- The second highest ISO (.355);
- The third lowest swing rate (33.9%); and
- The fourth lowest swing rate at pitches outside of the zone (15.9%).
While most of these rankings are fun, and little else, it is interesting to note that Lawrie's reputation as someone eager to impress might be preceding him. How else to explain the lack of first pitch strikes coming his way?
Fortunately for Lawrie and his future as a big leaguer, he hasn't been the impetuous batter that many would think he is after watching him come up to the plate and windmill his bat before facing a pitch. He's actually swinging at a lesser rate of pitches than all but two other batters (again, after a very small sample size). A large part of that is his vision at the plate as evidenced by having such a low rate of swings at pitches outside the zone, but it also speaks volumes about Lawrie's confidence by showing that he's willing to wait for a pitch with which he can make good contact. His patience extends even to taking strikes that might not be of the good contact variety. At the moment, he's swinging at only 55% of pitches landing in the zone, that's 10% less than the Major League average of 65%.
As much as we applaud the appearance of Lawrie going full tilt, it could well be his patience that's leading to his successful start, but just as looks can be deceiving in this instance, so can initial numbers after only nine games of baseball. While Blue Jays fans may be foolish to expect Lawrie to sustain his slugging numbers, it wouldn't be the least bit silly to believe that if he can continue to approach his at bats with the patience he's exhibited so far, astounding numbers will follow.


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The recipe calls for 3 lbs ground meat, 16 ounces of ketchup, 2 chopped onions, assorted ground spices, 6 cups of water and 1/2 cup of corn starch to thicken.
This is not a thick sauce. It is no where near as thick as the stuff you buy in the cans at the grocery store. In fact, home canned pie filling is thicker. If I change the straight corn starch to clear gel or therm flow and process in the pressure canner for 75 minutes for 1/2 pints will it be OK? |
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Home-canned pie filling is a tested high-acid fruit formulation, not low-acid meat ground meat thickened in a sauce, so they're not remotely comparable. And because testing has not been done on the recipe you cite, there's no definitive answer as to whether it would be safe or not. No one here can say yes or no. If you believe it would be and want to give it a shot, that's up to you. Carol |
Simple answer - no way to know if it would be safe or not. It is a do-at-your-own-risk recipe. Sure it has the processing time for ground meats - 75 mins. @ 10 lbs. for pints but that meat time is based on only having water, broth or tomato juice added, not ketchup, onions and thickener. Just the thickener alone would require added time. Dave |
No, since no tomato products are safe to thicken before cannning. Not even with Clear jel. Only for pie fillings or for jams. |
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Time to junk AIG
The federal government's $180 billion effort to prop up American International Group has worked, averting an even bigger financial catastrophe. Now it's time for the Obama administration to oversee the dismantling of the failed insurance giant with all due speed.
A report this week from the Government Accountability Office makes clear that AIG would crumble and likely reignite financial fears around the world without the government's massive support.
And the report says it's "unclear" whether AIG will ever pay back the $121 billion in government assistance that's still coursing through its balance sheet.
The GAO report should provide the administration will all the ammunition it needs to get tough with AIG. The report's conclusions should stiffen the spine of regulators in their dealings with Robert Benmosche, AIG's new $9 million chief executive.
The former MetLife chief executive seems to act as if he has taken over a financial company that's simply made one or two bad decisions — not one that nearly brought the global economy to its knees.
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But the GAO report raises serious doubt about whether AIG will ever be self-sufficient again, noting that "the company continues to rely heavily on the federal government as its source of liquidity and capital."
Worse, Benmosche is taking counsel from Hank Greenberg, AIG's former longtime CEO, whose only concern is protecting his still significant equity stake in the de facto taxpayer-owned insurer.
Now Greenberg is trying to get Representative Edolphus Towns to take up his cause of restructuring AIG's bailout package to make it easier for the insurer to live on.
But Towns, the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, who once sat on the board of subprime mortgage lender MortgageIT, should not be taking Greenberg's calls either.
It's odd that the Brooklyn Democrat is taking a tough stance with Bank of America over its questionable acquisition of Merrill Lynch, but is fielding ideas from the man who oversaw AIG's transformation into a financial behemoth.
The time for kowtowing to Greenberg must end. All this is doing is giving false hope to those investors who've been snapping up AIG's shares on the belief the insurer can turn itself around. AIG can't and it won't.
With the worst of the financial crisis now past, it's time to break up AIG and move on. AIG rightfully deserves to join Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers on the ash heap of history.
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Spot on. Clearly not his own money. Enough is enough! Shut them Down
I wanna know who this guy is telling to short the stock each time before he writes an article… Bc every time an article is published, coincidence or not, the stock begins to tank. Is there an emailing list to get on or something?
Me too, I have stock in AIG and would like to know BEFORE this guy posts these reports. We were up 25% yesterday, and today this guy writes this and we're down 6% already. And we all know why the government supports AIG, and thats because the government pentions are insured by AIG. Why would they let a company that protects their fat pentions go out of business? All we can do is use the stupidity of EVERY SINGLE one of those congress members (im not taking sides, theyre all worthless) to our advantage and invest in AIG.
How much did your hedge fund buddies pay you to write this?
Don't worry investors tomorrow will be up again, future will tell.
Greenberg's plan makes no sense. Why would a investor, in this case the U.S. government, give up some of the value of its loans and its equity interest? I understand that a lender may want to offer a borrower some concessions in order to make repayment more likely, but than the lender will want more equity (or warrants), not less. If AIG does not have the capacity to pay back the loans under the current terms, they should face the same consequences as any other borrow – Bankruptcy. Why rescue them again?
Will restructure Aig's bailout package? What is the timeline?
Goldstein I see you spew the same crap as you always do, get a brain. We get it you don't like AIG, did your mom lose here retirement money?
Best thing for the taxpayer to get paid back is to ensure AIG survives and we wait till we get full value or close to full value of many of these assets that shouldn't be sold at firesale prices.
Just how much was AIG's net profit in it's best year (even with really slick accounting tricks)? I believe I read somewhere it was somewhere in the $3-$4 billion range. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Would you lend someone with a $40,000 per year, after tax, income $1.2 million? (If you would, please reply because I have a great proposition for you.)
AIG is toast. The name has all the cachet of Enron.
It's time to dismember the rotting hulk & cut our (taxpayer) losses.
Then, on to Citigroup!
Here's one for the upcoming G20 Summit:
Any financial institution – commercial & investment banks, insurance – will not be permitted to reach total assets of $500B. Existing one will be broken up into companies less than $500B. All these companies must pay annual premiums to the government to finance bailout safety net. Too Big To Fail Insurance.
First to get the treatment is Goldman Sachs.
Make my day.
Too big to fail among the private sector is too big. It's time to dismantle these behemoths and restore legislation like Glass-Steagall Act that was enacted to prevent exactly what occurred after its repeal, and likely avert this frenzied financial fiasco of wanton greed by the investment banking community.
Maiden Lane 2 and 3 are the codenames for the credit facilities that encompass the massive almost $200 billion backstop given to AIG. The codenames assumably come from the name of their building's headquarters. They lease the office space in that building from, drum roll please, G$! The same bastards that pumped out about 1 in 6 of the toxic MBS into the market selling them to pension funds as investment grade securities, all the while knowing they were shit, and then bring AID FPD on as a counterparty to hedge the losses they KNEW were going to accrue. In fact I dare say G$ probably had a hand in manipulating the market to guarantee the MBS fiasco. Before the bailout, they lapped off almost $6 billion in CDS shorts on the same MBS they were selling. This act pushed AIG to the brink of bankruptcy THEN. So the government decides to drop a blank check in their laps which they write out for almost $200 billion. Now, if 6 billion crushed them, and they were on the hook for another 180, how could or would they ever pay any of this back. They were leveraged an insane 30 to 1 ratio, and the 200 billion or so in counter party bets they made are just the tip of the iceberg, from many reports I read. As the housing market and other markets (such as commercial RE) deteriorate, people are going to start calling in the rest of their CDS bets, and AIG will again suffer massive losses. Are we expected to drop another $200-300 billion (or more) down their Alice in Wonderland rabbit hole when this revelation strikes? Restructure their debt my ASS!
BANK ROBBERIES!! Matt, I respect your journalistic skills and integrity. Please send-up something on the continuing robberies of the American public by the bankers and their minions in Congress. It's preposterous that these over-paid golfers are able to detonate our national debt, repeatedly, and the Fed (which is a banking institution, not a government institution) wipes their bottoms when duty calls (sorry…).
I think that these high-paid thieves have held us at ransom with the threat of "systemic failure". Too bad I can't cash-in on systemic failures when I get my electrical bill.
Please start a "media drum-in". The average American bimbo is completely powerless. There aren't two political parties: there's only one, and you know its name.
Here we go again. The greedy hedge funds wiping-up fear to start another financial crisis, just so they can have something to short to make another killing on the backs of investors & the taxpayer.
Haven't hedge funds done enough damage ?
actually, AIG is located on 70 Pine Street, a couple blocks from Maiden Lane. It's also spread amongst several floors all over the Financial District and elsewhere. Maiden Lane is the address of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The first Maiden Lane LLC was created during the Bear Stearns fiasco, and was just what they came up with for names while meeting at the FRBNY. As far as I can tell, there is no "2 Maiden Lane" address.
GS management made the short CDS position largely without telling their traders. Traders were compensated for playing the game in the boom time, as they always are… so they played the game. Essentially, GS management second-guessed their traders — which is scary — except that they happened to be right — that one time. Michael Lewis wrote a great article about it maybe a year back. I don't think anyone had a big enough vision to do what J describes in the CDS game of the MBS market. The scenario of further calls on those CDS's seems unlikely to me too.
However, J's final conclusion is spot on. Is AIG going to take further losses? Likely. Are they going to pay us back? Doubt it. Don't put any more taxpayer money in the rabbit hole, and spin off the units of AIG.
Seems like the position of the commentors depends upon if they have stock in AIG. Most corporations, like governments get inefficient if they get too large. The company is clearly too large and too sick to survive. It will most likely never be competitive unless it goes into high risk markets and illegal activity. Time to get out the crying towels.
To all those who are calling for Citigroup to be dismantled:
Taxpayers are sitting on a multi-billion dollar profit from C right now. Minimum $10 billion. And Citigroup is trying to shrug off government help. At least it is trying. Give Citigroup a chance.
What are you getting from AIG, other than getting jerked around? Forget this company and it's $182.5 billion in loans. Put this company out of it's misery already. It's over.
[...] "With the worst of the financial crisis now past, it's time to break up AIG and move on. AIG rightfully deserves to join Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers on the ash heap of history." (Matthew Goldstein) [...]
Right on Matt, this company should be dismantled immediately. We would be far better off as taxpayers if this company was dismantled and we took a loss, then if this zombie stuck around and waited for a rebound to sell its assets. The longer this "should have failed" business is around, the more damage it does to companies who are well run.
If we keep rewarding failure, all we are going to get is failure.
Curious there exists some bodies who support AIG in this thread. Those finance PR and people who speculate on AIG stock rally should understand that the world has changed!
"What's astounding is that Goldman has managed to get AIG to entirely subsidize its occupancy at 180 Maiden Lane since June 2008. At a current tab of around $44 per foot, about $3 million in taxpayer dollars is being shuttled from AIG to Moinian every month."
(New York Post Aritcle)
Sorry I misspoke about that being their HQ. I bet I am spot on about the G$ thing though too and that further bets (CDO's and CDS) are going to blow up in the next 18 months and it may be worse than the last financial nuke. The G$ shorting their own AAA products via AIG CDS's WREAKS OF FRAUD. Anyone who cannot smell that gigantic maggot infested 500 lb tuna sitting in the room doesn't have a nose. Wall Street has become, again, a gigantc pozi scheme with a casino built smack dab on top of it, all of which was probably built on an ancient Indian burial ground. You'll see. You who read this were warned. I'm not a financial expert, but I know people. I correctly predicted this fiasco when Glass-Steagal was repealed.
AIG's speculating shareholders are like the people who jump on the city bus after it's been in an accident hoping to sue the city and profit from the taxpayers. They have nothing coming.
There was a faint probability for AIG to get out of trouble post the $180 billion effort from the Fed. However consecutive losses quarter after quarter is too much for any firm to take. And with the magnitude of losses AIG has consistently displayed in its filings, one could only guess how much more is left to see. AIG is probably fading until and unless the federal government really resuscitates it back to life… and I mean literally!!
The amount of leverage that AIG had exposed itself to, has finally taken its toll, but what makes bigger larger banks like JPM still tick! JPM is going relatively strong, trading at $45 and gradually improving. It's probably safe to say that JPM is probably in a bigger mess than AIG. I found a few things about JPM which I wasn't sure I should know. Throwing a blind eye to it, would be like being a hypocrite…
In a bid to bolster non-interest revenues (trading revenues) JPM assumed leverage far in excess of its optimum capacity. Its oversized derivative exposure (notional value) has exploded to almost $80 trillion – a staggering 5-6 times the size of the US GDP. What's more, the market exposure it had so far has been hedged among the coterie of large banks, exchanging the market risk for counterparty risk! The slightest disturbance could cause a financial storm within these banks. This could affect the financial system as well, keeping in mind that the total volume of derivative exposures in terms of notional value exceeds $200 trillion in the US.
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Lummi Nation workers affected by fishing industry layoffs receive emergency grant (Indian Country Today) 12/31/14
A man of healing, a saga of suffering (Washington Post) 12/28/14
Lawrence Baca is still fighting for our civil rights (Psychology Today) 12/28/14
Native leaders appointed to positions in education, environment, justice in Washington State (Indian Country Today) 12/18/14
U.S. House and Senate pass bill to aid Grand Portage Chippewa tribe (NNC Now) 12/18/14
Native American reservations now free to legalize marijuana (Washington Post) 12/12/14
Tribes wary of selling pot, even if feds allow it (Washington Post) 12/12/14
Great Plains tribal leaders' letter asks Congress to strike land swap from Defense bill (Indian Country News) 12/11/14
Feds: Native American tribes can make their own marijuana laws (Huffington Post) 12/11/14
Biden stresses more VAWA improvements at tribal nations conference (Indian Country News) 12/7/14
Opinion: Implementing UNDRIP will save Native lives (Indianz) 12/4/14
Attorney General Eric Holder delivers remarks during the White House Tribal Nations Conference (Department of Justice) 12/3/14
USDA announces broadband and infrastructure support for Indian Country (Indian Country Today ) 12/3/14
"Above the law:" Responding to domestic violence on Indian reservations (PBS) 11/22/14
FBI expands background checks on tribal and (The Hill) 11/1914
Washington state official joins Northwest tribes in urging oil train regulation (Indian Country Today) 11/20/14
Chabad lawyer mediates between Inuit tribes in Alaska - and keeps Kosher (The Jewish Daily Forward) 11/11/14
Treaty of Canandaigua observance: A celebration of unity (Webster Post) 11/12/14
Opinion: Klamath pact puts tribes' sovereign rights at risk (Statesman Journal) 11/11/14
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy talks to ICTMN about Indigenous knowledge, stewardship, and tribal relations (Indian Country Today) 11/10/14
1974 Canandaigua Treaty observance has national impact (Webster Post) 11/9/14
Tribal, state, and federal courts met to expand collaboration on child welfare issues (Legal News) 11/5/14
DOJ may intervene in Alaska Supreme Court case (Alaska Public Media) 10/29/14
Second federal circuit court refuses to enforce arbitration by South Dakota tribe (Arbitration Nation) 10/15/14
Bill exempting tribal benefits taxation is hailed (Springville Journal) 10/12/14
World Bank Group: Proposed policy a setback for [Indigenous Peoples'] rights (Human Rights Watch) 10/10/14
Tribes in Wisconsin win big decision in treaty hunting dispute (Indianz) 10/10/14
Wisconsin: Judge told to reconsider ban on tribes' night deer hunt (Twin Cities) 10/9/14
'Modernize the Columbia River Treaty,' religious leaders urge U.S. and Canada (Indian Country Today) 10/9/14
Buffalo Restoration Treaty signed by tribes, First Nations (Environmental News Service) 9/24/14 [copy of treaty]
Nation to nation: Treaties between the United States and American Indian Nations (National Museum of the American Indian YouTube Channel) 9/23/14
What did Indigenous Peoples get out of the World Conference? (Indian Country Today) 9/25/14
Three Kansas tribes receive U.S. public safety grants (CJ Online) 9/23/14
Alaska Natives, state wrestle with tribal ID card issues (News Miner) 9/21/14
Native farmers band together to distribute remaining $380M of Keepseagle (Indian Country Today) 9/19/14
Arm in a cast, Sotomayor tours Oklahoma and meets tribal leaders (National Law Journal) 9/17/14
HUD reaches settlement resolving Native lending discrimination case (Indian Country Today) 9/15/14
US slammed for failure to fulfill legal obligation to eliminate all forms of race discrimination (Huffington Post) 9/9/14
Smithsonian revisits history of treaties (Indian Country Today) 9/4/14
Tester begins hearings on sex trafficking in Indian country (Indian Country Today) 9/3/14
Tribal management of bison range considered (Bigfork Eagle) 8/20/14
Feds provide $3 million to address tribal violence (Great Falls Tribune) 8/27/14
After six years, Obama administration gets good marks on tribal issues (WMI Central) 8/23/14
Were tribal govts adequately consulted for Powertech mine? (Black Hills Pioneer) 8/20/14
Bishop Paiute Tribe makes history with Low Income Housing Tax Credit award (Native American Times) 8/15/14
Senators support CSKT water compact (Hungry Horse News) 8/15/14
Viejas Band signs compact with new revenue sharing provisions (Indianz) 8/14/14
Native Americans key to border security success (The Hill) 8/12/14
New report says indigenous rights violated across the Americas (MBC Network Radio) 8/8/14
Klamath agreements strengthen tribal sovereignty (Indian Country Today) 8/7/14
In brief: tribes to hold vigils for return of salmon (Spokesman-Review) 8/6/14
New agreement proposed to share bison range management between government, tribes (Greenfield Daily Reporter) 8/5/14
ACLU to highlight Lakota child foster care crisis to United Nations (San Francisco Gate) 7/30/14
Operation Yurok ends with nearly 13,000 marijuana plants seized, no arrests made (Times-Standard) 7/28/14
Agencies launch raid on marijuana growers on Yurok reservation (Los Angeles Times) 7/21/14
New Mexico governor to meet with tribal leaders (Silver City Sun News) 7/18/14
Interior, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe sign agreement to reduce land ownership fractionation in Indian Country (U.S. Department of Interior) 7/17/14
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BJS releases tribal crime data collection activities, 2014 (Reuters) 7/10/14
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Jewell joining tribal summit on Bainbridge Island (SF Gate) 4/23/14
U.S. tribe looks to International Court for justice (Inter Press Service) 4/16/14
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NAIHC and Census Bureau to improve tribal data (Indian Country Today) 3/26/14
Native Americans fight to ban marijuana in a quarter of Washington state (Albany Tribune) 3/25/14
Senate Indian Affairs Committee schedules hearing on five bills (Indianz.com) 3/24/14
Treasury issues tax guidance on per capita tribal payments (Indian Country Today) 3/12/14
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Justice can be hard to find with courts far from tribal lands (NPR) 3/11/14
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Attorney General Holder meets with Tribal Nations Leadership Council (Department of Justice) 2/27/14
Sen. Begich speaks out on Indian & Alaska Native concerns (Indian Country Today) 2/26/14
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American Indian leaders call for DOJ investigation of ICWA violations (Native News Online) 2/3/14
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Hi Sky! Great to hear from you!!! I'll be sure to put your name on a pumpkin : ) I did cut back the sedum kamtschaticum 'Variegatum' after that picture was taken. Not near as far back as you did, but enough to make it look neat and tidy. A couple more daylilies started blooming today, but the sun is too bright to get a decent picture. I'll try to get a pic in the morning and post them. Yes, I have lots of grasshoppers, but I didn't take any pictures of plants they have nibbled on. The kids have been catching the small ones, and feeding them to our Fire Bellied Toads, but they can only eat a couple a day, so it's not putting much of a dent in the population. Clearing the area next to the fence may have helped a little bit, but it's too early to know for sure. I put the Semaspore bait out again this year, but when the weeds in the empty lots surrounding our property dry out, they'll come to my little oasis in the desert : ( Bonnie |
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We really are a friendly group around here, we agree to disagree, or it would be a bore not to have differing opinions. We are all great fans of Disney not haters in our bio's, yet many of us fail to praise everything Disney does. My pet peeve lately is Duffy, as an example. We are a bit of a family of sorts. Lou our leader kinda created this place as a friendly place. Please read our threads and join in the fun.