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Seriously, what more can be said about Pedro lately? He went 2 for 4 today with a huge 2-run home run to left-center field. He has hit in six straight games and has recorded multiple hits in six of his last eight. The only player in the National League with more home runs than him is Matt Kemp.
Andrew McCutchen left in the 4th inning of today's game due to an illness. McCutchen was the only positional player to not have played yesterday. Hopefully he starts feeling better.
The Pirates' bullpen continues to impress. Juan Cruz pitched a scoreless inning and still has not given up a run over 10 1/3 innings. Jason Grilli also pitched a scoreless frame and has an unreal K/9 ratio of 16.2. Crazy.
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Harding, Richard (2004) America, the War of 1739-48 and the development of British global power. Journal for Maritime Research . ISSN 1469-1957
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Britain's global power rested on her ability to move effective forces to different parts of the globe. Seapower was at the core of this, but it also required expeditionary armies to establish British power on land in a more permanent fashion. During the Seven Years War (1756-63) Britain proved that she possessed this global power and that it was an extremely effective diplomatic weapon. The factors that contributed to this global capability were many and developed during the decades prior to 1756. One of those factors was the mobilisation of American manpower. This paper examines the contribution of the American Regiment raised in 1740 to serve with British expeditionary forces in the West Indies. Although the operation was a disaster, the experience of raising the troops and employing them was an important step in clarifying the manner in which American manpower could best be tapped for war in the Americas.
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Paramount has released the first trailer for Michael Bay's Pain and Gain starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson as a pair of criminal bodybuilders involved in an extortion ring and a kidnapping plot.
The film is based on a 1999 Miami New Times article and along with Johnson and Wahlberg the cast includes Ed Harris, Tony Shalhoub, Anthony Mackie, Rob Corddry, Tony Plana, Ken Jeong, Bar Paly and the reliably funny Rebel Wilson.
Pain and Gain is set to hit theaters on April 26, 2013. Check out the trailer below.


text: Located in the Northern Tanzania town of Moshi, Eden Garden Educational Trust (EGET) is a local non-governmental organization (NGO), established in 1993 and committed to preparing young Tanzanians to meet the challenges of the new millenium. The Trust was registered on 21.02.2001. The Registration number for the Primary School is KL 01/7/003 and was registered in 1998. The Registration number for the Secondary School is S.1346 and was registered in 2004. Eden Garden Secondary School is among the National schools under the Ministry of Education and Culture in the Non-Government Organization wing in Tanzania. Our motto is "Teach a child the way he or she should go and will never depart from it..." (Prov.22:6) It is therefore our hope and prayer that whatever children will learn from the school - physically, intellectually, spiritually - will never depart from them. When they join the world of adults, they will be making decisions from a solid educational basis. So, please explore our website. We hope that you'll enjoy it as you learn about EGET, use it as an EGET scholar / parent, or consider becoming one of our supporters. Thank you. |


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text: Call for Papers for FILTECH 2013 The FILTECH Show taking place from 22.-24. October 2013 the City of Wiesbaden in Germany will again turn into the top-meeting-place for all those involved with filtration and separation and adjacent sectors. The FILTECH Congress with more than 200 presentations will offer a representative cross section of current research findings, global developments, and new approaches to solving problems with respect to the methods for the classic mechanical separation of particles from liquids, the gas cleaning and membrane filtration methods. This ranges from mineral dressing to biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals right up to environmental technology and water purification. Special highlights are a plenary and six survey lectures in which internationally renowned experts give a comprehensive overview of state of the art knowledge and techniques concerning important aspects of separation technology. In addition one day prior to FILTECH 2013 two 1-day-Short Courses will be held featuring Fine Dust Separation and Solid-Liquid-Separation. Abstracts can be submitted until February 14. 2013. Details for abstract submission and stand booking are available at www.filtech.de. |


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It's a big deal: Indie Game Music Bundle 2 announcedRemember the Indie Game Music Bundle where you were able to pick up ten game soundtracks for a mere dollar? Well, it's back, and with a pretty snazzy twist. Those who want to dish out another dollar will get the soundtracks to Aquaria, Sword & Sorcery, To The Moon, Jamestown, and Machinarium. A pretty great deal as is as these are some of the biggest indie game soundtracks of 2011, but if you want to dish out $10, you'll get nine more soundtracks including Shatter (my favorite soundtrack of 2010), Jake Kaufman's recent (and amazing) Mighty Switch Force!, the chiptacular Tower of Heaven, and A_Rival's 8-bit Pimp among others. Comments not appearing? Anti-virus apps like Avast or some browser extensions can cause this. Easy fix: Add [*].disqus.com to your software's white list. Tada! Happy comments time again.
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Oil fell in volatile trade on Thursday in the face of a strong dollar and the U.S. commitment to forge a nuclear deal with Iran.
CNBC's Morgan Brennan reports crude inventories in Cushing, Oklahoma, continue to build.
The weekly crude inventory report surpassed expectations, reports CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis.
Oil trader Andy Hall has closed out his bearish bets on oil and is predicting a price recovery in crude sooner than many analysts expect.
Carlyle Group's David Rubenstein told CNBC he is not waiting for oil to hit a bottom before investing in beaten-up energy companies.
Talk is rising of a nuclear deal that could see sanctions lifted against Iran, a move that could turn the tap on its oil exports and push prices down.
U.S. oil supplies are hitting their highest point in at least 80 years, pressuring available storage.
Oil rebounded on Tuesday from the previous session's tumble, lifted by fighting that threatened Libya's oilfields.
A solar-powered plane successfully completed its latest test flight in Abu Dhabi Monday, clearing the way for a round-the-world trip.
The myth that only liberals support solar technology is being shattered by loud voices coming from the right.
CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets. Israeli PM Netanyahu's comments spiked oil until Obama responded. Oil still closed over $50.
Gasoline prices could see another sharp jump before returning to much cheaper prices during the summer driving season.
Jim Lebenthal, the current leader of the Fast Money Halftime Report Portfolio competition, sold a retailer and purchased an oil giant
Bosses from the Gulf have dismissed the IMF's recent concerns for the region after oil price weakness.
Storage in the United States is filling up quickly, and that could send oil lower, one pro warned.
If you could pick one stock, Apple or Exxon, which would it be? Scott Fearon, author of "Dead Companies Walking" has a pick that might surprise you.
Brent extended losses on Monday after Iran said a deal on its nuclear program could be agreed this week, which could boost the country's oil exports.
Oilman Harold Hamm says the Saudi hard line on production has turned the Russian "ruble into rubble" while also squeezing U.S. producers.
CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets. Crude closed down on the day, in part because the Iranian foreign minister talked about a possible nuclear deal.
The impact of lower pump prices has apparently run its course with gas prices bumping up across the country. Here's why.
Exxon Mobil and New Jersey reached a settlement of about $250 million in an environmental suit seeking $8.9 billion in damages. The NYT reports.
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On Tuesday, December 7, 2010, Mesa Police officers responded to a disturbance call at the Taiwan Massage Parlor located at 2653 W. Baseline Road. The owner of the business, Xiaohong Fu (42), was found deceased inside the business from what appeared to be multiple stab wounds. The suspect, described as an Asian male, fled the scene in a white pickup truck prior to police arrival.
Soon after the homicide, the Fusion Center disseminated information about the case to other valley law enforcement agencies. On December 14, 2010, the Gilbert Police Department informed Mesa detectives than on Friday, December 10, 2010, they investigated an armed robbery incident at a Christmas tree lot that may be connected to the Mesa case. This incident involved an armed robbery committed by an Asian male suspect, who was arrested and identified as James Clayton Johnson (27). Johnson matched the description of the suspect provided by witnesses in the Mesa case.
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On his Media Citizen blog, Free Press' Timothy Karr (9/17/09) has compiled some astounding Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Lou Dobbs quotes propounding a "fear that's laced with paranoia, stoked by misinformation and prejudice and fed to millions of people via powerful media"–namely that "the most anti-American notion of the lot is the idea that we need to reform the media itself":
While Beck and his ilk want to portray diversity and localism as a dangerous conspiracy to censor, the fact remains that these ideas have been staples of communications policy since the beginning. The central mandate of the Federal Communications Commission–as enshrined in the Communications Act of 1934–is to promote localism, diversity and competition in the media. This same principle of localism has been a rallying cry for several generations of true conservatives.
Broadcasters get hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of subsidies and the right to use our airwaves in exchange for a basic commitment to be responsive to the interests of local communities.Moreover, the Supreme Court recognized that "safeguarding the public's right to receive a diversity of views and information over the airwaves is … an integral component of the FCC's mission."
Sadly, the FCC has failed to live up to this standard.
"What mainstream media's fear-merchants are most afraid of," writes Karr, "is not censorship, but an FCC that actually does its job–creating more opportunities for people like you and me to participate in media."
See the FAIR publication Extra! Update: "The Great Spectrum Giveaway" (10/95) by Jim Naureckas.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Philip Roth's latest honor was as much for what he has done for other writers as for his own work.
On Tuesday night, Roth received the PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award. He was cited for such novels as "Sabbath's Theater" and "American Pastoral," but also for his advocacy in the 1970s and 1980s for writers in Czechoslovakia and other Eastern bloc countries during the Cold War. PEN is an international writers' organization that advocates for human rights and free speech.
The 80-year-old Roth spoke before hundreds gathered for the PEN Literary Gala at the Museum of Natural History. Attendees included Martin Amis, Salman Rushdie and Jay McInerney.


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Random Kennedy Clan Member Reportedly Eyeing Governor Race
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Anthony Shriver -- son of VP candidate Sergeant Shriver, brother of California first lady Maria Shriver and Santa Monica City Councilman Bobby Shriver, grandson of Ambassador Joe Kennedy, nephew of President JFK, Attorney General Bobby, Senator Teddy, and probably a few more, but you get the picture -- is the Kennedy in question. Naked Politics says he's quietly asking around about the idea.
A Miami Beach Resident, Anthony is best known as the founder of Best Buddies International, and an activist for people with intellectual disabilities. His wife Alina, was born in Cuba.
The Kennedy clan used to winter in Palm Beach -- sometimes notoriously so -- so the Family has roots in the state, just not thick political ones.
Alex Sink, though, so far has a healthy war chest, even out raising leading Republican candidate Bill McCollum. Then again, Anthony probably has access to a Rolodex that most fundraisers could only dream of. A senate run would make more sense to us (that does seem to be the family business), and Democrat Meek isn't as established in that race as Sink is in hers. But who are we to tell a Kennedy what to do?
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Transitional Youth Services: Practice Implications from a Systematic Review
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Independent living programs have emerged as the primary intervention to address the needs of foster youth transitioning out of care. Prior reviews of independent living programs have focused on implications for research and policy, but not on direct practice. In order to create effective independent living programs, direct service workers must be provided with concrete practice guidelines for providing effective independent living services. This article summarizes 19 studies on independent living and provides evidence-based implications for each in an effort to begin to fill the gap between research, policy and practice.
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- Benedict, M. I., Zuravin, S. J., & Stallings, R. Y. (1996). Adult functioning of children who lived in kin versus nonrelative family foster homes. Child Welfare, 75, 529–549.
- Biehal, N., Clayden, J., Stein, M., & Wade, J. (1994). Leaving care in England: A research perspective. Children and Youth Services Review, 16(3/4), 231–254. doi:10.1016/0190-7409(94)90008-6. CrossRef
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- Courtney, M. E., Dworsky, A., Terao, S., Cost, N., Cusick, G. R., Keler, T., et al. (2005). Midwest evaluation of the adult functioning of former foster youth. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Chapin Hall Center for Children.
- Courtney, M. E., & Piliavin, I. (1998). Foster youth transitions to adulthood outcomes 12 to 18 months after leaving care. Madison: Wisconsin School of Social Work and Institute for Research on Poverty.
- Courtney, M. E., Piliavin, I., Grogan-Kaylor, A., & Nesmith, A. (2001). Foster youth transitions to adulthood: A longitudinal view of youth leaving care. Child Welfare, 6, 685–717.
- Courtney, M. E., Terao, S., & Bost, N. (2004). Midwest evaluation of the adult functioning of former foster youth: Conditions of youth preparing to leave state care in Illinois. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago, Chapin Hall Center for Children.
- English, D. J., Kouidou-Giles, S. K., & Plocke, M. (1994). Readiness for independence: A study of youth in foster care. Children and Youth Services Review, 16(3/4), 147–158. doi:10.1016/0190-7409(94)90002-7. CrossRef
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- Mech, E. V., Dobson, C. L., & Hulseman, F. S. (1994). Life-skills knowledge: A survey of foster adolescents in three placement settings. Children and Youth Services Review, 16(3/4), 181–200. doi:10.1016/0190-7409(94)90005-1. CrossRef
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- Naccarato, T., & DeLorenzo, E. (in press). Independent living assessments of foster youth: A comprehensive review. Journal of Public Child Welfare.
- Pecora, P. J., Kessler, R. C., O'Brien, K., White, C. R., Williams, J., Hiripi, E., et al. (2006). Educational and employment outcomes of adults formerly placed in foster care: Results from the northwest foster care alumni study. Children and Youth Services Review, 28, 1459–1481. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2006.04.003. CrossRef
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- Transitional Youth Services: Practice Implications from a Systematic Review
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Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal
Volume 25, Issue 4 , pp 287-308
- Cover Date
- 2008-08-01
- 10.1007/s10560-008-0127-z
- Print ISSN
- 0738-0151
- Online ISSN
- 1573-2797
- Publisher
- Springer US
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- Topics
- Keywords
- Independent living services
- Life skills
- Older foster youth
- Transitional living
- Aging out of foster care
- Authors
- Toni Naccarato (1)
- Emily DeLorenzo (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. University at Albany School of Social Welfare, 205 Richardson Hall, 135 Western Avenue, Albany, NY, 12203, USA


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Use your resources in unusual ways to nurture your network.
Valentine's Day is quickly approaching, a holiday that celebrates love and affection with the exchange of candy and gifts. While the novelty of the day can provoke romance, everyone knows that a successful romantic relationship requires ongoing attention and nurturing. The same is true with your professional relationships.
It's common knowledge that networking is an integral part of the job-search process. In fact, studies have shown that you're ten times more likely to land a job when your application includes an employee referral. However, to get that referral, you first have to master the art of networking.
As my colleague Marc mentioned in his Monday newsletter, TheLadders published its quarterly list of top recruiting professionals in the United States.
I want to show you three unconventional ways you can use this list to show your network some love – and move your job search in the right direction.
1. Give the Gift of Information
When developing a new professional relationship, the worst thing you can do is immediately ask for favors or a job. Always look for opportunities to pay it forward. Learn more about the person so you can find ways to provide value. As a job seeker, you are learning a ton more about the job search than your average professional. When you find something that could be useful to your contacts, don't be afraid to share it! Consider who in your network could benefit from this list of recruiters and share it with them.
2. Shower Them with Compliments
Let's be honest – everyone likes receiving compliments. Use this Top Recruiter List as an excuse to connect with employers whose hiring needs match your job goals and qualifications. Use Facebook and Twitter to congratulate target employers who made the list. A simple search for their names or company names on either of these platforms should do the trick. If you've worked with one of these recruiters in the past and want to reestablish the relationship, use this list as an excuse to reach out and offer your congratulations.
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Mentors come in all shapes and sizes, each offering different types of support throughout your career. As a job seeker, consider identifying a peer mentor. Approach a fellow job seeker who's in the same line of work and join forces. By checking in with one another on a weekly basis and sharing information, you're automatically doubling your job-search efforts and resources. Concerned about the competition? It's unlikely that both of you will have identical goals and be perfect for the exact same job. Get the ball rolling by sharing this recruiter list with your peer mentor.
Remember, networking isn't simply about meeting people – it requires you to build meaningful connections and exchange information with those who prove valuable to your search. Use this list as a reason to reconnect with professional contacts and recruiters who are valuable to your search. And remember, this list spans all industries in the U.S., so share this information with fellow job seekers to strengthen your relationships and pay it forward.
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Flip Chip-Plastic Grid Array (FC-PGA)
This is Intel's newer packaging of the Socket 370 design. It features a different electrical setup than Socket 370, but is physically compatible. Thus, old Socket 370 motherboards will not be compatible with new FC-PGA chips, but new FC- PGA motherboards may be able to handle Socket 370 processors. It is not clear why Intel made the electrical change. The physical changes put the core closer to the surface, allowing better cooling as the processor core comes in closer contact to the heatsink.


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Subaru 'Titan' commercial goes viral
Jan 27If you, like me, long ago grew tired of the turf wars between Ford and Holden enthusiasts, you can now safely take a neutral side.
Japanese car manufacturer Subaru has made ingenious use of makeup, prosthetics and green screen technology to bring to life the monsters of a popular anime for a television advertisment.
進撃の巨人 ('Shingeki no Kyojin'; Attack on Titan) is the hit anime based on the manga of the same name, written by Hajime Isayama, in which humankind have been hunted to the brink of extinction by giant humanoid monsters called 'titans'.
The thrilling series has been well-received by countless fans in Japan and internationally (including some of us here at Gay Geek)!
In the commercial, which went viral overnight, a shiny new car can be seen skillfully evading the grips of two titans which have appeared in the anime. It concludes with a dramatic focus on the iconic recurring monster in the series; the aptly-named Colossal Titan.
With rumours running rampant of a live-action movie adaption, this commercial gives a glimpse of how titans might appear onscreen in a realistic, 3-dimensional portrayal!
WTH Japan: White Underwear Man?!
Dec 10I just…I don't…I…just…wait…what?!!
Someone please explain?
I'm…I'm not even sure if I'm meant to be horrified, terrified, or turned on. Japan you confuse me so much!
[via VitaminL]
Pokémon Gets Seriously Dark
Oct 09You know who's super excited for the 12th of October? ME!!!
You know why I'm super excited for the 12th of October? Pokémon X and Y!!!
You know why I'm super sad? Because I have a Real Life responsibilities around the same time to contend with the time I would have been spending playing this brand new awesomeness.
In the meantime, there's the newly released OVA that I can use to procrastinate with reckless abandon, Pokémon: The Origin. It's already been aired and subtitled and the first episode really sets the mood. You've probably already seen this clip of Charmander screaming continuously as Squirtle mercilessly unleashes Bite attack on it.
It's absolutely distressing. With this clip it's clear to see that Pokémon is going down some dark, dark roads. I haven't seen Pokémon get this hardcore since the Pokémon Adventures manga. It's terrifying, it's disturbing, it's violent, it's horrific and I like it! Give me MOAR!!
Image: [thanks Serebii]
Japan, I don't even know anymore!
Oct 26Every time I think I know what you are up to, Japan you have to do something like this. What this is, a Robot Restaurant in Tokyo. The main show of the night are 'cabaret' dances from giant fembot mechas controlled by girls in bikini's sitting in the front of the robot. It's only you Japan that would think up giant robot ladies, open up a bar based on this and give them to scantily clad real ladies to control.
What's going on Japan??!!
These are Robots I'm more comfortable with~
[R2-D2 Pumkin Credit | Terminator Pumpkin Credit]
Just Another Day of Production In Japan
Sep 15I really don't know what to say to this but WHAT THE HELL JAPAN!?
I've never seen anything like it even Big Man Japan had nothing compared to this. I wonder how well this did at the box office? I was actually debating whether to put this up, but if YouTube can, then so can we! There is a second clip, but be warned it is just as weird, if not weirder than the one above. Here [link] if anyone is interested.
Also, did anyone else notice the guy with the super long nipples in the background at 1:27?


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personal brands
Posted by Mark J. Miller on June 30, 2011 07:00 PM
Golfer Tiger Woods once pulled in "an estimated $100 million annually" just on endorsement deals, according to the Wall Street Journal, but those numbers have dropped since a 2009 sex scandal that left him divorced and $750 million poorer, according to FOX News.
Some companies that Woods endorsed, such as Accenture, AT&T, and Gatorade severed ties with him after the scandal, but it's hard to feel sorry for the 35-year-old golfer, who still brings in an annual paycheck from Nike, Electronic Arts, TAG Heuer, Upper Deck Co., and TLC Laser Eye Centers for endorsing their products and services.
And now you can add one more endorsement deal to that list for Woods, who's currently sidelined by a knee injury: the Vantelin Kowa heat rub for joint and muscle pain, produced by the pharma arm of Japan's Kowa Group.
Wait: Tiger Balm wasn't interested?
"Americans tend to make more of [sex scandals] than other countries," said Chris Anderson, director of communication for the Marketing Arm, an Omnicom unit that tracks consumer perception of celebrities, to the Journal.
Before the scandal, the Marketing Arm placed Woods up there with Sandra Bullock, Bill Cosby, and Michael Jordan on an index that measures a celeb's influence on consumers, the Journal reports. Now, he's in (ouch!) 2,596th place, hobnobbing with the likes of Erik Estrada, Steven Seagal, and Ruben Studdard.
"Anderson expects his scores to eventually improve" when he comes back from being injured, the Journal reports. His three-year deal pitching Vantelin Kowa should certainly help in his recovery.
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High Times for High Yield
By Hal M. Bundrick
NEW YORK (MainStreet) These are high times for high-yield bonds, and the outlook for 2014 seems just as sunny. Below-average default rates have meant above-average returns for investors, and Fitch Ratings projects little change as credit availability and good corporate fundamentals continue to drive the market.
Fitch says the U.S. high yield default rate will remain in a range of 1.5% to 2.0% in 2014.
"Many of the recognized default candidates of the past several years have already restructured, and a stronger economy combined with favorable funding conditions is sure to give some strapped companies a new lifeline," Mariarosa Verde, managing director of Fitch Ratings says in a report.
The ratings firm also expects improved U.S. GDP growth of 2.6% in 2014, up from 1.7% this year. "In this, the fifth year of an uneven and often unpredictable recovery from the financial crisis of 2008-2009, the more important metric will be new issuance credit quality and the extent to which a soaring stock market and low borrowing costs will fuel more aggressive, debt-accretive transactions," Verde says. Fitch analysts believe the funding environment remains very favorable as new issues reflect "a fully revived loan market." Scheduled bond and loan maturities are quite low over the near term, with $117.6 billion maturing in 2014 and 2015 -- representing 5.4% of market volume and a just fraction of the bonds and loans sold in 2013. "In 2013, defaults closely followed our expectations," Verde adds. "We projected a repeat of 2012 activity. Through late December, there have been 35 issuer defaults on $18.5 billion in bonds versus 32 issuers and $20.5 billion in 2012. The market grew 10% in size over the course of the year, which put some modest downward pressure on the default rate, but the issuer count and par value of defaults was nearly identical year over year." One particular issue of concern that could reduce the high yield market's momentum is Energy Future Holdings Corp. (EFH), according to Fitch. "As with 2012, we continue to follow developments related to Energy Future Holdings, Corp., which, due to its large size and precarious state, remains the well-recognized variable that could propel the default rate to a multi-year high," the report says. "Our base forecast excludes an EFH bankruptcy. Such an event would add 1.5% to the default rate." --Written by Hal M. Bundrick for MainStreetCheck Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Sago grows on bedrock, as well as on mineral bottoms whose particle sizes range from rubble (Wong and Clark 1976; Pip 1987) to fine clay. It also grows on organic bottoms ranging from peats to mucks. Sago has also been found in limnic (marl) bottoms (Rich 1966; Nichols and Mori 1971; Rich et al. 1971; Haag 1983; Bailey and Titman 1984) and in streams with bottoms of bog iron ore that had disintegrated into sands and gravels (Olsen 1950). Sago frequently occurs in a variety of substrates in a single wetland (Moore 1915; Wilson 1941; Anderson 1978).
Many investigators have mentioned that certain bottom substrates produce higher sago biomass. However, in most of these studies, many other factors could have influenced plant growth. The occurrence of sago in the most common bottom textural classes is shown in Appendix C. Therefore, in this section I will only refer to studies where the production or frequency of occurrence of sago or sago propagules was compared among substrates or related to substrate and other factors.
Schmid (1965) found that sago frequency positively correlated with increased coarseness of bottom substrates. After losses during a tropical storm, sago recovered fastest on a site where the proportion of sand in the top 2.4 cm of bottom was greater than before the storm (Oglesby et al. 1976). Sago was more abundant on both silt and gravel than on sand and more abundant on sandy substrates with gravel than on pure sand in a Wisconsin stream (Madsen 1986). The presence of gravel likely provided a firm environment for roots and decreased the erosional nature of the substrate. In another Wisconsin stream, sago cover was directly related to the amount of sand in the substrate because the plant was better adapted to rooting in sand than the other species found there (Madsen and Adams 1985). Mace et al. (1984) found that sago was common in Wisconsin stream stretches with both Type 1 (sand, gravel, or rubble) and Type 2 (silt) bottoms and suspected that macrophytes in Type 1 stretches obtained nutrients mostly from the water column, whereas those in Type 2 obtained nutrients from the sediments. Sandy, gravelly substrates studied by Kautsky (1987) contained only 40% the density of sago drupelets found in sheltered muds, even though plants in the former substrates allocated 4 times the biomass to reproductive parts. Haag (1983) also observed unfavorable drupelet production and seedling growth on sandy substrates characteristic of turbulent, nutrient-poor conditions. The ability of sago to exploit sandy substrates low in nutrients may relate to benefits provided by mycorrhizas on the root hairs (Clayton and Bagyaraj 1984).
Butcher (1933) and Jensen (1940) indicated that best sago growth occurred where organic-rich silt was deposited on other substrates. Howard-Williams and Allanson (1981) showed that thin (1-2 cm) organic layers are a major source of phosphorus for sago and that long-term transfer of particulate nutrients into deep sands below can be a slow process as long as the sago beds remain intact. Laboratory studies of Peltier and Welch (1969), where sago roots were sealed off from the water column, showed that stem lengths increased faster in natural river sediment than in masonry sand regardless of nutrient content of the water column. In the river from which these plants were collected, sago likely met much of its nutrient demand from silts accumulated in the interstices within the gravel bottom. Ravanko (1972) observed that sago was dominant in sand but was replaced by Potamogeton perfoliatus as bottoms became more fine textured.
Silt bottoms are capable of high sago production, and have several times been singled out as especially productive of turions (Wetmore 1921; Craner 1964; Sincock 1965). Ho (1979), nonetheless, rated silt poor for sago production. Silt loams were termed best for sago production by Low and Bellrose (1944). Substrates supporting sago contained more silt and clay than nearby bottoms supporting Potamogeton crispus (Rich 1966).
Sago commonly occurs on clays, and such bottoms can be especially productive of turions (Wetmore 1921; Jensen 1940; Craner 1964). Van Wijk et al. (1988) showed that a mixture of 75% washed clay and 25% washed sand was an excellent medium for sago culture. In an African lake, sago grew in monodominant stands where bottoms had the highest (up to 50.9%) clay content (Denny 1972). Sincock (1965), though, found that sago was infrequent on clays and peats compared with sands and silts and suggested that fine clays could prevent adequate rooting. Ordination models of Paullin (1973) placed sago among a group of plants associated with soils containing a low clay fraction and high organic matter content. Anderson and Jones (1976) and Anderson (1978) also rated clays rather poor for sago production compared with sands, silts, and loams, but in the lakes they studied the heaviest soils were subject to the most wave action. Wetmore (1921) found fewest turions in areas of calcareous hardpan. The probable key to abundant sago production in clays is protection from wave action (Jupp and Spence 1977b). Loams (roughly equal mixtures of sands, silts and clays) have been identified as especially productive of sago (Wetmore 1921; Low and Bellrose 1944; Craner 1964; Anderson 1978; Olson 1979).
Bottom deposits consisting mostly of organic matter in various stages of decomposition are termed fibric (peat), hemic (muck), and sapric (sapropel or gyttja). These often support sago, and McDonald (1951) found that sago was about twice as frequent in bottoms high in organic matter. Nevertheless, Sincock (1965) seldom encountered sago on peats, and Haag (1983) found that the plant was absent for at least 5 years from a site where sediments were highest (27% dry weight) in organic matter, but present for 1 or more years where organic matter ranged from 12% to 26% of dry weight. Table 7 shows the range of organic matter and organic C content in sediments supporting sago.
Several studies indicate that bottom substrate is of little consequence to sago production (Smeins 1967; Van der Valk and Bliss 1971; Olson 1979) or that the plant occurs in a variety of substrates (Pip 1987; Hammer and Heseltine 1988). Sago plants that start from sprouted turions can grow at least 21 days in nutrient solution only (Devlin and Karczmarczyk 1975; Spencer 1986a).
Substrate likely can affect sago's ability to dominate certain sites. For example, in an Indian irrigation area Vallisneria spiralis generally replaced sago where bottoms were silty but not in nutrient poor sandy bottoms (Reeders et al. 1986).
Anderson (1978) found that substrate texture, combined with turbidity and water depth, affected light availability in a large prairie wetland, and he concluded that light intensity limited sago colonization. In his study, firm clays and wave-washed sands found at exposed sites limited high sago production to sheltered shallow bays with peat and sandy-loam soils. Similarly, sago was found throughout the lake studied by Haag (1983), but maximum abundance tended to occur in fine sediments in shallow protected bays.
On a large, shallow (< 1.2 m) clay-bottomed lake, sago was also absent from the central area of greatest fetch, but that bottom was not noticeably different from elsewhere in the lake except the narrow swash zone. Instead, the absence of sago in the central zone was attributed to constant turbidity caused by colloidal or suspended clay particles (Kantrud 1986c, unpublished).
I conclude that sago is not substrate-dependent and that its distribution and abundance often depend greatly on wave action and fetch as they affect turbidity and the distribution of soft, easily colonizable sediments. Aversions noted for certain bottom textural classes likely are caused by other factors. Sago from the same locality may have genotypes adapted to different conditions (Kautsky 1987). Recent work by Van Wijk (1988, 1989) and Van Wijk et al. (1988) suggests that these genotypes differentiate freshwater and brackish-water populations, so it would not be surprising if genetic adaptations to substrate types, or the environmental conditions associated with them, were discovered in the future.
Sedimentation and Disturbance
Sediments are moved by wave action to central deeper water areas or trapped by vegetation in peripheral sheltered areas. Beds of submersed aquatic macrophytes in shallow areas of great fetch are likely to be damaged by unstable bottom sediments (Vicars 1976). Plants with feathery surfaces that are easily coated with or weighted down by sediment are at a disadvantage to the linear leaved sago (Schiemer and Prosser 1976; Vander Zouwen 1982). In openwater areas sago growths can form ring patterns or atolls that formed, according to Varga (1931, cited in Schiemer and Prosser 1976), because of silt deposition in the interior and silt erosion on the periphery.
Although Paullin (1973) thought that sago was ineffective in stabilizing bottom substrates, others (Butcher 1933; Haslam 1978, 1987; Reese and Lubinski 1983) remarked on the species' silt tolerance or ability to consolidate unstable substrates. Madsen and Adams (1985) found that sago was most successful in portions of a Wisconsin stream where growth of other species was limited because of siltation, turbidity, and pollution. Peltier and Welch (1969) saw sago survive 10-30 cm silt deposition in a single season. Sago reached high biomass in silted wetlands (Logan 1975), and Singhal and Singh (1978) considered the species an indicator of siltation. In five water bodies studied by Doherty and La Roi (1973), sago was restricted to the only lake with measurable sediments (3 cm). Sago rhizomes filled an 8-10-cm-thick layer of freshly deposited silt in a single growing season as older rhizomes below died out (Gladyshev and Kogan 1977).
The effects of parent substrate, sedimentation, and decreases in water transparency caused by sediments in the water column are, of course, difficult to separate. Thus Bourn (1932) noted that the great loss of submersed macrophytes in Currituck Sound, North Carolina, occurred almost simultaneously with the sedimentation that resulted from opening and enlarging the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal. He attributed this loss to the excessive turbidity caused by wind and wave action that kept the fine particulate sediments in almost constant suspension. Bourn believed that only the reestablishment of aquatic plants would return the water to its former clarity.
In heavily silted sites prone to wind-induced turbidity, sago abundance varied greatly with water depth (Jackson and Starrett 1959). Bellrose et al. (1979) documented large losses of sago and other submersed hydrophytes from lakes in the Illinois River valley and concluded that, although altered water levels were locally important, increased turbidity from sedimentation was far more significant.
Otto and Enger (1960) showed that 50-100 ppm suspended natural sediments caused a 50% reduction in weight of cultured sago plants; effects of higher loadings included stem elongation, chlorotic leaves and stems, and apical dominance. Sago was absent from a New Zealand lake where suspended solids measured 100-300 mg/L (Gerbeaux and Ward 1986). Ongoing experiments of Butler and Hanson (1985, 1986, 1988, unpublished) indicate that virtually no sago growth in a lake where concentrations of suspended solids were 40-100 ppm during the growing season. They also found that, even in the absence of fish, resuspension of fine (< 5-micron) sediments was sufficient to maintain extreme turbidity.
Sago is a common inhabitant of heavily traveled boat canals, where bottoms are frequently disturbed or dredged (Van Donselarr et al. 1961; Murphy and Eaton 1983; Haslam 1987). Davis and Brinson (1980) placed sago into a group of five species of submersed hydrophytes in North America able to maintain dominance in disturbed ecosystems and considered this consistent with sago's widespread abundance. Sago occurred in wetlands subject to both weed removal and heavy recreational boating (Kaul and Zutshi 1967). Stuckey (1971) also remarked on sago's tolerance to physical destruction by boat traffic. However, sago disappeared where heavy recreational boating disturbed bottom sediments and greatly increased turbidity (Cragg et al. 1980).
Sago drupelets, deeply buried in dark, reducing environments of lake sediments, might be released from dormancy by disturbance (Haag 1983). Haslam (1978) stated that the overwintering propagules of sago are harmed little by soil disturbances common to rivers. Sago was among a group of macrophytes that increased after a river was dredged (Hannan and Dorris 1970).
Logan (1975) attributed good sago growth in silted impoundments to the species' rhizomatous growth form. Potamogeton turions can be so firmly embedded in clay bottom substrates that removal is difficult (Jupp and Spence 1977b). However, certain loose mucks may increase sago's susceptibility to disease (Bourn and Jenkins 1928).
In conclusion, the linear growth form of sago leaves is an obvious advantage in sites where broad leaved species can be weighted down by sediment deposition. Sago's rhizomatous growth form can consolidate silted bottoms, and sago propagules are resistant to disturbance of bottom substrates. Nevertheless, sedimentation and associated turbidity caused by suspended solids can decimate sago populations. Plants can survive up to 30 cm of silt deposition in a single growing season. Suspended sediments > 100 ppm during the growing season will lower sago biomass greatly at most sites where the plant grows. Sago can reach high biomass in silted wetlands, but not if fetches are large and silts are often and easily suspended by wave action.
Land Use
Bue (1956) observed little difference in sago frequency in heavily or lightly grazed South Dakota livestock ponds. Yeo (1965) found a dense stand of sago in an irrigation canal heavily grazed by cattle. On Stump Lake, North Dakota, I saw only slightly less sago along heavily grazed compared with ungrazed shorelines, although plants prospered in much shallower water under the latter regime because they were protected by semi-open stands of emergent hydrophytes that grazing had nearly eliminated elsewhere. Barnett (1964) thought the rarity of sago and other submersed macrophytes in a Utah lake was partly attributable to a combination of livestock grazing and carp activity. Here the carp is suspect because Potamogetons are generally favored by the effects of domestic livestock on emergent hydrophytes (Duncan and D'Herbes 1982). In the French Camargue, sago is a dominant submersed macrophyte in many grazed marshes, and it also commonly occupies open areas artificially produced by mowing of emergents (Britton and Podlejski 1981). Sago showed a general decrease in frequency in brackish drainage ditches in England's Norfolk Broads when the area was converted from grazing to the production of cereal grains. However, frequency was maintained in an adjacent area where grazing was continued (Driscoll 1986). I conclude that grazing by domestic livestock encourages sago production, except in sites exposed to wave action or those where bottom-feeding fish are present.
Little information is available on growth of sago on sloping substrates. Nonetheless, the plant seems very tolerant. Boltt et al. (1969) reported it on sandy underwater slopes that angled as much as 31° from the horizontal; they postulated that the absence of several other species from these sites was due to the delicate broad-leaved growth form that increased susceptibility to damage from wave action.
Sago occurs in bottom sediments with salinities of extracted waters up to 24 g/L TDS or conductivities up to 27 mS/cm in inland, likely SO4-dominated, areas (Smeins 1967; Walker and Coupland 1970; Anderson and Jones 1976; Kollman and Wali 1976; Hammer and Heseltine 1988). These published figures are probably conservative because water column salinities of up to 104 g/L TDS have been measured in wetlands supporting sago (Ungar 1970). Ungar (1974) cited studies by Flowers (1934) and Flowers and Evans (1966) that showed that sago grows in Cl-dominated bottoms containing > 2% salts. Craner (1964) recorded > 19 g/L salinity in Cl-dominated sediments 0.3 m deep in wetlands supporting sago.
The salinity of sediments supporting sago is usually higher in the thin oxidized layer at the substrate-water interface than in the reduced layer below it (Kollman and Wali 1976). In a North Dakota wetland, substrate salinity rose slowly during the growing season from 8 g/L to 9 g/L and then rose abruptly to 14 g/L in October (Kollman and Wali 1976). The salinity of the water column also rose during the growing season but fell in October. In Utah wetlands supporting sago, salinities of bottom substrates increased during summer at depths up to 0.15 m but did not change noticeably in deeper strata. No correlations were found between salinities of bottom substrates and production of sago vegetation, turions, or drupelet heads in these wetlands. Instead, production of vegetation and drupelet heads was correlated with salinity of the water column (Craner 1964). Spencer (1987) found that sago turion weight directly related to sediment pH and inversely related to redox potential in California irrigation canals, but turion density was not strongly related to either variable.
Although sago has a poorly developed vascular system (Arber 1920, cited in Stevenson and Confer 1978; Sculthorpe 1967) and absorbs much of its nutrient supply through the leaves (Ho 1979), roots can mobilize all major nutrients (N,P,K) from bottom sediments (Kollman and Wali 1976; Huebert and Gorham 1983). Table 7 lists some of the chemical constituents found in sediments supporting sago.
Jensen (1940) found that there was NH3 depletion in bottoms supporting dense sago stands. Haslam (1978) recorded poor correlations between concentrations of this ion and sago distribution; rather, the plant tended to be found in sediments intermediate in NO3-N. Schiemer and Prosser (1976) found that there was greater sago biomass in soft nearshore sediments higher in N than in shallower offshore sediments. Purohit (1981) also found that the best sago stands were in sediments high in N. Sago was almost always present in Canadian lakes where extracted waters from bottom sediments contained 2.0 mg/L NO3-N (Hammer and Heseltine 1988). Concentrations of N in sago tissue can be 10-18 times that found in the sediments, but 1,000-5,000 times that of the water column (Gopal and Kulshreshtha 1980).
Sediment P seems especially important for good sago production (Schiemer and Prosser 1976; Jupp and Spence 1977b; Anderson 1978; Haslam 1978). Howard-Williams and Allanson (1981) showed that the upper 5 cm of sediment was a major source of P for an extremely dense (> 1,000 shoots per square meter) bed of sago in the littoral of a large wetland where water-column P was low (usually < 5 microg/L). In this wetland, competition for P by macroalgae, epiphytic algae, and invertebrates was strong, and little P was transferred to the pure sands below a surface organic layer < 2 cm thick. An overabundance of sediment P may increase potential competition from angiosperms, for Peverly (1985) found that P values in sediment and in interstitial water at two sites dominated by sago were lower than at a site dominated by Elodea canadensis, Potamogeton crispus, and Fontinalis antipyretica. Jones and Cullimore (1973) indicated that Myriophyllum spicatum is adapted better than sago to wetlands where sediment and water column P both are high. Kollman and Wali (1976) found that P and K content of sediments that supported sago increased constantly during the latter part of the growing season, which they attributed to equilibrium shifts from water to sediment as lake waters became concentrated through evaporation or when organic materials broke down in the sediment. Fetter et al. (1978) found that sago was present in sediments containing up to 9.1 mg/g dry weight P, but submersed plants were absent upstream near a wastewater treatment plant where levels reached 20.6 mg/g. Hammer and Heseltine (1988) found that sago was present in sediments whose extracted waters contained 12 mg/L P. Sago tissue can contain 13-125 times the P concentrations found in the sediments but more than 3,000 times that found in the water column (Gopal and Kulshreshtha 1980).
Anderson (1978) found that sago production, and the proportion of sand in sediments, was negatively correlated with available K in bottom sediments. In his study, sago grew better in substrates with a high sand fraction; the results could have been coincidental or reflected a true aversion of sago to high K concentrations. Haslam (1978) assigned sago to a group of plants found mostly in sediments intermediate in K concentration of the interstitial water. Peverly (1985) found that there were higher K concentrations in both sediment and interstitial water at two stream sites dominated by sago, compared with a site dominated by other submersed macrophytes. Sago occurred in monotypic stands in sediments whose extracted waters contained up to 450 mg/L K (Hammer and Heseltine 1988). Phosphorus in sediments that supported sago increased almost linearly late in the growing season when evaporation occurred, probably because of equilibrium shifts within the water column, which increased many ion concentrations (Kollman and Wali 1976).
Paullin (1973) showed with ordination models that sago tended to occur in wetlands with bottom sediments high in Ca and organic matter, although the plant was among the most widely distributed of all submersed hydrophytes in the area studied. Purohit (1981) also found that best sago stands were in sediments high in Ca and organic matter. Sago showed poorer competetive ability in streams with sandstone (SiO23) bottoms, especially in upper sections where plants with lesser nutrient requirements were found (Madsen and Adams 1985).
Haslam (1978) related sago distribution to ionic concentrations of water extracted from riverine sediments; sago tended to be found in sediments low in Mg and intermediate in Ca and SO4. Correlations between sago distribution and Na concentrations were poor. Gopal and Kulshreshtha (1980) found that sago tissue concentrated Ca and Mg at respective levels of 400 times and 5,000 times that found in the sediments.
In summary, sago grows where salinity (TDS) of waters extracted from bottom substrates is at least 24 g/L. Sago biomass and propagule production seem better related to water-column salinity than to bottom substrate salinity. Sago can tolerate high levels of various elements and compounds found in bottom substrates (Table 7); most of these have not been proven to limit growth or distribution of the plant. Although sago can mobilize all major nutrients (N,P,K) from sediments, water-column nutrients likely are more important in most wetlands, due to sago's ability to absorb needed nutrients through its leaves. Sago distribution sometimes, however, can be related to concentrations of sediment Ca or Mg.


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document Crowd Creativity, Open Innovation, ToolsA good read on how crowdSPRING, a crowdsourcing company was started.
Web's Largest listing of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding events
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A good read on how crowdSPRING, a crowdsourcing company was started.
A very interesting look at a socially beneficial application of crowdsourcing for ways to improve the design and management of cities. Many good examples are provided.
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One can crowdsource many things and this article is an example of crowdsourcing a song where more that two thousand people contributed.
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Hunger & Homelessness Week at Alvernia
Date: 11/3/2008In light of Hunger and Homelessness Week, Alvernia will hold a Hunger Banquet on Tuesday, November 11, at 6:00 p.m., in the Crusader Cafe.
An Oxfam America Hunger Banquet is an educational experience with about global hunger and global poverty.
Guests draw tickets (at random) that assign them each to either a high, middle, or low-income tier and receive a corresponding meal. Fifteen percent in the high-income tier are served a sumptuous meal, while 35 percent in the middle-income section eat a simple meal of rice and beans. The 50 percent in the low-income tier help themselves to small portions of rice and water. After an Oxfam America Hunger Banquet event, few participants leave with full stomachs, but all possess a greater understanding of the reality of hunger and poverty and will hopefully be motivated to do affect change in the world.
In addition, on Wednesday, November 12, Alvernia community members will camp out on the Commons lawn, after a special candlelight vigil to bring awareness to hunger and homelessness.
- History: Established as a private four-year liberal arts college in 1958, Alvernia celebrated its 50th year by being awarded university status in 2008.
- Heritage: Founded by the Bernardine Sisters, a Catholic religious order, the university embraces the Franciscan core values of service, humility, collegiality, contemplation and peacemaking.
- Motto: "To Learn, To Love, To Serve"
- Campus: The main campus in Reading is 121 acres, with two satellite campuses in Philadelphia and Pottsville (Schuylkill County).
- Location: Our residential campus is situated three miles from center-city Reading, in the scenic Blue Mountain area of Eastern Pennsylvania.
- Enrollment: 3,000 students attend Alvernia including 1,500 traditional undergraduates, 600 continuing education students, and 780 graduate students. Over 77% of first-year students live on campus.
- Faculty: Our professors are accomplished scholars, experts in their fields, and supportive mentors. The student-to-faculty ratio is 14:1. Most classes are 20 students or fewer.
- Athletics: NCAA Division III, member of the Commonwealth Conference of the Middle Atlantic States Athletic Corporation and member of Eastern College Athletic Conference, 8 men's and 10 women's intercollegiate sports.


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Antonio Bastardo will make his MLB debut tomorrow against the Padres. Bastardo burst onto the scene as a hot prospect last year, only to get injured in Reading and fall off the radar. However, after a healthy return this year, he's torn up Reading and Lehigh Valley and is looking to do the same in Philly after he became the surprise replacement to Brett Myers. Because of his performance, as well as some scouting reports comparing him to Johan Santana, Bastardo is coming up with a good deal of hype. Probably the most for a rookie pitcher since Cole Hamels. That's not saying much considering our system has only recently gone on the upswing, and that the hype for future call-ups Carlos Carrasco and Kyle Drabek will probably be considerably higher, but it does give some extra reason to stay up for the west coast game on Tuesday.
So, the big question is, what should we expect from Bastardo?
Well, let's start with the basic scouting report. He's small and skinny, listed at 5'11", 195 lbs. He is basically a fastball/change-up pitcher. His fastball reportedly comes in around 90-91 mph, and he has a deceptive delivery that makes it appear faster to hitters. I don't know the speed of his change-up, but he uses it very well to get strikeouts. He does have a slider that he is working on, but doesn't use it as often, much like Hamels and his curveball.
In terms of strengths and weaknesses, I created this chart below to show how his minor league numbers compared t0 3 recent Phillies lefties, Cole Hamels, Randy Wolf and JA Happ.
So what can we learn here, besides the fact that Hamels was an insanely good prospect? Hamels bests Bastardo in pretty much every category, as you would expect, so there is no reason to think he's going to come in and set the world on fire like Cole did. However, he has significantly better numbers than they very-hyped Randy Wolf, and somewhat-hyped JA Happ. Bastardo let up 2 less hits/9 than Wolf, while striking out almost 2 more batters/9. His walks are a little high, but that is largely from when he was pitching hurt at Reading last year (37 BB in 67 IP). Looking at his numbers, I almost think of JC Romero, who when on, is very very hard to hit and gets his strikeouts, but when's he's off, he's usually walking people, still not really giving up hits.
All-in-all, I think it's clear that Bastardo isn't in Hamels range, but should be considered at least a viable a prospect as Wolf and Happ.
Now – that's more a long-term expectation, how about what we should expect on just Tuesday. I looked back over the past several years and put together another chart showing the results of the 1st start of pitchers drafted/signed by the Phillies who made their way through their system. This is for only starters, not guys like Robinson Tejeda and Ryan Madson who started as relievers but made spots starts here and there.
So, over the years, young Phillies pitchers have gone 7-3 in their debuts. The average start couldn't be more "average" as it meets the lowest possible requirements for a quality start. I actually think that Bastardo will do better than that, something like 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, because he is facing a so-so line-up in a pitcher's park.
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Ohio State Lima Board of Trustees to meet
The Ohio State University at Lima Board of Trustees will meet at 4 p.m., Thursday, March 13, 2008, in the Public Service Board Room.
An agenda follows.
Call to Order and Attendance Nancy Knight, Chair
Approval of minutes of January 10, 2008, meeting minutes Jon Rockhold
Consideration of financial condition Devon Phelps
Academic Department Report: None
Trustee Committee Report: Finance Committee Ronald Hadley
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Campus Planning/Facilities Ted Griffith
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Ohio State Lima Advocates and Hall of Fame: April 3, 2008
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Daniel Budin set sail from Miami two weeks ago in his 110-year-old boat, Souqui. In about a month, if all goes according to plan, Budin and his five-man crew will have crossed the Atlantic, stopping over in the Azores before arriving at the picturesque seaside town of La Rochelle, France.
Budin, a lean, weatherworn 59-year-old native of Paris, came to South Florida almost two years ago by way of Trinidad, his favorite place in this hemisphere. He lives on his boat, which has been anchored for the past four months in a glittering turquoise expanse of Biscayne Bay just north of the Venetian Causeway. Souqui is a 92-foot steel-hull tjalk, a Dutch-built cargo ship that was converted to a houseboat more than a half-century ago. She is one of the oldest ships still sailing and is something of a celebrity in the marine world, especially the European part of it, having appeared in magazines and in television documentaries, on postcards, and as a film set. Budin's profession, in fact, is art-directing movies and commercials. Over the past few decades, an occasional project would bring him to Miami, but not for longer than a month or so. He took what will probably be a temporary hiatus from work in July 1998, when he decided to come to South Florida for the purpose of selling Souqui. But as the best-laid plans often do in Miami's crazily shifting currents, everything went a little awry.
For the past several weeks, Budin was preoccupied with maintaining and repairing his ancient craft. He delights in such utilitarian work, chain-smoking Hav-A-Tampas as he goes about cleaning out the ship's water tank, adjusting the hydraulic windlass, alone in the dark, airless depths of the engine room. Hanging out barefoot in faded shorts, T-shirt, and cotton duck-billed cap, his movements on the gently rolling deck are as languid as a lion's.
This boat is the ultimate in eccentricity and old glory. Every detail of the interior and exterior construction is wondrously wrought. Mahogany paneling and flooring throughout the living quarters are burnished amber; two disembodied bronze hands, fashioned by the great French sculptor Auguste Rodin, are affixed at the cabin entrance. A salon, now stripped of the opium-den décor favored by Souqui's previous owner, still exudes a comfy decadence with its rich leather furniture, oil paintings, and a giant bronze bust of a man, identity unknown, sitting stoically on the floor.
Budin bought the boat seventeen years ago and he's poured tens of thousands of dollars into keeping it livable and operational. But now he just wants to be free of the enormous weight of caring for this museum (plus he owns and currently is renting a similar boat, 23 years younger, docked on the Seine River in the middle of Paris). During almost two years, every offer for Souqui has fallen through.
Before moving to the rent-free section of Biscayne Bay, where he has lived since this past January, Budin had been anchored farther south, at the city-owned Bayside Marina. He moved out following an ugly encounter with the Miami police. The incident is not the sole cause of his flight from Bayside and from Miami, but it did force some irrevocable changes in him and his circumstances. Afterward, for instance, he couldn't afford the $800 monthly dock rent at Bayside. The intangible repercussions went deeper: He has yet to completely shake the unease, disorientation, and humiliation that follow any assault.
"It's a terrible story," Budin begins. "Such a stupid story." As police encounters go this was hardly at the Rodney King level. But for a laid-back bohemian like Budin, with no criminal record and a penchant for dinner parties and fishing sorties, the whole thing was shocking. Shortly before 5:00 a.m. this past December 22, Budin was driving his 1986 gray Ford Taurus north on Biscayne Boulevard. He had just dropped off his son, Gilles, at Miami International Airport and was nearing the road that runs just south of Bayside Marketplace and curves around toward the marina. Gilles had been visiting from Trinidad and was booked on a 6:30 a.m. flight. It was dark and raining. In his rear-view mirror Budin saw flashing blue lights and pulled over close to the sidewalk, about a half-block from the marina entrance. An officer got out of the passenger side of a Miami Police Department patrol car and strode to Budin's window. In that instant, Budin recalls, four or five more squad cars converged on the scene.
Budin recounts the next 45 minutes as he sits at a wide, square wooden table mounted on Souqui's shaded stern. He speaks in a soft French accent in between sips of O'Doul's. It's an early afternoon in April and the sky and water are two brilliant shades of blue. Whiffs of breeze play with the smoke from his cigarillo. His brown eyes are impassive behind round, dark glasses. From inside the cabin faint strains of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique float up like bubbles past the masts and riggings.
The officer who appeared at Budin's driver's-side window was not in a good mood, as Budin remembers it. "He yelled at me: 'Why didn't you stop?' I said, 'But I did when I saw the lights,' and he just kept shouting at me to go out of my car. He made me put my hands on the car. I did that and he searched me, then he asked me for my driver's license. He was still very, very angry. I produced my French driver's license and he said, 'That's not a driver license,' and I said, 'Yes, I can drive anywhere in the world.' Then he asked me for proof of insurance."


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It is not a secret that I loathe laundry.
It was a major topic with graphic photos back in August when Critters and Crayons guest posted on Scary Mommy about The Myth Of The Super Mom.
Many of my friends do a load a day, whistling while they toil, a tune of happy laundering. These people are "Laundry Over-Achievers".
I have other friends who are simply laundry "Achievers". They manage to pump out a load or two every few days. Good for you.
Yet, other friends who fall into the more contemptuous category of laundry "Under-Achievers" might muster but a single load a week.
Me? I fall into my own miserable category of "Complete and Utter Laundry Failure".
I manage to live up to this moniker every two weeks, and sometimes longer, depending on how much clean underwear we have in the house.
Laundering success in this home abides by the sacred…
Marginal Rule of Underwear Availability
The more underwear we all have results in an inversely proportional likelihood that I will wash more. The less we all have increases the likelihood exponentially.
This Rule is inexorably accompanied by the following…
First Laundry Absolute
When any one person is absolutely out of underwear, I will absolutely do laundry after that person proves it to me first.
This is followed by the…
Second Laundry Absolute
If the person lacking clean underwear is ME, I will absolutely do laundry IMMEDIATELY.
And it just so follows that….
We all have A LOT of underwear.
Before you go on judging me (Yes. You Are.), you should understand that it's not that I don't wash laundry regularly.
It is moreso that I don't COMPLETE my laundry regularly. I wash and dry it pretty routinely, actually.
But, it usually ends up in a rapidly accumulating, tipping mountain of clean clothing.
This is not all bad.
I have found that my lack of laundering initiative has sparked a remarkable potential to unleash the magic and power of essential Child Play.
I could explain, but I'd rather my photos demonstrated this point. I dare you to disagree with me. The photos offer indisputable evidence of the benefits I'm imparting to my children through hefty piles of clean clothing on my bedroom floor. Behold:
Laundry Piles encourage athleticism.
You witness daring feats of strength and climbing when the kids play "King Of The Laundry Hill".
Laundry Piles enable development of fine eyesight acuity and discernment of small things amidst larger, varied things.
This has been proven in games like "I Spy"-
as in, "I Spy a Little Boy In My Laundry Pile".
Laundry Piles encourage development of a sense of civic duty and humanitarianism.
Note how my son is rescuing the miniature people drowning in our socks and t-shirts from his makeshift rescue helicopter landing pad.
And lastly,
Laundry Piles encourage Imaginative Play.
One morning, it was really cold in our house. So our daughter hopped out of bed and grabbed something. She wrapped it around her knees and yelled,
"I have knee warmers!"
Don't think that it's not lost on me that if I were to ever stop blogging about how much I need do my laundry that I might actually do it.
To that, I proffer the following:
1) Blogging is more fun (and look at you, reading this, instead of doing laundry), and….
2) We're still good for at least another two days according to my First Absolute.
So, what other uses can you think of for our growing laundry piles?