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From: Judith Decker (jdecker4art_at_TeacherArtExchange) Date: Wed Nov 10 2004 - 12:56:03 PST
Dear Art Educators,
I am just testing right now to see if this goes through (slow mail day today - and wondering what's up).
Judie Jacobs, Marvin Bartel and I have all done artist research projects for ceramics. A descrition of Marvin's lesson can be found in Getty Novemeber archives: http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/hm/Nov04/date.html See artist research for clay http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/hm/Nov04/0116.html
I have put a combination of Judie's lesson and mine online: http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/high/ceramics-Judie2.htm
Judie's worksheet and evaluation form is included (I tweaked it a little).
I didn't wait for Judie to give me the OK...so I hope I haven't told too many lies. I will eventually write up my lesson for traditional coil vessels (for the Matisse piece I decribed) and for the House for Grant Wood example I described). My House for Vincent example is on my site.
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McGehee to miss opener in SD
The Brewers just announced that third baseman Casey McGehee would not be traveling with the team tonight to San Diego, where a four-game series begins Thursday. McGehee will instead remain in Milwaukee, where his wife, Sarah, is expecting the couple's second child. He could then re-join the team on Friday.
Brewers have worked waiver wonders
The addition of Marco Estrada on Wednesday had me thinking back to some of the Brewers' notable waiver wire additions, from GM Doug Melvin's first-ever acquisition (Scott Podsednik) in 2002 to a Cubs castoff-turned-Brewers starter (Casey McGehee) in 2008.
McGehee runs fifth in NL rookie vote
Brewers third baseman Casey McGehee finished fifth in National League Rookie of the Year balloting, the results of which were announced Monday. Not too shabby for a player plucked off waivers who didn't move into Milwaukee's starting lineup until May 19 and played the whole season on a bum knee.
Florida outfielder Chris Coghlan won the award in the NL and Oakland reliever Andrew Bailey won in the American League. Coghlan, who led NL rookies in batting average (.321), runs (84), hits (162), doubles (31), total bases (232), multi-hit games (51) and on-base percentage (.390), was followed by pitchers J.A. Happ of the Phillies and Tommy Hanson of the Braves, outfielder Andrew McCutchen of the Pirates and then McGehee.
McGehee received one first place vote, three second-place votes and four third-place votes from members of the Baseball Writers Association of America for 18 total points, based on a 5-3-1 tabulation system. He was bidding to be the Brewers second rookie winner in three years. Ryan Braun won in 2007, the first Brewer so honors since Pat Listach in 1992.
"I finished right about where I thought I would," McGehee said Monday after seeing the results. "I think you could have made a very strong case for a lot of people, and Coghlan was obviously very deserving. Congratulations to him.
"Now that this is over with, we can finally put 2009 to bed and focus on next year. I'm excited about the chance to improve on this year and help the team get to where it needs to be."
In 116 games, McGehee batted .301 with 16 home runs and led all Major League rookies with 66 RBIs. The Brewers didn't exactly that level of production coming; they claimed McGehee off waivers from the Cubs in October 2008 but entered 2009 Spring Training with Bill Hall as the third baseman and veterans Mike Lamb and Craig Counsell expected to back him up.
McGehee's strong spring in part prompted the Brewers to release Lamb, and when Hall's slump extended into mid-May and Counsell was called to replace injured second baseman Rickie Weeks, manager Ken Macha turned to McGehee at the hot corner.
"I'd be lying if I said I wasn't confident. If I got a chance, I thought I would be successful," McGehee said back in September. "I've always believed that, that's for sure. By no means do I feel like I have it figured out, but I knew that if I got a chance to be a part of the team I could be a big contributor."
He was a big contributor despite chronic knee pain that required arthroscopic surgery the week following the regular season finale. McGehee has a lesion in his knee, according to assistant general manager Gord Ash, that causes fragments of bone to break away. He could have had a more intensive surgery to inject healthy cells into the knee to promote re-growth but it was a riskier procedure that could have sidelined McGehee weeks or even months into the 2010 season.
Instead, McGehee opted for what Ash termed a more "intermediate" fix. He's had no complications since the surgery, Ash reported on Monday morning.
McGehee confirmed that positive report, and said he is already a month into his rehab. He is scheduled to be in Milwaukee on Friday for a follow-up visit with Dr. William Raasch, the Brewers' head physician who performed the surgery.
"I feel good, and I would be absolutely shocked if he saw anything he didn't like," McGehee said. "It feels like a normal knee to me again, which is a good sign. It's back to the point now where I'm trying to get the muscles around the knee stronger."
Assuming he doesn't have a setback, McGehee should enter 2010 as Milwaukee's starter at third base, with prospect Mat Gamel waiting in the wings. That doesn't mean McGehee is taking anything for granted.
"As soon as you get comfortable, it comes up and bites you," he said. "You stop working and you get complacent. I'm just trying to come in to play every day, and if I don't be ready to come off the bench. That's how I'm always going to approach it in my career, whether I'm an everyday player or not."
Does he feel he's proven himself as an everyday player?
"I don't know," he said. "There's so much other stuff that goes into it. I feel like I had an OK year, but sometimes people worry about stuff like that, about [decisions] that are really not in their control. The only thing I can control is being in good shape come Spring Training, work hard in the offseason to prepare myself to play, and then it's really out of your hands. It's up to the guys who make the decisions to decide what they're going to do."
Here are the full results:
National League Rookie of the Year balloting
1st 2nd 3rd Points
Chris Coghlan, Marlins 17 6 2 105
J.A. Happ, Phillies 10 11 11 94
Tommy Hanson, Braves 2 6 9 37
Andrew McCutchen, Pirates 2 5 25
Casey McGehee, Brewers 1 3 4 18
Randy Wells, Cubs 1 3
Garret Jones, Pirates 2 2
Everth Cabrera, Padres 1 &nbs
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Dexter Fowler, Rockies 1 1
Gerardo Parra, D-backs 1 1
Colby Rasmus, Cardinals 1 1
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McGehee knows he's a long-shot for rookie honor
Baseball's Rookie of the Year Award winners will be unveiled Monday, but Brewers third baseman Casey McGehee won't be sitting next to the phone.
"Hopefully I can be a good trivia question: Who finished second or third behind so-and-so in the 2009 rookie vote?" McGehee said near the end of his breakout season. "I would be happy for anyone who wins. You can make a really good argument for six or seven guys."
The Brewers did their part to make the argument for McGehee in the National League half of the rookie race. During the final homestand, they distributed signs that promoted "MVPrince" on one side and "Casey for Rook-hee of the Year" on the other.
A waiver claim from the Cubs who reported to 2009 Spring Training as a long shot to make the Brewers' roster, McGehee took advantage of incumbent third baseman Bill Hall's continued slump and became the team's most pleasant surprise. He played in only 116 games, but led NL rookies with 66 RBIs, ranked second with a .301 batting average and tied for second with 16 home runs.
McGehee finished strong, batting .337 with five homers and 26 RBIs in September and October to win NL Rookie of the Month. Only the Phillies' Ryan Howard, with 27 RBIs, had more than McGehee.
Still, McGehee doesn't think he'll win when the Baseball Writers' Association of America announces the top rookie on Monday afternoon. The award is decided by a vote of BBWAA members.
"I never set that as something I was worried about or even wanted to think about," he said of the award. "To me, it's just as nice to be mentioned in that category. So that's the thrill of it for me, and I'll look back and be proud that my name was in there.
"But I still feel the same as I have all along. For the most part, it's an award for big-time prospects. It would be awesome if somebody proved me wrong, but by no means do I think that's going to happen."
For McGehee's predictions and some other candidates for the NL rookie honor, check out my story on MLB.com. And for those of you who want to make your own pick, I attached PDF files that include the NL's rookie pitching and batting departmental leaders.
NL rookie hitting leaders.pdf
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Awards season is here
It's awards season in Major League Baseball. Will any Brewers walk the red carpet?
The announcement of American League Gold Glove Award winners on Tuesday kick-starts a two-week run of honors that culminates Nov. 24 with the National League MVP. Here's a rundown, and where the Brewers might fit:
Tuesday, Nov. 10 – AL Gold Gloves
Wednesday, Nov. 11 – NL Gold Gloves
The Brewers haven't had a Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner since Robin Yount won as a shortstop in 1982, but left fielder Ryan Braun figures to win a few before his career is over. Braun certainly made some mistakes in his second season as an outfielder but was charged with only two errors — his first two in two seasons since a move off third base. Braun rates low in the defensive statistical metrics, but because Gold Gloves almost always go to very good offensive players who happen to play solid defense — and not necessarily the game's best defensive players — he's got a chance.
Mike Cameron should also be in the mix after another season running down baseballs in center field. Cameron is a three-time Gold Glover, last in 2006 with the Padres.
I think Fielder deserves a mention here as well, because he made tremendous strides in 2009 while working endlessly with infield coach Willie Randolph. He still doesn't have the reach of, say, Chicago's Derrek Lee or reigning NL Gold Glove first baseman Adrian Gonzalez of the Padres, but Fielder improved dramatically at picking balls out of the dirt this season. Give Fielder credit for wanting to be an all-around player.
Thursday, Nov. 12 – Silver Sluggers
The award, given to a player at each position in each league, was first presented in 1980 and is determined by a vote of baseball's managers and coaches. Winners will be announced at 5 p.m. CT on MLB Network.
Prince Fielder was the last to win a Silver Slugger Award, for his 50-homer season in 2007. Fielder put together an even better year in 2009, batting a career-best .299 with 46 home runs and 141 RBIs while playing all 162 games. He tied Philadelphia's Ryan Howard for the NL RBI crown, but Howard is also a first baseman and will draw notice. So will Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols, who led baseball with 47 homers and a 1.101 OPS.
Braun probably has a better chance to win among NL left fielders. He ranked second to Marlins rookie Chris Coghlan with a .320 batting average, second to the Phillies' Raul Ibanez with 32 RBIs and a .551 slugging percentage and led NL left fielders with 114 RBIs.
Monday, Nov. 16 – Rookie of the Year
Both the AL winner and the NL winner will be announced this day, at 1 p.m. CT. The Brewers pushed hard for third baseman Casey McGehee, who emerged from the waiver wire to be a major contributor to the team in 2009. McGehee started only one of the Brewers' first 38 games, but finished with a .301 average, 16 home runs and 66 RBIs in 116 games. He led all Major League rookies in RBIs, including 27 over the final 31 games.
Unfortunately for McGehee, the NL had a number of impressive rookies in 2009. Florida's Coghlan, Pittsburgh outfielder Andrew McCutchen or utility man Garrett Jones, Philadelphia pitcher J.A. Happ and Atlanta pitcher Tommy Hanson are among them.
Tuesday, Nov. 17 – AL Cy Young Award
Wednesday, Nov. 18 – Manager of the Year
Like the rookie honor, a manager from each league will be honored at 1 p.m. CT. Brewers skipper Ken Macha isn't a candidate after his team went 80-82 and finished third in the NL Central. Macha will have to settle to returning to the manager's office for a second season.
Thursday, Nov.19 – NL Cy Young Award
Pitchers from non-playoff teams who tied for the worst starters' ERA in baseball don't win Cy Youngs, so Brewers right-hander Yovani Gallardo is out. He did have a nice bounce-back year after missing most of 2008 with a knee injury, becoming the fourth Brewers pitcher ever to cross the 200-strikeout plateau. Catcher Jason Kendall predicted that Gallardo will win multiple Cy Young Awards before his career is over.
Monday, Nov. 23 – AL MVP
Tuesday, Nov. 24 – NL MVP
Minus Pujols' season for the ages, Fielder would be a strong candidate to be the Brewers' first league MVP since Yount in 1989. But with Pujols considered the clear frontrunner for the award, Fielder may have to settle for a runner-up finish. Fielder finished third in MVP balloting in 2007. Braun, who finished third in MVP balloting in 2008, will once again place in 2009.
Who are your picks for the major postseason awards? You can post your predictions in the comments.
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Bill James sees solid season for Gamel
Just got an e-mail from stat guru Bill James' publisher and thought I would pass it along. It includes a positive prognostication for Mat Gamel — if he plays — but not so much for Rickie Weeks. Another 200-strikeout season for right-hander Yovani Gallardo but only 12 wins, and another struggle for lefty Manny Parra.
They key "if" in these projections is playing time. For example, the release offers projections for Gamel, Weeks and Casey McGehee assuming at least 425 at-bats for each, but it's difficult to envision that scenario. James explains in his quote below.
Here's the text:
In the recently-released Bill James Handbook 2010, baseball guru Bill James projects the 2010 seasons for players on the Milwaukee Brewers — and predicts a potentially solid year from third baseman Mat Gamel.
"In any season, the vast majority of players play in a manner that seems a natural extension of what they had done before," James says in his new book. "When that happens, our projection should be reasonably accurate."
Although he's been in the projection business for almost twenty years, one thing James has no control over is playing time. "It is always my argument that we have no chance of figuring out, in October 2009, who will get playing time in 2010," James says. "But what we should do is try to answer this question: If this player plays, how will he play?"
With this in mind, here are the five key Milwaukee hitters for 2010, according to the new Bill James Handbook 2010:
Key Brewers Hitters (by OPS)
Player At-bats R HR RBI SB Avg. OPS
Ryan Braun 615 112 39 119 17 .315 .972
Prince Fielder 601 103 44 124 3 .286 .967
Mat Gamel 455 65 17 73 3 .277 .817
Rickie Weeks 425 80 16 48 14 .259 .807
Casey McGehee 492 63 15 76 0 .272 .757Projecting stats for pitchers is very different from projecting offensive stats for hitters. "We used to believe that pitching performance was much, much less predictable than batter performance," James says. "This is probably still true…due to injuries and other factors. Sometimes a pitcher gets hurt, and when that happens our projections for him are knocked into a cocked hat."
Here are the three key Milwaukee pitchers for 2010, according to the new Bill James Handbook 2010:
Key Brewers Pitchers (by ERA)
Player IP W L K SV ERA
Trevor Hoffman 63 4 3 57 39 2.43
Yovani Gallardo 186 12 8 205 0 3.53
Manny Parra 147 7 9 130 0 4.59The complete projections for the 2010 Milwaukee Brewers can be found in the Bill James Handbook 2010.
For further information on the Bill James Handbook 2010 go to www.actasports.com.
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Counsell, Looper undergo surgery
Brewers infielder Craig Counsell and right-hander Braden Looper each underwent arthroscopic surgeries on Tuesday to repair the meniscus in their respective right knees. The procedures, performed by Dr. William Raasch, were "routine," per a team spokesperson.
Both Counsell, who is a free agent, and Looper, whose contract includes a mutual option for 2010, played through knee pain all season. Counsell mulled surgery at the end of Spring Training but ultimately decided against it. Looper surrendered a Major League-worst 39 home runs this season and wondered aloud during the season's final weekend whether his persistent knee pain played a role.
The Brewers have until 10 days after the World Series to decide on their half of Looper's $6.5 million option. If they decline, he gets a $1 million buyout. If the team exercises its half, Looper has three days to decide whether to accept.
Tuesday's procedures brought to four the number of "clean up" surgeries performed by Raasch since the end of the season. Raasch also removed loose bodies from third baseman Casey McGehee's right knee, and repaired the AC joint in pitcher Manny Parra's left shoulder.
For more on all four players, see my story about the pending surgeries from Oct. 5.
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Surgeries set for Counsell, Parra, McGehee, Looper
Add Craig Counsell and Manny Parra to the list of Brewers set for arthroscopic surgeries in the coming days to fix problems that nagged all season.
Counsell, fellow infielder Casey McGehee and pitcher Braden Looper will each undergo relatively minor procedures next week to clean up right knee injuries and pitcher Parra will have surgery on his left shoulder.
All four procedures will be performed by Dr. William Raasch, the team's head physician. In chronological order:
– Parra will undergo what a club official stressed was a routine surgery Tuesday to clean up the AC joint in his left shoulder. The procedure has been planned for some time, and the injury did not prevent Parra from making his final starts of the season.
It's also "not even remotely close" to the shoulder issues in Parra's past, according to assistant general manager Gord Ash. Parra had season-ending surgery in August 2005 to repair a torn rotator cuff.
"What Dr. Raasch is going to do is eliminate the friction" outside of Parra's shoulder joint, Ash said. "It's nothing inside the joint. It's been nagging him all year, but not nagging to the point where he couldn't pitch. There is some irritation there, so we're going to take this opportunity to eliminate it. It's kind of like having a pebble in your shoe."
Ash hoped the surgery would provide some peace of mind for Parra, who had a trying season. He went 11-11 but posted a 6.36 ERA in 27 starts and spent three weeks in the Minor Leagues following a June demotion. Of the 67 National League pitchers who worked at least 100 innings, only teammate Dave Bush (6.38) had a higher ERA than Parra.
– As previously reported, McGehee will also have surgery on Tuesday, to clean out loose bodies from his right knee. McGehee played most of the season with pain in the joint, and has known since the All-Star break that he would probably require surgery.
McGehee enjoyed a breakthrough season in spite of the constant knee pain, which affected him more in the field than at the plate. He singled in his first at-bat in Sunday's season finale to finish with a .301 batting average, and his 66 RBIs led all Major League rookies. McGehee also hit 16 home runs.
Manager Ken Macha pulled McGehee from Sunday's game early to preserve his batting average.
"That's something he by no means had to do, and I appreciated it," McGehee said. "I thought [my year] went pretty well. I want to get my defense back next year to where I expect it to be at. Other than that, I feel like I had a solid year."
– Also, as expected, Looper will have surgery next week to fix torn meniscus in his right knee. Looper told reporters on Saturday that he pitched all year with the issue.
He led the Brewers and set a career high with 14 wins and led the National League with 34 starts, but also led the Majors by allowing 113 earned runs, 39 home runs and posted a 5.22 ERA. Looper wondered aloud whether the pain in his knee contributed to his trouble keeping the ball in the park.
"I tried the best I can to get the ball down because that's my whole game," Looper said Saturday. "I don't know [if the knee played a part in pitches staying up]. I know I haven't been as consistent this year. That's the thing that upsets me, I hope that [the knee] didn't cause that.
– Counsell has been dealing with an injury similar to Looper's since Spring Training, when he briefly considered surgery that would have sidelined him for several weeks. Instead, he opted to play through it and enjoyed his best season in years, batting .285 — a career high for a full season — with a .766 OPS — his best mark since 2000.
In recent days, Counsell had said he would not have surgery. On Monday, he changed his mind, and will also have his surgery scheduled for next week.
– In another medical matter, Ash said that outfielder Corey Hart had visited Monday with Dr. Don Sheridan, a Phoenix-based hand specialist who confirmed the diagnosis of Hart's right hand injury. Hart has a pair of sprained fingers but no fractures and will require only rehabilitation.
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Brewers push McGehee for rookie honor
The Brewers' PR department is making a case for Casey McGehee as the National League Rookie of the Year, touting him today in a press release that was sent to local and national media. The award is settled by a a vote of members of the Baseball Writers Association of America.
McGehee leads all Major League rookies with 64 RBIs but he's not the only good candidate. Pitchers J.A. Happ of the Phillies, Tommy Hanson of the Braves and Randy Wells of the Cubs have been solid, and among hitters McGehee's competition includes Chris Coghlan of the Marlins, Garrett Jones and Andrew McCutchen of the Pirates, Gerardo Parra of the D-backs and Colby Rasmus of the Cardinals.
Who gets your vote? I'll include PDFs with the various rookie leaders, plus the case for McGehee set forth by the Brewers.
NL rookie hitters.pdf
NL rookie pitchers.pdf
Brewers press release:
CASEY McGEHEE A CANDIDATE FOR NATIONAL LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Looks to Join Pat Listach and Ryan Braun as the Only Brewers to Win the Award
As the 2009 season comes to a conclusion this week, Brewers infielder Casey McGehee (pronounced McGee) continues to be one of the leading candidates for National League Rookie of the Year. He is attempting to join shortstop Pat Listach (1992) and third baseman Ryan Braun (2007) as the only Brewers to win the award.
Entering Tuesday's contest, McGehee was batting .304 with 15 HR and 64 RBI in 111 games. He has made 80 starts, including 57 starts at third base, 20 at second base and three as the designated hitter. He made just one start through the Brewers' first 38 games of the season but was thrust into action after an injury to second baseman Rickie Weeks.
McGehee ranks among the National League rookie leaders in nearly every offensive category this season, including slugging percentage (2nd, .503), batting average (3rd, .304) and home runs (3rd, 15). He leads all Major League rookies with 64 RBI, including 25 over his last 26 games. One of the top clutch players on the team, McGehee is batting .393 (33-for-84) with runners in scoring position this season.
McGehee has saved his best for the final month of the season as he is batting .337 (28-for-83) with 4 HR and 24 RBI in the month of September. His RBI total this month trails only All-Star and MVP candidate Ryan Howard (26 RBI).
McGehee, 26, batted .339 (21-for-62) with 6 HR and 16 RBI in 27 games in spring training to make his first career Opening Day roster. He was claimed off waivers by the Brewers from the Cubs on October 29, 2008. He made his Major League debut with Chicago last season, appearing in nine games.


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Le verdict de DxO Mark est sans appel. Ce 120-300 mm obtient une excellente note. La qualité d'image obtenue est comparable, voir assez proche de ce que l'on peut avoir avec les incontournables téléobjectifs 300 mm f/2,8 de chez Canon ou Nikon. Read the article |
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A one-month-old baby boy died after he was found unresponsive underneath the body of his unconscious babysitter at his Long Island home.
The baby is the child of Michael Baldwin II, a News 12 reporter and host of the program "Diverse Long Island."
Baldwin told NBC New York the babysitter, 39-year-old Teresa Coffey, was an acquaintance of his wife and had been asking for an opportunity to watch the infant. When Baldwin was called into work Thursday, he said he was in a bind and felt he had no other option but to ask Coffey to babysit.
At about 6 p.m., Coffey left a voicemail message for Baldwin while he was at work and said the baby was crying and fussy. When he attempted to call her back, she did not answer the phone.
Baldwin returned home to find Coffey motionless on the couch and assumed she was asleep, he said. He looked for his son in his crib and around the house but could not find him.
That's when he tried to shaking Coffey awake and found his baby underneath her.
Suffolk County Police responded to the scene and administered CPR on the baby. The boy was taken to Huntington Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Coffey was also pronounced dead a short time later, police said.
The medical examiner is conducting autopsies and the investigation continues. Baldwin said he was not aware of a medical condition for Coffey, and would not speculate on a manner of death.
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Did I miss something? Where was his wife. Still in the hospital?
...Stopped smoking on March 8, 2011. Was trying to put a fancy ticker in my signature but it didn't work...
A news report said the mom was "away", but they didn't explain further.
I was thinking carbon monoxide poisoning, but it looks like they've ruled that out already.
Maybe it's just having the benefit of hindsight to guide the article, but this paragraph hints at something ominous. The woman was merely an acquaintance, but was asking to watch their infant, and then he only left the child when he "had no other option." Sounds a little hinky.
that. or the chick had a heart attack or something and collapsed on top of the baby and suffocated him to death.
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This is just heartbreaking.
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^ I agree. How terribly sad. Why try to make it worse than it already is?
"Schadenfreude, hard to spell, easy to feel." ~VenusinFauxFurs
"Scoffing is one of my main hobbies!" ~Trixie
looks likely (apologies for the weird format here. GR is acting really weird for me right now) Sitter dies and lands on Long Island infant 1-month-old smothered in freak accident By KIERAN CROWLEY September 3, 2011 A morbidly obese Long Island baby sitter accidentally smothered to death a month-old infant when she collapsed and died on the couch where the child was lying, authorities said yesterday. Teresa Coffey, who was 5-foot-6 and over 200 pounds, was found on top of little Michael Baldwin III on Thursday at around 9:30 p.m. by the boy's horrified father, and both were pronounced dead at a hospital near the Greenlawn home. "The woman was described as extremely heavy," said Detective Lt. Gerard Pelkofsky. "She was extremely large-breasted . . . Because of the amount of flesh, it could have caused the baby to suffocate." The boy's dad, Michael Baldwin -- a local TV personality -- ditched a broadcast when he couldn't reach the sitter by phone and raced home. He found Coffey splayed out on the couch and looked all over for his son. "I searched every room," Baldwin tearfully recounted yesterday. "I was saying his name, 'Michael! Michael!' ' When his search failed, Baldwin said he returned to the living room, where Coffey, 39, was "slumped on the couch, face down, her knees on the floor . . . I just had this funny feeling she was on top of him." "I lifted her and he was underneath. He was lying on his back with his hands folded on his stomach. He was blue . . . I just grabbed him and called his name -- I knew he was dead." Both were pronounced dead at Huntington Hospital. Baldwin was taping his own show, Diverse Long Island, when the freakish events unfolded. Suffolk Police Detective Lt. Gerard Pelkofsky said investigators believe the deaths were a "tragic accident"-- but were conducting autopsies and toxicology tests. A bottle of prescription pills was found with Coffey, who was known to have health problems, Baldwin said. Baldwin said he'd gotten a message three hours earlier from Coffey telling him to call her. She never picked up his return calls, and Baldwin, an anchorman for News 12 on Long Island, finally raced home. "[Coffey] had been asking forever if she could watch my baby, because she couldn't have children," Baldwin said. "She wanted to have kids so bad. I know she had health issues, but I thought she was OK." Baldwin said his wife, Colby, is devastated by the death of their only child. Coffey, who lived in Port Jefferson Station, was also married. source: Obese baby sitter collapses and dies, suffocating baby - NYPOST.com
"Creepy, like when Tom Cruise laughs." - Bloodhound Gang
"What the fucking hell are you, you great gangly fuck-knuckled twat, greasy haired cunt-bag. Fuck you.." - Richard Hammond
How horrific for the parents - and for the sitter's husband too. He has to live with the aftermath as well. Damn.
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Sometimes tragic accidents happen and no one is at fault. How sad for everyone involved.
Baby 17 days in the NICU, just home, mom away, health-challanged sitter doesn't answer the phone for 3 hours. Sorry, my empathy is limited. If your babysitter doesn't pick up the phone for 3 fricking hours and there's no other line of communication ... call the SWAT team.
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Cramér–Rao analysis of orientation estimation: viewing geometry influences on the information conveyed by target features
JOSA A, Vol. 20, Issue 5, pp. 797-816 (2003)
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A methodology for analyzing an imaging sensor's ability to assess target properties is developed. By the application of a Cramér–Rao covariance analysis to a statistical model relating the sensor measurements to the target, a lower bound can be calculated on the accuracy with which any unbiased algorithm can form estimates of target properties. Such calculations are important in understanding how a sensor's design influences its performance for a given assessment task and in performing feasibility studies or system architecture design studies between sensor designs and sensing modalities. A novel numerical model relating a sensor's measurements to a target's three-dimensional geometry is developed in order to overcome difficulties in accurately performing the required numerical computations. The accuracy of the computations is verified against simple test cases that can be solved in closed form. Examples are presented in which the approach is used to investigate the influence of viewing perspective on orientation accuracy limits. These examples are also used to examine the potential accuracy improvement that could be gained by fusing multiperspective data.
© 2003 Optical Society of America
OCIS Codes
(100.2960) Image processing : Image analysis
(100.5010) Image processing : Pattern recognition
Original Manuscript: May 20, 2002
Revised Manuscript: December 9, 2002
Manuscript Accepted: December 9, 2002
Published: May 1, 2003
David R. Gerwe and Paul S. Idell, "Cramér–Rao analysis of orientation estimation: viewing geometry influences on the information conveyed by target features," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 20, 797-816 (2003)
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On the elastic moduli of two-dimensional assemblies of disks: Relevance and modeling of fluctuations in particle displacements and rotations
Agnolin, I. and Kruyt, N.P. (2008) On the elastic moduli of two-dimensional assemblies of disks: Relevance and modeling of fluctuations in particle displacements and rotations. Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 55 (2). pp. 245-256. ISSN 0898-1221
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Abstract: | We determine the elastic moduli of two-dimensional assemblies of disks by computer simulations. The disks interact through elastic contact forces, which oppose the relative displacement at the contact points by means of a normal and a tangential stiffness, both taken constant. Our simulations confirm that the uniform strain assumption results in inaccurate predictions of the elastic moduli, since large fluctuations in particle displacements and rotations occur. We phrase their contribution in terms of the relative displacement they induce at the contact points. We show that the fluctuations that determine the equivalent continuum behavior depend on the average geometry of the assembly. We further separate the contributions from the center displacement and the particle rotation. The fluctuations result in a relaxation of the system, but along the tangential direction the relaxation is generally entirely due to rotations. We consider two theoretical formulations for predicting the elastic moduli that include the fluctuations, namely the "pair-fluctuation" and the "particle-fluctuation" method. They are both based on the equilibrium of a small subassembly, which is considered representative of the average structure. We investigate the corresponding predictions of the elastic moduli over a range of coordination numbers and of ratios between tangential and normal stiffness. We find a significant improvement with respect to the uniform strain theory. Furthermore, the dependence of the fluctuations on coordination number and ratio of tangential to normal stiffness is qualitatively captured. |
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Heat responsive tension structures
Fabric Architecture | January 2013
Graduate students Felecia Davis and Delia Dumitrescu recently presented their research on interactive, knitted tension structures that respond to heat or electrical current. Using a tubular knitting machine, with electronic circuits running throughout the fabrics tested, Davis (a PhD candidate at MIT) and Dumitrescu (PhD candidate at The Swedish School of Textiles, Borås), tested and created four tubular fabric structures that change surface appearance when stimulated in response to current or heat. One prototype opens up regular "pores" when heated to high temperature; another changes opacity depending on an electrical current. Davis and Dumitrescu presented their papers in early November at the IFAI Expo 2012 in Boston, and an exhibition of their research prototypes, "Patterning by heat: Responsive textile structures," was on view in the Keller Gallery at MIT Architecture from 5–14 Nov.
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DONNIS Break Hundreds & Hearts Fool's Gold |
Oh, so this is what we're doing now? Rappers rapping over crazy-ass dance beats and shit? Yeah, OK, I can fuck with this. Donnis had previously been about as interesting as hair gel, but holy fuck is he onto something now. It seems like he finally gave up on trying to be the next David Banner and now just wants to be the southern Danny Brown. We ain't mad at that shit. We happy at that shit. Pop somethin', roll somethin', and get twisted, my dude. RAY ANASTASIO |
KIRKO BANGZ Procrastination Kills 4 Warner Brothers |
I think about Kirko Bangz a lot, mostly about how his lips look like they'd feel nice wrapped around a vagina. He mostly raps about nonsense, like jewelry and beverages, which is on that silly-urban kick a lot of rappers are throwing out there these days. But that's not what I'm thinking about while listening to this mix tape—I'm thinking about making the sex, furiously and many times in a row. Let's be honest with each other. Let's just be real here. I bet this guy's dick looks like a tube of cookie dough. HOT GYNO |
Bossalinis & Fooliyones
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The title of this album irks me because it looks like it might be some garbaggio Bloodhound Gang, quasi-mafia bullshit, and the music is so far from that. One of the biggest pluses with these dudes is that they pick beats like cheap broads looking for wholesale designer wear at Century 21. There's some sort of strange science behind it, and yet it was disappointing as hell to see that Clams Casino didn't produce a single track on this one. (Are they internet beefing or something?) They did find some good replacements like Joe Wax on "Cloud Life" and La Musica de Harry Fraud on "Do It for the Bay" and "24th Hour." You better run like hell from this project if you're looking for some backpacketty lyrical exercising, because there's a shit-ton of "bounce and smoke an ounce to this" all over this. Whoever said hip-hop had to be so goddamn serious anyway?
ERAAS S/T Felte |
If you play this record alone in your apartment at night and hiss "eraas" three times like a snake, Anthony Hopkins will appear dressed as an Orthodox priest and perform an exorcism on your tortured soul. STONEY SPICE |
DIAMOND RINGS Free Dimensional Astralwerks |
This guy looks like a homosexual teen trying his hand at David Bowie dress-up time in his mom's silk scarves and pajama pants. No, wait, he's like a baby seal covered in glitter, voguing. Saying we hate this would be like wiping our asses with a rainbow flag. Gotta pick your battles, ya know. SOPHIE SAINT THOMAS |
BLACK MARBLE A Different Arrangement Hardly Art |
Certain bands were made for fall and winter, and this is one of them. Carry this around and put it on and stare out the window, letting your eyes go numb and dead in a pile of damp, fallen leaves. Really sink down, put a blanket over your head, and pretend like you can smell snow, even when there isn't any. Get real Harold and Maude about it. KELLY KELLY |
BOYS NOIZE Out of the Black Self-released |
There's no way to draw a cute little face for this level of barfiness, which is reserved for that feeling when you're lounging around in boxer shorts, with no undies on underneath, just having an easy-breezy day, and then your vagina throws up all over the chair you're sitting on, and you're like, "FUCK!!!! Do I have bacterial vaginosis AGAIN???" HEY SALLY |
COLD SHOWERS Love and Regret Dais |
I listen to this and all I can think about are starry night skies and motorcycles in the desert and razor blades and smooching hot babes in the bathtub between cigarette puffs and, like, really cool boots and Kiefer Sutherland in The Lost Boys and, honestly, I give this an A-fucking-plus. I want it all around me, wrapped around my neck like a thick, gothy anaconda strangling the life out of me. I want the anaconda to have Kiefer's head and I want it to breathe hot pink vapor all over my body. Take me, Cold Showers, take me to your postpunk heaven draped in dark gossamer. I'm yours. OJ SIMPSON |
ELLIE GOULDING Halycon Interscope |
I first learned that Ellie Goulding could walk on water back in 2009 when I heard her cover of Sam Sparro's "Black and Gold." No fucks were given for the original (sorry), but Ellie's take on electronic music and in-betweeny folktronica is nothing short of brilliant. By the time her debut album, Lights, hit the States, everyone was swirling over the bastardization of "EDM," and the album's title track was enveloped in an accidental pop hug. Ellie could have turned her art into saccharin BS with her follow-up, Halcyon, but she didn't. Instead she opted to perfect her sound on the title track, "Figure 8," "Dead in the Water," "Hanging On" (sans Tinie Tempah, please), and everywhere else. You can dance to her, you can eat your feelings to her, and then you can eat your feelings while dancing to her. KATHY IANDOLI |
PAWS Cokefloat! FatCat |
When you are in the middle of an itchy cock of a day, are an ass hair away from freaking out, and are making things a whole lot worse for yourself by stewing on shit, just calm your mind for a second and think about all the girls across the whole wide world who have to pretend to like their significant other's TERRIBLE FUCKING BANDS. It must be so exhausting. BUTTHOLE SUNRISE |
PONTOONS Slow Self-released |
I can't fully endorse this album because for the most part it's just random "college-sounding" music or sounds like some sort of introductory smart rock that you'd get into while sitting in your parents' basement, in between listening to the old albums and honing your own tastes. But I will give them this: They've got those little Lemonheads-esque vocal drops down. Maybe you don't know what I'm talking about, but if you do, then you do. EMILY GILMORE |
KING DUDE Burning Daylight Dais |
Next time you're on a first date, at that point when you've run out of bullshit to talk about and the only reason to stick around is to get drunk enough to start violating each other's bodies, lean over to the person you're with and, real creepy-like, whisper this question into his or her ear: "If you were to ever tie someone up and kill them, what song would you put on while you did it?" Chances are your date won't have a chance to ask you the same in return, because the wuss will have already sprinted down the street, simultaneously tweeting about how much of a creep you are while filing a restraining order. If he or she does stick around to ask, you should probably get married. And your answer should definitely be "King Dude." WOLFIE VIBES |
METZ S/T Sup Pop |
Have you guys read that book The Bad Guys Won!? It's about the 1986 Mets championship team, and it's pretty incredible. Those dudes were the biggest bunch of rowdy, drug-addled creeps and goons, and all they did was drink, fuck, snort, and party... and, yeah, baseball. I guess I kind of let my understanding of the '86 Mets influence my expectations of Metz's Metz. Unfortunately, this record has nothing to do with partying. When I listen to this, I don't want to do anything fun. It's almost as if the band cracked some kind of surefire formula for getting anything remotely enjoyable out of their songs. These guys probably don't even like sports, and if you bring up sports in conversation, they probably complain about how athletes are overpaid and steroids and the state of America and blah blah blah. Come on, Metz. Shut the fuck up already. Get your gooses loose. Get Metsmerized and come by to rip a few gankers with me. LMFAO |
NO DOUBT Push and Shove Interscope |
Fuck no would we actually be reviewing a No Doubt album, and this came out last month anyway, but I just had to let everyone know that I had a dream that VICE columnist Kate Carraway tweeted that she deleted someone from her Facebook because they were shit-talking No Doubt. (Only it wasn't a dream; this actually happened in real life.) KELLY MCCLURE |
PEACE The World Is Too Much with Us Suicide Squeeze |
About a month ago I stuck my arm in one of those blood-pressure machines, and it said I was fat and going to die soon. This album provides a similar sensation of constriction, making me feel slightly trapped and uncomfortable, but in a satisfying way. It's kind of like when you have to poop real bad but purposefully hold it in because you know the pooping will be that much more satisfying on account of the wait. OJ SIMPSON |
CHELSEA WOLFE Unknown Rooms Sargent House |
I've never gone out of my way to listen to anything labeled a "collection of acoustic songs" because I don't sell repurposed hair clippings on my Etsy shop, nor do I have any fucking idea what flax actually is, but I can get behind this in a big way. With every gravelly, misanthropic strum of phosphor bronze, Chelsea annihilates another coffee-shop open mic, another Starbucks playlist, another Barnes & Noble CD rack. Hey, baby. Let's hate the world together. GIRL REPORTER |
PAUL BANKS Banks Matador |
Paul Banks is all over the place. First he's in Interpol, then he's Julian Plenti, and now he's like, "OK, fine, I'm just Paul Banks." Whatever the hell he wants to call himself, he knows how to write and play all the right notes. His music sounds like falling in love. Whatever. It's in print now. It's out there. Some other doofus who writes for us tried to give this a bad review and we killed his body. Seriously. We murdered his life. He's done. Chum for the sharks, at the bottom of the Atlantic. RANDOM SUPAMUDEL |
TALK NORMAL Sunshine Joyful Noise |
A lot of these noisy girl bands really, really, really don't care what you think (for real, guys). Talk Normal is no different. They totally do not give a stinking shit if you "don't get it." They didn't want you as a fan anyway, bitch. Which is all good over here because you'd have to pay me in gold-plated orgasms to sit through this burning-pile-of-trash-on-the-side-of-a-road-in-Somalia in its entirety. ALEX HOLMES |
TY SEGALL Twins Drag City |
In college, I shared a dorm room with Jim the Drug Dealer. Nitrous tank next to my bed, sheets of acid on the nightstand, 'shrooms in the freezer—that kind of stuff. Fucked up at all times, we lived on Rice-a-Roni and Swedish Fish, listened to the Stooges, and aligned our chakras with magnets. San Francisco treat Ty Segall was there. He played swampy fuzz-garage rock for us, spat out some bratty Beatles-y "Tomorrow Never Knows" kinda vocals, and then sucked down a balloon. "That'll be $2, please." Then his face melted onto his guitar like molten lava. Namaste, motherfuckers. JENNIFER DARLING |
Bands like this can't help but make me think of those late-night infomercials for HOT JAMZ CD collections—specifically, that one with the old dudes from Air Supply talking about the "mellow sounds of the 70s and 80s." How much you want to bet that 30 years from now we'll be falling asleep to the same shit, only this time it'll be hosted by the Shins, who will be sporting bald-guy ponytails and raving about all the mediocre, pussyfied songs of the 00s included on the Faux Pos Puss Rock Queefz Volume 8 compilation, defined by its insincere optimism and spunk.
TILLY AND THE WALL Heavy Mood Team Love |
Fuck Tilly, fuck the wall, fuck "being whimsical," fuck Gregory Hines, fuck tap dancing, fuck this album, and fuck the Zooey Deschanel movie that one of these songs will inevitably end up in. HAN DOLO |
LETTING UP DESPITE GREAT FAULTS Untogether Self-released |
There should be a drinking game where you play a song and everyone has to slap down a card with the name of the band that has so obviously influenced the tune in question. In this case, whoever drops down the Something Faggoty card first would be the winner. INDIAN BUMMER |
MAC DEMARCO 2 Captured Tracks |
Full disclosure: I've heard a lot about Mac Demarco, and even answered emails from, and about him, but I guess I've never actually listened to his music before now, because this doesn't sound anything like what I thought he'd sound like. This is all dreamy vocals and surfy, tin-toned guitars. I've heard stories about Mac getting drunk at shows and shoving drum sticks up his ass, so having that backstory in mind while listening to this makes it even better. Listening to sweet singing is great when you can be pretty sure that the person singing it was thinking about something disgusting at the time. KAYLE MAQLUE |
ANDREW BIRD Hands of Glory Mom + Pop |
There are so many funny stories to be told about Andrew Bird. If you've ever lived in Chicago, for any amount of time, you've probably seen him on the train or in Trader Joe's looking wistfully at the produce. One day my friend was like, "OMG, I just saw Andrew Bird holding a can of peas!" Remember when he played that concert and dropped his violin and everyone thought it was such a tragedy? I don't know what the big deal is with this birdy, or birds in general. Those sons of bitches are everywhere, just look up. I saw one earlier today—a pigeon, in fact—and was so grossed out by it. They're constantly pecking at the sidewalk and are always covered in mites and squawk like your best friend's annoying kid whom you secretly hate. People who keep caged birds as pets should be shot. They have wings, asshole. And they suck. GOITER FACEHEY SALLY |
MOUNTAIN GOATS Transcendental Youth Merge |
I wonder if John Darnielle is talking in the mirror when he pushes out "Let people call you crazy for the choices that you make." I mean, have you seen his Twitter feed at all this year? He might be losing it a little bit. Also, he turned down an interview with us because he has "issues with our content." Why don't you air your foreskin out in the breeze and calm down there, buddy? Nobody likes dick cheese. BECA GRIMM |
SUN AIRWAY Soft Fall Dead Oceans |
Sometimes you don't want to listen to music in order to feel emotions, be transported to different psychological rooms in your mind, or grow culturally rich as a person. Sometimes you just want to listen to music because otherwise the sound and feeling of the dentist-drilling-into-your-jaw-without-Novocaine that is modern life is just too jarring. This meets none of the aforementioned criteria. RYAN GOSLING |
MARTHA WAINWRIGHT Come Home to Mama Cooperative Music |
Oh. It seems that someone lent Sheryl Crow a tUnE-yArDs CD. That was a nice gesture, I guess. GIRL REPORTER |
BAT FOR LASHES The Haunted Man EMI |
I like this band, and I like this album, but I'm not exactly sure why. In general, you can listen to this and ponder pleasant things, but it won't make you really think about or feel anything, unless you're 17 (aka blissfully dumb). So it's good and safe. Play this after you break up with someone and everything else makes you want to put your head in fire. HEY SALLY |
Landing on a Hundred
Vibration Vineyard
I had never heard Cody ChesnuTT's music prior to listening to this album for the purpose of writing this review, but I knew of him because those two slutty girls in the movie Me, You, and Everyone We Know asked for an album of his to be played while they fellated the young half-black boy who was being used as their BJ guinea pig. I'm sorry, Cody ChestnuTT, but all you'll ever be to me, and probably a lot of other people now, is that guy who almost soundtracked a pre-teen, tag-team blowjob, but then didn't. Off the top of my head though, this sounds like something nice someone's parents would really be able to stand behind.
BRIGHT LITTLE FIELD Treatment Bound Bar/None |
This career-spanning uke-tribute to the Replacements would serve well in an attempt to get that alt-girl from youth group down with some over-the-Misfits-T-shirt action post-hayride or whatever. But this is weird, unnecessary, and leaves me jonesing for the originals to wash clean the sucky-scum residue left behind. It's possible the Bright Little Field covers could lasso in a few never-otherwise-would-be Westerbergheads, which is a redeemable concept in theory. I recommend you just listen to the actual Replacements instead. BECA GRIMM |
MIKA VAINIO Fe304—Magnetite Touch |
Pan Sonic was part of that let's-see-if-we-can-make-the-audience-shit-themselves-with-this-freaky-sine-wave school of noise musicians who, granted, weren't ever much to look at but pursued a far nobler goal than their Whitehouse-biting counterparts, who were just doing it to yell a lot and get laid. Mika went a little off the rails when they split and started doing minimal glitch covers of Kate Bush under the name Ø, but this seems like he's prodigal-sonned his way back into the grumbling, swooshy drone game. Which is good because I've been eating a lot of cheese this week and am stopped up like a fairground port-a-john. FÅIRGRØUND PØRTÅJØHN |
Fifty Shades of Grey—
The Classical Album
Fifty Shades of Grey—
The Classical Album
Do you ever find yourself in a situation where you're so eager to shit all over something that you're not even sure where to start? This is an album of classical songs personally selected by E.L. James, who wrote that ode to crusty-cunted housewives everywhere. But actually it's good that this is a thing, because if you're ever nosing around someone's iPod and spot it in there, you'll know that if you hang out for long enough you'll be handcuffed to something with a pair of plastic fuzzy handcuffs purchased in the children's-costume aisle of Target. Here's an idea, E.L. James: Why don't you take a few copies of this and flog yourself to death with them?