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SAN DIEGO - SEPTEMBER 20: Ray Lewis #52 of the Baltimore Ravens looks on prior to the game against the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium on September 20, 2009 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
Ray Lewis was not supposed to come back this year. He tore his triceps in Week 6 against the Cowboys, and John Harbaugh referred to that as a season ending injury.That coupled with the other season ending injury to Ladarius Webb, the Ravens best corner, and it was thought that the Ravens season could be heading in a bad direction.Unfortunately for Patriots fans, that didn't happen. The Ravens only lost once, to the Houston Texans, and now it seems that Harbaugh spoke too soon on Lewis.ESPN:Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, sidelined with a torn triceps, is expected to return Dec. 16 to face Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos, a team source told ESPN Friday.Lewis, who is on the injured reserve/designated to return list, is eligible to return to the lineup that day. He was eligible to begin practicing Thursday, but did not.Of course, the Ravens aren't getting 2001 Ray Lewis back, but it's still Ray Lewis. For Patriots purposed, the Ravens need to start losing games. The Pats a...
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Apr. 26 Solo Recital, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, S.C.
May 8-May 10 Judge for Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition
May 29 Convocation Address–Concert, presented as Winner of the Faculty Convocation Award, Lawrence University
June 5 Piano Arts Competition, speaking coach
July 2-14 Piano Faculty at Interharmony Music Festival, Arcidosso, Italy
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Faculty Recital, "Winterreise" of Franz Schubert, with Steven Spears – Friday, Jan. 23, 8 pm Lawrence University Chapel
Judge, "Sonata Festival" Wisconsin Conservatory, Milwaukee, WI—Saturday, Feb. 7.
Lecture Recital and Masterclass, Wisconsin Conservatory, Milwaukee, WI—Saturday, Feb. 7, 12:30-2:00
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Recital, Merit School, Chicago, IL. Saturday, March 14, 11:50 am.
Masterclass, Merit School, Chicago, IL. Saturday, March 14, 4-5:30 pm.
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Synopsis: The artistic triumvirate of Jonathan Demme, André Gregory, and Wallace Shawn update Henrik Ibsen's The Master Builder, a modern classic about a successful, egomaniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses – who nonetheless wants to make peace with himself as his life approaches its final act.
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Are 1-handers more prone to choking? It would make sense, seeing how the 1hbh is a bigger, faster, more free-flowing stroke. Any bit of tightness could have pronounced effects.
The one handed backhand is not bigger, faster and more free-flowing. The only serious study I read on the subject presented both strokes as equally complex and capable of generating roughly the same kind of pace. And it does make sense: take Gasquet, Almagro, Wawrinka, Federer... they all hit backhands above the 90's for winners (Gasquet breaks the three digits every now and then), exactly like on their forehand side and exactly like any other player who uses a different backhand.
Arrived at maturity, a player with either stroke might actually present very comparable score sheets. You might ask why would Federer have trouble with his backhand?
Well, watch his career. He is now better off that wing than he ever been, even when he piled up over 80 wins in a single season. If you recall, Federer didn't hit big returns in his early career: he was a monster at the baseline, so it made sense to be very conservative on the return of serve. Likewise, if you were the owners of his forehand and could move like him, would you resist hitting an inside-out forehand when you can afford to?
Federer took the very "bad" habit of running around all the time, of slicing when it wasn't necessary and of not attacking the return of serve as much as a normal player should. He barely ever played a match with the intent of using his top spin backhand purposefully until very recently... It's very clear that until he begun challenging his backhand, he could not handle as much off that wing -- it's one of those things which ultimately dooms every champion: you have to be pushed beyond your comfort zone to improve; if not, you regress.
Federer lived with ups and downs off that wing for years, but if you watch Wawrinka, it's a different story. One of the key things behind getting confident and solid is to commit yourself to doing it, even if it costs you the match... Wawrinka doesn't fool around too much with his court positioning and he commits himself to backhand rallies when necessary. Now, he can even handle Djokovic and have a chance to win the rally and we rarely see a bad backhand day from Wawrinka.
Federer now commits to hitting more backhand, commits to staying in a neutral rally. He always disliked hitting backhand rallies, always worked his way around it and that's a primary cause of mistakes: he kept trying to hit big shots when he didn't have the right ball to do it; he kept trying to change direction when he wasn't in good position to do it... He was a less exaggerated version of our amateur ball bashers on the backhand side: so frightened at the idea of having to keep up with an other player and so uncomfortable with that backhand, he figured out he'd just "gun it," going for broke way too often.
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Children ages 4 years through 6th grade (in the Fall) are invited to participate in a week of Vacation Bible School at the United Methodist Church of Westlake Village, 1049 S. Westlake Blvd. "Everywhere Fun Fair" will take place Monday – Friday, June 17-21, from 9 a.m. – 12 noon. The week will conclude with a free family picnic and movie night from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, June 21.
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NARTH Rebrands But Is Still The Same Old Ex-Gay Group Peddling Harmful Junk Science: VIDEO
For the past two decades, the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) has been the "professional face" of the ex-gay industry - billing itself as a secular therapy group for individuals wanting to 'overcome' same-sex attraction. In reality, however, the group has really just been a way to wrap up anti-gay hate speech in medical language in an effort make conversion therapy more credible.
With states like California and New Jersey passing laws banning ex-gay therapy, however, the group is attempting to repackage its discredited 'research' in the form of the newly launched Alliance for Therapeutic Choice and Scientific Integrity to better "meet the needs of a new generation."
In order to respond to these important developments more clearly in our mission, the NARTH board voted in January of this year to create a new organization, titled Alliance for Therapeutic Choice and Scientific Integrity (ATCSI). NARTH will remain and function within ATCSI as a separate Institute that will continue to focus on matters pertaining to the psychological care of clients with unwanted same-sex attractions and behaviors. Nothing in our mission changes, but we anticipate that our outreach will be significantly expanded.
The group also released a creepy/weird/hilariously awful video introducing the new organization, which you can watch AFTER THE JUMP...
Said Truth Wins Out's Executive Director Wayne Bensen:
"NARTH can put lipstick on this new pig, but it's the same old swine peddling junk science to desperate and vulnerable people. This cynical rebranding effort is an attempt to mask NARTH's past failures, history of consumer fraud, and shredded reputation. We urge mental health professionals not to be fooled by NARTH's new facelift.
Last week, the National Center for Lesbian Rights released a letter from nine prominent 'ex-gay' activists apologizing for their work in the industry.
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what's with the boobs? is that supposed to make me straight?
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Aside from the astute job they did understanding what "catches the eye" of the average human gay man, most will notice the serpent shaped irises of the speaker right away. Is the tongue forked as well?
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Apparently they aren't secure enough in themselves and their "changed" orientation to hear news from a man yet. And if they can't even look at a man, much less a handsome one, what hope does anyone else have of turning straight? Fail.
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Nice spokes-whore you got there.
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There's big bucks in this ex-gay stuff, and that's the only reason they exist.
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The bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, or Guanyin in Chinese, played a crucial role as the protector of the semi-independent Nanzhao and Dali kingdoms (flourished A.D. 649–1253) in present-day Yunnan Province. The creation of this type of protective icon representing Azuoye Guanyin, the Ajaya, or all-victorious, Avalokitesvara, is depicted in the mid-tenth-century handscroll Illustrated History of Nanzhao, which details the miraculous introduction of Buddhism into Yunnan by an Indian monk, himself believed to be an incarnation of the bodhisattva. Significantly, the sculpture displays strong stylistic ties to images from Southeast Asia and India but retains a Chinese flavor in its relatively abstract, linear style.
- Medium: Cast bronze, traces of gilding
- Place Made: Yunnan, China
- Dates: 11th-12th century
- Period: Dali Kingdom
- Dimensions: 19 1/8 x 5 x 2 3/4 in. (48.6 x 12.7 x 7 cm) (show scale)
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- Museum Location: This item is not on view
- Accession Number: 1995.48
- Credit Line: Gift of the Asian Art Council
- Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
- Caption: Bodhisattva Guanyin, 11th-12th century. Cast bronze, traces of gilding, 19 1/8 x 5 x 2 3/4 in. (48.6 x 12.7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Asian Art Council, 1995.48. Creative Commons-BY
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- Catalogue Description: This cast bronze image of Guanyin, the God of Mercy, (Sanskrit: the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara), is one of a small group of such figures worshipped as the incarnation of the Indian monk who brought Buddhism to the semi-independent kingdom of Dali (fl. A.D. 649-1253), located in the present-day province of Yunnan, in south-central China. The Bodhisattva is shown standing barefoot, with the right hand raised in the vitarka-mudra and the left extended in the varada-mudra. The elaborate, finely engraved coiffure is held by braids or twisted cords that secure an image of the Buddha Amitabha above the crown which rests on the figure's forehead. The face is finely sculpted with a serene expression, long undulating eyes, a flattened nose and pursed lips. The earlobes are pierced, decorated with heavy earrings, and extend to the shoulders. The neck is formed of three delicate folds of flesh and is surrounded with a wide, decorated necklace secured with a loosely knotted cord at the back. The figure wears elaborate armbands on the upper part of each arm and a string of beads on the right wrist. The high, slender waist is accented with a belt decorated with eight-petaled floral bosses. The long pleated skirt is secured with an elaborate sash knotted at the front and on the hips, and hands in stylized folds to the figure's ankles. Vertical pleats descend on both sides and between the figure's legs. The fabric of the skirt clings to the figure and forms a pattern of horizontal folds across the legs. On the relatively undecorated back of the figure are two rectangular openings, one between the shoulders and one below the waistband. (The Chinese Porcelain Company notes that these openings typically held items of devotion.) Two prongs below the bare feet secure the image on a modern black laminate-covered display base, which measures 3 1/2 in high x 6 1/8 wide x 4 3/8 in. deep. Condition: The figure is generally intact. The surface is relatively clean, and the face is particularly well polished. On the top of the head there is an old, small hole. There are traces of gilding on the entire surface of the figure, especially around the waist, the necklace, neck, and head of the figure. In addition there are traces of an unidentified black substance on the surface, especially on the arms and chest and in the pleats of the skirt. Of the two openings in the back, the lower one is tightly sealed with bronze and the upper one is more loosely closed with an unidentified red-brown substance.
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Starting this month Old Navy will be a flagship sponsor of live broadcast content in the form of an interactive commercial, animated logos, and its spring tagline for "It's a Brad Brad World."
Well before the rise of smartphones, Bravo made a bet and began investing in interactive or participation television. What began as simple text messaging polls has become a cross-platform experience that transcends live, and now taped shows that encourage engagement with viewers, fans, and followers alike.
The opportunity to connect the traditional sit-back-and-relax TV viewing experience with mobility is one of the more promising side effects of multi-screening. Bravo's view of this ever-converged world has led to ongoing rollout of Play Live, a technology that first premiered live in November on "Watch What Happens Live."
Now brands are stepping in, beginning this month on "It's a Brad Brad World" with Old Navy as a flagship sponsor of live broadcast content in the form of an interactive commercial, animated logos, its spring tagline, and other branding across the Play Live platform on mobile, tablet, and online. The clothing brand is also exclusively sponsoring four of the show's episodes this season.
"Bravo's particularly blessed because our shows really lead themselves to participation," says Lisa Hsia, EVP of digital at Bravo. "There is no more avid fan than a 'Housewives' fan with a mobile at the end of their hand."
She calls Play Live "a new phase in interactive TV in what we're calling participation TV." The cable network is particularly excited about the new integration on "It's a Brad Brad World" because it marks the first time that live results will be embedded and updated in real time during a taped program.
Play Live drove an average engagement span of 10 minutes across web, mobile, and tablet during "Watch What Happens Live," Hsia says, adding that it also drives live viewing of the show, which of course increases the value of interactive ads running during the program.
"It not only allows the fans to play along with the show in an easy way without downloading an app or logging in to (a social site)…it also allows the ad to be interactive," says Hsia.
"We're still at the baby steps of what the interactive ad could become," she continues. "Theoretically, it could make our promos real time…This technology could overlay so you could make them more real time."
After being approached by Bravo to be one of the first advertisers on Play Live, Brent Mitchell, senior director of marketing at Old Navy, tells ClickZ that the clothing retailer specifically chose "It's a Brad Brad World" and then quickly decided to take the partnership even further with Brad Goreski, the show's lead character. "It went beyond just the opportunity to participate in Play Live," says Mitchell. "We took the partnership with Brad even further. We created some custom ads with him that premiere on Bravo and we're doing in-market events with Brad" acting as an occasional spokesman.
"Right now everyone is thinking about social TV and we all know that when people are at home watching TV they have another device out," says Mitchell. "What is exciting about this opportunity is our advertisement being interactive is part of the experience as well…We're actually able to be part of the interaction on the mobile device and be part of that whole experience."
During the commercial spot, Goreski shares styling tips featuring Old Navy's collection of hoodies for spring and viewers are asked to vote on questions such as their favorite place to wear hoodies. Results are then displayed live during the 30-second spot.
"Part of it is just to engage our customer in a more meaningful and more exciting experience than you're maybe used to from Old Navy," says Mitchell.
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By Mark Lamport-Stokes HONOLULU (Reuters) - Michelle Wie missed the cut by four strokes at the Sony Open on Friday, despite firing a gutsy, two-under-par 68 in the second round.
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, must report to police until authorities decide if he is eligible for military service, NTV television reported Istanbul's Governor Muammer Guler as saying.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Former Syrian vice president Abdel-Halim Khaddam, a fierce critic of President Bashar al-Assad, told a German magazine he was forming a government in exile and believed Assad would be forced from power this year.
By Alastair Macdonald BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Confusion rippled around the court trying Saddam Hussein on Saturday after the chief judge made clear he wanted to step down, casting an already turbulent process into further disarray.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium said on Saturday it had hospitalized a person who had come down with the flu after returning from the region in Turkey hit by the deadly bird flu.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will not be deflected from its right to develop nuclear technology by referral to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, was not in a village near the Afghan border that was hit by a U.S. airstrike early on Friday morning, a senior Pakistani government official said on Saturday.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium is testing a man, probably a journalist, for deadly bird flu after he felt ill when he returned from the Turkish province worst hit by the disease, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. airstrike in Pakistan targeted al Qaeda's second-in-command, U.S. sources said, but Ayman al-Zawahri was away at the time, according to a senior Pakistani official on Saturday.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A man in Belgium has tested negative for bird flu after falling ill upon his return from the Turkish province worst hit by the disease, Belgian Health Minister Rudy Demotte said on Saturday.
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Funds under 22.75 per cent scheme used for civil projects
For Manjunath Swamy (name changed), it is his dream to see his two children well educated. A group D employee with the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), he has admitted his children in a private school. As he cannot afford to pay their fees, he applied for fee reimbursement under the BBMP's 22.75 per cent scheme.
However, the BBMP has not reimbursed its share of the fees so far, as it has spent the money set aside for fees on civil works, leaving hundreds of parents distraught.
"When the school threatened to disallow my children from sitting for the annual examination, I took loans and paid Rs. 24,000 as tuition fees. This year again, I have applied for fee reimbursement. But the school is insisting on fees even though I have submitted photocopies of my application for fee reimbursement," Mr. Swamy said.
Not only has the BBMP not reimbursed fees for the 2012–13 academic year, but the civic body has also indicated that it will not be able to meet the educational expenses for the current academic year.
The BBMP had announced the reimbursement plan for students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in aided schools under the 22.75 per cent scheme a few years ago. However, the initiative has been fraught with delays and unkept promises.
M. Venkatesh, Bangalore district convener of the Dalit Bahujan movement, said parents had been told that the fees could be reimbursed after the government approves the BBMP's 2013–14 budget. "However, there is no clarity yet. Children are being made to stand outside the classrooms and notices are being sent to their homes every month."
He lambasted BBMP officials and elected representatives for not making welfare schemes a priority. "If the BBMP cannot reimburse the fees in time, the officials can at least inform the schools. This way, the schools will not harass the parents over fee payment," he suggested.
He alleged that by delaying the fee reimbursement, BBMP was discouraging the education of Dalit children.
Additional Commissioner (Welfare) Hemoji Naik conceded that the BBMP was not able to reimburse the fees for 2012–13, adding that the civic body may not be able to do so this academic year as well. "More than three times the amount allocated for the 22.75 per cent scheme was spent on civil works last year. We may not be able to take up any welfare schemes this fiscal as we have exceeded the limit already," he said.
BBMP Commissioner M. Lakshminarayan told The Hindu that funds under 22.75 per cent scheme are being used entirely for housing. The BBMP had already spent Rs. 500 crore. "However, it is up to the council to decide on the usage of funds under the scheme. Secondly, we will have to ascertain if the applicants are eligible for the scheme, as only SC, ST families whose annual income is less than Rs. 1 lakh are eligible," he said.
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This book tells the story of the Cat messing up the house while the kids parents were out. Good message to kids about not letting anybody in when their parents are away from home. This is a very good book I have read this too my kids as well as the kids I have taught in pre-school.
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We only had one day in London but were able to ride on the Yellow and Red routes. We also utilized the transfer route from St Pancras Station to Marble Arch. Everything worked extremely well. Staff at Marble Arch were excellent as was the young guide on the Yellow Route which was redirected because of a riot in Downing Street. He kept us informed all the way on what was occurring and all in all, it was a great day out in London.
Paris, France
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We were picked up exactly on time in the hotel lobby by our Italian driver Max who was a funny, informative fellow who fortunately knew Paris well and due to a riot in the centre of Paris was able to get us around and out of the city with the minimum of fuss. The whole tour was wonderful. We had about 2 hours at Giverny which for our level of fitness was just enough. The gardens were beautiful, full of late spring flowers and perfumes from the wisteria. I'd go again tomorrow if I could.
Singapore, Singapore
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The tour of Singapore including High Tea at Raffles and the bumboat cruise was great. It included a tour of the Selangor Pewter factory and showroom as well. The high tea was everything we expected and more and the bumboat ride is well worth doing as it shows a totally different aspect of the city. Singapore is probably the cleanest city that I've visited so far and I'm sure that anyone who takes this trip won't be disappointed.
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I really enjoyed the tour of Darwin. The guide was extremely well versed and was able to answer any questions we had and toured all over the city from the shopping precincts to the harbour to the museum and then the botanical gardens. The pick-up from the hotel was exactly on time. My only disappointment was that the Museum and Art Gallery did not have any exhibits about Darwin during the 2nd World War. That is at a separate museum which unfortunately I didn't have time to visit. Overall, a very well conducted tour.
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An interesting iPod touch screen shot has been uncovered from the just released iOS 5 beta 4. The screen shot shows a toggle switch for cellular connectivity. Could this mean that the iPod touch will be getting a 3G data option when it is refreshed later this year?
According to an article in The Wall Street Journal from the unusually accurate Kane, a few members of Apple's board have discussed possibilities for Steve Jobs future replacement. The members are believed to have spoken with executive recruiters as well as at least one head of a high profile tech company. The source of the information is "people familiar with the matter". The Wall Street Journal even managed to get an email from Steve Jobs in response to its questions.
Apple has apparently started testing display panels made by Samsung and LG for its next generation iPad 3 according to The Korea Times. The article claims that both companies are close to signing a deal with Apple. The screens are thought to have a huge resolution increase over the current iPad 2 display which is 1024 x 768. The new panels are believed to be "Retina" displays at a resolution of 2048 x 1536; with the same 4:3 aspect ratio.
Reuters is reporting that Apple is conducting trials with Taiwanese chip manufacturer TSMC for its next generation A6 processor; according to sources familiar with the matter.
Apple is looking to recruit temporary full time iPhone Sales Specialists for its Apple Stores across the UK. The ads appeared on UK recruitment site Reeds.co.uk. The start date for the temporary positions is August 16 with an ending date of October 29. Could August 16 be the release date for the iPhone 5?
9to5 Mac has uncovered an interesting feature of iOS 5 beta 3 for the Apple TV. The previously unused Bluetooth chip appears to have been activated. It looks like Bluetooth support is aimed at integrating a keyboard into your setup, rather than anything more exciting. The new Bluetooth feature can be found in the normal settings menu, enabling you to pair a keyboard with the usual passcode setup process.
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The world has forgotten the real victims of Fukushima
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Force of nature: a boat washed up in Miyagi prefecture. Photo: AFP/GETTY
I watched the terrible events which took place in Japan on March 11 last year with an appalled fascination. The first truly epic natural disaster to be recorded and beamed into a billion homes in real time produced dreadful images which will be seared into my memory forever.
Most terrible of all, was the black wave, a tide of death which we saw apparently creeping over the landscape like a flood of treacle. Looking more closely, this feature of the tsunami was revealed to be an illusion. The sight of cars pushed this way and that away, doing U–turns on the highways bisecting this workaday landscape of open fields, scrappy industrial estates and boatyards was the giveaway. These waves were sweeping away everything in their path and sluicing whole villages and towns into the Pacific This was no tide of treacle; it was a wall of destruction travelling at 40 or 50mph.
Hundreds, thousands of people were being killed before my eyes, some in the most horrible way. And on that first day, like all journalists, I began writing about the disaster much as I had written about the 2004 earthquake and tsunamis which had devastated the coasts of the Indian Ocean.
But then something odd happened. When it became clear the waves had struck a nuclear power plant, Fukushima Dai-ichi, 100 or so miles north of Tokyo, it was almost as if the great disaster we had witnessed had been erased from view. Suddenly, all the reports concentrated on the possibility of a reactor meltdown, the overheating fuel rods, and the design flaws in this ancient plant.
I too found the nuclear angle compelling. The forces of nature meet human hubris and the terror of the unchained atom. There was human drama, the whiff of cover-ups, institutional incompetence, heroism (the famous Fukushima 50), and pretty soon an international angle as "deadly clouds of radiation" formed (which turned out to be nothing of the sort).
Soon we journalists became versed in the terminology of nuclear disaster – sieverts and millisieverts, the difference between pressurised and boiling water reactors, the half-lives of various isotopes of caesium and iodine.
It was at this point, at around day three, that I realised that something had gone seriously wrong with the reporting of the biggest natural disaster to hit a major industrialised nation for a century. We had forgotten the real victims, the 20,000-and-counting Japanese people killed, in favour of a nuclear scare story.
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Shahs of Sunset, Bravo's latest Hobbesian experiment on the lives of the nouveau riche, is a fascinating piece of television—in spite of itself
Who is the Persian Mafia? According to the renowned 20th-century social scientist Cher Horowitz, who noted as she breezed past a claque of swarthy, cell-phone-wielding beauties encased in the finest gold chains and stretch leather money can buy, in the opening montage of Clueless: "You can't hang with them unless you have a BMW and a Mercedes."
More than 15 years have passed since Prof. Horowitz's seminal observation—I know, we are so, so old—and the Ryan Seacrest-produced Shahs of Sunset, Bravo's latest televised Hobbesian experiment chronicling the unexamined lives of the nouveau riche and those who long desperately to join their poolside-idling, bronze-limbed, Restylane-basted ranks, seems to indicate that the War on Terror, the Great Recession, and the increasing drumbeat of phantom missiles on Natanz have done little to change the Westwood-ensconced Tehrangeleno community. For its members, money talks and materialism rules. A major fight of the first episode revolves around one of the women (Asa, the arty one, who dresses like something out of a Delcroix painting set at Burning Man, refers to herself as a "Modern Persian gypsy bohemian," and, as such, typically considers herself above such frivolity) snidely accusing another (G.G., the princess-y one, who boasts that she has somehow made it to the ripe old age of 30 with "my only paycheck coming from Daddy," an arrangement that is surely less creepy than she makes it sound) of actually wearing H&M.
But with the twin shadows of the Islamic Revolution and the American immigrant experience hanging over the expensively blow-dried heads of its stars, Shahs of Sunset is a fascinating piece of television—basically, in spite of itself. As others have noted, as the juggernaut of reality television sweeps into its third decade undaunted, the cast is clearly steeped in the conventions of the genre, eternally ready with a practiced bitchy quip or manufactured conflict, yet there are hints of depth here that all the flashy cars and designer labels can't quite hide. Mercedes Javid may crow about her independence as an unmarried woman and pride herself on telling "sassy" truths like "Relationship equals break-up; marriage equals divorce" (to a friend trying on wedding dresses, no less), but she can't quite keep from wilting when her imperious mother casts a disapproving eye over the loose black dress concealing MJ's zaftig form, even as she falls all over her daughter's wealthy friend Sammy, ladling food and flattery on his plate in equally lavish portions. The aforementioned G.G. declares: "There are two things I hate: ants and ugly people," but the pre-nose job, pre-electrolysis, pre-Americanization photos of her (and others) with which the producers gleefully bookend this superficially noxious statement lift it out of the realm of garden-variety reality show vapidity into a statement on the frantic anxiety of an outsider trying—and worried she's failing—to live up to the stringent standards of mainstream American beauty that any first-generation Jewish girl, from Fanny Brice to Baby Houseman, would recognize.
Most poignant, perhaps, is Reza, an openly gay real-estate agent and Freddie Mercury lookalike—not so coincidentally; Freddie Mercury being the descendant of Zoroastrian Parsis who fled the Muslim conquest of Iran in the 10th century—whose constant and flamboyant assertions of his fabulousness have hardened into a kind of spray-tanned armor against the fact that, in the words of his friend Sammy, "if he went back to Iran today, they'd probably kill him." The baggage may be Louis Vuitton, but that doesn't make it any easier to carry.
That the friendship between Reza and Sammy, and indeed, of the whole group (most of whom seem to have either gone to high school together or grown up just blocks away) exists may be the most interesting aspect of the show. Sammy and his friend Mike, a gym-handsome property developer who has recently moved back to L.A. after losing his shirt in the real-estate crash in Vegas, are Jewish; G.G., Asa, and Reza are Muslim. For me, the jury's still out on M.J. (the L.A. Persians have jammed my east coast Ashkenazi Jewdar system), and that's somehow telling. Much as any lingering distaste between German and Eastern European Jews dissolved in the terrible crucible of the Holocaust, any tension between the Persian Jews and the Westernized Muslim upper classes seems not to have made it into the single suitcase with which their mutual families fled the ayatollahs. Catastrophe is the great leveler; they're all Persian, and that's what counts. When G.G. scornfully ribs Mike (for whom she clearly has a bit of thing) that he would happily marry a Jewish girl who wasn't Persian, but not a Persian girl who wasn't Jewish, it's clear which she considers the bigger betrayal.
Bravo executives have been accused of vile cynicism in releasing Shahs of Sunset at a time when the voices calling for war with Iran have never been louder. Perhaps it's true; they're certainly not above exploiting a personal tragedy for ratings—why not a geopolitical one? And yet, watching the show, I felt oddly inspired. The never-ending conflict in the Middle East (and between Israel and Iran in particular) is so often framed in apocalyptic terms, particularly by those who have a vested interest, be it financial or spiritual, in continuing it. Ahura Mazda vs. Angra Mainyu—if you'll allow me make use of my girlhood fascination with Zoroastrianism one more show-offy time. As though these two peoples have been implacable, inevitable enemies from the beginning of time and the only solution is for one to destroy the other beyond any hope of recovery, à la Harry Potter and Voldemort: "Neither can live while the other survives." It's easy to forget that, far from being a natural state, prejudice is something you have to work at. For all its vapidity, Shahs of Sunset shows us that there's nothing inevitable about hatred. Just don't wear H&M to the peace talks. Please.
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IndyCar: Wheldon killed when head hit fencing post
Barnhart stressed IndyCar "never" gets a chance to duplicate race conditions, so no amount of testing or practice would have prepared anyone for what happened when the race began.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway president Chris Powell said track officials will work with IndyCar in hopes "the series might return to LVMS in the future."
To do that, Barnhart said it's imperative for IndyCar to establish guidelines for the drivers to follow going future on surfaces such as Las Vegas, and the series needs to look at aerodynamic changes that make the cars "more challenging to drive."
"We need to create a limit," he said. "They have to understand there is a line they can't cross."
IndyCar also addressed the $5 million promotion that featured Wheldon.
Wheldon was making just his third start of the season and chasing the incentive offered by Bernard to any non-IndyCar regular who could drive from the back of the field to win the race. Wheldon would have split the money with a fan selected in a random drawing.
Allowing Wheldon to take the challenge was a stretch - he won 14 races on ovals, including the Indy 500 earlier last season - but because he sat out the season, he technically qualified for the bonus.
But Wheldon felt he was up for the challenge.
He was the in-race reporter for ABC during the event, and spoke with the announcers during the warm-up laps. In a brief interview, Wheldon defended his participation and the entire IndyCar Series.
"I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't think that I could win," he said from his car. "Certainly I am not underestimating the talent of the other drivers in the field. I think IndyCar has got a phenomenal field right now."
Wheldon was killed minutes later when the crash began ahead of him at the start of the 12th lap. He had picked his way through the field and gained at least 10 spots when he came upon the accident and had nowhere to go to avoid the spinning cars and flying debris.
The report found that although Wheldon stayed low on the race track and appeared to be attempting to avoid the cluster of cars spinning toward the top - he had slowed from 224 mph to 165 - his path was blocked by other cars. His first contact with another car sent him airborne and into the catchfence.
Las Vegas is owned by Speedway Motor Sports Inc., and the organization has spent considerable money on research into fencing. SMI owner Bruton Smith is adamant his fences are the strongest and safest in the business, and he makes no apologies for constructing them with the posts inside the wiring.
Barnhart said there is no indication Wheldon would have survived had the post been on the outside of the mesh wiring.
"It does not look like the position of the mesh fabric would have changed the consequences of this accident at all," Barnhart said. "Sometimes the forces are too great. The small fabric is not there to retain a car. That's the object of the post and the cables. The location of the fabric would not have changed the outcome at all, but as we've said, our preference is for it to be on the inside."


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Even in the event of a pending default, the Treasury will not be selling any of its gold reserves to pay the government's bills.
"We got our mops and our brooms out here and were cleaning stuff out and they're sitting there saying, 'Hold the broom better, that's not how you mop,' " claimed Obama in 2010, mocking those who questioned his stimulus-based approach and redistributionist ideology for economic recovery. "Don't tell me how to mop! Pick up a mop!"
Well, it's more than three years since Obama said those words and here's what he's saying now: "The average American earns less than he or she did in 1999," he declared last month at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill.
The federal government entered into a partial shutdown at midnight October 1 as congressional leaders were unable to agree upon a "continuing resolution" appropriations bill to fund programs in the new fiscal year.
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A girl everyone teabags.
Get your balls off my chin. You think I'm fucking Kelly?
teabagkelly tarafından 28 Haziran 2010, Pazartesi
A Big WHORE who will do anything for FREE.Kelly likes to stick big penis in her ass.
Kelly is a whore.
Nick Valentine64 tarafından 14 Mart 2011, Pazartesi
An overweight woman with really bad hair. Some one who controls every move their husband makes becuase she is a narcassis and plays on the emotions of others. A lazy out of shape unemployed person who has nothing but hate and poison coming from her ugly mouth.
I dont know how he has stayed with Kelly all these years.
thepretty1 tarafından 3 Temmuz 2011, Pazar
A lying cry baby she'll tell your best friends about stuff that never even happened. She'll lead you to think she's cool then, out of nowhere MEGA BITCH! She doesn't care how but, she wants her way. She's a flirtatious slut that has a horrible taste in style. If she makes a avatar it's always the UGLIEST thing. She's also an annoying scene kid. (:
"Have you seen Kelly?"
Yeah she's over there being ugly and annoying. :)
Yeah she's over there being ugly and annoying. :)
whowutwhenwherewhy tarafından 18 Nisan 2011, Pazartesi
some bitch who is stealing the guy you like/ are with.
"wtf? shes being such a kelly!"
mileybabee tarafından 25 Şubat 2010, Perşembe
A fake, annoying, slut.
EW, look at her slutting around him, being all fake! What a Kelly!?
jdfkjdfjhdsj tarafından 8 Aralık 2010, Çarşamba
Another word for whore. She gets ALOT of guys, but that is because she is easy, and has huge boobies. Kelly's favorite activities are making out, checking out boys, and stroking guy's cocks. Guys only like her for her hoo-ha's, but we all know that her face is terrible. She is a horny-ass, weed smoking, white-trash, bitch. She gives blow-jobs and says "I love you" to EVERY one of her boyfriends. Her life goal is to probably have sex with 200 different guys.
God, she is such a Kelly
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SOCHI, Russia (AP) — A look at the sports for the Sochi Olympics:
After missing the first three Winter Olympics, Alpine skiing joined the program in 1936. Ten gold medals will be awarded in Sochi, five for men and five for women — downhill, slalom, giant slalom, super giant slalom (usually called super-G) and super combined.
With Lindsey Vonn out injured, the 18-year-old American many call "The Next Lindsey Vonn," Mikaela Shiffrin, will attract plenty of attention as the favorite to win the slalom. Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany, a double gold medalist at the 2010 Vancouver Games, and Lara Gut of Switzerland, who'll be making her Olympic debut, could dominate other races. Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway already enjoys rock-star status in Europe, while 36-year-old Bode Miller, owner of five Olympic medals, and Ted Ligety, who won three titles at last year's world championships, will also be ones to watch from the U.S. team.
Austria has won a record 105 Alpine skiing medals at the Olympics, nearly twice as many as any other country. Switzerland ranks second with 56, followed by France with 43 and the United States with 39.
Like several other sports, biathlon has military origins with the combination of cross-country skiing and rifle shooting first becoming a common exercise for winter troops in northern countries during the second half of the 19th century. That also helps explain why countries like Norway, Russia and Sweden are still dominant. Biathlon has one of the busiest schedules on the Olympic program, with four individual events for both men and women, along with a relay. New for this year is a mixed relay.
Martin Fourcade of France has been the top men's biathlete in the last two years, winning three world championship titles in 2012 and the overall World Cup last season, and he is expected to add his first Olympic gold in Sochi. Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway could well add to his two golds from Vancouver, as well. On the women's side, expect Tora Berger of Norway and Darya Domracheva of Belarus to grab at least a couple of medals each.
One of the all-time greats will be competing in the biathlon events in Sochi as Ole Einar Bjoerndalen aims to cap his storied career by making Olympic history. The 40-year-old Norwegian has six Olympic golds from previous games and needs two more to equal the Winter Games record. While Bjoerndalen hasn't won an individual World Cup race in two years, Norway is one of the favorites in both the men's and mixed relay — meaning he could well get there.
It looks simple, but it's incredibly intricate to get a sled going and keep it upright for the ride down the track. Everyone sprints while pushing the sled on ice, then hops inside, at which point the driver is typically the only one with his or her head up for the rest of the trip. One wrong move, and that sled could tumble on its side easily.


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I am delighted to see that Justice Sigurdson of the BC Supreme Court has ruled in a follow-up decision in favour of BC government. It allows them to keep the controversially, tough new drinking laws that allow the cops to issue roadside prohibitions without the right of appeal. Many in favour of the earlier ruling that struck down that part as a constitutional infringement do not appreciate the importance of having balance in all legal interpretations. They see only the rights of the individual being the paramount issue here, with the interests of society not counting for very much in the meting out of justice. Consequently, all they see is the need for Victoria to return all the money they have incurred in the form of fines because of the supposedly unfair application of the law. What they don't realize is that in most, if not all cases, they blew .08 or higher and deserve to lose their licence and vehicles (prevents DUI types from driving under suspension).
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More Filipinos sign absentee voter list
MANILA, Philippines—An additional 8,664 Filipinos worldwide have registered as overseas absentee voters (OAVs), bringing to 32,357 the total number of OAVs during the past four and a half months, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs.
In a report posted on its website on Sunday, the DFA said Philippine nationals based in Los Angeles, California, topped the list of OAV registrants with 2,867, followed by those in Tel Aviv, Israel, 1,964; Singapore, 1,809; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1,723; Milan, Italy, 1,650; Hong Kong, 1,609; London, 1,535; San Francisco, California, 1,325; Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 1,251; and Toronto, Canada, 1,125.
Rounding out the top 20 places were Macau, 924; Manama, Bahrain, 921; Rome, Italy, 892; Beirut, Lebanon, 865; Chicago, Illinois, 806; Barcelona, Spain, 794; Washington, DC, 784; Honolulu, Hawaii, 739; New York, 608; and Vancouver, Canada, 567.
Last month, Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario directed the country's 67 embassies and 23 consulates worldwide to intensify further their respective OAV registration programs.
The 12-month OAV registration, which started on Oct. 13, 2011, runs until Oct. 31 this year.
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Hong Kong 'gay cure' doctor defends his role
HONG KONG – A Hong Kong psychiatrist who claims homosexuals can be "cured" defended his role Sunday, after he was hired to train government counsellors in a move that outraged gay rights activists.
Critics said it could be the world's first government-sponsored session on gay conversion therapy.
But psychiatrist Hong Kwai-wah said his three-and-a-half hour training session for more than 60 social welfare staff on Friday did not emphasise gay conversion.
"The main point is not about gay conversion therapy," the 56-year-old doctor told AFP in a telephone interview, saying he was "surprised and disappointed" over the attacks by activists.
"The main point is how to pay attention and give guidance to same-sex attracted youths and their parents, to understand their struggle and their needs," said Hong, who specialises in "treating unwanted homosexuality".
The doctor denied the training included sharing on gay conversion therapy methods such as prayer, cold showers and practising abstinence as a way to avoid same-sex relationships.
But he admitted he cited case studies to argue that gays can be treated and turned into heterosexuals. He also discussed how homosexuality develops and the difficulties faced by young people attracted to the same sex.
"I did mention about the possibility to change which is an option. We need to respect the client's choice, whether they want to remain status quo or they want to live a heterosexual life," said Hong.
"I presented all these facts. I want the social workers to know and make their own judgement, they are good enough and professional enough to make their own judgement."
"We should not ban people from therapy if they want to change. We should respect their right," said Hong, who is also founder of a Christian-linked group called the "New Creation Association".
The association's mission is to help people struggling with homosexuality, "restore their sexual wholeness and appreciate their gender identity given by God", according to its website.
Since it was set up in 2004, it has handled more than 200 cases of people attracted to the same sex seeking help, of which 19 men later got married to women, said Hong.
"I don't believe gays are born gays," he said.
Hong's training has sparked an outcry among gay rights campaigners in the southern Chinese city, who held a protest outside the Social Welfare Department's office on Friday and called the training an "international joke".
"The government seems to think that homosexuals are possessed by evil spirits and needed to be 'cleansed' or 'cured' through conversion therapy," said Joseph Cho, a spokesman for gay rights group Rainbow Action.
The department has defended its decision to invite Hong, saying it had invited scholars and gay rights activists to speak previously and social workers need "knowledge from multiple perspectives" to make assessment.
Despite its reputation as an international financial hub, critics say Hong Kong remains a conservative city when it comes to gay rights, only decriminalising homosexuality in 1991.
A government survey in the 1990s concluded that most residents were "not ready" for laws banning discrimination against homosexuals, according to figures cited by academics.
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Yanks Plan To Add Two Bats; Targeting Chavez, Ibanez
4:46pm: Heyman says the Yankees won't "finalize" things with Ibanez and Chavez until after Burnett has passed his physical and the league has approved the trade (Twitter link).
8:00am: The Yankees are "intent" on acquiring two hitters and "remain focused" on Eric Chavez and Raul Ibanez, tweets Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com. The team's attention will turn to adding hitting depth once the rumored A.J. Burnett trade with the Pirates is finalized.
New York has long been known to be targeting one left-handed hitter as a part-time DH and bench bat, but moving Burnett would free up the payroll space for the Yankees to add even more depth. Ibanez would be limited to DH, pinch-hitting and only very occasional outfield appearances, but in Chavez, the Yankees would also have an infield option capable of spelling Alex Rodriguez at third base. The Bombers were already in serious talks with Ibanez as of last week.
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AL East Links: Red Sox, Chavez, Ibanez, Soler
The Yankees inked Bill Hall to a minor league contract earlier today, creating some competition in Spring Training. Here's the latest from the AL East…
- The Red Sox signed 17-year-old Australian Daniel McGrath, Rob Bradford of WEEI.com writes. The left-hander will visit Boston's Spring Training camp for a week before returning to finish high school in Australia. Bradford hears 15 MLB teams had interest before Boston completed the deal.
- Even after signing Hall, the Yankees continue to be focused on Eric Chavez and Raul Ibanez according to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com. Last night we learned that they were in serious talks with Ibanez, and Heyman says the Yankees are in excellent position because all of their targets have interest in playing for a contender.
- Meanwhile, Joel Sherman of The New York Post reports that the Yankees are not offering more than $2MM for a DH-type and might not even want to spend more than $1MM.
- Orioles executive director of international recruiting Fred Ferreira will watch Cuban outfielder Jorge Soler in the Dominican Republic when he travels to watch Yoenis Cespedes play, Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com reports.
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AL East Notes: Chavez, Ethier, Jones, Orioles, BoSox
Here's the latest from the AL East…
- Brian Cashman said there is still a chance Eric Chavez could return to the Yankees, reports ESPN New York's Andrew Marchand. Chavez could have the edge over other DH types like Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui since Chavez can still play the field.
- Mike Axisa of the River Avenue Blues blog sees Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier as an intriguing trade deadline possibility for the Yankees. Ethier would ideally be paired with Andruw Jones as a lefty-righty DH platoon.
- The Yankees still see Phil Hughes as a starting pitcher long-term and aren't likely to trade Hughes given that his trade value is "at a low point," writes MLB.com's Bryan Hoch. Last month for Roto Authority, I wrote that Hughes could be a nice dark horse fantasy option if he's healthy and able to win the No. 5 spot in New York's rotation.
- Orioles GM Dan Duquette tells MASNsports.com's Steve Melewski that he wants to get Adam Jones' 2012 salary settled before exploring a multiyear extension with the center fielder. "I've said several times that we like Adam Jones as a player and if we were to consider a long-term deal, that is something that we can certainly consider," Duquette said.
- Melewski also reports that Jones' arbitration case is set to be heard on February 17. The Orioles' other two outstanding arb cases (Jeremy Guthrie and Brad Bergesen) are scheduled for February 6 and 8, respectively.
- The Orioles are still looking for another bat, and it will probably have to come through the free agent market, reports Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun. The O's had "tepid interest" in Casey Kotchman but had already moved on before Kotchman agreed to terms with the Indians today.
- The Red Sox have hired veteran scout Gary Hughes as a special assistant to the club, reports Bob Nightengale of USA Today (via Twitter). Hughes has spent 45 years in a variety of different scouting and front office positions for numerous teams, including the last nine years as Jim Hendry's special assistant with the Cubs.
- The New York Times Co. has sold 100 shares of its ownership stake in Fenway Sports Group, which owns the Red Sox, reports MLB.com's Evan Drellich. The sale will net $30MM for the Times Co. Between this and a larger sale in July, the Times Co. is down to roughly a third of the 750 units it bought in Fenway Sports Group in 2002. Major League Baseball still has to approve the sale.
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Yankees Notes: Posada, Rivera, Nakajima, Chavez
Earlier today, we learned that Jorge Posada will announce his retirement in the next couple of weeks. The catcher spent his entire career with the Yankees and earned five All-Star nominations across his 17-year career. In his final year in the Bronx, Posada hit .235/.315/.398 with 14 homers in 387 plate appearances..
- Posada instructed his agents, Seth and Sam Levinson of ACES, not to make calls on his behalf this offseason, a source told Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. However, the agents fielded calls and accepted offers as Posada waited until after the holidays to make his final determination.
- Speaking of members of the Core Four, closer Mariano Rivera has said he might know by Spring Training whether he intends to keep pitching when his contract expires after this year, but won't say which way he's leaning, writes Marc Carig of The Star-Ledger. The 42-year-old posted a 1.91 ERA with 8.8 K/9 and 1.2 BB/9 last season.
- General Manager Brian Cashman isn't sure if the club will have interest in Hiroyuki Nakajima when he'll be an unrestricted free agent after the 2012 season, writes Anthony McCarron of the New York Daily News. As expected, the Yankees are now in on Eric Chavez after being unable to come to terms on a deal with Nakajima.
- McCarron also writes that Cashman & Co. believe that other teams are seeking too much on the trade market in return for pitching.
- Nakajima is a classic example of the flaws in the posting process, writes Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. While waiting one more year isn't a terrible outcome for the shortstop, it had serious consequences for another Japanese player, right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma. Iwakuma nearly had a four-year, $36MM deal with the A's last offseason but wound up inking a one-year, $1.5MM deal with the Mariners this week.
- Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com (via Twitter) hears that Nakajima was offered about $1MM by the Yankees, but the bigger issue for him was the role he would have had with the Bombers. The infielder was a starter and a star player for the Saitama Seibu Lions.
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Quick Hits: Rhodes, Kuroda, Ludwick, Padres
Let's jump into the weekend with one last batch of news items….
- Arthur Rhodes is close to deciding where he will play in 2012, reports Anthony Andro of Fox Sports Southwest (Twitter link). Rhodes also confirms that he will play next year, making it 21 Major League seasons for the 42-year-old southpaw. The Cardinals and Mariners have both shown interest in Rhodes this offseason.
- Some teams aren't convinced that Hiroki Kuroda will pitch in the majors next season and will instead return to Japan, tweets Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com. Kuroda's asking price is reportedly $13-$14MM on a one-year deal, which is a slight increase from last month.
- Also from Heyman (via Twitter), Ryan Ludwick has received offers from at least four teams. The Reds, A's and Giants have been linked to Ludwick this winter, though it's unknown if any of those clubs actually offered the outfielder a contract.
- Bill Center of the San Diego Union-Tribune covers such Padres topics as a possible Carlos Quentin extension, the team's lack of interest in Eric Chavez and the Friars' plans for the newly-acquired Andrew Cashner in his weekly online chat with fans.
- The Tigers appear to be satisfied with Ramon Santiago and Ryan Raburn as their second base platoon, reports MLB.com's Jason Beck.
- Red Sox GM Ben Cherington says his team is looking for at least two "low-cost" starting pitchers to compete for the back end of the Boston rotation next year, reports Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe. As Cafardo notes, this would seemingly take the Red Sox out of the running for more expensive free agent pitchers like Kuroda, Edwin Jackson or Joe Saunders. We heard earlier today that the Sox were among several teams interested in Paul Maholm.
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Nationals, Rays, Padres Interested In Eric Chavez
The Yankees aren't the only team interested in free agent infielder Eric Chavez. The Nationals, Rays and Padres are among the other clubs interested in the Scott Leventhal client, tweets Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com.
Chavez, 34, posted a .263/.320/.356 line in a reserve role for the Yankees last year, backing up at third and even appearing at first base. The Yankees, who failed to reach an agreement with Japanese infielder Hiroyuki Nakajima, have interest in re-signing the six-time Gold Glove winner. This is the first time the Nationals, Rays and Padres have been linked to Chavez this offseason.
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AL East Notes: Crisp, Silva, Soler, Chavez
Four of the five American League East teams could use starting pitching depth and though the Rays have enviable rotation depth, they need a bat or two. Here are the details on the division, starting with Tampa Bay…
- Coco Crisp, who agreed to a two-year, $14MM deal with the Athletics yesterday, told Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle that the Rays were a finalist for him (Twitter links). Tampa Bay was "in heavy on" the outfielder, but Oakland presented the better offer, according to Slusser.
- Carlos Silva would earn a base salary of $1MM if he makes his way onto Boston's roster, according to Scott Lauber of the Boston Herald. Silva, whose minor league deal with the Red Sox was announced yesterday, "will be part of a competition in Spring Training" GM Ben Cherington said.
- The Red Sox have scouted both Yoenis Cespedes and Jorge Soler, but they're likely to pass on Cespedes and bid for Soler instead, according to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe. The Red Sox are intrigued by Soler's talent and they don't like Cespedes' asking price.
- Japanese infielder Hiroyuki Nakajima appears to seek a couple of million dollars per season on a multiyear deal, according to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com (Twitter link). Heyman points out that Eric Chavez is an alternative for the Yankees if they don't work out a deal with Nakajima by this Friday's deadline.
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Yankees Notes: A-Rod, Nakajima, Chavez, Andruw
Today the Yankees agreed to a minor league deal with lefty Hideki Okajima. He's made 31 appearances against them over the years as a member of the Red Sox. Other Yankees news…
- Third baseman Alex Rodriguez recently traveled to Germany for an experimental therapy called Orthokine on his right knee, reported Mike Puma of the New York Post. Orthokine is similar to Platelet Rich Plasma therapy, which reliever Takashi Saito had done several years ago. The procedure, which was recommended by Kobe Bryant, came with the blessing of the Yankees and the commissioner's office. Puma explains, "Orthokine involves taking blood from the patient's arm and spinning it in a centrifuge, a machine used in laboratories to spin objects around a fixed axis. The serum is then injected into the affected area." Yankees GM Brian Cashman told reporters the procedure was done on Rodriguez's left shoulder as well. For more on the topic, check out this article from Teri Thompson and Christian Red of the New York Daily News.
- Cashman appears to be waiting for a resolution on the Hiroyuki Nakajima situation before pursuing Eric Chavez any further, tweets MLB.com's Bryan Hoch. Hoch says the Nakajima situation will be resolved next week. The Yankees won the exclusive right to negotiate with Nakajima with a bid around $2MM earlier this month.
- Hoch notes that the Yankees are still talking about re-signing Andruw Jones but Cashman says he has nothing to report right now.
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AL West Notes: Iannetta, Kawasaki, Chavez, Rangers
Here's the latest from the AL West…
- The Angels are considering a contract extension for the newly-acquired Chris Iannetta, reports Troy Renck of the Denver Post (Twitter link). Iannetta is signed through 2012 and the Halos have a $5MM club option for 2013 that Iannetta can now void due to being traded before the start of the 2013 season.
- Also from Renck, the Rockies tried to acquire Angels right-hander John Hellweg in the Iannetta trade. Hellweg, 23, has a 3.83 ERA, an 11.4 K/9 rate and 7.6 BB/9 in four minor league seasons. He spent last season pitching for the Halos' Class A+ affiliate.
- Japanese shortstop Munenori Kawasaki wants to play in the Major Leagues, but only for the Mariners, reports MLB.com's Matt Weber. Kawasaki, 30, is a free agent so he can sign without a posting fee and he said he's willing to sign a minor league deal and play a different position if necessary.
- MLB.com's Greg Johns has more details on Kawasaki, who has a career .294 average but just hit .267/.310/.327 last season with Fukuoka. Johns says the Mariners have scouted Kawasaki in Japan so he is "at least on the Mariners' radar."
- The Athletics aren't one of the teams interested in Eric Chavez, reports Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle (Twitter link). "He wouldn't be a fit for them and vice versa," Slusser writes.
- In a mailbag piece, MLB.com's T.R. Sullivan looks at the obstacles preventing the Rangers from making a move for Prince Fielder and Matt Garza. Sullivan also notes that it's only a matter of time before Ron Washington gets another contract extension from the club.
- The Mariners' deep minor league system seems to give them an advantage under the new collective bargaining agreement, writes Geoff Baker of the Seattle Times.
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AL East Notes: Valentine, Wilson, Howell, Johnson
Here are some notes from the AL East on the day the Red Sox officially introduced their new manager…
- The Red Sox and manager Bobby Valentine agreed on a two-year deal, according to Jon Heyman of SI.com (on Twitter). The Red Sox hold team options on Valentine for 2014 and 2015, tweets WEEI.com's Alex Speier.
- Valentine reached out to David Cone about becoming the new Red Sox pitching coach, reports Jack Curry of the YES Network (Twitter link). Cone isn't expected to take the job but was "flattered."
- The Yankees turned down a request by C.J. Wilson's agent for a visit to Yankee Stadium, reports ESPN New York's Andrew Marchand. That's not a good sign for Wilson's chances of signing with the Bombers, which Marchand believes are "less than five percent."
- Erik Hahmann of the DRaysBay blog looks at the situation between the Rays and lefty J.P. Howell. MLBTR's Tim Dierkes listed Howell as one of this winter's non-tender candidates.
- The Blue Jays are still open to bringing back Kelly Johnson next year, tweets Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports.
- Also from Morosi, he thinks the Blue Jays could — and should — sign free agent first baseman Prince Fielder.
- Eric Chavez definitely wants to play in 2012 and a number of teams have strong interest in him, according to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle (Twitter links). Some West Coast teams are interested in Chavez and the Yankees appear to be in the mix as well.
- The Rays have some interest in Cuban center fielder Yoenis Cespedes, but probably can't afford him, according to Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times (on Twitter).
- The Orioles hired former Phillies GM Lee Thomas as a special assistant, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (Twitter link). Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com first mentioned the possibility (on Twitter). It's worth noting that Scott Proefrock and Joe Jordan of the Phillies are former Orioles front office employees.
MLBTR's Mark Polishuk also contributed to this post
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