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A guest entry by Gregory Milo, educator at Archbishop Hoban High School
Colleagues tell Cheryl Smith that she has a unique talent, an ability to spend time helping struggling entrepreneurs extract in an articulate way the ideas in their heads. She sees it as simply patience.
Cheryl's Collaboration Station focuses on coaching people who come to her with an entrepreneurial idea. Their vision is fantastic, and their will is strong, but they might have difficulty articulating their business plan. Collaboration Station provides the clients with necessary business skills.
Cheryl sits down with each client and helps them transfer their brilliant idea onto paper in a way suitable for the professional world. It is a disciplined and persistent process. As a high school teacher, I recognize the sometimes exhausting practice breaking down students' ideas in order to reestablish them into something with structure.
"You can't just talk a good game," Cheryl declares, "You have to take that talk and put it on paper." Through her business writing lab, Cheryl can help her clients build justification for their dreams. She admits that there is a of of hand-holding. Her clients' learning curve is a lot bigger when it comes to making their business dream a reality. Her clients come from low to moderate income backgrounds. They might lack education. They might be trying to escape from a history of addiction or incarceration, but they all have great ideas and a will.
The process at Collaboration Station is a tedious, yet advantageous, one. Cheryl starts with one-on-one technical assistance, starting with assessing where a client is and then creating an individual development plan that addresses the action steps to take the client from the business plan to reality. It is a self-paced program that places the responsibility on the client. Whatever the background, Cheryl's clients usually lack necessary tools, such as writing or business knowhow, but Cheryl can provide the tools.
Of course there is the altruistic want to help the "underdog," as Cheryl admits, but she also understands the rational reason for her work, explaining at length the need for a place like Collaboration Station.
Cheryl energetically and with purpose reels off numerous facts and figures describing the overall economic benefit of providing people of low income backgrounds or ex-offenders with tools, such as education, that can allow them to compete as entrepreneurs.
As Cheryl writes grants and business plans she has to provide evidence of support, which leads to a lot of research, and it shows. She tells me how nearly 45% of small businesses are started nationally by people of low to modest income levels, and 8% of them are below poverty. She continues, "Small businesses create 53.1% of all jobs."
"Can we address this?" she says with a laugh. "Why not give low income populations an opportunity to be a success? It would decrease the drain on the local economy and resources and increase the tax dollars."
Cheryl has addressed the facts. She tells me of the man who wanted to take advantage of the foreclosure trend, and so he began taking pictures of properties for the banks to identify work that needed to be done. She tells me of the single mother who wanted to help other single mothers, and so she started her own nonprofit organization. There's the woman with her own catering business. There's the ex-offender who has started his own organization to help other ex-offenders. It's a diverse list of success stories, but they all needed Collaboration Station to get their jump start. To accomplish her feat, Cheryl needs help. She needs business volunteers to help with seminars that teach her clients about how to do their taxes. She needs funds to help her clients with start-up ideas or with office supplies. She would like interns from The University of Akron who could work with her clients in the writing lab.
She's a small operation with a big heart and a strong drive, and her success means a less needy society that works for itself to build a stronger economy for Akron. Cheryl can't do it alone, however.
People have told Cheryl that low income level people don't have what it takes. But she knows there is a work ethic waiting to be tapped and assisted.
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About a year ago, I got fed up with iGoogle and switched to Pageflakes. Big mistake! I used PageFlakes as both my Internet dashboard and my RSS reader.
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Pageflakes got sold to LiveUniverse last spring. Here's a quote from PageFlakes CE0, Dan Cohen:
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This is the risk you run by using a free webware tool as a business tool. You get what you pay for. I cheaped out and now all those dozens of feeds are lost with no notice.
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For those looking for a challenge this month, organisers of the UK's most famous 10km event, the Bupa Great Manchester Run, are calling out to all runners to snap up the last few remaining places.
On Sunday 26th May, 40,000 runners will take to the streets of Manchester to try and beat their personal best in the 11th Bupa Great Manchester Run, while raising money for a host of charitable causes.
First held in May 2003, the event was created as a legacy for the 2002 Commonwealth Games and has seen many world and Olympic champions take part. Last year, Haile Gebrselassie claimed his fifth title, while the women's race was won by Linet Masai.
David Hart, communications director at Nova International, organisers of the Bupa Great Manchester Run, said: "With less than 1,500 places remaining, runners wishing to sign themselves up and see the city's streets like never before should get in touch soon so as not to miss out on this iconic race.
"Each year the runners outdo themselves with their outstanding dedication to both the race itself and the charity fundraising, with an estimated £25 million being raised since the first event 11 years ago."
This year the race will be started by ex-Bolton Wanderers midfielder, Fabrice Muamba, who astounded medics with his recovery after he collapsed with sudden cardiac arrest while playing against Tottenham last year.
Amateur athletes will run alongside a star-studded line-up of celebrities, including Coronation Street's Paula Lane (Kylie Platt), former Hollyoaks star Darren Jeffries (OB) and snooker player Shaun Murphy. BBC Radio 5 Live presenters George Riley and Rachel Burden will also be limbering up for the challenge.
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August 9, 2001
Lillian Broyles
Lillian Jane Broyles, 74, of Frankfort, wife of Arthur Glenn Broyles, died Thursday, Aug. 2, 2001, at Frankfort Regional Medical Center.
Born in Alvey, she was the daughter of the late Frances and Ida Carter Siler. She was a retired Sears employee and a charter member of the North Frankfort Baptist Church.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Sylvia Burnette, Seymour, Ind., and Charlene Sowders, Versailles; five sons, David Burnette, Marietta, Ga., Grey Broyles, Rockhold, Larry Burnette and Sam Burnette, both of Frankfort, and Randy Broyles, Frankfort; two sisters, Barbara Wilder, Amelia, Ohio, and Lena Parker, Tampa, Fla.; three brothers, Charles Siler, Williamsburg, William Siler, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Ray Siler, Clinton, Tenn.; 13 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Services were conducted Monday, Aug. 6, 2001, at the North Frankfort Baptist Church, and graveside services were conducted later that day at the Broyles Family Cemetery in Rockhold. Casket bearers were Jason Broyles, Charles Burnette, Steven Burnette, Bob Bryant, Michael Burnette, Henry Taylor and Will Burnette. Honorary bearers were Russell Galbraith and the deacons of the North Frankfort Baptist Church. Rogers Funeral Home, Frankfort, was in charge of arrangements.
Memorial contributions are suggested to the North Frankfort Baptist Church.
Roger Ellis
Roger Ellis, 73, of Louisville, died Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2001.
The son of the late Elmer Lee Ellis Sr. and Verna Belle Ellis, he had been manager of Kev's Restaurant.
Survivors include four daughters, Kathy Ellis Devore and Gerri Ellis Lee, both of Louisville, Sandra Ellis Morris, Versailles, and Denise Holson, Breckenridge, Texas; a brother, Elmer Lee Ellis Jr., Frankfort; a sister, Geraldine Ellis Saah, Sarasota, Fla.; nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Services were conducted Friday, Aug. 3, 2001, at Owen Chapel, Louisville. Burial was in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Ruby Faulconer
Ruby Gene Haggin "Rube" Faulconer, 61, wife of Donald Reid Faulconer, died Thursday, Aug. 2, 2001, at Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington.
Born Oct. 16, 1939 in Woodford County, she was the daughter of the late Gene and Ruby Redmon Haggin. She graduated from Versailles High School and attended the University of Kentucky, and was a member of the Baptist church. She was a self-employed Realtor and independent insurance agent, a former interior decorator for Klotfeltner and Johnson Architects, an employee of Faulconer Manufacturing, a farmer, and was a member of Women In Construction (WIC), the Lexington Board of Realtors, and the Experimental Aircraft Association.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Gary Faulconer and Phillip Faulconer, both of Lexington; a daughter, Donna Faulconer Crider, Concord, Calif.; five grandchildren, Allison and Brandon Faulconer, Lexington, Mandy Kay Faulconer, Irvine, and Jessica and Jennifer Crider, Concord, Calif.; an aunt, Amna Haggin Faulconer, Lexington, and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Services were conducted Monday, Aug. 6, 2001, at the Hinton-Turner Funeral Home, Paris, by the Rev. Jimmy Gayle Faulconer. Interment was in Blue Grass Memorial Gardens, Jessamine County. Casket bearers were Gary Faulconer, Phillip Faulconer, Joey Faulconer, Matt Faulconer, Dink Fannin, Honner Fannin, Sandy Redmon and Rusty Page.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice of the Bluegrass or Bedford Acres Christian Church.
Joan Howard
Joan Howard, 66, of Lexington, formerly of Woodford County, died Thursday, Aug. 2, 2001.
Born in Woodford County, she was the daughter of the late John and Agnes Howard, and the step-daughter of the late Edna Howard. She was a retired employee of Rand McNally and a member of Greater Liberty Baptist Church.
Survivors include her children, Desni Brannon, Evansville, Ind., Hosea Brannon, Cincinnati, Ohio, Lionel Brannon, Lexington, Marian Brannon Blackshear, Toledo, Ohio, Joan Brannon, Lexington, and Rodney Brannon, Louisville; her siblings, Rosetta Beatty, Lexington; Eugene Howard, Frankfort, Nan Montgomery, Cleveland, Ohio, Kenneth Howard, Capital Heights, Md., Ronald Howard, Sacramento, Calif., Harry Howard, Cleveland, Ohio; step-siblings, Mellen Levingston, Cincinnati, Ohio, Marian E. Johnson, Cincinnati, Ohio, Virgil C. Levingston, Lexington; seven grandchildren, four great grandchildren, and several generations of nieces, nephews and cousins. Three brothers, Ben, James, and John Howard, and a sister, Joyce Higgins, are deceased.
Graveside services were conducted Monday, Aug. 6, 2001, in Steele Cemetery, Versailles, by the Rev. W.L. Taylor.
O.L. Hughes & Sons Mortuary, Lexington, was in charge of arrangements.
Maudie B. Nickles
Maudie B. Nickles, 89, of Perry, Ga., formerly of Versailles, widow of Louis Nickles, died Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2001.
A native of Versailles, she was the daughter of the late James and Mary Spurgeon Brown. She was a member of St. Leo's Catholic Church, and worked for the American Red Cross and the Woodford County Historical Society.
Survivors include three sons, Paul Nickles, Perry, Ga., Michael Nickles, Frankfort, and Louis Nickles, Covington; five grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Graveside services were held Saturday, Aug. 4, 2001, at the Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort. Watson-Hunt Funeral Home, Perry, Ga., was in charge of arrangements.
Mary Smith
Mary Smith, 93, of Frankfort, formerly of Midway, widow of George C. Smith, died Sunday, July 29, 2001, at her residence.
A native of Midway, she was the daughter of the late Jackson and Elizabeth Spotnagle Rose. She was a retired bottler for National Distillery and a member of Thornhill Baptist Church.
Survivors include two grandsons, Michael Smith, Frankfort, and Brad Smith, Shelbyville. A son, George M. Smith, is deceased.
Services were conducted Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2001, at Sunset Funeral Home by the Rev. William A. Hartung. Burial was in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Woodford County.
Benjamin Truitt
Benjamin Steele Truitt, 3, of Lexington, died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2001, at the University of Kentucky A.B. Chandler Medical Center.
Born in Lexington, he was the son of James Thomas Truitt Jr. and Charlotte Lacy Truitt, Lexington.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by a sister, Katy Truitt, Lexington; maternal grandparents, Homer and Barbara Lacy, Louisville; paternal grandparents, James and Sally Truitt, Versailles; three aunts and three uncles.
A memorial service was conducted Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001, at W.R. Milward Mortuary - Southland, Lexington, by Pastor Steve Pearson. A private burial was held in the Lexington Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to Nathaniel Gift Fund, c/o Church of the Savior, 1301 Brannon Road, Nicholasville KY 40356.
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I have just returned from the 10th Annual Fairy Fair hosted by the Fairyland Trust and I can honestly say that I have never enjoyed a festival more! The sun shone through the fresh breezy wind, and the flowers and trees seemed to bloom before my very eyes. I am sure that the fairy dust sprinkled over the gorgeous site at Holt Hall must have affected me – I can't help but see the entire weekend as being washed with a hazy rosy glow and enchanting fun!
Just seeing so many children running around the grounds with their fairy wings fluttering and with the freedom to expore the wildlife safely brought a smile to my face, and that's before noticing all the wonderful eco-activities, crazy entertainment, jazzy music and magical storytelling that was going on everywhere I looked!
Luckily my Cassiefairy tutu stall was fairly central on the site, so I got to see the Maypole dancing and I particularly enjoyed the storytellers enchanting their young audience with stories beneath the old oak tree – I was laughing along with the children all day!
I met lots of fantastic fairies, scary pirates, naughty pixies and many, many parents! It was wonderful to meet new fairy friends and to spread a little Cassiefairy love! I was also running a prize draw to win a Cassiefairy Fairy Gift Box – including a custom-made Tutu, matching fairy wings, magic wand and bottle of fairy dust. The competition winner will be drawn soon, so watch out for an email from firstname.lastname@example.com!
On the main lawn at Holt Hall, the Ugly Bug Band played tuba, banjo, drums and saxophone on STILTS and entertained the parents with renditions of the Beatles and Queen classics and got the kids up dancing to country versions of Lady Gaga, Take That and following the bugs' dance moves to Blame it on the Boogie.
The walk-about entertainment was first-class too – floating giant angels posed for photographs with youngsters, stilt-walking ballet fairies danced around "on-point" and crazy shopping-trolley riding grannies raced up the main drive before rapping along to Ice Ice Baby that blared out of their boomboxes! This was officially one of the most hilarious things I have seen in years and by the look of the audience, the rest of the parents were equally delighted with this unconventional entertainment:
This was just a selection of my favourite images from my time at the Fair – hopefully these will sum up just how magical the entire weekend was for me and I hope that everyone who visited the Fairyland Trust Fairy Fair enjoyed their day out as much as I did! For more photos of the Fair please visit my Cassiefairy facebook page
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Clinton's cleanup crew
It was stunning and yet it was eerily reminiscent of the extraordinary discipline of Team Clinton.
Days before the ABC miniseries, "The Path to 9/11," was to air, they determined the network fudged in its commitment to follow faithfully the facts in the 9/11 commission report. Some scenes in the otherwise remarkable presentation were false.
And this was the angle Team Clinton needed in order to pounce. The Clinton campaign kicked into high gear in the days before it aired, with the ex-president and his lawyering aides and Democrats in Congress all pressuring ABC to dump the film.
It's important to understand that Team Clinton didn't demand the film be edited for accuracy. It wanted everything -- including all the accurate criticisms and findings -- thrown in the garbage. Clinton had his usual cleanup squad write letters to ABC chief Bob Iger demanding the $40 million movie be deep-sixed: "We expect that you will make the responsible decision to not air this film."
The usual lowlight was Bill Clinton himself, claiming he was the guardian of truth: "I just want people to tell the truth, you know, and not pretend it's something it's not." Other Clinton players were equally shameless.
CNN's Wolf Blitzer interviewed Clinton National Security Adviser Sandy Berger, who wanted it killed. "I don't think this is just a question of fixing something around the edges, Wolf. My impression is that this is a misleading film to the core. And it seems to me the only appropriate thing at this point is for ABC to withdraw the series."
Blitzer didn't note, maybe to avoid audience laughter, that Berger's last prominent act around the 9/11 commission was illegally hiding documents on himself to prepare Clinton for his (almost unnoticed) testimony.
Liberals across America cried foul, citing CBS' decision in 2003 to cancel its TV-movie called "The Reagans" in the wake of conservative pressure. They suggested conservatives were hypocrites to support pulling that film while defending this one. But there are significant differences between the two projects.
Most obviously, "The Reagans" had at its center a dangerously doltish Ronald Reagan and a witchy Nancy Reagan. By contrast, "The Path to 9/11" was not designed as a deeply personal attack on Bill and Hillary Clinton. There was no actor playing Bill Clinton in the ABC movie. He only appeared in the ABC movie in news clips, which were hardly fictional. Hillary Clinton made no appearance of any kind.
It's also obvious that Bill Clinton is alert and healthy and able to defend himself against whatever the ABC movie would suggest. At the time CBS prepared to air "The Reagans," Ronald Reagan was unable to defend himself, deep under the veil of Alzheimer's disease and just months away from death. A docudrama that created a sense that Reagan's policies were failures would have been debatable, but a movie cartooning him on his deathbed as stupid and evil was beyond the border of good taste. No such similarity existed with "The Path to 9/11."
During the fuss over the Reagan movie, the liberal media were beside themselves denouncing that dastardly thing called censorship. The New York Times even editorialized that conservatives "helped create the Soviet-style chill embedded in the idea that we, as a nation, will not allow critical portrayals of one of our own recent leaders."
So where was The Times -- and everyone else -- finding Soviet-style censorship in Team Clinton's demands that the ABC film be pulled• Instead, they sympathized with Clinton, editorializing: "One suggestion: When attempting to recreate real events on screen, you do not show real people doing things they never did." For the record, The Times was utterly silent when CBS planned to feature Ronald Reagan declaring people deserved to die of AIDS.
It should be precisely explained that in 2003, the Media Research Center sent letters to advertisers asking them simply to review the script before associating themselves with the anti-Reagan film. For a liberal, that is Soviet-style censorship.
ABC ultimately aired "The Path to 9/11," editing a minute or so out of scenes in the movie that were not historically accurate. This was the correct solution. But the full-court press from the Clintonistas clearly had an effect, too. ABC claimed the film would roll "without interruption," but broke in several times for disclaimers -- not to mention that in Washington, the local ABC affiliate ran its own disavowals.
Both segments were also followed by ABC News programs for more context (and some Clinton-pleasing spin). In the final analysis, ABC showed that it listened to both sides and stuck with its film, with added caveats. It's just too bad that Team Clinton seemed to have more rhetorical fire for ABC now than it had in its day for Osama bin Laden.
L. Brent Bozell III is the president of the Media Research Center.
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Lemon quark cheesecake
Cooking timePrep: 20 mins Cook: 10 mins Plus chilling
Skill levelEasy
ServingsServes 8
This light and luscious lemon cheesecake tastes as good as it looks
Nutrition and extra info
- kcalories
- 279
- protein
- 12g
- carbs
- 37g
- fat
- 10g
- saturates
- 6g
- fibre
- 0g
- sugar
- 31g
- salt
- 0.59g
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- Crush the digestive biscuits and mix with the melted butter. Press into the base of a 20cm springform tin. Chill to firm.
- Whisk the light soft cheese with the quark and icing sugar, then fold through zest 2 lemons.
- Soak the gelatine sheets in cold water, then melt in the juice 3 lemons over a low heat. Beat into the cheese mix, then spoon on top of the biscuit base. Chill until set.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2010
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Comments, questions and tips
These ingredients work much better, as I tried and tested after trying this one:
250g Digestive biscuits, plain or chocolate (or you can use HobNobs etc)
75g Melted Butter
600g Soft Cream Cheese (Tesco Value is perfect)
150g Icing Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Zest of 2 lemons and juice
4 Gelatine Sheets
You can change the flavour to your taste using either lemon, lime, orange, chocolate Philly! The options are endless, experiment!
Made this twice now, the first time with lemon as per the recipe, and it was delicious, albeit very tart, and very firmly set. The second time I made it with black currant puree, and only 3 sheets of gelatine. Wow, what a difference, it was sublime, and had a more pleasing wobble to it. Definitely, a favourite. On a health note, I made this with a homemade gluten free degistive base, which I baked in the cake tin (so 1 huge biscuit), so this way I was able to make it a bit healthier, as I didn't need the butter in the base.
quark is originaly a kind of cheese made from sour milk - the milk (fresh cows milk not long life milk) which went off is kept until the sour milk is settled in a glass or ceramic pots, jars and then is lightly heated (not boiled!) in a casserole, when it starts to make cheese curds you can stir it with a spatula to not to make big curds ( if you were using low fat milk it will be low fat - usually when you have fresh farm milk you take everyday the cream from it and at the end you have low fat milk when there is not anymore crust of a cream creating on the top) and then you sieve it, you can use a sheet of a cotton or flax like the cheesemakers do, and leave it until it dries a little - if you let it drain more the texture won't be so liquid like the people had some problems with it
@clairef - on the top of this cheesecake is a very thin lemon peel which is "confit" in a lemon syrup and it got it shape like it's fried in the heat of the simmering sugar


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Highmark Inc. has issued a formal offer to buy West Penn Allegheny Health System's $710 million in bond debt, a key piece of its deal to acquire the financially troubled hospital operator.
Highmark said on Friday that investors holding West Penn Allegheny's debt have until April 26 to agree to sell the bonds at a discount.
The state's largest health insurer previously reached an agreement with bond investors to buy the debt for 87.5 cents on the dollar, for a total of $620 million.
"Highmark is making the tender offer in anticipation of moving forward with its proposed affiliation with West Penn Allegheny Health System," the insurer said in a statement.
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If you purchased Coppertone sunscreen between 2006 and 2012, you may be eligible to receive a cash payment from the class action settlement.
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Google purchased the Deja newsgroup archives last month and is now running them within its own site. Despite saving the service, Google came under criticism from hardcore Deja users upset about lost functionality during the transition period.
The change came as a shock to many of those who depended on Deja and liked how it worked. Without warning on February 12, they had a completely new site thrust upon them and lost valuable features they had grown used to.
The reaction to the change was intense, to the point of the Save Deja site putting up Google logos with big crosses over them. Google, which has enjoyed near universal praise from web searchers since its launch, was suddenly being lambasted by critics out of the Usenet corner.
Lost in the fray was the fact that the alternative could have been that Deja users found nothing at all waiting for them, when trying to reach the service last month. Deja was going out of business, and the newsgroup archives could have been shut down at any time.
Consider it this way. Deja had a car that people used to drive, but the car was about to break down. Google stepped in and bought the car. That meant it had to strip out the steering wheel and remove the dashboard to do necessary work. However, knowing that people still needed to use the car, they kept it running. It didn't work near as well as before, but at least it was something. More importantly, Google said it would continue to work on the car, hopefully to make it better than before.
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Things seem to have mellowed now. Google has added some more features to the service, and perhaps there's a little more faith among former Deja users that Google will continue to improve the site.
"We just launched our improved browsing at the end of last week, so that's up, and over the course of the next few months, we want to restore all the functionality and more, including [online" posting," said Google president Sergey Brin.
In fact, Google has already stepped up its improvement schedule and expects to provide a posting ability by the end of the month. Also, an ability to search by date should appear next week, the company says. Improvements to discussion thread viewing are also underway.
Within the next six weeks, users will be able to access all of Deja's archives, which stretch back to 1995. The archives, which contain 500 million messages, are currently only accessible to the middle of last year. Contrary to some reports, this is not due to Google's takeover of Deja. Instead, this has been the case at Deja since that service did some equipment relocations last year.
Why not maintain what Deja had, until everything Google is currently working on was ready to go? Too costly, Brin said.
"Even if we could have some how kept the people who had the skills, it would have been prohibitively expensive for us," Brin said.
What Google took away from Deja's Austin data center through the Deja acquisition wasn't the preconfigured equipment and network for the service. Instead, Google literally offloaded just the raw archives themselves.
"We went down there with a bunch of disks and shipped them back," Brin said.
If Google were to do it over again, it would have tried to make the transition less painful for Deja users, to the degree possible, Brin said.
"To be fair, maybe we should have done our homework. But there wasn't time," he explained. "Basically, they were shutting down shop. We had to go quickly."
Even forewarning users that the change was coming wasn't something Google said it could do.
"If we were to do it again, I think it would have been better if we were able to somehow warn users," Brin said. "Under the negotiations, we weren't able to do that."
In the wake of the transition criticisms, suggestions have been raised that the newsgroup posts don't really belong to any particular company that archives them but rather to the authors themselves. It's an argument used to support the idea that the archives should be released to a non-profit group. Brin said that this could happen.
"Hopefully, we'll be able to get a copy to the Internet Archive," he said. "We certainly want to preserve data for the world and historians and so forth."
Brin said that the response from its users to the Deja takeover has been "overwhelmingly" positive, with the complaints coming chiefly from a vocal minority.
"There are thousands of users who were upset compared to millions of Usenet users, Brin said. But he didn't discount the worries of the smaller group. "These were heavy users, and their concerns need to be considered."
To some degree, Google may not have focused on the Deja interface itself because, coming from a search background, it saw the ability to keyword search among the data as the chief tool that needed to be maintained immediately.
"It was kind of a surprise and learning experience for us to get this negative reaction," Brin said. "I think we underestimated how much those features were used." Explaining further, he said. "I used Usenet a lot, and I just think of it in terms of your newsreader [for access and posting" and Deja just for searching."
In other words, the extent to which people were using Deja as their interface into Usenet wasn't clear. It wasn't just a newsgroup search service, for many. Instead, it was a newsgroup navigation and interaction tool. It let you get around with the system, adding your posts or following threads of interest. Losing the Deja interface for these people is like no longer being able to use Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus Mail or some other email program. Sure, you can email with some other software, but you want the one you've grown to love.
My advice is to send your suggestions to Google but also give them the two or three months they say it will take to finish making the transition. The company is unique in showing support for maintaining newsgroup archiving while others such as AltaVista and the former RemarQ have gotten out.
In other Google news, the company has launched country-specific versions for France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Sites for Japan and Korea are also in the works. For the most part, the European sites tend to do domain restriction -- pages that don't appear within the .uk domain, for example, are filtered out of Google UK results. However, Google also says other things are being done to avoid accidentally missing some relevant pages. Expect more on this, in a future follow up.
By the way, some people found that Google was redirecting them to a particular version based on their location -- some in the Netherlands and the UK were sent to Google Germany automatically, for example. Google says it is working to solve this problem. Should you end up at a country-specific version, use the "Google in English" or "Google.com" link below the search box to reach the main Google site itself.
Google has also launched a version of its service for wireless web i-mode users in Japan. More information about this service and the others mentioned can be found below.
Google Groups
You'll find newsgroup searching from Google here. Be sure to view both the Help and Advanced Search pages for tips and additional features. Links to both are next to the search button, on the home page.
Deja to Google Mappings
This page is designed to help Deja power users perform similar actions at Google Groups.
Open access challenge to Google
The Register, Feb. 22, 2001
More complaints and some suggested solutions from Deja users.
Google Groups Watch -- New Functionality
ResearchBuzz, Feb. 21, 2001
Tara Calishain half-seriously joked months ago that Google should buy Deja -- then it happened. Some comments from her on the transition and what's missing.
Deja 'Revolt' Against Google
Wired, Feb. 21, 2001
Comprehensive article on issues some former Deja users have with the transition to Google. The story leads with the suggestion that Google took a large part of the Deja archives offline. Actually, Deja had taken them offline months earlier. Covers a suggestion by "Deja Refugee" that the archives are important historical information which should be entrusted to an open source project, rather than just one company. No mention is made of the archive AltaVista once had from its own crawling or the information RemarQ maintained, until it left the newsgroup game.
Google Acquires Deja.com
Information Today, Feb. 19, 2001
Very nice history on the relationship between Usenet and Deja News, and how to many people, Deja was Usenet.
Readers Letters My Google Usenet - wrong or right?
The Register, Feb. 15, 2001
More comments primarily from very upset people over the Google Deja transition.
Deja UI too costly to save, Google boss tells Reg
The Register, Feb. 14, 2001
Google CEO Larry Page explains that maintaining the Deja interface would have been too expensive. Then there's further criticism that Google doesn't seem to understand how newsgroup searching should be conducted -- this judgment coming just two days after the launch of the developing beta web site.
Netizens blinded by 'half-assed' Google stunt
The Register, Feb. 13, 2001
Summary of initial complaints after the acquisition.
Google buys remaining Deja.com business
News.com, Feb. 12, 2001
Some history on Deja and comments from a Deja executive on the sale.
Newsgroup Searching: And Then There Was One
The Search Engine Report, Sept. 4, 2000
Discusses how Deja became the only remaining player in the newsgroup game and how even its full archives were no longer online, as of the middle of last year.
Whose Link Is It Anyway?
Wired, July 26, 2000
If Deja hadn't gone out of business, then its interface need never have changed. However, Deja came under fire when it tried to generate revenue by automatically linking product mentions in Usenet posts to commerce portions of its web site.
DejaNews, Mining Company Make Significant Relaunches
The Search Engine Report, June 2, 1999
Covers the change of the DejaNews Usenet site into Deja consumer recommendation site.
Save Deja
A home for those seeking a restoration of the former Deja's functionality at Google. News, polls and links.
Del` News
Proposed project to create an open source, distributed searchable newsgroup archive.
Usenet Replayer
When I did my last article on the demise of newsgroup searching, a reader suggested this site as an alternative. You might have more luck than I did in trying to make it work.
Internet Archive
The project makes "snapshots" of the web by crawling it on a regular basis.
Google France
Google Germany
Google UK
Google i-mode edition
Allows i-mode wireless web users in Japan to access the Google search engine and have it translate any page into a format designed for their phones.
Google to power I-mode wireless searches
News.com, Feb. 27, 2001
More details on the Google i-mode service for wireless web users in Japan. "But what U.S. carrier is going to put up a search engine that helps people go beyond what's on their menu?" asks one analyst. Well, maybe it won't be on the default screen when your cell phone offers web access, but anyone today that can reach Google manually using a cell phone already has access to a mobile-enhanced edition of the search engine. It will translate any page into a format for your phone.


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Sleep quality during euthymia in bipolar disorder: the role of clinical features, personality traits, and stressful life events
1 Department of Psychiatry, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, P.O. Box 850, Hershey, PA 17033-0850, USA
2 University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2700, USA
3 University of Michigan Depression Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2700, USA
4 Mood Disorders Clinic, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA
5 Sleep Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033-0850, USA
6 University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2013, 1:16 doi:10.1186/2194-7511-1-16Published: 13 September 2013
Poor sleep quality is known to precede the onset of mood episodes and to be associated with poor treatment outcomes in bipolar disorder (BD). We sought to identify modifiable factors that correlate with poor sleep quality in BD independent of residual mood symptoms.
A retrospective analysis was conducted to assess the association between the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and clinical variables of interest in euthymic patients with DSM-IV BD (n = 119) and healthy controls (HC; n = 136) participating in the Prechter Longitudinal Study of Bipolar Disorder. Multivariable linear regression models were constructed to investigate the relationship between sleep quality and demographic and clinical variables in BD and HC participants. A unified model determined independent predictors of sleep quality.
Results and discussion
Euthymic participants with BD and HC differed in all domains. The best fitting unified multivariable model of poor sleep quality in euthymic participants with BD included rapid cycling (β = .20, p = .03), neuroticism (β = .28, p = 2 × 10−3), and stressful life events (β = .20, p = .02). Poor sleep quality often persists during euthymia and can be a target for treatment. Clinicians should remain vigilant for treating subjective sleep complaints independent of residual mood symptoms in those sensitive to poor sleep quality, including individuals with high neuroticism, rapid cycling, and recent stressful life events. Modifiable factors associated with sleep quality should be targeted directly with psychosocial or somatic treatment. Sleep quality may be a useful outcome measure in BD treatment studies.


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Giant Cherry Oatmeal Cookies
published by TechDoc on Aug 30, 2010
Giant cherry oatmeal cookies are energy-packed, budget-friendly, easy to make, take anywhere snacks that really do travel exceptionally well. They are brilliant as a breakfast substitute for busy people on the go or to simply enjoy as a light meal along with a cup of your favorite beverage (coffee, tea, milk etc) during a coffee break.
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Giant Cherry Oatmeal Cookie Ingredients:
- 2½ Cups (1250g) of Original Porridge Oats
- 1½ Cups (195g) of Chopped Dried Cherries or Chopped Sweetened Dried Cranberries
- 11/3 Cups (200g) of Sifted Plain Flour
- 1 Cup (250g) of Softened Butter
- ¾ Cup (165g) of Firmly Packed Soft Brown Sugar
- ½ Cup (115g) of Caster Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 2 Teaspoons of Mixed Spice
- 1 Teaspoon of Vanilla Extract
- ¾ Teaspoon of Grated Orange Zest
- ½ Teaspoon of Baking Powder
- ¼ Teaspoon of Bicarbonate of Soda
- ¼ Teaspoon of Freshly Ground Sea Salt
Note: If you would rather make your own custom mixed spices for this recipe then use:
- 1 Teaspoon of Ground Cinnamon
- ½ Teaspoon of Freshly Grated Nutmeg
- ¼ Teaspoon of Allspice
- ¼ Teaspoon of Ground Cloves or Ground Cardamom
- In a large mixing bowl cream together the butter, the soft brown sugar and the caster sugar until light and fluffy
- Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract and mix well
- In another mixing bowl combine the sifted plain flour, the original porridge oats, the mixed spice, the baking powder, the bicarbonate of soda and the salt
- Once combined gradually add the dry ingredients mixture to the creamed mixture and mix well
- Stir in the chopped dried cherries and the orange zest
- Preheat oven to 1900C
- Drop dough, ¼ cup at a time, about 7cm (2¾") apart onto non-greased baking trays
- Press dough to form 10cm (4") circles
- Transfer loaded baking trays to a preheated oven and bake at 1900C for about 9 – 12 minutes or until golden brown
- Once cooked remove the giant cherry oatmeal cookies from the oven and let stand for 2 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely
- When completely cooled transfer giant cherry oatmeal cookies to an airtight container ready for serving
- These portions will yield around 1 dozen giant cherry oatmeal cookies
- Giant cherry oatmeal cookies are a great healthy anytime snack perfect for the lunch box or as energy-packed coffee break treats.
- They are also brilliant to have in the car as travel snacks to help combat road fatigue and road hypnosis and the carnage they create
- Whenever rushed and have no time to prepare a breakfast then these giant cherry oatmeal cookies are a great eat on-the-go breakfast alternative. They certainly are a hit with the kids.
- Giant cherry oatmeal cookies are great to use as components of a self-serve plate, jar or tin of mixed cookies to be eaten as a quick healthy snack or to be enjoyed in a more leisurely manner with a beverage (tea, coffee, milk, smoothie, fruit juice etc.).


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A group of five young professionals from a Vancouver-based organization called Action Canada wants the Canadian government to back the creation of a Green Bond that would guarantee a modest return on investment and assure a steady flow of money into green technologies and projects. You can read a 41-page summary of their ambitious proposal here. The group describes it as a "modern-day Victory Bond for the environment — purchased by Canadians, backed by government, managed by the private sector, and designed to accelerate the rollout of sustainable energy." They think Canadians will jump at it. "It's simple, politically sexy, and we have every reason to believe it will be wildly popular." Apparently the federal government is taking a serious look, and so they should. It has been successful in the European Union, which launched a "climate awareness bond" in 2007 that has so far raised $1.5 billion for renewable energy projects. It seems like a perfect way for people who feel powerless against a global climate menace to help fund some positive change while getting a little in return for their investment. With one caveat: it has to be managed responsibly and have enough checks and balances to make sure money doesn't flow to a select groups of companies and projects — some of them suspect — who benefit from the right political connections.


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President Obama scolds Dallas reporter: 'Let me finish my answers' Video
Yesterday's pointed questions from Dallas' own Brad Watson, senior reporter at WFAA-TV of Dallas, appeared to throw President Obama off his usual smiling style and relaxed answers, actually provoking a scold from the President.
The president appeared discomfited when Watson looked him straight in the eye and shot from the hip, "Why do you think you're so unpopular in Texas?"
"Texas has always been a pretty Republican state, for you know, historic reasons," responded Obama, then tried to make a case that since his election the balance seemed to be shifting and friendlier to liberals, even noting that he had only lost Texas by a few percentage points.
Lest Obama might get away with leaving a tall tale of a "few" being three or less, Watson reminded him that the "few" percentages points was actually a larger marjority - 10%. Obviously the correction didn't set well with Obama, and after the interview, but still on tape, President Obama made a correction of his own, chiding Watson, "Let me finish my answers the next time we do an interview, all right?"
Regardless, Obama claims he is not ready to write Texas off yet, though harsh words about Obama policies from its Lone Star governor, easily reelected Rick Perry must chaff, Obama declared, "I love Texas."
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|Bayesian meta-analyses for comparative effectiveness and informing coverage decisions.
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|PMID: 20473185 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|BACKGROUND: Evidence-based medicine is increasingly expected in health care decision-making. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid have initiated efforts to understand the applicability of Bayesian techniques for synthesizing evidence. As a case study, a Bayesian analysis of clinical trials of implantable cardioverter defibrillators was undertaken using patient-level data not typically available for analysis. PURPOSE: Conduct Bayesian meta-analyses of the defibrillator trials using published results to demonstrate a Bayesian approach useful to policy makers. DATA SOURCES, STUDY SELECTION, DATA EXTRACTION: We reconsidered trials in a 2007 systematic review by Ezekowitz et al (Ann Intern Med. 2007;147:251-262) and extracted information from the original published articles. Employing a Bayesian hierarchical approach, we developed a base model and 2 variants, and modeled hazard ratios separately within each year of follow-up. We considered sequential meta-analyses over time and found the predictive distribution of the results of the next trial, given its sample size. DATA SYNTHESIS: For the most robust of 3 models, the probability that the mean defibrillator effect (in the population of trials) is beneficial is greater than 0.999. In that model, about 5% of trials in the population of trials would have a detrimental effect. Despite the moderate amount of heterogeneity across the trials, there was stability of conclusions after the first 3 of the 12 total trials had been conducted. This stability enabled reasonable predictions for the results of future trials. LIMITATIONS: Inability to assess treatment effects within subsets of patients. CONCLUSIONS: Bayesian meta-analyses based on literature surveys can effectively inform coverage decisions. Bayesian modeling for endpoints such as mortality can elucidate treatment effects over time. The Bayesian approach used in a sequential manner over time can predict results and help assess the utility of future clinical trials.
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Posted on: October 14, 2011 12:04 pm
Time Warner subscribers can forget about NFLN
Posted by Josh Katzowitz
The NFL Network is a pro football fan's dream. It's on 24/7, and if there's not some kind of analysis show running, most of which are quite excellent, there's probably an old-school NFL Films documentary that could keep you home all day, playing hooky from work.
But the fact that it's not available in much of the country is disappointing, and considering the NFLN has been up and running since 2003, it's a rather shocking point (it just goes to show that EVERYONE has problems with the cable companies, even U.S. sports' most powerful entity).
That's highlighted by today's report by the Sports Business Journal that the NFL and Time Warner Cable cut off talks last week to bring the NFL Network and the RedZone to TWC's subscribers, and according to the SBJ, it's not looking like an agreement between the two sides will happen this year.
While the two sides have grown closer on most major issues – they have, after all, had eight years! – the companies' executives participated in a "contentious meeting" in New York last Friday that ended without another bargaining session scheduled.
It's sure to leave TWC's tens of millions subscribers heated and frustrated. But perhaps not as much as the NFL. Or as Pro Football Talk writes, "The league's network has done an incredible job creating outstanding programming, but the NFL should not own a channel available in fewer homes than MLB Network, the Golf Channel, and Speed."
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Category: NFL
Posted on: May 2, 2011 5:15 pm
Hot Routes 5.2.11: Draft viewership up AND down
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Posted on: April 20, 2011 11:37 am
Serious flaws in Thursday night schedule
Posted by Andy Benoit
Posted on: April 14, 2011 3:23 pm
Edited on: April 14, 2011 4:17 pm
Changes in the NFL Network Thursday night booth
Posted by Andy Benoit
There are changes coming in the NFL Network booth. Our friend Richard Deitsch at Sports Illustrated reports that Mike Mayock, one of the fastest-rising analysts in the business, will replace Matt Millen and Joe Theismann as the color commentator.
Mayock has earned respect throughout the league for his tireless work ethic and commitment to film study. He drew rave reviews for his work in the Saints-Seahawks wild card thriller this past January.
There are also whispers that the lovable Gus Johnson and his ALL CAPS play-by-play style could replace Bob Papa.
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Category: NFL
Posted on: April 11, 2011 8:47 pm
Mike Mayock a possibility for in-game NFLN role?
Posted by Will Brinson
There are many people who wonder why Joe Theismann and Matt Millen continually call NFL Network games. (I'm not touching this one, but suffice to say, people are curious about the choice.)
So it's not shocking to hear, per Peter King of Sports Illustrated, that the league's flagship station is considering a change at announcer.
It's also not surprising -- though it is quite exciting -- to hear that Mike Mayock is considered a potential replacement for whatever spot they might theoretically be filling in the future.
Mayock is one of the game's best analysts and has, as I've heard, developed a reputation as being one of the hardest-working and most well-prepared analysts in the business.
Mayock's star has risen tremendously with his draft coverage; while Mel Kiper might be the biggest "name" in terms draft analysis, Mayock is the favorite for many an NFL fan. (For my money, you don't do better than Rob Rang or Chad Reuter. Though I may be biased.)
Listening to Mayock call some games -- he did color for Notre Dame games on NBC last season and also called the Saints-Seahawks matchup during the playoffs -- it's no surprise why the NFL Network would consider making him one of their prominent voices for television broadcasts.
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Tags: Media, Mike Mayock, NFL, NFL Network
Posted on: November 19, 2010 12:58 pm
Edited on: November 19, 2010 1:34 pm
Deion Sanders talks Vick, McNabb, NFL Top 100
Posted by Will Brinson
CBSSports.com: I picked the Falcons to win the Super Bowl before the year -- do you think they can make a case for being the dominant team in the NFL?
Deion Sanders: I don't know about dominant. I think the win over Baltimore a week ago did a lot for their confidence and did a lot for them getting tot he next level physically and emotionally and psychologically. I don't know about dominant because the back end of their defense is not dominant -- you've got [John] Abraham who's one of the best pass rushers in the game, but when you think about dominant you think about a dominant defense.
CBS: Alright, how about Michael Vick then?
DS: Unbelievable. Can you win MVP and Comeback Player of the Year? Because right now, I think he's the frontrunner for both.
CBS: Yeah, and it's crazy because so many people passed on him for PR reasons and then so many people wanted him to be something like a wide receiver or running back …
DS: Well that was ignorant -- ignorant folks who probably have never played the game really wanted to be the first to make a stupid statement like that. How could a guy that's gone to the Pro Bowl, you say he's going to have to change his whole position? That's like saying a guy who has a knee injury and then come back and subsequently next year have another injury should change position. That's crazy -- just sitting out two years of incarceration, he's still a quarterback. Not only that, he led his team to the NFC Championship before and made a few Pro Bowls so to change positions, that's just crazy.
CBS: How much of his success -- and it's unbelievable to see how he's developed as a pocket passer -- do you put on the situation that he landed in, with Andy Reid and the Eagles?
DS: You put that on the team -- you put that on the team he plays with. How can you stay in the pocket with the Falcons when they're one of the worst offensive lines in the game? So being in the pocket where you've got not only two receivers [DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin] but maybe three receivers, because [Brent] Celek is a great alternative and one of the better tight ends in the league. Having someone to throw to in a real scheme and having confidence in his abilities, I think that attributes to his success right now. And having a year to really sit back … and I think if you asked him to pinpoint some things, I think he would tell you what a vital role Donovan McNabb played in his life. The preparation, getting ready mentally, physically and psychologically during the week as well -- I think that's the first time he saw a professional act as a professional at the quarterback position that he can identify with.
CBS: Speaking of McNabb, the details of his contract changed and it looks more favorable for Washington -- do you think he's making a mistake by leaving himself open to getting locked in with Mike Shanahan again next year?
DS: No, I don't think he's making a mistake. One thing about athletes -- you want sure money. And I think that's what he did. I think both situations lend itself to one another, because if he goes to another team, he'll still get his guaranteed money, and [the Redskins] took care of themselves at the same token. So I think both parties win.
CBS: The NFL Network recently did the Top 100 players of all-time, and for those of us who grew up cheering for the Braves and the Falcons, your ranking seemed a little auspicious -- do you think a versatile guy like yourself got kind of hosed there?
DS: The thing about it is that some people who voted in that selection process, they let personal feelings get in the way of reality. And that should never come into play. You should never let the way you feel personally about a person get into what's real about a person and what's genuine about a person as well.
CBS: On that same note, personal feelings seem to factor into the Hall of Fame discussion too -- a guy like Terrell Owens comes to mind immediately because---
DS: How can he not be in the Top 100 players? That's just crazy.
CBS: So you think it's crazy if he doesn't get serious Hall of Fame consideration?
DS: Well, he wasn't in the Top 100, so lets you know right there how they feel about him and you can't go by personal stuff, you've got to go by what they did on the field.
CBS: Alright, is this the craziest NFL season you've ever seen, between the parity and all the different storylines?
DS: No, not really. There's a lot of parity -- it's not really crazy, there's a lot of parity. And that's what you want -- you want every team to have the ability to win the Super Bowl. And it goes back to what we were saying, there's no dominance right now, like the Cowboys did in the 90's, like the Patriots did, even Pittsburgh, who won two Super Bowls out of the last few, there's no dominance right now.
CBS: Speaking of dominating, I would assume if you're working out with every day people, which I believe you're doing with EA, I would assuming you're dominating some people there?
DS: [Laughing] Yeah, I'm having a good time with the EA Sports Training Camp and it's wonderful. Not only are we getting kids off the couch, but we're getting adults off the couch and allowing them to participate and compete as well. There are over 70 drills and eight challenges in this game -- it's designed to increase your strength, power, balance and agility just to name a few areas of concern for people. It gives you a total body workout and it monitors your heart as well and I'm really happy to be one of the guys behind the scenes who helped develop this thing.
CBS: Alright, good stuff, Deion, thanks for talking to us and take it easy.
DS: Alright man, have a good one.


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Rangers get monster $3 billion TV deal
Posted on: September 27, 2010 2:06 pm
Edited on: September 27, 2010 10:09 pm
Things are bigger in Texas, and that includes TV contracts.
Days after clinching their first division title of the century, it was reported by USA Today that the Rangers have signed a 20-year, $3 billion (yes, billion with a B) extension of their deal with Fox Sports Southwest. According to baseball sources, the deal was made shortly after the team changed ownership in August.
Dallas-Fort Worth is the fifth-largest TV market in America, but this is still an enormous contract. The $150 million a year is more than three times what the Dodgers get in the No. 2 market, which is more than twice the size.
So, it looks like we can eliminate the phrase "cash-strapped Rangers" from the baseball vernacular. And with a new whale at the free-agent poker table, the outlook for Cliff Lee staying in the Metroplex looks a whole lot better.
-- David Andriesen
UPDATE : The deal is actually for 1.6 million, reports the Houston Chronicle . That comes out to $80 million a season, while the Astros get $45 million per year. No, it's not close to $3 billion, but it's still a stunning amount. -- Evan Brunell
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Since: Feb 16, 2008
Posted on: September 29, 2010 6:58 am
Rangers get monster $3 billion TV deal
Sorry redwings1969 but we're not making this up. I work in the industry and have been involved with negotiations with Fox Sports. Contracts of this length are rarely a flat amount since networks don't want to overpay in early years and teams don't want to be underpaid in later years. And regardless of the market size, there is always language that allows the network to pay less or even cancel the deal in the event the team turns out to be, well, the Rangers of the past 15 years. BTW, this deal turned out to be about half what USA today reported.
Since: Jun 25, 2009
Posted on: September 28, 2010 1:37 pm
Rangers get monster $3 billion TV deal
A lot of teams spend money whether it comes from television or not. Not many of them are "powerhouses." A "flash-in-the-pan," maybe. Rangers biggest problem will remain keeping pitchers that want to pitch in that ballpark in that heat.
No. None of the teams you're talking about can spend money year in and year out because it's way too risky for them. They can occasionally do so but not often. The difference with the Rangers is they can now spend more money then they used to every single year and know that if they occasionally fail they don't put their business at risk. I'm not saying this is bonus money that won't matter to them but it's a lot different then other owners that go downhill for years if they screw up once.
Finally, one more thing. Going into this year Baseball American ranked the Rangers as the number 1 minor league system in all of baseball. Say what you will and believe what you want but Baseball America is pretty credible. Combine their great farm system with an extra 50 or 60 million on their payroll and you've got a pretty damn good team.
Remember, the Rangers aren't the Nationals. They are a very good team, an excellent organization that already has some great talent. Throw in lets say an extra 50 million per year plus some great prospects hitting their stride along the way and boom, you've got a contender.
People on this thread are very negative about this.. i find that kinda funny actually. What is it? Jealousy? Stupidity? What's wrong with you people.. there is nothing negative about this new tv deal for the Rangers and can only help them contend, it will never hurt them.
Since: Sep 17, 2006
Posted on: September 28, 2010 10:06 am
Rangers get monster $3 billion TV deal
Where is it written that cash makes for a "powerhouse?" Outside of the Yankees, I'd say just about no one.
Really? Ok. When is the last time anybody but the Yankees had a tv deal of that size? Exactly... never.
A lot of teams spend money whether it comes from television or not. Not many of them are "powerhouses." A "flash-in-the-pan," maybe. Rangers biggest problem will remain keeping pitchers that want to pitch in that ballpark in that heat.
Since: Jun 25, 2009
Posted on: September 27, 2010 11:30 pm
Rangers get monster $3 billion TV deal
did they the farm to buy a cow? This deal is for 20 years! This deal is great for now, but what will the landscape look like in 10-12 years? sell
You make a lot of sense and on the surface it looks risky, but here's why I don't believe it is. If ever team had great tv deals and everybody competed that way then yes, it wouldn't be a great deal because others would do much better in 10 or 12 years. The reason it doesn't matter how long the deal is because it's almost like bonus money.. as stupid as it sounds. With the exception of the Yankees nobody comes close and most teams get almost nothing and will most likely continue to get nothing. So really, in that sense they are only competing with themselves. So is it risky on their part? Yeah, it is. But since they aren't competing with 90 percent of the teams out there the landscape in 10 or 12 years probably won't matter. If the money is worth half as much in 12 years ( highly doubtful) they are still much better off then 90 percent of the teams out there.
Since: Nov 8, 2009
Posted on: September 27, 2010 10:25 pm
Rangers get monster $3 billion TV deal
This definitely is a terrific fix for the Rangers to get some cash to spend, but did they sell the farm to buy a cow? This deal is for 20 years! This deal is great for now, but what will the landscape look like in 10-12 years? It was not even 29 years ago when CBS refused to match Fox's offer of 1.5 billion for NFC games, but less than 10 years later paid more than twice that to get the AFC. This could end up being a bad deal for the Rangers years from now, but I do understand taking what you can get. They just need to keep a competitive product on the field to justify it.
Since: Jun 25, 2009
Posted on: September 27, 2010 10:16 pm
Rangers get monster $3 billion TV deal
Where is it written that cash makes for a "powerhouse?" Outside of the Yankees, I'd say just about no one.
Really? Ok. When is the last time anybody but the Yankees had a tv deal of that size? Exactly... never.
Since: Oct 3, 2006
Posted on: September 27, 2010 8:06 pm
Rangers get monster $3 billion TV deal
All they have to do is take the field and they get $150M a season? 1 playoff appearance every 10-12 years and they get $150M, just for allowing cameras to record their games and have them broadcasted? Why even sell tickets? They could payroll $120M, drop $15M for expenses and split the rest up with the group - with an empty stadium. This seems way out of line - I am a firm believer it would easier to sell ads for the Dodgers than it would be for the Rangers. On top of that, they aren't even that good this year. The Mariners, Angels and A's all suck and they play 81 games in that homer tunnel. Cliff Lee has sucked since he got there, compared to his previous life @ Safeco, Citizens and Jacobs. I don't know - sounds like the new owners presented some guaranteed ad buyers to me - probably with similar length contracts. Hope Fox is prepared - every new contract is going to cost them 2-300% more. And I wouldn't guarantee a large growth for MLB interest either...we are still in a recession, the product is saturated with mediocre talent, the prices and salaries continue to go up and there is no cap to govern growth and an equal playing field. Just like ARoid's Texas Ranger contract might have the dumbest in pro sports history, this Fox TV contract may be the dumbest in sports broadcast history.
Since: Aug 24, 2006
Posted on: September 27, 2010 7:55 pm
Rangers get monster $3 billion TV deal
This is a very entertaining team to watch. Hell, I watched most of their games even when they were completely uncompetitive and I'm not some huge baseball guru. The fact that they are winning now and it's a young team with a great future...I can see how they can be worth this much. Not to mention people in the south don't have a lot of options for good baseball...unlike the the #2 market (Dodgers), as noted in the article.
Since: Jan 6, 2008
Posted on: September 27, 2010 7:40 pm
Rangers get monster $3 billion TV deal
The Yankees don't develope their talent within, they go out and by big names and big contracts that are already developed. I do agree with the solid leadership part of your statement.
Since: Mar 1, 2008
Posted on: September 27, 2010 7:20 pm
Rangers get monster $3 billion TV deal
Glad to see it. One less organization to complain about the Yankees and Red Sox buying titles. Now the Rangers have no reason not to go out and do the same. If they don't spend the money and get the players, they have no one to blame but themselves


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Republican presidential candidate said he would "absolutely" support a constitutional amendment to establish life as beginning at conception.
I think the mystery speaker should be Robert Duval. He'd give Romney a big boost.
It's really sad that Bloggers can dig up the truth where our Mainstream Media seems to fail. Meet Chef Olive Chase of the Famed Priorities USA. No wonder she couldn't be reached for comment: http://www.wickedlocal.com/barnstable/fun/entertainment/dining/x228952458#axzz24q1x6q6d
Mormon Mitt and Roman Catholic Ryan would steer us back to the Middle Ages. They'll take gov't out of the areas it should be in, and insert it into the areas where it doesn't belong. Just you wait.
@ worried, did you have the same 'worries' with the current president and vice-president in the election of 2008 ?
The "surprise speaker" may well be Sarah Palin. I hope n pray.
Romney's approval rating was 61% when he became governor of Mass. He had a 36% approval rating when he left.
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