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Bland-Altman plot showing level of agreement between technical replicates for natural log transformed RPKM D. simulans biological replicate 3. On the Y axis is the difference between technical replicates and on the X axis is the average between technical replicates. Green lines are the average of all differences +/- 1.96 (standard deviation of the differences). The red line is drawn at zero. The blue line is a loess fit. The discrepancy between technical replicates is a function of the estimated expression level. The horizontal line is drawn at an average coverage per nucleotide of 5. Bland-Altman plots for all the remaining comparisons among technical replicates are in Additional file 11.
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A cataract is a dense, cloudy area that forms in the lens of the eye. It develops at a slow rate and eventually interferes with your vision. You might end up with cataracts in both eyes, but they usually don't form at the same time. Cataracts are common in older people. Over half of people in the United States have cataracts or have undergone cataract surgery by the time they're 80 years old, according to the National Eye Institute.
Age-related cataracts are divided into three types, depending on their location. Nuclear cataracts form in the middle of the lens and cause the nucleus, in the center, to become yellow or brown. Cortical cataracts are wedge-shaped and form around the edges of the nucleus. Posterior capsular cataracts form faster than the other two types and affect the back of the lens.
Congenital cataracts, which are present at birth or form during a baby's first year, are less common than age-related cataracts. They occur in roughly one in every 10,000 infants, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. This type of cataract does not always have symptoms and can be removed if it interferes with the baby's vision. These cataracts can develop if the mother has an infection or uses drugs or alcohol while pregnant.
Secondary cataracts are caused by disease or medications. Diseases that are linked with the development of cataracts include glaucoma and diabetes. The use of the steroid prednisone and other medications can sometimes lead to cataracts.
Traumatic cataracts develop after an injury to the eye, although it can take several years for this to happen.
Radiation cataracts can form after a patient undergoes radiation treatment for cancer.
Cataracts begin when proteins in the eye form clumps that prevent the lens from sending clear images to the retina. There are several underlying causes:
Risk factors associated with cataracts include:
People with diabetes and those who have been exposed to radiation from X-rays and cancer treatments are also at higher risk.
Common symptoms of cataracts include:
Your doctor will perform a comprehensive eye exam to check for cataracts. This will include an eye chart test to check your vision at different distances and tonometry to measure your eye pressure. The most common tonometry test uses a painless puff of air to flatten your cornea and test your eye pressure. Your doctor will also put drops in your eyes to make your pupils bigger. This makes it easier to check the optic nerve and retina for damage with a magnifying lens. Other tests your doctor might perform include checking your sensitivity to glare and your perception of colors.
Non-surgical treatments for cataracts include stronger eyeglasses, magnifying lenses, and sunglasses with an anti-glare coating. Surgery is necessary when cataracts prevent you from going about your daily activities, such as reading or driving. It is also performed when cataracts interfere with the treatment of other eye problems. More than two million cataract surgeries are done in the United States annually, according to the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center. One surgical method, known as phacoemulsification, involves the use of ultrasound waves to break the lens apart and remove the pieces. Extracapsular surgery involves removing the cloudy part of the lens through a long incision in the cornea. After surgery, an artificial intraocular lens is placed where the natural lens was.
Cataracts can interfere with daily activities and lead to blindness when left untreated. Although some stop growing, they do not get smaller on their own. The surgical removal of cataracts is a very common procedure and is highly effective roughly 90 percent of the time, according to the National Eye Institute.
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The Britannia was minted for the first time in 1987, as the first European bullion coin. It is issued by the British Royal mint in four weights. In 1987, the annual production of the one ounce coin had an absolute maximum of 92,000 pieces. Today, its market share is around one percent.
The Britannia Coin possesses, like the Sovereign and Krugerrand, a fineness of 917, corresponding to 22 karat. Until 1989 the coin consisted of a coper alloy of 1/12. After that, it was changed to a copper-silver alloy which resulted in a color change from red to yellow. The coin is issued in four sizes: 1 ounce, 1/2 oz, 1/4 oz and 1/10 oz. In 1987, the first year of issue, 92,000 one-ounce coins were minted.
The coin's edge is reeded. The front depicts the minting year, weight in ounces, and of course Britannia, the female personification of the island. Until 2000, the coin shows the "Standing Britannia Design" with shield, helmet and trident, conceived by Philip Nathan. Since 2001 the design of Britannia has been changed every odd year. In 2001 the new design showed "Britannia with a Lion", 2003 "the Head of Britannia" and in 2005 "Sitting Britannia". The reverse side shows Queen Elisabeth II and the coin's face value of 100 British Pound for the one ounce coin.
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Information security is becoming stronger, cheaper and available on more devices thanks to an emerging generation of encryption technologies. Military and industry engineers are developing a variety of hardware- and software-based encryption systems, ranging from self-encrypting drives to biometrics.
The new technologies are arriving just in time to help the military keep pace with new financial and security concerns.
Big data and the pervasiveness of mobile devices in and around the battlespace have resulted in huge challenges for those trying to encrypt military communications, said Cedric Leighton, a retired Air Force colonel who, until 2010, was deputy director for training at the National Security Agency.
Brad Curran, an aerospace and defense analyst with the research firm Frost & Sullivan, said that the military is increasingly turning to commercial sources for its encryption needs.
Traditionally, you just go from comm center to comm center, or covered radio net to covered radio net, he said. Now theres this ubiquitous use of mobile devices and cloud computing, and it drives the military more toward using commercial technology.
Shrinking military budgets are leading to the pursuit of commercial off-the-shelf encryption systems, Curran said.
The [Defense Department] is finding that its going to be a lot cheaper to go to a commercial technology than to develop it on their own, he said. Plus, theyre always going to be behind the power curve on technology changes and efficiency, so they want to work with commercial companies to leverage the heavy lifting that theyre doing.
Legacy systems
The NSA-developed KG and KIV families of devices, with their roots firmly planted in 1990s-era technologies, continue to be the militarys mainstay encryption systems. Yet to keep pace with evolving needs, even these venerable devices are gradually being updated and improved.
KIVs and KGs continue to evolve, so I wouldnt say theyre going away, said Felipe Fernandez, a systems engineer at Fortinet Federal, a DoD security technology provider.
Digital data, once the province of the KG-84 family, is now encrypted primarily by the KIV-7, Leighton said.
As we move to systems that rely less on microwave shots and more on fiber-optics, you will see systems like the KIV-7 morph or disappear, he said.
The KIV-7 is a compact, embeddable version of the KG-84 encryption device, which was developed in the mid-1990s by AlliedSignal to meet the militarys need for secure data communication links. The KIV-7 was manufactured by Mykotronx |(currently SafeNet), as a COTS technology.
The types of encryption used by the military vary, to some extent, by mission and service.
For example, over the past decade or so, U.S. strategic forces ... have been working on upgrading the encryption of their communications, Leighton said. In the Navys case, the KG-38 is being replaced by KIV-17 circuit modules, based on the commercially available VMEbus.
Self-encrypting drives
While KIV and KG devices continue to be widely used, DoD is also looking toward making encryption technology readily available in a wider number of locations. Self-encrypting drives (SEDs), an emerging generation of hard disk and solid-state drives featuring built-in cryptographic engines, are increasingly seen as a fast, cost-effective and practical solution for an increasingly mobile military. The units are designed for easy installation inside various types of mobile devices, as well as desktop computers and servers.
While SEDs have become more prevalent, and most manufacturers today offer drives with the capability, the first attempts at a management standard did not work well enough to get widespread enterprise adoption, said Bob Stevens, senior director of federal operations for security software developer Symantec. Until a clear standard that works consistently across all drive manufacturers [becomes available], SEDs will not see widespread adoption as more than a point solution, even with the speed advantages offered by these devices.
SEDs also lack the Type 1 security compliance offered by KIV and KG devices.
SEDs are becoming more widely used within the military, but so far only for whats known as sensitive but unclassified data, Leighton said. SEDs are not yet permitted to handle truly classified information.
Fernandez, however, expects SEDs to become more secure.
SEDs are definitely gaining ground, he said. It may only be a short time until SEDs are mandated in most systems.
Biometric encryption
While showing significant promise, biometric encryption, which merges biometric data such as a fingerprint or iris scan with encryption algorithms to create a two-factor authentication platform, has yet to be widely adopted by the military.
Biometric encryption is certainly increasing from a physical security standpoint, Fernandez said. However, it has not found the diversity that some would have hoped.
Leighton believes that biometric encryption deployment may be driven by a growing need to restrict access to highly sensitive information.
Although biometric data is being collected at an accelerated rate, there is no en masse adoption of biometric encryption yet, he said. It will be interesting to see if the revelations by [accused NSA leaker] Edward Snowden, and the recent announcement by the director of NSA to drastically curtail the number of system administrators, will result in more of an effort to adopt biometric authentication and encryption mechanisms.
Quantum leap
On the cutting edge of military encryption is quantum cryptography, which uses the principles of quantum mechanics to help secure communications.
Quantum encryption definitely has real-world potential, Leighton said. There are some vulnerabilities to a system that relies on detecting a single photon in order to make it work, but efforts are being made to create single photon detectors and, if they work, that could mean that some data could be encrypted two orders of magnitude faster than is the case using conventional techniques.
Fernandez, however, is skeptical about quantum encryptions suitability for field-oriented applications.
The need for quantum repeaters still limits implementation on a large scale, he said.
Curran wonders whether quantum encryption isnt already graining traction in areas that are hidden from the general public.
We as citizens cant see it, but perhaps in the classified realm, in the black world, they may be using some of that, he said.


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Vick Named Eagles Starting QB? Unbelievable
by Lee Russakoff | September 22, 2010 at 5:36 PM | General, NFL, Philadelphia, Sports
Andy Reid and the Eagles shocked a city last night. Hell, they shocked the entire sports world. Michael Vick is the starting quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles – this Sunday and for the foreseeable future.
Remember all that talk about Kevin Kolb being the Eagles' guy? Remember how Andy & Howie & Joe & Jeff (shirt idea! Contact Birdland, I want half the profit) repeatedly told us how excited they were to give Kolb a chance? Remember how they shipped the other franchise quarterback out of town just to make way for Kevin? Remember when I said they needed to stand by their decision?
Forget all that. None of that matters today. Today, Vick is their guy. Today, Vick is the messiah.
"I'm obviously here to announce that Michael Vick will be the starting quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles," Reid said at his press conference yesterday. "I think his play has even exceeded expectations over the last two weeks. This has nothing to do with Kevin Kolb's injury. … This is more about Michael Vick and his accelerated play. He's sitting there as possibly the hottest quarterback in the National Football League at this time and deserves an opportunity to play."
Accelerated play? Vick played a half against a Packers team that had one NFL-caliber cornerback on the field and zero chance to game plan for him, and one game against a team one season removed from the worst year of any franchise in NFL history.
Did Vick excel in those six quarters? Of course. He was great. Were those six quarters against questionable competition enough to give up on your self-anointed QB of the future? Apparently so.
If you look at the last two games in a vacuum, going with Vick makes sense. He did more with his opportunity than Kolb did with his (even if Kolb's opportunity was nonexistent).
But Reid has been telling us all along he isn't looking at this in a vacuum. He's been telling us over and over again that Kolb – if given the chance – has the potential to be one of the great QBs in the league.
So why the change? What about the future? What about Kevin Kolb?
"Kevin Kolb has done a phenomenal job for us here and the future of Kevin Kolb is not slighted by this one bit," Reid said. "He has an opportunity, obviously, to be, what I would consider, a franchise quarterback and deserving of so. … [This move] allows Kevin to continue as a young quarterback in the National Football League, his maturation process, and, again, to become a franchise quarterback in the future."
I'm just shocked he got through that without a spit take.
Allows Kevin to continue his maturation process? Seriously? That's what you're going with?
Well hey, I guess if telling a kid he's your guy for three years and then benching him after 10 throws doesn't put hair on his chest, nothing will. Next they're going to trade him and claim "it's best for Kevin Kolb because he deserves a chance to start in this league." Umm, wasn't that chance supposed to be in Philly?
To anyone paying attention over the past eight months, this is insane. On Sunday, Kolb was Andy's guy. Not just for this year, but for the next decade. Today, after outplaying Shaun Hill in Detroit, Vick is the savior? Really?
Sorry, Andy. None of this passes the smell test. If you really believed Kolb was on pace to be the next Aaron Rodgers, there is no way you make this move. You don't mortgage your entire future for one year of a QB with a history of accuracy issues – especially if you are playing that season with a team that has no realistic shot at winning a Super Bowl.
That's why when Reid says this has nothing to do with Kolb, you can't believe him. Since he was handed the starting job, Kolb has been lackluster at best. At no point – in the preseason or in the first half against Green Bay – has he done anything on the field that warranted the organization's faith in him.
The Eagles insisted they weren't worried about him. They insisted Kolb was the guy. They were lying.
The Eagles are concerned Kolb will never "get it." They're concerned Kolb is more of a Roy Rogers than an Aaron Rodgers. They have to be for this to make any sense.
Oh, they won't tell you that. But half-truths and 180-degree turns is what the Philly brass does best.
For two months in the offseason, McNabb was the Eagles' starting QB for 2010. For the next six months, Kolb was the starting QB for 2010 and beyond. Today, Vick is the guy.
I used to complain that Andy made an effort to say nothing at his press conferences. But maybe saying nothing was better than repeatedly misleading all of us.
Fickleness. Irrationality. Double talk.
You expect all of the above from a fan base.
You don't expect it from a head coach and an organization. Not one that thinks of itself as the gold standard for the entire league (sorry Jeff, I couldn't help myself).
At some point, an organization that goes back on its word – to its players and its fans – is going to have a credibility problem. At some point, we'll all stop believing them.
Donovan got to that point years ago. Kolb is facing that reality today. Vick? He's on cloud nine right now. But for how long?
"Michael Vick is playing out of his mind right now," Reid boasted. "And that's a beautiful thing. What a lucky franchise and a lucky head coach I am to have two quarterbacks that I feel that way about. I mean it's unbelievable."
Unbelievable. I couldn't have said it better myself.
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The E-Mediat program team was thrilled to conduct the New Media for the Networked NGO Networking Conferences led by social media expert and E-Mediat curricula designer and trainer, Beth Kanter. Ms. Kanter, along with participating organizations, in-country Leadership Teams and regional experts, discussed advanced new media topics as well as showcased the impressive work of participant organizations during the conference. The E-Mediat NGO Networking Conferences included opportunities for formal and informal networking amongst all attendees.
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The Presidential Colloquium: Big Promise from "Small" Science — How Nanotechnology will Change our Lives, is to be presented on Sunday, March 28, from 2 p.m. - 5:40 p.m. The colloquium will examine the promise and impacts of nanotechnology and nanoscience. It will also look at concerns over potential dangers and limitations of this evolving field.
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text: By MARK HAZELWOOD T-G Sports Writer WEST SALEM With the crowd on its feet and cheering at the sight of blue uniforms, the Northwestern Husky football team took the field for its first home playoff game with fireworks being set off behind the field house while the marching band played the school alma mater. Unfortunately, the home team that had provided so many fireworks all season long offensively was unable to offer up an encore to the fireworks show to start the game. The Crestview Rebels used a defensive effort that was unmatched to the Huskies during their 10 regular-season opponents, as they forced six turnovers from a Northwestern team that had committed just 16 turnovers for the entire season. "No doubt they are a great football team," Crestview coach Paul Cusick said. "But we felt they were real comparable to the teams we faced all year. We saw offenses that threw a lot at us with multiple formations and multiple threats, so for us it was the way we had prepared before. It wasn't anything new for us out there." Cusick also thought his team had some motivation to force turnovers coming into the game. "Everyone let us know all week how many turnovers they created and what their turnover margin was," he said. "I think our defense took a little pride tonight, and said we have a good defense too, and we can force some turnovers as well, and we did." The Huskies never were able to get untracked in a number of areas, as they entered the game with 323 yards of offense per game, but managed just 220 yards against the Rebels. Quarterback Kaleb Reed averaged 9-of-11 passing for 144 yards during the regular season with just four interceptions in 10 games, but was limited to 13-of-24 passing for 127 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions. Mike Redick caught 53 passes for 853 yards and 10 touchdowns in the regular season, but was held to just three catches for 30 yards. Redick's catches did not come until inside the final four minutes of the second quarter, and in the last six minutes of the fourth quarter. "They did exactly what we expected defensively," Northwestern coach Mike Thut said. "They lined up in the same defensive front we expected, and got after it like we thought they would. They were creeping over and doubling Mike (Redick), and we were trying to hit our other guys and they made some catches and made some plays for us, but just not enough of them." The other receivers Thut referred to were Shane Spies, who had three catches for 56 yards, and Shawn Roberts, who had three catches for 22 yards and a touchdown. The Huskies also had great success running the ball throughout the season, averaging 173 yards per game as a team, but were held to just 93 yards in the loss, as Reed was sacked four times for a loss of 42 yards to hurt that total. Travis Morris finished with 86 yards and a touchdown on 12 attempts, but just two carries for seven yards in the second half. Excluding the sacks, Reed picked up 44 yards on five attempts. "They run a lot of plays at you offensively, which became even bigger when we kept turning the ball over," Thut said. "Everything comes back to those turnovers. I thought early in the game, we were doing a good job of holding them in check, but we did a poor job on offense with turnovers and our special teams. "Those areas had won us a lot of games during the season, and tonight, they didn't perform as well as they had all season." n Contact Mark Hazelwood, sports writer, at 419-281-0581, ext. 255, or email@example.com.


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As of Wednesday, June 12, 2013
© Copyright 2015 Newton Citizen
Big yellow means big bucks in the Newton County School System, and based on what happens at the public monthly meeting of the BOE on June 25th taxpayers may be throwing more money at what has become for some NCSS officials a very long ride home.
At the May 21 public meeting of the Newton BOE, system officials offered mounting concerns over "extreme fights" on buses departing Ombudsman alternative school.
Originally sold to the public as two distinctly separate centers on polar ends of the county, Ombudsman actually wound up housed in a single facility on Bypass Road.
And $113,731.20 taxpayer dollars, or $2,644.91 per student, currently supply transportation for 43 students.
How much would taxpayers spend if system enrollment of 19,000 is multiplied by the amount lavished on students unable to ride their regularly assigned route because they refuse to behave? The math looks something like this: $2,644.91 x 19,000 = $50,253,290, a full one-third of the total general fund budget for NCSS, the largest employer in town.
These massive costs due to bad behavior are not sustainable for a system facing a daunting general fund ending balance in fiscal year 2015 of $1,881,986 (3.19 days of operating expenses).
Eliminating Ombudsman transportation does not penalize students for whom misbehavior may be a manifestation of a disability; this issue is about students who simply choose to behave badly, are given second-chance bus rides on the backs of taxpayers, yet insist on making the ride home a road for perdition for bus drivers, system officials and law enforcement.
Some argue taxpayers should fund a bus monitor at an additional $24K, bringing the average cost per student to $3,186, an increase of $558 per Ombudsman student.
But anecdotal data show adult monitors make little difference.
On May 1, an Ombudsman driver called for assistance and two NCSS officials rode the entire bus route with students. The next day, May 2, a school resource officer had to file a juvenile complaint on an unruly student. Exactly two weeks later NCSO responded to a fight at the Jack Neely bus stop at 6 p.m. The May 1 adult baby-sitters proved no panacea for aberrant behavior.
Since January students have cursed drivers, threatened to hit drivers, engaged in fights, departed the bus through inappropriate exit doors, made terroristic threats, possessed drugs and littered county roads with trash thrown from windows.
NCSO, EMS, Covington Police, Newton Medical, ambulances and 911 have all been involved in the costly ride home otherwise known as an Ombudsman bus route.
Since the inception of Ombudsman in Newton, more than 53 serious bus incidents -- requiring law enforcement in excess of 15 times -- have been chronicled.
The state does not allocate funds for transportation for alternative schools and systems are not required to fund it.
After all, what equitable monetary amounts are going to kids who follow the rules? I can't find those figures anywhere.
Jeff Meadors has served in elected and appointed positions in education and may be reached at email@example.com
NoSPLOST 2 years, 5 months ago
Meadors also opposed spending more than 10K on a supe search but they wasted that money too. How much was spent in DC was it 2K last year reported by this paper? You all got snowed on SPLOST.
SaveEastsideHigh 2 years, 5 months ago
He was also the only one who was telling the truth on the SPLOST language. It clearly stated a canvas had been done that indicated an "urgent necessity" for a "replacement high school." You show me an urgent necessity for that with enrollment dropping in NCSS. He tells the truth. They hate it. Oh well.
ThePublicGood 2 years, 5 months ago
TheUpside 2 years, 5 months ago
Is it true that they never delivered the two sites is because Dennis Carpenter was in charge and a lot of other things like lawsuits were on the radar then? Did we really ever need an Operations manager at that level I hear the new superintendent is not going to fill that job. Thanks Mrs. Fuhrey for saving that salary for taxpayers.
Covingtonian 2 years, 5 months ago
Haven't agreed with Meadors on much but I do on this issue. It should be the parents responsibility to get their mis-behaving children to and from the school. This might cause them to start parenting because it will become an inconvenience to them. There should be a strict limit on suspensions, when three are reached during a childs school career they should be put out permanently no matter their age and put in a reformatory until they graduate mandatory classes for twelve years. If I have to support their unproductive behinds better in a cage so that children who want to learn will be able to do so. Their parents should be made to pay for their upkeep by taking a portion of their payroll checks or from their welfare assistance.This madness has to stop.
Chambermaid 2 years, 5 months ago
Im very proud of you Covingtonian actually agreeing with Meadors. Wow. You used to think he was the Devil...........
Yes it should be parents job to take their misbehaving children to school. I agree
Satan69 2 years, 5 months ago
Well well well look who it is the blog patrol is back in town. Nice to see you again Covingtonian.
Nice article Meadors.
@ Covingtonian most of the children nowadays seem to need a cage, because they are to far out of control. Theyr need to be stricter punishment on suspensions period.
Yallneedprozac 2 years, 5 months ago
All these kids need stricter punishments. They need to learn that suspensions aren't vacations. So sad. If the children got treated like they were suspended then they might actually act different, not text all day and play their Xboxes. Just what kind of parenting is that.
dennistay53 2 years, 5 months ago
Great article Mr Meadors.
John 2 years, 5 months ago
Good work Mr. Meadors. This is another example of where our tax dollars (SPLOST or otherwise) should not go. Have not heard or seen in writing what the positives of this Ombudsman program has been - a real & honest report card is overdue. Possibly I have missed them or it was a vrey short story published on the back page. But I am aware that these students can stay in the NCSS until they are 21 and with the right birthday almost 22 - unless they are under the custody of another NC office.
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1And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
2And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
3And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
4And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
5And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
6And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
7And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
8And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
9When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
10And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
11And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
12And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
13And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
14And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
15And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
16And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
17And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
19And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
20And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
21And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
22And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
23And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
24And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
25And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
26Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
27And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
28And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
29And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
30For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
31And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock.
32I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
33So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
34And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
35And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
36And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
37And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
38And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
39And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
40And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
41And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
42But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
43And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
1cernens autem Rahel quod infecunda esset invidit sorori et ait marito suo da mihi liberos alioquin moriar
2cui iratus respondit Iacob num pro Deo ego sum qui privavit te fructu ventris tui
3at illa habeo inquit famulam Balam ingredere ad eam ut pariat super genua mea et habeam ex ea filios
4deditque illi Balam in coniugium quae
5ingresso ad se viro concepit et peperit filium
6dixitque Rahel iudicavit mihi Dominus et exaudivit vocem meam dans mihi filium et idcirco appellavit nomen illius Dan
7rursumque Bala concipiens peperit alterum
8pro quo ait Rahel conparavit me Deus cum sorore mea et invalui vocavitque eum Nepthalim
9sentiens Lia quod parere desisset Zelpham ancillam suam marito tradidit
10qua post conceptum edente filium
11dixit feliciter et idcirco vocavit nomen eius Gad
12peperit quoque Zelpha alterum
13dixitque Lia hoc pro beatitudine mea beatam quippe me dicent mulieres propterea appellavit eum Aser
14egressus autem Ruben tempore messis triticeae in agro repperit mandragoras quos matri Liae detulit dixitque Rahel da mihi partem de mandragoris filii tui
15illa respondit parumne tibi videtur quod praeripueris maritum mihi nisi etiam mandragoras filii mei tuleris ait Rahel dormiat tecum hac nocte pro mandragoris filii tui
16redeuntique ad vesperam de agro Iacob egressa est in occursum Lia et ad me inquit intrabis quia mercede conduxi te pro mandragoris filii mei dormivit cum ea nocte illa
17et exaudivit Deus preces eius concepitque et peperit filium quintum
18et ait dedit Deus mercedem mihi quia dedi ancillam meam viro meo appellavitque nomen illius Isachar
19rursum Lia concipiens peperit sextum filium
20et ait ditavit me Deus dote bona etiam hac vice mecum erit maritus meus eo quod genuerim ei sex filios et idcirco appellavit nomen eius Zabulon
21post quem peperit filiam nomine Dinam
22recordatus quoque Dominus Rahelis exaudivit eam et aperuit vulvam illius
23quae concepit et peperit filium dicens abstulit Deus obprobrium meum
24et vocavit nomen illius Ioseph dicens addat mihi Dominus filium alterum
25nato autem Ioseph dixit Iacob socero suo dimitte me ut revertar in patriam et ad terram meam
26da mihi uxores et liberos meos pro quibus servivi tibi ut abeam tu nosti servitutem qua servivi tibi
27ait ei Laban inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo experimento didici quod benedixerit mihi Deus propter te
28constitue mercedem tuam quam dem tibi
29at ille respondit tu nosti quomodo servierim tibi et quanta in manibus meis fuerit possessio tua
30modicum habuisti antequam venirem et nunc dives effectus es benedixitque tibi Dominus ad introitum meum iustum est igitur ut aliquando provideam etiam domui meae
31dixitque Laban quid dabo tibi at ille ait nihil volo sed si feceris quod postulo iterum pascam et custodiam pecora tua
32gyra omnes greges tuos et separa cunctas oves varias et sparso vellere et quodcumque furvum et maculosum variumque fuerit tam in ovibus quam in capris erit merces mea
33respondebitque mihi cras iustitia mea quando placiti tempus advenerit coram te et omnia quae non fuerint varia et maculosa et furva tam in ovibus quam in capris furti me arguent
34dixit Laban gratum habeo quod petis
35et separavit in die illo capras et oves hircos et arietes varios atque maculosos cunctum autem gregem unicolorem id est albi et nigri velleris tradidit in manu filiorum suorum
36et posuit spatium itineris inter se et generum dierum trium qui pascebat reliquos greges eius
37tollens ergo Iacob virgas populeas virides et amigdalinas et ex platanis ex parte decorticavit eas detractisque corticibus in his quae spoliata fuerant candor apparuit illa vero quae integra erant viridia permanserunt atque in hunc modum color effectus est varius
38posuitque eas in canalibus ubi effundebatur aqua ut cum venissent greges ad bibendum ante oculos haberent virgas et in aspectu earum conciperent
39factumque est ut in ipso calore coitus oves intuerentur virgas et parerent maculosa et varia et diverso colore respersa
40divisitque gregem Iacob et posuit virgas ante oculos arietum erant autem alba quaeque et nigra Laban cetera vero Iacob separatis inter se gregibus
41igitur quando primo tempore ascendebantur oves ponebat Iacob virgas in canalibus aquarum ante oculos arietum et ovium ut in earum contemplatione conciperent
42quando vero serotina admissura erat et conceptus extremus non ponebat eas factaque sunt ea quae erant serotina Laban et quae primi temporis Iacob
43ditatusque est homo ultra modum et habuit greges multos ancillas et servos camelos et asinos
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Totally cool - sorry I can't say any more - I'm too busy sitting here feeling inspired by you're awesomeness!
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I really like the family vacation thing!!!
I can't wait to see more!
Amazing work, as expected, the toned piece of mind numbingly well done, I don't have any crits or anything, but I enjoy what you post. Thanks, keep it up. =]
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gkrit, I'm flattered =) Thank you.
rubbadub, thanks. It's a style I'm comofortable with so it's a good thing people like it.
The7Artist7, hey - feel free to be inspired, no need to find faults thanks man.
chuck18mp, thank you!
Hyptosis, thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying it.
DANKA, thanks man.
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A few character sketches inspired by Herrera's Sketchbox2 I just got, and my entry to our 2nd local challenge: "Super Human".
Great character sketches! I love the fat lady. She has tons of character (in addition to weight) to her! The colored piece is nice. Some noise might make the picture look richer, such as textures on walls and stairs. Some markings on the stairs would be nice since they are so close and so in-focus. Keep posting!
I really like the Super Man!!!
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Wow this is awesome. I like the style. Nice variety of work! Keep posting!
Nightblue - thanks! You're absolutely right, textures is something I'm really struggling with, and I need to learn how to work them into my stuff.
chuck18mp, thanks a lot!
Pixie Bergman - thank you very much.
My entry for CHOW#124 - 24th Century Space Smuggler.
Awsome I am definitely voting for you in the chow!!
wow, great chow sheet! beautiful colors and not to forget a cool copilot.
awesome entry!
Awesome work, realy
Seeing this pic i laugh my ass off xDDD
I like the mix of beautiful inspiering Drawnings and realy funny stuff
D@niel - thanks man! I love your entry. Beatiful rendering and cool characters.
monotony - thank you!
Pelly - thanks! Glad you like =)
My entry to our local weekly challenge, this time: Winter Dragon.
Oooo some real nice concepts here. You have skills, and you know how to put them to use. I respect that. Your colours are good, though a bit bland, but that comes with working at it. I really love the personality you bring into your characters. Bravo!
ooooooh the last one is wonderfull !
you have a super style, keep it up
Love those character sketches in post #127, very nice!
Loved your entry to CHOW this week, got one of my votes! Keep the stuff coming you have a really fun clean style.
those monkeys are great!
Love this SB. Real inspirational!
Wow Aviv, you. are. killing it! Really pro work
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Beautiful stuff!!
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Winter dragon rocks. Nice work man.
Mischeviouslittleelf - Thanks so much for the kind words =)
Vorace - Thanks man!
Quinn Simoes - Thank you, I really enjoyed drawing them.
Miles - thanks for the words and the vote! I appreciate it.
chuck18mp - thank you =) They're actually from the first post, I think.
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Here's the entry for this week's local challenge, "Urban Sorcerer". The words immediately threw me to a world of gaming and roleplaying, so I chose a playing card layout. Now I really wanna play something
wow nice works!! i like your style!!
I love your character design so much!
The chow #124 is awesome. The only crit is about that yellow stroke, I'm not sure, maybe it's too systematic...
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i could kick an eggs ass if i wanted to
Churamhija and Clochette - thank you both!
A few random character sketches, a gift for my cousin, a 360 turn for the sprite challenge and a "Mechanic Centaur" for the weekly challenge I'm running in my blog. Thank god for challenges.
Yes indeed! cool stuff
you take courageous steps with your art madam'
beautiful emotions you put into your work
Stunning sketchbook you got here. When I first looked at it, your style reminded me to a certain extent of Disney, but as I looked further, your style grew to so much more. Your designs and characters are so much more accomplished, yet retain the beautiful and vivid colour work with simplicity of lines. Simply wonderful to look at. I would really like to see how your comic progresses (if you can post it), I would be willing to buy it on the merits of this sketchbook alone.
I'll check back in with your talented self later on. *subscribed*
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One Last Burst of Optimism?
11:34 AM MDT | March 29, 2010 | By SIGMUND FLOYD
In the past month, US and European shares staged an impressive recovery off their lows of early February. On March 16, the S&P 500 followed the Nasdaq's lead to break out to a new post-crisis high at 1159, 74% above its crisis bottom. Public participation in the US market is increasing according to several measures. The rally in commodities off the lows of Q4 2008 is also picking up again, with key industrial commodities (copper, nickel, aluminum, tin, gold, silver, platinum, oil) back above their 50-day moving averages and at or near double-tops. Comparing prices in US dollars for copper, oil and gold at end Q1 2004 with current prices, copper was at approx. $1.3/lb vs. $3.37 today, oil was at $35/barrel vs. around $80 today, and gold was at $420/Troy oz vs. $1110 today. Thus, the US dollar has lost more than half its value compared to the corresponding period of the last recovery (Bull Markets beginning in March 2003 and March 2009). The implied inflation rate in dollars based on these three commodities is a mind-boggling 17%/year over this 6-year period.
In short, following a brief hiatus, exuberance about global economic recovery seems to be bursting through once again, inflation bogey notwithstanding. However, the odd man out is China – the Shanghai stock market, after spending a brief period above its 200-day moving average after Chinese New Year, fell back below that key benchmark on March 4. On March 16, the US Federal Reserve announced it will continue to maintain interest rates low for an "extended period", leaving the language of its policy statement unchanged. The Fed has been playing a massive game of chicken with its counterpart, the People's Bank of China – despite growing concerns about the CPI, which reached a 16-month high in February, it will be difficult for the Chinese Government to raise rates as long as the Fed maintains its easy-money stance, as by doing so it would create additional upward pressure on the Yuan from undesired global "hot money". Not surprisingly then, the Fed's reiteration of its policy boosted Chinese shares by around 2%.
The high-stakes drama that is playing out between China and the US on the Renminbi carries hazards for both sides. The reality, which seems to be recognized neither by the US Administration and its acolytes nor by the minority party, is direct pressure will fall on deaf ears. In a recent Op-Ed piece the influential liberal economist and 2008 Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman called for a temporary 25% US import tariff if China fails to take action. However, if the US were to act on this prescription, it would in all likelihood trigger a global currency crisis. In reality, China must engage in a very difficult balancing act to revalue the RMB without causing a meltdown in the already vulnerable dollar. Instead of being politely requested to cooperate in a coordinated bilateral move (which might have a chance of working, but appears to be politically impossible for partisan-dominated Washington to initiate) China is annoyed to find itself instead being roundly castigated for what it sees as a major contribution to stability of global financial markets.
Notwithstanding the current optimism in Western markets, it is difficult to accept the view promoted by the Obama Administration that the US is on a stable recovery trajectory capable of sustaining a multi-year Bull Market – the favorable comparisons with 2004 seem likely to end fairly soon. While forecasting is always risky, we find ourselves solidly in the camp of those like Nouriel Roubini who see a high probability of a double-dip recession: too much structural damage has been done to the US economy in the form of permanent layoffs and foreclosures for "natural healing" – all that is being offered by the criticism-sensitive Administration - to work. Judging by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's comments last Sunday, it seems "Uncle Wen" thinks so too – he explicitly warned the Chinese people to be prepared for such an event.
As we indicated in our February commentary, over the past year or so, the Chinese stock market has been a reasonably good barometer for the health of the global economy - or at least global stocks. It is hard to imagine a global Bull Market in which China doesn't even participate, let alone lead - yet its behavior in the first month of the Year of the Tiger has not been very encouraging - barely up 1% from its pre-Chinese New Year close and still down 7% for 2010. If the Chinese market can't pull out of its doldrums soon, we would incline to the view that perhaps after one more round of highs global markets will see a reversal in the coming months, confirming a well-known Wall St. adage: "Sell in May and Go Away."
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Sidney Harman passed away and suddenly everyone wants to discuss the future of Newsweek. The elder businessman was a champion for the cause, but the magazine is losing money (and its last issue had only six ads). The question is whether Harman made provisions for the future of the book in his will. If not, his family may decide to pull the plug. Meanwhile, former Newsweek editor-in-chief Jon Meacham is now penning cover stories for Time, and Jonathan Alter moves to Bloomberg View...
The Associated Press snags former ABC News president David Westin as president and CEO of News Licensing Group, which will work with content and data from the AP and more than 1,000 digital publications. Elsewhere at the AP, union members say mass layoffs could start soon if the News Media Guild does not accept management proposals within the next few days... Pilar Guzman, the new editor-in-chief of Martha Stewart Living, recruits Yolanda Edwards as editor-at-large. The pair previously worked together at Cookie where Guzman was EIC and Edwards served as her travel and lifestyle editor...
ABC cancels One Life to Live and All My Children as part of its effort to move away from the struggling genre. Brian Frons, president of daytime, says "the strongest will survive" when it comes to soaps. All My Children -- which moved to Los Angeles in an effort to remain solvent -- will continue through September 2011, while One Life to Live will stay around until January 2012...
Does CNN want to give Soledad O'Brien another show? That's the rumor, as she shot a second pilot in the Piers Morgan Tonight studio that featured interviews with subjects including Donald Trump and Malcolm X's daughter... Bill Moyers will not be returning to PBS because the network cannot find a time slot for its long-serving host... Anderson Cooper, on the other hand, lands a home for his Anderson syndicated talk show...
Mike Mayock joins the NFL Network booth for Thursday Night Football. Joe Theismann and Matt Millen are out, which will undoubtedly please hardcore NFL fans (assuming there is a league next season). SI.com hears Gus Johnson may be the new play-by-play guy as the network considers options other than two-year incumbent Bob Papa... Jalen Rose will return to ESPN on April 16. He's been suspended since word of his DUI arrest came to light...
Facebook lands a huge hire, snagging Ji Lee from Google to be the company's first creative director. The social media giant also brings on Vadim Lavrusik as journalist program manager. He will be in charge of building relationships with news organizations... Matt Freeman steps in as global chief innovation officer at McCann Erickson. He had been CEO of Tribal DDB... And there are changes at Google, UsMagazine.com and more...
April 15, 2011: Vadim Lavrusik has been named journalist program manager at Facebook. He had been community manager at Mashable. (VentureBeat)
April 15, 2011: Kurt Bardella has been named communications director at The Daily Caller. He had been spokesman for Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) (FBDC)
April 15, 2011: Sadie Stein has been named contributing editor at The Paris Review. She will continue to be fashion and arts correspondent and editor at Jezebel. (FBNY)
April 15, 2011: Jonathan Alter has been named columnist at Bloomberg View. He had been columnist at Newsweek. (FBNY)
April 15, 2011: Brian Sullivan has been named anchor at CNBC. He had been anchor at Fox Business Network. (TVNewser)
April 15, 2011: Connell McShane will join Imus in the Morning. He will continue to co-anchor at Fox Business Network. (TVNewser)
April 15, 2011: Spencer Bailey has been named assistant editor at Surface. He had been editorial assistant there. (mb)
April 15, 2011: Winston Binch has been named partner, chief digital officer at Deutsch LA. He had been partner, managing director at Crispin. (AgencySpy)
April 15, 2011: Matt Freeman has been named global chief innovation officer at McCann Erickson. He had been CEO at Tribal DDB. (AgencySpy)
April 15, 2011: Byron Miranda has been named weekend weathercaster at KNBC in Los Angeles. He had been chief meteorologist at KGTV in San Diego. (TVSpy)
April 15, 2011: Geoff Fox has been named meteorologist at WTIC in Hartford. He had been meteorologist at WTNH in New Haven. (TVSpy)
April 15, 2011: Andrea Browne has been named online editor at Kiplinger.com. She had been Web producer at Washingtonpost.com. (FBDC)
April 15, 2011: J. Taylor Rushing has been named reporter at Capitol News Connection. He had been Senate reporter at The Hill. (FBDC)
April 15, 2011: David Westin has been named president and CEO at News Licensing Group. He had been president at ABC News. (TVNewser)
April 15, 2011: Kate Bolduan has been named Congressional correspondent at CNN. She had been general assignment reporter at the D.C. bureau there. (TVNewser)
April 15, 2011: Brooke Anderson has been named co-anchor at The Insider. She had been an anchor and entertainment correspondent at CNN. (TVNewser)
April 15, 2011: Tony Harris has been named presenter at Al Jazeera English. He had been anchor at CNN. (TVNewser)
April 15, 2011: Lisa Rosenberg has been named president at Euro RSCG Worldwide. She had been director at Porter Novelli's global brand marketing practice. (PRNewser)
April 15, 2011: Marian Salzman has been named CEO of PR operations in North America at Euro RSCG Worldwide. She had been president there. (PRNewser)
April 15, 2011: Rachel Lyn Honig has been named COO at G.S. Schwartz. She had been managing director there. (PRNewser)
April 15, 2011: Peter McKillop has been named EVP of financial communications at Edelman. He had been director of global communications at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (PRNewser)
April 15, 2011: Jose Lambiet has been named executive editor at Radar Online. He had been editor at The Palm Beach Post's gossip column. (NYPost)
April 15, 2011: David Perel has been named editor-in-chief at Star. He had been editor at Radar Online. (NYPost)
April 14, 2011: John Oldakowski has been named Midwest manager at SHAPE. He had been account manager at Reader's Digest Home & Garden Group. (mb)
April 14, 2011: Aleksandrs Rozens has been named editor at Bloomberg. He had been editor-in-chief at Investment Dealer's Digest. (mb)
April 14, 2011: Siung Tjia has been named creative director at Bloomberg Markets. He had been creative director at ESPN The Magazine. (mb)
April 13, 2011: Kyle Welter has been named account coordinator at Google. He had been community manager at Young & Rubicam. (mb)
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(WASHINGTONTIMES) — While other members of Congress are hosting gun-control advocates for Tuesday's State of the Union address, Rep. Steve Stockman has given one of his visitor's gallery tickets to Ted Nugent, the conservative gun-rights supporter.
"I am excited to have a patriot like Ted Nugent joining me in the House Chamber to hear from President Obama," Mr. Stockman said in a statement announcing the choice. "After the address I'm sure Ted will have plenty to say."
After the Connecticut school shooting rampage last year, Mr. Obama announced he would push for major changes to the country's gun laws, and he is expected to renew that call in his Tuesday speech.
To add pressure, gun-control supporters in Congress have decided to invite victims of gun crimes to sit in the galleries.
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The Beltran Track
Posted By Greg Prince On October 24, 2013 @ 5:03 pm In 1 | Comments Disabled
Carlos Beltran made a great catch look routine in the first game of the World Series. Then he had to leave because he hurt himself in the process [1]. How much he can be expected to play in the remaining three to six games is a matter best left to trainers, doctors and conjecture until he takes some swings and sees how he feels. (UPDATE: He's playing in Game Two.)
That's about as Beltran a set of facts as one could conceive. The man makes things look far easier than they are; absorbs the blows nobody quickly comprehends; reaches a new pinnacle in his career; finds himself in dangerous day-to-day territory regarding his availability to continue scaling this peak experience; and, as a throwback of sorts, his team loses without him [2].
The 2013 Cardinals are no 2009 Mets at this stage of their postseason, though they at nearly full-strength appeared about as discombobulated as the Beltranless bunch [3] we grimly cheered on when it was without Carlos, the other Carlos, Jose and David for a dizzying spell but chock full of Wilson Valdez and Jeremy Reed. The Red Sox were already well on their way to grounding the Redbirds Wednesday night when Beltran took three away from Boston and one for the team. But losing Carlos made the seven-run defeat almost incidental.
Granted, I say that as someone whose only Cardinal rooting interest in this is what goes on Carlos Beltran's spare ring finger. I'm sure actual St. Louis fans are pretty upset about an 8-1 Boston thrashing and 0-1 Series deficit. I'll let you know when I'm worried on their behalf. In the meantime, I take selective solace in the idea that if Beltran's rib contusion confines him to exactly one moment in the World Series spotlight, it came on defense.
Carlos Beltran is a defensive genius. That's a title that's normally reserved for your Bill Belichick types as they're working their way up the coordinating ladder, yet in 45 years of watching Mets baseball, I've never seen an outfielder so flat-out knowledgeable about fly balls, their journeys in progress and their ultimate destinations. Before his knees began to go, you didn't necessarily notice the head because the legs moved so well. But the smarts were coaching the speed all along. There was no more spectacular example than the night at Minute Maid Park when the whole of Carlos knew exactly what it was doing as he homed in simultaneously on a long fly and a steep hill [4]. The result was pure poetry [5]. It dazzled a little more than most of Beltran's glovework, a state of affairs attributable to his ability to disguise the extraordinary as ordinary.
You watch the David Ortiz grand slam he reduced to a sacrifice fly [6] and you see someone who is not fazed by how far the ball is traveling because he knows what he's doing out there. He tracks a ball as if he's equipped with state-of-the-art GPS. The reach over the fence should be a bigger deal — he robbed Big Papi of three RBIs! But it's just what this guy does. He didn't have to dazzle because he had the route mapped out in advance and also the patience to pull over to side of the road of his mind and check the mental map before he drove too far off in the wrong direction. If a leap or a dive was required, Carlos would have leapt or dove. It wasn't necessary. A slight adjustment was what he needed to make. Like the best coaches in football, he made it in order to get the ball back.
Did he have to sustain a poke to the ribs while committing grand theft baseball? Harold Reynolds demonstrated on MLB Network what made the catch painful. The right fielder managed to impale himself between sections of the Fenway fence [7]. Beltran's radar isn't perfectly calibrated to avoid personal calamity. Give him a chance to come back, though, and he'll probably figure a way around that, too.
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[1] he hurt himself in the process: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/after-robbing-grand-slam-st-louis-cardinals-outfielder-carlos-beltran-exits-with-injury?ymd=20131023&content_id=63280540&vkey=news_mlb
[2] his team loses without him: http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=331023102
[3] as discombobulated as the Beltranless bunch: http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2009/06/22/swoon-for-the-mischbegotten/
[4] he homed in simultaneously on a long fly and a steep hill: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5T_WGR0q8I
[5] pure poetry: http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2007/07/08/carlos-beltran-king-of-the-hill/
[6] watch the David Ortiz grand slam he reduced to a sacrifice fly: http://wapc.mlb.com/play?content_id=31171729&topic_id=63106348
[7] impale himself between sections of the Fenway fence: http://wapc.mlb.com/play?content_id=31173599
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NFL can't understand why the union hasn't agreed to HGH testing
In January, Major League Baseball announced it would start randomly testing players for HGH, and soon after that, NBA commissioner David Stern said he wanted HGH testing for his league by next season.
Though the NFLPA is apparently on board with testing the NFL's players -- union executive director DeMaurice Smith said as much the day after MLB made its announcement -- the league and the union have not agreed on how to implement such a test.
On Thursday, Adolpho Birch -- the NFL's senior vice president of law and labor policy -- had a chance to talk with reporters at the NFL combine, and he clearly is not pleased with the delay in implementing the test. Particularly since the NFLPA has said it has an issue with the potential appeals process.
"It's hard to understand what it is about the [appeals] system that they're saying they need that we have not made a proposal on," Birch said, via the Washington Post. "It is clear that in response to the recent set of issues raised, we put forward a proposal that addressed every one of the stated concerns that they had concerning the appeals process."
As you probably remember, blood-testing for HGH was agreed to by both parties in the CBA that ended the lockout before the 2011 season. But for various reasons, the testing hasn't happened yet.
"It's just enough," Birch said. "We've been through this for two years now. … There is absolutely no reason for this to have taken this long and us not have testing implemented. We should have been more than a year into this by now."
In the past, the NFLPA has requested a population study to determine how effective HGH testing is and how it will affect NFL players who are much bigger than those in the regular population. The biggest issue, though, might be the NFLPA's lack of trust toward the league.
"It's pretty obvious that there's a gap in what would be a reasonable amount of trust ..." union leader Domonique Foxworth said last week. "There've been a number of events to lead players to believe they cannot trust the league.
"There was a bridge beginning to be built and then there were some recent events that kind of broke that bridge again."
Responded NFL spokesman Greg Aiello: "Since 2011, the union has spent most of its time backing away from its commitments. Whether on old litigation, HGH, or commissioner discipline, the NFLPA has consistently looked backwards.
"Trust is a two-way street. If the union wants to work together to build a better, safer and even more popular game, we extend our hand in partnership and respect. If the union wants to stir up old grievances and create mistrust, we will simply have to do the best we can to serve the interests on the fans, players and the game."
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Tyler James Williams Biography (1992-)
Born October 9, 1992; raised in Yonkers, NY; father, a police sergeant; mother, Angela Williams (a singer and songwriter). Addresses: Agent: Jeffery Gill, Jordan, Gill and Dornbaum Talent Agency, 1133 Broadway, Suite 623, New York, NY 10011.; Manager: Mollo Management, 1143 West Broadway, Hewlett, NY11557.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor
- Birth Details
- October 9, 1992
- Yonkers, New York, United States
Famous Works
- Television Appearances
- Series
- (As Tyler Williams) Voice of Bobby, Little Bill (animated), Nickelodeon, beginning c. 2000
- Tyler, Sesame Street (also known as Canadian Sesame Street,The New Sesame Street, Open Sesame, Sesame Park, and Les amis de Sesame), PBS, beginning c. 1996, some sources cite 2002
- (As Tyler Williams) Chris Rock, Everybody Hates Chris, UPN, 2005-
- Awards Presentations
- Himself, The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, CBS, 2005
- Episodic
- Guest, "Kids Say the Darnedest Things," Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 1993
- Kyle McGovern, "Parts," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU and Special Victims Unit), NBC,2005
- Guest, Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (also known as Ellenand The Ellen DeGeneres Show), syndicated, 2005
- Guest, Jimmy Kimmel Live, ABC, 2005
- Guest, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, CBS, 2005
- Guest, The Oprah Winfrey Show (also known as Oprah), syndicated, 2005
- Appeared as Jason Green in an episode of The Practice, ABC; also appeared in episodes of Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's "Saturday Night," Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC.
- Pilots
- (As Tyler Williams) Chris Rock, "Everybody Hates the Pilot," EverybodyHates Chris, UPN, 2005
- Film Appearances
- (Uncredited) Guest at party, Two for the Money, Universal, 2005
- Voice of first blue teammate, Ant Bully (animated), Warner Bros.,2006
- Voice of Tommy, Yankee Irving (animated), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2006
Further Reference
- New York Daily News, October 6, 2005
- Philadelphia Inquirer, September 22, 2005