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|ENGINE AND PISTON - Any one or more members of an engine, that is, a piston, a cylinder head and a valve, has a wall face disposed face-to-face to a combustion chamber, and the wall face is coated by a heat-insulation coating film. The heat-insulation coating film includes a heat-insulative layer formed on a surface of the wall face, and an inorganic-system coated-film layer formed on a surface of the heat-insulative layer. The heat-insulative layer includes a resin, and first hollow particles buried inside the resin and exhibiting an average particle diameter being smaller than a thickness of the heat-insulative layer. The inorganic-system coated-film layer includes an inorganic compound.
|ENGINE AND PISTON - An engine includes a cylinder block having a bore, a piston fitted into the bore so as to form a combustion chamber and to be able to reciprocate, a cylinder head for closing the combustion chamber and having valve bores communicating with the combustion chamber, and valves for opening and closing the valve bores. A heat insulating coating is applied on a wall face of at least one of the piston, the cylinder head, and the valves and facing the combustion chamber. The heat insulating coating includes resin and a plurality of hollow nanoparticles embedded in the resin, smaller in diameter than a thickness of the heat insulating coating, and smaller than or equal to 500 nanometers in size.
|Sliding Member Coating Composition - There is provided a sliding member coating composition for forming a coating on the surface of a sliding member, which contains a binder resin, abrasion inhibiting members, and a solid lubricant as needed. The shape of the abrasion inhibiting members is a panel shape having an aspect ratio of 5 to 100 expressed by average particle diameter/average particle thickness, and has an average particle diameter of 15.0 μm or smaller and a Moh's hardness of 6 or higher. The content of the solid lubricant can be set to 0 to 15 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the binder resin, and the content of the abrasion inhibiting members to 1 to 100 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the binder resin. The solid lubricant may not be blended. The abrasion inhibiting members are preferably aluminas. According to the sliding member coating composition in the present invention, even when being exposed to severe frictional conditions for a long time, preferable lubricity can be guaranteed.


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Seymour Duncan is set to offer its Whole Lotta Humbucker to players worldwide. The pickup is based on Duncan's personal experience in the '70s, when he worked at the Fender Soundhouse with artists like Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and many others. "I liked to rewind (more…)
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PRS' L.A. Showroom To Go Full-Time
PRS Guitars will open its Los Angeles showroom on a full-time basis beginning March 1. Located at the CenterStaging facility in Burbank, the showroom will extend its artist relations' efforts by offering musicians the opportunity to try various instruments in its intimate studio environment. "We value the relationships we have with our artist endorsers and […]
Eastwood Guitars Searching for World's Ugliest Guitar
Eastwood Guitars is launching a find the "World's Ugliest Guitar" contest, with the winning entry to be re-created in a limited-edition run. Eastwood is gathering opinions with an interactive voting system at facebook.com/EastwoodGuitars1. This page offers a choice of eight of the world's "most extreme (more…)
Surreal Amps Preps Two New Models
Surreal Amps is offering two new models; the Surreal LC 100 is a single-channel amp with a stripped down circuit and aesthetic, while the Classic² 18 Watt is a 6V6/18-watt version of the company's Classic amp. Both are hand-wired at Surreal's headquarters in California, using (more…)
Reverend Guitar Set For Cancer Society Raffle
Reverend Guitars and Naked Body Guitars have collaborated on a custom-finished instrument that will be raffled for charity April 28. The Reverend Warhawk II is painted to match a 1967 Mustang being sold to raise money for The American Cancer Society (more…)
Dan Toler, Guitarist in Great Southern, ABB, Passes
Dan Toler, former guitarist for the Allman Brothers Band, Gregg Allman Band, and Dickey Betts' Great Southern, died February 25. He was 65 and had been battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Toler started playing guitar at age 12, (more…)
GFS Pickups Introduces REDactive Pickup System
GFS Pickups' REDactives are low-impedance noiseless pickups with internal preamplifiers. Each is voiced for each position and each position has a custom-voiced preamp. The system is available with a solderless installation kit. Learn more at www.guitarfetish.com. (more…)
Morris "Magic Slim" Holt, Chicago Blues-Guitar Legend, Passes
Morris Holt, the blues singer and guitarist known onstage as Magic Slim, died February 21 at a hospital in Philadelphia. He was 75 and had been battling various health issues including bleeding ulcers. A contemporary of fellow post-war electric-blues legends including Muddy Waters and (more…)
Buddy Miller
Miller takes a number of risks here. First, he enlists six guest vocalists, not counting wife Julie, with whom he's recorded a number of duo albums. Second, the repertoire consists mainly of country standards associated with everyone from Eddy Arnold to Lefty Frizzell to (more…)
Framus, Warwick Carbon Neutral
Framus and Warwick have been determined to be carbon-neutral in production of their instruments. The term is based on the "CO2 footprint" concept, which allows companies to compensate for their CO2 output (and make adjustments to minimize it) by supporting environmental-protection projects ranging from construction of wind energy plants to water treatment and reforestation projects. Warwick-Framus […]

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|" Social Media: The Big Disappointment: IF you follow the rules" ISE by Scott Klarkowski
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Hard Hittin' Promotions Presents Feb. 18 Aquino-Evans Title Clash
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (January 28, 2012) - Love will be scarce when Meriden's Danny Aquino and Coy Evans of Philadelphia get it on in a post-Valentine's Day affair, topping Hard Hittin' Promotions' six-fight extravaganza February 18 at the Lion's Den in Middletown, Conn.
The eight-round headliner, presented by promoter Jacqui Cartelli, is for the UNBC super bantamweight title, pitting Aquino (9-1, 4 KOs) against the swift-fisted Evans (10-0-1, 2 KOs), who looks to keep his unblemished resume intact against one of Connecticut's fastest-rising prospects. The 22-year-old Aquino is riding a four-fight winning spree, last toppling Jason Rorie over four rounds on Dec. 16, while Evans last pitched a six-round shutout over Felipe Almanza last January.
Date night continues with the undefeated Edwin Soto (7-0-2, 3 KOs), the rangy New Haven welterweight, who squares off with power-punching William Correa (8-5, 8 KOs) of Yauco, Puerto Rico in a schedule 6-round co-feature.
Luis Rosa, the popular super bantamweight from New Haven, puts perfection on the line against the dangerous Jason Rorie (6-15-2, 3 KOs) of Winston-Salem, N.C. Rosa (9-0, 5 KOs) dominated Harvey Murray in October with a lopsided decision victory at Foxwoods Casino.
In a four-round battle, Stamford light heavyweight Ahmad Mickens (1-1-1, 0 KOs) looks to rebound from a September setback with a showdown with Worcester, Mass. slugger Scott Domenech (1-1, 0 KOs).
Meanwhile, New Haven lightweight Oscar Bonilla (1-0, 0 KOs) plans to punctuate on his debut triumph over Corey White last June in a four-round bout with Ivan Hernandez (0-1, 0 KOs) of Buffalo, N.Y.
The card will also showcase unbeaten Kevin Cobbs (2-0, 1 KOs), also known as "The Vermont Bully," in a four-round cruiserweight test with an opponent TBA.
Doors open at 6 p.m. with the first bout schedule for a 7 p.m. start. Tickets for the event, which are priced at $75 (ringside) and $35 (general admission), can be obtained by contacting The Lion's Den at
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Danny Aquino (9-1, 4 KOs) Meridian, Conn. vs. Coy Evans (10-0-1, 2 KOs) Philadelphia, PA for UNBC super bantamweight championship, 8 rounds
Edwin Soto (7-0-2, 3 KOs) New Haven, Conn. vs. William Correa (8-5, 8 KOs) Yauco, Puerto Rico, welterweights, 6 rounds
Luis Rosa (9-0, 5 KOs) New Haven, Conn. vs. Jason Rorie (6-15-2, 3 KOs) Winston-Salem, N.C., super bantamweights, 6 rounds
Ahmad Mickens (1-1-1, 0 KOs) Stamford, Conn. vs. Scott Domenech (1-1, 0 KOs), Worcester, Mass., light heavyweights, 4 rounds
Oscar Bonilla (1-0, 0 KOs) New Haven, Conn. vs. Ivan Hernandez (0-1, 0 KOs), Buffalo, NY, lightweights, 4 rounds
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Drake and Rihanna get close in the long-awaited clip for the MC's single, "Take Care," as shown in video stills that surfaced Monday (March 12).
Reigniting their on-screen chemistry, the two chart-toppers are seen holding each other before a blank backdrop. Simplicity seems to be the focus, as the duo sport plain wardrobes in the black-and-white images.
ThisIsRNB.com, which first leaked the images, revealed that the clip also features a "group of muscular male performers acting out tribal dance scenes" as well as shots of various animals moving in beat to the Jamie xx-produced tune.
News of such a minimalistic and artsy clip isn't all that surprising, as director Yoann Lemoine revealed to MTV News, "They seemed to be super close and that's what I wanted for the video. Visually, it's a very humble video. … It's not crazy. It's actually the most indie video I've done my whole life. It's probably the most famous artists, and they were so open to a project that was so minimal."
Lemoine isn't the only one who had high expectations for the visual, but also Drake himself. Back in December, Drizzy Drake admitted that he wanted the clip to be the best of his video catalog. "I want to make it perfect — the best video I've done to date — so I'm just taking my time," he said.
"Take Care" serves as the duo's first video collaboration since Rihanna's "What's My Name?" where the pop darling takes a stroll through New York City and embarks on a flirty venture with Drake.
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I wanna start a petition to make faction packs permanent in the shop!
My reasons for this are as follows:
1) Faction packs are a great way for beginners to start learning deck construction based on the cards that can be accrued in the faction pack. Especially since there is a limit of 3 of one card. This is especially beneficial for beginners to start dabbling in other spheres because of the smaller card pool, and many players don't have to wait for the next resurgence of faction packs in order to complete a file.
2) Faction packs are also very cost efficient for players who don't heavily spend gran on a fixed ratio. Faction packs are also very beneficial to the creation of certain new deck metas. ie: Pixies.
3) New faction packs can also be created to spice up the game more, and thus increase sales for said faction packs.
4) Faction packs are also a great way for card collectors to specifically pin point the card they desire in the respective card pool, as opposed to doing more monotonous and riskier attempts to net said card. Said attempts include: half boxes, lottery and booster packs.
5) If faction packs were made to be permanent in the store, in theory, it enables lower level players or new players to get cards specific to a deck type. ie: Pixies, lawtia rush. By doing so, new players are able to burst out of the starter deck shell, and attempt to create more meaningful strategical decks.
6) Faction packs, based on history, have been shown to only last a set period of time. Players may generally fluctuate in and out of the game, I know I have, and may miss such temporary sales. Conversely, we can see that prebuilts are still in the store to this day. Upon their entry, they costed 500g each, and then being raised in price to 1500g. By doing so, although the price is increased, it still provides players the chance to purchase one or more of these prebuilt files. However, because faction packs are removed from the store altogether, it provides less options for players in this game to gain cards as opposed to more monotonous and riskier attempts as said above.
7) Therefore, I hope that Alteil admins/event staff do take a look at this post, because by making faction packs a permanent addition to the store can really do nothing but benefit Alteil and the players.
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EH is back!" So ran the ad copy for the Electro-Harmonix Corporation in the early 1980s. By that time, the company had been in business well over 10 years and their extensive line of affordable, innovative effects pedals were standard issue for (more…)
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February 5, 2013
From the Swampyville Gazette!
Swampyville's - Your the Poet!
Fill in the below blanks with the following words or use your own words.
Blows, consent, content, fright, knows, loud, shroud, sight.
A Tall Tales Winter! By L. Don Oliver
The sun is shinning bright, With a warming delight, In a Winter of our _; No thought of the North, Summer apparel we sport, Of this we willingly _;
Snow clouds are building, A warm front is shielding, From the frozen ___; Pine trees begin scowling, To the Northeast they are bowing, From the screaming wind's _;
The tree line once standing, Is no longer commanding, The pleasures of it's __; The disappearance of it's form, That once came with each morn, Leave's only feelings of ___;
What's bad for the Drake, Maybe good for the Snake, But, no one really __; We still have to defend, On what reality sends, After a destructive wind __;
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2011 World Superbike
Due to a high-speed crash during the warm-up lap for Sunday's race 1 in Misano World Superbike, Jonathan Rea sustained multiple injuries that will prevent him from racing in this weekend's Aragon WSBK round.
2011 World Superbike
It was another Althea-Ducati weekend of World Superbike at Misano as Carlos Checa doubled there.
The Spaniard has now won eight out of 12 races (six rounds), and leads the championship by 72 points over the reigning WSBK Champion, Max Biaggi (Alitalia Aprilia).
2011 World Sueprbike
From the time the 2011 World Superbike grid got onto the Misano Circuit in San Marino Friday, two riders were in a heated battle for the top slot: current WSBK leader Carlos Checa and reigning WSBK Champion Max Biaggi.
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Following Monza World Superbike, the Althea Ducati team went right back to work, conducting two days of testing at Misano Tuesday and Wednesday.


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Unwanted visitors to the Venetian Village neighborhood will see these posters, telling them they are being watched.
All of the posters Lisa Swanson made:
After the recent attempted kidnappings in El Paso County, one mother is taking action in her own neighborhood. She's putting up signs with a warning to potential predators.
The Venetian Village neighborhood near Fillmore and Hancock is typically alive with the sound of children playing, but the recent attempted abduction cases have moms like Lisa Swanson on edge.
"It's an instant fear and panic, because I've had those nightmares. I've had those moments of, 'oh my God where's my son?'" Swanson explained.
Farther down the street, neighbors are just as protective.
"I've got three grandchildren that live at my house and I'm afraid to let them outside," Yevonne Stathem said.
But Swanson says she's had enough. With a sharpie and poster board in hand, she was compelled to take action. She created a message to anyone even thinking about harming a child.
"Not here. You're not going to get away with it here. We will watch," Swanson said.
The haunting eyes on the skull plastered to the poster board are meant to illustrate that very message.
"We will take pictures. We'll take video. We'll have everything ready so it won't happen here."
Swanson hopes her project will catch on in other neighborhoods too.
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A wave of severe storms swept through the Augusta-Aiken area, causing damage. (WRDW-TV / June 22, 2011)
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
AUGUSTA, GA -- Just more than a thousand people in our area are without power in the CSRA after storms brought down power lines and trees.
About 870 people are in the dark in Augusta. Georgia Power says most of the damage is in South Augusta, but Waynesboro was hit last night. Power has been restored to almost all of the 100 customers who lost power in the storm.
SCE&G has about 550 reported outages in Aiken County. People in Edgefield and Barnwell County have their power restored.
The Richmond County Emergency Management Office is also reporting damages. Several traffic lights have malfunctioned in the area and crews tell News 12 trees are down across the roadways at 4600 Old Waynesboro Road, West Lake Forest at Walton Way, and 3800 Hensley Road. They also say traffic lights are either down or out at Windsor Spring Road at Meadowbrook Drive and Windsor Spring Road at Rosier Road.
They have also reported hazards at 2nd and Greene Street, Broad and Forsythe Street where live lines are down, and fallen trees on Willis Foreman Road.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Rockies middle infielder Josh Rutledge will join the Sky Sox at the start of a huge Memorial Weekend home stand.
Eight games in a row at Security Service Field starts tomorrow, Friday, May 24 and Rutledge will be making his Sky Sox debut. The young infielder had originally jumped over the Sky Sox last year as he went right from Double-A to the Rockies. In 73 games last year, he hit .274 with 20 doubles, eight homers and 37 RBI. This is your chance to see him here up close and personal in Colorado Springs.
The home stand is also full of amazing promotions and giveaways for the entire family. We kick things off with Friday Night Fireworks on May 24 and then have back-to-back giveaways on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday will feature a digi-camo baseball cap giveaway to the first 1,000 fans and Sunday will be a digi-camo youth jersey to the first 1,000 kids 12 & under. Both of these camo giveaways are literally the best the Sky Sox have ever given away so fans will want to make sure they get here early. The home stand continues with Jimmy Buffett Night on Wednesday, May 29 and then wraps up with two exciting promotions. Thursday, May 30 will be the Sky Sox first ever flat screen TV giveaway where nine lucky fans will leave the game with a brand new flat screen TV! We wrap up the home stand with another Friday Night Fireworks as we send things out with a big bang!
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|Iowans for Ending Dog Racing launches organization
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Group Urges Iowans to Sign Petition at: www.EndIowaDogRacing.com
DES MOINES, Iowa – Today, leaders from Dubuque and Council Bluffs gathered at the state capitol to roll out "Iowans for Ending Dog Racing" -- a new organization aimed at mobilizing support across the state to end dog racing in Iowa.
The leaders of "Iowans for Ending Dog Racing" include Dubuque Mayor Roy Buol, Greater Dubuque Development Corporation President & CEO Rick Dickinson, Council Bluffs Chamber President Bob Mundt and former Council Bluffs mayor Tom Hanafan.
The Iowa dog racing industry requires $13 million in subsidies every year, which costs Council Bluffs and Dubuque millions in local economic development and charitable giving. "Eliminating the requirement that dog racing remain in Dubuque would be an enormous benefit to our community in terms of millions of additional dollars that could be spent on charitable giving and local economic development," said Dubuque Mayor Roy Buol.
Ending dog racing in Iowa would also open up the land where the current track is located in Council Bluffs for new development. "The dog track in Council Bluffs sits directly off of I-80 on one of the top potential development sites in the entire state," said former Council Bluffs mayor Tom Hanafan. "Since attendance and interest in dog racing has dramatically declined in the last two decades, our community would benefit greatly by opening up that area for new development and job opportunities."
Iowans for Ending Dog Racing is encouraging citizens from Dubuque, Council Bluffs and across the entire state to study the facts about the dog racing industry and sign the petition to end dog racing in Iowa at www.EndIowaDogRacing.com.
The organization is also encouraging Iowans to contact their local legislator and urge him or her to support proposed legislation to end dog racing in Iowa. The proposed bipartisan bill that has passed a committee in the Iowa House would provide the dog racing industry with $70 million over seven years to end dog racing and explore new opportunities. In addition, each casino currently subsidizing the dog racing industry has publicly committed to keeping their track employees on staff and giving them a new role within the casinos.
"Ending dog racing in Iowa is common sense and is strongly supported by local business, citizens and city officials in Dubuque and Council Bluffs," said Mayor Buol. "The time has come to turn the page on dog racing and allow these communities to create new opportunities for the people of Iowa."
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What is Psoriatic Erytrhroderma?
Psoriatic erythroderma is an extreme complication of psoriasis. It is a major health emergency and requires immediate medical intervention in all circumstances. Psoriatic erythroderma is painful and can be quite horrifying. Psoriatic erythroderma is a dangerous condition that can occur when psoriasis has spread to nearly the entirety of the skin. Psoriatic erythroderma causes the skin to flake away rapidly, preventing the skin from functioning as a proper barrier against environmental influences and destroying a body's ability to regulate its own temperature and removing any external protection against infection. Psoriatic erythroderma has the potential to be maiming or fatal if it is not treated properly.
Psoriatic erythroderma is far rarer than psoriasis. More than 60% of psoriasis cases only cover about 10% of the surface area of the skin. Psoriatic erythroderma frequently covers 90% or more of the skin, and it most frequently occurs in individuals already suffering from very widespread, severe psoriasis.
Who gets Psoriatic Erytrhroderma?
Psoriatic erythroderma only afflicts those who are already suffering from protracted, severe psoriasis. It is an advanced complication of psoriasis, and requires a severe, pre-existing case of psoriasis to become a possibility. This cannot be overstated: psoriatic erythroderma does not occur without a pre-existing case of psoriasis. No one that is not already suffering from psoriasis will immediately or quickly begin to suffer from psoriatic erythdroderma. While psoriatic erythroderma can be very swift-spreading and problematic, individuals not already suffering from severe psoriasis have nothing to fear and should not panic. Additionally, individuals who find that their psoriasis is spreading should not assume psoriatic erythroderma is the cause. It is a very rare complication that applies only to the rarest cases of psoriasis. Nevertheless, the same predisposing factors that apply to psoriasis apply to psoriatic erythroderma, as do the same ambiguities.
Men and women are equally likely to suffer from psoriatic erythroderma. Like psoriasis, it may occur at any age. Psoriatic erythdorerma is a complication of psoriasis. As psoriasis is an autoimmune condition, so is psoriatic erythroderma. Thus, individuals suffering from an autoimmune condition are more likely to suffer from psoriasis and, subsequently, psoriatic erythroderma.
Older individuals are not necessarily more likely to suffer from psoriatic erythroderma. However, they are more likely to suffer from extensive complications as a result of psoriatic erythroderma. The same applies to younger individuals, although psoriasis (and thus, psoriatic erythroderma) is more likely to develop in individuals approaching middle age.
What causes Psoriatic Erytrhroderma?
The cause of psoriatic erythroderma is not completely understood. It is deeply linked to psoriasis, as a complication; it is impossible to develop psoriatic erythroderma without a pre-existing case of psoriasis. Thus, it is necessarily an autoimmune condition. Psoriatic erythroderma occurs when psoriasis is left completely unchecked and spirals out of control. Under these circumstances, the skin loses any ability to heal itself, which allows it to spread even faster and more aggressively, quickly encompassing all of the skin.
Much like psoriasis, it is not completely clear what the origin of psoriatic erythroderma is. There is almost assuredly an autoimmune component, as indicated by the effectiveness of immunosupressants in locking down the spread of psoriasis plaques. However, psoriasis (and psoriatic erythroderma) are more common in individuals with HIV and other immunocompromising conditions, rendering this something of a paradox. In addition to whatever autoimmune component exists, there is likely a component of cell dysfunction, as well, likely related to how the cells rebuild and replicate themselves.
The distinct difference between the mechanics of psoriasis and psoriatic erythroderma, however, is related to the amount of skin affected and damaged by the progression of psoriatic erythroderma. In psoriasis, the skin is still left largely intact, with uncomfortable and unsightly plaques forming and flaking away. Psoriatic erythroderma occurs when these plaques have subsumed the majority of the skin and led to the skin's widespread destruction, which in turn causes severe complications.
What does Psoriatic Erytrhroderma cause?
Psoriatic erythroderma is an extremely dangerous condition. The symptoms of psoriasis are primarily uncomfortable and painful, inflicting suffering and not much else. Psoriatic erythroderma carries with it significant health risks that require medical intervention; without proper medical intervention, psoriatic erythroderma may be fatal.
Psoriatic erythroderma occurs when the majority of the skin is overtaken by psoriasis plaques. This causes the skin to flake away, leaving areas skinless and exposed. This is naturally very painful, but it carries serious health implications.
This skin damage prevents the skin from behaving as skin. Psoriatic erythroderma destroys the skin's ability to act as a barrier. Under normal circumstance, the body is protected against various infectious agents by its function as a barrier—a physical obstacle that keeps toxins and other unwanted substances from being introduced to the system. This is, in fact, the entire reason why scabs exist: blood coagulates and scabs form to keep foreign material on the outside of the system where it belongs. Psoriatic erythroderma violates this barrier function by stripping away too much of the skin for any scabs to form or defensive measures to be deployed. Paired with the potentiality of a compromised immune system (in patients suffering from late-stage HIV) or a suppressed immune system (in individuals who were previously controlling their psoriasis with immunosupressants), this can lead to very severe complications—sometimes fatal complications—due to the invasion of various infectious agents.
Psoriatic erythroderma's damage to the skin also causes the body to lose the ability to regulate its own temperature. Ordinarily, skin is used to hold in large quantities of moisture. Water has a high specific heat and is resistant to rapid temperature changes. This is one component. Another component is the body's ability to sweat. However, psoriasis plaques prevent sweating, and the flaking away of the skin destroys the skin's ability to function as a moisture barrier, resulting in the body's inability to stay warm and the body's inability to cool itself. This can cause extreme harm to the body, which is not designed to withstand prolonged temperatures outside certain parameters.
If left untreated, psoriatic erythroderma can be fatal. The damage to the skin may be completely irreparable without medical intervention.
How serious is Psoriatic Erytrhroderma?
Psoriatic erythroderma is a very serious medical condition. It is, in fact, a medical emergency. Psoriatic erythroderma involves the override and shutdown of multiple critical systems. Individuals suffering from psoriatic erythroderma lose their ability to defend against most vectors of infection and lose their ability to regulate their own body temperature. This leaves them extremely vulnerable to infections from all sources and can cause them to dehydrate easily and leave them prone to hyperthermia.
Psoriatic erythroderma requires timely medical intervention to have a shadow of a hope of full recovery, and is frequently fatal without medical intervention. The list of complications is simply too long for it to be treated as anything but a full-blown medical emergency, owing to the painful gestalt of symptoms it leaves one saddled with.
What does Psoriatic Erytrhroderma treatment look like?
Treatment for psoriatic erythroderma is difficult and depends in large part on the degree of damage done already. Treatment is primarily symptomatic; psoriatic erythroderma indicates a case of psoriasis that has defied treatment previously, and attempting to treat the psoriasis to cut off the psoriatic erythroderma is effectively redundant if psoriatic erythroderma has come to the fore as a relevant issue.
Fluids may be replenished by means of oral ingestion or by means of intravenous feed, depending upon the severity of the dehydration that has occurred.
Infections may be fought off with strong antibiotics. This is frequently necessary due to the individuals extreme vulnerability to infection, although the antibiotics and their quantity required will vary from case to case.
Skin grafts may be necessary to repair the skin, which are an ordeal in and of themselves. Due to the nature of psoriasitic erythroderma, the skin is unable to heal itself and consequently must be grafted back together for the skin to again function as a barrier.
How do I know if I have Psoriatic Erytrhroderma?
Psoriatic erythroderma can be identified by its symptoms. Suffering from a sudden fever or hypothermia means that psoriatic erythroderma is already well underway and that emergency treatment is immediately necessary. Psoriatic erythroderma is characterized by its only appearing as a complication of cases of extreme psoriasis. If there is no case of extreme psoriasis in place, there is absolutely no risk of psoriatic erythroderma.
Psoriasis may spread somewhat. The spread of psoriasis does not indicate psoriatic erythroderma. An individual suffering from one of the more common cases of psoriasis that has very little of their skin covered in psoriasis plaques should not panic because another plaque has formed. However, an individual with an extreme case of psoriasis should already be in touch with a medical professional about their situation, lest their psoriasis get out of hand.
Psoriatic erythroderma should not be diagnosed and then treated after the fact; any individual suffering from psoriasis bad enough that it may bring about psoriatic erythroderma should already be monitored by a medical professional and treated accordingly.


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ATLANTA - The Orlando Magic are playing like a team that will settle for nothing less than its first NBA championship.
ATLANTA - After five straight years of steady progress, the Atlanta Hawks have run into a major roadblock in their quest to become one of the NBA's elite teams.
ATLANTA - The Orlando Magic kept up their dominating romp through the NBA playoffs, and the Atlanta Hawks can't do anything to stop it.
ATLANTA - Hunched over his desk and looking very much like a coach trying to find a way beat the NBA's hottest team, Mike Woodson kept shaking his head as he glanced at a television showing highlights from the Orlando Magic's latest win.
ORLANDO, Fla. - Maybe all the Orlando Magic needed after a slow start was a slap in the face.
ORLANDO, Fla. - Atlanta Hawks coach Mike Woodson woke up Wednesday and watched a movie.
ORLANDO, Fla. - Stan Van Gundy turned to his assistant coaches on the Orlando Magic bench, unsure what to do with star Dwight Howard finally avoiding foul trouble and his team on his way to a blowout victory.
ORLANDO, Fla. - There has been no crowd for the games the Orlando Magic have been playing lately. No officials. No true opponent.
ATLANTA - With more than three minutes to go, the Atlanta Hawks began pulling their starters. Al Horford flapped his hands, egging on the already raucous crowd. Joe Johnson clapped for the fans, then dropped his head in what looked more like relief than celebration.
ATLANTA - Jamal Crawford was playing like a rookie, even though he's been in the NBA for a decade.
MILWAUKEE - Jamal Crawford saw the end to his series-long shooting slump coming, making a promise after the pregame shootaround: It'll be back tonight.
MILWAUKEE - Brandon Jennings says he's too busy for press conferences right now. The Bucks rookie point guard is preparing to try to win Game 6 of Milwaukee's first-round playoff series against the Atlanta Hawks.
ATLANTA - With Andrew Bogut cheering from the bench while Brandon Jennings teamed with Kurt Thomas in a duo for the ages, the Milwaukee Bucks pulled within one win of an improbable first-round upset.
ATLANTA - Hawks coach Mike Woodson said Tuesday there have been no talks on a new contract with Atlanta, even amid reports that he'll be a candidate to take another job after the season.
ATLANTA - Joe Johnson thought the Atlanta Hawks had grown up enough to put away a team that's missing one of its key players.
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Marcus Johnson never found his niche at UConn. A superior athlete, a solid defender, he struggled with his shooting and struggled with his role until deciding to tranfer this week. It's probably best for both parties. Johnson will look to gain more playing time at a school closer to home (Los Angeles) and UConn has parted with a player who was just good enough to complicate Jim Calhoun's rotation.
Now everything is more clear-cut. Stanley Robinson is the small forward and UConn will use a three-guard lineup more often. With only 11 scholarship players on the roster, it will be much easier for Calhoun to settle on a rotation of, say, eight players. Those who earn a role will be allowed to play through a few more mistakes, earn a few more minutes, as Calhoun now has fewer options when things go wrong.
Johnson, a top-50 national recruit in 2005, could be in a tricky spot in his search for a new school. He exhausted a year of eligibility because he played six minutes in UConn's first exhibition game against Assumption -- six minutes that looks like it will cost him a season, if not more. Assuming Johnson enrolls at another school over the winter, the earliest he could be eligible would be the spring semester of 2009, when he will be a senior. That would leave him with half a season remaining in his college career -- unless one of two things happen.
Johnson could sit out all of this year, all of next year and play a full season in 2009-10. But it remains unclear if it is even possible to sit out what would technically be a year and a half and regain eligibility. Also, what school out there would be willing to give Johnson a scholarship for 2 1/2 years to get one season out of him?
Probably not the elite schools he would like to attend. Arizona, Arizona State and Gonzaga are headliners in a list of about a dozen schools Johnson has sent information to. Those schools also would probably be unlikely to have as much interest in Johnson as when they did while recruiting him out of high school because Johnson never proved to be a complete player at UConn. He struggled on offense, never shooting well, and never was content to be the "stopper" Calhoun coveted. He wanted to be a scoring wing, a high-flying Jordanesque guard. In the right system he could be a a capable player, but he hurt the UConn offense in the process.
So now he's gone, surely looking into how to gain a year of eligibility back. Johnson does have an arm injury. He could, among many angles to play, apply for a medical redshirt year if he can show that his arm injury would have all but ruined his season. His new school could apply for his reinstatement on a number of different fronts. It comes down to coming up with a legit reason, and making the case. It comes down to the NCAA having something that says he should have a year back. Because right now, it looks like those six minutes against Assumption all but ruined the rest of his college career.
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Sometimes you may need to work with workbooks that were created in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel, such as Excel 2003 or Excel 2000. When you open these types of workbooks, they will appear in Compatibility mode.
Compatibility mode disables certain features, so you'll only be able to access commands found in the program that was used to create the workbook. For example, if you open a workbook created in Excel 2003 you can only use tabs and commands found in Excel 2003.
In the image below, the workbook has opened in Compatibility mode. You can see that the sparklines and slicers features have been disabled.
To exit Compatibility mode, you'll need to convert the workbook to the current version type. However, if you're collaborating with others who only have access to an earlier version of Excel, it's best to leave the workbook in Compatibility mode so the format will not change.
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- Click the File tab to access Backstage view.
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Identification of Livingstone's Fruit Bat Roosting Sites in the Comoros Islands
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The purpose of this project is to characterize known Fruit Bat roosting sites using satellite images, digital elevation data, and field maps. With images from different dates, it may be possible to identify landscape changes over time that impact roosting sites. This information would be very useful in prioritizing conservation sites in the Comoros Islands. This could also reveal previously undiscovered roosting sites on the islands.
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Home List of Titles Susceptibility to the flash-beep illusion is increased in children compared to adults
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- Susceptibility to the flash-beep illusion is increased in children compared to adults
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- Innes-Brown, Hamish; Barutchu, Ayla; Shivdasani, Mohit N.; Crewther, David P.; Grayden, David B.; Paolini, Antonio
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- Audio-visual integration was studied in children aged 8-17 (N = 30) and adults (N = 22) using the 'flash-beep illusion' paradigm, where the presentation of two beeps causes a single flash to be perceived as two flashes (fission illusion), and a single beep causes two flashes to be perceived as one flash (fusion illusion). Children reported significantly more fission illusions than adults, indicating that auditory and visual information was integrated more often, and less selectively, than in adults. Within either group, illusion reports did not correlate with either age or motor coordination measures. The current results show that the form of multisensory integration indexed by the illusion is slow to mature in normally developing children.
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- Developmental Science, Vol. 14, no. 5 (Sep 2011), pp. 1089-1099
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Ive been taking Metrex Meal Replacement Protien Shakes for breakfast. Ive been mixing them up with different berries and other types of fruits. i take this because i dont have time to eat a full breakfast in the morning. I just put the powder, add water, some fruit and mix and then im off to work or school.
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RALEIGH (AP) - A convicted felon is headed back to prison after trying to hide a loaded pistol under his child during a traffic stop.
United States District Court Judge Terrence Boyle sentenced Vincent Jarod Williams of Spring Lake on Thursday to more than eight years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. The 30-year-old father has two earlier convictions for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Prosecutors say a Fayetteville Police officer initiated a traffic stop after Williams ran a red light in 2010. They searched the vehicle after seeing drugs and an empty gun holster strapped to Williams' belt.
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I will explain things as well as I can, but even after a bunch of reading, I am still not too up on UEFI. I generally deal with high level software.
So I have a preinstalled Windows 8 system that would boot in UEFI mode with secure boot. I needed to also install Ubuntu 12.10 and I did so. To boot in Windows, I would set secure boot on. To boot in Ubuntu, I would set secure boot disabled. In either case, I used UEFI mode.
Later, when playing with Ubuntu, I was working with petitions and I messed it up such that the hidden recovery partition was gone and Windows would no longer boot.
I recovered with Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation which I burned to a DVD. To install, I changed to CSM mode (BIOS legacy) and installed it just fine. After install, I could boot from the new OS in CSM mode. If I try to change to UEFI mode, the computer says no bootable media is present. When I then change back to CSM Mode, I get some blue screen with
winlogin.exe error and I can't boot and my Windows 8 Enterprise is not directly accessible. I then put in a WinXP recovery disk, do automatic repair, and it fixes whatever issue was causing CSM Mode to fail, allowing me to boot from Windows 8 Enterprise Mode again. So I am left with a Windows 8 OS that will expire later this year, not the Windows 8 that came with my system.
Now, I have a recovery USB for my original Windows 8 OS which came preinstalled with the computer. Supposedly, it is a UEFI bootable USB. When I boot from CSM Mode, the USB is recognized but after a minute I get
BIOS is not UEFI. When I boot from UEFI Mode, the USB is not recognized at all and I get the familiar no bootable media message present.
I reflashed the original BIOS with flashit and nothing bad happened but nothing improved either.
So how to I regain that UEFI boot capability? It doesn't seem I can boot anything in UEFI mode any more


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MensTennisForums.com (http://www.menstennisforums.com/forumindex.php)
- Marcos Baghdatis Message Board (http://www.menstennisforums.com/533-marcos-baghdatis-message-board/)
- - Baggy in Down Under (http://www.menstennisforums.com/533-marcos-baghdatis-message-board/155490-baggy-down-under.html)
Baggy in Down Under
week 1 - Brisbane
week 2 - Sydney
week 3 - Melbourne
he needs one more to withdraw in week 1 and 2 to be seeded
he won't be seeded in Melbourne probably, but that's fine; if he's in good shape, he won't have to fear any seeded player and if he's not, no unseeded player needs to fear him :lol:
pame Marco :music:
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ok... with 4 days until Brisbane we've reached the point where I get offically nervous:o, I so want him to have a good year, he deserves it with all the injuries he had in the last months/years :awww:
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Thanks for creating the thread :cool:
I think it's better to have one big thread for every few tournaments, instead of him losing at one tournament in the first round and the thread has 5 posts in it ;)
Pame! :bounce:
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I really hope he does good in Brisbane, because I really want him to get seeded for the Australian Open :)
A seeding almost guarantees him a spot in the third round since he usually does well in Melbourne so he'll only have to win one match against a seeded player to defend his points. Then again, if he's seeded between 25 and 32, maybe it's better to not be seeded since he'll play someone in the top 8 in the third round :unsure:
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As posted in the news/articles thread, January 1 is Family Day in Brisbane and Marcos is playing a mixed doubles exhibition to raise money ;)
WTA players Daniela Hantuchova and Casey Dellacqua will be there as well as former WTA player Nicole Pratt ;)
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Good luck to Marcos in Brisbane :)
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Brisbane MD:
[1] RODDICK, Andy (USA) vs LUCZAK, Peter (AUS)
BALL, Carsten (AUS) vs ZVEREV, Mischa (GER)
GASQUET, Richard (FRA) vs NIEMINEN, Jarkko (FIN)
QUALIFIER vs [6] MELZER, Jurgen (AUT)
[4] BERDYCH, Tomas (CZE) vs QUALIFIER
FISH, Mardy (USA) vs BAGHDATIS, Marcos (CYP)
LLODRA, Michael (FRA) vs LEVY, Harel (ISR)
CHELA, Juan Ignacio (ARG) vs [8] BELLUCCI, Thomaz (BRA)
[5] QUERREY, Sam (USA) vs BLAKE, James (USA)
GICQUEL, Marc (FRA) vs PETZSCHNER, Philipp (GER)
SERRA, Florent (FRA) vs QUALIFIER
DENT, Taylor (USA) vs [3] MONFILS, Gael (FRA)
[7] CHARDY, Jeremy (FRA) vs FALLA, Alejandro (COL)
CLEMENT, Arnaud (FRA) vs ODESNIK, Wayne (USA)
(WC) TOMIC, Bernard (AUS) vs QUALIFIER
(WC) MILLMAN, John (AUS) vs [2] STEPANEK, Radek (CZE)
Not the best draw, tricky R1 and if he wins he'll most likely get Berdych :scared:
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as this is not the US, Marcos should beat Fishy:p
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I'm pretty new on this board, but I posted a few times in the Copa Argentina thread because I am a Nalby/Baggy fan who is pretty excited by the quality of play from Marcos in the Stockholm Open and the exhibition in Argentina.
I'm cheering for him to win in Brisbane, and hopefully he isn't drawn early against one of my other favorite players in the Australian Open, because in my mind he is back and a serious threat after winning back to back Challengers, his close loss to Rafa in Beijing (4-6, 6-3, 4-6) the ATP Stockholm Open title where he didn't lose a single set, and the recent Copa Argentina exhibition where he straight setted Gonzo and Pico. He lost to Nalby in the Copa Argentina final, but in all fairness, due to rainouts on Saturday, he was only allowed a few hours of rest before the final after beating Juan Monaco in a tough match (7-6, 7-5) on the same day.
Good luck to Marcos in Brisbane, Sydney and the AO. I think this will be a great year for him. He is a joy to watch and I love his personality. It was a real treat to see Nalby and him play again in December, although he did crush my heart in the 2006 Australian Open semi-final against Nalby. :lol:
Pame, Marco! :bigclap:
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They just started :D
Marcos up 1-0* ;)
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Footfault from Fish :rolls:
At least there was no Serena incident :p
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*1-1 :(
Pretty disappointing since he was up 0-30 :(
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2-1* :woohoo:
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*2-2 :(
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Pretty Little Liars Season 4 Spoilers: Ali's Mom Is Hiding "Dark Secrets"
When it comes to identity of the enigmatic Red Coat on Pretty Little Liars, everyone is a suspect — even the adults. But no other Rosewood parent is as suspect as Mrs. DiLaurentis. We've already speculated how she could be Red Coat, but this new piece if evidence makes her even more suspect.
"[Ali's] mom actually has some dark secrets of her own, which end up tying in to Ali," Sasha Pieterse told Us Weekly in their special Pretty Little Liars edition, which hit newsstands in July.
Like mother, like daughter, we know Mrs. DiLuarentis has trouble controlling her temper — case in point when she nearly took Ali's finger off when she slammed the piano lid on her fingers — so perhaps she lost her cool one evening with Ali, and now she's doing everything in her power to make sure no one ever figures it out. After all, we've seen Mrs. DiLaurentis exhibit mean girl behavior in the snipes she makes about Hanna's weight.
Not to mention, whoever Red Coat is, she has a serious compendium of knowledge about Ali — especially her relationship with the Liars. Plus, it's not like she was in any hurry to find out who was sleeping in her basement's crawl space. In fact, she didn't even want to report it!
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I purchased this album because I liked the artist's bass-playing on pianist Hiromi's album Spiral. This album is not just a showcase for Tony Grey's outstanding bass skills, but the other musicians also play prominent roles, with the keyboards, in particular, adding a lot of flavor. Some people might call it fusion, because its wide-range of energetic tunes has doses of funk, electronic, classical and Indian influences, but I prefer to consider it jazz without boundaries. Tracks 3, 5, 7 and 8 stand out when I listen to the album, but all tracks are good. Track 9 is not representative of the sound of the rest of the album, but provides a gentle and pleasant conclusion to a frenetic musical journey.


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Barack Obama leaves the White House to take a rare stroll to a nearby Starbucks.
The president left without the travelling White House press pool, and photographers scrambled to catch up to him.
As he left the White House on Monday afternoon he joked: "The bear is loose!"
Mr Obama, accompanied by his chief of staff Denis McDonough, shook the hands of stunned bystanders outside Starbucks, smiling and waving.
He said he was drinking tea instead of coffee and made his way back to the White House.
It is Mr Obama's second foray recently from the presidential mansion. Last month he stunned sightseers by opting to walk to the Department of the Interior, a couple of blocks away.
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An attorney representing Kyle Knight, the Baker School Board member who has been censured by a majority of his fellow board members, has filed a formal tort claim notice against the district.
In a letter dated Monday, Tyler Smith of Canby said Knight is planning to file a federal lawsuit against the district as a result of its efforts to deprive voters of Knight's "full school board representation" and for retaliating against Knight for exercising his right to free speech.
"We warned you to cease and desist your actions a few weeks ago and you have actually escalated your mission to deprive Mr. Knight of his authority as a duly elected government official," Smith wrote. "You should have listened."
Smith warned the district not to further compound the damages "which will be sought against you by any further actions or retaliation against my client."
In an email to the Baker City Herald Wednesday, Knight wrote that he has tried unsuccessfully to work with the district and feels that he had no choice but to take legal action.
"The fact of the matter is, I am an elected official serving the people who elected me," he said. "This district has made it impossible for me to represent the people of this district.
"I have been restricted from everything and anything this district could think of, even general information."
The 20-year-old director was elected in May 2011, defeating the former board chair, Damien Yervasi. Knight took office in July 2011.
He has been in conflict with the majority of the board on several issues, most notably a proposed weapons policy that would have prohibited people with concealed handgun licences from taking handguns on school property. The policy later was revised to comply with state and federal laws.
Knight was censured by the board in April after board members and district administrators accused him of releasing confidential information regarding an alleged employee theft.
Since then, the board has declined to share information it deems confidential with Knight and has barred him from attending certain committee meetings.
A two-person subcommittee was appointed to hear an employee grievance in executive session last month. Directors threatened to call police when Knight attempted to attend the closed session to which the media had been invited.
Knight said the threat from Wegener and director Mark Henderson to call police was the final act that led him to consider a lawsuit.
Knight said in a telephone interview today that he believes the district had hoped to force his resignation.
"I'm really not a board member any more," he said, adding that the packets delivered to him in advance of board meetings do not contain much of the information provided to the four other directors.
And the only email he has received regarding district activity since the censure was one that contained the date and time of the high school graduation, he said.
"I'm elected. I should be treated like every other board member," Knight said. "They don't like me — too bad."
Knight wrote in his email that his responsibility lies with those who elected him.
"I hope to turn this private board back into a public board answerable to the people," he said.
Community residents have begun an effort to recall Lynne Burroughs, board chair, and director Mark Henderson as a result of the censure against Knight. Director Andrew Bryan also voted in favor of censure, but he is not included on the recall petitions.
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RAB's Joe Pawlikowski wrote the article I had been wanting to write but never got around to completing. Well, he wrote it better than I probably would have, but nonetheless, he's spot on:
If Mauer does hit the free agent market, though, I don't expect the Yankees to outbid the Red Sox for him. They'll make a play, of course, but I don't expect them to use their resources that way. Yes, Mauer is one of the most valuable players in the game, but the Yankees have spent the past three or so years filing their farm system with catchers. After all that, why go and use an enormous portion of your resources to sign one in free agency?
As it stands, the Yankees have $144 million locked into the 2011 payroll before they work out contracts for Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera. They'll also have arbitration cases for Joba Chamberlain and Phil Hughes. In other words, they could be near $185 million for just 13 players — and that doesn't include Javy Vazquez or Andy Pettitte. At that point they'd probably need at least one starting pitcher. Other needs could crop up during the season, including left field.
Yet at catcher the Yankees would have Jorge Posada under contract for one more season. They'd also have Jesus Montero with a year of AAA under his belt, and Austin Romine with a season of AA — and possibly with some AAA experience. Below them they feature a number of low-level catchers, too, including J.R. Murphy and Gary Sanchez. Signing Mauer to a six- or seven-year deal would render these developing players essentially useless to the organization. Wouldn't that render a waste the past few years of focus on catcher?
What more is there to say? The Yanks DO have a budget, albeit worlds higher than every other team, but there is a ceiling. Allocating a significant percentage of their available resources to sign someone when they have been focused on developing high level talent themselves is a foolish decision. Joe did a great job of capturing this logic and I offer him my thanks for doing so.
The NY Daily News' Bill Maddon threw more gas on this fire yesterday:
Unlike most other teams, however, the Yankees have both the financial resources to afford the MVP catcher as well as the surplus of talent it would take to acquire him should the contract talks reach an impasse and the Twins elect to put him on the trade market. Indeed, if there is one area where the Yankees are rich in prospects it is catching where Jesus Montero and Austin Romine are rated by most scouts as can't-miss major leaguers. The question is, which of them – if either – will be the one to succeed Jorge Posada.
A bunch of scouts were discussing just that Tuesday night before the Yankees' game with the Houston Astros at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Their consensus was that the 20-year-old Montero's bat alone will likely get him to the big leagues by next season, but in the long run the 21-year-old Romine has the complete package – bat, arm, mechanics, makeup – to be a top quality all-around catcher – for someone.
"But in my opinion," said one scout, "the next catcher for the Yankees will be Joe Mauer. Imagine if the Twins don't sign him and he goes out there on the market next winter with both the Yankees and Red Sox in need of a catcher? That will be the wildest bidding war in baseball history, and don't think his agent doesn't know it. And if they (Twins) decide to trade him, the Yankees have the better pieces to get him."
"Said one scout". Not to be mean or bitter, but there's a reason why he's a scout and not a GM. The Yanks DO NOT need a catcher. They have Posada, for better or worse, for two more years and as we already mentioned, a solid pipeline of catching talent on the come, lead by Montero. Not to mention, there's that little issue of money. It's always about the money.
Now, back to NYBD's Mike Silva and the line that had my skin crawling:
Mauer deserves the big stage of New York.
Holy crap. That's the last thing this guy deserves. He deserves to remain in his backyard, with family and friends and being the face of a very good, talented and competitive Twins franchise for the next decade a half. Why does Silva think that Mauer deserves New York? Because it's bigger, more crowded, can afford to pay him more? It's a dangerous word, deserve.
"Deserves". This one word gets Yankee fans in so much trouble. It implies a God-given right. We tend to think that we, the Yankees, deserve the best players because we're New York, because we have the most money to spend, because we've won 27 World Series titles, etc… We don't deserve anything more than what we go out and earn. Wins, respect, whatever. Joe Mauer doesn't "deserve" New York anymore than New York "deserves" Joe Mauer. This is exactly the sort of sentiment that gives Yankee fans the reputation they have (well, along with the cast of Jersey Shore and guys like this, to the right).
You know who deserves Joe Mauer? The fine people of Minnesota.
UPDATE 3/19/10, 11:45am
Mike has a rebuttal.
Will I apologize for saying Mauer, or any other great player, deserves New York? Never. Why should great players be denied this environment? Why shouldn't they be rewarded for their talents with sports immortality?
OK then. These types of guys don't need NY to validate their skills.


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The recommended changes are detailed in a memo that also lists two alternative plans. The intent is to ease school overcrowding and to assign students to a new elementary school on the Williamsburg Middle School campus. The shuffle will affect students at seven elementary schools in North Arlington — Ashlawn, Glebe, Jamestown, McKinley, Nottingham, Taylor and Tuckahoe.
The major changes will involve moving around 900 students in the following ways:
"We went through a process of community meetings starting this past fall. There was lots of input and lots of options," said APS Transition Facilities Planning Consultant Meg Tuccillo. "The superintendent examined the input he received, and the need to address capacity, and determined that this recommendation met that need."
The plan also includes recommendations for grandfathering that would also need to be approved by the School Board. The ideas especially apply to fifth graders so they don't have to move for their final year of elementary school. Siblings of fifth graders also would not have to move immediately. The grandfathering recommendations are as follows:
APS reports that its staff has participated in more than 40 community meetings since the beginning of the boundary changing process. Two additional public meetings will take place in April, and the School Board is scheduled to give a final vote on May 16. If approved at that time, the changes will go into effect for the 2015-2016 school year. An exception would be made for students reassigned to McKinley. Those students would be delayed a year and instead would switch schools in time for the 2016-2017 school year, when McKinley's expansion is expected to be completed.
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Though the Thunder had two of the most dynamic pitching prospects in the Yankees farm system, their pitching as a whole was lackluster. They consistently ranked fourth from the bottom in most pitching categories, where they had a combined ERA of 4.04, WHIP of 1.43, 1001 strikeouts and 472 walks. They recorded just two shutouts, the least of any of the EL teams.
Curtain Calls:
Raymond Kruml (3B): Kruml led the Thunder with a line of .290/.335/.387/.722. He led the team with 37 stolen bases, getting caught eleven times. Despite a strong offensive performance, he needs to improve his plate discipline. He struck out 107 times and walked just 31 times. He knocked five homers, eight triples and thirteen doubles, scoring 70 runs and driving in 35.
Austin Romine (C): Romine got his first hacks in he majors in October, but before that he worked hard in Trenton, hitting .286/.351/.378/.729 with 47 RBIs and 43 runs scored. He hit six homers and thirteen doubles.
Dellin Betances (SP): The New York native also made his debut in Pinstripes after going 4-6 with a 3.42 ERA in 21 starts. It was an up-and-down year for the kid, who struggled with some minor injuries at first, but he managed to pick up 115 strikeouts in the process. He had a WHIP of 1.34 and walked 55.
Manuel Banuelos (SP): The other Double-A "Killer B" went 4-5 with a 3.59 ERA in 20 starts. He picked up 94 Ks and walked 52.
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Corban Joseph (2B): The young infielder went .277/.353/.415/.768. He struck out 104 times with 59 walks. He had five homers, eight triples and 38 doubles. Joseph committed 23 errors over the season, which continues to build some concern over his defensive potential.
Austin Krum (OF): Krum hit .255/.340/.342/.681 with 30 RBIs, two homers, four triples and ten doubles. He also had nineteen stolen bases.
Pat Venditte (RP): The Yankees infamous switch pitcher has never truly been considered a prospect, but he moved through the lower levels of the minors pretty smoothly. Trenton seemed to be where he has found some of his first true tests, but he still ended the year with some decent numbers. He was 3-7 with a 3.40 ERA over 90 innings pitched in 51 games. He struck out 88 batters while issuing 31 walks.
Graham Stoneburner (SP): Stoneburner started the season strong, but was sidelined by injury and seemed to struggle when he came back. He ended the year 1-5 with a 4.17 ERA over eleven starts. He had 36 strikeouts with twenty walks and a 1.58 WHIP.
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But I got so much more to say, and I plan to do it in a hands-on practical way that will help artists and collectors truly understand how copyright and trademark works, how to protect your rights, AND how to profit from your artwork through licensing. And I'll be doing it with fellow tattooed attorney John Kastelic at the wonderful Paradise Tattoo Gathering next month in Keystone, Colorado, September 13-16.
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Dedicating his life to Japanese tattooing and educating others on the art, Kazuaki "Horitomo" Kitamura -- resident artist at State of Grace in San Jose -- not only keeps the tebori hand tattoo traditions alive but also the rich history of the art and the meanings behind its iconic motifs.
In "Immovable: Fudo Myo-o Tattoo Design By Horitomo," he shares this knowledge in a beautifully illustrated 9" by 13" softcover art book. Fudo Myo-o (also known as Acala, which translates into "immovable") is one of the Five Wisdom Kings in Buddhism. His role is to fight ignorance and delusions, and lead people to self-discipline and peace. He is shown sitting on a pedestal, surrounded by flames (among other representative elements), but of course there are many artistic ways to embody this Esoteric Buddhist icon. In these pages, Horitomo presents various interpretations of Fudo Myo-o, often with information on that particular composition.
What I particularly enjoy about this book is how he breaks down the elements of many of his drawings; for example, he highlights the different manifestations of weapons, hairstyles and garments. He even devotes pages to close-ups of postures. It's an excellent study for artists, but also a great resource for anyone fascinated by Buddhist art and stories.
"Immovable" is available at State of Grace Publishing for $120 (US orders) and $150 (outside US).
If you'd like to learn about Fudo Myo-o drawing and design from Horitomo himself, he'll be giving a seminar with Horitaka on July 29th at 10am at the Kings Avenue NYC location (188 Bowery 2nd floor at the corner of Spring St). The cost of the seminar is $200 ($220 by PayPal). Space is limited. More info on the Kings Ave blog.
I also recommend checking out Horitomo's spectacular portfolio, which includes the tattoos shown below.