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Five Great Apps for Visiting New York City
Welcome to the first installment in our series highlighting useful destination-specific apps for travelers. I'll list apps that will help you get around, find things to do, and maybe save a few bucks.
Today's destination is New York City!
- Exit Strategy NYC Subway Map: One of the most daunting tasks for out-of-towners is navigating New York's massive transit system. Exit Strategy is a comprehensive app that includes full subway and bus maps for all five boroughs, a full map of Manhattan that works offline, suggests the best place to stand on a train for efficient exiting, and even shows you exactly where station entrances are located. For travelers eager to explore all corners of the Big Apple, this is the app you need. ($4.99)
- KickMap: OK, another subway map—I did say navigating New York can be daunting, didn't I? KickMap is much more basic than Exit Strategy but still solid. KickMap's main feature is its daytime and evening maps, meaning you'll know how to get where you're going whether it's 3 p.m. or 3 a.m. KickMap also improves on the MTA's own maps by distinguishing individual subway lines and clearly identifying neighborhoods, which the MTA's map only labels here and there. You can also use your iPhone's built-in GPS to find the nearest station. ($1.99)
- NYC Way: NYC Way is a free app that pretty much tells you everything you could want or need to know about New York City. Need to find an ice skating rink, coffee shop, or bowling alley? Done. Want to know if the restaurant you're considering has any health violations? Not a problem. Need a 24-hour pharmacy? Easy. Did I mention it's free?
- Time Out New York: Another free app, Time Out provides updated events listings, as well as reviews of arts, music, nightlife, restaurants, and bars. Listings can be sorted by "Critic's Picks" and "Free and Cheap."
- UpNext 3D Cities: Also available for Boston, Washington, D.C., and Austin, UpNext's free 3D maps are a fun way to navigate New York City. Simply scroll through the map, zoom in and out, and tap a building to see what's there, whether it's a bagel shop, ATM, or upscale restaurant.
Of course, these are only five out of countless New York-specific apps, so please share any others you like, and let me know if there are any cities you'd like covered. Thanks!
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Greenberg is the author of the book about America's garage inventors -- "GADGET NATION: A Journey Through The Eccentric World of Invention." As "The Innovation Insider," Steve travels the country looking for innovative products. Steve can be seen on national television shows such as NBC's "Today Show," CBS's "Early Show," ABC's "World News This Morning" and "World News Now," "Fox & Friends," and many others. http://www.gadgetnation.net/
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Just like a musical instrument, the quality of the materials affects the sound. Nice wood enhances the sound just like for a guitar or violin. On glass, the sound quality is great and a desk or a dining room table sounds incredible.
In addition to it being a great portable speaker for any music playing device, it's a wonderful tool for on-the-go executives as a speaker for laptop presentations or for watching movies on a laptop and even a gaming speaker, letting the user feel the sound effects of games on portable devices. The WOWee One is ideal for spontaneous parties with music that can fill a room - from the dorm room to the gondola high atop the mountain.
The WOWee One comes in several colors and styles - The Original: Black on Black, Black & Chrome, and Pink & White. WOWee One recently released their White WOWee One Speaker, which will be a perfect companion to the highly anticipated white iPhone.
The WOWee One uses a unique dual-speaker solution in a single unit that houses an internal rechargeable battery to deliver thumping lows and clear highs. A top-firing speaker provides high-range fidelity for crisp sound reproduction. A down-firing speaker uses patented Gel AudioTM technology to project low-frequency sound waves that turn adjoining objects or surfaces into an on-the-fly subwoofer. For $79 the WOWee One delivers more dynamic sound right out of the pocket than products costing and weighing more than three times as much.
The WOWee One boasts a dynamic response range of 40Hz - 20KHz and reaches 90 decibels yet weighs only 7 ounces. The unit measures just 4.7" by 2.4" by 1", ideal for a pocket, handbag, backpack, or glove compartment, so it's always handy.
The WOWee One connects to the audio/headphone jack of any mobile device and comes with a standard 3.5mm audio cable. The unit also features a mini-USB port for charging or powering the WOWee One when connected to a standard powered USB port. A self-adhering and easily removable bracket that mounts the WOWee One to walls or windows is also available.
The WOWee One first was introduced in Europe in late 2009 and is distributed throughout North America by SoulR Products, LLC. The WOWee One can be purchased online through Amazon.com, J&R.com, Buy.com, MacMall.com, Newegg.com as well as through specialty electronics stores such as J & R Music in New York and Simply Computing in Vancouver. Visit http://www.woweeone.com for more information.
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After "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison, the Prologue
Jeff Wall
(Canadian, born 1946)
2000. Silver dye bleach transparency; aluminum light box, 5 ft. 8 1/2 in. x 8 ft. 2 3/4 in. (174 x 250.8 cm)
Jeff Wall based this elaborately staged photograph on Ralph Ellison's prologue for his 1952 novel Invisible Man. The unnamed narrator, an African American man, lives secretly "in my hole in the basement [where] there are exactly 1,369 lights," powered by stolen electricity. Some visual details are drawn from other parts of Ellison's book or come from the artist's imagination. In this way, Wall refers to his inspiration for this photograph as an "accident of reading."1
Wall refers to his method of photography as "cinematography," and like a cinematic production his work is dependent on collaboration with a cast and assistants who help develop a painstakingly constructed set. He used a large-format camera with a telephoto lens to achieve such a high resolution and finely detailed print. This photograph, like most of Wall's work, has been printed on a transparency and mounted in a steel-framed light box. The large-scale image is illuminated from behind by fluorescent lights, which Wall began using after seeing light-box advertisements in the late 1970s.
An image, especially a positive print, recorded by exposing a photosensitive surface to light, especially in a camera.
Something formed or constructed from parts.
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A term describing a wide variety of techniques used to produce multiple copies of an original design. Also, the resulting text or image made by applying inked characters, plates, blocks, or stamps to a support such as paper or fabric.
What Said What?
In Jeff Wall's view, familiarity with Ralph Ellison's novel is not necessary to appreciate this photograph, nor should the photograph necessarily prompt someone to read Invisible Man. By appreciating the picture, Wall says, someone "can be thought of as having written his or her own novel. The viewer's experience and associations will do that. These unwritten novels are a form in which the experience of art is carried over into everyday life."2


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The Sustainability Café on Monday, April 8th will feature Heather Sandford from The Piggery, presenting "Bite Me: Our Journey to Provide Local, Sustainable Meats to Our Community." The Café will be held in Center for Natural Sciences Room 112 at 4:00PM, in conjunction with the Environmental Seminar. The Spring 2013 Sustainability Café/Environmental Seminar series is focused on our local food system.
Heather Sandford and Brad Marshall, owners of The Piggery, operate a different kind of farm. They sustainably raise heritage breeds of pigs on pasture, supplemented with locally raised GMO-free small grains (barley, wheat, triticale, peas) and local hay, and then turn their pastured pork into world-class charcuterie right on the farm. In the creation of their pork products (sausages, bacon, pâtés, ham, mortadella, and confit), the owners' three guiding principles are sustainability, convenience and deliciousness.
"Teachable edibles" – local, organic and/or seasonal snacks – for the Spring 2013 Sustainability Café series are being sponsored by Ithaca College Dining Services whose motto is "Sustainability – Healthy – Fresh." Please bring your reusable mug and fill up at the nearest drinking fountain or provide your own beverage of choice.
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Drink in a new way to think in the Sustainability Café.
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We are a non-partisan, grassroots organization of New Jersey citizens who are concerned about the influx of illegal aliens into our communities.
We are concerned about the effects of this influx on our educational system, our healthcare system and our law enforcement system.
We want our borders secured and our laws enforced.
We oppose immigration policies, not people…
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The Bias against Oil and Gas
Samuelson, Robert J., Newsweek
Byline: Robert J. Samuelson
Expanding any fossil-fuel production offends many Americans. But policies placating this prejudice aren't in our national interest.
Considering the brutal recession and the widespread warnings of a feeble recovery, you'd expect the Obama administration to be obsessed with job creation. And so it is, say the president and his supporters. The trouble is that there's at least one glaring exception to their claims: the oil and natural-gas industries. The Obama administration is biased against them--a bias that makes no sense on either economic or energy grounds. Almost everyone loves to hate Big Oil (the Exxons and Chevrons), and even small oil, but promoting domestic drilling is simply common sense.
Contrary to popular wisdom, the United States still has huge oil and natural-gas resources. The outer continental shelf (OCS), including parts that have been off limits to drilling since the early 1980s, may contain much natural gas and 86 billion barrels of oil, about four times today's "proven" U.S. reserves. The U.S. Geological Survey recently estimated that the Bakken Formation in North Dakota and Montana may hold 3.65 billion barrels, about 22 times a 1995 estimate. And then there's upwards of 2 trillion barrels of oil shale, concentrated in Colorado. If 800 billion barrels were recoverable, that's triple Saudi Arabia's proven reserves.
None of these sources, of course, will quickly provide much oil or natural gas. Projects take 5, 10, 15 years. The OCS estimates are just that. The oil and gas must still be located--a costly, chancy and time-consuming process. Extracting oil from shale (in effect, a rock) requires heating the shale and poses major environmental problems. Its economic viability remains uncertain. But added oil from any of these sources could ultimately diminish dependence on imports, now almost 60 percent of U.S. consumption, while the exploration and development process would immediately boost high-wage jobs (geologists, petroleum engineers, roustabouts, steelworkers).
Though straightforward, this logic mostly eludes the Obama administration, which is fixated on "green jobs," and wind and solar energy. Championing clean fuels has become a political set piece. On Earth Day (April 22), the president visited an Iowa factory that builds towers for wind turbines. "It's time for us to [begin] a new era of energy exploration in America," he said. "We can remain the world's leading importer of oil, or we can become the world's leading exporter of clean energy."
The president is lauded as a great educator; in this case, he provided much miseducation. He implied that there's a choice between promoting renewables and relying on oil. Actually, the two are mostly disconnected. Wind and solar mainly produce electricity. About 70 percent of our oil goes for transportation (cars, trucks, planes); almost none--about 1.5 percent--generates electricity. So expanding wind and solar won't displace much oil, though there might be some small effect on natural gas for heating. Someday, electric cars may change this. But at best, that's decades away. …


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According to ESRB, this game contains: Blood, Intense Violence, Strong Language
Parents should take note: Escape from Butcher Bay is in no way appropriate for children. It is extremely graphic and violent, filled with vulgarity and profanity, and deals with a theme that is better left to be appreciated by adults.
Multiplayer fans: Sorry everyone, this is a strictly single-player experience. Xbox owners, particularly fans of Halo and other first-person shooters, should not overlook this under-hyped gem. In this scribe's humble opinion, it is the premier action game on the Xbox, surpassing the console's flagship shooter.
Fans of Deus Ex may enjoy the similarities in the role-playing elements. Though not featuring branching paths as Deus Ex does, it shares many of the key elements of the game.
Fans of the Riddick films should clearly see this prequel, and likewise those who play the game may find themselves wanting to see the films to understand some of the plot developments.
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Sheryl says she moved her life to New York to be with her fiancé, Owen — and later called off the wedding, because they constantly argued about money. Owen says his family calls Sheryl a "gold digger," but he still wants to marry her. Should they proceed to the altar or alter their plans? Plus, Jacob and Lucy return with an update on their son, Izaiah — and receive yet another surprise from Dr. Phil.
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Blinded by Love?Sheryl says it was love at first sight when she first met her optometrist fiancé, Owen, in 2010 — but the real eye opener came two years later, when she gave up her waterfront condo in Florida and moved to New York to live with him and his three children in "a shoebox of an apartment." She claims that Owen, who makes six figures, refused to give her any spending money and treated her like the nanny and housekeeper — all while she slept on a futon in the living room. I was under the impression that, when I moved to New York, we were going to find a bigger place," she says. "It didn't happen." After one year in New York, she says she moved back to Florida — and is currently staying in a "not desirable neighborhood," until she gets back on her feet. "I gave up everything to be with Owen, and now, I have nothing," she says.
Owen says the fighting started as soon as Sheryl arrived in New York, and now, their relationship is rocky. He also says Sheryl was having financial problems at the time of her move and was at risk of losing her condo, so it was a "no-brainer" decision for her to relocate to New York. "Sheryl did start to become resentful, because of the fact that I, financially, couldn't give her the things that she wanted," he says. "Before she moved, no promises were made. I love this woman like no other, and many times, I feel like no matter what I do, it's just not good enough." Owen insists that he never promised Sheryl a bigger place as soon as she moved to New York. "I said, 'Eventually, we will get a bigger place,'" he says.
Sheryl says when she lived with Owen, he didn't give her any spending money. "I didn't even have winter shoes," she says. "He didn't even buy me a pair of boots."
Owen says after Sheryl kept asking him for more and more money, he gave her a job at his optometry office and paid her $300 a week. "It just, still, wasn't enough," he says.
"That's not even minimum wage. What am I supposed to do with that?" she responds. "I asked Owen for $50, for me to go to the doctor. You would've thought I just asked this guy to finance a car."
Wedding Plans on Hold?Sheryl says she and Owen had agreed to have their wedding in Florida in November. "We were going to have a beach wedding," she says, adding that the planning process had already begun.
"I said, 'OK. You want the big wedding. Let's do it,'" Owen says, followed by, "I said, 'Hon, how are we funding this?' She said, 'It's on you.'" He claims he tried to give Sheryl a budget of $5,000 to $7,000, but she wanted $15,000 — and stopped planning the wedding.
Dr. Phil asks Sheryl why she's still wearing her engagement ring, and she responds, "Because he asked me to put it back on, in February."
"It looks like he did a pretty nice job," Dr. Phil says.
"Yes, he did," Sheryl says. "That was the only thing he spent money on."
Parenting ProblemsSheryl says when she first got to New York, Owen's three children, ages 7, 8 and 11, treated her badly — especially his youngest son. She says when the boy was 6, he hit her with a closed fist, called her every name in the book and once told her, "I'm going to bring the wrath on you," and then threw a remote, breaking their flat screen television. "Owen did not punish his son, and instead, he blamed me," she says.
Owen admits that his youngest son and Sheryl's relationship in the beginning was "contentious," and says his son was suffering from emotional issues. When asked if he gave his son consequences for bad behavior, Owen responds, "Of course!"
"He always had an excuse for it," Sheryl responds.
"Is he hitting her, and spitting on her, and calling her names, to your knowledge?" Dr. Phil asks Owen.
Owen says he reprimanded his son after the confrontation with Sheryl that ended with a broken TV. He says Sheryl got upset after he replaced the TV a week later. "I bought another TV, yeah, that's fine. I mean, that's my prerogative, isn't it?" he responds.
"So, you're rewarding him with a new TV, after he broke the TV," Sheryl interjects.
"When I brought the TV into the house I told him, 'That's my TV. Don't break it again. You can't watch it.' So, I continued with her punishment," Owen responds. "He was on punishment for, I think, two months."
Baby Izaiah: Update
It has been three months since Jacob and Lucy shared their story with Dr. Phil, including their financial struggles since their son, Izaiah, was struck by a teenage drunk driver and left partially paralyzed. Dr. Phil presented the couple with a second family car — a 2014 Acura ILX Hybrid — and set up Izaiah's Fund to help with their son's medical care. The family returns with an update.


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ATLANTA (AP) -- D'Andre Bell led a balanced offense with 16 points, Derrick Favors blocked five shots and No. 22 Georgia Tech pulled away early in the second half Thursday night for a 79-58 rout of Wake Forest.
Coming off a tough loss at Florida State, the Yellow Jackets (15-5, 4-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) ripped off a 19-4 run to break open a tight game. As usual in its ACC victories, Georgia Tech did its best work at the defensive end, holding the Demon Deacons (14-5, 4-3) almost 19 points below their scoring average for the season.
Wake Forest shot just 33 percent from the field (21 of 64) and had only two players in double figures: Al-Farouq Aminu with 15 points and Ishmael Smith with 12.
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I found these 2 different plants growing in my pond, can anyone identify these and tell me if they are aquatic plants?
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The second one looks like a tree branch in the making, doesn't bear characteristics I cant recognize of an aquatic plant.
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Over the past few months, with the economic misery drawing uncomfortable comparisons to the Great Depression and President Obama's stimulus plan looking more and more like the New Deal, it has become customary to look for other connections between 2009 and 1930. Thrift is back, as is recycling last year's styles. Public transportation has become newly relevant, and public works are once again on the drawing board. Perhaps most interestingly, robbery has gained fresh cultural relevance.
While the 1930's is often characterized as an era of gangsters and G-men, the most enduring characters from that time period are probably the rural and suburban bank robbers. Romantic figures like Bonnie and Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd, and John Dillinger seemed to land somewhere on the spectrum between cult heroes and criminals. While their actions weren't legal, they sometimes seemed to serve a higher morality; at least, that's the way that it seemed to many of the dirt-poor farmers who were watching banks take their homes.
In 2009, as Johnny Depp's Dillinger biopic Public Enemies works its way to movie theaters and anti-establishment superhero movie Watchmen is about to come out, the popularity of bank robberies has skyrocketed. The news is full of stories about failed thieves who left behind pay stubs and ATM cards; the more impressive figure, however, is how many robbers actually are successful. According to a recent article in New York Magazine, 78% of robbers manage to leave the bank with money in hand, and only 59% of robberies eventually led to an arrest.
In New York City, bank robberies are up 54% this year, and have been steadily rising since 2007. Far from being an isolated occurrence, New York's increase is reflective of a cross-country trend. To put it mildly, many people are finding themselves desperate for cash and more than a little peeved at their bank. Needless to say, these two factors make for a dangerous combination.
The Bonnie and Clyde comparison is particularly notable given the increase in female criminality. In 2002, 4.9% of bank robberies were committed by women; today, the figure has risen to 6.2%. While women only commit a very small percentage of overall robberies, a jump of over 26% in five years is highly significant, particularly given the different reasons that men and women rob banks. Experts suggest that men usually rob to support illicit habits, while women do so for survival. In that context, it seems likely that survival crime isn't going away any time soon.
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Stan Kasten, president of the Los Angeles Dodgers, declared no interest in or concern for the geographical fiction Arte Moreno concocted eight years ago. That was when Moreno hijacked his neighbor's name and anointed his team as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
When I recently asked Kasten, who assumed his role when a new ownership group took control of the Dodgers earlier this year, how he felt about the Angels' name, he dismissed the matter.
"If I had a list of a thousand things to do," he responded, "that would be a thousand and one."
Finding the name intellectually offensive from the day Moreno announced it, I bring it up now because of recent developments. If the name the Angels have usurped were legitimate, Major League Baseball could promote one of the highlights of the coming season as the battle for Los Angeles. The Angels and the Dodgers have certainly spent a lot of time and money creating that picture.
The Angels, however, don't play in Los Angeles. They play 30 miles to the south in Anaheim, their home since 1966 when they moved there from Los Angeles, where they played for the first five years of their existence.
In 2005, after owning the Angels for 20 months and watching them play in Anaheim, Moreno hit upon a clever marketing ploy. Capitalizing on the proximity of the metropolis to the north, he rebranded his team as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He added "Anaheim" to the name only to satisfy terms of the stadium lease.
The city of Anaheim unsuccessfully challenged the name change in court. News organizations, including the Associated Press and The New York Times, meekly accepted the team's contrived name, ignoring the geographical absurdity.
Fans initially resented the snub but eventually resigned themselves to what had become reality. They have not turned on the Angels as a result. In fact, they drew more than 3 million fans last season for the 10th consecutive year, though the attendance of 3,061,770 was the lowest in nine years.
The 2012 total, however, was more likely a reflection of the fans' disappointment with the team's play. The Angels disappointed themselves, not only failing to challenge for the American League West title but also falling four games short of a wild-card spot in the playoffs.
That finish wasn't what the Angels' owner and officials had in mind a year ago when they lured slugging first baseman Albert Pujols west with a $240 million contract and added C.J. Wilson to the starting rotation with a $77.5 million contract.
Disappointed but not discouraged, the Angels have acted aggressively this off-season. They gave Josh Hamilton $125 million to team with Pujols in the middle of the lineup and with rookie sensation Mike Trout in the outfield. They rebuilt their starting rotation. They fortified their relief corps.
When they finished last season, Zack Greinke was in their rotation, but he opted for free agency and moved 30 miles to the north, where a pot of gold awaited. The Dodgers snagged him with a $147 million offer.
The Angels would like to have retained the 29-year-old Greinke – who wouldn't – but not for $24.5 million a season. As aggressive as the Angels have been, they have not conducted their business on the economic level on which the Dodgers have operated the past five months.
The Dodgers have 21 players signed for next season at a total of $213 million. The Angels have 12 players signed for a total of $127 million with no additional financially grandiose signings in sight.
This payroll business represents a new development in southern California. For the last nine years, the Angels have opened the season with a higher payroll than the Dodgers. For seven of those years, the Angels also ended the season with higher payrolls.
When next season begins, the Dodgers will be ahead of not only the Angels but also everybody else, having added in the last five months Greinke, Hanley Ramirez, Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett, Nick Punto, Skip Schumaker, Hyun-Jin Ryu and Yasiel Puig.
The Dodgers have collected such a stunning array of expensive talent that it is easy to figure that the Angels' expensive signing of Hamilton was a reaction to the Dodgers' feverish activity.
Not so, Moreno has said. He didn't say it to me because he didn't respond to an interview request, but he told reporters at the Hamilton news conference that the Dodgers were not a factor.
General Manager Jerry Dipoto echoed that position.
"Obviously, our goal last season was to play on, but we didn't achieve it," he said in a telephone interview. "We wanted to improve, and we did what we thought we had to do to improve. The primary concern of Arte was to put the best team on the field that we can. We feel we're in position to be competitive now."
Reading or hearing Moreno's remarks at the Hamilton news conference, one might not be convinced that he wasn't thinking about the Dodgers when he authorized the Hamilton expenditure.
"The Dodgers, Merry Christmas," the owner said. "I personally can hardly wait to play them."
"Think about how much fun it's going to be," he added. "Dodger fans and Angel fans get to argue about whose team is better, who's stronger, who's weaker. … Do you know how much fun it's going to be?"
Without Hamilton in his lineup, Moreno would not likely be making those comments so I think it's reasonable to say there is some sort of link between the Dodgers and the Hamilton signing. On the other hand, the Angels could argue that they signed Hamilton as the best way of improving the team with the Athletics and the Rangers more important to aim at.
Hamilton was the piece de resistance for the Angels in their off-season pursuits, but he hasn't been their only acquisition. They signed a free-agent starting pitcher, Joe Blanton, and traded for two other starters, Tommy Hanson from Atlanta and Jason Vargas from Seattle. The signing of Hamilton gave the Angels an extra hitter, and they traded first baseman Kendrys Morales for Vargas.
The newcomers will make up three-fifths of the rotation. They will join Jered Weaver and Wilson.
For the bullpen, Dipoto signed Ryan Madson, who is expected to be the closer, and Sean Burnett.
Based on their results, the Angels seem to feel it was more important to make their big expenditure on hitting (Hamilton) than on pitching (Greinke). Only time will tell if they were right.
After the Angels signed Hamilton, a New York Daily News columnist wrote, "It's official now: Arte Moreno is the new George Steinbrenner, as determined to make the biggest splash as he is to win a championship."
I don't know where the columnist was throughout Steinbrenner's tenure as owner of the Yankees, but he apparently didn't grasp Steinbrenner's modus operandi. Moreno has shown he couldn't play in Steinbrenner's league. Having his choice of Hamilton and Greinke to pursue, Moreno chose Hamilton. Steinbrenner would have pursued and signed both.
Jerry Dipoto has a clear recollection of the start of his front-office career.
"I retired March 5 and was working in the front office with Colorado March 6," Dipoto related.
He was talking about the spring of 2001 and the bulging disc in his neck that forced his retirement from his eight-year career as a major league relief pitcher.
The 44-year-old Dipoto is in his second year as the Angels' general manager. He is one of only three general managers who were major league players. Billy Beane of Oakland and Ruben Amaro Jr. of Philadelphia are the others.
"It's something I always had an interest in doing," Dipoto said of his front-office career. Most players who want to stay in baseball after their playing careers prefer to stay in uniform and become coaches. Then there is the minority of players who opt for scouting and player development, working in or for the front office.
"I had a curiosity about how things are put together," Dipoto said. "I've always been fascinated by how a roster is put together. My time in Colorado gave me an opportunity to learn that. I've learned a lot from a lot of individuals."
Dipoto worked for the Rockies, the Red Sox and the Diamondbacks, becoming Arizona's interim general manager for the latter half of the 2010 season. He mentioned John Hart, Joe McIlvaine, Bob Gebhard, Dan O'Dowd and Theo Epstein as general managers from whom he has learned.
Years ago the general manager's job was a pretty secure assignment. In recent years, however, as payrolls have escalated, the job has become volatile.
When I mentioned that change to Dipoto, he said, "My last job was volatile. The life of a middle reliever can be volatile."
When the New York Mets traded Scott Kazmir, their young pitcher with great promise, to Tampa Bay in July 2004, fans were outraged and the news media ridiculed the Mets for giving away a pitcher who they believed was certain to become a major league star.
Kazmir was 20 years old and still in the minors when the Mets traded him. It didn't help the Mets that the primary player they received in return, pitcher Victor Zambrano, was a disappointment in his two and a half years with the team.
But what about Kazmir? He has not had the career critics of the trade expected.
He pitched decently for Tampa Bay for five seasons, compiling a 45-34 record with an earned run average around 3.50 in the last four of those seasons and leading the American League in strikeouts with 239 in one of them. However, in 20 starts in 2009, he struggled with a 5.92 e.r.a. and was traded to the Angels.
A 9-15 record and 5.94 e.r.a. in 2010 basically ended Kazmir's major league career. He started once in 2011, pitched an inning and two-thirds and was released.
Last season Kazmir pitched in the non-affiliated Atlantic League and this winter is pitching in Puerto Rico. He is gone but not forgotten. The Cleveland Indians have signed the left-hander, who will be 29 next month, to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.


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Mary L.G. Theroux | Childhood Poverty, Government Failures, and the Need for Economic Liberty
Recorded: Thursday, March 26, 2015
Independent Institute Senior Vice President Mary L. G. Theroux testified on "Childhood Poverty, Government Failures, and the Need for Economic Liberty", before the California State Senate's Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, at the request of State Senator Jeff Stone. The witnesses spoke about California's Maximum Family Grant rule for families on welfare. The rule caps grants and does not increase grant money to mothers on welfare when they have more children. Mary testified about the causes of poverty and of the need for other, non-government options for poor families. She introduced ideas for helping the poor through private resources and organizations, instead of government agencies where families and women often find themselves trapped in a cycle of poverty.
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Bush, Obama, and Presidential Power
Recorded: Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Ron Paul, Richard Shenkman, and Ivan Eland, author of Recarving Rushmore, discuss which presidents were the best and worst at promoting peace, prosperity, and liberty.
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RA3 Undecided is a C&C Red Alert 3 Mod in which that New Units are added, Balance Changes are Made, and much more. RA3 Undecided was Created to make changes to allow the game to be balanced and enjoyable with new Units and ideas. Some of the Changes consist of Allied Naval Improvement, Soviet Air-force Improvement, and Japanese Defense Improvement, Including Much, much, more...
I've felt like modding the last couple days and have been playing the mod a bit. I'm currently working on balancing the Factions' Navies. I will be releasing Version 1.04 (Eventually).
Changes will include Allied Navy Nerfs and Changes.
Changes to Soviet Navy Unknown at this point. Though the Bullfrog will be getting an Armor buff.
Changes to Japan Navy may include Locomotor Changes to Seawing for better response times and Range increase for the shogun battleship so that it is up to par with the dreadnought and Aircraft Carrier.
Any Suggestions are more than welcome. No need to restrict them to just the navies either. I am merely focusing on the navies this patch because I saw them as an unbalanced mess (mostly caused by our previous changes haha)
Hotfix just released to fix missing cameos. Also, future patch content preview.
More modifications for Red Alert 3 published on Desura.
Beta release this summer. Slightly rushed, but at least this mod won't be a dead source compilation on my computer anymore.
This Will Contain updates for all new Units: Current update is for the Archer Maiden, but we do plan on making more Units escpecially for Japan since...
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Here is the source code for RA3, as of Patch 1.04 - The last patch. You're welcome to use parts of the RA3: Undecided source in your mod, just add credits...
Yes, Yes we did skip 1.03 I was busy and the few times I wasn't I was feeling lazy so it never got uploaded.
-RA3 Undecided 1.02 Changes- New Icon for Soviet Surveyor New Icon for Japan Air Defense Re-arranged Soviet WarFactory: Moved Surveyor before MCV &...
Hotfix to the missing cameo pictures to newly added units. Sorry for the missing pictures took me a while to notice vileelf uploaded wrong version.
The is the beta release of the mod. I don't know why this has to be 50 characters because the previous statement was all I wanted to say about the release...
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I understand now why is this mod undecided but it will be a good one.
(I think and I hope,until now you do great work)
Infantry are a pain to code
animations lol
He was Doing archer maiden and it has like 50 Stances and stuff lol
Well, making 2d infantry animations is more painful... unless one has a 3d model of it, but it doesn't improve anything... at least not that much.
cluster bomber? *cough*Shockwave*cough*
Has if Shockwave was the first mod to feature a cluster bomb, moron!
OMG!!! Westwood copied command & conquer of da Shockwave team OMG! WTF!! LOL!!
STFU n00b make your own mod if you know it better.
are you going to add new models, because i love the idea of a cluster bomber, however, the flametank should be a desolator tank, less OP, more sovietish :)
you would think the desolater tank would be pretty much the same as the flame tank attack wise so i don't know how it would be less op
Actually, Flame tank would naturally do more damage to Buildings and Desolator would do slightly more damage(than the Flame Tank) to vehicles, would it not?


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In what is a surprise to probably no one, as of today I'm joining Securosis as Analyst/President. For all intents and purposes, Security Incite and Securosis are merging operations.
The old adage goes that when one door closes, another opens. In this case, it's absolutely true, though not necessarily in that order. Some back-story will clarify why this makes sense. During the summer of 2008, Rich and I had decided to start a new research company. We were moving towards launching around Labor Day 2008.
Then I got the call, from the only guy I would consider working for, about joining eIQ. It was a truly agonizing decision for me. I thought I had something left to prove on the vendor side, and this was an opportunity that I thought had all the pieces for success. I told Rich this just delayed our plans, but I knew he needed to keep moving forward, and that he would.
Over the past 18 months, Rich and Adrian have done a really great job building the brand of Securosis and establishing a very real and credible voice on security topics. Best of all, their research philosophy of Totally Transparent Research totally aligns with my own research philosophy. Truth be told, I have to admit to being jealous when they launched the new Securosis site because it was everything I thought IT research should be.
For me, eIQ didn't work as I had hoped. So when I got laid off, the second call I made was to Rich. Yes, I called the Boss first. Rich, Adrian and I decided to move forward as one entity. We plan to build the next great IT research firm.
Yes, I could have stayed solo. In just the few weeks I've been back on the research side, I have lots of activity in the works. But that limits my ability to deliver pragmatic and actionable information to the grossly underserved market of mid-market IT and security professionals. This strategy will become clear in the coming weeks as we unveil our research products strategy and our individual research agendas.
Equally important, I'm surrounding myself with guys I respect enough to push me, but also guys that I really enjoy hanging out with. In retrospect, I really missed the collegial and challenging environment I experienced as a META Group analyst. Working by myself was great, but I know I want to really make a difference in this space. That means I've got to partner with like-minded individuals who will hold me accountable and tell me when my stuff sucks.
Rest assured, one of the reasons I am following this path is because Rich, Adrian and I have similar philosophies on pretty much everything. We've decided to keep the Securosis "brand" as the company name, but many aspects of Security Incite will integrate with the Securosis offerings. So you'll see a "Securosis Incite" blog post every week and all of our research will be "Pragmatic" in nature.
I'm really excited for the next stage in my personal journey as part of Securosis. Later today I'll be doing a POPE analysis of the move and we've posted a FAQ up on the Securosis blog. If you haven't already, you'll want to add the Securosis blog (http://securosis.com/feeds/blog) to your RSS reader or get our stuff via email to keep current. The links for email newsletter signup are on the blog page.
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13.2 Categories of Sponsored Projects
Illustrates the major categories of sponsored projects, i.e., organized research (including both sponsored research and University research), sponsored instruction, and other sponsored activities. Establishes procedures to meet the requirements of July 15, 1993 revisions to OMB Circular A-21, and the incorporation of the Uniform Guidance effective December 26, 2014 regarding the definition of University Research. Definition of Industry-Funded Clinical Trials clarified in October 2009.
1. General Categories of Sponsored Projects
Sponsored projects at Stanford University are categorized under the following general headings:
Organized Research, including Sponsored Research and University Research
Sponsored Instruction
Other Sponsored Activities
Classification of a sponsored project into one of these categories affects the calculation of Stanford's Facilities & Administrative (F&A), i.e., indirect cost rates, and determines the appropriate rate to be charged. See Facilities & Administrative (Indirect Cost) and Fringe Benefit Rates: Definitions and Calculations, in the Research Policy Handbook.
Definitions and examples of these categories follow below.
2. Definitions
A. Organized Research
Research and scholarship activities include the rigorous inquiry, experiment or investigation to increase the scholarly understanding of the involved discipline. Organized research activities are funded by both external sponsors (Sponsored Research) and by Stanford University (University Research), and must be separately budgeted and accounted for. Together, these categories comprise the Organized Research distribution base, used to calculate the Organized Research F&A rate.
Any research and development activity that does not meet the criteria to be defined as Sponsored Research or University Research (Sections A.1 and A.2, below) shall be classified as Departmental Research, and shall be accounted for separately from Organized Research. Examples of Departmental Research include: new faculty start up funds which are provided on a non-competitive basis, funds from a faculty member's designated gift accounts expended for research that are not used to cover costs incurred on behalf of externally or University sponsored research, and University support of faculty salaries for non-sponsored research.
1. Sponsored Research
Research activities are properly classified as Sponsored Research if the research activity is sponsored (funded) by an external organization, i.e. a federal, state, or private organization or agency. The following are examples of sponsored research projects and, in all cases, these awards are made to Stanford University:
- awards for Stanford faculty to support their research activities
- external Faculty "Career Awards" to support the research efforts of the faculty
- external funding to maintain facilities or equipment and/or operation of a center or facility which will be used for research
- external support for the writing of books, when the purpose of the writing is to publish research results
- awards to departments, units or schools for the support of the research activities of Stanford University students or postdoctoral scholars, e.g., research training grants
NOTE: Externally-funded research training grants are categorized as Sponsored Research (rather than Sponsored Instruction) where the primary activities of the trainees will be research.
The following characteristics indicate that a sponsored agreement should be treated as a research training grant:
The primary purpose of the sponsored agreement is to provide research training to selected Stanford University students or postdoctoral scholars
The award is made to Stanford University, with the provision that Stanford may name the trainees
If a trainee leaves Stanford, the university may reassign the support to another qualified trainee
Funding is normally provided to support the trainee, rather than to accomplish a specified statement of work or research project. Note that a research project may be described in a proposal for research training grant support, but the primary purpose of the award is to support the trainee.
2. University Research
Research activity is properly classified as University Research if the activity is supported by either of the following:
Funding that is derived from Stanford institutional funds (e.g. gifts, endowment income, interest income, technology licensing income, operating budget) through a competitive application and award process, and where the proposed activity is characterized by the same factors which generally distinguish sponsored projects (see RPH: Definition of Sponsored Projects and Distinctions from Other Forms of Funding), such as:
Existence of a statement of work
Detailed financial accountability such as:
a line-item budget related to the project plan
a specified period of performance, typically defined with "start" and "stop" dates
a requirement to return any unexpended funds at the end of that period
regular financial reporting (beyond an acknowledgment of funds),
Terms for the disposition of properties, OR
Cost sharing expenditures which are committed to be borne by Stanford rather than by the sponsor.
Research awards that are administered and funded by Stanford departments or programs are examples of University Research, e.g., G-CEP awards for energy research projects.
B. Sponsored Instruction
Sponsored Instruction is defined as teaching and training activities funded by grants and contracts from federal or non-federal sponsors. Sponsored Instruction includes agreements which support curriculum development as well as teaching/training activities (other than research training) whether offered for credit toward a degree or certificate, on a non-credit basis, or through regular academic departments or by separate divisions, summer school, or external division.
Sponsored Instruction includes:
curriculum development projects at any level, including projects which involve evaluation of curriculum or teaching methods; such evaluation may be considered "research" only when the preponderance of activity is data collection, evaluation, and reporting
projects which involve Stanford students in community service activities for which the Stanford students are receiving academic credit
general support for the writing of textbooks or reference books, video, or software to be used as instructional materials.
C. Other Sponsored Activities
Other Sponsored Activities (OSA) are defined as projects funded by sponsors that involve the performance of work other than Sponsored Instruction or Sponsored Research.
OSA may include:
Travel grants
Support for conferences or seminars
Support for University public events such as "Lively Arts"
Publications by Stanford University Press
Support for students, staff, or teachers in elementary or secondary schools, or the general public, through outreach-related activities
Projects that involve Stanford faculty, staff, or students in community service activities (where the Stanford students are not receiving academic credit for their involvement)
Support for projects pertaining to library collections, acquisitions, bibliographies, or cataloging
Programs to enhance institutional resources, including data center expansion, computer enhancements, etc.
3. Accounting
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Sponsored activities that qualify as either Sponsored Research or University Research shall be assigned to the Sponsored Research or University Research task service types in the University's accounting system. All University Research shall be separately budgeted and accounted for. Space used in the conduct of Sponsored Research or University Research shall be coded to Research (R) in the University's Space Inventory System.
All other research activity that is not defined as either Sponsored Research or University Research shall be considered Departmental Research.
Expenditures for Departmental Research shall be assigned to the Instruction and Departmental Research task service type in the accounting system. Space used in the conduct of Departmental Research should be coded to Departmental Research (L) in the University's Space Inventory system. See Related items below for the Service Type Determination Matrices.
B. Accounting for Sponsored Instruction
Activities that qualify as Sponsored Instruction shall be assigned to the Sponsored Instruction task service type in the University's Accounting system. Space used in the conduct of Sponsored Instruction should be coded to Instruction (I) in the University's Space Inventory system.
See Related items below for the Service Type Determination Matrices.
NOTE: Research training grants are not categorized as Sponsored Instruction, but as Sponsored Research (see Section 1.A., above).
C. Accounting for Other Sponsored Activities
Activities that qualify as OSA shall be assigned to the Other Sponsored Activities task service type in the University's Accounting system. Space used in the conduct of OSA should be coded to Instruction (I) in the University's Space Inventory system. See Service Type Determination matrices for more information.


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The acquisition complements Novozymes' existing business in the pulp & paper, textile, grain-processing and animal feed industries.
Novozymes acquires Iogen Bio-Products, the industrial enzyme business of Ottawa-based Iogen Corporation for CAD 67.5 million (approximately DKK 370 million) and potential earn-out payments of up to CAD 12.5 million (approximately DKK 70 million). The deal provides Novozymes with all commercial rights to Iogen Bio-Products' existing product portfolio, pipeline, facilities and know-how. Novozymes acquires all of Iogen Corporation's industrial enzyme business. The acquisition does not include the purchase of assets that relate to Iogen Corporation's bioenergy process technologies.
Iogen Bio-Products, which entered the industrial enzyme industry in 1991, produces and sells enzymes for the pulp & paper, textile, grain-processing and animal feed industries. The company has close to 70 employees and sells more than 20 products globally.
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This book analyzes approaches, strategies, and best practices from EU Member States that could contribute to a sustainable integration policy. It thus provides European, national, regional, and local decisionmakers with instruments they can draw on in establishing a framework for integration.
This policy brief explores the often neglected migration management potential of "regularization" or "legalization" programs, arguing that properly conceived and carefully executed "earned" regularization programs can not only prevent the number and flow of unauthorized migrants from building to unacceptable levels, but can also set the stage for smarter use of enforcement resources and improvements in labor market and social policy development.
This report looks at what, over time, has determined the various departmental or ministerial locations of migration policy decision-making in different states.
This policy brief explores two key policy issues at the center of the May 2004 enlargement of the European Union: the potential for migration from the new Member States to the existing ones; and the need to develop a coherent immigration, asylum, and border control policy for the European Union.
Through a broad overview of key policy and legislation dating back to the early 1990s, this paper finds that despite persistent efforts to coordinate an EU level approach to asylum and refugee protection, the process has been severely stifled by the lack of a philosophical consensus between Member States as to what constitutes refugee protection in Europe and globally.
Recognizing the particular challenges to refugee protection faced on both sides of the Atlantic, this report questions whether strengthening resettlement programs in the U.S. and Europe can help to address ongoing concerns over security, the volume and diversity of migrants, the rise of right-wing parties and the role of the welfare state.
In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the U.S., EU officials issued a symbolic statement that the EU was prepared to receive Afghan refugees displaced from the looming American intervention. Despite internal policy tendencies to reject Afghan claims to protection and domestic security concerns, EU officials seemed to recognize at the time there was very little risk of a massive influx of Afghan refugees.
This report seeks to evaluate the extent to which expanding resettlement programs across the European Union can provide a strategic tool to manage a greater number of legal arrivals to EU Member States and whether Member States possess the political will to engage in resettlement.