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Lowell hit .274 with 17 HR in 113 games, a year after hitting .324. The Indians, Twins, Tigers, and Dodgers are all in the market for a third baseman, and would likely be willing to make a trade if the the Red Sox picked up most of the salary. Lowell has a solid year or two left, so he could be a solid pick up, especially if you do not have to give up too much.
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posted at 10/27/2008 4:33 PM EDTThe Red Sox would like to pursue a power hitting corner infielder and will look to trade struggling veteran Mike Lowell.
Lowell hit .274 with 17 HR in 113 games, a year after hitting .324. The Indians, Twins, Tigers, and Dodgers are all in the market for a third baseman, and would likely be willing to make a trade if the the Red Sox picked up most of the salary. Lowell has a solid year or two left, so he could be a solid pick up, especially if you do not have to give up too much.Another possible landing spot is the Diamondbacks, who may move Mark Reynolds to second base. The Red Sox would be able to land Miguel Montero in that deal, who could take over at catcher or third in 2009 if needed.
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posted at 10/27/2008 4:40 PM EDTLowell has a solid year or two left, so he could be a solid pick up, especially if you do not have to give up too much.
Then why would want to trade him, and pick up most of his salary?
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posted at 10/27/2008 5:05 PM EDTI clicked on the link in your post and read the Nick Cafardo article that came up. Seems you left out the part about the Sox trading Lowell only if they can sign Texeira (and for less than 10 yrs/200 million).
What I want to know is why the Sox are a good fit for Garret Atkins (as per Rotoworld). Says who? Atkins has mediocre numbers outside Coors and would be a defensive downgrade over either Lowell or Youkilis. If Lowell recovers fully from the hip problem, he is rock solid defensively and good for 25 - 30 HRs. Not huge power numbers, but not a slap hitter, either. Looks like Youkilis is a 25 - 30 HR guy at the other corner spot. Not bad production from the corners at all, really. And not the reason we lost in the ALCS. Beckett's health is the reason we lost. If Beckett had dominated game 2, as he likely would have if not injured, we would have returned to Fenway up two games to none. Then the Rays would have pressed, and it all plays out differently.
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posted at 10/27/2008 5:38 PM EDTSo the Sox would pick up most of Lowell's salary along with Lugo thats $18 mil for lugo and s26mil for lowell total 44 mil so what your trying to say is John Henry became a billionare by throwing his money away
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posted at 10/27/2008 8:30 PM EDTSo the Sox are going to pay some $20mill to Teixeira? And then pay most of the $9mill for Lugo, who won't be dalt for anything useful? And then they are going to deal Lowe,, probably for a similar return? And then they Sox are going to sign a 4th starter? And deal with Kevin Youkilis' arbritration?
Say they get lucky and only pay 2/3 of the $21mill owed to Lugo and Lowell. The $20mill for Teixeira plus that $14mill plus, say $8mill for Youkilis in arbritration (his production matches up with other $8mill first basemen), and then maybe $12mill for a mediocre 4th starter? That represents $54mill in payroll and no one has even glanced at the bullpen yet.
Does that seem smart?
If the Sox sign Teixeira, which they should not, then the ONLY thing to do is deal Youkilis. The guy is coming off an MVP caliber season, and he will never look better to other teams. Youkilis for Justin Duchscherer, in a match of players having career years? Youkilis for Aaron Harang, as Cincy suddenly has pitching depth and a really weak looking offense? (Include Crisp and its Youkilis and Crisp for Harang and Reliever Jared Burton.)
Maybe a blockbuster deal along the lines of Youkilis and Buchholz for Matt Cain and Benji Molina?
Of course this asumes they actually want Teixeira..
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posted at 10/27/2008 9:41 PM EDTSigning Teixeira only to deal Youkilis would be a monumental error. That is a roughly $12-15 million salary increase for marginal production increase. If Teixeira is signed, Lowell will be shopped. They can still pick up a pitcher in a trade, using minor league talent rather than the 2008 American League Hank Aaron Award winner.
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posted at 10/27/2008 11:19 PM EDTok first of all there is no way they trade youk. Lowell is the one who would get delt if we sign tex(which i hope we do). Although i think there is a good chance that the sox will sign tex and wait till spring training to deal lowell rather than deal him sooner. Now if a good offer comes along that may change but if not then that would be the smartest thing to do. I still think there is a possibility that the sox sign tex and keep lowell. They can use him as a back up for ortiz, youk and tex. Enough with all the lars anderson stuff, i think u would have to be crazy to pass up getting a proven hittier/fielder in order to make room for a prospect that has yet to prove anything. Sure he has done well in a and aa but lots of players have done well in the minors but could not get it together in the majors.
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posted at 10/28/2008 10:57 AM EDTThe Sox will never match what the Yankmes will offer Tex !! End of discussion !!
P.S. The Yankmes actually need somebody at First !!
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posted at 10/28/2008 7:18 PM EDT
[Quote]Signing Teixeira only to deal Youkilis would be a monumental error. That is a roughly $12-15 million salary increase for marginal production increase. If Teixeira is signed, Lowell will be shopped. They can still pick up a pitcher in a trade, using minor league talent rather than the 2008 American League Hank Aaron Award winner.[/Quote]
I agree that Teixeira is a minimal improvement for maximum cost, which is why I don't think it is should happen. My position is, keep Lowell and Youkilis and let Teixeira sign elsewhere.
But if the Sox don't follow my advice (they rarely do), what can Lowell be dealt for? The demand for 35yo third basemen owed $25mill and coming off hip surgery really isn't all that high. What minor league help would have to be dealt along side, and what can you expect in return? And considering everything about Lowell, wouldn't that minor league talent get more in return on their own? For example, what package brings back better players – Lowell, Bowden and Reddick or just Bowden and Reddick? By even including Lowell in the package, you are already eliminating some of the smaller markets, unless we pay off a huge chunk of his salary, too. How many players are the Sox going to do that for? Do you think the Sox should be pay $28-$32mill per year to upgrade from Lowell to Teixeira? I get that Teixeira is better and younger than Lowell, but is he $28-32mill per year better? I know everyone is dreaming of this lineup of All Stars, but this way is unreal and very inefficient. And if we dump extraneous minor league help, who will be left to get another arm or two for the bullpen? Heck, let's just empty the farm system further. We're talking about Teixeira here, right? By the way, isn't this a bit extreme to get a guy who you admit is only a minimal upgrade over the one we already have in his position?
That Youkilis won the 2008 Hank Aaron Award is more the reason to see what he is worth. He will be 30 next season, and is either peaking right now, or will very soon. Whereas Lowell is at his ultimate low value, Youkilis is at his highest. Current market conditions aside, which the more ideal time to sell a stock? Even if Youkilis has another stellar season next year, how many more can the Sox reasonably expect? (The GM Axiom is the best time to trade a player is when he has one good season left.) If your argument that Youkilis is a minimal difference from Teixeira, then look at the haul Teixeira brought in from Atlanta. And that was for 1.5 seasons of Teixeira, and he was dealt for 5 prospects, three of which were from the Braves' Top 10, including both #1 (Saltalamacchia) and #2 (Andrus). Of the 5 they received, two are already in MLB (Salty, Harrison) and a third (Neftali Feliz) was ranked last year in BA's Top 100 and that was before a very impressive season at AA ball at age 20. The fourth (Andrus) is Texas overall #1. That leaves only Beau Jones as failing to get national recognition. Maybe Youkilis – who is controlled for 3 more years - doesn't get that much, but how far off would it have to be before it isn't worth it? Maybe he could be dealt for another SP (or for prospects that could be turned for a SP), and negate any foolish signing of Burnett or Sheets, who threaten to be multimillion dollar DL mainstays. If Youkilis could bring back be traded in a deal that brought back, say Scott Baker or Aaron Harang, would that be so bad? (The Matt Cain proposal I made was probably a bit of a stretch, but if Sabean would do it, wouldn't you?)
Are the Sox better with Lowell and what they can get for Youkilis or with Youkilis and what they can get for Lowell? I have to think the first choice would be better.
This is another case of Sox fans thinking trades are for running people out of town. Lowell may not be as unpopular as Lugo, but the common idea among fans is to move him to clear a lineup spot for a shinier new toy. And heck, if we have to sell out the minors and pay his salary, let's do it. After all, what's $54mill when you are talking about 100 OPS points, right?
The fact is the Sox made it to game 7 of the ALCS, and if Lowell is healthy, he already represents an upgrade over Mark Kotsay. The Sox lineup was not having trouble scoring runs after Manny left, and that was in spite of Lowell and Drew being out for extended periods. And Ortiz being hurt. I know everyone thinks his lack of production was due to Manny leaving, but he did miss June with a wrist injury, and the one of the effects of wrist injuries is diminished power, and they don't heal overnight. And if Ortiz' wrist still hurts next season, adding Teixeira won't help it heal faster. So it's not like we are adding 2 bats to the lineup by acquiring him.
By the way, where are all the fans who were so insistent on bringing Lowell back after 2007? After repeatedly making posts as the sole voice saying the Sox would be smarter to simply let Lowell walk and move Youkilis to 3b, I do find it ironic that I am actually the only one defending keeping Lowell, who had to be retained after 2007 because he was such a wonderful human being and an important clubhouse guy. I guess those personality traits only get you so far when there are 100 OPS points at stake…
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posted at 10/28/2008 8:54 PM EDTLowell is coming off an injury-filled season in which he was still productive. The previous year he batted over .320 and had 120RBI. Lets not write him off yet. He's a top-rate fielder and a club house leader and he's clutch. The only untouchables on this team would be Lester, Beckett, Papelbon, Pedoria and maybe Youk...But I wouldn't be too quick to trade Lowell. I'd love to see Texieria here, but really rather upgrade elsewhere than first or third base.
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posted at 10/29/2008 3:14 AM EDTFirst, I think the Sox will match and probably surpass the Yankees for Big Tex. the Yankees need pitching more than anything I am hearing the Yankees are eyeing Cameron for CF and then looking for D.Lowe and AJ Burnett for their staff. The Sox will target Tex only and will probably out bid the Yanks. After that the Sox will fill holes through trades and minor deals. If we head into next April with a lineup like Els,Ped,Papi,Tex,Youk,Drew, Bay,Tek, Lowery Things will look very good for 2009.
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posted at 10/29/2008 3:46 AM EDTEven if NY doesn't sign Tex and lands Lowe and Burnett, we still need to upgrade our starting rotation. We don't have a solid 4 or 5. If we MUST keep Wakefield, then we need a No. 4 at least. Our poor pitching matchups against the Rays demonstrate that; we don't have to worry only about NY any more.
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posted at 10/29/2008 5:03 AM EDTThe rotation will be fine. We have Beck, Dice, Lester at the the top and then we have our choices of Bowden,Byrd,Buch,Wake and maybe even Masterson. When talking pitching the Sox need to solidify the bull pen and shorten games again. I for one think Masterson should stay in the pen UNLESS the Sox go out and get a 2nd tier teams closer and use him in the 8th see Gonzalez of Atl. for example. I have not given up clay being an impact pitcher for the Sox and I wouldn't be surprised to see the Sox make that run at the new Japanese pitcher that wants to come to USA (I won't even try to spell it.) My wish list:
1. Tex
2. Tek + Young catcher combo
3. One more dominant Pen arm
A. We need our version of Balfour to come in and throw pure smoke, I think that is MDC role but he seems to forget that. (FWIW it sounds like the kid they picked up from Tigers yesterday is in that mold)
4. Fill rotation. It just seems our minor leagues are loaded with starting pitching
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posted at 10/29/2008 5:46 AM EDTNo. Atkins is a gold glove level 3rd baseman and Coors is not the hitters paradise it was a few years ago. He's a far better player than Lowell, and not much less of a player than Youkilis. I watch him every day.
1-He spent almost half the season at 1st. Even with Helton's injuries, I find it strange that you'd take a GG 3B and make him a 1B.
2-He hit .233 on the road and .342. You sure there's no Coors' affect? And even if there wasn't, do you want a 3B that hits .233 on the road?
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posted at 10/29/2008 5:56 AM EDTThey should pull another Crisp.............keep him in the spring and see what happens (even if they sign Texeira).
Value will be low so hang on, hang on...............we can get a helluva lot more for Crisp now.
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posted at 10/29/2008 6:27 AM EDT
What is the contract limit for Texeria from us? I would say 8 yrs 160 million. The contract would expire when he is 37. The Rangers had previously offered 7yrs/140mil... So after 2 solid seasons playing for contenders, hitting .300+, 30+hrs and 30+ 2Bs a year he is going to take 6 yrs 120 mil... no he has himself at probably a minimum of 8 yrs 160 million. Baseball has seemingly put the ceiling at 10 yrs 200 million. Yes he is two years older since the Rangers offer but he will reasonably sign for 8 yrs and 160 million. I'm not sure that fits our plans even though he is a tremendous hitter and could be made to fit our long term plans.
Is Texeria worth 8 million dollars more then Lowell? Both play Gold Glove like defense but at different corners Lowell at a more valueable spot. Yes Youkilis can switch to 3B and be a good defender, but is 8 million dollars worth a difference of +.34avg 10hrs, 4 2bs, 21 rbis, .072obp. Iwould have to say YES! And thats after I projected Lowell stats numbers to Texeria number of at bats.
As for having to pay half of salaries ... thats not happening. Look at the free agent market Casey Blake is the best option. The second is the always fragile Crede and then there is nothing. Cleveland is trying to aquire Mark Teahan thats the options out there. Other 3B options that are available are Beltre and Mora. Teams that need 3B are LAD, ARI, TEX, DET, CLE, CHW, MIN, PHI, MIL, & SFG. Of these teams with quality third base options LAD (DeWitt), ARI (Reynolds/Tracy), TEX (Duran/Davis), DET (Guillen), CHW (Fields), PHI (Feliz/Dobbs), and MIL (Hall). That leaves MIN and SFG but Lowell presents a ressonably priced and significant upgrade defensively and offensively.
Do I think Lowell instead of Kotsay would get us to the World Series... Yes but at the same time I think Texeria would allow us to plow through teams.
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posted at 10/29/2008 6:49 AM EDTNo. Atkins is a gold glove level 3rd baseman and Coors is not the hitters paradise it was a few years ago. He's a far better player than Lowell, and not much less of a player than Youkilis. I watch him every day
Obviously I don't watch him every day, I am only going by what I have read. I don't like his splits at all, and his 2008 season begs the question of whether he is much more than a .280 htter on another team, going into the future. Since Lowell is a lifetime .279 hitter I don't see the "far better playerl" label working for you. As for gold glove caliber...is that a euphemism for decent 3B? Lowell HAS a gold glove, and his lifetime fielding pct. is higher than Atkins has had in his best year at 3B! Atkins splits a lot of time at 1B and is being pushed out for a younger, unproven player at 3B. That makes me very suspicious of your claims of Atkins defensive skills, as well. Especially since I have read that it would be a defensive downgrade to go with Atkins over Lowell or Youkilis (which is why I posted exactly those words).
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posted at 10/29/2008 7:29 AM EDT
Don't sign Tex!!
Let the Spankees overspend for him and Manny.
Get another big name pitcher and keep our family of players together for another year. Everyone was singing Lowell's praises in late 07' when he was MVP of the WS, now its trade the guy cuz he is old? He's Jeter's age! He has a couple more years left he can play the field, then be relegated to PH/DH duty. Let the Yankees again be what they used to be... big spenders with no team unity. Tex for them wouldn't be that much of an upgrade offensively over Giambino(I know your all gonna crucify me for that statement).
We have a s**tload of money now that "Daffy" is no longer our responsibility to pay while hitting for someone else... And Curt is no longer collecting AARP, but we will need some of that money to pay Youks/Bay/Pedie when their time comes due.
I personally like this team(providing Tizzle gets better next year) with just a little more starting pitching and a new backup catcher to split duties with Tek. I could live without Lugo and would make that talked about swap with the Tigers for Dontrelle if possible.... not that he would be the answer to my request for a frontline SP, but he could be Wake's replacement if he ever gets right again.
Get C.C. or A.J. and save the money for Youk/Dusty/JBay.
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posted at 10/29/2008 8:40 AM EDTI was one of the biggest "bring lowell back" advocates after the 2007 season. The guy is an awsome fit for the Sox. Great defense, gritty player, plays injured and always gives 110%. That all being said, I would like to see him retire in a Red Sox uniform for sure. I think most Sox fans would agree they love Lowell and want to see him retire here. Baseball is a business though... I want to see Lowell here as much as the next guy, but will not villify the front office if they see fit to trade lowell to make room for Tex. From a business standpoint, you make that swap any day of the week. Youk was a 3rd baseman for his playing career until he needed to fill a void at first. He is more than an average 3rd base fielder. Tex is 28 years old, and already a 2 time GG winner, and among the leagues best in offensive numbers for the past 5 seasons. Lowell is 6+ years older than Tex and not as much of an offensive force. He's also getting older, and who knows how fast he can bounce back from injuries anymore. Plus with Tex, that gives us a fairly young and very productive infield, with the exception of our aging catcher. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and short all together can be set for the next 5,6,7 seasons and be very very strong defensively and hold thier own with the bat. They would be sacrificing at least 6 - 7 years of a very productive infield to hold onto lowell for 2 more seasons...like I said, from a business standpoint, which has nothing to do with loyalty or heart, this makes sense. And to me, a lineup that looks like : Ells/crisp, Pedroia, Ortiz, Tex, Youk, Drew, Bay, Lowrie, Tek...looks pretty darn good to me, both defensively and offensively. Tex and Ortiz could go in either the 3 or 4 hole, I would have ortiz bat 4th b/c he really is a cleanup hitter.
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posted at 10/29/2008 8:53 AM EDTthe sox need another quality starter(d.lowe, a.j. burnett),
the sox need some bullpen arms.
if the sox can sign texiera and still pick up another quality starter, fine, that would be great. tex gives boston stabilty at 1st base for years.
i'm also fine with keeping wakefield as the number 5 starter.
masterson should stay as a set-up guy in the bullpen. he seems comfortable with that.
i can even live with keeping lugo to share time at s.s.
who knows, maybe the competition with lowrie will make lugo better.
i like mike lowell as a player and a leader; but he doesn't have longevity at 3rd and the sox will have to go after either a 1st or 3rd baseman in the near future; i don't think there's another texiera out there.
what the hell, it aint my money. john henry, sign tex for eight years and the sox will never be out of the playoffs.
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posted at 10/29/2008 9:58 AM EDT
I don't see a Lowell trade coming for a long time. I don't think I have to tell anyone that he won't be traded until a deal is reached for a replacement.
That being said I think a team with Youk at third can without a doubt win a World Series. IMHO, when he moves there he instantly becomes the second best all-around 3rd baseman in the AL (I don't think there's an argument about who's #1).
My problem with Texiera is how I can't get over what a jerk he looks like. I mean he's a good player, but he just looks like one of those guys who looks like he'd tell a 10-year-old to "F-off" for asking for an autograph.
That being said a lineup with Pedroia, Ortiz, Texiera, Youk and Drew in the 2-6 spots sure would be tough on opposing pitchers.
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posted at 10/29/2008 11:43 AM EDTcan anyone tell me what happend to Hazel May of NESN. I think she was great, and I miss her?
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posted at 10/29/2008 12:02 PM EDT
If the RedSox went and traded Mike Lowell, the WS MVP and a player who accepted LESS money to stay with the RedSox last year I think it would send a very unpleasant message to any other future player who might think about taking less money to stay with the sox. Loyalty has to work both ways and it has to be rewarded.
Lowell has been a loyal, solid contributor for 3 years now. Despite being in terrible pain at times this year, he still went out to EARN his paycheck. At a time when many players beg out of the lineup for acne outbreaks and chipped fingernails, this guy (who doesn't need to play for a new contract )had to be pulled from the lineup when his torn hip labrum would not allow him to run.
Please fill my lineup card with 9 players like Mike Lowell.
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posted at 10/29/2008 12:11 PM EDT
First off, the sox are shaving Schillings 8 million, Manny/Bay difference of 12.5 million, Renteria comes off the books, and a few million for Timlin, Cora, and Casey. Who knows what will happen with Tek. Plus we did not spend any significant money last year. Also, who cares how much we spend? Tickets are going up no matter what.
Texeira is a perfect Red Sox. Theo should set a price/year limit and go hard after him. Let him go if it becomes too long or expensive. He is patient (more walks then ks), young, switch hitter, powerful, and a great defensive player. He also had a pretty impressive playoff series vs Sox.
Tex, Pedroia, Lowrie, Youk would be a great infield for years to come both defensively and offensively. Lugo moves into utility role (albeit an expensive one) Outfield of Bay (a 35 HR guy), Ellsbury and Drew/Crisp is another championship quality team. And we would still have a ton of young talent that could come up and help or be spun in a trade for a pitcher (Peavy).
Lowell is the obvious man out, Sox never wanted him in the first place, and didn't want to sign him last year but caved to the fans demands. He has been great for us but it is too much of a risk to wait and see if he comes back from this injury and we can't wait until middle of next year because Texeira won't be available.
What exactly do you think we need for our pen? Who is out there that is really going to solidify it for us and how much are they going to cost? Our pen was solid at the end of the year.
Youklis schould not be traded.
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posted at 10/29/2008 1:07 PM EDTIf the Sox did sign Texeira would they have to deal Lowell? Consider that if those 2 plus Youkilis and Ortiz shared 3 positions they'd average 121 games each....plus Youkilis might get some games in left....Ortiz & Lowell are getting older and might benefit from some extra rest, the L/R platoon, pinch hitting, and great insurance should one of the 4 suffer a season-ending injury. The same concept worked very well in 2008 for the 4 outfielders and they all seemed to be satisfied with their playing time.
The obvious flaw in that theory is that we would want Tex and Youk to play a minimum of 150 games each, leaving 186 starts for Ortiz and Lowell to share (plus the other benefits). If Papi played, say, 140, that leaves only 46 starts for Lowell. Still, I think it's worth considering....and Lowell could still be dealt during the season if it wasn't working out.


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Managing the mobile data tsunami – Is 4G the answer?
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Constantine Polychronopoulos, Ph.D. is the Founder and CTO of Bytemobile. Dr. Polychronopoulos has been a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 1986 and director of the Center for Supercomputing Research and Development since 1995. Dr. Polychronopoulos holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, an M.S. from Vanderbilt University and a B.S. from the National University of Athens.
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The explosive growth of data traffic generated by smartphones has created significant challenges for network operators, imposing an immense strain on available network resources and a negative impact on the user experience. Policy-driven optimization is perhaps the only technology that can alleviate the bandwidth crunch in existing 3G networks and also expand the effective capacity of emerging 4G networks.
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The latest generation of smartphones, particularly the Apple iPhone and Google Android devices, has contributed to exponential growth of data traffic in 3G networks. According to recent data from a cross-section of tier-one wireless network operators, those providing service for touchscreen smartphones have seen a dramatic increase in data volume – in some cases overwhelming their networks. Source: Bytemobile, 4Q 2009 Projections from industry analysts, wireless operators and suppliers of mobile internet infrastructure technology converge on the fact that the pace of data traffic growth will continue to accelerate rapidly through 2014 and beyond. Source: Cisco Systems, 2010 New realities of the mobile Internet era Explosive traffic growth has created not only tremendous opportunities for all players in the wireless broadband ecosystem, but also significant challenges – especially for network operators. Most of these challenges stem from the fact that today's HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and HSPA+ (HSPA Evolution) networks – as well as emerging LTE (Long Term Evolution) networks – were not provisioned to process the traffic loads that high-end smartphones have been generating over the last two years. The growth in traffic has imposed an immense strain on available network resources. This in turn has had a negative impact on the user experience. The result is often that subscribers churn to another network with more capacity and therefore a better experience. Another consequence of the data traffic strain on networks is that operators are delaying the rollout of new data applications, which slows revenue growth. It also provides a unique advantage to non-traditional service providers such as Google, RIM, Yahoo, and others to step in and offer smartphone applications for social networking and location-based services that create stickiness and loyalty among smartphone users. The figures below show a direct correlation between traffic volume, network bandwidth availability and the user experience. As expected, decreased bandwidth directly impacts the quality of the experience. Source: Bytemobile 2Q 2010 As data traffic continues to increase, not only will the user experience deteriorate further, but also operators will have to implement and enforce new billing policies and service plans in order to remain profitable. As we have seen in the transition from 2G to 3G, it will become critical for operators to serve more users and traffic within their existing infrastructure and offer a better user experience to reduce churn and remain competitive in the 4G environment. No panacea There are those who tout LTE as the ultimate solution for limitless bandwidth. While the new architecture will dramatically expand the bandwidth currently provided by 3G technology, different and complementary solutions will be required to address the quantum leap in LTE-enabled traffic by extending the capacity of the network. LTE will increase bandwidth to the device ten-fold over HSPA+, but at a cost of increased spectrum allocation. Effective bandwidth to the device is limited by the maximum bandwidth supported by the slowest link in an end-to-end connection. Given that LTE addresses only radio access, operators will need to re-provision the rest of their network infrastructure in order to address the bandwidth crunch. Significant capital expenditure (CAPEX) allocations for new infrastructure may be bad news for an operator's bottom line, but the worse news is that CAPEX alone cannot fix the problem. However, there is good news for operators. A combination of commercially available technologies can deliver a definitive solution to backhaul network congestion by addressing the problem at its root and doing so in a cost-effective manner. Options available to operators Femtocells, Wi-Fi offload, content caching, traffic management, and optimization will be critical components of future wireless communication systems, enabling operators to deliver a high-quality user experience with a limited set of resources in the form of spectrum and radio technology. These options are by no means mutually exclusive. In fact, most operators will use a combination of them and others as appropriate to meet their requirements. Optimization's enduring value While there is no single solution for the effects of explosive data growth on network capacity, it is important to understand optimization and how it enhances the positive impact of all solutions across all network elements. Optimization encompasses an array of synergistic technologies for upgrading the wireless network infrastructure from end to end. It is the single fastest and most cost-effective way to boost network capacity and deliver a higher-quality experience. Unlike other approaches to capacity management, the benefit of network optimization is enduring in the sense that it increases effective bandwidth and decreases congestion and latency, regardless of the radio or network technology used. Moreover, optimization can be deployed easily and without the expensive infrastructure changes required by almost all other network upgrade technologies. The adaptive nature of optimization makes it an invaluable embedded performance booster on an ongoing basis as operators upgrade segments of their networks toward 4G. Optimization expands effective bandwidth and network capacity through the dynamic application of different technologies, including hierarchical content caching, adaptive video streaming, policy-controlled content compression, adaptive transport resource scheduling, and congestion management. Policy-driven optimization Policy-driven optimization – which combines optimization with policy enforcement in a single gateway platform – results in more efficient utilization of spectrum and hardware, more effective distribution and prioritization of traffic, more flexibility of service plans across user profiles, and ultimately, more bandwidth for the unprecedented surge of data that LTE will inevitably produce. Unlike infrastructure-intense network upgrades, policy-driven optimization can be implemented quickly, with little or no change to the rest of the network. It provides an end-to-end bandwidth and network capacity boost of up to 50 percent, depending on traffic profiles. It is perhaps the only technology that can alleviate the bandwidth crunch in existing 3G networks and also expand the effective capacity of emerging 4G networks. When it comes to wireless broadband capacity, operators will continue to invest in optimization for as long as they continue to invest in better radio technologies – and as long as users demand higher levels of service. Policy-driven optimization comprises the only set of technologies that provide enduring value regardless of radio access technology and network architecture – and yet will be essential in the LTE environment.

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Matthew Sullivan, associate professor of physics, and some of his students were featured in a Travel Channel piece on Sunday night demonstrating how superconductors could literally help take roller coasters to the next level.
"The phenomenon of superconductivity is so unusual and counter-intuitive that it never ceases to amaze me," Sullivan said.
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Me and My Big Wimpy Hobby
I make Christmas wreaths for the ladies in my life. You got a problem with that?
Wreathmaking relies on similar magic—although, obviously, you use a round wire frame as your foundation. After years of trial and error, I've amassed a Faustian knowledge about which materials work well in wreaths and which don't. My favorite evergreens are ponderosa pine and the often-overlooked white fir, with its beautiful, curvy, blue-green needles. My least favorite is any kind of spruce, that harsh, evil jabber of fingers. And don't get me started on the magical—but maddening!—array of pine-cone choices. (OK, get me started: White fir cones are resiny cylinders that can create a sticky mess. Ponderosa pine cones are just right—open, dry, rounded, and nicely proportioned. Most spruce cones are too small for anything other than tabletop centerpieces. Not that I've ever made one of those.)
My other gripe is that it's become way too hard to get my hands on the necessary boughs, and for this I blame the U.S. government. For years, I assumed that buying a Christmas tree permit—in New Mexico, for $10, the Forest Service will let you cut down one small evergreen in a designated patch of public woods—also entitled me to pick up a few branches that had been knocked to the ground by wind. It made sense, since one reason they allow tree-cutting is to clear the forest of "ladder fuels" like white fir, which help create explosive conflagrations when forest fires break out.
But no. Three years ago, I was exiting the Santa Fe National Forest with my tree and a small collection of windfall cuttings. At one point, I pulled over to get a closer look at an intriguing dried sunflower stalk. A ranger rolled up, saw the extra greenery, and—boom!—I got nailed for trafficking in "hot" branch tips. The Pickle Suit threatened me with a $5,000 fine and told me that, in the future, I had to buy a separate permit to do my thing. Since then I've been scared straight, and it's a good thing, judging by the big wreath bust that went down in Florida last month.
But honesty isn't easy. When I called the Forest Service recently, the guy who picked up sounded confused—"I've been working here six years, and nobody has ever asked for a wreath permit." Later, he told me the only place I could collect was at the site of a major summertime chop-down of ponderosa pines. I went there. The boughs, piled in ugly heaps, were brown. Just the thing for wreathmaking fun—with the Addams Family.
I struggled by this year, using piñon branches that I collected—legally—with one of my firewood permits. The wreaths turned out nice, but this option may not be available next year, and the whole situation seems out of whack. I can obtain a permit to shoot an elk or beat trout against rocks, but I can't gather a few ounces of evergreen windfall? Write your congressmen and tell them to "craft" a reform. The happiness of several nice old ladies may depend on it.


text: After receiving a degree in Finance and Management from N.Y.U.'s Stern School of Business and spending a decade as a sales and marketing guru for technology startups, Adam Chromy decided to blend his love of narrative with his modern entrepreneurial spirit. The result was Artists and Artisans, where for ten years he represented authors with a professional rigor seldom seen in the book business. After hundreds of published books and numerous bestsellers, Adam reorganized Artists and Artisans as a management company to better serve clients by offering them the higher visibility afforded by film and television adaptations of their work. At Movable Type Management, Adam will serve as President of Movable Type Media, managing a very exclusive list of authors while developing and producing the adaptations of MTM's clients' work.


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Hanging daggers
Granite_Grrl tops out a S.Ontario WI4Rating: | Votes: 20 | Comments: 15
Submitted by: chossmonkey on 2009-02-18 | Last Modified: 2009-04-01 | Views: 2887
Solo!!! Whoo!!!
Are those nomics??!?!?
That's bad ass!
Too bad the gaiters are a slightly different bloo and matched the helmet and jacket.
Nice ass! Teh route looks fun too.
Iz tawp rope. Still iz sweet.
all i can say is...wow
Very Nice
Chossy - how come you don't list the location of these fabulous looking pictures of S.Ont's great ice??? Promote what we got dude.
I did say it was S.Ontario. Isn't that enough? It is S.Ontario after all, we need to preserve what we have. That place is right next to the road and everyone already knows about it. Its has had access issues in the past which are straightened out for time being. No need to add fuel to the fire.
Pretty fly for a white guy.
I'm guessing the grade 4 line comes up the gold pillar on the left. Cuz drytooling the overhanging rock to the free-hanging daggers sho' don't look like no fo'.
The ice on the left wasn't climbable. It barely touched down and would have just fallen apart. The rock wasn't that hard.


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One of the godfathers of American black-and-gray Chicano style tattooing, Freddy Negrete, is renowned for taking the single-needle technique, common in prisons and gang culture, and raising it to a level of fine art. Having been in prison himself and overcoming addiction and other adversities, Freddy is giving back by partnering with Project Save Art to produce limited edition temporary tattoos of his famous "Smile Now, Cry Later" design -- the proceeds of which will be donated to the William James Association, which provides art workshops for inmates that "teach self-discipline, problem-solving, and concentration through absorption in a specific creative endeavor."
In the video above, Freddy talks about the evolution of black & grey, the meanings behind "Smile Now, Cry Later," and a bit of his own personal story.
The temporary tattoos are not just a way to collect art from an iconic tattooer, but also funds opportunities for even more inmates' lives to be changed through art. The tattoos are available for purchase now on SaveArt.com.
To see more of Freddy's tattoos (like the ones below), hit up his Instagram, and check Project Save Art on Instagram as well.
Despite being the go-to source for celebrity tattoos, Mister Cartoon has remained true to his LA street roots, tattooing his signature black & grey style in the heart of Downtown's Skid Row -- at his aptly named Skid Row Tattoo studio -- as well as creating murals, apparel and merchandise, among countless projects, which you can read about on his site and blog.
In today's New York Post, Cartoon was featured, but not about tattooing Beyonce or Kobe, but about his favoitre hangouts in LA, in a street-styled travel piece, which is a good read. Here's a bit from it:
First stop is a spray-painted mural (246 S. Garey St., between Second and Third streets). It's Mister Cartoon's enormous, glorious tribute to Los Angeles, centerpieced by the Dodgers' logo and nodding to Day of the Dead, LA's famed freeways, Cartoon's iconic angry-clown graphics and, of course, a couple of sexy, scantily clad girls. "This is about me going out there and showing what I can do with spray paint while the sun beats down," Cartoon says of the project that took him two weeks to complete and was totally freestyled. "This was about graffiti and crushing and letting people know that I still have it."Read more of Cartoon's LA picks here.
And if you want to learn more of about the artist himself, check this video (below) where Cartoon talks about his start in tattooing, his low rider obsession and staying true to his crew.
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I'm excited to be working on the second volume of "Black Tattoo Art," finding artists around the world doing bold, black and badass work. One such artist Laszlo Kis of Windhorse Tattoo in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
What's particularly exciting about Laszlo, or Laci's, portfolio is how he can seamlessly move from heavy, tribal infused pieces to electric Americana to buttery black & grey to Japanese iconography. His artistic diversity is ever-present in his new book documenting his life in tattooing: "Windhorsetattoos by Kis Laszlo" available on Blurb.
Originally from Monor, a Hungarian city near Budapest, Laci began tattooing at sixteen years old in his hometown. He traveled throughout Hungary, working in Budapest, Balatonfured, and Sopron before moving to Sao Paulo, where Misi Karai, a long time friend from Hungary, invited him to work at his studio, Misi Tattoo. After three years, they decided to open up a new studio called Tattoo Tradition, where Kis worked for over five years until going out on his own in early 2010 and establishing Windhorse Tattoo.
When asked why he's chosen not to concentrate on one particular tattoo genre, Laci says he feels it is important not to limit himself to one style in order to fulfill the wishes of different clients: "I believe that, for some strange reason, people know what they will have on the body -- as if the tattoo has been there all along even before they enter the studio. Therefore, I cannot ignore their request, but must work with it."
I was hoping that he'll make a trip to the US soon, but with two young children, he's staying in Brazil for a while. Time to start planning a South America tattoo vacation.
See more of Laci's work on his blog and website.
Our friends over at Sullen Clothing are offering yet another chance to get tattooed for free. Free! This time you can get up to five hours of work from black & grey specialist Big Gus over at their headquarters plus $500 worth of Sullen Clothing, a hotel for one night, and a feature on Sullen TV. Sweet!
All you have to do is go to Sullen's Facebook page, become a fan by clicking Like, and then click the sweepstakes link. That's it. But in the video below, Big Gus explains the rules in his own special way.
Must be 18+ years of age and winner is selected the beginning of April. Contest ends March 31st.
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UPDATE: And the winner of Bob Tyrrell designed tee is ... Keith Smith of Ontario, Canada who came to the closest to the actual tattooing time of just over 9 hours. Congrats Keith!
Recently, black-and-gray rock star Bob Tyrrell was at Sullen Clothing's HQ designing artwork for a new tee, which will be out in the Fall. While he was there, he took a break to answer some quick & dirty questions I sent over to see what he's been up to:
What have been your favorite tattoos you've worked on recently?
Been doing a lot of skulls lately! Just did one with tentacles -- I just watched the new "Thing" movie, so I did one with weird arms and tentacles growing off of it. I did a Slash portrait recently that was fun, and a Ted Nugent portrait! Two of my guitar heroes.
Outside of tattooing, what projects are you working on?
Not much lately. I've been super lazy. I'm trying to get some prints going, haven't done them in a few years. I've been trying to play more guitar lately. I wanna get a metal band back together. I'm playing in a covers band now for fun, doing stuff by Sabbath, Skynyrd, ZZ Top, Metallica, Alice In Chains, Thin Lizzy...
Where can clients find you in the next few months, and what's the best way to get in touch with you to make an appointment?
They can go on my website, Bobtyrrell.com, for convention listings. I do guest spots out there in the LA area every once in a while, don't really advertise though, and guest spots at friends' shops all over the place. People can e-mail me on the site -- there's a form you can fill out for appointment requests -- and I finally have a business cell phone: 586-219-8661. You can call but texting is probably better. If I don't reply, hit me back as much as you want! I need an assistant really bad. I get nothing done if it involves business!
Will we be seeing you on a reality TV show any time soon? If you could have your own show, what would it be about?
I did a guest spot on LA Ink in Season 2, and one on London Ink in Season 2 also. That was a few years ago. It was fun, I got to be myself and there was no drama. Haha! Those shows were pretty good back then, before the producers brought more drama into the mix. Such is scripted reality TV. There's too many tattoo shows on TV now, and they're just getting worse. I definitely don't want my own show! It's getting out of control. Not just tattoo TV, but reality shows in general. Tom Renshaw here in Detroit had a pilot on Animal Planet called Detroit Ink, it was better than the other shows out there. Hopefully it becomes a series.
What are some of the tracks on your favorite playlist these days?
I got the new Van Halen album yesterday, it's killer! Can't stop listening to it. Been listening to The Little Willies lately, awesome country covers band! I love Norah Jones's voice. I'm hoping to marry her someday. Been listening to Joe Bonamassa a lot, one of my favorite guitarists these days. His solo stuff, and a project called Black Country Communion, kind of a supergroup with Glenn Hughes, Jason Bohnam, and Derek Sherinian. Killer stuff! Joe did an album with Beth Hart last year too which if totally killer. He released four records in 2011! A total workaholic. Slash's new live album is killer too! New Lamb Of God is also good...my buddy Rob Dukes, singer for Exodus, has a band called Generation Kill, good stuff! Latest Exodus is totally killer too. The latest Pink Floyd reissues have some amazing bonus stuff!
What are some of your upcoming projects in the 2012?
Just to get prints out, another Sullen shirt, form a metal band...that's about it! And try to tattoo a little more and travel a little less!
As we wait for that new shirt to drop, his existing tee called "Blood Lust" (shown above) is available at the Sullen store and we have one to give away.
Yeah, another giveaway!
Here's how we're going to play this one: In the video below, you'll see Bob tattoo a portrait on Sullen co-owner Ryan Smith. Watch it and let us know how long it took to complete the tattoo. Post your answer in the comment section to this post in our Needles & Sins Syndicate Group on Facebook or Tweet at us with your answer. Also include your shirt size. As usual, we'll put all the names of the commenters into Randomized.com and the internet gods will offer up the chosen one on Thursday, February 23rd.
Good luck!
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Legendary DogTown pro-skateboarder and photographer, Pep Williams, may shoot for fashion, sports and music glossies but it's his portraits of tattoo life that have garnered particular acclaim for their penetrating intensity and soulfulness -- a quality that comes from the photographer's own experiences in the community and respect for the craft.
The subjects of Pep's tattoo-focused imagery reflect his Los Angeles upbringing, and largely include black & grey inked bodies and faces. He also captures intimate moments in the tattooer's chair, which have powerful solemnity to them.
Pep will be on tour shooting street culture and skating in Brazil, Dubai, and Australia. Next month, he'll be releasing limited edition prints available for purchase. Updates will be posted on his site and Shockmansion blog.
For more on Pep, check Jinxi Boo's great interview with him.
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Renowned tattooist Tom Renshaw of Eternal Tattoos in Clawson, Michigan has been recognized as one of the foremost wildlife, landscape and portrait artists, so it's no surprise that he's featured in a new pilot for the Animal Channel called "Tattooed in Detroit." The series premiers tonight at 9PM EST & then will be replayed at 11pm & 4am (11/20). It will also air several times this week.
Producers Intuitive Entertainment say of the show: "Each hour-long episode follows the stories behind animal tattoos--from prep to ink--and the people who pay permanent homage to fallen pets & life-changing encounters with animals. There's an intimate story behind every tattoo, and it's Tom's job to make sure those stories come to life."
Yes, I know. The reality TV format requires a death or "life changing encounter" for someone wanting to get tattooed; however, Tom is such a phenomenal artist, with over two decades of stellar work, that I'll tune in just to watch him work. The artist also explains to MLive.com why this type of tattooing is important to him:
If someone loses their pet and their pet meant a lot of them, representing that on their skin creates a sort of long lasting bond. It makes them feel like their pet is still with them. [...] It gives them the satisfaction of seeing them on the daily basis, and gives them comfort.The article adds:
Renshaw, one of the nation's most renowned wildlife and portraiture tattoo artists, is also a wildlife photographer and videographer. "I've been to Alaska 10 times photographing wildlife, predominately brown bears," says Renshaw, who often uses his adventures as research for his work. "I like wildlife tattooing. It encompasses the landscape, too. It's like creating a painting, it's the whole picture."Looking forward to checking it out and hope the shows gets picked up.
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For my Columbus, Ohio homies: On March 5th, Cap City Tattoo will present Revolutionary Revelations by resident artist Andy Johnson. At the opening, Andy will be showing nine tattoo portraits of revolutionary figures in the flesh and in photos. Cap City offers more:
The name Revolutionary Revelations grew out of Andy's learning process while working on the portraits for his friends and family. They were literally revelations about these amazing people, many of them not featured in history books. On the gallery wall you will see a photograph of each piece and story of how each subject influenced the clients. The opening reception will give you a chance to talk to each client and see the work live and in person. You can learn why they picked their history maker, enjoy refreshments and meet the artist.The portraits--chosen by the clients and not Andy himself--include Emma Goldman, Albert Einstein, Johannes Gutenberg, Ammon Hennacy, John Brown, Eddy Merckx, Ted Roosevelt, Rosalin Franklin, and Emiliano Zapata.
The show will run from March 5th to March 31st at Cap City Tattoo, 61 Parsons Ave, Columbus, OH (Old Towne East).
For more on Andy's work, head to his portfolio on Facebook. Also check the work of Cap City Tattoo's owner and tattooist Alli Macgregor.
Portrait tattoo of Eddy Merckx
Portrait tattoo or Emiliano Zapata
In honor of Black History Month (sadly, the shortest month of the year), we're featuring this backpiece of Huey P. Newton, founder of the Afro-American Association and co-founder the Black Panther Party, tattooed on hip hop artist Freddie Gibbs by LA's Jun Cha. Jun says of the work:
It's a reflection of youth and independent thought. It's a symbol for the freedom of ideas and expression. The Panthers were a group that thought for themselves. It goes hand-in-hand with the young hustlers' generation today. Most art culture--whether it's hip-hop, art and design, or tattooing--has had its struggle to be accepted into the larger context of society. And this tattoo is the liberation of that.A great video by Clement & Co. documenting the work is shown below. In it, Freddie discusses why he chose to honor the activist with this tattoo. It's a welcome change from recent stories of rappers with ice cream cone facial ink and Facebook tributes.
For more on Jun Cha's work, particularly black & grey, see his online portfolio and follow him on Twitter. For more on Freddie Gibbs, check his last album, Str8 Killa, on iTunes.
While at the NYC Tattoo Convention a couple of weekends ago, I was introduced to a phenomenal black & grey artist whose realism and ornamental work is stellar, not just in its complex composition but also in the absolute harmony with the shape of the client's body.
Check out the online portfolio of Caesar Tattoo in NYC.
Caesar, a Hungarian native, did his first tattoo in 1994 on a drunk in a smoky pub on the rural side of Budapest. Without someone to teach him the craft, Caesar "screwed up every volunteer's skin around," learning by trial and error, experimenting and carefully observing what worked and what didn't. Since that rocky start, Caesar has refined his technique and style, making him an exciting artist to watch. Yes, he's gotten international magazine coverage, but I'm surprised I haven't seen more considering his extensive body of large scale, powerful work.
I thought it would be interesting to feature Caesar today, in particular, based on the work above -- a half sleeve melding the Dominican and US flags, showing ethnic pride and American patriotism. [It's not an either/or thing, Governor Brewer.]
Here's what Caesar said of the tattoo:
"Anthony is a broker from Long Island. He was born in the Dominican Republic--that's why there's the Dominican seal on the bicep and the gray-scaled Dominican flag--and he was raised in the US, which the American flag represents. I added the two little baby angels who hold the banner on the top of the seal. The cover up part is the window of the St. Rose Cathedral. His daughter's name is Rose. There's also a little rose bud growing out from the stone crack, fighting. We kept the original rose tattoos he had and just reworked them. I also added little daisies to break up the common sticker-style rose feeling."
Caesar's next convention date will be July 30-August 1st at the Visionary Tattoo Arts Festival in Ashbury Park, NJ. Otherwise, catch him at his East Village atelier.
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The scene after Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles was fatally injured when a bomb went off in his car in 1976.
You don't have to scrape too far beneath the veneer of "a clean, new, well-run city" to understand that Phoenix is perhaps one of America's more corrupt, crime-run cities. It doesn't get a great city in exchange for its corruption, as with Chicago. And being crime-run isn't the same as being crime-ridden, so whatever statistics the boosters pull out to show community safety are really beside the point.
It's long been this way. When I was a child, Phoenicians sniffed that Tucson was the Mafia town, with Joe Bonanno, Pete Licavoli Sr. and company. In reality, of course, Phoenix had more mobsters per capita than New York City. I grew up just a few blocks from the house where, in 1958, Gus Greenbaum and his wife had their throats slit in retaliation for skimming from the tills in Vegas (and, local lore has it, the hitmen then ate the steaks the Greenbaums had just cooked). Phoenix was full of bars (Rocky's Hideaway, the old Blue Grotto, Ivanhoe, the Clown's Den, etc.) frequented by made men and the wanna-bes.
This was not the result, as some would have it, of "the Wild West atmosphere." Rather, it was the interface between a city growing too fast with few rules or institutional checks and the migration of eastern gangsters to exploit the situation (or to be relocated by the feds). And an establishment willing to look the other way, or join in the "business." A culture of fraud built on successive real-estate booms, or scandals such as the collapse of Arizona Savings in the early 1960s, also made the city a magnet.
Much of America first discovered this nasty reality after the bombing murder of Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles in 1976. A national team of investigative reporters gathered at the Adams Hotel downtown and spent months digging into the reality of sunny paradise.
The resulting stories showed Arizona, and especially Phoenix, as a hotbed of mobsters, illegal activities, rampant land fraud, vile exploitation of illegal immigrants and the corruption of judges and other officials. Much of this was not new to Arizonans who paid attention. Despite the same boosterism as today, Gene Pulliam's Republic also did real investigative reporting, especially with Bolles and the late Al Sitter. Series had documented growing mob influence from back east. Stories had real power, sending people to jail, shattering schemes. Nor were Phoenicians unaware of the potential for violence. A witness against the mob had been bombed in Tempe a year before the Bolles attack.
When it came time to run the Arizona Project, however, the Republic balked (Pulliam was dead by this time; New Times ran it, making its reputation). Was the series spiked because of legal concerns, or because stories raised questions about some of the most powerful people in the state, including Bob Goldwater -- owner with the Martori family of the Goldmar land and citrus empire -- and even Barry himself.
Whether or not the Goldwaters were mobbed up is an unanswered question for historians. Barry was attracted to celebrity, including the dark side. As for Bob, the borderline in Phoenix business between the mobsters and the legitimate was so porous that telling the two apart was difficult. Phoenix city father Harry Rosenzweig was another question mark: mobbed up, or just close to mobsters? Such was the Phoenix of the 1950s through the 1970s.
For the record, I don't know who killed Bolles, beyond the obvious front-line assassin John Harvey Adamson. On the scene, Bolles, in agony, said, "They finally got me...the Mafia, Emprise (owned of dog racetracks)...find Adamson." The revenge theory implicating the wealthy and powerful Kemper Marley has merit (Bolles' reporting had cost Marley a post on the state racing commission). So, too, does the hypothesis of a renegade from the seedy dog- or horse-racing industry, seeking revenge. How high did the conspiracy go? At the time, more than one old Phoenician said, "They never would have done this if old man Pulliam were still alive." It's also true that the investigation into Bolles' death was horribly botched and police records were destroyed or permanently misplaced. I have cop friends who still won't talk about it with me.
Phoenix was a land fraud capital. Ned Warren (implicated in the Bolles murder) and Howard Neal Woodall were among the more notable swindlers who ran schemes selling worthless desert (or nothing) to gullible easterners. Woodall went on to testify against an alleged accomplice in the Bolles killing. He also sang for the cops about the murder of an accountant close to Warren. There's much more to learn about this era.
Underworld Phoenix changed in the 1980s. In some ways, "they went legit." For example, Goldmar's Arrowhead Ranch, where the Investigative Reporters and Editors team documented horrendous conditions for migrant workers, became one of the first "master planned communities." While the old Mafia was being snuffed out by RICO and other fed pressure, sharpies exemplified by Charles H Keating Jr. arrived. Unlike the old gangsters, they usually pushed right up to the limits of the law. They continued the process of co-opting the local establishment, although most of the old guard had died off. The Phoenix 40 promised reform, and there was some. But a new old-boy network emerged and who needed land fraud when you could make a killing from building tract houses across 1,500 square miles of the Sonoran Desert with virtually no restraints? Which is not to say that the old rackets disappeared. They gradually were taken over by new owners.
Today local drugs and prostitution are the province of the hundreds of gangs that operate throughout -- and I mean throughout -- metropolitan Phoenix. Gambling has largely become legit. The metro area is also a major staging ground in the international illicit drug world, where the operators are as sophisticated as any multinational and armed with the best technology in the world. It is the nation's capital for the human smuggling trade. The consequences of all these activities are magnified because of the limited local economy, segregation, lack of community and weak institutions.
The federal witness protection relos and general mob affinity for Phoenix continue, sometimes with disastrous consequences. In the late 1990s, Gambino goombah "Sammy the Bull" Gravano set up a drug trafficking operation with some Gilbert white supremacist teenagers. The usual Arizona Laff Riot ensued, with the media and residents expressing shock, shock, that crime could be going on in their white suburb, with affluent white kids. Did anyone think Sammy would buy a house in Willo? Of course not. The promise of suburban Phoenix is anonymity and the annihilation of community. The perps have wheels; thus, much lurid crime happens in the 'burbs and the media are always shocked. Ironically, suburbia was supposed to promote safety. In reality, it merely promotes isolation and criminal opportunity. Sammy the Bull and the 9/11 hijacker would never have chosen to live in a historic district, a real neighborhood with front porches and people who know each other.
A big difference from the past is that the local establishment -- especially the law -- isn't as compromised. Attorney General Terry Goddard has been a scourge of the smugglers and meth dealers. The problems arise more from the malpractice and media-chasing of The Badged Ego (aka Joe Arpaio), the neglect of some of the county justice courts, and, especially, the scattering of real community leadership. The people with the most power and means to make a difference live behind walls in Paradise Valley and north Scottsdale. They can write off the present underworld as "Maryvale," brown people and that's that. At least the old guard wasn't afraid to socialize with the criminals of their day.
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Nickname protocol
The trouble with nicknames is that you usually don't get to pick out your own. Take me for instance. I would be willing to bet that 98.723 percent of people born with the last name "Wallace" have been called "Wally" at least once in their lives. It's not a flashy nickname, but I like it.
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I have been in the service industry my entire career. From retail to medical, I have always enjoyed the financial structure as well as helping people come to the rightdecisions for their needs. I have also worked in the music business as a business manager plus assisted in all PR, marketing and negotiating skills which help me as an agent.
I am also the owner of two rental properties which will help in either investment or one's personal home. I have had the real estate bug since an early age when I helped my father buy and sell properties, and manage his rental properties.
I was born in New Jersey, lived in Germany, Italy, Texas, Florida, Rhode Islande and now in NYC. I currently live in the East Village.


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Nailab (Nairobi Incubation Lab), Kenyan startup accelerator launched in 2011, offers an entrepreneurship program focusing on growing innovative technology driven ideas. In 2013, the Kenyan government (ICT Authority) had given a mandate to the accelerator for three years at a cost of approximately $1.6 million contract. "Nailab's entrepreneurial innovations are becoming valuable pacesetters in ICT in […]
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Worse Than Bush
Why Tony Blair deserves more blame than the president.
All along Tony Blair has been what Beaverbrook called Lloyd George, "a prime minister without a party." He never had any affinity with the Labor MPs he led, and by now he is totally at odds with them. Today, in another hallowed phrase from British political history, he increasingly looks a man in office but not in power. His domestic policies are in disarray, one poll after another shows that most British people think the Iraq war was unjustified, and the sale of honors (which I wrote about a little frivolously in Slate last month) is burgeoning into the gravest political scandal for many years.
With all of that, Blair's personal stock remains high in the United States. In some ways, from the theatrical jes' folks manner to the religious zeal, he has always been a more American than British figure. Plenty of Americans—some for a time dubbed the "Blair Democrats"—preferred the prime minister's rhetoric about the Iraq war to what they heard from their own president, and even now Blair gets something of a free pass from Americans who hate the war and damn George W. Bush to perdition.
So, it might be the moment for an Englishman opposed to the war to explain why, for some of us here, Blair comes out of Iraq not better than Bush but much worse.
There is now no great secret about how the administration took the United States to war, and none about Blair's reason for supporting Bush. As the Labor politician Aneurin Bevan would have said, why look into the crystal ball when you can read the book? British troops are in Basra because of something Blair knew and something he believed.
He knew that Washington was going to invade in any case, and he believed that "it would be more damaging to long-term world peace and security if the Americans alone defeated Saddam Hussein than if they had international support to do so." So he told one London journalist, telling another that he was worried about an American drift toward unilateralism and that his mission was to embrace Bush so as to "keep the United States in the international system."
The harder these arguments are looked at, the more curious they seem. You don't say: "My big brother is a crazy kind of guy. On Saturday night he likes to get blind drunk and drive through town at 90. It would be more damaging to peace and security if he acted alone than if he had my support, so I'll go along with him for the ride." Either Washington was doing something wise and virtuous, in which case it should have been supported for that reason, or not, in which case should have been restrained and, if necessary, opposed. As to binding the Bush administration into the international order, judge for yourself.
A sophisticated defense of Blair has been advanced by my colleague Christopher Hitchens: Blair was the original exponent of humanitarian intervention. And yet, apart from the inconvenient fact that Blair did not propose an invasion of Iraq before it was proposed to him, there are difficulties with this.
Since World War II the United Kingdom has ceased to be a great military power, not only from inevitable decline but because the British, like other Europeans if not quite so much, chose butter against guns. To simplify the statistics, in the decade after 1945 British military spending dwarfed welfare spending; now it's the other way around. There are today fewer armed men under the crown than there were in the 1770s when we were fighting the rebellious Americans.Or look at another telling comparison:In the campaign in northwestern Europe of 1944-45 the ratio of American to British dead was around 5-to-2, in Iraq in 2003-06 it has been 22-to-1.
A British prime minister with such scant military resources is thus in a most invidious position if he urges the United States to undertake operations of which his own country is incapable. And Blair has learned the hard way that a meager single division of British troops gives him very little real influence in the White House or the Pentagon.
To see the other problem you must read what Blair actually said in his earlier days. The key text his defenders flourish is his April 1999 speech in Chicago, in which he discussed the new global situation and argued that the rules of absolute state sovereignty that had prevailed since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 could no longer be final. A very good speech it was—not surprisingly, since most of it was written by Sir Lawrence Freedman, the eminent military historian and theorist. The crucial passage addressed the potential need for military action in the Balkans or the Middle East or wherever it might be. Before deciding "when and whether to intervene," Blair said "I think we need to bear in mind five major considerations."


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THOMPSON - As a New York resident competing full-time on the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour, George Brunnhoelzl III knows well what it's like to be booed in victory lane.
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But that was exactly what happened Sunday at Thompson when fans lined the fence to scream cat calls at Brunnhoelzl in victory lane after his controversial victory in the first NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour event at Thompson Speedway.
Brunnhoelzl inherited the lead when NASCAR officials deemed that then leader Steve Masse jumped a lap 119 restart during the 125-lap event.
Masse never heed the black flag, staying on the track over the final six laps and crossing the finish line first.
Masse then parked his car behind Brunnhoelzl's in victory lane. Fans lined the fence near victory lane offering a monster chorus of boos to Brunnhoelzl as he exited his car.
"I'm a Northerner racing in the South so I get booed quite a bit," Brunnhoelzl said. "It's ok to me, as long as they're making noise. Boos or applause, it's all the same down there.
"You always want to win it because you are the first one across the line, but the rules are the rules. It's unfortunate. I've been on the other end of that. It's a tough deal. I hate it for them, they led a bunch of laps, but we had the best car in the closing laps. I was catching him."
Masse took lead on lap 49 from Donny Lia and held that spot until the penalty.
Standing in victory lane, Masse was still perplexed with NASCAR's decision to penalize him on the restart. Masse, of Bellingham, Mass. was making his first career Whelen Southern Modified Tour start. He is a semi-regular on the Valenti Modified Racing Series.
"Maybe it's because I'm from the North and the Southern car was right there," Masse said. "I don't know what happened, I know what my spotter was telling. I don't know how else to start a race than the way I just did it. I know who the real winner is. It's disappointing but everyone here knows who the real winner of that race is."
Said Brunnhoelzl: "He went early. I'm not going to use the words jumped it, but he went before [we were supposed to]. If you don't abide by their rules, NASCAR is going to get you.
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The Canadian sci-fi series will return in 2014.
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Syfy announced today that cop drama Continuum will be returning for a third season. The Canadian-based science fiction series was already renewed up north in June, but today's news ensures the series will also continue for US audiences with 13 new episodes in 2014.
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For years Roger Fristoe guided Louisville moviegoers to good choices at the box office as a movie critic for the Courier-Journal.
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In preparing for our test next week, we have noticed that there are different answers in regards to a 3:1 light ratio.
The London book states that a 3:1 ratio is a difference of 1.5 stops.
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A CAPACITY audience had the privilege and pleasure of hearing Australian Pianist, Simon Tedeschi, present a concert entitled "Gershwin and Me" at St. Paul's Parish Hall on Friday evening. The concert was presented by Snowy Monaro Arts Council Inc. in association with Musica Viva Australia.
In his programme, Tedeschi explored Gershwin's music, his friends, his swing and his complexity. Tedeschi took his audience on a journey of discovery through the worlds of improvisation, classical bravura and blues. He began his concert with "Rialto River Rag", the first Gershwin piece published and ended with his own arrangement of the well-known "Rhapsody in Blue". In between, the audience was treated to other Gershwin classics (for example, "Lady be Good") as well as pieces by Percy Grainger, Debussy ("Clair de Lune"), Chopin, Dave Brubeck, Fats Waller and Rachmaninov. A standing ovation given by an appreciative and enthusiastic audience followed the last piece. As an Encore, Tedeschi played his own boogie arrangement of "The Flight of the Bumble Bee". It was a wonderful evening of music.
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Last September we reported that football legend Ronaldo was to appear on a Brazilian version of Celebrity Fit Club in a bid to get back into shape.
The above photo is the before and after impact that show has had on the former Real Madrid and Inter Milan striker.
The ex-goal machine had ballooned in size after retiring in 2011 but with the help of the "Fantástico" television show he is now looking better than he ever did while playing.
Ronaldo said he agreed to deal with his weight issue on television as the extra pressure would keep him motivated.
"I'm enjoying participating in the program, because it is an incentive for me to lose weight," the three time FIFA World Footballer of the Year told iG Gente just before the first episode aired.
"Maybe if I didn't have the pressure of everybody watching me trying to lose weight then I wouldn't be able to do it.
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The landmark Surgeon General's report on smoking that came out 50 years ago said smoking causes lung cancer. But we know more now, and it's a lot worse. A new surgeon general's report goes over the latest knowledge, and Acting Surgeon General Boris Lushniak has part of the list:
"New diseases caused by smoking include diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, colon cancer, liver cancer."
Also, cancers of the bladder; bone marrow and blood; mouth, nose and throat; stomach, voice box, and other places. And heart and blood vessel disease.
That's to be expected. As Dr. Lushniak points out, cigarette smoking harms nearly every organ of the body.
It's not easy to quit smoking, but help is available. For instance, people can call 1-800-QUIT-NOW.
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