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How I Know I'm A Blogger…
The other day, I realized that I've started to think like a blogger. As soon as I heard the news that Carl Crawford…
…was nabbed by the Boston Red Sox, my first thought wasn't even about the unfairness of the baseball economic system or even the rising of a new "Evil Empire" (the fact that it's the Yankees, Red Sox, and everyone else right now).
No, my first thought went to Rays Renegade (a fellow MLBlog) and how disappointed he must have been to lose his star talent. Hang in there, man, it happened to me with Torii Hunter and Johan Santana, too. The Twins still thrived without those talents, and I'm sure the Rays can too (granted, making the playoffs is a thousand times more difficult in that division).
Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down
Thumbs Up:
Joe Mauer winning the AL Gold Glove award for catchers. Doesn't get much better behind the plate. Was surprised to NOT see Torii Hunter's name included in the group. It's been awhile since that happened.
Thumbs Down:
Yep, it's probably going to happen. Ho hum…just another lefthanded ace to shut us down when we see them again in the 2011 ALDS.
Junior's Circuit, No More
The other day, upon hearing that Ken Griffey Jr. had announced his retirement from Major League Baseball, I wanted to take a moment here to reflect on one of my favorite baseball players of all-time:
Though I grew up a Minnesota Twins fan in the mid 1990s, those Twins teams didn't exactly have the type of superstars that can captivate the imagination of a youngster (sorry Ron Coomer, Terry Steinbach, and Butch Huskey). Thus, I naturally gravitated towards the best (with respect to Barry Bonds, a phrase I never thought I would write) player in baseball at the time: Ken Griffey Jr.
Junior could do it all: Hit for decent average (career .284 hitter), tremendous power (630 career dingers, back-to-back seasons of 56 jacks), steal some bases (particularly early in his career; 184 career), and track down balls in center field like Torii Hunter would later do for my favorite club.
In fact, when the big power/steroid boom of the late 1990s occurred, it was the Griffey/McGwire show before Sosa juiced up and changed everything in '98. Fortunately, Griffey has never seen the smear of performance-enhancing drugs touch his name. He also has none of the tell-tale signs (huge musculature, sudden growth, etc.).
Sadly, the career of KGJ took a down-turn after he signed with the Cincinnati Reds in 2000. Though he was the darling of Seattle with the Mariners, I couldn't blame him for wanting to play for his hometown Reds. However, the Reds never challenged for any sort of title during the "Griffey Years", and Griffey himself endured so many injuries it would have made Mickey Mantle flinch. At one point, he was projected to "easily" surpass Hank Aaron's home run record, and may very well of done it had not the injury bug bitten hard.
After a brief stint with the Chicago White Sox (that, despite good performance, never quite seemed right)…
…it was nice to see Junior in an M's uniform once again in the end:
Perhaps the fondest memory I will take away from Ken Griffey Jr. the baseball player, though, is how as a child I sent him a letter asking for an autograph. Some time later, I received a glossy 8X10 of Junior that had me nearly bouncing off the walls in excitement. A first-ballot Hall of Famer in every sense of the word:
If your favorite team loses on Opening Day, like the Twins did last night, it is easy (in the excitement of the moment) to make snap judgements based on the rest of the season. Basically, no one wants to start out 0-1. However, that is the great thing about the sport of baseball. You're going to lose 60, win 60, and really it's what you do with the other 42 that make the difference.
Tonight, the Twins had a nice bounce-back from that first-game loss on Monday night.
On the pitching side, Nick Blackburn successfully navigated (despite a Torii Hunter bomb) a very solid Angels lineup and, while not pitching deep into the game, kept the Twins in it and gave them a chance to win.
The offense came from homers by Mauer, Morneau, and newcomer J.J. Hardy on a blustery night in LA. It was nice to see the lefty M&Ms tag a lefty pitcher for dingers.
This Angels club is still the class of the AL West (at least until they are seriously challenged), so getting out with a split would be a pretty successful series to open the year. That would require a win tomorrow night…
Preview (1-1, 3rd, 0.5 GB CWS & DET): Carl Pavano (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Ervin Santana (0-0, 0.00 ERA).
-Don't really like the new road uniforms. Makes the boys look too much like the Washington Nationals, if you ask me.
A Decade Of Twins Memories
I know I'm a little late on this, as the New Years parties are all but forgotten already, but I wanted to take a few moments to recount some of my favorite Minnesota Twins memories of the decade past:
2000: When a team features such players as Jay Canizaro, Butch Huskey, Jason Maxwell, Sean Bergman, and Mike Lincoln, it was a bit difficult to really get excited about the teams' chances. However, having just been introduced to the sport and completely enthralled by it, I can remember going to the basically-empty Metrodome (been to a T-Wolves game lately?) with my Dad, buying an outfield seat, and then moving right up close to home plate because not even the ushers cared what you did back then!
2001: The team finally comes together and starts winning thanks to players like Doug Mientkiewicz, Corey Koskie, Jacque Jones, Torii Hunter, Brad Radke, and Eric Milton. The Twins didn't win the division, but after nearly a decade of losing baseball, they finally brought some excitement back to the Dome.
2002: The year I learned to hate Bud Selig. In an effort to make MLB more profitable, Selig hatches a scheme to contract two franchise to bolster the others. The obvious choice were the Montreal Expos (later to become the Washington Nationals), but the Twins? Obviously some back-room buyout deals between Buddy-Boy and Twins owner Carl Pohlad were occuring. Luckily, MLB realized that contraction was ill-advised and allowed the Twins to easily capture their first division title since 1991.
2003: After a dominating 2002 campaign, the Twins were nearly out of the division race at midseason of '03. However, after acquiring outfielder Shannon Stewart from the Blue Jays to bat lead-off, the Twins took off and won the division nearly going-away.
2004: Of the back-to-back-to-back division title winning teams, this squad was the best. In the ALDS, the Twins took the first game at Yankee Stadium and were on the brink of going up 2-0 heading home. However, Joe Nathan (who had taken over for the departed Eddie Guardado and been completely dominant the entire season) led an extra-inning lead slip away and give the Yankees momentum to win that game and then sweep both at the Dome. Of course, maybe it was just fate, as those Yanks proceeded to go up 3-0 on the Red Sox and well, Dave Roberts can tell you the rest…
2005: Not a fun year for Twins Territory. We didn't outright suck, but we never really competed for the crown, either. Even the usually stoic Brad Radke was overheard griping about the lack of run support from a horrendous offensive unit. Also, this was the year that tensions erupted between Torii Hunter and Justin Morneau and a few blows were thrown, one that somehow connected with little Lew Ford!
2006: The Twins spent one day in first place, but since it was the final day they made it count! They played well pretty much the entire season, but so did the Tigers. A late-season hot streak pushed the Twins over the top on the season's final day.
2007: How quickly a team can go from "contending" to "rebuilding". In the first losing season under Ron Gardenhire, a lack of fundamentals and downright sloppy baseball made the final month of the season almost unwatchable.
2008: After underachieving all season, the Twins basically needed to win out the final week of the season, starting with a sweep of the White Sox, whom they were chasing for the division title. I was at all three of those games at the Dome, and they are (easily) the most exciting games I have ever been to. The Twins would later lose to the Tighty Whities in a one-game playoff, but not before some of the most exciting baseball I have ever witnessed.
2009: (Read: 2008). This time the Twins make the one-game playoff count in the most exciting single baseball game I have ever watched!
It was a great decade of Twins baseball memories…why not try for another one?!
As a Minnesota Twins fan, one of the moments I will never forget is Opening Day of the 2008 season, when young Carlos Gomez got the start in centerfield directly opposing his predecessor Torii Hunter. Gomez completely dominated that game both in the field, at the plate, and on the basepaths, and it looked as if he would be one of the most exciting young players to put on a Twins uniform in quite a while.
Unfortunately, it was all downhill from that point (at least so far in his career), and a few weeks ago he was traded to the Brewers for SS J.J. Hardy.
My first reaction to the trade was that we were giving up the cornerstone of the Johan Santana deal, but (looking back) we were really just desperate to unload Johan once he refused our offer in search of a bigger payday, so it's not like Gomez was the most coveted prospect in the world.
At times, Gomez could be the most exciting player on the field…
He had incredible range out in centerfield, he was lightning-fast rounding the bases, and (come September) he was always good for a few huge hits against the White Sox down the stretch. At times he showed good power, and if he dropped down a good bunt it was nearly impossible to throw him out.
At the same time, though, Go-Go could also be the dumbest player on the field…
I don't think I've ever seen a player crash into the wall, take a bad route to a ball, strike out badly on three pitches, or completely lose himself on the bases like Gomez. Ultimately, that proved to be his undoing here in Minny, land of Ron Gardenhire Fundamental Baseball. Plus, he didn't seem to be making any strides after too full seasons in the major leagues. He was making the same dumb mistakes in the '09 playoffs that he made at the beginning of 2008.
But let's take a moment to look at his "ransom"…
J.J. Hardy had been a fan-favorite in Milwaukee (kind of like Joe Crede in Chicago) for his hustle and bat, but suffered through a horrendous 2009 campaign, at one point even being sent down to the minor leagues. The Twins are hoping that he can regain the form of his '08 year (.283, 24 HR) and anchor the SS position, as Orlanda Cabrera priced himself out of our range.
I guess I would have to say that this is a good trade for the Twins, although there is risk involved in both sides. Hardy could be the next Bret Boone (a sickening thought) while Gomez could star in Brewtown, or Hardy could bat .300 and Gomez could continue to overrun balls and crash into walls. We'll see what happens.
On a more humorous note, I will perhaps miss this combination most of all:
Greatest interview ever!!
The Sad State Of Baseball Economics
After watching my beloved Minnesota Twins got stomped by the New York Yankees in the first round of the playoffs this past season, and then seeing Cleveland-bred C.C. Sabathia and Cliff Lee pitch the Yanks and Phillies into the World Series, I believe that now is the time for me to comment on the sad economic state of baseball these days. This has always been a very hot-button topic for me (as I root for the small-market Twins), so I would like to take a few moments to explain why the current system is broken and what can be done to fix it:
Basically, the problem started way back in the 1900s, when both the American and National Leagues were first established.
Instead of free agency, there was something called the reserve clause, which was essentially a legal precedent that baseball used to keep players on one team until their owner decided differently. The players were treated not too much different from a cattle-range steer, to be bought and sold as commodities. It wasn't, by any means, the greatest system in the world (as the only option a player had to fight against an unfair salary, which were very common in those days when most owners made Carl Pohlad look like the Monopoly Guy, was to quit playing altogether), but it did help the competitive balance of the game, allowing all teams (if managed/owned sensibly) to have a shot at competing for a championship.
That all changed in the 1970s when Curt Flood of the St. Louis Cardinals challenged the reserve clause all the way to the Supreme Court.
Though Flood didn't actually win his case, he shed so much light on the matter that a free agency sytem was quickly established by MLB. During the 1980s, the system actually worked like it was supposed to…players had better rights, AND the game was still competitive. But, starting in the mid-1990s, salaries began exploding (along with the economy) and suddenly the system was skewered. Teams in huge economic markets like New York, Los Angeles, and Boston were able to throw huge wads of cash in the pockets of all the top free agents, all but assuring there services. Sometimes, in the case of Ted Turner's Atlanta Braves, all it took was an incredibly rich owner to give a team a distinct advantage.
Those big markets had (and continue to have) such an advantage for a few different reasons: First and foremost is the fact that, just by sheer geography, a team like the Yankees can much more easily fill their ballpark every night than, say, the Twins can out here in Minny. Also, teams on both coasts have established their own TV networks (YES Network for the Yankees and NESN for the Red Sox), which bring in enormous profits compared to what the Twins get from Fox Sports North.
After about ten years of this broken system, when the same teams started making the playoffs year in and year out, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig established the "luxury tax" system into the game. Essentially, this is known as the Robin Hood system, as it robs from the rich to give to the poor.
This has helped a little bit (e.g. the Twins signed Justin Morneau to a long-term deal and have at least a shot at doing the same with Joe Mauer), but it din't get to the root of the problem, as teams like the Yankees, Red Sox, Angels, and Mets can continue to reach into their deep pockets to get the best players. Essentially, they are saying "luxury tax be damned" and just paying the fine for going over the payroll limit. This is evidenced very toughly for Twins fans by these two photos:
The Twins gave very decent offers to both Torii Hunter and Johan Santana, but couldn't come close to matching the amount of years the Halos offered Hunter or the sheer dollar amount the Mets dangled in front of Santana. Another obvious example was the beginning of this season, when the Yankees went out and got C.C. Sabathia and A.J. Burnett, while the biggest moves the Twins made was signing Nick Punto, bringing in R.A. Dickey (what a joke) and getting a Joe Crede whose back was so bad that he essentially a non-factor. Those "moves" were all we could afford. Imagine how different the 2009 ALDS might have been if Hunter had been patrolling the outfield instead of Delmon Young, or if Santana had made the Game One start instead of Brian Duensing.
Now, to be fair, there are some criticisms of instituting a salary cap into MLB, but I would like to give my rebuttal to two of them:
1. Why should the Yankees be penalized for running an efficent system? It seems as if Yankee fans could just criticize Carl Pohlad for being a tightwad all those years and not spending money to improve his team, but that really isn't a fair criticism. First of all, George Steinbrenner isn't really spending much (if any) of his OWN MONEY on the Yankees, instead relying on seemingly endless revenue streams based on his sheer geography. Without those streams, other owners (like the Pohlad family) would be dipping into their own personal reserves, which would be like you paying for your office supplies/furnishings or me paying for Wal-Mart shelf labels.
Secondly, then, is that if teams know they can't spend with the Yankees, then why even try? The Twins know that, under the current economic system, they are already beaten in trying to sign free agents, so instead we save our money to try and lock up as many of our good players as possible (which, in this age of inflated salaries, is fewer and fewer each season).
2. The second criticism of the the salary cap is that it really isn't needed, due to the fact that the 1998-2000 championship run of the Yankees was accomplished primarily with home-grown players like Derek Jeter, Jorge Posade, Andy Pettitte, and Mariano Rivera.
That may be true, but funny how those great players STILL WEAR YANKEE PINSTRIPES! Instead of losing those great players to a higher bidder, the Yanks can just keep them. Plus, whether the free agents work out (Jimmy Key, Paul O'Neill, Johnny Damon, Sabathia, etc.) or flop (Kevin Brown, Chuck Knoblauch, Carl Pavano), the Yanks can just "pay through" and be done with it. If the Twins make a mistake in signing the wrong player to an expensive contract, it would hamper the organization for a decade.
Thus, until MLB institutes a salary cap like the NFL and NBA (to a certain extent) have in place, the economics of the game will remain skewered towards the large markets, and that severely troubles me. I consider baseball to be my favorite sport, the one that captivated me as a child and still does to this day, but right now the NFL is gaining ground and fast due to the fact that in the NFL setup, all teams have a chance to be competitive. It is only through bad ownership (Al Davis, Matt Millen, etc.) that teams completely fail.
I know that this situation isn't likely to change anytime soon, but that doesn't mean that it is right or correct. Until Bud Selig can take charge of the National Pastime like he should and not just cater to the owners, the Yankees will continue to unfairly dominate the Twins for years and years to come.
Two Disturbing Trends
I know that the next statement I am about to make is not at all fair to closers all over baseball, but (at least in my case) it is true nonetheless: Having your team's closer blow the game in the bottom of the ninth is the single worst way to lose a ballgame, bar none. Now, add to the mix the idea that your closer might do so against your hated enemy, with two outs, and two strikes (twice). That's pretty much what Twins fans are feeling towards Joe Nathan today. He's too important to our playoff hopes to give up on him now, but I think there has to be a cooling-off period (probably a good thing the Twins are travelling to Cleveland today).
Once Wednesday's meltdown was complete, the impact of such a crucial and heartbreaking loss really drove home to me two disturbing trends that the Twins have fallen prey to both this season and the last.
First, are the late-season struggles of Joe Nathan:
When all is said and done, Nathan's stats inevitably compare very well with the best closers in the league, yet for the past two years he has struggled to close out games come late August and early September. Now, we're not talking about the Eddie Guardado-method of struggling here (filling the bases and then wriggling out of trouble)…Nathan's problems get so severe that he often blows the save chance or the game. He hasn't been on his game as of late, and Twins fans will also remember how bad he was during that long, late-season road trip in September of 2008 (capped by that now-infamous throwing error against the Blue Jays in Toronto). Sometimes he will still have the ability to blow guys away, but all too often he is not able to find the handle on this control, thus having to groove meatballs just to get strikes. Gordon Beckham and Paul Konerko showed him EXACTLY what happens to grooved meatballs in major league baseball.
Disturbing Trend #2: A similar slump from Justin Morneau…
If the league MVP award was given out after July, Justin Morneau would win the darn thing almost every single season. Yet, in those final two months (it happened last year and is happening again now), the home runs disappear and the average begins to sink towards about .270 (after sitting at .310 or so for most of the year). This trend may be even more disturbing (and perplexing) than Nathan's, though, as Joe Closer can usually right the ship by season's end. Justin, however, continued to sink last year to the point where opposing pitchers were walking Joe Mauer to get to him.
I don't quite understand why this is, as he plays about the least demanding position on the diamond in terms of physical conditioning and injury potential. For example, I don't know any of these splits, but it wouldn't surprise me one bit if Torii Hunter (while playing on the Dome turf) slumped in the later months due to the beating his body took from bouncing around on that carpeted concrete. The same axiom is usually try for mortal catchers (e.g. those not named Mauer)…they take a physical beating the slump accordingly. About the only thing "afflicting" Morneau, though, is that he gets less off-days than any other player on the team, but once again that should be expected out of his position.
If the Twins think they can continue to play well and capture the AL Central, both those "wrongs" are going to have to be corrected, as the bullpen can't survive without a closer and the lineup isn't deep enough to support a slumping Canadian.
Preview (67-66, 2nd, 5.0 GB DET): Carl Pavano (11-10, 5.11) vs. Jeremy Sowers (5-9, 4.88). The schedule is again in our favor this weekend, as the Tigers draw the Rays while we get the Injuns.
Never Gonna Give You Up
(Okay Family Guy fans, have your laugh now…out of your system?!)
You know, I almost started this post by talking about how my expectations for the Twins have changed and how we should start watching them purely "for love of the game" and not expect them to be in any sort of pennant race. But then, I got to thinking about those poor fans in Pittsburgh, Kansas City, and a few other cities around the MLB circuit that haven't had anything break right over the past decade (or more) and would love to be competing in any race of any kind right now. Do I think the Twins will win the AL Central? No. Especially not after those two horrible series' against KC and Cleveland, teams that supposedly give us the advantage over Chicago the Detroit down the stretch. But do we still have a chance? However slim, yes we do, and that is the way I look at it (or at least am trying to, anyway).
I think that the past three seasons ('07-'09) have proven that only so many things can break right for a small-market organization. In the early part of this decade, the Twins were reborn as a competitive team thanks to a lot of young talent peaking at the same time. A few years later ('05-'06) the team was still able to contend because of our ability to make steals of trades and keep calling up effective players from the minor leagues. The last three years, though, has seen a complete reversal. The farm system is beginning to get tapped out (they may still be decent, but not like the talent of years ago), and the trades (Bartlett/Garza for Young) haven't been going our way. Plus, the terrible economics of a no-salary cap sporting structure forced the Twins to lose guys like Torii Hunter and Johan Santana, keystones of the franchise.
That being said, the Twins still have a pretty good nucleus of young talent (Mauer, Morneau, Kubel) that can win in the future, but the trick will be keeping them together. One would hope that Mauer (the biggest fish who needs to be landed and mounted behind home plate) can see that and will elect to stay with his hometown team, but nothing is guaranteed in this game.
Thus, the Twins' goal for the last month and a half of this season is to be as competitive as possible to show our young talent that this is a team that can seriously compete again in the future. That starts tonight against Texas, who is currently leading the AL Wild Card standings and thus will be a tough team to beat on the road. However, if there is one thing I never underestimate about a Ron Gardenhire-coached team, it is their ability to come back in the face of severe adversity. Just when you think this is about to happen…
…the Twins will do something crazy like sweep the Rangers and get back in the thick of things.
Preview (56-61, 3rd, 3.5 GB CWS): Francisco Liriano (5-11, 5.39) vs. Tommy Hunter (5-2, 2.26).
Well, after playing the "Halos" on two consecutive weekends, one thing has become abundantly clear to me…the Twins are absolutely no match for them. Every single time we play them, I fully expect to lose, and get swept in the series at that. The Twins are completely out of their league and would go down just as weekly in a playoff series.
In fact, I will go far enough out on a limb to say that, assuming Torii Hunter returns to health, I consider the Angels to be the favorite to win the whole thing this year. After winning the World Series in 2002 (and beating the Twins in the ALCS to get there…!@#$ rally monkey!), Anaheim has been right in the thick of things every season. However, they always seem to get beat by Boston (or someone else) in the Divisional Series round. What I see different about this season's team, though, is that 1-9 they can completely dominate an opposing pitcher just by being pests. Whereas in other years they could terrorize only the mediocre pitchers (and thus get beat by the big guns in the big time), this year they have all the bullets locked and loaded. I mean, who has ever heard of this guy…
…until just recently?! Earlier today, he (Kendry Morales) hit two three-run home runs to sink the Twins. Look at it this way…
The three weakest players in the Angels' lineup today were Gary Matthews, Jeff Mathis, and Sean Rodriguez (who still homered to boot!). Once Hunter and Vlad Guerrero are back, Matthews and Rodriguez will be back to the bench (where they can probably be the most useful), and I consider Mike Napoli to be a better catcher than Mathis anyway. Thus, they have a lineup not unlike the 1998 Yankees…work the count, foul off pitches, get to opposing teams' pen and sink them.
Add that to the great D that Mike Scosia always preaches, as well as a solid pitching corps, and I don't see who can stop the Halos this season.
Preview (52-53, 3rd, 1.5 GB CWS): Scott Baker (8-7, 4.86) vs. David Huff (5-5, 6.39). The Twins have the easiest schedule of all the AL Central division contenders I believe, and that starts now. If we can't go into Indian country and take the series, it might be a long September.


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For a little over three quarters Monday night, the Miami Heat showed the self-criticism they had indulged in after Saturday night's desultory performance in the loss at New Orleans was paying off.
The Heat were leading 72-61 going into the final quarter against Portland and quickly boosted that up to 78-61 in less than two minutes of the fourth quarter.
The offense was crisp and sharp, the defense relentless, and they were even winning the rebounding by a 35-33 margin with 10 of the boards at their own end.
But things quickly turned with the visiting Trail Blazers outscoring the Heat 30-13 over a 10-minute period to pull even at 91-91 in the closing seconds.
It took LeBron James' power drive to the basket and layup with 11.4 seconds left and Chris Bosh's block of Damian Lillard's shot at the other end of the court for the Heat to secure the 93-91 victory.
So while there was plenty of good stuff going on to make Heat fans comfortable that the defending NBA champions are breaking out of the slump that saw them lose seven of 11 games before Monday, there also was that little nagging doubt that they haven't solved all their recent problems and they still have work to be do.
And that work will begin in earnest when the Heat visit Indianapolis Tuesday night (8 p.m. ET, ESPN and Sun Sports) to take on the Pacers in the first of the two remaining games between the top two teams in the Eastern Conference.
With the Pacers losing Monday night at Chicago, the gap between the two teams has closed to two games overall. In the "lost" column, however, the Heat have pulled to within one game with 21 losses to the 20 for the Pacers with one more meeting coming up April 11 in Miami.
The Heat should be back at full strength for this one. Guard Dwyane Wade sat out the win over Portland and the loss to the Pelicans two nights because of an ankle problem but is expected to play against the Pacers, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Overall, he has missed 18 games, usually to rest his tender knees. But he said his knees "feel good" now, according to the newspaper report.
Except for backups Andrew Bynum (knee) and C.J. Watson (hamstring), the Pacers are healthy, but aren't exactly coming into the game on a high note.
They have lost seven of their last 12 games overall and of their four losses at home for the season, three have come in their last 14 games on their Bankers Life Fieldhouse home court. But a victory could be the springboard for them to get things back on track in their quest for the top playoff seed in the East.
Not that a Miami win is going to clinch anything for the Heat. But it would be a good indication those first three quarters against Portland are a sign that the Heat is on its way to getting things right again. And it would continue to sow doubts in the minds of the Pacers.

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I've written before about how to write great LinkedIn headlines and how to create awesome summaries. Now it's time to talk about job descriptions, because these are a key part of how you present yourself on LinkedIn and most people get them wrong. 1. Don't cut and paste from your resume LinkedIn is not your resume. Your profile should be less formal than your resume, because web communication in general is informal. That...
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Cadigal Alternative Entry Program
The Cadigal Program is an access and support program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who want to study at the University of Sydney.
For full information about the program and application form please refer to the Cadigal Alternative Entry Program website.
Please note that the Sydney College of the Arts has additional steps in application for the Bachelor of Visual Arts.
Certificate IV in Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Cultural Arts
We accept completion of the Eora TAFE Certificate IV in Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Cultural Arts as basis for admission to the Bachelor of Visual Arts.
You will need to follow the Bachelor of Visual Arts application process available at sydney.edu.au/sca/future_students/bachelor_visual_arts.
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08-12-2008, 11:37
Is there a way to make this work. I am playing in windowed mode on a laptop, and when I try to use the scroll wheel(well, the side of my touch pad), it won't work. It just shows up that little scroll bar icon which comes up when scroll can't be used. It works in all other applications(Firefox/Word etc etc, and also FM08).
Can anyone shed any light on this?
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It's been a little crazy these past few weeks. I've traveled a lot and met up with a lot of wonderful old and new friends from DC to Paris to Tehran; the land of internet filtering and dialup connections, both of which are a giant pain in the rear.
In any case, I'll try to start posting some of the pictures I've taken soon, and/or write some travelogs if i get around to.
live 8
Ummm, take a look at the list of live 8 performers in London and compare them with Barrie. They get pink floyd and all we get is Cockburn. Oh well, I guess ours was still better than South Africa.
Also, this is from Toronto Sun a few days ago:
Heads up, CTV. If you don't cut from whoever is playing in Barrie to London the second Pink Floyd begins its Live 8 set, all of Scarberia will storm your Agincourt headquarters.
Well, guess what? They didn't do it!!! I can't believe they didn't show the pink floyd bit live! They were showing Motley Crue in Barrie instead!!! So they showed the taped version of pink floyd after Motley Crue.
On a semi-related note, has anyone picked up Esthero's new album? Why does it suck so bad? This might be the craziest comparison, but I think her development has been very similar to Gwen Stefani! Namely, going from rathre good to horribly commerically bad. Damn mainstream.


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Merel Van Dongen named MVP
2011 (Sophomore)Played in six matches ... recorded 65 minutes of playing time ... took two shots, with one on target ... posted a career high 19 minutes in the opener versus Kennesaw State, recording a shot on goal ... played in two matches during SEC play, logging 23 minutes.
2010 (RS-Freshman)Played in one match ... logged eight minutes against No. 15 South Carolina on Oct. 10.
2009 (Freshman)Did not see game action as a true freshman.
High School and Personal DataPrepped at Juan Diego Catholic High School in Salt Lake City, Utah ... played forward/midfielder for the Utah Avalanche under coach Gabe Smart and Jimmy Powell ... member of the Utah State Cup champions in 2003, 2006-08 ... lettered four years at Juan Diego Catholic under coach Jamie Schock ... played for the state finalists in 2006 and 2007 ... three-time all-state selection ... led team in assists in 2006 ... leading scorer in 2007 ... daughter of Darrin and Debi Brown and Bill and Patty Phillips.


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Researchers have shown that it is possible to compromise the functioning of a cryptographic chip without changing its physical layout. Based on altering the distribution of dopants in a few components on the chip during fabrication, this method represents a big challenge for cyber-security as it is nearly impossible to detect with any currently practical detection scheme.Read More
In a technological tour de force, researchers at Stanford University have constructed a one-bit, one-instruction programmable computer on a chip using carbon nanotube-based electronics for all logic elements. Containing 178 carbon nanotube field-effect transistors, the computer is only able to carry out only one instruction, called SUBNEG. However, SUBNEG is Turing-complete, allowing the computer to run, albeit with an extraordinary level of inefficiency, any program, given enough memory, time, and programming ingenuity.Read More
We've known for a while that the PlayStation 4 will release on November 15 in the US. But what about the Xbox One? Up until today, we only had vague references to "November." Well, Microsoft finally spilled the beans on the Xbox One's release date, along with some details about the console's processor and production status.Read More
The relationship between Apple and Samsung is, well, complicated. They're like two bitter exes who work together, or maybe live in the same building. If circumstances permitted, they'd never see each other again. But, try as they may, they just can't get each other out of their lives. Can you say awkward? Well, that relationship is about to take one step closer to complete severance, as Apple is reportedly partially switching to TSMC for the coming year's iOS processors.Read More
Intel is apparently convinced that the future of computing is mobile. Having announced its new Atom Silvermont architecture last month, the chipmaker has introduced its 4th-generation Intel Core processors (code named Haswell), with much of the focus on the power savings that will benefit the battery life of mobile devices. Designed with a new generation of Ultrabooks in mind, Intel says its new processors will provide up to nine hours of battery life with up to two times the graphics capability of previous generations.Read More
There have been years of controversy about whether the superconducting quantum annealing computers manufactured by D-Wave are a) quantum computers; and b) fast enough for a) to matter. Now a test of the 512-qubit Vesuvius chip establishes at least that computing based on quantum annealing is, in the words of a computer science professor at Amherst College, "in some cases, really, really fast." Read More
ARM is currently king of the hill when it comes to mobile devices, with ARM architecture the basis of processors and systems on a chip (SoC) including Qualcomm's Snapdragon, NVIDIA's Tegra, Texas Instruments' OMAP, the CORTEX series and Apple System on Chips found in iPhones and iPads. It's obviously not a situation Intel is happy with and the company has high hopes that its new Atom chip design called Silvermont will help change the mobile silicon landscape.Read More
Some of the biggest names in tech are absent from CES 2013. Apple, Google, and Microsoft may have skipped the trip to Vegas, but the chips that power (some of) their devices are there in full force. NVIDIA and Intel have already showcased new mobile processors, and tonight it was Qualcomm's turn, as the silicon-maker unveiled its new Snapdragons.Read More
The 4th-generation iPad is a minor upgrade. Likely launched to ramp up holiday sales ahead of a more significant upgrade in March, the tablet is almost identical to the 3rd-generation iPad. The iPad 4's biggest upgrade is its A6X chip. Though iPad 3 owners may have a hard time justifying an upgrade, early benchmarks show that the new SoC offers a significant performance boost.Read More
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A 26-year-old Middletown man is facing drug charges following a police raid at a home in the Middletown Village neighborhood last week.
Middletown police reportedly found resident Webster Reed with four grams of marijuana during the raid at home in the 100 block of Vincent Circle on Aug. 29.
He is charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and endangering the welfare of a child who was in the home when the raid occurred about 7:30 p.m., according to police.
Reed later was released on an $11,200 unsecured bond.
Middletown Police Chief Henry Tobin said the raid was a direct result of nearby residents lodging numerous complaints about loitering and possible drug activity in the area.
"The Middletown Police Department responded to, and will continue to respond to, complaints from residents," he said in a release issued Wednesday.
Anyone who witnesses suspicious behavior or suspected drug activity is asked to contact the Middletown Police Department by calling 376-9950.
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In a world increasingly concerned with waste, the smart manufacturers are identifying ways of utilizing the by-products of manufacturing and creating two products from one process. One example – a graduate student in agriculture at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has developed a way of creating foam from the waste from paper mills, radically reducing waste from paper production and creating two products that are highly valuable and in demand.Read More
Victorinox has opened a public online vote to choose the best sustainable design submission to its "Time to Care" competition. The call for entries has been open since January 2011, and the seven best were chosen by jury in May. Throughout June, July, and August, the top seven designs are open to a public vote. The ultimate winner will be awarded prize money at a ceremony in October, and work with Victorinox to bring the design project to fruition. Read More
A NASA-led research team has created a new map using ground and satellite data that accurately quantifies the amount and location of carbon stored in Earth's tropical trees and forests. Based on data from the early 2000s, the map focuses on 2.5 million hectares of tropical forest in seventy-five countries. Data shows that tropical forests contain 247 billion tons of carbon, and of this carbon stock, almost half is held in Latin American forests. Almost the same carbon stock is stored in sub-Saharan Africa in its entirety, compared with 61 billion tons of carbon stored in Brazilian forests alone. Read More
With the rising price of fuel and more stringent emissions regulations, there is a strong need for the aviation industry to begin taking steps to earn its green wings. It's not surprising therefore that biofuel was one of the hot topics at this week's Paris Air Show with both Boeing's 747-8 and Gulfstream's G450 business jet making the trip across the Atlantic on biofuel blends. The G450 flew in from Morristown, New Jersey, after a seven hour flight in which one of its Rolls-Royce engines was powered by a 50/50 blend of Honeywell Green Jet Fuel and petroleum-based jet fuel.Read More
What started as a theoretical question posed on the obstacles to global housing-for-the-poor has reached fruition as voting closed June 15th on the 300House project. Contestants around the world were challenged to design a house that could be constructed for less than US$300. Prize money of $25,000 was shared among the top sixteen ranked ideas, with two-week prototyping workshops worth $15,000 for the first, second and third designs ranked by the online voting community, and three awarded the Jury Prize. Read More
Fifteen Google Science Fair quarter-finalists have been announced as the competition moves towards the 2011 Grand Final in July. These fifteen finalists will be flying to the Googleplex in Mountain View, California for the Google Science Fair event, and final judging will take place on 11th July by a panel of acclaimed scientists. Open to all students aged 13 to 18 from around the world, the online competition is designed to champion young scientific talent and give students the opportunity to showcase their ideas. Three winners will be chosen from each age group, with an overall winner chosen from those three. Read More
All of us feel the need to make like an ostrich and hide from the world around us now and then. Could this be the answer? Lying somewhere between a travel cushion and a soft bag to put over your head, the OSTRICH is a design concept that aims to provide a portable retreat from any waking daytime environment where the stresses and strains of the day can melt away.Read More
The results of three recent studies have found that children exposed to organophosphates (OPs) in the womb have a lower IQ at seven years than those that have not. Indoor use of two OPs (chlorpyrifos and diazinon) known to be neurotoxicants have been phased out over the past decade because of health risks, however they are still approved for use in agricultural pesticides and are widely used on food crops. Increasingly scientists are finding that prenatal exposure to pesticides may lead to later health impacts.Read More
Renowned computer generated music innovator Max Mathews has died at the age of 84. Back in 1957 Mathews wrote the program that enabled an IBM 704 mainframe computer to play a composition lasting 17 seconds – an achievement recognized as one of the first examples of digital synthesis of music on a computer. For the next 54 years Mathews pioneered the field of digital audio research and devoted most of his life to learning how computers could aid musicians in performance. Read More
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Something unusual is happening in the world of wine writing. While not surprising given the disastrous conditions in the market for those who want to make a living writing about wine, this phenomenon prompts some reflection.
In short: I'm beginning to notice folks who have heretofore made their living as journalists, wine writers, or wine critics are now taking jobs as PR and communication pros in the wine industry.
Two moves that recently caught my eye were Lettie Teague's appointment as Director of Communications at the Italian Wine Merchant [she's since moved back to journalism - see comments below], and Alan Goldfarb's identical role at the Tudal Wine Group. Last year W. Blake Gray ended up at a Newton Wines for a time after taking a buyout at the Chronicle. I'm sure there are more.
On the one hand, as I said, this is hardly surprising. Wine writers need to eat, too. When magazines are folding, newspapers are laying off, and budgets are being cut, the publishing industry is not really in much of a position to offer many wine writers gainful employment. And of course, the wine industry needs the kind of skills that these folks possess (have you noticed it's getting harder to sell a bottle of wine, these days, too?).
Yet, I must admit, I continue to be somewhat taken aback when I see names I normally associate with bylines followed by fancy titles and the names of wineries, wine retailers, or distributors. My reaction is completely irrational, and I know it, but I haven't yet managed to suppress the initial gasp of surprise at these folks "crossing the line" to "the other side" like they've left the world of "objectivity" and entered the world of spin and marketing.
Never mind that many wine writers got their start on the industry side and then made the transition to journalism. And of course, plenty of wine writers fill the gaps between journalism gigs (those that still have them) by writing copy for winery labels, winery newsletters, and other industry marketing needs. We all gotta pay our rent.
But it still feels a little weird to have the folks we're used to cutting through the spin be serving it up.
My surprise is no doubt fueled in part by some regret at the state of affairs that the wine writing world finds itself in. We're losing (I hope only temporarily) some great voices in the world of wine journalism, and some measure of quality as well.
We're far from the end of this migration from journalism to the commercial world in my opinion. While the publishing industry will recover some, it will be a long time before it even begins to approach its former self. And when it comes to wine writing, the future is definitely not going to look anything like the past.
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On April 10th, President Obama released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 budget proposal. Based on the U.S. Department of Education (ED) budget summary, the Administration is requesting $71.2 billion in discretionary appropriations for the Department of Education in FY 2014, an increase of $3.1 billion, or 4.5 percent, over the FY 2012 enacted level. Nearly three-quarters of that funding goes to financial aid for students in college, special education, and aid to schools with high numbers of children in poverty (Title I). The remaining 28 percent of the budget invests in specific areas that can move major change – particularly through making preschool accessible for all students; funding a set of strategic reforms at the K-12 level; ensuring that college is affordable; and coordinating services that help students living in poverty.
This proposal is typically released annually in early February – always before Congress approves their own budget outline -- but the tremendous budget uncertainty surrounding the fiscal cliff and sequestration delayed the president's proposal by nearly two months. This delay results in the unusual situation of both chambers of Congress approving their own budget resolution before the release of the president's budget.
With the anticipation of the president's budget release, the House Labor, Health & Human Services Appropriations Subcommittees announced a hearing with Secretary Arne Duncan to review the Department of Education budget proposal. The House oversight hearing will be held Thursday, April 11th, at 10:00 AM. On April 17th the Senate will host Secretary Duncan for a similar oversight hearing.
As ED detailed, the 2013 numbers shown below are preliminary and do not reflect either the final 2013 appropriation signed March 26 or the March 1, 2013 sequester required by the Budget Control Act of 2011.
At the time the President's fiscal year 2014 Budget was prepared for submission to the Congress, final action on the fiscal year 2013 appropriations act funding Department of Education programs had not yet been completed. Consequently, the 2014 request assumed that the final 2013 appropriations act would provide funding for Department of Education programs at the same levels as in fiscal year 2012.
The bottom line is that the final 2013 level is approximately 5.23 percent less than the 2012 level, but this final 2013 level is not reflected in the 2014 request.
The 2014 budget request for the Department of Education is focused on six priorities: (1) high-quality early learning opportunities for all children, (2) improving teaching and learning in K-12 education, (3) making our schools safer and creating positive learning environments, (4) career-readiness for all, (5) improving affordability and quality in postsecondary education, and (6) supporting the Administration's Ladders of Opportunity initiative for high-poverty communities.
Department of Education Discretionary Appropriations
Discretionary Funding (without Pell Grants, in billions of dollars):
|FY 2014 Request
|Change from FY 2012
New Programs
- $1.3 billion in 2014 and $75 billion over 10 years in mandatory funding for Preschool for All.
- $750 million for competitively awarded Preschool Development Grants to help build State capacity to implement high-quality preschool programs.
- $3.0 billion for the new Excellent Instructional Teams program, which would provide both formula grants and competitive awards to help States and LEAs increase the effectiveness of teachers and principals, which includes:
- $2.5 billion for Effective Teachers and Leaders State Grants to provide flexible, formula-based support for States and LEAs that commit to improving their teacher and principal evaluation systems and ensuring that low-income and minority students have equitable access to teachers and principals who are effective at raising student achievement.
- $400 million for the Teacher and Leader Innovation Fund, an increase of $100 million, to help States and LEAs improve the effectiveness of teachers and leaders in high-need LEAs and schools.
- $98 million for a redesigned School Leadership Program (SLP) that would more than triple the Federal investment in training for principals.
- $190 million in mandatory funding for a new Presidential Teaching Fellows program that would provide formula grants to States to fund scholarships of up to $10,000 for students attending high-performing teacher preparation programs.
- $265 million in new funding for a comprehensive STEM Innovation proposal to improve the delivery and impact of Federal investments in science and technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education.
- $50 million for School Climate Transformation Grants to help create positive school climates that support effective education for all students. Funds would support the use of decision-making frameworks, which research shows can be effective in reducing problem behaviors, decreasing bullying and peer victimization, improving organizational health and perceptions of school as a safe setting.
- $30 million for improved emergency management planning, providing one-time grants to SEAs to help their LEAs develop, implement, and improve emergency management plans.
- $25 million for Project Prevent grants to help LEAs in communities with pervasive violence break the cycle of violence.
- $5 million for Project SERV (School Emergency Response to Violence).
- $1 billion for a new Race to the Top–College Affordability and Completion competition.
|President's FY 2014 Budget
|Change from FY 2012 Appropriated Amount
|Title I Grants to LEAs
|$14.52 billion
|School turnaround grants
|$658.6 million
|+$125 million
|Impact Aid Payments for Federal Property
|$1.22 billion
|-$67 million
|Effective Teaching and Learning: Literacy (consolidates Striving Readers, Ready-To-Learn Television)
|$186.9 million
|Rural Education
|$179 million
|Promise Neighborhoods
|$300 million
|+$240 million
|Race to the Top–College Affordability competition (new)
|$1 billion
|+$451 million
|Investing in Innovation (i3)
|$215 million
|+$66 million
|21st Century Community Learning Centers
|$1.3 billion
|+$100 million
|Effective Teachers and Leaders State Grants (consolidates Improving Teacher Quality State Grants, Transitions to Teaching, Teacher Quality Partnership)
|$2.46 billion
|Teacher and leader Innovation fund (new, consolidates TIF)
|$400 million
|+$100 million
|School Leadership Program
|$98 million
|+$68.9 million
|IDEA Part C Grants for infants and families
|$462.7 million
|+$20 million
|IDEA Part B State Grants
|$11.6 billion
|IDEA Preschool Grants
|$372.6 million
|Race to the Top: College Affordability and Completion (new)
|$1 billion
|Presidential Teaching Fellows (new)
|$190 million
|RESPECT project
|$5 billion
|School Turnaround Grants
|$659 million
|+$125 million
|Statewide longitudinal data systems (SLDS)
|$85 million
|+$47 million
|School Climate Transformation Grants (new)
|$50 million
|Improved Emergency Management Planning (new)
|$30 million
|Project Prevent grants (new)
|$25 million
|Project SERV (School Emergency Response to Violence)
|$5 million
|Preschool for All (new)
|$75 billion over 10 years
|Preschool Development Grants (new)
|$750 million
|Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students (consolidates Elementary and Secondary School Counseling, Physical Education Program, Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities National Activities)
|$280 million
|+$84.1 million
|Effective Teaching and Learning for a Well-Rounded Education (Formerly Arts in Education)
|$75 million
|+$25 million
Find more details on the U.S. Department of Education FY 2014 budget proposal here.
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I am very glad to see the President's Budget proposal including funding for school leadership and Early Childhood/Pre-K programs.
As principals, we work in an ever changing instructional envioronment. It is essential that school prinicpals have access to the very best professional development. The instructional leader in the building may not be an 'expert' in all subject matter and instructional practices, but we must be educated in the latest best practices in order to support our teachers and monitor the appropriate use of these methods in our classrooms.
Long-term research studies show that one of the best investments is in Pre-K education. School systems across the United States are in many different stages of implementation of Pre-K programs. Leadership and support from the federal level will emphasize the importance of these programs to the long-range academic success of the children who participate.
Realizing that the president's budget proposal is only a part of the process, we need to help our Senators and Representatives see the importance of these types of investments as a huge factor in our nation's economic program.


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New York Times Social Q's columnist Philip Galanes gives advice on how to survive the holidays—from regifting to navigating boozy office parties. Susannah Cahalan describes her month of madness, caused by a mysterious illness that affected her brain. Colin Bailey, Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Frick Collection, talks about the exhibition Mantegna to Matisse. Plus we'll look at why the landmark 1968 Fair Housing Act, which was supposed to help integrate cities, has gone largely unenforced.
Daily Schedule
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02:00 AMBBC World Service
BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 28 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.Go to program: BBC World Service
05:00 AMMorning Edition
Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.Go to program: Morning Edition
09:00 AMBBC World Service
BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 28 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.Go to program: BBC World Service
10:00 AMThe Brian Lehrer Show
Getting UpThe Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook suffered major flooding after Sandy. Three members of the community from different areas of the Red Hook talk about recovery and what they expect...Go to program: The Brian Lehrer Show
12:00 PMThe Leonard Lopate Show
The Shape We're In
Economist editor Daniel Franklin details the most pressing issues the world faces in 2013. Then Rupert Holmes, who wrote the book, music, and lyrics for "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," will be here along with two of the play's stars: Jim Norton and Jessie Mueller. Jay Neugeboren talks about his latest novel, The Other Side of the World. And, mark the date! Because today's Please Explain is all about calendars.Go to program: The Leonard Lopate Show
02:00 PMScience Friday
Break through the rumors and confusion about "this study" or "that study" with Ira Flatow's clear, weekly conversation about what's happening in science.Go to program: Science Friday
03:00 PMThe Takeaway
Today's Takeaway | December 7, 2012
The Changing Value of a College Degree | A Map for Finding Our Fiscal Way | Conditions for Syrian Refugees Continue to Worsen | Olympus Whistleblower Speaks Out | Harry Reid's New Year's Resolution? Filibuster Reform | Jim DeMint Exits Senate for Heritage Foundation | Edward Burns on Directing, Acting and the HolidaysGo to program: The Takeaway
04:00 PMAll Things Considered
A wrap-up of the day's news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.Go to program: All Things Considered
06:30 PMMarketplace
Marketplace is not only about money and business, but about people, local economies and the world — and what it all means to us.Go to program: Marketplace
07:00 PMAll Things Considered
A wrap-up of the day's news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.Go to program: All Things Considered
08:00 PMOn The Media
Photographing Tragedy, the Risk of Killer Robots, and More
The ethics of photographing human tragedy, studying the risk of a robot uprising, and one man's attempt to be the trendiest guy in New York.Go to program: On The Media
09:00 PMSoundcheck
Vijay Iyer And Missy Mazzoli Live At The WFC, Fleetwood MacToday on the show, Soundcheck presents the last of the three-part series of shows from the World Financial Center, a double-bill featuring jazz pianist Vijay Iyer and composer Missy M...Go to program: Soundcheck
Q is an energetic daily arts and culture program from the CBC hosted by Shad Kabango.Go to program: Q
11:00 PMNew Sounds
#3405: The Cajun Influence
For this New Sounds, we'll sample music that shows the influence of traditional Cajun music from the fiddling, the accordion, the triangle and other instruments, in somewhat unusual contexts. Listen to several excerpts from Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin's score for the film "Beasts of the Southern Wild," set in Louisiana, along with music by the late Michael Galasso. Then there's music by the Penguin Café Orchestra who drew from Cajun fiddling, and the influence comes out on pieces like "Swing the Cat" and "Bean Fields."Go to program: New Sounds


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Lots of Americans will be watching the 2010 FIFA World Cup starting this weekend, even those of us who normally like our football with helmets and pigskin.
I'm not a big soccer fan, as us Yanks like to refer to it, but even I get World Cup fever every time it comes around. It may have to do with my affinity for hanging out and drinking in bars for any occasion. A big game for us takes place right out of the gate tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. with the U.S. versus England. I figured I would highlight a couple of places throwing viewing parties around town and other bars where you can watch the action while rooting for the opposing team (that would be England).
The home team
Wall Street Plaza, in downtown Orlando, will have a 35-foot LED screen set up tomorrow — along with 30 indoor screens — playing the game. aXis Magazine will buy a few kegs of Samuel Adams Summer Ale for folks to drink for free from noon to 2 p.m. or until the kegs run out. Doors open at 11:30 a.m., and the festivities include food and drink specials, live entertainment before and after the game, prizes and giveaways. There is no cover and families are welcome. For information, go to wallstplaza.net/world-cup-2010.
Wall Street Plaza's next-door neighbor, Finnhenry's will be throwing its own USA vs. England viewing party starting at noon with a free "All-American Hot Dog Buffet." The bar has multiple HD TVs set up throughout and different drink specials happening that day. Finnhenry's is at 39 N. Orange Ave. in downtown Orlando; call 407-648-0100 for information.
Across the pond
These next couple of bars aren't neccesarily doing anything special for the U.S. vs. England game but they're great English pubs that will be showing the games throughout the World Cup, and will have a lot of like-minded British folk rooting for their team (if that's what you're looking for).
*** Correction: Best of British Soccer World is not closing as originally reported ***
How can a place called Best of British Soccer World not be the best place to watch World Cup? Unfortunately, fans of the bar only have through World Cup to stop by. A week after the games are over the pub will close its doors due to "too much financial struggle." That's a shame. I know many a fan of this bar and its food, which includes steak and kidney pies, yorkshire pudding and more. The bar will air all of the games, so stop by one last time. The pub is at 8324 International Drive in Orlando. Call 407-264-9189.
St. Andrews Tavern is a place where I've watched World Cup in years past, and have always had a fantastic time. Again, nothing special going on out of the norm, but they'll be playing all of the games and there won't be a lack of English accents. In fact, there were a couple of times I think I was the only American in the bar. Everyone is always friendly, although I can't promise anything tomorrow. St. Andrew's is at 1119 W. SR 436 in Altamonte Springs. Call 407-788-1866.
Best place to catch any game (and some in 3D)
ESPN Wide World of Sports, inside the Walt Disney World Resort at 700 S. Victory Way in Lake Buena Vista, will have its virtual playbook application during its World Cup telecasts. One of the official World Cup viewing locations, the biggest part of the experience will be select games being shown in 3D. "Each day of the tournament at least one game will be broadcast on the ESPN 3D channel," says Marissa May with Disney Sports Public Relations. "And we will have 3D TVs set up for viewers to experience it." There will also be a limited breakfast menu during games taking place between 7–10 a.m. with the existing lunch menu after 10. From June 26 to July 10, special viewing-party seating will be available as will an all-you-can-eat buffet for $19.99. Call 407-WDW-DINE. Check out the link below for ESPN's full schedule.


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Political Strategy Notes - MLK Day/Inauguration Editon
At the Washington Post, Wil Haygood comments on the confluence of MLK Day and the Inauguration, noting a quote from Jesse Jackson: "King broke down the walls, and Barack ran across the bridge. The rocks from the broken walls created that bridge."
Also at The Post, this editorial says it well: "Today, on the national day set aside to honor Dr. King, an African American president will ceremonially begin his second term. ...There is, to be sure, an element of bigotry among some of his enemies, but in general it has had a kind of cowardly, subterranean quality to it. President Obama was assailed mostly for what his critics thought were wrong policies or judgments. In the end, as always, the final verdict was given at the polls; the president was reelected, and his inauguration will be celebrated today -- not quite with the rapturous enthusiasm of four years ago but rather with something resembling blessed normality."
As usual, some Republicans are trying to distort Dr. King's views to dovetail more with their agenda, often using King's "content of their character" quote to argue that he was opposed to affirmative action and quotas etc., and some even argue that he was a Republican. At CNN.com, John Bake's "Why conservatives call MLK their hero" has a good update about the distortion of MLK's views.
To find out what MLK really thought about the Republicans of his day, however, my TDS post a year ago should suffice,
2013 will also be marked as the 50th anniversary year of MLK's historic "I Have a Dream" speech, in which he challenged American to embrace racial equality. When King was assassinated he was leading a movement, 'The Poor peoples' campaign to end poverty for Americans of all races. At the New York Times Opinionator, Nobel Prize-winning economist and former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors Joseph E. Stiglitz makes the case for escalating the struggle to reduce inequality between the wealthy and working people. "It will be up to all of us -- our leaders included -- to muster the courage and foresight to finally treat this beleaguering malady."
Julie Mason has an interesting Politico post on President Obama's relationships with MLK's associates in the Civil Rights Movement, summed up by King's closest living aide, Ambassador Andrew Young: " "He is very well-respected in most of the world. He is smart and he works hard -- he is amazingly humble. I don't think we can do any better."
William Douglas and David Lightman write in the McClathchey Newspapers article, in "MLK and Obama: a day of similarities" that "Both battled enormous odds to build historic multiethnic, multiracial coalitions, one to advance the cause of civil rights, the other to win the nation's highest office. Both won the Nobel Peace Price. Both could use soaring rhetoric to inspire millions. Both also had to overcome critics who accused them of socialist or communist sympathies, as well as black activists who maintained that they weren't strong advocates for African-Americans..."Making America better in 1968 is different than making America better in 2013. I think they take different paths, but their goal is to use their strengths to help America be America," said Lonnie Bunch, the director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Many activists are doing good work in keeping with King's legacy, but this title is a bit of a stretch.
For those who are wondering what Dr. King thought about gun violence and its sources, this MLK quote from The King Papers Project may have some resonance: "By our silence, by our willingness to compromise principle, by our constant attempt to cure the cancer of racial injustice with the Vaseline of gradualism, by our readiness to allow arms to be purchased at will and fired at whim, by allowing our movie and television screens to teach our children that the hero is one who masters the art of shooting and the technique of killing, by allowing all these developments, we have created an atmosphere in which violence and hatred have become popular pastimes."
Susan Donaldson James sets the stage for the inauguration and President Obama's second term with "Martin Luther King's Dream for Justice Challenges Obama " at ABC News, with insights from Rev. Joseph Lowery, Julian Bond, NAACP National President Benjamin Jealous, King's sister, Christine King Farris and San Diego Mayor Robert Filner, who was jailed in desegregation protests in Mississippi in 1961 and whose family raised funds for the Civil Rights Movement.


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Drivers for LG Optimus One P500
I thought of installing a custom rom on my phone and when connect with USB debugging,I got a pop up that driver needed to be installed.I serached for a while and then found this.
- All you need is the LG Mobile Support Tool,you can download it from here.
- Install and run it,make sure your phone is not connected when you are running the program.
- Go to Customer Support and click on USB driver download.Another dialog box pops up
- Now enter your IMEI number in the box.You will be shown a few files related to the phone.
- Double click on USB driver and then it will start to download.
- The Downloaded drivers are found in C:/LGP500 folder.
Now install those drivers and now you can connect your phone in debugging mode.


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Women's Soccer Falls 1-0 to #3 Florida State
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Tallahassee, Fla. – The Oregon State Women's Soccer Team lost a hard-fought 1-0 battle to the Florida State Seminoles in their first match of the season.
The score remained at a 0-0 standstill for a majority of the first half as the Beavers fought off the Seminole offense. With a few shots hitting off the post and crossbar, Florida State was putting the Beavs under non-stop pressure.
In the last few minutes of the half, Florida State's Nora Kervriedan bent the ball from just inside the 25 yard mark, finding the back of the net, ending the half with a score of 1-0 in favor of FSU.
The Beavers came out with a new energy in the second half and started creating opportunities for themselves by breaking down Florida State's back line and putting them under the attack.
In the 78th minute, the Beavers had a chance to tie things up with a shot from senior forward Jenna Richardson, but FSU keeper Kelsey Wys came up with the save. The Beavers held off the Seminoles for the remainder of the game, but were unable to even the score.
"In the first half we did a lot of defending," said senior captain Jacy Drobney. "We played very well in the second half and stuck to the game plan and began to break down their defense."
The Beavers have been focusing on their defensive shape for the past two weeks and it showed today.
"Our defense played really well and we held them to only one shot in the box," Drobney said. "The rest were at least 20 yards out."
Head Coach Linus Rhode feels the same about the performance by the back line.
"We were challenged defensively and they had most of the possession," Rhode said. "We got most of the kinks out of our defense today and came together nicely; we stayed compact and organized."
Rhode and the Beavs will look to take away the positives from tonight's game and prepare for Sunday.
"We are going to focus more on looking to go forward and play a little more," Rhode said. "We will look to build on our possession and attack out of our defensive shape."
The Beavers will take on Florida State University on Sunday at 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Listen to the game for free or watch the live stream for $10.95 at http://www.gatorzone.com/soccer/ .


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(Seeing as this is ASKUBUNTU and not ramble ramble blogspot, the question comes at the end, I'm just laying down the foundation at the beginning, so just bear with me)
When you get into IT, you gradually get obsessive compulsive disorder. Numbers must be correct and paintings must be straight.
In Windows, when I want 1G of partition space I will tell it to use 1024MB, which in-turn becomes 1000MB. In Ubuntu, you type 1000MB, and you'll get exactly 1000MB.
The thing is, I grew up with Windows, so I seriously believed that 1024 bytes equalled 1000 bytes because of the whole binary business. You know, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, etc.
It only came to my attention that for all these years, SOMEONE working in Microsoft was constantly telling Windows to display the incorrect term.
When you click on a hard drive in Windows, let's say it's 320 gigabytes, it'll show up in Windows as 305GB. And for years IT diploma people above me stated, "Oh, that's just system overhead, that's why it looks smaller"
I only just figured out that this is, in fact, wrong.
Windows, for god knows how long, (I went through XP, Vista, 7, and even 8.1) is actually using Mebibytes and Gibibytes, but displaying the incorrect terms, MB and GB, which should be MiB and GiB.
320 gigabytes = 305.17578125 gibibytes <-- This is what Windows is showing.
When I first used Ubuntu 14.04, I made a swap partition of 1024MB, later finding out that Ubuntu literally gave me 1024MB of swap space, and in my OCD ways I wanted 1GB.
I redid the partitions, creating a 1GB swap space, and in return Ubuntu said that I have 953.67431640625 MiB of swap space, which is the correct size and term.
My question is, how many people using Ubuntu actually know of this?
I've looked up articles over the years, one example is how to make a ramdisk using the ramfs and tmpfs commands.
Most, if not ALL of the articles all over the internet, especially ones specializing in Linux distros, will use terms such as, "mount -t tmpfs -o size=512m tmpfs /mnt/ramdisk"
Does "512m" in that command actually equal 500MB, or has Windows ruined everything with years of being wrong, and everyone NOW has a habit of using the wrong term?


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Nov. 23, 2010
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TUCSON - At the Cancun Thanksgiving Classic, the Arizona Wildcats (4-0, 0-0 Pac-10) will face the No. 8/8 Texas A&M Aggies (3-0, 0-0 Big 12) on Fri., Nov. 26 at 8:30 p.m. CT. On Sat., Nov. 27, the Wildcats will play the Bradley Braves (2-2, 0-0 MVC) at 6:15 p.m. CT.
All Wildcat games can be heard live on KTUC AM 1400. All broadcasts will start 15 minutes prior to tip-off for the pre-game show. Entering their third season calling Arizona Wildcat women's basketball games will be Derrick Palmer (play-by-play) and Alysiah Bond (color). Live stats and audio are available at ArizonaWildcats.com. Live video is available by visiting www.deportesquintanaroo.tv.
The Arizona Wildcats and the Texas A&M Aggies will meet for the fifth time on Friday. The series is split evenly at 2-2. The last meeting was Nov. 25, 2008 where the Aggies topped the Wildcats, 54-44. The Arizona Wildcats and the Bradley Braves will meet for the first time on Saturday. The Bradley contest marks the Wildcats' second game vs. an MVC opponent this season, with an 81-72 win over Wichita State already under their belts.
The No. 8/8 Texas A&M Aggies are 3-0 to start the season with wins over Arkansas-Little Rock, Rice and Liberty. Under eighth year head coach, senior Danielle Adams is averaging 23.3 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. Junior Tyra White is also averaging 13.0 points per game.
The Bradley Braves are 2-2 to start the season, with wins over Butler and Eastern Illinois and losses to Iowa and Illinois. Under 11th year head coach Paula Buscher, the Braves are averaging 64.5 points per game with senior Raisa Taylor leading the squad with 16.3 points and averaging 34.0 minutes per game. Bradley is also getting an average of 13.0 points per game from sophomore Katie Yohn and an average of 11.0 points per game from junior Latasha Hollingshed.
For the first time since the 2001-02 season, the Wildcat women's basketball team is 3-0 to start the season after a 72-70 at Ole Miss. For the first time since the 1999-2000 season, the Wildcats have opened the season with four-straight victories.
Currently, Wildcat players lead the Pac-10 in four categories: field goal percentage (E. Barnes, 12-20, .600), rebounding (I. Ibekwe, 13-30-43, 10.8 pg), assists (S. Arnold, 29, 7.3 pg) and defensive rebounds (I. Ibekwe, 30, 7.5 pg). Additionally, the squad leads the Pac-10 in rebounding margin (+17.2), defensive rebounds (135, 33.8 pg) and defensive rebound percentage (.754).
Niya Butts previews the Cancun Thanksgiving Classic.


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Based on the classic fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, it had come to my attention that the 'Series One' edition of SHERLOCK that aired on the BBC in late 2010 had found it's way to Netflix Instant-Streaming. The three episodes ranging around 90 minutes a piece are broken up as 'A Study in Pink', 'The Blind Banker' and 'The Great Game'.
I remember hearing about the show in early 2010, and how Martin Freeman was cast. I was late into the original The Office BBC series. To me, I will forever adhere him to the fun and outstanding take on the classic Douglas Adams book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. But since the original Office, I had realized that I enjoyed his performances, and would give any show or film a shot with him in it. And one based on the classic Conan Doyle stories? Sign me up.
What was even more intriguing from what I thought then to what I think now, is that Freeman, being I am familiar only with his work regarding actors in this series, is that he is playing against type. Perhaps it is just the brainwashing of Hollywood as an American, but Watson was always sort of shown as a pudgy fellow, husky, with a bushy mustache and bowler-top. It wasn't until a year or too before the wonderful Warner Bros. film did I learn that Watson wasn't that at all in the books, a bit more worn of an individual, a product of the war, and it was really fascinating to me. So when 'A Study in Pink' begins, I was quite surprised that they really stayed close to the ideals of Watson as the lead as the books were mostly told through Watson's perspective in writing. The first episode was a nod to the original story 'A Study in Scarlet', but despite what might be considered outdated material was given a fresh spin. No longer was he using pocket-watches, he now uses cellular phones. Instead of journals, Watson uses a blog. Instead of the classic Second Anglo-Afghan War, we are taken to the current skirmish in the Afghanistan War in which Watson was a fighter/surgeon in.
Overall, it works. Their way of dealing with Holmes' genius was almost to be a bit A Beautiful Mind with it, with facts, figures, thoughts in his head scrawling on the screen at a rapid fast rate, just as fast as Holmes thinks. It's refreshing as it kept me as a viewer on my toes, and the actual mystery of whom killed or murdered those people quite thrilling.
While the Blind Banker was entertaining, some of the flash of the pilot was gone, and it was Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch 's performances to elevate the episode until it's climax which became quite intense, really quick. The real gem in the episodes though was the final moments of 'The Great Game' where we are finally introduced to the infamous Moriarty.
The reason why this is the crown gem in all three episodes is that not only did they somewhat play against type for Watson, they did so even more Moriarty. Played to an insane level of insanity brought to the forefront by Andrew Scott. In a stunning moment within the final moments of the episode, Sherlock goes to confront Moriarty, only to be confronted by Watson, leaving us to along with Holmes to utter 'John?!' in severe confusion and bewilderment. Did the really go there?
No, not entirely,and I don't want to go much further but the twist that Watson acted outside of what Moriarty planned, and that Holmes may act in the same vein, ends the series on a giant cliffhanger, but props are deserved for the cast and crew for going to such a great way to make sure Moriarty footprint is on each episode until his reveal. While Sherlock here is a sleuth at beckon call for Scotland Yard, Moriarty is an equal but instead of the police, he is a consultant for the dark and seedy underworld of crime. A nice addition to the way that Scott plays Moriarty which has been played and hinted at for years by Hollywood, it was a fresh take, much like a recent academy award winning performance of Heath Ledger and his take of the crime boss the Joker in Chris Nolan's The Dark Knight.
The downside of the series is that for once the show doesn't play down on to spoon feeding you everything. You are a bit like Watson, trying desperately to keep up, especially in episodes two and three respectively, where sometimes Holmes is juggling two to three cases or different ideas of what's going on and doesn't fill Watson and thus, you. But still the show is fun and exciting and I am beyond excited for Series Two.
Currently Sherlock is available on DVD and Instant-Streaming on the Netflix Queue.


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Groomers reported in this morning with unlimited visibility and no new snow. High pressure has built in with sunshine in the picture today. Bring your camera and sunscreen. There will be pockets of powder around, left over from the winds of Sat-Mon, that is over with calm slopes and 0-5 mph on the mountain top from the south. Forecast is for clear skies to be the norm all week so come up and play in the sun on the slopes. Make plans for an extended weekend as we will be open for Martin Luther King Day this coming Monday.
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Sophie Traub Movies and Career Information
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Sophie Traub is a Canadian actress born in 1989. Her roles include Lucy, in the short film, Pink, June alongside co-star Johnny Knoxville in Daltry Calhoun, Young Silvia in The Interpreter and Lori alongside co-star Russell Crowe in Tenderness. She attended the Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto for Drama. She currently resides in Toronto, Ontario.
- Sophie Traub Movies before 2015
- Thou Wast Mild and Lovely 2014
- Daltry Calhoun 2005
- Interpreter 2005
- Tenderness